ALE, Core of the "New Empire of the West"
Oil, Irrigated Farm and Fruit Lands
The Banner Live Stock County of The United States
concerns In the world la due to judi
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of which has ben done In papers
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of sharp competition, to succeed, a
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VOL. 4. NO. 13.
VALE, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15. 1913.
PRICE 5 cents
IN
OF VALE FOSTER
RISING SUN OF VIRTUE
BY AIDING BOYS' CLUB
Myrmidons of
Evil Forever
Banished,
' Is Hope.
EIGHTS OFTRIANGLE
DRINK NOT, SMOKE NOT
Vale, through thirteen members of
'S Chamber of Commerce, went on
word Monday night as favoring help
' ' it its growing boys along right lines
of development ; mental, moral, phy
sical. On motion, the Chamber of
Commerce, acting on a request of
fourteen boys of the city, granted
the boys the privilege of meeting in
its rooms every Friday night (and
twice a week if desired) for the pur
pose of holding their club meetings,
and for harmless pastimes and intel
lectual advancement. It is believed
the action of the Chamber of Com
merce sets a precedent among the
cities of Oregon in an effort to rear
the boys of the community into useful
and upright citizens.
Immediately following the
granting the boys the desired
ege of the Chamber of
tierce rooms in return for
they agree to care for
COMMENT ON CLUB
$y LEADING CITIZENS
INDORSING THE IDEA
"This is one of the best things
ever broached in Vale. Whenever
you can get a band of boys to
gether along right moral lines,
like this movement comprehends,
we should do all we can to foster
the act, and I for one, though I
have no boys of my own, will do
all I can to father the move
ment, and if necessary will go
down Into my own pocket for
part of the cash necessary to
carry it along." Leo Schmidt,
manager Vale Trading Co.
action
the
rooms H. E. Young suggested
passing the hat to raise a cash nuc
leus for the boy 's club treasury. The
thirteen citizens present chipped in
17.05, and this was later increased to
$12.05.
Rev. Francis L. Cook introduced
the matter in the Chamber by telling
the members the boys had come to
him with such a request. He stated
that the boys recently got together
and organized themselves into the
Knights of the Triangle, and that
they have been meeting weekly in
the lecture room of the Christian
church. Officers were elected as fol
lows: Officers Insure Order.
: Charles Crandsll, president; James
Cook, vice-president; Jack High, sec
retary; Millard Nelsen, treasurer;
Irwin Moudy, sergeant at-arms.
These five boys, with Rev. F. L.
Cook (Christian,) Rev. C. E. Helman
(Methodist,) and C. C. Mueller (Epis
copal,) form the advisory board.
Membership is open to all boys in
the city, irrespective of whether they
are church members or not, between
the ages of 14 and 20 years, inclusive.
(Qualifications provide that all mem
bers must be total abstainers alike
from alcoholic drinks and tobacco,
especially cigarets.
A regular constitution and by-laws
have been adopted by the boys them
selves, the club name being the
Knights of the Triangle. Among the
other things provided for are these :
With Eye to Business
Officers shall be elected by ballot,
and serve three months. All officers
must be members in good standing;
dues are 10 cents per month.
"These boys you are speaking
of are the men who soon will
take our places. As has been
well said, there are pitfalls on
every hand into which boys unin
tentionlly but all too often fall,
and it is the duty of every good
citizen to sustain them and
help them to become useful, up
. right men as they grow to years
of maturity. They'll come here
feeling at home. It is just the
thing to keep the boys straight."
T. W. Davidson, of Portland.
"I could hardly sit still while
you were discussing - this thing,
and taking your vote, but I want
ed to see whether times have
changed any for the better in
the last 20 years, and so kept
quiet until now. You are just
getting civilized ; it marks the
beginning of a new area in Vale.
Twenty years ago, I stood in
this same hall, then during a
fraternal meeting of a lodge,
and listened to a bunch of hood
lums boys from the Harper
ranch shooting and yelling on
our main street. I suggested
some such influence then, but
there were old settlers present
who scorned such an idea and who
said, 'Oh, we never had anybody
to look out for us," And so the
matter passed. It is decidedly
a move in the right direction.
It doesn't matter whether the
boys reach eminence or not, just
so they become good useful citi
zens." Col. R. G. Wheeler.
37,000 ACRES
MAY" BE OPEN
SOONTOENTRY
Strong Probability That the Lands
Withdrawn From Entry For
Reservoir Purposes In
1909 Will Quickly
Be Restored.
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PASSAGE OF LIQUOR
LAW INVALIDATED BY
A TECHNICAL ERROR
WASHINGTON. D. C, Feb. 11.
