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TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR. NO. 20.
ENTERPRISE, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1910.
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPEB
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MONEY TO LOAN
Slate Funds loaned, 6 per cent. John
P. Rusk. Atty.,State Land E'd. Joseph
Farm loans at 7 percent. Call ior
write First Bank of Joseph 68tt
WANTED.
Lumber. Anyone having lumber of
any grade in any amount for sale,
or who has timber he Intends to saw
ioou, and wltib.es to contract the lum
ber, call on or address W. F. Rankin
at Haney planer In Enterprise, Agent
tor W. R. Klvette. 26b4
STRAYED.
FOR 8ALE.
40 acres of timber on Alder Slope.
$250.00. Terme. C. E Vest. 6bm
The busiest and mightiest little
thing that ever was made is Cham
berlain' Stomach and Liver Tablet.
They do the work .whenever you re
quire their aid. These tablets change
weakness into strength, Ustleasness
into energy, gloominess Into Joyous
ness. Their action is bo gentle
one don't realize they have taken a
purgative. Sold by all dealers.
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS.
Notice is hereby given that the an
nual meeting of the stockholder of
the Wallowa National Bank, of En
terprise, Oregon, wild be held at the
office of their banking house in En
terprise, Oregon, on Tuesday, the
11th day of January, 1910, between
the hours of 10 a. an. and 4 p. m.,
(or the election off directors for the
ensuing year, and for the transac
tion of such other business as may
legally corns before said meeting.
Dated at Enterprise, Oregon, De
cember 8th, 1909. 66w4
W. R. HOLMES, Cashier.
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Greeting
To Our Many Patrons and Friends:
" The year 1909 has just closed, and we are
thankful to be able to say that it has been
one of the most successful years in the his
tory of the Enterprise Mercantile & Milling
Company's business. Many new friends
and patrons have been added to our already
mammoth trade. For all this we feel pro
foundly thankful, and now for the3'ear 1910
we expect to be better equipped and have
better facilities for making you feel at home
in our store than heretofore. Our store is
being re-modeled all through and we expect
to be second to none in the city.
Visit our store, shake hands with us and
get better acquainted with us, jand 'trade
with us, and we will do you good and you
can do us good.
Again thanking you for past favors, we re
main yours truly,
Enterprise Mercantile &
Milling Company
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PETER FORDNEY
DIES BY OWN HAND
WELL KNOWN RESIDENT
NORTH COUNTRY KILLS
HIMSELF.
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Petr FVwdmev a r11 known cfitl
zen of the North Country, was fountf i
dead to bed Tuesday rooming, at
hia home In Paradise, with a revol
ver In hi hand. Coroner W. C. Ket-
chum of this city was at once notl
., , . . .. " . , . t, , company, held Monday, the follow
fled and deputized 'Squire Davis of; .,, , . ..
Paradise to take charge of the booy
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Mr. Fordney was well known
throughout the county, at one time
having been elected to tXie legisla
ture from this district. He was' a
read estate dealer and farmer and
for several months had conducted a
store at Paradise. He wae a man
past 50 years of age and was never
married. There Is no known cause
for the tragedy.
The remains were taken to Flora
to prepare for burial.
WEDDING BELLS.
Fred W. Falconer of thta city and
Miss Jo3e;i!ine Weldert of Walla
Walla were married In Portland Wed
nesday, December 29. They were at
tended by J. E. Patterson of' this
city and Miss Marie Weldert, sis
ter of the bride. Aftter a trip to
Calfornia the happy couple will re
turn to (Enterprise to make their
home.
Mr. Falconer la a prosperous sheep
man and his bride la also well known
here, she and her sister having home
steaded in this vicinity. Their many
Mends- join In eangratudations and
best .wishes for a happy married life.
Indian blankets at Funk's.
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COUNTY COURT.
The regular January term of the
county court convened Wednesday
wtlh all members present. This in
the moat important term of the year,
at which the tax levy is made, road
supervisors appointed and a large
amount of routine work done, The
Loutine short road to the depot is i
likely to bob up again, but for the
last tta owing to the damages
assessed by the road viewers, $1400
each to Haui and Wood. It
'thought these damages will kill the
road
WAREHUOSE OFFICERS.
