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About The news=record. (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1907-1910 | View Entire Issue (April 23, 1910)
1 City and County " Brief News Items Dr. P. E, Moore, osteopath, has ofltce hours all day Tuesday, Thurs day and Saturday ki Enterprise. Of fice over the bank. 83btf Call atAllaa Wood's, to Lansen's Jewelry store, and see the new spring hats. . Attorney D. W. Sheahan left Fri day morning for LaGrande on legal business, returning Saturday after noon, 'Just received ' large shipment of street and dress hats at Miss Wood's. - In Jewelry store, east of 'post office. Representative J. P. Rusk of Jo seph passed through Enterprise Thursday morning on"" his way to LaGrande. Dr. I. Becker, D.O.,left 'Saturday r morning for LaGrande, thence west, after several days stay In. and about Enterprise. ;' Japa-lac at Keltner's. Try Chase & Sanborn's coffee best coffees and teas oni the mar ketat W. J. Funk & Coa.' Exclus ive agency for Enterprise, j ... Elmer Ransom of New Plymouth, - Idaho, arrived in Enterprise Thurs day and ia looking over the north . country with a view to either buying or taking up a homestead. . ; - Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Shaw 'returned Thursday from Seattle, after a stay in r the ; Washington lty of 'about a year, ' They expect to make their home here permanently. Enterprise welcomes them again, they having - beenhere last spring before leaving for Seattle. . ;. ' '' 1 JUr John Able of Flora, well known ; ta the north part of the county, visit--'e&- LaGrande last Wednesday to 'make ttoar proof of homeste&d at the : land office in. that city. ' ' Mr. Rancher: Did you know that ' W. J. Funk & Co. are agents for the tamous John Deere alfalfa rakes, ' stackers, plows, and ail the Deere agricultural' Implements? Come in and let us quote you prices. Mrs. T. M. D1U, county president - of the W. C. T. U., visited the union at Joseph Thursday, and gave a re port of the state convention which ', . sho attended as a delegate. Mrsj. W; H.'DUworth and two child . rem " arrived V here from- Portland Thursday evening. They will make their future home in! Enterprise, com- 'lng originally from Rock Island, 111. W. H. Dllwdrth' la engaged, m. an editorial capacity ,on the Chieftain and the News-Record. . - 'If you should want anything to "the line of 'gasoline engines, pumping plants, and' similar outfits, come ' to us. r We handle the Fairbanks '" Morse and Co.'s engine3 and ma-chines."- Let us- give you prices, and shqw' you that we can. ' save you money. W. J. Funk & Co. j ' The work on the concrete riP-raP 1 along the river's edge at the resi--' dence of Mr. W, H. Graves oh. River street, is about completed This quality, of rip-rap will no ooudi pi ' vent' any possible' washing away of ' " the grounds about the residence, and :; ' will keep the.rlver permanently in Its channel oni that aide. The rapidity with which city lots " are being sold la Enterprise demon ' Urates the stable, persistent growth ' of the county et. The only dlffl ' rnitv th newcomer1 here experiences at first Is that of getting, a house ' to' rent. When a residence property ' la vacated usually there are several " oil the watttag list ready to move Jn. ' "''Mm'. Fred Plerrea of Joseph,-who ' about one month ago was taken to LaGrande Hospital for an operation for appendicitis but which was post Une4 u. the Wce of consulting ' ' physicians until she recovered from "" the attackhas been, . under ! osteo path treatment for the pa.8. ew - week, and has so far recovered that . an operation wiU not be necessary, wh.. in pvterorlse. call at W. 3. " funk Co.'s and get prices on the ' famoue John Deere agricultural im plements. Let us Quo'e you prices 'especially on alfalfa rakes and ' stackers, Pon't buy till you set our prices, - . ' ' Mr W, W, Zurcher, well known throughout Wallowa county, has. op eaed the Meadow Dairy, some two - miles and a half from Enterprise, and U now prepared to furnUh ' subers ,wlth milk, cream. butterroKk iiflirT nrodiicU. Atten- tlQn- to cMe to Mr. Zurcher's ad- '" vertUement to thie issue, ' Mr. J. O Kiddle of Ioeune, iwu Friday la Enterprise shaking hands and conversing with friends and busl-?