Oregon Historical Socl&tj
TWICE -A-WEEK
WEDNESDA Y EDITION
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TWELFTH YEAR. NO. 101.
ENTERPRISE, WALLOWA COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1911.
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER.
RISE
NEWS-
PREMIUMS OFFERED
FOR BEET TONNAGE
FACTORY WILL GIVE $100 AT
COUNTY FAIR BOYS' VEGE
TABLE EXHIBITS.
The La Grande sugar factory will
offer very liberal prizes at. the coun
ty fair.- In addition to the $30 to
boys for square rod plots of sugar
beets, the factory will give $100 In
four prizes to the farmers growing
the largest tonnage to the acre on
tracts of five acres and' upwards.
The money is divided $50 to the
farmer growing the largest tonnage
to the acre, $25 to the next largest,
$15 to the third and $10 to the fourth.
Full particulars can be had of' A. C.
Miller, president of the fair, or F; S.
Bramwell, manager of the La Grande
factory. " ' ;.
Anothervery liberal prize, $50, will
be given at the fair to boys 14 years
of age or under who make the best
collective exhibit of vegetablesl grown
by themselves.
The money Is divided $25 to the
best, $15 to the second and $10 to
the third
There are no restrictions except as
to the age of the boys their residence
within the county and that the vege
tables be of theln own raising, proper
proof of which must be made. For
full particulars write to A. C. Miller,
Enterprise,
Circuit Court Suit.
April 10 E. T. Anderson vs Per-,
ry Blanchard,
April 10 C. R. Elliott vs Wallowa
county et al.
April 10 C. A, McClaran vsW. P.
Barrett; et al. . ,
April 12 Emma B. Cramer vs Dav
id H, Cramer.
April 12 Hauser & Eben vs H. D.
Aklns. ' : . '
April 12 Lydla I, Feaglns vs Wal
lowa County. ' '
April 12 Spauldlng Mfg. Co, vs
W. J. Gollnick and Geo. Goodwin.
April 12 James Bloodsworth vs L.
W. Minor.
April Z J. J. Chapman vs' L.
W.
Minor.
April 14-
-R. S. & Z vs W. T. Da-
vls . ,
April 15 S.; D. Keltner vs J.
Weaver.
April 15 Fred S. Ashley vs J.
Weaver. ' . :
April 18 Thos. Morgan . vs J.
and Anna B. Weaver. .
J.
Auto For Hire.
' New Ford machine. Good service
and rates reasonable. Phone F. I,
Vergere or call at the garage, 101b2
. Cent word single Insertion, IVi
cents a word 2 Insertions. Special
rates by month and year.
' T.08T.
Woolen Horse Blanket in south part
of Enterprise Saturday night. Reward
for return to this office. Jacob
Bauer. '98btf
TO RENT.
160 acre farm, 3 miles from town. In
Quire of A. F. Poley or H. T. Mitch
ell
MONEY TO LOAN
Slate Funds loaned, t per cent. John
P. Rusk. Atty. State Land E'd. Joseph
FOR SALE.
Guaranteed Clean, Selected, Tested
Swedish Regenerated Seed Oats for
sale, 2 cents a pound. Will grow.
Charles Down, Joseph. 100b2
Eggs, single comb Brown Leghorn
and Rhode Island Reds, pure bred
stock. $1.50 for 15. L. E. Jordan, En
terprise 98b4 '.
See O. W. Franklin lor fuU blood
Barred Plymouth Rock settings. 92tf
Work team, well broke, for sate at
low price for cash. On of the hors
es worth the price asked. Inquire
at this office. 92a
S. C. Rhode Island Red Eggs. $1 fo
16. C. J Sanford, Enterprise. 88b8
Matched teem of horses. Well broke
and true to pull. See Carl Roe or
W..L Calvin. Enterprise, Ore. 83btf
I will sell all or any of my town prop-
ty at reasonable prices. W. W.
Zaroher, Enterprise, Oregon. 40btf
8m. 36, 3 N 44640 A. 8 E .
1. W U NW14 sec 23,SW 8W
mc. 14. 1 S 46280 A.
4Mf . J. 8. Cook, Bum, Or
STORMY WEATHER DELAYS
FARM WORK AT, ZUMWALT.
Zumwalt, April 14 Weather very
stormy for the past few days and
grass growing slowly.
