THE NEWS RECORD
' (Twice-a-Week.)
Formerly the Wallowa News, estab
lished March 3. 1899.
Published Wednesdays and Satur
days at Enterprise, Oregon, by
THE ENTERPRISE PRESS
Office East side Court House Square
Entered as second-class matter
January 2, 1909, at the postofflce at
Enterprise. Oregon, under the Act of
March 3, 1879. ,
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one month 20c. On yeafly cash-in-advance
subscriptions a discount of
25c Is given.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1910.
City and County
. '' Brief News Items
Bom to the wife of J. W. Hansen,
a son, Monday night, April 4.
The front of the E. M. & M. store
was repainted this week by Oakes
& Son.
Dr. A. F. Poley was looking after
business .matters In Wallowa Wed
nesday. '
Silks, Sdlks, Mlra, Tussah, Pongee
and Shantung, etc. All kinds, and
colors at Funk & Co's.
There will be a dance In the op
era house next week. Music by Pro
fessor Selak's orchestra.
Miss Eula Feebler of La Grande
arrived here Saturday afternoon on
her ,way to Jay H. Dobbin's.
Read "Springtime." It will cure
that tired feeling quicker than 10
bottles of Anybody's Sasaparilla.
All phone orders for bus' to and
from depot promptly attended to.
White Front barn. Home phone. , 97b
The new serial to start soon In this
paper is. one of the most, beautiful
storles ever written. Don't miss
the opening chapters of "Spring
time." Harrison's meat market has been
made neater and cleaner looking
than ever by coats of paint, and a
remodeling of the Interior by which
the ice roorn Is made to open back
of the partition.
Rev. W. H. Gibson of La Grande
will occupy the pulpit of the Chris
tian church at 11 o'clock Sunday
morning andi Rev Homer D. Pease of
Hermlston wlM preach la the even
ing. Mr. Pease la visiting the city
as a prospective pastor for the Baptists-
lm this city and vicinity.
Mrs. A.JS,' Ivaahoe, one of the in
structors in- the Wallowa Count'
High .School, wasi complimented by
being asked to take part lm one of
the discussion si at the meeting of the
Inland Teachers association at Pen
dleton recently, which Incidentally
proves that Wallowa County high's
teachers rank among the foremost
educators of the state. Mrs. Iva
hoe was unable to attend as our
schools did not dismiss.
James M. Rodgers, clerk of the
local Modern. Woodman camp, re
ceived a telegram Tuesday from
Rock Springs, Wyo., stating that a
member of the camp, HalUa Taylor,
was- demented, and requesting Mr.
Rodgers to communicate with Tay
lor's parents, Mr. and Mrs. James
M. Taylor of Grossman. Halite left
home about a month ago. His father
hasi started for Rock Springe to
bring him back. The unfortunate
man formerly conducted a pool room
in thla city In. partnership with Mr.
SiebrlU.
Posts 22 Years Old.
Juniper fence posts on Zurcher
place have been In service for 22
year and still good. Similar posts
for sale - at Roe & Calvlni ranch,
west of Enterprise. 96b2
NORTH POWDER
Patent Flour
Best of Best
Same Price as Home
I Flour
GOOD EATING APPLES
$1.25
PER BOX
Plenty of
COAL
on Hand
All Hats, Shoes and
Gloves at Cost.
Morse's California Gar
den Seed guaranteed to
Grow
RUeys Riley's
OF
STATED IN BRIEF
TELEGRAPHIC CHRONICLE 0.
STATE HAPPENINGS.
BALLINGER'S PLAN FOUGHT
Hawley Contends That Settlers op
Klamath High Lands Are En
titled to Benefits as Pledged.
PORTLAND Representative Haw
ley Is endeavoring to secure a rv
versal of the recent order of Secre
tary Balllnger eliminating! about 60.
000 acres of high land from the Klam
ath Irrigation project.
His efforts aim to have the Klam
ath project built according to the or
iginal lands, so as to reclaim not only
the lands that can be Irrigated by
gravity systems, but those which de
pend upon pumping.
