IJalsey îzntcrprtiv
AGRICULTURE
HORTICULTURE
LIVESTOCK
Established in 1912.
Vol. 17.
COMING TO OREGON, SAYS
KANSAS FARMER IN LETTER
Disgusted W ith Hailstorms and
Tornados of Eastern State
In a letter to W O. Id “, tn sn a .
ger of Oregon State Chamber of
Commerce, a K ansan, who hopes
to enjoy the com forts of our won­
derful clim ate and the freedom
from fear of being driven through
the keyhole in the backdoor by a
too frolicsome side draft K ansas
breeze, says:
•'I want to thank you and the
N orthern Pacific for th e in te r ,it
you have taken in me. . I receive 1
literatu re from th e N orthern Pa­
cific, also from you.
“ I am trying to Fell my property
here— 165 acres. I may not get to
come out there before next summer
or fall, but I am coming The one
clause, ‘no cyclones, or destructive
sto rm s,’ is bringing me. I lost over
14000 in a cyclone here Ju ly 16
last year. E verything I had was
destroyed in three or four minutes.
•‘Let me know the best location
for raising corn, alfalfa and oats.
“ Yours very truly,
“ A lbert H ouser.’’
Since Jan u ary 1, 1928, the land
Settlement departm ent of the state
cham ber of commerce has received
7570 inquiries which have been
answered w ith 412 signifying their
intention of coming to Oregon to
settle with specified capital invest­
m ent of $1 099,775.00 , said Mr.
Ide.
Church Notes
V
M ethodist:
10 a. in. Sunday school
11:00 a ro. m orning worship.
6:30 E pw orth League
7:30 p. m. evening worship.
Bible study class Tuesdays 2:30
Prayer m eeting T hursdays 7:80
Lad,es aid every W ednesday
W om en’s m issionary society first
F riday of m onth 2:00 o’clock
J.H . Bond of the U niversity of
Oregon will fill the pulpit at the
M ethodist church in the al sence of
Rev, Miller who is attending con­
ference, next Sunday.
Tho evening services will be in
charge of ihe Epw orth League with
a lesson and special music as the
features.
J . S. MiUer. pastor.
C hurch of C hrist:
10 a. m. Sunday school.
11:00 a. m. com m union service’
7:00 p. m. C h ristian Endeavor.
8:00 p. m Sermon.
A nother sub stan tial increase in
the Bible school last Sunday hut
we w ant you to have a p art in the
Bible study. Rem em ber our n a ­
tion is founded on the Bible. Come
and help build upon th a t founda-
tion.
Preaching services at the usual
hours on themes th a t are of vital
interest. Music led by M '-s N el­
son If you sing come and take
your place in the choir.
J.M . Shellev, m iuisler.
Men
Razor
Blades
For all Razors, and
A G ille tte
R azor
FREE
4
With one tube Palmolive
Shaving Cream at 35c.
Shaving Soap
Shaving Cream
Shaving Brushes
Shaving Lotion
M o rris
Pharm acy
9
No. 20.
Halsey, Oregon, Thutsd«' September 20, 1928.
The Child at School
New Masonic Temple At
Shedd Ready for Occupancy
SCHOOL NOTES
On th e second floor is the men’s
reception room, lavatoiy and the
auditorium .T he reception room is
at th e bead of stairw ay and its
com fortable appearance is embel­
lished by a neat and attractive
fireplace the gift of C. J . Shedd.
The building is lighted with the
latest in lighting appliances and
throughout the building the work­
m anship a n l m aterial are of the
best.
Less than o n e-buiidrel men con­
stitute the m em bership of this stu r­
dy order in Shedd and som ething
like one-hundred and tw enty-fiie
women members of the O E S
who, we u nderstand, have had
much to do tow ard the successful
completion of the tem ple w bich has
been built without ostensatiou at d
at a cost of neaily $10,000.
Auction Sa'e
At my place six miles east of
Shedd and 1 mile south of P la in -
view, on Tuesday, Septem ber 25 at
1 o'clock, as follow-:
One bay mare 4 yrs, old wt 1300;
1 roan mare 12 yrs. o'd wt. 1200;
1 brow n saddle horse 3 yrs. old « t.
