HALSEY ENTERPRISE
VOL
IX
NO. 50
HALSEY, LINN COUNTY, OREGON. AUGUST 18, 1«21
Jots and Tittles
Short Stories of Happenings in Linn County Generally
and in Halsey Particularly
SHEEP AND GOATS
1 Club
Not Specials or Ree Ductions but
lower prices for many Staples at mar­
ket prices:
Good grade Bulk Coffee, 4
$1.00
lbs. for
Bulk Macaroni, 12 lbs. • _ “ 1.00
Libby Pork and Beans, 2 2for .25
L for .50
M. J. B. Tree Tea, 1 lb«
Pie Peaches, 21 size, 1 for 1.00
White ¡Soaps, 20 for - ' - 1.00
Tomatois, soiid pack, 2!s,
• 1.00
6 for
Extracted Honey and Jar,
- .70
3 lbs.
a 1.75
Snowflake Flour
« .50
A good Broom
• .75
Work Shirts
• 1.25
Bib Overalls
-
___
All less 5 per cent for cash
Announcements of coming serv­
ices in the church««, to the extent
of two inches each, will be pub-
¡ itched in the Enterprise free of
eharge if received not later than
Monday.
Announcements
of entertain-
monls and meetings of churches,
lodge« and political parties, where
no money i« to be raised, free.
Money-raising enterprises should
pay for their advertising.
The above organizations may
use our columns free for argu­
ment or propaganda by paying the
compositor for setting the type.
W- solicit reporta of socials, con­
v e n tio n « , etc., of churches, lodges,
political parties, etc.
Pleuae sena us the news.
Ti>e goat club meetfag at Scio
Saturday was a live-wite af
fair.
A sheep-fitting (fitting
sheep for exhibition) demo n itra­
tion had been a success in the fore­
noon witli twenty-five ehe¥*«club
members attending.
Each member oif the goat club
brought the afternoon meeting a
kid which is being reared for e x ­
hibition.
Ccunty C lub Leader
Williamson submitted a courte of
Rtudv for the club.
Every member who exhibits a
goat at the state fair w ill receive a
prise
The first prize will be a
trig to the O. A. C. end a Summer
course, expenses paid ; ' second,
<10; third, <7 ; fourth, IA
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HOPE TO COME BACK
Deported Radicals Are Fleeing
From Soviet Rule.
R .p e rU d te Be Greatly Disappointed
at W h at They Found In the
•'Promised Land."
Riga. Latvia.— L ltte group« of Bus
slan-Amerlcana, who were deported or
volunteered to go from America to
soviet Russia, are trickling
back
across the L atvian fro ntier from the
land of the Bnlshevtkl very frequently
Swiss
Toggenburg
H ern less
M ilk
these day«. All hop* to g et'b a c k to
fleat.
the United State«.
These emigrant«, according to Am er­
whits ths production ot two quarts Is
good, and ths production of three ican consular official«, who hear their
quarts 1« considered excellent, provid­ stories and have to tell them there la
not much chance for them to get
ed the lectstton la maintained for from
hack, are greatly disappointed with
«even to ten months aey specialist»
w hat they found In the “promised
of the United State» Department of
-
Agriculture. There la probably no het- . land."
They tell fit starvation and long
ter way to treat thia m atter than to '
state that goofl (lose should produce rldea tn train« ao packed w ith people
that there la scarcely room to breathe.
from ei<ht to fifteen Mine» their
Besides those who have succeeded
weight tn m ilk In a lactation period.
It Is stated by German w rhera that In getting to L atvia, there are many
others who have w ritten friends In
inahy gonta yield ten times rttelr body
weight of milk annually, aftd excep­ Riga asking for money from America.
