City and County ,
Brief News Items
.. "Little Joker" squirrel traps kllla
huadredu. Try tt. Price 35 cents..
Sheriff Marvin, was called on bus
. In ess to Wallowa Thursday.
at Burnaugh & Mayfleld's,
Dr. and Mrs. Moore went to Joseph
Tuesday evening, returning Tuesday
night.
Oakes carries a full line of Lowe
Brother Paints. 108tf
L. A White of Tacoma, Wash., Is
in Enterprise looking about, the
'country. t ' .. , ;
, B. O. Makla has Just purchased a
lot In Alder View, near the Larson
residence. ' -
. '.If . vou "want good feed . for your
team and good treatment come to
White Front Barn. 97btf
A' C. Miller made a ". business
. trip to Minara, Wednesday morning,
returning In the evening. ...',-'
Fred Falconer returned from wai
lowa Thursday evening, . where he
had transacted business.
A daughter was born to Mr. 'and
Mrs. Joe Clemons at their summer
. home In Leap on June 19.
Harley Horner arrived from Port
land, Sunday, where he stopped some
time on hla way here from Turlock,
Calif. '
' Mrs." Dr. Moore was. called' ta Los
tine professionally last Tuesday, re---
turning' in the evening to Enterprise.
, Little Mlas Marjorle O'Brien of
Portland arrived here .Tuesday to
-visit with-the family of C. M. Lock
wood. , '
Get your tickets early of Rodgers
Bros., for your trip to the lake. Tick
et good for launch ride. Leave
notei corner nouriy.
' W. E. Taggart, who has beem vls
, itlng relatives at Colfax, Wash.,
and friends at other points, return
ed home Wednesday.
Byram Mayfleld who has been to
Portland for several daya attending
the grand' lodoge K. P.'s as a dele
gate, has returned home. '
, The old cage In the new Jail, re
moved from, the old Jail some weeks
since, has been re-rlveted,' the work
I having beeni completed Monday.
Dr. F. E. Moore, osteopath, has
office houra all day. Tuesday, Thurs
day and Saturday in. Enterprise. Of-
Jibe ver the .bank. 83btf-;
R. L. Day andi family, accompanied
. by Mrs. O. L. Borland and children
from Paradise, visited Joseph Mon
; day evening, returning the same
Mrs. C. R. Eberhard of La Grande
la visiting her parents, Mt. an4 Mrs.
. L. Knapper of J03eph. Mrs. Eber
thmnehoiit. Wal-
lO ffcii wiwni u
k)wa county.
Harry) Nottingham, " living on
Prairie Creek, suffered a sprained
ankle Sunday; He sprang from a
horse ' and slipped "on the side ; of
a ditch when alighting. - '
Mrs,, Morgan, a professional nurse
Well m uu " - r '
it. i j a Bkrntt m n t prnri st1
" left here Thursday for La Grande.
She will visit relatives in Idaho and
afterwards return to Portland.
. . n' n. Bovd left Enterprise Friday
morning for 1 Portland where Mrs.
Boyd who has been at Seaside since
the rose carnival will meet mm. ro
" gether they will Journey to Seaside.
A flagstaff has been erected; upon
the Lltch building, and on his. return
from. 'Portland Commissioner ' Sam
Lltch- brought with him ' a splendid
TiAn fin ir that will wave from the
. staff. .
, Attorney T. M. Dili' and family
have moved from the former Fletch
er property which has been sold. In
to the, Littleton property. Theyi .will
reside there unltl Mr. Dill erects
a new- residence.
Attorney Frank Jaqua of Portland,
Ind.. returned this week to his home
In that city, after a few days' visit
with Attorney Danlet Boyd and
family. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd at one
ume uvea in .romana, iu. ;
Postmaster and Mrs. Ben Weath
era returned Tuesday evening from
Portland where they visited friends
and attended the grand lodge meet
ing K. P. in that city. They report
. a pleasant and profitable time.
