HURAL ENTERPRISE
Published E v e r; Wednesday,
B i H lbkbt L
A lmos
Zez Conf rey M izes
Salads and Songs
EDITOR AND PCB IISHER
Wednerdsy, June 2, 1926
II a year in advance
Arrearages. 1 2 X C * month
Advertising, 20c an meh ; no diacoun
for lim e or apace : no charge (or cow
poaition orciauge«.
na "Paie-for Paragraphs.'• Io a Use.
< a advaniaing disguised aa new a
Use Printed Stationery
Zez Confrey, famous composer ol
the muslcil classic, "Tbs Kitten on
the
Keys,"
la I
hatted
by
h!>
frlenda as the
most versatile ol
America's popn
lar
song
com
posers. Those who
know him say be
ran mix a salad
a t a aong oddity
with equal suc
i
cess, which
saying consider
able
since his
Uncle Sam and His Nephews, the States,
Are Collecting Over a Billion Dollars in
Yearly Tolls on Motor Vehicles and Fae
FARM ERS
N O W IS T H E T IM E TO P L A C E
Y O U R O R D E R S FO R R E P A IR S
More Than Meets the Nation’s Billion Dollar Highway Building
Bill— Thomas H. MacDonald, Chief of the (J. S. Bureau
of Public Roads, Tells Striking Details.
Check over your harvesting machinery for Deeded repairs and
By JUDSON C. W tL L IV E R
advise us at once of what is needed to put your baryeating ma-
Am erica has reverted to the ancient system of collecting
tolls w herew ith to build and m aintain highways.
In 1925 these tolls am ounted to >1,094,000,000, collected
through m otor licenses, gasoline taxes, property, corporation,
income production and other taxes on autom obiles, autom obile
m anufactures, the petroleum industry, etc.
In the same year $1,003,000,000 was spent on ru ra l roads,
portrayal of the It took near a century to build $20,000,000,000 w orth of rail-
deiigbtfui prank« roads. A highw ay system costing th a t m uch will be created in
feline frisking over twenty years at present
it rate,
chinery in good condition. The sooner your order is placed the
better service we will be able to render.
HILL & CO. Halsey
Write your answer on printed
statiouery. Yonr individuality ami •
Zez Confrey.
your personality are bound t o ! of a certain young
make for your Bucceae. Send your tbe Ivories has been recognized as the
rnsse are some of the high points
I
answer on printed stutionery and model of American syncopation.
But Mr. Confrey has other "flrsta" j presented by Thomas H. MacDonald,
you will be known as you would In his repertoire, his acquaintances Chief of the Bureau of Public Roads,
Department of Agriculture. In an In
like to be. Your message will declare. Country bred, be Is a Judge tervlew
on highway development
mean more and will receive more of borae flesh, and also knows a good
“The equipment of this continent
cigar.
attention, if written on printed ! The simple life le Mr. Confrey'i Idea with modern roads has been the most
provision of a public utility
stationery which we can furnish ! of happiness. Every so often Manhat •mazing
that any community ever accom
you at moderate prices.
tan gets too crowded for him and b e: pushed In a similar period," said Mr
(24 miles, were to be Included In the
national system, eligible for Federal
aid. Nearly «very mile of that 2,866,-
0(1 was a candidate tor designatloa
as a Federal highway. But In the end
the system was laid out as a truly na
tional one.
"When the map was published It
showed nearly the 200,000 miles of
designated routes. Since then 4(,485
boards a train for the country an d . MacDonald.
"Historians
say the miles of these roads have bean Im
the companionship of a certain mur- Ronian Empire was hald together by proved, nearly 13,000 more are under
muring broek. Inevitably be comes
highway system, radiating from construction, and over 2,000 hare been
Official Notice
back with one of the merry tunes for 1 Rome to the Provinces. But America approved for early beginning of work.
i has converted a continent Into
In addition to that many states hare
Notice is hereby given th at in which he le noted.
