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BEAVER STATE HER/ '.D t0 °C J LENTS\ MULTNOMAH CO., OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 7 1913 Subscription, $1.00 a Year. FARM DEVELOPMENT OREGON NEWS •• GRANDPA" CRAWFORD PASSES A STUDY OF THE EURO AWAY PEAN PUBLIC MARKE! William M, ('rawford, who died at the home of hie daughter, Mrs. J. J. (continu««! front I ant week) Job neon, 2727 filet st. M. E., Sunday, August 3rd, was born at Columbus, •rower» have confidence In ths market method«. Ohio, January 1, 0*34. Ilia parents In the retail rnarkela each dealer In were of Irish extraction. His father fresh meal pays just under l< a week In all. wIills dealers In salted rneata, die<i in Ireland prior to hie birth. Ilia fish. asms ami vegetabl«« pay a much mother died when he waa ft year« of lower rats. All, however. In the covered age, after which he made hie home markets l>ay three taxes one for the right to occupy a »land, one for the with hi» eldest brother. When a cleaning and arranging of the markets, young man he went to Illmoi» where he and on, for the maintenance of guard- married Miea Hosannah Pray, in which Ians and ■■fllelals. In the open markets Htate their five children were born. th« -lands ar« rented by the day. week year. the rat«« fur the Hay ranging About 1M7H be. with bia family, moved or from 10 to 30 cent*, according to »paca, on a farm near Fairfield in Clay Several of thaae local market« have County, Nebraska for the benefit of cha .rters (latina bark to prerevolutidn his daughter Ina'a health. She, bow i ilay that isiinlt now lie annulled. ever, died about a year after arriving ’ It would tie difficult to devise a more thorough system nr mspecllori An av- at their new home. lie moved to orai- vear's aelsure» Include 500.000 Fairfield in JHxO where he served as I pounds of meat, 17.000 pounds of fruit Justice of th« Peace for atauit 14 veara, I ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ •nd until he refused to aerve any ♦ Boston haa a proHt on Ita mar ♦ longer. Hie wife died in Fairfield, ♦ kets of $«0.000. itai umore i&e.eee ♦ Iteceniber 10, 1H97. I?».000, BufTalo ♦ Orleans ♦ New He came to Portland, < tragón, in ♦ $44,000. Cleveland (Ohio) $27,507. ♦ 1901 and hae lived here moat of the I ♦ Washington < I ». C.) $7,000, Nash ♦ time since. He waa industrious, ♦ ville (Tenn. $2,200. Indianapolis ♦ Itochester ( N. Y.) $4,721. ♦ honest and upright in hia every act. I ♦ and St. Paul (Minn.) 14.065. ♦ ♦ To him his word wa* hia bond and in + ♦ all the variona eapacitiee which he was ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ called to fill he performed hie duties I • ml vegetables, and 500,000 pounds of with credit to himself and »atiafaction salt water fish. Thus the Parle market arrangements to all concerned. He leaves surviving him five child- provide an admirable central clearing ran. Mrs. Alice Thurston and Mra. Ella house, where »upplles are lnai>ecteil and •old under such conditions as to pre Johnson, of Portland, Oregon; Mrs. vent the artificial raising of prices, It Anna Avery of Toledo, Oregon; W. N. also acts a» a feeder to the marches <!• Crawford of Fairfield, Nebr., and C. S. quartier .to the great convenience of Crawford of Danville, III., beeide ten local consumer» Moreover, the pro- .ducer Is aafexuarded. for on his supplies grandchildren and two great grand a small fixed iMrcentage only can be children. charged by the salesman, and the cur- He was baptised and united with the i rent market prices are made public by M. FL Church early in his boyhood, agents esp« tally detailed for that pur- •nd haa always lived a good Christian | pose. i Havre, the well-knowr. French seaport, life. He has been a member ol Evan* with a population of 130.000, has a profit log Star Grange No. 27, P. ol li. ot 1 of over S per cent on the Halles Cen- Multnomah County. Oregon, for several | tralee and 10 per cent on the fish mar- , get. All told, there Is a profit of 127,000 year*. Ion the 12 municipal markets. The Funeral service waa held Peddling Prohibited. Wednesday at 10 o'clock lurch’s The Halles Centrales occupy an entire Parlors, East nth and Alder Streets. square In the cente rot the city, and cost The remains were sent to