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About Halsey enterprise. (Halsey, Linn County, Or.) 19??-1924 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 28, 1924)
PAGE 2 HA I.SP. V KNTEMPMISB ACC. 2». | He marketed hit products oo the Eugene public market, which en a bled him to get a fair price for them. These are merely two acatieriug •«be- ríe "o. 11.63 a year la advance instances, but they are surely bet. ,-r reading lhau the copious tales A d vertisin g, 2-ic an inch ; no diacout- for lim e or space , no charge for con ( wreck and ruin on the farm poatikiu or c jangee. i«t have been Hooding the papers ( a T a l a - f o i P aragrap hs," 6c a line. or the past few years. HALflEY ENTERPRISE ka i» « e e » a « * > '— *< > T « t e r r a l — »tsva » a *« > e a b U s k r« eve ry T h tre O e y » y V *n . U W H K K L Z H » • advertising disguized as aewa. To Advertisers Copy received before Tuesday is ii tiuie for good position. Wednesday i> late and Thursday's m ail is loo late Office hoars, V to 12 and 2 to 5, excep Mondays sad Friday forenoons. MUST H E L P T H E M S E L V E S Much troth sod fury i t exhib ited when seekers after vote» talk le farmers about the economic »H- uatlou, and promises are made of impotable legislatioa t t a l will re store the equilibrium that ia pre euruod to have exiated in the years of Adam'« decadence, or auont the early Christiane, when the fish, erioao, the carpenter, the tent maker and the physician and pre auiaably the tiller of the soil “ ha* all tbiugs common.” Laws are oot going to cnre the farmeii'n ills. They could not dt it if they were made by farmers, and they surely will not whan, as in the late lamented congress, there are 320 lawyers and a dozei or two of farmers in the lawmak ing body. When a plasterer commands $12 for an eight-hour day aud a farmer sells the product of a week of 14. or IB-hour days lor n* more there is something wrong that will not he righted by a tsriff on wheat. When the fanner sells for 91 what the consumer pays 93 or $4 for there is injustice that will not be remedied by loaning the farmer money Io live and pay interest < n. The farmer needs help to get out of debt, not to get deeper in. The poiltiviao a u d the money leaden will not help him. They o »n’ t. He must help himself. “ The gods help him who helps himself. ” He may help himself by co-op erative selling, hut in thia it wi require eleruel vigilance to avoid being thorn by the tame eharper» who are shearing him now. There was n oo-operutive dairy meu'a association in wealern Or» gon. I t col I a | eed. Its manage had iuvolved it in transaction which its inemhers declaied war* ruinous. And that manager w: $ found (o ba J a stockholder in i riv a l• concern I Tb0 Dearboru (M ich .) Innde pondenteaye : M A R Y S M IT H ’S N A M E ’ your campfire and look out f r cigarelf. They are dangerous. Controller Uraeral Curl rules (bat a married woman must use JoMph E. Cox bsr husband's name in signing Mrs. L. M. Begley was it Pori- documents in bis department— land leal week at tbe funeral of John Smith's wife must sign "M rs bar father, Joseph E. Cox, »bo John Sm ith,” not *• Mrs. Mery died In that city Aug. 17, aged 78 Joseph K. Cox was born io Iowa. Sm ith.’* He is reported as saying His first wife was Nancy (hat the latter is not her lega Houghton, for whose fam illy the name. We know that some strng town of Houghton, Clatsop county. birds get into public offices but Oregon, was named. After over did not know that such an ignor 20 ye«rs, during which eight chil- dren were born, ade died, stuur was controller general of the Mr. Col later married Mra. Ida United States treasury. V aaO rdenof Roseburg, wbo sur The laws aud court decisions vives him Mr Coa’ children were Lillie permit a person to change his her name at will,' and the sub. May (Mrs. Begley), Joseph Lee, M»ry (deceased), Bertha Mabel, ject is not one of those which tbe Ernest (deceased), Albert. Earl constitution permits tbe federal (deceased) and Eula Isabel. government to meddle with in tin He also le-ves nine grandchil. dren aud two gieal grandchiidreu, states. wbo .eside iu Trenton, N. J. When application la made to court to place a change of name No sob o( grief, do wild lament be there MRS. Lion county is headquarters fur he kind of cows referred to above. July a short distance from the ounty line is 0 . A. C ., the birth lace first of the 200-egg heu, lien of the 200-egg fleck and later f the 300 egg ben and >fiock. At our couuty seat is a pickle factoiy «ady