"W hat <Ud roo w r T '
"Nothin'. I roM ldnl get started any
way. but. besides, w hat was the use?
B u t *h " didn't want the old men to go;
she didn't wsut anybwdj to t,o."
"W h a t did she want the country to
do?” Fred asked. Impatiently.
“Just w hat It ha» been doin', I sup
pose. Just let things simmer down
and poke along, and let them do what
they like to us.”
“I guess so!" said Fred.
"Then,
afterw hile, when they got some free
tim e on th e ir hands they’ll come over
and make It really Interesting for us.
because they know we won’t do any-
thing hut talk. Yes 1 guess the way
things are settling down ought to suit
Dora.
There Isn’t goln' to be any
w ar."
•‘She was p retty sure there was,
though," Itamsey said, thoughtfully.
"Oh. of course she was then. W e
all thought so those few days." »• •
“No. She' said she thought It prob'ly
wouldn't come right away, but now It
was almost sure to come sometime
She said our telegrams and all the talk
and so much feeling and everything
showed her that the w a r thought that
was alw ays In people somewhere had
been stirred up so It would go on and
oh. She said she knew from the way
she felt herself about the Lusitania
that a feeling like that In her would
never he absolutely wiped out as long
as she lived. But she said her other
feeling about the horribleness of w ar
taught her to keep the first feeling
from breaking out, hut w ith other peo
ple it wouldn’t ; and even If w ar didn’t
break out right then, It would always
be ready to, aft over the country, and
sometime It would, though «he was
goln' to do her share to fight It, her
self. as long as she could stand. She
asked me wouldn't I be one o f the ones
to help her.”
H e paused, and a fte r a moment
Fred asked. “Weir? W hat did you say
to that?”
“ Nothin’ . I started to, hut— ”
Again Fred thought It tactful to
turn rind look out the window, while
the agitation o f hla shoulders be
trayed him.
“Go, on and la u g h ! W ell, so we
stayed there quite a while, but before
we left she got kind o f mofc like every
day, you know, the way people do. It
was half-past nine when we walked
back to town, and I 'w as commencin'
to feel kind of hungry, so I asked her
if she w asn't, and she sort of laughed
and seemed to be ashamed o f It, as' If
It was a disgrace or something, but
she said she guessed she w a s ; so 1
left her by that hedge of lilacs near
the observatory and went on over to
the T e r la and th e-fn }U store, and got
some stuffed eggs and olives and hqlf-
a-doaen peanut butter sandwiches,and
a box o’ strawberries— kind of girl-
food, you know— and went on back
there, and we ate the stuff up. So
then she said she was afraid she'd
taken me away from my dinner and
made me a lot of trouble, and so on.
and she was sorry, and she told me
good-night— ’’
“ W hat did you say then !"
“ Noth— Oh, shut up! So then she
skipped out to her Dorm, and I came
on home."
"W hen did you see her next, Ram
sey r
" I haven't seen her rtext," «aid Ram
sey. "1 haven't seen her at all— not to
speak to. I saw ’ her on Main street
twice since then, but both times she
was w ith some other girls, and they
were across the street, and I couldn't
tel! If she was lookin' at me— I kind of
thought not— I thought It m ight look
sort o’ nutty to bow to her I f she
wasn't, so I didn’t.”
“And you didn't tell her yon wouldn't
be one of the one» to help her w ith her
pacifism and anti-w ar « tu ff and all
th a tr
4-
,
“ No. I started to, bnt—t Shut u p !”
Fred sat up, giggling- “ So she thinks
you w ill help her. You didn't say any
thing at all, and she must think that
means she converted yog. Why didn’t
you a;>eak u p !”
...
“W e ll. I wouldn't argue w ith her.'"
said Ramsey. Then, a fte r a sllenee. he
seemed to be In need, of sympathetic
comprehension. " It was kind o' funny
though, wasn't I t r he said, appealing-
'y-
“W hat w afT”
“T h e whole business."
“ W hat ‘whole hiia’-r-”
“Oh, get out I H e r stnpytn' me, and
me goln’ pokin' along w ith her, and
her— well, her crying and everything.
