him? I said.
There you were born. Now yeu hare
“ 'Aa If ha «ara a tod.' Mtrabaaa an stepped a hundred years backward Into
swered. T e a It la true and It la right. Europe. You are astonished, and this
Has ba not, like Tore, hurled the brings roe to my point. Here I am
lightning of Heaven In hl* right hand? with a great task on my hands. It Is
la ha not an unpunished Prometheus 1 to enlist the sympathy and help of
I* he not breaking the scepter of a France I must take things, not as I
could with them to be. but as I find
tyrant V
"Going back to hl* home where In them. At this court women are all
the kindness of hl* heart be had Salted powerful. It has long been a maxim
me to lire, he endeavored, modestly, here that a diplomatist must stand well
to explain the evidences ot high regard with the ladles. Even though he Is
which were being showered upon him. venerable, he must be gallant, and I
“ 'It happen* that my ondaratandlng do not use tbe word In a shady sense
and email control ot a mysterious and The ladtas are not so bad se you would
violent force of nature has appealed think them. They are playthings. To
to tbe Imagination* of those people.' them, life Is not as we know It, filled
he said. T am the only man who hae with realities. It Is a beautiful drama
used thunderbolt* far his plaything*. of rich costumes and painted scenes
Then, too, I am spanking for a new and Ingenious words, all set In the at
world to an old one. Joel at present mespbere of romance. The players
I am the vole* ot Homan Liberty. I only pretend to believe each other. I d
represent the hunger ot the spirit of the salon I am one of these players. 1
man. It Is vnry utrongThere. You have have to be?
“ 'Mlrabenu seemed to mean what he
not traveled so far In France without
seeing thousands of beggars. They are said? was my answer.
'"Yes. He Is one of those who
everywhere. But you do a ct know that
when a child comes In a poor family, often apeak from the heart All these
the father and mother go to prison player« lore the note of sincerity when
pour mots de nourrice. It Is a pity they hear It. In the salon It Is out of
that the poor cannot k«wp their chil key, but away from the ladies the men
dren at hotie. This old kingdom Is a are often living and not playing. Mira
lautterlns Vesuvius. gi*owJc£ hotter beau, Condorcet, Turgot and others
have heard the call of Human Liberty.
year by year, with discontent. You
Often they come to thia house and
will presently hear Its voices.' "
speak out with a strong candor?
There was a dinner thsg evening at
“ 1 .suppose ihat this great drama of
Franklin’s house, at which thp Marquis
despotism In France will end In a
de Mirabeau, M. Turgot, th é Madame
tragedy whose climax will consume the
de Brillon, the Abbe Raynal and the
Aage and half tha players,' 1 ventured
Compte and Comptasse d’ ifnudetot.
to say.
Colonel Irons and three other Ameri
“ ‘That Is a theme, Jack, on which
can gentlemen were present^ Tbe
you and I must be Bllent? Franklin
Madame de Brillon was first fv> ar
answered. ‘We must hold our mouths
rive. She entered with a careless,
as with a bridle?
jaunty air and ran to meet Franfflin
“For a moment he sat looking sadly
and caught Ids hand and gave him a
into the glowing coals on the grate.
double kiss on each cheek and one on
Franklin loved to talk, but no one
his forehead and called him “papa.”
could better keep his own counsel.
“At table the sat between me and
“ 'At heart I am no revolutionist,’ he
Doctor Franklin,” Jack writes. “She
said presently. 'I believe In purifying
frequently locked her hand In the doc
—not In breaking down. I would to
tor's and smiled sweetly as she looked
God that I could have convinced the
Into his eyes. I wonder what the poor,
British of their error. Mainly I am
simple, hard-working Deborah Frank
with the prophet who says:
lin would have thought of these fa
“ ' “Stand In the old ways. View the
miliarities. Yet here, I am told, no
ancient paths. Consider them well and
one thinks 111 of that kind of tiling.
be not among those who are given to
The best women of France seem to
change." ’
trent their favorites with like tokens
T wat for a moment thinking of the
of regard. ;"'w and then she spread
cruelties I had witnessed, and asking
her arms across tbe backs o f our
myself If It had been really worth
chairs, as If she would have us feel
while.
Franklin
Interrupted
my
that her affection was wide enough
thoughts.
for both.
