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ENTERPRISE, WALLOWA COUNTY .OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10k 1910?
TWELFTH YEAR. -NO. 64.
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER
THE
NEWSRE
NEARLY 3 MILLIONS GAIN
IN ASSESSMENT VALUE
ROLL TOTALS CLOSE TO TEN
AND ONE-HALF. MILLION
DOLLARS MARK
FIGURES FROM SUMMARY
Big Increase In TMIable, Land, Town
And City Lots Rail
roads are Yet To
Be Added.
FOR SALE.
Pure white Langshon; cockerels. Mrs
J. D. Struble, South Dapot silireot.
The figures show a splendid gjrowrth
la wealth both rapid and steady.
The same .basis for assessment was
used dm each of the ..yearns above
noaii'onod, that la full vcflue.
Following are the figures furnished
by jut. Miller:
1910 Roll Summary. Values 1910
Acres tillable land, 87,537 ' ....$ 3,143,570
Acres non-tillable land, 471,519 2,961,880
Improvements on deeied land, d44,84a
Town and citvlots. . . i- 517,400
FOR SALE.
Sec. 36, 3 N 44640 A. S E sec.
22, W Ms. NW sec. 23,SW SV
sac. 14, 3 S 46280 A.
64btf J. S. Cool:, Bums, Ore.
For Rent
For Rent Good house and
Roe & Calvin', Enterprise. 4
COYOTE SHOWS
FEAR OF TWO
IN
JIM ArJD ED DAY ATTACKED BY
BRUTE IN OWN DOOR-YARD.
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The total valkiation of the taxable
property In Wallowa county, except
railroads, telegraphs, etc., as shown
by the eummairy of it2ue asasssmienit
roll Just prepared by Oo unity Asaa
sr B. F. Miller, da $10,459,415, a
gata of $2,720,190, over slmffiar -property
la 1909.
Last year the county ecsessors
assessed the (railroads, telegraphs,
etc., within their reapeotdve cOttnitlles,
Mr. Miller asatasfilng suchi property
in this county ait $937,545. This, year
the state tax board cut, Salem ass
slo all' the railroads, telegraph, tele
phone, express, Sleeping car, etc.,
property in the state. The board
was to session this week and asses
sed those- companies at full value
the startle law .requires. If tne
acci?ssment crtfcks; this coumitys
shame will be close .bo a million, and
a half dollars, or enough . to bring
the total valuation of all property in
the county to 'the $12,000,000 mark,
or a total gala over 1909 of over
$ 1,000,000. '
The gain of 1909 oven 1908 was a
million and a half, and of 1908 over
1907 nearly a million, making a toflaJ
gain, to three years of about, six and
one half millions.
Improvements oa la!fl,..' 372,095
Improvements aa lands not deeded), 59,595
Manufacturing machinery, engines, etc., 87,330
. norchantitaei and stock In trade, 303,170
Farm machto.&ryJ e'.c., 113,415
Money, 46,350
Notes and accounts1, 656,205
Number shares of, atock, 1930, , 185,350
Household furniture, watches etc 133,315
Number horses amid mutes',. .10,027, 573,310
Number cattle, 20,127, 425,030
Number sheep. 165,600,. 606,745
Number swine, 5212, .
Number dogs, 134,
Totals $10,459,415
. Numbar miles railroad) bed, 46 3-8 888,380
MK.es telegraph and tejephone,221 10.4
Railroad rolling stock, 39,12u
Total value taxable; property, ..$3,676,770
23,585
1,120
Values 1909
$1,964,040
2,114,020
344,555
269,880
323,935
46,990
56,600
207,780
82,000
51,555
562,590
100,410
216,295
422,190
422,620
629,620
22,260
' 1,885
$7,739,225
That the coyotes are Infected with
something that has changed the na
ture of the beasts is attested by the
experience of Jim and Ed Day,on.he
Day ranch 15 miles north of (ttilf
city the night of December 6.
