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About Rural enterprise. (Halsey, Or.) 1924-1927 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 11, 1925)
» PAGE « RURAL ENTERPRISE RUKAL ENTERPRISE An Independent—Nut neuttal— {»per, published eveiy Wedueeday, Wr " H. t* HKKl.KM F tB . I I, 19.-5 LMQdXS ^<4 Ever\ir\£ fairy Tale Keep Seed Corn Dry There la ao danger la corn getting too dry to grow. Moletare la the great onomy of seed corn and when It Is not possible to dry It eut thoroughly la the kern or crib before freezing vrtp.!o. . 11.10 « y *a r la advaa weather, artificial beat should bo used A dvertiung, 2üc an incb ; no diacoun After it la thoroughly dried there 1« for lime or ipace ; no charge for cota no danger of low temperature Injuring pou taon or v jaugea. It hat ear* should be taken not to al ■a T a ia - fo i Paragraphe," le a Une. low II So absorb moisture again before Me advartising dleguleed as a t n s It la used The presence of moisture In the kernel allows the freezing and t ipanalua which Injures the seed qual • GRAHAM B C W E ft . U r » ' f et/tM « p t o u m swi« ■ — Sinners in Heaven (Continued from page 3J HALSEY STATE BANK ” •’Yes,’- she encouraged. “Yon—mar ried him? TeU me everything; will your "Ton understand?” The searching took never relaxed. “You do under stand?" The appeal In that passionate re gard and queetlen brought quick re- Halsey, Oregon C A P IT A L AND SURPLUS $35,000 COWS’ CHATTER Commercial and Savings accounts Solicited "Dear," she replied, palling her denrn on the couch by the fire, “1 "Moo, moo," said Mrs. Cow, “the understand. You loved each other and way some talk about us!" acted In accordance with— honorable •'Moo, moo," said Mrs. Brown-and- eoavlettoots la extraordinary clrcjm FARMER IS THE GOOSE idea. Whlte Cow, “what do you mean by stance« Is that enough? What more ■T-- — JC.Q the girl away. After all. what did th a tr caa I say?” The fanner is the goose that lays their feelings matter? What their lng tEe prig*! Tdoat girl* are not ao T was thinking,” began Mrs. Cow. Barttara drew a breath of lnerpres opinion* to the man whose memory furtnnate. But I snppoae you took the golden egg on which the imple "I do hope it didn’t tire you," said slide relief. Holding fa it to that sym It seldom pays to feed molasses to she had tried In vain to shield from good car* to prevent—" ment combine and other industries hogs when If costs more per pound Mrs. Brown-and-Whlte Cow. pathetic hand, she recounted with slm “Y e *!“ crlad her mother almost hys "No," said Mrs. Cow, “It didn't tire pie fervor the whole history. Nothing vulgar calumny? Barbara turned and producing articles used on the farm than corn. In fact some experiments me at a lt I f It bad tired me I would faced the two women, tossing back terically, “suppose there had keen chil waa omitted up to the present. When dren?" the hair from her brow. have grown fat. The manufacturers ut the Mississippi experiment station have stopped thinking.” her voice ceased, there fell a long sliow that It requires from 1.8 to 1.9 "There would have bqen," she re ‘You shall have the truth!" she ‘Sensible," said Mrs. Brown-and- aUence. From somewhere In the hoaec have not only raised the costs of pounds of moltssee to equal 1 pound plied with unnatural calm, her eyes Whlte Cow. “But pray continue.” cried, with suddenly blazing eyes. cam* a merry laugh; an opening door their own production by yielding to of corn whau fed to pigs Other ex 'I was thinking," continued Mrs. let owt a brief flood of dance music “This 'Infatuation' you talk about went burning In an ashen face. “That Is union labor and raising wages so em pertinents have shown a higher value Cow, “of the time last spring when . . . Then a piece of coal dropped —to the end. Me returned my love. why I was so 111 at Singapore.“ I ut it is certain that molasses will not some children passed us one morning. For a moment both women w ar* \V* became husband and wife. Into the fender, and Mrs. Field moved ployes might meet the exo rti note <qnal com pouad for pound. There again bereft of speech, Barbara turned “They were evidently having a holi “Ah. my darling 1" she cried. ‘I t Is prices charged by middle men for fore. with corn at Its present price. It day, but they said: to the Are and stood gaging Into Its bitter . . . 1 know . . . 