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CHRISTMAS EDITION EXTRA COPIES 5c LENTS, MULTNOMAH CO., OREGON, TLIU^cr* r __________________________ ______ -iMY, DECEMBER 14, 1911. Subscription, $1.00 a Year. I Wm. Cason Said to Have Been First Settler-Waterman Gates (dine Here in I SSI- A Resume of Lents From Its Inception. No. 4Ò PIONEER SKETCH OF LENTS AND HISTORY OF ITS SCHOOL LENTS Is a modern suburban home town of from 7500 to 10,000 population, with 12.000 jieople receiving mail throug the |x is toffice. It is situated 6 miles east of the center of Portland at the base of Mt. Scott. Two street car lines and the best macadmised roads in the state give the town the best transportation to and from Port land. The town has a good water supply, electric light and power, local telephone system, fire department, good streets and has under way several substantial brick and concrete business blocks The public school is one of the largest and best in the state, costing $100,000.00, 900 children attending. A modern catholic school is also alxiut completed. A good public library is located here. .Most ever denomination is represented among our church es. The fraternal societies are also well represented, We have a good band and several orchestral organizations. Most every line of business and profession is represented here. Lents is an ideal location for manufacturing enterprises, being well located, near Portland and in the heart of the home of working people. The climate is unsurpassed, the soil adapted to the raising of fruits and vegetables of every description. Lents needs more )>eople, more business and manufactur ing enterprises, a good hotel and apartment house, and several more substantial business blocks. Desired information will be furnished by the Lents Im provement Club or The Herald. IN llir rnrlv hmtory «»( the l.rht*» ter* then l«oui*i kemp un>i hist, Geo Spring * ritorv the flr«t luam t«> settle win Jr , the present incumbent. Early in 1*91 a stock rompiAiiy wam Wm Ca««»n. who lookup m donation ¡and claim in bl<’ W aterman Galea (ormed l»y A. ( O N' vi I an«! A. W. Brown donation claim taken in 1H6! with Geo. P l.rnt, I’rr- , uik ! If. W. and on thia rlaiui the trhoul houae j Scott an«! Others <lirv«i«»rR to buihl w and most of the btimness avcti«»n of motor line from i Fortlaiid to Lenta, which wa* finished i in March 1902. A. l-wits im built. Win. Johnson also t <>k 1 C. O'Neil Miirveyrd the road, it being a donation land claim on the fa up hi * his first attempt at i railr«>M<! work. He creek which fa'iir* hfa name. H im moiim 1 | m now chief bri lg«* • and railroad un Kara ami Jacob alao Mettle«! here Wm gim««-r for the nsmlicate it! AlaMka. of Johnson wan the grandfather of ('ha* : which wv hear *« » much. Wm Payne Johnaon of Lenta, ala«> J. J Jubneon an«! Iiis son-in-law , Council, *till fc«e Mrs. Ja< ob Johneon im -till a resident on idents in this vicinity. • In! the cotiMlrur- the oh! farm at the foot •>( Mt Scott. ' tion work on the road Vteruar«! thin Other «*arlv sett lei.« Were Plympton line was turned over to the <) W. P. Kelly, (> I’ l.rnt. Wm. Kern*, Eman Co an«! mivh* an electric line. uel llimm > iin , \\ Jefferson (‘nmplM*ll, Since then our burg ha« waxed great llyram t'ampfadl, followed faler by and get* much mention in the papers of Hugh Furry Jnckson Painter, Peter th«* Northwest. But <>m* of th«* mam Wyant. R >l»rrt <«tllM«rt Perry Powrll, factors for this u«»rk ha»« been Geo. W, Janie»« Salva, Chris S< human, John Brown, of watri works fame, who laid <iinty, Gro. Spring Sr , Mrw Harriet out many additions, built h<>m«*s, boom- Cha»»«*, Henrv Chapman, Walter Pan . ing the town am! sell ng cheap projierty ver- and others to people, who have turntsi la*uts into The mail rout«* from P«»rtlan<l to tlir a city in else Camade Mountain* an- • ♦'tablialiv l by I. F Coffman must not be forgotten, O P lent, who a- a man of pmdi ami as he ha«* also been mstrumental in entrrpriMv, anti bin daughter, Mr* J C making many improvements. J. C. McGrew built the first si«!e walk McGraw, now a reaidrnt <»! Giltwrt Ave W was the first Post Master. So the in la*nts and lias done much l«»war<isitH P O was UHinctl, ami rightly, Lentw impr<»vemt*nl. The first office was kept at the McGrew O. R. Addition, the pioneer real estate rr«idrnce which is now standing at the agent here, was also a great help in our corner of Fourth \\e and Foster road advancement. where the big Walnut trevn are. These Among the churches the Episcopal Date Set Is Sunday, De name Walnuts were plants«! by Water and Evangelical were the firs to own cember 17--Structure Cost man Gates and ar«* the only relics left I their chureh home-, but the good old Methodists held services in the school of the Gates family. Nearly $7,000 and Is Cred Mrs. A. Brown was the the second house forty years ag«> an«! was the only it to Town. Post Mistress witb ths office at the denomination in the field (or many same place. Then John Yott built a years. Now wv numlrer in church build small store on the ground where