THE NEWS RECORD
(Twice-a-Week.)
Am independent wcwipifeb
tue Wa'.lawa News, estab
lished March 3. 1899.
Published Wednesdays and Satur
days at Enterprise, Oregon, by
THE ENTERPRISE PRE8S
Office East side Court House Square
Entered In the Enterprise postoffice
as second-class matter.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1909.
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In advance. The new rate will go
Into effect February 1. 1909. Until
that time subset iptlons will be re
ceived at $1.50 a year. This price
Includes the colored comic supple
ment. A recent presidential order has
placed 15,000 fourth-class postmas
ters under civil service rules. There
Is a bill introduced in congress .
abolish the distribution of garden
seeds hy congressmen to their con
Btttuents. With the parceling out of
fourth-class postmaster patronage anc
garden seeds abolished, the useful
ness of most of the congressmen
would be ended.
ILLINOIS ANTI-PRIMARY MEN TH
PARTY TRAITORS.
The Oregonlan's war on the prl
mary law leads It into displays of
Ignorance that are astounding in a
paper as wise and perfect as H
claims to be.
Its comment on the political sltua
tlon in Illinois is a case in point. In
an editorial, January 14, it praises
Governor Charles S. Deneen as a man
v,ho "did hU duty"; was not a "pH
ant executive" but one whom the
"local bosses couldn't run."
That Is all true as gospel.
The Oregonian goes on to tel
how a faction of Republicans have
joined hands with the Democrats 1
the organization of the Illinois house
elected Edward D. Shurtleff speaker
and are In a combine to count ou
Deneen.
This Is true.
The Oregonian then says It is the
reformers In the Republican party
who are in the combine and are op
posed to Deneen. It lays all the
blame on the primary law which II
says was pushed through by the
Shurtleff faction In spite of Deneen
et al.
Not a word of It true.
The Shurtleff faction and every
Republican opposed to Deneen were
machine men, most of them from cor
rupt wards in Chicago. They have
always opposed Deneen because he
was honest, and when Deneen in re
s pon Be to the general desire of the
people of Illinois succeeded in set
ting the primary law passed, the cor
ruptlonlsta headed by Hopkins, Lorl
mer, Shurtleff and other bosses, big
and little, swore vengeance on him.
They are the ones that are party
tialtors and will go to any length to
kill Deneen politically. The "reform
era" and primary men are the true
blue party men in the Illinois fight
and are standing by the honest gov
ernor. It Is the same everywhere, in Ill
inois, Oregon and Wisconsin,, and all
the lying by any paper, no matter
how big and influential It Is, cannot
change the truth. The Oregonian
has admitted, even glories In the fact
that It was the bosses and their fol
lowers who are opposed to nomina
tions by the party rank and file, who
defeated Fulton, nominated Cake, so
the latter would be defeated by
Chamberlain, and then nearly a year
ago concocted the scheme of per
fidy and dlihr.neety to bulldoxe, buy or
wheedle enough Statement No. 1 leg
islators to defeat Chamberlain and
all to bring ridicule on the primary
law.
That's the kind of party traitors
the principal part of the primary op
position Is made up of In Oregon, Ill
inois and everywhere.
The Republican party, any party,
la better off with such traitors out of
It permanently. The Oregonian, as
the mouthpiece of that class, has
served notice, In a recent editorial,
that unless the primary law is re
pealed that paper and all who be
lieve with It, will desert the party
forever.
Every beIever in honest electon3
by the peiple ought to pray: "Spaed
the day."
Telephone First
In Election News
Story of How Returns Were Gath
ered by New News-Gathering
Agency.
With the presllentlal election two
months past the excitement attend
ing thereon has died away. But
there are stories and anecdotes con
nected with the campaign that will
not die for many years.
Many of the3e stories, and per
haps a majority, have to do with the
getting of returns. Every Instru
ment, every news getting agency and
overy being who is directly concerned
in getting results on election day and
night are kept on the qui vive. Pres.
associations, newspaper correspond
ents, news tickers and every other
news getting agency make supreme
sffort to be first In getting result i
before the public. Tue extent th:j
competition reaches, the iiit3u-iuy of
the rivalry and the means employed
to get the results first are hardly
belicveable to o.ie who has not, di
rectly or indlrectiy, been a partic
ipant.
