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EUGENE, ORE. of or.g.n X 0 Líbrtrj Subscription, $1.00 a Year LENTS STATION, PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1920 LENTS CHURCHES GIVE G. A. R. MET SATURDAY REV. SHUPP FAREWELL TO ARRANGE PLANS SURPRISE SUNDAY EVE • FOR MEMORIAL DAY COLUSION AT WATSON STA. Colliding with ii i«|uilr rar. truing at u good rate ot »peril, on the Estacadu line at Wat »on atation, on 92nd street, Monday ut the noon hour, Mr Kolloa utid wlf», or 8 2nd and Mupla street», war* hurled lit their Overland' ear euatward from the crossing u distance of at least l>0 feat, and burled undar the ilebria of the wrecked UMichlna The ay ldent waa witneaed by W A. Albright, who live» ut 7101 llltd »treat, w ho* hurried to the re-one. and with the ahi of the electric rar crew raised the »haltered auto from the tardies of the unfortunate couple. Mr Koltoa wuh able to crawl out without aid, but hla wife had to be aa»l»ted. Hhe war able to walk, however, to the reaidenrn of her brother-in-law. Frank Elirllch, near the acene of the acci dent, on OS im I street. Mr. Kolloa, al though brideed. waa not hurt beyond a cut on the lip Mra. Kolloa waa later taken to n hoapltal down town, where her Injuries ware attended to The ocr-upunta of the auto were on their wny to Vlalt Mr. and Mrs Ehr lich when the crash came, and are uruUrle to rflvi* a. coherent account of how the collision ocrurrv*! I'sunlly there in a clear view nt the track of the Estacada line, coming from the south, ut the crowing, hut Monday a large truck close to the croeslng par tially obacurisl the view Mr. Al bright, who heard the crash, said It ■oundvd Ilk» a blast» and when he looked there was nothing to be seen but a cloud of dust and the retreating trolley car. Henning"uti accident, he hurried down to the truck in time to render valuable owl»tance. Portions of the two-seated Overland vere carried 150 feel from the croua- ing, and the tires'were all off the rima, and the machine badly wrecked The myigery la that two human be ings have thus far survived the Im pact of the two cars. Neither party Is «erloualy hurt, strange ns It may •eem. The Injured people ar» relative» of I he Eggimans and Ehrlich», of I^enta. and huv» other acquaintances In this neighborhood. > Watson is a flag station where only imssenger cars stop, freight and re pair cam running pact, usually at a good rate of speed FINAL MEETING OF P. T. A. PUBLIC SCHOOL EXHIBIT IS HELD AT GILBERT AT THE HERALD OFFICE The final meeting for the school WEDNESDAY. THURSDAY Tlio Lent» public sclsool» have placed an exhibit consisting of man ual training and donie**tl<* art in the front room ot th« Ml. Hcott Herald office, whore It may be seen by the general public during all day Wednes- day and Thursday ot thia week The teacher« in charge of deuionatration work In writing ure the ,Miwies Dickey, Chick. Evert». Vaughan and Mr» I «mull Ml»» Murtha Hart ha« charge of Ilia demonstration work it» sewing The oiunuul training work ■peak» fur itself. comparing favorably with work of full fledged cabinet maker» The work waa done under the supervision of C. J. Pieper. Pa tron» Of the school and other» »hould see the oxhlblta All are welcome A more extended notice of the exhibit will he given next week. WINSLOW MEAD CIRCLE GIVES FLAG TO SCHOOL The officer» of Winslow Mead Cir cle. laidlra of the O. V It . accompun led their patriotic instructor to Patten school, below Johnson creek, where they presented the school with a flag. The <1. A. It. Indie» were told that they were the flrat patriotic order that had visited the echool. but the school hereafter will alwaya receive a vlalt from that circle at least once a year. The ladlea are alwaya willing and will gladly respond to anything In the wny of patriotic work and the up lift of mankind. Mra. Nellie l*ollock sung sonic of her favorite songs. which were greatly appreciated. The chil dren of the school gang several patri otic songs. with great credit to their teacher». Those who accompanied Mr». Thoma», the patriotic Instructor, were Mr» Beck, preaident; Mra Platt, recording secretary; Mr«. Cross. senior vlco-prertdent; Mr». Itolaml. past president; and Mr». Pollock Wlnalow Mead Circle him been In vited to vlalt Ockley Green achool by Professor Dickson on Muy 71. where they will be entertained by the tench- era and children. Thnt 1» one