MB NEWS RECORD
(Twteo-a-Week.)
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER.
Formerly the Wallowa Newa, aatab-
unueri March 3. 1899.
Published Wednesday and Satur
days at Enterprise, Oregon, by
THE ENTERPRISE PRE8S
Office East side Court House Square
"Entered as eeeond-class matter
January 2, 1909, at the postofflce at
Enterprise. Oregon, under the Act of
March 3. 1679.
Subscription Ratea: One year U,
six montha $1, three moutha 60c,
one month 20c. On yearly caa-ln
advance subscriptlocs a discount of
JSc Is given.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1911.
BETTER ROADS NEEDED.
There has been some criticism by
a member of the county court of the
editorial In .this paper last week de
ploring that a larger levy was not
made for road purposes. He claims
it was misleading because, while the
two levies were correctly stated, the
amounts they would raise- was not
given.
This paper haa given right along
the figures on the assessment, first
the assessor's estimate, then the
totals as equalized by the county
board, and finally on the first page
of the very paper In which the edit
orial appeared was the total lxiclad
lu the additions made by tho state
tax commission, a grand total of. eus
. sensed value or f 11,855,540.
This paper published on. Doc. 3,
1909, the total aisessod . valuation
for that year. The full summary
was republished on Dec. 10, 1910,
ftnd it was referred .to over and ov
er again by this paper during the
past six weeks. Our readors were
fully Informed on the tax roll totals
for both years. The 'large increase
tub year had been clearly pointed
out.
The levy for 1910 on the 1909 roll
was stated to have been l'2 mills.
That was correct. The levy for 1911
on the 1910 roll was stated ta be 1
mill. That la correct according to
the official records. What was mis
lead tag about the article? .
To make absolutely sure that no
one should be in bled., the matter Is
hero referred to audi the figures
grouped: In 1910, the. levy was IVi
mills on 18,676,770 valuation, which
would or should bring $13,016.15. In
1911, .the levy la 1 mill on $11,855,-
510 valuation, or $11,855.54 for the
road fund, an amount $1,160.61 less
than the previous year.
The member of the court eays
however, that some of the general
fund will be used for road purpos
es. That Is good. We hope there
it - n ' '.y rhousands of dollars in
t u ! ,1 'hat can be used on tho
1 iIj. It la needed.
Uii edit irHi In question, did1 not
c. .. isiirii the court for Its action, but
o ;y expressed a sense of regret
tut the road levy was cut down.
V13 spirit of economy . Is nearly al
1 ya to commended. It la far
1 ter for public officials to err on
tii side of economy than on the
si.le of waste. The mombers of tho
i jtvi nro all men of good judgment
s 1 we have no doubt of their sin
c 'Ity or singleness of purpose.
3 iy k:iow there have been extraor-
c'.'iury expedites during the past two
jeara, and taxes have been high
The desire to cut, thorn down to the
lowest possible notch Is natural, and
the court will have the hearty support
of the taxpayers In that desire.
However In the matter of roads
there Is no doubt a larger sum Is
The White
II you want a high trade . ewtng
macUaa wMch li a
WORLD'S STANDARD
OF EXCELLENCE
, BUY A WHITE
The machine U unaurpaaaad tor
almpltclty, durability and the ahar
aeter of tha work U will do. It
made In two atl, Vfcr
fffauttle and tha Infrared Botaff
EaoHla. The laMaar naahlma aawa
either a lock or a ofaaln aettoh.
Thar are a auaabar atrtaa to
abeee aran aad . work ia
the kaadaaaiaat
Fred S. Ashley
kaaalM tta YVTUTH Mi.CJS.lNK to
Wallowa county.
accessary than has been the rule
for the last three years. The coun
ty has grown in population and
products. There is more travel and
heavy teaming on all roads except
the old Btage road from Josepn. to
Elgin.. It Is also true the work on
any roads has not' been enough to
keep them up to what they were
hree years ago. There are main
raveled roads out of Enterprise that
are In worse condition than they
were three years ago. This Is no
loubt ' true of other districts.
If the sums appropriated hereto
fore are not enough to keep the roads
jp to the old standard, will it not
-eke larger sums t make the roads
better?
County Commissioner L. Couch, in
1 speech to the Farmer: Union three
tveeks ago, as reported in the Wal-
owa Sun, came out squarely for
jood roads, and even advocated the
mmediate beginning of permanent
oads. That is a policy favored by
-his paper and a very large number
it people, and we hoped, indeed
,ve understood from talks with the
jiembers off and on during the last
wo years, it was the opinion of 'he
:ourt.
There is no use mincing wordj.
loads In this county are in poor con
Ution. To make them so that
armers can haul paying loads. In
laying time to market, enough money
mist be spent to make them beWer.
t la not enough they be kept up as
;ood as they are, now; better roads
ire Imperatively needed.
HUSTLE AND BOOST.
