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About Mt. Scott herald. (Lents, Multnomah Co., Or.) 1914-1923 | View Entire Issue (March 17, 1922)
Orrat branche», stirred by the night wind, moved high aliova bls bead, and whea there was utter silence, INtlqr could bear the steady. aoCt rush of tlie ocean, dulled here to the sound of a gigantic, quiet breathing • •••••• Suddenly she accOM-d »gala to be beside him. lie setm-d to see the dark, animated face, the slender, tall girl wrapped In her big, rough coat, lie •eelned to hear her vibrating voice. <Confined from l»»t week.) Ill» heart pre»ss«l like a «nil pain In hl« chest. Dully. quietly, he went out to the Are again. and dully and quietly moved through the day. Her book» and mmde might atand a« they were, her potted fern« and her scat tered «mull poem-salon»-- the sewing- basket that she always handled with a hoy'« nwkwardneea and the camera «he used so well should keep their places. But he went to her desk, thinking In this long, solitary evening, to destroy various papers that she might wish destroyed before the cabin wsa deserted, And Iter» he found her letter lie found H only after he bad some what explored ths different small drawers and pigeonholes of th» desk, drawers sod pigeonholes which were, to tils surprise, all in astoulahing or der for Alix. Kv*wything was marked, tied, pocketed; tier accounts were bal anced. and If she bad anywhere left private papers, they were nt least no where to be found. Seeing lu all this a dread continua tion ot Ms Urst suspicion of her death. Peter nevertheless experienced a shock wbeu I m * tuuud her letter. it hud beeu placed In au empty drawer, face up. and was «ruled, aud addressed uluiply with hla name. lie sal bolding It In bls baud, and muuieiit» passed before be could open IL So U had beeu true, then, th» fear that be Lad tried all these weeks to crush! lie bsd been weighing, meas uring. romcndierUig. until hl» very •out waa sick with the uncertainty. Ills Mind bud liven a coufu»ed web of memories, ot this casual word and that look, of what she had possibly heard Uad probably seen, had suspect ed—kuoea— New b>- would know. lie tore open tlw* envelope. aud the dozen writtea Hues wen* Iw-fore his eye». The let ter was dated, a most unusual thing for Alix to do. aud "Saturday, one o'clock." was written under the date. Il was the day of tier death. lie read : “Peter, Deal*—Don't feel too badly If 1 Oud a stupid way out. I've been thluklng for several days about IL You've done so much for me, and after you, of course, there's no one but Cherry. She could be tree now. be couldn't prevent It. When I saw your fan* a few minutes ago I knew we couldn't tight It. Remember. this la our aecreL Awl alwuya rvmetnlier that 1 waul you to be happy because I love you so!” Il was unsigned. Peter sat staring at It for a while without moving, without the stir of a changing expression on bl» face. Then he folded It up. ami put It 111 the pock et of his coat, and went out to the back yard, where Kow was feeding the chickens. The wet, dark day was end ing brilliantly In a wash of red sun set light that M*nt long shadows from th» young fruit trees, and touched every twig with a dull glow. "Kow," Peter said, after an effort to »peak thnl «ns unsuccessful. The Chinese boy looked at him solicit ous- ly; for Peter's face was ashen, and Shout hla mouth were drawn lines. "Kow." he said, “I go now I' "Go now other house?" Kow nodded, glancing toward tlie valley. But Peter Jerked bls bend Instead toward the hare ridge. "No. 1 go now—not come back!" he ■aid. briefly. "Tonight—maylie Bo linas—tomorrow. Inverness. I don't know, By and by the big mountains, Kow—by anil by I forget I" Tears glitterati In the Chinese boy's eyes, but he smiled with a great air of cheer. "1 keep house I" he promised. The dog came fanning and spring ing from the stables, and Peter whla- tled to him. "Game on Buck! We're going now!" lie opened the farmyard gate where her hand had so often rested, crossed the muddy corral, opened another gate, and atruck off across the darken ing world toward the ridge. The last sunlight lingered on crest and tree-top. tangled Itself redly In the uppermost branches of a few tall redwoods. and waa gone. Twilight—a long twilight that had In It some hint of spring—lay softly over the valley; the mountain loomed high In the clear shadow. Gaining the top of the flrat ridge, he paused and looked back at the cabin, the