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THE NEWS RECORD
(Twlce-a-Week.)
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER.
Formerly the Wallowa News, stab
lUhed March 3. 1899.
Published Wednesdays and Satur
days at Enterprise. Oregon, by
THE ENTERPRISE PRESS
Office East side Court House Square
Entered as second-class matter
January 2. 1909, at the postofflce at
Enterprise. Oregon, under the A.ct of
March 3, 1879.
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1911.
REFORM OF COURTS.
Nine-tenths of the palaver about
reform of courts ds-twaddle, and Is
inade by tiiose Interested In no re
ortn. The usual remedy proposed
i more judges, more courts, more
.;ost, more excuses for appeal, more
("elay, more buncomb.
All men know that compared to
England and English colonies the ad
nJn-Istrauion of law in, the United
States la a farco and a crime. The
hardest "tilling frrr an American to
bear when traveling In English lands,
a tie sneers at the miserable fail
ure made of law administration In
Uncle Sam's domains. It la hard
to bear because we know It is true.
Even the Canucks look upon our
courts as being on a par, or oven
lower than lliose of Mexico or
South America.
Why make more judges and courts?
There are so many now that lawyer
eglslators are kept busy finding
vork for them to do, by devising
oew excuses for appeal, dolays, more
ouhnlcal procedure, etc.
One of the common remarks of
lon heard during trials lit, circuit
courts Is, "It doesn't matter which
way It goes here; It will o up to
?ha supreme court anyway." The
a;ise of such remarks la a crime
isahat taxpayers. If the case Is "go
Iii'g up anyway," why not start It at
the top and be done with It im one
trial?
If tnie reform of Jaw admlnlstra
tion Is desired, copy a little after
that country that all admit has the
best. In England there is no pamp
ered supreme court, sitting in lux
urious chamber and working, may
iaps hard, for nine months in. the
year, over tih difference between
cwiddledum and twiddledse. No
dree! Joliniiy Bull wouldn't stand
i minute for such dum foolishness,
lor any other people except the most
)atlont and good-natured' on earth,
.he Americana.
In England, cases of minor moment
ire disposed of iby local magistrates.
Vnd FINALLY disposed of, mind
,ou. There is no appeal or review
jxcept because . of new evidence or
lomelhlng equally vital.
Judges; corresponding to our "su
ireme" judges, hustle over England,
10 or 11 months of the year, going
o every court town, hearing and) de
Ming on the spot the cases of larg
ir (importance. And again there to
to appeal or revle,w except for grav
est of reasons, such as new evidence.
There are no lawyer delays, for the
nere purpose of delay. The case Is
caMod and both sides must be ready
or take the consequences. The issue
!s joined In the simplest, most speedy
manner. Pleadings are made to ar
rive at an, issue; .not to avoid an Is
sue as In this country. Because; a
Juror Is intelligent, reads the papers,
has heard all about the case, is no
disqualification! In England. If he is
unprejudiced, unrelated, andi not in
terested 4n the case or the parties,
he must be accepted by both sides.
The trial proceeds on rules of com
mon sense as well as common law,
and a verdict rendered that must be
accepted as FINAL, for he English
courts know and act on the great
truth Justice delayed is the great
est injustice.
True court reform in Oregon would
abolish our circuit courts. A coun
ty Judge in, each county, paid1 a sal
ary of at least $3500 a year tai the
smallest counties, would have final
I jurisdiction In all criminal actions
O. M. HEACOCK
the
Exclusive Sight Specialist
of La Grande
.7-
I devote my entire time and attention to one
thing-OPTICS.
Some people declare that they would not be
blind for all of John D. Rockefeller's money.
Yet when they need glasses, they go where
they can pick them up from some tray for a
few cents, or else trust therr eyesight to some
one making the fitting of glasses a sideline.
I have trained ability, equipment and facilities.
I am registered by the Oregon State Board of
Optometry, by examination.
Will Be in Enterprise Soon
I have the only lens grinding machinery in
Eastern Oregon, and conduct a permanent
optical office in La Grande, next door to the
post office.
All leading physicians of La Grande recom
mend my optical work.
I do not travel, but am going to make this one
trip, at the request of several persons who
live in Enterprise. v
See me while I am here and save an expensive trip
to La Grande. All worH guaranteed,' the same as
If you were fitted at my office In La Grande.
below a felony, and In all civil suits
bulow 500 In controversy.
One or more supreme judges
should visit every county -seat at
least 4,wlce a year regularly, and of
tener for special cases of Importance
and requiring speedy trials, and tlhere
hear and FINALLY determine ALL
cases beyond the FINAL Jurisdiction
it county judges. Copy andi improve
on English, procedure for doling away
with delays. AboMsh all appeals or
reviews except for gravest of reas
ons, such as new evidence that could
not be produced at the first trial.
Audi when, reviews are allowed the
reviewing court to be all the su
preme judges assembled from their
Mrcults for that purpose. Give
those supreme judges salaries large
enough to get the best $10,000 a
year or more and them require tliem
to earn their pay. Two weeks va
cation is 14 days more than most
people get who work harder than
Judges, and It Is all that should be
illowed Judges.
