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Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-24

". In general, is the new form of government cleaner from political in- fiuence, more business like in adminis- tration, more effsetuaily organized, more progressive, more soundIy eco nomicai?
 Leavenworth-Th is very little difference.
 One answered-Ye
 Parsons answered--Yes.
 Neodesha-One answered-Yes.
 Pittsburg-No. It is, however, a more central form If government Gives the mayor more power makes many off, cers formerly elective appofntive, giv- ing better control of men appointed. Same could be applied to the other sys- tenn. It is a question of good men.
 In every vsay-Tes
 Newton-One answered-Yes
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-24
VI. a. What per cent. of voters is required to gain a recall, and is it ef-

required to gam recaIi, ana IS 1t ef- fective?
 Leavenworth--25 per cent One, nc answer.
 Parsons-15 per cent; should be 2; per cent. Not been tried, 25 per cent Never used here.
 Neodesha-That would depend on the size of the city and your state law or the subject.
 Pittsburg-25 percent. of votes cast for mayor at last previous election.
 25 per cent. required. Haven't tried 1t yet, because. like the sword of Da- mocles, the recall is a standing threat in case of negligence or corruption.
 NeWton-Cannot recall under three years.
 b. Are the public utilities--water gas and electric lighting piants--own- cd by the city, and are they inventories annually, and balance sheet pub Ilished, as is the custom of corpora lions owning such plants?
 Leayenw ortl1-Nolt owned by city One answered-No.
 Parsons-Are not owned by city.
 Neodeslla-Owned by city: inventory published. Pittsburg-Both answered-No.
 Newton-Yes.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-24

ly..S-a, Ars ths salaries Of the may or and aldermen larger under ttais form than befcreo
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-24

A writer from Pittsburg says: I was
 Instrumental in getting the commission form of government in this city. Like everything else it has to be watched
 until the neWness wears off, We used
 to have eight councilmen and a mayor,
 whose salaries were $2G0 8 year each No one would think of hiring nine men
 at an aggr regate salary of about $2,000
 to handle a business concern whose capitalization was over 5000 ,006, which is our taxed value. We are paying now
 mayor S1,500 and each committee
 man or commissioner $900 a year, and our tax levy will not have to be in creased to pay the bill. In a council ruled city you cant set a sewer in the first ward unless there are votes enough to have d sewer ordinance rasse1. And in order to get those votes the councilman from the first ward many times may have to vote for first ward Improvements that are not act ually essential. I use this as an H. illustration. One of our commissioners is laundry man, one banker, one a furniture dealer, one a coal miner Our mayor is a retired farmer and stock raiser.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-24
! let the Doctor, Quick

Sudden illness is only one of the many domestic emergencies that cannot be foreseen In coping with these, telephone service is invaluable. The Police and Fire Departments can be reached as easily as your family physician, and you never can tell at what hour of the day or night the ability to get one or the other may mean life or property saved.
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-04-19
Elect W. M. Sutton
Head OF Schools
Enterprise School District Board
Makes Its Selections For
Next Year.

w. NJ. Sutton, principal of the En-
terprise schools during the years 49,
O6-O7, 1907-O8 and 190S-09, was elect.
ed to the same position at meeting
of the school board, Friday, at a sal
ary of $120 month. Mr.. Sutton had
made application for the position ovel
a month ago.
Following are the teachers elect
ed together with the salaries paid:
w. NJ. Sutton principal, $l20; Miss +
Mae Jefferson, grade. $75; Mrs. Mary
Franklin, grade, $65; Miss Eva B
Haas, grade, $65; Miss Mabel Muir
ray, second primary, $40; Miss Jessie
NJ. Hyde, first primary, $40.
ALI the foregoing have not yet sig
nified their acceptance.
The board ordered concrete wall
built along the south side Of thu
school grounds.
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-04-19
STORMY WEATHER DELAYS
FARM WORK AT ZUMWALT

Zumwalt, April 14-Weather very
stormy for the past few days and
grass growing slowly
j. c. Zumwalt, who some time ago
accepted a position as head foreman
for Omar Stubblefield, has completed
a very successful lambing in the can
yon and has moved his family to Mr..
Stubblefield's place on top, where
he will take charge of the other band
of sheep that are to commence the
goth.
Clara Ford commenced saving lum-
Der yesterday and expects to saw a
large amount this coming summer.
Julian Scott has rented the Stubble
field ranch on top and expects to
raise large amount of hay this sum
mer.
H. o. Zumwalt has commenced SOW
ing his spring grain but owing to the
stormy weather is making very slow
progress.
Mrs. Amy Stubblefield returned
home from Enterprise where she had
taken her son Warren to complete
his term at school,
NEW SOCKS.
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-04-19

