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About Rural enterprise. (Halsey, Or.) 1924-1927 | View Entire Issue (May 27, 1925)
M- (5 Xl / A g rc u ltu re H o rtic u ltu re L iv e s to c k . A W eekly C hronicle oi Local E vents and P ro g ress on Linn C ounty Land D a iry P o u ltry HALSEY. ORE6G « W ool MAY 77, 1V3S * 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 Doings o f O u r Populace C h ro n icled in Brief P a ra g ra p h s Oren Stratton, the Browns ville fruit man, was in town Saturday. The Elkton schools close Fri day and Miss Nettie Spencer, the principal, will be home in Halsey soon. ed to Rex for a stay of a month or so.‘ H .. L. Straley and wife were in Harrisburg Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Zimmerman were in Albany Saturday. July 1 Shedd postoffice en ters the presidential class, with a salary of $1100. Mrs. Billie Abraham and in fant son returned from Long Beach, Cal., Saturday. The directors of school dis trict No. 40 met at J. C. Por ter’s last Monday evening and hired Mrs. Joe Elliott as teacher D. A. W hlnney of the Waterloo neighborhood has discovered a rich for the next term of school. vela of aluminum ore on his farm In Albany Saturday from the above Lebanon. Manganese and um Potter community were Mr. ber paint are fotfhd In quantities be and Mrs. J. C. Porter, Hari’y low the aluminum. L. L. Graham, district pass enger and freight agent of the Southern Pacific, with head quarters in Eugene, was in town Friday looking after busi ness in his line and incidentally became a subscriber to the best newspaper published in Halsey. The railroad company is paying a good share of the taxes and spendirig some $30,000,000 in improvement and extensions in the state and is confronted with an automobile situation that makes it necessary for it to be a go-getter in securing its share of the traffic. The old man who runs the Enterprise would sell out on favorable terms to anybody who would continue to serve this community with a news paper. He could sell the print ing plant to somebody who wants to start a paper in some larger town, but he does not wish to do that if it can be avoided. Failing eyesight is the growng handicap of the present publisher. To this he attributes his failure to correct many errors in the proofs, like the spelling of “lightening” for “lightning” and “rains” for “reins" last week in the narra tion of a fatal accident. Miss Ruby Schroll has return. Albany’s only EXCLUSIVE OPTICAL PARLORS EVERYTHING OPTICAL Bancroft Optical Co. ' 313 We»t First street, Albany, Or Porter, Mr. and Mrs- W. A. Muller, Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Freerksen, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Abraham, Mr. and Mrs. George Githens and Mr. and Mrs- Elmer Munson. A Gospel tent meeting will be held in Halsey again this year beginning June 7th. Rev. 1. N. Hughes, who has held meetings at Shedd, Lake Creek and Peoria, will do tbs preaching. P i n e G r o v e P o in ts B ra n d o n B its <enterprise Correspondence) Glenn Walton was at Glenn Chance’s Saturday forenoon. Pauline Smith spent the week end with her aunt, Mrs. W. H. Walton. George Walton worked for Glenn Chance the last part of lrst week. Glenn • Chanca and family were in Lebanon Sunday for strawberries. Wanda Veatch left last Thurs day to spend the week end with her sister in Eugene- Mr. Quimby, Annette Long, Ethel Quimlby and Mr. Curtis Veatch were in Alsea Sunday. Henry and Mabel Weger spent Sunday in Brownsville with their sister, Mrs. Floyd Hults. Glenn Clfance had to stay out of the living room for several days because his wife painted the floor. Mrs. Glenn Chance called at Shedd Sunday to see her father, Mr. McGee, who has been ill| for some time and is worse at present. (Enterprise Correspondent) ( T h e woolen mills propose to i L. V tc * j e i enlarge the canal which brings Ethel Allen of Halsey is visit E. Eagyand family were m it water ing her uncle, Ellsworth Curtis. AJbany Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. A. E- Whitbeck Memorial services Saturday , larU* eighth- 11 a. m. by Rev. Robert Parker. Sr*de class passed the state ex- were in Albany Thursday of atuinulioo. last week. Mr. and Mrs Albert Miller of j Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Isom and Halsey visited at R. K. Stew- Mr. aud Mrs. Robert Templeton art’s Sunday. ; went ,0 Saleua yesterday with I P, Henrietta Starnes went to Al Templeton and wife. bany Thursday W. G. McNeil and