HALSEY ENTERPRISE
VOL. X I I
H A L S E Y , L IN N C O U N T Y , O R E G O N , T H U R S D A Y , M A Y. 29, l*»24
NO. 43
Innocence and Experience at a Hero’» Grave
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mother heart is satisfied when she ha»
• knelt at his last resting place. Many
- mothers have In the last few months
thug sought consolation for thetr loss.
Arlington cemetery is unique— there
Is nothing like it in the world. Other
nations hate erected monuments,
arches and memorials to their success
ful military and naval leaders and
statesmen. They have provided mas
sive tombs and burial places, but al
ways for men of high rank. England
has her Westminster' abbey. f £ " ’i £ n j
of high distinction in statesmanship,
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Invention, science, letters, philan
thropy, as well as war. France s Pure
Lachalse and Rome s Pantheon are for
tlie same purpose, and Egypt's pyra
mids were reserved for kings and
queens only. But not so Arlington.
Here equality aud sacrifice dominate.
Wealth, birth, aoclal station, and po
litical eminence, without military serv
ice. try for admission In vain. Arllng
ton Is typical of a nation “conceived In
and]1Uedlcated t0 the propoal-
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C olor G uard L eading the M em orial D ay P a ra d e
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,re cre,t*d e<iual "
The High School Entertainment
• I f* 1 Furidaj ’* enterta'n:nenl •» » '•!» • hall was not as well patron-
ized as
of Halsey pupils usually are, but otherwise thap
financial y the affair was pronounced a succecs. Considerable e«peni<
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M .lodr.m . by Richard
Alice G’ rdner, daughter of James K. Gardner, President of the
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Mem orial Day— W ith the veteran, bowed with veara m d
Croat Nuree," effer.n, the.r flora, tribute , / S . "
H , 3 cl1’ * ' iaa “ W *“ ‘ l*n ia t. Joe " ....L a w r e n c e W ooley
Brick Msakin, alias •• Reddy, the Kid”.......
Ernest D y k s tra
Harry H wes, alias ' ‘ Gransdtand ” Hsrry
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Captain Lucas, Chief of Police
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“ The Revolt,- Comedy by Ellis Parker B u lls '/-.......
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Susan Jane Jones of the Militant Suffragettes
Agnes Haves
Pauline, working out her tuition .
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Grandma Gregg, head of the Flushing Academy "¿'f Household”
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Slo'd-nu'*"“ .................... - .................................................... Kena Walkei
Arlington Typical
of Great America
Service to Country 1« One
Necessary Requisite for
Burial There.
EM ORIALS In wide variety have
been erected to the valor and
patriotism of the thousands of
defenders of the nation, but by far the
moat magnificent of these tributes Is
the great Arlington cemetery. Just
across the Potomac river, on the
heights overlooking the capital city of
Washington. Here lie burled some 30,-
000 deed of the Civil war, the Span
ish-American war, and the World war.
Neither money nor effort has been
spared to make this cemetery a fitting
resting place for the soldlqrs and
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sailors wEo "here repose In their last
loDg sleep. Simple marble headstones
of privates stand alongside the great
mausoleums and monuments of distin
guished army and naval officers. Serv-
, Ice to his country is a necessary requl-
' site for burial In Arlington, but rank
- matters not; the humblest and the
. greatest sleep together.
I Standing out beyond all the monu-
| ments In Arlington, without doubt, Is
the glistening white marble of the
great amphitheater dedicated three
years ago. Here on Memorial Day
hundreds of government officials and
; private citizens gather in an Impres-
> slve service. Three other memorials
1 In Arlington command more than pass-
j Ing notice. The mast of the battleship
Maine, sunk In Havana harbor a quar-
' ter of a century ago, precipitating the
j Spanish-American war, serves as a
[ monument over the graves of many
brave American sailors who lost their
lives when that ship »truck a mire.
The monument to 2,111 of the un
known dead of the Civil war ever re
minds the visitor to the cemetery of
the thousands lying io unmarked
graves over the battlefields of the
South. And of more recent renown Is
the grave of the unknown soldier
whose body was brought from the
fields of France to typify his comrades
In this last great conflict. It Is a
touching sight as some little gray-
halred woman, often plainly dressed,
but always In deep black, kneels at
this tomb. She has made the pilgrim
age to the grave of "her boy '—and it
may be her boy, if he was among the
unidentified dead. At least, she finds
consolation in thinking R Is, and her
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A Plea for
Poppy Day
M eaning of the Colora
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ta ta 'ta ta R tM b b b h h W ta
H, CHERISH the flag w ith the
stars of blue
And Its w onderful stare of g o ld .
