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About The news=record. (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1907-1910 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 6, 1909)
Wednesday Edition B N WSRECORD ALL THE OFFICIAL NEWS OF WALLOWA COUNTY IN THE N-R ALL THE NEWS WHILE 11 IS NEWS TWICE. A-WEEK NEWS RECORD Twicea Week ELEVENTH YEAR. NO. 46. MONEY TO LOAN Slate Funds loaned, 6 per cent. Jobu P. Rusk. Atty. State Land B'd. Joseph FOR 8ALE. Team, harness and 2 inch spring wagon. $250. Enquire at this office. House, 5-rooms, lot 60 x 120, four blocks from bank corner. $600. Thi3 property is cheaper than you can build. Terms. Clarence E. Vest. 41btf 100 or 125 tins o.' hay. Inquire of H. O. Zumwalt, Zumwalt, Oreg. 39b4 160 acres timber land and good mill site in Wallowa County, Oregon. Communicate with J. E. Houtchens & Coi Waltsburg,. Wash. 60btf Pool and Billiard Tables at a bargain Call at Mrs. Mayor's restaurant. 36bra Nearly new eight room house and half block of land in most desirable part of town. Easy terms on part If desired fend will take team and wagon in trade. Enquire at this of fice. 28r8 WANTED. Sch:o'. boys Two c threa to room and board. Mrs. Mavor. 42btf Lumber. Anyone having lumber of any grade In any amount for sale, or who has timber he Intends to saw soon, and wishes to contract the lum ber, call on or address W. P. Rankin at Haney planer in Enterprise, Agent for W. R. Kivette. . 26b 1 GRAIN WANTED. For Quotations oa Wheat, Oata, Rye, Barley, etc, send samples and number of sacks to my office in Joseph. Highest prices paid deliver ed at Joseph, Enterprise, Los tine, Wallowa or any side track in county. F. D. McCULLY Portland Office October First. 33rl7 Japalac. varnish stains, Unseed oil at Burnaugh & Mayfleld's. flnnflnnnnnonnEsannnDnancanaqpqpnnnnniia a p a Remodeling of Store Room Now In Progress We Must Have Room and in order to get that room we will give a liberal discount on all a a o a N a El B n a a a m n a a a a ummer Lawns, Dimities, etc. 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 them 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 very earliest convenience. Summer Underwear p M p p p p p Our stock is broken and we wish to make a thorough cleanup. j o m a We are headquarters for a genuine good Glove, such as McKibbin and BlocK P g We try to keep constantly on hand Fruits and Vege- g tables of all kinds and we are right on prices O Respectfully, . p g E. M. (Si M. COMPANY u a a DnnannnnnnonnannnnonnnnQaniEnonononDDnc3 THREE MILLION II POWER PLANT TUNNEL THROUGH 'BACKBONE" BETWEEN SNAKE AND SAL MON RIVERS PLANNED. Whltebird, I:'.aho, Oct. 2. A seven mils tunnel through what is known aa tine "backbone' between the Sal mon and the Snake rivers, conveying an adequate amount of water to cre ate rower three times greater than that of Spokane falls Is a project now receiving the attention of capi tal, the news of which has been made public. While the condii'ions seem to as sure that tihe forces back of the en terprise are the same as those who are directing the construction of the Puitebujig & Gilmore railway down the Salmon river, s'Jll It has been im iwsol'ble to definite y leam the Iden tity of the promoters.. The survey for the tunnel site has bsen com jCe'el and negotiations are In prog reia for the purchase of land at the fJcJnion river approach to the tun uel. Tunnel Near Pittsburg. The Salmon river end of the tun nel starts at a point about one mile above Freedom and the Snake river snd t near Pittsburg Landing. The tucvpel V.I1 hav a drop at the Snake Jver of 470 feet. The project wi'U xsi $3,000,000. Staement la made .hot the Salmon river section of the & G, railway, will be handled by electric power and thiyt tb? tunnel jnterfntee will provide the centra .rad largest