PAG E 2 H A L S E Y E N T E R P R IS E M A R C H 9, 1922 HALSEY ENTERPRISE ' pay ita An independent— N O T neutral— u«we paper, published every Thuis that one nation, the most powerful of all, by a majority of one 1190,- fXM) vote, the new beatitudes were rejected. Clue of the two great curses, w th an expenditure of four aud one- half millions of dollars, defeats« the other of tbe two, which, bj begging, borrowing and stealing was aide to raise only one-third *» much, and we are out of the world’ peace league. The successful party has non brot about another agreement in tended to promote world peac< (puny as compared to the V»r sallies league) and leaders of ill minority party are trying to pi>- vent i s ralilication by the eeiiat». While the idoletor* are worship ing the false gods of the parlie an augur might quote. ’‘ l-ook to your hearths, • • • For there henceforth shall sit, For hnuselmhl god«, (Shapes hot from Tartarus: Suspicion, poisoning his brother’, c«p; Wau Ttieachery, with his thirst dagger drawn,” W H Y T H E H IG H I AXKH? price«. It burden« such , local companies io this and other ways with such an outrageous over- |oaj tj,at ti,ey must charge t (by Edward G. Low ry) there is a crying need for a reduc tion of tbs number of state com missions that are fattening at th» publtccrib. Senator Charles H all in bis bid for tbe republican nomi­ nation for tbe governorship, says there are seventy of these commis­ sions and that ten would be enough Every one of these taxeater« is ready Io make a fight for eaistaoce if reform is mooted in tbe legisla­ ture, and lawmakers having friend» who want soft jobs are ready to in- create instead of lessening these burdens. We are governed too muoh and t>o expensively. Instead of in creasing the number of mem tiers of the legislature and tbe 485 con­ gressmen, which would be like diluting dishwater, they onght to be cut to one-tbird, saving the salaries of two-thirds of them and their hangers-on and lessening the houre of legislative talk for which we pay so dearly. Taxes are high because we pay for ton much dishwater and gei too little meat. NO GAMBLING No gambling. O, Hot But Brownsville men are said to h av e left a pile of shekels at Corvallis when Snyder knocked Tetzie out in a slugging match last week. No gambling gumea we>e allowed at the state fair last year, we are told, but lots of money changed hands at the horie races. Our county fair is to be free from g miea of chance, but there will be racing aud betting, you l et! 1 w ill »ell the following property at A u c tio n at m j (arm, 2 miles aoutb of 1‘coria and miles uorihweal oi Halsey, on the river road, on M arch 13, at 1 o'clock »harp: 1 team ol Holiea, age 12 years, weight IbOU pounds each I Cows. 3 g ivin g m ilk, 1 to freshen the IMH ol March 7 down W hite Leghorn Chickens, O, A. C. strain 1 set IKm pic work Harness t alrel-nlteel Farm T iu c k 1 Spring Wagon 1 John Deer» Hay Rake 1 twelve.meh W a lk in g Plow 1 five-ahovel Garden Plow 1 Ford Car with delivery bed and top 1 No. 12 DeLaval Cream Separator 2 Spades, 3 Forks 2 a ta ly ganon Marréis I Crosscut Saw, I A t , 1 Sledge IU cords Ash and Maple Wood I toatiesóle (south Bend) Range 1 Healer Stove I Sellers Kitchen Cabinet I Glass Cupboard I D ining Table,7-toot Extension, round pattern 6 Tuning C h ain .2 Rochéis, 1 Ironing Hoard I Library Tabla 3 Steel beds with Springs and M at ' tresses 1 Smoller and M uller Piano in good condition » 1 Phonograph, cabinet style, w ith fiS I Records 1 9s 12 Congnlemu Rug. 2$ yards ol Linoleum ie good condition and all in one piece 1 Chiffonier several doten F ru it Jars 2 I uba. Wash Roller, tome Dishes and kitchen ware and other articles not herein mentioned All household articles in first cteee shape T kbms ov S als — »26 or under, cash . in sums over »20 sis months’ time w ill ' w given on bankable notes at » per cent No articles io be removed u ntil settled The public service commissioi fares a recall conteat, with th- probabilities against its survival Its affiirtualion of tbe advance rates charged by the telephone monopoly is the cause, aud lb> great uuiuher of the telepbon users and their friends is likely !