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About The news=record. (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1907-1910 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 6, 1908)
i Professional Directory AND Business Cards Physicians and Surgeons AX I!fDKPIHDKKT FHWsrAPIE Formerly the Wallow hewn, Kutabllnhed Ma-h i, law. New erle begun April SO, 1B01 Published every Thursday, at Enterprise, Oregon TKI.SFHONB HOME INIlEFRHDICNT SO. M UALUIWAY & HKATON PiitiliHherH Physician and Surgeon C. T. HOCKETT. M. D. Independent Phone, Office up stairs In Bank Bldg. fcufml lit the KateriiriM- iMuaofflce as seconil-clnsa mutter. RBJUIiAiC (MUMCKI-TION KATES One year $1.50 , Three months 50 cent f l'F.ClAL.mTXTY ADVEKTIHING OFFKR .. Regular suliecrilient may have an many copies as they deaire sent outside of the county at Die following rate, earth, in advance: Yearly subernptii ns f 1 each F.G. HEWETT, M. D. Physician and Surgeon, LOSTINE, OREGON. Attorneys-at-Law. i J. A, Burleigh . Daniel Boyd Burleiqh 8c Boyd flttorneys-ai-Law Will practice In all the Courts of this State and before the Interior and its wmces. The most careful attention given to all business entrusted to our care. ' Enterprise, Oregon. Hotels. When Pausing On The Lewis toti Boad, Stop At The Sled' Springs Hotel. Plenty of Sta i ie Roof... 8. B. CONNER. Proprietor. Wm. Mcllroy AfD Company. Farms., Timber Land, Acreage, Lota, Residence and Business Property For Bale. Timber Lo cating a . Specialty ELGIN, OREGON. satisfactory to the court, the city should certainly keep faith and vacate the street. " THl'kRIUY, Editorial Page. FEBRUARY 6 jofonnation Cooceniio; Eighth Grade Final Examinations. 1. Dates: 'a) January 23, 24. 1908: fh) May 14, 15,1908; (o) June 11, 12, 1908. ;2. Program: a Thursdays Arithmetic, Writing, History and Civil Government, b Fridays -Grammar, Physiology, Geography and Spelling. Z. Sou roes of Questions: Geography State Course of Study, Red v ay and Hlnnan's Natural School Geography. Jb 8 pulling Eighty per cent, from Keed'a Word Lessons, and ' twenty per nt from niauu script In Ianguage. Writing Specimens of penman ship as Indicated In copied mat ter and from manuscript in ' language. 4 Language Buehler'a Mod" "h English Grammar, no dlagra mlng. Civil Government United States Constitution. f 1 History LlHt of toploa from His tory Outline In State Course of Htuiy and uurrtnt Kventa Notice: Teachers preparing classes for examinations will please notify .county superintendent SO days before .examination aooordlng to law, J. W. KF.RN8, County Superintendent of tiuliools. Something Worth Studying. By far th6 most important matter on the 'mllot next June will le the proposed amendment to the Oregon constitution drafted by the Oregon Tax Reform association.' By the side of it nil the other initia tive measure?, and the question of who should be elected to any or all the offices, slate and county, dwindle into insignificance. It is a matter that will at once touch every pocketbook in the state, and more than that, it is the opening wedge for a change in tax assessment that has been Hpitated for a half century without one real step forward. If the foregoing statements ore true, as the News Record verily believes, it follows that every voter should thoroughly inform himself on the proposed amendment, and iU probable effect. It also follows that everyone should approach the subject with an impartial mind, not prejudiced for or against the new method, but resolved to not com mit himself until he understands what the new method is, its effect elsewhere, and whether it is equitable or not. The initiative and referendum places a duty upon electors to vote ntelligently. We should not hastily read a new thing and then say: "I am against it," or tear our shirt and throw our hat in the air in ignorant enthusiasm for something that strikes our selfish bone. The News Record approaches this amendment wholly unbiased for or against it, confessing it knows very little of it, except, as stated, that it is the most radical and most important change in taxation methods i ever submitted to the voters of Oregon. But we propose to find our all we can about it between now and June, ind will publish all the facte about it we can learn. If it is a cood thing for Oregon and for the people we are going to vote for it; otherwise we will oppose it. The