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About Wallowa County chieftain. (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 28, 1909)
TrtTU TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR, NO. A. ENTERPRISE, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1909. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER ifftffl raw Wants Classified notices In this column, 1 cent a word each insertion In either News Record or Chieftain; 1 cents a word for same notice in both papers; special rates by the month or year. FOR SALE. Two thousand acres of choice level land in the Turlock irrigation Dis trict. This land Is level, sandy loam and will grow anything from oranges to Alfalfa. Sold on easy terms at $75 to $100 per acre. For further infor mation and printed matter write to Cadwallader & Baker, Turlock, CaL WELL IMPROVED FAR.: in high state of cultivation, 160 acres 80 acres of alfalfa, BO acres in small grain, 25 acres of bottom land, with abundance of ' timber and running water. New house, new barn, gran ary, hog feeders and various out buildings. Entire farm enclosed with hog-tight fence,s woven and barb wire; abundance" of irrigating water all pa'.d for and deeded. $60 per acre. Reasonable terms. On main road 1 miles from Joseph. See, address or phone C. E. Vest, Enter prise. 401m Billiard and Pool table. In good condition, with new cloth. Half price for cash, Burleigh & Boyd, attor neys. BUGGY, second hand, in good condi tion, newly painted. Cheap. Inquire of Rodgers Bros. WANTED. Will pay cash for Rye, Beardless Barley and Elue stem Wheat. W. J. F nk & Co., Enterprise. 2tnr Second hand Farm Wagon. Ad dres C. O'Neil, Enterprise, or see him at the Woman's Exchange. TAKEN UP. GRAY FILLEY, coming 2-yearsold, Came to my farm, 11 miles north of Enterprise, about October 1. Owner can have same by proving property and paying charges. H. D. Crum packer. Woodmen of t".ie World, Attention. There will be a special meeting of the camp on Monday night, February 1st, in Fraternal hall. All those who txpect to continue" their assessments are requested to be present. By or der of the Board of Managers. Chas. A. Ault, Clerk. NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING. The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Enterprise Mercantile & Milling Company will be held at the company's office in Enterprise, Oregon, at three o'clock p. w., on February 10th, 1909, for the purpose of electing directors and the transac tion of such business as may proper ly come before said meeting. GEO. W. HYATT, President. Bishop Paddock Coming. Robert L. Paddock, Episcopal Bishop of the diocese of Eastern Or egon, will preach is the Methodist church at Enterprise, Sunday, Janu ary 31, at 11 a. m. Bishop Paddock will be at Joseph Saturday evening and at Wallowa Sunday night. Our Big 1920 acres rich, productive land, nearly all in a body, at a spec ulative value: $10.00 per acre. The land lays well for a stock and grain ranch and there is a good road to it. 600 acres of ' tillable land, 200 of which is now in cultivation, 10,000,000 Feei Good Saw Timber, mostly yellow pine. Well watered with river, creek and 15 or 20 good springs. The place produces good grain and hay. Good winter range; 600 acres under woven wire, coyote tight fence. Enough wire to fence 400 acres more. Threa small orchards. School house on land. The place can be divided to make sev eral good homes. Will require about $7000.00 down. For fur ther particulars write Enterprise Real Estate Co. Enterprise, Oregon OFFICE ON MAIN ST. OVER HARNESS SHOP. E .'resident-elect Taft and Mrs. Taft Leave for Panama. At New Orleans Feb. 15 PLEA IS MAD: FOR WILSON Plantation Negroes Sing "God lie With You Till We Meet Again" as a Serenade. Charleston, S. C, Jan.' 25. President-elect Taft and wife and many newspaper correspondents, a corps of expert engineers and other distin guished friends, sailed this morning on a cruise that will end at New Or leans February 13. Mr. Taft and his Immediate family departed on the North Carolina and the others on the Montana. Both boats were crowded to the limit Re turning from Panama the Taft party will be transferred from the war ships to the scout