/ V O L , V I I I , NO> 2 2 . J O S E P H , O R E G O N , O & T O J ÎE R 8 , 1 8 9 1 . W H O L E NO? —— _ T T A MYSTERY IS SOLVE». The Nebraska P p IfOl'IJ. The Murder of Twenty Chinamen The N ebraska Repuh.'s is h »' Week on Snake River, m et in convention, aril adçoW a The Wallowa Chieftain fS I8SVEt> EVERY THURSDAY — BV Tint— Highest of all in Leavening Power— U. S. Gov’t Report, Aug, 17, 1889. platform th a t is a pretty fair itiica- . ?------ The following article is now going tion of th e grounds on which the CHIEFTAIN TUB. COMPANY. th e rounds of the papers: j party will m ake its ( a m i.s ic A i8 9 2 . S an F rancisco , Sept. 30.—The mvs- F . M . M c C U L L Y , E d it o r . The platform follows: t ’c ismice in i tery surrounding the finding of the I the restoration of the virri>ran|stftte«- | bodies of tw enty Chinese in "'nakc ■ m anship in the conduct i< ouiforidgn SUBSCRIPTION RATES: river, Oregon, in 1887 has been solved. affairs under the guiiti fg ‘Und of Single Copy, per year ................. The bodies all bore gunshot wounds, America's favorite son, ..lenes O. Single Copy, - i t m onths .’75; showing they had been murdered. The Blaine. We approve o ' .vb silver Single Copy, three otoliths ____■ Chinese consul in stitu ted an invnsti- coinage act of the prrent adm inis i gation, hut was then unable to find tration, by which the ç»fre product of TROFESSIONA L CA KBS. ‘ who com m itted the crime. Consul i the pilver m ines of <.heHT ic v r nited .lt Bee now m akes public the following arc added to the / of the peo- 8. iVAXIME. P . W. 8 hkaman . 1 statem ent, dated \A alia \\ alia, A ugust j pie, b u t we denounce n. 'democratic 31,1891: j doctrine of free and uul. •:)«4 coinage c Paragraphs by Gabe. J " - -¿A. I L T T N d T B L I i L IVANHOE & S IIK A H A N , I “ I Hugh McM illan, now of W alla of silver a financial pohftiiable to - ’'Aft“ « While some of our sister north- U. S. Commissioner. 9th Hist. ,,f Oregon, i!n’ " ash > but formerly of Im n ah a. I precipitate tin e people of cipitate th o f , . |e|- city and i wait'' w a cot I Or., make the follow «very stai/- in ihc U n it,U n a pro west-wn states are com plaining of u n —Is prepared to take all kinds of— ing statem ent, to the end th a t justice longed and disastrous <lcH*»sion and usually warm w eather, we are not ENTERPitlHE, OREGON. Land Filings, All buaineas and correspondence ut may be done the interested parties. I delay* the revival of businf^.enterprise struggling much to keep cool. tended to with dispai h. D irotte, Orini .1 make this statem ent from a statem en t and prosperity, ;,o ardenti) »¿sired and The last of the annual Indian vis Land Proof«, made me bv my son, Robert, eged 16, now apparently so n near. inai and Contrari practice «peci a)ti< e a r. | Up free and itors to the lake took their departure Collections of all kinds made, and charged j ju st prior to his death, and by me then unlim ited coinage of silv£ tfluld tend ; for other pastures early last wick, A ffidavits, Etc. for a -cording to amount of w o n done. | reduced to w riting. In the la tte r part to hoarding gold and for«' the use of j O high colored child of the iorvnt, .1 Klo h o"A '"ew *'a" *'•' transited before Office on first floor of Signal building. j of April, 1887, my son and Bruce cheap money in the jiayis.it of wages Thy calico pony we miss; i . iiw 1 ou’n;'««¡«treras well as a: tba Thouyli with civiVzation thou warrest : Evans, .1. T. Canfield, Max Larue, in every workshop, milifstflory, store Land Office, lhotie who deaire to make WeIruely present you with thia. I F rank V aughan, H iram M aynard and and farm, and tend to silo down the C. S M I T H , ap p licatio n for notice of final proof i «n d Carl H ughes were stopping in a ’ cattle wagewof toilers already • pressed and The not peculiarly fascinating v/t at'i- only «end iiainea of wihwiwe«, and th«> cam p, four miles from (Snako river. weakening the porch».