JVAU Core of the "New Empire of the West" Oil, Irrigated Farm and Fruit Lands The Banner Live Steele County of The United State, ! )i00! VOLUME VI, NUMBER 7. 1 m . feS3 tSl fill ffiffM I? t VALE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 1915. Trice 5 cent iCOURTTASK S OVER iDirf.iiit Court Concludes the Work Placed Before it by 7,82s Grand Jury and Adjourns Friday. Mi HEELER IS ACQUITTED 6,01) First Jury in Case Fails to Ag- 251, ree and Special Venire Drawn Verdict For Acquittal 2,51 Following is a list of the criminal rases tried fa the circuit court, with of each and the sentences mposed: 61 Frank Lucy, larceny in a store, juilt of petit larceny, 90 days in jail 3(Hjnd afine of $25.00. Wm. McKenzie, petit larceny, guil- 9,43s:y, fine, of $50.00. - G. H. Spencer, living in and about i house of ill fame, the Ontario ho cl, guilty, 2 to 15 years in peniten- oleriary lge B Eva Johnson and Myrtle Smith, (Statutory charge, not guilty, y. 182 Chas. Hamblet, lewd cohabitation' ' Mlead not guilty and case carried over. Edith Smith and Sam Wirt, selling iquor without license, dismissed, g ' Earl E. Cox, larceny of two foala, irecteuilty one to ten years in peniten- Jary. Lloyd Cox and II. D. Page, larceny f two foals, not guilty. Chaa. S. Wheeler, larceny of two j geldings, not guilty. ' Florence O'Connor and May Rus ell, selling liquor contrary to law, "guilty, fine of $150.00 each. i8 TO " Granholm, living about a 'ftvawdy house, ot guilty. Walter Meldrum, burglary not in a 2,6Welling, guilty, 2 to 5 years in pen ;entiary. 3 3Qji Chas. Nutt, larceny of a calf, plead ' - .-uilty, one to ten years in peniten- 4,715iary. Paroled. 5,531 "SPECIAL VENIRE WHEELER CASE SCHOOL NOTES BY THE COUNTY SCHOOL SUPT. The following set of ruins govern ing l.he County Oratorical Contest was formu'.at'id Saturday by th Ccunlv Committee piovided for in thf original set of rules, which have been lost for about two years. The com mittee tried to incorporate most of the old regulations as they were re membered, and also added a few sug gestions that were thought would fa vor the rural schools. It is hoped that many of the schools outside the towns of Vale, Oi.taiio nnd Nyssa will send contestants to Vale this year. The original idea wus to make this contest an all-county contest, but for the past few years it has resolved it self into a triangular affair in which the three schools only took part. A number of rural schools have signi fied their intention to send contest ants thin year and some of the small er towns are also making such plana. The executive commictee for this year consists of the County School Superintendent, G. A. Riring, E. G. Bailey, A. H. Voegelein anu Will J. Roberts. I.72SJ ,326.' 72L' The following special venire was Irawn Wednesday for the trial of the "Wheeler case, after the first jury had failed to agree: Harry Waggoner, John Martin, 02i:Chas. Carter, T. H. Moore, Frank TfClV.ll, 1W V. A mil; jr , , w I'ltiin, v.. jOdH. Farley, John Hunt, John Deiss, J )00jllarry Farmer, II. C. Whitworth, J. . !9iP. Kidd, Amos Johnson, W. F. Doane, SA. Jaquish, E. A. Fraser, Chas. Em ison, Frank Rader. D. P. Dearborn, W. W. Letson, G. G. Eldredge, J. O. Moudy, Frank M. Vines, John Rigby, Taylor Johnson, J. E. Lawrence. j 31! ' " Sickness doesn't amount to much 3j as a cure for the tobacco habit, unless one stays sick. MJ DEATH OF MAUDE M. CAYINESS Maude M. Caviness passed away at her home near Bonita, January 16, 1915. She was the only daughter of W- P. Caviness, and was born at Pen dleton, Oregon, Oct. 14, 1880; had liv ed in Malheur county for about nine years. She leaves to mourn her loss her fa ther and mother, two uncles and an aunt, Mrs. W. J. Wanen, of Portland, John Caviness, of La Grande, and W. ' W. Caviness, of Vale, as well as nu- ' merous friends wherever she was i known. i "Little Maude," as she was always , called, was loved and will be greatly .. missed in the home, and also in Vale, i where she had been a frequent visitor. She was a long and patient sufferer, , and had been in Portland for the past few months, where she went for treat ' ment, but finding' she was not im proving, returned home to be with : her loved one i in tho last few days of her life. She had been at home about two weeks. fihe was laid to rest at the Iron ; fU tcmctcry at twelve o'clock Tues day. (Willi OF THANKS. We kim'uvly wih to tliunk, and in our Lrai t fvlt Mpr'itttion, to nr fiici,.U M'n ii ly Kin. n fur Ot wtU of t'niitoLUoji iii kiiuli.a In i...r n.tn,l l i i vitvi'inviit ,f n jvvd 1 Mtir. Mi I Mm, W. I. ( t, !. I Ma, III , Jui, RULES GOVERNING THE MAL HEUR COUNTY DECLAM ATORY CONTEST. 