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Contributions from Jim Reavis
April 9, 1897 Enough money was subscribed to enable F. A. Reavis to send for 15 pairs of Chinese Pheasants last Monday. Soon Wallowa County will be stocked with the best game bird in the west. Now for a Rod and Gun club. Would Rather Herd Sheep Will Allen has resigned his position in the Chieftain office and went out to herd sheep for Ed Johnson has Wednesday. Scott Henderson has accepted the position in the office W. P. Hambelton packed up the remnants of his hardware stock and on Monday sent it to Lostine where he will soon open up a complete line of hardware goods. A town can ill afford to lose such a good citizen and honorable business man as Mr. Hambelton. Don Gardner and Colonel Graves returned from Soake River last Tuesday. They report having caught several sturgeon. May 28, 1897 Mr. Murray of Alder Slope left his team standing down by the mill last Monday while he went up town, but was surprised to see them soon afterwards standing across the street from the livery stable almost diverted of their harness. Holmes Buys Pistol W. H. Holmes, the Enterprise banker, is here on business. We found him her today in possession of an automatic toy pistol which is intended for his oldest son. Mr. Holmes claims that it is a man’s duty to teach his boys the are of self defense, especially if he is in the banking business in Wallowa County, Island City Correspondent to the Chronicle.
June 11, 1897 W. S. Burleigh and G. G. Hedger started awheel for Baker City last Sunday afternoon. They went to witness the Fireman’s Tournament. A marriage license was issued last Saturday to Mr. Frank Ott and Miss Grace Lathrop. The took the stage for La Grande Monday afternoon where they were married. June 23, 1897 Imnaha: Mrs. Mays and two sisters, Flora Veits and Master Harry Mays were seen on our streets last week Robert Ute was in town Sunday evening. He and a Mr. Davis have a clump puller that they claim can pull almost any kind of a stump or tree. Wade Has Strawberries Mr. and Mrs. Sam Wade were in town Tuesday with some of the finest strawberries of the season. July 16, 1897 Married: July 14, 1897 at the home of the bride’s parents in the city, Mr. G. M. Hendrickson and Miss Minnie Reavis, Rev. W. P. Samms officiating. None but the immediate relatives were present. G. C. Clark of Flora was in town Saturday and had Dr. Ault extract a piece of steel that flew off a wedge and struck him in the jaw. The doctor found it lodged against the jaw bone. A party on bicycles, consisting of Mr. And Mrs. F. D. McCully, Miss Anna Mitchell, Messrs. G. F. Conley and A. E. Donelly passed thru town Monday evening on their way to La Grande. Some of them said they were going to hear Bryan speak, but F. D. said he was going out on other business. Little Sylvester Breaks Bone J. A. Burleigh’s little son Sylvester, while playing Saturday afternoon fell down and fractured his collar bone. N. C. Longfellow purchased 200 head of steers from Geo. Craig last week to be delivered in September. The Chieftain is indebted to Luke Booth for a box of fine peaches raised in his Imnaha orchard. He disposed of his entire load at the E. M. & M. store. Mrs. Jas. McAlister was a caller at the Chieftain office Monday and informed us that they would start for the Walla Walla country the next morning. They go to see if the change of climate will not benefit their son Charles who has been sick for so long a time. Lake Popular in Summer Miss Bertha Johnson (later Mrs. G. S. Reavis) returned from Boise City, Idaho on Saturday evening’s stage and rode over to Mr. Veasey’s on her wheel Monday. A party consisting of the Misses Nettie, Mabel and Jessie Palmer, Anna and Viola Smith, Moesdamez Palmer, Steel, Van Staveru, and Messrs. Weed Steel and W. P. Samms spent last Sunday at the lake. Dr. L. D. Reavis and lady, L. J. Reavis and lady, D. L. Reavis and lady, G. M. Hendrickson and lady, Frank Reavis and Maggie Porter arrived at the lake Thursday. The will remain a week or two. The lake is just the place to come to enjoy this hot weather. Makes a Speed Record. Guy McCully was a visitor in the city last Saturday. He made a record breaking trip from Lostine to Elgin some time ago, making the entire distance in three hours and fifteen minutes. J. B. Nobles is cutting hay with his binder fro Monar Zell, Jim says it is the cheapest way, everthing considered, to put up hay and then it is so handy to feed out. G. R. Miller, the sheepman was in town Sunday. He is happy in the prospects of good prices for his sheep and wool. He received 10 ½ cents per lb. For his wool. Gl I. Ratcliff closed a successful term of school at Arko last Friday, and moved back to town Sunday. The patrons gathered in on the last day and had a picnic dinner. Vera Eats Fly Paper. Vera, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Stubblefield, ate a piece of arsenical fly paper last Friday and soon began to show symptoms of arsenical poisoning, but Dr. Ault was called immediately and the little one was soon out of danger. We learn that Will Wursweller has purchased a stock of goods in Prineville, Oregon and will soon bid adieu to Wallowa County. His brother Albert will continue the business in Joseph. August 12, 1897 Frank Reavis and Jake Wagner went down to the South Fork of the Wallowa River Thursday, on a fishing excursion. They expect to stay four or five days and catch all the fish in the river. W. R. Holmes, John Calvin, Dr. Ault and B. T. Long went down to the south fork of the Wallowa river and tried their luck at fishing last Sunday. They report not a very large catch as they went too far up. August 20, 1897 Wallowa: Scott Henderson and Jas. Zurcher of Enterprise were in town Saturday. They were out on a fishing trip and from all appearances were quite successful. Arko: Mrs. E. Hayden, Mrs. Crisman, Mrs. Rinehart, Miss Hayden and Trudie Crisman have been visiting relatives, James Fleet and family, during the past week. The first watermelons of the season were brought in last Friday by D. G. Ralls and Walter Applegate, from the Sturgill ranch on the Grande Ronde river. Populists Hold Meeting The Populist Central Committees met in Enterprise last Saturday and elected J. A. Frence as chairman. Those from a distance who attended were Dr. Barnes, G. J. Bowman, J. Schultae, O. M. Corking, Ed. A. Pollock, J. F. Burleigh, etc. Harve Hendrickson of Paradise was in town last week and returned home Friday. Paul and Max Wilson came with him and will remain a week or two. Sept. 3, 1897 We understand that Walter Burleigh has contracted the Lostine gold fever and is going to start a newspaper in that burg. Let the good work go on, the more the merrier. The Lostine gold fever is running high in this city. We understand that J. K. Lawter and Roy Dale will go to Lostine this week for the purpose of starting a saloon. A town that is booming cannot get along without a saloon.
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