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About Wallowa chieftain. (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 23, 1902)
lP(y Official Paper. City Official raper.-- WllliP j Willie THE REPRESESTA TIVE NEWSPAPER OF WALLOWA COUXTY. XIX NO. 8- ENTERPRISE, OREGON- OCTOBER W02. WHOLE NO- flGi Ininiie Offerino-nf O and Quantity The Ladies Aid Society of the M. E. Church will have exclusive charge of the "E. M.&M . Co.'s store THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30 On this day the S3? The Society of all CASH will be in charge of the Ladies, will receive a liberal percentage SALES. Such a happy combination should cause a liberal loosing of purse strings. The markets of the .East and West have contributed to the largest and best, stock that ever loaded the shelves of the store. Choice purchasings of Staple and Seasonable lines of fall Goods await your inspection. DRY GOODS AND SHOE LINES are particularly full. The goods und prices will appeal strongly to your buying judgment. Suits and blankets in complete selections, suggest com fort for approaching weather. We want the Ladies to sell at least a dozen heating stoves on this day. Air tights in beautiful design at prices that make the coal strike look like the Fourth of July. The sales on this day should be the record for the year. The Ladies will have full and per sonal charge'of the Store your wants will be anticipated by them promptly and efficiently. You have the opportunity to make your pur chases from a stock unexcelled in the county and at the same time help a society that is doing a noble work. be- VP ,rl fi i.nlimr more Merchandise than ever 'ore in the history of our store. We shall endeavor to toake prices ds lew ns i consistent with good values i-1 W a.J,!e.l to our list of clerks So that we will he ready to erve you mow promptly than ever, Trusting we shall re wive your patfonnge wsare respectfully yours tea m Is WORLD'S NEWS. FROM FAR AND NEAR. Clipped and. Copied Frcm Our Exchanges. The Klondike's output for this year is estimated nt $12,01)0,00'J. The total shipped to date from Dawson is -given 10,255,000. The work of taking eggs on tl:e Columbia River ly the United States Fish Commission has ceased for the season. At the four stations over 20,000.000 eggs were taken. The total tax levy at Spokane for the ensuing year, including city, county and state, will be 31 mills, or : reduction of 1 mill us compared with the present levy. The yield of corn in the fields around Athena will he from 25 to S5 bushels per acre. Corn is a paying crop in Umatilla County, and the acreage is increasing each year. Another sensation is looked for the St. Louis hoodie casi tnd be'ore he was able to secuie assis tance 1000 of his sheep strayed away and have been lost, so far as he is con cerned. Up to the time the shifts changed T lesday morning the sugar factory at LaGrande had cut '40O tons" of beets and had sacked 4S27 bags of sugar. Wm. Ban ton and L. W. Drunib s nith, of Union county, were taken suddenly ill with symptoms of nar cotic poisoning. A physic inn was su.nmoned, who administered reme dies, and the men were soon out of d inger. They were feeding a thresh ing in aohine, and it is thought that larkspur in tho barley caused the trouble. Already 1000 head of sheep and 350 head of cattle are booked at the La Grande Sugar Factory, to he fatted on pulp. As the virtues of this food be comes more generally known its great advantages will be utilized. It is cheap food, very rich in fat produc ing properties and fully equal to any ensilage made. A. Miller, the cattle rustler who blew his brains out when surrounded ! by a sheriff's posse near Fitnieroy, last to avoid arrest, was an old and Bense Used asjthey should be will bring you more by buying your fall supplies of 1111 Enterprise, Calvin Oregon, "Winter is coming ami now is the timcto get your cold weather necessities. We carry a complete line of Ladies' and Gents' furnishings at prices that can't be beat. SHOES The Sialel t3 bs a Winnsr. The big stone hotel in Enterprise will be a winner aud paying invest ment from the start. It could not have beeu started Ht a more propitious time, while everybody recognized the need cf it long years ago. The pros pects are now that it will not be large enough to accomodate the pctronage it will receive from the ik'st day it is open. The rush to the copper mines on Lower Imnaha and the gold mine on the head of Imnaha will be on and Enterprise will be the out fitting point and stopping place for all going and coming. In the second place there will be more building going on in town next year than ever before and will require more men who must eat and sleep at the hotel. The company tvns fortunate in undertak ing the erection of the hotel and the man who leases it will also be fortunate. Woodmen Log Rolling. in j week, It has j Oregon stockman and had followed been intimated that the sheriff or his cattle all his life. Miller came across deputies have beeu aiding the boodlers the plains in the '5Ca. to delay the prosecution. It has been discovered that nnder the new initiative and referendum amendment no act of the Legislature can go into effect for 90 days after the close