• give a majority for Ihe recall, f • telephone patrous iu Oregon at aa mad at the hornets iu a di» turbed nest, and justly so. As the commission point» oat i its defense, it has boon actuated h a desire In permit ths Pac:He State Telephone and T ’degraph compan* to collect a fair income upon i< tuvealmeul. But the Knterpiis believe* the commission lias n< investigated deeply enough The Bell compauy owns a con. trolling share of the stock of tin coast compauy and direct» it» pol .or, C E MOLE Owner Icy. I t compels the local compan A L S T V E N S O N Auctioneer » M. ROND. Clerk to tue its |>al«uted appliances am.. g C w rW S C W a a n W iw .n t .r U d m V II. outrageous price« for service or lose money. Aod tbe national monopoly ha« just paid a 9-per- uent dividend, besides increasing i t * reserve. Oregon telephone us­ er« contribute their share of all this. Under public service commission control tbe offending company has secured a monopoly which ie agaiust public policy. Private line« have been denied permieeion to organize competition and oth­ ers have been forced out of busi­ ness to strengthen tbe monopoly. There must be a remedy some, «here for this injustice. - Aside from this specific cans , f M onday, n *■ « Kanuey W H E R E YO UR T A X E S GO WAR’S HORRIBLE WASTE M r. R C. L eflng w ell was tbe as­ sistant secretary of the treasury In charge of Bnsnces during tbe w ar. W hile he was in the treasury he be- • ame deeply Impressed w ith the mag­ nitude of government expedltures and the looseness. Inefficiency and waste that are a part of government meth­ od. A ll the secretaries of the treas­ ury since the outbreak of the War have shared this feeling of apprehen­ sion and concern w ith M r. Leffing- well I quote here a recent utterance of till on w ar expenditures: “O f the $4,000,000.000. exclusive of Interest on the public debt, spent In the fiscal year 1921. $1,101.615,013.32 was spent by the W a r department. $650.373,835.58 by the Navy depart ment, $800.000,000 on the railroads. '290,000.000 by the bureau of w ar risk nsurance, and $357,814.897.01 by the Interior department, mostly, I take It, for C ivil w ar and Spanish w ar pen­ sions— a total of »3,080,000,000 under these heads. "In the fiscal year 1920 tbe W a r de­ partm ent spent »1.610.000.000, and the Navy department $740,000,000, a total o f »2,850.000,000. Secretary Mellon estimates that In the fiscal year, 1921. the W a r department w ill spend $1,025,- 000,000. and the Navy department $700,000,000, a total of $1,725,000.000; and that In the fiscal year. 1922. the W ar department w ill spend $570,000,- 000. and the Navy department $545.- 000.000, a total of $1,115,000,000. This make» a three-years' total of $5,190,- 000.000. “G ermany went to w a r to realize on her Investment In arms and armies. T he burden of universal m ilita ry serv­ ice, expenditures on the arm y and navy, subsidies and doles, became In­ tolerable. She thought she would re­ peat the exploit of 1870 and make w ar so profitable in territory and indene nltles as to recoup herself fo r the outlay of 40 years' preparation. The splendid resistance of the Belgians and the French and of the little British expeditionary force made the short w a r a fu tile dream. The untrained manhood and unmortgaged resources of the Western W orld, of the British empire overseas, and finally of Am er­ ica, determined the Issue. Germany suffered economic collapse, though her armies, beaten hut not routed, were still on enemy soil. So Germany's m ilita ry preparedness was her cause for making w ar and was the cause of her defeat. Iu the Issue. It was eco­ nomic preparedness