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About The news=record. (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1907-1910 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 8, 1910)
Oregon Hhtbrl:al Society TwiceaWeek Saturday Edition ALL THE OFFICIAL NEW OF WALLOWA COUNTY IN THE NH ALL THE NEWS WHILE 11 It NEWS TWICE " A-WEEK NEWS RECORD i lie it - TWELFTH YEAR. NO. 46. ENTERPRISE, WALLOWA COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1910, CITY OFFICIAL PAPER EWS RECORD mm FROM BIG COUNTY FI DISPLAYS IN EXHIBIT HALL BY n i n i B i - n n fIBIID DCl 4TCH DUSiracoo rinmo - NOTES OF SHOW. Tho 'eshthlt hall certainly shared tenors witi the live stock as. the feature of 'the fair.' The central part was taken up with flue dis plays by tuslne: houses, factories, etc. ' " ' .' ' "' . ""';'-' . The, Enterprioe Creamery had a r're showing of lt3 celebrated pure creamery -hutier in varxua erases i manufacture. There were also De Laved separators of which Mr. Blclt 'ford la the agent. A striking -feature of this exhibit were 12 or "15 checks ' paid to patrona " of the creamery during July. The checks were nicely framed and underneath jee.cn waa - signed statement or tne 'patron telling the number of cows that produced the money. ' ' , The E. M. & M, company had a , fine exhibit of all' the various pro ducts, of their mill the many brands of ftour maktag an Impcclng exhibit. Near by was a case showing the bread made from the flour. - The sugar, factory hod a neat ex hibit of beats raised in this county and glass. Jars showing sugar In the various stages of manufacture. Fred Ashley haa a beautiful ex hibit of his furniture, carpets, house furnishings, sewing machines and or gans. Jackson & Weaver had an, attrac tive exhibit at the north end of phonographs and typewriters. . G. I. Ratcllff had a splendid showing from his big furniture store. The Xruits, vegetables, grains, and grasses -end other products of the farm were arranged, by sections, and everyone of the seven in whlohi the county was. divided, made a. fine -1 I , T I I I. thai - IrUtfll 11UW I'll 5 . uumT ibYilo I,uai4 ur Judgea were called upon to decide ' Uie relative merits. Where all ,were 3 good lit was a hard job to place the blue ribbon. Space will not, permit individual mention. . . The show of fancy articles, bread, cakes," . preserve J, paintings, fine needlework, was unquestionably the largest; and best ever grouped at one fine, in this county. - The poultry lists' were well filled and some fine specimens of the vari ous breeds' shown. ;' The E. MJ & M. Co, had a fine dls . play of wagons, backs, buggies, farming Implements, etc. Notjes of tKe, Fair. The free rest room put up byi the efforts of the ladies, of the Enterprise Improvement league, was a large lent, comfortably furnished, and was i great boon, to tired women and children. ' . Ed Hart wasn't satisfied with bringing la the prize winning vege--abies Ma several , varieties, but also showed & nice little sow pig that tipped the scales at 610 pounds. Ed says it isn't, hardly old enough to take on. fat yet. Fruitt's show of American Hamp ihire swine' was a popular exhibit. The white banded hogs were a hov ilty to many. L. J. Jordan's herd of Jerseys got their share of attention . Sam . Wade made a big exhibit )t his Percherotis of all ages. 3uess. he must think it was worth while when he counts over hi blue ribbons. Every Republican, and Democratic candidate ' promised to be present and nary a one showed up. That settles it We all .will vote for the Socialists and Prohibitionists on No vember 8. The Enterprise band 'enlivened each . day with fine music, and weren't stingy with It eltiher. The La Grande band helped' a lot on Thursday, and everybody appreciates the pay Toll town for sending la Us beat. ' . : . , .' . ; After :. trying to remember and speak of all the principal features of the- fair, and fearing we had for gotten something we a3ked our little girl what was the nicest thing at th lair and her . answer wa prompt: "The merry-go-round." So let it go at that. In Reverie. rmi r'i .