1. All contests shall bo held under thi- auspice? and di-ection of an ex ecutive committee, consisting of the county superintendent, the city sup erintendents of the thiee largest schools of the county and one teacher appointed annually by the county su perintendent. 2. The county suf.erintendent shall be ex-ofiicio chairman of the commit tee and shall preside at the contests. 3. One contest shall be held an nually on the last Saturday of March, in rotation, in Vale, Nyssa and Onta rio. 4. Contestants must be sixth, sev enth or eighth grade pupils, and any school district in Malheur county, having pupils eligible under these may enter one contestant. 5. Each school shall pay the ex penses of its representative. For the purpose of raising funds to defray the expenses of contests, and to arouse an interest in declamatory work, it is recommended that try-out contests be held to select a contestant and an alternate. 6. The time for delivery of a dec lamation shall not exceed eleven min Ut48. 7. The audience shall not applaud or manifest its approval or disap proval of any Rpeaker. 8. Any school wishing to enter a candidate shall report to the county superintendent not less than one woes prior to the contest, the number of the district, the name and grade of the pupil, and the title of the selection to be spoken. 9. Contestants shall appear upon the program by number, and the or der of speaking shall be determined by lot. Precaution must be taken to kep the identity of the speakers from the judges. 10. The judges shall be selected as follows: The superintendent of the school where the contest is to be held ",hn!i select three persors from a list of names selected by the remaining members of the executive committee, each f.f whom shall submit two names not later than March 1. Thq judges bhall be residents of Malheur county. M. Ihe following scale shall be uaed in marking: Interpretation 40 Naturalness 30 Enunciation 15 Memory 15 12. An agreement of two of the j uiges shall be sufflciert to render a decision. In case two of them cannot agree, the decision shall be rendered in favor of the one having the high est total of the three judges. 13. Tho trophy, a silver cup, shah remain in cuFtody of the winning school until the next contst. 14. The school entertaining the contest shall arrange the program, proviuing feuch numbers as will give variety to the entertainment. They nlir.ll be entitled to the proceed! after ing expeiiitei. Th price of d miinn hall not exceed 5 cents. 15. Diatiicts having n four-year hitfh school may be represented only oiuo by any one pupil. In all other dibtrifts cinte tanlH rn.ty enter aain lroviJl thy im la jn irt tre tub' and did not mIii the tup in for intr i'uiiliti". Department Appoints New Land Receiver 'I he tulliiiif wm iuii mi' f ut ill 'H.g () 1 1. li,( k- liiliiii; r li (ilw.ti, Jni.Jtu YlUj K'l'i J I iltun, M,i!!, ! 1 1 I , Vkti'ii; tuyltn 'i((i, Salt; A telegram from Washington, D. C, announcing the appointment of M. N. Fegtly as receiver of the U. S. Land Ofice nt Vale, was received by C. C. Mueller of this city Monday. This appointment has been expect ed since the announcement some time ago that Thos. Jones, the present register, and M. N. Fegtly had been decided upon for tho appointment to the land office positions. Mr. Guild, the old receiver, has been try ing to let go for months, and will be glad to learn that someone is coming to his relief. Mr. Fegtly and his wife will take up their residence in Vale immedi ately, no doubt and Mr. Fegtly will probably dispose of his newspaper plant at Jordan Valley. The Jordan Valley Express is ore of 'the best ray ing small newspaper propositions ip the county, and a man who is both a printer and publisher can secure a neat income from the paper, as he could reduce the expense of the publi cation to the minimum. DREWSEY HAS NEWSPAPER Ed. L. Beede, an old-time printer and newspaper man, has taken