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FRIDAY MARCH 10, 18‘ 9
UN INTERESTING LETTER
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C H IE F T A IN .
Inspired By One of Our
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p art of the conversation between the Mr. S m ith showed Imw, in the hands
D IED
Judge and myself. Here is w hat he ! of a desperate man, i |le seat of life
told. He said we were telling our war could he easily reached. T aking the
I van P ratt , aged 13 years, older
experience in Missouri. Among other knife in his h in d s he continued ; “See,
son o fM r.a n d Mrs. Virgil P ra tt, o
things we told the Judge o f a scout tin - your honor, how deadly this weapon is,
Wallowa, died March i , of scarlet fc
der o ur c h a r g e ;lh a t while traveling J pow sharp and kern of point.”
Just
along a rountryW oad, we m et a little , here he o|ieneil the knife and to his ver, after an illness of about 7 days.
man with long black heard, whom we surprise found about half an ineli of
C i . viie Ti'i.i.v, aged 12 years, oldest
informed would have to go to eam p , tile point broken i ff. He looked at
son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. T ully, of
with us, th a t when passing th e little the knife, and then at the court, and I
m an's dwelling he asked perm ission to tell von the co u rt I III all it could (III to Wallowa, died March 5, of scarlet fever
stop and hid his wife good-bye.
We m aintain its dignity. A. C. thougl
not only granted him perm ission, hut checkm ated, did got falter long, hut
C, W ahiien , of Wallowa, died Marcl
went in with him , and noticing some closed hv saying that it was a nasty I, of typhoid pneum onia, after an ill­
tine blankets and bed spread’ , we con­ looking weapon at best.
ness of about two weeks.
Deceased!
fiscated the best of them .
Now nc-
One more incident th a t particularly was a native of E ngland and has lieen
We found a few settlers in the lower
cording to Vensey, while we were h ‘R - ; effected the residents of Lostine. Some in tl c country l i n t a short time.
For.
valley; Messrs. Bram let, Powers and
ing this war incident the Judge had one had reported line grass nt Lost the past six m onths lie has been man
others. In middle valley were the
been using Ids eyes to some purpose, Prairie and a num ber of the residents «ging the Faniur»»’ ami T raders’ store.;•
Tuliev’s, W hile, Emory, Sturgill, Mas
for when we finished he said, "Sir, I of Lostine and vieinitv took th eir eat He left ve» « wife, two boys and a la r g e ’
terson, McCubbins, Womack, H alley,
was tiiat little limn with the black tie tb s e late in the fall, and left two circle of friends.
Sam and Aaron Waile, Francis, and
heard, I t was mv house you went young men to watch them , prom ising
others. At Alder was Ycasey, Reavis,
through, and By George, there are to lake them provisions. This, for,
Miller, Davis, and a lew others.
On
JEflSK YV fatherly , the young man
some of my q uilts on your bed now !” some cause, they failed to do.
The
Prairie creek, I rem ember Roup, W il-
who ncciflcntallv shot hi»n««lf in the leg!
Our governm ent made a great m is­ hoys rem lined until the snow fell to
on, Perkins, and Downcv.
These,
take in not sending Tom Yeas v to I he depth ol four feel and then came « s h i r t lim p ’»«»», <li«l in J«»s«ph « hi
witii a few others were the pioneers of
^•irdsv March 4*h , and tv«« buried in
t real wit It Spain. He wmil I not only nut on sivnv shoes.
In ‘he Spring:
Wallowa coim tv.
Wo Were hero to
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Jesse
have secured all her colonial p»is-ess rhev gathered op v h a t e a t’led were re-H the Alder comet rv, on Sundae.
make homes and were not easily dis­
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ions, hili would have yarned them out nnitntng, which were few. I th in k tliew
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couraged. As we had no stores, and
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B rralrie ( reek, was IS vears old IsH
of the best hall of Spa n. Years after \Y
:»d«‘ Bio*, were the heaviest looser».
no ill .11s, w, had I o go Io Grande Itolide
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whcn'wc were so iinfortum iie as to he ! hev t^'re n t <1 i**>n raged, h o t
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for all our supplies, which, over tine
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Bondnn
and
while
('leaning
his
a candidate for t i l » logisl it ire, ono of right on, nnd to.lnv are counted as.’
