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A A\ eekly Chronicle of Local Events and Progress on Linn County Land
weeks with her mother, Mrs. Luoy
Halsey Happenings
A. Pray.
and County Events I F- M. Brown, form erly of the
Alford Arrows
| Brownsville Times, is dangerously
til at his home in Portland.
D a i r y
P o u ltry
W ool ‘
Italy Gets 2 Off
The Big I ish Elat
Happenings in
and Long Time
The Little Ones
Public Schools
(By an Enterprise Reporter)
Leonard H altea is d riv in g a
(Halsey School Reporter)
Capacity to Pay Basis of Dividends on a Valuation
A» we go to press Mr». Ringo'» new Ford roadster.
condition is reported wor»e. Mrs.
Edward Perry is staying w ith
and
Taxes
on
One
Agreement Reached With
J- C. Bramwell is her nurse,
bis grandmother, Mrs. Kum p, iu
Much Lower
(School Reporter)
Debtor Nation.
Go to the school play.
M r. add Mrs B. M. M ille r are Eugene.
at
Brooten
Spring»
for
th
eir
health.
Monday
being constitution
Mrs.
Raymond
Rickard
of
Bruce
Delora W ells visited her father
GOVERNOR PIERCE GIVES A
Washington, D. C.—As evidence of
day,
a
school
assembly was
at Junction C ity over the week
You can’t read thia paper w ith ­ spent the week end at Michael
FEW FIGURES
'the sincerity of the purpoee of the
end.
out seeing the advertisement of ths Rickard's
called
and
Rev.
Robert Parker
Italian government,” Count Volpl,
Dr. Bridgewater of Albany has school farce-comedy. Go.
M r. and Mrs. Fred B u rkha rt of
Governor
Pierce
has
issued
of
the
Methodist
church ad­
head of the Italian debt commission,
been sued fo r $25,COO for running
Report cornea th a t Rena W alker Salem spent the lust two weeks at tendered ths treasury a check for »»,- a statement on the inequalities dressed the students.
The
in to G. H . Koster's horse and was married in C orvallis last week, th e ir farm .
$00,000 as the first Installment on the of taxation in Oregon and the talk was on the origin of the
buggy w ith bis car going 40 miles but does not give the happy m an't
Chester Curtis and fa m ily visited recently negotiated war-debt funding injustice done owners of real
an hour and in ju rin g Mrs. Koster. oamo.
constitution and its relation to
at Jack C urtis’ , near Peoria, settlement. The payment wne not estate, from which we quote the Bible.
She says the collision Kosteer
the following;
In “ The Valley of V oices” we Sunday afternooj.
due until next June.
m isery and money.
Bessie Reynolds gave the
shall son have Brent Steele and
The law provides that ever)’
The »2.000,000.000 war debt Italy
R. E. Brock and fa m ily were
preamble to the constitution
Mrs. B. M Boud is pushing the guide on the tr a il o f the W indigo.
county
assessor
in
the
state
owes
the
United
States
was
funded
Sunday visitors at the Leighton
sale o f Red Cross Christm as seals, See page 2.
on a basis of a 75 per cent cancella­ shall assess property in his and the students all joined in
home, near Brownsville.
being entrusted w ith the tesk in
tion of the entire amount due thia county at 100 per cent of its singing “America” and "The
C. H. Davidson and Ed Zim­ The A lfo rd pupils are preparing country. The debt Is to be discharged value, but it has been found BAttle Hymn of the Republic.”
H alsey, as is Mrs. C la ir K ir k at
B ro w n sville , Mrs. Gretchen Rob merman attended the stock a program to be giveu the ufter- In 62 years at a rate of Interest be­ by experience that assessors . l .? senior P*«y> "AH A Mis­
bins at Lebanou and Mrs. J W show at Portland several days noon before thanksgiving
ginning at ’a of 1 per cent and rising do not comply
with this re­ take, is progressing and ev­
ery night the seniors may be
Owens at Harr;s'>urg.
