Wedn esday Edition
ALL THE OFFICIAL
NEWS OF WALLOWA
COUNTY IN THE N-R
ALL THE, NEWS WHILE
II IS NEW3 TWICE-'
A-WEEK NEWS RECORD
ELEVENTH YEAR. NO. 78.
ENTERPRISE, WALLOWA COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1910.
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER
TwiceaWeek
THE
RECORD
Wants
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. 68btf
WANTED.
Immediately, responsible men and
women' of neat appearance to solicit
subscriptions for the Overland Month
ly. Pleasant profitable work. Splen
did commission, valuable cash prizes.
Permanent employment for hustlers.
Give references, address Circulation
Manager, Overland Monthly, 773 Mar
ket St., San Fraaclsco, Call. 77s4.
Lumber. Anyone having lumber oi
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 j
Beginning February 1, I will pay
for dry beef hides 18c per pound;
sheep pelts, dry, 15c per pound; all
other furs at fair prices. Over City
Meat Market, Enterprise. ' : ; .
Yours truly, Joe Allen. -22c4
The Overland Monthly wants an
energetic, capable man or woman
in Enterprise to act as County Mana
ger in Wallowa County, to conduct
. a subscription campaign. Good pay,
permanent employment, experience
unnecessary. References required.
Outfit and instructions free. Address
Immediately, "Circulation Manager,"
Overland Monthly, 773 Market St.,
San Francisco, Cal. v 77s4
FOR 8ALE.
-40 acres of timber on Alder Slope.
$250.00. Terms. C. E Vest. 69bm
FOR RENT.
Three large bad rooms for rent;
with or without board. Mrs, Carl
Roe . 74t8
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New
Resolutions
As the old year passed out and the new
dawned upon us many of lis made new reso
lutions, resolving that we would improve by
looking at the errors of the past. Now,
then, if you have not been trading with us
the past year you do not know what you
have missed in the way of saving money.
Take our prices all through the year and
you will find to your own satisfaction that
we are as cheap, it not cheaper, -than any
house in the valley. The public knows that
we have been all torn up repairing and en
larging our store. , Many carpenters and
workmen have been busy for the past ten
weeks getting our building in good repair,
so that trouble is about over, and we ex
pect to give more of our attention to-our
many customers than we have been able to
in the past. We have quite a large stock
on .hand that must be sold in order to get
room for our spring stock, so come early
. and get our prices and we feel quite sure
that you will be satisfied with our merchan
. dise and also our prices. '. .
Thanking you for past favors, we remain,
: , .. Yours Respectfully .
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COLONIST RA1EST0
o on
SPRING
REDUCED FARES WILL. BE IN
EFFECT FROM MARCH 1 TO
APRIL 15.
Portland, Jan. 25. Completion of
the NatToarKlamath line of the South
irn Pacific wlthta the doming 18
months Is promised by Judge W. D.
Fenitbn, counsel for the Hanrlman
i-oad, ,who says that at . the end bf
'that ttao trains of hia company wtli'
be runiniing between Portland and San
Francibco over 'the new route, which
will hawe a maximum grade, of 1 per
cent. Wiork is going- ahead on S3
mii'jes' of the new route now and the
remainder will be completed as bciii
as possible. The building of the
Natron line will not only open up a
large new territory that to without
railroads, but will give a low-grade
freight Une that will eliminate the
iheavy grades of the Siskiyou moun
tains. The budget for new equip
ment for the Harrlman linos in this
tierriibory for the year 1910 has been
made uipand to In excess! of the niUney
asked ki any previous year for rolling
jtock. The budget calls for over $2,
0O0.0OQ for new fre'ght and passenger
cars' and .locomo'tves.
Colonist Rates.
. Low oneway colonCst raite3 from
ailH parts of the Eat to Pacific Coast
terminals are o'fered by the rail
roads firom March 1 to Alpr.ll 15. The
opportunity So bring ilhousandsi of
new aettilers to Oregon' is a valuable
one and oammeiR'lal organizations- of
he state .will take advantage of It
o-the fullest extent.
The attractive literature sent out
during the past year and the wide
publicity given all parts of Oregon
uave besn fruitful of reaults and In
5
Mercantile
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II
Company
quiry about th!a state was never s
general as at the presant Ijinw. -Ee-.''.."
"'. ..'U i . v ii-tesonead" interest in
Oregon, it may .be expected that the
state wild receive "a large immigra
tion during the coming spring.
