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H A L S E Y E N T E R P R IS E
FICTION IN THE BIBLE
J U N E 12.
probably the most correct his
lory o< those phases with which
W herever hum anity has been he deals that ever have been
since speech was first used, or will be written.
tiction has held a high place
Each of these stories. In book
among th e influences th at have form, would coat more tnan a
tended
to the diffusion o f ! year’s subscription to the En-
knowledge of ethics and o llterp rise , but our subecribers
laudable ambition.
The folk-1 ?et them as a free g ift with the
lore of every race is full of it. -■urrent news for the sake of
The earliest w ritings we know vhich they take the pacer.
These are all copyrighted
contain it. I t holds a place in
the sacred books of every re dories by the beat talent in the
ligion and comprises a large iction held.
p a rt of every popular library ol
A STRAIGHT TALK
today.
W hen the prophet was sent to
I want the patrons of the
ohide King David for obtaining enterprise to know th a t I ap-
another m an’s wife by guile he ireciate the business it has en
told him a story about a lamb joyed since I became connected
and when the king’s interest vith it, August 1, 1921. I
hank you.
was fully aroused he thunderec
I came to Halsey with plans
“Thou a r t the m an!” The
or very considerable improve-
lamb story was fiction.
W hen Jesus wished to impart nent of the paper. These
a lesson with especial force he dans included enlargm ent to
ight pages and the addition of
told a parable. T hat was fic
tion, and the messages of the eatures in agriculture, home
parables— the novels of Jesus— .eeping, uplifting fiction and
have been thundering through >ther fields.
The
paper was promptly
all the centuries since.
Fiction does its moral and hanged from four five-column
educational work wherever men jages to six pages of six col-
and women live and move and imns each, but domestic afflic-
ion, with its accompanying
love and hate, are bom and die
As in everything else there ecuniary cost, soon compelled
recession to four pages,
is a best and a worst, and all
hough the six-column size was
g ra d a tio n s between, iu fic tio n
iot cut down.
W’e take it th a t the best fiction
The friends of the paper and
is th a t which has the greatest ts publishers stood by them in
influence for good upon the he hour of need and its total
lives of th e greatest num ber ol uspension, which a t one time
people. Probably the parables eemed imminent, was avoided.
of Jesus a re entitled to be class
Slowly the load of debt which
ed as the best fiction in any age 'or some m onths accumulated,
of th e world.
.as reduced. Creditors were
Good and bad fiction is being anient and friends gave their
produced today in greater vol
upport and the business is
ume than ever before. Thous tearly
back to the footing
ands are employed in inventing vhere fu rth e r improvements
and recording it.
an be made.
The Enterprise is publishing
In accordance w ith the plans
some of the best stories of its dopted a t the first, every pos-
time.
Its fiction is carefully ible dollar of the income is
. selected w ith a view to its in
till being put into the busi-
fluence in education and in up less, the proprietor being wili
holding moral and ethical stand
ng to work hard and constant-
ards of value to old and young y for a bare living and tru s t to
especially th e young people, ir ;he future.
schools and out. Painting ir
Notw ithstanding
the
fact
vivid colors the characteristics -hat the cost of paper, ink, com-
of people who have won love lOSiilon and other printing office
and eternal fame in history, oui
<>rk is still about double » h e t it
w riters incite to emulation ol
lofty ideals.
A story dealing w ith Abra
ham Lincoln’s early life, pub
lished in these columns sonn
time ago, was so true in details
th a t people of the older genera
tion found m any incidents ir
it which th eir memory com
mended as conscientious record;
of actual events. George W
Shaw of this city, who was
fam iliar w ith the territo ry that
was Lincoln’s early home, was
one of these.
A nother of our stories, “The
Strength of the Pines,” talliec
with the experience of people
who had dwelt along the coas’
regions of southern Oregor
and northern California.
“The Secret A dversary,” pub
lished in the latte r p art ol
1923, was a thrilling story o
detective work in the world
war.
“The Brown Mouse,” which
appeared in these columns re
eently, had to do w ith a de
velopment in American life that
has already effected wonderfu
changes and is due to accom
plish a still greater work in
changing for the b e tte r th<
conditions
under which the
great mass of Americans—the
farm ing population—live.
'h ie great men of the days ol
the birth of this republic
W ashington, Franklin, Adam?
and their confrere?, as well •»
the tra ito r Arnold, George the
Third and some of the promin
ent B ritish officers, are. brought
before our readers for close-up
inspection in the story now run
ning: “In th e Days of Poor
Ridhard. ” Every school pupi
can get help in the study of
American history, together with
the charm of a well-wr tt*i
romance, in this story.
