THE NEWS RECORD
(Twlce-a-Week.)
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
Formerly the Wallowa News, stab-
lisbed March 3. 1899.
Published Wednesdays and Satur
days at Enterprise. Oregon, by
THE ENTERPRISE PRES8
Office Steal side Court House Square
Entered as second-clase matter
January 2. 1909, at the postofflce at
Enterprise. Oregon, under th-a Ast of
March 3, 1879.
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oue month 20c. Oa yearly casb-ln-advance
subscriptions a discount of
25c is given.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1910
BEGGING IN SCHOOLS.
There la one place that should be
frea from any and all charitable or
place le tin puWla schools. No cause
"begging propositions, and 'that
ihowwer worthy, should be permit
ted! to aak contributions from the
puplla. '
The glory of our public schools,
aside from their efficiency, Is their
quality, the very groundwork for in
telligent citizenship In a true democ
racy. When, a charity U aKowod to
beg from tlie public school pupils,
that equality ia dn'royed. children
have nothing to give exoov, what
their parents give them. The .result
Is that ome bring more, eome lies,
ajid, pity the child, some no is.
School days are the happliov ' per
iod of We. Let the (toJ!di.cn enjoy,
thiem. They vll learn. alJi to oon
of the InequrAftfo? In, life Idiot) weaJtb
nii'lceo. Don't vluit the u.Iuiglne
i p.vorty of (the parcnit on the; chll
I,, lodging exploitation! of the) schools
Uuese remailw ere not dlwetied
aarrvlnt tihe "cauae' recently bagged
for In the public uhooi of Knter
l:ie, Ai9 far as wo tonow It to "wor
thy. But evieoii begging for that, wor
thy cause mante many unhappy MtiUe
hearts lm Enterprise. Children who
brought fruit or clothes were made
!'' foe!' sod' ibecauitei moncyi iglf ts (wre
more appreciated, while the feeling
tu the little hearts of Uie chiklren
who could iglve nothing in more eosi.
ty Imagined .than told.
Surely theme l a beltep If not) eaa
ler way to raise auoh contributions.
The number of unemployed In the
United States Aa 4,500,000, according
to a New York report, mos-t, of them
factory operatives la Eastern cities.
If ithe number is wltOiln a Ml mil-
Iton of correct, dt means low prices)
'or farm producta next season. Let
us hope it Is only a wild guefla.
In aiMltlou to bLg dividends (prof.
its) nlBlit along, Seara, Roebuck & Co
a Chicago mall order house, recently
cut at $10,000,000 melon. That le lit
h. ; tlO.iWO.OOO additional profit to
dl . :d? Hid' hey were) cuhamedi ito) put
o j u. i. TI -"w itt"h ' :r. or
M '. n.pn;, .11 joi oo.itn-lbiite to
. he i' hK i m Td ugi-'iidu a;j a
ti.'.il of i-)0,00 1 toe-Lug raised by
the machluie Kepubllc&ns to defeat
Jiahan Dou:.ro for United Blajea
r. u'ti In I 12. Bourne always- -was
kcny. If anything would re-elect
him, It U )uat ithds oluulh fund (ral.-wd
to defeat ihliu. Bourne In (artumute
aU etitimles.
Hollanders to Oregon.
' SALEM. The secretary of atate'a
ofllce Is In receipt of a communica
tion from J. V. Schmidt, Varsseveld
Holland, who wants Information rela
tlve to Oregon with a view of bringing
a colony of Dutch to this state. Ag
ricultural pursuits In a frse country
Is what the Hollander! ete looking
(or, according to this correspondent.
Volcanic 6hockt put Seven to Flight
Flagstaff, Arli. Seven members of
a construction gang arrived here with
the story that they had been driven
away from their work near the base
of an extinct volcano In the Coconino
forest, 45 miles north of here, by a
dories of 62 violent earthquakes. The
hocks were so violent and the rumb
lings within the dead volcano so ter
rifying that the men broke camp and
left In a panto.
1910 1 DECEMBER )l9io
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WOMAN SUFFRAGE
UPHELD BY LABOR
St. Louis. The American Federa
tion of Labor closed the 30th annual
convention by choos:ng Atlanta, Ga.,
as its meeting place for next year
The entire list of officers, including
President Gompers, Secretary Morri
son and Treasurer Leunon, were re
elected. '
The Western Federation of Miners'
application for charter was referred
to the executive council with author
ity to act.
The convention by unanimous vote
Indorsed woman suffrage and later
placed Itself on record as favoring
the organization of all classes of la
bor In this country, including negro.
Some of the Pacific Coast delegates
objected to the proposition to include
the Aeiatic races and it was suggest
ed that the remedy was the exclusion
of Orientals. -
Battling Nelson Knocked Out.
