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The Enterprise cannot indorse
G i'a c e E . H a l l
the doctor*« predication of the Strong Oregon Com m ittee Works For
Relief Fund.
A wom an w alked alone one night
destruction of half the wild
For the purpose of railing $104.404
game in a year, but if the bird« la Oregon as a part of a fund of W ithin the silent park,
and animal« could be exterm i 414.040.000 from the United States to
T h e moon thrust gleaming blades of light
nated at once it believe« the re save >.000,004 little children la Oer
many who are facing starvation be
sult would be better than the cause of the terrible coadltlons there,
Across the pathw ay dark;
present
practice
of
blazing a strong committee has been named
Each w ild thing in its sheltered home
away at all the bird« and beast« In Portland to look generally after
W a s motionless and still,
th at are not private property this work throughout the slate and
by every irre«potn«ible and in particularly In that city. In the other | A pine tree in the skyline zone
com petent fellow who «an pro larger cities of the state committees
will he named to take charge of the
W a s the guardsman of the hill.
cure a firearm.
relief work. Portland is state head
If all wild species were sent quarters, with offices In room 71S
T h e wom an walked with measured tread»
to N irvana no more of them Corbett building, where H. L. Eddy
would die in agony from shot Is In charge as director
Unmindful of the w ay,
Robert H. Strong, of the firm of
gun wounds. And humanity
Strong * MacNaugbton. Is state chair
A weight of sorrow bow ed her bead,
—«tc.
man
He had charge of the Hoover
HALSEY RAILROAD TIME
W ith the High
School Classics
By M A R G A R E T B O Y D
.»outh
North
No 17, 12:1.5 p. m.
No. iS, 11:37 a. in.
23, 4.28 p. m.
24, 4:28 p. tu.
21, 11:32 p. m.
22, 4:30 a. ni.
Nos, 21 and 22 stop only if flagged.
( • by M argaret Boyd.)
"And that other child, not on tha
SUNDAY MAIL HOURS
hearth— ha would not forget It; ha
The delivery window of the
would »«e that it waa well provided for.
That waa a father's duty.”—Silas Mar- HaUey postoffice is open Sunday«
from 10:50 to 11 a. in. and 12:15
nar.
to
12:30 p. ro.
Just now we have with us many who
Sunday m ail goes out only on
say It Is not the father's duty to see
that his children are well provided tor, the north-bouud 11:37 train:
Mail goes south once a day. closing at
but that it Is the state’s duty. They
would have the state take over the care 11:05 a. m. : north twice, closing 11:25
of the children, as was done In ancient a. m. and 5:30 p. m. M ail stage for
Brownsville. Crawfordsville and Sweet
Greece, and leave the parents unham Home leaves daily at 6:4.5 a. m.
pered, to go about their work or play
as they wish.
One thing these people overlook Is
the fact that the same Greek state
which took the children from 'heir
parents and reared them, carefully se
lected th» ones that were to live. Deli A d m i t t a n c e H e r e 5 C e n ts
cate and alllDg babies were left out In
a L in e
some deserted spot where they would
speedily die of exposure. Only the
For Sale—3 Collie Pups. Good
strong and healthy were allowed to
stock. E rnest G ourlby , phone I54
live.
Unleac some such artificial means of
selection Is employed, then the only
means we have of securing the survival
Old papers for sale at 5c a bundle
of the fit Is to hold each father respon
sible for the support of Ills own chil st the Enterprise office.
dren. The Idea is that If each father
must support his own children, then
The Linn county tax commission
the strongest, ablest, most Intelligent
ers. out of office under the court rul
fathers will be the ones who ran pro
vide for the most children, and so will ing that the law is void, worked with
have the greatest number of children out pay and the county will pay tha
$400 or so expenses incurred, the larg
reach adult life.
Just now we are living In a period est item of which is the salary of Lius
when neither natural selection nor ar secretary, Mrs. D. S. McWilliams, who
tificial selection is allowed to operate worked faithfully and earned it.
We have In every community organlza
tlons that spend much money and mors
Ed Martin left his job on the morn
energy In trying to keep alive every
baby born in that community— whether ing shift as S P. station agent here
crippled, diseased or ‘ feeble-minded. Saturday morning and H. P. Willis,
We now gauge our civilization by our In
from Grants pass, took bis place.
fant death rate— the lower the rate the
more civilized we consider ourselves—
as If It were a more humane thing to
Andrew Brown came home for the
nurse a suffering weakling to adult life,
holidays.
where he must take his crippled place
In life's battle, rather than to let him
FOR SALE
die during his Infancy.