over the Drewsey News, and will continue the publication as the Pioneer Sun. Ed. has been out of harness for some twenty years, but the first number of his' new paper indicates that he has not lost his grip. The people of that section of Har ney county are to be congratulated upon getting the old timer back into the work, for he will be a wide awake booster for that country when he gets his pen hand limbered to the work. MALHEUR COUNTY SCHOOL CHILDREN NUMBER 2368 Malheur County has 2368 children between the ages of 6 and 20 years and 1491, or 63 per cent of them at tend school, according to a recent census bulletin. The data contained in the report relates to the year 1910 and has only recently been made public. Distribution, by age groups and the number attending school is as follows: Total number attending school, age 6 to 9, 719; age 10 to 14 725; age 15 to 17, 430; age 18 to 20, 494. Number attending school, age 6 to 9, 480; age 10 to 14, 600; ago 1." to 17, 284; age 18 to 20, 118. Taylor, Ontario; Merryellen Hon, Nyssa; Opal Crouch, Bonita; Virginia Forbes, Brogan; Glenn M. Darnell, Parma; Mrs. Alice Robinson, Vale; Nona Austin, Ontario; Amy Odell, Ontario; Hazel Mulkey, Vale; Edna Von Readen, Ontario; Margaret Cupp, Weiser; Mayte Seitz, Westfall; L. L. Jellison, Weiser; Rhoda Sasser, Vale; Nellie B. Weir, Weiser; Katie Cahill, Tayette; F. G. Clemo, Ontario; Earl B. Nedry, Nyssa; Lucy Barnette Fox, Ontario; Frances W. Currey, Ontario; Mabel Orcutt, Westfall; Elmer Hart ley, Crowley. Mr. Roberts, teacher in district No. 33, has called for several more stars for his standardization card. About the only star yet to be gained by this district, is the one indicating suffi cient playground apparatus. Plans are being made whereby this can be provided soon. Mr. N. C. Maris, Field Industrial Worker from the state department, will be in Malheur county for about ten days during the month of March. Schools wishing to take up the Indus trial Club wotk will please send in written requests for visits from Mr. Maris. As his time will be limited it will not be possible for him to visit all the schools in the county, and schools asking for this work will be consid ered first in planting the ten days visit. Address all requests to the County Superintendent's office. Five teachers writing for teachers certificates in Malheur county failed to pass the examination. The ques tions given In December were more difficult in some respects than those given in June, and the papers were graded more closely. As the state standard is raised, our teachers will L required to take the work of pre paration for etaminstions more seri uly. The tesrhwr and pupils In dutrkt :u. i'J are insking curtains fur llmir iboul huue. The fills in this du ll lit hsve lii MiWng fur K'lus I line SCHOOLS TO SPEAK Aclion Taken to Induce More Schools to Partici pate in Declamation Con test This Year VALE WILL ENTERTAIN New Rules and Regulations Ad opted by Committee and Rural Schools to Compete In the county school superintend ent's school notes this week will be seen the names of committeemen and the new rules adopted for the Malheur County Declamatory Contest for this year. The Enterprise is pleased to note that the contest is to be conducted upon a broader plain this year. Stu dents from the rural schools and those of the smaller towns are to be urged to enter the contest, and instead of having one contestant form each of the three larger schools at Nyssa, Ontario and Vale, as heretofore, ev ery district in tho county will be rep resented, if county school superinten dent's office can induce them to take the necessary interest. The best talent of the nation has come from the farms, and there is no reason why the farming communi ties of Malheur county should not produce oratorical talent that will win the honors of this contest. Vale will entertain the contestants this year, the contest being held on the last Saturday in March. The people at the county seat never do anything by halves, and they invite and urge the" people in every school district in the county to send a repre sentative to the next contest to make a try for the silver cup. Vale will prepare a program for the enter tainment of the contestants and visit ors that will make your visit to the county seat a