SURAL ENTERPRISE
Published Every Wednesday,
B y H ubert
L- A lmon
KDITOR AND PUBLISHER
SI a
M IV 5
R U R A L E N T E R P R IS E
PACI 4
year in advance
Arrearages i2% c a month
Advertising, 20c an inch ; nodiscoun
(or Urne or apace ; no charge for cow
position o rc jauges.
la T a W -f o i Paragraphs." ie a Use
* • advertising disguised as news.
Enterprise Has New Owner
We are told that an income tax
would drive capital into tax-fra
bonds. Who owns those bonds
now? W hat would tbe present
owners do to avoid paying taxes on
the price received for them?
8. S. Gilbert »»« in town Wed
nesdav in tbe interest of biscandi
dacy for the county commissioner
ship.
Mr. Gilbert made many
friends by his geniality during a
long experience in business in
Albany.
Aa explained by Mr. Wheeler
in hia notice of retirement last week
S. W. V. GET PENSIONS
ir 'in the Rural Enterprise, 1 am
l-f< to control the destinies and President Approves Measure Granting
$19,000,000 to Spanish War Vets.
* er the hark of this disseminator
Washington.—Affixing hia signature
of r ews upon the tempestuous sea
to the Spanish war veterans bill, add
of country journalism .'
ing $19,000,000 to pensions for them
Without any promises, I merely and their dependents, President Cool­
wish to say that whatever the idge formally declared that unless
paper contains of good or bad federal expenditures are checked taxes
hereafter I shall be responsible for, must be Increased.
The president's warning followed a
and intend to be broad minded
series of conferences with congression­
enough to comprehend the legiti­ al leaders, upon whom he urged the
mate rights and feeling« of all, necessity for considering the deficit
whether they believe as I do or of $40,000,000 threatened for the com
lng fiscal year.
not.
The chief executive explained that
Tbe primary consideration of
he approved the Spanish war measure
the Enterprise will be Halsay and only after being assured that, by econ
surrounding communities, in which omies elsewhere, funds could be found
I have an abiding faith.
to meet the fixed charge of $19.000.000
You are invited to call at the against the treasury.
Mr. Coolidge pointed out that meas­
Enterprise office at any time and
ures now pending before congress
g t acquainted.
would add $360.000.000 to the cost of
Hoping to merit the friendship the federal government, approximate­
an 1 good will of tbe people of Hal- ly the amount of tax reduction con­
In the recent internal revenue
asy and surrounding country, 1 am tained
aw.
Yours truly,
H ubert L. A lmon
On the morning of May 22 there
will I e a lot of offce seekers in Ore-
g i who can testify that Friday is
ull uiiluekv day.
Nex Perce Ranch Brings $128,000
Lewiston, Ida.—What Is bolleved to
be the largest land deal ever made
In the Nez Perce prairie country was
culminated when the John Stellmon
farm containing 1280 acres was sold
to Frank W right for a consideration
of $128,000.
Wood Tick Bite Fatal to Woman
A L F R E D E. C L A R K
K lam ath Falla. O r — Bite of a wood
of Portland
for tbe Republican
uoininatioD for United States
tick proved fatal to Mre Wtnnle
of Mount Dome, Cal. Mrs. Sousa died
In a hospital here.
Candidale
<
Senator
Harold Rosa and family and
mother, Mrs. Fann s Rose, and
unt, Mrs. Hettie Sailor, came
rom Portland Sunday and spent
» pleasant day at the borne of Mrs.
*Vanl and Mrs. Alice Miller.
Patterson
o f E o la — P o lk C o u n ty
Read a few of many unsolicited
press comments;
The Portland Daily News speak*
ing of Senatorial candidates »ait.:
“ If we ware entirely busineaslike
in tbe conduct of our public affairs
intent only upon getting the best
man available for the money, there
ia no doubt whom we would em­
ploy.
“ We would etnplov a man of
proven achievement, proved bon
••tv, proved fearlessness and trust
worthiness. We would employ i
big man.
“ And th at man is Alfred E.
Clark of P ortland.’’
rbe Toledo Leader: ‘'Mr. Clark
ia a n u n who has had a world of
experience, has thssge, the dignity
and the ability to represent tbe
people of this great state in tbe
national law makiug body as thev
»houid b* represented.”
Kastern Clac k a m a i N e w s
’ There ere few man in the state
who are as well qualified for Sena-
tor ae Mr. C lark.”
“ The Condon Times;
“ His
(Mr. Clark’«,) knowledge of public
affairs, his prominence as a lawyer
and hie reputation as a speaker
will prove valuable assets should
the people desire to «end him t.