We would like nothing better
than to see every young readei
of the E nterprise grow up s
tru e
American
citizen—and
nothing b e tte r could happen t<
them.
Our next serial will probably
lie a tru e tale of the Black Hills
Indian war, the Custer massa
ere and the Deadwood gold
rush, by Hugh Poindexter, who
g ire much time to atadvieg tb
locality and interviewing par
ticipants in the events, and who
presents, in the guise of fiction.
Best Premiums Ever
Offered for
Single Subscriptions
We are in the field for more
subscriptions. We want to be
able to address a larger dien-
tele during the coming political
campaign. With th is object in
view we are making more liber
al premium offers than were
ever made before or probably
ever will be made again. These
offers hold good only during
June, 1924.
Every new subscriber who
during June pays $1.50 for the
E nteiprise one year may have
hi» choice of the premiums liit-
ed
below, except Professor
Horner’s history.
The sub-
scription, to win the prise, m ust
be received during June. These
subscriptions will be kept in a
separate list and every paper
will lie discontinued when the
year expires unless the sub-1
scriber specifically renews It.
Any present subscriber who
is not in arrears may take his
choice from the premium list
for every new subscription he
brings in, with $1.50. and the
new subscriber will also receive
the same prise.
Any paid-in-advance subscrib
er who brings in two name» anc
$3 may have two of the pre
niiums for him self and each ol
tbe newcomer» may have one,
Any person entitled
to two
premiuns mav have, io (heir »fed
a copy of Prof. H orner’a Short
History of Oregon,
Any subscriber who is in ar-
rears may become eligible to
draw prizes for procuring new
cash subscriptions by paying
his own subscription to or be
yond July 1, 1924.
PROSPECTS DISCUSSED
If 1000 people should sub
scribe for the Enteiprise, and
pay their $1500 in advance, it
.vould become an eight-page pa
per or larger at once.
It would give them as much
iction as any eastern magazine
md of a better quality, educa
tionally
and morally.
The
stories it publishes are by the
iblest uplift writer» of the day
ind are covered by copyrights—
iot old worn-out effusions of
he past.
It would publish current dis-
■overies and accomplishments
»n W illamette valley farms. Its
igricultural page would be a
dace for the exchange of idea»
imong farm ers who have ideas
uised on practical Oregon ex
perience.
It would publish m any home
hints th a t would be of value to
the
housewife.
These and
nany other features which it
s now unable to finance in
heir
po'eutial
e n tir e ty
are
is not such as would tem pt a
live newspaper man to acquire
it with a view to making it his
life work.
If my call to leave this life
should come tomorrow I believe
Halsey would be left without a
newspaper.
Two years ago,
when I feared financial difficul
ties would force me out of the
business, I found it impossible
to get a buyer, even
at a con-
siderable sacrifice, though there
appeared to be plenty of oppor
tunity to sell the plant for re
moval to larger and more prom
ising towns where success seem
ed more probable.
'The people of Halsey and the
paper and other supply firms
with which 1 did business sur
prised me by the kindness with
which they continued th eir fa
vors and waited until I was able
to satisfy th e claims of credi
tors.
None of us has a lease of any
term of life, but if my term
should extend a few years into
the future I have hopes of car
rying out the interrupted plans
laid when I came to Halsey and
placing the business of the En
terprise upon such a basis th a t
it will be attractive to some
good newspaper man when I lay
it down. This will require some
time yet and much hard work.
If I get the form er I am pre
pared to give the latter, and
these, with the support and
patronage of the good people of
this onminunily. will mean SUC
imong its objectives, and the
note general th e response to its
ippeal for increased support
h e sooner they will take their
full place in its columns.
We reproduce the following
from the H arrisburg Bulletin
vecause it fits every small town
vvith a newspaper. Read "En-
.erprise” for “ Bulletin” and
W ear-Ever is the best alumi ‘Halsey” for “ H arrisburg and
num goods made. It is pro- it will fit this city:
“The money brought into
o
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..
duced under enormous pressure.
