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About The news=record. (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1907-1910 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 13, 1908)
Professional Directory AND I Business Cards Physicians and Surgeons The filers Record AN INDEPENDENT NEWHPAPEB Formerly the Wallowa Km, Ktnblishel Mur-h 3, IH99. New norleii heiran April SO, 1P07 Published every Thursday at Enterprise, Oregon TKI.K PHONE HOME INDEPENDENT NO. M GALLOWAY & 1 1 KATON Hu'ilisher.' Physician and Surgeon C. T. HOCKETT, M. D. Independent Phone. Ofllce up stairH In Bank Bldg. Knt 'it'll at the Enterprise nxi office ns Keeoiiil-eluwi mutter. liJiUI,All .SiTjJO'ltU'TION HATIOS One year $1.50 Three months 50 cenh frl'ECIA I "COUNTY ADVEKTIBIN'Q OFFKB Regular sulmcrlliers nitty Im ve nn niiiny copies as they desire sent ours'd" of the j county at the following rule, c.inh in' advance: Yearly subsenptic iih $1 each. F.G. HEWETT, M. D. Physician and Surgeon, LOSTINE, OREGON. Attorneys-at-Law. J. A, Burleigh Daniel Boyd Burleiqh 8c Boyd Attorney s-ai-LaW Will practice In all the Courts of this Htate and before the Interior and its offices. The most given to all to our care. careful attention business en t runted Enterprise, Oregon. TIIl'RPPAY, So rial age. FEBRUARY 13 Tlie Elgin Recorder has been Fending out a 10 past paper for several week?, the extra two paces being made necessary by the big at nouiiecincnts by merchants of their clearing sale). The publicity hna ro doubt profited the merchants and the Recorder's readers have gained as well, for the ads gave them opportunities for saving money, and through the enterprise of Edit ir Tuttle their usual amount of reading was increase 1 rather than diminished. The people of Elgin and vicinity have one of the best local papers in Eiif tern Oregon, and the Recorder has a fine town behind it, judging from the up-to-date ads of its 'airiness men, and, by-the-way, that's the way a town is always judged by people nt a distance. watered by long irrigating ditches, (baby rivers in tact), taken from Wallowa Lake., a high, deep natural reservoir 4 miles long by 1 mile wide and of great depth. This lake with its settings cf mountain scenery, is one of the teauty spots of ttie county, as well as a natural reservoir. It is also the source of the Wallowa river, a rapid stream which flows tor thirty miles through a fertile val ley from one to nix miles wide, irrigating the land, and turning the wheels of machinery. The irrigated lands, about 70,000 acres, produce paying crops o' T R Akin to Pauline A Roe, w bait sw and sw ow, see 6; e hall so and ie no seo 6, all iu 1 2 s, r 44 e ;' also right of way for private road. USRBtoNC Enge, se hw, mo 6 nt r43e. W C Feagius to W T Knapp, iw sec 8, 1 1 n, r 44 e. 4000. U. 6. Pat to Ethel S Maxwell,' w half nweo 15, t2 n, r44. cuttle and 115,377 sheep in the. county. The actual number is much larger. The j .LB Hunter to C A Hunter qc, lots I, hills. hnc!ies. and unlanda comDriain? tho trreater nart of the crmntv and of the i 2 and 3,' hlk 2, Cole A Magi!!' add to fanning land, produce abundant crops of oats, barley, and other cereals, as well i as various grasses, and a very fine quality of unliable wheat, all without irtiga tiou The North end is noted for its fine wheat, orchard and timber lands. Die Promise, flora, .Paradise, .Lost frame, (i rouse and Lden sections are an.oug the most favored parts of the county. There are 400,000 acres of i alfalfa, clover, timothy, barley, oats and wheat. It is here that hogs and blooded stock are raised at a great profit. The raising of live stook is one of our leading industries The assessor's roll for 1907 shows 9,210 swine, 8,803 horses, 27.677 Lostine, Or. ; also a tract beginning at sw cor lot 1 above add. Also the fol lowing described tract : Beginning at a point 20 ft west of nw cor of lot 1, blk 6, L)stine, thence n 185 ft, e 140 ft, w to ! place of beginning, 185 ft, also sw nw : and nw sw. sec 84, 1 2 n, r 44 e. Also a 1 