Because of the reasons advanced
by Secretary Ballinger for cutting oui
the high lands of the upper project.
and because of the unusually bad
showing made by the Klamath set
tlers before the Senate Irrigation Com
mittee last Fall, the task Is a diffi
cult one, and the probabilities are
that the Secretary, will stand by his
decision.
Jury Renders a Peculiar Verdict.
PORTLAND The Jury In the c.ase
of Walter H. Moore, indicted presi
dent of the defunct Oregon Trust &
Sayings Bank, returned a verdict of
not guilty. The jury was out over
thirty hours.
The Jury's verdict was the most re
markable ever returned by a Jury in
Oregon, and has few equals in Amer
ican Jurisprudence, according to the
lawyers in the case and others who
have followed the trial from Its in
ception! It recommended that Moore
be the recipient of the most severe
censure of the court for his "guilty
knowledge and participation In the
unlawful and dishonest acts relative
to the conduct of the bank of which
he was president and director."
Fight on Plague Upheld.
SALEM The National Association
for the Study and Prevention of
Tuberculosis has Inagurated a move
ment for a National Tuberculosis Sun
day, to be held .upon April 24. The
plan is to secure the co-operation of
as many churches as possible In all
parts of the United States to devote
a portion of at least one service on
that day to the consideration of tuber
culosis and its prevention. The as
sociation has requested Governor
Beneon to issue a proclamation desig
nating April 24 as "Tuberculosis Sun
day." Big Umatilla Deal Is Completed.
PENDLETON The largest real es
tate deal ever made in Umatilla
County, Oregon, has Just been com
pleted at Hermlston, In which the
Columbia Land Company, of which
Dr. -Henry W. Coe Is president, takes
over the McNaught and Skinner hold
ings under the Government projects
for a sum considerably over a halt
million dollars. These holdings make
up nearly one-half of the lands now
provided with water under the Gov
ernment holdings, and are the only
large tracts which have not already
passed into private ownership.
Fish Experts Talk.
SALEM Between 60 and 75 can
nery and hatchery men from Oregon
and Washington were present at the
convention called by - Master Fish
Warden McAllister, held at the state
house In this city Monday and Tues
day, April 4 and 6. After the close
of the sessions on Tuesday afternoon
those who desired were taken to
Bonneville for an Inspection of the
central hatchery, which is considered
one of the best In the country.
Convention to Draw Many. .
ALBANY It Is thought practically
all the cities of the Willamette Val
ley will sent big delegations to the
open-river and freight-rate conventloa
to be held here April 14. Every mall
brings acceptances of the Invitation
to the local committee in charge of
the convention. The 'Commercial
Clubs of Corvallls and Springfield
both send word to expeet big delega
tions from those cities.
Sheepman Is Exonerated.
PRINEVILLE George Estes, the
sheep raiser who killed H. C, Ran
nels, was exonerated from culpability
by a coroner's jury- Evidence intro
duced at the Inquest was that Ren
nets had opened fire on Estes from
ambush on Estes'. ranch and that
after he had shot at Estes three
times. Extes shot and killed htm. The
jury returned a verdict of Justifiable
homicide and Estes was released from
istody.
NEWS
OREGON
NEWS PARAGRAPHS FROM
OTHER CITIES IN OREGON
PORTLAND Beginning at once.
Portland banks will accept Canadian
currency from their customers at par.
ALBANY Albany postofflce re
ceipts for the quarter Just ended
show a gain of approximately 20 per
cent over the receipts of the first
quarter of 1909. '
SALEM Dr. Jean Cllne, Portland,
and Dr. Clyde Mount, of Oregon City
have "been appointed by Governor
Benson as members of the State
Board of Dental Examiners, 'to serve
three years.
SALEM Patrick White, who con
fessed to stealing two overcoats from
G. E. Low, student at Willamette
Unlverstiy, was sentenced by Judge
Bennett to serve a year in the state
penitentiary.
