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About The news=record. (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1907-1910 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 3, 1910)
City and County n '.t M I a onei newb ucii.h aim Sherwln & Williams' palnta guar anteed at Keltner's.. Fred! Falconer left Tuesday lor Idaho poluU on ft business trip. C. E. Funk wont to La Grange, Monday, on a day'e business trip. Sell vour cream to the Enterprise Creamery Co and get the highest Charles Crumpaoker was acting marshal during Hug's absence at Sa lem. Carter's White Lead and Linseed Oil at Keltner's. " The W. I. Calvin, and W. C. Ket chum families, are at the lake. " Mrs. W. R. Holmes and daughter nioi on Qmrvn 9 the camners ' at " O the lake. . v r. t MfDnnlifiV and family of Wallowa went to the lake, Saturday, for a week's outing, Mtee.Vada Sralih of AHoel, guest of Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Keitner, re turned' home, Monday.' . If you want good feed for your team and good treatment come to White Front Barn. 97btf Four Imported stallions' and, two Percheron fillies are at the Enter prise, livery, brought from Creston, Iowa. Mrs. M. 0. Potter of Wallowa re turned home Monday. She had spent a day here with her friend, Mrs. Price. Mrs; Sereta Weaver accompanied Rev. and Mrs. Gibson of La Grande to the lake, Tuesday, for a few days camping. R. F, Stubblefleld, the veteran sheep owner, was --at Wallowa, Mon day, on. business at the district for ester's office.'-" Sell your cream to the Enterprise Creamery Co, and get the highest market price for It. - .. '. A: J. Boehmer,- assistant cashier of the bank,' went to his: former home, Payette, Ida., Wednesday, on a brief business trip. mm 8 Cray and sister. Mrs. Wll- aon, returned, Sunday from Lostlne, where they attended the funeral of Ulue Marjorie i"s ! Mr. and Mrs. E. M. White ot Wil low Springs," Mo., arrived Tuesday - on a visit to Mr. and Mrs. John Humphreys, of northeast fo town.. Auction sale of household goods . . by Lockwood and Kerns, owners, will be he'jdi .t Baker &' Smith's livery barn, Saturday,-August 6, beginning a at 10:30 a. m.' - 271)1 Dr. W: L. Nichols, osteopath, suc - cessor to Dr. Moore, has office hours all day iTuesday, Thursday and Sat urday, In Enterprise. Office over the bank. . 21ati Eight room house and one acre of ground; house all plumbed, good wood shed, cellar and hen honser fine lawn and trees. Worth $3500; will go, if sold immediately, for $3000; $1100 cash, balance 18 months time. On Residence Street, Enterprise. Also household furniture for sale. C. M. LOCKWOOD The Carnival association organized I IS. expects to hold & carnival on Cans Tt.iv a.ht i !CtS to spend 14000 m-enarin: f for the event . .i i . vincu &ua mucn money win bo ex ofvuu fiuuu preparing i The cities will be dec- f nVi nmnn will 1. - IT vuucu iu eieciricai illumination. Toe money to defray the expenses Is be ing raised by subscription from the ousinesa men. Fishing tackle all kinds and sal mon egg at Keltner's. A real "big engine," olre of the modern kind, hauled In the branch ilne train, Saturday, but made no better time thaw the "tea ktttles" lo. The train was two hours-late. O; E. Broas and family of Pres- ;ott, la., arrived . Saturday for a risit with Mxs. Bross" parenta, Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Daggett, of Aldef Slope. , . Miss Rhoda Wood returned Sat urday from Hot Lake. Her mother, Mrs. M. L. Larsen, la recovering ulcely from an, operation and is ex pected home the middle of this week. . The Misses Kathleen and Berthena Evans, who have been staying aij; the home of their sister, Mrs. O. Lowlck, left Monday for Spokane to reside. Mr. Lowlck accompanied .hem as far as Wallowa. A. R. Murray went out to La 3rande Wednesday to see hie wife '" in the hospital there, re covering from a surgical operation. ind getting along nicely. Mrs. V. I. Crontn, Is with her. Miss Emma Parkier of Joseph and Ubert R. Walker were married Tues lay evening by Rev. V. P. Samms it his home in this city. After the ceremony the couple .went to Joseph. They will reside in, La 'irande. The Japanese musical given . by he Win. One Class of the Presby- ferlan church on the lawn, at the A C. Miller home, Friday evening, was very well attended, and the program was successful In. every, particular. Baker & Smith of the Enterprise Livery have bought the public auto mobile and business of the E. M. & M. company, and will run It In connection with their Uvery. F. I. Vergere contjlnues as chaffeur. A large number of Mlee Eula For ay the'a many trlenda attended a re ception In her honor, given by Mrs. E. J. Forsythe, Monday afternoon. It was . In the nature of a farewell as Miss Eula started Wednesday (or Ann Arbor. Mich,- where she will enter, a