A bachelor, Zez keeps open house neighborhood within a few years,
accordance with chapter 265 of tLe for hie friends. I f he Invites a few o f) “Thia accomplishment really repre- built, without Federal aid, extensive
sections which are Included within
General Laws of Oregon for the the boys over for a midnight supper, sents the Inauguration of a new sys this national system. In fact, these
vear 1923 section 2, Ib e a re a w it h - ! be does the cooking himself. Invlta- tern of taxation: a system of licenses state contributions aggregate 65,000
3 •
’
- — to
— his ••—
■- little
—
-■-------- are
— and excises levied against particular
. ____ . „
I tions
lively
dinners
paruc
in tbe present boundary line, of goufht
gr# two
t(>i
or cl„ , „ of property, the miles, so that approximately two-
thlrds of the 200,000 mile national
school district No. 72 io Linn which
Is partial.
Darflal. Ko are'
high
which Mr. Confrey is
are »roceeds being dedicated to highway
highway system has already been Im
proved.
County, Oregon, has been, by ord bis friends. His recipes for the two development
"For 1*25 state taxes on gasoline
Uncle Sam as Road Supervisor
er of tbe County Court of Linn follow:
aggregated $163,000.000. Add to tkat
Sauco.
Along with all of this, there la the
$2(3,500.000 for automobile registra
Couuty, Oregon, declared to be u Royal Eggs With Mushroom
cup e v a p o
l i *««•
tion and licenses; $160.000.000 as Federal supervision over construction
r a te d m ilk d i l
weed control district for the year S P a e p it p er
property taxes on the 20,000.000 auto and maintenance. When Uncle Sam
u ted w ith
2 % c u p m e a t atock mobiles; $161,430,709 as the Federal helps build a road he reserves au
1926, for tbe destruction and pre 1-1 p ou n d raueb-
room s
<Th h is may be
azclae tax on automobiles, parts and thority to require Its proper main
ll e n to
p r e p a r e d fro m
venting from producing reed of tbe 1 s lic e » D p im
I tbep. buttar
b o u illo n c u b e s )
accessories for 1926; $60,000,000 to tenance. Then there is the business
noxious weed known as Canada II slice
• tbep. flour
represent wheelage taxes, special of uniform marking along highways,
Parsley
which makes It possible tor motorists
tbistls.
S a u te tb e m u ik r o o m i In tw o tb ep . taxes on gasoline or cars, and fines
r , ta k in g c a r e n o t to bu rn : m u s e collected from motor drivers.
The to drive thousands of miles on a des
Dated this 26tb day of May, a b u tte
w h it e e a u o e o f tw o tb sp . b u tte r ,
ignated route whose markings be
flour, e v a p o r a te d m ilk a s d m e a t s to c k . total reaches approximately $749,-
1920.
come so fam iliar that after a few
C ook flve m in u te s .
Add th e c o o k e d 930,709.
m u sh r o o m s
an d
ch op p ed
p im e n to .
miles he need not ask directions.
3. M- Payne, County Judge
Nearly »1,100,000,000 Yearly Tolls
U r ee k e x g e an d d rop In to h o t fa t, b e
Finally Federal participation has
in g c a r e r u l to k e e p e s a In a g lo b u la r
"But these figures do not Include
J. D. Isoin, County Coin.
m t » . J u s t ae s o o n aa th e y a r e a g o ld
made possible a great number of
income
and
corporation
taxes
derived
en
b
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lif
t
o
u
t
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d
ra
in
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an
Joe, Hume, County Coin.
' g g on e a ch p le o a o f to a s t. A llo w tw o from the motor car business. Nor do bridges at strategic points. Some of
these have been needed for years, yet
p ie c e s fo r e a c h s e r v in g . P o u r o v e r a ll
th e m u sh r o o m s a u c e a n d g a r n is h w ith they Include state, local, production, state Bnd local authorities have been
p a r sley .
corporation or Income taxes of the unable to provide them, partly be
Plneapple-Cheeee Salad.
petroleum Industry. Yet that Indus cause of the cost, partly because of
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e
s
p
in
e
C r isp le t t u c e
Naw Yorkers Would Elect Bourbon
try has a capitalization of about competition between routes. When a
le a v e s
a p p le
$9,000,000,000. A modest estimate for stream separate« two counties, or two
to Defeat Wadsworth.
