Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-05

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We have fuel here also-coal and
wood. Stretches of fine timber in
the rough country for miles; mil
lions upon millions of feet OF mer-
chantahle timber, with section upon
section of fuel timber solve the fuel
problem for unthinkable generations.
Withplenty OF fuel and plenty oil
power Enterprise will respond to
very extensive development along the
lines ofmanufacturing. Moreover the
markets are here. The people OF
Wallowa county now are compelled
to ship in the things they can
and should and will be manufaetur-
ding here. Raw material lies i'm the
hills, covers the mountains, and is po-
tentially in the soil. Wool for woolen
mills is grown here, and Wallowa is
in need OF the mills, Hides for
tanneries and for shoe manufactures
are grown here, and Enterprise and
the people of WalIowa need the tan
neries and manufactures. Scores
of other manufacturing plants of va
rying nature would find in Enterprise
just the location their stockholders
are looking for, and we would wei
come all growth and incoming in
terests,
The People Here.
OF the cla3s of people through
out Wallowa county too much can
not be said in praise. Of their in-
Idustry, wide-awake qualities, gene
rosity, sympathy, and all that makes
up the best of humanity anywhere,
too much can not be claimed for the
people of Wallowa. In Enterprise
we have this class of people. They
extend what is called the glad
hand" to every hard-working, hon
able prospective resident The set
tier coming here will find this char
acteristic O marked one on the part
of those with whom he comes in
contact.
For long time the people of Wal
iowa county lived in the interior,
off any railroad. Every pound of
freight was hauled in from the out
side by wagon freighters. 1t re-
quired two days journey by stage
to reach the county esat from the
outside world. Settlers, for many
years. battled with Indians, and were
i'm daily jeopardy of their lives. All
homesteaders early learned the les
son of flying to each others need
Sympathies were quickened by the
very geographical inconvenjences an
by the early pioneer hardships. So
ciety, fortunately, lost the frivolous
conventionalities in the more i'm
portant realities of the day. Forced
to get right down to the earth anC
to found the business empire of Wal
Iowa county upon what are called
hard licks," the people developed
the sturdiness of character which
is capable of standing alone and
working out destiny anywhere un
der the great bending sky.
Into the midst of just such people
the man and woman of the cas-
: will come, if he or she comes to En-
terprise or to any pointt in Wallowi
county. And it is Like getting int
,, a big family, where everybody Seems
to be deeply concerned with th'
| welfare of everybody else, to locate
? in Wallowa. To crown all this, tht
people of Wallowa, under early hard
ships, kept pace with the world
built their schoo.houses and churches
established their libraries, subscribe
to their daily and weekly news
papers,. and marched along in thu
van of events. Such people hav'
culture as well as sturdy initiative
and adaptabihty; they have dee
sensibilities as we'll as the brawl
required to lift up public enterprise
: into concrete realization; and the
= have reflection as well as cage
push and "go.'
With due consideration for tn
people of every other locality in On
egon and the northwest, the strange
in Enterprise and Wallowa count
will be impressed that no grande
lives ever were devoted to empir
building than those that have cor
gregated within the limits of thi
county. Jim Hill of the Great Nortl
ern would delight his heart anon
the people of Wallowa He is NJ
ted as an empire builder. a develol
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