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About The news=record. (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1907-1910 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 7, 1910)
Oregon HWorfc.al SocUy TwiceaWeek Wednesday Edition Nil ALL THE OFFICIAL NEWS OF WALLOWA COUNTY IN THE N-H ALL THE NEWS WHILE IT It ' NEWS TWICE. A-WEEK NEWS RECORD TWELFTH YEAR. NO. 63. ENTERPRISE, WA.LLOWA COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1910. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER THE RECORD Cent a word single insertion, 1 cents a' word 2 insertions. Special rates by month and year. WANTED. Girl for housework, inquire W. J. Funk. & Cots store. ,62b2 MONEY TO LOAN Slate Funds loaned, 6 per cent. John P. Rusk, Atty. State Land E'd. Joseph FOR SALE. I will sell all or any of my town prop e ty at reasonable prices. W. W. Zurcher, Enterprise, Oregon. 40btl Five ton wagon scale for sale cheap. A. C. Weaver, Enterprise. cents a yard. Mire. P. E. M&thew. 60b 3 160 acres of land six miloa from En terprise. Fair improvements.' pant of Dt good orchard land. Term reas onable. Melvlina Ward. 63b4 MISCELLANEOUS. Carpenter and Cabinet, making ehop genorali Jobbing. ' G. C. Boldaing, to Kodigera Broa. garage, Eaferprlse, 61btf Get Your Washing bone Free. in una. Is In town and will do your washing free to demonstrate the 'machine. Leave word at Riley & Ri ley's. 60u4 Wendling Is CoVivicted. Louisville, Ky. Joseph Wendling was found guilty by a jury of the murder of 8-year-old Alma Kellner, and his punishment was fixed at life imprisonment. Storms Kill Filipinos. Manila. Unprecedented storms have swept Mindanao and Zamboanga, flooding the country. Twenty lives have been lost and property damaged to the value of $350,000. nnuEmanan tanuo s an es anaa a h g Saturday Special December 10 th -5 pounds regular g D 30 rpnt fnflW fnr 5K1 00 rasri D a D E3 E3 H 1 n n S3 E3 a s WE GAVE AWAY $10 IN GOLD LAST SATURDAY NIGHT H. C. Laird received $5.00 in gold, premium on an article he paid 45c for. J. Ellis received $5.00 in gold, premium on an article that cost him $2.00. The Red Tag Sale is still on. Our store is full of good bargains with tags on them and we are adding more goods all the time. - Now is the time for you to lay in a stock of shoes for this year and next. They will keep, you know, and you ,will never have such a chance to get the bargains we now offer. Come in and look things over. Buy : some thing with a tag on. Maybe you're lucky and will get one of those $5 gold pieces. $10 In gold given avay Saturday night Dec. 10 W. J. FUNIC & CO. a a a a a a n a u a a a a n THF. QUALITY STORE Always Up-to-Date NEVER A MINUTE BEHIND DDLaajBUCSBaannannanncannDcnncinnn D a i CONGRESS OPENS SHORT SESSION Indications Are Little General Legislation Will Be Attempted. Washington. The sixty-first con gress assembled Monday for its final session. Almost Immediately after convening both houses followed the custom of adjourning for one day out of reepect to the memory of those members who have died during the summer recess. Five senators and three representatives have died since the beginning of summer. Upon re assembling Tuesday tne two houses listened to the reading of the presi dent's annual message. The message was unusually long, running from 30,000 to 40,000 word3 In a general way the president urged upon congress the necessity for enact ing legislation to build up the Ameri can merchant marine, to conserve the natural resources of the country, to provide a new form of government for Alaska, to "supplement and strengthen" the Sherman anti-trust law, to enlarge the scope of the civil service law, to create a national bu reau of health, to provide a legislative basis for worklngmen's compensation, for the limitation of injunctions is sued by federal courts, and to pro mote closer commercial relations with Canada. The president also gave his views In regard to the further regu lation and control' of corporations engaged in interstate business and the regulation of the Issue of stocks and bonds of Interstate railways. Get Down to Business. After .the readrag of President Taft's annual message the lawmak ers were able to get down to business almost Immediately, as the details of organization" arid ' committee changes requ'ired little time. The opinion is galalng ground that little else than the passage of the' various appropriation bills will be attempted. Statements by leaders of various parties and factions Indicate that the short session will do little else than pass the regular appropriation bills. The regular Republicans declare: "Well, we will get the routine out of the way." The routine being the nu merous appropriation bills. The Democrats say: "Well, let's see what the Republicans will do. Our turn comes next year." The insurgents say: "We are here to fight for progressive