&U 1 . i Linis pom was wnuen Dy mr, isuwurui a iew weens aiter me a row rung oinamn . A r TM il i ii m m r -ww nis tons last April, ana was reaa oy mro. uuworin ai me iunerai services oi her huiband a few days ago. I Care not how the great God made The stars, the universe, the suns; What methods Love and Time displayed Through labors wholly undismayed, Where Love's divining" Purpose runs; . Nor whether in the dimming past ' Our chemistry with God were thrilled . And held potentially and fast ., ; Our dreams of Heaven and the last Sweet visions with which life is filled Or that he dropped them one by one, Great type-lives from the endless sea : Where Love throbs in the overtone Of Hope and Heaven and the lone ' . Sweet murmur of Paternity! - I only care, ah, only care 1 That God is here, there, everywhere! HAUN STORE AT EVANS) ROBBED FRIDAY NIGHT. '. The Ha'un etone at the new town ' of Evans, near the Loatme depot, was blown, to pieces with dynamite Friday night, the robbers ascuring between $130 and $140 In cash, ;. No goods were taken. An attempt .was made to crack the safe. Jm the-.Crow & Co. store at Loetine but the robbers were evi dently scared away as they left their tools and powder t on the floor near the safe. People going home from a dance there probably fright ened them a,way from the job. There la no clue to the robbers. ; MINAM STORE BURNED. Fire destroyed' the postoffLee and jtore at Minam, Tuesday night; The total loss. Including contents was about $2000, as estimated by the owner, S. N. Goff. No clue us to the oiteln of the fire. .There was no insurance. . Fair Is O ver It sure was a dandy and has convinced "all of the people that Enterprise is the one place to hold Wallowa county fairs - ' . . . ,..""'. W. J. Funk a Co. . ' . . are!, still in the ; lead ; with Good Mer chandise and Just Prices. Let us keep you dry shod with . - . c Ball Brand Rubbers i i- We are, sole "agents for this famou3 . brand of Rubbers, Boots, etc. Every thing in wet weather goods for the feet. : ;'S;V; . - '. - i... ' ; : ' ': - " . ..-... 4 . J; funii' (& Co. : THE QUALITY STOJtE v NOTICE. There will be a meeting of the of School District No. 23, , Tuesday, October 11, at 2:30 p. m. (Every tax payer of the district Is urged to attend, as there Is lm port- am uiisuieia io la.isaci. , 0. J. ROE, Chairman of Board. Option Election Ordered Fop Novem ber Potion Containing i Names Filed. I only care, so far as care Awakens and enlivens me, That it was done; that all, Somewhere, Came forth in due time, Ringing fair . Of God's near-by Eternity! ' I only care that from the dark Uncertain ages came the Real, . , The Everlasting, the Vital Spark, -s" The Yearnings that forever hark Forward where our spirits feel; I only care that just beyond , The limit of my sense and near Nearer far than yon thin frond Of fern leaf is the thinning bond That holds me from the. love3 I hear! I only care that closer than My breath to life, is God to man! . W. H. Dilworth, Enterprise, Oregon, September Term . Of County Court ' '' ' ' V . - . (Continue! from Wednesday.) . . 1 1 . .'"- '" 15 50 27 00 22 0 2 35 Always U-to-Dsts : Never a Minute Behind Union County, board of W. Decker .. '. ..r W. C. Boatman, stamps ... .. .-.. r.cCully Kerc. Co., road gra- ucr bttta-... i ....... . PInGea Stamp Agcacy, wheel i iamp holder .... ........ Glass & Prodhomme, eupplle.1641 88 Buahong & Co., book machine supplies. .... .... 1 50 D. D. Conley, hardware "ap plies 33 65 K. E. Kerrynrln, trip to Troy 17 6 VV. C. Boatman, express and freight. 11 63 Edsar .Marvin, stamps, ex press, etc. II. E. Merryman , stamps ana maps. ' Enterprise Proas, office sup plies ............ ...... Wallowa Ch'Jef tain, publisb- ling notices ...... ........ Nina Miller, work in aaaew- or's of Hoa ...... ...... B. F. Miller, stamps, pens, penclla ...... ...... .... P. Sanders, freight and ex press ...... .. 0 H. Brady, fixing doors on vault , II. J. Hamilton, witness fee . . Coaster Lamlngcr, wltaeas fee Steve Hodge, .wt'neae fee.... N. C. Longfellow, witness, fee A. C. Smith, .wttneTa fee .... A. C. Smith, .wltne3s fee, . . .. A. C. SmtUi, wltneas fee . . J. D. Walck, wltneia fee.... C. B. Horner, wtneea fee.... Myrtle Davis, witness f- J. M. Blabely, wltne fee.. Ford C Potter, fruit Inspec tion Mcx Wilson, boirl of Exami nation W. W. White, service on grand Jury ........ J. C. ConVey, expense account C. G. Mack, grading exami nation papers Home Ind. Telephone Co, tel ephone srvlre J. C. Conley, stamps, freight, etc ...... ...... E. T. Anderson, salary, etc.. Aubrey O. Smith, examining applicant Aubrey G. Smith, county exam ining board ........ O. J. Roe, grand Jury wit ness , .... Edgar Marvin, board of pris oners ........ Orioa Wagner, juror feet .... T. D. McCully, wl new foe.. K. E. Oa'ties, paint Jackson ft Weaver, supplier A. H. Toder, examining board O. 8. HuWe, Jury services.. 13 35 4 25 61 00 58 95 49 00 19 90 11 25 1 50 3 10 7 20 2 50 1 70 5 80 7 60 5 25 3 10 1 50 1 70 1 50 96 00 6 00 9 20 6 95 9 00 25 30 9 00 52 00 3 00 25 00 3 00 69 12 2 20 J. 20 60 75 6 00 S 20 G. M HendrkJtson, deputy cfl. ; essor , A. M. Wagner, cemetery lot County Poor,' L. P. Roae... Stella Doud, county poor...'. W. J. Funk & Co., supplies Union Co., half expense Min " am bridee ...... Amalgamated Sugar Co., work on roadi ity of Enterprise, water for court house ...... ...... Hllbert Murrltl, work on, Troy bridge' .. .. .. '....r'. ...... iV. M. Locke, work oa Troy bridge ...... .. Arley Murrill, work oa Troy bridge ...... 3am Li'ch, inspecting Troy bridge ...... '.;o. Locke, Inspecting Troy bridge .... 108 75 High School Fund. Enterprise, water Kigh School ..... , F. McAnulty, cleaning high school - jJnterprise Free, supplies. . . . Himer & Amend, supplies .. Road Fund. julncy Trump, work on roal N; G. McGary, work on roaJ F. & Duane Lathrop, tlm- Wallowa County To Vote On Wet or Dry 342 .ry. of 18 00 10 00 24 00 24 00 21 45 412 20 400 67 60 00 14 00 14 00 14 00 t : 40 40 8 00 25 00 , 5 26 9 43 75 00 78 75 Wallowa county will vote again i license or no license at general "ection to be he'd Tuesday, Novem ber 8. A petition asking for such election wa3 rued in tne orrice or woumy Clerk Boatman, on Thursday, was considered and the election order ed by the county court Friday. Th petition contains 342 names or more than twice me requisite lumber. The law says that 10 per cent of the number of votes, cast at the last general election is Te (lulred on the petition. About 1840 votes ,wcre cast at the June -election In 1908. The petition, seems to have been quite generally circulated as tt is slguied by residents of all parts of the county, but the great majority if the signers gave JVallowa or Jo seph as- their address. The petition was circulated in thl city by Frank Bowman. Wallowa county first went dry at t'ae June electloa lm 1906, gLvlng a majority of about 30 against licens ing the sale of Intoxicating liquors. In June, 1908, that majority was Increasied. to 415, the vote for pro hibition being .1101, against 686. Ev ery precinct voted dry except Ptn Croek, Divide and Pittsburg. Thie drys carried Enterprise pre cinct by 107, Wallowa by 76, Joseph by 6, Lostlne by.l, Flora by 49. , .,, , .