In the presidential election of 1908
this rivalry was unprecedented. The
utmost efforts were put forth and un
usually large expenditures of money
were made to score what in news
paper parlance are known as "beats."
in the late campaign the plum for
the most efficient, feasible and sat
isfactory way of getting complete and
authentic returns, went to an agen
cy which a few years ago was con
sidered impracticable . and too ex
pensive. This agency was the telephone.
Some years ago the telephone com
panies gave out their bulletins direct
in the large cities. In the last elec
tion they gave them to the newJ'
papers, who, in turn, gave them to
the public over the telephone or on
jcresns. In the large cities extra
stations and lines were Installed in
newspaper offices without extra
charge. The completeness and a&
curacy of the telephone companies'
bulletins taken in conjunction with
the smooth manner In which they
hendled the extra rush of business
have prompted the various newsp
pers throughout the country, who en
joyed the benefit of the service, to
give liberal credit to the telephone
companies.
The Philadelphia Times, a new ev
ling paper, in expressing its apprec
latlon says: "This is the first time
we have received anything without
paying for it since we have been in
business."
The Baltimore World says: "The
(telephone) service was perfect and
enabled us to put a more complete
extra on the street by eight o'clock
than ever before."
Although 'the bulletins of the. tola
phone company were first at hand in
nearly every instance, the accuracy
of the reports was not sacrificed to
obtain this result. In so far as pos
sible every bulletin was rigidly cen
sored. Wild-cat guesses, prophecies
baeid on heresay, etc., were elimi
nated. Consequently the bulletins
had a real value.
Department heads and traffic offic
ials of the telephone companies are
elated at the highly successful out
come of ths rigid test of their sys
tem. As a result of the work it per
formed, stacks of letters are care
fully filed In executive offices com
plimentary to the efficiency of the
organizations.
Other tests the telephone has been
subjected to would make interesting
reading. For instance, during the
pennant winning games at Detroit last
fall the city was base-ball mad. Dur
ing the lust two weeks of the season
the enthusiasm of the "fans" was
bubbling over with every game. The
climax was reached on the pennant
winning Tuesday, however. The tel
ephone exchanges were besetged with
inquiries. ,
To prepare for the emergency the
telephone companies organized bulle-
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tine squads whose only duties were
to answer baseball Inquiries. The
large number, of young ladles who
(comprised these squads handled in
some cases over 7000 calls an hour.
or in other words, some operators
handled about seven calls a minute,
although each one insisted they han
dled three times as many. One op
erator on that memorable day han-1
died, by actual count, 21 calls a min
ute from an outside exchange, appar
ently without confusion. This was
at the rate of 1200 an hour.
These are but two instances out of
many that are happening day after
day which prove that the telephone
has become cur most Indispensable
servant. It is becoming a necessity
In every home and office, whether In
town, city or country. It is lock-
stepping with progress at every i
stride.
These two instances also serve to !
indicate the Increased number of pur
poses for which the telephone Is used
and also tends to show the depend-;
ence the general public places upon
It.
But to get a definite Idea of the
growth in popularity of the telephone
a.ii the increase In the number In
use, one should take note of the
growth of the Western Electric com
pany, the principal manufacturers
of telephones and telephone supplies
In this country. In 1902 telephones
shipped by this company numbered
one million and a quarter, in 1904 a
million and a half, and in 1906 two
million and a quarter, an increase
in five years of a million telephones,
or approximately over 80 per cent.
COPPERFIELD JUST NOW
WIDE OPEN TOWN
The stories brought In from Cop
perfleld, the town on Snake river, by
persons arriving from there sound
like the tales of many another new
railroad and mining town In the hey
day of their meteoric career.
It is related that it is a wideopen
town. Hundreds of laborers on the
Northern railway and Ox Bow con
struction make It their headquarters,
especially when they get their time
check and take a layoff. Then there
is something doing. All the booze
necessary can be had and that Is
about all they want. The shrewd
"sport" Is there also, ready and cap
able of separating the laborer from
his coin and It Is done In the most
scientific way.
