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BEAVER STATE HERALo Subscription, $1.00 a Year. LENTS, MULTNOMAH CO., OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 22 1913. Vol. 11. No. 21 MIKE MORGAN SUDDENLY KILLED CIVIC IMP.. CLUB HOLDS SESSION Suicide Is Thought to Have Been The Cause. Ill Health Causes Despondency. 22 Caliber Rille Used. New Set of By-laws Adopted. Club Plans Campaign for Some Needed Improvements. New Committees Appointed. The people of lente were shocked Saturday evening by learning that Mr M Morgan, a ree|>ected resident of the town for the laal ten years, had lieen •hot and waa lying unconacioua at death'« door. Dr. lieen waa called and an Inveatigation allowed that Mr. Morgan ha<l been ahot by a 22 rifle in the region of the forehead. The bullet could not be located and Mr. Morgan remained unconacloui^and ;iaraly*ed un til hla death, about eeven o'clock in the evening. Mra. Morgan waa not at honia at the time of the shooting. Mr. Morgan waa employed for aevaral years by the Portland Railway, but the character of the work waa injurioua to hia health, eo he quit aeveral month« ago. Hie inability to endure «even labor ia thought to have caused him to become despondent and to worry ovar being a burden in hie home. Mr. Morgan waa tifty-two year« of age. The family came from Morahouae, Missouri ten yeara ago ard located in lente. The deceased leaves a wife, a daughter, Idea, and three coo«. Torn, Pat and Johnnie. The funeral waa held from the house Tuesday afternoon, Rev. Holoman of the Morman church officiating. Friday evening waa the regular meet ing night of tbe Lenta Commercial and Improvement Club. An unusually good meeting was held. Tbe committee on by-laws was on hand and it reported a satisfactory set of rules for the govern ment of tbe Club. Tbe rules are baaed on the rules used by the East Side Busineaa Man’s Club and are changed to suit local conditions. There will be no initiation fee to the club but there will be a monthly due« of twenty-five centa. After the adoption of tbe rule« of the club they set to work at once to plan a campaign of work. Committees were appointed on every thing in sight, or that could be thought of. A committee waa named to wait on tbe Portland Railway Light A Power Co., tc see what could be done about better car service and lighting. Another com mittee waa appointed to wait on the water board and persuade them to lay a ten inch main from Firland, eaat, and to see about securing hydrants for vari ous points in Lenta, particularly on Main street. Still another committee ia to prepare and circulate petitions for presentation to the City Postmaster relative to tbe securing of a city de livery service. In co-operation with this, another committee was appointed to take up tbe question of aidswalka, street numbering, and related matters with the poet office officials. It is being considered whether it would be advisable for tbe clob to try to have Lenta represented in the Rose Festival and it is now up to the Board of Governors of tbe club to determine. It would be a fine piece of advertising and would be worth while. Tbe quee • tion appears whether it ia not a little late to undertake the getting up of such an exhibit, and how the funds would be raised. Street improvement will come in for consideration. A committee haa been named to loo* into that at some length and that will have to be gone into thououghly before anything definite can be done. The meeting adjourned at a late hour to meet the third Friday next month, which date hrs been designated as tbe regular meeting nigbt. LENTH PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDING, WHICH ACCOMMODATES ABOUT ONE THOUSAND PUPILS A MALICIOUS SLANDER A BRIEF WRITEUP OF ON THE LENTS V. R D. LENTS AND VICINITY It is authentically reportci! that a certain person made tiie following re marks to Un- ladies of tiie Women of Woodcraft, during the progret* of the benefit supper that the Ladipi so kindly gave for tiie benefit of tiie Lent« Volun teer Firemen, "it is a sham* for you Ladies to work so hard all day and night in giving thia supper when half REBEKAHAS ELECT OFFICERS of the money will go to buy txxize for FOR ENSUING YEAR. tiie Firemen.” As seoretary of Uie I.. V. F. D. I want The Eureka Rstiekha I^slge of Lente to say that tiie reptile who made tiie elected its term officer« at the Friday above statement fie more fool than night meeting. Mra. Maud Darnall knave. He condemns himself out of hia He is a wilful and ma waa choaen N. G., Mrs. Anna Peterson, own mouth. V. G., Mra. Mamie Cog, aecretary, licious prevaricator. The Lento Volunteer Fire Dejiartment W. A. Eatchel, financial aecretary, Mr« Hpnng. treasurer. Mr . Ben« and Mra. ia organized wholly for the good of the Bush were admitted by card. The community. Its object is to save life next regular meeting will inllate a class and property. Its members serve with of fourteen or more. Columbia Ixaige out pay or hope of reward other than has lieen aaked to put on the initation. the loyal support and co-operation of Home of the member« are growing I the jieople who they are trying to serve. Its iiivnils-ra are all residents of Is-nta quite enthuaiaatic over tiie outlook. A large number haa been added to the and for the most part are local business memlierahip within the past quarter, men. The firemen have held a few suppers prospects are good for the future, and the financial condition of the lodge waa which they have jiaid for out of their own pockets. On tiie night of the sec never better than at the prevent. ond of Dec., 1912. held a supper in Duke’s Hall at which a few friend!