legislation, if we can get the chance." Bills to Clean Up. The big thing staring the legisla tors in the face is cleaning up the ap propriation bills, of which there are 12. President Taft has been calling on the department heads for economy and he Is expected to continue the process with the legislators. Until these bills are cleaned up it is pretty certain that nothing in the way of general legislation will be attempted. Packer Schenk Offer Ball. Wheeling, W. Va. As has been ex pected by the defense all along, John O. Schenk, the millionaire packer, has rallied to the support of his wife, who is a prisoner in jail here, charged with having attempted to poison him. Soon ' after being removed from the hospital to the home of his sister, he ascertained that his wife could be re leased on ball and notified Mr3. Schenk's attorneys that he would go on her bond. Roseburg Man Father of 22. Roseburg. The birth of a daughter to the wife of Levi White, in this city, makes Mr. White a father for the twenty-second time. This Is the twelfth child of . the couple. Mr. White's first wife bore him ten chil dren. - . E 13 U a n E3 S3 E3 U ia U S3 B u m a a 13 E3 a a a u a a a es ES u a a a a a a Q a a a u nn FIGHTING RESUMED . BY MEXICAN REBELS Peace .Commission Hampered by Soldiers in Restoring Order. El Paso, Tex. A telegram from Marfa, Tox., states that apprehension and excitement prevails at both Pre sidio and Candolarla, 90 miles south of the Texas side of the river, owing to the revolutionary disorders re ported on the Mexican side. Nothing definite has yet been learned of the reported fight at Ojinaga Saturday night. Firing has been heard at in tervals, but o far as can be learned there has been no lose of life. . . Members of the peace commission returning to Chihuahua reported that their work was greatly embarrassed by the fact that soldiers followed at their heels. At Guerrero, Just as they were beginning to talk with the in surrectos, a peon arrived with word that the soldier were on the way, whereupon the meeting promptly came to an end. Main Grievance Against State. At Guerrero, and also at San Anto nio, the commissioners were told that the main grievance la against the state government rather than against Diaz. . Seemingly authentic reports state that Guerrero has been taken by the revolutionists with some loss of life. Details are lacking. It Is reported that General Plata, commanding this military zone, Is to be succeeded by General Juan Hernandez immediately. It Is learned that the peace com mission which left Chihuahua to treat with the lnsurrectos was acting un der the authority of Governor San chez, and not President Diaz. PRESIDENT TAFT SEEKS HARMONY Washington. In what was said to be an Initial effort to bring about a semblance of harmony In the divided Republican forces of the United States senate, President Taft Invited several regular and progressive lead ers to the White House. In Insurgent circles it was said the preliminary conference with the president bad given no definite prom ise of success. The president was reported as conciliatory and Is said to have declared he was anxious to do all In his power to bring about unity of action in the party. At the White House it was not ad mitted that President Taft was not making a special effort to bring the insurgents or progressives into line. It was declared with a great deal of emphasis' that Messrs. Cummins, Bo rah and Brls-tow had been invited to call only as a part of the president's plan to consult as many as possible of the senators and congressmen re garding recommendations in his mes sage and the legislation program. NO BATTLESHIP FLEET Coast Will Not Be Prtteoted Until Canal Opena. Washington. The Pacific Coast will not get a battleship fleet until the Panama Canal is completed, accord ing to the annual report of the Sec retary of the Navy. This is a reiter ation of statements made by Secre tary Meyer on bis recent tour of the Coast. An equally Important feature of the Secretay's report la bla free and frank criticism f the two navy-yards on the Pacific Coast, both of which, in his judgment, were , poorly located, the Puget Sound yard because of ita dis tance from any large city, and the Mare Island navy yard because of shallow water, rendering it valueless in the repair of battleships and heavy crulsera, and also because of its re moteness from San Francisco. Home-Made 8till Seized. Eugene. Deputy Internal Revenue Collector Schulberg, of Salem, and bis assistant, A. F. Tornllnson, made a raid on a moonshiner's still in the mountains near Lorane. The still consisted of a big copper kettle holding about two barrels, the necessary "worm" and other appara tus known to the moonshiner. The outfit was brought to this, city and (hipped to the collector of Internal revenue at Portland. The name of the owner of the still baa not been