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ALL THE OFFICIAL
NEWS OF WALLOWA
COUNTY IN THE N-R
ALL THE NEWS WHILE
If IS NEWS TWICE-A-WEEK
NEWS RECORD
TENTH YEAR.
NO. 53.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1909.
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cent a word each insertion In either
News Record or Chieftain; 1ft cents
word for same notice in both pa
pers; special rates by the month or
year. . .
FOR SALE.
MAN
I BUSINESS
AND LAND DEALS
Two thousand acres of choice level
land in the Turlock Irrigation Dis
trict. This land la level, sandy loam
and will grow anything from oranges
to Alfalfa. Sold on easy terms at $75
to $ 100 per acre. For further infor
mation and printed matter write to
Cadwallader & Baker, Turlock, Cal.
BOILER AND ENGINE 75 H. P., for
sale. Suitable for a saw mill cut
ting from 25 to 35,000 feet per day
or for a planing mill of large capac
ity. This 13 a good outfit and a
real bargain. For particulars ad
dress O. S. Wlgglesworth, La Grande,
Oregon.
320 ACRE FARM, 2 miles from En
terprise. Bargain. Terms easy. R.
D. Sanford, Enterprise. blm
FINE RESIDENCE PROPERTY
SOLD OPERA HOUSE, COM
1 PANY SHARES SOLD.
IS
GOOD 8E3D BARLEY 1 cts. a
. d. 8. L, Maglll, Lo3tlne, Or. bm
ALL PERSONAL PROPERTY. Imme
diate Doise'slon of greater part. V.
M. Sutton, City. b2m
SWAP.
TIMBER CLAIM on Alder Slope for
property in or naar Enterprise. C
E, Vest. ' blm
STRAYED OR STOLEN.
THREE MARES: One light bay
mare. 3 years: one brown mare. 2
years; one lion gray mare ,2 years;
all three branded HL (joined ) on
right shouUer, Reward for Informa
tion leading to their recovery. H. C.
Laird, Enterprise. blm
FOR RENT,
160 ACRES within a mile qf Enter
prise, Good house, 8 acre truck
patch. A good place to keep a few
cows, and work In town. See Enter
prise Real Estate Co,
LODGE NOTES.
General Organiser F. B. TIchenor,
of the W, O. W, Is In the city start
ing a class to be Initiated Into that
order. . ,
Harley Fleener was initiated into
the Enterprise Iolge, I. O. O. F,
Saturday, and a large number of his
friends from Los tine were present
to give him moral support. A lunch
eon was enjoyed after the cere
monies, J, H, Fordjce of Lost Prairie and
Calvin Smith were given the entered
apprentice degree by the local lodge
Of Mas 3ns, Saturday night.
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS.
Rev. Crockett will preach at the
prayer meeting In the Christian
church Wednesday night, on "Fretful-
71038,"
It is now Governor Benson. Cham
berlain's resignation took effect Sun
day at midnight,
On day more of Big Theodore.
Wheat touched $1.19 in Chicago
Saturday,
An additional Feleral
The past few days have been pro
lific in important land and bus!
ness deals at and near Enterprise,
and are conslderad by men in the
heart of things a fair indication of
the activity tht will prevail all
spring.
C. E. Vest sold for F. A, DePe
the south end of hii home property,
240x230 fee', to J. A. French, whose
home adjoins it on the west. At
the same time Mr. Vest himself
bought of DePue the north end of
tha 5. acres conia'nlng the home and
other buildings. This part is 330x
360 In she and .is one of the most
dedrabla residence lots in town
Mr, Vest will make hla home there
after Mr. DePue and family 'leave for
Eugene about May 1. The price paid
was not made public but street rumor
3ays it was close to $4000 for the 5
acres.
Lit;h Buys Another Corner. .
Another tiansfer of residence prop
erty in tha sojti part -of town was
made Saturday, when Sam Litch
bo -i unimproved tract of Wm
Zurcher, running from the river 270
feet soith on River street to the
George Emmons place, With a depth
of ,'240 feet. An L street 111 be
pla.tsd running from River street,
just north of Emmons', to the east
line, ther.ce south to Residence
strqat.
