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ELEVENTH YEAR. NO. 70.
ENTERPRISE, WALLOWA COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1909.
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER
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MONEY TO LOAN
Slate Funds loaned, 6 per cent. John
P. Rusk, Atty. State Land B'd. Joseph
Farm loans at 7V4 percent. Call' or
write First Bank of Joseph. B8btf
WANTED.
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. F. Rankin
at Haney planer in Enterprise, Agent
for W. R. Klvette. 26b4
8TRAYED.
Two steers, red, 1 two-year old, 1
under, and half crop in right ear.
Strayed from my BUc Mountain ranch
about September 15, Reward for
information leading to their recovery.
John Baker, Joseph. 62M
FOR RENT.
Blacksmith ehop facing court house,
Enterprise, for rent; possession giv
en January 1. Wert stocked with
up-to-date tools. Only first-class
workman need apply. Q. H. Vest,
Enterprise. , 62btf
' FOR 8ALE!
40 acres of timber on Alder Slope.
$250.00. Term. C. E. Vest. 69bm
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS.
, Notice is hereby given that the an
nual meeting of the stockholder X
the Wallowa National Bank, of En
terprise, Oregon, will be held at the
office of their banking house in En
terprise, Oregon, on Tuesday, the
11th day of January, 1910, between
the hours fit 10 a. to, and 4 p. m.,
for the election- of directors for the
ensuing year, and for the transac
tion of such other business as may
legally come before said meeting.
Dated at Enterprise, Oregon, De
cember th, 1909. 66w4
W. R. HOLMES, Cashier.
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New Year's
Greeting
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To Our Many Patrons and Friends:
The year 1909 is just closing, and we are
thankful to be able to say that it has been
one of the most successful years in the his
tory of the Enterprise Mercantile & Milling
Company's business. Many new friends
' and patrons have been added to our already
mammoth trade. For all this we feel pro
foundly thankful, and now for the year 1910
."we expect to be better equipped and have
better facilities for making you feel at home
in our store than heretofore. Our store is
being re-modeled all through'and we expect
to be second to none in the city.
Visit our store, shake hands with us and
get better acqqainted with us, and trade
with us, andjwe will do you good and you
. can do us good. ,
Again thanking you for past favors, we re
main your9 truly,
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Enterprise Mercantile &
Milling Company
THREE MILLIONS
FOR C0J.ST WORK
AMOUNT ASKED FOR RIVERS
AND HARBORS OF PACIFIC
NORTHWEST. .
Portland, Dec. 28. Much work on
tine rivers and harbore of the Pacific
Northwest will toe aocom'pllshed dur
ing the coming year provided the
recommendations oX 'Major Mclndoe,
corps of United States Engineers, in
charge of this district, are follow
ed. Major Mclndoe has Just mads
his annual report to the Secretary
of War and urge the expenditure oi
$3,042,500 in river and harbor im
provements In this district for the
iftocal year ending June 30, 1911
The largest ' appropriation recom
mended is $1,560,000 for continuing
the Improvement at the mouth of the
Columbia River. The sum of $1,
000,000 is urged for work in the
same stream between The Dalles rap
Ids and Celllo Falls. The remainder
of the dealred appropriation is di
vided between the different coast
harbors and work on the Columbia,
Willamette, Snake and' other rivers,
Including' the Cowlllz, Grays and Lew
Is rivers in Washington. ;
Portland takes fourth place among
the cities of the United States in
wheat exports for the 11 months of
the current year ending with , No
vember. This Is according to the
report of the Secretary of the Treas
ury on ibreadBituflfs exported from
this country. Puget Sound comes
next after Portland. New York is
first, Philadelphia second, and Du
luth Mrd.N The figures Just com
piled' ctf wheat exports do not dmclud
large shipments of wheat from Port
land to California. This tonnage is
very heavy each year.
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part News, Virginia, January 9 apd
h3r sister ship, the Braver, will come
soon after. Both w4H go into eom
mlsaloa at once upon arrival. These
lKwiU aire the new Tiarrlinan liners
built far the Coast route and are the
flnesi ever In commission between
here and- the south. '
Fine Pasture on Snake.
W. H. Graves Is 'home from a sev
eral weeks stay over on. Snake riv
er looking after his' bands of sheep.
He reports- the winter pasture very
fine, the grass being high and green.
All Btock is wintering in splendid
shape so farV
The management .of the opera
house seem to have solved the prob
lem of heaiting the building, al
though the weaher has bsen cs
cold as It i psaaonabla to expsct
that it will be at any time during
the ruler, the additional fire have
kept 'the auditorium a3 warm and
cozy as could be desired. V
Dr, and Mrs. A. F. Poley have re
turned from Por' land and will remain
here the resit of the wlniter.
Enterprise's Famous
Barber Shop
Widely and Favorably Known
Throughout the Northwest; To
Be Still Further Improved.
A pleasing announcement is made
in this issue of the Intention of W.
