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BEAVER STATE HERZ ' D "• LENTS, MULTNOMAH CO., OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 1913. Subscription, $1.00 a Year. THE MARTYR. LENTS SCHOOLS BEGIN MONDAY I Vol. 11. No. 37 GOUNTY EAIR NEXT WEEK Former Teacners Retained. Larfer Attendance Expected. New Methods to be Promoted. Greater Freedom In Individual Tendencies. Lent« schools will again throw their doors open to the public on next Mon day. The first day or so will lie given over to organization but by the middle of the week there should I h * real bnsi- tie»« of study. School» thi» year will be In charge of Prof. A. F. Herecbner, principal, with awlstants as follow«: M im Katherine Jenkins, Mi»» Violet Cavanna, Mi»» Francis Smith, Mias Carrie Hunt, Miss Marion Dickey, Mias Mattie B. Train, Miea Fannie Zeigler, Mise Roxanne Shroyer, Miaa Julia Burna, Mrs. L. W. Ausmus, Miea N«ll Morgan, Mias Margaret Percival, Mice Basie Sanaa tu, Mias Merlie Au ten, MI m Fine Bagoraky, Miea Htalia Smith, Mies Dorothy Waugh, Mrs. Mamie Darnall, and Miea Ethel Evarts. Place* have not been aaalgned to tbeee teachers yet but it is euppoeed that the most < f them will hold about the same place» as last year. This list does not include the special teachers in sewing and manual training. Thus it will l>e seen that it take« quite a good sited delegation ot teachers to handle the developing youth of this part of the country. There will probably bo over Mb pupils to begin with and others will drop In from time | to time. No radical change» will be attempted thia year. There will be a gra iual de velopment toward practical adaptation the child's energies to those things for which it seems Iw-et adapted. A little less formality in education and a little mors individualism The tendency to ward developing an interest in home work, gardening, poultry growing and similarly related occupations will be A real “eugenics exhibit," which is continued and enlarged, and it is prob able that larger areas will be devoted to the modern name for the development the garden work. Several of the boys of the olden-day “baby show" will be will send th«lr poultry to ths state fair one of the leading features of the this fall. | Clackamas Connty Fair, which is to lie Woodmere school Is also getting in held at Canby on September 24, 25, •-« •hap« for Monday. They will have a and 27. In this exhibit there will be new principal at Woodmere this yekr shown the most wonderful of all Prof. Dickson ha» succeed«! Mr. Petti» Clackamas county crops—the babies who goes to Peninsula. There will be that are going to Ix-come in future years about fifteen teachers at Woodmere the sturdy citizehs of this section. this year, all but three of last year's Prizes and awards «ill lie made accord teacher» returning and »everal addition ing to the perfect development of the al ones are added. Three of la't : children, and the mere matter of tx-auty year's corp» have taken life engage and cuteiiei*« will not influence the ments as housekeepers and so will not judge», who will lie selected from the l>e on band to lead the young Americans faculties of the leading educational in* of that district. Prof. Dickson has stitntions of the state. been the principal at Creston for the In connection with the eugenics ex past five years and is well acquainted hibit informal talks will be given with the work he ha« before him. He mothers and others interested, upon the will be ready from the start to give j best means o' caring for children, and good service ami will no doubt handle questions as to how l>est to remedy de theschool in a very satisfactory manner. fects will Ire answered. An entry fee of Woodmere school building has grown ten cents for each child will be charged, during the summer. Eight more rooms and every provision will be made for with full t>a«ement has been added dur the care and comfort tor the youngsters, ing the vacation, and they will lie a staff of experienced uurse« being on practically ready for use by the end of hand to look after the need of the tot», this week. The furniture will have to There will probably be more little be installed and the regulation smount women entered in this exhibit then of cleaning done. I little men, for the simple reason tnat The new district having its school the Clackamas county births show a building under construction on Powell great majority of girls. The awarding Valley road, northwest from tents. of prize« will be confined solely to will have to use the portable buildings Clackama-grown babies, but visitors' for some time to come, as the rein babies will be cheerfully judged and forced concrete building which is being ! ranked. constructed will not lie done till well along toward winter. This building Through some mistake in the office will be the only reinforced building in oi the City Engineers the plans for the the Mt. Scott district aid will be watched with interest by all those who n«w 12 inch water main now lieing laid are doubtful of frame structure for school , on Gilhe.it Avenue was sent to the con- I «traction crew without any provision purposes. Gilbert school will also be opened up , for fire hydrants. Chas. Brashears, Chief Engineeer of Monday. Plans have been developing the