power plant to be util ized on the eribre system. . The railway pornpany gtityl bos. thiree crews In the field working up .ill 9 river, evidently ft connection with forces coming thla way from Salmon City. The survey is com (Soodls ENTERPRISE, WALLOWA COUNTY, OREGON, pleted to a .point three miles above Luoile. The survey has followed the south side of the river to a point below Lucile. A crossing Is then mode to the north side a:id the sur vey, after runnlnj ' through Luoile agi!a, si'jilkej the soutn bank at &piln Ear. The crossing, It la ex plained, was made to avoid a high mountain, which crowds to the riv er line below Luaile and which ie of a sliding character. One of the crews that has been camped at John Day has moved to Lightning creek two miles below Ooff. Portland Journal. Great Wheat Area In Central Oregon T. B. Wilcox Siys 2,500,000 Fertile Acres Await Settlers Refores- t tat'on Begun. Poit'and, Oct. 4. That Central Or Jg ou will within a few years, double ie cereal crop of the whole Pa ab'te Northwest is the belief of The odore B. Wilcox, president of the Portland Flouring mills. When open- 3d up by the railroads now building, j Jinrmense acreage will bo thrown pen to wheat raisers, "In Central Oregon," sold Mr. Wil cox, "thsre are millions and millions f acres of land which, unless I am greatly mistaken, to the nature of the Mil, wiU be excellent for grain grow ing without imrigatten. Out of this oat territory thsre must be at least 2,500,000 acre "availably for .wheat. Theie is as largs acreage as is now in wheat to Oregon and Washington. Vli that Is needed to open up this great territory a a railroad and with ;wo Kne3 now entering that section, It will be only a matter of a short lme before the cpmtTy will develop. Xor wiill the Increased yield reduce prices. With such a condition of af- (Contlnuad on last page.) D P D D U Q B a D S3 B D a WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 6, 1909. BEETS JVILFyTELD ! HIGH US 20 TONS MANAGER BRAMWELL STATES RESULT OF CROP EXPERI MENT IN THIS COUNTY. About six weeks ago this paper published' an Interview with F. S. Bramwell, manager of the La Grande sugar factory, in regard to he sugar beet experiment conduct id by the company in thla vicinity. U that time he promised to go more fully into the matter when beet pulling began, and a few days Ago, In compliance with that prom se, answered our queations as fol lows; Mr. rrtmwe'l, I note that you have commeatei to harvest your beets. How do they look to you aow ? A3 stated be'ore. I am agreeably iUTpilsed at the yield. Tire beets are long and shapely, having a reas onably small orown and tapering in very excellent style. The long beet auways weljis about double Jiat of a short turnip-like beet even though no larger at the ton. I think I can find saveral acres that will yield as high a 20 tons per acre. 1 nitnk we will eet an averaee of 12 tons per acre and lu considering this sna.ter you muat not forget that the land we u.iei is a 1 new and plowed is is common for grain, while for jests it shouid be plowed deeper. I believe the same land that yields 12 tons per acre this year will yield J6 tons, per a.cre next year. How about next year? Do you -xpect to operate here and if aq to what extent We are realy to rent land for beets nest season and will rent Miywhere from 500 to 1500 acres, providing the price is not too high. The acreage operated next year Is up to the tond owners. If land own ers will b modeit we will rent the number of aore3 above mentlMied. U seems to me that your crops are musua'ly good aisre this year and the rental price of land is accord ingly high. Beet culture undoubt edly enriches the land as is fully lemonsiurated in Union county, and while a few a very few cranks claim otherwise, we invite investi gation. It ia