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BEAVER STATE HERALD Subscription, $1.00 a Year. LENTS, MULTNOMAH CO., •» OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13 1913 COUNIY fAIR ROAD LEGISLATION LOSES BACKING. NAT L MOVEMENT JOHN BULL: “HURRY UP. SAMMY, AND FINISH DIGGING OUR Rt HOMIN’ PANAMA CANAL.” ✓ol. 11. No. 7 TEACH CHILDREN CONTEST RECEIVES TOGROWGARDEN NEW IMPETUS Management of Officials Congressional Committee of looses East Side Assist 1912 Formulates Plan For Local Road Improvement- ance—Private Enterprise Questions Involved. Must Make it Pay. Mr. C. D. Naim Tells of Interest Increasing as Shown How He Acquired by Large Number of Sub Knowledge That Goes to scriptions That Are com Make Successful Farmer.’ ing in Daily. About the laat thing done at the sum- mar aeaaion of Congreve waa to appoint a joint committee for the purpoae of in vestigating the feasibility of assisting stats or county governments in tbe con struction of public roads. Senator Bourne of Oregon was placed at the head ol thia committee, being the freed of the committee on Poet Offices and Poet Roads. It waa thought that the purpose of the national government might lietter be carried out through thia committee. It waa planned at once to get together all the data possible on the question of government aid in road construction. Officials of numerous foreign nations of Europe were solicited for information. The members of the committee proceed ed to collect data throughout the coun try, and at this time a umber of ques tions are being aake<l of the people through the newspapers generally. These quest ons deal with the question of the advisability ot the government's giving assistance in local road construc tion. Isn’t that an intrusion of the people's rights and duties ‘ Then there is a question aa to selection ot roads to be improved, should it tie decided to use national funds lor the purpose. Hball it attempt to improve all roads, p<Mt roads (that is rural tree delivery roads, or alar routes), main traveled or marketing roads, main highways be tween large cities, trunk lines, or pleas ure drives, like the projected Pacific Highway? In either Instance there is another question:—shall money tie expended on construction, maintenance, general im provement, or on all these ; or should it lie paid to the state to tie used uncondi tionally, as they see fit; or should it be alloted to them as a reward to local au thorities that have constructed, or maintained, a highway in good condi tion. Then in either instance, what part of the coat should be assumed by the na tional government? What part by the state, ami how much «ill the county or read district provide. Or shall property abutting on the road wavs la- held for a portion exceeding that more distant? Should the award tie proportional to coat or so much per mile? It haa also ben considered whether it would not tie better to apportion gov ernment aid on a basis of population, area, milage of rural and star routes, or of taxable valuation, nr a combination of these. After the roads aie built, who will see to their preservation? As is customary in most parts of this country when a road is once built, it takes care of itself until it is worn out or washed out, and then it is rebuilt in full. Experience of other countries seems to show that it is better to establish a system of repairs and keep some one busy attending to even small sections of the road every day of the year, and in ttie work of con structing and maintaining government aid roads who shall attend to the super vision of construction and maintenance? Now these are a lot of questions to lie asked in one short at tide, but we pre sume some reader of The Herald will lie interested enough in the subject to semi us seme opinions and we will col lect there opinions and forward them to the committee in C tigress. This is one of the matters which should not be de ferred It will require answer before the close of the present session of con gress, for with this congress thecomrnit- tee will stand a chance of having com pleted its work. In response to a request for a dona It is a little difficult to tel) which ia to tion for tbe School Children's Industri be the leading prize in Tbe Heralds vo al Contest, Superintendent Alderman's ting contest. Popularity seems to be office received the subjoined letter from pretty well divided between tbe piano one of