« were invited. After tiie supper the hat was pam-il around, and after die ex|x-nses of the supper were paid, tiie sum of nine dollars and sixty cents were turned into the treasury of the Fire Department. In aeveral instances when relatives of The laat two weeks of the contest some meuilier of die Department have which haa been running for the Herald died die firemen have bought floral will move away quickly Intereat ia be I pieces, paid for them out of their own ginning to warm up conaiderably. ; ;xx-kete and sent diem to the funeral in Friends of the leading con tea tan ta are the name of the L. V. F. D. Where in the course of fire we have planning to give assistance at the laat inatant which will develop« into a real had to use personal property, such as struggle before the end ha« lieen reach blankets, sheets and etc., in caring for the dead and wounded we have paid for ed. Special intereat will center around the the same out of our own pockets. The Ixxiks of the Ih partment are open Order Cupona which will lie redeemed for face value at the Herald Office any for inspection to any one at any reason time within a yeir. These ordera will able time. 1 want to further say that be eold at one dollar each and they can while I have lieen a memlx-r of the L. be turned in for cash on any advertiaing V. F. I), not one cent has lieen paid out bill, or for job work at the office of the of the treasury for anything except Company at any time within the limit. strictly legitimate department business. The members have to pay for their A dollar collected by a contestant in thia way will lie worth 1000 VOTES. own badges. During freezing weather a tire was Thia muat lie on original orders—orders taken by the contestant«. Collections kept in the engine house day and night on advertising not solicited will not to keep tiie water in the tanks of the At count. That ia, it will not lie counted chemical engine from freesing. unless thecontestants were instrument times there was no money in tiie treas al in securing the order for the adver ury bi pay for fuel and W. A. Hall A tising or job work. The Herald I isb Son donated fuel that the safety of the been extremely lenient in thia matter i community might be safeguarded. If the name of the party making die heretofore but from thia time forth we will have to stick to rules. There will statement that half the money would go be no extra votes given for subscrip to buy boose’.wen* known he should have to prove his aasertions in court. tions at any time in the contest M 8. HAZEN, The contest will cloee promptly at ten Secretary Lents V. F. D. o'clock on the evening of May 31, the Approved by L. V. F. D. in regular votes will then tie counted and the meeting may 19, 1912, by a unanimous prises will be rewarded. vote of all members present. ATTEST. LENTS PARENT-TEACHER F. R. RAYBURN, M.S. HAZEN, Foreman Secretary CLUB ELECT OFTHCERS« SPECIAL 1000 VOTE OFFER The annual election of officers to the Parent-Teachers' Club was held at the meeting on Friday. Mrs. Jeanette Ga zelle was chosen president, Mrs. Body, vice president, Mrs. Cox, secretary, Mrs. Otto Katzky, corresponding secre tary and Mrs. Hersthner,’ treasurer. The Club will continne ita meetings regularly on the work it has lieen carry ing on during the past two years. Much good haa been accomplished during this time and there is a tine prospect for ita future. ROSE FESTIVAL COMING EVENT. City is Preparine to Entertain Large Crowd of Visitors. Agricultural Exhibits to be Leading Fall Features. Portland's annual Rose Festival thia year will be bigger than ever and prep arations are now in full swing to enter tain tbe thousands of visitors to the city at that time. Tbe dates are June 9 to 14, and during that period Rex Oregonus, the merry monarch who owes allegiance to but one superior, the Oregon rose, will rule tbe city and its people. Big delagations are coming from other coast citiies Special trains have lieen routed here for the week from a num ber of points and tbe hospitality of the city will be extended to all visitors. Revels, gorgeous parades, beautiful pageants, races, concerts, electric dis plays and apecial entertainments will occupy the week. The best Festival in the history of Portlond ia promised. Cow and hog day will be celebrated at Stanfield, May 24, under the auspices of the Commercial Club of that place. An enthusiastic rallv will be held and dairying and hog raising will be boost ed. Many visitors will attend from outside points. That Oregon should