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Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-05-20
Class Of Ten Graduated
Eloquent Address BY
Walla WalIa Pastor
CLASS OF 1911.

The fourth commencement of tho
Wallowa County High school was held
in assembly hall Tuesday night, Nav
To- The largest class, six girls and
four boys, in the history of the school
was graduated, an interesting grorram
given and the class address by Dr. C.
0. Kimball, pastor of the Walla Walla
methodist church, was an event in
itself.
Doctor Kimball is an orator of the
old school of the Robert McIntyre
type, and holds his audience breathless
during his more eloquent periods. He
IS not only master of elecution, but
ne has IDEAS and knows how to express
them. His topic, Tuesday night, had
to be OF course, the hackneyed one of
education, but he handled it in new
way and made his points wonderfully
clear and direct. The address is ad-
mitted on all sides to have been one of
the best ever delivered in Enterprise.
Asa Craig's grafton on horticulture
was thoughtful and we'll prepared
paper. Horticulture is one of the three
Oldest industries, but as science II is
almost new; at least the modern meth
ods introduced are new methods ae.
complishing an old result.
III Olmsted reviewed "Our Progress
Toward the knowledge and Application
OF Electricity" The progress has been
wonderful yet how little we really
know after all. What electricity is?
has been overlooked in the more inter-
esting problem of what electricity does.
The coming age is an electrical age:
steam is almost back number now.
Edna Ragsdale played brilliant in
strumental solo, Pearl Humphreys a
fine violin solo, and Hazel Payne sang
well. After the presentation of the
diplomas. the exercises closed with a
song by the Glee club.
BaccaIaureate Sermon \
The Methodist church was crowded
to the doors last Sunday morning,
when the audience listened to SER
mon to the high school graduating
class by Rev. B. F. Meredith.
The speaker read part of the fifth
chapter of Matthew, taking for his
text the eighth verse-"B Blessed are
the pure in heart for they shall see
God" The theme was "The Vision of
God" He admonished the class to be
workers, not idlers, in this world, ever
keeping the vision of God before them
as a chart and guide to direct their
ways.
The talk was full of good advice and
instruction for all, and delivered in an
eloquent manner that left deep i'm
press on all his hearers.
There was special singing by large
W. G. H. s. Glee club, Miss William
son al the organ. Mrs. Conoway fav-
ored with beautiful solo, "Too Late. +"
The church was nicely decorated.
The class colors, lemon yellow and
green, were used in long streamers of
ribbon that reached from the center of
the ceiling to the side walls. The altar
and pulpit were banked high with beau-
tiful flowers.
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-05-20
FOR SALE.

Eggs, single comb Brown Leghorn
and Rhode Island Reds, pure bred
stock. $1.5O for 15. L. j. Jordan, En-
terprise. 100b4
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-05-20

Matched team Of horses. Well broke
and true to pull. See Carl Roe or
w. I. Calvin, Enterprise, Ore. 83btf
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-05-20

To rent piano. Inquire at this Of
flee. 4b1
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Read the advertisements.
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IwiN sell all or any Of my town prop
sy at reasonable prices. w. W..
zureheF. Enterprise. Oregon. 40btf
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-05-20

House in erst part Of town. close
to schools. Inquire OF DR.. C. A.
Ault, Enterprise. 1btf
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-05-20

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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-07-08
THREE HURT WHEN
AUTO HITS POST
Dick Fisher and Young Companions
Suffer injuries When Machine
Strikes Mali Box.

Fairfield, July Z. -(SpeciaD.-Dick
Fisher, aged IS. has not regained con-
sciousness and George Dana aged 35
and Art Cooper, aged rs, are badly In
jured as the result of an automobile
accident this morning at 10 o'clock
Two miles south Of Fairfield. Mr..
Fisher auto and the injured men were
enroute to the home Of his son, John
Fisher, when in rounding curve, q
rural mail box was collided with and
the occupants Of the car were thrown
some distance to the ground. Mr..
Fisher was thrown fifty feet and Is
believed to be fatally injured. Dana
was hurt in the breast and Cooper was
bruised about the body. Herman Earl,
in another car, was ahead OF the
Fisher auto and the inquired men were
brought back to town in his machine.
The car was badly damaged from the
collision with the mail box.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-07-08
SUNRISE SERVICES
AT ENDEAVOR MEET
Second Day Of Atlantic City Meeting
Ushered In by Pier Meetings;
Taft Talks Tonight.

