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NO. 43.
ENTERPRISE, WALIOWA COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1903.
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER
THE
RECORD
Classified notices la this column, 1
cent a word each Insertion In either
News Record or Chieftain; 1 cents
a word for same notice in both
papers; special rates by the month
or year.
FOR SALE.
Two- thousand acres of choice level
land tn the Turlock irrigation Dis
trict. This land is level, sandy loam
and will grow anything from oranges
to Alfalfa. Sold on easy terms at $7j
to $100 per acre. For further Infor
mation and printed matter write to
Cadwallader & Baker, Turlock, Cal.
WELL IMPROVED FAR'.: in high j
state of cultivation, 160 acres 80 j
acres of alfalfa, 50 acres in small
grain, 25 acres of bottom land, With
abundance of timber and running
water. New house, new barn, gran
ary, hog feeders and various out
buildings. Entire farm enclosed with
hog-tight fence, woven and barb
wire; abundance of Irrigating water
all pa'.d for and deeded. $60 per
acre. Reasonable terms. On main
road 1 miles from Joseph. See,
address or phone C. E.,Vest, Enter
prise. ' 401m .
Billiard and Pool table, in good
condition, with new cloth. Half price
for cash. Burleigh & Boyd, attor
neys. BUGGY, second hand, In good condi
tion, newly painted. Cheap. Inquire
of Rodgers Bros.
WANTED.
Will pay cash for Rye, Beardless
Barley and Blue stem Wheat. W. J.
F nk & Co., Enterprise. 2tnr
Second hand Farm Wagon. Ad
dres C. O'Neil, Enterprise, or see
him at the Woman'sExchange.
TAKEN UP.
GRAY FILLEY, coming 2-years-old,
Came to my farm, IV miles north of
Enterprise, about October 1. Owner
can haye same by proving property
End paying charge3. ; H. D. Crum
packer. Woodmen of tie World, Attention.
There will be a special meeting of
the camp on Monday night, February
1st, in Fraternal hall. All those who
txpect to continue their assessments
are-requested to be present. By or
der of the Board of Managers. Chas.
A. Ault, Clerk. " . ,
NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS'
MEETING.
The, annual meeting' of the stock
holders of the Enterprise Mercantile
& Milling Company will be held at
the company's office in Enterprise,
Oregon; at three o'clock p. m., on
February 10th, 1909, for the purpose
of electing directors and the transac
tion of such business as may proper
ly come before said meeting.
GEO. W. HYATT, President.
Bishop Paddock Coming.
Robert L. . Paddock, ' Episcopal
Bishop of the diocese of Eastern Or
egon, will preach In the Methodist
church at Enterprise, Sunday, Janu
ary 31, at 11 a. m. Bishop Paddock
will' be at Joseph Saturday evening
and at Wallowa Sunday night.
Our Big
1920 acres rich, productive land, nearly all In a body, at a spec
ulative value: $10.00 per acre. The lindlays well for a stock
and grain ranch and there Is a good road to it. 600 acres of
tillable land, 200 of which is now In cultivation,
10,000,000 Feet Good Saw Timber,
mostly yellow pine'. Well watered with river, creek and 15 or
20 good springs. The place produces good grain and hay. Good
winter range; 600 acres under woven wire, coyote tight fence.
' Enough' wire to fence 400 acres more. Thres small orchards.
Sch6oJ hquse, on land. x The place can be divided to make sev
eral good' homes. Will require about $7000.00 down., For fur
ther particulars write !
I
Enterprise Real Estate Co.
Enterprise, Oregon
OFFICE ON MAIN 8T. OVER HARNESS SHOP.
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.'resident-alect Taft and Mrs.
Taft Leave for Panama.
At New Orleans Feb. 15
PLEA IS MAD2 FOR WILSON
Plantation Negroes Sing "God Bo
With You Till We Meet Aguin"
us a Serenade.
Charleston, S. C, Jan. 25.- President-elect
Taft and wife and many
newspaper correspondents, a corps of
expert engineers and other distin
guished friends, sailed this morning
on a cruise that will end at New Or
leans February 13. '
Mr. Taft and his immediate family
departed on the North Carolina and
the others on the Montana. Both
boats were crowded to the limit. Re
turning from Panama the Taft party
will be transferred from the war
ships to the Bcout cruisers Birming
ham and Salem for the trip up the
mouth of the Mississippi river. This
arrangement will permit the North
Carolina and Montana to assist in
escorting home the battleship fleet
on its return from the world-wide
cruise.
