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ELEVENTH YEAR. NO. 6.
ENTERPRISE, WALLOWA COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 1S, 1909.
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER
EWS
.cCORD
Clarified notices in this column 1
cent a word each Insertion In either
News Record or Chieftain; 1V4 cents
a word for same notice in both pa
pers; special rates by the month or
year.
FOR 8ALE.
LUMBER, all kinds of rough lumber.
J. R. McCoy, Enterprise, Oreg. Mill
12 miles north of Enterprise. 6b8
A GOOD second-hand church organ.
i-U-ire of J. A. Burleigh. 6r2
A GOOD PIANO, for a reasonable
price. W.rite or phone to Mrs. A.
Wade, Enterprise, Ores. 67bif
TIMBER CLAIM: wV4 of s.w., and
w. of n. w. , section 21, t 3 n.
1 47 e. Price 11500. C. E. Hill, Eral
da, Idaho. lb8
HAM ILTONIAN COLT. Good one
Geo. M. Gaily, Enterprise. 3btf
MONEY TO LOAN
luuiua, aiwaB uiJguL aiivi i-.v. "t
Slat Funds loaaed, 6 per cent. Johnjwere specially decorated for the oo
P. Rusk. Atty. State Land B'd. Joseph caalon EXerclses were held by pupils
. ' ' ' I . . i. . Onttnn
EST RAY NOTICE.
the undersigned have this day
taken up: Seven Calves, three helf
- rs and four bulls, all branded H II
on left Dip. One Jersey bull calf,
the others rd and white, black and
wWte. Came to voj place on Alder
Slope.
O..J.
farm.
1909.
Roe. Mountain View Frul'
Enterprise, Oregon. May 1,
38c4
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. 8rtf
WANTED.
OLD RUBBER of all kinds. At the
Second Hand Store. Enterprise, Ore
HERMAN TO PHILIPPINES.
Lo In. May 18 J. M. Herman
has accepted an appointment as sur
veyor of for3try in the Philippines.
Hie commission will be' received at
Helena, Mont., the latter part of
A!ay. Mr. Herman taught Bchool In
this county a number of years and
has many friends who congratulate
Mm on this appointment which was
fi. reward of merit proposition wholly,
be passing not oaly the United States
civil service, but the examination
for the Philippine service also.
Mr. and Mrs, Herman are visit
ing with old friends here and will go
to Montana In a few days.
WALLOWA K. P'S. WIN.
Wallowa K. of P. won the return
game of baseball with the nine rep
resenting Enterprise lodge, in this
city Friday afternoon. The game
was replete with heavy batting and
large erowd enjoyed It. The
score was 11 to 10, Wallowa winning
r. 4Ka nlittli Innlnor
In the evening the Wallowa visl-
tore were guesis oi m mjcim bp ,
sad following the exemplification of
the work of the Page and Esquire
rank, a fine luncheon was served by
the Pythian Sisters,
AUft f 3eed for Bale at R. S. ft Z.
500 New Patterns
Just arrived, no Two AliKe.
Place your order now for a Spring Suit. Fit and
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
The Leading Men's Shoe Store of The County.
All The Latest Styles in Oxfords.
Buy your shoes of us and be satisfied. We stand
bacK of them.
The Best $3.00 Hat on The Market
Full Line of Men's Furnishings.
C H. ZURCHER
INSPECTION Oft!
AT PUBLIC
LARGE NUMBERS OF PATRONS
EXAMINE WORK OF TEACH
ERS AND PUPILS.
The work of the public school dur
ing the school year just ended was
pronounced excellent by the large
number of patrons who attended In
spection Day, Friday from 9 to 11,'
and regret was expressed generally
that Mr. and Mrs. Sutton could not
remain in charge.
The rooms and hallways were filled
with visitors during the allotted hours
and only words of praise of the work
of the pupils and teachers were heard
as the parents and other patrons
went from desk to desk examining
the work laid out for inspection. The
I 1 . V J .., . A attiatl V
an me rooms taugai vj aim. ou,
Mrs. Hanvllle, Miss Hutchinson and
Miss Murray,
REPORT OF SCHOOL YEAR.
