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ment
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bought .and aold and all business
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Enterprise, "Oregon.
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SATURCAY, OCTOBER 22, 1910.
THE AWFUL "32."
(Continued from last week.)
There are at least five Initiative
and referendum measures' that most
people will asrje should be given fin
emphatic No." Nothing much need
be said about .thorn, but we will give
sa-l separate mention.
No. 305, No, page 12 of the Vot
er's pamphlet. An act for a con
stitutional convention. Not needed.
Wholly unnecessary. Simply a
scberuo of those opposed to the, peo
ple rule measures. The plan of the
schemers is to frame a new consti
tution jeiving out the Initiative, nef
erendum and direct primary.
No. 329, No, r3 73. The so-call
ed "HomeRule"' amendment.- Changes
the unit for local option from' county
'to municipalities. An unwise change
If prohibition cannot te enforced
with county optica, lit can't with city
iCartfiii banking Insurts the Safety of Deposits."
Depositors Have That Guarantee at
WALLOWA NATIONAL BANK
' OF ENTERPRISE, OREGON
' ; ' CAPITAL (50,000
SURPLUS 155.000
...v. '
Wc Do a General . Banking Business.
Exchange Bought and Sold on ;
All Principal Cities.
Geo. W. Hyatt, President '
Geo. H. Craig, Vice President
W. R. Holmes, Cashier
A. J. Boolimer, Anst. Cashier
Geo .8. Ckaio 1 '
J. H. Dobbin
D1RKCTORS
Geo. W. Hyatt Mattik A. Holmes
W. R. Holmes
293 acres Alder Slope, $23,000.00
80 acres Alder Slope, $ 8,000.00
160 acres Midland, about six miles out, $2,000.00
320 acres, 12jmiles out, $3,200.00 .
CltX.Lots, $100 to $300
Residence 'Property, $650 to $3,000
Fire Insurance Surety Bond Live Stock Insurance
W. E. TAGGART,
ENTERPRISE, ' ,'" : : , :
The Pioneer Real Estate Han.
' : : ; OREGON
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 COx
''' 120; nice residence district; the
.house wired, for electric lights;
city water Installed; good wood-r , v
shed and cellar: lawn and shade 1
trees. Two blocks from Main st. -' -
$1600.00 Buys This Beautiful Home
K "is ' C ""'' $850 dowKalancp oii, your own time
- Wallowa County Land Company
' ' " ! C. M. LOCKWOOD, Mgr.: " "
; Room a over Harnes Shop ... Enterprise, Oregon
To the Citizens of Wallowa County
It is bur purpose to handle any' business
entrusted to us hi such a fair and liberal
manner as to maKe the customer's rela
tion with this banK satisfactory and
profitable. ' S Aside Irom our excellent
facilities, this bank has the advantage of
a Jarge capital and substantial list of
stockholders. It is also a State Deposi
tory. If 3'ou are liot a customer we
invite you to become one,
HI V'" dU
Stockgrowersrand Farmers National Bant
tyallow, Oregon
for all machinery of enforcement is
county grand Jury, prosecuting at
torney and sheriff. County, option
Is. a success. In Oregon; municipal
would not be.
No. 345, page 120. Hill for a law
to put Into practical effect a consti
tutional amendment, state-wide pro
hibition, not yet adonted. Aside
from Its prevlousness, it has numer
ous defects, one big one being
enough to kill it it la too cumber
some, ambiguous and partial. If you
are really In earnest about state
wide prohibition, the following non-lawyer-bullt
paragraph will do the
business If enacted Into law: - '.
The traffic, giving away or having
In possession any malt, vinous or
spirituous liquor,, or any compound
:ontalnlng any trace of the aame.
