Froit Trees From
Myers' Spray Pumps
Pruning Hoots and Saws
FORD C. POTTER
WALLOWA, OR1CGON
Before"-buying nursery stock or
nursery supplies of any kind
write me for prices.
CLEANING
...OF...
Ladies' Suits and
Cravanettes
A SPECIALTY AT THE
Ente rprise Cleaning and
Pressing Vorks
A. C. WILLETT, Prop.
Two doors west of City Bakery.
The. Racket Store
(Under New Management)
We keep always on hand a
new and fresh supply of Con
fectionery, Tobacco, Fruits,
Novelties, Etc.
Stationary & School Supplies.
Tl e quality of our goods is
recognized by the buyer.
Coleman Brothers
Successors to
T.J.WRIGHT.
v SETTLERS ARRIVE ON
FIRST ENTERPRISE TRAIN
The first regular train into Enter
prise brought an emigrant car, load
ed with livestock, household goods
and other belongings of J. S. Crock
ett of Mai f hall, Mo., who arrived lasi
week. W. M. Mull came with the car
and he and Mm. Mull will make
their home in the valley, having al
ready engaged to work for Morgan &
Poley cr Fiairie Creek.
Mr. Crowe of Prescott, Iowa, ar
rived on Monday night's train with a
car of houeshold goods, stock, etc.
Mrs. Crowe, who is a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Dacgett of Alder
Slope, came several weeks ago. Mr.
and Mrs. Crowe will make their
home in the valley and will no doubt
soon have a good valley farm under
their management.
The car of household goods belong
ing to the Enterprise station agant,
TOWN PROPERTY
FARM LANDS
TIMBER LANDS
STOCK RANCHES
Property listed with me is unsolicited. The
owners desire to sell. Consequently they are
BARGAINS
Now is the time to buy property in Enterprise.
See me if you want a house or lot any location
Good farm propositions in valley and out
lying districts.
' Insure your live stock in the National Live
Stock Insurance Company. You can not afford
to take chances at the price it costs to insure
your horses or cows.
I have the best Standard Fire Insurance Com
panies. Also the cheapest Mutual Company.
W. E. TAGGART.
Enterprise,
J. G. Harman. arrived with Mr. Har-
man on Monday night's train. Mrs.
Harman will come later as soon as
the living rooms above the depot are
ready for occupancy. Mr. Harman
has been stationed at Irrigon.
MORMONS HOLD SERVICES
SUNDAY IN OPERA HOUSE
The services held by the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints,
in the opera house Sunday afternoon
and evening, were fairly well at
tended, L. J. Jordan presided at
each meeting. F. S. Bramwell, presi
dent of Union Stake, made a strong
address at each meeting, explaining
the doctrines and beliefs of his
church, commonly called Mormon,
though he said that was but a nick
name. Aside from the peculiar be
liefs that are we'.l known, such as in
continued revelation, and the divinity
of the Book of Mormon, he told of
others not so well known, such as
belief In the neceslsty of baptism by
immersion, the separateness of the
God-head, the personal God, heaven
as a place, paradise as a place of
preparation and emphasis placed up
on the brotherhood of man.
George Stoddard also spoke at the
afternoon meeting, and In the even
ing W. K. Davis, one of the quar
tette, made an excellent talk, dwell
ing especially upon the mission of
the church to elevate the temporal as
well as spiritual welfare of all men.
The singing by the famous Mormon
quartette was equal to every expec
tation and was certainly fine.- The
members are C. P. Ferrln and H. M.
Monson, tenors, W. K. Davis, bari
tone, and F. C. Bramwell, bass. The
quartette conducted services at Wal
lowa In the forenoon and arrived In
Enterprise just In time to take part
In the evening service.
Mr. Bramwell says the quartette,
accompanied by a reader, will proba
bly return about the holidays and
give a concert.
EAST GROSSMAN.
Weather simply fine.
Green Trump and wife went to
Wallowa, Friday.
John Wray made a business trip
to town, Wednesday.
The road to the saw mill has been
finished.
J. M.Taylor made a business trip
to town, Friday.
