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Wallowa County Official
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VOL, 2, NO. 21.
ENTERPRISE, WALLOWA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1903.
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Notices In this column are charged 1
cent a word one Insertion, or 3 cents
a word 4 insertions. Minimum charge
15 cents. Cash with order.
FOR SALE.
A 20,000 Sawmill, in good order.
Has 35 H. P. engine, gang edger, all
belting, saws, etc., ready to run. Is
a bargain at $1,100. . Write to Star
Planing Mill, Elgin, Oregon.
CATTLE, 100 head, from yearlings
up to 5-year-old cows with calves,
and including 1- and 2-year-old steers
and a few 3-year-old steers. J. H.
Whitmore, Enterprise. . Ranc- 10
miles north of Enterprise. 12tf
PURE BRED Duroc Jersey Boar pigs
splendid individuals from prize
winning strain. Prices reasonable tc
introduce them. Lovers of fine hogs
are invited to call and see these pigs
at my farm on Alder Slope, the old
Mahon place, 5 miles southwest c
Enterprise. S. T. Daggett. 18t4
TAKEN UP.
Taken up on the Bell ranch . neat
Chlco, on Crow creek, one spotted
cow and calf branded RT on left hip.
LODtiE DIRECTORY.
In ft C ENTERPRISE LODGE, No
.U.U.r. 153.
EMERALD BEBEKAH LODGE, No. 119.
K. of P. f!
ENTERPRISE LODGE, No
. JUANITA TEMPLE, No. 7, ,Pythlar
Sisters.
MkOfHIlO ENTERPRISES' CHAPTER,
IVlAuUNIUNo. 80, Royal, Arch Masons,
meets first and third Tuesdays of each
month In Masonlo HalL All visiting
Royal Arch Masons welcomed.
J. B. OLMSTED, High Priest.
D. W. 8HEAHAN, Secretary.
WALLOWA LODGE, No. 82, A. F. &
A. M., meets second and fourth Satur
days of each month in Masonic Hall.
Visiting Masons welcomed
C. H. ZURCHER, W. M.
W. C. BOATMAN, Secretary.
WALLOWA VALLEY CHAPTER, No
50, O. E. a meets first and third Sat
urdays of each month, in Masonic Hall
Visiting Stars are always welcomed.
OLIVE LOCKWOOD, W. 'M.
DANIEL BOYD, Secretary. .
til a EAGLE CAMP, No. 10497, M.
. iKn.W. A Meets first and third
Thursdays In each month, In 'new Fra
ternal halL Visiting Neighbors always
welcome. , J. Q. RONNIE, Consul.
' T. M. DILL, Clerk.
ANEROID CAMP, No. 8542. R N. of A.
WILL BUILD -FIRE
PROOF WAREHOUSE
WOOLGROWERS UNITE FOR ONE
STRUCTURE TO BE ERECTED
AT ENTERPRISE.
Wfl Ul ENTERPRISE ?C-MP, No.
.U. If. 635, -WV of W.
ALMOTA CIRCLE. No. 278. W. of W.
A site for a $10,000 fireproof
wool and general warehouse 150 feat
west of the Enterprise depot wae
granted to a company composed
principally of wool growers by Gen
eral Manager O'Brien on his vlsli
here Friday night. The company
has been organizing for severa.
weeks, and nearly every prominent
wool grower has subscribed for
stock. Enterprise business men who
otherwise would have put up ware
houses have given way to this com
pany and will co-operate with it. A
forwarding business will be done and
the management of the company be
lieves that with the big advantage
In roads from Enterprise, the fire
proof building and equitable charges
as low as the . business will permit
the bulk of the distributing business
for the county will be handled at
Enterprise.
This warehouse company had lt
Inception at the wool sale in Elgin,
when the buyers asked that the
wool men get together on the prop
osition for they would attend bu.
one sale3 day in the valley. Enter
prise was selected as the most cen
tral and accessible point for the
erection of the warehouse, which
will be .large enough to store the
entire clip of the county, and wll
be built of stone, with a cement
floor . and have a steel-trussed fire
proof roof.
The warehouse and forwarding
company being owned and controlled
by the stockmen and ranchers, low
rates for' storage are assured, and
the fire-proof building will save
shippers insurance, a no. small item.
