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About Beaver State herald. (Gresham and Montavilla, Multnomah Co., Or.) 190?-1914 | View Entire Issue (April 17, 1913)
BEAVER STATE HERALD Subscription, $1.00 a Year. I ENTS, MULTNOMAH CO., OREGON, THURSDAY, COUNTY FAIR GETS 1.0.0. F. INITIATE $2,500 OF $5,000 GLASS OF TWENTY • State ■ Appropriation For Fairs Evenly Divided. is The Largest Land Products Lodge Class in APRIL MANY HANDS MAKE LABOR LIGHT. History ol Also Largest Class Initiated in Program iums to Exceed Last Years. State This Year. joyed. As announced in last week's lieraid, lent* Commercial Club held a meeting on Wednesday of last week and organ ised temporarily. Mr. ilostad wax chosen tem|>orary chairman and Mrs. Bright secretary, A committee was appointed to draft a sei of bylaws and rules for the new organization ax the old rilles could not lx* found. The com mittee re|x>rted after a short rm-ess, in favor of a I mx I) of rules providing for a president, vice president, secretsry. and treasurer and committee of live persona. The committee also proposed a further refxirt on rules, to lx- made at the next meeting and the re|*>rt was accepted ami the officers were then elected for the term of one year Mr Routed was chiMx-ii president ; F R Peterson, vice president; Mrs. Bright, secretary; and Mrs. Freeburg, treasurer. The com mittee was also chosen. The meeting adjourned to meet two weeks hence, Thursday April 24th. LENTS GRANGE IN REGULAR SESSION LAST SATURDAY The regular monthly meeting of lx*nte Grange was held Saturday. The regular work wax carried through ami the morn ing •«•Inn wax nccuph«d with buxineax and initiation in the third and fourth di-gnx-s. The leading feature of the af ternoon wax a talk from Mi«x Lillian Tingle i>1 the City xchixilx department of domestic science. She gave an excellent talk which wax extended by \ari<>us l»-rx.ihs asking question«. Bro. Holton of < tswego grange wax present and gave il valuable discussion of the topic« Miss Tingle presented—namely, a Rational Piet. Following the close of these discus sion« the grange was asked to sup)«>rt a motion disapproving of the referendum movement on the State* I nivemity. which after considerable discussion, car ried by a good majority. BAKER STOCK IN WESTERN PLAY TROUTDALE MAYOR MAKES BAD RECORD Texas to be Presented All Next Week by The Popular Baker Players. Th'e city of Troutdale chose one of its aalixm k«*e|ier« mayor at the last elec To see Texas, which The Baker Play» tion. A« a result the town is getting er« will offer for the week beginning some very unpleasant publicity. Mayor Edmundson had his name in the city (Sunday) April 20. Matinee, is like papers tins week on account of lieing seeing a small edition olthe Round Up, arrested for selling liquor to minors. for it consists mostly >>( cowlxiys and He has promised to resign as mayor tilings that |H*rtain to life and living in The town marshall is also accused of the original cattle country. frequenting the saloons, and his conduct The action takes place on the famous is to lx* ' investigated. Troutdale has Buck Head Ranch in Texas and it ie enough decent people to till the offices owned bv one Colonel West with a of the town if they will get together and pretty daughter named after the state, xupport them. The town saloons have Texas West. She is in love with n long been too prominent in the town af handsome cowboy foreman on a neigh fairs. Three saloons 1« all out of pro boring ranch, named Jack l>allam. On portion to the size of the place anyway. account of too much attention shown by In fact there is little reason for any at ttie dashing Jack to a certain titled all. Anyway the town’s expenses English woman who is visiting there, could far better tie met by taxation. an estrangement arises lietween the two The money that is now thrown to sup that is only bridged over later on by port the saloons would then go to up Jack's getting seriously wotitided and building of homes, which would far her long anil careful nursing, which easier pay a small city tax than provide brings them together again. Meantime the bind under the license system. the