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T t NEW. Authorized Paper for Pub- I Wallowa County Official Paper. Enterprise City Official Paper. lication of Timber and Homestead Notices. VOL I, NO. 48 Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon, Thursday, March 26, 1908. Whole Number 468 THE RECORD By and For -allowa County Readers WANTED. Fokty THopSAXffl'orNDH Beardless Bar ley. V, J. Funk & Co., Enterprise, Oregon. FOR SALE. s-'wonu Hani Ki'cihy, Itacitif mak in good e-oniliiiou. Inquire o( O. niktns, Enterprise, Ore. 4S' . r- 10 I'ooTl'otf.vnar Solid, nice l.v turiten. Cheap. Inquire at News. Rconid ollioe. 1'jaxo: First-chis-", upright grand Kimball pin mi fur sale cheap for cash COUNCIL PPOIIS CRAMER MARSH! Salary Fixed at $75 Per Month-General Clean-Up of City Is Ordered. Se r write Dan i Iregnii. HuiiMiker, Joseph, 4titf Timothy IUy, OiiU, Rye iinl Biih-y, ttlso one if my Fiunm. It. D. Saufuril, 8 miles S W f Kuterprise. 4til4 CtAIrlAL,B KtAI.I.IOS, full-blood, 3 yearn li next May, good height, weight aud color. Is a tine cult. Also full-lilootl Jerwy Bull, coming S venrs old. H In mot her ha record rf 14 quart to h milking, Ilelsatlist elas Imll. No AooiyIh with either animal. For further Information Inquire of H. Vehrs, HD 1, I-a Granwe, Ore. 45 U t . i LOD-.E' DIRECTORY. 1. O. O, F. Knterprtw UiritfO, N. I-Vt. Elix-raM Keln-knh Lodge, No. 119. K. ofl. Enterprise U"lif!. No. 4. Juanlta Temple No. 7, Pythiun . HlKtlTH. At n called meeting of the city coun cil Monday night, II. C. Cramer was appointed marshal at a salary of $75 u month.' He is also to have charge of the streets and alleys., Fee that they are cli'iioed and kept clean, build new side walks md crost-ings and lepuir the old ones. He is to make a daily report of iiHVirs in hi department.. Mr. Cruner has a line reconl as an executive officer and the citiacus of the town tire pleased that he has undertaken the duties of marshal. It is a sure thing the law will Ix enforced and good judgment lined in the enforcement. The answer of the E. M. & M. Co to the oinini.il 'a proposition on buying the waterworks, wub read placed on tile. The bill of the county fur taxes paid to city, 1 1. Co on the Mat heny property that by mistake was thought to be within the city limits, was allow ed. supplies and it is Supposed ho died of heart diseus-. while on his way from the bridge. v Mullidy was an old man with no known re.iiti- e? Hoad long beeu in the employ of F. 1. McCuIly, and since . . ' - i . mi injury a Jew yearn ago wa iiivbu j such light employment a he could do. j Summer Schedule Soon. There Im- been a vast improvement I in the roads slnoe last week, and the j stage in again carrying passengers, j Imgguge and express as usual. Agent iJ'-ell iv ports theHiimmer schedule will Im put on next Monday, CrlcKel Flat is sufficiently dried out. BakerCity Wins ' From The Dalles MANY ARE STUNG BY FIGHTING BUG, sunn' one that started the runaway Ud.iw Wallowa last fall when Rose was thrown on', and his arm broken. Prominent Men Engage la Persona! Encounters-Reverend Batchcl 'er Egged at Flora. DEATH RECORD. Masonic F.nterprlxe L'linpter, .no. an. uoyni Atvli Hawilii", niectii tlrKt uiel tlilnl TunNiuys of enrli miiith in Miimmic i Walter Darehertv, well known resi- KH,t"' rf"meH""B R"yH' S,M' . dwfc of Chlco, died Thurday night, """" " jk'K"o,.MSTEAi)HiuhPri.t. ! March 19, at 0 o'clock, aged 71 years. U. AV.shuahan, nTiMry. . I He had leen in failing health for s me Wallowa I.wlir, No. w, A. K. 4 ' lime. He leaves a widow, five children, A. M., iiweiH HWHinil imrt fourth Sat- fotlr brothers andT seven grandchildren ur.la.vH of .eh month III Ma.,.lc .. deat, The children are liuu. VlaitliK Mlhciiim welcomtil C. H. Kl'RjsilKU, W. M. W. C. IIoatmas, HeiTotapy. tVullown Vulley Chater, No. SO, ). iC. meet tlrst and third 8utui unys t each month, la Mnonlo all. Visiting Star are always wel- come. i Oijvk Lockwood, W. M. Damikl, Bovd, Sec M. W. A. Eagle ('amp, Ko. 104W, M. W. A. ' Meets Flrnt and Third Thuredays in each month in new Fraternal hall. i. : V lilting Ndghbora Always weloome. ;;'.' v J. O. Resnie, Consul. ;T. M. .Dn.r, rierk. Anaroid