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'. Oregon Historical Sodaty Tu)iceaVeek Wednesday Edition ALL THE OFFICIAL NEWS OF WALLOWA COUNTY, IN THE N-R ALL THE NEWS WHILE 11 IS NEWO TWICE-A-WEEK NEWS RECORD TWELFTH YEAR. NO. 61. ENTERPRISE, WALLOWA COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1910 CITY OFFICIAL PAPER NIWS record Cent a word sjngle Insertion, 1 cents a word 2 Insertions. Special rates by month and year. FOR SALE OR TPADE. Team, Vaeon and .harness for sale or trade for wood. V. J. funkl & Co. ' 58ltr ' MONEY TO LOAN State Funds loaned, 6 per cent. John P. Rusk. Atty. State Land B'd.: Joseph FOR SALE. I will sell all or any of ray town prop e ty at reasonable prices. W. W. Zurcher, Enterprise, Oregon. 40btt . Five ton wagon scales for sale cheap, A. C, Weaver, Enterprise. ' MISCELLANEOUS. Carpeaitier - and Caibi.net, making Bliop general Jobfcing. G.-C. Bowwug, in Kodigera Broa, garage, Enterprise : , . 6litf FOUND. Fountain 1 pen, ii'aa-r City planing M1M. O.wner can have same by prov ing property .and paying for this no tice. Frank Hambel"loa,' Enterprise EliacMc Light Co. . , 61bl Mrs.' Bleis Gfcartiant Morrison to a woman, of veroatila taJent. As a Head er and character aotiness eha foais no eupsrior, and: die glvea a varied! pro gircin, that tedludie music and plIe'Tsos everyouia of lion big audiences. There wlE be. a omd ln tlhe Enitjarpi'laa op era houoe Fridny nlgfoit, bo secuo-e youm reaarvod soato early at Pur nauBih &. 'MorrrieM'a The old, old 'ory, told times with, out number, and repeated over and over again for the last 36 years, but it ia always a welcome story to those In search of health There ia nothing to . the world that cures coughs and co"lda as quickly as Cham berlain's Cough Remedy. Sold by Burnaugh & May field and all good Druggl3ta ' . aannnonnnnnoac qrjQnQnanancnn no a Saturday Special, E Every Saturday Nig'lit Money In Your Pocket to Read This Commencing Monday, November 28, buy goods with red tags on thenv we remove the red tag, write your name on - it, and deposit it "in a locked box in our office. Every ; Saturday night we will blindfold a child who will draw out two tags. The names appearing on these two tags will ; each be paid $5 hx gold. : - We are adding more goods to our Red Tag Sale every -day and it is all good stuff, too, and cut to such a low price that all can afford to buy. In this sale are ladies' and children-' s coats, remnants of dress geeds, ladies' furs, ' mittens, fascinators, shoes, house slippers, felt lined shoes ; 1 - and slippers, infants' shoes, children's shoes, men's shoes, - men's hats, men's . clothing, men's rubbers and felts, . underwear, shirts, sweaters, and lots of other good season- able stuff , and on everything we have cut the life outof . . prices; not 25 per cent off , but twice that. Come and see ' l for yourself.' Sale runs every day.- We are doing this because we need money and must have ': it and are willing to stand a loss . to get it. When we get the money w e need, then we. will take off the red tags. ' ' But don't you wait for us to do that.' Ask any of your : - friends and neighbors if we have cut our prices any on this Red Tag Sale. . This is to be strictly cash, -and no goods returnable. But : you can try the goods 'on here and examine them all you : . . ; ; wantto. At the extremely low price that we are selling , i this stuff we .could , not afford to give the time to make . exchanges, because we are going to be good and busy. " Remember every Saturday night some one is going to ' get those two $5 gold pieces P. S. If you live oat of town and draw this money we'll send you our check W. J. FUNK & CO. THE QUALITY STORE Always Up-to-Date NEVER A MINUTE BEHIND MEXICAN TROOPS PUT REBELS TO ROUT Revolutionists Lose 15 Killed and Many Wounded in : i Engagement. Chihuahua, Mex. In an engagement near this city 600 Federal troops rout ed a force of 400 Maderoists, driving them repeatedly from a strong posi tion and compelling them to take to the mountains. . , Tne revolutionists lost 15 killed and many wounded.. . There were no fatal ities on the Federal Bide, but several, including three officers, were wounded. General Navarro was In command of the Federal troops. He left" Chi huahua at the head of four, compa nies of the second battalion and two squads of cavalry from the 13th regi ment. . - Near Fresno, 12 miles out, one of the squads of cavalry fell behind to guard the road. They were ambushed by the rebels, who opened Are from hills on 'both sides of the highway Captain Florentino Gavlca with 50 troopers drove the enemy from their positions. Ho waited for a portion of the Federals', who haT gone forward, to reinforce him before pursuing the insurrectionists. In the meantime, the latter took a position on another hill, a short distance away and prepared to resist an -attack. Within half an hour, General Navar ro reached the scene with his infan try and opened fire. Again the rebels retreated, only to seek a new posi tion, from which they were again dis lodged. - . Laredo, Texas Francisco' Madero, leader of the revolutionary faction in Mexico, is now on United States soil with, a band of his followers. . This Dec. 3 -16 pounds for $1.00 cash. information,"' said to be authoritative, was received here and puts an end to the mystery of the whereabouts of the rebel commander. The message further states that Madero is orga nizing his forces and - will again cross the