THE N
EWS
RECORD
Wallowa County Official
Paper. Enterprise City
Official Paper. ...
Authorized Paper for Pub
lication of Timber and
Homestead Notices.
VOL I, NO. 43
Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon, Thursday, February 20, 1008.
Whole Number 463-
an'ts By and For
altdwa County Readers ,
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WANTED.
FORTY THOtSUND POUNDS Beardless Bur.
Je.T. W. J. FrsK'iro., Enterprise, Or. I
SADDLE I'UNV by F. U. I'uttitr. ttuturpri ,
GASOi j.N'E ti'iuliie. from 2 to 4 h. p., must he
in KoodVonflliluii.' Inciuire Rt Xews Itreord
office. 43t4
FOr..SALE.
AI.KALFA HAY and rye. Peter Olsen,
Juiepu. 8 miles past (if Enterprise. Inquire
Fred Ashley, Enterprise. 43t4
FIRST. CLASS JKKSEY milk cow.
of C. II. Zurt-her.
Inquire
tl
HOOD FRK8H milk cow, Bright clean Tim
othy anil Rye hay out ot a hum. Seed iit
and Rye-feed Barley. Three miles southwest
of Enterprise,, ,R. 1). Bunion). 4-UU
STE'A'M"' engine. Ao horsepower, uprlirht.
ah6mWtifireufSoff, ' high speed,' nearly new i
rtniVMUne'-enndition. : Inquire nt the News
Record o(i)Ce. .43U
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BINGLK DRIVING . HORSE and .Juwgy.
TerrrfiS of sale made known on application.
J.' W.Rank"In. Enterprise. 4ZU
BRO WTT- LEGHORN
COCKERELS Pure
ored, 1 each. W.
T. Bell, Enterprise, Ore. '
FIFTY TONS Itlmothy and wheat hav; 1500
(mallei V1 seed oats, D. H. Burrows, on
the J. b.,H,ulsey place. . 40t4
CLEAN SEED RYE, deli rered anywhere In
Enterprise lor 1 per c wt. D. C. Conner,
Enterprise,, 87tf
? STRAYED OR STOLEN.
fHX HCftE8 from school flat range, north
east of Lortlne: . One brown saddle mare
Jiranded -on stifle "15" ; one chestnut sorrel
mare with saddle marks; two bay yearlings
branded hrtif circle: 4 on right shoulder; two
mare ejljf. "unbundled, one black, other
buckskin. Brown and chestnut mares are
crippled. R4N near Elliot's about December
20. S2(X reward for arrest and conviction of
J leraou SV( persons 'who took the above an
inals. JkL O. Conrtuey, Loatlue, Ore. MM
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' Leap Year Poverty Social
The Flora Epworth league will give a
poverty social in the church there this,
Thursday, uight, that will surely net a
large Bum. Gentlemen will be fined 2
cents fo.wqaring a stiff collar, 3 cents
mrti 2 cents for clean
ffilAVR. T 1hf. if - hnil to nai-.ui .' t.
- .. - -- ill 1 1 JO
middle, and will be mulcted , iu numer
ous like, sums (or any "fixing up.''
, The ladies will not escape either for Ones
.. :n ii .. i -
n ui w wwesseu , mem ior any OI 10
.rerfdtojnmnT-from combs
to powSermg. " No one above 14 years of
i tjge will escape for the last rule is
VThose hating no fines to pay will be
fined." V .
. Cor tractor 8. R. Haworth has
turned to his home at La Grande.
That nobody is to I3lame
FOR. LIKING BEAvJTIFUL,
UlDER. VrTAR AND HOSIERY.
T PLEASES THE WEARER AND
THE BEHOLDER.. IT GIVES US
A GRATIFIED
feelinc to know that v2
are" dressed well all,
the way through '
Duster Brown
DO YOU NOT NOW WISH TO .SELECT YOUR. -SPRING UNDERWEAR
AND HOSIERY WHILE OUR LINE-5 ARE CQMPLETE? YOU KNOW
IF YOU. COME NOW YOU CAN CHOO.SE FROM A LARGER LINE
than if you come Cater, we wijh to izgw -SELLING OUR
.SPRING UNDERWEAR AND HOSIERY EARLY. WE ARE MARK
ING THE PRICE ON THE.SE GOOD.S LoW 60 THAT WE .SHALL NOT
HAVE ANY TO CARRY OVER WHEN THE JELLING -SEA-SoN I.S
?AST. CORiET COVERJ 25C, 35C, 50C, T5C, $1. .SKIRT-S
65C, $1, $1.25, $1.50, $1.65;$2.00, $2.50, $3.00 AND $4.50.
G0WN.S$1'.00, $1.25, $1.50 UP To $2.50. MUJLIN DRAWERS
40C TO $1.50.
