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Wednesay Edition THE NEWS AIL THE OFFICIAL NEWS OF WALLOWA COUNTY IN THE N-R ALL THE NEWS WHILE 11 IS NEW8 TWICE-A-WEEK NEWS RECORD ELEVENTH YEAR. NO. 100. ENTERPRISE, WALLOWA COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1910. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER TwiceaWeek RECORD FOR 8ALE. Thos. Siegmund left on sale at, Ri leyi & Riley's the Wonder Washer. S ed Grain. Clean beardless barley and oats. In the ' warehouse at Jo seph. Address Jay Lewis, -Lostine, Oregon. . 97r2 Seed Potatoes. Finest early vari ety ever in, valley. 60 cents' per cwt. at my ranch, 6. miles, southwest of enterprise. Leave orders at R. S. & Z. S. T. Daggett. 97b2 MONEY TO LOAN Slate Funds loaned, 6 per cent. John P. Rusk. Attx State Land E'd. Joseph Farm loans at 7 Mi 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 Baw 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 Housekeeper .wanted to keep house for man with two children. Cali on or write Ted Johnson, Enterprise, Oregon. ' 97bln : "Tost. Black fielder's mtt, between Carter's and .town. Please leave at this office. New 8uits Filed. April 8 W. L. Lay vs. G. H. Rus sell. ', April 11 Edna R. Shirk vs. H. K. Shirk. Marriage Licenses. April 8. O. J. Wolfe, 29," farmer, Wallowa; Jessie Wolfe, 21, Wallowa. April 9. Steve D. Houok, 23, con tractor; Joseph; Ethel H. Sheets, 18, Joseph. j BID3 WANTED. Bids will be received for the con struction of a two story and base ment store building by the undersign ed up to 1 o'clock p. m., Thursday, April 21. Plans and specifications' can be seeni at the store of the v oersigneff in. Enierpn&ev or at office l UO UVUILWL, . A, X41UOU, til rfw seph. Bond of 30 per cent of cost of building will be required of the successful bidder. Right is reserved to reject any and all bids. '9b3 FRED B. ASHLEY. AUCTION 8ALE OF, JERSEYS. Sale of high-grade Jerseys at En terprise, Saturday, April 16, begin ning at 10:30 a. m. and continuing all the afternoon.. Stock represent ing both the Ladd and Looney herds of Jerseys and from the beat dairy herds of the Willamette Valley. Don't overlook this opportunity to improve your dairy herd from' the best milking strains on the market. We have 85 head of high grade eows, calves and 2-year-olds; forty cow now giving milk. We bought these cows near Salem, the place where more attention! is given to dairying and .where the best breeding of Jer seys is developed higher than tni any other section of the state. Some of these cows have records of 2 pounds of butter fat per day. .Terms, cash or bankable note at 6 months -time. A. E. Tuilley and N. D. Varner, own ers. H. . B. Davidhlear and T. Q. Johnson, auctioneers. Use Enterprise Flour, and patron ize ,home industry. At' $5.00 per barrel. It costs you leas and there is none better. Every sack guar anteed satisfactory or money back, THE MARKETS Portland. -. Wheat Track prices Club, 96c; Muestem, $1.01; red Russian, 95c. Barley Feed and brewing, $27. Oats No. 1 white, $29 per ton. Hay Timothy, Willamette Valley, $18020 per ton; Eastern Oregon, $23; alfalfa, $17; clover, $16. Butter Extra, 33c; fancy, 2830c; ranch, 2022c. i Eggs Ranch, candled, 2022c. Hops 1909 crop, IB 18c; olds, nominal. ', Wooi Eastern Oregon, 1417c per found. s Mohair 26c. ' Seattle. Wheat Bluestem, 98c;. club, 91 94c; red Russian, 91c . 0ts $2728 per ton. f Barley $24 per ton. Hay Timothy, $20023 per ton; al falfa, $18 per ton. Butter Washington Creamery, 35c; ranch, 28c. , . . Eggs Selected local, 26 27c. Potatoes $12915 per ton. PRESIDENT TAFT I PLEADS FOR UNITY NO DESIRE TO- READ INSUR GENTS QUT OF PARTY. URGES CONGRESS TO ACT Must Redeem Party Pledges and Party Members Must Be Known By Their Deeds. ; WASHINGTON. D. C President Taft was the first speaker on a long list that addressed the dinner of the League of Republican Clubs of the District of Columbia Saturday night Instead of delivering the keynote speech, he pleaded in the national legislature to rally behind Taft poli cies . and redeem the platform pledges of the party. "Tonight," he slid, "we