ü of 0 LiVmj Guaranteed Circulation 1500 Hit. Subscription, $1.50 the Year. Iftjeralù LENTS 8TATION, PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1921 , « Sewer Scrap Carried Into Council Chamber Story of Betty and Josephine shoes. Betty's *15 a week provide«! her with but few pretty dreasee. Foi months she wonders«! at the source of Josephine's seemingly endless supply ot money Josephfi.- was noncom mlttsl. Betty never asked. A month ago Betty found out. Hhe gsund la Josephine'* puree a crumpled bill of sales slips at the Kssselman O’Driscoll store. She also found money. Betty said nothing to her rbuin In ths Meantime Josephine took Hetty to CMcag ■ lavishing money on her chum on several trips. Back la Milwaukee the girls were t.igether a groat deal of the time. Then Jo sephine received an anonymous letter It demanded *100. saying the writer knew of her Irregularities and woul«' expese her If the money was not left as an answer to a "blind ad" that would appear In the local newspaper JosephIn* put *100 In an envelope and left It at the newspai*er office. A week later a aecood letter asked for soother *100. Developments led to the arrest of the two girls. Both cos fessed—Betty to writing the black mailing letter* and Josephine to tak ' Ing money from her employers. Meeting Postpone« Definite Action Until Next Wednes day—Necessary to Have Opinion Upon Legality— Mayor and Barbour Wrangel—Vote Favors. Before a crowd which packed ths oeuacil chamber to the doors, with trory eeat la the balcony taken and standing room at a premium. Mayor Bahar aad th« romnuvsionere h«ard th« pros aad cons of th« proponed busier itoad newer and improvement expounded Wednesday afternoon without earning to hay decision. ’lbs proceedings were enlivened b> ths action of Mayor Baker in caus ing tbs arrest of Commissioner Hur bur aad hie return to the council at, ter he had left ia anger during the hearing of George H«a. who spoke in Opposition. Mayor Baker had four Major officers lake up Barbour's trail. Later the mayor offered an apology of a sort, which Mr. Barbour replied to ia a bellirooe vein, causing the mayor to again break loose. Be- foro the afternoon was over the city dads claapetl hands, although it I was evident that neither would re relreut from ths position he hail taken. While repreeentatives of both aides were there in large numbers, the pn- peaents eoernod to have a larger del ogation and they had the edge upon the opposition because of winning th«- postal card veto taken by the city of Acials by a majority of approximate ly ISO. They wore buttonhole tags with the inscription. “We Voted Yes." •a order to get the matter formally before the council. Commissioner Barbour moved that the department of public works be instructed to g<> ahead with the improvement. Then th« fireworks started, and until the eteee th« argument was at time» ra ther heated, with pointed question Pl1?*, •nd ,Ml ••»** l«ugfi< OMdwished in at the humorous sal The opponents first had their hi- The speakers representing £em wore James Nichols. G. W. <W i l »ee. fref B. A. O’Malley. L. I. rite Rea. The prin against it was the »which abmo seemed te think t exceed estimates, ami the fail •re to receive commensurate benefits Bring ia the eastern ••• the district It was said that ® order to set Foster Road paved Iter ten blocks, the preponent* were •rgmg the assessment of property which would MJov but little benefit. also contended that favorable Guaranteed Circulation action by th« council would mean confiscation to small property and acreage owners and several of thia I-lter class of taxpayers were heard along thia Un«. Mr. Ilea, who hua udvocated an al- t<-riiutive proposal in the columns of tne press recently, came in for noma sharp questions from the commission ers, who were insistent that Mr. Kea »•ate whether he owned property -in in the district or who he represented; what compensation he was getting for opposing the sewer and whether or not he was an engineer. After a lot of quibbling, during which Mr. Barbour retired as reported above. Mr. Ren rtated he was an accredited engineer but not a member of the state society; that he represented Mr. O’Malley, who owns a tract of land in the district, and that he was not receiving any pay. Mr. Rea was crit icized for not presenting a feasible alternative, the street ear company objecting strenuously to Mr. Rea’s plan of having surface water drain between the car tracks, and he re torted to the effect that it was ut> to Mr. laurrgaani as city engineer to make the plans Mayor Baker finally put an end to the discussion while Mr. Rea was talking bv railing time on him after he had