I. F. ings, besides the afa>ve, Friends, Bap The handsome new structure to be Cuff man's store and t lie present «»Ilice tist, Christian, Presbyterian, Adventist, used as a Chapel and school by St. now stand, an«! moved the office to a Lutheran- Evangelical, Lutheran, t alb Peters parish at this place is about com public place in June, 1**9. After Yott. olic ami several sects who hold ín est - pleted and will be formally ojiened and came I. F. Coffman as Po t Master, ings but do not own buildings dedicated the coming Sunday. The building stands on a part of .the quarter block purchased by the church on W. Gilbert adjoining Main street, It was commenced August 5th of this year ami wa~ rushed to completion. Jacoliergn A Smith, of Portland, were the architects Its cost will be nearly I7.0H0 in all. The building is three stories in height. The first floor will be used as a hall, the second as school rooms, there being two music rooms and two school rooms thereon. The third is titled up as a chap el to be used until the new church can lie erected. A com fn unity house is vet to be built on the tract. The parish was established a year ago It embraces territory from East Sixty-ninth street to Jeune Station on t' e Gresham line. Rev. Father P. J. Main Street looking North from carline. Buetgen is the |>astor and to him be- longs the credit for the erection of the new- building The chapel and school will be ded- mated Decetnlier 17, by Archibisbop Christie. High mass will then lie cele brated for the first time in the edifice and the Archibishop will deliver the dedicatorial sermon. Elected to That Office to T. J. Kreuder Re-elected The citizens of Lents are invited to participate in the opening exercises and Master—Other Granges to Burns Succeed Mayor partake of the bounteous dinner that Hold Elections - Names is to I m * served from 12 to tl in the after —Six Councilmen also noon. Vol. 9. What Is Now a Prosperous Town of Thousands of In habitants Was Once Home of Few Scattered Throughout Timber—Hardships Many. BY W J. CAMPBELL. OF AMBOY, WASHINGTON KI/1TKJ» BY t>. M. MMOMSKX HE year 1912, just approaching, j of Portland and second in the city sees Lents a prosperous city or itself. town of from 10,UX) to 12,000 inhabit “In answer to your question in re- ants with every modem convenience, gard to the early history of District No. electric cars, mail service, wire con 12, I will say that your request has tak nection with all parts of the world, with 1 en me back to days when parents re many people daily seeking new homes 1 alized what the difficulties were to give here, and in all it finds it as prosperous children an education in a country and metropolitan as any 20th century where the inhabitants were few; but. town should lie. But if you could look . 1 fortunately for No. 12, it had men of 1 back four score years you would find public spirit and iron will who were de what is now a modem city, only a termined to give their children an edu groaning wilderness, populated even cation, although fate seemed against \ then by Indians, abounding with wild them, and they proved themselves game and only a settlers’ cabin located equal to the emergency. Let me tell you who the pricipal mer. here and there in the timber. were—O. P. Lent. Jacob Johnson, and Between here and Portland there was Plympton Kelly. True, there were only one house, that on the tract where ( others that assisted, but these three ap now stands the Plympton Kelly school. peared to tie the main stay and the re Mail was received here sometimes h sult of their labor manifested itself be once a week, sometimes once a month fore they were called away from this and even longer periods. The only by- ’ | life. way then was a path through the tall Y'ou can understand more about the timber to Portland. Then a trip to the i difficulties ( encountered when you learn “city” was not only long and tedious, , the size of the district, which was but perilous. | bounded on the west by the township The settlers who paved the way for ; | line of 1 and 2 E.. and on the east by this village have nearly all passed away, township i Ijne 2 and 3 E.; on the north but the monument to their endurance, by ] the section line road and on the patriotism and z.ealousness is the town south by the county line. Except a small of Lents. It will be a lasting monu square cut out of the N. E. corner ment, for each year it has continued to the district contained 6 square miles. In Spite of This We Are grow until it now ranks second to none As to the inhabitants, there were in the state for thriftness, healthful- nine families, six of whom had children in Danger of Losing It uess, educational advantages and as a and five or six ranches held by bachel home town. ors. This was the total sum of the in Unless More Financial Sup surburban The following by W. J. Campbell, of habitants of the district. port Is Offered. Amboy. Wash., recites the tales and Then we thought we were quite a hardships of the settlers in starting distance from Portland, as there was and maintaining a school here, In this, but one house from Lents to Father The attendance at the Lente library too, we see a monument, that in the Kelly’s place on which the Clinton Kelly lor the year so far exceeds that of last handsome 20-room, $100,000 school- year by a good tnargain. The circula- (Continued on page 12) tion of books has also increased. The house, the largest in the state ouUide figures are. WHAT WOULD TEDDY SAY If HE ÒAW THESE? 