are wad ing jobody out of the party. We want all of them in the ranks - and they have the opportunity to establish their claim, to. Republicanism by that Which they shall do in both houses of congress by helping to enact the legislation .. which is now before them." "The time has come," said Presi dent Taft, "for doing and voting and passing the measures which have been placed before this congress. It is time for doing things, and after congress has adjourned the Repub lican party will have formed Its lines of attack. Then will it be furnished with the weapons with which we are going into the next contest "Those," he continued, "In the Senate and the House who stand tor the legislation we seek in order to redeem the pledges of the party have the right to stand with the party as Republicans. . . , . ''t they don't we won't quarrel with them. They have a' right to their Opinions. But, we desire their aid as Republicans, and I don't wish to assume that they are not as sin cere as I hope I am myself in Re publicanism. "The Republicanparty is not rigid In its demands. .It is so broad and liberal that it permits differences of opinion." V WICKERSHAM DEFENDS TAFT. Defies Insurgents Says Time for Vacillation Past. . CHICAGO. Attorney-General Wlck ersham read the insurgents out of the Republican party in a speech before the Hamilton Club at its Appomatox day banquet Every Republican might choose, the Attorney-General dec'.ared, whether or , not he was , wl'h the Republican party and the President. Time for Treason Patt . "He that hath no stomach for the fight, let-him depart,' quoted Mr. Wickersham in a shout which em phasized the sentiment. ."The time f running 'with the hares and the bounds ia over. Treason has ever consisted in giving aid and comfort to the enemy. If anyone wishes to Join the Democratic party, let him do so; but let him not claim to be a Re nuhllcnn nnd work In. and out of sea son to defeat Republican measures and to subvert the Influence of the .iepubiican President" "Presidert Taft is doing exactly what the Republican party and plat form promised before his election, and the new tariff laws fulfill the pledges made in that particular," he aid. , ' - MAY REMOVE CARDINAL ROME, April 12. Apparently the only serious result of the unfortunate failure of Pope Plus and Mr. Roose velt to have the Interview both would have enjoyed is ' the weapon .thus placed in the hands of the opponents of Cardinal Merry del Val, chief ad viser of .tie Pontiff Jn secular cori cerns. It is predicted that Cardinal del Val s tenure of office will not be prolonged indefinitely. Town WIW Ovir Roosevelt PORTO MAUR1ZIO, Italy, April 11. The population of this pretty old Italian town, nestling amid groves of orange and olive trees, give Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt a ' truly remarkable welcome' when they arrived from Ge noa to spend several days visiting Mrs. Roosevelt's sister. Miss Carew,' who has a home here. LORD KITCHENER r- 1" General Lord Kitchener, Britain's great .soldier,, who Is visiting this.' country, en route from India to Eng land. Lord Kitchener will visit West Point to study the organization andfl administration of the famous military ficademy. . SETTLERS WARNED OF SUIT SPOKANE, April 13. Sec'y.' of In terior Balllnger has notified the local land office' at Spokane to warn alt settler on the Spokane Indian reseri vatlon that the Northern Pacific Railway intends . to bring suit to se cure title to the odd-numbered sect tions on that reservation. Warning is to be given settlers locating on the" odd sections and they are to be made fully aware they are likely to be in volved in a lawsuit with the railroad company. . Secretary Balllnger in a recent de cision held the railway company was not entitled to the odd sections on the Spokane reservations, contending the reservation was' established about a month before the line of the railroad was definitely located in that vicinity. It Is from this decision the railroad will appeal to the courts. ." English Test Required. VANCOUVER, Wash., April 12. When soldiers are recruited for the United States army In future they will be required to pass tests in read ing; writing and speaking -English, ac cording to an order Just Issued by ihe Secretary of War. Applicants who, do not meet the tests will be rejected. . . ; 120,000 Socialists Meet. BERLIN, April 10. At least 120,000 Socialists and radicals took part to day in the most impressive demon stration ever held In Berlin in favor of suffrafe reform In Prussia. 