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Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-02-11
NELSON WOULD AID
BUSY LAW MAKERS

Washington.--A first aid to busy
Legislators Is proposed by bill intro
duced In the House by Rep. Nelson
(Repn. Wis., one of the simon-pure
progressives who has some original
Ideas pn the duties OF statesmanship.
Nelson believes that the average
member OF the house Is o rather ques-
tionable authority on matters Of stat
ute law. and to prove his point. he
points to score of mandatory
statutes on the much abused law books
that are absolutely nullified. In or
der to make sure that when q member
OF congress draws up bill. 1t will be
''iron-bound." without flaw and
without the much disputed "joker''
that looms up large In the mind of
the legislator whenever a new law Is
being framed, Nelson proposes to take
the onerous duty of framing legisla-
ton out Of the hands of the busy
legislators.
Hurried legislation. framed on the
floor OF the house or the senate has
invariably proven weak and ineffec-
tual. Nelson says. so he proposes to
establish Legislative division OF the
congressional library" which shall
draw up in the cool. quiet confines
OF the big building opposite the capt.
toi. all the legislation to be proposed
In congress. Nelson believes that bills
carefully drawn up In the deeply
studious atmosphere OF the library by
experts on the questions the law arr
to cover. will prove far superior te
laws framed under the present system
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-02-11
SWIMS ACROSS SPOKANE
RIVER IN MID-WINTER

AS an illustration of the value Of
physical culture in its higher develop
ment, H. Leonard Knowles Of Spo-
kane, physical culture director and
devotee and the doctrine, successfully
swan the Spokane river from bank
to bank at 1925 o'clock the afternoon
of January 81, also winning a wager
of 500 made with e. e. Walker OF
the Spokane Hardware company.
Knowles advocates the cold water
bath as a health medium, while Wal
ker holds that 1t has nothing but poor
features. This is said to be the first
time the swim has ever been made
In midwinter.
A crowd Of nearly $500 people wit
messed the feat The thermometer
stood at 81 degrees and the tempera-
ture of the water at the freezing
point. Knowles used the Australian
| crawl stroke. When he was a quar-
ter of the way across he turned over
on his back and shouted to the crowd:
"Fine dope, boys!'
Knowles swan in the Columbia
river last January and is an ardent
exponent of the cold water bath the
ory from hygienic and health stand
point
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-02-11
MISSIONARIES NOT
INJURED IN CHINA
"FRIENDS OF THE PEOPLE"
NOT TO BE MoLEsTED
Rioters Themselves Post Notices
Uprising Directed Against Govern
ment-Famine Makes Bandits.

Reassuring reports from the scene
of the riots in the vicinity Of Canton,
China, as to the safety of American
missionaries have been received at the
state department in Washington.
From Lienchow word has been re-
ceived that the rioters themselves
have posted notices urging the people
not to disturb the missionaries, whom
they call the friends of the people"
The riots are ascribed to the at
tempt of the Chinese government to
take census and number the houses
| in the town. The disturbances, there
fore, were directed against the gov
ernment and not against the Ameri-
cans, as was at first reported. 1t is
denied that the missionaries houses
and property have been destroyed.
| Bands of robbers, driven to desper-
alton by the famine. are menancing
inhabitants of the northern part OF
the provinces of Anhui and Kiangsui
according to reports received at the
state department. Villages whose in
Ihabitants possessed money and food
stuffs have been plundered by the ma
rauders. Depredations have beer
quelled to a limited degree by means
Of the partially completed Tientsin
Pukow railroad, which enabled tn
government to send troops into tn
affected districts. A number of ar
rests were made, and several offend
ers summarily executed.
The government has ordered $50,
, 900 worth of seed distributed anon
!. the farmers, but many months wi
. intervene before the ground can eve
be plowed to receive it. The famine
which is affecting more than $500
600 persons, is due to the heavy rair
of last summer, which ruined tn
crops.
Though thousands are being en-
ployed on the railway under constru'
y ton. more thousands are witho1
L work. Many entire families ha'
emigrated to the south and the nort
/ looking for work. Their search
n sure to prove futile, however, as the
is is always surplus of unskilled lab
g in those districts, and the railway cs
IS employ no more men than at preser
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-02-11
UNCLE JOE RECEIVES
PECULIAR EPISTLES

