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Candidates at June Election"
Names of Men Who Want Your Votes And Why You
Should Vote For Them. '
REPUBLICAN.
Tor Anesior.
C. H. Allen of Flora, Republican nom
inee for County Assessor, believes in a
"square deal'1 assessment, and pledges,
If elected, to fulfill the duties of the
office to the best of his ability, fairly
and Impartially toward every propei ty
owner.
County Tmmrer
William T. Bell Is the Republican
nominee for County Treasurer. Mr.
Bell's platform is "Safety for the
county money." Mr. Ball is one of the
beat known men In the county and his
record Is known of all men.
INDEPENDENT
To tit Votsri of Wallowa County.
X will be a candidate fori re-election
as County Surveyor on an Independ
ent ticket u usual. On account of my
qualifications and .my experience of
the last four years in the position,
there la no other man on earth who
van better serve the Interests of the
. people of Wallowa county as County
Surveyor for the next two years, and
It elected the permanency of lines nud
corners already properly established
are assured. Respectfully,
. H. . Merryman,
County Surveyor.
DEMOCRATIC.
Candidate for He-eleotlon.
Frank A. Reavis, Democratic candi
date for re-election to the office oi Coun
ty Treasurer, will safeguard the county
funds if elected and serve the best in
terests of the taxpayer.
Proceedings of
County Court
Continued from Editorial Pago
iciun for the ensuing year:
Court appoints Dr. E. T. Anderson
county physician for the year begin
ning May 1, 1908, and ending May 1,
1909, and agrees to pay said E. T.
Anderson $150 for the year; said K.
T. Anderson to attend to any and all
cases of a medical nature that are
declared county charges by the
county court, and should any patient
require surgical operation, sold phy
siciun shall perform eiud operation
at a reasonable price; further said
physician agrees t o furnish all medi
cines for county charges.
In the matter of appointing secretary
for county board of health :
Court appoints Dr. E. T. Anderson to
act as secretary of said board of
health for the ensuing year, be
ginning July 1, 1 908, and ending July
1, 1910.
Court adjourned for the day. .
Claims Allowed.
O. M. Corkius, salary, March, f 66 66
" 106 66
J W Baker " " 3 in)
M P Isely " " 3 00 j
J B Falconer, clerk " 3 00
Robt. Bcott " 3 00
J W Huffman " " 3 00
do - returning box 50 mi. 5 00
J S Pratt, judge, Iuinaha, 3 00
W P Warnock ' " 8 00
J D Hamilton " 3 00
J A Denny clerk " 8 00
Jack Johnson " " 3 00
L C Johnson " - " 3 CO
do returning box 66 mi. 6 60
Sam Stevens, judge, Paradise, 3 00
Walter Applegato " " 8 00
O. L. Borland " 3 00
Nova Straley clerk, " 3 00
II A Burns " " 3 00
G M Hendrickson " " 3 00
Walter Apple rate, returning ballot
' box 90 miles 9 00
: ro
a oo
20 oo
3 oo
3 00
3 00
3 00
3 00
3 00
hall rent, etc.,
judge, Promise,
clerk
W C Straley.
J K Car per,
Walter Miller
Q D Daniel
J L Doud
F M Roup ".
W T Miller "
do returning box 90 mi.
J Q Connelly, judge, Flora,
JFVan Camp ' "
J H Dale i. i.
H C Davis clerk "
TDCoblentz " "
SB Conner ' x "
W C Moore,'
In matter of appropriating money for
road district No. 19:
Sum of (160 appropriated to be used
on Eureka road and Imnaha trail
from Cow creek to end of said trail.
Warrant ordered drawn in favor of
Joseph Clemons, supervisor of said
dUtrict.
Court adjourned.
Friday, May 8, 1908.
Court allowed all just claims.
In the matter of ordering road and trail
open in road district 6:
Road supervisor of district 6 ordered
o openup said road as follows: From
. the county road coiner at Rumble's
cabin on Little Sheep creek, through
the gate down the west Me of said
creek to a point opposite to the mouth
of Rail canyon, then to open up the
trail across stream up said Rail can
yon to the first gulch that conies into
nld canyon on the left hand side as
ou go. up sal I canyon from Little
jiheep' creek and up raid gulch to on
top, he ether side of Little Sheep
creek.'
In matter of appropriating monoy for
road district No. 5:
Sum of 200 appropriated, and w ar
rant ordered druwu in favor of O. W.
Chambers.
In matter of appropriating money for
road district No. 2:
Sam of $100 appropriated for C. E.
. 'Van Pelt road and warrant ordered
drawn In favor of F. W. Hammack.
