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About Wallowa chieftain. (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909 | View Entire Issue (June 26, 1902)
Wallowa County News. Is what you want when you sub scribe for A County Paper. Look Over The Wallowa Clilti Yc offer some exceptional bargains in our CLUBBING RATES with other papers and magazines. For Instance Chieftain and Oregoiran both one year for $2.00. Chieftain and Spokesman Review both one year for $2.00 Chieftain and Examiner both ane year for $2.25. The Chieftain and any of the $1 magazines one year for $2.50. Address or Call on The Wallova Gihieffaiit g EQterprise, Or, LOCAL HAPPENINGS FN AND ABOUT TOWN. Here is an item from the Manti, (Utah,) Free Prss, that is novel and interesting: "Bring In your grasshoppers and have thorn infected with the fungus growth, a positive exterminant of this Picked Un Here And There it. Mr. Crawford, the druggist, will I By The Chieftain. f 100,000 to loan at 7 per cent inter est on real estate security. C. T. McDamkl Calvin will give you 15 cents n doz en for your eggs. If you want to buy a mower or rate it will pay you to sec Calvin. Oranges, lemons and bananas at the Stavionery Store. Mrs. J. A. Allen and son, Pries Montgomery, of Chesniriii.us, were in the city Tuesday. F. A. Mead, music dealer, from La- i (irande, sold a Kimball piano to J. B. Olmstead last week. Alex and Pick Wamock and fami lies were in the city Tuesday on some business relating to mines. H. W. Beecher purohased the re mainder of the Basim horses at the sale at Joseph last Saturday. Sow is the paint season. Don't forget that John Calvin has the Heath and Miligan paint. The slmaring crew at the Liteh corralls have completed their work and gone on their way rejoicing. Clias. Swain accompanied a timber cruiser out on an inspection expedition last Tuesday to be gone several days. Kev. Walker and family returned Monday from Elgin, where they at tended the Epworth League Conven tion. Dr. Tomple purchased a fine bay team of Dick Warnock Wednesday. It is the swellest looking rig in the Here We Come For And See That It (Sivcs the (our)ty News. I ard Tbc price is $t.50 a year. There will be Children's Day exer cises he'd at the Christian church Sunday evening. Everybgdy cordial ly invited to attend. Mr. Peterson of Promise was in the city Tuesday on a business trip. He says there are many new comers in that section of the county. I have one of the Anderson A gradu buggies. If you are thinking of Inn ing a buggy, I will be pleased to show you this one. John Calvin. Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Rich of Fruita were in the city Tuesday and Wednes day. Mrs. Rich was having some dental work done by Dr. l'osner. A special school meeting is called for July 9, for the purpose of voting on the proposition of adding the Ninth ui.d Tenth grades to the public school. Owing to the appearance of small pox in the Crei;:hton and Trout creek districts, the schools have been dis continued, and the teachers, Miss Belle Forsvtho and J. W. Kerns, have t 1 returned to town. . Merritt L.'gore was down from Hur- ricane creek Tuesday and is very en thusiastic over some claims on Hur I ricane creek from which the ore ns- k I y ?S in gold and 14 per cent copper. The ledge he snys is about 110 feet wide. J. F. Johnson and W. D. Weaver are moving the old buildings off the Calvin corner. Tiie big corner build ing will be placed oh ill vacant lot east of the Chieftain office, and the other building will be put on one of Mr. Weaver's lots west of the Combes blacksmith shop. Even script buyers have their trou bles. Mr. Hartshorn, of Wallowa county, who is in the city at present, some time ago bought some Forest Revenue script to the amount of !f70(), which turns out to be counterfeit. There is no redress for him and he is just that much looser. La Grande Obsp vcr. be pleased to supply all who call, free I of charge. This remedy is no longer an experiment, and there is no excuse ' for further being pestered with grass hoppers if every farmer will do bis duty." Word comes from Wallowa that a company has been formed there for the purpose of building and operating a creamery and cheese factory. Ed Tulley, who recently graduated from the Agricultural College, will have charge of the business, for which he made special preparation. Wallowa is to be congratulated on this move, and we hope the spirit will continue. The town was roused Tuesday morning by several pistol shots and a yell of fire. Ott's saloon was soon discovered to be on fire and the flames were gaining considerable headway. By a rushed application of water with a number of buckets the fire was ex tinguished. It was of incendiary origin as it started on the stco at the back door, where kerocene could be easily smelled after the fire was out. Clius. L. Swain, who has bean out surveying for county surveyor Reavis, returned from a protracted trip in the North end of the