J. W. Kerns this week sold hla
ten-acre ranch la the south part of
town to Ben Ownbey. Mr. Kerns will
- leave In August for southern Ore
gya, near Roseburg,' where be has
. secured the princlpalshlp ,of a pub-
11c school.. i
. Miss Linnie Fasta, who has been
111 for some time at the home' of
, her sister, Mrs. Whltmore, mar here,
lef Thursday morning for near Port
land where she will receive hospital
treatment.
Senator Turner Oliver of La
Grande, stopped in Enterprise .Wed
nesday on hla way home from Jo-
eph
Senator Oliver la a relative
of Sheriff Marvin, and the senator
counld Dteaeure with business In
hla genial vtalt.
E.- N. Mlddlebrook, proprietor of
the Mitchell hotel In Joseph, died
in Spokane last week after a brief
Illness of brain fever. His remain
were taken to Joseph, Mrs. Middle
brook accompanying them, passing
through Enterprise last Monday.
Mrs. D. H. Jordaa returned from
Grande Ronde Tuesday evening, al
cer visiting relatives end friends
-here for some weeks. Mrs. L. H
Bramwell, a sister of Mrs. Jordan,
from La Grande, returned with her,
intending to spend several daya vis
iting here. :
i Flora is figuring upon holding a
district fair to precede the county
fair at Enterprise about a; week. This
will be a means of gathering together
i nucleus of products for exhibition
to be later brought to Enterprise,
and will also be a means of arousing
enthusiasm for the county fair. i
The E. M. &'M. company 'have
erected a flagstaff and old glory now
floats from the pole. All the stores
jf the city are tastefully decorated
And the show windows of the E. M.
1 M. company, the W. J. Futik &
Coand the R. S. & Z. company pre
sent picturesque displays of goods. ,
Commissioner Sam Lltch. and Ed
Aodgera left Thursday morning for
La Grande where Mr. Lltch will re-
eive his new Cadillac autq. The
auto was delivered at La Grande tha
morning. The car Is a big 30-horee
power machine, and large enougn to
accommodate the family of Mr. Lltch
Levi Stewart of Ashland, Jack-
jon county, Oregon, arrived in Enter
prise Tuesday evnlng to visit with
his sone George Stewart who 1
anching on Whiskey Creek. The el:
ler Mr. Stewart was here twenty
ears ego, and at that time aided
n building one of the mllle In En
terprise.
Marjorle Watson, daughter of Mr,
Mid Mrs. W.E. A. Watson, of Alder
Slope, Monday, June 27, underwent
in operation tor a diseased throat
it the Good Samaritan hospital,
Portland. She left the hospital Wed
nesday and will go to Milwaukle
n the Willamette, valley, for a rest
jefore returning home. '
J. C. Shackelfqrd and family left
I'uesday with the first load of goods,
or their new home at Clarkston,
,Vash. It wlll.be remembered that
lr. Shackelford traded for a . fine
rult ranch . there recently. The
oany friends of the famllyi wish them
ill unmeasured success) In their new
ocatlon and new place of abode. ' '
NOTICE.
A warrant In the sum of $150.00,
Issued by Wallowa County, Oregon,
Jay 7, 1910, to S. C. Himelwright,
las been lost in transmission. No
Ice is hereby given to stop pay
ment on. this .warrant No. 17290, un
3sa held by S. C. Himelwright.
al W. C. BOATMAN,
STILL ANOTHER RUNAWAY
HERE LAST SUNDAY.
; A hackload of young mem from Jo
seph, leaving Enterprise. Sunday aftei
.he .ball game, experienced a runaway
lust at the edge of town near the
'lume. Elmer Hayden, one of the
oung men, was thrown out and er-
ously Injured. Fay Vest, suffered a
Dislocation of the shoulder. The
ja.Uie of the Iqad, while thrown
'rom the rig, were not seriously hurt,
The team ran, stringing the -rig out
n installments for a quarter of a
a lie, the pieces of which are still
6 be. seen.
E. W. STEELE'S BOYS .
' CAPTURE A WEASLE.'