Rev. Mr. | Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Whitibeck baseball Gillispie drove to Newberg Fri The Brownsville \vere Sunday afternoon callers team takes the pennant for day to attend a district confer winning the greatest number of at L. H. Straley’s. ence, returning Sunday. George Godwin and family Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hyatt games in the league this year of Albany called at J. A. John it a protest by th e Coburg team J of Buena Vista spent Sunday against an alleged ineligible j with Mr. and Mrs. John Rolfe, son’s Sunday afternoon. in .. the . game with the ’ Mrs. L. E- Bond and son Les Mrs. McClasky of Corvallis player ,, ter of Albany were Sunday af Visited her daughter, Mrs. John | southern city is thrown out McNeil, several days last week.! A. J. Saltmian has been enjoy ternoon callers at the E. D. a visit from two nephews from Isom home. Baker Cummings and family ing Renova, Peon., and they have de Lee Ingram and family visit of Corvallis and Mr. and Mrs. cided to make Brownsville their ed Mrs. Ingram’s sister, Mrs. Will Eagy of Oakville were home. Thay are Frank I. Heniuer- Sunday guests at L. E- Eagy’s. ly and Charles E. Saltsman. 1 be Garrison Sheldon, at IngTam Island Sunday afternoon. There will be memorial ser former etrae accompanied by bia Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Rickard vices conducted by Rev. Robert wife and the party made the trip Parker of Halsey at the Pint from Pennsylvania by auto in 15 and daughter Lillie and Mrs. Michael Rickard visited rela Grove church Saturday at 11 day.. The essay contest sponsored tives in and near Eugene Satur o’clock. day and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Myrel Settle and by the W. C. T. U. in the BSownsville schools brought 1 School closed in the Alford daughter, who have been at tho R. K. Stewart home the past forth the following winners on! district last Friday. The teach two months, left Monday for the subject, “Advantages to er, Miss Lillie Rickard, treated Boys and Girls of Abstinence the pupils to ice cream, cake Myrtle Point. from tobacco:” First prize, and strawberries, which they The Missionary society met at Alice Cochran; second, Martha' enjoyed very much. the home of Mrs. N. E. Chand ler Thursday afternoon. Mem Kumler. Prize winners writing} Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Mercer, bers present were Mesdames J. on kind»-‘id subjects \yere Willie, Doris Robnett and Mrs. D. I. ‘ussell Blain, Marion! Isom spent Saturday night and S. LaMar, R. Tate, J. W. La Blaik Mar, Leighton Bayne, Grant Kumler, Lena Green and Floyd Sunday at the latter’s home. Brattain, Alice Dunn, L. E ., Waltz. Mrs. Isom stayed while the rest Eagy, Floyd Nichols, R. K. | Little Michel Boy Dead went back to Eugene Sunday Stewart and E. E. Hov£r. Visi Claud Michel's 4-year-old son evening- tors were Mesdames George Donald died Sunday after a lor.g Chandler, Charles Nichols, Fred illness, during which several at Heinrich, Beryl McNeil and tempt* were mad* to eave him by Baseball Myrel Settle. After the meet surgery. Halsey boys and girls were vic ing refreshments were served His pat»rn|) grandfather, ou torious over the Shedd liaeup here by the hostess, assisted toy Mrs- the way from Portland to attend Thursday.' The girls won a seven George Chandler and Mrs. Floyd the funeral, capsized hia nulomo- inning game, 17 to 9, while the bile at Halsey as he turned from boys' game ended 9 to 6 Nichols. A capon wUl usually grow two pounds heavier than If left ln the nat ural state. The selling price Is con siderably stronger so that the total re turns are generally from three to four times that of ordinary cockerels sold on the market. There does not seem to be much danger of an oversupply of capons, so that It forms a market outlet that a good many breeders should seriously consider. W ar President's Widow Listed as Mrs. Eleanor Colllps. “ P re ferre d Stock ” m eans a!1 th a t th e name< im p lies—th e choice o f th e pack. . < W h en you buy P re fe rre d Stock goods y o u , have wisely ch o sen incom parably th e best, se-1 lected fo r size, flavor and quality. 1 I Make th e te s t yeurself. C om pare P referred ( Stock w ith o th e r b ra n d s and it will m eet w ith < y o u r d isc rim in atin g choice ' i P re ferre d Stock goods are n o t packed to m eeti a price. T hey a re sold only to th o se who ap-i p r e d a te first quality. < i I t is tru e som e b ra n d s a re sold cheaper, b u ti th e y arc sold solely on p rice appeal. < W e a re d is trib u te rs o f ab o u t th irty varieties ] o f P re fe rre d Stock goods. M. V. KOONTZ CO. HALSEY, OREGON i New York.— Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, widow of the former president, sailed Incognito for Eiffiope, on the W hite Star liner. Majestic. To avoid public ity Mrs. Wilson was listed as Miss Eleanors Collins. Mrs. WUson has as her traveling companion Miss Belle Baruch, daugh ter of Bernard M. Baruch, who was chairman of the war industries board, under President W ilson. Wearing deep mourning and carry ing a bouquet of white gardenias un der her arm, Mrs. W ilson said It was her rule "to say nothing.” the highway into the Brownsville road. He received u gash over the eye, but a daughter, who was with him, was comparatively nnhurt and the car was good for the con tinuance of the trip. The school entertainment at the opera houce Monday night waa a scream. It was just such a show as children could enjoy, and “We are all but children of a larger growth. ” Church of Christ j Innings 1 2 8 4 5 6 7 8 9 Shedd 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 —6 Halsey 2 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 —9 Halsey alumni proved too much for the undergraduate* io a con test on the local diamond Satur day, thus: Innings 1 2 1 4 6 6 7 8 9 H. H. 8. 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 Alumni 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 —8 Thn players were: School—U. Corbin c, Wooley p, M. Muller lb . Palmer 2b, Kooutz 8b, Isom as, Norton If. Alomni — Corooran (1) e, Clark p. Porter lb, E. Corbin 2b, Taylor 3b, Cross as, Robertson If. 4 TAX PUBLICATION LAWFUL Newspaper* Have Right to Print Name* of Taxpayera and Amount. Sunday School, 10. Preaching, l l , Chrietisn Endeavor, 7. Preaching. 8. There were 72 out to Sunday school last Sunday. But we can have more by each one working just a little harder, and I know you want to see it grow. Pre parations are already being made for the children’s day pro gram. There will be a 'baptism ser vice at the lake west of town next Sunday at 3 o’clock. Friday evening there will be a social at Elbert Isom’s fot the young people from 10 to 80 years of age. A good time is promised for all Railway Taxes Cut by Board. Washington. D. C.—The board of tax appeals In a decision held that the railroads undej war time control Of the government may oiclude from their earned and taxable income the 2 per cent their Income withheld from them by the director general of rail 410000,000 A ir Corporation Backed. roads as taxes. Chicago.—The National Air Trans port. Inc., backed by mora than a Mussolini Says Italy W ill Pay. score of the nation's leading business Rome,—Italy will pay her war debt men and capitalized at tl/i, 000.000, to the United States on a basis of long waa organized here for th e purpose term payments yet to be worked out, of operating a commercial air lin e be Premier Mussolini announced during Clifford Carey, p a tio t. tween Nw York and Chicago, carry ’ g«nate debate on the budget The ing express and freight by n igh t over premier denied that Italy recently had - rh„reh a lighted airway. The New Yorlt-Chi ! been asked by the United States to ’ wnUrBIl cago line Is only the first unit o f a pay her debt, but admitted that he Sunday school, 10. series of similar air lines the com had had sem iofficial conversations Preaching, 11, pany expects to establish. It Is ex with American representative* regard Prayer-tneeling Thursday, 8. pected that the service will he Inaugur ing the methods of funding the d eb t ated early ln the fall. M . E. Church Politician Held a* Bribe Maker. Robert Parker pastor. Chicago.—James C. Callan, politi Jailer« Sheet PIveTn^ftob. Sunday school, 10. Dallas, Tex.—Five men were wound cian, was held under bond of 12500 by Preaching, 11. ed when a mob made a rash on the Judge Thomas J. Lynch In criminal Junior League, 3, Dallas county Jail ln an effort to take court a* a result of charge* that he Intermediate League, 7. Frank and Lorenzo Noel, negroes | had sought to tamper with Phillip J Epworth league, 7 charged with murder and crtm(pal at-1 Barry, one of the veniremen ln WJI tack. • Officers guarding the J ill met Ham D. Shepherd's germ -murder dfse’ PreacniBgf8.