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HALSEY ENTERPRISE
NO. 12
HALSEY, LINN COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY. NOV. X 1^1
Worst in 30 Years
Jots and Tittles
short Stories of Happenings in Linn County Generally
and in Halsey Particularly
Basements in South Brawnsville I Ralph Bierley leftforHarrisburg,
were flooded Sunday and water his home, Saturday morning.
was a foot deep in part of Main
J, J. Corcoran took in the foot­
street.
ball game at Eugene Saturday.
The new books at the Browns-
Many traveled from here to Eu­
ville free library are popular. We gene Satuiday in their own con-'
have some popular ones here, too veyances.
Mrs. Kate McBride of Albany
G. W. Shaw of this place left on
came to spend thanksgiving with Saturday’s train for Johu Day,
her sister, Mrs. J. M- Porter.
Ore., in answer to a telegram that
Ed Russel has found limestone his sister was seriously ill.
on his farm near Sweet Home
Mrs. Dick Landon of Browns­
which the O. A C. is testing to ville, accompanied by Mrs. Jfi. L.
see if it will be available as a Peever of Albany, who has been
source of lime for farmers there­ visiting Mrs. Landon, left for Al­
abouts.
bany Saturday.
A shower of garments was given
Abhut 275 Linn county teach-
>rs participated in the institute at for Mrs. Pittman last Wednesday
by the ladies of the missionary so­
Albany this week.
ciety of the Christian church, at
A. R McCoy. 71 years old, died the home of Mrs. True.
it Albany Sunday.
H's father,
Mrs. E. Schantz of Silverton
John McCoy, wai Linn’s first
was an arrival Saturday morning,
;our.ty judge.
and weut to Brownsville in the car
Had transportation not been of her father, S. E. Cole of that
»rippled by the storm a carle ad place, to remain over Thanksgiving.
sf dairy cattle was to haye been
Mrs. F. W Falk left for Port­
shipped from Albany Tuesday for land Saturday morning to visit her
Crook countv and would have been mother, who is ill at that place,
the fifteenth carload to go to east­ having recently undergone an op­
ern Oregon and eastern Washing­ eration for cancer which proved
ton from this connty since Sep­ unsatisfactory.
tember. Four of these went to
Mrs Kate McBride of Portland
Washington.
a rriv e d la st F rid a y , ac co m p an y in g
The Oregonian of Nov 21, 1871, Mrs. M. Vv Koontz of this city,
said: “ Workmen commenced yes­ who had met her in Albany, Mrs
terday to drive the piles for the M1Bride intended to visit here for
foundation of Hal^ev s hotel at the some time.
corner of F and First streets.
Mrs. R. A. Hawkes, who came
The postoffice stands on the prop­ from
Portland several weeks ago
erty. This may be late news, but to care for Mrs. Kneelan I, sister of
we think it will be of interest.
Mr- Russ, who had been ill with
S. G. Robertson, father of the pleurisy since early in October,
tarner on rural delivery route 1. left for home in Portland Tuesday,
slipped and fell in front of the taking with hex Mrs. Kneeland.
Enterprise office Monday morning who will visit cousins and aunts
and broke a hip. He waa placed until she recovers her health agdii.
in a chair and carried to a car One of the aunts she will visit is
which took him to his son's home, about 80 years of ago and is blind.
where he is being cared for. The
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old gentleman is 83 »ears old and
a civil war veteran.
The Oregon Tuberculosis asso­
ciation will conduct its fourteenth
W e H ave
annual Christmas seal sale in De­
iEVERY
THING
cember. Last year the sale thru-
out the state amounted to approx­
O ptical
imately 138,000. In 1919 Oregon
EYE STRAIN
stood 15th; in 1920 she stood 12th
Is the Cause of Many
in seal sale returns This year the
HUMAN ILLS
association officers hope that Ore­
If your eyes give you trouble or
gon will stand first. The agents
your glasses arc annoying
in Linn county are:
Lebanon,
SEE US. We can Relieve You
Mrs. Hallie Cormier. Woman s
Bancroft Optical Co.
club; Halsey Mrs. Edith Robnett;
313 1st St W. Albany. Phone
Harrisburg, Mrs. R W. Kessell,
Scio, Prof. H. F. Tobie.
New Arrivals in Fall
Merchandise
“ 2 Shoes built for serv­
(Ûiamend fâï
ice and good feet
OH TH«
k OOL«
Solid leather Shoes
with good wear in
every pair. t
For all the family
ress Skirts in wool ¿Blonds. N ew and
aids and stripes, ¿different values
/alues up to $9-75 >__________ $3.50 up
BO Y S’ s u n s
OVERCO ATS
ome with two pairs T he Oregon City,,
Linekers Values < made of Oregon w<x dens
P to
$15S Values up to
$2o
f if9Mwweh.ve
CQ >
1621
C/hanksgiving
;\A /fc E are thankful for a dim
hope for world peace
W e are thankful that our country
is at peace
That she champions world peace
That we dwell in a land of plenty
T h at brotherly love dwells among
the people of this community and
they are kind and forbearing to
one another and to strangers who
come among them
That patrons and friends have
arisen among them and given us
support and encouragement dur­
ing our sojourn here.
