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About Malheur enterprise. (Vale, Or.) 1909-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 13, 1915)
IE, Core of the "New Empire of the We$t" Oil, Irrigated Farm and Fruit Lands The Banner Live Stock County of The United State j ... OLbME VI. NUMBER 10 VALE, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1915. Price S cents RUNGTON HOTEL BE REMODELED mimportant Work Finished By PREPARING FOR MODERN Reconstruction work has begun on L AHineton hotel, which will make ? fiat hostelry thoroughly modern and ijp to the minute in all its appoint ments,; I An "addition will be built at the uthwest corner, making the build- and two stones hign This will add 14 more .1 ft m Jig square jiroughout. noma. jf A large modern heating plant will Installed, wnereDy every iuuh. be supplied with hot and cold 1 1 1 A. rater; as well as a reguiaieu. iem- the ferature. the A business front will be construct )r fi, the present lunch counter and lining rom will give place to a lob y jy 30 by 50 feet, while the dining tv bom $ will occupy the entire west sed ponVjnow occupied as a garage, f With the completion of the im provements to the Arlington, Vale 'er have two of the best equipped ry SDtei in eastern Oregon. S ! INVESTIGATING USE0F FLAG WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 11. Sntjerprise Correspondence.) Presi- fentsWoodrow Wilson sent yesterday br Counsellor Lansing, of the State department, and discussed with him ' br half an hour steps that this gov n s tnment will take to protect the Amer ;is ianlag from further misuse by bel rst Igerent ships. It is understood the president is (reatly chagrined at the action of Cap- iain Dow, of the Lusitania, in running fce Stars and Stripes up on his vessel jo protect her from German submarines Informal discussion by president llhon with his German advisers of e dangers to which neutral ships pay - be sut jected in the - newly-pre-jcrlbed war zones around Great Bri tain nd Ireland and tlie use of the Buer Lusitania of the American flag Foreshadowed a diplomatic correspond ence between the United States and both Great Britain and Germany, re spectively, on these questions. In each case the American govern ment, . because of its neutrality, can not discuss the rules which the bellig ereuts may adopt toward each other. The prescription of the war zone it elf. however, or the use of a neutral flag by belligerent-owned vessels as a stratagem' of war has not given the American officials concern so much as the prospect that these acts may en danger the lives of American citizens on neutral ships during time of war, whose right to travel on the high seas it is intimated, will be vigorously de fended. Formal inquiries as to what steps the German naval commanders will take to protect neutrals traveling on jperchant ships and requests for in formation as to the use of American flags by British ships generally, it is understood, will follow. TQ TAKE UP MALHEUR ' HOMESTEAD Otto Broweleit, of Portland, arriv ed in Vale Monday and has filed on a choice 320 acre homestead north of this city. Mr. Broweleit is very much pleas ed with this country, and expects to bring several of his friends here in the near future. He secured his lands through the abency of Messrs. Johnson and Tregaskis, of this city. Mrs. Robert Beach and her sister, Miss Ferguson, who has been visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Beach for some time left Wednesday for a short visit in Boise and Caldwell. Sometimes a man's reputation for keen wit rests on his memory for an cient gags which others may have forgotten. If you can't win the Victoria Cross or the Iron Cross, you may have the Double Cross hung on you by some confiding friend. Idaho Business Men Awake Fact That Five Hundred Dollars a Day in Business is Lost Leads Payette to Action BOOK SHOWER will he held in City Council Room ; Monday evening, February 15 The committee in charge of the Book Shower for the benefit of the Public Library have decided to hold it in the City Council Room,(former ly Hull's Store.) i Every one is invited to come and 'a good time is assured them. i. There will be a trip across the continent on the "Funville, Frolic 'town, and Featherbrain Railway," with short stops at points of interest along the route. ' Other interesting things have been arranged for the entertainment of j the guests, one of which will be an (Art Gallery, exhibiting early photo i graphs of famous beauties and others. r Perhaps the most interesting fea Jturee of the evening will come last 'Several prizes will b awarded, after 'which there will be music and re ' fre.shments. A book or the price of a book will admit you to everything, and it costs , nothing to get out. As the club re having new cup ( board made for the book they i would tuggeut to thowe who woul . buy book to give the money inntead. i State Legislature Enterprise Boost For Malheur In Demand The Enterprise of last week was in great demand. Nearly all of the 500 extra copies printed have been purchased to send away. The peo ple of Vale and Malheur county ap preciate a good paper, and are ready to give it a generous circulation. Following is a sample of the letters we have received during the week, asking for extra copies: BROGAN, Ore., Feb. lOEditor Enterprise, Dear Sir: I think your paper is all right, and especially the unmber of Feb. 6, as it describes so many different localities of our coun ty. I am living on a homestead north east of Brogan, having come here last spring, and believe it is all right here. Please send me a few of your papers of Feb. 6th; I wuh to send them to inquiring friends. Send bill and I will remit. Respectfully, E. C. Mays. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gwil liam, of Weiser, Idaho, Feb. 8, 1915, a ten pound boy. GENE HEATH INALASKA Gene Heath, the pioneer newspa- , i A- j. : j. per man, printer and wooa-cui arusi of the Harney and Malheur coun tries in early days, is now publish ing the Saturday Mail at Ketchikan, Alaska. All the old-timers know Gene, and like him, and wish him well wherev er he is. He was a humorously forceful writer, never strictly polite, but always on the right side of every question, from the standpoint of the Good Samaritan. He was original, droll, and his fancy turned lightly to stories without morals, but withal there is a warm spot for Gene in the heart of every man who knew him best. In a recent number of the Satur day Mail, Gene takes the following crack at his brother-in-law, Ed. Bee de, of Drewsey, who had a newspa per plant wished onto him eome weeks ago, and has not yet recover ed from the shock: It's Sure a Bum Sheet. Here, you sleepy gazabos, we want you to read this: We are in receipt of the first number of the Pioneer Sun, edited by E. L. Beede, a brother of our father-in-law 8 beautiful but iged daughter, and turned out down , . l J A. in the sunllgnt oi uregon s ueserv waste Harney country. Reader, please first understand that we spent 18 years in the Harney country oc cupied in all the varied methods of beating the public out of the where-j with to purchase bread and butter. We know that country as the evan gelist knows his bible. We know where each brand of stock range the hills. We know the watering place and the trails. We know where the biggest rattlesnakes were killed. We have patiently listened to the great est bullcon peddler in that region of sage brush and jack rabbits, and we can give you the true facts of that country, if our word is any good, which it isn't. Editor Beede is one of our old devils back in the eighties, and probably picked up some of our slovenly habits, at least his paper looks almoxt as rotten as the Mail, but he will live off it. Already he has at leant $7 worth of advertising patronage, and that being a country where they ateal rang beef, he will tare make it go a live of it. Apples Grown Without Water on Farm It tins t'lupt'd Wt'diit-xlay, "tt I'lllon una luukihg lliiul il""f i'l III lllllllK .1 IU J till ill ll'lll) I III I. linlll, llitft In lltf'l llli.l'l S lol of tjj'lti llliuul WaUl, and tbal li -jr ) Ital ly til Iu4, I. til j vtlit'ii ' uiily four yvi ull. Tin- ib fining ami lltiifiy m bii)lliiilf I l-1 I lit lli inignU'l tt linii mI liili'i Hint Hi iliy (nit I tpj'itl l of lu.lmliitf Hull j tn !, If flt liit.. The people of Payete have at last awakened to the fact that their own people along the Payette bench are spending the greater part of their money in Oregon. Payette is now going after that business. At a recent meeting of the Chamber of Commerce it was stated that an average of $500 a day was go ing to Ontario from the Fruitland and New Plymouth country, and a concert ed plan was agreed upon to change this trade to the home town. Payette has aranged with the Pay ette Valley Railroad, running through Fruitland and New Plymouth coun try, and which has been taken over by the Oregon Short Line, to run a double train service Saturdays, and perhaps make the service daily. The Payette merchants will pay the train fare of all the Bench customers coming to Payette to trade, and the merchants will also meet the Ontario prices and go them one better. Since the construction of the free wagon bridge at Ontario, that city has practically monopolized the Pay ette Bench trade, absorbing the Idaho money and building up a large number of sm all business houses to accommo date it. Under the new order of things, with Payette diverting this $500 a day of Idaho trade from Onta rio, only one condition can result many Ontario business houses must either go to the wall, or seek another location. This is a serious matter for Ontario, for, being located right on the Idaho line, at least half of their business must be drawn from Idaho, for the Vale trade zone reaches far down the river, leaving Ontario only a small strip of Oregon territory to the west to draw trade from. Then Nyssa takes care of the trade from the south to within a few miles to Ontario, and the north trade from Dead Ox Flat is cut off from Ontario by bad road conditions, sending much of the business to Weiser and Payette, If the Idaho movement to keep Ida ho money at home is pushed to a con tusion by Payette, it means practi cally the financial annihalation of On tario's mercantile business, for dur ing the past few years Ontario's bus inesa houses have increased more rap idly than there was contiguous trade to support them, even with the added Payette bench trade. Ontario will not give up this trade without a struggle, and it has been nroposed to put on a string of jitney 'buses between Ontario and the bench, -arrying the people to and from Onta rio for a five cent fare. However, if I'ayete make free fare on the rail road, the Oregon town will be com to run their Jitneys free of any barge. In any event, the farmwr on he Idaho biu h will tome in for a hare of right royal Irvslmwnt from lii ioile of lit Iwu Iomii. that ate I lit. ling hit Ihelr llU. 