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I hen poor roads, was q u ite a hardship,
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a A» evolve r, it was accidentally discharged
our citizens was in G rande K inde val­ among om thrift»
st and ucst citizens.:»
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especially Io those of sm all means.
w»he hulb't entering hw tliigh.
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ley and was approached by an individ­
I .have w ritten the foregoing fro m .
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. he was able
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I will give yon our own experience.
ual who wanted to know how things memory, and if 1 < «ve used tin» per— 7jS(»metiine
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W hen harvest cam e on in G rande
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« j atten tio n hv palling, and 12 hours
were going on politically in Wallowa, sonal pronoun “ I” <111*0 frequently,*!
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Konde, our hoys would take a four—
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limore elapsed l»efore medical anl reach-
ami incidentally rem arked; “ Of course do not ’ charge it ’•» egotism for
it ,S ?<1(! p j|M ir
1.» t . to . Joseph,',
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burse team and go there to w i k.
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w in h .. r .. o iiih
you people will down Rex.” “ W ell,” our own experience we are w rit.ng,jf
I'he wages were $2 per day, the price
a fc’ r days later his leg was flin -M
said the W allowan, “ I don’t th in k so, and if this shall stir lip the pioneers to «and
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of wheat was 40 cents a bushel and lor
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(p u ta te d about hall wav brtw’e'm the.)]
we rath er like him .” “ R u t,’’ said he, organize and pen ‘tunte
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every 5 bushels of w heat they could
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, ftkiiee nnd thigh joint. I he doctorssavrig
“ he is a thief.” •‘Oh” said our friend, ories
of the settlem ent of \Y allowa val-1?
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get a barrel of f air. They could gel
. fc.his blood was in poor condition, and
“ th a t is ju st one of Tom Veasey’s yarns” Iky, it shall have accomplished all is;1
work long cnoiiL- io load Iheir team
jihev ha<l slight hopes of his re c o v e ry ^
“ Why it can t he, for Judge Reavis saw honed for.
with Hour and qu. o • supply of gro­
[from the first. He leaves a father and , *
the q u ilt th a t 11 id been taken from
Everyone knows us, hut we are_,
ceries, not forgetting a libera! supply
rather
partial
to
our
pen
nam
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so
w
ei*o|ne
brothers and ststers.
his house m any years I afore, light
of tobacco for dad, so we were fixed
there mi Rex’s bed,” said the man. sign oursell — R e x.
for the year.
T hat is w hat one pioneer did for pure
'1 he first store was opened at Alder Clisseiliiess. For a long tim e we waited
by one McConnell A saloon was run for a chance to get even with him.
in connection with II by an o th er Me It happened th a t in an early day that
Connell, and between them they Tom was Justice of the peace, and
swindled some settlers out of a good amouii the many try ing duties of the
E S a.
many hard earned dollars.
I think, office, he was som etimes called upon
they brought in one 32 gallon barrel to perform a m arriage cerem ony. Now Enterprise, lYnllowa, Co.,.......................................Oregon
of whiskey, hut it was like the widow’s Tom is n -th in g if not dignified, and
cruse, never tailing. They m ust have in the perform ance ofdiis official du­
L ist your property with us. We will endeavor to
sold at least four hundred gallons mil ties, tries to make himself impressivr
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of that barrel, of as vile stuff as any by p u ttin g on all the style possible find a purchaser for you.
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fool ever p u t down his throat.
Don’t There is only one point on which hr
320 acres joining. 200 acres fenced,
160 acre ranch, 40 acres fenced, 1
ask me Imw they did it ; I d o n 't know, is vulnerable. H e does not like to seres in good cultivation.
2.J miles 22 acres in cultivation, sm all orchard
hut I im agine th a t when they drew he made rediculous and th is we set rom Flora.. Good hay and grain and garden, good house.
A good
out a gallon, it was replaced with a d e­ o u t to do. We sent his m arriage cere ranch. Price $000.
Price $1400.
home.
coction of drugs, so th a t al last it be­ niony to a La G rande paper for pub­
100 acres, A mile from Flora.
90
120 acres im m ediately joining the
cam e rank poison. A t about the final licatio n . I t attracted wide spread icres fenced, 30 acres in good cultiva-
\citv of E nterprise.
