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A W e e k ly Chronicle of Local Events and Progress on Linn County Land
HALSEY. OREGON
H a l s e y H a p p e n in g s
a n d C o u n t y E v e n ts
D E JE M R E R
guests at the Frank Workinger home
Sunday.
George Hussey of National, Wash-
spent Christmas with his parents.
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th e hock, b ein g h igh ly m arbled w ith b rig h t lea n o f a fine grain.
S o u th S a n tia m riv e r w as frozen o ver
Clive Arden is telling our readers
at Lebanon and Ice skating was enjoy- about sinners in heaven, which Isn’t
B ro w n sv ille B riefs,
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impossible, for we are told Beelzebub
himself
was
there
once.
She
will
al
Da E ttn R obnett w ent home to
Chester Rice went to Albany Fri
Eugene yesterday, after spending so describe doing3 of some people in
j
the holidays with her grand church whom we should think were day.
inner», however saintly they may
m other, Mrs. D. Isom.
Prof J. K. Torbet went to Al.
deem themselves. We have yet to
Miss Anna Mills of Astoria sppnl leam if there are saints in the other, bany today.
th e past few days with her p a r farther and warmer place.
Silas White has killed his sixth
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Seth Mills,
bear this season.
and retu rn ed to Astoria today.
Claude Mack, of the Santiam coun
Miss Gladys Wolgamott spent
Mrs. L. H . A rm strong and try, went hunting in the late cold Saturday in Albany.
daugb’nrs Ketta and Haze! left t o 'pell. He took off his boots to wade
Johu Olsou was a passenger for
day for O akland to visit Mrs. "• stream, fell and lost them. Then
Go Wage Grove yesterday.
A rm atrong’s paren ts, S. J, Chei - he ran c mile to the nearest resi
dence, barefooted, in the snow. His
V'oncies Miller is home after a few
oweth and wife.
feet were frozen, but he expects to months in the Coos bay country.
Mrs. J. J. Corcoran werit to b? all right in a few weeks. He got
N. Pasco returned to his home in
P ortlan d today via the S. P to no ducks except his own ducking.
Portland Friday, after a visit with
ba with her d aug h ter, Mrs. M ar
Mrs. Sarah Helmick, probably the triends.
cella K irk, who is very ill with un
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abscess in th e lungs. The patient oldest person in Linn county, died
E. L Wood went to Eugene Mon
last Wednesday at her home in Al day.
may be taken to a sanitarium
He is enjoying a two-Weeks
Mrs. Arch Handley and children bany from an attack of bronchitis, vacation.
and Hubert Burton were dinner aged 101. On the occasion of the
Betnize Coshow spept C h rist,
celebration, last year, of th*e comple
tion of the west side Pacific high mas with home folks, returning to
way, the state highway commission Corvallis Friday.
A lbany’s
ledicated a park, four miles south
M.ss Joan Blaikig returned 'Satur
only
of Monmouth, which Mrs. Helmick day from Portland, where she visit
EXCLUSIVE
had deeded to the state a couple of ed during Christmas.
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/ears previously and named it Hel
Dr.
and
Mrs
L.
R.
Dougherty
mick park. The park is pnrt of a
OPTICAL PARLORS
1 donation claim which the Helmicks of Seattle have been Visiting rela
— | to:ik up in 1846. Th
I
' <1 on tives in Brownsville.
E V E R Y T H IN G O P T IC A L
j the claim until 1878, when Mr. Hel-
H. J. Shoemaker Returned to his
died end the widow moved to home at Stayton Monday after a vis
Bancroft Optical Co. I i I mick
Albany and built the house in which it at the C. D. Estey home.
3tJ West First street, Albany,Or.
I
J j she died last week.
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HEALTH, HAPPINESS
and PROSPERITY
THESE
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after spending the holidays with rel
atives.
J. I. Williamson returned to his
home at Yachats Friday, after spend
ing Christmas with his son, K. C.
Williamson.
Mias Erma G oulard, who has
been visiting her mother, Mrs. H
M. G oulard, left yesterday foi
W alla W alla.
Mr. and Mia D. L. Cowger. re
turned to Portland today, after i
v i/it with the lu tter’s parents, E
J. Spencer and wile.
Mrs. E A. Miller and daughtei
Catherine returned to their horn
at Riddle yesterday, after a visit
a t Charlea E n g e t ' s .
