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About Malheur enterprise. (Vale, Or.) 1909-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 15, 1913)
THE jHalJjeur enterprise Published every Saturday, by The Malheur Enterprise Publishing Co. VALE, OREGON. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 15. 1913. JOHN RIGBY, Publisher and Proprietor Advertising Rates : Display Ads, per issue, 60 cents per Inch; by the month, $1.60 per Inch. Local, 16 cents per line one insertion; 10 cents per line each additional insertion. Legal Notices, $1.00 per inch flrst Insertion; 60 cents per Inch each additional Insertion. Table or figure work, $1.60 per Inch first insertion; 76 cenU per inch each additional Insertion. ONE YEAR, SIX MONTHS, Subscription Rates: Strictly in Advance. 1 $2.00 1.00 Entered as second-class matter at the post office. Vale, Oregon. IN view of the great diversity of recommendations which reach Congress in re the Sunday rest law now before them, it occurs to us that there is still an undercurrent of fanaticism in the race which would override all wishes or desires of those opposed to the opinions of any religious sect that might, through REST DAY the mutations of mankind, obtain temporal power. The bill making Sunday a legal day of rest has abso lutely no religious significance; it is admitted that all animals, man included, are better for having one day of rest out of seven. No other day could possibly be chosen for, as a people, the majority, the very large majority, now make Sunday their day of rest, the day on which they cease from the cares and worries in cident to their occupation, many to give outward expression to tVinir rpltonmia heliefs. others to recreation and diversion in the parks or the country. Those who do not consider Sunday as the proper day of wor ship, having their peculiar ideas on the subject, are in no-wise compelled to change their religious inclinations, or to acknowledge Sunday as any other than a uniformly legal day of rest. For ages the Hebrew has set apart a day which we ' call Satur day as their day of rest and for certain rites connected with their belief: these people have gone through past ages, carrying out their religious beliefs over every part of the world, and in spite of the fact that they have been compelled, in the main, to celebrate two holidays each week, they may have said to have proposed fairly well as a class: they have "rendered unto Caesar the thing belonging to Caesar" and have prospered. The law simply proposes to make a uniform day of rest to the end that all classes may have one certain day on which they may legally lay aside the cares of business: there seems to be no at tempt to direct the religious faculties, or to instal any particular religious idea. Sunday is after all a man made affair and Christ said that the Sabbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath. Sunday, after all, is but a name and is illogically named at that, for taking the account of creation Genesis 1-14 "God said let there be light in the firmament of the heaven, to divide the day from the night." Genesis 1-15 "And God made two great lights: the greater to rule the day, and the lesser to rule the night: He made the stars also." Genesis 1-19 And the evening and morning were the fourth day." Therefore the fourth, the Sun's day, should be named Sunday making the seventh day, the day of rest, fall on our Wednesday. Whence come these names for our days? Sundays, sunnans-deag, the day of the sun, anciently cele brated by the worship of the sun; Christians commemorate as the day of the resurrection; it is not synonymous with the Sabbath, only by Christian usage, as the Sabbath repres ents an institution while Sunday is the name of a day of the week. Monday, monan-deag, the day sacred to the moon. Tuesday, tiwes-deag, the day set apart, for sacrifices to the God of war. Wednesday, wodens-deag, a day set aside for the worship of Odin, woden wuotan, the God of magic, conforming to Mercurius. Thursday, Thors-deag, sacred to Thor, the God with the ham mer, worshiped in ancient days, on Thursday, in the great temple dedicated to him at Upsala. Friday, Frige-deag, sacred to the Goddess of love, the lucky day of Scandinavians, but on account of being the day of the cruci fixion, is regarded by Christians as unlucky. Saturday, saeterns-deag, Saturnius or Saturn's day, first men tioned in connection with the God Saturn by Tibullus. In view of the whirlwind of opposition to anything looking like regularity in our holiday system, it is probable that congress will do nothing just now with the Sunday rest law before them, and perhaps it is just as well, for events move so swiftly in this age, that in a few years there will be less opposition, a better un standing on many subjects of public import, less