Lents Volunteer Fire Company got al) summer out there to add nul» tenti But there wise to thia deplorable state of affairs allv to their school house, and immediately notified Chief Ray has been a movement on foot to divide burn of It. The Chief sent Secretary the district or locate the improvement liszen post baste to the Fire Comis- in ano'her section. The County Super sioners office and enlisted the services intendent seems k> have been an ob of Acting Chief Hawkins, who immedi struction rather than assistance in ately took the matter up with Engineer getting the tangle settled. They have Clark of the Water Board and Com missioner Daly. It was ordered that finally decided to put up a temporary hydrants be installed at Main Street building at Gilbert, and another at Bell- , and Gilbert Avenue and on Gilbert Avenue and Mohr Avenue and then roae, and employ four tethers every alternate block to K2nd Street. Beginning next Tuesday the County Fair will Is* doing bumneas at Gresham for the balance of the week More than usual interest is being shown in the coming event and the various directors and superintendents of the Fair seem to have high hopes of an nnusnal fair. About seven granger are planning to make big exhibits and then there will be independent exhibitors unlimited. The exceptionally high prizes being pat up this year will go a long way toward Three railroad systems now connect making the fair a success. The Grange Portland with the Upper Willamette Prizes run from 9225 dollars down and Valley, for President Robert Strahorn, none of the exhibitors will get lens than enough to pay them well for their of the Portland, Eugene A Eastern, trouble. There will be the usual driving drove the golden spike at Monroe last features and this will afford good enter Wednesday noon, near the boundary of tainment for each day. The Oak Grove Lane and Benton counties, thereby Band will dispense music by the hour completing the West side link of that and there will be a reasonable amount line from Portland to Eugeue. Over of other amusement features. A ree- 1000 visitors journeyed to Monroe for turant has been built on the grounds the occasion which goes into history as and it is the plan to have first class the beginning oi a new era in develop mea.s at reasonable prices. The stock ment of the country tnat *• adjacent to i “how promisee to lx* unu-uaily good. The old sheds have been torn down the new line. and new ones built ami these have been already reserved for stock, and it Each of Oregon’s varied industries ¡g probable tliat other sheds will have to Lents Grange is a contestant was represented at a meeting of the be built. — Lente — l .- v ".. w----- 1915 Fair Commission held at the Port- in exhibit«. Many of the members are planning to join in putting ci«.... r«.,. Th. yrtesairTixrraa up a fine’exhioit. There is no reason meeting lasted all afternoon, and the why outsiders cannot aasirt in making commissioners secured much enlight- ' the exhibit from thie place one of the ment upon how to show off the state to Canned fruit, Garden products, , .. D fresh fnuta, corn, pumpkins, squashes, tbe beet a«lvantage at the Panama- jellie8t pnw,rve,. handwork, meces of Pacific Exposition. Sentiment ex- carpentry, home made candies, ete., pressed seemed to favor appealing to will all be exceoiingly welcome Re- each of the several counties of the state , member the exhibits help« to advertise , . , -t . . A i ; your section ho it 18 no€ necemaniv the for exhibits of local prodm te, bnt not, product of a grange member. Rates to make county exhibits at the Fair: to from Lents to Greenam during tlx* fair use the beet and mo«t representative i will be 25cts, round trip from the jnn. tion. rxhibita, not in tbe Oregon budding, ' At this juncture we adled.up the A ; pawngtr department of the PortUnd —. out in tbe buildings set aside for -pecia) hzdiWBy and «-onvinced them that 20 < te. A good meeting of Lents Grange is , Arrangement* an- being completed to purposes, where the state’s products is about right from Lents Junction. So planned for Saturday. Th*» forenoon will - have a meeting of tin* Lents Commercia will come into competition with those toGreeham duringtbe fair jvill be devoted to first and second degrees and Improvement Club Friday evening. of other states and other countriee; to be 25<-ta from Lente.but you pay five | cents to Junction, ami 30 cents for and Ixiainem matters. In tlie afternoon , A And torn out is *le«irable. Several | present as much life and animation in tire round the trip from there on.) the lecture hour will be taken up with a Persons tiewring to are if-1 in making matters will lie taken up and some of the Oregon building exhibits as possi discussion of “Government Ownership ble, and to ofler moving picture exhib up tlx* Lents exhibit should leave their of Telephonesby A. F. Miller; Music. ■ tlie«- are of such importance that every its of the various industries of tbe state, I articles at the Mt. Scott Pub. Co., office Miaa Stella Henderaon; Contributors to one in town should be interested. One so that visitors to the Fair may be on Saturday or early Monday morning. the High Cost of Living. E. 1’. Smith of the-*v i« the location of a library. Sev attracted and entertained there; to