literally The state can not spend
money in any better way than in the
education of its people.
Governor West has the reputation
of man of honest courage who knows
the right and tries TO do it. l re-
gret deeply that he was born in Can
ada, and therefore can never become
president of the United States But"
said Governor Folk facetiously, per
haps he might come in under the rec
iprocity treaty"
There are plenty of men who
would die for their country right
now," he continued, "if it. were nee
essary. But the man who will live for
his country every day is the man
we need most just now. That is the
kind of patriotism that we need: the
patriotism of every day giving of
life to the fight against public evils.
True patriotism consists in serving
country and fellow man. True great
ness lies in serving ones country
and ones fellow man. 1t is just as
essential for private citizens to dis
charge their public responsibilities
as for the man at the cannon's mouth
to do his duty.
"It is selfishness that causes the
trouble. Ninety-nine people out of
every hundred are honest when they
have no selfish reason to be other
wise, no personal gain to be made by
dishonesty. If patriotism could be
made as active as graft and greed
the problem Of political corruption
would be solved. The trouble is, the
forces which make toward public
righteousness are so apt to sleep be
tween crises, while the forces for ev
IL never sleep. Do not make the mis-
take of assuming that all the fighting
necessary to be done for the country
has already been done. There are
fights to be, just as important as
any that have gone before. The figh
for the right is never quite over Be
tween the welfare of all the people
and the greed of the few, against pub
lie wrongs, there, is always a fight.
"The government neglected will no
become government for the common
good but a prey to greed and graft
Good government must be fought for
while the bad thrives by its owr
wickedness. Good people are so dis
posed to wake up and fight glorious
ly, and then go to sleep again; while
the forces for evil work all the time
Eternal vigilance is the price of trut
liberty"
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-04-19
CANDIDATES NAMED
BY MASS MEETING
TWO PUT UP FOR EACH OFFICE
EXCEPT TREASURER
CLUB REVlvES.

j. A. Burleigh and Ray Vest, can
didates for mayor, T. R. Atkins, w.
C. Ketchum, c. H. zurcher, S. l..
Bumaugh, c. T. Hockett and George
Law (three to elect) for councilmen,
w. F. Savage for treasurer, Carl Roe
and A. B. Conoway for recorder,
Daniel Boyd ands T. NJ. Dill for city
attorney, comprise the ticket nomin-
ated at the mass meeting Tuesday
night, to be voted on at the city elec-
tion, Tuesday, May 2.
Mayor Burleigh called the meet
ing to order and stated its object.
He was elected chairman and Fred
Savage secretary. 1t was decided
to select two candidates for each
office, nominations to be made orally,
vote by ballot, the highest two to
be the names to go on the ticket,
Following is the result of the bal
lots:
Mayor. A. Burleigh, 25, c. T.
Hockett 6, B. B. Boyd A, Carl Roe 3,
w. l. Calvin 2, Ray Vest Z.
Councilmen-T. R. Atkins IL, S. F.
Pace IL, George Law 25, ]. NJ. Rodg
ers IL, Carl Roe 10, G. T. Hockett 20.
w. C. Ketchum IA, C. H. zurcher 22,
S. L Burnaugh 10.
Treasurer-Only one nomin atioa
the secretary being instructed to
cast the entire vote for w. F. Savage.
Recorder-Carl Roe 21, Charles
Thomas 10, A. B. Conoway II.
City Attorney-Daniel Boyd 16, ~,
w. Sheahan 4, Charles Thomas 8, A.
S. Cooley IL, T. NJ. Dill II. Cooley
and Dill being tied for second high
another ballot was taken on thol
two, resulting: Cooley %, Dill 80.
City Finances.
Report of the city finances by City
Treasurer Savage was read showing
a working balance In each fund as fol
lows General $4S2.62, Water $6O2
46, Road $36656, Library $1S5.15.
No Celebration.
On motion 1t was unanimously de-
cided to not hold a celebration of
the 4th of July in Enterprise, giving
way to the other towns of the coun-
| ty, and centering all effort here to-
ward making the county fair the best
held in Eastern Oregon.
lMPRoMPTU SESSION OF
COMMERCIAL CLUB.
AT this stage of the meeting an in.
quiry was made regarding the Com.
mercial club. Secretary Payne told
of the last effort to revive it, OF
the early death of promising hopes
through lack of financial medicine
and of the old bills that like Banquo's
ghost continually rise to plague it. Fol
further investigation the meeting re
solved itself into an impromptu ses
sion OF the Commercial club, B. B
Continued on last page.)
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-04-19
Circuit Court Suits.