At the a.inual stockholders meet
ing of the Wcogrowers Warehouse
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bin, president; R F. Stubblefield,
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vice president: E. B. Knapp, eecre-
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Real Minstrel Troupe
Here Saturday Night
Company of 20 Singefrs, Dancers and
Comedians LeUy. From Pen
dleton Manager.
Enterprise people will have their
first taste of real old-fashioned ne
gro minstrelsy on Saturday evening
next when the we'i known Culll
gan & Hockwa'.d Minstrel company
will be seen at the opera house.
This Is the first trip of this stand
ard company into thi3 section of the
country, their territory heretofore be
ing the Dakotas, Minnesota and oth
er states of the Central West.. They
bring with them the .reputation of
being a first-daes company of min
sre'.j. There are 20 men In the com
pany and each has been picked wfth
especdai reference to hie skill either
aa a' singer, dancer or comedian. On
its present trip the newspapers of
Butte, Helena, Great Falls, Missoula,
Sipokane, and the other cities vis
ited by tliom are unanimous in their
praise.
TCie management of ' the opera
house l in receipt of the following
letter, which speaks for itself:
Oregon Theatre
C. J. Mitchell, Mgr.
Pendleton, Oregon, Jan. 3, 1910.
Manager Opera House,
Enterprise, Oregon:
Dear Silr: Culligan's Nashville Stu
dents played here last night to ca
pacity and gave good satisfaction
They put up a good show In fact
the best we have had here in a long
lime, and certainly deserve a good
house. The Juggling act alone, is
worth tihe admission.
Yours vrey truly,
C. J. MITCHELL.
DEATH RECORD.
Levi P. MeFerran, father of Mrs.
Thomas Morgan of Prairie Creek,
died at his home to' Olyropia, Wash.,
the evening of December 27, aged 72
years. He was born at Shelbyvidle,
Ind., where he wa3 a successful fann
er. He came to Umatilla county,
Oregon, and faTmed near Pendleton
until he retired from active life and
went to Oiympla o spend the re
mainder of his days. He 'leaves a
widow, two daughters, Mrs. Morgan
and Mrs. Emma Whlteman of Oiym
pla, and four sons, all married and
residing In Olympia.
The deceased wa3 known to many
of our people having spent one win-,
ter and summer at the home of his
daughter on Prairie Greek. The wid
ow will return with Mrs. Morgan the
last of this week and will make her
home here.
WUhma, the 22 months old. daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Porter,
diied at 7 o'clock Monday evening af
ter an lllnes3 of three weeks of spi
nal meningitis. Funeral was held
from the home Wednesday morning,
Rev. W. S. Crocke'it conducting the
services. Thii U the second child
.ir. and Mis. Portar have l-.st with
in the list few months and they have
the sincere sympathy of the commu
nity to their sorrow.
Have yoa a wejk throat? if so,
you cannot be too careful. You can
not begin treatment to early. Each
cold makes you more liable to an
other and the last Is always the
harder to cure. If you will take
Chamber Iain's Cough Remedy at the
outset you will be saved much trou
ble. Sold by all dealers.
FOR SALE
Recleaned Timothy Seed,
lmb C. S. Bradley.
m DEBATERS
, MEET NEXT WEEK
DEBATE BETWEEN LA GRANDE,
ELGIN AND W. C. H. S. POST
PONED ONE WEEK.
Word has teen received from 1a
Grande high school asking that the
date of the deba'.e be postponed un
til next week, as it 1 Impossible for
them to be here on Friday, January
7, as announced. The date has ac
cordingly been changed to Friday ev
ening, Janoiary 14.
The students or the W. C. H. S.
are eagerly preparing for this con
test with their opponents from Ix.
Grande and E'in H. S. It promises
to be a heated ecntest, and one In
which the victory wli'.l be well-merl'tec
since the teams have bae:i. chosen
by a system of try-uts and so con
sist of some of the best talent of
the schools. The students of the
W. C. H. S. have done all in theiT
power to compile statistics and
gather argument which they are con
fident will make holes in La Grande's
flro and bullet-projf parchment.
