i Frontier."
The Banner Live Stock County of The United States
Oil, Fruit and Farm Laitda
m j H nisii r ; 1
VOL. 3. NO. 45 1 1
. - VALE, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28. 1912. PRICE 5 cent
1- ' -
1
LOCAL R.R.
YARDS IN
SHAPE FOR
JMVISION
Ballasting of Miles of New
Sidetracks and Levelling
o(he Immense Railroad
Yards Show That Vale
Will Play Important Part
in Trans-Oregon Line
Largest Railroad Yards
Along Harriman System
in the Intermountain
Country Will be Finished
Hereon Tomorrow Pre
sents Beautiful Sight
VALE COUNTRY IS TRULY WONDERFUL
ation Le tZl t.Nor.thwes,tchasi better prospects than the Vale country," said Charles H. Shields, secretary of the Oregon Equal Tax
tions frnft or II f 1 2ty. n Monday "The UP the Malheur valIey as far as this city convinced me that it will rival all other sec
that knvJhwtSi cultura.1'atarenw famous. The soil of the Malheur valley is certainly rich and the crops are wonderful, indicating
mat anything will grow m this new country." . J
tin SH,eldlmade state!nent af ter having visited the Yakima Yallev the Hood River country, the Rogue River valley and other sec
itip7j til ! mTQ nUS fruit sections and he mae no exceptions for he at once saw the nature of the soil, the climate and possibil
i5re!r Maleur vaHey. He was still more surpised when told that 100,000 acres surrounding Vale could be brought under a high
state of cultivation with the bringing of water on the land.
ho A' a i?" SEn "one hundred thousand acres. It is wonderful when you come to think that other famous sections are either
nanaicapped by the smal size of the valleys or character of the soil. The Yakima valley has not more than 10,000 or 12,000 acres, while here
tnesurrounding small valleys are even larger than the Yakima valley. In the Medford country, which is a most ideal pear country, a large
part ot the land must be blasted out in order to bring the "hardpan" to a state possible for cultivation. At Hood River many a section is so
rocky that it must also be blasted before trees can be planted. Here the soil is rich, only wants your irrigation projects to make the most fer
tile spot in the Northwest." "
Tracklaying Machine now
Working Beyond Mile
Post 20 in the Malheur
Canyon Mile Post 36
to be Reached Within Six
Weeks
One mile of steel is now being laid
pt-r day at the front on the Oregon
Eastern railroad, 20 miles west of this
city, and mile post 36 will be reached
within six weeks when laying of track
in the Malheur canyon will be stop
ped until next Spring.
The work has been progressing so
rapidly that the roadbed and track up
to mile post 20 is in perfect condition
and permits the heavy construction
; trains to make good time. This is
T due to the fact that the ballast work
train has been following closely the
tracklaying machine and thus keeping
the work completed as near as pos
sible. . During the past week a second ball-it
train has been hauling gravel
from the gravel bar at mile post 10
to the local railroad yards where the
numerous new sidetracka are being
ballasted and the immense yards aro
being levelled. When this work is
completed the local yards, which
surpass in size any yards along the
Oregon Short Line, will present a
most beautiful night. The amount of
work not only indicates tbat the new
trans-Oregon line of the Harriman
; system is being built for heavy traffic,
but that the Vale yards are being pre
pared for the future division point of
the railroad traffic of the intermoun
tain section.
How to Win That
Beautiful Piano
Grandest Offer Ever Made to
Secure Free Votes Qet the
Enterprise and Clip the 1500
Vote Coupon Each Week
Owing to the great struggle
which is on between candidates
for the winning of the new piano
being offered by the Malheur En
terprise and the Vale Trading
Company, we have concluded to
offer a large number of votes to
the readers of the Malheur En
terprise. In every issue from this on
will be found a coupon worth
1,500 votes. It is a big increase
over the previous offer and the
easiest possible way of securing
votei for yourself or your favor
ite. So be sure and get a copy
of the Malheur Enterprise every
week and save the valuable cou
pon. Remember too, that by sub
scribing for a year in advance
you not only are given 1000 votes
but you can clip every week a
coupon appearing in all the is
sues from now until December
24th when the contest will draw
to a close. Subscribe today for
the Enterprise and see your
votes increase.