Good hay and
wind-up of th a t wonderful barrel <>: atten tio n for it was odd, unique, and inn, good l.misc, best of
E u |lt r()Om llolIHei „R
whiskey, there was a sudden death in such as would e n im ite Irom the brain 15 acre, in li.nblhy, s! out two ae»i-8 ,
go„d ,,.(rn
cow slrtt,le,
noddle valley. They called it heart of »iiio reared in th e state of Maine, e tin fruit tree.«, good ranch for any
8,lp(J a|)(I ,)en ,)(,usp
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failnro T h at is w hat the doctors say and I have always been glad th a t only purpose.
f inde from school, and water
E xceptional bargain ¡it.'F170B
when they get a ense they know until­ two men fiom th a t slate ever found >(«I(1 industrious ( hrislian people for
ICO acres 5 miles west >f E nterprise.
ing about. Why nut he holiest ami ih eir wav to this valley.
Perhaps 1 ueiuhhors.
I'riee $12.10
! 60 acres broke, 40 at res tim ber, rest
suv juUs'unv.t t,y a »pie decoeQon la­
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t .i tlu a
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gofsi tunm e lauu.
p | hihm wa « . , .•»»
beled whiskey.
mice, h u t I have it nearer ro rie c t now. ranch, in the heart nt the winD r range
fenced.
Price $1100.
T here waa another tragic death in
Upon arriving at the house when »n Joseph ( ’ret k, good young orchard
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Acree.
A
good
stock ranch,
the early settlem ent of the valley.
A the m arriage is to take place, and tin ind garden,« ’‘mail mill with which to
w ater which
grand old man in the lower valley
scared couple being brought befori grind corn on the place, will leave in , l’le,1,v nf P o , m I w inning
freezes.
T
hree
miles from
the nam e of Wilson went o u t with his him , with th a t deep resonant voir» ' lie house a cock stove heater 3 bed
$650.
Flora. Price
■or.-in-law to gather berries, and never habitual to him , says to the trem bling «teads and eiq.hoard price $350.
before stood us in good stead.
They
had provided a rough-lock, largely ol
I heir own invention, which answered
adm irably. We n ached the foot of
the m ountain in tact, where we found
a toll bridge th at had lieen erected hv
K m i** reu »n the Postoffice at Enterprise,Oi A. C. Sm ith, wow an E nterprise a t­
torney. We paid our toll and crossed,
as Second-olnss matter.
hut from our long acquaintance with
Mr. Sm ith, we now know we could
have crossed had we had no money.
The ascent was then made w ithout
ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY
m ishap, camped on top, and next day
entered the valley which has been our
L. J. R ouse & C arl R oe home for 21 years.
E ditor C hieftain :
Yottr recent
editorial in regard to the organization
of tile pioneers of Wallowa county
m eets with iny hearty approbation. 1
th in k it should be done, anil soon, or
there will he some th a t could give in ­
teresting experiences th a t will not he
here to m eet with us. Some have al­
ready answered the last roll c a ll; o th ­
ers are far on the shady side of life.
W h at rem inisi nces would he called up
a t a gathering of the first settlers of
o u r now prosperous county.
In Nov., 1877 we arrived at La
G rande and like m any other ¡m igrants
found ourselves dead broke, having hut
fifty cents left. We stopped fur the
w inter on the m ountain side above old
La Grande. T heoutbiok for us was not
very cheerful, with an Oregon w inter
before us and not a single acq u ain t­
ance in the en tire valley, lin t stran g ­
ers as we were, it was not long until we
had gathered about us friends of the
grandest type. Our hoys were strong
mid hearty and anxious to work.
All
W«. ooul*l <«o»W AH U> o u t cortlw«*d*l' nml
haul it to La G rande witn a doubtful
chance of selling it. The m erchants
had nlready taken so milch wood from
residents, th a t they were slow to en ter
in to an arrangem ent with an entire
stranger, to let him have supplies and
take wood lor pay, when they already
had plenty. We were in a fix and
som ething had to he done. »Surely we
had not traveled thousandsof miles Io
starve to death in the bountiful state
of Oregon. W hile pondering over the
difficulties th a t surrounded us, 1 re­
m em bered th a t I belonged to a certain
secret society, in which the lie that
binds is said to be a powerful one, so
it occurred to m e th a t my present ex­
trem ity was the tim e to test its merits.
