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I mt. Scott herald EXPLOSIONS CAUSED BY DUSTl Published Evary Friday at Lanta Station. Portland. Oregon. UKU. A. McABTRLK C. W SMITH M. O. UCIU>.............. . ........... i’roprislor XuliUtl Manager .... Local Kdltor Entered aa second-class mail mat ter February 14. 1814, at the poet office «8 Lenta. Oregon, under act of Congress, March 1. 1878. Subscription prie* 11.00 » year 581Î Ninety-second Strset Phones: Tabor 782«. Save that you may spend ; spend M that you save. Sugar continues to be a theory rath er than a condition. Sugar Is coming back with an air of coy sweetness, so to speak. Sweet cider. In the opinion of not a few. is a waste at the bhug-hole. If the profiteer wants a distinctive garb, why not a suit with stripes? Among other prices that may be ex- peeled to come down soon is that of ice. Women’s hats next year are to be smaller. What about the cost of them? Investigation Haa Proved That Grain is by No Meant the Only De structive *»L When the bureau of chemistry of the United States department of agri culture started Investigations with the object of reducing tires and explosions caused by dust In the grain elevators and mills It xias uot long Itefore the I experts realize«) these Ores atnl vxplo xlons were by no means confined to the graiu business. These dust expto slou Investigations are having a wide Influence, which has extended to many Industries Aluminum dust, starch and even fish meal, a by-product of I fish canneries, have all been found susceptible to the conditions which produce disastrous explosions. The latest development goes to prove that the mysterious "blow sacks" so well known to firemeu are in some eases caused by dust. With the knowledge of this fact as a guide many fatal accidents may t>e avoided. The firemen of America find the mal ter of sufficient Importance to war- rant their co-operation with the de I«artinent of agriculture in a study of preventive methods. The subject was taken up by the National Firemen’s association at their twenty-second annual convention at Peoria. Ill. Engineers engaged In the dust-explosion investigations rep resented the department of agriculture at the meeting. ANOTHER NEW FORD TOURING CAR «■ ■ ■ Beauty Chats With all the extras just for you to drive out. Come in and talk over the auto problems. We are here to please you in every way. By EDNA KENT FORBES *^^MPv*^^*sr*Mp*sr^*eP**^*>#^*'r'*^*'*'*>*'**** HIGH-ARCHED FEET URING the course of the past dozens of girls wrote to D me summer on the advisability of spending the Reasonable Service time barefoot at summer or seashore resorts, where there was enough DAVIS BROS. seclusion to permit this freedom of dressing. Most wanted to know xvhether or not it would Improve their feet. "Barefoot Lassie" being especially anxious us her feet were white and pink tinted, smooth mid shapely. D. M. McDADE, Prop*! Undoubtedly, so long ns none of Has oMned at 5940 Ninety-flrst St, these girls ran mills into tlielr feet, next door to the Yeager theatre, the weeks spent running about so where patrons will fimi would Improve tlielr health. But It Soft Drinks, Confectionery would not Improve tlielr feet, for no matter how healthy our savage an Tobacco and Cigars cestors were. In their “close to Three large pool rooms in connec Nature" life, no one could accuse tion. Come in; get acquainted. them of laiaaeiuiing really beautiful N--------------------------------------------------------- g feet. The mere fact of going barefoot would not break down the arch of the foot and make it tint, n, some of Cull Lumber. Bean Poles, Mill Ends For Sale. in quantity. The cull lumber can be used for various purjwses - summer houses, chicken sheds, etc. For prices, apply at mill, 5904 Foster Road. E. P. Thom. Nor will the world be safe for de- Wonderful Human Organ Capable of mocracy until King Jazz has been de- Adapting Iteelf to Any Possible throned. Circumstances. PVA.ce XM XOvMM KVT8R KOS EC JOAXMO«.