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NEWS RECORD
ELEVENTH YEAR NO. 43.
Wants
MONEY TO LOAN
Slate Funds loaned, 6 per cent. John
P. Rusk. AtU. State Land B'd. Joseph
FOR 8 ALE.
100 or 125 tns o! bay. Inquire of
H. O. Zumwalt, Zumwalt, Oreg. 3914
160 acres Umber land and good mill
site In Wallowa Cojnty, Oregon.
Communicate lfch Ja E. Houtcbens
& Co. Waltsburg, Wash. BObtJ
One complete planing mill and engine.
Also 300,000 feet, more or less, of
good merchantable lumber. For price
and terms call on Burleigh &Boyd,
Enterprise, Oregon. 31btf
Pool and Billiard Tab!e3 at a bargain
Call at Mrs. Mayor's restaurant. 36bm
Nearly new eight room house and
half block of land In most desirable
part of town. Easy terms on part
if desired and will take team and
wagon In trade. Enquire at this of
fice. 28r8
WANTED.
Lumber. Anyone having lumber of
any grade In any amount for sale,
or who has timber he Intends to 'saw
soon, a ad wishes to contract the lum
ber, call on or address W. F. Rankin
at Haney planer In Enterprise, Agent
for W. R. Kivette. 26b 4
8TRAYED.
Small light gray mare, branded A
on right shoulder. $5.00 reward for
return to Zumwalt, Oreg. 34bm
CATTLE FOR SALE,
550 head of cattle offered at private
Mis, S or wrlt Colonel GraveB
t CMeo, or W, H, Grave, Enter,
prise. Slbtf
. The Ldta Aid of the Presbyterian
church will meet with Mrs. Hockstt
Friday Sept. 17, A g03d attendance
Is requested.
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and in fact. on many things that are too numerous to mention
in this small space. We have some of those SUMMER SKIRTS
on hand. Come in and see thera before they are all gone.
Men's Oxfords
We have an elegant line of these goods and are giving a
Discount of 20 per cent
They will last but a few days. Call and examine
them before they are gone. We still have a few pairs of
Ladies' Oxfords
and if you would like a pair come and get them at
your vefy earliest convenience.
Summer Underwear
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ROOM FOR MILLIONS
IN FERTILE VALLEY
W. E. CURTiS WRITES OF WON
CERS OF WALLOWA AND ITS
GLORIOUS SCENERY.
BY WILLI VM E. CURTIS.
(Spe.dal correio.idence of the Chi
cago Rec6:d-Herald.)
Joseph, Oregon, Sept. 6, 1909.
Wallowa Valley U inclosed by moun
tains U.OOOand 12,000 feel high, which
accounts for the de'lghtful climate.
The mountain slopes furnish good
pastures and In tie gorges are sup
posed to be valuable deposits of clip
per, sliver and go'd, but they have
not bsen th ro ghly explored. There
are several promising prospects, and
Mr. Galloway, formerly a Chicago
reporter, who edits the newspaper at
Enterprise, te 1 me that only a few
days ago $30,090 was deposited l.i
the bank at that town for the develop
ment of a copper property In the
neighborhood.
The scenery Js glqrlaus. Hurricane
Canyon, whiejj separates two. qf ttf e
principal pe-ks of the Powder mow
tains, is a narrow paisige between
perpendicular walls through which
Hurricane creek has bored its way.
You can nfer the character of the
streani by the name It bears. This
canyon is almost unknown except to
a few alventuro a neighbors who
have goae up there for fishing and
for curiosity. Thee is no reference
tg it in the geographies or gazetteers,
and i(s name do 33 not appear in the
railway folders, but Mp. McMurray
of the Oregon Railway and Naviga
tion Company, who publishes the
most bea-ti'ul advertising booklets
I have ever sesn. is going to sand
Lee Moorehouse, the famous photog
rapher of Pendleton, up there this
fall with an expedition to take pic
E.M.&M.Co's
and in order to get that room we
will give a liberal discount on all
a genuine good Glore, such
lands and we are right on prices
Respectfully,
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tures of whatever he can find in the
way of scenery. There is no road
and they will have to follow the
river bottom.
People tell of a cluster of' thirty
lakes on the mountain side near the
canyon which have curious features.
One, called Frozen Lake, is covered
with Ice the whole year round. It
Is from two to three feet thick In
midwinter, but the summer's sun
eats Into it and melts it down to
spongy trust, but it is always there.
The lake lies at an -altitude of about
9,000 feet, is two and a half miles
lojg and va'.lei in width from half
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Play less Lurid
Than Its Name
"James Boys In Missouri" Full of
Comedy Element! and Deep '
Interest. .
The Tucker Stok company appear,
ed at the opera house last Saturday
evening In "Ac-oss the Desert" to
one of the largest and best pleased
audiences of the'r engagement. The;
play was a goqd one and thqrqugh.
Iy well played. Business with this
company show an eieouraglng
growth, the past two weeks showing
the largest audiences of the season,
Next Saturday evening the same
company will present the pqpu,la,r
sensational pja.y, '!Thq James; Bqye
lq Missouri." This la really a first
class play of Its kind and by nq
means as lurid as its name would
Indicate. On the contrary, it abounds,
in situations of deep Interest, is
full of comely elements, and gives,
to qach member of the cast an op
portunity tg display his or her talent
to the very be it possible degree.
