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Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-02-04
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY q, 1909.
THE TAX MIDDLE.

The tax muddle caused by the de
cision of the supreme court that th7
plan of apportioning the state tax
among the counties in ratio to
county expenses, is unconstitutional.
will be cured by the emergency law
passed last Thursday. The equaliza-
tion board created by it will meet
Wednesday of this week and attempt
to apportion the tax according to the
true valuation.
If the board accepts the returns by
the various assessors as the true val
uation, Wa'lowa's proportion of the
state tax will be increased over six
thousand dollars, and, for example
Unions will be decreased $4,000.
The reason is just this: A lot Of
office holders in Oregon have vio-
lated their oath of office. The
members of the county courts and
the assessors OF Wallowa and Union
counties took the same oath of office
They swore they would have the
property in their respective counties
assessed at its true cash valuation.
This was done in Wallowa county by
the court and Assessor Pace. who
think 1t is dishonorable to break an
oath to obey the law.
In Union it seems to be different
Union with twice the population of
Wallowa has less assessed valuation
No one in La Grande would admit fol
an instant but that Unions true valu.
alton is two and a half or three
times that of Wallowa.
Union is a type of most Ore
gon counties, though few returned
true valuations like this county. A
few prosecutions for violations of
oaths Of office is in order.
The board to sit Wednesday has
the power to go back of the assess
crs' returns and by other evidence
get at the respective true valuations
II is to be hoped it will make a
thorough job of it, and in its report
show up the dishonest courts and
assessors-for a man who violates
an oath of office is dishonest
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-02-04
THE NEW LEADERSHIP.

From Salem Capital Journal (Rep.)
The type of Republicans who are
appearing and around whom the Re
publican party will grow strong and
healthy as political organization ar,
men like Macarthur. Bowerman, Rusk
sinnott, Eaton, McCue, Patton, Kay
Abbott. Jones of Polk Hawley. the
men from Clackamas, Mckinney
Brooks, Abrahams and others, who
say pledges are made to be kept in
the interest of the people and party
not to be violated in the interest OF
factionalism or personal ambition.
1t is in this new leadership that
the Republicans have hope
The new leadership will not sneel
at the Direct Primary law, which is
rapidly being adopted by other states
Under it the farmer the laborer
the common citizen, who is not a
professional politician, has something
TO say.
VIII the masses of the people ac
cept leadership that distrusts them
that places the lowest machine poll
tician from the North End in Port
land, or from the gambling halls OF
Astoria, above the honest decent
granger?
Yet that is what has been expect
ed and because the farmer would not
let go his power under the Direct
Primary, he has been insulted by
men who stole into positions in VIC
4ation of law, voted for the Demo.
cratic nominee for senator. and bet
money that Chamberlain would be
elected.
Isn't 1t time for the new clean, de-
cent young blood in the Republican
party to assert itself and declare for
Republican policies that have some
respect for American citizenship?
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-02-04
Adopt Spanish Industry.

Pasadena, Cal, Feb Through
experiments Just completed, Cali
fornia should come into a $2,000,OOO
industry that is now enjoyed by
Spain as one of her chief winter ex-
ports. 1t is the growing, storage
and marketing of choice varieties of
grapes, which hitherto has belonged
to the Castillians.
For four years, experts of the de-
partment of agriculture have been
experimenting with the preserving of
grapes at the plant of the Pasadena
Ice Company. Varieties have been
subjected to every conceivable con-
li.ion of temperature and time. The
'esult shows that by a scientific
method of packing and storing,
choice species can be grown here in
the summer, kept as long as neces-
sary and placed on the market in
perfect condition.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-02-04
Cir. and Water.

