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Oil, Irrigated Farm and Fruit Lands
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VOLUME VI, NUMBER 9.
VALE, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1915.
Price 5 cent
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ATTLE LAND MAN
USES VALE COUNTRY
Says It is Far Superior to North Yakima, and will be so
Recognized when Facts are Known.
HIGH PRICE OF WHEAT
"WILL REMAIN
Wes. Caviness
Returns
Malheur Lands will Produce
Millions of Dollars More
if Utilized Homesteads
are Here in Abundance.
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St. Valentine's Day
The Qood Old Customs Honored in
Vale by Large Numbers
ill
if
Wheat is going up by leaps and
pounds, the price having renched the
kighe:it point that his ever been
known in the country. Those in a po-
ition to see furthest into the future
md make the most rational estimates
if conditions to come, are firm in the
elief that this staple grain will not
oiiift down in price for many years.
It is therefore not difficult to see
hct the U-.ited States will begin pro
ucing wheat in a more liberal quanti
y from now on. The great war in
lurope being responsible for the in
reased demand anil consequent in
reased price, it is safe to say that
ven were the war to cease at this
ime, those countrios coild not get
ack to their former pr iduction for
jiany years. Hence, the planting of
rheat as a good seller is a safe busi
css proposition now and will" be for
iears to come.
? Malheur county has a million idle
cres that could be made to produce
d average of from 40 to GO bushels
r acre of the best wheat in the Uni
i States. Every bushel of this
heat would be worth a dollar or
etter, net- This is not taking into
wsideralion the cultivated farms of
1 lalheur county; we refer to the va-1
int lands, the lands that may be
iken as homesteads.
There are four millions of acres of
nd in Malheur county open for the
jmesteaders, and of this it is safe
j say 25 per cent, or one million
ires, is good agricultural land.
It has been demonstrated that good
'ops may be raised on dry lands, and
! the vast fertile benches of Malheur
runty, upon which no water for irri
ation has yet been secured, were in
Jstriously farmed by dry land meth
jls, a million dollars a year could be
aded to the income of the tillers of
le soil through wheat crops alone.
Mr. B. Krackenberger, of the firm
f Trenholme & Easter of Seattle, is
i Vale in the interest of his company,
hich deals in agricultural lands of
11 kinds. Mr. Krackenberger is
lost enthusiastic over the prospects
r wheat raising in this vast unde
eloped Malheur domain. He states
hat there is absolutely nothing,
nown on the outside as to the won
erful resources of this country, as it
I considered only a "range" country
fy those who have not personally in
vestigated. When told that corn was raised in
this county, and that 121 bushels to
bie acre was' produced last year, with
nany crops going over the 90 bushel
nark, Mr. Kratkenberger was skepti
ial. He visited Jamieson, and with
ut going further up the great Wil
ow River Valley, he returned to Vale
ully convinced that he had not heard
lalf of the real truth about this won
lerful country.
For the past fortnight Mr. Krack
mberger has been investigating more
.horoughly into the resources of the
:ounty, and his report to his company
it Seattle will be one of the best rec
jmmendations the Malheur country
ms ever had sent out by a disinter
ested person.
"It is a source of continual sur
prise to me," said Mr. Krackenber
ger, Hhat there is no concerted ef
fort being made in Malheur county to
let the outside world know what a
kvonderfvl country yiu have here. The
North Yakima country is not to be
Compared with the Malheur country
as a producer. One acre of this land
worked like they work the North Yak
ima Unl will produce twice as much
of any product ruised in Wa-fhington,
yet you cannot purchase raw land in
that country for less than $400 to
t)00 iwr acre, and the land in Mai
hur county may be had for the taking
by thn ItointfbU-udcr, Mild Uifdod and
fmUfiluti land may l bought fr f'.'O
U tl l"r ar.
