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About The news=record. (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1907-1910 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 17, 1910)
?fp -a Plum Pudding and Loads of Toys Are Just Fine for Xmas But No Finer or More Appropriate than the Great Display of Beautiful and Useful Gifts at Burnaugh & Mayfield's. Just a few of the Thousand and One Articles from Which to Choose Bon-Bons illustrated Books Toilet Sets 1 I Columbia Graphophones and Indestructible Records 8 n - Delicious Candies in pretty gift boxes Post Cards make pretty and inexpensive rem embrances Post Card JMbums for Children of all Ages All the Classics Anderson's and Grimm's Fairy Tales Gullivar's Travels, Robinson Crusoe, Alice in Wonderland Cox's Brownies, etc. Animal Books 'Something to Find" Painting Books Gifts for Men in Great Abundance Never did we show pret tier ones. New styles. Mirrors, Perfumes, Hand Bags, Pocket books, Pic- -tures, Stationery, Work stand, and many other appropriate gifts for ladies Seethe Beautiful Gifts in Hammered Brass Smokers' Sets, boxes ot Cigars, the kind HE smokes, Pipes in 1 pretty cases, Shaving Sets something new in design made for use, but very handsome. Standard makes of Razors, Safety Razors, Cutlery of all kinds, Fountain Pens, Books all the Standard Authors and Best Sellers, Souvenir Shells. We can't name one-tenth of the beautiful, useful and appropriate gifts for Ladies, Men and Children, but you can see them all without charge. A hearty welcome and courteous treatment await you at the old, reliable drug store of oh Bayfield, Enterprise LOOK HERE Mixed Candy 10 cents a pound Nuts, Toys of all kinds We have presents for everybody and ai-e prepared to please the little folks as well as the children of older growth GET OUR PRICES We will treat you right PRENTISS HOMAN Next Door to Bank THH NEWS RECORD (Twlce--Week.) AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER. Formerly the Wallowa News, estab- Untied March 3. 181)9. Published Wednesdays and Satur days at Enterprise, Oregon, by THE ENTERPRISE PRESS Office Kant side Court House Square Entered as second-class matter January 2, 1909, at the postofflce t Enterprise, Oregon, under the Act of March 3. 1S79. Subscription Rates : One year $2, ix months $1, three mouths 50c, i one month 20u. On yearly cah-In- advance subscriptions a discount of l&c is given. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 191& PLENTY OF CURRENT. We gladly glvo space to Mwnmiger Forsytho'a long dtifonfie, for this question of day current for lighting and power purposes to' mot, a per sonal one as hie sesks- to make it, but a question that concerns the very life and upbuilding of this city. As he flays tfiie Jo3ph convpamy proposition need not longer .be dis cussed, it is ancient history, and it matters not whether to proposal was exorbitant as Mr. Foreythe told the writer 10 days ago, or that it was not, us. he now says. ' The moat of the whol thing Is In Mr. Forsythe's statement that the local company lias no meed to buy, current. This we toko it, itapHe It has plenty for lighting, power, day current or any other ireason- ttble demand. There ore oilier points, that wMl be hotter discussed whom the data that la being gathered 1b at hanid. 1 California is the place to visit Orange proves in full bloom, tropical flowers, famous hotels, his toric Old Missions, attractive watering places, delightful climate, making that favored section the Nation's most popular retreat. You can see it at its best via the Shasta Route and "The Road of a Thousand Wonders" Southern Pacific Company Up to date trains, first-class in every respect, unexcelled dining car service, quick time and direct connections to all points south SPECIAL ROUND TRIP FARE OF $55.00 Portland to Los Angeles and Return With corresponding low fares from all other sections of the Northwest. Liberal stop overs in each direction and long limit In teresting and attractive literature on the various resorts and attractions of California can be had on application to any S. P. or O. R. & N. Agent or from WM. McMURRAY General Passenger Agent Portland, Oregon MANAGER FORSYTHE SAYS HAS PLENTY OF CURRENT. on Day Makes Tentative, Proposal Current Question. Editor News-Record: The various eruptions of information, and misin formation appearing tav late las of your paper oai the. oubjoot of. current, etc, for Enterprise, P me to much the same frame, or nwuw taunt I presume existed1 im tto mm.4 of of the good old Baptist Elder when at the morn log service fer reading a part of St. Paul's 1st Letter to the Carln'thiams, raiher startled uie worshippers by closing he Book, taking a survey of the congregation over his laaees and aid, "Now, brethren, you have heann what Paul has to say about that; now listen whaio I take a rough shot at, it." BrotherGallowny has acton fit to air his peculiar views' om thuj eleotrkJ situation; honoe I ak permission to "Uke a rough shot" at the proposi tion, hoping that I may be able to shed a few rays of light on scwero! questions that seem to be entangled im the cobwebs of h& undoratandiSng. Firstly, the offer of the Joseph Electric Co., to sell us .their surplus current was not "exorbitant" but at a price that I think was as low a they would be Jua'Afted ki asking; uonce they need not be brought iu to this discussion, but after consid