Never ,was there a better outlook
a Wallowa county. There has been
10 boom, no Inflation of values, yet
;rlces of land have steadily advanced,
aid those prices are based! on. the
iarning capacity of the land in a
county where money Is worth 10 per
cent.
Wonderful and varied are the re
sources of this big county. The Ir
rigated valleys are an old story yet
sver new becau.se of the changes go
ng on in production and management.
V few years ago and land under
litch sold for $50, $10 and even less
er acre. Wheat, barley and hay
,vere the principal crops. The cereals
ire rapidly becoming secondary on
irrigated land, hay, both timothy and
ilfalfa, la being raised more and
nore; root crops are being cultivated
ivith great success, and bands of
lalry cattle and bunches of hogs
ire appearing on every farm. Re
mit: That land now sella readily at
rom $75 to $100 an acre, and pays
'rom 10 to 20 per cent on that.
Men who are conversant with the
conditions here and elsewhere say
he cheapest irrigated land in. aj well
lettled community of the northwest
s still in Wallowa county.
During the past year, one of un
isual drouth, well farmed dry land
,n the hills produced big crops, of
aereals. Poorly farmed land produc
ed poor crops. Result: The pro-
luctlveneHs of the hill land proved
beyond all reasonable doubt under the
worst of conditions. Land that sold
h ree years ago at $8 and1 $10 an aeix
cannot bo bought today for twice that.
The winter so far has bean Ideal
'or the stockmen. The winter rang
es are fine never better while the
'eeding conditions ia the valley; have
worn excellent. Stockmen have Ju
iced a bright outlook, both as to
local conditions and market.
There Is more than a possible
uhance of the railroad being extend
ed fronn Uondowa to Lewlslon. When
It la so extended, a, wonderful stretch
of fruit benches will be brought on
le market and all the rich North
Country will stir with new life.
A start has been made mu tho vast
Imber resources of the comity. This
coming year will witness even
greater devclopmci.U along that line.
A. logging road north from Enter
prise would accomplish ponders
In this respect.
Then there are the latent resourc-
q of the mines. Our mountains are
full of mineral and it 1 only a ques
tion of time and money when that
irlneral will be mined In, great quan
tities, enriching everyone, the mine
owner, the miner and the man who
It's a sure thing
THAT NOWHERE
IN 191)
Will You Get
Better Cigars
Pipes and Tobaccos
Better Candy
or half a3 good
Hot Battered Popcorn
and Hot Peanuts
Than at
PRENTISS HOMAN
Next Door to Bank
produces what the former must have.
It does not require an optimist to
enthuse over the 1911 prospects for
V. allowa county. Get In line and
deserve your share of the good things,
by hustling and boosting day by day.
DUTY OF THE DAY.
There are two kinds of "hard
times." The Teal, genuine kind, caus
ed by poor crops or prices for pro
ducts, below cost of production. The
other Is a false "hard times.'' and la
really more of a mental' thanj a money
jtringency. It 1 caused In the be
ginning, principally, by foolish talk
by those who ought to know better,
and kept up by talk and actions, prin
cipally, by those who don't know any
better, or if they do they talk from
interested, motives
There was no crop failure in Wal-
.wa county last season graln hay,
iambs, pigs, calve3, all were produced
In good quantity, some more, some
es3, but on the whole a good crop.
Prices were good, not at. the top-
notch like the year before, but good
nevertheless.' When you can Belli hogs
it 8 cents, hay at; $10 and $12, wheat
it 80 cents, range cows, at $45, wool
it 1") and 16 cents, you are making a
profit. There Is no doubt of that.
That was. done In this county; on, an
iverage during 1910, therefore there
:a no cause for genuine hard times.
It I the fa'.se stringency that af
flicts Wallowa county Just, now. The
ftringency Is real enough, now that
ill the foolishness Is having Its. full
affect, but Its reason) is. false.
The foolish talk of the post, ls spilt
milk. No use worrying over that.
rhe tiling to do la to apill no more
milk.
Brace up and stop whLnlng. Put
svery dollar in. circulation that you
-ught to put there, either by, ipaylng
your debts or depositing your sur
plus in a bank, where It, will be, safe
yet active. This so-called "closeness"
is entirely local, and the cause of it
is local. It was- caused by foolish
:alk but It Is dangerous jus the
jame.
The whole thing can be over and
forgotten in six weeks if everyone
iellsi what he ought to sell, and pays
what he ought to, pay.
LYING ARTICLES ABOUT WAL
LOWA COUNTY. !
Wallowa county Is getting some
:nighty poor advertising these days
from the alleged mad coyote scare.
While coyotes In remote parte un
loubtedly have rabies or something
ikln to it, ample precautionary meas
ires have been taken and thei brutes
will bo got rid of, which will be aj
;ood thing all around.
