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The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-12-05
PAR OFFERED FOR
5 PER CENT BONDS
CITY WILL HAVE NO DIFFICULTY
IN SECURING WATER WORKS
MONEY.

The city council at a called meet
ing Thursday night authorized the
mayor and recorder to enter into
a contract with Engineer r. X. Low
ry of the American Light and Water
company of Kansas City, Mo-, to
make surveys, plans and specifica-
tions for the city water system at
cost of $500, unless the company
should secure the contract for con-
structing the same, in which event
the cost of plans will be nothing.
This survey and the plans and
specifications are to be complete
in every detail such as are required
by bidders in making estimates. The
estimates will be made for both wood
and iron pipe.
The American Light and Water
company is probably the largest wat
er and light systems constructing
firm in the United States. 1t has
the contract for the 100000 job at
Helena, Mont, the 100000 plant
at Tucson, Ariz., and many smaller
ones. 1t has a bond department,
and offers, If it gets the contract, to
take it's pay in the citys per cent
bonds at par and accrued interest.
The city has another offer of par
for the bonds, with a commission for
selling them.
Mr.. Lowry went over the ground
up to the springs Friday in CON-
pany with Councilman Boyd. He
took no measurements but says
there seems an ample flow, prob
ably about " seconds feet, or over
II gallons per second, a quantity that
would supply city of 1000 popula-
tion. Mr.. Lowry was at Joseph
Thursday, talking with the council
about their proposed system. He left
Saturday for Paris, Ida, on like
business, but will return here next
week and start work on the surveys
and plans.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-12-05
WILL MAKE
BIG HIT WITH AUDIENCE

"The japanese Girl to be pre-
sented at the Enterprise opera house
this, Saturday evening by the ladies'
of the Enterprise Library association,
is going to be one of the very best
performances ever seen in Enter
prise.
The ladies have rehearsed faith
fully, will be costumed beautifully,
and the piece will be staged in a
manner in keeping with its other
features. The opera contains much
beautiful music and it will be beau
tifully sung. The comedy feature
will be taken care of by Mrs. Gaily,
which, to those who know her ability
along those lines, is sufficient guar.
antee that it will be done well.
Miss Craig is In most excellent
voice, as are all the others of the
principals. The occasion will serve
to introduce to an Enterprise audi
ence some new stars, the Misses
Hauck, who bid fair to become as
popular as any of our other favorites.
In addition to the opera the follow
ing will be introduced as specialties
Bauer & Bauer, song and dance,
"Smarty."
Miss Name Heaton, in Indian club
exercise.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-12-05

Miss Edna Browning, waltz song,
"The Kiss"
Miss Allegra Ragsdale, reading in
pantomime, I'm Bad"
Little Miss Ragsdale's act is one
of the very best ever seen on any
stage and will undoubtedly make a
big hit with the audience.
When it is considered that in point
of quality, nothing ever seen in Enter,
prise surpasses "A Japanese Girl"
and that as a further incentive the
opera is for the benefit of the public
library, surely there will be a record
breaking crowd in attendance.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-12-05
Will O. R. & N.
Build to Lewiston?
People of Bartlett and Troy Wonder.
ing II Report Is
True.

Bartlett, Nov. 2S.-A. S. Stacy,
manager of the Lewiston Mercantile
Co., was here on short visit with
T. A. Bartlett and while here enjoyed
days fishing in the Little Salmon.
A Mr.. Smith of Lewiston, who has
a moving picture show was at the
Forest Home school house Tuesday,
and was also billed for Troy the
following evening; thought one night
in a locality enough and left for
parts unknown.
Several of the farmers of this To-
cality have been marketing hogs at
Lewiston this week and bringing
back freight for the Bartlett store.
They report the price and demand
for hogs good.
Bob Friddles has just returned
from the Pomeroy country where he
had been for the past three months
He will start for Lewiston Monday
with hogs.
The people Of Troy and this vi
cinity are wondering if the report is
to be reality that the railroad is
to be extended on down the Grande
Ronde river from River Junction to
Lewiston. 1t would open up one of
the best producing sections to be
found any where. Troy has one Of
the best water powers in the state.
It' would also make one of the best
shipping points along the entire line.
Mrs. Hendrickson of Lost Prairie
is here on a visit with her sister
Mrs. Leonard Smith.
Peter Flicker of Troy paid a short
visit at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. T. G. Bartlett, on his return
from Lewiston, where he had been
buying fall goods for his store.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-12-05
RESERVE
PROVES BLESSING
SNAKE RIVER STOCKMEN FIND
1T MAKES EASY SAILING
FOR EVERYONE.

