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RURAL ENTERPRISE
pride. Than he read further:
“ W« know your reputation for pub
lie enterprise and we know that it i>
men like yourself that do things that
ire really worth while.”
The foregoing i , sufficient to show
fcte»rlo lo.
|l .f ÿ a r«ar la ad
the character of"the effusion. Now
Ad»»rtniQ(f, 2üc aa inch ; ao diacono io you wonder that the editor walks
tor urna or ipaoe ; no charge for oow
C A P IT A L A N D S U R P L U S
n th his head above his shoulders and
aoaiObo or * jaugea.
j s shoulders above his hips, instead
ha T a la -fu» Paragraphs," la _ _
Commercial and Savings accounts Solicited
* • advertising dugutaed aa t a v a
f meandering like Grandpa Monkey?
If you hear of a few disastrous
ut mysterious explosions in th<
MAKE ET ROAD F U N D
« « ‘»a
a . . . . • a a , » l * V * \ ^ i V ^ r V ^ i* t lV V V ‘u \ r i A l f i l V VVUUVVV
late, consider that this letter, fresl
About SO miles of market road was fom the printing press in imitatior
A,
if a typewritten production, has
te s t: lie was unaware of the sinfulness which showed vortlerouidy Its unmis
built in Linn county last year and tbe
een mailed to some hundreds 01
of his action; he had not se«n the takable relief.
county court expects to do better this housanda of people, some o f whon
great chief nor beard of bis Alsalon
The Hmbroslal remain* were there-
year. An aaaault will be made on
from the god s; It was the V ow ., i . . I fore gathered together and placed In
my have neglected to duly rop'
Croft waved him away.
receptacles of plaited reeds. Lighted
i cm selves before imbibing Its gas.
the market road fund in the legisla
"Thou knovest now. Take heed, reed torches were produced for every
The
fellows
who
write
‘‘We
knov
ture in the shape of a bill to allow
over-bold one I” Then he tilrned to body, and the procession set forth,
that fund to be used on through state
our reputation” to these hundred
Roowa, «111 on his knees in despair.
headed by the old chief and the white
I Continued)
highways.
i- thousands of people are as well
“If all this Is done peacefully," he
"Roowa,” ho asked, “thou lo v e« thy visitor». Turning westward through
Aher
this
they
set
forth
again.
It
continued. In threatening tones, “ye little ones?"
This market road fund is all that
osted on those reputations as a
, ''
the council chamber, they bore a little
was no longer dlfflcult to make Chlm- »hall rest In safety. But If again yoor
Og is on algebra.
the farmers have seen o f the roads
“A-aa! As myself. Mighty C hief!"
Inland to the sacred palm grove.
abahol talk. His delight was almost hands are lifted again« us, yonr
The look In his eyes touched Bar
The communication is an entering childlike, resulting In a gtirrnllty
Within a few moments the torches
they were promised when they were
bodies shall be burned afresh with bine bara. It was another glimpse into a bad formed two waving lines of light,
buncoed into voting for millions of I edge for propaganda for an inter-
cnlt at times to understand. But Croft flre-devils!
Your women shall be human soul, although as yet she under aa the natives divided upon either «d e
itional exposition to be held in Ore- realised that the little tribe, with the sla in ; your little ones thrown to the
state road bonds. They were promis
stood nothing of his trouble.
of tbe central path. The bearer» of
Jtt. Such an exhibition would be natives’ melancholy sense of fatalism, sharks I The wrath of your god will
ed roads over which their products
“It Is well. Take heart, R oow a! the sacrifice advanced up tbe center
had become convinced of Its extinc I bring down," waving his hand threat My will la not to offer up thy alck !
good thing for the business inter
could be hauled to the railroads.
and laid it upon tbe unllgbted bonfire;
tion, this conviction producing Inertia. eningly skyward, “nnd turn you Into
ts and real estate men of Oregon
Then the whole fund was hogged for
babe; but to go with thee now to thy : the musicians squatted on the ground
Apparently
all
attempts
at
cultivation
tortured
slaves,
If
ever
again
ye
molest
nd would have the hearty support
through roads from city to city.
hut, and, perchance, cure tbe child."
; near the altar, beginning again their
had ceased, with all forethought for the great white chief or his w ife!”
f the Enterprise if its promoters
The Joy which transfigured the na uncanny mualc.
