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About Mt. Scott herald. (Lents, Multnomah Co., Or.) 1914-1923 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 3, 1922)
iHL Subscription, $1.50 the Year. LENTS STATION, PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1922 do not realize the Importance of tho new road. They have not studied the possibilities it will open for Lanta. The majority of the farmers living on thia aide of Boring *ro doing thalr trading al Gresham and Damascus, while the new road will give them a ■ihorter and more level road to Lenta, than they have to either of the other places. At a Joint meeting of the farmers of the affected district ami the Itenta’ Business Men's club delegation, held this weak, the farmers were unani mous in expressing their desire for the change. It will mean much to them In affording a more accessible markrt, and they feel very friendly towards lx*nts business men for the assistance they have rendered in the proponed change. NO NEW BRIDGES IN TEN YEARS BARBER ANSWERS “F4IRPLAY” Yet fort Is nd Has Grown Amazingly in That Time One of the practical helps for more rapid development of the entire Mount Scott district, and one in which Lenta is directly Interested, would be the construction of the Ross Island bridge across the Willamette rivur. This would give the entire district and the territory of Gresham and eastern Multnomah county, a direct route to and from the business district of Portland, and would afford rapid transit, because of being able to carry four lines of vehicular traffic, and the absence of street ears and railroad crossings at the approaches. The two bridge proposals—the new Burnside-stroet bridge and the Ross Island bridge--will appear on a sepa rate ballot at the general eletcion No vember 7. The Joint bridge committee is supporting both measures, on tho ground that they are seriously needed for general «raffle relief. Portland la confronted by a situation where in its vehicular traffic across the five river bridges hss increased more than JOO per cent within the past four years, and the congestion la becoming in tolerable. Portland has built no new bridges for ten yearn, yet its auto mobile traffic is growing at a rate that la amazing. The number of new car owners is constantly Increasing and at the same time there is a vast volume of automobile traffic coming in from outside points. At the auto camp alone the past season there were approximately 10.000 cais. Port land must make proviaion for more bridges if she is to continue her splendid growth. Motion pictures showing traffic congestion at the bridge approaches are being shown in the downtown theaters and suburban show houses, and present striking arguments in favor of the proposed Roas Island bridge and the rebuilding of the Burnalde-street bridge. A favorable vote for the Roas Island bridge will be "14 X For the bridge"; a favorable vote for the Bum- rid«s-street bridge will be “12 X For the bridge.” WILL FIRE INSURANCE RATES GO UP? An increase in fire insurance rates in Portland from 25 to 30 per cent will result in the event that* the fire burrau is drereawed either in man power or through elimination of equipment, because of failure of the voters to re-authorize the 3-mill tax levy Tuesday. This is the statement of James N. McCune, manager or.’ the Oregon in surance rating bureau, the organiza tion that fixes all insurance rates In the state of Oregon. Mr. McCune has written to City Commissioner Bigelow explaining that in the opinion of his bureau, the fire bureau is now undermanned and not properly equipped and therefore any further reduction would neceaMarily mean an increase in the fine insur ance rates. Tho 3-mill tax which is being re- submitted to the voters by the city council to clear up a legal point raised by the tax commission, is not a new tax, but, as a matter of fact, has twice before been authorized by tho voters of the city. The tax commis sion has iagued a formal statement in which the voters are urged to re authorize this levy. Failure of dhe voters to so do, how ever, would mean a 28 per cent cut in every city department, not ex cluding the fire bureau. Heralù VOL. XX, No 44 . - ............ — Lents to Receive New T rade Artery A delegation of l-ente’ Busins** Men'« club member», <-<mi|>o»<«l of J. F. Win». M. K. Hedge, J. D. l-ee and Axel Jiildahl mot with the Clackamas county c<>mmi**ionero at Oregon City Wednesday for the purpose of having tho cut off roa<f from Foster Road to Boring declared a market road. The connniaaionera appeared very favor able to the propooed change and as sured the delegation that they would go over the ground immediately and that aurveyore will atari at once to work out the details. The Ix>nta delegation feel that tho proposed new road will soon be a reality and much credit la due Marvin Hedge ami tho others of the delega tion who have given much of thslr time to this work. Perhaps a great many lamta people t Declares Straphanger Will Be Bene fited by Rose Island Bridge Portland, Nov. 1.