HOOD RIVER At the annual meet
ing of the Hood River Applegrowers'
Union it was stated that the crop
this year would reach 350,000 boxes
and that in four weeks from 2000 to
4000 employes would be necessary to
thin the fruit
PORTLAND It has been decided
to hold the Republican county assem
bly for, Multnomah, In Portland July
19, and that 826 delegates shall be
elected at precinct meetings held
July 9. The county assembly Is to
elect delegates to the state assembly.
LA GRANDE The establishment
of the seventh land office district in
Oregon has been ordered. Vale is to'
be the land office town and the of
fice will open July 1. Ten townships
of the La Grande and many townships
from the Burns district comprise it
PRINEVILLE Prlnevllle city gov
ernment Is free from all current debt
the first time elnce its origin, al
though thore remains a bonded debt
which was incurred several years
ago, when the present light and water
system -was installed.
PORTLAND Supervisor Sherrard
has Issued an order by which 19 men
will be restored to active duty on the
Oregon forests for the season of 1910.
The men will be assigned to prepara
tion of trails and roads in anticipa
tion of reaching and combating forest
fires usually occurring in .the Sum
mer and Fall.
PORTLAND Joseph Simon for
Governor; Thomas C. Taylor of Pen
dleton for State Treasurer that Is
the way It is framed up now. In ad
dition to that the slate makers also
want to put Frank W. Benson on
the program for Secretary of State
and Willis S. Dunlway for state
printer, notwithstanding the open hos
tillty of Dunlway to the convention
plan, and the fact that Benson has1
not announced himself as favoring
the scheme. v
PORTLAND Dates for the partici
pation of Oregon National Guard or
ganizations In the biennial joint man
euvers with regular Army troops at
American Lake have been announced
at National Guard headquarters. The
two regiments of Oregon Infantry will
take the field August 8 and remain
until August 19. The Coast Artillery
will participate In Coast defense man
euvers about the Columb.'; River fort
ifications from September 1 to Sep
tember 10. -.
No. 3912.
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
The Wallowa National Bank, at En
terprise in the Htate of Oregon, at the
close of business, March 29, 1910.
Resources. Dollars.
Loans and Discounts t58.971 80
Overdrafts, secured and un
secured 3,161 81
V. S. Bonds to secure circula
tion i 12.500 00
Bonds, Securities, etn 790 61
Banking house, furniture, and
fixtures 12,800 00
Due from National Banks
(not renerve agents)..' 4.1)06 92
Due from State and Private -
Banks and Bankers, Trust
Companies and Savings
Banks . 1,401 50
Due from approved reserve
agents 20.355 72
Checks and other cash items 756 96
Notes of other National Banks 800 00
Fi actional paper currency,
nickels, and cents 56 30
LAWFUL MONEY RkSKBVB IN
Bank, viz:
Specie 18.325 00
LpKal-teniler notes 1SK) 00 18,515 00
Redemption tuna with U. ri.
Tieasurer (5 per cent of
circulation) . 625 00
Total 1335,641 62
Liabilities. Dollars
Capital stock paid in $ 50,000 00
Surplus fund 65,000 00
unuiviiiea proms, less ex-.
pensesand taxes oaid 1,640 54
National Bank notes out
standing 12,500 00
Due to other National B.ittk. 2,044 88
individual deposits subject to
cneric 147 ,ni 1 38
IVmand certificates of deposit 47,444 8-'
Bills payable, inrlu.tinif certi-
flcab-s of deposit for ii.oney
boi rowed 20,'XX) 00
Total $335,641 62
State ofOretmn, County of Wallowa, m:
I, W. R. Holme, Canhi-.r of the above
named bank, do solemnly swear that the
above rtateuient is troe to the best of my
knowledge and belief.
W. K. Holmes, Cashier.
Snttscriherl and nworn to before me
this 4th day of April. 1910.
ffcAL Not(iry pobll(.
Correct Attest : Geo. W. Hyatt, Jay
U. Dobbin, M. A, Holmes, Directors.
LOUIS V. HILL'
Louis W. Hill, president of the
Great Northern Railway, held a con
ference In Portland early In the week
with representatives of the Hill roads
and took up numerous matters Inci
dent to the newly acquired Hill inter
ests In Oregon.