"Ne. I Started Te, but—Shut O p!”
and jn e being around w ith her while
-lie M l so upset. ( mean, ft seems—
well. It does seem all kind o' funny to
me."
“W hy does I t r Fred Inquired, pre
serving hts gravity. "W hy should It
s v ra funny to you?"
“I don't giean funny like something's
funny yon laugh at." Ramsey explained
lahorlpusly. " I mean funny, lik e aorne-
fhlng th a t’s out of the way, and you
wonder how it ever happened to hap
pen. I mean It seems funny I’d ever
be alttln' there on a bench w ith that
ole girl I never spoke to In my life or
had anything to do w ith, and talk in '
about the United States goln’ to war.
What we were talkin' about, why, that
seems just as funny as the rest of It.
Lookin’ back to our class picnic. f r
Instance, second year of high school,
that day I jumped I d the creek a f t e r -
Weil. you know, It was when I started
m a tin ' a fool of m yself over a girl.
Thank goodness, I got that out o' my
system; It makes me just sick to look
hack on those days and think o f the
fool things I did, and a ll I thought
about that girl. Why, she— W ell, I've
got old enough to see now she was
just about as ordinary a girl as there
ever was, and if I saw her now I
wouldn't even think she was p re tty ;
I'd prob'ly think she was sort of loud-
lookin'. W ell, what's passed Is past,
and It Isn't either here nor there.
W hat I started to say was this: that
the way It begins to look to me. It
looks as i f nobody can tell In thia life
a darn thing about what'a goln’ to hap
pen. and the things that do happen are
the very ones you'd swear were the
last th a t coaid. I mean— yon look back
to that day of the picnic— m y ! but I
was a rube then— well, I mean you look
hack to that day, and w hat do you
suppose I ’d have thought then If aome-
body'd told me the tim e would ever
come when I ’d be 'w ay off here a t col
lege a n tin ’ on a bench w ith Dora Yo
cum— w ith Dora Yocum, In the first
place— and her crying' and both of u>
talkin g about the United States goln'
to w a r with G e rm any! Don't It seem
pretty funny to you, Fred, too?”
“But as near as I can make out.”
Fred »aid. “that Isn’t what happened "
“ Why isn't I t r
“You say ‘and both o f ua talking
and so on. As near as I can make out
you didn’t say nnythlng at all.”
“W ell, I didn't^—much," Ramsey ad
m itted, and -returned to hla point w ltt
almost pathetic peralatence.
"Bui
doesn't It seem kind o’ funny to you
F re d r
“W ell, I don't know.”
1 “I t does to me,” Ramsey Insisted. “Il
certainly does to me.”
“Yea," said Fred cruelly. “I'v e no
ticed you said so, but It don't look any
•funnier than you do when you sny
If.”
Suddenly he sent forth a startling
shout.
"W o w ! You're as red as a
blushing b ee t!"
“I am n o t!”
" Y 'a re !’ shouted Fred. "W o w ! The
ole woman-hater's get the flushes. Oh.
look at the pretty posy !”
And, jum ping down from the window
seat, he began to dance round hla
much pdrturbed comrade, bellowing.
Rumsey bore w ith him fo r a moment,
then sprang upon him ; they wrestled
vigorously, broke a chair and went to
the floor w ith a crash that gave the
chandelier In Mrs. Meigs' parlor, be
low. an attack of jingles.
“You let me u p!" Fred gasped.
“You take your solemn oath to shut
up? You goln’ to »wear It?"
“A ll right. I give my solemn oath,”
said F re d ; and they rose, arranging
their tousled attire.
"W ell,” said Fred, "when you goln'
to call on her?"
“You look here ! * Ramsey approached
him dangerously. "You just gave me
your sol— ”
“I beg!” Fred cried, retreating. “I
mean, aside from all that, why, I just
thought maybe a fte r such an evening
you'd feel as a gentleman you ought to
go and ask a fte r tier health.'