border to resume activities with in a short time. Madero's camping place is said to be 50 miles from Eagle pass and on the Rio Grande, though ' it has not been learned whether he was wounded during the fighting in the state of Chihuahua. Mexican scouting parties have not been able definitely to locate the in surgent band. ; PORTLAND-SEATTLE CENSUS Washington. The population , of Portland is 207,214, compared with 90,426 In 1900, and 46,385 in 1890. The Increase from 1900 to 1910 therefore Is 116,788, or 129.2 -per cent ' The population of Seattle is 237194, an increase of 156,523, or 191 per cent over 80,671 in 2900. The population in 1890 was 37,834. .. Census Director Durand said that until the complete returns for Oregon are published, showing the popula tion of Portland's suburbs, a just comparison of the . population of the two cities could not be made. Seat tle nas annexed its suburbs; a very considerable ' population, similarly contiguous to Portland, is outside its corporate limits. The revision of the Portland figures resulted in the elimination of 15,745 names. The number taken from Se attle's count was 11,188. , Dredging to Begin. Marshflold. Dredging In the chan nel between Marshfield and the ocean, for which the Port of Coos Bay will collect a tax of 1300,000 and the gov ernment has appropriated 150,000, has been begun, and it is expected that by the time the Panama Canal is completed Coos Bay . will become a 1 3aport of Importance. ' , a D a a any kind Beans 13 m a B El m E3 H a B D D n B u E2 13 5 U H ES E9 D ej & a a a p a cs a . u a 22 GIRLS DEAD IN -NEW JERSEY FIRE Inadequate Means of Escape and Panic Leads to Large Death Roll. New York. Twenty-two girls known to be dead, burned, suffocated or crushed, some killed instantly and others mortally injured eight dying at hospitals; 15 missing, their bod!er supposed to be lying under tons ol smoking debris; 38 more seriously In jured is the tragic toll of a fire in an antiquated four-story brick fitc tory at 216-228 High street, Newark N. J. When the fire broke out it trapped 60 girls employed on one of the upper floors. A panic ensued. Many of the girls leaped from the windows. There Is an engine house next door to the factory, but before the firemen could give any assistance at least 20 of the girls had Jumped. ' The building in which the fire oc curred is a four-story structure. It is believed the blaze started on the second floor, in the rear, among a lot of .rubb'sh. Within a minute or two after it was noticed it had made its way into a lot of waste paper, from' which it connected with the up per floors. In all, about 200 persons were employed in the building. Brazilian Sailors Surrender. Rio Janeiro. The mutinous sailors of the Brazilian fleet surrendered to the officials the vessels which they have held for several days. The sur render followed the granting by con gress of the demands of the muti neers. . These demands Include am nesty to all concerned in the revolt, higher pay and less work for the Bail ors, and the adjustment of minor grievances. The warships in the hands of the mutineers included the two dreadnaughts, MJnaa Oeraca and Sao Paula, the Bahia, the iilo Grande Sul and Diodo. They reentered the harbor, no longer flying the red flag. STATES SHARE PROFITS Nlnteen State Will Participate In ' Forest Returns Division. l Washington. Nineteen states will participate in the 25 per cent division Of national forest revenue for the fis cal year ended June 30, 1910, accord ing to a bulletin issued by the forest service. The state's portion, which Is for road and school purposes, amounts to $506,194, an increase of $67,492, or slightly more than 15 per cent over the amount distributed last year. The amounts which, will go to the far western states are: Idaho, $66, 074.55; Oregon, $39,635.87; Washing ton, $23,671.89. Glavls Divorced. Seattle. In a divorce battle, waged entirely by deposiUon, with the prin cipals absent from the courtroom, and represented only by their attor neys, Judge Frater granted a decree of divorce on her cross-complaint to Maude B. Glavls, wife of the former chief of the Seattle division of the field service of the interior depart ment, for desertion and cruel treat ment. TAFT'S FRIENDS WIN Waterway Delegates Quath Attack in Resolutions. St. Louis. An attack on President TaU was thwarted at the final ses sion of the Lakes-to-tbe-Gulf Deep Waterway . Association convention here, after the resolution committee had asked approval of its report Friends of the chief executive rushed to the platform and appealed to the delegates to eliminate what Governor Deneen, of Illinois, termed an "in sult." - After two hours -of warm discus sion the objectionable section was ! stricken out. I ; The section which caused the heat ed debate, follows: "And In bitter disappointment and In sorrow we are compelled to de ! plore the course of the executive in I delaying the creation of the board , provided for In the last rivers and j harbors act, and In finally appointing board which proved unfriendly to i our policy, and our projects, despite 'our patriotic effort to aid him by in j formation concerning these physical j and commercial ' conditions better known to us than to others." TO REGULATE CORPORATIONS Portland. The doctrine - that the public has an Interest In the use of the property of corporations engaged in a public service is to be whipped Into shape by Dan J. Malarkey, sena tor from Multnomah