Yi will ht th llovktr t.f lite
tfHU in in tli Mulhvur iountry a
tut )utj yet III ! i'f .'' ' I
ll.i jf U (hut llivy buvM ill (lie
1.,!iii4 iiiui.liy, Mud )"iJ Mill
I jit. tl t (la. btiiu mi. l it ll.i
I Ml V. it W,l4 t uul.ll . ,k "
The good old custom of sending
valantines to your sweetheart, your
friend or your loved ones has not been
forgotten in Vale, and if one may
judge by the class of valentines on
display, the practical joker, who bur
dens the mails with the comic supple
ment variety, is still in the swim.
Poking fun at a friend by sending
him a valentine of the comic variety,
enlarging upon some frailty, is by
some considered good form, even in
civilized communities; but the inten
tional insult hurled at an enemy
the use of good old St. Valentine's
privilege for getting even for some
real or fancied grievance is not only
bad form, but is positively cowardly.
One of the most attractive win
dows in the city is the display of val
entines at Jim Rogers' store on Main
street. Jim has made a specialty of
valentines this year, and states that
the customers in this line include
nearly ererybody in the city. "I cov
ered every cjass this year," said Jim,
my valentines running from the pen
ny kind to the dollar class. I don't
go much on the comic supplement va
riety, but I cater to all kinds of. buy
ers, and there is f;uite a largo demand
for the ugly ones as well as the oth
ers." In answer to the query as to what
kind of valentines have the prefer
ence in Vale, Jim said: "I have onlv
had my window decorated a couple of
days now, and I have sold and laid
away a large number of the big ones,"
taking out a bi.r beauty in a box about
two feet square, "and I believe the
best trade in Vale is in the best qual
ity of goods, although these ugly 'el-
lows and the little pretty ones will
prpcta!ly 11 be cb arod out the ev
ening before Valentine's day."
Wes Caviness returned Thursday,
from an extended visit to Portland
and Salem. Mr. Caviness attended
the Oregon Irrigation Congress, Jan.
7-8-9, and hia renewal of old acquain
tance among the delegates was indi
cated by the great favors shown the
Vale and Malheur delegation.
Upon the close of the congress Mr.
Caviness visited the Icgrlative bodies
at Salem and renewed his old time
Willamette valley friendships.
"The present legislature," said Mr.
Caviness, "is a splendid one, backed
by a splendid chief executive, and will
accomplish much for the state. While
economy is the cry, it is apparent
that the members realize the differ
ence between true economy and par
simonious saving. The members from
the Willamette valley sections are be
ginning to understand the great eco
nomic value of the arid lands of east
ern Oregon and the example of good
methods and honest dealing shown in
the Tumalo project work has gone far
towards bringing about a favorable
opinion in regard to reclamation.
"I am confident," continued Mr.
Caviness, "that our irrigation meas
ures will have fair consideration and
just treatment. There is not a dis
senting voice a3 regards the value and
necessity of this work being carried
forward. There may be different
opinions as to the best and most feas
ible manner of operation, but, in my
opinion, it is certain that something
will be done and that something
will be the best that the legislators
can devise. Having gotten from un
der the cloud of fear of antagonism
for political purposes only, the entire
body is working as harmoniously as
possible. There seems to be a deter
mination 'to do what is best for the
state as a whole and Oregon will be
well taken care of at the 1915 assembly."
DRY LANDS
PRODUCE WELL
Steve Dombey, of upper Willow riv
er, was in the city last week and re
ported plenty of snow in that section
to assure a good crop on the dry
lands. Last sea-on many dry farms
produced fair crops of oats and wheat.
The farmers in the main have not as
yet been able to procure the necessary
ichinery for scientific dry farming.
When they do, this country is des
tined to become well and favorably
known, and to support a large popu
lation. Mr. Dombey ha:, been mainly instru
mental in bringing a number of Hol
lander families into that section, and
they are all confident of final success.
Some of the lands in the valley have a
partial water right, but their main
reliance in upor dry farming. The
entire Bection of Malheur and Harney
counties above a certain elevation will
produce fair crops under scientific
munngemenl.