make a strong exhibit not only at the Panama-Pacific Exposition at Han Francisco in 191ft, but at the Ban Diego exposition of the same year, is the belief of the people who are studying the benefits to be gained from these two big events. A representative of the San Diego Fair save it will be visited by 16,000,000 people. It will be open the entire year of 1916. The Pacific International Livestock Exposition, scheduled for Portland next fall, promises to be one of the beat stock shows ever held in the west. Great preparations are being made al ready to secure the entry of a very large number of blooded cattle, sheep, and hogs. Thia is the third annual show and premiums amounting to 610,000 have been arranged. School children of the state are busy gardening, intent on securing prizes of fered at tiie state fair next (all. The schools of Portland are teaching garden ing just as religiously as they do arith metic, and 2,700 boys and girls are till ing individual plots and planting vege tables. The same activity is going on throughout the whole state and this year’s contest will more generally re present all Oregon than the last. LENTS DRAMATIC CLUB WILL PRESENT THE‘LONE TREE MINE G. A. R. MEMORIAL SER VICES AT M. E.XHURCH. The Ix»nte Dramatic Club will put on a big ahow on the 2stl> and 29th of next week. As announced in a recent issue of the Herald, the show will be excep tional. "Tiie Lone Tree Mine,” will re quire 26 people and a donkey, to put it on. There will lie five auto, all western scenery, aeveral sjiecial acta, a quartette of old soldiers from the city, ami lots of music. The ahow is being given a ben- fit for the G. A. R. 11 a. m., sermon by Dr. John Faw cett; hie will be an opportunity for all. At 3 p. m., the pastor will speak at Bennett Chapel. In tbe evening the pastor will apeak on the subject, ”Pro ven itive better than can.” Children are invited to this service. W. Boyd Moore, Pastor. By Addison Bennett in Orgonian. ' Every 12 minutes throughout tbe busi ness portion of the day there is a two- car train dispatched from the corner of First and Alder streets bearing tbe legend, "Mount. Scott ” You might' A majority of about 30 of them decided to come in and in they come. When I got off tbe train the other morning at the Lente station, after be ing admonished by tbe conductor if I wished to ride any father I would have think each trains had been or were go- i to "cough up” smother nickel, I noticed the streets were full of wagons, buggies, ing to some town of that name, but’ and autos, not to mention people. I that is not the case, their real destina- j thought it must be moving day or tion being I^nte, tbe moat important of something like that. Nothing of tbe Portland’s suburbs not belonging, po kind. All around Lente there is a litically, to the city. Or ia St. Johns splendid farming country, and tbe far larger? Well, no matter, for perhaps mer« do their trading at Lente. It ia there is not a vast difference in their really an important trade center. size. Anyhow Lenta has a population There are many large »tores there, and of practically 10,000 people. Funny they all seem to do a big business. thing about it is there is no such thing A couple of yeara ago or eo they bad as the town or city of Lente. Think of a nasty bank failure there. Or ia ike citiac in the state catting a wide “nasty” a had enough word? Anyhow, awath withjfrom 600 tb 5000 people, and it made Lente people shaky about here is tbe community south of Kelly’s banks. And yet lees than two years Butte and north of Mt. Scott having 10. elapsed since tbe present bank was 000 people and not incorporated ! started, and it baa deposits of over In that sentence I gave away tbe lo $75,000. It is called the Multnomah cation of tbe place, and gave the rea State Bank. In reality it is owned by son for the words Mt. Scott upon the thoee controlling the Scandinavian cars. Well, if yon take one of those American Bank of Portland, H. Roetad cars, yoa will, after riding seven miles being the cashier. in about 46 minutes, and for tbe prince TOWN HAS I KLKBRITIBh ly sum of 5 cents, arrive at Lenta. Or Mr. Roetad is also the pre ident of you may go on a transfer from any por tbe Commercial Club, Mrs. Tbeckla tion of the city; returning yon may pay Bright being the secretary. When you your nickel for a ride in and get a trans speak of tbe progressive citizens of fer to any other line belonging to the Multnomah county by no means leave Portland Railway , Light A Power Com out tbe name of Mrs. Bright. Yes. and pany. For instance, it costs the citizens there is "Mayor” Coffman. When you of Lents 10 centa to get to tbe ball go to Lente search out the “Mayor” game and return, which is pretty cheap. and he will tel) you all about tbe place And then consider that the Monnt and the people. Scott line runs to and from Lenas about Along in the '40s tbe Johnsons, Kel 170 trains a day, or 85 each way. leys and Waterman Gates came over tbe plains, and in looking for good land RUN ALMOST TO MOUNT TABOR Leaving Portland over the Haw- they selected that