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About Beaver State herald. (Gresham and Montavilla, Multnomah Co., Or.) 190?-1914 | View Entire Issue (March 21, 1912)
Rev. J A. Good will preach at the Evangelical Church next Sabbath even ing The next meeting of the W. C. T. U. will be at the home of Mrs Miller. Meh. 27. M. L. T. Thidden. I*re»ident of the State Press Club and Mrs. Evelyn An old fashioned supper will be given Aitchison, Secretary of Women’s Press in the basement of the Evangelical Club will be present and address the Church Friday, .March 29. 1912, from meeting. S to 8 p. m. Adults 25c, children 15c. The funeral of the late I. P. Hart, a Everybody welcome. pioneer resident of Gresham, who died Dick Haims, formerly of this place, March 12th, was heki last Friday from is now sojourning in eastern Oregon. his residence. Interment being at Mt. As yet he is undecided as to what he Scott Park Cemetery. will do. but will perhaps go into the Bom—to Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Smith contracting business in the Hood River on March 15 a baby girl. Valley. The fnneral services of the late J ob l>. M S/ nonsen and wife spent Sat- Koenig were held Friday. March 15th, urda.v aikrSunday at The Dalles, where from Erickson’s chapel, interment be ing at Mt. Scott Cemetery. they visited his parents and friends. On March 15th the funeral services The Baptist Church is temporarily lo cated in the Herald building across the of the late Edgar P. Holt, were held from his residence on the Oregon City street from the Grange Hall. Road. Mr. Holt was 62 years of age at Help the department secure the need the time of his death ed fire-fighting apparatus It is much Born —to the wife of Thus. Kerns on needed, that is evident. March 13, a daughter. Both doing The two classes of girls of the Evan nicely. gelical Sunday School pledged them The funeral services of Joseph D. selves to raise $50 toward the church Chapman, veteran of the Civil War, duilding. All or most of these girls are who dieci in the Sellwood Hospital Sun school girls and havent much time out day. were conducted March 19. at the side their studies ’so they decided it Sellwood Baptist .Church, under the would be a good plan to give an old auspices of the A.J. Smith Grand Army- fashioned supper. They selected Fri Post and Blackmar Circle of Eadies of day evening, March 29. andon this date the Grand Army. Bunal was at Mt. they will serve the best old fashioned Scott Park Cemetery. Mr Chapman meal to be obtained. Prices 25 & 15c. has been a resident of Sellwood since Come out and help them. since 1885 and took part in forming the Mrs. Hanson on 5th Ave. is remodeling old city government of Sellwood. Bom—to Mrs. W. M. Sanders, of her house. Shadywood Park, a girl on March 15. Mr. Barnstadt has old his property j on 6th Avenue, and moved to nis new 1 Miss Laura Millbanks was success- house recently finished on Mt. Scott Ave. fuUy operated on for acute appendicitis at St. Vincent's hospital. Mrs. Elwood after several weeks ab- i “Bud" McMonagle was operated on sence has returned to her home on 9th . Wednesday. He is getting along nice- ly and says the "Doc" is a purty good Big ball game last Monday—Lents vs. mans." Arleta. Lents won. LOCAL NEWS AND TOWN HAPPENINGS Prices Slaughtered at Our Big GARDEN TOOL SALE Spring time is garden tiink" To secure goixl result* the garden must l>e thoroughly cultivatedtime and time again. This requires lots of hard work but it can be lightened somewhat if one has good tools. We have purchased the biggest stock of Garden Tools that ever came to Lents, and purchased them at the right time so that we are able to otTer you such|l>argams even nt our regular prices that other dealers can not begin to equal. But for a short time we are going to sell Garden ’fools at a price that will drive other dealers wild we are going to sell them to you regardless of cost, and guarantee satisfaction too. While ours up- ply runs into the hundreds, still we advise you to act immediately, for as was the ease this past week, some were disappointed in not securing advertised goods because they came too late after the goods had been sold, Thit|wH.H the way it wan with our big wall paper sale, so profit by this suggestion and come in at once and pick out your tools. Read these prices, then uct. (jarden Rakes 19c Reg. 25c 12 tooth malleable iron Rake for :15c 14 tooth malleable iron Rake for - 50c 11 tooth crucible steel bow Rake for 60-75c 13 tooth crucible steel bow Rake for 75c 15 tooth crucible steel bow Rake for Six Inch H oes Only 18c Strap Shovels for 55c Good quality regular 25c G inch cut Garden Hoe for Regular 60-75c one-piece Garden