Fairfield, 175.000. exclusive of the site. Gardeners Nebraska, where services will I h > held amt farmers are not iiermitted to sell in the M. FL Church next Sunday their produce on the way to the market and are only allowed to deliver to store afternoon, after which he will be laid keepers after the wholesale markets are to rest in the family plot l>eeide hie closed. Here, as elsewhere, where the wife and daughter in the Fairfield markets are successful, every precau lion la taken to avoid the prosperity of Cemetery. the market being dissipated by sales In Mta. Johnson an.I Mrs. Avery will go the surrounding neighborhood. The an to Fairfield to attend the final cere* nual rents for butchers are very moder ate, ranging from (57.HO to (154.40; veg monies. JOHN h. SHA HUCK LAID 10 RfST » — No. 31 MIDNIGHT BLAZE BURNS LANDMARK Friend« ami acquaintances of John ' Wesley Shattuck, of Gresham were. Lents Again Suiters From Fire. In- New Production Standard For Um 41 market*, «even of which are located In lar*a, well ventilated halls, all kept ea I lei I to mourn hi» !'»*• on Monday, Au atilla Wheat More Homes For cendansm Suspected. Oldest spotJeaMly clean. gust fourth. Mr. and Mrs. Shattuck Miss Homesteaders. Eastern Building in Town Destroyed by Market com ml«* loner* appointed by the municipality conduct the business hail been spending the summer at I Three O’clock Blaze. Makes Oregon Farmer. of the markets according to strict regu Welch ’ s Camp near Mt. Hood and Mr. 1 lations, enforcing a rigid inspection of all products .as well as weights and Shattuck’s d«-clining health was a matter Representatives of the U. H. bureau The people of Lente were again mesNure* Violations of these rules of Plant Industry aud fruit growers of are punishable by fines of about |2. Im- of great anxiety throughout tl>e sum- | startled by the fire alarm Sandav night, primonment for 24 hours, or exclusion tner. the northwest will hold a aenea of Monday morning lie suddenly This time it proved to be the basinees from the markets. Huch penalties are meetings to discuss in a general way paased away from heart failure. Dr. center of town that was on fire, the old- enforced wlien buyer* are defrauded, the »object of apple storage and re dealers oppose the market authority, or Faulkner Short »«< in attendance and j eat building, except one, perhaps, that exceed the charges that are posted in the frigeration and to report something of had been for < obis time. Mr. Shattuck has marked the townsite for the past market. the Government'» progress in inveati Nut merely land and water produce, was sever ty-nine yean of age twenty year« or more. It ie just about but general farm and household requi The funeral was held Wednesday at twenty-one year» ago that F. L. Lent gallon» as to the behavior of fruit In site* are sold at the*e markets. Outside at *-51 and Ed Spooner built the McG rew cold atorage. Thia 1» a timely topic buying is strictly controlled, owners of the home of Dr. and Mrs Short bouts on the Imnube .or wagon* on the east Seventh Kt. South, at,2:30 p. M., Building, aa it has recently been known, and one that will Intereat the live fruit public streets paying toll to the munici and the remains were taken to rest in »nd the north wing of the Hedge Build grower» who appreciate the value ot pality on any Males. ing, at the corner of Main ami Foster Mt. Scott Bark Cemetery. Over $60,00» profit is the average an the work that ia being done to develop Mr. Shattuck was one of the pioneers Road. The Hedge building waa prob nual yield of the markets tb the city the subject. The meeting place» and truuNury, and It is generally agreed that in tl»e Powell Valley sewiou uf Eastern ably built first. date« are scheduled aa follow»: Med (the market system tends to keep down Multnomah County. When he came to Juat whether the fire wae caused by ford, Aug. 9 2; • Freewater, Aug. 9; pthe price of foodstuffs to normal levels, that part of the state it was in its primi- an incendiary last night, or whether it Budapest has 715,000 people and a Hood River, Aug 12 or 13; Portland, caught from the stoves or fines of the I very complete market system, under Aug. 14. I Sunset Restaurant ia, and will probab- which, though only nominal rentals