San Francisco. For the first time
In his fighting career Battling Net-
son, a shell of the once great .pugi
list who proved such a terror to men
In his class, was knocked out beyond
all dispute. Owen Moran knocked
Nelson out In the 11th round of a
scheduled 20-round event, his victory
being clean and leaving no room for
argument as to his complete mastery
over the one-time champion.
Income Is Three Billion.
Washington. The net income of
the 262,490 corporations of the United
States which are subject to tax un
der the corporation tax law was $3,-
125,470,000 for the year which ended
on June 30. According to returns
made to the Internal Revenue Bureau,
the capital of the corporations was
$52,371,020,572 and their bonded and
other Indebtedness was $31,133,052,696.
THE MARKETS.
,A Portland.
Wheat Track prices: Club, 82c;
bluestem, 83c; red Russian, 78c.
Barley Feed and brewing, $21.
Oats No. 1 White, $28 per ton.
Hay Timothy, Willamette Valley,
$20 22 per ton; Eastern Oregon,
$23 24; alfalfa, $15 10.
Butter Creamery, 37c; ranch, 24c.
Eggs Ranch, candled, 42c.
Hops 1910 crop, llc13c; 1909,
6c; olds, nominal. ., ,
Wool Eastern Oregon 1317c lb.;
Valley, 17 19c lb.
Mohair Choice, 3233c.
Seattle.
Wheat Bluestem, 78c; Club, 7Cc;
red Russian, 74c.
Barley $20 per ton.
Oats $27 per ton.
Hay Timothy, $26 per ton; alfalfa,
119 per ton.
Butter Vash!ng:on creamery, 38c;
ranch, 22c .
Eggs Selected local, B2c.
Population of U. 8. 100,000,000.
Washington. That the population
of the United States nd its posses
sions now exceeds 100,000,000 is the
estimate made from the census fig
ures thus far announced. The popu
lation of the United States, Alaska
an4 Hawaii Is 93,471,648. Neither of
these Include Quaiu and Samoa.
New York, Chicago and Philadel
phla are now three of the ten largest
cities In tho world. The population
of eight American cities exceeds the
half million mark;.
Mrs. L. Solienk Pleads Innocence.
Wheeling, W. Va. "Not guilty" was
the plea ot Mrs. Laura Scheuk, when
arraigned In the criminal court on
the charge of administering poison
In food, drink and medicine to ber
husband, John Ol Scheuk, the million
aire pork packer. The ense was set
down for trial December 14.
Will Meet at San Franslsco.
Chicago. The' 'next convention of
the National Educational association
will be held In "San Franclseo. This
was decided on by the executive com
mittee of the association.' The meet
ing will be held July 8 to 14.
Apple Show In Chicago.
Chicago The Nattonul Apple Show
opened Monday morning with 2,000,-
000 specimens on exhibition. Dis
trict display are exhibited from or
chards in Washington, Oregon, Ida-
bo, Montana and the province ot
Drittsh Columbia.
Attempt to Rob Weather Station.
Umatilla The United States gov
ernment weather station was broken
Into and efforts to steal the thermom
etors waa made b cutting the lattice
oa the door ot the building. Both
strumeuts wore dUlodged, yet appar
ently uninjured. 1 The5, thief
frightened away by the observer, who
was about to take the readings
the day. ,
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LEF.0Y T. STEWARD
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Chlcaco Chief of Police who has
put ban on suggestive songs.
WASHINGTON, D. C, NOTES
The railroad securities commission,
of which President Hadley of Yale is
chairman, held Its first meeting Mon
day. The commission was created
to investigate questions pertaining to
the issuance of stocks and bonds by
railroads.
That the increase of a few m:lls In
the freight on a pair of shoes was
followed by an advance in price to
the retailer of 10 or 15 cents and of
40 cents to the consumer, was de
clared by Henry C. Barlow, of Chi
cago, before the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
Secrets of corporations and the In
timate details of their business are to
be guarded by the government under
the laws passed by the last session ot
congress, providing for the filing of
returns with the treasury deuartment
for the purpose of assessing federal
taxes. Secretary of the Treasury
MacVeagh issued a ruling which pre
vents perusal of the reports by the
curious or by those who might bene
fit unfairly by them.
The members of the Board of Army
Engineers, who examined all the gov
ernment irrigation projects during
the past summer, will report to Presi
dent Taft the first of this week, and
within a few days thereafter it is ex
pected that the president will appor
tion the $20,000,000 made available
at the Inst session of congress for the
completion of these projects.
NEWS OF NOTED PERSONS
The pope give a private audience
recently to'- Cornelius McGillicuddy
(Connie Mack), the manager of the
Philadelphia American League club,
and Mrs. McGillicuddy, who . are In
Rome on their bridal trip.