The building will be so located as
to be reached by. teams from the
south and . east without passing
through town. The council will
bridge Prairie creek at Residence
street, and there' is talk of extend
ing Alamo street to the county road
whero the city water -ditch- ' flume
crosses it. If the latter Is done 1
will give a direct road to the ware
house, which will - front on Alamc
street. V
"As Boon as the stakes for the
site are definitely set by Englneei
Brandon, work on the project wll
begin," said W. H. Graves, one of
the prime movers in the enterprise.'
The foundation may be put In this
fall; anyway the rock and othei
material will be hauled for It is the
Intention to have the building' com
pleted in time to store the wool next
June.
Lot $30 to $60.
Three to four blocks from High
School. South of Wagner's addition,
Large size. See H. E. Merry man. En
terprise. 21tf :
Program Of Races
At County Fair
Running and Trotting " Events Billed
for. Thursday and Saturday
Sports Friday.
Wallowa, Sept. 15. Races at the
county fair will be run on Thursday
and Saturday. No races on Friday,
as that day will be given over to
the athletic contests. Following if
the race program:
Thursday, October 8. "
Quarter mile two-year-old running
race, free for all. First money, $20;
second, $10. Entrance fee, $5.
Saddle horse race, quarter mile,
free for all horses that have not
run for public money. First money,
$10; second, $5. Entrance fee, $2.50.
Saturday, October 10.
Three-eighths mile running race,
free for all. First money, $35;
second, $15. Entrance fee $7.50.
Trotting race, free for all, twe
best In three heats, half mile. First,
money, $35; second, $20. Entrance
fee, $10.
In all races, three must enter and
two start, . Enrance fee is payable,
to the secretary of the race commit
tee not later than 8 o'clock of the
evening preceding, the race.
First race each day at 2 o'clock;
second race at2:30.
STRAYED. 1
SEVEN SHOATS. JnfornK F. Av
Clark Reward'. -
The News Record, $1.50 a year.
1 Love to jee n? iother.
WfLL DRE5JED So D0tJ5 EVERY
OTHER CHI LD IT I J THE DUTY
Of PARE NT J TO DREXJ WELL
FOP, THEIR. CHILDREN? JAKE
IT LEAVER A NICE MPRESJION
on their, aiind
PUJTER pRoVM
HOTHtK W'U. OSCkllQ
How can a mother, expect her children to behave well
AND WIJH TO APPEAR. WELL VNLE-S-S -SHE HERJELF SZTS
THEM A GOOD EXAMPLE? GOOD DR.E-5 INFLUENCED OTHER. S
AND INFLUENCED ONE'-S DELF. OUR. FALL AND WINTER. .STOCK
OF WEAR.A5LE-S FOR. WOMEN I-S NOW OPENED UP. WE -SHALL
BE GLAD TO HAVE YOU COME AND DEE OUR. BEAUTIFUL WR.APD
AND DUITDj OUR. NEW MATER.IALD AND TRIMMINGD To MAKE
CLOTHED FR.OM--OUR. EVERYTHING THAT WOMEN WILL WEAR.
THID COMING FALL AND WINTER. WE PUT FAIR PRICED ON
OUR. GOODD AT THE BEGINNING OF THE DEADoN. MAY WE NOT
HAVE A CALL FROM YOU? ,
THE NEW M'CALL PATTERND FOR. OCTOBER. ARE HERE. CALL
m AND GET A FADHIoN DHEET FREE.r
TRACKLAYERS THIS
IE OF WALLOWA
TEMPORARY . BRIDGE FINISHED
WEDNESDAY OFFICIALS AT
ENTERPRISE.
The temporary bridge across the
river at Wallowa was completed
Wednesday and tracklaylng this side
began today. The word of Chief ol
Construction Brandon is that tin
work will be pushed with all pos
sible speed up the valley to Enter
prise and Joseph. It is stated the
rails will reach Enterprise by Octo
ber 10, but the conservative estimate
Is October 15. The Y at Wallowa
was finished Wednesday, and the
major part of the material camp has
been moved there from Anthony.
H. II. Weather8poon, agent of th;
0. R. & N. at Elgin, stated Wed
nesday that he hal not yet received
the rate schedule, though It hat I
been filed with the state railroac
commission and the Interstate com
mission. It Is not likely any freight
will be sent this side of Elgin for a
week or two as there are no facili
ties for handling it at Wallowa.