he first year the majority of the present county court were in office the tax levy was 28 mills on a one-half viltiation mid the county ran behind. Not enough money was collected to pay running expenses. The next year, 1905. the levy was 14 mill" on a full valuation, and again the amount raised was insufficient to cash all warrants as pre sented. But of course even experience is not a teacher to one who has a personal end to serve in trying to make othtrs believe 11 millB is an unnecessary high levy. Hotels. When Passing On The Lewis tot. Road, Stop At Tlie . Sled Springs Hotel. Plenty of Stable Rook.. 8. B. CONNER, Proprietor. Wro. Mcllroy an Company. Farms, Timber Lnnds Acreage, IiittH, Residence aud Business Property For Sale. Timber Lo cating a Specialty ELGIN. ...OREGON, information Concerning Eighth Grade Final Examinations. 1. Dates: 'a) January 23, 24, 1908: May 14, 15, 1908; (u) June 11, 12, 1U0S. . .Program: a Thursdays Arithmetic, Writing, History and Civil Government. b ' Fridays -Grammar, Physiology, uuograpny anu spelling a. Hourcea or uuestlons a Geography State Htudy. itedway Natural Hohool Geoa Courso of and Hlnnan's rtgraphy. B pulling Eighty per cent, from lteeU'a Voru LiesMMis, and twenty per nent from manu script In Language. 0 .Writing Bpeoli nen s of penman . ship as Indicated In copied mat ter and from manuscript in ' language. d . Language Huehler's ' Mod" -n . ,. , English Grammar, nodiagra - nilng. e Civil Government United States CollHtllUtloll. f . History-List of toploa from Tils- , tory Outline In Htate Course of Study and Current Event Notice:' Teachers preparing clashes for examinations will pletine notify county superintendent 80 days before examination according to law. J. W. Kkkns, County Superintendent of Schools, Ideas For Wedding Gifts The dictum of Fashion's decree suys wedding presonts of plate, silver or gold, should always lie engraved. .... Nothing haa nor probably can take the place of silver plate as suitable gifts at weddings. At E. B. WHEAT'S juwelry store in Enterprise is a large and varlod Una of beautiful silverware and Mr. Wheat is an adept in the art of engraving. According to a poll made by the Chicago Tribune, probably tin foremost daily newspaper in the United States and whose ante-conven tion polls have been remarkably accurate in the past, Senator La Follette of Wisconsin has taken a position near the' head of the list of candidates' for the Republican nomination for president. The Tribune is not a La Follette pa tier. marketable timber in tlie county pine, fir and tamarack scarcely touched by ; thn n'.inflmun'a iivh Dflirvinw w n nrrtStahlA fwwtmatinn Thara art tlircm : creameries in the valley, all doing well. The county is well watered with tract beginning at a point 220 ft west of rivers, streams, springs, and an annual rainfall which is always sufficient to tlie ne cor bik H, Loatiue. $275. ' mature crops without irrigation. The streams are very rapid, and there is I q Hunter to G E Hunter, qc, tract' enough water pow r going to waste, to turn the machinery of the state. The baginning 220 feet w of ne cor blk II, soil is new, strong and productive, and under modern ' methods of farming Lostine. $1. will yield rich returns. There are no chinch -bugs, army worms, rats or n P Hunter to G E Hunter, ac. teein- F. S. Ivanhoe, district attorney, at the request of the assessor of Union county, has given an extend d opinion on the constitutionality of the law passed a year ago exempting personal property to the amount of $300 from taxation. Mr. Ivanhoe says the Supreme court has decided that the legislature has not the power to grant exemption. destroying inserts to contend with. There is no cholera among the hogs or scab among the sheep. There are no blizzards or cyclones and no fatali ties from lightning. As so many of the necessities of life are rais.'d here, the coat of living is not high. Land is cheap, considering its natural worth. Good timber- land can bj had at from $8 to (29 per acre, and is a sure, safe