According to the new Cons'tdtutlon
of the Oregon Debating league, In
each dl'.rl't is formed triangles of
threa schools each. By thJs plan
each school is required to prepare
two teams one negative and one
affirmaMve thus making It possible
for all thTee debates to be held the
same evening. In this district the
W. C. II. S. negative goes to 'Elgin,
the EIg-jn negative to Ija Grande, and
La Grande "8 negative to Enterprise.
The affirmative teams remain art
home. This is the first of the ln-ter-diisita-ict
debates, and it i8 a matter
of no small moment who shall be
the winner of this district. Wallowa
county is pitted against two parts of
Union county. Who shall be the
winner?
The question is "Resolved, that
the Galveslon Plan of City Govern
ment Applied to New York City
Would Correct the Prevalent Politi
cal Vices of that City." The gov
ernment of the great American city
is becoming more and more a com
plicated and vexing problem to our
leaders of government, and It is a
problem upon .which our statesmen
and greatest thinkers of today are
concentrating their thoughts and
energlas. It is a broad question, amd
iaice' it is one that confronts the
rising generation, its dkvcustsilon ond
leba'e are worthy of our united loy
alty and support. It 1 true that a
man generally believes the side with
which he is moat familiar. It is
-hen a matter for congratulation to
our students that since they are
equally conversant With both sides
f the question, each team is equal
ly firm and confident that It is on
'jhe right side of the question.
The moit of the people of the
town Teme-mber the enthusiasm with
which the city celebrated the vic
tory of our high school over the Pen-
lleton debaters year before last.
Again this year the students lift high
Jie banner of W, C. H. S. and cry,
'Victory or Death!" Then everybody,
drl together, on e t wo three "Three
cheers for the success of the W. C.
H. S."
PARADISE.
Paradise, Dec. 3 1 -Several inches
of snow last night.
Pearl -Stevenson is running Peter
Fordney's store. Peter is sick at
Flora.
J. Q. Connelly and wife and Mrs.
Gilmoie were trading at Fordney's
tore yesterday,
James P.arnes and son are hauling
wheat to Asotin.
O. S. Clark has sold his farm to
Jay G. Hall of Unloatown, Wash,
for $2000.
Lodge No. 199, I. O. O. F., and
Rebekahs will have Joint Installation
January 8.
Mrs. Walter Applegate and chil
dren were visiUjig W. 13. Applegate
Sunday.
Attention, Woodmen'
All members cf Eagle camp, No.
10497, are requested to attend camp
Thursday night, January 6. The new
offtcers will be installed.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Is a
very valuable medicine for throat
and lung trouble?, quickly relieves
and cures painful breathing and a
dangerosiy sounding cough which
indicates congested lungs. Sold by
all dealers.
Japalac, varnish stains, Unseed oil
at Burnaugh ft Mayfleld's.
New Suits Filed.
Dec. 30. Have Kernan vs. Geo.
A. Perry, Alt B. Perry, E. N. Mid
dlebrook and Effla Mlddlebrook.
Doc. 31. Herbert Knox ft Co. vs.
Martin L. Lars en.
Orders In Probata.
Estate of Jos, Miller. Order con
firming sale of teat estate by John
McDonald, Admr.
A. A. Greer appointed guardian of
his inole, Hiram Q. Clark, an in
sane person; bond $500.
Dond of E. Moore, Guardian of Goo.
Moore et al. on sale of real prop
erty. Is approved.
In eitate. of Shelby " Edward Jen
nings et al, minors; Order setting
aside real estate sale.
E. B. Morgan, W. Hardin and Wm.
Halsey appointed appraisers of ths
estate of Jobs H, Halsey.
Read the advertisements. .
Explosion of Pipes
Blows Stove to Atoms
Mrs. N. J. Falconer Hat Narrow
Escape From 8rlous Injury
By Flying Particles.
Am explosion of the water pipes
it the Falconer home Monday morn
ing caused the complete destruc
tion of the cookstove, and Mrs. N. J.
alconer had a very narrow escape
'rom serious Injury. The water pipes
in the stove had frozen during the
light and Monday morning when
they began to thaw the steam and
expansion caused them to burst.
Parts of the '.ove were blown six
or eight feet through the side of
ai wall. Mrs. -Falconer was struck
by flying particles, and Ib now at
tihe home of her son Ross recuperat
ing from the bruises which fortun
ately were not serious.