Mr. and MVa... Allen Warden re
turned to their home nt Noti Satur
day, after visiting friends and rein
tives near Brownsville.
Mr. and Mrs. R. I. Nicholson and
son returned to their home at We
natchee, Wash., Friday, after a visit
at the S. P. Tycer home.
Mrs. E. U. Richard and daugb
ter Alpliena of A lbany and Ml«'
Lulu Grigsby of Pilot Rock weui
home today after a visit at J. A.
G rigsby’s
Mr. and Mrs. V. E. Shoemaker and
children returned to their home at
Camas, Wash., after spending Christ-
mas with the latter’s parents, Mr.
Mrs. W. F. Whealtlon Of Portland and Mrs. W. H. Tull.
arrived Wednesday afterndion and was
I Mr. and Mrs. Charles Holloway
a guest at C. E. Stannrd’3.
| entertained during the holidays W.
Mrs W. R. Goodman went toj A. Holloway of Medford, Mr. and
Junction City today to attend the Mrs. W. H. Gerrettsen of Roseburg
funeral of ber sister, Mies Mary and Mr. and Mrs. Guy E. Satterlce
Hayes.
of Klamath Falls.
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Wolfe return
D elbert S t»rr, who conduct« two
ed to their home in Newport Monday, widely separated lines of busines«
made a contract outside of them
on the 21st, when he married Mis»
A letha Isom, He did not a n
nounce the event o the E n t* r*
peise and our Brownsville eorre
•pondenl failed to report It.
o u r w ish e s at th is
P in e G r o v e P o in ts
tim e fo r y o u fo r th e N e w Y e a r . .
The rain is very welcome after the
severe cold.
T o w h o m w e also e x te n d o u r
a p p re c ia tio n fo r y o u r
h e lp fu l c o -o p e r-
- a tio n d u rin g 1 9 2 4 .
M. V. Koontz Co.
HALSEY, OREGON
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sylvester were
Corvallis visitors Monday.
Lon Chamlee pae'or.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Nichols snd
Bible school j0, W. Il- Robert
John McNeil were Corvallis visitors
son superintendent.
Monday.
C hristisn Endeavor 8 SO.
Evening service 7:80,
«.
A. L and Russel Knighten and
The church w ithout a bishop in Dean Bilyeu came down the river
the country w ithout a king.
from Harrisburg to Peoria duck
If you have no church home hunting Christmas day.
They re
come and w orship a ith us.
ported the river frozen clear acrost
in one place so solid that they walk
ed across and pulled their boat.
M. E. Church
Robert P arker pastor.
Sunday school, 10.
Preaching. 11.
Junior League, 3,
Interm ediate League. 6.80.
Epw orth league, 6:80
Preaching, 7:30.
Prayer-meeting Thursday, 7 SO.
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Church of Christ
I
1924
IV ntun county spent the week end |
at L. E. Eagy’s.
I t P a y s T o M a r k e t B eef of Q uality
Mrs. Addc Ringo spent Chri-tni-s
with relatives a t Cottage C isvi
Miss Helen Pearl of Elmira w as!
the
guest of her grandmother, Mrs.
»11.00
Delora W elle went hem e today,
E. S. Marsters, during the holidays, j
CHO
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W. P. W ahl and fam ily were in
$10.00
Lay members offered some e lo -1
A lbany M onday.
1
quent pravers at the Methodist I
$»00
Mr«. E. V. Baas and children church last Sunday. Next Sunday
w ent to Albany today.
the revival meetings there begin.
$ 9 .0 0
Mi»a Hazel Davis returned fn n. a
p * 'c t *
W. J. Rihelin wag so well
p
visit in Albany Wednesday
$700
-
pleased w ith the barber business
Revival m eetings begin next when he owned a shop in Halsey
r
$SOO
S unday. Sse advertisem ent.
that he has bought a half ¡ute-est
C. H . D avidson and wife wen w i t h his son George in one in
$ 3 .0 0
»««Mm«»V«.
Sunday guests at J . W. H uesey’s Prineville and will soon go there
It is con d ition and q u ality rath er th a n w eig h t that d erid e w h eth er a steer
to reside.
L. H , A. C. and Helen Arm
is to be p la ced in th e b eef c a ttle cla ssifica tio n . W ith in th e c la s s It Is cond!