along what later thorne avenue bridge on yonr way to came to be Johnson Creek, Kelly Butte I^enta you go out Hawthorne avenue al and Mt. Scott. In 1852 Oscar P. Lent most to the western slope of Mount came along in bis auto of thoee days— Tabor, thence swing off to the sooth an ox cart—and took up the land where and east past Creston, Anabei, Archer the town stands. By 1887 there were Place, Myrtle Park, Stewarts, Kern three buildings there and a postoffice Park, Arleta, Firlaud, Nashville, Tre was established; then came a little mont and Grays Crossing, thence a store, but the real Lente of today was little less than a mile to Lente. Grays started seven or eight year« ago, when Crossing is a part of tbe city at present, tbe people built a railroad to connect has lieen for a number of years, but tbe with the Steel line. Then came along 10,000 people mentioned are between a firm and platted a few acres of build Grays Crossing and Kelly Butte and j n8 lots and sold them at "Three- Mount Scott, embracing a territory of dollars down, three dollars a year, ” and then came the real Lente. not much over two mile« square. Tn ere ia a good newspaper—The Bea Tbe first thing to attract your atten tion will be that mammoth 20-room ver State Herald—also the l.ents Opti schoolhouse, where about 1000 of the mist, which is just now taking a vaca Lenta "kids" attend school. When tion ; several tine churches—really an these few pupils were dismissed the day important little city. I waa there I thought all tbe "kids” from Portland were on a picnic for the PATRIOTIC ADDRESSES TO streets just naturally swarmed with BE HEARD IN SCHOOLS. lads and lassies. Upon inquiry I found Lente is in the Portland school district, Patriotic addresses in the Portland so It is really a Portland school. Like schools will be features of the wise, I>ente is in a Portland road dis public Memorial day observations on May 29, trict, so Multnomah county keeps up when veterans of the Civil and Spanish her roads, called streets (and pretty American wars will tel) of the triumphs well kept, too,) and tbe gas company of the flag and the lessons of the two , furnishes them with gas, the Water conflict«. That every school may be included in Board with Bull Run water and the the programme, special asaignment of electric light company with "juice. ’ veterans hss been made, several per sons being detailed to each. ANNEXATION IM SIXTY DAYS It haa been planned to have all the So they are enjoying most of the city addresses begin at the same time, 2 P. conveniences without beering the bur M.. and they will be made brief enough den of taxation. And yet in less than to avoid interference with class work. 00 days we can call the Lente people In the following assignments. the first- named at each school haa been designat fellow-citizens of the city of Portland, ed chairman and will arrange with his for they held an election last fall and deputies the details of the excerciaes. A. W, Miller, Noah Coonradt, J. W. by a small majority agreed to be "tooken in." According to the Port Lakin. Levi Lenniger, Emery Parady. Geo. Vanier, and Hiram Gibler have land viewpoint they acted wisely in heed appointed by the Veterans Ass thus voting. As to tbe Lent viewpoint, ociation to address the pupils of the I "dunno.” But then I don’t have to. Lenta school on the 29th of May. PARENTS INTERESTED IN SUMMER SCHOCK A proposition is now on foot to estab lish a summer school for the benefit of pupils of this pari of District 1. Quite a number of parents iiave already an nounced their approval of the plan and Uie interest promises to be of sufficient account to bring it before tiie school board. The plan is to make the studies a help to the regular work of tha school. It will afford an opportunity for some review work, to catch up with backward work, to make an advance of one grade, or to take up and Jo special manual training, sewing, cooking, etc. But in order to get this before the board so they will know what to do, it will lie necessary to know something about the demand for the work. Par ente are to be requested to notify the teachers of their desires as to the num ber they wish to send to a summer class, tiie studies they wish them to pursue. They should do this at ouce. As a bit of further information, it will be expect ed that children enrolled for this term will attend regularly. CIVIC STUDY CLUB DISCUSSES THE TARIFF. The Civic 8tudy Club at tbe Lents branch library, devoted the quiz hour to a study of the tariff. Tbe leader, Mrs. Audi ton, bad collected wbat was termed a non-partisan showing’s« to tbe workings of the tariff and its effect up on tbe people. At the cloee of the lecture the discussion of the candidate« before the people in the coining munic ipal election became general. While ao candidate received the endorsement of tbe club. Tbe discussion tended to loosen up the «oil for a later quiet and thonghtful weeding out. These meet ings are held once a month. Tbe next one to be held June 17, at which time tbe topic will be national, that of the consular service.