J. C, Zumwalt, who some time ago
accepted a position as head foreman
for Omar Stubblefield, has completed
a very successful lambing In the can:
yon and has moved his family) to 'Mr.
Stubblefield's place on top, where
he will take charge of the other band
of sheep that are to commence the
2Hh.
Clara Ford commenced sawing lum
ber yesterday and expects to saw a
large amount this coming summer.
Julian Scott, has rented the Stubble
field ranch on top and expects to
raise a large amount of hay this sum
mer. H, O. Zumwalt has commenced sow
ing his spring grain but owing to the
stormy weather is making very slow
progress. '
Mrs. Amy Stubblefield returned
home from Enterprise where she had
taken her son Warren to complete
his term at school. '
NEW SOCKS.
Least Rainfall At
O.A.C. In 20 Years
Precipitation Less Than One-Sixth of
Normal During the Month
of March.
Corvallis, 'April 18. The month
just past is one of the most remark
able on record during the last twen
ty years for the minimum amount of
rainfall and the number of warm,
clear, spring-like days and general
fair weather," says W. L. Powers, of
the Oregon Agricultural college agron
omy department, who is weather ob
server at the college. He gives the
following Interesting data for the
past month.
"The precipitation, which was .75
Inches, Is the 'west amount on rec
ord for the last fifteen years and
without doubt the lowest for the past
twenty years. The nearest approach
to this was last year, when the rain
fall for March was 1.21 Inches. The
normal precipitation here for March
is 4.62 inches, . making last month
3.87 inches below normal. In compar
ison with the minimum amount of
rainfall recorded for last month, It
might be interesting to know that
for March, 1903, It was 11.70 Inches,
which Is the maximum amount for
March on record.
'The deficiency for the rainfall
year, beginning September 1, was 4.(8
Inches at the close , of March. The
rainfall to date, April 11, is 2.34 in
ches, indicating that it will be above
normal for the month. Thel evapora
tion the past month greatly exceed
ed the precipitation, being nearly 3
Inches.
"There were 19 clear days; four
were part cloudy; and 8 were, cloudy.
This is th largest proportion of
clear weather on record,' and the
nearest approach to this was March,
1903, with 16 clear days; 6 part
cloudy; and 10 cloudy days.
"On March 31 the thermometer
reached 77 degrees, which has only
been equaled once, and that on March
9, 1905. The coldest day was March
1, 25 degrees, and the mean temper
ature for the month was 47 degrees,
which ,1s 2.2 degrees' above normal.
"The earliness of .spring, and the
long period of open weather during
March permitted a great deal of early
spring plowing and seeding to be done
much more than usual so that, not
withstanding the unusual turn of the
weather at this time, the crops, both
of spring and fall planting, should
be good. The danger of the variable
weather in the last few weeks, prob
ably, is to fruit crops, but as yet
they seem comparatively free from
Injury in this locality. The minimum
temperature was 29 degrees on April
2, and on April 6, 27.5 degrees."
Notice .of Eighth Grade, Examination
Notice ia hereby given that the reg
ilar Eighth Grade Examination will
be held in the seial school districts
May 1112, 1911. '
Teachers should report names of ap
plicants to this office at once.
State Superintendent L R. Alder
man has made a ruling that In dls
trlcta where school has closed the
examinations may be held without the
teacher being present.
Respectfully,
J. C. CONLBY,
SupL of Schools.
Enterprise, Oregon, April 4, 1911. 33c4
FOLK COMPLIMENTS STATE,
GOVERNOR WEST AND O.A.C.
Corvallis, April 12. Ex-Goverhor
Folk of Missouri, in addressing the
students of the Oregon Agricultural
college In convocation this noon, con
gratulated them upon the possession
of the finest armory In the United
States, and declared that the state
should be proud of the college, and
cherish It, supporting It liberally. He
wa Introduced by Governor Oswald
West of Oregon In a brief speech, in
which he said, In part:
"There are certain old truths which
from time Immemorial have been, the
foundations of all religions, all gov
ernment. There are times when .the
people wander away from these old
teachings, and God has to send some
one to earth to teach them anew, as
when He sent Christ two thousand
years ago to teach the way of the
Golden Rule, the unselfish life. In
the past .century He sent such great
and good men as Benjamin Franklin,
Washington, and Lincoln. Today we
have such men as Folk and La Fol
lette, Bryan and Roosevelt to teach
the young men of today' that this is
still a government of the people, for
the people, and by the people, and
that It Is the ladder to 'fame for ev
ery young man, no matter; how poor
he be, It rests with every, young man
here whether or not herlseSj In the
world. Opportunity does not make the
man, any more than the rising 'ofj the
curtain makes the play. Every day of
our lives we live and wax strong, or
live and wax weak. Vfcry 'few. of you
ever heard of Governor ; Folk before
his election, but he was' perhaps as
big a man then as now. He had put
years of sturdy effort behind him
then; he had been living and growing
strong all that time, and his election
was but the rising of the curtain) up
on the- play. I wish to Introduce you
today the leading man In the great
play of good government, Governor
Folk." , .. y
"Magnificent Institution," says Folk.
