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About Malheur enterprise. (Vale, Or.) 1909-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 10, 1914)
LE, Core of the "New Empire of the Yft" ..... , Oil, Irrigated Farm and Fruit Lands Tie Banwritive Stock County of Tb Unite J tltz Catldert of business; mercantile, rct.1 estate, hotel, restaurant, newt and novelty, drug and druggists' sundries, the barber, the butcher, the baker, fur dealers, blacksmiths, garages, pool halls, feed stores; we except none; do well when they ad vertise in the Malheur Enterprise. I I I III II I I III. Ill III II lllllll Mil I I I I I I - Til I III' L TM VeV VaT aT J -eT 11 M W n W iK W VUv KT.TI W X ZWZS IT U I I I I III X, V I M 'If I I V -f-T?-- -A- I 1 I 111 B'SI llAllIIJLilllll. Th Malhenr E ;. yriae De livered to your home or mailed, $2.00 per year, In advance. The Leading Paper of Malheur County. VOL. 5. NO. 8. VALE, OREGON. SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 1914. PRICE 5 cents (ICH GOLD DUNES IN SIGHT Old Malheur City Camp, Once a Rich Producer, Promises to ''Come Back." TIE OLD EAGLE GROUP Gives Up Specimens That - Excite Old Miners. N. B. Matheison is showing some splendid specimens of white quartz car ' rylng free gold in large quantities from the old Eagle group on mines on Wil low creek about 7 miles above Malheur city. ! The property is now under bond to P. L. Johnson, formerly of Vale, and who is now in California for the pur pose of enlisting outside capital to ex ... ploit the property. Mr. Matheison has a number of claims in the same locality and also a large amount of placer ground. Holes which have been put down to prospect the placer have yielded over $2000 each HARNEY COUNTY OIL WELLS WILL START WORKING The Harney County News states that all the claims against the Central Ore gon Oil & Gas Co., are now settled and the drilling operations will be com menced in the near future. It will be good news for all who are interested in the oil business either in Harney county or in the Vale district. Oil is what all are wanting and while local pride would make one desire to have the first well in their own locality it will make little difference as a mat ter of fact where the first well is struck. A well producing oil in commercial quantities would so stimulate the well drilling business that all would benefit and the country would be made. It Is Said That Carnegie and Vin cent Astor will establish large loan banks for the poor in New York city for the purpose of combatting the loan hark. The scheme is not charitable, though philanthropic. It is intended that it will pay its way but will permit workingmen to obtain small loans at reasonable interest. WESFSWAR Gov-West's War at Copper field Moves Merrily on, and the Occasional Shoot ing of a Rat is Reported. War at Copper field has continued during the week with varying fortunes. Judge Anderson of Baker, who has ex changed for the term with Judge Dal ton Biggs, issued an injunction against the Governor, and upon its service Col. Lawson tore it up and threw it in the serving marshal's face. Sunday tele phone and telegraph lines were cut and the country took on the appearance of . war. A number of Baker citizens who were favorable to the side of the liquor dealers talked of going over to Copper field and cleaning up the militia but better council, coupled with the fact that there might be some danger in it prevented. War at Copperfield goes merrily on and has spread to Huntington. All equipment and liquor having been ship ped out of Copperfield and information having been received that Huntington was also breaking some of the laws, Lawson was ordered by the governor to Huntington and the same operation performed. The governor sent the following mes sage: "Send all unneeded men home, but do not under any circumstances sub nit to arrest or interference by local authorities. Will support you with en tire National Guard if necessary." CoL Lawson said that "after Hunt ington I will clean up Baker". P. S. It is rumored, without confir mation, however, that immediately af ter making determined remarks ss to just what he will do, the doughty Col. tots loose a rat, a number of which are kept for the purpose, and with his pow erful automatic, kills it on the run. - (The rat is on the run, not the Col.) Peace was declared Tuesday and Wednesday and the entire matter is to be left to the courts. Meanwhile it is to be noted that Copperfield and Hunt ington are both closed down as far as gambling is concerned, until new ap paratus can be made or obtained. Coperfield saloon men say there is no use to start up again if gambling is (Continued uo Page 2) MILDLY OPTIMISTIC NEW YORK-The head of one of the largest merchantile houses in the country, which does a big jobbing and mail order business, recently placed himself on record as follows: "The first six months of 1914 I expect to be dull. The second half year, however. believe will see the "beginning of steady improvement in industry and