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Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-12-10

herence to duty, of stern opposit-
ion to wrong, both private and
public, of unserving faith in God,
and of pure, unselfish devoted pa
triotism, all of which are character
traits so much needed in every age.
/ would like to call your attenti-
on to the lack of ethical training
J in our schools. Instead OF an ex-
allied etoical purpose, as the con-
trolling motive in life, there are
thoughts of boys and girls to-day
seeking educational advantages
with no higher object in view that
position and gain. The student is
not always educated by a law Of
study conquering desire for truth,
or by an undying zeal for the up.
lifting of the human race; but self
interest, personal ACKNOWLEDGMENT
and selfith ends are dominant con-
sideration.
The professions that were adorn.
ed with the most varied and pro-
found learning and which consti-
tuted a form for the prodigious
feats of the giant intellect of the
world had third consideration.
There are quacks in the medical
profession; there are would be legal
practitioners who rise above the
tricks and jugglery of the knave;
there are teachers who have aspir-
ed to enter upon the work of the
school room, whose ambition never
scared higher than the paltry sums
of dollars and cents that come to
them as a reward for theer labors.
Such persons are dead failures.
They are heavy weights that low
er the profession, because the hav
never had any higher moral purS
pose to lead them on to higher
things in lifer They dishonor their
profession, they have hindered and
mared the work, because their lack
of purpose and selfishness have
blinded them to the beaties and
truths that are scattered along the
pathway of those who have been
prompted by higher and nobler
motiues. God has given to man a
mind with faculties capable of end
less improvement. The teacher
should, above all else, develop in
the boys and girls the habit of think
ing and thinking the truth. The
power to think, to reason, to re-
fleet, is one of the distinguishing
characteristics of man. five would
raise the standard of education
throughout our land, if we wish to
see better results come, we must
leave off a great deal of the super
fetal methods of instruction and
seek to develop more the brain
power. Thinking is to the mind
what exercise is to the physical
man. Thinging is brain what diges'
ton is to the body. Eating may
make a full man, but digestion
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-12-10

of thought called dreams. The
| baby grasping for the moon, the
small boy straddling the stick and
| calling it a horse, the little girl
cooling over a ragged doll, the young
man or woman dreaming over past
love affairs, of the old, drowisly
rejecting upon times gone by, are
all in the stream of activity that
begins at birth and closes only
with death. 1t has been said,
the tree you carve your name on,
or the stone you send skepping
along the surface of the smoothe
water, cannot think; no airy images
no delightful confusions Of dreams
no conscious satisfaction of prob
lens correctly solved, come TO
them to make their existence either
grave or gay. The trees sprouts
grows, dies, returns to dust: the
stone is formed, exists numbered
ages, and is worn away on the
beach or is ground under the pass :
ing wheels and neither leaves any
visible trace behind; but the hui
man mind is something higher,
nobler than this dull dead matter
it feels, it knows, it can hold the
universe in it's grasp and when it
dies, something else yet remains
which is immuatal which still can
think and feel in in a region not
not disclosed to the eyes of the
body. "And yet we seldom think
of the wonder of it, but this stream
of consciousness has been growing
since the birth at man. What
then should be the aim and purpose
of a school? In it's fuller scene it
should be to develop time woman
hood and manhood. Our aim is
the mental, moral and physical
development of the pupil, hence
we train not only for the business
vocation, but to incuIcate, to de-
velop the taste for higher pleasure
in brief to make good and useful
citizen, satisfaction to themselves
and a blessing to humanity: for
throughoness is happiness. What
is the aim. Certainly not the
the learning for facts, etc. A
composition of facts is mott aim.
Nor is the aim to crafty curiosity.
But the aim should be to establish
character and life. 1t is to get
information for the solution OF our
own problems to- day. The great
danger into which Iseral was plung'
ed by the attempt of Solomon to
make of her a commercial nation,
server as an excellant example
against thespirit recommendation
Of our own day.
Still farther the aim and purpose
should be for nObler living at pres
emit. What greater snspiration can
come to any mind than the life of
Nehemiah in his own time? He is
a splendid example of rigid ad-
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-04-30


