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About The news=record. (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1907-1910 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 15, 1909)
Every Clerk Every Mechanic Every Farmer Every Stockraiser Every Merchant Every Banker Every Professional Man is directly interested in the prosperity of Oregon. None flourish unless money is in good supply. Lifeinsurancepremiums drain Oregon of vast sums every year. Stop This Drain Place your life insurance with Qregofiljfe 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. i HOME) OFFICE. PORTLAND, Oil. A. L, MIU-8, Prei. I BA.MUEL, 0a. Ugr CLAHKNCB 8. BAMUEU Aut Mgr. City and County Brief News Items Alfalfa leed for sale at R. S. & Z. Attor ey D. W. Sheahan Is at Baker City on business. I. N. Pltzer lert on Tuesday morn ing's train on a trip to outside points Dan'el Boyd went to Pittsburgh, Pa., lost week to come home with Mrs. Boyd and the chl.dren. R. S. & Z. Co. ENTERPRISE A Large Stock of Dry Goods AND Clothing For Fall and Winter wear JUST ARRIVED AT THE R. S. & Z. CO'S STORE WATCH THIS SPACE For Further Announcement R. S. & L CO. ENTERPRISE. rHE NEWS RECORD (Twice-a-Week.) An independent miwbpapeb Formerly the Wallowa News, estab lished March 3. 1899. 'ublishcd Wednesdays and Satur days at Enterprise, Oregon, by THE ENTERPRISE PRESS Jffice East side Court House Square Entered as second-class matter ,anuary 2, 1909, at the postofflce at Enterprise. Oregon, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Subscription F.a'es: One year $2, six months $1, three months 50c, me month 20c. On yearly cash-In-advance subscriptions a discount of J3c Is given. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1909 GERALD HOLMES DEAD. Gerald Holmes, son of Mr. and Mrs. ,V, R. Holme?, died Tuesday night it 11:30 o'clock, of peritonitis, funeral Friday at 10 a. m. from the 1. E. church. County Clerk and Mrs. W. C. Boat nan le t Sunday for Sexttle to see he fair. John W'ortmm, Jr., retirel Sat irday from a three weeks trip to he Coast. Miss Bluiche Murray of Alder Slope returned Saturday from a visit it Salem. The dates of the Harvest Home it Flora are Friday and Saturday, September 24 and 25. J. M. Blakely held the lucky ticket hat drew the fine hat at the opera louse. Saturday night. Gus Price, w'.io has been 111 for .0 long, hai become worse again and left Tuesday for Hot Lake. There wi 1 be a called meeting o' he W. C. T. U. at the homo of Mrs. Jeorge Gaily, Frl lay afternoon. Rev. W. S. Crockett will occupy 'he pulpit of the Christian church iext Sunday lmrnlng and evening. Rev. C. E. Trueb'ood went out to 'SJgln Tuesday tJ look after a tract )f fruit land he bought out there asit winter. C. R. Edlemon came out from Flora 3aturday to begin a term of school it the Pratt school house. School opened Monday. M. H. Tucker has resigned the Hurricane Creek school. He is em ployed at Bu'naugh & Mayfleld's lrug store. Mayor Byram May field went to Elgin Sunday to visit at his parents tome while his fractured leg is re covering it usual strength. Rev. W. P. S.imms went to La Grande Tuesday to see his new grandchild, a daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Bri:houx, Saturday. Miss Joyce Craig Is organizing a class In music, to continue three months. All wishing to enter the lass will pleise let Miss Craig know is so )n as possible. S. B. Warnock of Troy brought out a lot of fine sweet earn the first of he week. Mr. Warnock saya the crops in his sect'on are . fine, as good as ever known. P. Li. McPherson, who had resided here for the last two years, left Tues day for The Dalle I and wi'l probably ?o on to Vancouver. Wash, though he has not determined his exact location. S. B. Warnock of Troy came out Sunday bringing hit nephews, Herk and Swift Warnock of Mabtoh, Yakl ma county, Wash., who had been visiting him. The young men le't Monday for Idaho where they will visit brothers. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. McCormack, the well known pioneer settlers, left Tuesday for Pomeroy, Wash., to ae his brother, E. R. McCormack, who Is II'. E.R.forrrerly resided In Union county and Is remembered by the old Bettlers there and here. Captain James Blakely of Browns ville, Oregon's oldest pioneer, accom panied by his n. W. M. Blakely, and wire or Pendlet?n, and Samuel Thomp son and family of Pendleton, after a visit here for a few day with the Captain's son, J. m. Blakely, and lamuy, jeft Monday in their auto for Pendleton. Drs. F. E. and H. C. P. Moore, the osteopath who sold their practice in la urande Mat week, will spend the wln'er In this valley, practicing in josepn, Wallowa and Enterprise with headquarters In this oltr In the spring they will go East to take a potraduate course in the ostea- iuiic college. Dr F. E. Moore will come here abort September 21. and n,ore, who Is now In th sw will Join lilin here on her return. Miss Edna Brownlnir who mi t ;okane lau week, has by advice of Pressor He l ae. joined a lyceura company that 1!1 tour the larger Canadian cities, she will be the soloist of tnB ,.. . ... a a fine opportunity for her there Is not the lightest doubt but she will become at once a popular atar. MUs Brownings ,ame aa a vocalist la not confined to her home com "unity and she achieved great auccesa u ao'oUt at the Gladstone Chautati qua during the season of W8 ROOM FOR MILLIONS IN FERTILE VALLEY (ContlD'-jd from front page.) a mile to a mile. It lies about twelve except one. Their water is too cold for fish, and they have lain idle and useless among the rocks for ages, do ing nothing but look beautiful and reflect the graceful shapes of the ine treas and the drifting clouds. The only excel tlon Is Lake Wal lowa, which lie on the eastern Bide af the mountains at an altitude of 1.400 fee', between two high and ilmoit level rl Iges with - a back ground of purple peaks. It occupies the entrance of a heavily timbered janyon and re reive? the water from i wide area of melting snow that omes dashing down the mountain jlde? and many springs which have sroprei out along Its banks. The .ake Is four and a half miles long, in average of a mile and a haif wide ind 400 feet deep in several places Ah ere a lead ha be:i dropped. Peo ple have be?n co .ilng here to camp or many yea. a and have built quite i li f e v.l.age of cabins and tents, .lith a lancing pavlllion, a store, a ; aaura.it and an ice cream "parlor." ne shore is girdled with a roadway, ind Mrs. Maud Hamilton, an enter prising young woman, carries the mbllc back and forth in gasoline aunches. Lake Wallowa would make an Ideal summer reaort a id the Oregon Rall oud and Navisatbn Company U boos ing" a mo e nent to build a feature hotel" I ke E1 Tovar at the irand Canyon of the Colorado and )ld Faithful Inn in the Yellowstone. There Is no mountain resort in Ore ;on for inva'lds or pleasure eeekers hat would be so asreaable or coa enlent. It would be difficult to magine a more attractive place. The mot Interesting thing about he lake i3 a unique fish. It will not Mte at any kind of bait and Is caught ly three hooka tied together at the md of a pole, which the fisherman jushes a'ong slly until he gets -hem in the right position. Then he 'yanks." This is the only way they can be caught, and even then they tre never seen except in the fall.. They are supposed to spend the reJt f the year in deep water, out of lght. A full-grown "yank" resembles a Jlack baas, having a small backbone .nd firm white llesh. It Is from welve to fifteen Inches long and will velgh from two to three pounds. Vgents of the fish commission at Washington, who we e sent out here o make an Investigation, reported chat the "yank' la absolutely unique md doe. not appear elsewhere. The .vater of the lake has been used for rrlgation for a quarter of a century. The farmers organized years ago and ulit a dam and canals to all parts of he valley with the'r own labor and apltal. They have a fall of 250 eet and their supply will lat until mow ceases to fall and mountain prings run dry. The dam has rai sd the water in the lake about two eet and has covered a sandy beach it the upper end whee the campers have been In the habit of bathing. nly cold-blooded people go In, for -he temperature is Icy. There Is an o.portunity for gene rating unlimkel electrlo power at the Jutlet of the li ke, and a email plant vlth a capacity of a few hundred lorse power has already been placed there to light the town and run a flour mi 1. It can be extended at a mail expense at any time, but there is no demand at present. The valley s'.retche out and broad ens until It meeU the mountains, :nany miles awav a perfect site for a great city, with natiral draling, abundant water, feril e eoll anl miles from the town of Joseph, ove; a very rough trail. Enterprise Opera House One Night Only Saturday Night SEPTEMBER. 