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About The news=record. (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1907-1910 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 9, 1910)
Hl.Urle.i N TwiceaWeek Wednesday Edition THE: -RECORD ALL THE OFFICIAL NEWS OF WALLOWA COUNTY IN THE N-R ALL THE NEWS WHILE 11 IS NEW3 TWICE-A-WEEK NEWS RECORD ELEVENTH YEAR. NO. 82. ENTERPRISE, WALLOWA COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1910. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER NEWS MONEY TO LOAN Slate Funds loaned, 6 per cent. John P. Rusk. Atty. State Land B'd. Joseph Farm loans at 7 percent. Call or write First Bank of Joseph. 68bt( 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. Kivette. 26b4 White Loaf Flour, $5.00 per bar rel at E. M. A M. store. " ENTERPRISE OPERA HOUSE . Monday Evening . FEBRUARY 1 4, 1 9 1 0 St. Valentine's Day The management an nounces for the above ' . evening, a grand Masquerade Ball The Best of Music The Best of Order You'd better go! You'lT enjoy yourself aiinuiuiiBiiuiiuui Hew Resolutions As the old year passed out and the new dawned upon us many of us 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 bur 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 roomjfor 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. .V Thanking you for past favors, we remain, Yours Respectfully - Enterprise Mercantile & Milling Company :aiaapaam LATEST 'HOT 1" ELI OBSERVER SAYS SURVEYS FOR LINE ACR03S BLUE MOUN TAINS ARE MADE. That sooner or later a. steam or electric railroad will be built across the Blue Mountains to connect the Walla Walla country with Wallowa and Grande Rondo valleys is as sure as fate, and a number of people- here who have Investigated the matter believe the time when this will be done Is not far off. Here Is the latest "hot air" on the sub ject as reported by the La Grande Observer of February 3: - "Tangible assurance comes from the head offices of Northwest Corpo ration. Managers in Portland! that) he Walla Walla imterurbaa railroad, owned and operated by the North west Corporation will be built over the Blue Mountains, encompass the Grande Hondo val'ey, (penetrate Wal lowa county, and perhaps la tlma be extended through the Powder valley into Baker Ci'y, and that the coming April or May will see things being done, has been received .wlthlni ' the week by a La Grande citizen prom inent in municipal affairs. The as surance came to him during a visit to Portland while in conversation with Mr. Welsh, .the supreme head of the Company In this section of the country. Surveys Over Mountains Done "It is a fact, established t3ycnd a question of doubt, that the company has already surveyed a, road over the Blue Mountains from Milton and runs adjacent to tho Toll Gate and looks out upon, the Grande Ronde valley Just above; Summerville. From that point on, surveyes are yetj to foe done. This Mr. Welsh adimtta wiUv aiuwaiBiHMMaraa inmimmmnH ICTRICT RAILROAD out any degrea of retliceney, and It follows that, as he affinna, the com ing April or ' 'May will aoe other stents toward the fulfillment of the plan. ' ; "Philadelphia money ia boSUndl the movement and it i being ei?ent lav ishly here where the return are visible to the seers. ' 1 , . Real Competition. "When the road 1 built, It will be possible to carry freight) end pas engers and the freight will be iturn ad over to the Northern Pacific at Walla Walla giving Lai Grande, when the plan materializes, a direct com petitive line with the 0. R. & N. Power for the project will be fur llshed from either the Mtnam or the Wallowa . rivers . or tram the Des chiutesi river where the company now has a power site that will de velop the enormous amount ot 100, DOO horse power." . Many Aspire For Enumerator Job Eight Take . Test Examination at Enterprise and Five at Wallowa. . A test examination) of person iwn0 desire the positions." of censusi eniuin erators, was held in the public school building in this city Saturday atfter aoon, under the supervision of Post master Ben Weathers. Eight per sons took the examination here, in cluding one from Joseph, one from Uoetine and two or three from the near by country. The same day a test examination was held at Wallowa at which five persona filled the! test blanks. It Is not known definitely Wow many enume;a:ion. districts there will be in thia county, but probably eight or ten at least. Ten, yearsi ago there were seven. . The census this yean will be taken' for April 15 Instead of June 1, aB heretofore was, the rule. The reason for the change is that so many peo ple are away from their -usual place ' of abode on the later date, especial ly city) folk. -The queries the enumerators! will