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Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1908-06-18
For State's Attoroey,
ers OF Emmous county:

To the Voters OF Emmous County:
the once OF States Attorney. subject to
tue will Of the Republican voters At the
primary election TO be held June "a. 1908.
Respectfully. CRAS. COVENTRY.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-09-03
ing constantly in the chairs for the
lext 20 days.
AANY MEN ARE AT WORK
ON SNAKE RIVER LINE

George C. Thompson, superinten
,ent of contraction on the new
Northwestern railroad that is build
ing up Snake river, is in the city tc
lire men for construction work and
IN other business, says the Baker
Iity Herald.
He stated that work on the big
mnel was about one-third finished
there has been a delay because o.
ow water in Snake river impeding
heir plans of rafting of timbers tc
Inherent points on the new line
where needed. This has compelled
hem to float timbers loosely down
he stream and has caused a great
inconvenience.
One hundred and twenty five men
IRE now at work on the railroad
building. Double shifts are run and
10 time is being lost. Everything is
lively along thellne and there is ap
)arently no possibility of cessa
ion of activity.
AT the Oxbow power project pre-
lminary work Is going on. Cabins
ire being erected, camps organized
md about 40 men are now employ
I'd there.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-09-03

never returned, however, as the lane
was later withdrawn from entry.
1t is now open to settlement ant
VIII be opened to entry on Septem
ber 15.
The number in line has been add
ed to since August 25 and it is stat
ed more are coming, says the OBJ
server. They are eastern men who
want Wallowa county land ant
though they are a trifle late. the,
may secure some valuable tracts. II
view of the fact that that section
Is covered with squatters, and tha
the first nine men will secure frs
choice, it does not appear that there
VIII be very many choice selections
left. 1t is said by cruisers and those
who have visited the land in ques
ton that there are a few exception
ally fine tracts of land in the sec
ton to be thrown open. But squat
ters are thick on that land and they
of course, have preference right
In that they have 80 days to make
entry after the opening day.
First Nine Fortunate.
The first nine in the lineup are
extremely fortunate, as 1t is eviden,
each of them will get a profitable 10
cation. They have visited the sec
tion and have agreed among them
selves on what they want, and while
there, avoided land located by squat
ters.
There are no women among the
nine, and it is believed the group
will maintain its advantage by keep
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-09-03
lMNAHA BRIDGE.

Imnaha, August 27.-Roy Edge
mans were here getting fruit from
i. c. Johnson.
Jasper Simmons and family and
son Roy and wife are home from an
outing. They report good time
md lots of grouse.
John Hamilton caught 60 fish In
he Imnaha.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Sprague were
guests at the Beehan homestead Sat
lrday.
J. A. Denny is building a new
dwelling.
John Weaver and daughters Nina
and Iva of Enterprise were on the
Imnaha picking blackberries. They
picked 16 gallons. Fall fruit will
soon be ready.
Johnnie Johnson reports he likes
his ranch on Pine Creek.
e. A. Anderson's of Grow creek
we're picking backberries at Jack
Johnson's.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-09-03
LINEUP TO FILE ON
WALLOWA TIMBER LAND

A score of persons are already in
the lineup at the La Grande land
office, each anxious to file on a
claim in township north, range Al
or in township north, range A
Wallowa county. All of a n, Al, and
certain sections in 6 n, AZ, will be
thrown open for settlement on Sep.
tember Is.
The line-up started Tuesday, Au.
gust 25, when nine Portland people
under tie guidance of cruiser from
that city, took chairs at the land
office door, and will keep their seats
themselves or turn them over to sub.
stitutes until the 18th of Septem ber
There is, of course, possibility OF
some arrangement being made where
by ethics will be the predominating
feature and that the land seekers
will be able to leave their places
until the morning of the opening.
With one exception this will be
the longest wait in the history o.
the land office at La Grande and ii
the line is maintained until the ev.
ening of the opening day, it will be
the longest continuous wait known
there. The same tract of land tina,
these men seek, precipitated a rush
lats year, just an even 30 days be.
fore the doors were to open, but a
satisfactory agreement between the
contestants was reached whereby the
members of the line disbanded. They
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-09-03
Gets Applications for Seed.

