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About Wallowa County chieftain. (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911 | View Entire Issue (May 26, 1910)
WHY NOT PENNANT FOR THE LEAGUE FOUR CITIES OF LA GRANDE, ELGIN, ENTERPRISE AND JO SEPH COULD RAISE IT. What is uppermost now In the mi ode of baseball fans is the question, "wtfy not ' pennant for the Four-Team League?" And why not? The four citie3 represented In the league ceuld by popular subscription get a pennant, or get money enough for one, in two hours and then some If necessary. La Grande, El gin, Enterprise and Joseph could se cure a flag that would delight the heart of every city patriot it his team won It, and a flag that would be worth the effort and worth pre serving. It would lend all the more enthusiasm to the playing of the national game in the two counties here. It would give . a reward, a legitimate reward and gTeatly elim inate any of the petty ""side bet ting" that is sometimes made over a cVsan, national sport. And it would advance the spirit of every player In the league. This mat ter is a smalt one, bo far as expense be concerned, and the whole cost would be divided between the sub scription of four cities, so that a very little from each Individual res blent of those cities would be ample . to defray the expense. Why not do it now? Sheriff Marvin Is Seriously Injured Breaking of Singletree Bolt Fright ens Horses Into Run away. Sheriff Marvin was seriously bruised in. a runaway Wednesday on his way to the Imnaha district, near the ranch of Mr. Makin.. He is now confined to bis bed, but mar velously escaped any broken bones and internal injuries. The sheriff went out to serve pa pers, and took his son Roland with him. The lalter is 15 years of age. When a short distance out, a bolt holding one of the singletrees broke, letting the singletree down upon the hc- of one of the horses. This frightened the animal' which lunged forward Instantly, drawing the neck yoke ayay from the tongue of the vehlcl.e The tongue ran into the ground. The plucky sheriff held to the lines, but was Jerked over the dashboard, never touching it, and led forward 'o the ground, strik jjr on his head, shoulders ' and neck. He was knocked insensible by the impact of his fa'.l. Kis son Roland was not injured in the least, and i sprang from the wagon when the sheriff struck and the horses got a,way. He rolled hiB father upon a blanket and ran for assistance. Some men working the road some distance ' ahead stopped the runaway team, I very much alive. The happy, laugh and being near the home of Mr. ing young ladies and gentlemen left Makin, the latter got out his auto the train here for a few jninntes to immediately and rushed the hseriff give their class cries and to do some home. i timely boosting for Lostine schools' It was at first feared that the ! and for Lostine as a city. They officer had suffered serious if not 'fatal internal injuries, but happily this proved not the case, and though I m REE, lv ALk, (HURC)(5UPPERS vifH purchases or s FO SACS IY s c M We Have the Exclusive Agency in Enterprise W. J. FUNK CO. IIII1UIZZU he was inse.is"b for some .five j minutes or more, he miraculously escaped with nothing woir than bad , bruises as stated. His maay friends , throughout the county mill sympa thize with him and wish him a speedy recovery. I ' Another Runaway. Another runaway that might have proved fatal occurred on Main street Thursday afternoon. AI. Thompson was driving a four-horse team when some of the animals started to run. He tried to get into the heavy wag on, to get hold of the reins, when the hind wheel of the wagon caught and ran over his left foot, bruising it terribly but not breaking any bones. Mr. Thompson is about, though on crutches. Milk Wagon Accident. Dalrymaa W. W. Zurcher also last week met with an accident which damaged his dairy delivery wagon. As he was driving along the king pin, according to report, . In some manner lifted out of the bolster, let ting the' wagon down to the ground with a thump. Strange to say, not a bottle was broken, and the loss was only to the vehicle itself. Lostine Wins Over Joseph in Debate Thia Gives the Former the Cham pir.ship'of Wallowa County. Lostine won the championship of Wallqwa county in the last high school debate at Joseph, Tuesday, May 1". Winning this meet from Joseph places Lostine H'sh ahead to receive the applause of every other high school in he coanty, though the latter met defeat. V was an ably conducted debato throughout, the argument presented by the sister city Lostine