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About Wallowa County chieftain. (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 25, 1909)
f TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR, NO. 27. j ENTERPRISE, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1909. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER ClaaoUieA notices in this column 1 cent a word each Insertion In either Mewi Record or Chieftain; 1 cents a word for same notice In both pa pers; special rates by the month or year. FOR SALE. Two thousand acres of choice level land In the. Turlock Irrigation Dls trlct. 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. BOILER AND ENGINE 75 H. P., for ale. Suitable for a saw mill cut ting from 25 to 35,000 fest per day or for a planing mill of large capac Thls Is a good outfit and a real bargain. For particulars ad dress O. S. Wlgglesworth, La Grande, Oregon, 320 ACRE FARM, 2 miles from En terprise. Bargain. Terms easy. R. D. Sanford, Enterprise. blm GOOD SEED. BARLEY 1 cts. a a. S. L. Magill, Lostlne, Or. bm ALL PERSONAL PROPERTY. Imme diate poase salon of greater part. W. M. Sutton, City. b2m SWAP. TIMBER CLAIM on Alder Slope for property In or nsar Enterprise. C. E. Vest. blm TAKEN UP. GRAY FILLET, 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. 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 inform a Uon leading to their recovery. H. C. Laird, Enterprise. blm Woodmen of World, Attention, Mr. F, B. Klchenor, General Organ izer for the Woodmen of World in Oregon, will be present at the reg ular meeting, Monday night, March 1st. You are earnestly requested to be present. SAM LITCH, C. C. CHAS A. AULT, Clerk. Royal Neighbors, Attention, It Is requested that all Royal Neighbors be present at the meeting Vmusday night, Feb. 25, as there U special business to come before .he meeting. Warehouse Contract Prloe. The final contract price for the Woolgrowers warehouse Is $8798.50. Numerous changes were made in the original plans. Nature's Remedy. Levy's Oregon Grape Compound. Enriches your blood. Regulates kid ney and liver. Sold and guaranteed by Burnaugh & Mayfield, Enterprise, Oregon. H. N. Williams of Lo3tlne came up Saturday and remained over Sunday. How About ThU 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 liens .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 subject 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. IMPORTANT LAND OFFICE DECISION SQUATTERS WHO MAKE BONA FIDE RESIDENCE WILL NOT BE OUSTED. Attorney D. W. Sheihan has re ceived the decision of Register Frank tC. Bramwell of the U. S. land office at La Grande, by which his client, Fln'ey M. Newlon, a squatter In township 4 n, 41, Is given preference over Guy M. Byrkit, who made a tim ber and stone entry last September ' when the land was thrown open" to settlement. The decision is of the utmost Im portance, and will be hailed with Joy by the 30 or 40 squatters who settled In the township prior to Sep tember 15 last, and have made homes and other Improvements. The gist of the decision is that lan settled on by bona fide settlers, whether It is chiefly valuable for timber or not, U not subject to en try under the timber and stone act. The language of Register Bramwell is as follows: That the land embraced in the en try was occupied, inhabited and con tained improvements belonging to the protes'.ant in this case, Flnley M. Newlon, when entry was made there'or by prote3tee, Guy M. Byrkit. 2. That the land was not subject to entry under the Timber and Stone Act on September 15, 1908, it being shown that the land was oc cupied, inhabited and contained im provements which did not belong to the applicant. The Newlon-Byrklt case was heard last December and was one of the hardest fought In the history of the La Grande office. D. W. Shea han of this city was attorney for Homesteader Newlon, while C. H Finn of La Grande represented Byr kit. The taking of testimony requir ed two weeks time, 29 witnesses be ing examined, and the testimony tak ing over 400 pages of manuscript. The decision of Register Bramwell takes 10 type written pages. While each separate case will have to be heard singly, the decision gives a marked precedence: It recognizes the rights of squatters who are legiti mate in their development work. If all squatters who have filed protests produce evidence as convincing as did Newlon, that actual development and improvement took place on the land on which they squatted, there seems to be little hope for the timber men who made the filings. However, the Improvements must have been made with intent to make that particular tract a bona fide home. There Is an appeal from the de cision of the register, but unless made in 30 days or set aside by the general land of.loe commissioner, Bramwe'-l's decision stands as final. Another Important Desision. Another important decision by Reg ister Bramwell, in which however, the