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About Wallowa County chieftain. (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1909)
nValtoira County (Thief tarn County Pioneer Paper Established in JSS4. Published every Thursdav by The Enterprise Press. Office East side Court House Square. Entered In the postoffice at Enter prise. Ore, as second-class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One year $1.50 Three months 50c. Invariably in Advance. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 16, 1909 THE WOOD FAMINE. The Lakeview Herald says there is an opening for a woodward in tha: growing city; that there are thous ands of acres of timber within e few miles but oo eyetema-ic method of meeting wood t the consumer. There is a etmUar business open ing here in Enterprise. Witt abund&ace of timber suitable for etove wood ocy a few miles from town, there is a wood famine bow on And it is oc'rv the beginning of win ter. Good wOTd is cot obtainable at exy price, aid slabwood is o'd at double the rate charged a few months ago. This k all die to the haphazard manner in which the usual supply is furnished. If someone would take hold of the business and conduct it to a business-lSie way, there need be no ahor.ace at any time of year Wood could be sold at lower prices than is cow charged, and a hand some profit made on it. THE CHRISTMAS TIME. "Christmas cooies but once J ear." You. can almost tell a roan's inner nature by bow he says tha' oiten repeated sentence. If he says it in a glad st:x: of way, there i- fpt to be an absence of real Ciixis: mas cheer in that man's home., I "here Is a tone of regret in hi voice, you can be reasonably sure he ecjoys Christmas as much as hi children do. And that is the ideal way to en Jry Christmas. Like a little child I: is the time above ail others to c'.em the heart of all selfish, small ib feelings. There should be brotherhood feeling for aU mankind t-u if one cannot encompass so wide and generous a charity, one can a: least make one home happy. L' everyone did that, true Christmas cheer would be universal. The Enterprise stores were never before so full of beautiful and useful Christmas gift. The 6plendid pros perity cfc all the county will doubt less be reflected in the holiday shop ping, and our merchants have mad Teady !for the extra large trade Their announcements in this paper cover every conceivable want, and there is no excuse for sending your money to Chicago or Portland. Visit your borne stores first. GRANGE HAS CLEAR RECORD. To the Editor: As the grange he comes better knom the more it is recognized as the most progressive body of citizens in the state. The record of 1:b hard work is of times ignored in a new community where many like to look upon It as an ag gregation of "soJtless Jerries." But H is a part of history chat the grange has done more for the Ifarmer and common reotie in general, than any other organization. It was the grange that secuiel the passage c the pine food law, the railroad rate regulation, the appropriation for the off like measures by congress, Jn agricultural and industrial schools, the rural tfree de iv'eries and dozens of like measures by congress. In Or egon the grange was instrumental in securing direct legislation and i cow working for tax reform end the equalizing of taxes. The grange will be foremost in the fight against the calling of a constitutional convention by the old time political boaaea who are making their last stand to re gain control of the state. In addition to the work of public reform the grange stands aa a high school and commercial club for the rural people. W. R. GEHELER, .Deputv Master Oregon State Grange.! A tax on thrift ia a curse. A tax on privilege is blessing. Put the profits of privilege into the jrabUc pocket. Cbieago Public. i The Conquest By Dr. FRXDER!CK A. COOK Copyright 1909. by tb New Yrk Herald Csapaay, R.egistere4 la Canada la Accordance With Cpj rijHt Act. Coayrijkt la Mea. ice Under Laws at Ike k.epoalic f Mcjucn. AU Rights Lwmi ON snowsh.vs and with spread legs I led the way. The sleds with light loads followed. The surface vibrated as we moved along, but the spiked handle of the ice tx did not easily pass through. For iboot two miles we walked with an easy tread and considerable anxiety. but we had all been on similar ice be fore and we knew that with a ready line and careful watchfulness there was no great danger. A cold bath. however, in that temperature. forty degrees below, could have bad some serious consequences. In two crossings ill our supplies were safely landed on the north shores, and from there the lead had a more puuresque effect. For a time this huge ;r. ration in the pack was a mystery to me. At first sijrht there seemed to be no good reason for its existence. Peary had found a similar break north of Kobe on channel. It seemed likely that what we saw was an extension of the same lead following at a distance the renenil trend of the northernmost land extension. This is precisely what one finds on k smaller scale wherever two