Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-02-11
LIVELY PEOPLE IN
GARDEN OF EDEN
ENJOY GOOD TIMES BUT ARE
HUSTLING FOR STILL BET.
TER ONES.

(By Mrs. Adah l.. Downing of Wild
Rose Home FARM
Troy, Jan. 25.- The 18th, (our
lucky number) of this month, the
school directors of the Eden dis
trict called a special meeting of an
important nature, which was well at
tended and harmoniously conducted,
resulting to the satisfaction of all
concerned. The last, but not the
least important motion to be made,
seconded and carried, was for do
nation" party to be given on the
following Monday, the 18th, to help
swell the school fund for the future
benefit of the Eden school, every
one with but a few exceptions, put
their names down for a goodly sum
on the subscription paper passed by
one of the ladies' present, bache
lors and all, as good nature was the
feature of the day. Mrs. Hafer and
sons Eugene and Harry kindly do
mated the use of their commodious
residence for the proposed party,
which was accepted with the same
kindly spirit in which it was ten
dered.
Nearly all of Eden attended the
party and Leonard Bolding from
Troy was present. The best of
good cheer was given in the appetiz-
ing supper with hot coffee passed
around, and plenty of it. AS usual
the card tables were ready in the
large parlor for those who did not
care to dance. George Courtney,
Charles Fleming and Jesse Fuller
all kindly donated the music on
violin and guitar for dancing, which
as ever was OF the best. Our bache-
lcrs (who by the way predominant in
our beautiful Garden of Eden, and
who would be a credit to any COM
munity) all turned out and enjoyed
themselves 50 we'll that they called
for the subscription paper to sign,
which they did, bringing the sum
total up above all expectations
About daylight everyone had fresh
hot coffee and a good lunch before
starting for home.
The next school affair will be a
wood matinee" when every man
and boy who can cut, saw and split
wood is invited and expected to
work hard all day at the same time
the women folks to provide plenty
of the hot Java and a lot OF hel
good things to eat, spread in the
school house, not far from the pres
pective woodpile.
The weather is much warmer and
cattle and horses are feeding out on
some of the brakes facing south,
which are bare and have plenty of
nutritious grass.
Your correspondent can testify that
everybody here in the extreme north
ern part of Wallowa county is not
dead by any means, nor even can be
called "mossbacks,' for they are GER
tainly a lively lot of people, and will
Keep that way until a bridge is
placed across the Grande Ronde at
Troy, telephone line from Bartlett
to Flora connecting at Troy, and an
electric line from Troy to Walla
Walla; then maybe we will be quiet
but We'll never $50 way back and
sit down. Never! for when we get
the two first, if not the third prop
osition, we will have our own flour
mill, saw mill and electric lights, so
that we will surely keep on the
move, until capital controlled else
where will commence to think that
we are "it" and worthy of some at
Lention, and that it might pay to har-
ness some of it's mighty power con-
centrated at the junction of the
Irande Ronde and Little Salmon
rivers; enough power to supply all
kinds of factories, light stations and
electric roads needed, and lot to
spare. Some time in the future
some corporation or its manager will
want to kick themselves because
hey did not investigate and take