1 went to town, and selecting h busi­
ness man I th o u g h t to he b u ilt about
lig h t to lie a square sort of fellow, I
gave him a e e rta in sign th a t was quick
ly responded to. He know th a t I was
a stranger and supposed of course 1
wanted som ething and ho was not
m istaken. I explained to him our
situation. We wanted tools to work
w ith, and supplies to do us u n til we
could earn som ething. “ O” said he “ th at
M easily fixed, ju st go to |,. Baer and
Tie will let you l.ave any thingy o t w ant
“ Why" said I, “Good Lord, lie's a Jew .”
"Vee, said he, “ and the whitest man
in all this country. Come on, 1 will
go with yon." He gave me an intro­
duction to Mr. Baer, and in shaking
hands, lie gave me evidence th a t our
friend had not m isrepresented him , and
our dealings w ith him th a t winter
proved th a t tlie.e is virtue in th.il
mystic tie. He f-ritialied us with all
lings needful, and when M arch came
e had paid every cen t we owed and
were ready to s ta rt for the much talked
of Wallowa valley. I t was am using to
hear some of the residents of Grande
Romle talk of this coun try.
They
would solemnly aay th a t it was n o th ­
in g hut a hole in the ground, th at
there was n o t a single n ig h t in the
year th a t it did no t frost.
In fact
they painted in terrible colors w hat is
now one of th e best counties in the
state, and would general!) end up with
the statem en t th a t they had a farm in
Grande Konde, which they would like
to ren t you. B ut we had not traveled
so far to become renters, hut to secure
homes for ourselves, and notw ith stan d ­
ing their woeful predictions, we left
for Wallowa, not, however, w ithout
«ome apprehensions. The road was
n o t in good condition, and when we
got to the top of the m ountain, and
looked down, we th o u g h t surely we
had come to the junipping off place.
T he road to the bridge was a glare of
ire, and th o u g h t came to me th a t we
hud lietler bid eachother good-bye, but
th e experience of the hoys in hauling
wood fn n the m ou n tain s the winter
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pair : “ Stand up ; join your rig h t hands
hold up your left. You and each o'
you do solemnly swear th a t you will
support the constitution of the U. S.
and of the state of Oregon ; th a t yon
will vote the republican ticket and
join the Grange as soon as possible
The answer is, 1 will. Now by virlm
of authority ill me vented aa a judicial
officer of the com m onw ealth of Oregon
I pronounce you man and woman, and
let no man a tte m p t to bust up tin
union. Five dollars please.”
Tom
never swears, b u t no were informed
th a t when he read the above, he ex­
claimed “O God! show me the man
tiiat wrote th a t, and I will kill him
on the spot.” B ut his ire had cooled
before lie found us o u t and lie has per­
m itted us to live.
So you see that
amid all the hardships of pioneer life,
llirre was no under stra ta of fun, ami
we had our practical jokes.
D uring those early days there wa»
very little theft. Occnssionnllv then
was one th a t seemed to lorget tin
golden rule, and would nppropriati
for th eir own use, the property of an­
other. One incident I pa rlicularly re
eall and wife insists th a t I shall write
it. I t waa the arrest of a young man
who had cau g h t a collide of work
horses nod was w atching his opporT
tunity to run them oil. .Someone sus­
pected his plans and watched them
until the thief cam e. He was broughi
to our house, ns we had just been elect
cd a J. P., h u t we had not yet qualified
so con hl not act. He was left in the
house, while his guard rem ained on
tho outside. He told the wife a piti­
ful ta le ; how it was his first offense,
an I lie would never do so again and
it would break his poor old m other’s
heart, etc. H e cried and wife cried in
sym pathy with him , and when A. C.
Sm ith, who had charge of him , came
in, she began to plead for him .
"A h,
Mis. Rex,” said A. C. “ I have to do l(a>
much hard riding after such as lie, to
feel any pity for him .”
The funny
p art came soon afterw ard.
O ur own
horses were missing and we thought
they were stolen. Then wifa said she
booed Mr. S m ith would retell and hang
the last one of them . So after all it
depends on whose ox is gored. Do you
rem ember the incident Bro. Sm ith?
