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HA LSEY E N T E R F B IS E
AUG. 10. 1920
A Walla Walla bootlegger was
Has Watched Halsey Grow
shot in the leg by a prohibition, A quarter of a century ago a
SENIORITY FORFEITED
In tbe bootleg, we eup-1young physician was advised by
A n tn < to p « n 4 M it— N O T n e u t r a l— n e w » -
p a p e r, p u b lis h e d e v e r y T h u r s d a y ,
au Albany fellow-practitioner to
by W M . H . a n d A A . W H E E L E R
So Ruled the Federal Rail ‘(M
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loyal* in Haleey. He visited this
W m . H W h e e le r . E d it o r ,
M r s . A . A . W h e e le r , B usiness M a n a s e r
place and stopped at tbe hotel a
road Labor Board
a n d L o c a l N e w s E d it o r ,
few day* without telling anybody I
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who he was or what hit business, )
S u b s c r ip tio n * . 11 1« a y e a r In a d v a n c e .
New Turk. — The keynote of the Hay, Grain, stock hauling, etc. Heavy further than to inscribe bis name
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hauling a specialty.
reply made by railway executive«
on the register.
m a n e n t a d v e r t is in g . 20c N o d is c o u n t
Phone
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f o r t ir o * o r space.
He found a store or two, black­
In
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railroads of the United 8lates to the
W . H. B E E N E
smith shop and a few residence«,
N o a d v e r t is in g d is g u is e d as n ew s.
proposition of President Harding that
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2-burner
Florence
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Halsey. Oregon and a few rivers of mud called
"A1J strikers be returned to their work
¡streets.
And
it
rained
all
day
HALSEY, Linn Co., Ore,. Aug. 10, 1912 and their former positions, with sen
2- burner Alcazar.............................
every day.
iority and other rights unimpaired,"
Tbe young M. D. decided that
lies In the last paragraph of their
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4-burner Alcazar ............................
GREAT IS THE ALIBI
he had seen ail he wanted to ol
reply to the president, as follows:
Halsey, but before going home
' l l Is ••Jbm ittvS th a t th « s trlk ln a
fo rm e r em ployee« can not be given
3- burrter Florence A utom atic......
Mr. Weller'* trust in the power
went to Albany to tell his friend
(reference to e m p loyee* e t present
n
Ih
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servlee
w
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doing
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of the alibi is shared by many
why the prospect failed to appeal
Dealer in
lence to e v e ry p rin cip le o f rig h t
an d lo e tire In volved In this m a tte r
to him. The Albany man an.
crooks today. Burglars are known
end w ith o u t the grcseeel breech nt
and another of the profession
fa ith on Ih e p a rt of the ra ilro a d * to
on occasion to carefully instruct
th e men at p resen t In th e ir service
talked to him to such purpose that
I ’nder these circum stances, It
their pals, before the fsct, to testi­
high-grade fabric spring guaranteed for
becomes a p p a re n t (h e t th e r a il­
he faced about, came back to this
roads can not consider a n y s e ttle ­
fy on trial that the principal was
town aud hung out his sbiogle
m en t of th e present e lr lk e which
20
years, 40-11». m attress. Our
doe« not provid e p ro te c tio n In th e ir
somewhere else when the crime was
More or Jess practice came to
present e m p loym ent both to the
I
In yal em ployees w h o rem ain ed In
him and be found bis patrons
¿0 days' credit
committed.
th e service and to th e new em ­
more proue to paying their bills
ployees e n te rin g It ."
Striking labor unions, when
B R O S ., Props. than had been tbe case at his for
The executive* hid accepted the F A L K
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violence is visited upon employers first two condition* proposed by the
mer location. The outlook im­
or strikebreakers, spring the alibi president, namely, that both employ
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proved over his first impressions,
by declaring the offenders were not ers and employee* accept the deci
for in time he married a local
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girl aud they set up their home
strikers nor members of their or­ alone of the labor board, and that all
415-121 West First street
Albany, Oregon
law cults growing out of the *trlke
here.
ganization, but unknown outside be withdrawn; and In relation to the
For tweuty-five years Dr. Marks
third condition state. not only as
sympathizers.
hts practiced medicine hero. He
above, but also a* follows:
Iu the Eog'ewood i c dentatl-oe
made Shedd his home for an inter­
Agee* W ith the Fresldent.