CIRCUIT COURT
TERM COMES
T0AN END
ust ot Cases Passed upon
During the Last Week of
' September TermSome
are Settled, Others are
Continued to Later Dates
by Judge Biggs
J. J. Gleason against T. A. Den
on and Chas. C. Cran.mer for recov
wy on note was on trial Thursday of
last week before a jury which return
d a verdict for the plaintiff in the
-m of $225. A motion to set asside
Judgment and verdict was overruled.
Appeal made and sixty days given for
filing bill of exceptions. Julian Hur-
waa the attorney for the plaintiff.
Oscar Westfall versus D. H. Ker
foot, recovery of .money ; set for hear
ts" jk motions and demurrer Novem
d. 1912,
A. p. Work W. H. Isaac and
Jra R. Issac, recovery on note;
Judgment on stipulation, amount
feS. Brooke and Tomlinson attorneys
Plaintiff.
Edward Thompson Co. vs T. P.
ormward, recovery on account; Judg
nt for $J0 and Interest.
Empire Lumber Co. vs. O'Connor
Jount;, recovery on account, Judgment
W 1243.79.
E. R, ifcxig, ,, j, J;, Roberta and
Crgg, recovery ot pwneyj !
'"daiit l n., Uflls srvas cow
Ulr.t u frMloM.
K Thayer, TrusUe,
Tuiili IV, recovery wi
MturrM evtrtuM by smhm'I, !
ALSO SEES
FORECLOSURE
OF "DEMOCRAT"
Mrs. Lees Files Cross-Com
plaint Asking Court to
Satisfy Mortgage and Ap
point Competent News
paper Man as Receiver of
Ontario Democrat
A cross complaint was filed in the
circuit court during the past week,
asking that the newspaper plant of
the Malheur Publishing Company,
which puolishes the Ontario Demo
crat, be foreclosed and placed in the
hands of a competent newspaper man
as receiver pending the foreclosure
proceedings.
This complaint is filed by L. Belle
Lees against C. C. Dodge, Estelle
Dodge, J. R. Gregg and J. E. Rob
erts and the Malhe jr Publishing Comp
any. From the papers filed it is learn
ed that the plaintiff prays for a de
iContinued on Page 5)
TITLE ABSTRACT CO.
CHANGES OWNERS
C C. Mueller on last Saturday
old the Title Absttact Company of
this city to Attorney Robert M. Duncan
who took charge of the bw" "
Monday of this week. Frank N.pton
will remain in the office for eome
time until the new owner becomee
acquainted with the work. Mr.
Mueller will continue in the "8Un"
busine... He is
the meat business with R. t. VVaant.
the firm providing meat for many of
the railroad conatruction camps in the
canyon. . .
VALE BANKS ARE niip
VERY PROSPEROUS
The last alat.rn.nts calM ''
the banks of Vale lo be "))"'
.lid growth. rW It IVbruery ll
tU M.viauaN.tu.. !-
,U HUM."-' w
R.R.SURVEYORS
WORKING IN
CASCADE MTS.
Several Parties Along the
McKenzie River Act
Mysteriously
KEEN RIVALRY EXISTS
Hill and Harriman Interests are
Represented Two Surveys Be
ing Made for Railroad Across
Cascade Mountains Along the
Pass of the McKenzie River
Portland, Sept. 23: Extensive engi
neering parties representing the Har
riman and the Hill railroad interests,
are engaged in surveying a line up the
McKenzie river eastward from Eu
gene, with the evident intention of
estalishing a route across the Cascade
mountains connecting with the Cent
ral Oregon railroads.
Such is the authentic news received
here, the informant being U. G. Ed
dy, an Eastern gentleman who has just
returned from a fishing trip along the
McKenzie. There are several parties
of surveyors, numbering in all prob
ably about 75 men. The present most
easterly camp, apparently, is situated
at XiHLnmM place some 30 mileB
easSMwkugene. Other camps are
established near Waltersville, 15 miles
further west. Two surveys are being
worked out, each following the im
mediate valley of the McKenzie river.
The parties have been on the ground
but a few weeks, and from the thor
oughness of their equipment and the
apparent semi-permanency of the
ii x
camps, there seems exceueni reason
(Continued on Page 5)
The local public and high schools
were closed on Friday so that all the
pupils could attend the Malheur coun
ty fair.
