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Oregon Historical Soclatr TWICE-A-WEEK WEDNESDAY EDITION NEW GORD THIRTEENTH YEAR. NO. 10. ENTERPRISE, WALLOWA COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1911. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER, EIMTEMPMSE? i MONDAY SUPPERS BY COWIMERCIAL CLUB INITIAL ONE AT HOTEL ENTER PRISE IS ENJOYED BY GOOD CROWD. The initial Monday evening supper at Hotel Enterprise, given by the Commercial club, was voted a suc cess by the goodly number present last Monday night. .. Members' of the club and citizens dropped in until three long tables were surrounded by hungry and expectant men. Landlord Bauer attended to the hungry part all right In his usual good style, while the curiosity of all was satisfied in th good talks and informal social time that followed the supper. , Charles H. Dodd, the ploneerlmple went dealer of Portland, was a wel come visitor and made a talk full of wit and wisdom. Mr. Dodd was for. 30 years the leader of the publicity movement in Portland, serving, as pres dent of the Chamber of Commerce for many years, also organized the immigration movement in this state. Ho first visited the Wallowa valley in 1867, again in 1873, and carried a mus ket here In 1876-77. He has been a frequent visitor since and knows this county and its resources. He says Wallowa is without a peer in scenery has the grandest mountains, the most beautiful lake, the prettiest streams and the greatest and most varied re sources of any county In all the Pa clf.c Northwest, but is the most back ward in publicity. He gave some very pertinent Advice on how to achieve the publicity, und highly commended the start made for weekly gatherings. Short talks were made by various members as the spirit moved them, and some good suggestions brought forth. - . ' f These suppers are the Idea; of Presl dent Boyd of the . Commercial club, and all citizens Interested In the welfare of the town and county,, are invited to cornel to the hotel next Monday night and every Monday night at 7:30 o'clock. Each one pays for hiB own meal at the regular rale and it Is the Intention to keep thera entirely lnfwmal, and to avoid lat sessions, Marriage Licenses. June S Ed Thompson, 28, farmer, Wallowa: Dora B, McCubbln, 24, Los- j tine. S. F. Pace was at Lostlne Satur day on business. Wants Cent a word -single insertion, 1 cents a word 2 Insertions. , Special rates by month and year, " FOR SALE. Cottage, big lot bam, oellar, ate',. In most desirable location in Enterprise for sale at a bargain. Only $160 cash balance easy payments, Carl Roe, Enterprise. . ' 7b2 Matched team of horsae. Well broke I 0f Timothy McCarthy, deceas aod true to pull. Bee Carl Roe or ed t0 creditors of and all persons n a -rr. A a A fiflUil I ... a w. i. US4VW, jm,varpr, vr. uu I will sell all or any of my town prop erty at reasonable prices. W.. W Zurcher. Enterprise. Oregon. 40btf Sec. 36, 3 N 44 640 A. 6 E sec. 22. WV4 NW sec 23, SW 8W sec. 14. 3 S 46280 A. J. S. Cook, Bums, Ore. 4btf Gaeollne engine, complete In good running order, 23 horse power, ' Cheap If taken at once. . Inquire at this office. ' ' 7b2 CheaD a couDle of cook stoves. In quire ot H. E. Merryman. 9b2 MONEY TO LOAN State Funds loaned, 6 per cent. John P. Rusk, Atty, Bute Land. Board. Jo- seph, Oregon. FOR RENT. House in erst part of town, clone to schools. Inatrire of Dr. C. A. Ault, Enterprise. lbtf Seven room house for rent. Near public and High schools. Good out buildings. Lee R DeVore. 41-4 WANTED, To trade fer farm land, four (4) ac res of fruit land Jn Clarkston, Wash., all In fruit bearing trees, will trade for farm land. Address S. W. Otton, P. O, box 327, Lewlston, Idaho, 10-1 FRUITTS GETS a FIR8TS AT UNION STOCK SHOW. John Frultts of Prairie Creek swept the board at the ato:k show in Un ion last week, with ' his Hampshire hogs, the white belfced breed ' that attracted so much attention at our county fair last fall. Mr. Frultts received three firsts and one second at Union. FISHERS HAD GOOD LUCK. Uncle Jake Millard, J S. Wagner, Frank Hamblen, Byram Mayfleld, Will Locke, H. K. Shirk, A. 3. Conoway and A Marquis returned Saturday from a week's fishing trip to Troy.'. They made a big catch ask- em and had a fine outing. Uncle JaV.e Millard and Mr. Wagner returned Cor more sport this n-eek, Timber In Small Tract. A few small trats of timber, land Just above Alder Slope for sale. How uuch do you need? x See Carl Roe, Room 2 Berland Building, Enterprise, Oregon. 