Wallowa County chieftain. [volume], September 16, 1909, Image 1

About Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911

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TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR. NO. 4,
MONEY TO LOAN
Slate Funds loaned, 6 per cent. John
p. Rusk. Atty. State Land E'd. Joseph
FOR SALE.
100 or 125 tina o'. hay. Inquire of
H. 0. Zumwalt, Zumwalt, Oreg. 39M
160 acres timber land and good mill
ilte In Wallowa County, Oregon.
Communicate with J. E. Houtchens
a Co Waltsburg, Wash. 60bt
ROOM FOR MILLIONS
IN FERULE VALLEY
W. E. CURT.S WRITES OF WON
DERS OF WALLOWA AND ITS
GLORIOUS SCENERY.
ENTERPR.SE, OREGON, THURSCAY, SEPTEMBER! 16, 1909
COUNTY. OFFICIAL PAPER
MlAfa nlnntnff TinlTl anil Analna
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Also 300,000 feet, more or lees, of j
-An morhnntfl.h1A lumber. For nrloe!
WU 4JVw - I
md terms call on Burleigh &Boyd, .
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Enterprise, uiojuu. oiuu
pool and Billiard Tables at bargain
Call at Mrs. Mavor'a restaurant. 3 6 bin
Nearly new eight room house and
half block of land In most desirable
part of town. Easy terms on part
If desired and will take team and
wagon In trade. Enquire at this of
fice. 28r8
WANTED.
Lumber. Anyone having lumber of
any grade in any amount for sale,
or who has timber he intends to saw
sooa, and wishes to contract the lum
ber, call on or aidre3s W. F. Rankin
at Haney planer in Enterprise, Agent
for W. R. Klvette. 2Cb4
STRAYED.
Small light gray mare, branded A
on right shoulder. $5.00 reward for
return to Zumwalt, Oreg. 34bm
CATTLE FOR SALE.
550 head of cattle offered at private
sale. See or write Colonel Graves
at Chlco, or W. H, Graves, Enter,
prise. 34btf
The Ladles Aid of the Presbyterian
church will meet with Mrs. Hockett
Friday Sept. 17. A good attendance
Is requested.
BY WILLI VM E. CURTIS.
(S?e:lii correspondence of the Chi
cago Reco:d-Herald.)
Joseph, Oregon, Sept. 6, 1909.
vaiiowa Val:ey U inclosed by moun
talns 10,000 and 12,000 feet high which
accounts for the de ightful climate.
The mountain slopes furnish good
pastures and in tie gorges are sap
posed to lie valuable deposits of cop
per, silver and gold, but they have
not baen tlnrojghly explored. There
are several promising prospects, and
Mr. Galloway, formerly a Chicago
reporter, who edits the newspaper at
Entsrprhe, te is me that only a few
days ago $30,030 w'as deposited la
the bank at that to rn for the develop
ment of a copper property in the
nelghborhojd.
The scenery is glo ious. Hurricane
Canyon, which saparates two of the
principal peJu of the Powder moun
tains, Is a narrow paisige bet we an
perpendicular walls through which
Hurricane creek has bored its way.
You can infer the character of the
stream by the name it bears. This
canycn ii almost unknown except to
a few alventuro a neighbors who
have gone up there for fishing and
for curiosity, The"e is no reference
to it in the geosrapbles or gazetteers,
and its name ton not appear in the
railway folders, but Mr. McMurray
of the Oregon Railway and Naviga
tion Company, who publishes the
most, beaitl.'ul advertising booklets
I have e.er sesn. is going to sand
Lee Moarehouse, the famous photog
rapher of Pendleton, up there this
fall with an expedition to take pic
tures of whatjver he can find in the
way of scenery. There is no road
and they will have to follow the
river bottom.
People tell of a cluster of thirty
lakes on the mountain side near the
canyon which have curious features.