Hoe. steel socket, assorted sizes ------ 4.3c Regular 10c Excelsior Weeding Hooks for Regular 50c two-piece Garden Hoe, steel swket. assorted sizes ------ .31 »c Refular 75c Spading Fork for 18c Regular 75c Strap Shovel for This sale includes such well known brands as Zenith. Wallingford. Warshall-Wells, Climax, Hartford. We also carry the Stiletto brand, but cannot include them in this sale. Ask us about our Money-Back Guarantee that goes with these goods. LENTS HARDWARE COMPANY Miss Aide Odell, a cousin of Mrs SHERIFF S OEEEIcTÍS INDER LIRE Hogue, spent the week end at her home (Continued from page 1) Ethel Jeffries spent Sunday with the Misses Hedges at Canemah. be reduced very materially. Just why Main Street and Carline. The St. Patrick party given by Miss the Sheriff should ineist in boarding Clark was a very successful affair The idle men at the Butte is not apparent, girls came dressed in green, and the unless it ie for the purpose of swelling WHÌ THESE MANI PLACARDS? boys dressed as near like St. Patrick as the apparent expense out-lay of tbe possible. The walls were draped with county court. Now it is UNQUESTION green and at the places where it was ABLY SHOWN THAT THE ACTUAL Why, oh why these many placards caught up an Irish potatoe with a expense of feeding county prisoners That are tacked to every fence candle in it was hung to furnish light. does not exceed 8'j cents. The ex On the «idee of vacant buildings A delicious luncheon was served about perience at Linton supports this state And each place of prominence. 10:30 consisting of Irish stew. Shortly ment. There seems to be a nice rake They are pasted on each billboard off here of 4 cents a meal. 8 cents a day afterward the guests departed each And are nailed to every pole complementing the hostess on the de on 140 men at present. However« con siderable number of these men are They are stuck in every window lightful evening spent. And in every vacant bole. charged up for three meals a day— Mrs. Erickson won the $5 gold piece given at the Isis Theatre last Friday whether they all work or not—Sunday They are posted on the higbwav or week-day, sick or well—on a strike And are epiked to every tree night. or n<4—and the County court has suf They are scattered on the pavement Prof Hunt with his trained dogs at fered the extra expense as a part of their With a lavish hand and free. the Isis Theatre, Friday and Saturday burden at the Butte. nights, March 22-23, matinee Saturday They are spread thro every county Now, since the County pays for the 2p. m. Admission 5 and 10c. In our grand and glorious State board served at the Butte, hires tbe men Miss Lelia Lent is home to spend the who serve tbe food and guard the They are seen by every roadside Tacked to every farmer's gate. holidays. She says the weather in the prisoners, it might be supposed that all valley is fine just now but never-the-less I that food, and all that is wasted at tbe In each ward and in eacb^precinct she is glad to be home again. table, being paid for, and if wasted is a In City, Vale and Town Vice-president McCormack of Eilers waste to tbe county, and that if turned These mysterious bits of paeteboard Music House, accompanied by his wife to profit tbe profit would belong to the On every hand abound. and son, were visitors at the McDowel county; and that tbe time of employees They display appealing faces home one day this week. being paid by tbe month belong entirely Faces sober solemn grave The Lents “Holly Club” composed to the couuty and as a consequence Faces scowling—Faces smiling of some of the best known men in town should use all of that time in the inter Faces timid—Faces grave. was formed Tuesday night for the pur est of the county and not for tbe pur Now why—I ask these placards pose of assisting W. B. Hollingsworth pose of promoting their own private Spread broadcast this time of year , interest or finances. Now it is observed in his campaign for the nomination of sheriff. E. L. Rayburn, who has known tbe waste at Kelley’s Butte ie used to 1 Ab methinks my reader guesses That election time is near Holly for years says there is not a man support a nice little corrall of hogs, be in the county better fitted for the office longing to the Sheriff and others, and than he and predicts a walkaway for that employees of the county on connty To Mothers —And Others him in the precints that constitute the time are engaged in feeding county You can use Bucklen's Arnica Salve feed to fatten these bogs and prepare town of Lents. them for private sale, and it is stated to cure children of eczema, rashes, tet Stanford Moore is expected home 1 that a nice little bunch of pork is ter, chafings, scaly and crusted humors, from Willamette University to spend hauled off eemi-occasionally. Question, as well as their accidental injuries,— the Easter vacation. woo ought to get that hog money? Prof. Hunt's dog and monkey show The work of the afternoon extended cuts, bums, bruises, etc., with perfect holds forth at the I ms Theatre Friday to five o’clock and tbe day's findings safety. Nothing else heals so quickly, I and Saturday of this week This is a were generally reported as interesting, For boils, ulcers, old, running or fever local product and should be given a if nothing more. About all that the sores or piles it has no equal. 