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About The news=record. (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1907-1910 | View Entire Issue (May 14, 1910)
THE NEWS RECORD AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER. (Twice-a-Week.) Formerly tb Wallowa Newt, estab lished March 3. 1899. Published Wednesdays and Satur days at Enterprise, Oregon, by THE ENTERPRISE PRESS Office East side Court House Square , Entered as secood-claae matter January 2, 1909, at the postofflce at Enterprise. Oregon, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Subscription Rate: One year $2, six months $1, three mouths 60c, one month 20c. On yearly caah-ln-advance subscriptions a discount of 25c is given. 8ATURDAY, MAY 14, 1910. THOSE BATTLESHIPS AND THAT WAR The recent appropriation for two battleships interests too Pacific Coast largely to that the coast won ders ,what the 'government l going to do with the boats after they are built. Considerblae has been said atout this) phase of a grave matter. The aet, especially the New Eng land e2t and New York with Its Long Island, considers thct a bat tleship built at the expense of the west and the Pacific coast as well as of all other sections of the Union, la something that. Is built expressly for New Unglcnd and New York with Its Long Island. This is some thing that never has been and that ' never will be precisely the sentiment of the whole people who pay for building battleships. The Pacific Coast states want New England pro tected as a matter of business. But they want' also that the Pacific .coast bo protected, again as a mat ter of business. When, therefore, New England and New York la par-' ticular, assume the attitude which they always have.aasumel, and wlld ly suppose thai the United States Interests cease at the western boun dary line of New York state, the Pacific coait rUes into protest. We want some of those batlteehlps that la the contention. We want them for protection, Just a we want the whole coast Hoe of a common country protected.. And in time, jwe will get them, or get our share of them. As for the war: The newspap ers had a good deal of fun with Mr. Hobson's war with Japan some two years ago. Mr. Ilobaoa was toler antly smiled at. It took the major ity of the eoat two year to ascer , tain that Mr. Hobsom had hit the . nail squarely on the head, at the i first shot from the alarm gun. And now the country has not only Mr. Hobson's prediction but the events of two years to show that Mr, Hob ' son war correct In his statements. Japan is the menace. Climbing into the United States and swarm ing like squirrels from Japanese ports, the MtUe yellow man would hold the Hawaiian Islands today, at least on the start, If It were pos sible for the Mikado's regime to pre cipitate war .with the United States. It is estimated that in the Hawaiian Islands alone there are some 60,000 male Japanese, every mothers son of them a trained soldier and Inured to the hardships of war, and fully of ficered out of their number on the ground. Up and down the Pacific coast, it Is estimated that there are In the neighborhood of 100,000 Japan ese males, all soldiers, all ready to fight, att anxious to fight for con quest purely for the lust of con quest, the deep call of gain. In the Phillipine Islands the Japanese clust er like barnacles to a ship'si bottom and though the government has ap parently "discharged" a few indi viduals from' the garrisons of that district, the Phillipine Islands are as lively with Japs as It la' with flies. That Is an estimate of the altua atlon. It Is doubtless exaggera ted, becaues all alarmist stories are exaggerated; but st it were found exaggerated forty per cent, it stiil were a grave meaace. There is. no question about Japan's Intentions. Profuse Oriental profes sion of friendship is so much