attention paid to words, more to acts, as evidence of true religion. MALnfttm ENtsityfttsS oped, has no way for men to make a living within its boundaries, truly it is a crime to induce men to spend their money and time coming to such a place. nn fhfi nther hand, if there are advantages, if there is land to be developed, if it is a fruit country, an alfalfa country, if there is water that can be impounded or pumped, available land on which fn if if the land is rich in plant food, if the hills and valleys are covered with rich grass, if there is hay to be raised to winter feed the stock, if the country has room for thousands of cattle and thousands of sheen, is it not right, fair and proper to bring these things to the notice of the world to the end that others may come in and develop the resources that are lying at our feet? T,Pt us he specific. Malheur county, as the price advanced, sold off her cattle and the ranges, full of good feed, are without stock, is it not right and proper to give voice to this fact that some one may come in with cattle and turn the wild grasses into mucn ae- sired beef? To come nearer home, Vale has within its limits, a hot spring of medicinal water in an inexhaustible quantity and of great value water sufficient to supply a city. There are. in the United States, several cities of from six to ten thousand inhabitants whose sole existence is the fact that they have a hot SDrine and not one of them can compare favorably witn the spring whose waters are flowing uselessly down the Malheur River. We rightly claim first class railroad facilities, and with the erection of a hotel, installation of an adequate system of hot water heating throughout the city, we could soon have a money spending and money earning population six times greater than we now nave The live people of a neighboring city have put water onto land cut it ud into tracts of 5 and 10 acres and sold it, not always to outsiders, and the purchasers seem to be well satisfied and are de veloping the land. Thus with our commercial body, they must develop themselves, amonz the people of the city, or must go out after some one to de velop for them; it is therefore the method that is the question, and not the fact. rn'p thintr mav he Ret down as certain and final: no city can w 'O -- stand still, nor drift, if Vale expects to hold her own, Vale must act. It is true that if we develop our own resources the population will follow, no question as to that, but if we will not or cannot de velon amoncr ourselves what method shall we pursue to induce someone to do the work for us? mHE democratic platform Z- hey Tere 1 actiritjr which would be likely to y,eld then th y noa-commitUl and filled mind, with rtftunttf ; 1 U e being d,o,ica, words, standing rpHERE is some difference of opinion among those constituting the main support of the city of Vale as to the policy that should be pursued by a Chamber of Commerce. It is thought by a number of citizens, that its policy should look more to the actual development of the resources of the county CIIAMIiER rather than towards an increase of the popula OF COMMERCE tion. In the main, commercial bodies of the various western communities are organized and exist for the purpose of keeping continually before the public, through advertising, the great advantages of their respective sec tions, painting in glowing color the success of Individuals who have had the good fortune to come among them, and great superior Ity of their section over any other in the world. Wrll, as rplgraminatically stated by in old resident of St. Luls, ")r, Mudd" "He who tootrth not hU horn, the same hull not be tooted." If the loiiwouiilty had no 4 anises, h nothing to be dovel "ORESIDENT WILSON, say some of our exchanges, states that J- all factions will be at peace when the new administration comes into power. This sounds well.and we hope it will prove true, there are good grounds for this hope; President Wilson comes with no ancient party entanglements, has no UTOPIA! UH! HUH! old scores to pay off and comes into power at a time when the people are ready and willing to give him every opportunity to make necessary improve ments on the present unsatisfactory conditions. The monstrous chimera which brings terror to the heart of leg islators, the tariff, is in full sight and must be met and conquered, and the Bellerophon who can eliminate this horrid monster from the political arena will be well worthy of canonization by the Amer ican people. IITHEN the irresistible forces of nature divide the mountains, " " and the huge glaciers, receding, have left, as memories of their onetime greatness, a magnificent waterfall, the world immed iately divides in its opinion as to what shall be done with it. The minority, so far, desire that the SCENIC VS. PRACTICAL state