Opera House Shares Said.
T. R. Aklns, A. C. Miller and W. I.
Calvin have bought the shares of
S. L. Burnaugh and E. B. Wheat In
the opera house company, and the
three ar a now sole owners of the
stock of that conce n. . ,
Old Chieftain Office.
Ben Weathsr3 has bought the in
terest of his former partner, J.- W.
Allen, In the s one business room,
first door west of the postofflce,
formerly occupied by the Chieftain
plant.
Morgan Dairy 8old.
Thomas Morgai has sold his dairy
plant to Hugh Wl son of Joseph for
$3800. .The deal Includes 57 cows
and the milking machine. Mr. Mor
gan took 25 head of horses In the
deal, and about 200 acres of land ad
jacent to Joseph figures in the tran
saction, Mr. Morgan paying Mr. Wll
son a difference of $3000,
Lewis Mill Sold.
W. E. Lewis has sold hla saw mill
to Lew Bloom and John Bowman.
The mill is in the Rouse timber west
of town.
Chlco, Feb. 26. Spring will soon
be here, The birds are building
their neits and the sap la rising in
I the- trees.
Robert Edgmand and his mother
Judge has and sister were visi ing at J. T. Edg-
been granted by congress for Oregon, mand's, Thursday,
and the Job goes to Fultoa. Se3- William Tlppetfs house burned
slons of the court will be held in down a short time ago. It was
Modford and Pendleton. quite a loss, as they had Just got In
CHICO CHRIP3.
$12.50 per acre
Will buy 8S0 acres of land, 18 miles from Enterprise, Oregon, a
railroad town, and the county seat of Wallowa county, Oregon.
A good road leads to the place. The land lies in a pretty valley
at the head of Salmon creek, and la nearly level. The soil is very
de3p, rich and productive.. Four h mdrei acres of tillable land, bal
ance choice grass land; 153 acres In cultlvatlcnthat has produced
over two .tons of bay per acre by actual measurements. Part of
this land has produced 40 bushels of barley per acre. There Is a
house, barn, corrals, etc., and the entire tract is enclosed with a
strong stock fence. The place is not in the reserve and Is close
to fine public range. -
Abundance of water for stock. Tha ranch Is abundantly supplied
with pure, dear water. This place is a money maker for a stock
man. For further partlculars-addresa
Enterprise Real Estate Co.
Enterprise, Oregon
OFFICE ON MAIN ST. OVER HARNESS SHOP.
V
IS
$1000
T PAY
E STATE TAX
MO
REAPPORTIONMENT BY EQUALI
ZATION BOARD RAISES WAL-
LOWA'S SHARE.
Comedy Company
Makes Popular Hit1
Curtis Troupe Is Even Better
Than Its Flattsring Press
Notice.
The large audlance was more than
pleased with the first performance
Monday night of the weak's engaga-
ment of the Curtiss Comedy com
pany in this city. The troupe ' Is
for ahead of the usual repertoire
show and it is no exaggeration to
say that in average merit it is'
equal to the sto.k companies of
iarje cities,
Monday nights play, "La Belle
Marie, might have been a drama
tlzatlan of all of Laura Jean Lib
beys nove's blended Into one, but
It is of the good, old fashioned kind
where vliilany, on top for four acts,
Is completely exposed and punished
In the fifth, and virtue is triumphant
as the curtain goei down In a "hap
py ever aftarwards" style.
Miss Leata Howard la an actres3
of Intelligence aid zeal. Her work
wa3 that of a finished artiste, and
the e'fect was enhanced by her
beauty of person and voice. Lillian
Mullally was nearly - perfect' a3 sis
ter Grace, while Be3sle Canwright
and Flossie Striker carried their
roles admirably
The men qf the company sustain
the high standard set by the
women. ' Leslie Smith, as Stubb, the
office boy should feel satisfied, as
he kept the house in roars of laugh
ter whenever on the stage.