When natural selection is not al
lowed to operate by making every fa
ther responsible for the support of Ids No. 1 uiilch cow, giving 3 gallons a day.
children, and when the state tins no
W ill sell at a reasonable price.
sort of artificial selection such as that
employed In ancient Greece, the quality
W. A. M u l l e r .
of the population Is bound to he low
ered—so say the biologists. They say
the results of our present policy are al
ready very evident. The University of
Oregon, for example, made a state
wide survey of mental defectives a few
reara ago, and found that out of a pop
illation of 788,000 more than 75,000
were dependent, delinquent or feeble
minded— all unable to work and a con
stant strain on the finances, health and
morality of the state. There Is no rea
son to suppose that the older states are
any better off than this state, which Is
still so close to pioneer conditions.
vili make
the new
OFF T H E IR GAME
year look brighter and do away with the
North—How many did you make worry of the two pairs of glasses.
Paid-for Paragraphs
A n d every path seemed gray;
food relief campaign In Oregon In
1421, when that campaign was put on
T h e stars were like a million beads
to relieve distress In Europe. The
ALBANY
committee which has sponsored the
U p on a velvet gown,
relief work In Oregon consists of men
But w hen the heart in silence bleeds,
nromlnent In various lines of busi
W t are proud to announce that
ness. as follows:
our first big feature for 1924 will
T
h e eyes of man look down;
Charles F. Adams, of the First Na
tional bank; J. C. Ainsworth, presi
dent of the United States National
S h e view ed in retrospect the years
bank; W. B. Ayer, president Eastern
A Western Lumber company, George
T hat, like the falling leaves,
L. Baker, mayor of Portland; Fred L.
H a d flittered by, damp with her tears,
Boalt, editor Portland News; Rev.
Harold
Leonard
Bowman,
pastor
First
with
A harvest stripped of sheaves;
Presbyterian church; Colonel H. C.
“ W hat have I gained from life?” she cried,
Cabell; Edward Cooklngham. pre»!
dent Ladd A Tlltcn bank; Otto Hart
W ith scornful glance towards heaven,
T ie sensational play that the
wig, president State Federation of
author dared not sign h it name to
Labor; I. Lowengart; Edgar B Piper,
W h en lol she seemed to see inscribed
* * * * * * * * * * *
editor of the Oregonian; Bishop W. O.
T h e w ords,"W hat have you given?”
Shepard. Methodist Episcopal church;
Coming soon
Ben Selling, philanthropist; Amedee
CaprSsM
W
D°S4
W
Ca.
Us
The Voice from the Minaret
M. Smith, president of the board of
directors of the Portland community
chest; Rabbi Jonah B. Wise, of Tejn
K W * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * blue Persian rag on a waxed hard
pie Beth Israel; J. E. Wheeler, pub
wood floor.
Halsey Happenings, etc.
lisher Portland Telegram.
Put the room In a house to match.
Executive committee;
Arthur M
(Continued on page 3)
Add a general store on the corner.
Churchill; Marshall N. Dana, asso
Place the corner In a village on a
J. E. Philpott and Opal Tandy o/ ciate editor Oregon Journal; S L
rock-bound Maine harbor, with a once-
Harrisburg got a marriage license Eddy. Ladd A Tilton bank, treasurer
By LAURA MILLER
♦ a-day boat, and a twlce-a-day autobus
for the state committee; Kurt H ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ * ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ * * < J
Saturday.
to the railhead.
Koehler. E C. Sammons and Mr
Can’t you see KatherlDe Walls, pro
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The county court is trying to get Strong.
prietor of store and home, as a happy
Every cent of the money subscribed GOTHAM, SHORT-CHANGE
the Oregon-Western Colonization com
wife? And as a low-volccd woman,
pany to relinquish its title to the road for this fund will / actually go to buy
ARTIST
with a bank account always ready for
food;
from the Santiam to the summit nf
emergency calls; and with a fund of
Are you more Interested In people common sense? Her common sense Is
the Cascades, so that federal funds
lor things? Would you rnther accumu the sort that tells how much gingham
can be used in improving it
late friends or dollar bills? That Is to buy for the old women, whether to
practically the way a successful young ! lay In a supply of sport sweaters or
Mrs. Frances E. Gray of Cottaze
woman lawyer puts the question of of yarn for the making of the same
Grove, who owns property in Halsey
city vs. town. The town, she Is sure, this season, and how to get from a
and a farm near by, was down look
offers more friendships. The city luny casual summer visitor top prices for
Attention Is called by the Inter
ing after them the fore part of the
give you a higher pile of cash—If you the fine hooked rugs which the minis
state Commerce Commission. In Its
week.
succeed above the average. Other ter’s widow has been persuaded to
annual report fust made public, to
wise the city sltort-changcs you both put on sale.
the efficient service rendered by the
• Mrs. L. H. Armstrong was hostess railroads during the current year and ways, she believes.
