Candidates at
Names of Men Who Want
Should Vote
REPUBLICAN.
;. v For Asiessw.
C. II. Allen of Floru, Republican nnm
inOf fcir Com ty AHi-n'.-'or, lielioves in n
"Hijiuire deal aw'g: incut, mid )'.-: edges,
if elected, to fulf il the iluliea of the
iillic-t to tift of liia ab.lity, fairly
hiuI impartially towaid every probity
owner. .
" County Treasurer
William T. Hell U the Republican
lion-inee for County T mumT. Mr.
Pell's latforn "Safety for the
voniity money." Mr. BWI in ont of the
Ix'Ht known men In the : unly h'ikI his
r co Is known of all n en.
INDEPENDENT
: ' To the Voters of Wallowa County.
; I will be a candidate fori re-election
an County Surveyor on an Independ
ent ticket as uhiihI. On intromit of my
qualillcatinus and my experieiu-., of
the hint four yearn
In the Position,!
u ..,,", ....... .... AI.H,i. ,u t
iHiir ir ... ..ir.ii m I ill ttlltl
etui lietter serve the interests of the ,
people of Wallowa county as County
Surveyor for the next two years, and '
If ,.t..ntA 1.a . ..................... Af ...J
if elected the permanency of lines and
corners already properly ewntbliHhed
are assured. Respect fully,
H. K. Mf.khy.man,
. ; ,. '..." , . County Surveyor.
.: Jii'V. Geo. H. DeiCuy of Portlm-d, who
lias been engipcd by .the Law and
Oriier le.igue to conduct a prohibition
campaign in tbis county, will speak at a
macs meeting in the Christian church
next Sunday" morning and evening
Mr. DeKay has already spoken trim ml
times in our community an 1 lrn hown
himself to be a man wh' me.in-- busi
ness and knows how to do what liu b; s
undertaken.
Dates of Pr oliiaitiori Meetings h Cotn
Fev.
leo. IT. DeKav . of Portlnnil, ;
prohibit on lecturer, will speak at the
following places af p. m :
Tuesday event g, May . 12, Pv.anip
Cree!' . church.;' ' ;.' ,. :. ' .
Wednesday i veiling, Liberty fcl.ool ,
house No. 4.
Thursday evening, Lone Pine school
ioue No. 40.
Friday 'evening, : Leap, ' v ".
Prisoner Attempts Suicide.
. J. 'R . B rre, life prisoner in the
penitentiary from this county, was very
Jadly. bnr.ed by aiu.explosion of gaso
, lino. In .bis cell V ednesday night ef
last weel;. Rhmill Blakely has re
ceived u letter from the superintendent
giving tbt particulars and saying that
Ayhilo Ha rru is very badly burned, the
prison doetoro think he will, recover.
IJaire and his cell mate covered the
walls-of their. cell with gasoline ol-
t.iined in the shop where they worked,
and V vii inruck a match and the ex
plosion followed. Barre claims the
tnff was' kerosene, put on to kill bed
bngrf. Tlie superintendent says there
is no doubt it was gasoline, and that
pvisoners are furnished an insect
h iler and sprayer for use in extermi
nating bedbugs. B rre requited that
the news b kept from his wife. Barre
w ai2.fiit to the penitentiary for life for
killinu "I'.rick" Johnson lu Oft' saloon
herein Kuterprise t.vo years ago.
: Large, open-end envelopes jiift the
right size tor mailing the county book
let at News Record office.
"A. G."
High Grade Percheron
WW make the season of 1908 at tho
ranch of Baker Rros., on Swanip
Creek, 7 miles uorlh of Luterprise.
$8 To Insure Colt
PASTVRE FURN1SHKD.
"A. C." Is a handsone black gray,
3 years old In May, aod wvigbs
1560 pounds.
$15 CASH $15
To the three l'pilB of Wal
lowa , County ..hcliooU w ho
bring the largest nutnW.r of
their Uuster Brown Acis cut
form the News Eecobd to
7 J. FUNK & CO.'S
store by Govern ber 1, 1908.
Cut out the ad each week
and have all joui friends ave
ads for you. Ther are found
only in the News Becorb.