of the moat Important work» of Profeaoor Dlckaon When Memorial Day draw» near. ODD FELLOWS TO HOLD MEMORIAL SERVICES The T-enta and Arletn Odd Fellow lodge» are perfecting arrangement» for a Joint memorial dnv service In memory of the member» who have died within the pant year. I.enta lodge ban appointed Misers Goggins. Hum mel and Maker a committee of ar- rangementa, and a like committee han been appoint«! by the Arleta lodge. The date foe the service» haa not yet been decided upon. year of district 45 Parent-Teacher A hmicui II oii was held ut the school house* the evening of Muy 14. with a good attendance A "Diasy Dance" by nine of the school girls was one of the interesting feature» of the pro gram A piano duet by Mra Htrech and »on was excellently rendered The speaker of the occasion wax Dr Dubach, of Oregon Agricultural College, who talked on the two mill lax measure Hla address Interested nil present At the conclusion of the meeting! Ice cream and cake were served Hy the association to all present. Games followed and a general good Um». • I II ■■ - —..... —"• ARLETA MEN S CLUB TO MEET MONDAY NIGHT The Arleta Men's Club will meet on Tuesday, May 75. at the Arleta Bap tist church Dinner will be served at 4:45 and an Interesting program has been arranged for the evening The club was organised about three months ago and Is proving Itself very popular. The officers wish It an nounced that It Is not a denomina tional club Any moral cltlsen may Join and enjoy the benefits of the organisation. Woodmere Club Endorses The Proposed Millage Tax At the Friday night meeting ot the Woodmere Club the street car measures were discussed by memlieni, and a resolution was passed endors ing the amendment relating to the proposed millage tax. and a copy or dered »ent to the Cltlsens' League In Portland. Owing to the improve ment being made In the hall usually used by the club the meeting was held at the residence of H. T. Blakes lee. 7571 59th avenue. • _ Pioneer 79 Years of Age Still Works at Carpenter Trade Joseph Allison, for »eventeen years n resident of 1-ents, now living on the west side, worked eight hours last Saturday on a roof of a I-ents lious«v He ha» several men working for him, and is a carpenter by trade, in 1849 he joined the ruah to the California gold mines, and mined there for several years, coming to Oregon In 1858. He recently under went an operation on the lower lip for cancer. but believes the trouble Is over. Few men are able to do daily work at hi» age. Mr. Allison says he dwes his present health and age to abstemious habits. Bev. Noah Rhupp. Inte pastor of the l^nts Evangelical church, left by train Mra. Toon, of «504 Kind atreet. who Monday evening for Los Angeles, to wan considered seriously III laat week. vlalt a daughter. Hla address there In nald to be much better. will be 1185 West 89th street He ex Mr. and Mra. Ernest Hetherford are pects to return to I-enta some time In being congratulated on the birth of a July. baby girl, born May 15. They have Little six year old Beiwie Miller, been making their home at Llnnton, but formerly were residents of l^nts. who waa Injured by being run dowd by an automobile on 82nd street re Cleve Battln and gome friend» left cently. and who contracted pneu Runday for Routh Junction, on the monia following the accident, Is now Deschutes river, to try for some of convalescing at the Portland sani the "big boys” In that famoun rain* tarium. bow ntreatn. They will be gone about a week. Mr». C. E. Kennedy, of <719 97nd W H. Horn lant week »old hla res street, returned Monday from a visit idence property In l-ents to Francis to her brother, L. R. Kllneman. at E. Jigger. The houne 1» located at Groveland, Washington county, where <111 »Oth street. Mr. Hoes bought she accompanied Mr«. Kllneman. who ths modern five-room residence of had^been visiting at the Kennedy home for a few days. Mr. Rtubba at 7009 59th avenue. Rllan D. Peterson returned with his Ael Klldnhl, accompanied by Mrs. family from Idaho the latter part of KIMahl and her mother, made an laat week, after a year's residence In IsAfllile trip last Runday down the that »late, and In renewing old ac Columbia river to Clatskanie and re- quaintances In la*nta. where he ror- turnSC-by way of Timber. At one merly resided. He expects to remain plnc^Wraraa compelled to drive over here. a four-foot log which had fallen