MAY
BE
AT THE
SHORTAGE
PRIMARIES
EITHER VOTERS OR CANDIDATES
MUST SHOW MORE INTEREST
REGISTRATION 819
Registration of voters la proceed
ing rather slowly In the various pre
cincts of the county, and unless more
spirit la shown by either the elec
tors or the candidates there will
be a deckled (shortage at the prima
tes on. September 24. The- registra
tion books close on September 14
and will remain closed unU after
the primaries. The book will then
be again opened and not close until
about the middle of October, but a
voter who expects to cast bis. ballot
on September 24 muat get bis name
on the boolts before September 14.
Election day fa November 8.
So far only 819 voters have regis
tered, while the number of votes cast
at the last election was 1831.
By precincts the registration, la as
follows:
Joseph 79 rep; 30 dnm; n aortal
lhts; 3 Independent; 1 prohl; total
118.
Enterprise 110 rep; 70 dsm; 8
soc; 6 lnd; 1 prohl; .total 195.
Losllne 24 rep; 25 dem; 1 oc;
toial CO.
vvuilowa 106 rep; EC dem; 14 soc;
18 ind; 1 proM; total 195.
Promise 10 rep; 8 dem; 5 soc;
total 23. .
Grouse 1 rep; total 1.
Lost Prairie 23 rep; 10 dem; 3
soc; total 36.
Flora 34 rep; 15 dem; A soc; 1
ind; 2 prohl1; total 06.
Paradise 14 rep; 15 dem; 3 soc;
1 ind; total 33.
Leap- 9 rep; 5 dem; 1 soc; total
15.
Trout Creek 9 rep; 4 dem;
13.
Pine Creek 1 rep; 2 dem;
al 3.
Butte 20 rep; 2 dem; .total 22.
Pittsburg 1 iep; total 1.
Imnaha 9 rep; 3 dem; 1 soc; tot
al 13.
Park 1 rep; 1 dem; .total 2.
Divide 6 rep; 4 dem; total 10.
Prairie. Creek 16 rep; 6 dem; to
tal 21.
PowwaUia 3 rep; total 3.
total
tot-
3EST LIME QUARRY
IN THE NORTHWEST!
Gaongo Houser, manager of the
-'lack Marble Lime company, wis
irana:'.ct!ng bu&inesa la the cky Sat
urday. Mr. Kouser reports that the
treasury stock of the company,
imoun'tlng to $9,000 has been, sold
o G. H. Sutherland of Walla, Walla.
The company la at present con
itruetlng an aerial tramway from
he quarry to the kiln. The work
s under the direction of Engineer
OUliam of Walla Walla.
This has besn pronounced by com
petent nuthor'itles to be the finest
luurry Ii.d the Northwest. Mr, Hous
3r states that several outside par
ies have been looking at it and
hat same very ilattering offers have
;een marfe for Its purchase, but all
tiave been refused so far.
Fresh Fruits
All seasonable fruits
found here. Also the
finest shipment of For
eign and Domestic
Cheese ever in the city
General Merchandise
With the en t i r e
stock kept brand
new at the lowest
prices the quality of
goods can besold for
All Hats, Shoes and
Gloves at Cost while
they last
An excellent quality of coal
at a conservative price.
Lay in the winter
supply now.
Riley s Riley's
Report of Schools
Of Wallowa County
-ourity Superintendent J. C. Co,nr
ley's R'eport to State Supr
il flqndent.
County School Superintendent J.
0. Conley has male the following
eport to the State Superintendent,
ihowlmg the condition of Wallowa
.ounty schools at the close of the
)chool year ending June 1910:
Enrollment.
Number of persons between 4 and
.0 years residing In the county,
.nale 1416, female 1387, total 2803.
Number pupKa marked "R oa reg
ister, male 1018, female 922, total
19 10.
Number mankel 'E" on register,
male 103,'fema!e 73, total 176.
Teachers.
Number teachers employed, male
20, fema'e 68, ttfal 92.