A. j. d. Cornelius of ColfaA
writes: Il am much pleased with
my hybrid wheat. We have noi
threshed it yet, but it promises sc
well that have had more than %
applications for some of the seed
Will let you know more when it is
threshed.
J. A. Fontaine, Dayton, writes
The wheat did well this season, de
spite the dry weather"
j. ]. May, Whelan, writes: "Whea
is not yet threshed, but we expec
40 bushels per acre. All my neigh
bors want seed from it.
Andy Meal, near Pullman, writes
L threshed my wheat today. TIL,
new variety, known as No. 1913,
yielded 1917 sacks per acre. The
4O-fold grown on an adjoining fielt
and under exactly the same condi
lions, yielded Is sacks per acre.
am going to SOW all my summer-fal
lowed land to this wheat this fall
Karl Gerhard, Hatton, Wash.
writes: Il threshed 13 sacks
wheat from, one sack of seed | go
from you. Owing to the hot wealth
er and the winds it shriveled som,
and did not yield as well as unde
favorable conditions, this being a ba,
year. l find it does not shell out a.
easy as the old kinds and the straw
Is strong. Had we had norma
weather conditions | am satisfied tn,
yield would have been large. | vii
sell none of the wheat, as | wan
to SOW it this fall.
Schreck Gets 40-Bushel AVERAGE.
M. E. Schreck of La Crosse ha,
an average of 40 bushels per acr,
IRON the hybrid wheat and is enthus
iastlc over it. A report of Mr..
Schreck's yield was published i.
The Spokesman-R Review from l.
Crosse, recently.
Theo. Stirewalt, Pullman, writes
Il sowed 40 acres of No. 1913 whea
and it was fine in every respect.
am going to SOW all of my land t,
this variety and the hybrid callet
NO. 143, of which l got one sack il
the fall of 1907. l sowed this ont
sack on about two acres and go
3S1a sacks of wheat from it and as
line wheat as you need to look at
1t was very thin on the ground ant
l did not expect more than 20 sacks
but 1t turned out almost double wha
l expected. l think 1t is far ahead
the club or 40-fold."
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-09-03

That the Washington State col
lege experiment station has propa
gated new varieties of wheat which
are proving of excellent quality, yield
well, and are, in fact, almost ideal
wheats for this section, seems Ger.
tain, says a Pullman item. After
many years of patient work, started
by Professor w. j. Spillman, now
with the department of agriculture a
Washington, d. c., and followed by
his successor, as head of the college
experiment station, Professor E. e
Elliott, these new varieties of wheat
have been perfected and are pro
duced in sufficient quantities to seed
vast areas.
Professor Elliott distributed some
Of the seed among a lot of the bes
farmers, trying. to get some of it in
every neighborhood that could be
reached and requesting that the
grain be carefully watched and re
ports sent in showing what had been
accomplished. These reports arc
coming in and almost every one
shows splendid results.
Hybrid Best Wheat Grown.
C. A. Price, a grain dealer of Pull
said: "My hybrid wheat has yielded
well and is of excellent quality. J
believe it will prove one of the best
grains ever grown here. l have been
urging that not bushel of this
wheat be sold for export, but that ii
all be used for seed. If the Wash
ington State college had accomplish
ed nothing else but produce these
improved varieties of wheat it would
prove financial blessing to the
state and the entire Northwest
c. B. Kegley, master of the Wash
ington State grange, said: "My hy
brid wheat averaged a little more
than 40 bushels per acre. My rec
Russian averaged % bushels. The
two fields join, the soil is the same
the ground was cultivated in the
same way, and sown at the same
time, the seeder going from one
field to the other, part of both be
ing planted the same day. The hy.
brid wheat is worth from to
cents per bushel more than the Red
Russian. With an increase of 40 pei
cent in the yield and 2 to cents
additional on the price, further com
ment seems unnecessary. 1t costs
no more to raise an acre of one than
Of the other"
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-09-03
Real Estate Transfers
Week Ending August q, l9OS---Pre-
pared by WaIIowa Law, Land
{ Abstract Go.

