PAGB 4 HA LSEY E N T E R P R IS E DEC. 1 1921 T» or no, Oi« I» our ot the N b« evi the < wem « Uki « en d nonni the r Jonat envi* R row ether from Bs simal alone ahoni ting . very ob)e< of e then At at«a* er t end 1er (eut Any T the or eidt eon Th« to tati wh J Cut the reo ka ab Hv « i «P co' th* ba tb F F u bark wolflshly, displayed yellow, fang- like teeth. Under the raw crude greed of the man you seemed to glimpse something indescribably vulpine and ferocious. The face of Dugald Shaw was con­ trolled, but there was a alight rigidity In Its quiet. A pulse heat rapidly In hit chfek. All worldly good, all hope of place, power, Independence, hung for him on the contents of the small flat package, wrapped in oll-sllk. which Miss Browne was at this moment with- drawing from her pocket. Only Cuthbert Vane, seated next to me, maintained without effort his ee renlty. For him the whole affair be longed In the category known as sport Ing, where a gentleman played his stake and accepted with equanimity the issue. The dead sailor’s legacy consisted of a single sheet of tlme-stalned pa per. Two-thlrds of the sheet was cov­ ered by a roughly-drawn sketch In faded lrtk, giving the outline of th« island shores as we had seen then from the Hufus Smith. Here was thi cove, with the name It bears In the Ad ralralty charts— Lantern bay— written In, and a dotted line Indicating the channel. T o ,a ll appearance the map was merely to give Hopperdown his dlrec tlons for entering the cove. There was absolutely no mark upon It to show where the treasure had been hurled. Now for the writing on the sheet below the map. It was In snothe' hand than that which had writtei Lantern bay across the face of tht cove, and which, though labored, wn precise and dear. This other was ar uneven, wavering scrawl: "He sed It la In a Cave with i mouths near by the grave of Bill Hal liwell wlch was cut down for he nev to much. He sed you can bring a boat " I Don’t Believe In Your Treasure." to the cave at the half Tide but he Here In your treasure." (Which, of «are the turn for the pull Is strong course, despite my temporary lapse, I He sed to find the Orave again loo’ really didn't.) ‘ I think you are—sil­ for the stone at the head marked B lier than any grown-up people I ever H. and a Gross Bones. In the Chlsi aaw. In the second place, anything Is gold Dubloons, a vast lot, also s you do find you are welcome to keep. silver Cross wlch he sed leve for the Do you think I came along with peo­ Grave for he sed Bill walks and that* ple who didn’t want me, and have unlucky.” That was all. A fairly clear dlrec turned my aunt against me, for the sake of filthy lucre? Did I come In- . tlon for any friend who had attend«* tentlonally at all, or because I was the obsequies of Bill and knew when shanghaied and couldn't help myself? to look for the stone marked B. H Aunt Jane I" I demanded, turning to and a cross-bones, but to perfect my stricken relative, who was gazing strangers It was vague. A blank look crept Into the Intern In anguish and doubt from Mlsa Browne to me "haven't you one spark faces about the table. “I t —It don't happen to say In more left of family pride— I don’t talk of affection any longer—that yon alt still deetall Jeat precisely where that cave and hear me made speeches at In this might be looked for?" Inquired Mr fashion? H a 'a you grown so sordid Tubbs hopefully. "In more detail?” repeated Mis- and grasping that you can think of "Pray, Mi nothing but this blood-stained pirate Browne. challengingly. Tubbs, what further detail could be gold?" required ?” Aunt Jane burst Into tears. "A good deal more, I am afraid, “Good gracious. Virginia,” she walled, "how shocking of yon to say remarked the Scotchman grimly. Miss Browne whirled upon him. in such things. I am sure we all got along very pleasantly until yon came her cold eye a spark had kindled - aud In that dreadfully sudden way. And suddenly I had a new vision o' You might at least have been cousld- j her. I saw her no longer as the de luder of Aunt Jane, but as herself tht »rate enough to wire beforehand." It was Impossible to feel that Sheae deluded. Her belief In the treasur« remarks helped greatly to clear the I was an obsession. Thia map was het situation I opened my mouth, hut talisman, her way of escape from ai lllss Browne was beforehand with me. existence which had been drab am’ "Mias Virginia Harding has herself dull enough, I dare say. admitted that she has no Just or ! “Mr. Shaw”— Miss Browne gave th equitable claim to participate In the effect of drawing herself up In lln profits of thia expedition—I believe I of battle— "1 feel that I must give ex give the gist of your words, Mlaa presslon to the thought which come* to me at this moment. It Is this— Harding?" "Have It your own way," I said, that If the members of this party art to be chilled by carping doubts, th< shrugging. "I move, then, M r Secretary"— wave of «mthuslasm which has floated M laa Browne Inclined her head In