Washington.
Palfi advertising—Clark lor Sens
tor campaign committee.
R e p u b lic a n C a n d id a te
fo r
Governor
Reduce taxes by reduciag cost of Gov­
ernment
elace the penitentiary under Board ol
Control. Make Board of Control tbe
Parole Board; fewer pardons.
Enforcement ol rrohibition by offfcials
who believe in enforcing the law,
Hasten construction of Roosevelt H igh
way.
Adequate provision for retirin g bonds.
Issue no tax fre t bonds.
Fish sad Game Conionsaion fuaction for
people and not aa political machines.
Slav fair with e< service mea.
M aintain h.gh standard of
publi«
schools sad institntiona of higher
learning
I do not believe in taking say p oliti­
cal power tram the individual voter
\ o discount on th t taxpayer's dollar.
(Paid Advertisem ent|
OREGON NEWS ITEMS
OF SPECIALJNTEREST
Brief of Resume of Happenings
the Week Collected for
i. Our Readers.
Albany and CorvaUla Joined In de­
dicating the new Albany bridge.
Registration at the University of
Oregon passed the 3000 mark Satur­
day.
Klamath Falla' annual rodeo cele­
bration July 4 will be abandoned this
year.
ed by fire. 7ue ouulnern Pacific com
pany estimated Its loss at $32,000 and
' the lumber company's loss was esti­
mated at $14,000
From sale« of timber, graxlng fees
special use permits and other Items,
tbe national forests of Oregon and
Washington yielded a total of more
than $1,000,000 In receipts during the
fiscal year ended June 30, 192S, ac­
cording to United States forest service
reports.
A serious shortage of water for Irri­
gation purposes Is feared by the ranch­
ers of eastern and central Oregon, ac­
cording to Rhea Luper, state engineer.
Mr. Luper said there was practically
no snow In the mountains, and the
rivers and creeks were lower than for
many years
Two automobiles negotiated San
W hile pinned against the wall of
tlam pass Friday. Last year the first a small pen unable to defend himself,
trip over the pass was June 4.
. . _ a IW.
. UVUV of
W illiam French, . 61,
resident
Eugene's first annual trade expos! Crook county for 40 years, was gored
tlon and food products show will be fatally by an enraged Jersey bull be­
held In the armory May 13, 14 and longing to Lloyd J. Powell, who lives
1$
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miles
east of - Prineville
on - - the
Mrs. May Dealy, 32, of Prineville, Ochoco project.
A summary of the taxes levied In
the state of Oregon for the year 1926,
based on the tax rolls for 1926, shows
Collins flour mills of Pendleton are a total of $44,976,048.10, or approxi­
again on a 24-hour running basis and mately $2,314,700 in excess of the
1000 barrels of Dour every 24 hours la amount levied In 1926 based on the
lax rolls for 1924. The levy for 1926
being produced.
was $42,$60,338 66.
Lana county health authorities are
The w ill of the late Binger H er­
Investigating tbe report that two Mex­
ican laborers on the Natron cut-off had mann. who for 1« years served Ore­
gon as representative In congress, and
died of typhus fever.
who died at Roseburg April 16, was ad­
Ten acres have been stripped of
grain on the Carr ranch near Malin, mitted to probate and shows tbe ap­
owned by W. C. Dalton, and more are proximate value of real and personal
property was given as $100,000.
threatened by grasshoppers.
was killed In an automobile accident
on the Ochoco highway 13 miles east
of Prineville.
Following a two-day conference at
Astoria attended by representatives of
some 15 fish packing concerns on the
Columbia river, announcement was
made that a decision bad been reach­
Large yields ot honey are expected
ed to pay 13 cents a pound for raw
thia year by Um atilla county bee­
cblnook salmon. This represents an
keepers They report the bees to be
advance of one cent a pound over the
working a month in advance of normal
price paid last year.
season s.