ice packs xmt together. Here we have the pack if the central polar sea meeting the :and ice. The movement of the laud tack is intermittent and usually along he coast. The shallows, grounded ice ind projecting points interfere with a steady drift. The movement of the entral pack is quite constant and al nost in every direction. The tides, the currents and the winds each give momentum to the floating mass. This lead is the break ing line between the two bodies of ice. It widens as the pack separates, nar rows or widens with an easterly or westerly drift, according to the pres sure of the central pack. Early in v: '..r v - A BAD PEESSTTEE AUGLE. the season when the pack is little ere- vassed and not elastic it is probably wide: later, as the entire sea of lee becomes active, it may disappear or shift to a line nearer the land. New Ice Stops Drift. In low temperature new ice forms rapidly, and this offers an obstruction ' to the drift of tue old lee. As tbe ' heavy central Ice is pressed against the unyielding land pack the small ice j Is ground up. and even heavy floes are crushed. This reduced mass of small ice is pasted and cemented along tbe shores of the big lead, leaving a broad band of troublesome surface as a seri ous barrier to sled travel. It sems quite likely that this lead, or a condi tion similar to it. extends entirely around tbe polar ea as a buffer be tween the land and the middle pack. With the big lead and Its many pos sibilities for troublesome delay behind, a course was set to reach the eighty fifth parallel on the ninety-seventh meridian. What llttie movement was noted on tbe ice had been easterly, and to allow for this drift we aimed to keep a line silently west of tha pole. The wind was not a tronMesome fac tor as we forged along for tbe first day over this central pack. After a run of eleven hours tbe pedometer registered twenry-three miles, bnt we bad taken a zigzag course and therefore only placed wveoteen miles to our credit. Tbe iii-ht was beautiful. The son sank into a purple haze, and soon there appeared three suns in prismatic col ors, end these soon settled into tbe frozen sea. During Ibe night a nar row band of orange brightened tbe northern skies, while tbe pack surface glowed In magnificent shades of violet and lilac and pale purple blue. Land Clouds Still Visible. Satisfactory observations at noon on March "4 gave our position as latitude 83 degrees 31 minutes, longitude 90 degrees 27 minutes. Tbe land clouds of Grant Land were still visible, and a low batik of mist iu tbe west occa sionally brUrhtenod. offering an outline suggestive of land. This we believed to be Crocker Land, but mist persist ently screened tbe horizon and did not offer an opportntlty to study tbe con tour. FntH midday the time was used for observations and a study of tbe land conditions. The dogs sniffed tbe air aa If ecentlii? game, but after a diligent of the Pole The Ei Lead-An Arctic Hurricane Narrow Es cape From Death When Ice Prted (SEVENTH ARTICLE I i I i i search one seal blowhole was fonnd and an old bear track, bnt no alga or other small life was detected in the water of the crevices. At the big lead a few algae were gathered, but here the sea was sterile. The signs of seal and bear, however, were encouraging for a possible food supply. In return ing the season would be more advanc ed, and the life might move north ward, thus permitting an extension of the time allowance of our rations. Though the he:t of the sun was barely felt, its rays began to pierce the eye with paluful effects. The ( bright light, being reflected from the j spotless surface of the storm driveu snows, could not long be endured even by the Eskimos without some protec tion. The amber colored goggles that we had made at Annootok from the glass of the photographic supplies now proved a priceless discovery. They effectually removed oue of the greatest torments to arctic travel. The darkened or smoky glasses. lilue glasses and ordinary automobile gog gles had all been tried with iudiffereut results. They failed for one reason or neither, mostly because of an insuf ficient range of vision or a faulty con struction, making it impossible to pro ceed more than a few minutes without removing the accumulated condensa tion. Relief In Amber Glasses. This trouble was entirely eliminated in our goggles. The amber glass screened only the active rays which injure the eye, but did not Interfere with the range of vision. Indeed, the eye, relieved of the 6now glare, was better enabled to see distant objects than through fieldglasses. It Is fre quently most difficult to detect icy irregularities on cloudy days. The amber glass also dispels tills trouble - .v-e ft-. perfectly, enabling the eye to search carefully every nook and crevice Ilirough the vague incandescence whlcn blinds the observer in hazy I weather. Tha amber glass therefore ! reduces not the quantity of light, as : do smoky glasses, but the quality. Wa were not only relieved of the palu and fatigue of snow glare, but the amber color gave a touch of