The three youngeat sons of Mr.
ind Mrs. E. W. Steele succeeded' In
capturing a weaile that, had made
Inroads upon the chicknes for some
time. The boys have reason : to be
jroud of their capture, and through
he kindness of S. L. Biirnaugh who
"aught them how to take the skin,
he little fellow now have a trophy
f their trapping. ... '
PROMISE NEWS.
Promise, June 27. Jake Clemone
nd children .visited relatives In
Promise, returning to Wallowa June
20. , ,. . : ";
' The officers! e'.ected at the school
meetings June 20, are as follows:
3unnyslde, director, V., B. Hender
son; clerk, Wm. Stace. East Gross
man, director, Joner Trump; clerk.
Mrs. Lizzie Loyd. Colpitis district
W. R. Colpitts, Mr. phUlips, Mrs
Robinson; Mrs. G. I. Colpitts la re
elected clerk. la. Riverside district
Z. Ames is the new director and
Charles- Carper clerk. In Promise
district John . Doud Is the new di
rector; Ward He3cock is re-elected
clerk. '''','
, Mr. Philips, whose homestead Is
east of Mr. Colpitts', has recently
returned aftftr two years absence and
Is glad he did not dispose of. bis
ranch as soon, as he proved up and
finds- It very convenient to have a
place ' fai Wallowa to come back
to. His absence hae Increased his
'appreciation of this county.
GET fN ST'VLE BY.'
. HAVING A RUNAWAY.
In spite of the seriousness of some
of the runs ways recently,' the stren
uous persistency with which they are
occurring has an amusing aspect.
There have been about ten of them
within almost as many days. Among
the latest- an'd the lisss serious, were
the following:
Last Monday the team owned by
M. , H. Ogan- living on the Imnaha
road, ran. away In Enterprise while
hauling a wagon load of lumber. No
one was.: hurt. The team ran into
an- electric polo near the residence
of B. B. Boyd, cutting the pole
off squarely. In some way. the pole
caught and held the wheels of tiie
wagon-, thus scopping ' the team.
This, if we have a correct record,
was the eighth runaway here and
lear here.' On the same day, in
.'ront of his home on Alder Slope,
Drla Beecher's beam took fright and
an. The report 19 that the Iright
ned animals strung the wagon, out
n sections pretty, much over that
jcbool district. As if this- were not
enough as a record, Marlon Langston,
vhlle hauling lumber out of the
nountains, was unable -to bold the
earn he. was driving, and- they , ran
iway. Mr. Langston pluckily held
n to the reins, and finally got the;
rightened animals stopped.-
)RA SIMMONS SUCCUMCS '
v TO GUNSHOT WOUND.
Ofa Simmons, the youth who was
.ccidentally shot with a ,.22-callbre
ifle while shooting squirrels on
'ralrie Creek, died of his injuries
Vednesday night of last week, and
vas buried Sunday In the Prairie
!roek cemetery. Rev. A. L-; Hp-
varth of Joseph, officiated. The
riends and. neighbors of the sorrow-
ng relatives who survive .the youth
iid everything In thteir power to
illevlate both the victim's and the
elatlvea's suffering. As a last
linA and f lifting tribute to the boy
lowers were cent from the near-by
:itles. and the little sufferer who.
vas at last free of physical pain
vas deeply remembered. '
Obituary,
Ora Vernon Simmons was born
n this county July 20, 1898, and was-
U the time of his death 11 years;
1 months and 2 days old. The In
lnite God by wboae wonderful laws
he happy little patient came and
leparted, beneficently taught through
.his- little life' the .lessons of tender
less, patience, dove, to all acquaint
ance3, friends and relatives of the
passing little soul. The surviving
jnes submit the following as a trib
lte to their chl!dwho has gone be-
lore: 1
'A precious one from us Is gone,
A voice we loved is stilled;
V place Is' vacant In our home
Which never can be filled.
"God In His wisdom has recalled'
'The boon His love had given;,
Vlthough the .body moulders here,
He shall be safe in heaven."