'I congratulate you and the state
of Oregon upon this magnificent insti
tution of learning," said Governor
Folk. "I saw your armory just now,
and I have seen all of the armories
of all the! big colleges dn the country,
but there Is not one of them which
compares to yours anywhere. You
should be proud of It; and the state
of Oregon ought to cherish! this insti
tution, and It should be supported
Wtiol Sales Dates
In Oregon Towns
Two, Days For Ent prise and Wal
lowa Cpunty Bettor Pric
es Expected.
Pendleton, April 15 The wool sales
dates as fixed by the Oregon Wool
growers association and announced by
Secretary Dan'. P. Smythe, are as
follows:
Pendleton, May 23 andl June 9.
Pilot Rook, May 26 and June 10,
Echo, May 24.
Heppner, June 1 and June 22..
Vale, June 13.
Ontario, June 14..
Shanlko, June 6 and June 27,
Baker, June 16.
Enterprise and Wallowa county
June 30 and July 11.
The Woolbuyers disbanded their
organization, but will bid individually
at the various sales dates and better
prices are expected to result to the
growers by the tendency on the part
of growers to hold for sales dates.
The Ladies Aid of the Presbyterian
church will meet with Mrs. Bell, Fri
day afternoon, April 21.
CLEAN UP NOTICE
To the Citizens of Enterprise:
Notice is hereby given that Tuesday, April 25, 1911,
has been designated by the City Council as Cleanup
Day, It is incumbent, and compulsory, on all house
holders and property owners to cleanup their premises;
alleys, as well as streets and yards, and deposit all re-
fuse, tin cans and garbage
will be hauled away by the
... ,
liberally. The state can not spend
money In any better way than In the
education of its people. ,
"Governor West has the reputation
of a roan of honest courage who) knows
the right and tries to do it. I re
gret deeply that he was. born in Can
ada, and therefore can never become
president of the United States. But,",
said Governor Folk facetiously, "per
haps he might come in under the rec
iprocity treaty."
"There are plenty of men who
would die for their country right
now," ho continued, "if it were nec
essary. But the man who) will live for
his country every day is the man
we need most just now. That Is the
kind of patriotism that we need: the
patriotism of every day giving of
life to the fight against public evils.
True patriotism consists In sorving
country and fellow man. True great
ness lies in serving one's country
and one's fellow man. It is just as
essential for private citizens to dis
charge their public responsibilities'
as for the man at the cannon's; mouth
to do hisi duty.
"It is selfishness that causes the
trouble. Ninety-nine people out of
every hundred are honest when they
have no . selfish reason to be other
wise, no personal gain to be madei by
dishonesty, if patriotism could be
made as active as graft and .greed.
the problem o'f political corruption
would be solved. The trouble is,, the
forces which make toward public
righteousness are so apt to sleep 'be
tween crises, while the forces" for ev
il never sleep. Do not make the mis
take of assuming that all the fighting
necessary to be done far the country
has already, been done. There are
fights to be. Just as important as
any that have gone before. The fight,
for the right la never quite over. Be
tween the .welfare of all the people
and the greed of the few, against pub
lic-wrongs, there-is always a-flghC '
"The government neglected will not
become a government for the common
good, but a prey to greed and graft.
Good government must be fought for,
while the bad thrives by its own
wickedness. Good people are so dis-j
posed to wake up and fight glorious
ly, and then go to sleep again; while
the forces for evil work all the time.
Eternal vigilance Is the price of true
liberty."
Elect W. M. Sutton
Head Of Schools
Enterprise School District Board
Makes Its Selections For
Next Yyr.
W. M. Sutton, principal of the En
terprise schools during the years 19-06-07,
1907-08 and 1908-09, was elect
ed to the same position at a meeting
of the school board, Friday, at a sal
ary of $120. a month. Mr. Sutton, had
made application for the position ovei
a month, ago.
