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ELEVENTH YEAR, NO. 116.
ENTERPRISE, WALLOWA COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1910.
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER
iffliLl
Cent a word single insertion, 1
cents a . word 2 insertions. Special
rates by month and year.
FOUND.
Lucius" bracelet, oa Slope road to
Joseph. Owner cam have same by
callus at this office, describing prop
erty, etd paying for this notice.
FOR 8ALE.
Well bred, fresh Jersey cow and
calf. Inquire of Dr. Ault, Enterprise,
Oregon. 113btf
One of the desirable quarters of
North Wallowa county, located close
to the Bartlebt store and Postofflce.
Apply to owner, C. Mu-rdock, Troy,
Oraeon 109b4
Four well-broke young, fresh milch
cows. N. E. Hammack, Swamp Creek
Thos. Slegmund left on sale at Ri
ley ft Riley's the Wonder Washer.
Yuoroughbred Scotch Colltea. Two
female pups, $10 each. Pedigree can.
be given. S. E. Harris, Elgin. Ore-
C3-" -
Nice small Place adjoining Ent
prise; six-room house, barn, out
buildings, young orchard, Umber;
running water, etc. - Inquire at this
office.
116b6
I will sell ch ap for cesh my 160?
acre farm on Prala-I. Creek, ah
good plow land except 10 acres; 100
acres under ditch. 3 miles east of
Enterprise. Peter Olsen, Enter
prise. 1 116
t MONEY TO LOAN
SLat Funds loaned. 6 per cent. John
P. Rusk, Atty. State Land B'd. Joseph
Farm loans at 7 percent. Call or
write First Bank of Joseph. 68btt
WANTED.
, Experienced1 dT3sniaker ,wanits sew
ing to do at her home. Inquire at
thi office. . H2tf :
Lumber. Anyone having lumber of
any grade in any amount for sale,
or who has timber he intends to saw
won. and wishes to contract the lum
bar. call on or address W. F. Rankin
at Haney planer in Enterprise, Agent
for W. R. Klvette. h
". . LOST.
Smallbag of too;s .between Enter
prise and Sam Lltch's ranch oa the
slope. Finder return to Rodgers
Brothers. . . llcbL
. MISCELLANEOUS.
Harness and shoes repaired.
Ralph
Hollembaek, with Rodgers Bros.', to
rink building. 113bm
Stockholders' Annual Meeting.
Ihe annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Enterprise Hotel Com
puny will be held at the company s
! tej la Enterprise, Oregon, ohi Mon-
dav. June 20th, at two o'clock p. m.,
fOi tha purpose of electing a -board
o' directors, and the transaction of
si ch business as may properly come
before said meeting..
GEO. W. HYATT, Secy.
"During the brief period between
March 1 and April 15, this spring, be
tween 40,000 and 50,000 colonists, ac
cording to the various railroad mana
gers, found new homes in the Pacific
Northwest, in California and in Idaho,
Montana, Nevada, Utah, Colorado and
Wyoming. .
'The Interior Department has desig
nated under the enlarged homestead
act approximately a million acres of
land in Wyoming not susceptible of
successful irrigation at a reasonable
cost from any known source of water
supply. In .Wyoming, up to the pres
ent time, the area of land so desig
nated totals 14,500,000 acres. .
THE MARKETS
Portland.
Wheat Track prtces: Club,
lie; blues tem, 85o; red Russian, 78c
Barley Feed and brewing, 22c
Oats No. 1 white, 127 per ton.
Kay Timothy, Willamette Valley,
$20021 per ton; Eastern Oregon,
$2225; alfalfa, $16; clover, 116,
Butter Extra, 29c; ' fancy, 29c
ranch, 20c
Eggs Ranch, candled, 23 24c.
, Hdps 1909 crop, 11014c; olds,
nominal.
Wooi Eastern Oregon, 14 17c per
pound. ,
Mohair 32 33c
Seattle.
Wheat Blueatem, 83c; club, 79c;
red Russian, 77c
Oats $26 per ton
Barley $20 per ton.
Hay Timothy, $25 per ton; alfalfa,
$16 per ton.
Butter Washington Creamery, 30c;
ranch. 25c. - ,v
- Eggs Selected local, 29c.
