PAG E 2
H A L S E Y E N T E R P R IS E
HALSEY ENTERPRISE
M A R C H 2t,
I’m
promia«« • definite reward to ■
child and then, after the child bae
faithfully performed ita part of the
agreement,
breaks faith.
Often
.
'—
------- it
in a pig or a calf or a lamb that ia
I presented to the youngster and
/carefully tended and petted until
’ ready for the market and then sold
and the price pocketed by the
paront.
Ia it any wonder that the child
who first learns this leaaou from ita
di parents becomes suspicious,
I crafty and deceitful?
It is to be
I hoped that every mernbei of the
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oelf, pig and otlier juvenile indue-
Oregon newspapers have adopted
I trial organizations for which Linn
n code of ethics that ought to male
county is famed throughout the
editors a tig lie, but it doesn’t
I ountry will have a different ex
Like the big nations on accepting
perience.
the Wilson fourteen pointe in the
great conf‘aence at Versailles m il
They carried Murderer Burch to
tho-u ot them who declared accept* the ga|low>,iu a chair when lie got
a ice of the Hughes program at the Iso weak trying to beat them by
little conferenfce at Washington, starving biuiM lf that they could
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CHAPTER X III.
have to go and do It under some other
fla g ; and I w ant to tell you I'm one
th a t’s going to go I Pit stick it out in
college up to Easter, and then If
there’s still no chance to go under the
Stars and Stripes I ’ll maybe have to
go under the flag my great-great
grandfather fought against in 1776
; but. anyhow, T il g ol"
It was In speaking to Ramsey o f this
declaration that Dora said Fred was r
1 “dangerous firebrand." They wert
taking another February w alk, but tht
February was February, 1917; and thi
day was dry and sunny. “I t ’s Just
about a year ago,” she said.
“W h at Is?” Ramsey asked.
“T h a t first time we went walking.
Don't you remember?"
“Oh. that day? Yes, I remember It
was snowing."
"And so cold and b lo w y!” she added.
“I t seems a long time ago. I like walk-
in« w ith you, Rumsey. You’re go quiet
and solid— I've always felt I could talk
to you Just anyhow I pleased, and you
wouldn’t mind. I ’ll miss these walks
w ith you when we’re out of college.”
H » chuckled. “T h a t’s funny I”
“Wl,y?"
"Because we've only taken fou r be
sides this: two last year, and another
week before last, and another last
week. This Is only the fifth.”
“Good gracious!
Is that all?
It
seemed to me we’d gone ever so
often I” She laughed. " I ’m afraid you
won't think that seems much as If I'd
liked going, but I really have. And,
by the way. you've never called on me
at all. Perhaps It's because I ’ve for
gotten to ask you.”
“Oh, no,” Ramsey said, and scuffed
his shoes on the path, presently ex
plaining rather huskily that he "never
was much of a c a lle r"; and he added,
“or anything.”
,
"W ell, you must come If you ever
care to," she said w ith a big slatef
gractousness.
"The Dorm chaperon
sits there, of course, but ours Is a Jolly
one and you'd like her. You've prob
ably met her— Mrs. Hustings?— when
you’ve called on other girls at our old
shop.”
“No," said Ramsey. " I never was
much o f a ------ ” H e paured fearing
that he might he repeating himself.
Bo everywhere over the country, that
Alnter of 1918, there were ltght-heart-
*d boys skylarking— a t college, or on
he fa rm s ; aud tn the towns the
young machinists snowballed one an
other as they came from the shops;
vhlle on this Sunday o f the “fra t"
«now fight probably several hundreds
if thousands of youthful bachelors, be-
p inciple, but .not io detail not jf ag much peraeverauce were ahown
tween the two oceans, went walking,
Ike Ramsey, each with a girl who
in person. E ush editor agre.s that
meting out due penalties to all
WiNCHMSTea B all P bim H ammkb —
■ould forget the weather. Yet boys
the code is a good one for all the olher murderers the taking of- hu- Perfectly balanced for a hard, true blow,
<f nineteen and in the twenties were
if
from
crucible steel that w ill not WnfCSCSTSB laow b*MCH
ren to comply with.
man life would become leas popu- Forged
tot light-hearted all tbe time that w in
rtmihroom or chip, Patented interlock M>; g*> quality tempered cutters, held
ter and that spring and that summer.
