S N T E R P & I8K
ernor promise* reduction of taxation '
bat do*« not say bow it i* to be ac­
complished, which leaves room for the
suspicion that ho does not know or
does not care to tell.
The republican state platform calls
f fo r tax reduction but does not suggest j
how it can be brought about. Its
framers do not know or do not dare
A a in d e p e a O e o 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 u r s d a y ,
by W M H. and A A. W H E E L E R .
.
W m . H . W h e e le r . E d i t o r ,
M r s . A . A . W h e e le r . B u s in e s s M a a a s e r
a n d L o c a l N ew s E d ito r.
S u b s c rip tio n s . 1 1 6 0 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 r t ls ln c , 16c an In c h ; p e r ­
m a n e n t a d v e r t is in g , 10c N o d is c o u n t
t o r t im e o r space
I n " 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 la g u ls e d a a n e w » .
to tell.
The way to reduce taxes is to root
out the thriving array of grafts on
the state that call for three times the
HALSEY, Linn C a , Ore.. O ct 12, 1922
revenue the government would need it
economically conducted.
ill matched PATCHWORK
M r. Pierce and the republican plat
form makers know that i f they called
T h e giving o f th e double croea' for the abolition of the tax-eating
to a frie n d ly a lly [G reece] does not commiiaiona they would open the
square ex a c tly w ith the e th ic a l vials of wrath of a well-oiled politi
-
coda sod it shows lnw bankrupt of
morality the allies are becoming
in their diplomacy.—Albany Her­
ald.
cal machine. They are afraid to face
the music and they echo the meaning­
less cry: "Reduce the taxes." They
know they are Impotent to fu lfill it.
The peopl« by their vote have tp lj
the legislators that *3 a day is all
they can afford to pay them, and
probably that is more than they are
worth. But the »ly legislator ap­
points his wife er his daughters or his
sister or somebody else’s sister his
stenographer at 36 a day from the
treasury and ia willing to run again
next election time to retain that 38 s
day fo r the two of them.
Stop the leaks and it w ill not take
h alf so large a stream to keep the
pail full.
^ o m p i e t e Q /i a n q e
Ranges & Heaters *
I t’s what you need and you’ll find it in
Sunny Southern
w
w
s
You 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
C alifornia
D ill
Saving in Price
MotoringfMountain CliinbingfYachtingfRacing
G oIifTennisJfiidingfPolofFishingf [{unting
CarnpingfAirplaningf Loafing
Iron Beds
Springs
.
Mattresses
Dressers
All
G /iroug/i S tee p in g G ars
W
MZ
Chiffoniers
- Bedroom Sets
' Dining Room Sets
<tz
\tz
M
at New Low Prices. z
The allies opposed to Germany,
Austria and Turkey won the war
and settled conditions of peace in
which the rights of man were rec­
St/
Observation Cars and Dining Cars
ognized as more than brute force.
.Afford evc/y travel comfort and convenience
A L B A N Y F U R N IT U R E E X C H A N G E
This last was brought about by the
Albany
Oregon
influence of the (Joited Slates ex­
anil i " rtV n ? , ' T N\ A
” ha‘ throu«h
Seattle, Tacoma
erted against the old-time diplo­
ami 1 jrtlaml to Los Angeles via Sacramento.
macy of might wakes right.
Stay a day or two in San Francijco—a delightful stopping place
Then this country withdrew
from the case and the curie of old
time diplomacy was restoied.
hl» pack. H a ^new that thel?«ht>r lid
Greece recalled the banished
traveled the greater would be hit
For fares, train service, sleeping car reser­
S. P. C am in a Nutshell
chnnva of aucceu*.
Constantine and the allies in a
vations or beautiful folders ask agents or write
Obrloualy the girt had written when
rage abandoned her to fight for
The supreme court baa refused
the elan was eluting about the house,
what had been concoded her, and a rehearing in the Southern-Cen­
J O H N M. S C O T T ,
and finding her In the front room,
when she did so they helped the tral Pacific unmerging case and
there had been no occasion to senreb
noW the fate of those mads rests,
General Passenger Agent, Portland-, Or.
the other rooms' and thus discover It.
Turka with anna and money in
si it would if the suit just ended
The girl had k»;pt her head even In
driving Greece out of her naw had dever hem brought, with the
that moment of crisis. A wave of ad­
possessions.
