PAGE 4 HALSEY ENTERPRISE DEC. 15, 1921 I or n< Oi« I our « tbe I bo e the w*m LU certs Iloni the Jona en vi Brm otho fron -J •In» ■ion •hor ting very , obje of < »hei A «<*• or I and tv (oui An) t tbo OP •Idi •on Th< to tat' a h 4 Cu­ rii» ree le» •b' He • I up eoi tiu b» th F P « u u tolled on, pausing now and then Tor breath. I was leaning on my spade, rather dejeetedly considering the mod est excavation 1 had achieved, when 1 felt a little cool splash at my feet. Dropping my spade I whirled around —and a shriek echoed through the cave as 1 saw |s>uring Into It tbe dark Insidious torrent of the returning tide. How had I forgotten It, that deadly thing, muttering to Itself out there. rei. » il th e p u in t e ; o f th e I'o a J a n d dragged It down the beach. He was shoving off as Cookie, roused by Crusoe s harking, appeared from the MUCH IDLE LAND TO BE UTILIZED Souces ot Timber Supply for Chicago Market Exhausted One After Another. FREIGHT BILLS NOW HIGHER tral and I-aice Mate« nearly 23.000000 acrwi of ingjjed-off forest land which Is producing neither farm crops nor timber; »22.500.000 Is the yearly tax i which the wood-nslng Industries and i home builders, supplied through Chics go. pay for the Idleness of s large part ! of the soil In the surrounding states ) which should furnish the natural sup­ ply for this district. This sura wouliR plant every year 1.,500.000 acres of land with forest trees. “This illustration may be extended to coder the four states of Illinois, In­ diana, Wisconsin and Michigan. These states consume annually between Ample Area to 8upport All Lumber Requirements if Land Could be Kept at Work Growing Varb oua Kinds of Trees. (P re p a re d by the U n ited S tates m ent o f A g ric u ltu re ) D e p a rt­ , growing land. There Is an ample area of land In this country, whlfh Is not tillable, to support all of our tlm. her requirements, all of our wood! manufacturers, all of our home build-: Ing and agricultural use of lumber, Indeed, an even larger export trade than at present. If that land can he kept at work growing timber. Be-: forestation has become a commercial' necessity of the United State».” yl tloo. N s toattsr who atkg for It or who pays the bill, whether producer, dealer or railway, tho other party may hava a « i f o f tt» report. i f the shipper and dealer can not agree or If there le a damage claim against a transportation company which results In a suit, the certificate Is prime fact» evidence tn the federal courts on the points which it covers. The request for Inspection should tell where the rar may be -found and the number, and should give also the main farts abont the contents, calling attention te any special point aa to grade, quality or condition. ASK INSPECTION 4 ON ALL PRODUCE I -----------------I T I A Y T SERVICE A A 1 Phone 19C5 Anyone Concerned in Interstate Shipment May Request Fed­ eral Certificate. "Reforestation has not been taken seriously by the a'hrage business* man In the United States,” said Col. W. B Greeley, chief of the forest serv­ ice. United States Department of Agriculture, before the National Asso­ Many Causes of Dispute«, Coetly Law­ ciation of Wood Turners recently. suits and Lasting Disaetlafactlon "Reforestation has been looked upon A r^R em oved— Buyer and ae a fad quite removed from the prac­ Seller Satisfied. tical Interests of the manufacturer, at something more' concerned with (Prepared br «he United sta te s D » » a rt« » u t Scene in a Forest in the Pacific North­ parks or shade trees or rose bushes. a t S e ric u ltu re .) west. World’s Greatest Lumber Market. There are few shippers of prqduca Aunt Jane Shrieked and Fell Into the “Chicago Is the greatest lumber Arms of Mr. Tubbs. who have not suffered at soma time market In the world. Since 1890 an 4,000,000,000 and 5,000,000.000 feet of ) the discomfiture of receiving yord • timber In furniture factories, agricul­ seclusion of his afternoon siesta. To average of over 2,000,000.000 feet of from the other end of the Una that him were borne the Scotchman's part lumber has come Into Chicago every tural Implements, wood-turning estab­ their carload arrived In bad condition, lishments and other wood-using indus year In 1920 the figure was nearly Ing w ords: * Sawmills are excluded from due to poor grading, careless padding, "Virginia Harding—In the cave— 2,500.000 000 feet, 00 per cent of which •ries. this estimate, also the requirements frost damage, overripeness, ryj,, hjenk- went Into local construction and 'mt blankets—muy be drowning—" for general construction and housing, age. mold, disease or any one of half “And at dat." said Cookie, relating manufacturing Industries. In 1900 the i and the consumption of lumber on n dozen other kinds of Injury. uls part In the near tragedy with unc average freight paid on lumber com­ Every Instance of this sort means a Ion, "1 Jes’ natchully plumped right ing Into Chicago