timber entry-man was victori ous, was handed down Saturday. It was the case of Frederick F. Metz lor, pro'testant, vs, A. B. O'Brien, protestee, involving O'Brien's timber entry on the e ne and e se of the same township, 4 n., 41. His filing was contested by Metzler, Your Title? not on prior squatter's rights, but on the grounds that the land was more valuable for its agricultural purposes than for its timber. Tire register, tn handing down hi 3 decision cites the fact that the preponderance of evi dence in the case showed the land in question 13 mora valuable for its timber than for agricultural purposes. Large Land Deal Made at Joseph Tinsley Farm of 440 Acres Bought By Charles Down for $9000. Joseph, Feb. 23. T. P. Tinsley sold 440 acres of land to Charles Downs; consideration $9000. The dea' was made through Cavlness & Wurtzwleer. The same firm sold two lots owned by Mrs. Hanyllle, the Enterprise teacher, to Frank Fraziar of Pendleton. Dr. Bernard, the druggist, has just received notice from the V. S. pat ent office that the Improvement on ais bottle brackets has been allowed. Professor A. G. Smith was an En terprise visitor, Monday. Attorney Eberhard and wife ware outgoing pass angers Monday for La Grande. They will be gone several days and combine business - "with pleasure. Miss May Johnston, teacher of the sixth grade, was a guest over Sunday of Enterprise friends, going to Wal lowa Monday and returning to Jos sph in the evening. Grandma Conley returned Monday from several weeks visit at the home her son, J. C. Conley, at jiaiter prlse. Mrs. J, W, Hayes and Mrs. W. E. Leffel returned Monday from a visit with friends in the county seat. Mrs. George Mitchell of Enter prise is visiting at the home of J. Foster. G. M. Gaily, book keeper at the E. M. & M. store. Enterprise, and his wife and family visited at the home of F. F. McCully, over Sunday. Mrs. R. Rice of Puyallup, Wa3h., and. her granddaughter, Creasie War aock, of the same place, are visit ing Dan Warnock's family. - Born, to Mrs. F. F. Scrlbner, a son, February 21. W. H. Keshnsl of Kansas City, paper hanger and painter, came In Monday seeking a location. He did the scenic painting for the Pastime theatre at La Grande, G. L. Weaver of Sa'.em registered pharmacist, comes March 1 to assist Dr. Be nard in the drug store. L. A. Jackson went to Portland Tuesday on businsss, Frank Graham of Elgin bought a car load- of cattle from A. E. Davis and E. Cavlness and shipped Tues day to Portland, J. L. Cavlness of La Grande came Monday to visit his son, L. Cavlnes3. W. L. Mulkey, the Fair store mer chant, Is adding 20 feet more space to the s'ore roam by having the back partition removed between the store room and what have been liv ing rooms. The family will move Into the house soon -to be vacated by L. A. Jacks an on South Main street. Mr. Mulkey will carry a full line of dry goods aud ladles' furnishings. Paul Rudgre 13 hauling lumber for a new six roam house on his ranch 6 miles northeast of town. ' ' E. Le'fel sqld a Lud wig piano to J. W. Quirk the first of the week. Mr. Quirk is president of the Trans vaal Mining company. An Eoworth league social and bus iness meeting was held on Wednesday evening at the home of J, L. Brown ing. Committees were selected for the various departments, and a Mis sion Study class was organized. A good social time was had afterwards and light refreshments were served. low. mwt 11 - - u mum uiivv? i UHUU 1 1 1 1 1 V I UN hi BUSINESS HOME BURNAUGH & MAYFIELD PUR CHASE BOWLBY BUILDING OF W. J. FUNK. Burnaugh & Mayfield, the drug gists, completed the deal Tuesday by which they become owners of the handsome stone building occupied by thtlr store, purchasing the same of THE WORLD'S TWO GREATEST .merest centered lu Alfred Shrubb. 1 n 'J J in ' k VTL v ' ' ' 5 1 ! : !l - J r ti ALFRED V I f f j shrubb! I V . u unci , iiuiU iUK me that John Hayt-s won the Murnthon race lu England. While Shrubb Into no claims to skill at the Marathon distance, be held all distance records up to nrteen njlUw, and it was certain that lie would get into the Mara thou contest before supremacy at that distance was finally decided. In bis training for the race with Champion Longboat Shrubb met with an Injury that caused the race to be postponed, but he niude such phenomenal trial sprluts that hi friends sngerly backed hlro against the Indian. W, J. Funk of Turlock, Cal, for $6500. The building is In many re3pecta the be3t business roam in town, and was built by E. R. Bowlby of the famous soft stone Quarried on his farm east of town. It stands On a lot 33x110 fest in size and is fine ly located in the heart of the busi ness district. The second story of the building is occupied by the Masons and Eastern Star chapter. Poio on the walls' of the lodge hall are a aeries of pictures repre senting Masonic teaching that are famous all over the state of Oregoa. The enterprlilng drug firm con template a