Beaver State herald. (Gresham and Montavilla, Multnomah Co., Or.) 190?-1914, October 05, 1911, Image 4

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Newspaper Page Textlit? ;se as Gresham. The good work was begun a year ago and is still going on. Two of the leading north and south streets have been parked and laid with walks anti Powell street is get- Entred »» Second Clan Mail Matter at Lenta. Oregon, Alignât JA. l'.Hl ting the finishing touches now. This is not only a commendable Published Every Thursday at Lente. Ore., by the M t . S<-» tv l*vsuaHtx« Co. feature of the town. hut it H. A. DARN ALL, E uitok ani » M anages . speaks for its healthfulneaa as a D M SIMONSEN, Lot AlE ditor » np B i sinkss R epresentative place in which to live. Well drained streets and high dry SUlSCHrT OH RATES Ver Yetr. |I tn *-ivanre to ton-inn rountriv* 11 * six Month« Th ret- months trial mhaer i ptions . Single copies» V. H) carrier bv |M»r month A»k walks will prevent many a cold for clubbing rates and case of pneumonia, besides IfMITTOCO «houkl be «ent b} Ex pre»» or KNwtothcv Mon« ? Order RvgiMerv«! loiter or Chert. Stamp* accepted up to 50 rent* enabling the town to clear up its IfCEiFTS for *ul»*enptions are not »ent unless reqtte»!« «1 The change ol label on \oar paper garbage before it becomes a will indicate the receipt of vonr remittee« If it *h»e* not please notify us RlSCtiTIWUlhCES H you Ao not wish your paper - »ntinueU plea*«* notify u» about the time the dangerous nuisance. v uberription expire* CMADGt 0) IDORFSS We find this plan nn*st satisfactory to our patron* In ordering change of addreM give old a> well a.« new a-blr« *s COmtES^OHOEMTS are wanted in every community. if no correspondent v api<*ar» froai >our neighborhood. you are res peel fully re«ju ?ste<1 to send us a* many hwal items as you can REPORTORIALS 1)1 RECTORY CROI- FISSIONAI General Practice. Abstracts made and examined. Kollo €. Hroeskck Attorney -at-l.aw Pnone Tabor 1699 South Main St. Lents. Oregon In n-king the siip|H>rt ami banking lm«im -» the people of Lent« «»' do <0 W ill» the Ulin to nafv- guard th»' interv«u* of <>ur inatunwr» a« «<• would our <>w n. We are in |»>aition to m*l yon ami contribute to t -u< o"<« of your enfi-rprivee and your hanking r»‘lation- should lie as profitable to you as they wonldlw* toil». The foresight and tiniely a—tstam • which a siil»tantial and well muiiagi <1 bank can liestow on us custoinera is worthy of your ron.bl eration, ami il you wish to lend a helping hau l towards the upbuilding ■>( your community you will most certainly benefit by the efficiency ol it- i terprises. 1 >n these groiui.ls we re»|s<elfully invite your patronage ami we are pn pare.1 ami able to e» tend pti>spe«tiie ciistoiiiers such financial a"i»t- ns prmlent banking will |s>rniit lohn K. hugh« AI1ORMA AI I AW NGl ARN Pt BI.IC 4llu Kaillng Building, (l*>< and Washington Hl reeI* I PORTLAND. nlll l’taett^e in all Courts Abatract» a Spveialt v lltaneh <»mee at Fair« iew W. F. Klmeman Attorney at-l.uw C. E. Kennedy tW2l lit Ave.. St! Kennedy & Klineman manufacturing firm of Thos. Pot Real Estate and Rentals. Notary ter Sons X- Company of Philadel To bust the trusts, own them. Public Work ENSUS reports of 1910 put | phia. a concern enjoying the Residen** 749 To get an auto race track, Office PliumA'. 2012 the total amount of im Main St. and Carline. Lents, t fregón benefit of 145 per cent tariff pro make the farmer pay for it. proved farm lands at 477.448. (MX) tection. but which nevertheless The hope of the land speculator acres. That is less than one- boasts of selling its products in Tabor 1516 Office hours H-10 p. ni. fourth of the area of the United thirty different foreign countries is the farmer kept in ignoiance. Sunday by (Appointment The farmers of Eastern Wash States, exclusive of island pos in free competition with th<“ Dr. Ervin C. Sells ington have quit shying at the sessions. Cities, mines, ranches product of foreign labor. Of Single Tax. Practice Limited to the Eye. ond public roads combined do course, it sells to the foreigners Lent«, Ore. If you attempt to tax the sky-1 300 Gilbert Ave. not occupy more than a fraction at a lower price than to Ameri of the space used for farms so cans. Mr. Moore, on hearing scraper the tax will fall heavier 1 m. Short, m D. that somewhere in the neighbor this, remarked: "Should not that on the workman’s cottage. hood of three-fourths of the S. H. Bitinrr. IP. D. The farmer enjoys paying tax be a source of pride?" country's area must belying un es in Oregon. For every dollar PhV»ici«a»-Sar used. to say nothing of the fact he pays, fifty cents goes to help »>rMhaaa. • Oregoa LIBRARY IN NEED that much of what is classed as out the land speculator and tax being used is not being put to A FTER four yearsof local use- | dodger in city and country. C. €. morland. Dentisi the best use of which it is x*. fulness the Lents library is From one department store in capable. There certainly seems again in very bad straits. From Seattle in three months 17 girls 719 Dekunt Bldg.. Third and Wash, ington. Portland. Orc. to be plenty of land for all who the first, the continued existence were taken to detention homes. City Office, Main'■!