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
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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