Professional Directory
AND
Business Cards
Physicians and Surgeons
Physician and Surgeon
C. T. HOCKETT, M. D.
Independent Phone.
Office up stairs in Bank Bldg.
DR. C. H. DRAKE
Veterinary Surgeon and
Dentist.
Office at Red Front Livery Barn.
ENTERPRISE, OREGON
Hotels.
When Passing On The Lewis
tcn Road, Stop At The
Sled Springs Hotel.
Plenty of Stable Rajon;.
S. B. CONNER, Proprietor.
Attorneys-at-Law.
THOS. M.DILL,
Attorney - at - Law
Office First Door South New
Fraternal Building
ENTERPRISE, ORE.
J. A, Burleigh
Daniel Boyd
Burleiqh 8c Boyd
flttorrieys-ai-Law
Will practice In all the Courts of
this State and before the Interior
and Its offices.
The nioHl cateful attention
given to all business entrusted
to our care.
Enterprise, Oregon.
Miscellaneous
WESLEY DUNCAN,
Stock Inspector for Wallowa
County.
JOSEPH, OREQON
BEST RANCH
In Wallowa County
2 MILES FROM ENTERPRISE
&"7C PER
CD I O ACRE
ANOTHER BARGAIN
160 acres on
Alder Slope for
$3600
W. E. TAGGART,
ENTERPRISE,
OREGON.
COME TO
WHEAT'S
and call for your
choice of
EDISON RECORDS
and hear it played
on the most perfect
of sound reproduc
ing instruments.
The complete Edison Cata
logue of records at
E. B. WHEAT'S
JEWEI.ERY 8T0KK.
Jhe JHeWs Record
An independent newkpapeb
Formerly the Wallowa News, establlahe
March 3, 1899. New series bega.
April 30, J907.
Published every Thursday,
at Enterprise, Oregon. Office Ea
tilde I'ublic Square.
Telephone Home Independent No. 31.
GALLOWAY & HEATON
Publisher!
Entered at the Enterprise post of floe at
second-clas matter.
SUBSCIUPTION RATES.
One year $1.50; three months 60 cents
Cash in advance.
NOTE: Under the new postal regula
tions, subscriptions to a weekly news
paper must be discontinued at end o
a year or pay one cent postage oi
each paper. This means In practica
working, a cash basis. Every sub'
scrlber of the News liecord will be no
tified the first of the month in whlcl
his subscription expires, and If no re
newal is received by the last day o
that month the name la taken fron
our lists.
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lur subscribers may have a secon
copy sent outside Wallowa county fo
1 a yeur.
SPECIAL ADVERTISING NOTICE.
Resolutions, cards of thanks, obltuar;
poetry, and notices of entertainment
the object of which is pecuniary gai
(outside pure news me.ttlon) ai
charged 5 cents a line.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1908.
THE COURT HOUSE 8ITE.
It is peculiar law that the donors
of a block dedicated to public use
together with the municipality ant
the county, the official representa
tion of that public, cannot changi
the manner in which the public ma)
reap the benefit of that public use
yet according to eminent legal auth
orlty, consulted by our county court
that Is beyond any question the law
In Oregon.
With not even a bare possibility
of doubt In regard to the alienability
of the public square, the court wl!
have the united support of all whi
voted to settle the county seat ques
tion, In Us determination to go ahead
with building the court house on tht
site that la probably the choice- o
the majority of the people of the
county anyway.
There can be no more question o'
the good faith of the members o
the court or of the people of Enter
prise than there Is of the imposal
blllty of sale of the square. Tw(
of the three members of the court
would sell the square and seek an
other site for the courthouse, wen
that possible,' There Is only one ob
stacle to the sale of the square, bu
that, In the unanimous opinion o
several eminent lawyers, la unsur
moun table; Is not of Enterprise's do
lug In any way and was not though
of when the offer to buy was made
And It Is not In Enterprise's powei
to remove, nor In the power of any
persons or body not even the legis
lature.
According, to the law as laid dowr
by the Oregon Supreme court In t
number of cases, the original dedl
cation , can never be set aside oi
changed; the last deed to that plo
of ground that can be made legally,
has been made.
While this wl'l be a disappoint
ment to a number of people In this
county, Including not a few In Enter
prise, there Is no need for division oi
strife. The square is an Ideal site
and Is nearer the depot than any
other probable site would be, thui
giving time for people In the north
end of the valley to transact theli
business between trains. There U
ubRolutely nothing to be gained b;
wrangling over the inevitable, except
to renew the county seat' scrap.
STRUGGLE FOR PUBLICITY.
There are seven presidential tick
ets in the field count 'era: Re
publican, Democratic, Socialist, Pro
hlbltlon, Socialist-Labor, Independ
ence and Populist.
The two Dills Taft and Bryan-
have no trouble In keeping before
the public eye, by virtue of bel.'is
nominees of tho big parties and by
virtue of their barrels, or more or
less plethoric size, but the othei
candidates are having a hard time
In their struggle for publicity.