June Election.
Your Votes And Why You
For Theni.
DEMOCRATIC.
Candidate fcr Be-election.
Frank A; Renviw, :;emocrntio candl
date for ru-election to tliednce of Coun
ty Treasurer, will safeguard the potinty
fundx if elected and Berw t lie best in
terests of the taxpayer.
COMMUNICATIONS
Continued from editorial pe
growing out of those eoudition, mid
they testify in the most positive man
ner to the improvement of tlia moral
and politic il conditions of the comity.
If, In the bliort space of two years, with
the law not. as rigidly entnrced as it
might be, proliilitii n will bring to pass
such very desirable results as herein
noted, besides many others that could
be noted did space permit, what will the
improved conditions be after five, ten
, ....,l o.u ..f l.:u:.: ...o
.......... j . u i n y,i mi uinuiiiuii i ivurv
(
eoa,l)u " J"" continuance of tlie
prohibitory law with a more rigid en-
fotceinent of its pro.imonr. while we dc
-. ' r 9 '
n.it nml a-iy sen ible reason for a 're-.
turn to tho conditions that, prevailed
under the saloon pyMtem. Everv inch
if grornd upon which.' the saloon in
terests "based then arguments of two
years ago ha9 been cut from under thci
by the prevailing mo:-.:!, political and
biuine n ootuUtio.i l.et the law bo
coutinnix ,' strength m il and more
rigidly enforced. J. A. Bm-.irioit.
Law and Ortcr League.
On April 4 an ornnization was
efio'rted to be known. a the Wallowa
County Law and Older league. This
was done by representatives from differ
ent parts of tho county wl o are inter
cut' d i:i prohibition, men who are
o.-roced to '!.e open saloon and in favor
f the enforcement of the laws of the
flfjite. They also believe that it is very
n 'JesFary to eleit men to fill the van-
i u offices who w ill do their duty and
joiif - irco. the law:'. It is expected to
niaka thia organization permanent.
The following officers were elected:
Prebident, A. L. Howarth, Joseph;
executive committee, F. F. McCally,
A. L. Howarth, .1. T. McClain, Thomas
Morgan, Joseph ; James Burleigh,
Carl Whitmore. Enterprise; Samuel
Wade, Lostine ; Dr. O. VV. Gregg, Wal
lowa; Frank Johnson, Flora.
The league has secured the services
of George De Kay of Portland to as.-ist
ill the prohibition campaign during the
mcnth of May. Mr. De Kay comes to
us highly recommended as a man of
experience and ability in the work. He
j will speak at Enterprise Sunday, May
10, morning and evening.
We invite the people- to co operate
witli us in this great work. '
A. L. Howabth, President.
J. B. OLMSTED'S PLATFORM.
Enterpris , Or gon,' May 4th. , 1908.
To the Editor: I am, as you know,
a. candidate for the office of, county
jridge. The county court, of which the
oonnty judife is chairman, is the bubi
nsn re'.reseDtative of the people. That
tho court, therefore, should be compet
ent, conservative and honest, is a mat
ter vitally affecti g the welfare of everj
person, interest and industry within
the limits of the county.
Recognizing that fact I deem it to be
my duty to make public the position I
will assume concerning matters which
will affect the interests of lha people,
' In the first place I pledge myself, if
elected, to gie to the management of
the people's bupiness the same care and
prudence which T would exercise to
wards my own bin-ines, always keeping
in mind the fact that for every dollar
expended I will require, a dollar's worth
of value.
In the second place I pledge myself to
administer the road funds of the county
with justice and impartiality, giving to
each section of the county its j'lft iliie
and favoring no section at the exp Mie
of any other.
In the third place I. pledge rnyelf to
the people that 1 will rot build a court
house or other public buihlirg which
will cost more than the absolute u eds
of Ihe county ..conservatively estimated,
wi'l rrquire. My opinion is that
$25,000 is (in ample sum to pay for such
a buildiirg. Ah a member of the court
I Hill not favor nor will I vote, at a
board meeting, for the erection of such
a building in any town which will nit
give'nt tenet $o000 and an udctinte site,
by way of IxinuK, for the building.