May peace be with them evermore !
Oregon and Washington Far From Being Dry States
“ Silver Thaw” Smashes Things in Portland
Wheu 17,000 people got soaked (liter­ the house. They started for the near­
ally» at the ball game at Eugene Satur­ est hons ebut eould not reach it anil
day they did not know that the barrage climbed a tree. There they stayed 30
from the sky had only begun and that hourte.clsd in their night garments, be­
Sunday was to be in most respects the fore they were rescued.
Fred Curl of Jefferson, aged 18, per­
wettest day in thirty years, if not in the
ished
in the flood.
history of Oregon, but such was the
A couple of small buildings were
case.
swept away and many basements flooded
Rain poured in western Oregon,
while in snd east of the Cascades the at Lebanon.
Dean Tycer started from Brownsville
moisture came down in the form( of
snow which stalled railroad traius on ■ for Halsey in his taxi but was halted by
I a deep soft place in the road. Along
the tracks and caused dosens of auto­
mobiles to be abandoned by people re­ I came Will Kirk trom Halsey with a
turning to Portland from jaunts eastward lady passenger for Brownsville. Wear­
ing wading hoots he investigated. The
or vice versa.
passenger was transferred to Tycer’s
At Portland the weather was colder
ear and both vehicles took their own
than in most of western Oregon and
back tracks.
the water turned to a coat of ice on
Mrs. Clara Swearingen, living on the
every exposed surface, producing a
•silver thaw.” Telephone and tele­ Brownsville-Halsey road, wrote on Sun­
graph wires were brought down by the day that there was the highest water in
accumulating ice and 11.000 telephones, thirty years in her part of the country,
fn the city were put out of use. Trees and " all over the road.'“
Sunday n o te s: Eugene, much land
and shrubbery in the city to the value
under
water ; McKenxie pass blocked
of mauy thousands of dollars were
with snow.
broken down in the same way.
Tillamook, streams out of banks.
Portland appropriated $5000 for the
Hillsboro, lowlands flooded.
relief ol sufferers by the storm
Ashland, first snow o( season.
Washouts and floods stopped traffic in
Pendleton, $50,000 damage by snow.
the northern Willamette « I t o » « « J
Grande, over two feet of snow.
and other roads, throwing all train
Baker, four inches of snow,
schedules into confusion, but from
Moro, three teet of snow.
,he northern part of this county south­
Halsey, rather wet.
ward the Southern Pacific kept trains
running.
Much territory was flooded. At Dever
Christine Nilsson died in Copen­
Kred Crowell and h i. wif^ sister and hagen Tuesday.
daughter awoke with a loot«* water in
thia seemed to be of no avail, so that
all hope of being eaved was removed.
It seemed that wicked men and ma­
Methodist:
terial forces were combined to pre­
Sunday School, 10.
vent the great apostle from reaching
Preaching, 11.
Rome. However, this la only appar­
Junior League, 8.
ent, for these very experiences were
Intermediate Leaguejfl:3O.
overruled by God to bring good cheer
Epworth League, 6:80.
and salvation to many on the way.
Preaching, 7:30.
We should remember that tempestu­
Praver meeting, Thursday, ».
ous winds, as well as the soft breezes,
a «-alt nod’s faithful one». The pres­
Rev, C. T. Cook, Pastor,
ence of storms does not prove that we
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are going the wrong wa.v.
II. Paul’s Seren» Faith (vv. 21-211).
Christian:
To a man who did not know God,
Sunday School, 10.
the failure of the kufi and sturs to
Preaching, ll-
shine for many days, the fading of all
Endeavor, 6:30.
hope, waa natural; but to the man of
Preaching, 7:30.
faith, hope still bums brightly. God
Lester Jones, Minister.
la Just at near to H is owu In the midst
of a stormy sea as In their quiet homes.
Note Paul's behavior:
Amid the storm they sang.
1. Hie rebuke for their failure to
And the stars heard, and the sea,
And the sounding aisles of the dim wood ra g
heed his advice at Fair Havens (v.
21) . This waa not a men» taunt, hut
With the anthems of the free.
a reference to the wisdom of his for­
mer advice urging them to give him
a more respectable hearing.
2. Bids them be of good cheer (v.
22) . He Inspired them with hope.
8. He promises them safety (v. 22).
Though the ahlp would go to pieces,
every man a life would be eaveil.
4 The source of his Information
Ilalsev Christian Church
(vv. 28, 24). The angel of God had
revealed It unto him.
6. The reuson o t Paul’s calm faith
Sunday School Lesson
I (v. 23). “Whoae I am and whom I
V V B. F1TZW ATER. D. D j
(B “ a / . . . " « E ¿r
of English Bible, tn t h . Moody
nerve."