the clearing of the way for trade ex pansions of record proportion?. " A SURPLUS! A SURPLUS! OUR KINGDOM FOR A SURPLUS! The press agents of the administra tion are very busy these days. The post office department is eudeavoring to make the people believe that the parcel post affords a surplus to that department and suppressing informa tion regarding numerous calls on con gress for deficiency appropriations to keee up their payments they may not avoid. Meanwhile the railroads have carried 300,000,000 packages for which they have received no pay and star route mail carriers are daily becoming bank rupt from being forced to carry freight for nothing. A continual sale of stamps and refu sal to pay their carriers ought to create a great surplus in so great a business. "Having now put the parcel post on a paying basis we are ready for the' tele phones and telegraph," says Mr. Burleson. This does not constitute all of the facts and the statement should be, "Having placed the parcel post on a paying basis by not paying the mail carriers for the increased service they are rendering, thereby forcing them into bankruptcy and taking away the life earnings of thousands of worthy citizens for political purposes only, having compelled the railroads to carry thousands of tons at less than cost and refused to even consider them as wor thy of fair treatment, we are ready for the telephone and telegraph whereby we can gain a vast number of voters easily influenced to do that which will perpetuate their employment and which will enable us to pay a great political debt to the many thousand deluded op eratives that helped place us in power." It has been the desire of every true man to assist in making the best of everything and meeting new conditions with an earnest purpose to make times prosperous in spite of forebodings of disaster. We have listened to the pro phesies of politicians of both parties and deferred to the judgment of the administration in financial and political matters. We have looked on in sor row and wonder at receipt of insults from foreign governments and patient ly awaited the outcome of the new di plomacy and policy of "manana" in everything but destruction of illegiti mate (?) business. We wonder what prosperity is to be gained by ruthlessly destroying the va rious mail carriers in all parts of the country. Of what benefit is it for two to five and perhaps ten men in every district to have their all appropriated by a great government that there may be false financial conditions set forth for political purposes. A financial Wal lingford indeed is he that can take mil lions from far separated individuals, bankrupting them without fear or fav or, and at the same time obtain from the government, (of the people) vast sums to make good deficits which they have proclaimed as surplus. RTA VALE WILL EN1 TOM RICHARDSON N Vale Citizens are Urged to Prepare for Influx of Men and Money.Great Things Predicted for Coming Year. (Continued on Page 2) F!aval School Examinations representative N. J, Sinnott has de-r!'-lto select his candidate for en trance to the U, 8. Naval Academy at A. mixjlii in June 1914, by mean of a r c ictitive laniinatittn. The rompat i r rwfiving the hlghcat standing Id t anamination will be jiiUl by Kiimu'l e primipel, and the Ihree v ling i ail lit ii 4 r will I nautwl respectively. The four sucreaaful can didates at the competitive examination will be permitted to take either of the off.iial Annapolis eiainlnetlima given in Orvgon (he third Tueaday In r'bru sry and Ihe third Tualiy in Aril, ) VI 4. the raixlwlale may eclat I aiiUr dtle prafvrrad !! Ihe rinial falls in the bftViiel tMii.iiislU'ii, 'M the lUrl t4l t it H'wlf.ui, CHAS. H. MOYER GOES BACK TO STRIKE DISTRICT. Houghton, Jan. 8. Charles H. Moy- er returned to the coppper country to day, accompanied by Charles Tanner, auditor of the Western Federation of Miners, who was deported with him Dec. 26. The men came under the guard of deputy sheriffs and will ap pear before the special grand jury to night. Chicago, Jan. 8 Charles H. Moyer, president of the Western Federation of Miners, Is expected to arrive at the scene of his deportation, Hancock, Mich., at noon today. Moyer's bed was undisturbed last night and empty this morning. H put the hotel clerks under orders not to divulge his actions. A morning pa per says that Moyer left the hotel in a taxicab and was driven to the railroad yards whera se boarded a train. E. C. KENDALL APPOINTED Edward C. Kendall, formerly deputy assessor under S. L. Payne, has receiv ed the appointment of Water-master from the State ' Board of Water Control. NEW MEAT EMPORIUM J. S. White has now going in full blast, a good restaurant and a butcher shop. "Arrangements have been made," said Mr. White, "to buy the best beef and mutton obtainable and we will try and put it on the market at as reasonable a price as possible." It is now up to the people of Vale to make themselves heard from over the entire country. The following letter from Tom