It having come to my ears that I am
charged with iiitviuiiny U build dormi
tories in connection with the county
hiish whool, I tako thin Ntrtuiiify of
denying mch slorii-ii, and of pledging
myself to the ( pie that I Will not. .
And I further pledge myself that 1
will make the people' business my bus
ine?j; that I will ul wan, within reason
able hoiire, be acccHflible to anyone
having businen with the county judge's
olfice. ' ' Very Rwpucl fully, -
J. B. Olmsted.
Buy a lot in Beautiful Birchland ad
dition to Enterprise and make - eaey
money by the advance this summer.
Por tale by the O. R. A I Co.
' , PASSENGER RATES.
Fmin thoTfmes Peraoe.rnt, New Or
igins Lai , of .lan. 2o, 1908
The action of the Texas Railroad
Commission in dismissing, some days
ago, its motion to promulgate an order
reducing passenger rates in that ftate
from three to two and a half rents,
assigning as its reason that "the pres
ent time la unfavorable to lower faros In
Texas," is significant" and fnootiraina.
A more reat-onable drift of pnblin tvnti
inent in matters affectii g the common
carriers is indicated, not., alone in
Texas, hut ir. modified degree in other
southern states which have been ex
perimenting with reduced rates. The
reaction was inevitable, but the recent
flurry and tho industrial deprvsioii
that followed have naturally hastened
it l'ut a few months ago comniereiid
demards upon freight equtpmeut had
swamped toe carriers. Ktnpty freight
cars, everywhere requisitioned, . weie
not to be had, and the car famine w as
more acute than that of. tho preions
yenr. Today thousands of "empties"
are standing upon the sidings, with the
millions of money invested in them
earning practically no return. Ob
viously the time is ill-chosen for reduc
tion of railroad rates, and the action of
the Texas comuiistdon proves that t he
public is intelligent enough to rero:
nize this fact and reasonable enough to
see that justice, be done.
The Times-Democrat, throughout the
period of agitation, has contended that
passenger rates ought to be reduced
only after a careful and thorough in
quiry by competent investigators has
shown that reductions would prove
equitable to all concerned. We lii
questioned the , wisdom of arbitrary
laws, hastily enacted by legislators ill
informed as to the effect upon the carri
ers. Particularly is there need of
caution in the southern states, most
of which are so sparsely, populated as
to render arbitrary reductions hazard
ous. It is true that the ci mors nave
been guilty of grave abuses and that
their ill-chosen methods cf opposing
rate reductions have been shrewdly cal
culated to inflame the public mind.
But two wrongs never make a right and
THE SOCIALIST PLATFORM.
(Adopted by the Socialist Party in
National Convention at Chicago, 111.,
Slay 5th, 1004, and endorsed by ref
erendum of the party membership,
July 20th, 1804.)
' The Socialist Party, In convention
assembled, makes Its appeal to the
American people as the defender and
preserver of the idea of liberty and
self government in which the nation
was born; as the only political move
ment standing, for the program ..and
principles by which tire liberty of the
individual may become a fact; as the
only political organization that Is
democratic, and that has for its pur
pose the democratizing of the whole
of society.
To this idea of liberty the republi
can and Democratic parties are equal
ly false. They alike struggle for
power to maintain and profit by an
industrial system which can be pre
served only by the complete over
throw of such liberties as we already
have, and by the still further en
slavement and degredatlon of labor.
Our American Institutions came in
to the world in the name of freedom.
They have been seized upon by the
capitalist class as the means of root
ing out the idea of freedom from
among the people. Our state and na
tional legislatures have become the
mere agencies of great propertied In
terests. These Interests control the
appointments and-decisions of the
judges of our courts. They have
come into what is practically a pri
vate ownership of all the functions
and torcesaot government. They are
nsin? thesa t.n hetrnv And ennniipr
foreign end weaker peoples, In order'
to establlsn new markets for the sur
plus goods which the people make,
but are too poor to buy. They .are
gradually so Invading and restrict
ing the right of suffrage as to take
away unawares the right of the
worker to a vote or voice in public
affair 3. By enacting new and misin
terpreting old laws, they are prepar
ing to attack tho liberty of the in
dividual even to speak or think for
hiniBelf, or for the common good. :
By controlling all the sources of
3ocUl revenue, the possessing class is
able to silence what might be tho
voice of protest against the passing
of liberty and the coming of tyranny.
