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NIGHT PROWLER
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LENTS, MULTNOMAH CO., OREOON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1913.
LOOKS AS THOUGH SAM WOULD SIMPLY HAVE TO JOIN IN.
Unknown Man Enters Tobin Build
inc, Tries Locks, Alarms Tenants,
Escapes by Back Way.
Prob
ably Drunk and Sleepy.
No. 40
WATSON PEOPLE BIG IMPROVEMENT
CLUB MFETING
LOSE RATE
Portland Railway Will Fight Re Friday Evening Promues Unnsal
duced Rates, Watson Held Out
Procnun.
Speakers,
wing
side Of Suburban late Require
Panama Picture Show.
Library
ment.
Question Up.
Whether thr Intention Wil burglary,
incvndarlani or »imply looking for a
night’» lo<lging il> what lie »up|s»»«l waa
an empty buildin*r. an unknown man
invaded the seootid »lory of the Ixix
biilldintf Sunday nigtit ami caused a
commotion.
Harry Eldredge, wife,
and aiater have room» in the building
and ahortly after midnight the *i»U*r
waa awakened by eoine one trying to un
lock her door. Site called to Mr. El
dridge and the intruder made no further
attempt to enter tlie room, going to the
other rooms. Appearance* »reined to
indicate there were otliera interested in
Ute affair aa strangely acting |a*raotu
were Kern on the street. Some passing
txiy» were hail«I and they attempted to
eome up the stair» but the intruder had
a dog wiUi him which interfered. The
night watch came along about thia lime
and U h * »tain* were mounted. The man
had disappeared. The dog wa* on tlie
roof to the laat and the man had
dropped from the laat wall to a ahed and
escaped.
The dog was recognized and the man
ia under suspicion, but up to the pres
ent lime no arrest» have lieen made.
As waa his customary habit, J. F.
Ilia action» around town had l*ern
observed during lie* evening hefoie.'biit ('«■ok, of Raginaw Height«, got tip early
plat what ni» motive war has not been Monday morning, prepared his break
figured out.
fast ami waa ataiut to leave for his work
i when a sudden paralytic stroke over
Old Land Mark Falls
Ijent’a oldest landmark auivuml»<d to came him. lie wa* able to call hi» wife,
the march ol progress laat Tuesday. who found him on the kitclien floor.
The old barn north of the "Hid Corner” Hr waa removed to hie lied and gradual
on Main street, built twenty-five years ly became unconscious and his condi
ag<>,was condemned a» a tiretrap ami or- tion grew more serious until about six-
dried removed. The order ia not cob * thirty when he pawed away, Mr. Cook
aidered a hardship by any one. Tlie leaves a wife ami three small children
Ixrn iiaa long lieen considered a tirvtrap. to mourn hie loss, and numerous sym
Many a resident of Lenta has shivered pathizing friends. He waa for a long
at the priNipect of the "old fiarn” being time employed by the Warren Construc
tired some windy night, by accident, or tion Co., and they have signified their
by an unconscious devotee of Bacchiu*, I intention of giving some assistance.
for thr place waa long a refuge for Mr. Osik carried some insurance.
l>l>ople who came in late, weary, and
The funeral wa** held Wednesday.
unsteady When the new budding** to
the North were put up two year** ago.
SL Paul’s Guild Entertained
about ten feel of the barn front was
The iadhv of St. Paul’s Episcopal
amputated, and a new face was put on
Church Guild of Woodmere were de
it. But the city dad** way it» faiv won’t
lightfully entertained by Mrs. Arthur
»ave it, so t*a •ay its place is barren
Geisler at her Is-antifn! new home on
The **|»*t will probably I h * for sale now
Main Street, Wednesday afternoon from
and proe|»*et*< are for h -ulnlantial build
two until four o’clock, Games and con
ing on the site.
