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r Historical tat TwiceaWeek Saturday Edition ALL THE OFFICIAL NEWS OF WALLOWA COUNTY IN THE N-R ALL THE NEWS WHILE II 13 NEW3 TWICE-A-WEEK NEWS RECORD ELEVENTH YEAR. NO. 73. ENTERPRISE, WALLOWA COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1910. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER THE NEWS RECORD MONEY TO LOAN Slate Funds loaned, 6 per cent. John P. Rusk. Atty. State Land B'd. Joseph Farm loans at 7H percent. Call' or write First Bank of Joseph. 68btf WANTED. Lumber. Anyone having lumber of tny grade in any amount for . sale, or who has timber he intends to saw hkti, and wishes to contract the lum ber, call on or address W. F. Rankin t Haney planer in Enterprise. Agent tor W. H. IClveite, 2604 FOR 8ALE. .40 acres of timber on Alder Slope. $250.00. Terms. C. B. Vert. bm Get yo-ir winter cabbage and sauer kr.iut. A. M. TVtgner, Enterprise. THE NEW MEAT MARKET In the old Electric Theatre Building on x River Street FRESH, SALT AND SMOKED MEATS EVERYTHING CLEAN :- MEATS COT RIGHT CEO. WON PROPRIETOR COUR APPOINTS & T ROAD SUPERVISORS EXCEPT IN ENTERPRISE DIS-TRICT-AIOSEH LIGHT COM PANY FRANCHI8E. County court is still in session and will not comply 2 Its labors until some time next week. Hoe annual tax levy Is among the more Import ant! things yet to be decided on. Except Enterprise district, where there la a con'teat on between J, W. Hammock and Vm. McGarry, aJl the road sorprvdsors have been appointed as follows: District, No. 1 J. A. Pace, Wallowa District No. 2 J. B. Wlillikunson, LostliLe. DlatTiwt No. 4 Wu. Newby, Joseph District No. 6 R. L. Scott, DUvide District No. 7 8. C. Hlrnmel- wright, Frulta. Dtotrilct No. 8 Thos. MlcCarty, to- nJha. District No. 9 O. H. Dougherty, Pine Creek. District No. 10 T. C. Bunnel, Trout Creek. District No. 11 O. L. Borland, par adise. District No. 12 B. M. Martin, Lost Prairie. District No. 13 Lafayette- Wdlson Grouse. District! No. 14 Quincy Trump Promise. District No. 15 H. Mench, Flora. District No. 16 S. B. Warnock, Moid Creek. District No. 17 Olof Anderson, Powwatka. District No. 18 Peter Kuehl, Smith Mountain. District No. 19 Joe demons, Bn I reka. District No. 21 O. E Courtney i Eden. ' District No. 22 O. H. Lathrope.. Leap. District No. 23 E. F. Sargeant, Butte. District No. 21 J. A. Grimes, Pitts burg. District No. 25 Frank Victor, Wal lowa Canyon. 26 A. H. Sasser, A. H. Sasser, 6 O. W. Chambers, District No. Dlatriot No. 26 Swamp Creek. District No Prairie Creek. Joner Trump and H. C. Cramer have been reappointed road view ers. The viewers are ordered to view and lay out the T. K. Edge mand, O. F. Mays and Walter Boner roads. The Lostin abort road to depot case will come up for final hearing next week. Henry Ibberson Is gLven until Ap ril 1 next to remove an obstructing gate from (Tie Ge:. W. Boner road on Crow oreek. (Continued on last page.) Increase Number School Children 8chqol Census Takei In November Shows Total of 2803 Increase of 170 Over- Year Aflo. County Superintendent J. C. Con ley reports the ttfal of the school census taken in November by the clerks of the districts, to be 2803, an increase of 170 over a year agio. Enterprise dto'rtat Increased from 333 to 412 pupils, Joseph from 269 to 302, Wallowa from 262 to 309, Los tine from 181 to 197. A number of the country districts show a slight decrease. Milages' Patent Leather Sailors, $1; children's Patent Leather Sailors 60 cents; all ready-to-wear hats going accordingly at Mrs. Hug's. f to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to I to to to to to to to to to to etting JBusy We are very busy just now taking stock, and haven't time to arrange the line that we expect to cut the price on, but will give you good, liberal cuts on lots of winter stuff. Are you satisfied with your rubber footwear? Get a pair of the famous i Ball Band Knit, Laced, Boots and Overshoes Sold under an absolute Guarantee to give Perfect Satisfaction. Some Novelties in Men's Caps that are good for these cold days In taking stock we are finding lots of Remnants in all departments that we will throw on the remnant table as soon as we get through. W. J. FUNK & CO. if VP Jt WINGS COLLAPSE AVIATOR KILLED DE LA GRANGE FALLS TO HIS DEATH FROM GREAT HEIGHT AT BORDEAUX. Bordeaux, Jan. 4. Leon de la Grange, the French aviator, whose achievements In the