HALSEY ENTERPRISE PAGE 2 HALSEY ENTERPRISE:! Aa A PR IL *, 1922 School Essays (B y Grace Robiueon) W H E R E Y O U R T A X E S GO independent—NOT neutral—uews- I f •reeisn Easter Worship; (by Edward G. Lowry) (M f paper published every Thursday, by W m H . & A. A W H E E L E R . Win. II. W h e k i . e k Ed ito r. X I. Mas. A A. W h e e l e r Business Manager and Local N ews Editor, HIRE GOVERNMENT HELP The gun rose high into the sky, On a beautiful Easter morn, And the Grecian men did long and sigh. For ib i laud where they ware bora. olate ice cream sodas?’ ’ she said ta m in g to the waitress I t was done then, and ba thot be might as w e ll enjoy it, but every bite be took be tried to swal­ low the lum p in his throat, but a ll in vain. B He picked up the end of bis eoat and oegan to tug a t it under the table. He almost felt as tbo he d id ’ut care whether M argie saw him or not, for he was in utter gony, when, oh! what was th a t be heard jin g liu g in the lining of bis tost? Ho begin to tear a t it fervently and out dropped tw o buttons and one dime He looked at i t unbe- lovinglv aod then begin to smile. Margie looked up just then and with a surprised look exclaimed: “ W hy, James, you look one hund­ red per cent better a ll ready ” ‘ Yes, and I feel two hundred par ceut better, ” be replied w ith the a ir of a m illionaire, aa be marched to the counter to pay for those ice cream sodas. The civil service commission hires all employees In the classified service Subscription». $1.50 a year in advance of the government. The only thing to Transient advertising, 25c an inch; per- be said about the classified service, is m meni, 20c. No discount (or time that It has not yet been classified. The birds were singing m errily, The flowers were bright end gay, or sp ice. But you shall hear what the civil serv­ In " i ’.iid-ior 1’aiagraphM, ” S caline. ike me hearts that were singing ice commission bas to say about h ir­ N o ad ie rtim ig disguised as news. m e rrily , ing help, without comment from me On that beautiful Easter morn There Is an u tter lack of definitely H A L S E Y , Linn Co.. Ore. A p ril 6, 1922 planned and well organised employ Vith p ayers on their lipa auu ment policy In the government serv thanks in th eir hearts, Ice. CHILDS A N D NEPOTISM They gathered about a fire, There Is need for a centralized em bnnkiug Christ for his broken ployment office with jurisdiction In al A good deal baa been aaid alio 11 matters relating to employment. heart, The employment methods of the gov R e ,ir . « m a u v e Charles Childs Che fu lfillm e n t of a Jewish desire. b a /i u j bis wife appointed stenog- em inent should be such as to serv« for a model for private bualnesa. i.ip b tr at the stale's expense. There Is at present no central eon- A s la in la m b u po n a rod, We ifio te the Oregon Voter on the trot over the executive service short Above the fire did place siil'j .'t in another cjlu rn n . I t is of the President. T h e President is a And while turning it they thanked busy man and cannot concern himself God mp . dsr.-ibly customary for mem- w ith the details of the executive de­ For tn# wondrous saving grace. h r - 'i 'C teat, and the resulting dis- Definite Inform ation concerning the W h ile to their gracious Father He found a jo b ; the boss said: “ No, r ■; i 1 of talent in making appoint - number of federal civil employees In above, I can't take vou when you look so." different branches of the service and m n i is deplored by the Voter. the amount of the government pay They in Christ's name did call. The man then had his shoes resoled, His pants he pressed, he felt more bold. B H the principal real objectiou is roll are not readily available. When the sun sank low th at Easter He hurned back the boss to see An official register, or blue book, And talked and smiled in different key. th i< more than half the appointed dav, Is Issued every two years. It is out Job's yours," quoth boss, w ith air an 'bees are absolntely un- of date long before It Is printed. Below the western sky. sublime. The men retired to sing and pra , ” A smile and N E A T N E S S win each -n • ■isary. Where thereis nothing A provision o f the civil service ru l-s time, T ill the sun rose again in the s k '. to > but dtaw a salary the iocotu- theorethully gives the civil service commission authority to collect and pale >t and unfit can d o it as well maintain complete personnel s ta tia (B y Preston New ton) a-* i ie ablest. Tnese people always tics. T he labor and expense