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About Malheur enterprise. (Vale, Or.) 1909-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 22, 1910)
Th. W;WW ,o Boo,. W. . " 'A ' ' ' 5? PlA AND VALE PLAINDEALEIl VOL.1, NO. 10 , VALE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 1910. ' 7 " ! ! 1-:- N(H The Malheur Enterprise De- livertl u jo ' iiJti'i:, l '. : i-i acjyancc. The Leading 'Iip2r oi Malheur County. PRICE 5 cents RESERVOIR IS NOWLOCATED Engineers Decide That Pumping System Must be Used For Waterworks TO PUMP FROM WELL Would Require Exceedingly Large Pipe to Get Right Force From Willow Springs That the pumping system, and not gravity, must be adopted by Vale for ita water works is the decision at which the engineers in charge of the work have now arrived. They state that bringing water from Willow Springs would entail the plac ing of very large pipes as the friction in small pipes would be altogether ex cessive when the altitude of the springs is taken into account. The fall is only 240 feet. A reservoir has now been located by the engineers some where on the ridge of hills across the bridge, and this reservoir has an elevation of 300 feet above the level of the city. They say that the question of getting rid of the sewerage is by far the most difficult problen., but they beliee now that they have all but overcome that obstacle. 0. J. Parrot and C. C. Cot trell of the firm of Parrot, Cottrell and Parrot, Baker City, are in charge. Mr. Cottrell believes the plans and specifications cannot be drawn up be fore April 1, as they have on hand a large amount to accomplish. Part of this work is connected with other un dertakings and Vale will not be requir ed to pay for the full time between the signing of the contract and the conclu sion of the preliminary work. Royal Arch Mason Dead C. R. Smith, a royal arch mason, was buried at Westfall last Tuesday. He wan rancher in that neighborhood but was formerly a lawyer in California. Carpets and rugs cleaned by vacuum leave orders at Hunt and Carey's. PETRIE GETS A LARGE SUM Jury Awards Him Nearly Two Hundred Dollars an Acre For Laid Condemned Frank Petrie was awarded the sum of $2,426.00 by a jury last Tuesday as compensation for the condemnation of part of his property for a right-of-way for the Malheur Valley Railway. The amount of land condemed is a little more than twelve acres. In the plead ing of the plaintiffs it was stated only fiat the land is worth "less than $20C a l acre," and his honor instructed the jury substantially to the effect that this statement would permit the jury to place the valuation at any sum no mat ter how slightly less than the sum mentioned. The jury in its verdict placed the valuation at $199.00 an acre. Messrs McCulloch and Duncan repre sented the defendants, while the case r.f ti'.' ikinift was in the hands of .V verv, Colonel Wheeler and xm CASE COMPROMISED i rumise has been reached in nf the Mtlheur Valley railroad IVa.i'u Petric. The plaintiff cam- ought condemnation - suit he defendant, and the jury he latter nearly $200 per acre tion. Tr e railroad peorbin t.iakr e. motion for a new the IU' i eya for both aides i.ur hmH i fected the compro' uh i- i,n.i to be satisfactory itic . i ncerned. The com r.sy l.e . ; id to be due to the Yir. I c' ie understood that i': ti c pic dings was the causa g. t'-.s compensation greater iuM dermoid. , I !' t' f EXPECTS MANY TO COME HERE Eastern Oregon and Western Idaho The Lodestar of People In The East That the people of the East and par ticularly of Chicago are letting their minds dwell upon this neighborhood more than ever, and that in all proba bility an unprecedented rush will soon take place for lands in Eastern Oregon and Western Idaho, is the opinion of Dr. O. W. McMichaol who arrived in Vale last week. The doctor says that the Irrigation Congress recently held in the windy city is principally the cause of the awakening of this interest. He knows several who have come to regard the lands of the West as the land of prom ise. During the Congress Eastern Oregon and Western Idaho were far more in evidence than any other amongst the new regions, and he be lieves, in consequence, athat this part of the country will draw greater crowds than any other. Dr. McMichael looks for a great westward movement in spring by city 'people who are in pos- ssion of some money. SECOND PRIZE NOWOFFERED One Hundred Dollars Will be Given to Runner up , in Great Piano Contest The ' Malheur Enterprise has made arrangements with the Eiler's Piano house, of Boise, Idaho, for a second prize which will be given to the lady who obtains the second place in the great piano contest. ' This prize is a check from 'Eiler's Piano Co. of Boise for $100.00 to apply as first payment on any new upright or grand piano in Btock at Eiler's Piano house, Boise, Idaho, at their regular established stock price. The following is the standing of the