aak are much the same asi ln preced ing censuses, except the agricultur al schedules, whlch are designed to give more details than ever before. Enumerators In; Eastern! Oregon will be' paid $6 a day, except iu tho cities of The Dalles, Pendleton, La Grande and Baker City, where the pay will be 4 cents a name. The enumerators1 begin world April 15 and must be through In 30 days. This county ia in th' second sul ervdsor's district of Oregon. S. C. Beach, proprieor of a Portland prlnt ery and prominent In Republican pol itics", is supervisor. B. B. BOYD BUYS ALDER ' SLOPE 177 ACRE FARM The Enterprise Real Estate com pany ha9 sold the D. C. Conner farm of 177 acres on Alder Slope, pVt miles west of town, to B. B. Boyd of this city. There are 120 acres; of plow land oa the place, the balance timber and grass. There are a fam ily orchard, a big spring near the the house and (fair Improvements. Alt the land is under the Alder ditch and one share In the dltch'coiu pany Is included In the deal. The price paid was $6250". Mr, Boyd has recently returned from an extensive trip through the middle states and southwest as far a Oklahoma and llnda no place where land la so cheap, values con sidered, as in Wallowa county. The same firm has sbld two lots in Lockwood's addition to Prentiss Homan for $575. There is running .water on the lots. OS-TE-OPA-THY ... The foundation - rock upon which Osteopathy is built is. "That an unobstructed flow of the body fluids must result' in health and that dis ease of all kinds except traumatic is the result ol one. or more of these life streams becoming clogged." v That" the . clogging Is mechanical and In most lease starts from- some i abnormality, (sight though it may wnxrn our meoicai Drotner finds nam to accept as true, but the truth of ! which is demonslraed every day by : . Osteopaths , by . treatment applied along the line of diagnosis. Right Way. .-. Japalac, varnish stains, linseed oil at Burnsugh A Mayfleld's KUey A RUey wants your Scalps, Pelts and Coyote Hides. REVIVAL SERVICES CHRIST1A1 LARGE AUDIENCES HEAR EVAN GELISTDEDICATE, JOSEPH . M. E. CHURCH SUNDAY. Large audiences greeted Rev. Sam uel Gregg at the opening services of the protracted meeting which he Is conducting at .the Christian) church. Two powerful sermons were given Sunday and the meetings are start ing with, unusual interest. A quartet composed of Dr. Poley, ,Mrs. Corkins, Mrs. Poley and Mr. Sheets gave special music Sunday evening, and Mrs. Corkins sang a solo Monday night. There is a large choir to lead the congresational singing which Is made a feature. Services will be held every evening thlk week except Saturday, and on Sunday afternoon at 2:30 Rev. Gregg will address a men's meeting at, the Christian ' church, while at the same hour! Airs. Gregg talks to women only at tbe ..I. E. church. Iliff Lecture, Friday Evening. Thomas Corwlrs Illff, who la hilled to lecture at the M. E. church Fri day e-:ilnp on the "Sunny Side of a Soldier's Life," is not only a lec turer of note, but Is jWell prepared to handle hid subject liu a graphic ind Interesting way, as ha was with Sherman on his famous march to the sea, and has tested both the hardships and the sunshine of a soldier's 1:1 3. The lecture is Jor the benefit of the parsonage fund and In attending you will be helping a worthy causa, and at the same time enjoy a rare treat. Joseph Church Dedication. The new M. E. church at Joseph will be dedicated next Sunday, and as a consequence the services' an nounced for the Enterprise M. E. church in charge of Presiding Elder Gillllan have been) postponed. Dr. Illff and Dr. Gillllan will both assist In the dedicatory eervlbes, and it Is probable a large number from this city will attend. Paradise Ranches Changing Owners Nelson! Buys SturgiU Place on River ' Local and Personal News. Paradise, Feb. 4 Walter Adams and family returned here yesterday. Henry Schmith sold his farm to Mary Schmith; consideration! $2000. G. M. Hendrlckson has made, ap plication to be appointed census enumerator. . , William Fordney has returned. James Barnes ' has gone to Ana tone, Wash., to freight. Dave Kuhn and Walter Applegate took a load of wheat to Wallowa this -week Mr, Nelson has bought the Frank Houses in Enterprise. $650 to $3,000 Lots $75.00 to $250.00 160 Acres, Hill Farm, $12.50 293 Acres on Slope, $65.00 an acre, time 270 Acres, Island, $40.00 an acre, time -v 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 Cartfui Banking Insurts thi Saftty of Dtposlts." Depositors Have That Guarantee at WALLOWA NATIONAL BANK OF ENTERPRISE, OREGON CAPITAL 50.000 ' BURPLUB 160.000 Wc Do a General Banking Business. Exchange Bought and Sold on All Principal Cities. Geo. W. Hyatt, Prwldent ' Geo. 8. Craig, Vice President DIRECTORS Geo .8. Cbaio Geo. W. Hyatt Mattik A. Holmes J. 11. Dobbin W. R. Holme Sturglll ranch on the Grande Ronde river from Mr. Taplin. Bin line Akin has gone to Asotin.