Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-05-18
Halls Ferry News
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Halls Ferry, Ore, May ls-The road
running east from the station is 70 he
rocked.
Floyd shelton Is waiting for a call to
the eolors. WI "
G. d. Query, the Livesley merchant
win soon run an auto delivery TO Halls
Ferry.
Z, NJ. croisan intends to donate an
acre Of land near the butte for a eeme.
terry.
! VIM. Buffun is working in the Wolf
hop yard near Independence.
More than so ears of wood were shin.
ped from this station last season with
the prospect of a cut of more than 100
cars this season.
/ The first thing the newcomer does
when locating at River View tracts is to
! throw away his hammer and buy a horn.
J The Smith family expect to work in
I the onion fields in the Lake Labish
country.
/ Albert Plank was through here Sun.
day booking loganberry pickers. He
reports the prospects good for big
crop of logans,
There is a friendly strife among our
| gardeners as TO who will have the first
new peas and potatoes. From present
| prospects Grandma Shelton will be A
winner. Her recipe for a good garden
, is: "Good seed Of the right variety.
and then don t be afraid of dulling the
hoe"
VIM. Snyder is the latest recruit to
enter the poultry business. He is hav-
ing Mrs. Nan Pettyiohn rear him a
flock of White Rocks. One of our poul-
trymen recently sold 10 Rocks on the
Portland market for Spills. This looks
like finding a gold mine to Bill.
If we could induce the railroad com
pany to install telephone at the sta
ton it would be great convenience to
our gardeners who want to make
freight shipments.
Frank Coleman has been improving
, the old Budd property by removing the
old rail fence-a relic of pioneer days
and fencing the place with woven wire
The grubbing of the wild blackberries
and brush which thrives along side rail
lVHtCS mas duuCu HluCu W luc DbdulN
and value of the place.
Il. NJ Croisan is doing his share to-
wards landing a knockout blow to old
H. c. l.. and is putting in a crop of
potatoes just east of the station Ed is
| showing the boys he has not lost the
knack Of his early training and is set
ting pace in potatodom that is hard
to equal. If there are any doubling
ThOmases" as to our having the only
real and genuine show, just board the
southbound electric and tell the con you
are headed for the Garden of Eden and
he will put you off at River View tracts
where you will probably find Ed with
hoe in hand watching the potatoes grow.
Hall Ferryites are ooing their share
! towards increasing the nation IS food
supply. Dell shelton with several acres
of beans, c. W. Schwab, Earl Buffun
and VIM. Snyder with large acreage of
potatoes; Mrs. Lankfort, a small grain
crop; Fidler & Sons, several acres of
,fcabbage; Albert Main, potatoes and
onions; VIM. Buffun, onions and cab
bage; Johnny Lankfort, large crop
of cabbage to furnish kraut for Kaiser
! Bill s army when they surrender to
! Teddy; Mr. Smith, corn and potatoes;
Ted Crowshaw, general garden and
two sons for the army; John Coleman,
increased dairy products; Riley Fouts,
kale and potatoes; and last but not least
! comes Jones Scanlon with a patch of
garlic for our Italian allies.