WlIraMSIS TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR, NO. 25. ENTERPRISE, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1909. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER "Wants Classified notices In this column, 1 cent a word each insertion In either News Record or Chieftain; 1 cents n -word for same notice in both papers; special rates by the month j or year. for sale. Two thousand acres of choice level land in the Turlock irrigation Dis trict. This land is level, sandy loam and will grow anything from oranges to Alfalfa. Sold on easy terms at $75 to $100 per acre. For further Infor mation and printed matter write to Cadwallader & Baker, Turlock, Cal. HOUSEHOLD GOODS at private sale before February 25. Call at my house In Entarprlse. M. K. Boat man. BOILER AND ENGINE 75 H. P., for sale. Suitable for a saw mill cut ting from 25 to 35,000 feat per day or for a planing mill of large capac This Is a good outfit and a real' bargain. For particulars ad dress O. S. Wigglesworth, La Grande, Oregon. TAKEN UP. CRAY FILLEY, coming 2-years-old, Came to my farm, 11 miles north of Enterprise, about October 1. Owner, can have' same by proving property and paying charges. H. D. Crum packer. LOST. WATCH CHARM. Gold Keystone, with name on back, Chas. E. Funk, Enterprise Chapter, No. 30, R. A. M. $5 reward for return to Funk's store, Enterprise. WANTED. HENS: Cash paid for 2 or 3 dozen good hens. S. A. Gardner, in the Boyd house, 2 blocks west of court house. Enterprise. ' bit STRAYED OR STOLEN. THREE MARES: One light bay mare, 3 years; one brown mare, 2 years; one iron gray mare 2 years; all three branded HL (Joined ) on right shoulder Reward for informa tion leading to their recovery. H. C. Laird, Enterprise. , bm SOCIETY and LODGES Juanlta temple, No. 7, Pythian Sis ters, Is taking in many new mem bers this winter. Four were Initi ated Tuesday night, Mrs. J. W. Kerns nd Misses Ethel Weaver, Audrey Combes and Mae Bowlby. Wallowa Valley chapter, No. 50, O. E. S., at Its regular meeting Satur day evening conferred the degrees of the order on Miss Joyce Craig and Martin K. Bue. After the( cer emonles a pleasant social time was enjoyed, a delicious luncheon, served under the direction of Adah, Mrs. C. M. Lockwood, being a delightful feature. Hall and tables were pret tily decorated in blue. County Assessor B. F. Miller left for Salem Monday to give evidence before the state board of equaliza tion, provided in the emergency tax law. How About This is the question always asked by the prudent land buyer. When land was cheap such a question was seldom asked, and lit tle attention was given to the subject. Any Justice of the peace or notary was good enough to draw up a deed or mortgage, and abstracts were seldom called for. Consequently the records teem with errors.. Erroneous descriptions, unsealed deeds, mis spelled names, unpaid taxes, uncancelled judgments, Irregular ac knowledgments, failure to state whether grantor was married or single, mortgages and Hens .paid but not satisfied on the rec ord, are a few of the errors constantly ' occurring in the In vestigation of titles. Loan companies, and careful buyers will not take defective titles or buy a law suit. The time to have these defects remedied is now while it can be done. This Bubject is so closely connected with the selling of real estate that we have installed an abstract department, and are in a position to make reliable abstracts of title. PLAT OF WALLOWA COUNTY IN OFFICE. Enterprise Real Estate Co. Enterprise, Oregon OFFICE ON MAIN 8T. OVER HARNESS SHOP. AT NATION S CAPrrAL . .,. r7 HoOSeVelt Vetoes CenSUS Bill fiS KetUm tO SpOIIS System. MAY PASS IT OVER VETO Simplicity and Dignity Mark RatlA . cation of Taft and Sherman In House Hall. Washington, Feb. 9. President Roosevelt in a message to the house, returning without his approval a measure providing for the taking of the next census, because of a pro vision that appointments bhall be made on the basts of non-competitive examinations, said: "The evil effects of the spoils sys tem and of the custom of treating appropriations to the public service as personal perquisites of profession al politicians are peculiarly evident in the case of a great