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About Mt. Scott herald. (Lents, Multnomah Co., Or.) 1914-1923 | View Entire Issue (March 5, 1920)
mi. Scott herald Published Every Friday at Lanks Station. I’ortla nd, Grogan. J. 2. UrDIKK .... Proprietor C. W BMtTH .... Manager Wnterct as •aconJ-claaa mail mat ter February 1«. 191«. at the poet- eftlce at Lenta. Oregon, under act of Congress. March I. 137».______ * Subscription price - - 31.00 a year 1313 Ninety woend Street Phones: Tabor 7 314. OLD H. C. L. IN ORIENT. China is a back' aril nation, so it» “working classes" do not strike. But being lauiuau. they get uneusjr over the thing ehh-h disturbs us greatly, namely, the high cost of living. Chi nese coolies, as we suppose, live chief ly on rice. The list of their price in creases hi brief, but It Is sufficient. Tbe dreadful tale is soon told that whereas the price of rice in 1913 was $7.00 Mexican per picul (about 183 1-3 pounds), now it is $9.20 per picuL And whereas at the former date a' Mexican dollar was worth about half • gold dollar, today the two are near ly at a parity. And If that is not bad enough, one may search back in the market quotations and find that In 1719 rice sold in Shanghai for $2 Mex ican per picul. Whether we cousider rice at 5 2-3 cents a pound or at a little less than 7 cents, or at the lly cents it was two hundred years ago. the figure, compare»! with what we pay seems a ridiculous one over which to tie alarmed, says Hart ford Courant. But other things than the absolute price have to be consid-: ered. In Japan, where wage rates J rule higher than in China, a coolie gets 90 cents a day. The highest («Id tailors get 31.25 a day and bricklay ers $1.12H. The average for lalror there is 84 cents a day. 1 In the decalogue of thrift, put out by the American Bankers' association, is to keep a bank account, not carry extreme sums about the person or hide them away like a miser. There is a large measure of common sense In the advice thus given. There would be large protection to property and i wealth if it was applied by the pub lic. For weeks one can scarcely pick up a paper from any city without see ing stories of robberies where large . sums of currency had been lost. It is folly to carry large sums on the person. The fact that It is carried is certain to become known. That means trouble, possible loss of life when rob bery is tried. Put your money In a bank. Pay your bills by check, and protect yourself from attack. I PEACEFUL PROSPERITY. Where shall the weary eye find rest In looking over public affairs In any part of the world? A favorable re sponse comes at least from the out lying possess;<«• of the United States. Little Porto Ulco claims the floor to say that during the 20 years It has been under the flag of the United States It has steadily Improved In all respects, that there la no uurest there •nd no occarioti for IL Porto It I co la pleased, appreciates Its good for tune and cheerfully hopes to deserve more of the same kind, says St. Louis Globs Democrat Its trade Is ten times what It was under Spanish rule. Its schools beyopd comparison are more efficient than formerly. Its roads •re far better aud Industries more profitable. Irrigation has been Intro duced aud several millions spent In thus making crops certain. In a word, the teer. Ing little Island not only de clines to join the army of discontent but thankfully enjoys the blessings already bestowed, with an excellent prospect that they will continue. No suicidal strikes rip up tbe business of the Island, everybody seems sat isfied with tranquil conditions and grow Ing prosperity. Problems of conduct usually begin with the phrase “Ought 1." But there Is another code than that which keeps just within the law. Nobody cau say that a girl ought to give up her seat to a man, but when a young girl does sacrifice her seat to an elderly man It Is a gracious thing. It makes tbe bystander think that It would be pleasant to know her. There is a great deal of this to see—-little, al most unconscious acts of courtesy, perhaps no more than the bolding of a door for an older person or a wom an encumbered with parcels, says Mil waukee Journal. There are a great many such opportunities slighted, too. Ought persons to do these things? That Is hardly the question. Say, rather. What nice persons they make theniM-lves out when they do them. An ex-aviator who won five decora tions for conspicuous bravery In the war and who commanded a squadron of planes that brought