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NEWS RECORD Wallowa County Official Paper. Enterprise City Official Paper. - Wallowa County Is Rich In the 5 Greatest Sources of Wealth. VOL. fc'NO.. ENTERPRISE, WALLOWA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1903. WHOLE NO4A3f Notices In this column are charged 1 cent a word one Insertion, or S cent; a word 4 insertions. Minimum charge 15 cents. Cash with order. COUNCIL PASSES 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 6-year-old cows with calves, and including 1- and 2-year-old steers and a few 3-year-old stoers. J. H. Wbitmore, Enterprise. Rane' 10 miles north of Enterprise. 12tf LODliE DIRECTORY. In n C ENTERPRISE LODGE, No .U.U.r. 163. EMERALD REBEKAH LODGE, No. 119. K. of P. u ENTERPRISE LODGE, No JIJANITA TEMPLE, No. 7, Pythian Sisters. ill I OH II 10 ENTERPRISE CHAPTER, IVinUUNIUNo. 30, Royal Arch Masons, meets first and third Tuesdays of each month In Masonic HalL All visiting Royal Arch Masons welcomed. J. B. OLMSTED, High Priest. D. W. SHEAHAN, Seoretary. 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. a BOATMAN, Secretary. WALLOWA VALLEY CHAPTER, No 60, O. E. S. meets first and third Sat urdays of each month, in Masonic Hall Visiting Stars are always welcomed. OLIVE LOCKWOOD, W. M. DANIEL BOYD, Secretary. Mill I EAGLE CAMP, No. 10497, M. Yl.n.W. A Meets first and third Thursdays In each month, in new Fra ternal halL Visiting Neighbors always welcome. J. G. RENNIE, Consul. ' T. M. DILL, Cleric. ANEROID CAMP. No. 3542, R N. of A. W fl U ENTERPRISE CAMP, No. .U.Vl. 635. W. of W. ALMOTA' CIRCLE. No. 278. W. of W. BOND DRDINA NCE PROVIDES SINKING FUND FOR REPAYMENT WEST FIRST ST. SIDEWALK ORDERED. The ordinance for the sale of wat er bonds to the amount of $30,000 was passed by the city council in regular session Monday night by the unanimous vote of the four coun cilmen present, Boyd, Bickford, Combes and Graves. It was ap proved by the mayor and is pub lished in full on the editorial page of this issue of the News Record. The ordinance was drawn by City Attorney Dill, and it received care ful attention from the council, which made a few minor changes in it. Previous to taking up the bond or dinance considerable other business of the La Grande Commercial club, is In the valley to interest the farm ers in raising sugar beets. The company hopes tD contract for 1000 acres here this fall. Taft and Sherman Club. The Enterprise Taft and Sherman club was organized Thursday nigh with the following officers: Presi dent, G. W. Hyatt; vice presidents, Daniel Boyd and Bei Weathers; sec retary, Sol Keltner; treasurer, C. W. Lockwood. It will meet Tuesday nights at the court house. BIG CROWD GREETS EXCURSION TRMN Price Of Batter Raised To 30 Cts. Wallowa Valley Cream Company Makes Corresponding Advance in Butter Fat Prices. Following the Portland market, the local wholesale price of creamery was transacted. Daniel Boyd re- butter has been raised to 30 centi quested that the street committee a pound and the Wallowa Valley view the ground for the extension ol Cream company announces that Uit Depot street to the railroad tracks, price of butter fat will be advancet and determine what the city would I accordingly, do toward fixing up the proposed! This will be good news to the street. The vacation of that part ol I growing number of dairymen in tbh Alamo street Included within the 1 valley. More good news awaits them SCHOOL NOTES. The enrollment at the county high school has been Increased to 41, by the entrance Monday of Ethel Weav er, Audrey Combes, Ralph Makln and John McCullough. Mrs. A. C. Miller and Mrs. W. R. Holme3 visited the school Friday aftsrnoon. M. H. Tucker began teaching the fall term at the Pratt school, Monday imnio iew i vwii niver uunciion. John Anthony has given his new town at the mouth of the Wallowa river the name of River Junction. depot