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THE NEWS RECORD
(Twice-a-Week.)
AS INDEPENDENT SKWKPAPK.B
Formerly the Wallowa News, estab
lished March 3. 18'JD.
Published Wednesdays and Satur
days at Enterprise. Oregon, by
THE ENTERPRISE PRESS
Office Eaat side Court Houae Siuare
Entered In the Enterprise postoffico
as second-class matter.
SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 1903
CUSTOMERS PAY THIS EXCESS
FREIGHT.
At the present time all freight ship
ped Into this county must pay a high
rate added to the continuous distance
tariff rate to Elgin.
For Instance, the first class rate
fmm Portland to Elgin is
hundred. A merchant in Joseph must
pay that and in addition 46 cents a t
hundred for the 63 mile hauled from
. . mu um Tim merchant i i I
Wallowa must pay 34 cents additiona !
to the Elgin rate for the 45 mlieMfiom Elgin on through shipments,
haul from Elgin to Wallowa. These whether from Portland or the East,
extras mind yo'i, are for merchan-1 something it does to no other com
dise shipped through from Portland mUnlty on its entire line, and what it
(or elsewheie) and that Is not in-I
loaded or even de ayed at Elgin. j
So at present, under this unjust and j
unfair system 01 raies, me t,i..w...v...
of the Wallowa and Joseph mercnani
must pay the following rates on
articles brought from Portland:
Wallowa, $1.69 per hundred.
Joseph, $1.81 per hundred.
Now the rate per mile from Tort
land to Elgin is three and five-tenths
mills per hundred pounds. In the
continuous distance tariff the rale
per mile decreases with the increase
of distance. Therefore the rate from
Portland to Wallowa per mile should
be less than the rate per mile from
Portland to Elgin, and the Portland
Joseph rate per mile should be still
less. Hut under the present unfair
system both rates per mile are more
than the Elgin rate, the Wallowa
people must pay one mill more per
mile and the Joseph people one and
two-tenths mills more per mile. The
farther you go the higher the rate
per mile!
As we don't know the exact ratlc.
of decrease of rate to increase of
distance in the continuous distance
tariff, we will a;ply the Portland
Elgin rate per mile to the above two
points in this county. Hoar in mini
this is more than an absolutely fail
rate would be. Applying the Elgin
rate, three and five-tenths mills per
hundred pounds per mile, we find the
customers would pay as follows on
goods from Portland:
Wallowa, $1.51 per hundred.
Joseph, $1.57 per hundred.
A saving to the customer of U
cents on every hundred pounds ship
ped into Wallowa, and 24 cents on
every hundred pounds of first class
f re glit s' lpi ed 1 ito Josop'.i !
The foregoing comparison is basei'
on first class ratei. Second, third,
fourth and fifth classes, and car load
lots, show proportionate differences
We can understand why the rail
road company opposes the correction
of this Injustice, but are Joseph, Los
tine and Wallowa correctly represent
cd as being lined up against the
reduction ?
ENTERPRISE FOUGHT ALONE.
Just why the representatives from
Joseph, Lostine and Wallowa should
oppose the asked for reductions In
freight rates Is not clear. True (here
were side Issue's brought up, and an
attempt made by the railroad attorney
to pit the three towns against Enter
prise, but those were no reasons for
long-headed business men to fall into
the astute attorney's trap. Even if
some of the complainant's witnesses
should nurse grievances of alleged
discrimination In the wool schedule,
and other matters of town rivalry,
those matters were secondary, The
main point affects Joseph, Los
tine and Wallowa euunlly with Enter
prise, and it was a splendid oppor
tunity for the representatives of those
towns to have rlscm above petty Jeal
ousy and Joined in the good work
for the benefit of the people who buy
their goods In those towns.
As It Is, the whole blame for tho
hearing and the punishment to be
meted out by the railroad will fall on
Enterprise. On the other hand; It the
rates are reluced, the credit must
be given to Enterprise, that put up
the fight slnglehanded and alone, but
"Ciirtfiil Banking Insurts tht Softly of Dposits."
Iippositors Have That tiuaruntee ut
WALLOWA NATIONAL BANK
OF KNTKRPUISK. OUF.UON
CAPITAL fM.rno
SUKl'l.l'S $30,000
Wc Do a General Banking Business.
Exchange Bought and Sold on
All Principal Cities.
