A g r c il l t u r e
Ho rtic u ltu re
L iv e s to c k
NTERPR!
A Weekly Chronicle of Local Events and Progress in Linn County
Established )9li
HALSEY, O REG ON, T H U R SD A Y
TAN. 37. 1927 ,
t 1 a year la advaaec
From the Editor’
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The pollution of streams with mu-
H A L S E Y , L IN N A N D O R E G O N
! n*c‘Pd1 sewage has been cussed and
d'seussed a good deal and the gener­
of A. e O. W»«-
al belief ------
seems
though i Clarence, » «on
- t„ be
.-v, that mvujpi
..............
dirt
may
not
be
wholesome
it
is
t
p
o
|íl*ne^•
^ied
tbi«
m
oru iog of heart
F arm er’s Best Chance in
cheap and convenient to be dispens­ disease at his home southeast of
Improved Methods
ed with
town, aged 34 years and 11
An article on this page from the
te
»¡-k- . .
, months. Funeral at the home
Eugene Register gives reasons why l.ke the
7 ° 7"
Am*rica’ Saturday at 10. with interment in
,e lv „
the city consumer pi ys about twice hke the nlajonty of men of w ealth,L ,. Rirfc
Monday evening, accompanied by Ed-
,
W »
ward Blood, who had been at Spring- H <X)SIS M o n e y tO
field for some time.
a a
i
n
■
pastor of the church there and
Mr«, ii r m
,
Market r roduce
also save he expect! to work in ~ Mrs. H. L. Blood returned from !
Eugene Thursday and reported Mrs
, •
vv
strawberries.
Markham as much improved.
B llt C o - O p « r » t in K J a r m o r s
J. H. Van .Nice waa up from
Can Reduce Expense
W. G. McNeil and family moved
Salem the laat of the week and
( Eugene Register)
to I.acomb Thursday. Mr. McNeil
helped the boys butcher hoge. He has accepted the pastorate of the
The U. S. department of agricul­
W°rking falth' P -" » ’- #Dd »»’ brothers. Byrd advertieaa for sale a good Ford Ere« Methodist church there.
as much for the potatoes or ham and " " 7 * P° ° r
ture
has been studying food distri­
car motor.
fully for very small wages. There is 00(1 Anhur
Lulu, Ida and Elmer McNeil quit bution costs in New York, and its
eggs for his breakfast as the pro­
Keith McHargue of Browoaville school here Tuesday.
a chance for every boy in this coun-
, , n , ,,
.. . , .
ducer got for them.
in veetigators have turned up some
1 J. J. Barrett, president of the got a one-year teacher** certificate
try who has the right stuff in him.
There are exceptions to the rule,
Mrs. George Chandler visited the interesting tacts. They loam, for
county fair association for several as a result of the December exam­
however. In Eugene there has for
school Thursday afternoon.
example, that the standard retail
Boston, New York, Chicago and years, has been re-elected. C. H. inations.
Frank Gibson was a Corvallis vis­ sale of fruits and vegetables is
years been a public market for farm­ Philadelphia no longer run this coun Davidson of Shedd is vice-presi­
County Superintendent Geer was itor Saturday.
about 26 cents for each kind of pro­
ers. At first it was (with discreet
try. The south and west keep ito dent and F. E. Callister treasurer visiting the schools tha other day
duct, of which about 14 cents is the
concealment) frowned upon by the
again.
A
number
of
young
men
are
prac­
laws bone dry.
wholesale value landed in New
and inquiring why Frank Willis
local merchants, who regarded it as
The senior class of the high did not attend. Hob nails In bis ticing a one-act negro play, “In A York. They add:
Barber Shop,” to be given at the
reducing their volume of trade and
’'Carloads of products are broken
Drivers exceed the speed limit school, believing that the cold shoes had been pronounced objec­ next community meeting, Feb. 4.
into smaller lota by wholesalers for
therefore their profits. The major­ therefore the limit is to be raised weather kept many f eople from
tionable.