Atlantic City, July Sunrise sery-
ices on the million dollar pier ushered
in the second days activities OF the
twenty-ffth International Christian
Endeavor convention which was open.
ed amid great enthusiasm last night.
The services this morning began at
$3.50 o'clock, lasted three quarters of
an hour and were we'll attended.
These were followed by the holding
Of q. Christian Endeavor institute in
eleven churches at which prominent
workers discussed the work on in
creasing the influence Of the society.
There will be two big meetings on
the pier this afternoon. President
Taft's arrival and what he will say on
training citizens will be the feature OF
the night session. The president will
arrive about 1880 p. M, and will re-
rain here about two and a half hours.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-07-08
MRS. YOUNG WILL
NOT Be CANDIDATE
CHICAGO SCHOOL sUPERINTEN-
DENT WILL NOT AGAIN LEAD
NATIONAL EDUCATORS.

San Francisco. CAL, July IA live.
~ fight on various issues between the
so.called "insurgent" and "old guard
wings in the National Education as
sociation. which opens it's convention
tonight, Is indicated by statments OF
the president, Mrs. Ella Flagg Young,
Of Chicago.
Mrs. Young, leader OF the progress
i've element, was asked what she
thought OF the insurgents prospects
OF success.
II cannot tell yet" she said. Il
think 1t depends good deal on how
San Francisco and other coast towns
line up. have no definite information
on how the old guard has reached
into the west and organized"
Referring her declaration that she
will not be a candidate for reelection,
Mrs. Young said that she would not &C.
cept tho office even II offered to her.
Mrs. Young will tonight respond to
the toast Educational Values" Prof.
=. G. Moore Of Yale university, David
Starr Jordan, professord Of Stanford
university, Mrs. 0. Sheppard Barnum
of Los Angeles, national chairman OF
the school patrons and President Ben
jamin Ide Wheeler of the University
of California will make addresses.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-07-08
5 DIE IN PITTSBURG
DURING HEAT WAVE

Pittsburg, Pa, July Although
five deaths occurred today from the
heat, the torrid spell here has been
broken. The temperature at 8 o'clock
was 70 compared with ss at the same
time yesterday.
Since the beginning of the warm
weather a week ago, there have been
so deaths and 80 prostrations.
Among the heat victims today was
DIR. Thomas Welsh who taxed his
strength during the last few days,
treating four heat prostration cases
and finally succumbed to the com
plant himself. He was prominent
here.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-07-08
JOHN w. GATES is IN
SERIOUS CONDITION
Physicians See Chance That Son,
Now on Ocean, Will Not
Arrive In Time.

Paris, July THE condition OF
John w. Gates, who Is i'll at hotel
here, is extremely serious. He passed
the day in comatose condition and
his physicians declare it possible that
his son Charles, who is on board the
Mauretania hurrying to Europe, will
not reach Paris in time to find his
father alive.
The American financier went to
London to put through the deal with
Lord Cowdray with regard to the Pear
son interests in Mexico at time
when he should have remained In
Paris for the operation he had been
told was necessary for the removal
Of tumor.
Since he returned from London DR..
Doyen has performed seven slight
operations for the removal of the
tumor, which in itself was an almost
harmless growth of 'non-canceTous
nature that was situated in his
throat.
Coupled with severe attack Of kid
ney and liver trouble, the patients
condition has become alarmingly
grave.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-07-08
ONE TIME PLUNGER
NOW PENNILESS
Edward Harper, Who Lost 5000, 900
Trying to Corner Wheat and
Went to Pen, 10 Broke.

New York, July Edward L. Har-
per, who tried to corner the Chicago
wheat market in 1887 lost $6,000,000 in
twenty minutes and incidentally car
ried down to wreck the Fidelity bank
OF Cincinnati of which he was vice
president and for which he wasent to
Ohio penitentiary for ten years, has
no income and his shirt studs and cum
bottoms are in pawn. These facts were
brought out here yesterday in the ex-
animation Of Harper in supplementary
proceeding on q judgment of $2,770,
obtained by Herman Cohen last No
vember for money loaned. Harper is
operating company known as Har-
per and Son, doing an iron and steel
commission business, but he told the
referee that the firm was not making
any money and that he had never had
any income from it.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-07-08
SENATOR DEFENDS
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Works Of California Declares Practice
Saved Him From Death and His
Wife From Suffering.