The California court of appeals has
affirmed the judgment of the superior
court whereby Abraham Reuf, for
mer iolitical boss, was convicted of
bribery and sentenced to serve 14
years' Imprisonment.
Colonel Moses E. Wetmore, chair
man of the finance committee of the
national Deniocrat'c committee, who
was oue of the first- men of means
to support W. J. Bryan's presidential
ambitions, Is dead as the result ot
injuries received when he was run
down ou the street In St. Louis.
Harry Orchard, convicted of the
murder of ex-Goveinor Frank Stun
enberg, of Idaho, is declared to have
recently admitted that he declined an
dTfer of parole from the Idaho state
penitentiary. Orchard is said to have
told his friends and the prison board
that he considered the prison walls
the best pro'.ection available for him.
as he feared violence, even death, If
released.
?. h. McCarthy
Mayor of San Frsnclsco who wants
his .official ct Investigated.
Shoe Tewns.
Tlier are more than a hundred cltlc
oud towns lu New England Where
shoes and Uppers are uiuil.
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NEWS PARAGRAPHS FROM
OTHER CITIES IN OREGOtf
Federal engineers at Portland have
decided .to report against "he propo
sition to survey ( the Umpqua river,
between Scottsburalad Roseburg, to
determine wnetner the stream could
be made navigable. " "- ''
Arrangements have been completed
for the annual convention of the Ore
gon Retail Merchants' Association in
Salem, and the dates fixed as Janu
ary 25, 2G aad 27.
A farmers' school, to be conducted
In Forest Grove under the auspices
of the Horticultural Society, the
County Dairy Association and Gales
Grange will be held December 6
and 7.
Oregon Is to have a- country life
commission of its own, if the move
ment started by the Umatilla county
members of the Farmers' Educational
and , Co-operative Union of America
meets with success.
Oswald West, governor-elect and
railroad commissioner, will resign his
position as railroad commissioner
about December 1, and take a short
vacation In California before assum
ing his. duties as governor of Oregon
January 9.
The work of reseedlng the burned-
over areas in the Crater national for
est haB been checked temporarily by
a heavy fall of snow within the forest.
If a freeze should, occur within the
next few days the work will have to
go over until next fall. .
H. C. McAllister, manager for the
Home Rule Association, has filed a
statement of expenses Incurred by
that organization in the late cam
paign. Total expenditures equaled
$39,786.72 and the total contributions
were $40,219.25.
Twelve years In the penitentiary
at bard labor was the sentence pro
nounced upon Herbert Lambert for
killing his wife, Margaret Grace
Lambert, in a tent at Portland, July
3. Lambert, after shooting his wife,
shot himself, but recovered from the
wounds. The verdict of the jury was
manslaughter.
Killing elk in Oregon was expen
sive for E. E. Sleret, of Gresham, tor
on November 23 he was found guilty
of such an offense and fined $300 by
Judge Campbell at Oregon City. The
offense was committed last January,
but owing to various postponements
the trial was not held until recently.
An Immense body of timber land
along the Siuslaw river, In Lane coun
ty, has been purchased by San Fran
cisco capitalists. The tract is said
to contain 1,000,000,000 feet ot saw
timber, which was sold at the rate
of $1 a thousand feet. This would In
volve a consideration of $1,000,000,
the largest that has been made in
Oregon for several years.
A meeting of representative Asto
ria business men was held to arrange
for holding a suitable celebration
next summer of the 100th anniversary
of the founding of the first white set
tlement on tho Pacific Coast. A com
mittee of five was named to select a
centennial commission ot 17 members
which will have entire charge of the
arrangement.
The Fels fund commission- dis
bursed In Oregon during the late
campaign through Its treasurer, H.
VV. Stone, of Portland, $15,484.72. This
amount was expended In publication
of pamphlets and other literature dis
tributed among the voters in behalf
of tax amendments to the constitu
tion that were voted on by the people
and other measures proposed by the
People's Power League.
Prompted by Insane jealousy, Wil
liam Ilassing, an electrical worker,
fired two bullets Into his wife's brain
F.nd, turning the weapon upon him
self, sent two more into his own a
moment after they met on the street
at Portland. The woman died 30
minutes later at St. Vincent's Hospi
tal, where both were taken by the
police after the shooting. Hassing
has a chance to recover.
Fees amounting to more than the
legislative appropriation covering the
expenses ot the entire board ot con
trol, were turned over to the board by
F. M. Saxton, superintendent of Divi
sion No. 2, representing money col
lected In connection with water right
adjudications for the past six months.
There is still a, sum amounting to
$1,234 on hand for that division, not
payable owing to contests and certi
ficates. For the first six months tees
for this division amounted to $2,999.7$
and only $999.35 for the second six
months.