The coal shortage taxed the brains
I f actions speak louder than words. of many a New England business man
at a little waffle supper Sunday even to tha facto re making thia perform
ing.
Guests were Helen Armstrong ance possible. The report says In It Is significant that Ihatsle Newaoia. last winter. Call It luck or good man
A. B„ A. M . l.L. B.. Phi Beta Ktppa agement or both, that Southwest H ar
part:
and Clifford Ccrey.
(that’s the scholarship one, you know), bor did not suffer. A laden barge,
"Three noteworthy facte have char national president of Kappa Alpha
W. P. Wahl, Delma and Mrs. Arm acterised the transportation history Theta (that’s a social one that’s said headed elsewhere, ran aground out
side the harbor; Katherine Walls had
strong were Albany visitor? Thursday of the current year—
to tnke In only brains plus good
the wit and the cash to take the
1 The unprecedented volume of looks), moved from Washington to cargo on shares with three other deal
Deanis Rickard and Gerald JJeni- traffic bandied.
Oklahoma City and Oklahoma City to ers of the county. She believes that
ley, California boys who attend tha.
”2 The concurrent transformation Hot Springs, Ark.
It pays to belong to business associa
Eugene Bible University, have been of £ car-thortage condition Into one
The moves were dictated by any tions. to read reports of advancing or
vacation guests of Lawrence Wells.
3 t caf-eurplusage
thing but fear of failure. In Wash dropping prices, to go to Boston and
"3 An exceptionally equitable dis ington, Miss Newsom, with all her de Providence and New York, and to
Miss Goldie Wells and Mrs. Enrl tribution of available equipment over grees accumulated before slid was meet leading dealers In many lines of
O p tica )|m a n u fa ctu rin g p la n t
llelseth, better known as Gladys territory In which the large traffic twenty-four, became n member of a merchandise. A modesty and love of it in today ?
South—How many did you ?
successful firm and was made an as the past which keeps her departed
Wells, have been home for the holi movements originate.
on p rem ises
North—I Asked you first.—New
days.
"During tha first torty-fonr weeks of sociate member of the legal and ad father'« name still over the stote en
trance. and makes her father's pet cat
York Sun and Globe.
thia year. January 1 to November 3, In visory war board of the city.
In Oklahomn City, a place on the
the biggest and thriftiest and most
clusive. 43.485.48? cars were reported
spoiled cat In Hancock county are
Optometrists, Manufacturing Opticians
loaded with revenue freight, an In »tate Democratic speakers' bureau, an
School Notts
crease over the corresponding period Income above the average sulery, a only a few of the traits that set apart Higbee Reunion
Albany, Oregon
In the basketball game between the In 1(32 of 4.455.44« cars. In 1(31 at practice that brought her "warmth of one village storekeeper. * She Is n
After page 8, containing a brief
high school and the alumni Thur-aay (.037.(41. and In 1(34 of 4.038.110 Not reception and genuine Interest." are a woman who would succeed anywhere,
HALSEY
but who finds her grentest happiness notice of the Higbee family reun
evening the alumni were victorious, only was thia unprecedented tonnage few of the early successes attained.
The story In Hot Springs 1». she
and usefulness on the spot “to which ion, had been p rin te l the follow
handled well, but the carriers re
the score being 31 to 51.
ported a surplusage as of the week says, "Just beginning to be mnde.” A It has pleased God to call her." She ing was received :
Saturday evening-the high school ended July 14 of 84,310 railroad-own-’ digest of Arkansas laws is on the has taught Romance, Uke Fortune,
Cash paid for
Christmas day, at the home of
played the boys from Halsey who at ad freight ears in good repair and program for the near future. Her fel the way to her door.
C
ream
,
P
o u ltry , E g g s , V eal
Rer. D. M. Higbee of Albany,
low townswomen describe her as “a
tend O. A. C. and played a losing 11.035 cart of private ownership
woman
who
has
won
a
place
for
not
SHUTS
OFF
TH
E
OGYGEN
Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Higbee and & H id es,
game.
Score 15 to 44.