18 The Ethel Tucker Stock Company Presents the thrillnp; life story of Jesse James i A highly successful sensational iuy , a story oi surring heart interest, full of tender sentiment and lively comedy Presented in a Metropolitan nanner. : Popular Prices, 25, 35, 50 cts' Seats Selling at Burnaugh anayneld's All of theie lakes are uninhabited room for millions of people. Just now the landscape, as far as a human eye an see, is glowing with ripen ed grain, as if some magician had spread a cloth of gold over all the earth; and the mountain side?, as far up aa the timber line, are a rus set biown, with a ijster like velvet, which is caused by the mature bunch grass, the choice t of fodder for fat tening mutton and beef. The:e Is very little waste land In the valley, Aljioet every acre 13 planted to grain and alfalfa, the most profitable cro,s, which are called for In unlimited quantities from the mining regions of Montana and IJaho. Farmers cut three crops from every meadow and then turn In the hogs. The ripened alfalfa is stacked In enormous piles by a der rick to wait for winter prices. The land was all taMea up a generation ago, and the way the Indians were crowded oit In 187-8 by. the "ad vance of clvliatlun" Is one of the most shameful chapter in our hUtory. Senator Hoar, in a speech at a New England dinner In New York, once said that when the Pilgrim Fatneri landed at Plymouth Rock, they fell upon the.r knees, and then fell upon the Indians, which very nearly des cribes '.he settle.nent of this valley. But the invaders were a moral and God-fearing peopl, and aside from robbing the Indians of clieir land, they have left a good example for their posterity to emulate. Only the olher day Mr. Mciurray, general pas e ger agent o! the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company, received a petition signed by almost everybody In the va ley asking him not to per mit Sun Jay excurjiona because they disturbed the quiet of the Sabbath uid Interfered with divine worship. In 1888 a br inch of the Oregon tai read and Navigation Company was built from ' La Grande up to a own called Eljn. In 1938 it was extended up the Wa'lowa Valley to Josaph, being opened for traffic last November. It hai done a good bu3l ae:s and has gl.-ea an impetus to 3very form of industry and activity. The Increase of traffic has been re markable, although it runs through in old country, whl-h ha3 bean thick ly Sittled for nearly thirty years. The railway Is changing methods of arming also. Feople are giving up -attie aid are planting wheat, oats and sugar beets. There are many heep In the fo.itMl!e. More than a nill on and a half pounds of wool were shipped fro.n the valley la3t ear. A Btrlng of thriving towns have sprung up almg the line, and aew settlers a e coming in Tapidly from the central West the over flow from Iowa, ILInols, Missouri. Ne braska, but It ImX pioneering. This alley Is a we 1 settled as any part f Kentucky or Connecticut, only the population Is not so dense and there la room for more between the moun tain rangei. It 19 a prohibition county, it went "dry"' long be ore there wa3 any .JOiRIcal agitation of the question in the state, because the people realize Ae advantage of temperance and the evils of the saloon. Wallowa is an old town.founded In the 70s, bul it has grown slowly oecause of Its isolation. The farmers had to haul their grain and wool rom sixty to eighty miles to market before the railway came In last No ember; heme they found it more pro ltable to rahe cattle and sheep ind other produce that would furnish its own transpor.atloa. They have made money and have kept it, and -here is no mo.e prosperous, intelil jent or contented community In the land. Jose; Is at t'le end of tha track. vhi h lo ;ks 1 ke a fishhook on the nap be;ai:Be It follows the trend of -he va! ey. It li a square, evenly bul t town with broad regular streets, lined with modeit but comfortable cottages. .An irrigation ditch hugs every sidewalk on either side, through