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About The news=record. (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1907-1910 | View Entire Issue (June 8, 1910)
LAGRANDE PEELS OFF SINGLE SCORE GAME WITH ENTERPRISE HERE ONE OF DOWN-RIGHT BALL PLAYING. Standing of Clubs. W L P.Ct Elflin Enterprise .... La Grande .... Joseph ...... 4 0 1000 3 .1 750 1 3 250 0 4 000 ' The games of laet Sunday played in the Two-County league left Elgin in first place, Enterprise In second. La Grande in third and Joseph - in fourth. The games both between La Grande and Enterprise and between Elgin and Joseph were good games. But that played on the home grounds here, resulting in a score of 1 to 0 in favor ofLa Grande and against En terprise, was one of the best ball games ever .witnessed In eastern Or egon. Both teams got down to the brass tacks of ball playing from the . start. The weather condition was against the excellent playing, but the excellent playing kept right on. A high wind arose and dropped pop over squarely tnito fielders' mils, but the boys kept, right on clout ing the ball. A flurry of rain de scended but the players on bothj sides grimly stuck to the field, "burnt'' the sphere here and there, and held grimly to the business) of playing ball. . At the conclusion La Grande got an even break in safe hits with En terprise, four each. And the visi tors pulled down and took back home with them one score which spelled victory. While Ent rprlse Is not going to be defeated, if she can help H, even by a score of 1 to 0, still a game played on the margin of 1 to 0 is an honor to both sides. Next Sunday Enterprise and Elgin play at Enterprise. ,'-' NEW CHRISTIAN MINISTER AND WIFE ARRIVE The Rev. and Mrs. Glfford ' Ern est from ' Creston, Wash., arrived in Enterprise Sunday evening,' to take charge of the work of the locaj Christian church here. Enter prise welcomes both Mr. and Mrs. NORTH POWDER Patent Floor Best of Best Same Price as Home ; , ' Flour GOOD EATING APPLES $1.25 PER BOX Plenty of COAL on Hand ' All Hats, Shoes and , Gloves at Cost. Morse's California Gar den Seed guaranteed to Grow Riley Riley's ENTERPRISE PEAT MARKET BKSl OF MEATS ALWAYS ON HAND. " West Market Combes & Price for Pelts and Hides PROPRIETOR ncuiaaiBcasKmKtBaaKBasazaBixsnzaxzaEsxzxxxxEzn Hack Calls to any part of the city answered day or night. ENTERPRISE LIVERY AND HACK BARN BAKER BROTHERS, Proprietors. ! First Class Riga and careful drivers. Ernest, and predicts for them a long season of usefulness and happiness here. Rev. Ernest will be in the pul pit Sunday morning, preaching at 11 o'clock. In the evening Children's Day services will be observed. LEGAL PAPERS FOR THE ADOPTION OF MINOR H. D. Crumpacker of Lostlne was in Enterprise on legal business, Mon day. He came to make legal peti tion for the adoption of the minor child, Dorothy Allen, securing Judge Corklus as counsel In the petition. BROTHER OF DEPUTY SHERIFF IS MARRIED Michael Crow, brother of Deputy Sheriff Crow, . and Miss Jennie S. Oltsen, both contracting parties of Lostine, were quietly married Sun day morn in gi by -Rev. W. S. Crockett, at Lostlne. The happy and congen ial young couple Immediately after the ceremony boarded the train for La Grande, thence to Portland, ,where they will spend a fortnight visiting , the rose carnival and sightseeing along the coast. Both the bride and groom are well known through out Wallowa county, and are blessed with a host of firm, warm friends 7who , wish for them every possible degree of happiness and Joy and prosperity. Carter's White Lead 'and Linseed Oil at Keltner's. Severe Stoim Strikes At Troy Lightning Explodes, Shattering a Big Tree; and Splitting thi Trunk. Troy, May 28. A terrifc rain ac companied by sharp thunder and lightning visited this vicinity last Thursday night. The Iighfclag struck a large tree near George Cannon's P:ace, tore off hugh limbs andi pieces of bark and split the tree wide oDeu fMcin '.top to- bottom. The astrono mers, predicted an electric storm after the earth passed through the tril of Halley'i comet, i Ve wonder i the ptorm Thuralaynight was la ai;' way cojnected ,wlth it? C. J. Fleming made a buctaes trip to Sntcrprlae laat week. Peter Kicker, who had also been a coun ty seat visitor, came back with him. Superintendent Conley and' A. G. Smith were visiting schools In these parts last