Number holding state certificates
r diplomas, ma'e 7, female 4, total'
11.
First gcade certificates, male 7, fe
male 11, total 18.
Second grade, male 8, female 27,
total 35.
Third grade, male 2, female 13,
total 15.
Primary cert'flcatea, female 1.
Permits, male 2, female 10, total
12.
Number ho'd!ng certificates of in
sftui'e attendance during the past
year, male 18. female 39, total 57.
Number examined, for teacher's
certificate durimj year, male 17, fe
male 31, total 51.
' Number falliwg to obtain, certlfl
rut mule .2, female 2, to':al 4.
N'Miibcr teaching takliiig an educa
tional journal, male 26, female- 66,
to' a! Pi.
pupils. '
Number eighth grade dlploms Is-
.ad during year, male 24, female
14, total 38.
Number between 4 and 20 years
not attending amy school, male 398,
female 465, total 863.
Miscellaneous.
Whole number organized districts
In county 73. Number school houses
built during jxar 3. Number school
rooms in operation during past year
82., Number of lagal voters for
school purposes- !a district at time
of Making this report 2131. Num-
ber of visits made by county super
j Intendenit 80. Estimated number
i miles traveled In performance of of
ficial dull during year G0OO. Num
I ber county Institutes 1, local Insti
tutes 3.
Libraries,
Total bonka on haml 3172, pur
chafed during year 481.
Financial Stt,envmt
Receipts.
Qa&h on hand at time of
(Continued on page 3.)
Baker City
Normal and Business College
Begins September th
NEW CATALOG Tells all about the different
courses. Do we get our students POSITIONS?
Yest Wa have even placed students from other
schools. NOW is the time to PREPARE.
A L McCauIvy, Principal
ilTATE SUGAR
BEET FACTORY HERE
EXPERIMENTS PROVE, WALLOWA
BETTER THAN UNION FOR
RAISING BEETS.
The past two years have evidently
established the fact that sugar beets
can be successfully grown iw this vi
cinity and many other parts of the
county. Comparisons wlththe yields
in this county and Union county are
decidedly in favor of Wallowa coun
ty. It is statedi on good authority
that there will be several hundred
'.cre3 of land to this valley thisi year
hat will produce, as much aa 25 tans
o the acre. The comparisons- be
tween the yields In the two coun-
le3 also establishes the fact that; to
be successfully grown beets must be
.Raited. A few fields ini this coun
y have not tunned out as well as
anticipated but the sugar company
idm'i i that they were unable to
a for them as they should.
Farmers are ev ideally becoming
more and. more .interested in the
culture, of bea'si and tt is hoped
hat this interest will Increase un-
It Is possible for the sugar com
pany to secure sufficient guarantees
Jf acreage to warrant ithe erection
if a factory to this, county. While
.t is not 'known the exact acreage
nd the nature of the contracts that
.vould be required to guarantee the
jrectlon. of a factory no doubt this
:n formation will be forthcoming
should the farmers or Commercial
:lub ev'ince enough interest to make
he Inquiry.
In the past the farmers have been
willing .to rent their ground for a
entaln stipulated price per acre for
he growling of beets, but few have
lndertalkin, the raising of the crop
in their own reiponsibllity. Ten
lollars per acre rent has looked
jettor to them than the prospect of
i profit on beets at $4.50 per ton.
Ouie farmer to discussing the mat
ter last week said: "If the farmer
could raise the beets and ride on
horseback, the sugar company might
induce them to take up the culture,
but this back-breaking thinning,
weeding and topping of beetsr by
hand don't look good to many of us.
