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HALSEY ENTERPBISE
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I.ast week we mentioned gome of
the waya in which automobiles pay
for the ro3ds they use.
Here is one
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little item we omitted.
The United)
government has collected
**b a < .r.pilons, »1.60 a year la advance States
1589,013,021
in taxes on automobiles,
A d v e rtis in g , 20c an in c h , no diaooun
•or lim e o r apace : no charge lo r com
tires
and
accessories
while it has paid
uoailion or changea.
2d4,7-i2,2'iy c.i federal aid highways,
" P a id -fo r P arag rap h e,’* 6c a line.
■»• a d v e rtis in g disguised aa news.
fhus the autos paid Uncle more than
wica what he spent on those roads.
Office honra. 9 to 13 anil 2 to 6 cxccp
Boil it down and you will probably
Mondava and Friday lorencuna.
'ind th tt, instead of using the roads
without cost, the autos are more than
CRIME’S GOAL
laying for the roads they uae.
A»» lagee-aSm l—.Wirr aeevraJ—«ew»
»•S-r. publlahed ever? m urad«/
Form the Habit
of buying
Round Trip Tickets
"Paw says he’ll be on hand prompt,"
sata Raymond. "But he bad to be
p’swuded right much. Paw’s proud—
and he can't read."
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“Sometimes I think the more people
read the less sense they've got." said
l Newton. “I wish I could tie dad u p !
I wish I could get snakebit, and make
him go for the doctor!"
BROWN
I
MOUSE
The boys crossed the ridge te the
’ wooded valley In which nestled the
Simms cabin. They found Mrs. Simms
N o w ’s
greatly exercised In her mind because
young McGeehee had been found play
ing with some blue vitriol used by
the time
Raymond In his school work on the
3 T r ip s f o r t h e p ric e o f 2
treatment of seed potatoes for scab.
“His hands was nil blue with It,"
to visit
said she. “Do you reckon, Mr. Neve-
In rd d itio n to saving you money, the
ton, lh a t it'll plzen him?"
tra in can be depended on to fu rn ish you
C alifornia
“Self pity is the most despicable o< |
By HERBERT QUICK
—---
"Did he swallow any of It?" asked
w ith
Two Johnsons' Hiram and Magnus,
Newton.
|
emotion» ” says Dr. Esther I’ohl Love
L .J iiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin iiiii
Joy.
“N ah !” said McGeehee scornfully.
>re firing verbal broadsides against
(Ospyrtght br The Bobba-Merrill Company)
S a f e a n d C o m fo rta b le
Newton reassured Mrs. Simms, and
Low
On the gallows a t Salem last Fri >se Cclvin Coolidge, who appears like
went away pensive. Jim Irwin's meth
to be the republican candidate foi
day George Parker did not deny m ur
ods had already accomplished much In j
(C o n tin u e d ,
service, irrespective o f ra in , snow, ice
W inter
preparing Newton and Raymond for i
dering Sheriff Dunlap, yet he com ■he presidency the coming fall.
C
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A
P
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X
IV
and o ther u n fa vo ra b le weather con
citizenship. He had shown them the j
plained that he did not have a
d itions.
-• • •- ■■ ■ -
fact
that voting really has some re
a
Minor
Casts
Half
a
Vote-
Excursions
trial signifying, not th a t he was r.nt ' A1 Smith scys he would rath er be
March came In like neither a Hon lation to life. At present, however,
nor a lamb, but was scarcely a week the new wine In the old bottles was
R id e t h e T r a in
guilty and did not deserve the nc.’iah I » business man in New York than
Daily
old before the wild ducks had begun to causing Newton to forget his filial
ty, but th a t he believed there were governor in Albany.
Is Albany so
score the sky above Bronson's slew duty, and his respect for his father.
Local Agent will gladly give you any
He wished he could lock hits up In
looking for open water and badly
loopholes and quirks in the 1
much dryer than New York?
information vou may wi»h regarding
harvested cornfields. Wild geese, too, the barn so he couldn’t go to the
'■■hereby ho might hnvc defeated th
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fares and train schedules.
bonked from on high as If In wonder school election. He wished he could
abject of that law.
th at these great prairies on which their become ill—or poisoned with blue
Mr. Tooze seems to believe that he
forefathers had been wont fearlessly vitriol or something—so his father
No sane person who read the ev>
the republican party in Oregon.