Following is the report of the En
terprise public school for the year
just ended:
No. of pupils on register, boys
137, girls 120, total 257 i No, at end
of year 180, No. days taught 166, No.
Uoildays 14, whole No. days atten
dance 29613, absence 1378, timei
:ate 122, average No. pupils belong
ing 186, average dally attendance
179, No. visitors 250.
Here are some of the answers t)
questions in report, to the county
superintendent:
Have you suitable accommsd&UoQs
for all pupils entitled to attend thl3
school? No.
Is the school supplied with suit
able furniture? No.
With unabridged dictionary? Yes.
With apparatus? Fairly so.
Ample supply of good water? No.
wugd fuel? Yes.
Has Uje school sufficient grounds?
Yes.
Suitably Improvel? No.
"How many water closets? Two.
Condition? Fair.
Is the school sufficiently supplied
with brooms, water palls, cups, cray
on, blackboards, etc? Nq.
Have you taught physiology accord
ing to law? Yes.
Roll of Honor,
The following pupils are on the
Roll of Honor for the year, living
been neither tardy nor absent for
Uhe entire year-the number Is fair
ly large but It would look bettor if
ilt were larger:
Principal's room Russell French,
Joseph Bauer, Glenn 'Wagner.
Mrs. Sutton's Mary Mahaffy, Char
ley Dunbar, Portia Steel, Clare;ice
'Flowers, Marlon Jordan, Leonard Jor
dan, Minnie Willgrodt, Carmen Clark,
Anna Emmons, Esther Trueblood.
Mrs Hanvllle's room Emmerson
iReavls, May Sorensen, Routhi Sanders
vurrgra Knoaeii
MUa Hutchinson's room Wilson
Gaily. Itsuben Dunbar,
Miss Murray's room Lawrence
Graves. Total Twenty.
Those ranking FIBST In the recent
examination are:
SCHOOL
Name
Percentage
1 Elsie Olmsted, 98 1-G
2 Hallie Young. 96 6-7
3 Edith Shackelford, 95 1-1
4 Clayton Hendrlckson, 98 1-4
5 Mary Mahaffey, 92 1-2
6 Leonard Jordan, 93 1-2
7 Helen Clarke, 96 1-7
Personally, we are very much grati
fied to know that your interests are
in the schools of the town made so
well known by the magnificent man
ner in which parents and friends of
the school responded to our Invita
tion to attend Inspection Day May
14th. We hope that the interest
thus shown will continue and we be
speak for Prof. Mack the same ganer
.ous courtesies that have been ours for
the past two years. We leave , you
with regre's that such changes are
.imperative and while our lines will
lay along other avenues of useful
ness, we shall always be interested
in the welfare of the Enterprise
schools and trust that there will con
tinue to be a Steady advancement
along all lines of schoal work, y
Thanking you for past courtesies
we remain, Yours very sincerely,
W, M, and B, L. Sutton.
First Excursion
From Enterprise
Big Crowd Goes To Elgin And Roots
For Enterprise Baee
Ball Club.
The first railroad excursion ever
run out of Wallowa county went from
Enterprise to Elgin and return, Sun
day, taking ball team and crowd of
rooters. The excuraiqn was gotton
up on 24 hours notice by the ball
boys yet over 160 persons went. In
eluding 95 from Enterprise and 60
from 'Wallowa. Qnlv one or two
came from Joseph though it was
phoned Saturday afternoon that Jo
seph would be well represented.
ball game was marked by free
hitting and "nume.ous errors, with a
few good plays mixed In. Both
teams showed lack of practice. Fol
lowing Is the score by innings;
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Entemrise .... 32000200 310
EJtfln .,.. 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 16
Batting order: Ente.rpris.a-Savage
if, Pldcock 2b, Marvin lb, Pace cf,
iiilye'u p, W. Pldcock c, Conaway rf,
French 3b, Grean ss. Elgin Hoopei
If, Hug 2b, Towner ss, Patten lb, C.
Hallgarth 3b, DeBqie rf, F. Hall
garth cf, Thomas e, Ch.r(stianson p.
Enterpi
ise State
Bank Organized
Articles of Incorporation for $25,000
Financial Institution Are
Filed.
