1
County Pioneer Paper?
Existed m I- P every
Office East slie
Square.
Court Hausj
Entered In the po-toffu-e at Ec:er
prise, Or3 as se?03d-ciass mae.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
Ore fear 11.50 Three months i-'
mvariablv in Advance.
COUNTY ADVERTlS'NS RATE.
Countv subscrire-s to the Chieftain
j itnniAa Kent
mav nave aa-iuu- v, I, .
oj uie the co-intv for U-OO Pr
vear No such suMcnpuou tak?i
" ,r .ess than one rear.
thjrs:
:AY, JANUARY 23, 1909.
THE COMMERCIAL CUJB.
At the annual meeting of
the
Commercial club. Monday night, u
was wisely decided to continue al.ir;
business rather than spread-eagie or
even sacial lines. The Commercial
c.-b is for business, for work, fjr
development of Enterprise and "Wal-;
i-. nomrv nor for social line-
ment, not a school of poUtics and
oratory.
The club has beai successful alon; ;
its present Unes in accomplishing
whatever it has undertaken. And it i
has beei free of factians and jea'.-1
ou'ies. no doubt because it hasbeeij
a purely business affair. j
The club is democratic m i'-s j
XDembe-ship. for every citizen of the !
town is a member by virtue of tis
citlzenahip. and as such is entitle! j
to attend and participate in the gen
eral club meetings, if any shouid be ;
. -v.- ro
held. Above &u ne nas uie nf,. ,
attend the annual organization meet-;
ing and help select the officers who
choose the executive or governing
rotrmlttee that doe3 the work. From j
that time until the next annual meet-;
irg the executive committee is the:
club as far as action i3 concerned.
The executive committee, to put it ;
tersely, is the Commercial club ;
stripped down t3 fighting weight, ,
This is the same working principle ;
as that of a private corporation, that j
has been said to be the most effici-j
ent method of conducting business. .
private or public, that the wit of j
man has devised. 1
This long explanation of the plan j
of the Commercial club is givej es-!
pecially for the bene Tit of the many j
newcomers in our city, who have :
wandered at the absence of "hooray j
meetings" that usailly accompany j
the workings of such bodies. j
There Is more work cut out for the ;
club this coming year than ever be-j
fore in its history, and whosoever ,
President MiUer may designate as hisi
executive committee, should have the
loyal Eupport of every citizen, for ;
they will be devoting their time, and I
doing the very best they know how, !
for the general welfare, for your and j
my interests as well as their own. ;
Let every knocker be conspicuous by j
his absence. If any man has any i
idea for the betterment of the town, j
let him go to the officers or members,
of the committee; and if any
Tn n !
Has a groucn let nun oo usewise. ; ron Buealer
With hustling, unselfish officers, j 7. Orthography, Reed's Word Les
the club Is in splendid shape to sons.
clinch the work of the past and blaze1 Physical Geography, Tarr's New
ou new and greater pazhs
tergal development.
of ma
NCTI
:E OF GUARDIANS SALE OF
REAL PROPERTY.
Notice is hereby given, that under
and ty virtue of an order of the !
Coun'v Court of the State of Ore-
goij, 'or Wallowa Counf, made and
entered on January 9th, 1909. in
the matter of the Estate and Guar
dianship of Robert H. Wright, .Merle
Wright, Stephen Wright and Waiter
Wright, minors, and he'.rs-at-law of
Hiury Mace, deceased, whereby the
tndersigned as foreign guardian of
said cinors was and is authorized,
licensed and dire-ted to sell at
Lrivaie sae ail tne interests .)(
said minors, the same being an u
divided on '--twentieth interest be
longing to each or four-twentieths
interest belonging to all, of said min- 1 laue eoey-
ors, of in and to the ioliowing de- 21- History, General, Myers: Gen
scribed real propertv, to-wit: eral History.