ALFALFA SEED
TO BRING BIG
RETURNS TO
RANCHERS
Threshing of alfalfa Beed started
this week and this far there is every
promise of a large crop. Seed grow
ers state that the seed . will be as
good as that of last year, although
the quantity may be somewhat less as
some of the ranchers cut their alfalfa
for hay just after the first early
frost.
J. W. Lynd states that he will have
a good crop this year but how it will
actually turn out can only be told after
threshing. L. E. Hill is threshing
this week and his crop is fair. Mart
Hansen, the king of alfalfa seed grow
ers, is certain of another big crop
this year,, so is C. O. Thomas, Bud
Robbins and others. The threshing
crew will be on the Thomas ranch
today.
Last year the alfalfa seed netted
thousands of dollars to the ranchers
of the Vale country nd it sounds
good to all to hearfthe news of another
big seed year.
DAILY TRAINS FOR
WILLOW VALLEY
Daily train service except Sundays
to Jamieeson, Brogan and other Willow
River valley points from this city was
resumed on Monday. This change
from the tri-weekly schedule was the
result of an order from the railroad
commission ordering the railroad
company to give the Willow River
valley batter train service.
New complaints filed in the circuit
court the past few days are those of
the Vale Trading Co. versus E. E.
Eliott, and the Interior Warehouse &
Grain Co. versus Esther E. Eliott,
both suits are for the recovery of
money.
Earl Neely is now working
Drexel drug store.
in the
OIL STRIKE
IS EXPECTED
INJNTERIOR
Vale Man Who saw Samples
From S Field, Confident
it was Real Oil
NEW RIG BEING BUILT
Central Oregon Oil & Gas Com
pany Will Begin Drilling With
in a Week or two Expects to
Strike Oil Before the First of
the Year
"There is every reason to believe
that oil will be struck in paying quan
tities in the Burns country before the
first of the year," said Contractor A.
J. McDonald on Tuesday on his return
to this city when interviewed by an
Enterprise reporter.
"The samples of oil taken from
the Red S field well were the finest
that I have ever seen. It is certainly
the real stuff and I am of the opinion
that J. C. Turney and his associates
who are now erecting a derrick and
installing an oil drilling rig a few miles
from the Red S field near the Malheur
lake, will find oil in paying commer
cial qunatitiea The rig will be ready
for drilling operations in about twelve
more day a"
Mr. McDonald had been in Burns
since early last Spring where he
went to erect the modern $25,000 pub
lic school building that the firm of
Bayles & McDonald have just comple
ted. He will remain in this city un
til the first of the coming month when
he expects to leave for St. Anthony
with a number of local carpenters to
aid in the building of a large school
house the firm is erecting in that
city. The building operations there
are in charge of Mr. C. E. Bayles,
th other member ofjthe firm. The St.
Anthony school house must be com
pleted by December 1st.
Carey Given Life Sentence
Imprisonment in the state peniten
tiary for life, the only penalty poaa
ible under the atatutes of Oregon when
a defendant haa been convicted of
murder in the second degree, as the
sentence impoaed upon Asa Carey by
Circuit Judge Dalton BigM on Friday
of last week.
May 10th. Carey while on a drunken
debauchery for the purpoae of taunt
ing Marshal Westfall of the little town
of Westfall, who had been appointed
to the office formerly held by Carey,
killed Officer Westfall. He was con
victed of murder in the circuit court
a few days before his sentence.
Although the sentence is imprison
ment for life, Carey may, If his con
duct is exemplary, gain his freedom
at the end ofl5 years. Carey with
six other convicted prisoners, who
were sentenced to serve indeterminate
terms in the state prison, were taken
to the Salem penitentiary on Friday
afternoon of last week by Sheriff Dan
Ker foot and four deputies.
Besides Carey, the prisoners were
Louis Butcheck and John G. Hanson,
the horsethieves, who were sentenced
to serve from one to ten yeara; Phil
Mink, the highway robhr who held
up and robbed Andy Brisco near the
Ontario depot, three to fifteen years;
John Mullen, H. C. Dale and II. G.
