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About Wallowa chieftain. (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 7, 1909)
Furniture, Carpets, Rugs, Linoleum, Pianos and Organs New Royal and Singer Sewing Machines. Wall Paper, Glass Moulding Baby Baggies and Go-Carts. FRED ASHLEY, The Home Furnisher, UNDERTAKING AND EMBALMING ENTERPRISE, OREGON NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS. Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting ot the stockholders I of the Wallowa National Bank, of; Enterprise, Oregon, will be held at the office of their banking house In Enterprise, Oregon, on Tuesday, the 12th day of January, 1909. between the hours of 10 a. m. and 4 p. m. for the election of directors for the ensuing year, and for the transac tion of such other business as may legally come before said meeting. Dated at Enterprise, Oregon, De cember 4th, 1908. 32t5 W R. HOLMES, Cashier. Nature Provides bat one California It is the natural winter home of many thousand of the world's best peopie. Under the gentle influence of its mild winter climate, every amusement and recreation abounds. Such bathing, boating, fishing, driving; such picnics, par ties and "jollifications." GO TO Los Angeles, Paso Robles Hot Springs, Hotel del Monte, Santa Barbara, Venice, Long Beach Santa Cruz, or a score of Bimilur resorts and you will find health, congenial sur roundings, hospitable associates, faultless ac commodations and num berless attractions and conveniences. The 0. R. & N. Co Connecting with The Southern Pacific Co. Make inexpensive round trip excursion rates to California A six months stopover ticket Wallowa to Los Angeles and return is $76 80 Corresponding rates are in ef feet to other points. We have some very distinctive literature covering California's winter resorts, and will take pleasure in giving yon all of the information and assistance at our command. ;For tickets, sleeping car reservations, etc., call on, telegraph or write E. T. Campion, Agent, Wallowa. OR WM. McMURRY, gen. pass, agent. Portland, Oregon.. KSs AFTER CHRISTMAS 1H A Little Late for A FEW BARGAINS. BIG CUT IN PRICES Of Ladies' and Children's Coats and Furs of these goods left and we will offer them at Dont Miss this Chance for a BARGAIN Winter yet to Come. W. J. rj!bS iGrvf vrv- 11 PERISH III EARTHQUAKE THE MOST TERRIBLE DISASTER IX HISTORY OCCURS IN SOUTHERN' ITALY. 10,000 REPORTED LOST At Messina 12,000 Tcrish in Earth, quake and Tidal Wave King and Queen Go to Scene. I Rome, Dec. 30. Between 90,000 , and 100,000 dead; MesBina, on the island of Sicily, and Reggio and a score of towns in Southern Italy overwhelmed; entire Calabrian re gion laid waste that is the earth quake's "record of Monday so far as at present known. Reports are com ing in Elowly to Rome on account of the most complete destruction of lines of communication to the strick en places. The death total in MeBslna ranges from 12.000 to 60,000; that of Reg gio, which, with Its adjacent villages numbered 45,000, Includes almost the entire population; at Pall, 1000 are reported dead; at Cassano, 1000; at Cosenzaa, 500, and half the pop ulation ot Bagnara, about 4000. King and Queen to Aid. The King and Queen of Italy are now on their way to Messina, hav ing sailed Tuesday evening from Naples aboard the battleship Vittorio Emmanuele. The pope has shown the greatest distress at the calamity and he nlmself was the first to con tribute $200,000 to the relief of the afflicted. British, French and Rus sian warships are steaming towards the south and already several of the ships of Great Britain and Russia have performed heroic service in the work of rescue. It is feared that many foreigners have been killed, as a number of ho tels at Messina and doubtless all other places were crowded with tour ists. Swept by Tidal Wave. Messina, whose tragic history has been marked by tidal waves and war, and which was the center of Mon day's terrestial maelstrom, was shak en to ruins. Flashes burst forth to complete the city's destruction and to burn alive untold numbers help lessly pinioned beneath fallen walls. The Strait of Messina was shaken and twisted by the earthquake's trembling, for mariners report the channel altered beyond recognition. Practically three-fourths of the city was swept from the earth by a vast Christmas Shopping but just the time for 25 per cent Discount FUNK & CO. 7 ' L tidal' wave. Hundreds met death In this inundation. Danger of resilience. There is the eravest daneer that pestilence will follow the destruc- ! tloa of the town. On account of the vast havoc wrought, bodies