41tf . ' Bunch Grass Fed Dairy Cows Thrive ' ' . ,,.u u, I Crflfrm Tests Rank With Highest- Newsy Notes From Chap ' man District. Chapman District, June 5. One of Elmer Rucker's best milch cows broke her leg in some- unaccountable way while in the corral one night last week and had to be killed. Caleb Gotter, after putting out poi son for saulrrels. mit the can in a 8ack mi piace(1 it underneath the flftck 8ea(. thinking it out of harm'B waVj but onfl of hl9 worlt horsas t ' . t ' and got enough of the poi to u a coyote not' Into Bill Harvey's k , gheeD and killed a nice fat ialn.D which convinces ' us that the coyotes are not all dead yet. L, Harmon, J.. C. Higgins and W -A. Elmer sold a lot of nice, smooth hogs on the market last week The weather stays so cqpl ; that crops and -gardens don't grow very fast, although the pastures are fine and stock Is doing well. J. C, Higglns .has recently pur chased a cream separator. Farmers do well with milch cows In this vic inity. Bunch grass Is good feed for dairy cows Our cream tests, rank with the. highest. Geo. Stonebrtok will finish his sum mer fallowing this week on the C. Elmer farm. . " . . A E. Hartley and son Ray left on Saturday's train for a few days so journ in Elgin. E. A. Crossler and A. C. Smith have finished breaking aod for this season. Each, has a large acreage broke up. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. In the County Court of Wallowa Coun- I ty, Oregon, In the matter of the estate- of Tim I othy McCarthy, Deceased. Notice It hereby, given by the. un dersigned, administrator of the . es having claims against said oeceasea to present such claims with the nec- essary vouchers within sx months after the first publication Qf this notice to the administrator, at The First National Bank of Joseph, Qre- gon, which bank the undersigned se lects as his ' place Qf business in nil matters connected' with said es tate of Timothy McCarthy, deceased F, F. SCRIBNER, Administrator of the Estate of Tim Qthy McCarthy, deceased, DANIEL BQYP, - Attorney for Administrator, Dat of first publication, the 8th day of June, 1SU,. c5 Fixing lh Lessen. Parson Saunders was a little per- one gunflay morning over some worldly matter and made a mistake in the reading of the Scriptural les sons. He read the second lesson where be should hare read the first As bo neared the end of his reading the parson saw that he was In error. He saw that his congregation knew be was in error. How, then, to con clude! To conclude in the orthodox way "here enuetn me secona lesson would hardly do, as it was not the sec- P""-1 V " """" it. pn the other band, be called the first lesson since orooerlT it was the I:: "i. r. I,." : " , 'Tr ZZ7:.: t'. L.ir..i. , 'Here endeth the wrong lesson." Jfew York Press, . Hockett Elected . Council President Unanimous Choice Of His Fellow - Members New Officer Assume Duties. Councilman C. T. Hockett was un animously elected president of the new council at Its first meeting held Monday night. Owing to the late ness of the hour in starting, because of the Commercial club suppei, little other business was transacted, t The old council was called to ord er by Mayor Burleigh, and after read ing of the certificates of election of their successors, adjourned sine die. " .I "' T T. tWo ,it, ett, who was absent from the city, had all been sworn in by the City Recorder. They are: Mayor,: J. A. Burleigh (re-elected) ; councllmen Geo. Law and C. H. Zurcher; city record er, Carl Roe; city treasurer, ' W. F. Savage (re-elected); city attorney, T. M. Dill (re-elected). Dr.. C, T. Hockett was also re-elected council man, and Fred S. Ashley and S. D. Keltner are hold-overs. The mayor appointed Ashley, Kelt- ner, Law and Zurcher a committee to ... mi-. . . .,,, IIUl Willi LUC VlbJ u -v 0 after the Improvement of the city hall on East First street. The followlg bills were allowed: Enterprise Prees, printing and- advertlelng .... .... .... 114 20 D. L. Reavis, surveying......, 7 50 Dr. C. A. Ault, medical servfc-. es .... ... 