RESPECTFULLY,
PLANS FOR LODGE
.HALL DEDICATION
Social Feature Will Be Prominent la
Housewarming Exercises Next
Friday Night
The lodge hull and rooms in the Fro
terual building will receive their formal
honsewarmiiig Friday night, of next
week. ( Invitations to all Wallowa coun
ty members of the Odd Fellows and
Knights-of Pythias and their families
have been sent ont, over 500 in number,
and there will le uo doubt an attend
ance that will tax the capacity of the,
spacious and beautiful
rooms. In ad
dition a number of dis'ingubihed guests
from a distance have been invited and
are expected to come, including the
grand officers of the tv. o orders.
The exercises will start at 7 :30 o'clock
with an Informal reception that will
hist until about 9 o'clock. Then wil!
come a fine musical ' program. . A male
chorus of 20 voices will be one of the
features, and in addition ttieie will be
vocal and instrumental solos and duets.
Following the program an elaborate
supper will be served in the superb ban
quet hall. The ( evening's enjoyment
will conclude with social pleasures in
cluding dancing for those so Inclined.
The entire affair will be one of the
most elaborate of the kind ever given in
the county, as is only fitting in dedica
tion of this building. The lodge hall
and rooms ate the finest in Eastern
Oregon and are a credit to the progres
sive orders that own them, and to the
county as well.
2500 Pounds of Bacon Burned.
J. W. Emmons of The Point on Day
Ridge was in Enterprise Wednesday
and reported the loss of his smokehouse
and 2600 pounds of bacon by fire Mon
day night. He woke up at midnight to
discover the smokehouse in flames,
The loss exceeds (300. He had con.
tracted the meat to the E. M. & M. at
10 cents a pound.
Best Settler-Bringers.
'Wallowa couxty i.outof ..debt -aadJ
money 'in the tretsurr ; locate here
where good land is cheap," writes the
Paradise correspondent of the Clarkston
Republic. The best two of the many
splendid inducements Wallowa county
offers to settlers are county out of debt
and the excellent county high school
SEE our pitVE
DISPLAY OF
UNDER WEAR
ANDCOAiFoRTA8l
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dsmcamm . ,v. 7. i. .,'(.'- " v-'- "l '' '
Slim -
W.J. FUNK & CO.
and that fact is rapidly becoming recoit
nizod by the people in every part of the
ci uuty.
Files on Homestead. I
Albert Hart filed ou a hometjteacj 6
miles notlhmst of Enterprise, Tuesday.
It is a quarter section near E. R
Bowlby's that has been filed on twice
pievlousiy, the last time bv Seward it.
Day ' " . (.
Administrator Appointed.
Charles Rice has been appointed
administrator of the estate of Leonard
G. Snell by County Judge Corkins.
The estimated value of the estate) ; is
88800. The appraisers are P. A. Ga,v
1
lord, J. E. Rice and Ray E. Vest.
Seventeen f ass 1
The Examination
(At the teachers examination held in
Enterprise last veek, Gene W. Hall
passed for state papers and the follow
ing for county papers: -
First grade : N. D, Burgoyne, A. H.
Holmes, Max Wilson, W. Eugene
Smith, M. H. Tucker, Lola Richmsn.
Second Grade: Geo. W.Paddook, T.
D. Cobletitz, Jennie Hayes, Beulah M
Frost, F. M. Roop, Ruskin Eddlemon.
Third grade: Nettie Brock, Lelall
Cole, Victoria Ready, P. A. Foster, C.
H. Allen.
DEATH RECORD.
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. N.' H
Marks died Monday night and was
burled Tuesday. The little, one was
born Saturday morning. , ;
A male infant as still borp to the
wife of S. E. Combes, Sunday. . ; '
Charles Hepburn, aged 38 years 'and
20 days, died at his home between the
Sheeps, Sunday, Feb. 9, 1908. The
deceased was bom in 'Kansas Jan. 20,
1870 and moved to, Wallowa county in
17H, w nere ne has resided ever since.
He tras an honest, upright and hard
working young man. He leaves ' to
mourn his loss four brothers': John,
Edward, Frederick and Oliver Hepburn
The .funeral was held Monday; Inter-
ment taking, ftoeen In ..Prairie pre!p
cemetery. tleraiil.
Giren Pension Increase. '
Addison L. Tnlley of Wallowa has
been grruted an increase of pension to
$12 a month under the act of Feb. 6,
1908.
BOARDS RE-ENGAGE
MOORE A!