tbe most successful farmers and and tbe motor cycle. While tbe motor stockmen of the State, a man who land cycle was on exhibit laat week there ed in this country with no capital ex were a large number of people came to cept bis knowledge of bow to farm The see it. Another machine will be brought fact that be has made a financial suc out within a short time and it will pro cess and is now the owner of more than one good farm, 1s splendid evidence of bably atay on exhibit until the close of the value of early instruction in agricul tbe contest, which will be right in tbe ture, such aa be telle about getting when beet of the spring motoring season. a small lad. It contain* so much go«d Arrangements were completed Mon common sense and suggestions worthy day for tbe $425 Eilers piano. This the consideration ol every parent that Mr. Aiderman thought they should have grade of instrument is even an improve tbe benefitof it. (Signed)N. C. MARIS ment on that offered last spring. It The letter follows: "In »eference to can be obtained in either oak, mahogany children growing garden, I have taken or walnut finish, and on account of tbe particular pains to note how parents act desire to please tbe contestants, we will in my neighborhood toward teaching not have it shipped out until the voting their children bow to plant, cultivate is completed and tbe award is made. It and care for gardens. I find they are might require a change of instruments so busy with their spring farming that whi-h of itself would be expensive. tbe garden for tbe home is neglected Further the exposure to which it would until seeding is over, and then I never be subjected if placed on exhibit render see tbe children giving any assistance it subject to injury. To avoid this the In short, the parents never give their Eilers company have agreed to wait un children any instruction nor encourage til the tirat of June to aend it out. them to produce anything to exhibit. Should anyone desire to examine these Being statistical crop correspondent I instruments they are invited to call at take special notice of this fact. How the Eilers Music House and going to the different when I waa a boy back in Scot third floor ask for Mr. Schell. Tell him land, where gardening waa considered what you want and he will take pleas very important on tbe farm. Men ure in showing the instrument. In f«ct made a business ot going from farm to they will be glad to show yon any pia farm to‘delve' (dig or spade over) the no in the house and let you test their farmers’ garden. Father would have tone*. They have some very fine in us (4) boys viewing the man with the struments but we feel sure that you will short handled spade, pushing in the find the $425 one well worthy of your manure ahead and turning each spade commendation. ful aa level and even as a plow. Then As an addition to the hgme there is we would be taken to a corner and by no other instrument or piece of furniture actual experience make garden of our that compare« with a piano. It is an own. This old man that came year af evidence of culture to everyone that vis ter year to our farm to make garden its your home. It is a companion every wa* instructed to sh"w us boys how to every day in tbe year and the ability to mound up the see«! beds, how to sow participate in the rendering of musical the seeds with two fingers and thumb composition ia a sure entry to good so in drills, Low to nse the rake in cover cial standing, particularly among the ing; in short, how to make garden younger people of your community. from start to finish. Father trained us The ability to render a musical selection for farmers; how to sow see«! with the always gives you a preference over a two hands, how to mow, to hoe pota mere conversationlist. In the home it toes, to ‘single’ turnips, etc. He just helps to relieve monotany soothes tired devoted all bis time to onr farm educa nerves, and offers a practical relaxation tion when we were not in school. This trom work or study or worry. early training was worth a great deal to So much for tbe value of music. Now me when I came to this country. Then there are people enough in this locality mother trains«! the girls in dairying and who are interested in this voting con everything pertaining to woman's work test, who have a choice of the candi on the farm. Father and mother look-> dates, who if they were disposed to give ed at this