*. »AO«T AMN -nwAt---- AH' tP \WX TOO SxJ«S ,X'LL ««.MO ■tu' ovovecov oorrw-r at w«i<t uvrr* las' «WaruvLM* ONE* ------------------------------------------------------- -------------- MBS. J. M. LOVFJOY Instructor of Popular m THE CENTER OF LENTS H.&H. GARAGE 103 3rd STREET ud FOSTER ROAD STOP! LOOK!! LISTEN!!! : JUST A FEW LINES—think them seriously over: ■ : In regard to your "Litiy,” if you __ are ____ her ____ lover. ■ She needs overhauling, from one end to the other, ■ ■ the same us her sister, father and mother. Her ■ ■ : ■ ■ ■ s ■ ■ brother was in for a Lea cord tire, her sister is here for some spark plugs and wire. Her cousin is badly in need of a coil; her other relatives are using our oil. We carry a stock of things you use; sucn as tires, tubes and inside shoes. Our lineH are: Lea, Crescent and Fisk our guarantee with them-you take no risk. Your money refunded, if they don’t satisfy. Just come down to the Junction and give us a try. You can get us by phone, day or night. Dan or Hugo. Tabor 6168. Ask I i ■ : ■ i for I ■ RAGTIME AND CLA8WIC8 807 Bast 50th Ht. Phone Tabor 8815 Ford, Maxwell, Chevrolet Specialties. : : List Your Property with ■ THE CABLE REALTY CO. ■ ■ WE WANT LIMTING8 OF HOUSES FOR SALE Atao Farms and Acreage 5829 72nd Street Southeast Phone Tabor 2475 „ ■ ■ I ■ ■ I.euve Order« at Perfection Confec Wear Well Fitted Shoes—Poor Makes tionery. cor. 92nd and Footer Road JOHN E. DBARDORFF Will Break the Arch of the Foot. Will promptly fill your orders from up-to-date (Copyright) From the number already In the field, you’d think a candidacy for the presidency reduced the cost of living. Ex-Emperor Charles of Austria wnnta to be king of Hungary. Here Is one man w ho is not yet fed up with trouble. GROCERIES. FRESH FRUIT, VEGETABLES. TABLE DELICACIES and other Good Things TO EAT. We carry FLOUR and FEED. ■■ iuy correspondents feared, but It P. B. KENT would brown and toughen the skin l’arpenter and It would certainly spread the Cor. 9004 Wixxlatock Ave. ■ foot itself. Flat feet, when not the ■ and 90th Street ■ result of u Jar or overly high heels, ■ ALI. KINDS REPAIR WORK are usually a sign of lack of culture. Peasants and primitive folk are Hat Agency Right-Grade Cedar Hhlngtee in any quantities. footed—tint then, the children of Phone: Lent« Kit 1721 women who have hurt th-lr feet by wearing Injuriously high heels are He» 4S22 80th Ht. Lent« K(. Auto. 1X22 apt to lie tlat footed also. Stand Phono Marahnll 2D83 Instead of going barefoot, I advised Mt. Scott Transfer Co. my corres|Hindents to wear o|ien san J. S Miller. Prop. Piano and Furniture Moving dais, which would allow the foot free ■ luggage and Ezpromi dom of action and plenty of air, nt the Dally Trips to Mt Scott and lAnti same time preventing It from spread Agt. for Rock Spring» »rd King Coal Ing or growing coarse In app«-nrance. Stand: Flrrt and Taylor PorUand For flat feet 1 never advise false arches or braces; these hold up the HEMSTITCHING foot, it is true, but weaken tlie bones mid muscles that should be taught to DRKMSMAKINU ANU AI.TKKATIONB do this for themselves. An exercise Prices lle«»on»bl» of standing first on the flat of the MRS. 12 G. COKIAJW foot, then on the toe. practised ten minutes a day. Is quite beneficial. «SS7 81th Street KKMN PARK Shoes w Ith broad heels an inch or so LOANS RKNTAL8 high are best to wear. ! ■ ■ ■ The Lents Mercantile Co For EXPRESS AND MOVING ■ ■ t all Tabor SO«« ■ ■ Local and Ix>ng Distance Hauling : of all kinds. ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ : Special attention given to phone orders, and a New and Dependable Deliveryman will get your purchases to you ON TIME. OUR AIM is to PLEASE OUR CUSTOMERS. t • H « • » . » • Phone Tabor 1141 Ninety-second Street S Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining Even though the poets SING it, and thq artists DRAW it—it is nevertheless true! Every “cloud” in your life will hove its silver lining-if you follow thrift’s rules! Then like the poet or artists, you can SIGN checksand DRAW your money. LAUER REALTY CO. ItFAL K8TATK Multnomah State Bank CITY PROPERTY and FARMS Phone: Tabor »142 5018 72nd Street FIRLAND BTATION P. G Wilson Lents Station K- O WHson Portland, Oregon WILHON’N AUTO HF.KVIOK All Work Guaranteed anti Done at I x>weal Possible Priceti As a fuel argument, a cold wave ap peals more directly and forcefully to the dear old public tiian to any one Your Satisfactkin-Our Advertisement else. Tabor 807« 681» »2nd Ht„ H. E The Lents Delicatessen Shop Corner Ninety-first and Carline ARLETA STUDIO Where you can get a good Home Cooked Dinner, one that you will relish. 04M Foster Hoad We photograph anything, anywhere, any lime, lour home, your family, your baby. Kalartrmralo sad Copylag Ueno Open from 0 a. m. to 8 P- m. Sundays 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. BICYCLE REPAIR SHOP HOME MADE PIES AND CAKES MADE FNESH EVENT DAY MRS. W. A. ASH L------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ --------------- _ Frank Dabnik, Prop. Historic House a Factory. «121 I ’ostisr Hoad SQUARE DEAL CANDY STORE Baby carriages repair.-d and re tired. Lawn mowers and saws repaired CANDIES MADE DAILY and sharpened. Apparatus for the manufacture of Insecticide w»n will be installed In the old Billop house at Tottenvllle, head quarters of General Howe during the British occupation of Staten Island In 177« and since then a place of historic interest. Announcement of the sale of the property was made yesterday, and with it came the news that the old bouse will be converted Into a fac- tory. All efforta to have the «tate ptir- chase the houae and preserve It and Its dungeon and secret underground passageway ns relics of the War for Independence were unsuccessful.— New York Times. Marry In Haste. At a tea a number of ladles were <11» cussing the b<<i age at which to marry. Some championed thirty years, some •wenty-elght, some twenty seven. Then Miss Elsie De Wolfe, who has so bril liantly succeeded In lo many fields. laughed and said: “The best ays to marry Is whlla you're Mill too young to know better.” .....EAGLE GARAGE ^Pastime Pool Hall EYE HAS GREAT SENSITIVITY Nor does that decreased wheat acre On entering a dark room after ■ age look like any bigger loaf tn the stay in the outside daylight the eye near future. at once begins to increase In sensi tivity. At first this Increase appears to Paderewski does not seem to be able be slow, but after five minutes the In to put the soft pedal ou the discontent crease is quite rapid, the eye acquir at Warsaw. ing a sensitivity several hundred ttn-e« Its initial value. After 30 min Things must be getting back to utes' sojourn In the dark the sensitiv normal In Belgium. They have had a ity still Increases, but more slowly than before, anti after 45 minutes or cabinet crisis there. an hour the maximum sensitivity is No doubt the muskrat has no desire reached. The final sensitivity varies of its own to go into the fur trade on -lightly with different people, but In fully adapted condition the eye Is eas the seal’s reputation. ily 5.000 or 10.000 times more sensitive More than any crusade, the fuel than ft was at the beginning. These facts are obtained from a shortage is teaching the value of study of the sensitiveness of the eye smoke consumption. In the dark made by Selig Hecht of Among the current Incongruities Is Creighton university. Omaha, and pub the combination of a flamboyant fur lished in the Journal of General Physiology. Mr. Hecht’s study goes coat and rundown heels. to show that the Increased sensitive Governmental scientists figure that ness is due to a reversible photochem our coal supply will last 7,777 years. ical reaction within the retina. Involv