being de termined stronger than that of her competitors, and the little clty'6 high school team being the victors easily. The Debaters. The victors who won for Lostine the honors accorded were as' fol lows: Miss Grace McCubbin, Mr. Frances Wier and Mr. Fred Reed. The' Joseph tT'.o of debaters was is follows: Miss Ora Cole, Mr. Merritt Cole and Miss Louise Doug las, The question debated Tuesday aight was, "Resolved, That United States senators should be elected by the popular vote." Lostine had the affirmative. The Judges. Although Superintendent of Schools Conley demurred and .would have' preferred not serving as a judge of the concluding debate, the school teachers represented insisted that he do so, and he agreeably consent ed. The other two judge were, Mr. Bailey of Elgin and E. E. Bragg, superintendent of the Union, coun ty schools, Victors are Happy. Lostine was strongly represented in the attendance at Joseph, and both debaters and enthusiasts, on passing through Enterprise Wednes day morning took occasion to demon strate that the "Lostine Hign" was were applauded by the hearers, and again boarded the train1 home bound, delighted with the entire rip. Mrs. 5 Housewife: We do not have to enlarge on the merits of Sanborn's Teas and Coffees S for you know all about their su perior qualities. pmMHUMIHKMSIMI $75 TO THE TON GOLD SILVER AND COPPER Comet Property Shows Good Prorpect of a Producer. ENTERPRISE-JOSEPH MINERAL DISTRICT Doubtless Will Prove one of Great Value to the County With Suffi cient WorK. It is usual for a so-called "min ing camp paper'.' torelate with bold, black headlines" and continuously big puffs" about the mineral of its locality. Such a paper, anywnere, the very natute of its subject mat ter can tell the truth, the wnoie truth, and then some. Sometimes n tells the truth and then some, be cause one authority is as good as another, when it cornea to seeing jOO feet through rock into tne groum Such a paper can make the statemerC plausible that a given ledge runs ana expands as tt runs, 1000 feet down; aad it can not be proven, wrong. This paper is not a mining camp paper, to begin with. It would not consciously misrepresent a solitary Jetall of its county's mineral possi bilities, 1 it were. When therefore, .t seeks to give, as in this article, an account of the mineral lying in L.h nearby hills, it seeks to give noth ing but what is known, to be observ iD.e, concrete mineral fact. It does not seek to mislead a single eastern jor home investor, nor to predict more for the mineral future than -he present minaial facts justify. .ig In Developing. All mineral properties experience i long dev loping period. Alt mineral belts or localities have to go through a generation of prospecting, before le development is sufficient to war rant the investment " of big capital. But all real mineral belts are devel oped, sooner or later, simply because ii capital must have avenues for in eatment, and because the world must have mineral. Tnat plain. Taking the Calumet and Hecla oiiue, of Calumet, Mich., as an ex ample, the prospector of that copper district prospected and developed "rospects for years, before, capital ' .Id be Interested Capital laugh . at the prosper for about a rem ration. Capital t the pros-Pi.-, jr :La the '.auer had no min imal thero I ut the prospector nursed liis convxtiou deep in his troubled soul, and worked away. The deep er into the ground he went the more evWence he found with which to con vince capital. TJntil finally, after Ui weary years had dragged out Ihcir length, and the weary prospec to had dragged out the greater part cf his life, capital, was "sito(wn." TcOay the Calumet mine is about a mile into the ground, with about four or five miles of underground workings. Native copper is found in such boulders that it can not be b.'asted, but is cut out. And no one today denies that there is copper in that district. Wallowa Has Mineral. Wallowa county, and especially the Joseph and Enterprise district, has mineral. We kno.w that it has good mineral, and anybody can know i'., simply because good mineral is tiiken out of the ground, and may be sfeeu. One group, the 'Comet" hold ings has some of the finest sam ples of gold, silver and copper ore to be found in eastern Oregon. The contact Ilea between granite and lime. The samples assayed at practically the surface, give $70 in gold to the ton, $3 in silver and $2 in copper. The silver occurs in many places in the ore in "ruby" and pre sents a beautiful picture. The full values in copper have not been- de termined, in that the