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About Malheur enterprise. (Vale, Or.) 1909-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 15, 1916)
The Year 1916 Will Mark the Greatest Development and Increase of Population in Vale and Malheur County Ever Knownboost for Vale the Coming Year. 25 Sp lip J VOLUME VII, NUMBER 6. VALE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 15,, 1916. SUBSCRIPTION, $2.00 PER YEAH'- - 1, i-. A', ': A BUSY SESSION OF CIRCUIT COURT 'Grand Jury Returns Indictments Against 30 Persons, w There Being 18 True Bills Found. Eighteen indictments were return ed by the Malheur county grand jury at Vale involving 30 persons on charg es of horse and sheep stealing, gamb ling, bootlegging, forgery, assault with intent to kill, larceny, etc. Five of these indictments were for gamb ling and four for bootlegging. Thir teen men are indicted for gambling and six men are indicted for selling liquor without a license. These 19 men were captured in a big raid at Riverside in November by Sheriff Ben Brown and his deputies. . Fifteen of the 30 persons are in the jail here, the others are out on bond. Tho January term of district court with Judge Dalton Biggs on the bench opened Monday morning. It is be lieved it will require all of this week and next woek to try the criminal cases. Four Men Plead Guilty. Four men stood before Judge Biggs on tho opening day and plead guilty. Ralph Huff and Ray Motley both plead guilty to the charge of horse stealing. The penalty for this crime is one to 10 years in the state peni tentiary at Salem. Bert H. Stafford plead guilty to tho charge of forgery, having forged a $12 check on Ji C. Beam, a farmer east of Vale. The penalty for this crime is two to 20 years in state's prison. Roy Wetherly who was indicted at the last term of court on the charge of assault on his father-in-law, Albert Cox of Jamieson, last September, plead guilty to this charge. Judge Biggs assessed him with a $300 fine. Made Immortal in Bronze. William Rfdings,vwho was indicted with Ralph Huff and Ray Motley on the charge of horse stealing, unlike Huff and Motley, who plead guilty, stood trial Tuesday before a jury of his peers. Ridings was captured in Boise and was turned over to the Mal heur county authorities to stand trial. It is said Ridings has twice served time in state's prison for horse steal ing. Ridings is one of the best known buckaroos in Oregon. He has been made immortal in bronze by Proctor, the well known Oregon sculptor, who used Ridings for his model in his fa mous statue "Let 'er Buck." William Ridings of Boise, who was tried in the circuit court Tuesday on the charge of stealing two horses on Dead Ox Flat, this county, belonging to L. B. Huffman, of Weiser, was found guilty by a jury at 10:30 o'clock last night. The penalty is one to 10 years in state prison at Salem. He will be sentenced by Judge Biggs next week, together with any others who may be sent to the penitentiary at this term of court. "This vrill be the third time Ridings has been sent to the Oregon peniten tiary for horse stealing. He and Ralph Huff, of Boise and Ray Motley of Walla Walla were particularly bold in stealing the Huffman horses, hav ing stolen them at 10 o'clock on the morning of Sept 19, 1916. Huff and Motley plead 'guilty to the charge. Each will be sentenced to from one to 10 years In the penitentiary. Ridings and Huff are brothers-in-law. The Indictments. The 18 indictments returned by the grand jury are as follows: William Ridings, Ralph Huff and Ray Motley, horse stealing. William Kooser, James Morrison and Charles Wright, sheep stealing. George F. Moyer, sheep stealing. George Hickman, assault with in tent to kill Margaret Arnold by cut ting her throat in the Ontario hotel in December. Bert H. Stafford, forgery; plead guilty. Morris Powell, assault with intent to kill by shooting Elmer Moudy on Dec. 9, 1915, in Cow Valley, Oregon. Paul Claus, attempted larceny from a cash register in the Eagle cafe, On tario. Horace Mayfield, negro, charged with soliciting for a female. Luvenia Brown, negress, charged with conducting house of ill fame, On tario. Big Raid at Riverside. The following indictments were re turned as a result of a big raid made by the sheriff at Riverside: Grover Wade, E. R. Schutter, W. P. Doyle, Jess Vernon, Peter Brackett, James Brackett, A. Fisher and James McClure, charged with gambling at Riverside. John Foster, Frank Lyells, W. P. Doyle: James Brackett and James Parker, charged with gambling at Riv erside. James Brackett, W. P. Doyle and A. Fisher, charged with gambling at Riv- NYSSA-ARCADIA DRAINAGE DIST. Rumors of somo dissatisfaction