claimed by science mat an ordinary oroo of emln takes from the land 12.50 worth of nutri ment, nence Jt Is easily figured out. To raise a crop of grain costs about from $12 to $14 per acre. whl! on beat we expend In labor about $35 per acre, so that if you want more people yoa can plainly see the way. Of'course I know people will say that we employ Japs. This is true only as we are forced to do so. As won as local help can be had in (Continued on last page.) Details Of Two Land Decisions La Grande Office Wat Not Reversed Homesteader Given Prefer ence Each Time. There were several Important de tails omitted in the report of the two land office decisions, Ferguson vs. Rice, and the homestead application of Charles Young, heretofore report ad in this paper. The omission of these detoi's left a wrong impression of the action of the La Grande of fice and o' her wiie made the article misleading and l.i the interest of truth the full fact) are given space. On the 13ith of September, 1908, the date of the opening of the now fa mous township 4 n, 41, In this coun ty, one Aldrich file! a homestead application on the xt nw 4 a:id n V4 w'i of section 17, 4n, 41. aaid later Joseph N. Ferguson filed an other . homestead application on the land, and still later James Rice filed a timber and stoie application upon the same Imd. The first home itead entry, that of Aldrlch, was al owed by the Ia Grande office, and the applications of Fergiuion and Bice disallowed. Both Ferguson and Rice appea'el, but In the meantime Ri'e, the timber claimant, secured the relinquishment of Aldrlch's homestead eiUry, apparently thinkiing if be secured that he could make uia timber and alone filing aland; but when' thla rel'Lnqukhmeut was re ported by the La Grande office to the commissioner of the general land office he immediately ordered Ore application of Ferguson allowed and held the timber and stone ap plication of Uke for cancellation. hi tl:e other cae, Mr. Young made r.'oof, a forest officer made an ad- 1 ver3 retort asolnst it r.illnar nor. O al 1 ciharges, wliilch the commisaioner directed the La Grande office to de'eiaiine the truth of by a hearing that was held ia Enterprise. The testimony was taken down at the hearing here and filed in the La Grande land office, and that office dismissed the charges. County High Wins From Joseph Team First Football Game of Season Here Won By 8sore of 10 to 0. The first football came of th dm. son was played in Enterprise Sat- iroay artemaon botween a team from the Joseph high school and the A'aKowa County high school, the lat ter winning by a score of 10 to 0. W. C. H. S. won thfi kilnlrnW diiI Jake Bauer booted the ball for sr. yards, Joseph carrying It back but 1 snort distance. After a good end rim Joseph lost the ball on downs. Then followed a struggle, always on Joseph's territory, which resulted in 1 luucuuQwn ror w. C. H. S. Craig htst missed the place kick. Joseph ihen kicked the bail off but after a orlmm.age or two, time was called "or the fl-rst half with th Ka.it Joseph's territory. The sacond touchdown came after 18 minutes of play in the second a!f a:id waj due to cmnd Una h..v. iig on the part of tha W. C. H. S. All t!le W. C. H. S.. boyo dlstin sudshed themselves; but Bauer as full back and Craig as half back were particular sars In eaintnit ground, while Irl Olmsted, Dick Mc- .udms., unet Riley and Aaron Olm sted broke through Josenh-a un aiid downed "the- nifLn txrlifll th a Ha 1 1 time and again, being backed up in veiy piay by the rest of the team. Length of halves 20 mimitna n.f. eree, Bllyej. To Play rLa Grande. The W. C. H. S. team will go out -0 La Grande Thursday in nw ii high school team there th aamo . tenioon. WORLD WIDE TRAVELER VISITS WALLOWA VALLEY Mr. J. A. Kine. bank snllnfit nt Georgetown, Demerara, British