Englishwoman's brother is schem ing to get possession of Buck Head, having learned from a half breed of the FORMER GRESHAM MAN’S presence of a rich gold vein on a part of HOME ROBBED AND FIRED. it. After a long series of genuine Western _____ episodes, it begins to look as if the IE. E. Paring, at one time principal of Englishman had got the Colonel in a hole and is getting the ranch at just the schools at, Gresham, now living at about hie own figures when Jack strikes 1137 East Everett, Laurelhurst, had his it rich on a piece of land he liae for residence pillaged Monday evening and gotten about ami ie enabled to buy Buck then set on fire. The tin* was seen by a Head himeelf, thereby keeping it in the xtrang>*r who turned in an alarm. The family. There ie a ecore of genuine | house was close*I up tightly, all blinds Western characters included in the cast lx*ing down. The tire had been started an<i a running tire of breezy comedy ; in the basement. All the hedding and and interesting events. The regular closets and dressers hail been ransacked. Baker Matinees will lie given Wednes The robbers had first lunched in the day ami Saturday and the popular dinning rtxini and partaken of the family liquors. The firemen had a difficult bargain night Monday. time to sulidiie the tire which had com- 1 pletely destroyed all the property in Mr. and Mrs. Proctor of Buffalo St. the storage. Lenta are rejoicing over the birth of a Mrs. Hager of Htella St. ie suffering little daughter on April Sth. Mother from an attack of appendicitis. and baby are doing nicely. No. 16 PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO ENTERTAIN GIVE PROGRAM DISTRICT ASS’N Show Gets Other $2,500 Prem LfNTS COMMERCIAL CLUB REORGANIZED Vol. 11. Some High Points Scored In Manual Woman’s Foreign Missionary So Exhibit Which Is Leading Feature. ciety Will Meet With BL E Church Completes Third Degree. The meeting of Mt. Scott ixxlge, IMS, Although the County Fair to lx* held i 1. (). <>. F. held Tuesday evening wax at Gfrahain tlihi fall will not aecurr all of the I'SKMI available (or the aaaiatance of an exceptional one from several reasons. The class of twenty-three that started local fair«, half of it Ix-mg turnisi over to the Ijind Nhow, it will secun- fL’fioo. or : in four weeks ago completed its third over, which will aaaiat very materially degree that evening and were thereby in putting up attractive premiums for initiated Into th«« full mysteries and thia year'* show. It hax lieen decided lx*n«lits of Oddfellowsiiip. Three of the to increase the value of premium* In class fell out by the way, leaving twen-t M'teral department* ami to reduce them ty to complete the work, but one of in some other«. An effort a ill lie made these whs away on a last moment call. to encourage general, or collective ex» Those present to complete their initia hibite auch a« have heretofore grange« tion were Frank ami Fay Rayburn. I Claude lx*nt, I>r. lies*, l.eo Katzky. Art or farms. The Grunge exhibits have been rated Geisler, Tom Cowing, Marvin Hedge, for premiums from |?25 down to $75, Dr. < igsbury, Ralph Stanz, Webber and provide for «even prises. Some of Bros., xml Messrs. Geyer. Cleland, l-es- them* exhibit« have I h * cii very attractive sard, Gallchio. Carter, Klineman, and in the pact, comparing with the county Joacelyn The Third degtue team from Samari exhibits at the Slap* Fair. An effort will la* made to improve the tan lodge put on the degree work in ground« thia year by laying them out and their usual first class manner. About planting some shrubbery A new plan fifty of their memliers were present. Grand Master Wheeler and Grand for handling entries will lie tried and fee« in tile live stock department will I«' i Secretary Sharon were present and collected on «tall« lined rather than on a ■ made short addresses Already there are six new names on |>ercvnlagc of the premium. the list for admission ami the prospect* are very favorable for an early re|«tl- tion of the ' big class." Next evening 1« expected to be a bus iness session and every member is ex pected to be out. 17 1913. in Evening Much En Thursday and Friday Apnl 23 and 24. Good Progiam Ananged. Friday was a big day with the Lents The Salem District Association of the schools. Tiie teachers and Parents* Club Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society combined to present a program and ex will tnest Thursday and Friday, April hibit which outclassed ail its prwlwxswora. 