Pittsburg, Nov. 24.-The Pittsburg
Livestock association held it's annual
meeting on November TO- and it was'
a very pleasant affair, no less than
Is stockmen attended, talked over
the last year and planned for the
coming year. All agreed that the
Stock association is a success and
if everything continues as smoothly
in the future as in the past, it
will be nice, easy sailing for every
one concerned. The Forest Reserve
has proven blessing in these parts
1t is hard for a few of us to see |
that way, but doubtless in time We
will be telling our neighbors that we
knew it was good thing all the
time but didn't want to let on
Secretary E. A. Mace kindly fur
nished the following minutes of the
association meeting. Reports of Sec
retary, treasurer and manager read
and approved. Officers elected:
Pres, Ben Johnson; vice, F. P. Som
ers; Secy. and Treas, w. S. Brock
man; manager, Ralph Russell; di-
rectors, M. H. Thomason, Charles
Grader, E. A. Mace. 1t was decided
to herd the spring and fall range
for protection during the summer
season instead of fencing. 1t was
agreed to recommend and ask that
a pass-way be opened by the for
est supervisor from Hominy creek,
south to the Tepee trail, for better
ing the way of handling cattle NOV
ing to and from the summer range.
We have been having very nice
weather this fall, nice, bright, sun
shiny days for the past two weeks,
but last Sunday brought us the much
needed rain and grass is fine.
Stockmen are busy getting their
cattle into pastures for winter. There
seems to be all kinds of good beef
among them and if a beef buyer
should happen along he could find
plenty of beef that would be a cred
it to any country.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-12-05
Heavy Shipment
Hogs and Cattle
Eighteen Car Loads Sent From
Three Valley Towns This
Week.

Eighteen car loads of stock were
shipped from Wallowa county this
week over the new railroad, nine
from Enterprise, five from Lostine
and four from Wallowa.
NJ. E. Hotchkiss shipped three cars
OF hogs and two of cattle from En-
terprise, Tuesday, and on the same
day Frank Graham sent out three
cars of hogs, one from here and
two from Lostine.
Fridays shipments were three
cars of hogs from Enterprise, three
OF cattle from Lostine and three of
hogs from Wallowa by Dishman, Day
& Mcdonald, and one of hogs by w.
H. Baker of Flora. The Enterprise
shipments were bought of G. H. Og-
bourn, Sam Litch, Policy and Nor
gan, and were fine lot of Dorkers
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-12-05
POSTAL SURPRISE PARTY.

A very enjoyable postal surprise
party was given at the beautiful AL
der Slope home of Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
Litch in honor of Mr.. Litch's cousin,
Frank Harring of Pennsylvania. The
rooms were prettily decorated with
postals and evergreens. Each guest
on entering the parlor laid beauti-
full postal on hand painted plate.
Little Rita Litch dressed in white,
presented the cards to Mr.. Harring.
The evening was pleasantly passed
in music and various games. Part
ners were found by matching cut
postals The place cards were at
tached by purple ribbon and comical
postals concealed under the napkins
caused much merriment. Ice cream.
cake and coffee were served. Those
present: Mrs. Bertha Millard, Mrs.
Amanda Chenoweth, Misses Effie
Boswell, Stella Hooper, Flo Keller,
Maude Litch, Laura Haas, Ettie and
Zelma Ogbourn; Messrs. Burl Kooch,
John Gribbling, Wilbur Homan, viii
Bauer, John Weaver, l.. Ward, Frank
Harring, Ed Anderson, Joe Weaver,
Charley, Harry and Willie Litch.
Try the homemade baked beans
at the Woman's Exchange.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-12-05

The young folks enjoyed them.
selves at the Thanksgiving dance in
Postoffice hall.
Joe Hoffman, a former resident,
is here on business and is visiting
friends.
Three hunters license are all that
have been taken out in this part of
the county this year.
Joe Beach, Hendrickson brothers
and Albert Wilson have returned
from Lewiston where they delivered
hogs for which they received $5.7j
per hundred.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-12-05
NOTICE TO SETTLE.

