HALSEY ENTERPRISE
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HALSEY, L IN N CO UNTY, OREGON. THUR SDAY, A U G . 10. I '.’2
Brownsville Briefs
(By Elaine Woodworth)
S ihey Goodman and Miss Katie
Cochell surprised their friends by
a quiet wedding last week.
W ill Rogers of Albany is visit
ing hi- sister, Mrs. Thomas H a rri
son.
• Vacationists With Shelter Tents
and Tin Cow Learning to
Walk AH Over Again.
PITIFUL PIFFLE
NEW PRICES.
du»«
That makaa roe fe»! your Umbo are
That drive» away your
Xor th . took* of alatara
» • . hlooi
O T ’ f l i S r s s :
4-Cylinder for $1315.00
8-Cylinder for 1735.00
terertkn
tho
Miss Helen McClain, who has
been attending a summer session
-P lattabu rsh Marahln* Sea»,
at 0 . A. C., has finished her high
school course while there and ex
Stringing ont from Hie suburban
pects to return to the college next transit terminals ot New T o r t every
fall. H er many friends wish to Sunday and holiday goes the army of
congratulate her.
khakl-elad hikers. There may be an
The Fordsoo caravan will be in
Browusville August 10. I t ia on a
4000-mile tour.
Miss Irene Harrison h ill spend
the week in Portland visiting
friends.
Mrs. Thomss Harrison is now
locate! at tha Cecil Harrison home
as housekeeper.
Miss Carmelite Woodworth, who
l.as been visiting in Brownsville for
tbe past few days, returned to
Creswell today.
Mrs. J. Moore’s niece from
Portland is visiting here for tbe
summer.
Most Oregon winter wheat grow
ers report a better crop than ex
pected. The crop ia estimated at
15,000,000 bushels, against 20,-
000,000 last vear. Oats promise a
60 per cent crop, barley 78. coru
about 80, potatoes 75, hops 80 and
all kinds of fruit short from 20 to
60 perc«nt. In tbe grain harvest
‘‘cninmoo labor” is being paid 13
to $3 50 per day.
S*ck sewers,
$4 on the smaller and <5 on tbe
larger machines. The basic rate
for separator tenders is $8 per day.
In a lew cases *10 to 112 per day
is being paid. All these rates in
clude board.
Deputy Sbrriff W. E. R o iiu n of
Ym cotver. Wash., was killed and
J- A, Morgan, prohihitiou officer,
badly Wounded by Paul Hickey,
whose moonshine still they bad
discovered, near Stevdnaon, W ash.,
Monday,
Morgan
won’t
be
slobbered over by sympathisers
and tbe governor won't be asked
to parole or pardou him to preveut
his executit d , for be was killed
too.
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Phone 66
Albany, Oregon
Jots and Tittles
catch its real aig&ifleanee the hike Short Stories of Happenings in Linn County Generally
meant a great deal more. I t Is tbe
and in Halsey Particularly
cheapest form of recreation and
therefore appeals te those living In
crowded districts and unable to avail
Three miles of the A lb an y-T an -' reception Tuesday evening at th
themselves of the. more expensive gent pavement is finished.
'Cornett farm borne, near Shedd
amusements. And these people, be
..
,
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It noted, era Just those the country
Southern got lioffi«
Poultry culling demonstrations
Is so anxious to have spread out and ,rom h#r v»oatl°n Saturday.
are planned for August 28 at 2:30
settled In the farming sections. The
Miss Elaine
Woodworth of
Ralph Dannen s, Snedd; Aug.
hike, indeed, haf possibilities as a ! Brownsville was in tuwu Monday. . ® ** .^0 at W illiaui Anderson's,
real starter for the “back to tbe farm- i
i Plainview; same hour at M. Cum-
movement
I Douglas Taylor was a passenger mings’, Lake Creek; Sept. 5 at 2
Doughboy and Bey Soout U U Way
tbe county metropoli. Saturday. at Mrs. O. C. Karsten’s. Har-
- - - Cormier
- - - is - vice motiy, aud Sept- 6 at 2 39 at E. H
Just a brief survey of the rollicking
Mrs. Nettie
Henderson’s, Brownsville. Pou!-
groups which move off from the out- president ot tbe county republican
trymen are advised to attend, as
lying terminals on holidays estub- ; central committee.
these schools will not be held next
llshes a few general types There Is
M rg q
year.
the ex service man and his friends and c ia u d e w en t to Philomath to
who will hear from him the story vigit M „ C ook,g kigter.
