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NEWS RECORD
TENTH YEAR.
NO. 63.
ENTERPRISE, WALLOWA COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1909.
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER
NEWS
RECORD
Wants
FOR SALE.
10 BROOD MARES, Good one.3.
Nine In foal to a good horse. Will
be sold cheap. See or write Tom
Stump, Enterprise. OObtf
LOOSE TIMOTHY, $8.00 ton, baled
$11.00, on old Boswell farm. R. D
Sanford. 61rtf
TWO HIGH GRADE PERCHEROX
stallion colts, coming 2 years old.
Extra good ones. See them at my
farm, 2V4 mUes south of Los tine.
Sam Wade. 501)tf
BOILER AND ENGINE 75 H. I, fo
sale. Suitable for a saw mill cut
ting from 25 to 35,000 feet per da:
or for a planing mill of large c pat
Hv. This is a good outfit and :
real bargain. For particulars ni"
dress O. S. Wlgglesworth, La Grand
Oregon,
ALL PERSONAL PROPERTY. Imnx
diate possession or greater part. V
XI. Sutton, City. b2m
IN LOSTINE, 120 ft. x 210 ft., cit.
ditch, good frame barn, enclose
with 5 board fence, sidewalks on tw
sides. Corners on main public roa
and cross street. Has large alle;
In back. Reasonable. Mrs. F C
Conley, Stayton, Oregon,
THOROUGHBRED White Leghon
eggs, fl for 15. C. E.Ve3t, Enterprise
6Gr4
ENGINE, 16 h; p., traction return
flue boiler; and small saw mill.
Both Russell make; used but little.
60 per cent less than new. J. J
Morton, Weston, Ore. 66b4
WOOL SALES DATES.
Joseph, June 24.
Enterprise, June 25.
K. W. Rumble of the Bolton Bod
mer company at La Grande, made
a business trip, in the valley this
week.
pipii? - TML NEW- Wmm
BtfiS"S-SMDY-F0R-YO0.' "
Clottiiig fit Men and Boys
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PILE OF STYLE MAKE fj $ -
GET THE 1 7, THEY DONT COST
LATEST j t ANYMORE j
W7j, FUMI fl COMPANY
EHTEflPBiSE- WILL
mm JULY
so
DECIDED AT ROUSINi
M CETIN O FiOUTE OF
CAY'S FA RACE.
5 MASS
TO.
Enterpiisj wilt (cVoru'e the glori
ous Fouit.i. it was so ueciaeu 1
following tho bi ; muss mealing held j
Vedue-.(l:iv nUht to irmiiiiate a city I
.icket. Foilowin;? Hie adjournment of i
; h e l-irge gathurU of business mon
md other ti.in.ui3, the' question of
.vhethcr t: celeb: at" or not waj put
11 (he form of a motion to celebrate
md e:irrie.l uu;im:ii.iin!y. ' 1
Tire nfoiiun was made by A. C.
liller who a'l v;l attention to the
a t thai this c i y j;:ive way last j
to tho co'c'iiia-i m ;it the head !
f the lake, it is enterprise s turn
d it ii dewnniiiol to make the
iSKe.it. and best FouitU of July ever '
1 tile comity.
.LL READY FOR ANNUAL
HOF:3t: AND STOCK SHOW.
The l'lfih annual hor.se and stock
ilunv loday promise) to eclipse all
ilhers in niiinbcr of animals shown
.nd crowd la attendance. The par
ade will take place about 1:30 p.m.
he line of march s'.artlug on we3t
.first sirejt, just east of the court
10.1s?, llic. us sjuth to Greanwood
street, thence eist to tho opera house
corner, thence north to Main street,
-hence west on Mai 1 to the hank
corner where the horses and other
stock will bo grotped for photo-
graphing.
The Enterprise band will
concert in the band stand
the parade.
give a
before
Bjy3 KZQ Yearling Ewes.
O. II. Harvey or lfoUe 1 ought 1500
yc:.rling ewes of K. U. Bowlby for
.July delivery." Tlia price is not made
public. The market price for such
stock is aboat $;i."i0 a head.
CAR LOAD LOTS.
Received at Enterprise station:
Car of household goods, etc., from
j Piper City, 111. Mary Connell.
I Wire by R. S. & Z. Co. '
i General merchandise. Enterprise
merchants.
! Traction ditcher by American Light
and Water Co.