“Now, see here— "
“Nor I mean I t ; you ought to.” Fred
Insisted, earnestly, and as his room-,
mate glared at him w ith complete sus
picion; he added. In explanation. "You
ought to go next Callers’ Night, and
send In your card, and say you felt you
ought to ask If she',] suffered any from
the night air. Even I f you couldn't
manage to say that, you ought to start
to say It. anyhow, because you— Keep
off
m e ! I'm only try lu ' to do you a
good turn, ain’t 1?“
"You save your good turn» for
yourself," Ramsey growled, »«III ad
vancing upon him.
But the Insidious M itchell, evading
him, fled to the other end o f the room,
picked up hla cap and changed hla
manner. “Come on, ole bag o' beans,
et'a be on our way to the 'fra t bouse';
It'» time. W e 'll eall thia all off "
“You b etter!" Ramsey warned h im ;
and they trotted out together.
But as they went along, Fred took
Itamaey's arm confidentially, and s a id :
"Now, honestly. Ram, ole man, when
are you goln' to— "
Ramsey was still red.
"You look
here! Juat say oue more word— "
“Oh, no," Fred expnetulated. “I
mean seriously, Ramsey. Honestly, I
ineuu seriously. Aren't you seriously
goln' to call on her some Callers’
Night r
“No, Fan n o t!"
"Bnt v.by not?"
"Because I don’t want to."
"W ell, aerloualy, Ramsey, there's
only one Callers' Night before vaca
tion, and ao I suppose It hardly w ill
be worth w h ile ; but I expect you'll see
quite a little of her at home thia sum-
o'
mer
r
"No, I w o n X I won't see her at all.
$}p IflB't goln’ to he home this suyt>
mcr and i wouldn't see anything o*
her if she was."
“ l.d jt .c y she golh' to be?"
’ “In Chicago."
"She Is?” said Fred, alyly. “ Wheo'd
she tell you?"
Kauifeij (unied on him. “You look
o u t! She didn't tell me. I just hap
pened to see In the BujJetlD she's
signed up w ith some other girls to go
ind do settlement work In Chicago.
Anybody could see It. It was printed
out plain. You could have seen It just
■ s well as 1 could, I f you'd read the
Bulletin.”
“Uh," »aid Fred.
"Now look here— ”
“Good heavens! Can't I even say
oh'?”
“It depends on the way you say It."
'T i l be careful," Fred assured him,
arnestly. “1 really
and
honestly
lon't mean to get you excited about
ill this, Ramsey. 1 can see myself you
aven't changed from your old opinion
of Dora Yocum a bit. I was only try-
in' to get a little rise out of you for u
minute, because of course, seriously,
why, I can see you hate her just the
¡ante as you always did.”
“Yes," sntd Ramsey, disarmed and
guileless In the face of diplomacy. “I
only tsld you about all thia, Fred, be-
ause I t seemed— well. It seemed so
;lnd o' funny to me.”
Fred affected not to hear. "W hat
lid you say, Ramsey r
Ramsey looked vaguely disturbed. “1
said— why, I said it all seemed kind
>'— " H e paused, then repeated plain
tive ly :
"W ell, to me, It all seemed
kind o’— kind o’ funny.”
“ W hat did?” Fred Inquired, but as
he glanced In seeming naivete at his
companion, something he saw In the
M A R C H 2, '.‘'23
' Jots and Tittles
(C o rti m d fr in pige 1!
Brownsville is to have the fair
¡again and probably annually.
H A L S E Y E N T R E P R IS E
SHOES
SHOES
W e have them tor the wh >le family, and at prices
$3.98 $3.65 3.95 and 4.65
$4.95, 5.45 and 5.90
Edith, daughter of Lester Walker ]
and
id wife of Brownsville, was nisi- T
7
ried in Seattle last week.
Men's Black Dress Shoes, Goodyear
I t is reported that last week's Wells
freeze, in the absence of a snow
blanket, did considerable injury Boys' Dress Shoes in Brown and Black,
to grain.
.95 and 5.85
Boys’ Heavy H igh-top Shoes,
footed ones.
Mrs. James Bond went home to
Albany a w eek ago today after u
visit with her daughter, Mrs. J.
W Moore, here.
37
STORES
Del I is Coruutt of Shedd has re
ceived the Holstein bull calf he
won as a prize for stock judgiug at
the Pacific Northwest Livestock
xposition.
