H alsey E nterprise HALSEY, LINN COUNTY, OREGON, JANUARY 4 1917 VOL. 5, NO. 18 MRS. MAHALA WHITE DIES NEAR NIXON I. OF 0. IS IN $1.50 PER YEAR New Officials at Judge Bingham the Court House Now Presides Three new county officials as­ George G. Bingham, of Salem, sumed the duties o f the ir offices who was chosen a Circuit Judge in the county court house Tues­ of the Third Judicial D istrict in day morning. They are Mrs. the November election, held Ida Maxwell Cummings, o f Hal­ court for the first time Tuesday Mrs. Mahala Idel White died sey, who succeeds W. L. Jackson morning. Saturday, December 30, at the ¡as county superintendent of Judge Bingham’s district is home o f her daughter, Mrs. E. schools. Mrs. Cummings w ill composed o f Marion and Linn L. Nixon, west o f Halsey. The have as her assistant Miss Helen counties, but it happened thro; cause of death was apoplexy. Crawford, of Lebanon, who w ill the arrangement o f court terms Balance of Expenses for G rief over the loss o f a son, who Unless Changed Situation attend to the office work, as j that he ascended the bench for! Unlimited Possibilities Pre­ Is Met Work Will Be ’ Mrs. Cummings expects to spend the first time in this county! dicted for Highway 1917-18 Expected to Come •vas buried at Seattle Christmas lay, is supposed to have hasten­ a considerable portion o f her rather than in his home county I Handicapped. Thro Casades. from Millage Tax. ed her end. time visiting the various schools of Marion. Mrs. White came to Oregon on o f the county. Miss Crawford There are two judges in this A state road which would add Salem, Dec. 30. —Although the June 18, 1913, making her home Portland, Dec. 30.—About 100 was fo r several years an in­ district, and the court work is j thousands o f scenic beauties to Oregon A gricultural College, in w ith her daughter near Nixon faculty members and former structor at the Oregon A gricul­ divided into law and equity de­ its budget as submitted to the station. the Columbia Highway is being students o f the University of tural College. partments. Percy R. Kelly, ° f ! petitioned fo r by the people o f Secretary o f State, shows that The funeral services were held Oregon took luncheon at Lincoln Miss Velma G. Davis, the new Albany, is the other ju rist. the estimated expenses fo r the Tuesday afternoon and in ter­ high school Saturday noon. The Lebanon and surrounding te rri­ county recorder, who succeeds institution forJ917-18 fo r which ment was at the A. O. U. W. principal speaker was P. L. tory in a request addressed to Grant Froman and who w ith Mrs. appropriations are asked, total cemetery at A lford, Rev. J. D. Campbell, president o f the U ni­ the members o f the State Legis­ Cummings, enjoys the distinc­ $803,500, the Legislature w ill not Cain, pastor o f the Methodist versity, who explained the finan­ lature asking that a road from tion of being one o f the first two have to appropriate more than Church at Halsey, officiating. The Dalles running south to cial dilemma in which the uni­ ladies to be elected to county ______ . Tethlow Buttes and thence west approximately $100,000. The versity is placed through the un­ office in Linn county, was at her rest w ill come from the millage Portland, Jan. 1.—State Game acr03S the Cascades by way o f Mahala Idel was born at Knox­ expected falling off in the state desk in the recorder’s office tax. Warden Shoemaker has announc-! Santiam Pass, Fish Lake, ville, Tennessee, on January 8, assessment and the unexpec­ Tuesday morning. Miss Davis This estimate does not include 1865, and on October 31. 1879, ted large growth o f the univers­ ed that he w ill enforce to the Clear Lake. Marion Lake, C as- w ill have as her deputy Miss letter the state game law w hich c“ dia and Foster be declared a experiment stations and exten­ was married to W. M. White at ity enrollment. Edna Laubner, who held this sion work, but a large share o f the same place. closes the duck hunting season state road- Such 8 route would President Campbell said, in position under Mr. Froman. To them ten in Multnomah. Clacsop. Colum-' furnish a ,oou pf 400 niiles ir> the appropriations and expenses children were born, seven of part: Charles H. Leonard, the new fo r both the stations and exten­ which survive, R. K. White and “ The receipts from the millage county surveyor, who succeeds bia and Tillamook counties at circumference, giving the tourist sion work is already provided fo r D. E. White, o f Opal City, Ore., tax fo r the university during the sundown December 31. a glimpse at each o f the state's A. L. Geddes, assumed the in continuing appropriations or E. M. White and A. O. White, years 1915 and 1916 are fu lly In every other county in the gleat activities. duties o f his office Tuesday morn­ As a resort section this route from other sources. o f Salt Lake City, Mrs. J. A. $50,000 Ie38 than the estimates ing. Mr. Leonard has not as state the season w ill be open un­ through the Cascades provides til January 15. The warden said Nave, o f Tennessee, Mrs. H. J. made at the time the millage tax yet appointed his deputy. unlimited possibilities. Fish yesterday tha t the law was not The am­ Alexander, o f Matolius, Ore., bill went into effect. Lake and Clear Lake at the sum­ o f his making and that he per­ and Mrs. E. L. Nixon o f Halsey. ount received during the next sonally fe lt that some change m it o f the Cascades are the two years, 1917 and 1918, w ill be should be made. He proposes, wonder of those who visit them. at least another $50,000 short o f however, to carry out his part They are large, transparent bod­ the estimates, making a loss of Salem, Dec. 30.