One, called Frozen Lake, is covered
with tee the whole year round. It
Is from two to three feet thick in
midwinter, but the summers sun
eats into It and melts It down to
spongy crust, but it is always there.
The lake lies at an altitude of aboat
9.000 feet, ig two and a half miles
lo,g nd varies in width from half
(Continued on last page.)
Play Less Lurid
Than lis Name
"James Boys In Missouri" Full of
Comedy Elements and Deep
Intsre.t.
The Tucker S to.sk company appear
ed at the opera house last Saturday
evening In "Across the Desert" to
one of the largest and best Dleased
audiences of the r engagement. The I
play was a good one and thorough- I
ly well playei. Business with this I
company shoa an encouraging
growth, the past two weeks showing '
tne largest audiences of the season.
Next Saturday evening the same
company will pre tent the popular
sensational play, "The James Boys
In MlusDurl." Tils Is really a flrat
class play of Its kind and by no
means as lurid m its nnmo ,r,.iri
Indicate. On the co ltrary, it abound !
in situations of deep Interest, U
full of comely elements and gives
to each member of the cast an op
portunity to display his or her talent
to the very bejt passible degree.
It is so difre ent fram anything
else seea here this season that hs
cause of that difference it wlH no
doubt be seen by a record breaking
crowd,
TWO MORE SALES
OP
DRY
RANCHES
SAM PACE WILL MOVE TO TOWN
HOLMES BUYS CRUM
PACKER PLACE.
That bargains In farm property
around Entern'.he are still numerous
Is e.llenced by the sale concluded
luesday by the Enterprise Real
estate company of the H. D. Crura
packer farm of 4S0 acres, ten miles
north of town to W. R. Hoimes of
this city for $4i00. The farm la
considered one- of the best hill
ranches, has 200 acres tillable land.
and Whisky ere k runs through It.
SAM PACE FARM 80LD
TO EMMONS FOR $6000
S. F. Pace has sold his 240 acre
farm Just northwest of town to
George Emmons for $6000. The major
part of the farm is hill land but
there is some bottom land alone Trout
creek. It Is lmpro.ed with a irood
residence, barn and oher buildings.
In the deal Mr. Pace takes the Em
mons cottage and lots on River street
corner of Residence, and he and
his family will move to town and
occupy the cot'ase.
Planinj Mill Said.
The Eals planing mill was so'd
Saturday at p b.lc sala. It wa3 bid
In by J. A. Burelgh for the mort
gagee, V. M. Gregg.
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Lawns. Dimities, etc.
and in fact on many things that are too numerous to mention,
in this small space. We have some of those SUMMER SKIRTS
on hand. Come in and see them before they are all gone.
Men's Oxfords
We have an elegant line of these goods and are giving a
Discount of 20 per cent.
They will last but a few days. Call and examine
them before they are gone. We still have a few pairs of
Ladies' Oxfords
and if you would like a pair come and get them at
your very earliest convenience.
Summer Underwear
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Progress Notes At
Wallowa County II. S.
Work of Various Classes Practical
Plan Used In Stjdy of
Bee-keeping.
Twenty.two members of the Soph
more class are mastering The Arthur
ian Legends of Tennyson, as a step
ping stone to the more advanced work
of rhe'.oria and synthetic composition.
The Freshman class, after, a brief
review of grammar, passed success
fully a tet upon the subject, and are
now studying te Sketch Book by
Irving, with additional work ly Car
j on along the 1 ne of capitalization
and punctuaon,
The English work of the Senior
class besides American Literature,
comprises the tight required classics.
At present th pupils are studying
Burke'a Speech Upon Conciliation
With The Colonies,
The English Literature class has
spent two weeks upon the early Latin
and Anglo-Saxon writers, and la now
discovering the mya'eries of Chau
cerian English through the melium
of The PrologueTo Canterbury Tales.
