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About The news=record. (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1907-1910 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 15, 1910)
THE GOOD TOBACCO SHOP IS HOMAN'S If You Prefer the Best Brands of Cigars or SmoKing Tobacco you can always get what you want here. Fine line of PIPES The same is true of all our Stock. Come in and see. PRENTISS HOMAN'S Next Door to Bank Enterprise, - - Oregon ENTERPRISE OPERA HOUSE Watch for Next Announce ment This Is Your To get a 20, 40 or 80 acre tract on Alder Slope, the best Fruit, Berry and Vegetable land in the valley; improved or unimproved, with plenty of water. Terms to suit you. Priced from $25.00 to $125.00 per acre. Alder Slope Land Company " C. H. Jordan, Selling Agent La Grande . .-:...... Oregon Cartfut Banking Insum th Safety of, Deposits.' Depositors Have That Guarantee at WALLOWA NATIONAL BANK OF ENTERPRISE, OREGON CAPITAL $50,000 , SURPLUS $55,000 We Do a General Banking Business. Exchange Bought and Sold on All Principal Cities. Geo. W. Hyatt, President Geo. S. Craig, Vice President DIRECTORS GKO.S.ORAIO J. H. Dobbin Geo. W. 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, $650 to $&,000 Fire Insurance Surety Bond Live Stock Insurance W.E.TAGGART, ENTERPRISE, : : If you are in the market for property see us, we can fit you out Here You Are, Mr. Homesesker Five room bungalow on lot 60x 120; nice residence district; the house wired for electric lights; city water installed; good wood shed and cellar: lawn and shade trees. Two blocks from Main st $1600.00 Buys This Beautiful Home s $850 down, balance on your own time Wallowa County Land Company C. M. LOCK WOOD, Mgr. Room 2 over Harnett Shop . . Enterprise, Oregen When you are in need of good printing come to this office THE NEWS RECORD (Twice-s-Week.) AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Formerly the Wallowa Newt, estab lished March 3. 1899. Published Wednesdays and Satur days at Enterprise, Oregon, by THE ENTERPRISE KRtaa Office East side Court House Square Entered as second-class matter January 2, 1909, at the postoffice at Enterprise. Oregon, under the Act of March 3, 1879. - Subscription Rates: One year $2, six months $1, three mouths 50c, one month 20c. On yearly cash-in-idvance subscriptions a discount, of lie is given. SATURDAY, OCTOEER 15, 1910. THE AWFUL "32." There are 32 Initiative and refer endum measures on the November ballot, 13 more .than were ever sub mitted at one time before. Of the ntn niimhr. In our judgment lea3 jttan one third -are debatable ques tions. To put It another way, more I i 1. 1 1 lhAm urVL r.llllri i-nan l wu-1 n 1 1 i. ml wcu. " - - - no study or hesitancy on the part of the average voter to mark yes or no ' on hia ballot. They are either famil j iar questions to htm, about which I he has long since made up .his mind, or else are no clearly good or bad that a man with half horse sense knows Intuitively how to vote. For instance take the first one on the ballot. the extension of the franchise to women .tax payers. We Chance W. R. Holmes, Cashier A. J. Boeliaier, Atwt. Cashier Hyatt M attie A. Holmes W. R. Holmes The Pioneer Real Estate Mao. J : : OREGON and have it donerigh 11 have heard that, threshed out ince we wore boys, and everyone has hie opinion about it; an opinion that would " take considerable evi dence or strong argument to change. With many people, probably a ma jority, the same la true of .the state wide prohibition, amendment, al- hough you will see later on la this article that we class lit among the de batable questions. An Instance of the clearly jvrong ensure Is No. 346-347, found on page 132 of the Voters, pamphlet a bill to create a board .to Inquire Into the jubject of employers liability,- and appropriating $1000 for the board to waste. All the Information that board could possibly collect Is al- eady available. This measure is learly.only a stalking1 horse to help Jefeat No. 330 (page 81 of the pam phlet). Enemies of the initiative and ref- rendum, particularly the Orego laa newspaper, are attempting to idlcule the submission of these neasures to the people.' Ther say he people are too ignorant' and too areleae to vote ' intelligently on measures that concern them; that ill such measurej should be left to hie legislature. The Oregon ian has made a great whoop-de-doodle-do because, It as ert, that out of 300 Portland vo ere Interviewed only a small pel jent had made up their minds how hey would vo'e. That-, what the Oregonlan says, but a score of 'n- itancea show that the Oregoiil&r .vlll stoop to amy baseness in -tie jitter war against the peopl's rule. But