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About Mt. Scott herald. (Lents, Multnomah Co., Or.) 1914-1923 | View Entire Issue (July 16, 1920)
X librali! ML Subscription, $1.00 the Year LENTS WORKMEN WILL HELP LAY KEEL OF MONSTER TANKER The keel of the largest vessel ever built in Oregon will be laid in a few days by the Northwest Bridge & Iron Company. When completed some time curly in 1921, this vessel will be a 12,000 ton tanker. Seven of these craft arc to be built by the local com pany. The start of construction has been delayed by the non arrival of steel from the Atlantic Coast. A number of lamls workmen uro em ployed in this yurd, and will assist in the work of completing the pig tunk- er. W. E. Goggins and wife who spent Bunday in Marion county, report that the peach crop along the Willurnette, which usually is large, will not amount to much this year. The cold weather of last winter killed hundreds of the trees outright. The big La- follett peach orchard at Wheatland, famous in the Willamette valley, this year will not produce enough peaches for local consumption. From nearly every section of Oregon comes the same report relative to the failure of that crop. CITY CONCLUDES PI «CHASE ADDITION IO PLAYi.ROUND It is learned that the city has just concluded purchase of an additional six blocks of ground fur the Mt. Scott playground.. Arrangements jyerv made for this purchase some time ago. but agents of the city have been get ting titles to the land to be acquired, and that has taken considerable time. It is believed that final arrangements are now practically completed, and that the land desired by the city will soon pass to new ownership. SEMER FOR 7IST STREBT ESTIMATED AT .$«,975.60. The City Auditor has prepared pro posed assetsment for the construc tion of u proposed sewer in lat street, to cost $4,975 60. The bound aries of the district to be usscsed therefor, will be as follows: Commencing nt a point in the north erly line of Foster road 100 feet east of the cast line of 71st street S. E. measured at right angles; thence north paralell with the west line of 72nd. street S. E. to the •«••th line of 45th* aenue 8. E.; thence west along the south line of 45th avenue S. E. to a point 100 feet west of the west line of 71st street S. E.: thence south parallel with the west line of 71st street S. E. to the northerly line of Foster road; thence southeasterly along the northerly line of Faster road to the place of beginning. CHILDREN PICK BERRIES AND EARN GOOD WAGES. X LENTS STATION, RORTL a ND, OREGON, JULY 16, 1920 The Joyriders ID PORTLAND FINE SUMMER RESORT FOR STAY-AT-HOME MAJORITY LOCAL MERCHANT TURdS HOCKSHAW One day this week, the deliveryman for a local merchant lost u sock of millrun from his wagon, and some time later discovered his loss, looked in vain, and reported to his employer, who re-instituted the search. A sub conscious hunch moved the store keeper to ask n boy by the roadside, if he hud seen anything of the miss ing sack of feed. The boy replied that he h*t seen it fall from the wagon, und that another man with an uuto and hastily picked it up pluced it in his own nuto and "evup- orated” down th- road. The boy ulso had u detective instinct, for he was ulsle to give the store keeper the number of the mail’s auto. The mer chant went home, called the police de partment and gave* the number of the man's auto. Result was that the police told him where the man lived, togetlier with his phono number. The merchant got his party on the line The man at first denied, then admit ted that he picked up the feed. Se quel: The merchant “stepped on the gas" and soon met the man. who gave up the suck, ull the time looking like one who had let u bird go. The police were not culled, und the next time the foxy finder grabs a sack of cow feed, he probubly will pause long enough to make a few inquiries as to the owner at least, This is an age of shrewd kids, tagged autos, phones and subconscious hunches. The many Portland friends of Carl T. Fredericksen of 5336 87th street will regret to learn that he was ac cidentally drowned in Alaska last Friday. He was mate if the S. s. Alaska, now in Alusku waters. MR. ADKINS HAND CRUSHED Mrs. Adkins of 65th street received n telegram . while attending grange last Saturday that her husband Henry Adkins, had suffered severe injury to one of his hand,s while working on the California Highway. The wire gave no further particulars. Mrs. Ad kins left in the evening to join him. CITV TO ACQUIRE A NEW _ PARK Ml I E AT COST $11,335. h •• '■* ■ "• * City Commissioner Pier last Fri- dat concluded preliminaries for the purchase of a tract between 25lh und 26th streets and Raleigh and Quinby streets for a city purk. It is 200x456 feet in dimensions and was owned l>y the Goldsmith estate. Portland is getting to be well supplied with parks, und the last purchase seems to be a iretty expensive one, considering Hi amount of land Involved. It would appear poor policy to buy park sites when the price of real eseatc is on the seventh wove. A few years ago—just before the war, in fact—park sites could have been had at one-half less than present prices. For