Richardson explains itself and it is to be hoped that the spirit that does things will bring out a big crowd to listen to the greatest organ izer in the west. Commercial Club Building, Portland, Oregon, January 3, 1914. George E. Davis, President, Harry Osborne, Sec retary, Commercial Club, Vale, Ore gon., Gentlemen: I am going to have the special pleasure of visiting Vale, and while I regret exceedingly that I get so little of daylight, we will at least have time for a long evening meeting, and I trust nothing will inter fere with b full gathering of the repre sentative men and women of Vale on the evening of January 16, 1914. I a due to arrive in Vale at 7:40 P. M. in plenty of time for an evening meeting even if I am twenty mintes late. If my memory serves me . right, I think our last audience at Vale did not get together until 8:15. Now please don't go to any trouble or expense whatever on my account except to get out a big audience. Vale deserves and should have an intensely active, energetic commercial body and I hope I can be of some service to you. 1915 promises a tremendous number of new people and a vast amount of new money, but we must be organized in advance if we are going to get the benefit out of it. Vast as is Oregon in area, 90 of all the travel in the state sees only Portland. . . The habit of the American people f jumping from one large city to another must be over come, and I am going to try to tell you how that can be accomplished without any great amount of money. I shall be on the road before you have a chance to acknowledge this let ter and I shall have to depend upon you for the audience that will gather, and I want to thank you in advance for for your part in getting out the same. Wishing you and all the good people of that city a happy and prosperous New Year, lam Very sincerely yours, Tom Richardson. FEDERAL TROOPS HOLD THE TOWN OF OJINAGA Presidio, Jan. 9 General Villa's forces are reported to be slowly closing in on Ojinaga, preparatory to a renew ed attack. The rebels are awaiting ammunition. Ojinaga, is quiet and the federal garrison is preparing to resist the attack. Red Cross Appealed To. Washington, Jan. 9 Miss Mabel T. Boardman, of the Red Cross today sent to National Director Bicknell, at La redo, Tex., requests for help from Marfa, Tex., residents. Congressman Smith received messages that Marfa was overrun with Mexican refugees from Ojinaga, poverty stricken and diseased. New York Bankers are endeavor ing to have one huge regional bank es tablished in New York City. FARMER CAIN PASSES OVER William Cain, a farmer who has been ailing for some time, died Sunday and was brought in. from his . ranch-in- the neighborhood of Cow valley and buried Monday night. TOO TOUGH T00J0UGH Said the hotel proprietor to the lady who complained about the toughness of the beefsteak: "Well if you cannot eat it yourself, feed it to the dog." "That'B what I ordered it for," re plied the lady, "but the dog cannot eat it. U. S. SENATOR JONATHAN BOURNE Shows Up the Post Office Department at Washington, D. C, and Explains How a Surplus Claimed is a Deficit in Fact. Washington, Jan. 9 In view of re ports that the parcel post has forced many star route contractors into bank ruptcy and that parcel post service is not as safe as express service, former Senator Jonathan Bourne Jr., author of the parcel post law, today made the following statement: "Twelve months' experience has ful ly demonstrated the sounrina of the principles upon which the parcel post law was based, and while the service is far from perfect, advancement has been sufficiently great to leave no doubt that it will ultimately meet all the ex pectations of its most sanguine friends. "The original parcel post rates were made higher than was thought abso lutely necessary, in order to cover any unforeseen expenses and give the De partment time to prepare for the larg er business that would come with re ductions. Tnere was certainly a con siderable profit under those rates and I assumed the Department would not cut the rates below cost of service. The revenue from the parcel post ser vice should be ample to cover any in creased expenses incident thereto, as I believe the postal service should be self-supporting. "In almost every county in the West ern states, star route mail carriers had contracts covering a period of years for the transportation of the mails. These contracts were made without any consideration of parcel post ser vice. The star route carriers are prin cipally operators of stage lines, deriv ing a large part of their revenue from small package business, and carrying only a email quantity of inail on each trip. Establishment of the parcel post not only deprived these stage lines of most of their package business, but threw upon them an enormous amount of mail which they had not expected to carry. "In order to permit the Post Office Department to deal as justly as practi cable with these star route carriers, I included in the parcel post law a provi sion for