zee cream season opened at Wa. Iowa
Valley Cream company s. lei. cream
on hand whenever weather is suitable.
Order by Home telephone.
Burnaugh & Mayfield are setting M
their fountain and will as usual serve
the best cooling drinks. They will use
the Wallowa Valley Cream company's
ice cream.
The local camp OF NJ dern W,,odmen
and Royal Neighbors will unite in a
program and supper at FraternaI hall,
this, Thursday, night.
Rev j D. Gillian Of La Grand
pre- .iding elder OF this dislricl, wnl ho.,
''ie third quarterly meeting and confer
zee OF this conference year at tie
NJ thodiss church Tue.dn, evening,
Aay 8.
Dr.. Poiey has rented the Wort,nan
properly or North River street and
will move his lunlily to Enterprise at
once,
Mr.. ana Mrs. John Sherm IN and lit
tie daughter of Walowa were in En-.
terprise Wedne day night, guests If
Mayor and Mrs. Danie Rhyd.
Thomas Stump Of the Bttles is in
town on II business tiip.
Mrs. Bessie Nelson and Mr.. Ernest
Robinson we're married at Lostine.
Tuesday, by Rev. w. 2. sanms of
this city.
Mrs. c. p Ragdale, who has been
quite III, j. reported hetter. Mrs. A.
W. Murray Of Alder Snpe is i'll.
b. B. Boyd has sold half interest
IN The 5rlarr farm near Wallowa that
he recentl. = Ircliased, to l.. Couch.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-04-30
Democrat County
Committee Meets

! AT the meeting of the new Demo
cratic county committee, at the coarl
house Saturday, j. A. French was
elected chairman for two Years and
Hugh Wilson secretary. S +. Pace
was chosen member of the state cen
tral committee. Follow, are the
delegates to the state convention at
Portland in June: r. E. Heskett, B.
M. Rounsavell, j. It McLain and w.
w White.
w. w. White, who was nominated
for representative, made short speech
declining the honor ]. A. French. r.
e. Heskett and one or two others were
urged to make the race hut none
would accept.
Following is the complete roster of
the committee, including those elected
at the primary and those selected Sat
urday for precincts where no one was
elected: Divide, : A Blevans; Park, l.
LLOYD; Trout Creek, & w Wright; Mud
Greek, W Emmons; Flora, j @ Con-
molly; Grouse, G J Fleming; Promise,
Lee Thompson; Wallowa, Edwin
Marvin; Lostne, J B Pace; Enterprise,
} A French; Joseph, Hugh Wilson;
Leap, R + Heskett; Paradise, Walter
Applegate; Butte, Henry Davis;
Prairie Creek, S Williams; Pine
Creek, S I Tibbett; Pittsburg, Geo b
Robertson; Powwatka, w Z, Deering
lmnaha, W Warnock.
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Court House Notes

County Clerk j. A. French and
Sheriff j. M. Blakely on April 23 drew
the jury for the May term, and the
following will be notified to report on
May II:
w. Y. Dorrar ce, farmer, Joseph.
0. t. Prout, farmer, Joseph.
III. D. Atkins, farmer, Joseph.
I'll. S. Hunt, farther. IosepI
Alfred Kinney, farmer, Joseph.
Robt. Shinn, farmer, Joseph.
Nj. P. 1sley, farmer, Joseph.
L. j. Coverstone, iewelryman, Wal
Iowa,
r. R. English, farmer, Waflowa.
ii +. Groat, farmer, Walowa.
}. ii. Britton, farmer, Wallowa.
l.. T.Powers, farmer. Wallowa.
a. R. Murray, farmer, Enterprise.
j.. Sorenson, laborer, Enterprise.
=. A. Anderson, stockman, Enter
prise.
Fred s. Ashley, merchant, Enter
prise.
Geo. Boston, farmer, Grouse.
+. A. Oross!er, farmer, Lostine.
Nj. Grow, merchant, Lostine.
0. II. ,Lofstuen, farmer, Lostine.
H. Brown, farmer, Troy.
G. NJ. Padon, farmer, Troy.
j. w, Afford, farmer. Chico.
I. F, Lathrope, farmer, Leap "
I. n. Feagins, farmer, Leap
Walter Beth, farmer, Fruita.
Thos Rich, farmer, Fruita.
VIM. Nattron, farmer, Flora.
WI. Beach, farmer, Paradise.
J, $. Pratt, farmer, Imnaha.
w. W. Dnley, farmer, Mud Creek.
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TROY TELEGRAMS.