to»coutract for hhndrede of icres of eucumhers, if of tbe right vsrietiea, properly grown and jroperiy harvested. The cannery >t the same plaze could not get naif the strawberries it wauts-i hie year. Sieuberg Bros, could mt gel all the evergreen blacKber. lee they advertised for. If therej were no market of any xind for wheat the Linn farmers ■red not starve. Linn couuty hay ■eed not he freighted to other places to be turned into profitable fairy products. Go to the county fair. Take the whole family. Keep your syce aud ears open. You may learn from others und others may earn from you along the lines of I If help as contrasted wfth the irnken reed of government aid. I o break the sabbath of the holy air. bv radio stations This may ex Chicago bad u murder a day plain the whereabouts of some during July. The daily average telegrapher wbo has left this earth s 10 burglaries. Other crime»' sud regHrdiug whose destination •ccurred in proportion.—Journal. there was uncertainty. W ell. Chicago ia iri tbe same state with Herrin. Candidates of all three parties __ ■ «« — « favor the farmer, lhe laborer and world peace. Why not elect 'em J lA ll 6 C d tA ir r ll d 4 A * 1 lA fM A W ie < llC lH 8 *• * Combined a ll and be h a p p y ? Trea tm e n t,b o th ___ ____________ local and internal, and-has been success- . . . . . . . , , ful in the treatment of Catarrh for ovet F ‘Hy.e.ght people h is e been ,’urty years. Sold by all druggists. fined tor causing forest fires, ; If F. J. C H E N E Y & C O ., Toledo, Ohle y 0U g„ camping totally extinguish Dr. C. FICQ, Dentist “ PLATES THAT F IT ” Growns, bridge work and fillings. It wil pay you Io get my prices on vour dental work. Cusick bank building. Albany z O. W . F R U M pQr G r a in S a c k s and T w i n e see « i fat all ahi na M On oot m la th« rea th« £ I.a s t year the owner of a 30-acrr tract near Eugene marketed from h a land a total uf 42000 worth ol p «ducts with hie own labor, hlr- mg no outside help This tear he has harvested from approximately two acres a little better than eigln tons of string beans aud has eom* yet to pick. He has sold at the cm nery a considerable quantity oi osrrots and beets. He has nin» oows that will net him 9100 eacf i n a year above cost of keep Tha- it tbe kind of cows to have. Another swell tract owner neai K tig a n e g rew end marketed from tw o terse 9J00i( worth of vogota- blea and geueral garden "tru u ek,” Armstrong Linoleum »*12 $18.75 Congoleum Rugs - 16.00 New stock of Axminster Special Small Rugs $2.25 to $5.75 X. on record tne change bae already But, in thejr stead, the silent-breathing prayer been made and the objeci ia to have O f bearta a till w a itin g for a rest like means uf proving it if the individ tbiae. ual's identity is questioned. Miss W innifred Rose, proprietor of the M -rinello parlors, listed in It has been considered in most our Albany directory, was badly s-ates th a t the direct income tax was n oised and lacerated in an auto, one of the fairest of a ’T methods of mobile collision on ber way back raising money for public purposes, to Albany from a visit with her everything considered, and th a t the parents at Independence last week Inheritance tax was desirable to pre Monday. vent the accumulation of vast estates Suit has been brought by W- A, i<nd their perpetuation in the same and J. J. Barrett to restrain tbe families. — Albany Democrat. Albany bridge contractors from The la tte r object was what the lamaging their property east of fathers aimed at when they placed the approach on this side of the a clause in the federal constitution Willamette. This action, it is be. lieved, will lead to a determination prohibiting laws of entail. The in- of the legal rights of the paries. I d Oklahoma, whert lor sey* ral hiritan ce tax is a good second to /rare the K. K. K. baa been s id e th a t constitutional inhibition. o impeach governors who would _____ w » « *__ not do it. bidding and oust them j , of th # t h r e , p a r t i „ without much regard for evidence, th, presidentiaI race HnnGHUCe d i, Walton, the last one so expelled,' approVB, of lhe warnied.over K ha- been nominated for th . federal , K K b„ t ded#re H ,)Ot W((rtll , fae senate by the primaries of ,b e |trouh|e oppo, illo„. I(s mete do umsnt paity and in fh . s a u ..|ori<J Pftre#r h„ pa, „ d j , Ml ith .