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About Wallowa County chieftain. (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 3, 1910)
- - VvbIVVWH WVtV1-.-r v i AND A SMALL MONTHS WILL MONTHLY PAYMENT FOR EIGHTEEN MAKE YOU THE OWNER OF A COM MERCIAL ORCHARD SMALL PAYMENT. DOWN 1 4 FOR EXAWTLE Valley View Orchard Ac reage, lying just, west of Enterprise, offers a few acre orchard tracts at $175. Yon can pay 17.0 down and 5S.75 each month ,' for eighteen months and you have your tract paid for. This price is complete. It in cludes the trees, the pl-inting; the pruning and cultivating for three years and also a guarantee that one hundred per cent of the trees will be living at the end of the time. An easier way to make mon ey and save it has never been offered in Wallowa Couutv. A SAVINGS BANK No better opportunity can be found in the count' to invest a monthly savings account. A commercial orchard tract will not only increase in value each month but when it begins to bear, the returns are so much greater than a Savings bank that there is no comparison. Try to buy any orchard in the county and see what value the owners place upon it. Almost any persoti can arrange to meet the small payments on Valley View Orchard Acreage and not miss the money each month. At the end of IS months you are the owner of an acre of growing ap ple trees. Every acre will be set to good commercial apple trees adapt ed to this county, and pruned, trimmed . and cultivated for three years, thus turning over to the purchaser a good thrifty orchard just ready to begin coining money. During the three years you do not have to be bothered with the care and cultivation of the trees all of this expenseis included in the purchase price. Similar orchard tracts are being sold in the Grandel'Ronde Valley for from $350 to $500 per acre. IrTColorado the prices are even higher. WHAT OTHERS DO Walla Walla, Wash , Oct. S (Spe cial) -I' ifteen cars of fancy apples have been xoli'd by Stth Kcrrel and Krcd Kahn, Mill Creek oiclunlists, ho are asking $1.75 a box for the fruit, be tween 8,000 ami 10,000 boxes of ap ples are held in the pool. Many oilers have been nia.le for the apples, in eluding one from an Knl'sh tirni, ami several of them arc said to be close to the mark at which they are held. If sold at the price asked by the fanners the fruit will make a cash return of about ft 2. 50 a tree. Each of the farm ers named has about 500 trees. The above is a dispatch from Walla Walla to the Oregonian. Counting oO trees to the acre, $12.50 to the tree, it will be seen that the return per acre for a single crop is $625. What will your acre tract be worth if you can gather even $500 worth of ap ples? Any commercial or chardist will tell you that $625 is a small" return per acre. WHAT IS LAND WORTH? Did you ever stop to think what a commercial apple orchard is worth per acre? What is laud worth that nets the owner $10 per acre per year? What is land worth that brings in $600 per acre per year? Ask any commercial or chardist .what an or chard is worth. There are but few commercial or. ehards in Wallowa county but the late county fair demonstrated that there is gcivg to be a great many of them. Why not be among the first while the tracts are cheap, rather than last when you will have to pay from $500 to $1,000 per acre. Can You Think of an Easier, Quicker and Better Way to Save and Invest a Small Amount Each Month? ARE YCU AH CWHER OF REAL ESTATE? VALLEY VIEW ORCHARD ACREAGE ROOM 2 BERLAND BUILDING,' OR AKY REAL ESTATE DEALER IN ENTERPRISE REAL ESTATE IS THE BEST INVESTMENT IN THIS COUNTRY rmwmwmrwBnim u....uua Goantu fcaicUam! WHY A CHANGE7 "r ; To the Editor: Not satisfied, yVn County Pioneer Paper ,sl.i .iihea in li-sl. Published every -.,.t p iiie Enterprise Press, tflfe Has" side Court House iici a-ire. p. i ;d ill Lie postol'fice at Enter ', ur., as seco.id-class matter. KUlSCIUi'TiON RATES. i e.ir 41. -'0 Tii roe uiO:ith3 invasiably in Advance. 50c. T.i'J.'.SDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1910. CHUIICH SERVICES. ;i wvics will be lie'd at the V.v-i'iyu church Sunday, Nov- a: 11 o'c'.oik,.lUv. Harris preaching. Th::rs will : no preaching servii-o at any of the other churches. YMq Kca-j-j) will b'i he'.l at the oilier ca.t; imi a" ujal at tlio regular I'-1-jij school hour. T.) ee i ir; preaching sorvleo will l.e a -uiio! .'