The time schedule for the train
provides for It leaving La Grande
at 8 a. m., and arriving at Wallowa
between 11 a. m. and 12 m.; return
ing leaves Wallowa at 1 p. m. The
stage company has made an arrange
ment with the railroad by which the
latter brings the mail to Wallowa,
until such time as the po3tofflce de
partment decides the matter of turn
ing over the contracts. It is rum
ored the stage company will buy an
automobile stage for passengers and
mall between Wallowa and Joseph.
It would be convenient If not profit
able even after the railroad is com
pleted clear through.
Railroad Officials In Enterprise.
A party of officials consisting ol
General Manager J. P. O'Brien, Chief
Engineer G. W. Boschke, General
Roadmaster W. Bollons, Chief of Con
structlon H. A. Brandon and J. W.
Morrow made an Inspection trip over
the line Friday, and came on as
far as Enterprise In , a hack. They
took supper at" hotel Enterprise and
then met with a number of citizens
In the parlor of the Fraternal hall,
and located the depot, warehouse and
stockyards, The latter were placec
about 500 or 600 feet west of Rlvei
street on the south side of tht
south or passing sidetrack. Tht
ground there Is the highest In the
yards and will be easily drained. En
trance will be from the public road
running west from Jacob Wagner'f,
corner. The depot will be on thf
north side of the main track about
700 to 800 feet west of River street.
The warehouse site is 150 feet was
of the depot and on the north side
of the north or warehouse sidetrack.
After the business was disposed of,
a short but pleasant social time wui
devoted to getting better acquainted
and inspection of Fraternal hall and
the opera house, both of which build
ings were highly praised by the
officials. E. W. Wright of the Or
egonian accompanisd the party. -Worst
Part of Road.
The worst part of the track on the
extension is between Elgin and tht
mouth of the Wallowa river, ant
Superintendent Buckley has recom
mended that $15,000 be expendec"
that It may be made safe for heavy
freight and passenger traffic.
Celebration at Wallowa.
Enterprise and upper valley people
generally are preparing to attend
Wallowa's welcome to the rallroat
next Sunday. The Enterprise band
will go down and help along the
program. A note from Wallowa
states that J. D. Slater will respond
to L. Couch's address of welcome,
and F. A. Clark of Enterprise wll
give the address for Judge Olmsted,
to which Colonel Ivanhoe will re
spond. All guests are requested t
bring well-filled baskets and drinking
cups.
f ilie furniture, bedding, dishes, etc.
. lie collar adjoining the house burn-
il, (ho picket fence around the prop-'-riy
...and . all ' the trees In a nice
"p npplo orchard. The total loss
exceeds $500 o.i which he had $250
File On Wallowa County Land.
Besides about 20 settlers already
on the land and whose applications
were given precedence, 31 out ol
92 applicants were successful at La
Grande Tuesday, when the 26 sec
tions In t 4 n, 41, and several sec
tions in t 6 n,44, were thrown open
for settlement. Of the 31, 27 were
under the timber and stone act and
four were homestead entries.
Large Room For
Council Meetings
Arrange For Nice Hall In Fraterna
Building Basement More Side
Walks Wanted.
; REDPECTFULLY, '
W. J. FUNK & CO.
A ,;( A', , A ,J
BARELY TIME TO 8AVE
CHILDREN FROM FIRE
The city council will soon have a
more commodious meeting place. At
Monday night's session, L. Berland
and B. B. Boyd were authorized tc
fit up a room In the basement o:
the Fraternal building as a coun
cil room and tj provide suitable
furniture for the same. The cost of
fixing up the room is estimated tc
be $150, which will be taken In lieu
if rent at the rata of $50 a year.
The room will be 24x24 in size. The
iouncil has been meeting in the pri
vate office of City Recorder Tag
jart, which has heretofore been too
small, and Judging from the crowi
there Monday night will be entirety
inadequate from now on with th
added Interest In the progress of the
city water works.
The matter of additional stree
ilghts was deferred until Mr. For
ythe could learn whether th
Tungsten lamps will stand outdoo.
lervlce.
Property owners were ordered t
connect their walks .with the new
crosswalks and W. E. Lewis ordered
to build a walk along his property
on Depot street.
