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About Wallowa County chieftain. (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 25, 1910)
City and County Brief News Itms Oakes carriee a full Hne of Lowe Brothers' Paint. 108tf O. M. Corklns was a business vlfl iioi In. Wallowa Wednesday. Dr. W. C. Ketchum la visiting his parents at North Yakima. Victor Johnson went to La Grande Thursday to meet hU nephew. M. La r sen returned Thursday from several day business vlsdt In El gin. 'Jharles Carpenter, recently of Jo seph, Is .employed as cook at the Model cafe. Mrs. R. M. Fay returned Thurs day from a visit with her daughter, at Fletcher, Ida. Miss Mabel Wilson is camping with a party of Union friends et Catherine Creek. Misa Audrey Combes wemt to Hot Lake Thursday for a eojourn of a week or more. Miss Lottie Wallett of Albany ar rived Thursday for a visit with Mrs. Charles Giovanonnl. E. V. Haskell, recently of Corval 11a, U employed in the office of County Surveyor Merryman. Miss FraDkie Hermitage who had been visiting her sister, Airs. J. R. Halley, returned to her home In Union the first of the week. Mrs. M. W. GooJman returned home ' to Loatlne Thursday after several' dayo' vialt with Mrs. J. S. Wagner. Misses Pearl and Alma Edwards of Vale who are camping at the Lake, v kilted Mr. and Mrs. L eater Imbler 1 tre this week. Mrs. Ralph Pldcock went to La Grande Wednseday where her hus band had vne a weak previous. They wlli make their home in .that city. ! " prove it ' FOR. YOURSELF! C. Hundreds of people in this town are about ready to purchase a talking machine. ' isons! Remember that there are "talk ing machines " and "phonographs," but ' . only one Graphophone the COLUMBIA GRAPHOPHONE C. Be sure to get in touch with us before yyou buy. Complete .Graphophone out fits from $20 up. Come in and listen. Most people prefer to buy "on time' and tKat suits us. Terms are Easy! Miss Grace Steel, who ta type writing in the office or Smith & Walek'at Joseph, spent Wednesday evening with her parent la thle city. G. I. Ratcliff wnii hold a public auction at his furniture store Sat urday, August 27, beginning at 10:30 If you need furniture come and buy It at your own price. Mrs. A. G. Smith, in the list f teachers securing certificates at the 4 examinations last weak, should have bean credited wl'.h a primary certifi cate Instead of a second grade. I Tom and Ben. Morgan came home Thuru3ay from The Dalles where thay went to attend the funeral of a frlen d. Roy Taylor, who was killed by the upoetttog or a well drill. j Mrs. A. E. Ivan hoe has returned from her vacation spent In Portland and various other places, and is a gue3t of Mrs. J. S. Wagner untTT I the opening of the Wallowa County high school. Miss Anna Richards returned Tuesiday from several days camp ing at .'!inam, accompanied' by her friend. Mrs. L. F. Massee of La Grande, whose guest she had been. r. : :assce will also spend Sunday here. .'.:i3s Grace Wood has moved' her millinery a'.ore to Us former loca ' lou four doors east of 'the postof fice. Owing to her mother's 111- ! uess MIsa Wood was unable to go away to trim as she had Intended, but has engaged an expert trimmer from the wholesale house who will arrive shortly and a beautiful line of Fall millinery goods will soon be on display. OPENING OF SCHOOL. It Is officially announced that both the Enterprise public school and the Wallowa county high school will open Monday, September 6. . the daylight! Make compar- BURNAUGH . MAYFIELD, Agents, ENTERPRISE, OREGON. STREET TRAFFIC SQUADS DUE TO ONE MAN'S LAEOft. William Phelps Eno Credits With New York's Achievements. To William Phelps Eno Is owing the street traffic coutrol system which bus so often attracted the attention of vis itors to New York. But a few yrar since blocks and Jains In the busy tours were of daily occurren. e cn the principal streets of 'the city. It re quired not aloue minutes, but frequent ly hours to dlseutangle the musses of wagons, carts and carriages, even street cars, by the police and permit u resumption of traffic. One of the favorite "stuuts" of hu- ' niorous writers iu the newspapers was a description of the picturesque oaths, habits and skirmishes of the drivers and coachmen on these occasions. As far as pedestrians were concerned, it was frequently a life and death strug gle for them to pass from curb to curb, and It became a recognized duty of po licemen to act as escorts for women and children on the street crossings , Mr. Eno, a New Yorker by birth, of Independent means and a lover of horses, with personal experience of the dangers of the streets, was attract ed to the question of lmprovlug condi tions and eleven years ago began a systematic study of the problem. He visited London. Paris and other large cities, conferring with the police and other city officials, made diagrams and drawings and gradually evolved what he believed was a practical working system of traffic coutrol. Then he be gan a systematic educational campaign with the authorities of New York. Step by step he gradually won over to bis views the various officials having control of the streets. There being neither honor nor reward for either the Individual or commis sion, it was a long and thankless task. The natural inertia of officeholder who had nothing to gain by Improved metnoas. and