little hrown house that he hsd built almost fifteen years sgo. He re membered that It was in the beginning a sort of experiment: Ids mother mid he were too much alone In tlielr big city house, and she had suggested. With rare wisdom, thut aa he did not care for society, and as his travels al ways meant great loneliness for her he should have a little eyrie of his own. to which he might retreat when ever the'fancy touched him She liked Pel Monte and Tahoe, her self, but she had come to Mill Valley now and then In the days of hla first wild delight In Its freedom and beau ty. silk-gowned and white-gloved anil P. R. L. A P. HA» G(M)D YEAR The report on the physical ami financial condition of the Portion! Railway, Light A Power company (•, tho year 1921, presented by I*re»ide.> Franklin T. Griffith at the annual meeting of the company Wedn< d.« afternoon, ahowad material gain in revenue over th« previous year an. was more satisfactory than any aim Hr report during the last 10 years. It was shown that all bank loans and short-term indebtedness had been paid or 'unded into long-Urm secun-i ties, and that payment of dividends! had been commencid on the first pre-i ferred stock, being the first dividen : declared on any of the stocks of the company since June, 1914. The net surplus of the company in creased 15 per cent during the year, reaching a total of S822JXX), compared with (711d>»9 for 192?’. Gross earn ings of the company for the year amounted to $9,922,212, being 3.74 per cent greater than in 1920, and net earnings totaled $3,«47,.302, show ing an increase of 3.31 per cent over the previous year. J ames A.C.T ait &C o . 315 HAWTHORNEAVE. ◄ ■"*°V. ► very much disliking dust. She had ■ent him plants, roses, and fruit trees, and she had told him one day that be bad a neighbor in the valley who was The handy place on the corner has every facility to give the best an old friend of her», a Doctor Btrtck land. « widower, with children. service—and of course* real taa y lunches at all hours, too. He remembered inunterlng up the opposite canyon to duly call upon thia Inventar physicinn one day. and hl» . delight upon finding a well-read, mu Mr. and Mrs. I. F. Crees and fam- ■le-lovlng. philosophic, erratic man. ily have moved into the house at 5723 who had at once recognised a kindred Cor. Foster Road and 22nd St. 8.5th street. They are from BiRilder, ■ptrlt. and who had made the younger Colo. Mr. Crees is an employe of man warmly welcome. the main Portland postoffice. Presently, on the first call, an ee- chantlng little girl In a shabby «mock nize our advertisers. had come In—a little girl all dimples, This eminent hoi.-.n *as for year- di-mureni-s« and untouched boyish been unclaimed one of the greatest of beauty. She had said that "Anne watti American authors. “The Turmoil," mad wlv her. and that Alls—" she Suddenly 8he Seemed Again to' Bs “Seventeen" and the Penrod stories, managed to lisp the name, "wath up are only a few of the muny from his Beside Him. In the madrono!" pen that have made fame, popularity A somewhat older child, named Alix, with that new. tender »ole In It that and wealth for him. In 1919 bl» work, a freckled, leggy little person with be bad noticed when she last spoke to “The Magnificent Ambersons," won the Pulltxer prise for the best story pub enormous front teeth, bad proved the him. “I'll go home ahead of you. Peter, lished during the year, “presenting tbe cfsWn by falling ont of the madrene wholesome atmosphere of American ■nd had received no sympathy for a •nd wait for you there?" life and the highest standard of Tear« suddenly flixxled his eyes, nnd down of 7 botnp, but »—to him—rather snrprl« American manners and manhood." His lie pul his hand over them and prewed Ing censure. He had yet to realize tale, “The Oriole." which you will for Gasco “ Cottage thst nothing ever hurt Alls, but that I It there, standing stilt, while the wavs have an opportunity to follow In serial furnace? ■he always ruined her clothes, and of tender and poignant and exquisite form In this paper. Is one of those fas cinating. extremely humorous deple ESSCNTIALS OF A GOOD ADVER frequently hurt other persons and oth menx-rle» broke over him. "We'll go on. Buck." he whispered tions of child life which best UlustrsSe er things, lie found her a spirited en TISEMENT. Yes, to it thusiastic little person, extremely ar- looking up through the trees at a his talents. »trip of dark sky spangled with cold