investment. Irrigated lands with permanent water rights are priced at from $30 to $75 p r acre. The ditches were made by actual settlers, aud the water rights are owned by the tillers of the soil. The abundance of water for irrigation aud manufacturing purposes is a strong point in favor of Wallowa county. Wheat and grazing lands sell from $10 to $25 per acre. There are thousands of acres of desirable government land yet to be had in the county. There are four thrifty, up-to date towns in Wallowa Valley.. They'have good business houses, theatres, lodge halls, electric lights, water works, churches, and ood public schools. There is one good thrifty town in the north end of the county. The people of the county are cultured and progressive. There is not a Negro, Chinaman, or unde sirable foreigner within our borders. We have no saloons, but plenty of schools and churches. By popular vote our citizens have established a County High School. It is modern in its t-tructurt , furnishings and equipments. Itisb.iilt of native stone, colonial style. It commands the most in?piriQ4 view of moun tain and meadow and foredt to bi seen in all the West. And it is all p.iid for. The county is out of debt with a surplus iu the treasury, and the tax levy for this year for state and county purposes is only 11) mills. As a health 'resort, Wallowa county is unsurpassed. There is no malaria, no hot nights. Pleasant environment, pure water and mountain air combine to make it healthy. The best, evidence of the worth of the county is the general prosperity of its people, and the number who have done well here, financially and otherwise. In all this big t'ouuty, with its wealth ot natural resources, there are only about 9000 people. With the coming of the railroad, this number .will soon quadruple. Opportuni ties for home building and profit ible Investments were nevor better than uow. To the homebuilder and investor, the people of Wallowa county extead a welcome. THE LETTER. Editor News Record, Enterprise, Oregon: Kansas City, Mo., Fth. 4, 19081 have been reading your Rtcel lent paper for some weeks, through the courtesy of a friend who-is Btriving to add his (or her) influence toward the settlement of that section of the Inland Empire of which, I should judge, Wallowa county was one of the favored spots, with Enterprise as the hub. And it may be I have missed the first chapters of a Btory in which I find much interest, for while I can in my mind's eye see Enterprise as a thriftv town in a rich valley, and mountains to the west, I have not as yet a clear idea of tltn topography of the couny outside of the valley. Do the mountain forests afford timber for building purposes; is the distance to timber from the uplands or hill lands too great to make hauling timber from there to the farms impractical; do the farmers of the hill lands raise grain without irrigation; and fruitand vegetables? Do you have a stock law, or who d es the fencing the man who farms or the man who runs cattle and sheep? How deep is it to water on the up lands and is the water good or alkaline? Is there an open market in the town for grain, or must one sell when he can and take what he can get? I notice the market report looks favorable for an inland town. There are hundreds of industrious men in the cities of the East who would be glad to move into a less strenuous existence, but there is always that chance of po-uible disappointment in going to a strange country which causes the most of us to "rather bear the ills we have than fly to others that we know not of." The News Record can he of great benefit to the town and to the county of which it is a news heralder, for it requires no expert in mental phenomena to see at once that the editors of that paper are peculiarly adapted to their work and understand how to make a news paper interesting to people who even live and have thoir interests as f.ir east as the Missouri river. Please keep my name on your list, and, if, perchance, I should neglect to promptly remit the subscription price at expiration of time I will consider it good business procedure to receive a statement of amount. Yours truly, " Edward North. THE ANSWER. i The R. 8. 