adjustment of compensation. Notwithstanding that, the Department has been exceedingly slow to adjust compensation and a great many con tractors have suffered great financial loss or been forced into bankruptcy. Even if this authority had not bejn granted, the Department should have exercised its power to relieve contract ors and call for new bids, thus -giving star route carriers opportunity to bid with full knowledge of the service like ly to be required of them. The De partment has stretched the language of the law in several respects but has failed to do justice to the star route mail carriers. "Part of the profits from the parcel post should have been expended in pro viding wicker hampers to transport ar ticles easily crushed, instead of Bending the same in bags such as are used for bundles of letters, newspapers and magazines. Express companies today are advertising the superior safety of their service as compared with the par cel post. "The enactment of the parcel post law was the principal achievement of the 62nd Congress. The law was care fully drawn to protect the legitimate rights of retail merchants in their home territory, to guard against loss to the government, to enable the department to prepare for a most efficient service, and to prevent injustice to those who are under contract to carry the mails. I look for enormous advancement of the parcel post in the future, but sin cerely hope we shall not hasten to en large the service and show profits at the expense of private individuals or to the neglect of the best possible char acter of service." etc, etc. The competitive examination to de termine who shall be principal and al ternates will be held under the charge of 8upt. J. S. Landers of the I'endlvtou Public School, at the high school build ing in I'endleUm, Ortgon beginning Friday, January So, 1914 at 9 o'lhx k A. M, and will continue thruug-hout that day and the follow injf, if narea ary to complete the tt. Kor the t'viivaiiiaix'e of buys in tha southern iMirtiun of Mr. ttiiHiolt'a ilitrl I i p arate nihialloii ll be oi the aine 4ay hour, l l.ih ll tan INDICTMENTS BY -GRAND JURY The Malhuur county grand jury ton Vtmtd Monday and Judtfe Anderaon of iakir romi'ly prtlld in the rir ruil rouit, haiiKii'tf with Ju'lfa 'I l.a fc-rttii'l jyi y l tuaia up of fol.lng- iiau td ilUvda; Ij. H, ils ly, furvinaii, lliv Haltli, li A, f.au, JvM A. VYaiJ, Jvha Woxd, J. I(. Wooddock and Ira T. Dail. The following indictments have been returned: J. C. iiroughn, obtaining money under falae pretense ; John Bar. ry, larceny from a building; W, K. Maupin, larceny by bailee, !li J. Aker jointly with J. W. Smith, larceny by bill of exchange, Juilijo Higus will open court at the ragularUrm lait Monday, ( i (rallN HalwirN lla state board a ltd Hie tfumiimunl in rlaiia I lutt tooth In lain Oregon la m ttt-l in family put many iUuiaa in ta nH'i, BARREN VALLEY DRY FARMERS SURE OF CROPS R. J. Burnet te, from Barren Valley, was in town last week and talks very optimistically regarding that country. He claims that dry farming in that country carried along on scientific prin ciples will produce a good crop every year. "If the soil is plowed 10 or 12 inches in the fall and allowed to stand in the rough during the winters and then worked, a good crop will result. If well and deeply plowed in Septem ber and wheat sown to a good depth a big crop may be expected." "All that Barren Valley needs," continued Mr. Burnette, "is good farming and the re sult will be satisfactory." Mr. Burnette speaks highly of the Sunrise valley where is located the cel ebrated Follyfarm and where the Wi nans Bros, of Portland have taken hold. It Is Reported that Quezon, who represented the Philippine Islands in congress is stirring up trouble in the Islands and that the army officers are. expecting trouble in the near future. BRADSTREET MAKES A GOOD SHOWING FOR THE WEST The financial strength of the west has grown steadily of late years, mak ing good progress the past twelve months despite adverse conditions. There is more money in the west than ever before, and its financial strength is annually increasing. The wheat crop was the largest on record, but marketing at primary points since harvest was 15 per eent lighter than last year, which leads to the be lief that the crop has been overesti mated. If it has not, then farmers must hold larger reserves or consump tion has increased beyond all precedent. The spring-wheat crop of the north west was an average one and was mar keted earlier than usual, so that good business conditions exist in the north west, as it has had two years, of large crops. BENJAMIN WEST'S START A mother left her babe for a few moments in the care of a little brother. In her absence the boy sketched the picture of the child. When the mother returned and saw the picture, says the Baptist Standard, she gave the boy a kiss of approval. "That kiss," said Benjamin West many years afterward, "made me a painter." LONDON-The purchase by the Ot toman government of the