Angeles the alibi of the raiders was
val, but even then he was in Hal-
"The railroad executive* and man­
say nearly every day, and lie re.
shocked when an officer of the law ager* agree entirely with the presl
dent
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statement
In
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letter
that
it
turned
and again became a resi
put identification marks on three
Is wholly unthinkable that the rail­
dent of this city. His first wife
o' the hooded raiders, firing raid road labor board can be made a use­
died and in time he married
marks from a gun. Klansmen de ful agency of the government In main­ Doing Fancy SVork
» nothor Halseyite and a son
dared that the lawless raid was taining industrial peace In the rail­
i* a strain on the eyes, but if you ba« grown to young manhood.
way service unless employer* and
He has seen the city make the
n >t the work of the order and the workers are both prompt and unques­ wear glasses especially made for you the
greater part of its growth and the
fact developed that the meeting tioning In their acceptance of It* strain is entirely eliminated.
tt e grind lenses to your prescription, streets improve until all of them
adjourned and the crime was plan decision*.
ntvigable by wagons (and
Many men In the service refused so they will be as required. Don’t neg­ are
ned by the adjourned members to Join the strike and In so doing lect your eyes. Let ns examine them automobiles) the year around, and
Great is the alibi I
were assured of the seniority rights today.
now one ol them has a modern
type of pavament. The couutry
In the Jacksonville investigation accruing to them and of the perman
Author o f " T h e V o ice o f th e Back'
ence of their position*. On some im
roads, too, have mostly been re-
it was testified that leaders taught portant line* 50 per cent or more re­
desmsd f om tbe status of caoais
niurfrationar by
klansmen that they coulJ properly fused to Join the strike. To these old
of mud in winter. There ate none
loyal
employee*
have
been
added
► wear that they were not members
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of them with which be is not fa­
thousands of new men who were era
O p t o m e n tru s t.
of the order, salving their con ployed and could be secured only up­
miliar, and in obeying the calls of
his practice he lias seen every step
aei-uces with the theory that they on a definite promise that their serv­
A L B A N Y ORCO.
io the improvement of each of
ices
would
be
retained,
regardless
of
were members only while attend­
them.
Harold Albro.
the settlement of the strike, with all
ing a session. The plain Engliah tha right* appertaining to such em­
In the homes along all of them
Manufacturing optician.
na nes for such a cowardly couist­ ployment. Including that of seniority
are growing up clliztns whom Ü,.
C o p v jn q h t bq L i t t l e , B r o w n , e n d C o
under the working rule* and regula
are “ perjury” and “ treason.”
Marks helped to bring into the
For the first time he was revealed
tlons previously approved by the rail
book one
world, while helping many others
The proper defense against a road labor board.
plainly. His was a fam iliar type; hut
to stsy.
at the same time the best type. too.
.ow ard who violates the law uodei
"Juat the Opposite Effect."
the call of the blood
We make a
T ha medical practice has grown
He had the face and the body of an
We especially point out that a re
cover of darkness and a mask is to
Specialty of
and now the increased pop.ilat on
athlete, a man who keeps himself fit;
fusel to the old men who remained
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in irk him with a piece of )ea< in the service and to the new men who
and there was nothing mawkish or ef
supports two practitioner« instead
Friendship,
foe identification, whether tin accepted service of the rights of sen
I of on», and they work iu as co n-
Bruce wns wakened by the «harp femlnnte about him. It Is true that
Engagement and
plots harmony and co-operation as ring of hl« telephone hell. Instantly men did look twice at Bruce's eyes,
* V r ‘ «**.»* Giro ig,i the h-art or lorlty Incident to their employment
would have Just the opposite effect
he wag fully aroused. In complete con­ set In a brown, clean-cut face, never
do
the people of this qui?t burg
W
edding
o ily breaks a limb. Against such to that desired by the president, and
trol of nil his faculties. And this Is knowing exactly why they did so.
This
summer
tbe
doctor
decided
a mark the alibi fails.
Rings
would most seriously discredit the
not
common to tuen bred In They had startling potentialities.
to make this place his permanent the especially
labor board.
security of civilization. Rather They were quite clear now, wide­
re-ddencs (twenty-five years was It Is a trait of the wild creatures; a awake and cool, yet they hail a
M. F r e n c h & S o n s
"The board itself prescribed
The proposed incorno tax is not rule*
only a transient period) and has little matter that Is quite necessary strange depth of expression and
of seniority under which
ALBANY
OREG.
bought and remodeled the house If they care at all about living Fron­ shadow that might mean, somewhere
el tsa legislation, as its opponents m»o referred to have secured
which he and his family occupy tiersmen learn’ the trait, foo; twit as beneath the bland and cool exterior, a
• lami. 1 he rich are not in 01 e their seniority rights, and (he rail
and
made an up-to-date home of Bruce was n dweller o f cities It capacity for great emotions aud pas­
road
companies
have
neither
the
legal
class and the poor in another h
sions.
it.
seemed somewhat strange In him
nor moral right to deprive these men
Practical Shoe
He had only a few minutes to w ait)
Anierica. The pioposed luw would of those right* By public utterances
Then
he
grunted
rebMUousl.v
and
Peterson Repairing.