—»(To the Editor.) —We notice in you» last issue a let ter from “Fairplay,” which stated that the “straphanger” would be the goat if the Ross Island bridge were constructed. There is no one that will be more Iteneflted by the Roas Island bridge than the "straphanger.” The bridge itself is designed of ample strength so that car tracks may be laid on the bridge whenever the public authori ties deem it advisable. The delay in street-car service at the present time over Hawthorne-avenue bridge is due to interfering automobiles. If "Fair play” will look back a few years he will And that street-car service over the Hawthorne-avenue bridge was fast and effective until the traffic Jam caused by automobiles developed rapidly, particularly during the past four years. The building of the R om Island bridge will immediately relieve the Hawthorne-avenue bridge of more than two-thirds of its vehicular traf fic so that stroet-cnr service will be expedited and every "straphanger" will save from 10 to 15 minutes each day. Furthermore, such of the street car lines as can be effectively routed over the new Ross Island bridge can use that structure whenever it is found that it Is advisable to utilize the bridge. If “Fatrpla.v” will carefully con sider there facta he will find that the greatest beneficiary from the build ing of the Rosa Island bridge will be the individual who daily uses the •trvet cars. A careful watch of the part played by automobiles in ob- rtructing street cars in the next few days by "Fairplay” will open his eyes to the situation Yours very truly, A. L. BARBUR, Commissioner of public works. PORTI AND’S VETERANS'SCHOOL L. C. Joseph, district manager of the Pacific Northwest in his report to Colonel Forbes, chief of the bu reau, has made an announcement thia week that he has recommended that the government should immediately purchase the Pierce Sanitarium as a residence vocational training school, for nerve and tubercular convales cents among ex-service men of the Pacific northwest A favorable report to be made by Mr. Joseph is a distinct victory for Congressman McArthur whose proj ect it has been to obtain such a school for Oregon and who at the close of the last congressional term remained in Washington for three days to press the claims of the city before Presi dent Harding and Colonel Forbes. Mr. Joseph says that he will press hia claim in the strongest terms, for the purchase of the Pierce Sanitarium and believes that Portland is the logical site f<- an institution of this kind for the rehabilitation of the vet erans. A. L. Brown, of the veterans’ bureau, is now on his way to Port land to inspect the prospective school and to report additionally to Colonel Forbes. Mr. Brown is expected to arrive some time this week. When apprised of the proposed recommendation. Congressman Mc Arthur waa very much gratified and expressed himself with the state ment that with the co-operation of the entire delegation from Ore gon, he had brought the matter to its present favornhle status and declared his belief that Mr. Joseph’s report and recommendation would be favor ably acted upon. 4 LOCAL HAPPtNINCS R. J. Swan, accountant, was a Lent, visitor Wednesday. W. H. Walker of De«r Lodge. Mont., has purchased the Train home, UO22 Swventy-first avenue, and has takon possession. Mrs. Smith and Mrs. K. M. Bate man returned Suiuiay from Fallbridgo, Wash., and are at home at 8604 Rix- ty-fifth street. It is a pleasure to note the «fif frrent "atmosphere” in Yeager ths- ater now that the new ventilating sys tem is working. Miss Maurino Haugner of the Marysville district gave a solo dance at the Health Exposition, municipal auditorium, Monday evening. Eleanor Alice is the name of the daughter which came recently to re joice the hearts of Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin, 4815 Ninety-second afreet. The women’s gymnasium class trill meet at the rohoolhouse Monday eve ning, November 6, at 8 ocloclc. All women of the community are urged to be present. Mr. and Mr*. J. L. Baldwin are being congratulated upon the advent of a 9-pound daughter at the Galdwin home, Forty-eighth and Ninety-second street, October 21. Mr. and Mr*. H. V. Smith and children. Margaret and Donald, of box 302, route 3, left Tuesday on a two-months’ tour of California. They may settle in California. , W. F. Marshall, son of Mrs. Ella Marshall, Fifty-fifth avenue and 102d street, was released from Sellwood hospital Tuesday. Mr. Marshall was ■hot in the legs recently while hunt ing. "Pat” McArthur, congressman, told. The Herald Wednesday that come what may Norember 7 he will take in the "homecoming" festivities at his alma mater, the University of Ore gon, Eugene, November 11. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Adamson have returned to the Mount Scott district to live after an absence of two years. They have taken a house at 4849 Eighty-fourth street, corner Forty ninth avenue, where Mr. Adamson is engaged in buxines*. Hi* advertise ment is carried in thia week’s Herald. Special Patrolman C. N. Anderson is on strike duty to preserve his civil service rights, and his brother, A. W. Andersen, la handling the night beat in Lents during hi* absence. Tues day night A. W. Anderson had a friend deputized and another friend helped him. He reports that several large gangs were broken up before they became unmanageable. BE SURE TO VOTE Tlw Herald asks that every citizen do hia duty—VOTE NOVEM BER 7. The «yay yeu vote ia no one’s business but your own, unless you care to divulge this information. The Herald asks thnt every man and woman vote his firm con viction, without prejudice. If you firmly beheve. without hatred entering into it, that all private schools should be abolished vote for the school bill. - But «io not vote for it nor against it because it ia sponsored by thia or that organ, thia or that person, or because this or that church, lodge, organization is for or against it. Sit down Monday evening and think about men and measures. Gqt a sum;>le ballot. Study it. And with your beet thought and your calmest judgment, decide how you wish to vote. Then vote early Tuesday. BUT BE SURE TO VOTE. MASQUERADE BALL PLEASES All Details Mrs. Della Olsen, 4092 Sixty-fifth street, Guardian Neighbor, Neigh bors of Woo-kraft, announces a dance for the smaller younger folks at ) Arleta W. O. W. hall, Wixinesday, November 8. < of Affair Are Splen- didly Handled The event of last week in the Woodmere didtAct waa the Hallo- ween masquerade ball and pumpkin festival given under the auspices of Woodmere Parent-Teacher circle at the school assembly hall Saturday evening. The attendance was ex ceptionally large even for this always popular annual entertainment, and the merrymakers overflowed from the main auditorium into the spacious hall* and recreation Tooms. The ladies and gentlemen on the entertainment committee, under the guidance of Miss Queenie Swanson, had caused the main hall to tie elaborately dec orated in Mbasonal colors of orange and black, together with a profusion of brilliant autumn foliage, corn stalks. pumpkins, fly ing witches and all of the many familiar Halloween 'vmbols so dear to the hearts of young and old. Nor was the item of decorum and comfort for the guests overlooked. Six lady patronesses and an equal number of gentlemen were in evidence at all times to see that all were accord««! an opportunity to enjoy themselves to the fullest ex tent. A maid for the women’s cloak room and a mat» for the men’s rooms prochided the possibility of confusion in loes or exchange_of wraps, or the occurrence of any untoward incident. The same care was taken to insure that the court and grounds surround ing the building were properly su pervised so that automobiles won'.d not bo tampered with nor any rough element allowed to congregate. The refreshments V rved were a delight to all who were privileged to partake of them. Under the direct ing hand of Mrs Herman Bonders <r, chairman of the refreshment co o- mittee, a bounteous supply of home made pumpkin pie*, horn .-made candy and sweet apple eider had been pro vided. Their gastronomic worth was amply attested by the fact that all went the way of such good things before the hour arrived to speed the parting guests. Presents Ruth Lent in Recital Have Surprise Party on Newlyweds The Oregon Conservatory of Music, under the direction of Mrs. L. H. Hurlburt-Edwards, presents in gradu ation recital Mis? Ruth Hannaford Lent, pianist, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fremont L. Lent, in the Y. M. C. A. auditorium Friday evening, No vember 10, as a part of the music week festivities. Miss Lent, who is better known as Ruth, is the young est piano student of the conservatory to receive an eighth-grade diploma. Invitation is extended to neighbors and friends. Printed invitations may be had from Miss Lent or the Ore gon Conservatory of Music students and officials. Mr. and Mrs. James C. Delaney (nee Mary McGinty) were given a pleasant surprise party by a group of relatives and friends at their home on Portland boulevard and Boston street last Friday night. Mr. and Mrs. Delaney were married October 11 in St. Peter’s church, Lents, Rev. P. J. O’Flynn celebrating the Mass, They were attended by Leo Delaney as best man and Miss Katherine Mc Ginty ax bridesmaid. The honey moon was spent in Seattle. James C Delaney is employed in the sta tionery department or the O.-W’. R. A N. Co. ARLETA LIBRARY NOTES PUBLIC MASS MEETING One of the most effective speakers , against the school monopoly bill ia I Judge Stephen A. Lowell of Pendle Professor C. H. Biaaett of University of ton, who ha* completed a tour of Washington to Speak at Auditorium ' western Oregon in the interest of A mass meeting in protest against educational freedom. In hia speeches the so-called compulsory education Judge Lowell «appeals to Proteatanta bill will be held Sunday evening in the not to let themselves be swayed by- Municipal Audltortam at 8 o’clock, un religious bigotry. He says: der the auspices of the Catholic Civic The state’* full duty in education Rights Association ot Oregon. The is already met in Oregon, except that principal address of the evening will it may properly place private schools be made by Dr. Clarke P. Blssett'pro- under the complete supervision of the tessor of constitutional law in the Uni county school superintendents. No versity ot Washington. Seattle. Dr. one will seriously object to that. Such Blasett Is an orator of distinction and amendment to our existing laws can his training has fitted him to deal with be eqgcted m an hour by the legisla the constitutional questions Involved In ture. There is no call to