Oregon peopie ehou t do all they
can' lb add .to -this movement to the
Pacific ' Northwest by arousiliie "iii-
i.'Mit among their friends In other
parts of the country who ore looking
fan new homes and Informal lorn should
a supplied .them on the opportunities
here for newcomers and1 particularly
Loose, w:t desire to engage in agri-
cuilSure, horticulture, stock raising or
dairying. These lines of endeavor are
rewa.llfag thosa who are engaged
to them. ,
DOES THIS MEAN YOU? :
The men who borrowed my scrapers
witMout leave aro requested to return
same at once as I need them. '. This
is the last notice.
78bl , J.E.PATTERSON'
H. S. Pupils Greet
Victorious Team
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Debaters Returning; From Elgin Gain
Special Welcome Social Held
. Saturday Night
The high school students tumeli
out en masse to tlhe train Saturday
Mo greet the victorious debating team
(Aiming home from Elgin and as; the
yoiing orators stepped from the car
'hey ,. were given a noisy wekMme
and the entire school formed an es
opl far them to town.
The victors report a fine time and
hospitable treatment at "Elgin. The
members of the team are Miss Julie.
Marvin, daughter of Sheriff and iM-j-s
Edgar Marvin, and Irl and Aaron, Olm
sted, sons of Ju).lge .and Mrs, J.;B.
OloiB'ted. Mrs. Marvin and Rev.
Samuel Harris1 accompanied the team
to Elgin. Mr. Harris coached the
team during fits' jvork of preparation
for the defoate. ... i ',
A social! was bold at the high echoo?
Saturday night in honor of members
of both debating teams. The high
scj!jpl girls fu'itiiijhedl refreshments
and all had' a Jolly time until a late
hour
DEATH RECORD.
W. H. H. Ogan, who filed on a
homestead 10. miles east of town
last June, and had already become
a well known, figure In. thlsi city,
died at the Htatel Enterprise, Mon
day morning at, 9:30 o'clock, of pneu
monia after a week's Illness. A son
!af the deceased, H. M. Ogan, and
Ms wife arrived here .Thursday and
,wer with hiim' whew he passedl away.
Mr. Ogan left Tuesday with hie
father's remains for the family home
at Pittsburg. His wife remains here
for It is Mr. Ogon's intention to re
turn at once and take up hla- resi;
dence here.
W. H. H. Ogan was bom near
Zaoesvilllle, Ohli!, 74 years ago. His
home Is ' in Piiitsbbrg, Pa. ' -and for
over 40 years' ho has been a travel
ing salesman. He served -three years
In the CivM war, a member of the
9th Iowa cavalry. He was a member
of the I. O. O. F., and man of high
character. .
He leaves a .widow and four chil
dren. The latter are H. M. Ogan
and Mrs. J. F. . Alcom of Pittsburg,
Dr. M. L. Ogan and Mrs. Edward W.
Updegraff of New York -ctty.
A MILE 8TONE IN .
THE CURATIVE ART
.'Slip "and partial dislocations of
bones, as a cause of disease and bone
setting as the cure of disease consti
tute the last chapter' of medical
history. It l : fojnd under the dea
Ignation "06LepalJly,, It is th best
single advancement of the cur alive
art that has ever been recorded.
Never Deipair.
The most perilous hour of a person's
life is whru be Is tempted lo dettpond.
The mm tUut Iuhps bin courage loses
; all. l ucre is uo more nope lor nun
than a dead man. But It mutters not
H bow poor be may be. how much push
5 ed by cirt uuistaoreS, bow nuicli de
S: serted by frit-ud. bow luucb lost to
! the world, if be only keeps bis cour
m age, holds up bis bead und with un
conquerable will determine) to be and
to do what becomes man all will be
well. It is nothing outside of blm
that kills. It Is wW Is within that
makes or Dot makes. '
Italian Grayheunda.
: To graceful Italian greyhound Is
reputed to be the most symmetrical of
HOLMAN TELLS!
WALLOWA COUNT!
PRESIDENT STATE HISTORICAL
SOCIETY HAS ARTICLE IN
PORTLANDJOURNAL.
Tko Portland Journal has been run-
ntng a series of articles on "Orlgini
of Oregon Counties by F. V. Hoi-
man, president of the Oreg'on Histoid
cai Society. The- following Idescript
bn of this county appeared In Fri
day's1 paper.
WAIjLOWA COUNTY.
Walibwa county was created Feb
ruary 11, 1887, by the state legis
lature. lUeneral laws of 1887, pt
U2). It comprises a part of the east
em portibn of the original Union
county, it s the nontheasitern coumty
f Oregon.
The name is that of the beautiful
Wallowa lake and its outlet, the
Wallowa river.
The part of Oregba which, compris
es Wallowa county in early days
was isolated. It was far from the
usually travelled -route of early
-raveers, fur tra-e.s au'd iiromlgranis.
It lies Bouth and southwest of Lewis
.011, Idaho, near which, to the east,
ioutheaat and south of the Clearwatci
river is Lapwai, the reservation' ot
the upper Nez Perce tribe.