A rather unusual Incident of Sun
day was the appearance before Mr.
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WILLIAM H. TAFT.
Taft by appointment of Colonel B.
J. Watson, commissioner of Agricul
ture and immigration in South Caro
lina, who represented also the South
ern States Association of Commis
sioners of Agriculture and a commit
tee fropv the Farmers' Union in this
state, representing 10,000 Demo
cratic voters, who came to present
resolutions urging ' the reappoint
ment of Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson.
Mr. Taft and party were taken to
"The Oaks," the beautiful country
home of, Edwin Parsons, near Char
leston, where luncheon was served
Sunday afternoon. As the party left
Mr. Parsons' house there was assem
bled In the yard 400 or 600 negroes
from the neighboring plantations, all
singing "God Be With You Till We
Meet Again." Mr. Taft made a short
talk to the negroes, telling them that
they must lead decent, honest lives
and do that which was right.
1
Bargain
OFF FOR CANAL ZON
Were In the Wreck.
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Hover of Seat
tle, who were in this valley iu their
automojile last summer, were on
board the Republic, the big steamer
rammed and sunk by the Florida off
Cape Cod Saturday. The 758 souls
on board were' . all saved, wireless
messages carrying news of the steam
er's plight and rescue vessels hurried
to the scene of the disaster from
all directions.
COMMERCIAL CLUB
ELECTS NEW OFFICERS
The annual meeting of the Enter
prise Commercial club was held in
the office of D. W. Sheahan, Monday
(light. The following officers were
elected to serve , during 1909: Presi
dent, A. C. Miller; treasurer, W. R.
.Holmes; secretary, L. E. Jordan.
The executive committee of nine be
sides the president and secretary will
'be selected by President Miller.
Matters of great Importance to
the city and county were discussed
in a general way, and bills were au
'dlted and allowed.
Large Crowds And
Growing Interest
Features of Revival At Christian
Church Fine Sermons by Rev.
S. W. Jackson.
The Christian church was crowded
to the doors Sunday night, both the
auditorium and lecture room being
packed, many people having to
stand. Mr. Jackson's sermon on
."The Glass Railroad," was among
the best he has delivered. Mrs.
Jackson sang some beautiful solas,
Including the illustrated song, "Tell
Mother I'll be There." The singing
by the large choir is a feature .of
each meeting.
The revival Is marked by large
crowds and growing Interest each
night, and It U predicted a great
work will be done In the salvation
of souls. Following Is the program
tor the remainder of this week:
Wednesday "The Thief On the
Cross."
Thursday "The Longest Ladder, In
the World."
Friday "What Shall I Answer
God?"
Saturday "The Three-fold Power
of Christ."
Sunday 11 a. m. "The Anointing
at Bethany."
Sunday, 3 p. m. "What Is Man?"
:(Men only.)
Sunday, 7:30 p. m. "The Ques
tion of the Ages."
DEATH RECORD.
Donald Ellis Combes, six year old
eon of Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Combes,
died Monday forenoon after a long
Illness of heart trouble, caused by
rheumatism. The little fellow has
been a sufferer for many months and
his death had been expected for
;weekB but when the news came It
caused sorrow throughout the town
and deep sympathy is felt for the
Iparents, who have lost four of their
five sons.
Little Donald was born May 26,
1902, and all hi) short life was
spent here in Enterprise except a
few months last spring when Mr.
and Mrs. Combes took him to the
Willamette valley in hopes a change
of climate might benefit his health.
Funeral was held Tuesday after
noon at 2 o'clock from the Chris
tian church. Rev. W. C, Crockett
epqke words of comfort to the sor
rowing ones. The attendance was
large. Interment was in the Enter
prise cemetery.
Telephone Company Election.
Manager Harry Thomas Is home
from the Independent Home Tele
phone company meeting at La
(Grande, The old board and officers
were re-elected except Will Church
whose place on the board was taken
by C. E. Hood of Wallowa, while
John Cavlness was elected vice pres
ldent in place of Mr. Church.
