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About The news=record. (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1907-1910 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 19, 1910)
",' . ' " ' 0rCSOn rilt",i: al ' Society TwiceaWeek Saturday Edition AIL TH OFFICIAL NEWS OF WALLOWA COUNTY IN THE N-R .ALL THE NEWS WHILE n IS NEWO TWICE-A-WEEK NEWS RECORD TWELFTH YEAR. NO, 58. ENTERPRISE; WALLOWA COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY,. NOVEMBER. 19, 1910. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER Cent a word single Insertion, 1 cents a word 2 Insertions. Special rates by month and year. . FOR 8 ALE. . Cayi parlor stove for sale choap.V .Mbtf - ... ... - Ben; Weathers, FOR SALE OR TPADE. Team, Waeon and-harness' for si'..e or trade far wo 3d. W. J. Funkl &.Co. . ' 68WX ' Clashes Follow Football Vlatch. Pugene. As the result of a clash between students of" the Agricultural College and the University of Oregon following Oregon"s football victory over the Agricultural College at Cor vams one University "of Oregon stu dent came home in a semi-conscious condition, another with Is head shear ed, and many of the Oregon sup porters, of both sexes, returned minus f arsonal belongings which had been stolen. ' : THE MARKETS. Portland. Wheat Track prices: Club, '74c; bluestem, TSc; red Russian, 72c. Barley Feed and brewing, J21. Oats No." 1 White, $23 per ton. Hay Timothy, Willamette Valley, $19g20 per ton; Eastern Oregon, S2022; alfalfa, J1516. ' Butter Creamery, 36; ranch, 24c." iuggs Ranch, candled, 40c. TTmiq 191(1 '.ornn . 195lKi. IQno 6c;" olds, nominal. ht.i l?ir.naiii n-iw lv. . Valley, 1719c lb. . ' Mohalr--Cholce, 3233c. .' ' " Seattle. '.Wheat Bluestem,' , 78c; Club, 76c; red Russian, 74c. V - Barley $20 per ton. . ' Oats $27 per ton. Hay Timothy, $26 per ton; alfalfa, $19 per ton.- j -' .. Butter Washington creamery, 36c; rail ou, tea , - Voara.GrAMt nl Inn il J7n ! en nana eana san a n s a bob a a a Saturday SpecialNov. 1 9 a 65 fcl n a a a a a a a a a E3 a ra a 6SM Ladies'. a a a Shoes about Ladies' and Children's oats at one-half price Come in and look for the RED TAG n a a u a a n a a W. J. FUNK & CO. THF QUALITY STORE Always Up-to-Date NEVER A MINUTE BEHIND LITTLE LOCAL LEGIS LATION BY CONGRESS Short Session Will Be Devoted to Measures of Present' Adminis!ration. Washington. Comparatively lif.le local leg skuicn for the Pacific North west, will be considered at the ap proaching short session of Congress. In the" brief three months from De cember 5 to March 4, Congress 'will be obliged to pass all of the great supply bills that provide for running the government, . and when to thU necessary program are added a few; important general measures .that. wil: be pressed by the administration, lit tie lime will be available lor puielj local legislation for any part of the country. Therefore, most, of the pend ing bills -introduced by the Senators and Representatives from Oregon. Washington and Idaho will Jail o. enactment. As a matter of fact, there will bt little "more faan two months of ac tive work in Congress this Winter. Not much c-n be accomplished before the holiday recess, outside of Vhe preparat nn by committees of the big bills that go on the legislative Blate. The. recess itself will take out, two weeks.-so that most ofthe active leg lslatlng must be done between Janu ary 3 and March 4. If Congress canjies out the policy understood to have been adopted at the last session of passing an annual river and harbor bill, the appropria tions for the waterways of ihe North west will overtower all other leglsla tion of the winter so far as local in terest is concerned. The Columbia River, with lis prin cipal tributaries, will be Included, but how many other rivers and harbors of the Northwest will be equally for and 75 cent lvalues, THAT'S ENOUGH Children's and (0 One-half Price tunate cannot Be ascertained in. ad vance of the meeting of the river and harbor committee. Ceria h it is, how ever, that no prjoects will receive ap propriations unless appropriations are, recommended by the army engineers. There is not likely to be a big om nibus public building bill at the short session,, and the probabilities are that there will be none at all, though Con gress probably wil make appropria tions for purchasing public building sites which were authorized at the last session. In this event the cities of the Northwest, where sites were au thorized at the last "session, will gel the necessary money to conclude the deals made by the Treasury Depart ment. - WILL INVITE ASTORS Astoria Plans O-iucinial to. Celebrate . Its Founding. ' Astoria To bring lrom their bejew eled halls of New York and the Old .World, members of the- Astor family, that they may participate In the cen tennial celebration of the city found ed by the great progenitor of this family and the only prominent place bearing the name, is the ambitious plan of