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LENTS, MULTNOMAH CO., OZEÓ o N, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7 1912.
Vol. 10.
No. 41
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LENTS VOTES FOR ANNEXATION
TO THE CITY OF PORTLAND
WILSON AND MARSHALL WIN
GREAT DEMOCRATIC LANDSLIDE
—
Democrats Will Have Full Control of Both Houses—Lane
Elected U. S. Senator from Oregon—Word for Sheriff
And Evans for District Attorney.
Issue ol Annexation Submitted at Tuesday’s Election Won by
30 Votes Out of a Total of 438 Votes Cast;
Many Improvements Expected.
Woodrow Wilson and Thomas Marsh
all are tbe cboics of ths voters of the
United States for President ¡and Vics
President re«pectiveiy.
They were
elected in a democratic landslide, in
which they received a plurality of more
-
than 2,500.000 votes, receiving 46 per
In the Lenta district Attorney W. F. cent of the total vote, while Roose
Klineman was elected Jnstice of the velt is credited with 29 per cent and
Peace by an overwhelming majority, a Taft with 26 per cent.
socialist candidate being bis only oppo
Harry Lane, of Portland, has defeated
nent. Klineman is a well known attor Bourne and Selling by 1000 votes
ney of Lents and his election to that Lafferty and Hawley were re-elected to
office is received with pleasure by all. congress and Hinnot, republican, waa
Klineman received the unanimous en i elected in tbe second district.
More
dorsement of all republicans, democrat* National and State details will be found
on another page.
and progressives.
Tom Word and Walter Evans were
George Wise, republican candidate
for constable, was an easy winner over elected sheriff and district attorney
the prohibition candidate, and will look respectively of Multnomah. Lightner
after those who commit wrong deed» waa re-elected county commissione.
The vote in Precincts No 162, 62*i,l
hereafter, Wise ha» served in an offii
dal capacity liefore and ia recognise«! as 1163 and 164, including the Lents dis
Ptxolu copyright. 1»12. by American PrSas Association.
» man who is fearless in the enforce trict was heavy and the polls were
ment of law and a man who will use crowded from the hour of opening un
common sense judgment in all matters til the close. Counting was not com
pleted in Precinct No. 163 until about
pertaining to bis official duties.
noon Thursday. Tbe result of the vote
in Lents will not sppear in full, but
following is the vote for the principal
officers and for the candidates of local
interest :
Natkmal
For Presidential Electors—
Taft..................................
107
Wilson....................................................... 259
Lenta Grange meets Saturday in al I Chafin . .........
53
day session. Tbe morning will be de Debs........................................................... 129
voted to intiative work to be given in Roosevelt................................................. 271
State
| the First and Second degrees.
U. S. Senator-
The Lecturer has arrang d the follow»
.193
ing program to which the public is in Bourne. Rep ................... ...........
Clark, Prog .................................
94
I
vited :
Lane, Dem.....................................
.208
Music.......... .................... Mrs. Leo Katxky Paget, Proh. ................................
84
Recitation...........................Esther Mitchell | Ramp, Soc.....................................
153
Congressman—
Advantage of Degree Work Contest
386
Lafferty,
Rep................................
.........................................
T J. Kreuder
,
62
Reading............... Miss Burch, of Gillespie McCusker, Brog.............................
Munley, Dem................................
153
School of Expression.
District
Song.................................. Gordon McNeil ;
Circuit Judge Dept. 2—
Good Magazine« for every home.............. Morrow, Rep......................
541
.................................................... Mrs Palmer
Circuit Judge Dept. 4
213
"I* the Oregon Grangeencouriagng the Tazwell,^Rep.
148
Co-operative as it should?”.................. Young, Dem..................................
District Attorney—
......... ........... W. A. Youne, A. F. Miller. Evans, Rep.-Prog.......................
...41»
167
Jeffrey. Dem...............................
Ramp, F. C., Soc........................
119
County Commissioner—
Attention. All Philanthropic Citizen a.