versation were the order of the after
noon, after which dainty refreshments
were
served. The colors used were
Entertained
Dr. Fawcett, as»iHtcd by Miss Dun ■ pink and white. The guests were
ning, entertained fur Mr. and Mr» R. A. ' seated at small tables and in a side
Brown last Wednesday evening. A ' room little Miss Dorothy ami Master
turkey dinner of four courses was served i Paul Geisler presided at a smaller table,
to the following guests: Mr. ami Mrs. entertaining Katheryn Allen and Hazel
Brown, the Misses Seva, Mildred, and Plant. Those present were: Meedames
Bernice Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Allen, Boddy, Forth, Geesell, Geisler,
Wallace ami baby, Mr. and Mrs Mort- Plant, Katsky, Lent, Tibbles. Thomp
rude, Miss Mortrude, Master Rulien son, Sears, Shuelenlierg. Ed Klant,
and Elmer Mortrude, Mrs. West, Mias Bertha Boatwright, Van Etta, Sharp,
Margaret Fawcett and Harvey Fawcett. Ward, ami the Rector, Rev <>. N.
Taylor of Irvington. A moat enjoyable
afternoon was spent by al). About 4:30
From the Eugene section comes the
all adjourned to their resjiective homes
information that while the 1913 prune
declaring Mrs. Geisler to I»* a capital
crop is larger in volume than for several hostesf* Mrs. Geisler was asi*i**te*t by
years, the fruit ranges relatively small Mrs Samuel Allen' and Mrs. Nellie
in site. The Eugene eva|>orating Boddy.
plant is running to full capacity and ia
putting obout 80o bushels of prunes
through the drying room every 24 hours. NEW ROAD TO YELLOWSTONE.
Packing of the dried fruit for ship
**Ths ■ lack and Yellow Trail" ts Bs
ment will begin in alaiut ten days.
Built From Chios*».
It is stated that an unusually large
Routh Dakota. Wyoming. Minnesota
proportion of the prune crop ia being and Wisconsin are interested in a high
marketed as fresh fruit than ever be way from Chicago to the Yellowstone
fore and this fact, in connection with National park, to be known as the Chi
the unfortunate prevalence of dry rot cago. Black Hills and Yellowstone
in nearly all sections of the state, is ex- Park hlghwa *, or "the Black and Yel
fleeted to result in a marked decre im * low Trail."
The tentative route la from Chicago
in the dried product. Early quotations
north along the lake shore to Mllwau
for dried pruns are very attractive, indi
kee. west through Madison to La
cations pointing to an unusual Euro crosse, north to Winona, west through
pean demand later in the year
Minnesota and Routh Dakota, follow
Ing closely the line of the Chicago and
The region around Dallas has this Northwestern railway, through the
year turned off an immense crop of Black Hille and on to Yellowstone
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hops of unusually high quality and for park
The movement began several weeks
ago to secure s five cent fire to Wat
son station. The citizens of that dis
trict got out a petition to the Portland
Radway and the matter was presented
to the Lente Improvement Club. A
special committee was appointed to
take the question up with President
Griffiths of the portland Railway, and
j the matter has been under consider
ation for several weeks. It was taken
up with the state Railway Commission
and on laat Saturday the Company re
fused to grant the various petitions
and requests. The Probabilities are
that it will be a long drawn oat conten
tion unless the State Commission acts
more promptly than it has been accus
—Fox m New York Sun-
LENTS GIRL
PARENT-TEACHER CLUB
J. F. COOK Of SAGI
SEES MILK SHOW PRE PARE BIG PROGRAM
NAW Hf IliHIS DIES
some time the city has been over-run
with buyers who are anxious to relieve
the growers of their holdings. A few
sales have been made at 26 cents but
many of the farmers are holding for
better prices and it ia thaught there
will be no general unloading until the
prices reaches .10 cents. Shippers are
having difficulty in securing cars to
handle the hope and, as the warehouse a
ia full, the delivery of the product will
have to stop unless the car shortage ia
relieved.
Vol. 11.