homes. tlcnlste. and quite unself-cooeclons The fact being established that ad She’s—she’s ■nd she had entertained him with an rtan*. “Well go on. waiting for ux somewhere, old fel Former Record Man Heads List of vertising is a science r.txl pays when See it excited account of a sex feud that wa« low." property executed, it might be advis Sixty at Law School Exams being pushed with some violence st her able now to analyze a successful ad (THE END). Arthur C. Sellers, who was ad set vertisement. school, and had used expression» that rather «hocked Peter. A quiet third ter, makeup man and pressman in The Th«* features which make retail pub- BOYS THAT SUCCEED girl—• niece, he gathered -had Jollied "A new boy came into our office Evening Rocord at the time of the U<-ity a success are: the group, a girl with braids aad eleac First—A Definite Purpose. today,” said a wholesale grocery Chelsea fire in 190 b recently finished hands, who elucidated: Second—Proper Display. merchant to his wife at the supper first in a competí ties examination "Alix aud I don't like oar teacher T Third—Useful III us'rations. among 60 law students and practic "She's ■ sneak and n skunk!" Alls tabic. “He was hired by the firm at Fourth—Appropriate Introduction. bad frankly contributed. Cherry, oow the request of the senior member ing attorneys at the Northwestern Fifth—Good Descriptive Matter. College of Law at Portland, Oregon. quietly established In her father's lap. w ho thought the boy gave promise of The five features above mentioned had smiled with mischievous enjoy good things. But I fe«1 sure that the Sellers had a wife and six children should I m - given careful consideration ment ; nobody else, to Peter - -ueprlse. boy will lie out of the office in less when he began the study of law, in in the order shown. Each subject is bad |>ald this extrsordltisry remark lire than a week.” . -........... *.-» work in a newspaper of sufficient Importance to be given in •lightest ulleutlon. lie reiuclum-ivd "What makes you think so?” in <.t. ii.v „ecorl r< members Mr. dividual attention in this aeries' and ; that he bad fancied only the ■uiulm-4 quired his wife. ... -is u ou.xi »orktng, myal em- tbe next five articles will be devoted 1 «f these children, and had been glad “Because the very first thing he ,-Uje i.. ut* ' uays letona the fire” to this purpose. when they all went out of tlie room It 1» to be understood that this se- I wanted to know was just exactly how{ and it wishes him success as an attor Looking down at the cabin 'b- ries ot articles pertains to newspaper I lie!', he was expected to do.” ney at .a...—Chelsea (Mass.) E.e- advertisements of local advertisers, j years slipped past liltn like a dying Perhaps you have wished something appropriate to mark “Perhaps you will yet change your ning Record. film, and It was the present ugaiu. »u- this being the form of advertising ! the final resting place of your dear one. mind about him. ” Alix—Alix wus gone. Mi. ibelieis is now employed on th^ which is of the greatest interest to i ’ Perhaps I shall,” replied the mer- .... aeon Herald. He ruiiM-d liiiiiM-i.. «poke to the dog. tbe larg«*s< number of reader» ot this If you have, the news that the ML Scott Granite Works •nd they went on their wny again. then’, “but 1 don’t think so.” patter • Harry J. Reinhard, Proprietor) is discontinuing business Mud squelched brmutlt Pvler» Issa» Three days later the business man Daniel M. Lawrence Dead should make you realize that it would be to your advantage In tbe rmidway; the dog sprang light •aid to his wife- "About that boy you Daniel M. Lawrence, of Scotts ly from dump to clump of dried grass. remember 1 mentioned two or three to call at the shop, just south of Powell Valley Road, on 821 | Mills, Ore., grandson of Grandma But when they left the road, and cut Telephone: Auto. «22-28 day* age.. Well, he is the best boy Jane Kilborn of 89th street, and son- street, and see Mr. Reinhard. straight across tlie rise of the hillside, S812 92nd Street, S. E. in-law of Warren Kilborn of Scotts tlie grouud was firmer, and the two fig v ho ever entered the stone." “How did you find that out?” s eai as ihe result of a frac- " •'1 ures moved swiftly through the dark " ------- ■ "Ju the easiest way in the world. night. The early stars came out. and . of the skull caused by a flying ■bowed them, silhouetted against the The first day after the boy began to axe, while Mr. Lawrence was sawing 3575 82d