4 Z. Co. have only a few Ladies and Children Coats left. Call and get One at your own price. Closing Hale. -' i Candidates cards at the News Record Office neatest work, quickest delivery . When the foregoing letter was received the News Record job depart ment was printing sups containing the. following graphic, truthful description of allowa county, written by County Judge 0. M. Corkins for the express purpose of sending to inquirers about the county. By his permission it is here reptoduced: WALLOWA COUNTY, OREGON, la the northeast county of the state and is reached by stage from Elgin, Oregon that being the nearest railroad station. The O. R. & X. Co. is extending the railroad now in operation from I4 Graude to Elgin, i .to Wallowa cour.ty, for a distance of 47 miles.. iK-scending the Grande Rondo river to the mouth of the Wallowa, the road ascends that stream, traversing the entire length ot tha Wallowa. Valley, through the principal towns thereof. At present, the read is completed to the county line, and graded most of the way to its terminus. In siie, Wallowa county Is more than twice as large as Rhodo Island. In appear ance, it is rough and uneven ; hut there is enough practically level land witl iu its borders to make a fair-sized county. The climate varies from the perpetual winter of the mountain tops, down through the various gradations, to the almost perpetual summer of the canyons, through which flow thn Snake, the Imuahu and the Graude Monde rivers. The vast brokou country, through which run these three rivers, and Uig ai d Little Sheep creeks, has an almost tropical climate. It Is a very rough country with deep canyons, but it is the stockman's parsdUe on account of the gr at value of its range. Many of our wealthy men owe much to tlili mild and fruitful section. Also, along the banks of said rivers and streams, grow tho eumi-tropic.il fruits, such as peaches, apricots, grapes, etc, Here also tho apple thrives an well as in other parts of the county. On the south of , the county are the Wallowa mountains, the highest in the state. They are valuable for mines, quarries, as a water supply, and as a summer range for stock. At the foot of these niountaius lies tlie broad plain of Prairie Creek. This is Every resident of this county will say the above description iB wholly without exaggeration in any particular; that it truthfully tells of conditions as they are in Wallowa county today. The News Record is so impressed with the value of it that it spks every. one of its readers to send or have sent to some friend in the East at least one of the slips. The following have supplies of the slipe and will gladly furnish them free to anyone who desires to send them away, or will send tbem to any address upon receipt of stamps for postage: O. M. Corkins, Enterprise. Oregon Realty & Investment Co., Enterprise. Wallowa Law, Land & Abstract Co., Enterprise. W. E. Taggart. Enterprise. Couch & McDonald, Wallowa. The News Record, Enterprise. "'Chkap Fares: During March and April, and September and Ootober colon ist rales are in eu'ect'on all railroads Tickets .from Kansas City, Omaha, all Missouri river points, St. Paul and Minnesota points are on sale at $27.50 to Elgin, present nearest railroad station to Wallowa county; from St. Louis and Mh-siHsipi-i iier points $32.50; frt m Chicugo $35.50, and a propoi tionate r. te from every part of the United States. Daily stage from Eliii to Wallowa valley. uing at a point 20 feet west of nw cor lot 1, blk G, Lostine, Or. Also a tract beginning 220 ft nest cf ne cor blk H, lots 1, 2 and 3, 2 dole & McG ill's add to Loxtine. Alto a tract beginning at sw cor lot 1, and the sw nw and nw sw, sec 34, t 2 11, r 44 e. $221.56. USKRtoWJ Brown, w half ne, ne nw ; 11 w so, sec 15. t 3 n, r 42 e. USEUtoD E Bridges, se if, sec 1, t 2 n, r 42 e. U S Pat to W J Brown, sw