Potatoes Market demoralised.
REFORMERS LOSE IN
PENNSYLVANIA VOTE
Republicans Make Clean Sweep
in Philadelphia Dalzell
Wins Nomination.
PHILADELPHIA, June 6. Despite
a coalition of reform and organized la
bor forces, the Republican city organ
ization made the most complete sweep
In Its history at the primaries, nomi
nating all but one of its candidates
for more than 60 legislative offices.
The only break In the Republican
party's congressional slate In the
state was In Schuykill County, where
the present Congressman,' Alfred D.
Garner, a supporter of Speaker Can-
1 1.
A
JOHN DALZELL.
non, was defeated by R. D. Heaton
on an "insurgent" platform.
The seven present Democratic Con
gressman from this state were all re
nominated.
Representative John Dalzell, of
Pittsburg, an "old guard" of 22 years,
experience In Washington, Is declared
to have won a nomination in the 13th
district over ex-Mayor Black of Mc-
Keesport. The victory, according to
the latest count, showed a majority
of but 400, and Black had not con
ceded his defeat.
ENGINEERS AWARDED
INCREASE WAGES
Federal Board of Arbitrators
Grants 69 Per Cent of In
crease Demanded.
CHICAGO, June C. The , Federal
Arbitration Board, which . has been
taking testimony in the wage con
troversy between 27,000 enginemen and
forty-niue railroads west of Chicago,
handed down a decision In favor of
the enginemen.
The arbitration board granted the
employes 60 per cent, of their demand
for 12 V4 per cent increase.
The men involved are members of
the. Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men and Enginemen. Under the rul
ing of the arbitration board the wages
of the men vary with the different
elasses of service.
About 23,000 union men were In
volved, but all the firemen, whether
members of the union or not, will get
the Increase. It Is estimated that 27,
000 men will benefit by the award.
Settlers Coming Back.
WASHINGTON, June 8. An unusu
ally, heavy movement of homeseekers
this spring into-various parts of-the
arid West Is Indicated by reports that
have come to the reclamation service.
Train loads of . settlers have been
pouring into Montana, Oregon and
Washington, and large numbers have
been seeking the milder climate of
the Southwest A cheering feature in
connection with the movement Is said
to be the return of thousand of Amer
ican citizens from. Canada, offsetting
In a measure the- exodus of others
across into the Dominion.
Land Leased for Troops. '
TACOM A, Wash., Jpne 7. Leases
for about 30,000 acres. of land neat
American Lake, southwest, nf Tacoma,
extending to Spanaway and Roy, have
been secured by Captain John 3. Brad
Icy and Lieutenant H. A. Wells for
the August maneuvers of the troops
n the Department of the Columbia,
together with the National Guard from
Washington. Orpgon, Idaho and-. Mjjn-
tana. . About 7,0u0 troops will be in
the encampment.
Grand Welcome to Roosevelt.
NEW YORK, June 7. As the time
approaches for the return of ex-President
Roosevelt on Saturday morning,
June 18, the plans for his welcome are
assuming larger and larger dimen
sions, and that the greeting will be
nation-wide admits of no doubt-
SPORTS AND ATHLETICS
Jeffries has reached that point . In
his training where he need's to go easy
for the fear of going stale rather than
to plunge Into all kinds of .work to
develop himself. In fact a little ale
has been prescribed for him for his
noonday, meal, to keep him from train
ing off too fast He wants to fight at
218 pounds and he Is within striking
distance of that mark all the time
now.
Napoleon Lajoie, the peerless sec
ond Backer of the Cleveland American
-League team, .continues to lead the
American circuit In batting honors.
for the big Frenchman is hitting close
to the 400 mark. Tyrus R. Cobb, the
man Comlskey picked as the greatest
ball player of all time, 1b close up,
and may yet overtake the Cleveiander.
Cobb is hitting at .367, a mark that is
quite respectable In itself. -
In the boat race betwen the Uni
versity of Wisconsin and the Univer
sity of Washington crews Saturday,
Wisconsin led all the , way from the
start over the three mile course oi
Lake Mendota, finishiug ..early ton?
lengths ahead of their opponents.