The SWfc of Xw'ii and NW4 of An eamlnation is required upon
SWy, of Section 29, the EU of SE" first tnirteei subjects for a first
i of Section 30 and the Eu of NE Krade Count7 certificate valid for
and NW4 of NEVi of Section 31,
except about 14s acres in a triangu-
lar shape in the southeast corner ; Ior nve years ; ana upon tne twenty
of the En of NE4 of said Sectijn jone subjects for a State diploma
2L eonveyed by George B. Dexter jTaUd Ior m-
and wife to William L. Bishop by
deed recorded at page 99, Book 1 1 Watch the label on your paper.
of the le 3 Record of Wallowa coaa-J
it Oregun. and aisa exce.x a stjaare ;
cuV acre tract aoathwea ,
comer of said E4 of NEV of e
.on 31, conveyed by the aaid Gearre ,
I Dex:er and
e to tne airec
of School District. So. IS.
in i.d
coxity. ty deed recorded at pags
3oT, Foot L of the Ieei Record of
Waiiowa County, Ore?on. to which
Uet-ds and the record thereof re.'er-
; . k.K wo4 fr ft mar def-
I descripUon of said excepted!
tracts all situated aad being in
Township 2 N, Range 43 East, v .
M., in Wallowa county. Oregon, and
containing acres, more or less,
and subject to an unassigned dower
esIile
to-K-.t: An tmdivjded one-hal
interest for life, owned by Mary -
Mace, as widow or saiu near; ,
deceased, and also subject to a j
Borca;e execute! by the said George
B. loiter and wife to the Oregoa j
5ta-e Land Board to secure a loan of
S25b.'9 and interest, which mortgage j
is recorded at page
5 Book I. of the I
Mortgage Record of said county.
I wiJ, from and after the 26th
day of February, 1909, proceed to
sell at private sale to the nigh est
and best bidder for cash, all th?
rights, title and inter .'its of all of
said minor wards in and tD siij
described real property, tj-
r and
m one
sale, and subject to Uie ex-
above I
' eeptions and incumbrances
' mentioned.
I Dated this the 26th day of January
19()S
- Sta
GEORGE C. WRIGHT.
Foreign Guardian.
Department of Public Instruction
Salem
CIRCULAR OF INFORMATION
Giving the sources of examination
questions for State and County pa
pers, February and August, 1909.
1. Arithmetic, One-fifth from State
Co-rse of Study, four-fifths from
smith.
2- CMl
Government, Strong
5ciia.er
2 glisll 1:611-6:
February, 1909
A. One-half from texts: New
comer's English Literature, and
Newcomer's American litera
ture. B. One-half from the following
classics:
1. Lowell, The Vision of Sir
Launfal (Rlv, lit aer.) Hough
ton, 25c. 22c.
2. Webster, The First Bunk
er HiU Oration (Riv. lit. ser.)
Houghton. 20c. 22c.
2. Scott, llarmion (Pocket
Classics) yacmillian, 2jc, 22a.
August. 1909
A. One-half from texts: New
comer's English Literature, and
Newcomer's American Litera
ture. B. One-half from the following
classics :
1. Shakespeare. Julius Caesar
(Riv. lit. ser.) Houghton, 25c,
n2c
2. Ruskin, Sesame and Lilies
(Riv. lit. ser.) Houghton, 23c.
22c.
3. Carlyle, Essay on Burns
and Bums' Poems (Pocket
Classics) Macmillan, 25c, 22c.
The first figure is the publisher's
price, the second the price to schools
contracted for between the Oregon
Library Commission and The J. K.
from
g.a.e Courseg o; Sluiji four.fif:llg
frorD E.edway & Hinman.
5. Grammar, One-fifth from State
Course of Study, four-fifths from
-
r. S. One-fifth from
1
1 .ai.e course oi ouuuv, luiu-Luuia
r-. . r. - .1 .i:,k.
1 rnysical ueograpny.
9. Physiology, Krohn, Hutchinson.
10. Reading, State Course of
Study, White's Art of Reading, Oral
Reading.