In matter of allowing E. M. & M. Co.
the right to construct and maintain a
pipe line on the north line of the Coun
ty High School grounds:
Said E. M. & M. Co. granted and al
lowed the privilege of constructing
and maintaining a vater pipe line
through the north side of the county
high school grounds in city of Enter
prise. In matter of appointing county phys.
J. M. Blakely,
J. A. French,
S. F. Pace, " "
J. W. Kerns, " "
F. A.Reavis, "
W.C. Boatman, " '.
C. E. Crow, ' "
Ella Daley, " "
E. J. Forsytho, lights for March
T- F. and Dunne Lattirope, pay
ment Troy Bridge 400 00
Kirkland 4 Moss, roud contract, 498 96
It. H. Richards, expense John
Herman, insane 82 75
125 00
100 00
83 33
60 00
75 00
75 00
40 00
18 00
O. M. Corkins, salary, April,
J. M. Blakely, " "
J. A. French, " "
S. F. Pace, ' "
J. W. Kerns " "
F. A. Reavis " '"
W.C. Boatman "
C. E.Crow " "
Ella Daley " "
E. J. Forsythc, lights for April
Primary Election
Geo. S. Craig, judge, Enterprise,
B. Kooch "
W. E. A. Watson "
Oeo. M. Gaily, clerk "
Fred Savage "
"A. G."
High Grade Percheron
Will make the season of 1908 at the
ranch of Baker Bros., on Swamp
Creek, 7 miles north of Enterprise.
$8 To Insure Colt
PASTURE FURNISHED.
"A. C." Is a handsome black gray,
3 years old In May, and weighs
1560 pounds,
$15 CASH $15
To tbt three Pupils of Wal
lowa County! Schools who
bring the largest numlr of
their Bunter Brown Ads cut
form the News Record to
W. J. FUNK& cos
store by November 1, 1908.
Cut out the ads each week
and have all your friends eave
ads for you. ' They are found
only in the News, Recoup.
marshal "
judge, Joseph
clerk.
returning box,
judge, Lostine
V. I. Cronin
C Reavis
S Honck
O T Prout
J M Mitchell
Hugh Wilson,
F F McCully,
A G Smith
O T Prout,
Sam Wade,
J II Haun
A W Courtney
O F Mays
J O Kiddle
Mike Crow
W C Fleener,
O F Mays,
Edwin Marvin,
H 8 Moore
Levi Tulley
O A Hunter,
Ed Tulley " "
A S Cooley " "
Chas. Hug marshal "
Levi Tulley, returning box 40 mi.
F W Heekett, judge, Leap,
G Christopherson ' "
H W Meek " "
Leroy Ruggles clerk "
LG Peterson "
Wash Owubey
3 50
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clerk,
marshal M
returning box
ji-dge, Wallowa,
clerk
66 66
166 66
125 00
100 00
83 8
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75 00
75 00
40 00
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marshal, "
J Q Connally, return'g box 90 mi.
S C Himelwright, judge, Park,
B Marks . .. ..
MP Thompson " "
Murat Blevans clerk "
R M Fisk
W O Beith, " '
S C Himelwright, returning bal
lot box chietv miles 9 00
RLCole, jucie, Lost Prairie, 3 00
O A Shuman " , " 3 00
Geo Lightle " " 3 00
Barg Holloway, clerk '" 3 00
Low Frazier, " " 3 00
Jack Cole, " " , 3 00
RLCole, returning ballot box
100 miles...: 10 00
M ike Tuoiuason, judge, Pittsburg 3 00
E B Wilson " " 3 00
Ben Johiihon . 3 00
liB Robertson clerk " 3 00
l.' r o i a I
i' 1 .-'inn. lit;
James Cliutlin " "
Miko Thomason, returning bal
lot box 200 miles
Peter Ficker, judge, Grouse,
E Riohman " "
James MoCeuley " "
W A Moore . clerk "
C J Fleming " "
Lafavette Wilson " "
C J Fleming, returning ballot
box 120 miles 12 00
Geo L Post, judge, Powwatka, 3 00
W I Downard " " 8 00
W E Dearing " " 3 00
Olof Anderson, clerk " 3 00
B II MeGinnis " 3 00
Louis Carpenter " ' 3 00
H II MeGinnis, returning ballot
box 100 miles 10 00
A C Smith, assisting canvass
ing returns
do justice fees
do " "
E A Hart, juror case State vs
WW Zurcher
Wm Weaver " "
Geo Wagner " "
Solomon Pace " "
James Koocli " "
J C Pratt " "
Ed Rogers, making 6 booths for
Enterprise precinct 10 00
C A Ault, physician examining
H II Beeman, insane
CTHoekett " '
J N Stubblefield, witness, Bee
man insane case
J C Shackleford " "
J T Bircher " "
Josh Weaver " "
Hattie Beenihn " "
do mileage "
John Beemm " "
do witness . "
W B Applegate, registering 25
voters
Bushong & Co., Sheriff's office
supplies 87 00
A E Cole, witness State vs John
Doe
J G Fleener, examination J II
Scatt insane
Chas A Ault " "
Elgin Forwnrding Co., freight,
"Cartful Banking Insures the Suety of Deposits."
