E nterpri
A \\ eekly Chronicle of Loyal Events and Progress on Linn County Land
A g rc u itu re
H u rt c u ltu re
L i v ea t o c k
D a ir y
P o u lt r y
HAL8EY, OREGON
H a ls e y H ap p en in g s
and C o u n ty E vents
Short Stories from Sundry
Sources
fell and broke his collar bone last
week.
incom e T a x H its
Adolpb Falk went to Albany
yesterday.
D. 8. MoWiliiama of Albany
was in Halsey Tuesday.
Buying Power of the Farmer
W. J * Curey ciitn* down from
Joe Kirk was a Halsey visitor on Eugene for a visit yesterday.
Frank G ansle aud Linn Norton
Monday.
have installed a new radio at T . J.
Miss Mearle Straley was the guest S klrvin’s,
of Misses Nora and Pearl Pehrsson
Mr. and Mr*. T . J Skirvin at-
several days last week.
tended a new year’s eve dunce at
Delinquent taxes in Linn county H arrisburg.
from last year amount to only $4
697.14, or four per cent of the total.
Miss V irginia Shelton left fori
Corvallis S atu rd ay .
She is an |
Mias Mary H enry died at 10 O. A. C. student.
yesterday in a esn itariu in at S’ letu
Page 5 got printpd in the place,
Funeral th is afternoon at Chit of page 3 this week.
Perhaps i t 1
wood, Ore.
enjoys its new quarters.
Mr. and Mrs. H arry Bressler
VV. f. Kibelin went to Prineville;
have gone to Chitwood to attend yesterday to reside.
Mis. W e i's'
The purchasing power of farm commodities continues to rise. Latest esti­
th e funeral of M ary H enry.
and Miss Finley are occupying tee
mate* show an average of 4.8 points higher for the first eleven months of this
big bouse.
Mrs. B ertha O. C unningham
year than during the corresponding months of 1923. according to a report of
was given a divorce Moudav from
the Sears-Roebuck Agricultural Foundation, baaed on the new index numbers
Joe K irk, engineer on the S P
Enoch J . Cunningham , with cus­ R. R. was th e guest of his sister, | of farm prices prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.
tody of the two children.
Five Mrs. 0 W. F ru m .am l family Mon­
Farm prices show a combined value of 134 on November 1, 1924, as com­
pared with 100 In 1913. Tip« combined Index number includes 34» farm com­
other divorce* were g ranted the day evening
modities which represent naVre (tha* 90 per cent of the value of products sold
same day.
Revival services commenced Sun­ hv farms, the Foundation points out. Using August, 1909. to July, 1914, as 100,
Mrs. C. H. Allen returned to her day in the local M E. church and the purchasing power of th eff product* stood at 87 on November 1 of this year.
home at Peshastin, Wash., Monday will continue indefinitely.
Two In 1918 the purchasing power was 10«, decreasing to «9 In 1921. In 1922 it rose
to 74 and by 1923 the average stood at 78. During the first eleven months of
after spending the holidays with her service* every day.
this year the purchasing power of farm commodities averaged 82.3 as compared
sister, Mrs. E. A. Whitbeck. She had
Guy H ow ard, 58, a farm er near with 77.5 In the same period a year ago.
previously visited in California.
Sodavillp, died yesterday morning
Advances In grain, which averages about 22 per cent of the total value
W. K Newton of Craw fordsville as a result of blood poison through of farm products sold, and In price of meat animals, which averages 27 per
passed th ru Halsey yesterday en an injured band. He lea ves a wife, cent, have been the largest factors tn the Increase of the farmer’s purchasing
power since 1921. The grain fanner received during the early part of this
route to A lbany with a tioe bundle three sons and a daughter.
year prices about 10 per cent above the pre-war five-year average This had
of skins.
The largest, a hohoat
The Metzger Shoe Service at Al­ risen to 30 per cent Increase by July. At the same time the general price
hide, measured 37 inches long and
bany h as been consolidated with level of commodities the farmer has to buy ranges 30 to 80 per cent above tlie
weighed 22 lbs.