used his allotted five minutes The pr«-nonenta were represented bv F. I. Marshal. O M Rosa. Sadie Orr-Dunbar, Harrv Hall, J. Allen Harrison and A. K Mickey. City Engineer ljiuregaard was Ml iked if there was any other method known to hi» department which wuold accomplish the deaired result, He stated a cheaper plan, which might be used for four years at the utmost, was possible, but for ■ por manent improvement the plan advo rated was all he could recommend. During the discunaion the big aud ience got a hearty laugh at the ex pense of Sam Newman, former man ager of the Arleta theater. Mr. New man coupled the ’’Have a Heart" community chest campaign with a plea to the fodncil to have a heart nnd grant Die proponents the im provement. During the course of his talk he suggested each side pile un their offering for the Community Chest side by side. In order to show (Continued on page four) ---- ----- » x==^ E. D. MILLER BUYS MARGARET LEITCH JUNCTION STORE WINS THE MONEY The Brooks Mercantile Co. at Lents Junction was sold last week. E. D. Miller being the purchaser. The new proprietor formerly operated the store and waiting room at Firland station, of which J. E. McNamara is present owner. Mr. Miller previously had a grocery at Ninth and Mason. Associated with him in his new venture is Ben Mtzger, who »111 han dle a Ml line of fresh and smoked meats at the same place. Mr. Metz ger is a butcher of manv vran ex perience and will move his family to the community as soon as he can se cure a home for them. The new proprietors have been busy for a wook cleaning end bright ening up the interior, which now pre sents a greatly Improved appearance. They will dispose of a great deal of the old stock at sacrifice prices, as announced in their advertisement ■•'sewhero in this issue. Both men are live progressive merchants who realise that the people of their local ity appreciate fair treatment and reasonable nricro, and thev will no doubt onjov a healthv patronage. The sale was made through the Oregon-Washtneton Beatty Co . rep resented by T. E. Heridev, a resident ef the 1-ents Junction neighborhood It la reported that Mr. Brooke, the former owner, will open a real estate office in Portland. Margaret Leitch turned in 183,400 votes this week in .the Herald trade at-home contest captured the *5 prize as a result. ia was the larg est total for one ek yet secured and wa practical all in coupons. Margaret has a of friends work ing for her and ia putting the money she has been earning regularly to a useful purpose. While we had planned to announce this week the grand totals to date, a presa of business makes it necessan to postpone it until onr next issue, when it positively will appear. For this week’s contest the name of B. F. Miller, plumber, of 5926 92d street. lent*. has been selected. Mr. Miller has many patrons in the Mt. Scott neighborhood, even if water pipes didn’t? freeze up this year, and merits all the patronage he gets. Th- old wheeze about high plumbing bills doesn’t hold good in his case, for his charges are reasonable Find the missing eight letter which constitute his name and send it with the cou pons to the Herald. A now front in fee building occu pied by A. E. Mortervd. meat market, aye«, nd <loor as you leave the cars, is a very noticeable improvement and will mean considerable in the interior arrangement and display. 1500 VOL. XIX, No. 13 Blanchards in Social happenings at Sunny South Arleta and Kern Park V isit Virginia, Georgia and Many Affairs of Interest to Community Related in En Florida; Fall In With tertaining Way by Correspondent Newspaper Folk of the Herald Editor Of The Herald: Our last letter to you was irom Washington, the 4 th ot alarcn. We stayed at tne Capitol Until the 6th, going un Satur day out to Mt Veroun, George Mann ington's old home, wnere he ia bur- leu, also ma lather ahd the immedi ate family, this is now owned by tne historical society of Washington and the house is furnished in the same manner arid »1th the old turni-' lure that he used. To one who has never, seen a south ern gentleman's plantation when slaves were kept to du all the man uni labor, it was quite interesting, ibe barns, the "garage’ where the Kientical old coach that he used to ride in. the boat hoiise where he ship ped the flour with the Washington stamp on it, the old oak with a cir cular seat, where he sat and waited lor the boats on their return from market, the wide drives anu walks, tne outdoor kitchen, with its wide- open fireplace and the utensils with which the meals were cooked, the old floors made of brick, the well where he drank, the servants’ quarters, last but not (east the family ganien, and the greenhouse, situated in tile gar den, the old schoolhouse where the children of the family were taught by a govemneii, and all this over looking the Potomac, was a sight which will long be remembered. W. C. T. U. Meeting <*ii eju.vt,uvuau> une program is iStaMji *v* w*e e*«ju> lueui ui feiuse win. a,ua*u *..