It Is no diffe ent from anything
else seea here this season tha$ ha-.
cause of that difference it wiH nq
doubt be seen by a record, breaking
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1903
TWO MORE SALES
OF
SAM PACE WILL MOVE TO TOWN
HOLMES BUYS CRUM
PACKER PLACE. i
That bargains in farm prope-ty
around Enterp.Ue are still numerous
Is elleiced by the sale concluded
Tuesday by the Entarprlse Real
Estate company of the H. D. Crura
;acker farm of 480 acres, ten miles
north of town to W. R. Ho.mes of.
this city for $4800. The farm is
considered one of the best hill
ranches, has 200 acres tillable land,
and Whisky cresk runs through It.
SAM PACE FARM SOLD
TO EMMONS FOR $6000
S. P. Pace has S)ld his 210 acre
farm Just northwest of town to
George Emmons fqr $6000, The major
part of the farm is hill land but
there is some bottom land along Trout
creek. It Is Impiq ed with a good
residence, barn and other buildings.
In the deal Mr. Pace takes the Em-
mqns cottage and loti on River street
corner of Res dence, and ha and
his family will move tq town and
occupy the cot' age,
Planinj Mill Sold.
The Iais planing mU was so'd
Saturday a.t p..b.ic aale. It was bid
in by J, A. Bu.elgh for the mort
gagee, V, M, Gresg, .
Progress Notes At
Wallowa County H.S.
Work qf Various Classes Practical
Plan Used in Study of
Boo .keeping.
Twenty,twq members of the Sanh
more class are mastering The Arthur,
ian. Legends of Tennyson, as & step
ping stone to the more advanced work
of rhetoric and synthetic composition.
The Freshman class, after a brief
review of grammar, passed success
fully a test upon the subject, and are
now studying fae Sketch Book by
Irving, with additional work by Car
son along the l'ne of capitalisation
and punctua'lon.
The English work of the Senior
class besides American Literature,
comprises the eljjht required classics.
At present the puilla are studying
Burke's Speech Upon Conciliation
With The Colonle3.
The English Literature class has
spent two weeks upon the early Latin
and Anglo-Saxon writers, and is now
discovering the mysteries of Chau
cerian English through the medium
of The PrologueTo Canterbury Tales.
There are eight members of this
class.
The class In Bookkeeping, consist,
ing of nlnteen members, have an ex
cellent opportunity for the pursuit of
their work. The recitation room Is
divided into streets and offices, which,
with the addition of a bank and
postofflce.provlde a means for the
thorough martery of business methods
Checks, dra'ts and other business
paper are procured at proper places
and drawn upon representative banks
and firms.
Each student Is required to do the
work of the text and also assume the
occasional responsibility of the trans
ictlons. Both theory and actual
practice are enhanced by the Unit
Method of Instruction.
The third week of school opens
with an enrollment of 53, 27 girls
and 26 bo.s.
Miss Lola Heikett of Wallowa,
Miss Edna Chambers and Weldon
Makin of Enterprise are the la it
three to enter school.
The Janitors, Richard McAdams
and Theo. La Cer e, oiled two of
the class room floors and washed
the windows Ta'urday.
The plumbing for the sanitary
drinking fointJni, lavatories and
toilets Is being Installed and will be
completed In about three weeks.
The football juad Is setting o it
for practice every evening, and
individually, are rabblng liniment on
the "bruises" at bed time.
The glrs have o.'ganhed a ladl-s
quartet, and thl, In connection with
with the mixed chorus will make the
tsaembly room ring with song.
The following claise are organiz
ed at prent: ninth grade, algebra
two divisions; tenth grade. Algebra;
plane geometry, typewriting, spelling,
first year La' In, Caesar, Cicero, Ver
gil, German, physiology; ninth grade
DRY
RANCHES
English, two divisions; composition
and rhetoric, Engll ih literature, Amerl
can literature, lokeeplng, political
economy, physics, physical geography.
chemistry; Ninth and Tenth grade
classes In general history, and a
class in teaching Is offered If any
one wishes it.
j Wallova County Day.
Fresldent John Colli ;r of the La
Grande Commer.lal club was In the
valley last week In the interest of
the fair. He say Thursday, October
7, has bae.i de lnatad as Wallowa
Iay, and it is desired this county
furnish the program for that day.
How To Deal With
The Fly Nuisance
Rules Put For h by Merchants Asso
ciation Committee of New
York City.
The wo 11 Is Juit awakening to the
fact that the common house fly is
the greatest spreader of disease. So
cle! lee have been organized to help
in its extermination, specially In
large cities. The following rules
telling how to get rid of files will be
of Interest to every housewife. They
are issued by the Merchants' As so
da' bn commi.tee on pollution of
the water of Ne York:
Kep the fllei away from the sick,
especially these 111 with contagious
diseases. Kill every fly that atraya
Into the sick room, his bqdy is cover-
el with disease germs.