grounds was referred to the committee to secure data. The recorder was instructed to or der the chemical engine forwarder by railroad from Elgin to Wallowa. A certified copy from the secretary of state of the articles of Incorpora tion of the Enterprise Water com pany and the dissolution of same, Was read. A bill of $2.50 for above document was allowed. Councilman Boyd of the commit tee on a council meeting room, re ported adversely on the Fraternal building basement, it being hard tc heat, no daylight and Is damp. The cost to fix it up Is also considered excessive. Committee continued and W. H. Graves aided to it. Othei rooms will be considered. The petition for a sidewalk on the west side of West First street was allowed from North to Garflelc streets. Sugar Factory Man Here. Fred G. Taylor of the Amalga mated Sugar company and secretar for President J. W. Bickford of thi W. V. C. company states that with the completion of the railroad tht saving In freight on butter fat ship ments, amounting to 1 to 2 cents a pound the year around, will all go tc owners of the cows. Dairying is now one of the most profitable businesses in this valle) and It is going to get better rlghi along. An 80 acre farm with 4( cows, at the prices paid during the last year for butter fat, would ne. the owner easily $3000 above all ex penses, or over $37 an acre and the land being enrlchei every year. Last Chance to Register. County Clerk Boatman re-opened the registration books Monday ant will close them October 20 for the presidential election that will be held Tuesday, November 3. Only thjsc who have not heretofore registered this" year need to register now.' i'he same notaries as last spring are au thorized to register voters In out lying precincts. RESOLVED I THAT YOU my CLEAN ALLTrlE SPOTS fROMl&OR OLD CLOTHES, MTWHO WANTS 10 LOOK LIKE A SHABBY GENTEEL? You DONT LOOK PROSPEROUS OfL CLEAN. met, FRSH,NEW GARMENTS MAKE VS fEEL CONFIDENT Buster browm i 'I'm X aflf TWELVE HUNDRED PEOPLE RIDE ON FIRST PASSENGER INTO WALLOWA COUNTY. The first passenger train into Wal lowa county was given an enthusias tic welcome Sunday noon when the excursion train of 15 ' cars steamed into Wallowa. A salute was fired, the people cheered and the bands played. The cars were loaded with over 1200 people, mostly from La Grande and Elgin, and an even larg ar crowd was at the depot grounds to meet the train. Owing to the lateness of the train's arrival the town program was adjourned to the park, three miles west, to which ev erybody was glve.i a free ride. Af ter the lunch baskets had bean emp tied and the dinners, helped out by coffee and apples furnished by Wal lowa, had been disposed of, the En terprise and Wallowa bands played several pieces. An address of wel come was delivered by Leonard Couch. C. T. McDanlel acted as master of ceremonies, and the re sponse was made by J. D. Slater ol La Grande. The train took every one back to town and a most enjoy able day ended without an accidenl to mar the pleasure. Notes of Celebration. It was a big crowd, variously es timated from 1500 to 2500 people. Outside of Wallowa residents, En terprise was by far the most num erously represented between 300 and 400 people going down from here. "Grandma" McKennon of La Grande, aged 87 years, can boast of riding on the first passenger train into this county. It was like an old settlers' reunion. The old timers of the two counties had a great time. Ex-Governor Geer and wife, Col. and Mrs. F. S. Ivanhoe, Judge anc Mrs. Thos. Crawford. Carl Roe, edi tor of the Walla Walla Union, and many other notables were among the excursionists. The train pa3sej In the canyon the last Wallowa county stage tc 3tart from Elgin. Billy Wright held the reins over six horses. The ex cursionists i gfive the stage a royal cheer as they passed. It was a great day and an enjoy able one and not the least of the triumphs was