•.'».■>, I. ent »Office, 2M33 Residence. Tabor 2587 want to use it. But as a matter of the library has been a problem. An immoral wage was the cause. Residence Corner sth and Marie Sts., of fact there is not. The land is The expenses relative to rent, Where woman secure the bal- I.ents. Ore. Office Hours * to 10 a. ni. there all right but would be fuel, lights and incidentals. The ■ lot they turn their energies into users must first make terms with , county library fund provides an other channels for progress, says l)t. 0. h. bess Most’of the funds to speculative holders who will not. attendant. : an exchange. in most cases allow to be used the present date have been pro except on terms that will leave vided by donations, fees by mem Banks in Portland are not loan- bers of the association and oc j ing money on land held for spec but little for the user. entertainments. The ulative purposes. They have be According to the same census casional i reports the average price per acre situation as it now stands is that gun to scent something in the ai. e. Ben, m. !).. c m of farm lands has more than hundreds use the library every north wind. It is the Vancouver < Mice over First doubled in ten years. That month who never contribute a l land tax no doubt. Pbune. ufth v 1 In the neat little town of Can- means that it is twice as hard to cent to its support. Could these get a farm in the United States people but realize the value of I by only 98 lots are occupied. GRESHAM, today as it was ten years ago. such an institution in the town, ! while 317 are held for specula Edward D. Smith • It is no wonder that American they no doubt would be ready to tion. with tracts unplotted ad farmers ar* being forced to emi assist in supporting it. a dollar, joining likewise used very little. Representing the Provident Life and grate to Canada and become a quarter or a dime. Not much Thus land speculation blights Trust Co. of Philadelphia. British subjects in order to get to you. but a lot to the library. many of the fairest spots in Ore Phone Marshal 2H55 Leave it with the librarian. No gon. land. Portland. Ore. With all this land lying idle, doubt a considerable part of the It appears that the waterfront 513-514 Corbett Bld. unemployed men are looking in difficulties encountered by the of Astoria is bottled up and busi w . J • *TT H. II. OTT vain for a chance to work and local supporters is due to the ar ness being driven away because Ott Brothers poverty and distress are wide bitrary regulations laid down by i of lack of a municipal wharf. DENTISTS spread. That is the result of the Portland Library Managers, What a great lot of mutts the Oregon land monopoly. How much lon but in spite of this the library is pioneer city dads of Astoria must ger will the American people put too good an institution to see it have been. Almost as great as removed for want of a little sup those of Portland. Marshfield and FRATERNAL up with it? Commenting on the increase in port. every other port in Oregon. the price of farm lands, the Cin At the bottom of all wars, at modern Oloodmen of Omerica cinnati Times-Star says: CO-OPERATE least modern wars, has been the Second and Fourth Wednesday» "The day of cheap farms has T^HF possibility of a live devel- question of trade, the desire of of the month. gone by. The man who w-ould -*■ opment or improvement club | i one side or the other to get new GRANGE HALL. LENTS, ORE. go farming can no longer count at Lents is entirely within the markets from which tariff laws G. B lythisg , Conn. on picking up suitable property reach of the people. This sea have shut it out. This has not W. A nder .