Chester Cieelineky, of "Cheater's
Barber Shop” baa bought I. F. Coff
man's stand and will continue to oper
ate it in connection with hie shop The
customary accomodations ami privileges
will be accorded friends and patrons of
Vie place.
Among those who have gone to the
8*»te Fair on "Portland Day" re Mr.
ami Mrs W. M. Barker of Seventh Ave.,
North, ami Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Willis
of Tenth Ave., Routh.
On Wednesday, the teacher and a
number of us children went down to the
milk show at Meir A Frank's store.
They showed how to lake care of milk.
We saw a clean bam and a dirty bam.
There were the cutest little cows in tlie
barn There were cows in the pasture
eating, ami there was a fence around it.
We saw meat with tuberculosis on it.
We »aw a patent milker.
We bail a sample of Ml. Hood ice
cream.
We saw four of the cutest babies from
the Baby Horne of Portland. They
were so fat I We got a souvenir pencil
from the Baby Home.
Then* was a refrigerator with a lot of
tilings in it. ami a bottle of milk un-
coven*d. We read a lot of “Doni’s"
alxiut milk; one waa “Donl't leave
milk uncovered in a refrigerator with
other things liecause it draws tlie
taele;” another wax, "Don't leave milk
bottles unscalded."
We saw an old fashioned churn made
: in 1842 by Rolierl Wilson Morrisou. It
was made out of mulberry wood.
As we were coming home. I "aw an
Indian, his squaw, ami papoose. They
were wrapped in blankets and had beads
on. The Indian had his hair in two
braids
Hallie May, 5th Grade, Ix*nta School.
Mr. C. C. Moore, ot the United States
Department of Chemistry' has been in
< iregon for two weeks studying the
adap ability or Oregon Potatoes as a
new product for the manufacture of
starch. He has declared his faith in
the possibility of establishing factories
for the manufacture of starch and glu
cose from potatoes and has had a meet
ing with Prominent Portland business
men with this end in view. It is stated
that the Pacific Northwest at present
consumes about 10,000 tons of starch
per year, practecally all of which is
shipped from the the East. The es
tablishment of a starch mill in Oregon
would supply this annual demand and
would also provide an outles for surplus
spuds during season of low prices.
It is stated bv officials of the North
western Fruit Exchange that over
anxiety on the part of growers to dis
pose of their fruit is coating them many
thousands of dollars, as many of them
have sold their apples al prices 25 to 50
cents below the actual market value of
the fruit. They state this is one year
when the grower can practically name
hie own price for the better grades of
apples and that a little care and
patience in marketing will result in
handsome additions to the bank account.
Everything is in readiness at Condon
for the opening of the Tri—County
Fair to be held on October 1-2-3. The
grounds have been put into first class
shape and two new and very* large
buildings- an exposition hall and a
stoca barn, each 60 x 100 feet - have
been completed and mad* ready for
exhibits The great drawing card for
the Fair is expected to be the q*orts
Program, many notable features being
scheduled. The O. W. R. 4 N. will
put on special trains and make low
rates.
Friday evening. Oct., 10 will be a big
-lay for the Parent-Teachers’ Club of
Lents. Plans are maturing to make it
tlie beginning of tlie social center move
ment in this suburb. If all carries out
well their aim to secure tlie auditorium
for community use of various kinds and
to make the school the lieart of our ac
tivities. A night school is anticipated
and a new Domestic Science building is
the iiieal just now.
Th* meeting Friday evenin'; will have
a full program. Among the persons
who will speak in liehalf of the move
ment will appear: Mrs. O. R. Additon,
Mrs. Katzky, Mr. Dunliar. Rev. Taylor,
Rev. Moore, Mr, Damall. Mr. Plummer,
ami Supt . Aiderman.
Miss Norma
Scheldknecbt will supply some goo«i
music.
Public Meeting
A Public Meeting will be held in the
Assembly room of the I.ente School on
Friday evening. Oct. 10th. at 8 o'clock.
The main purpose of the meeting is
to give the parents and teachers a
chance to get better acquainted. Mr.