“ ‘I wish we could discover a plan
“She assured me that all the women
which would Induce and compel na
of France were In love with le grand
tions to settle their differences without
savant.
cutting each other's throats. When
“Franklin, hearing the compliment,
will human wisdom be sufficient to see
remarked : ‘It Is because they pity
the ai vantage of th ls f
uiy age and Infirmities. First we pity,
“He told me the thrilling details of
then embrace, as the great Mr. Pope
his success In F rance; how he had won
has written.'
the kingdom for an ally and secured
“ *We think It a compliment thnt
loans and the help of a fleet und army
the greatest Intellect In the world Is
then on the sea.
willing to allow Itself to be, In a way,
“ 'And you will not be surprised to
captured by the charms of women,'
■learn that the British have been sound
Madame Brillon declared.
Ing me to see If we would be base
“As the dinner proceeded the Abbe
enough to abandon our ally,’ he
Raynal asked the doctor If It was true
laughed.
that there were signs of degeneracy
“In a moment he added:
In the average male American.
“ 'Come, It is late and you must
“ ‘Let the facts before us be my an
write a letter to the heart of England
swer.' said Franklin. 'There are at
before you He down to rest?
th is table four Frenchmen and four
“Often thereafter he spoke of Mar
Americans. Let these gentlemen stand
garet ns 'the heart of England? "
up?
“The Frenchmen were undersised,
(To be continuad)
the Abbe himself being a mere shrimp
of a man. The Americans, Carmichael,
FOR SALE
Ilarmer, Humphries and myself, were
big men, the shortest being six feet
tall. The contrast raised n laugh
among the ladles. Then said Franklin with young colts.
In his klndnest tones:
“ 'My dear Abbe, I am aware that
J K. M itchell .
manhood Is not a matter of feet and
407 Cleveland «t., Albany.
Inches. I only assure you that these
are average Americans and thnt they
are pretty well filled with brain and
spirit?
“The Abbe spoke of a certain print
First-Class Work
ed story on which he had based his
Judgment.
Agent for Eugene Steam Laundry
“Franklin laughed and answered :
Sent Tuesdays.
T know that Is a fable, because I
J . w . S T E P H E N S O N . Prop
wrote It myself one day, long «go.
when we were short of news? ”
The guests having departed. Frank
lin asked the young man to sit down
for a talk by the fireside. The doctor I can make both FAR M and CITY
epoke of the women of France, sayin g:
L O A N S at a very row rate of inteiest
•“You will not understand them or
m e unless you remind yourself that we From 5 to 10 years. Write me for ?ai
O. W. L aplab ,
are In Europe and that It Is thp crculara.
Salem, Ore.
410 Oregon Bldg
Eighteenth century. Here the clocks
sire lagging. Time moves slowly. With
the poor It stands still. They know
not the thing we call progress?
“ ‘Those who have money seem to be
T h e m a r k e t w h e re y o u a l
very busy having fun,' I said.
“ 'There is no morning to their day,’
w a y s g e t th e b e s t in
he went on. T heir dawn Is noontime.
m e a ts .
■Our kind of people have had longer
■days and have used them wisely. So
we have pushed on ahead of this Eu
ropean caravan. Our fathers in New
England made a great discovery?
“ 'What w ss It?' I asked.
“ 'That righteousness was not a Joke;
th at Christianity was not a solemn
plaything for one day In the week, but
All work done promptly and reason
a real, practical, working proposition
ably. l ’lione No. 269
for every day In the year; that the
main support of the structure la Indus
D ELBERT STA RR
t r y ; that Its moat vital commandment
la ’ thia, "six days sbalt thou labor";
th at no amount of wealth can excuse a F u n eral D irecto r and L i
man from this duty. Everyone worked
censed E m balm er
There w ss no Idleness and therefore Efficient Service.
Motor Hear»»
YUtle poverty. The days were all for
Lady Attendant
*abor and the nights for rest. The
of progress were greased and Brownsville__________________ Oregon
2 MARES, ’.f"¿VIS:
2 3-yr.-oid Colts
BARBER SHOP
FARM LOANS
HalseyMeat Market
W . h. C A R T E R
F. M. GRAY,
DRAYM AN
m “T'And mu' l0Te
l* n iln g helped to
push them alon'5’ I « « « e d
-True. Our pec'?1« hare been most
ly Uke you and me.' 2 « * ent °®- ' *
long for knowledge of t N troth.