The old man of the Enterprise has tion and q u a lity th a t la rg ely d eterm in e the am ount of profit th a t goes te th e
stro n g and Mies A rdatn Caldwell
•■'.bout completely recovered from the shipper. C h oice to prim e ste e r s bring from 75 ce n ts to >5.76 p er hundred
were io A lbany Monday.
w eigh t o ver th e com m on ligh t stock , a ccord in g to a stu d y m ade o f lig h tw eig h t
The county court «eke truck effects of his collision with an auto ste e r s com ing to th e C hicago m arket by th e S ea rs R oebuck A gricu ltu ra l F ou n
mobile
two
weeks
ago,
but
last
week’s
drivers to lim it their loads to two
dation.
issue of the paper came out a day
tons till the roads settle.
T h e bulk o f the sh ip m en ts are clasaln od under th e g r a d e s o f p rim e steers.
late owing to his inefficiency and
Mrs. H arry Commons* sister, the impossibility of getting printer 1.200 to 1,000 p ou n d s; ch o ice steer s, 1.130 to 1.000 p o u n d s; good steers, 1 1 5 0
to 1,600 p o u n d s; m edium steers, 1.100 to 1.400 pounds, and com m on rough
Mrs. W h itlatch, and family of help.
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steers. 900 to 1.200 pounds. T h e s e a re th e c la ssific a tio n s o f th e U nited State«
Eugene visited her Sunday.
Mr. and Mr3. P. H. Freerksen gave B ureau o f M arkets.
Mrs. W. A- Carey went to Salem
1 rime b e e f ste e r s are the Ideal type, com bining ex cep tio n a l breeding and
today to tak e care of her mother, a Christmas dinner at their home thorough finish ing. Short n eck and sh o rt legs, sm ooth flesh and well-flUed,
near
Halsey.
The
guests
were
Mrs.
M rs Stone, w h o is very feeble.
bulging b risk ets are p rereq u isites. P rim e b eef ste e r s are rare, e w n steers
H. Freerksen of Shedd, Mr. and Mrs.
enough to grad e t s ch o ice are few . T h ey ahow m ost o f th e characteris-
Mrs. E sther R ike of Corvallis Hans Koch and daughter Freda, Mrs. good
tie« o f th e p rim e grade, good breeding and long feed in g, sm ooth flesh and thick
spent the heiidays
with
her Mack Powers and Mr. and Mrs. fa t. On th e block the q u a lity ste e r w ill sh ow a good p rop ortion o f red m eat
d au g h ter, Mrs. Charles Strsley.
Frank Works nger and children, Bob covered w ith a m odest am ount o f sm ooth w h ite fa t. T h e lean , w h ile Arm of
textu re, w ill be rnellbw to th e teuch. T h e ca r c a ss sh ou ld ca rry down full to
F or th e fir st tim e in m an y y e a r s th e bie, Doris, Mai and Howard.
Short Stories from Sundry
Sources
3f.
N e w s N o te s F ro m
Mieses Ann and Mary Heinrich of
Corvallis are spending their holidays J
at their home here.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Eagy and Clar
ence Eagy of Oakville spent Christ-
j mas at L. E. Eagy’s.
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Mrs. Inez Smith and Kathleen ar«
I »pending the holidays with Mrs
. Smith’s parents, near Albany.
E le c tio n
A ll O v e r O re g o n
•»leaned by the W estern
Newspaper Union
T. M. Hicks wag elected presto»at
■
I Glenn Nichols fell and broke hi»
i collarbone while skating near the
j school house last week.
o f o ffic e r s
of the Pine Grove
D a iry
P o u ltry
W ool
of the S a lem ch a m b er o f c o m m e rce at
the a n n u a l e le c tio n .
The
com b ined
le v y fo r s ta te and
U m a tilla c o u n ty !
m ills,
M 0 ln c h r tg tm „
I cou n ty p u rp o ses in
Sunday School I for 1»25 w ill be 14.40
a n d tea ch er»
w ill b . held S u n d a y , J a n u a ry 4th.
N ea rly
A Christmas tree and m u sica 1 I wai* distributed by the Brooks-Scanlon
play, "Santa to the Rescue,” wert I and S h elv ln -H lx o n lu m b er m ills at
given by the school children at th« Bend.
schoolhouse Christmas eve. Much
T h e W illa m e tte river, for th e first
credit is due the teacher for train tim e ln th e m em o ry o f th e o ld e st rest
ing the children so successfully, a» d en ts, w a s c o m p le te ly fro zen o v e r at
we seldom see such small children S ile m .
take such parts. It certainly giver
An arm ed, m a sk ed m a n held up t h e
them an opportunity to develop ant pool h a ll o f F. E. W a ller a t B orin g, ob
talent they may have.
tained >160 from Mr. W a lle r and m a d e
h is e s ca p e.