matter as a duty toward their assistance would be practically sure of children, and we enjoyed the work. making a record run for votes in thia Now, unless parents give their children "campaign *. Someone must get these instruction and encouragement it will prizes. Your friends stand' equal be uphill business for them. Many farm chances, if they get tbe proper support. ers do not know bow to make a good Are you giving that support to some garden. I know this to be a fact, as appreciative, worthy young person? very few can furnish even new potatoes Look the list over and decide on giv for the table at threshing time. I strive ing some one your subscription, your to have new potatoes by May 24th, order to folks "back home" and ac when the average farmer I* beginning quaintances elsewhere. to make garden. What ia to be the remedy? The children have to get their instruction* from some other STANDING OF NOMINEES IN CONTEST source. In rural districts it could be possible to get these instructions along DISTRICT NO. 1 with their book. For example, take Edith Smet hurst, Lenta................. ............ «00 . 21375 my school district (Enterprise). There Arthur Walker, Lenta..................... i Matthew Boland, Lenta .................. .'•626 is a new school bouse close to the coun i Hazel Sommerveldt, Lenta ............ 9600 ty road. The children use the row«! for Fred Peterson. Lents.................. . 5260 a plav ground. There is an acre of fine Opal Hand, Lenta............................. 6160 5250 land lying idle—yea, worse than idle- Ruth Richards, Lenta..................... Ruth Howe. Lents .......................... 5126 growing weeds, brier*, etc. Why could Adins Mortrnde. Lenta ................. .5125 it not be possible to stake off lots for all DISTRICT NO. 2. the children, letting the boys grow veg | Geo (Hickey) Wrialey, Lenta 21.37.5 etables an«l the girl* flowers. If the Mark Conklin. Lenta ............... Ruth A. Rodgers, Lent« ................. teacher is not capable to give instruc Frieda Alplanalp. Lenta.................. .... 175« 14200 tions 1»t the directors of the school dis M S Hazen, I«ents 7N60 6260 trict take turns on Saturday or other Jas. Wands, L*»nts ____ «MOO daya, or if this is not convenient let R. B. Nlaxmeyer, Lents Wesley Reynolds ....... 6126 them appoint someone to give instruc DISTRICT NO. ». tions in garden work at state«! time*, Fred Heiman, Lents .................... . 34*0 ........... 5475 and instead of plowing a larger garden Cleveland Ritas, Gresham R 3. 5300 I would start with a sqnare rod or more Callie Elkhorn, Lenta Mamie Pitta, Gresham R 2 «5475 and get the child to make it from start Leland Moore, Gresham R 3 ........... 6100 to finish, cultivation and all, and as May Kesterson, Gresham R 3........... ............ 6175 ............ 5175 they getintereste«! in plant life, increase Martan Brown, Urraham 5116 the space. I give these suggestion* for Ray Keatersen, Gresham R 3........... Forest I’dy ........................................... 6360 your consideration along with a $2(MM) Lenora Hurrl*......................... 5126 Collie pup for the children, the same as I gave last year.” EVANGELICAL CHURCH. Yours truly, Preaching Babhetb 11 a. m. Theme: C. D. NAIRN. “Optimi«m in Christian Work.” Even The Multnomah County Fair la again thrown on ita own resource*. Two year* duriug ita history it baa had as- aiatance from the alate and in one iu stance the county court made them a donation of |2u0<> but the court ia try ing to cut down eipenaee and it l>aa Itaaaed by the opportunity to levy a special tai for the aupport of the fair That will put the fair on ita own re sources. The aupport aecured laat year waa largely due to the friendly office! of the East Huie Busin*** Man's Aaaociation. Members of thia aaaociation went per- aonally to the Court and interceded laat year in the interest* of the fair. Thia year they <fid not feel eo friendly. The change in feeling waa due to lack of di plomacy on the part of the president of the fair laat year. The $2000 made euch a goori backing tor the little enterpriae that he forgot that it might not ire eo eaay to secure it again and aa a conse quence he neglected to cultivate the friendahip of the Kaat Side men. It haa been cuatomary to vend them a apecial invitation to attend in a body but that waa entirely overlooked laat season. One of the membera waa heard