Joe Begley of Brow nsville is . Chester C urtis and daughters to 1 per cent and finally 2 per cent quirement. For that reason,
seen
hastening to practice.
In
the
last
17
years
of
the
period.
V
«Ida
and
Alice
weut
to
Browns­
the law provides that the state
On her way to churoh Sunday under $500 bonds, dharged with
At a second meeting of the
This was the counter offer made I tax commission, consisting of
ville
Saturday
to
have
dental
causing
the
delinquency
of
Bessie
Mrs. Wheeler slipped on tbo wet
to the Italian debt mission by the the governor, the secretary of
arent-teachers'
association
work done.
sidewalk and fe ll and got several Pox, a m inor.
American war debt commission and state, the state treasurer and the name “Community Parent-
bruises. She proceedee to the
A
lice
C
urtis
accompanied
Mrs.
M rs. E lla B. N orton, once of
accepted by the Italian envoys early
teachers’
association" was
the state tax commissioner, chosen.
meeting, but her hurts became so the Brownsvilie hotel, was married tt. D. Isom and Beverly to the this afternoon
In making the pro­
p a in fu l that she went h >me before Oct. 1 to W. B W illis of Los An­ parent-teachers’ meeting at Halsey posal the American debt commission I shall meet annually, take tes­
the services ended. 5 h t is recov­ geles, says the Brow nsville Times. Friday and than spent the nigh was a unit and President Coolidge ap­ timony, examine into the facts
(By an Bnterpilse Reporter)
w ith them.
ering from the injuries.
iand fix a ratio., 'showing at
proved
it
as
the
best
settlem
ent
that
J- B. Thompson, for many year»
1 he school board has in ­
Another new fa m ily has moved can be effected in the light of Italy’s what percentage the property
Since our last issue we have » Shedd husin.as man, died Tues­
stalled
four 100-watt electric
has
been
assessed
in
each
been getting the rain we a ll wished day evening o f last week, ot into our com m unity, th a t of J present and future Incapacity to pay
county.
light
bulbs
at the school build­
C.
Cornley,
who
comes
from
Sum­
more
than
a
traction
of
the
obliga­
for. Some dahlias have loBt their pneumonia, aged 65. M r. Thom p­
The commission, at the reg­ ing, which is a much needed
glorious bloom, but others are s till son had lived in ibis sounty all hie m erville to the Rogers farm nod tion.
November meeting in '."’Provement. One of these
The administration Is confident tha* ular
gorgeous, roses are m any, nastur- hfe. He was buried in the Baptist adds three pupils to the A lford
congress will approve the settlem ents 1924, fixed 42 percent as the ights the steps in front of the
iuins are growing and blooming cemetery at Brownsville Thursday. school.
with both Italy and Belgium, which latio at which the assessor of building.
and a profusion of other flowers
At the Powf/l schoolhouse
will have the profound effect of Isolat Clackamas county had assess­
are in evidence, after the middle
Miss Enid Veatch was a
where Mearle Straley teaches
Ing France, ths only recalcitrant war ed property, and 55 percent
of November.
visitor m the rooms of Mes-
Doings of Our Populace
Chronicled in Brief
Paragraphs
Kirk Kinks
a pie social will be given next
Friday eve, Nov. 20th. A good
program will be given free.
Everybody invited.
Ladies
bring pies. Proceeds are for the
Some *' sm art kids ” have a
h ab it of fu m b lin g w ith the doors
of m ail boxes in the >ostoffice.