Ls absolutely forMdden and made a
felony. Any pe son convicted!" of
breaking this law ahall.be imprisoned
In '11116 penitentiary at hard labor for
not law than five years for the
'list offense, and not less than 10
years for each subsequent offense.-
The foregoing is the real thing,
The one proposed was framed in
the Interest of lawyers and- doc
tors. 11
No. 347, No, page 132. Creating
board to "Inquire Into" need of
employers'' liability law and appro
priating $1000 for said board! to. blow
In. Not needed. New York and
other states have already paid
thousands for the same purpose, and
the findings' of their expert boards
can be had In a big volume for the
asking. It Is a scheme to defeat
No. 330, page 81. ,. ! ....''
No, 349, No, page 136v Bill to
prohibit fishing In Rogue river ex
cept by angling. Preponderance
f evidence against this- bill. Would
3troy the means of livelihood
of hundreds of people, and probably
benefit no one.
'Chance to, ArgueJ
Nos. 306-307, page 16. To provide
a separate district for election of
each state senator and each state
representative. It is. an improvement
over the present district system,
In that the legislator in large' coun
ties or In districts now composed, of
two or more counties, la more close
ly related to hlsi district. For 1n
stance, Instead of Wallowa and all of
Union being' Joined In one district
Wallowa and only enough of Union
o make the requisite population
would comprise the district. Until
a practical and Just proportional rep
resentation sysitem ls proposed
this separate district plan la best. ,
No. 360-361, pass 186. To, provide
for proportional representation
Coupled with ' It are provisions
lengthening the terms of legisla
tors to six years, increasing their
pay to $350, and a dozen more or
leas other things. The represents
tlon plan la cumbersome and unjust
Under it at the last electton, Wal
i . . .
Iowa would have had no representa
tion at all.
: There are three so-called 'tax
amendments. First ls Nos. 308-309
page 22. It oens the way for the
others by doing a.way with the "tax
ation shall be equal and uniform
provision of the constitution. Vote
yes only if you are In favor of the
other two.
The second one id No.' 312-313,
page 33, and . the third, Nos. 326
32T, page 71. These amendments
would abolish po'l tax, take away
and restore to the people, the say
of what property shall be taxed and
what exempted, and above all, give
a county home rule provision in re
gard to taxation. They will give
the state a chance to raise all nec
essary state revenues from public
service corporations, especially such
as express, telegraph, telephone acid
sleeping car companies that now pay
but a pittance of tax for the spec
ial privileges and big business they
do.
Those three measures are far and
away the moat Important oa the
ballot. Study them carefully in the
Voter's pamphlet, .
Nos. 310-311, page 26. Is for amend
ment authorising creation of rail
road districts, and the purchase
ana construction of railroads or
oiaer nignway by tile state, coun
ties, municipalities and railroad dls
trlota. We can e no harm In U
If It had been a law for the IasI, 20
years Wallowa co.mty wouldn't haw
had to wait 'that long for a railroad,
and Central Oregon would not be
today an uninhabited wilderness.
Nos. 342.843. page 114." ConstMi
tional amendment prohibiting the
manufacture'"' and. sale of' intoxicat
ing liquor. This is a measure on
hlch sentiment .will play an import
ant part. The argument part Is
largely reduced to the one point: Is
state prohibition practical and effic
ient. However a very large number
of voters will prefer the present
county option law because they be
lieve In each county settling the
matter for itself.
Nos. 352-353,- page 149; To pro
Ide for creation of new towns, coun-
ies, etc. . Weak bill because In
reation . of new counties the ni'
er Is- left .solely, to the majoriity
vote of the people embraced within
he propoasd new county. It would
mean as many counties . as there
ire towns ambitious to be county
teats. .
Nos. 354-355, page 156. Permits
counties to' -increiso bonded indebt-
dne3s beyond $5000 .to build per
manent roads wUhln the county. It
a good , measure In that it will
top the automobile howl for state
ruilt roads. ; Wallowa couniy doesn't
vant to -help pay far automobile
oadsi In the Willamabte valley, and
the people decide to build per-
nanenit, roads- WITHIN the county
hey will have the power to do so
md let pant of the burden fall on
uture taxpayers., where It beloi gs.