23 and 24 with the Methodist Episcopal The entertainment opened at one o’clock church in Lenta. A very complete pro but even before that hour visitors were gram has been arranged A large num- inspecting the displays of hand work her of visitors will be present and on the whole the prospecte are fair for the which occupied several rooms and a largest gathering of its kind ever held gozxi portion of the hall. in Lente. Undoubtedly all the socie The exhibit fell into two divisions. ties officers will be present, including The part produced by the children un Mrs. Edwin Hherwood, of Salem: Mr«. der th«- direction of their teacher*. sew W. Boyd Moore of lamte; Mr«. Wood ing, and woodwork, an«l that which the of Hillsboro; Mrs. R. C. Blackwell, children had (lone at home. Both ex Hillsboro and Alaska: Mrn. D. L. Fields, hibits were very fine. Tliey speak well Dallas, Ore.; Mrs. J. N. Maeterton, for the interest of teachers, parents, and Canby, Ore.; Mrs. F. B. Sackett, Sher particularly the children. idan, Ore.; Mise Mary Corl, Forest Th«* manual training exhibit included Grove, Ore., and Mrs. F. Von Eschen, several articles of wear, apron«, and Salem, Ore. underwear that were neatly made an«i of The program will begin at 2 p. m. very tasty design The boys were well Wednee«iay and there will be afternoon represented by a display of stools, and evening eeseione. The Thursday benches, hat racks, umbrella holders, session will begin at 9:30, and again at tables and one very creditable side- 1 :30, closing during the afternoon board. Several Lente people appear on the The home-produete department in- program. Mrs. Rboda Wallace of itente clude«l pillows, scarfs, aprons, quilts, will deliver the greeting. Mice Horner rugs, mats, underwear, stools, models, will render a reading; Mrs. Selle and bird houses, traps nexts wood carving Dr. Ogle are listed for a duet. Wilford and other articles too numerous to recall. Hollingsworth has a reading. Mrs. W. Tiie exhibits were all graded in points, B. Moore will preside at the coneecra —Sykes in Philadelphia Ledger. over 7(00 points being recorded. Some tion service. Mrs. C. A. Daniels will of the most notable articles were as fol furnish a musical «election. lows: Milton Wiley, u0 points on an onginai electric battery; Geo. Jones 150 on a sea weed basket, and two cedar l>ark baskets; Wm. Christenson, 90 point«, on a sofa pillow; Leona and Lu cile Irish, 75 each on a quilt witli nur sery rhymes embroidered in the blocks; (BY H 8. GILltKRTSONÎ IN REVIEW OF REVIEWS.) Hazel Cartoeion, 250 pointe on a beauti A meeting of the officers and mem It ix eleven years sin«* the Galveston ment for its own sake, but advertised it ful Armenian rug; Harold TenEycn, 7-i bers of the new Improvement Club disaster But out of that exigency, with far and wide as the city's chief civic as pointe on a rag rug; and Myrtle Moore, met at the library last Friday evening Rowen Faith. Martin I'luylaar, Byron and decided unanimously to discontinue lieginnings in the merest of accidents, set. Heard, Harris Morill, Wilson Morrill, the organization. The members not In obtaining permission from the State ; has grown a movement which lias re Freida Alplanalp, Earl Mason, Carl present had several of them been con created the stnictnn* of one hundred of Iowa to adopt the commission form Wilson and Mabel Svent, 70 to 75 pointe sulted and they too thought there of organization, lk-~ Moines hit upon a and sixty American cities, shaken some each on various articles of a practical would be no occasisn to continue the i device which has accelerated the move Then there were numerous club ax the aim it bad in view was ac of the ni<*t cherished traditions of our ment in th«* country by several degrees. ' nature. complished by the reorganization of the politics. an<i put a new note of optimism This wax th«* adoption of a State-wide articles scoring lower. The program consisting of songs, reci Commercial Club. The only matter in our political thinking. permissive law. which made it possible Galveston’s renabilitation needed a for any city (within certain limits of tations and drill.