Wallowa's splendic hospitality. They took care of their many guests In good style. Two Train loads Of Wallowa Stock Sixteen Carloads of Cattle Will Be Shipped This Week 8000 Lambs October First. '. wood. At the corner Is a frame dwelling now occupied by Mr. Lit tleton. On the rear of the lot fronting on West First is a two story frame building containing b store room on one side, and the other side Is occupied by Thos. M. Dills law office?. Price paid by Mr. Wheat was $2500. Mr. Littleton has bought the quar ter block just north of the Enter prise Planing mill of W. E Lewis for $300. CO. CM (CAM. .AM WUA SPOTTKO?. OPIE READ WROTE; "A RIP OR A TEAR MAY BE ACCIDENTAL, BUT A PATCH 1-5 A SURE SIGH OF POVERTY." WEAR RICH CLoTHE.5 AND YOU WILL FEEL RICHER, AND (SET RICHER. ' WE MAKE SUITS AND OVERCOATS ESPECIALLY TO YOUR MEASURE. THERE'S A GUARANTEE BEHIND EVERY GARMENT. YOU CANNOT GET SOMETHING FOR NOTHING BUT IF YOU DO NOT COME To THE RIGHT CLOTHING STORE YOU ' MAY GIVE UP YOUR GOOD MONEY AND NOT GET WHAT IS COM ING TO YoU.v COME To US AND WE WILL GIVE YOU WHAT IS COMING TO YOU. . . . . . WE ALSO CARRY W STOCK A NICE LINE OF READY-TO-WEAR CLOTHES BOTH FOR MEN AND BOYS. BOYS' SUITS FROM $1.75 TO $6.25. MEN'S SUITS FROM $14.00 TO $25.00. RESPECTFULLY, W.J. FUNK & CO. Two long train loads of stock vlll be shlppel from Wallowa county within the next 10 days, one of cattle and another of lambs, Wm. Dlshman of Portland and F. Graham of Elgin are now loading eight cars of cattle at Wallowa, and E. L. Wiley will load 10 cars Saturday. These three lots make a good slzet stock train over mountain railroads. .1. H Dotbln and Falconer Bros, have sold their 8000 lambs to B. F. Saunders of Salt Lake for ZV cents. The lambs will be delivered at Wal lowa by October 1, and will be ship ped East, the bulk of them going right through to Chicago. Laying Track Mile And Half Per Day Rapid Progress of Rails Towards Enterprise Time, and Rate Schedules Issued. The laying of the rails up the val lay is being rushei with all possible speed. A mile and a half a day is laid when all conditions favor, but there are many Interruptions on ac count of lack of material. A bridge across the river on. H. N. Williams' place will .delay the advance a cou Pie of days but the track will reach tae Lostlne station by the middle of next week. The Elgin branch train la now running regularly to Wallowa, be ing due there at 12:30 p. m., but is hardly ever on time. Returning it leaves Wallowa at 1:45.- The dis tance Is too great for a mixed train and gives hope a passenger will be put on when the rqad Is complet ed clear through. The freight tariff from Portland to Wallowa first-class Is $1.53 per hun dred, second class $1.30, third $1.07, fourth 92 cents. Car load rates on grain, flour, potatoes, etc., 244 cents, lumber 26 cents, salt 46 cents, hay, etc., 24 cents, horses $76 per car, cattle, hogs or sheep $74 pel car. At present box cars are being used as freight houses at Wallowa but the erection of depots Is being push ed as rapidly a? possible, Agent Campion, late of Bingham Springs, "( been ordered to Wallowa aE station agent. The stage leaves Wallowa as soon as the mall Is sorted after the arriv al of the train. It has been reaching Enterprise between 6 and 6 o'clock. It Is reported the company hae bought a 90 horse power Thomai automobile, that will carry nine pasB engers, and that It will be In ser vice soon. Contractors Patterson and Mitchell each have about a week's work left on the railroad grade. NEW SUIT8 FILED. (The following new suits have been filed In the circuit court: A. Levy vs. Patrick Loftus. Suit on note for $197. F. F. McCullv and J. C. Dodson vs. J, J. Weaver. Suit on note for $5.95. T. R. Aklns vs. H. A. Reynolds. Suit on account for $294.47. E. T. Anderson vs. M. E. Hotch klss. Suit on account for $147, State of Oreeon and E. R, Bowl by vs. Geo. W. Frazler, a minor, Charles R. Frazler and Anna Marie Marshall and Marshall (hus band). Suit to quiet title. Highest Market Price for Gralr paid In Furniture by Ashley, the Home Furnisher. Go to Oakes' for shotgun shells. 