The company is not only deserv
ing of the be3t patronage our peo
ple can give them, but they give
value received. It is safe to say the
majority of those present on the op
ening night will return several times
during the wee. For once we have
troupe that Is even better than
the press no Ices, and they were
mighty good at that, -
a load of provisions, rt haDtienerl I
about 5 o'clock In the evening when
Mis. Tippett and the children were
alone. :
Miss Anna Ha skins was seen on
Chesnimnus, Monday.
Mrs. A. E. Tlnsley and children
me visi ing her mother, Mrs. Hattie
Edgmand. ! I
Rattlesnake El'l" and his wife,
wlw have been working at Endicott's, ;
hava returned to their home on Pov-i
eriy Flat. ' V j .
Joe Edgmand is cutting wood on i Under the new emergency tax law
the ;ek. . . jfor the reapportionment of the
r j 8tate revenue . among the various
counties, Wallowa's share is raised
$1000, and this county will have to
send $10,327.50 to Salem.
The old law by which the counties
paid state tax in proportion to the
amounts expendel by the various
counties for coanty purposes, except
'", uiiusei mm new ouuaings, was
. ed unconstitutional by the I
Supreme court, and the legislature
passed the emergency law by which
a special equalization board went
lover the assessments made bv the
county assessors, equalized them as
be3t It could, and reapportioned the
sjate tax according to this equalized
assessment, r called in the assess
ors from all over the state and the
assessment for some counties was
doubled and trebled while others f
were reduced. The result Is be
lieved to be as fair and equitable
as was possible to secure on short
notice. This equalized assessment is
effective only for state taxation and
aoe3 not change the valuations for
county taxation.
As far aa Wallowa la concerned we
have no great kick coming Union
whieh wasalready paying over $28,-
000 s'ate tax is raised to $29,707.50,
or nearly thres times that of this
county. This probably Is about a
fair proportion. '
The equalized assessment of this
county la $4,844,885, a decrease of
$2,382,000, in rojnd numbers, from
the county assessor's figures. Union's
was raised from $7,109,835 to $13,-
iM6,621. Baker's county assessment
fras' raised one-half by the state
iard, Benton's doublel, Columbia's
more than cut in two, Harney's treb-
'J, and Hood River's doubled
The proper Inference la that where
'he assessments were reduced the
county assessors had been trying to
follow the law, and where they were
raised by the state board, the conn
ty assessors had been evading the
law. The board dli not try to bring
them all up' to a full valuation but
only tried to equalize, bringing the
high ones down and the low ones up
to a common mean.
Will Appoint Surveyor,
The March tarro of the county
court will convene today, Wednesday.
There is quite a large amount of
road business to be considered, the
isual batch of bills and claims to be
audited, and a county surveyor to be
appointed In place of R. I. Long, re
signed. A petition asking the ap
pointment of A, H, Rudd has found
many signers. Mr, Rudd la at
3olden, Col., at present, but still
owns his home here and expects
to return aa soon as he finishes his
'justness In Golden.
Ex-County Surveyor Merryman has
many friends who would like to see
him get the place. He has no peti
tion out but la witling to assume the
duth of the office if the court ap
points him.
sold well.
$3,500.
The sale totaled nearly
Apply for Bank Charter.
Application ha3 bean made to the
proper treasury official for a char
ter for the Enterprise National
bank, with a capital of $25,000. This
la the new bank that was organized
by local capitalists a few weeks ago.
Union County Jail Empty.
Union county, for the first time In
over two years, has not an Inmate
within her county jail.
LIGHT AND POWER
AT LAKE
COMPANY
DETAILS OF PROJECT MEANING
MUCH TO UPPER VALLEY
DEVELOPMENT.
Personal Appeal
To AH Citizens
Spread the News of Low Rates To
All Your Eastern Acquaintances.
