Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-05-01
Additional Locals.

W. w. ZWcher spent Sunday with
friends out north.
Bruce Cox of Alder Slope was in
town Wednesday.
Mrs. Henry Miller was quite sick
the first OF the week.
A. M Wagner returned from a trip
into Idaho Monday.
Miss Pearl Akin was. on the sick
list the first of the week.
Wesley Duncan of Swamp creek
was in the city Saturday.
Mrs. Frank Clark suffered All at
tack OF la grippe last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. c. Cramer drove
down to Wallo@a Tuesday.
Miss Leths Smallwood returned last
week from trip to La Grande.
Mrs. G. W. Hyatt has been on the
sick list for several days this week.
D. l.. Reayis has so far recovered as
to be able to be on the street Monday.
G. l. Ratcli3 Is improving his bust
ness house by adding a porch and a
coat Of paint.
l.. Green and L. r. DeVore spent
Monday and Tuesday OF this week in
fishing at Swamp creslc.
E. II. Hinton nj Chesnimnus, came
in Monday, to move his mother and
his own family out to their home.
Wilford Green is giving efficient
assistance on the paper this weel;
while the boss is out killing bear.
Warren Forsythe and Miss Anna
McAlister visited Miss Jessie Imbler
at the Imbler sheep camp Sunday.
MIR. and Mrs. w. J. Funk returned
from Portland Saturday. Their son
George was out Of danger and rapidly
recovering
The stage has changed to the sum-
mer schedule. 1t now leaves here
at six in the morning and arrives a.
bout midnight.
l.. Graves has been on crutches the
past Week on account of a sprained
ankle caused by horse he was lead
ing jerking him down.
S. c. Smith photographed the Odd
Follows and Rebekahs Saturday while
they were Ell route to the church and
as they were leaving it.
j. II. Dobbin returned from Union
Saturday where he took his wife to be
Mt the bedside OF her father J. w.
Huffman who is very sick.
l.. j. Pisell come from Wa!lowa,
the first of the week, to do some stone
work on the water works soon to be
put in operation in this city.
A light snow covered the ground
Wednesday morning which terrified
the tenderfeet, but the old settlers
know 1t is the making OF the country.
Jas. McAlister, Chas. McAlister, w.
/. Calvin, W. S. Burleigh and Carl
6oe started Monday morning for the
haunts OF "Bruin" in the Mud creek
country.
Mike Toomy was up the first OF tie
week from the Imnaha copper mines.
He says rich and extensive bodies of
ore have been lately struck in the
Thrasher group.
Frank Childers, "x-marshal of j a
Grande arrived in the city Saturday
in company with Mr. Hayes, of
Seattle, who is desirous Of buying
some heavy horses.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ownbey and Mrs.
Stewart of Whiskey creek we're in
Gown Tuesday. Mrs. L. J. Reayis, who
is 4 relative and had been visiting
with them, returned to town.
Rev. S. G. Smith, the photographer
who recently located in Enterprise
has AIKEN some beautiful views of the
town and surrounding country. The
visws OF the mountains are especially
magnificent.
Two young men from Illinois came
in on Mondays stage, and went oui
next morning to look up timber land
in the Mud Greek country. They
had plots of the county and evidently
meant business. 4
Aaron Wade returne the first of
the week from Kansas City where he
had boen with train load of sheen.
He says the price Of all kinds of meat
is very high. But a good thing about
it is, work is plenty and wages good, so
even working men can afford to eat
it.