Nos. 356-357, page 161. Extending
provisions of -direct primary law to
presidential nominations. Why not?
Still there Is. much opposition, to it
tor two reasons: First it is a pet
measure of Senator Bourne, ' and
econd it is a big change from the
present Vay. , ,
Nos. '358-359, page 180. To create
)oard of peopled- Inspectors of gov
ernment and provide for publication
f an official state magazine. Read
t 'through and the arguments' pro
md con. There- are good things In
:t, but like . moJt of the Power
League's proposals, embraces too
nany .and diverse things. On the
.vhole, ; in its present form, we be-
'leve It should be voted down. -
SELFISH MOTIVES BEHIND IT.
Office Seekers promoting County Di
vision Schemes.
Avowed office seekers seem to be
among those who are promoting the
cause of county butchering in Oregon,
according to the Grants Pass Obser
ver in Its Issue of July 29. Futher
more, the people generally have no
conception of local situations as af
fecting counties where . the cry for
division ls heard. Only about one in
ten voters would know what they
were voting for. Thereforethe best
way 4s to vote "No" to all of the
measures, urges the Observer: ,
"Two years ago the people voted to
form the new county of Hood River
out of a section of Wasco county. It
ls safe to say that 90 voters out of a
hundred had no acquaintance with tbe
conditions or geography of the county
they divided. The voters will be asked
next November to do a good deal more
of this kind of county butchering. Peo
ple who are not at all acquainted with
the various territories, will be asked
to slice Crook county and make a new
county to be called Deschutes. It Is
proposed to carve up Lane and Doug
las counties, and constitute the three
new counties, Umpqua, Williams and
Nesmith. Umatilla is prey for two
proposed new counties. Orchard and
Hudson. A piece of Grant county ls
to be asked to make Clara county,
while Harney and Malheur may be
clipped off a little to make room for
Otis. It is really scandalous and only
possible under the initiative. The
trouble is that the performance la just
commencing and it ls not easy to see
where it will end. The best way, the
only right wy, ls to vote "No" to all
these local measures, of which the
people as .a whole have no Informa
tion. The Observer has no idea of
the lights in any of these cases, but
believes they are Just selfish schemes
to make little towns county capitals
and Bupply several good csanty offices
for the promoters."
(Paid Advertising.)
"AND GEORGE DID."
It seems that George T. Cochran
ivas not 4he "heal and front" of the
issomly business in Union county
'X was hi brother and law partner,
Charles Cochran, A local assembly-
it e says George did not attend the
isaembly as a delegate, but ' it is
not denied "George did" receive 'the
issemtny; nomlna'lon Tor superinten-
lent of' water division number two,
m d his name .Is on the ballot be-'
2 a u so. he had no opposition In the
primary,
F. M. Saxton, the present super
iateadont, is ai candidate for re
flection. His name Is fight under
George's. He Is a first-class man, a
splendid officer, who Is giving his
whole time and attention to the
work. He deserves re-eleotlon.
: ' jTHIs ONLY SOLUTION.
jLESst Oregoniun, July 9.)
' Voters of Oregon' will bar compellei
to pass upon 32 legislative measure
when they vote this fall. The number
a entirely too large and many of the
measures 'are of fetich a nature that
voters simply cannot hope to Judge
Intelligently as to their merits.. -
' Conspicuous in this class are the
eight county division bills that have
been filed. Each of 4heaq measures
pertains to an Issue that Is strictly lo
cal in character. . The people of the
State at large are not . interested In
county division disputes. -The average
voter cannot hope, to, 'Judge of the
merits of these division bills. From
one side he will be. showered with lit
erature favorable to division; from
another quarter he will be Implored
to vote against" division.' Often people
residing In the proposed new counties
do not want division Jo carry.