Articles of Incorporation for the
Entemrlse State Bank have been
filed in the office of the county clerk
The capital stock is $25,000, divided
into 250 shares of $100 each. The
incorporators are Clyde T. Hockett,
Chas E. Funk and Chas. E. Crow
The first named Is a physician, the
second the well known merchant.
manager of W. J. Funk & Co., and
the third U Deputy Sheriff Crow
The other stockholders are leading
farmers, stqekmen and capitalists
of this city and vicinity.
Kinsman lodge, K of P.,at Wallowa
has incorporated through Its trust
ees, E. L. Wi , John McDonald
and J. H, Maxwell. The value or
money and property owned by tne
lodge is state 1 to be $1000.
J. W. KERNS RESIGNS AS
HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL
J. W. Kerns has resigned the
princlpalshlp of the Wallowa oounty
high school as a result of the un
pleasantness resulting from the class
fiag rush and the faculty stop-order,
Messrs Ke:ns and Hall appeared be
fore the board Saturday, where were
also several parents who had com
plained their children's grades were
withheld. There was considerable
personal feeling manifest. The board
ordered that certain pupils apologize
to the teachers for rude behavior, and
.i. the grades of the pupils be given
them.
Mr. Kerns handed In his resig
nation to Superintendent Conley
Monday.
Maybe, But Maybe Not.
From the Union Republican.
The Union ball team will go to
Enterprise May 26, and will pl&7
two games in that city. Two more
scalps for Union.
Grade
FIRST GRADUATING
CLASS UF W.CH.S
THREE YOUNG MEN RECEIVE DI
PLOMAS FROM COUNTY'S
PREMIER SCHOOL.
The First commencement of the
Wallowa County high school set a
,uu.uUUj8aouiii not be forgoLteu when the
Und success In every particular. The ; praises are being distributed, and he
ibg assembly hall was crowded to j will not be by the women and chil-'not
the doors, every seat occupied and j dren who escaped the long walk up
score, of people standing up. On the! the hill by a free ride in his new bus.
Dlatform were nil taking nnrt In thu! -
0 4 . ...
program, the teachers, school boards,
eighth grade graduates and others,
In all about 40 people. College and
onool flags gave color variety to
the eveigreu decoi-ations around the
platform, and the class motto, "Al
ways, Onward and Upward" on the
wall back of the classes.
Thq program was of some length
but It held the closest attention of
the big audience throughout. The
high school glee club was glyen
hearty applaus.8. for Its, tuneful ren
dering of the old favorite, "Come
Where the Lilliea Bloom," and after
iuvocation by Rv, W, S, Crockett.
President Ressjler of ManniQuth sanfc
a solo that was. so well received he
responded with another song.
Charles E. Oaks, one of the three
members of this first graduating
i welcomed the, audlonce and
3 poke a few, we'.l chosen words o
salutatory, before launching upoi.
his oration, "Uncle Sam's Big Ditch.'
He reviewed the hltqry of tQ Isth
'inian canal ventures down to the
present operations by the U. S.
government. He gave details of the
ize and construction of thq big water
way and wade rqsy prophecies o'.
its effect upon commerce and upon
the future of the Pacific Coast. Mr
Dakes spoke clearly and. without
heslta.npy,
Ivan C. Jackson told of "The Three
Sides of a Dollar." a novel subject
or a commencement oration and
his treatment of it was also unusual
He gave a brief review of money and
presented a good brief in defense o:
the much abused medium of exchange
by telling of its good work In spun
lng men to mighty effort In the ac
complishment of things beneficial U
humanity. -'If such are the reJullB
jf the love of money, give us mar
)f that love,"
After a duet well played by Misses
Vmy Olmsted and Edna Ragsdale
janie the valedictory and oration,
Modern Industrialism," by vernoi
i. Corklns. The que at ion of the
proper re-adjustment of relations
etween employer and employee
made necessary by the changed con
dltions of modem Industrialism, wat
ihown to be the supreme question
jf the-day. Mr. Corklns has a goon
delivery and his production bore evl
dence of logical thinking. He waj
especially happy In his words of fare
ell,whlch were marked by an earn
astness that was Impressive.
r The class as a whole Is a credit to
the high school, and the families and
friends of Its members can be justly
.proud of the showing made by the
young men on Friday night.