1 tvquld not pa/ te substitute molasses depths. •"Just think. It Is only 10 o'clock know. . . food from the farmers, but by them at 26 cents per gallon. In the morning and those cows are ly The allene* waa awful. A dormant ‘H a !“ gasped her annt, at last. “1 selves taking on an army of middle That was the first of many talks ing down or sitting down and haven't volcano could not have seemed more always thought there was something together during that Chrlstinus season men who double the selling cost of a thing to do. vibrant with foreboding. The two suspicions In that glnesa" which brought with it such acute uiem mi ng up all these g ral.s are n o r a ‘They haven't any lessons to study ories. . . . women aat, bereft of speech, gazing Then the girl flashed round, con- The farmer who hatches eggs early and they haven’t any examinations by the farmers. They have piled blankly at the girl, who faced them tempt ringing in her voice. On the afternoon of Boxing day, hoea these things: coming. the burden on until, as shown by the "Yea, Aunt Mary, you wooldl Pea- as the girl sat alone, Hugh suddenly fearlessly from the hearthrug. From Gets more chickens, because a larg “ ‘They haven't nny chores to do. Mrs. Stockley’s fuce every vestige of pie like you would And something letter of market agent Spence in this er proportion of the total hutch will They can enjoy scratching their chins appeared— a grave-faced Hugh, with issue, it is killing the goose that laid live. the bewildered “doggy" look still In color had fled. She looked suddenly suspicious in—an archangel. Oh I” she under the fence or resting by the o ld ; her features were haggard. cried passionately, “I know all the those golden eggs. Gets more actual meat, because brook or choosing some lovely shade his eye. She rose to meet him, with Then Barbara, as she had done twice disgusting, vulgar gossip concerning A time is likely to come when many uioro chickens will live, and because tree under which to lie. And all at some embarrassment. before, held out her left hand. Alan and myself I I knew it before I “Mrs. Field's with the old people farm products will find a more direct '.hey will weigh more at maturity than 10 o'clock In the morning.' 'This," she said, breathing fast, "la reached England. Now, I suppose, She said you were alone,” he blundered hite-hatebed birds will weigh. 'Still,' said another child, Tm and less costly route to the consum my wedding ring. H e was my hus you will all purr in yonr self-rlghteoua- “Bab— I've missed band.” Gats more eggs, because the early glad I ’m not a cow. They don't have In explanation. •rs. ness. thinking how wise you were— ” atebed pullets will lay eggs daring such bounding joy as we do and they you. old thing!" The tension broke. Mrs. Stockley "B-Barbara I" spluttered her dum- A like improvemaut in the trans ie winter tad the late-hatched ones don't feel all excited und happy over The simple directness touched her gasped, and her sister gave a snort founded aunt. fer of implements and machinery 111 not She, too. had been conscious of a gap their birthdays or over their school of contemptuous laughter. 'Oh, yes, yon w ill! But"—turning from factory to farm is suggested, In the surface of her life, among the games.’ ‘Husband’ !" she mocked. "Pray— blazing eye* upon Miss Davies’ furi but the probability is that if the “Yea," continued Mrs. Cow, “that old haunts of their childhood, which who was the priest? Where wus th* ous face— "you are all wrong! How was the way they were talking. First had added to her wretchedness. I in church? Or— had you a native reg can you tell what was right and what furmers secure a little more for their they envied us because they couldn't pulslvely, she gave him her other hand istry office?" Katlmates made by the United was not—out there? What do you all produets, and are able to resume "I have missed you, too, Hughie!" teke off all the time we could In The sarcasm was to the girl merely know of real, fundamental life? What tntes Department of Agriculture show a portion of the discontinued buying, Hugh clearly had something on his which to do nothing. as the heat of an extra candle to experience have you had of—love, iat the 19 truck crops produced In that tbs mauufaclurer*' trust' whic. “Then they were glad they weren’t mind. one already enveloped In flames. She temptation— any