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NEWS
WALLOWA COUNTY'
NEWS RECORD ADVER
TISERS GET RESULTS.
THAT'S THEIR WORD,
NOT OURS.
FICIAL PAPER. ENTER
PRISE CITY OFFICIAL
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VOL. 2, NO. 23.
ENTERPRISE, WALLOWA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1908.
WHOLE NOm-.
RECORD
Notices In this column are charged. 1
cent a word one Insertion, or 3 centK
a word 4 Insertions. Minimum chffrge
15 cents. Cash with order. j,-
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
LODtiE DIRECTORY.
i n n r enterprise lodge,
No
i.u.u.r. las.
EMERALD REBEKAH LODGE. No. 119.
K. Of P. 94
ENTERPRISE LODGE, No.
JUANITA TEMPLE, No. 7, Fythlat
Sisters.
MA 001110 ENTERPRISE CHAPTER,
III null NIU No. 30, 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. SHEAHAN, Secretary.
WALLOWA LODGE, No. 82, A. F. &
A. M.. meets second and fourth Satur
days of each month in Masonlo Hall.
visiung jnaunn weiuvmuu
C. H. ZURCHER, W. M.
W. C. 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.
i 1 EAGLE CAMP, No. 10497, M.
.Yl.A.W. A Meets first and third
Thursdays in each month, in new Fra
ternal halL Visiting Neighbors always
welcome.
JAS. W. RODGERS, Consul.
T. M. DILL, Clerk.
ANEROID CAMP, No. 3642, R N. of A
Wfl Ul ENTERPRISE CAMP, No.
.U.Vl. 535. W. of W.
ALMOTA CIRCLE. No. 278. W. of W.
DATE ON THE LABEL.
The label on your paper gives th
month and year your subscription ex
pired or will expire. The new post
al law require subscriptions to
weekly papora to be paid up to with
in year.
Advance Butter Fat Price.
. , The Wallowa Valley Cream com
pany advanced the price paid foi
butter fat to 27ft cents, beginning
October 1.
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JLEEP I J NOT REFR.E.SrlINtj VNLEJ.S WE KNOW THE MoRNINC
.5UNJHINE WILL BRING VS JOY. RE-ST WELL AND YOU WILL
WORK BETTER. WE CAN JELL YOU CLoTHE-S, ALL KIND5
OUTER AND UNDER, WHICH WILL PLEAJE YOU So WELL YOU
WILL HATE TO TAKE THEM OFF AND WHEN YOU PUT THEM ON
IN THE MORNING YOU WILL NOT BE A .SHAMED TO GO To YOUR
WORK.
A CONTENT MAKING - - .SUIT FOR $1 4.00
A .SHAME DEFYING - , . JUIT FOR $22.50
A PRIDE INSPIRING - ' ' - .SUIT FOR $25
MEN' -5 NICE, NEAT-FITTING UNDERWEAR AT $1.25, $2.50,
$3.00, $3.50 AND $4.75 A .SUIT. -LADIES
UNION UNDERWEAR AT 65C, 90C, $1.35, $1.75 To
$2.50 A .SUIT.
LADIEJ' -SEPARATE UNDERGARMENTS AT 45C, 70C, $1.15,
$1.25 TO $1.65 EACH.
MUCH SUGAR BEET
LAND IN WALLOWA
F. G. TAYLOR OF LA GRANDE
MADE TOUR OF VALLEY
LAST WEEK.
There is enough land iff this val
ley, particularly adapted to the rais
ing of sugar beets to keep severa
factories going if it was all eowt
to beets, said F. Q. Taylor of 'the
Amalgamated Sugar company while
in Enterprise last week.
Mr. Taylor In company with L. E.
Jordan of the O. R. & I. company
rode over considerable of the Slope
and Prairie Creek and met a num
ber of farmers. His special mis
sion was to see If the farmers lr.
here would consider the raising o.
beets, and later on a representa-
tVe of the company will come In and
make contracts. It Is hoped to. se
cure a thousand of acres of beets it
this valley.
Mr. Taylor says where beet cul
.re lg followed on scientific princl-
pies It proves a very profitable croi
for the farmer. Statistics gathered
by the U. S. department of agricul
ture show the average net return!