destroy the the school bill campaign. schools to effect that change. Hon. Dudley G. Wooten, «secutlve Thia bill is a shock to every stu secretary of the Civic Rights Associa dent of sociology, to every forward tion, will make an address. looking man and woman in the land. The general public is invited. It proposes to elevate the authority of the state over that of the parents in the education of their children. Community Gathering The only bulwark against ultimate Judge Waiter H. Evans, a member anarchy is the family. When that is of the board of the children’s Farm destroyed the bells of doom are be Home, and well known as being ginning to toll for civilization. The greatly interested in hc^griess state has no moral right to interfere children, will address a commu with parental duty, unless the in of the state are in jeopardy. nity gathering at Arleta Baptist terests Surely neither public policy nor pub church Friday evening, November 3. lic interest demand the destruction ef The express purpose of the address the private schools, or the undermin is to present to the community the ing of the family within our borders. plans and needd of the children’s An Injury to Oregon Farm Home. Judge Evans addres*«xl The adoption of the measure can the state W. C. T. U. on this subject have but one result. Those people with such large interest that he is who believe in religious education, being called upon to present the same Catholic and Protestant alike, who are _______ comunity _________ gatherings. , _______ I able to change, will remove to other to iHS numerous There will positively be no political ?tatea where there is liberty in reli- • t "“ •»* ^Jiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiä i removed INE up with the Lents section this (Saturday) evenng at 7:30 o’clock on Clay street, between West Tenth and Eleventh streets. Every available automobile in Mount Scott should be out. Banners and signs will be furnished. See Axel Kildahl at the Lents garage for further particulars. L If you are not for the new bridges see the parade anyway and then worry your way home across the now congested bridges. Vote X14 and X12 Yes ■ Judge Lowell Makes Appeal to Protestants The democratic candidate for gov ernor and other democratic candidate.« will apeak at a meeting in the Arleta library auditorium Saturday “"“ning, November 4, Commencing at 8 o’clock. At 3 o'clock Saturday the house wives' council has been called in meeting upon the request of Mrs. Josephine Othus, candidate for city commissioner, to hear some of the political candidates. The week of November 5 to 12 is music week. At the children’s Tues day story hour an opera story will be told and a record played. There will be a Victrola concert every after noon and evening. The Mcunt Scott Improvement club is scheduled to meet Tuesday night, but as it is election night it is not certain that the meeting will be held The Arleta Parent-Teacher aasocia- tiontion will meet at 2:30 o’clock Wednesday, November 8, in the taken. Mrs. Lnruh, campaign man- library. The theme for discussion iger for the children’s Farm Home, will be “Reading for Children.” Books will preside. in good binding and the inexpensive editions also will be exhibited. Lents Methodist Episcopal Church Baby clinics will be resumed Mon T H Downs, pastor. days and Fridays at the library. Sunday school, 9:45 A. M. Morn ing worship at 11, “The Transfigura tion of Christ” Epworth League, SPOKE ON SCHOOL BILL 6:30 P. M., “The Secret of Making Dr. W. G. Eliot Jr., pastor of the the Gift Attractive.” Evening worship Unitarian ehunch, Broadway and at 7:30 P. M., “Christ, the Mighty to Mid-week prayer meeting’, Yamhill streets, was the speaker at Save.” Thursday at 7:30 P. M. a meeting in Lents’ Grange hall last Come! We have a place for you night, sponsored by the Protestant in our church life. and Non-Sectarian committee, op Honor Mrs. Diller's Birthday posed to the anti-private school bill. Mrs. Nellie M. Dilhy passed the Oglesby Young, lawyer and prominent democratic adherent, presided. The half eentury mark last week and Fri day ’venin { her fruirw gave he>- a hall was crowded. Dr. Eliot gave his .■•u'Trise anniversary party. Her principal reason for hia opposition daughter. Miss Frances Tifft, made to the bill as the fact that It violated her a beautiful, th-»e-layer, 56- the Golden Rule, in that it brought c an died birthday caxe and she re into this country the element of com ceived a cut glass water set from the friends who called ,-pon her pulsion by the state, i. e., the ma jority of the voters, upon a minority L. B. M. Club Meeting Postponed in a matter that is not within the Next Wednesday evening** meeting proper province of compulsion by a of the Lents* Business Men’s club has democracy. The only proper province been postponed. It was thought of compulsion in a democracy, the Wednesday evening would not give speaker said, was that necessary in sufficient time for recovery from the handling of crime. Tuesday—election day. Just as Dr. Eliot was about to finish a large portion of the audi Meeting at Grange Hal) ence arose and left the hall. It was Lents, Nov. 3.—(To the Editor.)