Abolish the present office of
ounty Judge, the new county court
taklnig over all the Judicial functions
Df the present county Judge: boards
of commissioners of three members
in small counties, five in large to
'.ransact the administrative and ex
ecutive business of the counties.
The foregoing is given for what It
Is worth. We know beforehand
It .will be hooted at by the lawyers
who caving had exclusive; power of
making and Interpreting laws Ini this
country for en hundred years, think
heir privilege 1 of divine origin.
3ut all people except lawyers, hut
including President Taft, are now
lgreed they have made a bad mess
jf tie Job almost the worst Im the
world. Laymen could' do no worse.
Anyway, let's have some reform' for
wards, not backwards toward' the
lay of the Infamous Coke and the
Star Chamber.
Railroads have made low colonists
rates again $25 from Missouri river
points to any station In Wallowa coun- !g
ty. They begin March 10, five days
earlier than last year, and are on
continuous sale until April 10, and
on every Monday and Tuesday there
after ail spring andi summer long.
Wallowa county has much to offer
Easterners of some means who want
o better their fortunes. In fact, no
section- of the Northwest presents
io many opportunities to a man who
has $1000 or upwards to become In
dependent in a few years. Let
us do something to spread the news
of It.
SUGAR COMPANY'8 OFFER.
Jhe proposition made, by, Mr. Bram
well for 4iie sugar company to; ad
vance money to proved saber and in
dustrious men to buy Irrigated tracts
is not only of great importance to
Juch men, but of great importance
o this city and the entire valley.
There Is no doubt Wallowa valley
Is boo rich In- soil and water Is too
abundant to be used only for grain
raising. More intensive forms of ag
riculture end dairying are die natur
al uses to which the land In. tMs
valley should be, put, because more
profitable.
When, the land in this valley, from
upper Prairie Creek to Lower Valley,
is put to Its highest andi most profit
able use, ten. families will make their
living off It .where one family does
JO now.
Whether sugar beet culture is one
of the highest and heat uses for the
land is a question tiiat should be
carefully and thoroughly investigat
ed. Experience so far has been, favor
able, or else the. sugar company
would not be willing to make the
Investments it proposes, and farm
era who have leased land for sugar
beet culture would not be willing to
renew leases.
This proposition, if fully carried
out .would mean several times as
many people living near each town
In the valley and is therefore of
gnat Importance to the towns.
regard to the state normal at Monmouth.
I Selected Wheat
Modern Machinery
i Years of Experience
Mahe CHIEF JOSEPH FLOUR the best for you
The Joseph Milling Company
Ask your dealer for it. He can get it for you.
With a flouring mill, saw mill,
hree big general stores, hotel and
ilvery stable already on the ground
ar assured in early spring, and the
other businesses ami! trades that .will
naturally follow tVa summer, it
looks as If Troy ould be -the North
2nd metropolis evem before the rail
road comes. The foresight of thie
ounty court In putting the bridge
icross the Grande Ronde river ii al
ready justllled.
LA GRIPPE COUGHS
Strain and weaken, the system"
:id if not checked. may develop- in-
lo 1 ueumomla. No danger of this
,vaen Foley Honey and Tar is taken
promptly, it is a reliable family
medicine for all coughs and colds,
and acts quickly and effectively in
case of croup. Refuse substitutes.
Ilui'augli & Mayfieid.
Polk county will have the larg
est English walnut orchard in Ore
gon. Recent purchasers of the
Hart ranch near Fallsi City will plant
6,000 walnut trees.
PNEUMONIA FOLLOWS A COLD
But never follows the use of Fo
ley's Honey and Tar, which checks
the cough and expels th cold. M.
Stockwell, Hannibal, Mo., says, "It
beats all the remedies! I ever used. 1
contracted, a bad cold- and cough and
was threatened with pneumonia. One
bottle of Foley's Honey and Tar
completely cured me." No opiates,
Just a reliable household medicine.
Buirnau'gh & May field.
C. H. ZURCHER ' ' RAY E. VEST
ZURCHER 8r VEST
tioE Sal
In order to clean up our stock and get ready for Spring
goods we are offering several lines of merchandise at
20 per cent off
$ 7.50 all wool Blankets, now - $ 6.00
$ 6.50 all wool Blankets, now ' - $ 5.20
$22.50 Overcoats or Suits, now - - - $18.00
$20.00 Overcoats or Suits, now - $16.00
$17.50 Overcoats or Suits, now - - .$14.00
$12.50 Sheep Skin Lined Overcoats - - $10.00
You Can Save Money by Buying Now
Zurcher l Vest
MEN'S FURNISHERS
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COUNTY HIGH 8CH00L,
The county high school la having a
.very prosperous year. The enroll
ment is pushing the ninety mark, ov
er one-half of whom are from out
side the Enterprise dlstriot Every
part of the county k represented.
The scholarship Is excellent and
splendid progress Is being made
along all lines.
We believe the next step the coun
ty school board ought to take, should
be to equalise the expense of attend
ance between' students in this dis
trict, ,who can live at home, and
tiiose from outs We districts who are
compelled to board. A dormitory
with kitchen and dining hall, where
a boarding club could be run with
small expense, would do that, the
outside students getting free use of I
building and utenaUs, but sharing '
pro rata the cost of food and Its '
preparation. j
. This, to similar to t!he proposal
made by a bra In the legislature la
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