admitting the Oregonlan's fig ir-s to be correct, the same fig ires showed that a large per cent jf the voters supposed to have been Interviewed were studying the saeas- ires, and the arguments pro and) con is set forth la the Voters pamphlet. And) that's more than the average egtslator does. . ' Besides the intelligent voters of he state are not found In the ttores or on, the streets of Port and, or other towns. The city business man Is too busy trying to corral sorflc other fellow's share of hia world's goods, Xo pay any heed to the duties .and obligations it citizenship. He would rather be ruled than bothered, and he don't care a snan whether the ruler is i corrupt, gangster politician, a pub Jo service corporation or a king. if he has any preference It Is for he latter. People la the country, ho.wever lake not kindly to bosses, or rulers of any description.' They are cap able of thinking- for themselves, and iatae time to do At. We venture the assertion that 90 per cent of the rural voters of Wallowa county who have received the pamphlet, 1 are studying the measures and argu ments. If the Oregon lan doesn't believe the assertion lit Is ve-'come o send a man up here to invest! ;ate. Was there ever a legislature in iny state in the Union in the last 100. years, in which 90 per cent o .he members knew even the title o: til the bltfs they voted onT We guess not. If such a miracle did happen, they could make a for tune exhibiting themselves as legls- .atlve freaks. And why? The last legislature "considered" over 500 bills, and had only a few weeks to do all Its con- sMerlng, with the manifold dlatrac lions of gay Salem at mJdnlntvt to combat. And the average hvtelli gence, honesty and horsesense of the legislators were not a whit high er -than that of the people. The vot ers have only 32 measures to con sider and more months then the leg te la tors had weaks. In whUh to do their considerlnc The best teat of the fitness of the people to legislate Is the teat of experience. Two year ago there were 19 measures on .the ballot, and not even the Oregonian has ever dared to dispute the fact that the reeuUe showed the people voted in telllgently, discriminatingly and Just ly. They had their little Joke with the two fisheries bills and gave both the gill netters and the fish wheel- era a proper rebuke. Immature and too radical proposals were voted down, propositions to was to money were kicked into oblivion, while all decent and needful measures were given handsome majorities. The safest, most conrcrvatlve force hi all Oregon la the great body of plain people on election day. . Of the 32 vae&iwea cn. the ballot thin fall, we divide them into four classes: Those on which, ini our Judgment, the vote should be an amphatic Yes; -tho3e which should .lot be determined by the state kt large, being purely local- matters, ind on which the vote should be No; .those on .which, clearly, wth ut a shadow of , doubt, the vote ihould be No; and fourthly, the debatable questions. We put eight f the 32 in tlie first class, eight In he second, five in the third and 11 a the fourth. This week we will consider the irst two classes and next weak the bird and fourth classes. We may preface, however, by say- iig toe. civisuon into classes is urely arbitrary one of our own, oade primarily for the quicker- and ilatner consideration of them. Good on Thejr Face. . The women's taxpaying suffrage mendment (No. 300 Yes, page 2 of he pamphlet) wl.l probably be vol d down, but , shouldn't. This ie me 'nstance of where people vote y prejudice Instead of reason. All omen over 2"l years of age should ave the ballot; there never has een and cannot be one reason ad anced against it. And surely why Wouldn't women taxpayers have a olee in law making? No. 302 Yea. ' Page 8. This is he bill for an Eastern Oiegoa In me asylum, passd by the ieglsla ire and ... rererreJ- to the people, he present asylum at Saleim Is al eady overcrowded. The more pa lents in. an institution the le3S are each Individual gels. Then, too 11 patients do not thrive toi the olubrious but moist air of Sa5em nd their physical condition harop to their mental- recovery . Last and st It wljl be a saving of money. No. 314 Ye3. Page 35. Allows Ba jer county to pay its circuit judgic 1000 additional out of it owapock, t; If they want to do it, and they o, dont throw any obstacles in heir path. Judge's salaries are too jw anyway. No. 318 Yes. Page 46. No. 336 Yea. Page 103. No. 340 Yes. Page 109. ; These are the Normal school bills, or '6ne at Ashland, one at Mon aouth and one at Weston. A tax f l-25th of a mill is provided foi aoh school. Vote for all three, are. Oregon is disgracing herself