Depositors Have That tiuaruntee i;t
WALLOWA NATIONAL BANK
OF ENTERPRISE, OREGON
CAPITAL I50.C00
SURPLUS 140.000
We Do a General Banking Business.
Exchange Bought and Sold on
All Principal Cities.
Geo. W. Hyatt, President
Geo. S. Cruig, Vice President
W. R. Holmes, Cashier
Frank A. Reavis, Asst. Cashier
Geo. S. Ckaio
G. Penxell
DIRKCTOKS
Gko. W. Hyatt
W
Mattie A.
R. Holmes
Holmes
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R. I. LONG
CIVIL ENGINEERING and GENERAL LAND SURVEYING
Hydraulic and Irrigation Engineer
ENTERPRISE, OREGON.
Continued next week.
ENTERPRISE PAINTIN CO.
MOORE & IRVING
PRACTICAL PAINTERS
House Painting
Carriage Painting
Paper Hanging
Up-to-Date Signs
Calcimining
Show Cards
mfgs. famous fuuni
ture polish
PICTURE FRAMES
GILDED
Shop and Repository
River St. ENTERPRISE
THE SOCIALIST PLATFORM.
(Adopted by the Socialist Party in
National Convention at Chicago, 111.,
May 5th, 1004, and endorsed by ref
erendum of the party membership,
July liOth, 1004.)
I.
L G Petersou, returning box 30 mi. 3 00
L Knapper, judge, Prairie Cr.
OW Chambers " "
CWMeek " "
H B Davidhizer, clerk "
II D Akins " "
G C Gowinff " "
O W Chum bars ret'r'g box 30 mL
Tom Stump, judge, Butte,
Frank Zumwalt " "
Geo. Neil, " "
Henry Davis clerk M
Arthur Jewel
FredHarsin " "
Tom Stump, returning box 40 mi.
do preparing booths,
Geo C Russell, judge, Trout Cr.
T C Bunnell " "
Jno Baker " '
G W Wright clerk
E A Anderson "
JPAverill " "
Jno Baker, returning box 22 mi.
8 B Warnock, judge, Mud Creek,
Albert Ager " , . "
J W Emmons " "
J M Casteel, clerk . "
J W Eddlcmon- ' "
W V DuK-y " "
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S B Warnock, returning box 80 ml. 8 00
S T Tir pott, judge, Pine Creek, 3 00
CSWrenn " 8 00
W H Getchell " " 3 00
G W Harris clerk " 3 00
Henry Wright - .. " 3 00
RJ Haskins . " " 3 00
G W Harris, ret'r'g box 70 roL 7 00
8 A Blevans . judge, Divide, 8 00
The Socialist Party, In convention
assembled, makes its appeal to the
American people as the defender and
preserver of the idea of liberty and
Belt government in which the nation
was born; as the only political move
ment standing for the program and
principles by which the 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 republl
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 forces of government. They are
using these to betray and conquer
foreign and weaker peoples, in order
to establish 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
affairs. By enacting new and misin
terpreting old laws, they are prepar
ing to attack the liberty of the in
dividual even to speak or think for
himself, or for the common good.
. By controlling all the sources of
social revenue, the possessing class Is
able to silence what might be the
voice of protest against the passing
of liberty and the coming of tyranny.
It completely controls the university
and public school, the pulpit and the
press, and the arts and literatures.
By making these economically de
pendent upon Itself, it has brought
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 U the enemy and de
stroyer of essential prlvete property.
Its development is through the legal
ized confiscation of all that the labor
of the working class produces, above
us subsistence-wage. The prlvato
ownership of the means of employ
ment grounds society in an economic
slavery which renders intellectual
and political tyranny Inevitable.
Socialism cornr-s so to organize in
dustry and society that every individ
ual shall be secure in that private
property In the means of life npon
which his liberty, of being, thought
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
nledce 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 tend3 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 if 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
keen the workers of the world from
uniting, and to throw them against
each other in tho struggles of con
tending capitalist interests for the
control of the yet unexplored mar
kets of the world, or the remaining
sources of profit.
The socialist movement, therefore,
Is a world-movement. It knows of
no conflicts of interests between tho
workers of one nation and the work
ers of another. It stands for the 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-process 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,
I and physical and intellectual misery,
for its portion.