The Moscow correspondent of the
tional animate as much aa eighteen
Riga Rundschau write« as follow«
times their weight.
about the Russian-Americana Inside
Goat«' m ilk can be utilized fok the
«ame purpose« aa cowa' m ilk, although the cou ntry:
"The numbers of Russian commit
1 for some It 1« not pearly ao well suit-
i ed
For general uae. such ae for ntete expelled from America, who with
| drinking, cooking, and In tea or cot- j w ry feces h r * selling their last goods
! fee. the m ilk hga proved very satis­ and chattels on the Moscow market
places, are Increasing every day.
fa c to ry , The m ilk of one o f the larg
"The soviet government te doing Its
, eat h»Ms In »he country Is evapo-
utmost to keep these people above
! rated slid «old In th a t form. Goats'
m ilk 1«, less satisfactory than cowa’ w ater by giving them even whole fac­
But aa
! m ilk for making butter, but large tories to run and manage
theae factories are very much run
• quantities of goata’-mllk cheese are
manufactured, especially la Rumps. down, even American spirit and en­
Practically all puhllcaMona dealing ergy Is not sufficiently strong to set
them In operation.
with milk goeta attrib u te considerable
"A little better off are those of the
Importance to the nae of the m ilk for
Imm igrants who have managed to take
Infante and Invalids.
w ith them from America th eir tools
or goods produced by their trade. Sqch
1
people are doing a hlg bn.Inces and
Parrot Saved Friend
can afford to live well.
Thus, one
party of emigrant« haa succeeded In
From Going to Jail
Installing a «mall sewing factory con­
taining about 300 aewlng machines.
When M r. and Mr«. Paul John­
“Form erly the soviet government
son o f Uh tea go went away for a
simply would have conflscsted. thia
brief vacation, M ra
Johnson
lucrative enterprise, but at present
asked Edward Peterson, her
the government 1« a little wary, the
brother, to go te the f lit end
more no as In thia case they have to
w ater end feed the canarleaend
do with Immigrants wliotn they make
parrot
Peterson lost the key
a point of treutlng with the greatest
and was cflmhlng In the Window
possible courtesy and consideration.
when neighbor« called the po­
"Qnlte recently there arrived a
lice. The deek sergeant laughed
party of Americana whose specialty
at hla explanation, hut the hoy
Is the conatnictlon of small dwelling
Insisted that I f the aergeent
houses They are welcomed and elded
would accompany him to the flat
by the soviet government."
he wnnld prove he was at* right,
go they went back.
IT S ALL UP TO YOU, KING!
“Hetlo, Polly.” ««Id Peteraon
Hello. E d .” replied the bird.
■tun« but W all Msanlng American
“How'a the hoy? W batcha got
Invites Royalty te Jeln
eu yet h lpF'
llotsrles.
The aergeent allowed Peter­
sen his liberty.
M. V. KOONTZ
CO.
A Costly Blaze
Meetings Held at Scio Political Parto, too. Wel­
comed to These Columns
—Milch Goats
A C. Heyman, county agricul­ He «ate he wae not old anougb to
tural agent, was over here Friday. vote for honest Abe but he made
There were 5106 more acres up by shouting for him.
tilled in Lion county this year
Exceptionlly
high average«
than laet.
! Were made by three graduate« of
The county court, for lack of the H*isey high school who have
fund», will allot no b iokt to acboo Item a bunted as freshmen at the
J U n iv e r s ity
of
Oregon. Helen
district libraries this year.
j Armstrong mgde an average of
Peoria wants provision fortran«-
94.6 in the high school subjects
portatiou of pupils to and from
pre-ented for entrance into the
the Sh-dd high achool (bis y e a r.
i univeisity, Bertha Walker hag
The state
apportionment
to I an average of 94 4 io her high
achool rlieuicts ^ ill he about 25 "ch >ol work and Nora Pehrggon
cents less per student than usual. b a » an average of 93 4. But two
other high schools in the state
Farm bureau member« w ill get have had three student« with such
Moline implements for wholesale higii averages.
price and 25 per ceut, a saving of
M ILC H OOATS
For a brief «pace of time thi. i
about 20 per cent.
