THE NEWS RECORD
(Twice-a-Week.)
An independent kewhpaper
. .;ig Wa'lowa News, estab
lished March 3. 1899.
Published Wednesdays and Satur
days at Enterprise, Oregon, by
THE ENTERPRISE PRESS
Office East side Court House Square
Entered In the Entarprlse postoffiee
as second-class matter.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1909.
THE TAX MUDDLE.
The tax muddle caused by the de
cision of the supreme court that tho
plan of apportioning the state tax
among the counties in ratio to
county expenses, Is unconstitutional,
will be cured by the emergency law
passed last Thursday. The equaliza
tion board created by it will meet
Wednesday of this week and attempt
to apportion the tax according to the
true valuation.
If the board accepts the returns by
the various assessors as the true val
uation, Wa'lowa's proportion of tins
state tax will be Increased over six
thousand dollars, and, for example
Unions will be decreased $13,000.
The reason Is just this: A lot of
O'iUe holders In Oregon have vio
lated their oath of office. The
iii em i. era of the county courts and
the assessors of Wallowa and Union
counties took the same oath of office.
They swore they would have the
pro"erty In their rejpectlve counties
anessej at its true caih valuation.
This was done In Wallowa county by
I he court and Asuesor Pace, who
think it Is dishonorable to break ar.
nath ti obey the law.
In Union It seems to be different
Union with twice the population of
'"allowa has less assessed valuation.
No one in La Grande would admit fo
an instant but that Union's true valu
ation Is two and a half or thres
times that of Wallowa.
Union Is a type of most Ore
gon counties, though a few returned
true valuations like this county. A
few prosecutions for violations of
oaths of office is-In order.
The board to Bit Wednesday has
the power to go back of the assess
ors' returns and by other evidence
get at the respective true valuations
II Is to be hope.l it will make a
thorough Job of it, and in its report
show up the dishonest courts and
assessors for a .man who violates
an oath of o'flce la dishonest
VALUE OF TIMBER LANDS.
If the reported sale of the Cross
ett Timber company's holdings In
this' county to the Palmer Lumber
company for $700,000 Is correct, it
sheds a new light on the true valu
ation of timber lands for assessment
i oses. Incidentally It Is pretty
o;l evidence for the county, in the
appeals to the circuit court by the
timber companlos from the county
board of equalization's ruling that
Assessor Pace's valuation of timber
lands in this county at $8.25 per
acre is not excessive or unfair.
ue Crossott Timber company is
assessed at $231,125, which at the
$1000 per quarter rate, indicated it
J ned about 37.000 acres. It added
considerably to its holdings since
last March but hardly reached the
amount stated in the dispatch, B0,-
' acrei. But even so, the reputed
e at $700,000 would be $14 an acre
valuation
A bill requiring tlmbor to ba cruls
ed for assessment purposes has
passed the house, but Is held up in
the senate. It will likely be killed
In committee as all "the big timber
companies are opposing it," The
Initiative will cure that old, familiar
legislative disease. Orton's bill to
tax corporations is also reported
killed. It wai Intended to levy a Just
tax on interests now escaping taxa
tion although among the heaviest
beneficiaries of the state, and would
probably have brought In enough rev
enue to have paid all state expens
es. Another case where the initiative
should be invoked.
The published lints of assessed val
uations are better than an old fash
ioned Sunday school story book as
a moral object lesson. They also
show what a false dame rumor I.
Common report says Mr. So and
So is "worth" so many thousand dol
lars, but the cold figures of the
assessor, made under oath as the
true valuation, proves Mr. So and So
is worth only one-third or one-fourth
the amount rumor gave.
Brother Jonas of the Wallowa Sun
is still sour and disgruntled about
the county high school. The latter,
however, Is flourishing up to the
hopes of its most sanguine friends.
In spite of Mr. Jonas' ill-natured
flings, and is doing a noble work In
the education of the youth from all
parts of the county.
If timber lands had been assessed
' at their true valuation In this coun
ty, and every individual had given
to the assessor all his property, th'i
tax levy would have been' under 10
mills. The difference between what
Si would have bean and what it is,
12.5 mills, is what the honest man
is paying to make up for the
other fellows.
PROCEEDINGS OF
COUNTY COUR
ICO.NTINUBD.l
General Fund.
J. B. Olmsted, salary Nov.
1908 66 6(1
3dgar Marvin, salary Nov.
1908 166 6G
V. C. Boatman, salary Nov.
1908 12j 00
S. F. Pace, salary Nov. 1908 100 00
J. C. Conley, salary Nov.
1908 83 33
vV. T. Bell, salary Nov. 1908 60 00
Chas. G. BUyeu, salary Nov.
1908 75 00
Chas. E. Crow, salary Nov
1908 75 00
. J. Forsythe, lights, Nov.