11. School
Law, School Laws of
Oregon.
12. Theory and Practice, White's
Art of Teaching.
I 13. vt riung, outlook w ruing fcys
; tern. Tests in Writing,
j 14. Algebra, Wells: Algebra for
' Secondary Schoo's.
' 15. Bookkeeping. Office Methods
; and Practical Bookkeeping. Part L
16. Composition, Herrick & Damon
17. Physics, Millikan & Gale: A
First Course in Physics. ,
IS. Psychology, BuelL
19. Botany, Bergen: Elements of
Eotany.
20. Geometry, Went worth: Plane
and Solid Geometry, questions on
Ulree years; upon the first eighteen
subjects for a State certificate valid
AT NATION S CAPITA!
. n.:.
OOTCrT.or msnoca naia niAiaj
, ,l O J rri :
!CK KemOVea trun
Havana HarbOr.
;
NELSON WOULD CLOSE LANDS
Secretary Garfield Says Special Land
Ag-nti Mast Hrtp Hoast
EaLrj mem.
Washington, Jan. 23. Governor
Mapoon, oi the provisional govern
ment of Cuba, in his annual report
to the secretary of war, brings his at
tention to the wreck of the tTnited
States battleship Maine in Havana
harbor and recommends that the
government take immediate steps to
accomplish its removal without fur
ther delay. He savs:
""It wi.l be necessary In a short
time to begin dredging in order to
provide proper anchorage for the
large amount of shipping now enter
ing the harbor, unless the wreck is
removed.
"Even more important than this
obstruction to navigation is the fact
tnat this wreck, although it contains
the bodies of 63 American seamen,
or what is left of them, is apparent
ly abandoned and forgotten by the
government and people of the Cnited
States. Thousands of Americans and
and other nationalities annually en
ter the harbor of Havana and prob
ably not one omits to express regret
and censure lor the deplorable spec
tacle. "It has become a nationtJ reproach
and an international scandal. The
neglect to remove the wreck is at
tributed by many, especially the
large Spanish contingent in Cuba, to
the fear that its removal will dis
close the fallacy of the popular be
lief that the Maine was destroyed by
a torpedo or mine Instead of an in
terior explosion."
Senator Nelson, of Minnesota, a
chairman of the public lands com
mittee, is author of a bill, recently
introduced, which is intended to re
peal the timber and stone act, and
forever put an end to the sale or dis
posal of public timberlands. The bill
is drawn in line with the conserva
tion policy of the President, and
makes a blanket transfer to the For
est Service of all jurisdiction over
the entire timbered public domain,
reserved and unreserved.
The Nelson bill is of such import
ance and proposes such a radical
change in existing law, that it stands
no chance of passage this session.
The proceeds from sales of public
timber shall be divided, one-fourth
to go to the state territory, to be ex
pended under the direction
of the
Legislature for roads and schools in
the counties where the timber sold
was located at the time of sale. In
those states affected by National rec
lamation act the remaining 75 par
cent of the money shall go into the
reclamation fnnd, but in other states
it goes into the general treasury
fund.
Secretary Garfield has received
many complaints from Western Sen
ators and Congressmen about the
manner in which land office special
agentB have harassed entrymen who
have been endeavoring honestly to
acquire title to public lands. One of
the most vigorous p'otestants has
been Senator Borah, of Idaho, who
has cited specific instances in which
special agents have not only failed
to carry out instructions with refer
ence to assisting honest setlers, but
have gone to the extreme of under
taking to dispossess Bettlers, without
authority of the Interior Departmen'.
He also cited instances where specirl
agents, continuing along the linos ia
vogue under Secretary Hitch 'oc' ,
had done their utmost to dis-ret" t
honest settlers who were making ev
ery endeavor to comply with the law.
Secretary Garfield has spacifically
stated that special agents are not to
place obstacles In the path of henest
entrymen, but must render them all
proper asistance.