Following are the teachers elect
ed together with the salaries paid;
W.M.Sutton principal, $120; Miss I
Mae Jefferson, grade, $75; Mrs. Mary
Franklin, grade, $65; Miss Eva B.
Haas, grade, $65; MIhs Mabel Mur
ray, second primary, $70; Miss Jessie
M. Hyde, first primary, $70.
All the foregoing have not yet sig
nified their acceptance.
The bpard ordered a- concrete walk
built along the south ' side of the
school grounds.
Mrs. M, L. Devore went to La
Grande Tuesday and will visit thorc
and at Elgin for a few days.
in convenient piles, which
city on April 25.
J. A BURLEIGH. Mayor.
CHAS. THOMAS, Recorder.
JURYMEN DRAWN FOR
MAY TERM OF COURT.
Following is the list of the jury
drawn for ' the May term of circuit
court that convenes Monday, May 8:
R. B. Bowman, Wm. Bonner and F.
O. Clark, Lostine; Chas. Hauprlchs,
J. C. Hall, . F. H. Brownlee, C. J .
Allen and E. A. Goodnough, Wallowa;
J. A. Baiter, John Blevans and John
Baker, Joseph ; W. P. Ballard Promise;
H. J. Butler, Park: G. P. Holmes,
Flora; Harvey Hendrickson, Para
dise; Jack Cole, Lost Prairie; J. T.
Bell', Powwatka; Alvln Austin, Ron
dowa; G. D. Daniels, Utopia; L.
Beecher Imnaha; D. H. Hearing Leap;
Richard Galbralth, Prairie Creek: Jo
seph Gill, Zumwalt; T. C. Bunnel,
Trout Creek; J. S. Applegate, Apple
ton; W. H. Gibson, J. W. Bickford,
T. R. Aklns, Delbert Homan, W. T.
Bell aud F. A. Clarke Enterprise.
Miss Ruth M. Smith, recently of
Spokane Is a new stenographer at the
Wallowa Law Land & Abstract! office
Her parents reside on a homestead
east of town. .
Tuesday, April 25
Is Clean-Up Day
Council Sets Day Apart For "Clarin'
Up Spell" Street Bills
Paid.
At the meeting of the city council,
Monday night, it was ordered that
Tuesday, April 25, be designated as
Clean-Up Day, and all persons must
clean up their premises and the al
leys adjacent on or before that date,
gathering the .rubbish in piles. It will
be hauled away by wagon hired by
the city. The proclamation Is found
elsewhere) In, this paper.
The bid of J. W. Weaver, Sr., was
accepted for 7.r00 feet of cross walk
lumber at $13 per thousand.
Permission was granted to erect a
building for this newspaper on the
stub end of West First street, south
of Greenwood, the city to receive $5
a month rental.
Claims were allowed as follows:
Harry Nottingham, teams grad
ing .$62 25
L. H. More, team on grader.. 50 75
JaB, Blakely, team on street.. 1 50
W. A. Evans, team on street.. 11 25
Joe Melotte, team on street.. 2 25
. ' ,. ... , ...
w. i . riocKeu, visiis as nutum
officer .. 10 00
S, D. Keltner, sundries for city 6 85
Rodgers Bros., rent for fire ap
paratus 5 00
Chas. Givouonani, janitor coun
cil room 3 00
J. P. Sanders, draying 60
Wallowa County, refund on tax
es 33 00
Mayor Burleigh Couuclltnen Combes
Funk, Hockott and Keltner were pres
ent at the meeting.
CHAPMAN FARMER ON
MONEY-MAKING
ROAD.
Chapman District, April 17 Wro
Harvey has recently purchased some
good milch cows and a new separator
Such investments mean money for
the farmer.
Changing the date of the horse show
caused quite a little disappointment
to a great many who stopped their
plowing to go to Enterprise especl
ally for the show. .
Cloon Elmer sold a fine young span
of mares last week to an Enterprise
man. . .
Mrs. Nellie Bright spent a few
days of last week in Wallowa having
some dental work done.
W. T, Knapp Is rejoicing over the
new road which will pass by his
place. It will be a benefit to the
whole cO'iir.iMilty as well as to Mr
r.n-.ii p.
A. 10. (roisler and family spent
Easter with Mrs. Crossler's parents
al Lostine.