cheer and warmth to our chilled horizon of blues. Eo thoroughly were we In love with these goggles that later they were worn while asleep, with the double object of screening the strong light uhlcb passes through the eyelids and also to keep the forehead warm. On this march in tbe early part of the afternoon tbe weather proved good and the Ice, though newly crevassed, improved as we advanced. The late start spread our day's work close to tbe chill of midnight, and before ws were quite ready to camp there were signs of another gale from tbe west Little sooty clouds with ragged edges scurried along at aa alarming pace, and beyond a huge smoky bank black ened the pearly glitter. Suitable camping ice was sought, and In thi coarse of an hour an igloo was built The structure was built stronger than usual. Double tifra of snow blocks were placed to the wind ward and a little water was thrown over tbe top to cement tbe blocks. The dogs were fastened to tbe lee of hammocks, and the sleds were secure ly lashed and fastened to the ice. We expected a hurricane and had not long to wait to taste of its bitters. Before we were at rest in our bags tbe wind brnsliPd the pnows with a force Inconceivable, Tbe air thickened with rushing drift. In a few moments the dogs and sleds were buried under banks of enow and great drifts en circled the igioo. The cemented blocks of our dome withstood tbe sweep of tbe blast very well, but many small boles were burrowed through tbe snow wall, permitting some drift to enter. Early In tbe morning, after a rush of but a few hours, the etprm ceased as suddenly as it came aud left a stUl ness which was appalling. Tbe dogs soon began to bowl desperately, as if attacked by a bear, aud we rushed ont seeking guns, bat there was no approaching creators. It was a combined signal of distress. The storm driven snows had buried aud bound them In unyielding frost TheT had partly uncovered themse: hnt bv trace aud harness they w frozen to hardened masse, so much so that few could rise and stretch, wbk h is a severe torment to dogs aft er a storm. We freed their traces, beat the cemented snows from their furs with sticks, and their curling tails aud iKInd noses told of common grat itude. As we skirmished alut for a linl--stretch ocrselves the sun rose over the northern blue. Cashing the newly driv en snow in warm tones. The temper ature during the storm rose to 2t be low, but now the thermometer sank rapidly below 4i. The west was still smoky, sud the weather did not seem quite settled. It was too early to start, so we disrvled again, slipped Into tbe bags aud sought a quiet slumber. A few hours later we were rudely awakened bv loud explosive noises. Looking about nothing nnnsual was j detected about the Ifloo. and a peep through tLe eye port gave no cause j for the dlstnrbance. It was concluded j that the ice was cracking from tbe j sodden change of temperature in quite j the usual harmless manner, and we turned over to prolong the bag com forts. Then there csme a series of thun dering noise, with which tbe !; quiv ered. Ahwelah arose and said that the house was breaking. 1 tamed to rise and sank into a new!y formed j crevasse, which np to tha: moment was ; bridged l.v snow. A man in a bar is a , helpless creature, and with water be- i low aud tumbling blocks of snow from ! above pressing one deeper aud deeper " v 1 ' -t i - - " - i - j the case whs far from humorous at a temperature of 4S below. , StiU. the boys lauched heartily. Their' hands, however, were quickly oecu- ' pied. Ahwelah rrnbbed nsv ba:r and rolled me over on snow of doubtful security. They then slipped into furs wi'h electric quickness aud tossed the things out on safe Ice. In the extreme cold the water froie In sheets about the bag, and when the ice wa9 beaten off the reindeer skin was. to my pleasure, found quite dry. A irw uiuu:ruis liioie VI Mevl uuu wo .might all have found a resting place in the chilling deep. That experience kept us ever watchful for the dangers of the spreading Ice In all calms after storms. The ice about was much disturbed, and numerous black lines of water opened on every side, from which oozed Jets of frosty steam. The great difference between the temperature of the sea and that of the air made a contrast of 70 degrees, and the open spots of ice water appeared to be boil ing. Anxious to move along away from the troubled angle of Ice. the usual breakfast was simplified. Melting some snow, we poured down the icy liqnld as an eye opener and then began at the half pound bowlder of pemmlcan. but with cold fingers, blue lips and no possible shelter the stuff was unusual ly hard. To warm t:p the sleds were prepared and under the lash the dogs Jumped Into harness with a bound. The nen mk-an. somewhat reduced with the ax was ground under the molars as we ' lle tend J80.OO; that aaid applicant went elong. The teeth were thus j will offer final proof in support of kept from chattering, and the stomach his application and 6worn statement was fired with durable fuel. j on the 27th dav of January. 