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HALSBV, LINK COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY. SEPT. 20. 1923
NO. 8
JO T S A N D T I T T I F.S
O R E G O N N E W S B R IE FS
Brief Chronicles of Happenings in Halsey and All
Over Linn County.
Helen A rm strong went to
Portland Friday noon for a
week's visit with friends and
relatives.
M yrtle Mills came home S at­
urday evening from Penn Col­
lege, where she is a teacher,
for a short visit with her
father, Seth Mills. She will re­
tu rn th e first of October to take
up teaching again.
school at the Eugene Bible Uni­
versity.
Chester Childers and family
of Lebanon were Sunday guests
a t the home of Mr. Childer’s sis­
ter, Mrs. Quimby.
The A rm strong
threshing
machine finished up Wednesday.
It was out almost six weeks
D. H. Sturtevant left for
Portland on the 4.30 tra in Tues­
L. H. A rm strong was at day morning.
Brownsville on business S at­
Mr. and Mrs. D. S. McWil­
urday.
liams were Albany callers Mon­
Mrs. George W orkenger was day.
a visitor a t the H arry Commons
Mr. DuMond of Albany visit­
home W ednesday a fte r noon.
ed a t the A. H. Quimby home
Mrs. S. J. Chenowith, m other Sunday.
of Mrs. L. IL Arm strong, has
A. C. A rm strong and wife
returned to her home a t Oak-
were in Brownsville Saturday.
The bam on the Pettibone
John Veatch of Cottage Grove
place w est of town was burned
to the ground Sunday a fte r­ was a week-end guest of his
brother, Curtis Veatch, and
noon. J, Suiter bad been burning family a t th eir home southeast
some s ta c g bottoms and the fire got of town.
away and ran in the grass to the
Mr. and Mrs. John Salsh
Pettibone place, occupied by J. D.
Itode, who lost quite a bit of feed. transacted business in Albany
A num b.r of Halsey people joined S aturday evening.
the neighbors in quelling tba
Mrs. L. IL A rm strong was to
blase, which might have taken
Albany Saturday.
the lake Ogle bridge.
land, Or., a fte r four weeks
visiting and helping her daugh­
te r through sickness.
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Western Newspaper Union's Gleanings Outside of
This County
G r a c e K H all .
There’s a land of level prairie
The city of Coquille la gathering a
fund for a new community building I d boldl.
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that city.
There are approximately 30,660
The municipal tax at Hood River voters In Multnomah county who w ill
next year w ill be at least 6 per cant not be properly registered for the
heavier than thia year.
election tn November unless they at­
Mora than IT,114,000 teat tn lumber tend to the matter In the next three
and log cargoes crossed the Coo« Bay weeks.
bar last week, about half of It des­
Twenty tons of Hungarian vetch
tined for Japan.
seed grown in Lane county were ship­
W. M Quenell, a logger employed
ped by W illiam Klussmxn. merchant
at the Big Creek Logging company's of Irving, to Baltimore. Md. The seed
camp near Knappa. waa killed when was grown by F. O Lafke of that com­
a tree fell on him.
munity.
The Washington county school fair
The Blue Ledge mine, 30 miles
will be held at Banks. September IS
southwest of Jacksonville, one of the
to 20, tn connection with the Banks
largest bodies of copper pyrites In
Hog and Dairy show.
the world, has been sold by the Robert
Oregon's official part In the open
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s Tow»« estate to the Guggenheim
tng of the Pacific highway thiough Interests
to Vancouver. B. C„ w ill take place'
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In Salem October 2S.