Washington.-Who Is "The Queen
of England" "The Government of the
United States" "His Majesty the
Head Of the Government" and "Un-
Gle Joe" all rolled into one?
A highly Intelligent corps Of post
office clerks in Washington have al
ready found that rare combination
in the person of Joseph Gurney Can
non, speaker of the house of repre-
sentatves.
Cannon is known far and wide as
'Uncle Joe," the Iron Duke Of Am
erican politics." "the car Of the
house" and. perhaps, owing to in
surgents, by some other rather more
opprobrious nicknames. but the gov
ernment, through the postoffice de-
partment, apparently gives substan-
tiation to the complaint that Uncle
joe" is the main works in the ma
chinery Of the government.
Probably no man In official Wash
ington receives as many peculiar epis-
ties as the speaker. Cranks all over
the country seem to single him out as
correspondent. Within the past
month "Uncle Joe" has received Q
letter advising him tnat he Is he'll
to a fortune running into millions
(purely mythcaD. a letter purportine
to have been written by a patriotic
American girl. warning against Jap.
anese spies; q night letter OF about
2b0 words. demanding abolition Of the
u. s. senate; and letter addressed
to ''The Queen of England" demand
ing protection against spooks.
Reams Of poetry deluge the speak
er's mail. Geniuses with reform
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-02-11
BOON TO OREGON CITIES.
The University Department Of Arch
itecture, to Include Landscape Ar
chitecture and City Planning.

The University Department OF Arch
ftecture, to Include Landscape Ar
chitecture and City Planning.
The action of the university board
of Regents at the recent meeting In
Fmgene looking to the thorough
equipment and manning Of depart
ment of architecture, has a signlfi-
cance for the urban communities OF
the state not easily overestimated. III
we look at only one phase OF the new
department-that of landscape ar
chitecture, include city planning
little reflection will snow that 1t has
vast possibilities, particularly since 1t
ia launched just at the opportune
time in the development of oregon.
It has been the rule, in other ana
older states, for cities to grow up
like Topsy, either with no plan or
| with only the customary framework
of streets laid out Ike checker
hoard. whose chief virtues are sim
| plicity and regularity, with the oppor-
tunity of indefinite expansion. Rarely
has provision been made in the orig
inal "town plats" for those breathing
spaces in the form of parks, squares
play grounds and boulevards, Whlch
| as the town natures into city, are
seen to be 30 essential to health ant
so desirable from the artistic view
/, point. often nothing is done on thes'
lines till the growth Of business, tn
, rise in property values, and the hard
ening of the social habit Of the peopi
has made the task of beautifying tn
. city and rendering 1t wholesome, to
' heavy to be achieved In its tuil
r most desirable extent. So the city
a opportunity passes; 1t is fated TO re
main inconvenient, unhealthful an
a commonplace, whereas, If thought ha
been expended on it in time, it migf
lhave been made a comfort and a 10
q to generations Of loyal, devoted cit
: zens.-U. of o. Bulletins.
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-02-11
NAVAL OFFICERS BETTER
BE ILL ON SHIPBOARD

If naval officer would have ap-
pendicitis without expense to himself.
he should take care to be stricken
within operating distance of an Of
ficer of the medical corps of the SER
vice." according to decision Of the
comptroller of the treasury.
Claim for reimbursement was made
by Assistant Naval Constructor q. S.
Land, of the New York navy yard
for medical services rendered while
he was sojourning in Englewood, N
j., where he had gone to escape the
oppressive heat of the city," The
comptroller ruled that 1t was not the
fault of the government that Land
was beyond the reach Of the naval
surgeon, and that he would have te
pay the bill out of his own pocket.
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-02-11
MONEY FOR SINGLE
TAX FUND IN OREGON
Millionaire Advocate of Theory Giving
of His Substance.