Interstate Commerce commission.
miration for her passed over him.
And the little .action had set an ex­
Then the Turk, having the Up­ Below are two statements issued
ASA
ample for him.
He knew that only
per hand, became the victor end before tbit dual decision of the
rigid self-control
and cool-headed
court was rendered:
Pacific and the Central Pacific, era Oregon toward the Union
bia forfeited European possessions
strategy could achieve the thing he hud
based on the fact that Springfield Pacific. The passes of the moun­
By
Edison
Marshall
were restored. Turkey is the ouly
•et out to do.
H 1* llnpulse w a. to
is a cross-roads of the system. tains are open, right of way is
(Southam Pacific Bulletin)
Author of
storm the door, to pour his lead
country that did not laae more than
These
shops
will
mean
an
initial
abundantly available, and if it
"The Voice of Via Pack“
The trauiportatiou act of 1920
through the lighted windows; but such
ahe gained by the war. She is the
thing* could never take Linda out of
provides that whenever the com­ expenditure of a million dollars, should decide to build in here
viotor today.
Simon's hands. Or dp stealth aud cuu-
mission (The Interstate Commerce and a payroll in the neighbor­ from Eastern Oregon in order to
tloo, not blind courage and frenzy,
Illustrations by Irwin Myera
The balance of Europe is a commission) ia -if the opinion upon hood of $100,000 a month.
share in the traffic of this rich
could serve her none. Such blind
Back in 1912 the Natron cut­ valley, it will be met with brass
patchwork wbioh does not fit to­ application of any oarrier • • • that
______
killing *a hla h eart prompted hud to
<M »vriuht h> L itU a. B row n A Ca.
gether and ia in a constaut state the acquisition by one of such car­ off was being rushed to comple­ bands and the keys to all the
wait for another time.
riers
of
the
control
of
any
other
tion, a line was being pushed cities. Nor is that all. If it
of upheaval.
H e knew only th e general direction
such carrier • • • will be in the
•Y N O P 8 I1
of the Hoe. house where Simon lived.
And Uncle Sam’s authorities public interest, the commission westward from Vale up the Mal­ should complete its Malheur can­
Linda had told’ him It rented upon the
heur canyon to a junction with
E R I . —A t th e dea th o f hie roster
d o u 't care.
shall have ths authority by order the Natron lime at Odell, and yon line to a junction with the fa C th H e A r. P B T ruce
u n c a n , in an eaetern c ity ,
creat of a «mall h ill, beyond u ridge
Natron cut-off at Odell it can p e l v e s a m ye D lerlo
u e message, sent by a
to approve and authoriz* such
land was being purchased for the send its traffic representatives in­ M rs. Rose, sum m o nin g h im p e re m p to rily of timber. The moonlight showed him
acquisition. • • • The earners
a well-beaten trail, and be strode
(o south ern O reg o n —te m eet "L an d a"
BUGABOOS AND LIARS
affected by any order under the Springfield shops. These devel­ to V estern Oregon and secure C H A P T E R I I . —D ru ee has v iv id b u t b a f- swiftly along It.
opments,
when
completed,
woulc
the routing of its full share of ■inz rm o lle c tlo n g of his childhood In an
foregoing provision* • • • are
He had a vague sense of faiu lllarlty
orph an ag e, before hie a dop tion by N e w ­
The Enterprise takes no stock in hereby relieved from the operation have built a city here, but sud­ freight.
with this winding trail. Perhaps he
ton D u n c a n , w ith the a lr l L in d a .
had toddled drywn It as a baby; per­
the bugaboo stories to the effect of the anti trust law* • • •and of denly, out of a clear sky, came
haps his mothqt.- had curried him irlong
H L —At his d estinatio n.
Charles Standish of Brownsville T r a il a End. new«
th a t a message has
that the oounty is in danger of all other reatrainta or prohibition by the suit for tuimerging the
Southern Pacific and the Union is working at his trade (carpenter i M e n sent to B ru ce la received w ith It on a neighborly visit to the Borises.
falling under the control of the law, state or federal, in so far as
m arlted d ly le a e u r e by a m an In troduced
He went over the hill and pushed Ids
may ba necessary to enable them Pacific, and instantly develop­ at the fast growing town of Veruo- to toe reader ae ' ’Sim on. ”
way to the t-dge of the timber. /J l
Catholics. Neither does it believe to do anything authorized or re ment ceased.
ma.