iietition for Us submission has been filed with the secretary of state with the largest number of signers ever on a similar petition, com ing from all parts of the state and indicating widespread interest in thf matter. It proposes to tax land values (not acres) and exempting, the text of the amendment reads, ''all dwelling houses, barns, sheds, outhouses and all other appurtenances thereto, all fences, all machin ery and buildings used exclusively for manufacturing purposes, and the appurtenances thereto, all fences, farm machinery an appliances used as such, all fruit trees, vinee, shrubs and all other improvements on farmB, all live stock, all household furniture in use, and all tools owned by workmen and in use shall be exempt from taxation." With this explanation of the amendment, the News Record leaves the matter at present to search for more light, with, this caution to the voters: Don't be in too big a hurry to make up your mind about it; it ia four months before we vote on, it. I New Postal Ruling. y. By a ruling of tfie postoffice department, that went into effect Jan uary 1, all publications must keep their subscriptions paid up, or such as is not will be denied second-class rates. While this new order was primarily aimed at "mail order" publications, it had to be made gen eral and hits every newspaper in the land, including country weeklies.! I he sum and substance of the ruling, as it affects the News Record and every other Wallowa county newspaper, is that every paper sent to a subscriber whose subscription is a year or more behind, must have a one-cent stamp affixed. This no country weekly publisher can afford to do, and it means that all such subscribers will have to pay up, or the paper will be discontinued to their address. It means practically that weekly newspapers must go to a caBh basis, for the present order is undoubtedly only preparatory to another that will require papers to stop when time paid for is up. The present one-year extension is Bimply to give papera time to put their lists on a cash basis. The subscribers will be the big gainers by the new ruling for they will not be loaded up with papers they do not want, and bills runnine up againBt them. Hereafter when you subscribe for a newspaper. 1 month, 8 months, 1 year, or any other time, the contract will be con strued as for that period only, and the paper will stop when the tune IB up. The News Record must conform to the ruling, and accordingly1 notices will be sent in a few days to all who are more than a year in arrears Hereafter, onynew subscriptions and renewals the time paid for will be the period of that subscription, and when that period ex pires the PAPER WILL STOP UNLESS OTHERWISE ORDERED BY THE SUBSCRIBER. Land of Sunshine Sunshine and pure air are the two chief requisites for a healthful climate. These two, with pute water and Banitary surroundings, will cure nine-tenths of the ills that flesh is heir to. Wallowa county can boast of more sunshine than any place in the United States. There has not been t n days in the last five fall' and winter months in which the snn rvts nut "hr.ne out bright and clear This is a veritable land of sunshi: not of ihe burning, fatal, tropical kind, nor yet the blinding, sand-gl.tre California variety but the heal inp, life-giving warmth that old Sol gives only in a temperate clime. The clear, pure mountain air, pine-scented and sun-kissed, is another inestimable boon enjoyed by Wallowa county residents, while from every mountain Bide and dashing through every beautiful valley are innumerable streams of pure water, as clear and pure and cold as the virgin snows that give them birth. ' Not the least asset of this favored land is its climate, and the day is not far distant whn thousands will come here because of that alone, Cojote Bounty Notice. Notice is'hereby given that no coyote scalps will be received by the Wallowa County Wool Growers association before ug. 1st, 1908. The reaxor fur this action is that considerable inconvenience and expense ia caused by the present system, and that no money will be available until Aug. 1st, 1908. t e ask all to kill as many coyotes aa possible and bring in their scalps on. or after the above named date. Tiion. Mokgan, Secretary. Enterprise, Ore , Jan. 25, 1908. The R. S. & Z. Co. have only a few .ad es aud Children Coats left. Call and get one at your