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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-11-10

A paragrapher asks: What is q
perfect wife," The only answer wo
can give is: How old is Ann?"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-11-10

A babys cry saved six people from
being asphyxiated. Let us learn to be
patient with crying babies. They may
come in handy.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-11-10

No, brother. the anti-pistol toting
law in New York was not passed for
the purpose of stopping the hold-ups
In Wall street.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-11-10

Platinum is now worth two and
one-half times as much as gold. and
gold is worth about its weight in po-
tatOes and other luxuries
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-11-10

Unfortunately weepy. maudlln
weather cannot be put into cell to
sober up.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-11-10

The knights of old had one advan-
tage over their descendants They
could go through the deer season with
out being punctured
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-11-10

Our idea of versatile man is
poet who can eat a second plate Of
boiled cabbage.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-11-10

A New Jersey man became the
fourth husband of his third wife the
other day Birds of a feather do flock
together.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-11-10

Flying from New York to San Fran
cisco is just as dangerous as flying
from San Francisco to New York.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-11-10

Women would do well to let avia-
ton alone until men have made q
greater success of It.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-11-10

Some mistakes can be corrected.
but eating toadstools is not one OF
them.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-11-10

How fortunate for oyster lovers
that the successive months have an R
in them!
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-11-10

The spoke of the wheel which creak-
eth most, doth not bear the greatest
burden in the cart-Thomas Fuller.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-11-10

THIS is beautiful world to live in.
when ones liver is working all right.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-11-10

This Is the Identical cold wave you
were wishing for last July.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-11-10

20 } s
Cured in One paY

A. rule, few doses of Munyon's Cold
Remedy will break up any cold and pre-
vent pneumonia. 1t relieves the head,
throat and lungs almost instantly. Price
IS cents at any druggists or sent postpaid
Munyon's Doctors They will carefully
diagnose your case and give you advice BY
mail, absolutely free. Il
Address Professor Munyon, SD and
Jefferson streets. Philadelphia, Pa. ! &
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-11-10

We can stand for female aviator.
but not for aviatress.
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-02-25
REV. G. ERNEST GOES TO
Z, CENTRAL POINT, OREGON

Rev. Clifford Ernest and family left
Saturday morning for his new charge,
the Christian church at Central Point,
four miles south of Medford. Mr.. Err
nest preached a trial sermon there
some weeks ago, and the church ex-
tended him a call, but he hesitated
about accepting 1t as the weather was
quite foggy while he was there and
he was doubtful about the climate be-
ing suitable for his health. Since
then physicians who are familiar with
the year round conditions in the
Rogue River valley. have assured him
ON that point, and as he received an
other and urgent request to come he
decided to make the move.
The church there Is in a flourish
ing condition, and the town is a rapid
ly growing one. Enterprise friends OF
Mr.. and Mrs, Ernest sincerely hope
they will find all things to their lik-
ing and that they will be prosperous
and happy, They will stop a day in
Eugene on their way to Central Point
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-02-25
CITY AND COUNTY BRIEFS.

County court meets next Wednes-
day.
Miss Elise Holmes went to Wallowa
Saturday, to visit relatives.
Herbert Hedges has returned to
Lostine from Oklahoma where he
spent the winter.
Illness of debaters is causing post
ponement of the high school debates
between Enterprise and Joseph, and
also between Lostine and Wallowa.
E D. Howe of Boise, Ida, was in
town the first of the week looking
over the field here with the view OF
starting first class moving picture
theatre.
Principal H. H. Bronson of Wallowa
has suffered a relapse and is again
confined to his home by pneumonia.
Miss Jean Williamson of this city
is supplying his place in the schools
there.
The Sun says a petition is being
circulated there asking for a special
election on saloons. The Sun prints
an article favoring the running of
saloons by the city. The Joseph Her.
aid publishes a similar article.
Oliver Wood, one of the many pros
porous farmers of near Lostine, was
in the city Friday, and left his sub
scription at this office, the ninth new
name added to our lists in four days
R. McCrae, the genial landlord Of
Wallowa's leading hotel, was among
the X of P visitors. Mrs. McCrae
accompanied him and they were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. c. S. Haney
while in the city.
The Old Time orchestra, that play
ed for the dances in this valley years
ago when settlers were few and fai
between, played for the dance in 10
seph the night of Washington's birth
day The orchestra is composed Of
the two Roop men, the two Hamilton
boys" Charlie Vest and Joe OIL
msted. They have consented to play
for one more dance, at Joseph Marcel
16, and that will be their last pub
lie appearance together.
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-02-25