The market road fund was assign
future generations.
Fear overawed the natives' en tive’s fnce was Indescribable. Upon 1 Tbs preliminary rites ceased, add
uuld show us a way to finance il
ed to give some of them relief and
When they emerged from the south thusiasm. They fell on their faces
tbe dismissal of the tribe, he led the i Chlmabalioi turned te Croft.
:thou(
adding
to
the
back-breaking
the highway commission tried to
ern end of the fore«, the little colony again, babbling Incoherently of obedi
visitors to his hut. Incoherent In his 1 ‘Thou, O Great White Chief, »halt
ad o f taxation in this
of hnts came Into view.
___ tate.
gobble it and fought for it in the
ence and mercy. He motioned them to excitement. As Croft had guessed, tlie make tbe flamea arias, straight and
Finance the thing yourselves, ye
“The huts are deserted,” Barbara rise: then he drew back, satisfied. He
courts, but the farmers won. Now
child only suffered from fever, needing j high : Thus shall we know that our
observed. “Where Is everybody?”
had established comparative safety for more air and cleanliness—the filth and I sacrifice 1» accepted by our god.”
_ .city
_ interests
_______ ____
_ ww „ to 1 nights of Electra, and you have our
tho big
are r.._
primed
"Dressing for dinner, perhaps,” he them both, for the time being at all stench being abominable. Ordering !
fig h t for a change in the la"w so they 1 ‘ *st wi’ he’ and efforts, and if thf
The great white chief inclined hla
can
iret hold
hold of
nt that
»!,„» fund.
r..»j
I halo you have placed on this editor’? suggested lightly. “Oh, lord! I am events, and explained the scene to those necessities, he produced from his head. Stepping forward with the as
can get
dry. And they won’t supply a wh;«ir.r Barbara, exultantly.
pockets one of his fever antidotes, surance of one used to guiding sacri
ead has any value you are wel
Very few farmers are in the leg
and soda! Oelestial life has Its draw
This Introduction over, Chlmabahol Meamaa watching him In terrified be
ficial flames from childhood, he ad
islature and the grab may be ac I c ime to market it and devote to the backs."
now Informed his guest of his priv
wilderment: then he precipitately vanced to the altar, Barbara watching
tuse any price it may bring.
“I wonder what they wear?”
complished.
ilege In choosing the great sacrifice to pushed Barbara out Into the freeh air
him in astonishment. There be paused
"Who? Gods?"
But don’t ask us to ask for state
lie offered up at the close of the feast. again.
Farmers are paying the bulk of
for a solemn moment— whether to give
id for it.
“No. The natives—for dinner."
Should the great white chief decide
the taxes but are getting the little
The feast, to which they were now the effect of revenmea, or to grasp
He gave a shout of laughter, causing upon human sacrifice— The old man
end ol the benefits from them.
led. was spread upon tlie ground in an aotoe elusive memory, er from sheer
We hive a farmer for governci, Chlmabahol to Jump with fright
waved toward the crowd of faces,
open space between the hut* sad the joy In the «tuatlon, she could not
“Oh, Just a reed or two, maybe. watching in tense apprehension:
hut only a small proportion o'
lagoon.
Only the men squatted round tell. . . . Slowly, at last, he raised
What
we
may
come
to,
y
e
t
”
LOBBYISTS
“All are here, O Mighty Chief."
firmera is the legislature.
Th.
to eat, the women—occupying a lower hts arms, waving the flaring tsrch high
Barbara said no more.
Upon this arose a chorus of dis
position—waited npon them, with the above his head. Then he embarked
sentient cries, mixed with shouts of
A newspaper lobbyist in the leg maDsgeri of the dominant p ti i\
pleasant expectation of finishing thoir upon a short display of physical drill,
"Meamaa
I
Meaman
I”
The
natives
islature writes: • “The legal news- announce that the plan tc devot.
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leavings.
as if invoking the sp irits,o f an unseen
pressed forward In eager anxiety.
puper law and the the legal rate are Ine major part of the coming se .
At the end of the fe n « the pair be host. It Impremnd the natives Into
The const of the deserted appear
Chlmabahol glanced up quickly.
came aware that all eyes were fastened awestruck alienee, w hile filling the girl
the result of the work of our leg is sion to “ bitting the governor ’ ’ ance of the place was soon clear.