For the attraction tonight Mr. Cur
tiss has selected the big Cow 4)oy
play, "Out West," This play was
written by Hal Retd, and will be
found as full of comedy and pathos,
as his well known play of "Human
Hearts." The drama shows from
first to last that Mr.- Reid Is well
acquainted with the habits and dis
positions of typical cowboys and the
Interesting plot and well defined
characters brings out a play that
would ho'.d the attention of any audi
ence, on Tnursqay nignt tne same
clever cast will be sean In Willie
Collier's great comedy success, "The
Man from Mexico," a play that has
caused as much hearty applause as
any play ever written. On Friday
ight, Frederic Brighton's great ro
mantle drama, "The Gambler's Wife,'
will be given with Miss Leota How
ard in the tit'e role. Miss Howard
has appeared in this role in all the
leading cities during the past five
years and has received much favor
able comment upon her careful and
artistic rendition of this difficult part.
Saturday afternoon a grand perform
ance of the we'.l known emotional
drama, "East Lynne," with Mlsa How
ard as "Lady Isabel" and "Madame
Ine," with a strong supporting cast.
Saturday night tab excellent com
pany will close what promises to
be one of the most successful engage
ments ever play el here In J. B.
Polka famous comedy, "Mixed
Pickles." Seats for any and all per
formances may be secured at Bur
naugh & Maytield's.
8 Week Without Mail.
H. S. Brown, who owns a good
ranch on the bluff above Troy, Is
out with the peti Ion to the county
court for a bridge at Troy. It has
the names of 125 freeholders on it.
If any place ever needed a bridge,
one la needed there. For three
weeks this winter Uie entire Troy,
Grouse and Eden country was with
out mall, and a'l trade Is driven
over the mountains to Lewlston.
The Poe Sale.
S. F. Pace, who cried the A. J. Poe
sale near Lostlne, Friday, reports
good prices. The stock especially
Enterprise
Opera
House
' All This Week
The CURTISS COMEDY CO.
In a great repertslre of plays,
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Out West
THURSDAY NIGHT.
Man From Mexico '
FRIDAY NIGHT
Gambler's Wife
8ATURDAY MATINEE, 2:15 p. m.
East Lynne
SATURDAY NIGHT
' Mixed PicHles
Price 25, 35 and 50 cts.
Portland, March 1 Today Is an ex
tremely Important one In the growth
and advancement of the state of Or
egon It is the opening day of the
lowcsl-iiiced one-way tickets to the
."talo sold for years, and calculated
on tlio nasi of rate per mile, Ore
gon has' (be advantage of every other
state in the Union. Tickets for Or-
on i t'ii.ffi will be on sale today and
continue until April 30, at every
ticket olfice In the United States
ard Cam (Ja, and If the buyer of the
ticket !s posted In advance he can
get a ride from Winnipeg, Canada,
to the farthest rail point In Oregon
for $25. This same fare applies from J
i. ram, Omaha, and Kansas City,
while from St. Louis It U $30.50, Chi
cago $33, New York city $50, and
proportionate rates from every oth
er place.
To spread the knowledge of these
rates the people or" Portland are do
ing everything In their power, and
leaflets are going out In almost ev
ery letter that leaves the city, advU
ing that people can buy their tick
ets to any , Oieson, point Just as
cheaply as to Portland, Every city,
town' and village In the state should
?et busy In Its own behalf to tell
Eastern people of this fact. Then
ii every Indication now that the
travel will be very heavy It should
be enormous. Every reader of this
paper should take this article as a
personal appeal and do his full share
oward adding to the population of
the state.
All the doubts about the new rail
road through Central Oregon have
lean removed by the definite prom
he of Secretary of the Interior Gar
'ield that proposed construction maps
y1!1 be approved by March 4. Forty
Tililion dollars wl I be expended by
he'Harrlman system in building this
ine, but I'b benefits to the people
of Oregon will be many times that
great sum,r
A series of the mou enthusiastic
meetings ever he'd In Eastern Ore
gon and Washington are being held
under the au3pi es of the various
commercial bodies. Addresses by
Manager Tom Richardson of the
Portland Commercial club on the ad
vantages to be derived from public
ity work have resulted In the rais
ing of generous sums. In but thir
ty minutes Wal'a Walla subscribed
$8,000, and her cH.ens are deter
mined to increase this to $20,000 be
fore undertaking a great advertising
campaign. Milton, Oregon, got $1,-
000 in a quarter hour, with $500
more in sight. Freewater and Mil
ton will co-operate in their cam
paign. The most spirited meeting
held by the Pendleton Commercial
association in six months and they
lave bsen actively at work during
the pan yeir outlined plans along
even broa'er and more vigorous lines
. A. Moore wa e'ected president.
