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RECO WALLOWA COUNTY RICH IN THE FIVE GREATEST SOURCES OF WEALTH. TEN PAGE PAPER Page Nine and Ten VOL. 2, NO. 23. ENTERPRISE, WALLOWA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1908. WHOLE NO. 494. THE NEWS RD 1 - CONTENTS OF HUMAN OSTRICH'S STOMACH The following article 18 from the current Scientific American and cer tainly deserves a place In the mu ileum of curios: A Real "Human Ostrich." To the Editor of the Scientific Am erican: While the wilter was In the office of Drs. Gale and Bartle, of North Bend, Ore., who are the beat sur geons here, a man called for treat ment and complained of a severe pain in the lower region of the stomach. He was examined, sent at once to the Catholic hospital, and operated on at 2 that afternoon. enclose herewith a full list of article found In his stomach, also photc which I had taken on the spot. Drs. Gale and Bartle, also Father Curley and nurses were present. In sending the Inclosed data, I do sc that you may use same If you see fit. The man is alive and nearly well, and feels much Improved. The data I send are all true to th letter and will appear in leading med ical journals. FREDERICK GRAHAM. Bandon, Ore., July 8, 1908. Owing to the fact that to the pub lie It sounds like a fairy tale or f huge Joke, I hereby give you i few facts about the operation ot Frank Durga at the Mercy Hospital June 30, 1908. Durga was born in Hillsdale, Mich, in 1853. Twenty-four years ago h found some glass and nails in a bee stomach and reasoned that if a bee could live after eating such things he could. Hence his freak appetit began. He followed circuses, etc. for years, eating glass, nalla, anc other small articles. He travele extensively and has been all ove the United States, but never lr Hawaii, as stated In another paper and has been In this locality on year, ,He came under our observa tlon about three months ago, ant was suffering from severe cramp after having eaten two electric Ugh bulbs. Since that time he has hai repeated attacks of cramps and fi nally entered the Mercy Hospital oi June 22 and was operated on Jun 30, 1908. On reaching the stomach this large mass was easily located dragging the stomach far below it! normal position and forming a poucl which rendered it Impossible for an of this mass to reach the pylorus an be evacuated. We removed 5 rifle balls, 3 jack knives, 4 door keys, 17 horsesho nails, 4 6-penny nails, 1 fish hook, : end from Jointed rod, 1 plate frorr Jack knife handle, 15 dimes, 3 nick els, and 4 ounces of glass. Weight 1 pound 14 ounces. Tho operatloi occupied C5 minutes. The patient is now on liquid die and Is recovering. These are ahso lutely facts and can be vouched foi by the hospital authorities here. DRS. GALE and BARTLE. North Bend, Ore. HOW LA GRANDE CITY RECEIVED ITS NAME A few days ago the La Grande Ob server "put It up to" Commlsslonei Brown to Inform its readers where the city rot its name. The followlm communication tells; Island City, Aug. 22. (To the Ed itor.) You asked me to answer how La Grande received Its name. I wll do the best I can. It Is nearly 4! years ago. I cannot refer to the diary you speak ot which I kept al through the winter of '61 and '62, as I quit In the spring of '62 for I haO too much other business. I kept a hotel, store, saloon, butch er shop, livery and feed stable, soU oats at 15 cent a pound, sheaf oat: ,0 ceii l a shoaf; meals were $' ) c i .md bed or rather rooms, 5 ro'is had to furnish thel muilva when crowded, as on . v no I from one to 60 pe day. The way La Grande received IU name was by calling a mass meetlni for the purpose of naming the town. It had been called by the names o Brownsville, Brownstone, etc. After the meeting was called U order I was elected chairman, belnr tbe first time I had ever held tha position. You can judge how neai we came to following parliamentar: rules. Several names were suggested a man named Dorse some kind of r Frenchman suggested tbe name o La Grande. After some discussion a vote wa taken, "La Grande" receiving th highest number of votes. That I bow the city received Its name. remember Mr. Dorse gave us quite i talk on the subject, why It shoult Grande meant something beautiful I can find no one that was at this mass meeting. They have all left or passed to the unknown realm. BEN BROWN. 