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Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-10-28
Christian endeavor Entertained.

The Christian Endeavor society OF
the Christian church were pleasant
ly entertained Friday evening at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Oren Wag-
ner. Announcement had been made
at church that all Endeavorers and
would-be Endeavorers were invited.
The cordial invitation was accepted
by large number of young people.
The rooms were hung with jack!o-
lanterns and the halloween idea car
ried out through the entire evening
With the lights turned off weird
ghost stories we're told. The Misses
Ethel Weaver, Ruby Fosner and
Leila Pace in costume were witches
Ronald Wagner was the ghost
Games pertaining to halloween were
played and delicious refreshments
served. Mrs. o. NJ. Corkins, Mrs. Il
A. Fosner and Mrs. Oren Wagne
were patronesses OF the affair.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-10-28
Good Roads Work
In Washington
Conclusions by Northern Pacific
Aid in Road Building In
Sister State.

Seattle, Wash, Oct. 22.-Conces-
sions made by the Northern Pacific
railway to the State Highway Com
mission, will prove a material aid in
carrying out the plans for a network
Of good roads in Washington. AS a
direct result of tour made by high
way authorities and railway men,
cooperation is promised, for the rail-
road has agreed to permit spurs and
sidings to be built at various points
along its line where rock for road
building purposes is to be quarried.
The state will also be permitted to
use abandoned right-of-ways wherever
they may be available General Mana
ger Mutt has agreed to cooperate with
the state in every way possible, as
the importance of comprehensive
highway system is recognized by the
railroad people.
The growing Importance OF the
merchant marine as national issue
is being recognized in all parts of the
country. Repres entative N. R. Hum
phrey OF the first Washington Dis
trict, has gone on tour of the coun
try. to make addresses on this sub
iect in all important cities Of the
South, East and Middle West before
the opening of Congress. President
Taft has said that the time for re
storative legislation is at hand anC
il is believed that a reasonable sub
sidy measure can be enacted IL
the near future. The whole purpos'
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-10-28
Washington. HIGH Priced sh.s.

WashingtOn's steward was man
named Fraunces. who liked good liv-
ing and with whom Washington con
tinually quarreled about the market
ing. One time he bought n shad In
February. and as Washington saw II
coming into the dining room he was
charmed and asked what fish 1t was.
1T is a shad." replied the steward
"a very fine shad. 1t was the only
one in the market. and bought II for
YOU"
But what did you pay for itT' said
Washington sternly.
''lt is very fine shad." continued
the steward, land 1t is cooked to a
turn"
But l want to know the price-the
pricer'
1T cost $3." stammered out Fraunces
Take it away" said Washington as
he raised his hand; take 1t away. II
shall never be said that l set such M
example Of luxury and extravaganza.
And with that he drove the steward
out Of the room. and the shad was
eaten in the servants kitchen.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-10-28
Halloween Parties

A delightful Halloween party was
given Friday night by the girls OF
Glass No. of the NJ. L. Sunday
school at the home of their teacher,
Miss Jessie Robertson. The guests
were the boys of Glass 4 and their
teacher, Miss Haas, and the party
was in acknowledgment of the boys
victory in the recent Rally contest.
The party was of the "seek and
find variety, and the boys made
several calls before they found the
hostesses, all robed in ghosts ap-
parel at the Robertson home which
was gaily decorated with the girls
colors, white and blue, and the
boys colors, purple and orange.
A delicious and elaborate supper
was served, the centerpiece Of the
boys table being huge cake with
the words, "B. A. G. Victory"
The girls won the banner last
year and were entertained by the
boys at the home OF Sylvester Bur
leigh.
The hostesses Friday night were;
Erma Hotchkiss, Esther Trueblood
Cressie Cramer, Minnie Willgerodt
Marie Browning, Vera Stubblefield
Nora Pearson, Gladys Amey ant
Miss Robertson. Miss Haas was pres
ent with her class which is compose'
of the following boys: Robert AM
Romaine Yandell, Sylvester Burleigh
Clarence Flowers, Clark Akin, VIII
Hamlin, Guy Cramer, Fletcher MOI
rison, Leonard Jordan. Marion Joi
dan, Chester Zumwalt. Harold Stee
Russell French, Victor Thornton an
Eddie Chambers.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-10-28
SENATORS TO ASK
GOVERNMENT AID
SENATORS BOURNE AND CHAM
BERLAlN TO ASK $t56,ooo
APPROPRIATION.

