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VALE, OREGON. SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 1912.
Grading of Vale - DogltDivision to Be Complete
PRICE 5 cents
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Chief Carl Stradley Tells of Progress on the Oregon-Eastern Railroad.
ANOTHER SUB
A
CONTRACT LET
ON OR-EASTERN
eleon Bros. Are Throwing
I Grade this Side Mouth
j of Malheur Gorge .
,70RK ON FULL FORCE
Excavation Work on Heavy Cut
i at Mile Post 15 Shows Rapid
i Progress Grading Crews Are
J within Sight of lown and Are
I Making Good Headway
1 That railroad work on the Oregon
Eastern, the new trans-Oregon line
of the Harriman system being built
from Vale west and headed for Coos
Bay, is neing pusnea as last as pos
sible now that the good weaher has
get in, as prophesied and exclusively
given out at different times by The
Enterprise, is vertified again this
Week through the letting of another
Subcontract to the Heleon Brothers
Construction Co. by the Utah Con
struction Company for 31 miles of
roadbed grading from the Hurley
Contract to the mouth of the Malheur
fcanyon. Work started Wednesday,
jne of the camps being located at the
Spper end of the Glenn ranch and
inother at the Osborn Grove. The
Heleon Brothers claim that they will
lave their contract completed in
Jhirty days.
Jerry Hurley's crews are making
food headway on their four-mile con
tract. They are coming this way
from Tom Boston's pace and have one
jhile of grade nearly completed and
Will take up the other three miles
right away. The Goldsmith outfits
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$50,000 SPENT
IN IMPROVING
L0CALYARDS
Water System Now Being
Installed for Fire Pro
tection, Irrigation
WORK STILL CONTINUES
Parks on Each Side of New Pas
senger Depot Will be Sown to
Grass and Shrubs Planted as
Soon as Fences can be Erected
Around Them
ORE-EASTERN
I RY. BUILDINGS
COMPLETED
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parpenters Finished Large
Warehouse Last Friday-
l lo Return Here After
Completion of Richfield
Job More Buildings For
I Local Yards
Fifty thousand dollars have been
spent during the last twelve months
n the improvement of the Vale rail
road yards and the work still contin
ues, lhis week Assistant Engineer
Morss has charge of a gang of labor
ers putting in the water system to
the new freight depot and to the new
buildings of the construction depart
ment of, the Oregon Eastern railroad.
As soon as this system for fire pro
tection and irrigation is completed,
the fences will" be put around the
park plots on each side of the new
passenger depot, and grass will be
sown, for the purpose of beautifying
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MAN WHO RAN
FOR CITY MARSHAL
LOSES $1,642.00
According to a notice sent out
from Medford, L. L. Noonchester.
who was a candidate for city marshal
at the Vale city election the fore
part of this month, has lost $1,642.00,
and is offering a $500 reward for the
recovery of the money.
Mr. Noonchester with his wife and
two children, left Vale about two
weeks ago for Medford to visit rel
atives and where he expected to enter
the timber business. Mrs. Noon
chester had the money, all of which
was in large wallet, in the shape of
seven $100 gold certificates; ten $50
bills, four $5 gold pieces, ten $10
bills, eight $10 and twenty $5 pieces,
while the remainding $42 was in a
small pocket book inside the wallet.
The loss took place on last Sunday
morning in the business section of
the town but no other information
can be learned.
Ferd B. Zutz, the popular candid
ate for county assessor of Malheur
county, left Friday on' horseback
on a visit to the voters all throueh
the county. Ferd says he will be
the next county assessor.
J. J. Thomason, of Huntington, was
in town yesterday to prove up on his
homestead in the southern part of Ba
ker county. He was pleased to see
the progressive and busy atmosphere
of Vale. His witnesses were T. C.
Bagley and John Stork.
Construction work on the Oregon Eastern railroad in the Mal
heur Canyon, 15 miles west of this city, is progressing most satis
factorily. All crews at the various camps are working most ad
vantageously on all of the heaviest cuts and tunnels and a splendid
showing has keen made since work started the first of the year.
These were the statements made Saturday to an Enterprise rep
resentative by Assistant General Manager Carl Stradley of the
Oregon Short Line, who also as Chief Engineer of that division of
the Harriman system, has direct supervision of the construction of
the Oregon Eastern, the new trans-Oregon line being con structed
from Vale. -
Chief Stradley accompanied by Construction Engineer Os
born, had just returned from a trip to the , Malheur canyon, and
because movements were going on in such satisfactory condition
and further because they had progressed so fast, was very willing
to enlighten Enterprise readers on the railroad situation.