which which the water rushes with a musical sound, bringing life and groth and he j h to everything it reaches. Enterprise is another thriving town ten miles below Joseph, and the big warehouse that has us.t been built along the side of the railway station shows that Us people have plenty of valuable produce to ship away. The sound of the hammer is heard every where in the luid; large pilea of lumber He along every side track and almost hide the stations, and the high price of wheat and woil are matters for mutual congra'uiatlon among the settlers. ' And they raisa something else be aldes wheat and wool and sugar be its In this part of the country. I heard yeerday of the family of John Renjamln Brown, aged 47. aid Margaret Aim ln Brown, his wife, aged 43, and their children, who Inventory ai fo Ioas: John MUon aw 25. Albert Henry 23, Clara Ann 22. Ja?ob Atherton 20, raid Bik er 18, Bliner 10, Robert 14. Mabel 12, Marga et 12. William 10. OrlBT 8, Marian Grace 7, Cecil Grove 6, Wa'late 4. Mildred 1, Eugene 2 months. The combined height of the family on the lt day of August was 84 feet ! Would Ten i Of rich, level land, with running water, within one mile of Enterprise? ' If so, call on ENTERPRISE REAL ESTATE CO. 1 Office over Harness T . and 3 Inches, their combined age 294 years and 6 months and their combined weight 2,245 pounds. Since his marriage, twenty-seven years ago, Mr. Brown says the only time they hive called a doctor was when a new baby was expected, and he has never taken a drop of medicine or, tajtad whisky ln his U.'e. BUY HOME-MADE GOOCS IS Si-OGAN OF NORTHWEST Seattle,- Se;t. 13. Inquiries snt broadcast show that all communi ties In the -Northwest want factories. This is a good sign and shows that e ch municipality U alive to the importance of local industries. The slogan, "Buy Home-made Goods,'' is being a looted everywhere and it will pro-.e to be cna of the best factory 'stimulators ever conceived. Manufac tir.e s looking for new sites, will pre.'er those loca.itles where they are cerlain of home support. Governor M. E. Hay in approving of the Made-In-Washlngto.i campaign Inaugurated recently recalled an Abraham Lincoln story, accord ng to which the great emancipator 13 credited with saying .hat .It is always best to keep as much money in your own family as possible, so as to have It In case of an emergency. If the present energy o obtain more factories is continu ed during the next decade, there is io leison why the Northwest will not teconre tLe center of as many industries ai are found In New England today. UNCLAIMED. The fallowing is a list of unclaimed Ietter3 remaining In the po3t office at Enterrl:e, Oregon, for the week jnding Sept. 11, 1909; A ls3 Allse M. Allen, Mr. Werner Assman, Mrs. B. N. Bejsett. (2), i. R. Blythe, Jar.e3 Chase, Mrs. "his. Eliresman, Mr. John TBhresman, Jr. D. V. Ea.tnan, Mrs. Minnie Feise, Mr. E. S. Frost, John M. Gar rett (5), Miss Gabrllle, Orville Hen line (2), Mr3. Myrtle Hoffman (2), V. H. Irving. Mr. J. W. Kinney, Mr. LeRoy Lund, Misa Francis Mc Xenzle, Mr. Bellas McSpaden (2), Ir. T. J. Murj.hy, ,Mr3. S. A. North, Mr. Hiram Powell, Mr3. Frank Smith, Vlr. Ed Sare l, Miss Zetha Snyder, Mr. G. W. Taylor, Mr. P. H. Vertner, Mijs Louise Waelty. Charles Ward. Persons calling for the above will .)lease say advertised Sept. 11, 1909. BEN W2ATHERS, Po3tmaster. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Albert Kinney et ai to Alfred Kin, ney, seven-eights Interest in wft nw 16-33-46. $200. F. H. Brown ee to Edw. Mason lot 1 blk 2, Wallowa. $1. State of Ore. to L. C. Johnson, se 16-ln-48 $200. ' William Wlls n to H. E. Merry man aud H. .A. Galloway. (Option) lot 3 and se nw and aft ne 4-5n-43. $4503.00 L. C. Johmon to H. N. Vaughan eft ne, sw ne and nft nft se,8-ln-48 $1.09 Josle E. Riley to Anson F. Poley, nw ne. nft nw sec 13, sw aw sec 12, 244 $10.00 ' T. M. Littleton to W. P. Warnock, lots 18 and 19 Littleton's subdlv. blk. 6, Am. Bank Add, Enterprise. J. L. Maxwell to Bear Creek Ibr, Co. nft ne, sw ne sec 33, nw nw see 34. ln-42. $1700.00 .M.J.Coleman to Bear Creek lbr. Co. 5;o acres in ln-12. $9,000.00 Henry Spent e t Bear Creek Lbr. Co. nft ae, sett w sec 28, sw 8w sec 27, ln-42. $1300.00 Chella PIcke't to Margaret Pickett eH ne, sw ne, ne se 32-ln-43 $1. Maigaret Pickett to Edna G. Hall, ne ne, sw ne S21n-43, $1. Margaret Pickett to Chella Pickett, ne se, se ne, 3Mn-l3. $1. A. L, Grlnstead to H. A. Galloway and H. E, Merryman. (Option) ft sw, sw se 33-6U-13 and lot 2 4-5n-43. $130-3.00 Charts E. Partme3 to Nlbley MImnaugh Co. nft nw sec 21. n. ne sec 20. ln-42. $1. Ida F, Olmsted to W. S. Crock ett, sw aw 2-23-44, $1. T, L, She-od et al to T.iia11 v Smith, lot 13 blk. 18 .Wallowa $2500. M. n. Brown to J. F. Lone a. J c 17. ne ne see 20. 