- : ness acquaintances. Mr. Klddel has ' y charge fo;the flouring mills at Los ' Wve and state that the country round about that plce Is settling v gradually and that the business yol 1 ume of the town. Increasing In pro . ' portion. Mr. Kiddle had been on. ' "'trip to Joseph, stopping in. Enter f prise on "hW return to Lostlne. ' " Messrs Davis and Ward are mak ing extensive improvement and ad- dltlona to their pool hall and lunch and soda water counter. Joseph J. Gill' of Zum wait was in th.j city attending to business mat tars Thursday. L. Couch, the popular Wallowa roal estate dealer, was in Enter prise transacting business Thurs day. Mr. A. C. Carpenter who recently sold his stock of jewelry to Martin Larson, has been somewhat under the weather for several days. It. is hoped by his many friends here that he will recover his usual good health, Owing to the funeral services to morrow in Enterprise the ' game of ball scheduled to be played with Jo seph on the Enterprise grounds has been transferred to Joseph, and tne return game will be played in. this city cu fcunday, May 1. J. E. Bruce arrived from woriu Yakima, Wash., last evening to look over the farm purchased last fall by Mr. Pur din, who to in partner ship with Mr. Bruce. Mr. Bruce will visit lre for a few days when he will return to North Yakima and rent his present holdings and then return to Wallowa county to make his Lome. BREEZY NOTES FROM THE FLORA COUNTRY (CoaUnued'-irom first page.) Professional Directory of Wallowa County '. MORE IMMIGRATION. 1 According to the preparations and :he statements of both railroads, and large real estate firms, there will ie a greater Influx of colonists and lomeseekers 'to Oregon, this year, nan during any previous year of the state's history. Oregon in general i.nd Wallowa county in particular ire El ad to know of. this. Enterprise and Wallowa county ffer much to the settier. As a ounty Wallowa is but in, the dawn f her development. She Is a county that gro,ws opportunities. Her op portunities will continue to multiply lth every cultivated rod of grouua, to his home at ChJco wheat and rrun the first permanent settlers there. He is a genial whole-souled man man. whose frientls are a legion and all are sorTy to hear of his suffer ing and nearness to death's portal. His wife. t,wo sonsi and a daughter are at his bedside. John Reese has been awarded the contract for- carrying the mall be tween here and Bartlett via Troy an Grouse Hla contract' ts for four years, and begins July 1 next. It Is expected x the new1 ferry at Troy will be in commission by Sat urday. April 23. Plefsonal Note. Lincoln Austin Js taking 'the cen sus of Flora and Paradise precincts. and he also has Mud Creek. H. A. Galloway Is working at the same job in Lost 'Prairie and Grouse. J. A. Crossland, who owns a, fine fruit ranch on. the Grande Ronde nlver, just above Troy, was , out with a load of fruit trees the first of the week. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Myers and little grandson of Mud Creek were In town Monday. Their son Claude, ,vho runs a meat wagon, supplying ill- the farmers and lumber camps ;or many miles arouno, was " ir .Mondav. f. Mrs." Ida Edwards has bought the residence property in which she re sides, from Richard Myers. A. C. Miller, the Enterprise In surance and loan agent, was trans acting business here, in Lost Prairie and Paradise Wednesday. He came In Tuesday and reports, the road in good condition, between here and Enterprise, Roy ' Edgemand, who had been teaching school at , Grouse, passed through Tuesday night on the way. I THOS. M. DILL y j W. A. RIGDON ' I W. C. KETCHUM 1 I ATTOBNEY-AT-LAW i; I . ARCHITECT AND BUILDER DENTIST - ENTERPRISE" I' FmeValBldgEnSrise. Ore. ENTERPRISE, - OREGON SS? 9 Gold Ltaf. ' ,' BURLEIGH & BOYD I Wnlle a ,enf of gold 18 ,b,n that K I ' C. T. HOCKETT, M. D. X I " ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW - tS&T't ;; - PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Practice lu all State Courts and j' ' accurately.' Oue lear weighs one- Office upstairs in .Bank Build- y .J Interior Department. Careful at-!! fifth of a grain. It Is se light that a .. Ing. Ind. Home phone in office J , tention to all business, i breath will blow It away. Held to the J and residence. W4HigMM,,j,44 "cht " 18 traDBlucent and Kreenisa. - 4MM.4M, 4tHMMlM4M'f M.M. D W SHEAHAN ' CHARLES THOMAS . o DR.'C. A. AULT ! UWVE8 '. ENTERPRISE t UVYER "EMERPRISE, ORE. ;; !: "' "WUI M j 1 : Practice ' in State ' and Federal ' ' Office In Bank Building. i PracUce in State and Federal !! j; courts and Int Dept Abstract!! Home phone both office and! I Courta and Interlor rtment. ;; Bldg oppoaj;e cou;t bouae I residence. , 44"M44lHMHMii4 J MH.4.,.,,..,...Mt,.M(Mt SONS I J OF W. H. DILWORTH DROWN. (Continued from first page.) 3very Increase of wheat and ind vegetable production, every strip of timothy land snatched from! the ;rasp of ,wlld nature and made to contribute to the prosperity of man. vs a city Enterprise will respond to jvery furrow male by th new set i.er. She will rtee in her demands, is a market, with' each Increased ara of cultivation ' And she wil oulld factories and homes, buslness js and public Institutions oommen mrate with each stage of Wallowa jounty progress, . Enterprise was so named because the was conceived in a spirit of en terprise, founded upon a labor of en terprise, and pressed to development by a determination, of enterprise, .naturally there ftre no drones In, En-, erprlse. The drone, we confess jirbuld not do well here, because he .vould not do anything. But for the aastern man, crowded off the popu ous acres of his easterm nativity, Smterprlae and all Wallowa coun y offer untold promises of wealth jased upon bedrock facta of untold tatural resources. ". If It Is true, as we have noj doubt, hat the present ' year will wltn'Asa he greatest Influx of homeseekers f any. previous year, Enterprise and Wallowa county will get and merit heir share of this number. We iave water power that is going, to vaste. We have hundreds; of thus vnds of acres flf land waiting," the cultivator. '' Mountains ' covered with snow feeed the unfailing drinking vater supply a supply that to alt ways pure and fold and clear as. ;rystal. . We have homes, fqr nien, ipulence for big Investors,, an$ pra erlty fpr everybody,1 Came to Wl owa and come to Enterprise, Mlna Hulse feturneqi Mqnqjjy fiom Southern Oregon where he had teen the last year, The new road by the Miller school house to Wallowa Is all but Impass ible, and the stage is forced to come the old route. V ' John Holloway is mqving froin Lost Prairie to the A. Moore place Just north, pf tqwn. , . t COUNCILMEN ACCEPT! THEIR NOMINATION. All the councjlmen nominated at the mass - meeting last Thursday night have accepted the action of caucus, and will run' for the of flcs. In addition a petition is being circulated placing Mr. J. W.Blck- ford also in nomination. This gives the voter five candidates from which ta eeleot two city councllmen, all of the candidates men well known in the city's affairs. NEVADA RE8I0ENT MAY ' ' LOCATE IN ENTERPRISE. Mr. Elmer Keltner of 