In the whole country Is 49 per acre.
In the Grande Ronde some farmers
went Into beet raising on too large
a scale at the start, sowing hundreds
of acres, much more than they coulc
attend to properly. .
The be3t results are secured by
the farmer, said Mr. Taylor, whe
plants from 20 to 30 acres, or wha
he and his family can attend to eas
ily with the extra help sent by the
factory during weeding and thlnnln;
time. Beets do not wear out the
soil and where alternated with pota
toes may be raised indefinitely. The
La Grande factory secures extra
help, Japanese when white labot
cannot be secured for the laborious
work of weeding and thinning.
Mr. Taylor says S000 acres will fur
nish enough beets to warrant a fac
tory. In this connection it is ap
propos to quote from a letter to T.
M. Littleton of this city, who wrote
a friend back In Ohio who Is In the
business:
RETSOt-VED
THAT IT IS SUCH A DELIGHTFUL.
FEELING -To CO TO 3ED ATMCHT
KNOWING THAT YOU HAVE SOME
LOUEl-Y THINGS TO PUT ON iM THE
Morn inc. one feels 50
And so COMFORTABLE
BUSTER BROWN'
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L.0.?taTtit.MtTomitMiu.tMtas..Jb A OltlftBTFUW f HUM
RESPECTFULLY,
W. J. FUNK & CO.
'"Now as to your sugar factory
proposition. You will need a plenti
ful supply of pure water, limestone,
coke, coal or oil for fuel and mos
Important of all an assured supply of
beets. And it takes lots of beets.
There have been so many mistakes
made in the East In locating facto
ries where people after a few years
refused to take hold of a proposition
of this kind. You should be sun
that you can count on ten thousani
acres of beets within five miles o
the railroad and within fifty miles of
the factory not for one year only,
but witty suitable rotation with other
crops.
"I think the best and wisest waj
(Continued on last page.)
Death Of Pioneer
Wallowa Citizen
John H. Standley Passes Away lr
Napa, California-, Hospital, Last .
Sunday.
John H. Standley, a resident ol
Eastern Oregon since 1862, and a pio
neer citizen of this county, died lr
a hospital at Napa, Calif., Sunday,
September 2, aged 81 years." The re
mains were brought to Wallowa foi
Interment, where the funeral was
held Thursday, under the auspices of
the Masonic lodge.
The deceased was well known lr
both this and Union counties, anc
was held In high esteem. For the
last two years he has not been in
good health and for some years has
spent the winters In California. Mr.
Standley was unmarried and leaves
two brothers, Marion F. and James
H., a sister In California and one lr
Missouri. A deceased sister, Mrs. W.
H. Hoffman, was the mother of Mrs.
J. H. Dobbin of Prairie Creek and ot!
Bert Hoffman, editor of the Pendle
ton East Oregonlan. Mr. and Mrs.
j; H. Dobbin of this vicinity attend
ed the funeral;
Expect Big Buiinesa,
The La Grande papers quote Super
intendent Buckley as antlclpatlnt
big business on the Wallowa exten
sion. The increase In traffic is" ex
pected to be so large that it wll!
warrant the erection of a new stone
depot in La Grande.
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ASSESSMENT WILL
EXCEEMWOOO
INCREASE OF QUARTER OF MIL
LION MAINLY ON RAILROAD
AND TIMBER.
The assessed valuation of Wallowa
county for 1908 will reach $6,500,-
000 Is the estimate of County Assess
or S. F. Pace, who with his deputy.
Arthur Pace, is making up the roll
preparatory to the meeting of the
county board of equalization the
third Monday In October.
This Increase, Mr. Pace thinks.
will come mainly from the railroad,
non-tillable land (timber and school
land) and cattle.
Mr. Pace of course cannot give
the exact figures yet, but years of
experience have taught him a thing
or two about assessment rolls, and
he usually hits it pretty cjose with
his estimates made before the total
ing of the columns. Last year the
total assessed valuation was in
round numbers, $6,242,000. This year
there will be an Increase of ovet
a quarter of a million of dollars.
The increase on the railroad will
not be anything like what It will be
next year for all the construction
work in this county ha3 been done
since the first of last March. In
1907 the railroad right of way
was assessed at $54,300, This year
the O. R. & N. will be on the rolls
for approximately $200,000.