Miss Helen Cowgill, assistant
of more serious excursions on the
state club lender, will be present
muddy roads of Trance.
Ha tig h t- 1 Ben Mayberry and family left
at a meeting of the canning club
ana a strap here and another tbw a S n n d ,v fo r Eugene w ith th e ir last
at the Quimby borne at 10 oti
load
of
household
furniture.
on ton blanket roll adjustment or tka
Monday morning.
At 3 there
“shelter half,” la which the commlu-
W . A. Allen bought the S. A. Will be a similar meeting at the
aary Is packed for * • mid-day feast Robertson property on First street Large home, Brownsville.
by tbe roadside. ICxpert directions last Thursday and will make it
come from him on the method of h's home.
Irritated by flies, F. M. G ray’s
slinging the pack io It w ill net toe!
Mrs. Fred Roberts and child and delivery horse, which is famous for
so heavy or Interfere with tbe free
Miss Blanche Forster were pass the faithfulness with which it
body movement. He will peae along
engers to Eugene Saturday noon, stands when left, goes when told
the Information, gained In bis army
to or backs if required, took a run
returning in the evening.
days, of hew that same peck was
vntFirst street Friday with the
evolved after numerous experiments
Linn county is eighth in Oregon wagon, “ all by its lonely.” The
to find the easiest way of carrying in the number of automobiles. atii ra l made pretty quick time
the hesvleat load.
W ith results ha There are 3843of them snd they northward for a few blocks and
now compliments, but which he char pay *93,381.50 in registration fees. perhaps outdistanced its winged
acterised when a doughboy as a
The Brownsville legion advertises tormentors, for Frank, who fol
“blankety blank total failure."
that it will receive bids up to Aug lowed, drove sedately back again,
Then there are tbe bey scout par 14 for ths construction of the with no harm done.
ries. adept at everything pertaining foundation of its community build
Brownsville keeps on the map
to “shanks mare“ traveling and wood ing.
The Brownsville Canning company
craft. The ex-eervlce man and the
A rthu r
Robnett and family operates at Corvallis snd not at
boy scout are pioneers In tbe hiking
game. Listen to one ef them right moved to Eugene tbe first part of Brownsville.
The
Brownsville
off the train and making ready for a last week. M r. Robnett w ill woik woolen m ill stores in various cities
twelve mile Jannt: “Get that can at bis trade under a contractor, have had no connection
with
teen over the side, Jimmie, and who guarantees him three years of
Brownsville these many years till
It won’t keep bounclug off your leg
stndv work.
now their proprietor is prepat ¡ng
every step. Ia it filled? Well, then,
we drink. How abont tha eats? Let'»
Lonzo Neal and wife, accom to open mills and store at tbe C»l-
check 'em off. Yon got the spuds. panied by bis mother, Mrs. O. F, apooia city.
B ill: tha bacon Jimmie. Who has the Neal, and Melba, motored Io the
The J. C. Penney stores of Al
coffee end the Borden tla c o w r
county eeat Tuesday, where I.ouzo
bany. Corvallis and t^banon bad
"Bight here." annonarea a freckled,,,
,
comrade of the road, patting his knap
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* Otd ¡u exchange for an all.day meeting at tbe county
j
sack.
J1J 1st St. W. Albany. Phone
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C ook aod G, raldi M
A Few
Groceries for Harvesters
Flavo F lo u r.............................
Î1.65
Olympic or Crown..............
2.40
Golden W est Coffee.............. ...
45
M. V. K. Special, 3 lbs........
1.00
Shasta Tea, 1 lb......................
60
Tree Tea, 1 lb...........................
75
Mother’s Delight C o rn .........
15
P. S. Bantam C orn................
25
Prem ium Tomatoes. 3 cans
50
A. & I». Tomatoes
.......
20
Darimade Milk, 12 cans
..... 1 .2 5 '
Cornflakes...............................
IO
Macaroni, 12 lbs.....................
1 .0 0
G uittard’s Chocolate, 1 lb......