Astoria. Next yearAstoria will be 100 years old.. In 1811 John Jacob Astor found ed the town by the sea, which he hoped, to be the great American me tropolis of the Pacific.; Plans for a great Astoria centennial celebration are being formulated. "''-. Governors Invited. ' Olympla Governor Hay has issued invitations tq Governor Brady of Idaho, Governor Bowerman of Oregon, and Preiiier McBride of British Co lumbia", to attend the annual meeting of the WashinRton Good Road asso ciation to be held at Walla Walla, No vember 29 to December 1. As Well ington is planning the building of roads touching these commonwealths the governor holds that they should be Interested in the movement and work in conjunction. ss u 3 D fcl a m a u u u p n ta for Men's p p n G U D a jfl H a H n D a u c a ate PROTECT FORESTS FROWTBIG FIRES TELEPHONE PLAYS IMPORTANT PART INFIGHTING SCOURGE ' , OF TIMBER. ' Every year ecems to bring ur forc ibly the need fcr more extenuive sysirma of- protecitda.it against fire ,ta tha national foiejta of the far west and north-veot. The ddacotersaf thda summer polpt to the fa-ot that move safeguao-ls must be tlwown. ttbout the wooded areas or the country if a (repetition cf th ireceat flrea is to be avoided. " , - Tor It ia a fact that a years flrea buna awaj more of the prsclous wood lasidg tham would be tahen to sup ply the timber needs of ithe country for quite a few years. Adei to this, aawi even m';- urgent as a reaacu for action. Is the cnormoia Iom of life aaid property Involved in1 a f',r li.--e thait of thdi-i summer. - Iu some cases l.i the naUonal tor- esta according to Chief roreS'ir Kcaary C. Graves, a 'single rxwger h'as the responslbLHity of looktag after rore 'than 100.000 acres'' during ithe dry Baoon.-.lni the foresta of Gor many : 'one guar la kept for every 1700 are In one cae even as low -as 750 acres. The national forests of the United States now Include" almost 200,000,000 acre of iand and to look after 'these a torce of 3.000 met to employed. This Is recognfaed to be totally In adequate for Uie heavy demMids, and each dry spell brings ks quota, of diaaatroua f Irea to bear out this fact more strongly. . la the measure thait have been taOwtt to protect the forests from fire, the telephone has played! a very Important part. Thlc part i describ ed do a recemt Washington dispatch to a number of dally newspapers u,n deV tli" liiiivdlnig "Thouaands of Dol lars. Saved the Government by Tele phone" In, the following wori: In, pro'-oettng f area', reserves of dhe United States from ftro th3 telephone haa become an. ln,iTumnt of salvat ion, and there are many cares' on re cord -in, the forestry buieail where Ihla modcra' appl'aice has saved In numerable Idve anl many hundired thousand dollars worth of timber.. Eiiperience has taught the offlc ir.lz In charge of the forestry bureau that it la almost out of 'tlie question to cope with the forest fires afl'-er they have bean fully slanted. Whi thoy get a good eta.Pt asid hf.ve fa vorablo coudWons, such a a brtk breeze acid dry weaither, the flaAiea sweep through the forcat end over the surrounding country (wUhoat irectlng any great resistance. There fore Uio offlclala of the Tiureau have deternilnea that 'Uie only possible way to cmKjtoI thcoe flre3 Iri to prevent thorn that lo attack the fire, at inception. It Is t tills "poi.it whoTe the tele phone gets in ll work an i had leiu a.is'traied li3olf as an Important fact or as a mr.chlne of salvation. A a moans o'f prev'em l:ig flre3 and toi dis cover those v.hlch havo not gained any amount of headway, UioiwamJfl of men have been raPloyed annually by the government cs" rangers and patrolmen. They , are asciljned 'to dilatricte' which they arc called on to pr.trol, tut the work of thl patrol system did not really become effect ive until the telephone was dritrodiiod. As tho oond.l'!4on. preeiiits itself to-day, a forest ra iser leaves his cab in In some socludel valley to patrol tiie territory e'lAel to him. His trIls are woH kept, his telephone la l:i order, with call'bosew arrcnga every few miles c'ongtho parJi and fire lanci, a:id at oUscrvatfcuij towers. Ko rcadie3 a srot whore a party cf prospectora or o'.hershave beoaeamp ,lng end hare left their camp fire without extinjruUhlnir It. Since their departure and friar to the appear ance of the rnnper the f in e, ha ex tended along the ground In the dry forest carpet ana assumed propor- i tk.i-too ere.-u for him to handle j alono- though his effora nv.y besuf i ricient to che:k the fiamea for a ihort period. The ranger cm re main end fight the flro akie and wait for the arrival of other rtuigsrs who have bean atraoted by the smoke, or he an rUle to Ji iwar telephone box and send o.rt oj. emergncy call. Ikjre the days of the telephone the ranger 'ler dl'icoverWig the blai". wis compc'.lev to ride to the near et settlement "which ralcht have a8sistance. During his abs uoe the fire would get beyond, hut wta con trol and he and the other men at his command were practically help less. The u.w of the telernone on th forest reserves U not' a . supposit ional or merely contk gent moitfcer. The officiate of the forestry bureau oaiiieoWT that iti trla.1 hao been practical and It has proy-Si by time to bo In valuable. As rapidly as lla approprla'tlons will allow, the government da extend ing the use of the tele-phono1 further and further ioiiio the forests. 