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About Wallowa County chieftain. (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 24, 1910)
iiilliil ilieltosi TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR. NO. 27. ENTERPRISE, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1910. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPEH !: J MONEY TO LOAN Slate Funds loaned, 6 per cent. John P. Rusk. -AtLy. State Land B'd. Joseph Farm loans at 7 Vi percent. Call or write First Bank of Joseph. 58bt? WANTED. Lumber. Anyone -Saving lumber of any grade In any amount for sale, or who has timber he Intends to saw , soon, and wlnhes to contract the lum ber, call on or address W. F. Rankin at Haney planer in Enterprise, Agent for W. R. Klvette. . 2(ib4 ' H ELP VVANTEd! Wanted DistilKt Managers, agents and solicitors for new Whole Life and Ten Year 6 per cent Debenture Bond, also best natural death and disability policy. No classification for occupation, rac.' or box. Good pay.. Mr Meek, 1041 Drexel BlUg., Philadelphia, Pa. 8ibl Lost; Btween Enlerprlae v.id Jordan fnrm, a bundle of dry goods, con sisting of calico, factory and yarn. Fliwor please leave at oiifico of Jor dan & Pt.ce, and oblige. !)bl PUBLIC SALES. The , Mussrave sale at th Red Front barn Saturday attracted a big crowd and most of the articles brought goad prl.-e. The sale tot aled about J1E0O, and In addition sdx head of . horses were sold for other parties by. S. F. Tace, the auctioneer., Mr. Musgrave Is' going to south era Idaho to tal:e up an Irrigated traot. 'Mr. Pace cried a sale for P. O. Townsend on the W. H. Robins ranch,, TueaJay. ' Marriage Licenses. Feb. 19 Raymond Rutledge, 23, la borer, Joseph; Anna Roup, 20, Jo seph!. Strained Honey 12c a pound a Funk's. fminiEnniiiiuinnii CLOTHES THAT ARE STYLE M M m n l 'Wm Mr. v .m I til ' y t f e .5 ' E - f 4 i'AU , i i - I 1 7 u g Clothes that fiUClothes that wear B, We carry them the celebrated Brandegee Kinkaid & g Co. kind. More sold here the wearers how they like in. Come- and see the elegant new line of - latest styles Enterprise Mercantile & Milling Company KEXaSaaaMIBEZSBBUSBEH HOW TOWNS If . SECURE PAY ROLLS PLAN SUGGESTED TO INDUCE FACTORIES TO LOCATE AP PLICABLE HERE. Governor Benson ,was the guest Of honor ut the p.onual banquet of the La Grande Commercial club the night of Fobruary 15. A number of notable addresses were made, among them one by W. L. Miller, that U do npiopoa to other communities be sides La Grande that ,w give space to tUa following description of the "plan" from the Star: "The subject handled) by Mr. Mil ler so skillfully Tuesday night was the guarantee fund of $100,000. He argued then and still insists that by levying, say five per cent at a man's taxable property, payable when he ds called upon for certain purposes would not be felt by liny one. "He proposes that If a man's prop erty Is assessed at $20,000, for in stance, to glive his- note for 5 per cent, or $1,000 without interest, no part to be payable until some fac tory Is built and put into opera tion, like a woolen mill, a wool scouring plant, gas plant, an electric light plant or any other bona fide factory that woald utilize the raw materials which may be produced in Union county, "His plan go2s a step or two fur ther. He says insert one or two ad vertisements In the leading Journals of New York or Chicago, for in stance, that there is available Iru Ua Grande a guarautse fund of $100,000 any portion of which could be do nated to any factory that would es tablish itself in La Grande. The , La urande Commercial, club has a publicity fund of $5,000 a year, out tHaasnssaaanvMSBHaisn B COPYRIGHT. 1908, BY BRANDEGEE KINCAJD &Ca than , any other kind ask them. Spring stock coming ii I BSC3KEXBABBB21HEBBaEESaaaa of which it would b a very simple matter to pay for these advertise ments in the eastern papers. "Probably 1,000 or more replies would be received from such an ad. The committee appointed for the especial purpose of handling this fund, could easily select from this mess of letters such as may look bona fide. Invite the writers out here to Investigate for thoineelveo and If they propose to erect say a $20,000 factory, put m the machin ery and put it in operation, give them a check for $10,000 as a) bonus. It Is a matter of history that the sugar factory cost the people of La Grande $80,000 and also it is a mat ter of history, that one ot the do natora to that fund got hls money back five times over before the beets were harvested, and he put up the sum of $600. Much the eame crowd of people in La Grande, paid $8,000 bonus for the establishment of the big Palmer (Continued on last page.) Youth Bound Over On Forgery Charge Passes Bogus Check For $128.50 on R. S. & Z. Captured Four Hours Later. Walter Nelson of Union, a nine teen year old boy who has been working om ranches in this county for a year past, was bound over to the circuit court, Monday, by Jus tice A. & Smith, in the; sum of $1000 on