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About The news=record. (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1907-1910 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 10, 1907)
JKc JnevyG-pecord K. A. CALLOWAY, Kditor iind I'lilili'-lnT. UMted f-'vpry T! urfiav T 1 w J 1 Winter h .niTnY5ip KtuiTfi t the i:iiM!iriM; niit SitoiiiI i'Imsh Mutter. M ' Use I L I IT I O .V HAT KS. (In Ail van PC) One Yi-iir rtix Mmilhs. . . . Three Months. Ik CroD Yields u a. i - To Secure Settlers Over 1(5,000 leaflets inviting people to Oregon (Portland) werH sua) i distributed in tlio public schools of Portland recently to go in letters ! ' written by the pupils. In another western county, Washington -or Hftnton wo believe, a similar method 'of ad verti.-uu? was pursued last winter and an a result over 700 families came fruii) the East, principally Nebr;iskj and Kansas, during the spring while the colonists rates wrre ..v.i I in eil't.'ct. La Grande has an exhibit hall at the dep t there, s;i(r.vm! the Throe t!i'jii ui'l hu-h'ls of out-; from "9 tirres i-i u ii'iMii-d ni.iiK; on WiiUcma (fiuiitv hill liiinl this season. This liiir 1 iVJC !-, ... ,,,1,,,., . ,,f ,),,. !M,W1 I!, 1M,la r,r,,l TTninn o, Iv It. illr.if'j the attention of jipojile assing through on trains an 1 nany are heard to :iy they would li!;e to see the country where su.'h line fruits, vegetables and gro.ina nr raised, but they have ticket' to points beyond La (Jraiide, and the short stop will not allow time to arrange for a stop over. The lesson of this is that a particular county or community should be advertised in the section from which the homeseekers come. The dioKiitisfied resident of the Central states, whence the vast ma jtirit.y of the colonists come, decides at home the place of his destination and he buys u ticket for that place. Side sho'.vs along the line will receive only a,, par-sing glance. Wnllnwa ci unty has now the opportunity of its history. The acre. I!. K. Hei-kcU rejmrts 71 Im.-lii Is railroad will oc coiiipletea to the valley tiy next spring, the colonists of oats, ;:7 bushels of wheat and -I'.t rates go into effect about February 15. For the first time this county bnsbi'ls of barley per Here. j will be placed on an equality with other counties in the way of rates. A eiilj , the O. k. . S .n.iak kn i.v rH. liomeseeker from the East will be able to buy a ticket direct to what tliev were talking about when' , , . , ,, they said" it. iwas the crops that nlll I Nations m the Wadowa valley for the same price he would pay ior a mid would bo raised on the liill lands j ticket to Pendleton, La Grande, Baker City, -Huntingdon, or points in that justified the bijj expense of it road eastern Washington. yield was the ranch of C. It. KUi tt on Whisky .enxd;. Over i'H bushels to the an-e. would be an i;nnieii-'e yield on irrigated land, and wbi'c Uie past season has been a iropitoiis one, set it surely shows the ponsihilHies of th i S'l-ealb'd dry farm Tlml i-i not t he only r.teord in id ! inj the Whisky creek section tlii.t snnoner, j Jasper Chapman in repoi'l.e 1 as si'curin .' an average of 5 ) bushels of wheat perl into Wa'owa valley. Mrs. M. J. llinklev, who lias lx-eii This fall and winter then is Wallowa county's opportunity. The work should be done by our people before February 1 next. J. 1!. hero sinre. last May with her daughter, 1 There is probably not a family in tho county but that have Mrs. Win. Montgomery, will leave in a! acquaintances in the East to whom they could write, inclosing inform ation about the resources of and opportunities in this splendid empire county. Those pamphlets or circulars or papers could also be1 snt to hundreds of points in the Central states, Buch as depots, postoflices, land o.'Iices agencies, etc., where they would be seen by many people. few days for a visit with her son, Hinkluy, at (Jgiluii,- t-tali. L'tn ' i i. en t' . in .v. You'll Like the Pose We Give to Your Photo you'll like other things about the pictures when they are done. Wo would like to have you come and examine some of our photographs and see 1he new mounts we ;ue using. We'll I Jcas j You in Every Particular MluOli A. i'ALLelAN Ruggles & Laihrope, The House MOVERS We will move your house, barn urj other buildings in n careful manner;! v nlso put in now foundations when . wauled. If you urn in need of uny work in our line, mil on or address us nt The High School Wallowa county can have no better recommendation to the class of homeseekers that we - desire to have come here than the fact that it supports a county high school. Of equal import ance to soil, climate and price of land, the intending settlers rank churches and schools They'know that in the Eatt, good Bchools are an infallible index of communities. The better the school facilities, tho more intelligent, progressive and prosperous, tho