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About The news=record. (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1907-1910 | View Entire Issue (April 13, 1910)
l ANGORA GOATS AS CLEARERS .OpD BAND ON ROE & CALVIN'8 RANCH PROVE SUCCESS AS BRUSH EATERS. Mahaffey was to" jail in failure to secure $500 bonds, he having Been bound over to the grand Jury on the charge of selling liquor. Sheriff Makes Turn-Over. , Sheriff Marvin ' made a turn-over of $33,852.96 to County Treasurer Bell last Friday. W. I. Calvin of Roe & Calvin, ,who recently put a flocls of 40 goat on their land Just west, of town, Bays the billies and nannies are living up to their reputation as land clear era. It la interesting to watch them go after the brush, stripping It of leaves and twigs: They are great climbers and several of them will shin up quite ai good sized sapling to bend it over. ' Aa brush eaters they are a success. Angora goats are used very exten sively Jn the Willamette Valley for this purpose, as well aa In many other parts of the United States. In fact they have become bo well known as brush eaters that the United Statea Department of Agriculture has Issued a small book on the sub , Ject for the guidance of those farm ers owning brush covered) land. An extract from this, government report says: "Land can be cleared of the worst brush known to this country for a little less than, nothing by Angora goats. The way in which goata kill brush is by continually croppLng .the leaves and twigs, which serve aa the lungs of the brush. The continued ' cropping of the leaves makes the brush, aa it were, sick, caused by the lack of nourishment. This sickness sinks to the very extremity of the roots, thus preventing sprouting. Any and all kinds of brush are in this -way easily killed. . Many varieties are entirely killed by onei summer's trimming of the leaves. Almost any are killer by two years trimming. To clear the worst brush do not cut any thing that the goats can reach or bend. The tallest or largest are bet ter not cut. All trees and saplings should be cut, and the goata will keep the sprouts, down." The government report goes very fully into the other values -of the Angora goat for mohair and meat. Mohair la. now quoted at 30 cents per pound la. the Willamette valley, and many people assert that goat meat Is better than mutton the browsing habits giving it more the taste of venison, Wide Extent Of Y.M.C.A.Ciiy Work Big New Building Already Crowded N With Classes Ovoj- 900 Student Registered, ( PORTLAND, April 12 The extra ordinary Importance of the, modern Young Men's Christian association in the twentieth century city is emphasized by statistics obtainable ait the Portland institution. The great 8 story building -a Sixth and Taylor streets was op ened six months ago and considered ample for twenty years. Within 60 days after the opening every available Inch of room ,waai being utilized. Today It i the permanent resi dence of 267 men, and 700 take their meals there dally. An average of 75 different classes, meetings and gathering are held in the building every night, Sunday ' excepted. Three physical directors are regu ularly employed and more thani 1GO0 men and boys take part in physical work. There are 2883 members on the rolls, and In. excess, of 3,000 men visit the building dally. Probably the most striking state ment is the fact that the Portland Young Men's Christian association has more students than any other Ingle educational Institution in Or egon 908 have registered this sea son. There are clases In carpentry, Plumbing, brick laying, traites, chem istry, mining and assaying, aittonio blUug, go engines, electricity, tele graphy, bookkeeping, typewriting, how-card writing, salesmanship, ar chitectural, mechanical, shoot metal and free hand drafting, apple cul ture, poultry raising, and fifty other subjects. MAHAFFEY BREAKS OUT OF JAIL SUNDAY NIGHT Ulll Mahaffey broke jail Sunday night and has gone the Lord knows where and he won't tell. Evidently Bill had outside help for' the upper half of tbs Iron-bar door was pried outward and chunks of wood insert ed to hold U out while Itlll crawled through the opening thus made. Young Nelson, who U in Jail on charge of forgery, says he heard voices outside while Dill wan getting out. Sheriff Marvin has the assist ants spotted but has made no arrests M 7t. BUYS TEEPEE SPRING. Fred Wagner has bought the well known Tepee Spring ranch on up per Trout creek, about eight milea north of Enterprise, from Mrs. Mag gie Bloom for $1600. TAXICAB 8ERVICE. V I Vereere. demonstrator for the E M. & M. Co. has. been driving the company'a handsome E. M. F. "3ft" over the city the past week and explaining the merits of thla make of automobiles to those who are interested In machines. The recent ralna have put, me roads, in bad condition but just as soon aa they will permit the E. M. & M. Co. will place the car at the disposal of parties wishing to take business or pleasure trips over the country. It carries four passenger and will be found a most conveni ent and popular mode of transport tioa thla summer. HORSfSHOWTETS ntnnannnnnn jn ocann p D D D MUCH ADVE RTISING OUTSIDE PAPERS GIVE COMPLI MENTARY NOTICE MANY HORSES COMING. ( Everybody Is coming to the sixth grand annual Horse Show to be held In this city next Saturday. La Grande, Pendleton, The Dalles, Wal la Walla and Baker City papers have ill copied' the article on the Horse 3how that appeared in this paper last ,week, and a number of promi nent horsemen are