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About Beaver State herald. (Gresham and Montavilla, Multnomah Co., Or.) 190?-1914 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 4, 1912)
WRESTLING MATCH GRANGE HALL, LENTS Monday Eve. Jan. 8 Ghas. Strangler Smith " " " ■ LENTS i '■ 11 148 Pound* vs. Oscar Gustafson 1411 Pound* t. ham pion of Hweden Claimant, Pacific Norttiweat Championship Heoerved seato 'Or on ante NOW at Mar'a pool hall tor I ha convenience of Iboee oom lug a little lata. Gener al admission AOe—Hoy* 2b< ladies tree and cordially Invited. j Absolutely no Rowdyism or anything displeattinK. A good clean bout prom ised. Two Good Preliminaries One for Championship of Mt. Scott la a modern suburban home town of from 7500 to 10.000 population, with 12.000 |>eople receiving] mail through the poit toffice. It in situated ♦’» miles east of the’center of Portland at the base of Mt. Scott. Two Htreet car lines and the beat macadmihed road* in the Htate give the town the beat tranHjxirtation to and from Port land. The town han a good water supply, electric light and power, local telephone ay stem, 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, (JOO. 00, 900 children attending. A modern catholic school is also about 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. I^ents 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. l^nts needs more people, 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 ixmts Im provement Club or The Herald. GRt SHAM Mr« dia* < Iweiand entertained Mr* , I. Hain«* ot bratti« laat week. BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON A union watch meeting »»« held Sun. day eve at the M. E. Church. The Cantata rendered laat -unday ' night at th« M. E. Church *•> greatly i appreciated by ali who heard it. Utile Mary Jane O'Reilly entertained I .' her friend* last Saturday it being her *ntl> birthday. BOHN—To Mr. and Mrs. I.. I). How ard a «on, laat Friday. The Huntington Herald after 24 year» of publication, ha* *u-pend»d Oregon produced product« th;<t ire valued at clone to *174,040.000 during the pant season. According to the annual report of City Engineer Arnspiger, the city of Medford «pent *584.*29 for public in provementa in 1911 A L. Bee«on. editor of the Hunting ton Herald, and leader in the recent A Civil Service «lamination will l>e moral wave there, has disappeared I held al Greaham. Ore., Jan. 20th. W12 Creditor* are aearchlng for hltn ! for the position of rural carrier on route Every Indication point* to a lam- l ull information furnished at Gresh exhibit at tbe flrat annual Snake am poatotiice. River Poultry Show to be held in Miee Herdine Merrill, wbo ha* l>cen ill I Ontario January 1* to 19. inclusive with the amallpox, i* «lowly recovering The drat annual ahow of the Doug Plant an ad in the*« column* and , Mia* Merrill ia quarantined at her home las County Poultry and Pet Stock watch your bualne«* «row. | here. Miae Lillian Hinder ia alao under - a*«oclntlon was a succe«« which great quarantine ly exceeded th« expectations of the Will lle»»el will leave for aonthern management. r That the state will be able to rear < alifornia eoon at leant 3440 pheasants in captivity Work has begun on the Regner build- | during the coming year la the belief I mg on .Main street. of (’. K Cranston, chairman of the lee Merrill iiaa gone to Bend, Ore . to atate fish and game commission aaaiat hie brother Charle* in hit work. A summary of the aa*-«*m«nt roll» of Yamhill county, a* completed by I*. Michel and family went to Portland THE MERRIAM WEBSTER I New Veara to help celebrate the twen- | County Assenso Martin Miller, ahowa The Oxly New unabridged dic ty-Hfth wedding anniversary of Mr the total asaeaned value of all pro perty within the county to be *16.229, tionary In many yearn. Michel’a brother and wife. Mr. ami i Contain* the pith and ettaencc Ulrich Michel. The celebration waa I »26. Arrangemeuta are being perfected ot an authoritative library. l>el<1 in tbe -eviae ball. Cover* every field of knowL by the Uranhatn Commercial Club to edgo. An Encyclopedia tn a Jas. .McKinney and family, who re . give a banquet In the new club single book. cently returned from New York, have rooms on January J, to which the The Only Dictionary vtth Ute purrliaaed lota in Whitehead* addition famille« of iba member* and other* New