Troy, April 25-- Nearly everyone is
busy putting in crops. The wet
weather last week hindered some.
Forest Wills n was ont of school this
week on Account ofa bad cold.
A. S. Grinstead was down Friday to
see about his property.
High water is ebating somewhat
Miss Martha Casteel, the Troy
teacher, visited friends Mt Flora the
latter part OF last week returning Sun.
day afternoon.
Tom vallen passed through here
Friday.
Charles Fleming took the ballot box
out to Enterprise. He returned Mon
day morning.
Mrs. Estes sprang from horse this
week sustaining slight injuries
Smith Bell carried the mail from
Flora Tuesday.
G. ). Fleming is very bnsy these days
"prtting in bis crop ON the hill"
MIR. Flicker aud Mrs. Sarah Bartlett
ate Easter dinner with Mr.. Estes and
family. II
Wanted: at Troy, watch tinker.
For work apply to Miss Lola Richman,
Miss Martha Casteel.
Geo. Bacon and family have been at
the W. w. Burns place where Mr..
Bacon has been doing some plowing.
Tliey returned home "Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Wilson enter
tained a number of friends and rela
tives Easter.
Fred Richman went to Flora Tues
day.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-04-30
City and County
Brief News Items
City election next Tuesday.

Clty election next Tuesday.
County court convenes Wednesday
of next week.
The best farms for sale in Walowa
county are listed by the o. R. & l. Co
John w. Nedrow of lower Mud
Creek was business visitor in Enter.
prise the first OF the week.
Dressmaking and plain sewing. Mrs.
Frank Cook, at Zurcher's millinery
store 5ltf
The local ball team has been greatly
strengthened by the addition of
Harley Fleener and Archie Wilett
who have moved here from Losiine.
Don't forget when in town to call at
the New Millinery Store, one door east
of the postoffice. New goods constantly
arriving.
Varnish stains and brushes, and
Lacqueret-makes old furniture look
like new-at Burnaugh & Maytield's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Archie Willett have
moved to Enterprise from Lostine and
will make this city their home. Mr..
Willett will follow the trade OF carpen-
ter.
The new hymnals were used for the
first time at the Methodist church,
Sunday. Mr.. Pratt pronounces them
the best collection of hymns in exist.
ence.
"The Woes OF License" is the subject
at the Methodist church next Sunday
evening. This subject is of vital i'm
portance to our own town and commun-
ity.
Harley Fleener OF Lostine has se-
cured the position in w. j. Funk &
Go. store made vacant by the resigna-
ton OF Roger Kay, who is again work
ing as lineman for the Home Telephone
company.
Dermine Cream, the best preparation
Tor chapped hands andface, is sold by
Burnaugh q Mayfeld.
ID. w. Hunsaker and John Rohrman
OF Joseph were in Enterprise Wednes-
day. Mr.. Hunsaker will move next
Monday from his present residence to
house in Joseph owned by Mr.. Rohr-
man.
strychnine and poisoned wheat at
Burnaugh & Mayfeld's. Does the
trick for squirrels.
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COUNTY SGHo0l
FUNDS SENT OUT
Confined from first page.

/ OphtiuhCu lIOlll ilTsJ page.
addition to 81 per head of county fund
there will be the state fund and the
land fund.
According t Salem dispatch
another distribution of the United
States 5 per c.nt land sales has Il
made and Wallowa county will receive
S36Jl &C.
Professor Moore Resigns.
Professor W. E. Moore, pri cipal OF
tie colptr high school, has resigned d
tie eaga enent for next year hereto
fore rendered and accepted by. him
Mr. Moore will quit school ork 10 at
tend to business interests. He owns a
hNit interest in groltry store az
halanaaDd an interest ia publis hing
AID printing business at Kelso, Wash.
re expects to move to Kalama imm, di-
stel, after TIE close of the high school
term. The newsof Mr.. Moore's resig-
nation will be received with regret for
he certainly proved to be the light man
fJr the place and his record of building
up the school in six months is one to be
proud Of
The county high school board at it's
last meeting engaged Gene w. Hall as
asslstan teacher for next year. Mr..
Hall has splendid record as a teacher
IN this connty having just finished a
very eu, ceosfnl term at Alder.
County School Notes.
Superintendent Kerns is north of
WalloWa in the Dry Creek country.
Y here the people desire to form new
district from portions of Nos. 16 and 30
Gene ". Hall will begin teaching
Monday two months term at the
Ronp school on Prairie Creek.
Miss Nettie Brock started aching
this week the spring term at No. lS on
the upper Chesnimnus.
NJ II. Tucker will begin a two
months term at Chico next monday.
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VIII. Celebrate at Lake.

Alta mass meeting held in Joseph
Wednesday hight, 1t was decided To
hold two days celebration at the head
OF Wallowa lake on Friday and Sat.
urday, July and A. On the following
day, Sunday, July 5, camp meeting
VIII be held at the aame place. There
viii be devine services and grand
sacred concert.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-04-30
$4,000 for Boosting La tirande.