I. Cailvln to aga'n remodel and re
furnish his barber shop, next door
to the postaffice. From the past
state-wide reputation of this shop it
can be confidently expected that En
terprise will continue . to boast of
the most unique and finest equipped
tonsorlal establishment in the whole
North west.
Mr. Calvin has a knack of doing
things that are not only . up-to-date
but entirely original. Seven years
ago he built the present stone build
ing occupied by hi 3 shop. It was
recognized then that his plan and
equipment was far In advance of
what the town could aftord, but he
proceeded to furnish and improve
It until It became the mecca for
hundreds' of visitors, transient and
otherwise. In addition to the fine
building and furnishings it was al
so h'ls aim to keep the service
equal to or better than could be se
cured in other cities.
Old-timers testify .. that when it
came to public spirit and boosting
for the public interest Mr. Calvin
was and always has been in the
forefront. He has el ways' subscribed
liberally to all, community enter
prises and never shirked a respon
sibility. ; The (public will look Iforward with
pleasure to the further improvement
of Calvin's Barber Shop, because
everyone realizes that he knows how
to do It in the moat unique and ap
proved fashion. He will no doubt
make it cne of the assets oif the
city from an advertising standpoint,
to ably supplement the constant ef
forts of I'jj business institutions' to
keep Enterprise In the lead
DELINQUENT SUBSCRIBERS.
The following U a synopsis of the
United Stale supreme court decis
Ions regarding delinquent subscribers
1. Subscribers Mho do not give ex
press notice to the contrary are con
sidered to renew their subscription.
2. If subscribers order discontinu
ance of .their periodicals, the publish
er imay continue to Bend the paper
until all arrears are paid.
3. If subscriber neglect or refuse
to take their periodical from the
pojtofflce they a-e responsible until
they have settled their bill and or
dered their papsr dlicontlnued.
4. If a subscriber moves to an
other place without informing the
publisher and th?y con'.lnue they arc
responsible.
5. The courts have decided that
refusing to take periodicals from the
pqsUf(lce or moving and leaving them
uncalled for l prima facie evidence
of Intentional fraud.
6. If subscribers pay in advance
they are bound to give notice at the
end of the time if they do not wish
to continue taking it, until an ex
press notice with all arrears Li sent
to the publisher. Joseph Herald.
FOR SALE
Recleaned Timothy Seed,
lmb C. S. Bradley.
L1TCH BUILDING
cREonocin
FINEST STORE " AND OFFICE
STRUCTURE IN COUNTY
STEAM HEATING PLANT.
The heating apparatus for the new
LItch building is- in operation and
the big store roms are kept as
warm a desired by the numerous
registers.
The LItch building marks a dis
tinct advance in the construction of
store and office buildings In this
county, and it is by long odds the
finest structure of the kind in the
county. No expense Cms been spared
to make tha building up-to-date In
every particular, and tha tenants
will revel In the comforts of "all
molern conveniences. Steam heat
has been installed ait a coat of over
$3000, the systjm used being the
same as in the court house. Hot
waiter will also be furnished the
tenants. '
The big new store room Is now
occupied by the grocery and hard
ware departments of W. J. Funk &
Co., while the room west Is occu
pied by Jackson & Weaver. The
old Funk storeroom is being changed.
The office will be Just back .of the
rear archway between the two
rooms, while where the old Slice
was will be the airway to the of
fices on the second floor.
A special convenience of the Funk
store is the large, well-lighted' base
ment, giving an tom-ans-e space to
storage purposes In addition to the
warehouse.
There wlfi be 9 office suites of
two and three rooms each on the
second floor, 11 bedrooms, bathrooms,
clo3et3 and big, wide halls. Each
office has lits steam heat hot and
cold water pipes. The bedrooms are
large and well lighted and no doubt
will be In great demand.
. Altogether 'the new Li'tch building
tojis a tat of money and Is a credit
to 1he town and county. ,
' Court House Heater. 1
The heating pliant in the new
court honed waai tested last week and
found to work all right. .Plastering
will begin soan. Workmen are en
closing the toer.
Another Weston
Man Buys Ranch
Sam Banioter Gets Frank Wright
Place on Trout Creek for
$12,300.
' The Frank Wright farm on Trout
Greek, 9 miles north of town, has
changed hands again, D. W. Shea
han selling It ti Sam Banister a!
Weston- for $12,800. The place la- a
fine hill ranch of 760 acres, with
plenty of water and good improve
ments. There ars 230 acres of tim
othy land in one body. The deal
was made by the Enterprise Real
'Estate-company, Mr. Banister is a
fine citizen and a gODd man in every
way and the community la to be
congratulated cn his securing an In
terest here.
Buy Timber Tract.
H. C. Laird has bought 40 acres
of timber land of Herman RumatadtleT
on Alder Slope, for $550.
Buys tEntcrprise Home.
J. C. Shackelford has bought the
W. E. Lewis plane, corner Green
wood and Depot reels, for $2000.
Harris Appointed.
Harvey W. Ha.rls, who has ben
acting Forest Supervisor for this
district .since O'Brien was trans
ferred to Portion d. has received the
1-enm.nent appointment, and the
headquarters will remain at Wallowa.