JOHN M. SCOTT
to alight hod been changed Into a dis would be obliged to go for a doctor.
t!:nce in the case doubts th a t Parkct Maybe he is.
A«»t Passenger T n a ffc Manager
gustlng expanse of farms. Colonel He wished—well, why couldn't he get
Portland. Oregon
deliberately took a human life in th<
Woodruff's hired man. Pete, stopped sick? Newton mended his pace, and
Newton Bronson and Raymond Simms looked happier.
hope that he mght thereby escape t :
"I’ll fix him!” said he to himself.
as they trnmped across the colonel's
T h e y ’r e AH B o b b e d A lik e
l>’ alty due him for stealing un auto
“What time’s the election, Ez?"
pasture, gun In hand, trying to make
mobile.
themselves believe that the shooting asked Mrs. Bronson at breakfast.
“I'm goln' at four o'clock,” said
(B y G K. W a lk e r)
was good.
Porker complained that he was tin
Ezra. "And I don’t want to hear any
“This
ain’t
no
country
to
hunt
In,
Yes, we have no old la d ie s ."
lucky, from the time he hail been dig
said he. “Did either of you fellows more from any one"—looking at New
SITUATION IS PITIABLE
T h a t w h s w ritte n long ago.
ton—“about the election. It’s none of
ever have any real duck-shooting?"
owned by his parents.
He died a
A n d i t ’s h a rd to find th« babie
“The mountings," said Raymond the business of the women an’ boys."
Oregon M ethodist Bishop A p p ta li fo r
Second
st.,
opposite
Halsey
Garage
he lived, pitying himself.
O r p h rases so an d so
Newton took this reproof In an un
“air poor places for ducks."
A id fo r S ta rv in g G erm an C h ild re n .
Short orders at all hours up to 11 p. til.
expectedly submissive spirit. In fact,
“Not
big
enough
water,"
suggested
The world is open before every It’s tru e i t ’s h ard to find th»m ;
Bishop W. O. Shepard of Oregon,
Yes, th e y ’re really h ard to find with headquarters In Portland, Is a
Pete. “Some wood-ducks, I suppose?” he exhibited his very best side to the
young man In America.
He may II you o n ly get b ehnd them
“Along the creeks and rivers, yes. family that morning, like one going on
keen sympathiser with and supporter
obey the laws, earn an honest living
sell." said Raymond, “but nothing to a long Journey, or about to be married
And view them from b ehind,
of the efforts now In progress through
off, or engaged In some deep dark
depend on."
and be a success, or he may whine I New
out the state and nation to collect a
plot.
before my sto ry ’s ended,
"I've never been nowhere," said
fund
of
money
for
the
relief
of
starv
because he was not bom to the
F or I wish not to deceive,
Newton, “except once to Minnesota— "I s’pose you’re off trampin' the
ing German children, of whom there
purple and muy slink alohg the road Aon we have the old w h o 're s p ltD
and—and that wasn't In the shooting slews at the sight of a flock of duckn
are several millions. Bishop Shepard
season."
d id ,
four miles off as usual?” stated Mr.
It a member of the Oregon committee
that leads to the gallows
Bronson challenglngly.
A year ago Newton would have
A n d we wish not th em to grieve, which Is endeavoring to raise >100,001)
boasted of having "bummed” his way
’I thought,” said Newton, “that Td
And ” «•« m ay Luve th in g s aud In this state and la giving It hla per
All work done|promptly and reason
YOU MAY SAVE THE WOULD.
sonal attention.
to Faribault. His hesitant speech was get a lot of raisin bait ready for the
o th e rs ,"
ably. Phone No. 269
a proof of the embarrassment lus new pocket-gophers in the lower meadow.