Al meeting in La Grande last
week, addressed by Tom Richardson.
secretary OF the Portland Commercial
club, $500 in subscriptions were pledg.
ed aud club with monthly dues ag.
gregating s109 organized, the whole
sum to be used in boosting La Grande,
md attracting settlers.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-04-30
Fresh Country Butter.

Anyone wishing TO engage good
country butter, leave word ~ the News
Record office.
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DEATH RECORD.

Daniel NJ. Hammac!S was born in
Knox county, KY, in June, 1S4l. He
moved with his parents TO Missouri i'm
the spring of 1S42, from there to Iowa
in 1915. He resided there 10 years aud
then moved with his parents 30 Union
county, Ore, In 1865, and resided there
until 1907, when lie came to WaIlowa
c'unty and lived until his death April
23, 1908. He was 81 years and 10
months old. He leaves one brother.
j. w. Hammack of Lostine and two
sisters, Mrs. Nancy Lee OF Summprvile
and Mrs Amanda Grider OF La Grande.
Daniel Nj. Hammack was never mar
ried. He was beloved by his many
friends and relatives. The funeral was
IN Lostine conducted by Rev. f. G.,
Potter, April 25; interment in the
Lostins cemetery
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Mary Frances Wymore, sister Ct J..
w. Wyunore OF Prairie Creek, died near
l.ostine, SUNDAY morning, of tubercu-
losis, while being brought in from
Elein. Her age, was 26 and half
years. She WAS born in Page county.
Iowa, and resided there until this Jour
ney to join her brothers in this county.
The remains We're emhalmed by Fred S.
Ashley, the Enterprise undertaken, and
accompanied hy Mr.. Wymo,e left here
Monday on the way back to the old
home in Hepburn fo interment.
The week -old son of Mr.. and Mrs
Earl Coffnan OF Swamp Creek died Sat
urday night, and was inferred in the
Enterrri cemetery Monday morning
at O'Clock, services being conducted
by Rev \, ]. IIammack, assisted by
Rev. Owens. The parents have the
sincere sympathy of many friends in
their sorrow
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LaCes Reduced.

10c Torchon Lace and Insertion in good widths 2r
very patterns. Special yard.
Valenciennes and insertions: l. yards to
piece good values at 75c and Soc piece. Will sell S5C
White inches wide; pretty for waists
and dresses. we'll worth yard. Zoe
cia
Point de Paris and Insertion match good width
and designs. This lace is worth 1oc to &c 10c
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any external evidence Indeed. the street
presented in 1874 decidedly ragged ana
unattractive aspect. AT its eastern end,
or slip. in front of the Long Island FERRY
stood the flimsily constructed meal mar
ket. whose transactions in corn ana SIM
liar merchandise had been supplemented
by a more profitable traffic IN negro
slaves. who were daily displayed IN us
stands for the benefit of those desiring 10
buy, sell or hire such commodities. ana on
either side of this unsavory mart
stretched a broken line of mean niue
wooden buildings extending as far west
as William street From this point the
prospect gradually improved. the Broad
way end Boosting some dwellings, OF heaL
and attractive appearance. but the hoI'h
side remained entirely vacant save .or
four wholly dissimilar structures. ne
first of these, on the northwest oet"eeii
William and Nassau streets. was Tue
property of Gabriel Thompson, a tavern
keeper. beyond which doomed huge paIn,
like affair erected by the Bavards IN II -
for what they termed the mystery OF su,
gar refining"-a mystery waich wa. a
street has not wholly fathomed 10 the
present day: and adjoining THIS cruus Ia
tory stood the most pretentfous ouiiolns
on Manhattan Island-the city hall. whose
foundations had been laid in 1883 with the
stones taken from the bastions OF the Ola
palisade. Beyond this, and almost ao-
joining it, lay the Presbyterian Cnurcn
substantial brick edifice. and al the
head of the street on Broadway squa.tea
the ugly, square little wooden buildins
with a disproportionately tail steepie
which had sheltered the congregation oi
Trinity Church since 1896.
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nese proverb says, Chang tn shen
hsieu shu"-z"At constant gambling
even the gods lose Be that as it
may, we certainly never hear or the
successful gambler increasing his busl-
ness or charging his estate Gambling
is forbidden by the government. cen
sured by moralists, condemned bv pub
lie opinion and anathematlZed by re
ligiol. yet it fiourishes exceedingly Ii
is a common pastime among all classes
and much money changes hands daily
Gambling dens are numerous, and their
victims are legion
The transgrcssors are not always men
Women. especially the older ones. make
up card parties much too frequently
for the good OF their pockets and the
well ordering of their households Many
OF these ancient DANES have the gam
| bling fever in it's quotidian form and
are restless without their daily turn a,
cards That long-tongued jade fumol
saws that nowhere is the fever stronger
| than in the imperial palace, and we car
| readily believe it, for time must hang
| heavily on the hands of the many eu-
nuchs and ladies in waiting. For con
| venience sake there is in the palace 6
| special coinage of silver ingots from a
| mace or two upward.
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Refugees for Street Crossings.