candidates at the present time: Miss Gladys Woodward, Westfall, 24,900 Margaret Glenn, Vale, 15,900 Angie Lyells, Ontario, 11,200 Constance Wilson, Vale, 1,700 There is still one month left for the contestants to put forward their best efforts. A lead now does not mean that first place will be infallibly gained by any means. Indeed a good finish is the principal effort, and from this time forward the real battle will be waged. Complaint Filed G. E. Rutherford filed suit last Thursday against C. L. Young and D. K. Wrrsham for the recovery of $100 alleged to be due on each of three promissory notes. RUSHING FEED FOR THE SHEEP Ten Carloads of Corn Brought to Vale Last Week And Distributed Ten carloads of corn were rushed to Vale last week and distributed from here throughout the country for the use of the hard pressed sheep and stock of various places. So great was the n?ed believed to be that one carload was hitched on to a passenger train so that no time might be lost. According to F. L. Grimes who returned last Sun day from Burns, the stock and sheep i'i that district are having a much hard er time than those around Vale. He says this fact is due to the crust which comes on the snow around the Burns country, and also to the white frost which settles on the grass wherever the grass is exposed. t He heard that some losses were incurred there. COUNTY JAIL IN BAD STATE Grand Jury Suggests Improvements of Many Kinds in The Final Report WOULD FIGHT GAMBLING Also Requests That City Prisoners Be Not Confined County Prison in HARNEY OIL COMPANY ELECTS ITS OFFICERS The following directors of the Har ney Valley Oil and Gas Company were elected last Monday week at a meeting in Burns: J. C. Turney, R. B. Post, S. M. Talbot, H. M. Horton, Peter Clemens, Charles G. Frye, Dr. H. Denman, W. H. Bradford. The direc tors afterwards elected the following officers: J. C. Turney,, Pres.; R. B. Post, vice-pres. ; Miss J. M. Loche, sec; Peter Clemens, tres.; S. M. Tal bot, superintendent ALLENHNED FOR CONTEMPT William P. Allen who was arrested on a bench warrant issued last week by Judge Davis was fined $50.00 for contempt of court last Wednesday. Mr. Allen refused to come to court when subpoenaed. It is said that when the pubpoena was served Mr. Allen was forking hay, and that he stuck his fork through the paper and hoisted it on the load of hay. The warrant was issued at the request of the Prosecuting Attorney. BIG CAMPAIGN TO. SAVE SHEEP Elwood Clark Rushes Six Hundred thousand Pounds of Corn Out to Various Flocks .r i;"-iat - Ulli .1 .(' Card Party 1 c.iiiJ party ariven last inder the auspice nard'a muaic and is i tovLed a very pleasar.t . ; it i very successful, . : . i' it is remembered that ' rt ti ne waa allowed for ir. Fined Fifty Dollars J. M. Dinwiddic pleaded guilty last week to the charge of selling liquor to a minor and was fined $50. The de fendant pleaded guilty last May but his attorney, Dalton Biggs, had the matter continued. Boise Pair Gets License R. M. Parka and Mrs. Edna Stein man, both of Boise County, Idaho ob tained a marriage license here last Mon day. Mr, Brown 8 Father Dead Geo. F. Brown, Auditor of the Willow River Company, who left for Chicago some weeks ago to visit his sick father, arrived at that city too late, the old gentleman having passed away a short time before the arrival of the train. The train was twenty-four hours late and that fact prevented Mr. Brown from seeing his father alive. Mrs. Brown will return to Vale about Feb uary 1, COURT SESSION WAS UNUSUALLY HEAYY At the session of the Circuit court which has juBt concluded the business t 'ansacted was a little heavier than uiual. His honor, Judge Davis, will g from Vale to his home in Canyon C ty. His next term of court will be at Burns on April 1. In May he will preside at the session in Canyon City. The Thos. E. McKnight real estate agency has a cheap homestead relin quishment in the Big Bend country under the Boise-Pavette government irrigation project. fhe water is now ready fcr the land. No less than 600,000 pounds of corn were shipped in to Vale through -the efforts of Elwood Clark, the strenuous Cashier of the U. S. National Bank, during : the present severe spell of weather. Immeadfatlv after the arrival of the corn here he had it rushed out to the different parts of the country where the herds were on the verge of famish ing. Fifty temns were kept busy by him in the work of getting the feed to the starving animals in the interior and thousands of them were aaved through his efforts. Berenica would probably have lost 3,600 sheep had not the feed arrived at the time it did, and several other wool growers also were saved from loss by the timely shipments. Amongst those who had the feed shinned to them by Mr. Clark are Jeff Billingsley, Riverside, Tom Turnbull, Barren Valley; Malheur Livestock Com pany; the Crowley ranch; John Gordon, Donald McLeod. Albert Goodwin and