a us thus far must Inevitably recede stately manner toward Mr. Tubbs— leaving us flotsam on a barren shore “that you offer for Miss Vtvgtnla What can one weak w^oman—pardon Harding's signature the document pre­ my unfaltering Jana:— two women achieve against the thought of fall pared hy yon." "Oh, I say I” broke out Mr. Vane ure firmly held by him to whom w< suddenly, "I call thia rotten, you looked to lead ns boldly In our for ward dash? Mr Shaw, this Is no tlnn know I" "In case of objection by any per­ for crawling earthworm tactics. It U son," said Mlaa Browne loftily, “the with the hold and sweeping glance ot matter may be put to a vote. A11 i he eagle that we must survey this Island, until, the proper point dlf those in favor any aye I" <-erned, we awoop with majestic flight An Irregular fire of ayes followed M r Shaw said briefly, “I think the upon our predestined goal!" Miss Browne waa somewhat exhaust distribution of the treasure. If any la recovered, should be that agreed cd by this effort, and paused foi upon by the original members of the breath, whereupon Mr Tubbs, anx Ions to retrieve his recent blunder party. Aye!" seized with dexterity the opportunity Aunt Jane's aaaent'ng voice Issued [ " I get you. Miss Browne, I get you." from the depths of her handkerchief, '£2 ‘ip*- <*rawn a half mllee away. took« at M r. Shaw, who alone of all the party eat Imperturbable, except for a viciously bitten lip. Mlsa Hlggleaby-Browne had drawn a deep breath, preparatory to resum­ ing her verbal ramble, but I sprang to my feet. "Miss Browne," I said. In tones less coldly calm than I could have wished, "If yon have thought It necessary to — to orate at this length merely to tell me that I am to have no share in thia ridiculous treasure of yours, you have wasted a good deal of en- erry In the first place, I don't be- Dairymen’s League Members' Unwilling to Acquiesce in Work of Managers W hom They Denounce as Wreckers Half a century ago the order ot Patron« of Husbandry came into being, born of the economic slav­ ery to which the farmers of the country, as a class, were subject. It met with fierce opposition and ridicule from those superior beings who followed other occupations or no occupations and looked down on “ clodhoppers” and “ country jays.*’ But it grew until its influ­ ence was felt in state legislatures and in congress and “ granger law s” were not only passed but carried from court to court aud finally enforced. Co-operative enterprises were es- tabli hed, some of which succeeded aud some failed. As a rule their stores have not beeu successful, though there have been shining ex­ ceptions. The most frequent cause of failure has been the schemer who wormed himself into the confidence ot the members, obtained control of the venture, wrecked it and profited on the spoils. The grange is not decadent in Oregon. The membership lias in­ creased by over a thousand in the state io the past year. And in contracts could not be enforced an guaranteeing them against it. Th league took up the challenge, fought 1 through the courts and won. The onh way for a member to get out of th league before his five years expires is 1 lie or quit producing m ilk except foi sale to local consumers. And now it has beeu announced that the league is going on tne rocks. The state board of directors declares that it is unprofitable and has voted to disband This move at first carried dismay to the members, but soon they began to ask Why? And the word has gone around that their affairs have been willfully mismanaged by their manager and sec­ retary, to the end that would-be monop­ olists may again control the price ot milk in Oregon. It is charged that the manager is part owner of a lival con­ cern and that the plant purchased for the league in Portland for $80,000 is not worth one-fourth of that sum. A t a meeting in Portland next Tue- day morning these and other chargr may be replied to. The call for the meeting demands a new board of di rectors and new management. It has lieen unanimously indorsed by several county leagues, including that of Linn, which met at Harrisburg Saturday with Halsey well represented. LOSSES TO LIVE STOCK ON OPEN RANGES CAN BE GREATLY REDUCED One Hundred Acres Grubbed. The first season about one hundred acres of range were grubbed, the pol sonous plants being eradicated with larkspur picks and scattered In ex posed places to dry In the sun. On« man could dig 1.71 acres a day. Th« total cost of grubbing the one hundred acres the first year amounted t< $450.30, an average of $4.50 an acre The losses of cattle were reduce« from 18 head the year before to 5 heai the following season. The saving o' 13 head of cattle waa directly due t* the larkspur eradication work. Estf mating these steers worth $50 aplec« a saving of $650 resulted, which pal* all the expense of the grubbing an« left a balance of $199.70 to the cred! of the work. The following season th range carried 50 more head of cattl ns a result of the decrease