25 cts atj good hand, Mr. Hunt having lived committee could do is to advise the sup all dealers. among us for years. port of tho-e candidates who declare for Our friend "Hod” who is a town regid enforcement of law on a fiat salary Remember our Advertisers when in character and well known as the “man basis. need of goods mentioned in these col- | of odd jobs," is reported on the sick umns. list. Roses Free. See Herald advertise- Mrs. R W. Smith and little daughter ment in another column. PLNSY-POSTAGL DANGER were pleasant callers this week. Phone Lente Home 1111 for job print Tbe path of Parcels Post is full of pit- j P. Conklin, pastor of the Evangelical I ing Church, will spend next week at Dam , Roses Free See Herald advertise falls. One* f them is the rural parcels post I ascus holding revival services. J ment, in another column. scheme—the adoption of which would ' nractically be the end of hope. Another : is the administration proposal for pen ny postage for letters This is a poison ; for Parcels Post. Once lower tbe first- class mail rate to one cent, and we shall never see the <lay when there will not be a deficit, and with a huge deficit es tablished ae a permanent part of our Why are the supporters of one candidate for office allowed to postal policy the time couid l>e set lor tear down and destroy the placards and announcements of another the funeral of Parcels Poet. Every | candidate ? enemy of Parcels Post is in favor of Why are these same supporters so enthusiastic in regards to penny postage, and every friend of pen their particular candidate and so villanous towards the other fellow? ny postage is an enemy of Parcels Post, Why are they allowed to put in their time electioneering when no matter what he may say. Penny postage would save our great \ they are paid to perform other duties? . business institutions a great deal of Why are they laboring so industriously to secure the nomina money. It would eave the publishers tion for “their man’’ and allowing the minor things -law violations of this paper a great many thousands , yearly, but it would lie the death of | —to go on unhindered? ____ £nd why are these fellows working tooth and nail for a man Parcels Post, and it would benefit the or linary man or woman scarcely at all. that is an out and out foe of all that is respectable? The letter postage of the ordinary far Why? That’s the question. Are they just fishing for a job or mer or working man are the least of hie are they working under a promise of securing one? • ' —Farm and Fireside. ■SB "Bf L OW CITY PRICES” Both Phones Candidates' Election Edition Will Be Issued April 5th Why, Oh Why? - Headquarters For Spring Necessities SPRING TIME PAINTING TIME the Lime and Sulphur Spray at 50c per gallon—good for 21 gallons of Spray. Arsenate of Lead in lbs. at 25c per lb. —good for 20 gallons of Spray. S. W. P.—Inside and outside. Floor Paints, Varnishes, Stain, Lead, Oil, Paint Brushes, Etc. Use a little paint on that old bed, chair or floor and see what a big difference it will make. EASTER EGG DYES GARDEN SEEDS Spray Your Trees Now! We have Candies, Novelties and Post Cards now on display. Come in and see them. HOLLY CHICK FEED Feed it to the small chicken and watch it grow. Comes in 5 lb package at 25c. Now is the time to go after the lice and Garden Seeds of all kinds. is complete. Our stock USE PURE DRUGS mites in your hen coop. Get Instant Louse Killer. 35c Pkg. Cant be beat. Kodak Like This Cut at $10.00 The youngster can make pictures with a BROWNIE CAMERA that parents will prize because the natural little glimp ses of every day life make the best keepsakes. Brownie Cameras $2.00 to $10.00. When sands of life are running low it is especially important that tonics and medicines should be composed of absolutely pure drugs. You can congrat ulate yourself that this drug store, so han dy to reach, is one where pure drugs only are handled, whether they be for old folks’ tonics or the baby’s little troubles. There’s safety in trading here. MT. SCOTT DRUG CO. Main Street Lents, Ore.