deeper thei con tact runs the better the copper ap pears to grow. Ledge Nine Fit, The ledge in the "Comet" runs nine feed wUe with an ore shoot of 44 inches. At the very surface, before more than a "face" of the ledge was exposed, the gold values ran o?65 to the ton. The mineral ized eone of rock, so far as surface indications show, runs or appears to run the practical length of the hill, giving volume to what . doubtless will prove a producer with develop ment. All that the mineral In the Enter prise and Joseph district needs to more prospecting. It matters noth ing at all that more or less surface scratching has been- carried on for 20 years or more. The district needs that development work which practi cally all mineral belts have passed through before a single producer was found. With such development work done here; ,wlth prospectors scouring the hills, sticking to one ledge, boring forever down upon It and followtnj it Into the ground with a few years ' of this sort of work capital U get Interested If anything Is found sufficient to in terest it. Millions, of money are waiting for good Investments, min sral and otherwise. What is up to the prospector of Wallowa county is, to "show" capital that we have the mineral. That the mineral Is here this pa per entertains no doubt at all. But that the procspectors will de velop it by hard sacrifice, continu ous labor, and firm conviction that time will call forth a producer here this Is up to Wallowa county td perform. Official Proceedings Of the County Court (Continued from Last Week.) Second Judicial Day, Court met pursuant to adjourn ment, when were present as on yes terday. In the matter of allowing miscel laneous bills, against the county: Now at this time the matter of allowing the miscellaneous bills against the county came on for consideration and the said bills having been submitted to the court and the court having passed upon and audited each of said bills sep arately as appears from the sig natures of the court thereon: It is therefore considered and or dered by the court that the said bills be ' allowed and warrants is sued by the county cJerk In pay ment of the same as allowed in classes and amounts, as follows: High School Fund. To whom Issued. For what.'- Am't. D. L. McAdams, janitor .work $ 23 00 II. K. Shirk, salary principal. 123 00 Gene V-Hall, salary assistant principal 100 00 Mrs. A. E. Ivanhoe, Balary teacher 90 00 Miss May Both well, salary teacher 90 00 O. S. Hulse. work on school grounds 50 00 H K. Shirk, salary principal .125 00 Gene W. Hall, salary assistant principal 100 00 Mrs. A. E. Ivanhoe, salary teacher 90 00 Miss May Bothwe'.l, salary teacher 90 00' D. L. McAdams, janitor work 25 00 William Pearson, work on school grounds 54 00 0. S. Hulse, work on school . grounds " 36 15 S. D. Keltner, hardware bill 5 20 W. J. Punk & Co., mdse 1 50 Nate Ardrey, tuning high school piano 6 0J Nate Ardrey, tuning high school piano 5 00 S. K. Clark, repaira at high school 9 00 H. K. Shirk, school supplies. . 9 30 Shaw & Borden. Co, pencil suarpners E 00 H. K. Shirk, salary principal. 125 00 Gene W. Hall, salary assistant principal 100 00 Mrs. A. E. Ivanhoe, salary teacher 90 00 Miss May Bothwell, salary teacher 90 00 D. L. McAdams, Jan'tor work 25 00 H. K. Shirk, school supplies.. 3 70 Road Fund, , J. B. Williamson, road fund 38 75 Thos. McCarty, road fund.. 98 75 John Huber, road fund 27 84 William Pearson, road fund.. 78 00 O. 8. Hulse, road fund .... 78 00 Sturm Osborn, road fund .. 78 92 H. E. Merryman, surveyor .. 15 00 H. C. Cramer, viewer .... 12 00 Joner Trump, viewer 16 00 Harvey Purdy, chainmaa .. 2 00 T. K. Edgmand, marker .... 2 00 H. E. Merryman, surveyor.. 40 00 H. C. Cramer, viewer 32 00 Joner Trump, viewer 44 00 R B. Bowman, road work .. 2 00 8. W. Lilly, chalnroan 12 00 A. W. Lilly, chalnman 12 00 Tom Magnesa, marker .... 12 00 John Graham, a'-iraii .... 12 00 Joho McKenzle, axeman .... 12 00 John Williamson, salary road supervisor 35 00 Win, Newby, road fund .... 57 50 H. E, Merryman, surveyor .. 10 00 11. C. Cramer, viewer 8 00 Joner Trump, viewer 12 00 C. E. Ken worthy, chalnman.. 4 00 V. O, Ownbey, chainman .. 4 00 G. A. Boner, "marker 4 00 J. P. Legora, axeman ...... 2 00 E. F. Sargeant, salary road supervisor 30 00 S. D. Keltner, hardware 40 W. J, Ham mack, road fund.. 18 68 G. H. Lathrope, road work .. 60 00 S. C. Hlmelwrlght, road) work 35 00 lee Bros., road grader . i.... 18 00 roulson Prater, repairs .. 