county Monday, where he had been laying out some road. He had quite a varied exper ience, consisting of a contact wih poison oak and a viscious dog out at Sled Springs. He was slightly bitten in several places, but not seriously. Alf. Hays says he was on the Di vide near the head of a small creek, last week, and killed five rattle snakes where none had ever been seen before. He thinks that the creek mint be the proverbial "Salt creek" up which which the defeated candidates go, and that there was too much "snake med icine" on the trip up this time, which caused the snakes to take to tiie high er ground. The Enterprise Hotel Co. on Satur day sold the buildings off the Calvin lots for $225. G. W, , Hyatt bought the corner one for f 175, and W. D. eaver the other for .f 50. They were allowed 15 days in which to have the buildings off the ground. As a contrast between hand sheep shearing and the machine work, two slieep were picked out of the Boner band last week, that had been shear ed by hand nnd resheared with a maehine. Almost eight pounds of wool was the result. J. I). lurcher came in on Wednes day's stage. He has been a student for the past three years at the Oregon Agricultural College, at Corvallis. He has liecn making a speciality of electrical engineering and will gradu ate next year. John Baker and family returi.ed from La Grande Momky where they met Mrs Baker's sister, Emma Henry, who just arrived from Denmark. She was unable to speak English, but made the trip without trouble. A party of fisherman consisting of J. C. Reavis, George Hendrickson, L. Green anil Wilford Green spent Fri day and Saturday nt the lake. They made a fair catch of good sized trout. Alon.o Gesner, of Portland, has se cured the contract for surveying the unsurveyed townships east of Imiiaha and will be in the city in a few days. His sop arrived on Tuesday's stage. W. P. Samms now has quite a col lection of pets consisting of a parrot, monkey, badger, red squirrel, two young yellow hammers and two young hawks. . I. E. Johnson was appointed mar shall Wednesday by the city council, with instructions to keep all persons infected with smallpox of the streets. A JaWatLsN Vs? da Vl& Millinery at Cost We are now offering at cost our entire stock.of mill inery, including the latest styles in Ladies', Misses and Children's hats, either plain or dress hats. Good hats for the Fourth at a low price. Meris Furnishings Have you ever put on a suit thai felt as if it was made to .your especial order? Isn't the satisfaction some thing unique in this day of cheap everything? Let us be surveyors to you of your suits, shirts, collars and small but necessary articles of men's wear and you will be surprised how much bet ter your clothes will seem to fit you. Its like everything else; its the "know how." Stock of Shoes Made by the well known firm of Friedman 'Bros, for Ladies, gents, youths, miss es and children. These sho es are flexible, which insur es comfort; they are of su perior leather which insures wear; they are over newest lasts, which insures fashion, and they are from a factory where care in making insur es economy. My prices are as heretofore such as will as money for you. Faint for your house Expert paint makers have given the Heath & Milligan paints the best qualities they they could have. They are the kind of paints that stick and wear well. I Messrs. Clarence Vest and Will A- MftM,c' La role, On?., agent j yMTCin the Misses Llna DeVoro for Chicker.ng, Kimball, Weber. , Allil ,;oe S1)ent gull, at v-niwu, neeiocK, i.aiie, ose, Decker i rke. it Sons, YYhitn.n-, IJlnze. Milton, and Singer pianos; Kimbali, Crown, Bur dette, Great Western, Nc-.'dliam, and Pacific (Jiieen organs; Singer Sewing machines and Empire Cream Separa tors. Prices lowest. Albert Brayton, n young man who lives with M. B. Knight, on Joseph J. C. Shackleford and Carl Roe drove down to Wallowa Monday and and back Tuesday, on a business trip. Several people are contemplating a trip to Seaside, on the excursion which leaves La Grande on July 1. Mrs. Rose Voris is spending a few reek, was bni:ally attacked and Iwat-j'1'3 llt t,,e 1'ome of Mr. and Mrs. Garden & Flower Seeds -.w m seuaing away for seeds. We have any and all kinds and they will Wow too. en by two masked men last week. Wm. Mclieynolds, of Trotlt creek. B. T. Long and Will and Orion Wagner returned from u trio to They first went through his pockets in search of money. They stole his 1 1 -..1 ..." t ... "ura """ 11 11 " m"" ""ic.es, tieu ins : Wi,Ha Walla Tuesday. , hands behind him and left him lving! .on the floor of the cabin. After a! A' ' Millt;r r,'imn'1 fr01 I-a ; Grande last week and will look after h while lie managed to free himself and went lip to l lora. He said one of the : men had a finger off at the second P j joint. Otherwise he could not ulenti- Jfv them. business for a few days. L. J. Pizell of Wallowa passed through town Wednesday en route to Inniuha. John Enterprise! Oregon,