Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Beaver State herald. (Gresham and Montavilla, Multnomah Co., Or.) 190?-1914 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 9, 1913)
BEAVER STATE HERALD I ENTS, MULTNOMAH CO., OREGON, THURSDAY, JANURARY 9 1913. Subscription, $1.UO a Year. NOMINATIONS FOR CONTEST SHOW UNUSUAL INTEREST Past Sheriff Reaps a For Mr. Martin Winch Purchases tune. Prisoner Feed Cost 160 Acres Just South of ing 7 Cents is Sold for Gresham—Will be Private 12 1-2 Cents. Experiment Farm. A» anticipated, toe fine liat of prise» I * 1 3 LENTS EXPRESS COL Far more Interest LECTION EXttPHONAL offered by the Mt. Scott Pub. Co. in the propose«! rating conte»* ha» develop»«! baa lieen abown within the paat week than in the flrat week of the laal con- teat. The idea of a flne piano, a motor cycle, three gold watches, and three diamond ringa baa caused a lot of peo ple to'lit np and take nolle».” “How can they do it? Do thoee thing» coot them anything, and other romarka of the like have been heard from hundred» of people. How can we do it? We do it by circulating a tin« local and coun try paper' which aa a news and adver tising aheet ha» no auperiora in the alate. Of course we are not running a daily or a atate paper, but we do fur- niah a lot of gener«l newa. Herald dr- < ulation reaches every town In Multno mah and ■ very P. O. route. It like wiae reaches every town in Clackamas couuty, particularly the eaatern part. It carries a flne lot of country locala and lx-nte reader» are particularly card for Theee fact» explain why the Mt. Scott Pub. Co. ex pct» to more than double ite already tine liat of aubecrlbera and in ao doing more than raiae the funds to to pay tor the prise» which will lie paid for in full—dollar for dollar, in clear cash or caah value. However, that doea not concern the public. What it want» ia a fair and lively conteet and of tbit they may be aaeured. There are enough people in view now to warrant an intereating race. If you think of some who ahoukl be ¡«eludedi ia the ' < • 'aetaata, now ia the time to aee that thev are mentionci lor it ia clear that the early workera will have a decided advantage PRiz.es to be exhibiti . d . Arrangement ha» tieen made for aome of the prixe* to be on exhibit moat of the time The motor cycle will be on »how at various time» during the con- teal. The piano likewiae will lie brought out during the laat month. lack of convenient place to make a satisfactory display ia th» reason for not having them all the time. THE EILER PIANO IS WELL known in Lenta It, or one of the aame •tyle and value, waa on exhibit here last spring for ten week» ami received unanimous approval from every one that trici it. It» quality of tone, it» style aud tini»h all were highly com mended Since planning to give an EAGLE MOTOR CYCLE We have bad a large number of experi enced motor cycle people commend the »election of an "Eagle ’’ The atyle. wearing quality, and power are all win ning pointa with people who know about motor cycle quality. They all cay that the fellow who gets that ma chine aa a prixe, will have a lot of rea son to congratulate themselves for their success. But—The essential thing now ia to get into the race. Don’t l>e the laat one to preeent aome one'a name, and don’t lie backward if you want to try it your- self. Jn»t All out a nominating blank and »end It in at once and get yonf 6000 vote» aa a beginning. That will put you on the liat of candidates and people will liegin to deposit their cupona to your credit Several people have called thia week to credit np their cu pons to candidates, after thia week the liat of nominee» will lie printed and yon aee that your name ia among the num tier. It ia hardly a compliment to be nominated atjthe laat of the tim. limit for nomination». If you want further INFORMATION ABOUT ENTERING Call at the Mt. Scott Pub. Co’» office and we will try to get you “right“ »o far aa anything concerning prises or method of work ia concerned. We are particularly willing to explain just how to go about it to get result», hut we will not give anyone the apvantage in ad vice. Everyone gets the same sdvin and the same favors and no one can then claim discrimination. RECEIPT BLANKS ARE READY for those who have been nominated. If you are ready to go to work call and get one and we will make any necessary ex planation and yon can begin to pile np your bunch of votes. If it is not con venient to cal) send won! you want one ami we will eend yon one at once. The brauch office of the American Ex press Co. in I an Is has done a flne bus iness the past month. Over three hun dred dollars has been collected at the office in charge» on package» that ha» gone through it» hand» in the laat three month». This in addition to the regular work of the lanle Hardware Co. keep» an additional clerk busy moet of the time. Nor ia thia all. Prospects are fair , that the new rate» that are now being prepared will »how a big reduction. It ia probable that Parcel Poet ratee will look large in comparison. The word is ' already out to this effect and the ex press companies are not going to see the buainea» go to Uncle Sam without a struggle. ANDERSON IS HRS I TO PAY WATER TAX. F. Anderson of Lot 23, Block 6 in the i Arleta district