'Gbldfleld. Nevada, brother of S. D-. Keltner, the well known local hardware deal er, arrived In. Enterprise from near CSoldfleld last week, and while he has not yet fully determined upon the matter, yet thinks seriously or remaining in Enterprsle. Thus the county seat of Wallowa, without dis charging too many boquets at her, appeals to ail visitors. The Enters prise Press extends a cordial wel come tq.Mr, Keltner, ajd to all new comers, Watch Wallowa grow. Is the slogan. - , Ham, the younger son, floating near the water's edge, and the cap of Lan drum, the elder, was afterward' found floating, half submerged, about eight feet from the shore. The alarm was . given and the people responded lmraedla.tely. Will ing men waded Into the reservoir, and after a brief search the body of William, the younger, was. carried from the water, and a few minutes that of Landrum was found. The physicians did aH in their power to resuscitate life, but the little, tots had doubtless- been to the water two hours, possibly more, Obituary, Landrum L. Dllworth was born In Moline, 111., March 23, 1900. His lit tle life was full of sickness from, the first, and he spent one summer in Grarnd Valley, Colorado. After the dawn qf hia. eighteenth month he gre;w stronger, and continued to Im prove nntll he grew Into the fine lit tle fellow he was at the time of his death. For extreme tenderness of heart and generosity of impulse he was remarkable. William W. Dllworth, called by the pet name of "Buster" by his par. enits, was born In Moltoe, 111.; Ap ril 19, 1902. He had Just observed his eighth birthday anniversary the Tuesday before his death, In Port- land." His brief life was one of su preme contentment and childish hap piness, thoughtful and reflective for on of his years, and like hla brother loved by all who ever knew them. Both boys expressed themselves happily at coming to Enterprise, wnre tneu parents came to re main permanently. It la in this beautiful spot, on the hill both the ooys expressed delight with, thai they will be laid to rest. Funeral 8ervlcee. Funeral services will be held from the Presbyterian church Sunday at 10 o'clock a. m, conducted by Rev. Samuel Harris, assisted by Rev C. E. Trueblood. V a m Hack Calls to any part of the city answered day or night. Both Phones Home Independent 40 Pacific States 45. ENTERPRISE LIVERY AND HACK BARN BAKER BROTHERS, Proprietors. First Class Rigs and careful drivers. Our bus meets all trains. Fare 25c. within city limits nninuiiHiiminiiiiiiinuunEinumiiiiiii (iinuiiniiiiniiuiiiii imnnnmiiiiiiniini The City Planing Mill W. F. RANKIN, Proprietor ENTERPRISE, OREGON. Carries a complete stock of rough and dressed lumber. A line of standard mouldings always in stock. Satisfactory-Mill WorK a Specialty Five ptr Bent discount for oah.Air aocounU balanced at expiration of 30 day and settled by oath or not. MILLIONS OF t il u .. AT LOWEST RATES. ON EASIEST TERMS. Win. Miller & Brother, SUITE 204,1 Wallowa National BanK Building, ' ENTERPRISE, OREGON 87ALUQN BOOKS, Indispensable fscqrds for owners ,f stallions, containing description it marw, date of service, time of myments, and i'.l ' necessary data, lrlnted on good paper 'and' strqngly jound im boards with cloth back, 'or sale at this office or sent post igre prepaid on receipt of price, f 1. NEW GENERAL SALESMAN FOR W. J. FUNK A t CO. Try Chase ft Sapborn's coffee-best ofeea and teas oi the market at W. j. Funk & Co.'s. Exclusive agen cy for Enterprise,- "public sale. I will sell at public auction In En terprise on. Saturdays prll 30th, In front of Tom Wrights residence on Main street, all of my bouseuold goods consisting of 1 good organ. 