Portland, Ore.-JoSeph FelS, the
millionaire soap manufacturer OF
Philadelphia and spreader of single
tax propaganda, looks to Oregon to
enact the Henry George theory into
law. He has just made an offer to
give dollar for dollar to a single tax
fund and local enthusiasts say they
will raise $12,500, making total of
$4,000 to be spent here in a two-year
campaign.
Mr.. Fels was warmly received while
in the city the first of this month. He
attended receptions, was given lunch
cons and spoke on his pet theory
which he calls justice.
"By justice, mean exemption from
| taxation on all personal property; the
settling of all taxation upon land val
ues, all land values being created by
the activities and the presence OF
population" said Mr.. Fels. Included
| in this taxation are all special privi-
lleges. railroad franchises, public util-
lities and the same pertaining to light
lheat, city transportation and every
other function which can be carried
on by the public. In other words,
medH llilo OpSidtioh eiiS w.
nomic philosophy of Henry George
known as the single tax.
Oregon is our first state, and al
though we have the Henry Georg
theory in Victoria, Vancouver an
other British Columbia points, W
hope to have it in the United State
and after it's adoption in oregon, W
look for it to spread"
Mr.. Fels' campaign will be conduct
ed through local clubs in every count
of the state where they can be estah
lished. Speakers will be brought
l the state from far off sections an
Oregon men, who have made a stud
. OF the plan, will also take the field.
Mr.. Fels has established funds
r many countries for the advanceme1
C of his theories of taxation. Gres
a Britain has been given $4,000 to ru
Y for five years and like amount he
been placed in the United States. TT
t proposed Oregon fund is in addftio
t tc, this sum.
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-02-11
TO HONOR BRAVE
SPOKANE BOY
NAME DESTROYER AFTER
JOHN ROBERT MONAGHAN
One of Bravest Acts of Heroism in
American History to Be Commemo-
rated-Sister of Hero viii Christen
Ship.

Spokane, Wash.-To commemorate
one of the bravest acts of heroism in
the history of the American navy,
the torpedo boat destroyer Monaghan
will be launched at Newport News,
Va, February Is. The sponsor for
the destroyer will be sister of the
brave ensign who lost his life while
endeavoring to rescue comrade
April l, 1899.
Ensign John Robert Monaghan was
a Spokane boy. He lost his life in an
engagement with the Samoans near
Apia, Samoa, April 1, 1899, in which
| seven members of an allied force of
LOT British and American sailors and
marines lost their lives, three of the
seven being officers His death was
due to his determination to stand by
his wounded .comrade, Lieutenant
Philip v. Lansdale, U. S. NJ, who
commanded the American detachment
of SO men. When, last seen alive he
was defending histwounded comrad'
single-handed against a horde of saw
ages. In the official report of thu
fight Captain White of Philadelphia
!, said:
ensign Monaghan stood stead
! fastly by his wounded superior an
friend-one rifle against many, on
> brave man against score of savages
} He knew he was doomed. He coul
D not yield. He died in the heroic per
. formance Of his duty"
K A monument to his memory, erect
y ed by the citizens of his native stat
f Washington, stands in a public thol
r oughfare. 1t was unveiled Octobe
5, 1906.
e James Monaghan of Spokane, fail
e er of the late Ensign Monaghan, r.
l. ceived the following message fro
Y, George Won L. Meyer, secretary
the navy, and his eldest daughte
n Miss Eleanor R. Monaghan, w
Ie christen the torpedo boat destroy
l. February 18.
" "The torpedo boat destroyer Mo
Of aghan, named in honor of your so
I'd the late Ensign John r. Monagha
i will be launched at Newport New
Il Va, February 1S. The navy depai
1t, ment would be pleased to have y
ry name a young lady member of yo
ed family to act as sponsor at t
l launching"
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-02-11
CORRESPONDENCE WORK
PROVES PRACTICAL
Students Scattered Over state Testny
to the Help Received from the Uni
versity.