problems— that you Ills country this past year for tald. the federal trade commission says ex “I wanted to say,” he blundered on cows, as they liked to have excite ignored the speaker, fixing her eye* should dare— dare to Judge? You all se canning and manufacture had ■ iets and functions in spite of the laws ments which we miss, such as birtb- “— to tell you— I was a rotter—that upon her mother. rose value to the growers of 83111 carry out your religious observances d ay! I've been thinking the deuce <lays and so forth. against it, will make but little change Oo yon understand, mother?" «0.000. This is $12,000.000 less thin to the letter— but what about the of a lot lately, Bab I And I wanted "But I thought to myself that they in its methods, for the law has thus u 1923. Tomatoas were first In gros- At that moment the sight of her spirit of It all?" you Just to know—you cun count on shouldn’t talk about us and about our fa r been powerless against St. mothers deathly face struck, like a ■due, showing a total of »6.1,000,ooo laziness. The two women were staggered by roe any time to— back you and Croft Iso the largest ncraage was devote, blow, upon her heart. Her anger sub her furious flow of words. The alum inum trust, federal in “Maybe we are lazy. But we give up, I mean.” , . . i this crop. Irish potutoe* were vul sided a* quickly as It hud arisen; In " I understand," cried Mrs. Stock- It was clumsily expressed; but she milk twice a day and we make them vestigators say. makes 100 per oenl •d at $44,000,000; strawberries, $36 Its place u huge pity arose, making ley, In weak Impotent rage, “that yon understood what the effort cost him profit per year on Its investment and 0,000 and cantaloupes, $20,000,000 It suddenly Imperative that the wom have disgraced our name! Sin can and the genuine feeling behind It all arb itra rily dictates prices at whioh an who had borne her should be saved not be excused. Whatever the man Hugh looked at her diffidently, then every piece of aluminum In the Unit the suffering of misconstruction. Andy Christianson of Harrisburg was—and thank heaven he is dead! away through the window, speaking ed States shall lie sold. Secretary of Impulsively she moved forward, V a greviance against the county, quickly and huskily. "And I wanted —you Should have shown strength. stretching out both hand* the treasury Mellon is one of its lead you to know that If— later on, per wenty one fleeces of his wool were You—you—are nothing but a— wan "Mother?" ere. The attorney general says it bap«—you felt you could marry me. olen in May. Henry Sylvester was ton !" Mrs. Stockley rose slowly to her after all—’’ he paused, glancing at her. w ill be prosecuted. That Is an old rested for the th eft and the wool “Mother!” The girl recoiled, as If “J shall always be there— Just the feet. Ignoring the hands, still staring rtory. Oil trusts, farm implement .‘Id at the county ja il. Sylvester at her daughter at If she were some she had been struck, catching at a amne." chair far support. Iruste, packing trusts, have been as let out on bond and dissappeared. The eyes that met his were swim hideous snake seen In a corner of her comfortable room. Her mother broke Into a storm of prosecuted and judgment obtained ool has gone up and Christianson mlng In sudden tears. "My dear! but their compliance with the courts 'You 1" she muttered. "You—my hysterical weeping. ants to sell, but his property is held she cried. “But It can never be now— 'Go I" she cried, between her soba 'hfou need not say anything, or daughter—you dare to face me with ja jl, while the thief is at large. decrees bare been bald farces, those— lies?" 'Leave the house! 1—1 refuse to own bother about It," he said simply. The hands dropped and clenched at you ! Go ta your friend* who— con lh * freeze damaged Propst’s Impulsively she pressed his hands her sides. "They are not lies 1 It done Immorality— who encourage sin. THE LEGISLATURE again« her cheek; then he drew him n acre field of loganberries, near Join Jenny Grant— ” self free. Hugh Intensely disliked was Impossible to get married accord ebanon, and the price of the fruit 'Mother!" she cried again, with “They Haven't Any Lessons to Study.