LENTS STATION, PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 1920
Subscription, $1.00 a Year
PIONEER REAL ESTATE MAN
RECALLS EARLY INDIAN DAYS
VOL. XVm. No. 24
WEST SIDE FLORIST TO BUILD
$20,000 HOME NEAR LENTS
First Woman Judge in the South
C. C. Wiley, one of III* pioneer» of
tlie !,•»>>•• seoilun, Mini the second
mun to viiKiiire* In the real eetate
business here, was III u reminiscent
mood the other day. lie stntud that
Mr. Addlton wue the first man to
Nigugc In that liusllissa III lai nth
Mr.
Wiley I'unio to Lanta In 1**1.
Al
that Unit- a »leuin enalne with cars
■nude trips from the city proper to
l.ciile.
Mr», ileilae hart u boarding
ODD FELLOWS
LODGESHELD IM­
PRESSIVE SERVICE
Sunday afternoon the Odd
lodges of Ariel« and Lenta
lauit
Fallow
the only «tore, which wue located on
Taylor, pastor of St. Paul's Episcopal
Foster
road
»2nd
anil
The
street.
was manty, and, the en­
population
viron« of
of
I suit» consisted
timber
and
F.
und
farina
tract».
brush
Mr.
Wiley haa I men u roeldeiit of la-nt»
for if yeur».
In 187« he checked his liuggags
from Massachusetts Io Yankton, H. D.
From the Black Hille came »lories of
wonderful void dlacovvrlea. and Dead­
wood, u new mining town, was the
center of attraction.
Haloona and
gambling flourished, and "a man for
breakfast,"
leiKt.
a
of
wue
«ccur-
common
a
Ml. Wiley hl.cd to the owner
train
waaon
operating
the parly and ambmhtw! the
lowed
Woodmere,
church,
waa a
by
the
number
large
odd Fellows und Rebekahs who were
The thought of the sermon
present.
waa along the line of fraternal duty,
the trend being In the direction of
clusion of the services graves of de-
'-eased odd Fellows In Mt. Hcott and
viullnoitiuli
were
cemeteries
deco­
rated with roses and other beautiful
and left the train on horseback one
morning determined to get Io the
mine» ahead of the train. About noon
of the aatno day hla body was found
horribly mutlluti-d by the Hloux. Two
or three other etragglera were killed
on the trip.
••Wild Bill’ Hlxox. the noled Indian
scout und gambler. w»i »hot by an­
other gambler in a auloon which ad­
joined
u
building
upon
Mr.
which
Wiley was shingling at the time
Hlxox had won the gambler’s money
the day previous, und there appeared
to Ire no bad feeling.
Miss Alice Jackson, a well-known
On account of the prominence
head.
of "Wild Hill" aa a government acout
and Indian fighter, th« affair created
bureau
park
to
purchase
six
blocks adjacent to the Mt. Hcott play­
ground,
which
part
the
of
later
will
present
become
grounds.
a j
The
couple
Tlie
were
united
In
inurylage by a minister of the Church
A. I. Gilson. who has been an em­
ploye in parka of the city for the
hereafter re­
past 14 years. Is in charge of the Mt.
side al Hie bride's home at toll 83rd
Hcott park, which position he has
held for four years.
He says chil­
of Christ.
will
They
street.
dren should be taught not to dese­
TREMONT VETERAN
PLEASED WITH G. A.
R. ENTERTAINMENT
crate the park during vacation
up drinking fountains, and do other
week visited the O. A.
praise of the big-hearted
ft. en­
Asturians,
whu left no atone unturned to make
thing»
for
pleasant
ranks
thin
the
of this could be avoided by parents
Instructing their children concerning
the seml-crlmlnal nature of such acts.
Miss Holman is the lady instructor
and Mr. Borllla is Instructor for the
boya
Mr. Itoiauill. who is hale and hearty,
measure»
with a capacity for the good things
supplying plenty of sawdust at the
to eat In
heavily armed, and waa always with­
in rear h of hl« rifle.
Indiana killed
«upper served the old vets at Astoria
rings and chutes.
tendance is about
just before their departure consisted
day.
Custer massacre followed us a result
of baked sulnion, mashed potatoes,
baked lieans. salads, coffee, cake and
attending the
of the government'» effort» to punish
strawberry
the belligerent Hloux.
Mr. Wiley came to
delicacies too numerous to mention;
from
Yankton, H. I»., in I »08.
J.
