Every Clerk
Every Mechanic
Every Farmer
Every Stockraiser
Every Merchant
Every Banker
Every Professional Man
is directly interested in
theprosperityof Oregon.
None flourish unless
money is in good supply.
Life insurance premiums
drain Oregon of vast
um3 every year.
Stop This Drain
Place your life insurance
with
QregonBft
The Policyholders Company
This is the only "Purely
Oregon" Company.
Makes all of its invest
ments here, and is an im
portant factor in the up
building of a Greater
Oregon.
Rates are no higher.
Write for further partic
ulars giving your occu
pation and date of birth.
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1IOMI5 OIFHU. I'OHTI.AM), OR.
A. L MILLS. I'rea. L. SAMUEL, O.n. Mr
CLAUENCK 8. SAMUEL. Aul. Mgr.
Vty and County
Brief News I term
Mr. ami Mrs. A. M. Wagner return
ed Friday from the Saitltle fair.
Mr3 II. C. Sim "son of Omaha 13 n
Kueat for a few we'ks of her friend
N!r3. August Price.
Mrs. K. A. S;lU'.r we it to Wallowa
Tuesday to vlilt her n'.eee, Miss Vesta
Jackson.
R. S. & Z. Co.
ENTERPRISE
A Large Stock of
Dry Goods
AND
Clothing
For
Fall and
Winter wear
JUST ARK IV ill)
AT THE
R. S. & Z. CO'S
STORE
WATCH THIS SPACE
For Further
Announcement
R. S.&Z. CO.
ENTKKPRISE,
John V.'ortmr.n, Jr.. le."t Tuesday
on a trip to various outride point.!.
Fred Holmes of La Grande wis
lere Moifday on a business trip.
The Misses Nellie and Vera Stub-
jlefleld left Monday on a trip to the
Seattle fair.
Mrs. A. C. Wilbtt and baby want
lown to Lostine, TueiJay. tJ re.nah.
.'or a week.
Klgin Flour at W. J. Fu..k & Co b
latent $1.00 a sack, straight grade,
jl.40 a sack.
. Mr. and Mrs. A. (.. Miller want out
to La Grande, Monday, to haar the
Mormon choir.
Mrs. J. II. Parrott and chlldre .
went to Pullman, wa.11., iumw;,
.0 visit her pp.ople.
Mrs. Jeisie and Jilu Minnie Gild
Jen returned Ttieiday from a few
lays outing at the lake.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Williams went u
o theTransvaul mi le this week win.
.joih will be engaged In work.
Miss Cecile t'huuve: l;rt Morula
for Tacoma to visit relatives and wli
ilso view the Soa't'.e fair before ri
urning.
The Woman's I'ni in Miisloimr
toflety will mee'. at thj lisme of Mr.
Jcorge Law Tmsday, A .is. 31, a
2::S0 p. in.
-Mrs. Lafe Hammavk and Mrs. A
J. Poe or Losllne were here ove
Monday night, . shopping and calllnt
on friends.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Coach and Edwan
Holmes of Wallowa came up th
valley Tuesday in K. A. Holme
3-tudebaker autoinobil-j.
Miss Lida Flowers went to L:
Jrantlo last wce't to remain sora
lime. Slie will be employed in 1
dressmaking e uab'.lshm en t.
Many Vaughan of Imnaha was I
own Saturday, accompanied hy nl:
fiesta, J. G. Vaighm of Lansing
Mich., and daughters, Mrs. Realty,
ind -Miss Vaughan.
Mis. Ala Walae Unruh, Nation;
rganl.er and lecturer of th
.Voman's Christian Temperance Unio:
jvill bo in Enterprise Sept. 5 and C
She will speak in the presbyterlai
:hunh Sunday evening Septembe
and hold a convention of the W. C.
r. U. Monday evening and TueUa;
Lfternoon.
Will Church and Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Oarr of La Grande were here Tuet
lay in Church's while Ford. They
lad bean out to Flora, Paradise ant
Sled Springs, coming in by the An
Mat road, which they Bald was fine
'or automoblllng. From here tfhej
went up to the lake.
Water was turned Into the reser
voir on the hill Monday night and
-hen drained out to.clear It. The
Jiw! rlbutive system was flushed Sat
unlay, and the builders are going
jver their work carefully making
ready for U13 tests before turning
iver to the city. No connections will
be made until the system Is accepted
by the city.
Airs. H. F. RoUiwell and daughter
Miss Mav of Lincoln. Nebr., arrived
Friday to visit Mrs. Hothwell'8 daugh
ter, Mrs. George Law. Miss May
will remain, she being one of the
teachers engaged for the coming year
In the public schools. iMrs. Ilotli
well will stayaho.it 10 days. They
had been in Caifo.nla for the past
two months.
Rev. W, S. Crockett and family
will move Thursday tJ Lostlne where
they will occupy the H. F. Poley rest
donee. Mr. Crockett Is pastor of the
Christian churches here, at Lostine
and Wallowa, and lostlne being the
central point it will be more con
vonlent for him in keeping his ap
pointments lie will conduct regular
services in the Enterprise church
this. Wednesday, evening and next
Sunday morning.