'RATTLING JACK" DILLON DIES AT LA GRANDE The La Grande Star of Septem ber 4 ha3 the following account of the death of a noted character who was known to many old timers in this county: John H. Dillon, a man who carried for more than a quarter of a cen tury the sobriquet "Rattling Jack and by which title he was known throughout the eastern portions of Oregon, died In the Cull Smith lodg Ing house yesterday at noon. Hie death was very sudden and unex pected. He arrived in La Grande but a few days ago from Prairie City to attend the funeral of his sister, Mrs. Charles Dlsqua. Yester day morning he first complained o feeling bad and Dr. Bacon was call ad in to see him. He was taken tc a room In the lodging house and ! was thought that a short rest would probably see him on the road to re covery. Not long afterward the doc tor was again called and in a few nlnutes he expired. He was attend id by the doctor, his brother-in-law Charles Dlsqua and Sheriff Chllders. Although but 55 years of age, Jack Dillon has had a wonderful and var ed experience. He left his home ir Walla, Mo., very shortly after th ilose of the civil war when but I nere boy. For a while he followec he life of a plainsman and finall) ecame a scout in the government lervice. He was carrying dispatchei it the time of the Custer massacre md in this capacity frequently made rips of hundreds of miles acrosi he country with nothing for depend ince but his horse and gun and hit )wn prowess. A few years later he came furthei vestward and was a stagedrlver foi he old Overland company, which urnlshed the only means of pub lc conveyance between the Unloi 'aclflc railway and the Columblr Iver. He came to the old towm o. ..a Grande In 1881 and has made its' home In this vicinity the mos f the time since that date. In the year 1884 he received fright ul injuries In a runaway acclden ind sustained a partial stroke o aralysls. He had subsequent at acks, and his case is recorded it he medical journals as being one o he very few persons who survlver be third stroke of paralysis. Jack Dillon was a typical frontiers an and had also all the generout mpulscs that go with those wh tave had their full share of hard :htps and privations. In all matter: f public spirit and generosity h was never found wanting. Go to Oakea' for shotgun shells. AUTOMOBILE RECORD JOSEPH TO LA GRANDE A new automobile record i claimed to have been made by tin arty of three mining men from Ba ter City on their return from Jos sph to La Grande recently. Th arty consisted of L. A. Greenlee, J O'Neill and B. O. Kempfer, an hey made a stop ot from 15 to 2 nlnutes In Enterprise on their wa; ut. They claim to have made th 'un from Joseph to La Grande 1 hree hours and 36 minutes. Th ua Grande Star says this was th ictual running time. A brief sto. .vas made at Elgin, but this was no counted In the running time. Th llstance Is about 75 miles and th oad Is partly mountainous and e ends through the Wallowa canyo' ind up the celebrated Wallowa hill fNEURALGIA. Sciatica. Rheumatism. Backache. Pain inchest. Distress in stomach. Sleeplessness This trip was made with a four-cylinder 45-horse power Oldsmobile. Five gallons and one quart of gas oline was consumed In the run. This machine, it is claimed, is capable ol making a speed of 72 miles an hour. The trip was made without an acci dent up to within a few miles of La Grande, when a small rock was struck causing the springing of one of the axle3 and the machine was taken to the Whlteman garage foi repairs. The party left here In the evening, intending to stop at Hoi Lake for supper and to then proceed to Baker City. According to the unofficial records this is twenty-four minutes fas.ter than the time male by Dr. Phy from Joseph to La Grande in his Frank Hn, whea he made the run in four hours flat. Real Estate Transfers Week Ending September 18, 1908 Pre pared by Wallowa Law,. Land & Abstract Co. Lydla E. Fryer to Grace Seavort, lots 10, 11 and 12, blk 23, McDonald's idd to Wallowa. $800. Jay H. Dobbin to Mary J. Creigh ton, the nw se 17-2s-45. $1. E. Mathew, lot No. 6 of blk 9, Wag ler's add to town of Enterprise. $50. J. B. Garrett to Mark Evans, lots y, lot 6, blk 9, Wagner's add to Eat Permella E. Matthew to J. M Blakely, lot 6, blk 9, Wagner's add .o Enterprise. $1. . S. L. Burnaugh, Jr., to S. K. Clark, ill of