Gu inea, South America, was here sev eral days last week tranaaofinir hn- Iness refatlve to the settlement of an eUle with W. E. A. Watson of Aider Slope. Jlr. King was very much nleased with thlj valley and praised Enter prise highly as ft well built, nrettv town. Mr. King is a world-wide trav eler, and Is acquainted with all the famous places te:iowned for Bcunnrv or climate or both and praise from aim ia worth while. Prospective Immigrants. II. N. Cook, a reslrlAn nt Waal Virginia, was an arrival on Mon day's train, saya the Elgin Recorder. .Mr. Uok is a cousin of W. R. Brooks a well known sawmill man, and af ter a vinit til Elgin will proceed to Wallowa, where he has a sinter. Mr. Cook is looking over this section with a view to locating and If well suited will be the mem of bringing sev eral famille 1 from West Virginia. TOP YIELD FOR RYE. W. E. A. WaUon ha a larra finld rye that threshed out 35 bushels o the acre, which Is said to be an unprecedented yield for rye. Mr. arson got 'i.t buahels to the acre last year arid that was supposed to be pretty ROod. Many fields in the hills are going from 2C to 32 bushels 0 the acre this year. BEST PUELICITY WORK. From the Portland Journal. The publicity committee of the Milton Progressive association has taken ot 200 subscription to the B'gle to be s-vnt to easterneia who are contemplating coming west. This is a good iilea, for the Eagle Is. an excellent local paper. Wallowa' New Mayor. The Wallowa f ity council has elect ed A. G. Wiggle iworth mayor, to nil tne unexpired term of Dr. O. W. Gregg, who recently removed to Ashland. BUY $5000 MORE OP WHEAT LAND WESTON MEN PURCHASE AN OTHER HILL RANCH ALDER 8LOPE FARM SOLD. The more they see of Wallowa county wheat land; the more the praowcai, dry-land wheat farmers of wasnangton and other parts of Or egon want of it. Anson Woods, and w. S. Payne of Weston, who a few weeks ago bought the Holmes ranch on Trout Creek, have added 315 aere3 to the'r holdinga In the nu.s, buying through the Enterprise Real Estate comrany A. C. Smluh s Place at the sojth end of Ant flat, JVS mile north of this city. The jon;sldera ion was $ltt nn acre or "'0;0 cash for the 31i acre. The same real e.vt ite firm ha also wld the Len Emmons place of 1G0 icres on Alder Slope to Frank Ham den, who recently moved to tills ty f 10.11 ArlluRt ui, The price paid vas JG0CO. The lunch is about ven miles soijtliwe.t of E.iterprlse nd Is Improved with good buildings wd an orchard. There are 120 acres )f plow land and the re3t id orchard t'n, 1 Mrs. Vasgie Iiloom who reeojutly Jld her interest In the nw of ss of ec 3, t 2s, r 44, to the helw of U. . Luvlj, and bo ight of them their aterest In the 80 aore traat jiLrt outhweiit of town, Iim sold 40 a;:irtn f the tract to J. B. OJmsted for $35 ash an acre. The tract adjoins he judge's farm on the west, and is lue hay land. Thl deal was also naJe by the Enterprise Real Es ate company. J. J. Murphy has sold his Alder Hope ranch, che old Rouse placs, o L. Purdln end H. E. Bruce of Washington, SIX STALWART SONS CARRY FATHER'S CASKET Henry D. Mo int, father of Dr. lyde Mount, fo.meily of Wallowa, "led at his home in Sllventon, re :ently. There were thirteen chil Iren, and six stalwart sons bore the jasket to the grave. Mr. Mount was ne of the rioneer Sitate builders. inicig to Oregon in 1851. He was .iromiinen'tly conneoted with county md state affairs. Dr. Clyde Mount J now iocatej at Oregon City, Whirlwind Tablets are a guaran. 'eed remedy for rheumatism and kidney troubles. For Bale at Jack, son & Weaver's. 3,r)Dtf Boob Shoe: AND Fine New Stock of Best Footwear For Men and Boys Women and Misses ALSO General Merchandise Coal and . Shingles By the Car Load. That's Why We 0 Sell CHEAPER THAN OTHERS Riley and Riley Groceries and Flour Fuel and Feed