0 NEW; First Railway In Wal lowa County Wins The People. $88,000 Building Im provements In Enterprise In 1906. VOL I, NO. 36 Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon, Thursday, January 2, 1908. Whole Number 456 LI M GRAND PRIZE OF CONTEST WON BY LUC1LE C0RKIN3 Splendid Work Receives Kicli Reward-Names of Other Leaders In Each Of The Three Districts. Miss LuclIeCorkins,'' Enterprise, Grand Prize, Lot 7, Block 4, Alder View Addition to Enterprise, Bought of Daniel Boyd; Value $165 55,290 Miss Lida Flowers, Enterprise, First Prize, District 1; valu $45 28,745 Alfred Allen, Flora, First Prize, District 3; value $45 - 9,600 Miss Lenore Goodman, Lostine, First Prize, District 2; value $45 6,735 Miss Zora Corubes, Enterprise, Second Prize, Dist 1; value $20 .8,520 G. C. Bolding, Troy, Second Prize,' District 3; value $20 - 7420 Je'ptha Wolfe, Wallowa, Second Prize, Dist. 2; value $20 - 5100 Roy D. Scott, Joseph, Third Prize; District 1; value $10 - - 5755 ' Ernest Allen. Flora, Third Prize, District 3; value $10 - 5400 Miss Nellio Davis, Wallowa, Third Prize, Dist. 2; value $10 - 375 The News Record's great $405 Prize Contest came to a close Satur day night with the above result. As intimated in last week's paper there were several surprises but not as nearly everyone guessed in the race for the grand prize. From requests for i apera from people who had subscribed but whose names had not been reported, this office knew there was "'something doing" in places distant from Enterprise, and the result shows that several hustled to good advantage during the last week or two. The Grand Prize winner, Miss Corkins, though handicapped by being in school, did splendid work and richly deserves the prize. Miss Flowers who led at the start was later detained at home by illness of i mother and sister, but her many friends rallied to her aid and her vote is next largest, entitling her to first choice of the first prizes. v Award of Prizes: . Miss Flowers is requested to coiflmunicate 10 this office her choice of the first prizes, and AlfVed Alten his first and second choices of the first prizes, and ordcre for same will be mailed to them. The firt prizes are prnphophone, sewing machine and bicycle . ' . . j' ' Miss Zora Combes is requested to send her choice of the second prizes, and G. C Bolding his firpt and second choices of the second prizes and orders for same wijl he mailed to theta. .Xhe second prizes are a dremer, a set of harness and a gentiemanV watch. ., Uoy D Scott is requested to send his choice of the third prizes, and Ernest Allen his tirWt anl second choices of the third prizes and orders for same will be inailed. The third prizes are choice of two lots of article nt Uui naugh & Mayfield's, choi -.eof two lots of articles at Hartshorn & Keltner's (see list on j age 12 of December 19 paper) and u Webster's dictionary. ; Progress to Eden. J'rny, Dec. 28 While the weather has not been mi favorable iHtely, yet Hue progress Is Mug msdo on the bridge over the Weimha and on the road up iito the Garden of Fden. School Census. Ar reported by the clerks, from which considerable reductions .. have 'wen made by Superintendent Kt rns, owing to errors: Enterprise 332, Wallowa 270, J. soph 239, Lostine 212. Mr. and ,Mrs. W. J. l'unk, alter a visit here and at Lostine with relatives, returned to Portland thin week. They go to Turlock in February Program Of Inter- v High School Debate The debate between the WalloWa county high school and the Pendleton high school will be held in the Enterprise opera house, Saturday night, January 18. The question for debate is "Resolved, That the Government should Own and Operate the KaUrcads of the Unit ;:!, States." Wallowa High has the affirmative and the local speakers in order are Fred Holmes, Eula Foisytheand Amy Olin etead. Pendleton: Orville Reeves, Harold Warner and Arthur' Means.' Holme and Keeves in rebuttal close the debate. The main spieches are limited to 12 . minutes, the rebuttal speeches to 5 minutes. . . . ( lhe 1 bate program, including an address by Mayor . Boyd and music .'by orchestia will last about an hour and a half. This will be followed by1 a reception program, consisting j of orchestra music, address o welcome ,by Mayor Boyd with response b.