V —----- — — -VOT * » > •& T . J. SKIRV1N m tn k •». W blN A .e T»«, • » Ws». H. WHJUCLEK »AMD MKMCHANT HALSEY STATE BANK A ll kinds of Feed • New end second grain sacks. Sack twiae Clover teed. Chop­ ping dose to suit Prices right. •bhetri^tlona. l i . l o * year to advance. j Advertising 30c aa inch ; no dioconnt lor Uni* or space ; no charge for com­ position or changes. t e “P aid-for P aragraphs.- io a litis. ■n advsrtlaln» disguised as news Halsey, Oregon C A P IT A L FLO UR Guides Loaf___ J2.00 White Mountain 2. IS AND SU RPLU S $ 3 5 ,0 0 0 Commercial and Savings account* Solicited HALSEY. Linn Co.. Ore.. July 19, 192J TO STOP A BIG F ARM LEA K MAKE 0. A. C. According to statistics carefully •oospilad by Coaly Agent Heyman tb* average coat of kaopiog and Your Next Goal taring for a dairy cow in tbia eounty ie »126.68 a year, >76 for You have finished high school feed and $49 68 for labor, at 30c and, like all wide-awake grad­ an hour. There are 20,000 dairy uates, are looking to college animala in the county, of which The state of Oregon offers you the best of trsining and a col­ one-fonrth are heifers under 2 or legiate degree in the leading hulls. O f the IS ,000 cows one- pursuits snd professions, ss tnird yield an average of »73.68, follows : J ae that the farmers keep these Engineering, Agriculture, Com 6000 boarder cowe at a lots ol merce. Forestry. Home Eco •260,600 a year, or »62.10 eaoh. normes, Military Science and Cow tasting has changed somt Tactics, Mining, Pharmacy, V o ­ dairies from the loae column to the cational Education and Music. profit column by making beef ol Student life at the college it tboee animala which did not pay rich in opportunities for lead­ their board. ership and personal cnlture. The county agent ie eo-operating with a number of dairymen who FALL TERM OPENS hope to form a county-wide SEPTEMBER 28, 1823 association which, by making a For information write to record of each cow’s milk yield and T H E R EG ISTR A R ifa fat content, w ill send to the butcher the animala which art Oregon Agricultural College Corvallis causing this loss of a quarter ol a million dollara a year on the farms of Lion oounty. We have the best dairy climate A nice plaything for childran i. in the world ia western Oregon * rifle. Of Bourse we always We have ae good toil in this ralley •“ didn’t know it was loaded.“ | ae lies out of doers. Even the Marl Bam of S.vae) Home, 9 year, J despiead •• white land ” will pa, old, had the end of his right fore- / • r tils draining in a few years and finger ahot off with ods with whioh produoe crops that would astonish ha and his younger brother were a farmer from the moat productive Playing in had last Thursday, section of the east. Ask 0 . A. 0 morning. and you will ba informed that this baa bean dona and how, I People ¡„ thia country have Aud the butter orep re in or si played good Samaritan to many leas fertility from the aoil than in the near east, but the pbariaaio any other. A dairy farm, with s Igovarumaat baa “ passed by on the reasonable application of brains, I other aide •• and avoided “ entan will never wear ou». Thera are | »laments ’• while Armenia was furnia in Linn county that gre Idrowued in blood. managed that way. toolF the place of front porch. "We'ii all go out with you,” shouted LettlA “And come again whenever you can, w on t yon? I t ’s been awful tat’rustlng. seeing you.” ' The three children trooped after her, prodigal with entertaining comment, delighted with the graciousness of her response. After she had stepped Into the car, they stood watching, hand in hand. “Remember ns to your daughters, won't yon?" beamed Lettie, in a cli­ mactic ecstasy of politeness. "Ye» thank yon," returned Mrs. Weatherstone, not to be outdone. In the moment before the car start­ ed. she looked again a t the three chil­ dren. In tbelr made-over versions of clothing that had come out of her household. 