"I can readily appreciate the situa
. As w e've often h eard it sung,
respectability sometimes Inflicted upon They’ll be throwing up their mounds
Suppose you cut out the coupon at p u t we liave o u r d e a r old m others, tion In Germany," said Bishop Shop- j
him.
aril. "With others, I made quite a
by the first of April."
the bottom of columns J «ml 4, fourtl
A n d »< love them , every o u t.
A m o r A . T u s s in g
study of conditions In Europe, tnclud
"I used to shoot ducks for the mar
'Not them," said Mr. Bronson, some
page.
Suppose you fill It out and
ket at Spirit Lake,” said Pete. “I know what mollified, “not before May.
When yon seek a day o f pleasure lng Germany, in 1920. It was then 1
LAWYERjAND NOTARY
apparent that Just such a situation as
Fred Gilbert Just as well ns I know Where’d you get the raisin idee?"
mail it to the address therein. Sup
A n d y o u r head is in a w h irl
now exists would develop. That mil- !
you. But that's all over, now. You’ve
W e learned it in school," answered
pose, of all who vote on that peace A nd von have a dsv of leisure
H alsey , O kkoon
lions In Germany and elsewhere would
got to go so fur now to get decent Newton. “Jim had me study a bulletin
A nd expect to meet y o u r girl.
enter the wlntor without sufficient |
plan, there is a majority of one in its
shooting where the farmers won’t drive on the control and eradication of
Oh, yo u r h eart is lig h t sud m arry, fcod was news that did not surprise
you off, that It costs nine dollars to pocket-gopheta. You use raisins with
favor, then that one vote might be
mo at all. it Is a pitiable situation,
B u t we fin d it hard ro find
send a postcard home.”
strychnine In ’em—and It tells how.”
yours.
Suppose, by reason of that ITm i p re tty lit tle fa iry
one which deserves deep sympathy
“I think we'll have fine shooting on
Some fool notion, I s'pose," said
W
hy
sull
Her
from
am!
response
from
those
who
are
able
mnjority, that plan is forwarded un
the slew in a few days," said Newton. Mr. Bronson, rising. "But go ahead
W hen we view her fro m behind.
!»
headache?
to help, for It should never be that
“Humph I” scoffed Pete. “I give you If you're careful about handlin' the
ill. in the long-druwn-out process of I Wo can see a d a in ty slipper
little ones who have had no possible
Have
our
eyes
my word, If I hadn’t promised the
strychnine.’’
connection with what has happened
A n il an ankle tr im and neat.
time, it becomes the busis on which
colonel I’d stay with him another year,
examined
Newton spent the time from twelve-
over
thore
should
suffer
thus.
They
And
it
's
where
we
were
to
meet
I'd take a side-door Pullman for the thirty to half after two In watching
the nations of the world combine to
a rt paying a terrible penalty for some
her,
Sand Hills of Nebraska or the Devil’s the clock; and twenty minutes to
S. T . F R E N C H
outlaw war. In such an event you’ld
thing
they
knew
nothing
of.
It
all
Io the p a rk 's brat rustic seat
lake country tomorrow—If I had
three found him In the woodshed, pen
goes
to
ilic
w
how
te
rrible
Is
war."
Optometrist,
with
have performed un net of more bene \\ e almost, fa in t and «m other—
gun."
knife In hand, a small vial of strych
Io o u r ilis iu a v we fin d
"If It wasn't for a pasel of things nine crystal before him. a saucer of
fit to the world than the life of th
F . M. F r e n c h & S o n s
thnt keep me hyeli," said Raymond, raisins at his right hand, and another
All interested in the Linn county
1 bat »be a aa old aa m other,
greatest mar. In history!
JE
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E
L
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O
PTICIA
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S
"I'd like to go, too.”
B lit we viewed her from behind, budget are invited to meet at the
exactly like It, partially filled with
"The colonel," said Pete, “needs me. gopher halt—raisins Into which a min
Out of such small beginnings come
A lb a n y, Oregon
county
courtroom
Saturday,
Jan.
26,
(’so th a t bo she, o'er vonder,
He needs me In the election tomorrow. ute crystal of strychnine had been In
the greatest things in the universe.
to disucss it with the levying board.