President E. D. Ressler of Mon
mouth Normal emphasized In his a:l
ireas to the class the necessity of
Joing well whatever work they under
took. The real happiness In life
comes not from riches or honors but
from finding your work and doing
it; from contributing all that Is In
you to the happiness and well-being
of your fellow mei. Mr. Ressler
jarnlshed his words of wisdom with
considerable humor that the audience
greatly enjoyed.
County Judge J. B. Olmsted, cnalr
man of the high school board, pre
sented the diplomas to the clasj,
saying he considered it an honor to
to do so. He also" presented diplomas
to the following graduates of me
eighth grade of the Enterprise public
jchool: Elolse Holmes, Esther Max
well, Marie DePue, Winifred Kay,
Elizabeth Wlllge.odt, Glenn Wagner.
Luclle Chauvet, Mary Braugliton,
Sallle Poulson, Claude Emmons, Zora
Combes, John Laird, Muriel Moss,
John McFetrldge, Lick McAdams.
Delbert Mitchell, Burl Kooch and
William Laird.
Basket Dinner And Afternoon
Exereieei.
The public and high school pupils.
teachers and parents joined in a
basket dinner at the high school Frl
day at the noon hour. In the after
noon beginning at 1 o'clock the fol
lowing excellent program was given
Soldiers Chorus
High School Glee Club
Reading Elna Rasxdale
School Biographies ..Elmer Warnock
Latin Song ..Classical Dapartment
Life's Philosophies
Freshman English
The Dixie Kid Mixed Quartette
"Where Rolls the Oregon,"
Amy Olmsted
Reading India Ault
Remarks J. c. Conley
Closing Song Audience
The exercises began an hour earlier
than the advertised time and a num
ber went up to the building too late
to hear them. But a large audience
was present and commended highly
mi wiin innu nart I f1 szniwiru
,
NEW TRAIN SCHEDULE.
New train sche.luie on main line
Sunday, doei not affect in anyway
the Wallowa Co.inty branch. Tho
mail car was added to the train on
the branch, beginning Saturday. Polk
Mays and a Mr. Ballinger of Port-
and are the mall clerks. Charles
Stacy is one of the new conductors
on the branch trains.
Tom Tucker Under
Arrest In Montana
Deputies Gone For Man Wanted By
Wai:oa Courts For Two
Year8,
Tom Tucker, fugitive from Justice
In this county tqa two years, was ar-
e3iea at Chinook. Mont., last Tnurs-
Jay at the Instance of Sheriff Marvin
.md taken to the county aaat, Fort 1
en'.on, the same day, to await the
arrival of Deputy Sheriffs S. F. Paca
u C. E. Crow, who secured re.iul- house and now public office roo.ns
Jltion papers at Salem and left Satur-..Dy ii)Q first of the year, they hid no
lay night for Helena. -present revues. a or re'-oinmeuda Ions.
Tom Tucker Is the chief of Ilia; We dislre at this ti:ne to t.iank h:
.ang that created tho riot at tha honor for his patiu.it l;indnes3, and
dance June 17, 1907. Geo. Tucker ,
uas been acquitted of that charge. for the constant assistance and ready
jrl'let Bogan and Goo. Logan are compliance with oir eve-y requeil,
-t large. The more serious charge and tho bailiff fo.- hi j atte itlvu
against Tom Tucker is thq wound-. service.
,ng of Estjs thq day following the e (led e to bj rjlleved from fur
riot. 1 thcr duty, and until the further ordor
Tucker has bean at Asotin part of of this couit.
the time since ha fled, but things Duted at Untrrpi 1.h, Oregon, I'.iy
jot too hot for him and ho went to
anada, whe e his usual course of
fe soju gut him Into trouble with
the authorities and the mounted po
ice chased h'liu across the border
into Montana. Sheriff Marvin got.
ivlnd of his who eabouts through the
Canadian police and the arrest fol
lowed. Conner Pleaded Guilty.