ne, nw se and s half se, sec 2, 1 2 n, r 43, (J S Pat to Maggie A Brown, sw nw and n half sw, sea 1, and se ne, sec 2, t 2 11, r 43 e. US Pat to Emma Spray, e I alt sw and sw se, sec 83, 1 2 n, aud lot 2, seo 4, tin, r41e. L N Smith to Maggie McDonald, 8 half bw, sec 15, t 3 n, r41e. 1600. U S Pat to Wm R Bookout, halt ne aud lots 1 and 2, sec 1, 1 1 s, r 44 e. U S Pat to Thomas Walker, lots 8, 4, 5, 6, and 11, sec 2, 1 2 s, r 43 e. U S Pat to Eva B Rumble, lots 3 and 6, sec 4. t 3 s, r 4(1 e. U S Pat to James It Fisher, se sec 6, 1 1 1 , r 44 e. ' U 8 Pat to Price McAlister, se sec 85, 1 1 n, r 44 e. U S Pat to Wilron V . Winings, lota 6 and 7, sec 85, 1 1 s, 43 e. U R Pat to John A " Bookout, lots 3 aud 4, sec 1, t 1 s, r 44 e. . U S Pat to Rebecca C Ronkrmt, 8 half ne and nw se, seo 6, 1 1 n, r 45 e. U S Pat to John A Rumble, sw re and, jot 2, sec 4, 1 3 s, r 46 e. To Whom It May Concern. My wife, Visa. Hodgln,'. having left my bed and board without Just cause or provocation, departing with my brother, Leon B. Hodgln. all persons will take notice that 1 will not be re sponsible for any debts contracted for by her. ' 4U2 Fruita, Ore., Jan, 81, 1908. (Signed) Ai.bkht W. Ho:ti. Cash Endangers Freedom. From Union Oregon Scout. The postmaster general has de cided that papers have no general or tenable circulation unless they are paid for. This looks like a blow at ' he freedom of the press If the publisher of a paper is able to send it for ten years without pay and the subscriber is mean enough to take it that way there is no reason why they should not settlj the matter between them. We don't see why some one should not tell the merchant, the doctor or the lawyer how long they can extend credit just as well us the newspaper man. While the ruling will do the publisher a favor still it is a blow at the freedom of Ihe press. .There is a stooping place for all these things and they are treading pretty close to it. Free dom of the press and freedom of speech are the principal defenses of American liberty. Any in fringement upon these two great principles will be resented in no uncertain tones It is not to a newspaperman's advantage to ped dle his paper out for years without any pay but he likes to have the right to that which he should have the rjght to do. This is not beat ing the government understand. The publisher pays as much post age on a paper that is never pud for as he does on the one paid for in advance. It isn't best for a government to take undue liber tits with the Affairs of its subjects. Real Estate Transfers Week Ending Jan. IS, 193SPreparJ By Wallowa Law, Land & Abstract Co. Harness and L. BERLAND, Saddles THE HARNESS AND 8ADOLEMAN Will supply your needs In the leather Goods line more cheaply and give better natlsfaetloii than any other dealer in Wallowa county. Let him tit you out for the season's work. Repair work a specialty. MAIN STREET, ENTERPRISE, OREGON ENTERPRISE MEAT MARKET BE8T OF MEATS ALWAYS ON HAND. Highest Market Price for Hides and Pelts PROPRIETORS INDEPENDENT PKOKE 20 E T Schluer et al to I G Pace,' sw ne sec 23, t 3 s, r 45 e. $350. W J Straley to Oscar BerlanJ, lot No. 1, sec 5, t 5 n, r 45, and se se. sec 32, t 6 n, r 45 e. . $1000 F F Richardson to Grande Ronde LumfcerCo., nw seo 23, 1 2 n, r 43. $1. U S Pre Pat to WO Beith, 8 halt nw sw tie and nw se sec 23, 1 3 , r 48 e. U S Pat to W S Powell, n half nw, se nw, and ne sw, sec 21, t 2 n, r 42. FIRST-CLASS RIGS CAREFUL DRIVERS ARE SPECIALTIES OF THE 1 Horses Boarded by t)ay, Week or Month Good Care of all Stock. BEST EQUIPPED STABLE IJY THE COVXTY One Block North of Court House. " J. C. SHACKLEFORD, Proprietor. MAIL AND PASSENGER STAGE LINE Wallowa. Appleton, Flora lo Paradise, MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS and FRIDAYS; and From Paradise, Flora and Appleton b Wallowa, TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS and SATURDAYS. Good accommodations courteous treatment and reasonable rates. Leaves Wallowa at 8 a. m. . E. W. SOUTH WICK, Proprietor.
