Rural enterprise. (Halsey, Or.) 1924-1927, May 12, 1927, Image 8

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    N e w s ( C o n tin u e d fro m firs t p a g e )
K o o k - R it e e le c tric
sto ve , $ 2 .
Ailord Arrow«
(Enterprise correspondent)
M r. and Mrs. Cbailes C ortis
and children, Charles Dean, Anna
Louisa and Elnora, visited Jack
C urtis of Peoria Sunday.
M r. and Mrs. A. P. RobneU
and daughter Dorie of Eugene
spent Saturday at E. D. Isotn’s
Beverly Isiom accompanied them
home th a t evening, returning with
her parents Sunday evening, after
they had spent the day Jin Eugene.
Mie. A. E. W bilbcck called on
Mrs. John Rolfe Monday after-
to on .
o r f r y w it h th e e le c tr ic iy y o u p a y fo r b u t
F in d K en tu cky Has
2 A nti-G ossip Laws
Louisville. K y .— Defeat Io
Tennessee recently of to “ anti-
gossip law" has caused stu­
dents of history to dig Into
musty tomes and discover that
Kentucky has two. ooe «Darted
In 1924 and the otber passed
on from Mother Virginia to Its
lusty infant Kentucky. The
latter statue Is more than 250
years old. but Its provisions
are Just as binding now as
when the grand assembly of
the colony of Virginia, In ses­
sion at James City in 1600,
adopted the measnre.
The Virginia bill Is kuowD
as chapter 11. of the acts and
was passed while “ the Merrle
Monarch,” Charles II., was on
the throne of England. When
Virginia became a state 11
adopted the acta of the colony,
and when Kentucky was crea
led In 1792 from Virginia that
stale adopted the Virginia
statute«.
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Dr. Shelton resigned as mayor
The A lfo rd school closed Friday of Brownsville and R. D. Coshow
w ith a picnic io the woode near succeeds him .
Church Notices
Guests at Michael Rickard's
Sunday were a ll the children of Methodist— N ext Sunday :
M r. and Mrs R ickard,M r. and Mrs.
10 a. m ., Sunday school
Guy Roberts and children of To­
11, Public services«
ledo, M r. and Mrs. Robert M cFet
7, Epworth League
o f Eugene and Air. and Mrs. Ray
8, p ub lic services
mood Rickard and baby o f Me
8 Thursday, prayer meeting
Farland.
Here a ll w ill find a welcome,
K e ith Hayes spent Ihe week end regardless of social standing. Y<>ur
presence w ill help, and we w ill try
w ith Carl Isom.
to do you good.
Velda, A lice und Delta C urtis
J. S. M iller, pastor.
visited Bertha and Clara Comely
Church of C hrist—
Sunday afternoon.
J. II. R ickntd and fa m ily at
tended church both m orning and
evening at Lake Creek and iu the
afternoon at McFarland.
Mia* Ada Drown of Albany
visited at J. D. Brubaker's from
Thursday u n til Sunday,
(By Special Correspondent)
Are you going Io g>t
Mr. and M rs. H - L. W allace o!
Liger Islai d spent Ihe week end at
A F A lheiteon’ a,
Mrs. J. A. Johteon
Albany Monday.
A
good
crowd
was
Preaching, 11
C hristian Endeavor, 7
Precsching, 8
C lifford L. Carey, pastor.
Pine Grove Point«
ir.
attended the
comiuuuito meeting Friday ev en ­
ing and enjuyed the program.
M is. Low ry is e till i l l at her
husband's home in C nrvrllie and
a fte rs week witho it school M ‘i
Agnes Chandler lenches at Pit
Grove thia week.
A llie rt H einrich spent S i n l- y
w ith home folks.
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ro o m .
it
at
and
th e
not
heat
E n te rp ris e
o ffic e
X
Mure Than 3,000 Preferred Shareholders
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th e
Ask For
Yonr Copy
of This
Attractive
Book
C cnuiain^ sixteen pages of pictures and facts,
illustrating and describing the properties of Moun­
tain States Power Company, the booklet shown
above is yours for the asking.
It is packed full r.f informative facts about this
progressive public utility company. Its charts pre­
sent a striking picture of growth. Its pictures illus­
trate modern plants, and properties, built and main­
tained for the service cf the public, with capital
supplied by large numbers of investors. Their
money is used for the construction of permanent,
useful public utility properties. A large map illus­
trates the wide territorial diversity.
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It tells you, too, how you may become a partner
in public service, by investment in the Company's
preferred shares.
W rite or phone for ycur copy today.
M ouN TAitt S tates P ower C ompany
Retta Arm strong spent Monday
night w ith Beverly Isom
M r. and Mrs. Sam R inglor aud
sun Jacob called at j . D. Bruba
ker'a Monday tve ilin g .
d o n ’t use in s u m m e r,
A Suit of Clothes ?
