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ELEVENTH YEAR NO. 33.
ENTERPRISE, WALLOVA COUNTY,, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 21. 1909.
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER
EWS
RECORD
MONEY TO LOAN
Slate Funds loaned, 6 per cent. John
P. Rusk. Atty. StateLand E'd. Joseph
FOR SALE.
Nearly new eight room house and
half block of land In m03t desirable
part of town. Easy terms on part
if desired and will take team and
wagon In trade. Enquire at this of
fice. - 28r8
LOSTINE NEWS.
W. E. Smith, who was engaged as
principal of the school here, has re
Bigned. . His successor has not yet
been chosen. School will begin about
the middle of September.
Joln Woods is building a dwelling
in the south part of town.
Mr. and Mrs. Jackson Poe and
('uughters have returned after a
tevcial months' tour in California
and New Mexico. They will buy
property and reside here.
The new warehouse at the dedot
will be comp:e ei In time to handle
thivj ytar'a grain crop Reporter.
Settle Up.
All persons Indebted to the late
firm of Price & Horoan will please
call and settle at once as the books
must be closed. Unsettled accounts
will be given to a lawyer for collec
tion after September 1. - Books now
with Del Homan at Combes meat
market. :. , i
31a3 PRICE- & HOMAN
CALL FOR BIDS.
The Board of Trustees of the M. E.
church of Enterprise will receive
sealed bids on ani before the 21st.
day of August. 1909, for the building
known as the M. E, parsonage Said
building to be removed by Sept. 1
from Its present location to adjoining
ground and there left for occupancy
by the pastor of the church until the
new parsonage is completed.
Board of Trustees M, E. church,
31a3 C. H. ZURCHER, Chairman.
Whirlwind Tablets cure rheumatism
Jn this climate. They have relieved
hundred and cured scores of cases
-la Union and Wallowa counties,
positive proof, names, etc., furnished
on application. For sale by Jackson-
Weaver, Enterprise. . 2Qbtf
Bunches- of Barg'airas
Shirt waists at about half price.
Very pretty waists at from 50c up,
Lawns, Dimities, Batistes, etc., at 5c,
. 10c, 15c, 20c and 25c '
Misses Lace Hose in black, red, tan
and white, the 35c kind at 15c
a pair.
Little boys' wash suits at 40c and
75c a suit.
Reduced prices on children's ready-to-wear
dresses.
A few pieces of Victor Taffetas, re
duced from G5 cents to 35 cents
to close out.
Ladies' Oxfords $3.75 quality for
$2.90.
Any Straw Hat in the House for 25 cents
We have been cleaning up our broken stoctts in SHOES
and have three lots of Especially Good Values at
$1.50, $2.50 and $3 for Your Choice
A lot of Men's Golf Shirts for 50 cents each.
w. j. funk a CO.
EXTERHIOI OF
GROUND
SQUIHHELS
EXPERIMENTS BY AGRICULTUR
AL DEPARTMENT POISONED
GREEN BARLEY BEST.
Washington, Aug. 18. interesting
results have Just bean announced by
ui . service a3 a result of the
camrjalen conducted In Southern
Lfc. ...... by Stanley E. Piper. Expe.C
of.- J'ugicai Survey of the Da-.-uoiit
of Agjiwulture, to extermi
nate ground squirrels and gophers.
Extensive experiments were tried
to determine the be3t means of kill
ing off these destructive little anlma's
and It was found that most effective
results were obtained by using poison
ed green or ripening barley heads.
The squirrels are exceedingly fond of
this green herbage, and eagerly ate
the poisoned food placed along their
runways. Tests were also made with
oats, wheat, barley, raisins, prunes,
dried apple? and cracked corn, but
these did not prove so successful.
While grean barley proved most
successful for poisoning ground squir
rels, yet the difficulty of procuring a
sufficient supply in' all localities led
to dried barley grain being tried.
'The grain was trea'.ed with strlchnjne
sulphate, saccharide and eggs, -and
although this combination proved
very destructive to 'the squirrels, it
had practically no effect upon doves
and quail Jn fact, a deliberate
attempt was made to poison these
birds at their watering places, but
no bad effect resulted. The poison
ed grain was also used in fields graz
ed over by sheep and produced no ill
effect w&atever.