Portland. Oregon. October 23.-
What is regarded as the most Inn
portant conference ever held between
the Congressional delegation OF this
state and the commercial interests OF
Portland took place this week when
the needs of the state were discuss
ed for two hours and suggestions
made as to needed improvements that
require government aid.
Senators Bourne and Chamberlain
met with Is prominent business men
and when the conference ended, the
Senators had pledged their aid to
secure as big appropriations as pos
sible for this state. Among the big
projects for which aid was enlisted
were the improvement OF the Colum-
bia River from Portland to the sea;
the free canal and locks at Oregon
City; the Cello Canal and the i'm
provement OF Coos Bay.
These improvements are expected
to cost about as follows: Columbia
River Improvement, $l5,000.000; So
100000 for the completion of the
Cello Canal; s2.7OO,oOO for the Inn
provement OF Coos Bay, and $456.OOO
for the free canal and locks at Oregon
City. or the money needed for the
latter project, the state has already
authorized appropriation OF 100000.
leaving only $156.OOO to be furnished
by the government.
Portland may take in nelghboring
suburbs before the census OF next
year Is taken. The matter was dis
cussed by the Realty Board at the
Commercial club this week and gener-
ally favored. This addition to the city
would include only those districts ly-
ing so near that II is impossible to
tell when passing from the city prop
er to the suburbs. An expression
will be asked from the various dis
tricts as TO their opinion on the an
nexation question.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-10-28
BRIDGE SURVEYED
AT GOOSE ISLAND
is THouhGT RUMoRED LINE
WILL CONNECT WITH COAST
LINE AT WALlA WAILA.

Holly Sloan and John Gebbart, con-
nected with the AA1 Mining Company
OF the upper Snake river country,
spent two or three days in Asotin
this week, says the Sentinel. Mr.
Sloan brings out the information
that crew OF surveyors, in the ser
vice of the Pittsburg & Gilmore line,
better known as the Salmon river
road, during the past month survey
ed a bridge site across the Snake
at Wild Goose island, and also took
soundings of the same. Their work
was continued down on the west side
of Snake river until the mouth of the
Grande Ronde was reached, when a
Y was run up the Grande Ronde on
the south side of that stream. This
bit of news rather sets in motion a
train of thought which would figure
out that line will be run down this
way, also another line up the Grande
Ronde. toward Walla Walla, apparent
ly with the intention of connecting
with the North Coast line, which is
! thought to be working in this direct
ion with the purpose of connecting
with the Salmon river road. This
information is significant in itself,
and it may mean considerable, and
it may mean but little. Anyway, II
will start anew the agitation Of rail
road construction. 1t has been know
some time. at least ever since the
Pittsburg & Gilmore line has been
associated with the North Coast line
that II would have to cross the snak'
some where, but this Is the first in
formation given out of a survey ol
the river being made, and the mrs
information that would indicate ina
a line might be run down the Snake
to- Asotin and Charleston
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-10-28
THERMOMETERS.
-..,iuu Processes at the National
Weather Bureau.

=. Aov at the weather bureau in
--s,ncton the thermometers received
w., rsrious manufacturers through
n~ y, ,he country are put through the
~, ~ of standardizing them.
", Tho various processes through which
a.. hulhs pass before they are labeled
s'..,rote" -. are easy. inasmuch as there
!. nracticalIy little scientific work at
.had N the test. When thermom-
',s- ,s first handed to the man in the
..s,,ng room It is dipped into a vat
s,,oa with a compound far below the
s.ooz,nr point. 1t Is thrust In at the
lint where II happens to be at the
,,mo and worked up and down until
tho degree of the compound is reached.
Having then recorded the lowest tenn
gesture the process of testing for the
h,cbsst is begun. This is just as SIM
Mo AS testing for the low temperature.
The bulb is dipped into vat of water,
srst at 60 degrees. Then it is worked
gradually until 100 degrees is reached.
n the mercury in the bulb will indi-
cate 1870 degrees further testing is un-
necessary. because that is tolerably
warm temperature and one seldom If
ever reached by natural heat.
A thermometer the bulb Of which
contains mercury will not register
1ouar than 2S degrees below Zero-that
Il mercury will freeze at that point
In This country very little use is
found for thermometers showing more
than 2S degrees below zero, but in the
far north they are Of course necessary
Such Instruments. however, contain
spirits in the bulbs instead of mer
curry. but even this fluid becomes slug
elsh when 40 or 80 below zero Is re
corded, and it will seldom show 90 be
low-HnFper's Weekly.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-10-28
Shampoo.