The La Grande Observer says If the
other candidate had bean named the
headquarters would have bee.i moved
to Baker City,
School Census of Union,
The school population of Union
county is exactly the same this year
a last, 2713 males, 2561 females; to
tal C274. La Grande gained 97 but
some of the country districts de
creased. The announcement o'f the
ros-ult in Wallowa county is delayed
owing to a few dilatory clerks says
Superintendent Conley.
Kep'lar meals 25 cents at Pld
cock's lestaurant, 2nd door south of
K. F. & Z. 64btf
WINTERED IN VALLEY
THIRTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
George Holmea of Cove, who with
his family visited relatives here over
Christmas, was among the first to
vluter in this valley. He apent the
aiter of 74-75 here, when there
were only nine families from the
head of the canyon In Lower Volley
all the way up to upper Prairie
Creek.
Mr. Br am let "kept postofflce" in
Lower Va'Jley, the mall being brought
from SummerviUe that far by the
Government. The settlers along Al
der Slope and on Prairie Creek
took turns going to Bramlat's for the
mail and bringing all for this end up
to Vedeya, whe:e it was called for.
Mr, Holmes helped build the first
cabin on Imnaha near the present
Jack Johnson- place.
New Suit Filed.
Dec. 20 George Houser vs. J. F.
Proebstel.
Joe Allen has returned from Pen
dleton. Pringle Company
Best Ever Here
Makea Good First Night With Large
Audiencq) In Enterprise, Opera
, House.
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Miss' Delia Pringle captured a large
and appreciative audience Monday
night and this charming lady has
won a warm iplace In the hearts of
Enterprise 'theatre goars. Ml'ss Prln
?le promised the best company ever
brought to Enterprise and that prom
ise is more than fulfilled. It la .the
best company In the West. The
penlng play, "Peaceful Valley, or In
the Heart of the Hills," -wag a
splendid vehicle for Miss Pringle, C.
v. Van' Auker and the supporting
jompany. Miss Pringle was excel
lent In a light and airy "city girl"
and played the part with a "dash
and vim" that wa3 a pleasure to Us-
en. to. The gowns worn by Miss
Pringle were handsome and ' won
much admiration from the gentler
iex. Mr. Van Aucker is by long odds
he be3t leading iroan we have had
tiie pleasure of seeing in a long
Ime. Ho gave a clever interpreta
tion of an educated "country boy"
md gained many a hearty laugh and
much applause by his intelligent
work. Miss Laura Laird waa petite,
and made many friends. Mr. Hogan
was a good bad man. and Fannie
Stanley was a real good motherly
momer. Mr. Riley Myers played the
landlord in true "summer hotel"
style. James Wright did th heat
dancing ever seen on our atage, in
ttct Mr. Wright is hard to .beat. Ev
ry member 1 good and a big busi
ness should be their reward. Fif
teen dollars hi gold will be given
away Saturday night.
HORSE 8ALE.
W. w. Zurcher will sell at public
auction, on Saturday, January 8. at
Red Front Livery Earn, beginning at
l P. m., 50 head of Halter-Broke
Horses. Terms: 6 months without
interest If paid when due; 6 per
cent discount for cash. 70b2
NEW YEAR'S GREETING
With the beginning: of the year 1910 I desire to
extend to all friends and patrons a hearty New
Year's Greeting: and best wishes for the future.
On behalf of myself and my barber business I
take this opportunity of expressing my apprecia
tion of the patronage of the city. It has been
my constant aim to constantly improve the shop
and service and at all times to be abreast or
ahead of the times. This I believe I have done
in the past and I take this opportunity of an
nouncing that in the near' future I expect to fur
ther re-model and improve the shop until it
stands far in advance of anything in the past.
Trusting that I may see all my old customers
and many new ones during the New Year, I re-
mam
Sincerely
W. I.
INSTALLATION BY
MASONS
ANO STARS
CHAPTERS AND LODGE JOIN IN
80LEMN AND BEAUTIFUL
CEREMONIES.
Enterprise Chapter, No. 30, Royal
Arch .Masons, Wallowa Lodge, No.
82. A. F. & A. M., and Wallowa Val
ley chapter, Order of the Eastern
Star held Joint Installation of offi
cers in Masonic hall, Monday night.
The officers of the blue lodge were
Installed by the retiring master, J.
A. Burleigh, and J. B. Olmated, re
tiring high priest, installed the aew
officers of the chapter. Both cere
monies were very impresalive, that
of the Royal Arch being especially
beautiful. The Easitem Star offiores
were Installed by Mrs. E. J. Forsythe.
After the installation a fine banquet
waa served toy the brothers and a
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Our Bakery
Ran Night
and Day
" To Supply the
Christmas Demand
That speaKs louder
than words of the
Quality of the Goods
Newest and Freshest
Groceries
Everything of the best
for the table (includ
ing Dishes ) i s
found at
Riley
AND
Riley's
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Yours,
Calvin