The experiments also proved tha.t
gophers were partial to ralilns and
dried apples, and these were, success
fully used in the poison experiment.
It was found that by sprinkling the
apples or raisins with the strychnine
solution, as. effective results were
produced as ceuld be obtained by
Inserting the poisoa Into the fruit, .
The experiments (or extermination
of squirrels also resulted in the death
; of a considerable number of rabbits,
land hi other experiments It was found
j that poisoned oats proved very effect-
We are making some
BIG REDUCTIONS in
ymirnieir
Come and See them.
ive in killing both jacks and cotton
tails. Gresn. aliaKa was used with
good results for the same purpose.
HOOK & LADDER TRUCK.
The hook and ladder truck ordered
a few weeks ago by the council from
mi Elmira, N. Y.. factory, arrived
Wednesday and is temporarily housed
in Shackelford's livery barn. It is n
neat appearing, light running truck
and is equipped with the latest
trussed ladders. The cost was $ti"5
fob Enterprise.
The council ordered at the same
time 300 feet of hose at a cost of
90 cents a foot.
Farnsworth Farm :,
Sold To Yarner
Fine Alder Slope Place of 320 Acres
Bought by Lostine
Dairyman.
The Joseph Fainsworth farm of
320 acre3, 4V6 mile3 south of Enter
prise on Alder Slope.has been so'd
by the O, R. & I, company to N. D.
Varner of Loitlne for $14,400.
The land is practically all farming
and fruit land and every acre is under
water. There are two dwellings and
two barns on tha place, and it is con
ceded to be a bargain at the price.
Mr. Varner is m experienced dairy
man and wi!l saed the place to clover
and alfalfa, turning the farm into a
dairy ranch. He expects to ' move
onto it about October 1.
The same firm has sold the S. F.
Pace pasture ranch of GOO acres on
Whiskey creek to L. W. Minor for
$4500,
SHEEP DEALS.
J. C. McFetiHge and son Fred
have bought 1200 ewes of W. II.
Gravel,
Earl Coffman of Swamp Creek has
bought a b&nd of ewe3 from J, H.
Dobbin.
GRAIN WANTED.
For Quotations on Wheat, Oats,
Rye, Barley, etc, send samples and
number of sacks to my office in
Joseph, Highest prices paid deliver
ed at Joseph, Enterprise, Lostine,
Wallowa or aiy side track in county,
F, DMcCULLY
Portland Office Octobe'r First. 33rl7
00
Ladies' Oxfords $3.00 quality for
$2.40.
Ladies' Oxfords, $2.75 quality for
$2.15.
Ladies Oxfords $2.50 quality for
$1.90.
Ladies' Oxfords $2.25 quality for
$1.75. :
Misses and Children's Oxfords will
be reduced:
$2.25 for $1.G5
$1.90 for $1.50.
$1.75 for $1.35.
$1.G5 for $1.25.
$1.50 for $1.15.
LITCH TO BUILD
MODERN OFFICES
WILL ADD SECOND STORY OVER
NEW BUILDING AND FUNK
CORNER.
Sam Litch has decided to build a
seciind story over both his new build
ing and the buiUing now occupied
"y W. J. Funk & Co. at the south
west corner of Main and River
streets. When completed the entire
building will present a very handsome
appearance and will be the largest
and finest business block in the city.
The second story will be fitted up.
with eleven modern office suites of
two roims each, ssven oa the Main
street front a id fo ir fa;lng on River
street. There will be large, well light
ed halls, every room opening onto a
hall. The southwest quarter will be
divided Into sleaplag apartments.
The stairway wl'l go up
n'om River street, where the office
of W. J. Funk & Co. is now.
The office will be modern in every
respect, with all conveniences of
water, closeLs, toilets, etc., and there !
is already a bi? demand for them, j
Among the t3ii.ints will be Doctors
llockett and Ar.d3r.son, Dr. Ketchama
dental parlors, The ' Wallowa L. L.
& A,. -Co., Attorneys J. A. Burleigh
ind T. M. Di 1.
The west stare room on the first
floor ha3 bean tinted by . thj dm1?
firm of Jaikso;u& Weaver.
Zaza Is Greatest
Of Modern Plays
Made Many A stresses Famous
'. Presented In Enterprise Next
Saturday Want.
Another h'gh cIasj production by
the Ethel Tucker Stock company
will -be the greit Belasco success.