Mrs. J. A. Johnson and daughters the jobbers, the jobbers in tum break
ity of them, however, seem to have If citizens will not adjust their ac- l.,U pl‘ * 1,81 fi»turday, will repeat
The item io last week’s paper visited Mr. and Mrs. Sam Campbell up the packages into still smaller Iota
come to the conclusion that they are tions to the law, adjust the law to I -- ton,orrow (Friday) eveniug at about
stieep-killing dogs and at k in g ’s Valley one day last week. for retailers, and the retailers fur­
better off without the trouble of their actions.
Koontz* hall. If yoM did not sie the amount of damages paid by
ther sub-divide the shipments for
handling fresh produce, and Eugene’s
it jou misted a treat.
consumers. All this entails service
Alford Arrows
the county wae uot 100 years old.
Public market has become one of the
which is paid for ultimately by tha
Edward Ward of Eugene, son One wrong type made it read
(Enterprise Correspondent)
Chapped Hands?
consumer. ”
state’s famous institutions.
of Mr«. M M. Ward of this city, “ 1826” instead of “ 1926.”
Mrs. Joe Cersovski and daughter,
It is, of course. But let us not
Farmers near Chicago have open­
Chapped Face?
waa badly injured Sunday when
Our serial, “ The Doom Trail,” Anna Theresa, are visiting relatives overlook the significant fact that for
ed retail stores in that city, co-ope­
hit car ran into a bridge rail this reaches a high point of interest in Portland.
what he pays for this service the New
These are sure reliefs :
rating in manning them and finding a /! •
York consumer gets a lot in return.
i Ride of Albany. Hie eon Ferris this week in the sensational escape
Mr and Mrs. Landis Philpott and
a profitable outlet for their products Mimosa Cream . . 45c w*8 ,eM ,eriou8|y hur‘.
Suppose he had to go down to the
of two captives whom the Indians son Lee of Harrisburg visited at
The Pacific Coast Co-operative
H in d s *
Msllenthin ia coming to have bound to stakes for torture Chester Curtis’s Thursday afternoon docks in person and make his pda-
chases It is true that on each 26-
Poultry Producers have made a suc­ L I o
A
'
Albany next Tuesday. For and death. *
Dorothy Corcoran spent Sunday cent transaction he might effect a
cess of co-operation and the price of
7 * » _ V > r e a m . 3 U C ; two wvefca an advertisement has
Our last report of the condition and Sunday night with Beverly Isom. 12-cen^ saving, but the time he would
u se , up and the transportation costs
been
in
the
Enterprise
saying
his
of
Mrs. D. J. Hayes was encour­
i X r n „t h e 7 rthwT is s e v e r a lc e n tf ¡'Chamberlain’s . . 25c
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Burkhart of
he Would incur would wipy out the
higher per dozen because of their
v visit would be “ Thursday, Feb aging.
.Salem visited their farm the first
saving and leave him in thr- hole.
work.
aud don’t forget
1.'' Feb. 1 will be Tuesday.
of
the
week.
Linn county's school population
He would be late to work, the boss
• >peaking of one of its constructive
M orris’ Cold Tablets
Maarle, young son of Harry is 28 legs than a year ago and is
Mr. and Mrs. John Ringler and would call him down and since he
members, the manager savs
children were Sunday guests at J. I). would bo tired from his eflurts his
D avit, ran away the other day, 3875 boys and 8600 girls.
“It would be worth millions and People come mfles for these.
Brubaker's.
efficiency would suffer and he would
spent a cold night in a barn and
1 he state board of health plans
Sure relief and guaratead
millions to the agricultural industry
probably lose his job. So it would
waa
caught
next
day
hoofing
it
B.
E.
Cogswell
of
Portland
is
visit­
to have Oregon free from diph-
of the country if all those engagea
be a costly experience for him nil
ing at his ranch.
for Eugene.
25c the box
tharia by 1980.
in it had the same understanding of
around
The high school seniors took in
he co-operative movement that he
Iteuben Rinbold is visiting at the
While we are at it, let us look at
Read “ Mexican Indians Are
H a lse y P h a r m a c y about »70, of which »50 was net, Fleet
Brubaker home.