are ' ly remain a query. It wae about two- charged. there is a profit of over $100,- ib00 From Weston, Oregon, comes news thirty when Mrs. Cowing wae disturbed There is one large wholesale terminal of the first returns of the 1918 harvest by »moke from the burning building, market, while six local markets cater season. From a field mraeuring 3M 'and she woke her husband who hastily for the retail requirements of all quar- acre«. J. N. York, a farmer at that l ran to the fire bell and sounded the ters of the city. All salesmen are care- poiut, hsrvested ÎHÛ sacks of extra fully selected, criminals and diseased alarm Before anyone was ready to persons being rigidly excluded. Though fine wheat, indicating an average yield give assistance the entire inside of the a wide variety of articles are sold In of a fraction over 77 bushels |>er acre. building wae a sheet of fiamee. By the the smaller markets besides farm prod time people generally became alarmed uce, storekeep* are not allowed to rent flames were »booting twenty f*-et above atelia, so the market men and farmers At the present time a farmer in the alone have the use of the buildings. the roof. It looked for a time as though Mollaila Di-trlct. about 30 miles from Th«- regulations under which they trade a large part of the town wae destined to Oregon City ia harvesting a crop prob were drawn up by a market commiaaion go, but the lack of wind, the damp ably not grown by any other rancher and confirmed by ministerial decrees. morning air and dew already fallen in the Willamette Valley, — teasel. These regulations are regarded In Eu rope aa a model of comprehensiveness, seemed all to be on the side of the town, His present crop consist» ot about 70 and their observance insures close atten the flames scarcely scorched even the acres and during the harvest season be tion to hygiene. Among the rules is one nearest buildings and the Hedge build will employ about 40 hands at $2 ftO to insisting on the placing of all waste ing hae only a few new shingles to show |3.Ooper day. The teasel ia a bur for paper in the public refuse receptacles, while another compels the use of new, that it was even threatened. Cinders which the mauufactureas of cloth find clean paper only In wrapping up food were carried to the rear of the Mt. Scott a use in raising the nap ot the goods, a J. VV Shattuck. products. ' Drug Store, and to the roof of the Lents process for which no inventor he» ever .Stall* are rented from 4 to 10 cents tive condition and be lielped to liew a Hardware building on the corner. A l>een able to invent a mechanical sub a day. according to the accommodation. Supplies come by boat, rail and wagon, farm ont of the wilderness. He was a little chemical soon disposed of these stitiite. loyal friend of his community and no catches and the fire was then confined (continued next week) one in it ever tried to do more for its to the McGrew building and the smal Asa roaull ol U m » recent visit of Chief development than he. He was one of ler building to the south. Forester Graves to the Hiualaw Forest the early members of the Grange at The buildings were occupied by the Reserve, the agricultural land» included Gresham anil remained a member till Sunset restaurant, the Jewelry Store of in that tract will be ojwned to entry by his death. During this time lie gath J. P. Nordin, and W. Lovett’s paint and hnmeatcadera. A large part ol the ered around li m a host of good friends, paper store, and the small building to land tieat auited to agriculture and for everyone liked “Grandpa” Shattuck. the south, owned hv Finley McGrew, dairying has already been sur,eyed and People in the vicinity of the echool He leaves the wife, daughters, Mrs. Ed. was occupied by F. A. Bohna » fruit, segregated and the balance will receive house at Lente received a bad scare on Sleret. Mr». Faulkner Short, Ix-wi« and confectionery, and grocery store. All attention as SOOD aa possible after ap Friday. A email st.ed just outside the Carl Shattuck of Gresham, Dudley and are practically losses. A considerable plication by prospective settler» have school yard fence w ae discovered to be Bate» of Maupin. Oregon, an<| Henry part of the jetfelry stock was saved, lieen received. ablaze and it wee only a short time till and Allen Shattuck of Jivmu Alaska. with eome of the furniture. All of the etahle dialers, (1? to 'll. dairy the alarm was sounded and the Lente Father Shattuck'» going will lie regret- -tuff wae insured and the C. P. McGrew produce dealers. 