Mrs. C. W. Amey and daughter
Gladys, Miss Gussie Amey of Alon
tnauth, 111., and Gene Boner of Ver
non, Ind., left Monday for the Seattle
fair. Miss Gussie Amey had been
visiting here for a couple of months
Mr. Boner Is a cousin of George
Boner, and had been here and at
Joteph for soveral weeks. He like;
this country so well that he will
probably return and locate.
Mrs. C. .Myer and dauchter. Miss
Lucy Myer, of Sa.igertles, N. Y., aftoi
an enjoyable visit of two weeks with
Mrs. Myer's slste;, Mrs. Angeline
Hanson, and family, left Tuesday for
Seattls. They came to the coast by way
of the Southern Pacific up through
California, and aftir viewing the
! fair will return by way of the Cana
j dlnn Pacific, Mrs. Hanson accom
runted them as far as Hood River
' where she will visit her daughters
for a fortnight. ThU waa the first
: meeting of Mrs. Myer end Mrs. Han
sun iu 40 years, or since the latter
; loft the old home at Sangertles, Th
Joy of the meeting of the two sis.
tors after their Ions separation can
he better imagined than described
'. Saugortlea Is a beautflui town situ
ated on the Hud am rlvor at the foot
.of the famous Cntsklll mountains
,and Mrs. Myer says Enterprise In Its
; beauty of location h very much Hie
1 Sauger'les.
Cily
Meat Market
CRAY & HOTCHKISS.
Proprietors.
Fresh and Salt Meats
HIGHEST MARKET PRICE FOR
HIDES AND PELTS.
liver St., 1 block south of Funk's
tore, Enterprise Oregon.
Enterprise Opera House
One Night Only
Saturday Night
AUGUST 28
The Ethel Tucker
Stock Company
In the laughing success
of the season
'A Runaway Match'5
No Funnier Play
None better played
?opular Prices, 25, 35, 50 ctf
considerably increased. The , rapid
development of the National Forest
is making continually increasing de
mands upon those eng.tged In their
management, and men with ability to
assume responsibility and serve i:i
supervisory capacities are in demand.
These more responsible positions on
National Forests are filled by promo
tion from lower grades, sj that any
one entering as a ranger Is eligible
for promo' ton to any of the more
responsible and higher paid places,
Including that of Forest Supervisor.
Only those 'men who are at least
21 years of a?e, not more than 11.
of good character, temperate, and in
good physical condition, are eligible
to take this examination. The salaiy
paid to beginnets Is $900 a year.
Applicants can senure information
concerning the examination from the
District Forester at Po:tland, Oregon.
Forest Supervisors, or the United
States Civil Service Commission.
Washington, D. C.
Agricultural Sharps Hold Convention
At Portland.
Seats Selling at Burnaugh
a Mayfield's
Alfalfa seed for sale at R. S. & Z
.Miss Jessie Robertson returned
unday from Nam-pa, Ida., where she
pent her vacation visiting her sister,
Irs. Stone. Her mother from Des
lolnes, la., accompanied her here an;.
,vill visit for awhile.
La Grande Star: Word has been
ecelved from Mrs. F. S. ivanhoe
hat she will return to La Grande
lext Thursday. She is resting and
Isttlng at Gibbon before going to En
erprlse to begin her work in the
llgh school.
GRAIN WANTED.
For Quotations 011 Wheat, Oats,
tye, Barley, etc., send samples and
lumber of sacks to my office In
oseph. Highest prices paid deliver
d at-Joseph, Enterprise, Lostlne,
Vallowa or a.iy Bide track In county.
F. D. McCULLY
ortland Office October First. 33rlt
Portland, Aug: 23. Agricultural ex
perts of the country, who have bsen j
in session in Portland during tha j
past week, closed fieir mo.it succy3-i-j
ful annual gathering Saturday with j
an attendance even larger than that j
at a recent convent! an in Washing-!
ton, D. C. The sssslin was oie -hit
means much 10 fie racinc inihui-
west for It was attandel by men who
are keen students of agricultural pos-
ibilities, and what they saw here im
pressed them. They wsre a?fi"dail
111 opportunity to Inspect the various
arming dis'rie'-s of the state by
neans of special trains run By me
Portland Commenial club to Willam
ette Valley points and Hood River.
O.i these trips they wsre guesLa of
the Commercial club and were escort.
d by a s.ie3ial co.nmivtes of pronii-
lent Oregon people who gave all the
nformatlon denized 01 tha dlf'erant
listricts Inspected. The result of th
oavention will be far reaching, if is
lelieved, by U10J3 who ara familiar
vith the work oi fie organization's.
resident Kerr, of the Oregon Agri
cultural college, was chosen tha heart
t the association of American Agrl-
ultural Colleges and Experiment Sta-
lions for coming year. President Ken
secured the conveiitloi for Portl?i!i
while in attendance at last year's
ession.