morning Halsey’s main street con- (P repared by l h . U nited S ta te s D ep art­
Coounty fair 1921 catalog« can tained more gold than many a
m ent o f A arteultura.r
be hail by applying by m u l or placer miner found in a whole
About the first question that most
in person t> A. C. Schmitt ot the week
Where the nuggets came people ask concerning m ilk goats la,
the First National bank, Albany from uo one seem« to know, but "How much inllk w ill they produce!”
there were hundreds of them and This la of course, a very Important
Under the new law high shonls
several persons filled pocket«, consideration, as the value of a doe
will not draw t ie 1800 or $1000
while one womao filler! a handker- la estimated largely by her m ilk pro­
duction. Even If a doe te purebfed.
they have heretofore received a«
¡chief. The foregoing was in the «he 1« of little value from the ntltlty
the per capita cost of the first ten
Oregonian us a Walla Walla di« standpoint unies« «he 1« capable of
pupil« in each.
patch, dated the lJth , but with giving ■ good q u in d ty of m ilk. Many
Money may be scarce, ae gome “ W alla W a lla ” where we have persons In purchasing purebred or eves
Halsey,’’ We made tin grade goats have been disappointed to
think, But Ben Sudtell auotioned printed
off a farm lust week lor <3000 that ebangs because we beljeva the find that the m ilk could be measured
the owner would have been glad to »lory is no bigger lie one way than 1 la pint« and not quarte or gallons a t
expected.
eell for <2800. The home bad the other
A doe that produces three pints a
been bun ed off since it had been
day la considered only ■ fa ir milker.
The
new
Enterprise
publisher-
,
bought for the laiter sum.
have had what they regard at » ’
G W. Shew find« memories ef streak of good luck on coming to
enrly day« aroused by the atory, H a ls e y , Mr. McW il iams h a d a
“ A Man for the Age»,'' now run­ neat and coey habitation, within a
ning in the Enterprise
He lived little more rhao a block of theii
in lh e c o u try where its event« ate work, just the thing for such s
located, at the time of their occur* couple, which they were able tc
rence, and can probably detect er­ rent and move into, and a good
ror« if M r Batcbeller make« am part of < winter's wood, dry and
in the chapter« that are to come
(C mtinued on page 5)
Lower Prices
CHURCH AND LODGE
Signal Flraa.
Ia Terre del Fnero news Is con­
veyed find conversation sustained be-
rweea the different tribes Inhabiting
the Islands by means o f fires on the
high peaks o f the monntalna. The na­
tives srw always on the lookout for
theae fires, and know Just what they
are
mtaadefl
to
mean.—Brooklyn
Big Frum Warehouse, Filled With Products of Numer­
ous Farms, Burns to the Ground
to the south and crossed the rail,
road track and singed the front of
the school grounds before it wae
all put out.
The grass had been-
slightly dampened by the few drops
of rain that fell Saturday morning.
The McCully building aud Cross
& W hite’« hardware «tore aud
C lark’s confectionery,
west of
First street, were saved by cona'.ant
stream» of water on tha fronts,
much of which went up in steam
from the heated wood.
About ail
the glass in the two former was
broken out and some was cracked
in the confectionery by the heat.
Crose & W eite’s stock was hasti­
ly carried out, and theae was some
breakage, but they considee them*
selves fortunate.
The upper fioor of the McCully
building contained the public li­
brary, a lodge room and quarters
occupier! by several teuarita.
Had the fire once got a foothqld
on that side of the street the Enter,
prise office would have been among
those doomed.
The Mountain
States Power
Company had a force of men and
materials on the ground Monday
morning early and the repairing
he warehouse.
of lines and poles went on.
New
A number of railroad cars web ones replaced those damaged by
•tithe warehouse siding, volun- fire.
eera got arl but one of tuem awui
Mayor Keasel and Editor Mor­
efore they burned, though aom> gan were among the first to arrive
vere bi llin g when moved. Thi from Harrisburg.
timed Car was empty.
Fire apparatus from Browns­
The ala rm was phoned to near- ville, Harrisburg and Lebanon was
iy towns b our efficient op rat-
on (he ground early, but could not
ra M r. ano Mra. C. P. Stafford,
be used, aa the couplings did not
nd soon every road leading to
fit.