8an Diego Feels Quake. SAN DIEGO, Cal., April 10. At 11:57 P. M. a slight earthquake was felt here. The shock was of about ten seconds' duration. SECOND TRIAL8 ORDERED. Idaho Men's Cases Set for June 7, Land Frauds Charged. . BOISE. Although acquitted last February at the conclusion of a sen sational trial in the Federal court be fore Judge Frank S. Dietrich on the charge of conspiracy to defraud the government of 15,000 acres of timber along the Clearwater River in Nez Perce County, William F. Kettenbach, ex-president of the Lewiston National Bank; , George H. Hester, ex-cashier of that institution, and William Dwyer, a timber cruiser, will be tried on the same charge in the United States Court here June 7. March Is Record Month. WASHINGTON. Total excavation of the Panama Canal for the month of March was 3,067,497 cubic yards place measurement, against 2,602,995 yards in February. BAKER CITY. One of the moat difficult engineering feats of mining in eastern Oregon has Just been com pleted and water Is now ready to be turned Into the penstock of the Gold Coin mine, near Durkee, and the work begun of washing away a mountain of rich gravel. Schmltx Pays Up Dues. SAN FRANCISCO. Cal., April 12. Ex-Mayor Schmltx, who Is out on ball pending an appeal on conviction for graft extortion, has bees restored to membership In the Musicians' Union, having paid a considerable arrearage of dues. It is posslb'.e the ex-mayor will again take np his piofesslon as a musician. ! ' A T-ninfaiTu -ill -1111111 - Jill TO DEATH BY LETTER MRS. HENRY SCHULZ FOUND. BODY IS LIES NEAR HOME OF SISTER Charles J. Wezler, Her Son-ln-Law, Thought to Be the Woman's Assassin. TACOMA, Wash., April 11. An un known assassin, shortly before noon Monday, April 4, waylaid Mrs. Henry Schulz. A TROnmn unman onH eliM i. her to death with a 9a raiikn - " wu V. . . kll.l 1 c volver, on the unfrequented Artondale road, Gig Harbor. While her frail body lay quivering, the fiend silenced his victim with a club. Mrs. Schulz had been decoyed to her death by a fake letter that told of the serious illness of her sister, Mrs. F. Habericht of Gig Harbor. ' Until Sunday afternoon, when Sher iff's officers and bloodhounds found the partially decomposed body of Mrs. Schulz where the assassin had drag ged It, her fate was not known. Strong circumstantial evidence Im plicates Chas. J. Wezler, the dead woman's son-in-law. Willie Burrell, the 15-year-old boy who delivered the message, says the description of the man wno hired him tallies exactly with the description of Charles J. Wezler, as given to Sheriff Morris, except that the man wore silver-bowed spectacles. Bold Leap Gains Liberty. BOISE. Weeks of patient toll re sulted in a daring Jail delivery at the Idaho State Penitentiary, when Thomas Harris, one of the most no torious prisoners in the Institution, 'and John Cunnlnarham. ht nnllmntn. (removed hundreds of brick from the ventilator leading from their cell, and cutting a hole through the roof. While- Harris immediately made a dangerous leap of 25 feet to the ground and over the prison wall, Cunningham - hesitated and was promptly brought to a halt by the shots of the guards. Harris has so far not been cap tured. He was surrounded by a posse south of this city, but managed to evade his pursuers. MORE BATTLESHIPS FOR U.S. WASHINGTON. By a decisive vote of 162 to 110, 14 being present and not voting, the House authorized the .construction of two battleships to cost $6,000,000 each. Thirty-three Democrats voted for two battleships and 24 Republicans against This action was taken Just prior to the passage of the naval appropriation bill, carrying $128,037,602. m Smugglers