1150; 2 yearling red heifers;2 short
yearling red heifers: 4 Jerrev year­
ling heifers; 5 last spring heifers;
I Jersey buH 17 mouths old; 1 J e r­
sey hull 7 months old; 15 head of
steers 7 and 9 months old; 80 head
hogs; 20 head s to a ts wt, 75 to 100
lbs; 29 shoats wt. 10 to 70 lbs 14
1 head 9 weeks old pigs; 17 weanling
'pigs. Dan Roth, owner. Boo Sud-
tell, auctioneer, Clyde W illiamson
•clerk.
Devoted to the Interests of Halsey and Linn County
HALSEY AND VICINITY BREVITIES
W ith the opening of auother ,
The Powell school will open te x t
school year, the problem of en ­
Monday according to announce
couraging1 the child to make the
most of the opportunities which meut made this week. Mrs. Nellie
the echool offers a g iin presents Isoui is teacher.
W ayne Veatch came h;m e F r i­
itself. It is a problem in which
parents as well as teachers should day from e aste'n Oregon where he
has been for some tim e work in» in
take a keen interest.
Perhaps the mogt im portant ob­ the harvest fields.
jective to be sought is to awaken
Renee Alfuril returned last week
in the child a desire for knowledge. from Irving w h e'» she spent three
It should be pointe i out th a t it is weeks visiting her parents, Mr. and
possible to der.ve enjoym ent from Mts. George Alford.
the puisu it of school studies if.one
Mr. and Mrs F rank Leeper spent
approaches them with a genuine Friday in Eugene where they went
am bition to learn The child should to consult a physician in regard to
not be led to feel th a t going to Mrs. Leeper’s health.
school is au u npleasaut duty. H
Mrs. Ralph Wado and children
should le im pretsed with the fact
aie moving to Halsey this week
th a t it is a privilege to be appre­
from K ing's V aliev. Th°V will
ciated, not only as a preparation
occupy the house formerly owned
for after life, b u t as a means of by W alter Duflf.
preseut happiness and satisfaction
Miss Irene Quimby drove to In
as well.
dependence S aturday afternoon and
Somw children appear to realiz*'
visited friends there and at M on­
this w ithout much urging, but
mouth.
She was accompanied
others seem to be u atu rally averse
home by her sister E thel, Sunday
to m ental effort, and require pa­
evening.
tien t handling in order to arouse
J J Corcoran has completed the
their iutere9t in school work.
cement
sidewalk a'oeg the property
P arents should not place the en­
of
Mrs
E lisa B randon. The new
tire responsibility upon the teach­
walk
is
a
great iuiprt v m e n t over
ers, h u t should cooperate with
the
old
one.
them , not only in ins.sting upon
Mrs. Ed Ealwell and four ch ild ­
punctual attendance, hut a ’so iu
leading the child to adopt a proper ren of A lbany visited at the W.C.
Sickels home S aturday night and
attitu d e toward his studies.
Sunday. Mr. Falwell joined them
Sunday m orning to spend the day.
Mr. and Mrs. O .J. A lbertson left
Monday m orning on an extended
t r ip in the east. They will visit
Tuesday, while in Shedd, we had a t Goodland, K ansas at the home
the pleasure of inspecting the new of M rs. A lbertson's parent*, Mr.
Masonic tem ple just recently c o m ­ and Mrs. L .F . Sm alley, and also
pleted by the members of th a t other relatives. From there they
order in ami a d jtc r n t to the town. will go to other eastern p la c e s .
The building is one of the most
complete lodge homes to be found
anywhere and reflects the citizen­
ship and faith of the m embers.
M U Ä I I L L A K I, A E P O A T IA
The first floor is given over to a
reception and rest room for ladies:
School began last Fri lay with a
that is very complete in its details.
m
u li larger enrollm ent th an last
A large dining room and a kitchen
that to any housewife would be a year. There are fifty-five pupils iu
dream , so complete is th eir con­ the gram m ar gaades, while the
struction and equipm ent
In a high school has inereasel to about
small room otT the kitchen is the fifty-one. There are tw ciity-four
heating and v en tilat'n g pi »nt, this new students; tw enty-cne fresh­
being of the latest design and so man; two juniors, Jack Underwood
constructed as to force cold air into and Beulah W ade; a n l one senior,
Lloyd Fairfield.
the rooms when too warm.