The gay siren is also on the
ground, togged out with all her gay
tluffles and cosmetic beauty.
And In all, so report has it, Cop
perfleld Is the king pin of all the
northwest towns. It Is the quintes
ence of all that is loud and Immoral,
the place Is setting a pace as hot as
those of the Infernal regions whence
comes the metal for which the town
has been appropriately named. Ba
ker City Democrat.
Makes La Grande Busy.
From Evening Observer.
La Grande Is becoming quite a
railroad center. The branch road
into Wallowa county has added great
ly to our importance.
A 8pralned Ankle.
As a rule a man will feel well sat
isfied if he can hobble around on
crutches In two or three weeks after
spraining his ankle, and it is often
two or three monthB before he is
fully recovered. This Is an unnec
essary loss of time, as by apply
ing Chamberlain's Liniment, as di
rected, a cure may as a rule be
effected In les3 than one week's
time, and In many cases within threi
days. Sold by Burnaugh & MayfhM.
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 yonr 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,
Oregon Day And
Lincoln Centenary
Suggested S:hooi Program for Dual
Celebration of Two Important
Events.
A suggested program for public
schools and literary societies for Ore
gon Day, February 14, the 50th anni
versary .of the admisison of Oregon
into the Union. The act admitting
Oregon was passed February 12 and
signed by the President, Feb. 14,
1859. Inasmuch as the 14th falls on
Sunday this year, it Is suggested that
the exercises be held on Friday, Feb
ruary 12, and that the centenary of
Lincoln's birth be commemorated in
the same exercises.
This program is suggested by the
Univerlsty of Oregon and wa3 pre-
ipared by the departments of Histor)
and Education.
Order of Exercises.
Song, "Oregon' (Oregon Teachers'
Monthly, Sept. 1908.)
Reading, Jefferaon's Instructions
to Le.vla for the exploration of
the Columbia River. Coues' The
History of the Lewis and Clark
Expedition, I p. XXVI, from mid
dle of pase to end of second line
on p. XXVII.)
Declamation, Baylies' Speech la Con
gress (justifying the expectation
that Oregon would be settled by
Americans. Annals of 17th Con
gress, 2nd Session, 1822-23. Sel
ections pp. 681 2nd 682.)
Reading, Applegate's "A Day With
the Cow Column" (Schafer'B His
tory of the Pacific Northwest, pp.
186-192.)
Recitation, "Campfire3 of the Pio
neers," Simpson (5th and 6th
stanzas) 'Pilgrims of the Plain,"
(3d stanza) (both in quarterly
Oregon Historical Society, Dec.
1900.)
Reading, Act for the Admission of
Oregon (from Report Sec. of
State of Oregon, 1897-98, pp.
151-2.)
Oration, Abraham Lincoln, (by a
member of the school or some
prominent citizen.)
Song, "America."
Note: Complete copies of the read
ings and recitations cited above may
be secured free of charge by writing
the Registrar, University of Oregon,
Eugene, Oregon.
PARADISE GLINTS.
Paradise, Jan. 15. The mall from
Paradise to Anaton cannot cros3 the
Grande Ronde river on account of
the ice.
O. P. Barnes died at his home in
Aso'.ln, Friday, January 8. Mr.
Barnes was a former resident of this
jplace and was about 80 years of age.
E. W. Applegate Is still confined
to his room on account of his foot
that was Injured by his horse falling
on it.
James Barnes made a trip to Lew
lston last week
Weather warmer today, big chlnook
and snow disappearing.
A. C. Miller of Enterprise was
here on business yesterday.
W, C. Straley and wife have sold
to Nova Straley and wife 80 acres
of land; consideration $1000. W. C.
Straley and wife to Clyde Straley
and wife 120 acres of land; consid
eration $1550.
Mrs. W. J. Akin, who was operat
ed on at Flora by Drs. Anderson and
Gllmore a short time ago, Is doing
will.
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FIRE INSURANCE
PLATE GLASS INS.
STOCK INSURANCE
Oregon.
