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JAN.
HALSEY ENTERPRISE
Rialto Friday
charges in cottage«, under real
bom * condition« and w ith plenty
of room for outdoor play and work
The change in postmaster* at
H altev may not come w ith the
date o f expiration of iMr. M cW ill­
iam s’ commission.
A t Scio the
postmaster was given an extension
of six months to enable the de-
partm ent to decide upon a succes-
sor.
I t ia reported that the four
whc took the exam ination for th -
Halsey office ran neck and neck
and no decision has yet been re-
19, 1922
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IN
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The City of Silent
Men”
All prison Scenes were |
t a k e n ill S i n g l i n g
p r is o n
Some Aspects of the
Fanners’ Problems
By BERNARD M. BARUCH
(Reprinted from Atlantic Monthly)
HALSEY RAILROAD TJMfi
take further reductions In net returns,
In order to meet the charges for the
service of storing, transporting, financ­
ing. and ultimate marketing—which
chargee they claim, are often exces­
sive, bear heavily on both consumer
end producer, and are under the con­
trol of those performing the services
It Is true that they are relieved of
the risks of a changing market by
veiling at once ; but they are quite will
North
Sooth
NO. 18, 12:04 p. m.
24, 4.34 p. m.
14. 5:27 p. m.
No, 23. 1L31 a. m.
15, 12:24 p. m.
17, 5.49 p m.
S U N D A Y M A IL H O URS
The delivery window of the
Halsey postoffice ia open Sundays
ing to take the unfavorable chance, g rOm 9:15 to 9:45 a. m . and 12:20
if the favorable one also Is theirs and
they can retain for themselves a part
o f the service charges that are uni­
form, In good years and bad, with
high prices and low.
While, In the main, the farmer must
sell, regardless of market conditions,
at the time of the maturity of crops,
he cannot suspend production in toto.
He must go on producing If he Is to go
on living, and If the world is to exist,
The most he can do Is to curt»« pro­
duction a little or alter Its form, and
that—because he Is In the dark as to
the probable demand for his goodi
may be only to Jump from the frying
pan Into the fire, taking the consumer
with him.
Even the dairy farmers, whbse out­
put Is not seasonal, complain that they
find themselves at a disadvantage In
the marketing of their productions,
especially raw milk, because of the
high costs of distribution, which they
must ultimately bear.
to 12:35 and 5:15 to 6.30 p. no.
,
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PAID-FOR PARAGRAPHS
I
ly Into the land
We all flourish dr
The whole rural world Is In s fer­ decline with the farmer So. when we
ment of unrest, snd there is an un­ of the cities read of the present uni­
A few more experieni <* like th it
I
paralleled volume and intensity of de­ versal distress of the farmers, of a
of last week m ight close the R ialto |
j Chicken dinner every Sunday at
termined, if not angry, protest, and an slump of six billion dollar« In the farm
for good, and there are a great I
value of their crape In e single year,
ALSO
ominous
swarming
of
occupational
con­
Hotel Brownsville. 50 cents.
m any people who would miss it '
of their inability to meet mortgages or
99 ferences, Interest groupings, political to pay current bills, and how. seeking
The clean, entertaining plays given , *4 ’p
movements and propaganda. Such a
there have given many an evening
lU lllI j
III l l l g l l
relief from their Ills, they are plan
For rent or for sale— House* and
turmoil
cannot but arrest our atten­ ning to form pools, inaugurate farm­
of pleasurable enjoym ent to H *l-
farms
in v ic in ity of Halsey.
tion.
Indeed,
It
demands
our
careful
ers' strikes, and demand legislation
seyites.
A hall game was put on
W J. R ibe lin .
study and examination. It Is not like
ibolishlng
grain
exchanges,
private
last week on the theater night and
ly
that
six
million
aloof
and
ruggedh
attle
markets,
and
the
like,
we
ought
M r Kessel lost money. F ix upon
lot hastily to brand them as economic
Independent men have come togethei
Leave your orders fo r land-
some other n ig h t than Friday for j
und banded themselves into active ueretlcs and highwaymen, and hurl at
plaster at the ltfm ber yard.
your games, boys
Live and let
them
the
charge
of
being
seekers
of
Squirrels, beware I
The rodent unions, societies, farm bureaus, and so
M r Kessel one week went
special privilege. Rather, we should
to the expense of running his tiln control meeting at the achooihouse forth, for no sufficient cause
nsk If their trouble Is not ours, and
Investigation of the subject conclu­
Dr. E. W- Barnum , d e n tist, at
twice, but you caunot expect him te-derday was well attended by
see what can be done to Improve the
sively proves that, while there Is much situation. Purely from self-interest.