The c t was
th e McDowell shoe store, from 1913 level.
treed by his dogs during th e snow
which Mr Metzner bought one
A hunting club was organized out
storm . This is the second one he
se lion of its business when he
in the Charity neighborhood Christ­ M iss G r o o ’s P rize
has killed this winter. He receives
started .
Jó 00 bounty for them besides the
mas and divided into two companies
is a $ 15 ,0 0 0 H om e
purchase price.
The demu rrer of the builders of with the understanding that the poor
the new bridge across the W illam- huntsmen were to give the winning
Why has tb s Blain C lothing ! etle at Alhanv to Barrett B rothers’
side and the community an oyster W inner Against 1,000,000
com pany been sixty years in busi­
I suit for an injunction because of supper at the grange hall New Y»grs
Competitor« in Schools
ness on the same street and grow­
damage to th eir property has been eve. After four days of hunting the
ing all the time? Because its busi­
of America
overruled.
losers gave the supper to the
ness m ethods are sound.
E x te n ­
community
as
agreed,
with
75
people
siva newspaper advertising is one
Joe K brenreicb, aw aiting trial at
of those m ethods. And this week, Albany for an escapade with a present. They also watched the did
when m any short-lived firms are woman at Brow nsville, staged year out and the new year in and
eurtailin g th e ir advertising, the another scene with another woman adjourned to their homes early In
Hlaih com pany has the biggest at Salem, was arrsst-ed, escaped, the morning.
advertisem ent of the year. When and is now a fugitive from justice. [
a sag season comes in business
Brad Moss has moved upon the F.
“ Tbs Covered W agon,’’ a movie
this company goes out after more
M. Maxwell farm and taken Clark
classic, was shown at Rialto hull
business and gets it.
Smith’s Halsey—Sweet Home mall
Monday night to a good house a rd
O 'en u Nichols of Pine Grove at Shedd last night. The pictures contract off his hands.
Mi. Smith is laid up with tofiailitis
ami the te x t did not «how nn c*
brightly as (bey do a |:l>e G obc n at his home. His health has been
A lbany’s
A lbany, hut. th a t did not trouble dining and this he attributes to
steady driving.
During tbe 2 1-2
only
people with perfect vigion.
years since he took the contract the
A L. Schick of Portland re I six trips have been made promptly
EXCLUSIVE
| turned home yesterdav after a visit regardless of weather Or road con­
to hie m other, Mrs. John Schick ditions.
OPTICAL PARLORS I of
Rrownavflle, who is very ill.
i Mr. Schick lived six miles nut from
Mrs. Mayme Robinsory and daugh­
E V E R Y T H IN G O P T IC A L
j Halsey on the Jim m y Pearl place
ters of Portland arrived Wednesday
i when a boy. and he inquired after
Bancroft Optical Co.
m any of the old resident* in H al- i om Yoncalla, where they hod been
jsey.
j visiting their aunt, Mrs. rre d Apple­
313 West First street, Albany.Or.
gate, and stopped for a few days
Mis* Ju lia S Groo,
with their aunt, Mrs. T. I. Mariks, and
I
(Continued on page 4)
grandmother, Mrs. M. E. Bassett. an lS-year-old P o rtlan d , Oregon,
They were accompanied from Eugene high school girl, is the winner of
by their cousin, Mrs. Carl Kuppe, the $15,000 tin darn a'eetnoally
equiuped home in the national
who remained for a day.
ligh'ing contest in which over
1,(MX),000 school children partici­
A. A. Tussing was busy, with court
pated.
Mie* Groe also won the
m atters in Albany the first of the
,
»20)
cash
grand prize in thn Port-
Is prepared, in 1925. as ever, to serve custom ­
week.
| land lighting contest.
Her assay
ers frem a complete stock of fresh goods
f 600 word* wa* worth over $25 a
■ word to her.