Move North to Operate. LOS ANGELES, April 12. Driver from Los Angeles by the Federal sleuths aided by the local authorities, the band of opium and Chinese smug glers that has been operating along the Pacific Coast and the Mexican border has transferred Its scene of operations to the northern ports In Washington and Oregon, according to Deputy United States Marshal Dur lin. 8pokane Trains Collide. SPOKANE. A misunderstanding of block signals resulted In a head-on oolllslon of passenger trains Nos. 2 and 3 on the Spokane, Portland & SeatUe Railroad a mile west of Spo kane Saturday night About 30 per sons were Injured, and It Is expected that several will die. Antl-Polndtxter Plan Is Matured. SFATTLR. The election' of , five Supreme Court Judges In November will be made the basis of an attempt to force Representative Miles Poln dexter. Insurgent candidate for the Senate, to a declaration of principles, through the medium of a convention platform. Woman Expoeea Steal. INDIANAPOLIS, April 11. A sten- ! ographer, Mrs. Jeanette Stein, In the office of the Eclipse Coal Company, was responsible for the discovery of a ' $17,000 coal graft In which the CI ay pool and the English hotels, two of the leading bostelries of this city, and the City Hospital, were the vic tim. . . WOMAN LURED THOMAS F. WALSH Thomas F. Walsh, the millionaire mine-owner, who died In Washington, D. C, last Saturday.. Death was due to a growth In the lungs as the result of ah Injury received years ago, when Mr. Walsh was a miner In the West. HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST CONDENSED FOR READERS .Governor Shafroth has been asked to take a hand In the strike of the United Mine Workers of district No. 15, by. sending troops to the scene of the difficulty at Lafayette, Colo. As further punishment to the late Forester, the Postmaster-General has directed that on July 1 the name of the postofflce at Plnchot, Shoshone County, Idaho, be changed to Avery. Rumors that Joseph Smith, presi dent and prophet of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Salnti, will abdicate In favor of his eon, Frederick M. Smith, are cur rent . A. C. Shaw, dismissed from the Forestry Service on a charge of in subordination in connection with the Pinchot-Balllnger controversy, will practice law In Portland, Ore. Chief of Police Creecy was dis missed from his position by the St Louis Police Board. He was found guilty of five of the eight charges on which he was tried. The Nebraska State Board of Pub lic Lands and Buildings will buy a moving picture machine for the amusement of the Insane patients at the Norfolk Asylum. The Senate has agreed to take up the Warren irrigation bill for final consideration, and it la expected the bill will be passed.- Only Senator Heyburn and Senator Chamberlain are known to oppose it William Harris, alias Brown, no torious as a bandit and accomplice of Harry Tracy, the renowned Western desperado, has been released to the authorities of the Utah Penitentiary by officials of the Federal prison, at Leavenworth, Kan. The hookworm, according to Dr. Hollis B. Frlssell, of the Rockefeller Sanitary Commission, who has com pleted a tour of Southern states and Is in Chicago, will soon be a thing of the past Henry S. Graves, Chief Forester, left Washington April 14 for an ex tended trip through the forest terri tory; He will spend some days at San 'Francisco, Ogden, Portland and Missoula. -' The monthly crop report of the De partment of Agriculture Just made public shows that on April 1 winter wheat In the Pacific Northwest was practically normal, and runs 15 per cent above the general range for the United States. The river and harbor bill as re ported to the Senate Monday carries a total appropriation of $3,725,300 for rivers and harbors of the Pacific Northwest and authorizes contracts to the extent of $2,290,000 additional, making a grand total of $6,016,300. As a result of water competition, It Is stated, the transcontinental rail roads have announced that the freight rate on canned salmon In 60,000 pound shipments, will be reduced from 85 cents per