-ad, and then followed it up bv
this business of food sales from the
of
Foot,”
ou
one
cf
our
insert
action.”
at tbeir play Friday night.
other side of the fence. If the pro­
pages this week and tell us if you
Spoon Rivor Spark«
The loss farmers sustain because
ducer could deliver direct to the con-
The Southern Pac ific will run want to try a footraoo with one of
they do not pull together like other
( E n t e r s r l« « C o r r e s p o n d e n c e )
sumer he would get 26 cefcs instead
interests was shown by a recent an­ Hie best. Reduced to 20o. and another special train to Sen Fran- the Tarahunaares.
Hiram Bierly was a caller at AI of 14, minus the freight and other
oiaco
on
the
schedule
of
the
Shasta
nouncement by O.A.C. that potato lese m larger quantitiee. Supply
transportation charges, but what
Last week's Lebanon Express bany Saturday.
limited, with fare of »15 one wav
growers near Portland, instead of
would it cost him to get the higher
your
needs
while
it
lasts,
f
had
a
cartoon
showing
Winter
Lester Powell and wife and Carl p rice. It would cost him a lot- «
(day coaches) ooly. If party
getting more for their product, which
N. T. Sneed.
was first d a .,, than those farther __
wants to return the fare will l e mired in a January thaw. The Seefeld and family mot»red to Al­ more, in all probability, than the 12
I'.'R ¿A LE ¡'
'
from the market, were standing ¡,
cents, for he would have to incur all
>30 for the round trip, limited to paper reached Halsey Friday bany Thursday.
loss of «bout »10 a ton because they
M. B. Harding and sons Bruce, the costa of distribution to the ulti­
fifteen days. Return in day morning, the oddest thia year, 12
were not combined and the Portland
coacbea of regular trains. This above, when old man Winter did Dick and Harry, motored to Salem mate consumer. He would have to
buyers were.
vlait each house, make bis sale, weigh
train leaves Portland tomorrow, not show a sigu of having been F riday. While there they visited Or measure it out and collect tha
at tho
/
Many co-operative farm movements
'T he Frank Durban Dairy Ranch,”
mired.
Saturday
it
wae
14
and
fail because of the tendency of farm­
nn. 28, just as it did last Friday.
money. His expense bill, by the timd
Vannice Ranch
Sunday there was enough snow so and also the J. H. Van Nice».
ers to assert their individuality and
he finished, would be -daggering.
W. G. McNeil has removed to
Herman Stienke and family visited
the boye made enowbaljs. And
resent restraint, but there are glow­
But that is not all. While the
Lacomb, this county, where the
at W. A. Falk's last Sunday,
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the next day it rained.
ing examples in the record of profit
producer was doing all this deliver­
luscious
strawberry
carpets
fields
from whole-hearted co-operation in
or trade for heirs of one breed
M. H. Harding and wife and child ing he would be unable to produce,
of hundreds of acres with green
marketing.
I’fhe Grove Point«
ren visited at Merwyn Van Nice’s and would have to hire somebody
3 Young Bronze Gibblers and white and pink and rc-d and
Co-operative marketing and buying
Tuesday. J. H. Van Nice spent sev to do it for him. Thus his costs
(By Special Correspondent)
eventually brings many dollars
rn»y help some, but the most prom­
AUo would buy a few hens
eral days last week with them also. would go up sharply at the source.
Mrs. L. E. Eagy arrived home Mon­ He returned to his home at Salem Then there is the unquestioned fact
ising means the farmer has of help­
from far and near. He will be
Willard Hamlin,
day after a five weeks’ visit with Saturday,
ing himself lies in the production of
that modern conveniences of distri­
on Rogers place at Alford
her sisters in California.
Comb H oney
Good Ford M otor
moro
acre.
near,
acre
what
money’s worth of crops per
The time is coming, -far or
when the average production per
in this valley will be double
it is today.
w . M. B U R B A N K
30x3j J Tire for aale
for IQ days at
$7.50
The D elegates
a 3-act comedy-drama
will bo reproduced by
th e S e n io r C la ss o f
H o w to Buy Good Q uality Foods
at Popular Prices
HALSEY HI
SC H O O L
Ask Us for Preferred Stock
tomorrow (Friday) night
at 8 at K oontz’ Hall
Admittance 35 and 15c
That is the answer.