M. V. Koontz Co.
dry goods
N otions and novelties
Underwear for men. women and children
m i
Men measured for dandy made-t<»-order
dress suits
Boys’ suits, ready to wear
Rain clothing
hoes
for the little folks
HOES for the big folks
S
“ If ynut feet h u rt, come io .
a p air of E dw ards' Foot F itte r* -”
We can reliave you with
are Our goods give satisfaction because they
K 00N T Z Q
GOOD GOODS
N ew s N otes From
C ity E m ployes
Washington, D. C. — AI1 employes
of municipally owned (nstitutlona act­
ing in proprietary capacity rather than
serving governmental purposes, such
as water light and street railway com
pnniea, are subject to Income tax on
their compensation
They will have
to pay taxes on their Income* as (ar
back aa 1919. and the bureau of in
terual revenue baa notified the col
lector of customs to compel tbe ftltug
of returns over those years.
The ruling, far-reaching In Its op
plication, is based on court decisions
in several sections of the country,
which have held, in effect, that such
Institutions at were named were com
petlng with private enterprise and
should occupy a similar footing with
respect to certain taxation features
Officials of tha bureau declined to be
definite tn the application of the nil-
lag, which was made by Solicitor Nel
son T. Hartson, and the problem of
enforcement hat been left In the hands
of Internal revenue collectors.
BRIEF GENERAL NEWS
The president and Mrs. Coolidge
shook hands with more than 4000 per
sons who filed through the Whitt
House for the annual New Year s re
ception.
The interstate commerce commit
slon Investigation Into wool rates from
the Pacific Coast and Intermediate
territory will begin at a hearing In
Chicago, February 19.
Senatorial Investigation of the Uni
tod Hlatea tariff commission, with
particular stress on Its sugar policy
was proposed in a resolution tntroduc
ed In the senate by Senator Robiuaon
democrat of Arkansas
The navy department, finder ordert
from President Coolidge, hat begun
preparations for the evacuation of the
100 United States marines who have
been kept In Nicaragua since 1919 te
protect American let areal a.
Legislation reducing the time limit
for World war veterans to apply for
their bonus from January 1. 1999. tn
January 1, 1926, has been recommend
ed to congress by Major Oeneral
Robert C. Davis, adjutant general ol
the army.
Christiania, for 300 years the capita’
of Norway, exists in name no more
On the stroke of midnight January 1
the name of the capital was changed
to Oslo, by which it was known for
about 000 years—from 1047 to 1094,
when It was changed to Christiania.
Reparation» Note Sant U. 9 by Britain
Washington, D. C. -A conciliatory
note was received at state department
from Orest Britain which prepares the
way for further discussion coucernlng
this government's demand to share In
German reparations proceeds In pay
ment of roughly 9260.000.000 wat
claims. Great Britain, however, atlll
refuses to recognize the legal right ol
the United Stats* to collect through
the reparations fund, which la to he
re allocated at the Paris financial con
fcronce this week.
A ll O v e r O re g o n
Gleaned by the W estern
Newspaper Union
Tazeg received by the state on gaso­
line and diatlilate tales la November
aggregated »202.936 39.
Flood waters tn the Willamette
river virtually isolated Eugene from
uutomoblle traffic for 24 hours.
Building operations In Salem during
the year 1924 aggregated »1.843.966 aa
against *1,296,732 in 1929.
Marion county sportsmen contribut­
ed »11.127.25 for fishing and hunting
licenses during the year 1924.
Cyrus W Barger, one of the oldest
stage coach drivers In the northwest,
died in Portland at the age of 76.
Several cases of Influenza have been
reported tn Flue valley, though no
deaths have resulted from the malady.
ln e year 1924 in some lines ex­
celled any preceding year In La
Grande. Building permits, 343 In num­
ber, were issued for constructions
eatimated to coat »448,102.