35
Bulk Cocoa.............................
12lc
Tru Bln G raham s...................
20
Tru Blu Cookies, 25 to 40c pr. lb. '
Zan Brooms. -50c, 75 and $1
EVERY KIND of FRUIT JARS and TRIMMINGS
AH price* lew 5% lor cash
M. V. KOONTZ CO.
Shedd Shots
Chanticleer Imagines He
Makes the Sun Rise
The voters have about reach«d
the stale of mind whero they be-
eive that all senators are interest,
■•d, personally or on behalf of theii
«mnslituenls, in a tariff on some,
thing and t b it afly tariff made i«
fongreea will have smalt relation
'o the facts which should govern
but will be the result of log-rolling
among tbe various interests. They
believe (hat both parties want pro
tection for their favored industries;
that inoit of their members ar.
tour-flushing when they pretend
•therwise, and t in t a g m l tarifl
is impossible when made by poli
ticians of either psi ty .— Portland
Oregonian.
Clarence W"><l an<f wif» w ee
passing through H«l«ey S itnr.lsy
»hen Mrs. Wood, who h | W
K«ctor’a sister, felt so ¡¡1 that they
stopped over at Mr. Rector's.
The pavement from here to
seat Sunday. A her a couple of Sh-dil is practically complete ....
am i
Wayne Robertson left Tuesday hours of practical business dis the uncntnpleltd portion in Halve!
. noon for Saddle Butte quarry as a cussion the gathering, 52 in nitin- is in hand.
cook's helper in tbe kitcheus for a l>er, as many as there are weeks
short time. He expects to work ; •n *he T«»r, enjoyed a picnic in the
in the hop yards as soon as the Par*- followed
by swimming,
ssason opens.
games, etc.
A t 8tenberg Bros.’ grocery on
Sturtevant ami wife have
Lyon street, Albany, can be seen ■io,;e 10 be in Portland during buy-
a cucumber grown in a glass jar er* WRe*t- Mrs. Mary West of
ready to make a jar of pickles, and Brownsville is caring for the home.
another ia growing in a larger jar
(Continued on page .1)
in the garden.
J. H. McMahan’« cattle got out
Saturday and Sunday nights and
did some damage to grain in the
neighborhood but tbe principal
mischief dona by them was tramp
ling a lot of soft concrete pavemeut
out of its smooth quietude.
If all tbe straw stacks that have
been burned in tbis valley and all
tho e that now lie rotting on tbe
farrta had been spread upon tbe
dele’s where they grsw there would
be nr ora humus in the soil and
more grain would have been pro-
luced in tbia year of drouth.
(By Auna Pennell)
Mr. and Mrs. Keunetli Robson
lalt ¡Saturday for Newport.
The Alhvny Herald says it learnt that
Glenn Ktbby of Portland speut
the Enterprise “ measures the value of
a tariff by the price the consumer pays.* I Saturday aod fcuoday in Shedd in
It’s funny how some people, in Josh Bit. the interest of the paving plaut.
lings' language, “ know so many things I Miss Pearl Thompson returned
that a nt ai."
last week from Newport.
The Herald also says that ths lack of
Glenn H ill and family returned
a protective tariff during the Wilson
administration mi no,'lately following last week from Belknap Springs.
the war did not make lower prices for fin
ished products but that “ The packers, by
buying livestock for less and maintain
H arry Hartaell
and wife of
ing the same selling price, made extra
bal-m . who formerly
Ijved in
profits. Tbe American farmers got lei s
c.bedd,
drove
up
here
one
eveniog
for their products."
last week.
6
Prices of farm products have dropped
Messrs. McElvaiu and Pennell
since the war, of course, but does any
body notice that they are any lower than •pent Sunday m j«ffer«m.
they were before the in.quitoua Wilson
J. R. Hobba and wife of Albauv
administration played hob?
were in Shedd Sunday vtauiug
1 lie Herald tells a sob story about friends.
“ 1893, when tlie democratic pauic hud
closed li ctories and sh o p s'a n d a penni
Me«damea Zella Kennedy and
less unemployed man saw a suit in a Agnes Clark were visitors at the
window marked >10 but couldn't buy it. county seat last Tuesday.