-y, power of er to wh ich we were treated on Monday, application will be inudo out free of charge. My son and Evans, Canfield, Larue the dollar which woulj bi used to Sept. 28th, was a rath er rude rem inder All work carefully and correctJy done Office in poHtoffice building. and V aughan w ent to a Chinese cam p purchase the product oltho farmers. of the “ wind'' up of sum m er. Enterpris«, - - - - Oregon. on Snake river. Canfield an d I.arne We are in favor of ha-. i r evbry dollar According to the ann u al statem ent Will tnumtet a general Land, Law and i.ainn at ai all ... times tim es ?7“n t ,ahove tl,e Cftmn n’ul E ' a "« *»<l I as anv oth ier dollar. WtSemand nd the of land comm issioner C arter, Oregon Loan busln«ss May 1» found ?e of the Ame.Ui svt stem has forty-million acres of vacant public in Ills oltt •«, in the court -house building I ' ftuBhttn remained M ow . The whole ■ m aintenance 6 o'clock l’.M. ' l’a H-.v were arm ed with repeating rifles of protectii m to Amerijlir-Adii istry j lands, from 10 o'clock A. M, to 5 ELGIN, - - OREGON. and revolvers. There were th irteen j and labor, a poli, t» '»has been W’hat gives the tint Chinese in th e cam p, and they were | identified with tiAjy of our Guests will receive every ponaible To the new blown nose; G -. HT. S M I T H , fired on by " attention. Is the kerchief a painter, I The unarm ed Do you suppose ? Physician and Surgeon, tlioy were O ur people have co enuso to com GOOD ROOMS the camp. ES’ .’ ERPklB F, - - OREGON plain of the scarcity of money, as —And the--- stuntly killed, and one o th er caught in recognition of his m ag 'fiicn t serv they have tim e in just as great a BEST FARE. afterwards and his brains beaten out. ices to the country. W p A’ o com q u an tity as the in h ab itan ts of any sj’-* .¡-.'fry a tînecialty, The party got th a t evening $5500 in mend and indorse th a t Jiolv' ° f reci locality, the hank of E ngland not ex A share of the public patronage Ofiìce at (ireig's Drug Store, g dd dust. The next day eig h t more procity by which the ■Mitral and cepted, ami all agree th a t tim e is solicited. Stage office it the H o Chinese came to the cam p in a boat. South American stations cS1 Spanish money. tel- J- R. JOHNSON. D R G W . S T E P H E N S O N , They were fired on and all' killed, and Indies are being opened,*p to our Proprietor. The I niked States, as a section, is th eir holies with the others, thrown trade upon favorable toils. and bv peculiarly favored a t this time, .lust in to the river. The party then took j which all the surplus p rix ftk of our th in k of the wanderful crops, to say Take it B efore B r e a k f a s t P ty s 's h n snd Surgeon, Lh« l-o ic W"d W ent t o u n o tb v r .- c o u n tr v •,mt> dm! ’ ‘ tiiuirV and' li'v tiot.tiiny; erf The' b aseb all games and The ««.at n|tpctixi.r . tunic athl liver — OREGON, i cam p, «bout lour miles d istan t, where j which all or; people shnl1 receive in prize-fights. ExTK7tPR.I3K, legnbitor. In use for more than udyears th irteen Chinese were working on the I exchange therefor a lour Ano -if prod- in biigland. Positive s|>cciUe for liver The hop crop of the W illam ette coFiplaint. Dad taste in the niontli on river bar. These were all shot ahd | nets which do not proluce the most Office in Ln r rt Buildimr. Main street. killed, and the bodies thrown into the | ruinous com petition among our own valley is almost a failure by reason of arising in the morning, dull pains it. the Treatm ent of Pile» and Rectal Diseases river. The eam p was robbed, an d people nor destroy the developing the dcpieilations of the hop louse. Il bead and back of the eye«, tired finding, a 8 |* eiu lty $50,000 in gold secured. My son was industries of our country. Wc are the campaign lies would attack the dizziness, languor—symptoms of liver Ketnedv—l»r. Henley's En present only the first day', b u t w as heartily in favor of file general pro crop of office seekers in this country, complaint. glish Dandelion Tonic. Relieves consti K . T . J . »K A 7I« acquainted with the facts, ns they visions of the interstate -empmetee law, liberty might not thereafter comm and pation, sharpens the appetite and tones were talked over hv the parties in his and we dem and the reguhtion of all so high a price as eternal vigilance. Up the entire system. Get the genuine P hysician and S urgeon, | presence. The circum stances here railway and transportation lines in Some of our local w eather prophets from vonr druggist for » L an d take ao- cordlng to directions. JO SE PH , - - OREGON. detailed occurred on the Oregon side such a m anner as to insire fair and predict a severe w inter, giving ns a of the Snake river, in W allowa county, reasonable rates to th e pijiilucers anil reason for this inform ation advanced U . HE. H I L L , near the northeast corner of the state. consum ers of the country. We favor the wonderful crops, as they say hard 7 K. H