last two years had won for him a high place among those who have set out to conquer the air, -was killed Instantly today while making a mishit in the presence of a great crowd. A strong, uncer tain wind prevailed, but with charac teristic daring, de la Grange faced It in the same monoplane in which he made a record of 63 miles an hour at the Doncaster meeting last October. He circulated the aere dirome, eeemlug to have his machine Under good control, and yet at times It heeled dangerously. I On the third round, -when at a height of betweea 60 and 70 feet, he increased his speed. He swung wide at the turns, but at the lower end of the aerodrome he attempted to describe a sharp curve. The ma chine was sean to sway. The left .wing was broken, and the right wing Immediately eol'apsed. The aero plane came plunging to the earth and It turned hat over as It fell, with the aviator clinging to the seat. In this way it crashed to the ground with de la Grange beneath, the heavy motor crushing him. The mechanicians are at a loss to explain the accident. They are merely able to say that It resulted from maneuvering too. quickly in the puffy wind. The monoplane was doubled braced at essential points and had been given1 a careful exam. lnation before ascending. De la Granges flight was merely preliminary t tie attempt which he was to make In the afternoon to break Henry Farman's record. An eye wifcne3& describes .the machine as listing at - an exceptionally - 'feioh peed. De la Grange had already completed three turns of the im mense aerodrome and wasi directly over the sheds when the wings fell over and the machine shot down ward with a velocity of a projectile, striking the roof of a shed a glanc ing blow The spectators climbed the bar riers and rushed to the spot. The first to arrive were Matthyla, a pu pil of de la Grange, and a gendarme, with great difficulty the broken mass or twisted frame work was lifted up. De la Grange was carried to the shed. He .groaned feebly twice or thrice but died a moment later. The body had been literally crushed and the skull was frac-' tured. Practical aeroplanlsts concur In the opinion that the accident was due to the fact that a 45 instead of an 18 horsepower motor was used. Hals. Uiey say. was much too pow er for the Bma'.l planes. In turn ing against Uie strong wind, the left wing was unable to resist the combined forces of the propulsion of the engine and the wind pressure and broke. The heavy aeroplane, deprived suddenly of its plane Bur face, shot downward, the aviator ot having time to disengage himself from his seat. ships from Oregion are now held by Edward Wlnana, of Willamette UnU verslty and Wistar Johnson of the University of Oregon. DEATH OF FORDNEY. Marion L. Harris, who came out from Flora, FrlsJay, says that when he left the arrangements for Ford ney's funeral had not been com pleted; they were a.waltlng the ar rival of a brother from Turlock, Cal., and a sister from Medford. Fordney was apparnetly a strong man but Imagined he was sick and had been doctoring for some time. The revolver was suh an old affair it ia a wonder he did a clean job of It. The hammer spring was broken and ho hadi to hold lit with his thumb, the powder burning his thumb. Fordney la counted fairly well-to-do, and was usually quite a joker. He had been a resident of ijhJB coun ty for aibout 20 years. Besides the relative above mentioned, he leaves two brothers and a sister in his na tive place, Scotland county, Mo. Church Pioneer Builders Reunion Interesting Event Scheduled at Chris tlan Church For Next Wednes day Night A reunion of the pioneers and bulldors of the Christian church at Enterprise Willi he held at the church Wednesday evening,. January 12, In connection with the ratif loatHon . of the newly elected officers of the church and bible school. Invitations .have 'been sent to a number of former residents who were active dn church work and it Is urged that all members of the church be present at this meeting. A committee composed of Mrs. Sa rah Calvin, Mrs. Belle Fosner, Mrs. Elizabeth Haney and Mrs. Amy Chau vet is arranging a program and en tertainment appropriate to the oc casion. .. t-Via. ceii offkftxs. of ,tho . Sunday school are; Thorn a Morgan, sup erintendent; B. F. Miller, assistant; Mrs. J. P. Sanders, missionary sup erintendent; Mrs. E. A. Fosner, sup erintendent Cradle Roll and