No. 2 is the first man to pay bi» water rent at Hedge» in lanta, under the new system. The pay station at Cray's Crossing was not opened up aa the man who was to have charge de clined to undertake the work. This leave» Lente Hardware and . Pharmacy the entire work of collection in this district. New regulations are being planned for payments after thia month though the tenth is the limit aa usual this time. Notice will be sent thia month of amount due and the reciever will pre sent it with payment to the local ata ' No. 2 COUNTY BOARDING LENTS MAN SELLS SYSTEM TOO HIGH EXPERIMENT EARM THE SMILE ON THE PACIFIC. Large List Being Named. Fine Prizes Create Great Willing ness to Enter. Motor Cycle on Exhibition Shortly. List of Contestants Announced Next Week. an unuaual inlereat. Vol. 11. —Bartholomew in Minneapolis Journal PROF. LOWE SAYS ITALIAN GIRLS WORK HORRLESKIRTTO A FINISH NAPLES, TUESDAY NOV.26 1912.— First, I visited the docks and it surely I left Rome at 8:30 this morning was an interesting sight to watch the arriving here at just 12 M., at an av erage speed of about 40 mile». How smoothly the train did glide along. The day he» surely been a beautiful one but the weather is just a» chilly here a» it was in Rome Overcoat» were the order of the day, and I know that mine felt comfortable: I don't mind the bread any more; whenever it get» too hard to break with a hammer I’ll just soak it in the bay over night. This thought ha» lieen a consolation to me for quite a lions. After this month bills will he ( while now. Have a nice room tut it »ent out on the 21st and consumers will cost» me L. 3.60. It's the general in lie given to the end oi the month to tention apparently, to work the tourist settle. If they have not settled by that for every penny they can aqueexe out of date they will have to go down to the him. 1 never saw the like in my life city office or else add five cents to cover before. Hawkers and peddlers assail order and postage for the amount. yon on every band, and you can't shake However, it ia not expected that such them off. They'll follow you for blocks neglect will occur. The additional ad sometimes They seem to watch for the vantage of l>eing able to pay at home stranger and will dodge out and lie at will he a big element in securing prompt your elbow when you least expect it. payment. To illustrate; 1 was sitting on the sea wall eating an apple ami enjoying the scenery of the hay, when the first thing POSTAGE RATES UNDER THE I knew, h* re was a fellow beside me BOURNE«PARCEL POST LAW. with a basket of wine He had seen me from across the street and was __________ bound and determined to sell me a bot Parcel Poet stamps required. tle to go with my appple. Weight limit, 11 pounds; sixe limit, The girls in Italy surely work the 72 inches In length and girth combine •. hohble skirt to a finish. The pattern is Flat rate of 1 cent per ounce np to 4 such that when it is buttoned up and ounces regardless of distance. Present down the sides it is much smaller rate on needs, bull*, etc , unchanged around the ankles than it is around the Above four ounces, rates are by the hips, and when a modern belle is en- pound, or fraction thereof, and varying ' cawed in one of them her sha|«e reminds with distance as follows: me of an Egyptian mummy or of one ' ttt a. 11 IH 1 of the sharpened poet» I have out on the ranch. Rural route and $0 06 $0.01 $1.16 city delivery......... Old Vesuvius, just across the bay. 60-mile tone......... .06 .03 36’ looms up to plainly it seems as though 150-milesone.......... 00 .04 f>0 I have . 67 i one ronld almost throw to it. 800-mile xone.......... .07 already arranged to make the circular 000-mile sous......... .08 .00 .08 trip of Pompeii and Vesuvius, guides, .70 1,000-mile xone....... .07 horses, lunch, and even thing inr’uded .10 1,400-mile xone....... 09 1.00 L. 36. 1 11 1 1,800-mife xone 10 11 They have built a sea wall here about Over 1,800 miles 1.32 .12 .12 3 miles long an<l about 30 ft. high, and The almve data in refer« i «Ce to Pm cel t rn have filled it all in to »hottt 3 ft Post is important to every read«r<>( of the top. makirg a broad, level »beet The Herald. Better clip this out »nd ' along with a paved sidewall« alsmt 20 paste it in a convient place for reference. ft. wide bordering the bay. It surely Just one more bit of information is nec makes a fine promenade. Between the essary. It requires a special stamp to do street and the bluff io one place ia a park the work. Don’t make a mistake by about three fourth of a mile long the most putting ordinary stainpeon and slipping , beautiful I've seen yet. Thieses wall is them into the package l>ox. It won't I a perfect semicircle and the two rows of go and it may be taken to the l»ead street lamps of the aame shape are Letter Office. For further protection it sorely beautiful as one viewathem from would be wiae to have the rentier’s ad either end of the curve. The lights on dress in one corner. the bill sides amount to nothing what ever, i o that taken all In all this city A big delegation of Lents Grangers at does not present as beautiful an appear tended grange at Evening Star laat Hal- r ance as Portland does In fact, the unlay. The aperial occasion living tn- ! more I see, the