of nature shall be preserved, that the sight of millions of tons of water seething and crashing over rocky barriers be reserved for the delectation of such people as may be able to visit it and exclaim with awe at the magnificent sight. There is however, another side, the millions of tons of water flowing unrestricted to the sea have a potential value far out weighing the aesthetic side of the question. This tremendous power is endless, one of the marvels of our creation; the sun draws from the vast expanse of the ocean, lakes and rivers, the mists invisible, high into the heavens and the winds drive them back to the high mountains to fall as rain and snow and again roll in endless volume to the sea. We can not think this all in vain, that this wonderful aid to human progress, comfort, and welfare was created for the purpose of a favored few to feast their eyes, minister to their soul's delight. The power stored for ages by the sun in the form of coal, de creases in quantity every day; every tree destroyed represents years of nature's work, and unless replanted, means a total loss, the countless myriads of fish, stored in old ocean's vast treasure house, which after ages has become fuel for the benefit of man, becomes less as each flowing well is developed; while here in this endless chain of power, in these many great water falls of our country, is an agent ready to the hand of man, eternal as the earth, that will give us light, power, heat, conversation over miles of land or sea, music and enjoyment in endless quantities, an agen ! J. i 1 1 1 . 1 A . 1 ' mat in many piaces can De maae to ao an tms ana at tne same time make the desert blossom as the rose. The earth and all that it contains was made for the use of man let us use it for our needs, our comfort, our advancement, and when all this is accomplished, our pleasures. ever ALLOPATHY " , . n-fit tn strenuous arKuuicuw, AND DEMOCRATS the place of if m strenuo as "your if" is the only peace maner, mui a influence. unknown, virtue in "if." Among other wing u. j 0 medical plank, was brought to bear and there was T which at the end was gently modified; wrthout PJJ discrimination against any school of medicine or tag." That ought to have caught every floating medical vote in the country regardless of schools. W. note that there is a protest that the Al opatn c sc - " . a.i Al nnathlC School IS the saddle, which is perhaps true; dominant in the medical affairs of the nation, which s P ly true; but they have arrived there through no pontic. they are the dominating factor because, so far, they have don about all that has been done to give the world sanitation, pure food, and recommend pure air. That they are, however, the last word on the subject, is yet to ' ... . uv,af there is not be proven; there is a very rapiaiy grown. ueu much need of medicine as there is need to avom uu, that have made medicine a necessity. In this age of advancement, no school of medicine can long re . j .nfmrr f Vioir rio-ht to command by main in control witnoui ucmonotianiift .... making good in all particulars. We are emerging from an unde niable drug age, the human race is fast learning that d.sease is preventable and that the human system is so constructed that it will care for itself if given a fair chance by its controlling mind. T. T. Nelsen Funeral Director UP-TO-DATE Undertaking Parlors I Carry a Fine Line of Undertaking Supplies Hearse Service T. T. NELSEN Licnsed Embalmer Tlfl'ONEY being needed for the huge payments of dividends and special distribution to the stockholders of the Standard Oil and as the public must furnish these funds, up soars the price of gasoline. If Congress would take hold of the matter in a thorough ly businesslike way, eliminating all S. O. GASOLINE JUMPS Influence, and so fix the internal revenue law that de-natured alcohol could be manu factured without the endless and expensive government red tape, In a few short years we would have a clean, cheap and non-explo-ttivo fuel and Standard Oil would huve to control all the potatoes In the country. Thus alcohol might U nude the very good and excellent ser var.t of man, and 0 io)iiMtionUt happy, If to ion vert an evil into n good will maktf him so, IN many of the great city dailies there are frequently found ex pressions somewhat belittling the gold hunter, the prospector, i i i . J UUlit of Hi'b-aa mfn the man who leaves civilization Demna mm anu uomij on.. the unknown regions of the earth, regions of deep canyons, hign mountains, raging torrents and mighty SEARCH FOR GOLD glaciers. It is not necessary that a hero shall be made of him, though the ancient troubadour, and the modern poet join in tribute to the man who braves the dangers of the unknown, who delves in natures rock ribbed crust. These men are neither heroes nor philanthropists, they