the traditional habits and customs of the city departments had to be met and overcome. Many setbacks had to be met and indiffer ence overcome, but they were over come by patience and persistence, and today New York city street traffic is among the models upon which other cities are looking as examples for effi cient control. The city authorities of London and rnris, the latter city especially, have asked Mr. Eno's aid in solving their traffic problems, and he Is now in the latter city trying to help them bring order out of chaos, for the streets of Paris have always been of all cities the most congested and dangerous. THEODORE PER GROSSE, EH? Foreign Steamihip Companies May Capture American Names. At luncheon la New York a day or two ago some men of the "shipping world were discussing the subject of steamship nomenclature, and it was generally conceded that something must be done abroad to prevent new steamships from acquiring the names of prominent American characters, cit ies and politicians. ' ' With the Martha Washington, the George Washington, the President Grant, the President Lincoln, the United States, the Pennsylvania and the Chicago, all owned by foreign com panies, it was said that there was no limit to the American names that might be thrust upon the proposed steamships- of the various foreign lines running to this port. It was suggested that the Hamburg American line might call its new 45, 000 ton liner the Theodore der-Grosse: the next creation of the Red Star line might be the Hughesland; the White Star the Loeblc, the Canard the Taft onla, the Holland-America the Cannon dam, the French line the La Follette, the Scandinavian-American line the Hellig Harmon, the Italian line the Re di Gaynor, the Anchor line the Grlscomalla, and last, but not least, the American Hue If it ever builds a new steamship the Oyster Bay. Not For Himself. ' "It does me good to see a pompous man get bis." said a stockbroker "I have a friend who Just about believes the Lord created the earth In seven days for his especial benefit. He has a fine borne on Long IslHiid. with a retinae of servants, but bis wife in a seml-lnvalld. and It falls to the lot of Mr. Pompous to execute various com missions for her In the city. The other day she asked blm to stop at a cloth ing store and get a couple of white duck Jackets for the butler. I hap pened to be with blm when be entered the store. Striding majestically up to a sallow little salesman, be said, with much Impressive dignity: " 'I wish to pun-base a con pie of white waiter's coats.' " 'Yes. sir.' aald the little salesman What slae do you wearf "Mr. Pompous got red' In the face spluttered and gurgled, and then as U fearing to trust himself lo speech torn ed on bis beel aud strode from the place. He left me at the next come and has avoided me ever since.'' New York Sun. A Celebrated Goat. On April 28. 1772. there died at Mile End a celebrated gout. She bad been twice round the world, somewhat of a feat in those Uu.vs, once on the discov ery ship Dolphin. .under Captain Wal 11s, and once on the Endeavor, under Captain Cook. She was admitted to the privileges of an in pensioner of Greenwich hospital by warrant of the lords of the admiralty, but before she could avail herself of the honor she died. Dr. Johnson wrote a couplet which the distinguished animal for some time wore round ber neck. Lon don Opinion.: ' 00 O II Ellis QOO AFTEIt tlghteen years of toil and effort, battling with disapioiut , mem, lethargy aud indiffereui-e, of surniouutlng the insurmount able and uow an.l again snatching lack the project from the very Jans of defeat, the greatest ai hievetuent' iu tha already rich history of Pro Ineetown. Mass.the pilgrim monument. Is uow crowned with glorious suci-es. Towering 347 feet alsive sea level, it serves In clear weuiher as a Kulde for vessels forty miles at sea. and from Its higher observation piatfonu. just be neath the battlement crowned arch of the tower head, all Cape Cod bay, all Cape Cod's Inner shore line of sixty miles, with a wide expanse of main land. Bay State coast line aud Atlantic waters, lie In view. t'nusual distinction has attended the building of the monumeut. Three years ago its cornerstone was laid by a president, Theodore Roosevelt, and another president. William Howurd Taft, was the dedicator. Over the south door of the monu ment is a tablet of bronze Intended to replace the oue which was above the portal of the old town hull, destroyed by fire In 1S77, and which bore this In scription : "In commemoration of the arrival of the Mayflower In Cope Cod harbor and of the first lauding of the pilgrims iu America at this place, Nov. 11, 1020, this tablet la preseuted by the Cape Cod association, Nov. 8, 1S53." Original Civil Compact. The monument and this tablet serve not only to commemorate the landing of the pilgrims, but also the first dec laration of civil rights made iu the new world by English speaking people. The text of this compact, the John the PROY1NCETOWN, MASS.. AND LANDING OK Baptist of the great constitution of to day, with the names of forty-one sign ers, is found lu bronze In a tablet set lu the concrete walk before the main doorway of the town hull. It reads; "In ye name of God. Amen. We. whose names are underwritten, the loyall subjects of our dread sovereigne