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About Rural enterprise. (Halsey, Or.) 1924-1927 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 18, 1927)
A g rc u ltu re H o rtic u ltu re L iv e s to c k Established in 1912. Vol. 16. 1) a’i r y P o u 11 r y W ool ENTERPRI No. 15. HIGH SCHOOL ANNUALS Annual Livestock Show SHOW BIG IMPROVEMENT October 29th, to Nov. 5th O.A.C., Corvallis, Aug. 17.— The premium iist of the 17ih High school annuals of Oregou as annual Pacific International Live a class showed greater improve-' stock Exposition to be held at P ort m eat this year than ever before, ! land, Oct. 29th to Nov. 5th, inclu according to judges of the fift.i an- J sive, is now being distributed. E x nual high school >earhook contest tra copies may be had from Gener conducted here by Sigma Delta Chi ( al Manager O M. Plummer, 211 N. W. Bank Bldg., Portland, Oregon. national journalistic fraternity. Competition was eo keen am ong' W 'th bumper crops all over the the 45 annuals entered th at manv eountry and livestock people be th at failed to place this year ex -1 ginning to feel the increases which celled winners of a few years ago. J are taking place, it is a foregone Franklin high school "P o st” conclusion that the exposition this won the cup in the first division year will live up to its motto— among schools with 400 or m ore’ "Bigger aud B etter?’ registration, thereby capturing first This great livestock university place for Portland for the first of this Pacific slope country has time iu history. Salem "C larion” I become a part of agriculture in its which took first honors the first* very best sense and has rooted deep three years of the contest placed* iu the hearts of the people of this second. Grant high "M emoirs” | great Western Empire, with the of Portland and Medford “ Cratei" result that each year shows a slow tied for first honorable mention, ly increasing attendance and a bet while Albany “ W hirlwind” pres ter understanding of its value to ent bolder of the cup, and the Hood this great country. River “ Mascot" came next. These The cash prize money for the five wi>l he awarded certificates of various departm ents amounts to m erit as a permanent record of about $100,000 divided about as fcl their achievement. lows: $11,000 in the beef division McLaughlin high of Milton-Free with an additional $7,000 from tbs water captured second division cup breeders association from dirterenl among schools between 150-400 p irts of the country; the dairy de with the “ Oregon T rail." Second partm ent $11,800 in addition to honors were taken by the Molalla about $2,000 by the breed associa "A rrow " which was good enough tions; the sheep classification car to crowd the present cup holder, ries $6,500 with $2,000 of breed the Gresham “ T iunhinotu,’’ to association money. In the Land first honorable mention. The Sil Products departm ent $4,000; dairy verton "Silvertonia” rated just a products show about $1,000; B o j s shade below the Gresham hoik, and Girls club work $5,000; judg with the Grants Pass “ Toka” and ing contests of various k nds $3250. North Bend “ Hesperia" tied lot next place. Twenty-five Make The third divisiou cup for high schools below 150 is toe only one Homes in Oregon th at will uot move Ibis year, as The first fifteen days of August the Enterprise "H i-L ife” again finished at the top of the heap, have registered 25 new s e lth r-o n though Estacada "H icada" was a the records ot the Land Settlement close second. The Sheridan “ Sher department of the State Cham ber idonian” took first honorable men of Commerce. These recent new- tion with the Corbett “ Cohimore" comers, according to the real estate and the Malin “ Modoc? tied for men and committees. have invest next place aud the Bandon “ Tiger” ed over $82,000 in the lands which they have purchased since comiug taking the final merit position. All books were judged on value to Oregon from other states form and originality of contents, Iuterest in Oregon lands con makeup, cost, printing, engraving, tinues active w’th daily arrivals in and cover, It so happened that the state of farmers who have been the first divisiou winner was low in in correspondence with the depart coat with a cleverly designed paper ment. During the first half of this month 577 letters have been re- coyer. ceived by the departm ent. In answering new Inquiries he C h a r it y G r a n g e | departm ent bas sent out 2026 let ters with 479 packages of illustra (Enterprise correspondent) ted literature describing agriculture Charity Grange meets next S at in Oregon. urday evening, August 20, in regu lar session. All members are urged Now G aihert in All O rig in a lly a scandal was a trap to to be present. Needless to say more than there will be ice cream. catch w ild animals. Miss Ethel Quimby and cousin, Johnson Twenty Years Ago Viola Childers of Lebanon, and Harold Dean, of Albany, will rec reate in the bop fields for a time Mieses Shirley and Esther Mor ris aud brother, Forest