A S , A. *1. M. I». Practical The Chinese consul-general in this such legislation as will prevent, all winters invariably follow a bounteous -J» ■ - city will at once com m unicate these illegal com binations am all unjust harvest This rem inds us of the editor facts to his own governm ent, and it is exactions by aggregate!! capital anil w**°i contrary to tradition, was ileter- ’’ ’iysician and Surgeon. Repairing fine watches u ajieclaliv. probable steps will he taken to punish corporatc powers. We iihist upon the | red from his usual occupation of hc- All work warranted. Ori’.crs by mall ail! the murderers. suppression of all trueifc, combines moaning his unhappy lot, by bis sub receive prom pt attention. JO SE PH , - - OREGON. To the people of Wallowa county, and schemes designed artificially scribers calling in large num bers nnd Shop with K. C. Mays A Co., Elgin, the revival of this old story seems increase the price of the necessaries of settling for the paper. T his was fol- Oregon. peculiar and some of its statem en ts life. We indorse tho Wellfi’s Colum lowed by a severe w inter, but it <lid ¿ T O IIH r C A L V I N , absurd, especially tile announcem ent bian Exposition as an iin iirta n t < vent not blight the quill ('river as lie bad j th a t steps will probably lie taken to in the world’s history, and we are in of fuel and food great abundance. — DEALER IN— I punish the murderers. The principal hearty sym pathy with etfry effort tq G abe G unnison . ■ ¡acts in McMiilan's confession aro not make it a success. Has a Complete Stock of j m aterially different from those brought “ The Jersey Lily.” Paradise, Wallowa county, Oregon. ! o u t a t th e circu it court trials, in this The G o v ern m en t’s 'Ijra n n y . Axc.t.Esa.i C o t t a g e . L. B. July 2. u n ty three years ago. Ind ictm en ts Gentlemen: A ltho'it is very unusual Will rtny and Sell anything that bas « ¡co Baker City Ficvcille: Alman in Iowa ; were found against all the parties value. who could not find tim e X answer the for me to use any lotions or washes, still, All kind« of Tinware inanufoctored to m entioned above, and all th a t were questions of the census tifcer, in regard in answer to your reqneat, 1 have tried order, and repairing promptly done. tried were acquitted, Evans, Canfield I to a mortgage on his fair., hut took Wisdom's Violet Cream and Robertine, Tho former 1 consider especially effica L o w e st P ric e s in th e County. and Larue were never apprehended i am ple time to write an iisaltin g letter after the indictm ents were found, hav to the superintendent o: the census, cious in cases of roughness of the skin, and I have been using it every day for A «hare of the trade solicited. ing left the country previously. will have an opportunityl to consum e the last fortnight. 1 have found the Rob E N TER PR ISE. - OREGON. more time and probably (otne coin in ertille an excellent preparation in cases J. S. HOUCK, M anager. The Difference. clearing up the otl'en» before the of tan, sunburn, etc., caused by ex|ajsure to March winds ami a July sun. M. R. Brown, of Cornucopia, has courts. Possibly there vduld not be Thi« Hotel, having been pur H»«Ie f ,-rfnn»« h«vs b»<»n Yours faithfully, work J«.r lia, l>» A n n « !•>.(,«, A i.n «... chased by o.ie of the oldest and best made a new strike which gives prom ns m any growlers abou the Census if », «m l .h m , I'. rin , I olvtln, t-h f î. Lu, l ie L a x g t k v . c u t. O thers are tlo h ig n s v ,« II. W h y bote] proprietors in Eastern Ore ise of great richness. From an assay some of th e very growleh : themselves To Messrs. Wisdom & Co. no» y.»n* Mom« earn o r« r t f l W M i« a iMonili. rt>n ra n do Ih c w o rk an J liv« would have consumed tiirictenough in of the ore tic got the following re tu rn s : gon. and the same having been M lio in«, w h erever y r « «e«, i r e i ! b e the first place to answi j jlroperiy the ginners «re eneilv e n m liiv rhmi t h to Lead, $33.60; gold, $2,» silver, $4.86. l»a«1«.v. A ll «it««. W c ■»■»«* yon how thoroughly renovated and many When it is Built. nd »r«et you. ( a n w o rk in »¡mr.- ihm» The above paragraph is now being questions of the enum erit ir. « r a ll Hie lim e. Iliff » io n e ; *o rw « < k - commodious changes made, is now printed in the papers throughout the From five to ten team s loaded with Failure ntiknow u iiiiong t|i. rn. open to the public. grain from Wallowa, may already he H . l l a l l e t t A l « ' o . , l l « i M M U l* ..itl:,,i,|. WhRt is Good Baking Powder? State, and we copy it to show our peo I t is a well known /n t th a t car seen on our streets every day. Elgin ■ Vlenl». 