ering all. the circumstances, we deemed it Impractical from the standpoint of either cost, utility or need. Let me say here for informa tion of all concerned, that supplying two towns from same source, one of which is at generating station and tine distributing points of tho other town from 6 to U miles, dit'itaci't, is not the simple problem Jit might appear: to be at first glance. To give all potato satisfactory ser vice would require an, investment in apparatus out of all .proportion to benefits' derived from the arrange ment; and furthermore, we have not nor do we now need to ibuyt cmwt Now as to the proposition of day current. You say that "Enterprise Is probably the only towra of its rank and Importance dm the North west, where there is no day lighting and power service." Well wouldn't such a statement disturb the bats to your belfry f I wiM say and refer you .to Al authoritj' itihat there ta not a town tan th entire United States of 'like "rank and Importance" or population, that has day service except such as are elbuated within zones covered by large companies. Tou understand my assertion, la hat no town to United States of "Hke rank and importance" or population Is supplied, regular day service by local company catering to said town alone. If I am wrong in hls, please name the town end I wlU promptly take water. My authority far this is McGraw's Electrical W reotory, also a write-up la the Electrical Record about one year ago of what purported to be the minute history of smallest town in U. 6. holding this distinction and this ac count was referred to and comment ed on by all the trade Journals and surprise expressed at -the show-big made. This was a town in natural gro field of Ohio of 1500 inhabitants and was .buint up of emaU factories. This plant uppi!d light and power for thae factories and the basis of their success was natural gas. As 1 rem ember, their output for lighting toad was something leas than 100 kflowwta, while their power iord was about 4'0 k w. For sake of comparison let us compare he de mands of this tow and Enterprise, and Just bear 4n mJmd while doing so that power load is very much more profitable and more sought after by all companies than lighting load. Enterprise at present at peak load demaiadis possibly a trifle more for lighting than the Ohio town, say fully 100 k w, but how about .the power demand for that "day cur roat." i feel safe far saying that from 10 to 15 k w is all 1m eight at present and the latter amount in more tfuau. could be counted on as a regular load. Say, Brother, how would the Income on that amount look oai the 1st. of eaoh month when the dynamo hostler showed up for nils seventy-five per, to say nothing of wear, tear and other incidembals. Further, I never made the state ment that 'the Enterprise Electric Co. would not furnish day service till it would pay a profit. The com pany lis just as anxious for the time to arrive when they can see actual cash cost to the poposdltin as any one else, and more so. 'I feel safi bn sayiiinig that the company would even be willing to stand a loss for a time if they thought dt ,wOuld be the meanB of building up the busi ness, i Now in dosing Just a word about that "cheap power all around us go tag to waste." That's the pant of your various eruptions that really interest me, you bet! That sounds good. As our illustrious Ex-President T. R. would say, "That's Bully." That's what I have sought for sever al weary years "and mourned because I found it not." Say, Brother, jns take a sneak with me some fine moraling and point out that "cheap power" and im consideration' of same, I hereby agree and covenant .to jtake you to, on. th ground floor, also to furnish you all needful power to set up and priiit such and various com munications as this, free of all charge eiithier day or night, even, if compel led to turn 'the machinery by hand; and 1 feel sure of having to do the hand-tuna act, if depending oa that "cheap power." If my memory serves me right, this is. my first offence as a writer for publication, and. I hereby agree not to offend again; anyway not till we get that "cheap power'1 going, except always, that the provocation be very great. E. J. FORSYTHE, Manager, Enterprise Electric Co. NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS. Notice is hereby given that the an- , nuol meeting of the stockholders of terpriise, Oregon,, will be hold at the office of their banking house, in En terprise, Oregon, on- Tuesday the 10th day of January, 1911, between, the hours of 10 a. m. and 4 p. m. for the election of directors for the en suing year, and1 for this transaction of such other business as may legal ly come before said meeting. Doted at Enterprise, Oregon, De cember Sth, 1910. 6384 W. R. HOLMES, Oaohier. W. B. APPLEQATE. Notary Public . Collections made. Real Estate bought and sold and all business matters attended to. Call on or writ me. PARADISE, OREGON. To the Citizens of Wallowa County- It is our purpose to handle any business entrusted to us in such a fair and liberal manner as to maKe the customer's rela tion with this banK satisfactory and profitable. II Aside from our excellent facilities, this bank has the advantage of a large capital and substantial list ot stockholders. It is also a State Deposi tory. If you are not a customer we invite you to become one.- Stockgrowers and Farmers National Bank Wallowa, Oregon