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1 “* “ r* w of th* bridge over the
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I north fork of the Sluslaw river be-
A postoffice Inspector is now in tw o .,
North Bend making the final survey I
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#nd r ,o r * nc*- fell
for the establishment of .X
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W here the bobwhite’s call is heard,
A nd the song birds hold high carnival ea
W here a zig-zag fence outlines the road,
Most rakish and absurd,
As it follows past the fields o f waving com;
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There’s a singer on the topm ost rail *
A-trilling out his lay
To his haughty, muffed-up lady sitting nij
Time on time I’ve paused to listen
A nd to watch his loving way,
A nd afar I’d catch a rival’s raucous cry'
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Trudging onward dow n tne beaten road •»
—
Made hard by driving rain,
, I have listened to those songsters o’er and o’er,
/ ’Til I’d reach the old brown schoolhouse
«
a heavily loaded gravel
passed over It.
ery system In that city.
truck had.
After a lively contest for queen of
i the 1923 Clackamas county fair at
Canby. Mias Ruth PreSsey Roblnscn
of West Linn, waa chosen.
The Oregon public service commis­
sion In an order has Instructed the
W hen the teacher closed the clumsy, creaking door.
Portland Railway. Light A Power com­
pany to extend Its electrical system
Now, the years have brought me many a tune,
The city of Bend will file on Fall to provide current for residents oa
river. Spring river. Soda creek and Alder Crest road in Multnomah coun-
Sung in a thousand keys,
Green lakes as possible future sourcea I t f '
fX n d I’ve tried to get the "cultured” view and sense, of municipal water supply.
C. V. Curtis and family, who
Conditions In Oregon during the
Louis Nelson, an aged and retired week were favorable for harvest and
have been on th e P. J. F orster
But I vow I never yet have heard
Columbia river fisherman, committed threshing, says the weakly crop sum­
farm east of town for the past
j
suicide by banging himself tn the mary of the weather bureau. A very
Such
music
on
the
breeze
w e ip in
wn M
on-
two years, were
in w
town
Mon
basement of his home la Astoria.
» • » . .«■«? w®re
small acreage of small grain remains
As the meadow lark trilled from that old rail fence.
Bert E. Haney, commissioner of the to bo harvested, and threshing Is w ell
moving to town the first of
shipping board has left Washington advanced.
October and would occupy the
CopyrUhi b, Dodd, XUwl e> Ca. lae.
for the Pacific coaat. He w ill go direct
G rant Reynolds house in East
Making a perfect score over each ef
to Seattle and later to Portland.
Halsey.
the 100, 100 nad lOOOyard tlow flre
The Hammond Lumber company Is r»Bg»s. Sergeant W.
Hayes of
Mrs. Sophia Bass and daugh­
accumulating Its winter supply of Inga Portland. Oregon national guard, won
Hall of C harity Grange No.
ter Lena and son, E. V. Bass
at M ill Cltv. now b-»»«- 5iS2V?*?:zir
with his family, and daughter 103 H arrisburg, Or., Sept. 15, 23 1 T ht Oregon Society. 8«ua oi Iy i.w d.W J fret stored at the log the Leech eup at the national rifle
sssoeiatlon tournament at Camp
’ A nd be robbed o f their refrain
'
visited a t the Seth 'Mills home
Saturday evening and took in
some of the concerts over the
radio.
Opposed to Recall
Clifford Carey came home
Prize» Offered Students
Friday night from Mericopa,
Cal., where he has been work­
ing in the oil fields, to return to in-law, Mrs. W . C. Bass, were
The following resolution Was American Revolution, dlera prises
in Albany Sunday, where they unanimously adopted a t th e totaling f.50 to the pupils of high
attended the wedding of Mrs. regular m eeting on this date; j schools of Oregon for essays on the
Resolved: T hat we, the mem- subject : “ The Causes Whicn
Bass’ daughter Frost to Eldon
bers of C harity Grange, view Brought About the Anierioan Rev
J. Bonar of Corvallis.
W e H ave
with disfavor the proposed re- olution.”
every thing
R. A. Templeton and family call of Governor Pierce and
It will pay $25 for the best, $15
O ptical
left with their household goods lereby pledge ourselves to op­ for the second and $10 for the
for Coburg Sunday.