State appropriation for the support
ot the Oregon national guard must
be increased or the companies form
ing one of the two regiments of myi
tis must be disbanded, according ton
statement in the biennial report of
Adjutant-General Finser addressed to
the members ot the legislature that
will convene early In the new year.
Accompanying the report of Adjutant
General Finier, Is a report made "by
Colonel Jackson, Inspector of the Ore
gon national guard. In which It Is rec
ommended that the men throughout
the state available for military duty
be listed as a war reservev This list
should be made up ot men not belong
ing to the organized militia.
All
Goods
Purchased
Here
Engraved
With
Name
Or Initial
FREE
That 10 per cent off on all goods in our
store is a big inducement to buy your
Christmas presents NOW. It applies on
everything in the largest and swellest stock
of Jewelry, Watches, Diamonds, Plate, Gold
Headed Umbrellas, etc., ever shown in this
countj
EXPERT
WATCH
DOCTOR
Enterprise Opera House, Friday, Dec. 2
Second and most popular number of the
v ceutn. Course
Bess Gearhart Morrison
Readar, Character Impersonator, Pianist and Monologue Artist
SPECIMEN PROGRAM
The Rebellion of M'Lindy Ann - From Munsey's
A Christmas Story - - From Everybody's
a The "Americano" Girl
b Verses from Riley . .
c Casey's Revenge
d Driftin' - . . . S. W. Foss
o From a Far Country - . Ladies' Home Journal
- An Eminent Peril, a Monologue -Sha
of the Triple Chevron, Monologue ' " Gilbert Parker
The Servant in the House, " From C. Rann Kennedy
Seats now on sale at Burnaagh Q Mayfield's
ENTERPRISE PLANING MILL
Under New Management '
BOESEN & RUGGLES, Proprietors y
- Both Practical Mill Men
All kinds of Rough and Dressed Lumber now on hand.
Prompt Delivery and Prices Right. ;
Estimates cheerfully furnished. ' '
STOCKHOLDER'S MEETINO
Notice of first' meeting of Che
3tockbolder3 of tho Wallowa county
Agricultural Faiir Association.
Articles of incorporation of the
Wallowa County Agricultural Fair As
sociation having- been filed as requlr
d by iaw, the first moating of the
jtockbolders of said Wallowa County
Agricultural Fair Association ,will be
aeld at the office of Asaoclat-.
ion, hi the Wallowa County Title
& Abstract Company's building, In
Intarprise, OragO'i, oa December 2lth
1910, at 2 o'clock In the afternoon for
tie purpose of electing a Eoard of
Directors for the en suing year.
Date of first publication, Novem
ber 23, 1910.
A. C. MILLER, -
B. B. BOYD,
C. S. BRADLEY,
39wtf ' ' incorporators.
Dressed in "Black and Yellow."
Not "Football CHor" . but toe
color of the car;o.i containing Foley's
Hi.ney and Tar the bet and eafst
cough remedy for a I coughs and colds
Donot accept a aubaitute but aw
hu you got he genuine Foley's
Ilonoy and Tar In a yellow . cartoa
with black letters. Buraaugb & MAJ
field. Dancing school every Thursday
evening bostnnlag Dooemhar 1, In the
Enterprise opera house. A claa of
teu puplU wanted. Address Box 96.
Lostir.e, Ore-on. 69b2 .'
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Lr AM ACRK
$1 an Acre a T'oaUtu Ne Interest.
Perpetuf.! water riybt Firet-claas
land. Pr:, Vet climate. Tracts ten
acres htk Jo residence re
quirement. AVant salesmen in every
town in Oregon and Washington.
wa kv loo.aoa aca
CHAM A TAIXET LAND COSfTAlVT
7 Wella Far -rtlan. Ornw
rizes in the
Great Bean
Jar Contest
7'Jeweled, 20-year gold
case gentleman's Watch
7 Jeweled, 29-year gold
case, ladies' Watch
W. H. DURHAM
Enterprise Jeweler.
A Man Wants to Die
only when a lazy liver and sluggish
bowels cause frightful despondency.
But Dr. lKng's New Life Pills ex
pel poicsons from we system; bring
hope and courage; cure all Liver,
Stomach and Kidney troubles; lm
part health and vigor to the wak,
nervous and ailing. 25c . at all
Druggists,
REOPENED
The Red Front
Blacksmith Shop
by the reliable
blacksmiths
W. p. Hambleton 5t Son
Machine Repairing
L Horseshoing
Same old stand
Enterprise Oregon
; Don't forget to attend the special
solo at the R. S. & Z. Coa. cext Sat,
urday. ' egb5
The Place for a Square
Heat is tha
MODEL CAFE
Under w taanatfeatnt
When in town come in and
give us a trial. Rooms
in connection, 25 cents m
night.
Rates by week or month
SAM R. i EFFEL
Proprietor
Off, Court" Hons, Enterprise g