OUT OF THE GINGER JAR.
(From January Farm Journal.)
If you want to borrow trouble go to
a money lender.
The farm Is a sort of clock which
reflects the time of year.
The 'corn was simply shocked by
the cutting manner of the farmer.
It Is better to bo an honest man
In one language than a liar In five.
Truth crushed to earth will rl
again, but it Isn't that way with an
egg.
The horse has no need of money.
for he is never ,wllhout fore-quarters.
If people only eald what they
thought there wouldn't be o much
talking.
Dom't forget that when ilt comes
to raising things the yeast cake in
not a bad second.
The soap-bubble b a very pretty
thing till It burwts; and that is true
of all our bubblei
One does not need a perfect knowl
edge of grammar to apeak good and
true words all the time.
"Tom went West to make his for
tune. Did he make a hit?" Yes,
he la hitting stones with a sledge
on a new turnpike."
Good-by,
House-fly;
Health boards cry
You must die.
You carry germs
Upon your feet,
And drop them In
The things we eat;
Deposit microbes
On our plates.
And scatter then
On shiny pates.
Hurtful atoms
You dispose
Upon Wopsy
Popsy's noae.
Good-by,
House-fly ;
There's reason why
You must die.
Many a- young man has become en
gaged without knowing exactiy how
It. happened. And yet they tell us
that women do not understand di
plomacy. What Did He Wsntf
A commuter hurried Into a hardware
store on his way to the train one frosty
nlgb'L "Here," be called to tbe clerk,
"I've only got a minute. 1 want to get
a porn copper." '
"A what V" asked the clerk.
"A porp conuer."
"II u. ba!" laughed the clerk. "1 guess
you menu a cod porper, don't you?"
"No, I dou't. I niran a pon corper,
you chuck leheiid. But I can't get It
now because my train ts due." -
"Silly ass," murmured the clerk after
he bad gone, "couldn't say pop corn
er!" Metropolitan Magazine.
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NORTHWEST FIR
SPUENDID SPECIMENS SENT TO
WASHINGTON FOR FINISH
ING PURPOSES. ,
Portland, Jan. 4. Splendid ex
amples of fir finishing, said to ba
the mowt elaborate ever sent from
the Northwest, will be shipped this
week to Washington, D. C, where
they .will enter Into the new build
ing being ereo'ed by the Ihircau it
American Republics, under the di
rection of John Barrett. The wood
will be used In the reception room
of the new building, which will b
completely finished in (Ir, Thin will
result in a big advertisement for
this wood as fLntihlngi material.
This wood ha been prepared
for shipment eait and goee ae a
gift from the Oiesouv ft Washington
Lumber Manufacturers' association.
The tthiahlng consists of panels,
scrolls, medallions, dejk and brack
ets of the most elaborate hand-carved
design. The grain of the wood
Is shown' to splendid advantage and
Is stained with an, oak finish.
One big fruit growers' union for
the entire Rogua River ' Valley dis
trict Is planned by orchjurdoits of
southern Oregon. A movement U
under way for merging the Modford,
Ashland and Grant Pas fruit grow
ers unions Into one organization
and it is proposed to giiva over to
this body the packing and shipping
of all fruit grown In the valley and
also the buying of packing, spray
ing and other orchard materia. di
rect from the factory In carload lots.
The formation of such an orgMilja
tion will Insure the uniformity of
the pack and maintain' the high repu
tation of Rogue Riiver fruit, : The
proposed union it to bo incorporated
and its affairs will be handled by
a board of directors and a manager.
Preparations are being made for
the annual convention of the North
west Retail Harnessmakers associ
ation of the Northwest, which will
be held in Portland' January 10 and
11. The sessions will be bold in
the auditorium of the' Portland Com
mercial club, and delegates will be
In attendance from the states of
Oregon, Washington and Idaho.
About 200 harness men from the
three states are expected. The Wg
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Our Bakery
Ran Night
and Day
To Supply tn '
Holiday Demanu
That spe&Ks louder
than words of the
Quality of the Goods
Newest and Freshest
Groceries
Everything of the best
for the table (includ
ing Dishes ) t s
found at
Riley
AND
Riley's
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