Over on the other side,
What's the m atter of your ol’ man. serted on the point of the knife.
Newt? What for does he vote for that
Who knows wh.it minute ati.mlc A rr« ,e i| in „Il b |.f aplendor,
At three-thirty Newton went Into
Bonner, and throw down an old neigh the house and lay down on the horse
W it li tier fa th e r by her s id e t
motion began the cycle that even
bor?”
t\ h h aaten o 'e r to meet her,
hair sofa, saying to his mother that he
unity tent the suu whirling throng!
“I can't do anything with him I” ex felt kind o’ ifunny and thought he’d lie
Bi*t when clove enough we find
claimed
Newton
Irritably.
"He’s
nil
T h " t we do (mi hare to greet her,
down a while. At three-forty he
the ages?
tangled up with Peterson and Bonner.
heard his father’s voice in the kitchen
F u r we viewed her fro m behind
"Well," said Pete. “If he'd Just stay and knew that his sire was preparing
There was onco a little lake or pons
F isk and Gstes tires and tube,.
Com, lete line of automobile accessories
At once we apv an o th e r
nt home it would help some. If he
to start for the scene of battle.
In the mountains In Orleans count y
....
. Kor' 1 P*rt*
W illard battery service
W ith h e r h a ir bobbed off so
votes for Bonner, It'll be Just about A groan Issued from Newton's lip»—
When
ta
m
e
d
«
V
th
iag
for
the
eutomobil,
give
u
,
.
call,
our
\ t., south of Memphremagog lake.
a stand-off."
neat ;
prues are right *. og service is p ro m p t
gruesome groan. But his father’s
, "He never misses a vote!” said voice from the kitchen door betrayed
Little stream s and springs flowed in In her lis t a sp len d id fea th er —
Trouble call! and wreck jo re given prompt attention.
Newton despairingly.
M y I D o n 't she look ju « i sweet?
no agitation. He was scolding the
ta it and It in turn overflowed on i'a
f an t you cripple him some way?” horses as they stood tied to the hitch
Ih a t su re ly m ust he H siiv,
tn utharn border, forming a stream
asked
Pete
jocularly.
’’Darned
funny
A n d we haaten tip, to find
ing post, In tones that showed no
when a boy o’ your age can’t control
Which passed into the Pessumt>sir f l i it a tie ’ a not young nor p re tty ,
knowledge of his sons distressed
Telephone 16*5
his
father's
vote!
So
long!"
fO O T E BROS. Prop*.
moans.
A * we v ie w e d h e r fr o m b e h in d .
river, which in turn empties inte the
"I wish I could vote!” grumbled “W hat’s the matter?"
Connecticut and finally from the
Newton. ”1 wish I could! We know
It was Newton’s little sister who
W ANTED
a lot more about the school, and Jim asked the question. Even though re
stato with the la tte r name into th - Spritzern
Irwin bein’ n good teacher than dad garded as a pure m atter of make-
Atlantic ocean.
r
does—and we can't vote Why can’t
f rtJ i
believe, such sounds were terrible.
folks vote when they are interested in
Some settlers north of the la.
"Oh, sister, sister!" howled Newton,
trae) « « • Guernsey« preferred.
sn election, and know about the Is
notin': that the barrier on their «Ms
run and tell 'em that brother's dy
K. I t M c K i k . s k v ,
sues.
It's tyranny that you and I
ing !’•
,
ll* ' * r N in th »I . Alim a », Ore
can’t
vote."
<•' it wat low. sud wanting water, cut
Phone 591 Y:
Fanny disappeared In a manner
"I reckon," said Raymond, the con which expressed her balanced feeling»
a ditch through th at barrier and
servative. “that the old-time people
she felt that her brother was mak
stalled a little stream from the po.id
that fixed It thutuwny kuowed best.”
ing believe, but for all that, something
running their wav.
The soil on thia
"R a ts!’’ sneered Newton, the icono awful was the matter. So she went i
Cor P ower»'
|»„t »n,! bedding Plant*
clast.