Ivanhoe Burned Out.
The Hllts-Andross double bouse in
La Grande, occupied by the families
of Col. F. S. Ivanhoe and T. E. Beuh
ler, was destroyed by fire Sunday
night. Most of the contents were
nt the Ivanhoes lost about
$250 worth of furniture and clothing.
The fire Is believed to have been of
Incendiary origin. A negro named
Ji Williams Is under arrest charged
with the crime.
LEASE OFFERED BV
SUGAR
COMPANY
FINAL MEETING TO BE HELD
ENTERPRISE NEXT SATUR
DAY AT 1 P. M.
IN
If the land owners of this vicin
ity do not turn out to the sugar
beet meeting next Saturday afternoon
! at 1 o'clock, and enough land offered
io niaKe the experiment worth while,
SCENE
TA0RMINA
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IN
. !!mT I0'!11 f Scylln' nmrWnK tllu entrance to the strait of Messina,
T' ? X eurtn,l"ake n southern Italy. It was first reported
that this his oric promontory, which an. ient uavknitor feared when travers
ing the whirlpool of Chnrybdls, liiid crumbled and fallen Into the sen. Taor-
upheival 80 maDy aUCl0Ut rUlllS 8'il"d- Was "ly MeUtly sllukeu b tUe
the movement will be abandoned for!said in Colorado In support of sugar
this year, say the representatives of
i-utj uuiiiiJiiiijr,, as u is imperative tne
uerinite oifers be known by Febru
ary l. While a number of farmers
have made offers to lease their land,
the greater number are holding back.
If all will come out to this meeting.
acreage and price can be ascertained
and submitted to the company.
The article in last Wednesday's
paper has stirred up some contro
versy. In reply those In favor ol
sugar beet culture say the company
backs its belief in this valley as a
sugar growing country by being will
ing to assume all the money ri.sk,
the land owners risk nothing. They
will be paid a fair rental for the
land, and the land will be benefitted,
as It will be thoroughly cleaned.
Here Is the lease offered to the
land owners:
Land Lease Contract.
"I have thU day leased to the
Amulirtimntail Gllfrno rmtn IM h t n nnp. !
poration located at La Grande, Ore
gon, acres of land, situ
ated of my farm, located near
Wallowa County, Oregon, to
gether with sufficient water furnished
by me to Irrigate said land, for tho
tprm of one year, with the privi
lege of more yearn, according
to the option of the said Amalga
mated Sugar company, for the sum
of per acre; said rental to bo
paid on or before , l'JO .
"The Amalgamated Sugar company
accepts the lcasj of the above men
tioned land at the price and terms
stated, and we both bind ourselves
and our legal representatives to the
foregoing."
Then follows usual signatures and
witnessing of the same.
"What Is there In the above to
cause tli3 Wallowa rnai to get out
his hammer?" said one hero, who ba
:leves that growing sugar be.;'.s would
lotible the populati'm nnd ('i:idruple
the woalth of the sections that ta'.ic
it up.
FACTS FROM COLORACO
ABOUT BEET GROWING
The sugar beet Industry Is 10 years
old In Colorado. The Denver News
Times gives a summary of the re
sults. It has "turned Into the cof
fers of the people $100,000,000 in act
ual cash, $75,000,000 in sugar pro
duced and the balance from the var
ious by-products of the sugar making
i process or through the fee ling of
cattle and sheep on the pulp and
molasses from the factories or on the
beet tops from the unmarketable
bejts on the farm."
Of the $75,000,000 for actual sugar,
i$38,4G8,2l5 was paid to the farm
ers for beets, and $12,6S0,800 to la
borers la the factories.
"In the factory districts land
values have increased 300 and 400
per cent since the plants were es
tablished. Land that formerly could
te bought for $25 an acre cannot be
had now for $100."
"From the viewpoint of the farm
er the year just ended gave a strik
ing lesson of what has always been
AND ROCK OF SCYLLA.
bHet.H Tll nrlun nac int. n lha
far
mer is always the same, regardless
of the fortunes of the factory. No
other crop that can be planted by
the farmer offers the same induce
ment In this particular.