cruisers Birming ham and Salem for the trip up the mouth of the Mississippi river. This arrangement will permit the North Carolina and Montana to assist In escorting home the battleship fleet on its return from the world-wide cruise. A rather unusual incident of Sun day was the appearance before Mr. K 1 It 5. -c f 1 it ' W 'YHiawi. ivoa-'aV KkKWA t. tWiHg" WILLIAM H. TAFT. Taft by appointment of Colonel E. J. Watson, commissioner of Agricul ture and immigration in South Caro lina, who represented also the South ern States Association of Commis sioners of Agriculture and a commit tee from the Farmers' Union in this state, representing 10,000 Demo cratic voters, who came to present resolutions urging the reappoint, ment of Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, Mr. Taft and party were taken to "The Oaks," the beautiful country home of Edwin Parsons, near Char, leston, where luncheon was served Sunday afternoon. As the party left Mr- Parsons' house there was assem bled in the yard 400 or 500 negroes from the neighboring plantations, all singing "God Be With You Till We Meet Again." Mr. Taft made a short talk to the negroes, telling them that they must lead decent, honest lives and do that which was right. Bargain OFF FOR CANAL ZON if - t iw ft , f 'V Were In the Wreck, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Hover of Seat tle, who were In this valley in their autoroooile last summer, were on board the Republic, the big steamer rammed and sunk by the Florida off Cape Cod Saturday. The 758 souls on board ' were all saved,, wireless .messages carrying news of the steam cr's plight and rescue vessels hurried to the scene of the disaster from all directions. COMMERCIAL CLUB ELECTS NEW OFFICERS The annual meeting of the Enter prise Commercial club was held in the office of D. W. Sheahan, Monday night. The following officers were elected to serve during 1909: Presi dent, A. C. Miller; treisurer, W. R. Holmes; secretary, L. E. Jordan. The executive committee of nine be sides the president and secretary will 'be selected by President Miller. Matters of great importance to the city and county were discussed in a general way, and bills were au dited and allowed. targe Crowds And Growing Interest Features of Revival At Christian Chu-ch Fine Sermons by Rev. S. W. Jackson, The Christian church was crowded to the doors Sunday night, both the auditorium and lecture room being packed, many people having to stand. Mr. Jackson's sermon on ''The Glass Railroad," was among the best he has delivered. Mrs. Jackson sang some beautiful solos, including the illustrated song, "Tell Mother I'll be There." The singing by the large choir is a feature of each meeting, The revival is marked by large crowds and growing interest each mght, and it predicted a great work will be done in the salvation of souls. Following is the program for the remainder of this week: Wednesday "The Thief On the Crqss," Thursday "The Longest Ladder in the World." Friday "What Shall I Answer God?" Saturday "The Three-fold Power of Christ." Sunday 11 a, m. "The Anointing at Bethany." Sundaj, 3 p. m. "What Is Man?' :(Men only,) Sunday, 7:30 p. m. "The Ques tion of tha Ages." DEATH RECORD. Donald Ellis Combes, six year old eon of Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Combes, died Monday forenoon after a long Illness of heart trouble, caused by rheumatism. The little fellow has been a sufferer for many months and his death had been expected for iweeks but when the news came it caused sorrow throughout the town end deep sympathy is felt for the Iparents, who have lost four of their five sons, Little Donald was born May 26, 1 1902, and all hi 3 short life was tpent here In Enterprise except a few months last spring when Mr. and Mrs. Cqmbes took him to the Willamette valley in hopes a change of climate might benefit his health. t Funeral was held Tuesday after noon at 2 o'clock from the Chris tian church. Rev, W. C. Crockett spoke words of comfort to the sor rowing ones. The attendance was large. Interment was in the Enter prise cemetery. j Telephone Company Election. ! Manager Harry Thomas is home from the Independent Home Tele phone company meeting at La Grande. The old board