S, B. Conner of Flora, jointly
ticted with Jack Huston, proprietor
jf a prosperous job prinlery, und
jecretary of the Pendleton coinmer
lal club, and W. F. Eustor, pastor
of the Sunnyslde M. E. church, at
Portland, charged with starting a
2ainp fire In the north woods and
;olng away leaving It burning, plead
ed guilty and was fined $25,
?.!r. Huston was in Enterprise over
Sunday, coming over voluntarily as
loon as he hoard of tho Indictment.
.Ie says he remembers distinctly of
mttlng out the fire tho morning ho
ind Mr. Eustor broke camp, and he
oelleves the fl: e which turned over
leveral acres must have started from
someone else's campflro. Messrs
Huston and Euster have given $.VJU
bonds each, to appear at '.ho Novem
ber term of court.
Wallowa County Cattle.
From the Asotin Sentinel.
Messrs Fhattucft & Hughes, cattla
buyers and dea'ers, from Winona,
Wash., passed through Asotin Tues
day morning with a bunch of live
lundred head of mlxe 1 cattle which
had been purchased In Wallowa
xinty. The sto:'k was being driven
through to the ranches of these
gentlemen where they will bo put on
'eed and shaped up for the market.
This was the blggeu drove of cattle
that has passed through Asotin for
several months, in fact for two or
three years.
Would Fit In Enterprise.
From tho Union Republican.
J. P. Wilbur has made a proposi
tion to the business men of Vale
and Burns, and one of these Iowiih
will get a woolen mill, costing $K0,
000 If his offer U accepted. Vale
has an advantage In location and Is
j.) to ne::ure the prize. Threi
million pounds' of wool ore clipped
annually In Malheur and Harney
counties.
Closing out sale-of watcheB, clocks,
Jewelry, silverware the entire stock
of E. II, Wheat.
T
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BILLSRETURNED
BUSIEST GRAND JURY IN YEARS
REPORTS GRIST OF
INDICTMENTS.
Joe Allen was found guilty by
inpw Tim.. ... f
with
! dangerous weapon
I After finding u 'true bills and one
true bill. ll0 most "du .frlo"
I grand jury tin, county has hal I
many a long dnr wrs excused bv
, . . .T ' e ' 11 1 11 u-v
jiniira .1 w uiwmi.i..., m i
. ... ..u.i.iii;.-) .WUIUUl.V, TUi
lowing is the
Grand Jury Report.
We, the grand jury for the May
term of the Wa'.lowa county circuit
court, beg leave to ropoit as follows:
We have been ii co.itinuo.is "ai
sion for sewn dr.ys, a ul rc.urno.l
into court 17 true bills ami 0:13 nj.
true bill of Indictments.
We have carefully invcsti;;-,t j.l all
chargej 01 r.ny violations of the 1'iwa
of this iinti that have been brjugnt
to o.ir attention, and have no', con
cluded all Hid testimony uyoa r.ll
juch charges.
We havo inspected the offices r.-.ul
records of the sheriff, dark, county
school superintendent and sur.e.vo",
' , u ,ma tllem neat -v aml- 8i)
liar as we could discover, pro.idrly
jikept in all respects.
I We went through the county jnl
and by reason of the prospsc'. of ii.it
ifew occupants, nnd a new jail by tho
first Qf next year, we havo 110 recom-
mendatlons to make.
ma various county officers stated
'to us that In view of the fait I In
county wouiu have a now co.i t
the district attorney and I1I3 dormty
17, 190!).
Sum Wuilc, foivnuin, J. V. Mac
auley, 11. 13. Driver. ,loi. Gill, II. C.
Laird, C. E. Isley, Louis Page, grand
Jury.
In addition to the three cases
tofore mado public, only four of tin
rpinninlitg l( have been given 01'.
All four are against. Al Emmons for
selling Intoxicating liquor. Kmmons
(Continued on last page.)
Post Cards
In the Latest Improved
Show Racll-Everything
in that line
printed
Rock Creek
Flour
Still Same Price
Plenty of Apples
Armour's
Bacon and Hams
GRANDE RONDE
POTATOES
Ik
and
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Groceries, Flour,
11 ran and Hay,
Coal and Wood.
Phono Wlilto 27
for
Trunufur or Druy
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or uniTi-ru
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