State May Hire Dairy Inspectors.
c..timH nreamerymen and
dairymen of Oregon will Join In an
appeal to the legislature this winter
for the appropriation of $6000 an
nually for the employment of compe
tent Instructors to educate dairymen
to produce only the nest possiuio
products.
With the appropriation m
ha ociroH it in nrnvided In the bill
that three competent dairymen be
employed and piacea in " uwi,
with nothing else to do but to spend
their- time with the iarmers ana m
:i....t ksm ii to the nroner manner
of caring for their herds, including
the feeding, stabling and other de
tails connected with tne moaern
dairy farm.
Each Normal for Itself.
RoBeburg Senator Abraham will
Introduce a bill at the coming ses
sion of the legislature to cover the
normal school situation completely.
Under the provisions of the proposed
bir. each district In which the nor
mal school Is situate'd will be com
pelled to finance Its own normal
without the aid of other districts.
The measure provides that the state
shall be divided into ftva different
districts, each one of which will be
entitled to one normal school, and
they will be supported wholly by tax
ation, levied upon the assessable
property in the district.
OREGON BRIEFLETS
Judge Bronaugh, of the state cir
cuit court at Portland, Saturday sen
tenced James A. Finch, convicted of
the murder of Ralph B. Fisher, late
prosecutor for the Oregon Bar Asso
ciation, to be hanged February 5.
Finch displayed little emotion while
the sentence was being passed.
Fifteen hundred dollars for an
acre for 12 acres Is the record price
for Rogue River Valley orchard
lands. The 12 acres are set to New
own and Spltzenberg apple trees, 18
ears old, and from this particular
tract was harvested In 1907 a rrnn
of apples which netted the owner
$633t.
Multnomah County Commissioners
and County Court have decided to
erect a modern courthouse. An
aouncement has been made that as
joon as a levy can be made the prep
arations for construction work on a
steel building to cost $500,000 will
be undertaken.
Notwithstanding no briefs have
been filed by attorneys on either side
of the Hembree murder case, the su
preme court has set case for hear
ing on January 14. Under the pres
ent rules of the court criminal cases
will be set for trial without demy
when the prescribed time has expired
unless the attorneys secure an exten
sion of time to file briefs,
Four thousand acres of first class
agricultural land are to be settled
prior o the opening of spring by
practical horticulturists in the Wil
low Creel; Valley. The land Is now
being divided Into 10, 20 and 40
acre tracts and will be irrigated. The
land is to be sold on condition that
the work of setting out fruit trees is
commenced by each buyer In earnest
this spring. The land is located near
Vale.
George Cochran, a 10-year old boy,
was caught Saturday nleht in thn
Station A postoffice, Portland, In the
act or rifling the registered mail. He
gained entrance to the room by
crawling through the chute provided
for papers and large packages. On
the night of December 31 a pearl
brooch valued at $20 was stolen
from this office. Young Cochran' con
fessed to the theft and took the offi
cers to the place where he had se
creted It.
The people of Eastern Oregon are
going to demand the enactment of a
scalp bounty law by the legislature
this winter. The coyote Is the worst
enemy of the cattle Industry and the
extermination of this animal should
be encouraged by state aid. thtv r.
gue. Next of Importance to the
people or tne eastern part of the
state is' Irrigation legislation. Some
bill prescribing a definite water code
for the state probably will be enact
ed. The third annual convention of the
Oregon Retail Grocers' and Mer
chants' Association opened In Port
land Wednesday. Over 100 grocers
from the outside cities were In .
tendance Among the laws that were
discussed and will be recommended
to the legislature for passage Is that
providing for the garnishment nf th
salaries of public officials, which Is
not now allowed. Salem grocers com
plain against the law, saying they
have lose a good deal of monov in
this way. Eastern Oregon grocers
want a law against peddlers. They
say that peddlers come through that
country with goods of various kinds,
which they dispose of to farmers.
Department of Publie Instruction
8alem
CIRCULAR OF INFORMATION
Giving the sources of examination
questions for State and County pa
pers, February and August, 1909.
1. Arithmetic, One-fifth from State
Course of Study, four-fifths from
Smith.
2. Civil Government, Strong
Scbafer.