.! .'- Ug h?!d a:, the (jhrU i h jri.-i-, tner b-.d;iK no oilier -ui : . ; bed ii the o'ii.r church'.;. :.yoi- lUir'-.'n, will spoik ana'm in tu4 i.u.ere: or "Oregon Dry." Tlwre win be- o:1it u-'uhe ts also, but he i:ia::i addie-i.s will be given by he mayor. Ti.ft public U livir. cl to both th-2 morning a:;d e.ening union moet-i-igs. The ladies of the Christian church v i!l serve chicken dinner Election day, November S, In I lie- vacant room east of We.uvr ic W-'iv-.-r-s Racket store. Hexamethylenetetramirc I? the narre of a Uorman cheni ical, o.;o of the many valuable in gre Ik'ii'ts of Fo'oy's Kidney Remedy. Ilexaniethyltne'euarnine is recogniz ed by th m-dk-al .text books and authorities as a uric acid solvent n.nd the defeats suffered two and four jvars ago, the liquor Interests have again made local prohibition an s u.e in thi. county, and this qiies-iioii appears upon the ballot as No, "1 Yes and No. 72 No. This question Is of prime importance to oath man, woman and child of tli county, and it Is tli importance of the question that leads your scribe to ; Lake his pen in hand and offer a few observations why there (should be no change in the proso;i,t law, and al'So to answer one or 'two arguments Ui.i: ai-3 attempted by those who favor a return to tho saloon system. Proiiibition in thia county waa first enacted in 190c, and went into ef fect July first of that year, and af 'er a' trial of two years wa found to be so satisfactory that, it w-a endorsed by the voters in no uncer tain manner, itlio majority rising from eighty-three in l'jOG to four hundred fifteen in 'IWS. No reasons 'exist today for a reversal of ,that verdic-t of tho vo:rs of the county. e we hear it claimed by tiie liquor in terests that there exists a desire on the part of tho people of the county for a return to the conditions a-s they exited beforo tho oaactnieut of prohibition, when each little tosv-n of the valley was afflicted w'tli breeding saloons and gambling dens. We are not convinced that any such sentiment exists in the minds of the people of tho county i a,nd It will requite on adverse vote to convince us of such a sentiment. One reason we have heard assigned by ilia liquor Interests and ll friends why prohibition should be discontin ued is thi.?: That tho prosecution of "buotlegers" is piling up expen ses and placing heavy burdens upon the taxpayers, since when, may we ask, has tho "bootlegger," Baloon keep er and gambler become so eollcltous abemt the welfare of the taxpayer? Tho claim that prohibition has In creas8d the expenses of tlie taxpay- aiti-septic for the urino. Take Fo li.ys Kidney Itemed y promptly at the era and that prosecution of "boot first sioj.i of kidney tro ib and avoid . lessors" has- increased tno expense a serious malady. Burnaujhi & May- bitl of the couwt.y is absolutely false, field. J a fact easily proven by the records and files of the county defies of fice. An laves la.ion of 4ho re cords will show that during tho four ve-Ts of prohibi'-io.i from .Inly 1 1 '.lOil to July 1, 1!)I0, tho --j:pe:n;e of pros ecuting "bnoi ieijj.'e'.'s" has Usm nvoro than off.tst by the fines levied and coMectod and turnel into tho coun ty treasury. The lines already im posed and colltvto-.l exceed' the ex pense. by hnndrwl.-i of dollars, ami kv the ca.va now on the docket -Ira tried and tho lines imposjd and collected, tl:e co.m'-.v will bo several .housand Uoilirs to the good, in stead of tho law imposing burdens upon ithe- taxpuyeis, jius-t tho re verse i-s true, lor it has ben a jource of raven ue to the taxpayers. The fine co' e .Ud f'm lives., cas. is do not go in'o the school fun J. a.s ftilaeiy asrerled by tho liquor to 'erest.s, but go in'o the general ex pense fu:id- of the county to pay gon Jrai expenses. THK PROIliriTIOX LAW IS ONE OF THE SELF SI." ST A IN I NO CttlM-U-'AL LAWS ON THE STATUTES OF THE STATE. THE ONLY LAW THAT PAYS ITS OWN LILLS ANU LEAVES A IiALANCE ON THE CREDIT SIDE OF THE LEDGER FOR THE HENEFlT OF THE TAX PAYERS. For proof of this wo ref-.;r the tax payer or anyone else to make in quiry of the County Cier!;, Coun ty Judge or citlu r of the County (ommisslonei'fi, And this U n:t ponsMoriing tha de crease In cilminal prosecinMoiis vhich rea-jlts from the siipprossinn af the saloons. This do-cieaso will average frori 2" to 40 ptr cent of '-ho criminal prosecutions. What rea son has eny taxpayer to fel that he will Lo bone;lu'eI by a return on the part of this county .to the for rHr condKions under Uio saloon sys tem ? Another argument advanced by le liquor Inte-iea'.fl, that i.s Jtt a3 false as tho one regarding the in crease of expenses, ia j-hh: That j'tsit.a!). much liquor will be oold any vay and tho towm are losing ths re venue 'that would be dorlvod from Hcon-ed saloons, it is only too true that the law Us not as well enforce!, in some localities, as It - ought to be and that liquor Is toiiiG ld here and theie in violation of law. H -it-it is not truo that "just aa mnji iquor U ald as under tho saiomi jystem." Anyone at all f-ml'iar w''h die condilia:i that prevailed in this ccuaii'y five years ago anJ with pios 2nt conditions knows thait.tliere i lot onejthouaandth part as much iq'Jor sold now an there waa unler ho siiloon system. If the statement i true that there ;s just as much sold as formerly or ivould be again under a system f licenseil saloons, plaase answer this lusstlon: Why is every "bootlegger" ind "blind piseor" in tho county out or a return to the old system? Why . the "bootlegger" not advocating prohibition, and thus cscfpe the payment of license foes? May w not properly ask: Who is it pays tho license fet, in the :at analysis of the naittor. 1$ it sonieihiiig the salooti man pays out o( his own property and aside from ;he business, or is it paid out of 'h-a business and tthe iacone deriv the business! and the income deriv ed from the business, and if ha lout proposition ia correct, is it not the people who are patrons of the saloon who pay the license fo? And If tlio money is liept in the pockets of the people has anybody, bu'f the saloon-koeper lost any ihlng? People who have their mon ey in tholr pockets have aiot lost thair money, but peopl who have their money in the till of the sal- joci-keepor have not only lost their , money but much besides. j The stock argument of the' liquor Interests a few years aso was that , prohibition would 1:111 our towns, piir-1 clyse buclne3o and deotroy prosper ity. IIa3 a.iyboly been at the f'J-i-eraj of any "dry itovns In Oregon? Tills argumen t h3 fceon .thorough ly exploded by the experience, of the J past four years that you cannot find a saloon mam with the hardihood to revive it. The ten tons and cities In Oregon, ou'-uide of Portland, that enjoyed the great oat degree of pros perity in the past two years are "dry" towns and located in "dry" countiys. We challenge the liquor interests to advance a single substantial reas on why Wa'.iowa county should aban don prohibition and ro'.um to the 'we-" colu::in. On the other hand there Is every good reason why it should remain "dry." prom tho standpoint of finance and busimeas,' morals and better citizenship. Im proved ircinucai conditions and ni'-iu prohibition that lit will be many years before the Inter jaits again propose taking a vote cn, the question. Very Truly, J. A. BURLEIGH. Many school children suffer fm constipation, which is often the cause of seeming stupidity at lessons. Cham berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets are an Ideal medicine to give a child, icipoJ cloaiwKwa prohibition should 1 Ior lney ar nlll(1 ftnd Blltl tl,l1 r-tain.e,i as th 'tW nolb-v of i,t efrect. and will cure even chronic Pwp! of thi county. The answer of tho people of thia .couaity to .the liquor interasua should :;e s-o emphatic and so pronounced in the largo majority that io 'given for & constipation. Sold by Uurnaugh Mayfiold and all good Druggist. Wat-ch for the big thing of the season. What? Funks lied Tag Sale! Now is the time to buy your Fall and Winter Wearing Apparel Men's Underwear in two-piece suits, Men's ion Suits, Shirts in all colors and quali ties, Suits, Overcoats, Sheep Lined Coats, and Mackinaws, Slickers and Rubber Leg gins, and in fact everything to make you comfortable for cold weather. Shoes, Hats and Caps Come in and buy before the line is broken C. fi. ZURCHER The Men's Outfitter High Grade Job Work a Specialty