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THE
Wallowa County Official
Paper. Enterprise City
Official Paper.
Authorized Paper for Pub
lication, of Timber and
Homestead Notices.
VOL I, NO. 44
Enterprise, Wallowa County. Oregon, Thursday, February 27, 1PC8.
Whole Number 464
NEWS
RECORD
ants .By and For
WANTED,
FORTY THOrSAND POUNDS Beardless Bur.
lev.. W. J. Fvkk & Co.. Eutcrpiise. Or.
GASOLINE engine, from J to 4 I), p., mum tie
in good condition. Inquire tit News Record
office, 43M
FOR SALE .
A LI' A UFA HAY und rye. I'eter Olson,
Jowpli, 3 miles east ol Enterprise. Inquire
Fred Ashley, Enterprise. , 4SU
i(MJI) FKKSlI milk cow, Bright clen Tim
otlir ami Ky hny out of a Imrn, Seed ontn
und Rye-feed Barley. Three mllrs southwest
of Kntenr"e- It n- Suniord. tilt I
UTEAM engine. 10 horsepower, uprlirht.
Automatic cut-off, hlgli speed, nearly new
jind In tine condition
Kecord office.
RINGLB DRIVING H0RS8 and buKKy.
Terms of sale made known on application.
J. W. Rankin. Enterprise. 42t4
BHOWN LEGHORN COCK ERKLB Pure
1 "' 1 I
CLEAN 8KEO RYE, delivered anywhere in
Enterprise (or il per cvvt. D. C Conner,
Enterprise. J7tf
; . L0D i E DIRECTORY.
nrTTrn ornuinr
allowa County Readers fit r Mm W.T
ON STAR ROUTES
t. O..0. F. Enterprise Ixdjo, No. IM.
Buieruld ttebekah Lodge, Ko.
119.
X-. of P. Enterprise Lodge, No. f.
Juanlta Temple, No, 7, I'ythlan
Ulsters.
Masonic Enterprise Chapter, No. SO, Koynl
Arch Musons, meets first and third
Tuwwluysof each imnth In Masonic
Hall. All visiting Royal Arch Ma
sons welcomed.
J. B. Opmstead, High Priest,
D. V. Rheahan. riecreuiry.
Wallowa I-odce, No. K2, A. V. A
A. M., meets second and fourth Sat
urdays of each month in Masonic
Hull. VUltlng Musons welcomed.
C. H. Zdbchbb, W. M.
W. C. Boatman, Secretary.
Wallowa Valley Chapter, No. 80,
. O. . 8., meets first and third Satur
days of each month, in Masonic
. all. Visiting Stars are always wel
. , come.
' Oi.tvK Lock wood, W. M.
; Daniki. Boyd, 8ee.
V. W. AEairle Camp, No. 1097, M. W. A
Aneroid Camp, No. 8542, R. N. of A.
W.-O. W. Enterprise Camp, No. 635, W. ofJW.
Almota Circle, No. 278, W. of W.
- Oraln Market. "
(Wholesale.)
T No change in grain market: " Wheat
flOc bit., oats f 1.00 cwt., rye 90c cut,
barley 85c cwt.
Flour is f4.50 bbl.
Buy a lot in Birchland addition where
the prices have never been boosted. O,
It. & I. Co. "
Re-Arrangement of Zumwalt and In
naha Lines And Daily Mail
. Requested.
J -
While the poftoftice department lias
refused the petition for n daily mail
service from Enterprise to Imnaha
Bridge, pal rons whose interests will b
served have not pivi n up hope and
renewed efforts u ill ho made. The
Inquire at the News j pet 'tion waa refused on the i rounds
tnav we receipts do not Justify the
1 added expense.
it is now proposed to asic lor a re
arrangement of the Imnaha and Zum-
wult star route?, by which a daily mail
can be put on with but little additional
expense. At present those two routes
duplicate, or travel the same road for
19 miles east of Enterprise, or to the
south west tide of the Buttes, where the
Zum wait route turns north while the
Imnaha continues in an easterly direc
tion. The change proposed is to dis
continue the present Zumwalt stage,
and have the Imnaha stage, turn north
at the old junction for Z miles to G.
W. Neil's place, where a postoffice
would be eetabliehed. From there the
distance to Imnaha bridge is about the
same as from the present junction to
the bridge 14 miles. The Zumwalt
stage now runs- semi-weekly and the
Imnaha stage tri-weekly. Under the
new arrangement the semi-weekly Zum
walt stage would be discontinued, and
its patrons given au every-other-day
mail from the Buttes, and the Imnaha
stage would run daily except Sunday.
The latter route would be lengthened
3)4 miles but run over a better road
from the Buttes to the bridge. No
families live along the part of the pres
ent route that would be abandoned.