Hotel Halsey every Tuesday and
fanners.
O
f
course,
the
pupils
to do that often.
F rid ay,
were there also, and many squirrel overstatement of grievances and mis­ If for no higher motive, we should
Mrs. Ara M ille r, who has been and mole bides are in danger ol conception of remedies, the farmers help them. All of us want to get back
Here is a bargain for some Ford
visiting at E. C M ille r’s sine ‘-oiiiing loose form the bodies soon. are right In complaining of wrongs permanently to “n o r m a lc y b u t Is It
truck owner:
Two 8 2 x4 j fabric
Christmas, le ft for her home ai Rodents destroy enough property long endured, and right I d holding that reiivnnable to hope for that condition
casings at $25 each.
Halsey G a r­
Yakim a Tuesday, intending to every year to pay the national debt It is feasible to relieve their Ills with unless our greatest snd most haste In
age, Foote Bros.
stop over at Oregon C ity.
benefit to the rest of the community. dustry can be put on a sound and solid
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1 permanent foundation? The farmers
Dr. and Mrs. E. W. Barnum of ” 1 his
being the case of an Industry ■
L in n county promising 1100,001 H * riaburg, accompanied by M r
are not ent t ed to specla prlvlieges
that
contributes,
in
the
raw
material
for the macadamized Albany-Gas and Mrs. C. P. Stafford of this c ity,
but are they not right In demanding
form
alone,
about
one-third
of
the
na­
oadia road and the permanent up­ attended
the Schum ann-Heink tional annual wealth production and that they be placed on an equal foot­
ing with the buyers of their products
keep, the state commissioner! concert in C orvallis F rid ay n ig h t
p ro m i“ « $100,000.
The form i They were guests at theO . B. Stal- ia the means of livelihood of about 49 and with other Industries?
per cent of the population. It is ob­
I.os Angeles, Cal.—One million dol
service load fund w ill contribut» naker home while iu th a t c ity .
vious that the subject la one of grave
lars
In gold and 364 barrels of sixty
n
$38,000.
vmcern.
Not only do the farmers
A monument to L in n county
Let us, then, consider some of the year-old whisky hove been located by
uake up one-balf of the nation, but
Perhaps the most popular w rilei pioneer«, to he erected at Browns
farmer's grievances, and see how far a 'Citizen of this city and he Is Dow
.
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fitting out an expedition tb recover
of Action in America is Boot I ville , is to cost $16,000 to $18,000, he well-being of the other half de­ they are real. . . In . do
ng so, we should . . .
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pends upon them.
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I the treasure. The fortunate man Is
T a rkin g lo n . Tbiougb the Westeri it is planned, if the coin can be
So long as we have nations, a wise remember that, while there have been, E. B. Mansfield, a real estate dealer
Prisoners in Sing Sing prison
Newspaper Union the Enterprise raised.
The idea now is to hav<
olltrial economy will aim at a large aud still are, Instances of purposeful
ia able to give its readers, as a se­ it 21 feet high, pyram idal, o f stone, legree of national self sufficiency and abuse, the subject should not be ap­ who learned of the wealth awaiting who saw certain scenes of Thomas
him while on a vacutlou tour In north
ria l, commencing with the next is­ w ith the names o f pioneers oi. elf-contalnment. Rome fell when the proached with any general imputation ent California.
ifeighan’s latestParamount picture,
sue, Tarkington's story of school- bronze tablets and a statue of a nod supply was too far removed from to existing distributive agencies of de- | The gold and whisky formed the
The C ity of S ilent M en,” film ed,
he belly. Like her, we shall destroy llherately intentional oppression, but cargo of the ship Brother Jonathan, ■ d(nit th a t M r. M eighan’s ‘ ‘escape”
tim e and youth, ‘ 'K unsey M illio l- frontiersm an w ith a rifie,
nir own agriculture and extend our
la n d .”
Every boy and g irl, every
from the prison was novel and en-
J. J- Gross of Brow nsville sources o f food distantly and precarl- rather with the conception that the which sank off Crescent City on. July
young man and woman, and all
30, 1865. Official data obtained In ertaining. . “ The C ity of S ilen t
marketing
of
farm
products
has
not
He •usly, if we do not see to It that our
the rest of us ought to read it and dropped dead Mud ay night.
Men” w ill be showu at the R ia lto
armers are well and fairly puld for been modernized.
had been suffering w ith heart d i-
find pleasure in it.
heater next F rid ay.