April 10-E. T. Anderson VS. Per
ry Blanchard.
April 10-C. r. Elliott VS. Wallowa
county ct al.
April 10-C. A, McClaran VS. w. P
Sarrett ct al.
April IL Emma B. Cramer VS. Dav.
i'd H. Cramer.
April 12-Hauser & Eben VS. H. D
Atkins.
April 12-Lydia I. Feagins VS. Wal
Iowa County.
April 12-Spaulding Mfg. Co. vs
w. j. Gollnick and Geo. Goodwin.
April 12-James Bloodsworth VS. l.
w. Minor.
April ls-J: ]. Chapman VS. L. W
Minor.
April 14-R. s. & z. VS. w. T. Da
Wis
April 15-s. D. Keltner VS. ]. ]
Weaver.
April 15-Fred s. Ashley vs. J. ]
Weaver. ~
April 18-Thos. Morgan VS. ].
and Anna B. Weaver.
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-04-19
FOLK COMPLIMENTS STATE.
GOVERNOR WEST AND O.A.C.

Corvallis, April IL. Ex-Governor
Folk of Missouri, in addressing the
students of the Oregon Agricultural
college in convocation this noon, con-
graduated them upon the possession
of the finest armory in the United
States, and declared that the state
should be proud of the college, and
CHERISH it, supporting it literally He
was introduced by Governor Oswald
West of Oregon in brief speech, in
which he said, in part:
There are certain old truths which
from time immem orial have been the
foundations of all religions, all gov
ernment. There are times when the
people wander away from these old
teachings, and God has to send some
one to earth to teach them anew, as
when He sent Christ two thousand
years ago to teach the way of the
Golden Rule, the unselfish life. IN
the past century He sent such great
and good men as Benjamin Franklin
Washington, and Lincoln. Today we
have such men as Folk and La Fol
lette, Bryan and Roosevelt to teach
the young men of today that this is
still government of the people, for
the people, and by the people, and
that it is the ladder to fame for ev-
cry young man, no matter how poor
he be, 1t rests with every young man
here whether or not he rises in the
world Opportunity does not make the
man. any more than the rising of the
curtain makes the play. Every day of
our lives we live and wax strong, or
live and wax weak. Very few Of you
ever heard of Governor Folk before
his election, but he was perhaps as
big man then as now. He had put
years of sturdy effort behind him
then; he had been living and growing
strong all that time, and his election
was but the rising of the curtain up
today the leading man in the great
play of good government, Governor
Folk"
Magnificent institution" says Folk
Il congratulate you and the state
of Oregon upon this magnificent insti
tuition of learning said Governor
Folk. 81 saw your armory just now
and have seen all of the armories
of all the big colleges in the country
but there is not one of them which
compares to yours anywhere. You
should be proud of it; and the state
of Oregon ought to cherish this insti
tuition, and it should be supported
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-04-19
PREMIUMS OFFERED
FOR BEET TONNAGE
FACTORY WILL GIVE 500 AT
COUNTY FAlR-BoYS' vEGE-
TABLE EXHIBITS.

The La Grande sugar factory will
offer very liberal prizes at the coun-
ty fair, In addition to the $50 to
boys for square rod plots of sugar
beets, the factory will give 500 in
four prizes to the farmers growing
the largest tonnage to the acre on
tracts of five acres and upwards.
The money is divided $50 to the
farmer growing the largest tonnage
to the acre, $25 to the next largest,
SIS to the third and $40 to the fourth.
Full particulars can be had of A. c.
Miller, president of the fair, or F: S.
BramweIl, manager of the La Grande
factory. @
Another very liberal prize, $50, will
be given at the fair to boys Ia years
of age or under who make the best
collective exhibit of vegetables grown
by themselves.
The money is divided $25 to the
best, SIS to the second and $40 to
the third.
There are no restrictions except as
to the age of the boys their residence
within the county and that the vege-
tables be of their own raising, proper
proof of which must be made. For
full particulars write to A. c. Miller,
Enterprise.
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-04-19
All Indebtedness
Now Provided For
Local Baptist Church Has Beer
Placed On Solid Busi-
mess Footing.