gbtDced nt his watch beneath the pil­ then Barney Wegan dapped at his
Linn county schools gets $15,
derive publii funds from (hose who »Ince the strike began the board has
047 t)0 from tbe »tate in this dis­ low. He had goqe to bed early; It door. This man was bronzed by the
are able to pay. That is the whol. recognised and emphasised these
Pine.
sup. never more fit, never stralghter
ws* Just midnight now.
rights, and to deny them now would,
tribution.
case in a nutslwll, and the op instead of upholding the authority of
He had no doubts whatever concern­ aud taller and more lithe. He had Just
poslfiou comes from those who arc the labor board, overthrow Its rulss Dress Shoes a Specialty
ing the nature of this calf. There had come from the far places. The em­
W. J. Lane is displaying an heen one hundred like It during the barrassment that Bruce had detected
ahlo to pay aud who want to com­ and discredit Its authority The chair
interesting collection of rare metal previous month. His faster father had In his voice was In his face and man­
man of the labor board at the time
501 Lyon st.. Albany, Oregon.
pel the weak to bear the same the itrlk e was called made the fol­
and paper money in the window recently died, his estate was being set­ ner, too. •
of bis jowelry store in Browns­ tled up. ahd Bruce..had been having a
burden as the strong.
"You 11 think I ’m crazy for routing
lowing public statement:
ville.
somewhat strenuous ‘ time with his you out at this time of night, Bruce."
t non <>ne question (he e trlk ln s
C. C . B R Y A N T
HALSEY
ENTBRPBUI
C lo s in g O u t
TRUCKING
OIL S T O V E S 40 Tur herS s for
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$14.50
J4 00 W
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23 00
21.00 w
H alsey
Meat M arket
SPECIAL—2-in. Post Iron Bed, SV
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Fresh and
Cured M eats
»rice on,y ............................... $25.50
BARTCHER & ROHRBAUGH
The Strength
Of The Pines
fry
Edison M a r sh a ll
A.
“ It was farmers «bo originally
dimanded and finally obtained»
• he direct primary legislation, sa.
ila enemiea. Yes, and the system
brought hack to the farmers tomr
of tho power of which I ho bosses
had succeeded iu depriving them
T he farmers can get justice under
our government il they will pull
together, as so m my other ioteieet»
- do.
Ihe «Jiiedlion in asked
“ Who
nro the tank« greatest men in
tlregon?- p Smator Stanfield
were in Oregon it would bo easy
t<» name one of them. No other
r Oregonian is able to stay at home
tedding a profitable sheep busings,
half a year at s time and contiuu<
to draw M l pay for services eup-
posed to he loudered in Washing
ton.
•
t\ tt could look with tquatniuify
"t the high rate of automobile
fataHttM at railroad crossings as a
prooees of improving the race by
the elimination of foole if it were not
»’»at the driver* take unoffending
passengers with them when they
commit suicide by runniug ¡their
ca n in front of tn in i.
e m p ie .e e e shetild n e t be d e c * " , 1
T h jflr ' « " » r hae said th a t the
• t r lk e r e a re no longer employ -•••
o f th e ra ilw a y s , s ad th e , h s v i *
hue
•q ta m a H c a H y abandon Ad all tho
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'"*IP
they
po sm m un'lfi
under their
th e b o e ri, in c lu d in e their
een-
A T T O R N E Y A T LA W
Cusick Rank Building,
Albany, Oregon.
tien
i t t* th e ir ow n. M a n y c ar
* * r* _ * r î f»V lng tk e lr fo rm e r enj-
U ,,.
th e o p p o rtu n ity to re en te r
(h e e
■ V y lc e w fth tn
a U ntiled
ln a
n ti' " tim e
ft m
m uet be understood now th a t
r_e” . r ho ’‘• " ’ » In w ’ In th e service
Siili
Z h 2 . , r , . now » h te rln g It
X*
ttk h t» o f s en io rity th. hat
th » board could not
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ignore
Whet the Frapoted Plan Meant
It su n t be understood that any
propaaal that employees now on strlka
shall be permitted to return to the
service without Impairment to their
»•atoefty. it A erely another way of
•uggebttug that those men who took
«mplojopent Ifc this crisis In good
faith, relying da the promise* of tha
railroad» to protect them In their
position*, these promises being Jnetl
fled by the authoritative utterance»
of the labor board, and thus have
made possible the continued operation
of th e , railroad*, shall now be sacri­
ficed In fat or of men now on strike,
who not only brought about the crisis'
but, by their own action and deelara
»ton are no longer employees of the
railways, under the Jurisdiction of the
United States Railroad Labor Boar-1,
or subject to the application of the
transportation act
' In addition to the necessity of up­
holding the labor board and maintain­
ing the pledges made by the rallroade
te the m»n now at work, there la the
practical effect on the supervisory of­
ficer« of a *la)aUon of the pledgee
they were authorised to make Their
dlscouragemeat slid demoratWitfot
would be far more d|aaatron» than thia
■r say ether s trik e "
A religion which parents can
nyt sufficiently instil into the
In Missouri the republicans ex-
Olinda of tbeir children outside ol
pset to defeat a divided democratic
the few hours of the secular pub msjority in the election of a tens-
lie schools need lots ol bolstering tor and m Oregon tha democrats
have the seme kind of a hope for a
We are getting weary of Oregon
gubernatorial
victory.
