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TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR, NO. 41.
ENTERPRISE, OREGON,
FOR SALE.
SECOND HAND set double work har
ness, at Second Hand Store, or see
jYnk Batchelder
LUMBER, all kinds of rough lumber,
j E McCoy, Enterprise, Oreg. Mill
. Ju. north of Enterprise. 6b8
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A GOOD PIANO, for a reasonable
price. Wjlte or phone to Mrs, A.
Wade, Enterprise, Oreg. 67ttf
THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1909.
SUNDAY SCHOOLS
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPEH
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PARADE 1 HURSDAY
TIMBER CLAIM: w of b.w., and
of n. w. 14, section 21, t 3 n.
, 47 e. Price 1500. C, E. Hill, Eml
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HAMILTONIAN COLT. Good one.
Ceo. M. Gaily, Enterprise. 3btf
MONEY TO LOAN
Slate Funds loaned, 6 per cent. John
p. Rusk. Atty. State Land E'd. Joseph
Make the New Drug Store your
headquarters while attending the
County Sunday School convention.
WEDDING BELL8.
Miss Anna Ward and Mr. Jared
H. Manly were married In La Grande,
May 12, by Rev. S. W. Seemann.
Trouble Makers Ousted.
When a sufferer from stomach
trouble takes Dr. King's New Fife
pills he's mighty glad to see his
Dyspepsia and Indigestion fly, but
moretoe's tickled over his new, fine
appetite, strong nerves healthy vigor,
all because stomach, liver and kid
neys now work right. 26 cents at
Burnaugh & Mayfield's.
FIRST EVENT OF THE KIND IN
OREGON DINNER IN FRA
TERNAL HALL.
The first Sunday school parade In
Oregon will occur at the County' Sun
day School convention In Enterprise,
Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock.
This Is on authority of Rev. Charles
A. Phlpps, state Sunday school work
er. Mr. Phlpps is here to attend the
convention and on Sunday visited the
schools in this city, and at that time
said he had never heard of a parade
in Oregon as proposed here, but had
recently seen the great parade at
Tacoma when 6000 Sunday school
pupils were in line.
The convention holds its first ses
sion this, Wednesday, afternoon at
2 o'clock, and another this evening
at 8 o'clock. Thursday is the big
day and at least 50 delegates will be
present from all parts of the county.
Backet Dinner In Fraterncl Hall.
The feature of this convention
aside from the parade, will be the
basket dinner free to all townspeo
ple as well as visitors, in beautiful
Fraternal hall at the noon hour.
Immediately after dinner all pup
ils of local Sunday schools will repair
to their respective churches to pre
pare for the parade that will take
place at 1:30 p clock.
Following th(s some of the most
interesting things en the program
will come at the afternoon and even-
h ociuiis, inursdav.
MEMORIAL DAY
There were no formal meuorial day
exercises in Enterprise but a number
of our people attended the exercises
at Lostine Saturday and Wallowa,
Monday.
At Lostine a dinner was served
the proceeds of which will be ap!
Plied in beautifying the cemetery
A feature of the dav , ... ...
.graves were decorated Rev W S
Crockett( Mrs. Williamson and Mrs!
Mckenzie made talks in the afternoon,
ine K of P's held memorial servl-
I ces at Wallowa, Monday.
$115 SAVINGS STOLEN
FROM JOSEPH HOTEL
Joseph, June l.-Some unknown
thief stole $115 from Squire and Mrs.
A. F Sheets' bedroom in the Sheets
ho el Monday. The money was in
Ms and silver and represented hard
earned savings from the blacksmith
shop and hotel. There is no clue to
the thief.
Work is progressing on the exca
vation for the Jennings building, and
Marks & Wall are preparing to start
work on the new M. E. church.
1. H. Robinson's residence is well
along and the stone from the Gors
line quarry, 0f which it is built is
greatly admired.
Mr. Robinson" went to Portland,
Monday.
J- L. & p.. Co. Incorporated.
Articles of incorporation for the
Joseph Light A
j have been filed in the clerk's office.
me capital stock is 50,000 and the
incorporators are F. D., W D and
F. F. McCully.
WILL VANDERBILTS
BUILD TO COAST?