In October, 1803, and in May. 1806,
lie. Lewis anft, Clark expedltibn- was
S the mouth of the Clearwater river.
which lxwils and Clark called the
vooakooakee. Lewiston Js situated necessary to change cars at for.
tit the JunctJon of th ClarwaW toH Th trave'.Hng public Bal1
ith Che Snake liver. , Wallowa coun-
y Is a short distance south of Lewis-
on, Lewis- and
Lewis and Clark's, xnpd!tihn
lid not go into what Is now Wafl-
owa county. I
In the .winter 'of 1811-12, Wllfan
Price Hunt and his party en route,
verlend, ' to As onla, attempted to
Jescend the Snake river. They start-
id to Idescend the Snake river In
aanoes, but they were compelled Co
abandon, their canoes and proceed
Iowa the bank of tihie river, some of
he party being on the east aide, 'the
Jthters on the west side of the Sneike
olver. The who'e party nearly perish-
d1 from hunger end other hardships,
Jocember 24, 1811, the party left
Jie Snake river and proceedel west
ward l!o the Coluimbla river, which
hey reached January 21, 1812, at a
point not far south of the Waiia
Walla river. On the way from tlhe
Snake river to the Columbia, the ex-
lot route of the party lis not deserib-
3d nor can it de'inlteily be ascertain-
ed, but undoubtedly It was through
what Is now Waltowa county, probalb-
y south of Wallowa lake. The, only
iver or stream between the Snake
iver and t'hei CoHumbia which Is men-
.lomed by name, except Walla Walla
river, It Is said "was called by the
natives Eu-o-taMa, or Umatilla." (Ir-
ving's Astoria, vol. 2, page 65).
In 1833 and 1834, Captain Uonne
viille and his party were in what is
iow Wallowa counrty. He does not
mention, the name Wallowa. -He Idoes
mention the Imnaha river, which he
sails the Immahah, and the Way-lee-
way, wnicn is tne ez rrce name
x tne uranoe itonoe rnver.
The eastern and southern part of
Wallowa county were the habitat of
the Jower Neis Perce Indians, at the
time of the beginning of the noted
war with them, which began June,
1877, and ended in October of the
same year. Their chief was uie iam
bus Indian known as Chief Joseph
To be certain of the meaning or
origin' of the name, I wrote A. C
Smith, nfow living at Enterprise, In
Wallowa county. For many years he
'.tvetf with the Indians In that vicinity
irad speaks one or more of the tribal!
languages He has kindly written
me, saying that he hall leirned frVwn
the UmatMa and the Nez Perce In
dlanf that the Wallowa river was
named by the fact that, many gene
rations ago, the Nez Perce Indians
olaced the first firth, trap in' that rive',
and the sahnon failed, from sne
fiwvi unknown vo them, to go iTto
the tram and, ater leaving the trap
set fa the river un'tl time to go into
"loir wlnr quar'r. they arrjv1 at
ipemt'tlow notion that some, chnnr
hai IfVerveoed to nrove-nt the fish
from going in. And o, whn the
th. iff h trnn sand
Che floods, although In other rivers
it had been their constant practice
to haul the ntast valuable timbers out
of the river for the next summer and
to save them from destruction from
the next spring's floods. Thereafter
the river 'waa, always called by them
fish trap," an Indian word for which
is Wallowa.
Wallowa county is now bounded :
On the north by the state of Wash
ington on the east by the Bnake river
the boundary between the state of
Oregon and Idalfo; on the south by
Baker county, and on the west by
Un!o11
Its county seat is
Entorpr'se
Its legal llascriptloi Is as- follows:
"Commencing at the northeast cor-
... . t An CtiallA
ier m -uie s.aiie oi vi5u w "
iLvor and thence west on the state
ine to yjhere i't totersects. thei Grande
aonde river; thence in a
Uh-eotfon up the center ot saw
riy
(Continued on last page.)
Through Service
Seattle to Frisco
...i f.. In 94
Shasta Limited ia "
Hours Protest Against
Lefoan Bill.
Seattle. Jan. 24.-Wlth Ohs to
Ul ftiiVIl w - - .
Oregon & Washingoni and ,the Bouin-
vaoMc raiiwaos. wis now po
t,m(, hflt.wn Seattl and Ban
U,olnWo ln thiirty-four hours. This
jUurteen hours shorter than the
um,0 formerly required, wnen in w
considerable from the new service
and it premises to be. aeserveuiy
oopular. The fast train la Known
h "Rhasla Lwmlted.'
