PAGI! 4
HALSEY EN rtKPKXSB
M AY 29. 1924
is not such as would tem pt a
live newspaper m an to acquire
probably the most correct his
If 1000 people should sub- it with a view to m aking it his
FICTION IN THE BIBLE
to ry of th o ie phases which w ith
seribe for th e Enterprise, and life work.
pay their $1500 in advance, it
callt
LeaV*
W herever hum anity has been hioh he deala th a t ever have been
...
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should come tomorrow I believe
since speech was first used, or w ill he w ritte n .
would become an eight-page pa- HaJsey wouid
left w ithout a
Each of these stories, in book
fiction has held a high place
per
or
larger
at
once.
newspaper.
Two
years ago,
among the influences th at have form, would cost more than a
It would give them as much u^ en j feared financial difficul-
tended
to the diffusion of year’s subscription to the En-
fiction as any eastern magazine t jes W0UJd force me out of the
knowledge of ethics and of terprise, but our subscribe!s
and of a better quality, educa- business, I found it impossible
laudabb ambition.
The folk- get them as a free g ift with the
tionally
and morally’.
The
, buyer, evtn al a con
lore of every race is full of it. J current news for th e sake of
We are in the field for more scriber specifically renews it.
stones it publishes are by the .,
.,
.. .. .
The earliest w ritings we know which they take the paoer.
i
We want to be
Any present subscriber who ablest uplift writer» of the day siderable sacnfice, though there
contain it. I t holds a place in
These are all copyrighted . . . p
il
i
r
I »..w«..
4.1ZZ4 iZ »i.„lab,le to address a larger dien- is not in arrears may take his and are covered by c o p y rig h t- aPP«a *ed to be plenty of oppor-
t o o “ ‘' » l l ¡ £ ± X
. U t o ' Lktiun M4.
I “ 1* '! '! ” " »
P i “ '* ' * * » . trom «■» P "*™ ™ “ •* not old worn-out effusions of p uruty to sell the plant for re-
ligion and comprises a larg<
I moval to larger and more prom
campaign. W ith th is object i n ! for every new subscription he the p a s t
p art of every popular library of
It would publish current dis- »stag towns where success seem
view
we
are
m
aking
more
liber-
brings
in,
with
$1.50,
and
the
A ST R A IG H T TA LK
today,
al premium offers than were new subscriber will also receive coveries and accomplishments ed more probable,
When the prophet was sent to
on W illamette valley farm s. Its
The people of Halsey and the
ever made before or probably j the same prize.
I want the patrons of the ever will be made again. These
•h id e K io g D a y id for o b ta in in g
Any paid-in-advance subscrib- agricultural page would be a PaP®r a/\d °th e r supply firms
another man’s wife by guile he Enterprise to know th a t I ap offere hold good only d u rin g ' er who brings in two name» and place for th e exchange of idea» w,th which I did business sur-
I $3 may have two of the pre- among farm ers who have ideas prised me by the kindness w ith
told him a story about a lamb, preciate the business it has en June, 1924.
and when the king’B interest joyed since I became connected
Every
new
subscriber
who
miums for himself and each of based on practical Oregon ex- which they continued th eir fa-
with it, August 1, 1921. I
perience.
v°rs and waited until I was able
was fully aroused he thundered, thank
during June pays $1.50
for the Pie newcomer» m ay have one.
you.
, ~
.
It would publish m any home to satisfy the claim» of credi-
“Thou a r t the m an!" The
I came to Halsey with plans ^ nte,J >n8e P™ year W
ha\ e
Any person entitled to two
. . .
.
iamb story was fiction.
for very considerable imnrove- ll.s cbo1®®
t ^ie premiums list- subscriptions may have, instead, hints th a t would be of value to I tore.
housewife.
These and I None of us has a lease of any
When Jesu» wished to impart ment of the paper. These
below’- except Professor a copy of Prof. H om er’» Short the
many other features which it term of life, but if my term
a lesson with especial force he plans included enJargment tof r*c - ..