From the London Lancet.
knocked down by a motor is becom-
ing common heading of newspaper para
graphs and it seems to us that the peo-
pie on foot have a right to claim some
further protection against accident than
is provided for them by the acuteness of
their senses and their own alertness, es-
pecially as there are wayfarers who have
no. the faculty Of taking things at the
right time or of successfully steering clear
of two streams of motor traffic proceeding
in opposite directions. Moreover. the alb
sertminded are entitled to some consid-
Grafton The footing of the horn is. as
rule. not far short of being stimuli
taneous with the approach almost TO the
touching point of the swiftly moving
motor Individuals who were not pre-
viously nervous are rapidly becoming so
when the crossing of a street amounts
almost to a rush across busy railway
junction.
The right of the pedestrian to the road
is gradually being wrested from him. and
certainly most motor drivers have little
respect for him. This right must not be
yielded. and the conductors OF motor traf-
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GAMBLING-CRAZED CHINA.
People Stake Their Clothing During
Holidays
From the Shanghai Times.

From the Shanghai Times
The new-year holidays are the chiel
time for China's recreation-GamolinS
There are tens Of thousands OF busS
workmen. shopkeepers and farmers VINO
during $50 days of the year resist thc
gambling demon-"Shua Chen kuel =
hut succumb to him during these fltteen
idle DAYS 1t is a great testing time'
and all but the stalwarts fall. Take our
honest friend Chang San as an example.
He is not a gambler. but time hangs
heavily on his hands. for he is In the
novel position Of having nothing to do.
All his friends are playing cards or dice
or dominoes or tempting fortune at
roulette or fan-tan What can he do?
He is but human. SO. taking his hard
earned bits of silver or strings
of cash. he joins groups of friends
at cards. or worse still. wends his way
TO q paochu gambling den. Piece by
niece the silver disappears. string by
string the cash vanishes. But the gam
bling fiend has him in its grasp, so off
comes his new cloth jacket, then his
wadded or fur-lined gown. then his
high satin boots. and toward daybreak
he sinks shivering homeward in his
vest and pants.
Where there are so many losers there
must be some gamers. Yet one never
hears of them. Perhaps 1t is as the Chi
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HORSE FINDS WAY HOME.
Broke From Thieves and Pounded
on Stable Door.
From the Chicago News

ToiH the IcdpO News
Dandy Dan, fifteen-year-old net horse
belonging to the Moffett Livery Com
pany, returned to his box stall last night
after escaping from thieves.
With his vclvety bay coat covered with
foam and with no harness on him. the
animal appeared at tie door of the barn
last night and whinnied. Then he raped
on the door with his hoof and awakened
the night foreman at the barn and IAN
officer of the company. They opened the
door and with a switch of his tail and a
happy kick Dan ran upstairs and delved
into his hayrack.
According TO Mr.. Harvey the horse and
light-top buggy to which the animal was
attached were stolen from in front of a
residence at West Van Buren, street while
he was inside. The horses absence was
mourned by the livery employees. for Dan
is the pet of every one. He is never
hired OUT and is used only by the of
flcials OF the company. 1t Is believed that
while the thieves were endeavoring to
change the harness and hitch him to an
other rig Dan rebelled and broke away.
The buggy was later recovered at West
Van Buren, street and Western avenue.
and it is believed that it was near this
place that Dan escaped from his captorA
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:, ON the roads must he made to learn

fic on the roads must be made to learn
that pedestrians have as much claim to
the use of the road as they have. What
we think should be DONE now that the
old relatively slow horse traffic is being
so rapidly ousted by motor vehicles. is
that more islands should be placed in
the main streets. Such refugees at least
enable the pedestrian to keep an eye on
one stream of traffic at a time. But it is
next to impossible to calculate upon the
safe chances of passing through two lines
of fast motor traffic going in opposite
directions. We think. therefore. that the
public should be assisted in this matter
and that more islands should be placed
in the streets. We commend the sug
gestion to the police and the street au-
thorities. as We are convinced that the
risks of crossing the busy street, which
are very rapidly increasing, would be
considerably reduced if the traffic could
be divided. at shorter intervals than is
now the case, into distinct up-and-down
lines