It completely controls the university
and public cchool, the pulpit and the
press, and the arts and literatures.
By making these economically de-
pondet:t. upon Itself, it has brought
j all the forms of public teaching into
servile submission to Its own Inter
ests. -
Our political institutions are also
being used as the destroyers of that
Individual property upon which all
liberty and opportunity depend. The
promise of economic independence to
each man was one of the faiths upon
which our institutions were founded.
But, under the guise of defending
private property, capitalism is using
our political Institutions to make it
impossible for the vast majority of
human beings ever to become posses
sors of private property in the means
of life.
Capitalism lis the enemy and de
stroyer of essential private property.
Its development is through the legal
ized confiscation of all that the labor
of the working class produces, above
les ' cubslstence-wage. The private
ownership of the means of employ
ment grounds society in an economic
slavery which renders intellectual
and political tyranny Inevitable.
Socialism comes so to organize In
dustry nd society that every individ
ual shall be secure In. that private
property In the mean of life upon
which his liberty of being, thought
oppressive reprisals by legi-dnture? or1
public comruh'Mons have ferved to in
crease, rather than minimize, the diffi
culties of the problem. It is well
understood that no state or community
can thrive without adequate railroad I
facilities, and a sound public policy ile-'
niands that the cai riers be encouraged
in their legitimate develoj nitnt and
that their right to a fair return upon
their investment be conceded. Where
reduction of p ssenuer rates is justified
by bii-i'iiuc condiMoos th recan be no
objection to its enforcement but the
reductions' onul.t to lie based upou exact
mathematical calculation, never upon
muniment or prejudice. Gov. Hughes
of New York look the correct position
w hen h vetoed the two-ct lit r;ite l ill
pasM-d by his own legislature, on the
ground that the question had m t been
carefully considered and that careful
and competent investigation of tho late
qut.stiuii uiuat be made before sneh a
rata could justly . be enforced. If thin
pronouncement bo applauded in New
York, a itate in w hich passenger traffic
is enormous, how much fctror.ger is its
claim to consideration in the southern
statep, so thinly settled tht the earn
ings from passenger traf'.io must of
necessity be much smaller,
The growing popular demand for
more reasonable rule regulations, and
for enactments that shall be fair nlika
to the public and the carriers, points
the way to better understanding be
tween the clashing interests and to a
HtUfactory adjustment of the differ
ences exii-ting: a consummation de
voutly to be wished. 2tl
Gams Laws.
Any person knowing of any violation
of the game or fish laws of the ttate, or
of persons not properly keeping screens
over irrigation ditches", aro requested to
notify Jom Clumons,
Deputy State (iamo and Forestry War
den, Zumwalt, Oregon. 42tf
Have You Any Friends
In Hie east? Send them a Wallowa
county descrip'ive pamphlet a beauti
ful book issued by tho county court.
Get them free at tho county" cleik's
office in Enterprise; or of J. D. Walcli,
Joseph ; Couch & McDonald, Wallowa;
Bowman & Mays, Lostine; Moore &;
Conlev. Flora. i
and action depends. It comes to res
cue the people from the fast increas
ing and successful assault of capital
ism upon the liberty of the individ
ual. II.