Now what Is the poor voter to do
In, the view of the ' East Oregonian
there Js but .one logical way to settle
couut? division problems. All those
problems should be held In abeyance
until a lav bi been enacted leaving
the settlement of auch disputes to th'
people who are directly Interested In
them. It Is pretty certain that such
law. will be passed by the next legisla
ture. .Such law was passed by the
last legislature, but to" some unknow
reason Was vetoed by Governor Cham
berlain following the close of the tea-
Ion;' "" -' -
(Paid Advertising.)
H. Manley, of Enterprise, Oregon,
who, on June 10th,. 1905, made Home
stead Entry No. 14456, Serial, No.
04522, tor W NE and EMJ NW ;
Section 34, Township 1 Nprth, Range
45 East,-Willamette Meridian, has.
filed notice of intention to make
Final Flve-jvar Proof, to establish
claim to the land above described,
before C. M. Lockwood,- U. S. Com
missioner, at his office, at Enter
prise, Oregon, on tin 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.
SUMMONS.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
, Dapartmenit of .the Interior.
U. S. Land Office at La Grande,' Or- .
egon, July 29th, 1910.
Notice ls hereby given that Mary
E. Yeager, whose postofflce address
Is Elgin, Oregon, did, om the 27th
lay of October, 1909, file In this
office Sworn Statement and 'Appli
cation, No. 07203, to purchase the
NB NE 6ec. 7 and NW NW
i4, Section 8, Township 1 North,
Range 45 East, Willamette Meridian,
and the timber thereon, under the
provisions of the act of June 3, 1878,
md acts amendatory, known as the
Timber and Stone Law," at such
value as might be fixed by appraise
ment, and that, pursuant, to such ap-
.icaoon, the -land and timber there
in have been appraised, at $241.2,5
the timber estimated 290,000 hoard
set at 75 cents per M, and the land
(23.75; that said applicant will offer
ii proof lm support of her applica-
lon - and sworn, statement on 'the
27th day of October, 1910, before The
Register and Receiver at the United
d taies Land Office, at La Grande,
Oregon.
Any person, ts at liberty to protest
his purchase before entry, or Ini
tiate a contest at any time, before
patent Issues, by . filing a corrobo
rated affidavit in this office, alleg
ing facts which would defeat ' the
entry. ' 60cll
F. C. Bramwell, Register.
In the Circuit Court of the State of
Oregon for Wallowa County.
James Downing, Plaintiff, '
vs.
Vdah L. Downing, Defendant.
To Ad-ah L. Downing, the above
named Defendant:
In the name of the State of Oregon
you are hereby required to appear
and answer the complaint filed
against you in the above entltJed
jult within ten. days from 'the date of
he service of this summons upon
,ou if served within this county, or
if served Ithla any other county! of
he State, then, within twenty days
from the date of the service of this
summons upon you, or If served by
publication thereof, then on or be.
fore six weeks from the date of the
lirst date of publication of this sum
mons, which first date of publication
s Thursday, October the 13th, 1910,
and the last date of publication ' of
this summons and the last day for
your appearance ls Thursday, Novem
bar. 24-th, 1910, and If you fall so to
answer for want thereof the plain.
Uff" will apply to 'the court-for the
relief pray.ed for in his complaint, to-
.wit, that the marriage contract now
and heretofore existing between
plaintiff and defendant be dissolved
and from henceforth held for naught.
The defendant will take notice thai
this summons is published by order
f the County Judge, J. B. Olmsted,
of Wallowa County, Oregon, to the
Wallowa Chief tain, a newspaper pub
lished' weekly at Enterprise, In said
county and State, and that said order
required this summons to be pub
lished In said newspaper for a peri
od 'of six weeks and seven issues
thereof. ..''. - -
Dated this, the 11th day of Octo
ber, A. D. 1910.