“Where is Meamaa? I see her not.
on them. The snn bad set. The sacri with an alm o« Irrepressible de«re to
lative lobbyist; th .
county court h
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ip been abandoned. Maybe son r Chlmabahol led his guests around the Where Is Roowa, her husband? And fice must be decided upon. An air of
laugh. After this performance, he bent
pioceedings are now being published I
.
western outskirts of the little settle Laalo, her son?”
anxiety, of strained «¿pectatlon, was slowly down and held hla torch to the
only because of the activity of th . P
“ D‘# W'H * * 'VeU
P ubii
ment, toward the belt of verdure reach
A little black figure was thrust mnnlfe«.
heap of dry sticks and leavaa. Imme
..............
ing down on that side almost to the roughly forward. He glanced round,
lobbyists
at the session two years ■I'Uslness.
Croft's wits had not been slumbering. diately the fire caught on. crackling
lagoon. Here, In a large clearing used fearfully, uncertain whether to cry or
ago, four years ago, and six years
’Our gods have told me," he. Informed and (testing, sending op leaping yellow
If tbe payer of an Income tax for council chamber, with carpet of prove the manhood of his five years.
ago; an attempt is made at every
moss, walls of lofty trees, roof fres Deciding upon the former course, his Chlmabahol confidentially, “that thy flamea nnd. thick curling smoke late the
god. Bnlhunka. doth not hunger for the somber vault shove.
session to do away with some publi h i* nothing lo be ashamed of i t coed with blue and green tracery, was
eyes. In the act of screwing up, en
doth
. . . . . of
u i man
. . . u u this
n u n moon;
n i v v u , neither
n r iu ir r U
’J U l he
ill"
* » *•» U
M I M U I 1 and splendid c
v n u s |{ n r
This
instant
conflegra-
cations, while few legislators ever h is nothing to fear from publicity
assembled apparently the entire tribe. countered those of the white girl flesh
desire fish or bird to be offered unto tJon w ss ai sign of the offering being
suggest new publications. The pro If otherwise he ought to be ex.
Upon the white chief s appearance a watching him curiously ; nnd he paused
fit», to the newspapers — even to the p iled. Let there l>e light.
walling murmur arose. Interspersed by gazing at her, hts mouth open. She film He deslreth to taste the dishes acceptable to Bnlhuaka. Another burst
ihou bn« prepared for those who hove «1 excited Incantation broke from tha
the occasional frightened cry of a smiled. A wondering grin slowly over
smallest — from editorial association
»«ii».. h
. , . from . the
k -
. . . . that
. . . I assem bly,/ the musicians once mors
sailed
here
skies. All
child.
At
a
shout
from
their
chief,
spread
his
small
Impish
face,
and
he
legislative activities pay many times
No ; the grange is not out . f they all fell upon their faces. Three moved nearer, looking up at her with we have left uneaten »halt thou collect, blow ing, upon their reeds and sheila.
over every year the small amount
therefore, and offer unto him. It la The torches flared, the bonfire bellied
politics. It lo u ld o ’t lie and be aa llmee they raised their bodies, sway childish adoration.
each newspaper is asked to contrib
food tabu to those sent by til* gods: forth tkdek gust» of flame and smoke.
ing
backward,
then
down
again
to
the
For
the
first
time
Barbara
felt
the
patriotic as it is. It is out ol
ut “
therefore doth he require it beyond all Its roar mingling with the music and
earth. After the third obeisance they humanity behind the repulsive exterior
other food.”
wild staging
We will add that the legal rate i partisan polilios.
rose to their feet, eying tho strangers of these folk. She held out her free
This distinct greediness seemed more
At hast the flames reached the sacri
rurlously, fearfully.
extortionate — a case o f holding up
hand. The little fellow came shyly
While the old chief launched Into a toward It, but some one roughly pulled In character with a peevish child than fice send the air was flllpd with die
and robbing the person so unfortun
lengthy oration, end as she watched him hack; and she remembered, with n celestial being; but to Chlmabahol It smell 1 of burning food.
ate us to be drawn into litigation
appeared natural enough. He com
A great shout went up. Tbe god
the
varying expressions upon their some amusement, that she was tabu!