involved, however, practically prohibit the col­ The Racing Mule: in i tage to do that one thing well lection and compilation o f reliable sta­ Ir. Childs writes to the Oregon tistical data. t ’ nr the happiest man you ever saw, I have a mule that goes ee-aw, In addition to the lim its of the com V>, er : mission’s authority Is the alisence of He goes a m ile in a minute h alf. A fler Mrs. Childs’ illness I did authority to enforce Its findings. The H e’s just as spry as a year-old calf. n employ a private stenographer commission can make recommenda ex »pi for a few days and the cost lions to the departments and offices I hooked him to the shay one day of my stenographic work to the and urge their observance, but It can To go to town to get some haje, st ite was very much less than lb« not enforce them. \ s 1 was on the short way b ac k , Congress passed what Is known a m i o u i i I expended by the average I bad to pass the racing track. member. To he exact, my sleuo- the civil service law January 18. 188.'! g ipliic help during the last legis. This set created the United Slates' ie turned in through the open g a te , i . live session cost the state $145 civil service commission. T he law w a Intended to cure In part the evils \n d h it the d irt an aw ful rate, «a against $225 expended by mem from the dust of the road when an traceable to the spoils system, which ba 1 tin b ile of wir- -bound li y hers who employed a stenographer grew out o f the four-year-tenure-o,' toing. You cannot afford to risk your ast to the back of my old shay. f i r the full time office act of 1820. sight lor the lack of glasses or goggler. During the first 40 years a fte r the foe first half m ile or once around Com« and have us fit you w ith a pair uis speedy mule sure covered that w ill save your eyes and not detract Whan President H arding an . iH-gunlzatlon o f our government, ad minlstrutlye practice w ith regard Io ground, from your appearance. iiniinced his hostility to the “ farm the cjvll service seemed to conform he tugs were made of rubl>er ami bloc” ha d id ’ nt know it wa« to the Intention of the founders. The stretched loaded. I l was announced that h Constitution fixed the term of no of­ . ml stretched and stretched and ficer In the executive branch o f the would camp lign against ita a n j. government except those of the Pres stretched. portare this fall. Ha found it bigge I dent and vice president. It was th. Jntil this mule was eating hay than lia expected and th at the fa r. established usage during these fits. tight out of the hack of my old 40 years to perm it executive officers * A L 9 A M K 0Wg*ffi n i t r e have a good many vote« except members o f the cabinet, to hol.l shay. Now he wr-ultl soonar think of office for un unlim ited period during M ter the bay was finished up H aro ld A lb ro . 1« slowed down and the sha; The practice was handling a hedgehog w ith bare good behavior. M an u factu ring o ptician. changed In 1820 by the four-year-ten­ caught up. hands than o f t r r u iiiig them rough. ure s e t T he spoils system, ns It was (e turned back out into the road He announces a policy of “ bands officially described as early 'as 1835 im l lumbered home with his big o ff” in the coming elections. He's was Introduced and extended until II ATTORNEY A T LA W load, permeated the entire civil service o a shrewd old guy. the country. be next tim e I go to get baled 201 New First Nat'l Bank Bld’g The fundam ental purpose of the civ hay, In the interest of British rule in II service luw was to establish. In the 'll go around the longest way. Albany, Oregon. In d ia Armenia has bean sacrificed parts of the service covered by Its provisions, a m erit system whereby to the murderous Turks and the (B y M earle Straloy) selection for appointment should he latter have been given back about made upon the busts of demonstrated e Cream Soda«: all the territory they forfeited in relutlve fitness, without regard to po­ LAWYER AND NOTARY litic a l, religious, or other such con­ James Osborne came nut of the the world war. The principles ol siderations. (ate whistljug m errily as be jm tiee and self-determination of T he act requires that the rules shall B bowmsvillr , O regon tartei^ up the walk for town. A h peoples in international a d ju s t­ provide, among other things, for open if a sudden he saw M argie sitting ment were discarded when Unc e competitive examinations for testing >-» the porch of her bua«e just up the tltuess of applicants for the classl Sam, ihair sponsor, turned slacker. tied