In the Barren Valley district, Rush
McIIargue produced splendid crops
and a good garden, and reports come
from many others that there is no
question but dry farming" under the
enlarged homestead act, permitting
ICO acrei to be summer fallowed, will
prove a great success.
BIG CORN AT
BIG BEND
We noted in an exchange that at an
exhibition of corn at a contest in one
of the middle west corn raising states,
eight boys with an acre showing each,
produced an average of 106 bushels
per acre with a high acre of 128 bush
els.
Malheur county, in its third year of
attempted corn production, in the vi
cinity of Nyssa and Big Bend, produc
ed an average of over 100 bushels
with a high acre of 121.8 bushels.
The boys were doing their best for
high premium while the Malheur
county raisers were raising corn com
mercially, certainly under induce
ments of a premium, but were not
confined to one acre. The showing is
a marvelous one for this county and
its ultimate result will be far reaching
and profitable. Many districts in
our arid regions under the stimulus
of irrigation will soon be feeding
thousands of bushels of corn to thous
ands of hogs.
The railroads will Boon be hauling
our surplus to the coast rather than
to Nebraska and our county will fill
the stockyards of Portland with pros
pective hams and bacon.
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TO BUILD BIG
BEND BRIDGE
The first movement In the prepara
tor work for the construction of the
Big Bend bridge, in conformity with
the deHire of the people of the coun
ty mm expressed at the lant election,
U'gun this wei-k, when County Jud
M K night nmdo mii order for the pub
lication of noiii'M bMtking to the Ihhu
Hire Mud ul of huiuU to tl.e amount
t,f f.'Iu.iMX) for building ihU bridge.
Th Hi lirnj fount ry is on of tli
inort frillU put In MallifUl louiity,
uiid (hit niiiiK Hull of tliU imtloli
Mllli It Im'Iiiv i mo, I y by llm (umliui
I inn nf M l'illff tii lots riittk vl
Mill hll.f 'HI'4I lf lint
Doll ut lb ti'iily ll ! Molliowl, In
lUrid I-1 t nil a ly I j lKlV.l
M . I V ' fit
mm on
COYOTES
The Amount Doubled by the
Legislature
IDENTIFICATION WILL BE
THE SAME ;
Malheur County Will Begin
Paying Bounties as Soon
as Governor Signs the Bill
The coyote bounty bill, introduced
by Mr. Davey, joint representative for
Malheur and Harney counties, has
been passed by the legislature and
will become a law upon receiving the
signature of the governor. There i3
no doubt of its receiving the govern
or's endorsement.
In speaking of this matter, Judge
McKnight said yesterday; "The
bounty of $3 placed on coyotes by the
legislature will be effective as soon as
signed by the governor, as the bill
carries an emergency clause.
"You may tell tiie people of Mal
heur county to begin killing coyotes
and saving the hides, for Malheur
county will begin cashing them as
soon as the governor signs the new
law.
"The legislature will make an ap
propriation to cover this expense.
The identification is the same as here
tofore, so it will be necessary to skin
the animal the same as in the past."
NEW SETTLER
. ARRIVES HERE
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William C. Poland, of Redmond,
Oregon, arrived in Vale this week and
has purchased the Elmer Wicklund
desert claim three miles west of Vale
under the Bully Creek Project.
Mr. Poland also owns a tract of fine
land under the Tumalo Project at Red
mond, where the cost of water is less
than half the cost under the Bully
Creek project, yet he is confident that
the land here will excel that at Red
mond in every respect. The deal was
con:ummated by Johnson & Tregas
kis.. Johnson & Tregaskis also report a
deal made by them whereby L. R.Til
ley, of Jamieson exchanged 200 acres
for a 138 acre farm at Kelso, Wash
ington, belonging to Mr. B. Mathews.
Health Officer
Advises
VALE LAUNDRY
SECURES EXPERT
J. A. Smith, who has been with the
American Steam Laundry in Boise,
for the last six years, arrived in Vale
Monday, and will assist I. B. Quisen
berry in the management of the Vale
Laundry.