Supporters of the Webb bill, to' pre
vent shipments of intoxicating liquoia
into dry states, elated by the passage
of the bill in the senate yesterday, in
place of the Sheppard-Kenyon bill,
found today that through a parlia
mentary error the long right was
probably futile so far as this session
Is concerned. The b 11 as passed by
the senate is Identical with the boute
measure, but when substituted for
the Sheppard-Kenyon bill in the eer
ate the number of the senate bill was
allowed tc remain on the passed bill.
This, according to house parlia
mentarian, makes the measure entire
ly new so far as the house Is concern
ed, and will have to lake its regular
place on the calendar,
The Webb bill pssJ the lloue
ty Vote of 40 to i6.
45 INCHFS OF THE BEAUTIFIL
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It is quite likely that one of the
most important matters which has
come before the Vale Chamber of
Commerce in recent months will be
the drafting of representations to
the U.S. Government, at the meeting
to be held Monday night, Feb. 17,
urging the immediate restoration to
entry of about 37,000 acres of fine ag
ricultural and grazing lnds with
drawn by the General Land Office in
1909 for the purpose of reservoir sites
In the Harper basin, Beulah, Warm-
springs and Juntura projects.
Before these lands were withdrawn
from homestead or desert entrj , the
government granted the right -of-way
over which the Oregon Eastern rail
road now built through the Malheur
canyon, in which all of these reser
voir sites are situate. It is obvious
that the building of the railroad
makes it impossible to construct res
ervoirs for the storage of water in
the same place; hence the segregation
of these lands works a bardnhip on
Intending settlers.
Should the lands be restored, the
new settlers who might build homes
thereon, and cultivate the basins;
would add materially to the growth
and prosperity of Vale.
CAN'T MAlTwTflTBLACKS.
COMJMIUA, Kb. li. Gov.riwr
nicase has rsfuso.ito slluw ll Kuth
Carolina mllilis If lave lit
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HEN, from his father's home, CAIN, in righteous punishment, was
banished, mayhap he wended his weary way through Siberian wilds
across Bering Strait; thence along the coast, southward, to build the cave
dwellinas of ARIZONA and the AZTEC palaces in MEXICO. The exodus
occupied, perhaps, thousands of years, during which time families remained at
the different stages of rest and peopled the icy regions of the NORTH with hardy
representatives of ADAM, Perhaps the nomadic spirit carried them to the region
of Klamath Falls where the civilization, of which remains are being daily found,
reached an advanced stage. -
When TIMUR, the Conqueror, eastward pushed his destroying hordes,
terror-stricken tribes, fleeing from the murderous sword, passed on and ever on,
finding at last peace in the frozen wildi of ALASKAN ice fields; or, did they,
mayhap, cross from NIPPON'S shores to the islands of the ALEUTIAN archipel
ago, and, gradually work from island to island, at last reaching the KENAI
peninsula, and, dividing, people the northern and southern coasts? Who knows?
REBELS CAPTURE MEXICO
Bulgars Continue Assault on Adrianople
POLE EXPLORERS FREEZE
CAPITAL CITY RAKED
BY CANNON OF DIAZ
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 12-Mexico's
capital was torn asunder today by
shot and shell. It was not until 9
o'clock that the fire ceased in all quar
ters. General Felix Dias, in command of
the rebel forces, fortified and en.
trenched in and round the arsenal,
held his ground against the federals.
He did more than this. He subject,
ed the city to a more terrible bom
bardment than that of yesterday, en
lertfl his sons of action and i t
funss against the national palace.
Hut 'reidiil Mederu was optim-
il.ti. IhrouM-l.u... the UiitUrdwei I
and I he lii,t t-uiilliiwous reUleif.
iks blue gum ei'd rifUs, the il '
dent fi I his '! sh hi Hy I
tiiulitiuil ! lis fvuissl In
'CAFT MAY YET HAVE
BRUSH WITH MEXICO
BEFORE TETI ENDS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.--Evidently
recognizing that a
crisis in the Mexican situation
had been reached, President Taft
summoned to the White House
1 Secretary of State Knox, Secre
tary of War rUinison and Secre
tary of the Navy Meyer tonight,
with a number of army and navy
officers, shortly eftur iiiidiiitfht.
At 1 :'.W o Voc It this morning the
Isst of those suinmont'd had ar
lived, and with Hci-rttsry llillrs
i'oiifrrtinte was brgun in the
library of the While h"u,
ASLEEP 'NEATH STARS,
SLAIN AS HE LAY
MAN
Paolo de Paolo, an Italian
Laborer, Brutally Clubbed
and Riddled by Bullets
by Stealthy Assassin.
MURDERER FLEES, LEAVING NO CLEW
Murdered in cold blood while he
slept, the body of Paolo de Paolo,
(Paul, son of Paul,) an Italian, was
found Monday night by J. F. Ferguson
foreman of the Oregon Eastern fence
gang, lying in blood bespatted clothes
100 yards up on the hillside above
the railroad track, 2 miles west of
Little Valley, which is about 22 miles
west of Vale. That was on Feb. 10,
and the man had been dead two or
three days when discovered lying
there out in the open.