e
build schools and llbrart'» and col
leges. W* have parted on « ’ of the
¿gfcUtftUi ceqwy lnte»g or.v
W L. W R IG H T
j Mortician £ Funeral Director
I
Halsey and Harrisborg
Call D T aylob . Halsey or
W. L. W right , Harrisburg
^ /^ 0 an y J0 ire c to ry
JUNE
AZ^wzry JZJ/ zwi -/»?-» -Continued
5, 1924
HALSEY ENTERPRISE
PAG*. S
H ALLS'
F L O R A L & M USIC S H O P
T his is good advice ; " If you live
in Albany trade iu Albany ; if you live
We grow our own cut flowers
io some other town, trade in that town?' Gold banded. Rubrum and other hards
But in these automobile days many re
lily bulbs now on hand.
siding elsewhere find it advisable to do
Nice geraniums every Saturday,
at least part of their buying in tbe
larger town. Those who go to Albany Phone 16oJ
to transact business will find the firms
Satisfaction guaranteed
named below ready to fill their require Phone 312 V
Price $3,50
ments with courtesy an 1 fairness.
A Ibauy Bakery, 321 Lyou street,
Best one-pound loat of bread made.
5 cents.
Wedding cakes to order
FRED B
JO N E S
Piano Tuning and Repairing
ALBANY
Piano Tuner for leading music stores in
Cut flowers Albany,
Inquire Davenport music house
and plants. Floral art for every
lbany Floral Co.
A
and all occasions.
Flower phone 45&-f.
Albany
Electric
Store.
Radi
— — sets
Electric wiring. Delco f igh
products 202 Second
G len » W illard
W k . H oflich
FU R N IT U R E AND
u“ a FARM M A C H IN ER Y
n ™
bought, sold and exchanged at all times
B E N T. S U D T E L L
uto E lectric Service—Kecharg-
A
able A & B batteries—WILLARD Phone 7o-R, 123 N. Broadalbin s t , Albany
storage battery. Phone 23. 119-121 W.
Second st. 11. D. Preston—J . C. Cochran
lue Bird R estau ran t, 309 Lyon
B
street. Eat here when in Albany
Open from 6 to 2 and 5 to 8.
Mas. B lount .
B r u n s w ic k
PHONOGRAPHS
at
W O O D W O R T H ’S
nvenport Music c o m p a n y offers
D
Piano-case organ, good as new
lîstey organ, good as new
Used Pianos.
E astburn 3ros.—Two big grocery
Shoes that cost less per month of wear
i ■4
I
Low R o u n d trip
L ocal Fares
1
You can now obtain stopover priveleges in
15-day roundtrip tickets between practically
all stations in O regon which are served by
Southern Pacific Lines.
This is a new service which means much to
you in added convenience.
In addition, special weekend roundtrip
tickets from all stations to Portland are on
sale Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, the final
return limit being the following Tuesday.
This makes it more than ever easy to see
the Rose Festival, Portland, June 11-13.
And, of course, you know how much less it
costs to travel on Southern Pacific trains than
it does to go in any other way.
Sue any agent for full information
«1 W h y s u tle r fro m
«1 h e a d a c h e ?
H ave y o u r ey es
¡» e x a m in e d
stores, 212 W. First anil 225 South
Main. Good merchandise at the right
prices.
i '
l'lile Cafeteria and confectionery
I
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S. T . F R E N C H <’
Optometrist, with
f
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french
],
& S o n s !;
Home cooking. Pleasant surround
ings.
Courteous, efficient service «; J E W E L E R S — O P T IC IA N S
We make our own candies.
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Albany, Oregon
I >
W. S. D uncan .
S o u th e rn Pacific
C . P. M OODY, Halsev, Agent-Phon* 22<>
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o n M a in S t r e e t
Hal$«y Happenings «Io.
(Continued from page 1)
Miss Mary La Rue was in Al
J bany Saturday.
Joe Pittman went to Rose-
• j
By LAURA M ILLER
ilm s d ev elo p ed and p rin ted .
burg Thursday.
We mail them right back to you.
©. lltl. by Laura K i l le r
Mrs. Freeland goes to Iono
Woodworth Drug Company, Albany, Or A Few P o in ts o f Excellence
egon.
for
her vacation.
EVEN
MAGAZINE
EDITORS
Tbe Twintex frame, tha joint,
J. C. Walton and J. C. Bram
DON’T ALL LIVE IN
irs t garage going n o rth .
the flexible temple, the gold in-
Tires, accessories, oils, gasoline,
NEW YORK!
well drove to Albany Saturday.
lay,
and
the
shell
bridge.
repair work.
Miss Lillian Warmoth took
W. II. H ulburt .
For eale by
Martha Van nenaaelacr was recent
the
train here for Corvallis Fri
ly
Darned
as
one
of
the
twelv*
great
LES AND SE R V IC E
day.
est
American
women.