452.11 to (Sft.ll; fish Her health broken by manv years of Volunteers responded. As usual their te I by everyone he knew and hi.« loss is building wae insured for fifteen han- GEORGE H. PITTS SUC mongers (2:1.IS to |sc.x5. In the whole school teaching In the middle west, sale markets there Is an annual trade fire apparatus was hitched to the rear one felt by more than mere relatives dred dollars. CUMBS TO HEART TROUBLE Miea M. E. Wheeler came to the turnover worth well above (1.000,000. of an automobile, ami when it turned and acquaintances. E very one who knew Especial notice ie due the firemen of which fish represents 12(0,000. So Willamette Valley a little more than a th< corner to the north of the school him f«-ls it as a , r^oaal loss, so that who handled the situation nobly. No George II. Pitts of Fourth Avenue, I far from the fishermen finding the fish house the strain on the axle was too sympathy to members of the family in year ago. bought atmut 25 acres of one ever thought (or an instant that I market detrimental to their interests wild land a few mile» south of Milwsu- Saginaw Heights, soccnmhed to the they welcome It and cheerfully observe much, it gave away and the chemical truly a heartfelt expsession of regret. the fire would be put out before km • nd commenced clearing it with effects of heart trouble on Thureday last i the rule forbidding sales on quays or was out of the fight. In the meantime destroying the buildings, Most of the her own hand,. By this spring she •t <5:1ft. lie had been confined to his | transit shells except under special per the school house I oee had been con crowd expected to see it go to the other Evening Star Notes had grubbod out the brush and tree, tied for several weeks and was known mits. nected up and it was carried out to the side of the street, but when the top Lyons, with a populaNnn of 500,000, Star At the meeting of the Evening •nd dvamited the Mump* on »even to I m * in a dangerous condition. Death The fire story was burned to nothing the fire j may be taken as the best example of a fire and uaed to good effect. •erne. A pa-t of thia land was planted cattle slowly and it waa two or three | flourishing French provincial city at a was soon under control. Had the fire Grange on August 2, Dr. H. F. Ong wae under control and by the time the gave an at le talk on the subject of to oats which at the present time are hours after the crisis was reached be | considerable distance from the sea. The gotten beyond control it would have lower floor had been weli ruined it too more than 7 feet tall, and on another fore his day was done. The funeral | principal market, la Halle, is known all, endangered several residences and the •Rabies.” warning people of the wae under control. In only one in- danger of. and how to treat and care i over France for its public auctions tract she is raising every kind of was held Saturday at 2 p. nt., at the stance was there bad management, All , Accommodations Is provided for 276 manual training department of the for an infected ckse. vegetable that can be grown in Oregon. Pease undertaking rooms, and the in ' stalls, rente*I at 14 cents a day per school. of the force wae used at the front while A resolution was adopted placing this As a result of the strenuous out-door terment was made at Mult* ninah Ceme | square meter for fruit, vegetables and Before starting to the fire the captain the rears were left practically free. | cheese, while other stalls for meat amt of the team turned in a call at the city grange on record as being in favor of life, Miss Wheeler has completely re tery. Finally two men undertook to restrict do ng away with about all the dogs in Mr. Pitta leaves a widow and six liv fish are rented at 33 cents tier square departn ent. gained her health and says she cannot Engine No. 9, Capt. the spread there and then one of these I meter. the city, as they are unnecessary and a ing children and n number of grand understand why everyone in