1908 18 00
S. R. Haworth, first payment
on court house 3500 OP
I. B. Olmsted, salary Dac. .
1908 66 66
Edgar Marvin, salary Nov.
1908 166 6
V, C. Boatman, salary Dec.
1908 125 00
S. F. Pace, salary Dec. 1908 100 0
J. C. Conley, salary Dec.
1908 83 33
Chas. G. Bllyeu, salary Dec.
1908 75 00
Chas. . E. Crow, salary Dec.
1908 75 00
W. T. Bell, salary Dec. 1908 60 0U
E. J. Forsythe, lights, Dec.
1908 18 00
J. H. Mlmnaugh, auditing coun
ty records .. 750 00
J. C. Conley, to express .. 1 13
H. G. Bauer, dray 2j
Burnaugh & Mayfleld, coun
ty supplies .... 27 20
Pacific Stationery Co., sup.
plies 4 35
Glass & Prudhomme Co., sup
plies 27 70
Glass & Prudhomme Co.,
leather tabs 3 00
iKlllium Stationery Co., book
typewriter ribbons 10 26
Irwin lloilson Co., supplies
(files) 2 00
Glass & Prudhomme Co., blank
books 54 00
do, acct, book for Supt. 21 25
W. C. Boatman, stamps 25 00
L. F. McAnulty, cleaning
court house 2 50
Michael Crow, fixing booth
election day 2 00
Jack Spencer, witness fees.. 2 20
Hen j. Marks, registering 30
voters 3 00
T. C. Miller, registering 31
voters 3 10
Elgin Forwarding Co., freight 1 D5
Peter Flcker, hall rent elec- ..
tlon 6 00
J. A. Cox, returning revolver 60
Arthur JoIuibuu, stove for
grand Jury room 5 00
Geo. W. Hyatt, witness fees .. 2 I'
W. J. Hammack, wood 103 00
E. T. Anderson, salary, stamps,
etc 104 65
Hotel' Enterprise, Jury 13
meals 4 55
James Rodgers, repairing chair
for clerk 1 00
E, M. & M. Co., nilscl. merch-
dlse 17 90
Lincoln Austin, rent of hall,
Nov. election 3 00
Smith & Smith, wood for Jail 1 50
Edgar Marvin, livery 6 00
J. C. Conley, livery 73 77
Weathers & Allen (Chloftaln)
printing 8 25
J. C. Conley, postage, freight
and express 5 45
W, V. White, Jury summons 3 20
S. D. Keltnor, hardware .... 14 55
.... W. Riley, dray 2 25
Joseph & Elgin Stage Co., ex-
pressage 15 65
S. F. Pace, stamps 2 00
A. F. Sheets, Justice fees.. 7 65
II.. Barton, Juror's teas .... 2 20
h, A. Bedlngfleld, constable
fees 4 70
iC. R. Clark. Juror's fess .... 2 20
I. N. Sanders, Juror's fees .. 2 20
Aug. White, Juror's fees .... 2 20
I. N. Flener, Juror's fees.. 2 20
A. J. Stewart, witness fees 4 20
Lummie Marr, witness fees.. 2 20
J. W. Hayes, witness fees.. 2 20
I. M. Spencer, witness fees 4 40
Dallas Mays, witness fees 2 20
v Sheets, JuUlce fees.. 4 00
The Enterprise Press, blanks,
letter heads, etc 124 90
The News Record, printing.. 9 10
The News Record, printing.. 68 15
A. Wade, rent of court house 325 00
J. A. Cox, drawing Jury list.. 3 00
H. E. Driver,, assisting draw
ing Jury list 2 00
C. W. Gregg, assisting In draw
ing Jury list 2 20
Edgar Marvin, sheriff, board of
prisoners 38 72
do, do, stamps 10 95
W, J. Funk & Co., mdse .. 6 10
VV. C. Boatman, freight .... 2 15
VV. H. Decker, cojnty poor,
Nov and Dec 20 00
L. P. Ro?e, county poor, Nov.
and Dec 24 00
Hattie Merrill, county poor,
Nov. and Dec- 24 00
Stella Doud, county poor Nov.
and Dec 24 00
Home Ind. Tel. Co., phone
rent, Dec. 1908 14 10
Vila Daley, salary, Dec. 1908.. 40 00
Jregon Library Com., books 283 31
City of Joseph, city hall rent
election 6 00
Edgar Marvin, sheriff, ex
penses 39 70
do, do, expenses 27 25
rho3. Wright, telephone rent 8 32
I. C. Hall, quarantining East
Grossman 34 00
John Hoeftle, ricking wood.. 7 50
VV. G. Loke, commissioner's
salary 69 00
S8in Lltch, commissioner's
salary 56 40
Tuesday, Jan. 12, 1909.
n the matter of appointing road
viewers for the year 1909:
Ordered that H. C. Cramer of En
terprise and Joner Trump of Prom
ise be and they are hereby ap
pointed as members of road view
er for the year 1909.