□even-men H eavy
which gives a very hard, com- H arrisburg from outside adver- CESS.
ising more than offsets all the
WM. H. W HEELER
W ear-E ver A luninum
noney spent for paper, ink,
out. Cast ware is lighter that type and other supplies. Added
A STRAIGHT TAI.K
Frying Pan
pressed, containing m any min -o this is an ever increasing
ute cavities into which the few ievenue from subscribers who
(Continued from column 2,
impurities th a t can damage ¡•eside outside of H arrisburg
The people of Halsey have
aluminum find th eir way anc erritory.
stood loyally by the Enterprise
“The
Bulletin
is
the
best
work for its ultim ate destruc
through all its vicissitudes.
tion. Aluminum i» the best nediurn of bringing the home With the exception of about
juyer
and
the
home
seller
to
kitchen ware and W ear-Ever is
gether. The columns tell each three, every business in the
the best aluminum.
veek of the reliable goods which town is represented in its ad
Every housewife knows the iur
home m erchants offer. vertising columns, a situation
virtues of enameled w a r e - Timely store new», and bargain th at would be hard to find a
Four-quart
free from rust, easy to keep ifferings. The Bulletin stimu- match for in any town on the
coast. Subscribers continue to
clean. The fresh berry anc :ates business.
G ray Enam eled
fruit season will soon be here
“The Bulletin is all for H ar come in with renewals and kind
When you have a surplus over risburg. Every item of news words year a fter year. I be
Preserving K ettle
home consumption you will not nust savor of home interest to lieve there is ahead a better
want to let it stand and spoil ind a place in these columns. Halsey, a better Linn county, a
P ut it on the range in this little Every worthy project is given better Oregon and a better En
kettle while there is a fire fot ree publicity and these columns terprise.
WM. II. W HEELER,
other purposes, and fill a jat ire open to all who would ad-
Publisher.
.’as before the war, mid that tbe
or two for use next w inter /ance H arrisburg’s welfare ir.
interprit-e is paying for more
when it will be so delicious.
i
public
way.
Few
country
ypesetting thnn ever before, the
J. C. Walton left on tba noon
II s'*
L?
Handy when there are a few newspapers in towns the size of train (or Portland to take in tl.a
uhscription price has been kept c
H
arrisburg
devote
as
many
□mall
Li
ray
iLnamelCCl
¿¡sbes
to
wash
or
on
a
hundred
own to tbe old-tim e level, $1 50
rose »bow.
other occasions when a good columns to pure home news.
year in advance.
sized vessel is needed about The editorials are not borrowed
There is no intention of contin- Disbpan
H alsey her,» lay. It ¡a nothing
>r stolen, and H arrisburg se unuaual for M. H. Shook lo »hip
the house.
dng the business at ¡ts present
cures much publicity by the
limensioiis. There is sanguine
Good for the afternoon at frequency with which they are two or three thousand doxeu "gga
ipectation that it will expand to T w o M atinee Tickets
o .ir the Southern Pacific iu a day.
any regular-price show a t the :opied in other papers.”
he proportions contemplated three
Globe theatre, Albany.
Daily
publications a t the
years ago— the production of
Traveling Paaeenger Agent W.
Made by the Elite Confection county seat make a laudable ef H Jankins ol the Southern Paeifio
in eight-page news and rural 1 pound Peanut Brittle
fort
to
give
as
good
a
local
ery, Albany, and packed in a
lome paper, working for better
Halsey news service as the Hal was here today.
nice box.
lomes, better farm s, better
sey Enterprise. By combining
iving conditions in this natural
Mr. and Mr». A. A Tusoing got
Who does not enjoy chocolate iuch a news service with the
paradise.
1 pound Chocolate
imine from California last evening.
general
news
which
a
small
creams.
Here
is a whole
If this could not be done the
pound free to every new cash veekly is unable to cover, a t a
atblisher’s
recourse for re- Cream Candy
The legislature of Quebec bae
subscriber during the month of price only a dollar or two high
rovery of his investm ent would
r.aiied a resolution to exempt
er
than
th
a
t
of
the
Enterprise,
June.
And
if
the
new
name
re to sell the subscription list
and cash are brought in by an .hey would be able to secure farmers from the provision» of the
ind good will to a publisher in
old subscriber whose subscrip subscriptions from some local bankruptcy law, eo that they can.
ome near-by town, who would
tion is not in arrears the lat people who do not take the En- not Iota their property or credit.
rrobably in time consolidate
veiprise and from many who do.
te r gets another pound.
he two papers and leave Hal
This is a case of praiseworthy
ey without one, and then sell
enterprise
on the p art of their
I
lb.