Brazilian su perdreadnought Rio de Jaueiro for 2, 200,000 lbs must be regarded by naval powers as a disconcerting incident if enormously powerful ships built for one country are to be sold at the last moment to another. The building pro grams of European dockyards will be subject to hopeless fluctuation and a dangerous factor of a new description will be introduced to naval competition. The ship in question is 27,500 tons, armed with 14 12-inch gins, and has a speed of 22 knots. She has been ac quired beyond doubt in view of the growing strength of the Greek fleet and her possession will prove anything but a peaeeable factor in the troubles between Athens and Constantinople. TULLE FOR HAIR Tulle is a becoming coiffure adorn ment if kept under discreet control, says the Indianapolis News. Wired wings of black tulle, edged with rhine- stones and attached to a smoothly drawn black tulle fillet make an effect ive coiffure ornament for either very dark or very light hair, but the same fillet with a fluffly tied bow of tulle Is apt to give a blowsy look to any but a young face of a "fluffy" type. Secretary Bryan lauded the admin istration and praised its accomplish ments in a speach before the Lincoln Commercial Club. He stated that the power of the moner trust wae forever broken. He touched lightly on the Mexican question. The tone of his speech was optimistic in a marked de gree. CONDITION! BRIGHT IN OILFIELD Alaska Oil and Gas Compa ny Making Active Pre- ' parations for Drill ing Work. WILLEY EXPECTED SOON New York Capitalist Will Start Work. The oil situation shows signs of im provement. The Alaska Oil and Gas Co., under the direction of President James Frost, is continuing preparations for drilling. The winter weather has delayed them somewhat and progress has not been as rapid as it might other wise have been. At Ontario it appears that the report that a man by name ef Mason was a bout to start work on that well was unfounded. The company had a cer tain amount of work necessary to be performed and used this method of having it done. Mr. Mason fired up the plant and put some of the machin ery in order. That plant is expected to start up in the spring through the efforts of eastern capitalists. It is expected that George Franklyn Willey, who was in this field last fall will arrive on the ground sometime .in January with the intention of starting work on some of the most promising ef the properties which he has under op tion. VALE LOSES In the Departurne of Mr. and Mrs. O. S. Osborn This City Loses Two Most Popular Citizens. Mr. and Mrs. 0. S. Osbom took their departure from Vale on train of Tues day proceeding to Salt Lake City. Mr. and Mrs. Osborn made a host ef friends during thoir sojourn in Vale many of whom attended them to the depot and bid them good luck in their new loca tion, wherever it may be. That the friends they have left be hind will miss them goes without say ing and that they will have a host of friends where they may choose their residenae is equally true. The great hope is that it may prove to be not "adieu" but just "aurevoir". The Structural Steel were convicted. workers MASONRY AND BULLETS Early in 1899 the insurrection of Fili pinos against Americana occured, and the North Dakotas were ordered from Manila into the field for duty. The Manila lodgeroom was abandoned, no Master Mason degrees having been con ferred, although 23 brethern had joined by affiliation. Owing to the strenuous duties ef ac tive warfare, it waa possible to hold but one meeting in the field, that held in Cull Cull church on Feb. 22. As the enemy was so near that an attack was imminent, the lodge officers wore their side armssomething unique in Mason ic annals. While the worshipful mat ter was receiving the candidate's obli gation a volley of bullets crashed through the roof. The full degree waa conferred, however, but with pardona ble haste, and the candidate, W. A. Mickle, quartermaster-sergeant of the regiment, was told that bullets were a part of the initiation of all regularly conducted lodges. The North Dakotaa left the islands for home on July 31. 1899, taking their field lodge dispeasa tion with them. TAMPA, Fla. A private corporation will open aeroboat transportation be tween Tampa and St. Petersburg, Fla., as a commercial enterprise tomorrow. Three hydroplanes will be put in operation. WesternCoast Storm Swept A treinendoui storm has swept over the Pacific coaat the peat week, carry ing devastation ami ruin along with It. Ilasvv raiita have ai't'ompBiiled Ihe My It winda an'l lhare are fvsrs of aevara Uaa iii bth prurty end life. Moli, Wslilii'tot)l it rvpoitwl a dwtrvy4 aii'l ( livas lt. iwUir iLftte, Oivtfwii, ) H'Mli, The I U"f ! W,nt.le rtl Ws liiuton are out of thair banks. Tacoma sulTorad severely. A wall in the famous Htadium at that plate l i In a iu to vara J the N. P. (rati. 'I he railroad to Tillamook haa ! ndJ oparatioii end nothing rsu be done until Ihe tim ia. Atlotls awi sr bin ka atitt l tie U I H e Will, mails la pily iia.