010 FRAME HOTEL .'DESTROYED Iff FIRE BUILDING AND CONTENTS TOTAL LOSS FIERCE FLAMES BAF FLE ALL EFFORTS. The Central hotel owned by J. T. Blrcher burned to the ground Wed nesday night between 8 and 9 o'clock, together with most of Its contents, Involving a loss estimated by Mr. Blrcher at nearly $4000, which Is total as he did not carry a dollar of insurance. The fire was discovered at about 8:15 by one of Mr. Bircher's chil dren, and the kitchen and rooms back of It were then a mass of flames. Mr. Blrcher at the first cry of fire ran Into the dining roam and was nearly blinded by smoke, his hair singed and hands burned be fore he could get out. The fire started in or near the kitchen, and as It happened the rear of the house was entirely deierted long enough that the fire got so big a Btart there was no stopping it. The hose oart reached the scene in quick time and x good stream of water was soon playing on the flames that "now en veloped the whole house. The volun-' -eer firemen worked hard and brave y and succeeded In confining the lire to the one building. Only a small lot of furniture was laved and Mr. and Mrs. Blrcher have the sympathy of the entire commu- ilty in their loss. The boarders os t most of their personal effects, rank Goodman reports that In ad dition to his clothing, $50 In curren cy was burned In his trunk. Mrs. C. C. Mahaffey, who worked at the hotel, had $60 In a purse under the mattress of her bed. It was saved by Rev. W. S. Crockett, after several others had been driven out of the room by flames and smoke. The building was a two-story frame structure, the main part be ing built 21 years ago by J. A. Bur leigh's . father, who conducted a hotel .here for years. The kitchen pan was the first house erected on the present site of Enterprise. Mr. Blrch er bought the property a year or so ago with his savings from an Im naha fruit ranch. It is stated he will rebuild. L08TINE 8CH00LS HAVE ' ENROLLMENT OF NINETY The Lostlne schools opened Sop (.ember 14 with an enrollment o. learly 90 pupils and the followliif .eachers In charge: Room 1, Ml Dgburn; room 2, Miss Fleener; room Mrs., Clark. The high school wll je In charge of the same principal is last year, Prof. W. Eugene Smith. The pupils are taking up the work In x manner that Indicates a very suc cessful year. The board has made several lm provements which are very much ap predated by both teachers and pu ills, and it Is hoped the parents will find time to visit the school frequently this year and that the; will see to It that their children ire present every day and on time too. "Skidoo" Sacks of Mail. The first lot of mall brought in by train, to Wallowa Included a rec ord-breaking amount for Enterprise. There were 23 sacks and pouchet thrown off the stage here. Besides the usual heavy paper mail of Mon day, there were many pouches o circulars, catalogues, etc. Gone After "Coyote till". Sheriff Edgar Marvin left Wednes day for Salem to get requisition pa pers for "Coyote Bill" Cottlnghan and Scott Clark, Jr., who are out or bail In Asotin county on some charge, but will be turned over U this county for trial on charges of cattle stealing. E. B. WHEAT PURCHASES THE LITTLETON CORNER E. B. Wheat has closed a dea with T. M. Littleton by which he be comes owner of the lot corner ol Greenwood and West First streets. The lot fronts 60 feet on Green- King Hill, Idaho, Mammoth Irrigation Project Affords Great Opportunities to the Investor, Land open for settlement October 1 2. We are agents for Wallowa County. Tickets from Wal lowa Station at greatly re duced rates. Call or write us and we will give full particulars. DANIEL BOYD Secy. Wallowa Law, Land & Abstract Co.