- Pendle ton, vocal, coniot and violin solos "by Miss DuFur, Mrs. Lock wood, ' Mr. Ambroise and Mr. Wheat, instrumental music by Miss Roup, and singing by two quartettes. This program w free to everybody, but a small admission fae w ill be charged to the debate to pay expenses. Three judges from outside Wallowa or Umatilla counties ''will decide the debate. About 1300 invi' at'ons tq the 'Affair have been sent out but if aryUotly has beeivaccidently missed, come any. way, for every person is invited to be present, a. d the citizens of Enterprise w ill extend a welcome to all. Miss Kathryn DnFur arrived from Katama, Wash., Friday ami h. gan her dutiH as teacher in the high school, Monday. n rn DfU umn rnn wen lean run . ENTERPRISE, CITY Iqi.iraYsrajats Djrins; 1907 Total $83,533 And Business In creased In AH Lines. In business, in building and in general growth and prosperity Enter prise made nnre rapid strides in 1907 than in any 12 months in its history. Only one thing was lacking to give the proportions of a genuine boom, and that was the completion of the rail road. While the progress has been wonderful the last year it is the general opinion that 1908 has as good or better things hi store surely bet'er the railroad is finished. Boom In Building. In no line is the growth and pros perity more plainly seen than in the building improvements. A list shows that $88,000 are invested in new bus- ness blocks, publio buildings, resl- euces, and other Improvements, begun or completed during' the 12 mouths ending December 31. The following list Is believed to be a conservative estimate ot cost, though u each case the sum represents the. total amount expended on tbe im provement. Subtracting the cost of the county high school itsnows a total of 70,0l)li invested by private enter prise in buildings and furnishings, truly large sum for a city of this size: Business and Publio Buildings. raternal building 120000 High School building 18000 Opera House 4500 Daniel Boyd, one story brick double store room 2500 Residences. F Stubblefleld 250! : W Steel 2D00 M J Thompson 1000 D Halsey 1500 j crease of trade over 1906. Burnaugh & Mayneld report increased trade. Fred S. Ashley savp he has had a splendid year considering it was Ids first. E. B. Wheat has enjoyed a lino trade. L norland sold more goods than ever before. The foregoing are sample tales frbm the several lines of business and most of the merchants have the figures ready to back their assertion. Nearly all are optimistic on the outlook, though sever al say tl.e presidential -election may hurt business some, k S- ; I RESOLVED- !S W - THt IT BEATS THE BAND M WHATVECANDoWVTHOUR. gf 511 )W0NEY6Y GOOD JUDGMENT W. JH (W I f$Jj AMD flANAGEfMENi; IFWEGO M '. till - & BEOT5THEBWO WHY DOE.5 ONE PLACE BECOME THE FUGHT PLACE? THAT IS .SIMPLE. BECAUSE AT THAT PLACE THEY TREAT PEOPLE JUGHT. HOW? BY GIVING GOOD GOOD Foil THE MONEY THEY GET. THE GOODJ THEY JELL ARE GOOD, BETTER BE-ST-NEVER TRA-5H: WHATEVER PRICE WE MAY CHARGE YoU, Yol MAY DEPEND UPON IT THAT YOU WILL AT LEA-5T GET -SOMETHING GOOD. YOU CAN NO MORE AFFORD TO WEAR POOR APPAREL .THAN WE CAN AFFORD To' JELL THEM. ' IF WE JELL POOR APPAREL IT WILL HURT OUR REPUTATION; IF YOU WEAR POOR APPAREL IT WILL HURT YOUR REPUTATION. DID YOU EVER THINK ABOUT THE VALUE OF WHAT OTHERJ THINK OF YOU? - RESPECTFULLY, " W. J. FUNK & CO. V ' i Contiuued on last page. Church Wedding New Year's Day SHEEPMEN PROTEST E AC PAYMENT 1 Wallowa Woolgrowers Bold Enthusias tic Meeting; Ask That Range Does Be Paid August 1. Uoy McCJoy... Mrs C E Lewis. Frank Cook.... Ella Daley.."... C O Knodell... J It Parrott 500 500 400 1200 1000 1000 Dr C T Uockett....... 1500 WS Clayton 200 E T Anderson 2000 Fred S Ashley 800 Geo Mitchell. ;0 Geo Anderson 500 Jas Woodell 1000 Mrs Emily Wilson 1000 Chesley Johnson 1000 M A Harris... r 1000 Geo Law . . . . ; 1000 HN Marks 250 R L Weatheily 500 J P McCoy 800 Mrs L Morrison 1500 Lon Davis 1200 Kay 1500 Pierce Humphreys 1000 Fred Wagner 800 C S Haney ; 1200 EB Wheat 1000 J Weaver SOO J S C wk 11X10 H F Wheeler 1000 F A Clark ... 1000 EJFomytho : 500 Additions. Citv Bakery 300 Ceunil Hotel 500 HEOakee 100 Mrs Daisy Vandell 250 Star Laundry 300 Barns and Outbuildings. CO Knodell 300 R F Stubblelleld 500 W H Grav. 8 500 C T Hockett 300 Roy McCoy 250 FS Ashley 200 W T Bell. 350 H F.tjDake? Frank Clark... 300 FI V'ergero. . 