They stand for the m en w h o otood for
you;
W hen a gold sta r fell a sta r of blue
F illed up th e breach till thalr work
w as through.
The story should never grow old.
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Oh, ch erish the flag w ith the stare of
blue
And the p itifu l stare o f gold.
The gold on es gave and th ey gave and
gave,
And a ll th a t a man could g iv e they
gave,
T hese stars sh in e dow n on a m artyr's
grave.
And your g r ie f m ust n ever g ro w cold.
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Oh. ch erish th e flag w ith th e sta rs of
gold
And the m yriad stars o f blue.
Those sta rs o f blue who w ere there to
g iv e .
Their very liv e s th ey offered to g iv e
So all th a t you hold dear m igh t live.
Yes, If need be, to die for you.
And our h ea rts can add y e t an oth er '
sta r,
One th at's stain ed w ith a b lood -lik e
red.
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It stands for the blind and ih e crippled
lads
W ho w ere fig h tin g there tn your
stead.
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T h ey took the wounds and the bu llets
And the su fferin g all for you
Oh, cherish the flag w ith Ita sta rs of
gold
And Its sta rs of rod and blue.
T -T OW many people can tell
A A what la the significance
In their entirety of the red,
white and blue of the Ameri
can national flag, the nutlonal
colors? I t la, of course, gen
erally understood tha", one
star represents each state In
cluded in the Unldto and that
the first flag contained 13
stars, representing 13 orig
inal atates. The designers of
the American emblem hnd In
tended that the red stripes
represent the bloodshed nec
essary to establish us os a
nation. The white Is Indlca-
tire of the purity of our Con-
stltutlon and our form of gov-
eminent.
The blue la sym-
bollc of the clear dome of |
heaven, wherein are set the |
stars of the Union under |
which all peoples, regardless |
of race, color or religion, may |
breathe the air of freedom. ,
It ts the unconquerable flag ,
of the world. — Elizabeth
Gragg
New M arker for Graves
of American» in Europe
American Cemetery at
Waereghem, Belgium
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See the new
Qinghams at
Crispy fresh gingham frocks in new
colorful patterns that only the gay
brilliance of Spring itself can rival,
w i l l fo rm no em ail p o rtio n ot
mi lady’s Spring wardrobe. National
Gingham Week, April 27th to May
3rd, in all the glory of the new
season's happy colors, will furnish
many a timely inspiration.
Thia tembatena hat bean approved
by the aocratary of war as the official
m arker to bo put on the groves of
American eoldloro in Europe. The
monument io four Inches thick and
thirteen Inches wlds, and i t of Amort-
can whits marble.
M e m o r ia l D a y
To tkoee who te Tslhsll* rest.
Where trees are rich with golden
leaves.
A aa tlo n p au ses w h ile It grltv ev .
It s ad oratio n te atteet
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Flinders Field American oemstery.
No. 1242, at Waereghem, Belgium,
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whore 39» Am« deans, killed In the . .
often en "
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terry him through an emergency.
Wnsre form er service man a rt net prevailed upon te lead Memorial D ay
Parades, they form In line and march to the cemeteries te decorste the aravea
of veterans of all wars.
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Taking of Envoys
Promised Trouble
Civil W a r Occurrence That
Threatened to Bring on
New W ar.
British flag; and its there was a tech
nical (law in Captain Wilkes’ act. In
his not having seized the vessel for
wdjtidlcatlon before a prize court, the
United States government, under tha
pacific Influence of President Lincoln,
surrendered the envoy».
The Incident served, however, great
ly to lessen their Influence when final
ly they arrived tn Europe, as the gov
ernment» of both England and Francs
reoognlzed them ouly as "private gen
tlemen."
O SINGLE Incident In the history
of the Civil war threatened more
serious consequences and none
more excited the country than the
seizure of the Confederate envoys to
Europe, James M. Mason of Virginia
and John Slidell of Louisiana, on
hoard the British mall steamer Trent,
b f offlcera of the U, 8. navy.
By LAURA MILLER
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Mason and Slidell were delegated tn 1 ’
solicit the recognition of the Confed
(£). I t t l . by Laura Millar
eracy by England and France. They
had run the blockade at Charleston THE PLACE OF THE GOOD
and boarded the Trent at Havana to
TRADE
go to St. Thomas, where they were to
hoard a steamer for England.