iy not educating her teachers. Do e want to pay out big salaries for Igblh grade graduates to teach our hildrenT The best, to none too good or Oregon, and we need) the three chools In three parts of the state ar two reasons: First, a school vlth two or three hundred echol u-a Is always better for the schol ,r than the big school, and, second he normal students as a rule have 3 money to waste, and -the nearei he school the cheaper for the etu- lent. . No, 330 Yes. Page 81. Employ frs liability bltl, modeled oa the eat in the Illinois, New York and .iassochusetts laws. Oregon is nossback im enough things; lets get p to date on thk great reform measure. It, 1 for the best interest f a"' classes. We make laws pro acting boilers and other machinery; et's have one protecting men. iNo. 362 Yes, Page 200. Amend ment to the constitution providing hat three-fourths of a Jury may de cide la a civil suit, and other good provisions In regard to court pro cedure ' and practice. This will tend o p-omote Justice, discourage Utl ;atlon and even up matters between he poor man with nothing but Jus dee and a cheap lawyer on hia side, I' hile on the other is the rich, con tentious wrongdoer with the leading awyer to cunningly direct matters to one man on a Jury may override stloe. " Nam of ur BusiYteM,-. . No. S17 No, Page 37. To' erect county of Ncamith from parts, of Lane and Douglas counies. No, 321 No, Page 51. To erect county of Otis from parts of Har ney, Malheur and Grant counties. No. 323 No, Page 67. To annex part of Clackamas county to Mult nomah county." No. 325 No, Page 65. To erect county of - Williams from parts of Lane and Douglas counties. No. 333 No, Page 87. To erect county of "Orchard from part of Jmatilla county. No. 335 No, Page 96. To erect Hmnty of Clark from part of Grant county. . i No. 339 No, Page 106. To annex part of Washington county to Mult nomah county. No. 351 No, Page 141. To erect county of Deschutes from part of rook county. Six ne.w count tee and two changes i boundary lines, and at long ange at least five of them look, like chemes to gratify: the ambitions! of he towns named as temporary coun- y seats. There are many reasons for vot ig No on each and every one of he eight. First we who live out- ilde of the territory affected are ot proper Judges of the matter. .'here may be merit and justice hi ome ' of them, but every, one of bese' county division schemes)' is .trongly opposed by residents of -the errltory included just what propor ioa of the voters are Opposed we jave no way of te'.llng. We believe he erection of a new county, or the .liclng off of a strip from one coun y and adding it to another, should e left .wholly and solely to the peo ple directly affected. Sych a law is ro posed by an initiative measure to e voted on at this election, and no Injustice will result ini asking hese schemes to wait a year or wo, we are In favor of voting No a each and-every one at present. A Just law would leave the matte: f the erection of a new county, 1th certain constitutional 'restolc Ions as to area, population and as eased valuation, to the citizens of a county or counties affected. he vote tn the territory embraced j-ihin the limits of the propose, (in ty should be strongly tn favor, iy Co or 75 per cent the afflrma- ;we .vote In the - balance ' of the !d county or counties should bt .ange enough to show that fail jlnded men could see justice in the roposition, say 15 to 25 per cent. There is no doubt whatever thai -sme ot tnese schemes' have a ma- irl-ty against them right in thei: wn territory. For example, Des .'hutea, county where it Is reporter hat practically everybody is opposed xcept Redmond and immediate vi tality. Madias and Bend people art .trong against It. Same is true of )rchard, where Milton favors but it i claimed Athena, Weston and most 'f the people object. We have seen o contradiction of the statement hat a majority of the people in. the -trip proposed to be sliced oft Wasti ng ton and annexed to Multnomah re opposed to the carving. Let them all wait, until a law is assed giving them a right to de- -Ide for themselves, v ' Don't refrain from voting on- these leasures. If you approve of them ote Yes, but If you see the. justice if letting them decide for themselves . ote No. (PAID ADVERTISING.') X Scttlo It Now Settle It Right For constitutional amendment giving to cities and towns exclusive power to license. regulate, control, suppress. or prohibit the sale of intox icating liquors within the municipality. 328 X Yes . ENDORSED BY 10,000 OREGON &TXZSN JREATER OREGON HOME RUL1 ASSOCIATION. 