'I lie town lua! mI th It"" nt the argument v III, I'tllaMi l''t ft uili,w,4 u 4 I ) SALEM, Ore., Feb. 11. (Enter' prise Correspondent.) The most im portant work during the fourth week of the present session of the legisla ture was the passage by the house of the prohibition bill. With only two dissenting votes, those of,Kuhn and Lewis, the bill of the Committee of One Hundred, as amended by the house committee on alcoholic traffic, passed the house. . As it passed the house the bill permits the importation for home consumption of 4wo quarts of spirituous liquor or 24 quarts of malt liquor in each successive 28 days. Perhaps the next act In importance, viewing the situation from the angle of economy, was the killing by the house of the bill for appropriating $450,000 for irrigation and reclama tion purposes. The house also acted on the subject of workmen's compensation. The bill passed provtdeB a series of amend ments to the present law, reclassify ing the industries "and graduating th rates In proportion to the risk. It also is intended to prevent accidenta by offering rewards to employers who In stall safety devices and providing pun ishment for those who do not Appropriation bills before the house and senate total $3,563,854. This In cludes recommendations of the Joint ways and means committee, which probably will be adopted without change, but the same cannot be said for several of the other measures. Al ready bills carrying appropriations ag gregating almost $500,000 have been consigned to the wastebasket. Although the senate has passed i bill abolishing the Oregon Naval Mil itla It seems now barely possible that the organization may be permitted to live In a changed form, for a bill was introduced in the house by the com mlttee on military affairs, providing for Its reorganization, and consider able sentiment exists in favor of it, Senator Garland's bill, , providing that county courts be permitted to re- Ject all bids for bridges costing more than $500 and build them themselves was passed by the senate, Senator Langguth's bill making the penalty for homicide In the second de gree Imprisonment In the penitentiary of from 20 to 30 years was passed by the senate. It has a saving clause re-1 lating to persons already convicted ol second degree murder. In a bill In troduced by the same senator which was passed, the punishment for first degree homicide Is life Imprisonment. Under suspension of the rules, the senate passed house bill 13, which pro vides for a bounty of $3 on coyotes during the remainder of this year. The state is to pay half the bounty and the counties the other half. Permanent Insanity is made ground for divorce by a bill introduced by Sen ator Langguth. It is provided that be fore a divorce shall be granted, in sanity being the allegation, It shall be proved that the defendant has been ... . - 1 J .1 v.. adjudged or unsounu mum vj mun of this or another state five years or more before the suit is filed. It also must be proved to the court in which the divorce is asked that the patient is incurable. A Joint resolution authorizing the superintendent of public instruction to annotate and publish the school laws of the state was adopted by the senate. What Is regarded by many as one of the most Important new laws en acted Is that repealing the free text book enactment of the last session. By passing this measure the legislature has saved Itself a controversy. Dan Kellaher Introduced a bill In the senate providing for weekly payments of various employes, which Is said to have the support of certain labor in terests and unquestionably will fill the balls of legislation with lobbyists, To facilitate the operation of the jonstltutional amendment passed by the people at the last election which provides that only citizens of the United States shall vote in this state, Senator Moser introduced a bill em powering county clerks to strike from the registration records the names of all aliens. After amending Representative Schuebel's bill, merging all special funds Into the general fund, so as to make the lli-eiiats and fi collected by the alale flat) and game commit lou i-onatltute an appropriation for that communion, the houae pass4 the uiraaure by a vole of 11 to , two mem' brs being atmviil. To ahe larmtira pove-r lo arrest buiiu rs lm iriea usun Hieir prop eily la Hi