Wicks, of Skull Springs: Malcolm Cor rigall, Frank Cummins, Howard bros.. John Sells, of WeBtfall, and several other smaller owners The following is the report of the Grand Jury for the January 1910 term of the Circuit Court :- To the Honorable George E. Davis , Judge of tha above entitled Court: We, the Grand Jury of the above en titled Court respectfully submit this our Final Report and ask to be dis charged for the term. . , We have been in session for a period of five days, during which time we have examined into all matters brought to our attention, or of which we have had any knowledge, and have returned into this court Ten true bills of Indict ment and two Not True Bills of Indic- ment. We have made an examination of the County Jail, and find the sanitary con dition of the same bad, and we recom- mend to tne uounty wouri inai me sanitary conditions of the jail be im proved and that modern sewerage me thods be established. We would also recommend to the County Court that some arrangements be made with the city of Vale, whereby the city prison ers be not confined in the County Jail as we believe that the best interests of the county demand that only county prisoners be confined in the County Jail. -We desire to further recommend to the County Court and to the road supervisors and other officers of the county that the law be strictly enforced in regard to the prpvent'trif .the. run ning of irrigation water hi the county roads, and that all who disobey this law be punished aa provided by the statutes. We are of the opinion that the pre sent road districts of the county are so large that the road supervisors cannot give the proper supervision to the re pairing and improving the Cdunty roads, and we respectfully recommend to the County Court that the county be re-districted as to road districts, and that there be a greater number of districts created. Evidence has come before this Grand Jury that certain persons are renting buildings in the town of Jordan Valley in this County for gambling purposes, and we desire to call the attention of the District Attorney to Section 1947 if the Statutes of the State, and request him to begin a civil action in the name of the state against the owners of all buildings so rented for gambling pur poses. Having completed our labors for term, we most respectfully ask to discharged. Frank Fairbairn D. K. Ehrgood J. D. King Fred Curry Bert G. Roberts E. W. Grant Thos. Welsh j Grand Jurors. VALE SHOULD HAVECONTEST Those Interested Say School Cup's Location Should be Scene of N Competition According to those interested in the contest for the school cup, that titanic struggle should take place in the town which is in temporary possession of the trophy, but a movement is now afoot tj have the contestants meet at Nyssa. Mr. Nelsen, school trustee, and Mr. Hope who took part in the initial prepa rations for the contest say that it should take place this year in Vale, as Vale is now the cup holder. ' " Miss Mulkey who has charge of the grades which will represent Vale, has, however, sent to the Enterprise a re produced copy of the rules, and one of these rules is to the effect . that the meetings "shall rotate in such order as dstermined by the committee." This committee is composed of the principals of the Vale, NysBa and Ontario schools. It now remains to be seen if the rules have been re-printed correctly. The gentlemen mentioned are certain that it was arranged to have the contest held in the town holding the cup. LOTS OF FEED AT WESTFALL That there is plenty of feed in the country surrounding Westfall until March, and that the stockmen are con sequently immune from loss, is the statement made yesterday by J. D. Fairman of the Jones Mercantile Com pany, who has been visiting Vale on business. Mr. Fairman also state that the fu ture of Westfall looks exceedingly bright. In business, ranching and in every other way the prospects are that a boom is about to strike that- region. everyone m westiall is prosperous ana expect to oe still more - so very WIS. ?UL FOR OILWORKERS Coal Cannot be Found and Sage Brush is Buried Under The Snow The lack of fuel in this country is felt no place more severely at the present time than in that portion of the oil fields where the drills are thick est. The drillers have been compelled to stop work altogether. They have been depending mostly on sage brush in tSe past but the deep snow has cut off the supplies ih that direction and as there is no coal obtainable a most de plorable inactivity has resulted. The representatives of the Hutchin son Oil and Gas Company of Union, succeeded some days ago in obtaining a small supply of coal and Immediately had it hauled out to the scene of their operations, where work was started up again greatly to their relief. For a time the cil men tried the forlorn task of digging away the snow from the brush but the most heroic efforts failed to bring results anything like commensnrate with the coat and labor. They all are hopeful, however, that the same time is approaching when they can once more take full ad vantage of the fuel supplies that stand at their doors. CITY RAISES UCENSE FEE Soft Drink Houses Must Pay $125. A Quarter Instead of VS. MAY AGAIN BE A CANDIDATE Johns of Baker City Cannot Tell His Course in Gub ernatorial Contest Have buyers for inside and residence property, Vale Realty and Investment Co. T. T. Nelson, ture Store. Vale's leading 'Furni' LAND OFFICE the be Train Time Changed The times for the arrival and depart ure oi the trains have been changed from 10 A.M. and 1.30 P. M. respect ively to 10.10 A. M. and 3. 