« ». v. x. u. meeting a, .—um..zvu *>*. c*. vuurcu Un* ri.ua> e*eu*ug. anas v»». a uueuxeu yuuug •uuy num Mr», uuuspie s acuuui ui cxpieosiuii, wiu give some __vt her Fi\.*u>«i«g ivauiOM». airs. cariaou .leaning »ui lawr witn pinao-num- uera. rue v>. v. 1. u. Lrum uie aimuier s oumupuiul ’ will tie tne suejvci ui an auuress by Bev. E. U. onepuoru. ' vur Plate .Need" will be uatcuaseu by Mrs. Mary Mallett, state president ui tne W. C. T. V. ine wnitney boys’ chorus under tiie uirecuon of Mr. Whitney will al so entertain. Mr. Whitney will be given tne zpixortunity to explain his work a •<! ton a>ms among the boys he delights U train. There will be no collection nor admission fee, but must be accompanied by older peo ple. • Woodmere School The Woodmere school activities are rather quiet at present. The princi pal reports that school opened Tues day with all regular teachers pres- 1 ent and many scholars returning who > have been absent during the recent . epidemics. Oh Thursday, March 24. the Wood- mere boys carried away the honors from the Lents boys in a game on the Woodmere grounds, by * score of 6 to 2. If the present fine weather con tinues, the regular -cheduled games will be played off and the work started in earnest. Our next stop was at Richmond. Va. To a westerner like either of us this historic city was of great inter est. We visited the Hollywood and Oakwood cemeteries, where in the firstnamed is buried 18,000 Confeder ate soldiers and in the second 16,000. In the first-named is the body of Jef ferson Davis and his family. Over W. LAMONT DUNBAR the grave of Winnie Davis, the south has placed a statute of an angel, for Wor ’ r' f-s from G she was considered by them to be a z u'Laaront Du ministering angel. Also in the Hol ho,' I r. ... and ._ _ ... J. lvwood cemetery lies Tvler and Van son Buren, two former presidents. We passed away at that place visited the site of the old Libby pri day,'March 1. The Dunbars were for son, where manv of the federal sol many year* residents of Lents and diers lost their lives, and we were haw a host of friends who deeply tokf how some made their escape. We sympathize with (hem in their great sorrow. ■* ska. went-to the -WTiitg IJqj’se of the —------------- ^-4- old confederacy, wheri Jpf f fanfihr Vour second-hand furniture can be lived,«and whre in the foorr where Winnie Davis Was boro, also on We' sokl to good advantage to Mr. Will- 1 Jams, the Bargain Store man. (Continued on page four) *his ad. Mias Hariwehs Lecture Miss z»«r»w«u gave au lutenaUug. ssAA«A H.UtLA U«vbi VC VMlA OXI UK uDkkJlUltt. ucvctiuiy ui worm peace axiu ui« luetuouM UM9U m vnrna to avoid uu9 p* event war. jiim Hart well m an si-ust of anility and at ner lecture *..v»e<i many ueautnui pictures »ne uerssit pauiveu. Among Uiem was une sue causal "the Miracle licture. ’ me story reiateu ut the picture is lust during a great fire the building was threatened with destruction. A company ot Christians prayed to nave the beautitui te«fiple saved, and at tbs very last nunpte the wind changed, saving the temple, the only buiidmg left standing. Mis rlartwell painted the picture of it and it has ever since been called The Miracle Temple.” The congre gation at Laurelwood Congregational church thoroughly enjoyed her talk and pictures. Missionary Dept. Meets The missionary department of the women’s society of the Arleta Bap tist church met Wednesday after noon at the home of Mrs. A D. Ste arns, 4621 60th street. The follow ing officers were elected for the year: President, Mrs. Erasure; vice- & resident, Mrs. Ordway; secretary. Irs. Barnett; treasurer. Mrs. Torp- ling; chairmen of different commit tees, Mrs. Heinrichs, Mrs. Woodham, Mrs. Collins and Mrs. Kavanaugh. The program was on Americaniza tion. At the close of the program, refreshment'! were served. (Continued on page two) TH IM ALE CLUB MEETS Mrs. Carrie Reed entertained the lupnble Club at her home, 8053 59th avenue, on Thursday. Fancy work and lunch were the features of the afternoon. Thoee present were .Mrs. J. J. Oxter and Evelyn, Mrs. E. M. Marshall, Mrs. Lillie New and Rose, Mrs. Mary Tumew,, Mrs. Edith Ray bum. Mrs. Annie TuSsey, Mrs. Mary Wrisley, Mrs Anna Walrod and her daughter Violet. Laura Ymifig. MrSf'" Addie R. Allen, Mrs. Dblla Youwg. ■* Mrs. Rose Huber and Evelyh, Ann, and Josephine, Mrs. Carie Reed.