There was an o th er incident in which
Mr. Sm ith figured and it was so funny
th a t I know he will patdou me for
telling it. A m an had been arrested
for assault wilh a deadly weapon, a
large knife. A witness swore to the
size and keenness, and in his •peeuLi,|
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S te c k liKUi’s Supplies, etc.
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E n te rp ris e O re,, Dec. 23, ’98.
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Dear Madam:
I take the l i b e r t y of asking you to
c a l l fo r one of nry cash purchase c a rd s,
which ] k in d ly ask you to b rin g w ith you,
or send whenmaking cash p u rch ases a t my
s to r e , and have the amount of such p u r­
chase punchedout u n t i l a l l amounts re p ­
re se n te d on m argin are c a n c e lle d . I wi 11
then pre se n t you FREE a larg e THREE-QUAR­
TER l i f e s iz e (BUST) crayon or Water c o l ­
or p o r t r a i t of yourse 1 f or any oi your
f ami ly or fr ie n d whose memory you may wish
to p e r p e tu a te .
Knowing the g en eral d e s ir e among our
c u sto m e rsfo r f ami ly p o r t r a l t s I b e lie v e
th ere is not a fam ily in th i3 s e c tio n but
would take a GOOD p o r t r a i t in p refeaen ce
to an y th in g I could o f f e r a s a n a p p re c ia ­
tio n of t h e i r cash tra d e These p o r t r a i t s
w ill be made from any photo or tin ty p e you
fu rn is h ( same wi 11 be re tu rn e d ) and we
w ill be p lea se d to frame i t a tw h o le s a le
p ric e .
To enable you to u n d erstan d more f u lly
the value of th i s of fe r, i in v i te you to
c a l l a t my s to re where samples of workand
fram es can be seen. I h o p e y o u w ill a p ­
p r e c ia te my endeavor, and fav o r me w ith
your patro n ag e , and in r e tu r n I w ill a s ­
sure you c o u rte o u s a t t e n t i o n and the Rest
g o o d sa t the low est p r ic e s ,
Yours T ru ly ,
A good 6 j X 8 | inch view cam era,
wilh tripod, plate holder, and all nec­
essary apparatus for finishing pictures.
Ju st the th in g for landscape work.
E nquire for particulars at the C h ie f ­
tain office.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Land Office at La Grande, Oregon.
Feb 13th 1899.
Notice is hereby given that the fol­
lowing-named settler has tlh‘d notice of
his intention to make proof in support
of his claim, and that said proof will l>e
made before D. YV, Sheahan, U. 8. Com­
missioner at Enterprise, Oregon, on Meh. j
24, 1899, viz:
EBNER BRUMBACK,
I I E No. «280 lor the I '1» 8W L , A , >
W«.j S F 'i, 8ec. 20, Tp. 2 N It 48 E W M j,
He names the lollowinii witnesses j .
to prove his continuous residence upon ! r
ind cultivation of, said land, viz:
Horace G. Chase, Waldo Chase, John
S. P ratt, and William A. Hayden, all of
linnaha, Oregon.
K. W. BARTLETT, Register
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Ta Cure Cold In()n< Day.
T ake Laxative Bromo Q uinine T ab­
lets. A ll druggists refund money if
it fails to cure. 25c.
The genuine
has L. B. Q. on each tablet.
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T he B est T u rn ou ts In T he C ounty.
Somebody will be in the barn a t all hours
of the day and night.
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T H E BEST HAY AN'I) GRAIN T H E MARKET
AFFORDS ALWAYS ON HAND.
Call on or address
E n terp rise, Ore.
B U R L E IG H ,
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Mrs. C. E. C hurchill,
Enterprise town property
Property of all kinds listed for ad v ertisem en t.-^)
J. A. B U R L E IG H ,
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N eat and comtnodius.
Both hoard and lodging furnish-
e(I cheaper than elsewhere in the city.
fable loaded
\\ ith the best the m arket affords
B oard...............................................?3.00 per week.
Board and Lodging. ...................$4.00 per week.
STOCK G RA IN and F R U IT farm s for sale on easy
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term s and at mederate prices. GOOD B A R G A IN S in
Lostine, Ore.