Washington. D. c.. July IA re-
markable defense Of Christian Science
and personal history of his family's
experiences in that faith, including the
story Of his own transition, from scof-
fer to devout believer, was made in the
senate late yesterday by Senator
Works Of California.
His speech was in reply to one by
Senator Owen. whose bill for a de-
partment of public health has met op-
position from many Christian Scien-
fists and supporters of various schools
of medicine.
Mr.. Works denounced the movement
as an attempt by the American Medi-
cal association to control medical
activities. He said Christian Science
has rescued him from death and had
saved his wife from suffering.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-07-08
Southwest Cooler.
TAFT AND SENATORS
ON A SHORT CRUISE
President Will Take Four Democrats
and Four Republicans With Him
In MayfIower.

Washington, d. c.. July 7.-Presi.
dent Taft will have as guests on his
weekend cruise on the Mayflower,
which begins late tonight at Philadel.
phia, eight senators and of these four
are republicans and four democrats.
The party will include Senators Pen.
rose, Root. Briggs and Brown; repub.
licans; Taylor, Foster, Bacon and
Overman, democrats. The president
leaves this afternoon with Secretary
Miles and Major Butt for Atlantic City
where tonight he will address the
Christian Endeavorers on the subject
of international Peace and Arbitra
ton" The cruise will last, according
to the present plans, until Monday
morning. The Mayflower will steam
down Delaware bay around to Hamp
ton roads and up the Potomac tc
Washington.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-07-08
KANSAS MEMBER
OF HOUSE DIES
REPRESENTATIVE MITCHELL OF
SECOND DISTRICT sUcCuMBs
At LAWRENCE HOME.

Lawrence, Kan, July Represents
tive Alxender G. Mitchell Of the sec
ond Kansas district died at his home
here today, following a long illness
Two weeks after Mr.. Mitchell took his
seat In the house last March he be-
came i'll. He returned west and on
April 30 underwent an operation IN
Kansas City for q disease Of the stom-
ach. Two weeks later he was taken
to his home in Lawrence.
Mr.. Mitchell was q graduate OF the
university OF Kansas. He was mem
Der of the Kansas state legislature IN
1907 and 1909 and during his term IN
the legislature introduced the law
abolishing capital punishment now IN
force in Kansas For six years he was
a member of the board or regents OF
the university Of Kansas.
Mr.. Mitchell was elected to the ma
tional house last year on progress
sive republican" platform, defeating
Representative Chas. F. Scott, "regu-
lar republican"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-07-08
.CONNEAU WON
INTERNATIONAL
AVIATION RACE
French Naval Officer Flying
Under Name of Andre
i Beaumont First to Finish
IL Flight Over A Countries.

Y Paris, July Lieut.. Conneau, whose
1 icing name is Andre Beaumont, won
\ zee 1000 mile international circuit
1 Walton race, which ended today at the
, aviation field an Vincennes.
81 AS he had already won the Parls-to-
Rome contest, Conneau brings added
8glory to the French navy, of which he
tis an officer. Garros was second and
Vidart finished third.
OF the fifty aeroplanests who took
wing at Vincennes on June 18. nine
reached the final goal Two of the
racers, LIE Martin and Landron. and
Captain Princetau, who had been de-
Stailed to work out certain problems IN
Reconnaissance in connection with The
arace, were killed on the opening day.
several other received more or less
ierious injuries from falls. The course
look the aviators through four coun-
tries, from Paris across Belgium and
Holland, over the English Channel to
London and return. Prizes aggregat-
ing about 100000 were given.
The nine SURVIVORS started at
Calais at 6 o'clock this morning on the
final leg to Paris, with q stop at
Amiens. Kimmerling had bad tall
into wheat field near Boulonge sur
Mere. His machine capsized and was
demolished. The aviator for won
Ger. escaped injury and gamely motor
ned back to Calais where he procured
I,ew machine and made fresh start
sSthe race really was between Beau
Finont and Roland Garros the leaders
1by many hours in the combined stages
lup to Calais. Garros arrived here 10
D,hlinutes ahead of Beaumont but the
satter won on elapsed time for the
lhtire race. Vidart was the first to
sirrive. setting down on the field at
1896 o'clock.
The others arrived in this order:
Gilbert, S:45; Garros, 9:15; Beau-
mont. s:45; Renaux with his passen-
ger. whom he carried throughout the
race. arrived at 1925; Kimmerling at
1881. The official time from Tealas
to Paris was
yidart, 52:3s:o6; Gilbert, 2:36:4o;
Garros. s:11:49, Beaumont. g. 26:l5;
Renaux. 4:13:09; Kimmerling, 4:2l:24.
The best times recorded for the en-
u Beaumont, IS hours. ss minutes,45
seconds; Garros, 62:1s:S4; Vidart'
1882.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-07-08
ROADS MUST ROUTE
AS SHIPPER ORDERS
Commerce commissIon Decides They
Arc Liable to Damages It They
Disregard Instructions.