JThe Chicago-New York aeroplane
contest will have the richest money
prize ever offered for an -aviation com
petition, plans being in process of for
mation to bring the total to $100,000.
The Increase in awards over the $25,-
000 purse will be made by cities en
route, according to James E. Plew,
president of the Illinois Aeroplane
Club. .
The National Baseball Commission
handed down a decision upholding the
transfer of Pitcher Carson to the Ver
non Club of the Pacific Coast League
by the Chicago National League Club.
The deal was protested by the Port
land club, from which Carson was
dratted last fall. .
POLITICAL NEWS
Every Inducement is to be offered
,to Governor Charles E. Hughes, the
anti-graft Executive of New York, to
deliver the keynote speech at the Re-
puniican btate AssemDiy to De new
for Oregon on July 21. An Invitation
has gone forward from the officers of
the State central committee and la to
be supplemented by all the pressure
whlch can be brought to bear on the
Governor.
To the accompaniment of bows,
smiles and mutual felicitations, Will-
lam J. Conners retired from office as
chairman of the, Democratic State
committee and John A. Dlx, of Green-
wlch, was elected in his place in New
Tork.
Declaring that "Socialism is the
dominant problem of the time in
American politics," President Taft In
his speech on the celebration of the
fiftieth anniversary of the founding
of the Republican party, at Jackson,
Mich., said that the country must de-
clde which of the political parties is
to be trusted with solving the prob-
lem. .
The forces of John L. Wilson and
Judge Thomas. Burke, King County's
candidates for the Republican nomi-
nation for the United States Senate,
were concentrated in eastern Wash
ington last week, part of the time at
Spokane where the Spokane Republi
can County central committee held a
meeting. This gathering scored Con
gressman Miles Polndexter, the Insur
gent representative, who is making a
strenuous campaign for the nomina
tion. The committee failed to Indorse
either of the regular candidates, both
of whom with Governor Hay addressed
the meeting.
Whether women will be granted suf
frage In Oklahoma will be decided at
the regular election to be held in No
vember. The last obstacle In the way
of voting on this question was re
moved when the State Supreme Court
sustained the action of Secretary' of
State Cross in overruling objections
to the petition of the suffragists ask
ing that the question be submitted to
the voters.
A Powerful Press.
The Philadelphia mint uses a Draw
that can exert a force of MOO tons
tie square inch to sump medals.
NEWS FROM OUR
NATIONAL CAPITAL
What Our Lawmakers Are DoJ
ing and Other Items of
Importance.
WA8HINPTON After being under
consideration for more than twelve
weeks during which practically , no
other business except appropriation
bills were considered, the Senate
passed the Administration railroad
bill. Only twelve votes, all by Demo
crats, were cast against the bil. The
practical unanimity was due to radical
changes made In the measures from
the form In which It was drafted by
Attorney General Wlckersham after
numerous conferences at- the White
House on the subject of amending in
terstate commerce laws. All the "in
surgents," who opposed many features
of the original bill, voted for it
Through the elimination of the pool
ing and merging sections and by rea
son of the adoption of many amend
ments In the Interest of shippers, the
progressive Republicans claim a sig
nal victory and most - of the , Demo
crats express themselves as favorable
to the large portion of the measure.
The bill places telegraph and tele
phone lines under jurisdiction of the
Interstate Commerce Commission
The Commission Is authorized to de
termtne the reasonableness of rates,
and a penalty Is Imposed of from $100
to $2,000 against granting franks or
passes for the transmission of - mes
sages. Special night and press rates
are authorised.
(8lx 8tates Ratify Incorrte .Tax.
Six states thus far through their
Legislatures have ratified the income
tax amendment to the Constitution,
five have rejected it and-two have
postponed action'
BVIonrta nf th Inrnma tax eznrest
the fullest confidence that the amend
ment ultimately will be adopted, and
believe that one or two of the States
now on record aealnst It will reverse
their attitude when new Legislatures
are chosen.