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST
CONDENSED FOR READERS
Hearing of evidence in the Cun
ningham coal land case was con
cluded in Salt Lake City, last week,
by Special Commissioner William J.
McGee.
The Diggers negro disfranchisement
bill passed the house of the Mary
land Legislature. The measure had
passed the Senate and the Governor
will sign the bill at once.
The Young Egyptian Company has
published a protest against Colonel
Roosevelt's speech at Cairo, declar
ing that his remarks were offensive
to the whole nation and were made
only with the object of pleasing his
official hosts.
Helen Aokl's dream of love Is over.
Finally convinced that the environ
ments In which she was surrounded
were not for the Caucasian, the wisp
of a girl, taking her dark-skinned
baby,- quietly slipped out of Seattle a
few days ago and Is now at her fam
ily home at Corte Madera, Cal.
The Government has filed suits In
the United States Courts to recover
title' to thousands of acres of valu
able coal lands in the Elk Mountain
district in Carbon County, Wyoming.
The suits are signed by Attorney
General Wlckersham. .
A. Hush money amounting to $64,000
was paid by Clifford W. Hartrldge to
a portion of the acquaintances of
Harry Thaw, according to Mr. Hart
ridge's own testimony in his suit to
recover 192,082 for his services in the
first Thaw trial. '
Republican Congressmen In the
Middle West, particularly In Ohio,
are- encouraged with the hope that
President Taft's Spring Itinerary, as
revised at the White House, will help
them in their campaign for reelection
in the Fall.
Women will not be allowed to ap
pear In decollete costumes at any of
the big functions to be held at Montr
real in September, when Cardinal
Vanutelll," Papal delegate from Rome,
with Cardinal Gibbons and scores of
United States ecclesiastics, will at
tend the Eucharistlc Congress.
Prince Tokugawa, president of the
Japanese House of Peers, will leave
Yokohama on April 24 on the, steam
ship Awa Maru for Puget Sound. He
Is the adopted heir of the last of the
Shoguns, who was deposed with the
war of the restoration In 1868, and
was educated In England.
L. L. Bales, an Alaska hunter and
trapper has been awarded judgment
against the Alska-Yukon-Paclflc Ex
position for 535, the value of two
bear cubs, lent to the exposition and
which, the plaintiff charged, were not
properly cared for, but neglected, to
the extent that they died.
On the authority of Captain B. F.
Osborn, one of the most active sup
porters of Dr. Frederick A. Cook, the
explorer, It is announced that about
$175,000 had been guaranteed toward
a fund to help Dr. Cook prove his
claim to discove-y.
, , , Three hundred thousand organized
miners of the bituminous coal fields
of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illi
nois, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Okla
homa and Arkansas quit work pend
ing settlement of a new wage scale,
according to the estimate of Presi
dent T. L. Lewis, of the miners' union.
Vf T ii oaol1 Qaffa tins InniiflMirattirl
a siaie-wiae pian to inwarc me loan
harks who fatten upon the necessi
ties of the poor. She has returned
f:m her trip across the continent to
put into Immediate effect measures to
save the unfortunate from the exac
tions of the usurer.
Demanding the privilege of partici
pating in the next state election and
all others to follow, representatives
of the Votes for Woman Club of Call-
I fornia made a formal request upon
the San Francisco registrar of voters
that their names be enrolled upon
the great register.
$400
Will Buy a Beautiful Homesite in Enterprise.
Terms, if Desired.
110 ft. front by 330 ft. deep, five-sixth of an acre;
reasonably close in; good sidewalk to place; very
deep soil; a clear stream of water through place.
Just the place where you can live in town, have
some breathing room, raise a garden, and keep a
cow, chickens, horse. See us cfuick about this place.
Enterprise Real Estate Company
OVER HARNESS SHOP
ENTERPRISE OREQOIS
Abstracts
Loans
Insurance
Reliable Abstracts of title furnished on short
notice.
