Wallowa County chieftain. (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, December 16, 1909, Special Christmas Edition, Image 8

Wallowa County chieftain., December 16, 1909, Special Christmas Edition, Image 8

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Newspaper Page TextCity and County Brief News Items White Loaf Flour. Jt.50 per bar rel at E. M. M. store. Louis Bare, who had been working for Pratt & Soos. left Friday for his home at Davenport, 'Wash., to spend the winter. Aira:ra seed for sale at R. S. Z. Ir. C. T. Ho.kett reports twc cases of pneumonia at Lostine. Laf; liammack's little girl and a child of y.i: Cook's have the disease. Sweet cider made to order. Phoni 0. J. Roe, Mountain View Ftut Farm. 62btf Come in and look over our store and stock, whether you wish to bu or not. A beautiful line Jot Chris mas presents. Jackson & Weaver. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Kay are hom from a visit with their daughter at Caldwell, and with Mr. Kays broth er at Payette, Ida. New Drug Store Tor. finest display of Imported, Hand-Painted China ev er brought to Wallowa county, splendid present for your wife Chris; mas- 63a6 Individual silk waist patterns a' fink's. For prompt st-r.loe call up Vest Vest market. C. E. Vest, transfer.;?-. Mrs. S. R. Hawarth and daughtei Dorothy, who had been residing her for a couple of months, returned tc their La Grande home, Saturday. Our line of Christmas Candy In Christmas Boxes is complete. Jack son & Weaver. 63a6 "Bally,- one 4: the pretty pintc ponies tbat drew Riley ' mail anc express wagon die past year, die' the oUier day from congestion of th lungs. Let us have your order tor Mag azines for Christmas presents. At publisher s price. Jackson & Weav er's drug store. 65a6 Sauer kraut, craaberries and 6 wee potatoes at Funk's. The people have learned to dr their Christmas shopping early. Tin Enterprise stores are thronged ever: day with buyers, and the streets, even on stormy days, are lined wi;t teams. Large assortment of books for th loys and girls for Christmas at th New Drug Store. Japalac. varnish stains, linseed ol at Burnaugh & Mayfleld's. Christmas tree ornaments, candles bells, candle holders, etc, at Jack son & Weavers. 63a6 A. C. Weaver was quite well re minded of his birthday anniversary. December 7 when he received abou' m postcards from old friends a' his former home, MoOure, Ohio. Fancy embroidered nd drawr work linens at Funks. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Halsey left Thursday for Steuben county. New York, where they will visit for sev eral months. This is Mr. Halsey 's first return to hij native Dlaee since he left there 59 years ago, and he j ui mi a brother whom he has not seen since the brother was three years old. Have yo-j been in to hear the Vic tor Talking Machine at Jackson Weavers? They are the clearest plainest, and moat perfect talking machine made. 65a6 Mrs. Charles Zurcher and chiidreo returned home Fridav from an in tended stay at the seacoa arid In the Willamette va ley. Her parents.! Mr. and Mrs. H. Best of Monmouth, j came with her for a month's visit j nere. Get yo r inttr 'abbase and saues kr-ut. A. M, Warner. Eutarprise. Beautiful line df Cut Glass at the New Drug Store. Nothing makes a more appropriate Christmas present. Jackson & Weaver, proprietors. The utch Building. 6oa6 j M. E. church: Preaching by the 1 pa. or at 11 a. m. Sunday. Subject "The Divinity of Christ." Sunday school at 10 a. m; Ep worth League at 6:45 p. m.; prayer meeting on Thursday evening at 7:30. Rev. C. E. TmeblooJ, pastor. See the fine line of Dolls at the New Drag Stare. Everything new. Nothing carried over from former rears. Look there. Jackson &. Weav. er, proprietors. 