The past week has fo a til every­
one busy with tlieir exhibits for
the county fair and Tuesday Mrs.
Kizer had charge of Mrs. Cross'
room in addition to h e r own, as
Mrs. Cross was called to Albany
to prepare the high school exhibit'*
fur the fair,
W ednesday a student body m eet­
ing was called by W ilma W ahl the
vice-president, and a president
e ected to fill the vec nicy caused
by the resignation of Bessie Key
nolds who has moved to Mon
mouth to reside. H erm an Koontz
was elee’ed to fill the office. The
stu d e n t body constitution was read
f ir the benefit of the freshm en and
new students.
The sophomores have held their
election. The new officers are: R us­
sell N orton, president; Dick Hus-
a.-y, vice-president; K enneth Sm ith
s tcretary - treasurer and Prentice
f-om sargeant-at-arm s; Mr. Patton
class advisor.
The seniors efter much discussion
hiv e elected E 'ia s Robins presi­
dent, W ilm a W ahl vice-president,
Muriel Lake secretary - treasurer
a id Miss McCornack advisor
T he freshmen invitation party,
which is usually quite an event of
the first semester, will be held
Friday evening, September 28.
Patron* attending th e ro u n ty fair
Friday having room in th eir car
for one or more students are asked
to confer with Mr. P atto n .
Tomorrow is school day a t the
fair and Halsey wants • good rep-
I reeenlation.
COMMUNITY FAIR AT SHEDD
A fter 27 years of faithful rv i>
SATURDAYWAS A SUCCESS
in the rural free m all delivery c j
Resigns After 27 Years Service
Mrs Baivary Logan and d a u g h ­
ter, Mrs. Jam es Newman, accom
Halsey, G rant T.iylir r< silo e d ¡an
pan.ed by Mrs. P eter W hitakei
week aa carrier of route 2 and wa-
and Mrs. Frank Peery were H a l­
succeeded this wei k t»y O rville B.
sey visitors today, m otoring over
Conner of Shedd.
from their homes in Corvt Ills.
Mr. Taylor ir»i the tir-t carrier
Elden M orr’s came down from
out of Halsey, S tirling February
Eugene and was an overnight vis- ,
15, 1901, when route 1 was e s ta l-
¡tor Saturday at the home of his
lished. A few years later route 2
brother, Buford Morris, wtio with
was started with Dan H a .e s as tin
Mrs. M orris and son, returned to
carrier.
Eugene with him Sunday to spend
In 19J7 W.H Robertson started
Vie day.
carrying mail a id at this time Mi.
Mis. F a r r e ll and daughter, Mrs
Taylor went on route 2 and Robert­
Groves, of Shedd were Halsey v s-
son, who is still in ihe service.!
itors last evening. They came up
went on route 1.
Specially to attend a m eeting of the
Mr. T aylor was horu iu Oregon.
Rebekah lodge but after their cr-
He
is the son of Oregon pioneers
rival fouud this o rd .r did not n eet
•
ho
crossed the plains with an ox
until next week.
team
in '52, coming from Missouri
W M . Corcorau of Hulsey has
and
locating
in Marlon county.
accepted the position of m iunger
The
resignation
was caused by
of the Zeigler drug store, formerly
the Woodstock J ’harm acy, at Wood- the failing health cf Mr, Taylor
stock. Mr. Corcoran, who was During h s loeg service he has
formerly with the Pacific Drug C>\, worked under four postmaster*.
ai-uu:ed his new duties M onday Alec Powei*, W illiam Stew art, D
The patrons of Brandon echcol s. McYVill iams and K arl Bramwell
met at the school house Friday
il
S p oon R iver Sparks
evening and after due consideration
JJ
decided to take part in the parade
(E n t e r p r is e C o rre s p o n d e n c e )
at ihe com ity fair. I i was also
Rev. G ille tt is v is itin g fiiends in
decided to po.-t| one the opening of
Albany this week.
the school until October 1 so the
Mr. and Mrs. J P. Templeton a t­
club uembers could uttend the
tended
church in Corvallis Sunday
etsle fair with t i l t h exhibits.