In th amount and severity of the larkspu Infection. In passing, it Is worthy of mentloi that the larkspur picks are made iron; •rdinary aurface picks by drawing out one point to a chisel form about two inches wide, while the other point Is sharpened in a diamond shape. Gen ■rally pruning shears and small hand axes are used In cutting out the brush and trees which obstruct the access of ihe workmen to the larkspur. Ordl narily an average workman can grill ont from seventy to eighty larkspur plants an hour. The last two seasons the grubbing work has been continued the chief attention being devoted to new areas, as the original one hundred acres are now practically free of any larkspur. C a ttle G razin g on a w e s te rn Fo re st R ange. (Fr*p&r*d by th « U n ited S ta te* D ep a rtm en t o f A g ricu ltu re ) The utilization of the range In the national forests of the West for the pro­ duction of wool, beef, mutton und pork Is steadily Increasing from year to year. Ranchers and stockmen are manifesting a growing appreciation of the advantages afforded by govern­ ment pasturage. And In the same de­ gree they are all too frequently neg­ lecting their stock after tt Is turned out on the mountain ranges, state offi­ cials of the United States Department of Agriculture On all open ranges there are many losses from predatory animals, poison­ ous plants, disease and accidents, and similar dangers. Unless owners of live stock campaign Intelligently and perse- '•erlngly against such sources of disas­ ter, their herds and flocks usually Suf­ fer a mortality of from 5 to rt per cent yearly To Illustrate, one ranchman grased 700 head of cattle last sum­ mer on a national forest without a herder. As a result he lost a dozen head of steers worth $50 each. M ortality High Last Year. Last year In forest district 5, which includes California ami western Ne­ vada. the total live stock mortality In 17 forests s moil l i l t ' d to 1.161 cattle, 5 horses and 5,840 sheep The total mm her of permittees who used ih e federal (rasing lands aggregated 3,329 Tliey grasetl 234.415 cattle and horses. #33, 500 sheep and goats and 5.500 hogs on the foreet ranges. Two hundred and seventy live cattle died of disease. _w cattle and 1.4«2 sheep were killed by eating poisonous plants; »1 cattle. 5 horses and 2.745 sheep were killed hy predatory annuals, and 4*0 cattle and 1,«^_ stiee|* yiev ualbed to_ accidents and miscellaneous causes or death. This matter of live stock losses on the government ranges has become of such Importance that the United States forest service made a detailed survey of the specific causes of mortality among live stock In the Stanislaus for cat of California during n recent year During the period under discussion a total of 881 head of live stock out of the 20.000 nnlmuls psstured In the for est lost their lives. The manner In which these losses were distributed should be of value to stockmen and ranchera who are Interested In curtail Ing these losses and who are anxious to know what the weak points In their present methods of management are The losses among cattle were dlstrlb nted as follows; Under one year old from blackleg. 98; over one year old from blackleg 57; calves, loss of mother from lark spur poisoning. 10; cattle losses from larkspur, 58 ; other poisons, 21; preda tory animals. 20; accident, 33: In calv Ing. 14; lost, strayed or stolen, 74 . from anthrax. 2; from eating gtani powder from railroad construction camp. 3; from neck-and-splne disease 15; killed by hunters. 2; blind, aged, crippled and ruptured. 4; losses from contagious abortion. 122; from lack of proper food and starvation. 14, and from unknown causes. .337 Cheek Predatory Animals. The losses from predatory animal* are being checked as rapidly as the federal agencies for this work arc able to cope with the situation. When ever the forest rangers note that the predatory animals are causing heavy damage, professional hunters are sent *9 Iruj them, The looses due to disease and accident and miscellane­ ous causes could he substantially de­ creased If more herders were employed hy the owners. Under conditions which obtain on the national forest ranges one or two herders could handle from five hundred to a thousand cattle with­ out particular difficulty On tlie same scale that It pays to herd sheep on the government ranges It also Is profit­ able to herd cattle and, potentially, permittees probably will come to this decision of tbelr own accord. Poisonous plants—and particularly larkspur—are responsible annually for large losses of live stock throughout the western states. There is only one ffectlve system of ridding the ranges >f larkspur and that Is to. grub the plants out seuson after season until finally the range will be free of this •bjectionnble growth. The experiences of a certain ranchei vhose range abuts one of the Califor­ nia national forests, and who, under he supervision of the United States "orest service, has been waging a win ling fight