Divided are Invited. and are erecting a h< use 400,000 Word*. '2700 Pages. Unless the officer* of the Third Mi»* Kuby Emery is *|«nding tier 0000 Ill us trat ions. Coot nearly Regiment can recruit a sufficient half a million dollars. annual vacation at her home here. Lot ns tell you about this most Mi«« Emery will graduate from the number of men to make a full quota within tbe next few month«, that reg remarkable «ingle volume. Nuraca Training school at the Good Sa- iment will be disbanded by th« state's mantian Hospital in June. military staff. A pleasant leap year surprise party Receipt« for the year ending June was given in honor of Miss Katie Camp 30. 1911, from the national forest« in Thursday evening The young ladiee Oregon totaled 1*2.412, according to took tbe lead and called for the boys the treasury department. No payment and took them to iiie party. In made on account of receipt* from The young men'« Imeket ball team the t’nipquu forest. At the request of the Umatilla and a school teain computed of girls, Association, Senator will go to Eetacada by special car Fri Water -Users' Chamberlain will introduce a bill day evening to play a )H>ub)e beader. which will facilitate the settlement of Mr. Brown, who waa shot the drat of land* on the Umatilla project that the week by Robert Sim», it suffering a were originally acquired under the great deal of pain. desert laud act. The Southern Oregon and Northern California Mining congress will hold a two-day meeting in Medford. Feb ruary 3 and 4 Arrangement* have been made to entertain a number of mining men and to display all th* or«« that can be gathered from the mine* in the diatrict. The Southern Pacific company now han 300 men at work on the Coon Hay railroad between Eugene and 'he tun nel nite 23 mile* weal ot Eugene, most of them being employed st the tunnel, where the mountain han been pierced for a distance of 30 or 44 feet already through solid rock With a majority of the December report« yet outstanding, the total num her of Industrial accidents tn Oregon aince the new law requiring employ era to report all accidents to th* state went into effect. May 24. ha* reach—1 1923. according to State l^bor Com miaaloner O. P. Hoff That an effort be made to eliminate from Oregon's public achool* all teach era. who have not had * high school ■ training, and to that end to have lawn to that effect passed by the next legta lature, waa urged at the annual meet Ing of the Oregon State Teachers' A« aociatlon at Portland by J H Acker The Big Cozy Theatre man. Mr. Ackerman ia preaident of the Monmouth Btat« Normal achool ■ A Ntewr C » AWO« P WEBSTER’S * NEW INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY THE ISI£JHEATRE Best Run Pictures Orchestra Music Cozy and Warm Spend an hour here some even ing or Sunday afternoon, you will find it both pleasant and - - - profitable. The Isis Theatre Main St. Hext to Herald Read Herald Advertisement COMMISSION PLAN IN MANY CITIES. $35 SUIT OF CLOTHES Results af New Ferm ot Government Uniformly Feverable. Tbe unvarying aucceas of tbe Gal veston or Dea Moines plat of city gov- eminent line been so pronounced a* al most to challenge Itellef Here ar« tbs actual record* of a few cities Gloucester Commission plan in ef fact IMO, I'be first year'a report showed all bill* paid and a reduction in the city debt of (IM.UIJO It 1« claim ad that the road* and atreet« have been better kept at »0.000 lee« annual ex pense The city bookkeeping has been reformed. and the commissioners point to a reduction In tbe expense of caring for public property It ia still too early to demand mu--h In tb« way of tangl ble results Haverhill -t'otnubialon plan in ef feet In 1000 The first year's report under tbe new plan showed a saving of (tr<.000 in running expenses When tbe commission took bold tbe financial •tatus of tbe city waa very bad It tuid reached both Its debt limit and tax rale limit and waa steadily falling behind In Ita payments. Appeals were being made to tbe legislature for an extension ot the tax rate limit, but this extension baa now become unnec • eaaary In a<idltlon tbe city baa voted no license, tbe revenue from the sa loons Iteing no longer needed Tbe commission lia* been fighting a big battle against tbe gas and electric light monopolies to obtain lower rates for tbe city and for private roniuraei* and