training school for nurses. of J. H. Doty, where they will make their home. He has also traded La Grande fruit tracts to C. 6. Brad ley for the 40 acres of hill land just west of town known as Leigh Heights. . The Enterprise Livery Is under going extensive remodeling and re pairs. A new office has been put to the east side of the main entrance and the old one torn out, also the partition between the office and tool room, giving a broadi fine place for the rfes. A new floor has been put In. and altogether the enterpris ing proprietors, - Baker & Smith, ire making a new plaoe of this old reliable barn." The local Masonic lodge put on ;he third degree work, Saturday mLeht Georuse W. Paddock of Flora 'being the candidate. The following visitors from Loatdne came up In automobile? and' enjoyed the hospi tality of the local brethren In a alee supper following the work: 6. JlcKenzle, N. Williamson, W. W. Aade, O. F. Mays, H. J. Martin, F., V. Fltzpatrick, M. W. Goodman, Cole Leonard, S. J. MaglU, C. B. Mays. NEWS PARAGRAPHS FROM : OTHER CITIES IN OREGON By a deft.' Just completed the owner hip of the First National Bank ot Lebanon has changed hands. The police are seeking the Identity of the persons or persons who are passing a quantity ot confederate tooney In Portland. Extensive Improvements and addi tions are being made at the" state fair grounds. Foremost among the new buildings, as far as genuine worth to the Oregon farmer is con cerned, are the model dairy barn and model milkliouse, now in the course of construction. Converting logged-over land into grazing tracts is a solution of mak ing use of the vast areas in Coos county left by the loggers after the timber Is removed. Several experi ments in this line have been carried on, with the result that there Is no doubt about the rough logged-olt land being some day extensively used as range for cattle and sheep. ir two proposed amendments to the constitution referred to the peo ple by resolution of the legislature are adopted, the legislature will have the power either to provide for ex emption of Intangible personalty, or to tax It specifically in a manner, rea sonable and collectible," said State Tax Commissioner Charles V. Gallo- way In commenting upon a feasible method for discounting taxation of mortgage notes. Title to 17,360 acres of some of the best timber land In Oregon was fin ally vested In the estate of George Baldwin, a former Wisconsin million aire, by a decree entered In the state circuit court at Albany. It marks the end of a contest over the land be tween Baldwin and S. A. D. Puter. Felix Currin, a farmer residing four miles east of Cattage Grove, has on exhibition here 27 varieties of wheat grown on his fr.rm, planted as an ex periment, from seeds secured from different parts of the world, each var iety being planted In ft single row 100 yards long. WHITE FRONT Livery, Feed and Sale Stable ft. I. DAY, Proprleto Good Rigs Fair Treatment Horses Bought and Sold Special Attention to Commercial Trade Rates for Regular Boarders ' Bus to and From Trains Best of Help Employed Home Phone X t . Open Day and Night One Block North of Hotel Enterprise 4 '5 n m m B n n m Abstracts Loans Insurance Reliable Abstracts of title furnished on short notice. All Kinds of money to loan on farm property, from one to five years; large or small amounts Fire Insurance written in companies that pay all losses in full. WALLOWA LAW, LAND ABSTRACT CO. ENTERPRISE, OREGON C. M. LOCKWOOD, LocKwood Bilyen, United States Commissioner Managers nna The Story of MHrd Hit." " Mrs. R. M. Fay, "who tripped on a loose board In a sidewalk and fell, Injuring her face, is recovering, and while her nose was badly mashed no bones were broken. For the best rigs, horses, buggies and drivers, courteous treatment and . fair price go. to the old, reliable Enterprise Livery, Baker & Smith, proprietors.. . . 27b4 Dream on, if you must, but when you get real awake and into the class of live ones, cast your sunburnt face into the direction of Harvey's-all kinds of iced goods. St m ' and Mrs. Richard Shelton, recently of Richland. la., who had been visiting Mrs. Shelton' Bister, Mrs Jacob Waignex, and other rel atives and friends here for the past fortnight, left Tuesday , for Port land, i Thev have purchased prop erty at Cornelius, 30 milea west of the metropolis, and expect to mae their home on It. . C. B. Martin, and family, who came here two months ago from Colorado and have resided In the Calvin prop arty at Main and Bast, First streets, left Monday for Portland and Wil lamette valley points. Mr. Marun said they would likely return and make this their home as they think a great deal of Enterprise.