There are eight members ot this
class,
The class In Bookkeeping, oonalat.
ing of ninteen members, have an ex
cellent opportunity (or the pursuit of
their work, The recitation room is
divided into streets and offices, which,
with the addition of bank and
postoffice.provldi means for the
thorough mastery of business methods
Checks. dra'U and other business
paper are procured at proper places
and drawn upon representative banks
and firms,
Each student Is required to do the
work of the text and also assume' the
occasional responsibility of the trans
actions. Both theory and actual
practice are enhanced by the Unit
Method of Instruction.
The third week of school opens
with an enrollment of C3, 27 girls
and 26 bos.
Miss Lola Hejkett of Wallowa,
Miss Edna Chambers and Weldon
Makln of Enterprise are the la
three to enter school.
The Janitors, Richard McAdams
and Tbeo. La Cer e, oiled two of
the class room floors .and washed
the windows Ea'urday.
The plumbing for the sanitary
drinking fointilm, lavatories and
toilets is being Installed and will be
completed In about three weeks.
The football sjuad is getting o it
for practice every evening, and
Individually, are rjbblng liniment on
the "bruises" at bed time,
The gir.a have organised a lull 38
quartet, and thj, In connection with
with the mixed chorus will make the
assembly room ring with song.
The following claises are organiz
ed at present: ninth grade, algebra
two divisions; tenth grade, Algebra;
plane geometry, typewriting, spelling,
first year Latin, Caesar, Cicero, Ver
gil, German, physiology; ninth grade
English, two divisions; composition
and rhetoric, Eng.l ih literature, Aroerl
can lHera ure. to Akesptng, political
economy, phvsLs, physical geography.
chemistry; Ninth and Tenth grade
classes In general history, and a
class In teaching Is offered If any
one wishes It.
j Wallowa County Day.
President John Collar of the lA
Grande Coromerilal club waa In the
valley last week In the interest of
the fair. He says Thursday, October
7, has beei de.ijnatad as Wallowa
Day, and it Is de'lred this county
furnish the program for that day.
How To Deal With
The Fly Nuisance
Rules Put For.h by Merjianta Asso
ciation Cjmmit.es of New
York City.
The wo lil Is Just awakening to the
fat thit the con moo house fly Is
the greatest spreader of disease. So
cle; lea have bee.i o.ganlaed to halp
In Its externiluatlin, especially In
large cities. The following rules
telling haw to get rid of fMes will be
of Interest to every housewife. They
are issued by tie Merchants' Asso-
cla'ljn eonvml.tee on pollution of
the wa'er of Ne York:
Kesp the fl e away from the sick.
eipatlaJly thjs8 HI with contagious
diseases. MM every fly that strays
Into the sick roam, his body Is cover
ei with disease germs.
Dj not alio claying material of
any sort to accumulate on or near
your p-.emlies.
All refuse whl.h tends In any way
to fermentation, such as bedding:
straw, paper wa e, and vegetable
mat er, should be disposed of or
covered with lime or kerosene oil.
Screen all faoJ. whether In the
house or exposed for sale.
Keep ai receptacles for garbage
carefully covered and the can clean-
el or sprinkled with oil or lime.
Keep aU stable manure In vault or
pit, s:reeneJ or snrlnkled with lime.
or oil or other cheap preparations,
such as are sold by a number of
reliable manufactuiera.
See that your sewage avatam la
In good order; that It does not leak,
U up to date and not expoaad to
flies.
Pour ke osene IntJ the dtalns.
Burn or bury ui table refuse.
Screen all windows and doors, es
pecially in the. kitchen and dining
room.
If you see fliei. you may be sure
that their breeding place is In near
hy filth. U may be behind the door.
under the table or in the cuspidor.
If there Is no dirt and filth there
will be no files.
If there U a nuisance in th nnlnh.
borhoqd write at once to the health
department.
To Kill Pile.
The London 'Lancet," the . lead
ing medical Journal of the world, aaya
hat the best and almplaat fly-killer
U a weak solutljn of formaldehyde
In water (two teaspoonfuis to the
Pnt). Place In plates or saucers
throughout the house. Ten cents
worth of formaldehyde will last an
ordinary ramiiy ;i summer. It has
no offensive smell. Is fatal to disease
organisms, and is practically noa-
vutaunoua except to Insects.