Perry Carper and Grady Miller
were visitors here, Sunday, from
Promise.
William Winter started Sunday for
Wallowa en ' route to Rocky Ford,
Colo., where he will spend the winter
with his daughter.
Joner Trump, John Wray and Al
bert Keator came In Sunday from
Mlnam, where they had been remov
ing drift from the river.
D. J. Winter came in Friday from
Elgin that he may be here Monday
as a witness for James Bankhead's
contest case.
Miss Jean Loyd came in Saturday
to visit her parents over Sunday. Sht
returned to Enterprise on Monday's
stage.
JOSEPH NOTES.
Joseph and La Grande played a tie
game of football, 6 to 6, Saturday af
ternon before a big crowd.
F. D. McCully, sons Wllmer and
Roy, and C. L. Hartshorn went to La
Grande Sunday In tfco automobile
that was used as a stage between
here and Wallowa for several weeks.
Mr. McCully expects to take the ma
chine to Portland, thence ship it by
steamer to San Francisco, and spend
8 good part of the winter tourlnt
Southern California in the car.
FIRE INSURANCE
PLATE GLASS INS
STOCK INSURANCE
Oregon.
Pretty Towns and
Cities Of Iowa
Mrs. Cell Describes Des Moines
And Others Autumn Days In
Country.
Boone, Iowa, Oct. 31. Like the
Irishman's flea that "Be Jabbers,
when yez put yer finger on him, he's
not there," I also have been hopping
around so lively I can hardly find
myself. After a visit of four weeks
in Johnson county, Iowa, among rel
atives, kind friends and amid the
scenes of my childhood, we are again
en route westward.
While In Johnson county our old
home friends seemed to vie with
each other In making our stay pleas
ant, and by sending for and taking
us about by carriage, by auto, etc.,
thus enabling us to see as many
friends as possible. While with our
friends, Mr. and Mrs. John France of
Lone Tree, thoy made Up a pleasant
party for a day's picnic and nutting
on Cedar and Wapslnonock rivers,
(an old Indian name now shoetened
to "Wappy") The date was October
17; the day one of the clearest, the
loveliest of autumn days for which
no place I have ever known can
eclipse Iowa. We had dinner spread
under th maple 3 and hickory trees
on the banks of beautiful Cedar
river. The afternoon was spent In
watching some of the party fishing
and watching the fish, mostly carp.
some of them from a foot to 18
Inches long, jump out of the water.
Mr. France Is authority for the state
ment (I did not doubt It) that they
often catch fish of this variety weigh
ing from 16 to 24 pounds. However,
they planned the wrong way that
day, as the fishing was done after
dinner when we should have been
nutting and we went nutting just a3
the fish were beginning to jump and
bite well, and did not get many of
either. This year the hickory nuts
have been scarcer than usual and
were pretty well gathered in, al
though we found a good many just
as we were ready to start homeward,
and regretted we were not prepared
to camp. As there are about, a
thousand acres of this timber-covered
low lands there we had to be very
careful not to get separated very far
from each other.
The 12th of October was spent at
a family dinner at the home of our
nephew and niece, Mr. and Mrs. Char
les Shellady; the evening In visiting
and bidding goodby to friends who
called at Brother Henry Walker's to
see us. Tuesday, the 20th, we went
to DIgby, Iowa, .to visit cousins; Fri
day we spent calling on friends in
Iowa City, where we were due at
dinners Mr. and Mrs. Pursel with
his orphaned nephews and nieces,
and myself and cousin with other
friends.
On ' Saturday we left for Traer,
where we visited cousins. It began
raining quite hard the morning we
left the Dtgby station (eight miles
west of Iowa City) and as It contin
ued most of our two days and three
nights stay In Traer, It was not a
propitious time to see their prettj
town of about 1050, although cousins
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Dannls had plan
ned an auto trip for that purpose.
However, Cousin "J. B." took us
about the city Tuesday forenoon, and
we found it quite pretty when one
did not look at the mud.