Ever since the opening of the laun
dry in this city, and the publicity giv
en the hot wells of this place, its pat
ronage has steadily gained through
out the county, until now it draws a
good patronage from many of the in
terior points. There has been very
little dissatisfaction with the work
turned out by the company, and with
the addition of another experienced
laundryman its customers are guaran
teed a still better service in the fu
ture.
RECEPTION TO
PAYETTE TEAM
After the bUl bull gmne Ut Fit
i!y wiling, the gill of tbe eighth
M'le of lb public fcthool, geve
'ill 1,1 ful t in 'i 1 1 it luiiih I' lb
liiiill 'f lh lu lien Mud (1.4 Ii
l..4.ill, Il.l Mil M f IllVlUd
kuiii'i, m'"I mM Hue In mIUii'I
t-tr e Jim. hum i,. I ll.e (fill 'f ibxl
I I .'U i I l".l MiU .i. I
THE OIL WELLS
CONTINUE WORK
At the Columbia well the Independ
ent company have succeeded in shut
ting off the water and commenced the
insertion of another string of piping.
The Alaska well continues to gain
in depth with the same showing of
petroleum with each bailing reported
last week.
BITTEN BY
COYOTE
For the information of those, desir
ing to know whether or not rabies
may be transmitted by animals eat
ing together, or whether a dog may be
inoculated by eating the carcass of an
animal that has died of rabies, the
Enterprise publishes the following let
ter received by J. O. Thomson, of Vale,
from the State Health Officer, in re
ply to the above queries:
Portland, Ore., Feb. 3. Mr. J. O.
Thomson, Vale, Ore., Dear Sir: Under
separate cover I am sending you a
number of copies of a bulletin gotten
out by us two years ago, dealing with
the problem of rabies. This gives in
detail the whole management of cases
in both men and animals. The only
way the disease can be contracted IS
BY INOCULATION DURING THE
TIME THE ANIMAL IS ALIVE, and
so far as I know, there would be no
danger in dogs eating the carcass of
an animal that has died of the dis
ease. Little or no danger would re
sult from the eating of hay or sleep
ing in the same stalls, or anything of
that kind.
We have called the attention of the
legislature to the seriousness of the
situation, and the scalp bounty law
has passed in this state, and I think
Idaho and Washington, and possibly
Nevada, will take similar steps. It
is going to be a grave problem and
one that will be some years in stamp
ing out. I would urge you not to al
low children to walk to school. They
should be taken in a conveyance of
some kind, and caution them about
handling or paying any attention to
strange dogs, or even your own dog,
if it shows any symptoms of being ill.
Rabid animals almost always die in
three days after biting anyone, so the
danger of infection is minimized. For
men traveling, a cluo or fork is better
than a pistol, for the reason that a
rabid animal has all of its normal
senses destroyed and is very. easily
beaten off or killed, as they are not as
persistent in their attacks as animals
that are not infected with the dis
ease. If this office can be of any service
to you, you have only to advise us.
Yours very truly,
CALVIN S. WHITE,
State Health Officer.
UNION HIGH SCHOOLS
FOR RURAL DISTRICTS
Big Bend, Owyhee and Kingman Districts Holding Pub
lic Meetings to Discuss Proposed Union
Irrigation Congress
Committee is Busy Assisting in Se
curing Needed Laxes
JUDGE M'KNIGHT
RETURNS HOME
County Judge George McKnight re
turned from a business trip to Baker,
Portland and Salem, Thursday, and
immediately took up the work with
the county commissioners. The Judge
met the members of the committee of
counties in re the Panama Pacific ex
position and arranged some details
with them. Mr. J. A. Lackey, of On
tario, Malheur county fruit inspector
met with the committee at Baker.
Judge McKnight reports matters
as going on smoothly at Salem.
"The Oregon Assembly," said the
Judge, "is doing good work. A bill
may be crude when it starts on its
journey but before it reaches the Gov
ernor it will either be killed or whip
ped into proper shape.