— done «(uietly until the street was Since you were pleased to use an item reached. There some people raised in your newspaper at one time, which their voires to shouts and numerous automobile drivers honked their horns item was read by C. W. Hurd, 762« Sixty-first avenue, at the meeting in more than necessary to announce Lenta’ Grange hall last night, may I their coming and going. The hub ask that you give space to this item bub disturbed the speakers somewhat, from me? but was not so bad as, for instance, I attended the meeting last night Astoria, where opponents of speakers and after witnessing the conduct of engaged in making addresses against the people of Lents gathered there I the anta-school bill are reported in I wish to state that of the 3 per cent of the press as having exploded a stink , illiterates in the state of Oregon I bomb at one meeting and concealing believe 1 per cent live in Lents. Dr. a ringing electric bell at another. Eliot is a learned, fair-minded man; Be With the Parade .................................................. . from the Roman Catholic ' church as a Christian church pcssibly i can be. He is temperate in his re- I marks and the withdrawal of the peo ple last night, as if by concerted action, seems to me to be uncalled I for. The audience was not so fair I to the speaker as the speaker was to his audience. MRS. M. UPHAM. 998 East Stark street Mrs. Upham is right in stating | that ths action of the people in leav ing ths hall, as if in concert, was not I courteous, but they left the hall quiet ly. They did not keep this decorum when they reached some distance, for they then talked loudly and honked their automobile horns. Thia, how ever, is one of the mob attribute*, and may be expected from people when feeling runs high. When Mr. Hurd (quoted above as having read an item from The Mount Scott Herald) was asked this morn ing if he did read something from The Herald, he stated that he had not and that he had mixed The Herald with another paper circulated i in this district.—Editor’s note. history the achieving factors have ’ been ----- **-- — forces * the -------- moral * and religious in every land. Oregon cannot afford to drive from her borders the families whose principles still reach back to the Mayflower compact and the bill jf rights. No man of true Protestant belief, who is familiar with what Protestant ism is, can for a single moment espouse this proposed law. Protes tantism mean* the open Bible and the right of private interpretation of the Scripture*. Protestantism proclaims the doctrine of separation of church and state. Protestantism brings every man in touch with his God. Thia bill assassinates every tenet of the Pro testant faith. It makes the state supreme in matters which are purely personal. It closes school* where the Bible is taught, both Protestant and Catholic. It compels parents to edu cate their children in schools where there is no Bible. It destroys every ambition of charity which the great fraternities have had in mind in the construction of orphans’ homes and schools for the unfortunate. Every one of the magnificent quartet of modern brotherhods, Masons, Odd fellows, Knights of Pythias and Elks, proclaim the open Bible and plant their standards up«5n it* truths. They place it upon their altars. Surely their membera will not now nullify all the principles, all the ambitions and all the purposes of these organi zations in the realm of charity, by introducing this alien and mistaken measure into the life of our common wealth. Losing Sense of Freedom What does free government stand for? Has the original definition of democracy died in this age of bigotry, this revival of know nothingism ? The federal union was founded upon the quadruple demand for free speech, free press, freedom of worship and freedom of education. The men who established the government would have •regarded as treason any proposal tending to emasculate either of these foundations of liberty. In the muz zling of the press and platform in recent years, men seem to have lost their sense of proportion, and are tending toward monarchial ideas, where the state is supreme and in dividualism dying. In this school bill the voters are a3ked to add more taxes to the already back breaking burden which exists. If the private schools are sacrificed by this measure, the boys and girls therein now educated must be pro vided for in the public s«±<x>ls already crowded. At a minimum the added expense will be a million dollars a year. No one doubts that, or serious ly dispute these figures. The voters have long sirve pledged themselves that they will be responsible fbr no more taxes. This is the tyat. Do you mean what you say when you <le- clare that you are through voting taxes upon yourselves? If so, the school bill will die, *s it ought to die, undpr an hundred thousand adverse majority. Is Herald Corr re pondent Mrs. Sophie Gray, 3549 Sixty eight street is The Herald’s cor respondent in the district adjacent to the Joseph Kellogg school. She may. be reached at the above number or by telephoning Automatic 615-09. Grange to Honor Armistice Day lx-nta grange will honor Armistice day, November 11, with a special pro gram. James R. Bain will be one of the speakers. Dinner will be served and an interesting program is being arranged.