CITY COUNCIL MEET
' - IH - REGULAR SESSION
NUMBER OF BILLS READ AND
ALLOWED LOOSE PROPERTY
CRITICISED.
The city council met in regular
session Monday night la the rooms
In Mr. W, E. Taggart's office. Af
ter the opening routine of the meet
ing bills aa follws were read:
S. D. Keltner $235 D5
Attv. T. M. Dill .. 158 00
J. P. Sanders .... .. 3 50
J. Prout " 00
M. M. Brown 10 00
Chas. Crumpacker 22 50
James Blakely J... . 4 00
Len Boswell 10 25
Web. Pleraoa 12 00
Following the reading of the bills
it was moved and seconded tbatj the
bills be allowed as read, except, the
bill of Attorney Dill which was re
considered and the sum changed to
read $140.00. Carried.
Moved and seconded that the city
recorder Instruct F. D. McCully to
replace at once the pipe furnished
hiro by the city last full. The his
tory of the transaction .was reviewed,
in . which the city pointed out that
a full return of the pipe hadi not
been made. Carried.
Moved and seconded that the city
recorder request the deed for the
reservoir site from T. R. Aiken.
, Carried.
Moved and seconded that a prev
ious motion, be amended, involving
the full payment of the city attor
ney, and that he be allowed payment
In the sum of $200.00 for the full
year to June 1, 1910. Carried.
Moved and seconded that the hill
of I. N. Pltzer be allowed as cor
rected. Carried.
Looks Property..
The council took occasion to In
vestigate the loose property that
occasionally gets scattered about the
streets, and a motion was enterr
tallied Involving the subject. It was
moved and seconded that the wag
ons, sleighs, rock piles, etc., for which
there is no apparent owner, be tak
en to the city pound, advertised and
sold. Carried.
' Moved and seconded that the city
commissioner examine the Residence
street bridge, with authority to have
the same structure repaired. ' , Car-.
' rled.. . 1
Moved and seconded, in addition
to the foregoing, that ' the street
commissioner be given, power to act
in investigating bridges and fixing
them.
Mr. Holmes appeared before the
council asking to use the rocks that
- have been thrown out of the city
reservoir. Mr. Holmes desired the
rocks for rip-rap work oa the banks
of the river In the rear of hte home
property. Moved and seconded that
the matter be referred to the street
. commissioner and city marshal. Car
ried. Moved and seconded that a war
rant be drawn in favor of the Wal
lowa National bank for the amount
and Interest of the city note of $1,
025.00. Carried,
Adjourned.
'lOfld Track Team
For W. C. II. S.
Trick Day Meat Will Take Plac
May 7 at Enterprise Hiah
8chool Notice.
The La Grande High school base
balJ team will cross bats with the
boye from the W. C. H. S. Friday
and Saturday ofthls week. The Fri
day game will be called at 3:30, the
La Grande team going to the field
Immedlui'.ejy upon their arrival. The
W. C, II. S'. will line .up aa follows:
.Ronald Wagner, first base; Asa
Craig, ceuter field; Irvine French,
short stop; Fay Vest, left fielder;
Byrd Ault second base; Claude Em
mons, third base; Joo Bauer, right
fielder;.; Park Wilson, catcher; Loyd
Cramer, pitcher.
This to the same team that last
Saturday defeated th Los line pick
ed nine by the ecore of 6 to 1. The
boya have trained faithfully and de
serve to win.
Prof. Sweetaor, of the State Unl
versKy, who lectures Wednesday for
the benefit of the students, pnr:U
of the students, and all of the clU
ens of this neighborhood, is an ar
dent devotee of the microscope. Some
of his research along this line are
of national repute', lie is the author
of Oregon Flora and Is a botanist of
rre ability. He comes to us for one
flight only with his Illustrated lee
tire. , 1
The boys of the track team squad
have been Indulging In some cross
country rune for the sake of secur
ing "wind". French, Ault, jacason,
Craig and Dili have already Uicreas-
ed their chest expansion by stfNS
6 or 8 inches. The Track Day mea
of the schools of Wallowa county
will be held at this place May 7.
Vll of the four. towns are training
for the events and wierd tales are
ascaping from the various Bchoola
relative to the prowess of the re
spective contestants.
The three seniors of the Clas3 of
1910 are entering he home stretch
in the work of their orations. Last
year the graduating class contained
.hree boys, this year It to composed
of three girls who are already adopt
ing the slogan '10 Is the year of
jomet and eclipse..