Home department; Jennie Mitchell, secre tary; Carrie Falconer, assistant; Eva Falconer, treasurer; Zora Combes, organist; Lei a Pace, assist ant; Wllma Lewis, librarian; Lucile Chau vet, assistant; Mrs. O. M. Cor klns, chorister; Lenora Lewis, assist ant chorister; Mrs. A. F. Poley, Mrs J. P. Sanders, L. B. Payne, ifaos. Morgan, executive committee. SETTLERS UPHELD Blf- HIGHEST COURT BIG VICTORY FOR HOMESTEAD ERS WON IN DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR. Attorney D. W. Sheahan has receiv ed word that hi client, Finley M. Newlon, has won out before the De partmnet of the Interior, and thus Is closed one of the most sensation al and hardly fought cases ever started in the La Grande office. Newlon was a squatter In the now famous1 4n 41 township thrown open to settlement on Sept. 15, 1908. He made a homestead entry, while one Guy M. Byrkltt said to be a son-in-law of George M. Palmer,' the lumber king, made a T. & S. entry. The case occupied nearly a month at La Grande in December, '08, New lon being given the decision. The decision was affirmed by the gen eral land office and now again by tthe Interior Department, the court of final author Lty, 'Lie gist of tire decision is that If the squatter made bona fide settle ment and was acting in good1 faith, hla homeatead takes precedence ov er a -timber and stone entry no mat ter how valuable the timber on the land may be. C. H. Finn of Portland and a Washington, D. C, firm of iawyera were the opposing counsel to Mr. Shcal.an. Two other similar cases recently decided are Monlag and Jelllson vs. Asa Burselilv and VlnaJcke and Bahler vs. Harvey R, Burs si 1. The Bursells were the squatters and the others T. & 8, entrymen. Conaway & Corkins, by A. B. Conaway, appeared for the homesteaders- and won a com plete victory 1m each case. Notwith standing the testimony trowed the Jand to be more valuable for timber thia f$r iui7 other purpose, the pref erence right was decided to He with the bona fide settiers. BONDS 3ELL WELL. The $30,000 worth of bonds offer ed by Joseph school district were opened, Wednesday, the bonds go ing to Ulen, Sutherlln & Co. of Chi cago fbr $621 premium and at per cent Interest. This was the best of seven bids considered. There were three other bidders who failed to eoraply wiUh the condition of a deposit. Cecil Lyans Wins Rhodes Scholarship Graduate! of University of Oregon Will Rveive $1500 Income for Strained Honey 12MiC a pound at Funk's. Regular meals 25 cents at Pid cock's restaurant, 2nd door south 67 R. S. & Z. 64btf THE GOOD TOBACCO SHOP IS , HOMAN'S If You Prefer the Best Brands of Cigars or Smoking Tobacco you can always Ret what you want here. Fine line of PIPES The same is true of all our Stock. Come in and sec. PRENTISS HOMAN'S Next Door to Bank Enterprise, - - Oregon T're Years. University of Oregon, Eugene, Jan. 4 The Rhodes scholarship from Or egon for the present year has been awarded to Mr. Cecil K. Lyans, a graduate of the University of Or- egon In the class of 1900. The award was. made by the State Rhodes Scholarship comml.tee, .which met in Salem last Saturday. Lyons will en Salem last Saturday. Lyans will en seholarshlp will be good for three years thereafter, paying him an an nual Income of $1,500. During his course at the Univer sity of Oregon. Lyans .was an ex ceptionally strong student and took a prominent part in debate. He earn el his- own way through the Unlver- 's2ty, and ia now teaching In the ICoqulUe blsh school. I Rhodes scholarships will again be open In 1911, 1913 and 1914. Scholar- Houses in Enterprise, $650 to $3,000 Lots $75.00 to $250.00 160 Acres, Hill Farm, $12.50 293 J Acres on Slope, $65.00 an acre, time 270 Acres, Island, $40.00 an acre, time 160 Acres, Slope, $3600.00. time 480 Acres, 12 miles, timothy and timber, $10 per acre Best and Cheapest Insurance Companies. Agent American Bonding Company. W. E. TAGGART The Pioneer Real Estate Man. ENTERPRISE, : : : OREGON Cartfiis Banking Insures Ih Saftty of Diposlts." Depositor! Have That Guarantee at WALLOWA NATIONAL BANK OF ENTERPRISE, OREGON CAPITAL $50,000 SURPLUS $50,000 Wc Do a General Banking Business. Exchange Bought and Sold on All Principal Cities. Geo. VV. Hyatt, President Geo. H. Craig, Vloe President W. R. Hoi men, Cahler Frank A. Reavls, At. Cashier Geo .8. Cbaiu J. H. Dobbin DIRECTORS Geo. W. Hyatt Mattie A. Holmes W. R, Holmes