Caui, No. 3312, B. N.nfA. W. O. W. Bnterprlie Camp,. No. 5.15, W. of W, " Alniuta Circle, No. 178, G. H. Daugherty, J. J. Dangherty, Mrs. Minnie Newby, C. B. Daugherty and Miss Daisy Daugherty; the brothers are V. B. Daugherty, of Joseph ; James and C. B. Daugherty, of Chico and Reese Daugherty, of Clackamas. Funeral was held. Saturday, interment being in Prairie Creek cemetery. Mr; Daugherty had been a resident of Oregon for 56 years, and took part in t.h Indian wars durlna the fifties. He aet.tW on a homestead noar Chico in 1891. . of W. Baker City high school wou tbo de bate from The Dalles high gehool nt Baker City Fiiday night on the ques tion, "Resolved, That the Government Should Own and Operate the Railroad of the United States." .The Dulles had the affirmative and and ordered wll8 represented by Miss Jeune Muln- kin, Ray Harper and Harry Nitschke. Baker City upheld the negative, and the arguments were made by William Hermsen, Frank McColloch and Koy Barton. Bert Huffman, editor of the Pendle- ton East Oregoman ; .luuge xiioman Crawford and Attorney Charles Coch ran, of La Grande, were' the judges. An audience of 500 interested people listened attenthely to the arguments Baker City has won the champion' ship of the Eastern Oregon district, and some time in the near future will meet the debating team from the Astoria high school in an .inter-district contest. Every debate iu the Eastern Oregon division was won by teams of the town in which the debate was held. Free Sugar Beet Seeds. The O. It. & I. cmipany. of luter- Barney Mulladj, a Well known character of this and Union counties, was found dead on the O: R. A: N. -right of wav. two miles below tne nriuge. Friday. The body was found by John i . ... i . .....,.. a it f aiiirar beet Fisher. The old man nan Deen missing ed frd.uUOrat.de for free dlstrlbu- forever a week, Jvlng eome out VT from the JMcCulty & Rumble timber for Harrington's Body Found. v The body of Arthur Harrington, who was drowned last May while trying to cross the Grande Ronde river on horse back above. Troy, was found by Leonard Baird and James Winters about three ,ilaa Iwlnw Shnmakur's on . the Baird place. - The bodyliad lodged be- nath the root of a willow, perhaps foot from the edge of the water, and m-un" under the water until the Wftter fell from cold weat her. Cut out the W. J. Funk & Co. adv or some boy or girl who is working for the splendid prizes offered bv that firm i RESOLVED THAT IFVOU WlSHTOMARCfl rALONQ YOU MUST- BE CLAD IN THE UATETS-T. -T M U BETTER. YOUR APPAREL THE SWIFTER WILL DE YoOR PROGRESS, f3UST"Ert BROWN CCPTMSMT Itat.erTHl OVfTtB owCO CMICA. THE MAN WHO WAS THE RIGHT .SORT or &R.A1N J ON THE INSIDE WILL HAVE THE RIclHT 5oRT OF A HAT ON THE oUTJIDE'or HI iKULL. 0THER.J WILL THINK MORE OT YOUR. FAtE IT .YOU WEAR. A fiOOD HAT A50VE IT. WE ARE THE 5oLE AGENTS IN fHI CITY FOR THE GORDON HAT, WHICH WILL CoiT YOU $3.50. YOU CANNOT GET THE 5E.5T FOR NOTHINfi. YET IF YOU WIH A HAT LOWER IN PRICE WE CAN -SUPPLY YOU. YOU KNOW T.HAT WE HAVE A GOOD REPUTATION FOR CARRY ING ATS THAT ARE RIGHT IN .STYLE, AND OF CpURJE YOU WI-SH THE iTYLIJH HAT. RESPECTFULLY W. J. FUNK & CO. 'fie tlgliting bug that started in En terprise two weeks ago has been sluic ing up and down the vulley mid even in the Nortl. country, involving preach ers, lutv DtHoers, candidates and promi nent citizens.' At Wallowa Friday afternoon, Rev. E. J. Moore, who has bjen active in enforcing the Sunday closing law, bat tered up V. li. Wilherell, keeper of a soft drink shop and pool room, in trout of the hitter's place of business. It is claimed bv Moore's friends that With- eri ll al used Moore as he was passing and then struck I im. Moore got the better of the encounter. E. C. Heiry interferred und struck Moore. All the parties were arrested. Marshal McXi:tt laid a charge of disturbing the peacu against both principals and each pleaded guilty and paid a lino of 85 each, . Witherell and Ben y came to Enterprise and swore out a warrant before Justice Smith against Moore on charge of assault with brass knuckles, a pair of w hich the pieacher used in the fight. This charge was withdrawn