- . In Union County.. ,; i . Th count t'Ojrt of Union coun ty haa ordered ' an option election. The county went dry by a big. ma jority two years ago last June. INJUNCTION HALTS JOSEPHCITY WORK PRIVATE COMPANY 8TOPS CON STRUCTION OF MUNICIPAL WATER 8Y8TEM. Work on the city .water system at Joseph was stopped, Friday, by . the service of a temporary lnjunc tlon on the contractor, J. M. Mit chell. The injunction was aked' by ' the Joseph Milling company, the owner of the old private system, which filed a complaint making the CKy of Joseph, J, M. Mitchell, the contractor, and the several ditch companies, defendants. - The complaint sets, forth that the city la extending a 12-inoh pipe to ' (he lake for the purpose of taking water, and that .will Interfere with :he -water right of the plaintiff com pany. It avers that It owns a prior ight to 60 second feet of water, and that for all of January, Febru-. ary, March, part of April and Au gust all of Septelnber, October and part of November, not enough wat er flows out of the lake and down, the river channel past the com pany neaogate to supply tne ou second feet. ', 'u The complaint says the mean av- ' erage flow of the waiiowa river from the lake Is as follo.ws- for each month in th year' by actual teat ind measurement: January about 40 second feet, February 40, March M), April 81, May . 201. June 279,. July 426, August 208, September 62, October 38, November 159, Decem ber 103. " J ;s' The Injunction was granted by Judge Knowtes In, chamber on Oc tober 5. COUNTY COURT MET. County court met Friday and be sides allowing a long list of bills In curred In tho primary, It ordered the option election. The ordering of the election . is mandatory on, the . court if the petitions contains, the requis ite number of names. Subscribe for the' News-Uecord. ber for bridge 3.' H. Lathrop, road work.. 3 L. Berland, road work.. R. W. Colpltts, lumber for road ...... Joe Clemons, .work on road.. rhos. McCarty, work on jroad Scalp Bounty Fund, M. Caateel IV. E. Hays ; fhomas Barnes ' f. E. Harmon .....'. f. H. Yenglln, I. K. Carper ...... ...... L. D. Roberta 2. C. Crowell V. C. Dodaon ?, S. Montgomery ' ........ J. G. Bare ...... . . .'. fi, P. Warnock vee Calvin .-Ienry. Haas r. K. Edzmand .... Virgil Faulconer ...... ' 33 00 17 60 82 CO 38 73 12 60 32 50, 1 50 1 50 1 50 3 00 1 50 27 60 293 acres Alder Slope, $23,000.00 ; " .' 80 acres Alder Slope, 8,000.00 1G0 acres hill land, about six miles out, $2,000.00 320 acres, 12 miles out, $3,200.00 City Lot, $100 to 300 Residence Property, $650 to $3,000 Fire Insurance Surety Bond Live Stock Insurance W. E. TAGGART, ENTERPRISE, : - : The Pioneer Real Estate Mao. : - : t OREGON Cartflii "Bankmf Iruurts th Saftty of Dtpostts." Depositor! Have That Guarantee at WALLOWA NATIONAL BANK OF ENTERPRISE, OREGON ' ' CAPITAL 50.000 ' ' ' ' ' . .... , ; SURPLUS 155.000. Wc'Do a General Banking Business. ' Exchange Bought and Sold on' ' All Principal Cities. . , Paul Harris ...... 1 Judley Richards .'. . . L. Beechsr Joseph S. DeSchamps Meal Baker, ...... . Jha. B. Turner Neat Baker Paul A. Harrl Jeorge Wilson ...... Horace Dale vV'In Birtklrk ...... . (I. M. Thomas ErnestZell ...... ... L. B. Foster ...... J. F. Burgln ...... .". Joseph Kummer ...... G. C. Whltmore ...... E. H. Hlnton ...... . Vernon Corklns r.oy C. Bdgmand .... 50 50 50 00 03 00 50 CO 50 00 50 50 6 00 1 50 3 00 3 00 1 50 1 50 3 50 15 00 Geo. W. rtyatt, President Geo. H. Craig, Vloe President . W. R. Holmes, Cashier A. J. Boehmer, Anst. Cashier Geo .8. Craig ,. . i. H. Dobbin riXEOTOBS Geo. W. Htatt Mattik A. Holmes W, B. Holmks I If you arc in the market for property see us, we can fit you out Here You Are, Mr. Homeseeker " '. . . ". ' Five room bungalow on lot 60x ' v , r ... i '120; nice residence district; the. house wired for electric lights; city water installed; good wood- , , : shed and cellar: lawn and shade , 1 rees. Two blocks from Main st $1600.00 Buys This Beautiful Home ' ' $850 down, balance on your own time - Wallowa County Land Company C. M. LOCKWOOD,' Mr. . v jo Room 2 over Harn Shop EnterprUe, Oregen