lord,' King James, by ye grace of God. of greate Britaine, France & Ireland, king, defender of ye faith, etc. "Having undertaken, for ye glorle of God, and advancemeute of ye Chris tian faith and honour klug aud couu trle. a voyage to plunt ye first colonic in ye northerne parts of Virginia. Doc by these presents solemuly and mu tually In ye presence of our God. and one of another, covenant aud combine ourselves together Into a civil body politick, for our better ordering and preservation, and furtberau.ee of ye ends aforesaid; and by vertue heurof to enacte, constitute, aud frame such juste and equall lawes. ordinances, acts, constitutions and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meete and convenient for ye general! good of ye colonies unto which we promise all due submission and obedi ence." Monument Worthy One. The monument Itself is well worthy of the efforts of the men whose pa tience. perseveran.ee and devotion to the cause made It possible. These men. the members of the Cope Cod Memorial association, began their ta bors when the association was incor porated by the Massachusetts legisla ture In 1S02. The Incorporators named In the act were James Hughes Hop kins. James Gifford. Artemas P. Han num. Howard F. Hopkins aud Joseph H. Dyer, all of Proviuectowu. their -tsoclntes and successors. For uiauy years Cape Cod folk hud hoped that Provincetown's claim to be the first landing place of the pilgrims might be made manifest by the erec tion of a monument attesting the fact, but no successful organized movement was launched prior to the Incorpora tion of the body named. Durlug the first ten years of the corporation the movement drugged, the fund for the purpose reaching only $'..ri(K). but lu I0O2 the Massachusetts ' legislature agreed to give $2.".0GO for the pur pose, provided the asso-iution should have raised a similar sum withiu three veurs. Sulm-rlptlons came in slowly during the specified time, end the ussociutlou fei'tTl fHlure "its the three year 'erm uerr t! l!s i tit' . Then, when hope was almost abandoned, the public, sudden- V COt ooo l.v awakened to the slj.Tiln ance of the work, rescinded generously, and the renuilu'.ug thousands were quickly contributed. This success was followed by a do nation of $40,000 from the national government aud additional benefac tions, amounting to about $3,000. from Individual contributors with which to beautify the grounds about the mon ument. - The building of the monument was Intrusted to a commission. In which the general government, the common wealth of Massachusetts and the Memorial association had representa tion. The cost In round numbers has beeu $!H.000. The design, selected from many submitted, Is by Wlllard T. Sears and resembles the Siena (Italy) town ball tower, built In 1301). Euilt Tor the Ages. Founded on mother rock, the shaft has been built to endure through ages. It has a foundation of re-enforced con crete five and a half feet deep and ris ing four and a half feet above the earth surface of a pit excavated for Its reception. That foundation Is sixty feet squnre at the bottom, rising In pyramidal fashion to a width of twenty-eight feet at the top. Six thousand six hundred cubic yards of sand were excavated to provide anchor base for the great foundation, the weight of which Is 3.200.000 pounds. From the foundation to a point 104 feet above the base the four sides carry a width of twenty-seven feet. Above that level a buttressed head, with outswelled apex, extends fifty feet farther lutb the air, furnishing an open air battlemented observation platform, from which In turn springs a slightly narrower battlement, crowned, four sided, four groined arch, with added height of about thirty-eight feet. The monument is of rough faced granite, quarried at Deer lslev Stoning- MONUMENT COMMEMORATING PILGRIMS. ton. Me., luld lu concrete, anchored with steel rods that extend perpendic ularly from the foundation to the mon ument's crest, aud weighs about 11, 000,000 pounds. What, then, is the claim of Province town that it should set it forth In granite and bronze on Its highest hill for all the world to read through all the cycles of time? It was at I'rov lncetowu on Nov. 11, 1020, old style, that the pilgrims on the "Mayflower of a forlorn hope" first landed on the soli of America. This is the fact that the monumeut commemorates. After thirty days at Provlncetown the pil grims moved on aud established their settlement at Plymouth, whose fame encircles the globe, while there be many who ask what and where is Provlncetown. Provlncetown was not ouly the place of the first landing of the pilgrim fa thers. It was there that the British frigate Somerset, the scourge of Cape 'Cod bay, was wrecked during the Rev olution. It was the home port of one who led the Guerrlere a merry chase of three days and nights and finally Into touch with "Old Ironsides," re sulting In the capture of the British ship. It was, too, the borne port of Bundry men who repeatedly ran the gantlet of blockading British ships, carrying fish and salt, home products, to their compatriots of Long Island sound; of others who helped man the guns of the Constitution lu the war of 1812 aud of one who went down in the Cumberland under the Iron beak of the Merrimac, but fighting his gun to the last. Scene of Great Events. Provlncetown was the scene of the delivery of the Confederate envoys Mason and SUdell to a British ship of war and the town which furnished rtearly 400 men 10 per cent of Its pop ' ttlation as Its quota for the defense of the Union. It was the blrthpface of Rear Admiral Dyer, who as captain of the Baltimore participated with Dewey In destroying the Spanish fleet In Manila bay May 1, 1808. The first settlement was made. It is believed, about KiHO. The first record ed birth ashore was that of Ephraim Donne. April 1. 