An early decision has been prom
ised in the case now before the su
preme court involving the question :
of whether the more stringent laws '
of Oregon regulating the use of
r vuiu-iuu". uumiuaic
the leasers laws of Washington, cov
ering the same pursuit.
The case is that of a Washington
fisherman, who, while violating no
law of his own state on fishing In
the Columbia with a purse-net was
made to answer in Oregon courts
which hold it an offense.
The bill - providing an appropria
tion of J 5 0.0 00 for the establish
ment of two fish hatcheries on Puget
Sound, was brought before the Ben
ate by Senator Piles and passed. The
bill has already passed the house.
The secretary of the interior has
nrged congress to pass a bill In the
interest of reservation Indians who :
have taken allotments which have
turned out worthless. He urges the
passage of a bill permitting Indians
to relinquish unsuitable lands and
select in lien lands of equal area
from the unappropriated portion of
the reservation. He insists that the
Indians are entitled to the best lands
of the reservation, prior to the open-
ErUKDENB'JRG CN TRIAL
Art-wW of SrCinc ClrreUnd Article
Nut Urine, br Ex-rrrskk-ni.
N.w Tnrk Jan 15. In the cr:m-
rw . --u. --
inal branch of the supreme coan
trial oi jsrougaion o.uu"
Uterary agent accused of grand Ur-
eeny la the second degree in connec-
tion with the sale to the New Yrk
" lr'- ' rje
lag to be written by Grove.- Cteve-
iand,
It is a very simple case." sail
District Attorney Jerome. There is
no doubt in my mind as to this de-
t Tdant's rnilt. I have had a cnem-
1 have had a chem-
tial analysis made of the ink used i
r or
v k. - - -
EROUGHTON CRANOENBURCs.
the signing of e article, and it Is
entirely different from the ink used
by the late president and different
from that used in his home. The
paper is also different."
"If Mr. Jerome relies onTy on the
factB already adduced," Eaid S. B.
Thomas, counsel for Brandenburg, "I
doubt seriously if he will ever get his
case to the jury. As to hiB statement
that the ink used in the Cleveland
home. If that is true it does not prove
anything, for Mr. Cleveland signed
the article in his office, not at home."
COSGROVEJN OLYMPIA!
WO lirtcrn to California Soon After
. Inaugural Ceremonies. !
Olympla, Jan. 27. Governor-elect :
Cosgrove arrived here today in his '.
private car from California. I
He was accompanied by his wife j
and R. Fitzgerald, who is private j
secretary to Paul Shoup, but in this i
instance acted for the Southern Pa-1
ciflc in making a speedy trip to !
Olympia and return. Howard Cos-!
grcve met his father in Portland and
accompanied him to Olympia.
The governor looks and says he !
feels much better, but owins to his
physical condition there will be no
elaborate inaugural ceremony. j
Chief Justice Rudkin will admlnis
ter the oath.
It is customary for the incoming '
governor to formally take over the '
office at a joint meeting of the house
and senate. The outgoing governor
reads his message to the joint assem
bly and the newly elected governor
is then sworn in and the legislators
listen to his message.
Governor CoEgrove's stay in Olym
pia will be brief, and after he is
sworn in he will turn the office over
to Lieutenant-Governor M. E. Hay
and return to California.
While Lieutenant-Governor Hay is
acting governor, Senator A. S. Ruth,
of Thurston county, will preside over
the senate.
The train which carried the gov
ernor north is the first to pass over
the brnak in the railroad line near
Orland, Cal., w hich had closed this
line for several days.
A. B. McIUiilfy Head.
Denver, Jan. 26. A. B. McKinley,
national committeeman from Colora
do during Cleveland's administration
and one of the leading lawyers of the
West, died here cf neuralgia of the
heart. Mr. McKinley was instru
mental in passing the Australian bal
lot law in Colorado.
THE MARKETS
Purtlund.
Wheat Track nrices: rih o.
rea ttussian. sue: DiuHsrom
$1.03; i
Valley, 95c.