CHAPTER
I V . — Iz e a v tn r
the
tra in .
at once tha moon .showed him tire
that people of that faith will ba quired by any order mad* under
B
’© Is astonished a t hie a p p a re n t f a ­
house.
The Union-Southern Pacific
m ilia rity w ith th e surroundings, thouah
wrooged if they are required to and pursant to the foregoing pro­ merger was dissolved, and short­
to his know ledge ho has never been there.
He eouldnl mistake it. even ut this
N. C . L O W E
distance. A m i tor Bruce It had a singu­
•and their children to the public visions of this section.
V .--O b e d le n t to the m ea
ly
thereafter
the
Southern
Pacific
The recaut court order, baaed on
h|« w a y to M a rU n ’s croas-
lar effect of unreality. Thfe mountain
schools.
Lebanon’s Reliabie Funeral Di­
■to r®. fo r dire c tio n as to reaching
the anti-trust law* and directing formulated its plans for comple­
men did not ordinarily build homes of
Mrs. Rons’ cabin.
rector and Mortician
The public school hours are ha- the Southern Pacific company to tion of the Natron cut-off as a
such dimensions. They were usually
C H A P T E R V I. - —On th e w a y , "Sim on-
lei vad by educators to be needed by direct itself of its Central Pacific part of the Southern Pacific-Cen­
’ fine e<JniP|nent, includiug wternly
merely log c. (bins of two or th R e low­
w arns him to give up his Quest
, hM r»M
Prices most and re tu rn E a s t. B ru ce refuses.
er room* an 1 a garret to be reached
children in obtaining an education lines, if attirined, must be obeyed, tral system, setting aside the reesonahi»
reasonable. Lady attendant.
with a ladde r. The ancestral home of
money
necessary
for
its
comple­
C
H
A
P
T
E
R
V
I
I
.
—M
rs.
Ross,
aged
and
of
oourae.
But
after
the
order
is
in those branches taught there.
'Lebanon, phone 9.
In n rm . welcom es him w ith em otion. She
the Boases, b »waver, had fully a dozen
tion, hut in 1914 came another
obeyed,
ths
Interstate
Com
in
free
hastens
him
on
his
w
a
y
—ths
snd
o
f
"
P
ln
e
-
A private achool which conaumea
room*, and 1 1 loomed to an Incredible
N ssdle T r a il."
commsaioa holds jurisdiction under d ¡m.o liiti on suit, this time for un
slao In the layatery' of the moonlight,
part of that time in religious in- the transportation aot of 1920, merging the Southern Pacific
FOR SALK
C H A P T E R V I I I . —T h ro u g h a c o u n try
n e saw qm lin t gabled roofs' and f a r
nu szllng ly fa m ilia r . B ruce Journeys, aad
atruction deprives tbs child of a to authorize consolidation of rail­ and the Central Pacific, and once
fl .de hie childhood p la y m a te . L in d a .
spreading, w f.nga. And It'seemed more
chance for equal education with road! where that ia in the public again action was dropped.
Ilka a hones of enchantment, u struc­
C H A P T E R I X . - T h e g irl tells him o f
from 1 to 3 year» old. Big, fine ewei. wrongs co m m itted by an enem y clan on
ture raised Iby the rubbing of a magic
public' achool children in those interest, irrespective of anti-trusi
The
Southern
Pacific
Company
Ber
fa
m
ily
,
ths
Rosssa
L«ands
occuolsd
lavra.
lamp, than t ha work of carpenters and
b» the clan w ere stolen fro m the R o u s e
subjects concerning the practical
has formally asserted its inten­
masons.
and th e fa m ily , w ith the exception of
A .unl
< l* r a Rose) a a d herself,
affairs of Ufa.
tion to complete the Natron line
(Eugene Register)
Probr'.fy gts wllffsavyroundlugs had
registered Or will let out on »hare. 25 wiped out by assassination. B ru ce's f a ­
just as soon as its ownership of
th e r M a tth e w F o lg e r. w as ene o f the
• <f*nt deal to do with this effect.
The ootupulsory edneation bill
hat it (The Union Pacific) the Central Pacific is confirmed, old ewet, or at 32.50 per head.
v ic tim »
H I» m other had fled w ith T
Thera • ore a > roads leading to Trail's
and IJ n d a
T h e g irl, w h ile em ail,
■imply providea that all children wants out of the Central Pacific
Knd.