J.
FRESH
Juicy Tender
A Child May
Eat Our Candy
without any injurious effects, for it is
all made of the purest materials, and
is fresh every day. The purity and
freshness of our confectionery has a l
ways been our strong point, and it has
always lound ready lavor w ith the can
dy-eating public. Just try a box and
be convinced it is the best candy made.
Bowerman of
A. M. Reeves died at Lebanon
Friday nf pneumonia following
grip, aged about 60.
Mr. Reevi-a
continued.)
resided in Halsey about twenty
years ago and was prominent iu j
business circles.
At one time lie
H U B T A N N IN G C O .
was postmaster here and he was
Tannerag>f Lace Leather, Látigo, Upper principal of the schools for sou e
L eather,, Harness Leather and Sole
He whs also in mercantile
Leather.' W e also do custom tanning. years.
Hi
H U B T A N N I N G CO., Albany, Ore. business here for some time.
leaves a widow, a daughter, Mr.’ .
Ray Smith, in Salem, and a mar-
FO R SALE, $13 C A S H
ed son, Ralph, »1 Lebanon.
If ydu h^ve friends they
should have your photo
graph.
ClifloPd’s Studio
333 W . First street, Albany.
37
STORES
Salmon, Halibut
O ther Fish in season
■ Steaks, Chops
Orders promptly
Roasts, ’Cullets. Cured
filled by mail
Meats of all kinds,
W hen in Albany call
Dressed Poultry
and see our goods
in
No. 118 First Street
205 Lyon Street
ALBANY
Itamsey Chased him all the way to
the “fra t hOusg."«,
Mrs. A. C. Armstrong,
Halsey, Oregon.
».
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____ at
priced
Mack Sawyer, for many years
road supervisor for North Browns
ville, has taken a wiie and J R.
G table has his road job.
The Scio high school students
■yatemntically canvassed the city
and environs alter thorough adver
Rsmssy Chased Him M l the W ay te tizing, and in one hour sold 200
the “ F ra t House."
110 bonds for money to build a
gymnasium. That was good busi
la tte r’s eye warned him, and suddenly
ness.
Fred thought It Would be better to run.
Baby chicks hatched for parties wish
ing to furnish thetr own eggs. Reason
able. catt^actiow guaranteed
C all or
phone your Orders
(PI 111
ALBANY OREGON
The Halsey State btnk is re
splendent in new varnish on t ie
v.iodwork, new tintiug on tl e
walls, kakomine overhead, etc.
A ll these attractions are in addi
tion to those in its strong box.
B
aby Chicks Tanered and C. E.
Armstrong strijns. $ 1 2 P E R 1 0 0 .
Children's Shoes in sizes 2 \ .
C .J .B R E IE R © -
a cattle disease whicn is often f i-
inl to man.
I t is suspected that
he germ was in the hair of a new
shaving brush he had bought.
W ill burn coal or wood.
M p. Wtp. H. V h te le r,
Postofftce Building.
$2.65 and 2.85
The father of O. E Wolgsmott
of Browneville has just celebrated
his 100th birthday at his home at
independence, Iowa.
Rev. W illiam
with sine-
$3.45,3.95 and 4.25
G irls ' School Shoes at
$2.98, 3.98 and 4.45 $1,98,2.25 and 2.65
A1 'any died lust week of anthrax,
STO V E
Women's Brown Oxfords now
$2.85,2.95,3.25 and to 8, p n e e d ____ _______ è p a . I t ’,
One must have a license eyen t<>
1 .3 5 , 1 .4 5 , 1.60,1.85
trap fur-beanug animals.
How
3.45 Children's
Scullers in Black and Brown,
about skunks?—we mean four-
g
Handsome
SHOES
I M Aokctuiau of Raox Butte has low enough that no one need go without them,
i tripped th irty skunks this winter. Men's Brown Dress Shoes,
Women*» ftlack Kiri Dress Shoes.
All public gatherings are prohib Goudyear Welts, now only
ited at Lebanon on account of M en'» Erown English
Dress Shoes, W jt n e u 'i Black suit Brown d*»Y QQ
diphtheria.