Oeo. V. Hvalt, I'rwl.lcnt
Geo. 8. l.'rnig. Vice President
Gko .8. Ckaki
J. II. DoiiniN
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the whole county benefitting.
Let's make this clearer. Enterprise
should not be given undue credit.
The matter that moved the citizen
here to action is a minor thing a
smell discrimination against this city
in the wool rate. If It hadn't been
for that, this town would probably
have continued to bear meekly and
without protest, as did the other
towns, the grosser wrong, all . afraid
to open their mouths.
It is the pin pricks that make us
;ight Bu'ly for pin pricks! Enter
orise' fought and without assistance;
whether for goad or ill we shall aea.
WHAT THE RATE HEARING
DISCLOSED.
In Bpite of the nagging efforts of
tlie railroad attirney to turn at
tention from the merits of the casa,
and make it appear a town fight, the
ml hearine in this city Monday
brought oat the truth, thanks to the
commissioners tnemseives.
The real point and meat of the mat-
tar is the O. R. & N. Is charging
(he people of this county local rates
never hau tne nrve io
any o'her branch line, whe her newly
completed or not, or whether It was
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On long distance or through ship-!
ments there applies what Is known af
i continuous distance tariff, which
(Mmitiishes in ra'e per mile as the
illi'ance Increases. H la on the prin
ciple that it costs more per mile to
move one ton 10 mlle.J than it does
to move the same shipment 100 miles.
This Is partly because the loading,
switching and discharging charges
wo;ild be same on the short and Jong
distance haul, and alao for other
reasons pertaining to the carriage
and the record of the same, In which
it is needless to go Into more detail.
It Is simply the difference between
selling at wholesale and retail, in
this case the arUcle sold being trans
portation. Now this contln to is distance tariff
i in operation all over the whole O.R.
t N. road, main line and branches,
ver 'mountains and through canyons,
iven on t'.ie Pilot Rock branch com
ileted only last year, everywhere
le Iron horse goes this tariff exists
-except on tha Elgin extension.
The O. It. & N. treats everybody
nd all ho lies a Ike except the peo
ile of Wallowa county.
It was for the purpose of putting an
Mid to that discrimination that the
laterpilsa Commercial club appealed
otho state railroad commission, after
ainly trying to get a hearing from
lie railroad ofllcla s, only to be ans
wered flippantly by understrappers or
ypewrlters who were running the of
fice In the absence of Freight Agent
.Miller.
The hearing was . held, the facts
brought' out and as the cause Is Just
it will win. If fie continuous dis
Unce tariff is extended to this
omity the people will save thousand!
jf dollars yearly.
BAND DESERVES SUPPORT.
This paper bel'eves some arrange
ment should be made tor mora
general and public support of the
bund, of which we are all so proud
but to which we are so neglectful of
our duty.
To.Uiy the band U one of the best
n Eastern Oregon, due to the splen
did work of Conductor Pratt and the
unselfish work of every member. In
the last, year and a half the band has
not only paid all Its running expenses:
which nre no Inconsiderable amount,
but has laid off a big Bhare of the
origlunl Indebtedness Incurred for
Instruments, which certain business
men had gone surety. And during
all this time the band has responded
willingly aud without price on public
occasions.
It s time a steady Income was guar
anteed. It neod not be large but
should be enough to hold the organi
zation together. Uniforms and new
imulc are needel. In exchange for
this support, outdoor concerts at
regular times could be given In the
summer and less frequent Indoor
concerts In the winter, that would
provide frea entertainment for the
people both In town and country,
and repay the money given many
times over.
See tho big display of Rugs and
Art squares at Ashley's. 13r2
W. R. Holmes, Cashier
Frank A. Ilea vis. Ami. Cashier
niKKlTOKS
Uko. W. Hyatt Mattik A. Holmes
V. It. Holmks
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XVIII. The Business Side of Farming
By C. V. GREGORY,
Agricultural Division, Iotua Stat College
Copyright. 1909. by American Pre Association
FARMING on high priced land
must be conducted on business
principles If the greatest prof
Its are to be realized. The
farmer's work Is by no means done
when he has raised a large crop of
corn or successfully fattened a car
load of steers. lie must be able to
market his produce at a profit and
must also know whether the steers
were fed at a profit or a loss and what
It costs to produce each crop of grain.