hog wash. It is slush. Any American can remember the origin of the ex pression "Bull Con" and read reality beneath the Japanese pretense. This reality, as interpreted' by the average American, means that Jap an dTeams of letting her greedyi sou) lurch forward Into a firmer settle ment of Hawaii and the Pacific coast, until she may recuperate fi nancially, when she will be able to strike in the dead hour of night, seize the Pacific coast treasure be fore New England is awake, and secure funds for the prosecution of a war against the United States. It is so bold a dream that it super ficially appears laughable; but the Jap Is a bold dreamer, and frequent ly so bold that he is laughable. It Is a dream, Indeed, such as Japan lured herself with to western Rus sia, and with which she begam the Russo-Japanese war. There Is but one deterrent of this dream's realization: A defended coast an adequately defended coast It Is true that Japan has no money: and has no means of getting any mcney, except to turn Into the same sort of brigand she turned' Into when she struck sleeping Russia. Her budget la some hundred millions more than her present income. Her most taxable property, that of her railroads, is just now taxed to death. She has no Industries that show a balance of trade In her fa vor none, that la, to speak of. She Is unable to float her paper which was boomed to theskles dur ing the war, by a subsidized Japan ese press bureau morally supported by England and the United States. And she is in about the same con dition financially that a rotten; shad shot full of snipe shot Is la physic- But she is not dead not by a Jugful! Out of those slant eyes come the real Japanese desire, if you ,wait to see It; and the desire Is tor riches, for conquest and pow er, for more territory In which to place her growing numbers and from which to draw monies by the ship load, necessary . to her dreamed-of supremacy. She Is a fatalist, and all fatalists have some very laugh able dreams at times also some very dangerous dreams when the dreamer sets out to materialize them. A defended Pacific coast would cause the Japanese dream to wane perciptibly, A fleet of battle ships along the Pacific coast .would 3end a wholesome and staggering ihiver of regret up and down the Japanese character, and then we "xmld smile. Just now the Japanese are smiling. MM id I .Vie I V A WaWlM Bkti awncy last Wrtlt Jtr full fifrticuUrt mj ,kuJ fw ml tn IMMCHTOWI and district to rid and eihitai a Menu aniyarliara an How T&N hH FKKK TUtAaLdiuiuc which linvt you iMt It tO An tc4 TOU With. II uu trs than twit twrlilat ui Sw wm IM.TVIS MUV H uaf. am W US) ( OUT aTKrMtna JtWI mm an out A mmttt FACTCStV PRICES . "sIwm snila birclaa it U poaiibla to rnaka :.,,. f""" Pbt abova actual factory eoit. You aava Sia to III Bildillamfln'a nrahta faw huvin A,rm,-i ,.l . .l I . i. i . a MM bttund Tour btcrcla. 1M MoT llnv . m-i. . f. "f I I mt u trie u..ill ifwi rartiira our cauTnaiKi and learn our anhaard ol Wfery trut and rtmarhmllt ltcl mjftrt to rlilttr aseuta. t-M Y03 WILL BE ASTCXISiO . - . . vr mwrru ireiuna at ma aasui-fcw. w tomnt wa eaa raaka rou Uiia year. W. icll the hwheit f n.la bkyclea lor lut money iv.vi.i., t" n kii our wiyuea under your own nana Plata Bur prlcn. Order A ed Ilia iv nnil " DONi) UAND lllUYVLKH. Wado not resuUrly handla aecond tianj bicyclea, bnt have, a number on hand takea In trade by our Chiiaro reuil itorea. Tlieaa w cku am prvmpny at prtcrl ntnaina Irorn S3 to or SIO. Ueecriuliva bimin Inn ! In. v S m araaw awy w eMtaaM fl MM JVttaWa Dl in advmnct, Prttav frtirki. an you mar noe In hicvclat am itifinrd or do not wiab to tnt. mEGA SAMPLE PAIR ill iLihti to imftaouoe, auLr fUL I J 7 PalSJaWav.. .eaa . M ll mUfmtmmxmpUta irht-UUaik milk ordrrf4JSU K9 u::ztsoj:le fbom pusstcses NAILS, Tmek or Ulnaa will not lot