' PAGE 2 BA LSBT HALSEY E N T E R PR ISE S u b a c rlp tlo n e , >1.50 a y e a r In a d v a n c e . T r a n s ie n t a d v e rtis in g . 16c an In c h ; p e r ­ m a n e n t a d v e r tis in g , 20c N o d is c o u n t f o r tim e o r space. In ' P a id - f o r P a r a g r a p h s ,’* 6c a lin e . N o a d v e r t is in g d is g u is e d as new s. H A LSEY, Linn Co., Ore.. Sept. 7, 1922 i HOT 0 0 KMIBTHER / I \ I SEPT. 7, 1920 E N T E R P R I S E small arms is in a pockel, there­ A n » «d e p e n d e n t— N O T n e u t r a l— n e w s ­ p a p e r . p u b lis h e d e v e r y T h a r a d a y , by W M . H . a n d A A . W H E E L E R . W m . H . W h e e le r , E d it o r , M r * . A. A . W h e e le r , B ualnesa M a n a g e r a n d L o c a l N t-w a E d it o r . ( fore an ordinance against carrying concealed weapons would seem to lie in violation of a constitutional ritgh. The hours wnich young children devote in the public schools to tbe courses of study prescribed by ou' school authorities are none to o ’ much in which to fit tbe young; mind to fill its proper place in complex American life. The com­ pulsory education bill leaves par­ ents or guardians free to give all tbe religious or other instruc- tion they please in all the other ours of tbe year. HALSEY STATE BANK J Ranges & Heaters f Halsey, Oregon C A P IT A L AND SU R PLU S ,r y o u should not miss this place if in need of a new range or heater this fall. We have the largest assortm ent of each in Linn county and can supply your wants at a 5 3 5 ,0 0 0 Commercial and Savings accounts Solicited W \{/ w j S Saving in Price f The Strength Of The Pines Under tbo caption: “ Importance of Livestock Seen When Grain Crop Proves Small’’ a farm writer Iron Beds C h iffo n ie rs expatiates on tbe wisdom of keep­ Springs ing cattle and horses as a fource B e d ro o m S e ts While crowing over their “ vic­ income in case of a shortage of tory ” in tbe nom ination of Hiram Mattresses D in in g R o o m S ets t>H field crops. Johhson iu California the dyed-in- If tbe course advised would the-wool republican organs also Dressers work out ss be seems to think it exult that his majority was a good will this would he a great d is­ deal smaller than he had enjoyed Author of fh e V o ic e o f the Pack covery, but as usual when one who previously and not nearly as great Illujfraiions by baa no ¿experience condescends to as he expected. Most com plaisant A L B A N Y FURNITURE E X C H A N G E I r w in M g ers tell farmers how to run tbeir husi po'iticians and easily pleased 1 nets his theory is fallacious, as is Because striking railroad shop­ abundantly proved by the experi­ ence of farmers all over this valley men have been enjoined from med­ who are forced this year to sell off dling with men who are doing the some of their cows and other stock work they left a general strike of Copyright by L»UU. Drown, and Co friend—and friendship goes far In tbe dentli spared them, ‘they would see (Continued) because the hay crop is as short as all union labor is threatened. helped him farm it hardly realized mountains. And my father was shot Folger's son come back again, and That threat is a bluff. A universal assert bla rights. They sold that a th at of grain. They were still a little while. Bruce l hot possession was In h is name. A nd down before a week was past. I he clan had acted quick, yon ses. new champion would arise and rig h t It is wise to have a variety of strike would cut off the fuuds on arose and threw more wood on the fa th e r was a dead shot. I t to o k a fire. long tim e before th e y co u ld k ill h im .” When Eolger heard of It, before tbs their wrongs. But mostly death didn’t products on the farm and not carry which the strike leaders are fa t­ “It's only the beginning," he said.. I he coldness th a t had comp over dawn, he came to my father’s house spare them. Only old Elm ira Is left. all the eggs in one basket, hut tening. They will sidestep such a “W hat became of tbe aecret agree­ “And you want me to tell you all?" h e r w ords did n o t in th e least hide .her and carried me away. Before anotb calamity in some way. she asked hesitantly. ment I do not know. I haven't ony depth o f feeling. She gazed m oo d ily night was done he was killed too.” wheu the grain crop fails because The perspiration leaped out on hope that you do, either. The deed O f course. Why did I come here?" in to th e darkness und spoke alm ost In of drouth the hay crops falls with There are good and bad in every, Bruce's forehead. The red glow of was carrier! down to the courts by “1 ou won’t believe roe when I say a m onotone. it. This makes the price of bay thing. Mr. Roosevelt drew a dis­ that I ’m almost sorry I sent for you.” Sharp, one of the witnesses who man­ “ B u t Sim on— Jnst a hoy tl.c n —and the fire was In his eyes. He fell almost where this fire la aged to gef past the guard, and put high and that o f . cattle low, as tinction between good trusts and She spoke almost