Monday, as it was agreed by all hands to " let the affair quiet down. Hev. Moore also withdrew charges of of assault he made before Reoordor Tulley against Witherell and Berry. K C. Berry states that Moore was the verbal aggressor in the affair, 'and that he (Berry) interferred when he saw Moore UBing the knuckles. Berry also claims the blow he gave Moore stoppid the fight. Fight at Joseph. J. M. Mitchell and J. P. Rusk had a personal encounter on the streets of Joseph Sunday afternoon. It is claimed Rusk was struck several times by Mit chell, and knocked down once, ond then "Jerry" took o!F his l'Ui-s-i; - nd waded in, giving Mitchell beating. Mitchell, who is iti man. was one of four who were aiTi-su-d on a charge of playing poker l.i.-t wo. k on warrants sworn out by Rusk, who is deputy district attorney'. ' .' Both men were arrested, Mitchell pleading guilty to assault and paying his flue. Rusk was to have been tried before Recorder Eberh'ard Tuesday, Im on motion of J. A. Burleigh, attorney for Rusk, the trial was poftponed by the court until April 20. Throw g?8 at Treacher. Rev. F. W. Batcheldcr. wtio was con ductins a revival meeting nt Finn, ;i egged after his sermon -on Dancini;, a week ago last Sunday night. II is claimed his language whs unlit for the pulpit and certain citizens took that method of expressing their disapproval. W. C. Moore, who was in the church, said in Enterprise this week, that the sermon was a string of indecent stories unlit to be repeated in a company of men, let alono a church crowded with women and girls. The expressions that Moore charges Batcheldcr used are nn fit toprir.t. It is said that about five dozen eggs wt re thrown at the preacher, but were badly aimed as Mr. Btitchelder Is reported us claiming only four eggs struck him. Mr. Moore lays it is un known who threw the eggs. From Flora Journal. The two weeks protracted meeting conducted by Rev. Batcheldtr In the M. E. church was a success. There were a number of conversions. Six per sons loireu uie cnurcn ou promtum I and one was taken Into full member IshiD Hnndav. The meetings closed Tuesday evening. Came From Missouri. Walter McClure, wife and two chil dren, and a Mr. Hamhy of Cedar conn ty, Mo., anived the first of the week and wiil locate on u Prairie Creek place. Mr. Hamhy 'h brother, who htm been here for a year j ast, went out to Elgin to meet them. The newcomers are from Afsetsor S. F. Pace's old home coniitv. i Runaway on Trout Creek Hill. One of thp lend horses on the stage kicked over the traces coining down Trout, creek hill Tuesday afternoon and a runaway followed. The driver, Ellerv Kne. held to the Registration to Date 1392. .Tospph l.oRtine IVwwatka Mud Creek Trout Creek lititto Park Prairie Creek - 2l9 Enterprise 290 102 Wallowa 257 0 Promise 50 10 Lost Prairie 30 TO Paradise 03 20 Leap 35 38 Pine Creek 27 32 Imuaha 45 27 Divide 29 50 Pittsburg 1 ENTERPRISE WINS BOTH BALL GAMES La Grande Loses Twice to Crack -Indoor Team f rem Wallowa ' County Capital. Signs of 0. R. & N. Resuming Work J. E. Patterson of this city, who bad just started on his sub-contract from Ericksoii & Peterson for clearing and leveling the depot grounds here last fall when the suspension order came. has received a letter from Chief Engl- loer Buschke of the O. H. & N., In regard to resuming the same work under the direction of the railroad construction department. The letter asked for terms of workmen, teams, superintendence, etc. A special, from La Grande to the News Record states that the O. R. fe N. concrete mixer has been brought then from the Riparia-Lewlston bridge over the Clearwater, and the presumption is that it is in readiness to begin work ou the abutments of the permanent bridge over the Grande Konde at the mouth of the Wallowa. The bridge over Cabin creek below Elgin, washtd out last week, has been replaced and a train .of logs for the Palmer lumber mill went through Elgin Thursday. There is general belief In railroad circles both at I.a Grande and Elgin that work on the Josenh extension will be resumed In a few weeks. Republican State Convention Date Splul to News Record i La Grande, March 20 Enterprise' w