We left there that day for Nevada,
this Btate, where we have a cousin
of the tribe of McComas,. Here we
were met by a fine-looking, robust,
elderly gentleman, the "Cousin Tom"
well known In days gone by, who es
corted us to his home, where we met
a hearty greeting from his wife and
another friend once known to us whe
chanced to be at his home. S. A.
and Esther only remained here till
Wednesday evening when they went
on to Boone to visit the friends
am now with, for as they had sever
al visits to some of his relatives and
others that I do not know so well,
I preferred to visit longer with these
Nevada (la.) cousins. These cousins
being devout Advents who Just re
cently moved from Traer to engage
In church work here and expecting to
purchase a home near the site of
the new sanitarium on which work is
begun there. We went with them
to look at their prospective purchase
a lovely home and to view the
city. The day was pleasant and we
Judged Nevada to be a very nice
place. It Is the county seat of Story
county and numbers about 3500 In
habitants.
As Mrs. Mc. expressed a desire to
see their daughter Bessie who Is in
the Iowa sanitarium at Des Moines,
in training for a nurse, I said to her.
"Well, let's go, I was born in Iowa
and never have seen its capital, and
If you will go with me, I'll just spend
a little more and see it before leav
Ing for Oregon." So go we did, that
evening; surprised Bessie at the san
Itarlum at 7:30 p. m.; stayed over
night In the dormitory, had breakfast
with the boarders, visited the State
buildings, the beautiful capltol was
grand Indeed, with Its walls, columns
and floors of vaii-colored marble,
some of the finest that coald be Im
ported from Italy, some native of
Iowa, its war flags and banners. Its
golden dome sparkling yellow In the
sunshine; the state historical build
ing, museum, library, etc.; looked for
and saw the flags of the 4th Iowa
Inft. and 22d Iowa, under which
Brother S. A. Pursel and Cousin Mc
Reynolds of Iowa City (Digby Sta
tion) fought; we.it out on street car
to Fort Des Moine3 (about 6 miles)
and back. Des Moines Is a beautiful.
up-to-date city a'jout 90,000 popula
tion. I bade Mrs. Mc. goodbye and
took an electric car at 5 p. m. for
Boone, arriving here at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Farrow at 7 p. ni.
Friday evening. Mrs. Farrow was a
dear schoolgirl friend of my girlhood
days Dora King by name. Her hus
band was elected mayor of the city
some years ago and is at the pres
ent time. Mrs. Farrow is a very tal
ented lady. She is a well known and
most earnest worker In the temper
ance cause (that greatest of all
causes) and a writer of much ability,
and her husband Is a mayor who en
forces the laws. I received a warm
welcome and they are people I am
proud to know.
Boone Is the county seat of Boone
county. It numbers 12,000 Inhabi-
tants.has five miles of brick paving,
one free library, given to the city by
a banker, one library, the Eleanor,
given by another banker, three rail
roads, one interurban, eiectric street
cars, gas plant, an electric plant, 11
churches, three depots, nine school
buildings, a fine high school, and the
Eastern Star Home, and It Is a very
pretty, progressive little city. I ex
pect to rejoin my people at Ft.
Dodge In a 'few days and then west
ward ho! to Helena next stop, If no
accidents or happenstances to hin
der. More anon.
ALICE M. BELL.
Agricultural Expert
Writes of Alfalfa
ts Great Value To Semi-Arid Re
gionsWorth Millions To
Oregon
(Oregon Agricultural College Press
Bulletin, by Jamas Dryden.)
There is a good deal of milk in
the ground that was not spilled and
cried over, but It Is there neverthe
less. At certain seasons of the year
the Thousand-Headed Kale pulls the
milk out of Mother Earth and the
cow pulls it out of the kale and puts
It in the bucket. There Is a period,
however, during the summer when
the cows go hungry and the milk
languishes in the ground because
there Is no green thing to pull It out
and coax the cow to fill the milk
bucket.
Western Oregon Is one of the best
dairy sections In the Union. With
mild open winters in which kale
flourishes and furnishes green succu
lent food, the dairy business thrives
all the year around with the excep
tion of a short period In the summer
During this period the land Is out of
commission, the cows barely subsist
on the pasture fields and there Is no
profit to the farmer. Forty cent but
ter and a scarcity of good fresh milk
Is the evidence of a lack of gresn
food.