There pose the same by every means third.
E Y E S T R A IN
they will make their home while in our power. And we fu rth e r
The essays mutt not exceed
1» the Came of Many
2500
words, must be written on
Raleigh
continues
his
work
a
t
recommend
th
at
this
resolution
H U M A N ILL S
the rock quarry. The H. F. je handed to all papers in the one side of pspur and must he ao-
I f year « y n p T « you trouble or
English
fam ily immediately county th a t will publish the companisd bv a at a lenient from
< !« ••*• are aaaoying
5 BE US. We can Relieve You
the writer’s teacher that the writer
moved into th e Huston home, same’
Lorena Kizer.
is a pupil in a high school of Ore
vacated by the Templetons, and
. Bancroft Optical Co.
Chancy Sit kelp
gon.
will live there the ensuing year.
J13 let S t W. Albany. Phone
B. M. Miller
In swsrdjng the prizes the cum
(Continued pace I)
Committee on Resolutions mittee will be governed by coutid
t
erstions o f :
1 O riginality.
2 Accuracy of statement.
3 Manner of treatment.
4 Orthography,
syntax
and
punctuation.
5 Neatness and legibility.
Essays should he sent to If. L
Bates, chairman of the essay com
mittee, Forest Grove, Ore., to
reach him not later than F*b. 1
Virgin Wool Doubles the Wear
in Oregon City
Boys’ Suits, Overcoats
and Mackinaws
O W will they W EA R? How
long will they look well?
Tbeee ere questions you ask when
buying elotbes for your boy. Oregon
City hoys’ amts, costs and nasokin-
•ws auswer them with built-in serv­
ice.
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The fabrios themselves are woven
on the Oregon city looms—woven
Halsey Church of Christ
from pure virgia weal. This is new fleece
from the sheep's back with all its eeleral
life, its streegth tad great warmth. Ihs-
tiageish between vtactw wool tad ALL
wool, because all wool often meant wool
cloth that hat been worn and then reworked.
( hurch Announcement»
I f you're aazioua to make the budget for
yeur boy's clothes balaece this fall, try l t -
beg him out with Jacobs Oregon City See
hew virgia woo* fabrics a c t u a l l y d o u b u
t u b wbao .
You'll ta d tbs Oregon City
label and the virgia wool gaarautee la
garments sold at this store.
Oregon City W ao la Mills Copyright. i , j j
Jacobs Oregon City Virgin Wool
Clothing
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OvercoRta.................................... $ 1 2 -5 0 to $ 3 0 . 0 0
KOONTZS
GOOD GOODS
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Church of C h rist:
Lon Chamlee, minister.
Bible school, 10, W. H. Robert-
«on, superintendent.
Morning worship, 11. Ixird'
-upper every Lord’s day.
Cbristiao Endeavor, 7.
Evening service, 8.
The chnrcb without a bishop, in
the country without a king.
I f you have no church home
come sod worship with us.
Fine Grovs church :
Sunday school, 10.
Preaching, 11 and 7.30 Sepl. 30.
Glenn Barker pastor.
Methodist:
Sunday School, 10.
Preaching, 11.
Junior League, 8,
Intermediate League, 7.
Epworth League, 7.
Prayer meeting, Thursday, 8.
Preachiog io the evening.
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The Oregon apple crop this year Is
estimated by F. L. Kent of the United
States department of agriculture, at
6700 cars, against 4266 cart shipped
last year.
The new stretch of the Pacific high
way extending from Capitol street
In Salem north to what Is known ns
the Fair Grounds road was dedicated
last week
Governor Pleroe has segt out a coll
for all tax supervising commissions la
the state to meet In Salem Monday.
September 24, the opening day of the
state fair.
The Oregon public servi«« commis­
sion has Issued an order Instructing
the Southern Pacific company to
maintain n watchman at the point
where the tracks of the transporta­
tion corporation cross the Pacific high­
way tn tha city of Creswell.