R
oyal
C
lub
Coffee
blf
n
n
d8
of
the
most
popu,a’
he printing outfit to some am-
of high-grade coffee on publishers. But they never can
Treatment, boch
ritious young man who wants
the m a rk e t
cover half of th e local field that local and Internal, and has been surf see
o s ta rt a newspaper in some
the home town paper covers, ful In the treatment of Catarrh fot Orel
arger town th at has none.
i
V
alid
order
on
the
M
.
and
those who neglect their forty years. Sold by all druggists.
I do not expect this to hap-
home paper for such a service P. J. C H E N E Y fit. C O .. T o led o , O h io
ren. If the good health with V . Koontz store for
are thus sending out of to w n '
which I have been blessed con-
money which if spent a t home VVhv W fllllP fl 1 1 CP
inues I believe it possible to 50c in goods
would am b le the local publisher ”
” U,l,Bn U iB
nake the Enterprise so attrac-
to make a better paper, one
ive to hundreds of people out
which would be more of a cred
side the immediate vicinity of
Women appreciate the quick action of
it and an advertisem ent to the
1
dozen
Eagle
Pencil
he litt’ y town and its 339 in-
aiuiple glycerine, buckthorn hark, «tc.,
home town.
tabitants th a t it will soon ac-
And when a question arises ;*•
A<ti«nk«, Most medicines
iuire such a list of subscribers C o.’s M ikado pencils
in W h ic h
t h e in t e r n e t« o f t h e ■r ‘ only on l<” rer b w t l ‘ bu‘ A'11" ' 11*
in
wnicn
m
e
in
te
r
e
s
ts
o
r
me
actl
0B
doth
upper «n,i tower bowel»,
is will attach to it several
home town conflict with those m<l remove« all ga««e« and poi»<>aa
:olumns more of advertising
of the Other, as will inevitably K ie e llen t for obstinate con «ti pul ion and
ind thus make it one of the
be the case sometimes, which gas
,o on stomach
*«’ !"•'
" • ' e *
in T E N minutes'
lourishing institutions of Ore
paper can you depend upon to
gon.
RINGO DRUG STORE
set fully before the public the
Advertising is th e depart
Any
paid-in-advance sub claims of your own town?
ment of a newspaper which Prof. Ffom er’s
H A LSE Y
scriber, or anybody who be-
Twelve years ago, when Hal
lays the bills. The subscrip-
.
comes such, who turns in two sey had no newspaper, the peo
ions hardly cover the cost of □hort History of O regon new subscriptions to the E nter ple enthusiastically welcomed
white paper and press work,
prise, with $3, while each of the proposal to establish one I
Cash paiit for
whereas there are m any other
th e new subscribers gets choice here and pledged enough « u p -'c
P n iilfrv F izizk V eal
terns of expense. The cost of
of the premiums, may have, port to induce Mr. Dean to b e - j~ r ®*"1’ 1 o u ,l r y ’ E ggs, Veal
tetting type is more than all
for the service, two of the above Tin publication of the Enter- '& iiid efl. M. H- SHOOK
he other expenses combined,
premiums, or, if he prefers, a prise. If the town should be
ind I believe th a t I have used
copy of Horner’s new and up- eft again w ithout a newspaper
more of this expensive compo
to-date Early H istory of Ore the disadvantage of such a situ
sition every w’eek th an had
gon, which sells for $1. This ation would soon become appar-
ver been used in th e E nter
liook summarizes in an authori >nt. With all kinds of print-
Laundry »ent Tnetday»
al ise before I came. This wa3 See these P re m iu m s
tative m anner the natural phe- ng m aterial, as type, presses,
Agency
Hub Cleaning Work«
one to ketp the paper on as
...» and artificial achieve- ■tc., and also of typesetting and
high a level of senneeabiliy as jn (he Enterprise Office ; ’ • !», prehistoric and modern »aper, costing twice as much
A B E S PLACE*
possible, thus holding as m any;
~
which led up to the founding is they did then it would re-
Mitrons as possible, till the time j yy mdoW
of the commonwealth of Ore juire much greater inducements
Amor A. Tussing
vhoula come when the eontem- 't
gon.
to secure the establi»hment of
plated improvements would be
LAWYER AND NOTARYv
publication office here than
practicable.
it did a dozen years ago.
H alsey , O b soon
Coatinued id colomti 6)
The business in Halsey today
b
Here They Are
H a ll's C a ta rrh
Medicine
Glycerine Mixture
Special
r
naw
/« m
I m
I 1/
t M in n la s
Cream and Produce Station
A
Modern
Barber Shop
These Offers Expire June 30
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