Roman highway that led down into
the sweet green valleys of land he
mad thought of as nothing more than
the creation of harebrained fictionist
somewhere out in the shimmering
east he had learned, to his honest
amazement, that there was such n
iand as Graustark. At first he would
not believe, but the English bank in
Meshhed assured him that he would
come to 1t IL he Travelled long enough
and far enough into the north and
west and If he were not afraid of the
hardships that most men abhor. The
dying spirit of romance famed up In
his heart. His blood grew quick again
and eager. He would not go home
until he had sought out this land of
fair women and sweet tradition. And
so he traversed the wild and danger
GUS Tartar roads for days and days,
like the knights of Scheherazade In
the times of old, and came at last to
the gates Of Edelweiss.
Not until he sat down to a rare din
ner In the historic Hotel Regengetz
was he able to realize that he was
truly In that tabled. mythical land of
Graustark, a quaint, grim little princi-
pality in the most secret pocket of the
earth's great mantle. This was the
land Of his dreams, the land of his
fancy. He had not even dared to
hope that 1t actually existed.
And now 1t becomes my deplorable
duty to dlvulge the fact that Truxton
King, after two full days and nights
in the city Of Edelweiss, was quite
ready to pass on to other fields, com.
pletely disillusioned In his own mind
and not little disgusted with himself
for having gone to the trouble to visit
the place,
Where were the beautiful women
he had read about and dreamed of
ever since he left Teheran? On his
soul, he had not seen half dozen
women in Edelweiss who were more
than passably fair to look upon. True.
he had to admit, the people he had
seen were of the lower and middle
classes-the shopkeepers and the shop
girls, the hucksters and the fruit vend-
ers. What he wanted to know was
this: What had become of the royalty
and the nobility of Graustark? Where
were the princes, the dukes and the
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-02-25
A Story of Graustark

Truaton King, nillionaire's
son, sets out in search of adj
venture. Where better could he
look for stirring events than in
faroT Grausfark, where the age
of chipalry yet survives in all
its romantic opportunity; where
rules Prince Robin, the most
precocious boy monarch in the
realm of fiction; where the reds
of Europe plot his murder in
mysterious underground retreats;
where gallant Truston King and
brave Uncle Jack" fight pal
ianHy for the preservation of the
prince and the love of beauti-
full princesses; where American
pluck and manhood are piffed
against foreign intriguers, and
where honesty and courage are
mightier than the sword? Read
of Prince Robin, SON OF an Amer
ican princess; of Olga Platanova,
the girl with the dread mission; /;
of Marlans, the Iron Count; OF
John Tullis, the American bull
wark ofa foreign throne; of lovely
Lorraine and of daredevil Truston
King, and then you will under
stand why an American lad Is
Prince of Grausfark and an
American author prince of story
feIIerS.
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-02-25