Rev. H. B. Foskett was gone las
week on business for the Oregon Bar
tist convention, whose officer he is
He returned Saturday and at the
services Sunday morning in the Far
tist church announced to his corr
regation that every dollar of the +
debtedness OF the church was now
provided for and that a large part
OF the balance due the creditors
would be paid off by the close Of
the present month and arrangeme ents
made to meet the small balance as
the pledges covering 1t came In.
This is welcome news to the church
as well as to its creditors and to
the people of Enterprise who rejoice
at the successful termination of the
troubles of the local Baptist church
caused by the money stringency. Mr.
Foskett has worked hard to accom-
pllsh this and is receiving the con-
gratulations of the business people of
the town for the way he has placed
the church on solid business foot
ing. He expects to pay over anoth-
er $1,000 to local creditors by the
close OF the present month,
Mr.. Foskett with assistance of the
Convention interested some wealthy
men in this section Of the state, who
have great confidence In the future
OF Eastern Oregon.
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-04-19
DRAWN FOR
MAY TERM OF COURT

Following is the list of the jury
drawn for the May term of circuit
court that convenes Monday. May s:
r. B. Bowman, VIM. Bonner and F
o. Clark, Lostine; Chas. Hauprichs,
j. C. Hall, f. H. Brownlee, C. ].
Allen and E. A. Goodnough Wallowa
J. A. Batter, John Blevans and John
Baker, Joseph; w. P. Ballard Promise;
H. j Butler, Park; G. P. Holmes,
Flora; Harvey Hendrickson. Para
disc; Jack Cole, Lost Prairie; ]. T.
Bell, Powwatka; Alvin Austin, Ron.
dowa; G. d. Daniels, Utopia; L.
Beecher Imnaha; d. Fl. Hearing Leap;
Richard Galbraith, Prairie Creek; Jo
seph Gill, Zumwalt; T. C. Bunnel,
Trout Greek; j S. Applegate, Apple
ton; w. II. Gibson, j. w. Bickford
T. R. Atkins, Delbert Homan, w. T
Bell and F. A. Clarke. Enterprise.
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-04-19
Least Rainfall At
O.A.C. In 70 Years
Precipitation Less Than One.sixth Of
Normal During the Month
of March.

Corvallis, April 18.-The month
just past is one of the most remark
able on record during the last twen-
ty years for the minimum amount of
rainfall and the number of warm,
clear, spring-like days and general
fair weather." says w. l.. Powers, of
the Oregon Agricultural college agron.
omy department, who is weather OBJ
server at the college. He gives the
following interesting data for the
past month.
"The precipitation, which was rs
inches, is the lowest amount on rec
ord for the last fifteen years and
without doubt the lowest for the past
twenty years. The nearest approach
to this was last year, when the rain
fall for March was 1.21 inches The
normal precipitation here for March
is 4.62 inches, making last month
3.S7 inches below normal. In compar-
ison with the minimum amount of
rainfall recorded for last month, it
might be interesting to know that
for March, 1903, it was 117O inches,
which is the maximum amount for
March on record.
"The deficiency for the rainfall
year, beginning September l, was 4.ts
inches at the close of March. The
rainfall to date, April IL, is 2.34 in
ches, indicating that it will be above
normal for the month. The evapora-
tion the past month greatly exceed.
ed the precipitation, being nearly 8
inches.
There were 10 clear days; four
| were part cloudy; and were, cloudy
This is the largest proportion OF
clear weather on record, and the
nearest approach to this was March
1908, with 16 clear days; part
cloudy; and 10 cloudy days.
"On March 81 the thermometer
reached n degrees, which has only
been equaled once, and that on Marcl
8, 1905. The coolest day was Marcf
l, rs degrees, and the mean temper
ature for the month was AZ degrees
which is 2.2 degrees above normal.
'The earliness of spring, and tn,
long period of open weather during
March permitted great deal of earl
spring plowing and seeding to be don,
much more than usual-so that, not
withstanding the unusual turn of tn,
weather at this time, the crops, botl
of spring and fall planting, shoul'
be good. The danger Of the variable
weather in the last few weeks, prob
ably. is to fruit crops, but as ye
they seem comparatively free fron
injury in this locality. The minimum
temperature was 20 degrees on Apri
2, and on April 6, 27.5 degrees
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-04-19
CHAPMAN FARMER ON
MONEY-MAklNG ROAD

Chapman District, April 17-Wm
Harvey has recently purchased some
good milch cows and new separator
Such investments mean money for
the farmer.
Changing the date of the horse show
caused quite a little disappointment
to a great many who stopped their
plowing to go to Enterprise especi
ally for the show.
Cleon Elmer sold fine young spar
Of mares last week to an Enterprise
man.
Mrs. Nellie Bright spent q few
days of last week In Wallowa having
some dental work done.
w. T. Knapp is rejoicing over the
new road which will pass by his
place. 1t will be a benefit to the
whole COMMUNITY as well as to Mr.
Knapp.
A. +. Crossler and family spen
Easter with Mrs. Crossler's parents
at Lostine.
Our winter term of school will
close Tuesday, April 1S. The attend
ance has been quite small since the
holidays, as the smaller children are
unable to go so far during the winter
months.
The taxpayers of this vicinity sin
cerely hope the Home Rule Law
will be defeated at Joseph and tha
the local option law will rule suprem
In this county.
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-04-19
Wool Sales Dates
In Oregon Towns
Two Days For Enterprise and Wal
Iowa County-Better Pric-
es Expected.