8he was unwittingly re­ sponsible for the appearance which these three eager mites of humanity presented to their little world. “May the Lord forgive me," she thought, “for what I hove done to the *1 HEAR YO* CA LLIN ’ ME" Innocent!" It la Estimated that 100,000 Negress Have Left the Farm Districts ef tha In Th« Custard Cup the afternoon * South for Industrial Planta In the North continued to he unusual. To her In­ —Journal of the Am.rloan Sankara A = H „ „ tense delight, Lettie was Invited to have supper with Mrs. Sanders— In­ vited with that spontaneous Informal­ ity that Is desr to the heart of every youngster. The rest o f the fam ily were at home, lingering »¡round the table, when an emergency call came from M j a Enslow s. Thte baby had met The Envelops of Bills Waa Gone. %dth an accident painfully connected wain outside The Custard Cup. with the hot glove. through all the yards once more Crlnk was dispatched to the drug through Number 47. ( C a fe te r ia store for soothing remedies. Mrs. Pen- Lettie bounded In. She had known field, agitated out of observance of that Crlnk had rung Mra. Sanders’ her customary after-supper reglra» bell, looking for Thad, but It had taken was inveigled Into permitting Thad to a few minutes for this Information to bunt up his churtl, Timmy (letterbox. turn into anxiety In her mind. She left the table aa It stood aud hur­ “Have they found him?" she de­ ried to Mrs, Enalow’s. Albany, Oregon manded. H a lf an hour later, when the baby The silence answered her. They had waa relieved. Mrs. Penfield went back all loved Thad, but no one hnd real­ to her Interrupted routine. She ised how large a place he held. switched on the light,.and began clear­ Mrs. Penfield stood ta the middle of ing the table—stopped m the act of the room, dazed, unable to see the next lifting a plate. H * r eyea hail fallen move to make. H er face waa chalky on a chair overturned on the floor of white. H er brown eyes looked blsck; the living room. A sfight thing, but It they burned with a fierce fire. She had happened w hile she had been had totally forgotten the loaa of the gone. W hile all the fa m ily had been money. She had not even mentioned gone! It to the children. What waa money Her heart stood s tilt aa she thought compared with Thad, the baby tfhat of the money which she had failed to she had loved as I f It had been hers deposit that afternoon. More than by blood? two hundred dollars! I t had totally SACRIFICE I1Y PROXY Lettie had never seen her Idolised slipped her mind In the excitement of Pensle look like that, had never seen the Enslow catastrophe. She dreaded Like the patriot who was willing vour second srep of her withdrawn from the ways of to look in the sultcaae. Seconds passed speech. A mighty Impulse surged np U sacrifio. a|| his first wife's rata- while she stared at the overturned In the child to make her Pensle happy tiona for hia aountry’s cause, B rit­ choir, paralyzed by dread. A t laat she again; and It was as If the rising ride to tow nerved herself to investigate. The of that Impulse lifted a recollection, ain ia willing to vield, in the in i It's a fine time ---------- front door waa still locked, bat the fallen ta one corner of her brain, and ba<:k door ha<1 b#en le ft °P«n. that tbe bore it to the surface. Her mind was children might anter when they re­ Illumined with conviction. turned. Constantine, who had bean fired “Til get him, Pensle; I ’ll get him " . She went Into the bedroom. The off the Greek throne by ths alliaa, she screamed, waving her arm wildly suitcase waa on the %oor. The rickety ODWVWKSMV Oy OCOQOC M. D O R A N OOH R A N « and dashing toward the door. waa recalled by the Greeks. In old fasteners were undone. Mrs. Penfield sprang forward and The envelope of bills was gone. So revenge for this the allies alood - .o « F. STORE (Continued) caught the child by the shoulder. “You was Gussle Bosleys package. aloof and allowed all that they other woman across a Vast gulf of eco­ Mrs. Penfield