« was carried through that really interested the members of strong efficient direction from it.« gov classification) to put tin* plan into oper as announced and very successfully. the Improvementclub was^that the com erning Ixxiy; its complex unworkable ation by a popular election, called upon The evening wa« taken up by a pro mercial club should prove tombes live and Appearances government could not give it. Straight p«-tition of 25 pet cent, of the qnalifle«! gram prepared by the i’arent-Teacher’s lasting organization. way. without resort to theory, «o*ne oi elector» Seven Iowa cities rivognized Club. Assistant Juiperintendent Grout seem to indicate that such will he true the leading citizens proceeded to map under this arrangement. South Dakota made the leading address anil Mr. J. V. ,ot it and so those persons most instru out a very simple plan of control at the adopted a similar law in th«* same year. Jones spoke at length on ¡the city play mental in bringing about its rtM rganiza- ground movement. hands of five men, who were to have tion through the formation of the im "cOMMISelOX” I.AWX INTWavn STAT» ample power« and lie unhampered in provement club, are fully satisfied. In 1907 and 1909 Kansas adopted two their choice of means. Th«* plan was such laws, for her first and second-class adopted and worked erceedingly well, cities, n-spectively, and now every im MULTNOMAH STATE BANK hut it was not democracy, for the com portant city ill Kansas is under the <*oni- CONTINUES TO EXPAND mission was chosen by the Governor. mission form. The other States which The legislative act creating it was de have a«lopt«*d such blanket laws an* Iili- The regular quarterly report of the clared unconstitutional on these grounds. | nois, Kentucky, Louisiana. Mississippi, But it was revived in sulistantially its North Dakota, South Carolina. Texas. The county road gang hax tx*en busy Multnomah State Bank shows a healthy original form with this vital differem-e; New Mexico. Wisconsin, Alabama. Ida during the past we«A making much condition ol that institution. Deposits that the "commissioners" were to Is* ho, Montana, Utah, Washington. Ne ne«*<l«*d repair« on the Oregon City. Fost have steadily increased for the quarter. chosen by popular vote. braska, New Jersey, an<l Wyoming. Th«* er and various cross roads. Main street Nothing extraordinary has been devel The shifting of control from Governor , six last named have enacted such legis through Lents will come in for a share oped but the deposits run over $400o The books to people caused uneasiness to the l<s-al lation during the past year. Tiie home of attention. The past winter has Ixs-n above that of last quarter. leaders, who were only too familiar witli rule charter States of California, Oregon, an unusually bad one on roads. Th«* long show that the Postal savings bank is Over $1090 has the r«*sults of the |s>pular rule tinder tin* ' Colorago, Washington (citiec of over 20,- rainy spells have thoroughly saturatesi popular in Lents. old government. But the electors mad«* OOn population), Miohican, Minnesota. the beds, which have in many places found its way into the bank through There has been a de gocxl this time bv electing to <ifli«w the | .-in«i Oklahoma, all have "commission" ' settled seriously. in other places the the post office very men whom the Governor had np- cities, in Massachusetts. North Caro stiriate ha.« lieen cut by washing or by cided gain in the cash reserve. In an ixiinted. Ami for ten years they have lina. and Maine several cities hate char- j the grinding of traffic into chuck holes other column will be found the quarter ly statement which is of interest to all been reelecting them again and again, tern by special act of legislature. 