recently of Tillam ook, accompanied Miss Irene Quimby home from Albany Monday eveuing. Miss Bessie and Pauline Smith of Corvallis are spending the week with W anda Vealch, Mrs Carey James of Los Ange- les, Calif., who was spending a few weeks visiting old friends and relatives in southern Lane county cam? home last Thursday with 8. C. Veatch and daughter, Wanda who had been spending a few days at Cottage Grove. Mrs. James re turned to Cottage Grove Friday eveuiog with Mr. and Mrs, J VV Veatch who were cailtrs at the Vealch home, being on business iu V i.y few baseball fans w ill recog the neighborhood. nlze this photograph o f W alter John Mrs Sarah Smith and daughters son. which was made shortly after this Beecie and Paulioe, were guests of great speed ball a rtist broke Into ms the Veatch family at a picnic din- Jor league baseball 20 years as? A huge celebration was held in his horn r ner on the Celapooia Sunday and on the tw entieth anniversary o f hl» were accompanied by Frances Ki* firs t appearance as a pitcher fo r tbe W ashington dab. ------------ xer and daughter, \ adura. Devoted to the Interests of Halsey and Linn County Halsey, Oregon, Thursday August 18, 1927. State Realtors to Picnic at FIRE DESTROYS BARN AND Beautiful Odell Lake Sunday GRAIN ON RAY FRUM FARM Making the Farm Safe Odell Lake on the top of C»»- j cade Summit will be the sceneof a large picnic crowd next Sunday when the realtor*’ special excur sion train arrives with its load of real estate dealers, their families and friends. Odell Lake is one of tbs scenic beauty spots of the elate and fol- lowing the slogan “ See Oregon F irst” the Southern Pacific railway company will run an excursion train to the beautiful mile-high lake. The train leaves Salem at 6 o'clock Sunday morning and Halsey at 7.15, arriving at Cascade I Summit at 11.40 a. m. The train leaves Cascade at 6 p. in. Sunday | evening. Fire started from the exhauet pips of a Fordson tractor which was being used as power for a ihrctbing machine belonging to Mr. Gordon Kirk, and doing work on the Ray Fium term five miles north of Rrownsville, burned a barn, straw stack. 150 sacks oate, barley and vetch, and about 40 acres o f pasture for Mr Frnm and the threshing machine for Kirk Monday afternoon, Harold Kanute aud Clay ton Flo- rey and the Pike brothers received burns about the arms while fight ing the fire which they practically bad under control at one time and before any damage had been done, but a gust of wiod blew if beyond H-F- H -I- I F- I - H - F I I I I l -t -I H H I I L their reach. aw. a TUBERCULOSIS TESTS RECENTLY] MADE A T PORTLAND, A SUCCESS •j Lures Humming Bird With Bottled Sugar ;; McGregor, Iowa.— W ith an ur- tlttclul flower nnd a bottle of sugar, Miss A ll hen It. Sherman, ornithologist, has transformed the elusive ruby-throated hum tiling bird Into n ca ista n t and friendly visito r to her garden. She lias discovered, by a ttra c t ing bumming Idl'd- w ith a rtifi cial nasturtium s and liger lilies, that the birds often absorbed In a day more than twice llie lr weight In sugar dissolved In wa ter r i d that they preferred f'ae a rtificia l nectar to that of flow ers. 11 re than n dozen hum m’ng birds came In quest of the sweets where form erly they railed singly or In pairs. < E n te rp ris e Correspondent-«) Michael Coon and family and Clarence Eagy of Oakville, wire Sunday visitors at L. E. Eagy’s. Mr. and Mta. Ray Hovel spent • ■ jibe week end at Albany, Mr. and Mrs. Tout Ely and Eni- ;; ma Johnson spent Mimdav at Sant " Campbell's in Kings Valley. Mis N. E. C h a n d le r, M ia - W . There’s Lots of Summer U ft Rural Enterprise $1 a Year W Chsnges have been made iu the news and features of the Rutal Enterprise wb'cb is hoped will meet with tbe approval of its readers and patron». Aside from the local and corrtapondence field tbe addition of such features as the Home Milliner and Dressmaker; the Home and Farm Building« feature; Helps For Housewife; Sunday School Lesions. W hat's the Answer continued story, The Wa- tor Bearer. Poultry, Dairy, Farm S'ock, L’fe's Little Jest«, and the funnies, “ Featherheads,’ ’ “ Finney on tbe Force,” and “ Such Is LU»" Farm Suggestions, aud the usual elite news in brief, making, we believe, a fairly well balanced paper. ■ a Mrs. E E Hover and Mis? Agnes C lia n d le i a tte n d e d lb s m is s io n a ry m e e tin g at M re. J. S LaMar« a t Peoria. Mia. Harper, northwest co n fe re n ce p re s id e n t, was ptrsent and gave a ve ry in te re s tin g t a lk o il t r i p t h io u g h the O r ie n t, also in g a n u m b e r o f p ic tu es of show some ot tbe mission schools th e re M’f* G eo rg ia O v. r to n of A lb a n y is s p e n d in g a few days with her mother, Mre. Ray Hover. I he Fail fields (00k possession of the Pyle farm Monday and Pyle’s moved to Eugene. Mrs. Jane Cummings went to Corvallis .Sunday after a two week . visit with her nelce, Mrs. E * g v . M rs. G ra c i P e h r s s o n h a s been engaged to teach the Harmony sh o o l for