of the session. This applies also to appropriations. The Supreme Court of Idaho holds . the act of 1889 relative to the carry ing of concealed Weapons io be uncon stitutional on the ground th.it it was in conflict with the state and fcjlerul constitutions declaring the right of citizens to bear arms ehall not be abridged. The Court decided, how ever, that the Legislature has a right to pass a law regulating the method of carrying.wcapons. There has been an alarming spread of smallpox in Walla Walla during the last few weeks. Eight cases are now at the pest house west of the city and over a dozen persons are quaran tined within the municipal limits. An active campaign will likely be instituted against the practice of transporting logs to San Francisco in the form of huge rafts. It is consider ed dangerous and masters und pilots will petition congress to euact legisla- tiou forbidding it. In the United States Court at Spo kane, Tuesday, Judge C. H. Hanford ssued a permanent injunction forbid- king certain members of the Cooks and Waiters' Union or their assoc iates :o interfere with the restaurant business conducted by K. Tukuahshi, a Japanese. A dispatch from Washington yes tmday said that the crisis was near nt hand in Venezuela and that it was not at all improbable that Minister Bowen will in the near future be con fronted with the necessity of recog nizing either the Matos or the Castro Government. A report was given out in Havana yes tw Jay by business' men who bad been called in to consult with Presi dent Palma, that Cuba will accept the treaty with America. General Brue-Brown, pnstor of the Christian church in Denver, was ask ed to resign his position yesterday at the session of the Christian church convention, now in session nt Omaha. He is charged with sensationalism. It is estimated that the world's out put of coal for 1JM was 800,105,140 short tons, with tho United States in the lead. The mine owners and operators of the Baker City district have organized for the i urnose of securing a That fit the feet as well as the purse are our 1 -rated Friedman Bros. Shoes of which we carry a plete stock. And our ' "Little Sampson" shoes for and Girls are just the thing for school wear, assortment of Uaby Shoes. ale: Joys Also a nice MILLINERY DELIGHTS for ladies of all aires will delight those who are hard to please ana who want something thats worth while. Here are Fashions for Fall Wear Right from the market of the best millinery ever produced . "Carson's Gloves are the. Best" And we carry a complete stock of Men's working and dress gloves of this brand. And all sizes of overalls, jum pers and storm coats. We have the agency for tho Star Tui loiirrr fn r.f ri. Come in and see our line of Samples and be con vinced that you can get a stylif.li, perfect fitting suit of clothes at a very reasonable price. Satisfaction guaranteed. A good line of ready made clothing always on. Lund. . The Woodmen of the World are ar-! ranging for a monstrous log rollii-g iniatiou meeting at Elgin on Novem ber 18 and 10. It is practically assur ed that 200 candidates will be initiated into the mysteries of wood craft on that occasion and Enterprise Camp No. 5H5 will furnish a large share of that number. The members are rust ling and have been assisted by deputy OUIl LINK OF HARDWARE . Consists of all kinds of Granite Ware and Tin Kitchen Uteusih D:l!-y Pails, W ell Buckets, Holts, Carpenters Tools. Pitch Forks Axe supreme commander Derrick. Thirty j Shovels, Hardwood, Nails, Screws, Door Trimmings, etc., etc candidates have already been secured ' by Enterprise camp and they hae i -- only fairly begun. Enterprise cainp has by far the largest membership of any lodg4 in the county. It now has sixty-five members and fully expects to increase it during the next month to double that number. Every neigh bor bas bis coat off and is "sawing ( wood." j Paints, Oils and Brushes JEWELERY Woodmen Social. j Correct, fashionable and elegant. Trices of various values, jfitationery, Perfumes, Toilet Articles and notions of every description. The Woodmen of the World cava a very pleasant social in the hail lust! Our stock of Groceries is complete and we carry a llw..ua, ....u. ...ui.. nuu unc oi tne -.rreierrea otock of Canned iroods Diamond w" Extracts and the "Coral Blend Roasted Coffee. of oft'ee and sandwiches was served in the court room. The program con sisted of a vocal solo by Mrs. C. 11. Zurcher, recitations by Mrs. J. F. Bater and Leo Forsythe and a thirty change! minute talk by D. C. Derrick a dis- iE2?Z3ZE23 in the recent order o! the hecrrtary of trict organizer for the Woodmen of the Interior creating the Eastern j the W.orld. At a meeting of the Diwnn forest reserve. A meetinc was inAa lioiit imfcm t.hn npi,il held and it wai resolve to invite Son- j ncw names were voted in as members afor Mitchell to visit Baker City look Into the condition of affairs. A sheepherdsr who owns a band of 2500 sheep met with an accident but in the hillB near Baker Chy last week, arid and five more annlirn tions were taken 1 I .4 , during the evening. The Woodmen .. the '.VVrld is the leading fraternal insurance order of Wallowa county arid uj enjoying a rapid growth, ENTERPRISE, OREGON,