Another thing that keeps, the farm
ers from contracting to raise beets
is that the idea bas gone forth that
'.he sugar company should, be willing
to pay more for them.. One of the
viompcxiy officials made the state:
in ant that a too. of beets will produce
about 300 pounds of sugar. We do
not know just what they seU the su
gar for at wholesale but I suppose
it Is around five cents per pound,
thus giving the sugar company a
gross return of $15 per ton. There
is quite a difference between $4.50
and $15 a ton and we farmers think
that some of the $15 should be
a.dd'Od to the $4.50. I understand that
in some other states the price of
beets Ls considerable more than is
paid here. Some places the price
depends upon the per cent of sugar
shown in the beds by analysis. If
the Enterprise Commercial 'club
would take up a campaign for the
location of a factory in. this county
I think It will find the task an easy
one If they can Induce the sugar
company to guarantee a better price
tor the beets at the factory.
"Of course la the field where 15
to 25 tons are raised to the acre
.he showing of profit is highly sat
isfactory, but we do not figure that
dwchi bumper ti..,. ..ill always pre
vail, and if they should theie no
reason why we should not partici
pate fun: her In the reputed "enor
mous profits male by the refining
company, If that report is correct."
So far as can be learned there
has been no definite action 'taken
by either the Commercial club, the
farmers or the ;gar company to
encourage the buiKllng of a factory
hi the valley.
t.
Wheat Oats Barley Rye
Timothy Hay
Highest market price paid at any
station on railroad in the county.
Call on or telephone
CARL ROE
Brine In your Samples
Enterprise
Office In Zurcher's Store
Harvesting In Fall
Blast Over County
Crept Eeing Takqn Cafe of Earlier
Than Last Year Fall WUftatj Is
Doing Well. -'
Harvesting is In full blast all
over the Southern- and Western parts
of the county. Threshing machines,
headem andi binders, are to be seed
on every hand, and from all appear
ances the crop will be taken are of
much earlier thaa it was last year
unteaa stopped by persistent rains,"
which doe not aoera probable at
present. In add4.4oni to the harvest
ing of the grain crops the second
crop of alfalfa is beiing cut, which
adds a double load to the farmer
who happens to have both grain
and hay.-
Reports' from the hill country are
to the effect that moit of the" all
wheat i turning out well, and the
spring grain better than was ex
pected. Several farmers have made
the statement that there will be a
good' and strong half crop to the
1 III this year. On many of the Ir
rigated ranches the yield has beoei
curtailed by frfis-t. There is plen
ty of straw but the heads are not
well filled. The crop of rye l re
ported to be heavier than last year
and it is expected that much of It
will be placed on the market as soon
as it can be hauled to the ware
houses. Grain dealers report that
the prices have been about station
ary for several days except ithat
oats and barley have gradually de
clined. This la accounted for in
Portland by the offerlrg of Califor
nia oats in ithat city an.i oats from
the East in, Seattle.- Barley Is the
lowea.:. down in the scale of quotations.-
PUBLIC MEETING
WELL ATTENDED
REPRESENTATIVE MSN OF EN
"i E?vf-RISE TALK "FAIR" IN A
PROPER SPIRIT.
Monday evening in the assembly
' com on the third floor of the court
louse, every chailr and bench was
occupied by rei resentative men of
inverprise whomet .pursuant to &i
A, to discuss the coming Fair. The
neeting was an enthusiastic one and
4.11 preseat seemed) of one mind and
jf single purpose to do anything
vlthin. the realm of podsiblllty to
:nake the coming exhibit one of
:hs longest and most complete of
.ts kind ever made by any Fair
isjjclation representing a similar
lopulatlon.
President A. C. Miller of the Asso
ciation explained the object of the
neeting. He. staled that the pres
ent Indication was that the Fifth
jxliiblt would be a "humdinger"
hough he didn't use that .word. He
;ald that from every letter recelv
id thus far and from spoken inform
ition received by hlra and by other
nembers of the association, the
tfhole county was up on the tiptoe
it enthusiasm and expectancy, and
:hat with good weather for the
Fair the attendance promises to be
Bxceptlonaly large;
The matter of baiting care of all
visitors .was taken up and discussed,
nd a committee selected to arrange
.comfortable quarters for any num.