The Socialist-Labor party tried the
shrewd scheme of nominating a man
for president who is In the Nevada
penitentiary under sentence of death
and reaped the reward of black head
lines on the first page for at least
one day. ' That's the last heard of
hlra or them.
Debs, candldata of the regular So
clallst party, li aa Indefatigable
speaker and also has the boost o.
the Socialist, papers of wide clrcula
tion. The Independence candidate
jf course relies upon the Hearst pa
)ers tokeep his name from being for
gotten, as the Independence party is
jlmply a creation of W. R. Hearst
Tom Watson has a magazine tc
boost for the Populists and their bril
liant leader.
The Prohibitionists are usually
adly handicapped In the struggle
or publicity, as their papers are
tot widely read and their candidate
Heretofore has been a "dead one.'
n press agent's parlance. But thlt
ear they seem to have hit upon t
eal, live, flesh and blood fellow
ho overlooks no opportunity to ge
lis name In print. He got on th
lrlng line during the race riot a
Jprlngfleld, 111., last week and wai
hot' in the arm. That's a stunt
worthy of the press agent of Lllllar
lussell. We predict that fellow wll
ie better known by November that
'.ny Prohibition candidate since St
ohn aroused the ire of Republl
;ans by getting enough votes to ac
ompllsh the defeat of Blaine lc
1884.
There is every indication of activ
ity in the mining industry of Wal
Iowa county when the railroad i
sompleted. If the hopes and faltl
of many good mining men are no
misplaced, there are mines in tb
mountains to the south and south
sast of Enterprise that only awal
transportation facilities to becomt
producers. If this proves true, it wil
mean much more than can be fore
told for the prosperity and develop
ment of the county in general, ant
particularly for the south end. Jo
leph, being nearest the mines wll
probably reap the greatest dlrec
benefit of any of the towns, but ev
erybody will share, Including th(
farmers, who will have home ' mar
kets, at big prices, for all the pro
duce, butter, eggs, poultry and frul
they can raise.
The cattlemen will have a gooc
year. The cattle on the ranges are
reported as being in prime condition
and a larger number of both steen
and fat cows will be marketed tha'
usual in Wallowa county. The prlc
Is good with every prospect of con
tlnuing high figures this fall. It wat
estimated last fall that over 3001
head would be sold and bring in r
total of close to $100,000, but th
panic stopped the deliveries an
many hundred head were turnec
back on the range. These will b
marketed this fall in addition to th
normal crop, so it Is safe to estlm
ate that Wallowa county cattle wll'
bring in over J150.000 in monej
this season. This will be a big fac
tor In making good times in Wallowa
county.
Is Oregon about to enter upon ai
era of railroad construction to the
neglected parts of this state T Gov
ernor Chamberlain, returned from an
Interview with Harriman at Pellcar
Lodge, speaks optimistically of the
railroad king's intentions. "Ground
will be broken for a railroad to Cen
tral Oregon Just as soon as the
route can be determined, probably
within 60 days." That sounds splen
didly. It ought not to take long tc
determine a route. There's no dan
ger of getting too close to some oth
er road. A section of territory ae
large aa the state of Indiana and oi
vast natural resources lies un
touched, waiting the magic of the
iron horse to blossom as the rose
T. T. Geer, whom the people o
Oregon honored by electing him
governor of this state, is now ad
vising the statement No. 1 Republi
can members of the legislature tc
dishonor themselves and flaunt the
people who elected them, by either
refusing to vote for the people'!
choice for United States senator, oi
resign. Geer is like the "friend" ap
pealed to by the despondent man
and whose advice was to put hit
property in his wife's name and thus
prevent the collection of honest
debts, or to commit suicide.
Prosperity has surely returned.
The city papers teem with advertise
menu of mining and oil stock foi
sale, and Thomas Lawson is again
spending money In booming his pet
stocks
Good roads discriminate agalns.
nobody and no section, but there
can be partiality to sections shown
In providing good roads. Let nc
community oppose Its neighbor's ef
fort to secure better roads to mar
ket, lest in time t3 come that neigh
bor will in turn block your hope.
Every community in Wallowa coan
ty is entitled to. the best roads. tc
market over the most natural route
that the people can afford to make.
Portland is destined to become the
greatest manufacturing center wes.
of the Rocky mountains. And ae
manufacturing is the greatest multl
plyer of population, the Oregon me
tropolls is also destined to be the
largest city of the coast.
, The murder of Annis by Captain
Halns and his brother, was, by the
newspaper accounts, deliberate am
cold-blooded. It is to be hoped the
country is spared a repetition of the
Thaw trial In all its nastiness, and
its travesty of Justice.
PROMISE RAILROADS
FOR CENTRAL OREGON
Portland. Ore.. Aug. 22. Harriman
will build at once a road across cen
ral Oregon and 'also a road soutb
rom the Columbia river, . probably
ip the Des Chutes river, to a point
.n central Oregon, where such a road
would cut the proposed line running
aast and west. This Is a statement
nade by Governor Chamberlain, whe
returned today from a visit to Harrl
nan at Klamath lake. Harriman
;old the governor that construction
work across central Oregon woulc
legln Just as soon as the route
:ould be located which probably
would be during the present week
Vccordlng to Chamberlain the agree
nent to build a road south from the
Columbia is a tacit one. He quotes
Harriman as saying: "We will build
i line into Central Oregon Immedl
itely. As soon as the construction
.'orces can be assembled the work
will be commenced. I think I can
xssure you ground will be broken
within sixty days."