on the second game of indoor baseball at the Noyes rink tonight by the score of 5 to 2, ...... As the score shows it was a splendid game and the Enterprise team won because it was the better team. The ) battery work of the visitors was the feature. The Enterprise : boys expect to retiulhoine Saturday, 1'irtland, March 21 G. A. Westgale, ( hii'::iiim of the Republican state com mittee, has received instructions from the national committee making' it im possible to delay the holding of the stale convention until after tho piimary on April 17, and he will therefore issue the call for the convention to be held on Apr 1 15. Tho. purpose of tho state convention is to select four presidential electors and four delegates, with alternates, to t.hi! Republican National convention, to be hcM in Chicago Jnno 18. The First congresMoniil district is also expected lo iiui.-i at t Im same time as the state convention m d select two delegates and a Minihir number of alternates. Tho committee of the Second congressional dint i let was never organized, and unless organization is Boon effected it will be the duty of the state convention to select two delegates and alternates that district. for Dedicate Troy Bridge April 8. The county court has set Wednes day, April 8, for the formal dedication of the big bridge over the Wenaba river at Troy. Delegations will go from the valley as well as the surroun ding country. The Enterprise Indoor, baseball Win defeated La Grande in the first of a two game series in the rink, at La Grande,, Wednesday night, by a score 11 to 9. The game was not as close as the score would indicate for Bilyeu had the- ' La Grande batters at his mercy, and struck out over a score. He was grand ly supported by Pace, and the entire team. . The i.a Grande pitcher was some pumpkins, too, and our boys had-' ' difficulty iu solving his curves, but he made a big mistake when be sent a slow one up to Irvin French. ' The lit tle crackerjack promptly met it full on the nose for a home run. - Several of the assembling profession- j als for Jack O'Brien's league club ' played on the La Grande team. Fol lowing was the line-up: Enterprise La Grande ( Bilyeu p , : Crow Pace , , . e Kryshaw f Hall , lb Williams, 1 French 2b Childers , ' W. Bauer 3b Dunn ! Savage 1 ss' Kooser ! Rodgers r ss FurUon j Forsytho rf Whiteman Browning ' If . Button iThe indoor, ball team left' for La j Grande Monday. J. C. Shackloford took them out in a big spring wagon.' ' Joseph School Wlni. , The Joseph school baseball nine won from the County U. S. club at Enter- ! prise Saturday it ft er noon by a score of 't 15 to 12. A large crowd of rooters in cluding a number of girls came down ' from the lake town and joyously waved their tchool colors'. over the victory. Wished Thorn Success. t ' From the Wallowa Sun . The Enterprise Indoor Baseball team ' went through Wallowa yesterday on their way to La Qrande to play two ' games with the team - at that place. The Enterprise team has vanquished everv aggregation in this county 'and will now try conclusions with an out side team. We wish them every .'sue- . cess. ; North Country Notes. Lincoln Austin has bought out bis partner, George Clark, and is now sole proprietor of the well known Clark &. Austin store at Flora. ' Mail carriers between Flora and Troy, and Paradise and Anatone were unable to cross the Grande Ronde river last week on account of high water. The Cabin creek bridge debris went down the river and many thought it the O. -It. & N. temporary bridge at the mouth of the Wallowa. 2 reins and at the bottom turn the horses piled up ou one another though the stage did not overturn. Miss Lou Brldwell of I tine was in the driver's seat and pluck lly climbed back into the body of the stage thence to the bind boot. The other passenger, a half down men, were wiilk lug ilnwn t'l-- l'rt cut. Oil of the w t .-.-1 X I'l-i 1 .( 1-I . T'-'' hone that burial ti-'r .: p" ' tl.t YOU CAN MAKE $275.00 By buying a block of land in Gardner's addition for , only $325. The adjoining block sold ; a year ago' for $600.00 THIS IS A SNAP THAT WONT LAST LONG DANIEL BOYD, k Wallowa Law, Land and Abstract Company