To be specific, ours won’t ing a photosensitive substance and Ita two products of decomposition. The fellow who says that eggs aren't worth 80 cents a dozen may be right, No Time foe Interruption. but that doesn’t affect the price. “However deplorable the fact may be. playing two-handed pinochle at The ugliest woman in England 25 cents a hand is one of the favorite has been found, and she admits It diversions of commuters between this She will be kept under observation. city, New York. Atlantic City. Cape May and other commercial outports of Children in soviet Russia will here Philadelphia. One man. who carries after be numbered Instead of receiv his pleasures as well as bis worries ing Christian names. And have Rus home from work, was playing pi sians a way of saying “Eight Smith- nochle in his library the other eve ovsky” so that people will know ning with a crony, when the butler entered and handed him a telegram. whether it's a boy or a girl? He returned it unopened. “I'll look at It later.” A Canadian legislator is opposed to “But the messenger Is waiting, sir,” feathers on women's bats. It sounds the butler respectfully remonstrated. as If his wife's milliner has Intro The financier read the telegram, It duced a bill. said: “Struck 8.000-barrel gusher to- day. Everything fine.” Even an underpaid consular em- “Confound you. Thomas, why did ployee ought not to be the sort that you spoil my game?” he cried. would permit himself to be captured He didn't care nearly so much by Mexican bandits. about the fortune he had made, as about the 25 cents he was In danger With a big drop In corn acreage of losing.—Philadelphia Public Ledger. predicted for next year, the farmer who plants all the corn he can will Found "Newt" Exaggerated. probably not lose much. Believing that the United States was In the throes of a railroad strike and Gold pieces have been found in bars not a wheel was turning, Frederick of English soap. It may be that some R. Bartlett, wealthy sugar denier and such expectancy can account for the engineer, of Easton, Md., arrived at prices asked in this country. New York on the steamship Mara caibo from Venezuela with a power Another consolation tn doing with boat and enough gasoline to run It out Is that the person who denies hlm- to his home town. Reports received In self saves ipore money now than h« the South American republic, he said, would if prices were normal. had Indicated that he would have to make his way home without the aid of railroads or even automobiles, be MICKIE SAYS cause of the gasoline shortage. When Mr. Bartlett found railroads were operating he decided neverthe WURMtf? OXO X a less to make a water trip to Easton. NOXCE VAOLXJERW»* PER U*U So the boat was.slung overboard and WXXCKXE9 QtbAEbAftSR, EOVML«, with his wife and daughter he chug x’vA RtKCM < AKULOV TO AVAM ged away for home. Ajax C. E. TILLMAN REAL ESTATE 9106 Woodstock Ave. Lents, Oregon SATURDAY SPECIAL Chocolate Dip Raisins, 40 5114 Ninety-second Street Good list of residence prop erty, farms and small acreage. Special - Prices Also grocery and confectionery stocks for sale. Try Us For Quick Results On Ladie’s and Gentlemen’s Suits. Call and inspect the beautiful new patterns to choose from while the lines are complete. Notary Public Two old Itoummiiiiiis who have worked a farm together for years. They are inseparable anil come to the American Red Cross station for their dole of relief supplies always together. The war wiped out their small sav ings ami almost ruined their farm. They are over seventy years of age. For Sale or Trade A 42 acre ranch near Eugene; 30 acres in coni, rest in good pasture, all fenced and cross-fenced with good six-room house; bam 36x22 with sheds and garag? and other out buildings. Price |5500, Will take in exchange 5 to 12 acres near Lenta. Inquire at 5340 90th street 27-It. 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