Ferguson was driving along by the
right-of-way Monday night, when he
descried what looked like a bunch of
bedding on the hillside above him.
More out of curiosity than anything
else, he walked up to the pile and
lifted the top quilt. Horrified by
what he saw the murdered body of a
man he quickly replaced the quilt as
he had found it, and as soon as pos
sible notified the Sheriff's office in
Vale. Deputy Sheriff Ben Brown
went out with the Coroner, Dr. Rollo
Payne of Ontario, the next day. To
gether the two officers brought the
ghastly remains into the Vale morgue
Tuesday evening.
Shot Where He Slept.
Arrived at the scene of the mys
terious tragedy (for there is no trace
yet of the murderer,) Deputy Brown
and Coroner Payne went through the
clothes in an effort to find some clue.
As it lay there in the open the man's
corpse was half turned on ita side,
with the hat he wore pulled down
over his face. The body reposed on
three or four burlaps, and over It
were drawn two light blankets and
one quilt, the quilt being laid over
both face and hat by the murderer
after the deed was done.
In the blankets were five bullet
holes. Three of the shots entered
Paoli's body close together on one
side ; the other two were picked up
beneath the body by Ben Brown, who
also extracted another bullet from
the skin just over the heart. All
were of .38 caliber, and had been fir-,
ed at very close range, two powder
marks bein plainly visible.
Most horrible of all was the condi
tion of Paolo's head. The skull had
been crushed in and shattered by some
heavy instrument wielded with devil
ish power by the assailant who had
killed him.
Robbery Probable Motive.
Just why Paolo was thus slain may
be never known, but the opinion held
by the authorities is that the murder
er, passing by along the track, saw
the victim asleep on the hillside near
by, and believing him to have been
paid off and in possession of a consid
erable sum of money, deliberately
walked over to the unconscious Italian
and amote him on the head, the terri
ble blow being followed up immedi
ately by five pistol shots with the
muzzle held close to the blankets
which enveloped the sleeping man.
It is quite likely that Paolo never
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SCOTT AND COMRADES
PERISH IN ANTARCTIC
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Hubert F. Scott and his party
were overwhelmed by a blizzard on
the return journey from the South
! Cole and the entire party peiWIied.
They reached the South Pole Jan.
! IH, IttlZ.
! News of the appalling dUanler
which befell Captain HnU and his
coinpaiiluiis was brought to this port
! by a'aignsllcd inetaage from the 'I vr
i ra Nova, whit li U ll psrly lo the
siiulh and wrnl to bring lUm l(S,
round Atuwndaiu' 1 1 w I .
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ll,i woild lixUy lbs! rtiu SiiH
and an unknown nun.l.ur i tollmen
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FEDERAL AID FOR POST ROADS
SPONSORED BY SENATOR BOURNE,
WHO ASKS FOR PEOPLE'S OPINION
We are in receipt of a request from Senator Bourne asking
that the people of this county or elsewhere express themselves as
to the following questions regarding government assistance in the
construction of good roads:
In order to facilitate the obtaining as full an expression as
possible from every source we print below the questions and leave
space opposite the questions for reply and space under the ques
tions for the signature.
We would like every reader of the Enterprise to cut out this
article and after writing thereon such an answer as to him seems
best, mail it to Hon. Jonathan Bourne, Jr. U. S. Senate, Washing
ton, D. C.
If you prefer it, write Senator Bourne a personal letter giving
him your views very freely on the subject.
1. Should the Government make appropriations in aid of pub
lic roads?
2. On what roads should the first Government appropriation,
if made, be expended: (a) all roads; (b) post roads (r. f. d. and
star routes;) (c) main traveled market roads; (d) main highways
connecting important cities and towns in State; (e) trunk line,
interstate highways connecting State capitals and large cities?
3. Should the Government appropriation be expended on con-'
8truttion, on maintenance, on general improvement, or on any or
all of these, or should the allotment by the Government be uncon
ditional, or paid as a reward after local authorities have construct
ed or maintained a highway in good condition?
4. What proportion of cost of construction, improvement, or
maintenance should be borne by National Government, State,
county, road district, and abutting property owners, respectively,
or what amoiinU should be allotted to the Stateti on an uncondition
al plan, or whut amount per mile should be jmidun reward?
fi. SIould the I'VdtTttl appropriation bo apportioned amontf
the Ktati a oil bttaU of opuUtlon, UH'tt, IhlliUKtf of rwiiita, mlk'Hrfe
of rural and atur routr. Uab!i valuation, or a combination uf
llli'OU?
li, Hiunl'l Him uHrvil"ii of lonslnit liuii or iiialiiUnemitf f
liwMinminl ul-U'l lout bn by U I'V-b'iul i I ..nn'iit, ll.tf HUI
Mud l" ft riil.niM, "i Hiii'tf
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