Democratlc editors continue Io l i r .
A great deal of aympathy mg wedgei.
rig id ly in position. Qqick,
accurate
ad
Tqick,
Host of them knew long, thoughtful
justm ent
Smooth
ullegetliat the Washington trea* L „ rf sniveling over the deserved
Jack,
Fore and
moments, as Ramsey did, when they
Jointer planes.
ties commit the country to war in fate of criminal» ia done by people
seemed to he thinking not of girls or
work or play— nor of anything around
c e rta in c o n tin g e n c ie s .
»ho have neiU, „ y me nor'ioolina.
them, but o f some more v ita l m atter
Republican editors ate still lying Uon to ,Danife((t ,y O)patby with <-,hUC7J’ irB
C h i s e , s — sP«cial cru- W iNCBBStxa S caaw D a iv g a s — Blades or prospect. And at auch times they
cible steel iiisde in one piece from tip of single pieces of chrome steel sscurelv
about Mr. Wilson and declaring | t|w. e who deserve it.
were grave, but not ungentle.
of the plade tluough the socket
As-1 fitted to bandies
Stand uo u n d e r t h i
For the long strain was on the coun
that the Versailes pact, if we en-
sortuient of patterns and blade widths,
| hardest kind (S use.
P *“
try ; underneath all Its outward seem
tered it, would take from our con.
ing of things going on as usual there
Thin country refused t6 go Into
gross its sol« right to declare war
shook a deep vibration, like the a ir
the league of nations and made a
Nail Hammers. Wrenches,
A °g » r
Bits, Saw«v Riers,
Files trembling to vast organ pipes In dla
and compel us to send troops t<
separate peace treaty with Ger
pasons too profound to rench the ear
light on overseas battlefields.
os sound; one felt, not heard, thunder
many. Now the allies are collect
AU plain, common, usual, par
In the ground under one’s feet. The
ing claims under the league pact
succession of diplomatic notes came
tisan lj ing.
and Uncle Bam is whistling on the
to an end a fte r the torpedoing of the
I he ,noowd.tency of the preach- out, i(1, unable undfl, h,s RFparate
Sussex; and at last the tricky ruling
Germans In Berlin gave their word to
meot. of many papers regarding treaty
„ much M # gme|,
the
stomb
murder no more, and people said. “Tills
automobiles and tbe railroads | tbe dough. We made our bed and
means peace for America, and all Is
shows anotner clash with ethics
well for us," but everybody knew tn
now we may lie in it or go hang
formulated or unformuiated.
his heart that nothing was well for
for all the league members need to patlo n o f w ork In the fu tu re . W e could
us, that there was no peace.
save |»iu.«(lo,oiz) a year, In m y Judgment,
Apparently with the object of care.
by doing a w a y w ith useless bureaus and
They suld, “A ll Is w ell," while that
du plicatio n o f a ctivities.
keeping the good will of the rail
ATTORNEY A T LA W
thunder In the ground never ceased—
Some o f the du plicatio ns a re rid ic u
The statement is made in Lon
roads, and retaining their advertis
it grew deeper and heavier till all
lous a nd absurd. F o r Instance, the gov
201 New Firet Nat’l Bank Bld’g. America shook with it and It became
m e n t seeks to protect the w ild a n im a ls
ing patronage, these sheets de don that Colonel Harvey ia like!v e In rn th
e n a tio n a l parks. I f a brow n k a d la k
slowly audible as the voice of the old
Albany, Oregon.
clare that auto trucks are destroy t > be a candidate in the Ameri h e a r bee tw in cubs, one brown and one
American soil, a soil wherein lay those
b lack, as often happens, and one should
ing the highways and paying noth- can presidential election.