breatldessly "I l'a v e , h.’ s b ro th e r, and th e o thers o f didn’t know that It would be like this them ke p i a fte r us lik e so m any huUt, with a thirty-thirty bullet In hit on file soon after It was written. The farmers hasten to dispose of those had trust«. Jazz is often de­ That you would come with a smile on wolves rest ts shorn. Simon and his clan took T he re was no escape. T he them when t was twenty-one they cannot afford to foed o’ver the nounced but we are unformed th at your face and a light In your eves, o n ly th in g we co u ld do was to tight turn In case of my father’s death. Folger up the land, swearing that Matthew winter. Stock will be scarce next ‘ capital musicians enjoy good looking for happiness. And Instead b a c k - e n d th a t whs the w a y we was to he my guardian until that time. Folger bad deeded it to them the day of happiness—to find all this?" lea, lied io hale. A man can hate. "Folger knew the risk he ran. but be had proc «red I I They had a deed spring as a result. jazz.” There are benighted tribes She stretched out her arms to the Bruce, when lie is fig h tin g f o r his he was a bravs man and he did not to show for It— a forgery. And the If more stock were kept oti the w in pray “ Good God, bless us; forests. Bruce understood her per­ home, li e can le a rn I t v e ry w e ll when care. Besides, he was my father’s one thing th a t they feared, the one fectly. She did not mean the woods he sees his b ro th e r fa ll dead, o r Ills weak chain, was that this secret average valley farm, instead of so guod devil, don’t curse u s .” agreement between Folger and my In the literal sense. She meant the father—or a s tra y b u lle t h it liis w ife. much grain he! ng sold and the straw father wonltl be found. primal emotions that were their spirit. A wom an can le a rn it, too, ns o ld El W« fail to appreciate the claim burned, the fertility <»f tbe soil and “You see what that would mean. It "To know the rest, you've got to go m lra did, when she finds her son's i s drouth-resisting power would be that the direct prim ary, the initi­ back a whole generation. Bruce, have body in the dead ha ve s. T h e re was would show that ha had no right to deed away (h a land, as ba was simply retained. Stable manure not only ative and the referendum ought to you heard of the terrible blood-feuds no la w here to stop It. T he lit t le sem­ that the mountain families sometimes blance o f la w th a t was In th e va lle ys holding It In trust for me. Old Elmir« affords plant food but forms humus be done away with because frauds have?" below regarded It ns a Idond-feud, a iid explained tlie matter to me—If I get d id n ’t b o th e r Its e lf ......... It. Beside»— which improve) the mechanical a-ecom m itted Under them. The mixed up no the legal end of It, ex­ "Of course. Many times." "These mountains of T ra il’s End at firs t we w ere too proud to c a ll fo r cuse It. I ( that document could he condition of the soil. If tbe straw ten commandments and every have been the scene of as deadly a help. A m i a fte r o u r num bers were found, their forged deed would be ob­ that is burned or left to rot in other law are sometimes violated blood feud as was ever known In the few, th e tr a ils w ere w a tch e d — and viously Invalid. And It angered them stacks were spread upon the that they e«suld not find It. West. And for once, the wrong was those w ho trie d to go dow n In to Ihe Robert M LaFollette has been all on one side. valleys— never got there. , "Of courtM) they never Bled their ground, it would add much to the forged deefl— afraid that the forgery One a fte r a n o th e r the Rosses were "A few miles from here there Is a renominated fnr the United States lmnius content. would be >*.scovered—but they kept wonderful valley, where a stream k ille d , and I needn’t m ake It any suinte in the Wisconsin primaries flows. It to thaw to any one that was In­ There Is not much tillable land worse fo r you th a n I can h e lp — by by morn than two to one, and the In these niAiintalns. Bruce, hut there, te llin g o f end» k illin g . Enough to sav terested. I*git they wanted to make FUTILE WHEAT TARIFF themselves a t U1 safer. old-guard republican leaders have along that little stream, there are al­ th u t at last no one was le ft except “There had been two witnesses to The Eugsno Register is repub­ discovered that they just dote ou most five sections— three thousand a fe w o ld men whose eyes w e re too the a green,»«. One of them, n man acres—of as rich land as was ever dim to shoot s tra ig h t, and m y own lican in politics, hut it differs from La Follette. plowed. That tract of land was ac fa th e r. A n d I w as a baby th e n —Just named 8b arp. died— or was killed— thoja organs of the party whose shortly af-ier. T h e othet, an old trap- MUlred long ago by a family named bo m . "T h e n ope n ig h t m y fa th e r — seeing gar name,g Hudson, was indifferent to Those fellows who whoop for