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About Beaver State herald. (Gresham and Montavilla, Multnomah Co., Or.) 190?-1914 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 4, 1912)
LENTS LOCAL HAPPENINGS HOW COMMISSION PLAN WORKED IN HOUSTON. WEEK'S DOINGS IN AND AROUND THE CITV A Success Oespit« th« R*t*nt»en ef RESUME OF TRE Several Old Offic>«l*. Walter Tyler wa* down from Monroe fellowship will be extended to all new during the holidays He spent his time member* receive»I during the month at here renewing old acquaintances [and the Communion service in the morning. incidentally dropped .into The Herald office. IlttD LOVE IN NfW HOMt. The new year was ushered in very aST. quietly in Lents. Scbenerman Bros. have just complet Mr. ami Mrs. Wm. Wood entertained ed a new bungalow for Fred Love at at dinner New Years eve. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Page and family. Mrs Mary 3rd. Avenue and Marie street which McDowell and Mr. ami Mrs. D. M seetn* to have all the other new or old Simonsen. places in the town outclassed It is a Bill Islup spent Christmas with G. M. four room bungalow, 24x30, with full Wilson ami family at Crooked Finger length porvb on the west front, am! a « ranch at Scotts Mills. He says tbcj a good time ami.hospitality Crooked Fing good si*»«! screened back porch The interiors of the large living room and er takes the cake. the dining room are paneled, in native Miss l.eilia Lent, who is attending wood about six feet high, and the kitch school st Salem, spent the holidays at en and bedroom* are plastered. There home. ia a pantry and bath room, and good Phone 3311, Lents. sued attic. The basement la completed Standford Moore, son ofj Kev. Boyd and the building has been painted in Moore, returned to Salem this week side and out. The living room and after^spending the holidays with par dining room are separated by high but ents here. reuses which are utilised as book cases. Mrs. 0. F. Perry, of 4216. 65th Street The tire place has a tine large mirror S. E.. pass«»! away at her home Dec. over it and tbe china cloeet has s mir 26. Interment in M l Scott Park Cem ror back which beautifully reflects the etery Dec. 29. Deceased was a young light from minature globes set beneath woman of about 20 years of age and a and to the front. Fred has moved his member of the Ladies of Macabees, family in but he is ready to show any one around that may see tit to call. E. who attended the funeral David Kingly, a butcher residing st W. Miller furnished the lumber and 1113 Hawthorne Ave., died Dec. 24 and material was buried Dec. 25 at Mt. 'Scott Park Cemetery. What Pa Remembers. The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. B F. City Life as Viewed by Uncle Hiram. Booth was buried in Mt. Scott Park Ye.«, it’s lively in the city, where they Cemetery Sunday. have got their 'lectric lights. The Mt. Scott Circle 595 W 0. W. And the people soon have wrinkles met Wednesday evening and initiated a Can’t you sit out here tonight? class of seven candidates. A number They’ve got shows and things to of names were balloted upon. The keep 'em from a-gettin' lonesome Portland “Campaign Committ»?e" and there, visitors from the Mt. Hood lodges were , And they look all-tired stylish in the present. Refreshments were served. costly do’s they wear, The lodge now has over seventy mem bers The next regular meeting will But I guess they have their troubles jest the same as me and you. be held the third Wednesday in Jan And 1 reckon that they're often ruth uary. at the Grange Hall. er worse n ours, too. Undertaker's Phone: 3311. Evening Star Grange No. 27, Patrons of Husbandry, will bold an ali-day ses sion Saturday at its hall on Section Line road for installation of officers for the ensuing year. A programme in charge of Miss Wilda Buckman will be given. Directors F. P. Drinker and Henry Harkson examined the Multnomah State Bank last Saturday and found its af fairs in splendid condition. The [new law makes this feature cumpulsory and we think it is a good idea. Examin ations are also made twice a year by the state bank examiner. Chas. “Strangler'' Smith, the wrest ler. was a caller Wednesday. Notice the subject for the meeting to be held in the Seventh Day Adventist Church next Sunday evening, as [ex- plained in another column. Lents Court No. 88, Tribe of Ben Hur. held a short session at Grange Hall Jan. 1st 1912, after which the doors were thrown open to visitors. A short program was rendered, consisting of music and recitations, followed by light refreshments which were served by the committee in charge. Numerous petty thievery and chicken stealing is reported at Saginaw heights and Arden Park additions, Two per- sons are suspected and being wathed closely. Constable Hall arrested Joe Thomas age 11, the two Dimick boys age 11 and 9, and the Erickson boy age 15 for burglarizing the shooting gallery on Wednesday night about 11 o'clock. They pried open the ammunition box and carried away knives, guns, and jewelry. The Thomas and Erickson lads then stayed