and officers were re-elected except Will Church whose place on the board was taken by C. E. Hood of Wallowa, while John Caviness was elected vice pres ident in place of Air. Church. Ivanhoe Burned Out. The Hllts-Andross double house in La Grande, occupied by the families of Col. F. S. Ivanhoe and T. E. Beuh ler, was destroyed by fire Sunday night. Most of the contents were - Mit the Ivanhoes lost about $250 worth of furniture and clothing. The fire is believed to have been of incendiary origin. A negro named Jot Williams Is under arrest charged with the crime. LEASE OFFERED fflf SUGAR COMPANY FINAL MEETING TO BE HELD IN ENTERPRISE NEXT SATUR. DAY AT 1 P. M. If the land owners of this vicin ity do not turn out to the sugar beet meeting next Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock, and enough land offered to make the experiment worth while. J xK A"-.--.,.!.". SCENE IN TA0RMINA CMS) Mm mr' ?Qif,i W-yH . ' h I . -tTSslrJ oii-. .13 ilk' f The famous rock of Seylla, marking the eiitmnce to the strait of MesHlna. I? J? f u?rt ?f the earth(luake Z("'e of soutUeru Italy. It was first reported that this historic promontory, which iui. leut navluutors feared when travers ing the whirlpool of Clmrybdis, had crumbled and fallen Into the sea. Taor mlna, where so many ancient ruins stand, was only slightly shaken by the the movement will be abandoned for this year, say the reprejentatives of -he company, as it is imperative the definite offers be known by Febru ary 1. While a number of farmers have made offers to lease their land, the greater number are. holding back. 'J all will come out to this meating, acreage and price can be ascertained and Bubmlttel to the company. The article in last Wednesday's paper has stirred up some contro versy. In reply those In favor o 3ugar beet culture say the company backs its belief in this valley as a sugar growing country by being will ing to assume all the money risk. the land owners risk nothing. They will be paid a fair rental for tha land, and the land will be benefitted, as it will be thoroughly cleaned. Here is the lease offered to the land owners: Land Lease Contract "I have thU day leaied to the Amalgamated Sugar company, a cor poration located at La Grande, Ore gon, acres of land, situ ated qf my farm, located near , Wallowa County, Oregon, to- gether with sufficient water furnlnhed by me to irrigate said land, for the. trm of one year, with the privi lege of more year3, according to the option of the said Amalga mated Sugar company, for the sum of per acre; said rental to be paid on or before , 190 . "The Amalgamated Sugar company accepts the leasa of the above men tioned land at the price and terms stated, and we both bind ouraelves and our legal representatives to the foregoing." Then follows usual sijnatures and witnessing of the same. "What is there in the above to cause the Wallowa mai to get out his hammer?" said one here who be lieves that growing sugar beats would double the population and quadruple tbe wealth of the sections that take it up. FACTS FROM COLORACO ABOUT BEET GROWING The sugar beet industry is 10 years old in Colorado. The Denver News Times gives a summary of the re sults. It has "turned into the cof fers of the people $100,000,000 in act ual cash, $75,000,000 in sugar pro duced and the balance from the var ious by-products of tbe sugar making process or through the feeding of cattle and sheep o; the pulp and molasses from the factories or on the beet tops from the unmarketable be?ts oii the farm." Of the $75,000,000 for actual sugar, '.$38,408,265 was paid to the farm ers for beets, and $12,680,800 to la borers In the' factories. "In the factory districts land values have increased 300 and 400 per cent since the plants were es tablished. Land that formerly could be bought for $25 an acre cannot be had now for $100." "From the viewpoint of the farm er the year Just ended gave a strik ing lesson of what has always been : .- .- f "J .'