Mrs E .E . Carey and children
Mr. and Mrs. C urtis V eitch, son
were visitors at the J P. Tem pleton
W ayne and daughter W anda, went
home Monday.
to Roseburg Suaday and spent the
Reverend Cain and son John of
day with their daughter and sister,
Sum
r it were Sunday visitors ut
Miss Enid Veatch, who has com- j
the
II
L. Slraley homo.
menced her school work for a n ­
Grace Kirk who is teaching at
other year in the ju n ic r high io
th a t city. They also drove to 1 Pine Grove again this year spe >
D illard where they view el tlie big the week end at her home here
Iter school com inc need last week.
ni' lion and tom ato fields.
L
S h ed d P erson als
(By ao E nterprise Reporter)
DAIRYING
WOOL, MOHAM
POULTRY
jj
Merwin VauNice, assisted by u
oum ber of neighbor?, filled his ado
Tuesday.
He is the first to n uke
en-ilsge in this vicinity this year
G ertrude T arr and three sister,
of Corvallis an d Mr». O. Howard
ind ton Tummy of Y am hill were
unitors at the YV R Kirk home
Sunday,
Mrs. Leila Shedd is visiting at
the C harles Davis home near her .
C. C. Dickson has returned from
Tillamook where he judged s to k
„t t h 'i co u n ty fair.
Mrs. E. M. Gregory, Mrs. B A. I W A . Falk took his Perchsron
Kelly m d Mrs, R. C. McCormick horses to the county fair at Albany
were Albany shoppers Monday.
Tuesday. He was well pleas'd with
Raymond She Id of Portland is the many prizes he captured at the
spending his v acatio n at the horn Lane county fair two week« ago,
of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. J.
Mr. and Mrs G J Kike returned
She Id.
Sunday from a trip of several days.
.Mr. and Mrs Charles Elder are W hile away they visited a cousin
t ie parents of eight pound hoy of tlie la tte r’s at North Bend and
barn Friday at the Leuanon gener­ also visited aud looked after busi-
al hospital.
u?ss Interests elsewhere.
M hs Hope Clay s p in t Saturday
The Kirk school opened Moudsy
night and Sunday in Shedd. She is w ith Doris H oward as teacher,
employed in the Albany S tate bank and au enrollm ent ut 17. This is
seven less Ilian last year. Those
at Albany.
if last year s eighth grade entering
Mrs. Jesi Cross is o rg tnising a
Halsey high are Charlie Bierlv.
cliss in piano at the home of Mrs. Grace F alk , Bruce and Dick H ard
Nellie SuUhwell where she will iug. M illard Keen entered Brow ne-
ville high.
t:a o h th is w inter.
Mr. and Mr» H L. Straley and
C arpenters under S. O. Griffith
are busily sngiged w orking on the K tth aleen A n te M unkers motored
to Corvallis Sunday to visit the
new home of C. S Shedd. The
latter's m other who ba- been tally
basement is now completed.
keeper at a hop yard near there,
Shedd was well represented at and who expects to come home in
During her m other's
the O a k v il.e 'c o m m u n ity f iir F ri­ a few davs
abseuce K atbaleen A "oe bus been
day. both during the day and the
stay ing with her grandparents.
supper and program in the evening
Mr and Mrs. 11 |. Falk nnd son,
Mr. and Mrs. K. Robson spent Mr. and Mrs. A.L Falk and daugh­
Sunday ut the home of the la tte r’s te r, and W ebster, Arleigh and A n­
parent*, Mr. and Mrs. E arnest drew Falk s p .n t the week end at
Toe Sixes
W hile the men of the
Abraham near Peoria who are to
party wern on a deer h u n t the
tears this week for a trip to eastern women eojoyed a visit with Mrs.
states.
li. West who formerly lived in this
C laude Thom pson and fam ily com m unity. 'Ibey report a very
pleasant tim e.