Ross, and they got It through some thinking is done for them by the the whoha m atter—he was Just pass­ kind of grant. I can’t he definite as the fa te (ha t was co m ing down upon bosses and which, parrot like, “ one big union” will find it if they to the legal aspects of all this story them — to o k th e la s t course to defeat ing through ana was at Folger's house proclaim that all blessings flow lock bom s with U. R. A. Tbis They don’t matter anyway—only the them . M atth e w F o lg e r— a connection for dinner the night Rosa came. He Is by m a rria g e — w as s t ill a live . Sim on’s •till livtag « tbeiir mountains, and he from their party and all evils from country is not ripe for a revolu­ results remain. cla n hadn’t a tta c k e d h im yet. H e had •night Ue of value to ns yat. '1’heae Boss men were frontiersmen the other. 01 wheat it reinarttv: tion, unless it comes through the of the first order. They were virtuous ' no share In the land, b u t instead lived “ O f r o u r s e the c.lan did not feel at b alb t. all secure. They suspected the secret men too—trusting every one, and oh ’ I In ib is bouse I liv e In now. H e had W heat lately has been selling what strength they had! With their a fe w c a ttle and some p a sture la n d agreement had been mailed to some arouud a dollar again, and “ dol­ H arding has retreated to the own hands they cleared away the for ! fa rth e r dow n the D iv id e . T h e re had on« to take care of. and they were lar wheat,” once a famous slogan, been no purpose In k illin g him . He The Girl Was Speaking Slew ly Now, afraid that it would be brought to light eat and put the land Into rich pasture no longer stands for agricultural wall in the railroad strike situa­ and Evidently W atching the Effect of when the time waa ripe. They knew hay and grain. They raised great h a d n ’t been w o rth th e e x tra b u lle t. tion and with his back against that prosperity. H er Words on Hor Llstonor. “One night my father left me asleep herds of rattle und had flocks o f sheep perfectly that their foqg ed ‘deed would Moreover, it is not at all what mural obstruction he proposes to too. and stole through the forests to talk brain. Which one of the clan killed never stand the teat, *,» one of the the wheat raisers hoped for and stand and fight. It was then that dark days began to him. They made an agreement. I him I do not know—but In all prob­ things he do was to prevent thetr claim expected when they induced con­ to come. Another fam ily— headed by , have pieced It out. a little at a time. ability It was Simon himself—at that ever being contested. ThiK meant to gress to place a high emergency the father of the man I call Simon— J My father deeded all his land to Fob time only eighteen years of age. And keep F> ger's son In ignorance of the Y o u name your salary . migrated here from the mountuin dis | eer Folgers little boy—something past whole ’ xutter. duty on wheat imports. " I can understand now The enemy four years old—wandered out In the tricts of Oklahoma. But they were T hope ; can make that cl tar. H ie The duty seems to have had very deed fro a my father to Folgei* was on not so ignorant as many mountain clan pretended If was a blood-feud moonlight, to find his father’s body.“ little effect on the price of wheat. only — and that it was fair war to kill The girl was speaking slowly now record, 'nlger was dead, and .Yolger’s Many observers assert that it has > should yon become disabled by any ac­ people, and they were ’killers’ Per the Rosses. Although my father knew haps that's a word you don’t know. evidently watching the effect of bar son woo j have every right and op- cident or any sickness. See had no effect at all. lu any case, ! thetr real aim was to obtain the land. words on her listener. He was bent Perhaps you didn’t know It existed portnnltv to contest t h e clan's eh dm to D IIK W R IG H T , Hotel Halsey. the doctrine long urged vainly by ( killer ‘ I" n man that has kllFed oih«-r v W" " W dnrp k l,‘ forward, and his breath came In queer the land. I f ha could get the no »tter H Isn , a bard thing to „ T a i ! ’ " ‘ a i, knew disinterested economists is now be- j North American Accident Insurance Co., meto whispering gusts. "Go on!" he o r Into conr . he would surely wtn. ing driven home to the fanners n il Bruce, after you are used to It i t 1 'nself n "uld f a l l sooner or dered savagely. "Tell me the rest ‘T h e »-road thing to do was to »fin These people were used to It '«ter. hut he thought that to kill EM- themselves—that the priceof wheat FOR REN T Why do you keep me waiting?" me over. I was Just a child, and It because they wanted tbe?e great lands St'° " cards -and that la determined not by legislation inj j z x z x a The girl smiled again— like a sor looked tfco easiest course of a l l That v -m y own father , hom e-,hey beg«, , " ° h“ , ° ° “ Uch •‘ven for S,mooa eeress. "Folgers wife was front ths why I -»-as stolen from the orphanage any country, hut