tn the Help Received from the Uni
versity.
That the correspondence depart
ment Of the university which has been
in operation only about TWO years Is
proving its usefulness by affording
definite practical help to various
classes Of persons, can be seen from
the subjoined quotations from letters
received at the department.
One young teacher writes: II thank
you for the interest you nave shown
and wish to express my appreciation
of what the school has done for me.
Mainly through your help, was able
to secure my certificate in February"
Another teacher says: "The rea-
son that / have not sent in my other
papers on English literature, Is that
at the February examination / made
a first grade certificate, making 81
per cent in English literature, to
! which am glad to say that feel that
your course helped me wonderfully.
am not reading the other classics,
as I am teaching and have a vast
amount of work to do. 1 want to
thank the U. of o. for their interest
in me and their many courtesies. ]
am intending to write ror state papers
next, and will take up one or more
Of your branches later on"
Il A high school student writes: 81
entered the T. high school this fall
and owing to your kind help during
l the summer, was soon able to finish
I the tenth grade work in geometry
| and will now, I think, be able to fin
, ish the work required in the eleventh
grade"
u A woodsman, who Is studying thu
I course in Oregon history, writes: ..
did not read any supplementary mat
8 ter, because 1 have no means Of pro
Touring any. I work in logging camp
and I don't care about purchasing an,
' tmore (books) than just have to. w
work every day as long as 1t Is ligh
8 enough to see so that it takes goo,
a while to finish a lesson. have en-
: Ijoyed the work, though. 1t has bee
i an inspiration to me. Besides, 1t give
a l me much information"
Ill Another young man writes: "If yo
d | desire me to send any more fees,
It shall be glad to do so, for appreciat
# very much the opportunity to kno'
{" more OF an author who has been
= friend Of mine from my boyhood.
l. thought 1 knew my Shakespeare wei
10 but this course has been revelatio
vi to me of how little really knew {
i'll a writer had been reading so man
" years, 1t is wonderful how many fir
tpoints one passes over in solitary, I'll
lassisted reading."-U. of o. Pre-
Bulletin.
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-02-11
GERMAN CROWN PRINCE
is SEVERELY CRITICIZED

1t seems that the radical and So
cialist newspapers of Germany are
not satisfied with the way the crown
prince selected in which to spend his
time during his visit to linda. 1t al
legged that instead of devoting himself
to the serious study or indian affairs,
the object of his visit, he gave him
self up entirely to his own personal
enjoyment, his whole time being ta-
ken up either in sport or festivity.
These newspapers are very bitter in
their comment and declare that he
could have learned more about In
dia had he stayed at home and devoted
his time to reading useful books. In
several of the Berlin theaters, humor-
GUS references have been made to the
crown princes Studies"
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-02-11
ELECTRICITY RUNS A
VIRGINIA PLANTATION

On the eastern slope of the Alle-
gheny mountains, in the historic state
of Virginia, is located tract of roll
ing upland, consisting or about eleven
thousand acres, notable as the ances-
trail home of Thomas F. Ryan, the
well known American rInancier. The
homestead is at Oak Ridge, Nelson
county, on the Southern railroad be-
tween Charlottesville and Lynchburg,
and the thousands of acres, huge
tracts of cultivated land, broad mea-
dows and wooded RnoIls spread out
over hill and dale to the foot of the
dark mountains on the west. The
buildings have been restored and en-
larged, the plantation has been thor
oughly electrified and made model
even for this advanced agricultural
age, and the rolling hills, which are
not under cultivation, have been made
game preserves where the wild life of
Virginia can find a refuge safe and
secure.
But recently this large plantation
| was equipped with complete cleo
trical system SO that the buildings are
now flooded nightly with an abund-
ance of electric light and there is
| plenty of electric power to drive the
farm machinery, to operate the dairy
to manufacture ice and do the other
endless chores familiar to farm work
without this modern power system
it would require a large number Of
men and horses to do the work abou
this large plantation. Now the work
ing energy of eighty horses, of 50(
men, is confined in one power room
where it can be instantly dispatched
with the speed Of the very lightning
in any amount desired to do the har'
) work about the farm and the man
) farm buildings.
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-02-11
IRRIGATION FOR
WILLAMETTE VALLEY

Portland, Ore.-Although the rain
fall for the Willamette valley has al
ways been considered ample for all
purposes, comes now the proposal to
irrigate it. A syndicate has been
formed at Portland and tract of A.
900 acres near Salem will be watered
by means of a canal from the Santi-
am river.
The land has been purchased and
work is now going forward on the ir-
rigating canals. 1t is expected to have
the canals and laterals completed in
time for watering the coming sea-
sons crops.
1t will be a surprise to some that
district where over A inches of
rainfall a year is experienced needs
irrigation, but experts have decided
that much larger crops will be pro-
duced If water is supplied during the
height of the growing season, mid
summer, which is period of scant
moisture. Alfalfa, forage crops fol
dairy cattle, root crops and fruits are
found to produce greater yields as
well as much better quality where
water is supplied to the thirsty
ground.
Irrigation in the Willamette vale,
is much of an, experiment, it is true
but those behind the project believ'
it offers a great future for Western
Oregon in vegetable growth and II
fact all lines Of intensive farming
The men behind the syndicate ar
prominent in Portland and while the,
expect the project to make money
they also regard the venture in tn
light of missionary work, believin
the whole valley will be greatly in
creased in fertility as the result.
u, q. G. Hopson. supervising enginee
of the United States reclamation ser
vice, has passed upon the project an
he declares no other irrigation wor
, on the Pacific coast surpasses thi
in the promise of success.
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-02-11
EUGENE TO HAVE PURER
DRINKING WATER