some time past a big auto truck crowded with school children with a few grownups, has been leav ing 92nd street early each morning for the Happy Valley berry fields. IIERMAN AND MCFARLAND Hundreds of women and children are WIN FLY-CASTING EVENT busy in the berry tracts in other sec tions of Portland's suburbs, and all Dr. McFarland won the medal for are making good wages, and reliev the half ounce miss and out at 80 ing the help condition. feet, and Jack Herman of Seiwood won the medal for the quarter-ounce KERN PARK COUPLE RETURN distance bait event at the municipal FROM HONEYMOON AT BRACH fly-casting pool Wednesday last. Marvin Hedge of Ix'nts was unable Everett Robbins and bride, nee to compete in this event, owing to Helen M. Sibley of Williams avenue, business engagements. Three weeks returned the latter part of last week ago he won over Dr. McFarland in from a two weeks honeymoon at Bar the event in which McFarland won view beach, Tillamook county, fol Wednesday. Mr. Hedge expects to lowing their marriage on the 25th of compete in the big tournament which last month. They will begin house occurs in Seattle during the month of keeping at 6609 62nd avenue, in- a- August, and his friends predict that few days. Mr. Robbins is well known he will give a good account of him up Lents way, and is in the real self. estate business nt Kern Park with his Carl Hawkins, who,has clerked at father. The bride has many friends the Lents Hardware Company store in the Williams avenue section, and for two years past, has resigned his formerly resided on San Rafael street. position, and has 'not* yet decided just what he will do. He expects, Potatoes are quoted at 8c per however, to attend school this fall. pound In the local markets. Oregon Attention is called to the big Sat will have a tremenduous crop this year, and there is no longer any ex urday special to be given by the lænts cuse for high prices. Every citizen .function Mercantile Company, the who has a garden in the I^nts section old Rohr store, comer of 103rd street has a big spud area growing, and the and Foster road, next Saturday. It late rains are making the potato crop will pay to read the ad. all the way through. a promising one for this year. GRANGE CONVENTION SATURDAY During ihf lecture houw at Lents as an order, 46 years ago. Incident grange lust Saturday afternoon, the ally the speaker gave a very interest lecturer made announcement that ing history of Masonry and the Shrine. While in session here, many Judge Stapelton of Gresham, was of the members felt the necessity of largely responsible for securing the doing something for humanity. reccnt*meeting of the Shrinera of the Hitherto, the Shrine had merely funs- United States and Canada for Port tioned on the funny side of life, but land lust June. He then introduced a more sober and serious feeling had the judge, who proceeded to give his developed, sa that when a resolution fellow members of the committee the was introduced appropriating a large lion's share of the praise for the sum for the founding of a great hos coup. pital in the United States, where de For an hour the judge held the dependent, crippled and deformed small but attentative audience of .children might be cured or helped, the grang-rs spell-bound with his elo- resolution went through with a rush. quent narrative of how the great an The Shrir.ers are pledged to build up nual meeting was secured, after three and maintain such an institution, years of pesistent effort. He said wfyosc doors will be open to all, with that $.30,000a I one was spent for dec out restriction, whatsoever. orations, and that the capacity of 113 The advertising given Oregon, the hotels in Portland was taxed to its Judge stated, was the greatest pub utmost, and that several thousand licity stunt ever pulled off by any private homes were opened to care state in the history of fraterqalism. for the Shrinera—all free of charge, People came here from every part of anti in hundreiis of instances, automo the United States and Canada, and biles were at the disposal of guests. they were dazed by the magnitude of There were 89 patrols present, and the welcome, the outpouring of good 45 trains were parked in the city. cheer and good will. Thousands of the Shrinera were tak- For years to come, the effects of on up state over tlje Columbia High- the Shriner’s convention at Portland, way, and to oother points of interest, will be felt in more than one way. including the Oregon beaches. Over Those who saw its beautiful roses, its $200,000 were spent to entertain the magnificent scenery, its limpid rivers, visitors, which the judge stated was mountain peaks and lake:, wil I be the greatest reception from every haunted with a desire to return and standpoint ever accorded a conven live where the Almighty in creating, tion of Shrjnem, since its inception was so prodigal with his favors. LENTS PLAYGROUND HAS ATTRACTIONS FOR KIDDIES The attndance at the Lents play ground is not as large this month thus far, as in June. The reason assigned is that many of the children are in the berry fields, near Lents, where thay are getting good wages. The morn- ings ar- as a rule