number of changes in the store room, such as removal of partitions and possibly the building of a wareroom In the rear. New fixtures will be added until It is 100,000 Strawberry Plants TREES: Apple, Cherry, Peach Pear, Shade Trees, Shrubbery, and Roses, Small Fruits, large supply of Box Elder at ex tremely low prices. Send a list of your wants for prices. UNION NURSERIES Union. Oregon Y. P. S. C. E. ENTERTAINMENT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Friday Evening, February 26 High School Octet ' "Obstinacy" Sons of Daniel Boone and other attractions ADMISSION 25 CENTS the handsomest drug store in this part of the state. Vest Buys Business Lot. C. E. Vest re ently bought the vacant business lot, just south of the Mavor bull ling on East First street, of C. II. Zurcher and Con- tie 1 Cox for $310. He contemplates Improving it but may not do so this coming season. RAILROAD NEWS. Th section gang has been rais ing the house track to its proper level the past wce'x. The depot Is now wired for elec tric lights and the fixtures are nice LONG DISTANCE RUNNERS. (ho Enirliuii iImiii. ones. The enameled wire grating botwesn the waiting room and office has bee put up. SlgnB at both ends of the depot read thus: Enterprise. Elevation 3754 feet. Portland 3S3.4 miles; Hun tington 177 miles. The Crow and Wymore families left for Iowa this week, each ship ping a car of gods. M. K. Boat man left Wednesday for Milwaukle with a car of go ids. a car load of lime for S. R. Haworth arrived Tuoj day. A large consignment of freight was unloaded out of the way car here Tuesday, it taking the small train crew over an hour to unload it. SUCCESSFULLY PA8SED TEACHERS EXAMINATION The following earned certificates at the teachers' examination recent ly held in this city: First grade: H. H. Bronson, Sadi? Womack, Stella Hooper, H. Mae Jef ferson, Minnie Miller. Second grade: Stella Crockett, Mrs. Lena W, Potter, John C. John son. Third grade: W. E. Kepllnger, Martha Rlls, Edith Fay, Fred G. Potter. Primary certificate: Mabel Murray. Following wrote on state questions: H. H. Bronson, F. M. Guormley, Virginia Baker, Inez Makln, Gussle Hutchinson, Km. Stella Hanville, Kathryn DuFur. King of Blood Remedies. Levy's Oregon Grape Compound. Sold and guaranteed by Burnaugh ft .Mayfield, Enterprise, Oregon, STREETER-BRYAH RETURN IN JUNE POPULAR PLAYERS COMING BACK TO ENTERPRISE COM EDY CO. NEXT WEEK. The opera houo management has received a letter from Morrle U. Streeter stating he and Miss Bryan and company consisting of 14 d!t. er. will return to Enterprise . this ummer ana wl.I a sain entertain ths People with pc.'fo.mancea In era house each week. The Street- er-Bryan company la now In south ern California but will shortly lesva for up-coast, and will play In Beat- tie a C3uple Of months bnrtr rnmlnr here, when tie espect to arrive alon abojt the llrst of June. Mr. Strejter has als written to F. A. Clirko engaging their" la it summer's camping ground, Just ubovo town. They want to return "horns," is the way he puts It. Ellzab:th de Darrls Gill do'.lghtel a very large am.lence in the opera house Monday night, with her naJ lK. singing and playln? the Imp. As a reader Miss Gill U the su perior or any who has appeirod la Enterprise, and she has a find contra), to voice that gives her musical n am bers Bplondld erfect. CurtUs Comedy Company. The Curtlsa Comeiy company which appears at the EnterDilsa oo- era house all of next weak, haj ei- tabllHbod a reputation this season which It Is doubtful if any othor ren- ortoire company has ever eiualled. in every city pla)ed in the bualue.-.i has Increased with everv narformancL invariably the largest buslno3j of me we3k being done on Saturday ev. enlng. It was so last week at tho Steward, In La Grande. The S.nlay Morning Star, in Its write jp of Sat. urday evening's performance said that hundieds wore turned away unable to gain admittance to thi theatre. The rre of the cttloi o;i the Northwejtern circuit, In which the company has Dlavei !i son are unanimous in saying that tins is the very strongest comprtuy playing in repertoire which hns made this territory during re.:e it ein. The people of Enterprise and vicinity are to be congratulated on the.r ability to sea such a slmg combination. The company carrici a brass band and complete orchestra, and a'l its plays are mounted in a thoroughly high c!asj manner. Marriage Licenses. Feb. 20. O. W. Myers and Mary Myrtle ZImmer!e3. Prices Smashed Again Losline Flour Best on Earth $1.25 Hcrry and Fruit Suar (Best) perewt. $7.40 Beet Sugar per cwt $G.50 Horseshoe and Star Tobacco, plug 45c Oranges, Lemons; and Bananas, per doz. 40c Potatoes, perewt. $1.25 Onions " " 2.uU Armour's Bacon and Lard Hams and Sides per lb 17c Cottolene RILEY & RILEY Phone White 37 Enterprise Real Estate Co. Enterprise, Oregon OFFICE ON MAIN ST. OVER HARNE8S 8HOP. Free Delivery to Any Part ot' Town Read the advertisements.