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About The news=record. (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1907-1910 | View Entire Issue (May 15, 1909)
Ortgon Historical to TwiceaWeek Saturday Edition AIL THE OFFICIAL NEWS OF WALLOWA COUNTY IN THE N-R ALL THE NEWS WHILE 11 IS NEW3 TWICE-A-WEEK NEWS RECORD ENTERPRISE, WALLOWA COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 15, 1909. ELEVENTH YEAR. NO. 5. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER NEWS-RECORD IOC Wants Classified notices In this column 1 cent a word each insertion "In either News Record or Chieftain; 1ft cents a word' for same notice In both pa pers; special rates by the month or year. FOR SALE. A GOOD second-hand church organ, inquire of J. A. Burleigh. 5r2 A GOOD PIANO, for a reasonable price. Wtflte or phone to Mrs, A. Wade, Enterprise, Ore. 67rtf FOR SALE OR TRADE. SEVEN ROOM house and 18 lots, 3 blocks from business part of town. The best speculation today In Enter prise property. Daniel Boyd, Enter prise. - 3rtf WALLOWA COUNTY QUEEN PORTLAND ROSE FESTIVAL Following Is the standing of the candidates for Wallowa County Queen at the Portland Rose Festi val, the count being made May 11: -Acmes Leslie of Joseph 26. Edna Browning, Enterprise 25. Joyce Craig, Enterprise 22. Eula Foroythe, Enterprise 17. Maymie Johnston, Lostlne 15. Marriage Licenses. May 9 George Ackley and Lulu Brldwell. John Boyd of Portland, Ind., return ed here Tuesday from outside points and is again a guest of his brother, Daniel Boyd. Rev. I. W. Williamson' Letter. .. W. Williamson, Huntington, VV. Va., writes: "This is to certify that I have used Foley's Kidney Remedy for nervous- exhaustion and kidney trouble and am free to say that it will do all that you claim for It." Foley's Kidney Remedy has re stored health and strength to thous ands of weak, run down people. Con tains no harmful drugs and is pleas ' ant to take. For sale by Burnaugh Mayfleld. ClotSilEg for Me and Boys trtf : . iifiAm P WW 1 ' J Irj . A-?' . mr X i (1 - ml :fl fab0" PILE OF SHIE HAKE JT- ' vijj ? pfe . I GET THE MjiMr' ' THEY DONT COST ' LATEST . r"g;ss ANY MORE W. J.FUNI COMPANY C0NS1RUCT10M-T0 LOSTINE FINISHED SURFACING GANGS MOVED TO ENTERPRISE PASSENGER TRAIN RUMORS. The construction work on the Wal lowa county railroad as far as Los tine is completed and will be turned over to the operating department to day. Engineer Brandon has moved all five gangs of men, numbering in all 220, to this side of Lostlne and will complete the work through to Joseph within six weeks. A work train brought a surfacing gang ol 50 to Enterprise, Thursday; and e gang of 30 went on to Joseph, toui miles below town is a gang of 40, while another gang of 30 will be brought up from below Sunday. The fencing gang of 40 are four miles UiU s.de of Lostlne. There Is no official authority foi tha rumor that a passenger service will be started oa May 24, although the track Is in condition for fast time so a train could easily make the round trip In a day. It develops there will be considerable opposition to a strictly passenger train If It should mean the cutting down of the freight service to a trl-weekly basis. The La Grande papers say a mall car will be put on the branch train in the near futu.re PHONE LINE TO TROY BARTLETT AND GROUSE The telephone line from Bartlett, Grouse and Troy was connected with the Home line at Flora, Monday, and there Is now communication through to this city by the way of Sled Springs and the government Chlco- Wallowa line. Manager Harry Thomas of the Home company went out to Flora and made the connec' Hon The toll charge Is 25 cents THE, from the Ta'ley towns to Flora, and 25 cents nilditional to Troy, oroase or Barilett. The line from Bartlett to Flora was built and is owned by the fann ers, who formed a company, bought the material and hired an experi enced telephone constructor to super intend its erection. J. W. Macau ley, a prosperous Grouse farmer, in town on Jury duty, says mutual com panies in Asotin county are seeking a connection with their line, and it Is desired to have a direct line to En -erprlse This would be of great ad- Vantage both to this city and to the North Co.ntry. Contractor S. R. Haworth returned Thursday from an absence of two weeks in Western Oregon and at his home in La Grande. firaber Entryman Victor In Appeal General Land Office Affirms Decision of Register Bramwell Is Precedent. A decision Important not only with in itS3lf but because it establishes i precedent for the decision of a '.arge number of caies of a similar lature was received yesterday at the local land office from the genera! 