An
ancient
evil,
and
a
persistent
their
services.
The
farm
gives
the
h rtt).
>ne. Is the undergrading of farm prod-
istlon men as well as food. Cities
The Brownsville legion made a
A lOJ-pound son was born to lerlve their vitality and are forever icts, with the result that what the
mistake in not advertising last Sat­
enewed from the country, but an Ira- farmers sell as of one quality Is re­
M
r.
ami Mrs E. H . Patrick M'»n-
urday evening’ s m instrell show in
Hiverlshed countryside exports Intelll- sold as of a higher. That this sort of '
Halsey a week earlier
The Odd­ iay at th e ir home southeast of •ence and retains unintelligence,
White Leghorns
chicanery should persist on any Im- !
fellows would have postponed their lia is e jf.
inly the lower grades of mentality
portant scale In these days of bust- j
Tancred and Hollywood
strains,
in itia tio n meeting and supper, they
»12 50 per 100.
Hatching eggs, $6.00
Everett Standish is expected md character will remain on, or seek, ocss Integrity would seem almost In
he farm, unless agriculture Is capable
aay, if they had not hail arrange­ .nine from Portland this week.
►er 100. W illiams White Leghorn Farm.
-f being pursued with contentment snd ■ redlble, but there Is much evidence
Phone, 3x3
Halsey, Ore.
ments too far advanced when they
ihat
It
does
so
persist.
Even
as
I
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'deqiiate
compensation.
Hence.
Io
em-
W e are not going to give H arry
lea rued o f th« date for the nnu-
write,
the
newspapers
announce
the
dtter
and
Impoverish
the
farmer
la
to
rtrels, and the receipts at the Hi. Ires.-ler »way this week, but look
try up and contaminate the vital suspension of several firms from the
ul for n c h a riv a ii.
alto m ig ht have been doubled.
tourves of the nation.
New York Produce Exchange for ex­
The war showed convincingly how porting to Germany as No. 2 wheat a
Mrs VV. L W ' ll* got home
lependent the nation Is on the full vhole shipload of grossly Inferior whea’
Card of Thanks
Monday Irotn a v is it of about ter
10-20 Titan I H C Tractor, run twenty
productivity of the farms.
Despite
W e w ish to th a nk the frie n d s wh<
days at Eugene. Hb* lelurnen
lay», in good condition, with three-bot­
herculean efforts, agricultural produe mixed with oats, chaff and the like.
Another evil Is that of Inaccurate
tom 14-in, P. & O. plow. Plows run one
vere
k in d d u rin g the illn e » and death lion kept only a few weeks or months
next day to stay u n til Imr (laugh
veek. Bargain if taken at once at $900.
f o u r fa th e r, T F. S m ith.
ter. Mrs Helseth. who is not im
ihead of consumption, and that only weighing of farm products, which, It
Schultz Bros., Fayetteville, P. O Shedd
>y Increasing the acreage of certain is charged. Is sometimes a matter of
A lv d X . S m ith and brothers and sisters
proving in health very fast. could
Jr.. R. 1,
staple crops at the coat of reducing dishonest Intention and sometimes of
Com« home n i'h her. They and
For Sale—3%-in Weber Mountain
that of others. We ought not to for protective policy on the part of the
and the twins arrived here yoete-
Vagon, complete with double tight gram
The Affix Wick.
get
that
lesson
when
we
ponder
on
local
buyer,
who
fears
that
he
may
x>x, fiifth wheel, 3-ieaf seat. Bargain at
day.
I he nffix wick, also written wlch, 1»
the farmer’s problems They are truly "weigh out" more than he "weighs In."
5160.
Schultz Bros., Faretteville, Ore.,
form of the Anglo-Saxon word, wlc
The Women's Belief corps a f f i l i ­
ommon problems, and there should
P.
O. Shedd, Ore., R 1
A greater grievance Is that at pres­
v icb means the ««me at the l-»<tln
he
no
attempt
to
deal
with
them
as
ated with J. W Geary post, G A
o rd
virus, ami the modern English If they were purely selfish demands ent the field farmer has little or no
R .. Eugene, was heard from a sec­
FOR SALE
ord. village
|| Is use as part of a
control over the time and conditions
ond tim « since Mrs. Wheeler's ill i-i.-o-e name, although many of the of a clear-cut group, antagonistic to of marketing his products, with the
the rest of the community
Rather
ne«s when a dozen h eaniiftil and ai I'bice* that bear It are o longer v1l- should we consider agriculture In the result that he Is often underpaid for
th is seHron expensive carnations ' id-« so tlixt today II tnay be said light of broad national policy. Just his products and usually overcharged
not uly io Indicate a village but a as we consider oil, coal, steel, dye for marketing service. The differ
came by pa:eels post.