Who shoot the brow n cub he must m ak e bis
who had defended It aforetime, a soil
settlem e n t w ith one departm ent b u t If
ing for ftn ir upkeep. This might started the elory ia not stated, but he shoots Ite fu ll b ro th er, the black cub,
that bred those who would defend It
again, for It was theirs; and the mean
m ust settle w ith a n o th er departm ent.
apply In some places, but in Or we can guess, Colonel Harvey is he
I f vou W ere to shoot a fox In A laska your
Ing of It— Life, Liberty, and the P er
s e ttle m e s i would be w ith the D ep artm e n t
egon the .e vehicles are hearing over there.
suit o f Happiness— was theirs, anil
o f A g ric u ltu re , w h ile If vou trap ped the
theirs to defend. And they knew th“y
tlie heaviest o, all the tax burdens
e»m e fox you must m ak e \o u r settlem ent
w ith th * D ep artm e n t o f O om m arce
would defend It, and that more than
nf the (I ly and the money that they
W HERE YOUR TAXES GO
The
governm ent
laeued
last
y,__
* .All (work dona promptly and the glory of a Nation was at stake.
th ro u g h Its several bureaus and d e p a rt
thus pay goes almost entirely into
The Freedom of Man was at stake. So.
m ents 1« cookbooks
T h e last o n e th a t
(by Edward O. Lowry)
reasonably. Phone No. 289.9
gradually, the sacred thunder reached
the road fund.
was Issued was published by the hoard
o f vocation al education
T h is Is a heard
the eacz of the young men and gave
organised by the congress for the purpose
I' n I - if ication to gain railroad
them those deep moments that came to
IX .
o f r e h a b ilita tin g crippled soldiers o f tbs
. patronage is vain.
I'be railroad
them whether they sat In the\class-
W o rld w » r. to p reven t, as fa r as possible
OUT-OF-DATE MACHINE
lh a ir becom ing derelicts In Ilfs. .
it
room or the counting-room, or «miked
management of today differs from
m
a
r
be
o
f
In
tere
s
t
to
state
th
a
t
w
h
ile
the
A c o in 111 11 t ie made up o f three mem
w ith the plow, or stood to the machine,
that nf fifty years ago in beiug open ber» o f the senate and three members go vernm ent has been leaulng 1» cookbooks
LA W Y E R AND NOTARY
or behind the ribbon counter. Thus
and consum ing vast qu an titie s o f p rin t
ao.i above board. The companies of the house Is now considering the paper In these and s im ila r us-leaa publl
the thunder shook them and tried, them
I too coun try tow n new spapers
and slowly earae Into th eir lives sod
B bowmvill «, O rboom
advertise Literally, not in return «hole problem of the organization of cations,
the executive departments of the gov- have suspended In th a last three m onths
changed everything for them,
because
th
e
y
could
not
secure
prin
t
paper.
for questionable favors but as a em inent w ith a v ew to finding out
H ate of the Germans was not bred;
M r. Henvls and g great many others
matter of business, and they are how to reorganise them so as to In
but a contempt fo r what Germany had
have sensed the feeling In the coun
shown In lieu o f a national h eart; a
not rewarding nor encouraging crease their p o te n c y and decrease try and In gnn$ress that the time has
their com of operation
it Is about
contempt as m ighty an^ us profound
liars as such.
time
The great executive depart come to put an end to all this sort
as the resolve that the German way
Fise
e f thing.
H e give» reasons fo r his
and the German w ill should not pre
The same papers turn about ments of the govern utnt have not b elief:
vail In America, nor In any country of
and falsify against the railaoads in been reorganized or greatly modern
One o f th e reasons Is th a t tha people
lied since Alexander Ham ilton's day.
the world that would be free. And
dem and th a t thely ta x a tio n be reduced
catering to those agitators, who
Representative Reavt* of Nebraska
F o r m an y v e a r s .e e have been collecting
when the German kaiser laid h it com
claim to represent the laborers Is one of the members of this Joint th e revenues of.Thts g o vernm ent through
maud upon America, that no American
301 Lyon s t, Albany. Oregon,
system s o f In direct ta x a tio n
T h e rev e
should take tits ship upon the free
they stress the false cry that the congressional committee that ta m ak nues h ave been .o fle cte d throu gh a p ro
ing the present Investigation He put
seas, death being the penalty fo r anj
te c tiv e ta r iff and by e x d » a ta x a tio n on
roads have not reduced fares nor the resolution throujrl) the house that In to x ic a tin g llqucrs In d ire c t ta x a tio n of
who disobeyed, then the German kaiser
k in d prevents the people from rea llx -
freights when wage reductions have brought about the appointment of the this
got his answer, not only to this new
ln< fu lly Just who Is p a y in g the expenses
H e 1« a part of the na
law he had made for us, hut to many
o f th e g o v e rn m e n t
Th ere was a tim e
been made.