ba* obtained from ihe people per- minslon to resort to municipal owner ■hip if necessary. There waa fierce political opftoaltlon to tbe commission at tbe expiration of It* first term, but It reelected Party lines In Hav- erhlll. which waa formelry a Republic an city, nave t>eeo completely broken. Tbe commission conalnt* of two I>em ocrata. two Republican« and a Social ist. Cedar Rapid*, la —Commission plan In effect I d lWJH The commission ban reduced tbe tax rate and tbe debt, while making certain big improve nienta. aueb as tbe acquirement of a big Island In tbe river out of current expenses Instead of bond Issue* Tbe Island is for municipal building* In a handsome park setting, in accordance with a '•city beautiful" plan devised by an expert The police and Ore de partmetit forces have been enlarged despite the reduced tax rate. leaven worth. Kan—Commission plan in effect In 1MM The commission ba* reduced the bonded indebtedness by *112.U5O while the tax rate ha* re mnlned stationary. Kansas 1» a pro hibition slate, but Leavenworth had always detlid tbe law and allowed the saloons to exist, subject to periodical tines which brought In *x"*xj n year The commission closed tbe saloon* and dl«|»osed of thia illegal revenue with out disturbing tbe tax rate Over *200.- 00O was *|>ent In special Improvements the Orel year a* against an average of *25.000 In previous years In the first two years under tbe new system six tulles of street were paved as against twelve miles In the preceding twenty five years THE REFORM OF DALLAS. How th« Galveston Plan Cleaned Up a Si*t4r Texas City. Following Galvestou and Houston, ihe city of Dallas took up tbe comtnis slou form of government and made it so completely democratic that ita ene miee charged it with being "populls tic ’ Dallas incorporated Into its char ter lbe Initiative, the referendum and tbe recall. That the new form of gov ernment lias worked well in the four years It has tieen In operation in Dal las Is shown by some of the results. A float Ing debt of *2i>7.000 was inher ited from the old regime Thia has been wiped out completely, and the sinking fund* required by law estab lished At the end ot ttie Inst fiscal year they contained »44• UUU From thia il will be seen tlmi ia less than four years tbe savings ot tbe city have amounted to *)154. ikio In HMM the protit» of the city waterworks system amounted to (lOtl.OOU. and these profit* are being swelled with each succeed Ing year The forward strides of tlie city have be«*n so rapid under tbe qulckeuiug In fluence of good government conditions (hat Dallas anil tbe county in which it is located are preparing to build tbe largest concrete viaduct In tbe world at a coat of several million dollars. A bond issue of »12100.000 has been au> tborlxed by tbe people for public Im provements. and a well developed pro gram for tbe physical development of tbe city has been laid out. A new sewerage system la being undertaken, and Dallas citizens are preparing for another doubling of population In tbe decade ahead. Tbe city hall finds many opportuni ties to make Ita Influence for greater things count In Indirect ways It waa desirable that a uew municipal build ing be erected, and to do this It wa* necessary to dispose of tbe old one 8« the mayor and tbe commissioners, co-operating with tbe chamber of com metre, interested some St I.outs cap Itallata In a hotel proposition and land “d a new *1.000.000 hotel They sold tbe old city hall and made a new one possible all In a single deni At th« ««me time they were trying io secure the location of a great Methodist uni versify nt Dallas, and in tbli also they were successful. ABSOLUTELY FREE Beginning January 1, 1912, we will give one numbered coupon with each 75c purchase, in cluding repair and pressing work, and when 150 numbers have been distributed they will be placed in a box, shaken and a number drawn by some disinterested person. (The one hold ing that number wins a $35.00 suit of clothes— clothes the best in the shop—none excepted. The second number draws a pair of trousers free. No red tape—the lucky number wins and the clothes will be made to your order at once. But only 150 numbers go out, so get busy boys. SCHWEITZER & MANZ TA IEOHS Corner Main and Foster Road McNeill Brothers Quality Grocers. Nui Sed. McNeill Brothers Subscribe For The Herald