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About Wallowa chieftain. (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 11, 1902)
LOCAL HAPPENINGS IN AND ABOUT TOWN. picked Up IJere And There By The Chieftain. Joj Melotte was out fro n Imnaha Saturday and Sunday. A. II. Meeit of Frairie Creek was in phi city Monday on iusiness. Frank Ileskett an 1 daughter were u the city from Leap Monday. All kinds of photo at the Enter prise gallery, Stereoptici.m, tcenic etc. Munied In i'oui.iiv Yoi child. ill 1 :v yi II Lostine Dec. 7, Mr. i.i 1 .Miss Cora Faii- jr.iiore, at the E. M. ivill do you good to J. -.i ,i .t-;fir on M. i d.iy's stas9 nrou - f . Walla W.d! to sev-i ;r at i.ont .r stomach tr.j'i; with Jiiicn . h.i- Le jii truUoiti.I i.. koine t i ii Th was on : Hon). .ii the ( .. to th' IU F.nt- f OW t: ; com. -report.. .11) -, Mi-at .111) oi 1. ii t Ii" country north i' !-v-il tin- fu:t tint th nueh iIi'.'jmt in those --C' !'i :ie . -, ii j- n't ,-. th T:i:t-c lV':t is the u m .in.' sections'. A .ninii'1 liiiousi w.is issued r i:,i iUy . ii L Jrihan and M. 1 V ) i.i o i:h of L s:in j. HulTiuai. ar.o. I't-vor.' of the Flora -;.:..;!t Miil w. re ii. the city W:dnes 1 .n ii liusints trip. v i .') to loan at 7 per cent inter ' . i . .i. o-tato s:o:ity. C. i. McDaiel br4 -aki i i lit- W;ik ino.el h s .i us iv .i.u c.) Elui where lie will live .h- ii iL.u-e of h wiut.T. C, F. Trimble .i n v stttl-.T in the Elk Mountain country was in tie city .MoihU an . . n .-diy. Wanted. A ood siicitor io a rood pr position it goo I wa.rjs. lu-t-iir at tile Chieftain o.lice. Tlio. ii. .i-'e.l . sp i'.a oi the I, fi. ii j . o: R 'pr.'ieatative di.'d pjc. 0 in VY.ij.iinr.tjn D. C. J. A. Dauny Ik-I mii.Ui i meroh.wi: was in the cicy Saturday and Sunday jifter a load oi freight and supplies. Sljeritf Sluckelt'ord was a passenger for Elgin and outside , oints Monday on a business ..oniKC.vd wiiii hi. pffiee. t5Ji-:jr U.'.iv - nas bjeu forth, past WtM. J : S;U :.' . ivai il.ii..L jome wor ; .i d-!p-.i l'. S. Muicra. purveyor for Al -x 'vYe-rno.-k. lljiueauvr the da - i8:h 1 ,'t.i a id 20th o. t lie mouth at ...e i. .U. c-; M. Store. iiiose days should mean u gr-jat uv.i. 10 .!- Ltdie- Aid Society. v Hen i - m .v..s m :h- city Friday oi last wuek. He is at prose. r. eniployjl oi) tlis . K. A X. is hn 1,. inspea.'j. lie went .m: on Monday's slae. T. 1-tt t lt.n was ilo'vn f,on: Tron; . . -i-vk Moii'lay and remainttl until T.m- i .y. Tii.- cliinook k-ft him stranded u !ii sled as it did in t:r. other-. F-ir ''.u'lst u i pivs.Mts t voui-f.K-tsds i:i liifi fast or west ov sure au-.l buy s ..ii v'.- vs of Wali i.va uounty sexier-- t.i. Mn: Tprl-.j I':i..tu Galkr help the ladies in doing agoodork by making your cash purchases of them. Remember the day and date. The E. M. 4 U are now placing on sale a stock of holiday goods which will surpass the stocks displayed by them in former years. They are making a special effort to p!eae the the public with desirable goods in this line. Mondar witnessed one of the most effective chinook winds that ever sw 'p the hills of Wallowa county. In the morning stockmen and far mers etarted forth with sleigh? and sleds on plenty of snow. Hy evening there was scarcely a vistage of snow and the ronds in a fair way to being supremely muddy. It will be a pleasure to you while buying a preset t for father, mother, sister, brother or sweetheart to know at th-1 same time you will make glad the hsarts of the ladies of the Aid Society by purchasing at the E. M. & M. store o a the 18th I'Jth and 20th of this mo it:i. The Ladies Aid Society of the Presbyterian church will have charge of the sales department, of the E. M & M. store on Thursd iv, Friday and S.iturdiy, O 'c. ISih 10 th and 20th. ana will receive 5 per cent of th cash si'- for those days. These funds vill be use l fo. ch.iroh purposes and liberal pitrou r;e is djired and will be very much appreciated by the la lies. W. W. White took lib departure Monday ino.-uiug for an extended trip, ii ;. A' lite ins been visiting in l!al;er Cit fjr some tiaie and will meet him n ..i . ran le. They will vi.-it in Portland, .Salo n and folk couniy fur a while and then they will go as far south as 1, js Angeles, Caiif. where eea level. Sacramento ia reached by daylight, 60 that one pets hut little view of the celel rated Sacra mento valley. At Benicii the S. P. train terries over an arm of tie bay landing at Port Costa. Here is located tne smelter where the poor deluded wretch stole $280,000 in gold a year ago and dumped it in to the hay only to confess his ci inie for which he is now '.'doing time." At Oakland pier another - i ferry is made on the largo palatial i ma.minery to swamp the navy oi M S. I', steamer a distance of three miles to the city. 