King, the burglars of the Freeman
harness shop in Ontario, one to seven
vears. King is only 18 years of age
and it is understood that Judge Biggs
left his case in the hands of Gov
ernor Weat upon request of looking
into his paat record. Should this prove
to be King's first offence it is under
stood that h may be. paroled.
Here Is One For
Vale's City Council
Member of Civic Club Wants
to Know Why Certain Things
are not Done Council's Dub)
to Clean the Streets - - -
Editor Enterprise : In the late
number of your paper you have
an editorial stating that the Ci
vic Improvement Club should
take urtder their supervision the
cleaning of the street and also of
emptying of waste cans. If the
Club had installed those cans
we would do all in our power to
induce the public to UBe them.
The council had them put in.
Why not the council empty them?
And why not a street cleaning
gang!
The council spends money on
other things, why not on that?
Why does not the council enforce
the ordinance for the building of
sidewalks so that our children
will not have to wade in the mud
. to get to school? Why?
(Signed) A Club Member.
PLATTING OF
NEW TOWNSITE
ISJTARTED
Town of Juntura Will Con
sist of 240 Acres Divided
Into Lots and 400 Acres
Cut up Into Five-Acre
Tracts-Railroad to Reach
Juntura Next May or June
MILE POST 20
BUSY" BASE
OF RAILROAD
OPERATIONS
Steam Shovel and Ballast
Train Crews are Being
Moved to Little Valley in
the Malheur Canyon
Where is Located Large
Gravel Bar .
Base of Operations of Con
struction Crews Moved
From Mile Posts Eight
and Ten to Mile Post 20
Where Water Tank and
3000 Feet Siding is Built
Tracklayers are Laying One
Mile per day and Ballast '
Crews are Following Close
Will lay Steel up to the
First Steel Bridge at
Mile Post 36
The new townaite of Juntura, 60
miles weat of thia city, is being sur
veyed this week according to District
Attorney J. W. McCulloch, who re
turned a few days ago from Juntura
where he had met" Bill "Hanley of
Burna, and Col. C. E. S. Wood of
Portland, his associates in the pro
perty, which Is destined to become
one of the most Important centers in
(Continued on Page 6)
THEBAUD RANCH IS
SOLD TO NEWYORKER
One of the biggeat realty deals
made in this section for some time
was made the paat week when Cha.
W. Thebaud and wife aold their 860
acre ranch, one and a half roilea south
of town to Albert E. Jones of Buffalo,
N. Y. The Thebaud ranch ia one of
the beat in the valley and is under a
high state of cultivation with aplendid
alfalfa and grain fields, bealdM good
nuturage for ths thoroughbred stock.
BIG CABLE ARRIVES
FOR NEW OIL WELL
Burna Vhere the Clark Bros., J. C.
Tourney and aaaociatea will drill for
oil. Thia shipment is being followed
by four carloads of 8, 10 and 12-inch
casting which is expected to arrive in
this city daily.
The Central Oregon Oil A Gas
Company is now erecting an oil well
derrick six miles west of the Red S.
field well of the Pacific Live Stock
Company where oil waa found In large
quantities recently. The Clark
Brothers, who are associated with Mr.
Tourney, are known to be the largeat
oil operators of the state of Ohio and
one of the Clarka is now In the Meld
and has taken charge of the operationa.
Daputy County Clerk A. C. Gilhsm
returned from Portland Wednesday
whare b had bean to ron'ult a sped-
To ihuaiJ rtr i iiirp ainM' i "
lndlgMtloii.
u .irillinrf iaM tiatl'l
.uui.l of UU ru a4 calf
rittd In this ly o" W4i..day frwi
U awt ! U fil.U4 owl at
,.. lo MJi' a-s f II '''
Urftf iN Mil I i I wtl 1
fcU Mall Mol aorfMiM M lw
(Mail IbuipUy efiM"'M l
if,
JUDGE KING IS
WILSON MANAGER
IN THE WEST
Chicago, Sept. 25.-Judge Will R.
King, member of the democratic na
tional committee from Oregon, has
been named to take charge of cam
paign work in the Rocky mountain
and Pacific coast atatea. Mr. King
will have offices al national headquar
ters and direct bis work from here.
United .etataa Senator RoUrt L.
Owen of Oklahoma, arrived In Chlce
to tudey. Senator Owen, who has
bn III. aald he would be unable to
brtUliate in the ramiialifii ouUlde
uf Oklahoma.