was less than $3 per farms. The manufacturers referred to money loss and the shipper wonders represent an Invested capital of $700,. town on mah bones and wrestled iwiih M feet. Since that time the local sometimes whether the produce really sources of supply for this territory 000,000 and enroll 200,000 skilled em­ arrived In bad order or whether soma le Lawtl In prayab.” ployees. This unique proceeding on Cookie’s have been exhausted one after an unscrupulous dealer possibly seized up­ 'ther. Lumber shipments have trav- ( Rapidly Exhausting Timber Supplies. on a trifling excuse to reject the ship­ part necessarily awoke lBe lnteres ■rsed greater and greater distances, •'We are cutting our timber probably doth of the recovered Cuthbert Vam ment because It was received on a md the average freight bill paid by four times as fast as timber Is be­ telling market, or sought a pretext to (list emerging after his prolonge he Chicago distributor has steadily ing grown. It Is useless to decry the depress Its value or to gloss over a slumbers, and of the trio who had a generous use which American Indus­ sale made at what seemed unduly low Gen to more than $12 per M feet. that moineut returned from the wood> “In other words, the Increased trans- try nas made of our forests. It has importuned for an explanation, Cookh prices. nrtatlon charge on lumber shipments contributed powerfully to the indus­ irose from his devotional posture am Condition Determined en Arrival. nto Chicago, as a result of the exhatis- trial development and commercial su­ put the portentous query: If really damaged, the shipper wants Ion of the forest regions surrounding premacy of the United States. The "lllstab Vane, sah. be dey any prop to know to what amount. Was the It, represents a toll of $22.500.000 an­ forestry problem does not result from th cottln-wood on dis yere Island?" whole load affected? What waa the nually. And while this has happened the liberal use of our forests, but Instantly connecting my abseuct actual condition on arrival? Waa the there have accumulated In the Cen- j from our tellure to use our forest-* vlth this terrible question, .Aunt Jam loss due to bad handling and packing hrieked and fell Into the arms ot or to delay or neglect by the trans­ Mr. Tubbs. I got the story iron portation company or by the receiver? uthliert Vane, and I must say I wai Was the cause a disease which may inpleasantly struck hy the facility develop also In the rest of the crop? vlth which my aunt seemed to havt Some of these questions Interest the fallen Into Mr. Tubbs’ embrace—as I! receiver and the railways, as well as with the chhc of haldt. Mr. Tubbs, It the shipper or producer. No one cares appeared, had staggered a little un to assume blame and Incur loss far ler his fair burden, which was not to what happened to the produce while • ie wondered at, (or Aunt Jane Is o It was In the hands of others. How in overflowing style of figure and Ml can nil these questions be settled with­ Tubbs more remarkable for brain that out undue expense or delay? brawn, Violet, however, remained ad Since the establishment of the fed­ ninthly calm, and exhorted Aunt Jan» eral Insiiectlon service three years ago to remember that whatever happened by the bureau of markets and crop It was all for the best. estimates of the United States Depart­ give no preiniuips for subscriptions “Poor Violet," I commenc'd. “To ment of Agriculture, the answ er ‘‘4s nuke no discounts from published prices think that, after all, It didn't happen!' comparatively simple. "Telegraph 'to make no club rates with ^tlier publications A slow flush rose to the cheeks ot the federal Inspector In the nearest seek patronage solely on its merits as a local newspaper the beautiful youth. He was Bitting large city, asking him to report On the beside the hammock, where I was sup endeavor to give $1.50 worth every year to every subscriber shipment.” He Is a trained man, with posed to he recuperating. considerable experience In handling “It would have happened, though.' produce, a competent and certlftW said the Honorable Cuthbert solemn Judge of grades and condition. ly. “If It hadn't been for old Shaw, i The inspector’s verdict Is commonly can't get over It, Vlr—Miss Virginia aacepted by dealers and shippers a^d we need a good solicitor to secure the subscriptions of the that I wasn't on deck myself, yot hy courts, railways and express co»» many people who would subscribe if the paper were know. Here's old Dugnld been dolor panles. With the shipment officiary shown to them and its merits pointed out the heroic all his life, and now he Inspected, aU parties concerned hare A good solicitor is hard to find gets his chance again while I’m sleep learned all that It Is practicable to n g off those bally coconuts. It’s hard W e believe we have many subscribers who could persuade know nhout Its exact condition • r mi ■ chap. I—I wish It