'iV'rico is truly a great city. She is? in a class all bv lierselt. ro where else do wl find the various cities of the word transplanted in one as we do tore. She is termed the Paris ojf Ameri ca for here you find all the frivoliy and gaity of the French city. Here we have the Hong Kong o th Orient. 2,000 pig tailed celes tials packed like sardines in a hr.h mile square termed "'China town. ' and as most of the early settlei: were Spaniards, the race still beii much in evidence, it might prnp ly he called the Madrid of the w World, and as she is noted for h i hooked nose crucifiers it miglit 1 termed the Jerusalem of the we.--- em hemisphere, but from tl e life, push and energy manifest vu know that the dominant or ruiin spirit is that of an Amcru-at . While she keeps Up her reputatim as the toughest city in the U. -. there is more life to the squan inch than can be found in au other town. She is a typical, sporty western town, where ti.t they will speii 1 the rest of the winter. The new barber shop of Calvin tv hoot black, banker and merchant .Snyder is completed and opened for j will shut up shop to give odd-, to business today. It is without douot the ring side, play, the races or 0 one of ili - iiaest barber shops in j to the theatre. The citv is grow F.a-i.-r.i Oregon mi i late It is lifted to ac-j jug ,jUite jjpiJly due no doubt to turee O.irbeiS but Ollly nnnnimr lir, domeitic trade eo two are i::3. ailed at present. A con veniji:! bathroom ami outfit is ! ..Iso litted'.ip. The sh p iias hot mid j ..old water tl.rougout. i week before la' on) start to finish til- liverymen an . : i-.t ' m the lurch ite-i.e: from than- Ua lli.'pir r.'t .;i rue 1 ill I'll ! te Valky. P u eliased a 1:! J : S.nlav i ar-u eight a. id one half miies s.Mtii o;' Salem an 1 will move do.vi tiiere some time daring the winter. A large delegation from Enterprise Camp Woodmen of tiie World atten ded a special meeting of the Joseph Camp Monday evening and assisted in initiating severa candidates into the mysteri-- of the .raternity. C. S. Swain is at work in the county surveyor's oflice making a nniD of th; county which shows all the legally laid cut roads. This map will be of great value to the county county court and general public. C. E. Simmonis of Eagle Valley was committeed to t h re 3 years in the penitentiarp kst wesk in Baker City for poisoning two young ladits in 1900 This was Simonis' second trial as the jury failed to agree at the first trial. Turn out everyone on the 18th 19th and ; Oth and attend the Ladies Aid tale at the E. M. & M. store, you will A Letter. San Francisco, Dec. :!, 102. I'd. i.hk-itain: la as much as nany of my Enteipriee friends re '.u still that I should write soiue h:::g of Frisco, I will, through your kindness in granting mo a portion of your valuable space, .iot only manifold a personal letter 0 tiieai bu: it may prove prolit ibie io you as a "spice killer," which oftenlimea proves a 1 ene--ici.il ijooii to oyer worked editor;-. On my way here I siopjv.d off a 1 .:y .a (.) i ebon's nietrop )iis where . attended the slate irrigation on-.!e.-s which was in session- I was i ..t h.-fg it. l.-ting eoiivenced that l.e du'u. iter wns correct who was ,oie aigiiing ' whi:";i was the more .uv.triui wind or water," and won he iiliiriuutive by an actual ilt-ni-in.-trati on. !i there is th-? same jroporlinr. o: w.tter ever utilized .'or irrigation us there was wind at hat session of Congress, Oregon will be a damp, wet slat;. 1 spent a couple of days quite irolitably at Salem, where 1 was -uiertaiieeil by my friend Le Hoy .iesner. A visit to the "pen.' isylum and blind school fount jach represented irom'ullowa by i delegate at large. No oie diould visit t tie state capitol wit., out calling at the blind school ami witness the wonderful mechanical art ar.d genius displayed by tie -indents there. To hear the.;, i eml and see them write by th raised system and recite lesson in the higher branches would brinj a blirli to man" students who an pos-oscci of nil the natural sem-es Fine inti-tio woven hammocks. T.attresses, cane bottom chairs etc ,ii c s mip'ies oi ihfir Wotkuiaiislii while the latest amon-j the ad vanced class is the taking apart tun ing and putting together again a large upright piano without the aid or itssistaneeof anyone which would indicate that they are possessed of almost supernatural powers. A full oreestfa that plays different music