DANIEL BOYD,
' 8c7 .' Attorney for Plaintiff,
Doited States Land Notices
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
V Department of tbe Interior. ' i
UnUed States Land Office at La
Grande, Oregon, Oct 11th, 1910
'.Notice -Is hereby given that Wil
liam" H. Dale, of Enterprise, Ore
gon, who on June. 16th, 1905 made
Homestead Entry No. 14469, Serial
No. 04527, for EV4 NEK. and NK
SE4, Section 14, Township 1 North,
Range 46 East, Willamette Meridian
has filed notice of Intention to make
Final Five year Proof, o establish
claim to the lend above described,
before C. M. Lockwood, U. S. Com
mtasloner, at bis office, at Enter
prise, Oregon, on tbe loth day of De
cember, 1910.
Claimant' names as witnesses
Fred Zurows, Jos Gllf; and Ed Lord,
all of ZumwuU, Oregon, and' Elmer
Jews'! o: Enterprise. Oiregon. 9c5
F. C. Bramwell, Register,
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department of the Interior.
U. S. Land Office it U Grande,
Oregon, Sept. 36th, 1910.
Notice is hereby given that Jared
NOTICE FOR. PUBLICATION.
Department" of the Interior.
. S. Land Office at La Grande. Or- ,
egon, July 29th, 1910. . -' T' .
Jewell, whose post-office address
is Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or-.
agon, did, on the 10th day of No
vember, 1909, file In this office
So. 07257, to purchase the 3 SW,
Section 22, Township 1 North. Range
17 East, Willamette Meridian, and
be timber thereon, under the pro
lctons' of the act of June 8,. 1878,
and acts amendatory, known as the
'Timber and Stone Law," at such
value as might be fixed hy appraise-
. . At 1 . 1 u "
uieui, tuiu .uhl, yuiBuaui ui auuu v-
pucauon, me lamu ana umDer mens
em have been, appraised, at $200.00
he timber estimated 210,000 board
feet at 60 cts. per M, and the land
195.00; that said applicant will offer
final Droof in support of his aDnlica.
tlon and sworn statement on tl)j
.27th day of October, 1910, before C.
J. Lockwood, United States Commfe-
aioner, at Enterprise, Oregon,. - , .
Any person ls at liberty to protest
lata a contaai- ni an? tlma hnfotst
patent issues, b" filing, a corxobo-
ated affidavit In thU office, alleg
ing facts which would defeat tnp
ontry.- 60cll
F. C. Bramwell, Rsglstef.
CONTEST NOTICE.
Department of tf e Interior,
LaGrande Onwnn RantAmhar lftth.'
i xv. ' - .-
A sufficient contest affidavit haw
ing been filed in this office by Rp-
ben . ' McEvers, contestant, against: "
Homestead Entry No. 06955, mads'
August 24th. 1909, for Eft NB4
5k EH SEU, Section 3, Township
North, Range 60. East, Willamette
Meridian, by Howard Whlttler, Con- ;
testee. In which it Is alleged thijt.
said Howard Whlttler has never es
tablished a residence upon said tract,
but has abandoned, the same,' that
he has been absent therefrom for -more
than six months suice maktnj;
said entry, that said tract la not
settled upon and cultivated by eaja .
party as required by law said partipa
are hereby, notified to appear, re
spond, and offer evidence touching
said allegation at 10 o'clock a. m. ftt
November 10th. 1910, before C. .
Lockwood, Unltei States Commission,
er, at his office In Enterprise, Or1
egon, and tnat final hearing Ill be
held at 10 o'clock a. m. on Novem-.
ber. 15th, 1910, before the Regis tier
ind Receiver at the United States'
Land Office -in La Grande, Oregon.-
The said contestant having, la '
proper affidavit, filed September l.f
1910, set forth facto Which show thk ,
after due diligence personal service
of this notice can jot be made, lt & r
hereby ordered and directed that
such notice be given due and proper
publication. ;
Record address of entryman
WhWeblrd, Idaho. 7c5 .' '
F. C. Bramwell, Regtster.
Colon R. ELsihard, Receiver.