are simply hardy scions of a hardy race seeking to better their condi tion, seeking the greatest of all material things, that which the world has striven for since the dawn of history; they are healthy, hardy, keen and sure-footed, and not nearly so many of them suf fer death from their privations and exposure as are killed by vie ious mules or gored by ugly bulls in the home of the waving maize, Every dollar they bring forth from the wild is an added dollar to the measure of values and has been taken from no one else, the middle-man is eliminated, directly from the hand of the miner to the mint, goes the golden product, thence into the channels of com merce giving greater scope to the manufacturing interests, new blood in the arteries of trade. The nomadic spirit which has given us the prospector, has made possible our railroads, given us the wonderful 20th century development, made the world what it is today, a glorious place to live in. We hear of reservations to maintain nature in its primitive state that the denizens of the cities may, at their pleasure, roam at will through the brambles and soulfully commune with nature. The prospector, roaming over the mountains sees nature at its best, witnesses the grand results of the ages, and meanwhile wrests from hidden recesses wherewithal to continue the world in her onward march, harming no man, taking from no man, but giving much. California, Australia, The Rand, Alaska, but for the prospector, would be but spots on the map. rpRAIN and educate the youth of the country along the lines of abstinence and the army of John Barleycorn will fade away as darkness before the rising sun; Satan and his myrmidons wil indeed be going to and fro on the earth, up and down on the earth wondering which vial of wrath will be next KNIGHTS OF poured out. Strike from the lips of the boy, THE TRIANGLE the vile cigarette and there will be enough rea tobacco to supply the demand, while old cigar stumps will find their proper resting place in the sewers. The youth of small towns and most cities are insufficiently pro vided with meeting places for their own social enjoyment and there fore naturally gravitate to places less suitable and more dangerous, Vale has initiated a movement that should be patterned after by every community in the country; she has given the youth the town the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce to be used as meeting place until a more suitable location may be obtained. uiuaw umuitiyauues cannot provide tne accessories of the clubs in larger cities, but they can see that their children have nlliee whlri t(lPV rrnv rnnrrcrrora ntMn. . i i F . . ." miuci weir own control and enact their own play of life in minature, becoming gradually fitted the larger sphere that age will spread before them. This movement, carried to its logical conclusion, emulated other communities, will eliminnrA of Uoot j , - -w iviwi knu cviis anu one verv . Ul. . .. ' iruuuiesume pouticai party, viz; liquor, cigarettes and the prohib tion party. of for by P. 0. Cigar Store JIM ROGERS, Prop. XMAS CANDY Fresh unpopped corn alwayi on hand Subscriptions taken for all the lead ing magazines at publishers prices Malheur Enterprise Alwijrt on Sale Htri F. & W. Pool Hall VALE, OREGON Cigars, Tobacco, Pipes, Candy.Frult Card and Pool Tablet VISIT OUR PLACE Davies & Misenhimer City Livery Barn Old High Barn Rigs Day and Night Feed Corrals in Connection VALE, OREGON LAND Under the Bully Creek the Bully project CLEARED Ready for the plow. Address P. O. Box 4 VALE OREGON Vale Blacksmith Shop L. Gruwell Prop. Next to Skating Rink, 'A Street Blacksmiths Horseshoers All Work Guaranteed Buggy and Wagon Doctor Will practice and operate on car riages, plows, buggies and wagoni Send your crippled vehicles for new lease of life to J. A. Randolph A Street, Vale, Oregon Located in the same shop where I worked last winter Horseshoeing a Specialty . . vv, WOfc ivuaua la very aesirous or having the r r v.ltuiics uu me suDject or good roads as in dicated by the questions published on another page. The Fnt prise suggests that the residents of each post office district call a meeting and pass resolutions in accordance with DO IT NOW the request and send same to the committee. The Enterprise is strongly in favor of government aid for this purpose as, unless this U obtained, but little can be accom phshed for years, this generation will have passed. We hope the people will take a broad view of ihu help our senator with their opinions, I The Enterprise $2 per year. Q1iri 1 Boots and Shoes repaired while you wait. Sole-Leather, Shoe Oik Nails, Etc. for sale W. H. McKAY In the Hub Store POLK'S OKCGON and WASHINGTON Business Directory A iiifluy ul I'll. T til (lU.a, li.4iliN, yafuUllxM. 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