Street Aütomatic 617-80 sky iiI'<•»•■ Alix's beloved Tatnalpai« work, he performed very faithfully j wool at his home. He died in the Sil the man's erect form with Its alight and systematically the exact duties verton, Oregon, hospital Saturda; limp, the dog following fnlthfully. hl» assigned to him, which he had been night at nine. He leaves his widow, ,A Licensed Electrician plump tall and feathered ruff »bowing so careful to have explained to him. formerly Nelli«* Kilb; m. ■ dull luster In the starlight. Will, himself, do your work for less, When he had finished he came to me Clierry. with her violet eyes and and said: ’Mr. -------, 1 have finished because of small overhead. Persinal CARD OF THANKS corn colored hair. Cherry, with her lit all the work, now what can I do?’” service. Complete stock of electiical We desire in this way to sincerely tle hand« gathered In bls. and her fixtures. Call 621-87 and your wsnts "1 was a little surprised, but I gave heart beating against his heart. and ! thank our friends for the kindness will be promptly attended to. him a little Job of work and forgot Alix, hla chuiu. his cun pamisi. Ill» 6538 Foster Road and many favors showr to us during i comrade on so many night walk« un all nbout him until he came into my r ir.. ss u.id death of our beloved PHONES ............Residence AuL 636-01 usiness AuL 638-30 r otn with the question: ‘ What next? ’ der the star»—be bad lost them Imih. sister, Mrs. Mat'.ie H. Moore, also But It waa Alix who »ns do-« «t to h.« That settled it for me. He was the thoughts tiHilght. Alix, the lliong it of first boy thr.t ever entered our office lor the beautiful floral offerings and whom was gradually gripping Io« ho was willing and volunteered to the vocal music by the choir. REPORT OF CONDITION OF THE Mr. and Mrs. L. W. HARLAN. heart and soul with ii new pain d:> more than was mtsigned to him. I Alix was Ills own; Cherry had never '".•edict a successful carreer for that been hl» own. It was for him to com The Anglo-Saxon boy ns a business man.”—l.iguorian. fort Cherry. It had always lui-n Ins It is amusing to recall the romance ! at Portland, in the State of Oregon at the close of business March 10, 1922. mission to comfort Cherry, since ilie of the Anglo-Saxon race, '.writes G days of her broken dolls anti cut tin Resources My Prayer K. Chesterton. Ever since America gers. But Alix was Ills bwn com loi t Let me be a little kinder, | Ixians and discounts, including rediscounts, if any...................... $124,479.6* parted from us in anger, we have pur er, and Alix might have been laughing 128.5« 'O erdrafts, secured and unsecured ..................................................... Let me be a little blinder sued her with rather undignified ami and stumbling and qtmttvrlng beside U. S. government securities owned, ¡deluding those shown in T ■ the faults c.f those about me; ability. We have given half a hund- him here. In the dark, net woods, full 10,950.00 items 31 and 36, if any .................................................................. I Other bonds, warrants anti securities, including foreign govern of ■ child's happt satisfaction In the i red reasons for the inevitable unity hen 1 uni weary ment, state, municipal, corporation, etc., including those moment and confidence In the mor ' e me hr nnd friendship of England and Amer shown in items 31 and 36, if any......................................... 75,059.7» J;:st a little bit more cheery; row. ica, nnd nearly all of them bad rea Stocks, securities, claims, liens, judgments, etc............................. 3,176.00 “Alix, my wife!” he said softly, et. m * sene a littl*» better sons. We have told a country crowd Furniture and fixtures ............................................................................ 6^42.00 aloud. “I loved Cherry—alwnys. But Tho e that 1 am striving for. ed more and more with Latins and Real estate owned other than banking house ................................ 