Evening Star Celebrates and W. A. Young; Song by the Smith eral projiositions will be made in refer serve continuously light lunches made girl«; Jacob Nelson will talk about the ence to a location. It is assured the of Oregon product«; and to emphasize Evening Star Grange celebrated its relative value of Irrigation and Cultiva country library association will build a those advantages most likely to induce fortieth anniversary on Sept., fith with a large attendance of members and tion for farming pratic«* in this locality suitable library if the citizens will fur tbe plain people to establish their fu friends. We were much please«! to Mrs. E. I*. Smith will have charge of nish a lot. The furnishing will devolve ture homes in the state. One of the have with us the Worthy State Master the Lecture program, in the al>eence of ‘ upon the citizens of the town. There representatives present, gave assurance C. E. Spence, Worthy State Lecturer the regular lecturer. t’. s. Collector of are three places promoted for a location. that Union County was willing to fur H. A. Darnall and three or four of the charter members. Mr. G. P Lent, Customs, Miller, of Iz-banon ha« sig One south of the car line, which is not nish a complete display of its products Mrs. J. C. McGrew, Mrs 8. E. Unce, nified Ina intention of lieing present and favored by tlie association officers. One free of charge. Mrs. Mary Walker of Milwaukee, not probably giving a short discussion. on the street back of the Grange Store being present. Mr. Lent and Mrs. McGrew spoke of There will be some discussion almnt and which will Is* equally undesirable io The Salem Commercial Club has ap the organization and its early rr'etings tlx* collection of articles for the Grange far as the town is conaerned. as it would pointed a committee to encourage the at what was an old residence of Mr. exhibit at the Fair. be both inconvenient and in a place tiax industry of this stale. Simultane- Lent and which i« now within the town which would la* undesirable as a slightly ouslv with this announcement comes of Lents. Mrs. E. A Kellv told about the work an«l untiring efforts for the LENTS FIRE CO. GETS NEW piece of public improvement. A monu that of H. A. Brewer, manager of the good of the grange of Brother» Jacob HOSE REEL AND MORE HOSE ment of that sort ought to occupy a Portland Linseed Oil Company, that Johnson, O. P. Lent, Plympton Kelly, position as prominent as anything in the Willamette Valiev tiax crop is ex Cyrus Backman, William Kern, Gus town. Tlien there will lie some effort ceedingly gratifying, and that it has tave Peterson, and J. V. Hirt, all early On thunslay the 2Stb of Aug. M. S members who have pae-ed on to their made to investigate the locating of street been proved by actual demonstration reward. Hazen, the S«*cretary of the lo*al fire co. levels. Tlx* system of cutting -into the that tiax can be grown profitably for The Worthy Master Spence made a was U m * guest of acting Batallion Chief -treete in the way they do in some parts seed as well as for fibre. There are very interesting talk, complimenting Gros, of the third Bat. dlstc. and of the city in establishing grades is not about .100 acres of flax grown at the Evening 8tar, on her suctwe«, tbe good through tlie efforts of Chief Gross ami 1 which has been accomplished, and tbe neccesaary or desirable in this part of present time in the Willamette Valley. work ahead ; of its great record, of miss Acting Chief Laudenkloa secured an up town and should be restated to tlie limit. The farmers in Eastern Oregon and ing only one meeting day in tbe whole to date I iom reel capable of carrying IO» If you are interested in any of these Western Idaho, also are beginning to forty years. That was just after the feet of hose and od0 feet more second matters, or others which may come up, raise flax again. Agricultural experts great wind s'orm of January 9. 1880, when the wind blew down so many hand hose. Chief Grown took .*A*cy. cotne around to Seward Hall Friday eve are now agreed that the flax crop does trees that the roads were impassible. Hazen in his car to the Kenton Fire ning and give them the benefit of your not really exhaust the soil as once sup He reviewed the progrese of the House ami i ap. Williams of engine Co. country during this time, and told of views. posed. The Portland market guaran :lt) went with tlwm to the old Volunteer tbe advan«*ement made in all linee of tees the flaxgrower 9 1 25 a bushel, but thought and action, and said that the house ami hunt«! up the apparatus . the farmer will get as much over that grange as an order had bel|>*d in the Connty Grange Will Meet Chief Gross then took the matter up The next meeting of Multnomah price for his crop as current quotations i betterment of the country. with the acting Chief and secured his State Lecturer H. A. Darnall also approval to th«* transfer, then went be County Pomona will be held at Wood call for. Last years Portland company spoke of the progress made by IV the gave every grower who asked for it a 14 fore commissioner Brewster ami s»*cttre«i lawn on the 24th of tins month. The he last ' United States, especially during the " 8. * his “unction to the transfer. The cart dap* is one week later than common on pound