tha Over two a Blr oot. Sixty Ihmiaand pair aold laat year. i aundred luouaaud paii a bow la ua. Legal Advertisemeiits SALE OF REAL, PROPERTY.' In the matter of James L. Beem, Thomas L. Beem, Jonathan Beem, and Bertha E. Beem, minors. Notice la hereby given-' that in pursuance to an order of the coun ty court of Union county, Oregon, made and entered on the 9lhday of April, A. D. 1910, I will, on and af ter the First day of June, A. D. 1910, sell at private sale for cash to the highest bidder, the following de scribed real property belonging to the estate of James L. Beem, Thomas L. Beem, Jonathan Beem, and Bertha E. Beem, Minors, sub ject to the unaasigned dower right of Mary B. Beem, widow of Grant Beem, deceased, to-wit: The North) Half of Southeast Quar ter and the South Half of Northeast Quarter of Section 3 in Township South of Range 44 E. W. in Wallowa county, Oregon, known as the Grant Beem Homestead. Bids for the above described real property will be received on and af- er the First day of June, 1910, by he undersigned at her home near Elgin, Oregon. Dated thle 27th day of April, 1910. MARY E. BEEM, Guardian, 10Ss5 Elgin, Oregon. NOTICE IN PROBATE. In the matter of the estate of Phebe Jane Bunnell, deceased. ' Notice Is hereby given, that oh the 2nd day of May, A. D. 1910, the un dersigned was duly appointed admin istratrix of the 3tate of Phebe Jane Bunnell, deceased, late of Wallowa County, Oregon. And that all per sons having claims against said es tate are required to present the same to the undrslgmed administratrix, at her residence in Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon, duly verified, with in six months after the first publi cation of this notice, and upon fail ure so to do, said claims will bej Ig nored and forever barred. Dated, May 2nd, 1910. MAGGIE H. BLOOM, Administratrix. CHARLES THOMAS, Attorney for Administratrix. 37c6' United States Land Notices ! j-ESTORATIOX TO EXTKY OF LAnd-in National Forest.'"-Notice U hereby given that the lands described oelo, emulating U7.i acres, within the Wallowa National Forest, Oregon, will be subject to settlement and entry un der the provisions of the homestead laws of the United States and the act of June 11, 1!I6. 134 Stat., 'lit), at the United Slates land ofiice at La rande, Oregon, on June 30, 1910. Any aeltler who was actually and In good aitb claiming any of said lands for agricultural purposes prior to January I, 1906, and has not abandoned same. las a preference right to, make a nome- Jlead entry -lor the lands actually oc cupied. Said lands were listed, upon ho applications of the persons men- Joned below, who have a preference light subject to the prior right of any juch settler, provided such settler or applicant is qualified to make' homestead -ntry and the preference right Is ex .rclsed prior to(June 30, 1910, on which iate the lands will be subject to set .iement and entry by any qualified ,eron.. The lands embrace a tract ,1 159.70 acres within unsurveyed but .vhat will probably be, when surveyed, Sees. 13 and 14, T. 1 X., It. sq E., W. jf., described by metes and bounds as ollows: Beginning at corner No. 1, a .stone marked H-l, whence the Forest Service Monument (hereinafter describ ed) bears X. 47 deg. W. 48.50 chains; extending thence X. 82 deg. 15 mln. W. -1-65 chains; thence N. 51 deg. 45 mln.' V. 34.74 chains; thence N. 8 deg. W. 11 chains; thence X. 9 deg. E. 11.10 hains; thence S. 68 deg. 30 mln. E. 13 chains; thence S. 19 deg. 15 mln. E. ;8.80 chains to the place of beginning, 'aid Forest Service Monument Is at he southeast corner of applicant's barn, vhlch Is located 31 chains west and .50 chains south of approximate center if Sec 13. T. 1 X.. R. GO E. .'arlation 21 deg. 50 mln. E. Said tract v-as listed upon the application of Hen ) .lenneman, of White Bird, Idaho; -1st 9-244. A