JOSEPH
Joseph, April 16. Will Thompson
of Iowa, a brother of M. P. Thompson
of the Imnaha, is here looking over
the country with a view to locating,
lie has been on a tour of inspection
through Canada and is well pleased
with Wallowa county.
The 8-months old baby of Mr. and
Mrs. W. J. Marlin a new comer here.
died Monaay of scarlet rever. me
family, a party of 13, arrived here
Friday and are living in the house
recently vacated by Mr. Graves, who
is a brother-in-law of Mr. Marlin.
There are several other cases of the
1 disease in the family and they are
, under strict quarantine,
j Plans are progressing finely- on the
new Methodist Church, the construe
j tlon woik being opened for bids Wed
; nesday morning. The warehouse work
j is also going along well.about 14 men
being employed.
TO THE PUBLIC.
The Jo3eph Mercantile Co.", Joseph,
Oregon, have decided to discontinue
business and are offering their en-
tire stock of merchandise of all
kinds at cost and lu order to satis
fy you ask for a call. No goods
will be charged. A bankable note
will be taken for merchandise over
$50. Remember, the store will be
closed Thursday and Friday to mark
down the stock. Doors will be open
Saturday, April 24.
CON 1 EST
PROVIDED
s
TWO CANDIDATES NOMINATED
FOR EACH CITY OFFICE
LARGE ATTENDANCE.
For Mayor Byram Mayfield, Char
les H. Zurcher.
Councilmen, (3 to elect) B. B.
Boyd, L. Berland, S. E. Combes, J.
A. French, C. E. Funk, C. T. Hockett.
For City Recorder Geo. M. Gaily,
W. E. Taggart.
For City Treasurer C. M. Lock
wood, F. A. Reavls.
For City Attorney Thos, M. Dill,
D. W. Sheahan.
Tho above is the tickst nominated 1
at ths r ass t e;tlng in the court
house, Veine3day night, to be voted
on at the annual city election that
will be held Tuesday, May 4.
Everybody was surprised at the big
turnout to the meeting as there was
no Is3ue or special contest on. The
court room was filled, over 100 voters
being present. Utmost harmony pre-!
vaileJ, two candidates for each office j
being named simply to add zest ;
to the election.
The meeting was called to order by'
Mayor Mayfield. H. A. Galloway was j
elected chairman end W. E. Taggart!
sacretary. The call was read andj
nominations were In order. A motion
by A. C. Miller prevailed to name
two candidates for each office. Only
the requisite number were named for
each office and no ballot was required
al' nominations being made by accla
mation. -
A motion t3 appoint a committee
of five on resolutions and platform
carriel but was afterwards made
nugatory by deferring one year.
The candidates are all woll known
citizens and everyone qualified for
the respective offices. Mayor May-
MEETING
I the respective offices. Mayor May-
field. Recorder Taggart, Treasurer
hock wood and Attorney Dill are can
didates for re-election, as are Coun
cilman Iloyd, Berland and Comber.
Wallowa Man Honored by Church.
At the session of the presbytery
of the Grande Ronde, held in Baker
City this week, John McDonald was
chosen lay delegate to the general
assembly of the Presbyterian church
which will convene in Denver next
month. !
Ditcher For Water
Pipes Has Arrived
Work Scheduled To Begin As Sson
As Pipe Reaches
Enterprise.
The big traction ditcher to be used
to dig the trenches for the water
works pipe arrived Thursday in
charge of W. H. Ro3e, It was shipped
over 10 days ago from Douglass, Wyo
It is a huge affair and its unloading
from the. flat .car was quite a Bight
Air. Rose, assisted by one man, runs
the ditcher. ;
W. H. Dryden has besn here a week
looking over the ground. He is an
employee of the contracting company
and came here from Oklahoma.
Work willtesin as soon as the pipe
arrives from Olympia. The pipe gang
of 10 or a dozen men will follow the
ditcher as close as possible, laying
and covering the pipe. Work will
begin at the springs and they will
reach town in about a month.
WEDDING BELLS.
Miss 'Emily Me'.otte and Mr. Will
Baker weie married in this city Sat
urday evening, April 10, at the home
of the bride's father, Frank Melotte,
Rev. W. P. Sam ins performing the
ceremony. Both are estimable youiu
people with many friends who wish
them a long and happy married life.
La Grande Observer, April 14: A
marriage license has been issued to
Orvlll T. LIt:leton and Miss Belle
Horrel, both of Elgin.
i Rev. E. L. Moore Resigns.
iiav. E.ias L. Moore of Wallowa
his resigned as pastor of the Pres
jyteriau church of that city. He
x.iects to take work soon In another
part of the synod.