Pyrethum powder, which may be
bought at any drug store, burned In
me nouse. win also kill the files.
GRAND HARVEST IN WALLOWA
CA8H FOR RYE 8TART8
EARLY SHIPMENTS.
Splendid weather roaMnups to favor
the farmers and threshers In Wal
lowa county and the Immense crpa
of golden grain ara rapidly be! ig
sacked. IM? l-lds a "a renrte of
wheat, oats, rye and barley. The
grain la In from fair to ecel.eai
condition and qua Ity. very little
frost being recr.ed except on low.
wet lands.
The yields In the hill lands ara
bringing Joy to the hearo ot lJU
nome Headers. Rye j8 gJng frm
25 to 32 bushe 1 to the acre a id
the farmers a- ge.tlng 1 conts a
pound for it and sacks furnished.
That means from $20 an acr9 ail
up. Not so bid from land stilus:
for $10 to $15 an acre!
Wheat In the hills is rannlnz
from 33 to 50 bu-;he! to the aen,
hlle the oat croi la slmnly m
nense and the quality A No. 1.
Rye U an e ery yeir irju n. . :n
lIlta, and la a ajre yield. Tens of
-housanda of bushels will bs ship
ped out thlj fall for the first tl.ni.
3ver 6000 bus!:els ae alrealy In
he Enterprise warehouse awaltln r
ara. The farmers received 114
;enU a pojnd for it cash.
Farmers ate holJIng their wheat
nd all the buyers say very little
for sale at the current marVot
price. Over 3000 bushels of
ire s ored In the EnternrlsB ware.
house.
The market prl e In thl valaf
'or the first time Is the Port'and
price, less the freluht which is aliut
20 cent a a bushel.
Current Entertrlsa market Tlms-
day: Club -wheat 67c, forty fod 70c.
blue stem 75c: feel baHv nw owt
beardless barley $1; oats $U0. rye
1.34. Mill stuffs: choD lV4e hranlr.
Butchers are DavlnK 7o for ho.
$28 for top cos and $43 at $44 fjr
steers, , ,
ELEVEN CARS OF CATTLE
I 8HIPPED FROM ENTERPRISE
Eleven ca lotds of cattle were
shipped from Enterprise, 8unday, and
two from Wallowa by H. N. Chand
ler, the stock going to Portland. The
cattle loaded here, 300 bead. Included
the Rlc cattle from Snake river
and the rest were bought from M.
E. Hotcbklss and Combes & Hatch
kUs. One bancn of 71 steers averag
ed 1200 pounds and brought close to
$50 each.
Union; 8'ock Yards Opened.
The new Union stock yard at
Portland, built by the Swift company,
were formally opened for business
today, September 15.
Kil'ad a Bobcat
Ben Owniey and T. E. Hudson
killed a large bobcat that was attempt
ing a raid on George Gallya chicken
house In the west part of town, Sun
day morning. They noticed the
varmint and went to Gally's house
and borrowed a 22 and killed the
cat -with the flrat shot.
MMENSE CROPS
OP ALL
GRAIN
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Tries Bee Sting Cure.
P. L. McPhe.s n. who has hnri
long siege of rheuma Ism, a fe
daya ago tried the bea ating cure
'nai 14 claimed to be a panacea for
thr. disease. He went up to Daggotl s
apiary on Alder Slope and allowel
the bee to atlng him on the hinds
a number of times. The wounds
caused little or no swelling and Mr.
mcrnerson bellevei his rlitht hand
and arm to be benefitted somewhat.
Three
Carloads
Coming
SAVE MONEY
by ordering so
we can haul it
to you direct
from the car
It will cost more if wc
have to haul it twice
Riley
and
Riley
Groceries and Flour
Fuel and Feed