'Zaza" at the opera house Saturday
night, August 21. "Zaza" is one of the
best of the great problem plays. Thu
plot Is so intensely interesting, and
the play so admirably written and
conutructed that the Interest, never
lags but Is sunt tin 3d till the fl-al
drop of the curtain ,
The part of Zaza has made many
great actresses famous ha3 in fact,
helped them to greatness. Mrs. Leslie
Carter and Florance Roberts gained
distinction in the role. To an actress
who has emotion, Imagination, "Zaza"
certainly glvea graat opportunities
for it runs through the whole gamut
of passions and emotions: The llg-i'
hearted chorus girl of the 1st not:
the revengeful passion-torn woman
:f the succeeding 3 acts. In th- .'Jrci
act there ia a few moments of ex
quisite pathos when Zaza meets her
lover's Utile son. This scene is
beautifully played ty VUIt Brandon,
Jr. At the end of UlU act, Zaza re
signs her love to lita young wife and
child. In the azt act Zaza has be
come a famous vaudeville artiste and
'Ives for her art alone. The ending
Is unique, art!s:ic In its simplicity.
Zaza says to Dufrasne "I leave your
wife her husband, your child his
father." "I have my career goodbye,"
and she goej to her carrlago as the
curtain falls.
The cast will be given several ad
ditlons for this play. Miss Nanne
Heaton will play a prominent charac
ter role Aunt Rom the part made
famouj by May Ro'jcon. Miss Tucker
Is delighted with .Visa Ueaton's work
at the rehearsals.
Full line of plumbing fixtures at
Keltncr'B. 32r2
TWO MORE STARS FOR OLD
GLORY.
Marcus A. Smith served Arizona
as delegate to Congress for eighteen
years, so that the territory was long
regarded as hopeles.-ily Democratic.
Last November, to the surprise of
everybody, Smith's normal plurality
of about 1500 was- wiped out, and the
Republican candidate, Ralph H. Cam
aron, was elected, with a plurality
of 700 simply because the peJpb
believed that the Republican party
had put the statehood plank in its
platform In good faith. New Mexico
had been counted safely Republican
for years, but last fall W. II. An
drews had the fight of his life to
secure reelection as territorial dele
gate. Since then, Colonel Max Frost,
known variously as the "Matt Quay
of Santa Fe," has been compelled by
ill health and failing intellect, to re
tire from active lire. Totally blind,
paralyzed to such an extent that he
could not walk a step, and otherwise
alflicted past ordinary powers of en
durance, he wa3 one of the most pic
turesque and remarkable personalities
in American po.il.ios, by virtue of his
minuet and of his absolute control
of the Mexican vote. No worthy sue
cessor to the fallen leader has ap
peared, and It is not likely that New
Mexico will soon again see his like.
John L. Cowan in The Pacific Month
ly for September.
New Settlers At
Chico From East
Six Families From Montana and
Wyoming One Hunting Party's
Big Kill.
Chico, Aug. 12. Chico's population
is gieatly eninrged by the arrival of
six families from Montana and
Wyoming.
People from all over the country
are coming to Cliesnlmnus camping
and looking for huckle berries.
Mrs. Marion Barnes of Omaha, Neb.,
is visibing her sister at Chico. She
came weit 0.1 account of ill health,
and will remain all winter.
Maggie Edgmnnd was a guest at
Lee Haskins' Sunday night.
Mrs. Anna Roup, of JossmY visited
her mother Friday and Saturday.
Airs. Johnson, of Wallowa. Is visit
ing her daughter, Mrs, Walter Fay. '
s. 1. Uppe-t and son are bulldlnc
fence at The Buttes.
Eddie Klrkland was seen In Chico.
Monday.
R. C, Edgniand. who has been at
tending the Teachers Normal at En
terprise, will return home Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Fav and Mrs
Johnson we:e calling on Mrs. Jane
Daugherty, Saturday evening,
Henri and Augustus Ibberson are
digging a well,
A large gilzzly bear, one deer,
three , six coins, a cougar and
three bob-cats were killed by a hunt
ing party down Joseph creek this
week,
John SImms too't dinner with J. R.
Edgmand Saturday.
Mrs. Kattle EJgmand spent Tues
day with Mrs. Daisy Greenwood.