Barley Feed,
$28&2t.
26.50; rolled.;
Oats No. 1 white
$22.
I 2 ; gray, I
Hay Timothy, WUismette Valley, I
fancy, $16; do. ordinary., $13 ; East-i
em Oregon, mixed, $18; do fancy !
$20; alfalfa, $16; clover, 14. '
T3 utter Ezra; 36 (g 37c; fancy I
33Q34I-; choice. 30c; stcre, 18c. ' !
Eggs Extra, 40 & 4 3c. "
Hops 1908, choice, 7c; prime, 6 !
7c; medium. 5 6c; 1907, 22'1cJ
Wool Valley, 1 4 1 5 c; ft i
EaBtern Oregon. 8t&Uc, as to'
shrinkage.
Mohair Choice, 18(gi9c
Seattle.
Wheat Bluestem, $1.0i.
Oats $32 & 33.
Barley $27. 50 28.
Hay Eastern Washicrtnt. n
thy. $18 per ton; Puget Sound hay
$13 14 per ton; wheat hay 113
Xr ton; alfalfa, $13 14 per ton
Butter Washington creamery
$"e per lb.; ranch. 2le per tt.
: Eggs Selected local, 40c
T ' V'--$i' :; ft
Cured of Sever Attack of Bro-
chitis by Chamberta.ii"
I Cough Remedy.
-n, tvtober IStX last, ?
little
three Tear old daughter contracted
..." M hirh resulted In
severe
- -- Mrs.
pad case oi
u. jui-s o
the power of speech toa-
T ,a3 a ver tick cbild.
- y v( nad a bottle of
chamberlain's Cough ttemeaj u -
J - nam .Ccording
noue uu sc
i-fj rtirwtinna. On the
to me
second day she was a great o
better, and on the fifth day, uc
yT
w ?."jd. she was entirely weu
her fo;d uj bronchitis, which I t-
triiute to
this splendid medicine.
Sugar Beet Meeting
Saturday Afternoon
January 30, 1909
i
at 1 o'clock
i
In office of O. R & I. Co.,
i
Enterprise,
1st. door west of postoffiee
Every Farmer with Sugar Beet Land
Is Requested to be
.
HJCT,
,
Masquerade
Ball
B
Enterprise Concert Band
Atthe OPERA HOUSE in ENTERPRISE.
Friday Night
February
Music by The Enterprise
Seven Pieces
Grand March at 9 o'clock
Unmask at 1 1 o'clock
Dance Tickets $1.00. Spectators 25c
TOWN PROPERTY
FARM LANDS
TIMBER LANDS
STOCK RANCHES
Property listed with me is unsolicited. The
owners esire to sell. Consequently they are
BARGAINS
Now is the time to buy property in Enterprise.
See rre if you w ant a house or lot an v-WatitHu
Good farm propositi, rs in valley ;nid out
lying districts.
Insure your liv s'- .-'
Stock Insurance Compan ".
to take chances at the
I
your horses or cows.
I have the best Standard Fire Insurance' Com
panies. Also the cheapest Mutual Company.
' f V
I recommend Chaaibertaln'a Court
Re-iedy unreserredly aa I tar
found it the rarest, aafest and
quickest cure for colds, both for
children aad adults, of aay I hav
ever naed." For by Bnraauga
A Way field.
CAME LAWS.
Any person kaawlna: of any rkU.
tioa of the fame or flab, laws of tai
state, or of persona not pro pert
keeping screens over lrrUtatlot
ditches, are requested to notify
JOB CLEMOX3,
Deputy Stat Game and Form
Warden, Z ran wait, Oregon. 4hf
Read the advertisements.
present at this Meet-
n By
12, '09
Orchestra of
FIRE INSURANCE
PLATE GLASS INS.
STOCK INSURANCE
i iir-X;i tii vn.il Live
You k-uu not ad'ord
price it costs to insure