The 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 due to the
private ownership of the means of
employment, or the tools of produc
tion. Wherever and whenever man
owned his own land and tools, and
by them produced only the things
which he used, economic lndepend
ence was possible. But production, or
the making of goods, as long ceased
to be 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 snp
arated by seas or continents work
ing togother for tho same end. But
this co-operation In production Is not
for the direct use of the things 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, Inhar
monic and contradictions of our civ
ilization. Eetwon those two classes there
can he no possible compromise or
Identity of Interests, any more than
tlifve can bo peace in the midst of
war, or light In the midst of dark
ness. A society based upon this class
division carries in itself the seeds
of Its own destruction. Such a so
ciety is founded in fundamental in
justice. There can be no possible
basis for social peace, for individual
freedom, for mental and moral har
mony, except in the conscious and
complete triumph of the working
class as the only class that has the
right or power to be.
IV.
The socialis program is not a the
ory imposed upon society for its ac
ceptance or rejection. It 13 but the
interpretation of what Is, sooner or
later, inevitable. Capitalism is al
ready struggling to its destruction.
It is 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 torces 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 tho uncertainty of employ
ment, tho universal capitalist deter
mination to break down tho unity of
labor In the trades unions, tho wide
spread apprehensions of impending
change, reveal that the Institutions
of capltalis society are passing un
der the power of Inhering forces that
will soon destroy them.
Into the midst of the strain and
crisis of civilization, the socialist
movonient comes as tho only conser
vative force. If the world Is to be
saved from chaos, from universal dis
order and misery, It must bo by the
union of tho workers of all nations
In the socialist movement. The so
cialist party comes with the only pro
position or program for intelligently
and deliberately organizing the na
tion for tho common good of all its
citizens. It is the first tlmo that the
mind of man has ever been directed
toward the conscious organization of
socloty.
Socialism means that all thoso
things upon which tho people In com
mon depend shall by the people in
common be owned and administered
It means that the tools of employ-
mcnt shall belong to their creators
and users; that all production shall
be for tho direct use of the produc
ers; that the making of goods for
profit shall como to an end; that wo
Bhall all bo workers together; and
that all opportunities shall bo open
and equal to all men.
V.
To the end that tho workers my
seize every poslsblo advantage that
may strengthen them to gain com-
plcte control of tho powers of gov-
ernment, and thereby the sooner es
tabllsh the co-operative common-
wealth, the Socialist Party plodgcs It-
eclf to watch and work, In both the
economic and the political struggle,
for each successive linniedlato Inter
est of tho working class; for short
ened days of labor and Increase, of
wages; for the insurance of the work
ers against accident, sickness and
lack of employment; for pensions for
aged and exhaiiKted workers; for the
public ownership of the means of
transportation, communication and
exchange; for the graduated taxation
of Incomes, inheritances, franchises
anil 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 ho prevention of
the use of the military against labor!
In tho settlement of strikes; for the
froo administration of Justice; for
popular government, Including Init
iative, referendum, proportional rep
resentation, equal suffrage of men
and women, municipal home rulo,
and tho recal of officers by their con
stituents; and for every gain or ad
vantage for the workers that may bo
wrested from tho capitalist system.
and that may rellovo 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 la for tho workors' most immed
iate interest, and for whatever will
lessen tho economic and political
powers of tho capitalist and increase
the like powerB of tho worker.
But, in so doing, we . are using
theso remedial measures as means to
the one great end of the co-operative
commonwealth. Such measures of
relief as we may be able to force from
'capitalism are but a preparation of
the workers to seize the whole powers
of government, in order that they
may thereby lay hold of the wholo
system of Industry, and thus come in
to their rightful inheritance.
To this end wo 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 tho workers of
America, and to all who will lend
their lives to tho service of tho work
ers In their struggle to gain tholr
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 tho
socialist party. Our appeal for tho
trust and suffrages of our fellow
workers 3 at onco an appeal for tholr
common good and freedom, and for
tho freedom and blossoming of our
common humanity. In pledging our
solves, and thoso we represent, to be
faith rul to tho appeal which wo make
we believe that we are but preparing
the soil of that economic freedom
from which will spring the freedom
of tho wholo man.
$6500 T Stock
$5000
In Best ?utincH8 in
the County for
200 ncros on Iinnalia - $1C00
100 acres on Chcsnimnua - 800
1G0 acres 3 miles from town 5500
Bargains in Town Property
INSURANCE
In Best Companies.
V. E. TAGGART,
EN T ERPR1SE, O REG ON .
A Bad Title
Is always shown up by a
GOOD
ABSTRACT.
Abstracts of Titlo Accurately
Made prom Tho Law Oflico of
0. 11 CORKINS
E NTERPBISE, OREGON.
Ollico on Main Street