The increased number of cattle
will mean some additional revenue
for the county but It may no more
than offset the falling off in sheep.
The number of swine and horses Is
about the same.
There will be considerable Increase
on timber land, as Mr. Pace holds
up the valuation at $1000 a quartei
despite the protests of the big tim
ber companies. When Pace was
first elected assessor, timber wat
assessed at $320 a quarter. In 1905
he raised it to $800 and last year
to $1000.
As the timber companies thlnl.
the rate Is too high, wouldn't It be
a good idea for the county to have
the timber cruised for valuation pur
poses? This has been done In b
number of counties in this state, and
In every instance cruising has more
than paid Its cost the first year. Take
In this county. It Is of common
knowledge the timber companies buy
only the choicest claims. They won't
look at anything that has less than
a million feet, except now and then
when a quarter section is in their
path. Many of the claims have throe
and four million feet on them. But
take one million as a low average
and the low valuation of $2 pe.
thousand stumpage, that alone would
double the assessed valuation am
add at least $625,000 to the ta
roll, as there are over 100,000 acre:;
of deeded timber lands In this coun
ty. The Crossett Timber company
has to exceed 36,000 acres, the
George Palmer Lumber company to
exceed 15,000, and the Grande Ronde
company over 13,000 acres.
These are all foreign companies.
The timber is held for speculation.
or when cut will be shipped out of
the county, and the only good Wal
lowa county will ever receive frjrr
her magnificent timber belt, the
finest In all the Inland Empire, It
the miserable, little pittance of tax.
And even from that must be sub
tracted the increased cost of lumber
in the county. Lumber has nearly
doubled In price since the timber
companies have cornered the log
supply, and the difference between
the present price of lumber and what
It was a few years ago Is what
we are paying for the honor of hav
ing Eastern capitalists buy up out
timber. Doesn't it seem reasonable
that those companies should pay a
tax on the true valuation of thuli
holdings? Farmers must on theli
land and crops, stockmen must on
their stock, merchants must on thoir
wares and goods.
POLICEMAN'S DIRTY TRICK.
Trouble is In store for same
bright mark on the Portland police
force, if the rumor afloat here 1:
correct.
Last Thursday Sheriff Marvin of
Wallowa county passed through Le
Grande on his way to Portland after
a much wanted man. Instruction!
are said to have been telegraphed
to the Portland police to hold up
the man. Instead a patrolman tip-
ed, Sheriff Marvin's hand and the i
man got away. When Sheriff Marvin
arrived la Portland, It is said, he
was also given the wrong ,track bj
the Portland po'.iee. However, Mar
vin is on the man's track and may
land him yet, despite the fact thai
he succeeded In escaping from the
state. La Grande Star of Tuesday.
The details of the matter referret
to in the above article, or the name
of the man Sheriff Marvin Is after,
will not be given at the sheriffs
office today, Thursday. When Mr.
Marvin left here la3t week it was
seated ho was going to Salem foi
requisitions for Bill Cottlngham and
Scott Clark, Jr., who are at large
on ball in Asotin county.
Ben Weathers Is
Named Postmaster
President Roo.evelt Appoints Editor
of Wallowa Chieftain As Nasby
of Enterprise. ;
Ken Weathers, editor of the allowa
Chieftain, was appointed postmaster of
Enterprise, September 23, by President
Roosevelt. The appointment had been
expected for tome time, as Congress,
man Kllis had given assurance that he
had recommended Mr. Weathers foi
the office, and it was not anticipated
there would be senatorial opposition.
The tliunge in the officials of the
local office was due to the election of
Postmaster Hull as county treasurer.
Under the ruling of the department he
could not continue as postmaster and
county treasurer both, and as he pre
ferred the hitter oilice he sent early in
June his resignation ns postmaster,
which was accepted and in July, under
departmental Instructions, his bonds
men, W. W. White, J. M. Blakely and
L. Uerfand, named an acting postmas
ter to serve until Mr. Hull's successor
as regularly appointed by the Presi
dent. The bondsmen chose Mrs. W.
T. Hell, who has filled the office to the
satii-fuction of the patrons since then.