Oregon Hansen, Stitt» and Taylor, responded, Immense Auction Sales. great menace to the health of the com lett. About this time one of the city children. Mrs. Moodenbaugli, Mrs does not take up farming. At the morning auctions, held at the making the tripto I-ents in six miputes, wagons arrived and they proceeded to Hoefer, are married daughters living in rear of the hall, are sold Immense quan stopping on the wav for the captain at munity. make an attack on the rear. The Dr. was given a voie of thanks Lenta, and a son, Walter E. Pitts alao tities of fish, oysters, lobsters, game, Kern Park. This made a rate of 56 One of the difficulties met in the by the grange for his instructive talk. lives at home. The other children live poultry, butter, cheese, eggs, fruit and miles an hour part of the distance. fight was the very unsatisfactory con- vegetables. There is a rule that all Mrs. Julia Stevens read an article on in the east. The family has the sympa supplies must eome from outside Lyons, the subject: “Fool Value of Vege diti >n of the L**nts hose supply. They thy iif relatives and numerous friends. so that local store men cannot there Lents Girls Visit Peninsula tables.” Mr. L. H. Wells discussed were short on the quantity, and the dispose of surplus stocks, but dealers Next Monday the Public Park girls, the “The Work'’,gnmn’e Compensa quality sas dc.'ldcdly bad. It is old in other French cities often thus relieve Circle Social a Success Dr. E. C. Joss of Ivanhoe, near thomeelves when overloaded. These dressed as Spanish girls will proceed to tion Act,” telling of the merits of the and leaky. When new ho»e came from The haiblkvrchici «ale and tea given by auctions not only enable local dealers the Peninsula and join in the exercises , Bill, and others spoke on the same eub- Kern Park it w*s connected and things Creston, ami wife left home Tuesday at noon for Vancouver B. (’., where they the Ijulir* «»1 the Grand Army Shiloh I io distribute supplies at cheap rates to planned for all children of the city who j ject, expressing the hope that there went better. The city departments co I the small stores all over the city, but «ill take steamer for Australia Dr. Circle No. 19, at the home of Comrade would lie no referendum on the Bill, operated gallantly. One te.xm came wideawake housewives can froquentlx are taking instruction in park games Joss lived at one time at Lents, in and Hiater Power* at Woo« I mere, wa* tell Just what the stores gave whole- Miss Gleiper, the lady appointed to in and if there was that the g ange would over two miles to join in the battle. Evergreen Park, lie has been at the a great *u<ve** and much enjoyed by I sale for the produce offered to them struct the girls at the Lents park ha« stand by the Bill. R-ndings and reci- There were four city departments on head of the Government Inspection all present. Over fifty were aorwd to a I retail later In the day; so a check can been Hseisted in the preparation of the j tations were given by Mary Tones, Jack the scene before it was done. Every service in Oregon (or several year*. He moat delirious lunch. Table* wore *et 1 be kept on overcharges. costumes bv Mrs. Gazelle, president of ' Bishop an.I Mrs. Marion Nelson. Three one seemed to have done tneir part and The auctioneers are given a monopoly goes to A ustralia for the purpose of in the dining room which wa* I trail ti- i of selling for 10 years, on binding them the Parent-Teache s Club, Mrs. B sidy« Hawinian girls gave two very nice the Lents Volunteers are again especi studying their system of handling fully#<tecorated with our emblem», the | selves to pay to the city n sum equal and it hers of the Club. The boys of songs Piano solos were rendered by ally to be commended. meats and other food products in American A hr *. Si*ter* Heald, Power*, ' to 2 per cent on the total annual sales. Lents will not j >in in the tournament Harriet Jones and Ruth Gibbs. The . Prospects for new building1» on the preparation for market, The govern- and Mallett were pre*ent to *re that all The minimum Is fixed at $1930 for one this ytar for the reason their inrtructor, program was quite long but was much site o' the ones destroyed are good. It or $5450 for four stands, to be is