Democrats must be a “ peppy ’• bunch
if they produced a panic in 189?. ' T. T. H am ill and wife of Canada
They had not been in office half as long hive been visiting their ,,jece and
as the republicans have now, and the >i“Ph'’'r, Mrs. C iarles Troutman
latter have done little more than to jaw of bhedd and Fred H am ill of
’
at each other abont the tariff and the Brownsville.
bonus and the ship subsidy and New-
W . F. M . S.
b.-rry and Henry Ford.
The fact is that the panic had its ori
One of (lie most pleasant after
gin in events long preceding the change noons in the yaar’a history of th-
of party control in 189? and present cur- A . F. M. S. was spent Inst F ri.
ditions are traceable to causes e x itin g ‘ V 1» Hie country home of Mrs
belore Harding w as nominated. To a - Ernest Gourley.
tribute busiuess prosperity ordepreraion
The lesson was conducted by
to either party it piffle
Chanticleer Mrs. B. M. Bond, acting as teach
crows aud the sun rites and he atruts er ol a district school, and the
and says: “ Sec what 1 have done I '* «ociety Its pupile.
G xxl crops or good prices are eujoytd
There were classes in history,
and the lickspittles who adhere to the arithmetic, geography, reading ind
party in po,Ver say “ See what we have ’ belling, which cover a review of
done I"
the work done in the foreign field.
“Snitched the mocha and the an G a k ia n d .
( Continued on page« )
-»Open Saturday Evenings
delivered to vour door.
automobile for every twenty of the
country’s population, but a host of
city folks disprove tbe theory e f • ,
1 future leg-enfeebled dOsenry and are
lenrnlng to walk ell over again.
To tbe more casual minded, the hike
Is Just exercise, but te thoee who
We have received a drop in
our prices and you cm now
buy an
O LD S M O B ILE
Ohi It’s no« the peek that roe carry on
year b«eh
Nor the rlfl. oo your rtoal4«r.
Nor th , fly* inch eruat of khaki-ootorod
rrowla« oliar;
And 1rs c o t » , hlko oa tka
NO
ruAAL i
zys
At the close an oral examination
was given. Mrs. M iller, with a
little fern, which added to the In
terest of the school, mails the le«-
<on very instructive.
The hostess, assisted by Mrs
rieceson | < W , .erved |ce cream
and wafers.
Additional guests ol the society
were Mesd.-.mos Hazel Wsllsce.
John Pittmsn and Harry Commons
and Miss Lillian Barber.
, From the annual report of
-’nunty S iperiutendent Gser it
ippears that half a million dollars
vas spent on the education of ths
6329 pupils in the county public
schools in the year.
Of the
teachers 62 are males and 213 fo-
males.
The average of
daya
taught in tha county wag 154.8;
average attendance of pupils 94(
tier cent.
Average
salary of
eachers in one-room schools »93 ,35
if assistant’ in buildings of more
ban one room *113 75; of princi-
>als *140.51; of city suporinten-
i’> districts of the Arsil class
*2983.88.
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MONDAY SPECIAL
Church
Christian :
10, Bible school.
11, Lord’s Supper.
Sermon,
“ A good Soldier of Christ Jesus.”
7, Christian Endeavor.
8, Sermon, sermon, " Waat is a
Christian? ”
Lecter Jones, pastor.
Do you know “ Why Girls I-eavs
loma” ? if not, come to the Rialto
Monday night and see tbe greatest
human interest drama ev r made.
“ Why Girls Leave Home” oomes
to Halsey as a special attraction.
This picture is making a full week’s
ruu io Salem tbis week and just
completed a two-weeks ruo io the Methodist:
Blue Mouse theater at Portlaod
Sunday School, 10.
aod comes highly recommended.
Preacbing, 11.
Junior League, 8,
Now ths Albany papers give the
Iqtermediata League. 6:30.
gams of Miss Vera Cornett’s
Epworth League, 6:80.
husband as Brann, instead oi
Preaching, 7:30.
Brand, as stated last week. She
Prayer meeting, Thursday, 8.
made a Brann mash, as it were,
dome fifty people attended their
Key, C. T . Cook, Pastor,
The g r u t o t human luuieat dra.na ever tnade,
! Why Girls
t Leave Home
With
Anna Q. Neilson
and an all-star cast
Admission
15 and 35c
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