6 P. M. Architects File Suit H. W. Bond and company, architects, filed suit lat Wednesday against G. A. ami J. A. Hurley, who conduct bus iness under the firm name of Hurley and Hurlev. The plaintiffs want to j recover the sum of $175 alleged to be d Je by defendant for drawing up of I plans and specifications of the new j Hurley building. Mr. McGonagill ia ; the pluintiilV attorney. Ji.i' i n.iy tdinr Saddlery. Sheet Music for sale at Propst (lor Slur, Vale, Oregon, Jew- ! Put In New Line The Vale Electric Light Company ia now erecting jle for the purpose of exU-nding the service to the west end of the city. i The Thomas E. McKnight Real Es tate Agtncy ha callers every day for houses to rent. List your property I with him for rent. ' All kifds of aaodlea, harns, whlpr, horae blankets and rolea at The Vs'v ! Saddlery Co. Small Blaze A small blaze occurred in the resi dence of Mr. Bowman last Tuesday morning but the flame waa extinguish ed before anv damage waa done other than spoiling the wall and some furn ishings. THOUSANDS OF ACRES STAKED Thirty thousand acres of oil land have been staked and recorded in the County Clerk'a office since the first day of the present month. The number of locations filed ia one hundred and eighty eight, or approximately tight for every day in the month. Bill SURE FOR VALE Pasc3 Second Reading And Committees And Department' Favorable A bill of the utmoHt importance for this section has jubt paused its second reading in congress. This bill provides for nothing leas than the institution of a land office in this city. The work of getting the bill through has baen car- ried on quietly. No noise, no flare of trumpets and no publishing of ary kind has accompanied the effort but a tele gram received here yesterday htatos that Fred Dennet, commissioner of the Land office, all the committees, and the Interior Department itaelf are favorable. The new district will include all of Malheur County and parts - of Grai.t and Harney countiis. No opposition has been maniftstud from any quarter. Whether or not C. A. Johns of Baker City will be a candidate in the next election for governor of this state, is a problem which cannot bo, solved, by conversation with Johns at the present time. While he was in Vale during the past few days he was asked bluntly by nn Enterprise reporter what his inten tions were. He said in substance: "At the present time I cannot say whether I shall or shall not be a can didate. It all depends upon business matters of mine. Some of my business affairs are now framing up in such a manner that they may demand all my attention. In such a case I shall not be a candidate. Mr. Johns, who was a caadidate be fore the primaries at the last election, is a believer in the assembly plan of choosing candidates. He thinks it will insure the nomination of the best man, and will defeat the ends of ring politics, .To Plat Land Frank Petrie states that he is now about to have some of his land platted as un addition to the city of Vale. MEETING KEPT SECRET For Reasons Best Known to Coun cil Press and People Are Kept Ignorant The soft drink licenses in Vale ' wars increased from $75.00 a quarter to . (125.00 a quarter at a special meeting of the city council held last Wednesday , evening. The mayor stated next morn- . ing that the vote was unanimous, but the press and people were riot extended the usual courtesies of notification by his honor or by the honorable coun-. cil and all the further information must necessarily be second handed. Hia honor, the mayor, answered In the neg ative when asked if the failure of the jury to reach a verdict, at a suspicious ly recent period, affected the decision of the council. He says the matter has been under consideration for six months, and that the Increase ia due to the desire of the city to obtain funds. Why this desire materialized at the first meeting after the failure of the near beer cases, and why the funds of the city of Vale needed augmentation for the first t'me in six months by this or similar methods are problems which the council evidently believed should be solved by hole and comer methods and not openly. It waa admitted by the mayor that this special meeting waa summoned for thia particular purpose. In