probable that within the next three ment is not desiroua of encouraging enjoyed thelmedve* and wore aerved. stand, paid to the municipal treasury. Two Mr Hewett, was not sent out early enjoyed by those present, a goodly Altho the day wv very warm many the importation of meats hut it is in per cent Is added to the purchase price enough in the seas< n to» get the results nnmtier considering the warm day and months a new stone or brick structure will be erected which will inimimize terested in knowing the method» pur firm visiting Circles and G. A. R. of every payment made by the buyers al necessary to join in the park festival. that it was vacation time. sued in the work of preparing such member* were present. The mun of $14 auction, and If thia does not amount to Mr. Hewett says the Lents boys are a The matter of the continued publi the danger of Are. meats aa they may desire to ship into wa* realised and a* no expenses were $1930 per stand for the year the auc splendid band of lads, attentive, alert, cation of the Grange Bulletin was dis tioneer haa to make up the difference. this country. Dr. J ims lias established attached to the affair, the Circle have The poorer classes benefit largely by and responsive to suggestions, and will cussed at considerable length by the L. T. L. Picnic a very high credit for reliability with the sum to add to their treasury. The these sales, banding together to buy make a good showing next year. grange at their morning session. There The County L. T. L. held its annual good Indie* work moat faithfully for the wholesale and then dividing their pur government officials of the Department seems to be a strong feeling that the outing at Peninsula Park Thur»« lay, of Animal Husbandry and he and one of humanity in general, being mainly a chases. paper should be continued in some way July 31, the I-egions from Woodstock, There are alao 17 markets for general Laid to Rest other inspector were seletted for these relief work, and deserve the impport of not too hard on the finances of the Albina, St. Johns, Sunnyside and Lents retail trade In Lyons. The Terminal Little Leonard (Teddy) Westover, the foreign investigations. The other man all. They are now planning for a Market ot 1st Halle cost the city $m.- State Grange There is some talk of participating. After the picnic dinner, six year old eon of Mr. and Mrs. goes to South American Countries. Bazar to be held in the early fall. 9S0. The company which built It was iniating an amendment asking for a which, unless appearance« deceive, was Is*onard Westover, 9th Avenue, passed given a conceaalon for 50 years on a Bulletin Fund. This matter was re fully appreciated by the yonngsters, divlalon of profile arrangement, but a«V> following an operation. MOCK HEAD-CHEESE. Incident to the tire Sunday night within 18 months the utility of the mar Left to mourn big toes tM*sides his ferred to a committee who Will consult the company re pair« I to the gymnasium Bake a roll of sausage in your cov- Harry Eaton made the trip to the ket aa an advantageous enterprise for with the members of other granges of where a short program was rendered by parents are two brothers and a host of ered roaster, let it get very cold, slice Sandy river near Bull Run Monday the city was so clearly demonstrated this county. members of the several legions. The friends, for little Teddy was a favorite thin, and sec what delicious, cold meat morning after three o’clock, in forty that the municipality bought the com remainder of the afternoon waa occupied with hia playmates. He waa laid to pany out. you will have. You will find it tastes minute», and returned with Mr. Chao. Ward and family left Saturday in the various forma of amusement af Anatrla-Kaagary. rest in Multnomah Cemetery bawide hie much like the old-fashioned head Bohna in forty-two minute«, which ie Vienna, with 1,700,00 people to supply, grandmother who prvceeded him to that afternoon for Bull Run where they forded by the park, ami they returned cheese which "mother used to make.” some record for an early morning ride. has a magnificently managed system of better land. to their home«, a tins! happy band. will spend a few weeks vacation. f. C. JOSS 10 VISI1 AUSTRALIA BURNING SHfD CAUSES BAD SCARE