63a6 La Grande Observer: Mrs. Dr. F. E. Moore arrived in La Grande Tues day from Enterprise to visit a few days. While in the city site will ix? the guest of .Mr, and Mrs. Jay Van Buren and will also remain to at tend the meeting of the 500 dub, of which she wa3 formerly a member which wt'J be held Thursday after-; noon at the homo of Mrs. William AJ-; Uson on Penn avenue. Call at the New Drug Store when In Enterprise, and look over our brand new store and new stock. Everything f i: st-claus from top to bottom. Jackson & Weaver, proprie tors. Th Lltcb. bldg. 63a6 Popcorn and corn poppera at Funk's. " . A CHRISTMAS AT GAPE HORN. ONCE I had a shipmate who cele brated the most grateful Christ mas of bis life at the Horn. It was 05 11k Mary Aun, In ' December, 1S;T. She was a deep cut teel clipier. but sla was a four mast- , bark, and four masted barks are all ; ugly In heavy seas. The best sea boat ifloat will plunge at Cape Horn, but four masted barks ore all the time un- , Jer water. Sometimes they are swamp- ?"d altogether and float waterlogged 1 iround the Florn. Then the current ' pushes them south to perish In the Ice Jam. i Some tailors can be likened to the ! four masted barks. They are the sail- ors who have been too long away from 1 home. All sailors plunge liberally Into shore life, but the "too long away from home" fellows ore. as a rule, swamped In shore life's- breakers. One of my mates on the Mnry Anu ; v-as Bob Jones, a typical "too long away from home" unfortunate. But , Bob still had somebody dear to his heart, lie bad started on more than one trip around the world with the sot determination that the end of tlie voy age should see him rejoin his own loved ones at home. But ou pay day at the end of his trips bis good resolutions bad been broken. It had often gone so. and Bob was hiding self despair uuder the grim surface of a man hating man. i Bob and I. with twelve other Tan- , kees. Dutchmen and Swedes, were on . the starboard watch under Chief Mate Dickson of the Mary Ann. When we went below ou Christmas eve the sea was running high. Sleet and hail came down In the squalls. The western gale ; had trimmed our sails down to the lower topsails. ' We had hardly fallen asleep when we heard the man at the wheel strike ' one bell. Before the signal for "All bands on deck" was answered forward ; Bob and I were out of our bunks and had our sea boots on. j "What's up now?" growled Bob, and i he got his answer from Jimmy, the ; deck boy, who came rushing In with out preliminary warning. j "Rise, rise. rise, sleepers! Weather j ship for Icebergs on the leeward bow. ! Rise. rise, rise!" j The watch on deck was already set- j ting the fore staysail to head the vessel off the wind. She was running easy j when we came ou deck, and the storm spanker was hauled out to bring the j t eci m me wmu j on the other tack. ; Bob was sent for- j ward to furl the f fore staysail. The ; rest of us went j to the braces and j pulled the yards ! In to starboard, j Then came the ugliest part of the Job. Slowly the ! Mary Aun turned I to face her foe I again. But before ! she could head i her bow against the mighty seas ; they broke over : her from stem to ; stern. ' Bob came aft J from the staysail : to join us just as BOB AND THE HOPE we all Jumped i DROrrED. for a big breaker came thundering j over the weather rail. j The breaker caught Bob at the fore j backstays, lie jumped up and put his ! arm through the coils of the fore sheet, J banging in straps in the royal back stay. The straps were rotten, and Bob and the coll sheet rope dropped and disap peared in the boiling deck waters. i The waters surged to leeward and carried a dark object with them. The skipper threw a life buoy from ! the poop. "Poor Bobr said everybody to him- 1 seif. It was nil we could do for him. Bob was gone, and there seemed to be no help for it. We had the Mary Ann snug at last. Our