It is also proposed to extend the
present Fruita star route 10 miles
farther up the Imnaha to D.L. Butler's,
moving the postdllice to the latter point
Thos. Bieh, . the Fruita postmaster, is
advocating the changes, which he says
have the endorsement of the Imnaha
postmaster, the' present mail 'carriers
and patrons. .
The residents on the Imnaha above
the bridge now have a poor service, as
all their outgoing mail lays over at the
bridge at least 30 hours, while the Sat
urday mail lays at the bridge until the
following Tuesday- The Enterp ie!
CoTnmereiRl club has hern naked to take
the matter ;p with Congn ssman Elli.
Candidates cards at the Xo.vs Record
ollio : aettest work, iuic':jst delivery
All E7es Toward The West. .
Fn m the ndanco notes sounded by
the ariBj' ol nnxious easterners who
want to rome west and settle in a gold
country, this is to be the greatest year
in the history of the westward enimigrn.
tion movement in the United" States,
suys the Walhi Walla Statesman.
Wallowa county should receive a larger
share than ever before of these wet-t-vwtrd
travelers. It is up to everyone of
ns to get busy. Iluve you sent one des
criptive circular of Wallowa county to
a friend in the East? . .
MONTHLY REPORT
F PUBLIC SCHOOL
D;crer.sed Enrollment Due To Promo
lijts to County High-Attendance
Honor Roll.
( us feeling by jockeying tactics in
the preliminary urrniigen.c-nts. But
then something must lie allowed to that
old dead village whose only dilfirenco
frt.ni the pie historic tow ns of Kgypt i
that the desert sands haven't covered it
yet. The W. C. II. S. team and Prof.
Mcoro will visit I'o.-tlund before re
turning home.
Fraternal Hall Dedication.
The Odd Fellows and Knights of
Pythias have everything iu readiness
Number pupils remaining last month for tlll! entertainment of their brethren
boys 102, gilh 03, total 192; number I u" ovor "l0 county, frr.day night,
pupils registered secondary bovs 2. Rt ,h0 wousewarming of the splendid
girls 3, total 5; re-admitted bovs 0,
1 girls 13, total 22; decrease for iw nth-
boys 22, gills 21, total 43; number re
maining at date boys 91, girls 85, total
17(i; r.umlior days taught during month
20; whole number days attendance
3158s; whole number days absence
135; whole number times late 15;
11 1 Anf TocaIiI H ,mmber P"l,,'s neither absent nor tardy
lflUOOr l)3S6D2il 87: average number pupils belonging
' ' 1IU' n,tn.n,,a ,lil utt,.,!..,w.u lf.o.
Defeat Joseph At
The Enteprise Indoor Baseball club
defeated the Joseph club in the Enter
prise skating rink Saturday night by a
sco i e of 84 to 13 in a fast game made
interesting iu spite of the one-sided
score by many good fielding plays end'
the splendid baserunning of the home
team. Herb' Browning pitched good
ball for five innings, and then gave way
to Bilyeu whom many spectators wished
to see in the box. There was a big
crowd to enjoy thp game. ' Claude Lock
wood and Floyd Hammack were, the
umpires. Following is the score by
innings: .
123456788
Joieph. 11251012 013
Enterprise. ... 12 3 5 6 5 2 1 1 34
' Runs scored by Enterprise Savage 7,
Bilyeu 2, Pace 2, Hall 4, J. Bauer 8,
Browning 2, French 3, V.' . Bauer 6, For
sythe 6 ; by Joseph Myers 2, Winston
2, Dawsou 3, My Ion 2, Hewitt 1, Hayes
1, West 2. - ;
Browning struck out 10 of the Joseph
batsmen in 5 Innings tfnd Bilyeu fanned
9 in 4 innings. Myers and Winston
alternated iu the box and behind the
bat for the visitors. Only two of the
home team were retired on strikes.
Wallowa County's Great Future.
T.T M.'Card of Pendleton was 'inWa
lown county for two mouths and on his
return homo spoke enthusiastically to
the East Oregoniuii of the rich Wallowa
valleyand its great future as soon as
the O. R. & N. extension to Joseph is
completed. ' ..
lodge hall and rooms in the Fraternal
b.iikling. From present indications
the spc.cuh-makiiig part of the program
will ho shortened in favor of more
music, which will certainly be accept
able to the visitors.
TRESOUED
THAT THE MARCH WlNDJ
BLOW THE: WINTf?T AWAV
AtVp "MAKE: rr.KECE'SjARY'
TO GET RFAt5V -FOR SPRING
AR e: vou're-A'Dv For
SPRING?