1000. The settlement became a precinct of Truro June 17, 1714. The boundary line was estab lished by the king's commissioners Sept. 24. 1714. The precinct was made a town and named Provlncetown June 14, 1727. At the opening of the Rev olutionary war the population num bered about 200. FINDS LIVING 111 Woman Earns $2,500 Annually In Queer Occupation. WATCHMAKERS ARE CLIENTS. Hietorie Hill Observatory Near London 8ets Hours and Minutes For All England Caught Halley's Cemet In Wonderful Photographs In Recent Appearaneee. When Halley's comet set all Europe gazing skyward recently no society beauty was more eagerly courted by enterprising photographers than was the comet by the patleut astronomers of Greenwich, whose photographic tele scopes were kept searching the heav ens to note the arrival of the periodic visitor on the sensitive plate of the camera. Nor was the vigilance unre warded. More than oue distinct Im pression of the brilliant object Is now on view at the Itoyal observatory, Greenwich. This success has revived Interest In this historic Institution by the Thames, but few outside scientific circles know much of the history and details of the almost conventional group of buildings on That fair hill where hoary bnaat To name the stars and count the heavenly host. Sets Time For Britain. Yet probably bo hill In the world has had so strangely varied a history or played so Important a part In the af fulrs of men. The granite Hue across the footpath on Its summit Is tuo me ridian from which the longitude on every British map and churt Is calcu lated. All Englund sets Its time by the mean solar clock, and In addition to the dally aud nightly observations of the heavens elaborate records are kept of dluruul changes In the temper ature and humidity, the direction and force of the wind, the amount of sun shine and rainfall, the earth's mug net Ism and a host of meteorological matters forming a science of dally in creasing Importance and Interest. There Is a large galvano magnetic clock fixed ou the outside wall of the observatory and divided Into twenty four hours. There are still nmuy who believe this clock Is kept going by the sun. Ttiey do not know that tlu fixed stars are the real timekeepers from which Britishers check their dally progress. The sidereal clock, kept within one of the buildings of the observatory. Is corrected by observation of the stars every clear night, and every mornlug before 10 o'clock the mean solur clock Is checked from It. The latter is housed below the time ball on the tower which dominates the bill aud Is lu maguetlc connection with the clock In the boundary wall, which has furnished the correct time to countless visitors to the bill slues it -was phiced there In 18.12. Woman Sells the Time. To this gulvano magnetic clock In the wall comes every Monday a wo man who mukes $2,600 a year out of the queerest occupation In England. She sells the time to London watch makers. Her name Is Miss Belleville of Maid enhead. Eighty years ago the then astronomer royal suggested to her father that If he took the corrected time ou a certified chronometer every week be could up doubt find numerous clients. So be bought a famous watch made for the Duke of Essex, oue of the sons of George III., and soon worked op a business with It When he died bis widow sold the time till she reach ed the age of eighty-one, aud then she banded the business over to ber daughter. When Miss Belleville visits Green wich at the beginning of every week ber chronometer Is corrected and she is given an official certificate. From that bur fifty customers correct their watches and clocks. CLOVER BLOSSOM IS RENTAL Michigan Man Arranges Cheap Lease For School. . A clover blossom a year Is the rental charged the Flint (Mlcb.) school board for a ninety-nine year lease of the site of the Flint union school. The owner of the land. Nell J. Berston, made the offer at the lust regular meeting of the board, the only proviso being that use of the laud for other than school pur poses shall terminate the lease. The board accepted, and It was de cided to make a ceremonious feature of the paymeut of the rental each year. The board is to elect oue of its members every spring to pluck a clover blossom from one of the lots owned by the school board and carry it to Mr. Berston or one of bis heirs. Radium In Turkestan. A nw source of radium supply has been discovered in Turkestan. Undlum bearing uranium ore has already beeu obtalued In considerable quantities. The native miners have found that cuts aud other wounds which would take a long time to heal In other mines are very quickly cured by applying a small quantity of powdered uranium ore to the spot. Australia to Own Telegraph. - The Australian government propose a state owned telegraphic service to Great Britain.