Our winter term of school will
close Tuesday, April 18. The attend'
a nee has been quite small since the
holidays, as the smaller children are
unable to go so far during the winter
months.
The tax payers of this vicinity sin
cerely hope the Home Rule Law
will be defeated at Joseph and that
the local option law will rule supreme
In this county.
BIG HOR3E 8ALE. (
The livery stock of the Enterprise
Livery barn, harness, wagonette, bug
gy, hack and a light baggage wagon
wilf be sold at public auction at tho
Red Front barn In this city next Sat
urday afurnoon April 22, at 2 o'clock.
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NAMED
B! MASS MEETING
TWO PUT UP FOR EACH OFFICE
EXCEPT TREASURER
CLUB REVIVES.
J. A. Burleigh and Ray Vest, can
didates for mayor, T. R. Aklns, W.
C, Ketchum, C. H. Zurcher, S. L.
Burnaugh, C. T. Hockett and George
Law (three to elect) for councllmen,
W. F. Savage for treasurer, Carl Roe
and A. B. Conoway for recorder,
Daniel Boyd andT. M. Dill for city
attorney, comprise the ticket nomin
ated at the mass meeting Tuesday
night, to be voted on at the city elec
tion, Tuesday, May 2.
Mayor Burleigh called the meet
ing to order and stated its object.
He was elected chairman and Fred"
Savage secretary. It was decided
to select two candidates for each
office, nominations to be made orally,
vote by ballot, the highest two to
be the names to go on the ticket.
Following is the result of the bal
lots:
Mayor J. A. Burleigh, 25, C. T.
Hockett 6, B. B. Boyd 4, Carl Roe 3,
W. I. Calvin 2, Ray Vest 7.
Councllmen T. R. Aklns 12, S. F.
Pace 11, George Law 25, J. M. Rodg
ers 11, Carl Roe 10, C. T. Hockett 20.
W. C. Ketchum 14, C. H. Zurcher 22,
S. L Burnaugh 19.
Treasurer Only one nomination,
the secretary being instructed to
cast the entire vote for W. F. Savage.
Recorder Carl Roe 21, Charles
Thomas 10, A. B. Conoway 17.
City Attorney Daniel Boyd 16, u.
W. Sheahan 4, Charles Thomas 9, A.
S, Cooley 11, T: M. Dill 11. Cooley
and Dill being tied for second high t'
another ballot was taken on th j.j
two, resulting: Cooley 22, Dill 3J.
City Finances.
Report of the city finances by' City
Treasurer Savage was read showing
a working balance in each fund as fol
lows: General $482.62, Water $602.
46, Road $366.56, Library $185.15.. ,
No Celebration.
On motion it was unanimously de
cided to not hold a celebration of
the 4th of July In Enterprise, giving
way to the other towns of the coun
ty, and centering all effort here to
ward making the county fair the best
held in Eastern Oregon.
IMPROMPTU 8ESSION OF
COMMERCIAL CLUB.
At this stage of the meeting an In
quiry Was made regarding the Com
mercial club. Secretary Payne told
of the last effort to revive it, of
the early death of promising hopes
through lack of financial medicine
and of the old bills that like Banquos
ghost continually rise to plague It. For
further investigation the meeting re
solved itself into an Impromptu soi
slon ot the Commercial club, B. B.
(Continued on last page.)
All Indebtedness
Now Provided For
Local Baptist Church Has Been
Placed On 8olld Busl
ines Footing.
Rev. H. B, Foskett was gone lav
week on business for the Oregon Bir
tlst convention, whose officer he Is.
He returned Saturday and at the
services Sunday morning In the Tar
tlst church announced to his co? v
rogation that every dollar of the i
debtedness of the church was now
provided for and that a large part,
of the balance due the creditors
would be paid off by the close of
the present month and arrangements
mado to meet the small balance as
the pledges covering it came in.
This is welcome news to the church
as well as to its creditors and to
the people of Enterprise who rejoice
at the successful termination of the
troubles of the local Baptist church
caused by the money stringency. Mr.
Foskett has worked hard to accom
plish this and is receiving the con
gratulations of the business1 people of
the town for the way he has placed
the church on a solid business foot
ing. He expects to pay over anoth
er $1000 to local creditors by the
close of the present month,
Mr. Foskett with assistance of the
Convention interested some wealthy
men in this section of the state, who
have great confidence In the future
of Eastern Oregon.