T be publication of "the county court
municated the decision to the tribe.
I (Continued on page 5)
faces. It dawned upon Barbara that
Accompanied by much muttering and
proceedings,” meaning a list of bills
rid your system of Catarrh or Deafnesi these might be, henceforth, the only- scuffling, a man whose face was dis
allowed, is a big graft added to the caused by Catarrh.
human beings In her life! This ap tinctly more Intelligent than that of
taxpayers’ burdens. Lobbyists of, ev
palling probability Rhorked her, as she many of his fellows, slowly advunced.
*v * » o w Av wsv Sd rMn
ery kind should be excluded from tbh F. J. CHENEY fik. C O ., Toledo, Ohio realised It. with almost the effect of a Oroft watched him closely.
sudden, reeling blow. Shuddering, she
legislature and from congress. They
“Roowa I" cried Chlmabahol, “where
turned from the sn a il dusky bodies are Meamaa nnd thy babe, that they
always represent a small clique
and
looked
at
Croft’s
fine
physique
obeyed not the command to greet the
against the mass of the people.
Giowns, bridge) work andl fillings. It wil
His head was averted, his attention en
great white chief?"
tlrely engrossed by Chlnasbahol’s gab
pay you to get to y prices on your dental work
Many eager voices broke in, before
CHILD LABOR
bling speech.
he could reply.
Cuuick bank building,' A lbany
"The babe is sick, O Chief!”
Conscious of mental nausea, like one
drowning, she dutched at the only re
The Medford Mail-Tribun^ says
“The scourge, O Chief! It Is again
maining link with life—the companion in the house of Roowa I Let the great
that if the child labor amendment is
destined to the same fate. For the white chief save us from the scourge,
approved “no child in the
ountrv
first time In her life she called him by at the Sacrifice of the Full Moon to
will be allowed .to work until after
name, grasping his arm:
night—"
the 18th birthday."
r’í
"Alan I"
Roowa uttered a great cry, and fell
Is there so much
k» feared from
T ires New. low-p'.riced Gill
Quickly he turned, in astonishment on his knees before Croft, eyes wild,
the ‘amendment th a t silch an egre
’We
may
any other hu- arms outstretched, babbling protesta
Y 011
.
•
I
" * “>
aJ never see ai
M
ore
service
gious falsehood as tn*l it necessary
tions and pitiful supplications
io u a re now beg in n in g man being»!- she gasped.
B a tte rie s foi*
In tke campaign ig ^ fr fs t it, on the
v ' A 1 « I.
A* "I t k* t F”
w « <
I With
• «■»«.<• I swift
» .
The white man fully realised the
With him
his • usual
penetration he
N o m o re cost
to
think
o
f
1925.
I
t’s
a
ls
o
F o rd ,
j
and
theory that The end justifies the
understood, by tbe desperation In her ernfttness of these fellows, also the
Skilled A uto re p a irin g Stpr,
i
o th e r
m ean*’ "
f t
tu n e to think of v o u r voice and eyes, the overwhelming hor dellcncy of his own position, with the
rors raised by this thought For a mo necessity of causing no offense in this
C h e v ro le t / sm all cars
A
uto
accesso
ries
If.the
amrndmeft ------
passes, —
congress
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„.„ ..eyes. P e r h a p s th ey need ment
he hesitated; then, pulling her first action ns overlord. His face set
will have j o r f M o i forbid the em- glasses to b r ig h te n im th e
MORE SERVICE FOR LESS M n v r v
hand down Into his, he clasped It clone, In Its m o« determined. Impenetrable
ployment of chtWren under 18 ,in vb -I
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saying nothing. At his reassuring lines; his eyes flashed round on all
rations which i f believes dangerous
NEW YEAR
touch the awful loneliness faded grad present. Inspiring fear In the hearts of
Them are slates in which 1 * ’ '.little
.lit
ually, as the autumn mists when the those upon whom they occasionally
rested
Recognizing at last the man
children are driven to tasks that
sun breaks through.
A sudden outburst of exultant cries he sought, he motioned him forward.
cripple their minds and bodies and
Larger than most, more brutal of
rent the air. Tlie lengthy eulogy came
make them mere machines during
countenance, Rarbnrn quickly recog
Optometrists.