8o that every few feet. depositors and residents of the city. so that with on«* exception the original altogether cities witli a total population commission has been at the helm in of nearly four million either an* now or REVIVAL MEETINGS AT Galveston till this year. shortly will be governed under this plan. LENTS FRIENDS CHURCH. HERALD CIPHER CONTEST it was a new phenomenon; tin- people Galveston i.« a city of moderate size, GOES TO GEORCE 0. JONES. actually selecting for office not men who with a population <4 3(1,981. For a time hail been identifiisl with office-getting tin- movement was identified with cities Beginning next Sunday evening April organisations, but bankers anti bttsiin*«s ! of this class, but later it was spread both 20th, at Lente Frieniix’ church. South George O. Jones, of Lents won the men of ability with reputations t«« sus to the larger and smaller communities «<> Main St. Rev. Homer L. Cox Evange Herald cipher contest last week. He tain and interests of their own to pro that tv>w in the "commission" group list. Services each evening at 7:45. gets two tickets to the Isis theatre, tect. So that tiie Galveston experiment an* hamlets like Canton, S D , too small Rev. Cox is recently from Kansas, and i George'« ret ort was the best yet turned n il only solved th«* Im-al problem of 1 for a separate census enumeration, and conies to us with a message from G«xi. i in. The system he nse«l was correct, efficient government, but it did so with <lakland. Cal., Omaha, Neb., Birming He and his wife are lioth gifted in song. he followed directions an«l he reported out a sacrifice of democratic principles. ham, Ala , and Memphis, Tenn., all Don’t fail to hear them. ’ the required pages. It fact, the theory which lias grownup having a population in excess of 100.000. out of Galveston's success is that the Buffalo witli a population near 500,900 CALLED TO REST. PARENT TEACHERS' CLUB simplified conditions of citizenship have has voted favorably on tiie idea, but has Mrs. Mary Heeney Westover, born in TO MEET FRIDAY APRIL 18. been all that is really needed to put the lieen unable time far to bring the New _____ people of a community in effective con York legislature to see it in tiie same Canada in February 1M3, departed this life April 14, 1913, at the age of seventy The Parent-Teacher Association will trol, light; and some enthusiasts even suggest FROM TEXAS TO IOWA. tiie "commission" form for New York years two months and fourteen days. meet at the assembly ball lente school She is survived by her aged husband, Friday April 18th at 3:45 p. m., pro The idea spread to Honeton, which I City. adopted in 1905 not. the exact plan of On November 7, last. Ixiwell and Law- ■ two sons an«i three daughters, all but gram as follows —General Health, Mrs. organization, but its essential simplicity I pence, Mass.. Sacramento. Cai., Chan one son were present at the funeral Iaiura IJttle; Teaching children. Miss —five men, the only elective offi<-ers. ute. Kan., lexington, Ky., and Fremont, which was held at the M. E. Church Kenworthy; Preparation for Mother copious in power, conspicuous. Two Mich., adopteii the plan. The people of Tuesdav at 2:30 o’clock She was laid hood, Mrs. A. F. Hershner. Musical A gooti attentiance is de years later Dallas fell in line, and in the Salt Lake City elected the first commiss to rest in the Multnomah cemetery. selections; same year the idea took root in Dee ioners under the new system. 8«x>n also J. L. Westover of the Ninth Avenue sired. All are welcome, Moines. From then on the "Commis Paducah, Ky , Eugene and Salem, Ore., Grocery ie a son of the deceased. sion government" ides has been a na and Pasadena, Cal., will pass upon the Mr. and Mr«. Herman and daughter, tional possession, for the citisens of lies queetion. In Denver, Colo., Baltimore, Mrs. E. H. Lyons, formerly Miss Mr«. Melton, formerly of Oregon City Moines did not content themselves with Md , ami Wheeling. W, Va., the inaug- Florence Sommerfeldt, of Springfield, are again occupying their haase on 4th. having a popular and workable govern (continued on page 5) ie visiting home folks this week. Avenue. COMMISSION GOVERNMENT INPROVEMfNlTLlJB VOTES TO DISBAND IN AMERICAN CITIES ROADS Of VICINITY GET NEEDED REPAIRS