' t"-vu ns well, or a municipal or polltl- stuffs, and so forth, as slnewa of ns
ence between what the farmer re
K. 1» M o rris of Salem arrived
.Harriet
The two forms of the tlonal strength
Our growing populs
hv tr a il S itn r ri i t n his w ty o th
ilia are illustrated In two well known •Ion snd a higher s'andard of living celves and what the consumer pays
CARL SEEFELD
Sank Off Crescent City.
often exceeds all possibility of Justl
bedside of M s. Pansy M o r,s ai | i-’see-names Berwick and Greenwich.
lemand Increasing food supplies, and
B row n *villa, reported vary
lies
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Washington confirm« the statement
more wool, cotton, hides, and the rest flcstlon. To cite a single Illustration
With the disappearance of free or l ast year, according to figures attest
regarding the cargo and sinking of
the valley of shadows
ed
by
the
railways
and
the
growers
cheap fertile land, additional acreage
the vessel, which carried several hun
Mr*. J. N. Daniels of Po-tlatnl
and Increased yields can come only Georgia watermelon-raisers received
dred persons to their grave.
from costly effort. This we need not on the average 7.5 cents for a melon,
who ha* Iteen visiting Mrs Huston !
Mr. Mansfield Is at Berkeley Cal.,
expect from an Impoverished or un the railroads got 12.7 cents for carry
went Io E 'lg e li - S a tu rd a y, ta k in g
fitting out an expedition to salvage
happy
rural
population.
w ith h«r M a r g in !, little d a u g lite i
ing It to Raltlmore and the consumer the treasure. He has obtained the
It will not do Io lake a narrow view paid one dollar, leaving 798 rents for services of a diver with which he ex­
o l R aleigh ,'eoip'eton snd w ile
of the rural discontent, or to appraise
the service of marketing and Its risks, pects to reach the sunken veesel The
t 'o in b in a t io ii
W a te r
It from the standpoint of yesterday
One of the most fam ous concert
wreck Is said to lie in 320 feet of
This Is peculiarly an age of flux and as against 20 2 cents for growing and
fa m ilie s is the Di-Mosa Musical I
The hard annals of water and to be readily accessible to
change and new deals.
Because a transporting
E n te rta in e rs
They w ill apjiear at
divers.
•hlng always has been so no longei farm-life are replete with such com
H alsey next T tva d a y io classical,
Mr Mansfield became Interested In
mean« that It Is righteous, or always inentaries on the crudeness of pres
p a trio tic , o rig in a l p la n ta tio n m e l­
the sunken trgasnre while visiting In
shall be so More, perhaps, than ever
nt practices.
odies and fo lk snugs, grand orches
Since so many yottng people wear
before, there la a widespread feelln;
Nature prescribes that the farmer's Crescent City and talking with a
!a»»es the old idea mat they make a
tr a l overtures, b e a u tifu l hand bell
that all human relations can he Im
•goods" must be finished within two pioneer of the town. He was shown i-rson look old is seldom mentioned.
proved by taking thought, and that II or three months of the year, while the rock that had sent the ship to Its
and sleigh hell rin g in g , ba n jo pick-1
la not becoming for the reasoning nnl
doom and with that as a starting The truth is that putting ft w e a ring
in g , vocal solos, trio s, duels, and
financial and storage limitations gen
glasses when they are nee..,.I is what
mat to leave his destiny largely to erally compel him to sell them at tin
point, he used a special Instrument nakes many people's face« look older
m ale q u a rte ts, v io lin , flu te and
-hance and natural incidence.
designed
to
detect
the
presence
of
than
they are
same time As a rule, other Industrie«
ce llo sol<>e, cornet duels and lin
Prudent and orderly adjustment ol are In a continuous process of finish
precious metals. This instrument, he
B hih I s
chim es im ita tio n on the g m la i
production and distribution In accord
declares, accurately locales sunken
Ing goods for the markets; they dis
and b anjo, at the M e th o d ist ch u rch ,
ince with consumption la recognized tribute as they produce, and they car
cold snd he la. certain the salvage ef
as wise management In every business
George M a x w e ll was a pisseogei
forts will be richly rewnrded.
curtail production without too cswot
but that of farming
Yet, I venture Injury to themselves or the enmmu
to A lb a n y Thursdav noon to h-
to
aay,
there
la
no
other
Industry
In
present when his daughter, M 's
n lty : but If the farmer restricts hh
Hugh Cummings of A lb a n y » as
which It la so Important to the pub output. It Is with disastrous conse
Jose S iffe y , was operated on t©>
H e -to the city dweller— that produe quences. both to himself and to th. in H i sey today receiving bog-
A IA
K
A.
g o ite r at the h o spital in th a t eita
linn should he sure, steady, and In community.
from tL« local buyers, M avberrj
creasing, and that distribution shouli'
snd
M
cKinney,
H arold A lb ro .