“ Divide
b iug dry. Let us pr*j—for rain.
aodcooquer” it an eld motto.
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and to
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creditors. H e understood the mans he began. "And I'm going to get this
real flnuiirlal situation at.h ist: at his matter off my chest as soon as possible
death the whole h.uslness- structure and let you go to bed. I t ’s all batty,
collapsed like the eggshell it w#g. anyway. But I was cautioned by all
Bruce had supposed that most of the the devils of the deep to see you— the
debts had been paid now; he won­ mom»nt I came here.”
dered. as he fumbled Into his bedroom
Cigarettes on the amnklng-stnnd."
slippers, whether the thousand or so Bruce said steadily. "And tell away ”
dollars that were left would cover the
“But tell me something first. Was
claim of the man who was n o w call­ Duncan your real father? I f he was,
ing him to the telephone.
1 11 know I'm up a wrong tree. I don’t
"Tills Is Mr. Duncan," he said coM» •pean to be personal—"
ly Into the transmitter.
“He wasn’t. I thought you knew It.
My real father Is something like you
"How do you do, Mr. Duncan
voice answered. "Pardon me If I got —something of a mystery.”
you up. I want to talk to your son,
“I won’t he a mystery long. He’s
Bruce."
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not, eh-rthat’a what the old hag said.
Bruce emitted a little' gasp of
Excus< me. old man, for waving ‘hag.’
amazement. Whoever talked at the But the was one. If there Is any such.
end of the llt^e obviously didn't know Lord knows who she Is, or whether or
that the elder Duncan wag dead.
not she’s a relation of yours. But I ’ll
Bruce load k moment of grim humor begin at the beglnulng. Ton know I
In which he mused that thia voice was way back on the Oregon frontier
would hove done rather well if it —hack In the Cascades. I wu« fishing
could nyouse his foster father to an
for steelhead In a river they call the
swer )t
"The elder Mr. Duncan died Bogue. While way up on the upper
last mm)th," he answered simply,
watera I heard o f a place called T ra il’s
There wds not the slightest tr»ce of End—a place where wise men do not
emotion Mn his toqp No wayfarer on go."
the strict could have heen, as far at
"And of course yog went?"
facts went, more of a stranger to h im ;
Of course. The name sounds silly
there was no sense of loss at Ms death now. hut It won t If you ever go th e r e .
and no cause for pretense now. “Thia There ore only a few families. Bruce,
la Bruce speaking."
miles and miles apart. In the whole
He heard the other gasp.
"Old­ teflon.
And It’s enormous— no one
man. I'm sorry," his contrite voice know* how big. j ugt ridge on ridge
came
" I didn't know of your loss. One <Jsy my guide stopped at a hroken-
This la Barney— Barney Wegan—and down old cabin on the hillside for a
I J'i»t got In from the West. Haven’t drink of water.
I «as four miles
had a bit of news for months. Accept «»•ay In c ,mp. The guide came back
my earnest sympathies—"
and asked me If I was from this very
"Barney! Of course." The delight city.
“I told him yes. and asked him why
grew on-Rrm-e's face; for Barney We-
gan. a man whom he had met and he wsnted to know. He said that this
learned to know on the gym floor of old woman sent word, mrretly. to
his club, was quite near to being a real every stranger that enme to fish or
hunt In the region of T rail’s End.
friend. "And w h a t* up, Barney J"
The man s voice changed at once— «•anting to know if they came from
went back to its game argent, hot nere. I was the flrst cne that rb -
Yes
And the gnlde said
rather embarrassed tofie. “Ton wont
believe me If I tell run. so 4 won t try that she wanted me to come to her
to tell You over the -phone
But I caMn and see her.
“I went—and I won't describe to voq
must e>uoe qp—right away. May IT '
"Of c o u rs e — ’’
how she looked
I II let vou see for
’ H l he there In a minute."
yourself, if you care to fallow out her
An,J now the stranB
Bruce hung up. slowly descended to instructtpoa.
Ash Swale people sav the crops
! are nearer a total failure from
: drouth this year tbaa they ever
saw before.
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