to apeak of thia laat year a few daya before the opening of the fair and to give the aa- eurance that their club would not be eo ready to give a “bunch of graiter*"|like that their assistance eo readily hereaf ter. lie blamed the entire manage ment but when it wa- explained that it waa probably due to an overnight on the part of the preeldent it did not aeem to count lor much The spot waa eore and it doe* not aeem to have healed. That Free. Shattuck should have made euch an overnight aa thia seen» ridiculous. He waa elected to the pres itlency of the fair largely at hie own eo ilcitation, assuming that hie ability would lift the fair out of the uncertain financial jHieition which it haa occupied ever since it wan organised, but lie haa had an opportunity to learn something of tile difficulties of au official of euch an organisation, though he had the ac tive co-operation of the other officiate, quite to the contrary ol eoine of the ex- perisncea of «there preceding him, yet with all that he did not make relatively more of a allowing than hi« predecessors, no when election time can e thin year he wan ready toaiiift the burden onto other shoulders. The newly elected 1‘renident in H. W. lewin of Russelville, and the Secretary is E. M. Kardell, re-elected. Both are experienced men and well qualified to attend to the work, having the confi dence of the new board and other offi cials, and they eland a good ehow of making the fair a success, However It ia a hard (blow to tie deprived of a nanall county fnml. C. I. PARKER CELEBRATES HIS 88th. BIRTHDAY A very pleaaant entertainment wan given to Mr. C. L. Parker at hie home m l^nte, Feb. 11, in honor of hie KHth birthday. Hie children, grand children, and great grandchildren, and his friends were all there to wish him a happy birthday. Thoae prevent were Mr. anil Mrs. J. W. VanBlaricom of Gilberts; Mr. and Mm. F. A. Garri*on ot Port land; Mr. and Mm. T. F. F.antinan of 7th Ave.; Mr and Mm. F. B Holomon; Mr and Mm. I*. Parker; Mm W Bar nette; Mm. M. E Thompson of Arleta; Mm. C. W VanBlaricom of Gilberts; and great grind children, Ravmond Eastman, Alvin Garrison, Neeta Van Blaricum, Eva Van Blaricom, and Miaa Montia Parker. FAIRBANKS DAIRY SOID. SPECIAL PROGRAM ANNOUNCED. Lenta Parent Teacher’s Club will serve a ''Colonial Tea" at their next meeting which will be held in the school assembly hall at 2:30 p. m. on Friday the 21 of thia month. There will he a verv interesting program of which the following will lie a part : Song..............................................America Dress Reform Mrs. Elliott King Child's Welfare.................... Reading by a Teacher Minuet...................... 2nd and 3rd Grades Refreshments in the teacher's room Th* Fair bank a dairy haa recently teen eold to Mr. Huhr, who, it ia re ported, haa leaaed the Peter Roth place and will remove the dairy to that place at an early date. Thia will be a great blessing to Mr Fairbank* for he haa recently found It very difficult to care for hi» customers due to exposure in all aorta of weather, and very lately the expoaure incident to hia deliveries brought on an attack of Mr. and Hrs. Frank Wallace, and pnenmonlg wbii’lt haa snnAnwd him to family, of 9th. avenue visited Mr and the bed for two month*, and from Mrs. G. Kimber of Hawthorne avenue, which he haa not renovated. Bunday. —Morris in Spokane Spokesman-Review BASE BALL MEE TING PORTLAND YOUTHS OE ATHLETIC CLUB GET IN TROUBLE The Lents Athletic Club has called a j Two boys, who gave their names as special meeting for Friday evening at | Kenneth Specht and Donald Cooper 7 :3l> o’clock for the purpose of taking up ; respectively, were shot and seriously next seasons base ball plans. The. woumled early Monday morning by M. meeting will be open to all memtiers of H. Wheeler, a farmer living near Bor* the club, and to ball fans or other log. Mr. Wtieeler was awakened about 1 friends of the game. It is hoped to de velop plans for two good teams, so there o'clock by a noise in his barn and, arm can tie a leading team and also a second ing himself, went to investigate. He team. It is hofied to organise both saw the Ixiys searching through the barn these teams in the Athletic Club, and it and ordered them to throw tip their is naturally reasonable that such should nands, which they did, but one of them lie done. It will require some assist had a revolver pointing directly at Mr. ance