The average farmer la busy wlti
be In proportion to the need The un
production for the major part of thi
M anufacturing o p tic ia n .
D.
S.
Davis
of
A
lbany
was
in
organiied farmers naturally art blind
year, and has nothing to sell
The
ly and Impulsively and. In coase
Hasey Wedi e -i'ay, v isitin g h s
bulk of his output comes on the mar
quenre, surfeit snd dearth, accomps
ket at once Because of lack of «tor «»n, H. E. Davis, snd daughter
NOTICE OP APPOINTM INT
nted by disconcerting price-variation*,
Mrs. L. V. C iisnce.
sge facilities and of financial support
harass the consumer. One year pota
Notice it hereby given that the under­
the fanner cannot_ carry his g.«id
toes rot In the Helds because of excess
Mrs. S. T. H illm a n l i f t Saturday signed by an ordei of the County Court
through the year and dispose of then
production, and there Is a scarcity hf
for S ilverton to see her son D in xf Linn County, Oregon, have been ap
as they are currently needed In th
pointed Executor and Executrix respect­
if ll is a hox of our delicious randy. It the things that have been displaced
tnd family.
great majority of cases, farmers hav,
ively of the Isst W ill snd Testament of
to
make
way
for
the
expsnsln
of
the
iv ss wholesome ss it is delirionv, snd
to entrust storage—In warehouses sn t
Miss Adel Edwgrds left for Port- Emma C Allen, deceased A ll person«
potato acreage; next year the punish
having claims against said estate are re­
sftrr testing it vou'll want more Ev­ ed farmers mass their fields on some elevator« and the financial carrying
md
at n<x>n today to be the guest quired to present them within six
T their product« to other«.
other
crop,
and
potatoes
enter
the
er vone dote« upon our choice coulee
f her grsudm other for several months from the date si this notice,
Farm products sre generally mar
with the proper vouchers, to the nuder-
veeks.
lions, they arc to pure, fresh sod delt- class of Inxurlee; and so on
keted at a time when there Is a con
Agriculture la the greatest snd fun
signed at theic place of residence iu Hal­
teatlon of both transportation and
The «late dog license 'aw has sey. ia Linn County. Oregon.
dsaaentally the most Important of our
finance- -when cars snd money arc
Dated and first published this 5th day
American industries. The cities are
b««n declared c in s titu tio n a l by
scarce
The ontcome. in many in
hut the branches of the tree of ns
he supreme court end i t w ill *«»«• of Jsnua-y, 1922.
stance«, la that the farmers not only
W. A. Allen. Executor.
poqsl life, the root» of wjlch jo deep i sell under pressure, and therefore at $10 to be caught owuiog a dog
Lens Beene. Executrix.
w ithout one.
Amor
A.
Tnssmg,
Atty. Iqx Exr. it Ears.
j
Aft
js LL
p0,ud'
I • uriw«
( ’a s t i n c l u d e s LOIS W llSO fl
u v •
Illy ls
30 minutes
of laughter
Jive.
Admittance Here 5 Cents
a Line
SEEKS TREASURE
ON OCEAN BOTTOM
California Man Fits Out Expedi­ SING SING CONVICTS
tion to Recover Cargo of
WATCH MEIGHAN
Gold and Whisky.
“ESCAPE”
Star of “The City of Silent
Men” is Screened in Dra­
matic Incident
BABY
C H IX
FOR SALE
Shepherd
Collie
Pups
Rubber Goods
i lot W a te r B ottles
F o u n tain S yringes
Bottles A* S yringse
Bulb S\ ringes
Bubbor T ubing
In fan t S yringes
Hard Ibib b o rS y rin g es
E ar iV F le e r Springes
,\ i | »pit's
Bubbor
Bubbor I* Ils
Bubbor Balls
Ringo’s Drug Store
She’ll Accept Your
G ift Gladly
Stepart & Price Confectioneiy
Keep Your Eyes Young
S ^H leaik
O p t o m e t r is t .
L N OHC