—State Engin­ ies of water 2000 feet in depth, of the law enforcement not less than $100,000 in the re­ eer John H. Lewis has issued on the bottom o f which large fir The federal law protecting ceipts fo r the last four years. another plain warning to the Mayor B. M. M iller, o f this trees are visable, the lake being “ During the same period our city, underwent an operat'on at migratory birds leaves, by im pli­ county courts o f Marion and in the bowl o f a sunken moun­ cation, t^e season open until There is a possibility that the enrollment at the university w ill the hospital in Albany last Satur­ Polk that the bridge over the ta in , These lakes are w ithin the January 15, but it does so mere-' Willamette, connecting the two Linn county fair, which has been have increased not less than 60 day afternoon. Reports received Santiam National Forest and ly by declaring the season closed per cent. The decrease in in ­ counties at Salem, is apt to fall held at Scio fo r several years from the county seat state that Summer cottage tracts can be between January 15 and October come in face o f the increase in a i any time. He urges the coun­ past, may leave that place for he is improving as well as could 1. During the interim , the state rented from the government fo r ties to close the bridge to traffic Albany i f the present plans of attendance makes the problem be expected. a small fee. regulations govern. as soon as fe rry accommodations representatives o f the W illam­ alone at the university a very W’hile the present road across Some local sportsmen have on the river may be established, ette Valley Exposition Associa­ serious one unless relief is ob­ the mountains is passable asked Mr. Shoemaker to ignore and in the meantime to carefully tion carry. A committee from tained from the legislature. New through the Summer, no money the state law, inasmach as the regulate and restrict the traffic this organization w ill meet with buildings w ill be absolutely out has been expended upon it for federal law affords wider scope, representatives o f the Linn of the question, although the over the bridge. five years, and it is therefore not but he has decided to make a pressure in the present buildings County Fair Association at Scio Oregon A gricultural College, test case o f the first hunter open the year around. next Saturday to discuss the is again growing great. Dec. 2§.—Portland distributors caught shooting ducks on Mon­ No mutual fire insurance com­ “ I t was the expectation o f the feasibility o f the proposition. pany ever has failed in the U n it­ The latest in Ingersoll watehea legislature, at the time the m ill- o f farm tractors have now made day morning. The case w ill be ed States that had a reserve of age tax was passed, that the in­ arrangements to send to the ag­ rushed through the court to get I —the night watch; has an illu S. P. Schedule for Halsey crease in the state valuation o f ricultural college no less than 13 a decision that w ill govern his minated dial so you can tell the $200,000 or over. The Oregon Fire Relief Assn., property would keep pace with machines fo r the farm tractor policy between then and January t ' me *n t*10 darkest night—one o f McMinnville, has over $250,- o f the greatest wonders o f the SOUTH BOUND the growth o f the state educa­ demonstration to be held on the 15. — — time. They sell at $2 at Neldon’a 000.00 in reserve. 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Agent. lis, Ore. next two years w ill be to meet ju st maintenance charges, w ith ­ Card of Thanks out taking either buildings or de­ partmental equipment into con­ We wish to sincerely thank sideration. our many friends fo r the kind Unless the legislature makes expressions o f sympathy at the provision to meet this changed time of the loss o f our beloved situation, the university’s work son. w ill be greatly handicapped.” C A L IF O R N IA with its oranges, its W inter Mr. and Mrs. Geo. K. Cummings Lsg&ature Will Be Asked for Appropriation of $100,000. Death Caused by Apoplexy. Funeral Held Tuesday Afternoon. President Campbell Explains Financial Dilemma in Which University Is Placed. Loop of 400 Miles to Start From The Dalles Chosen. Game Warden to Enforce Law Will Those Commissioners Ever Wake Up? 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