objw I ( bill ('Sta4 by Ilia ti,u I'lilrf 111 I'lvaml ! trLali bulilar It aul'lvi't In sr ul, but Ilia fU'f luuat uMals tatiei'l lu h Ma!le riiik as lliuf tit Iba iiieKiB, iii,tJ but U.a ly ll- lU'.a falltitl Jlvulvi One More Game is Needed to Cinch Pennant The basket ball game between the league teams of Vale and Ontario, played on the Ontario floor last Fri- lay night, was won by the Vale team in the closest ana most exciting game of the series, the final score being 27 to 21. In the first half Ontario led by a score of 14 to 11, but in the last half the Vale team showed its splendid system of training work, the boys being just warmed up to their whirl wind speed for the second half, while their opponents were unable to fol low up their good work of the first half, and were played completely off their feet by the visitors. Vale made 16 Bcores to Ontario 7 in the last half. The Vale team is the only one in the league that has not lost a game of the series, and with only one more game to play, they have almost a certainty of becoming the champions of the Idaho-Oregon League. Vales last game will be with Weiser next Friday night on the home floor. BUILDINGS IN VALE SIX DOLLAR COAL FOR VALE PEOPLE The people of Vale are to have the benefit of the greatly reduced prices that are being made on coal by the Wyoming mines to other towns along the Short line. Coal will be delivered on the track in Vale at $6.25 and $7.00. E. J. Eartels, representing the Wyo ming coal company, was in Vale yes terday making arrangements to estab lish coal yards in this city for the sale of the famous Rock Springs coal, and has placed an advertisement with the Enterprise, which will appear next week. But meanwhile, he states that he will have the coal on the track in Vale tomorrow or Monday, and it will be for sale, at the bins at the reduced price of $6.25 and $7.00. Mr. Bartels states that the coal will be sold under an absolute guarantee, and if it is not right in every partic- lar, it may be returned and the money will be refunded. Sheep Dog Proves Faithful Starving "Mid D3gM Shows Itself to be Faithful Guard ian of Its Master's Sheep The big livery barn and sheds now being torn down on the T. II. Moore properties opposite the court house, contain a vast amount of splendid seasoned lumber, all in good condition. Mr. Moore is having this lumber hauled down to his ranch, about four miles from Vale, and it wil be used in the construction of a large ranch barn. Mr. Moore will arrange to put up other buildings on the lots in Vale that are being cleared of the old buildings, and no doubt the ground will all be occupied by modern struc tures during the coming summer, as Vale bids fair to be the central point of development and business expan sion from this time forward, because rapid settlement of the adjacent territory. About forty miles from Vale, in the canyon some four miles west of the big tunnel on the Oregon East ern Ernest Bohna was out hunting for stock a few days ago. Just un der a high rimrock Ws way was sud denly barred by a lean, scrubby and emaciated dog. Of course "mad dog" was the first thought, and he made ready to shoot But seeing that the dog was standing guard, rather than attacking, he began talking the matter over with the war like but unkempt canine. As soon as the animal had satis fied itself that Bohna was disposed to be friendly, it came to him and told him as plainly as dogs can that it was. overjoyed to meet a friend again. A little investigation showed that the animal was nearly starved to death, and at the same time was ta king care of some puppies. "Where are your puppies," Bohna asked, and the dog immediately led him up the cliff some 100 feet and proudly show ed him four puppies cuddled under a shelving rock. Further examination revealed a number of sheep that had been stam peded over a rimrock by some wild animal, perhaps a month ago. The dog had evidently followed and found the sheep, some killed and per haps many crippled. She had stay ed and guarded them, but they had died. She waited for help to come, but the P. J... Connolly flocks, of which these cripples were a part, had been driven to Vale and put on the feed yards here, while the faith ful dog kept watch over the dying strays. Her puppies came, and she had a greater task in caring for them and guarding the dead and dy ing sheep. She was starving for food, but she would not eat one of the dead sheep without permission, so she tucked her puppies away in the rocks and skirmished for rab bits and wild game, which was al most a hopeless task, as she was starved till she reeled as she walk ed when discovered but she had not permitted coyote to get any of her heep. even though they were all dead. Bohna immediately skinned one of the dead sheep and cut off a ham and gave it to her, which she ate ra venoualy. He then gathered up the puppies and took the faithful dog and her babies home with him and made them comfortable. When in Vale, Bohna was looking for some of Connolly's men to tell them about having found the dog and the sheep; and although he did not say so, he was pretty