4Now telephone systems ore now being built auid .others are projected fr conatructtoa In 'the near future. The Ravernmemt officials are going about this work with extreme caro, utiliz ing exl'.lng telephone lines wherever possible. The apparatus and other material for the Kovernmenit's tele phone Wines ere being fumlGhed by the Western' JleetTie Com pony, tihe largest manufacturer fitele.pho-i33i i the world. Gifford' Pinchot, the ex-chlef for ester sums up hia opinion. In. these words; 'If a forest is equipped with: roads. trails, telephone limes and a treason able number of men, for patrol there is no more likelihood thaG groat, fires will be able to get atanted than there Is that great conflagrations ldke the Chicago fire will get started! to a city j with a modem fire department". The etat03 of New' York, Massachu setts. New Ham Dshliro and Maine have heir own systems of protection again croat fire3, In all of which the, tele phone plays ani dmporj&nt part. Thh U nt the only co3 la which) .the; tel. ephcuie figures! - as a safe guarding aaure. It Is being uicd in tinder- ground mlnos with marked success and a iroag wpenaeai upon oy tne r rm. growers of the west, who use te.lo- lone reports to aid them ta, their fight against untimely frosts, m American Wins Auto Race. Savannah The New York boy who four- years ago ran away from home to become a driver of a racing auto mobile, saved the reputation of Amer ican drivers In the grand prize race, the blue ribbon event of the automo bile contests. David Bruce-Brown won a little more than a second at the end of 415.2 heartbreaking miles. He flashed across the electrlo timing wire In 1.42 second ahead of Victor Hemery, the Frenchman. His time was five hours, 63 minutes, 5:35 sec onds, setting a new American road record of 70.C5 miles aad hour. Oakes carries Brothers' Paints, full line of Lowe 108tf Decide Your After looking over our goods and prices we will ; leave the case in your- hands "Get the Habit" THE, Wallowa County Title &f Abstract Company A. C. MILLER, President . r-i 1 1 fl 1! . ?, i. umce in tjompany a new ohck Duuaing opposite ironioi ,. new Court House, Oldest and most complete abstract plant : ', in county. Abstracts of title furnished promptly and cheap-; ; ly. Insurance written inlargest and strongest companies. ' I Money Loaned at very Lowest Current Rates AMERICAN FLAG IS BURNEDIN MEXICO Mob Assaults and Insults Citi zens of United States in Streets. Mexico City Americans were in ulted or assaulted in the streets, and windows In dozens o. American busi ness houses were broken hare. Squads of mounted police charged the mobs and In the fight two of the disturb ers were killed. More than 200 of the rioters were arrested. The attacks were led by Mexican students. When the attack on the Americans began shutters covering the windows of the business houses were t ghtiy drawn and the inmates kept out of sight of the mob. Police were set vo guard the districts and soldiers wltu drawn sabers patrolled the streets. An American flag which was flying from a pole In front of a store was hauled down by the mob. The ting was then torn into bits and was tram pled In the mud. In the course of an anti-Amerlcnn demonstration at' Guadalajara, an American flag was burned amid cries of "death to the tiiingoes!". Esti mates placed the damage to proper ty of Americans at $5,000 to $10,000. Washington Informed. Washington Official dispatches giving oetails of the anti-American demonstration In Mexico City have reached the state department from United States Ambassador Wilson and Arnold Franklin, fthe American Con-sul-General. Mr. Wilson cnnflrmnrt the pregg rep0rtB that he had protest- ed to the Mexican department of for- elitn relation, iin.i h fered Americans and said th rinf grew out of the lychlng of a Mexican Antonio Rodrlguet at Rock Springs, Texas, on November 3, for murder'ng a woman. :. , " Flf Deserved; ;- - - ' . Rock Springs, Texas Feeling here has not been changed by -the riots In Mexico. The people here freely ex press ths opinion that Rodriguez de served the fate that was given him and say they were Justified in burn ing him at the stake. 1 The value of the estate left by the late Harvey Whitfield Scott is 849. 888.49, according to the appraisement filed in the county clerk's office. Ut this amount the largest single Item Is that of 230 shares of stock In the Ore gonlan, appraised at $253,000. Own Case FAIR LDDJ Q DISC C3 D D t!Wj w days ride, to obtain