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About The news=record. (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1907-1910 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 25, 1909)
TwiceaWeek Saturday Edition NEWSRECORO ALL THE OFFICIAL NEWS . OF WALLOWA COUNTY IN THE NH ALL THE NEWS WHILE II 13 NEWS TWICE. A-WEEK NEWS RECORD ELEVENTH YEAR. NO. 69. ENTERPRISE, WALLOWA COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1909. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER THE STRAYED. Two steers, red, 1 t-wo-year old, 1 three-year-old; branded Ol wltii under, and hall crop In right ear. Strayed from my Elk Mountain ranch about September 15. Reward for Information leading to their recovery. John Baker, Joseph. . 62M CHRISTMAS TREES AT THE CHURCHES FOR RENT. Blacksmith shop facing court house, Enterprise, for rent; possession giv en January 1. Well stocked with up-to-date tools. Only flrst-olass workman need apply. G. H. Vest, Enterprise. , 62btf FOR SALE. 40 acres of timber on Alder Slope. $250.00. Terms. C. E Vest. 6bm Born, to the wife of Win. Zurcher, Sunday, December 12, a son. It. Graves has returned from a vis It with his brother at Malobte, Wash. Will Zurcher sold two car loads oC cattle thU week. Ombom Boyd of Twim Falls Is a g'jesit In the home of hiia uncle, Dan iel Eoyd, for the holidays. SUNDAY SCHOOLS WILL HAVE TREATS AND GIVE APPROPRI . ATE PROGRAMS The various Sunday schools of this city will observe Christmas with ap propriate exercises at the several churches Christmas eve. Union Sunday School. The Christian and Baptist Union Sunday school and the Sunday school from the Pratt school house will cele brate the Christmas festivities togeth er at the Christian church. An enter taining program, given mostly by the little folks, has been arranged. The music will be principally by the Sun day school choir and will be a pleasing feature. A beautiful tree will bear the Christmas treat of nuts and candy, and all children are invited to come and share in the Christmas cheer. Methodist Sunday School. Song School Prayer. Song Choir Speech of Welcome , ...Asa Hambtln Recitation. Dwigfat French Song Juvenile Choir Recitation. Rhoda Wood Solo Edna Browning Exercise ... ."'To Great the King"' Song Choir Recitation Minnie WUilgerodt Anthem Choir Tab'.eaux. Song Juvenile Choir Recitation. Eunice Henderson Duet - Lonely Stockings Recitation Santa Claus Children not members of any Sun day school are especially invited to celebrate Christmas with us. There wldl be plnety (or all. J. L. Browning, Supt. Presbyterian Sunday School. Song, "Praise Him" ....Choir Invocation .... Rev. Harris Recitation, "Our King of Glory".. Donald Gaily Motion Song . . Primary Department Responsive Reading Lei toy Rev. Harris Duet " Elsie and Joe Olmsted Exercise "Our Gifts" Mrs. Law's. Class. Solo '..Miss Craig Exercise . . . ."The Ohrlstmas Star" Mrs. Forsythe's Class. (Continued on last page.) I TELEPHONE SLAVE OF E. H. HARR MM WALL STREET WIZARD MADE GREAT US OF THE MODERN TIMESAVER "His great instrument was the tele phone," said a biographer of the late Edward H. Harriman in the Wall Street Journal. "He always had it beside him. The Harriman switch hoard was one of the best equipped and busiest in New York. Whether in his olRce, his library, his bedroom or his bathroom, the telephone was always there, and when he went into the Ore gon wilderness the telephone would go, too. " 'A slave to the telephone,' wrote a New York editor in commenting on Harriman and his telephone. 'Non sense,' said Harriman, when this was called to his attention, 'the telephone is a slave to me.' " It is altogether likely that much of the power and influence of the late Mr. Harriman was due to the aid of his telephone. In fact, he admitted as much. His telephone was his ever present messenger, always ready for service. With it he reached all of his business associates and every corner of his vast railroad territory. A man who puts the telephone in his home places I himself in the avenue of approach to millions of other homes, shops, offices and farms. Just as with the railroad king, so it is with farmers and men in all other walks of life. The telephone in the home or business place of many a man less famous than Harriman is perform ing a work just as great in importance, and perhaps is proving even more of a j blessing than to the capitalist whose ; every command could be carried out. The instrument was probably just as important in the mind of the farmer who wrote: "I would as soon think of mowing my hay with an old-fashioned scythe, as try to conduct my farm successfully without a telephone." Throughout the farming world the telephone today is a popular and useful instrument. It was not so long ago when its use in rural sections was un heard of. Now it is the farmer's great est aid in business, in home life and for protection. He sells his crops with the aid of the telephone, catching a fluctu- ENTERPRISE MEN ALL PRIZES IN (Continued on last page.) MAKE CLEAN SWEEP AT JOSEPH MATCH BIG NEW YEARS SHOOT HERE. A crowd of Enterprise men at tended the big Christmas shooting match at Joseph and won every prize oJfered while they were pres ent. Baker Biros.' big bus was load ed with trophies of victory when it returned In the early evening. The prizes brought to Enterprise Includ ed 36 ducks, 3 geese, 1 turkey, hog and a quarter of beelf. The shooters were Bass Weaver, Fred Bales, Neal, Leonard, Robert, Sam and Will Baker. Big New Years Shoot A big New Years shooting match will be held at Baker Bros, barn on. Friday, December 31. A purse of $25 will be shot for, besides a large number of turkeys, geese, ducks., sides of hogs, quarters ot beef, etc. The crack shots of the entire coun ty are Invited to participate. filMHllMMIIBMMI!ttlBiJtl3PEMi I TO ALJU OUR PATRONS AND FRIENDS Shopping Pleasure in Our New and Enlarged Store In Our Dry Goods Department You Will Find the Most Appropriate Gifts for Ladies and Children Silk and Lace Shawls Silk Lined Gloves Scarfs, Lace Collars, Furs, Belts, Children's Toques, and the Largest Line of Handkerchiefs in Wallowa County. Ladies' and Children's Stockings Big Line of Children's Shoes Blankets, Indian Robes Christmas Special Until Christmas All Our Ladies' Coats Will Be Sold ONE-FOURTH OFF! Fancy Dishes Decorated and Plain Ware in vSets and Single Piec es, Cut Glass, Vases Jewelery The Best of Everything at Least Possible Price "World" Brand of Silverware Guaranteed to carry not less than 50 percent more Silver than Standard Plate CUTLERY OF ALL KINDS Many Gifts for Men. Mufflers, French Briar Pipes in handsome plush cases, Men's and Boys' Wearing Apparel, Hats, Caps, and Shoes Fancy Candies, Figs, Dates, New Crop Walnuts, - Chestnuts, and Everything in Dried and Fresh Fruit, Bottled and Can ned Goods W. J. FUNK & CO. Enterprise, Oregon Everything in the Glove and Mitten Line See the Driving Glove . t,