Jcwplere
to
nn
end
nt
last.
The
pathetic
relief
the few years they are allowed to
In every swarthy breast manifested nized her late pursuer.
and tnanuficiiiriog opticians
live and send them to premature but
“What Is he called?" Croft demanded
Itself in wild leaps and Jubilant shouts.
Welcome graves.
There are task-
ALBANY
CPoft, like Mr. Mlcawber, was not of Chlmabahol.
Baboomn. O Greatest of C hiefs!”
blasters in those states who, with
slow In seizing an opportunity for elo
The two men regnrderi each other
quence Raising his free hand to com
money coined from the blood o f the
mand silence, he glibly reeled off other silently: and In the look of the native
innocent, control the legislatures and
Croft recognized hatred and defiance,
duties assigned to him.
prevent the passage of humane law.
It was. he stated confidently, the la spite of the fear lurking In the bold
'I he proposed amendment gives con-
gods’ desire that he and his wife should •yes which met his own.
Laundry sent Tuesdays
pTess the power to say "Thou shalt
H ay is w orth ju s t as m u ch in is to r a g e as
A dull murmur arose. In which hts
live upon the Island to assist the tribe
Agency Hub Cleaning Works
not.” That is all.
In tlie recovery of its strength nnd ear was quick to note hostility. The
y o u m ig h t get for it in c a se o f lire. Th >
prosperity. This provoked more up- old c h iefs face was full of anxiety as
he steppe<i forward, pulling hl* bmrd
A B E ’S P L A C E
roarlous shouting.
Engle F ire In a u ra ,,ce c o m o a n ,1
"They would have you to cultivate narvously
WATCH THE GASOMETER
« ¿ b value in care
“Few have so straight an aim aa
again the taro plant, which now Is as a
O
l
lo
s
s
b
y
t
ir
e
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w eed : weave much tapestry for your
Baboama. Great Chief He Is of kin
T h . editor ba. received » lengthy i
huts from the reeds; dry the sliced
to my bouse He will heroine chief In
letter from “The Knights of E l« -
kernels of the cocount; cultivate the
my «ead. Many.” he added In a low
cotton seed
Then, perchance, when
tra,” whoever they may he. We will I
voice, “would have him n ow ; for 1 am
we remove to other lends, we shall
old and my heart Is dead with mv
quote a few passages from it to show
All work iloov proiuptly|«nd reason
send great ship» hither with wondrous sons.”
t h . reader that he is some punklns.
ably
Ifiinns ’.<>
gifts In return for the fruits of your
He hath not found favor In my
It says
tot)"
Further si,outs arose.
"The
sight." replied the gods’ messenger
"It gives us pleasure to Inform you I
gods would have us to visit freely your curtly, frowning upon the wretch,
HALSEY
that the masses of vour citizenry
habitations and show you how to pre whose expression o f defiance was rap
vent the pescilenres which devour your
Idly 'iding. "Ho hath raised his eyes
numbers."
• nd hts liand to tlie white ch iefs wife!"
figners in your com m unft?”
This program was vociferously sc- h* thundered, glaring ferociously at tlie
C s.hjpsnl’lor
olalmed; but Croft’* experience of na now trembling fl.ture.
Wore the
paused m
in ine
thè re«(.
rea<fc
...» editor pausaci
2
may communicate with Entice .
. .. „ ,
tive* was too wide to allow of reliance
Like a sudden breeze rippling over
in« l«ng enough to get him ielf roped Cream, Poultry, Eggs. Veal
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Lee of the Sal v Mi on Army at the
upon their momentary enthusiasm
a group of poplars, a breath of fear
u
W' lent he
ftop, swelling with & Hides.
M. H- S H O O K Flashing a stem rlsnce around, be swept across th» listening crowd. Ba • • White Shield Home, 565 May*
y *.ur aveaue, Portland, Oregon.
•* 9 d Ute« into »Reps».
boouia began a^iqeam of gabbling pro-
An l&4«e«*4,ot—N ,t neutral—a . » ,
L P*(*r. publish«! sv tiy Wsduasday,
«V Wm. H. W
HALSEY STATE BANK
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Halsey, Oregon
$ 3 5 ,0 0 0
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