III. The »hip’s Crew All 8«f» on
Blbls Instltuts of Chicago.)
C o p y rig h t, n i l . W s s i.r s N . . o o e J ____
Land (vv. 27 44).
Thia waa exactly as the Lord had
tald. We can rest assured that all
LESSON FOR NOVEMBER 27
God has spoken shall come to puss,
PAUL’S VOYAOS AND SHIPWRECK even though there be a broken ship,
brutal »oldlers and a perflfflot» crew.
Aside from the fulfllliiient of God's
LBBBON TE X T—Art» IM-4A
GOLDEN T B X T -I know
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promise, the most important part of
bslteved. and am porouaded that hs is this section 1» the splendid sanity
able to k«. p that which I have
which characterizes Paul's action on
unto him against th»« 't o y .- I I Tim U -
HEKEMENCB MATERIAL - Il Cor
the way. Two things esperially mark
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his sanctified common sense.
PRIMARY TOPIC-The mory of a W»lp-
1. His vigilance had detected that
W^T’irin® . TOPIC— Paul In a Shipwreck. the sailors had planned to escape. He
i i i i R M ^ I A T E AND SENIO R TOPIC
knew how much they would be need­
1921
—4Rorm and Shipwreck.
wviDif’
young pe o pl e and ADULT TOPIC ed presently, and at once took steps
to prevent their escape.
He went
—Paul's Power Over M»n.
straight to the man In charge and said,
I. a Stormy Voyage
1'20b _
“Except these abide In the ship, ye
1. The ship. A ahlp of Alexandria cannot be saved.” He practiced the
sailing from Myra to Italy.
truth that genuine reliance upon God
2. The company.
Two of P atl
ts the all-powerful Incentive to human
friends. Ariatarchue and Luke^ at
action. God's decrees always Include
permitted to go with him.
the means for their accomplishment.
to learn the cause, saw fire
these
three
there
were
273
In
the
ahlp
Close to Death
2. He knew that the famishing con­
from her hueband’e fcad.
V i n e storm. The ahlp made little dition of the people was not the most
Wednesday while worsnien were
She quickly eprang to him and
favorable for «be physical struggle
repairing damage done wby the luckily, bad the pie-enc« of m ind headway on account of unfavorable which waa soon to be undergone by
storm to the telephone wire« a pole to grab an inaolated wire and jerk wind«. Pant «d vised that they winter them when they must struggle through
away, severing the connect ion In Fair Havens (w. 0-12). but his ad­ the water to the shore. Ko he get»
at the corner of C and I hird atreeta it Had
she touched Stafford first they vice was unheeded. The gentle south them to take a substantial breakfast.
wind deceived L.em. ao they loosed
gagged and croaaed the high power would have both been killed,
He had the good sense to look after
line of the Mountain States Power
Clive soon regained sufficiently from Crete, only to be soon
that which was necessary. It was no
by the tempestuous wind, called «w
time to talk to these men about their
" I ’m all r ’K^t
company and the telephone wire. to eesure her:
roclydoo. They did
souls, for their bodies Beaded the main
Clive Stafford, who waa at the He received severe burns on the slble to «eve the ahlp. They took up attention. Ills prayer for that meal
side
of
hie
heed
and
one
hand.
the
boat
which
was
towed
behind,
switchboard in the telephone office,
The power current was shut off they bound P ’ U cable« around the had more effect u|»on the people than
received the current through the at Albany for a few ninutea and ship to strengthen It for the storm, hla preaching would have had. Let
telephone headgear he was wear George Hayee cut the power wire they lightened the ahlp by bringing us learn from this the divine method
ing and aank down paralyzed and involved and noon all wan cl»*ar to down from the mast« and rigging ev­ of administration, namely. God over­
while man trust« Him snd acta.
would have been electrocuted - in a that atreet, but west of there hghta erything that w a. aupvfluoua; and ruling
A vigorous faith manifests Itself In
few momenta had not a crackling and phones will be out till repair, finally the eergo and tackling of the
reasonable action. ___
shl^ itself were^throw> o v g ^ o a j^
Church Announcements
t w IIRKE hundred years ago this
tall Governor Bradford ol
Plymouth colony sent men into the .
woods to hunt birds for a feast of
thanksgiving and prayer in gratitude
for a successful harvest on that -stern
and rock-bound coast,’’ where
This was ten years before the sour-
faced puritans came, with tehir doc­
trine that all pleasure was sinful and
that whoever did not believe as they
did must be made to sutler.
The royal bird at that feast was the
’ wild turkey, and, tamed, he has been
the thanksgiving bird ever since. He
likes to roost high, and in late years it
takes a purse longer than the pilgrim
hunter’s blunderbuss to land lira. A
tat Plymouth rock cockerel comes near
enough to the Plymouth ideal to satisfy
the most of us.
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sound attracted the ettention of are made.
Mr«. Stafford, who, taking a look