in the form of contributions and Wheeler. Tlie latter emptied one bar the good will of the people in the locali rel of hie gun, wounding Specht in the ty. A large attendance at Friday’s chest and neck and Cooper in the left meeting is urged. The Lents Athletic arm. They surrendered at once and Club now numbers 40 members Mr. Wheeler took them to the house and telephoned for a doctor. I'pon the arrival of Dr. H. H. Hughes, PRODUCES ONE-THIRD OF two hours later, it was found that neither WORLDS SUPPIY OF CATTLE. of the young men was in any immediate danger. They admitted having stolen th«' horse and buggy they arrive«! in anti The world's cattie production and said they were looking for feed and a population have a very important influ place to sleep. They saiii they lived on ence upon the cattle feeding business, East Twelfth street, Portland. Mr. Wheeler, who is a special Deputy and a clear conception of world wide in fluences will aid in forming a correct es Sheriff in Clackamas county, went with timate of conditions. Geographic dis C«»per to Oregon City on an early car tribution—There are approximatly to turn Cooper over to Sheriff Mass and 450,000,000 cattle in the entire world; in to ■‘urrender himself pending an inquiry. the Ignited Htatea there ar« (estimated i 71,000.000, or about 16 percent. How THREE OF WANAMAKERS ever, considering type and sixe of ani FOUR RECOMMENDATIONS mals it is estimated that the Unite«! States produces one-third ot the world's supply. When he was postmaster general un Ratio ot cattle to jxipulation in the der President Harrison Mr. John W ana- United states is about .77 cattle per maker recommended these four exten capita; this in comparison to 4.27 in Ar sion* of the postal service: gentine ami .IB in Italy. Ratio ot num Rural free delivery. ber of cattle to area in thia country, is Postal savings bank*. 23 cattle per square mils. Belgium 164. Parcel post. and Canada 2. Government ownership of telegraph In an interview, Mr. I). O. Lively, and telephone system*. Chief of livestock Department of Pana He has live«! to eee three of the four ma-Pacific International Exposition, Carrie«! out—two of them in the face of blame* the under production of cattle vigorous and well organise«! commercial for the present condition of living coeta opposition. A man woult! be rash in He said—"The bulk of western lands are deed to venture the prediction that the best fitted for stock grazing and th«- far f.mrt h development will not l>e realise«! mer sold hie birthright f ra mesa of within the next few years. c Id turkey when Ire turn—l from »1 e Tlie i «o le have founii ont that they splendid beef production of the old days Ctn ure the government aa their agent to raising grain The production of live t do a lot of thing- for them more ef- stock is going to grow in leaps and fici ntly than they can be done by pri- bounds for the reason that the farmer v .tely owned corporations. and small rai-chman have finally reeli ns! the pr fit there is in raising live sbx-k, esptx'ially as contrasted against truck farming; he continued, "The gen Per«, ns holding bills of the Mt Scott erous pn< es paid for stock in the open Pub. Co. receipted by L. B Tutde are market, combine»! with the work of he kindly requested to notify this office, agricultural colleges toward thia end, unieM they have previonalv informal has be 1 pod convince the farmer that he’d us, particularly if they have recieved latter change and reap this new Held.” other bills ince the bill they hold was receipt «««I. MT 8COTT PUB. CO. CIVIC STUDY. Do not forget tlie class in civic govern M. E. CHURCH ment, Tuesday next, Feb. lHth at one Pre ching, baptism, and reception of to three p m. sharp. “County admin istration” ia the theme. The l«*cture member« by the t-aator. At 3. p. m topic ia; The Parable <>f he Farmer.” Prof. Alli-on will conduct services it In the evening the It is a study in conservasioei, free to all. Bennett Chapel. Tillman Bros, are building * new res will conduct Evangelistic idence in MerraU Addition. The Miller Bring your note bO»k and peqqil. The ps»*«w meeting will be a* usual, at the tunlic service aa usual. . Mowrey Co. haa the contract for the W 1 OYD MOORE Pastor. lib ary. lumber. NOTICE ing Sermon 7:30, Theme: How can I make my life qoqpt. likg. .Pan! did hie. A cordial invitation to a^ eepeeiaHy to t oee who have no church borne. P. CONKUM Factor.