SUTTON
Credit for Up-Building of Schools Given
Where It BelongsCounty High
School Notes:
At a meeting of Enterprise school
board Saturday, Prof. W. M. fciutton was
re-engaged as principal for the school
year iuo-u, at, a salary ot 135 a
month; Mrs. B. L. Sutton as teacher at
$65 a month, and Miss Marie Church as
teacher at 1570 a mouth. The vote in
favor of retaining these teachers was
unanimous.
The retention of Prof. Sutton meets
with practically unanimous approval of
the patrons of the school. Under his
leadership the Enterprise schools have
become the pride of the citizens, who
claim with nood reason there' fre no
better in the state. In everv respect
they are excellent, and the credit is
given where it belongs, to Prof. Sutton,
even by those who were loudest a year
ago in the cry for his removal.
. Another Wist Action. -The
county high school bonid has re
engaged Prof. W. E. Moore as principal
for another year at a salarv of 1125 a
month, the contract covering a period
of nine months. One or two members
were for a "cheaper" man or had a per.
sonal friend to advance, but the major
ity was in favor of Prof. Moore, who in
five months has organized an institution
ont of hate, distrust and sectional
jealousy that is the pride of every true
citizen of Wallowa county and is already
favorably known all over Eastern Ore
gon. Prof, - Moore has been jut the
man for the place, and the cause of
education in this county has been ad
vanced wonderfully by his work.
At a meeting of the high school board,
Tuesday, the question of accepting the
recently printed teachers' manual and
courses of study was disposed of nega
tively. The board claims the work is
full of gross errors and is otherwise not
according to contraot. The printer is
offered the privilege of doing . the work
over, subject to the approval of the
.board. -.
"' "It wavdfed to purchase piano. ' A
Walk wa firm has a piano at school on
trial, for which it asks $400. The chair
man of the board is opposed to the buy
ing of that instrument without inves
tigation as the make is unknown to
Miss DuFur, high school music teacher,
or anyone else competent to judge that
he has questioned.
. County High School Notes.
F. A. DePue and several of the public
school pupils viniud the high school
Monday. Several of the teachers who
were Uklng the county examination
were visitor at the high school last
week.
This week ended the fifth month ol
school. A monthly report is sent each
parent showing the work done by the
pupil. A permanent record is kept of
the school so that it may be used as
a reference hi after years.
Judge O. M. Corkins, Frank A.
Reavis, W. C. Wilson and John Kerns,
all members of the county high school
board, spent all of Thursday forenoon
visiting the different departments of
the school. Supt. Reran made a
strong- talk on behalf of tbe board,
which was full of sound advice aud an
inspiration to all who beard It.
M effort will be made to have the
public library of Enterprise placed in
the principal's office at the county
high school building. In case this
arrangement can be made the library
will be loaned to the school. The
principal will be responsible for Us
safe-keeping and proper use under
specified regulations. The public as
well as the pupils will have access to
the combined library of the town and
the school. If satisfactory arrange
ments can be made a complete set of
rules and regulations for governing the
library will l:e adoptsd by the trustees
of the town library and the nigh
school board.
It Is probable that a six w eeks teach
ers normal will be maintained at the
county high school this summer. The
purpose will be to prepare the teachers
for the August examination and give
a thorough review iu tbe common
school branches The subjects for first
grade certificates will also be taught.
This six weeks term will not be main
tainedat the expense of the couuty
high school fund but a small tuition
will be charged to cover the actual
expense. An effort Is being; made to
secure Prof. It. L. Truverof Monmouth
to assist in the work.
High Sohool ?per.
Tbe Eagle Cap Is to be a school
paper, published quarterly by tbe
studenU of tbe Walluwa, county high
school, under the direct supervision of
the faculty. It will be devoted to the
educational interests of Wallowa
county. Its aim will Ik- to promote
the interests of all the schools of this
county and this section, of 'the state.
The subject mntter will lie such as will
Interest the public in general. The
editorials at all times will he sound,
reasonable aud alxtve mere criticism
and fault finding.
Tim in not a money making scheme;
no one is to derive any U-iietU finan
cially , the receipts will be used in
defraying tho actual expenses of pub
lication and all money over and ttbove
such expenses will be placed to the
credit of the paper.
Continued on last pago.
Ready For Debate
With The Dalles
The
members of the county high j
debating team, Eula For-
school
sythe, Amy Olmsted and Fred Holmes,
accompanied by Prof. W. E. M core, will
leave Friday for The Dulles, where
they will debate the high school team
of that city Tuesday, February 25, un
less The Dalles principal cbubbb another
change to be made. The judges will.be
selected from Multnomah and Morrow
counties. .
The local team have worked diligently i
to prepare for the negative side of the
Government ownership of railroads
I question and will make a showing cred
itable to themselves and Wallowa
county.