Judtfe tlUM liiyti ea In ttwe
Tbwriey i"i bis way te lrns wUre
be will bul'l an e.lj"tinii.i.l Unu nf
It.a iary '! I y rlrtwIUuuit,
H iU ljl t r (Ii !lilt l,ll4ct
MALHEUR COUNTY
SLIGHTED SAYS
BEN SELLING
Injustice Done through Diversion
. ef Reclamation Fund Makes
.Deep Impression
Mile post 20, in what is known as
Little Valley, in the Malheur canyon
ia to be the busiest scene of operation
along the Oregon Eastern railroad
construction work during the next six
weeks. At that point is now being
located the construction camps which
have been maintained at the Hope aid
ing at Mile post 8 and also the gravel
camp at Mile post 10 where the big
steam shovel waa taking gravel out
of the Malheur river bed.
At Mile post 20 a 3000-foot siding
has been laid and the . steam shovel
will be placed on the large gravel bar
nearby. This will be the future base
of operations for the ballast traina aa
a large water tank haa also been erect
ed at that point. Next week the
tracklayera will be laying rails at the
rate of one mile per day and the bal
last train will follow wfthin a few
feet of the steel train.
The rails will be laid aa far as
Mile post 36, just thia side of the
2600-foot tunnel, and up to the two
large steel bridges being built be
tween Mile posts 86 and 37. Howev
er the Harper aiding, on Mile post 80,
will be made the winter terminal for
the hauling of supplies into the can
yon until tracklaying can again be
reaumed early next Spring.
NEWCOMERS IN
WILLOWVALLEY
ARE REWARDED
Virgin Soil Yields Immense
Crops Fifty-five Acres
Produce 7000 Bushels of
Fine Potatoes Oats Av
erage 74 Bushels and Bar
ley Over 64 per Acre
Vale and other aectioi.a of Mainour
county were visited the fore part of
thia week by Ben Selling, of Port
land, Progreaiive Republican nominee
for United Statea Senator. On thia
trip Mr. Selling waa adding to hia
general knowledge of conditions In
Eastern Oregon, particularly its needs
as to national legislstion, and while
here on Monday met a large numbar
of votera of this city.
He waa greatly linpreaaed, while
in this section, with the rank injust
ice done through tha diversion of Ore
gon's ahare of the reclamation fund
to othur atatea. lie gave bia promlae
that, if elected, he will lose no time
In aeelng that Oreonreceivca its pro
par portion of the reclamation fund.
"Eastern OrKn is an empire In
itself and the poesibllltlss of lis da.
ValuiuM are almt uubound4,"
isld Mr. Balling In this My Muixlsy.
"In vrdar fully lo ei'i'iatiele the lm
iuai.i(y of the ara of this uMluii vf
the aisle II IS waealitlsl fur ons to fb
Islu f liallisnd lifuiMetltn lf lbs n.un.
Irr.
(c.iiiii.ji 4 mi rtf ti
Newcomers to the Willow River
valley are feeling jubilant over the
crops thst are being harvested In that
aectlon of Malheur county, C M.
Cole, who came to the Brogan country
laat Spring from Nebraska, ia one of
those new settlers rejoicing over hav
ing found "the garden spot".
Mr. Cole on, Wednesday, while In
thia city, atated that from 65 acrea be
had planted to potatoea he would get
a crop of 7000 buahela. The oata
aown on aod land averaged 74 buahels
to the acre, and the first crop of
Barley, which waa grown without
irrigation, averaged 64 7-10 buahels
to the acre. On thia trip to town Mr.
Cole had a wagon load of watermelon
grown on hia ranch. No better melona
were ever grown anywhere. In aiae
and flavor, they excelled anything
ever seen here, proving conclusively'
thst the Willow River country ia a
veritable garden apot,
Mr Cole la representing a number
of Omshs, Ntr, people He came
here to see what the soil would pro
dure and has found out thst the Wotd
thsthsd been sheltered abroad n
earning thia linxit futile valUy wan
Irue.
Mr, ai d M s. . l. (eUhsJ Mrs.
rUiwsil rains iln fi in 'r
1l.uily ai"l In M. iIUimim til
ou lu ia lU nl.'l il al U'v " "i filr.