Aiderman and Mr. Plummer will be
present and Express themselves on the
Proposed improvements in the line of
school work such as the Establishment
of a night school and the erection of a
Domestic Science building. It is ex
pected that several good representatives
of the Uommnnitv will state their
views on the question up for consider
ation.
Friday evening will be a hummer
> with the Lents Improvement Club.
After the usual details are settled the
matter of a public library will be taken
up and given a thorough airing.
It is
probable that tlie discussions of tlie
evening will be the end of that sort of
publicity on the matter.
Judge Jan. P. Stapleton of Vancouver
and Hon. J. H. Molta of 8t. Johns will
tie pnBent to talk on the question of the
interstate bridge.
L. M. Lepper, president of the Great
er East Side Club will give an instruc
tive talk about tlie Panama Canal an«l
its construction and will illustrate it
with his moving picture apparatus. Mr.
Lepper lias shown these in various parte
of the city and they are highly com
mended. There will be no charges or
collections. Everybody is invited to
come to Seward’s Hal) where the meet
ing will be held.
tomed to do. And it is safe to say that
the Company will not hurry the case.
Th«- company shows every inclination
to wage the battle to the finish, if for
no other reason because of the distance
of Watson from the terminals in Port
land. By way of Golf Junction, as the
can now run, the distance ia 9.76 miles;
by way of Lente Junction on the Mount
Sandy will hold its secon«! annual
Scott line, the distance is 8.44 miles. Fair tomorrow and next day Much in
In brief, Attorneys R. A. Leiter and terest has been shown in making the ar
Harrison Allen, for the company, set rangements and it is expected that this
up six definate reasons why a 5-cent will be the best fair ever held in Handy.
fare will not be granted.
Tlie fair will he opened on Friday morn
Fint—the law applies only to street ing with a parade led by the Sandy
railway lines in cities of over 50,000 Band. 'Several valuable prizes wi'l be
where the lines are wholly within the given. Friday afternoon the baby »how
city limits.
and eugenic exhibit will be held in ti •»
Secons—The law applies to a con I. O. O. F. hall, commencing at 1
tinuous trip within the city limits.
o’clock. No ehild under 6 'months or
Third—The Springwater Division is over 4 years will be examined. At 2:30
not a street railway within the act, a baseball game will be played between
there being a marked distinction be Sandy and Eagle Creek teams From
tween commercial lines, suburban, in 8:30 P. M. to 12 M. there will be danc
terurban and street railway lines.
ing in Shelley's hall.
Fourth —Watson is not entitled to a
On Saturday morning. October 4, at
5-cent fare on the Mount Scott line to 10 o’clock, the awarding of prizes will
and from Lents, because it is not one take place in Shelley’s hall, follow«! by
continuous trip in one continuous di a literary and musical programme.
rection and that such a trip would be a Saturday afternoon there will be several
combination street railway and interur horse races and foot races. All night
ban line trip.
dance in Shelley’s hall; also dancing
Fifth—The franchise of the Mount ' both afternoons if the weather is stormy.
Scott division does not control because All ot the exhibits will be in Shelley’s
the line to Watson was not constructed hall.
at the time the franchise was granted.
The first meeting of the Woman’s Club
Sixth—The situation is controlled by
of Sandy after the Summer vacation,
the difference in opperatio" of street
will Is* held at tlie home of Mrs.
railway and intrurban lines —the cost
Blanche R. Shelley at 2 o’clock Thurs
of operation of an interurban lines be
day.
■
ing so much greater and the density of
Fox A Pridmore have opened a new
traffic so much less than that of a street meat market on Main street.
railway line.
Mr. and Mrs. George A. Wolfe have
The company’s attorneys asked Com gone to Gratz. Pennsylvania, for an ex
missioner C. B Atchinson, sitting as tended visit to their old home.
the entire commission, if he would not
Miss Hazel Mills lias gone to North
consent to an opinion from the Attor Yakima, Wash., to spend a few months
ney-General or the District Attorney visiting friends.
as to what constitutes an i iterurban
Mrs. Elsie Bell and her small son
line. Aitchison turned this suggestion have gone to Portland to spend a week
down. He also declined to take testi : with relatives.
mony on that ;>oint.