A coyote chased the Day's dogs
to die house and tried ta follow them
under the house. Jim Day came out
with a lantern to siee what, the trou
ble was. and Ed' followed with a, 22
illfle. The beast turnedi on Jim; who
kept It off with the lantern.. Jim,
the coyote and the, dogs foughit) all
over 'tine yard, being so mlxedl up that
Bd could not, get a shot. Finally Jfan
spied a pitchfork and1 dropping the
lantern, he grabbed the fork and
pinned the brute to the ground on
Its. next lunge. Ed .then shot At,
Gonitilemen: I beg to submit the
following 'report from June, 1st. 1910
to Dec. 1, 1910-
General Fund.
Receipts $4269 33
Disbursements aB per
warrants $3751 84
Interest 92 32
Balance on hand 425 67
(4269 33
Water Fund.
Receipts -
Disbursements as per
warrants $1321 28
Interest 7 02
Balance on hand...... 683 13
$1911 43 1
MAYOR VETOES TAX
LEVY OH MILLS
8AY8 FIVE) MILLS WILL PROVIDE
' AMPLE FUNDS FOR ENSU
ING YEAR.
$1911 43
Road Fund.
Disbursements as per
warrants $ 380 62
Interest
Receipts ---
Deficit
4 29
$ 384 81
$ 384 81
Warrants Presented and Not Paid.
General Fund $ 899 75
Water Fund 79 63
Road Fund 46 25
Respectfully, Submitted,
W. F. 8 AVAGB,
Olty Treasurer.
The principal increases over last
year were, itn. .round numbers, aa fol
lows.; ,
Tillable land, Increased acreage
13,770, value $1,179,500.
lion-tillable (mainly timber), acre
'ago increase 22,578, value $847,800.
Town and city lots, $247,520.
" Mdse. end stock in. trade, $95,390.
Shares of stock,- $85,000.
Horses, number increase 1209, val
ue, $151,120.
Sheep, number increase 16,942, val
ue, $77,125.
There has been a decrease) in num
ber of cattle of 4,349, and In1 number
of swine, 1878, but owing to higher
prices there is a slight Increase In
valuation of both.
The .total" valuation of Union coun
ty, wi th twice, the populationi of Wal
lowa, Is $13,709,145, or only three
and a quarter milliona more than
thd& county.
' Noticei To Settle.
All accounts due the Enterprise
Ment company net paid before Decem
ber 15, will be placed to) ithej hands
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TESTS SHOW COYOTES
HAVE GERMS OF
Joseph City Wins
Waterworks Suit
Supreme, Court Decide Against
Private Company Longfellow
W-ins Sheep Case.
Subscribe for the' News-Record.
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30 cent Coffee for $1.00 cash
s WE GAVE AWAY $10 IN GOLD
LAST SATURDAY NIGHT
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E3 I Ellis received $5.00 in gold, premium on an article that cost him $2.00.
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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.
g $10 In gold given away Saturday night Dec. 10
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THF. QUALITY STORE Always Up-to-Date NEVER A MINUTE BEHIND
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Decisions in two cases appealed
from ithla) coumty were; hoinidodl dow'n
by the Supreme count December 6,
and AjtUxmey D. W. Shoahian, who
wfti both, is pardouiably eloiteA, '
In am opinion wrJibten by Justice
Er-kin; ithie judigmenit of ithie circuit
court elvtag the Joseph waterworks
compajw thie ulchit to ieiobemd dub
nwilins, was reversed and a perpetual
Injuaiiotion entered) ton ithe ce&q re
straining the diefonxiiaint company
from diliaaimie no Joaeuh'a ettleeta
or extending its nrainis without Pef
missiiioffi from the coumciH.
In effect ithie diealaion tmoltea Ithe
company hoe no franichlBe amd la oc
cupying ithie etreats at tihta Sufferance
of the councM.
The Jong-draw out, ullt oil Long
fellow va. Hoffmaa is agiailol docWIed
bv Uie Suorem court In tovor of
Mr Longfellow. This was a ullt on
n. Khonn conitnaot ithiait haa boon in
th circuit court Bimce, 1905.