1 c u p cre a m
1 tb sp . p in e a p p le
ch eese
juice
these, added to the preceding figures, states. It la often Impossible to get
New York.— New York atate dry
sugl
14 c u p ch op p ed
1 tap. sugar
makes a total of $1,094,930,709, which them to agree where to build or how
nuts
O rean an d rod
leaders declared (hey were out to de > tb
sp . e v a p o r a te d
m a lfo e a
la considerably more than the entire to divide the cost of a bridge. In
m ila
C rea m y s a la d
feat United States Senator Wadsworth,
Amount spent on country roads.
such cases the Federal authority has
dreealn*
ropubllcsn. even If they split tbe repub
"You observe that I have not in repeatedly mediated differences and
C o m b in e th e c h e e s e , n u ts, e v a p o r a te d
m
ilk
,
p
in
e
a
p
p
le
Ju
ice
an
d
s
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g
a
r
,
and
lican party and elected a democratic
cluded the government's expenditures secured construction. Let me men
blan d in t o a e m o u th m a ss. C u t p in e a p
candidate, who, they said, would be ple c ir c le s In ftalf. S p re a d c h e e s e m ix of nearly $100,000,000 In Federal aid tion some Instances.
less dangerous because "he would be tu r e on a s lic e o f p in e a p p le an d ureas to road building. In the eight years
Missouri has been a state for over
tb e o th e r h a lf c ir c le o f p in e a p p le on from 1916 to 1925 Inclusive, the Gov
a century. Divided east and west by
in tbe minority at Washington."
to p o f c h e e s e a s o n e w o u ld a s lic e of
bread In m a k in g a s a n d w ic h . C ut d ia ernment has contributed $4(0,000,000 i the Missouri river, communication ba-
The announcement followed a con m o n d s o r t r ia n g le s fr o m g r e e n an d red
to help the states build roads. That
two sections has been 11m
ference of representatives of the Anti- m a n g o e s an d p r e ss In to th e e d g e o f la considerably less than halt of what , tween the
H A o f e l o ' e r4 6 a a A v a «« ♦ a a «
th e c h e e s e m ix tu r e b e tw e e n th e p in e
Ited, to ♦ the
state’s disadvantage. Four
Saloon league, the W. C. T. U., the pro ap p le L ay tw o o f th e p r e p a r ed p i e c e the country spent on roads In either
bridges across the river were required
p in e a p p le on a c r is p le ttu c e le a f.
hibition national committee and Meth or
S e r v e w ith c r e a m y s a la d d r e s s in g T h is 1924 or 1925. Moreover, In the same In the national highway program, and
eight years, while the Government Federal co-operation with the state of
odist laymen of the New York con s e r v e s five.
wag distributing that $460,000.000 to Missouri has made them possible.
ference.
Great chefs are born, not made. the states. It collected $973,000,000 In Two are completed, the others are un
Internal revenue taxes on motor cars der construction. The four w ill cost
British Golf Title Won By Swvvtaer. Kurely If ever do they rise to the
Thus It appears twat wederal con a little more than $2.000.000, the Fed
heights
In
their
Mulrfleld, Scotland.—Jesa Sweetser,
tribution to roads as compared to the eral contribution being nearly $1,000,-
profession by dint
stocky young bond broker of New
contribution of people who make and 000.
of perseverance.
York, won the British amateur golf In Europe and
use the cars and the gasoline has
Getting Bridges Constructed
been decidedly modest.
championship,
shattering
defenses the East a chef
“Another
bridge that has a peculiar
“But, while Federal contribution Is
which have guarded that cherished with
the
truq
Importance, both locally and nation
only
about
19
per
cent
of
highway
ex
title from Americans since W alter gastronomic In
pense, It has accomplished results al ally, has been needed for generations
Travis won It 22 years ago. Sweetser stinct Is treefl-
together out of proportion to Its across Raritan bay. New Jersey. It Is
Jealously,
beat Alfred Simpson of Edinburgh In tn-ed
amount F irs t it was an Incentive to one of the links In the chain of com
the 3(-holv finals by the Imposing lie expects and
the States. The Government required munication between New York city
acore of six up and five to play. The obtains the treat
them to Invest as much as It con and the country at large. In 1924
trlbuted. Then the Government takes New Jersey had some $700,000 of Fed
young American, by his victory, be ment of an am
bassador.