The six States that have voted to
ratify this amendment are Alabama
South Carolina, Illinois, Maryland
Kentucky and Mississippi. The
states voting adversely are New York
Rhode Igian)i, Massachusetts, Virginia
Bnd Louisiana, while Georgia and New
jer.ey have Dostnoned a vote until
tne nex( 8eggion' 0f their Legislatures,
Und Gr,nt Brlef F,,ed-
After fourteen months of prepara
tion, B. D. Townsend, special prosecu-
tor for the United States, has filed a
brief containing the case of the
United States in Its suit against the
Oregon ft California Railroad Com
pany et al, a suit by all odds the moist
Important ever filed In Oregon, and
one Involving the ownership of about
3,000,000 acres of Oregon land valued
I at between $45,000,000 and $50,001.
000. .
The suit of the Government is to
I let aside the grants of 1866 and 1870
to the railroad, consisting of about
8,800,000 acres of land, and to regain
possession of the 8,000,000 acres of
unsold lands on the contention that
the railroad company has flagrantly
fiolated (he conditions of the grant
i Borah's Bill Is Favored.
The conference committee In charge
of the Borah bill, extending the pro
visions of the enlarged homestead law
to Idaho, has reached an agreement
and will report the bill substantially
as it passed the Senate. Senator Bo
rah expects the report to be adopted
In the near future. As agreed upon, a
limited number of non-resident home
steads may be made In Idaho.
, President Gets New Cow. -Senator
Isaac Stephenson of Wis
consin has Informed President Taft
that the new presidential cow that
will furnish milk for the White House
will soon be In this city. The new
cow will take the place of the late la
mented "Muley" and her name Is
"Pauline." .Pauline is some cow, as
cowa go. She Is worth $10,000 on the
hoof and la a full blooded Holstein.
1 State Department Acts.
The State Department' has taken
cognizance of the Associated Press
dispatches from ' San Juan del Sur,
that William Plttham, the American
captured by the Mndrli troops, would
to tried by court martial. A telegram
to (he Mad.r'z Government is being
sent, stating in effect that this Gov
ernment expects fair and humane
treatment for Plttham.
Federal Court Asked.
Representative McCredie Introduced
a bill authorizing thn holding of a
term of the United States Circuit
Court at Vancouver on the first Tues
day in April and October of each year
and at Aberdeen the third Tuesday in
April and October.
SYDNEY PORTER
K .k 4 '
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William 8ldney Porter, known best
under his pen name of "O. Henry," as
the writer of short stories, died Sun
day In New York.
BRIEF NEWS OF THE WEEK
The Sunset Telephone Company has
engaged an expert vocal teacher and
Is giving a course In voice culture to
fifty picked central operators.
To enable the Secretary of Agrlcul
ture to conduct experiments in paper
making, the House adapted an amend
ment offered by Mann of Illinois to
the sundry civil bill, carylng. an ap
propriation of $30,000 --
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, the
president of the Woman's Suffrage
Association, is seriously 111 in a pri
vate sanitarium following a serious
operation. Grave doubts are expressed
as to her recovery.
A $30,000,000 stock dividend will be
declared at the stockholders' meeting
of the Singer anufacturins Company,
June 18.' The dividend Is 100 per
cent, and the company has a surplus
of $30,000,000.
Arrangements for the consolidation
of hotel Interests valued at $10,000,000
are being consummated. The consoli
dation will Include many well known
hotels between San Francisco and
New York.,
Women temperance workers from
all parts of the globe are congregating
in Glasgow, Scotland, - to attend the
eighth triennial convention of the
World's Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union.
With President Taft In attendance
as the orator of the occasion, the na
tion, State, city and adjacent farming
district united at Monroe, Mich., in
paying tribute to the memory of Gen
eral George Armstrong Custer, who
with 254 of his cavalrymen, was slain
by Sitting Bull's band of Sioux In
dlans at the battle of the Little Big
Horn In the "bad lands" of Montana,
June 25, 1876.
Ninety-five per cent, of the fruit
crop of Iowa was destroyed by the
late killing frosts, according to a re
port Issued by Wesley Greene, secre-
tary of the State horticultural depart-
ment
In ninety minutes, and without
alighting, Captain and Hon. Charles
Stewart Rolls, of the London section
of the British array motor service,
sailed a Wright biplane from Dover
to Calais and returned without alight-
ing.