more I’m convinced wtallation of officers. Among the num that Portland is one of the moet beau ber were: Mr. and Mr». Nelson, Mr. and ’ tiful cities of the world as the Columbia Mrs. Hotchkiss, Mr. ant) Mrs. YoungJ is surely queen among rivers. It is Mesdamea, Tailor, Hern, Spring, Ward, pretty hard at times to realise the truth Ilarnall and McNeil, Mr Krender, A I- of such things when they’re right at Miller, and Misses Everets and Folk- home. man. I bad a busy day of it on the 27th. natives loading and unloading their eoast wise vessels, great tube propelled ba sails. A steamer had just arrived from N. T. bringing about 800 natives home, and the amount of luggage piled np on the wharf was simply amaxing. And what a jam and crowd there was. Surely it was a eight worth seeing. In the afternoon I climbed to the castle on the highest point of the bluff overlook ing the city, and which commands a glorious view of the bay. old Vesuvius, and the surrounding country. I guess I've struck Italy at last, judging from the number of dirty, rag ged children I see in the back streets and alleys. I passed through several of those narrow, crooked streets today in going up to the castle. They are from 4 to 6 stories high. Broad stone steps often connect theee ride hill streets. I overtook a fellow today driving his flock of goats up them and presently I met a boy coming down them with a couple of donkeys. I visited Pompeii and Vesuvius on the 28th. hut aa 1 in tend to visit the former again shall tell you about it later. Well, we surely bad an exciting time of it climbing old Mt. Vesuvius. First we went about 10 miles by train, then we took a carriage, my self, a German companion and our guide to the foot of the lava flow of 1900, thence by horseback five miles, and the last half mile on foot. My! but those lava fields were a sight. In some instances it had buried the houses com pletely ; in others it had piled up half way to the roof and cooled there and owners had leveled down paths to them and were occupying them again, (being of stone they were not materially in jured) and some day they will have their g»rdens and vineyards again as of old. In fact the lava is disintegrating so fast that even now, In some places, they are resetting their olive groves and vlnevar Is »gain. When we got near th>- »«iinm't we could look ba< k and see the ex.u-t course of the lava flow leav ing little island» here anti there where the old v« getHt'o-fis still growing My, hut it must have been awful! But I must tell yon of the trip. Everything went smooth enough till we took to the horee. My nag was an old and jaded steed that had probably done nothing hut climb that mountain all his life and the novel ty had worn off to such an extent that he positively refused t» go out of a walk unless the guide was right behind him with a stick. My companion's auimal was possibly a shade better, but be tween the two of us our guide surely had a busy timeof it. Up, np we went, the entire distance over the new lava flow with nothing hut a narrow path now winding around sharp points ami now skirting the edge of a precipice where it seemed that a single misstep would seuAns thousands of ft. below. Now croiwlng a narrow lava bridge (Continued on Page Four) Multnomah county would like to see a cflange in the law relative to the feeding of county prisoners It «¡is been made evident that there is big profit in the job as at present conduct ed. Ex deputy Phillipa, who has had charge at Kelly’s Butte, expreeses an opinion that Sheriff Stevens cleared up about $20,000 during his six year term, on feeding the prisoners. The way the law reads the sheriff gets 12 1-2 cents. Mr. Phillipa says it actually coats little over seven cents. It is not materia] to the present sheriff whether he feeds the prisoners or not, yet as long a» the law provides that be shall, he feels it his duty and privilege to do so. If the county has the privilege to feed the prisoners there is another big saving over the preeent system. First the profits will go to the county. Then the amount that is now charged up to the road building department wili be very materially lessened. At present the county is not able to take care of all its prisoners at the court house jail, and will not be able to do so until that building is completed. As a conse quence the number has been increased at the two workhouses all out of pro portion to the demand for labor. But the prisoners so entertained are being boarded at the expense of road build ing funds. That explains why the cost was $4.18 cents for every yard of gravel put on the road, or a total of $4763.40 for the month, while 660 yards of rock was the whole product. Another little leak has been the feeding of prisoners and guards enroute from one county to another, or across the atate. It is said the sheriff has been accustomed to collect a dollar over night, which was dropped into his pocket There was nothing in the law to prevent it, yet it would be supposed that at least half of it should have gone to the county which furnished ¡Le room and )>aid for the food, 12 1-2 cents*a meal, in addition to the fee collected. WHITE SEWING MACHINE CO. STARTS BRANCH HOUSE. Ttiis week tret the beginning of a new local business adjoining the