As an American socialist party, we
pledge our fidelity to the principles
of international socialism, as embod
ied in the united thought and action
of the socialists of all nations. In
the Industrial development already
accomplished, the interests of the
world's workers are separated by no
national boundaries. The condition
of the most exploited and oppressed
workers, in the mose remote places
of the earth, inevitably tends to drag
down all the workers of the world to
the same level. The tendency of the
competitive wage system is to make
labor's lowest condition the measure
or rule of its universal condition. In
dustry and finance are no longer na
tional but International, In both or
ganization and results. The chief
significance of national boundaries,
and of the so-called patriotisms
which the ruling class of each nation
Is seeking to revive is the power
which these give to capitalism to
keep the workers of the world from
witting, and to throw them against
each other in the struggles of con-j will soon destroy them,
tending capitalist Interests for the Into the midst of the strnln and
control of the yet unexplored . mar- crisis of civilization, the socialist
kets of the world, or the remaining movement comes as tho only conser
sources of profit. j vativo force. If the world Is to be
The socialist movement, therefore, ' saved from chaos, from universal dls-
ls a world-movement: It knows of
no conflicts of interests between the
workers of one nation and the work
era of another. It stands for tho free
dom of the workers of all nations;
and in so standing, it makes for the
full freedom of all humanity.
III.
The . socialist movement owes Its
birth and growth to that economic
development or world-procoss which
is rapidly separating a working or
producing class from a posseslng or
capitalist class. The class that pro
duces nothing possesses labor's fruits
and the opportunities and enjoy
ments these fruits afford, while the
class that does the world's real work
has increasing economic uncertainty,
and physical and intellectual misery,
for its portion.
Tho fact that these two classes
have not yet become fully conscious
of their distinction from each other,
the fact that the lines of division
and Interest may not yet be clearly
drawn, does not change the fact of
the class conflict.
This class struggle Is duo to the
private ownership of the means of
employment, or tho tools of produc
tion. Wherever and whenever man
owned his own land and tools, and
by them produced only the thlng3
which he used, economic independ
ence was possible. But production, or
the making of goods has long ceased
to bo Individual. The labor of scores
or even thousands, enters Into al
most every article produced. Pro
duction Is now social or collective.
Practically everything Is made or
done by many men -sometimes sep.
arated by seas or continents work'
ln together for the same end. But
this co-operation in production Is not
for the direct use of the thing made
by the workers who make them, but
for the profit of the owners of the
tools and means of production; and
to this Is due the present division of
society Into two classes; and from it
have sprung all the miseries, lnhar
monies and contradictions of our civ
ilization. Between those two classes there
can ba no possible compromise or
Identity of Interests, any more than
there can be peace in the midst of
war, or light In the midst ot dark- i stltuent; and for every gain or ad
ness. A society based upon this clais ' vanfuse for the workers that may be
division carries in Itself the seeds wrH'ed from th capitalist system,
i
"Careful Banking Insures th Safety of Deposits."
Depositors Have That Guarantee at '
WALLOWA NATIONAL BANK
OF ENTERPRISE, OREGON
- CAPITAL $50,000
SURPLUS 140.000
We Do a General Banking Business.,
Exchange Bought and Sold on
All Principal Cities.
Geo. V. Hyatt, President
Geo. IS. Craig, Vice President
P1UECTORS
Gico. S. Ckaiu
U. Phnnell
Geo. W.
R. I.
CIVIL ENGINEERING anil GENERAL LAND SURVEYING
Hydraulic and Irrigation Engineer
ENTERPRISE, OREGON.'
ENTERPRISE PAINTING CO.
MOORE Sg IRVING
PRACTICAL PAINTERS
House Tainlins
Cairiase Painiins
Taper Hanging
Up-to-Da:e Signs
iMEGS FAMOUS FlTltNI
TURE POLISH
Shop and Repository
River St. ENTERPRISE
'OTOuvcacxKiftEattflMiiiiiMiiii :
of its own destruction. Such a so- j
clety U founded in fundamental In
justice '.' hero can be no possible
basis for Boclal peace, for individual
freedom, tor mental and moral har
mony, except in tho conscious and
complete triumph of the working
cluss as the only class that has the
right or power to be.
IV.
The socialis program is not a the
ory imposed uiion society for its ac
ceptance or rejection. It Is but the
j interpretation of what ia, sooner or
i latev, inevitable. Capitalism is al-
i ready struggling to its .destruction
It ia no longer competent to organize
or administer the work of the world,
or even to preserve itself. The cap
tains of Industry are appalled at their
own Inability to control or direct the
rapidly socializing torcea of industry.