3. English Literature:
February, 1909
A. One-half from texts: New
comer's English Literature, and
Newcomer's American Litera
ture. B. One-half from the following
classics:
1. Lowell. The Vision of Sir
Launfal (RIv. lit. er.) Hough
ton, 23c, 22c.
2. Webster, The First- Bunk
er Hill Oration (Rlv. lit. ser.)
Houghton, 25c, 22c.
3. Scott, Marmion (Pocket
Classics) Macmllllan, 25c, 22c.
August, 1909
A. One-half from texts: New
comer's English Literature, and
Newcomer's American Litera
ture. B. One-half from the following
classics:
1. Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
(Rlv. lit. ser.) Houghton, 25c,
"22c.
2. Ruskln, Sesame and Lilies
(Rlv. lit. ser.) Houghton, 25c.
22c.
3. Carlyle, Essay on Burns
and Burns' Poems (Pocket
Classics) Macmlllan, 25c, 22c'
The first figure is the publisher's
price, the second the price to schools
contracted for between the Oregon
Library Commission and The J. K.
Gill Co. ,
4. Geography, One-fifth from
State Courses of Study, four-fifths
from Redway & Hinman.
5. Grammar, One-fifth from State
Course of Study, four-fifths from
Buehler.
6. History, U. S. One-fifth from
State Course of Study, four-fifths
from Buehler.
7. Orthography, Reed's Word Les
sons. 8. Physical Geography, Tarr's New
Physical Geography.
9. Physiology, Krohn, Hutchinson.
10. Reading, State Course of
Study, White's Art of Reading, Oral
Reading.
11. School Law, School Laws of
Oregon.
12. Theory and Practice, White's
Art of Teaching.
13. Writing, Outlook Writing Sys
tern. Tests in Writing.
14. Algebra, Wells: Algebra for
Secondary Schoo's.
15. Bookkeeping, Office Methods
and Practical Bookkeeping, Part I.
16. Composition, Herrick & Damon
17. Physics, MUIikan & Gale: A
First Course in Physics. ,
18. Psychology, Buell.
19. Botany, Bergen: Elements of
Botany.
20. Geometry, Wentworth: Plane
and ' Solid Geometry, questions on
Plane Geometry.
21. History, General, Myers: Gen
eral History.
An examination is required upon
the first thirteen subjects for a first
grade County certificate valid for
three years; upon the first eighteen
subjects for a State certificate valid
for five yeare; and upon the twenty
one subjects for a State diploma
valid for life.
Information Concerning Eighth Grade
FinaJ Examinations.
1. Dates:
Three examinations annually. Each
county superintendent to select
months for his county.
(a) January 21-22, 1909.
(b) May 13-14, 1909.
(c) June 10-11, 1909.
(d) September 2-3, 1909.
2. Program:
(a) Thursdays Arithmetic, Writ
ing, History, and Civil Govern
ment. (b) Fridays Grammar, Physiol
ogy, Geography, and Spelling.
3. Sources of Questions:
(a) Civil Government United
States Constitution.
(b) Geography ' State Course
of Study: Redway and Hlnman's
Natural School Geography.
(c) History List of topics from
History Outline In State Course
of Study and Current Events.
(d) Language Buehler's Modern
English Grammar, no diagram
ming. (e) Reading The teacher will
send to the County Superintend
ent the applicant's class standing
in reading, which shall be taken
by such superintendent as the ap
plicant's standing on the subject.
(f) Spelling Eighty per cent
from Read's Word Lessons, and
twenty per cent, from manuscript
in Language.
(g) Writing Specimens of pen
manship as indicated In copied
matter and from manuscript in
Language.
Respectfully submitted, 1
J. H. ACKERMAN.
Supt. Public Instruction.
The first Eiehth GraHo ATamlna.
tlon for the year 1909 will be held'
January 21-22.
Teachers prepailnsr classes for this
examination will please reoort to this
office the number of applicants at
least tnirty days before above date.
Respectfully,
J. C. CONLEY,
Supt. of Schools.
We have purchased the Joseph
Mercantile stock of hardware,
Tinware, Granite Ware and Dish
es and are selling them at a big
reduction. Come now for bar
gains. HUNSAXER & TAYLOR,
Joseph OretfAA.