Washington, D. c., July IA car
rier is liable for damages resulting
from a disregard Of q shippers spe-
cific routing instructions, even though
It send the shipment via route TAX
ing q lower rate to the original billed
destination"
The principle was announced by the
interstate commerce commission to-
day in a decision Of the case Of the
Switzer Lumber company OF Shreve-
port, La, against the Texas and New
Orleans railroad ond other carriers.
The commission declares in the
opinion that "it Is no part Of car
rier's duty to speculate upon the rea-
sons that actuated such instructions
and to assume that they do not ex-
press the shippers desire"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-07-08
VESSEL ASHORE ON
THE PACIFIC COAST
Santa Rosa In Trouble, But Other
Boats Have Hawsers Attached
and No Danger Is Feared.

Pont Arguello, Cal, July T. The
Pacific coast steamship Santa Rosa
went ashore before dawn today two
miles north of the light house on this
point. The vessel struck at low tide.
The steam schooners, Centralia and
Helen p. Drew, have hawsers at
tached to the Santa Rosa and it is
practically certain that she will be
floated at high tide.
Captain J. O. Faria communicated
with the wireless operator saying his
position was not dangerous. He was SO
certain of the safety Of the passengers
that he made no effort to land them.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-07-08

MADRID PAPERS COMMENT ON THE
,r,,'ss,,,as4 ;;s,s Gg' or NAMES DESTRUCTION
Utterance of Gen Bixby, Now Denied That Boat Was
Sunk by Explosion Within, Taken as Vindication
of Spain's Honor; Naval Board to Investigate.

In view of the renewed interest at
tachlng to the actual cause of the de
struction Of the Maine resulting from
the uncovering of the wreck by the
army engineers, General w. H. Bixby,
chief engineer, who has just returned
from Havana has issued the following
signed statement:
'The work of unwatering the Maine
so far proves nothing as to the origin
Of the explosion Of the magazines, but
already shows such extensive destruc-
ton of the forward part of the boat
that 1t is quite probable that, fuller un-
watering will fail to give any proofs
either way as to the origin of such
explosions. have so far made no re-
ports or statements as to the origin
of the explosion"
Believes "Within" Theory.
Philadelphia, July Rear Admiral
George w. Melville, U. S. N, said yes
terday that he believes the :Srlner
battleship Maine was blown up by one
of her own magazines.
II have always maintained that the
Maine was destroyed from within a, d
not from without" said Admiral Mel
vile. Il have said that the examina-
tion OF the ship in Havana harbor
would prove that the explosion occur
red within her. One of her powder
magazines was situated between two
coal bunker heads and one of the she'll
rooms also was nearby. The coal, TAX
ing fire, probably heated the shells in
the shell-room and caused the explos-
ion of one of the magazines
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-07-08
RECOMMEND GAS
PLAN TO COUNCIL
CHICAGO Committee Decides on Sliding
Scale Of Decrease In Rates to
be CHARGED.