140
Tne Mount :-cott W. C. T. U. is plan Cronan, Dem................................
116
Kr ener, Soc
.........................
ning for a “Benefit Shower’’ to be ( Lightner, Rep............................
215
given the Pisgah Mission on November Pease, Prog...................................
268
j 19th.
Sheriff—
44
Let every one send or bring to this 1 Beegle. Proh.................................
. 93
Bust. Soc
............................
worthy institution on that day some- ■ Fitzgerald, Rep..........................
350
thing that will materially help in carry Wort, Dem
299
...........................
County Clerk—
ing on this great work? Let all nnite
.197
in sending such a shower as will refresh Carr, Dem ...................................
417
Coffey, Rep.................................
and keep alive the work throughout the Peterson, Soc . ...........................
141
I coming winter.
Will not tbe farmer
Assessor —
296
send some little of tbe produce of bis Reed, Rep ...................................
113
Soc........................ ...............
land to help the lees fortunate than Roy,
W agnon. Dem ........................
.315
himself? Will not every merchant find
Treasurer—
I something on his shelves be can con Lewis. Rep-Prog.......................
377
144
tribute? I^t the housewife contribute. MacDonald, Soc .......................
175
Versteeg, Dem
....................
I.et tbe shower be a copious one.
Coroner—
Nov. 6. 1912.
Mr* AnnaC. Kreuder, wife of Peter
be
I
At 2 p. m. Gospel Services will
220
Biersdorf, Prog .........................
To the Editor of ‘Lents Herald,” Kreuder and mother of T. J. Kreuder,
233
held, while tbe shower may be kept up Slocum. Rep .............................
Ia-nts, Oregon.
M »ter of lente Grange, died at her remember the date Nov. 19th.
Lents District
Put a
Justice of the Peace—
Dear Sir:—Permit me, through the home in la»nta Monday evening at 6:15 red mark at this date on your calendar
540
columns of your paper, to thank the of dropsy. She has lieen suffering for now “lest ye forget.”—Mt. Scott W. C. Klineman, Rep............................
19S
Leech, Soc....................................
voters in the district for my re-election tlie pant three months and the la«t four
Constable—
: T. U.
to Congress.
week.* had been very poorly.
Bischoff, Proh .........................
156
1 have strong hopes of being able t
Fort, Soc......................................
172
Mrs. Kreuder was horn in Wisconsin
Rep........... ............... .........
424
help materially in putting laws on the and at the time of her death was 72
Capt. B TaBell. commander of 1 the * Wise,
The vote on the question of Equal
statute Is «oka for the control of Monopo years ami 4 months old. She was the gasoline coaster, "Gerald C.” I has
re- ' Suffrage in Lents carrieil by 423 to 287.
I.s.. I / On
A m the
s L» question
e •
„ «% * 1 Lx,
,
a *, a
lies and Reduction of the High Coat of mother of four sons and four daughters, turned to his home on 6th Ave., where
of t Capital
Punishment
Living, within the next two years.
all of whorn are living with the excep he expects to spend the winter.
' G*e vote stood 269 tor and 299 against.
At the same time I shall push local tion of one son, who lost his life du ring
laws for the lietterment of Oregon, in- the Spanish American war.
.eluding river and harbor improvements,
Mrs Kreuder was a member of Che
' irrigation and enforcement of the Ore ls«nt« Grange and a member of St,
gon ami California Land Grant.
Peters Pariah,
A. W. LAFERTY.
The funeral will ivM be held until
Friday at 10 o'clock at the St. Peters
Clise. Zerber waa taken to a Portland Parish owing to children coming from
Friday, December 13 will be a bloody day in Oregon, accord
i I oapital last week, where he submitttd Cal. The body is at the Pease under
taking < stablishment in Lents.
Inter ing to Governor West, who says that as a result of the people’s
to
a
surgical
operation.