watch had still an hour more le low, not long enough to malte It worth j while to crawl into our bunks, and we J lighted our pipes, lay down on our j chests and discussed poor Bob. j Bill, who was Rob's own chnm, went ' to Bob's bunk and overhauled the i things. "It Is enongb to make anybody rip ping mad to think of a rotton old strap chucking a poor fellow overboard," mused Bill. "Christmas night too. Say, boys, when we auction this stuff off we've got to show Bob up hand some to his friends.' It must be explained that when sail ors, die at sea their belongings are sold at auction to the crew. Tbls custom nerves a double purpose. It Is easier to ship money halfway around the globe than to insure the safe delivery an i .'. i lnn i. i. , a of wouey is aiau tuure welcoiite to mutil j heirs than a cbestful of tarred racrs. ! Besides, the sea auctions give the ship- i mates of the dead an opportunity to ! "raise bis reputation" by adding gener ously to his account. Everybody warned to fill the Christ mas stockings of poor Bob's folks. The j chief mate, Dickson, good natoredly ! consented that the auction should be ' held then and there and came to the j forecastle with pencil and paper to re- s cord the sales as fast as they were made. "Here you are, boys here yon are! Get your money ready. The greatest Cape Horn sale ever held will new tart," rasped the old chief. "First article Is a valuable straw pillow. re member what Bill Shakosaenre says, Tupjisy rests the head that hasn't g t a pillow What am 1 bid Two dol lars? Thank you! Three four five six sis I have. Caie Horn prices, gentlemen. E!'ht ten ieir are yon all done? Tom, yitu can have It for $10. You may pet a better one In San Francisco for JVi cents, hut you can't Cuplii-nte it for STil) wiihiu a thousand miles of this place. "Next article is a handsome stand up liueu collar. It has ou!y loen worn by poor Bob in Liverpool and can be washed absolutely clean for the small price of 5 cents. It Is the only artL le of its kind that has ever- been for sale at Cape Horu. What ora I bid a dul lar two, two-fifty, three-fifty, four four are you all done? S'ld to Dick for $4. Dl k Is a sport now. Wait a minute; there is a lnutou in the back of the collar. Tou will have to buy the button separately. Dick." And so each worn and patched gar ment of poor Boh was sold at "Cape norn prices." Bub's shipmates took rare that none of t'.iem coutrllmt cd loss than a month's wages to Bob's filial pay day. The mate at last put his hand to the bottom of Bub's chest, and from a cor ner he brought up a bundle of papers wrapied in nn old piece of canvas tied together with yellow silken ci gar bands. The mate held the bundle thought fully in his hand. He hesitated to trespass. "Open It up!" shouted the men a valuable nr.Av tillow. In chorus. "Hem! Well, we will se.e what Is In It anyway." assented the mate. When the canvas cover was opened a score of letters In soiled and torn envelopes drop(?d out. "1 see no harm In letting yon fel lows get a little home seutimout out of these old letters," Eaid the mate, "but you must not keep them. They must be forwarded to Bob's friends. You boys can bid for the privilege of reading the letters." Dick fur Si bought the right to first pick. He took the best preserved en velope and its lnclosure and went away to read the letter. The sale continued, letter after let ter fetching a neat sum. Half the let ters were sold when Dick came from his corner aud Interrupted the sale. He looked troubled and shook his let ter in our faces. "Boys, this letter Is from the girl," said be. "She's a dandy. Bob was no good. He didn't go home when he was paid off Id Liverpool; he didn't go home from New York; he didn't go home from San Francisco when be could have made the trip In a day. The girl Is waiting yet." The