It Is a fact that the only way to
know Jut what you are doing and
Just what parts of your farm are
bringing In a profit and what ones are
Lying run at a loss Is to "keep books.''
xnis does not necessarily mean a com
plicated system that will require bait
your time to keep In shape. By a lit
tle care the method of keeping accounts
can be bo systematized as to amount
to only a few moments a feek.
The first and most Important book it
the check book. The "check book hab
it" will often save a great deal of
money and trouble. If you lose your
check book or have It stolen, you still
have your money left. You do not
have to waste time trying to make
change, since the check can be always
made out for exactly the right amount
Whan you give a man a' check In pay
ment for what you owe him, he must
sign that check before he can draw
the money on It. At the end of every
month the bank returns these signed
checks to you, and you thus have re
ceipts for all the money you paid out
during the month.
For general accounts any good sized
Wank book will answer. There are a
number of specially made farmers' ac
count books, but a blank book which
you can rule to suit yourself will be
Just as good or better. The first page
should be devoted to an Inventory of
the stock, grain and machinery, to
gether with their value. Following
this should be a map of the farm.
Next to this should come the cash
account. A convenient and simple
way of arranging this Is as follows:
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$ is
d S g
W U, g j O h
a -5 ft g
u w :
2 o
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s a a a
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In order to know what crops are
bringing In a profit and what ones, t
any, are unprofitable It is necessary
to keep some sort of an account of
them. This account must be simple
and easily kept, for If It takes too much
time It la sure to be neglected. The
followlug page headings show a con
venient method of keeping account of
the field crops:
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Thla girt an estimate that la accu
mte enough to give a very good Idea
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n
Agriculture
of what It costs to produce oach par
ticular crop. In figuring the cost of
labor enough should be added to pay
for the use of the machinery. The
cost of seed will Include cleaning, test
ing and other preparation. Terhaps
the best way to figure the value of the
manure applied Is to Include It In the
rent ot,.the lnnd. Thus the corn crop,
which receive the first benefit from
the manure, can be charged a higher
rent on this account. The amount
charged to. the oat crop will be less,
while the clover crop, -"rlilc-h really
adds to the fertility of the land, will
pay the lowest rent of nil. Where th
grain Is fed on the farm there will of
course be no charge for marketing.
The cost of clover seed, which Is sown
with the oats, should be charged to
the next year's clover crop.
Following the expense account
should come a profit and loss page:
a k 9 :
O oo to tO
II,
A glance at this page will show
which crops are the most profitable
ones. In case a certain crop does not
show the profit that it should on
other crop should be substituted for It
or different methods of culture
adopted.
Similar pages should be arranged
. for the different classes of live stock.
The following will serve as a sample:
' Once a year these two pages can be
balanced, and you ran see Just where
you stand In tho hog business. In
addition to the expense and Income
pages for the different classes of
stock there should be pages for keep
ing track of "changing works" at
thrashing time, for breeding records,
for butter and cream, for poultry and
for any other special line lu which
you are Interested. Lining up and
arranging the pages will make a
good raluy day's Job for some of the
children, and after that the time re
quired to keep the accounts lu shape
will be too small to be noticed.
Business methods In marketing are
also necessary If the best results are
to be obtained. A daily market pajier
b Indispensable In keeping posted on
the, stock and grain markets and will
pay for Itself several times over In the
course of a year. A telephone Is also
valuable for obtaining up to the min
ute market reports on special occa
sions. In keeplug In touch with the
local butter, egg and poultry markets
the telephone la especially valuable. It
la also a time saver In mauy other
ways, so much so that the up to date
business farmer cannot afford to be
without one.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department of the Interior.
United States Land Office at La
Grande, Oregon, May 3, 1909.
Notice Is hereby given that Sam
uel A. Gotter, of . Enterprise, Ore
gon, who, on October 19, 1907, made
Homestead Entry, No, 15631-Serlal,
No. 05150, for Wtt NE, andW
Section 22, Township 1 South,
Range 44 East, Willamette Meridian,
has filed notice of intention to make
Final commutation Proof, to estab
lish claim to the land above describ
ed, before D. W. Sheahan, U. S. Com
missioner, at Enterprise, Oregon, on
the 21st. day of June, 1909;
Claimant names as witnesses:
Curtis J. Sanford, John E. Oster
houdt, John Romlne, Charles Thom
as, all of Enterprise, Oregon.
3r5 F. C. Bramwell, Register.