- William Cline came in and got a load of cat 8. Mrs. W. C. Wilson and her son Paul are visiting relatives and friends in Paradise. Cha'Vj Kouchene has fine to Portland to be doctored. Ha Las bean sick uU v Inter. CAPTURE EX-CONVICT. There was a lively chase m . Jo seph, Monday. A man under arrest for being drunk, but also suspected of being a man wanted in Walla Walla for stealing an overcoat, es caped through a window of the wash room df a restaurant twhere the mar shal had taken him for supper. Dun can found him near town, chased hiin to a farm barn and there cap tured him. If It is the mam wanted he has already done time in the penitentiary. Local News From The Promise Land County Road Viewer Trump and) Wife ln West Virginia Homesteads, are 8old. Promise, Feb. 5. Oscar Colpltts of La Grande has come to help his brother, R. W. Colpltts, In jetting logs to the saw mill on his place. He expects to remain until ibout March 1. Luther Henderson and Grady Mil ler .were trapping on the Grande Rondo lately. They report fadrly good success but Grady was token 3lck and they returned home. Birdie Serrette's baby has been )lck for several weeks tut Is oome what better now. Wm. Abbott, who has been at Mr. Colpltts' for a few weeks, has gone away, expecting to go to California. Mr. and Mrs, Joner Trump left the lost day of January for uv ex tended visit la West Virginia, where - both, of - their mothers are still living. Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Clemons ,went lately to Wallowa for a stay ol a few weeks. Frank will do some work with his team. It Is reported that Tom Bennett and his two sons WlU and John have sold all but 40 acres apiece of their homesteads. WILL ELECT) OFFICERS. Much Interest is '-elng taken 'n the meeting of the Wallowa County 1 eachers association to be held in the county high school building next Saturday. Besides the excellent pro gram, the tegular election of offi cers will be held, so a large attenr dance of teachers is expected. W. C. T. U. MEETING. The next meeting oC the. W. C. T. U. will be held Friday, February 11, at 2:30 p, m at the home of Mrs. T, M. Dill.' The members are urged to be present, es there Is Important business to transact. All who are In terested in the work are cordially Invited, MRS. R. H. WILSON, 80. W. R. Holmes, Cashier Frank A. Resvls, AmU Csabler L HOLD COUNTY FAIR COMMISSIONERS OFFER STATE APPROPRIATION TO THIS CITY FOR 1910. - "Shall we hold a county falrl at Enterprise, next (fall?" was the main topic of discussion at the meeting of the Commercial club Monday night. District Fair Commissioner S. F. Pace told of the recent meeting of the commtasion at La Grande. The state appropriates 2000 for this dis trict, $1250 of whklh goes to Union county and $750 to thlsi Ml we) hold a fair, otherwise the whole; $2000 goes to Union. The commissioners from this coun ty, Mr. Pace and C. T! McDanlel or Wallowa, give Enterprise the first chance to hold the fair, and Judging from the expressions at Monday night's meeting the fair will be held here. However it was thontrht. h&.t to put the matter before an open meeting of the citizens. This meeting .will be held next Monday night, probably in the court room. Everybody Is urged to turn out and make It a representative meeting of the city and vicinity. circuit court to meet wednesday, february 23 The adjourned terra of circuit court, called for February 8, has been postponed until Wednesday, February 23. The trial of the State vs. Heaverne Is set for that date and will be thei only Jury case! heard. All other work not requiring a Jury will be given attention. A Jury has been mimmoned. Probate Record. Jan. 29 Vertle Snell appointed guardian of Alice Snell, minor; bond $1300. Jan. 81 B. M. Rouneavelli appoint ed administrator of estate of Peter Fordney; bond $64(W. - Estimated value of personal property $3000, realty f!600 with $200 annual rents. Heirs arc two brothers and a sister residing lit Missouri, a sister at Med ford, Ore., and a brothen at) Turlook, Cul. Feb. 2 Edwlni Marvin, Davldi Kuhn and Walter Applegate appointed ap praisers of the estate of Peter Ford ney, Harry A. Lacrosse, who has been working at McCoy' aaiw mill, re ceived' word Saturday that his moth er was very Mi at the family home In Lents, near Portland. Air. La crosse, left Sunday for Lents. Nearly Everybody Buys Bread at Riley & Riley's The Best Baker Ever in Enterprise 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 Riley AND Riley's ENTERPRISE WIL