T
mt. Scott herald
GARDEN TOOLS
Here*« the Biggest of Beetles
1-ubbahvd every Friday at t^ate
Station. Portland. Oregon.
at Today's Wholesale Prices
Proprietor
Geo. A. McArthur
Kntvred aa Mcond-rlaM mall mat­
ter February 14. 1*14. at the poet
office at Lanta. Oregon. under act of
Congreaa. March (. 1ST*.
Sale Starts Today; until May 15
Come in and See Before Bufine
Subscription Price
<1 50 • year
till Nlnety-eeoond Street
Lents Furniture Co
Phone 622-21
w*: ALL HAVE OUR TROUBLES
9213 Foster Road
The Herald printer thought that
he was th« only on« who suffered
as a rwult of the little acts of sei-
fishnesa to which the human flesh is
prone until he had a conversation
one day the first of thè week with
6702 Foster Road
three business men of the district,
One of them was a painter, another
PHONES ............. Residence Main 3369 a real estate mail and th« third a
Business Ant 619-79
This enormous beetle, 8 Inchee long and
tuche» u ule. baa Just arrived
grocer.
We certainlv ID Washington from Honduras, and has been placed In th« National muwun
Said the Printer:
to the largest grown In the tropica. and la without a rival In ata« In the
have troubles in our business, One
day recently a good lady came into CnKed State*. The » imk 'I uivd baluog ♦ to the family of June-buga.
One Way from Portland to Lents
thè office ami asked for a bid or es­
timate on a little job of printing. It
Where H« Drew the Lin«.
We Can Move You Out of the Muddy Street
Such Is Life.
didn't amount to much in dollars and
"Would you marry a woman law­
Country Boarder—I suppose we'll he
cents, and as it was to be dene for
Phone 612-69
COAL
yer?"
U22 Foster Road
a ruin-profit making organisation,
7 made our figure as low as possible, fettina som» O< «hew »lev frv«h «•
"No. Mr. The ordinary woman can
for breakfast.
consistent with good paper and la­
Farmer- Yep. «b«** v'*rr ’’*«•; b0' croea-exnintn« quit« well enough.*—
ter*
The lady calmly announced sot till ye come down here next year. Boston Transcript.
she would, shop around a bit and see T« see. Tv« «”t to sell them 1« the
if she could get it done cheaper by
The Helpful Walter.
•»-*-
commission »>«•». “
“d —
h* “•ll • *
anyone else; if not. she would let us local cnmniiM-*»''«i
9111 Foster Road--Lent» Phone 619-13
"Oarcon, your portion« are very
print it. Now, that doesn't sound s - them to th« Jobber In lb« dty. who In | smalL*
«elle them bock
back here to th« fel
tel
for all kinds of
terrible to th# uninitiated, but it turn sells
"Yessir, I’d advise you not to order
happens that the Herald ha« always low who runs the country grocery,
a half portion of anything*
been free with its space to the or­ tnd 1 buv thorn from bits ”
ganization the lady represented: if a
I make Copper. Tin and Galvanized Wash Boilers.
bazaar or money-raising affair was ll’DGF. Met ‘WANTS AMBITIONS ment. and nothing indicating Judic­
Champion Chicken Founts, Hoppers, Feeders, Metal Hens’
to be given by them, we donated th#
ial eligibility.
Nests. Trap Nests. Brooder Canopies. &c. Stoves, Pipes and
space to help the good work along
Politics aside, in the natural coarse
A news dispatch in the Portion I
□bows. I can save you money on Furnaces.
Seems kind of tough then when they
iialy papers setting forth the polit­ of events Presiding Judge Kavan­
have
«
little
printing
to
be
don#
to
augh of the Oregon circuit court,
AU Wort Guaranteed. Repairing a Specialty.
have them calmly announce they ical ip«sip of the nation’s capital, should receive serious consideration
J would take it to some down-town •tat«« that Wallace McCaniant, of when there occurs any vacancy in
shop which would probably substi­ >regon, wa., a visitor the paat fort­
federal appellate court
His
•a tute a cheaper grade of paper and night and was seen in company with the
friends have not been active in pre­
members
of
the
senate
from
this
shave it 25 cents or so.”
senting his claims ss yet. But ainee
“Huh." the Painter snorted. “You state. The story speculated upon candidates are urging their claims,
the
political
aspect
of
Mr.