out all night near Gates Crossing. Here they killed a horse the next day and then came back to town where Constable Hall spied them They were all bound over to the Juvenile Court by Judge Tobin, the hearing to be held 10 o’clock Saturday morning. R. Heyting, of 45 Lincoln Grays Ave. Lents, east of Oregon City road, has just opened a gravel pit and is now ready to deliver to the trade gravel suitable for concrete work and excel- lent sand for plastering. Just phone Tabor 2063 for information. t4 BAPTIST CHURCH Th«- Baptist Church present*-»! a wene of varied activity on Christmas day, when seventeen of the male contingent of the church met for the purpose of renovating tbe interior of the church building. At the close of the day the auditorium presented an attractive ap- peranre with its wall« and ceiling new ly tinted, its woodwork varnished, and everything else cleaned Later in the same week new connection* were made with the hot water tank, so that the baptistry can be heated more satisfact orily than heretofore. On the last night of the old year candidates were baptized. The evening closed with a watch-meeting to which a goodly num ber of the congregation remained. The subject of the sermon Lord's Day morning will be, “Opportunities For Bale," and in the evening, "Work for Everybody, and Hood Pay.” The ordi nance of baptism will lie administered at tbe evening service. The hand of Shortly after the couiuilsalou plan of municipal government was »eeu to be •ucb a pronounced »ucveas lu Halves ton the ui*Hrby city of Houston adopt ed It lu modified form The chief de parturv lu Houston was that the may or. who is oue of the five commission ers. wa* given emerged authority, ills power ul appointment aud dismissal was made practically supreme, A re strict »si form of th«» referendum was A* lu Galveetou. the also adopted comiulaaoiiern were elected from the city nt inrgw. wlpiug out ward bound arte*, likewise ward |>ollttes The result of the experiment was grntitying In the extreme Under the old system Houston bad about the av erage municipal government The city was failing to meet expenses, claim* against it being hawked about at 20 per cent discount. The new piau ha* peen in force about four years Near- ly a half mllllou of Indebtedness has been paid, one aud one-baif millions have beeu devoted to municipal Im provcinents. the tax rate ba* beeu re dueed 3 mills on the dollar, the price of ga* has beeu brought down from $1.50 per thousand feet to $1.15. the cost of arc lights ba* been reduced from $HO to $70 per year, new bridges have been built and old ones Improved, the waterworks have been purchased by the city, city credit i* restored. Ore protection ( him beeu improved, three new schoolhouses have been built, a fifteen acre park wa* purchased, the paving is better, bickering disappeared from city affairs, and prosperity and progress resulted, and generally tbs results were as satisfactory as In Gal veston This is all the more remarks hie for the reason that there was lit tie change In the personnel of tbs city government The mayor and some of the council men. as the commissioners are called, were continued over from the old regime Tt was the new system, therefore, that wrought the miracle. NEW AND OLD PLAN COMPARED Parallel Column Show* Advantage* of Commission System. To gain some faint notion of tbe su periority of the commission form of We've got wood piled in the wood city government over the old regime of "boss." ward and partisan mlagor shed that'll last a year or so, And there’s more out where that ernment. glance at a few of the fea- come from an’ more saplins' still tures of the two systems placed side by aide to grow; We ain’t worried over coal strikes let the cold winds blow away; We can carry in the billets and not have a cent to pay; While they’re shiverin’ up yonder where they got so much to see. We have heat for the babies that the Lord sent you and me . here is always somethin’ doin' to make city people sad; If it ain't a sausage famine, why you'll hear the water’s bad, When the strikers stop the street cars, then the dickens is to pay. And the people have to foot it, tin’ clubbed along the way; And the fever epidemics and the smallpox every year Keep the city people stewin' and I'm glad to live out here Oh, it's quiet in the country, and there's few uncommon sights. And God's moon and stars up yon der have to do fer 'lectric lights But with ’taters in the cellar and with wood piled in the shed. When there’s hay stacked in the hat mow«; for the stock that must be fed. They can have their noisy city, with the sights up there to see. \nd the kind old quiet country will be good enough for me —S E KISER THE OLD PLAN Government by * mayor, some minor elective officer* and a debating society called * "council.