.
,
told a parable. That was fic eight pages and the addition of -^ P rio ri, w>Jwu} th e prize, m ust
Any subscriber who is in a r is now unable to finance in should extend a few years into
potential entirely are the future I have hopes of car-
tion, and the messages of the features in agriculture, home
received during June. These rears may become eligible to their
parables— the novels of Jesus— keeping, uplifting fiction and subscnptl?ns wlllJ 1x5 kept in a ( *"aw prizes for procuring new among its objectives, and the ry>nK out the interrupted plans
have been thundering through other field*.
separate list and every paper cash subscriptions by paying more general th e response to its 'aid when I came to Halsey and
all the centuries since.
The
paper was promptly wil1
discontinued when t h e h i s own subscription to or be. appeal for increased support placing the business of the En-
the sooner they will take their ¡terprise upon such a basis th a t
changed
from
four
five-colum
n|year
explres
unless the sub-1 yond July 1, 1924.
Fiction does its moral and
full place in its columns.
*t will be attractive to some
educational work wherever men pages to six pages of six col-
We
reproduce
the
following
I
&ood newspaper man when I lay
and women live and move and umns each, but domestic afflic-1
from the H arrisburg Bulletin >t down. This will require some
love and hate, are born and die. tion, w ith its accompanying
because it fits every small town tim e yet and much hard work,
As in everything else there pecuniary cost, soon compelled
with a newspaper. Read "En- H I £eb the form er I am pre-
is a best and a worst, and all a recession to four pages,
terprise” for “Bulletin” and I pared to give the latter, ana
though the six-column size was |
g rad atio n« between, in fiction
W ear-Ever is the best alumi ‘Halsey” for “H arrisburg and these, with the support and
We take it th a t the best fiction not cut down.
num goods made. I t is pro- it will fit this city:
patronage of the good people of
The friends of the paper and
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duced under enormous pressure,
is th a t which has the greatest
“The money brought into | this
community will mean,
which gives a very hard, com- H arrisburg from out»ide adver- SUCCESS.
influence for good upon the its publishers stood by tueni in | LJC ’ c l b i n c n n C a V y
lives of the greatest number of the hour of need and its total
WM. H. W HEELER
f m m soft
s n f t a E / x t i « a n d c o v in U 'lio r c rising more th an offsets all the
people. Probably the parable» iuspension, which a t one time Wear-Ever Aluninum from
sheets and soon wears money spent for paper, ink,
of Jesus are entitled to be class 3eemed imminent. Was avoided.
out. Cast w are is lighter than type and other supplies. Added
Slowly the load of debt which Frying Pan
ed as the best fiction in any age
pressed, containing m any min to this is an ever increasing Law Curbing a Graft
for some m onths accumulated,
(Sunset Magazine)
of the world.
ute cavities into which the few revenue from subscribers who
impurities th a t can damage reside outside of H arrisburg
Good and bad fiction is being was reduced. Creditors were
E ffo rts of western municipalities
aluminum find th eir w ay and territory
produced today in greater vo lenient and friends gave their
to curb the activities of transient
work for its ultim ate destruc
ume than ever before. Thous support and the business is
“The Bulletin is the best subscription solicitors, by requiring
nearly
back
to
the
footing
tion. Aluminum i» the best medium of bringing the home a health-sized peddlars' license, have
ands are employed in inventing
where fu rth e r improvements
kitchen ware and W ear-Ever is buyer and the home seller to been given legal justification in a
and recording it.
the best aluminum.
The Enterprise is publishing can be made.
gether. The columns tell each decision rendered by the United
In accordance with the plans
some of the liest stories of its
Every housewife knows the week of the reliable goods which States Circuit Court of Appeals a t
adopted
a
t
the
first,
every
pos
time.