pleasure long to be re membered, whether you capture the prize or not. The Enterprise will keep the people of the county posted upon the progress of preparations, and will give the program to be fur nished by the Vale people as soon as it is completed. NfiiL.r n mtii a 1 1 1 y mjoy s !!' I liwi If hit l4 lUtul I it, M-ijtl.l'y f fti.u'htf )'.!. DRY RANCHER WANTS SETTLERS (By Morris McCarty.) By the side of the Malheur river you will find a dryland homesteader, who has traveled over the United States and Canada in Bearch of a lo cation he might call his own, where he could build a snug little home. He has grown tired of roaming, and he sees this thing of "Come West" be coming a thing of the past. He Bees in his mind the time when all young men and women who wish to own a portion of this rich Oregon land must actually get busy and secure some for themselves, as it is fast dwindling away. The writer dwells beside the old Malheur, where there is lots of fuel to burn.as there i'J on each section of land in the country. Now is the time to secure a home at a very low figure. Come to the land of sunshine and wealth, where young and old can find a home. Don't miss this chance, for tho busy capitalists are now sinking holes in this rich formation, and as they are drilling with all their speed and power to strike the right spot to find an oil gusher which will return their money in a very short time, with a large interest added here, where the vast herds of sheep and cattle now roam, there is a rich oil to be found finally. The government has also surveyed severul great irrigation projects, to water the bench lands of this coun try, a few of them have been com pleted and have proved to be a paying propoui'ion. To those who care to buy deeded land, now is the time, for you ran tee all about there has been a big change in the value of land whurover lli wster hu been put. Ho pUaHe renit-iubf r, gentle reader, tho' this story may sound awfully tig to you, sfter ynu invent '"ur tspital and f 1 1 1 ' t (hut it iiuwl.l, yuu will recall thtan ftw Moid wtiiih yuu mad from the rinteipiutf, Million by a dry l imI.m . A insii i km fur mre, end he t-i! sl l'l ! iba tfc.UU.il of Ihe pte- ol l u il ('. I, nd li.fii ) !, V I iC ,l Ui. If I'll tl.lllllk.4, Pomona Grange Discusses the Corn Problem A car of corn shipped into the county means several hundred dollars shipped out. This point was empha sized in the report of the Corn com mittee at the meeting of the Malheur County Pomona Grange held Satur day at the Boulevard Grange hall, when all of the members were urged to prepare for the corn growing con test which will be held again the com ing year. Nor is this simply a plea to patronize home industries, it being brought out that the sheepmen who have tried the home produced corn declare it better than that shipped in from the old corn-'district. Particu larly is this "the casa for the sheep men who wish to have corn for feed on the desert, they preferring to have the corn ground or crushed with the cob, a process which the freight rates from the corn belt make impracti cable. Moreover, in this dry climate there is no danger of getting musty corn, a fault found with so many ears of corn received from the sections in the rainbelt. There is, then, only one thing against the home grown prod uct, there is not enough of it, and that can easily be remedied. "Com! Corn! Corn!" that will be the slogan of the grange until this section has been thoroughly tried out for that, the greatest of crops. One hundred and twenty-one bushels of corn to the acre is the record now. What will it be when this section has a thoroughly acclimated and devel oped seed and the management lias been carefully worked out by the prac tical farmers of this section? "BEATING THE TELEPHONE TRUST" was the topic of A. P. Da vis, of Union county, who explained in some detail how the farmers and mer chants, pf his county had solved Jthe. telephone problem by uniting and building a telephone line of their own. The line is a succes.s in every way, and while the Public Utilities Com mission compels them to charge $12 a year they pay themselves back six, and still have a sufficient amount left to provide for a depreciation in the plant. The gopher committee reported that an effort is being made