that mattered most. “Today, men, women and little chil­ dren are starving to death In Europe be­ cause of the war's horrible waste and because o f the still more horrible waste of a fte r the war. T w o years and a h alf a fte r analstlce, nearly two years a fte r peace was concluded between Germany and the allies, millions of men are under arma, eating and wear­ ing the produce of the fields and of the labor of a civilian population which must bear the load of taxes and Inflation necessary to maintain those armies In economic Idleness. The peo­ ples of continental Europe are stag gerlng under the load of armaments, fa r too great before the w ar and In­ tolerable now. T h e ir rulers hold them­ selves In power by subsidies and doles, by playing, now on th eir fears, and again on their avarice, still again on nationalistic ambitions or ancient ra­ cial hatred» The allies have under­ taken to Insure Germany’s economic recovery by Insisting upon her dlsarm- aineut and the payment of reparations which means the development of a huge export balance; but for them­ selves they reserve the donhlful privi­ lege of rem aining armed to the teeth . . "W e have demonstrated our m ili­ tary power. W e have shown what may be done In a few short months to make an army and transport It to wage a foreign war. We have no need to be aggressors abroad, we are Invul­ nerable at home. Let us accept tlie responsibilities of the position of lead ershlp which Is ours, show the world how to beat swords Into plow-shares, relieve the peoples of the world of ap­ prehension and lead them back into the ways of peace and plenty. I f we prepare for w ar we shall have It. I f we lead the world In preparation for we way have that.” $5 Elctro Condite FREE C L A R IF IE S , M E I LO W S, purifies, sges all liquids, perfuu es home made beveragtv etc. Makes water fit (or drinking in two minutes Dissolves Yeast. Nothing tired but Electricity andour ConJite E q u a u 20 Y b a b s iw H a r u k i . 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Manufacturing optician. | , , ¡ hooL where C H A P T E R I I I . —In hle> ora tio n D ay P a ra d e ” in m e dome tow n. Th e old g e n tlu n a n , a v eteran oi the C iv il w a r, endeavor« Lo im press the youngster w ith the significance ot tne g re at con diet, and m any year« a fte rw a rd the boy wae to te m e m ^e r hia words w ith s ta rtlin g vividness. C H A P T E R I I . —In th e schoolroom. « .ew years a fte rw a rd , R am sey was not Jtstinguisned fo r re m a rk a b le a b ility , though lus tw o pron oun ted dislikes were a rith m e tic and 'Recitations.** In snsirp o n tra s t to R am s e y ’s backw ardness Is the precocity o f little D o ra Yocuia. a young lady w hom in his bitterness he de­ nom inates •‘T e a c h e r’s P e t.” We m ake a S p ecialty o f F rien d sh ip , E ngagem ent and W edding Rings Estate. Handles Town and Country Property. G ive him a call and see if he can fiv you up. s C H A P T E R V I I . - S h o r t l y a fte r M ills 's dep a rtu re, h e r frie n d . Sadie Clew s, in ­ form s R am sey th a t his In a m o ra ta has been m a rrie d to h e r cousin and is not com ing back, so th a t little rom ance Is ended. W ith in a fe w m onths R am sey and hls closest friend, F re d M itc h e ll, go to the state u n iv ers ity , R am s a y ’s chief feeling being one o t re lie f th a t he has got a w a y from the detested D ora. T o his hor­ ro r he finds she Is also a student a t ths un iv ers ity . Induced to Join a debatin g society. R am sey is chosen as D o ra 's op­ ponent In a debate dealing w ith the m a t ­ te r of G e rm a n y 's rig h t to In vade .