A plea that railroad managements
be given greater freedom from reatrio-
tive legislation was made by Ralph
Budd, présidant of the Great North­
ern Railway company, In an address
at tha annual convention of the Amer­
ican Association of Railroad Ticket
Agents In Portland.
W ith about SO delegates and their
The standard price for ploklng
wives present, the tenth annuel con­ prunes In Lane county this fall w ill
tention of the Pacific Coast Asso­ be I cents a box. according to an­
ciation of Port Authorities was held nouncement of tbe board of directors
at Astoria
of the Eugene Fruit Oruwers' asso­
After deliberating all night, the Jury ciation. The growers w ill pay a bonus
In the trial at The DeUet of 18 Grass of 2 oests a box to ths pickers who
Valley residents on a riot charge, ro stay with them throughout the seaton.
ported that It was unable to agree and
Production of I I per eent above nor­
was discharged.
mal was recorded during the past
It will require approximately SOO
additional pickers to handle the hop
and prune harvest In Marlon county,
according to reports of growers re­
ceived In Rslem
The Salem city council bat voted
a license of 1100 on taxicabs operating
in Salem until the close of the state
The action was taken to protect
local taxicab operators.
Establishment of a certified public
market for the disposal of used auto­
mobiles was approved at a meeting
attended by more then 30 motor ve­
hicle dealers of Salem
week by the mills reporting to tho
West Coaat Lumbermen's association.
These 121 mills, for the seven days
ending September 2. manufactured
161.066.212 feet of lumber, sold »7,-
127,66» feet, and shipped 87,647,276
feet.
There were a total of 764 Industrial
accidenta In Oregon during the week
ending September 12, according to a
report prepared by tbe state Industrial
accident commtlsloo. Two of the ac­
cidents were fatal. They were 0. W .
Richardson, watchman. Oregon City,
and Herman 8chlelf. ditch walker.
Hood River.
The taking of spring chlnook sal
mon eggs Is proceeding at such a
Parasitic animals to prey upon tha
pwea at the McKenzie river egg taking earwig have been promised to Oregon
station of the fish commission that by the United States bureau of ento­
present Indications are that between mology. according to notice received
10.000,000 and 12.000.000 will be ob­ from that office by H. C. Atwell, com­
tained this season, according to an­ missioner of the state board of bdrtl-
nouncement by Carl D. Shoemaker, cultnre.
These animals must be
secretary of the commission.
brought fcpm Europe and will be ship­
The Housewives' council of Port­ ped at the earliest possible date.
land has filed with tha public service
commission s petition demanding that
the gas rates of the Portland Gas A
Coke company be reduced
Bend a water hue been declared 1m
pure and the schools are being eup
piled from Tumalo creek, the water
being hauled In barrels and placed
at the disposal of tha children
Twenty-nine deputise headed by
State Prohibition Commissioner Cleav­
er raided the Abbey hotel, two pool
halls and several residences at New­
port. and arrested several citizens.
The demand for lumber from Cali­
fornia and tha middle west has In-
cresed to such proportions that the
W hitney company has decided to oper-
■to another shift at its mill at Qari
The Fermera' Irrigating company
of Hood Rives, hat called for bids on
a 216 foot tunnel, which It proposes
to build to carry Its water through
a solid rock cliff on tho west gorge
of Hood river near Bloucher. Ths
tnnnel will eliminate n section of
flume 4M feet long. Flood damage
to the flume has been a heavy Item
of expease.
W ith the eneeption of the Oregon
state penitentiary and tho state tret«,
lag school for boys, all of tba state
fastltutloas bare reported to the state
board of control a lower per capita
coat of operation daring tbe month of
Augast. 1921. than In August. 1632.
Ths moat marked Increase In the cost
of operating the state Institutions wan
at tht state penitentiary.
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