Notice is hereby given, that all
parties knowing themselves indebted
to the undersigned must make set.
tlement of the same on or before
December Is, 1908. All accounts un,
settled after that date will be placed
in the hands of an attorney with in.
structions to commence action there
on.
Dated Dec. /, 1908.
J. H, HARTSHORN,
Enterprise, Oregon.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-12-05
MANS LEG BROKEN EY
HORSE FALLING ON IL

W. G.. Kerslake, a young man re-
Gently from London, Ontario, is at
the Hotel Enterprise, suffering from
injuries received while trying to ride
a horse, Sunday. The animal bucked
and fell, with Kerslake's right leg
under it. Both bones Of the lower
Jeg were broken, one sticking out
through the flesh. The fractures
wc:e reduced by Drs, Anderson and
E6chett.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-12-05

Choice Residence Lots, 6Ox1S4 and
60x229 in size, $125 to $3.50 each.
Sell on part cash payments or all
on good note with years time. Lo-
Gated on West Greenwood street.
29t4 C. E. VEST.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-12-05

CATTLE, 100 head, from yearlings
up to 5-year-old cows with calves,
and including l. and 2-year-old steers
and a few 3-year-old steers. ]. H.
Whitmore, Enterprise. Ranc'' 10
miles north of Enterprise. 12tf
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-12-05
WAN

BOARD AND ROOM in private fam
lilies by 5 or young men, all mech
anics-all at one family or singly
Leave addresses at this office.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-12-05

BUGGY, second hand, in good condi-
tion, newly painted. Cheap. Inquire
of Rodgers Bros.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-12-05
VOL. 2, NO. 80.
FOR SALE.

CABBAGE and SOUR KRAUT-Lots
of it, and of the best quality-better
than ordinary. Leave orders now
with A. M. Wagner. 25tf
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-12-05
PARADISE GLINTs.

Paradise, Nov, 27.-Madam Rumor
says there is to be several we'd
dings here in the near future.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-12-05

WALlOWA COUNTY OF.
FlClAL PAPER. ENTER
PRISE CITY OFFICIAL
PAPER.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-23
MIR. BRYAN TAKES ROOSEVELT TO

At the close of the campaign in 1904, Judge Parker made certain statements about the way in which Republican campaign funds were raised. and to this MT. Roosevelt entered emphatic denial. It was so close to the day of election that Judge Parker did not have the time in which to produce proof, and Judge Parker had to rest under Roosevelts denunciations. It was not long after this, however. be- fore the Hartman sherman Roosevelt correspondence was made public and the truth of Judge Parker's charges was made plain and indisputable. Now MT. Roosevelt seeing the desperate straits to which the Republicans are put in this campaign. indulges in some of his wild charges, for which Mir. Bryan on yesterday called hin ecwn There is ample time for Mir. Roosevelt to make good his charges. ani if he can not. then Mir. Bryan very properly tells him he should retract ike A man. It Is unbecoming in the Presidant of the United States to be repeating the stale lie that the Democratic campa Ign fund had received s300,000 from the Standard Oil Company and for this Chairman Mack has taken him severe ly to task. It all goes to show that the Republicans begin to fear defeat. We may look out for Roosevelt 70 take the stump before the campaign closes
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-23
Letters to The Edit.r
ANOTHER VETERAN.
Has seen Many Strange Things in Hi
 Day and Generation.