S c h o o l N o te s
A sp a ra g u s a c r e a g e w ill be d ou b led
In th e sp rin g by m em b ers of the U m a
tilla P ro ject G row er«' a s s o c ia tio n a t
H erm iston .
(High School Reporter)
There was much commotion and
many joyous leave-takings as th«
rift-laden students hurried away So
their respective homes Wednesday tc
spend the holidays. loot’s hope the>
eturn “a sadder and a wiser” crowd
There certainly has been a quantity
of unnatural stillness about.
Basketball suffered some neglect
on account of the intensely cold
weather. In spite of the persuasive
arguments of “Old Boreas" both the
boys and girls managed to turn out
for practice as usual last week.
Now -is the time to enjoy crops
word puzzle« without letting your
lessons suffer.
The first basketball game of the
year for the boys and the first of
‘he season for the girls will be play
rd on the home floor on the evening
of January 2. The visiting teams,
who are from Shedd, are expected
to put up a good fight, so the gen
■'Tai outlook seems to favor two fast
tnd exciting games.
It is hoped
that there will be a goodly supply of
rooters for both sides.
The high school plans to give a re
ception for the teams immediately
'allowing the games.
Wednesdaw
afternoon
at the
T h e body o f an u n id e n tified la b o rer
w as ta k en from b eh in d an e n g in e
ten d er o f a w estb o u n d p a sse n g e r tra in
a t A rlin g to n .
T h o m a s E arl. 43. co m m itted su ic id e
at h is h om e in E u g en e by h a n g in g
h im se lf w ith a p ie c e o f c lo th e s lin e
from a beam In th e w o o d sh ed .
Dr. S an d ford W h itin g , a p ro m in en t
P ortland p h y sic ia n and su rg e o n , drop
ped dead In h is o ffic e In th e S e llin g
building. H ea rt d is e a s e w a s g iv e n a s
th e ca u se.
Stacy, II, and C lark, 10, s o n s o f
■Mr. and Mrs. H. R. B w a n so a . liv in g
fiv e m ile s n orth o f E u g e n e , w ere
drow ned w h ile sk a tin g on a sm a ll la k e
near th e ir hom e.
Mrs M ary K napp. 07. mother of
H orace K napp, w a te r a u p erln ten d o n t
o f La G rande, d ied aa th e resu lt o f
burns su ffered th e n igh t o f D ecem b er
IS. S h e w a s a p io n e e r o f th e v a llo y .
Cold
w e a th e r
has
h a n d ica p p ed
en u m e ra to r s o f th e fe d era l farm
c e n su s to su ch an e x te n t th a t o n ly
about 20 per cen t of th e a c h e d u le s on
n o rth w estern O regon fa rm s h a v e b een
filled out.
For
sc h o o lh o u se a la r g e g ro u p o f p aren t» I ch u te s
and
fr ie n d s
en jo y ed
a
p ro g ra m
by
fu rth er In r o stig a tio n of th e Dee-
irrig a tio n project, in ce n tr a l
I O regon.
E lw ood M ead, c o m m is sio n e r
recla m a tio n , haa set a sid e »5000.
en ted so m e c le v e r s o n g s and r e c ita - | A n n o u n cem en t to thia e ffe c t was m a d e
•he students.
The little folks (ire- I «’f
to R e p r e se n ta tiv e S ln n o tt.
»inns emted to the eeaeon, pee
lie Reynolds and Herman Koontz
gave an amusing dance of two child
ien of Holland which won instant up
'loval from the spectators. The high
-chool pupils contributed several
.umbers, among which was a
solo, "Black Hawk Waltz, by G«or-
zina Clark, and a vocal solo, "Star
of the East,” by Willmina Corcoran
A song by a quintet of freshmen
girls ended the entertainment.