down a score of German machines on the front, is now washing windows for a living. It is not a step from the sublime to the ridiculous, but from the impressive to the tragic that this is the best reward the country can give its heroes. The National Cloakmakers’ associ ation has decreed that in 1920 skirts must go higher until they are 10 inches from the floor. Whatever satisfaction some wearers and some gazers may extract from this announcement. It Is The amount of work that is good for a cruel blow to some women and a man is not so bard to determine. If means sorrow for onlookers who have he has put himself into the job doing a heart. his—well, his best—with pep and en thusiasm, until he Is so tired he wants Turkey is very anxious for an Amer to go home and chop some wood, eat ican mandate. It does not want a supper, walk a few miles and then guardianship df anything like its own Bleep soundly eight hours, he has prob stripe, for the brutal among nations ably done enough for one day. are seldom good sports. The Turks look to American good nature and An Australian has discovered a American leniency, probably, to get means of controlling light and sound off easily from the consequences of waves in the air. and a British scien- ‘ their own acts. tlst has found out the problem of the ancient alchemists of how to trans , The aviator who claimed that he mute matter Into gold. It looks just had (>ut down five German planes, now as if everything were coming forced another to descend, rescued a the British empire's way. , captured French officer and took a German prisoner has been dismissed. Owing to the high cost of living, an The bravery of self-made heroes Is American heiress In Paris has pe shown principally by their nerve In titioned the home courts to allow taking risks of being found out her $32,000 a year from her father's estate to enable her to live adequate A New York newspaper headline an ly. It is heartrending to tliiuk how nounces that the hose was turned on she will suffer when she begins to the L W. W. Look here, boys, they yearn to live luxuriously. deserve death and all that, but the Official estimates place the cost of “other food, fruit, confectionery, etc.” to the woman government worker at $13 a year. This figures down to be tween 3 and 4 cents a day. And an Ice cream soda costs 17 cents. It will at least be necessary to cut out the “etc.” OR NOT TO 8MILI. writer tn a New York papar hav- Ing express.*«] a dislike for the habit of wen ring a continuous smile, news- paiatr discussion has arisen over the subject. A general preference for siutles Is Indhtalvd. Ona enthusiast Insists that the smile should lie cul tivated. saving. "It Is one of those things that will make life worth liv ing and will make one bear up among tbe manifold tils aud troubles that Infest this sordid world aromi»! us." Each of tli«*se p»'reona la right with in limitations. To a good many peo ple the perpetual stuile. the "»mile that <1« h * s not rub off.” Is exi-eedlngly Irritating. They refuse to consider It expressive of the Inwurd feeling of Its wearer, for It Is not truly human. In their belief, to be forever cheerful, and the smile must at times, at least, be an affectation, an outward pretense. Moreover, even If genuine It d«ies not always harmonize with tiielr own feel ings. an<l habitual smilers are some times passe») by »>n the other siila with even more readln»*ss than the gloomy citizen Is avoided, tutys Indian apolis Star. Ou tbe other hand, a bright sincere smile Is likely to meet the common approval. TO SMILE A HARVARD’S MAN OF MYSTERY These are chauglng times. Many years ago men went from tbe buggy repair business into the bicycle busi ness. says Memphis Commercial-Ap peal. Later they went from the bi cycle business Into the automobile business, and now they are going from the automobile into the truck busi ness, and after a while they will go from the truck business Into the Hying machine business. We note that one of our old-time railroad station agents has resigned his position to become the manager of a company which will do truck trans|»>rtation In and out of Memphis. It is a great country for change and yet every change Is an Index of marvelous de velopment. N. D. Kenworthy & Company funeral Directors First-class Service given Day or Night Close Proximity to Cemeteries Enables us to hold Funerals at a Minimum Expense The war department announces the military strength of the United States to be 19.000.000 men. The military weakness of