Many patrons tru st the honesty of
Halseyites and leave th eir boxes
benefit of the school.
unlocked fur convenience. Post,
master B ram w ell has put up a
It is announced that the
notice requesting parents to caution Harrisburg bridge will be op­
th e ir children against meddling ened
about Dec. 10. Oh!
w ith them- Uucle 8am is pretty Won’t that be jovful ?
severe sometimes. He provides
fo r fines up to $1000 fo r tamper,
The rainstorm was so severe
ing w ith m ail boxes. Parents, you about Mill City that the San-
would better te ll your children tiam rose two feet and rail and
about th is than have them caught other roads suffered.
some day and ba a t into court
This is a good tim e to order the
Mrs. M B. M orrow took train year’» reading. A ny Enterprise
F rid a y noon for her home in subscriber not in arrears can
Seattle, after a visit of several choose five m onthlies from the lis t
o f nineteen on page 4 and gel
them a year fo r 75 cents. T h a t’ s
115 cents a year apiece. Can you
beat i t ?
Bancroft
Optical
Parlors
E V E R Y T H IN G O P T IC A L
370 State st..
Salem, Ore.
o
o
©
G. J. Rike and wife attended
the W orkinger sale Saturday.
J. I I . Vanuice and wife started
Monday for The Dalles te visit
their son W illia m .
H enry Seefeld’s daughter, Mrs.
A lice Jones, and R aw ley Hike
were in A lbany Thaisday.
Pine Grove Points
cared for. No bones were broken,
but she was considerably bruised.
(C ontinued on page 8)
[ N o v . 9 to 21
STOCK YOUR PANTRY
Mr. and Mrs. McCdlky of
C orvallis
'
From Preferred Stock Vegetables, Fruits, Fish, etc.
Spinach, 25*; Pumpkin, 2o*, Ripe Olives, 40c Apricots.40c*. Cutsnp
30.; Tiny Kernel Com. 25*; Fancy Maine Corn. US; tomatoes. 25c, lei- I
eplione Peas. 2 tor 45*. Tender Melting peas. 25*, Sauerkraut. 20*. Hom i
my, 20*. Pimentos' 10#, Dill Pickles, 30c Stringiest Bean«, 25c Aspar-
gus Tips, 4Oc; Fishflakes, 15c; Kippered Snacks. 7'-ic; California Sar- I
dines, 3 for 5Oc; Norwegian Sardines. 20c. White Tnna, 35c, Select O ys-i
ter* 45c; Minced Clams. 25 and 35c, Shrimps, 25c Red Sockeye Saltnoa
35c: Royal Chinook. 45c; Sliced Pineapple. 20, 25, 30 and 35c: Yellow I
Cling Peaches. 40c; Preserved Fig». 35c; Pitted Red Cherries, 45c; Porto (
Rico Grapefruit, 25c; Mayonnaise, 35c; Olive Oil, »1.25: All Ceylon Tea,,
60c; Coffee, 1 R>, 60c, 2,Qtba, »1,45c.
1
S
1 Peeta' Washing Machine Soap,
10 C ry tta l W hite, 3 Creme-
O il, 3 B ath Tablets . . . .
i
CASH SPECIAL <
jl 1 Gold
Dust, 4
£
F u r y Soap . 9 * o »
98c 6 Jell Dessert, . 49c |
f
M. V. KOONTZ CO. j
HALSEY, OREGON
- * *
visited
th e ir
(laugh
1er, Mrs. John McNeil, Satur­
day.
I
T his year " national canned foods week ” has been set for the 1
I weeks of Nov. 9 to 21.
I
i
More and more each vsur consumers are learning to be ,
p a rtic u la r. They want Q U A L IT Y canned foods.
We take P R ID E in th e record of P R E F E R R E D STOCK
1 Our offer ie one can F R E E w ith each dozeu or 10 per ceut 1
1 in free goods—your own selections.
I
W e O ffe r
L. E. Eagy was a Corvallis
caller Thursday.
Rev. Mr. Gillispie and fam­
ily moved film Peoria to In­
grams island last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Dobrium and
daughter Emma left Tuesday
by auto for a trip to Califor­
nia.
N o v . 9 to 21
CASH SPECIAL
•
t ie two burned F a lk harm).