A new Insurance inspector had just
completed his first trip In one OF @ ,ne
big office buildings, He was making
up his report In the office OF the super
lntendent of the skyscraper.
"Wen," said the superintendent "did
vou find everything all rightT
eyes" said the other, with grin'
"oll right but in one instance"
What"
"Tt had TO do with the buckets In the
corridors"
what was the matter thereT IN
auired the superintendent. Il nau
them filed just the other day"
"That's 1t exactly" replied the ON
cial. ..The label reads, For Fire Only
and you have put water in them!--
Youths Companion.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-02-04

"Iife Is full of ups and downs" said
the man who is airy and afable under
all circumstances.
$50 | have heard"
well, am at present In the full en-
joyment Of one of the ups"
81 congratulate you"
Don't. It's case OF hard up
"Well." asked q dramatist after
first performance Of his play. "uid -"
like it"
VERY much" answered his wife,
But there is one incongruity In It.
The second act takes place two years
after the first, and the young couple
have the same cook"
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-02-04

information Concerning Eilhth Grade
Final Examinations.
|. Dates:
Three examinations annually. Each
omty superintendent to select
months for his county.
(a) January 21-22, 1909
(b) May 1914, 1909.
@ June 1O-11, 1909.
Id September 2-3, 1909.
2. Program:
(a) Observation-Disclosures, Writ
ing, History, and Civil Govern
ment.
(b) Fridays - Grammar, Physiol-
ogy, Geography, and Spelling.
8. Sources of Questions:
(a) Civil Government United
States Constitution.
(b) Geography State Course
of Study: Redway and Humans
Natural School Geography.
(c) History-List of topics from
History Outline in State Course
of Study and Current Events.
(d) Language-Buehler's Modern
English Grammar, no diagram
ming.
(e) Reading - The teacher will
send to the County Superintend
ent the applicants class standing
in reading, which shall be taken
by such superintendent as the ap
plicant's standing on the subject
f) Spelling - Eighty per cent
from Reeds Word Lessons, and
twenty per cent. from manuscript
in Language.
(g) Writing - Specimens of pen
manship as indicated in copied
matter and from manuscript in
Language.
Respectfully submitted,
]. H. ACKERMAN.
Supt. Public Instruction.
The first Eighth Grade examina.
ton for the year 1909 will be held
January 21-22.
Teachers preparing classes for this
examination will please report to this
office the number of applicants at
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-02-04
SEEK HIGHER DUTY OIL HOPS
Western Growers to Ask for Double
Charge.


Charge.
San Francisco, Feb. Ito secure
relief for the hop industry of the Pa
cific Coast from foreign competition,
E. c. Horst. of San Francisco, and
Herman Klaber, of Portland, Or.
will make another plea TO the ways
and means committee of Congress
for an increase in the duty on the
foreign product. Foreign hops at
present pay IL cents pound duty.
and an increase to "a cents is
sought.
The plight of the hopgrowers is
pictured as desperate. The produc-
ton in this country has fallen off in
the last three years nearly so per
cent, while the importations have
nearly trebled For the last three
years, it is said, the American grow
er has not received for his hops the
cost of their production; and in Cal
ifornia, Oregon and Washington hop
fields are everywhere being aban-
doned and thousands of acres of
hops plowed up.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-02-04
CANADA AND MEXICO TO SEND
DELEGATES TO CONFERENCE

Washington, Feb. Now that
the Canadian and Mexican govern
ments have both formally accepted
President Roosevelt's invitation to
send delegates to North American
Conservation Conference here, the
final arrangements are being rapidly
put into shape. The conference will
be held at the state department Feb
ruary IS.
Canada and Mexico will each send
three delegates. The only others
present will be the members of the
National Conservation Commission
and representatives of the state de-
partment and of one or two other
executive departments
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-02-04
Representative Brooke of Harne

Representative Brooke of Harvey
and Malheur, and Repres entative
Bean of Lane Git took two to do it,
have introduced bill making it a
misdemeanor for a candidate for the
legislature to subscribe to State
ment No. l. Under this bill it be
comes unlawful for a person to
make a pledge to the people of his
district. 1t would still be lawful
for a legislator to pledge his vote
to a corporation or set of politica
bosses. Oh, yes! That would be per
fectly constitutional.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-02-04

The members of the legisla-
ture from this district cared we'll in
the committee assignments. Repre-
sentative Rusk was given a place
on the judiciary committee. a mes
unusual honor for a new member. A
place on that committee is counted
equal to a craftsmanship of a minor
committee. In addition he is on the
irrigation, military affairs and min
ing committees-all important ones
Senator Oliver is on four of the
best committees in the Senate, agri
culture and forestry, counties, mu'
licipal corporations, and revision OF
Jaws.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-02-04