Have you ever heard a gir! cry:
Captain Wilkes of the United States 'Olt, I can't ho myself In thia horrid
war steamer Han Jacinto heard of little town I I'd stay here If there
thetr movements and made Inquiries were any way for a girl to develop
at Havana which led him to form a her own Individuality"?
plan fer stopping the Trent and tak
"Il's ihe Individuality that one can
ing the envoys from her.
develop In au<h a place as thia," sayg
To this eod he took up a station In Carolyn Requarth, "that makes up the
the Old Bahama channel, on the north most Interesting thing about belug
shore of Cuba, where the steamer and working here— tndlvhluallty that
must pass.
ihe aveinge girl cannot possibly cre
The San Jacinto sent a solid shut ate In a big city." She owna an Inter-
across the bow of the Trent, as she fating shop, which soma 60,000 people
came near, about noon on Nov S. lHfll. visit annually. The business assort»-
The captain of the English steamer
tloo of her county recently picked her
affected not to understand and a shell
as repreaentatlve of good salesman
wss next sent across his bow.
ship And when It cornea to cold fig
The Trent stuped. Captain Wilkes
ures, she cun point to a business that
ordered an armed party to hoard her has quadrupled since she took It over,
and take off the Confederate envoys. Il a pure coincidence, of course, that
This party was headed by IJeut. Den
the Indians named Ottawa, where the
nld McNeill Fairfax
set up ehop, "The Place of tha Oood
By a curious fate the Important rrade." Two things—one subjective
duty of apprehending these represen
and one objective, ns the psychologists
tative» of the Confederacy fell to an
officer‘of soutliern birth. Fairfax was say—started her off right. She un
dertook a ''musical census" aod found
a member of the famous Fairfax fam
out that she hod that secret of np>
ily of Virginia, a great-great grandson
preaching peopln which make* a sales
of Bryan, eighth Baron Fairfax, and
man u success. Then her manager
he had entered the navy from North
took an Interest In developing her
Carolina.
ahlllly. Ho practically forced her te
Mounting to the steamers deck
go to selling musical accessories be-
alone, Lieutenant Fairfax requested
:aaae he knew it was a thing aha was
the captain to show him her passenger
fitted for. She thought there was “no
list. The captain refused.
future in It.” But alia pernevered.
Hearing their names, Mason and
Two years of training followed,
Slidell came from the cabin. Lleuten
ant Fairfax told them It was Ids duty partly in smaller shops where re
to tske them with him to the San sponsibility rested on her own shmil-
Jacinto. They replied that force only ders. By this ttma, aha says she hnd
could make them go. They then re determined to win In this field. She
tired to their cabins. Their families discovered that ■ business In her own
were with them, and here a scene of oaroe meant more money sod more
••nJoyiDent. Her chance came to tske
a trying nature took place.
The armed men In the naval boat jver a vlctrola seep In Ottawa, which
alongside, hearing an altercation on mw keeps five assistants busy.
"I do not advise any girl to go to a
deck- many of the passengers were
mge city unless on« |» „ specialist,’’
roundly abusing Lieutenant F a ir f a x -
had by this time come up Ihe able. Mis* Requarth says. " If sh„ iKee
Lieutenant Fulrfax sent to the San .□sines» In the city she should have
Jacinto for more men and twenty four fufflclent training to make her efficient
: n every way.”
came. These were stationed In the
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cabin and on the deck of the Trent.
Lieutenant Fairfax took Senator
Ferm at’on of Coal.
Mason by the shoulder and eacorted
Tbe general theory regarding the
him to the gangway, where be was formation of coal Is that It results
taken In charge by another officer. Oom the decomposition of vegetation
Senator Slidell declared more force In swamps under tremendous pres
would he needed to take him, hut he sure at a high temperaturr. The first
waa led by the arm to the aide The state Is peat; second, lignite; third,
two secretaries of the envoy» went bituminous; fourth, anthracite, and
with them.
the final state 1« graphite.
When the boat» of tbe Han Jacinto
sboved off the Trent returned her voy.
Unmuffled.
age.
Another million martilnee along the
The Confederate envoy» were taken
to Boston and put Into Fort Warren. landscape and we shall hare to begin
The British government demanded to refer to It as the greni open exhaust
their release on penalty of war, they country— Newcastle Courier.
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having been taken wh^t under the