is another demonstration 0 their skill and intellegence. Leaving Salem in the evening one passes on the state lordt r through the Siskiou mountains, duiingday light, which are very picturesque, especially Mt. Shasta which looms up 14,000 iect alove of foriegn ai d with the wesUrn countries and islands. San Fr.u -ciico harbor is certainly an idial one, and Bro. Drake evidently rca'- i.ed this as he sailed through ti e tiolden (late in KITS and caw it the name of the "goodly harbor." The Golden Uat-3 entrance is I ut little over a mile wide but the water is so deep that r.o soundings can be made. It is a great sight to stand oil the Suttro parapet and see the Great ocean steamer lines and sail ing crait entering and departing through this greatest of nature's gateways. There isn't a half hour during the year that a vess-! does, not make ingress or egress through the Golden Gate channel to or from soaie foreign port. The cities attractions are man v gar Jen, floral lahratory, Japan tea garden, music stand, etc., btill re-, main. The park is well kept and, a i institution that the city is proud j of. T.ie celebrated cliff house, sal ro -ks, Sutro3 bath, Suttros ; park, etc, is about five miles from 1 3 x I ...1 1... I iL -I-- ! M WWII ana cuiiuecieu ur ooin eiee tric car lines and a branch rail- j roa L The nresiilo on the south i n - si lu of the harbor entrance is worth BJeing. Here are planted sufficient he ivy artillery and death dealing kvi'i urn v a the world should it eVff try to run th : gauntlet through the Golden (Jite. Mare Island nary yard lieEj a'ltb. of the city and is well worth vii ting. he city hall is a magnificient structure in which is located one ot the best conducted free libraries i i he U. S. Tne city is well supplied with good h i-.itals, fine schools, benovolent ch irches and first class theatres. The sanitary condition is good, bjing situated on the uplands and having an abundant supply of good v .vr. Tlie salt sea breezes keep ths tempa tnre about even day and night and it is certainly altogether a very healthy ci The city now ha3 a population o 360,000 while Oakland and Alemcd have another 100,!)d0. It is safe t predict that with her natural sea j-m facilities and the richest country on earth back of her San Franciseo i destined to b: a very largo city in tl. n.ir mure. When I have mustered up snl;, cient courage to go through Chin town and other places of interest will give you some further inform tion which will perhaps prove of in terest, but this I will do by priva; letter as probably it would not l.a well in print. On the whole I I'd; the city and country very much. Very Ilespectfiilly, Walt.-r Sumpter JJurliegh. Netice. Wallowa County, Oukco.v, July It, 1W To Samuel Bkown: You are her by notified that we have expend one hundred dollars in labor and ii. prowment.s on the Cold Spring mi i-nil claim located in the Iniiial Mining disUict, i.i which claim y were owner of one-third interest ,-aiiii ; will apjiear by certificate filed July :'. l'.'O!, in the cilice of County Cleik Widlie.va county, Oregon, in order i hold .-aid premises under the pro i ioiij of Section 2324 Itevied statut of tne i'nited States, being am ouut i quired to hold same for year emlii antl rnagnuicient. Gohliiii Gato i !.-:; muer .11, r.)01, and if with Park affords abundance, of recre- . :!h days after this notice by public, ation. It extends from the city ! ll"n -Vl)l1 f;lil or refuse to contribn. proper to the ocean beach a dis- i -v""r l'roportinn of such expeiulitm tance of six miles with an averago width of a mile and a half. It -ontained the midwinter fair of '91 and the museum, the chutes, zoo as co-owner your interest in sai claims will become the property t. the subscribers under Section 21J2L J. F. CUTLEIt. J. M. Kei.lv. New Capes New Jackets New Skirts Just Received at F. D. McCULLY CO.'S CASH STORE ur.is:?itaj will soon be here We have a few suggestions to make which will help you in your purchases. We have a nice line of Jackets, Capes, Collarettes. R.jas, Mud's, Fascinators, Silk Handkerchiefs, Mufflers, Sweaters, Neckwear, Gloves, Suspenders, Hosiery, Fancy Lamps, Rockers, Stoves an 1 Ranges. We invite you one and all to call and look over our stock. oa will find we can save vou monev. F. D. McCally Co. i rr-; i'i I p P F1 thlnrn-!ort fl!n-An nil jj, w. s.. iikiiiuLig, L.IHCip.;OS, UiVUJ'. r EXPERT Formerly with the Elgih National Watch Co., Deuber Hampden Watch Co., Lancaster Wat-jh Co. Elgin, Waltham and other watches we sell. Repairing a specialty. 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