FURTHER RUMOR THAT NORTH
WESTERN IS BACKER OF
NORTH COAST
Wallowa county is specially inter
ested in the dispatches that state the
Vanderbilt systero-the Chicago &
Northwestern-will extend to the
coast, if th (vtndAn
go umutj it is
quite likely to cross the north end
'or this county, if. as reports say. the
Northwestern is the backer of the
, mysteriona v-n, r
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the dispatch that has stirred up rail
road circles from New York to
Seattle:
Vancouver. B. C May 29.-For the
past fortnight prominent officials of
the Chicago. St. Paul-Minneapolla and
Omaha railway have been looking
over Montana, Idaho and Washing
It Is understood to be the inten
"on of the Northwestern to reach
Puget sound by an extension of the
Chicago-Omaha line which is now at
Lander. Wyo.. 60 miles from the Ida
ho boundary, it is reported survey
ors are now engaged at location work
In Idaho, and that Marvin Hughltt.
chairman of tb, executive board of
the Northwestern, is the real back
er of the mysterious North Coast,
now building west from Spokane. The
';,'raienl I make Seattle its
! chief terminal and extend a branch
to Vancouver.
It is known that several crews of
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Hatters of North America writes as
follows: "The Kingsbury Hat is
one of the finest brands of union
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invite you. to examine
our stock very care
fully before purchas
ing elsewhere.
Young Man, we have
some fancy shirts that
will just suit you.
We handle the McKibbin Gloves which are a"
ereat favorite with men and boys. Satisfac
tion guaranteed. Many other things too numerous to mention.
Call and examine our big stock
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ThanKint you very Kindly for past favors, we are, very respectfully
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surveyors be.ieved to be working for
the Northwestern, have come across
Idaho, down the Salmon river to
where It flows into the Snake near
Eureka in this county' Other sur
veyors, believed on strong evidence
to be employees of the North Coast,
have come across the Blue Mountains
down the Little Salmon to Troy, and
theiice down the Grande Konde to
the Snake, Just below the mouth of
the Idaho Salmon river.
Game With Cove
Dated For June 18
Local Baseball Team Must Seek
Opponents Out of County
Fart Notes
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BROWNING
The Cove ball team that Is run
nlng neck aud nei-k with Unloa for
the lead in the Amateur league, will
play the Enterprise team on Friday,
June 18. Jack O'Hrlen. who man
aged the La Grande professional
team last summer, is coaching the
Cove team.
The Enterprise sacond nine played
the Lostine club at lostine Sunday
and' were beiten by a score of 10
to 9.
Conaway pitched gort ball In the
second Union game, not a good solid
crack being made orf his delivery in
;aven innings except one to left
field that Savage took care of by a
phenomenal catch. The side was re
tired in order in the second, fifth,
sixth and seventh innings.
Two omissions were made In tho
published score in the hurry of set.
ting It up Friday night. Hug Bhould
have been given credit for a sacrifice
In the second inning of the second
Kama for his long foul riy caught by
Sheets, on which Savage scored.
Hug was also entitled to an assist In
the fourth Inning of the same game
when "Casey" forgot to touch Davis
running to third. The latter slip of
memory did not harm any for
"Casey" made a fine pickup of Cllno'i
grounder immediately after, and star
ted a pretty double play by a fast
aud accurate throw to first. Pace re
laying the ball home and catching
Davis who was trying to score.
The Enterprise Concert band ad
ded to the enjoyment of the games
by playing on Main street at 1:30
o'clock, and also giving short con
certs at the grounds, before and af
ter the first game.
lillyeu re'ired the side on thres
pitched balls in the eighth Inning of
the first game. That's some pitching.
First Load of Wool.
The first load of the 1909 wool clip
came in Wednesday from Makln's
plant. It Is Falconer Bros, wool
Shearers are arriving dally and all
plants will be In full swing in a
lew days.
FORMER RESIDENT DROWNED
Scott E. King, a former resident
of. this county and well known to all
the older residents, was drowned al
Seattle, presumably in Ijxko Wash
ington, near which hli home stood.