lot 3, blk 16, Gardner's add tc Enterprise. $800. J. C. Garrett to Mark Evens, loti S and 7, blk D In town of Flora, 3re. $150. Artie A. H. Wilson to E. M. & l. Co., lota 1 and 2 of Burnaugh's idd to Enterprise. $1. Daniel Boyd to W. C. Ketchum, ill of lots 5 and 10 and part of lot? I and 9, blk l.Alder View add to En--erprlse. $400. Mary J. Crelghton to Jay H. Dob )In, nw ne 17-2s-45, also tract ii te 17-28-45. Chas. E. Funk to Permedia E. Mat hew, lot 6, blk 9, Wagner's add fc. Snterprlse. $1. Wm. Pearson to L. Couch, qc, an 3. B. Boyd, sw sw 15-2a-44. Susie A. Holmes et al to D. L. Sanders, tract on north boundary ine of blk 38 of Zurcher's Amend id add to Enterprise. $175. Jusie A. Holmes et al to Wllllan ,earson, tract beginning at nw cor er of blk 38 of Zurcher's Am. Ad o Enterprise, thence south on wes ine of blk 299.8 feet. U. S. Patent to O. H. Johnson, se iw and ne nw 2-3n-41. U. S. Patent to Almina Bright, sw iw 3-23-43. U. S. Patent to Katie Murray, i lalf sw qr and w half se qr 29-ln-47. U. S. Patent to Charles W. Walk er, nw se and s half ne 24-4n-42 am he lots 3 and 4 of 19-4n-43. rind Old Coin In Courtney Canyon From Flora Journal. Ferdinand Sanday was out huntlni Uh tome older companions, a fev ays ago, on the brakes of Courtne; anyon. While looking down at tht rail he was traversing, he exclaimed Here are two nlckles!" Then, "and ere Is another! And here Is a quar er and here a half dollar!" Sun inough, there were 90 cents In all here in. a little heap and close a land was the metal rim of a smal urse. The rest had rotted away I might be, by years of contact with ne elements and the winters' snow: -and there was the little pile o toney. which had been doing n--lore good In the world than art FOR the talents possessed by people we know. The money had doubtless been lost. So will our talents be If we do not use and increase them Even the one talent was taken away from the servant who had but one and hid it and he was called sloth ful and wicked by his master, in a parable given by Christ centurier ago. What are your talents? Dls cover them. LA GRANDE ADVERTISES $160,000 WATER BONDS La Grande has an advertisement in New York financial publications ask lng for bids for the purchase ol $160,000 bonds, the proceeds from the sale of which are to be used in the construction of an improved water system for the city with Beav er Creek as the source of supply. The bonds are of the 10-20 class and they must not be sold at less than their face value. The date on which the bids are to be opened is Octo ber 7. This procedure is In anticipation of the adoption of a new chartei which is supposed to make such a sale of bonds acceptable to purchas ers. The proposed charter has al ready been approved by the city council, but It must yet be submit ted to a vote of the people. A special election for this purpose Is to be held on the 24th of November. TUTTLE AND HARRIM AN. From the Elgin Recorder. While Harriman, the railroad king, has been enjoying an outing in Cen tral Oregon, and been the recipient of receptions at various Oregon towns, the editor of the Recorder has been enjoying an outing In the beau tiful mountains of Wallowa county. Until now it had not occurred that the world was moving on just the lame, even though these two distin guished gentlemen were not on the icene of action. It has also occur red to us that Harriman, the many .lines millionaire, has not enjoyec 'lis outing more than the editor o. he Recorder, whose only possession a a country print shop. KIDDLE BROTHERS BUY ELGIN FLOUR MILL Kiddle Brothers, who were work .ng for wages as millers a few years igo in Union county are now the clour mill magnates of eastern Or jgon, at the present time owninn 'ive mills worth $120,000. The firm has recently purchased :he Elgin flour mill for '$20,000, and ilready owned the mills at Union, La jrande, Island City and Imbler. The Island City mill was recently jurned down but will be rebuilt at Mice. The only mills in the valley not )wned by Kiddle Brothers at this ime are those at Summerville, Cove ind North Powder. The total capacity of the five mills low owned by this firm is 600 bar .els per day. Cherry Jelly from Apples. To make cherry Jelly out of apples hrow a handful of cherry leaves nto the jelly while boiling. Aftei he leaves have boiled some time hey can easily