9A eta., I,i>dstl’i(r, S3 cis. ple w hat is considered a “strike which Itnu,-< I a m t I-iO ilg tH g , $ ,5 .0 0 p e r ' gives prom ise of great richness” in bonate of am m onia is m l by bakers will soon be the leading shipping point ek* | o th er m ining districts. I n - h e Joseph in the preparation -if tlq- finest anil in Union county.—Elgin Recorder. G ests at the above-nam ed H o u se i district such a strike and assay would most wholesome bread! and cake, and i And when the builders of railroads will he furnished with clean beds not a ttra c t more th an passing notice. has been from tim e in^iwnMirial. I t is ‘ TjtUy recognize the im portance of a am ong the oldest and »t the same lim e h '" 't o tap t he Wallow.i grain fields, and the in st f 're the market affords, THE OHLY TRUE most healthful constittents of baking ! Wullowa m ineral, Wallowa lime, mar- cooked by one of the he«t cooks on P r. Meek and W. II. Spensc, the two powders. I t is ill evolved in gas by ! bl“, building rock, and Wallowa prod- men arrested a short tim e ago in Pen the beat of the oven./an l leaves no j u r!e nn‘l m anufactures, the shipping earth. ‘ J, V, LUTTRELL, dleton for procuring an abortion on trace of itself in the food, and it is ' P °m t will he in \\ nllowa county and a Pronrietor. the person of Mrs. Weaver, a widow this th a t gives it its gteat, value as town will he b u ilt nt some convient whose husband was drowned nt A rling leavening agent in the opii|ions of the ' lK>lnt th a t will surprise all Eastern ton some years ago, had an ex am in a physicians.— Ne*- York Journal. | Oregon. tion last week, which resulted in both - F O R SALE BY— being bound over to appear before the W tll PwWfy «b* iwvnlatathe A new variety of wlicati known as , Mind Read in: Li»-r nn«l Kldacy» and ■esl«M U,« T he Joseph Lim e Company. grand jury in the sum of $1000 each. th e new golden is attractii»; ronsider- i A bashful fellow called oil his girl, ' Hraitll «ad Tlrwrof Vnnlb. W « n t or AppMit», I iv H m m U ia, were unable to furnish b onds-' able attention among wheat growers, anil they both sat on the sofa, nt oppo- . Thev ................ I noli of BtronKth « n i T ìtm I 1* • • I Lo r abito i i i « i 70 > i r» d . Mon « A supply of first-class lime, tnnnu- j m en’ ant* wer® “g'»» rem anded to jail. , I t is a.product corning originally from 1 site ends. After a silence of consiiler- •n tiirlM ani* norr«« rnvtl Q new forco. F abronntho m i r i foctnred from pure Wallowa limestone, „ . ; ; t,ie d epartm ent of agriculture, and able duration, evidently spent bv each -aand _»wpr>lle» B rain Power. Some interest is being taken i.i the produced in Oregon fir the first tim e ¡in « snfforintf front rom nlaintp co nstantly on hand. sum moned up in bard hard thought, she simimoned .A D I E S ¡ruKBo;^ -ri-« i'«oi courage -- to ask Stine-w ork, plastering and brick j m atter of irrigation. This is proved in any q u an tity tin- prcsisit season, enough ---------- — •- him w hat he •N IC a anfo and apoody miro. Gira« « a aofoar. « M r . boni* ' by the fact th at th irteen states and The yield surpasses tin t of little club was th in k in g about, lie, hoping t< work done at lowest rates. •om pioffioa. Froqoont attempt« nt o o u n^*i n '-rte iv in^»nty 7 add to tho popularity o f the il » « o oou r i« n « - - , . , _ _ ,, , te rrito rie sw e re re p re s e n te d a ttb e c o n - under like conditions, whil$ it is ap- please her, replied : “ I was thinking of not oaporl mant—»at t i onrafW M , «w i «arsi. v ottbo <------------- Leave orcers with T . P. McCully A veution held at Salt Lake recently. p aren tlv less affected \v dfv w eather the same thing von were.” S h e .tu rn - Go or w ith the undersigned. There were 450 delegates in atteud- than any other rariety heretofore sow n I ‘ '' ' ......... 1 mg around, replied, “I ’ll slap emu on "NEI.L i J'JHNSwN. ance at the contention. in E astern O rcjjii. the m outh if von try it.’’ Dr. MART«« MBOICIMC CO., S tills , I s I Attorneys and Counselors at Law. Attorney-at-Law, THE WESTERH HOTEL, D Ï Watchmaker and Jeweler. THE JOSEPH TINSHOP General Merchandise, Etc., Tinware, Stoves, Etc. ENTERPRISE HOUSE, IR O IÌ TONIC THE BEST LIME IN OREGON i