week. There is to be a new postoffice on Mud Creek t! be called Lyman. H. E. M unlock has been appointed postmaster. . The new postoffice will be supplied from Troy. Mrs. Jay Light'.e and children, are visiting her sister, Mrs. Bargue Holloway, and other relatives. Albert Baker has purchased' the old Padon place to Eden and ex pects to move onto it la th near future. The mfiny friends of Mr. and Mrs. Baker will gladly welcome them back among us. Dr. GUmore was called Friday morning to attend Mrs. George Llghtle, ,who was quite sick.' A. T. Shuman has been hauling flour from the Flora mill for T. H. Valen. ;, Work Is to begin, on the Troy hill next week to make the road bet tor for the freighters who will haul In the material for the. "nw bridge at Troy, as soon, as the grade is passable.. The work on the Eden, road to progressing finely under the man agement of Road , Overseer Court hoy. ' MIks Mabel Boston closed a three months' term or school in District No. 70 last Friday. HotcllkisS INDEPENDENT PHOKc 20 Both Phones : Home Independent 40 Pacific States 45. Our bus meets all trains. Fare 25c. within city limits EVERYTHING TO THE COMING i LOCAL BUSINESS AND OTHER MEN GOING TO PUT FORTH BIG EFFORT. " ' The Wallowa county fair at Enter prise this fall that is the burning question at present before the peo ple of Enterprise and " very many autside , In other townships. .The business men of this city have taken the matter up, and have foregone any Fourth of July celebration in order to devote all the more . time and money to the holding of ' the county fair here. ' ' Material is Here. The material for a successful coun ty fair Is here. AH that Is needed is to get representative agricultur ists throughout the county Interest ed in the matter, along with the1 bus iness men , of this and all other iltK-s In the county, In order to old a county fair that wlll.be a credit to the whole of . Wallowa co'inty. Such a fair would be one of the biggest advertising cards' that could be presented to the prospective set tlers of the future. It would be also a source of inspiration , to every Wallowa county farmer and stock Joan. . The material already here will weigh up and score up and mark up with that of any other county In America. We' have mineral tni this county that would make one of the finest displays of gold, sliver, copper, lime, and other rock, la the world. A. mines and mining section in. the fair could be established, to the ever lasting good of every resident of f.he county nd to the everlasting ad vertisement or the county. . We have corn altitudes and cli mates In the : county where , good ;orn Is raised annually. We have jxcel'.ent fruit altitudes i.ndi some of .he finest stra.wberries, .apples and peaches that were ever put oo exhi bition in any fair. Wheat,, oats, rye, and all small grains also are raised -here in abundance. Besides ill this, we have some of the-f to ast wool, finest sheep, finest .cattle, hogs and horses raised, in the west iny where. Bring Them Together. , The county fair In Enterprise will bring all these products together on 3xhlbition. Fora visitor from ' the 2ast to "drop in" and view such an )xhlbltion would be Tor him, in many instances, to hurry back home, pack ip, and hurry back to Wallowa coun y to get in the swim where values ;row while he sleeps and opportuni ties are picked up dally every time ae turns around if he is wide awake and Industrious. .:.. Such a fair can be ' made to pay and clear expenses from the start.' By getting representative fanners 'or directors, every to,wnshtp will have an Interest In such a fair. Ev ry township will be repr seated and will take, pride In being represented In such a fair. And everybody In ihe county will vie with everybody also in exhibiting the "' best" and grabbing the blue ribbons, and in at tending such a fair. Let the work ?et under way shortly, and let it be made a Wallowa county institution, v" h tle shoulder . of every Wal lowa county farmer and merchant and professional man at the wheel wid' it ,wllj move from the start and move toward success, ,, CONSIGNMENT OF ''BOOZE", ', v. TO COUNTY CHARGE A large; Juicy . conslcnment of "booze" came severaf days ago to we of Shorlrf Marvin'B charges in ia county jail, but Is ield .at the station awaiting an order vouched Tor by the sheriff, before It will be delivered. And, Inasmuch