The* truth ia that committee
tlonal government mach ne and he w hen the expenses o f the governm ent
other thoughts of his
Y«f the an
there have Iteen repeated rate cuts ought to know what hets talking about am ounted to o p ly 1J cants per capita per
'W IL D E Y LODGE NO. 6-5.
awer was for some tim e delayesf
y ea r
T o d a y th e a n n u al per capita e x
on all the loada of late. The lat when he says that “while the gov
T here was a b itter Sunday, and Its
pense exceeds MO
T h is trem endous ax-
Regular meeting next Saturdat
ernnient
o
f
the
Vnlted
States
1«
the
penee
has
m ade It necessary to resort to
bitterness went everywhere, to every
est application of tbe Bout hem
night.
world's b|ggest business It la likewise dire c t ta x a tio n and the people have sud
place In the whole wqgld that held
I'acific f >r permis-ion from the the world's worst managed business." denly bet ome p a in fu lly a w a re o f w he
high and generous hearts, its hitter
pays th e sxpeseea o f tn e governm ent
Interstate Commerce commission
That Is an Indictment and a state
ncss came to the special meeting In
I am v ery certa in th a t the e lim in atio n
" I Nsvsr Liked Any Girl Enough to
du plicatio ns and o v e rla p p in g In tha de
the
fra t hall,' where there were
is announced in a bulletin which ment of fact that w ill stand the cloeest p of a rtm
e
n
ts
w
ill
result
In
the
saving
of
Ge and Call on H er.”
scrutiny and the most unsparing
hearts.
Indeed,
of
that
right
sort,
and
•ays:
m illio n s o f d o lla rs
T h e re Is no reason
analysis Bnt listen fo M r. Reavis:
one of them became vocal In Its b itter
w h y It should not be done
o A cs 1st door south of school bouse
and
too
hastily
amended his Intention.
"33 by should the In te rio r department
T h e re Is e ve ry reason, tn the pressnee
ness. This was the heart of Fred
Among the important reductions
Halsay, Oregon.
" I never liked any girl enough to go
o f th a s trife and tu rm o il th a t p re v a il In
run
art
Insane
asylumgnd
a
college
for
M itchell, who was now an authority,
from eastern points to the Pacific
and call on her."
this c o u n try and o f the unreal occasioned
being president of the Junior class^
coaat are: copper wire and cable, negroes and a school fo r the deaf? hy th e high cost o f the nt' eesarlsa o f Ilfs
“Ramsey M llh ollan d!" she cried.
How did It get that way Why should
th a t the g o vernm ent should he put upon
Handles Tnw a sad Country Property.
chairmnn of the Prom committee, and
-’.1 per cent; pole line construction
"W hy, when we were In school h alf
s sans, efllclsnt and econom ical heels
one personnel In the pension bureau
other
things
pleasant
to
be
aud
to
live
G
ive
him
a
call
sod
see
if
he
can
fix
materials, 23 |ier cent; bath tubs. In the Interior department he r a r ln r
the room used to be talking about how
Whoever hy public clamor or other
fo r at his tge.
y
22 pel cent; Un cans and pails, 14 for the disabled soldiers of the Civil means can Induce congress anil tha you up.
you and that pretty M llla — “
T o r me. brothers," he said, "1 think
per cent ; asbestos roofing, 50 pet war and the Spanish American war, executive departments fo orgsulxe rha
"No, no!" Ramsey protested, again
I'd a great deal rather have been shot
too hurriedly. “I never called on her.
cent; rubber boots and shoes, 9 per « b ile another personnel In the bnresn routine business o f the national gov
through the head than heard ffce news
W e Just went w alking.”
ic n l, charcoal and crude cyanide, of war risk Insurance of the treas- ernment wilt have performed a great
from Washington today! I tell you.