hundred pounds to 65 cents per hundred pounds be tween Columbia River and Puget Sound points and Chicago. Scarcity of unskilled labor through the United S ates has resolved Itself into a problem so serious that rail road builders and big contractors, es pecially In the Middle West ars fao Ing the necessity of throwing up their contracts or securing an exten sion of time In which to complete tbislr work. . , . OF STATED IN BRIEF TELEGRAPHIC CHRONICLE OF 8TATE HAPPENINGS. SILETZ LAND SUIT IS FILED Action of Assistant Secretary Illegal, They Allege Balllnger's Time as Counsel Cited. PORTLAND. Declaring that Sec retary or the Interior Balllnger, be cause he had been 6ounsel for a num ber of land claimants in the Slletx Indian reservation, in Oregon, now declines to give them the benefit of his judgment since becoming Secre tary of the Interior, and "has at tempted to delegate' to his assistant, Frank Pierce, the duty imposed by law on him," and that the latter has decided adversely to them, William D. Bales, Thomas Holverton and Levy M. Gilbert have filed suit In the Su preme Court of the District, of Colum bia for an injunction to prevent the execution of the order of Mr. Pierce, i Bales says he employed Mr. Ballln ger In 1908; and that the latter filed in the office of the then Secretary of the Interior a brief urging that patents be issued to Bales. By al-' leged irregularities he claims his title to the entry was clouded, and Mr. Pierce has rendered against him a de cision which is about to become op erative In Oregon unless the court prevents its execution. - Bales and the other claimants de clare the law allows an appeal to the Secretary; that they are entitled to it, and that the action of the Assistant Secretary ia without warrant of law. Williams County Next. TlD ATM. fri... .A.IL. I.--.-., . me mugene ana KOseDurg committees appointed some time ago to oppose the absorption of a portion of Doug las County within the lines of the proposed Nesmlth County creation, and the fact that the people of Flor ence, Lane County, also desire to ab sorb the western portion of Douglas known as Umpqua County,' has aroused the pople of Drain Into an attitude of defense on their own ac count A large meeting of citizens and business men held here resolved -to outline still another county. The committee also has decided upon the uauie, vviuiams,. aner juage Wil liams, who died on the morning of the day the first meeting was held. It Is intended to make Drain the county seat If the county is authorized by a vote of the people in November. , Banks Will Fight for Deposits. .. SALEM. Proceedings in escheat to recover accounts that have laid In banks for more than seven years without claimants are .to be started against several Oregon banks imrae-' dlately. ; Complaints are being drawn up by Assistant Attorney-General I. H. Van Winkle. That banks against whom action Is being taken will re sist vigorously Is to be expected, as sums to be recovered vary in amount from $300 to $5,000. The law enabling the state to re cover such funds was enacted by the legislature in 1907 and amended so as to make It more effective in 1909. The money so recovered is to go into the common school fund of the state and the proceedings to be Instituted y the state are similar to those of ordinary escheat Indian Girl Flies on Land. LA GRANDE. A new precedent In land office records here was set when a half-breed Indian girl filed on a' piece of land under the public domain act The child Is now living on the White Earth reservation in Minne sota, and her right to file on an In dian allotment has not been used be cause the White Earth supply Is ex hausted. It Is not believed here that a similar filing has been made In the history of the land office la this state. The filing was granted. Wilson Is 8eored. CHICAGO, April 10. Characterizing the teachings of Secretary Jas. Wilson as "damnable, abominable and dis graceful," Professor Cyril O. Hop kins, of the Unlversltly of Illinois, de livered a stinging criticism of the Department of Agrlculturi bere in an address at the City Clue. NEWS OREGON