Inc published lists of assessed val
uations are better than an old fash.
Toned Sunday school story book as
a moral object lesson. They ais
snow what false dame rumor is
common report says Mr. So and
So is worth" so many thousand dol.
lars, but the cold figures of the
assessor, made under oath as the
true valuation, proves Mr.. So and So
Is worth only one-third or onefourth
the amount rumor gave.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-02-04

If timber lands had been assessed
at their true valuation in this coun.
ty, and every individual had given
to the assessor all his property, the
tax levy would have been under 10
mills. The difference between what
II would have been and what it is,
1875 mills, is what the honest man
is paying to make up for the
other fellows.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-02-04

hopes of its most sanguine friends
ir spite of Mr.. Jonas illnatured
filings. and is doing a noble work in
the education of the youth from all
parts of the county.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-02-04
Department Of Public instruction
Salem


Salem
CIRCULAR OF INFORMATION
Giving the sources Of examination
questions for State and County pa.
pers, February and August, 1903.
l. Arithmetic, One-fifth from State
Course of Study, four-fifths from
Smith.
2. Civil Government, Strong &
Schafer.
3. English Literature:
February, 1909
A. One-half from texts; New.
comer's English Literature, and
Newcomers American Litera.
ture.
B. One-half from the following
classics:
/. Lowell, The Vision of Sir
Launfal (Riv. lit. ser.) Hough.
ton, 25c, 22c.
2. Webster, The First Bunk.
er Hill Grafton (Riv. lit. ser.)
Houghton, 25c, 22c.
8. Scott, Marmion Pocket
Classics) Macmillan, 25c. 22c.
August, 1909
A. One.half from texts: New.
comer's English Literature, and
Newcomers American Litera
ture.
B. One.half from the following
classics:
l. Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
(Riv. lit. ser.) Houghton, 25c,
22c.
2. Ruskin, Sesame and Lilies
(Riv. lit. ser.) Houghton, 25c
22c.
3. Carlyle, Essay on Burns
and Burns Poems (Pocke
Classics) Macmillan, 25c, 22c.
The first figure is the publishers
price, the second the price to schools
contracted for between the Oregon
Library Commission and The ]. X.
Gill Co.
4. Geography, Onefifth from
State Courses OF Study, four.fifths
from Redway & Hinman.
s. Grammar, One.fifth from State
Course of Study, four-fifths from
Buehler.
6. History, U. s. One-fifth from
State Course of Study, four-fifths
from Buehler.
Z. orthography, Reeds Word Les.
sons.
8. Physical Geography, Tarr's New
Physical Geography.
8. Physiology, Krohn, Hutchinson.
10. Reading, State Course Of
Study, Whites Art Of Teaching, Oral
Reading.
II. School Law, School Laws Of
Oregon.
IL. Theory and Practice, Whites
Art of Teaching.
13. Writing, Outlook Writing Sys-
tenn, Tests in Writing.
IA. Algebra, Wells: Algebra for
Secondary Schools.
10. Bookkeeping, Office Methods
and Practical bookkeeping, Part l.
16. Composition, Herrick & Damon
II. Physics, Millikan & Gale: A
First Course in Physics.
1S. Psychology, Buell..
10. Botany, Bergen: Elements Of
Botany.
20. Geometry, Wentworth: Plane
and Solid Geometry, questions on
Plane Geometry.
21. History, General, Myers: Gen.
eral History.
An examination Is required upon
the first thirteen subjects for first
grade County certificate valid for
three years; upon the first eighteen
subjects for State certificate valid
for five years; and upon the twenty
one subjects for State diploma
valid for life.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-02-04
GAM E LAWS.

ANY person knowing of any viola
ion of the game or fish laws OF tn
state, or of persons not proper
keeping screens over irrigatiH
iitches. are requested to notify
JOE CLENONS,
Deputy State Game and Fores
Warden. Zumwalt. Oregon. Att
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-02-04

Brother Jonas of the Wallowa Sun
Is still sour and disgruntled about
The county high school. The latter,
however, is flourishing up to the
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-02-04
aftalluwa Guuaty Chirftain
County Pioneer Paper

Established in 1884. Published every
Thursday by The Enterprise Press.
Office East side Court House
Square.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-02-04

least thirty days before above date
Respectfully.
J. C. CoNLEY,
Supt. OF Schools.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-02-04
Roosevelt Is Not Consulted by
Taft About Selections
for Cabinet.
VIEW STATEHOOD BILL UP
Preparations Are Being Made for An
Elaborate Inauguration of Taft
and Sherman.