as the sheriff doeea't seem to have the least Inclination to permit Use peeling of boose, there fcas been no voucher Uoued by him for one of the men wn- serving tiae for "booties. King." . '. , .,.., Quite a strategy was attempted, however, in, the effort to get the liquid fire and brimstone Into prop er circulation to Irrigate the dusty throats of the thirsty. Wholly un known to Sheriff Marvin a man ap peared at the station claiming that he held , an order from the county prisoner, which order was signed In the presence of the sheriff. Agent Butner, however, refused to permit the "doom'' to leave the sta tion without an order from Sher iff Marvin. Sheriff Marvin knew nothing about the consignment un til so informed by Agent Butner, and consequently the "booze" re mains at the station. v Foley's Kidney Remedy may be given, to children with admirable re sults. It doe away with be .wet ting, and is lso recommended for use after measles and scarlet fever. HERE LOOKING OVER WALLOWA COUNTY LAND Thomas Cartme'J of Monmouth, ar rived in Enterprise last week for the purpose of looking over Wal lowa county lands with a view of possible location.' He Is seeking a ranch, and if he finds what he is looking for here will buy and be come a resident. All Enterprise and Wallowa county will welcome Mr. Cartmell, and all hope that he may find a ranch suitable to. his dfslies. ' " - ASSEMBLING THE NEW ' ' CAGE IN THE JAIL William Eberleln arrived a week ago to assemble the new jail cage .which- arrived from St. Louis some two weeks since. Mr. Eberleln is .he traveling representative of the Ptlley Jail company of St. Louis, being sent out byi the firm to assem ble the cages made by that com pany. The work will require sev-' eral days, but It Is believed that) thi3 week the new cage will be ready, for occupancy. ,',,.' O. 3. Roe of the Mountain Velw Fruit farm wishes to announce that his strawberries will soon be ripe Hid solicits the orders of his cusfom 3rs at once. All orders will be' filled in turn as they have been ordered, inless otherwise requested, there fore, first come, first served. " Charles Horner and family return ad to .Enterprise Saturday from Tur ock, Calif., and from points in Or egon. , He will make Wallowa coun y his future home. All Mr. Horner's former friends- will be glad to wel come him, and glad to know that, he will reside among them again. ! , ARTSWORN IN COUNCIL MET" MONDAY NIGHT AND TRANSACTED OLD AND NEW BUSINESS. :. The city council met Monday night with Mayor Mayfleld in the chair and .with, Councilmen C. E. Funk, J. W. Bkkford, and S. E. Combes present, as also City Attor ney T. M. Dill, Recorder W. E. Tag (farand Marshal Charles. Hug. The fyw officers were sworn In. asi fol lows: Councilmen F. S. Ashley, S. ft, Keltner, Treasurer Fred Savage, Slty Attorney T. M. Dill, and Ma yor J. A. Burleigh. ,' Councilman C. E. Funk was chos m chairman of the council for the ensuing year, the motion to tula ef fect being moved, seconded and car ried. " ' '. i . 1 . Resignation Read. ' The resignation of J. A. Burleigh or ' mayor was read.'. Oa motion supported, it was accepted. Carried. A petition wast thea read bearing the names of over a hundred voters, co the effect that the council appoint J A. Burleigh mayor. ' A motion to bis- effect was put, supported and carried, and laler Mr, Burleigh was worn in as mayor for the ensuing term." Those voting for his appoint ment were: C. E. Funk, S. E. Combes, F. S. Ashley, and S. D. Kelt ner, making hia appointment, unani mous. Bills Read., ' .The following! bll!3 were read: Burnaugh & Mayfleld, carbon paper.... ,...'.'.' . .25 City Planing Mill, lumber '. . 80.60 i,-P. Sanders, hauling.. '1". .. ' " .50 J. Forsythe, light.. . . . 68.05 W. E. Taggart, pay,' rent re corded deed, stamps.... .. 2S.C5 Sol. Face, labor. . . . .... .... 10.75 vV. 8. Clayton, .work with team 20.25 J. C. Shackleford.work with - .team .I.... ...... .... 50.35 Baker Brothers, work with team.. ".i ...... ...... .i.. 38.00 P. Doan. .street .work ........ 13 lb W. Bald,wln, street work..,. .. 5.25 Oscar Davis, sbee't work .... : 00 James Lambert, spoet work.. 10.00 T. M. Dill, street work.... .. 