Rom e 60 y o u th fu l tra p p e rs are on
d u ty In P in e V a lley d u rin g th e boli-
J a y s and c o n sid e r a b le riv a lry Is pres
e n t to o b fefa th e g r e a te s t n u m b er o f
h id es. N ea rly all b o y s ln th e H a lfw a y
h igh sc h o o l ea rn th e ir sp a r e m o fiey in
, P u b lic e m p lo y m e n t b u reau p la c e
m e n ts In O regon d u rin g th e cu rren t
bien n ium n u m b ered 30,335, acco rd in g
to th e b ien n ia l rep ort o f C. H. Oram,
s ta te labor c o m m issio n e r .
T he m o v em en t by th e c a ttle m en o f
he sta te a s a resu lt o f a plan a d op ted
liy th e O regon C a ttle and H o rse Orow-
erg’ a se o c la tto n to w a rd ord erly m a rk et
ing of c a ttle in th e s ta te soon w ill bo
launched In U m a tilla co u n ty , a cco rd
in g to In form ation re c e iv e d by Fred
B en n io n , co u n ty a g e n t
T h e plan Is |
to h a v e a. r e p r e s e n ta tiv e of th e g ro w
ers in t h e ,s t o c k y a r d s at P o rtla n d at
all tim e s. -
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Prof. Peck of O. A. C. recommends
;olng slow-in cut^ipg out trees and
.hrubs believed t<f. have been killed
n the cold snap It is Impossible to
tell what damage hay been done un-
il the sap start.»,.and when the fact«
.re ascertained the dead tops should
<• rut !,.'i k to ti»e uninjured wood
Don't dig 'em up unless you are sure
they are ruined.
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T h e co n tin u ed cold w e a th e r h a s
been e x tr e m e ly hard on g a m e bird« In
th e W illa m e tte v a lley .
T h e co n tra ct fo r co m p letio n o f cru le
Ing tim b er In T illa m o o k co u n ty by M
O N e a s e w a s sig n ed by N e a s e sn d the
co u n ty court last w eek . T h e co n tra ct
sp e c ifie s not le s s th a n 100.000 sc r e a to
be cru ised at 26 c e n ts s o a cre, th e
cru ise to be co m p le te d b efo re M arch
31, 1»23.
B la stin g w a s reso rted tn by t h e
M ountain S ta le s P ow er co m p a n y to
k eep the A lb an y w a ter d itch o p en sn d
to p reven t a n y w a ter sh o r ta g e la th e
c ity . About 70 p ou n ds of d y n a m ite
w a s used e v e r y d a y to blast ic e from
th e su rfa ce o f th e d itch .
Fourth In sta llm e n ts p a y m e n ts o f t h e
I ••■I” Income
tax which was repealed
« ,h* r',c«ot
have lotnM
approximately »200,000. according tn
I l’"arl F’lMher. "tale ••» commissioner
T h ere Is y e t to bo co lle c te d from thia
so u rc e m ore th a n »250,000.
C om m ander F red M lltoo P e r k in s,
The ro a d s w e r e to o slick fo r th< I g u n n ery o fficer n t th e A m erican b a ttle
B ro w n sv ille s t a g e S a tu r d a y m o rn in g I fle e t, w ho w a s Injured In an a ir p la n e
end a fte r c r o s s in g th e ra ilro a d track I ornnh at I-on A n g e le s harbor M onday,
er the Swearingen home it «k;d- I D ecem b er 15, d ied at San D iego, a c
hed from the road and in to a ditch, I co rd in g to word re c e iv e d by hi» fa th er,
s u f f e r in g a b en t a x le , b en t fen d er»
T - P erk in s, o f P ortlan d
nd other injuries. The three pas- j W illiam R asl, tw ic e c o n v ic te d o f v io
Mrs. R. K. Stewart received word engera were brought into Halaey [ la tin g th e p roh ib ition la w s, h a s re
that her son, Myrel Settle of Reeds by F. Tindle.
ceiv ed a co n d itio n a l pardon from G ov
port, had received a fractured skull
ern o r P ierce, a cco rd in g to th e reco r d s
in a fall from the conveyor at the
Misses Marie Sneed of Seattle and at S a lem B a il's co n d itio n a l pardon
mill where he worked. He is in a
com m u ted th e u n serv e d p ortion o f h is
f-illian
of Portland spent the
hospital at North Bend and doing
s e n te n c e and re m itte d (2 6 0 o f a (6 0 0
lays with their parents, Mr.
well at last reports.
fine.
Mrs. N. T Sneed Ercell was
Baker Cummings and family of lorn« from 0. A. C.
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