„y Mrs. Richardson, wife of • n | and it on the dow other expelled governor, has be. n j put up for governor alter aa anti. J Moisecede signals, supposedly klan campaign. from Mars, bave been picked up The owner of the largest hep yard in the world! at Independ ence, Oregon, obtained accurate inside information of the results achieved by the ring in th e ix - ploitation oi ths prune and epn cot growers. He investigated tbe poultiyiusw s association, now be ginning to wobble under the Ss- piro plan. Other owners of large aud productive hop yards likewise to gated- and stayed out of the oc* to opeiative scheme. Todav the Saptro plan It as to dead in Oregon as i* »onia he in Santa Clara valley, Cal., if the Califprniane could free tbemselve« of its grip. The hupgroweri went stli further and bought the crops of the Sepiro co-operatives at u batter price than tbe uiatiagers oi the co-operative association« wen gsttiug for their members' hope A more promising field fur self help is illustrated in the following paragraphs Iro n tbe Eugene Reg ister : • H IL L & <S § Hardware • New alid best grade of Second ; : Sacks on hand Market prices paid for any kind of a 4/ G R A IN A N D H A Y £ A m e ric a n E a g le Fire Insurance Co. I k y is worth ju st much in storage as you m ight get for it in case of tire. T lu American Eagle Fire Insurance company, will pay you of the cash value in case, of loss by tire. i O ur prices sell our goods H IL L & © »•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••« » Any Girl in Trouble - E E may communicate w ith Ensign Lee of the Salvation A rm y at tbe a W hite Shield Home, 565 M ayfair avenue, Portland, Oregon. A Question That is Easily Answered is wba^to offer your lady friend in the way of refreshments. Just bring her here and treat har to m in t of -»ur delicious iso cream. That she will like it goes without saying. Besides, she will appre. ciate your thoughtfulness and gen erosity. ClaFk’s Confectionery and mounted higher. " Digging! out samples at abort In ter vals and fa d in g specks of gold In each he need up much o f tbe morning. Py rites was nowhere In s ig h t The sun was nearly overhead aa be Ailed hlo pan from tho topmost mound. Instead of hurrying down the ridge, however, he sqnared his shoulder» to get the klnkw out o f his back and glanced curlostsly about the pannramaxof hill» |p d ridges and melancholy woods. T h e n staring down at the fre»h mound he m u tte red : " I f yon were all pure gold, friend d irt, I'd swap you In a second Just to know w hat Jim Omaha looks lik e ; Juet to knew I f be lias reached D ead wood C ity yet.” H e mounted the ridge to where It we» d e a r o f tree». T h e sun had con quered the mists and the heaven» shone blue. T o all appearancee It wae COPYRIGHT Oar THE 6OB05-MERRILL CQ a dead land. No »mokes w ere to be seen, no habitations, no sounds of hu (Continuad i man voice«. And yet there were In Dlnsdale. “T won't bother to get my A rn a g on Pyrites' advice Dlnsdaie pan working till we strike homethitig dians lu rkin g In the deep gulches and, continued afoot, w alking beside his more promising.” ru m o r persisted, there w ere organised horse, his revolver ready to resent an horse thieves w ith rendeivon* on the Eating nn early supper, the burroa ambush. A few miles brought them to were loaded and the tw o ;s tru c k to divide, w hile posslhfy other Ione pros the Rapid, which they crossed Just the southeast for a mile and then pectors, like Pyrites, were seeking below the forks. Pyrites' lust for test turned east lnt£ a dry w ater course fortune In the w lm f-ng depths below. ing tho gravel could not be denied and began mounting the divide. In He le ft his pau and pick while he re- longer, and ns their next march would all they did not cover more than two connolterwd the toji of the ridge H e taka them up ou to the divide, due ! miles before the glanting sun ray» reached th e crest only to discover an east, Dlnsdnlo wax w illing to call It a ! He warned them It was tim e to m ake o th e r and higher ridge ahead. day's travel. camp. Dlnsdale left this Tnatter en descended Into the -h a llo w valley, be They unpacked the htirroe and • tirely to Pyrites, and the location se tw een the two mid followed It down pitched their tent, and Pyrites Ashed j lected was closot&v a spring, near a / o r a fo iy th of a m ile, proceeding out his pan, about a foot and a h a lf ' growth of stunrtM^Vtfejhtg*. Aa Py- rio w ly ami w atchful fo r Indian signs. In diam eter, and shoveled some th irty H e was surprised and keenly In ter rites pitched the tent lie commented; pounds of dirt Into IL. and hurried to | ested In turning a "wooded bend to be "W e're below 'Elk buttes and abo ut the rivulet. Dlnsdale stood und j ten miles east n t E llh o r e prnlrie. Z d hold a king log cdhln ahead Beyond It » » re h a lf a dozen open sheds aftd a watched him. Pyrites exclaimed some like to go over fte r e and pift In • f e w rouidi ¿erral. H e « mid detect no signs days.” r , ■ • thing under his breath. How does It pan 8,»T" asked Dlna- “I'm more I interested In (lie di vide of lB e sbont the (6-ace. W ith a shrug of bis shoulders h e boldly advanced, dale. with a dicker of Interest. ahead than In dby grass pr^lrto».’’ said tellin g h lm aelf: “About four or flve colors.” Dlnsdale. , " I f any one Is ttiere he most have “W hat'» that In money?” "Oh. we'tl loAk over the divide Arst. seen roe I ’m a lo a f prospector, trying Pyrites, scratching his head, unw ill now we’re w ltM n pistol shot »f It." to Ard old Iron P y rih e a ” ingly a d m itte d : “Any danger from horse V ilevi-s? " About a flfth of a cent.” T h e cabin door w hs closed and. "Hosa thlevflg? Good lA hd! W h at Great Scott! I f that's prospecting w h a t was unusual, blankets were hung made you th in k 'o f hots thieves? Let's I'm through. W hy, It costs me Afteen not have any outlaw talk. 'We'ne hon over the small win flows. These were lacking glass, but w » re partly*blocked cents to Are one of my guns once I" est prospectors. W e doo’l w a t t any By strips of tim ber. H e Arst examined cried Dlnsdale In high disgust. truck w ith u nlaw fu l men.* Pyrites Instantly regained his op the shed» and corralk. None contained "That s right." h eartily a«reed'D ln»- Jiorsea. timism. "The value o f that pas simply dale. "All I ask Is no» to be dis proves there's gold everyw hw e In these turbed in ray gold-btintlng.'* "They're ready to rw c for a heap of hills. This ain't where wg wasvalm- The next morning thsy breuJh»d a I them when put 'to It." he thought aa ing for anyway. I want tojtuorkjlloso white mist n hep they craw led from the I ««ltanced to the doi.r aud rapped to tbe divide aud locute a ' vein." * 7 . " - . tent- Dlnsdale was tor an Inm edl.ite 1 m artly. As be had eupactod there •T h a t w ill he more like It ” mumbled | departure for a higher level. Pyrites w as no response T h ere was a hole for s latchstring, bat nn rsw hlde thong •J Insisted on breakfast und something of sn examination o f the gully they had S was visible. H e tried the door sad been following. | felt the bar resist the pressure. "B ut they get In some w ay," he pon “Just as you ssy You're, tho boss.” dered. He »hepped hack and examined surrendered Dlnsdale. “P fit I'v e got the windows and then rssturaed to the the gold fever and a fte r w e'ye had cof door. Then he smiled a t the a rtfu l fee I'm going to twke m y p„n and sim plicity of It. T h e hole In the door •trik e out up the ridge." was never need fo r the latchatrlng. but "You'll get lost sure as apples," re merely to discourage a trespasser At monstrated Pyriies “D u don't know one side of the door sad concealed by these hills, w ith thek- gorges and a strip o f hanging hark was the thong. broken tops." H e seized It and tugged sharply. The " I know hills m u c ltw o r» « than these har rose Inside and the door swung Baked masses of dry cinders w ith no open. Dinning w ater to teU you lh p JaT of th „ Six rough hanks* were oo seek ef the land. This counter Is .«Inple Man *| side walls T he chimney and Areplarw can't get lost. Don t be ■frigid.'' were at the fa rth e r end with several Have It so. hjopc atr)k. , kettles and fry in g pins. Neer the door bushel of nuggets. I'U gfjck aDong her». was a table Tht» arrangement made You'll he hack by. n m m /' It nereasary to bring the food the es- "Have dinner ready and eat I f I don't show up. T mars strike soroerklng big and forget I'm h u n g ry '- I *^°.n ^ l , n n r e »’‘ove his companion Dlnsda.e halted and dug Tvwn a foot , and carefully examined the dirt W lth- C. 1’. STAFFORD, Agent eo’ M not what he had uncovered, but by rolling some of the dtrt between h l* Angers fee I was rewarded w ith a small scale of “About Foot or FI vs Colom." ' ta i 5 '” 8tnrk ’ fiirt to a ttrac t Pyrites ‘»•»«'h * nttent'ca I p r e length e f the room, an unnecessary i been veo I once, he decided. Piled In one earner near the Breplace we T« seven saddle« gonr e f these 4M not look as If they had aver been use- I T he ashes In the Areplace wera cold and no Are could have burned there • fo r tw enty-four hours. Tiptoeing hack to the door he puzzled over the awkv mrd pcsitioa of the table. H l» (Continued frvo . *a « a 3?