mate, who had been Intently reading one of the letters, here Inter rupted. "Bob's mother Is getting old, and she is poor. She does not ask for money, however. All she wants Is her boy. He will never return to her now. Poor Bob's mother! Toor Bob!" At four bells the lookout gave us his "All's well! Side lights burning bright." Suddenly he began to beat the forward bell like mad. The lookout was shouting and wav ing his arms from the forecastle head, where he stood clinging to the ralL When we reached the fore part of the house the lookout attracted our at tention to a dark object leaning limp ly against the starboard lighthouse. It was Bob Jones. We carried him Into the forecastle. The mate and the whisky bottle were brought forward, and Bob slowly came to his senses. "I was sianibangcd something fear ful, boys." Crawled Bob. "That brenk er caught me right, and the blamed strap broke. Then over she rolled to leeward" "And I saw you go over the side," interrupted Dick. "Not I. It ti:ay br.ve been the sheet coll," ce.iitir:in-d Bob. "I was washed ftwuv iiti under the forecastle Lil henrt I "Hess 1 f""-! went clean tT in a faint after 1 had crawled to n dry pla'-e. When I woke up I made for the forecastle, but I couldn't make It. I dropped right off again at the lighthouse.' When Bob had been bandaged np and given a warm breakfast be was the old Bob once more. The boys poked lota of fun ut him when they returned bis things to him. "Hold on. boys; let us make a IT WAS UOI1 JONES. bargain with Bob." the Imperative Dick broke In. "Here Is my Bible. If Bob will swear to go home to his mother and the girl from San Fran cisco he can take the auction money along as a Christmas present." "That's right! Come on. Bob. Swear, man, swear!" "I do, so help me, God, and a merry Christmas to you all, boys!" sobbed Bob. "I wlil go home, boys I will!" And be did. Philadelphia Ledger. 1 7Sx I i FANCY WAISTCOATS. ' h an EnalisH Monarch bjf War of Economy. j The wnisli-"it-tien nl teaM it W j "fuiicy ve:"- Is the iiiM renin uting vesiige of I He gor;eni!.iiei which was : one ui-.plue1 In men iir.--s and on tK-t l.'i. I'epy t lirnincie-i iis nrt npiH-MRiiK- on Hie mtoIi or t .Hare 11. I'he novel annnml it ' dissork." us ihe dmrisi terms il. worn ' elose i the txdy. It n ol "t.l.-ii K doth, pinked iih white i:k under il." Men will agree thai Ihe waiMeoal i ' a iniivenieiii ami oniiiiieinlahle gar- ' llieiit. Ihe nloem-e of winch would ne- : prive Ihein. lo sH'Hk ol no oilier flis- ' comfort, of mi invHlnalile set of xx'K eis. It apix-arn siraiige. therefore, that it should not Have come into being at an earlier dale. Soon after the restoration a sleeve-1 less vest, which likewise left Hip waist ' oH'ii. was worn under the doul'let. It was not n true waistiiml. Tlii stjle of dress wax brought from r'ratiee ly Charles II. Prom beiieaiu ihe fullness of shirt exposed hy the ohmi vest "the breeches displayed their expanded width." with hunches of ribbon at I tie ( waist linn Im-e niilles below I he k nees. I The doublet worn over ihe vest was j richly lin-iil and embroidered. So cost-! . ly was ilils mode of attire Unit the' king resolved lo give the lend loward a more economical and solier fashion, and in the fulfillment of I his design he donned the new garment, which l'epys hailed with pleasure. i Such were the circumstances which ntteuded the introduction of Ihe waist coat. Il came in Ihe name of economy and reform, but ere long it developed lino us expensive and decoralive a gur meni us any which man has ever ink en to himself. Gradually il was ex tended downward lilt it almost readied the knees, it was made of I be richest materials, and the outer coat was shaped to hang well open lo display Its magnificence. j j Kxiravagance and love of finery were simply transferred from one style to . another, and ou Hie waistcoat was lav-' , is lied all the embellishment which pre viously had been bestowed on tuej breeches. Those flowered .and em broidered waistcoats of sheeny satin. ' with laced Haps, may certainly have been less troublesome and fantastic than Ihe preceding fashion, but whPin er they reduced the wearer's account : with his tailor is highly doubtful. 