* the rushpWtSh a veMey ofjsh ou. * A lf o r d A r r o w s b (By an Enterprise Reporter) Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Slevoigh and daughter Margaret from Good Varieties of Tree3 Westport visited at C. J. Po- to Plant in an Orchard well’s Sunday and Monday. disappointment has resulted Margaret remains for a longer Ln Much many sections from the planting oi visit. Mr- Slavoigh is a barber Inferior or second-grade trees, often at Westport. It took them because stock of that kind could be about seven hours to come from bought cheaply. Trees h afe beeh m is represented by unscrupulous fruit-tree Astoria to the Powell farm. peddlers who had no other Interest The Southern Pacific has be than to dispose of a bunch o i cull gun work on a big job of im trees. Considerable misinformation as provement on this section of its to how trees should be grown Is cur , road. From Albany to Eugene rent. First-grade nursery trees suitable the track is to be raised an for average planting will consist of average of 7 or 8 inches, more well-grown trees of sufficient slse to r than a dozen carloads a day of their age. free from disease and Insect crushed rock being brought pests. Trees which are considerably from Marlon- This will employ undersized or extremely oversized nearly 100 men all summer. should be rejected. Gnarly, misshapen Ties will be renewed, standard stock seldom develops Into satisfac trees. ditches built, etc., which will tory These are varieties of apples, Wide Market Opened for increr.se the number of men on peaches, cherries, plums and grapes the job to about 200. A sum recommended by the Kansas State Ag Capons of High Quality ricultural college for planting an acre mer’s campaign is included. On the Eastern market buyars are orchard: bidding from 30 t o 35 cents per pound The attendance at the Stand Apple—One Llvland Raspberry, one for capons. Tbls opens up a wide ard Bearers’ entertainment at Oldenburg or Yellow Transparent, live market for breeders of heavy chick the opera house Thursday even Jonathan, five Grimes Golden, /bur ens. Capons are making atrong com ing was disappointing, though Delicious, four Wlnesap, four Cham petition for turkeys on many of the the proceeds, about $18, left pion or York Imperial, four Stay man markets on account of the high qual ity of their meat. Then, too, some the financial balance on the Wlnesap. Peach—Two Belle of Georgia, two consumers want a larger bird than the right side. A program of real Champion, two Eleberta. ordinary fowl: merit had been provided by Cherry—Three Early Richmond, Tlie capon Is more easily raised on Mrs. Shotwell and her co-work eight Montmorency. most farms than turkeys. The birds ers and those who attended got Plum—Two Wild Goose, two Abun grow rapidly and the capontzlng op eratlon Is not difficult to learn. The satisfaction for their time and dance or Burbank. Grape—Six Moore Early, six Con Instrument s can be purchased from the small admission fee. A cord or three Worden and three Con 42JSO up, depending largely npon how majority of the patrons were cord, six Niagara, six Catawba or Dela much nickel plating there is on the In Methodists. ware or Brighton. struments. The cheaper Bets will do the work ln a satisfactory manner and I (Continued on page 6) will last if they are given proper at MRS. WILSON GOES ABROAD tention. Preferred Stock Canned Goods B ro w n s v ille B riefs Prayer-meeting Thureday, 8. Waahlngton, D. C.— Publication of Income tax returns by newspapers was upheld aa legal by the United State* supreme court. Newspapers can publish Hat* of names of taxpayers and the amount of tax paid, the court held. The final decision was rendered on the publicity clause of the 1434 rev enue act which permitted publicity of the returns but failed to specify whether or not they might be pub lished by periodicals In It* decision, the court quashed the Indictments returned against the Baltimore Post and Walter S. Dickey and Ralph Kills, owner and editor, re spectively, of the Kaneaa City Journal- Poet. The declalon affirmed the verdict of the lower court. Mid West Hit by Cold W ave. New York. N. Y.—An unprecedented May cold wave has swept the mid west and eastern sections of the Uni ted States on the heel* of record breaking heat. New straw hats and overcoats In combination were numer ous. Pavements that were blistering hot Saturday were covered with spow Sunday ln some section*. The mer cury sank 47 degrees In 14 hours In New York. It dropped 44 degrees In 24 hour* In Dubuque; 47, ln 24 hours In Chicago; 44 In Cleveland; 44 In Philadelphia and 42 degrees ln 44 hour* in 8t. Louis. Mrs. F. G. Hadley. Mrs. H. W. Chance, Mrs. Eliza Bran don and NU--1 Fleta Livick were in Albany ¡Thursday.