He
was-in
a
Now that the voters of Lent9 have decided to become a part
ment will lie in Mt. Scott Cementery.
verdict in favor of capital punishment, five men condemned to
of Portland, a good live Commercial Club is a greater necessity t critical condition at the time hut hopes
are entertained for a complete recovery
Lent« will liecome a |«art of Portland. |
Ruch waa the verdict rendered by th»
voter» of the town at Tin«»«lay’» election.
THE VOTE:
For Annexation ............................... 234
Against Annexation
................... 204
Out of a total of 43 a vote» cast the
Two la<nta boys, accompanied by two
question ol annexation carried by only
30 vote», which 1» a decidedly small girl», broke into a residence in Arden
Park laat week, ami to all appearance»
margin. Many peoplej reaiding with
in the territory to be annexe«l did not took poeaeaaion of the same. It i» also
allcgol that the boya appropriated cer
vole on the annexation «pieation, hence
the vote cast doe» not represent the full tain article» not l>elouging to them,
nu inlier» of voters that will li*«-<>m<< ■ with the reaull that the quartette has
l>een arrested ami was given a bearing
part of Portland.
Those who have tieen mlv<ic«tiiig *n- liefore J net ice Tobin Friday evening
negation for the past few year* are Officer Frank Fish made the arre«t
wearing a smile of satisfaction and are aeon alter the act waa committed. All
glad that the question has liven settled. partira are about 14 or 15 year» of age
Those who were opposed to the measure and have been attending school.
The lai» Theatre waa alao broken in
feel hardly so good and do not fail to
to
Friday afternoon from a rear window
express their regret al the result. One
The act
fact that is noticible is that out of 36 or and a box of pennies stolen.
waa
committed
by
a
youug
boy,
who
4<> business men not more than a half
doaen opposed the measure, and nearly waa soon arrested by Constable John
•II exerted every influence to bring Hall.
about the victory.
lent» will not become a f«art of Port
land for at least six months ami pro
bably longer, as a certain length ol
time is given in which the election can
be contested, and then the city council
of Portland must pass upon the matter,
so at the earliest it will be May 1913
At a regular meeting of the Parent-
before we liecome a |>art of the city.
Teachers' Association of I^mts, held
Ths area to l«e annexed extends from
last week, thi following officers were
the foot of Mt. Scott to a point beyon«t
elected for th, «ming term:
the public play-ground on the north,
President...... ......................... Mrs. Brady
and from Grays Crossing to a point
Vice Pres...................... Mrs. Otto Katzky
near l«enta Junction, including that
Secretary.................. Mrs. J. E. Hawkens
station. lJving in this area are about
Treasurer................ Mrs. Martha Rogers
H.lOO people, which adds no small
Thia organization has enjoyed a high
amount to the j««>pulation of Oregon'»
ly successful year and has accomplish-
great metropolis There is also a great
rnuch good along various lines. The
amount of wealth in the territory and coming year will witness even better
Portland will l< ae nothing from the results.
standpoint of taxation.
Nee«l ol more water end lower rates, ■
better tire protection, belter streets ami j
walks, better sanitary condition* and
plenty of light were the points that ap-
peaic«! to moat voters, and now that we
■re to be annexed the people expect to
secure the needed improvements within
a reasonable length of time, however, it
At the election of November 5. Gresh
is not ex|«ected that these will be given am voted to retain saloons by a majority
ub within n year, but Unis bu si nr mu I olcWM|ing 30 votes
At the laat election
men and citixena **re going right after | on which the liquor question waa sub-
the work of obtaining lielter conditions luitted the measure carried by less than
and it is Iwlievvrl it will not be long un 10 votes. Many Gresliainresidents were
til change» lor the U tter will t>e under mcline«i tolielieve that the town would
way.
tie voted dry on Ttieaday, owing to the
l.eula bail enjoyed the distinction of closeness of the vote at the laat election,
lieing the largeat town ir th«- I n 11 .-«I but the late results indicate that senti
Mates not incorporated or included with ment baa reversed and that a majority
the bound» of some incorporated city. of the people are in favor of maiutsi n it
The town will soon lose that distinction, •aloona.