Washington. Feb. 3.-Mr. Tat Is
not keeping President Roosevelt
posted ON the form alton of his cabi-
net. He is neither seeking the ad-
vice of the President nor submitting
names for his approval after selec-
tion has been made. The fact is thai
Mr.. Roosevelt is entirely in the dark
with regard 20 the Taft cabinet; he
knows 10 more than he gathers from
the ..ewspapers.
There is some truth in the report
tat the President feels sighted be-
cause Mr.. Taft has not seen fit 10
offer Secretary Loeb place in his
cabinet, but the President is more
disturbed because Mr. Taft is In
clined to choose an entirely new cab.
met, retiring all members of the
present body with the possible excep-
tion of Secretary of War Wright,
who was appointed on recommended
ton of Mr.. Taft just prior to his
retirement from the Roosevelt cabi-
net.
The definite statement can be
made that James K. Garfield, secre-
tary of the interior, will not be q
member of the cabinet of the next
administration. Neither will he be
an ambassador to a foreign country.
He will return to his home in Ohio
and take up the practice of law.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-02-04

An omnibus bill providing sepa-
rate statehood for the territories of
New Mexico and Arizona was intro
duced in the house by Hamilton, of
Michigan, chairman of the house
committee on territories. The bill
was framed by the Republican men,
bers of the committee and submitted
to the minority members, who ap-
proved 1t.
New Mexico is given two represen-
tatives in the house, to be elected
at large, and the city of Santa Fe is
designated as the capital of the state
until 1920.
Four sections of land in every
township are granted to New Mexico
for the support of common schools.
Two of these had been previously
granted to the territory.
Y hen adopted into the Union,
New Mexico is to be attached to the
eighth judicial district. One hun
dred thousand dollars is appropriate
ed for the expenses incident to the
elections and constitution provided
for in the bills.
Most of the provisions for Arizona
are similar TO those for New Mexico.
Phoenix is designated as the capital
until 1920. Arizona is given one
representative in the house; 100000
acres of land are granted for uni
versity purposes and other grants
are equal to those made for New
Mexico.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-02-04

GredI preparations are being
made for Taft's Inauguration. The
programme is divided into five i'm
portant feature and others of less in
terest, among which are:
An imposing military parade is be-
ing arranged on big scale by Ma
jor-General ]. Franklin Bell, who
has been appointed grand marshal
A great display of fireworks on the
White Lot, just in front of the
White House, in combination with
the illumination of the streets of
Washington throughout the down.
town section, the dome of the Capi-
tol and the Washington monument
and a drill and display of pyrotech-
MICS by the Republican Flambeau
Club of Minneapolis.
The inaugural ball will be held in
the pension building, the largest
brick structure in the world.
With the conveni1g of a new con-
gress scarcely more than a month
distant, the selection of standing
committees of the next house and
particularly the award of chairman
ships has become the subject of keen
speculation.
The understanding among mem
bers is that the rule of seniority will
be used in the selection of a chair
man. There are, however, important
committees whose chairmen will not
be members of the next house and
the selection of their successors is
causing no little speculation.
The American National Red Cross
Association has cabled to Ambassa-
dor Griscom at Rome $225.OU0
which he will present to Queen
Helena for the purpose Of beginning
an agricultural colony in Calabria
or Sicily for the orphans in the Ital-
ian earthquake district.
For the purpose of shipping lum-
Der for houses for the earthquake
sufferers, the Red Cross has given
100000 to the navy department.
The delivery OF package contain
ing intoxicating liquor to any person
but the consignee is prohibited by
the provisions of bill introduced
by Representative Miller, of Kansas.
A fine of not more than $4,000 or
Imprisonment for two years is fixed
as penalty for any violation. The
bill applies to interstate shipments.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-02-04

Entered in the postoffice at Enter
prise. Ore, as second-class matter.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-02-04

Ruberoid roofing, l ply and 2 ply
ioI saie by S. D. keitner.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-02-04
CONGRESS- HONORS WIDOWS
Wives of Cleveland and Harrison
Granted FraniIing Privilege.