2 00 John Patterson, lumber ...,,6165 E. J. Forsythe, lighting and r lamps,.... ...... .. .....i-j7146 DEATH RECORD.. - Mrs. W. W Willett died it her home In Lostlne SLunday morning at 4 o'clock, after many weary inonths of suffering. Funeral was held Sun day afternoon at 4:30 o'clock, Rev. W. S. Crockett officiating; burial was in Lostlne cemetery.' ' ' "' Anna Belle Neel was bom 'at Mor- ganfleld, Ky., Feb. 22, 1849, and was married to W. W, Willett at Waverly, Ky., n 1870. Soon after they moved t Qaage Mission, Kan.., and later to Sacramento, Cal., and about 30 years agp to Walla Walla. Not long after they came tQ this, county and ijave resided here ever since, main ly at Lqtlne. The deceased Jqln- ed the Christian cfturch In 18,71 while residing In Kentupky, but for many yesra her membership has, been In the Lostlne phurch. She was a good, christian mother and highly respected by all who knew her. She suffered a paralytic stroke eight years ago ant" never recovered from the effects. Her husband took her east in 1904 where i Je skill f hep brgther, a. nqted specialist in Kentucky, and the bestj medical ajd in Chcagq could notify w hin hr ' benS able t0- experiment deeper dri! neip ner, . I fc ...... ., . iu. Besides her life companlqn, she leaves to mourn her death three daughters, Mrs. ft. B. Bowman and Mrs! Irylng Whltmore of Lostlne, and Mra. Lily Burns f Modesto, CaJ, two sqnq Pearl and Arph of Lostlne; three Sisters, and two, half brothers In Unlqn county, Ky, and a sister, Mrs. Jf L, Brqwning, of Enterprise. PIANT TPiE$ OP JAMAICA, They 8h?! Ma ef Ptifl fiilk etn Eyr Yuri The silk cqttpn trees of Jamaica are one of the most striking natural fea tures pf thl$ beautiful inland, and vis itors express much curiosity concern-. Ing thena. The fiber pf the cotton is too short tor textile uses, hut 4ual" ty )s delicate aud. fjue, ' The trees are most Interesting in structure, . They jeacb a height t son OT goo feet, it la the lartfeat tree on the lalflPd, and th branches Pfteo over bang more than an acre of ground. Pome of them are centuries old, dat ing back to the landing of the Span lards. They have withstood the trop ical winds of the region through the adaptation of their structure. The leavn are very few, and there are heavy masses of root. This giant tree flowers once a year. It bears a number of pods much the size aud shape of a cucumber. These, pods dry and burst, and out floats thi beautlfu cream colored silk co.ttoa. covering jue gruunu au4 sniuug ui, cue sit lor some, aistuuce, Tue seeas, of fp,ur; are borne on the silky fala m'ents. This cotton Is used at present only for pillows. Its use as gu,ucqtto f,i Wn .rw.Lon nf , vr- . m' , v'" ""t V T tiv Jamaicans and hewn Into canoes, Which gener.Uons.-Christ 1 Bt1en.ce Monitor. Read th a4vtlsmanM, Tragic Death Of Timothy McCarthy Drank Nitric Acid By Mistake Law Cheats Mother of Property. . Letters of administration have v,jfn granted F. F. Scrlbner to settle t estate of Tim McCarthy, the well known Snake River miner, who died at Pocatello, Ida, May 11. Mr. Mc Carthy owned mines In various parts of the county and his estate will foot up to four or five thousand dollars. , Mr. McCarthy came to his death la rather a tragical manner. After tiA..l I A T) l ,he started for Kallspel, Mont., to vis- It his mother. He put up for th night at a hotel In Pocatello and early lu the morning, between 4 and 5 o'clock, ' he got up for a drink and swallowed nitric acid by mistake. He un down on the street in his night clothes and met a policeman, but the poison had paralyzed his throat and he couldn't explain. In his frenzy he grabbed the policeman as if he were a child and threw him Into the street. McCarthy then ran into a grocery and drank several bot tles of olhe oil, He then seized a pad of paper and on the blotter top wrote his vr"!. stating In .explicit terms who he was, and where his se curities were deposited and directing that all his property, real and person al, should so to Uls uoilier. A phy3l clan had been mi in mined but no anti dote could save him and he died af ter I'.'iKr fif fifcony b'Vween 4 and 5 j clock in tho aftf'iLon. McCarthy was an unmarried man about I'O years of age. While his will Is explicit, under the technical and Eiicient statute, if Oregon In regard to" nuncupative .villi It Is of no ef fect, and his p''oitvt will go to his -heirs, a number ora brothers and sis ters. Plenty Water On . High' Hill Summit Ranchers Make Lucky Strike, In, Well Pnly Nip Feet PP ' Near Enterprise. A few years ago, C. J. San ford; and j, E. Qsterhoudt drilled for water on their homesteads, three miles north West Enterprise, The homesteads are located qn tQP of a high, rolling hill, tUe fiummlt of which. 