against larkspur during the ast four years, are Illuminative In this regard. After careful trial and stud? if the control methods and the results his stockman is enthusiastic about th* fildency of the plan and he urges ev v other rancher or stockman win ’ - ’ »d range to give the systen of eradication a thorough and Inipar tlal trial. Ideal Pasturage Infested. In this Instance the larkspur wn- prevalent In large amounts on a rang* where the grazing was otherwise excep (tonally go«xl. The Infested area wat on a side hill where seepage from t sprlpg near the top of the hill pro vlded plenty of moisture, so that the grass was unusually luxuriant at all times during the grazing period. The rancher had to have a herder with the cattle constantly In order to keep them off the larkspur-infested area Not only did he lose the use of excel­ lent range, but he also was under ex­ tra expense to protect his cattle from the poisonous plants. During the 1913 grazing season he lost ten steers, which, despite the efforts of the herder trespassed on the larkspur area and succumbed to the poisoning which re­ sulted. The following season, under similar conditions, 24 head of valuable range cattle were poisoned. The next year only five steers died from lark­ spur poisoning, while the following year the mortality aggregated eighteen head. In 1917 the larkspur eradication campaign was instituted, and as a con sequence of the work of that season the cattle losses were curtall«‘d to only five animals. The next year the work was continued and not a single ease of steer mortality from larkspur poison Ing occurred. In 1919 only two steer« died, while last year the mortality also was limited to tw*o animals. Recently the larkspur area of. the range has been grazed hy a band of 2,000 sheep BUYING SUITABLE CHICKENS Posa*bts for City Man to Select His Pullets From Live Poultry Shipped to Town. Where a town man has no time to go Into the country to buy his pullgts tt often Is possible to choose suitable birds among the live poultry shipped Into the city markets. The advice of some experienced person ahould he obtained before buying, says the Uni ted States Department of Agriculture Local poultry associations are glad to help prospective poultry keepers by putting them Into touch with members having stock for sale. The board of trade or the chamber of commerce often can bring poultry raiser and buyer together. i Mensy of Ancient Britons. Sword-shaped bars of Iron were used by the ancient Britons as money, snd many of these are now «ound In British museums A recent Invest!- ration shows that six different denom- instlons were used, distinguished by Uxlr six«. articles no longer needed, or succeeded by better ones, which somebody would like to obtain. An advertisement the lu s c u ic u t tU C size of this, costing 25c, m might find a ig h t fia d a buyer and covert what is -------- now only trash into good CASH T A V I SERVICE Phone I9C5 Brownsville A call will bring me to Halsey in 15 or 20 minutes DEAN TYCER Amor A. Tussing LAWYER AND NOTARY B row nsvillb , O rigon A. Peterson E X “ - Fine Dress Shoes a Specialty 501 Lyon at., Albany, Oregon. Shoe Repair Shop Two doors north of the hotel. Am prepared to do all kinds of shoe repairing. Satisfaction guar­ anteed. JEWETT the COBBLER. I. 0 . 0 . F. W ILD E Y LODGE NO. 05. Regular meeting next Saturday night, W. J. Ribelin Office 1st door south of school house Halsey, Oregon. Dealer in Real Estate. Handles Town and Country Property. Give him a call and see if he can fix you up. s ANITARY Barber Shop and Baths First-class work guarnteed KARL BRAMWELL. BARBER SHOP Electric H aircutting, Massaging and Shampooing. Cleaning and Pressing. E. C . M IL L E R ARCHIE CORNELIUS W ATCHMAKER & Jeweler Expert HA LSEY worWnanship. Watches clocks a specialty. and OREGON F. M. GRAY, Drayman. All work done prom ptly reasonably. Phone No. 269. and C .C . B R Y A N T ATTORNEY AT LAW 201 New F irst N at'l Bank Bld’g. Albany, Oregon. W R IG H T & POOLE LIC EN SED F U N E R A L DIRECTORS HA RRISBURG LEBANON Phone 35 Phone 15 Branches at Brownsville, Phone $ 7 0 5 - Halsey Phone 156. Frank Kirk, Mgr. EXECUTOR'S NOTICE OF SALK Notic« it hereby given that on and after December 23, 1921. under author­ ity of the last w ill and testament of Lizzie Bilveu. deceased, the undersigned will proceed to sell at private sale for cash all of the interest of said deceased in the following described property, to wit 1 Lot 1, in block 1, in Bridges' addition lo Shelburn, Linn county, Oregou ; also lot 1 and the w. X of lot 4 in block 11 in Wheeler's addilfon to Scio, Linn eounty’ Oreg *n: Dated and first publication hereof is November 24, 1921. G W . M O RRO W . Executor Call at the Enterprise office and see the latest thing in dainty call, ing cards, at $1 for 50. They make a fine Christmas gift and are very necessary at Christmas time to place in your packagee The» are also very nice to tie on boquets for funerals. Come in aud ee* them*