Little Chieftain News
Contributions from Jim Reavis
April 28, 1899
Ulyssis Wilmore has been acting as chambermaid around the Red Front Livery Barn for the past week or two.
W. K. Stubblefield, proprietor of the White Front Livery Stable has been Improving his property this spring. He now has ample shed room in case of a rush of business, and also has fixed up a bunk house for the freighter, where they can cook and sleep.
Buys J. A. Burleigh Ranch.
May 5, 1899
Chas. Kenworthy has bought the J. A. Burleigh place, formerly the Otto ranch. The price paid was $700.00.
May 12, 1899
The preliminary work began on the Bowlby stone building last Tuesday by Robt. Irwin and a Mr. Smith from La Grande. Mr. Haworth, who has the contract arrived Tuesday, and the building will be completed as soon as the force of men can do the work.
Through an oversight we failed to mention that D. W. Sheahan was elected city attorney at the election last week.
Little Vera Stubblefield, while running through a bonefire with some other children a few days ago, got some coals of fire lodged in her shoe, and before it could be removed, her foot was burned quite badly.
Never Sweat Club Escapes
May 12, 1899
A bottle of hydrogen in Forsythe’s drug store exploded on morning last week and scattered glass all over the room. E. J. says it is most fortunate for the Never Sweat Club that they were not in session.
May 19, 1899
The first baseball games under the
schedule of the Wallowa County League were played last Saturday at
Wallowa and Joseph between Wallowa and Enterprise and Joseph and
Lostine. The scores resulted as follows:
Enterprise 23, Wallowa 31.
Joseph 35, Lostine 20.
In the game between Enterprise and Wallowa the score stood a
tie at the close of the ninth inning and another inning was played
to decide the contest.
Thos. Proul informs us that he saw three fine deer crossing the country between Enterprise and Joseph last week. They were evidently going to the Hurrican Creek mountains.
McDaniel Visits Wallowa
May 19, 1899
Wallowa Item: A Mr. McDaniel of the Cove, is in town at present, looking over the possibilities of the town with a view of locating and going into the hardware business here. Such a store would be quite a convenience to the people at Wallowa and surrounding country. Wallowa is becoming quite a town, and there is no reason why a hardware store could not make a profitable business.
May 26, 1899
Among the sheep men who sold their wool to Mr. Catter of the Boston firm, were Sam Litch, Ed Johnson, Homan Bro., J. W. Emmons, Haas Bros., Bookout & Sons and J. P. Gardner
Jack Johnson, John McDonald, Sam McAllister, and J. F. Thrasher exhibited some fine horses at the Horse Show last Saturday.
G. M. Gaily, of Joseph, was in Paradise Saturday and Sunday on important (?) business.
Town Ditch is Open.
June 16, 1899
The big ditch is at last in good condition and smaller ditches are being made to run the water in the streets. Enterprise can now have good gardens, fine shade trees, grass and all kinds of shrubbery.
June 28, 1899
Twelve mining claims were recorded in the clerk’s office last Saturday. One of them is a tin mine at the mouth of the Imnaha.
G. H. Vest, our batcher, has added in his establishment, a large cooling room and as he has plenty of ice, his patrons need have no fear of getting spoiled meat.
June 23, 1899
S. C. Himelwright expects to start to La Grande next Monday to prove up on his timber claim.
Gate in Public Square.
June 30, 1899
Our popular mayor, S. E. Combes, has places a neat gate in one corner of the public square instead of the rickety bare that have so long been an eyesore to our citizens. Let the work of improvement go on.
July 14, 1899
Geo. Cochran of Alicel and a junior of Stanford University who was visiting Carl Roe and attending the celebration, returned home on Saturday.
Rev. Crawford returned from a three weeks’ visit in the Willamette Valley on Monday. He thinks the people of Wallowa County have as few ills to complain of as anywhere he has been.
July 14, 1899
Quite a number of outside people have passed thru Enterprise this week going to the Lake, some in trucks, some in carts, some in bloomers and some on bikes. This natural health and pleasure resort is every year attraction more attention from the outside world.
Samms Opens Menagerie.
July 21, 1899
Rev. W. P. Samms has quit preaching and is going to conduct a menagerie. He has a bear and a crow to start with. The monkey and baboon are yet to come.
July 28, 1899
Dan Warnock and Riley Clemants matched their horses last Wednesday, and decided which was the swiftest on the race track north of town. “Dewer”, Warnock’s horse was decided the winner.
Aug. 11, 1899
J. F. Bater, G. M. Hendrickson and W. S. Burleigh returned from a trip to the head of the Imnaha River last Friday. The report catching quite a number of fish but were of the opinion that they were three weeks too early.
Genuine Canada Thistles
Aug. 18, 1899
County Clerk Burleigh under direction of the county court sent of some samples of thistle to the Agricultural College and received work that they were genuine Canada thistle. A sample of them may be seen down near the flouring mill which the farmers should see and make sure that they have none of the post on their, ranches.
Elmer, the eleven year old son of Mr. And Mrs. J. C. McFetridge, was severely kicked by a horse last Wednesday afternoon. He was swinging in the barn and swung against a horse that was passing in front of him. The horse began kicking with both feet and struck the boy on the side of the head, rendering him unconscious. Dr. Temple was called and aided the sufferer all that was possible. Late in the afternoon he was still alive but had not entirely regained consciousness.
Married: At the residence of T. N. Estes, on Aug. 6, 1899, in the presence of a large number of friend, Oliver Hepburn, of Divide and Miss Nora Estes, of Prairie Creek, F. X. Musty officiating.
Thrown by Bucking Cayuse.
Sept 8, 1899
Jap Stubblefield and a bucking cayuse suddenly parted company on one of our streets last Monday.
Sept 8, 1899
The assessor has finished his computation of the property valuation in the county, and found the gross value to be $1,227,175.00, with an exemption of $274,708.00. Total taxable property 31,052,469.00. This amount is an increase of about $65,000.00 over the valuation last year.
Uncle John Root, of Winslow, was in town Wednesday and Thursday. He would like to sell his ranch and retire. In answer to our query as to where he would go if he should sell, he said: “ you could not drive me away from Wallowa county.”
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Old Canyon House In the old stage coach days, the Canyon house was the favorite stopping point for travelers between Wallowa county and Elgin. The house was a short distance above Minam and the meals served by Mrs. Woods a decade ago are still talked of by old timers. |