1 400 feet abQVe th e7 nd e nice houses , " ; P'n view irpm tne town. n. w was armea over 4uu tee '"B t"" " Iqus, and cqa,tly h.".uAlntf of water con tlnued until a few weeks ago. They noticed a badger hole at thv j heaJ & nt "raw, about a quar ter of a mile from Mr. Qsterhoudt's house, that was, filled with water. Wth difficulty, ,wng to the water, they due; a well nine feet deep and ever since have ha.d abundance, of water fqr dqme8ic td. ftttKih use, and for their nelghhura who haul it lwy- n barrels. The flow Is so strong that aftei constant pumping they lowered tlu water to the bottom cjntt day, and went to dinner, They were" back li; 5Q inlnuta and found the well fu' aaaln.. Everyone rejoices with Mewa 0 terhoudt nd Sanfod. in tholr goo. uck, fqr they have worked hard am made two splendid farms. The raise fin grain and lots of it o the hilltop and it is never injured b. frost. . A half dozen or more good well have been struck In the wheat lam within a few miles of town durln the Past winter, and there Is ti longer doubt there is plenty qf wate for domestic and (am atock use t be secured fqr the digging, whll j everybody Is confident that j deep-drilled hole- would strike an a: ! tesian basin. Some day someone wit ; tne money ana nerve wi.u prove it. The WW" t: today who) has- goo health good temp 3 r, good sense, brlgh eyes and a lovely complexion, th result of correct living and good dl gentlon, wins th admiration of world. If yoir digestion is fault Chamberlain's 8tomach and Livei Tablets will correct it. For h) all dealers, ",' : :BTG-"DEAL RUMORED. It is reported that Ed Rumble has sold his timber just south of the Fltzpatrick place, five miles north west of Enterprise, to a lumber com pany that will put in a 60,000 saw mill, tramway, etc. There are 20 minions of feet of Um ber in the deal.. The news can not be verified today as Mr. Rumble is not In La . Grande and all other parties who would likely know the de tails are out of reach. FARMERS PICNIC. Wagons and backs poured thru En terprise all day Tuesday bound for the Fanners picnic at Wallowa lake and a five coach special brought in Union, Umatilla and Baker county people. Tuesday was a beautiful, sun shiny day, and Wednesday cloudy but warm. They are having a delight ful time There Is one medicine that every family should be provided with and especially during the summer months viz. Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. It Is almost certain to be needed. It costs but a r,:iarter. Can you afford to be with out It? For sale by all dealers. Cattle, Sheep and Hogs Are Shipped Fordice & Allen, Hotohklss and Gow ing Send Stock To, Port land Yards. W. B. Fordice and C. H. Alien of Lost Prairie shipped a car load of cattle and one mixed cattle and hogs from this station to the Portland market, Tuesday, A car of cattle went out from Joseph Tuesday also. The stock shipped by Fordice & Allen was gathered in the North End and both cattle and hogs were in prime condition. Mr. Fordice accom panied the shipment. - I, S. Hotchklss shipped two cars of sheep from here "Saturday and one of hogs from LoBtlne to the Portland Union Stock Yards. The sheep were prime young mutton. He accompanied the shipment. Mr, Gowlng of Prairie Creek shipped a care of hogs, Satur- Stockholders' Meeting. The annual meeting of the stockhold ers of the Enterprise Hotel company will be held at the Wallowa) National bank at eight o'clock p, m. on June 19, It'll, fur the purpose ot electing a board ot directors, and the transac tion of such other business aa may proiM.Tiy coma before aald meeting. CEO. W. HYATT, wt Secretary. GUARDING THE KING. Old English Methgds Whi ths Men aroh Was Tkn Sick. Tlio Uvw taUm pwullitr aafeiruards rqimd the )t-ron of the KiigllsU sov erelgu in cuse f slikiiess. They are mere survival lt (he present settled order of KOYfrumout, but at oiio time the Oiimcwluutty which the klug's In- fflpaeKy afforded aspirants t the throue or treusou makers t shorten his dHys ot ft mini mum. of risk of de tection mude ll)t- (4cautIou8 reason able. "If th Vlg bo taken sick," says Coke u his "Iustitutes," "tuore ought t be a warrant Issue from the privy council, addi-PHHod to certain physi cians and surgeuusi. authorizing them to administer- to the royal patient po tlonea. yrtuios, laxltuvos, medleluas, etc, Utlh. nono of these should bo giv en except by conHvut and advice of the council, and they ought to et down In writing everything done, and administered, aud they should com pound all drugs themselves aud uot In trust tbelr prepuratlon to any apothe cary." Coke