M r. aud Mrs, F h ilp o tt, with
Dons and Bernice, have returned
rorn Hood R iver, where they
Mrs. H. C. Powell, 81, presum­ have beeu for several weeks.
ably in a dream, fell from the
window of her room on the second
floor of E B C o rn e tt’s roeidence,
near A lb an y, early yesterday, and
lay in the rain an hour before she
(By Special Correspondent)
was discovered, at 7 o’clock, and
Canned Foods
Week
!
debtor.
as the ratio in Multnomah
Rumania has begun negotiations for county, The law fu rth e r pro­
a settlement and Ju goslavia and
the property of
H enry F a lk and fa m ily were in Greece have signified a desire to pay. vides that
public utilities shall be assess-
H arrisburg Saturday.
By the time congress acts all the
l ed by the state tax commission
W. A. F uik and wife were in debtors will have settled save France, at its actual value, and this
Armenia—a
nation
which
does
not
Browusvtlie M unday.
exist—and Ruasla. a nation which haa i amount is then reduced bv us­
Adolph F alk and fa m ily visited repudiated Its debts and the govern­ ing the ration that the county
at K o b rt B ily c a ’s Sunday.
ment of which Is not recognized by assessor used in assessing oth­
er property in the county
W ork has beeu e ta iltd to rebuild the United States.
(Enterprise Correspondent)
Bert Haynes and family ami
Robert Hover visited Mr. ana
Mrs. Frank McManus at Cor­
vallis armistice day.
^Mjsses
Agnes
Chandler
andj
Iona Albertson came from
Monmouth to spend the week
end at their homes here.
Mrs. George Chandler at­
tended the meeting of th t
YoU-Go-I-Go club at Mrs. El­
mer Munson’s Thursday after­
noon.
W. G. McNeil and family
and Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Albert­
son attended the all-day meet­
ing of the Holiness association
at Peoria Wednesdav.
Grange for 1 ax-free
Co-operatives
Sh°tw cll.
The fourth, fifth and sixth
grades had a 60-word spelling
test last week and there were
ofVeiOOUPil8 ,eceivinK a K*'adu
Tuesday was "health test
day among the grides and
Mesdames Coleman, Cross and
Kizer were kept busy exam­
ining teeth aqd tonsils and
weighing and measuring the
youngsters. With a few ex­
ceptions they are pronounced
•n very good health.
Sacramento. Cal Co-operative mar­
keting organizations would be reliev­
I be first regular meeting
ed from taxation und?.- a resolution
adopted at the convention of the na­
of the parent-teachers’ asso-
tional grange here. It was submitted
' lation was held Friday at the
by H. N. Sawyer, delegate from New
Halsey high schoolhouse and
Hampshire. The resolution urges pass
was well attended by parents
age of legislation to that effect. Ob­
jection was also made to making puh 1922 »25,495 064 »3
and
teachers of the surround­
»14.479,324.91
lie financial returns of cooperative 192 1 '5 972.417.60
19,246,793 01 ing community.
An interest­
1924 .10, J l«,u9? 90
2», 025 447,40 ing program
organizations.
was
given, «a
1925 41 965,0.59 10
21,000,000,00 follows;
That the Muscle Shoals plant "he
The year not being complete,
leased or sold undpr the conditions of
Bong, "America,"
the water powers act and protecting the $21,000,000 item is au approx­
Reading. Mrs. Kizer.
the Interest of the nation," was urged im ation.
Chinese song in costume.
In a resolution Introduced by P. H.
The value fixed upon the 'A yes
McNeil and Agnes
Dewey, delegate from Pennsylvania.
property of the cornpanv, up­
The grange was asked In the reso­ on which that company is al­
Recitation,
"He
D id n ’t
lution to recommend such action by lowed to earn
dividends, is Think," Billie Kirk.
the Muscle Shoals commission.
$71,575,214.62.