George S. Craig was given per
mission to leave his fence across
East First streat, he taking dow.
the one across Alder Btreet.
The streat committee was direct
ed to take measurements for the
bridge on Residence street.
A petition for "a sidewalk on th
west side of We3t First street
from North to Silver street, wai
laid over until the regular meetlni
3f council next Monday night.
TRAIN LOAD OF LAMBS
READY FOR MARKE1
J. II. Dobbin and Falconer Bros
Slave each about 4,000 lambs almos
ready for market. They have beei
it'iybs for several months and tin
market has favored their operations.
Having sufficient number for a blr
nalii, they are Independent of the
rofcFt market and buyers and If they
find It to their Interest will ship to
Chicago,
E. O. Makln has bought of Fal
eoner Bros, 3000 Merino wethe.
lambs at $2.
All kinds of builders' hardware at
Hartshorn & Keltner's.
VOTE
FOR
BONDS
WATERWORKS
SPECIAL ELECTION VICTORY
FOR CITY SYSTEM COUNCIL
TAKES FIRST STEPS.
The city water system was given
a good start at the council meeting
Monday night. After the vote waa
canvassed aud found to agree with
the count made by the Judges, the
council and mayor were made a com
mittee to secure land at Whitmore
Springs sufficient to protect the in
take, to secure a right of way for
the pipe line, and a reservoir site on
the hill. i
A committee to prepare the bond
ordinance was named, and the city
recorder authorized to advertise the
bonds for sale la eastern financial
papers.
It was decided that the entire
council and the mayor act on the
ight of way committee. This mat
ter has already been taken up. An
option on land at the springs is now
owned by the city. H. E. Merryman
made an offer of a free site for a
reservoir on the hill.
B. B. noyd and W. H. Graves
were directed to prepare the bond
rdlnance with the assistance of City
Attorney Dill. The bonds will be ol
;he favorite 10-20 kind, due In 2C
('ears or may be paid any time af
er 10 years at option of city. The
ull $30,000 will be advertised, but
mly so much sold as a revised es
lmate of co3t, to be made soon:
vlll find Is nece wary.
Victory For Water System.
The Bpeclal election was not con
ested as hotly as anticipated, the
pponents to a city system apparent
y having given up the battle. Only
46 votes were cast, 114 for the
onds to 32 against. T. R. Aklns,
V", M. Sutton and R. U Day acted
is judges and clerk. The result was
ecelved with considerable quiet re
joicing by advocates of a city sys-
AGAINST NEW TOWN SITE.
Whether or not a new town site
will be platted around the depot -at
jostine Is the topic of supreme im
jortance down there. The depot
s located 1 miles north and a lit
le east of the center of town, on
he land of Wm. Woods, who. It Is
eported, has no present intentions
f laying out a townslte, but J. F.
laun, who owns adjoining land, is
eported as having said he would.
O. F. Mays or Lostlne said in En
erprjse Tuesday that it was the gon
mtl belief that the Interests of all,
ncludlng Mr. Haun, was to not
nake a new town site, but lay out a
lew street, running direct to the de
wt, making the distance Just a llt
le over a mile. Gen. Mgr. O'Brien
a quoted as saying that scores of
owns In Oregon are farther from
heir depots than Lostlne will be.
ROD AND GUN CLUB.
The Enterprise Rod and Gun club
las been reorganized, and officers
vere elected Tuesday L. J. Bur
laugh, president, and Dr. C. T.
.-lockett, secretary and treasurer.
The club has a membership of 20.
t has leased by the year the J. C.
.IcFetrldge pond, east of town.
Just as he was stepping from the
door of his Elk Mountain humc
Thursday night about half-past 8
o'clock, Calvin Smith heard his wife
cry out for him and he ruHhed back
into the house to find the rooini
enveloped In flame. He and Mrs
Smith had barely time to carry out
ttelr four youngest children, whe
had just been put to bed, and save
a few articles of furniture. The
fire was caused by the explosion of
-i lamp tl-at bad Just been lighted.
The house, a 3 roomed one, burned
'.o the ground together with most
We Mean What
We Say,
The price of each lot in Alder View will be
advanced
$25.00
October 1st.
tween now
make it.
You can make the money be
and then, after that we will
&0 &0 '30
DANIEL BOYD
Secy. Wallowa Law, Land & Abstract Co,
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