a charge of torgery. The evidence at the examination was that Nelson i uttered' a forged check for $128.50, purporting to be signed by W. C. Dorramce, drawn jn .the First Pank of Joseph in fa vor of J. T. Jones. The check was first presented by Nelson to the Wallowa National bank in this city, Saturday afternoon, but Cashier W. R. Holmes refused payment, at he believdd the signature not genuine. Nelson then weal to the R. S. & Z. store and bought $43.25 worth of clothing, shoesr, etc., and gavo the check In payment, receiving as change $50.25 cash and the R. S. & Z.'s check for $35. Mr. Steel found out the suspicious natuie ct thp check when a litUo later he took the store deposit over to the bank and a phone message to the Dorrance some confirmed the forg ery. Nelson had endorsed the check io the R. S. & Z. la the name ot J. T. Jones. Mr. Steel aid Marshal Hug went -o Joseph on the delayed train and captured the man there All the lothlng, the $35 check and (39.55 of the money were recovered. Nelson is In jail in default of bondsmen. Cold Winter Does Not Stop Building Several Residences Started and Com pleted In Spite of Unfavorable Weather. No residence sections of the town are Improving so fast as Alder View, in the southwest and! Boyd's subdivision in the west. The for mer especially ia being rapidly built up with a fine class ot house pretty cottages and large fine res idences. Building has gone on dur ing even the cold weather of this inprecedented winter. A number of houses are planned and only wait the coming of spring and the seouring of building ma terial to begin the work of construc tion.' . Among the cottages Recen tly com pleted in Alder View , are Wo, Dats ley'e pretty home on Depot street and Martin Larsen' on Montclair avenue. . . . ,-4 : The class of houses in Boyd's sub-division have not been- so pre tentious heretorore, but several are planned to be built this spring-that wlU Compare favorably with those In any "part of he city. The city water mains are In this subdivision, thus insuring , good .lawns ..and gar dens.. This removes the only draw back to that section and it will now oecoaie a very popular residence section. , , ; ,v ; Mr. Daniel Eoyd's ' faith in the growdi of Enterprise, based' on the broad lines of the development and -ivowth of the whole county, is be ing Justified In the rapid sale of hie lots in. both Alder View and the sub-division, and the fine Improve ments being made thereon. , ' '" ' SCALE OF POINTS . FOR JERSEY COWS HOW TO TELL BEST MILK PRO DUCERSPURE BRECS OF ALL COLORS. The rapid increase In dairy herds in this county, especially of Jersey herds, makes this article from the Pacific Rural Spirit of general in terest: Correspondent Answered. Scale of point? Young Breeder, T,wln Falls, Idaho: Will you kindly publish the scale of points for Jer sey cattle la your valuable paper? Are spotted Jerseys thoroughbred? Reply Jerseys are of varying col or from fawn to almost black. Fash ion has In the past prejudiced the public against spotted, or broken colors but they may be Just as pure In blood and many of the best pro ducers of the breed are broken colored cows. This pejudice ta, we are glad to say, passing away? The term Thoroughbred applies only to the English race horse. Pure bred or full blood are the proper terms to use to diS'tlgnuIsh from grades or scrubs. 8cal of Points for Jersey Cows. Head, 7 Counts. A iMedlum she. lean; face dish ed; broad between eyes and narrow between horns 4 B Eyes full and placid; horn small to medium, .incurving; muzzle broad, with muscular lips; strong under Jaw 3 Neck, 5 Thta, rather long, with clean throat, thin at withers 5 Body, S3 A Lung capacity, as Indicated' by depth and breadth through! body, Jurt.back of fore legs.. 6 B Wedge shaped wltE tteep, large paunch; legs proportion ate to &ize and of Cine quality 10 C Back straight to hip-bones.. 2 D Rump long to tall-setting and level from hip-bones to rump bones 8 E Hip-tones high, and wide apart; loins broad, strong.... 5 F Thighs flat and well dut out 3 Tail, 2 Thin, long, with good switch, not coarse at setting-on 2 Udder, 28 A Large she and not fleshy.. 6 B Broad, level or spherical not deeply cut between teats. ... 4 C Fore udder full and wH rounded, running well forward of front tea 10 Rear udder well rounded, and well out and up behind! .. 