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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.
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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
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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 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.
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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
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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-
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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-
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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
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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.
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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