6.00 Charles Hug, sa'ary 75.00 C, M, Lockwood, city treas urer's pay , .... .. - 6.00 - It was moved and seconded that the bills be allowed as read, except that of .the City Planing mill. This bill was allowed in part. One- third the lumber along the Foley place and 43 cents iuterets and 44 cents for returned pieces of lumber being deducted from the bill. The bill allowed the . lumber company, a amended, was $59.63. Carried. Marshal Hug wa instructed by the council to see that all alleys and barnyards wore cleaned up. ' v' Adjourned. . ., a' For AU Kind of ' Artistic rltUtf. aal rT aasla do not fail to call on OAKKS, Contractor N. B.-Lor Broa.' Painta KW OFFICERS Oxfords of Quality and Style FOR ." -J -;" THE DRESSY MAN OXFORDS OXFORDS OXFORDS In Black, Tan and OxBlood ' - This store is full of the Right Kind of Goods for the man who wishes to Dress Properly The Store of Quality anbT Correct Styles C. H. ZURCHER .The Men's Outfitter CONSIDER OPERA MATTER BROUGHT UP BEFORE THE ENTERPRISE COMMER CIAL CLUB. One of the matters considered by the local Commercial club, at its Last meeting, was that of taking up the opera house problem In Enter prise, with a view to making it pay 3xpenses- by 'furnishing the show 5ors with good' home talent and sood outside entertainments. While nothing definite has been- determln ad upon thus far, the matter has cre ated considerable patriotic discus lion, and varying suggestions have een made. As a rule opera houses are ex pensive things,' but they can, again i a rule, be made to pay expenses when everybody works to that 3nd. The suggestion that home tal ent entertainments be given and ihat' outside or professional enter- alnmenls be given to addition, seems '.o i solve the problem. Enterprise ias the talent in both music . and Iramatlc j&ases, and home entertain- nents If rehearsed well and if made move with the proper "go" and spirit, are always attractive and well' received everywhere. - The . home ooard could put on operas, dramas, jld-tlme minstrel shows, and these with outside professional- entertain- aienta could te made to keep the jpera house running and at least ?ay the running expenses. ' What the commercial club will do, r what it will not do, Is not known it this time. It is safe to venture, iiowever, that if the members see "he club's way 'clear to take hold of "-he opera house, and pay nothing bove the expense of It, they will orobably do so. ' - ' HARRISON MARKET SOLO TO M. A. 8TILLWELL The Harrison meat market, sue- i cessfully conducte4 by George A. j Harrison, was sold to M. A. Stillwell, j "he deal being consummated last Saturday. Mr. Harrison retires from , he business and although he has not yet determined upon Just what he : will become associated with, he ' will j lemaln in Enterprise. " Mr.. Stillwell J is a gentleman of wide experience j hi the market business and will loubtless make a continued success of the business, ' V HOUSE PROBLEM .New L.lne of J '.. "' "Superior Stoves and a nges See me and get my prices before buying else- where. I carry also a full and complete'line of t bath tubs, basins and bowls, and a ' full list oi" plumbing supplies. First-class plumbing at the "" ' v lowest figure for which such 'plumbing can be done. -:- ALL WORK. GUARANTEED. S. K. CLARK, Consolidated I have purchased the Jewelry stock formerly owned by A. C. Carpenter, and have adde? to It netw shipments of stock, making my Jewelry b nre replete with all that can be desired In a .Jewelry bus! ness, I uh to extend my personal thanks to the people of Enter f u fi of this esction of Wallowa all their Jewelry Interests' my ro ria, and assure them that I moke county for their generous pat Own. Tour patronage solicited. All work guaranteed. Martin Larsen S; Co. : Jewelers $4.00 $4.50 $5.00 Marriage Licenses. County Clerk W. C. Boatman is sued .he following marriage licenses' this month: .Michael Crow' and Miss Jennie S, Olson, of Lots in e. Fred C. Larsea of Spokane, Wash ington and Pansy Middlebrook of, Jo seph. ,. Plumbing, plumbing fixtures, pipes and fittings, st Keltner's. One Week Longer Teeth Extracted and Fil led Without Pain By - r Dr. Gray & Co, 1 AT THE HOTEL ENTERPRISE For One Week Longer Until WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15 The Drs. Gray have already worked for many of Enter prise's leading citizens who speak in highest terms of his wonderful painless system. Prices Reasonable. Consulta tion free. Remember the date Enterprlae, Oregon and New Stock Br ' v v , Vis f I j f J ' - . . I - - ' Durnaugh & Mayfleld. , '