Its fiction is carefully
home m erchants offer. San Francisco.
virtues of enameled ware— our
selected with a view to its in sible dollar of the income is Four-quart
The decision was in one of sev
free from rust, easy to keep Timely store news, and bargain
still
being
put
into
the
b
u
si-|z>
r?
l
j
fluence in education and in up
clean. The fresh berry and offerings. The Bulletin stimu eral cages carried up by the Real
Gray
* r a y Enar
L n a m e le C l
holding moral and ethical »tanc ness, the proprietor being w ill- |'-
Silk Hosiery M ills of Indianapolis
fruit season will soon be here. lates business.
aids <>T value to old and young, ing to work hard and constant Preserving Kettle
“The
Bulletin
is
all
for
H
ar
one
of the largest concerns selling
When
you
have
a
surplus
over
especially the young people, in ly for a bare living and tru st to
home consumption you will not risburg. Every item of news il» ware» th ro u g h h o u ie -to -h o u e e
the
future.
schools and out. Painting in
want to let it stand and spoil. must savor of home interest to solicitors on- the plan of part pay
Notwithstanding
the
fact
vivid colors the characteristics
Put it on the range in this little find a place in these columns. ment to the solicitor and the balance
th
at
the
cost
of
paper,
ink,
com-
of people who have won love
kettle while there is a fire for Every w orthy project is given payable on delivery. In its decision
poaiuon
and
o
lh
e
r
p
riu
tin
g
office
and eternal fame in history, oui
other purposes, and fill a ja r free publicity and these columns the Federal Court of Appeals decid
w riters incite to emulation of work ia s till about double w h a t it
or two for use next winter, are open to all who would ad ed that the city of Portland, Oregon,
w
at
before
the
w
ar,
and
th
a
t
the
lofty ideal»
vance H arrisburg’s welfare in was entirely within its police powers
when it will be so delicious,
A story dealing with Abra E n terp rise ia p a y in g for more
a public way.
Few country
typesetting
th
a
n
ever
before,
th»-1
o
n
17
i
j
Handv
w
h
e
n
ham Lincoln’s early -life, pub
there are a few newspapers in towns the size of in requiring salesmen of this char
acter to pay a peddlars’ license and
lished in these columns some subscription price h a . been kept b m a l l G r a y E n a m e l e d dishes to wash or on a hundred H arrisburg
devote as many give bonds.
time ugo, was so true in details down to the o ld -tim e lev el, SI 50 p . . 1
other
occasions
when
a
good
columns to pure home new s., „ .
in advance.
U is h p a n
th at people of the older genera a year
sized vessel is needed about The editorials are not borrowed
circulation peo-
T h e re ia no in te n tio n of contin-
tion found many incidents ir uing the business at its pre»«Dt
the house.
or stolen, and H arrisburg se- pl\ rec°s™ e thls decl8io" «
___,„u
„ . . u i i . i i . . V ." . L - I » direct bearing upon the growing
it which their memory com dim ensions. T h e re is »anguine
Good for the afternoon at cures much publicity by the practice in western cities, large and
mended as conscientious record: expectation th a t i l w ill expan d to Two Matinee Tickets
any regular-price show a t the frequency with which they are small, of requiring « rather high
of actual events. George W the proportion« contem plated three
copied in other papers.
Globe
theatre, Albany.
Shaw of this city, who wa;
Daily
publications a t the license fee from transient magazine
, n
n • 1
fam iliar with the territory that years ago— the production ofi «
Made
by
the
Elite
Confection
county
seat
make a laudable ef solicitors, especially as A means of
was Lincoln’s early home, wa; an eight-page news and rural I DOUnd r e a n u t DH ttle ery, Albany, and packed in a fort to give as good a local discouraging the type known as
home paper, working for better
one of these.
nice box.