15.225.5& yon were mine—you were mine. We Cash on hand in vault and due from bulks, bankers and trust Celts and Slavs that our sympathy belonged to each other—for better and '.et me be a little braver companies, designated and approved reserve agents of this goes out to them as English exiles. for worse—and I have let you go!" bank ................................................................................................... When temptation bids me waver, We have told them a democracy, He went on and on and on. They Interest, taxes and expenses paid ................................................. whose very virtues are expressed in were plunging down hill now, under l.et me strive a little harder the trees. Hr would «ee a light after To be all that I should be; law breaking, that we Saxons alone Total $280,071.81 a while, anti sb rp fur a fe%hours, and understand the Reign of I .aw. We : Liabilities have a hunter's breakfast, and he gon» Let me be a little meeker have talked as if an average Amer HE facial expressions, the Capital stock paid in .............................................................................. 9 15.000.0» again. And he knew that for weeks— With the brother that is weaker; ican never forgot England and never 3,000 00 Surplus fund ...................................................................................... .. moving hands and faet, the for months—perhit**« for years, he Let me think more of my neighbor 15,000.00 Net amount due to other banks, bankers and trust companies .. remembered Ireland. We have turned swaying, unsteady little would wander so. through the great And a little less of me! Demand Deposits, other than banks, subject to reserve^ history upside down, and human na body—aR go to-make a nev mountains, with tlielr «now and their Individual deposits subject to check, including deposits due «the —Our Dumb •Animals. ture inside out, in order to prove that forests, over the «ess. In strange cities er-to-be-forgotten picture in State of Oregon, county, eities or other public funds ........ 171,325.24 Ertgland and America are very much and stranger solitudes. Alwnys »lone 2^55.95 Cashier’s checks of this bank outstanding payable on demand.. parents’ eyes. Passenger — “ Did you find a bottle always moving, always remembering alike, especially England.—Canadian 500 00 Certified checks outstanding................................................................... May I show you the shoes of rheumatism liniment when you Time and Savings Deposits, subject to reserve and payable on That would be hla life. Ami some day Extension. i for s demand and subject to notice: — soma day perhaps he would come made up my berth, porter?” Time certificates of deposit outstanding ........................................ 33,161.41 Porter—"L.iwd yes, boss, 1 thought back to the valley she had loved— Savings deposits, payable subjee* to notice ............................... 39,829.21 But even now he recoiled In dis you done left dat for me, it sure was Total of time and savings deposits payable on demand or sub taste from that hour. To see the fa de best liniment 1 ever drank, rah.” ject to notice, items 27 and 28................................... $72,990.62 and shoes for larger babies, miliar faces, to come up to the cabin again, to touch the music and the too? Hear counsel, and receive instruc Total ..................... . $280.071.81 books— Worse, to find Cherry a little older, tion, that thou mayst be wise in thy 1 STATE OF OREGON, happy and busy In her life of sacri latter end.—Proverbs. * I" : Justify alike the small and the fice, not needing him. not very much County of Multnomah GET MY PRICE BEFORE wanting the reminder of the old tragic great.—Ecclesiasticus. I, Sherman Hark »on. cashier of tbe above named bank, do solemnly DRY’ GOODS, NOTIONS AND times— swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and FURNISHINGS LETTING THE JOB belief. . SHERMAN HARKSON. Cashier. An owl cried In the woods; tbe 5827-5829 92nd St., lx*nts. Ore. Correct—Attest: Henry Harkson, U. S. Harkson, Directors. NEW CHEVROLET CARS mournful »omul floated and drifted Subscribed and sworn to before me this 15th day of March, 1922. away Into utter «Heme Some small Just around the corner from RALPH STANZ, Notary Public. animal, meeting the death its brief For demonstration and terms call Mr. Automatic «40-75 «007 V, 82nd St. Foster Road My com mi Baton expires April 9, 1924. life had evaded a hundred times, Gething at Tabor 1W59. ncrenmed shrilly, and was silent. I It Is Getting Ice Cream Time Mt. Hood Ice Cream Parlor What? Only $10 and the balance monthly payments a Floor just introduce $65 in quickly into fifty at the I Portland Gas & Coke Co. Monuments = Markers MT. SCOTT HERALD Mt. Scott Granite Works H. WARR1NER P. LARSEN, Real Estate, Insurance Multnomah State Bank Baby's First Steps T GRAYS CROSSING I I Sheet Metal Works Baby’s First Steps T. G. SAMUEL