Th accident occurred, Saturday,
May- 22, the first news reaching here
Friday, when S. E, Harris, nephew
and namesake of t lie deceased, came
here on a visit. Mr. Harris had re
ceived a telegram from his mother
telling him of the -sad event. No
particulars were given and the sup
position that he was drowned in Lake
Washington is based on the fact of
the location of Mr.Klng's home, and
that boat riding was quite often a
pastime of Mr. King. The message
said the body had not been recovered.
FESTIVAL QUEEN
RESULT OF CONTEST.
Edna Browning COT.
Joyce Craig 738.
Eula Fortythe 169.
Maude Litch 100.
Ethel Weaver 65.
Miss Edna Uro.viilng of Enterprlsa
won the contest for Wallowa Qaeo'i
at the Portland Ujsb Festival, and
will be tho rotgnlng deity of the
beautiful float emblematic of the
resources of Wallowa county In the
grand Spirit or tho Goldan Weal
parade Thursday night, Ju io 10.
Miss Browning v.T.l also go to Se
attle aud attend the world's fair n
a guent of tho Enterprise Commer
cial club, all her expenses for b-t'i
trips be'.nn paid.
The con'eit do vilo in.l c3:isidcrable
Interest the closing day owing to the
close rnce be wejn MtmiM Drowning
and Craig, Hie former wi.mlns by
the narrow mnrnH of 9 v;itoi when
tho palls clos-d at 9 o clo' k Tin-lay
night.
Tho cm'?st. wus quite H'woossful
from a financial standpoint, ruut
the same annum belni? realUc.1 as
from the content In La Grande. Ev
ery vote po'.lod wa bounht by J'n
terprise poople, none of ths- o'.'.wr
towns being willing to put i!? a cent
to advertise tho co.inty In th! i in tu
ner. That It will bo a flno n'vor
tlsenicnt no ono wlu has IiivohUcv..
pd tlie matter do itit for a moment.
The float will be a niagiilflc: tit iif
fair, J M, Perry, formerly of Ln
Grande and we'I known In this coun
ty, under date of .Yay 29, voluntar
ily wrote from Portland to President
Miller as follows:
"Dw Sir: I was rofin3it.il ly
the president of the La Gnuulo Co:.i
morclal club to inspect tho float
made for them to lo uad In tho
parade at tho coining fculval herci,
and we noted with mil ;h pride tho
one also dedgned for our sister coun
ty, and bespeak for Vv'ullowa coun
ty much favorable ommeit and ad
vertisement rejiiltl i;j from their
laudable enterpihe in such a display."
Chicken dinner at Mavor's
taurant at 1 o'clock, Sunday. DOc.
HOGS BRING 7 CENTS.
Frank Graham shipped a carload
of hogs from Enterprise Wednesday.
The porkers were bought of WaUon
Dros. on the Slopo who received 7
cents a pound for them.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph llollomback
have moved into the John Calvin
house,, corner Main aud East First
streets.
W. C. T. U. ORGANI2ED.
At a woman's meeting held In the
Enterprise Methodist church, at 3 p.
ra, Monday, Mrs. Lulu L. Shepard,
state president of the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union of Utah, or
ganised a branch of the national or
ganization with 29 members.
The following officers were elected:
Piesident, Mrs. E. E. Dill; Vice Pres.
of the M. E. church, Mrs. Ella Brown
ing; Vice Pres. of the Presbyterian
church, Mrs. Mary A. Steele; Vice
I res, of the Christian church. Miss
Nona Miller; Vice Pres. of the Bap
tist church, Mrs. N. J. Falconer; Kec.
Secretary, Miss Nina Miller; Cor.
Secretary, Mrs. C. H. Zurcher; Treas,
Mrs. C. W. Atney.
The first regular niesting of the
Union will be held at the home of
Mrs. C. H, Zurcher at 2:30 p. m. Fri
day, June 11. All women of the city
who are lnterejted in the temper
ance work are most cordially Invited.
Mr. and Mrs. Omer Stubblefield
were at Wallowa, Monday.
Oregon
Strawberries
Fresh on
Tuesdays and Fridays
Oranges
Bananas
Fruits
of all Kinds
Plenty of Applc3
Armour's
Bacon and Hams
GRANDE RONDE
POTATOES
and
Ril
Groceries Flour,
Bran and Hay,
Coal and Wood.
Phone VVIilte 27
for
Trunsfr or Dray