Charles V . Burr
of Brown**W e ie selling the u iin j.
sen (inc )
MEN’S SÜJIS
Math) of
$23.50
for
VIRGIN WOOL
and
$31.50
Made to your iudivedual m a ure
L yle Ksgy spent the week end ' Backward, tu rn backward,
Time ! in th y flig h t.
w ith hia grundfather al O akvil'e
Make me a c h ild again, just for
Mrs Laurel C h u dler attended
to n ig h t,"
th« meeting of the U -go.Lgo c|is>
In the story of the back-turned
at Mrs. Perry T aylor's F riday clock thia week Mr. Brent is
afternoon.
gelling Inc'« toward childhood l i t
RUR>". enterprise
(Continued from first page)
Published every Thursday at Halsey,
Oregon, by Wm H. Wheeler
W i l l b o il
“J very enjoyable time v u hfiTSat-
urday evening »hen about forty gath­
ered at R L. Falk's. The main fea­
ture of the evening was a weiner
roast. The guests brought cake and
sandwiches
Cocoa and coffee were
served with the refreshments Those
present besides the L. R. Falk family
were P. W H J. and W A. Palk and
C. L. Palk Jr. and R. E. Bierly and
their families, C. L. Palk sr„ Howard
Palk and Miss Mamie Palk. The
roast was In honor of Mrs. L. R
Falks birthday.
ROMANCE OF WEEPAH
of dwellings have been teals. During
the Inst week or so there has been an
Influx of building supplies, as all the $1 a year in advance. Arrearages 12Hc
a month. Stops when time expires
available trucks In Tonopah were
unless continuance Is ordered.
brought into service, and now the
frame buildings are becoming more Advertising, 20c an inch; no discount
for time or space; no charge for
numerous. These buildings spring up
composition or changes. Announce­
In hut a few hours after the supplies
ments of entertainments, food sales,
arrive In camp.
etc., whose object is to raise money,
Fast Work.
charged at regular advertising rates.
One of the best examples of such Announcements of religious meetings,
work Is the Weepah club, where
not exceeding four inches, free if
•Hard Hock Jack” jovially greets all
copy is received before Tuesday.
comers. It Is a flat-roofed structure
with a canvas sign bearing the words
"Eats and Drinks." The material for
Stage and Railroad Time
this place was brought Into camp at
Brownsville-Halsey stage leaves Halsey
1:20 Saturday afternoon.
By six
8:25 p m., 4:25 p. m., 12:25 p. m.
o’etpek there were three poker games
Arrives Brownsville
going full blast, and another famous
8:50 p. m., 4:50 p. m., 12:50 p. m.
old character of the camps, "Smiling
Leaves Brownsville
Jack." was standing behind a short
11:15 a. m., 3:20 p. m., 9:00 p. m.
improvised bar ready to dispense
Arrives Halsey
cigarettes or liquid refreshments
11:40 a. m.. 3:50 p. m., 9:30 p. m.
Pouring In and out about the tables
Upon request from passengers desir­
and counters ts a steady stream of
prospectors, miners, brokers, sight ing to use train No. 16, leaving Halsey
seers and newspaper men. The speech at 6:10 a. m.. stage will call at Browns­
ville In time to protect this connection.
Is rough, but the men are happy.
Otherwise no protection.
There Is always a good group hang
Ing around Frank Horton, Sr., when Southern Pacific trains arrive going
north
he Is In Weepah, and he ts accepted
3:50,
6:10,
11
49
a. m. and 4:11 p. m.
as being the father of the camp; for
Going south
it is he who has been trying to “ sell
12:21, 8:23 and 11:19 p. m.
that particular section of the country
All trains except that going north at
for a long time. Having won and lost
one big fortune he handles his work 4:11 p. m. stop only when flagged.
now with admirable capability. The
sudden visions of wealth and the Im­ A l . G . B a rn e s ’
mense quantities of mall offering him
help do not bother him In the least
C irc u s C o m in g
He Is always the same Jovial man
each day.
Each day Horton takes a trip oui
to the camp to see that everything
runs smoothly there. He listens to the
Advertising agents representing Al.
fickle praise of those who come to
Weepah. and attends to his duties od G. Barnes “ circus "have” been posting
the ground until early evening. Back pictorial circus bills in this vicinity
in Tonopah al night he smilingly re announcing the coming of this ex­
Jects more offers to help bim. and at cellent show, and advertisements will
the same time listens gravely to tbe be found in our columns this week.
plans of others who are eager to show
The management of the Al. G. Barnes
him how he can make a fortune.
Circus announces the following fea­
Young Horton and Leonard Traynoi tures this year:
do not say much. They answer all
The all
new spectacle entitled.
questions as courteously as possible,
Aladdin and the Parade of Gold,” U.
and then return to their prospector
which approximately 1,000 people take
friends to do their talking.
part, including the Chinese beauty,
Thirteen Sacks of Ore.
