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About The news=record. (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1907-1910 | View Entire Issue (July 7, 1909)
Men of Character Will Find It Profitable Clcrfhes sent to La Grande A. B. C. laundry every Tuesday. Bundles must be In Ca'.vln's barber shop Monday i night. 20b4 to represent Oregonlife 1 he Policyholders Company The glorious fourth. Many Enterprise people celebrated at the head of the lake, where a crowd not nearly so large as last year, en Joyed a day or two days outing. Some exercises were held, but the itnaln attraction was the lake and its (beautiful surroundings. A number of family and .'party picnics were held up and down the river, and one composed of Alder and Enterprise people In Hurricane Canyon. OUT OF FIVE ON TRIP 'P5 Only energetic men of strict reliability can retain a contract in this Company for any length of M.Z TT'U. I S fnii trai ntforfinn f I'll I III I1C a 13 BALL TEAM WON THREE public and for the protection of our representatives. The contracts of many of our agents date from the organization of the Company. HOME OFFICE - A. U MIX.LS, Pre. COEBETT BUILDING, PORTLAND OREGON. L. SAMfKI,. (Sen. Msr. CLARENCE S. 8AMUEL, Ant. Mgr. City and County Brief News Items Mr. and Mrs. Martin Larsen wen! to La Grande, Saturday. Ed Rumble went to La Grands Saturday to stay over the fourth. Daniel Boyd was out in the Grande iRonde last week on a business trip. Hon. J. P. Rus t of Joseph deliver ed the Fourth of July address at the celebration in Union Saturday. If your sewing machine needs re pairing, call at the Second Hand Store We guarantee to make them run. The Misses Laura and Jennie Her land, who spent the winter at Spo kane, are home. Joe. Allen of Trout Creek was out to La Grande last we?k and bought another 40 acre tract of hill 4and at .public sale. S. R. Haworth went to La Grand 5, 'Saturday for a few day3. Mrs.' jlaworth is redding tsmporarily In (Portland. Did you get one of tho3e fins graduated medicine glasses that Jack eon & Weaver are giving free to ever; one that has a prescription - filled at their store? Sit Up And Take Notice Every department of our store has been replenished with new and up-to-date goods and our , ck Is now complete in al most every department. . We pay spot cash for our goods, and therefore get the benefit of all cash discounts and we give our customers the benefit of our cheap buys. Our New Goods Just received direct from Chi cago in the dry goods depart ment consists in part of tne following: PERCALES, DIMITIES, . . BATISTES, QALATINS, SWISS, SUMMER NOVELTIES In drsst goods of the newest and most exclusive patterns, LADIES' MUSLIN UNDER WEAR, LAWN, NET AND SILK WAISTS FOR LADIES, RUCI1ING, l LADIES' COLLARS AND COL i LARETTES, , LACES, V EMDROIDERY, i RinriONS, NOTIONS, Etc, etc. Clothing We have In transit a large In voice of Men's Clothing which wll arrive In about 10 days. We also take orders for the "OLD RELIABLE ROYAL TAILORS. Hats Our spring shipment of Hats Is already here, both men's and boys'. We carry the HARDE MAN HAT, superior ill style to any other hat In the mark et, and only equalled In dur ability and holding Its shape by the celebrated Stetson. Shoes We have Just received a large assortment of men's, boys' In dies' and Mioses' Oxford Shoes in black, tan, chocolate and ox-blood (lace or buckle.) Our Grocery and Hardware de partments are a'ao complete. Drcp In, look at our goods, and compare prices. Respectfully, R. S. & Z. CO. ENTH.HPRISB. Ed Rodgers went out to La Grande, Saturday, to cele'jra'e. . Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Page of Fruita were in town lart week. One-Minute Washers the Only Best Washer. For sale by Ashley. Thos. Rich of Joseph was in the city, Monday, on a business trip. Forest Ivanhoe has been appointed deputy county clerk of Union county. Dr. C. T. Hockett made a profes sional trip to Wallowa Wednesday of last week. Elgin Flour at W. J. Fu-k & Co's. Patent $1.50 a sack, straight grade, 1.40 a sack. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. McCubbln and family went to I oJtlne, Saturday, to visit relaives a few days. Ml.-ts Merle Mo s went to La Grande Saturday where she will Join her moUier In her visit there. Fresh Fish every Friday and Sat urday at Cray & Wlllett's City Mar ket. Miss Lenna Marvin of Wallowa visited relatives in thi3 city last week. H. D. Haisten of La Grande hai bought out the business and stock of C. E. Hood at Wallowa. Our Store wlM be closed soon.thase wishing bargains In Millinery come quickly. Helena D. Zurcher. Ice Cream packers! Parties having our Ice cream packers will please re I turn Bame as soon as possible. 