On account of lack of time, however, Chief Stradley only visit
ed the large camp of the Utah Construction company at mile post
15, where one hundred men, scores of teams and much machinery
are excavating the heaviest cut in the entire canyon, running
about 1600 feet in length and 68 feet deep.
Concerning the work at mile post 39 where crews have started
boring the 2600-foot tunnel Chief Stradley stated that it was the
one biggest undertaking of the Malheur canyon and that it would
take a year to complete the job from portal to portal. Small crews
only can be worked on each end of this lon'g tunnel and the pro
gress is slow on account of the rocky formation of the high moun
tain. Many times tunnel work can be hurried by starting crews
from a shaft sunk from the top of the mountain to the middle thus
enabling two crews to begin operations in each direction from the
middle but here this is out of the question on account of the height
of the mountain. It is also impossible to build a temporary road
bed around the rocky cliff of other work, such hs the grading of
roadbed either this side or beyond this tunnel must wait until
further progress.
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VALE AGAIN LEADS - 1
IN SCHOLARSHIP
i plltSlp
EULA HULL
Vale's representative and winner of
the Fifth Annual Contest of the De
clamatory Association of the Malheur
County public schools which took
place in this city on March 9th against
the schools of Ontario, Nyssa, Boule
vard and Mallett. The above cut also
shows the beautiful silver cup trophy
awarded to Miss Hull by the associa
tion. lhis beauiiul prize has now
been won three times by the Vale
schools, indicating the superior scho
larship of the local schools.
REACH FRISCO
FOR 1915 EXPO
SAYSIOVETT
Railroad Branches of Har
riman System to be
Completed
"BUSINESS IS BETTER"
Harriman System Will Build to
Keep up With the General De
velopment of the Territory It
Serves Oregon-Eastern In
cluded Lovett Pleased
Construction Work on Bully Creek Project Slated
to Begin May 1st .:. Eastern Capitalists Coming
I Bob Nichols left on last Saturday
for Richfield, Idaho, with the Ore
Son Short Line carpenters who have
been erecting the offices, bunkhouses,
.and warehouse for the construction en
gineers of the Oregon Eastern rail
Joad now building from this city.
It is understood that the crew will
nave three months, work at Richfield
the construction of similar build
ngs as have been erected here. Up
on the completion of that job they
will return here to erect more ware
houses in the local yards.
I The big warehouses have been re
ceiving a coat of paint and the group
or new buildings present a neat ap-Pearance.
Assurance is given in this issue
that the Bully Creek Project is pro
gressing satisfactorily. The neces
sary legal matters are now practical
ly adjusted. The alignment of the
main canal will be completed this
week and a careful survey of the
farms on Bully Creek proper has just
been completed.
A topographical Burvey of lands
which have contracted for water will
be commenced shortly. Land is be
ing contracted for daily and it is prac-
FINEST COUNTRY
FOR HOG RAISING
Nebraskan Will Show That He
Knows Buys Ranch and
Will Raise Hogs
tically certain that by May 1st suffic
ient land will be signed to warrant
commencement of construction. Non
resident holders are beginning to
see that in order to make their hold
ings of any value they must contract
for water.
Of the seventy-fire thousand
acres under the system, not more than
thirty-thuosand acres can be sup
plied with water. Owners who are
directly under the canal and fail, to
obtain a contract (particularly non
resident owners) may find: their hold
ings of but little value, while the
company is not only willing and an
xious to have land contracted which
is most available and easily served
there by lessening the construction
charges and length of laterals. It is
beyond their power to increase the
amount of water and clearly their
duty to protect the land contracted,
and to enter into no more contracts
than they can certainly supply.
The doubt expressed by some of
the owners as to the value of the
lands is not warranted by the facts.
It seems almost useless to reiterate
that the land is worthless without
water, and that in no place, nor
under any properly completed system
is the land worth less than $125 to
$200 per acre whether the water has
cost 50 or 100 dollars per acre.
Mr. Brogan will be in Vale on or
about April 1st and will bring with
him representatives of parties interest
ed and also parties who are looking
To prove that he was right when he
recently made the assertion that this
section of the Malheur Valley was the
greatest hog-raising section in the
world, H. A. Jessee has purchased
the (juickert ranch near this city and
will go into that business on an ex
tensive scale.
Mr. Jesse recently came from Ne
maha Co.. Nebraska, and says that
he has at last found the place he has
been looking for. He thinks that
this is the finest country he has ever
seen for the hog raising business.
MAKING OF A "CITY BEAUTIFUL"
Mesdams Dunlop and Taylor
to Boise yesterday afternoon.
went
WELL KNOWN STOCKMAN
I ACCIDENTALLY KILLED
AT HOME NEAR BEULAH
; Jesse Thomp-on. one of the' best
yknown and most prosperous ranchers
the Agency Valley, accidentally
k' led himitelf at his home, near lieu
on last Monday. His body was
J"""d by his brother Ellas on that af.
tcrnoon.