Jennie Moritz to Crossett Timber
Co., half Sc sec 1S. and sw sw
see II, and NV NV 2O-2n-44. 81.
F. D. McCully ct al to w. o. Trea.
nor, lot 3, blk 8, Amended River
side add to Joseph. $1OO.
F. D. McCully ct al to w. o. Trea.
nor, lots 9 and 10, blk 8, Amended
Riverside add to Joseph. 1925.
w. o. Treanor to w. B. Daugherty,
lot 8, blk 3, Amended Riverside add
to Joseph. $1O5.
w. o. Treanor to z. T. Humphrey
lots and 10, blk 8, Amended River.
side add to Joseph. $3.50.
Jas. F. Elliott to Vesta A. Wolfe
sw sw sec 26; half Sc, half sw
and NV sw sec 81; ne Sc and Sc ne
sec %, all in 1n-41. 81.
Jas. R. Winters to w. c. Straley
8 half sw sec 2S and half NV 33.
6n-45. $1,000.
w. j. Funk ct al to j. r. Mccoy,
tract containing 6.54 acres in Sc sc
2-2s-44. $625.
Fred w. Falconer to John L
Johnson, all of sec SO 2n-46 and the
W half of 6-1n-47. 81.
John w. Kerns to Junia E. Rags
dale, tract beginning 10 IT south OF
the NV cor of blk 35, Zurcher's add
to Enterprise. $4,000.
C. E. Vest to Emma Bauer. II
acre tract in Sc Sc 2-2s-44. $500.
w. l. Calvin to Ina e. Gaskill
lots S, 6, Z and 8. blk 2. town OF
Enterprise. s2500.
John Mcdonald to J. o. Kiddle
the e half of blk 32 and the G
half of blk 33, also tract beginning
1853 feet west Of the ne corner oi
blk 32, town of Wallowa. $1,000.
Nils X. Bue to Dorothy Dahl, the
ne or of sec 4 2n-44. 81.
Walter A. Smith to Arthur l.
Berry, the NV or; the half of sw;
the NV of Sc and the sw of ne "a
1n-44. $4,000.
U. S. Patent to William w. Burns
half sw. NV Sc and the sw ne sec
"a 6n-43.
U. S. Patent to ]. B. Larson,
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-09-03

half Sc sec 20 and the n half of ne
29-3n-42
U. S. Patent to Vesta A. Wolfe,
n half Sc, sw ne and the Sc NV 27-
1n-41.
U. s. Patent to George w. Wolfe,
W half NV sec 27 and the half ne
28-1n-41.
U. S. Patent to Jesse o. Kiddle,
half Sc sec IA and the s half sw
sec 13 2n-43.
U. s. Patent to Martin Salberg, a
half Sc sec 2 and the W half ne IL
2n-44.
U. s. Patent to Justus Wade. ne
17-1s-44.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-09-03
FOR SALE.

On account of timber being cut
out, we have for sale, one No. 8
Russell saw mill complete with gang
edger, capacity 10000 feet per day.
One No. Q Russell mill. complete
with gang edger, capacity 10000 feet
per day.
One portable mill, capacity 15,00C
feet per day. These mills are al.
complete with saws, betting, etc., all
having run this season, and they are
for sale on reasonable terms.
Goodnough Mere. & Stock Co.,
1918 Elgin, Oregon.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-09-03
DRY DISTRICT FARMERS
PRAISE HYBRID WHEAT

Big Yields Reported in the Paouse-From IS
Acre Harvested-WI Be Generally Many of the
Inland Empire
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-09-03
GAM e LAWS.

Any person knowing of any viola
ton of the game or fish laws of the
state, or of persons not properly
keeping screens over irrigation
bitches, are requested to notify
JOE CLEMONS,
Deputy State Game and Forestr.
Warden, Zumwalt, Oregon. 42tf
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-09-03

All kinds of builders hardware at
Hartshorn & Keltner's.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-09-03
THE WALDOWA COUNTY
HIGH SCHOOL

Will open for the year. September 7, 9O8.
instruction will be given in the Classical.
Scientific, English and Commercial courses
in accordance with the Teachers Manual
and Course of Study which will be mailed
upon application.
The Manual should be hands of all who contemplate
attending High this Requirements
for Admission Standings"
ion," Especial Students" Of year."
Records" importance
person entering
The citizens of Enterprise will effort board
reasonable for those their
known at an early date.
For further information, address,
J. w. KERNS, Principal, Enterprise, Oregon
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-26
DUTY OF THE CHURCH.