Foley's Honey and Tar is espec
ially recommended for chronic throat
and lung troubles and many suffer
ers from bronchitis, asthma and con
sumption have found . comfort and
relief, by using Fo'.ey's Honey and
Tar. Burnauga & Mayfleid. ,
W. B. APPLEGATE.
Notary Publii ,
Collections made. Real Estate
bought and sold and all business
matters, attended to. Call on or
write me.
PARADISE, OREGON.
ALL THE
DAILY PAPERS,
MAGAZINES
AND THE
National Weeklies
at -.
Coleman Brothers
The ; Best Cigars, Confec
. tionery and Fruit.
Stationery Supplies of all
kinds.
First door east of Postoffice.
HBMiaBiii3iiuiniiiiiiiiiiniiiiimiiiimiiini
LSfl
Dealer in .1
Harness, Saddles, Chapps, Spars, and Leather
Goods of all descriptions.
I will fit you out -with the best goods for the least
money. When in need of anything in my line, call and
inspet myjitock before purchasing. '. . ' .
ENTERPRISE, - . . OREGON
XEXaZX&hEEXSIESIIIEMIM
If a Telephone is a good thing for
over ONE THOUSAND others
WHY NOT YOU ?
Now is the time to get your
name in our New Directory soon
to be issued.
Home Independent Telephone Co.
Summer Rates East
During the Season 19 0 9
via the
Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co-1
OREGON SHORT LINE AND
UNION PACIFC RAILROAD
" . . . - . ' : : k-.. .
Tortland, Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma, Walla Walla
and all points on The O. R. & N. line
To OMAHA and Return - - $60.00
To KANSAS City and Return $60.00
To ST. LOUIS and Return - $67.50
To CHICAGO and Return - $72.50
and to other principal cities In the East, Middle Wast and South.
Correspondingly low fares. ' 1 ' '
On Sale June 2, 3; July 2, 3; August 11, 12
To DENVER and Return . $55.00
On Sale May 17, July t, August 11 -
Going transit limit 10 days from date of aale, final return
limit October 31st. .
Thee tickets present some very attractive features in tha
way of stopover privileges, aid choice of routes; thereby enabl
ing passengers to make side trips to many Interesting polnU
eu route.
Rooting on the return trip through California may be had at
a alight advance over the rates quoted. ' t.
Full particulars, sleeping car reservations and tioiots win be
furnished by any O, R. 1 & ' N. local agent, or
WM. Mc MURRAY, General Passenger Agent, Portland, Oregon.
J. C HARMAN, Agent, Enterprise, Oregon,
LODGE DIRECTORY
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KMERAL.D REBEKAH LODGE, No. lit
K.ofP.
ENTERPRISB LODGE,
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84.
JU ANITA TEMPLE, No, 1, PythlM
Sisters.
inn ii in enterprise chaptek.
IVlnOUtllUNo. 30, Royal Arch Maaoni,
meets first and third Tuesday of each
month - in Masonic HalL ' All visiting
Royal Arch Maaons welcomed.
J. B. OLMSTED, High Priest.
D. W. SHEAHAN, Secretory.
WALLOWA LODGE, No. it. A. F.
A. M., meets second and fourth Satur
days of each month In Maaonlo HalL
Visiting Masons welcomed
J. A. BURLBIOH, W. If.
W C. BOATMAN, Secretary.
WALLOWA VALLEY CHAPTER, No
SO, O. E. S. meets first and third Sat
urdays of each month. In Masonlo Half
Visiting Stars are always welcomed.
MRS. ELVA L. FRENCH. W. M.
MRS. MARY E. STEEL, Sec.
Mill a EAGLE CAMP, No. 10407, M
. Yl.ft.W. A Meets first and third
Thursdays In each month, In new Fra
ternal halL Visiting Neighbor always
welcome.
J. W. RODGERS Consul.
T. M. DILL, Clerk.
ANEROID CAMP, No. S542, R N. of A.
Wfl UI ENTERPRISE CAMP, No.
.U.ll. 585,: W. Of W. . .
ALMOTA CIRCLE. No. 278. W. of W.
S. K.Clark
Plumber & Steam Fitter
Full line of plumbing
material. ' '
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Shop at Keltner's Hardware Store
Leave Orders.
WESLEY DUNCAN,
Stock Inppector for Wallowa
County.
JOSEPH, OREQON
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