the United States may l>e found In the orgy of vulture-llke profi teerlng that the entire country rev eled In when It faced a llfe and-death crisis, says Houston Post, This nu tlon needs a kindergarten course In “Money; Its Nature and its Func- tions." Changing ships to oil humors is al ready in progress to the extent of a saving of 240.000.000 ton« of coni n year. Straws show the direction of the wind. Men who throttle the life of the nation will ultimately find that the nation Is not helpless. constitution prohibits cruel and un usual ptmlshment, says Houston Post. r Don’t put water either on or In them. war, and insist It was all the other fellow’s fault. Talk is not so cheap as you think It Is. The actuary who ascertained that In the recent session of congress V. 13,802.800 words were uttered by mem r bers ought to have gofie further and compared the words with the appro Among the mysteries of the hour la priations. the manner in which Lenlne and Trotzky have managed to go on col There is no great competition for lecting enough money from an Im the Hungarian throne. In fact, a poverished people to make the risk of throne is generally regarded as a their positions worth while. style of furniture that represents a maximum of expense and a minimum It Is estimated that Alaska lias for of comfort ests enough to supply half the paper needed by the United States for ail It's an ill wind that blows nobody time. The next Alaska stampede may good. American strikes have Hooded cell for the woodman's ax. Instead of Welsh manufacturers of Iron, steel li the gold miner's implements. and tinplate with orders. lents Sta 5802-4 92nd St Libor 5267 Eggiman s Meat Market Like the accommodating chameleon, which changes Its color to that of the fabric on which It Is placed, the public dally has to readjust itself to new and strange conditions. It Is to be hoped, however, that the public will not suffer the fate f the chameleon which “bu’st hisself" when placed on n piece of I Scotch plaid. Bosnian women refuse to wear the clothing sent to them from the United States. They insist on wearing trous ers. Judging from the conversations one overhears on the street cars there are women nearer home who emulate If there were but one potato In the the Bosnians. world, says an agricultural ex[iert. a careful cultivator might produce 10,- The pen may be mightier than the 000,000 from it in ten years. Let's sword, and It Is also much busier now all get a potato and try It—some with ail the German ex-leaders and thing's got to be done to get ’em down generals rushing Into print to clear to $2. their own skirts of blame about the Lady Astor didn’t take her baby to parliament with her. us no doubt the little shaver, being tiie first baby to have a mother in the house of com mons, would break up the session with some pointed comments on the food shortage. Latent phstec-snh c* t' dt* 1 State« I« • Senator M Pai<-U« .-«■ v candidata for th* ” -* in t tlon for ♦' P. rv FRESH AND SMOKED M EATS AND FISH Veneti»blew und Fruit« Butter tinti E jí ^ k Wesley Holland. Harvard's “man of mystery," has nil Cambridge puzzled. Neither vault doors, steel boxes nor Ice walls have yet been able to hold Holland n« n prisoner. He Is an elec trician nt the university and astounded the students when he made hla way out of n steel box which they hud specially constructed for tiie demon- stmt Ion Phone Tabor 2573 6919 Ninety-second Street. Everything for Your Baking Needs The Lents Delicatessen Shop Comer Ninety-first and Carline Where you can get things to eat like mother used to cook LANGE HOME-MADE PIES 40c Good home made bread, biscuit MRS. W. A. ASH. and cookies always make a “hit” with husbands and Big Loaf of Bread 10c kiddies And they’re tic tied when you bake a delicious cake. Good home-made Cookies, Cakes If you are not getting and other Pastries always make as good results as you a hit with husband and the kid- would like to have, why dies, and they are tickled when not consult with ui about the flour you are using. you get them at Mt. Scott Bakery Cor. 92d and Foster Road Wehave handled many different brands of flour J. ROSENAU, Proprietor and meal and know just which are giving tffc best »atü faction We invite you to profit by ourexperience. Special = Prices Lents Mercantile Co. On Ladie’s and Gentlemen’s Suits. Call and inspect the beautiful new patterns to choose from while the lines’are complete. =JOHN MANZ = Phone: Tabor 1141 5805 92nd St V The Herald does all kinds of Printing