Chicago, July Members Of the
committee on gas, oil and electric light
today recommended to the city council
for adoption a schedule Of rates to be
charged for gas during the next hve
years. Seventy-hve cents Is the rate
fixed for the first year, seventy cents
for the second and third years and
sixty-eight cents for the fourth and
NTH years. The present rate Is eighty
ave cents. Mayor Harrison favors the
new rate schedule.
The gas company will. it is said
fight the proposed reduction In the
courts.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-07-08

Madrid, July - All the papers
print today the statement of Brig. Gen.
VIM. H. Bixby, chief of engineers, U.
s. A., that he believed that the des-
truction of the battleship Maine IN
Havana harbor was caused by the
explosion of her magazines and not
by an exterior force.
The A. B. G.. in commenting upon
the statement says that it will be
shown that although Spain had to give
up her American possessions she had
not been dishonored.
Naval Board to Inspect Wreck.
Washington. July IA board of ma
val officers. experts in explosives, is
being selected by the Navy depart
ment to study the hull OF the battle
ship Maine in Havana harbor as the
water is pumped from the cofferdam
now surrounding the wreck.
Because of the necessarily slow
progress of the work, weeks probably
will elapse before the experts will be
able to inspect the keel of the war
ship. but the board will proceed to
Havana as soon as it's personnel is
made known and will remain with the
work until it Is finished.
The Navy department officers are
convinced that the examination will
prove the correctness Of the Sampson
board, which decided the destructive
explosion which sank the Maine was
caused by torpedo or mine, and that
the explosion of the ships maga-
zines followed.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-07-08

Twenty Million for Five
Years to Improve Post
Roads and Rural Delivery
Routes, Senator's Plan.

Washington. D. c.. July THE
annual appropriation of $20,OOO,O0O for
five years to improve the post roads
and rural delivery routes Of the gov.
ernment was urged in the senate today
by Senator Swanson of Virginia.
Mr.. Swanson explained that his plan
would open up more than 100000
miles of roads to government aid, that
the states or local authorities would
furnish an equal amount to that ap.
propriated by the federal government
and that the total would be divided
among the states, according to popu.
lation. He said the limitation to
postal roads and rules eliminated any
chance of constitutional objections.
The bill would create road depart
ment, consisting of engineers and capa'
BILE officials to carry out the project.
Mr.. Swanson pointed out that Ameri.
cans have become the greatest manu-.
featuring people in the world, that
their mines furnish the world more
than one half of Its mineral products
and wealth; their plains and pratries
are the greatest Of the world. 1t is
estimated, the senator declared, that
80 per cent OF our international com
merce( which exceeds the interior
eign commerce of the entire worldly
must first or last be handled over the
public roads. The average haul OF
this vast commerce over the public
highways has been estimated at a little
more than nine miles averaging In
cost thirty-three cents per ton per mile
apa}naf Soven cents in France and
eleven cents In England and Germany.
Based on estimates of five years on
good authorities the Improvement OF
main lines Of the system of road in this
country along methods adopted abroad
would have In hauling more than $685.
100000 annually to the people Of the
United States. This is what Senator
Swanson calls mud tax" paid each
year by Americans for hauling their
products over poor roads.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-07-08
IT'S SPRING IN ALASKA
While United States is sweltering Ice
il; is Just Going Out Enough to
J Let Ships Through.

/ washington, D. c., July 7.-Scorch-
sSsng summer In the United States is
.itnly budding spring in Alaska. Re
ss,orts from the Bering Sea patrol fleet
sof revenue cutters say the Ice has
only recently broken up enough to let
the first ship Of. the season into Nome.
The ship was the steamer Corwin,
which carries gold seekers and provis-
ions into the north. She lost her rud-
der making the harbor and the revenue
cutter Bear saved her from probably
being crushed In the Ice In the pack.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-07-08
.MAGDALEN CREW WINS
Present Holders Of Trophy Defeat
Canadian Eight For Grand Cha'-
lenoe Cup at Henly.

Il, Henly on the Thames, Eng. July T.
lThe Ottawa rowing clubs eight was
ibeaten today in the semi-final heat for
lf3he grand challenge cup by the Mag
laalen college crew, the present hold
5fers of the trophy.
It was grand and exciting race.
The Oxonians finally obtained the lead
and drew away from the Canadians
when close to the winning post and
won by two lengths. The time was 6
minutes 55 seconds.