A project that undoubtedly meina
much for the upper valley and prob-
aoiy ror the en .Ire south half of
Wallowa county, is initiated by the
'illng in the county clerk's office of
the articles of Incorporation of the
Wallowa Lake Light and Power com
V . The pl.rpose of the company
' vary broad and includes the appro
priation of water for irrigation, pow
er and light purposes. The Incorpo
rators are Jny H.Dobbin, of Prairie
Creak, the groat v.o lgrower, Aaron
Wale of Alder Slo.je, and L. E. Cav
noi, land owners aud capitalists.
The other two n. embers 'of the board
of directors are L. Knapper, banker
and landowner, who Is president of
the corjparv, and A. Wurz.veilor,
real e3trte age.it at Joseph, who
Is secretary. Air. Wade is vies president.
The company will take the wator
of the river Just below the dam at
the foot of the lake, and c6nduct
it in ditch and flume to thj power
house where a fa 1 of 147 Test wl.l
be obtained. A plant will be put
in to generate a minimum df 3000
horsepower at the start.
The capital stoik is only ?15,0).)
at the start, divided into $50 sharai.
The necessary money for building of
power plant, pipe lines, wires, etc.,
will be raised by assessment on the
original shareholders, it being stated
there 13 no stock for sale.
The plans and engineering for tlie
project have lean made by C. It.
Thornton of La Grando.
At a meeting of thj Joasph co.n
Jll Monday night, the cor.ipaiy asked
.'or a power . and Ivghu f raachUe for
50 years. The McCully comyany also
iskel for a renswal at i s fratichlsa,
ind the disposition tf the two ap
plications will be made at a special
meeting Thursday nlsht.
The new coinpcny will ask th-i
county court at the present session
for a franchise to erect po!e3, strliif?
wires, e'c., over the county roads.
One of the directors said Tue3day It
was the purposa of the company not
only to supply power and light In
Joseph and Enterprise but to all the
farmers within reach of its lines.
Wheat Highest in 5 Years.
Chicago, Feb. 26 The price of May
wheat went to the highest point
since September, 1904, when it reach
ed $1.18; today it went to $1.18',,,.
sold at. that figure, and closed there.
Kinney Pardoned.
Richard Kinney, sentenced to three
'ears in the penitentiary for partlc
oating In a riot, has bean pardoned
ty the governor. Kinney is the man
who escaped tight after sentence, but
.vaa captured at Walla Walla by
Sheriff Marvin last summer.
Marriaqs Licenses.
Feb. 27. Ira Hoskins and Marga
ret E. Coulter.
. 27. John II. Sheets and Ber
tie M. Harper.
RAILROAD SPIKES.
Agent Harman announces his of
fice hours as follows: Depot opened
at 7 a. m., closed from 12 to 1. open
from 1 to 6 p. m.
The warehousemen who have been
assisting the agents at Enterprise,
Wallowa and Joseph, have been dis
charged in the Interests of econ
omy, leaving the agents to handle all
the work themselves.
Home of
Low Prices
And
Fine Quality
Lostine Flour 0 .
Best on Earth LJ5
Lostine Germea
Berry nnd Fruit Sugar
(Best) per cwt. $7.40
Beet Sugar per cwt $G.50
Horseshoe and Star
Tobacco, plug 45c
7 Export cigars 25c
Oranges, Lemons, and
Bananas, per doz. 40c
Baled Hay, $13 a ton.
Best Timothy in Town.
Armour's Bacon and Lard
Hams and Sides per lb 17c
Cottolene
Cheaper and better than
lard.
RILEY & RILEY
Phone White 27
Free Delivery to Any Part
of Town