3 RAND NEW FOUR HORSE
STAGE IN TRAFFIC.
The E. M. & M. Co. has received
x new four-horse stage to be put in
he traffic between Enterprise and
Imnaha. The stage is a three seat
id vehicle and will convey passen
jere as well as carry the malls be
tween here and that point. Mail
jontracts. hae been awarded and! post-
jd as follows:
Between. Enterprise and Imnaha.
To the E. M. & M. Co., considera
tion $1,094, three trips a week.
Stage and mail leave , Enterprise
.'or Imnaha Mondays, Wednesdays
ind Fridays, returning from Imnaha
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
Between Enterprise and Chlco
Comtract awarded to J. J. Weaver,
:onslderation $704, twice a week.
3tage and ma'.l leave Enterprise
.or Chlco Mondays arid Fridays, re
turning from Chlco Tuesdays and
Saturdays. .
Between Enterprise and Zumwalt
Contract awarded to W. Fred Zum
wait, consideration $810, twice a
week. Stage end mail leave Enter
prise - for Zumwalt Tuesdays and
Saturdays, returning from Chlco on
Mondays and Fridays. .
The sums given as consideration
for the mails Is the amount per year
for a period of four years, beginning
July 1.
Phone your ice cream and candy
orders to Harvey's. Prompt delivery
DAUGHTER OF ENTERPRISE
LADY RECEIVES HONORS
. Miss Ruth Rosalie Spker, daughter
nt Mrs. E. A. Splcer of this city,
was graduated Thursday. June 16
from - the Immaculate Conception
Academy at Davenport, Iowa, where
she has attended school during the
paet stx years. Miss Splcer is num
bered among those who received two
especial honors, one a medal and the
other honorable meatl-jn for superlor
excellence, -, of deportment. In her
graduation Miss Splcer Is applauded
by the school and press, of Daven
port, Iowa, for her strong reading of
"The Consummation of Queen Eliza
beth's1 Resignation .' ,
TOTAL 1909 TAX ROLL
OF COUNTY TO DATE
The total tax collection for 1909 of
he county up to date, by which Is
meant that the roll is. not yet com
pleted, is $111,147.73. Over $5,000 of
this sum was turaed over to the
county last week, so to speak. In a
"bunch." The rapid settlement and
growth of Industries in the county
will mean a rapid Increase In this
already big tax roll. "
MAYOR BURLEIGH IS
OFF FOR THE FOURTH'.
Mayor Burleigh has accepted an
invitation as orator of the day at
Elginj1 and will leave here the morn
ing of the Fourth for that city. Mr.
Burleigh has won a -reputation- for
himself, through eastern Oregon, as
a most pleasing and patriotic speak
er, and Elgin is to be congratulated
in securing him upon this occasion.
SUNDAY SERVICES.
M. E. Church services: Sunday
school 10 a. m.; morning service 11
m., subject, "Tribute to God and
to Caesar" 'Epworth League 7 p.
ai. C. E. Trueblood. tastor.
Christian church: Bible school at
3:45 a. m.- Regular morning ser
vice at 11 a. m. Topic of the. morn
ing sermon will be one of general
interest to the public as well as to
the church.
Union services in the M. E. church
at 8 p. m.; sermon, by Rev. Samuel
Harris. Union services will be held
on Sunday evenings. during July and
August alternating . between the
churches of the city.
TWO SHEARING PLANTS ,
FINISH THEIR WORK.
The shearing plant of E. O. Makln
and that also of Lltch and Funk fin
ished the .dip of this season Wed
nesday evening. . Thursday morning
the shearing crews of both plants
departed for northern sections where
shearing ie still in progress.
CLOSE 8TORES JULY 4.
The announcement Is made that
all the stores of Enterprise will be
closed all day the Fourth, thus glv-
Lng clerks and proprietors an oppor
tunity to take the day off. The buyt
lng public should make the necess
ary purchases on or before the night
3r evening of the 3rd, in order not
to be disappointed.
START8 UP 8AWMILL.