will lie unburied for days and weeks. Those who escaped death, many of whom are badly injured, are making their way by the thousands to the nearest place of refuge. Mount Aetna appears to have been the center of the disturbances and that portion of Sicily within a radius of 40 miles seems to have been laid waste. It is not known whether the volcano is in action, as that section ot the island is complete ly cut oft from the world, even the railroads of the entire eastern half of the city being destroyed. Ruberoid roofing, 1 ply and 2 ply, for ei.iO by S. D. Keitner. Abe Ruef Given Fourteen Years Xotice of Appeal Given Climax of Lcng Struggle Marked by . Dramatic Events, San Francisco, Dec. 30. Fourteen years in the penitentiary, the maxi mum, was the sentence meted out Tuesday to Abraham Ruef, who for four years directed the political des tinies of San Francisco as adviser of the administration of Eugene E. Schmltz, mayor of the city. Judgment was pronounced at the close of a day devoted to lgal bat tle, wherein the defense sought to Introduce many reasons for a new trial. There wag no demonstration on the part of the spectators during the proceedings in the courtroom, nor later when Ruef, having entered the prison van in the custody of a deputy sheriff, started in the dusk on his long ride to the county Jail. Before the adjournment of court notice of appeal had been filed on behalf of the defendant and the court had signed a writ of probable cause, which will act as a stay of execution. In a trial that was prolonged through a period of nearly four months Ruef was convicted, Decem ber 10, of bribing John J. Furey, an ex-supervisor, to favor the award of an overhead trolley franchise to the United Railroads. This was one of 114 Indictments returned against Ruef by the Oliver grand Jury. One of the many Incidents that tended to make the trial of Ruef re markable was the shooting of As sistant District Attorney Francis J. Heney by Morris Haas, an ex-convict, whose past record was exposed by the prosecutor after the would-be slayer had been accepted as a mem bers of the Jury. Haas subsequently committed suicide in the county Jail. p We have a nice Assortment with most of the DONG LOTS OP BUSINESS SHIPMENTS TO AND FROM EN TERPRISE ARE HEAVY 5 CARS Of- STOCK. Sixty-five car loads of live stock have been shippel from Enterprise station since November 17, the date of the first shipment from this place, or during a period of 39 days not u u From a painting by Sargent. JOSEPH PULITZER, EDITOR CF THE NEW YORK WORLD. Joseph Tulltzer, who drew the president's fire through editorial criticism of the Panama canal purchase, hus for the last thirty years been one of the most conspicuous figures in American joucunliKin. The New York World, of which he is the proprietor, has for two decades been a potent factor not only in national politics, but has wielded a powerful influence in public nffnlrs in New York city and throughout the Empire State. Few men have a firmer grasp upon matters of worldwide importance than Mr. Pulitzer, and bis newspaper reflects his views in the most minute particular. counting Sundays when no trains run. , Daring the same time there have been 15 car load lots received here. The business both passenger and freight has exceeded a-.itlcipat.ions, and the railroad men say the busi ness breaks all records for a new station at a town of this size. Harry Dowd shipped three cars of cattle to Wallace from Enterpi-lsa, Thursday, and M. E. Hotchklss ship ped one car of hogs and one mixed hogs and cattle, Friday. Hotchklss also loaded two cars of hogs at Joseph. Passenger Travel. Agent Harman sold J1000 worth of tickets during December, which cer tainly shows that the people of En terprise and vicinity are going sjine. Friday morning 33 tickets were sold. A collision with a hand car too near the track below Wallowa knocked off the coach and smoker steps Monday afternoon. A candy butcher, Uarkalow Bros, of La Grande, keeps passengers awake on the long run on the branch train Fever Sores. Fever sores and old chronic sares should not be healed entirely, but should be kept In healthy condition. This can be done by applying Cham berlain's Salve. This salve has no superior for this purpose. It Is al so most excellent for champed ' hands, sore nipples, burn3 a id din-1 eases of the skin. For sale by j Burnaugh & Mayflald. PRAIRIE CREEK FIRM FEEDING 700 FORKERS Morgan & Poley have turned off 440 head of bogs this fall from th-.ir Prairie Creok ranches. They have bought 3000 bushels of grain and are now feeding about 700 head, which will not