public work like the taking of the census, a work which should emphatically be done for the whole people, and with an i eye single to their interest" As passed by congress, the bill permits representatives and senators I to designate persons for positions af ter they have undergone a single ex- ! aminatlon. An attempt will be made in the I house, according to the plans of house leaders, to pass the census bill over the veto of the President. The action on the veto will be post- ' poned probably until an opportune time next week. The formal ratification of the elec tion of W. H. Taft and James S. Sherman, to be President and Vice President, respectively, held in the hall of the house of representatives Wednesday, was one ot the most ceremonial events attending the po litical life of America. Simplicity and dignity marked every feature of this function, witnessed by the two houses of congress, by members of the diplomatic corps, by leading offi cials of the government and by a brilliant assemblage.. , . When Mr. Taft becomes President he will ride in an automobile fur nished by the government. That question has been settled by the adoption of the report of the con ferees on the urgent deficiency bill, which carries an Item of $2,000 for the "purchase, care and maintenance of automobiles for the use of the President." The appropriation of $500,000 to enable the secretary of agriculture to continue his campaign against the foot and mouth disease, which was also in dispute, was reduced to $150,000 and adopted. ' The house committee on public buildings and grounds have agreed to "a favorable report on the Roden. barg bill to purchase the; Oldroyd collection of Lincoln relics, now lo cated in the house in Washington In which Lincoln died. The bill also provides for the purchase of prop erty adjoining the house in order that the house may be made fire proof. The applegrowers of Oregon have manifested much concern over a bill introduced in congress by Represen tative Perter, of .New . York, making Your Tide? change in the size of apple boxes and in other ways undertaking to regulate interstate traffic in apples. Protests against this nlll were filed in quantity with Oregon representatives. For experimental purposes In the line of naval development and in an ticipation of the possibilities of the future, the ordnance bureau of the navy probably will undertake the construction of a 14-inch gun that will fire a 1400-pound projectile. Designs for such a gun were made more than a year ago REFORM CANADIAN SENATE Two-Thirds of Number to Be Elected by the People. Ottawa, Ont., Feb. 8. A resolu tion has been introduced in the Ca nadian parliament which, if passed, will make the senate, now fallen into disrepute, practically a non partisan and independent branch of parlia ment. Under the present system the po litical party in power has the sole privilege of nominating senators, and of course, that body is usually overwhelmingly Conservative or Lib eral, according to what party is in power. It is now proposed that two-thirds of the senate shall be elected by the people and to limit the term of ser vice of all future senators to eight years. Appropriates Money for Experiments Cheyenne, Wyo., Feb. 8. The house of representatives of the Wy oming legislature passed a bill ap propriating $7500 for dry farming experiments in Wyoming during the coming year. Lusk, Shoshone and Thermopolis, three Wyoming towns, have each arranged to purchase and till an experimental farm, by raising the necessary money by public sub scription. C. T. McDanlel, cashier of the S. & F. Nat. bank of Wallowa, was a county seat visitor Friday night. DO HOMAGETO LINCOLN Roosevelt to Dedicate Memorial Hull on Old Homestead. Louisville, Ky., Feb. 10 Simple and yet splendid with the presence of the first citizen of the United States will be the home paid the old homestead of Abraham Lincoln, in LaRue county, Kentucky, on the oc casion of his centenary, February 12. Plans for the dedicating of the marble memorial hall by President Roosevelt have been arranged. It has been determined that the five trains that will be run to Hod genvllle from Louisville on February 12 shall bear the various delegations and that the