other words, a matter which had admittedly been under consideration for half a year could not have waited a couple of weeks longer after the abortive attempt on the part of two juries to reach verdicts in the matter. Outside f the "'question of mere courtesy which ia extended to the press in every sophisticated community In similar circumstances, perhaps there ia not much objection to the council op erating secretly. The citizena seem to have lost interest, anyhow, under the present conditions. BIGGS WILL BE A CANDIDATE Says Too Early to Speak of Intent ions About Election to Bench But He Seems Willing Stallions, Cows For Sale Caldwell Saloons Closed The saloons at Caldwell were closed last Tuesday in compliance with the law urently pasHed. At the last mom end one saloon put up the sign: "Drinks selling at ha'f price." The neighbor ing saloon had a sign vhich gave peo ple to understand that it was still in the ring and would be until the noon of next day. "Prices are still two for two bits," it. said. Scarlet Fever At Dell Young Norman Stallions and Mil hi Scarlet fever baa attacked the fam Cows, of the very best blood, may I e ' llv of W. It. Oik, Dell. Mrs. Oik and pjrehased of Churl, s Thebaud who has j daughter are the sufferers. ', a splendid stock i f them on hand. Mr. Thebaud also hns 250 tons fie best hay for a .lu. ' SEWERAGE DUMP TO BE BELOW DAM The engineer now engaged in the work of preparation for drawing up plans and specifications have decided that the sewerage of the city will be dumped below the dam of the Nevada ciiU-h. Have Inquiriea for wd ranch pr" trty, Vale Kealty and loveatmant Co. Installed Officers The Woodmen of the World enjoyed a pleasant time on last Monday even ing when their new officers were In stalled. The installation was followed by a dinner and good social time , at which about thirty meinbtTS attended. On the vaine evening .Messrs Clover, Charley Inginan and Thos. Selby were initiated. Court Adjourns The January session of the Circuit court came to an end yefctcrday. iiis honor, Judge Davis, has arranged that t'le grand jury will meet some time j before next session so that sufficient I time will bo allowed for bringing In indictments before court nit. Buys House J. y. Lynd has purchased a house from Mrs. Kkrtdgu on A stmt. Tie consideration i lm. RECORD STAMP SALE IS MADE The sale of stamps at the Vale post office during tho present month has been far and away greater than the sales for any period of equal extent n the history of the town. ' From January 1 to . January t;tal Hales have been than $24 (X) per day. 18' the or more Kl.'v Vnr lriurtv wild ' 0. the Vale SAYS LAND HOLDERS . . , WILL COME TOGETHER That all parties interested in the question of the formation of the Doise () jvy hee irrigation district now marl f dst signa of coming to an understand ing is the statement of Mr. Gibson, m .-mber of the settlers' committee who has been in Vale recently as a member of the jury. Several uit etii gs have been held and Mr. Gibson believes that the ultimata eitult of the negotiations will be I radically unanimous pu tit Ion for the formation of ti e district. It is safe to say that Dalton Biggs, the well known attorney of Ontario, will be a candidate for election to the Circuit Court bench at the election to be held next November, although it ia only justice to say that he expressed himself as not prepared to speak about the matter at the present time. The rumor that he is a candidate has been so persistent that an Enterprise man waited on Mr. Biggs to obtain the Information at first hand. ' His answer waa practically to the effect that he is not a candidate now, and is not prepar ed to declare himself as one In the fut ure, but he did not object to having it said that hia enndidacy is at least a probability, Reading between the lines and judging by the manner in which alt candidates break thu sweet intelligence to the public, there is, perhaps, no dan ger in saying confidently that Mr. Biggs will be in the racer Judge Davis will be a candidate for re-election, everyone believes, and will undoubtedly be a hard one to beat. W. W. Wood of Canyon City is men- tloned as another prospective candidate. City Digs Test Well A contract for digging a test well waa let to W. A. Martin at a specisl meet ing of the city council last Wednesday, evening. , ,. The location chosen for this well is on the other side of Bully Creek south of the city. Verdict For Defendant ' In the case of Louis Bartoni vs. C D. O'Connell, the jury found a verdict for the defendant last Thursday in the' sum Of $143. i The suit arose from differences con nected with a long list of accounts in sheep dealing. Dalton Biggs was for defendant. The Thomas E. McKnight Real Es tate Agency has a demand for 6,000 acres of rsw sage brush land unimprov wl. Our esjddlog are the finest on the in trket. Saddle Uves guaranteed. Pot to hurt. Vale SadJltry Co.