President TaK wi'l be male tin
enter of a big de noti3tration wUj.i
he cornea to Portland October 2. There
will be no private e itertaining for the
big President, but he will be on view
by-the public throughout hi3 visit
rhere will be a big parada In the
President's honor, in which he wi l
ride, and where he may be s.33n by
he thousands who will want to have
a look at the nafion's executive. Presi-
lent Taft will be asked to make an
iddress at the Armory in the after
loon and attend -a banquet at the
peciai Bargains
In order to clean up our summer
stock, we are offering at '
Greatly Reduced Prices
Men's Oxfords and Men's Summer
Underwear
Straw Hats at your own price
Youths' Bib Overalls at 45c
Youths' waist overalls at 40c
Boys' and Youths' Suits AT COST
Come in and buy before these
bargains are gone.
Respectfully,
C. H. ZURCHER
CATTLE FOR SALE.
&50 head of cattle offered at private
mle. See or write Colonel Graves
at Chlco, or W. H. Graves, Enter
prise. 34btf
Addition to Bank.
An addition will be built to the
otockgrowers and Farmers National
lank buildlne at Wallowa. It will
e of stone or brk'k and provide fo
directors room In the rear of the
jresent structure, as well as provide
n ore space In the bank office.
WILL HOLD REUNION
OF SMITHS AT 8EATTL!
Seattle, Aug. 23. la your r.an,
Smith? If It Is, you are wanted r.t tl:
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition, Sep
tember 2, to take part in the Smith
Family Day festivities.
From high and low, from near and
far, the Smiths are coming. Seattle
boasts- of several thousand, and the
other cities of the Northwest are ap
parently as strong In Smiths in pro
portion.
Commercial Club at night on October
2d. Plans for Sunday, which will be
:pant here, are not made up yet, but
'he President will probably attend
church and spend the remainder of
-he day resting. Mayor Simon has
named a committee of prominent
Portland people t3 arrange the Presi
dent's entertainment.
On a tour of the Northwest to get
material far a sjrbs of letters to
his paper, the Chisago Record-Herald,
William E. Curtis, probably the best
known correspondent In the world,
was a Portland visitor recently. In
discussing the Rose City, he said:
"Portland is the be3t city on the
F'uclfic Coajt and I would rather live
iisre than in. any other city of which
I kno.v. Portland is farther along
Ulan any other city on the Pacific
Coast; by that I mean it is more
mature than any o'.h3r big citie of
the West." These are strong words,
coming as they do from a man who
has traveled all over the world.
An event of great literest, especi
ally' to the Pacific Coast, will be the
visit of 30 leading business men of
Japan, who will ar.ive o.i September -6
for a tour of 50 cities of the coun
try. The visitors ari coming to learn
of the reioarces aid CDmmarclal
methods of the United States. Tha
trip about the country will be mad3
In a splendidly equipped special train
at a cost of $75,000, contributed by
the business interests of the United
States. A committee of prominent
men has been named to have charge
of the visitors while in Portland and
arrange for the'.r entertainment here.
EEPMEN
ATTENTION i
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54-0 acres in the heart of the winter
range. Plenty of water. i
ENTERPRISE REAL ESTATE CO.
Office over Harness Shop, Enterprise, Ore,
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TO HOLD EXAMINATION
FOR F03EST RANGER
Portland, Oreg., August 24. An
examination to fill vacancies in the
ranger force on all National Forests
In District 6 will be held October 2T,
and 26. From this examination it is
expected that 73 appointments will
be made on National Forests in this
district.
The examination will be held at the
headquarters of each National Forest
in the district, at the following place:
Ketchikan, Alaska; Eugene. Grants
Pass, Heppner, John Day. Lakeview.
Medford. Prinevllle, Portland. Rose
burg, Sumpter, and Wallowa, Oregon:
and Belllnghani, Chelan. Ieavenworih,
Newport, Olympla. Orting, Republic.
Seattle, and Walla Walla, Washing
ton. While the examination is entirely
along practical lines, and kn6wledge
of field' conditions rather tha-i book
learning Is considered e&entlal, the
opportunities for thos applicants
with educational advantages are
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By a mistake in shipping orders more Pianos have come to us and as
we are now overloaded we have decided to make more . strenuous efforts
than before in disposing of our large stock and therefore offer an exceedingly
fine piano, in mahogany case, full standard size,
7 1-3 octaves, 3 strings or tri-cord, only very slight
ly worn, for - ' -
This remarHable offer holds good for two days. We will make
terms and agree to take it back in exchange any time within two years at
the same price if you should .wish to get a more costly instrument. Remem
ber this is a piano anyone can feel proud of and is by no means in the class
of cheap pianos, but as before stated the EILERS PIANO HOUSE believes in
giving exceptional values and now is the chance of a lifetime to get a piano
at way down below way-down prices.
We have others costing xnore .monej', but ever' one of them cannot
be beaten in excellence or approached in price at which we are selling them.
You have to see them to realize how great an opportunity this sale really is.
We cannot continue this Sale much longer
but now is your chance. Take it. Remem
ber we GUARANTEE Every Piano Sold
Eiiers Piano House
SAM MS UUII.DIXG," ENTERPRISE
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