Mr. Gill, of <511 99th street, lant across the road, which was accom- week sold hla residence and lota to pllshed by Improvising a bridare out Mra. Ida Wiley. Mr. Gill and family of planks. left lant Monday for hla old home In Gold, which hid during the war, la Kansan. But like all those who re turn east, he will come back. making Its appearance again. The Evangelical church had a full house last Runday evening when the congregations from the Methodist. Hu pt I st and Friends churches Joined that of the Evangelical church In a farewell service for Rev. N Rhupp. The affair was & complete surprise to Mr. Rhupp and he was nearly over come with emotion as he rose to ex press hla appreciation for such a man- Ifestatlon of respect, admiration an A love. He delivered a gOMpel sermon as a laat mosiage to his people. Rev. E. A Smith of the Baptist church then spoke briefly, telling of his high Mlwm for Rev Rhupp Rev Mis» Terrell also «poke, using as the theme for her remarks various pas sages from Haul's epistles, making comparison between that apostle's and Rev. Hhupp's ministries. The choir of the Evangelical church rendered a beautiful and appropriate special selection Mias Ada Albert presided nt the organ, and her volun taries were also much enjoyed. The entire service was inspiring and will be a source of pleasant re flection for the aged minister as be retire» from fifty-three years of ac tive ministry. The old soldier» of Reuben Wilson Jost No. 88, U. A. R., met at head quarters laat Huturday to make ar- rangementa fur Decoratton Duy. Of the 24 members, J Ost thirteen were ptesent, others being sick or suffer ing from disability. lauw yeur the roster was reduced by three deaths. Ont of the members, Noah Coonrodt, 1» quite sick al the present time. The ladies of Hhlloh Circle also met in another hull last Haturduy to make arrangements for flowers, etc., for the decoration of I he graves of the soldier dead. VOL. XVIII. No. 20 CAR RIDERS OPPOSED TO SYSTEM OF DOUBLE TAX Why should the street car riders vote in favor of these measures. It ot .Mount Hcott and l*nt» pay car has been shown that If these meas fares for policemen, firemen and ures are not pmuied. the street car other public employee" Why should tare will have to be raised. The the people of this district pay all the public service commission, which has bridge tolls for the street cars? Why tuil authority for fixing the rate of should they be saddled with the bur car fare, has found that It will take den of paying for the renewal and an elght-cent fare to keep the street upkeep of pavement between the car car company from going broke un- tracks and pay fcA- the new pave leHH these measures are passed. This ment that is to be laid in the future? will be a saving to tho car rider of These are questions involved In the two cents over the present fare, WOODMERE CLUB ISSUES APPEAL TO CAR RIDERS three tax relief measures which the which means a big saving for the city has placed on the official ballot people who live in the outlying dis to be voted on at the special city tricts and who have to use the cars election Friday of this week. every day. At a recent meeting of the execu If these measures pass, the large The passage of the tax relief meas tive committee of the Woodmere property owners all over the city, ures will add only 81.40 a year to tho Community Club the following state and the big Industries and business taxes of tho man who is paying taxes ment was issued, signed by H. T. interests that reap a direct benefit on 81000 a year, and if he has four Blakeslee, George P. Douglas and L. from the cat service will have to pay car riders in his family, the failure L. livings: their fair share of these burdens. It ut these ordinances will mean an ex "The fight to relieve the 160,000 Is plain that these large business con tra cost of about 81< a year for each or more car riders of Portland of the cerns could not exist <0 days If it of these car riders over the present unjust burden of bearing the whole wasn't for the street cei system, and fare. cost of maintaining and operating yet these saroe enterprises do not pay the city's street railway system was a cent toward the coot of producing The tax relief measures call for tho initiated by the Woodmere Commu that car service. On the other hand, reduction of the bridge tolls and va MRS. PFOUTS ENTERTAINS the bulk of the load