people. When an old and well settled county in the Willamette valley votes .down a proposition to establish a county high school, as has been I done,' it gives notice to intending settlers that education is of secondary importance.' To put it plainly, that moisbr.cks are in a majority. On the oher hand, Wallowa publishes to the world that education is considend of prime importance by the people of this county, and newcomers are cordially welcomed tt come and share the benefits for their children. The opening of. the county high school this week is an event t'io importance of which will only be fully realized in future years. ' No doubt the advent of tho first railroad train into the valley Will be .given a noisy welcome, but the high school o;yned quietly this week, without "fuss or feathers," will confer greater benefits on this people than eVfn the iron horse. Wallowa county has made or will make no better investment than its hit;h school. EXTKUIMUSl?, OKKtiON wm and mm iY&mc The.P.aker Ci'y tragedy has aroused general indignation over tho state. In Wallowa county there is but one sentiment: The murderers must be hunted down and made to reveal the persons or organization, if any, that'indueed the terrible deed. Sure ami summary punishment should be inflicted on the tools who caused the death -of llarvev fv. Brown, but the in. igators of the murder must not escape. Deliberately planned assain itioiis mast cease in this country. Any organization, 1 be it capitalistic, iabot- or what not, that promotes such crimes, has inj : place in America. There is no room ior a M.iti.i in this-country. l!ly V.x Htimlay. Depurt tor So. 81 8:1,-. p. in. Tiiiu rii-heilule, Klirlu. , ImMi'i: All)-.-!. M:iinl Cll , l.ik til-lltele, i-en-iHH'thitf nt I.. -i or.-onie wltli tr.on Ior i'H plllUtK IIUll i't. Dwtly Ex. Nitmliiy, i Af- from ' Ovi r $100, 000 in cash will come into Wa'.lowa county this fall for cattle aloneS . And cattle is only one and n t the principal of the many sources of wealth of the favored corner of Oregon. While no figures are at hand, sheep, wool and hog-, to say nothing of agricultural product's, return big revenue now, and when the railroad is completed ipwt spring the totals will be largely increased. Hay, dairy products, sugar beets and potatoes willsoon be adding hundreds of thousand of dollars annually to the wealth of the county. There is ' no section of the Inland-Empire with as bright and sure future as Wallowa count y. No. M 1t:a-.tn. 4 Appl-js Vcijli 3 W Lbs. - Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Moss of West Main street, returned Kridny from a week's isif. with Mrs. Mo-s' cou.-iii. W. M. Merrill of Pnradiso was in town on millinc business S-atnrdav. i Mr. ntid Mrs, S. II. Biss of I.ostine were I'.ntcrpriso business callers J?at- I'l'i.nk (i'id.ispio, and family, of l-'ruita. i UI'da Low E ites. Tbro-.uli Tie'-t'iV "I o and IV. Parts of the (.'oontry. FO(f Kl' i V.iKll i'.M'. I'.i'l i.M.S, MM , 'I'nev bcoli-ht I'iU-k a loud of t . !mi'1'1'--i pears iirtd.nthcr- fruit. Ilu ! apples :ue 1 in, liHtiiismnV red om's and ( ere line cw'..i:. .ij.ph-s. Al'ler see i tip ; .in 11 ' four (pples'lio'the sealer at It 'j ponuds,' Mr. is perlecllv sutriiod they can raise tne fruit "on t l.o lmnaba. II. tl. Wea'bcispomi, Agnt. J'-.lin, Oregon. J ViV fla'el tii-toliell returned i'riday t i her home at I ;l ("ratido after a visit hero with her sinter. Mrs. A! ford. l'litler vv Stevens, the ' sheep men from (.'ottimw .Hid creek, took out a hip loud ci siipeb -s frotp the W. J. Funk A j Co. store, Friday. ' - ' ' U. K. ami F.; "W. Heskett, tW-arj FMott, Iui:e I.athropo, Lou ' Iart! ami Oniric Hicks are prosperous ranchers of Whi.-ky creek who were ikht V1 And itfis up to you now to get ready for cold weather,, Our stock for Fall and-Winter is now complete except a few items. ' Examine our line of ladies' and chil dren's Cloaks and Furs. New and styjish and prices within the reach of all. The best line of boys' clothing we have ever shown. Call and see the Silk Petticoat we are selling for $5.00. ," ' Ladies' outing flannel gowns. Ladies' Fall and Winter Shirt Waists. School Supplies of all kirfds! " Overshoes and Rubbers. Boys' Overcoats Cotton and Woolen Blankets. Get 'one of ; those beautiful Indian Hfankets before they are all gbno. Come into the store and we will tell you all about it. W. J. FUNK1&1G0. " ENTERPRISE, OREGON buy ina urdav. sttpplinj! iu "Kuterprise Sat- Wo IJ Calviri Bought four lots in v Alder View Addition. This Means the Prettiest Houses and Lawns in Town will be in ALDER VIEW ADDITION. '. These lots are located close in on.. IDerpot Street And in the best part of town. You will "be kicking yourself around the corner after trains are running, if yoxk don't buy , ORS YOUR OWN TERMS , ' : DAMIEL BOYD; j ccy. Cf Wallowa Law, Land and Abstract Gompany