Farmers of the Stayton and Aums­
ville district« have filed with the state
engineer application for authority to
appropriate water from the Santlam
river for Irrigation purposes.
Information has been received of
the appointment of Chauncey Florey,
retiring county clerk, a* United States
cou.mlssloner for Medford to succeed
Glean O. Taylor, recently resigned.
Judge Kelley of Albany decided that
the election held In Eugene last July,
at which »600,000 bonds were voted
for the erection of a municipal audi­
torium on the campus of the Untver-
sity of Oregon, was void.
Nine hundred caeea were filed with
the Inheritance tax eummlaalon at
Salem during tha year. The amount
receipted and turned over to the gen­
eral fund was »414.94». leaving aa un­
receipted balance >f (76.970.
W. H. Beharrell. 76, prominent Port­
land business man and for more than
a quarter of a century Portland man­
ager of the furniture manufacturing
plant of Heywood-Wakefleid company,
died at Emmanuel hospital.
Drilling at the Trlgonla wall for oil,
near Phoenix, which was abandoned
months ago for apparent lack of funds
after drilling had gone to a great
depth tn the 1a*t two years. It la now
said by soma of the promoters will
he resumed.
It 1« reported that the emergency
appropriation of »87.600 for the North
Umpqua road had been approved by
the secretary of agriculture. This sum
will complete the road from the forest
boundary to Steamboat, a distance of
about 14 miles.
December's lumber shipments from
Portland to the Atlantic seaboard,
which measured 6,398.627 feet, valued
at »139.647, brought the sggregatn
movement for the year for those mar­
kets to 127,612.939 feet, valued nt »2,-
932.101, setting a new mark Is tbe
trade.
(Continued on page 3)
^/An
^/Appreciation
More Children Starving
Latest styles in dainty things for ladies
wear
Work garments for workers
CLOTHING
W o o l
JG N U ABY7, 1924
Church of Christ
Ixjn Chatnlee pae’ or.
B ble school 10. W. 11. Robeit-
i eon superintendent.
C hristian E ndeavor 6:80.
Evening service 7:80.
T he church w ithout a bishop in
the c o u o try w ithout a king.
If you have no ebntren ho.xe
coma gild w orship w ith us.
M . E. Church
Robert Parker pastor.
Sunday school, 10.
Preaching. I I .
Junior le a g u e , 3,
In term ediate League. 6:80.
Epw orth lesgne, 6:80
Preaching, 7:30.
Prayer-mooting Tboraday, 7:30,
Ihirty-five thousand o rp h an s
were »ate in our orp h an ages in
Bethlehem . Jerusalem and N az­
areth, and in Greece and A rm enia,
thi* C hristm as time
Tnev begin
their new year with the careless
I happiness of children, fur they be
(jeve A merica will not forget
But from the very spot whore
the Apostle Paul landed when be
answ ered the Macedonian call,
Barclay Acbeson cabled on De-
ceioher 14 :
“ May I take in at least a few of
tbe poorest orphan*?
T here are
five hundred Jow ly starving in one
cam p. In thia cam p are fifteen
i hundred C hristian exile*, formerly
I prosperous, recently arrived from
“ onia, the Icomuni of lb« Bible.
K
Sixtv have d ie! in three weeks,
leaving fortv orphan children.
Tw enty per oeut are aick, all in
tents.
O ther village* equally
needv. Our funds are exhausted
with the care of thirty-five th o u ­
sand children.
W in t-r weather
severe aa coldest in Otegod ”
J. J H andsaker,
Northwest Regional Director
E w ish to extend thanks and a p ­
W
preciation to all w ho have hon o red
us w ith their support d u rin g
the y e a r
now en d ed .
O u r relations have grow n
and strength­
ened in friendship, w hich is just as im ­
portant as the volum e of business done.
W e have done all in our p o w er to show
ourselves w o rth y of y o u r patronage and
shall en d eav o r to m erit a liberal share
d u rin g the year now com ing.
D. H. STURTEVANT
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