Is saddled onto rious license fees which are now ROYAL NEIGHBORS CLUB nity CJub. "The success of our appeal to the the small taxpayer and home owner borne by the car riders. The big Mrs G Pfoirls. of 6811 58th ave public service commission to deny in the suburban districts who are heavy trucks, the pleasure automo nue. entertained the Royal Neighbors the application of the Portland Rail compelled to use the street care every biles, the horse drawn vehicles and «'lob . mi Thursday. May 18. and a moat way, Light A Power company for an day In riding to and from their work. all other kinds of vehicular and pe enjoyable time waa had l>y all present. increase In street car fares and to HevertU of the distm t clubs have destrian traffic do not pay a cent of The two mill tax waa endorsed at the relieve the car rider from the sys realized that it Is to the best Inter toll for use of the bridges. The city meeting. Those present were Mrs. tem of doulde taxation to which he ests of the small ta> payers to see is trying to compel the large business Bailey. Mrs. Bleythlng, Mra. English, ha» been subjected for years has that these measures ore adopted. The interests to bear their fair share of Mrs Porter. Mrs. Henderson, Mrs. brought l his oppositon prominently Woodmere Community Club has taken these burdens and to taka them off I’nlesa the car riders a lead in this moveme it and is mak Hinoa. .Mrs Williamson. Mrs. Peters. to the front. the necks of the small taxpayer and Mrs. Davidson. Mra. Thomas. Mra. now come to our assistance and pass ing every effort to ge' out a heavy property owner. Groener and children. .Mrs. Hteffy, lhe*e remedial measures, they as well Mra. Emmeric. Mrs. Klcpanapp. Mrs. as we must oontinue to pay toll for Rtelnhauae. Mrs Free, Mra. F. C. and crossing the bridges that are free to O. Pfouts and little Rosemary, and all except car riders, must continue Mias Clara Klckanapp The next club to pay J25.000 per year or more for meeting will be at the home of Mrs. the free rides of* certain classes of R. E Thoma». 8118 64th avenue on city employes, must pay for-paving V°l* 1 Friday, April 23, 1920 No. 8 a portion of the streets that are mile* May 77. away from our homes, and must con tinue to pay for the maintenance ot Editor The Lents School Musical Club MRS. RHINEHART GIVEN portions of streets so paved. meets every Friday night to practice. Lillian Steinbrick A SURPRISE SHOWER ihe "We are u small community made There are about twenty pupils in tho Assistant 'Editors The friends of Mra. Marie Rhine up of wage-earners, who have no club. hart. <<70 54th avenue, surprised her other means of opposing the vested Walter Smith, Helen Delaney, with a stork shower last Friday. May interests that profit at our expense Augusta Richter 14. Mrs. Rhinehart received many than an appeal to all other residen The grammar _ . _ _________________ grade orchestra, un- beautiful and useful presents. Piano der the leadership of Mr. Hunter, gave tial communities for aid In the com Ella Wahtera, of the 4a, led in the a most excellent program last Fri Mlections were rendered bysMisn Dor mon cause.” arithmetic work tht* week. othea Carney and Lulu Vanderhoo* day afternoon. There were songs by Mrs. Bloom. The 7b class had a history test Mil Mrs. Ellen Byers and Mrs. Ducette. AMERICANIZATION CLASS The following new pupils have en dred Jurich had the best paper. Dainty refreshments were served by tered Lents school this weak: Revilla IS FORMED AT ARLETA — I — Mrs. Ora Vanderhoof. sister-in-law of Johnson. Norman Noble. Kenneth Mc Mrs. Rhinehart. Those present were There will be no more hot lunches Donald and William and Robert Lar the Meadauies Ora Vanderhoof. Claire served at lant» school the rest of this Realising that Americanisation work sen. from Omaha, Neb. Rhinehart. Marie Rhinehart, Eddy. ■ ffers great opportunity for patriotic term. —0— Hammond, Ruth Carney, Ducette. service, the W. C. T. IT. and other —I— Bloom, Linn. Geo. Caney. Martin. women’s organisations of the city are Don't fail to see the Lents school The average attendance at the Byer». Jacques, Roberts, and the planning a short course in practical exhibit in the office of the Mt Scott school for the pest month was 95.4. Misses Dorothea Carney and Lulu Vmericanlxutlon methods which will Herald. The room having the highest attend Vanderhoof. ance for the month was room 8, with —0— include actual work under the direc tion of a trained expert. Harry Thieike and Carlton Richter 96.3. The second was room 6, with Ml« Mauryce Currey, who Is to con had very good descriptive stories in 94.1. LENTS SCHOOL CHILDREN . —8— duct the course. Is a graduate of the their language work. WILL HELP CLEAN UP fniverwity of Washington and a —*— . The teachers gvish to correct the Principal Hughson of the Lents teacher of experience. Rhe completed The 5a class had a reading contest opinion that some of their friends public schools states that there will the course in Americanisation at last week and Harry Clark showed have to the effect that they are osk- be a short morning session of the Chautauqua. N. Y., last summer, re the most improvement ■ ng for a raise in salary. This is not school on clean-up day (Thursday), ceived the certificate of the State of —I— the case. On the contrary they are when the children of the various de Xew York, then spent two months in William Schmidt of room 15. had afraid of a cut in their salaries of partments will be Instructed in their observation and actual experience in a most interesting description on 8400 if the elementary educational bill duties, and then dismissed to do their New York city. "Hunting Squirrels" this week does not pass. Vote 814 X yee part in the matter of cleaning irp the Miss Currey has classes already in Lenta section. Thus, most of the day operation at Arleta and St. Johns will be used by the children In a prac branch libraries. Anyone interested DR. MOORE TO SPEAK AT tical course jn sanitation. A cleaner GRAMMAR SCHOOL will t»e moot welcome. and better looking I-ente will be the ARLETA LIBRARY FRIDAY ORCHESTRA RECITAL result of the united effort. BANKS TO ( IX»SF. Cbe Eem$ School news Rev. N. H. Fisher, of «079 97nd street, accidentally cut the thumb of hla left hand Tuesday morning with a pocket knife, the wound penetrat ing to the bone, and had to have some stitches taken by a local physician to stop Jhe flow of blood. Dr. A. G. Atwood has moved his dental office Into the living room« in the Yotl building recently vacated by Dr. J. H. McRloy. and Dr. Lundberg now occupies the rooms vacated by Dr. Atwood. Dr. McRloy still retains his office In the building. Tom McRloy and Chris Wise, ac companied by their wives, went up to Maupin, on the Deschutes river, laat Friday on a fishing expedition. The fish were not striking good, how ever. and only average luck was re ported. They returned home Sun day. The spelling contest of the grammar schools of this district was given at Franklin high school May 14 Seventy pupils were in the contest. Bertha Abplanalp was the winner for Lenta The eight winners will complete their contest Thursday, May 20. at the au ditorium. The Y. P. A. of the Evangelical church had a very enjoyable time Tuesday evening at the Chapman home After the regular monthly business session, games were played. Then the party gathered around ii* huge bonfire and toasted weiniea. Ice cream and cake were also served A daughter of Mrs. Clark, who lives at <719 92nd street lost 850 in cur rency one day last week between T-entn railway station and 87th*avenue. An ad In the paper resulted In the recov ery of the money. The currency waa found by a lady who, when she aaw the ad. promptly returned the money to Its rightful owner. On next Friday afternoon, from 1 to 2 o'clock. Dr. C. U. Moore will talk at the Arleta library on "Chil dren's Physical Welfare." During the lecture mothers are invited to ask questions. A number of children will be examined. A gallon of milk will be on display, with all the solids found in it, showing food values. EARLY THIS WEEK Mothers are requested to bring their The Herald is printed one day early babies. From 2 to 5 o’clock the this week on account of finishing ad meeting will be in charge of the vis vertising contracts. The arrangement iting nurses. It is hoped there will was made necewary on short notice be a good attendance of the mothers and we hope those of our regular at the meeting, as Dr. Moore is an correspondents whom we were not interesting and instructive talker. able to reach will not be inconven ienced. The Multnomah State Bank, as well as all other banks of the city, will be closed all day tomorrow (Friday), on account of the primaries. Monday. May 81, will also be observed as a holiday by the banks as Memorial day. Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Peters and son Lyle, of 8115 6«th avenue, spent the week-end at Rainier at the home of Mrs. Peters' mother, Mrs. Etta Wil liams. They report a bad road be tween Scappoose and Deer Island. While R. E. Thomas, of 8118 84th avenue, was returning from the city late Saturday night an attempt was made to hold him up at Rayburn and 68rd avenue. He eluded the thugs by going through a nearby yard, and the men, no doubt thinking it was his home. fled. Not long ago an attempt w»a made to hold Mr. Voas up near the car line. Mr. Josse, a resident of Lanta, who waa in the Southern Pacific collision near Rertha station recently, has been discharged from the hospital, but still has slight nose hemorrhages. He was thrown over several seats, when the collision occurred, and landed In the midst of the crowd of other pas sengers. but sustained no Internal in juries. Mrs. A. D. Hoyt. #ho has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Ida Wiley, corner of 91st street and Woodstock On the occasion of the meeting of avenue, for the .past two months, has the Mt. Hcott Mental Culture Club at concluded to stay In Lents. Her the Arleta library Thursday of this daughter», the Misses May and Flor- week, at 8 p. m.. Miss N. Elsie Wible, Ice. arrived recently from Glen Ellen, Industrial secretary of the Y. W. C. North Dakota, the family home hav A. of Portland, will lecture on the ing burned down during the mother's work of the Industrial department of visit In Portland. They will occupy the association. Members are looking the OBI house, recently purchased by forward to an Interesting session. Mrs. Ida Wiley, near I^nts Junction. BODY OF E. R. THOMAS FOUND LAST FRIDAY; FUNERAL MONDAY AT THE; LENTS SCHOOL The grammar school orchestra, composed of pupils of the various schools of the city, and numbering about sixty members, gave a recital at the Lents school last Friday afternoon Just preceding the meeting ot the Parent-Teacher Association. There was a large attendance of parents and visitors who greatly enjoyed the con cert. The tecital was under the di rection of Prof. 8. E. Hunter. After the recital Mrs. A. W. Cooper spoke on the two-mtll tax, and H. W. Kent, secretary of the Portland Ser vice league, explained the work of the league, and asked for the co-oper ation of the association. The officers for the association were elected at this meeting, and are as follows: President. Mrs. F. O. McGrew. The body of Evan R. Thomas, who Vice-president, Mrs E. A. Droste. waa drowned near the falls at Ore Secretary, Miss Mary Dickey. gon City on April 80. while fishing, Treasurer. Mrs. E. M. Scheuerman. waa discovered by two fishermen in Auditor, Mrs. Alice Locke. the Willamette river last Friday, near where It is supposed he was drowned. The remains were in a bad state of W. E. GOGGINS HAS decomposition. W. E. Goggins, of A NARROW ESCAPE I^enta, brother-in-law of the de ceased, went up to Oregon City Fri day morning and identified the re While driving his auto over th» mains. Funeral services were held street car track at 82nd stredt early Monday, May 17, at the mortuary last Friday morning, W. E. Goggins parlors of Walter Kenworthy, on narrowly escaped a bad accident. He East 13th street Burial was in Mt. was going at a good rate ot speed Rcott Park cemetery, under the di and had not thought of the cars, rection of Haasalo lodge. I. O. O. F., when. Just as he got to the croesing, of which lodge Mr. Thomas had he saw the Mt. Rcott train close upon been a member. him. Mr. Goggins realised that he could not stop, and so kept on, ex MRS. HOWARD C. REFAIS pecting to hear the crash, but the Mrs. Howard C. Reeves died last motorman applied the brakes In time Sunday at the family residence at to miss the impact by a hair’s Gilbert station, on Bui^cley avenue, breadth. Mr. Goggins was on his way after a short illness of pneumdhla, to Oregon City in response to a mee- aged 32 years. l>ecea»e<l leaves a sage that-the body of his brother-in- husband. Howard C. Reeves, and law had been found In tho river, thr^e children to mourn her untime mention of which is made elsewhere ly death. Also a sister, Mrs. L. H. in this issue. Wallace, of Portland. Révérai houses are undergoing pairs in the Lents district. re- Dr. O. A. Hess received word last Friday of the death of his mother, Mrs. E. Daub, of Findlay. Ohio.