The public service commission has
The Dalles-Callfornla highway from
ordered an investigation of the water
The Dalles to Alturas, Cal., wlU be
supply of the Salem W ater * Light
completed by September, according to
company. Members of the commission
C. C. Seeley of Klam ath Falls, state
said that tbe investigation was based
highway engineer.
on a report of its engineers which In­
About 40 acres of foothill land In dicated that the W illam ette river,
the reservation district near Pendleton which is the source of Salem's water
will be rented this year by the East supply, Is being polluted.
arn Oregon state hospital and late
Because of a feeling that extra pre­
potatoes planted.
cautions should be taken this year by
H . B. Plummer, Portland building In those directing patrol of forests along
apector, was elected president of tbe tbe Pacific coast, and particularly In
BaUdlng Officials of America at the Oregon, to prevent fires In timber,
13th annual meeting of the organiza­ airplanes w ill be used In patrol and
tion at Columbus, Ohio.
lookout work beginning a month
Approximately 16,000,000 feet of earlier than last year. Planes flying,
felled timber i t believed to have been probably from Vancouver, Wash., and
burned by a fire In tbe timber hold Eugene, Or., as last year, w ill be start
logs ot the Flora Logging company, ed June 1.
15 miles west of Carlton.
A new record price for yellow and
Utility
Investments
are
Protected
by
Properties Staked to the Soil
Investm ents in public utilities are backed by tremendous
physical plants and distribution aysteras, staked to and im ­
bedded in tbe soil.
They are soundly constructed in accordance with tbe best
modern engineenning methods, and operated on safe, sure,
economic print iples.
\ o u r investment in the preferred shares of Mountain States
Power Company represents actual ownership in such properties,
with power to earn a steady return amply dem onstrated by a
record of many years of uninterrupted dividends.
You can invest for as little as $5 a
share per month. Let us tell you
all the facts about hew this invest­
m ent is protected.
Mountain States Power Securities Company
Office
Mountain States Power ( s
Albany
Corvallis
Cottage Grove
Independence Junction City Lebanon
Dallas
Springfield
Kugen”
Stayton
The Lebanon Commercial
club,
sponsoring tbe annual strawberry
festival for Lebanon, has changed the
date for the fair to May 14 and 16.
Henry Crawford, field operative for sugar pine from which Klamath In
a Salem hank, accepted the appoint­ dlana w ill reap the advantage was set
ment as a member of the Oregon state when W. P. Robinson of Orants Pass
fair board to succeed Wayne Stuart successfully bid for the Modoc Point
of Albany, who has resigned
timber unit on the Klamath Indian
Steps toward the organisation of a reservation at $7 29 a thousand. This
central Oregon co-operative poultry unit was cruised at 62.000,000 feet
produce marketing association were From the sale of the Indian reserve
taken at Tumalo when an organiza­ tlon timber, Klamath Indians will re­
tion committee of nine was approved. ceive $571,980.
Cattle rustling in the foothills of
W. H. Saxton. Portland, was elected
president of the Oregon State Retail Klamath and Lake counties has cost
Jewelers' association at the three-day stockmen thousands of dollars in the
Interstate session of the Oregon and last few months and was tbe incen
Washington associations at Longview tlve for a meeting of peace officers
Bands of thieves
Plans for a new wing on the Salem at Klamath Falls
working
from
Bend,
In
central Oregon,
boapltal to coat approximately $«o,-
to Alturas, in northern California, have
000 ware ordeffed prepared by directors
of the Institution. The proposed Im­ been killing and butchering stock on
the range and apparently disposing of
provement would double the capacity
their stolen beef In some as yet un
of the plant.
known market.
Stockmen in Lake
Sowing of spring grain Is farther
county have suffered most.
along than usual in Oregon, but the
Placing or maintaining fish wheels
crop la beginning to need rain badly
Moisture la also required by the fall In tbe Columbia river and the taking
of fish from the stream east of Cascade
«own cereals aa $rell as by berries and
Locks by means of fish traps or seines
truck crops.
is prohibited In an Initiative bill filed
That the northwtwt's fruit crop this
in the offices of the secretary of state
year w ill equal I f not exceed the at Salem. The use of gill-nets also Is
record hreeklng crarp of 1923 was the regulated under provisions of the pro­
prediction or M R. Whitehead of Port­ posed law. The bill la being spon­
land. superintendent of the Pacific
sored by tha Oregon state grange,
Fruit Express company.
state federation of labor and the fish
T. A. Llvesley -reported at Salem commission. The bill will go before
the purchase of 209 bales of 1925 hops voters of tha state at the November
from Lake Brook trench for London election.
buyers at 27 cents per pound. A num­
Allotment of $1.096.000 to Oregon
ber of other sales were reported rang­ harbor and river Improvements for the
ing from 21 to 27 cent«.
next fiscal year out ot appropriations
The Southern 'Pacific company had made by tha war department bill were
net operating re’ enue In the state of announced by Secretary of War Davis.