be sold until the latter part of the winter. Claude Sprague of Corvallis, who has had charge of Morgan's dairy ranch ' the past summer and fall, was given a leave of absence and has gone to Corvallis to take the short course In agriculutre at the O. A. C. He -will probably return In tho spring. Stone Cutncr, re- is working In NEW REAL ESTATE FIRM. Jacob Wa.iner. 1 A. Wagner and O. M. Corking have formed a part nership in the real estate business under the name of the Enterprise ileal Estate company. The members :f the firm are well known. Jacob vVagner is a pioneer resident ot am ple means who knows the land of iii.i county and its value as well is anybody. F. A. Wagner has al ready proven himself to be one of he most successful real estate idlers l.i th lo.inty, Mr. Corkins, i wading lawyer and ex-county Judge, 1 1 - is no novice having been in the real eitate buisneis at. Wallowa before coming to Enterprise. The com pany's office Is upstairs over Ber and's harness shop. A Sprained Ankle. As a rule a man will feci well sat isfied If ho ctin hobble around on crutches in two or three weeks after spraining hl3 ankle, and it is often two or three months before he is fully recovered. This is an unnec essary loss of time, as by apply ing i:hainberluin'g Liniment, as di rected, a cure may as a rule be effected in lesi than one week's I time, and in maty cases wllhln three , days. Sold by Uurnaugh & Mayfleld One Minute Washer satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded, at Ashley's. L E. JORDAN. cently from Mlsosuri, Sprauo J place. U 4 ' J V. Oregon Realty and Investment Co. We are glad to announce that wc are now in stalled in our new office, the former Chieftain office, first door west of postoffice, where we will be glad to meet our friends and patrons, and anyone look ing for an investment in Wallowa County farm or city property or livestock. Former County Assessor Sam F. Pace has bought a one-half interest- in, and will devote his time to the business. Yours for business, The O. R. & I. Co. Real Estate. INCREASED VALUES PA! FOR RAILROAD RESIDENT OF NORTH COUNTRY CONTENDS PEOPLE SHOULD BUILD LINE. Someone Blgnlng himself "Subscri ber,'' had the following rousing rail roa.l letter In the latest issue of the Flora Journal: "We of the North End, why lie dor mant any longer. We all know that first, we have the best of timothy and and lots of It. Sarond, we all mow good timothy laid ner a rail road to be worth anywhere from $30 o flit) per acre. Again we are al most certain of a logging road as far out a) Sled Springs in the very tear future. Why not make a movi tnyway and put out some kind o' " nducement to the company m ' and their road on Into the .-ii '1 Knd. Say .each of us who have or property of any kind ojL h ..ould take so much stock 1 1 1 o Intersect with the loggi. g fhe result 'would be our la id v uslly double if not treble in v "Hut, says one, it mlsht n ea It would, l.ojk at t u 1 torses and .cattle which go 1 he county every ye.ir, bji..s umber, wood and hay that wj . ).it. "As to transportation, sa. 1 lUier, there Is not much land i ivatlon yet. Truo enough, b it it the land that could and wo '. ut in cultivation If we ha I : or hay and other produco -j this North End soil Is adapts 1. lgaln It Is only a step, compd. 1 lown some1 of the canyo:is ti ' irand Konde river to the a.i 1j 1 d coal fluids in abundance 11 '.h rough to Walla Walla. It t 1 matter of time until tills tier step will be made an I wl. 3 muke it and profit there jy. 1. ou have two qua.tjrs of land worth 10 an acre it would pay you to giv-3 .ne quarter (If need be) to mi 1 he other worth $t0 per acre. I ' in ordinary yield of timothy hiy .1 v market at $10 per ton, 0119 q i.i i 1 3 sufficient to keep any fanu'y .he county. "And then some would say: Well, t would be a big Job to clear this and. You need not care how bis 1 Job it Ij If you are getting good ay for your land. The most of you .vould have lumber, wood, and posts enough on your land to make you big wages while you were clearing, there la no better land for timothy. ton to the acre would be a very unall crop any kind of a season. ' We know people here who are jotter posted and more competent to igltate his subject and set the juople to thinking. "Mr. Laud Owner, please wake up md If your thumb U sore, place your J-pencil but wesn your fingers and tell is what you think anyway." I -and lord Dauer has a fine, large Ira wing of tho new court bouse, as It will appear when completed, hang ing In the offico of Hotel Enter prise. Selvo 1 r.-opein Monday, S. F. PACE. Insurance. LivestocK.