The so-called trust Is but a sign and
form of the developing socialism of
the world's work. The universal in
crease of the uncertainty of employ
ment, the universal capitalist deter
mination to break down the unity of
labor in the trades unions, the wide
spread apprehensions of impending
change, reveal that the institutions
of capitalls society are passing un
, dor the power of inhering forces that
; ordor and misery, It must be by the
union of the workers of all nations
In the socialist movoment. The so
cialist party comes with the only pro
position or program for intelligently
and deliberately organizing tho na
tion for tbo common good of all its
citizens. It is the flrBt time that the
mind of man has ever been directed
toward the conscious organization of
society.
Socialism means that all those
things upon which the people In com
mon depend shall by tho people in
common bo owned and administered.
It means that tho tools of employ
ment shall belong to their creators
and users; that all production shall
be for the direct use of the produc
ers; that the making of goods for
profit shall come to an end; that we
shall all be workers together; and
that &1I opportunities shall be open
ana equal to all men.
V.
To tho end that the workers my
seize every poslsblo advantago that
may strengthen them to gain com
plete control of the powers of gov
ernment, and thereby tho sooner es
tablish the co-operative common,
wealth, tho Socialist Party pledges It
nelf to watch and work, In both the
economic and the political struggle.
tor each successive Immediate Inter
est of the working clas; for short
ened days of labor and Ineroaso of
wages; for the Insurance of the work
ers against accident, sickness and
lack of employment; for pensions for
a;;ed and exhausted workers; for the
public ownership of the means of
transportation, communication and
exchange; for the graduated taxation
of Incomei, inheritances, franchises
and land values, the proceeds to be
applied to the public employment and
Improvement of the conditions of the
workers; for the complete education
of children, and their freedom from!
the workshop; for he prevention of
tho uae of the military against labor
In the settlement of strikes; for the
free administration of Justice; for
pov'iHr povernmont. Including Init
iative, referendum, proportional rep-
rosentation, equul ruffrago of
and women, municipal home
men
rule,
i and the recal of officers by their con
W, II. Holmes, Cashier
Frauk A. Keavis, Asst. Cashier
II y ait
Mattik A. Holmes
W, H. Holmes
LONG
falcimlning
Show Cards
PICTURE FRAMES
GILDED
and that may relieve the suffering
and strengthen the hands of labor.
We lay upon every man elected to
any executive or legislative office the
first duty of striving to procure what
ever is for the workers' most Immed
iate Interest, and for whatever will
losscn the economic and political
powers of the capitalist and Increase
the like powers of the worker.
But, In so doing, we are using
these remedial measures aa means to
the ono great end of the co-operative
commonwealth. Such measures ot
relief as we may be able to force from
capitalism are but a preparation of
the workers to solze the whole powers
of government, In order that they
may thereby lay hold of the whole
system of industry, and thus come in
to their rightful inheritance.
To this end we pledge ourselves,
as tho party of the working class, to
use all political power as fast as it
shall be entrusted to us by our fellow-workers,
both for their Immed
iate Interests and for their ultimate
and complete emancipation. To this
end we appeal to all the workers of
America, and to all who will lend
their lives to the service of the work
ers In their struggle to gain their
own, and to all who will nobly and
disinterestedly give their days and
energies unto the workers' cause, to
cast In their lot and faith with the
socialist party. Our appeal forthe
trust and suffrages of our fellow
workers Is at once an appeal for their
common good and freedom, and for
the freedom and blossoming of our
common humanity. In pledging our
selves, and those we represent, to be
faithful to the appeal which we make
we believe that we are but preparing
the Boll of that economic freedom
from which will spring the freedom
of tho whole man.
S6500 T Stock
In Beet lUininess in
iho County for
$5000
2u0 acres on Imnaha - $1600
1(10 acres on Cliesnimnua - 800
1G0 ticiet 8 miles from town , 5500
Bargains in Town Property
INSURANCE
In Best Companies. ,
W. E. TAGGART,
ENTERPRISE, OREO ON.
A Bad Title
Is always shown up by a
GOOD
ABSTRACT.!
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Abstract of Title Accurately
Made From The Law Oiti-e of
0. II. HNS
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ENTKRl'IUSE, OREGON.
OflioH on Main HtrePt
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