'and office, says the La Grande Star of May 11. The decision was an affirmation of the one written by Reg ister Bramwell some months ago in the caes of F, Me'zler vs. Alton H. O'Brien, Involving the character Of certain lands near Wallowa takeu under the timber and stone act. The Metzler-O'Brien case was one of the first of fie 24 cases brought in last September involving the 4 north 41 entries in Wallowa cqunty. Mr. O'Brien took his claim under the timber and stone act and later Metz ler filed a protest on the ground that (Continued on last page.) NEW CLAIMS ALLOWED B! COUNTY COURT LIST OF BILLS AUDITED AND WARRANTS DRAWN AT MAY TERM. Official Proceedings of County Cou.t Sesond Judicial Day. Thursday, May 6. In the matter of the allowance of miscellaneous bills against the count, and the Issuance of warrants there for: The court having passed on and audited each of said bills separate ly as it ap;eirs from the sis nit '.'re of t'.'e coirt thereon. It Is ordered that said bills be allowed and warrants issued by the county clerk in payment of the same as allowed In classes and amounts as follows: Road Fund. Geo. W. Wright, Dlst. No. 20, new district, appropriation. $160 00 W. I, Sannar, Dlst. No. 14 Williams road appropriation 100 00 S. C. Himmelwright, Dlst. No. 7, appropriation 100 00 J. B. Pace, Va eatine Hill ap- propriitioi 150 00 O. L, Berland, Deer Creek x appraprlallon 100 00 '. B. Face, Dist. No. 1, John son road 100 00 Thos. McCarty, 14 days work, road 35 00 Joe demons,, road work .... 32 50 G. H. Lathrope, road work .. 37 50 F. W. Hammack, road work . . 72 50 Duane Lathrop, bridge plank 8 28 S, C; Himmelwright, road work , 60 00 J. B. Pace, roal work .... 93 75 W. I, Sannar, roai work..... 21 25 Peter Kuehl, road work' 7 50 Olof Anderson, road work .... 30 00 Olof Anderson, roid work G. L. Post roai 52 50 O. L. Berland, road work Deer 1 Creek road 15 00 G, H. Lathrape, appropriation Roid Dist. No. 22 100 00 General Fund. Fred Smith, freight paid, plows, scrapers, and dray- lug 20 75 C. T. MeDaniol, expense Hat- Uj J. e; rill 50 00 ... Oliiis ed, salary county ju 'ge, March 66 CG arvi.i, sa'ary, sheriff, .Va ch 166 6C ,V. C. Bo.itman, salary, clerk, M"i rc'i 125 0C . V. Mll.er, sa ary asaaasor, -Vanh 100 '00 ICou tin ued on last page.) Mills To Utilize Troy Water Powei Little Salmon Will Bi Harnessed Settlers Coming Into Eden Country. (Garden o' E.len Correspotidenc By Mrs. Adah L. Downing, Wild H03 Home Farm). Troy, May 5. Since my last lutte Old Dame Nature lias been so errai lc in her climatic demonstration that we did not recoKiil.o ttiu Garde of Eilen, but thought we might haw wandered a part of the way to th other place, but hope that we ai where we be:oug according to on good deeds and especially good opin lan of ourselves; Old Dame Natun has only bean trying us, and will ye smile her briyhldst upon us. In spit., of tlie climatic freaks, strangers an coming to Troy and vicinity lookln; for homes and cuancea to speculate QuRe a few farms have changed own a:'s. U is told that the Guargo Pey tm's place at the head of the tral leading to Troy, has been sold to . Mr. Knight. A Mr. Davis has secured a home on the LiUlo Salmon, a few miles ,above Troy. The - writer hai been assured by a gentleman ("a stocl holder) that a saw mill as well as i grist mill will be located, in the neai future, right at the Junction of the Little Salmon and the Grand Itoudt river at Troy, and will utilize a art of that immense water powe to run the two mills and will bulk a big flume many miles long and tin power will bo tarried by wires tc . jtner parts of Wallowa county, fo; ; factories, and even for an elcctrli j ear Hue when the