-the .Wal lowa valley and the many opportu nities here. William Berry and family, former ly of Wallowa, but of late year residents of Portland, moved to En ternrlse last week. Mr. Berry has ' purchased 160 acres1 oa Alder Slope i Wallowa County Title & Abstract Company A- C. MILLER, President Office in Company's new brick building opposite front of neVCourt House; Oldest and most complete abstract plant "n comrty? Abstracts of title furnished prompt y and cheap ly. iSuknce written in largest and strongest compames. Money Loaned at very Lowest Current Rates U n 1 1 n 1 1 1 ' R. R. BirUerT circuit Judge of the 11th judicial district, has announced that he wlU not be a candidate to suc ceed himself. This dlatrlot embraces Gilliam, Sherman and Wheeler coun ties:"'' ' Oregon's apple show, 'to be held in Portland November 30 to December 2, Inclusive, Is going to be the largest and best ever conducted under the auspices of the Oregon Horticultural society. The premium list will com tain many attractive prises v This list will be completed coon, and will be distributed throughout the state. County surveyors are at work establishing- grade stakes for the pro posed Portland to Hood River road along the Columbia. The right-of-way has been surveyed and grades are be ing established as rapidly as possible and it is tnougnt tnat everytning win be in readiness to begin actual con struction work I rohtnonamshrshrdh tructlon work In a month or two. Surveys have been completed by the state engineer oa the Rogue river project and the next move is to adju dicate the water rights. Superinten dent H. L. Holgate, of Klamath Falls, baa not set a date for hearing, but It Is probable the hearing win be held some time during September. This Is a large project and there are fully 5000 ' claimants who are interested. After causing the loss of three lives and destroying . 3,000,000 feet of tim ber and machinery ' valued at 15000, the Bantlam forest fire Is under con trol. It was checked by the digging of five miles of trenches which pre vented further spread of the names among the humus covering of the soil. The lire started on July 19, near Hoo ver, on the Corvallls Eastern rail road, and Is said to have been the re sult of carelessness on the part of em-' ployes of the Hoover Lumber com pany, which Is the greatest loser. As the aftermath ot the Indictment of J. Thornburn Ross. John Tt. Aitchl- son and Frank B. Holbrook for con spiracy to defraud the United States of arid lands under the desert land act, civil suits have been started In the federal courts for the recovery of S40 sores, the only lands to which pat ent Is said to have bien secured as a result of the alleged soniplracy. Five hundred dollars reward Is of fered by the American league for evi dence tending to show that any player or club In the league is using or coun tenancing the tipping of signals of an opposing team. The player involved will be blacklisted from organized baseball for all time to come. A Beautiful Lako. Tcrhaps the most striking instance to be seen In the whole world of the wonderful aimnrent colovinc of bodies of water Ih the mnrvelously nentitiful Blue lake" In Switzerland. Em-oni-"passed on all sides by lofty mountains, their lower ranges luxuriantly clothed with verdure down to the edge of the water and adorned with many fine for est trees, while ,thelr hlRher acclivities are garbed In a mantle of eternal snow, the little lake, nestllna In Its deen hol low basin and protected from winds and storms. Is quite stnming in us singular and strunge beauty. The .water, although really pure mid color less, appears to be of a most vivid ami Intense sky blue. And Its transparency Is so remarkable that a small nickel coin dropped Into the wnler In the center of the lake can be seen pyrnt lng downward until It reaches the bot tom, apparently more than a hundred feet beneath. "Mr. Orcbardsou. If I thought that ij by KillliiK .vou I could pulnt a picture S like yours I would stab you to tne heart." Such wus the remark made by Pellegrini, the famous caricaturist, to the Ro.vat academician. Sir William Orchardson. when at a private view he flrst saw "Hard Hit." the picture of the ruined irarabler. "It was," said the artist; "the greatest compliment I could have had." curiously enougn. the model who sat for the ruined iramester was" rather fond of cards himself. One day the artist noticed that he looked somewhat depressed "What Is the matter?" he asked. "1 wns awfullv hard bit last nlgbt." he answered. "By Jove." replied the artist. Jumping up with delight. "I've cot It at last! "Hard Hit, of course. And that Is how the picture got its name. (SaiBniBIiM Head This 3 w 3 n u w El M ft vi ii (1 M U M U M H x M mm g s n 5 . B M I H M The City Planing Mill W. F. RANKIN, Proprietor j. 7 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 per oent discount for ca'eh. AH accounta balanoea t expiration ef 30 