An amendment to the sundry civil
appropriation bill adopted by the
House stipulates that no part of the
$100,000 provided In the bill for the
enforcement of the Sherman anti-trust
law can be used in the prosecution of
labor organizations.
Mrs. Eva Prosser, who when ar
raigned entered a plea of not guilty of
the alleged slaying of her husband,
Rees Brown Prosser, of Seattle, on a
Great Northern train last Wednesday,
was ordered held without ball . for
trial In the District Court
The spring gold clean-up of the
Nome district Is estimated at $1,175,
000. A large portion of this will come
from third beach claims. Candle
Creek will contribute $.100,000 and the
creeks of the Kougarok will yield
1200.000.
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ITEMS OF INTEREST
THROUGHOUT OREGON
Chronicle of Important Events
of Interest to Our
. . Readers.
Will Benson Retire?
PORTLAND That Frank W. Ben
son, Secretary of State and Acting
Governor, has decided to retire wholly
from politics at the close of his pres
ent term of office and that his brother,
Judge Henry L. Benson, will seek the
Republican nomination for Governor
Is a definite report In circulation here.
Governor Benson, now in California
seeking treatment for a physical af
fliction that some time ago caused him
to abandon all Inclination to seek elec
tion regularly as Governor of Oregon,
denies the report
"Burns" to Be Reforested.
GRESHAM Seven young men left
here for a month of seed planting for
the Government In the Cascade forest
reserve. The tract to be reforested
Is an old "burn" which forest fires
denuded of all live timber many years
ago. The seeds to be planted are
Douglas fir and the work will con
tinue all of the present month. The
i area to be planted covers about forty
square miles. The seeds are planted
at Irregular Intervals, the method be
ing to sing a mattock Into the ground
and drop a seed, which la covered
and left to sprout and grow. .
Blow Given Prohibition.
SALEM H. H. Corey, chief clerk
of the Secretary of State's office, says
nearly 'all the petitions for submission
to the voters of the State-wide prohi
bition Question do not comply with
the law and cannot be filed and the
question submitted until the defects
shall have been remedied. The lists
of names are not sworn to and are not
copied on the back of the sheets, as
required. Also many have been sent
In by mall by unknown persons, and
not consecutively numbered, as the
law requires.
Hops Blooming Early.
8ALEM For the first time in the
history of the hop Industry In the
Willamette Valley the male hop vines
are in bloom. This Is nearly a month
earlier than usual. Growers are await-.
Ing developments with considerable
Interest. There is speculation as to
the probable result of the early bloom
ing. It is recalled by some growers
that several years ago hops blossomed
earlier than usual and that there was
a very heavy growth of Tines, but
yery few hops.
Incendiary Fires Work of Girl.
KLAMATH FALLS. Ore., June 7.
Cora Seaton, 16 years old, confessed
to the Sheriff that it was she who
set fire last April to the house and
barn of David Shook,1 a farmer who
lives near her. The girl said that she
was employed by Mrs. Maggie Jones-
Deal to apply the torch In both In-
gunceB. jn the fire that destroyed
the barn 13 head of horses, a large
amount of. grain, several tons of hay
and a quantity of harness and Imple
ments, together with all the wagons
and carriages of the farm were lost
Women Want Exhibit Building,
GOLD HILL The Progress Club, a
women's organization devoted to ad-
rancement, has started a campaign to
provide funds for an exhibit building,
to be located on the Southern Pacific
right of way, near the depot. A fund
of over $50, which was raised by a
home talent play, has been turned
over to the ladles as a nucleus of the
considerable amount that wllll be Dol
essary to bring the plan to a success
ful realization.
Union Machinists Have a Walkout.
PORTLAND Union machinists ein-
ployed In thirty-eight of the shops of
this city struck, demanding an eight,
hour day and an Increase of 10 centa
per day In the minimum wage scale.
The men now receive $3.50 for nine
hours' labor. The railroad shops are
not involved, and none of the shops
affected has
been forced to close
down.
"The rout of the Madrls lorces con
centrated upon Hlueflelds In his last
desperate attempt to capture the
stronghold of the Estrada faction Is
now complete, according to advices by
wireless, and the war will be carried
lntfi western N!caraugua.