H I s
part In a general supervision of con- eral aid allotted to her roads and In
comes the second of his countrymen
dishes are the
etructlon and a share In determining 1925 over $1,000.000. So the state
ever to have won the British amateur pride
hlf
of
routes. So we have built roads on agreed that this Raritan bridge should
crown. Travis was the only other master,
b«
to
H. Gsdojiait.
better standards, and have got them be built, costing about $4,000.000.
from across the seas to capture It.
boasted
of
ta
organized Into a truly national sys Federal funde made up about one-
friends In the cafee and bazaars.
tem Instead of forty-elf;ht state sys- third of the amount. The bridge, over
s»>«e and a hail long, is now nearly
Such a chef is Haroutonn QedoJInn. terns.
Late M arket Report
»Mompiunmem or m a u y import**?
sometime chef to the family royal ol
U n ifying tbe Road System
highway development.*
the hhedlve of Egypt, now the owner
"Some day It will be realized that
According to the American Petro
of a bizarre gold coast restaurant In this was the most valuable contribu
leum Institute, the gasoline tax was
Portland
Chicago. In bis forty-three years as » tion. Driving from Boston to New
W heat— Rig Rend bluest em. hard chef extraordinaire. Usroutoun's word York, a man may pass through four first Imposed In 1919 in Oregon. It
has now been adopted by all the
whit«, hard federation. IM S ; soft has been law In the cuisine« of three states.
Every one might have a states except New York. Illinois, New
white, western white, $1.43; hard win
Egyptian princes and one princess splendid highway system; but If these Jersey and Massachusetts. The ten
ter. northern spring and western red
the mother of the hhedlve.
When did not articulate at the state lines dency has been continually to In
$1 IS.
Lord Kitchener was elrdsr of Egypt, the trip would be almost Impossible crease the rate of tax per gallon. As
Hay—Alfalfa, $1660019 ton; valley before the trouble In the Soudsn, Thanks to the systematization under late as 1921 gasoline taxes for the en
Federal Influence, country roads are tire country were only shout $5,000,-
♦Imothy. $19019 50, eastern Oregon Ilarontoun cooked for him.
One of Kitchener’s favorite dishes as superior to stats boundary lines as 000: In 1922, $12.000.000; In 1923. al
timothy. 121 60022.
according to Haroutonn. was schlsch era railroads.
most $37.000,000: In 1924, $79,000,000,
Rutterfst— 61c shippers' track.
"The Federal highway act of 1921 and In 1925, $142,967,749
ksbb. a dish made from milk-fed baby
Eggs— Ranch. 24©27c.
W ith good prospects that the "gas"
lamb. Prince Jamlel, another of hlf required that a complete nation reach-
Cheese— Prices f. o. b. Tlllsmooh;
masters, was particularly fond ol tag system of roads be designated tax will be adopted soov by states
within two years, as the roads to which do not have It now and with
Triplets. 1764c; loaf, 2$Hc per lb.
dried cream and honey, a preparation
which Uncle Sam would give assist the gallonage rates being Increased ic
Cattle Steers, good. $6 2508 86.
which Is one o f Harontoun's sealously
Ilogs .Medium to choice. 111.SO© guarded secrets. Prince Sasd Pashu ance. It was found that there were other states. It Is calculated that this
2.1(60(1 miles of highway In the tax alone will soon raise $200.000,000
II IS.
was a keen admirer of « confection
eountry. Of these 7 per cent, or 290, a year, quite possibly duiVag 192A
Sheep— I.smbs, medium to choice. Ilarontoun makes entirely out ol
flour, butter and nuts.
«11 012 60.
In msny of his admirable dishes.
GASOLINE TAXES BY’ STATES
Haroutonn uses evaporated milk
Oaa Taa
Oaa Ta*
Ueattls.