Pendleton, April 15-The wool sales
dates as fixed by the Oregon Wool
growers association and announced by
Secretary Dan p. Smythe, are as
follows:
Pendleton, May 23 and June 8.
Pilot Rock, May 26 and June 10.
Echo, May "a.
Heppner, June ! and June %.
Vale, June 49,
Ontario, June a..
Shaniko, June and June 81.
Baker, June 16.
Enterprise and Wallowa county.
June 80 and July H.
The Woolbuyers disbanded their
organization, but will bid individually
at the various sales dates and better
prices are expected to result to the
growers by the tendency on the part
of growers to hold for sales dates.
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-04-19
BIG HORSE SALE.

The livery stock Of the Enterprise
Livery barn, harness, wagonette, bug
gy. hack and light baggage wagon
will be sold at public auction at the
Red Front barn in this city next Sat
urday afternoon April 22, at 2 O'Clock.
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-04-19
CLEAN UP NOTICE
To the Citizens Of Enterprise:

To the Citizens Of Enterprise:
Notice is hereby given that Tuesday. April rs, l9ll
has been designated by the City Council Cleanup
Day, II is incumbent and compulsory, all house,
holders and property to clean up their premises
alleys as well as streets and yards and deposit all
FUSE tin and garbage in convenient piles, which
will be hauled away by the city on April Is.
ia BURLEICH. Mayor
CHAS THOMAS, Recorder.
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-04-19
Notice of Eighth Grade Examination.

Notice of Eighth Grade Examination.
Notice is hereby given that the reg
nlar Eighth Grade Examination will
be held in the sayeIal school districts
May l1-12. 1911
Teachers should report names Of ap-
plicants to this office at once.
State superintendent L. r. Alder
man has made a ruling that in dis
tricts where school has closed the
examinations may be held without the
teacher being present.
Respectfully,
J. c. CONLEY,
Supt. OF Schools.
Enterprise, Oregon, April 4, 1911. 33c4
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-04-19

Miss Ruth NJ. Smith, recently Of
Spokane is a new stenographer at the
Wallowa Law Land & Abstract office
Her parents reside on homestead
east of town.
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-04-19
Tuesday, April Is
Is Clean-Up Day
Council Sets Day Apart For "Clarin
Up Spell"-Street Bills
Paid.

At the meeting of the city council,
Monday night, it was ordered that
Tuesday, April 25, be designated as
Cleanup Day, and all persons must
clean up their premises and the al
leys adjacent on or before that date,
gathering the rubbish in piles. It will
be hauled away by wagon hired by
the city. The proclamation Is found
elsewhere i'm this paper.
The bid of j. w. Weaver, ST., was
accepted for 1900 feet of cross walk
lumber at $19 per thousand.
Permission was granted to erect q
building for this newspaper on the
stub end of West First street, south
Of Greenwood, the city to receive So
month rental.
Claims were allowed as follows:
Harry Nottingham, teams grad
ing -. -. ...... :. ....$62 2t
l.. H. More, team on grader. 80 75
Jas. Blakely, team on street. l sc
w. A. Evans, team on street. IL %
Joe Melotte, team on street. 2 25
c. T. Hockett, visits as health
officer. E. 49,. 49,. 80. =. 10 0C
S. ID. Keltner, sundries for city 81
Rodgers Bros, rent for fire ap-
pdratus. w
Chas. Givononani, janitor coun-
Gil room 80. 80. 49,. OC
j. p. Sanders, draying -. :. sc
Wallowa County, refund on tax
es 49,. 80. ...... .... 33 OF
Mayor Burleigh Councilmen Combes
Funk, Hockett and Keltner were pres
ent at the meeting.
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-04-19

The Ladies Aid of the Presbyterian
church will meet with Mrs. Bell, Fri
day afternoon, April 81.
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-04-19
Auto For Hire.

New Ford machine Good service
and rates reasonable. Phone F. l.
Vergere or call at the garage. 101b2
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-04-19

Mrs. NJ. l.. Devore went to La
Grande Tuesday and will visit there
and at Elgin for few days.
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-04-19

Eggs, single comb Brown Leghorn
and Rhode Island Reds, pure bred
stock. $3.50 for Is. L. e. Jordan, En-
terprise. 9Sb4