"Malheur and Harney counties,"
continued the Judge, "are well repre
sented and Frank Davey is doing ev
erything possible to make a record for
his constituents. He is an indefati
gable worker and will get results."
The Legislative Committee of the
Irrigation Congress has introduced
all of the bills recommended by the
congress into the Oregon Legislature,
and it is to be hoped that they will
pass, or at least those that will start
the state on the work of reclaiming
arid lands in earnest.
In the strenuous efforts of this leg
islature to introduce economy into the
state's affairs, some may fail to under
stand the laws and oppose them.
The congress has asked for no do
nations. As in the Tumalo projeet
matter, the money asked is only a
loan, and the state invests the money
at a good rate of interest, with abso
lute certainty of its return.
The bill for $450,000 to match a
like amount from the government, is
one that is introduced. A socond bill
asks for $450,000 to be available one
year hence. Both of these items are
to be loans. The irrigation congress
showed its good faith in this matter
by passing a resolution asking that
the money derived from the Tumalo
project be placed in the general fund
of the state. This gives the state a
large profit on their investment.
Money spent for irrigation adds to
the taxable value of the state and
makes homes out of waste land. The
Tumalo project, built by the state,
has set a fine precedent. Money has
been well spent and the returns are
already coming bacR into the state
treasury. Labor is employed on a
constructive enterprise, markets are
furnished for lumber, our railroads
are helped, industry is stimulated,
and homes are created. Once comple
ted, an irrigation project is a perpet
ual asset, furnishing an annual yield
of crops which otherwise would never
be raised.
The legislature is cutting appropri
ations wisely in the interert of the
taxpayer. However, people from all
parts of the state are working for
these appropriations on the broad
principle that even if their own sec
tions receive no direct benefit there
will be sufficient indirect benefit to
more than make up the amount of this
annual loan. Many of the heaviest
taxpayers of Oregon take this view of
the case and are supporting irriga
tion appropriations as being in the
public interest.
OTHER DISTRICTS MAY
FOLLOW LEAD
Many Advantages Accruing
to Rural Districts Thro
Advantages of the Union
High School
CITY ELECTION
MARCH 2ND
The registration books for the com
ing city election are now open at the
office of the City Recorder. All vot
ers of the city who desire to vote at
the city election, to be held M irch 2nd
next, must register.
NYSSA SENDS
REPRESENTATIVE
It is reported that arrangements
have been perfected for P J. Phillips,
of Nyssa, to represent that section of
the country supplied by the waters of
the Warm Springs reservoir project
at Washington, D. C, before the Re
clamation Board in an endeavor to se
cure the commencement of work on
Mclvin Davis, ton of Box Davis, re
siding a short distance from Vale, was
leading a horse to water and a coyote
had him by the leg before the young
man knew there was a live animal in
the field.
When first seen, the coyote was
wading up the creek, and when it
made an attack upon Mr. Davis, he
became entangled in some barbed wire
in trying to escape. The animal sank
its fangs in his leg, and Mr. Davis had
.lifl.i.Uii in muLimf it rtilaauA
it. hold. He afterward kicked th. an-' that project, which mean- .0 much
imal with his heavy boots, turning it d of th. eunt U
comuletelv over several times, but it P" "w,w"
would immediately tret up and renew
its attacks. Finally a pacing calf
attracted the attention of the coyote
Mid it left the muu to attack th CMlf.
Mr. Duvi will tuke the I'MnUtur
treMtinent ut once, ll in welt thet
the etitte bus put a luige bounty on
tbu u iiiiiiii.l4 m it will kliiiiuUte
laiiitire to ru MfUr Ibvin. An ern
et I uiit Mill .. it eUiinlnle HieiH.
The fter -f the (ale U'lnir rulU4 I')
ill In, nn I int ii i ii 11.4 ilium i giioml
. m ili I 'm).)) fl fu '
ii.l
l,i in)otw tit . , li loii ii'i.luiwe
1 1,. i,. i '! n ll.u io n ll f t-tin te'e
INSANE MAN
TO SALEM
Tho county court held an jxamina-
tlon, Thursday, on W. B. down, of
Dead Ox Flat, for insanity, .suiting
in committing the patient to the asy
lum at Salem.