but it is highly probable that such a
At the last election F. T. Merrii,
distinction is not one of great credit, owner of the "Twelve Mile" house, «««
consequently no tears will t«e »lied
aupfHised to have figured prominently
Two years ago the Mt. Scott Bank, in the work of making Gresham a wet ■
long since defunct, bitterly opposed an town, but results from Tuesday'» elec- ,
nexation and was responsible for it’s tion indicate that Merrill’s influence
defeat at that time. This election The was not as great as thought. However, I
Multnomah State Bank, the local bank, the Home Rule law, giving incorperated
ami a solid institution, did not opixise towns and cities the right to regulate
annexation, in fact were in favor of it. such affairs, eliminated the rural vote
That the aland of Cashier Roatad and at Gresham, which is proliably re
aaaix'iatea waa not one of selfishness is sponsible for the increased majority in
show n by Mr Roatad’s statement which favor of saloons.
in as follows: "Il it tiecomea necessary
to increase our capital stock to $<50,000.<>0
H orn :—October 19, to Mr. and Mr*.
a* a result of annexation, our stock
holders will only tie too glad to do so C. T. Kane, a bouncing l«ov, Both tiie
mother anil child are getting along
Mr*. Freemen, of Sunnyside, vi iteti nicely, but some don bls are entertained
fri-nda in Faxon Park last We«lneeday as to the recovery of “father.’’
KLINEMAN ANO WISE
ARE EASY WINNERS
LtNÏS YOUNG PEOPLE
BREAK INTO RESIDENCE
WOODROW WILSON.
ANNUAL ELECTION
OEFIGERS HELD
LENTS GRANGE WILL
MEET SATURDAY
RETAIN SALOONS
THOMAS RILEY MARSHAL
A. W. LAfffRLY I HANKS MRS. ANNA KRfUOfR
VOTtRS Of DISTRICT
GALLED BY DEATH
FIVE MEN TO HANG
FRIDAY DECEMBEY 13
OPPORTUNE TIME FOR
A COMMERCIAL CLUB
than ever. We expect numerous and important improvements,
and in order to properly plaee the necessity of the immediate in
E M. anti II. R. Bcheuerman and
stallation of needed utilities a well organized and intelligent body
; families to« k their departure Tne*dav
of citizens is needed to present our claims.
Disorganized action , for Culver, Ind , where thev will viait
never will accomplish anything and if Lents citizens expect results relatives for an ind*-finite period. En
in the near future an organized and well directed effort must be route they will atop at Towner, N D
and visit a brother amt sister. Thev
put forth.
There is a great work for Lents people to do, and the longer this will sl-o viait relatives at various points
fin Michigan and will prohablv not re
is delayed just that much louger will Lents be compelled to do turn to Leute before February. A
without the improvements that *re badly needed, and which are plesMut journey and viait la aatieipated
| by th» bcheuerman».
expected as a result of becoming a part of the city.
R«viv»l meeting* are now being held
in Lent* Friend»’ Church.
Service»
each evening at 7:46. by Rev. Jam»»
Cn««k> and wife Evangelists.
Rev.
Crook* l«elievea in and preacliee an old
fa*hi«>ned gospel that aavea from ein
•nd meet» the need* of our live». Mr».
Crook* is leader in aong and their ting-
lug together it an especial attraction,
•nd much bleaaeti of God, Plan to hear
them. All invited.
death, and possibly 9even, will be hanged until dead.
**I fought for the abolishment of capital punishment because
my conscience dictated such. I have always been opposed to it
and always will be,” said Gov. West. But, he expects to carry
out the.verdict of the people and the condemned men will be put
to death.
West said: “I regret that the seating capacity of the execu
tion room cannot seat more people, for I would be pleased to have
present every man who voted to retain capital punishment, and
who undoubtedly have been looking forward to this event with
pleasure. However, we will do the best we can”