Do not allow decaying material of
any sort to accumulate on or near
your p-.emhes.
All refuse whLh. tends in any way
to fermentation, such as bedding
straw, paper was. e, and vegetable
tuabter, should be disposed of or
covered with lime or kerosene oil.
Screen all food, whether In the
house or exposed for sale.
Keep al receptacles for garbage
carefully co.red and the can clean
ei or sprinkled with on or lime.
Keep a'J stable manure In vault or
pit, screened or sprinkled with Hme,
or o'l or other cheap preparations,
such as are sold by a number of
reliable manufacturers.
Seq that your sewage system Is
in good order; that It does not leak,
la up to date and not exposed to
flies.
Pour ke o jene lnti the drains.
Burn or bury all table refuse.
Screen k windows and doors, es
re.lally in the kitchen and dining
room.
If you see file, you may be aure
that their breeding place Is In near
by fjl'th, It may be behind the door,
under the table or In the cuspidor.
If there Is no dirt and filth there
will be no flies.
If there is a nuisance In the neigh
borhood write at once to the health
department.
To Kill Flies.
The London "Lancet," the lead
ing medical journal of the world, says
1 bat the best and simplest fly-klUer
13 a weak so'utlin of formaldehyde
In water (two teasposnfuls to the
P'nt). Place In plates or saucers
throughout the house. Ten cents
worth of formaldehyde will last an
ordinary family a l summer. It has
no offensive sme'l, is fatal to disease
organisms, and is practically non
poisonous except to Insects,
Pyrethum powder, which may be
bought at any drug store, burned In
the house will also kill the files.
ELEVEN CAS OF CATTLE
I SHIPPED FROM ENTERPRISE
Eleven ca loids of cattle were
shipped from Enterprise, Sunday, and
two from Wallowa by H. N. Chandler-
the stock going to Portland. The
cattle loaded hee, 300 head, included
the Rice cattle from Snake river
and the rest were bought from M.
E. Hotchkl.'s and Combes ft Hotch
kiss. One bunch of 71 steers averag
ed 1200 pounds and brought close to
$50 each.
Unioi 8'ock Yard Opened.
The new Unlo.i stock yards at
Portland, built by the Swift company,
were formally opened for business
today, September 15.
Killed a Bobcat
Ben Ownbey and T, E. Hudson
killed a large bobcat that was attempt
ing a raid on Ceorge Oally's chicken
house in the west part of town, Sun
) day morning. They noticed the
: varmint and went to Oally's house
j and borrowed a 22 and killed the
cat with the first shot.
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER
IMMENSE CROPS
OF ALL
GRAND HARVEST IN WALLOWA
CASH FOR RYE STARTS
EARLY SHIPMENTS.
Splendid weaker 10.1'lnues to favor
the farmers and threshers in Wal
lowa county and the lmme.ise craps
of golden grain are rapidly belig
sacked. Big yi Ids a"e reiortel of
wneat, oats, r. e and barley. The
grain is In from talr to excel. eac
condition and qua'lty, very little
frost being re;)cr.ed except on low,
wet lands.
The yields In the hill lands are
bringing Joy to the hearts of iae
nome Headers. Rye is going frm
25 to 32 bushe s to the acre a id
the farmers are getting 1 cents a
pound for It and sicks farniahad.
That means from $20 an ace aid
"P. Not so b.id from land sa'ling
for $10 to $15 an are!
Wheat In the hills is r.mnliiK
from 33 to 50 bushels to the acra,
while the oat crop is simply Im
mense and the quality A No. 1.
Kye l an e.ery veir cron in fa
hills, and is a sjre yield. Tens of
cnousande of bushels will be ship
ped out this fall for the flrt tl:na.
Over 600O bus'iela a-e already In
ne enterprise warehouse awaltinr
cars. The farmers received l'A-
cents a po ind for It cash.
Farmers are h jldlng their wheat
and all the buyers say very little
8 for sale at the current market
price. Over 3000 bushels of wheat
are stored In the Enterprise ware
house. The market dH e In thU va'la
for the first time is the Portland
Price, lesa the freight which li alJut
20 cents a bushel.
Current Enterprise market Tu-s-
day; Club wheat 67c, fortyfold 70c.
wue stem 75c; feel ba lev 9c cwt..
beardless barley $1; oat? $1.10, rye
Mill stuffs: chop lV&c, branlc.
Butchers are Da vine 7c for hoza.
$28 for top cows and $43 at $44 for
steers.
Tries Bee Sting Cure.
P. L. McPhe s n. who has had a
long siege of rheuma Ism. a fey
days ago tried the bea siting cure
that i.H claimed to be a panacea for
ilu- disease. He went up to DaKeott s
apiary on Alder Sbpe and allorel
the bees to sling him oa the hmda
a number of times. The wounds
caused little or no swelling and Mr.
McPherson believe his right hand
and arm to be benefitted somewhat.
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Three
Carloads
Coming
SAVE MONEY
by ordering so
we can haul it
to you direct
from the car
It will cost more if we
have to haul it twice
Riley
and
Riley
Groceries and Flour
Fuel and Feed
GRAINS