. i . . it: u AND ROCK OF SCYLLA. said in Colorado in support of sugar beets. The price per ton to the farmer la always the same, regardless of the fortunes of the factory. No other crop that can be planted by the farmer offers the same Induce ment in this particular. "No crop raised in any section of the country except in Colorado ap ' proaches the beet crop for net re turns to the farmer. The average yield per acre harvested in Colorado for the past five years has been close to fourteen tons at $5 a ton, making a gross return of about $70. The average cost of raising the crop, according to reports from all sec tions of the state, is about $35 an acre, leaving a net return of about $35. The returns from the best (corn In the east, which is more unre liable than the beet crops, do not average better than $18 an acre, and hail, excessive rain or hot winds ruin crop after crop when they would not affect the farm value of the beet crop to any appreciable extent." The Denver paper tela of tha great value of the pulp as feed for istock. Actual results show that each ;ton of pulp costing 40 caata puts meat worth $2 on cattle. It Is de c'ared tho best food that can be given stock for fattening purposes. There are many other by-products, such hi nnfalfa and denatured al cohol, that aid to the wealth of a Ibest producing and manufacturing auction. And the prosperity extends do the towns. The News-Times says Towns Become Thriving Cities. The farmers in Colorado and the laborers i;i the beet fields and fac tories are not the only persons who have benefited to a marked extent through the development of the beet sugar industry. Every factory town In the state has developed Into a thriving city since the factory wa3 established and the large sums of imoney paid every year to the farm ers and workers connscted with tha (industry have done much toward en riching hundreds of merchants, busi ness men and manufacturers depen C?nt upon tho factory town trade. Postmaster Ben Weathers has a supply of the new one and two cent stamps. The pictures of Frank lin and Washington are in profile Instead of full face and there is less lettering but he's charging the same old price for them. NEW TIME TABLE FOR BRANCH TRAIN HELD AT LA CRANCE FOR EAST ERN MAIL OUTGOING TRAIN HOUR EARLIER. The change of time of th trala on this branch foretold In this piper several weeks ago, went Into effect Monday. The incoming train doe3 not leave La Grande until 9:45 a. m., or one hour and 45 ml.iutca later than formerly. Part of this Is mado up by a fast -r rvn, and the leaving time at Enterprise Is 3:45 p. m., or ut one hour and 15 minutes later than before. This change, while It makes our Po:ttnd mall an hour and a quarter laur is a great con venience, as all oar Eastern mall is 24 hours cailler. Tho big west, bound mail tnln on tho main ll.io. No. 1, arrlvei in La Grand j bofora the departure of the bramh t;ain. .Mail n:d pr.ssenners for thlu conty that forrrerly had to "lay over'' 21 hours in La Gruide, now come right through. Le'trre mallei at Chica go oa 1 Saturday morning, will reach Enterprise Tuesday af'.jr noon. The wejtbound branch train has nlso change! time, loaving a.i hiur earlier than before. I's leaving time at Enterprise is now 7:30 a. m. It arrives at La Grande about 2 p. m., giving plenty of time for visV.ors to that city to transact buslne3j and roturn on the next day's train. Postmaster Ben Weathers an- iiouiu'03 malls close as follows: West bound 6:45 a. m.; eastbound 3 p. m. In New Depot. Agent Harman moved hu office In to the new depot Sunday, ta the great relief and sutis. action of him self and all patro.is of the road. The depot is both convenient and comfortable. Construction Lngbeer j Brandon, In Enterprhe, Monday, stat ed the depots and stockyards horo, at Wallowa and Joejph were exactly ftl Ike In all rospeHj, including size. This should stop the silly braggado cio as to the relative bigness and li.. ... jbi of those structures. Petitions for Caily Mail. Tviin3 t0 po.Uoirice depart- I ment have been circulated in all downs along this branch asking for a seven-days-a-week mall sirvloe. The petitions are addrcjsed to tha second assistant postmaster general. Marriags Licenses, Jan, 25 Oscar P. Victor and Mar garet M. Mollon. OUR Sugar Cured Hams and Bacon Have Just Arrived QUALITY Al We are still selling 12 Pounds Sugar For $1.00 $8 Per Sack For Best Grade Sugar RILEY & RILEY Phons White 37 Groceries Dray and Express