A mld-eighteenth century traveller
who is the first person known TO have
made English of the word shampoo" ;"
wrote that "shampooing is an opera
tlOn not known in Europe and Is pc
cullar to the Chinese, which ! had once
the curiosity to go through. and for
which | paid but a trife. However.
had / not seen several Chinese mer-
chants shampooed before me should
have been apprehensiye Of danger.
even at the sight Of all the different
instruments" The original "sham'
poo," as this travellers detailed ac-
count and other illusions for long
after his time show. was very much
what We call massage" now. 1t was
from India that the word really came,
and 1t represents the imperative Of q
verb meaning to knead.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-10-28
Protest Against Dam.

A delegation of more than a score
of Wallowa county citizens visited the
fish hatchery Thursday to meet state
Fish and Game Warden McAlister
and make protest against the main
tenance of the dam at the hatchery.
which bars the migration of the fish
to the upper portion Of the Wailowa
river and tributary streams. The
matter will be given official inyesu-
CATION.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-10-28
FURNIT

both of Joseph. Rev A l. Howarth
OF the Joseph NJ. E. church perform
ed the ceremony in the presence of
only the immediate relatives. after
which wedding dinner was served,
and the young couple left for Joseph
where they will reside.
Mr.. Adams is president and one Of
the principal stock holders of the
copper King mining company and
the young couple have hosts of
friends who wish them much happi-
ness.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-10-28

WhirlwInd Tablets cure rheumatism
In this climate. They have relieved
hundreds and cured scores OF cases
In Union and Wallowa counties,
positive proof, names. etc. furnished
on application. For sale by jackson
O. weaver Enterprise. 2Obtf
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-10-28
WEDDING BiELLS.

At the home of Mr., and Mrs, j. b.
Seibert Thursday, October Il, at Il
o'clock noon. occurred the marriage
of Mrs. Seibert's niece, Miss Goldle
F Biggs. and Mr.. Thomas P. Adams
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-10-28
the Measuring Rod.
Takinu No Risks.

Dentist-You should have taken gas.
as l suggested. sir. You would have
felt no pain. victim-MW <ake gas.
Me. with f20 in my pocket! Mo fear.
Get II over.-London Tit-Bits.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-10-28
Stores Close at 6 p. M.

The stores will close at 6 p. m.
instead OF $50 p. m. during the re-
vival meetings except on Saturday
evenings. This is to give the help
and patrons all time to get ready for
the evening services.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-10-28
Well Bred.

That's well bred child"
"You bet she is. Never corrects
her parents publicly. no nutter what
the exigencies Of the case may be-
Pittsburg Post.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-10-28
Turn over 500. .so2. 90.

The sheriff's office made turn
over to the county treasurer. Tuesday
OF O,6O2.98 on the 1908 tax roll.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-10-28
EERocl1Y oE FOREST HIRES.

Can you think what it means when
a country burns up-when not merely
houses and other buildings are ablaze
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-12-03

For some days the dining room bad
been disturbed by the Invasion OF the
new bOarder. She was TAT, hfty aud
very sentimental aud her tender ma
ture led her % whisper 90 many rap.
turous condolences IN her neighbours
ear that all tine rest OF the table felt
uncOmfOrtnble. 40 uncomfortable that
one dny after hnrHssed breakfast
the nelghbOr determined 10 make
struggle for liberty aud general con.
versauon Her opportunity came that
night at dinner.
Sweet flowers Of spring." murmured
the sentimentnllst apOstrophizing the
nOddiug danudl centcrpiece. Aren't
they denri So full OF poesy! And
don't you think that we ought always
20 call them dnfradowndlllles instead
OF daiIodilsT she whispered
"No. don't" answered the ucigh
Dor uBcomprOmlslngl and quite out
loud Just think how awkward Il
would have been for Wordsworth II
he'd had 20 write:
"And then my heart with pleasure Niles
And dances with the dafiadowndilliosr
For once the sentimentallst was vi
fenced. - Youths Companion.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-12-03
WHAT SAVED The
CHERRY MINERS
Owe Their Lives TO Severn
nsnt's Rescue Corps.
RUSHEOWSCEREOF DISASTER