“ scenes. Having said what he wanted, ing to English law. We therefore per L. L. Swan expressoa disgust with i unsatisfactory anyway, so he is he turned the subject. “Mrs. Field formed the ceremony for ourselves. white lipa, “yon don’t realize what the self-seeking members of the leg IfKing thenr up and removing the feel strong and well so they can enjoy told me to have tea with you. She We took the same vows—It tvas per you are saying-—” ■slature, und that means the major •ven tons of wire on which they were their parties and their birthdays and said there were loads of muffins! Let's fectly honorable." " I dol I dal—G o!” Weakly she their games. Miss Davies broke In with another stamped her foot, then sank Into her ity, The same crowd that "put It i elliaed. » • sit on th * hearth-rug and toast them, "Besides, If we had birthdays they ss we used to do." harsh laii^h. chair, burying her fare In her hand over" on th» farm er und defeated the wouldn’t be able to have so many Did he actually succeed In stuffing kerchief. So they sat together on the floor income tax ,1s at Salem in full feath Th» Rowena and Rialto groups of presents or such a fine cake, as some teastlng muffins, th* barrier breaking you with all that, to cloak your Im A wild caricature at a laugh broke ers. “ You vote for my g raft and I'll nines, in Lane and Linn counties, in of the family money would have to be down between them. Thus Mrs. Field morality?" from Barbara's Ups. She looked at vote for yours” is the rule. The boot used for our birthday cakes. 'Aunt Mary! How dare yon— F' he Blue River district, have consol found them en her return; and a cer her mother's shaking form, the» at "What If every cow had a birthday leggers want the state prohibition Jated under the name of Rowena “O h ! lt ’a always the tam e! Haven't her aunt's rigid figure and hostile tain look of relief crossed her face cake with candles: What an ahsurc I dealt with hundreds of rases In lore* abolished aud use Clsav- countenance. thing that would be. m.v work whleh have been -perfectly er’s mistakes as a lever to pry it It was one of those days when ev Very well.'' she said slowly. T “And Just suppose we all sat around honorable’? Fools! Dupes! You weak loose. a . The village will go." . . . a * If dated, she and wished each other a moo-moo erythlng goes wrong. women believe anything I" lielp" did not come; and Martha happy birthday! put up her hand to her head, and guvs „State market agent Spence has not "You—y-you—" Barbara choked. In "What good would we do If wr therefore considered herself too much her furious Indignation. only said disrespectful things of the f Wa honest. M rv tn C o w n ; (Continued on pagre 6) overworked to complete any one Job. tried to do chores? (T W o / taagAt mo A l l I K t»'»'): marketing g raft but has not been "Immorality r" Mrs. Stockley eanght T ^ J W H B l f n WHAT<U'* Lunch w«* late, the soup tepid, the “Suppose I should run up the street nt the word. "Immorality? In one of Finley McLain, a -»arrisburg high regular in his politics. Besides, he is and do an errand in ptace of Lillian potatoes were hard, coffee was luke onr family? My own daughter— y • f d H O W u d W H K R E u i d WHO" a friend of the governor, und Port school stu d so t, a fte r 6 tnontha in a warm. The dogging of the well-oiled KtPLIM« when she wanted to play, would It be “You got off lightly," broke In her land wants his scalp. W H A T « » the D e cla ra tion of Lon d o n / of any use? wheel* of this small groove naturally hospital as a result(of fallin g and in sister, watching th* girl narrowly, W H Y d a te the data for B aater e a rs I The direct primary has Inconven "Not a bit of It. I f I hurried up the r»»ilted In "nerves" on the part of juring his right leg; has had the limb through her lorgnette “ Without nay- W H X N w a a the « r e a l p /r e m ld of Mrs. Stockley. These, working up ienced the bosses and they will under Street people would start after me. Cheopa b u ilt ? amputated. "And If 1 did get as far as the store gradually, found relief In an explo M O W r * n you diatlnculah a m a la ria l Mine It If they can. m o»<ulto f sion. when Barbara announced an af and then get Inside they wonldnt There is some comfort in the fact W H R I t i t C anberra F Zeabrugg* ? ternoon's golf with Hugh. Surely wait on me or know what I wanted. that these gentlemen have attempted W H O w * a the M lllb op a t the Slaahee » “So why shouldn't we sit still when there must be work of