service, the making of appolut- t ie street, slid oh! his heart just vent p itty-p at, for he wauted to nenls from among those passing with Pine 'c u t'' B illy out. The senate holds up (be free-aeed highest grades, an apimrtlunment of “ H ello , Margie !" he said: “ S .y, appointments In the departments at graft hill of the house and that ■ me atul go for a walk w ith me, Washington among the states and ter­ waste of fuude may be prevented ritories, a period of probation before I in awful lonesome ’’ 501 Lyon a t, Albany, Oregon. “ Oh! suie, James, I ’ ll be ready this year. The secretary of agri- .ibsolule appointment and the pro­ it ju s t a m inute. ’ ’ culture, like several of his predecee. hibition of the uae of official authority to coerce the political action of any They started down the street sors in office, opposes the fraud, lieraon or body. • lU g lu n g aud talkin g g aily, and and so does -Senator McNary of In 1883. the year In which th# civil ioiea chuckled to him self when Oregon, who Manda well with the service law was enacted, 18,024 post he I toys cast envious glances at him W IL D E Y LODGE NO. 65. lions In the civil service were made beu they passed. farmers, bloc or no bloc. Regular meeting next Saturday subject to competition. The entire Then— oh! why did th at notice, number of positions In the federal — —— ' O •» 1.1. ■ ■ — night. Sps -ial Ice Cream Sodas 10 c ,’ ’ A linotypar in the Albany Dam. executive civil service on June 20. iv-t to spring into sight? 1018. was 480,327. At the height of ocrat calls the organized move Io Jamev appeared not to notice, for the war expansion there were approx­ low er taxes the “ t axpayers Seduc­ imately 1.000.000 men and women em­ did ot he know that his pocketbook Office 1st door south of school house tion league.” W e n i.l’ nt know it ployed In the federal executive civil ici.i < I was mighty tickled to get your letter. And so hearts that thought they , 14 sounded blue, but I was glad to get knew’ themselves came upon ambushes “ IL' ' v “ " bet I ’ll w rite • to “ y o u ! ’ I don't ■*— '• You of emotion and hidden Indwellings of suppose you could have any idea how spirit not guessed before. Dora Yo­ glad I was to get your letter. I could sit here and w rite to you all day If cum, listening to the “ Star-Spangled they’d let me. but I'm a corporal now. Banner,’’ sung by children o f Im m t When you answer this, I wish you'd grants to an out-of-tune old plsno In say how the old town lw>ks and If the a mission cluhrooro, in Chicago, found grass In the fro nt yards is as green as herself crying w ith a soul-shaking heartiness In 'a way different from oth­ It usually Is, and everything. And tell me some more about everything you er ways that she had-cried. Among think of when you are working down rhe many things: she thought of then was this i . T h a t the banner the chil­ at tha Red Cross like you suUl. I guess I’ve read your le tte r five million times, dren were slnglng.ahout was In dan­ I mean ger. T h e great country, almost a con­ and that part ten million. tinent. had always seemed ao untouch­ where you underlined thut 'you' and what you said to yourself at the ICed able. so safe and s u re ; she bad qever been able to co n d elve.o f a 'hostile 'Cress. Oh. murder, but I was glad to read tl:a t l Don’t forget shout w riting power mighty enough to shake or even la r It. And' since so great and funda­ nnythlng else you think of like that. “ W ell, I was interrupted then and mental a thing could not be Injured, a this Is the next day. O f course I can’t war for Ita defense had appeared to tell you where we are, because that be. In her eyes, not only wicked hut ridiculous. At last, less and less darned censor w ill read this letter, but I guess he w ill let this much by. Who vaguely, she had come to comprehend do you think I ran across in a village something of the colossal German yesterday? T w o boys from the old hreat. and the shadow that, touched this bright banner of which the Im m i­ school days, and we certainly did grants' children piped so briskly In the shake hands a few tim es! It was that nlsslon cluhroom. old foolish Dutch Kruseme.ver-and A l­ She began to understand, though bert Paxton, both of them lieutenants. she could not have told Jusf why, or I heard Fred M itchell Is still training how, or at what moment understand­ In the States and about crazy because ing reached her. She began to under­ they won’t send him over yet. “I f you have any Idea how glad I stand that her country, threatened to