Good Roads in 100 Words.
Hon. Wilbur K. Newell, preldent
f the Oregon State Board of Horti
aulture, and equally well known in
Washington, has, at the request ol
he Oregon Development league, con
lensed his Ideas on Oood Roads into
)ne hundred words, and they tell the
Hory: .; -.
"Bad roads nullify advertising, re
pel immigration, increase cost of llv
ing, render the automobile useless
and will deprive the farmer of rural
free delivery.
"State aid and supervision of road
construction is essential.
"In equity because a public bene
(It, the stalte should pay twenty-five
Per cent of the cost, county fifty pei
sent, and the adjacent property twen
ty-flve per cent.
For thoroughness Trained engl
neers and strict supervision of al
work.
For economy levy taxes and pay
as we go, or on short time certifl
cate plan.
For education regular and corres
pondence courses in road building al
Orgeon Agricultural college and Unl
verslty of Oregon.
"Let us build good roads all sum
mer instead of talking about them
all winter."
8PECIAL ELECTION NOTICE.
Notice Is hereby given that on Sat
urday, the 12th day of September,
1908, at the office of W. E. Taggart,
In the city of Enterprise, in Wallowa
County, Oregon, a special election ol
the legal voters of said city of En
terprise will be held in said city of
Enterprise, for the purpose of de
termining whether the city councl.
of said city of Enterprise, Oregon
shall be authorized and empowered
to borrow on the faith and credit ol
said city of Enterprise, Oregon, a
sum of money not to exceed $30,000,
for the purpose of supplying said
city of Enterprise, Oregon, with r
system of waterworks, and the sum
so borrowed to draw interest at the
rate of not to exceed 6 per cent pel
annum, which sail special election
will be held at one o'clock in the
afternoon, and will continue until
seven o'clock in ,the afternoon ol
said day.
Dated this 17th day of August
1908.
Date of first publication, August
20, 1908.
W. E. TAGGART,
City Recorder of the City of Enter
prise, Oregon.
Enterprise Cleaning and
Pressing Works
Have received their new fall sam
ples. Come and inst ect them at
once. Prices from
$13.25 to $45.00.
A. C. WILLETT, Prop.
Two floors west of City Bakery.
E. INI. & M. CO.
Has purchased a complete line of Clothing,
consisting of all the latest styles and patterns
of the day, Baught, Brandegee, Kincaid and
Wood, Utica, N. Y. In order to make room
for this stock of clothing we will give to the
people of Wallowa county some of the great
est bargains that we have yet offered, and
especially will we do this with our cash cus
tomers, always giving them a good cash dis
count, and we will do more as we want to
cut down our mammoth stock of merchandise
before the railroad gets to Enterprise. We
will give bargains in every department of our
large store and we will give the same cash
discount in other departments to all those
spending their cash with us.
You know by the past that we will treat you right, so come
to the E. M. & M. Co. for greater bargains than ever before.'
Respectfully.
THEGNTERPRISEM.&M.GO.
ENTERPRISE
BEST OF MEATS-
Highest Market
Price for
Hides and Pelts
PROPRIETORS
PHONE HOME 115
J. D. WALOK
Real Estate Dealer
Mitchell Hotel Block JOSEPH, OREGON
Red I'ront Livery and
Feed Stable
First Class Accommodations
Best of Hay and Grain 4j ,
ONE BLOCK SOUTH OF
HOTEL ENTERPRISE
FIRST-CLASS RIGS
CAREFUL DRIVERS
ARE SPECIALTIES OF THE
Horses Boarded by Day, Week or Month
Good Care of all Stock.
BEST EQUIPPED STABLE IJV TEE COUNTY
One Block. East of Court House.
J,0. SHAOKLEFORD, Proprietor.
"Cartful Banking Insures the Safety of Deposits.".
Depositors Have That Guarantee at
WALLOWA NATIONAL BANK
OF ENTERPRISE, OREGON
CAPITAL I50.C00 ' '
SURPLUS 145.000
We Do a General Banking Business
. Exchange Bought and Sold on
All Principal Cities.
Geo. W. Hyatt, President WRnim'r. ...
Geo. 8. Craig. Vice President Frank A. JSSPSiSS!1'
DIRECTORS
Geo. S. Cbaiu Geo. W. Hyatt t.
Q. PENNELL HYATTW. R. J! H"
SECOND-HAND STORE
BODGERS BROS., Proprietors
Dealers in new and second-hand good, Bicycles and Bicycle
Supplies. Bicycle and Gun Repair Shop. Furniture made or
Repaired, Screen Doors and Windows made to order. Give us
a trial. Our prices are right and all work gnaranteed.
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