learned. MARY BAKER EDDY DEAD Announcement Is Made In Mother Church Boston. Mrs. Mary Baker Glover Eddy, discoverer and founder of Chris tian Science, is dead, after an illness of nine days. Announcement of the passing of the venerable leader, which occurred late Saturday ' night at her home at Chestnut Hill, was made at the morning service of he mother church In this city Sunday. Mrs. Eddy was born in Bow, N. H., July 16, 1821, and was therefore in her 90th year! Individual control or management of the Christian Science Church ' as practiced by Mrs. Eddy will never MRS. MARY BAKER CLOVER EDDY again be vested In one person, accord, ing to the opinion of Howard C. Vaa Meter, of the committee on publica tion in this city, who viewed, with some understanding' of the situation, the changes that are almost certala to fojlow her death. "the board of directors of tha mother church, the FirBt Church oi Christ Scientist in Boston, is suf ficient to the movement, to far as the needs of its organization are con cerned," said Mr. Van Meter laif night." The number of Christian Science adherents in 1910 la estimated at 1,- 000,000. SECRETARY BALLINGER MAY BEJMPEACHED Washington. A resolution for tha Impeachmeut of Secretary Ballinger has been - proposed and may be Introduced in the house at any time its Introduction is timely. It the min ority report, censuring Ballinger, ia adopted by the house, tfaa Impeach ment resolution will follow almost immediately, perhaps at the aama time tne minority report la adopted. The probability that th house will follow that course by a combination between insurgents and Demoorats worries the administration very much. If the house should Impeach, tha sen ate must, under the constitution, alt as Judge on the house charges. Only a change in the present situa tion can prevent tha . house from adopting the report censuring Ballin ger, and it ia argued that then tha bouse must go on to impeachment ox be inconsistent. SantaClaus Toys We cannot describe the beauty nor the grandeur of our new stock of Holiday Goods in this limited space we could not do it justice. We take an earnest pleasure in .extending to you,.-a cordial invitation to call and see our display and compare our prices. We assure you that a visit to us will please you. Fair Watch Us MaKe Prices ITEMS OF INTEREST THROUGHOUT OREGON Chronicle of Important Event3 of Interest to Our Readers. Report of State Land Board. Salem. The biennial report of the State Land Board, Issued by Clerk Brown, ia In readiness for the next legislative assembly. In the report of the clerk himself it is shown that a total of 1699,958.75 has been re ceived and paid over to the state treasurer. Interest bearing funds in- the de partment are segregated as follows: School fund principal due on certifi cate of tale, $679,069.26; college fund principal dua on 'certificates of sale, $3,078.96; university fund principal due on certificates of sale, $2,720; swamp land fund, due on certificates of sale, $4,904, or a total of $689, 762.11. Tha amount due on interest account from the above funds for ex cess received on farm lands Is shown to be $7,669. : Money from lands sold Is segregat ed in the clerk's report aa follows: School landa, $74,772.63; Agricultural College lands, $320.19; swamp land3, $40; tide lands, $354.77, or a total of $78,927.69. ' , The total applications for farm loans is shown to have been $2,532. 048.07. The loans rejected amounted to $2,435,628.07. Tha school district bonds purchased amounted to $95,980. NEWS OF NOTED PERSONS General Merrltt, who waa the mili tary commander in charge of the first detachments of, United States troops landed on tha Philippine Islands, is dead. . ' ' Oscar Hammersteln, the opera Iin praaaarlo, la going to quit this coun-, try for good and will leave In Janu ary for' England, where he expects to open bla -opera house next season. Carter H. Harrison, former mayor of Chicago, will be a candidate for that office at the primaries to be held there .February 28. Harrison has served four terms in this office. ' Fred W. Lehmann, of St. Louis, waa appointed by President Taft to be so llcitorgeneral to aucceed the late Lloyd Bowers. Senator Elihu Root, of New York, has been appointed permanent arbi trator representing America at The Hagua tribunal, succeeding the late Chief Justice Fuller. FOREIGN NEWS BITS Europe's first skyscraper after the American model la to be erected in Milan, Italy. The official announcement of the award of the Nobel prizes for 1910 will1 be made Saturday at a meeting pf the Swedish parliament in Stock holm. Tha Brazilian government will send cotton apeoiallst to the United States to study cotton growing and to . take back with htm American experts ' to further th interests of the Indus ' try. In Brazil. Headquarters cu i i CZ3 czi i 1 1 i a ' 1 1 i Come Down i I i I CZJ I 1 1 I I II 1 11