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About The news=record. (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1907-1910 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 15, 1909)
z i t t J Xmas Presents Worth While Dishes. See the Handsome Every Year Old Santa Claus Leaves His Best Gifts at HOMAN'S Smokers' Sets, Candies, Nuts, Fruit Christmas Tree Ornaments Largest StocK in Town Never Forg'et the Fresh Baked Peanuts at Prentiss Bishop Robert Paddock of the Rplscopal fhurch preached two fine sermons to large congregations lu the M. B. church hero, Sunday and Monday nights. He went to Joseph Tuesday afternoon to lu.ld services there. Lots of Granite Ware DIG LINE 0F- Men's Gloves Men's Mittens NecKties Christmas Post Cards Candies and Bon Bons by the Box and Pound Fruits of Every Kind Nuts Cranberries Celery Canned Goods Bottled Goods Jill IQincls of Baked Goods ' for Christmas See the Wonderful Picture and Animal blocks The Appropriate Books for Children Games, Toys, MaKs, Dolls and Doll Heads, Child's Dishes Girls' Sewing Sets Trumpets, Toy Guns Homan's W. M. Sutton, formerly principal of the local whoo'.a, has been elect ed mayor it Springfield, Freil Wagner of the Enterprise Real Estate company retwnied home Saturday from a business trip to the Wall WalU country. at RILBY AIND RILEY'S Beautiful Decorated Oolcl, Glass and Delft China Cabinet WE CARRY A COMPLETE LINE OF i J SHOES THE NEWS RECORD (Twice-a-Week.) AS INDEPENDKNT NEWSPAPER Formerly the Wallowa News, estab lished March 3. 1S99. Published Wednesdays and Satur days at Enterprise. Oregon, by THE ENTERPRISE PRESS , . Office East side Court House Square Entered as second-class matter January 2, 1909, at the postofflce at Enterprise. Oregon, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Subscription Kates: One year $2, six months $1, three months 50c, one month 20c. On yearly cash-ln-advance subscriptions a discount of 25c is given. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1909 Lunch and meals served all hours t M,rs. M L. Larsen's. Lunches 10 and 15 cents; meals 2o cents. Board by the week also. bo Emerald Rebekan lodge, No. 119, elected Wie fallowing officers batur. inv niirht: Iona Woodell, N. G.; Uaggle Oakes, V. G.; V. I. Cronin, Rec. Secy.; Mrs. S. L. Burnaugn, tin. 3ecy.; Alice Gaily, Treas. Call at tha New Drug Store when In Enterprise, and look over our brand new store and uew stock Everything f list-class from top to bottom. Jacks an & Weaver, propria tors. The Ll'.cii bllg. 65aG Misa Ella Daley, the very efficient stenographer nd deputy In County Clerk Boatman's office, left Monday for Yale. S. D., for a long visit with home folks. Sirs went by way of Spokane to Alberta, Canada, where she will visit a cousin, and then go on home via the C. P. Ry. Miss Nina Ma.'k of Los Angeles, Cal, Is a guest of her relatives, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Bell and Mr and Mrs. W C. Boatman, mm Mack is a daughter of George Mack, a for mer Joseph banker. She has return ed to this county to spend the win ter at least as she fk:uls this cli mate better for her health. She will reside at Joseph. Reverand Adams will begin a se ries of bible lectures in the Christian church Wednesday night. Mr. Adams Is the evangelist who has been hold ing a revival at Wallowa. He will occupy the pulv.it In the Christian church next Sunday morning and ev ening. W. H. Drydon and J. R. Vlen came in Monday to ship out the big steam ditcher belonging to the American Light & Water Co. it has been .standing on River street near the flume sine the completion! of the water works last summer, u will be shipped to Tucumcarl. N, , where the company has a contract. The La Grande water works system is complete and the cltUens ere now drinking reiver Creek water. I JT II iU Architect Thornton Very Badly Hurt 1 i Falls 20 Feet, From Scaffold at Litcii Building Aligh,ig On His Head. C. R. Thornton, the architect wlio designed the Wallowa County court house, fell from a scaffold at the W. J. Funk corner Monday afternoon :.')0Jt 2 o'clock, aad was v.ary seri ously and perhaps fatally hurt. He was still tmconscloas Wednesday, but his heart action Is stronger and more hope is entertained, for his recovery. Mr. Thornton was putting on the Iron sheathing at the bottom of the 3cond story windows- on the Sam Litch building, juat a few feet west of the W. J. Funk & Co. corner en- rance. The seaffo'.d o:i which he Hood is about 20 feet high. It is supposed he stennp.1 hack f.