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About The news=record. (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1907-1910 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 7, 1907)
We All Make Mistakes! Be Fair ! Always Fair ! EDITORIAL PAGE OREGON ShotLine and union Pacific Daily Kx Hunduy. Depart for Time Bolu'ilule, KIkIii. Dully Kx. Hiniilay, Ar- from Inililer; Allcel, Inland No. 81 City, La Grande, con- No. 32 nuctiiiK nt mi crunile 3:45 p.m. with trulDH for nil 11:30 a. m. polntH eaHt ami went. Low Rates. Through Tickets To and From All Parts of tho Country. Foil FUHTHKIt PARTICULARS, ADDRK8R, II. H. Weatberspoon, Agent. Elgin, Oregon.. You'll Like the Pose We Give to Your Photo you'll like other things about the pictures when they are done. We would like to have you come and examine some of our photographs and see the new mounts we are using. We'll Please You In Every Particular MRS. N. A. FALLMAN News-Record 51.B0 the year ENTERPRISE OPZRA HOUSE Watch for Next Announcement Wallowa Gounty and It's Many Resources Wallowa County, one of the scenic Grande Ronde. There are thousands wonders of the West. Grandeur! J of acres of Government lands within Mystery! Beauty beyond compare! the borders of Wallowa valley, yet Yet better than all these, and more subject to homestead. This land is helpful, is the spirit of the Blue ; deep, rich and productive and each Mountains. Its mountains are grand as measured by the rule of the Mighty Tii ree and it ban what they have not the harmony of peace. To the tired eye the gently rounded forms speak of rest, its qui et valleys tell their sweet story to the weary mind and body. A price less heretage it is t the hectic peo ples of the great cities. And they aro coming in here quite often now departing singing the praises of Wallowa valley and particularly of this little city of Enterprise ; and may their children's children possess homestead usually contains living water. The county embraces every varie ty of climate from snow capped mountains to its warm valleys, where apples, peaches, apricots and grapes are almost a never failing crop. Its summers are warm with cool nights; its winters are moderato and equable. The resources of the county are aa diversified as its surface. In the valleys and on the Grande Ronde, Snake and Imnaha rivers fruits and it unimpaired throughout alt time to I vegetation of all kinds abound. In come Wallowa county, Oregon, is situa ted in the N. E. corner of the state, and is a most inviting field for the homeseeker. It is about 100 miles square and has a population of 10, 000. It is new, prosperous and ever growing ; iB settled mostly by east ern emmigrants who, having grown tired of cyclones, blizzards, ffialari, high rents and other disadvantages of the over crowded East, have beon attracted to the free homesteads, rich soil and healthy climate of Wallowa county, as a most desirable place to live forevor. In appearance Wal lowa county is rough and uneven and is divided by nature into moun tains, hills and valleys. The moun tains are imposing in their wealth of scenic beauty and are valuable as a summer range for stock and their mines of precious metals. The hills are level and undulating and pro duce abundant crops of wheat, oats, rye and barley, and the famous bunch grass, on which vast herds of stock thrive and grow fat, making easy fortunes for their owners. The valleys are well irrigated, rich and productive, and in addition to tho crops raised in "the hills" pro duce immense yields of clover, timo thy and alfalfa. The county is pur ticalarly well adapted to fruit rais ing; garden truck of all kinds do the valley hogs, grasses, and grain of all kinds make abundant yields; and the hills and mountains furnish feed for thousands of head of sheep, cat tle and horses. Lumber and mining industries in Wallowa county are in their infancy; but with the advent of the railroad, these vast resources will receive the attention they deserve. Numerous quarries of fine marble, granite and building stone have been opened up and only await ship ping facilities to be fully developed. Land can yet be bought at very reasonable prices but the price is steadily advancing. Wages range from 40 per month . on the farm, to $8 per day for Bkilled labor, And laboring men are always in demand. As a health resort, Wallowa valley stands in a class by itself. Its high altitude; pure, fresh air, warm Bum- mer days, cool nights and refreshing sleep, cold, crystal waters, and an abundance of pure wholesome food, has returned the bloom to many a faded cheek, and the spark of life to the weary eye. Many a person w ho has dispaired of life, has found per fect health in this valley. There are five towns in the valley, chief among them being Enterprise, which is also the county seat. It is trulv the "Queen City" of beautiful exceedingly well. It is well watered Wallowa valley. It has a fine elec by four rivers, numerous streams, I trio light system, water works, is in- and fine springs; it has the heaviest rainfall of any county iu the state east of the Cascades. The principle river is Wallowa, a very rapid mountain stream, of crystal clearness, whose swift flow ing waters afford immense water power, and flows for forty miles through a valley as rich as the Nile, turning tho wheels of machinery, irrigating vast acres of fertile land and finally emptying into the corporated and has good city govern ment. Wallowa county, with one exception, is the only county in the state that is entirely out of debt. Enterprise has a fine system of public schools, high school (just being erected,) and four churches. A conservative estimate places the number of acres tributary to Enter prise, at 4f0,000, with about 100,000 already under irrigation. The Impressions of a Stranger We think when we say that a more beautiful country than that which we passed through on our way to Enterprise from Elgin can hardly be found. Certainly nature has dealt kindly and bountifully with the farmer of Wallowa County. Outside of the natural beauty of the country, in various localitiee, through irrigation, it has blossomed forth in golden grain. Wallowa County, if we may judge, must be a good place to reside. The livestock one sees, certainly makes one think of David, who in biblical times spoke of his "Cattle on a thousand hills." Here we see cattle, horses, sheep and hogs, fat, sleek and nearing the ready-for-market stage. No county in the state, we will venture the assertion, can show such handsome livestock as can Wallowa. We are not judg ing from the aesthetic point of view, as the glory of mountains and beauty of the rivers are patent to all who have been lucky enough to view them. Now a few words about Enterprise, the county seat and metropolis of this county. Well situated, accessable from all points of the county, this city was well selected. We were very favorably impressed with the conmopolitan appearance of the city and the cordiality of its pros perous citizens. (kc in and Sec lis If the News-Record is not up to its usual standard this issue, the reason is that the gentlemen who have, it in charge did not arrive in town until noon Thursday thus not enabling them to give much time to this issue. They trust the excuse will be sufficient. rlRST Shipment of Fall Goods just came in. New fall Suitings and Waist pat terns. Get an early choice. Sample swatches of Mens Suits for fall and winter. We guarantee satisfaction as to style and fit. We. refer to our many patrons of the past season as to our record in this respect. Our Summer goods, such as Shirt-Waists, Dress Goods, Ladies and Childrens Oxfords are not all gone and we are closing them out at greatly reduced prices. W. J. PUNK & GO. Enterprise, Oregoix Here is a Snap! 7-room house, outbuildings, large barn, acre of land, on stream of water, plenty of shade trees, only two blocks from business part of town, $1,325.00, $450 with your own time on balance. When we say it is a snap you can depend upon it. Daniel Boyd Secy, of Wallowa Law, Land and Abstract Company