"No crop raised In any section of
the country except In Colorado ap-
proaches tl?e beet crop for net re
turns to the farmer. The average
yield per acre harvested in Colorado
for the past five years has been
close to fourteen tons at $5 a ton,
making a gross return of about $70.
Tho average cost of raising the crop,
according to reports from all sec
tions of the state, Is about $35 an
acre, leaving a net return of about
$35. The returns from the best
Icorn In the east, which Is more unre
liable than the beet crops, do not
average better than $18 an acre, and
hail, excessive rain or hot winds
ruin crop after crop when they would
not affect the farm value of the
beet crop to nny appreciable extent."
Tho Denver paper tells of ths;
great value of the pulp as feed fy
tslock. Actual results show that each
Jon of pulp costing 40 cents puts
meat worth $2 on cattle. It Is de
clared the bust food that can be
Klven stock for fattening purposes.
There are many other by-products,
such a mofaifa and denatured al
cohol, that add to the wealth of a
,'33t producing and manufacturing
section. And the prosperity extends
ilo the towns. The News-Times says
Tons Become Thriving Cities.
The farmers In Colorado and the
laborers l'l the beet fields and fac
tories are not tho only persons who
have benefited to a marked extent
: hro.mli tho development of the beet
.s-jnar Industry. Every factory town
in the state has developed Into a
thriving city since the factory was
established and the large sums of
money paid every year to the farm
ers and workers connected with the
ilndustry have done much toward en
riching hundreds of merchants, busl--ess
men and manufacturers depen
.! !iit upon the factory town trade.
Postmaster Ben Weathers has a
supply of the new one and two
cent stamps. The pictures of Frank
lin and Washington are In profile
instead of full face and there Is Jess
lettering but he's charging the same
old price for them.
NEW TIME TABLE
BRANCH
TI
HELD AT LA GRANDE FOR EAST
ERN MAIL OUTGOING TRAIN
HOUR EARLIER.
The chitnge of time of tha train on
ithls branch fore'old in this paper
several weeks ago, went Into effect
,Monday. The in coining train does
not leave La Grande until 9:45 a. m.,
or one hour nni 45 mLiutes later
than formerly. Part of this is made
up by a faster r.:n, and the leaving
time at Enterprise is 3:45 p. m., or
fut one hour and 15 minutes later
than before. This change, while it
makes our Po-.t'.and mall an ho-jr
and a quarter latar Is a grea'. con
venience, as all oar Eastern mall is
n hours earner. The big west
bound mall tr:.ln on the main line,
j No. 1, arrives in La Grandj before
the departure of the branch train.
I 'Mall a.id passengers for this co nty
'mat rorirerly had to "lay over" 21
hours In La Grande, now come right
through. Letters mailed at Chica
go ea ly Saturday morning, will
reach Enterprise Tuesday af'.jr
noon. The westbound branch train has
also changed time, leaving an lnur
earlier than before. Its leaving time
at Enterprise Is now 7:30 a. in. It
arrives at La Grande about 2 p. m ,
giving plenty of time for visitors
to that city to transact business
and return on the next day's train.
Postmaster Ben Weathers an
nounces malls close as follows: West
bound 6:45 a. m.; eastbound 3 p. m.
In New Depot.
Agent Harmau moved his office In
to the new depot Sunday, tj the
greut relief and satisfaction of him
self and all patroas of the road.
The depot Is both coavenlent and
comfortable. Construction Engineer
Brandon, tn Enterprise, Monday, stat
ed the depots and utoc.kyar.ls here,
at Wallowa and Joesph were exactly
ill ike In all respects, Including size.
This should stop the silly braggado
cio as to the relative bigness aad
l ....... ss of those structures.
Petitions for Dully Mail,
""""nns to the postotflce depart
ment have been circulated In all
itowns along this branch asking for
a seven-days-a-week mall service. t
The petitions are addressed to tha
second assistant postmaster general.
Marriage Licenses.
Jan. 25 Oscar P. Victor and Mar
garet M. Mellon.
OUR
Sugar Cured
Hams and
Bacon
Have Just Arrived
QUALITY Al
We are still selling
12 Pounds Sugar
For $1.00
$8 Per Sack For
Best Grade Sugar
RILEY & RILEY
Phone White 37
Groceries
Dray and Express