to have a bill passed at the present session of Ihe legislature making it possible to or ganize districts for the control of the pest. In the discussion of "THE LOCAL EFFECTS OF THE NEW BANK ING LAW," Mr. Cockrum explained how the new banking law safeguards the entire country, forming reserves that will serve as reservoirs, abso lutely preventing the recurrence of panics and stringencies at times when great amounts of money are requir ed to move the crops, and yet the new law offers no opportunity for inflation. This, according to Mr. Cockrum, is the tast piece of legislation for the country passed in many years. From an agricultural point of view Mr. A. G. Kingman's address on "THE LESSONS FROM THE CORN GROWING CONTEST" proved to be one of the finest mesages delivered to this section in a long time. Mr. King man skillfully analyzed the results, both from an economic and an agri cultural standpoint, and prophetically looked into the future and showed what a few years of successful corn growing would mean to this section, making for prosperity and stability. A lot of stenographer spell like those fast writers in the moving pic tures. No offense! No offense! NEW BOOKS FOR VALE LIBRARY The Vale Public Library has just received from the trustees under the Will of Mary Baker Eddy the follow, ing books on Christian Science by Mrs. Eddy: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. Miscellaneous Writings. The First Church of Christ, Bcien tist, and Miscellany. Unity of Good. Retronpection and Introspection. Pulpit and Press. Christian Healing and the People's Idea of God. Kudimental Divine Science. No and Yes. M to Ihe Mother Chunh, el w Ihe Life ut Mary Uaksr KdJy by hibyl Wilbur. 1he Look have Ui j'tsomiUd without iui U lb UUsry, and tie In le I'.J si lb 4ibl nf Id fVadK'tf I'wUll' a ivvlt l.y hV I.Vtll I il INVESTIGATES THE FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE Ray L. Lisle, of Seattle, assistant government veterinarian, arrived in the city a few days ago from a trip to Montana, where he went to inves tigate a report of the dreadec' foot and mouth disease. He has visited several interior points in Malheur county since his return, investigating reports of scab, and states that he has found it to ex ist among the sheep at one or two points. These will be thoroughly cared for as Boon as th weather will permit. NEWFEEDSTORE AT RIVERTON Jas. Morfitt and 'Gene High, of this city, have formed a co-partnership for the purpose of conducting a feed store at the new town of Riverton, at the end of the construction work on the Oregon Eastern railroad. Both will move with their families to the new town as scon as the nec essary arrangements are completed. NEW GRAND JURY CHOSEN Following is the grand jury for the next term of circuit court: Thomas J. Goodyear, Jordan Val ley; W. S. Lawrence, Vale; John Nor wood, Jamieson; George L. Phillips, Nyssa; J. H. Forbes, Nyssa; J. D. Fa hy, Westfall; Charles Pritchard, Bro gan. -A,--v.- - BIG BEND COUPLE MARRIED On the evening of January 9th, 1915, at the residence of John Hol ly, the brother of the bride, the Rev. O. F. Wisner, D. D., officiating, Mr. Frank A.Miller and Miss Romilda Hol ly, both of Big Bend community. CRAWFORD IS 3RDVICE-PRES. Through an inadvertence notice was omitted in our report last week of the fact that A. M.. Crawford, of Sa lem, vt&b elected third vice president of the Irrigation Congress, held at Portland, January 7, 8 and 9. NEW COMPLAINTS ARE FILED Edward Edge, Jr. vs D. K. Wor sham, Thos. H. O'Neill, Jan. 13, Fore closure of Miners Lien. Josephine Gohrer et vii vs Weiser Land Co., Jan. J5, Foreclosure Mtg. $20,779.44. BOB BEACH BUYS TRANSFER LINE LEGISLATE AT SALEM Enterprise Correpondent at State Capital Kept Busy During Week With Do ings of Senators LITTLE WORLIS DONE One Hundred and Two Billa in House and Forty-Nine Before Senate. SALEM, Ore., Jan. 22. To the En terprise: Just as in previous ses sions, the first week of the twenty eighth session passed with very little accomplished aside from organisation. In the senate, with Senator W. Lair Thompson, of Lake county, as presid ing officer, the legislative wheels ap pear to be running smoothly, but In the house, as a result of dissatisfac tion over Speaker Ben Selling's com mittee appointments