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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
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GRAHAM B C W E ft
. U r » ' f et/tM « p t o u m swi«
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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.
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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
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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
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A ny Girl in Trouble
J a it try a bot and Is» convinced i t 1
is the be»» «andy mad*.
Power foe Holy Service
The power for holy service la Inter
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course with God.
a ll* r a " *
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fo r
All the snsptrtous minds abc„t her
twrklesaneaa which, in Impulsive a»'
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