sank back on the floor stay right here, Lettls. Ain’t no use Chink came in ai the big door. Crlnk bad promised Greece io Asia M i­ Phone if jou are in a hurry nomic disparity, smiled gently. "Yes, br the sultcaae, fain t and sick. H er starting off at random. I m going to Mrs. Catterbox’s to telephone the no- Il the turned overcoat, pulling off his she said, In a low voice, “you could. nor to ba sailed by the Turks. In . blood seemed to have stopped. The llee, and—” •la b b y cap. Lettie and Thad In their Crlnk w as uneasy. There was some­ room whirled. She was hanging over eideotally Armenia, which had mu cotton, were dressed according to thing In the interview that he did not • < * • • « . . . black ruin. . . . “Leggo!" cried Lettie, working her bean promised protection, was per­ * e sunshine and the really mild t«m- understand. He felt the undercurrent lean shoulder madly ta the effort to Crlnk came In. nerature; but Crlnk. coming In contact of unspoken thoughts and could only mitted to fall into the earns oruel 'Where’s Thad, Penile? Ain’t he free herself. “Leggo 1 m grt WnL. lawyer and notary with the outside world, was dressed Infer that bis beloved Penile was be­ “Lettie— ” r here?" and blood-dripping hands. aceordlug to the calendar month of ing criticized. He caught Mrs. Weath “Leggo! I gotta get him " “Thad 1- repeated Mrs. Penfield, still Jhnnary. nominally winter H s u i r , On boon Sines than the allies, with B rit erstone’s glance, keen, swift, darting In a daxe. T?»e frail cotton fore nnder M r» T h U ta O in k ." said M rs Penfield, from the vivid pictures on tha wall to aia aa over in the lead, have n “T **- He’n T lm m j were playing in Penfield’s grasp. Lettie had wrenebod proudly “Crlnk. ain’t It gTaod to tee the packing boxes, to the few straight the herself loose. Catterbox back yard, and Thad stored to the unspeakable Turk Mrs Weatherstone?” chairs, to the bare spates around the “P o n t you worry, Pensle, darling" HALSEY practically all that they bad taken "I should aayl” O in k stepped for­ room where furniture most conveni­ came home for hia spools. Timmy she shrieked, as the dieted toward ths for him tin Mrs. Catterbox ward eagerly. 1 wanter thank you for ently might have been. from him in the war. door. “I know where h . !» TU grt “T ea" repeated Mrs. Weatherstone called him in. H e spoke to me outa h im ; 111 get him." thU here overcoat Oee, It’s a dandy! * the window." Now that Franca, after waiting / D waa pretty good last winter, but softly, “you could." Cash paid for e fln d h |m (To be continued) foar years for the reparations that aow’t Pmxle'a turned i t ain’t nobody Crlnk plunged Into defense “Ton right off. Tim e he W went to bed, any­ got better." don't understand, Mrs Weatherstone." how. I t ’s 'moat dark.” bad bean promised bar, baa made “Ton turned Geraldine's coat!’’ mur­ he sold earnestly. "It ain't a bit aa They went through the house, look­ a move to c o llx t snmethng by aeis mured Mrs Weatherstone. "Why, I you're thinking. We get along f in e - FOR SALE ing ta bunks on the chance that Thad ii'fi the Ruhr country, Britain ••v a r should Imagine It wasn’t new." honest, we do. I earn some money “ * b5 b* hldln*- moving boxes behind Drawing on her glove, she became gra- now. and a lot of old veg'tablea and after hemming and hawing around nich no one could be concealed. They ooualy conversational. “Crlnk, my things. And we always have lota to for a year or so, baa come into the •ear, la It possible that you and Lettie , eat— that I a all except last week, and searched In the back yard. In the driveway. No Thad I open and advised France to drop are twins? Yon re about the same then—then we got along But that’s plsce in Albany. Paying big. Stands Mrs. Penfield was alarmed. •ue. bat your coloring la so different I" | the only time We «¿«ays have grand wbat bold ehe bee obtained, investigation. For sale on account of “Crlnk, we must find him. M att 1" ‘N