and an antagon istic spirit which arose against the Multnomah county delegation, a well defined mutiny against the house or ganization developed. A few hothead even talked of deposing the speaker, nullifying his committee appointment and substituting others . nominated from the floor of the house. While much of the first week of the session was taken up with organisa tion, Inauguration of the Governor and useless oratory over clerkships, when the legislature did get down to law making a number of the important questions to come before the session appeared in the shape of bills. These Included measures to amend the tax laws, consolidate departments of the state government for economy, to make effective the prohibition amend ment and revision of the game law. The economy spirit manifested it self in the senate "when that body voted to eliminate appropriation for the state accountancy board and the state Immigration commission and by authorizing the suspension of the de cennial census, effecting an approxi mate saving of $170,000. At the close of the first week the house had 102 bills before It and the senate 49. All passed second reading. While there Is no universal agree ment on the prohibition question, It 1 certain that a measure will be passed Bob Beach has bought tho Vale Transfer business from Mr. Mowery, aking charge yesterday, ami assum r.j, the business from Januu 4, i t. ! .Jr. Beach is one of the we 1 known, .eliable and popular draymen of the city, and will be welcomed ae proprie tor of the line. NEW TAILOR SHOP In this issue will be seen the adver tisement of J. O. Johnson, who re cecently established a tailor shop with cleaning and repairing department in this city. Mr. Johnson has spent sorn twelve years in this business, having been located at Payette prior to accepting a position with the Alexander com pany of Vale, lie is an espvrt in his line, ha a long espcrienc In lb busi ness and gusranlaa hi work. Holdover Juror Following i lb hulduvai jurois fur Ihe nel In in i risi'k Mulkey, J, t, tixvlMlvw and I A. I'-mI 1,1, strictly In accordance with the pro visions of tho constitutional amend ment adopted by the people at the No vember election. Two prohlbltior bills now are pending in the house The Committee of One Hundred' bil was the first measure introduced 1) that body. It has been referred to thi committee on alcoholic liquor. D. C Lewis, of St. Johns, Is the author of another measure now In the band of the same committee. Rigid regulations for commission merchants are prescribed In a bill In troduced in the house by Representa tive Blanchard, of Josephine county. The bill providing for the creation of a state horticultural commissioner, prepared by the state horticultural so ciety, was Introduced in the house by Representative Vawter, of Jackson. Three bills striking at Imported eggs were Introduced In the house by Representative Allen, of Marlon coun ty. Miss Marian B. Towne's first bill to be presented to the house waa In troduced Friday. The only woman In the legislature has a measure to pun ish conspiracy, the present laws, she says, having nothing to cover the point. Senator Smith of Coos and Curry Introduced a bill for a new tax law. It changes the date for which assess ments should be made from March 1 to January 1, and provides that the first payment shall become due on No vember 1, of the year In which the as sessment Is made and the second pay ment shall become due April 1 of the following year. No penalties are pro vided. Senator Barrett, of Umatilla, also introduced a tax bill lu the upper house, aud members of the Multnomah county delegation have another meas ure In course of preparation. It prob ably will be Introduced In the lower house within a few days. These meas ures are similar tu some particular, but differ In other essential provis ions. Moth provide for semiannual payments. The Multnoiuab county bill allows a discount for all psymeat la eicess of bu prr rant made at lb first period, while lb Uarrolt bill do not. The Multnomah rounly bill altarha a ptiislty of It r rani l't auuum saluat ilrllii'iui'iit psyiiixiils, walla lb Itsrrail paiially Is fli""l si ltrl of only pr miI 'lbs Mwl iUUs also ui(fr initti" "'' tfsutlor II"' like Mil iv e1''!'') (" ! llHla is uU. i t U ty tUliif