Jc Thompson was alone at the
of the accident, audit Is thought
. "t while preparing to go on a hunt'
'" rip that on reaiMn fr Ms rifle
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Valley, having taken up the first
claim in that part of this county
about 25 years ago. Through hard
work the homestead was tarnaforwed
into the mot productive and richent
ranch of the valley. The two broth
ers have lived there furyeur and r
known as wrstthy men. Although
bsihslors. they took pride In thoir sur-
home
STAPLES TO
TAKE CHARGE
P.O. APRIL 1ST.
New Postmaster To Become
Familiar With Routine of
Business Will Start Pos
tal Bank Upon Taking
Official Charge of the Office
Vergil B. Staples, recently ap
pointed postmaster to succeed John
Boswell of the local postoffice, will
take charge of that office on April
1st. He has received his official ap
pointment from President Taft and
all of the red tape preliminaries have
been arranged satisfactorily.
Upon his going into office, Post
master Staples will also start the
new postal bank, which was ordered
started by the department at Wash
ington some weeks airo, but delayed
on account of the interference by the
change of poiitmaattrs.
Mr. Staples, when seen by an En
terprise reporter a few days ago,
vtated that he expected to go into
the office about the first of next week
to become familer with the routine of
,uine but that he would not take
official charge until the first of next
month.
rouikllmr. built a beautiful
oi yrars ago and olherwl boau-1 ir, II.. pie report the blrlh ef
tiflu.J iheir raitilt, Mb Is id lo U (-.und ..n t Mr, and Mrs. John
be one i. lh looel beautiful In Msl (.,t,lil of VWlfll km Wednesday
hour 'unly, loon'ii-a1.
When o'l ld bnaiu , "
.l.y friM lll'l. II I"""-''! M,""r ,("M" !U '""'
II,. I ll.e L.ly a Un M-J " ".ntooi,ie, II U
li. MUI vt a iWr flviii M"4' I'" " K
I1.-M.S. UU, I"'" iH
for favorable land investments.
He has put in a busy winter dis
cussing the advantages of this sec
tion and has personally performed a
great service to the community in
placing directly before many Eastern
people the opportunities for .profit
able investment offered in various
ways in Eastern Oregon, particularly
Malheur County.
Success crowning his efforts in this
Enterprise, he will have the distinc
tion of putting two great systems in
operation in this vicinity.
HOW ABOUT IT
LADIES-DID YOU
SAY CIVIC PRIDE?
Rose Day promises to be one
long remembered in Payette.
The ladies of the Portia Club
having charge of this movement
have ordered 1083 rose bushes to
be planted in Payette on that
day. says the Payette Enterprise.
While the date haa not been de
finitely decided upon you are
urged to watch the bulletin board
on the Compton corner for furth
er information. The ladiea have
ordered sufficient roses for the
four large flower beds in the city
park and will plant them. These
rose beds will be encircled with
pansies, the club flower. From
a small beginning Rose Day has
grown to wonderful proportions
and with the planting of over
one thousand rose bushes Payette
promses to indeed become the
"City Beautiful."
$150,000 OF
TAXES MONEY
NOWCOLLECTED
Short Line Turns Over $32,
500 on March 11th Re
bate Days on Taxes Are
Over Taxes Delinquent
After First Monday In
April
Ontario, March 18. -Monday,
April 1, will be Rose day in On
tario. Mayor Trow haa issued
a proclamation setting aside that
date as the time for planting
roses in Ontario and aeveral
thousand roses will be planted
here on that day. At a recent
meeting of the Ontario Commer
cial club the matter of beautify,
ing the city was considered and it
was derided to have a roae plant
Ing day this spring and a com
mittee wa appointed to formu
late plans and arrange f r Koee
day, Kvery rllUvtt I uryed lo
Join in Hi illy beautiful iiMve
liienl and elivady s li iumler
if khIh ! bfcen senl i, Tl.e
uiiiMift 1st ilub lis ilind
Mm hl lwiMiyii'ii li fgm
!( It si h i I ll .
The tax office of this county is mak
ing no more rebates on the payment
of takes, Friday of last week having
been the last day of the three cent
rebate. Monday of last week was the
record day for the largest amount of
tax money paid to date, the Oregon
Short Line on that date having paid
over $32,500 to the sheriff's office.
Deputy Clerk John Houston, in
charge of the tax department, esti
mates that about $l-rU)000 of the
$2.r5,000 of tax money to be collected
have already been paid in.