Oregon of $2.566J««9 14 during the year Tha Oregon allotments are as follows
1926. according -,to the annual report Cooe bay, $646.000; Columbia and low
of the corporation filed In the office« • r W ills matte rivers below Port lead
of the public am -vice commission at and Vancouver. $300.«00. Tillamook
Salem.
bay and bar. $116.ON; Yaqulna hay
Another Beetle« a of the Lakeview- and harbor, $$4.000; Coquille river.
Klamath Falla b i xhway la to be plac­ $8000; Cooa river. $2000; Blue law
ed under constru« tlon thia year The river. $2$.0N, Snake river i Oregon.
state highway cq mmisslon has order­ Washington and Idaho). $1000; Clat­
ed tor advertising at the May meeting skanie rtvar. $$000; W illamette river
a saetlaa east of Beatty and extend­ above Portland and Tamhlll river. $31.
*’ Oyster raising on a scale hitherto
ing toward Bly,
T ie planing j aUl of Snellatrom not «attempted In Oregon la to be
BdMhers at Vaug hen station, on tbe Undertaken at Vaqutna bay Control
Ceos Hay line ol
the Southern Pe- of all private Interest In the beds has
alflc. I t miles we st of Eugene eight been obtained by Lonla Wachsmuth of
Portland, who
plant - no less
Southern Pactflr
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IBOP amount qf ü gib er were destroy ***** 31 000.WC young oysters.
s
Chick S tarting Milk Mash
Baby Chick Scratch
Egg Producer
Triangle Egg Mash
A ttractive prioes on Shell, Bone Mea,
and Fine and Coarse Grit
w
R e m e m b e r T h e E n te r p r is e fo r J o b P r in t in g
Senator Stanfield Renders
Great Service to Oregon
In an address sent to and read
bofore the Portland Advertising
Club. Wednesday, A p ril 21, 1926,
United States Senator Robert N
Stanfield said:
''W hen I entered ihe U. S.
Senate, M arch 4, 1921, agricultul-
ture was in d ire straits, prices
were dews, producers were hard
up and tbe banks and loan com­
panies in farm ing cornm nniti-s
were unable to realize on the notes
they held.
Quick action was
necessary to relieve thy agricul­
tural distress.
Works Hard, With Gooding,
For Emergency Tariff
“ A fter repeated efforts I suc­
ceeded. assisted by Senator Good­
ing of Idaho, in overcom ing tbe
objections of Senator Penrose,
Chairm an of tbe Seuxte Finance
com mittee, to an emergeuev tariff
oa farm products, and on May 27,
1921, tbe Emergency Tariff Bill became a law
This Act placed protective
duties on 28 of the principal farm products, including wheat corn pota­
toes. onions, cattle, meat, wool, butter, cheese m ilk, apples, cherries and
nuts.
Stanfield Comes to Rescue With Amendment
On Ma« 20, 1921, the Stanfield Bill was introduced “ to preserve
the
livestock industry of the United States, to release for commercial agricul
turai and industrial purposes certain funds of banks, livestock los
«sing
and trust companies, to amend the war fiinsnce corporation act an J
other purposes. '•
for
'
The Stanfield Bill, or its principle provisions, became a law oa August
24 1921, the Senate Committee on Agriculture submitting its main features
through Senator M cNary as an amendment sustituted for the N o rm hill
along w ith other provisions
Under its terms the W ar Finance Corpora­
tion made advances for agricultural relief amounting to $29$,000,000, of
which the banks, trust and loan coiupanie« ot Oregon that serve agricul­
ture received $6,696,000.
Drafted Into Relief Service by Treaeury Department
" as soon as tbe War Finance Corporation was prepared to functiou aa-
der thia law, and at the request ot the T res.ury D epartm .at, I went West
where I »peat months . » . „ t i a g . n d advising w ith tha bankers, thereby
enabling them to procure the needed help qu.ckly and before it was to .
t o X T u ’t ^ “
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n
Oregon ,u comparison
Forced to Keep Silent to Protect the Banks
t
4b° Ut my * U * Bct ,rom “ >e Senate d u rin | thia time bnt
I w a, forced to keep „ 1 . . , and
<boat my work W ltboa, ref#rn
w7,r.* j X 7 i ° w
“ , he peop , e h , d know B whr 1
>" **>•
.
,
, a ’ P,clon
h * ’ « been directed to every
hank I entered, and to every banker with whom I talked U n til tbe hanks
could turn their frozen paper into liquid-assets, my sileBCniwas im perative
t o - œ d em barrassm eettoih em aad the defeat o. t h , 7 X \ , e e d 7 d .nA
__________ $tanfield for Seaator Campaign.
E D. Cusick,
Mgr.)