time is propitious iior the building of the much noedet tiansporiation to a good market foi our unexcelled fruit, vegetables, rSrain, stock, hogs and poultry. Troy can now phone any where, as he line la completed from Bartloli to Flora via Troy, MIsj Wllma Courtney gave hei mother a birthday surprl.sa part which occuired on Uio second duy o this month. About 2:1 adults and sev eral little one.i were present. As th lady was not aware of any specla event, the friends all took Homethhif aatahle, and some of the bachelor' gavo most appropriate presents, not withstanding that Miss Wllma, whoi jxtendlnu; the Invitations said "N: presents," but they were pardoned y the rest, and allowed to have their share of the excellent plenli dinner served on the lawn, and 01 the cake and Ice cream served lulei in the day. Croquet games were enjoyed by several present; music. on the violin and guitar was insplr Ing and greatly appreciated. Miss Susie A. Dorse, of Day Illdgo, and Miss Aiiline Davis of Troy visited . ri. Acla'i L. Downing recent ly;a'o vldel .Mrs.George Courtney iiiey were dojbly welcome and the vi.-tit too short by half. Mrs. Gabriel of Bartlett visile '.lr. and Mrs. Courtney, and was Just in time for the surprise birthday oaity. Kverybody was happy to sec her genial countenance The lady had alsi visited Mr. and Mrs. i:bert lllchman In the Grouse country. Deputy Etfnrlff Charles E. Crow was at Joseph Wednesday night The Allen Ranch of ) 720 acres just j Could have been bought a year ago for $10ni acre I have ano'.her just as (food buy 133 a?res sr,len li! timothy and sleek ranch, VI miles from LuterpriiM! for only $1'J an acre. See or write rue about this cjuick. PORTLAND RBSIDKNCE, 10 room, modern, well located, $5sW cash, or $ M down and J.XX) to suit purchaser. W. E. TAGGART, ENTERPRISE, : : INDICT PREACHER EDITOR AND GUIDE CHARGED WITH SETTING OUT FIRE IN FORES T RESERVE COURT NEWS. A Portland prea'hor, a Pendleton editor and a bio 1 Springs hotel keeper, who acted as guidj, tire in llcted by the grand Jury, charged Alth sotting out a camp fire in the orest reierve and leaving It burn ing. The parties are Rev. W. V. iSuster, a Prcoby t?riun miul-itar of Portland; odllor Jack Uimton of Pendleton, and S. 11. Conner of 'lora. The ofl'easo Is alleged to lave been committed in section 17, .ownshlp 3 noith, 43, on July 21 ast. Deputy Sheriff t'rovv has gone ifter Elis or and Huston. The grand JurV has returned two )lher liuUi'lmc us against Daul'i liark of ParuCise for rap), and Jo e;h Allan of Enterprise for nssau'.t vhi'e having a dangei'ojs w'j.pon. .Mark is boing tviod Friday. The ;rand Juiv Is still In sewlon and will )o the remainder of this week. Two Jury Trialo. IjOi Minor vs. P.. T., Jarroi It. -nd J. L. lliimmacl:. Verdict or Plff. In sum of $28.35 nr.d ln .erest from Nov. 2, 1908, an 1 $H7.2"i ind Interest from Jan. 15, 1 '.):, r.uJ ;75 attorney's fejs. Judgment, Char.cs lliidwoi vs. Fred !Mtuo-.v. erdlct fo." liff. for $50. The cuiio of A. W. 1 loilf.Iix v.. lsa HodRiti was dismissed on ma ion of plaintiff. Divorces Granted. Thos. R.,AUIns from Ellen Aklns, he latter Mng given the cjsUmI.v )f tho mlinr child, Clark Aklns. Oscar M, Swlkert from Grace il. 4wlkert, the c is o:ly (if the lw.) ilnor children being r.wario.l to t'.io lother. Un on B. B. Club Cor.-.in". The local baseball club has recolv- ,i word that tho Unl jn team . will ome to Enterprise an 1 pli.y twa ;ames on May 27 and 28. Base Ball Today. The Wallowa K. of P. base ball earn will play the local K. of P. earn on tho Enterprise grounds, V.-'.a, Friday, afio.noi.n. Ia Grande Star: S. L, Iltiniaugh, x 8uc:cessful pl'mejr farmer of Elgin, las returned home from a few weeks' Islt with a son at Vuncouver, Wa.ih. le noted 10 inches of new snow at tleacham. Attorney John S.Tloilgln of Li rande, formerly of this cliy, win ;reetlng old friends here Wednesday md Tliursday. ll0 came over on egal business. EASY MONEY I want a 5-room cottage built. Will trade lots and lumber to some man who wants to make some easy money who will build litis house fur me. Sold for $15 an Acre Profit $3600 The Pioneer Real Estate Man. ": ': OREGON' DANIEL BOYD