IT, SJ
young fellow with face so
tanned by wind and sun you
had the impression that his
skin would feel like leather II you
could affect the impertinence to test 1t
by the sense of touch. His clothes fitted
him loosely and yet were graciously
devoid of the bagginess which char
acterizes the appearance of extremely
young men whose frames are not fully
set and whose joints are still parading
through the last stages Of college de-
velopment.
This tall young man In the panama
hat and gray dannels was Truxton
King, embryo globe trotter and search
er after the treasures of romance.
Somewhere up near Central park, In
one Of the fashionable cross streets,
was the home Of his father and his
fathers father before him-a home
which Truxton had not seen In two
years or more. 1t Is worthy of pass
Ing notice, and that Is all, that his
father was a manufacturer; more than
that, he was something of u power In
the financial world. His mother was
not strictly social queen In the great
metropolis, but she was what we
might safely call one Of the first ia
dies In waiting" which Is quite good
enough for the wife of manufactur-
or, especially when one records that
her husband was a manufacturer of
steel. 1t Is also matter Of no little
consequence that Truxton's mother
was more or less averse to the steel
business as a heritage for her son.
Be 1t understood here and now that
she intended Truxton for the dipio-
matte service,
Hut neither Truxtons father, who
wanted him to be manufacturing
Croesus, nor Truxton's mother, who
expected him to become a social Solo
mon, appears to have taken the young
mans private inclinations into con-
sideration.
Young Mr.. King believed in ro-
nance. He grew up with an ever in.
creasing bump Of Imagination, con-
tiguous to which, strange to relate,
there was properly developed bump
of industry and application; hence Il
Is not surprising that he was willing
to go far afield In search Of the things
that seemed more or less worth while
to young gentleman who had suf.
fered the Ill fortune to be born In the
nineteenth century instead of the sev,
enteenth.
| We come upon him at last-luekily
for US we were not actually following
him-after two years of wonderful but
rather disillusioning adventure In mid
Asia and all Africa. He had seen the
Kongo and the EuphFates. the Ganges
and the Nile, the Yangtsekiang and
the Yenisei; he had climbed noun
tains In Abyssinla, In Siam. In Tibet
and Afghanistan; he had shot bis
game In more than one jungle and had
been shot at by small brown men In
more than one forest, to say nothing
of the little encounters he had had II
most unoccidental towns and cities.
! For twenty days he had Travelled by
caravan across the Persian uplands
through Herat and Meshhed and Bo
khara, striking of with his guide alone
toward the sea OF Aral and the east
! ern shores OF the Caspian. thence
through tho Erai foothills to the old
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-02-25

genuine, sir, and 800 years old. Old
Prince Boris carried 1t. It's most
rare"
'T'll give you a hundred dollars for
it, Mr.-er"- looked at the sign on
the open door-"Mr. Spantz."
Il don't want your money. Good
day."
Truxton King felt his chin in per-
plexity. ITS too much. I can't af-
ford It," he said, disappointment In his
eyes.
81 have modern blades Of my own
make. sir, much cheaper and quite as
goid," ventured the excellent Mr..
Spantz.
You make 'em?' in surprise.
The old man Strengthened his bent
figure with sudden pride. 81 am ar
morer to the crown, sir. My blades
are used by the nobility-not by the
army, | am happy to say"
81 say, Herr Spantz, or monsieur. I'd
like to have good long chat with you.
What do you say to mug of that ex-
cellent beer over In the cafe garden?
Business seems to be little dull.
Can't you-er-lock up"
SpantZ looked ut him keenly.
MAY ask what brings you to Edel-
weiss?" he asked abruptly.
II don't mind telling you. Mr.. Spantz,
that Pm here because I'm somewhat
Of fool. False hopes led me astray
| came here looking for romance-for
adventure"
81 see," cackled Spantz. his eyes
twinkling with mirth "You thought
you could capture wild and beautiful
princesses here just as you pleased,
eh? Let me tell you, young man, only
one American-only one foreigner. In
fact-has accomplished that miracle
Mr.. Lorry came here ten years ago
and won the fairest flower Graustark
| ever produced-the beautiful Yetive-
but he was the only one"
mo. I'm not looking for princesses.
i I've seen hundreds of 'em In all parts
! of the world"
"You should see Prince Robin" went
on the armorer.
"I've heard of nothing but him, my
good Mr.. SpantZ. He's seven years
old. and he looks like his mother. and
he's got a jeweled sword and all that
sort Of thing. daresay he's a nice
little chap. Got American blood IN
him. you see."
The old man retired to the rear OF
the shop and called out to some one
upstairs. A woman's voice answered
'NlY niece will keep shop. sir. while
young woman or the most astound
ing beauty. attired In the black and
red OF the Graustark middle classes
was slowly approaching from the shad
owy recesses at the end Of the shop
His heart enjoyed lively thump
Truxton King. you may be sure. did
not precede the old man into the street
He deliberately removed his hat and
walled most politely for age to go be
fore youth, In the meantime blandly
preserved the little prince. Tne col
lision was from the rear, broken raj
thrc wing locomotive into the prin
cess coach. This providential escape
Of the young prince preserved the un
broken line Of the present royal fam
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-02-25
CITY AND COUNTY BRIEFS