representatives of the Republican and Democratic commit tees of Kentucky be given a place 1 FS JINOOLN FARM MEMORIAL BUILD IKO. of prominence in the ceremonies.' Mrs. Roosevelt and Miss Ethel Roosevelt will be members of the Presidents' party. " - One train- will carry a band, 60 volunteer militiamen, 18 cavalrymen and SO newspapermen, and will bear the Federal and Conferedate veter ans who are to aot as esoorts to the president; the veterans of the Span-. lsh-Amerlcan war and Governor Wil son and his military staff. The programme' includes addresses by President Roosevelt, ex-Governor Folk, of Missouri; Governor Wilson, of Kentucky; General James Wilson, for the Grand Army of the Republic, and General Luke E. Wright, for the Confederates, Robert Lincoln Will Not Participate. Chicago, Feb. 9. Rorebt T. Lin coln, son of the martyred President, will not participate In any of the Lincoln meetings.' He announces that his family will observe the an niversary day as in past years. He expresses his pleasure at the wide spread plans that are being made to honor his father, but does not think that it would be meet for him to take part in any public celebration. He has, however, lent the Historical Society a number o f relics. TWO HOMESTEAD ENTRIES C0NTES1 ED THEIR VALIDITY PROTESTED BY FOREST SERVICE NEWS AT COURT HOUSE. Testimony in two contests brought by the government against home steaders was taken before County Clerk W. C. Boatman as referee this week. Monday the case of U. S. vs. :w, fT&s V-t EARTHQUAKE REFUGEES CAMPED IN MESSINA. Messlua, where the great eurthqutike ;uused the most havoc, Is now a city of huts. For dnys the homeless people camped In the rain on the sites f their ruined dwellings, and many died of starvation amid the wreckage. This picture was taken two dnys after the quiike and shows how the peoplj huddled together in the streets, fearing to take shelter neur the toppling walla of the buildings. Frank Cummins was heard, D. W. Sheahan appearing for the defend ant, whose homestead is over on Snake river. The case of U. S. vs. Rebecca J. Thompson took all of Tuesday and extended over to Wednesday. The homestead is In the Promise coun try, and A. S. Cooley was the defend ant's attorney, F. C. Rabb, of Port land, agent for the general land of fice, represented the" government In both cases. The ' validity of - the home.sta.ad entries was protested by the foresX service. - . TWl Notices Sent Out Shenlrr Marvin and Deputy Crow are bjrey sending , out the tax no tice y Persons who have bought or sold property since the' assessment ot March last should notify the sheriff's office In order that a true statement of their taxe3 may be sent them. New Suit Filed. E, Wj Rumble and F. D. McCully as The Elgin Forwarding Co. vs. Da vid P, Hunter. Marriage Licenses. Feb. 8 E. H. Sherod and Laura B. Johnson. ATLANTIC FLEET ON LAST LA? Battleships Sail From Gibraltar for Hampton Roads. Gibraltar, Feb. 8. While tbe 16 bands of the American battleship were playing "Home, Sweet Home," the great shipB got under way Sat urday morning and slowly left their anchorages in the war basin here and started on the last lap of their record-breaking crulsa around the world. For the greater part of tie last section ot their 45,000,-mile cruise the' 16 ship3 will proceed alone, In double column formation; but about 1000 miles off their" home coast they will be met by the North Atlantic fleet, In command of Rear-Admiral Arnold, and escorted by his ships to their final anchorage at Hampton Roads, from which' port they started their world-cruise ' December 16, 1907. The big fleet Is expected to arrive again on Washington's birth day, which makes the time of Its voyage around the world exactly one year and 68 days. rAFT QUITS COLON FOR HOME Has Visited Every Section of Canul During His Trip to Panama. ' ; Colon, Feb. 8 President-elect W. H. Taft and party left here Saturday evening, on board the cruiser North Carolina, tor New Orleans, accom panied by- the cruiser Montana. Dur ing his visit, which lasted ten days, Mr. Taft visited every section of the canal., His Influence was exterted also to brlnng about a better feeling between' various factions that have been opposing one another since the