After it became sure that Mr. Bell
was elected county treasurer, Mr. Eis
enbeis af Joseph. Bounded a number of
bUiiiiutB men hero on the subject of
he becoming Mr. Bell's successor.
About the same time Mr. Wetliers
came out for the place, and with the
double hacking of local pride and his
many friends, quickly was made the
popular choice.
WEDDING BELL3.
Miss Versey Brumbach of The
Buttea and Mr. I. S. Surber, a pros
porous young rancher of the same
neighborhood, were married at the
Methodist parsonage, Sunday after
noon by Rev. C. E. Trueblood. Tht
groom's brother, Emmett Surber, was
an attendant. The young couple
have a hont of friends who wish
them a long and happy married life.
Coming to the Fair.
La Grande business men are plan
ing an excursion to the county fair
at Wallowa on October 10. If DO
agree to come a special rate will
be made.
Sold Out in California.
F. II. Ilrownleo of Wallowa, whe
went to California a few months
ago to remain, sold out there slick
and clean and has returned to thU
PAIIIltu in II. If- L. , . .
,C. uaa uougnt a
Smith Mountain claim. .
DEPOT ST.
which runs direct to depot and through Alder
View Addition and Enterprise
VILLA TRACTS
is now open to the depot grounds. Visit this
BEAUTIFUL RESIDENCE ADDITION
and you. will be convinced we have the BEST
LOTS in town and at the RIGHT PRICE.
WE DON'T NEED MONEY
Pay $25 down and take your own time to pay
the rest.
DANIEL BOYD
Secy. Wallowa Law, Land & Abstract Co.
AT
LOSTINE STATION
PROGRESS OF RAILROAD UP
VALLEY GRADING MAY DE
LAY STEEL GANG.
Tracklaylng reached the Lostlne
station grounds Wednesday night,
and there is great rejoicing thereat
In the pretty town down the valley.
Bridges were completed across the
river at Wt.llams' Tuesday night.
From present indications the grad
ers will be caught by the steel gang
after all. J. M. Mitchell will not
finish until next Monday, he stated
In Enterprise, Thursday, and the
tracklayers will be right up to his
work by then If not before. Contract
or Patterson Is having his troubles
with the short piece of grade In the
swamp on Murray's place, and un
less he gets more teams and men
will not finish in less than ten days,
probably longer. Even at that the
track will reach the Enterprist
station grounds by the date, Octo
ber 15, set by Mr. Brandon a moatb
ago.
There are two river bridges to be
put in between Loatlne and Enter
prise. The run from La Grande to Wal
lowa and return is too strenuous for
a mixed train, which Is late from an
hour and upwards dally at Wallowa,
and of course even farther behind
Its schedule on the return trip.
Automobile Stage.
The automobile stage made its
first trip Monday but broke a whea
on the first trip down and laid ovei
at Wallowa a day. It made three
round trips Wednesday between Wal
lowa and Joseph and carried a lot of
passengers. It hits the pike a rapid
gait alright, making the run between
the terminals in a few minutes ovei
an hour. Just the same Billy Wrl rht
makes a round trip every day with
the old reliable stage, carrying the
mall, baggage and express.
NORTH COUNTRY NEWS.
From the Flora Journal.
A Bon was born to the wife of V. A.
Moore of Grouse, September 21.
I). D. Conley, a flora merchant, and
Miss Susie Botts of Lost I'ritirie were
married at Lewiston, September 111.
Isaac Binjramiin of Imlilcr and sifter,
Mrs. A. D. Buzzard of Cove, urn .i t
Country visiti ih.
A Garden of Edo.i carre i i )
speaking of four horse to..
Ing produce up "Poewhatkej m i
tain" says It Is a beautiful but dan
gerous road.
The wator8po.it and wanho it d.r.
Deer Crek canyon and Gii.nl.
Ronde roads stopped all travel f r r
week down the former, aid ra.nir
on the Shumaker hill road will no
be completed for six weeks.
Snake River Railroad.
Car loads of laborors aro p.iuin
through La Grunde bound for II nil
Ington to work on the Snake rivm
railroad. This seems to boar ou
Harriman's statement made when 1
Oregon a few weeks ago, that wt
on that road would be continued but
,,ot rushed.
TRACKLAY
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