own price. Closing Sale. COMMUNICATIONS (The News Record wlUprlnt communications on topics of public Interest, providing they are brief, not abusive and the artlote Is sign (mI or the writer known to the Editor.) Ideas For Wedding Gifts The dictum of Fashion's decree says wedding presents of plate, silver or gold, should always be engraved. Nothing has nor probably can take the place of silver plate as suitable gifts at weddings. - At E. B. WHEAT'S . Jewelry store in Enterprise is a large and varied Una of beautiful silverware and Mr. Wheat Is an adept la the art of engraving. Mr. and Mrs. Ry Vest cirne ont from their winter home on the lower Imnaba the latter part of last week for a few days stay. Mr. Vest attended the , cattlemen's meeting of which he it secretary. He reports the rang the best for several years. TTallova Connty Fair. Editor News Record: The fair com missioners, Mr. McDaniel and Mr. Pace, have designated Wallowa aa the place for holding the county fair this year, and thiB selection was duly approved at the term of th e county court just olosed. It is to be hoped that everyone who has the interest of the whole county st heart will do what they can in the way of saving their best products, and in their personal attendance to make this fair a grand success.. The fact should be made prominent that this fair is not confined to any locality but is for the whole county. The state will donate $500 for premiums, and the people of Wallowa will do their full part towards making everyone welcome and providing all. necessary conven iences for exhibitors. By next Octo ber the time of holding the fair the frailroad will be in, and settlors will be pouring into the (county. We want something to show them that will be a convincing argument for them to locate here. For this purpose there is nothing to compare with an exhibition of fruits, vegetables, live stock and other prod- acts such as WaNowa county can put forth. We can even surprise ourselves along this line if we all pull together. Let ns keep this fair in mind, save the best of everything to take to it, ar.d it will be a gcod thing for. Wallowa county. 1 i O. M. Corkins, County Judge. saved from rum? If so rise in arms against the liquor trafflo and help sub due it. It may not give yon or your immediate family any trouble as inJi viduals, but some one in your know! edge is being ruined by it. Throw out tf e lifeline to that one and help rescue him from the clutches c f the fiery and treacherous evil. Vote for no man that stands m oppo sition to the local option law. ' . S. M. Silver. $15 CASH $15 To the three Pupils of Wal lowa County Schools who bring the largest number of their Buster Brown Ads' Cut from the s News. Rec6D to W. J. FUNK & CO.'S store by November" 1, 1908.' Cut ont the ads each week anil have all j out friends silvf ads for you. ThVy are foflna only in the News Record. Street Vacation. Captain A. C. Smith in his remarks to the council Monday night am ne was opposed on prinoipie ia vacation of streets by city council after they are once dedicated U nublic use. That ia the N. - VVt'lAO position exactly. The reasons for such, vacation should be very explicit and the fact that public interests would not suffer now or in the future should be very clear before a street is vacated, and even then the vote snouia oe iy tnree-tourtns majority. By a wise provision of the state law, Mich vacation ordinance is subject even then, to a refrnrlrr, In the matter of closing Greenwood street, however! the city coun .ii i i . , . . . ou , as we unaersiana u, in nonor bound to vacate it if desired by the county court. Tho present city council has the power to vacate a city street by a two-thirds vote, and it is admitted the council in an informal meeting bid promise the court to vacate the street, and the court chose the site of the high school with that understanding. If those premises are true, the word of the city is pledged "fciid the promise should be kept to the letter and dot, just as if it were down in black J .! . a t ana ivniie, wun reu seals attached. It will be a material injury to the citv to have iVrMmwnAri ..... closed. It in a material injury that North, Masn and Grant streets leading onto the hill, are closed. Every one should be open. It is conceded, however, that Main street ia now clewed for all time, as its opening would cut the high school grounds in two. But there 'should be some power lodged in the council to condemn land for Btreet pur. poses. North and Grant streets should be opened beyoud all doubt. Further, if the court ia willing to accept, is reported, SO feet of Greenwood street and a strip 60 by 240. feet elsewhere, that much of Grur. should be reserved h a public thoroughfare. If that or some other tra .is not Carriers if Lienor an& riitolt.