tract of 133.08 acres vlthln unsurveyed but -what will prob ibly be, when surveyed. Sees. 17 and :0, T. 2 X., R. 49E., W. M., described y metes and bounds as follows: Be ;inning at the Forest Service Monument .rhich Is a. basalt stone located 24.83 'hains west and 19.32 chains south of ipproxlmate corner to Sees.' 8, 9, 16, ind 17. of unsurveyed T. 2 X., R. 49 E.; xtending thence S 11 deg. E. 79.75 -hains; thence W. 14 chains; thence X. '3 deg. 10 mln. W. 81.10 chains; thence t. 20 chains to the place of beginning, .'arlation 22 deg. E. Said tract , was Isted upon the application of . Chrh-.t 4auer, of Lightning, Oregon; List 6 :50. A tract of 25 acres within Sec. 4, P. 4 X., R. 42 -E., described by metes ind bounds as follows: Beginning at a mint 10 chains east of the northwest jorner of Sec. 4, T. 4 N., R. 42 E.; extending .thence 8. 10 chains; thence ?. 25 chains; thence X. 10 -chains; hence W 25 chains to the place of be- itlnnlng. Bald tract was listed upon the ippllcatlon of Mollle Clemens, of Prom ise, Oregon; List 6-256. S. V. Proudflt Vsslstant Commissioner of the General '-and Office. Approved April 11, 19U, ?rank Pierce, First Assistant Secretary f the Interior. . 3flc4 ENTERPRISE MEAT MARKET BE81 OF MEATS ALWAYS ON HAND. nishest Market Combes & Hotclikiss independent Pelts and Hides proprietor PKOKE 20 terfi ASpIcndid Overall N llWn )r$& I I Cut generous. a-ririv ? fun. two " LI I 16 FeUed aeania. SilSCidin A p JJtSP Continuous felMky mm bjJ notice for publication iso late TRACT. PUBLIC LAND SALE. Department of the Interior, U. S. Land Office at La Grande, Or agon, May 7th, 1910. . Notice Is hereby given that, as directed by the Commlastaner of 'the General Load Office, under provis ion of Act of Congress approved June 27, 1906 (31 State., 517), we wUl offer at public sale, to' the bigh ebt bidder, at 10 o'clock a. m., on the 7th day of July, 1910, at this office, the followlng-descrtibpd land: The SB 14 SWU Sec. 9, A E NW14 Sec. 21, T. 1 S., R. 44 E. W. M., Serial No. O6790. Any persons claiming adversely the above-described land are advised to tile their clalme, or objections, on or before the time designated for sale. . 3Sc5 F. C. Bramwell, Register. Colon- R. Eberhard, Receiver. aWmmPITOJIrV Made In all situ. Itiailrety twill scorn awii rtter ti p onca or twice in a w hole aeaaoa. They wei'h no more than Ive 1 uday ruling.reryduratileand Imcdiuaidewith ap poroi Lie II Cedcualoniera Maling thai their Urea haraonlybeea pumped apecial qiialilr of rubber, which sever becomes orousana which closes up aniall pi net urea without allow. ctbealrtocacape. We hara hundreds of letterafrotaaalia. an ordinary tire, Ihepaticturarealatitigqualillea being rla ty aeveral layers of thin, apecially prere4 fabric on the ' iteaa. i nereguiar price or ineae tireaiaa.aner pe(r,rMit lor t rtrerllilue purposes wear maklna a aiiecul factory price lo t..a rider of only 14.09 per pair. All orders altlprwd same dn letter Is received. We ahlm fr IV TV mi KaHoe the tMek nbh troaul "A" wmA jpunoturo atripa 'Ii' and U.alav rim atrip H" to prerant rlra aultlns;. This tiro will ouUaet any otlxr Baka-wirr, tkLAAXlU alAHV aUUlMO. kuuiiii ua aa orucr aa uia airva maw. MmniMi I , 1 1 1 M ir . Sot aalUfactory on examination, W are perfeclW reliable and money aent to aa to aa safe aa In ank. If yon order pair of thaae ttrea, yon will and that thr will ride easier, ran faater. now mat yon win ne so well pleated that Mt want yon to send na a trial order at once. urea, yon wtu ana mat may wtll ride easier, ran faster, than any lire you have ever uaed or seen at any price. We I that when yon want a bicycle yon will (It ua roar order, once, hence thia remarkable tire offer. wi-ium in qnuuanu nuaee anu ainua or urea at about hall the umial prices. fiT IT but writ u a poalal today. DO NOTTtUNKOr BTTTlKa