-*» n . Chief Forester for a mere song. Today he must son of the year makes the co always been the ostensible rea- pay more than twice as much as operation of all live citizens an son, but it has nevertheless been he would have paid in 1900. Un absolute necessity. Long even- the true reason. doubtedly. this advance in prices | ings, rainy weather, bad side If the United States had free has discouraged many would-be walks and no lights make the trade with the world, it would farmers. ” streets a matter of deep concern be the surest guarantee possible In other words the country has to everyone. If we cannot in of permanent peace, as well as a That will give genuine com lost the outlet it once had for un corporate or be annexed we can means of giving us prosperity. employed labor. As long as good at least co-operate. Main street "You never know what a fort, satisfaction and wear government land could be had in is as bad as a country lane, after the West for practically nothing, a shower. True it drys up quick Democrat or an Insurgent will and insure your feet against there was place where unem ly. but while it is wet it is decid do.” But you always know what ployed men could go and relieve edly wet, owing to poor surface a standpatter, a clothing store dampness is the the congestion of the cities. drainage. What we need is a dummy or a wooden indian will do. While the opportunity lasted live street committee, backed up "Senators,” says President man took the advantage of it. by a live improvement club which Taft, derive their power from the This was especially the case in may find good support from the people. This will be news to times of industrial depression. entire people. There are some many of the senators. Now when such a depression funds on hand now. This is Congressman Carter is seven comes the man thrown out of enough to supply some lights. work might just as well stay Then let the main sidewalks sixteenths Indian. He whipped where he is. It is no wonder from the school house to Cherrine four men recently, which makes when these facts are taken into have a new coat of gravel. New Indian efficiency difficult to esti consideration that each recurring walks should be made from the mate in figures. depression brings more suffering Bright place to the city limits, Thomas A. Edison in a recent and distress than its predecessor. and from the station to Gray’s interview in Paris gave forth the This will continue to be the case crossing. People should be en opinion that people sleep too until land monopoly will be couraged to lay cement walks, much. Maybe that’s why he in but in the meantime good fine vented the phonograph. abolished. Mdde of best material and gravel will do almost as well. The beet planter. A piece of flannel Friday evening is billed for a dampened Sold with Chamberlain’« Lini guaranteed to last. HAMPTON MOORE j meeting of the improvement ment and bound on over the affected I OST people would hardly club. It will meet in the library parta is «11 peri or to a plaster and coate ; at a moderate price by feel proud at being shown room in the Hamilton building. only one tenth as much. For sale by up as easy marks. But there Come is and bring your neighbors. Gresham drugginte. a congressman from Philadel Billion.ne«« m due to a disordered I condition of the stomach. Chamber- I phia, named Hampton Moore, who believes that should be a GRESHAM’S STREETS lain « Tablets are » Mentially a «tomacli source of pride. The occasion ROBABLY no other little 1 medicine, intended especially to act on that organ ; to cleanse it, strengthen it, was a disussion in the House on town in the state can boast to regulate the liver and to baniet» hill-i- Old Bank Building the cotton schedule. Here refer [ of as many blocks of good iousness ce positively and effectually. For , ence was ¡made to the oilcloth ment sidewalks in proportion to sale by Gresham druggists. LENTS - - ORE. LAND MONOPOLY. WHAT THIS BANK AIMS TO ACCOMPLISH C —■ ----------- M P MODERN SHOE REPAIR SHOP The Mult nomali State Bank Affiliated With Scandinavian-American Hank of Portland - ( or. Main and Foster Lents, Oregon IT’S C0MING4 V SURE! A Z AND IT WILL Bl; IMF: GREATEST \ I EVER IN LENTS. WATCH FOR IT -WAIT FOR IT \I r. SCOFF l’-\ I< K A SFRlC'rLY MODERN HIGH CLASS CEMETERY Situated a mile southeast of Lents. Equipped with all the latest conveniences. Every burial plat sold under perpetual care agreement without extra cost. Prices reasonable. Service the best. For further information call city office, 921 Yeon Bldg. Main 225, or Cemetery, Phone Tabor 1468. FREE! FREE! We are giving away free, Jewelry and Sil verware at this store. We are selling Gro ceries cheaper than anyone for we have abolished the old worn-out credit system and are giving you the benefit of it in low prices and profit-sharing premiums. Call and get our prices. MT. SCOTT BAKERY-GROCERY A. Brueger, Prop. - - LENTS OREGON CAR TICKET FREE Beginning the 15th of this month we will #ive street car tickets for cash purchases of $2.50 Until Further Notice SHOE DEPARTMENT We will soon have a complete line of Selz Shoes, the most famous sho$ made. They come to us direct from the manufacturers, thus eliminating the enormous profits. The people of Lents get this benefit when they buy shoes here. McNEIL BROTHERS “QUALITY ALWAYS’’ S. MAIN ST. - LENTS, ORE.