Born
of
par
F ORD SA
Tires and accessories
cuts who desired above all things to
Repairs
Rev. Robert Parker and fami
educate their children well, Misa Van
K irk -P ollak M otor C o .
Rensselaer became a teacher »linoet ly drove to Creswell Decoration
jrtm iller F u rn itu re Co., furni
without cuosclou* choice. As county day.
ture, rugs, linoleum, stoves ranges.
school commissioner she added an In
Charles Gibson returned from
Funeral directors. 427-433 west First
terest In t>* , t K) problems of rural
street, Albany, Oregon.
women. A Job had become a career. a business trip to Portland
In 1000 she Was appointed by Cor-' Thursday.
U L L E R G RO CERY , 285 Lyon
nell university for development of e i
(Successor to Stenberg Bros.)
Mrs. Bessie Quimby spent
tension work with rural women. A
Groceries
Fruits
Produce
Friday with her friend, Mrs. A.
Plione 2b3R
department of home economic* In the ■
New York State College of Agrlcnl E. Foote.
W. SEXAUER, auto and gen-
Meade & Albro, ture *t Cornell with Miss Van liens«» L. E. Gormley came down
* eral pais
painter
Get my estimate. Optometrists, Manufacturing Opticians laer In charge followed. The depart Friday from Eugene,, where he
ment has become a “profeaslonal
201 E. First street
has employment.
Albany, Oregon
school," * small college In Itself.
F
F
F
F
F
Mr. Hoover appointed Miss Van
Rensselaer chief of the home conser
ration division of the United States
food administration. The American
( P o r tia n i Otego ni.m )
Home Economics association made her
ub Candy C o., F irst street, next
Stone walls and other fortifi Its president. A woman's magazine
door to Blain Clothing Co.
cations may have existed on the sought her out to be "home-maklog
Noon lunches.
Home made candy and ice Cream.
isles of the Willamette sea. Dr. editor.”
With all personality boiled out In
John B. Horner, director of his the tailing, that Is the story of one
ub Cleaning W orks, luc.
Cor. Fourth and Lyon torical research in the Oregon woman who had only a achool teach
Master Dyers and Cleaners
position In an “up-gtate" town as
Agricultural College, told the er'a
Made - T o - Measure Clothes
a starting point.
Ladies’ Nature club at Corvallis,
What made Miss Van Rensselaer a
f you havp friends they should in an address on the stone wall
woman to be listed In “Who's Who?"
have your photograph.
across Peterson’s butte, near In what way has she differed from
Clifford's Studio
thousands of teachers who, In their
Lebanon, Oregon.
333 West First street, Albanv.
own embittered phrase, “Never got
"These
islands,
which
we
now
AGNETO E L E C T R IC CO.
anywhere?"
call
hills
and
buttes,
were
here
Official Stroinlierg carburetor serv
Isn't It fairly easy to read between
ice station. Conservative prices. All long before there was a Willam the lloee?
work guaranteed.
119-121 W. Second. ette river,” he said. "When the
Martha Van Rensselaer, the girl,
sea disappeared they were of a used (e the full the gtft her family
arinello parlors
(A beauty aid for every need) certainty occupied by primitive had to convey. They loved education.
races that left evidences of their Their daughter made education her
9t. Francis Hotel
life work.
Prep., I nga H auck handicraft in stone.
She developed early the ability to
“The
Peterson
wall
was
origi
YA- n and money are best when
manage people. Women county school
L’A busy. Make your dollars work in nally of uniform height. It was commissioners were not so common In
our savings department. A lbany ST atf . evidently about 3>/j feet
high
B ank . Under government supervision. when built. Sections of it have Atlantic coast states a quarter of s
century ago but that office-holding Is
u rphy Motor Co. Buick and been so well preserved that here significant.
She was Intellectually alert. Not
Chevrolet automobiles. Tires and and there one can walk along
accessories.
the top with comparative ease. many people were seeing the differ
Albany, Oregon. Plione 200
“The wall, which is almut 6W ence« between life In city and country
as problems that demanded help frois
oscoe ames hardware , feet long, appears to have been public schools. Still fewer had n prac
the
a stone fence. It extends across tical program Martha Van Rensselaer
WINCHESTER STORE
a portion of the sag between the evolved both.