DEATH OF ANNA HASKINS.
Miss Anna llasklns, aged about
20 years, of near Chico, died in the
La Grande hospital Thursday night,
following an operation the night bo
fore. Miss llasklns, who had been
making her home in Enterprise with
the family of C. E. Funk, was taken
to La Grande Wednesday morning,
very low from an abscess. Dr. C.
T. Hockett, and her father, Robert
Haskliis, and Bister, Lee, accompanied
her. At first It was thought she
would recover from the operation,
but she took worse and died Thurs
day night.
The romalns wi:i be interred in the
Josoph cemetery, Saturday.
"Careful Banking Insure! the Safely of Deposits."
DcpoMilorB Have That (iuarnntco ut
WALLOWA NATIONAL BANK
OK KNTKRI'HIKK. OUIXJON
CAPITAL l.-rfM'OO
SUUl'LL'H '0,000
We Do a General Banking Business.
Exchange Bought and Sold on
All Principal Cities.
Geo. W. Hyatt, l'renltlcnt
Geo. 8. Craig, Vice President
lilKKCTOHH
Gko .H. Chaiw Oko. V. Hyatt M attik A. IIoi.mks
J. H. Dohihn V. li. Hdi.MK.s
Until you sec me for bargains in irrigated and hill
land farms, stock ranches and timber lands.
W. E. TAGGART,
ENTERPRISE,
AT
UN SNAKE RIVER R, R,
MOUNTAIN FULL OF RATTLE
SNAKES UNEARTHED BY CUT
RAILROAD NEWS.
HUNTINGTON, April 15 The first
passenger train t3 traverse over the
Northwestern road (Gnnko river liiu)
was run today from here to Robin
ette, at the mouth of Powder River.
This inaugurates pass-anger traffic
up the Snake ;.nd until the road ii
extended on toward Lewiston, that
town will be tie terminal.
Working down the Snake river,
from llunting'0'i toward Lo.vl .ton, the
Northwestern road liai a force of
1,000 men, wornlng day and niht.
Every energy It bMng b.mt to com
plete the sevsnty uiles of tae roa.l
ander the present conlracL r. as
;arly a date as possible. Cr.nv afl.'r
crew of laboreis has bejn added
.vlthin the past lew days, and inill
altons that ths builders propose ta
j.iunue increasing the rate of cou
tructlon on the road which will c.'en
hially afford Harrlinan a water lcv-'l
grade to Portland.
Construction, work on a 903-root cut
i being rushed with three, sh'Ks of
3mployee3.
Whi'e undermining the mountain!
dozens of pockets of rattusnakes
lave besn unearthed in the doi.3, t'.ia
mmber of reptiles vary from CD or
0 to more tha.i a thousand. In on 3
.rovice, so the story ' reached Baker
-I'y, J200 rattlers were tlbclo-s-d
by a single blast. They ars still
.1 their dormant slate and the worl.
di had practically but little lro.ib;e
effecting their destruction.
Prairie City Buys SLock.
I'ralro City, 20 ml.ej beyond Aus
.in, the present terniin:3 of tha
Baker City and Sumpter railroad,
aeld a big mass meeting last weak
md made a big start toward s-ock
lubscriptlons for the extension of thy
.'oad lo that poin . Those whi baJ
10 money, pay fyr their slock 1 1
ight of way, labor, ties, and oth'T
material, '
Local Railroad Notes.
Engineer Bran tlon I) doing a good
ob of fixing up the depot grounds
lieio. A real gravel walk now connects
-lie dopot with the sidewalk on Ala
:no street, and a carriageway for
!Jtises, express wagons, etc., will
bo made parallel to the walk, t'.ui
ild road through the brush belns
dosed up. Tho brush surrounding
the depot Is most unsightly and
should be pulled. It would only cost,
the company a comparatively small
sum to add that great Improvement
to tho appearance of its property.
D. II. Locke, who has been doinj
double duty on one of the branch
trains as mess nger and brakoman,
has been promoted to freight con
ductor on the main line. J. R. Gibson
has taken his place on tills run.
Ralph Itullemback, formerly of thl
city but now employed at the O, U.
& N. round house In La Grande, was
P visiting friends here this week.
V. II. Holmes, Cu-lil. r
Frank A. Itcavis, Awl. CiiMhicr
The Pioneer Real Estate Man.
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