1910 Attendance 14.271 Circulation S.702 1911 .Attendance ..... 15,001 Circulation....................... 9,779 j This is a good showing but in spite of this l.ente is in danger of losing this worthy institution and unless we all tally to its support, and we may say defense, it is liable to l>e taken away from us. The Portland library board has sig nified its intention of moving and eotn-1 billing the Lente and Arleta branch li braries to a more central location. While this perhaps would be more suitable in > some wavs it would lie less so in other wavs —Photo by Monti* Lente people would not like to have a Lents is noted for its’ children, says a writer—this seems to bear biui out. mile or so to walk to enjoy the priv Seldom do we see three pair of twins together but the above is an actual picture ileges we should enjoy at home, and of three pair of Lents youngsters. Arleta people doubtless feel the same way. The library should remain where it is. Use your intluence in helping to keep it here. Sign the roll and then raise your voice in protest if you are not already a member and have not pro tested. Lents people appreciate the library “Angelic Choir” Is Title of Lents New Bank Rapidly and will doubtless devise some means of keeping it here. Cantata to BeGiven—Date Growing in Deposits and T CATHOLIC SCHOOL LENTS LIBRARY TO BE DEDICATED LENTS GRANGE PAUL MEINIG MAYOR OF SANDY ELECTS OEEICERS of New Officers. Elected. I A Terrible Blunder l*v,r ttoubls. Never do it. Take Dr. King’s New Life Piles on the first sign of constipation, biliousness or inactive bowels and prevent virulent indigestion, jaundice or gall stones. ; They regulate liver, stomach, and l>ow els and build up your health. Only 28c XMAS CANTATA BANK STATEMENT AT M. E. CHURCH SHOWS INCREASE M. E. CHURCH Preaching service 11 a. m. Subject: “Fatal Arguments with the Devil." Evening subject: “The Man who Turned States Evidence Against the Devil to Hide His Own Shame and Weakness." Men and women please take notice: See to it that you avail yourselves of the high social, intellectual and religious privileges of the gospel, W. Boyd Moore, Pastor. I-ent-- Grange held an interesting all- | day session last Saturday. Several can didates were given the third and fourth <legrc«*s. The drill team put on the work in its usual creditable manner and brought forth commendation from Mas ter Crane of Roekwood Grange, who was a visitor. Many other visitor« were I present. CHRIS DMAS DANCE AT ROCKWOOD CARD OF THANKS The lecture hour though cut short Rockwood Grange will give a Christmas We wish to thank our many frianda was interesting and edaeational, dance on Saturday evening, I>ec. £\. for their kindness and sympathv during Th<* election of officers result««! in the For Recorder R. E. Eason wan elected. Richards' orchestra « • I the uaual the sickness and loss of our only little A. W. Bell was chosen for Marshall ami following; grange supper. Tickc s »nta. Sup one, and for the many beautiful floral Albnrn <». Meinig was elected Treasurer. (Continued on page 2 I offerings. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hague. per eitra. At the municipal election held in the town of Sandy, December 6, Paul R Meinig was elected Mayor of that place over P. T. Shelley and to succeed Ed. Burna the present Incumbent. For (Councilmen the voters chose E. F. Burna, L. E. Hoffman, Casper Junker. Otto Meinig, Henry Perret, Geo. A. Wolfe. and Program Announced Later. j The Cantata to l»e given Christmas by the M. E. Church Choir will lie the big gest musical treat ever given by a Lente i Church Choir. i < The Cantata entitled. “The Angelic Choir," is made tip of five full choruses, two women’s choruses, one male quartet with contralto obligato. The soloists are Mrs. Daniels, soprano ; ; Mrs. Dr. Sells, contralto; Mr. Melton, ¡tenor; Mr. Getting, baritone; Mr Bly- thing, baas, and Miss Helen Hansen, organist. A full announcement, date and pro gram will be given in the next issue of The Herald. It’s Prestige is Greatly In creasing. In another column will be seen the * financial report of the new bank. The Multnomah State Bank of Lent«. It shows amon^ other things the growth of the institution since its opening July let. The deposits of the blink have since the statement was issue.» reached the $30.00) mark, which indicates the confidence the business ;>eople of lants and vicinity place in the bank and its management and connections. We note that the cash reserve is more than AO [>er cent of the deposits and we doubt if and other bank in this county carries sncli a large reserve. In all it certainly i Continued on page 2