D. V. Sheahain waa the wHnnnoig
atitonniey in both rtuaes, wWle T. H
Crawford represented one otner ue
in ibotbl suits.
SPECIAL SCHOOL TAX.
At he , epeolal school meeting
hnll th. aeLemnoan. a'J'A mill tax
was voted.
162 00
222 81
RABIES.
Portland, Deo. 8 Germs of wablee
have bean, found) by Professor Peraot,
state baoterfologtot, to heada of aheep
and a pig bittern toy) a coyote In Wal
lowa county. The same coyote bit
John Bosliey, a boy, who la ibetag
given Pasteur itreatmemt by Dr.
White and Professor Permot, An ord
er that any tendency) to hydrophobia
may' be checked.
Pirofiessor Pemot'e diiacoveries1 give
foundoitlon to itihe numerous oneports
that iralxtee or hydirophobla, is epidem
ic among coyote Ha: Baatenm Oregon,
Wiith. Negnl ibodies, genua oC hyioro-
phobla, Professor Pennot yeateroay
Injected rabbitfl. One of. the rab
bits was dead thila momlng.The otlu
er will be expected to develop rab-
Ias tin iihont two weeks, and tt lit
does, wilt ibe taken as conclusive
oroof bv Profesisor Pennot ithait "mad
coyotes" of EJaatena Oregoa ore real
lv ftfirikited wit.h rablea. The heads
of bitten am itn ols were brought, to
Portland by the state veterinarian
Dr. W. H. Lyitla.
Professor Pernot 1b anxious that
the resu'lla of teats wWidh. tie made
upon the heads of .bitten animals
shall not be cause of general alarm
uiutill the results of the injections
In the rabbits ate obtained.
The paremU of the Bosley boy
have come to Porrtjlaaid,, to Ibe jWlth
him uretU it da proven w'hether or
not he will develop cables from the
coyote's bite. Hla face la badly
scarred whore the coyote bit hiton.
Get Your Wsihlng Doni Fra.
Tlie Wonde Washen man, 8ieg
rnuiid, is in town and will no 7OUT
washing free to demonstrate the
machine. Leave word at Riley & Rl-
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Recorder and City
Treasurer Reports
Former Makes Quarterly and Latter
8emi-Annual Accounting To
Council.
Following are the ireports by Wty
Uecorder Charles Thomas and Olty
Treasurer W. P. Savage, made o
the cflty council! at to meetkngi Decem
ber 5:.
Recorder's Report
Bntenprlce, Oregon, Dec. 1,1910.
The underoignsd begs leave to
make the following report for th
quarter ending December 1, 1910.
Col looted from water rent,. .$738 99
Average colleotilons for water
rente per monh 240 33
Collecitions for pipe sold to
Joseth Wmr Co. 73 60
Collections for fine, license,
etc.. for general fund 226 00
' Report for November, 1910,
Col lections, for water roota,... .1198 49
For fLnea and license 20 00
Respectfully! mit-wMted,
CH Alt LBS TIIOMAS,
CWy Reconler,
Treasurer's Report
Enterprise, Oregon, Dec. 6, 1910.
To the Honorable Mcyor and Ciy
J, H. Gross of Swamp Creek, P
hau. hia neiv fijroom bunealow real
dance under roof. Another
provement .receniUy noadte by
Gross da a winidl mill.
lm'
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To Build Church
Soon At Paradise
The mayor and the councili aire in
a deadlock over the amount of the
'tax levy. Ait the meeting Thursday
night, ' straw ballot was. first ihaken
by the four council mem present, to '
give the Idea of each as to the size
of the levy. Thla iresulted to 6, 6V4,
7 and 8 mills. ,
After some discussion;, fail which
Mayor Burleigh contended that 5
mlUB would' raise sufficient money,
owing to the large Increase fa, amoun t
of taxable property, the counictilmen
finally com prom toed on 7 ni'iiUs and
the ordinianice was so passed, Coun-
cilmen Funk, Hocketit and Kieltmer
voting yes, Ashley no.
