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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"
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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,
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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. ,
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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.
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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
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(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
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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
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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 '
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