118 ElecVio Building Portland, One. Hrd Slates Land Notices NOTICa FOR) PUBLICATION. Department ot the Interior. X S. Land Office at La Grande, Oregon. Sept 26th, 1910. Notice Is' hereby given that Jared H. Manley, of Enterprise, Oregon, who, on June 10th, 1905, made Home stead Entry No. 14456, Serial, No. 04522, for W NE and E) NW Section 34, Township 1 North, Range 45 East, Willamette Meridian, has filed notice of intention to make Final Flve-yoar Proof, to establish claim- to .the ' land above described, before C. M7 Lockwood, U. S. Com missioner, . at his office, at Enter prise, Oregon, on tbj 17th day of November, 1910. Claimant names as witnesses: Thomas Monroe, Theodore E. Wood, of Enterprise, Oregon: and Lewis Martin and John Baker, of Joseph, Oregon. 7c5 F. C. Bramwell. Register. ' NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Department of the Interior. , S. Land Office at La Grande, Or egon, July 29th, 1910. Notice is hereby given that Mary , Yeager, whose postoffice address Elgin, Oregon, did, oa the 27th ay of uotoDer, ishis, rue in tnis ffice Sworn Statement and Appli- atlon, No. '07203, to purchase the -ID4 NE 6ec. 7 and NW NW 4, Section 8, Township 1 North, tange45 East, Willamette -Meridian, ind the timber thereon, under the irovlsions of the act of June 3, 1878, nd acts amendatory, known as the Timber and Stone Law," at such alue as might be fixed by appraise- nent, and that, pursuant to such ap- cuiou, the land and timber there in nave neon appraisea, at amm he timber estimated 290,000 board eet at 75 cents, per M, and the land 23.75; that said applicant will offer ii proof In. support of her applica- Ion and 'sworn statement on the 27th day of October, 1910, before The Kcgleter and Receiver at the United taies Land Office, at La Grande, Oregon. " Any person is at liberty to protest his purchase before , entry, or ini late a contest at any. time before latent Issues, by filing a corrobo-' ated affidavit in this office, alles ng facts which would defeat the mtry. . 50cll F. C. Bramwell,. Register. : NOTICE FOR. PUBLICATION. Departmen. of the Interior. J. S. Land Office at La Grande, Or egon, July 29th, 1910. ' Notice is hereby- given that Elmer '. Jewell, whose post-office address Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or igon, did, on the 10th day of No ember, 1909, file in this office worn Statement and "Application, lo. 07257, to purchase the Sft SW. lection 22, Township 1 North, Range .7 East, Willamette 'Meridian, and he timber thereon, under the pro lslons of the aet of June 8, 1871, nd acts amendatory, known as the Timber and Stone Law," 'at such alue as might be fixed by appralee nent, and that, pursuant to such ap-' ilicatlon, the land and timber there in have been appraised, at $200.00 he timber estimated 210,000 board eet at 60 cts. per M, and the land ,95.00; that said applicant will offer lnat proof in support of his applicat ion and sworn statement on the J7th day of October, 1910, before C. J. Lockwood, United States Commte iioner, at En terprlss, Oregon,. Any person is at liberty to protest his purchase before entry, or lnV late a contest at any time before patent issues, b- filing a corrobo ated affidavit in thia office, alleg ng faote which would defeat the mtry. 60cll F. C. Bramwell, Register. C0NTE8T NOTICE. Department of tlve Interior, J. , . United States Land Office. ' uaGrande, Oregon, September 19th, 1910. i - A eufflclent contest affidavit hav- ng been filed In this office by Rue len McEvers, contestant, against homestead Entry No. 06955, made Vugust 24th, 1909,' for Btf NB"4 k BV4 SEVi, Section 3, Township 0Pth, Range 60 East, Willamette vleriddan, by Howard Whittler, Con etee, in which it is alleged that "aid Howard Whlttier has never es tablished a residence upon said tract, but has abandoned the same, that be, has been absent therefrom for more than six months auce making said entry, that said tract is not eUled upon and cultivated by said party as required by law said parties are hereby notified to appear, re spond, and offer evidence touching said ayegatlon at 10 o'clock a. m. on November 10th, 1910, before C. M. Lockwood, UnlteJ States Commission er, at his office In Enterprise, Or egon, and that final hearing will be held a( 10 o'clock a. m. on Novem ber 15th, 1910, before the Register uid Receiver at the United States Land Office in La Grande, Oregon. The said contestant having, in fc proper affidavit, filed September 19. 1910, set forth facta which show that After due diligence person cj service -of this notice can not be made. It to hereby ordered and directed that such notice be given due and proper publication. Record address of entryman Whlfeblrd,' Idaho. Tc5 - F. C. Bramwell, Register. Colon R. Ebe.hard, Receiver.