Has Seen Many Strange Things 10 His
 Day and Generation.
 Editor The Advertiser:
 may not be so old as Senex, but ! naye known and seen something's
 have known farmers in south Ala: bana to raise their own wheat and grind 1t into -four: have known tfem pestle and mortar. and have |. clean sd Dy a lazy jack; have seen farmers Tn Alabama make more corn than they n ad tSs Ss0 eS heES qs and stack etore a m er smoke houses were in Chicago and our granaries were in Kansas City.
 l have seen the Alabama River stop by sR 0W siae sslssm ans contrary Tsss GRRSaS aRRSas l have seen 1t so high that 1t was al most impossible and dangerous to saDssa saess. and n so low that # cogld De This was I sftsr an Ss aoahs aGs'f sood. % BBat Se. fore the Lincoln flood.
 have known farmers and mechan- by candle light and De ready for the sunset this was before labor unions asssa 0f n Ws5 sSuss sRs psnd action.
 nave seen herds of wild deer roam ing over the piney woods and thous- and break. down the limbs of trees fore Roosevelt shot bear in the tss txsTs aBns ss sspSsn SsfSse he shot in Africa I have seen rocknsh came in schools up the creeks empty Ing into the Alabama River. some sS ssa or r0sy sSaaas Ths na p%sd was the stars fell, but before a comets tail s,ssG SwsPs the earth; knoeks,a , t iptSS fIsg- missed the Tss nesrs sisS sodsers Isl1rs Vile. but save negroes Taffy at Cin- cinnati to placate them.
 l have known people In the country ten miles to church, and children to This was before bicycles run into us ss run tSs Sssr p.y wooSs Sss emi.rating from one pond to snotheri 1 lonn have eersss seen rattlssnakes eight feet fangs were extractedl; I have seen live heart of sound trees This was after the Dutch took Holland and before the
 I have seen Indians wear moccasins made out of deeI skins and eat moe cash snakes. This was before the paternal government with sumptuary laws prescribing what you must eat, vd,, what yoY shall drink and wherewithai
 
 l have known ministers of the Cos pei to preach sermons two hours long and exhorters then exhort q said ex- hort) for an hour. This was before we had canned fruit and vegetables and canned sermons and speeches.
 ] have known peaches in private or ehards converted by a still ct hand Into brandy and drank at home, and farmers apples ground into cider and drank up before it became hard. This % WAS before negroes had barrooms and billiard tables on every business block in the cities.
 I have seen imported camels brought fEhom sh Texas to Montgomery fair to grass. This was before Montgomery had sky scrapers to rival Babei's Tower; before Selma had street cars and paved streets; this was before the aoctors knew that God had put an ap- pendix In a mans anatomy which was useless and proceeded to cut out the 9ppendage fThe operation is success ful till the patient dies); and this was before Brooks Lawrence helped to ssiect Dent to Congress by unwise med
 Selma. Sept 2I. '0s.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-23
A NEW SUGGESTION.

Speaking of airships for war pur- poses we note that British officer, whose name Is not given. seems to think that their use will have tend ency to prevent battles and thus put an end to wars. Supposing two great armies facing each other, he argues that leach side will be able to size up the others strength so accurately. with the value of the position occupied, that umpires will decide who wins without any blood being she'd"
 This is view of the matter that is entitled to consideration. We have never been able to take any stock in the prediction that the time is com ing when all the fighting between grea, powers will be done in the air from specially constructed and armed air. ships. Aside from the physical and mechanical difficulties in the way of constructing and operating machines suitable for war purposes the very idea of such lcombats is too horrible for contemplation. Humanity shudders at the very thought of what would re- suit if two great fleets of war vessels should meet in mortal combat thou sands of feet above the earth, and the anticipation of what would inevitably result from such a mode of warfare should make 1t impossible.
 But the suggestion of the British of- ficer is of different nature and looks to the prevention of battles. All read CTS of history know how often it has occurred that an army. misled or de- ceived as to the position or strength of another, has made a fatal blunder by attacking a stronger and better pre- pared foe than was believed or expect ed. It Is very difficult for the most astute spy or scout to obtain accurate and reliable information as to the numbers, position and equipment of an enemy. and the lack of such knowl- edge has been responsible for many defeat.
 The plan of aerial scouts would put an entirely different face on the mat ter. A flying machine that could be controlled and operated. lowering far above an army, could obtain a prac- tically accurate estimate of the ene- my, compute his numbers. and define his position. Such a machine might be in danger from long range guns, of course. but with the most modern and efficient glasses and other instru- ments the information could be secur- ed from a height that would make the scout virtually safe from earthly att tacks. The prophet Isaiah foresaw the time when. to use his words nation shall not lift up sword against nation. neither shall they learn war any more" Will that happy period be brought about through human conquest of the air?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-23
rha nrran.raft E1chapre.