= B e l­ gium . D o ra being assigned the negative side o f the arg um en * P a r tly on account o f hla feelings to w a rd D ora, and hls n a t ­ u ra l nervousness, he m akes a m iserable show ing and D o ra carries off the honors. A brash youngster nam ed U n s k i objects to the show ing m ade by R am sey a n a be­ comes personal In hls rem a rks . T h e » n a t­ te r ends w ith R am sey. In the un iv ers ity v e rn a c u la r, g ivin g 1-lnakl a "peach e f a punch on th e s n o o t" C H A P T E R V I I I —D o ra a ppears to have m ade a decided h it w ith her fello w stu ­ dents. to R am s e y ’s suprem e w end erm ent A ru m o r o f his " a ffa ir " w ith the fickle M tlla spreads and he gets the rep utation o f a m an o f experience and a "Seeman h a te r." C H A P T E R I X —T h e atory come« ta the spring of ltlf, and the s in k in g o f the Lual ta n la T h e u n iv ers ity Is a tlrre d to !»« lepths F a c ility and " f r a t ” societies alike w ire the go vernm ent offe rin g th e ir serv ces In the w a r w h ich th e y believe to be n e v lta h le D o ra, holding the b e lief that «11 w a r Is w rong, sees w ith h o rro r the spirit o f the students, which Is an In te n t, desire to call G e rm a n y to account. She seeks R am sey and endeavors to Impress him w ith her pacifist v ls w a CHAPTER X .- M l s s - To eu m 's a g ; r a som ew hat dlscon, e rts ftam aev. especially a s the g irl eecms to place s o n . rea l value on hts opinions, and his feelings tow ard her a re som ew hat vague CHAPTER XL A N IT A R Y Barber Shop and Baths Ramsey was not quite athlete enough for any of the 'varsity teajns ; neither was he an antagonist ‘'agffely encountered, whether In play or In First-class work guarnteed earnest, and during the next few day« KARL BRAM W ELL. he taught Fred M itchell to be peu- tlous. T he chaffer learned that- hls own agility could not save him from Rainecy, and so found It wiser to con­ tain an effervescence which sometimes Electric H aircutting, Muesag'rg threatened to hurst him. Ramaey as a victim was a continuous temptation, and Shampooing. lie was so good-natured and yet so Cleaning and Pressing. furloua. A fte r Commencement, when the roommates had gone home, Mr. M itch­ __________ _, ¡ ell's caution extended over the long sunshiny months of summer vacation; A R C H IE C O R N E L IU S he broke It but once and then tn well- advised safety, for the occasion was scml-publlc. The two were out fo r a stroll on a July Bunday afternoon; , Expert workmanship. Watches and and up and down the street yonng clocks a specialty. couples lolled along, young famlllee HALSEY O R E G O N end baby carriages straggled to and BARBER SHOP E. C . M IL L E R M 17 W ÂTCHMAKER&Jeweier F. M . GRAY, D ra y m a n . All work done pron.p tly reasonably. Pboue No. 269. s.,d C C. B R Y A N T ATTORNEY A T LA W 201 New First Nat’l Bank Bid’g Albany, Oregon. < .Copynqfit^y PouWedoq. Paqe A Company. 8 Y N O P S I8 O ptom eJrist. L A ____________ from the houses of older relatlveei aud the rest of the world of that growing city was rocking and fanning Itself un Its front veranda. “Here's a right pretty place. Isn't It. Ramsey, don't you think r Fred re­ marked Innocently, as they were pass­ ing a lawn of short-clipped, bright green grass before a genial-looking house, fresh In w hite peint and cool In green and w hite awnings. A broad veranda, well populated Just now, crossed the front of the house; fine trees helped the awnings to give com­ fort agalrst the aun; and Fred's re­ mark was warranted. Ncvertbelem. he fell under the suspicion of hie eoen- j'MUlon, w ho ¿ ail begun to grince some nervousness before T re d spoke. “ W hat place you m e a n t' “T he Yocum place,” said M r. M itch ­ ell. “I hear the old gentleman’s m ighty prosperous these daj-8. They keep things up to the m ark, don't they, Ramsey?" " I don't know w hether they do or whether they don’t,” Ramsey returned shortly. Fred appeared to muse re g re tfu lly “I t looks kind of empty now, though," he said, "w ith only M r. and Mrs. Yo­ cum and their m arried daughters, and eight or nine children on the front porch!" | “You w a it t ill I get you where they I