The woman suffrage forces or
Washington are Jubilant in having
enlisted organized labor in support
of their cause. The State Federation
Jloptod strong resolutions commend
ing votes for women. Those in
charge of the campaign declare they
are gaining strength every day. Mrs
Carrie Chapman Catt has enriched
the exchequer with a $500 contrlbut-
and extensive offices are being
fitted up ML Seattle, as headquarters
Bach" issue of the official organ con-
tains a posier supplement which re-
dpi elite are requ-estedi to post la con
aplcuous places,
Frui'tgroweas of the Northwest are
Interested in the protest against the
i-jjj otlil now in Congress, which
was adopted ati the recent convention
of the Washington State Hbrttculitural
isaoclatlon. This measure was pre
pared by the eas'ern fruit interests
tor standardizing apple packing boxes
fe mm unault6i ihg auperiwr
Northwest. The box
I now j,n general use In this section is
beat adapted to Washington and O re
gon apples, and the growers are reluct.
ant to give it up for a substltuta
that will not permit them to make
a satisfactory pack, A delegation
will be sent to the national capital
to oppose the passage of the Lefoan
bill.
Mount Rainier is to be featured
by the advertising matter of the MU
I DredictM ' w ,..
tlw poal0f asmanv to,iHta n Plk'
pals other well known western
mountains. A handsome honldnt ol
Rainier is In preparation and tit will
1
be distributed extensively through
the eastern and central states
PARADI8E GLINTS.
Paradise, Jan. 21. About 18 inches
tl the 'beautiful snow here now.
W, C. Straley sent several loads
if wheat to EnAerprfae this week.
Dave Malioa and wife have return-
x) to Paradise and are visiting rela
ives and frleiils at this place at
present.
D. G. Ralls and W Roy are sav
ing wood for Dave Kuhn and Walter
Applegate. ,-
C. A. Sturmi of Lost Prairie to over
tbday. '
MWer and George Miller
of Washington ate here visiting.
Henry Sturm eV.d a horse to (Marlon
Millar for $125.
Grace Bernard Is visiting with
Maude Mahon at the home of the
a'jtor's pa rente In Paradise,
Mrs. J. W. Fisher and daughter
who have been, quite ill are better.
Dalle Reach and Albert Wilson
hauled out wheat to Enterprise last
week. '
Mrs Abels, am oil lady who lved
- at Flora, died today. She was 79
LARGEST RECEIPTS
EVER FOR RECORDING
DECEMBER BREAKS ALL REC
ORDS IN RECORDER'S OFFICE
COURT HOUSE NEWS,
The December, 1909, receipts for
recording in the office of County
Clerk Boatman were the largest in
the history of tiho. of flic a by over $50.
The number of Instruments, received
during the month was 388, and the
recording fees amounted to $377.95.
. The total fees, recording, court and
miscellaneous, for the morula were
$469.95. The total for the year was
$4374.60. The salary llttB of .the office
was. abouit$2ti00, sa it cam be seen tlm
oflflce paid ita wfty ftnd conelueraible
over.
The number of marriage licenses
1b sued Muring 1909 waa 65.
WllscVi Gives Bond.
Pete WliBon, In Jail accused of
horse stealing, gave a cash bond for
$800 Monday and was given hia
liberty.
Marriage Licenses.
Jan. 22 Charles M" Smith, 21,
laborer Uiiloa cWwty; Lydla Thomp-
on, 18, Wallowa.
Probate Record.
Jan.. 21 Will of Kate M&llory ad
mitted to probate. The decedent
vaa an unmarried ,wWaa and
eaves personal' property to the prob
able value of $1500. The will Jiinects
fl50 paid to John O. Wray end his
wife, Ellen Wray, and the balance of
.he estate to be diivfled equally be
.iartha Williams and Cally Hnley
sf Knight, Ky, and Nancy Flnley
jf Wallowa,
Jdin G. Wray appointed executor
with $3000 bonds.
Circuit Court Orders.
Beatrice DeVeJd vs. Thos. DeVai'l.
rime for presenting a bill of except
jons extended to Feb. 23, 1910. ,
FREE PHONE! TALK.
S. D. Crowe, general manager of
'.lie Home Independent Telephone
Company ,was here from Friday till
.londay. He i properly proud of the
iew copper circuit from the towns
In this valley to La Grande. The
Company's patrons are being sent a
coupon which entitles them t'o 1
minute conversation over the new
wire free.
Harry Thomas returned to Enter
prise last week and resumed his po
sition as manager for Wallowa
county.
Nearly
Everybody
Buys Bread at
Riley & Riley's
The Best Baker Ever
in Enterpri.se
Newest and Freshest
Groceries
Always Found Here
Low Prices On
Shoes and Gloves
Cash and Highest Price
Paid For
Hides and Pelts
and Everything the
Farmer Has to Sell
at
Riley
AND
Riley's
lns on the' rver to be destroyed by ljer old.
all animals.