are moving from the C ornett house
Among those attending the music
to the Davis risidence on tlie high­
recital given by Mrs G J. I ti'e and
way and Jack Cornett is moving pupils were Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
h.s fam ily into town from the farm ' Vannice, Merwin VanNice and
a n l P hil Duncan is to move onto family, Mrs. W. R. Kirk and child-
ren, Mr. and Mrs. E E. Carey and
t ie C ornett farm
•fam ily, Mrs. J. P. Tem pleton, Mrs
Oregon N orm al sch > j ) students A.L. Falk and daught'-r Marie, H
■»ho h a v j secured schools in this J. Falk and family, W A Falk
vicinity end who are local girls and fam ily. Mr. and Mrs II. I,
are A n etti H averland who teach»» Straley, G J Kike, K enneth, Dick.
Bruce and H arry H arding and Mrs.
at Riverside, Anna Frauces Mc-
L. R Falk and daughters. Some
Connel a t Bell Plain, Mary McCon- of the men folks attended the tele-
nsl a t Ash Swale and M erthal j phone meeting held at the city
hall the same evening.
Shearer a t Orleans.
Displays Covering All Branches of
Industry on Exhibition
A large crow d attended Th« sec.
ond annual Shedd com m unity fair
held there last S a tu 'd a y . The ex­
hibits were at the schoolhouse and
the sports took place on the large
field west ol the campus.
The opening fealtire of the fair
was the crowning of Queen W anda
I, by Rev. B .ll. H art, llueen W an­
da was attended by Ruth Pugb,
Grace Satchwell Ruth M-dson and
Ben ice A braham , all ttu der.ts of
Shedd high schoo*.
A covered dish dinner was served
at noon in the echool basem ent and
the judging of exhibits and spoils
featured the a fte rnoon.
The Tulnga camp tire girls had a
booth and s>dd peanuts au d c a n d y ;
The You Go 1 Go club of Peor'a
sol 1 coffee and the Priscilla club
had an ice cream a n l soft drink
stand. The Davis band furnished
the music. Sarah Snyder and Guy
Stiff of Alt.any alto played with
the hand.
One of Ihe pictliest exhibits at
the fair was the art exh ib it of H a r­
old Shedd, in whieh ho dem on­
strated Gesso work as well as the
a ira n g irg of flowers ami em ail
stands to give added beauty and
color to the home. Mr. -Shedd
displays wonderful ta le n t along
decorative lines aud plana to lake
up this class of work as a profes.
-ion
Io this display were book
ends, picture fram es trinket boxes,
made by the t xlubitor a::J decorat­
ed with Gesso, as will as tilt-top
tables, magazine racks and small
-lands also made and decorate i by
Mr Shedd.
The floral display was »ool and
many pretty flower» were »1 own.
The follow ing were awarded
prizes and ribbons:
A steis -Lena Pugh. E m m i I ugh
Dora Davis.
Roses — Mrs. Brock, Mrs. S h ear­
er, Leu# Pugh.
Zinnias -Dora Dav.s, M. Marg-
#»on, C. Davis,
G ladiola—M i’ . C lav, Mrs. C. S
Springer, Mrs. Brock.
M a rig o 'd -— E m m a P u g h ,
D ora
Davis.
D elphinium s— Mrs. Brock, Mrs.
Springer.
D ahlias— Mrs. E a rlH h e ire r, Mis
St John, Mrs. Clay.
Bogonia— Mrs. Couey, Mrs. Ft
John.
G eranium
Donald Margos u
June M argason, Em m a Pugh.
Coleus—Mrs. Grswse
Beet single dah lia—Mr». E arl
Shearer
Palm - Mrs. Cloy
A barrel cactus, with three lovely
waxen blooms was exhibited by
Mrs. St John and attracted a g teat
deal of attention.
Embroidery aud sewing:
C ontinued on page
8.
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.Junction City
Friday
Nita Naldi in
The Model From Montmarte
S a tu rd a y
Rex Bell in
“ The Cowboy Kid”
Sunday, Monday
Zane Grey's great story
“ THE WATER HOLE”
Starring Jack Holt.
Regulyr prices. Matinee
Sunday 2:30 p. m.
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