- Groupe, Jan. 28 We stand 70 per cent against liquor and pistols in Grouse precinct There are many evils e have to contend with but two that cause inure trouble and sorrow than all the , others combined are liquor and pistol. They invariably go hand in hand. The liquor makes fools of men and the pistol is brought into use t. defend "honor" (?) aud tor "self-defense." The liquor trafflo is being rapid'y cut down and will ere loug be run ont of the state; illegal traffic will figure large ly Jor some vears to come, for we have a degraded set of people that know and care nothing for law and order. A ' young man that linn no higher ambitien than to place a bottle of liquor in one porket and a pf.tol in another, is indeed in a pitiable condi tion, but how is the condition to be remedied? That is the question ; who can best solve it? The pistol carrier always gets off lightly in the coi: rts. A small fine sets him Ireo and he continues to carry bis weapon of defense. Would a large fine and a course in the penitentiary be ofl any good? If troubles ever come about the pistol seems to be at hand aud on the spur of the moment the carrier bt comes a murderer, aud often with only slight provocatr n. The ungovernable temper often has a rt in trouble brought about by liquor. A high tempered man should nevei allow himself to be armed aith a deadly weapon. ' Liquor excites tha temper and de thrones reason ami a man is then ready for anything mean The pistol carrier and the llriuor vender and drunkard are dangerous people 'and should be confined to narrow limits It's a monster evil in any coma unity and its traveling companion, the pistol, always adds horror to its work. Why should an honest, upright man go walking ate ut with a pistol in his pocket? Ah, such men do not carry them. Brave men never carry pistols in the ordinary walks of life. They have nobler, aspirations. Neither do brave and noble men carry bottles of whl. ky in- theirpocketsr Thes-Thif -ky and pistol carriers will eventually come to some bad end. The writi r ha bad but little to say of the barkeeper and bit work. Suffice it to say that cf all men he must be the moet miserable, it he ever stops long enough to contemplate what be is do ing. He is sending out death and de bauchery in every place he can reach. Ha is taking bread and meat from thousands of helpless children and suf fering them to grow np In ignorance and disgrace. Parents, do you want your children Red Front Livery. Feed Stable - N ' First Class Accommodations Best of Hay and Grain ' BEN & C. C. BOSWELL ONE BLOCK SOUTH OF HOTEL ENTERPRISE PROPRIETORS. MAIL AND PASSENGER STAGE LINE Wallowa. Appleton, Flora to Paradise, MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS and FRIDAYS; and From Paradise, Flora asd Appleton to Wallowa, TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS and SATURDAYS. Good accommodations, courteous treatment aud reasonable rates. . Leaves Wallowa at 6 a. in. E. W. SOUTHWICK, Proprietor. i i ENTERPRISE MEAT MARKET BEST OF MEATS ALWAYS ON HAND. Highest Market Vricc for Hides and Pelts 11 PROPRIETORS INDEPENDENT PHONE 20 "Careful Banking Insures the Safety cf Deposits." Depositors Have That Guarantee at , WALLOWA NATIONAL BANK OF ENTERPRISE, OREGON CAPITAL $50,000 ' . SURPLUS $40,000 We Do a General Banking Business. Exchange Bought and Sold on All Principal Cities.' Geo. W. Hyatt, President w R Holme r.tu. Geo. 8. Craig. Vice President Frank A. Reavi" Ami C& " DIRECTORS FIRST-CLASS RIGS CAREFUL DRIVERS ARE SPECIALTIES OF THE ii Horses Boarded by Day, Week or Month Good Care of all Stock. BEST QUIPPED STABLE IX THE COUNTY One Block North of Court House. J. O. SHACKLEFORD, Proprietor. Harness and Saddles L BERLAND, THI8!85CB,&" Will supply your needs In the Leather Goods Ire more cheaply and give better satisfaction than any other dealer In Wallowa county Let birn tit you out for the aeatou'a work: Repair work a specialty MAIN STREET, ENTERPRISE, OREGON