McCain
-
haven’t all th# cheeky people as cus­
it might not be inopportune to call
tomers. 1 have troubles too. Some fel­ int’s visit and ascribed it to his de- attention to Mr. Kavanaugh's quali­
nre
to
fill
the
first
vacancy
occur
­
low repairing his hous or putting
fications. As circuit judge, he has
Are you prepared for the coming season?
up a little home will come to ring in the United States circuit won and held the respect of those
rourt
of
apix-als
in
this
district.
me and ask me to go down and look
How" about your Auto needs. We are readv
who have come in professional con­
The facts of the matter are these, tact with him. It is generally con-
nt it and figure on the cost of paint­
to serve you with Expert Repairing. High
»riefly:
At
the
present
time
the
ing. I will walk a mil# or so to get
ceded that he is in evary way fitted
to th# place, figure how much paint x-nch of this court is graced by three The state supreme court seldom, if
grade Auto Supplies, Grease and Oils. If
>f
the
ablest
men
who
have
occupie
I
and labor is necessary, add a litt I«
ever, reverses his decisions.
Ha is
your battery needs replacing we’ll make
profit and tell him the result, Do he bench in the history of the bar not a politician In any sense of the
if
the
district.
Judge«
Gilbert.
Mor
­
you think I get the job in a large
allowance on a New Columbia.
word.
From
every
standpoint
percentage of cases ? I'll say I do row and Ross These esteemed gen- he is the logical man for the place,
(Now is your chanee; don’t be bothered with your wreck)
'lemen
are
ripe
in
years
as
well
as
not. They scheme every way to get
appointment would b« but a fit­
me to itemize it so they can take earning; all are close to the four­ ting recognition of ability and faith­
the figures to someone else, who score mark, and in. the natural ful performance of duty. Incidentally
won’t have to do all this preliminary ■ourse of events there will be vacan­ it would be an evidence that the ad­
work and can shave it a couple of cies; in fact, it is rumored that one, ministration is courageous enough
dollars as a result.
Or they want ludge Gilbert, may retire at any to keep the courts out of politics.
the list so they can go to a paint time.
store, buy the right amount and
Mr McCamant is anticipating this
Auto mechanic with sever«! year-,'
proper kind of material? and daub event, gossip has it, and would se
it on themselves evenings when cure the support of the Oregon sen­ experience will overhaul reasonably.
A little expenit in Paint and Top
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they haven’t anything else to do. No, ators and the vice-president in sup­ Phone Auto «10-77.
Dressing will improve your car...
”
you printers have no monopoly on port of his candidacy. To the lav-
All hala greatly reduced at the
tight-fisted customers.”
man, there would seem to be nothing
Mrs. I. W. Rich
"Die Real Estate Man had been so very terrible in thig; it would Parlor Millinery.
18-If
What do you want in
waiting to get a word in edgewavs. simply be considered th* act of a ard«on. 6004 88lh -St
and when the painter paused for a forehanded man who want«! to cinch
moment he drew a deep breath and a job when that job would be open,
started his tale of woe. "The other Professionally ami ethically, how­
day I took some people out to look ever, such a course might be suscep­
50th and Powell Valley Road
Phone 616-62
at some property I had listed and tible to criticism, to thus take time
thought it was just what they by the forelock, as it were.
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wanted.
Well, they finally asked
Next to the supreme court of the
We have it
. for an abstract up to date. and I United States, the position which
■suggested that as that meant some will sooner or later be filled is con­
I expense they had better put up a sidered the most important judicial
| deposit before negotiations went anv appointment within the power of the
further. Do you think they could president. It is no place for a poli­
see it that way? No. never! They tician. and especially a politician of
had bought property before, they Mr. MeCamant’s type.
Rather the
wanted me to understand, and al- man who essays to fill the vacancy,
ways had been shown an abstract if one should occur, should be the
right up to date, Anyway. I spent ablest juror obtainable; one with no
several hours traveling back and political debts to pay oi ambitions
forth to town and attending to the to further, for the circmt court of
securing of it, paid out $5.75 in cash appeals, along with the other federal
and then this H
ML they
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morning
calmly court and the state supreme courts,
E ARE A SALE AND SERVICE STATION
told me over the phon# th# deal was are considered stepping stones to
for Diamond Tires and Tubes; also Fisk
all off. Where do I come in for my the United States supreme bench.
time and hard cash. I would like to There should be other qualifications
Fisk Tires and Tubes; with New Stock of all
know? The good lady who seemed beyond party regularity and loyalty
sizes to fit your car. We guarantee our tires and
to be running things in that family to the organi-».tion under all circvm
has no intention of paying me even stances. That Mr. McC imant wu
give all service possible.
th- money I paid out. And yet they opportunist enough to nominate a
call real estate men crooks and vice-president of the United States
AU kinds of Plants for
OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT
grudge them their commissions."
thereby beating someone else to it.