Lola Lee Chong; the Chinese giant,
Up on the side of the bill where the Liu Yu-Ching, the biggest man on
cut l i a s exposed the gold ore are 13 earth; Klinkerts, equestrian midgets,
sucks of ore. They weigh approxi­ fourteen tiny horsemen from Bavaria;
mately SO pounds each and have an San Marcus, the $16,000 equine star;
estimated value of somewhere be the zebra round-up, with the largest
tween $50,000 and $100,000, accord herd in captivity In America; and
ing to the elder Horton. These arc many other novel features and per­
left for public Inspection each day formances given by American and
and at night they are placed in the foreign artists, and animals from ev­
cut once more, covered with an old ery part of the world.
Two performances are given dally—
wagon top and guarded by a man who
sleeps there.
the afternoon starting at 2 o'clook,
No work Is being done on the pockei and the night performance at 8 o'clock.
or vein of ore for two reasons. One The doors are open one hour previous
Is that there Is a possibility of Its for the Inspection of the largest trav­
petering out, und the other Is that elling zoo in America, and for the
people ure looking at It most of the children to see the Chinese exhibit
time.
In which Liu Yu-Ching and his suite
Although there is no established law hold a reception.
The Al. G. Barnes Circus has al­
In the camp at Weepah, there Is a
very trustful attitude amoug the rest ways enjoyed an excellent reputation,
dents there. Stories concerning claim giving universal satisfaction to all
Junipers are sent out occasionally, but thetr patrons. Admission, adults 75c.
sucb cases are few and far between children 50c.
The average man who has lived in the
M a n ’s D eb t to Books
desert for any length of time realize»
God be thanked for hooks! They
the value of helping rather than hurt
ire the voices of the distant and the
tug the other fellow, and he lives bi
that rule. His tent ts always open to leiul, and make us heirs of the sp irit­
any one who may need It or anything ual life of past ages. Books are the
true levelers. They give to all who
In It.
Whether or not Weepah w ill prove •vill fa ith fu lly nse them the society,
to be a camp great enough to produce the spiritual presence of the best and
millionaires in the same manner that greatest of our race.—W illiam Ellery
Tonopah. Goldfield. Virginia City and Channing.
other famous Nevada towns did Is at
this stage of the game problematical.
U ntil enough work can be done in the
field to prove that the district Is a
really rich one there Is always tbe v ic in ity . B eautiful instru m e nt; *
bargain ; pay «10 a m onth. F or
doubt that It may be Just a "flivver.”
to Eugene Tuesday, May
Seventeenth.
P
0R Halsey
SALE
I 1 i 2 A
1 NO
1 1 V F in
Ten cents lor me whole i t iry,
W ith the Clock Turned B a c k .’ ’
Buy food insurance
Misses Rita R-ed and Pearl
Pehrsson spent the week end at
the Pehrsson home.
Mrs. H. 1,. Blood and M a iy,
from Eugene, visited iu th is viciu .
tty Friday.
Mr, and M'S. Ray Hover of
Albany spent the week end at E.
E. Hover’ «,
Since the recent prohibition Of re­
ports of divorce eases in London the
number of such suits has doubled
Home people i not stage cels brtt lea i seem
to have khrunk from the courts through
dislike; fo r; the broadcasting of their
lnttmMt»‘ dorh*£tic relations until such
broadcasting was discontinued
TOO LATE
Start your baby c h ic’’ « on
ALBERS'
We have back number.«
For ton cents we will send
the entire story to any
address in Oregon.
Have it sent to a friend.
L IF E
C H IC K S T A R T E R
or L IL L Y 'S
IN S U R A N C E F E E D
It's cooked w ith dried sweet m ilk and cod liver oil fo r better
'« • “ G*
We carry a fu ll line of each
T. J. SKIRV1N SEED Co.,
Halsey and Harrisburg
DELB ER T STARR
Funeral Director and Licensed
Emhalmer
LADY
A S S IS T A N T
Brow us ville, Oregou
E. E. and Ray Hover went to
If vou enjoy a good meal
Eugene Sunday.
And know a good meal when vou gel It
Mr. and Mr«, p
Pehrsson, Y ou'll be back (or you'll not forget It
Legion lunch
h ila Reed and Pearl Pehrsson were PARAGON CAFE
Tuesdays
Sunday visitors at N. K. Cband.
G E O M. G IL C H R IS T
ler'e.
Next autumn will be
NOW
Mesdames Charles and Floyd h ilds a couple of weighty negro
Nichcle and Gertrude and Law­ msniniies (one at a lim e ) in a fiim
rence were Albany Visitors Thure- i f not fond embrace, ai d he gets
day.
• tk itlH g news from the business
Mr. and M i*. N. E. Chandler he has left in the c ity.
attended ihe school picnic at Ailord
F'liday and brought Miss Chan I k r
home in the evening.
particu'ars address Western Piano
Broket age Co , 413 N orth Boren
avenue, Seattle.
ALB A N Y
Ticket office Bell I ine Stage
________ Alhanv to San Francisco, $14
TUSSI NG & TUSSING
LAWYERS
H sl«*y and B iorfhsviH ^
Oregon
£
For
fu tu re
success
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w it h
y o u r flo c k o f
c h icke n s use
t r ia n g l e
Developing Mashes and Scratches
Complete stock always on hand.
F L E E C E T W IN E
used aid new
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