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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.