mentioned, as In tending to come. Each and every one of Uie papers have highly complimentary remarks to make concerning the excellence of Wallowa county stocto horses, cat tle and sheep. It la getting to be an accepted faot all over the Northwest thati for ill that la good In livestock Wal lowa county produces the best. There will be a number of new horses shown for the f h-sti time next Saturday. The band will play, end Jiere will' be a line time for all lov. era of fine stock. Notes of the) Show. L, P. McCubbin of Lostlne has bought tihe handsome black 3-year-old Percheron recently brought Into the valley, by Ruby of Portland, for 2400. It la one of the finest young italllons ever seen here and will be an object of much Interest at the Horse Show next Saturday. Another new horse will be a mag nificent gray Percheron, 4 years old, brought In by the famous McLough lln Bros, of Columbus, Ohio. There will be many disappointed people, If Jack Johnson falls to bring In Clarion. One never tires jf looking at that beau Ideal of road horse. ; The sheepmen are promising to make quite a display of blooded rams and ewes. ' ES a U P D n a a a a u a a S3 a a a a M a D a a Varnish your furniture and wood work with Che-Namel. Guaranteed not to mar or scratch. For eale by W. J. Funk ft Co. Clean-Up Fever Becomes Epidemic Home 0run , Anticipate Special Day And Get Premises In Order. Friday, April 15, Is Clean-Up Day and over the residence portion of the city hardly any one to waiting for that day to put their yards: In tit condition for critical Inspection. Alleys are being cleaned too, and In some instances property owners are .remembering the request of! the Improvement league and raking the street In front of their premises. Out Main street in the business dis trict Is bohig saved Intact for the grand finale. Let everybody get hi line with hoes and rakes and baskets and clean up. It should be a matter of civic pride to have things clean. There la nothing you can do that will show for more than a few hours work picking up the trash from about your premises. There Is nothing that will make bur city so beautiful, so desirable, so attractive to strangers coming in as cteanH-s neas ud neatness, not only foi our residence sections but In the streets of th business portion. Children ehould be taught to not throw paper on the streets or D a a a a a a n a B a a a a a a a a n u a a a a can's a a a a a a a a u mi II I I -mr i . .. . . .. y ' ' ' ' . - - , ... L." - .' J ' ' - ' i H ERE'S the beautiful and impressive entrance to the hew twelve story building now occupied by our friends Hart Schaffner Sr Marx Good Clothes Makers whose fine clothing we handle so much bf. We're glad to show you this handsome illustration; it speaks well for the merchandise we sell; it is a monument to a continuous policy of maintaining the highest stand ards of good quality in clothes-making; all wool fabrics, when cotton mixed cheapness is the rule; the best of tailoring; the most perfect styles and models; the highest type of fine clothes made. , We're glad to be identified with such goods; and you ought to be. -Honest merchandise, with an honesty you can be sure of, is like , V an honest man; we are all benefited by associating vwith such merchandise and. such men. You'll find this store the home of Hart ' ' . , , , . . . Schaffner & Marx clothes, and of much ' V other merchandise of a similar sort; good quality always. a' a a a a a a a a a a n a a fo) J Main Street Men's Outfitter a Enterprise . u n a a a Q n u ' a a a a sidewalks. They should be taught that It is a direct hindrance to the growth of a town, and a lessening of the values of property. Unfortunately the practice Is by no means confined to children. Cleanliness is next to godliness. Clean-Up. Watch for Special Sales at W. J. Funk ft Co't. The high school ball club won from the K. of P. nine Saturday by a score of 9 to. 7. . 0. H. Brady, who went to Itock Springs, Wyo., last week to bring back his cousin, Wallie Taylor, whom a telegram reported mentally de ranged, found' him better than ex pected and together they went on to Kansas, whither Taylor was Journey ing when he had hl attack. The annual meeting of the Alder Slope Ditch company was held at the court house, Saturday afternoon and the following officers elected: President, Sam Litah; vice presi dent, W. E. A. Watson; secretary and treasurer, A. R.. Murray. These three officers with the addition of H. C. Laird and O. J, Roe form tne board of'directors. Silks, Silks, Mlra, Tussah, Pongee and Shantung, etc. All klada and colors at Funk ft Co's. FOR SALE ' Recleaned Timothy Seed. Call on or phone Woolgrow ers Warehouse Co., ; Enter prise, Oregon. 9Sb2 Make your selections in Undermus llns now while you' may have a large stock to select from at the E. M. ft M. store. '' PuHty ' TH soon II, 1 - Duua 1 m a wuBMMiaisBwj ajsw mw maak waaou WEDDING BELLS, Mr. Steve D. -Houck and Miss Ethel H. Sheets, both of Joseph, were married at the M. E. parsonage in thla- c7, by Rev. C. E. Trueblood, Saturday, Apra 9. at 11:30 a . m. They .were accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. c. A. Colunsworth of Joseph. STALLION BOOKS. Indiapeneable records for owners of stallions, containing description of mares, dates of service,, time of payments, and a"! necessary data, printed a good paper and strongly bound in boards with cloth back, for sale at this office or aent post age prepaid on receipt of price. $L Ladies and men's rVHn mA Art-. I lng auto glove at Funk ft Vo's. i