not well attended, but the afternoons are well represen- ted by the little folks. A wading pool is one of the big at tractions for the children, and is well patronised. A party of 27 girls from the Lents and Mt. Scott playgrounds took a hike the latter part of last week two miles beyond Johnson creek, led by Ned Fowler, the parks hike master. They started at 10 a. m. and returned nt I o’clock p. in. The girls devote time to nature study, and the boys are instructed in hiking, camp ing and woodcraft, while on these trips. On every Wednesday during the week a trained story teller comes to each park and tells stories for the edification of the children. The en tertainer is a woman. Mothers are urged to bring the little tots. The hour is between three and four aech Wednesday afternon. Indoor Itall games will soon be ar ranged for. The city parks are di vided into North and South divisions. Lents is in the South division, and a Lents team will meet teams from the other South side parks in match games. Miss Noren gives an hour each Monday, Wednesday and Friday to instruction in basketry, where child ren are taught raffia work. The city furnishes the raffia material, and the children the needles. Much skill has already -dfeen developed by some of the girls in the work. J. R. Nash of 47th avenue has re turned from his homestead near Sen eca, Eastern Oregon, and reports that Eastern Oregon has good crop prospects thia year. V ol . XVIII.. No 27 Fred Geisler of the Mt. Scott Drug Company and family, left Saturday night by auto for the Tilamook beach, for a three weeks stay. They expect to tour the several beaches during their vacation, and will be accompan ied by Mrs. Hall of Eastern Oregon, Mrs. Geisler’s mother, who arrived in time to join them. Guy Robison and wife joined the Geislers Monday at the beach, and Warren McWilliams and family of Corvallis, will also also join the Geisler camp early this yeek. TheMcWilliams formerly lived in Lents, and are well known here Fred Geisler expects to investigate the fin ny tribe along the line, and hopes to have fish on the camp menu most of the time. IREMONT FIREMEN HELD DANCE SATURDAY NIGHT. The firemen's dance held at the open air pavillion at Tremont station last Saturday night had an attendance of 55 couples, with fine music, net ting the volunteer firemen of Tre mont a nice little sum. On July 31st, four prizes will be offered for the four best dancers—one a fine picture. The money outside of expenses goes toward the maintainance of the vol unteer fire department at Tremont. A very large percentage of Port land’s residents never go outside of the city for a summer outing. Thou sands are not privileged to view the shimmering sea and the breakers lash ing the rocks of the coast line. Many think they cannot get away from busi ness; others do not care to go; many, indeed, are not financially able to go, land after all the reasons that might j be adduced as to why people do not Igo away from the city during the summer season, the fact remains that the great majority stay at home swelling the ever full ranks of the home guard. But one may enjpy an evening at various places of amuse ment in Portland. The bands give concerts of evenings in the parks, where the music lovers may find free entertainment. There are many bathing places along the Willamette and the Columbia, where one may spend Bunday, including the large parks. One day trips are available to the near by mountains, both by auto mobile and by rail. A Saturday after noon may profitably be spent in look ing over the exhibits at the City Hall, where all kinds of stuffed animals may be seen, from the mammoth moose to the Australian kangaroo. Indian relics, agates, arrow heads, pioneer relics, exhibits, of minerals, canoes, artillery, old muskets and pistols and various arms more or less obsolete, form interesting pictures for the sight seer. There are, in fact, so many places of interest to visit in Portland, that it might be in order to coin the phrase: “See Portland First.” KENDALL BOYS DEFEATED BY HESSE-MARTIN TEAM The Kendall station base ball club, which claims to represent the sta tion of Lents also, as Lents has no club of Us own, was defeated Wed nesday by the Hesse-Martin base ball club by a score of 10 to 2. Lents has soome good base material, but for soome reason did not put a team in the field this year. The Crown-Wil lamette team is r.ow in the lead in the “A. A.” league of city teams, with a percentage of 833. FARMER MAKES $100 HAULING AUTOS OUT Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Anderson of 5020 92nd street, returned Monday night from an auto trip to Ranier, Wash, where they spent a couple of days with their daughter, Mrs. A. C. Gil man, formerly Miss Winona Ander son of I>ents. The going was fair ly good, except where they were forced to make a detour up the Cow litz river from Kelso, where roads were found to be in a rough state, until the highway was reached near Centralia. On their return they ran into a piece of new road near Tenino, which the rain had rendered impas sible. Here a farmer met the ma rooned autos,—dozens of them—antf pulled them through at $5 per pull. It was estimated that the farmer would make $100 for his days work. Somebody hinted at profiteering, but the farmer said: “Them as rides in awtoes must pay the fiddler, and I am he.” INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS HELD BY LOCAL ODD FEL LOWS TUESDAY NIGHT Lentg Odd Fellows installed the newly elected officers of the local lodge last Tuesday night. District Deputy T. C. Cox officiated. The fol- Mirwald; Rec.. Sec., Wlowing etaoao ling officials were installed: N. G., W. D. Saunders; N. V. G. Frank Mirwald; Rec. Sec., W. E. Goggins; Treasurer, F. R. Peterson; Warden, E. E. Cleland; Conductor, Jos Schwitzer; Chaplain, W, A. Eatchell; R. S. N. G-, Geo. Dilley; L. S. N. G., Thos, Ervin; R. S.