4 good stoves, including one new range, several bedroom suites, and other articles too numerous t men tion. Sale to commence at Z P( M, Mrs. C. E. Lewis, 0,wner. S. P. Pace, Auctioneer. Mr. R. A. Grler. originally of north era California, but more recently of Washlngtton, arrived li.. Enterprise Wednea4a,y last t accept a position M salesman la the' employ of the W. J. Funk and Company here. Mr. Grler Is a gentleman oC family, and expects to make Enterprise bis home intending to nave his family follow him as soon as he Is settled In bis ne,w position, Mr. Orler comes high ly recommended by traveling meil who have known him for years In business, and he will find a congenial atmosphere both hi Enterprise and With the firm which' employs him. MARTIN LARSON BUYS THE A. C. CARPENTER 8T0CKI Martin Larson, the well known En terprise Jeweler, purchased the Jewel ry stock orlgDnally owned by A. C. Carpenter, th deal having been closed last Thursday night. Mr. Lar son has consolidated the stock with bis own, adding to lit new goods, un til the jewelry store presents a neat irray of everything In the jewelry line, ENTERPRISE MEAT MARKET BEST OP MEATS ALWAYS ON HAND. ffitrMarket ; Combes &HotchkissriHDEPENDENT ' Pelts and Hides 1 proprietor ' - PHONE 20 ! Ttir Mtmnvj nuiDV I am row prepared to: furnish the people of En terprise and vicinity with' the bett of WIILK, CREAM, BUTTERMILK '--SKraEO MILK i : 15c 40c IOC lex Whole Milk, per quart, Cream for table u&e, perrnart Cieam lo hip, rr quart, ' -Buttermilk, per cation, ' i Skimmed Milk, r gallon HERE TO ORGANIZE NEXT YEAR'S LECTURE COURSE Rpv. Ellis of the La Grande Chris can church, visited Enterprise this week, arriving here Thursday. Mr, Ellis comes In the effort to organ ise a lecture course" for the coroJng winter. He met with the Enterprise Commercial club Thursday night, pre senting the series of entertainments, five In number, supplied by the Rid- path Lyceum bureau. HARRY CHENOWETH IMPROVES PROM SERIOUS OPERATION Harry Chenoweth, brother of Mrs. 8arh Maxwell, 1 Improving from an operation In a hospital in Salem. Mr. Chenoweth la well kno.wn here vhete he Hvsd up to a few years aro. He was raised and lived most of tU life on the Merry place on Al der Slope, - , Dr.and Mrs, F. E. Moore mads a professional trip Vj Wallo(w Friday. NEW LANDLORD AT 8LED8. Flora, April 21 M. B. Dlcklson, he new landlord at Sled Springs, irrlved there today and took charge. 'J. S. Chambers and family, who iave conducted the well known half way stopping place talnce last June, '.eave tomorrow for Fort George, upper British Columbia, where they will reside. Mr. and Mrs, Chambers have fun i nrst-ciass notei and tne traveling ubllc la sorry to see them leave. The new landlord, Mr. Dlcklson, has eased the place from Mr. Cham- Jers. He conies from- Grants pass, LJBERLAND Dealer in Harness, Saddles, Chapps, Spurs ; : and Leather Goods of all descriptions. - . .. . . 3 ' I will nt you out with the best goods for the least - money: When in need of anything in my line, call and inspect my stock before purchasing. 08-TE-OP-ATHY Gleaning, Osteopathy, In my opinion, Is no onger an experiment but a science, and it seems to me-that the legis lature ought to take the same cog- Ueanc of It that they do of other schools of medicine. Senator R. L. Taylor, of Tennesee. .When he understands' bis pro- 'esslon, which Implies that he under Rands thoroughly human anatomy, blood distribution, and the dltsrlbu. tton of the nervous force, the teopath 4s a scientific man, valuable to tbs human race. New York Even In Journal. 4",; ' Garden tools, prdnlng shear saws at Keltner's, and J ENTERPRISE, OREGON la ' Grande Iron Works. 1 D. FITZGERALD, Proprietor. - Foundry and Machine Shop. Casting and Ma- ' ' chine Work done on short notice. ; - WE ALSO MANUFACTURE FEED MILLS , Sawmill break down jobs promptly attended to ' GIVE US A TRIAL We Do High-Class Job Printing Try Us We guarantee satisfaction