Rev Merle N. Smith, pastor of the
First Methodist church, is not exactly
a theological tendril He appears to
be a shoulder-hitting preacher that
has no conscientious qualms about
speaking what is the truth as he sees
it. and who has the belief that the
Methodist exhorter is not designed of
the Deity for purpose of a pronounce
ment that shall be moulded with the
aim to please.
In recent sermon to his congrega-
ton he made some rather strong
statements in a plea for Christianity
TO be applied in a practical way.
Among other things, he said:
mir. Carnegie--not Christian man
has done more for the cause of uni
versal peace than any Methodist Epis-
copal bishop.
I'm states other than those inhabited
by Mormons, progressive polygamy is
fostered by state divorce laws. The
church could If 1t would throw its In
fluence, secure a national divorce law.
It's a disgrace In this Christian land,
as we call tits lie when we say It.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-26

It's disgrace to pagan-a heather
! country
He told his hearers that he formerly
| worked with his hands, and for that
reason has special feeling for the
manual laborer, closer to whom he be-
lieves the church should get. He ap-
pealed for consideration for men who
work on freight trains, especially at
night, where the peril Of. life and limb
seems almost limitless, his adjuration
on this score being especially strong,
because he bore the vivid memory of
sight of the trials of these men
whom he had seen at their dark and
dangerous work when he came home
by train from another city late the
previous night
From this he enlarged into a gen
eral plea for all poorly paid classes,
child workers and others who suffer
from the greed of men for gain. and
quoted the words of Amos in the
scripture, warning that the righteous
shall not be sold for riches nor the
poor for a pair of shoes.
There are a great many people who
believe that the Christian denomina-
tions of the land have more to do than
merely to hold services. 1t seems In
dubitable that great many avenues
for the betterment of mankind, NOR
ally, physically and spiritually, will
never show many footprints unless
trod by Christian workers. The spirit
of love, reinforced by a feeling bel
ligerent toward any Indifferent condi-
ton that may surround man, seems to
be motive power that should come
largely from the church and its peo-
Pile, if not wholly from there. The
feeling of sympathy and humane re-
gard for the welfare Of both the upper
and lower orders of creation would
seem to spring from some higher au-
thority.
<AS law. smith soy SilS S'iuAS iA
would seem to have a broad road for
it's campaign in the next fifty years.
as he sees it, at least, If 1t would exert
it's efforts to protect and uplift man
kind in every way that can possibly
benefit the present and future gener-
atoms, whether it be by suppressing
drunkenness. allaying the antipathy to
child bearing and rearing, or the pro-
lection of young womanhood. All of
these reforms, he says, with much
show OF, truth, should gain great i'm
petus by having put to the wheel the
shoulder of the church. which the
preacher believes it is the duty Of the
organization to put there.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-26
Looker-On In Iona

Emmetsburg, May 26.-1t gives one
an idea of the large number of auto
mobiles now in use in Iowa, to find in
! this town two garages, one owning six
machines and the other three, that are
doing a good livery business. While we
have adopted the French garage" for
the place, we still Yankeeize the bust
ness as 'livery." One of these garages
turned away two seven dollar jobs the
afternoon the writer was in town. It
would seem that this automobile bus
mess would drive out the regular horse
livery stable, but there are now five
livery stables here, all apparently
making it pay" But for "the long
drive" the automobile has big advan-
tage, especially when two or three or
more want to make a trip at the same
time. Three men got off the evening
train on the c., r. l. & P, which only
runs to Estherville now, and hired an
auto to go across country to Lake
Park, this at price but little more
than the car fare on the steam cars,
and much less If an all night hotel bill
at Estherville was figured in the cost
Of getting from Baskerville to Lake
Park.
The writer is far enough away to
tell the story of why one congressman
is not anxious to go back to Washing
ton. It's simply money or rather the
lack of it. AT the advanced pay it
would seem as tho frugal Iowan could
live in Washington on the money I'm
Gle Sam pays him. So he can if he
lives at cheap boarding house at $40
to s25 per week, but if he does live
there, and in that way. he's a board
ing house congressman with all the
term implies. He amounts to as much
living in that manner as an employee
in a manufacturing town does at the
company's boarding house. When it
comes to having his family with him
it's broader than it is long. And food
lodging and clothes are the least of his
troubles. Every visitor from
Iowa calls on some congress-
man. Every visitor has to
be entertained more or less One
congressman took friend to lunch
with him in a first class restaurant In
Washington. 1t was very Simple af-
fair. The wine list was not even looked
at The waiter brought him a check
for the two, sS.65. Theater tickets
cost money; 50 do automobiles, for
sightseeing This congressman at
home lays UP money on an income Of
$500 a year. He served his country
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-26