The Lebanon team defeated the
Brownsville team last week giving them
the championship of the Central Oregon
liviaion. They will next meet the
champions of Southern Oregon, which
will be either Grants Pass or Marshfluld.
In Eastern Oregon the contest has
narrowed down to Wallowa County
High, The Dalle, Baker City and
Union. The champion of, this division
will meet the leaders of the Columbia
River division, probably Astoria or
Clattkanie. then tho winner of these
two districts, Eattem Oregon and
Columbia River, Hill meet the winner
of the Central Oregon and Southern !
Oregon debate, at the State University
at Lugene late in the spring.
W'.-.V i.n ii
Large Cattle Shipments.
Several hundred head of cattle wore
taken o'lt to Elgin during the last two
weeks. M. E. Hotchkiss bought thiee
car load- of 3- and 4-;ear old cows from
L. E. avinesK. E. L. Wiley bought
100 head from N. E. Longfellow
that averaged 12X lbs. per head. An
Elgin buyer bought four car loads on
Prairie Creek, including 25 head of 3
year old eteors from H. B. Davldliir.tr,
that averaged 1330 lbs. per bead.
J. W. Wavmoreof Hepburn, la., has
leased the W. B. Holmes Prairie Creek
ranch 6 miles southeast of Enterprise.
Mr. Waymore was at La Grande viaii
Ing a brother when he heard of Wal
lowa county and came In Thursday
laot. He was shown around by W. E.
Tnggart and of course "full in love"
witli the valley. He has a mother,
brother and sister in the East who will
come out this spring. Tho ranch
leased is of 100 acres and is known as
the Lozier place.
Daniel Boyd and C. 8. Ifaney were
at Wallowa one day last week on business.
w
eGanS
Two more i ranches on Prairie Creek, Alder
Slope, Middle Valley and Lower Valley.
We can sell two first-class stock ranches.
Give us these options and
we will not list any more
farms until these are sold,
giving you the exclusive ben
efit of our efforts to sell your
place.
When you list with us you are sure of a sale
DANIEL BOYD, ...
k Wallowa Law, Land aod Abstract Compy
COUNCIL OFFERS TO
BOY WATER WORKS
Will Paj E. M. 4 M. Company ,$5W
For Present Sjstem or Arbitrate
ItsValne.
At a ppecial meeting of the city
council held Wednesday night it was
unanimously voted to offer the E. M. A
M. Co. $5000 for the water system, or if
this was unsatisfactory to tho company
t hen to arbitral e the price! Tbe follow
ing letter containing the offer was
ordered sent;
Enterprise, Ore., Feb. 19, 1908.
E. M & M. Co., Enterprise, Ore.:
Gentlemen: By order Of' the city
council I, hereby submit tbe following
proposition for your consideration;
The city council will recommend that
the voters of the city of Enterprise vote
bonds for the purpose of raising funds
to purchase jour water system upon tho
following conditions:
1st: That the price to be paid for. said
system, including pump, site for reser
voir, right of way for laying pipe over
ana across any and all laud owned by
you, and a lease of one year, of the
; present reservoir and site be 55000.
2nd: Should you not be willing to
accept said sum ot $5000, then the
value of the atcresaid system, be de
termined by a board oi arbitrator of
three members to be ohoeer as folk
laws: One member to be chosen by
you, one member by the city council,
and tl e third to be selected by those
- two members, provided that the third
man is acceptable both to yourself
and to city. The price determined
upon by the said board, the city, will
agree to pay, provided the people vote
the bonds, and that you are willing to
abide by decision of said board.' '
Sd : That in case city buys the system
that you will run the pump for city
for a consideration that may here
after lie agreed npon, for a period not
to exceed one year.
1th : Iu case the hoard is selected as
above, the expense of said board to be-
uald nnnnllv bv vnm.nlf 4t k ft..
. 1 J "J jwm.wv.. J J MV
city. L '
5th r This offer to be arowpted within
15 days from dato hereof. ;
Respectfully submitted, . ' .
W. E. Taogart, Recorder.
Geo. W, Hyatt;, president of tho E. M.
ic M. Co., said Thursday that the $5000
offer would undoubtedly be refused,
aud the offer to arbitrate would be
taken under consideration.
School Board Trial.
The Wallowa school trouble will coma
to an issue next Wednesday when a
trial will be held before the school
board. J. L. Workman, a patron of tbe
school, claims bis daughter was unduly
punished by one of the teachers, and
the matter will be examined into on
February 2.
Sheriff.
I hereby announce myself as a candi
date on the Domocratio ticket for the
nomination for the office of Sheriff of
V allowa county, subject to the deolsion
of tho qualified electors at the primaries
to be hold April 17, 1908. If nominated
and elected I will serve the people of
this county to the best of my ability
without prejudice or partiality.
ell