1910. As we advanced the Ice improved to before C. M. Logwood, U S. Com some extent, and with a little search , , . a safe crossing was found over afl of ! miM"oner-'lt Ws c- &t Enterprise. the new crevices, thonrh umn. -. I tny wind carried a piercing cold Good progress was made, but we were not allowed to forget at any time that we were invading the forbidden do mains of polar environment Th Bitter Cold. In starting before the end of the winter night and camping on the open Ice fields in the long northward march we had first accustomed our eyes to a frigid darkness and then to a perpetu al glitter with shivers. This proved to be the coldest season of the year. We should have been hardened to all kinds of arctic torment, but man only gains that advantage when the pulse ceases to beat Far from land, far from other life, there was nothing to arouse a warnv ing spirit. Along the land there had been calms and gales and an Inspiring contrast, even in the dark davg and nights, bnt here tbe frigid world was felt at its worst. The wind, whlfh came persistently from the west now strong, now feeble, but always aUarp lnflicted a pain to which we never be came accustomed. The kind of torture most felt in thia wind and humid air of an arctic pack was a picturesque mask of ice about the face. Every bit of exhaled mols tnre condensed and frote either to the facial hair or to the line of fox tails about the hood. It made a comical caricature of ns. The frequent turns in this course brought both sides to the wind and arranged a line of icicles from every hair offering a convenient nucleus These lines of crystal offered a pleae ing dash of light and color as we looked at each other, tut they did not afford much amusement to the Indi vidual eshlbitlDg them, guen hairs as had not been pulled from the lips and tha chin were first weighted, and then the wind carried the breath to the long lair with which we pfot&cted our heads and left a mass of danglum frost An Icy Coating. Accumulated moisture from tbe eyes coated tbe eyelashes aud brows. The humidity escaping about tbe forehead left a crescent of snow above, while that escaping under the chin, combined with falllug breath, made a semicircle or ice. The most uncomfortable Jeicles however, were those that had formed n the coarse hair within the nostrils It is to free the face of this kind of ex-oration that tbe Eskimo pull the twlal ha!r out by tbe roots; hence the H-al poverty of mustaches an! beards. (ConUaud next week.) ijTo the Citizens of It is our purpose to handle any business entrusted to us in such a fair and liberal ' manner as to xnaKe the customer's rela tion with this banK satisfactory and profitable. t Aside from our excellent facilities, this bank has the advantage of a large capital and substantial list of stockholders. It is also a State Deposi tory. If you are not a customer we invite you to become one. Stockpowers acd Farmers National Bank Wallowa, Oregon United State Laai Notices NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Department of the Interior. tt o t nr'ini, at T a i;rai)fif ' - r ,o Tana ureS..wfr". " 1909. XoUce Is hereby glvn that Julia E, Sargeant. nee Neil, of Imnaha, r. k c lofti' December 6, 1904, Oregon, who, on made Homee'.ead Entry No. 13972, serial. No. .04296, for NB, Section i24. Township 1 Nortto. Range 46 East.l t, iunuui A -' , p. t Willamette Meridian, has filed notice lnln.j0Il t0 mlAe Final Five Year ! , ,V3K ilm ianrt t- - o,v3K lolm n land . ' .. . . . , b wood, r. S. Commissioner, at his of fice In Enterprise, Oregon,, on Ue 17th day of January, 1910. Claimant names as witnesses: Wil liam R. Davis, of Joseph, Oregon, Ceylon A. Fisk, of Imnaha, Oregon. Omar J Stubblefield, of Zumwait, j 0regon & Enterprise. Oregon. 15c5 F. C. BRAMWELL, Register NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Department of the Interior. United States Land Office at La Grande, Oregon, November 11, 1909. Notice is hereby given that Clair H. Ford, whose postoffice address is Zumwait, Oregon, did, on tbe 4th day of June. 1909. file In this office Sworn Statement and Application, No. 06629, to purchase Lot 4, SV4 NWfc, W'H SWIi. Section 3, Township 2 N, Range 47 East. Wll lamette Meridian, and the timber thereon, under the provisions of the act of June 3, 1878, and acts amend- aiorr known as the "Timber and i Ston'e Law Bt TahMS M mgM be fixed by appraisement, and that. pursu&iit to such application, the land and timber thereon have been appraised, the Umber estimated I S"-0 board feet at $1.00 per M, and Any person is at liberty to protest this purchase before entry, or Initi ate a contest at any time before pat ent issues, by filing a corroborated affidavit in this office, alleging facts which would defeat the entry. 13c F. C. Bramwell, Register. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Department of the Interior. United States Land Office at La Grande, Oregon, November 11th, 1909. Notice Is hereby given that Mae C. Bowlby, whose postoffice address Is Enterprise, Oregon, did, n the 16th day of March, 1909, file in this of fice Sworn Statement and Applica tion, No. 05969, to purchase the Sli NEVi. SE4 of NW14 and NEVi of SV4, Section 7. Township l North, Range 45 East, Willamette Meridian. and the timber thereon, under the provisions of the act of June 1878, .and acta amendatory, known as the "Timber and Stone Law." at such value as might be fixed by ap praisement, and that, pursuant to such application, ue land and Umber theroon nave been appraised, the timber estimated 220000 board feet at 11.00 per M uid the land $80.00; that said applicant will offer final proof In support of her application and sworn statement on the 27th aay of January, 1910, before C. M Leekwood, U. 8. Commissioner, at his offlc. t Enterprise, Oregon. Any person ia at Ubarty to protest this purchase before entry, or Initi ate a contest at any time before pat- t Issues, by filing a corroborated affidavit la this o'fice, alleging facts which would defeat h entry. 13c F. C. Bramwell, Register. KQTJOB FOR PUBLICATION. Department f the Interior. u. S. Land Office at La Grande, Oregon. Oct. 11. 1909. Notice U hereby given that George S. Craig, whose pestefflc address is mterprlse, Wallowa County. Ore eon, did on the 2nd day of Febru ary, 1909, file in this office Sworn statement and Application. No 034G5 to purchase the SW4 of 8E, Bec- uun Township 2 8.. Range 43 c, vtuiamelta Meridian h. Umber thereon, under the provision Wdlowa County - the act of June 3, 1S78. and cti amendatory, knows as the "Timbt, and Stone Law." at such vain. .. mignt be fixed by appraisement, and that, pursuant to such application. ttt lnnd tnil 1 w. K . -" been PP"9ed, the timber estimate 100'JOO board fert at $0.80 ner If. and the land $20.00; that said appU- cant m offer final Poof in support , n : u . n 8lli(- men i on me sMa aay or iecember, . t prise, Oreson. In. 1 . 111 . " e'rii this purchase before entry, or initi ate a contest at any time before pat ent Issues, by filing a corroborated affidavit in this office, alleging facta which would de'eai the entry. Sell F. C. BRAMWELL. Register. Lepl Adrcrtisemente NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. In the County Court of the Stat of Oregon for Wallowa County. In the Matter of the Estate of Soloman G. Wood, Deceased. Notice is hereby given that the ns- rlarGlcnarl tins f!'n1 4hA PlarV of the above named court, his final account and report as administrator of the above named estate and tie T . . .1 9 V. ..II . t. IUU6B mi luc btuu louri uas iiieu up on Moadav, December 20th. 1909. at the hour of 10 o'clock a. m, at the County Court House in the City of Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon, as the place for final hearing of said report and account and all objec tions thereto and why said estate should not be closed and settled as provided by law. JOHN A. WOOD, Administrator. Dated this 19th day of November, 1909. ' 69ss IN THE COUNTY COURT of the State of Oregon, for the Coun ty of Wallowa In the matter of the Es'.ate and Guardianship of Li.mle Basim. Now at thi3 time this cause came on for hearing upon the application of Carl Whitmoire. the duly appointed, qualified and acting guardian of Lto nie Basim, an insane p;roa, for an order directing the next of kin of said insane persoa and all persons interested m toer estate to soow cause at the next regular term of this court If aay they have, why &n order bhaU not Le made for the sale of the following described land I -onglng to 6aid insane person, to wit, the Southeast quarter of South west quarter of Section Twenty--bree la Township Two South of Range Forty-Four East of the 'J iamette Meridian, for the purpose of Wing the debts of said ward asd for her maintenance, and It appear ng from the verified petition tiled that the said Linnie Basim is an in ane person residing In Wallowa County, Oregon, but uow temporal l!y an inhabitant of Multnomah coun ty, Oregon, and that s:ie ia the ownff of the above dea-ribed lands and that Dora Kooch and Lizzie WW more, both residing in Wallowa Coun ty. Oregon. Joliu Easim of Phoeatx, Oregon, and Judaon Basim of Salem, Oregon, are the ne.-t of kin of a1 ard and th caly persons interest ad in bar estate, It U therefore or daroH Jio tli. a H l innie Ba3im, Dora Kooco, Lizzl? Wai more. Join Basim and Juison Bas'm and others interested in sail estate ap pear before this Court on the 3rd day of January, A, D. 1910, at Tw o'clock P. M., at the. County Court House in Enterprise, Wallowa Cojn y, Oregon, and saow cause If hey liave, why ai order shall not be made authoriiing the said 6uf (llan of tha said Lin lie Easim, to &U the above decribed lands, and is further ordered that sen Ice of thia order be made by publication a copy thereof for three consecutive weeks In the Wallowa Chieftain, a newspaper putllhad weekly at En terprise, Oregon. Witness the Hop. J, B. Olmsted, County Judge of Wallowa County, Stat of Oregon, wl h the seal of the County Court of said Conn', hereunto affixed on this 4th 63! December, A. D. 1909. (SEAL) W. C. BOATMA.N', lfci County Clerk.