"Why, Callsta knows more rather slowly to the kitchen door, and .
side was soft and sandy, whereat thr.i ¡ • Ir ti els«« Funeral w o rk Prices reason
11'l.v 18 worth just ns much in storage a»
about the election of school director casually remarked that Newton wag '
»ble. G ive II» a tria l.
rtoum l the southern outlet was roekv
than dad knows."
W rite f *r )i»t o f perennial«
Gres»
dying on the sofa In the sitting room 4
Th>
In one r.ight the banks and bottom of h *, 40 I ,1 4 *;1, ,, P O R T L A N D
“That don't seem reasonable," pro
llt,lp fmuil I" said her father.»
|Ameriean
I‘,;iJ.>
I*'¡n
.
Insurance
com
ean/
tested Raymond. “She's prejudyced.
• re. Phone bellwood 17Î7
the little ditch washed wider an*!
" b y , Fanny!" said her mother—
I reckon. In favor of Mr. Jim Irwin."
and ran into the sitting-room—whence
! ,';1v vou
the cash value in case
daepei until with a rush the e t ir
“Well, dad's prejudiced against him in a moment, with a cry that was al
D ELBERT STARR
Of
loss
by
fire.
er, no. he haln't either. He likes most a scream, she summoned her hus
lake swept down the valley and 01.
Jim. He’s just prejudiced against band, who responded at the top of h it
F lin t r a l D ire c to r a n d L i
end on into lake Mcniphremago
giving up his old notions.
No, he speed.
The lake in the h llb is no ihore.
A
c e n se d E m b n h n e r
haln't neither—I guess he's onlv
Newton was groaning and in con
prejudiced against seeming to give up vulsions. Horrible grimaces contorted
little stream flows north into the f t LTucient c r ' ,<v
M otor Hears»
some
old
notions
he
seemed
to
have
Lad%
Attendant.
Imwrcnce riv«r, instead of south into
Brownsville
once: And the kids In school would his face, his Jaws were set, his arms
- . . . Oregfor
and legs drawn up, and his muscl
the Connecticut.
Present resident.*
be prejudiced right, anyhow”’
tense.
there never saw the lake. They kr.o
"W hat's the m atter r
His father’,
W . L. W R IG H T
c f It, through the story handed dov
voice was stern ss w e ll as full of anx
V C i
Jtc
' ¡«»riidan Æ Funeral Diredor
iety. "W hat's the matter, boy?"
by their ancestors, as ' Runs«' a
lla lse v end l b tri» burg
Crlcd NewtRn- “Oh! Ohl
Cl D l *VL'*a. lla lse v. or
pond", and cattle graze where one
on .
W.
L.
t
t
s
ig
h
t
.
H
a
rrisb
u
rg
the w aters soil'd
_ ^Newoe. Newtle!” cried h l. mother.
Newtle!"” r °U ln PI" nT TeU ra,,thef’
Despise not the day of » m il
The saving made on tw o trip s bv pur
chasing " r e t u r n ” instead of ‘ ‘ one
way ” ticke ts ia a p p ro x im a te ly the cort
o f one round tr ip ticke t.
S o u th e rn P a c i f i c
Dad’s and Mani’s Restaurant
Square Meal, 50c
F .M . GRAY.
D RA Y M A N
First Class
Auto Repairing
HALSEY GARAGE
Dairy Cows
A m e ric a n E a g le
R o b in s o n F io r a i ( 3
Fire insurance Co.
y«>u might get for it in case\nf fire.
C . P. STAFFORD. Agent
things.
farm LOANS
Take eave of the pennies and th< * can n *kt I* th F A R M «nd C IT 1
shillings will take rare of themsclvei L O A N S «t a vsty t, w rate of inteiest
/«■oui 5 to to year«. W ute m» for pa
Study the peace plan.
Recor
G. W. I.avgaa. ■
jo u r ujdguwnt aud mail it.
Salem, Or«
«10 Or«aoa Bldt
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YELLOW PEÑOL
’w it/itfie RED BAND
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^Nothing," replied Newton.
fstber*W r °° **tlB dlnn*r’'' Ml4 *>1»
* » aln Newton was convulsed by
flUfid (he hearts of his parents with