All Kinds of money to loan on farm property,
from one to five years; large or small amounts
Fire Insurance written in companies that pay
all losses in full.
WALLOWA LAW, LAND ABSTRACT CO.
ENTERPRISE, ORECON
C M. L0CKW00D,
United States Commissioner
BURLINGTON
MAY
BUILDJTO COAST
SALE OF CENTRAL OREGON
LAND GRANT INDICATES
CR088 8TATE ROAD.
Portland, April 6. The sale of the
big land grant of the Willamette
Valley & Cascade Mountain Road
company during th past ,week to
capitalists said to represent the Hill
Interests' indicate to many that the
reported Pacific Coast outlet for the
BurlJngton will become a reality. It
Is believed Hill wild build west from
.BUllngs, the present terminus, to
Boise and thence westward through
Ontario and across- Oregon to Coos
Bay. The purchase price of thla
big land grant will rum up Into the
millions. If its purchase by HL11 can
be confirmed, and this railway is
built, It will mean a great develop
ment for Oregon for it will open up
the most isolated sections to settle
men t
It is expected to complete the
Jetty at the mouth of the Columbia
river this season. Work starts to
day on extending It further and the
dredge Chinook will operate on the
bar during the summer. By the time
the ,work stops h November, it Is
expected to have a depth of 30 feet
on- the bar at low tide.
One of the big wheat farms of
the state waa sold last week when
the lands of the J. A. Woolery es
tate, in Morrow county, passed- to a
syndicate of North Dakota bankers.
The sale Included 19,000 acres- and
the price paid was $150,000. It, will
be cut up into small farms.
The purchase of a big tract of tim
ber land on the Sluslaw river during
the past week by Porter Bros., be
lieved to represent J. J. Hill,
strengthens the belief that the east
and .west line across Oregon will be
built.
The biggest shipment of spray
ing materials ever sent to any fruit
district In Oregon was received: dur
ing the past week, at Medford, when
90,000 pounds arrived. It will be
used to fight fruit pests in the
Rogue River valley.
Work will soon be begun on the
new Federal building at Pendleton,
which will cost $50,000.
Only four votes were recorded
against the proposed $40,000 bond
issue to erect a high school at Lake
view. The O. R. & N. farming demon
stration train that was run through
Eastern Oregon and . Washington,
returning the past week, was the
most successful ever operated la
ibis state.
Mine owners of Cherry, 111., have
docked the few rescued from Its
depths for time lost while entombed.
It Im contributing nothing to the sus
tenance of the destitute and fight
ing every case hi court. Charity l
called on from the public, but like
all charity la a fraud, for it Is jus
tice that Is wanted.
Miss Minnie GUdden was a Los
tUe visitor Wednesday.
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Have you examined our
line of
Ladies' and Children's
Wash Suits Ladies'
Fancy SKirts: Waists,
Undershirts, Muslin
Underwea r , Hosiery,
Gloves, Etc.
Also a complete line of
Men's Furnishings, in
cluding the McKibbin
and Stetson Hats.
We have just now the
most complete line that
we have ever carried.
We buy our Dry Goods from
one of the largest houses in
Chicago and have a large
assortment from which to
make our selections.
We discount our bills, which
gives us the goods laid down
in our store at the lowest
cash prices.
We give our customers the
benefit of our cash buy. We
also give a discount on all
cash purchases.
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If you are going to build "
call and let us figure w
with you on Doors and g
Windows. We have just !
a received a large stock of
same and we are going 5
to sell them at bed rock m
prices. 8
R.S. & Z.S
Company
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The Wallowa County Title & Ab
stract company ha moved its offices
Into its handsome new office build
ing on River street opposite the
court house, and Manager A. C. MT
ler is pardonably proud of his new
quarters. While the interior decora
tions are not complete, enough is
done to show that it will be one of
the finest office rooms In Eastern
Oregon. The loan and Insurance
business of Wm, Miller & Bro. Is
also located in the new building,
and Charleo Thomas has opened law
offices tn the same place..
Flue line straw and linen hats Just
In at W. J. Funk & Co s.