The actual
Recitation, "Two Ways of
Harry Caton, delegate from Ohio, selling price of fhe stocks and
Muffing a Turkey," Louise
presented a resolution on the child bonds of the company is ap­ •Starr.
labor amendment, stating that "fed­
proximately $61,000,000. Their
Recitation, Alice Curtis.
eral Interference of drastic nature Is
operating
income
for
the
Iasi
Song,
Phoebe Isom.
unnecessary; that adoption of the pro­
few years has been as follows;
A business meeting follow­
posed amendment would he dangerous
$2,819,603,21 'd . at which the name “Com­
to the best Interest of society and 1922
1923
3,216,4701 munity Parent-teachers’ asso­
would be precedent for (he establish
3,326,193.48 ciation" was adopted. Other
ment of other costly, centralized and 1921
The foregoing figures rep­ business followed.
bureaucratic methods which would re­
The Association is anxious
move government still further from resent the net earnings after
all operating expenses htue fo r the patron« and teachers
the people."
Proposed changes In freight rates been paid, and show that the d all the districts surround-
were firmly opposed In a resolution company earned in 1924 a lit­ "g Halsey to join, and that
presented by Ralph Rmoth. delegate tle less than 5 percent upon
veryone consider himself or
from Iowa
Broker Capotes »9,000.000 Beer Ring
Washington. D. C.—Abraham Levin
millionaire whlakey certificate broker
haa made a complete confeaalon o
the operation of the ao-ralled »9,000,
000 "beer ring," which haa been flood
Ing the East with hlghpowered beer
and the Information thus obtained wll
be laid before a new federal gran«
Jury In Chicago for Indlctmenta.
7
number of reputed "higher upa," In
volvlng well known persona In Nev
York and Pennsylvania, have been In
volved In Levin's revelations, it wai
Mrs. F. E. Roberts of Eu­
gene, with her little daughter, M. E. Church
visited her parents, P. J. For­
Robert Parker pastor.
ster and wife, from Thursday
Sunday school, 10.
until Sunday.
Preaching, 11.
J, A. Stevenson and wife
* went to Eugene Saturday to
I visit their son Stanley, drug­
gist there.
,
where the public utilities are
operating.
The following table shows,
for the past four years, the
amount assessed against the
Portland Electric Power com
pany by the state tax commis­
sion and the amount upon
which that company actually
pays taxes after the county
ratios are applied:
Amount After applying
Year Assessed
Co, Ratios
Friday Cf OS3 and
Junior League, 3.
Epw orth league, 6:30.
Preaching, 7:80.
Pigver-mceting, Thursday, 7:30.
Bible S tu ly Tuesday, 3.
the amount fixed by the pub­
lic sendee commission as the
amount upon which they could
tarn dividends, but 15 percent
of the amount on which thia
company will pay taxes in
1925. Only a very small per­
centage of the real property
in this state is earning any­
thing like 15 percent upon its
«•usessed value.
Anothei conspicuous exam­
ple of under-assessment is that
of the California-Oregon Pow­
er company, reflected in the
lemelf a committee of one ‘o
most. Come and help make
t a success.
The second Friday of every
'u°»th is the meeting night.
Vatch for further announce­
ments.
While giving the primary
department a talk on proper
lourishment and food value
Monday morning, the teacher
earned that quite a number
of the little tots are sent to
chool without breakfast. Just
Amount After applying how or why a mother can
Year Assessed
Co. Ratios lend the little one to school on
in empty stomach is beyond
1422 »1,246,927.00
» 651 030.21
1923
3.125.137 00
'he
understanding of the
1, 363,2 7 2 33
HJ4 3.050.526.00
1,960,476.9«
eacher,
who has sent some of
4 050.751 00
1924
>«00,006 00
the children home to eat their
The value fixed upon the breakfast. — Scio Tribune.
Oregon property of the Cali­
fornia-Oregon Power company
Delora Wells had
Miss
by the public service commis­ Myrle Blair of Junction City
sion, upon which that company for a week-end guest at Mrs.
(Continued on p*gc 4)
Pray’s.