1 The long dapped waistcoat remained in favor niauy years. It was still worn by uoblemeu and gentlemen when George I. was king. In ihe following reign a somewhat shorter waistcoat was prevaleui, and from this time the flap began to decrease lu length. ln stend of reaching almost lo the knee it came only halfway down the ihigli. . As men's dress became more simpd- fied toward Ihe close ot the eighteenth ' j century aud putting, lace and embroid- ' ery were abandoned the flap disap-peared.-Loudou Globe. The Name "Pepy." How should "Pepys" be prouoimced? Percy Lubbock, who wrote a biogra phy of Samuel I'epjs. declares "Keeps." Hut there are inau people living aud talLiiiK who call themselves "iVppis." In 1U7U was puulisued a volume called "Lucida Inlervailu." by James Lar casse. who was a clerk in tlie otlice ot Pepys. He did not lite l'epys and woiiid have beeu glad lo spell It 'Peeps." Hul he -lidu't. He wroie: Gt thee behind me, then; dumb devil begone: The Lord halb Ephlhatlia said to my tongue. Him 1 must praise who opened hath my lips. Sent me from navy to the ark by Pepys. From ibis the London Chronicle con cludes that lo bis contemporary l'epys was "Pips." Joe Miller Was Not Joker. Joe iiiller. who is generally beiievrd te have been the soul of wit. never mode a sing'e joke in his life. Ue wus an actor and so grave in manner as to become the butt of other people's hilarity. When any witticism went the round Miller was accused ot its authorship, and he would never deny It. He lived an exemplary life and died universally respected, lint (,0 sooner was be deiid than appeared "Joe Aiiller's Jests; or. The Wits' ade Mecwu." compiled by "Elijah Jenkins, Eq."-thnt is to sny. forged hy John Mottley. the Jacobite, just as years be fore Uobsou's "Polly Peiicliimi" and Ben Johnson's -Jests" bud beeu forged. The Masculine Wig. i Civilization bus lo tbmik tlie Kreneh rerolution and the 8iibwiui-iit warn for masculine eiimuciputiou from tUe wig. It wus purtir tue wareity ot flour and tbe war tax ou buir powder that buuiabed tlie powdered vlg. but partly also tbe feveliug lullueuee of Jacobinism. - do not kuow the pres- '. ent seneratiou by sight." wrote al- ' pole Id 1731. eonipiulning tliat the young men "in tbeir dirty shins and sboKfry hair bnve leveled nubility as much as the nobility in France have. ; ' j Unfair. ! nazel. njred seven, while feeding the i eet at the dinner table w.m reproved ' by ber father, who told her that the cat must wait until later, whereupon the small girl wept and said: "I think It is a shame Just beenuse she is a poor dumb anlmnl to treat her like a hired girl."-Harper's Magazine. But Did SheT "My head aches awfullv." she sigh ed. "If you weren't here I'd take my hair ofT and rest it" -What r he cried. j "1 mean down." she corrected.-New ' York Tress. I The corruption of the best becomes the worst-Latin Proverb. j 2 Of Even Kind No Trouble to Fiiid Whit You Want at Santa Ciaus' Headquarters In the former Racket Store, 2 doors East of rostofTice. Come and see the GREAT DISPLAY;OF DOLUS : Dolls from 5 cents to $2, and high as you want ; Doll Clothes, Beds, Tubs and Carriages Decorated Dishes 'i Candies, Nuts. Fruits Caref. Btrikirg Insures the Safely of Deposits." IcpoMtor Have That (inarantee at WALi OWA NATIONAL BANK OP ENTERPRISE, OREGON CAPITAL .