by the wmbl ' 4 0 v "2ACI*C to kill the Rosses. ” I L , But be didn'‘ kaow He market conditiods. This situation, plains country," she told him slowly. by on» of Simon’s brothers. Tbe Idea “ As .1 x I < foreseen to whnt lengths thpv F air building At first they made no w ar on th e' would go" * ey I f she had been of the mountains she waa simply that when the time came the ccouoniists say, is bound to Three m iles from Folgers The Folgers. you must know. ’ Brace leaned forwnrd .a might have remained to do some kill­ I would marry one of the dan and es­ continue us long a t America ex­ Halsey. were good people, too, honest to the kllle d -M n tth ew Folger?" he ssfced^ I ing on her own account Like old El­ tablish their claim to tbe land forever. ports more wheat than it imports, Inst penny. They were connected, b y ! mira herself remained to do—killing "Up to a few weeks ago It seemed because the prico of all wh$at in lie didn’t know that his face had marriage only, to the Ross family. on her own account! But she was to me that sooner or later « would win (hi« country, lor domestic use as gone suddenly stark white, and that They were on our side cleur through. from cities. Just as yon are, hut she— out. Bruce, you can’t dream what It a curious glitter had come to hla e jfs wt II as foreign use, depends on the At the beginning of the feud the head unlike you— had no mountain blood In meant I I thought that tome time I He spoke breathlessly. For the name price that can beobtaintd for the; her She wasn't used to death, and could drive them out and make them of the Folger family was just a young — Matthew Folger—called up vague export surplus. man. newly married. And he had a m em ories th n t .seemed to reveal g reat perhaps She nni she t ' didn’t s * know how to hats. pay. a little, for all they have done. Edison Marshall All at New Low Prices BARTCHER & R0HRBAUGH We pay it, ■*11*111 BIGGEST W RESTLING BOUT The adm inistration has put its foot down. Railroad workers may quit wheu they daru please, but workers1 ob!“ ruct ° ‘her r," lrond ! Doing Fancy Work The federated unions believe L M. J , j ! * * , f wear glasses especially made lor you the th e y are stro n g e r th a n tb e govern strain is entirely elim inated in s n t, and the stru g g le is on. " e g rin d tenses to your prescription. Uncle S*m ’lows as how be can j*°'bey will be as required. Don't neg throw any o lio r wrestler on this here globe, and we believe lie c a n The United States constitute n i says: “ The right of tbe people to keep and carry arms shall not be infringed.” Every cifiien there­ fore has a right to carry weapons, and tbe natural place to carry son after a while. 'T h e newcomers called It a feud But It wasn't a feud—It was simply murder Oh. Jes, we killed so n * of them. Folger and my father und all his kin united against them, making a great clan— hut they were nothing IP strength compared to the usurpers Simon himself was Just a hoy when It began But he grew to he the great *•* power, the loader cf the enemy ••Ian before he w-as twenty-one. “Yon m ust know, Bruce, th at tpj own father held the land. But he was so geaemus that his brothers who tru th s to him " le t F o ig c r go on w o u ld i f -I " T h e g ir l sm iled g rim lv me go on M r fa th e r.d e e d e d th e lund T h e deed w „ re record so th n t a ll th e w o rld know th a t r . !_,.r owned It tnd - inn k ill, , , h im w . 7 p i . ln“ ; to r the p u n ■ OS Of alone examine them HALSEY RESIDENCE PROPERTY FOR SALE Q p te m entrüst. alu an v : oaea. Harold A Ihm. Manufacturing optician. But there was also a secret agreement_ drawn up in black and white and to he kept hidden for twentyone years In this agreement, Folger promised to return to me the only living heir of Ihe Bosses—the lands acquired by the deed In reality, he was only holding llo m in trust for me, and was to re- Seven-room house, good bnrn. one. Mock of land, plenty of fruit. Price MOO. $2 0 down, balance $1' per month. See Jay W. Mcore, Reaitor. ,,T h ' kn e " how t0 bp a f r a l i But fbey*ve tricked me. after a l l I thought that I would get word to Fol- n W i known, both of them would return TT»e only way that they can be defeat- a .a s tiros— to collect their debt* Is for that aecret agreement— Sooner or later, thnt boy with tbe Fol- between my father and Folget— to re- get bio,id m him and that girl with •rpesr. And P y , the Ross hlood would return, to at­ •11 hope of th a t tempt to regain their ancient holdings, « m « e earto , between and to make the clan pay! J » * * “d Oetofcer th ir tie th - when ' All that wag left were a few old heir twenty years of undHputcd pos- women with hate In their hearts and »Mnvn la culminated. :psere .« e m s a strange tradition to take the place ha chance to c«at«»( them—to of hope_ They said that some time, if make them brjgg that ^or--ciN?eed into 1 neT 8 o r ,h a f ahp w ent a lm ost ,u- ? "P 8“ h ’ o f ,h a t brave „ T L l,» «2 8 ttn ,B th * P1®*