had been me. their neighbors to take the paper However dubious his grammar, there We feel kindly towards those subscribers, for it is their pat­ was no mistaking the look that brlghi ronage that makes the p ’per attractive to advertisers, sued like the dawn In the depths ot and the advertisers supply the income that keeps the Ills clear eyes. My breath went from paper aliye me suddenly. “Oh," 1 cried excitedly, "Isn’t that — y e s . I thought It was the dinner gong!” For, as If in response to my dire need, the clang of Cookie's gong We propose to give these subscribers an opportunity to ob­ echoed through the island silences. tain a few Christmas presents and at the same time help to extend our service. (To be continued) From the prescut date until the evening of Dec 24 we will Rive to each paid in-advance subscriber, for Surely. each new subscription which he sends in, accompanied The optimist says to rememher that by $1.50, • even If your mother-in-law has the gift ef tongues it would be a lot worse If she were a mindreader.—Chicago American. Brownsville A call will bring me to Halsey in 15 20 minutes INSPECTOR IS TRAINED MAN CHRISTMAS GIFTS The Enterprise publishers But Now, a present worth 50 cents Further, if you think your present is not worth 50 cents to you we guarantee that the Halsey State bank will give you 50 cent* in cash for it on request Show the paper to your neighbor and you can probably get his subscription as soon as he hat examined it, for we are sending out as good a local newspaper as we can produce with the literal patronage the people of Linn county are giving nt. If you have friends A Christmas Gift That Lasts. T h r o e h u n d r e d s ix t v - tTve (la y s o f p le a s u re f o r fa th e r o r m o th e r i f y o u ii v e th e m K ry p to k s * f o r C h ris tm a s . O p to m e tris t. alban * over». H arold A lh ro, M a n u la c tu n n g o p tic ia n . who have moved swsy you cannot make them snv Christ­ mas gift that will he more highly appreciated thsn a year's subshription It will be like 52 good, long !• tera front home which will cost vou leaa than J cents apiece, including postage, andj tf you(order it bofcre lie, vou » ill also get a present gu*r,.n'eed to b,< worth Jo cent’J As many Ml-eenl presents as von send subscriptons, with the cash, within the time limit Unlimited supply of these presents W e control the factor , ’ whore the» are made Presents mailed, postpaid, if aulwcripttons come by mail The Publishers DEAN TYCER Amor A. Tussing LA W YER AND NOTARY O rig o n BROW MSVnXS, A. Peterson S X " ” P is« Dress Shoes a Specialty SOI Lyon at, Albany, Oregon. Shoe Repair Shop T w o door» north of the hotel. Am prepared to do »11 kinds of tho» repairing. Satiafacttao guar­ anteed. JEWETT the COBBLER. I. 0. 0. F. W ILDEY LODGE NO. 05. R egular m eeting n ext Saturday th n ig h . 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 tee if he can fix you up. s ANITARY Bariwr Shop anil Baths Pirât-claa» work guarnteed K A R L BR A M W ELL. BARBER SHOP Electric H a ircu ttin g , Massaging and Sham pooin g. G leaning and Pressing. E. C . M IL L E R gX T * » C H 1 Z C O R N ELIU S W ATCRM AKER&Jew eler Expert workmanship. Watchea and clocks a specialty. OREGON HALSEY F. M. GRAY, Drayman. All work done prom ptly reasonably. and Phone No. 269. C .C . B R Y A N T A TTO R N E Y A T LA W 201 N e # Firat N a t’i Bank Bld’g. A lbany, O regon. Inspector Determining tho Condition of a Shipment of Potato««. grade, and many reuses of trouble­ some disputes, costly lawsuits and loat- ing dissatisfaction are removed. The Inspector's certificate removes fully half of the sources of worry aud un­ certainty and narrows the market question down chiefly to a matter of salesmanship. Anyone financially concerned In the shipment may ask for Inspection. IX there Is trouble over the produce, or If there Is merely the wish to avoid possible difficulty later on, the appli­ cant writes or telegraphs to the United States food products Inspection serv­ ice, bureau of markets and crop esti­ mates. tn the city where the car la to be received. Cortlficato aa Evtdonea. The Idea of official Inspection la to provide scrollable, disinterested report W R I G H T & PO O L E LICENSED FUNERAL DIRECTORS HARRISBURG LEBANON Phone .IS Phone 15 Branches nt Brownsville, Phone J7C15. | Halsey Phone 144. Prank Knk, Mgr. EXECUTOR'S NOTICE OF SALE Notice is hereby given that on and after December 25, 1421, under author­ ity of the last will and testament of I.izxie Btlvsn. deceased, the undersigned w tll proceed to oel’ at private sale for cash all of the in to-eat of «aid deceased in the folic wing described property, to wit: Lot 1, tn block 1, in Bridge*' addition to Shelburn, Linn coanty Or*gnu . alto lot 1 and the w. \ of lot 4 in block H in Wheeler*» addition to Scio. Linn county' Oregon: Dated and first publication hereof H November 24. 1*71. 0 W. MOJIJIOW.