be lifted out. Jell nade this way tastes exacly like :herry Jelly. Woman's Home Com janlon for September. Sulphur Bleach for Fruit Stains. Stained table linen follows the re '.urn of the fresh-fruit season as mrely "as night follows day." Foi removing Buch stains there is noth lng more effective than the sul )hur bleach. Lay a spoonful of sul )hur on a plate, and sprinkle with a few drops of alcohol. Over this place a tin funnel with the point up Take of the LitHe Tablets and the ward. Touch .a lighted match tc the alcohol; wet the stained linen, and hold the spot over the opening In the point of the funnel. The ul phur fumes will remove the most ob stlnate stain, seldom requiring more than one application. Rinse and wash the linen at once, to prevent rotting the material. Woman's Home Companion for September. Notice of the Meeting of the County Board of Equalization Notice i3 hereby given that the Board of Equalization for Wallowa County, Oregon, will meet at the County Clerk's office at Enterprise, Oregon, on the third Monday of Oc tober, 1908, the sane being the 19th day of October, 1908, for the pur pose of examining and correcting the issessme'nt roll of 1908, and to in crease or reduce the valuation oi the property therein assessed, so that the same shall be full cash value thereof, and to assess omitted taxable property. Said Board will be in session one month. Petitions or applications for the reduction of a particular assessment shall be made in writing, verified by the oath ol the applicant or his attorney, and be filed with the board during the first week it is by law required to be In jession, and any petition or applica tion not so made, verified, and filec )hall not be considered or acted up n by the Board. Dated at Enterprise, Oregon, this 23rd day of September, 1908. S. F. PACE, 22t4 County Assessor. To Keep Salt Dry. "To prevent salt In saltcellar! from becoming damp and lumpy, vhen filling them put In ten tc twelve pieces of rice," says Wo aian's Home Companion for Septem ber. "This will not come througli he holes In the cover of the salt cellars, but will break the lumps ol alt and gather the moisture; thus the salt is always dry and fine." The News Record, $1.50 a year. OREGON, BUILDERS Are you doing what you can to populate your State? OREGON NEEDS PEOPLE-Settlers, honest farmers, mechanics, merchants, clerks, people with brains, strong hands and a willing heart capital or no capital. The Oregon Railroad and Navigation Co. AND Southern Pacific Co. Lines in Oregon, are sending out tons of Oregon literature to the East for distri bution through every avallab e agency. Will you not help the good work of building Oregon by sending us the names and ad dresses of your friends who are likely to be Interested in this ' state? We will be glad to bear the expense of sending them complete information about OREGON and Its opportunities. COLONIST TICKETS will be on sale during SEPTEMBER and OCTOBER from the East to all points In Oregon. The fares from a few principal cities are From Denver.. $30 00 From Louisville $41.70 " Omaha 30 00 " Cincirnati 42.20 " Kansas City... 30 00 " Cleveland 44.75' " St. Louis 35.50 " New York 55.00 " Chicago 38.00 ; TICKETS CAN BE PREPAID. If you want to bring a friend or relative to Oregon, deposit the proper amount with any of our agents. The ticket will the.i be furnished by telegraph. WM. McMURRAY, General Passerger Agent Portland, Oregon. Ml ONE Pain is Gone. -si $15 CASH $15 To the three Pupils of Wal lowa County Schools who bring the largest number of their Buster Brown Ads cut form the News Record to W. J. FUNK & CO.'S store by November 1, 1908. Cut out the ads each week and have all your friends save ada for you. They are found only in the News Record. M Trees From ies 1 Myers' Spray Pumps Pruning Hooks and Saws FORD C. POTTER WALLOWA, OREGON Before buying nursery stock or nursery supplies of any kind write me for prices. GAME LAWS. Any person knowing of any viola tion of the game or fish laws of the state, or of persons not properly keeping screens over Irrlgatlor ditches, are requested to notify JOE CLBMONS, Deputy State Game and Forestrj Warden, Zumwalt, Oregon. 42tf If you have Headache lry Une They Relieve Pain Quickly, leaving no bad After-effects 2 25 Doses 25 Cents Never Sold in Bulk be named La Grande, that word Lr