Brooks, of the Lents Junction
Mercantile compnny, liaa leaaed Can­
this world, states that a
liesldes
shortcake,
other
visitors
there will over linger pleasant mem­
ories of the splendid
the
given
entertainment
of the grand
men
army
and their wives, down where the
crlmaon sunsets glow.
Mr. Itoseall
waa retained
road,
near Johnson creek, to R. F. Powers,
an ex-service man, who will conduct
It this season. The lemee will cater
to automobile parties and the general
traveling public.
MRS. HOBSON IS
REPORTED BETTER
MT. SCOTT SECTION
NOW BEAUTIFUL IN
JUNE RAIMENT
Hobson, of Tremont, who was
to defer
it to an­
It is understood,
how­
,
ture..
the
of
62nd
impact
from
taken
by
the
Willis Htanfill. the two-year-old son
of tho driver of the Ford auto, and
bruising the other occupants of the
car,
which Included the parents of
tho child.
The child was taken to
Good Samaritan hospital, where it is
he
believed
Sheriff
for
has
been
driving
reckless
Deputy
recover.
will
Murnane
complaint
on
portions of the tract.
Construction work on tho residence
and
other
handsome
outbuildings,
including a
garage,
begin,
will
it
is
understood, about July 1.
The Lenta section
la fast coming
Into prominence aa a desirable resi­
dence place, and other wealthy busl-
ness men, we understand, have like
designs upon this premier suburban
district.
G. A. R. CIRCLES HAVE
FLOAT IN PARADE
arrested
of Mr. Stanfill.
Blackmar, Shiloh. Peter Porter and
Winslow Mead Circles, Ladies of G.
keeper
LIGHT VOTE POLLED
AT SCHOOL ELECTION
RECEPTION GIVEN
FATH ER O’FLYNN
BY SAINT PETERS
A reception waa given Monday eve-
P.
O'Flynn,
Beutgen.
Succeeds
who
Father
The program consisted of
an opening song by the church choir;
a
violin
selection
Mias
by
Marte
chapman, accompanied by Mrs. Up­
dike; a vocal ’nolo by Mr. Sorgham,
accompanied
by
Miss
Chapman;
a
in
After
the
program
refreshments
were served by the ladies.
The average at­ ed a Harvard dental chair, which he
260 children per has installed in his office, corner of
Bible study school at
Nelson
will
soon
have
parade Thursday.
those
and
principally
The tax measure car­
cational welfare of the children.
THE MISSES CHAPMAN
GIVE FAREWELL PARTY
CITY WILL PROBABLY
BUILD WALKS ON AREAS
DEEDED — SKIP REST
R. F. Chapman and family of 4442
It is stated h* Commissioner Bar-
88rd street expect to leave Saturday
bur's office that the matter of the
by boat for California.
sidewalks on
The Misses
•Amy and Olga Chapman entertained
»2nd street will come
before the council either tonight, Fri­
at a birthday and farewell party on
day, or next Wednesday. It has been
Those decided to make »2nd street only 38
present were Opal, Pearl and Kath­ feet from curb to curb, which gives
the
of
afternoon
June
17.
erine Woodworth, Alice O'Brien. Cora
the city title to two feet on either
Chambers, Ruth Jacobsen, Violet and
side of the street, and it is the pres­
Porter.
Ellen
Nona
Jones, Josephine ent intention to put in the curbs on
Harold Bon­ this two-foot strip. Hidewalks will
Hamlet.
der«», Bessie Barnard, Olga Chap­
Refresh­
man and Amy Chapman.
then be built on property to which
the city
has been given deeds,
but
He and Dr.
ments of ice cream and cake were
the lots whose owners refuse to sign
a
served.
will be skipped.
surgeon's
Millard avenue, after which they go operating room adjoining thetr office«
to the park to spend the remainder for their joint use.
A new cabinet
of the day.
Rose Festival
The float was 20 feet long and 11 feet
wide and waa decorated with close to
by American flag, and from a pole in the
center of the car streamers of red,
A
ried and a majority was also given white and blue were suspended.
for the lucky candidates for direc­ more complete description will be
tor.
As usual the women seem to given in the next issue by tho com­
take the greatest interest In the edu­ mander of the Lents post.
polled,
May Porter,
Dr. P. J. O'Donnell has just rece’v-
the
a thousand roses of different vari­
A platform was occupied by
The vote polled at the annual eties.
school election in Lents last Satur­ two ladles from each circle, together
The
day was the smallest known tor with a fife and drum corps.
front
of
the
car
was
draped
with
the
years past.
Only 84 votes were
women voters.
Of this number about 100 are »2nd and Foster road.
has been received for the room.