Halsey news service as the Hal “scholarship” solicitors. Such peo
homes,
better faim s, better
Another of our stories, “Tht
ple travel in “crews,” with “ crew
œ n d ition. in th i. naturaU | p o u n J C h o c o l a t e
Who does not enjoy chocolate sey Enterprise. By combining managers” who usually exact from
Strength of the P in e s/’ talliec
such a news service w ith the
with the experience of peoph
creams.
Here
is a whole general news which a small lb8 »aleapeapla (mo*tlr youag men
who had dwelt" tiloug the coast i J > i £ “ uldr X m 'to& ‘i! I Cream Candy
pound free to every new cash weekly is unable to cover, a t a «nd women in their late "teens” or
regions of southern Oregor
subscriber during the month of price only a dollar or two high- «»rly twenties) one-half of tha
covery of his investment would
and northern California.
June. And if the new name er than th a t of the E n terp rise,J ‘ <froot m o n ey” or p a rtia l p a v m .u t
“The Secret Adversary,” pub l>e to sell the subscription list
and cash are brought in by an they would l i able to secure exacted £rom’
subscrib€rs
lished in the latter part o' and good will to a publisher in
old subscriber whose subscrip subscriptions from some local on the piea th. t ^ very subscription
1923, was a thrilling story o< some near-by town, who would
tion is not in arrears the lat people wbo, <^ > n° t take the En- | couats so many <‘VOte»” in a “ achol-
detective work in the work probably in time consolidate
te r gets another pound.
tei prise and from many who do. arshiP contest.” I t it a fact how-
-he two papers and leave H al-.
war.
This is a case of praiseworthy L veri that the ..front
£
One
of
the
most
popular
“The Brown Mouse,” which S Î
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11 ">• R°y»l Club Coffee brands of high-grade coffee on enterprise
on the part of their Davment miiw-fa <. -..n , .«.
,7
appealed in these columns re
publishers. But they never can nian-s
: ■
.
e s * e>’
the
m
arket.
bitious
young
man
who
wants
c n tly , had to do with a tic
eover half of the local field that tha 1 ” ? ® a°n’ *nd “ ,he h usm®
j
.1
»«
velopment in American life that to sta rt a newspaper i n s o n i e l t z p j
the home town paper covers.
resP^n8lble »&e»»cy.
V a lid Order Oil the M .
has already effected wonderfu* larger town th at has none.
and those who neglect their
J .
/
, " 7 * 7 th°
I
do
not
expect
this
to
hap-
\
/
I/"
.
.
r
changes and is due to accom
home paper for such a service an * (1 "es 8ub8cnbed for- _»f °>e bal-
plish a still greater work ir pen. If the good health with | V . ROOIltZ Store tor
are thus sending out of town ’X a ,
!u°Wn °" h® r! 7 ‘pt i#
■
1
chunging for the better thi which I have been blessed con-1 c n
money which if spent at home K L . m ,,.’
' gen C>',
tinues
I
believe
it
possible
to
>
V
C
Hl
gO
O
dS
conditions
under which tht
would enable the local publisher , sch°b 7 h,p ulk 18 mere*y a dod«°
great m ass of Americans—th» make the Enterprise so a ttra c
to make a better paper, one
.? h® ,tte "tit,n ,nd
tive to hundreds of people o ut-,
farm ing population— live.
which
would
be
more
o
f
a
cred-
P
,
'
P™8^ 1
the immediate vicinity of I d o z e n R a f f l e P e n c i l
The great men of the days ot side
¡it and an advertisem ent to the , Lme 8ub8cnPtw" w o rk e rs -u s u a l-
the little town and its 339 in-
U O Z en L x lg ie r e n c i l
the birth of this republic,
home town.