Every parent should see that each
pupil Is in attendance every day of
he closing weeks of school. Often
he title to promotion rests upon
he work done during the last few
.veeks, so that scholars that are the
east uncertain, of their standing can
requently bring up their average by-
he grades of the last month. Quite
i number of the pupils will be ex
mpt from all examinations, since
heir averages are over the required
nark; moat of the students will
iave the doubtful pleasure of tak
ng one or more of the finals during
he closing week of school.
The literary of next Friday night
will be the closing one of the school
ear; everyone la Invited to be pres
et and listen, to the program that
111 be rendered.
Class Day will be observed ty the
lenlors May 9, with a unique pro
jram. Rumor has It that the Class
f '10 (wlll perform some great
tunU.
The parents and many friends of
he school who have so far. failed! to
lelt us this year "will nave to
lurry", as the school year Is very
lear Us close. . If you are pleased
vlth the work . of your boys and
tlrls, why not place the stamp of
your approval upon their efforts by
i visit to the class rooms? Teacn
irs and pupils alike will be glad to
velcome you.
J. D. Huston Buys
Car of Fine Horses
3hippsd To Seattle for the O. I
Halccnb Company of
' Tha City. j
Mr. J D. Huston of Seattle, in. the
3m ploy of the well known horse deal
irs, the O. II. Holcomb company of
Seattle, "Wash., purchased and ship
led Wednesday to that point a car-
oad of excellent horses. All the
irulmals .were purchased) of owners
n and around Enterprise, and the
intlre lot of twenty present a flue
picture not a scrub being among
he shipment. '
The firm of O. H. Holcomb of
3cattle Is known throughout Oregon
nd the coast. Mr. Huston. Is
genial representattlve of the firm
whose judgment of "horseflesh" is
proved in his recent purchases here.
As a stock country, Including well
jred draft horses among other stock
raised in the section, Wallowa coun-
:y has a wide reputation. It sup
plements this reputation by raising
lome of the finest timothy forage
'or the stock production, In the state
r In the entire country. The farm-
irs of Wallo,wa county have in recent
.ears learned from exerience that
Imothy " can be so Successfully
.'rown. with a. Utle care, that the
purchase of any outside feed is ellm
.aated.V Moreover there l a big mar
et waiting botbxXor the forage and
the stock, '
VALLOWA LIVE 8TOCK
PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION
Sr....
The Wallowa Live Stock Protective
association will hold It annual meet'
ng on the first day of Circuit Court,
Monday, .May 9, at 1 o'clock p. m.,
at Enterprise, -Oregon, to transact
luch business) as may properly come
before the meeting.
The membership fee of the asso
ciation Is $1 per year, and the dues
are 25 cents per quarter, payable
every three months In advance.
In makl-tg the assessments to pay
the reward which are offered' by
Che association each member shall
be . assessed in the proportion
which the value of his protected
property of live stock bears to the
value of the protected live stock of
che whole association, such values
to be taken from the records of the
Inst assessment of the county assess
or. The association offers a stand
ing reward of $50.0.00 to any person
sr persons who shall arrest, or cause
to be arrested and secure the con
viction of any one stealing any of
the protected live stock belonging to
any member of the association.
II. C, CRAMER. Secretary,
Enterprise, Oregon.
Use Enterprise Flour and patron-
tie home industry. At $5.00 per
barrel. It costs you less and there
Its none better. Every sack guar-
anteod satisfactory or money back.
SE SHOW DAY
GALA EVEHT HERE
BIG CROWD OF PEOPLE FROM
ALL OVER THE COUNTY AND
ELSEWHERE PRESENT.
Horse show day In Enterprise'
The people came, the band played,
he horses pranced, the hotels and
livery stables were filled to over
flowing, the baseball fana cheered,
and everybody experienced a whole
unbroken day of continuous pleasure,
instruction, and entertainment.
The crowd was made up not alone
of Wallowa county people, but from
neighbors as far away as Pendleton,
roro the north, east, south and west
of us, and everybody was happy.
Perhaps the horses placed on. exhi
bition proved the leading feature.
Ihey were the picked stock of this
jcUion. Seeming to catch the spirit
jf the occasion, they pranced like
oyal products of Oregon should, and
irehed their necks, and deported
.hemselve.9 generally in a moat ap
proved way. And they left a last
ing, impression of their beauty and
alue upon the big assemblage! whilch
viewed them.
List of Hqreee.
A Hat of the animals shown will
reveal the thoroughness of the work
performed by those having the en
tertainment la charge. The names
oth of the horse and their owners
follow; . "
Sangmot Owned by Varner and
Dgburn, Imported Percheron, weight
1720 pounds, age 7, color black.
Darkle Owned by J. W. Alford.
Percheron, age 6, color black.
Coach horse, ownedi by J. C. snacK-
elford, weight 1375 pounds, age 8,
;olor brown.