some sort for so many different things at once that we can't he of any use doing the her to do In this tragedy of an un the term during which they can draw things others can do? ''l)»lp“-*d household? This led to s pay is likely to come to an end with “We can't study for examinations as heated argument, which took a sudden we don't go to school, and If we did deflection down an unexpected chan G ro w n *, bridge work and filling*. It wit much of their material still in the go to school the teacher would have a net hopper with the nutlet clogged. pay you to get my prices on your dental work dreadful time. "Of course. If yon have renewed Cusick bank building, A lb a n y your engagement with Hugh— " " I looker! In the schoolhouse win In your home, Prior to the expiration of the W a r “I have not mother I never can. dows down the road once and I knew school, office, ren construction company's patent on I could never sit In one of those s i ll y "And why can you never marry club, lib ra ry . little (loMks. its pavement, in 1920, the state high Hugh?" her mother asked testily. ‘1 * Thia 'Supreme . 'I couldn't put up one leg (I haven't • it SUU because or that ridiculous m. A uthority" In all way commission declared that the any arm«) and say: fatuarion? Barbara, I Insist upon your knowledge offer* earvfbeC — patent would not hold water and let immediate, constant, lasting, trust •Please, teacher. I know the an forgetting such nonsense." •contracts for paving with Warrenlte, worthy. Answer* t il kind* of q u a * , awer to that question f “Yon don't understand, mother. 1 tlooa. A century of d e v e lo p in g , instead of by processes declared eq So I alt here as do all of ns and can never forget." enlarging, and perfecting under os- ually good and warranted the con we reet and we eat and we give peo "No." agreed Mrs Stockley with actlng care and highest scholarship pie milk. tractors against damage* for infring- •erne heat; "I do not understand; and Insures accu racy , com pleteness, We do our work well. I think It Is time I did!” ment of the patent. Now the com CompactnMK, au lkority. But when were not working or She turner! to her sitter, as usual, pany has got judgment against one of when we haven't anything to do we fer support, which waa speedily forth the contractor* and the state stands don't pretend to be bugy when we i coming know we're not!“ •all i t sustained whan the c o m s n i- "Barbara," begun that worldly worn Q. * C MERRIAM CO. Fine sentiments," said Mrs. Brown- , an. her cnrloelty at last given legltl- »-toefU M . H - a . U. J. A tie n . before it got w it* , b u ilt pave and-Whlte Cow. m ent th a t fe ll dow a. tnate rein, “how far did thia Infatn- i Well," said Mrs. Cow, “spring will atton go? What can you never for- soon be here again and people will 1 <et?" h see us lying down in the morning and The girl looked at her. startled at will probably say how lazy «-» are. | • momentary lota. Her sensitive face "But let It not upnet ua.” | *n enemy to subterfuge, flushed an’ Oh no. Ui.w moo." said the other : Irtly. COWS, “we won t let It upset ue." A hi" exclaimed her aunt meanlng- withont any injurious affects, for it "We win continue to do our own IR. "I thought from the flrat there it all mad* of th * purse! materials row wny." said Mrs c«w. w>* ftomtrhlnf wrong” and ia fraah every day. The purity 'Our own cow way," repeated Mrs. "Wh-what do you mean. Aunt Mary? end fietbaeee of nut o nfectionerv Brown and White Cow ¡ F M * - . , There waa nothing— wrong!" has always bs»n our strong point, “Our own cow way." s*id the other "'Then why maintain such mystery? • and it ha* always fouad read* fa . cows. e Why *re you afraid to talk of the 1 ▼or with the candy eating public matter—to tell the tr o th r • Feed Molasses to Hogs V II Farmer Who Hatches Early crop rroauction In 1924 Dr. C. FICQ, Dentist “P L A T E S W ebster ’ s N ew I nternational D ictionary THAT F IT ” A m e ric a n E ag le Fire Insurance Co. Hav is worth just as much in storage as you might get for it in case of tire. Th * American Eagle Fii-e Insurance com pann Lr -v ou the cash value in case < loss by fire. ,u, CA b J A CHHLD MAY EAT OCR CANDY C. P. STAFFORD, Agent -w - a S ’ A ny Girl in Trouble J a it try a bot and Is» convinced i t 1 is the be»» «andy mad*. 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