What Is needed In the valley Is a
forage crop that will utilize the soil
and furnish green food during the
dry season. Will alfalfa fill the bill?
If alfalfa could be raised extensive
ly and successfully It would change
the face of nature and add Immense
ly to the value of the farms In the
Willamette valley. It would Increase
the dairy products and the poultry
products; it would cheapen the pro
duction of pork and beef and mutton.
A good summer forage crop is the
one thing needful.
Alfalfa has been grown for two
thousand years In the Mediterranean
region. It has been grown success
fully In arid American for half a
century. A gentleman traveling over
what was then regarded as land un
fit for settlement In western Ne
braska by reason of its aridity dls
covered a thrifty gresn alfalfa plant
growing where no other green thing
could be found for miles around.
That was demonstration that satis
fied the gentleman and he purchased
a large tract of land for a trifle. On
the same land he has since fed fifty
thousand sheep in one season on al
falfa. Alfalfa goo) down Into the
depths of the soil for moisture aud
through, wireless communication wUli
the atmosphere brings down from
above food which feads the plant am'
enriches the soil.
Since 1891 the acreage of alfalfa In
Kansas has Increased from 34,388 to
615,000 In 1906. A recent bulletin
from that state says of alfalfa: "The
steer feeders and mutton feeders of
Kansas, Colorado and Nebraska
would be lost' without It."
At the Kansas station It Is stated:
"A gain of 800 pounds of pork wan
made from a ton of alfalfa, and a lit
tle less than that amount of grain
was made from an acre of alfalfa
pasture." Again, "We found that 100
pounds of alfalfa hay saved 96
pounds of corn.'' Figuring on the
basis of these experiments it is
stated that with grean alfalfa produc
ing ten tons per acra (20,000 pounds)
it would produce 200 pounds of pork,
which, at 4 centi per pound would
be worth $80 per acre."
Director Buikett of the Kansas
Station says: ''Dy promoting the
successful production of alfalfa the
Station has not only extended the
dominion of an Imperial forage crop,
but in so doing has discharged its
own entire expense, and in addition
has added millions of dollars to the
wealth of the state."
At the Ontario Agricultural college
In ten years 30 cuttings, yielding
over 5 tons an acre, were made. An
experiment show si its great soil en
riching qualities. Wheat grown after
alfalfa yielded 61.5 bushels per acre
and after timothy sod 42.1 bushels.
In the two succeeding years the al
falfa Bod produced 30.2 bushels of
barley and 17.9 bushels corn. The
three crops on the alfalfa sod were
worth about $90 while those on the
timothy bo were worth about $58.
At the Oregon Agricultural college
alfalfa has bean growing successfully
for several years, and tests are be
ing made by the agronomists with
different varieties to determine which
will suit the conditions be3t In this
state. The stall Jn men are glad at
all times to answer questions In re
gard to its cultivation.
A few miles from Corvallis, W. H.
Hamlin cut this year 200 tons of al
falfa hay. It ylalded about 2Vi tons
to the acre in one cutting. Before
seeding to alfalfa the land had been
"cropped out." In 14 years 14 grain
crops had been taken from the land,
and Mr. Hamlin explains that on
richer land the yield la much heav
ier. He further explains that the
oldest stand yields the best, show
ing that It takes several years on
certain classes of soil for the alfalfa
to make a good growth.
It looks as though an alfalfa cam
paign would be worth millions to this
state.
TROY TIDINGS.
Troy, Nov. H. We are having fine
weather at present. Cattle are look
ing fine.
The Troy atliojl district will soon
have a fine schoal house, up-to-date
and commodious. A. F. Shuman, the
designing architect, Ed Davis super
intending architect, Wm. Wilson, fore
man, Ira Wilson, George Boldlng and
Dale Estes deckhands, are all busy
working at their several assigns. The
house Is 20x32 feet, 11 feet, 4 inch
celling, lighted with three windows
on each side, 12x14 inch glass, 8
lights, front door 3x7 with a transom
light over it, which lights the room
quite well.
