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HOME) OFFICE. PORTLAND, Oil.
A. L, MIU-8, Prei. I BA.MUEL, 0a. Ugr
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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
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STORE
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For Further
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Formerly the Wallowa News, estab
lished March 3. 1899.
'ublishcd Wednesdays and Satur
days at Enterprise, Oregon, by
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Entered as second-class matter
,anuary 2, 1909, at the postofflce at
Enterprise. Oregon, under the Act of
March 3, 1879.
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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
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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
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Of rich, level land, with running water,
within one mile of Enterprise? ' If so, call on
ENTERPRISE REAL ESTATE CO. 1
Office over Harness
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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