The next step will be an appeal to
Farewell
the courts to decide on the legal points
Members
of
the
Meth«xiist church to
raised by the street railway company,
and the Watson people will, it is un the number of forty-five, gave Mr. and
derstood, lose no time in unlimbering Mrs. R. A. Brown and family a pleas
ant surprise on Saturday evening
for action along that line.
The company submitted additional previous to their departure for their fu-
data as to the valuation of its physical I tore home in Kenton. With addresses
properties, a process which has been and music the evening passed only too
going on for several months. The com quickly. After light refreshinento were
mission, in addition to such items, has served, all departed with regrets that
also asked for details of the original j the many years the boat an<l family had
cost of tla* company's properties, of the spent in church fellowship must be
operating coat, of the value of its power broken.
SANDY WILL
HOLD BIG FAIR
Young People Preside
The young People of the Methodist
Church had charge of the evening
Service, in the absence of the Pastor.
Rensselaer Wilkinson Presided and
Wilford Hollingworth gave an outline
of the Bible Study Class to be organized
this winter. The speaker of the eve
ning, Mr. Youngblood, a young business
man of Portland, gave some very force
ful facte, using the Bible as substant
iate all he said. The meeting waa
greatly enjoyedfby all.
rights and its development work and
for figures on the revenue and expend»
WANTS CONVICTS ON ROADS. ituras for each class of customers Quite a nice crowd of former Kansans
served by the corporation.
met at Manchester Hall, Fifth and Oak
Naw Priaen Head Will Seek Thue te
Streets. Tuesday evening, with the view
Employ Nearly a Thousand.
wÉev. John Riley, tlie new pastor of of organizing a Kansas Club. While
Judge John B. Riley, the new super
the attendance was not large there waa
intendent of prisons tn New York state, the Ix*nte Friend’s church, arrived liere
an enthusiastic assembly which pro
last
Tuesday,
accompanied
by
his
wife,
announced that he would apply to the
prtnon commission for power to em daughter, and his mother. Rev. Riley ceeded at once to a temporary organiza
ploy prisoners u|M>n state highway comes here from Boise, Idaho, where he tion. A committee on organization was
construction. Mr. Riley thinks that has been engage,! in |>artoral work. He elected which will prepare a wimple
nearly a thousand ineu could be used is not a stranger to many of the form an«) present it in two weeks.
It
each year to advantage In road con Friends of Portland anil Newlierg anti is probable that the next meeting will
st ruction.
we anticipate for him a career of use be on Wednesday evening, two weeks
The new superintendent plans to
fulness in this community. The church lienee, an«i that it will be held in the
send out only those prisoners whose
terms are about to expire. Thia pol is fortunate in obtaining tlie services of assembly room of the Journal building,
All Kansans, former
icy. he thinks, will not only lessen the Mr. Riley to follow up and build upon second floor.
numlier of es* ai*ea. but will build up the foundation laid by Rev. Ed war, I D. Kansans, native born Kansans, or per
the men long confined in cells, so and Myra B. Smith who have labored sons who have lived in that state five
that when they are Anally released faithfully in this charge for several years or more an* invited to be present.
they will be In physical condition and years past.
The meetin* will he announced later.
able immediately to take up manual
Mr. Foster of 10th Avenue, while
labor.
The membership of the Methodist digging a cewpool at the Harris home
The plan of employing convicts was
tried by Joseph F. Scott when superin Chnreh, as well as the community, will was struck ,*n the head by a rock. At
tendent. and In his annual report it la* pleased to learn that Rev. Mr. and first it was not considered serious, but
was strongly urged as a means of bet Mrs. Moore are returned to us for later symptoms *levelope«I which con-
| fines him to his bed.
tering the condition of the men.
another year