.La Cere Owned by Allen and
v.dei. Perchero.i Imported, weight
,700 pounds, age 8, color black.
Heurteier -wned by L. P. Mc-.
dubbin. Imported Percheron, weight
1710, age 3, color black.
Sargeant Owned by H. B. Dav-
idhlaar. Royal Belgian, weight 1880,
ge 4, color sorrel.
Monte -Owned by Pratt Broth
irs. Percheron,' age 6. -'
Modock Owned by E. A. Ander
ton. (Percheron. weight 1655. age 9,
, -... -V-4
juiur Bra.
Bock Owned by Rhlnehardt and
tichards. Royal Belgian, weight
1530, age 2, color bay.
Clariom Owned) by Jack John
ion. Morgan, 'weight 1300, ag 10,
:olor brown. ;
Black Dandy Owned by William
Jala ley. Hamiltonlan, weight 1155,
weight 1080, age 16, color black.
. Morgan Owned by Will Zurcher.
Morgan stock,; weight 1155, age 7,
jolor sorrel.
Teddy A Owned by Elmer Hog
lorn. Standard bred, 2:14 class,
weight 1165, age 10, color' bay.
Chief Joseph Owned by' W. H.
-icCoruiack. Percheron, elght 1830,
?elor black.'
Plcadore Owned by " Sam Wade.
Percheron, weight 2030. i
Togo Owned, by McFettrldge. Per
sheron, ,welght 1705, age 7, color
black.
Imported Percheron owned by Mc
Laughlin, aged 4.
Bemlcustle -J- Owned by Watson
ind Weaver. Shire Imported, weight
IS70. age 8, color bay.
Tom Owned by Cart Whltmore.
Percheron, weight 1630, age 3, color
gray.
Luclle Owned by W. H. Graves.
Percheron, weight 1220, age H
months, color dark gray.
Ben Owned by Carl Whitmore.
Percheron, ,welght 975, age 11
months, color black.
Bay mare and colt Owned by A.
A. Greer. Sired by Clarion, weight
of mare 1300; of colt (10 days old)
185. Color bay.
Duke Owned by Jordan,-Perch-aron,
age 3, color black.
Reuben Owned by Julius Bld
strup. Percheron, weight 1775, age
5, color black.
Trlxey Owned by Clark Amey.
Shetland pony and rider. Weight
650, age 7. ' v
Samsorv Ownej by W. E, A. Wat
son. Shetland, pony and rider.
Weight 650, age 7.
California Prince Owned by H. T.
Mitchell. Hamiltonlan, weight 1175.
age 5 color bay.
PatOwned by Harry Maya. Ken
tucky saddle horse, age 8.
Noble Draft horse, weight 1800.
Team Owned by J. C. Shackel
ford. Weight one ton without trim
mings. Age 7.
The : showing made by this exhlb'
tfon of Wallowa county's live stock.
Is a splendid prellcUon for the an
nual fair to be held here in the fall.
As the. county Is settled and its
production increases in amount and
variety, the fair will necessarily be
come annual, an! the county wlU be
fully advertised to visiting persons
and to prospective settlers.
OR
SEES MANY WALLOWANS
IN SUNNY CALIFORNIA
Miss Victoria Haas, who has been
at Woodland, Cal., for several
months, Is now at fian. 'Joss attend
ing the Rose Festival. In a let
ter to Mrs.-W. W. White of this
city she tells of. meeting a number
of former Enterprise people, among
them Mrs. Imbler and daughter Miss
Jessie, and Mrs. Cobb and daughter
Mattie formerly of Alder. Here she
also met Mrs.. Keltner, mother of
S. D. Keltner of this city. Miss
Haas is a guest at San Jose of Miss
Cora Vaughan, at one time a pop
ular teacher of 'his city, and a sis
ter of Harry Vaughan'of The Buttes."
Miss Haas also visited the Wal
lowa colony at Turlock, where she
was a guest of Mrs.. James McAl
ister. At a St. Patrick's luncheon
she met Mrs. All King and son John,
formerly of Alder; Mr'." Horner and
3on, Ben Boswell, Mrs. George Poet,
Mr. and Mrs. Miller, Mr. and Mrs.
George O'Brien and Rev. and Mrs.
Blair, formerly of the Tresbyterlan
church of thie city.. '
DEATH RECORD.
Landlord Perry Blanchard of the
Hotel Enterprise received ,word last
week of the death of his father, Wil
liam Blanchard, at his home in
Rockland, Idaho. Mr. and) Mrs. Blan
chard visited their son. In this city
just seven weeks ago. Mr. Blanchard
had been am Invalid for many years
and almost helpless the past seven
years. He was aged 62 yeprs and! 9
nlonths. He leaves a wldo.w, six sons
nd four daughters. Mr, and Mrs.