400 BBlio.d 200 Will Zurcher 250 Gei Einmnns AH) WK Holmes, granary 200 E M & M Co, bunk house and barn 500 Banner Tear Tor Business. A canvass of the businessmen showi that in spite of the slump of the last two months, more goods were sold in this city during 1907 than ever before. Geo. W. 'Hyatt of the E. M. M. Or. reports the largest year's business, both in store and mill, in the 20 years' his tory of the company. He believes pros pects for 1908 are good but looks tor no hoom. Charles E. Funk of the W.J. Funk & Co. says that store did more business in the first 10 months of 1907 than in all of 1906 . (. H. Reavis reports the biggest yearV busiuesH for the K. 8. & Z. store of the four years of its pxil"iice. HartMioru & Keltner report a big in- Amid a tcene of much beauty, Miss Ethel Maxwell of this city aud Mr. John H. Long of Lewiston were married in the Prethyte: ian church, New Year's afternoon at 4 o'clock, Rev. F. G. Pot ter of the M. E. church performing the ceremony The bride entered ou the arm of W. P. Samms. Tho bridesmaids were Misses Eula Forsythe aud Beta Rcnnie,and Mrs. Kay Vest was matron of honor. Howard Wagner was best mun, and Ray Vest and Leo Forsythe ushers. As the biidal party entered the church, Miss Amy Olmstead played the Men delssohn wedding march, and just pre ceding tho ceremony, Miss Edna Brown ing softly sang "O Promiso Mo." The impressive ring service was Ufed. The bride wore a a beautiful gown of white Batiu messaline made entrain, and a tulle veil. She carried a bouquet of bride's roses. The bridesmaids wore gowns of white and carried bouquets of pink carnations. , ' The church was filled witli the many friends of the bride, and many invited guests uttended the reception from 4:30 to 0 p. m. at the home of tho bride's mother, Mrs. Harali .Maxwell. The rooms were prettily decorated in white and green, and ligiit refreshments were served. Miss Maxwell is one of Enterprise's most popular young ladies and for six years has been a valued clerk in the K. M. & M. storo. Mr. Long is deputy clerk and librarian in the supreme 'court building at Lewiston, He and his bride leave Thursday for that city where he has a home already prepared, and where they are followed by tho good wishes of Enterprise people. At the largest and most enthusiastic meeting of sheepmen ever held in the county, representatives of Wallowa's leading industry, at the court house, Saturday, adopted resolutions asking that the collection of range dues" be deferred until August 1, on account of the scarcity of ready money because of the panic. The rauge duos are usually collected April 15, before the sheep go on the range and when other heavy ex' penses are being met by sheep owners. By August 1, most of the wool clip money will have been received audthe payment of the range dues will not be so burdensome. There were over a coro t( prominent sheepmen present Saturday morning when President Jay 1W Dobbin called the meeting to order. Secretary Thomas Morgan was absent because of illness, and Fred Falconer was named as secretary pro tern. By request, Daniel Boyd read th resolutions adopted by the ststo associ ation, and the samy were endorsed in toto by the Wallowa county association. Aside from the postponing of the range duos, one of the principal points was to inaugurate a January campaign against coyotes, the state body recom mending' that all sheepmen put out prison during that month in places where dogs are not likely to get it, also that the bounty be increased from f 1.50 to $2. R. Martin of Joseph gave eome figures furnished br C. L. Hartshorn, deputy stock inspector for Wallowa county. The estimated nunibor of sheep being wintered in the county is 146,000, an increase of 10,000 over last winter. There are about 0000 horses and cattle. Deducting the yearling wethors that wilt be sold next summer, air. nans horn says over JU.OuO will be paid for range duos by Wallowa county sheep men the coming year.. 'A fr.i.tupiil' " iTiufiiuuinn ' fullnwnd On Boveral topic, by Messrs. Dobbin, Falconer, Graves, Boyd, Baudon, Beith, Hyatt, Makin. Oiner and R. F. Stubble- (Continued on pago 5.) Do You to Make W mt ReadpTeely and Young's advertisement in Twice-a-Week Spokesman Re view of HAZELWOOD Irrigated Farm Lands Call at our office for litera ture, prices and particulars DANIEL BOYD, Sec Wallowa law, Und anil Abstract Company