*V. G„ A. H. Nelson; L. S. V. G., Axel Johnson; R. S. S., W. W. Wakefield; L. S. S.J. W. Hummel; I. G., Wm. Anderson; O. S. Carl Trim. STANZ-WOODARD CHRISTENSON & HAYES LEAD Ralph Stanz and Mrs. Barbara NEW FARMER-LABOR PARTY Woodard, the latter a niece of Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Gardner of Lents, Parley f. Christensen, a Salt Lake were united in marriage Wednesday, lawyer, was nominated for President July 14, at the residence •* A. N. and Max Hayes of Cleveland, Ohio, Gardner, 9641 Foster road, Rev. F. for Vice President by the national B. Culver of the Lents Evangelical convention of the Farmer-Labor party church officiating. Those present last Wednesday. The platform de were Dr. and Mrs. Nelson, Mrs. clares for Irish independence and Aurilla Gibbs, a rousin of the bride, recognizes the soviet government in and Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Gardner. Mr. Russia. The platform submitted by Stanz, the groom is a well-known Record of New Jersey was not adopt real estate dealer, wit^ offices on ed. Lafolett and othir strong ele Woodstock avenue, near 92nd street, ments could not indorse the platform and the bride, who has made her adopted, The platform adopted home witlr her aunt and uncle, Mr was against the peace pact, There and Mrs. Gardner, for some time were too many discordant elements past has had a position with a jewelry firm on the west side. The newly to be satisfied in the convention. married couple have taken posses CITY WANTS CHANGE IN THE sion of their new home on 94th street MT. HOOD LOOP ROAD PLAN where they will begin house-keeping. Commissioner Mann, Wednesday last introduced a resolution before the city council appointing a com mittee of two to confer with the state highway commission relative to the routing of the Mt. Hood Loop road. The city desires that the road should pass through Dodge Park and Mar mot to Brightwood, instead of via Sandy to Brightwood. The Mar- mat route is two miles shoorter and follows the Bull Run pipe lines, which would be a distince advantage for the water bureau in maintainance and repair work. Cattleman Sues Kenton Bank Damages of $26.285 are demanded by John A. Robertson of the Bank-ofc Kenton because of the alleged re fusal of the bank to honor his check while holding negotiable papers as security, in a suit filed in the circuit court last Tuesday. The return of his check from the bank caused him to be arrested in Nevada, extradited to California and caused considerable inconvenience, as well as to suffer injury to his reputation, ne asserts. The check was for 18100 in payment for 108 cows purcmased from the Me Arthur Cattle company, McArthur Cal., June 24 1919, it is asserted. Mrs. W. A—Smith and daughter-in- law, Mrs. Chester Smith, left Sunday morning for their home in Terre Haute, Indiana. They had been visit ing at the home of Ray Steffy the past three weeks. Mr. Smith is a brother of Mrs. Mattie Steffy. Ches ter Smith accompanied them to Port land to attend the Shriner’s conven tion, but was called home by business sooon after his arrival. While here, Miss Geneveive Stanley, niece of the Steffys, Smiths anil the Opal Hall Peter [.arsen, of 6825 47th avenue, families motored to Pacific City for is spending a week at Cannon Beach on the Tilamook coast. an outing. A LENTS EX-SERVICE MAN RESIGNS OFFICER’S COM. Fred L. Peterson, of the Lents Pharmacy, who sometime ago ac cepted a commission as Second Lieu tenant in the Quartermaster’s Re serve Corps in the United States army, has received notice that his resignation, which was tendered the government recently, had been ac cepted. The commission required that he should report for active duty for 15 days during each year, and as he was subject to immediate call, he felt it might interfere with his business duties. Fred went out with the old Third Oregon ^s a “buck1 private in Sept. 1917, and was in France a year and a half, and won the shoulder straps of Second Lieu tenant by meritorious service, before he was discharged after the amis- tice was signed. Mr. and Mrs. J. Pardee Howe of Three Tree Point, Seattle, who have been touring California and points on the Canadian border, arrived in Lents thia week and are visiting the lattera grandmother, Mrs. Kate M. Wagner and aunt, Mrs. Gullika. W. H. Freeman of 47th avenue and 103rd street goes up to Lebanon thin week, to visit his brother, and will try fishing in the South Santiam river.