Tell a town by the ads in the
home paper. Universal rule.
Frank Gillaspie of Fruita is report
ed very i'll.
Miss Audrey Combes was Wallowa
visitor, Wednesday.
s d. Keltner went to Portland,
Wednesday, on a business trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Davidhizer OF
Prairie Creek are home from an East
ern trip.
Mrs. F. S. Ivanhoe of the County
High school spent Washington's Birth
day at her home in La Grande.
The Joseph Farmers Union will
hold a special meeting, Tuesday, Feb
ruary 2S. The Lostine Farmers I'm
ion will hold an open meeting in the
forenoon of March 2.
Walter Evans went to Portland
Monday with view of locating there,
Hugh Riley has gone into the saloon
business in that city in partnership
with his uncle, formerly of Lewiston,
Idaho.
Miss Lessie Irwin, daughter of Mrs.
w. II. Durham, who had been max
ing an extended visit here, left We'd
nesday for her home at North Yakima a,
Wn. Mrs. Durham accompanied her
as far as Pendleton.
Heacock, the eye specialist Of La
Grande, spent Monday and Tuesday at
the Hotel Enterprise and his temper
ary office was thronged with patients
both days. He is a genuine, passed
the examination, optician, and guar
antees all his work.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. II. Lake will leave
next Tuesday or Wednesday for Wen
ttchee, Wn., where they will make
their home. They came here last sum-
mer, and he has since had charge of
the dry goods department in the e.
NJ. & Nj. store. Both Mr.. and Mrs.
Lake have made large number Of
friends who very much regret their
leaving. Mr.. Lake owns property at
Wenatchee and goes there to look
| afte- his investment.
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-02-25

FOR IT."
barons, to say nothing of the feminine
concomitants to these excellent gen.
tlemen?
, One dlngy little shop In the square
Interested him. 1t was directly op-
posite the Royal cafe. with American
bar attached, and the contents of It's
grimy little windows presented "a pc
culiarly fascinating interest to him.
They were packed with weapons and
firearms Of ancient design. Once he
ventured inside the little shop. Find
ing no attendant. he put aside his sud-
denly formed impulse to purchase a
mighty broadsword.
On several occasions he had seen a
grim, sharp featured old man In the
doorway Of the shop, but 1t was not
until after he had. missed the Thurs
day train that he made up his mind to
accost him and to have the broad
sword at any price. With this object
In view. he inserted his tall frame into
the narrow doorway. calling out Justify
for attention.
"What is itT" demanded a sharp. an
CRY voice at his elbow. He found him
self looking into the wizened, parch-
ment-like face Of the little old man.
~rhat broad Say, you speak Eng
lish. don't your
Certainly" snapped the old man.
"why shouldn't L? can't afford an
Interpreter. You'll find plenty Of Eng
iish used here In Edelweiss since the
Americans and British came. They
won't learn our language. so we must
learn theirs"
"What's the price Of that old sword
you have In the Window
Three hundred gayvos."
"What's that In dollarsi"
"Four hundred and twenty u Il
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-02-25
ABOUT 100 KNIGHTS
ATTEND CONVENTION
SIXTY VISITORS ENTERTAINED
WITH MINsTRELs, DEGREE
WORK AND. BANQUET.

About 100 Knights of Pythies at
tended the annual district convention
embracing Union and Wallowa coun-
ties, held in this city Friday night,
February "a. The 100 were each and
all filled with the true fraternal
spirit and everyone had a fine time,
or else was an adept at seeming 10
have one. Later on each and all were
filled with chicken, pie, cake and
many other toothsome things-but
that is another. story.
This fraternal feeling, the splen-
did work of the degree team selected
from the members of the four vlslt-
ing lodges, the good entertainment
at the opera house, and the GROWING
cap of all, the delicious supper, were
the big features of the convention.
Sixty-three visitors were present
from La Grande lodge, from famous
Blue Mountain lodge of Union. Orion
lodge of Elgin and Kinsman lodge oil
WaIOWd. 1uSot Nioitolo WIZ ANN
entertained by the K of mlnstrel
show at the opera house, repeated
that evening in compliment to the
visiting Knights. At 10 o'clock the
knights repaired to Castle Hall ano
after a social hour, the rank of knight
was conferred on Esquire A. c. Weav
er of Enterprise lodge. The work OF
the selected team was of the fmes'
order.
Adjournment to the banquet hal
followed and 100 Knights did yoemar
work for the nonce, in showing neii
hearty appreciation of the sumptuous
hot chicken supper, prepared ane
served by the Ladies Aid OF the
Methodist church, in the manner ane
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-02-25
GRAND JURY AFTER US.