Halsey w«» alive with Are appa-
W. H Kirk sue John Hayes
stu«, iititoa aud other convey-
g
av
e the first alarm .
inces. There were mote p opl on (
Crossed wire« which bad fallen
the atriets than had ga'. hmed Here
and a pool of watea formed a cir­
in a long time, f ever.
No explanation of the cause o 1 cuit which shocked W ill K irk out
he fire is heard except apnntai e of bis wits for a few minutes, throw­
a co ubustion, sa the building ing him to the grouud, but be es­
ii ot been closed for mine than caped with nothing more serious
a ty-four hour«. The central than a burned wriat.
trivewav gave conditions lor draft
The Hslsey water works came
hat quickly carried the blaze the ouLnf the fray with honors. The
whole length of the building
water in the tank actnally in ­
The w irehom>e was 160x76 feet, creased during the heaviesf drain.
with a capacity of 1200, to 1300
A feed chopper, mower, electric
ons of hoy. It contained about motor, wHfo and other apparatus
1100 tone when burned. The were destroyed.
building waa jnaured in the Phenix
Hay Wl> ich bad heed too damp
f >r $4000. Some grain end sack»
when baled ia thought to have
ami
apparatus
went
with
tiie
buy.
|
The roof of the warehouse wa» heated and caused the fire.
of corrugated iron and held '.be
By Tuesday the burning pile had
fi-e in until it fell, and there w e ie iiecom* pretty well nettled down,
on p ie c e * of burning «hioglea l<> l>Ut it is fa r from cold eveu now.
lioat away in the air and «prtad
lie ffre.
As to Floating.
L o n d o n -T h e
reputation
which
Americsns have of blunt sprsklng even
In the face of royalty 1« likely to he
enhsneed by s rem ark that passed he
tween K ln r George «nd M r Klumph of
Cleveland O . on the occasion of the
Rotsrlsn»' reception st Buckingham
pelece the other day.
King George affably said te Mr.
Klumph that he too, would tike to be­
com e « R n ts rta n
“1 don't see whet te to atop you,"
« id Mr Klumph.
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Suuday evening the
Halsey
church hells were ringing at 8
o'clock, calling in the worshipers,
when the feaiful cry of *’ Fire ! ”
rang out. The (mils changed and
rang.the fire alarm and eooo the
streets were filled with humanity
pouring toward an illumination
which soon filled the heaven«, for
the largest warehouse in town,
that of O. W Frum, filled to the
roof with haled hav and grain,
was otl fire from end to end and
fiamea were burstiug through the
roof.
Till« warehouse was in the bean
of the city, on the opposite side of
he «beet from the leading «torer,
-o the danger wsi great that tin
whftle town would qe wiped off the
map. Fortunately ibe breeze was
toward« the northeast and uwat
ir m the bt sin—s buildings
Il waa on y through liuo-d su-
>eihuman effort» of volunteer fir>
ightera and a plentiful supply ol
»a.or furnished by the City I-igh»
nd Lower company, under tin
•ompetent management of Bert S
Clark, that the fire w it confined to
NOTH
When a man first learns to swim,
Lam ing gras- w»« quenched by lie finds that tt'a Just about as easy
willing workers, but it h n m eif as to float alone as In la te r life to float
f«i as the fei.e e of the lt«m' "f yard a loan.— Hue I lodger.
THE
HALSEY STATE BANK
HALSEY, OREGON
Capital and Surplus $34,000
jiaitl on time certificates of deposit
We invite your banking business
InterM .it
C. IL KOONTZ, Pres.
I). TAYLOR, Vice-Pffcs.
B. M. BONI), ( ’ashier «
The First Savings Bank of Albany .Oregon
‘W H E R E S A V IN G S A R E S A F E ’
1« a good place t
sccounta that run
deposit jronr saviny». ■» percent interest on saving«
three months, si« i lontlis or a year. Interest paid
sem i-annually.
Smith Bros.’ Market
Fresh and Cured Meats Always On
Hand. Also Other Meats in Season.
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