Xror visitors. A committea com
k!bkI of the real estate men of this
ol'y was aproijited. to canvass this
llsaicl and to see that the exhib
its wen- complete. Reports were
made by the association as to the
.irogres of the work at the Fair
,, -rounds, and all told the meeting
was a most profitable one.
Flora will hold her Fair September
22 and 23, and the matter of ssnd:
ing a representative delegation' to
Attend .the Flora meet was taken up
and discussed, wi:h the re3ult that
a large number from this city will
doubtless attend the Fair there at
tnat time. It wa also decided to
end a large delegation of represen
tative c i'.itiis ,o La Gramda ta con
fer with the commercial club of that
city anent the La Grande attendance
at the Enterprise Fair.
The roeetlcig adjourned only after
every detail of present Important In
terest was discussed and settled; aod
the Fair, up to date, Wt in the
most commendable condltlou.
The program of the Fair, subject
to slight changes, was read by the
chairman and iriet with general ap
proval. This dally program Is par
ticularly strong one and will In due
time be printed on poster sheets and
distributed through the county and
surrounding counties.
For All Kinds of
Artlttlc Painting", and
Paaar Ifantfiatf
do not fail to call on
OAKES, Contractor
N. B.-Low Broa.' Paint
Purity 1
7 '
Now is the lime to buy your
Fall and Winter Suit
before the line is broKen
5 OO
- New and up-to-date samples now on
display. The new Fall line of noted
Hart Schaffner & Marx
and the .
Kuh, Nathan & Fischer Clothing
. is now arriving and will be on display
for your inspection. Why not buy a
suit that is
GUARANTEED
and be sure of being fully satisfied
C. H. ZURCHER
The Men's Outfitter
EsiuaaiBHsaMEaiiaxuiiM laiuininBiuiniiiBsin
n
The City Planing Mill
W. F. RANKIN, Proprietor
ENTERPRISE, OREGON.
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Carries a complete stock of rough and dressed 5
lumber. S
A line of standard mouldings always in. stock.
Satisfactory Mill WorK a Specialty
Flvo por oent discount for oaah. All accounts balanced
at expiration of 30 days and aattled by aaah ar not.
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aiiiiiiBiiaiiuiniiuiniinnmuBniainiuHnii!
Enterprise Livery
4
a
! and Sales Stable
BaKer & Smith, Proprietors
Fair treatment to everybody. Bus meets all trains 10 cts
Commercial Trade a Specialty. "
First Class Rigs. Phone Orders Carefully Followed
Horses Bought and Sold
Feed For Sale Open t)ay and Night
Pure Bred Black Percheron Stallion at this barn for service
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I Wallowa County Title
Abstract Company
&
A. Q. MILLER, President
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Office in Company's new brick building opposite front of
new Court House, Oldest and most complete abstract plant
in county. Abstracts of title furnished promptly and cheap
ly. Insurance written in largest and strongest companies.
Money Loaned at very Lowest Current Rates
M4
Ney L,ln of -
"Superior" Stoves and Ranges
See me and get my prices before buying else
where. I carry also a full and complete line of
bath tubs, basins and bowls, and a full list of
plumbing supplies. First-class plumbing at the
lowest figure for which such plumbing can be
done. -:- ALL WORK GUARANTEED.
S. K. CLARK
Enterprise, Oregon
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CANDY
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Cdhetbuj Cfc. ittv NrtlMiOrtfta
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I L. Q. HOLLAND. M. D
I'UVSICIAN AND SIRGEGN
OffU In LHch Building.
Telephone Connection.
CONCRETE WORK
10f all kinds.HTf you believe in beautifying Enterprise, you
must believe in making that beauty enduring. Concrete is
enduring it will render city beauty a "Concrete Reality."
fSee us for any and all kinds of Concrete Work.
. MARKS BROTHERS, General Contractors.
L. BERLAND
Dealer in Harness, Saddles, Chapps, Spurs
and Leather Goods of all descriptions.
I will fit you out with the best goods for the least
money. When in need of anything in my line, call and
inspect my stock befor Durchasinar.
iS ENTERPRISE, - . - - OREGON