county, and a bill creating a public service commis sion Is to be introduced in the ses sion of the Oregon legislature, which will convene at the state capital early in January. The act will be one of the first measures presented for the consideration of the senate, and will provide means for the regulation of street car transportation, power, light, water, telegraph, telephone and ' all other corporations selling their goods to the people while making use of some of the property of the people. The bill will be modeled somewhat after the law now In operation In the state of New York, but It Is not In tended to divide the state Into dis tricts. . By making the bill state-wide In Its application, Senator Malarkey hopes to secure the support of those who are now advocating the creation of a public service commission for Port land, and who have threatened to se cure a law by initiative at tne next city election. 20,000 Acres to Be In Orchards. Medford. Professor P. J. O'Gara. pathologist in ' charge of Jackaon county orchards, estimates that 1,500,000 fruit trees, principally pears and apples, will be planted In the Rogue river valley this winter. These trees will require 20.000 acres of land for planting, making the total area of orchard land In the Rogue river valley approximately 85,000 acres. On the foothills and slopes, where irrigation Is Impossible, peaches end grapes will be planted, and near Eagle Point a large tract will be set to figs. Portland Apple Show Opens. Portland. Seventeen hundred boxes of prize apples are on exhibition at the apple show; which opened "on Wednesday morning In the Majestic theater building. Of the largest ex hibits are two consignments of 300 boxes each. One came from Dufur, Ore., and was gotten together by the commercial club of that town, while the other came from the Hillsboro commercial club. Each city Is In the field for the big purse of $260 of fered for the largest collective ex hibit. - BRIEF NEWS OF THE WEEK A sweeping investigation Into the rates charged by the Pullman Com pany for sleeping car berths and par lor car seats Is to be Instituted by the Interstate commerce commission at a bearing to begin Wednesday in Chicago. The Tennessee supreme court held as constitutional the act of the Ten nessee legislature of 1909 prohibiting the manufacture of whisky In Tennes see. . A meeting of Democratic leaders In Baltimore with Democratic National Chairman Mack and Champ Clark resulted In the decision to hold a gen eral conference of Democrats from all states in Baltimore on January 17. . SantaClaus Christmas Candies Just received a fine assortment of plain and mixed Candies. Try The Fair Special Mixed at, the half np pound - Ub Toys, dolls and fancy goods arriving daily. Don't' forget that this store will be Santa Claus' Headquarters. Watch us make prices come down THE FAIR ITEMS OF INTEREST THROUGHOUT OREGON Chronicle of Important Events cf Interest to Our Readers. 8lx-Year Term for All Judges. Salem. Judges of all couns in the tate of Oregon will hereafter be elected for terms of six years, accord ing to ao amendment adopted by the people at the last election. This will Include county judges, now elected for four years and Justices of the peace elected under the present laws for a term of only two years. At present the terms of Judges of the supreme court are already for six years. The attorney-general holds in an opinion that county judges and Jus tices of the peace elected at the last election will not be affected by this new constitutional 'provision. Only the future elections will be governed by the amendment. Union Want Branch Asylum. Union. Union Is preparing to pre sent Its claims to the state commis sion for ' the .location . of the branch Insane asylum, to be placed at either Union, Baker or Pendleton. Within 60 days Irom the time the governor declares the bill a law the location will be made. This place will claim a central location, fine soil, pure wa ter, a temperate climate, state land already bought and other advantages. Reclaim Umatilla Land. Hermlston. The large seepage lakes on the Umatilla Irrigation pro ject, near here, are to be drained, re claiming about 400 acres of good hind. This work Is to be done by the gov ernment under the supervision of E. P. Dodd.l While a large part of the water is to be drained off in ditches, the balance will be removed with pumps and used to irrigate additional lands. . McCarthy Wants Probe, San Francisco. In a letter to the grand Jury . Mayor P. H. MaCarthy has called upon that body to begin forttrwith an Investigation of his offi cial acts, with a view to determining whether any foundation exlBts for ru mors which he says have been per sistently ; circulated by political ene mies of the present union labor ad ministration, and that he recently ac cepted two bribes of $10,000 and $60,000, respectively. ' Hankers for Balllnger's Job. Washington. Representative En glebrlght of the First California dis trict, who was defeated for re-election wants Secretary Balllnger's job in the cabinet, according to a well de fined rumor. Englebrlght Is reported to have written to several ' senators and congressmen concerning the mat ter, giving his opinion that Balllnger will soon resign. Whei told of the Callfotnian's re ported prediction, Balllnger made his usual denial regarding his possible resignation. Headquarters CASH STORE ' 1 1 1 1 i a i ii ia rzzii i ! ! i 1 1 1 1 i I ICZZ3D i 1 1 i rziD a i icz3