wrote thus of precedent In the year 1010, and today the law Is practl cully as be found it, although at the present thne In practice the privy coun cil simply hears reports of the program of the king's malady aud loaves actual treatment entirely to. the physicians In direct charge of (he case, Exchange. Mors Territory. "I envy you," says tne Tory thin man. "I wish I Imd your weight. Here I am. a skinny, dyspeptic crea ture, suffering bulf the time with itotoNcIt ache." "Envy me!" chuckles the very fat mun. "Why. what If yen do have the stomach ache hulf the lime? Think what a little bit of a stomach ache you can buve. Now, when I have the stomach ache It amounts te some-thing."-Llfe. Good prtnUuet Get it here. L SESSION IS FULL OF BUSINESS OLD COUNCIL GETS MOVE ON AND ORDERS IMPORTANT ORK DONE. The last business session of the old council, a called meeting held Fri day night, was a business session, in deed. More crosswalks were ordered, dilatory property owners ordered to build cement or board walks within 10 days, the E. M. & M. flume at Riv. er street ordered below street grade, the Jangle abou City Attorney Dill' salary straightened out and a big batch of bills allowed. The mayor and ail the councllmen except Dr. Hockett were present. The reports of the city recorder and the, city treasurer were read, and a con densed statement of same ordered published. They are found elsewhere in this paper, A Contract was given John Oberg to construct four more cement cross walks, and cap and widen three old ones at the same price of the sample one at River and Greenwood streets 27V4 cents- per square foot. The recorder was directed to noti fy property owners on Main and Riv er streets, where cement walks were ordered . some mouths ago, to .-con-atruci same within 10 days, or the city would do so and charge to the property. Certain property owners on East F.-rst and West Second streets were given similar notice foil the build ing of wooden sidewalks. An ordinance increasing the bond ot the city recorder to $2,000 waa adopted. It appears elswhere 111 thU paper. The bill of City Attorney Dill for $120 for extra services during the past year wts allowed in the sum lot f'A end oil motion tho attor ney In to be allowed for his services hirenfter $10 a month arJ no m.oiq -The recunlei ras dlre-'fl notify . the K M. & M. com pan to place li-a flume til River and Grant streets below street vade as esa'lj'Ml.ed for cement walks, the work hi begun, wi'.ti-n (i'l days from date of notice. Counellmcn Keltner and Ashley wore named as a committee to audit the books of the treasurer and record; er. Following were the ! Claims Allowed W. P. Hambelton, smithing .. $ 2 80 Wallowa County, metal pipe .. 83 3( Calvin ft Roe, work with, team 2 days ., 10 00 Chad. Hug, salary tor May .. 75 00 S. D. Keltner, pipe and water supplies 36 41 T. M. Dill, aalary for May.. 5 00 Cfaua. Thomas, telegram, record ing Wagner deed, etc.. .. 9 60 W. F. Savage, salary for May and stamps 10 50 Chaa. Thomas, salary for May 16 00 T. M. Dill, extra services .. 60 00 Cemetsry Purchased At a called meeting of the council on May 27, the committee from the Ladles Improvement league reported I the raising of $350 by subscription fot j the purchase- of the cemetery. The 1 report was accepted and the city at j torney and recorder directed to com- plot the purchase. The subscription j list was turned into the general fund, i and the money to be hereafter receiv ed for -the sale of cemetery lota will be placed In a fund to be known as the cemetery fund. The officers have completed the purchase of the cemetery and adjac ent ground from A. M. Wagner. AMONG THE CHURCHES Christian: Next Sunday night Mr. Crockett will begin a series of ser mons on "Hypocrlts and Infidels." The Infidels are invited to come and hear the truth told on the hypocrlts next Sunday night. Catholic: Mass and 'sermon next Sunday morning at 8 o'clock, Rev. Father Peter Hetiel officiating. Next Sunday Is Children's Day In the Presbyterian church. There will be exercises by the Sunday school i children at 11 o'clock. An Interest ing program has been prepared and everyone Is cordially Invited to at tend. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Staggs, of just northeast of town, returned home Sat urday from a fortnight's visit at their former home, Weston; They unde the trip overland. Mr. Staggs' little brother, Master Jesse Staggs of Spo kane, returned with them for a visit. Fli