This brand includes a largo assortm ent o f
quality foods which are sold at popular
prices.
Wo can sell vou these splendid goods at
popular prices because they are produced
and put on the m arket by m odern m eth­
ods and at the lowest possible expense and
cost.
" hen you buy Preferred Stock you get thw e
p>o< quality you want at a price y o u can
afford to pay.
J
L. R. Falk and son Charles and
Miss Leone Palmer spent the week daughter Ava spent Saturday at C
end in Albany.
L. Falk’s.
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Eagy were Al­
Janet Bilyeu was on the sick list
bany visitors Wednesday.
several days last week.
Mrs. W. D. McLaren and Mrs E.
Rev. M. C. Clarke of Newberg and
E. Hover attended the missionary Rev. Taylor of Salem were gueets
meeting at the Peoria parsonage at C. E. Gillette's ever Tuesday night.
Thursday afternoon.
Clyde and Leonard Robinson of
Miss Mabel Hartrick of Eugene is Salem are cutting wood at H. L.
' isiting Mrs. L. E. Edgy this week. Straley’s.
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Blood were
Kenneth Van Nice and Miss Nellie
called to Eugene Monday by the ser­ Falk spent Sunday with the former’s
ious illness of their daughter, Mrs. parents at Salem.
Mao Markham. Mr. Blood returned
A number of young folks of this
vicinity skated at L. R. Falk's Sunday
How about
W ir e
iiet our prices before you buy.
We have the
American Zinc Insulated Field Fence
No. 939 Fence, 39c a rod, cash
No. 832 Fence, 36c a rod, cash
No. 7 26 Fence, ¡3 I c a rod, cash
M. V. KOONTZ Co,
»■»
Í
0
-,
H ill & » i Co,
Mi. and Mrs. G.
ors at Albany
spent the evening
ter, Mrs. Charles
bution tend to increase consumption.
If Consumers ate only what they could
buy at their doors from peddlers,
they would eat much less.
It is hot here intended to say that
modern distribution system i are per­
fect. They are not — far from it.
But it is extremely unfair to say
that because food that costs the New
York consumer 26 cents at his home
costs only 14 cento at the dock there
te an unscrupulous Ethiopian In the
woodpile. It costs a great deal of
of money to get food from the dock
to the consumer and somebody has
to pay that cost. It would cost the
consumer even more to go to the dock
•nd get it himself.
J. Rike were visit­
Church Nolle«
Wednesday. They Methodist—Next Sunday :
with their daugh
10 a. m,, Sunday Reboot
Straley.
Ellen Van Nice spent the week tn l
with her brother Kenneth at the
Van Nice home.
Robert Ramsey and wife were
Sunday visitors at J N. Elliot's.
Mrs. Hazel Munkers and daughter
spent the week end at H. L. Straley'«.
Merwyn Van Nice and family spent
the week end in Portland and Salem
visiting relatives.
11, Public servicers
3, Junior League
6 80, Epworth League
7 80, public services.
7 80 Thursday, prayer meeting
Here all will find a welcome,
regardless of social standing. Your
presence will help, and wa will try
to do you good.
J. 8. Millar, pastor.
W. R. Kirk and wife and son Ray­
mond made a hurried trip to Browns­
Sym bolic CAinwa« C a le r t
ville Thursday evening to consult a
T h e Chinese have tlx symbolic col-
dentist about Raymond’s teeth, which o ra: lied algniaea flra and the aouth •
were giving him a great deal of black, w ater <nd the n orth ; bine or
green, wood and the east; white
trouble.
metal or mist and the w est; yellow ’
Alice Harding spent Saturday af­ *N rtb and the < enter
ternoon skating with Ardella and
Luella Falk.
Raataning That C a w tlt
Hermun Stienke and family and
T he tlme for reaaonlng la before we
Mrs. C. L. Falk jr. and baby went
to Eugene Friday evening to a birth- hâve approarhed near enough to th<>
(jf^botiDucl OB last page)
forhidden fru it to look at lt and
m ir a — M argaret Perclval,
ad­