daya and aettled by cash ar mU m I DURHAM J eweler ENTERPRISE, OREGON Expert Watch Doctor GOLD PLATING EN r RAVING Going Round the World. In Balling arouud the world east ward the days are enc-b a IH tie v tban tweuty-four hours, according to the speed of the ship, as the huu 1h met a little eurller every morning. These little differences added tugejher will amount to tweuiy-fmir hours This alves the sailors un extra diiy- not in imagination, but as an actual fact They will have, done un extra day's work, eaten au extra day's ration of food and Imbibed au extra day's at lowanee of grog. Op the other hand. In soiling west ward the sun Is overtaken a little each day. and so each day Is rut her loncer than tweuty-four. hours, and clocks and watches are found to be ton fast. This also will amount In sailing arouud (be world to the point of departure to one whole day by which the reclioulnu has fallen Iu arrears. The eastern hound sliln. then, has coined a day. and the western bound ship has loM one. This strange fact, clearly work ed out. lead to the apparent paradox that the Orsi named ship has a gain of two whole days over the latter. If we suppose them lo bare deported from port and returned together.-Pblladel-pbla Kecord. . 'Madam Gold Mining. V.n until about 18TiO ouly plncer or surface gold was mined -that Is. free gold, deposited In the bwla of streams. In sands and In the crevices of rocks. Plncer mining, mainly In new and re mote reglous, still furnishes a material though not a large percentage of the world's output. Formerly the alluvial o-iilri was ienu ruled from the sands and gravels containing It by washing tbein In pans, cradles, rockers aud sluices. In 18S2 the hydraulic method a flrat imilored In California, ity this means a "giant" stream of water turned SBHlnst the side of a uniain washes everything before It. I be goto settles to the bottom of the tunnel or sluice through wblcb the gravel, sand and water Bow. In 1SN9 dredges or excavators were first used In Austra lia. Today steam and electric dredgea produce a considerable portion of the world's outpuL- Byron V. Uolt In Ev Six Follies of 8olanca.' The six follies of science are the squaring of the circle, perpetual mo tion, tbe philosopher's stone, the elixir of life, mac e aud astrology. , In all ages men of undoubted ability have tolled early and late to unravel the mvsterles supposed to be connect cd with these fnsclnaUng problems. It Is not ulways remembered that such Intellectual glnuts as Bucon, Sir Rob ert Rovle and Sir Isaac Newton sought the philosopher's stone. In the study of astrology Lilly was for a time even neiiHloned bv parliament. Most of these "follies" conferred In- illrant heneflts unon science, for In Becklnc one thing their devotees dis covered many another. The craze for the secret, or unknown, baa still Its hold upon men and Is seen in palmis try aud kindred cults. Have you examined our line of Ladies' and Children's 3 Wash Suits Ladies' S Fancy SKirts: Waists, Undershirts, Muslin 3 Underwea r , Hosiery, Gloves, Etc. Also a complete line of eluding the McKibbin and Stetson Hats. We have just now the S3 most complete line that JJ we have ever carried. Quickly 8ubduad. Von Hliimer (rosrlns with racrei Who told you to put paper on the wall? Decorutor Your wire. sir. von Blu- mer-Pretty. Isn'l ItT The Whit a r-i, i ' 1 1 i t 1, ' ,ml rm, I - a We buy our Dry Goods from one of the largest houses in Chicap-o and have a large assortment from which to make our selections. m We discount our bills, which h gives us the goods laid down in our store at the lowest n faaVi r.nVpa V 1 We give our customers the S benefit of our cash ouy. we g 3 also give a discount on all aaVi mireriARflS. H 3 zz a W9 If you are going to build S3 call and let us figure m with you on Doors and g Windows. We have just S received a large gtock of g sahie and we are going g to sell them at bed rock m prices. If you want a high grade tewing machine wMch s a WORLD'S STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE BUY A WHITE The machine to unsurpassed for almnllcltv. durability and the char acter of the work It will do. It to made In two styles, the Vibrator huuiA and the Improved notary Shuttle The laUter machine eews either a lock or a chain etitch There are a number of styles to (ihttAaa rrnm ft n t th wood work 1 the handsomest possible. Fred S. Ashley handles the WHITE MACHINE la Wallowa count. a a H M 8 u R.S. & Z. Company iMiimiHiwmiiimiir LBBeirs Succeed when everything else fuile. In nervous prostration and female weaknesses they are the supreme remedy, ae thousands have testified. FOR KIDNEY .LIVER AND STOMACH TROUBLE It Is the best medicine' ever sold over a druggist's counter. "Little Joker" squirrel traps kills huadrodo. Try tt. Price 85 ceaU. SXS3C