8 Teats, 8 (V good and uniform length and size, regularly and squarely placed 8 Milk Veins, 4 Large, tortuous and elastic 4 Size, 3 Mature cows, 800 to 1,000 lbs.. 3 General Appearance, 10 A symmetrical balancing of all the parts, and a proportion of parts to each other, depend ing on size of animal, with the general appearance of a hdgh claas animal, with capacity for food and productiveness . at pall 10 100 JAIL CAGE BOUGHT BY COUNTY COURT The county court has ordered from the Pauly Jail company one large steel cage for the new jail. Abstracts Loans Insurance Reliable Abstracts of title furnished on short notice. , All Kinds of money to loan on farm property, from one to five years; large or small amounts ' Fire Insurance written in companies that pay all losses in full. WALLOWA LAW, LAND ABSTRACT CO. ENTERPRISE, OREGON C H. L0CHW00D, Halted States Commissioner It wUl bold 16 prisoner, has four cells, with (four bunks la each celL and an exercise corridor wlthlnt the rage. I la absolutely tool proof. The price Is $3900, which amount includes rivets, etc, necessary for the setting up of the cage now in the old Jail, in one of the ne,w Jail rowns. All the members of the court were at La Grande Friday and Saturday inspecting a cage similar to the one ordered and are satisfied it is all that Is claimed (for It. Business Change, m Wallowa, B. B. Boyd of this city nd L. Couch df Wallowa have bought a half interest in the Eastern Ore go a Mercantile company, one of the largest and most popular stores at Wallowa. Wm. Sherod and Messrs. Sherman and McClaren owned the store, and the latter two are sell ing their interest. C. H. Zurcher of this city is in Wallowa helping to invoice the stock. News From Arko and Lost Prairie New School House In District 70 Nearly Computed Feoy Scarce. Arko, "Feb. 14 Mr. andi Mrs. L. C. Nlcoson have moved to their new home, fat they purchased of Wm. .Moore a few month ago. Harry Redmond, Claude Cole, Clara and Grace Bermer spent Sun day with Miss Renf row's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Renfrojw. Mrs. Effie Skagge spent Thursday at the home Jf Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Nlcoson. Jess Williams has leased' the Troy Hotel and 1b erecting a livery barn at the same place. Several' of the young folk of this vlclnlity attended the dance at Flora Friday night. The literary is progressing finely. On account of the loag winter feed is getting very scarce in the north' end. Claude Hues-ton was up Ifrom the river, Friday. Mrs. O. H,. LsbUe,-wlHrlia-ee. sick for the past five weeks, is somewhat Improved. Grandma Martin, who has been staying with her daughter, Mrs. W. H. Nico3on, returned home Sunday.' Jay Covey and children visited Sunday with Harper Gowoy and family.- W. B. Holloway and family vis ited Sunday with Mr. and Mr. J. D. Wakefield. Mr si Ida Edwards And two daugh ters are staying at the home of W. H. Nlcoson. The new school house in. Dis trict No. 70 Is nearly completed) and school will start about March 1. It is reported there will be a dance at Troy Feb. 18, also one at Mud Creek the same night. Will Wakefield, WUl Tourthman and Carl Eruntney were over from M.ud Creek laet weekt W. B. Hollow ay and Fred EotU have been sawing wood the past week for Harper Gowey. . 40 Acres Sell For $3825, At the guardian' sale ot 40 acres of the Baslm farm on Alder Slope, held Saturday, there was some live ly bidding by adjacent property own ers. Jonathan- Haa wo th pur chaser, paying $3825 for th 40 acres. It adjoins hi farm. Orders In Probata Estate of R. James Beard: Admin istrator given final discharge. Estate of Peter Fordaeyl Order of sale of personal property.' LecKwood ft Bilyea, - Managers SHOW BLOCKADE TUESDAY TRAINS THROUGH ON BRANCH AFTER; BEING STORMBOUND THREE DAYS. Th train blockade on the branch that prevailed since 8unday, caused by sivqw slide la the Galloway cut a few miles below Elgin, was raised Tuesday, when a work train was brought through, a gang of shovel rs clearing the tracks of the drifts. This train reached Enterprise at 1 p. m. but brought no mall or passen gers. It returned to La Grande the same afternoon, carrying passengers, mall end baggage. The regular train Irft La Grande Tuesday at 12:45 p. m. and reached here about 10 o'clock Tues day evening, bringing three days mail And many passengers who had been storm bound there, . The outgoing train Sunday reached La Grande that evening niter a hard fight, but the inbound train only came as far as Elgin and re turned. It did this also Monday. The mala line Is clear though all trains are much delayed. Our Passenger Train I The latest rumor of a dally pass enger train on this branch, was laid to rest, Sunday, when the new time table went Into effect on the O. R & N. lines. The only change on the branch ,waa that hereafter the Sunday train will not handle freight, so the branch get a pass enger trainonce a week. (Continued on last page.) LARGE TAXPAYERS ON ROLL OF 1909 (Continued from loat week.) Following are th names and amount of those who are assessed cm the' 1909 tax roll for ,3,000 or over: L. J. Jordan...... 12760 L. Johnson 16720 Jos. Merc. Co. 26000 Edith E. Jenuings, Guard 4080 Edith Jennings 3970 Mrs. 6. E. Johnso 6200 E, F. Johnson 15075 S. K. Johnson 5700 J. F. Johnson .... 21840 F. 3. Johnson 3685 Ben Johnson 4100 L. C. Johnson 21070 Jock Johnson 9025 Thos. Johnson 6915 C. E. Jennings Eat 691S S. D. Keltner .. 6625 J. B. Kooch 8465 (Coutinuei on pose three.) Carload of Outside Flour Best of the Best , (North Powder) Just Arrived- New StocK of Hats Carload of . Shingles X u q came Tuesday 1 ' ' Riley AND Riley's 1