■" Each officer ha* power to block the other officers They call It "check* and balances." Each of ficer blameo the next If you complain Needs a "boss"" to bold the ramshackle together I Tbe citizen has to "‘go Into politics'" at the sacrifice of hl* earning power be fore he count* Cltlzemhlp la a learned profe* on. Governmont by politicians Insteadof government by the people—oligarchy In- stead of democracy Petty officers elec tive—too many offi cers elective—result ing In ambush lot* Goo«! official* Cet ting no credit Bad officials safe ly lost In the shuf fle and getting no personal blame. the new pun Government by * single compact com mission elected at large No other elec tive offices Nobody they can blame but themselves If you complain No lost motion—no pulling and haulinc Conspicuous re sponsibility Each elective offi cer a shining mark for criticism, hence sensitive responsive government A short ballot Every dtisen easily master* hl* Job on election day. makes up hl* own ticket and knows what he I* dolnc Politicians out of buslnssa— no need for them No confualon. no obscurity. no chanca for raacala to allp through at election time without detec tion Nonpartisan ballot Nominations all by petition The people, with out any moral revo lutlon or sacrifice of earning power, sit ting comfortably In the boas’ chair Officials give good government because that’s the way to keep popular Initiative, referen dum and recall for emergencies PAPI R PAYS A WOO DIVIDEND The Seal of God and Mark of the Beast T. e person who take* « )>«|>er that Will be the subject for consideration at admits a«herti*ing to it* column« re ceive* the rquivaleut of a cash contri “Heap Big Bow Wow" at the Seventh Day Adventist Church, one bution, for were it not for the advertis block east uf Grange llall, LonU, National Capitol Attend ing to help pay for tlie cost ot publish- ' ing the |«a|>er, the subscription price ed By Heads of All Indian would nect«eearilv be two or three limes Tribes. a* much \ paper whose subscription price is $1 hi |>er year woul»l lie at least $3.<Mi if it lia»l no advertising patronage, i (M|wclal to Th« “HERE IS WISDOM let him bence every subscriber virtually gets W ««iiisiiToN, D. C.—The gathering of $1 .Mi from the advertisers It follows, Indian chiefs from all sections of the that hath understandingCOU NT then, that subscribers shouhl have a ’ country where ths re»I man still has a kindly feeling for the advertisers in | foothold, and ths organisation hy them THENUMBERo the BEAST their pa|»««r and give them the prefer in Washington of the new Brolherho«xi for it is the number of a MAN ence in the bestowal ot tlieir patron of the Indian tribes, is one of the most age, for the reason that one g»Kxl , picturesque and interesting event* that and his numlicr is D66.’’ drserves snet tier —Exchange. lias recently taken place in the Capital. --Rev. 13-18 M«*l of ths aborginea who journey«! Senator riuuuberlliiii at the request to Washington on thi* occasion ware “If any man worship the Beast am! his ot various persons in Oregon will In I men gr> at among their fellows, men ad* I Image, and receive Ins mark in his fore troduce a bill fur the relief of innocent hering to the customs and traditions of! head, or in his hand, the same shall purchasers of land from the Oregon i their trit««or nations, and they wort drrink of the wineof the wrathnf God." Jv California Kailroad company. This the garh uf the plain Indian, or <>l tbe * Kev. 14:9:10. bill will permit innocent purchasers particular tritie to which they belouged. j to go into court and confess Judgment I Not in war paint, but in the everyday aud buy from the government at $3 50 «Ire«« they ha»l always worn, with moc "Blessed is he that rvadeth, and they an acre lands they have previously casin«! feet toeing In, they w alked along that hear the words of this prophecy, bought from the railroad company In the principal «treeta with the |»vculiar atai keep those things which are written ttacta exceeding 160 acres tottering gait of those unacctistotne»! to therein for the time is at hand.” Lev. 1 » the hard ;>aveinents, th« wonderment of the shopping throngs who doubtless State Capital Gleanings looked as «pieer to the bronzed Indians Come and let us study and count The slat« tax l«vy for the next year «« the latter di»l to Hie «o-calle>l civil- will be at least 3 mills and - ------------------ possibly i ''vl persons who rudely stare»! at and together. All are welcome. C. J. OnmtniiiKu, PaMur. more is the prophecy mad« by Stat« commente»! about them Treasurer Kay The idea of an Indian brotherbixxl has The State Banking Department re apl«eale»l strongly to the re»l men. In honorary metnlier« ot the brotherhood. celved $1094 in fees. according to a answer to the call to organisa, there Among the first to Im so honored were report for 1911 received by the Sec- | have come to Washington repie«enta- Col. D. I). Collier, president, sn«l Percy retary of State todaj tivee of the Blackfevt, fiumi, Apaches, II. Goodwin, director, of the Panama- Deposits in the banks of th« State | Comanche«, Walla Walias, Cherokee«, Calilornia International Kxtxreitlnn, to many other tribes and ''nation* " tic held in 1'05 at Han Diego They were ot Oregon totaled $121,334.644 accord and i Ing to the last statement