In the Issue of November 7 I see
that E. P. Edwards of Flora has
taken seriously the joke In the Itec- .
ord's Issue of October 22, that made I
mention of the Fljra mill. Now, I I
am not acquainted with Edwards at j
all, and am qulta sorry that he has
taken offense at what was said for
I assure him that I would be glad to
-see the mill doing a good business
and I expect to patronize It myself.
1 have some friends among its stock
holders that I respect very much,
but likely Rl'r. Edwards Is the princi
pal stockholder and feels It a duty
to respond, consequently I do not
blame him, but I would like for him
to know how roughly I was Joked a
short time ago. Why the man even
went so far as to nail me a Mitisou
rlan, and the worst of It was I had
to take It.
HACK TO THE DEPOT.
Hack for the accommodation of the
general public will leave the Enter
prise Hotel for the O. R. & N. depot
15 minutes before trala time (8:15
a. m. and 2: 15 p. m.) Passengers called
for at their homes If telephone cal'
Is sent to the Red Front livery barn
30 minutes before train time.
29tf BO SWELL & SON.
ENTERPRISE
1JK81 OF MEATS
Holiest Market
Vrice for
Hides and Pelts
PUOPKIKTOUB
A Telephone
In your residence will be a money
and time saver. Try one and see
for yourself.
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Nature Provides
but one
California
It is the natural winter
home of many thousand
of the world's best peopie.
Under the gentle influence
of its mild winter climate,
every amusement and
recreation abounds. Such
bathing1, boating, fishing,
driving; such picnics, par
ties and "jollifications."
GO TO
Los Angeles, Paso RobleB
Hot Springs, Hotel del
Monte, Santa Barbara,
Venice, Long Beach Santa
Cruz, or a score of similar
resorts and you will find
health, congenial sur
roundings, hospitable
associates, faultless ac
commodations and num
berless attractions and
conveniences.
The O. R. & N. Co.
Connecting with
The Southern Pacific Co.
Make inexpensive round trip
excursion rates to California
A six months stopover
ticket Wallowa1 to Los
Anpreles and return is
$76 80
Corresponding rates are in ef
fect to other points.
We have some very distinctive
literature covering California's
winter resorts, and will take
pleasure in giving yon all of the
information and assistance at
our command.
For tickets, sleeping car reservations,
etc., call on, telegraph or write
E. T. Campion, Agent, Wallowa.
OR
WM. McMURRY, gen. pass, agent.
Portland, Oregon.
Notice of Non-Payment of Proportion of
Expenditure on Mining Claims.
To A. A. Welch, V. R. Plerson, Jr.,
R. Robertson, R. W. Rayner and
Charles Shultz: You are hereby no
tified that you have failed to contrib
ute your proportion of the expenditure
duo for the year 1008, upon the follow
ng described mining claims situated
in the LoHtine Mining district iu the
County of Wallowa and State of ,Ore
Hon, ami known ns the Bunker Hill
Mining Claim, tin) Tip Top Mining
Claim, The War Kaule No. 2 Mining
Claim and the War Eagle No. 8 Min
ting Claim, a more complete diner ip
iion of which properties may be found
in Book Three of the mining locutions
of aiiid County ut puges 328, 320, 300
and 301.
You are further notified that the
undersigned have contributed your
proportion of said expenditure and
unless reimbursed by you and each of
you, on ot before the" IhI day of Janu
ary, mm, your interest in aid mining
claims will become the property ol the
umlerHiKlied.
Signed: R. H. Hkhton,
F. W. Camkkon,
R. Clark,
I. W. Leadkr,
R. I). Wktmoiik,
M. II. Nkwki.l,
C. II. C'ARltlNOTON,
II. K. Pkkt,
M. K. Cahii,
2.U13 O. L. Palmkr.
GAME LAW 8.
Any person knowing of any viola
tion of the game or fish laws of tht
state, or of persons not properl)
keeping screens over lrrlgatloi
ditches, are requested to notify
JOE CLEM ON 3,
Deputy State Game aud Foresti.
Warden, Zumwalt, Oregon. 4Jtf
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weekly papers to be paid up to with
in a year.
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