One half of the taxes may be paid
on or before the first Monday in
April and the remainder on or before
the first Monday in October. Taxes
are delinquent after the first Monday
in April utile the flmt half Is paid,
and the second half becomes delin
quent after the firet Monday In Or
tber, A penalty of 10 r rent on
the full amount of ssld delinquent
taxes, together with Inter at the
rale i-f 'i per inl pr annum from
the Itiel Monday III April mut be
edd-d.
1. M XiiiHh, a miei.l aiilvsl from
riliMJ I In Vale bxwkli.g over the
tui,iy iti a tiw u 1'U.ril.stli n
lM.
HORSE THIEF
BROUGHTBACK
TO FACE TRIAL
Sheriff Kerfoot Traces His
Man Through Three
States and Finally Lands
Culr at Eureka, Cal.
Was Indicted Last January
"For the first time in many
months there is a general improve
ment in business throughout the West
and prospects are bright for a con
tinued movement upward," said
Chairman Lovett, of the Harriman
railroads, a few days ago on his ar
rival at Omaha from an inspection of
the system.
"This movement is in general bus
iness, as well aa among the railroads,"
he said, ''one cannot prosper with
out the other feeling the same for
ward movement. There is general
prosperity in the air out West, juat
now, this probably is induced by the ,
rains and snows, which are heavy
enough to insure firstclasa crops from
New Orleans to San Francisco and
back to Omaha.
t'As for railroad building this'
year, both the Union Pacific and
Short Line have . aeveral . short
branches under construction. There
are aeveral such in Nebraska, Colo
rado, Idaho and Oregon. In fact,
the Harriman system will build to
keep up with the general develop
ment of the territory it serves."
' "As for double-tracking, thia wilt
continue as planned and will be com
pleted before 1915. Yes, that applies
to the Southern Pacific, between Og- '
den and San Francisco, as well as the
Union Pacific from Omaha to Ogden.
The entire stretch from the Missouri '
river to the coast at San Francisco
is our aim in time for the Exposition."
Sheriff D. H. Kerfoot returned Sat
urday from Eureka, Cal., with A.
A. Culp, who he arrested at that
place on the charge of horse stealing
after tracing his man for a long dis
tance through Idaho, Nevada and
northern California. Culp was indict
ed at the January term of Malheur
county circuit court by the grand
EVERGREEN TREES
PLANTED IN VALE
A. H. Topelt, of Doty, Wash,
made lots of Vale residents feel good
the past week when he sent a ship
ment of young flr and cedar trees for
planting. The shipment waa sent to
his father, Julius Topelt, who ia a
well-known homesteader of the Willow
Creek valley. Grandpa Topelt re
ceived the young evergreena on Thurs
day and distributed them among kls
many frienda whom he thought would
care for them and aee that they get a
fair atart.
Ben Jones of Creston, and E. A,
Leavitt of Juntura were in town on
business Thursday.
jury on the charge of horse stealing.
he waa well out of the state when
the warrent for his arrest was placed
in Sheriff Kerfoot s hands but he
took up the trail and followed until
succeeded in landing bis man. .
Culp's trial will be held next
April, and he is now being held in
the county jail.
VIRGINIA OUTLAWS
WOUND BROTHER-IN-LAW
OF VALE RESIDENT
I. B. tjuisenberry.of this city, who
formerly lived at Hillsville, Va. the
scene ef a courtroom tragedy Thurs
day of lat week, is a brother-in-law
of Dexter Goad, the surviving Clerk
of the Court, who was wounded by
the outlaws, when Judge Maie,
Sheriff Webb and District Attorney
r'olr r slain,
Mr. luUenherry, upon reading the
net of the Irlppte aalnstlon on
Ukt Hsturday, lld an KnlerprUe rep.
rVecntallve that b ws ronlly n
iu)iild with all the pilmipals vt
IhS affisy, having lived among Iheni
all Ms life unlll be i Ut Or
Soil fW )! iO, .J f MO
i" lii'vLjfcitii l oi iJ w'p"it
in praiae of the victiata of the Allan
brothers and just as outspoken In con
demnation of the outlaws.
"I know all of those men person
ally. The Aliens were always In
tiouble and when not flgntlng neigh
bors, they fought among themselves.
Easterners rail Oregon the wild and
wooly Wt but it la not In it with
some psrts of the 'east, especially
where the Aliens have been circulat
ing. I cam frvm IlliUvilU, Vs.,
and know Hoy 4 AlUnand Jack Alien,
end un one ilon they shot e
filter lmt to deals. Tl.e AIUi
are onll "4 (.u4 U livwifg
juclka e f'ivil tit ui tf l
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