The grand jury, during iull wait
ing for witnesses during the recent
session, visited this office in body
and inspected the most completely
equipped country newspaper plant in
lregon. They said it was worthy
of the best county in the state.
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-02-25

gazing upon the face of this amazing
niece.
Across the square, at one of the ta-
bles. the old man, over his huge mug
OF beer, became properly grateful He
was willing to repay King for his lit
tie attention by giving him careful
history Of Graustark, past. present and
future.
The old man was rambling on "The
young prince has lived most of his
life In Washington and London and
Paris, sir. He's only seven. sir. OF
course you remember the dreadful ac-
cident that made him an orphan and
put him on the throne with the three
wise men of the east as regents or
governors-the train wreck near Rlus-
sells, sir. His mother. the glorious
Princess Yetive, was killed aud his
father, Mr.. Lorry, died the next day
from his injuries. That. sir. was
most appalling blow to the people of
Graustark. There never will be an
other pair like them. sir. God alone
ny.~
II say, Mr.. Spantz. don't believe
I've told you that your niece is a most
remarkably beau
"As l was saying, SIR" interrupted
Spantz 80 pointedly that Truxton
flushed, "the little prince is the idol
of all the people. Under the present
regency he Is obliged to reside In the
principality until his fifteenth year.
after which he may be permitted to
travel abroad"
Spantz was eying him narrowly.
You do not appear interested in our
royal family" he ventured coldly.
Truxton FASTENED to assure him that
he was keenly interested. Especially
so now that ! appreciate that the lit
tie prince Is the last Of his race"
"There are three regents. sir. In
charge Of the affairs Of state-Count
Halfont, the Duke Of Perse and Baron
Jasto Dangloss, who Is minister Of po-
lice. Count Halfont Is a granduncle
Of the prince by marriage. The Duke
of Perse Is the father Of the unhappy
Countess Ingomede the young and
beautiful wife OF the exiled Iron Count
Marlanx. No doubt you've heard of
him"
IL remember that he was banished
from the principality."
"oulte true. sir He was banlshed
in 1901 and now resides on his estates
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-02-25

Mrs. P. T. Lake was the guest OF
honor at a reception given at the
home of Mrs. E, B, Knapp, by the
Missionary society of the Presbyter-
ian church, Friday afternoon. The
affair was a cleverly executed sur
prise. Mrs. A. ]. Boehmer accom-
panied Mrs. Lake on a round of fare
we'll calls finally arriving at Mrs
Knapp's to encounter a house full Of
friends. A short program Included
character sketch by Miss Name
Heaton, dramatic reading Mrs. A. G
Weaver, several beautiful selections
On the auto-harp by Mrs, @. w. Hyatt
and humorous reading by Mrs. T. NJ
Dill. Light refre shments were serv
ed. The only thing to mar the de
llghtful afternoon was the regret fel
by all the ladies that Mrs. Lake
would soon depart.
Dr.. Mabel Williams, osteopath.
DR.. Mabel Williams, a competen
and thoroughly equipped osteopati
practitioner from Los Angeles. is II
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-02-25
CHURCH SERVICES.

Baptist: State Secretary Rev. Fred
C w. Parker will preach both morn
ing and evening. Sunday school at
10 a. m.
Christian: "The Great Compensation
will be the subject of Mr.. Crocketrs
discourse Sunday night. There viii
be the usual Sunday school ana
preaching service In the morning.
Methodist: The pastor will preach
Sunday morning on the theme: self
Triumph Through Self-Forgetfulness.'
In the evening the subject will be
Abraham Lincoln. All invited. Presl'
dent Homan of Willamette Univer
sity will preach in the Methodist
church Sunday morning. March 5.
Revival meeting at the Christian
church in Wal,owa closes tomorrow
night.
Wallowa Presbyterian church has
extended call to Rev. ]. E. Youel Of
Union to succeed Reverend Maynard
who resigned some time ago.
Reverend Johns of the Wallowa
Methodist church has closed re
vival meeting at Flora