2n-45. $1. -Mary A. MUhel to Q. A. Perry et al. lota 1 and 2. Wk. 17. Joseph $18.CO0.OO John L. Johnson to L. C. Johnson, half Interest In vft ae- ne aw sec 28, nw ne sec 33, ln-48. You Like Acres f Shop, Enterprise, Ore, C. T. McDaniel to Hite Stephen son, lata 21 and 22 blk. 3, Evergreen add to Wallowa. $100. H. E. Barton to D. L. Church, Traot of land in 30-2s-45. $200. H. J. Harabelt .n to N. D. Vamer. ne S3 22-2s-44. $1. ' C. E. HoJd to Edw. Mason, tract in town of Wallowa. $1. E. C. Moore to W. A. Moore, nw, and wV6, ne aw 33-6n-43. $1000. E. A. SchifCler to John McDonald, l5t 1, 2 and 3 b k. 14, McDonald add ti Wa lo.wa. $300. M. V. Knight to R. S. Clark, tract adjoining Jo e 1). $600. Geo. S. Craig to E. T. Schluer, eVi se sec 21, lots 1 and 2 sec 22. lots 4 aid 5 sec 16, sw ne sec 30, nw nw sei 29, nw na and lot 1 sec 21, 4n-49 $2000. U S. Pat. to R. McCrae, lots 3 and 4, se sw, sw se. 7- 2n-43. J. C. Boner to G. A. Boner and Cur Is Christy, s se sec 35, a sw sec 36 23-44. Also 11 acre tract. $9650. U. S. to C. B, Horner, Iota 1 and 2, sw ne, nw 3 3-3n-43. Robert Rice to W. H. Graves, 651 , acres in 4n-49. $11,000. I C. A. Hunter to Mrs. Gertie Ham ma. k, lots 1, 2, and 3 blk 2, Cole , and Maglll add to Lostlne, also tract adjoining. $600. Thomas Morgan to Henrlch Thom son, two trac s adjoining Joseph. $850. Bessie Mullen to H. N. Vaughan, eVi ne, eft nw 35-ln-46. $1280. WEDDING BELLS. A pretty wedding occurred at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Knapp, of 1219 Idaho St., Lewiston, Idaho, Saturday evening, Sept. 4, 1909. Fred C. Knapp, son of the host and host ess aid Mi Susie A. Dorse, of the Mud Creek country, of this section, be ng t ie contratlag parties says the Flora Journal. The ceremony took place at 8 o'clock p. m. The bride and bridegroom were appropri ately attired, the bride in, pure white. Rev. Flynn or the Christian church was the officiating minister and per formed the ce.euiony In an Impress ive manner. The wedding was a quiet one, none but rela" Ives of the bridegroom and -he mother of the bride being present. The happy couple have already de bited for their future home at Stev ensville, Mont., where Mr. Knapp has a lucrative position awaiting him. The Journal joins Tn the wishes of their many friends that the craft in which they shall float toward the sea of eternity may glide peacefully and encounter but few breakers. Younj-McGarry. Mrs. Mary McCarry and Mr. John W. Young were married by Rev. W. P. Samms at his home Saturday afternoon at 5 o'clock. Both are well known residents of this vicinity tnd have many friends who extend heartiest congratulations. Spotted Team Runt Away. While J. H. Patterson wa driv ing his team of spotted ponies to town Sunday morning, the pole be came unfastened from the neckyoke and dropped to the ground. The horses ln their first rrlirhtnA i-o. overturned the hack and getting tree came on a gallop to town. The accident happened Just this Bide oif Ant flat. Mr. Patterson suff.rort a 3llght sprain of his Ie and the dash- ooara and trace were damaged, jTw FLWa Fined. Deputy Game Warden Joe Clemone returned Sunday from a trip to the North country. While there he ar rested two Asotin men on the Wenaha river for fishing without a license. They pleaded gul;ty In a hearing before Justice Lafayette Wilson and ea.h was fined $25 and costs. Min!ng Company. Articles of Incorooratt filed In the county clerka office of jioumain uem Mining company; capital stock $2,000,000; Incorporat ors, Thos. p. A lams. Foyd Qwa and Margaret Sheets. GRAIN WANTED. For Quotation - uniB, Rye, Barley, etc, send sample and number of sacks to my office in Joseph. Highest prices paid deliver ed at josepn. EaterprUe, Lostlne, Wallowa or any aide track ln county. S n MnfTTI.1 IT Portland Office October First. !3rl7