This ordinance ,waa vetoed Friday
by tme, mayor, the following ledter ac
companding thiej veto:
December 9, 1910.
To the Common Council of the city
of Bnterprtse, Oregon:
Gentleman : I herewith return to
you jWiith my veto Ordinance; passed
December SKhv 1910, making aa an
nual levy of seveni mills upon each
dollar of 'taxable property within the
corporate Idxnila of the city of En
terprise for the year 1911.
I veto this ordinance for the fol
lowing (reasons, to-wit;
The assessed valuation of the prop
erty within the corporate limits as
shown, by the certificate of the
County Clerk lis $808,145. The rate
of seven mills as levied will produce
a 'revenue of $5657j01, which. 1$1600
more than. 1b necessary, to meat the
proper expenses of the Olty for the
dmsutag fifteen, months. A levy of"
five mills wlia produce $4040.72,
which with the road fund to be! re
ceived' from Wallowa county win
be amply suffifciaiit o defray the ex
penses of the city and pay all war
rants In cash, for the next fifteen
months.
I do not conolder miecessary to
levy a Greater amount of wixies
then wLU defray ithe proper expenses
of the city when economncaay au-
mlniatered. 1 aittach hereto an esti
mate of the expenses of the city
for the next fifteen mouiHhs which
I consider fair, and fully covering the
probable expenses. Unless you can
show me wherein this estimate is
erroneous 1 cannot give my consent
to a higher levy) thani five imiHs.
Respectfully submitted',
J. A. BURLEIGH, Mayor.
The mayor's, estimate gives the
amount necessary to cover exponaos
for the ensuing fifteen, monitha as
$5294.25. income Urora various
sources and cosh on hand $1809-50,
leavkug to be rails' ed by taxation,
$3484.76-
The, coundilmen. conitonidl the mayor
Is too low lm hite estimate; omd that
he loaves out many items and makos
no allowances, for contlhgeniolos. The
matter will be threshed out, at am ad
journed session, this, Saturday
night.
The only other business, tircmoaouxi
Thursday night was the passage ot
an ordinance prohibiting the1 placing
of barb wire on fences adjoining
street.
w c. atralev Donates Land For
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Site Horse Goes Over
Cape Horn.
Paradise, Dec. 6 Snowing today.
A cood snow win Help travel, une
roads being in. bad condiitlan.
J. S. KeiwtUla and wife were doing
business .with the iocai notary yes
terday.
There wtH ibe a church built here
In the near future. W. C. teley
hr- donated the site.
Beli fihelton- and famOy were up
from the Grand Ronde rtver Isot
wc'k.
A stranger passing through lost
valuable borne, which went over Cape
Horn, a hWh otace on the Grand
Rondo river on. the road botw
Anatane and Parariiae.
Roy Rails and Ray Renfrow went
to Wallowa for freigh, for the mor-chents.
LODGE ELECTIONS.
Wallowa Valley chapter, O. E.
Matron, Mrs. Elva L. mcu;
ran C. T. noc.; ""w
ron, Mrs. J. O. ConW; Secy., Mrs.
Mary Steel; Treas, W. T. Bw con
ductress, Mrs. O. T. Hockow.; -
ate conduotiress, Mrs. W. O. lioai
rrmm. Ehiberprlse lodge. L O. O. F.: Noble
Grand, W, B. Taggart; vice grand, 8. K
Clark; aording Secy., Max 0uo
merman: flnamcial Secy., V. I. Cronin;
Treao, O. E. Crow.
Enterprise lodoo, K. of P.: 6. F.
Pace, C. C; W. B. Taggart. V. C.:
O. T. Hockett, prelate; George Law,
M. of W.; O. W. Franklin, K. of R.
and S.; 0. M. Gaily, M. of F.; Frod
ZumwaK, M. at A.; Owen Stubble
field, I. Q.; A. M. Pcco, O. G.: B.
Mayfield and Ben Wectnors, trustees.
Take your eggs to Davis & Ward
and get cash, 43btt
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Council of the City of Enterprise.