20wl John Caviness of La Grande wa.s greeting old friends and attending; I to business affairs In the valley las; week. Charles Flathers went out to La Grande Saturday and may go on to visit his people up in Washington before returning. Take your next prescription to Jackson & Weaver and get one of tlholr fine lead blown graduated medl Iclns glasses FREE. I W. E. Taggart was at Flora the latter part of last week on Insurance business, and re.iorts fine prospecta for crops In all the North Country A large bunch of rye, 7V4 feet long, In I ho office of the O. R. & I. con): pany is evidence of the big grain that will be raised In the hills this season. Mr. and Mrs. n. P. Boyd have moved Into their new home on River street, the former Wheat cottage. ' Frank Hamblen and family have moved to the Boyd property that he recently purchased. Jackson & Weaver are excluslvo agents for Dr. Hess famous. Stock Foods and Remedies. Dr. Hess i one of the mon noted Veterlnarlei of the United States. Come In and get o:ie of his S'ock Dooks Free. Mr. and Mrs. Oren Wagner ani baby we'll t to Ijv Grande Saturday for a visit with her people. Mlsa Minnie Liulil, sister of Mrs. Wagner, who had been staying here for some time, returned home the same day. Mr. and Mrs. J. L, Browning lsft (Monday for Seattle to visit the fair and attend the National Epworth liaxo convention, to which Mr. (Browning and, Supt. J. D. Glllllan ,are the delegates from the La Grande district. Henry Amey of Ft. Cobb, Okl., brother of Clark Amey, and Mlsi GuhhIo Amey of Monmouth, 111, niece of Clark, are visiting Clark Amey and family. Henry Amey Is the postmast- sr at Ft. Cobb. Miss Amey spent a summer here some years ago, Mrs. J. F. McLean, wife of a promi nent Walla Walla business man, came over with Mrs, Gardner. Mrs. McLean hnd heard so much of the beautiful Wallowa that she came Just for the outing, and says her ex pectations are more than realized. Mrs. J. P. Gardner of Walla Walla Is visiting her many old friends In this city and .vicinity. Mrs. Gardner and her husband the late Judge Gard ner, were among the earliest settlers of this valley and he was one of the owners of the town site of Enterprise. Part of the ball team are home (telling the story of the week's play ing in Union county. . The club won three out of five games played In five days, a splenjil record consider ing the team hal but one substitute pitcher. As s a.ed the club won two games at Cove and the boys, were royaliy treated, and they will never fjrget the fine hospitality of all the Cove people, ani especially those Cove strawberries, 48 quarts of which were brought to the hotel bo that the boys would surely have plenty. The first game at Union was lost by a combination of errors and hard luck. Friday the boys won from Union by a score of 8 to 6. Enterprise scored seven runs in the first Inning. Conaway pitched the first three In nings and then gave way to Bilyeu. The club lost to Elgin Saturday by he score of 6 tol. Oburn pitched fine ball, while Ellyeu did well con sidering his sore arm. One of En terprise's famous ninth. Jnnlng rallies nearly scared the game from Elgin. SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNIC AND BASEBALL AT FLORA The people of the Flora and Lost Prairie country held a Sunday schoDl picnic In the beautiful grove near Flora Saturday. It was very success ful In both enjoyment and attendance. A baseball game was played be tween Flora and Lost Prairie nines that resulted 28 to 13 In favor of Flora. W. J3. Taggart of Enterprise umpired. Following were the play ers: Lost Prairie Williams, . Mar tin, Redman, Renfrow, Nlcco30n, Kuhn, Botts, Fordlce, Cole; Flora R. Eddie mon, A. Gandy, L. uandy, wrigm. Gowey, E. Eddlemon, King, Duley, Robinson, Curry. WEDDING BELL8. Makin-Gossett. Miss Julia Gosiett of northeast of town and Mr. William Makln of near Cove were man led Saturday even Ing at 8:15 o'clock at the home of and by Rev. W. P. Samms. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Richards, the latter a sister of the bride, were the attend ants. The young couple left at once for the lake to spend a few days and will visit in this vicinity for a week or ten days and then will go to Union county to reside on his farm. Mr. Makln Is a grandson of Wm. Makln, Sr., of this city. Waelty-Goebel. Miss Christina L. Goebel and Mr. Murland E. Waelty were married in Hotel Enterprise parlor, Monday morn lng, Justice A. C. Smith officiating. Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Waelty were the wltnessee. All the, parties reside In or near Wallowa. Mrs. DeBord's Experience. Union, Ore., Jan. 22, 1909. Whirlwind Remedy Co., Elgin, On Dear Sirs: Four months a to 1 had to walk on crutches. I had scarcely any use of my limbs at all; My limbs were swollen badly: I com' menced taking your Whirlwind Tab lets; In a very short time .the swell lng had entirely let my limbs and I am now Just as we'l as I ever was. I can do all my own house work, The above is my experience with your Whirlwind Remely, and I am pleas ed to recommend It to others. Yours truly, Mrs. Miranda DeBord Union, Ore. For sale by Jackson A Weaver Druggists. New Millinery ARRIVING Now is the time To Get Your : : HATS for the 4th SFW1NH ALL W0RK JlrfVYlllV GUARANTEED GRACE WOOD Next door to Laraen'a Jewelry Store, Enterprise, Oregon IS . isW A Portion of Our Sales for June, 1 909, were as follows: M. Harris to Wm. McFetridge, eighty acres, highly improved, irrigated land on Alder Slope - - $6,000.00 W. A. Fay to A. R. Stein, 495 acres of wheat land, $16.25 per acre - 8,043.75. B. B. Boyd to Frank Hamblen, improv ed half block, Enterprise - 2,500.00 I. C. Smith to Wm. Jones, residence property in Enterprise - - 850,00 O. H. Brady to Charles Horner, Enter prise property - - - - 335.00 Total $17,728.75 We now offer a 760 acre stock ranch, at $15 per iacre. All under fence and cross-fenced. Good buildings. Two hundred and fifty acres broke out that will raise the best of grain and timothy Just enough timber. Never failing water. Abundance of free range near by. This place is in good shape to go to making money on. WE KEEP POSTED ON THE SNAPSAND GOOD BARGAINS IN WALLOWA COUNTY ENTERPRISE REAL ESTATE COMPANY ENTERPRISE, OREGON Office Over Harness Shop '4? 4r "4? m4T 'r GENUINE MINING BOOM 8TRIKE3 HOT AT L03TINE It h seated on good authority that the Contact Mining company has let a contract for a $5000 tunnel on their claims on the South Fork above ILoatlne, and 100 men will be brought In to work wllhin 60 days. The coniDanv has $30,000 of Spokane capital to develop the mines, and a road will be built to the claims, i nis All means a real boom for our sister town of Lostlne. YOUTH 13 KILLED BY LIGHTNING BOLT (Continued from First page.) electilc spark then passing down the front, of the body to the ground. The family were almost prostrated over the sudden and terrible acci dent. Mr. Downing has bean 111 and for a while It was thought the shock of his son's death would have a fatal effect on hlro. Dr. C. T. Hockett of this city went out and attended him 'Monday and he is recovering. The sympathy of the entire community Is extended the bereaved family. mer and early autumn harvest weather. j The cause of the. difference from other counties in this region Is that the county Is surrounded on all sides by mountain range3, the - Wallowa j and Blue Mountains shielding, us on I the south and so Uh west from the hot winds that sweep over central and eastern Oregon and . southern Idaho. These same mountains, with the highest peaks In the state, break the heavy rainclojds causing more precipitation la this county than anywhere else ' around, by several inches. The Blue mountains also guard against the cold west and northwest winds. The high hills of Asotin keep the northern passes, while the famous and altltudlous Seven Devils range over the Snake river complete the circle of topo graphical isolation. The deep canyons, the magnificent forests, the rolling hills and broad valleys are otiier topographical fea tures that complete the change, giving a sub-tropical c'.lmate in the canyons and a pleasant, four-season temperate climate on the 'upland and In the main valley. WALLOWA COUNTY CLIMATE IS IDZAL (ContiDr-ad from front page.) confounded with - the so-called seuii arid regions. There is no desart land here, no sandy, sage brush plains. Everywhere grows the na tive grasses, covering the hills and valleys with a dee? carpet of green that browns only with the late sum- Ice Cream Ice Cream Soda ALL FLAVORS Sundaes, Root Beer, Re freshing DrinKs When extra CANDY good NORTH END NOTE3. Peter Fordney, ex-representative, has bought out the business of Nova Straley at Paradhe and will also conduct the postoffice. Dr. GUmore s neat two story busi ness room on the main street of Flora Is completed. One room is oc cupied by a drug store and the other by a millinery business. City Meat Market CRAY A WILLETT, Proprietors. is wanted come to PRENTISS HOMAN'S Next Door to Bank Enterprise, - - Oregon Fresh and Salt Meats HIGHEST MARKET PRICE FOR HIDES AND PELTS. River St, 1 block south of Funk's tore, Enterprise Oregon.