bkrrcle Wealf or a pair of tlm Irom auyon antll you know the new and wonderful eller w ar makin. n only cuats poslai to leara everytkiuc. Write it MO W. i. l E23 cycle c::.:?r.aY, c::::.:3, ill NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION ISO LATED TRACT. PUBLIC LAND SALE. Department of the Interior.. U. S. Landi Office at La Grande, Or egon, May 7th, 1910. Notice ia, herby given that, as directed by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, under provis ion of Act of Congrese approved June 37, 1906 (34 Stats., 617), we .will offer at public sale, to the high est bidder, at 10 o'clock a. m., on the 7th day of July. 1910, at thla office, the fohlowlng-describeil land: The NV4 Sec. 10. T. 1 6.. R. 44 E.W. M, Serial No, 06791. Any persona claiming adversely the above-described land are advised to file their claims, or objections, on or before the time designated for ate, 38c5 F. C. Bramwell, Register. Colors R. Eberhard, Receiver. vOakes carrie a full line of 'Lowe Brothers' Paints. I08tf ' NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION ISO LATED TRACT. PUBLIC LAND SALE. Department of the Interior. J. S. Land Office at La Grande, Or egon, April 15th, 1910. Notice Is hereby given that, as Mrected by the Commissioner of the General Land .Office, under provis oii3 of Act of Congress approved fune 27, 1906 (34 Stats, 617), we will offer at public sale, to the high est bidder, at 10 o'clock A. M., on he 7th day of July, 1910, at this of- .'Ice, the following-described land: Th Stt NW14 Sec. 24, T. 1 N a. 44 E. W. M Serla' No. 07061. Any persons claiming adversely the ibove-described Jand are advised to 'lie. thelir claims, or objections, on ar before the time designated for ale. - - . . F. C. Bramiirell, Register. Colon R. Eberhard, Receiver. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Department of the Interior. United States Land Office, La Grande, Oregon, April 9, 1910. Notice la hereby given. That the 3tate of Oregon, has this day filed In this office Rs application to se lect under the provisions of the act of Congress of August 14, 14S, and th Acts supplementary and amend atory thereto, the S. E. S. V. Sec. 21. S. W. S. W. Sec. 21, S. E. S. E. Sec. 20, N. E. N. E. N. E. S. E. S. E, N. E. and S. E. S. E. Sec. 29, Tp. 1 S. R. 46 . E. Serial No. 07870. Any and all persona claiming ad versely the lands described or de airing to object to the mineral char acter of the land, or for any other reason, to the disposal to the appli cant should file their affidavits or protest la- this office at any time prior to the approval or certifica tion of said selection by the Hon orable Commissioner of the General Land Office. 33c6 . F. C. Bramwell, Register. W. 8. APPLEGATE. Notary Publi.. Collections made. Real Estate bought and told and all business matters attended to. Call on or writ ma. PARADISE, OREGON. J.D.WALCK Real Estate Dealer NOTARY PUBLIC Mitchell Hotel Block JOSEPH, OREGON MAIL AND PASSENGER STAGE LINE Wallowa. Appleton. Flora lo . Paradise, MONDAYS WEDNESDAYS and FRIDAYS; and From Paradise, Flora and Appleton to Wallowa, TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS and SATURDAYS Good accommodations, courteous treatment and reasonable rates. Leaves Wallowa at 6 a. m. E. W. SOUTH WICK, Proprietor. f-TgaraBllTg '-a i. ' 1 1 L OVE'-'EC;": .:: YOURSELF! Hundreds of pscple in this town are about ready to purchase a talking machins. d Buy in the daylight! Make compar isons! Remember that there are "talk ing machines" and "phonographs," but only one Graphophone the GRAPfiOPfJ ONE C Be sure to get in touch with us before you buy. Complete Graphophone out fits from $20 up. Come in and listen. Most people prefer to buy "on time' and tKat suits us. Terms are Easy I BURNAUGH & MAYFIELD, ' ; '.'.'.'' '"'.,, 'Aoo'nta, ' ': I ENTERPRISE, OREGON.