After the Real Estate Man had is no indication that he would be an
allowed a moment or two to pass ornament to the circuit bench. Ra
Phone:
while the injustice of which he had ther the reverse. And his appoint­
At Lowest Prices Possible
•14-48
been a victim was being considered, ment to the Oregon bench by the
the grocer warbled his little sad ’ate Gov Withycombe was generally
«tory: “You, Mr. Printer, are inter­ recognized as a political apjxdnt-
Successors to
ested in the growth of the district
Myers Garag* and Machine Shop
and the prosperity of the business
■A
men in it You have been preaching
INCORPORATED
trade-at-home to your readers an !
Our
Motto:
“
TRADE-AT-HOME"
it’s a good work which will benefit
merchants, paper and consumer
9602 67th Ave.
PORTLAND
Phone 622-16
alike. But w« run up against some
hard nuts too, probably oftener than
2
any of you gentlemen.
The other
day two men, residents of my neigh­
borhood, dropped off the street ear,
CANDIES MADE DAILY
Office: East 3230
with two gunnysacks loaded with
Paving Materials
canned stuff and groceries they had
Plant:
6322-60
Macadam Roads
purchased in town. They paid cash
for the stuff and the chances were
it was ‘sale’ stuff—put up cheaply
and sold cheap. Some of that class
of stuff 1 wouldn’t feed to a hog.
much less sell it over my counter.
Well, the two men deposited their
Lents
6114 Ninety-second Street
‘junk’ on the floor of my place, or­
.J" ■—j
291 Hawthorne Ave.
It is like living in a new
dered a sack of scratch feed, on
which the margin of profit is very
home to have the wall«
small, and requited me to deliver
the whole business to their house,
freshly papered or paint­
some distance away. They paid cash
Call AuL Lents 2011
ed after a long, hard win­
for what they bought in town—-cash
and carry, the other fellow getting
Eagle Garage
ter. Now is the time to
Plant: Kelley Butte, 94 and Division Sts., PORTLAND, ORE.
the cash, while I did the carrying,
Local or Long Distance Hauling
and I have to tide them over with
do the work, while the
PORTER W. YETT, Cuntractor.
credit. Truly, the cheek of some
Clean Up, Paint Up cam­
people passeth all belief.”
I
Tnese little instances of selfish-
MRS. THOS. GOLD
paign is in full swing.
ness and unfair practice are not ex­
Phone «25*17
Dressmaking and Remodeling aggerated. They all actually hap­
WE HAVE THE
5228 72nd St 8. E., Portland. Or.
pened and we stfppose every busi­
ness man runs up against similar
IF YOU WANT DRY WOOD
•634 92nd SU, S. E.
Lento Sto.
occurences. They certainly would
CALL US
shake our faith in. human nature if
MILLARD AVE. FUEL CO.
it were not for the’ great number of
OLD HATS MADE NEW
O. M. Butler
L. C. Pullen
Everything for the decoration of the home can be
people we come in contact with who
OUR SPECIALTY
lee.
Wood,
Coal
and
Feed
practice the Golden Rule as wgll as
found in our large and attractive stock.
preach it. To those who do not. who
DIS SiitytMrS St.
Hiotw Tsber N4
Sand and Oravel
Suits Cleaned and Pressed
are always on the lookout to beat
Bedding Plant», Cut Flower»
Lwate 5lsti«a
0127 Pester fisad
the other fellow, the foregoiae is in­
^Ninety-Second IL Garden Plowing and Excavating
WOOD SAW
0,,. Psetofflcs
Perilled. Onges
for all occasion»
Prompt Service
dited, with the hope it will "get un­
Phone 640-57
Fanwref Designing • Iperieltji
der their hide” enought to accom­
We
do paperbanging and painting— handle Oregon Products.
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P. LARSEN, Real Estate, Insurance
(MOVING
ROSE CITY VAN
See A. S. PEARCE
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Drop in Tires
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10004 Foster Road ¿nd Darrin Avenue
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