T h e Halsey Enterprise
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THURSDAS
CH \S . BALLARD, Editor
PUT YOUR MONEY TO WORK in the extensions
and improvements of Mountain States Power Company.
LET IT EARN A GOOD RETURN FOR YOU, paid
promptly in cash every six months.
WE WANT YOU to become a profit sharing investor
in our business to participate in the wages which it is
necessary for us to pay on the capital employed in ren
dering indispensable services to people and industries.
INSTEAD OF SECURING the money for our 1920
construction program from outside sources we are giving
our customers the opportunity to invest direct in proper
ty which they can inspect at any time.
YOUR MONEY WILL STAY AT HOME and the in
terest it earns for you likewise will remain in the commu
nity.
Entered as second-class matter Octobt
3, 1912. at the post office at Ha'sey. Or*
Kuii under the Act of March 3, 1879.
D evoted to the material upbuilding '
Halsey and surrounding country an
uinn county generally
Subscriplio
rate »1.50 per year in advance.
THE
‘
HALSEY EN1ERPK1SI
and the
OREGON FARMER
cne year for $1 65.
Our Sermonette.
Gird up the loir.s of y ourir.it<
be sober, and hope to the er?
for the prate that is to b
brought unto you at the reve,.
tion of Jesus Christ. 1 Peter i :
13.
Having ‘ girded up the loins«:
your mind” for a long, stead
and determined effort,
be si
ber;” do not allow yourself t<
become excited and, under th
spur of excitment, to exhaust fa
your spiritual vitality in a vei
short time, and then to suffer
relapse into coldness or di
courageroent; but thoughtful!
to consider and prepare for
long and patient endurance i
all the discipline and trial i :
faith and patience necessary t
prove an overcomwr and wortl
of the blessed reward promise»
“ to him that overcometh.” Th
race before us is not one to b>
run bv fits and starts, but b
“ patient continuance in w ell d<
in g .”
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Sulfur May Aid Plant Growth
That sulfur acts directly ii
promoting plant growth and nisi
favors assimilation of m orenitn
gen by stimulating legume bac
teria development and activ iti,
is indicat'd in greenhouse tria
by the O A C experiment statin’
chemists. Of two field triai
one plot responded to sulfurin
and the other did not. showii •
the need of trials before makin
large applications. Experiment
are still under way to determitn
what effect sulfur has on a.ssimi
lation of nitrogen by clover will
and without aid of legume bac
teria.
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SERVICE VITAL TO PROGRESS
TH E SERVICES RENDERED by this
C om pany an* vitally im p o rtan t to progress
a n d developm ent, to com fort and p ro sp e r
OCR PARTIAL PAYMENT PLAN
makes it possible for every one to become
an investor in this Company.
ity.
IT ME ANS that if you can save a few
dollars a month you can put the Company
to work for you.
T H E SE SERV ICES a re in ev er grow-
ing dem and. Y our in te re sts and o u rs are
m utual. W e should be linaneial p a rtn e rs
in co m m u n ity adv an cem en t.
T H E PLA CE TO IN V EST y o u r m oney
is w here you can watch it, w here it will
e i r n a g i o d retu rn for you regularly paid.
FIVE DOLLARS is sufficient to start
your profit sharing account. Then save a
few dollars a month and you will soon ac
quire an attractive investment security.
Call At O ur Office Or 1 s e 1 lie Coupon.
INQUIRY COUPON
..................................................... 1920
MOUNTAIN STATES POWER CO.
MOUNTAIN STATES
COMPANY.
ALBANY
ROWER
OREGON
Byllesby Engineering & Management Corporation
Engineers & Managers.
II. M. Biliesby & Company.
Fiscal Agents.
ALBANY, OREGON.
P'ease send me complete
investment offering.
Name
Address
information
regarding
youi
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Business Address......................................................... .
When You Feel Rheumatic.