A Union high school will be estab-
li hed at Adrian, if the people of Big
Bend, Owyhee and Kingman Colony
can get together upon a plan of co
operation. Public meetings are be
ing held in these districts for the dis
cussion of the subject, and as will be
seen in a note in the School Depart
ment this week, the school patrons
are becoming quite enthusiastic in
favoring tho movement.
The laws provide for the establish
ment of a union high school for the
benefit of the students in the smaller
districts that are unable to maintain
high schools separately. Two or
more districts may unite and estab
lish a union high school and which
they will be able to maintain jointly.
Miss Clark, county superintendent,
in speaking of the proposed union
high school at Adrian, said: "I am
heartily in favor of the establishment
of these union high schools in the ru
ral districts, and hope there will be
a general movement in this direction
throughout Malheur county.
"Many branches are taught in the
city high schools that are of little or
no benefit .to the people of the farm
ing communities, and these may be
eliminated und such lines of study
substituted as will be of greater ad
vantage to the students of the com
munities in which the union high
school is established.
"There are many communities in
Malheur court y in which two or more
communities could unite nnd establish
a union high school to good advan
tage, and with the rapidly increasing
population of the county, v uch schools
would be easily maintained."
There is another point . connected
with the establishment of a high
school of easy access to the people o?
a neighborhood; it would be a strong
drawing card for inducing the better
class of homeseekers to locate in such
communities. One of the first ques
tions the prospective home buyf r will
ask is in regard to school facilities. If
a community is in a position to say,
"We have a high school in connection
with our district schools, whero your
children may complete their education
up to the point of entering the uni
versity or college," the best class of
settlers will make it a point to locvte
there.
School patrons of Malheur county
should look into this matter, hold
meetings as they are doing at Owy
hee, Kingman and Eig Bend, and dis
cuss the subject thoroughly, and if
there is any point connected with the
subject that is not clear, take it up
with the county superintendent's of
fice. Miss Clark is conversant with
every phase of the subject, and will
be pleased to assist in the work in
evory way possible. .
II,.
A "I ll I J MHIHll
RABID DOG
BITES TWO
A dug believed tu be rtlU'led with
rabies, bit (ieoitfe Muriy and bit muii
Viift-ll, MumUy, and 'bey touk the
ntut IimIii fur lil (leii'l In lee llie
'teur lieMlmeiil,
ll.e Hun) live a fow !
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YOUNG LADIES
ENTERTAIN
The Chamber of Commerc-t was the
scene of a delightful party on Mon
day evening, when th K. 8. and
their liuebund wore vnlei Utined by
Mle (ilemi, McLaughlin and Cuff'
II1MII,
The room I'lettily decorated
Willi tut flu HI, Mild table MITMIitfed
foi hil. Ibe genie M Un-mush
ly m)d by all pieeiil, m mIu
the lUinly lificl.innit.
At (" h U'ly mm el" I
bum ll ul leiiieUxnt M'.'l ! fcWille
men . I uie ii bi buitiin H U, Al
i ik-ti l t luii'jiiiit mI ibe e" fciN tl
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Looking After Bonds
George E. Keeler, of the firm of
Keeler Brothers of Denver, was in the
city several days this week in the in
terest of his firm.
The Keeler Brothers are financial
agents for the purchase of city, coun
ty and school bonds, and their repre
sentative was in the city for the pur
pose of looking into the matter of the
sale by the county of the Big Bend
bridge bonds.
Boise Man Here
H. W. Ireland was In the city from
IioUe a few days this week, taking
. a
notes in regard to tne uig ina
bridge const ruction.
Mr. Ireland reiierU the Hudson
FeunuuKhly company, of Portland, at
their KuUe branch, that company fur
liMtlng count I uct lit machinery aiut
tupi'lle,
Mio liU June iitrltnr4 the
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11.4 M'lml-y MH'l'd. ' ,J,J""
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