In the matter of appointing the of
ficial paper for 1909:
Ordered that the Wallowa Chief
tain, a weakly newspaper, be and
the same is hereby appointed as
the official pape.r of Wallowa
county, Oregon, for the year 1909.
Wednesday, Jan. 12, 1909.
In the matter of estimating the
amount of money needed for all
'purposes for the year 1909:
It Is hereby considered that the
following amounts are needed, to
wit: :
State $10,839 44
County 44,080 40
County School 18,788 36
County Road 10,839 44
County High School .... 5,058 40
County Scalp Bounty 722 63
$90,328 67
In the matter of the amount of the
tax levy for the year 1909, on the
1908 assessment roll:
It Is hereby considered and order
ed that the following is the tax
levy, to-wit;
State 1.5 mills
County 6.1 mills
County school 2.6 mills
County road 1.5 mills
County high school 7 mill
County scalp bounty .. .1 mill.
Total 12.5 mills
Thursday, Jan. 14, 1909.
In the matter of selecting Jurors
for 1909:
Now at this time the court se
lects two hundred tax-payers from
the 1908 assessment roll to act as
Jurors for 1909:
Friday, Jan. 15, 1909.
In the matter of repairing the roof
in the building now used as a con'
house:
After considering the matter C
having the leak around the flues
on the roof of the. building repair
ed, the clerk is ordered to notify
the owners of said building to
Immediately repair the same at
their own expense.
A Common Cold.
We claim that If catching cold
could be avoided some of the most
dangerous and fatal diseases would
never be heard of. A cold often
forms a culture bed for germs of
Infectious diseases. Consumption,
pneumonia,, diphtheria, and scarlet
fever, four of the most dangerous
and fatal diseases, are of this class.
The culture bed formed by the cold
favors the development of the germs
of these diseases, that would not
otherwise find lodgment. There is
little danger, however, of any of
these diseases being contracted when
good expectorant cough medicine
like Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
1s used. It cleans out these culture
beds that favor the development of
the germs of these diseases. That Is
why this remedy has proved so uni
versally successful in preventing
pneumonia. It not only cures your
'old quickly, but minimizes the risk
Of contracting these dangerous dls
ases. For sale by Burnaugh &
Mayfleld.
Reliable, always the same. Is the
Advertiser Enterprise made cigar.
SEEK HIGHER DUTY C:i KG?S
.Western Growers to Ask for Double
Charge.
San Francisco, Feb. 1. To secure
relief for the hop Industry of the Pa
cific Coast from foreign competition,
E. C. Horst, of San Francisco, and
Herman Klaber, of Portland, Or.,
will make another plea to the ways
and means committee of Congress
for an increase in the duty on the
foreign product. Foreign hops at
present pay 12 cents a pound duty,
and an increase to 24 cents is
sought.
. The plight of the hopcrowers Is
pictured as desperate. The produc
tion in this country has fallen off in
the last three years nearly 50 per
cent, while the Importations have
nearly trebled. For the last three
years, it is said, the American grow
er has not received for his hops the
cost of their production; and in Cal
ifornia, Oregon and Washington hop
fields are everywhere being aban
doned and thousands of acres of
hops plowed up.
CONGRESS HONORS WIDOWS
Wives of Cleveland and Himison
Grunted Franking Privilege.
Washington, Feb. 3. Frances
Folsom Cleveland, widow of ex
President Grover Cleveland, and
Mary Lord Harrison, widow of ex-
MRS. GROVER CLEVELAND.
Preside-1 Benjamin Harrison, were
granted the franking privilege for
life by the provisions of a house bill
passed by the Benate.
CANADA AXI) MEXICO TO SEXD
DELEGATES TO CONFERENCE
Washington, Feb. 1. Now that
the Canadian and Mexican govern
ments have both formally accepted
President Roosevelt's Invitation to
send delegates to a North American
Conservation Conference here, the
final arrangements are being rapidly
put Into shape. The conference will
be held at the state department Feb
ruary 18.
Canada and Mexico will each send
three delegates. The only others
present will be the members of the
National Conservation Commission
and representatives of the state de
partment and of one or two other
executive departments.
Adopt Spanish Industry. . .
Pasadena, Cal., Feb. 2. Through
experiments Just completed, Cali
fornia should come into a $2,000,000
Industry that is now enjoyed by
Spain as one of her chief winter ex
ports. It Is the growing, storage
and marketing of choice varieties of
grapes, which hitherto has belonged
to the Castllltans.