A moment later his color suddenly
Note that I say “or
31 per vent; wrapping paper, iron nrv Is caring for the veterans of the public service
I'v e rpent the meanest afternoon I
became fiery. " I don't mean—1 niea„
and steel barrels, 15 to 11 |>er cent. World war? 3Vhv this hodgepodge of ganise" :tnd not “recrganlre." for In
ever did In my life, and I guess It's
—" he stammered. " It was walking,
been pretty much the same w ith all of
Kates on eggs from tbe Pacific totally unrelated purposes «hlch Is re ao proper sense has the federal bual
of course— I mean we did go out w alk
ua.
The
worst
o
f
It
la.
It
looks
as
coast to eastern points are to. sulting tn end'eaa duplication and sp- nets ever been organized.
First-eiaas work guarnteed
ing, but It wasn't w alking like— like
though there Isn't a thing Io the world
lie reduced 22 per cent. Nut pslllns expense?”
K ARL BRAM W ELL.
The Bette Way.
this."
H e concluded with a fit of
I w ill let M r Reavis go on without
we
can
do.
The
country's
been
be
kernels will carry a 11 p ircen t
And for our perl there are t1ui«x
further Interruption
As a member
mghlng which seemed to rack him.
trayed hy a few blatherskites and
lo w e r ra te
of the h use he has his share o f the
«hen we would rather face the music
Dora threw hack her head and
boueheads that had the power to do IL
I lie Southern Pacific an>tounced responsibility for the conditions he de than pav the fiddler — r>»n»s
laughed delightedly "Don't you apolo-
and all we can d o —we've Just got to
tli it it had estaldisbed a new rate scribee:
gtxe
she said " I didn't when I said
stand It. But there's some Americans
on
lu m b r from California and
Th erv are »
aep erste ( « v v m a e n t a l
It seemed to me that we’ve gone w alk
that aren't Just standing I I and I
Eisctrie
Haireuttlog,
Massaging
s
g
v
n
.lex
hand
lin
g
v
n
a
m
a
a
rtn
i.
arch
lia
r
Oregon of ,8 cents when (nr export
ing so often, when In reality It's only
want to tell you a lot of 'em are men
tu ra l and public w a rk a fuaetluaa. a ll a ( a
aud Shampooing.
to the West Indies or (liber foreign rala le d kind Th ar« Is no fo o d reason why
four or five times altogether. I think I
from the universities Just like us.
ccuntry, to Halfport, Mis«., via F.l a ll lhaaa aganclra should not ha m ordl
Cleaning and Prassiog. The?'re over there right now ; they can explain, though: I think It came
nated In one d a p a rtm a n t and about M a f
partly from a feeling I have that I can
Paso and New Orleans
haven't said much— they Just packed
th e uaalaas m s a n ita tio n s done aw a y w ith
rely on you— that you’re a good, solid,
up and went They're fiylng for France
T h s ra are M go xernm ant agencies engaged
( ode of ethics ! Pa ugh I Canou In surveying and m apping there a re Tl
reliable sort of person. I remember
and for England and for C a n a d a ;
separata and distinct agendas engaged in
tlage I
from the tim e we were little children,
they're fighting under every flag on
public building operations thsra a re i t '
the right side o f the westerh fro n t;
you always had a sort of worried hon
agen d a s authorised tn build roads there
a re 1» engaged In h y d ra u lic construction
A R C n iK CORNELIUS
and they're driving ambulances at
est look In school, and you used to
PA R EN TS, K E E P F A IT H
there a re IS doing w o rk on riv e rs there
Verdun and ammunition trucks at the
make a dent In your forehead— you
a re Ml engaged la public land fun ctions
Somme. Well, there's going to he a lot
meant It for a frow n— whenever I
there are U doing chem ical tn v e e t'g a tlo r
(?ne of the school essays pub. connected w ith public w o rk operxtiona
caught your eye. You hated me so hon-
more American hoys on all these Jobs
M F r e n c h a S o n s
th e re a re B doing e ngineerin g and re
K xpert
workmanship
Watches
estly, and you were so honestly afraid
anil mighty soon, on account of what those
Iiahef this week describes a case anarch
A l b a n y o r c o .
clocks
s
spun
»tty.
I wouldn't aee If !"
agnndna h ave been In
men did tn congress today. I f they
which is all too common, a lather a c M tiv a n e y fo n r f a these
nu m b er n f y earn hut thv>
I pALS^Y
"Ob no— no— "
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