AZ Soon &c Werd Was Received Of the
Catastrophe Men Trained at Expert
msnt Station IN Pittsbura IN Use Of
Oxygen Helmets Were Sent 10 St.
Paul cosi Mine.
Il "a believed By United States gov
erament officers 10 Washington that
the miners who we're recently saved
from death 10 the 81. Paul coal mine
at Cherry. 49,. owe their lives to the
work Of the governments rescue corps
connected With the geological survey.
These men. who are stationed al Pitts
burg. where the survey has an experi-
ment station for investigating Ibe
causes OF mine disasters, we're rushed
70 Cherry az soon a. word Of che calas-
tFophe was received.
Each membeF OF the corps bad been
iraired 10 the use Of what IL known 90
the oxygen helmet, an apparatus that
permits ARTIFICIAL breathing In the pres
encs Of deadly gases Equipped With
such helmets the governments llfe say
ers Wers able TO enter The shaft Of the
burning mine and eight the Ore ct close
range.
o6icials said that had the methods
that have been IN use In the past been
employed the mine shaft would have
been sealed until the Ore had beea
smolheFed for want Of Oxygen. This.
o. course. would have meant q delay
s1Gicient 20 have caused the death Of
every nan under ground.
klsch Time savsd N Reaching Minsrs
Geological survey officers said that
bs ablllly Of The governments rescue
slps 10 rnier the mine. dllcd a. u was
D smoke and gas, saved % leasi
sefai days time IN reachiug Ibe en-
bed men, To these officers the res
a. Cherry Il TIE most prnctical
onafsiion ever given anyvbere 10
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-12-03

The FIRST day horse was served out AZ
Kimberley some OF Il was' cooked Tor
the officers mess az the mounted camp
Al the table Peakman said;
"Gentlemen, am sorry 10 say that
we were unable to get all our rBtlon h
beef today and had TO take part n Il
IN horsehcsh This which ! am cary,
ing II beef; the horse Is nc the other
end, and any one who prefers Il can
help himself"
Nobody did prefer Il. aud 80 they al
ate beef ana made a good dinner
When they had finished peakman sud
denly exclaimed
"By Jove. gentlemen. ! Bnd / hayo
made mistake 90 the joints! This s.
the horsefesh and the other d beef
II was just a dodge Of bic 70 get
them started on the horsenesh.-D Diary
OF Dr. Oliver Ashe.
Tricks Of Short elnht.
Not only the inanlmate but the AM.
mate world presents Itself 10 stranee
forms 10 the myOpic. Humanity. E0f
instance. Ia often revealed m some.
what lnhumaD guise. Thus, 30 far as
oculnr denomination goes. the world
10 the ahortslgEted Ia peopled by men
and women as faceless. sometimes
even a. headless. 90 the horseman %
legendary fame. indoors myOpic per.
sons get quite accustomed 20 taking
with persons who hare neither eyes
nor nose. Out Of doors the phenome
non IL more striking because ofiener
repeated. AT quite a short distance
the face melia into the atmosphere
and becomes either a cloud or IKE a.
q. Wells Invisible man. nothlngness.
81 see the hat and the agure. some
times the beard ! see the walking
stick. n the hand Il unglOved this
stick II waving mlraculously a little
way from the sleeve edge. Tor the
hand. IKE the face, has vanished" -
Strand Magazine.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-12-03

ralntes idea or the marvellous grsn-
dsur and beauty Of the scene Iho
majesty aud mystery Of the gigantlr
gorgea, the foamlng torrents, the Won-
derful atmospheric eifects-all como
upon one with a force and power e.
though nothing had ever before been
read or beard Ia connection with
them. The fails by moonlight are -
truly fascinating spectacle. The roar
ing clouds Of spray. the sombef rain
forest, the stream Of the 2.smDeA4
shlmmerlng far above the trembling
earth, The lunar rainbow. combine 10
make an lnimltable picture
Where the Zambezl takes Us mighty
plunge OF sheer 200 feet the river Is
over q mile Wide. or, TO be exact, 5.S08
feet--Rand Mail.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-12-03