can’t see u e!" Ramsey warned him 1 fiercely. “You can't do It ! " said Fred, manl- , Testing trium ph. “W e ’ll both stop right i here In plain sight o f the wliole Yo­ cum fam ily connection till you promise not to touch me.” And he halted, leaning hack Im ­ placably against the Yocum's Iron fence. Ramsey was scandalized. ) “Come on I” he said hoarsely. “Don’t stop here I" " I w ill, and If you go on alone I ’ll ; yell at you. You got to stand right here w ith all of ’em lookin’ a t you until— " “I prom ise! M y heavens, come on !” F red consented to end the moment of agony; and fo r the rest o f the sum­ mer found It Impossible to persuade Ramsey to past that house In hls com­ pany. “I won’t do I t !” Ramsey told him. “Your word of honor means noth­ in' to m e; you’re lia b le to do anything that comes Into your head, nnd I ’m gettln' old enough to not get a reputa­ tion for bein’ seen w ith people that act the Idiot on the public streets. No, s ir; we'll w alk around the block— at least, we w ill I f you’re goln' w ith m e!” And to Fred's delight, though he concealed It, they would make this de­ tour. T he evening a fte r th eir return to the university both were busy w ith th e ir trunks and various orderings und disordering« of their apartm ent, but Fred several times expressed surprise that hls roommate should he content to remain at hom e; and finally Rain- sey comprehended these Implications. Mrs. Meigs’ chandelier Im m ediately Jingled w ith the shock o f another crash upon the floor above. “You let me u p!” Fred commanded thickly, hls voice muffled by the pile of flannels, sweaters, underwear and raincoats, wherein hls head was being forced to burrow. “You let me up, darn you! I didn't say anything.” And upon hls release he complained that the attack was unprovoked. “I didn't say anything on earth to even hint you might want to go out and see If anybody In p articu lar had got hack to college yet. I didn’t even mention the name of Dora Yo— Keep off o’ me! My goodness, hut you are sensi­ tiv e !" As a m atter o f fact, neither of them saw Dora until the flrst meeting of the Lumen, w hither they went as sopho­ mores to take their pleasure In the agony of freshmen debaters. Ramsey was now able to attend the Lumen, not with complacence but at least w ithout shuddering over the recollection o f hls own spectacular first appearance there. He had made subsequent appearances, far from b rilliant, yet not disgraceful, and as a spectator, at least, he usually felt rather at hls ease In the place. It cannot be asserted, however, that he appeared entirely at hls ease this evening a fter he had read the "Pro­ gramme” chalked upon the large ensel blackboard beside the chairm an’s desk. Three "Freshman Debates” were an­ nounced and a “Sophomore O ration," this last being followed by Ihe name, "D. Yocum, ’18.” Ramsey made Im­ mediate and conspicuous efforts to avoid sitting next to his roommate, but was not so adroit as to be suc­ cessful. However, Fred was m e rc ifu l; the fluctuations of hls friend's com­ plexion were an Inspiration more to pity than to badinage. The three debates all concerned the "Causes of the W ar In Europe," nnd honor« appeared to rest w ith a small and stout, stolidly “pro-German” girl debater, who had brought w ith her and translated at sight ahsu-loot proofs (so she called them ), printed in Gor­ man. that Germany had been attacked by Belgium at the low Instigation of the envlons English. Everybody knew It wasn’t tru e; but she made an Im­ pression and established herself as a debater, especially as her opponent wa» quite confounded by her Introduc­ tion o f printed matter. When the debate« and the verdict« were concluded, the orator appeared, end F red’s compassion extended Itself so fa r that he even refrained from looking Inquisitively at the hoy In the seat next to h ls ; but he made one side of a wajer, meutally—that If Ramsey .4