hot In the collar becaua they had not aent out relief when they ntUaod the i b and the faithful dog; for that animal would have stayed on the Job till itarvfcj to death, rather than ilaaert bar matter's "p. MALHEUR CO. SCHOOL NOTES Miss Orcutt, one of the .Westfall teachers, reports that her pupils have been building bird houses and that the third and fourth grade pu pils are piecing two quilts which they will sell and with the proceeds buy pictures for their room. Friday, February 5th, the West fall school gave a splendid Parents- Day program. The motto for the upper grades in this school is, "Work and Win," that for the lower grades, Do Try." Work on the new Harper school house begins Monday. This district has just been bonded for $3,000 with which amount they plan to build and furnish a thoroughly modern school house. Miss Blanche Jarvis, of Illinois, has arrived to take charge of the work in district No. 31. Her prede cessor, Miss Cahill, was also an Illi nois teacher. A goodly number of spec! m-MH of writinir have been received Jie superintendent's office dur the past few days. Some of tht o show that the pupils are getting ho ihe new Palmer system while ohers do not. Next week the names of the pu pils sending in the best specimens will be published and every two weeks thereafter the names of the winners wil appear in these columns. OLD IRONSIDES IS PRODUCING PLACER GOLD Billy Tureman, of Ironside, was in the city a few days this week, and states that he is doing some pros pecting for placer gold on the wost " and outh side of Ironside Mountain, with faily good results. He has water for mining purposes onl 30 or 40 days in the spring, but has some ground that will pay $4 or better to the man, while the water lasts. He believes that there is rich placer grounds yet to be uncovered there, and will devoe much time to prospecting during the coming sea son. ' "It is a peculiarly broken country," said Mr. Tureman. "I have found a thin vein of gold bearing quartz, which after being followed for a few. feet into the earth would disappear entirely, and perhaps miles from the spot another exactly similar piece of the vein would appear. I believe some rich pockets will be found on Old Ironside mountain, but the lead) seem to be too badly broken up to ever amount to much as a quartz proposi tion. "We found one nugget a few years ago that weighed $17. It was in the shape of a heart and specked with fine particles of white quartz, mking one of the prettiest pin pieces I ever saw." . Speaking of land conditions in the North Fork region, where his ranch is located, Mr. Tureman said: "Prac tically all the land in that country is open to settlement under the 320 acre homestead act. It is not an agricul tural country, but there ia enough ag ricultural land to enable a settler to prove up, and the best stock ranches of the country are to be found there, with range to supply any kind of stock. "I am anxious to see that country settle up," continued Mr. Tureman, "and if you see anyone wanting to take up a homestead to make a stock ranch, send him to me. I am not In the land business, and would not charge a man a cent for locating him on a good homestead, but I want a good settlement that will insure us better mail facilities and better school accommodations nearer at hand. I know the country like a book, hnlng on over every portion of it for cur past. I can locate the corners as well as any surveyor, and will be glad to show intending settlers the be t there is in the country." There will be a meeting of repre sentatives from the five districts who ire contemplating the building of a Union High School and the county su perintendent, Saturday evening, at the Kolony school house. N. C. Maris, field worker for the In dustrial Fairs, will be in Malheur county for two weeks beginning Feb ruary 22. Mr. Maris gives a very in teresting stereoptician lecture explain ing and illustrating this work that the boys and girls of Oregon are doing, The following is the two-week's pro gram outlined by the county superin tendent: February 22, Juntura: 23, Vale; 21, Valley View and Arcrdia; 25, open date; 20, Ontario; 27, Lincoln John E. Johnson hands in the fol lowing item of news: Eugene V. Debs, America's great est orator, and world renowned champion of. the working class, is scheduled to lecture in Boise, Idaho, on Wednesday evening, February 17th, 1915, and in Nampa the fol lowing evening, Feb. 18th. Mr. Debs' tour this winter ia the first he has made through the we t in the past five years, most of his time be ing utilized in '.he eastern and cen tral states. and White Settlement; March 1, dit tricts 24, 45 and 70; 2, Owyhee, King man and Warren; 3, Big Bend; 4, Nys sa; and 5, Janileaou. Hupmobile Man to Start New Garage tow S'yH,'H "Si'ii i nT m ijmmk wsrrsnt !) daiMsse bwnUl yon T, II. Moor a, who owns I alf the blutk watt of and adjoining lbs Ar llllgtl'll lioUl, will llllMiaillH I ry ! g!li the Ult'lioi) of S lalga ""it gal rv.. m aga on Hit (J rti jii aioi ma It 4u si'J lleallty fniii li t hoUl, W. 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