Property Owners East of
Lents Bond for City Water
In case such own­
ers so desire they may put in their
MRS. JOHN MANZ RECOVERING
FROM VERY SEVERE ILLNESS
own walks and retain tit^p to the side­
walk strip.
The only difference will
the latter part of last week was The city, however, has the same juris­
critical, but at this writing she is
diction
over
the
sidewalk
area
showing signs of improvement that whether the owner retains title to it
are encouraging to her relatives and or whether he turns it over to the
friends.
Property owners south of the Es­
will
be
in
neighborhood
the
of
tacada car line between l-ents Junc­
830,000. The district is outside of the
tion and Deardorff road have signed
city
city.
YOUNG MAN HAS ARM
BROKEN AT PLAYGROUND
Earl Hodge, aged it, while swing­
limit«
ing from tho rings at the Lents play­
state that this idea is erroneous and
involved
The district is also now circulating
ground last Friday, slipped his hold
will take In approximately two square
petitions for electric lights.
Enough
prospective users have already signed
up to warrant the company In in­
stalling lights.
The petitioners will
also have to put up about >1000 tn
cash for electric light poles.
and fell, fracturing the loft arm at
obstructions of any kind would not
be tolerated.
themselves
for
the
boundaries.
been
piped
purpose of bringing city water into
five
blocks
the district.
The territory
miles of territory.
through
The water will be
six-inch
wooden
pipes, and the cost of Installing the
water for the district, it 1» estimated.
out
Oas
to
beyond
the city
the
wrist.
A
physician
and
the fracture
the
first
accident
was
reduced.
to
occur
foliage,
noble
splendid
which
to
river,
but
tho
but the city authorities
at
the
grounds this year.
A CANADIAN SHRINER
MEETS LENTS FRIEND
AFTER TWENTY YEARS
he also
of
Oregon
mind
of the
picture
goods, etc.,
called
This is
lamette," he not only faithfully de­
a
for the purpose of displaying
already
avenue,
bound
When Oregon's greatest poet, Sam­
a
them
haa
and
uel Simpson, penned "Beautiful Wil­
gave
Some have had the idea that
by retaining title to the sidewalks
they would have the right to use
McKay
up
conducted
scribed
Mrs
meeting decided
as commander of the
gon for another year.
Spring
force
The
on
north
neighborhood of 820,000.
Workmen
are also clearing and leveling other
Mrs. John Manx, of Lents, is slow­
their walks while those who deed the
ly recovering from a severe illness at strip to the city will have ten year»
St. Vincent's hospital. Her condition In which ot pay for the improvement.
In the hearts of the
lardgr*
on
speeding
which to erect a
the old boys had all survived the big
Illinois Veterans* Association for Ore­
house,
upon
fine country residence to cost in tho
be that they will have to pay cash for
ary Cottage, formerly the old Holly
road
road adjoining Johnson creek, east of
Lenta, and is now engaged in clear­
but so far aa heard from, he believed
feed.
R. F. POWERS LEASES
CANARY COTTAGE
attended that those in charge of the
recitation by Master Albert 8chlitsky.
but wua not one of tho lucky one».
!n those duya the prospector went
l-ents
against the
protest
night by the member, of St. Peter's
Thus far no accidents have taken
tho
to
raise In street car fare was so poorly
church to their new pastor, Rev. J.
place this year, due to precautionary
und
hall
Grange
upset seat« mark up lavatories, plug
were present on the above occasion.
prospectors.
liand bills for last Monday night at
riods.
Annually much damage Is
done by thoughtless children, who
things that smack of vandalism. Much
L. IlioMi^l. of Tieuiont Hut ion. who
Sheriff Murnane,
pe­
of the survivors of the civil war, who
the
by
from 5Sth avenue to Sind avenue.
m.
the lime.
Mi. Wiley prospected for two yeara
of
advertised
Wash , last Friday. June II, at 1:10
p.
a considerable ripple of Interest al
many
meeting
ever. that another meeting will be
adverltsed and held In the near fu­
campment ut Astoria, la loud In hi»
the
the
mass
The
park grounds on the south, extending
hlnd
through
ship of seven acres of land on Spring
A. R., united tn preparing a float for
empowered
if Haleru. were married at Vancouver,
The next day.
him
•
has
council
city
other time.
taints young lady, and I'harlee Keyes
last
»hot
MOUNT SCOTT PLAY­
MEETING CALLED TO
GROUND TO HAVE 6
PROTEST THE 8-CENT
BI/OCKS ADDITIONAL
FARE POSTPONED
park addition will join the original
however, wlille "Wild Bill" was in a
gamo tlie mun came up from lie-
and
Mrs. T. F. Kelley, the finti nomati lu liecome u court judge In the south,
living sworn In as Judge of tlie Juvenile court in Memphis, Tenn. She has been
active III civic and welfare work for many years and her election waa a rec
ognltlon of her efforts and success.