The Portland papers, both Ore
;anian and Journal, are filled with
itartllng "stories," mostly lies,
ibout the "scare." The; Journal out
lld itself Sunday with a vicious, ly
ing article that had hardly a line of
truth In It. For example it said the
dieriff was sent out and! brought Luth
t Johnson to town In irons.
City papers get hard up for sen
sational articles but there Is no ex
!:us9 for such slanderous articles on
1 county In. their own state.
Last summer the Oregonian was
full of editorials and cartoons about
the d n fool people trying to make
iaws. Nqw it is caricaturing the
legislature. Wonder what kind of a
law-making body would suit that
lewspaper?
That Eaton whom Riink beat bo
handily for the speakership, l sure
he champion sorehead. He'll get a
whole lot of things, coming to him
in the next few weeks.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
Notice Is hereby given that the
undersigned S. O. Magee has been
Appointed administrator of the estate
.f Daisy A. Magee, deceased, by
he County Court of Wallowa coun
v, Oregon, and has qualified as such.
All parties holding claims against
!he said estate are hereby notified
to p'rsent the same with proper
voucheis and duly verified to the
undersigned administrator at the of
fice of J. A. Burleigh, Enterprise,
Oregon, within six months from the
late of this notice.
lated January 19, 1911.
8. O. MAGEE,
Administrator of the Estate of Daisy
A. Magee, deceased.
J. A. BURLEIGH,
22c5 Attorney for Administrator.
ESCAPED WITH HIS LIFE.
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iwful death," writes II. B. Martin.
Port Harreleon, S. C. "Doctora ftaid
I had consumption and the dreadful
rough I had looked like It, aure
enough. 1 tried everything I could
hear of for my cough, and was under
the treatment of the beat doc ton In
Georgetown, s. C, for a year, but
could gat no rallaf. A friend advised
me to try Dr. Klng'a New Dlscovwy.
I did bo, aud was completely cured.
I eel thai I owe my life to thlsi great
throat and lung cure." Its positively
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October 18, 1910, London English Championship won by E. A. Trefzger.
October 25, 1910. New YorK School Championship won by Miss Margaret
Owen, 83 words per minute, net.
October 25, 1910, New YorK Amateur Championship won by J. L. Hoyt, 94
words per minute, net.
October 26, 1910, New YorK Phonograph Transcribing Championship won
by M. Light.
October 27, 1910, New YorK One-Minute Championship, won by Miss Flor
ence E. Wilson, 124 words net.
October 27, 1910, New YorK World's Championship won by H. O. Blaisdell,
109 words per minute, net.
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A sale of Southern Oregon sugar
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INFORMATION CONCERNING 8TH
GRADE FINAL EXAMINATIONS.
S'ate of Oregon, Department of Pub
lic Instruction, Salem.
For Wallow County.
L DATES:
Throe examinations annua' 'y. Each
county superintendentl to aelect
months for fata county.
(a) January 19-20, 1911.
(b) May, U-H-Wlli
(c) June 8-9, 1911.
(d SapUmber 7-8, 1911.
2. PROGRAM:
(a) Touradaya physiology. Writ
ing, History and Civ 11 Govern.
rami.
(b) Fridays Grammar, Artthma
tic. Geography, and Spelling.
3. SOURCES OF QUESTIONS:
(a) Arithmetic practical Arlth-
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incorporated
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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 matte the customer's rela
tion with this bantt satisfactory and
profitable. U Aside irorn our excellent
facilities, this bank has the advantage of.
a large capital and substantial list of
stockholders. It is also a State Deposi
tory. If you are not a customer we
invite you to become one.
. Stockgrowers acd Farmers National Bank
Wallowa, Oregon
Long Distance Service
over the telephone makes neighbors of your
friends miles away. Bad roada are now in
order. Use the service of the
Home Independent Telephone Co.
Long Distance service to all point in Union
and Wallowa Counties.
metis Smith. j
(b CUia Govarnmoat United
States Constitution.
(c) Geography Stat Course of
Study; Red way Bind Hiniman'a Na
tural School Geography.
(d) History List of Topic from
History 0 tlin in Statxs Couro
of Study and Current Events.
te) G: n:u mar Buohlur'a Modern
EngJrsfa Cramraar, no diagram
ming, j
(f ) Physiology Graded Laesone in.
Physiology and Hygiene Krolin.
(g) Reading The teacher ndll
and to th Couaty Superlnten-J
ra
oaik
deatthe aippUcaiafa oleas standing
la reading, wbloh wlQ be taken
by such superintendent aa ithe. 03
pUcaot'a aumdfag oa the eubject.
(h) Spelling Reoda Word Loa
aona. (I) Writing Spool mono of penaDn
afalp aa (ndicaijod fai copied mat
ter and from majnuacrlpt tm Lan
guage. RcapaHfulry. submitted,
J. II. ACKERMAH.
Supt, Public matruotkn.
Tha first sramAnatioc for the year
will be held January) 19-20.
17C4 J. C. CONLBY, Supt.