J. E. Patterson started up his saw
mill north of town, Monday, for a
summer's run. , l'
What a Toad Enjoys.
There are few things more amusing
tbi:n to watch a toad submitting to the
operations of a back scratching. He
will at first look somewhat suspicious
ly at the twig which you are advanc
ing toward him. but after two or three
passes down his buck his manner un
dergoes a ' marked change, his eyes
close with an expression of Infinite
rapture, he plants his feet wider apart
and his body swells out to nearly dou
ble Its ordinary size, as If to obtain
by these means more room for enjoy
ment Thus he will remain until you
make some sudden movement which
startles him or until be has bad as
much petting as he wants, when, with
a puff of regretful delight he will re
duce himself to bis usual dimensions
and bop away, bent once more on the
pleasures of the chase.
In Hearing.
They stood upon the crest of the
mountain and gazed off .through the
purple distances.
"Darling." he' whispered, bending
closer, "give me a kiss Just one!"
"No, Clurence," she auswered tim
idly; "some one will bear us. There
may be other ears around." ,
"Ol her eurs! Why should you. think
so, dearest?"
"Oh. because I have so often beard
of mountaineers 1 thought perhaps
there might be some around, aud"
. But Just then there was a mighty
crash. A mountain goat bad beard
the awful pun aud Jumped over the
cliff. LoDdou Tatler.
Making Monty Two Ways.
Our Ove cent pieces, of course, are
merely tokens, deriving their purcbus
lng power from the flat of the treas
ury. The metal blanks for tbem cost
only about 14 cents a buDdred. When
the expense of stamping the designs
upon them Is udded they come to
something like $3,510 a tulllloo-that Is
to say, for this amount tbe government
produces $.'0,000 worth of nickels.
making a c lear profit of $40,490 on the
transaction. -Suturday Evening Post
Not Surprised.
Real F.Htnie As-put-1 tell vou. sir.
tbe death rate In tbl suburb Is lower
than In any other part of tbe county
Npiir Victim I tipllere von. 1 wouldn't
be found dead here myself. Chicago
Journal.
N.I Murk.
She WpII. I bop you are going to
write a letter to the man wba insulted
you. He inu acton-What, make him
a present of my autograph? Not much
-Pele Mele.
Whstver dldarnre we bare merited.
It Is almost always In our power to re
establish our reputation. La Roche
foucauld.
Socialist Party of America Column
" This space is occupied by paid advertising and is edited by the En
terprise Socialist Local which meets Thursday night of each week at
7:30 o'clock in the McCoy residence on North River street All meetings
open. Visitors always welcome. Frank Hamblen, organizer; E. A.
Fosner, corresponding secretary; N. H. Marks, financial secretary;
Fred Otto, treasurer. .
THE BATLESHIP FLORIDA.
For a moment the United States
possesses the largest murder machine
In the world. It will not hold this;
advanced position- long. A half doz
en other nations are straining to .
build bigger and more perfect Instru
ments for man-killing. I
Today, however, the palm rests j
wMh the United States. When the I
Florida is completed she will be able
o hunt more murderous projectiles
and destroy mora property tn a min
ute than-any other piece of mechan
Ura on earth.
Her construction Is a measure of
the progress that has. been made In
constructing these kistrumnets of de
struction. We are told that with
every broadside she wild hurl more
tons of metal than Deweys whole
fleet could throw when he sailed In
to Manila bay in 1898. . K, - .
That was twelve yearo ago, and
every ship in Dewey'a fleet to now
o much Junk. A ship which can be
whipped is Junk. A ship which, can
not injure another vessel la worse
than Junk. Every increase In the
size of ships, every improvement In
armor or armament, makes Junk out
of all previous niaterlal. "
The Florida created a lot of Junk.
The workers of the United. State
are paying for that Junk. They are
paying for the ships that make. Junk
jf the over vessels. . ... , ...
Suppose the money that haa been
invested in a navy were used In the
building of big, beautiful, safe excur
sion steamers to sail out of the har
bors of the great cities on the ocean
and the Inland lakes. It would be
possible to take every -sick child
and every worn-out mother for a
good, long vacation, trip that would
save thousands, of lives each year.