The
A man became impatient
Deputy
knocked the right rear wheel
i lowers.
ALICE JACKSON AND
CHARLES KEYES WED
Hind
7111
the auto, throwing the machine over
on Its side, and seriously injuring
observance of the principles of the
Al the con­
by
street.
a stricter adherence to and a closer
order In everyday life.
of
MtanfUl,
H.
waa
who
of
train whenever opportunity afforded
a chance.
driven
effort and oue that was highly ap­
preciated
W.
by
street, was run into by a motorcycle
splendid
from
Yankton to Deadwood, and made two
trip»
tin the Iasi trip Indiana fol­
l«ast Huiiday afternoon, at (2nd
and Division >treels, an auto driven
Held joint memorial services at the
hall of the l«mts odd Fellows, cor­
Coffman operated
I.
Max Smith, a well-known west side
florist, has recently acquired owner­
ing ground
ner of »2nd street and 68tb avenue.
Fhe sermon glrim by Rev. (J. A.
house, an<l
MT. SCOTT AUTOISTS
INJURED IN CRASH
WITH MOTORCYCLE
Canonization of Joan of Arc Celebrated
E. V. Ellsworth, a member of Wa
weeks ago. following a severe mental
writer,
of all true Oregonians,
Wa Temple. Order of the 8hrine,
whose home is at Regina, Saskatche­
break-down, Is Improving under treat­
has no equal In the temperate sone.
wan. Canada, came out to Lents Wed­
ment
her
Coupled with our majestic mountains
nesday and hunted up Frank Foster,
friends have hope thul she will re­
and famous snow-capped peaks, our
an old-time railroad conductor on the
Soo Line, whom he had not seen for
to
taken
at
Mt. Tnbor sanitarium
her
cover
Institution,
that
usmil
mental
and
two
activity
scenic
and
waterfalls
other
and
beauty
spots, It Is no wonder that Oregonians
mors than 20 years.
grocery store al Tremont, and grief
are full of state pride.
over her husband's death last winter
and business cares caused her ner­
Is here In Its fullness of foliage, Its
on the Canadian Pacific years ago,
and were close friends.
Mr. Foster
roses and flowring shrube, to greet
lives on 45th avenue,
vous break-down.
the thousands of Hhriners who are
with' us this week, representing as
»2nd street, and his visiting friend is
HEDGE RETURNS FROM TRIP
TO THE MeKF.N7.IE RIVER
they do every state in the Onion.
and
Mrs.
health.
Hobson
owns
a
Marvin Hedge, of the l-enls Hard­
ware
compnny,
over-town
joined
fishermen,
party
of
consisting
of
a
W. F. Backus. Phil Holmes and Geo.
Irwin,
on
a
trip
to
tho
Belknap
Springs on the McKcnsle rfvor Thurs­
day of last week, returning Monday.
I<eafy June
snapped
a blue upright
just
west
ot
with the 200 Hhriners who belong to
Wa Wa Temple, the members being
All up and down the Mt. Hcott dis­
about evenly divided as to residence
trict foliage is at Its best.
Fruit
trees, berry bushes, grape vines, a
between Moosejaw and Clagary. Mr.
Ellsworth is an Ohioan by birth, and
repletion of garden stuff, stately
houses, rose-etnbowerod cottages and
the latter being Canadians by birth.
is accompanied by his wife and child,
less pretentious, Jiomes, all dressed In
turn.
Mr. -Ellsworth stated to a Herald re­
porter
that
the
Canadians
were
The whole plcturjauueids the home­
life, the suburban 'qu'loF. and we may
mightily pleased with Portland and
the Oregon climate and scenery, and
add, comfort and happiness.
with their cordial reception here.
green
meet
the ,<ye. at
every
The fish rose to a flying upright, and
occasotMUjy
Both railroaded
Mrs.
Anna
Mooney
la
dry fly, but the fishing was not equal
from her California trip.
to luck of former occasions.
a delightful time.
at
home
She reports
General view of the celebration of the camHiixailon u. .haul of Arc held nt the statue of the Maid at Riverside
drive and Ninety-third street, New York. Archbishop Patrick J. tlayes presided over the ccremoBlef.
Workmen are kalsomining the in­
terior of the Lents Mercantile com­
pany's store this week.