was to get your letter, you wouldn't the life, had flung Its line those thou sands of miles across the sea t n stand lose any tim e answering this one. Any­ •n d hold Hlndenhnrg and LuiWndorff how, I ’m going to w rite to you again •n d all their kaisers, kings, dukes and every few days If I get the chance, be­ crown princes, their Krupp and Skoda cause maybe you’ll answer more than monstrous engines, and th eir mons­ one o f 'em. “But see here, cut out that 'sent you trous other engines of men made Into You've got the armies. Through the long haze of to be killed ’ stuff. misted sea-miles and the smoke of wrong idea altogether. W e've got the land-miles she perceived th a t hrown big job o f our lives, we know that, hut line of ours, and knew It stood there we re going to do It. There’ll fie mis­ takes and bad times, but we won't full that Freedom, and the Nation Itself down. Now. you'll excuse me for say­ might not perish from the earth And so. a week later, she went home ing It this way. Dora, but I don’t know juat how to express myself except and came nervously to Ramsey’s moth er and found how to direct the letter saying of course we know everybody Isn't going to get back home— hut lis­ she wanted to w rite. He Was In France As the old phrase went, she poured ten, we didn't come over here to get out her heart. It seems to apply to her killed particularly, we came over to give these Dutchmen h— I! letter. "Perhaps you can excuse language I f She w rote: I w rite It w ith a blank like that, hut “Don't misunderstand me. I fe lt that my hitter speech to you had driven you before we get back we’re going to do to take the step you did. I felt that 1 what w« came for. They may not all o f them be as bad as some o f them— had sent you to he killed, and that I It's a good thing you don't know w hat ought to be killed fo r doing IL but I knew that yon had other motives, loo. we do. because some of It would make I knew, of course, ttjat you thought of you sick. As I say, there may be quite the country more than you did s federal executive civil poaltlona, as nearly as can he estimated, had been lor the cut-down of expenses. reduced to «91,118. Approximately • ■■■ I — I A prize light m ty lie lea, ohje - lionahle than some other fights, sod a I tío « match less so than a prl e fig h t, h u t to th e fam ily ot the in, n who i* killed in one of them th * distinetiou is without much diffe ence A skunk by any other nan would smell as sweet. B y experim ent a u ianoen learn just how much slugging or boozing or aut >mohile speeding it will lake to k ill him, hut the knowledge comes too late to do him any good 450,000 of these were subject to com­ petition, or. In other words, In the classified service. The force ta atilt slowly hut steadily decreasing During the 10 months of our p artici­ pation In the w a r the civil service commission gave competitive exami­ nations under the ctvtl service law and rules tn slightly less than 1,000.000 per sons, and about 400 000 persons with tested qualifications were supplied by the commission to the service. A nor­ mal year's business I t about 200.000 persons examined and about 50,000 appointed W R I G H T Ä P O O I .F ICRNSKD FUNERAL DIRECTORS HXRRISBl’RG LEBANON W agner Had Own Grave Oug W h ile still In the pi line n t ||f,. was * whim of W arner, the great con poser to have Ids grave dug I d h OWt garden. I’hone 33 Phone 15 Branches at Brownsville, Islsey /• rb oas Phone 37CI5. ISA. Fraak K»fk, >lg E tie did notice, and turning to • «me* exclaimed, “ James, you do ook ns if you were about overcome vith the heat, you do look so fiust- «led. You ought to have an ire ream soda It would oool you off, nd you would fee! Iota b elter.’’ W hat was poor James to do? He rtedto appear unconcerned aud r«- issured M argie that he was feeling II I'g h t, hut somehow the words •ist leaped from his mouth 'W o u ld 'n t you like ao ice creep* sods, Margie ?” " O b jja u .e s , vou are so thotful: O f course, I would just k v e one.” '« into the place tli-y went. I never ean lin d en and hoe lames managed to liy> th ru the • 'St few minutes Hi« face turned ot, cold. red. purple, but it di t io good. Presently the wailres- • peered and Janie« found h im seli «»mg. “ M irg te , I don’t feel veil, you get just one sode, and I »ill watch you eat it 1 f»e| like I oould'nt eat one.'' “ O h! no. I would’ nt do that .V til you plegse h r jii| ui two choc- * < Dealer in Real Estate. BARBER SHOP E. C. M IL L E R W a TCN M AKIR& Jewel« FARMERS id VAbH 9 Jrora Ute «■ |o ts f