Stata»
t t r O»U C ollection»
S ta te s
par Oak C »Hecti«n»
1925
W heat—Soft whit«, western whit«, which Is simply freeh cow's milk
1925
IMS
1SZS
sterilised In cans and with sixty p«r
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1
2.140. H l
2
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100.009
1163; hard winter, t i l l ; northern
Ark
I.M
S.9H
4
Nona
N J.
cent of the water removed Because
Ari».
444 2T»
t
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s
spring Rig Bend bluestem f l 31; west
13? ISO
of a homogenising process through
12,1«*»
Cal.
9
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Nenä
era red I t 17.
1.444.SII
Col
1
4
N . C.
B.3T3.043
which evaporated milk la put. tht
Conn.
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2
n
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1
H ay—Alfalfa, »2« timothy. |2 |;
fat globules In tbe milk are broken
2M .H0
Dal.
Ohio
9
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ru
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914
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timothy P B, $20; do. mixed. $2$.
Okia.
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143 BIT
up Into microscopic particle« and die
O rk
Oa
4 411.314
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4
I 3 U .U 3
R utter—Creamery. Mid40c.
trlbuted throughout the milk, where
Hah«
F in n »
1
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3
I9.too.oce
Non«
lit
R I
1
190.434
Eggs Ranch. 21 © lie
they remain In homogeneous suspen
IM .
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2
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sion.
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Hogs Prime. $15 26015 6«.
2
8 O.
9
1.993 l i i
K ma .
Term.
S
2.271 »H
1
3 “ 3 453
Cattle - Prime »leers. $3 0008 86.
This breaking of the fat globulei
1 040 »MJ
2
1
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Ta*.
1 744.007
1 JS9 541
2
U ta h
•7&.KS
Cheese Oregon triplet«, 14c, Wash glvea a distinct buttery flavor to every
Me
2.000 »CO
Vt
2
1
&19 30»
drop o f the evaporated product. •
Md
Vu
Ington triplets. 21012c.
2
i.O ll )U
1
» sm ;«
W wto
N «ne
1 oen 0 9«
M —
S
flavor which ordinary market milk
W V«.
Minn
1 H l 444
1
1.ISÄ 790
st*
does not have. Hsrontonn says he
Mich.
W1«.
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i
9
».447 »>4
Spokane.
M
k»
A
1
400 9n
•
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uses evaporated milk In preference to
•
1'laC a t d a .
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4
4«t)
1
1
Hogs--Good. |14 10016 I I .
T»7 614
market milk to the preparation of nil
L.
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9
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C a ttle -Prime steers. $7.60 0 8 60.
X
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1
DM.«*»
s o r ts of baked dlshee as well as In
Total
9142,9(7,749
N «s.
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• 11.211
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H A LSEY STATE B A N K
Halsey, Oregon
C A P IT A L
AND
SU R PLU S
$ 3 5 ,0 0 0
Commercial and Savings accounts Solicited
The Big Dish of Ice Cream
we will eerve will prove none tco
big for your appetite after you
once taste it. In fact you’ll wish
you could find room for more.
Try some at home for dessert.
The way the family will enjoy it
will make your heart feel glad.
Clark’s Confectionery
DRY LEADERS ARE MILITANT
Kerr’s
Chick Starting Milk Alash
Baby Chick Scratch
Egg Producer
Triangle Egg Mash
Attractive prices on Shell, Bone Meal
and Fine and Coarse Grit
O. \Y. F R U M
HALSEY
GARAGE
Good trades allowed
Dealer H U D S O N
& E SSE X
in
Cars
Two Cars for Sale or Trade
Reo six touring, will trade for cows.
Wrecking Shop
1918 Buick six for sale,
Parts
connection
for less
m o n ey
P . P A P M A N Prop,
We want
your
Complete line of
Albors Brothers and Brewster's
C H IC K E N F E E D
Fleece Twine and Wool Sacks
T. J. Skirvin Seed (g
Job Printing
Personal Service by an Experienced Printer
Bung
our Next Order to the Enterprise
2
Any Girl in Trouble
may communicate with Enwgn Lee of the Salvation Army at , h,
W hile Shield Home, MS Uavfalr avenue, Portland. Oregon.
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