-0.po) SURPLUS $50,1100 We Do a General Banking Business. Exchange Bought and Sold on All Principal Cities. Geo. V. Hyatt, rTenident W. R. Holmes, CVhier Geo. S. Craig, Vice President Frank A. Reavis, Aunt. Cashier PIKECTOKS Cko ,S. Crak! Geo V. Hyatt M attie a. Holmes J H. Don hiv V. R Holme Houses in Enterprise, $650 to $3,000 Lots $73.00 to $250.00 10!) Acres, Hill Farm. $12.50 2:)0i Acres on Slope, $G5.00 an acre, time 270 Acres, Island, $40.00 an acre, time 160 Acres, Slope, $3000.00, time 430 Acres, 12 miles, timothy and timber, $10 per acre Best a-d Cheapest Insurance Companies. Ageni American uonamg company. W. E. TAGGART, 1 bKlKISE, The City Planing Mill W. F. RANKIN, Proprietor 4 a j Larries a complete stock of rough ancTdrcssed g lumber. A line of standard mouldings always in stock. 8 Satisfactory Mill Five per cent discount for t expiration of 30 days and "ESgiaggtgasasgsaaa3agagispaaaCTiB3aragBaajCi3gEi EASY MONEY. Picked Up by the Sharp Chap Who Bet on a Word. Just by way of showing bow easy It is fur Kuiiie meu to pick up a few dol lars by their wits a young fellow strolled Into a cafe the other after noon and. joining In conversation that was being carried on by couvhiul spirits, declared he was the most "iu fortunate" iudividuul ou earth. He immediately began telling n story of bis personal troubles, but before be biid got the narrative well under way there was a chorus of interruptions, ai.d the talkative young nmu was po lUeiy in funned that bis English need ed revising, since he should have used the word unfortunate" instead of "in fortunate." The newcomer insisted that infortu nate was the correct word to use, aud the argument waxed warm. Fluallv, with a show of heat, the young man who started the trouble declared that while be bad only a few dollars he would wager tuem that he was cor reet. So anxious were bis friends to lay wagers with him that be did uot have money enough to mm mi niands, but he succeeded in putting up $15 iu separate small bets. The meu who were certain that the garrulous young man was wrong In the use of Ihe word ii.fuituuute scut out for a dictionary only to Dud that they had been "stung" ou a "sure thing" bet, the big bH.k on spelling showing that Infortunate is perfectly proper aud weans uufortuuaje. 'Yes," said the winner of the bets as he pocketed bis new portion of wealth, "I have won money ou that before. I collected $10 this afternoon cm a similar wager." - Philadelphia Kecoid. u ft u n H u M il H 1 M u i, il n .1 u A J i Weaver & Weaver The Pioneer Real Estate Mao. OREGON m m B u m m Hi H ENTERPRISE, OREGON. fj f Ki il WorK a Specialty caBh. All accounts balanced settled by cash or note. Orde In Probate Dec. 7 Final account of H. C. Cra- , raer, Admr. of Mary A. Cramer, ap proved, and Admr. discharged. Dac. 7 Sale of Teal es a:e by E. E. Jennings, -Adrorx. ot C. E. Joi nings, confirmed, i Dec. 9 Bond of jo'.nt Admra. of j J H. Halsey, approve J. ! Dec. 9 Report ot! Nancy J. Lap ham, guardian of Roy L. Churchill, a minor, approve!, and she Is ordered j to invest sach sum ai is on hand at .interest with sufn.Jenf security. j Dec. 9 Report of Nancy J. LaP" ham, guardian or Grace P. Church"' i ill, a minor, approved, and as minor ia of age. said guardian is discharged and her bond exonerated. Mrs. S. Joyce, Clareaiont, N. H, writes: "About a year ago I bought two boft!e3 of Fo'.ey's Kidney Bem- :ly. It cured me of a severe case jof kidney trouble of 6everal years standing, u certainly is a grand, ' goad nseliclue, ud I heartily recom (tuend it." Burnaugh & Mayfield. i See S. K . Clrk. before buying water pipe and fiU ngs and all plumb ing material. He wiU save money oa your billi. phons blae 7. ' Ed Rumble Married i From La Grande Observer. Ed. Rumble of tie Bolton & Bodmei Company of thi3 c4 y, was married at San Francisco Jast week to M8 Daisy S arr, whose parents live ( Lostine. She has made ber home to , San Francisco for several years.