6 "5 Joe demons, roaJ supervisor 38 75 W. J. IlamnKU-k, salary road supervisor 88 23 R. W. Colpltta. lumber 12 82 E, A. Bishop, lumber 64 88 Scalp Bounty. S. P. Williams 1 60 P. Winner 4 60 J. H. Foster II 00 P. A. Foster 3 50 Ernest Wright 3 00 Jries nioodswoith 1 60 Roy Nevlus 1 60 James Allen Thos. Morgan U. A. Shlnn 1 50 1 50 2 00 H. W. Dale 6 00 i H. Knapper 1 60 L. D. Roberts 1 60 L. O. Ward 1 50 Wm. Cook 2 00 Ger Richards .... 1 60 X. A. W Inlngs 1 50 T. J. Orr 1 50 T. Brandon 1 60 E. R. Bowlby 3 00 Samuel Shuefeit. Elmer Shuefeit T. Monroe S T. Taggelt Hugh Vatic 1 1 T. F. JiK'ob t. N. Doak J. P. Averlll , Frank H. Pierce J. H. Cook , C. M, McFetrldge , R. F. Smith Pat Loftus J. B. R-ei , W. M. Curry ' , Wm. Blaln , 12 60 16 60 4 60 1 60 2 00 3 00 3 00 1 50 64 00 1 60 9 00 48 00 1 60 3 00 3 00 6 50 P. E, Knapp 1 50 J. J. Jacob 1 60 (Continued on last page.) TEACHERS' INSTITUTE; ' AT FLORA, MAY 28TH The program for the teachers In stitute to be held at Flora, May 28, is as ioi lows: Music. Song. Citizenship J. W. Kerns Literature A. H. Holmes Song. History ...M. H. Tucker O.wn subject George Paddock Language in the Lower Grades Prudence Eddleman Noon. Music, - Sons. The School and the Community, A. II. Yoder The Teacher Outside G. W. Hall Own subject Nettie Brock Music. Arithmetic A G. Smith Importance of the Study of Bi ography Supt. Conley Music. W do first -class job work. WHITE FRONT Livery, Feed and Sale Stable R. I.. DAY, Proprietor Good Rigs Fair Treatment Special Attention to Commercial Trade Rates for Regular Boarders Bus to and From Trains Best of Help Employed Home Phone I Open Day and Night. One 293 acres Alder Slope, $23,000.00 80 acres Alder Slope, $ 8,000.00 160 acres hill land, about six miles out, $2,000.00 320 acres, 12 miles out, $3,200.00 City Lot, $100 to $300 ResIdencB Property, $6BO to $3,000 Fire Insurance Surety Bond Live Stock Insurance W. E. TAGGART, ENTERPRISE, : : HCarifiii Banking Insurit Ihi Saftty of Dtposlts." Depositor Have That Guarantee at WALLOWA NATIONAL BANK OF ENTERPRISE. OREGON CAPITAL r)0,000 SURPLUH .'50.000 Wc Do a General Banking Business. Exchange Bought and Sold on AH Principal Cities. Geo. W. Hyatt, Prenliient Geo. B. Craig, Vice President Geo .8. Cbaio i. H. Dobbin MAY MAKE A BIG MI JEM. HERE DONNELLY SHOWING BUYERS FROM COEUR D'ALENE SIL VER PROPERTY Alec. Donnelly, holding one of the be.it silver properties lit alt the weal, will probably make a transfer of a coimlderablo share of the holding this v.-eek. Messrs. Maybray, Hosier and Eves from the Coeur D'Alene district are on the ground, and Don nelly has called oft all stock sales. This looks good to Enterprise. It appears to moan, that the deal is practh'ally settled, and that expert enood wn of sufficient capital will take hokl of what Is undoubtedly one of the buut silver properties In all the west. According to report, the Ve.lpe will run nearly 100 feet wide with an ore shoot varying from two to nine feet. This ore shoot, again according to report, carries silver to tlu extent of 12H) ounces to the ton, making a value of $Kt)0 o the ton, figuring sllVer at 50 cents. This deal merely shows what will eventually be done in the Enter-prlse-Joaoph-Lostlne mineral district, While It takes time to develop ml eral, having tli mineral la the pri mary essential, and Enterprise" has the mineral. The W. C. T. U. at thla place held Its first union quarterly temperance meeting at the Presbyterian church Sunday, May 15, at which time an Interesting program wn rendered, conslslug of temperance songs, reci tations and addresses. It la the In tention on the part of the W. C. T. U. to hold these quarterly union meetings regularly and, also to take up regular depprtmental work In the society, such as Mothers' Meetings, Medal Content work, and Sunday School Temperance work the latter to affiliate with the different Sun day schools of the town in their study and teaching of the temper ance lessons. The W. C. T. U. wilt hold tt regular meetlnga during the summer every two weeks at the Methodist church. The next meeting will oc cur Friday afternoon, June 3. The many acquaintances' of Edwin. Holmes, sou of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Holmes of Wallowa, wdll be pleasant ly surprised to hear of his matri monial union wilii Miss Florence Hoi lister of Portland, May 17. The ceremony was performed du the First Presbyterian church of that city, and the happy pair with. Mr. Holme' parent, returned to Wallowa Wed nesday. Horses Bought and Sold Block North of Hotel Enterprise The Pioneer Real Estate Man. : : OREGON W. R. Holmes, Cashier Frank A. Reavla, Awt. Cashier directors Geo. w. Hyatt Mattih a. Holmes W, R. Holmes