-vrs-p.tH.ii he platform is only two oiauks wld I and tumbled over backward. He Utghted on the right side of hi Jid 1 ind face, breaking his nosie, bruis ing' his cheek, but the chief ' wound being a contusion on his forehead. io far as known there are no frac "res. He wai carried unconscious "to into Jackson & Weaver's drug 'tore and attended by Dr. Hockett. Later he was removed to hi3 home, he Sam Dorrance house corner East Wrat and North streets, where ev--'rything poss-ibl is being done to iave this life. Mr. Thornton's home la In La lra:ide but for several months, he id hi wife have resMed here while le worked on the courthouse and ha Litch building. Mrs. L. M. Chapman of Leap, who has been In the county 27 years, long before Enterprise was started, in town Thursday, commented on the large number of people who had driven here through the storm - to trade and on o.faer business, er rands. She also praised the rapid and substantial growth of. this city, and the many fine, new buildings! Mrs. Chapman spent seven months during 1908 visiting in Missouri, and it her old home in. Iowa, and saw no better built, town of its size than iSnterprlse. ; . xx.jtx s FURNITORl Mission, Golden OaK and Reed Rockers, MaKe Fine Gifts. See the Genuine Brass Z Bed at Q. I. RATCLIFF'S, The House Furnisher Exclusive Agent for GENUINE EDISON PHONO ... GRAPHS The best of all Talking Machines. I am selling more Phono graphs thau any other dealer in the county. There's a reason THE LIGHT-RUNNING NEW HOME SEWING MACHINES MERMAID WATER MOTOR WASHING MACHINES G. I. RATCLIFF, Enterprise NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS. Notice 1.1 hereby given that the an nual meeting of the stockholders of the Wallowa National Bank,' of Em-1 tcrprise, Oregon, be held at the oiyice of their banking house In Eli-1 lorprise, Oregon,, will be held at terprise, Oregon, oi Tuesday, the llth day of Janiary, 1910, between' the hours of 10 a. m. and 4 p. m., for the election of', directors for the en satin g year, and for the transac tion of aach other business as may legally come before said meeting. Dated at En'erpalse, Oregon, De cember 8th, 1909. 66w4 W. R. HOLMES, Cashier. Notice to Modern Woodmen. Eagle Camp, No. 10497, will hold its annual election of officers In Fraternal haLl, Thursday night, Da cember 16, at 7:30 p. m. All mem bers are requss el to be present.' J. W. RODGERS, Consul. THOS. M. BILL, Clerk. XMAS RUSH AT P. O. The Christmas rush at the post office Is in fuU swing and it keeps Postmaster Weathera and two clerks, Mrs. Weathers and Miss Wagner, busy distributing postcards and sell ing money orders. OSTE-OP-A-THY. A Thought. "When in tlie future an estimative Intelligence sums up .the great dis coveries of the nineteenth century, I believe that the science 3f Osteop athy will be appointed a place near 'he head of the list." Opie Reid. New Suits Filed. Dec. 13 s. C. Hlmmelwright vs. A. W. and Sarah V. Hodgin. WE WANT To list good, smooth Wheat Land improved or unimproved as we have the buyer for it. Enterprise Real Estate Company Office over Harness Shop, Enterprise, Ore. ? y yy yyyyyyyy yy yy Art Squares, Rug's and Carpets share in the Cash Cut Price Sale, as does everything in my immense stock, ex cept Phonographs that must be sold at Contract Price f Our line of Ch Utmaa Candy In Christmas Hexes Is eompleie. Ja k son & Weaver. (i"aG Dance Christmas eve at Enlerpv'-.e Opera House. Otibl Fod Savage, b io!. keeper at. W. J. Fiuk & Co's, li walking like a fcvilng-hal.ed horse, the result of a painful wound d.i th bottom of o is .foot, caused by a nail that ha stepped on and didn't know It was loaded. See the fine line of Dolls at the New Drug Store. Everything - new. Nothing carried over from forniir years. Look thera. Jackson & Weav. er, proprie:ors, C3a6 Mrs. Myrtle Huffman of Elgin came Tuesday evening for a -weeks visit wi.ii her relatives, tha family of M. Larson. Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Boyd le.ft Tues day morning fo- Eedford, lowa, to 3pand Christmas with his parenls, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Eoyd. They will he gone about a month. Mr. Bo; d expects to make a trip down to Ok lahoma while East. Vest Brothers Orchestra w.lll play far ithe danc at the opera house n Christmas Eve. Supper served at Hotel Enterprise. 6Gbl Paul Wilson was In town Satur J'.ty visiting bis parents. He reports the sale of 1020 sacks, 2234 bushels of wheat, to C. R. Bradley for N8 cents a bushel, the top price so far paid in this val'ey. Christmas tree ornaments, candles, bells, candle holders, etc., at Jack son & Weaver's. 65a6 WANTED. Some one to saw wood. I will fur nish the machine. A snap for right party. O. J. Roa, Alder Slope, En terprise, Oregon. 60tf xyyyyyyy yy y yy yyy y yyy yyy y y At Bargain Pric es For Cash In I Hand I S3 In order to Raise Money to Meet Maturity Obliga tions I will sell My Great StocK of Furniture, Etc. at Cut Prices for Cash. Great Op portunity for Christmas Shop pers at this DDC.IMVCMTflDV CMC 3 I lib III I Lll I Ull I UrlLL- 3 x x 3 S x x X X X X X X X X piBf