Boston Globe.
 The line of recrinination along which the exchange of repartes between MT. Bry- an and MT. Taft has proceeded in. the past few days has a peculiar peril for the un- experienced or unwary. Mr. Taft affords an illustration of this in the quite impru- dent and dsingenuous reference that he makes to MT. Bryan as ''one of the chief supporters in the passage of the German Wilson bill that made labor helpless for four years"
 MT. Taft Is strangely unfamiliar with comparatively recent political history if he does not know that the Wilson bill which MT. Bryan supported as a member of the house of representatives did not become a law until near the close of August. 1894. and then only after much amendment by the senate; that for nearly four years pre- viously the country had been living under the Mckinley bill and that therefore the panic which began in 1893 could not in fairness be attributed to democratic legts- lation. But while Mir. Taft cannot justly accuse Mr. Bryan of having contributed to the panic of 1898 by supporting the Will son bill of 1894. MT. Taft knows that we had a panic last october under the present DingleY tariff which the republican party creauad and administered.
 MT Taft, however, not only shows a want of skill in the citation of his facts but he commits a serious error or pohti' cal Judgment at this time in employing the archaic argument Of connecting Prest- dent cleveland's second administration with an economic depression that ante dated tha election of 1892. and if he should nersist in this kind of campaign he would need more than one posthumous indorse- noant to hold what Cleveland democrats he maw have gained.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-23
Not Behavtne Well.

Chattanooga 1unes' ,.
 Perhaps Mir. Norman E. Mack. chair man of the National Democratic Ex- ecutive Committee. may not think it worth while to pay any attention to the South, but signs are increasing that he may have to change his opin- ion perusal of the Democratic newspapers of Tennessee and Georgia should convince him that things aren't looking exactly right In this state, for instance, newspapers professedy Advocating MT. Bryan's election are openly assaillng the State organiza- tfon. defying the platform and hardly giving the candidates even lukewarm support. This in the face of harmon ized and organized opposition IS uan- gerous. In Georgia very much tne Same conditions exist. The following from The Macon Telegraph Is signin-
 :@Watson has been here; Hearst; Hisgen and Graves are comin ana also likely Yancey. But Bryan did not Democrat of national or even State reputation, coming to Macon. Atlanta made a small effort to have Demo cratic rally, but it proVed talluIe: Bryan was whooped up little Dit but the name of the Democratic candidats for Governor was htsSed and insulteo'
 Brown in Georgia and Patterson in tennessee will be elected, but Mr'bryan ought to be warned that some Of his staunehest supporters are acting queerly. Perhaps bit of discipline Is needed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-23
Enxllsb walnut. in AIabams.

Birmingham e-Herald.
 Ii is easy to say that English wal nuts can be and should be grown n this State. A citizen of St. Clair county has. however, gone . step be- yond a mere declaration, for he Is en- gagged in growing English walnuts TOT his own use. He has two trees fifteen years old which yield each year all the walnuts he or his neighbors neeo. And they are fine walnuts, too.
 MT. Moorer, who lives near steele Station in St Clair county, does not claim to be a Burbank or to have any of the Burbank ambition. Were he Burbank he would grow walnut sap lings of the J. regia sort until every land owner in the State had at ieas' one walnut tree at his door.
 The English walnut is the prince or nuts even outranking the sheH-park oceans in popular estimation. Ine popular taste accepts oceans put declines to discard English walnuts aud it never will. The market is am pIe. and St. Clair county at any rate should fill 1t. MT. Moorer should lead the way.
 Why the nut in question Is called the English walnut does not appear, TOT none of them arc grown In the cnilly fogs of inc British isles. The Juglaus of tho big walnut family are grown in the Mediterranean belt, and the Ma deria nut of commerce comes rom countries bordering the great tnlano sea. The Juglau regia becomes ~ length a stately tree. producing an abundance of nuts, and when cut becomes excellent timber. tree ,naI yields edible nuts and grows unlii IL yields valuable timber Is a good tree to cult,vate. and St. Clair county should start a Juglau movement of large pro uortions,