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LENTS 8TATION, PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1921
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.