his own party until he serves written
notice on the county auditor of his in
tention to change.
The enormous length OF some of the
new liners helps to break the ocean
records, as they don't have quite so far
to go to touch the point of destina-
ton.
In his speech in Chicago few
nights since, Mr.. Bryan stirred up the
bankers, but the banks remained I'M
shaken.
It's usually the lower walks of life
that cause the runs on the banks.
This being base ball season, DR.
Charles l.. Goodell, defeated candidate
for Methodist bishop, naturally con-
siders the slam which caused his over
throw a base hit.
Yes, Aunt Maria has got the kind
est way of speaking about everybody"
That's nice trait"
Eyes. The other day somebody
showed her picture of Secretary Taft.
She looked lat 1t for some time. and
then said, Isn't he plump?"-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-26
two terms in Washington and barely
broke even"

broke even."
And up this way. (not here), comes
to the writer story that is almost
pathetic. A farmers daughter only a
| few years ago. married a young man
and they went into the hotel business.
tel business, while he sat around in
the office. She worked sixteen hours
q day seven days in the week. 36o
days In year, for thirty years, and
then died. She raised a family in the
meantime. She was cook chamber
maid and scrubbed out the office. She
had only one nice dress, and seldom
wore it. She never went to church or
belonged to any clubs or societies. She
never had u holiday or an hour of idle
ness. There was always something to
do. Her husband, as the years rolled
on, became "a booze fighter" Some
times, she was cook, chambermaid and
office clerk for weeks, while he was on
spree She in later years neglected
her personal appearance and one call
leo dress from in the morning till 10
at night, was enough. She got beyond
caring for tewelry. collars. or even ar
ranging her hair tidily. She was tired
all of the time, didn't go to see the
neighbors, and they neglected her. And
then came the happy release. We have
all heard OF the woman that wished
she could die and go to heaven and
do nothing for ever and ever" This
one Is the woman we have read about.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-26
TOO SLOW FOR THEM.
.(Register and Leader.l

We believe we should in the SEN
ator's place hereafter omit the claim
that congress was ahead Of Governor.
Cummins In the matter Of railroad
legislation. Senator Allison and SEN
ator Doliver rendered good service
after they got at it. But The Register
and Leader can remember distinctly
that 1t was little impatient itielf at
the slowness with which they got at.
1t. Governor Cummins had been agi-
tating for years, and the Corn Belt
Meat Producers association had been
organized for no other purpose long
before the United States senators
from Iowa. or from anywhere else for
that matter awoke to the fact that
the prairies were in flames and that
they had better backfire a little and
escape the conf1agration.
Governor Cunmirs will have no
difficulty in winning back that thou-I
sand dollars.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-26
Iona Newspapers
INDEX OF TOWN CHARACTER.

" ~
One may say what he pleases but
there is nothing that bespeaks more
for town and It's standing than the
appearance Of the advertising columns
Of newspaper. A home paper well
patronized will act as a sort Of mirror
for the town in which whole COM
munity can look and see what the
town has to offer and in NO other way
can this reflection be shown up SO
fully. A newspaper reports as near
all the happenings Of town. each
week as possible. The merchants
make known in their ads what they
have to offer in their line Of business
and all is a message to one and all.
There is only one way to, size up a
town as a business center and that Is
by the appearance Of the paper OF
that town. II 1t is well patronized
the town will be.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-26
Des Moines, Ia, May %, 1908.
Hon. Bernard Murphy,

Des Moines, Ia, May %, 1908.
Hon. Bernard Murphy,
Vinton, Iowa.
Dear Sir:
Replying to your inquiry, relative to
the code supplement issued in 1902, I
would state that by the enactment OF
Chapter 1874, Acts of the Twenty-ninth
general assembly the legislature di-
rected the publication of an edition of
fifteen thousand copies of the code sup
plement as required under the pro-
visions of the code of 1891 That the
publication Of the same was made un-
der the provisions of that statute and
was by virtue Of contracts made by
the code supplement committee, the
state printer and state binder having
nothing whatever to do with the pub
LEGATION as state printer and state
binder the work being let upon COM
petitive bids AS required by the code
the Thirty-second general assembly
made a similar provision for the is
sue of code supplement of 1907 which
contains the material printed in the
code supplement of 1902 and the acts OF
the Thirtieth, Thirty first and Thirty
second general assemblies, which ar
rangement is determined by the statute.
That under date of February s, 1908,
secretary of state, w. C. Hayward,
submitted to the governor and the
executive council a report showing the