BUSTFR BROWN r
Iff-
t&7 flfc. i i ; mrzr
WE ARE JHoWINd LOTS OF NICE NEW SPRING GooDaS-SOME
or THE PRETTIE-5T aSHIRT WAIaSTaS YOU EVER aSAV;ANEW
LINE OP THE LATEaST aSTYLEaS IN LADIEaS' AND CHILDREN'aS
6ELTJ, BELT BUCKLEY, ETC.; NEW NECKWEAR, NEW LINE Of
JAMPLEa5 FOR LADIES' TAILOR-MADE aSUITaS, NEW READY-TO-WEAR
.SKIRTS, MUaSLIN,UNDERVEAR ANDLOTaS OF OTHER
NEW THING J FOR -SPRING.
RESPECTFULLY,
W.J. FUNK & CO.
T?&m tern
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cent of attendance 9G; number visits by
parents 4.
Grades in recout examination :
Grade 1, rank 1, Ora lla bleton, 97
percent; grade 2, rank 1, Nellie Poul
son, 96 5-7; grade 3, rank 1, litginu
Chauvet, 95 7-8; grade 4, rank 1, Leon
ard Jordan, Ol: trade 0, rut k 1, Helen
Clarke, 04 ; grade C, rai.k 1, (ii,n,i
Wagner, 93. The seventh and eighth
grades are at the high school.
Visitors for the month .Mrs. Kno ieli,
Mrs. Frank Reavis, Ueorge Ileuiirick-
son, Mrs. lleudnckson, W. Eugene
Smith, Fannie Weaver.
The following pupils were perfect in
attendance for the month Irving Dill,
Byrd Ault, Weldon Makin, David
Reavis. Margaret Mavor, Ettber Max
well, Muriel Moss, Marie DePue, Zorn
Combes, Bessie Willgerodt, Josi h
Bauer, Russell French, Glenn Wagner,
Clayton Knodell, Claude Emmons, Em
mett Foreythe, Georgo MoAnulty, Av
brey llaney, Adna Ilaggerty, Tressie
Cramer, Lela Pace, Minnie Willgerodt,
Vera Stubblofield, Mario Browning,
Anna Kmmoua, Pansy Foster, Portia
Steel, Helen Clarke, Verna Haney.
Charles Dunbar, Mai ion Jordan, Ivan
Ratcliff, Clarence Flowtrs, Gerald
Holmes, Leonard Jordan, Willie Ault,
Ilarley Hensley, Reinhard Young, Em
erson Reavis, Gerald Graves, Robert
fteel-,-GiiarU8 Bauer,-Jilaiue- Stublile-
field, Guy Cramer, Leonard Boswell,
Rex Hillman, Clara Bauer, Routh Han
derp, Bertha DoSha.er,' Rose Fine,
Mabel Bailey. Lenore Lewis, Wilson
Gailcy, Fred Makin, Lnwrence Clraves,
John Bircher, Chester Ikiswell, Claude
Rennie, Guy Moss, Truman Ponlson,
Roy Morrison, Jessie Matthews, Ora
Hambleton, Ruta Vest, Christof .Will
gerodt, Gill)ert Steel, Clavton Hen-
drickson, Cliffoid Knodell, Harold
Hough, Herbert Reavis, Guide Ueavis,
Hallio Young, Leola Ratcliff, Alice
Rennie, Velma Wright, Forno Cramer,
Oris Combes," Ethel Bircher, Evon An
derson, Guy Hillman, Jennie Cook,
Eddeth Sliackleford, M yiou Greenough,
Owight French, Dorothy Lewis, Kdith
Lew is, Wilma Lew is, Morris Knapp.
Tax levies For
TwentyOne Years
Here are the c.mibined state and
county tax levies in Wallowa county for
the lat-t 21 years:
Year Mills icar Mills
188725.1 18II8-2II7
1S88 25 1891) 27.3
188925 190029.7
1890 -25 1901 28
' 18ill 26 190228
189226 190328
189820 190428
1894 25 190514
1895 23 190622
1896 25 390711.5
1897 25.5
The assessed valuation in 18!m was
1808,991; in 1903 It was 11,761,121. If
the basis of assessment had not been
changed, and the same ratio of increase
of property that prevailed from 1K06' to
1903, had continued for four years more,
the assessed valuation last year would
have been $2,611,681, an l it would have
meant a tax levy of over 27 mills to pay
the necessary county cxptuM-s-.
In 1901 the assessed vultialiuii u.'is
1,911,185, and the foil ,ning your, 1 90.",
the first under the full valuation Ikim-,
the total reuched f l,o81,51d.
Dates Fixed For
Wool Sales Days
RESUME W3RK ON
E APRIL 1ST
Rumor Current In Elgin Wednesday
Backed By An 0. R. & N. Offic
ial As Its Authority.
The date of the Wallowa county wool
sales day, Juno 30, has been B proved
by the executive committee of the rtate
woolgrowers association. It will be
held at the bridge if the railroad is
completed that far. If trains are not
running that far then the sales will be
hfrM at i lin.. Secretary Thomas Mor-
utui sayx it will be the endeavoi of the
heepi-ieii to have all the wool at the
place of sale on June 30, but if a second
day is necessary it will bo July 9.