For the aches and pains cf 'air Board Votes $35,000 i o
Complete Grounds.
rheumatism Chamberlain’s Lir.i
m ent is excellent. Massage t l «
At a meeting of the Linn coun-
parts thoroughly twice a da; y fair board at the St Francis
with this liniment and you wi ootel one day last week it was
be surprised at the relief whic' voted to r a r e $35,000 immediate-
it affords.
y to pay for the site of the fair
grounds and also for the con-
Cru.dty of Early Shearing.
s ruction of the various proposed
The first week in march sheep buildings. Of this amount $90t 0
as already been pledged or sub
and goat shearing is commenced
scribed.
in some parts of the west and
A committee to sell stock in
often great sulfering and losse
the
fair association for the pur
are the results.
pose of raising the needed funds
Theew’es having lambs nee!
* as appointed.
The general
the shelter of their fleeces during
plans for the buildings as sub
the cold and often rough w eath
mitted to the hoard by Architect
er with rains and snows in March
Babb were approved by the
and April.
b >ard. They consist of a main
1 here is not much danger of pivilion 50 by 196 feet, machin-
wool and mohair going down in e y sheds and stock buildings.
price and owners of flocks tak< A grand stand to accommodate
chances of losses by early shear at least three thousand persons
ing.
was also included* in the plans.
The State humane societies in
Another feature of the ground-»
western state i would do well to will he an automobile pavilion
look a fte r cases of too early This was turned over to W R
shearing and
prosecute too Scott to arrange. It was voted
greedy owners.
to have racing at the fairs and
Man.- sheep have com- thru Wayne Stuart was -elected as
the wir t t in poor condition and chairman of the committee upon
io Io e their fleece i before rough races and tracks.
weath sr is over is cruelty.
Among those who attended
;he conference were: F h Pfeiff
er, A C Schmidtt. E l Shoe!, and
P AYoung. of Albany: A J Mc
Ginnis of Goltra;Raymond Burk-
riart, Robert Burkhart and Jd j
Averhotf of Lebanon. Perry P a r - 1
ker of Plainview; J C BroWn and '
J B Cornett of Shedd: Leonard !
Gilkey of Gilkey Station: M For-,
ester and William Felzer of Tan
gent: Geo J Wilhelm of H arris
burg: 1) C Burgess of Dever.
MEMBERS and
FRIENDS
of the
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
RALLY!
RALLY!!
RALLY!!!
EOH THE ALL DAY MEETING NEXT SUNDAY.
LUNCH AT 12:30.
may run until October 5th w ith twice that number now with
out interest.
If none of it is only 1-2 more funds, while the
W arning that personal and paid by October 5th a 5 per c e rt buying power of the dollar has
property taxes will become delin-1 penalty, in addition to the 12 per been split in two. Every indica
ipient and be subject to penalty. 1 cent or one per cent per month, tion points to an increased enroll
h is been gi\en out by County will be imposed upon the prop ment next fall, for Oregon
Assessor J S Van Winkle, who erty. A fter six months if taxes youth is going to school in lar
has turned Ins rolls over to the, are not paid in full certificates
groa.er numbe-s than ever be
sheriff for collection.
are drawn against the property fore. It is to care for those now
The sheriffs office has b?en and sold by the sheriff and coun in college and prepare for those
busy since the first of the month ty court. This places an incum who will start later, that friends
sending out statem ents and col brance upon the property similar^ of good education are asking pas
lecting taxes. While many are to a mortgage.
sage of the n.illage bill.
coming in there is still a great j Good progress is being mad»
amount to be collected.
by the fipld men who are out
When New York fought the
Under the law. Assessor Van J now, in this year’s assessment snow drifts that recently para
Winkle |>oints out. one half of a work, according to the assessor.
lyzed traffic in the metropolis,
peison’s taxes must be paid by!
College
Outgrows
Its
H
me
thebalvation Army lassies served
April 5th to escape a payment oj
the
lowly doughnut and hot c o f
Financed
to
care
for
and
train
one per cent per month in te re st1
on that haif. if this half is paid 1663 students in 1915, ( J A C fee to the knights of the snow
by April bth the remaining half must give room and training to, shovel.
Taxes Deli nquent April 5.