Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-06-26

interesting!
Bring in your grasshoppers and
have them infected with the fungus
growth, positive exterminant of this
pest. Mr.. Crawford, the druggist, vii.
be pleased to supply all who call, free
of charge. This remedy is no longer
an experiment, and there is no excuse
for further being pestered with grass
hoppers ii every farmer will do his
duty"
Word comes from Wallowa that a
company has been formed there for
the purpose OF building and operating
Il creamery and cheese factory. Ed
Tulley, who recently graduated from
the Agricultural College, will have
charge OF the business, for which he
made special preparation. Wallowa
is to be congratulated on this move,
and we hope the spirit will continue.
The town was reused Tuesday
morning by several pistol shots and
yell OF fire. Otis saloon was soon
discovered to be on fire and the flames
were gaining considerable headway.
BY rushed application OF water with
number of buckets the fire was ex-
tinguished. 1t was of incendiary
origin as it started on the step at the
back door, where kerocene could be
easily smelled after the fire was out
Chas. L. Swain, who has been out
surveying for county surveyor Reavis,
returned from protracted trip in
the North end of the county Monday,
where he had been laying out some
road. He had quite varied exper-
fence, consisting OF contact wi; h
poison oak and viscious dog out at
Sled Springs. He was slightly bitten
i'll several places, but not seriously.
ALI Hays says he was on the Di-
vide near the head OF small creek.
last week, and killed five rattle snakes
where none had ever been seen before.
He thinks that the creek must be the
proverbial "Salt creek" up which
which the defeated candidates 90, and
that there was too much "snake med
icine" on the trip up this time, which
caused the snakes to take to the high
er ground.
The Enterprise Hotel Co. on Satur-
day sold the buildings off the Calvin
lots for 1925, g. W, Hyatt bought
the corner one for Sl75, and W. d.
Weaver the other for S5O. They were
allowed 10 days in which to have the
buildings off the ground.
AS contrast between hand sheep
shearing and the machine work. two
sheep were picked out OF the Boner
band last week, that had been shear
ed by hand and resheared with a
machine. Almost eight pounds of
wool was the result.
]. D. Xurcher came in on Wednes-
days stage. He has been a student
Tor the past three years at the Oregon
Agricultural College, at Corvallis.
He has been making speciality OF
electrical engineering and will gradu-
ate next year.
John Baker and family return. ed
from La Grande Monday where they
met Mrs Bakers sister. Emma Henry.
who just arrived from Denmark. She
was unable to speak English. but
made the trip without trouble.
A party OF fisherman consisting of
j. c. ReaviS, George Hendrickson. l..
Green and Wilford Green spent Fri
day and Saturday at the lake. They
made fair catch OF good sized trout.
Alonzo Gesner, OF Portland, has Sc
cured the contract for surveying the
unsurveyed townships east of Imnaha
and will he in the city in a few davs,
His sor arrived on Tuesdays stage.
w. P. Samms now has quite a col
lection OF pets consisting OF a parrot.
monkey, badger, red squirrel, two
young yellow hammers and two
young hawks
/. f. johnson was appointed mar
shall Wednesday by the city council
with instructions to keep all persons
injected with smallpox of the streets
NJ essrs. Clarence Vest and VIII
Zurcher and the Misses Lena DeVore
and Ada Roe spent Sunday at the
Lake.