Chiro, Aug. 15. G. W. Harris is
running the tinder at L. Wright's
this year. The grain is fine end they
will thresh It.
Bert Endlcott wai here yesterday
looking after his grain.
Tom Monroe went to his ranch to
put up his hay. Hk daughter Daisy
Is getting along nicely. Tom says
the hot spring is Just the stuff.
Walter Daugherty Is helping Endl
cott Brothers through haying.
CATTLE SHIPMENT.
Six car lnds of beef cattle were
shipped from Enterprise the first of
the week to Tortland, and one car
load of veals to Wallace. Ida., by
Chandler of Elgin. The stock wai
bought of Will Zurcher, M. E and
I. S. Hotchklss.
320 Acres lft
10 miles from town, 125 acres can
I be Irrigated, 75 acres in summer
1 fallow, large natural lake. 150
pgj JCre inches of water, 40 acres of timber.
Dwellings In Enterprise, $650 to $2600.
Lots in Enterprise, $75 to $250,
W. E. TAGGART The Pioneer Real Estate Mao.
ENTERPRISE, : : : OREGON
"Cartful Banking Insures Iht Safity of Deposits."
Depositors Have That Guarantee at
WALLOWA NATIONAL BANK
OF ENTERPRISE, OREGON
CAPITAL $50,000
SUKPLUa $50,000
Wc Do a General Banking Business.
Exchange Bought and Sold on
, All Principal Cities.
Geo. W. Hyatt. President
Geo, 8. Craig, Vice Presldeut
Gko ,8. Ckaki
J. H. Dobbin
M. F, CONFERENCE
AT JOSEPH IN 11
HONOR SECURED OVER THREE
OTHER TOWNS ASSIGNMENT
OF PASTORS.
The Idaho district conference of the
M. E. church for 1910 will be held at
Joseph. Three other towns, includ
ing La Grande, were active candidates
at the conference held at Blackfoot,
Ida., last week, for the honor of being
the meeting place next year, but
Joaaph won out principally through
the energetic work of Rev. A. L.
Howarth, and in recognition of his
work In starting the fine new $10,000
church building in the lake town.
There were two changei made In
pastors In this co inty, Thomas Johns
from Mackay, Ida., coming to Wal
lowa In place of Rev. Eird, and L.
H. Knox from Huntington succeed
ing Rev. Martin at Flora. Other ap
pointments of interest locally are as
follows:
Enterprise C. E. Trueblood,
Joseph A. L. Howarth.
Baker City C. E. Daal fn:a La
Grande.
Cove J. L. Ea'cer.
Elgin C, D. Fawcelt from North
Powder.
La Grande H. E. McCleod from
Meridian, Ida.
Promise F. G. Potter,.
Summervllle Henry Martin.
Union D. C. McColm.
R. D. Osterhout Is reappointed Sun
day school missionary.
Joseph Firm Change.
The F. C. & C, company at Ja3e:h.
has moved Into the former Conloy &
McCully store. Frank Stjve'-isoi
has sold his Interest In the ompany,
and Forsstrom and Miller are now
sole owners.
GIVE AWAY VALUA3LE
WATER FOR A SONG
A special meet'ng of council was
held Thursday to a llhorlze the pay
ment of the freight on the hook and
ladder truck, amounting to $142. The
price of the truck was $675 fob En
terprise, the freight to be deducted
from the cash payment.
The council a!33 authorized the
Mayor and Recorder to enter Into a
contract with Aklns and Craig
relative to the disposal of the sur.
plus water at the reservoir.
WALLOWA LOOKS BEST.
John Harris of Coffeyburg, Mo., Is
visiting his cousins, M. L. and W. W.
Harris, this week. Mr. Harris has
been making a tour of the Northwest,
having been through the reservation
country, at the Seattle fair and at
Portland, and he says that although
you can't always Judge by appearance
this valley looka belter to him than
anything he has seen on his trip.
M.L. Harris and ho i Joe visited their
relatives In Mi.ssiurl two years ago
and this Is the first one of them to
return the visit.
W. R. Holmes, Cannier
Frank A. Ueavls, Awt, Cashier
ihrkctoks
Gko. W. Hyatt Mattie A. Holmes
W. R. Holm 8
of the Southweat," the "Blind Boss of j
.-ew .noxico, anu me ujma mr