Blanchard reartdeJ at Imblerv for four
ears where they have a son.; and
daughter living. Funeral services
were held at Rockland at 2 o'clock
p. m. Friday.
Movement in Local
Realty Continues
Old Gould Homestead Change Own
ership lr What l Called ,
Bargain Sale,
The 160 acre homestead, known as
the old Gould homestead, near Chlco,
was sold to Miner Stump by Calvin
Smith for a consideration of $1750.
The price paid, the value of the
homestead taken into consideration,
nakes the deal what is considered a
bargain. There are sixty Nacres in
cultivation. One hundred acres con-
ailn am estimated 1,000,000 feet of
lumber a market value presenting
he real bargain phase of the deal
forcibly.
There are fair Improvements on
.he place and a big spring of clear,
jold, pure Oregon: water that, from
he viewpoint of healthfulness, is
worth more than Its weight In gold.
Fine line straw and linen hats just
In at W. J. Funkx& Co's. ',
Asking Too Much.
The. mother of little six-yenr-old
Mary had told her a uuuiber of times
not to hitch her sled to passing sleighs
feeling that It was a dangerous prac
tice. r It was such a .fascinating sport,
however, that Mary could uot resist it.
and one day ber mother saw. her go
skimming past the bouse behind a
farmer's bob.
When she came in from play she
was taken to task, ber mother saying
severely! "Mary, haven't I told you
that you must not hitch on to bobs
Besides, it is against the law."
Mary tossed ber head. "Oh. she
said, "don't talk to me about tbe law.
It's ail -1 can do to keep tbe Ten Com
mandments!" Woman's Home Com
panion. ' . ,
Garden tools,, pruning shears . and
laws at Keltnsr's.
V ' .
Osteopathic Victory
American Mdicl Association Jour
nal Discusses Relation of Pos- '
ture to Efficiency Acc6rding
to Osteopathic Ideal V
It i Coldth wait's belief that, the
way" In which our 'bodies are used,
ar-the attitudes assumed in the per
formance of all that goes to make
up the routine of life, is of greater
Importance than is commonly sup
posed. To stand erect, to. walk or
move easily, to have the various
parts of the bo.ly so perfectly ad
justed that easy balance and grace
ful use must result, la to be desired
for reasons, of far greater import
ance than, the esthetic. Such ele
ments are of absolute Importance
for perect' health and the fullest
economic efficiency, since use of the
body In proper poise Insure, the
least friction with conesquently the
greatest amount of energy available
for whatever may be required by
the Individual. ThU is of importance
not 'only becausa of the framework
of the body, but because of the ef
fect which it must have on the
body as a whole. The human or
ganism wemblej In many ways a
delicately balanced machine made up
of many parts, each related to the
Oxfords of Quality and Style
THE DRESSY MAN
OXFORDS
OXFORDS -OXFORDS
In Black, Tan and OxBlood
- '' - '" V : '''
. ,-. . ; .This, store is full of the Right V . .
Kind of Qoods for the man
who wishes to Dress Properly
The Store of Quality "';,
and Correct Styles
C. fi. ZURCHER
The Men's Outfitter v '
FOR
C!. Hundreds of people in this town are
about ready to purchase a talking
machine. - ".
C Buy in the daylight 1 Make compar
isons! Remember that there are "talk
ing machines" and "phonographs," but
only one Graphcphone the .
CO!
GRAPHOPHONE
L Be sure to get in touch with us before
you buy. Complete Graphcphone out
fits from $20 up. Come in and listen.
Most people prefer to
buy "on time" and tKat
suit us. Terms are Easy!
k
3lher8. and that which we call per
fect health fc simply the proper cor
relation of all of these many parte.
Aa a machine, it i intended for
use, and ,when working riglitly there
is the minimum of friction, and con
sequently the efficiency of the indi
vidual la the greatest that la pos
sible. Anything which results in a
departure from thU correlation or
balance means atratm or friction and
represents a distinct waste of en
ergy ao that the efficiency is les
sened. Under such conditions some
one part may be, ' and usually le.
$4.00
$4.50
$5.00
YOURSELF!
UMBIA
BURNAUGH & MAYFIELD,
' ' Agents,' ' -
ENTERPRISE, OREGON. ;
itraiaed more than the others, but
it must be remembered, neverthe
less, that no one part cam be strain
ed - without affecting the whole."
Journal A, M. AY Dec. 25, "09.
- Osteopathy keaps the machine in
order.'
FOR SALE
Reclcaned Timothy Seed.
Call on or phone Woolgrow
ers Warehouse Co., Enter
prise, Oregon. 98b2