-vThe following dates for wool sales
days havo been set by the executive
committee of the state wonlgiowers'
association. In setting the dates the
.voolhuyers were consulted and dates
igreed upon that were mutually satis
factory to buyers and sellers alike.
Here is the schedule as now arranged :
May 23 Arlington.
May 25 Pendleton.
May 26-Pilot Rock.
May 29 llepf ner.
June I Shuuiku.
June 8 Pendleton.
June 9 Pilot Rock.
June 11 lleppner.
June 16 Khaniko.
June 19 Condon.
June 22 Baker City.
Juno 25 Hoppner.
June 30 Elgin. -
' July Shaniko. " " -" -.
July 9 Elgin,
July 11-Baker City.
Sale at Vale not yet sot
Tho sales to be held during tho com
ing season will be along the same lines
as in past years. Healed lids will be
submitted for the different clips by the
buyers and growers miiy rejoita'l bids
if they so desire.
Work on the O. R. A N. bridge across
fie Grande Ronde river at the mouth
of the Wallowa will bogln April 1,' was
the report in lilgiu, Wednesday. Tba
authority quoted is an official of tho
railroad company who is in a position
to know what he is talking about.
Many signs point to au early resump
tion of work on the Wallowa county
extension of tho O. R, & N. The gang
of Japanese laborers below Elgin has
lately been re-in forced by a lot of
dadoes. Engineer R. I. Long, who
came through Elgin, Saturday , states a
surfacing gang was sent dow n that day
to work on the track' between Looking
Glass and the mouth of the Wallowa.
The presumption is this gang will put
the track along there in shape for run
ning of construction trains over it.
Electrio Eoad Newi.
Mr. Long reports the Walla Walla
traction company, that is credited with
an intention to build over tho Blue
j Mountains, down the Wenaha and into
the heart of This county, will shortly
I give to tho public tho proposed route.
From other sources than Mr. Long, the
News Record has lean ed the company
has made several preliminary survejs
or rather ast ertainea probable grades,
in the north pint of thM county.
Rev. E. Owens bettan a peries of
ovangelistio senieos in the Christian
church Sunday, that are being well
uttundcd.
II. S. Society Elects Officers.
The A vant Courers, the county high
school literary society, elected tho fol
lowing officers Friday afternoon :
President, JohnStruber; vice president,
Kthel Weaver; secretary, Edie Ilouck;
treasurer, Nellie Stubblelield ; sergeant
at arms, Fred Holmes. Tho nomin
ations for all the ollicors weie made and
written on the blackboard. The mem
ber! then made, up blanket or Austra
lian ballots, a majority of all votes cast
being required to cluct. The nomin
ating and seconding speeches, 'while
spirited, were in good form, und dii
ciissiou of the merits of the candidates,
while frank, was in good temper.
Quite a number of visitors enjoyed the
proceedings.
Library Meeting Tonight
The members of the Euterpiise pub
lic library hoard fire requested to meet
at tho home of A. C. Miller, this,
Thursday, evening nt 7 :30 o'clock. The
ladies of thfi town who fuel interested in
a library and reading room, especially
j tho mem burs of the old Thursday After
noon club, are requested to meet at tho
' same place mid time,
' " " Mas. A. C. UlUU,
I Buys Adjoining Farm.
Georgo S. Craig has bought of Dr. E.
R. Soeley of Medford for $3500 the half
suction of land immediately east of Mr.
Craig's present holdings. There are
160 acres of good plow land, 100 acres of
which are under cultivation. The tract
was bought by Dr. Seeley of E. A.
Hart, and the price at which Mr. Craig
secured it makes it one of the best bar
gains in real estate duals that has taken
place here in many moons.
Court House Notes
Visa Hodgin has brought suit for
divorce from Albert W, Hodgin of
Fruita on the grounds of cruel and in
human treatment. She asks for tho
custody of their three-year-old son.
Burleigh & Boyd appear for the plaintiff
and C. It. Fberhard for the defendant.
Judt'll &Company,by their attorneys,
Burleigh & Boyd, have filed an action
for debt against E. C. Berry of Wallowa.
The March term of the county court
will convene next Wednesday.
mm
The Dalles Wins Debate.
A message from Tho Dalles Tuesday
night sail tho det ote had passed off
satisfactorily except that two of the
judges favored The Dalles and the third
Wallowa County High. While the
result is a disappointment, the vote
shows the members of the local team
gave a good account of themselves, and
considering they had to change to (he
unpopular side of the question, with
only a short time for preparation, the
showing was very creditable inde J.
The only regret is losing to The Dalles
which had forfei'ed all cbi!m tn wo-.
w
e Can S
e
Two more 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
a''. I,
DAN I EL BOYD,
Law, Land aod Abstract Company