Contributing Factors
H- S H O O K
only herself, but for other women In
their five sons and one daughter,
"Some of the onetandlng factors public affairs. Though yet In her
At the junior watch party Decem
Fire extinguishers work on the
ber 31 a good time was enjoyed and which have made possible this hitherto twenties, she Is one of the best In principle that oxygen is necessary t-g e tte r with their families, par
■■□equaled transportation perform
formed citizens of the entire country
the old year was rung out and the noce see:
took of a bountiful dinner, the
on topics of the day and national and • before anything can burn, and that
new year was rung in.
Quarters of
tor canning
"1. Th4 condition of power and International affairs. Withal ahe Is a in some gases, auch as carbon di following being present:
Mr. and Mrs. C. F- Higbee and purposes at canning prices
Vacation is over and the pupils and ears.
winsome, womanly girl, and enjoys oxide, no fire can continue to burn.
Naw
locomotives and cars the good times of her home club as There are several types of extin
teachers are hack at work.
C . H. F A L K
wo daughters of M arion; Mr.
placed hi service.
well as the more serious affairs of
C . L. F A L K JR.
guishers,
but
the
usual
type
consists
and
Mrs.
A.
F.
Albertson
and
sou
Increase« In the mileage pel her public eeleer."
I I W A R I , W I T PAINTI
of
a
cylinder
filled
with
bicarbonate
and daugnter of Halsey ; R?V. and
car per day and loading of equipment
♦ ♦ 4 *4 4 4 4 4 **4 4 4 4 4 ***4 4 4 + 4 4 4
of soda dissolved in water. Inside Mrs. D. M. Higbee and two sons
"For the month of September, 1(23
®. ISIS, br L ea n Millar
Flint - What did you do when she
this is • smaller bottle of sulphuric and two daughters; I. A. Higbee
the average mileage per freight eat
buret into tear*
THE OPEN DOOR TO
per day wee 2( 3. which la higher
acid. When needed, the two are of P o rtlan d ; Prof, an 1 Mrs V
F lam -H u n g out s »¡gn:
ROMANCE
Laundry sent Tuesdays
than the average for any month tinea
made to meet, and once the acid B. Higbee and son of H tlsey ; Mr
Vara, Wet Paint.*'— Now Y o * Sun these statlstli s were Inaugurated eli
\gency Hub Cleaning Works
A housekeeper's guest room affords meets the soda it forms a gas, car and Mrs. C. M Il'gbee and twin
rears ago The average for August
and OiobeL
t picture of her life, according to a bon dioxide. The pressure of this sons of Lacomb.
wan 31.3 miles.
much-traveled acquaint forces the cork out of the cylinder,
F E N PR O D U C TS
"The extent to which shippers have keen-eyed,
utilised the rapacity nt cars Is re ance of mine. What would you make and a spray of water is played upon
of this one? White paint and a
flected in the average load per car
"I earn a Iking from (he p e n *
smell of cleanliness; huff, blue and the fire. It is not the water that
la
September
this
was
»7
4
tons,
and
-Bo do I.*
la July and Anguat waa 3« 6 tons. white paper In restful design ; quaint puts it out, but the gas carried with
"Poetry T
With tha exception of tha average ly unfashionable furniture of huff-col it, which “blankets" the flame, so
The age of the girl doesn't count when
“ LouigyW*
Courier* loading for August. 1(1«, >e‘J tons ored ash, trimmed with walnut, rather cutting off the oxygen and making
it conies to eandy ; big anil little, they
and August. 1120. 34 g. tha average for charmingly painted In walnut brown it impossible for it to go on burn- I
Journal.
all lov« it. The candies that we sell are
designs, and betraying by the utter
August thia year la the greateet
ing.
made
of pure, unadulterated sugar and
absence
of
scars
that
It
has
never
tfcowa for any similar month since
flat<rings, and consequently no matter
the records ware Inaugurated 1» been In a moving van; fine linen on
how much is eaten there can be no
1117."
tpe towel rack; 1 leopard akin and a
Greece (reared the skids for roy-
harmful effect Take borne a box,
ilt y .
kaowiug that it i t the purest candy
made.
G LO BE
FLAMING
YOUTH
COLLEEN MOORE
s
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M ary Succeeds
on M ain Street ♦
G ood Jersey C ow
COMMISSION COMMENTS ON
FINE RAILROAD SERVICE
f
K RYPTO K S
M e a d e & A lb r o ,
Cream and Produce Station
m .
Fresh and Cured Meats
BEEF ‘
"I.
A
M odern
B arber Shop
ABE S PLACE
Sweets to the Sweet
Clark’s Confectionery
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