Msterh <1 could not be carried
been kidnaped fro m the orph an ag e a a .
and1 it has the money to do it.
grade
hrouKht to the m o u n tain s
IJ n d a e fa th e r
■hall have the right to equal edu­ controversy ia an entrance to
over It-: svtnd'j ig trails except on pack
had
deeded
his
lands
to
M
a
tth
e
w
Fo
lg
e
r.
to
freihen
th
ii
fall.
But if the Central Pacific is
b u t the a g reem ent, w h ic h w ould confute
animal«. u e h ad a realization of tre-
cation ou secular subjects and Nan Francisco and comn\on user- torn loose from it, we shall face
th e enem y's c la im s to the p ro p e rty has
metidour difflcul tie* that had been con­
ehip
of
Southern
Pacific
lines
been lo s t
leaves the parent* free to inetill
I
W
A
N
T
TO
BUY
years of uncertainty and inac­
quered by tireless effort, of long
north
of
Tehaina.
If
it
(The
’' H A F T E R X . —B ru ce'« m oun tain blood
1 Carload
any religion, irreligion or fad in
montf lg uf unen&'lng toll, of exhaust-
Union Faciflc) secured that it tion while, new alignments are
roxponde to th e caU o f th e blood-feud.
l* * * paUihce. and'At the end—a dream
the youthful miuds outside of would own the Pacific Coast in being made, and' in addition
„ £ » \ ‘ T E R , X I r A * ' « “ » r ~ - th e Be»,
ue true. A ll oC, Ita lumber hud to
tln el Pine, in fro n t o f L in d a 's cah la.
those hours.
fee simple, and would not need there ¡ r the possibility that new
ec. ins to B ru ce's excited Im a g in a tio n to
*** j hewed from the ¡forests about. Its
be
endeavoring
to
convoy
a
message.
owners
may
not
care
to
complete
We expect that the campaign of to build another railroad across
'«tone had been quarried from tjie rock
and
the Natron cut-off at all.
CHAPTER
X H —B ru ce sets out •
bigotry and falsehood which is be­ Central Oregon.
cliffs and hauled .w ith Infinite labor
,£ ‘ r a p p ,r n a m *> H udeor
‘J
over the sleep trails.
There is uo hostility in West- 477 West Eighth street’ t\ignie.ROre.
w ltneea to the a g ree m e n t h e tw w n I ’
The Union Pacific is frankly
ing oarried on against the bill will
fa th e r and M a tth e w F o lg e r.
.o d e a
H e understood now w h y th e Turn­
defeat it, but we believe that de­ not interested in car shops at
CHAPTER X IIt - A
g lg a n F
_
,
ers had covetal It.
I t seemed the
Springfield,
and
has
said
as
h n o a n as the K ille r . I . ¡ 3 ‘
« *« « 1 7 ,
feat will he n misfortune to ths
acme of luxury to them. And more
v ic in ity , because o f hie else ■
o t th*
much. The Springfield car shops (
C H A P T E R X IV ._ n .v e
‘ n4
clearly than ever he understood why
children and state.
.
plan ia essentially a part of com
llm o n , bribes H udson
T u rn e r, sent by
the Rnsaee had died, sooner than re­
Von cAti
concerning
the
agree-
,0
«w
«
*
r
fa
ls
e
ly
hined operation of the Southern
linquish It, and why Its usurpation by
Set it at the
li g h t he k n o w in g 1»
>f brought be
Moonshine whisky ii killing
- w h ereabout*.
the Turners bad left such a debt of
C H A rT T H X V
„ .
Call
and
see
;• M O R N H IN W E G S T O R E
hatred to Linda. All men know that
the fo rm e r’s tr e
—H udson aad D av e v is it
many and sendiug many to blind
• them
It d is c o v e r e d ' k * A w o lf, cau g h t la one.
the love of home la one of the few
hie
feast,
th
¿y
th
e
K
ille
r
.