the coming year. threshing is nearly completed ill thia neighbor bond and a fairly goflil yield of grain is reported. Bone Placed in Spine, Girl Cripple Can Walk X " ■ ■ tt M re. F lo y d N'flhols. D. M c L a re n , Vhlcag" -F o r the first time In three months nine year old Colletts lleck of 001 North Lenmlngl. n street, Is now able to walk. Lu rin g all that period sirs had lain, all bus motli nlers. In I ml A plaster ■htff extending from tier hips to tier neck, had held her body rig id while a bit of bone that a surgeon hart oiken from tier le tt leg knitted Itself firm ly Into her spinal m lum ii. About a year ago Colletts s spins ias Injured by a fa ll while roller ■ sk sting and tuberculosis developed Io the Injured vertebrae bate Io A pril < olletta w as taken to the Norwegian American hospital. Hr. Fred Mueller cut dut the diseased hone, replaced It w ith a carefully a. titled piece of her le ft tib ia and In n,e<] her In the plaster cast. “She Is In tine condition, and. while «lie took only a few steps, Culletta I non enu m ilk ns straight as any other j c h ild ,' said her father, H a rry J. Beck. I ■ . a e A G r o te Ite m s Five months ago, there were two ] nariane, bacteriologists, heads of herds of condemned cattle in the tuberculosis sanitarium s, health Poitlaud stuck jatds. From th e' ttieers from far and near, repre- two herds the health officers picked sentaliv.e of various Feseral bu- twen'.v that were known to be af reaus, and scientists interested in dieted with tuberculosis, and from seeing whether or no. these cows these selected the teu worst cases , had died in vain. for tb s test. There was no doubt Tbe post mortem was conducted about them being tuberculous by Dr. Incob Trauni, of the depart- They were regular reactors, skin medt of veterinary science, Univer- and bones, and if they bad not been -ity of California. He was assist- +-J-+-I -l-F I-F -K -M -!-’-H --H -+ l-F-b-F-i-H saved for the test, they would have ed bv Dr. A J. Dinae, United ■ V ■ B B B B B B been killed and tanked. , States Inspector at the Swift A Co. ■ They were removed from the plant. It sounds simple to say stockyards to a farm, but before that a post mortem was held, but the treatm ent could be started two that -loss not tell what took place died. Later a third one died, leav- Here Im a m and Dinae explored ing seven to be treated. It was d e - j every organ, within and without, ided, however, to reserve two of ¡from tbe beginning to tbe end of the seven as "checks" in order I the alim entary caual. A ’ microbe that their condition might he com- ' hunters,they were human hounds, par.d with those that were placed And if a single suspiciou* looking under treatm ent. fleshepots escaped their scrutiny. The first dose was given to the | it was pointed out by some of the five on March 25, 1927. Thirty scicntists that crowded around the days later, due to the fact that the gory tablas. Th^y were aseisted by Professyr two "checks” were becoming very decrepit, it was decided to include T. D. Beckwith, bacterologist of the them in tbe treatm ent. The last University of California, who will dose to all seven was given August carry the hunt for tbe deadly mic 2, 1927, So five were treated 130 robes into the laboratories at Ber days, and two ouly 100 days. Duly keley. It did not take tbe United States the five that had tbe full treatment inspector more than a m inute to were included in the test. Oa the 8th ol August, when the decide th at the carcasses of all five first three cows were killed, the cows would make first class meat, “ killing floor” of Swift & Co. was lie passed them all as fit for peo packed with serious-minded vateri- ple to eat E ig h te e n N e w s F e a tu re s W EEKLY a hy not brighten u your late-sumtner w ar robe and start the fall off smartly w ith a fresh new frock like this? Our Piece-Goods De partment offers you ex traordinary value, in a great variety o f lovely, suitable shades and fan- r ic s , a ll a t t r a c t i v e l y priced And only i j - i yds. of a 39 inch material are required for this smart Butterick style in size 36. Even the most inex perienced sewer can easily create it in just a few hour, w irh the Deltor, the dressmaking guide in cluded w ith tne pattern which shows exactly how to make the frock from •tart to finish. T Thi» Dixie Baby Ha» 25 Toe», 18 Finger» 1 Charlotte, N. C.—Twenty five toes aud eighteen fingers were In possession o f a three year old Colored hahy who was reg Istered at the orthopedic clinic at the city health department. Ihe child, B a tff Burton, daughter of O. XL Burton of Cornelius, was brought to the clinic by her mother, who was Informed by the attending sur geon that the superabundance of fingers and toes could easily be removed and the child made normal. The hands and feet of the lit tie pickaninny were fearfully cluttered e lt 'i the extra pro tuberance*. The legs were small and weak, and the mother said the child could not walk alone. ■H-H-F-F-i-F-F-F t I »> U I t I t F+FP