For four years, experts of the de
partment of agriculture have been
experimenting with tho preserving of
grapes at the plant of the Pasadena
Ice Company. Varieties have been
subjected to every conceivable con
dition of temperature and time. The
result shows that by a scientific
method of packing and Btoring,
choice species can be grown here In
the summer, kept as long as neces
sary and placed on the market in
perfect condition.
THE MARKETS
Portland.
Wheat Track prices: Club, ?6c;
red Russian, 93c; bluestem, $1.06;
Valley, $1.00.
Barley Feed, $28; rolled, $28
29.
Oats No. 1 white, $34; gray,
$33.
Hay Timothy, Willamette Valley,
fancy, $16; do. ordinary,, $13; East
ern Oregon, mixed, $18; do. fancy,
$20; alfalfa, $16; clover, 14.
Butter Extra, 33 35c; fancy,
S3 34c; choice, 30c; store, ISc.
Eggs Extra, 50c.
Hops 1908, choice, 7Jc; prime, 6
7c; medium, 5Cc; 1907, 22Jc.
Wool Valley, 1415Hc; lb.;
Eastern Oregon, S ft 16c, as to
shrinkage.
Mohair Choice, 18 19c.
Scuttle.
Wheat Bluestem, $1.07.
Oats $34.
Barley $37. 50 28.
Hay Eastern Washington tlmo
Ihy, $18 per ton; Puget Sound hay,
$13 14 per ton; wheat hay, $13
per ton; alfalfa, $13014 per ton.
Butter Washington creamery,
J"c per R.; ranch, 21c per lb.
Eggs Selected local, 42c.
Potatoes White River, $19 24
per ton; Yakima, $22 26 per ton.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department of the Interior.
U. S. Land Office at La Grande, Or
egon, January 11, 1909.
Notice Is hereby given that Albert
L. Chllders, of Enterprise, Oregon,
-o, on October 16, 1902, made
Homestead Entry, No. 12040, for W
Va NE V. N SEVi, Section 15,
Township 1 Noith, Range 44 East,
Willamette Meridian, has filed no
tice of intention to make Final Five
Year Proof to establish claim to
the land above described, before D.
W. Sheahan, U. S. Commissioner, at
his office at Enterprise, Oregon,
on the 20th day of February, 1909.
Claimant narae3 as' . witnesses:
Frank W. Heskelt, of Wallowa, Ore
gon; David H. Hearing, of Wallowa,
Oregon; Nicolas W, Ownbey, of En
terprise, Oregon; James W. Chllders,
of Enterrrlse, Oregon.
F. C. Bramwell, Register.
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 meatlng.
GEO. W. HYATT, President.
GAME LAWS.
Any person knowing of any viola
tlon of the game or fish laws of th
state, or of persons not proper!
keeping screens over Irrlgatlo
ditches, are requested to notify
JOE CLEMON3,
Deputy State Game and FomsIi
Warden, Zumwalt, Oregon. 4itf
'nformation Concerning Eighth G.rad
Final Examinations.
1. Dates:
Three examinations annually. Eac1
j-inty superintendent to selec
Donths 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 Unlte
States Constitution.
(b) Geography State Course
of Study: Redway and Hinman't
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
mlng.
(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
pltcants 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,
J. H. ACKERMAN,
Supt. Public Instruction.
The first Eighth Grade examina
tion for the year 1909 will be held
January 21-22.
Teachers preparing classes for this
examination wl'l please report to this
office the number of applicants at
TOWN PROPERTY
FARM LANDS
TIMBER LANDS
STOCK RANCHES
Property listed with me is unsolicited. The
owners desire to sell. Consequently they are
B A R G A I N S
Now is the time to buy property in Enterprise.
See me if 3'ou 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,
least thirty days before above date.
Respectfully,
J. C. CONLEY,
Supt. of Schools.
Department of Public Instruction
Salem
CIRCULAR OF INFORMATION
' Giving the sources of examination
questions for State and County pa
pers, February and August, 1909.
xl. Arithmetic, One-fifth from State
Course of Study, four-fifths from
Smith.
2. Civil Government, Strong St
Schafer.
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. ser.) Hough
ton, 25c, 22c.
2. Webster, The First Bunk
er Hill Oration (Riv. lit. ser.)
Houghton, 23c, 22c.
3. Scott, M arm Ion (Pocket
Classics) Macmilllan, 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,
(Riv. lit. ser.) Houghton, "25c,
22c.
2. Ruskin, Sesame and Lilies
(Riv. 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 & Hlnman,
5. Grammar, One-fifth from State
Course of Study, four-fifths front
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 Teaching, 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 Schools.
15. Bookkeeping, Office Methods
and Practical Bookkeeping, Part I.
16. Composition, Herrlck & Damon
17. Physics, MUUkan & 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 years; and upon the twenty
one subjects for a State diploma
i valid for life.
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