sample of flaxseed, and this gave 1 40 years. We know more of the U. than the rest of the world. He com- arrived Saturday evening. Chief Gross account of its being the week of the the industry quite a boost. pared things today with those of 40 is Captain of engine Company 13 sta County Fair. There will be several years ago. ami note«« the change. tioned at Grand Ave. ami Multnomah ROADS LOWER PRICES, Mrs. C. H. Blanchard had a most street. He has lasm promoted to aeting matters of importance to consider and f 1 excellent pa;>er on the subject, “Con Imtallion chief, in place of assistant it it i«z i* iirolioltlo probable tiial that a c* o.uul good a attendance chief Landenkios. who is acting Chief will lie on hand to take np th«* various Gov»rnm»nt Issues Report Citing Loss tributors to the High Cost of fjving.” She compare«! th«* past with the pesent, while Chief Dowell is on tin New Y .»rk matters which may b«* brought before e» to Farmers. and thought that we got more real life, Trip. Where bad roads prevail farmers are pleasure, enjoyment and comforts to this meeting. Some one is going to pro pose that congress Is* requested to pass a forced to move their crops, not when day than we used to, the cost considered. J. D. Lee spoke on tbe sub ofject A New Road Material. new law providing for loaning money the market price Is favorable, but With a view of obtaining a road sur directly to farmers. when the roads are favorable and fre : “Convict Labor foréstate Construction face which will give a l>etter resistance quently at h«-«cy pecuularv loss as a Work,” and thought it b«*tter to keep convicts at road work and the like un to automobile traffic. ex|>erlmonta are reault. according to the office of public der proper restrictions, an«i if they were lieing made ngaln tn France wtth a Deaths roads of the department of agriculture. properly handled and cared for by roadlxsl nmterlal consisting of an Inti In a statement It cites specific cases proper keepers and guards, the idea was Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Robinson of Elmo mate mixture of “Iron straw." or iron of such loss«’?, asserting: a go«xi one and wonhi work out all Heights "mourn the loss of an infant In the shape of a wiry or fibroin mass Excessive fluctuations In market right. He spoke of his own experience such ns Is commonly need for cleaning child, seven months old. which died of prices are seldom due to overproduc as he was superintendent of the peni and scraping purpowa In this country summer complaint Sunday morning. tion. ' They frequently take place in tentiary at Salem for four years. Musical selections were rendered bv together with cement mortar and sand. Their many friends unite in extending regions where the local production Miss Morrison, Jeanette Treenon and Ruch material Is called “ferro-cement,’' their sympathies. does not equal the consumption. There Violet Zinger. Remarks along Temper and It np|x*tirw thut tests as to It.« fit are counties rich In agricultural pos ance lines were made bv Mr. Dunbar, ness for road surfaces are givlng'good sibllltles. burdened with had roads, thanks we-e extended R W. Gill for Mr and Mm Barstow mourn th«* loan where the annual Incoming shipments The mat y beautiful dahlias. Tribute to results Rut the Iron Js not the usual kind found In commerce, being prepar of an infant child which «lied Sunday of food exceed the outgoing shipments the memory of W M. Crawford was ed specially for the purpose by sulta evening. They havq the sympathy of In the ratio of four to one. read, and the charter draped. Tbe Master« and Ixx-tnrers Associa Ide machines of appropriate d«*slgn. ft numerous friends. Mr. Barstow is o n- ‘ Many such counties with improved Is claimed that the resulting material hected with the Wirelese station south of roads would not only become self suit tion had their meeting at thia time will not l>e an overex pensive one.— Lents and his familyjive in that part of porting. but would ship products to with a good athnleoee. Matters of general importance to the grange were Scientific American. other markets. considere« I. town. IMPROVEMENT GLUB LENTS GRANGE BABY SHOW AT MEETS FRIDAY MEETS SATURDAY GLAGKAMAS EAIR ADVERTISED LEITERS Advertised letters for week Heptember fl, 1913: Burson, Grace; Dyer, John ; Fricke, Mrs. J. W; Haughton, Ellen ; Olton, Mrs. Nell: Rogers, Mrs; Webster, Mr A. W. CEO. W. SPRING Postmaster. Auto Tax to Aid Road». The Michigan legislature has passed the Newal Smith automobile tax bill, which provides for a graded tax on automobiles and auto trucks baaed on their horsepower, and the money thus raised la to tie devoted to good roada. The bill had a stormy* time In the houae. and Repreaentatlve Smith was kept busy preserving Its lm|*ortant W. J. McCready and family of White provisions. In the senate not much Salmon. Wash., is visiting hia fatlier-in- opposition developed. law, Jos. Copeland of Groveland Park] I The hop season started last week with an army of over lO.fidO people who will garner the crop this year. The crop this year will amount to about 130,1X10 bales which is valued at 95,000,000, this placing Oregon first among all the hop producing states in the Union, averaging about 40 per cent of the total output of the United States.