IL Il was nut for the countless trll
lions Of dust PARTICLES that float sep
arately. visible "a the atmosphere.
there could be no randrops. snow
crystals or halstones. FROM a per.
fectly Justices atmosphere the mols.
ture would descend IN ceaseleEs rain
without drops. The dust particles
serve as nuclei about which vapor
gathers. The snow crystal Il the must
beautiful creation OF the nPrial mols
ture. and the hallstoDe 10 the most ex-
traordiDary. The heart Of every hall
stone IL a tiny Hpeck Of dust such a
Bpeck. With little moisture condensed
about Il. Il the germ from which may
be formed a hallstOne capable OF fell
ing q man or smashing u window. But
6rst Il must be- caught up by q cur
rent Of OR aud carried 20 the level OF
the lofty cirrus clouds i've or six OF
even ten miles high Then, continual
~ growing by fresh acceAslons of
moisture. II begins its loug plunge 20
the earth. spinning through the cloud
and fiashing In the sun like a diamond
bolt shot from n rainbOw.-New York
Tribune
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-12-03

the wOrIu or the emcIency or tne oEy-
gen helmets.
They asserted that this experience
would go a long way toward showing
milne owners aud miners the necessity
for having complete equipment OF
oxygen helmets az each milne. together
With a corps Of men trained Ia their
use. Il Is their belief that hundreds OF
lives can be saved IN this manner ana
the terrible death rate Ia American
mines thereby reduced 10 a figure
somewhat approaching the compare
lively low rate OF casualties 10 Euro
pean coal mines
With the governments method this
agOnlzlng walt az the shaft for the
gas 10 dlssipate Is done away with
and Il Is not necessary 70 pour fresh
air into the mine. for the members OF
the rescue corps Ia their oxygen bel
nets eau enter any atmosphere, how
ever deadly. and remain for period
Of two hours. II there has been an
explosion Of gas the members Of the
corps enter the mine at once and look
for small fires that usually follow ex-
plOslOns. These fires are extinguished
at once. and then the Ventilating cur
rent is turned on without any danger
In other words. the mines normal con-
dltiOB IL restored al the earliest pOssl-
BILE moment. and the men who are in
the fariheFmOst recesses Of the mine,
where the black damp has not set pen
etFaIed. are able 90 walk out.
The station erected az Piitsburg con-
sists OF 90 explosive gallery. where
the powders used 10 blasting ihe coal
sre tested and standardized. and also a
large room for the training OF miners
IN rescue work.
Equipment Of the RsScuer.
The Oxygen helmet aud auxiliary APP
paratus weigh between thirV-hve and
forty pounds. The helmet Is a metal
ne case inelOslBg the head with 90
isinRlass front. The helmet proper 10
connected With tubes leading TO two
tanks Of oxygen. which are carried on
the back IN q manner similar 20 q sol
dier's knapsack. The straps supporting
Il going over the shoulders.
Each tank contains oxygen sufilcient
TO last one h0ur. An indicator attached
to the oxygen tanks shows the wearer
Of the helmet just how much dine be-
may remain 10 the mine. This IL abso-
lutely necessary. for II tbe reScuPr has
walked half q mile into a mine aud u
has taken him thirty minutes 10 trag-
erse the distance be- must hgure on
thirty or forty minutes time 90 return.
10 addition 10 the tanks % oxygen.
there - a cartridge % potassium by
drogen which takes up the poisonous
matter from the breath ard absorbs
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-12-03

u, thus Reepng the Oxygen IN see pa
Flty to do the two tours work. These
helmen are 10 general use Ia Euro
pean coal producing countries and are
credited with saving many lives.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-12-03

The Victoria fails. the native Dame
for which IL Mosl-oa.Tounya. or the
Thunder Sounding suoke. have right
~ been called the must beautiful gem
10 the whole ~ the carth's scenery. No
pen picture OF photograph can give The
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-12-03

He's got no license to talk the way
be does"
''Oh. he's got q license. all right!
What be lacks ls muz-ie."-Cleye-
land Leader.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-12-03
nlannrnrnhla.

Aunt-I cpn tell az glance what
other people are thinking Of noe. Niece
(absentmlndedlyl- How very disagree.
able for you. auutie:
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-12-03

Although the world n foil Of suffer
ing. II Il fun % the overcoming Of H.
Keller.