Washington, Feb. 3.-Frances
Folsom Cleveland, widow of ex-
President Grover Cleveland, and
Mary Lord Harrison. widow of ex-
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-02-04

Preside~t Benjamin Harrison, were
granted the franking privilege for
life by the provisions of a house bill
passed by the senate.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-02-04
81 SCRIPTION RATES.
Uae year Sl.50 Three molths 5Oc.
Invariably in Advance.
COUNTY ADVERTISING RATE.

NO...t, subscribers to the Chieftain
NAV have additional copies selt
oL,s.ue the county for Sl.O0 per
year No such subscriptions taken
or ei5 han one year
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-02-04
THE MARKETS
Portland,

Wheat-Track prices: Club, CSC:
red Russian, csc; bluestem, $1.O6;
Valley, $1.00.
Barley-Feed, $2S; rolled, $3.50
20.
oats-No. 1 white, sS4; gray,
$33.
Hay-Timothy, Willamette Valley.
fancy, SIG; do. ordinary $13; East
ern Oregon, mixed, SIS; do. fancy.
$40; alfalfa, SIG; clover, IA.
Butter-Extra, 33@35c; fancy
33@34c; choice. soc; store, 1Sc.
Eggs-Extra, SOC.
I-ops-190S, choice, Tie; prime &
@7c; medium, So &c; 1907, 2@21c
Wool-Valley, 14@15hc: N
Eastern Oregon, S416c, as to
shrinkage.
Mohair-Choice, 18@19c.
Seattle.
Wheat-Bluestem, s1.O7.
Oats-$34.
Barley-S27.50@2
Hay-Eastern Washington t,mo
Thy, SIS per ton; Puget Sound hav
$3.50 IA per ton; wheat hay. si3
per ton; alfalfa, $13@14 per ton.
Butter - Washington creamery
SIC per lb.; ranch, 21c per ID.
Eggs-Selected local, 42c.
Potatoes-White River. s1a@oA
per ton; Yakima, $22Q26 per ton
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-02-04

Representative Rusk has intro
duced a bill to permit the Wallowa
county court to sell the Jail prop
arty.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-02-04

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-01
HE IS A 'RECHABITE"
BY ONE DAYS MARGIN
fore New Year, and Is Ordered to Stay There.
Defended BY Wife's Mother.

wife found it out. And Bryan liked to
talk to the "other woman" the evidence
showed
What did you buy the poison fOr?''
Judge DeLacy asked of Mrs. Bryan.
Il bought 1t for the bugs she re-
piled
did you try to poison this MANI"
mo, sir
Bryan also asserted that he had been
compelled to support the mother and
brother and sisters Of his wife, and he
was getting but 81 a week. It was too
much, he said, and so he went Oft vita
the other woman"
Mrs. Mary Smiths forgiveness Of her
husband Aquilla was complete when she
kissed him on the lips in Juvenile Court
three little children. There was not q
dry eye in the court when the little
woman accepted her husbands prom
ises to SUPPORT her and forget all the
unhappiness Of the past which had
forced her 70 bring him into court.
Already the rent was a month and a
half past due and the grocer was asking
for his pay. The wife was as slight
and pale as a Fly AT home in its little
crib was a baby four weeks old, while
two other children under the age Of
three we're waiting for mother In
drink, AqUilia had slapped his wife De
fore she arose from her bed at the
birth Of the baby. He had slapped her
once again, each time when he had been
drinking.
Aqunia admitted his proneness to take
q drink once in a while. He would
swear of. he told Judge DeLAcy. His
wife and children were dear to him and
he would care for them. He would not
wait for tomorrow to come: he would
take the pledge right now. And, he
did take the pledge with the mien Of
man who intends 20 keep his word.
Then It was that the pale, Slight little
woman came up and kissed him IN low
ing manner. right In the presence OF
the court. AQuilla kissed back.
With that spirit ia the home, il can
not but be happy hereafter. II you will
leave drink alone" remarked Judge De
Lacy as they left the room.