The installation Of the Eugene filt-
er, the completion Of which has been
delaped so long through the failure
of the filter company to deliver its
shipments. is now almost completed.
The last shipment OF material has ar
rived on the ground. and the work Is
being crowded through to completion
with night and day shifts. In the
meantime, the university authorities
are furnishing boiled water to every
house where students may be living,
and semi-martial law is being admin
istered in carrying through all pos
sible sanitary precautions. The filter
should be ready to deliver the puress
water in three weeks time.--U. OF o.
Bulletin.
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-02-11
BIG DEVELOPMENT
OF NORTHWEST LANDS

"There was a tremendous Develop
ment of agricultural lands in the
Northwest and Pacific states in 1909.
1t was greater in 1910. The move
ment will continue, more substanti-
ally than before, during 1911 and the
years to come. The settlers have gone
to stay"
Edmund T. Perkins, M. AM. Soc.
C. E., president of the Chicago Ir-
rigation association, made the fore
going observation in the executive Of
flee of the National Irrigation con-
gress.
Mr.. Perkins, who was formerly en-
gineer in charge of transportation
and purchasing for the United States
reclamation service, is thoroughly IA
miliar with the west, having made
study of soils and climatic conditions
and agricultural possibilities.
''This development will continue as
an important factor in western wealth
production for many years to come"
Mr.. Perkins added, "and land values
will increase from their present level
as new settlers pour into the various
districts in Washington, Oregon Ida
no, Montana and adjoining states.
Wealth production is bound to in
crease as the products from these new
soils have places of their own In Am
erican and European markets.
1.-THE nineteenth sessions of the Ma
tional Irrigation Congress in Chicago
December to 8, inclusive, when
President Taft will be the chief speak.
er on the closing day should add re.
newed interest to the opportunities
and advantages in the irrigated dis.
tricts and the campaign of exploit
alton that will be conducted mean
while is bound to be of great benefit
to every state in the western coun
try"
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-02-11

Calhoun, then secretary of war, to
make an estimate of the cost of trans
porting 200 soldiers to the Columbia
river at Vancouver and the figure was
placed at $4,000. Today it would be
$4,4OO, or just one-tenth of the old
estimate.
Then the troops would have walk
ed most of the distance, fought their
way through forests and hostile In
dian country and suffered great hard
ships. The same trip is made now in
three days in a comfortable railway
coach.
In his report, Secretary Calhoun
provided for the march of the troops
from Council Bluffs to the head Of
navigation on the Missouri or Yellow
stone in what is now the state of
Montana. To carry the luggage of
the expedition, 200 horses were to
have been bought near Council Bluffs
from the Indians. From the head OF
navigation on the Columbia river the
party was to descend the stream In
boats, built on the river bank by the
expedition. This journey would re-
quire months: now it can be made
| in three days without the slightest in
convenience.
Strange to say, after all this plan
ming, the overland route was consid
cred too difficult or hazardous AM
the troops were embarked on sailin
ship and sent around the Horn, leav
ing New York in 1S4S and arrivin
at Vancouver in May, 1S49. On
member of this expedition, and its sol
survivor, Philip Christ, still lives
Vancouver, within one block of tn
; military reservation he helped to es
tablish more than half century ag
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-02-11

Nelson's bill provides for a chief OF
the legislative division at salary TO
be fixed by the superintendent OF the
library, and authorizes the CHIEF to
employ experts technical assistants,
investigators, and craftsmen as their
services may be necessary.
The sum of $150,O00 annually is ap-
propriated by the Nelson bill.