Î22 W. First s t
twin summits of Peterson’s
She was feminine. She directed—
butte. Along this stretch rock one may easily Imagine—all her flue
C S. G IL B E R I A SON
'T* Builders' and shelf hardwire, gar- was plentiful and the labor of woman Instincts, not Into antagonism
len tools, crockery and glassware
construction
comparatively ! to men, ns so many Intellectual wom
New Stock.
New low prices.
h ive done, but Into a consrrnctlve
light, but at the point where j en
for other women and girls.
TEM SON THE SHOE DOCTOR rock became scarce and trans-1 service
Second street, opposite Hamilton's portation difficult the wall end- ! "I would develop more opportunities
for women outside the cities," she
store.
ed. Any experienced farm er, writes. “There Is much work undone
“ Sudden Service.”
will tell you that the wall is not ’ and many women overtaxed in farm
aldo Anderron A Son. ebatrib- of natural origin. And farmers life because home equipment, social
ntors and dealers for Maxwell. Chal are the real philosophers of the , life and remuneration are not enough
mers, Essex, Hudson A Ilupmobile cars.
to hold the average girl at the seat of
Accessories. Supplies. 1st & Broadalbin. soil. Sea shells are collected far j production.”
H olman a jackson
Grocery—Ba >kery
Everything in the line of eats
Opposite Postoffice
Was This a very AncienJ Wall ?
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I
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M
M
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W
up the trail, indicating that long i
the wall stood iætween
FARM LOANS before
Wrong VIWW.
the twin summits Peterson’s
Write for booklet describing our 20-
We ma It a rro-Taloa* for thia Ilf* ai
Butte
was
one
of
the
isles
of
the
vear Rural Credit Amortized Loan*.
If It were ne.-gy to bava an end, and
The loan pays out in 2* • payments, re deep Willamette sea.
for tha other Ilf* a* though It ware
tiring the principal. Cheap rates. No
"The following are, therefore, never
to have a '„egtnolng — Addison.
lelay.
incidents in the history of Pet
B kam L and C o .,
erson’s butte; Washed by the
133 Lyon Si.. Albany, Ore
sea, carpeted with grass, beauti
It begias to look a* if I t»
United Flat««, after all, no • v
fied
with
flowers,
mantled
with
FARM LOANS forests, roamed by wild ani- j eoon "adber* t o ” the w irlo
at lowest rate of interest
mais, and occupied by man. And ( court—or id plain English becom
Real Estate
Insurance then comes the story of the a member. Tha aenat*. W nob
is gradually long scorned and flouted tha pro
Prompt service. Courteous treatment. 6tone wall which
emerging
from
the
mists
of tra posal, ha* been hearing from tbe
a T T ain , Room 5, First Saving* Btnk
country. —Albany Democrat.
builntng, Albany
dition.”
Edgar E nger
of
B row ntvill*
and his sister Gladys were pas
sengers to Eugene Thursday.
Mr*. J. W. Manroae,
form erly
of Halsey, but now of Portland,
and children, Frank and Jessie,
were visiting Mrs. W. H. McMa
han and other friends Friday.
E. Russ was in town Frida/
vim ripe red raspberries. The
fruit is smaller on account of
the drouth, but it is also sweet
er.
Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Miller
and daughter Gardie, Miss Beu
lah Miller and Mrs. M. D. Bran
don drove to Portland Monday.
From there Mrs. Brandon con
tinued to her home at St. Johns,
Wash.
The Portland Bridge com
pany got the Harrisburg bridge
contract at the figures named
last week and promises to try
to complete the jon this year.
If this spell of weather holds
ou; the company will not I ks
abl? tc blame the rain if It fails.
Mr. and Mrs. L. II. Sturgis of
Rex drove down Sunday for a
short visit with G. F. Schroll
and family. Not to be outdone,
the Sch rolls accompanied them
on their return home for a.
week’s visit at Rex and in
Portland.
C. C. Jackson and wife and
son G. E. Jackson and Miss
Ida Jackson returned Friday
from a nine-days auto trip to
eastern Oregon by way of
Klamath Falls.
Mrs. G. E.
Jackson and chidren, who have
been visiting for some time at
Silver Lake, returned home with
them.
Professor J. S. Landers, presi
dent of the normal at Mon
mouth, left for his home Friday,
after making the commence
ment address here Thursday
night. He stated that there
were 1W0 students enrolled at
summer school at Monmouth,
liesides branch schools at Ash
land and Pendleton, and an
eight-room building in use a t
Corvallis and two at Salem.
(O*a*lnuad on p»«« 4)
‘