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the entire Mercantile
merchandise, including
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W A L L O W A CO. R E A L E S T A T E A G E N C Y j
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Oregon.
W ith an increased stock of general
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That the best photographs in Wallowa county are
taken by /A It. B A K E R , o f Enterprise. He alsodoes
first class era 'ton a n d oastel work. liis prices and
his work defy competition. Call a n d exam ine and.
be convinced.
E ast side Public Square.
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CONTEST NOT1CF.
United States Land Office.
I.a Grande, Oregon,
.Iannary 25th, 1899.
A sufficient contest affidavit having
wen filed in tlda Office by Thomas Sims
•ontestant, agsinst Tindrer Culture entry
No. 2041, made I line 7th, 1887 forth« E,l2
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•iv James C. McAllister Contestee, in
A liirli it is alleged that said McAllister
as wholly abandoned said irn«,t, that
ie has failed to break plant and cultivate
rees seeds or cuttings as required by law,
hat lie lias wholly abandon« I said tract
or the past 8 years, Said parties are here-
»V notified to ajqs'ar respond and offer
«vntence touching said allegation at 10
»’clock a. in. an March 18th, 1899 before
Y.C Smith U.S. Commissionei at his
»ffice in Enterprise Oregon nnd that fir al
hearing will be held at 10o’cbs*k a m. on
\pril8th L809 Iwfor« tl«’ Register and
deceiver at the C nlkd States Land Office
n La Grande Oregon.
The sai«lcontestant having in a propper
iffidavit filed liovendicr 5th 1898 set forth
'acts, which show tiiat after due diligence
lH-rsonal service of this notii,e cannot he
nade it is hereby ordered and directed
hat such notice be given by duo and prop­
er publication.
E. YV. BARTLETT. Register.
8. 0 . SYVACKH AM ER , Receiver.
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e have purchased
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returned. The son-in-law fixed some
kind of a story about th eir having sep­
arated and th a t the old man would
soon return, hut the n ig h t passed amt
he did mil p u t in an appearance.
Af­
ter 11 day s his body was found hidden
by some brush. I t was reported Hl
the tim e th a t the son-in-law, upon see­
ing the body, exclaim ed, “ F ath er has
ro m m itti d suicide and c u t oil' his own
h ead!” I can n o t understand why lie
was n o t hung to the nearest tree.
N othing was ever done with him , and
lielieving in his innocence, his wife
still clings to him,
A nother thing of interest to the
curly settlers, was the Joseph scare
Stockades were bu ilt in the middle val
ley and a t Alder. A t the former place
occurred one of the saddest things J
ever witnessed. A. B. Findley had
brought his fam ily,consisting, I th in k ,
of a wife and 7 children, for protection
Diptheria broke ou t in the family, and
if memory serves me right, v e buried
six of them in five days.
I t was p iti­
ful to see the father trying to save the
two little ones by keeping them a t the
snmke house, 1 ut in vain.
All the
children except the oldest d aughter,
who is now Mrs. Jack Johnson, of Im -
mma, died. There was no physician
in the valley. We cared for them the
tiest we knew hirw, bill falc was inex­
orable and the children passed away
one by one until all were gone saveone.
I have stood on the battlefield am idst
the dead and dying, have seen the
dead laid-ill trenches hv the hundreds
hut it was a sadder sight to see those
Innocent little ones dy ing, with no
power to help them . In wsr we ex
pect such sights, h u t in peace it is
terrible.
B ut we will leave the sadder inein-
orit s of the past and lake up the social
conditions existing in o u r then new
country. You m ust not think that
because o ur homes were some distance
apart, we were an unsocial set.
On
the contrary the latch string was al­
ways o u t and visits from one neighbor­
hood to another were frequent. I will
tell ol one of these visits and what
came of it. One m orning quite eaily.
we were surprised to sec Judge Reavis
approaching our cabin. He was in too
big a hurry to let us p u t his pony up.
We sat down to have a good c h at and
the Judge forgot his h urry u n til it was
nearly nig h t before lie started home.
Toni Veasey learned of th a t visit, and
concocted a most diobolical plot against
us. M eeting one of his chum s he do­
tailed to him what hfc pretcuded to Lc
Levy M erca n tile Co.
Enterprise,
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