P . thoSe to° old ,n »ppe»r»nce to
ubitants th a t it will soon a c - l C o S f v i l k a d o n e n c i l x
W ashington, Franklin, Adann quire
And when a question arises I
,c.olor 7 the “ s<hiol* rsh'P” plea—
such a list of subscribers I
JVHKdUO p e n c i l «
and th e ir confrere», a» w all a>
in wiiich the interests of the 7 their pr0!Pects” that part of
will attach to it several
the traito r Arnold, George the columns more of advertising
home town conflict with those , .m,oney colle«ted goes to a fund
of the other, as will inevitably , lndlgent or disabled soldiers. Thia
Third and some of the promin and thus make it one of the
be the case sometimes, which I P t*' °
IS ** i,!s< “ tbe
ent B ritish officers, are brought flourishing institutions of Ore
liefore our readers for close-up gon.
paper can you depend upon to P . ' In Southern California, soli-
inspection in the story now run
Advertising is the depart-1 D - » .f 1 1
♦
Any
paid-in-advance sub set fully before the public the I ? tors #re even using mythical town
I otB In a *ort ot l°tte ry scheme, to
ning: "In the Days of Pool ment of a newspaper which | * f O l. i l o m e r S
scriber, or anybody who be claims of your own town?
Twelve years ago, when Hal-1Rttract and hold the prospect,
Richard." Every school pupil pays the bills. The subscrip C l
. il*
-z -\
comes such, who turns in two
can get help in the study ol tions hardly cover the cost of o n o f t I r l S t O f y o f v J r e g o n new subscriptions to the E nter sey had no newspaper, the peo- 10 4 tr **‘ nu"ll* r of western cute«
American history, together with white paper and press work,
“ P’ck UP” "»choloraWp
prise, with $3, while each of pie enthusiastically welcomed Ithe
the chorum of a well-written
hereas there are many other
the new subscribers gets choice the proposal to establish one worker»” on sight, but in other cities
romance, in this story.
items of expense. The cost of
of the premiums, m ay have, here and pledged enough sup- tbe »“thorities have held back on tho
We would like nothing bettei setting type Is more than all
for the service, two of the above port to induce Mr. Dean to be theory that if the solicitor wa» w ork
than to sec every young readei the other expense» combined,
premiums, or, if he prefers, a gin publication of the E nter ing fo r a national orgnization (com
of the E nterprise grow up a and I believe th a t I have used
copy of Horner’s new and up- prise. If the town should be ing under the In te rn e t« commerce
tru e
American
citizen—and more of this expensive compo
to-date Early History of Ore left again without a newspaper law ) and was not actually delivering
nothing b e tte r could happen to sition every week than had
gon, which sells for $1. This the disadvantage of such a situ anything — merely taking orders— he
them .
ever lieen used in the E n ter
book summarizes in an authori ation would soon become appar was within his rights.
O ur next serial will probably prise liefore I came. This was
The P ortland decision shows that
tative m anner the natural phe- ent. With all kinds of print
lie a tru e tale of the Black Hills done to ketp the paper on as
cities
and town« possess fu ll police
ing
m
aterial,
as
type,
presses,
...t and artificial achieve-
Indian w ar. the C uster mass» high a level of serviceabniy as
. . l nts, prehistoric and modern, #tc„ and also of typesetting and powers in this repact.
ere and th e Deadwxxid gold possible, thus holding as many
which led up to the founding p a p e r c o s tin g tw ic e as much
rush, by Hugh Poindexter, who patrons as possible, till the time
Ruhe Johnson, who broke Jail
of the commonwealth of Ore is they did then it would re-
gar« ranch lira s to stu d y in g th» should come when the contem
luire
much the
greater
inducements t^ m u M e r o J X r i i f
gon.
to
secure
establi.hm'ent'o’f
locality and interview ing par plated improvements would he
1 publication office
o ffic e here
h e r o than
th a n has not been heard from since, has
ticipants in the events, and who practicable.
it did a dozen years ago.
obtained further freedom,
presents, ui the guise of fiction.
(CoaUauad ob page S)
Ria wife
The business in Halsey today ha* divorced him.
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