last election. Irishmen Hold Convention in Dublin. Dublin, Feb. 9 The national con vention representing the United Irish league, the Ancient Hibernians, the Foresters and oiher bodies met to day In the Mansion House. The principal purpose of the convention la the discussion of the policy to be nrrsued during the coming session .2 XT ; Revivalists Have Large Audiences Many Unable To Obtain Seats Sun day Night; Program For Week. The Interest still grows at the Jackson' revival meetings in the Christian church, and Sunday night the church was crowded to the last limit, not room for another person, and scores went away unable to get In, Rev. Jackson preached on "Major General Naaman," drawing splendid lessons from the story of the Assy rian monarch's chief man who was afflicted with leprosy. Following are the subjects for this vy-esk: Tuesday "Christ From a Literary Standpoint." - Wednesday "Why So Many De nominations." ' Thursday "From the Pigpen to the Parlor." Friday "God's Dynamite." Saturday "The Best Man in En terprise." Sunday; 11 a. m. "Sympathy." Sunday, 7:30 p. m. "The Ameri can Dollar." Revival Notes. Sunbeam chorus Friday night, Il lustrated s nig, "The Holy City," next Sunday night. Evangelist Stephens and wife, who have just concluded a wonderfully successful meeting at Lostlne, will be here Welnesday and remain the rest of the weak. The ordinance of baptism was ad ministered Monday night, and will be given Wednesday night also. So far there have been 25 confes sions. Mrs. Jackson preached in tbe Pratt school house Sunday afternoon to an audience that tested the capacity of the room. A splendid service was held, and two confessed Christ. BIRTHS RATCLIFF: To the wife of G. I. Ratcliff, Monday evening, February 8, a 10 pound son. Japalac, varnish stains, linseed oil at Burnaugh & Mayfield's. JAP SITUATION BAD Hostile Laws May Sever Diplo matic Relations Between the Two Nations. JAPAN MAKES NO DEMAND Relies on the I'nltod States to Show Good Faltli I'aclllc Fleet May lie Reinforced. Salem, Or., Feb. 8. Senator Bai ley's resolution to extend the Chinaso exclusion law to Include all Asiatics has raised a tempest. Friends of President Roosevelt are using all their influence to have the resolu tion reported unfavorably by the senate resolutions committee, rear ing that Oregon will become injected in the embrogllo existing In the Cal ifornia legislature. Washington, Feb. 8. Opinions differ about the gravity of the Jap anese situation. Those best luforraed look on it as serious. Senator Per kins, of California, does not ag-ee with the President that action by California's legislature will contra vene the treaty rights of the Japua ese. The President Is said to hava fears that things may go so far that Japan will break off diplomatic re'atlo id with the United States. He ftils that at this time California has no right to commit any act which mlnht plunge this nation into war. The Japanese Ambassador recent ly stated in a conversation wlih n public man that Japan had mado n demand on this country at all; that it relies absolutely on the United States to carry out its assurr.ncea of good will and good faith toward Japan. It has been published that part ot the battleship fleet will be de tached Immediately on its arrival at Hampton Roads and sort tb the Pa cific. There Is no truth la this ru mor. It is understood that all of the vessels in the fleet will require some repairs and an overhauling when they return. However, it has been Intended all along tttat so.ne of the battleships should be sent back to the Pacific as soon as this overhauling has been completed. Laity in IilR Conference. Pittsburg, Feb. 0. The most im portant conference of the Presbyter ian church laity ever held in this country will take place here Febru ary 26, when executive officers of the men's organizations, totalling nearly 1,000,000 members, will meet. Na tional co-operation and the possibili ties of a united federation will be jlscussed. Sweet Potatoes Celery The nicest lot received this winter. Sweet Navel Oranges Large Smooth Lemons Well Hipened Bananas Big Shipment Arrived Monday Highest Market Price Paid in Cash For Eggs. RILEY & RILEY Phono White 37 Groceries Dray and Express ! i Iff 5 t