D
is
tu
rb
e
d
a
t
aud Insane asylum*. Thus, under
» - J * ”1 ‘ forK
H a
A r
R r
R o
O w s
. <‘t we ,el1 p L O W S, h
Hruce, on * ,* b r’*te « trike s down H u fr o n .
great Impulses that baa made toward
C R E A M S E P A R A T O R S ia fact, everything io D IS C S ,
w n u e d . - ole w a y u , H u d s o n , s h o o t s a n d
prohibition, society ia being freed
«IvfUsattMJ. but by the same token It
the imple-
v ic tim .
?,• ,K llle r -. d r iv in g him fro m hla
ment line. Special price, on D R I L L S while they last
haa been the cause of many wars. I'er-
'tty . .»
'» n rn ln g B ru ce'» tden-
from that class who will drink
,h « •
1
h,m lb * hidin g plnoe e f
Laundry »ent Tuetdiya
Re.1 Seal B A T T E R I E S . Presh »lock. Call and get pr.ee. on
hapa the day la coming when this love
agreem ent, but d e a th eum m oee him .
anyway, mid who uon make pub-
w ill die I d the land, but w ith 'it will
implements. The «tore for quality and prom pin»»«
Dyelug. Cleaning and Pressing
’ k n o w i '¿of5** I f Y ’ -S im o n , b e lie v in g B ru ce
lie wards or oorpaea of themselves,
die the strength to repel the heathen
"how s w here th e do cum ent Is runceejed.
aye plane to tr a p him .
from our wells, and the land will not
instead of being drunken »¡usances
A B E ’S P L A C E
C H A P T E R X V I I - D a v e decoy» L in d a
ba worth living In, anyway. . But It
to the whole community.
■*iU n t, F J m ln l fro n i th * ' r ho m e. T h e
BARTCHER & ROBRBAUGH
&
The
Strength
o f the Pines
50 Blackface Ewes,
1 Shropshire Buck,
2
Jersey heifers
Oat and Vetch or Clover Hay
1 car Cheat Hay
f
Fairbanks-Morss Scale for $21.50?
A
Modern
Barber Shop
G. W. Mornhinweg
Only two men reported Monday
morning aa having been killed for
deer, one account coming from
R »eburg and the other from Ho
qulamt Its a grand and noble
eport for the preeervation of which
we keep a salaried game commis-
eion.
LIGHT LACKING
The democratic candidat* for gov.
TRUCKING
Hay, Graia, «lock hanllng. etc.
hauling n specialty
Phone
Heavy
w . H. B E E N E
All work don* promptly and
reasonably. Phon« No. 269.9
b?
I -In<u a nd 1» »truer« dow n
, '
* ? • ’ w o m an.
E lm ir a 's eon han
been m urdered by D a v e an d a t I w com -
v is
y r o r e l y S ln d ltig -the dee-
perado, l.ln d a leaves them a lo n e,
aewe »e«w«i««MMM. r f »,T f ) r f l f r f r y r f ( Y r r r f r> u .
I Automobile Insurance
Î
w
< H A IT E R
X V I I I —R e tu rn in g .
B ruce
n° 'u p resu m ab ly fro m U n d a teU-
T u r n e /a
h"
b* * n k 'dn» P *»
bX «**
CH APTER X l)^
1
Fire, theft, collision, property dnmago and 71
hurrle,] up the h,„ XQW>nl
t M Koas eväten, he made . „ „1 t C*V
personal liability. Protect yourself against
loss.
....... I I f « l f t J Th“ T he ’’ "l r "h*"’
• I « * • r ”<**
He had «
Halsey, Oregon
F. M. GRAY,
Drayman.
’
!
;
flfte,-n other, |„ h„
i,
C.
P. M
STAFFORD,
Agent.
— me
ix u rv n U , A
g e n t . U ,h"
,
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Ä
’’*
i
i
l#d
B n  î i , ’ '’lU
* "un me remain 1er ol
was aot dead to the mountain people.
No really primitive emotion pvvr >•-
Tha Bosses had known thia (o.tinct
very welL As all mea who are strong
thawed aad of real natural virtue, they
had known pride of race and name,
aad It had been a teak worth while to
bhlld thia stately boqae on their far-
lying acres.
They had given their
flhor to It frooly; no man who beheld
the structure eould doubt that fact.
They had simply eoneecretwl their
Urea to It: their one Work by which
they conld show te all who came after
that by their pwn bands they bad
earned thalr right to live.
Bruce taw the broad lands lying un­
der tha moon. There were hundreds
o< acre« of alfalfa and clover to fur-