issued by Tbe Indian« have gathered in secret introduced by K. H. Curtis, celebrated Superintendent of Banks Wright, the cooncil. where they have been «dJrewaed photographer ot Indians, who lias lived report representing the condition of by various chiefs, and others. Ho di- among them, and who«« lecture* about bauk* at the close of business Decent verse are the Indian tongue* that at no them have ina«le him famous, and by her 5. j gathering were there many Indian* who Dr. F. W Kelsey, president of the Ar- Billy Mack, a "lifer" at the stat»« could understand the speaker* Coo- chaelogieal Institute of America, which penitentiary. who was given a leave ««'quently there was need for interpret- is taking deep Interest tn the plan to of absence by Governor West last er* A* the *|»eaker of the moment hold at the Hau Diego Exposition a spring that he might work off a inort rollxl out lu* |mrio»ls. the interpreter«, great congress ot all the native tribe* of gage on his wife s aged parents' farm all talking at once, repeated to little th« W»-«tern Hemisphere near Spokane, reported back to the gr«-ups around them what tied l«een penitentiary warden. said, an«l then Hit« orator deliver«! him- Frightful Polar Winds Although he had no definite state e»-H of another sentence. Ho the pro cevdings went on from »lay to day. An blow witli tornile force at the tar north nieut to make regarding what be would do lu the cases of Jack Morgan I interesting feature of the session was and play havoc with the ■kin, causing sentenced to hang January 5. and the atten«lance of the "bravee” at a red, rough or sore chappc«t li*n«l* and Frank Garrison, sentenced to hang Ma«s especially for their l«enefil. Once lip«, that ne*»l Bucklen'« Arnica Halve February 9, Oovernor West said he they were entertained at a "buffet lunch to heal them. It make« the *kin soil would uo doubt grant reprieves until eon." an«l the Indian*, true to their and smooth, t'nrivale»! tor cold-sore*, such time as the people of the state fcustoms, carried with them under their also Hurns, bolls, sore«, ulcers, cuts, bad expressed themselves at the poll* ' blanks'* cooke»! tnaise an»l other t'«xl bruises amt pile* Only 26 eenta at all on the issue ot capi'wi punishmen«. Several white men have l>eeii made dealer* SUNDAY, JANUARY 7th. AT 7:30 P. M. Just a Word, Mr. Merchant LET US BE YOUR. SOLICITOR WORKS WELL IN SMALL CITIES (Chicago News.) i guess there must be somethin' queer About a kid like me; 'Cause there ain't hardly no one here That ever seems to see That I don’t like to bring in wood An’ do th’ chores all up; I’d ruther be where skatin's good. Or playin' with the pup! My pa he talks a awtul lot About the way he did His chores, if he wuz tired or not, When he wuz jest a kid. Sometimes he tells about th’ piles Of great big chores he had, An’ gran’ma sez, “Tut! tut!” an smiles. An’ then my pa gits mad! She sez when pa wuz young he’d RO Away off glidin’, when He’d ought ’a’ bin a-shov-lin' snow, Or choppin’ wood—an’ then Tn Summer, too, he’d run away Where all th’ kids wuz at, An’ swim or fish with them, hut. Pa can’t remember that! T guess when folks grow up they all Can’t just remember much, 'Cept how they worked when they wuz small, A doin’ chores an’ such; But though my gran’ma’s old’s kin be Her memory’s the best; She tells what pa done, seems to me, Petter than all the rest! Splendid Rssults of Commission Plan In Toxas Town. Denison. Tec . affords a good exam pie of the working of the commission plan of government In a small city Denison used to be a typical frontier town, wide open as all outdoors It Is asserted that It was a badly governed City where pure politics was unknown and where public spirit was dormant No street could be paved without the consent of the property owners, and as they feared to trust tbelr funds with the existing government the streets went unpaved When Denison got a chance to say i whether It preferred a continuation of the old system or the Installation of a new one the verdict was strong In fa vor of the change. The first thing done was to elect trustworthy men to manage the nffalrs of the city The awakened public spirit began to show Itself in all kinds of plans for Improve ment. The wide open element left town under the clean city regime, the streets were paved, a «elf wup|>orilng intinlclpal water system was establish ed. and In other ways the citizens proved that they could make a good government when they were permitted to use the proper kind of machinery In Denison, as In nearly all other small titles, there are only three commission ers. one of whom bears the title of mayor and draws a salary of $1.800 while the oilier two^pLL-.li.riCO each All other officials are chosen by the commission, being nominated by the mayor and confirmed by the whole commission. Our Printing Will HELP YOUR TRADE Every Kind of Commercial, Law and Social Printing In (Jp to Date Styles .«. .*. ,*. ttMcrt /n A««d ©/ Jobtnorf, Call at ThU Offici MT. SCOTT PUBLISHING CO. . 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