Rusch building. Mr. Tobin has been putting in a small office the past week. Before it was half completed Mr. A. W. John son of the White Sewing Machine Co., came in aud persuaded him that his house needed that worse than Mr. To bin did. As a result the new business will move in at once and prepare to handle all local business. The location will be temporary as it is felt that the Lents district will supporta fine branch in a abort time. The firm will have a man in charge who will be ready to make satisfactory terms to any one in need of a good machine AGED COUPLE RECE IVES NEW YEAR SURPRISE. Mr and Mrs. Chas, R. Drake resid ing at 200, 3rd. Ave., I«ents, Ore., were the agreeable recipients of a surprise party and shower New Years Eve. The affair was carefully planned by rela ives and friends. The shower consisted of flour, potatoes, beans, coffee, sugar, honey, oranges, some cash and many other things too numerous to mention. Music was provided for the evening and the guests were allowed to enjoy themselves as the spirit moved. Mr. and Mrs. Drake are Ho and 76 years of age respectively. Among the list were grand children and great grandchildren and their wive and children. Re freshments were served at 5 and 9 p. tn. no -me going home hungry. Thoee present were: Mr. and Mr». Swarout; Mr. and Mrs. C. 8. Drake; Mr. and Mrs. McIntyre; F. R. Beckwith of Grays Crossing ; Mr. and Mrs. Hpencer; Mrs. Aurana; of Portland; Mrs. Nor< and Miss Cleo Briggs, connected with the old peoples home; Mr. and Mrs. Ben Brownwell; Mr. snd Mrs. Lord of Lents aud Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Drake of Sher wood, Ore, The evening entertain ment wae one long to be remembered by all present. Father and mother I Drake say they ma’y come every week if so desired Mention has been made several times of late in regard to a proposed modem practical experimental farm. The city papers and the Herald here al) alluded to it on several occasions. Mr. Martin Winch, the promoter of the new enterprise, has been m the east for several weeks buying a choice se lection of hones, cattle and other live stock with which tn begin operations. He haa just returned and now it is an nounced that Mr. Winch has just bought 160 acres a few miles soutbeas t of Gresham, and near Hogan Station, of Mt. John Steiger for the beginning of his enterprise. The 160 acres cost $20,000, which is an indication of land values in that locality. Mr Winch will fit it up as a model farm. He will conduct an extensive dairy and poultry plant, besides pro ducing a large number of pure blooded cattle, horses, bogs and other animals for breeding purposes. He will un doubtedly find it necessary to secure additional acreage for the fruit land and for feed and pasture and grain pro duction. All in all. thia is the most important real estate transfer that has been made in eastern Multnomah for years and it means not only a great deal for the locality, but if the place is fully developed, and succeeds, it will be a great thing for the entire county and state. EORMER LENTS MAN BECOME 6H0ST HUNTER D. M. Simonsen, formerly of Lente, and now located at Kenton, got into print last week as one of a trio of heroes who undertook to capture a spook. While complete plans were laid to cap ture the mysterious personage that has been causing eo much excitement we have not beard of their success. Dalles is pretty brave bue we imagine the spook will remain at liberty. Too many chances to dodge in the brush around Kenton, and between the elusivecess of spooks in genera), and the opportunity to avoid seeing the unwelcome visitor, we doubt if his perambulations will be disturbed. If assistance is needed we might send some of the brave young Lenta men who are just aching for an experience of some son tliat will try their nerve, and Lents people would like to see them tried on a while. If they could be tried at ghost hunting as far from home as that they might catch the spook in desperation —for there would be no possibility of their wind and speed lasting till they reached home. GERTRUDE DICKINSON-ANDER* SON BURIED AT RIVERVIEW Many of the young people of lente will regret to learn of the sad death of Gertrude Di -kineon, later Mrs. Ander son. The Dickinson family at one time lived east of Lents, and later at Arleta. During this time Gertrude and her sis ter Alma attended school at Lents. Gertrude was married about a year ago and recently had a severe fall which re sulted in her death in spite of rvery ef fort that could be made. She was ex emplary aa a young woman, and as a pupil, and will be remembered by all her acquaintances for her high ideals and «ievotion to her duties. She leaves a very sad husband, mother, fattier and other relatives and a large circle of ad miring friends. The “Herald" especial ly offers condolence to the bereaved fam - iiy. She was laid to rest in Riverview cemetery, at 2 o'cloek Jan. 4. NEW PLUMBING COMPANY ’COMES TO LENTS Browning A Freise is the firm name for a new plumbing business to be started in Lents within a few day». The new business will he located in the build ing with Carter A Son, or rather in the rear of their shop. They expect to put in a supply of plumbing material and will be ready to attend to business in a few days.