G Midyear W elts,
High-heel Shoe« a t . . ...........
The roadbed from Albany to
Drivet's crossing is to be widened
from 16 to 18 fi-et and steel bridges
instead of wooden ones put over
Oak and Lake creeks.
Though the weather had tnoder-
..ted somewhat from the coldest,
it kept many people at home ami
a good show at the Rialto drew
b it a small attendance.
k,. Large.
PAG E 3
Stewart & h ic e Confectionery
1922 S a y s :
Different exchanges have come
to band with so many different
stories of the theft at the locul
hotel that we shall not tie much
a, rprised if we read that there was
no thief, no theft,'no Hotel Halsey
and no Hnlsey- And Mr. O'Brien
is sure that there was no money in
his pocket that morning.
In moving from Brownsville to
Salem Dren Stratton Inst a sewing
L IC E N S E D F U N E R A L D IR E C T O R S machine drawer from his load. H"
H A R R IS B U R G
LEBANON
advertised it in the Enterpri-e
l ’bone.33
Phone 15
hich came out at 5 o’clock last
Branches at
'Thursday, and before 8 next morn
Brownsville, Phone 37C15.
ing it bad been located at Sturte
Halsey Phone 166, Prank K irk . M gr vant's store, where it had been
left by a traveling man who found it
Ü
:i
W e w ill H e lp y o u S ave
u
T he First Savings Bank of Albany, Oregon !i
Where Savings are safe ”
Four per cent and no worry.
J
THE-
HALSEY STATE BANK
HALSEY, OREGON
Capital and Surplus $35,000
In terest paid on time certificates of deposit
W e invite your banking business
I). TAYLOR, Vice-Pros.
C. IL KOONTZ, Pres.
B. M. BONI), Cashier
H a rd w a re
O il is cheaper than wood and an oil heater gives co
fort in a bedroom on a cold m orning.
U a rx rc a
T h e housewife is as much entitled to modern
X»angt S equipm ent ts the grain grower.
A good lig h t w ill make your eyes last longer ami
Oil Ht ves
I
K lt c n e n
,,
,
,
Mazda Lamps go, bet«’ wrvsca.
Granite and Aluminum W are ««kitchen pleasure».
C ro ss & W h ite
W R IG H T & PO O LE
H
ALSEY
GARAGE
Fisk
Prom pt <fc efficient
auto repairing
and Goodyear Tire» and Tubes
Before buying tires be snre sod
investigate our prices
Ford parts
fit
accessories always « 5 hand
H a l s e y Garage
Foote Bros., Props.
At the sll-dav meeting of H a r
mony grange last week officers
were installed and six new mem.
ber» received.
Wedne.dav of last week M r’
M 0 . F ’ lk whs operated on at
Harrisburg for a very severe case
of appendicitis,
J. P. W right and sons Harley
and Perrv have gone to Browns
ville to t«ke employment. — Leba
non Express
(Continued on page 4)
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Here I am w ith a g rip full of everything that goes to make up life .
Same w ill m ik e the most of me. They w ill ba the StverS. and in re-
urn w ill reap Comfort. Happiness ami Plenty. Others w ill w is t» m t and
e Ventually pay in Regret, W a n t, M isery.
r
The Ulster County Gazette, ptib-
I abed at Kingston, N. Y ., In 1800
and containing an account of
George Washington’s funeral, w n
reprinted about fifty years ago and
many copies so'd for the origin >1
after having been artificially aged
in appearance. Nobody can claim
that the counterfeit is not as good
as the original, but J. F. Venner of
Brownsville has a copy accom
panied with credentials showing
that it has been in his family since
long before the counterfeiting
episode.
¡Í
Fanning Mills
Pulverizers
Tractors
'Plows
Cream
W agons
Separators
Disc Harrows
Springtooth Harrows Orders taken for Harness
Manure Spreaders
<1 Special prices for Binders if taken soon
£ H, ^rLorn/i inutey
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»»ata* m
m
s’*»-» »»s.-. Z*
J. W MOORE
¿ R e a l Estate and J ,nsurance
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