We believe that would be a better
way to spend the money.
Criminal Waste. '
Comrade Alburn's article on the
batttle-shlp Florida certainly contains
abundant food for thought. Still to
my mind, he has only touched ,on the
horrible waste Involved fci the con
struction of such a murder machine.
Let us Investigate the matter a little
furher and see what we shall dla-
Cartfiti Banking Insurts tht Safity of Dposits,'
, . Depositors Have That Guarantee at :
WALLOWA NATIONAL BANK
OF ENTERPRISE. OREGON
' CAPITAL $50,000 . ,
SURPLUS $55,000 ,
Wc Do a General Banking Business.
Exchange Bought and Sold on
All Principal Cities. : '
Geo. W. Hyatt, President '
. Geo. B. Craig, 'View President
DIRECTORS
Geo .8. Crai Gko. W. Hyatt Mattir a. Holmm
J. H. Dobbin W, R. Holme
293 acres Alder Slope, $23,000.00
80 acres Alder Slope, $ 8,000.00
160 acres hill land, about six miles out, $2,000.00
320 acres, 12 miles out, $3,200.00 . , ,
City L,ot, $100 to $300
Residence Property, $6SO to $3,000
Fire Insurance Surety Bond Live Stock Insurance
W. E. TAGGART The Pioneer Real Estate' Man.
ENTERPRISE, ., : . : : s. : OREGON
CONCRETE WORK
HOf all kinds. llf you believe in beautifying Enterprise, you
must believe in making that beauty enduring. UConcrete is
enduring-it will render city beauty a "Concrete Reality."
ISee us for any and all kinds of Concrete Work. ,
MARKS BROTHERS, General Contractors;
J. D. WALOK
Real Estate Dealer
NOTARY PUBLIC "
' Mitchell Hotel Block : - JOSEPH, OREGON
We Do High-Class Job Printing Try Us
We guarantee satisfaction
cover. .
She will carry a crew of some
what over 900. men.. These men are
Irawn from the youny, vigorous) men
f the country. . Each of these men,
with the Improved machinery and
wonderful facilities for production
that we now have, is worth, at a low
astlmate, fifteen hundred dollars In
productive power per year; $1,350,000
or, for the ten years that it will take
this mass, of metal to work Its way tc
the Junk pile, $13,500,000.; . ...
Let us take the coat of the vessel
and go. to the slums- of Chicago, clean
out 12,000 of the foul disease-breeding
hovels, in which- the wealth-producer
of our nation are condemned to live,
purchase the material for that many
clean, beautlfu I cottages' : and set
these 900 men at work building them.
Would ' it not transform your city
from a hell into an earthly paradise?
We are using up our coal at a
rate that will exhaust our supply
in a period variously estimated at
from 300 to 500 years.- After a while
we shall probably send this great
vessel round the world to show oth
er nations what wonderful people
tor .what big foolsi) we are. In that
voyage we shall use up enough coal
to run a dozen ordinary factories a
whole, year. , . ,
hen they will anchor off soms
rocky bluff and have some little ar
tillary practice for amusement.- Ev- .
ery time they shoot one of those big
guns they, will shoot away the value
of a Buall farm or a good cottage
home for a worker. , .
And perhaps worse .than all else,
these men who are Imprisoned on
this useless tub for five years or so,
will be so demoralized1 by Idleness) as
to unfit them for any active service
in the industrial field for their nat
ural Uvea. Besides, ail, their intellec
tual, all their Inventive power will
be .lost to the country., ,
Truly, we are a set. of idlotio lulus
to permit such, a system. In. a thou
sand years tbe people then on earth
will look upon, us about as ,we loot
upon the savage that 'lay to wait
with his club to knock hlsi fellow be
ing on the head, and put him In the
soup kettle. ' - ' -'
' : ." l! b. 'knowles.
W. R. Holmes, Cashier
A. J. Boehmer, Amt. Caithler