in re the appraisements of benefits on the Nyssa-Arcadia Drainage District have been rife at the county1 court house and the Enterprise called on Mr. John Rigby, one of the commis sioners in company with Messrs. Trow and Mallett who made tho appraise ment and requested some light on the sunject. "The dissatisfaction, if any exists," said Mr. Rigby, "probably arises from misunderstanding or from some cause extraneous to the appraisement; if the former it will probably be removed upon the hearing sometime before Jan. 25. One thing is certain and that is, the drainage of this district is a great necessity and if it fails through out side causes or through any misunder standing it will be great misfortune and will certainly result in later legal complications which will cost far more than the cost of making that entire section a prosperous community. Mon ey was never more, easily, obtained. Several bond buyers have already made inquiry and examination of the proposed securities and a splendid rate of interest is assured. "Further," said Mr. Rigby. "Sev eral large holders will be compelled to drain their holdings in any event or cease raising crops, as has some 2000 acres already inundated, the cost be ing fully as great and perhaps great er than under a complete system. Late court decisions are likely to cause individual land owners whose property has been destroyed to successfully compel some method to bo taken to prevent such damage and to remove the cause. This litigation will be ex pensive and will cost as much as will an immediate completion of tho drain age system. The district is a splen did one and the system laid out is ex cellent and will certainly perform its functions fully as well as is expect ed by the engineers. "As to the cost," said Mr. Rigby, "the commission has nothing to do with that matter. The law requires tho assessment of benefits and damag es. The cost per acre will be assess ed against the land in proportion to the benefits as appraised. This cost can only be known on completion. The commission took the trouble to show the cost per acre under one of the es timates of the engineer which may or may not be the estimate" under which the system is built. That matter is to be determined by the board of sup ervisors of the district. I understand they have a very excellent and care ful board which 'is well for the dis trict. "It will be unfortunate," continued Mr. Rigby, "should anything inter fere with this important work. Seyer al other sections requiring immediate action will be greatly influenced by the outcome of this work and it means far more than the success or failure of the present enterprise. There are no differences in the district which should be important enough to delay the work and I am sure the commissioners did all in their power to follow the law and justly appraise the benefits." erside. George Donaldson, charged with gambling at Riverside. Ernest Brackett, charged with gam bling at Juntura. George Donaldson and M. V. Hart charged with selling liquor without a license at Riverside. Dick Gray and M. V. Hart charged with selling liquor without a license in Riverside. E. R. Schutter and C. F. DuPre. charged with selling liquor without a license in Riverside. Tom B. Nordale and C. F. DuPre, charged with selling liquor without a license in Riverside. Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock the nine men caught in a raid at Riv erside stood before Judge Biggs and pleaded guilty, one for selling liquor without license and eight for gamb ling. M. V. Hart plead guilty to the former charge, George Donaldson, Grover Wade, E. R. Schuttor, W. P. Doyle, A. Fisher, James Brackett, Ernest Brackett and James McClure plead guilty to gambling and Judge Biggs will impose their fines later, Fines to the amount of $750 were assessed and all released upon the payment of same. Standard High Schools, Says State Board SALEM, Oreg., Jan. 12. Supt Fay Clark, Vale, Oregon. My dear Miss Clark: You are hereby notified that the following high schools of your county have met all of the require ments prescribed by the State Board of Education for standard high schools. District No. 26, Nyssa. District No. 8, Ontario. District No. 15, Vale. Very truly yours, JAMES WITHYCOMBE, Governor, BEN W. OLCOTT, Secretary of State, J. A. CHURCHILL, Supt. Public Instruction, State Board of Education. U. S. NATIONAL BANK CLARES DIVIDEND DE- At the meeting of ctockholders of the United States National Bank las) Monday the old board of director, was re-elected, as was also the form er corps of officers, the board of di rectors consisting of Messrs. T. W Halliday, Geo. E. Davis, B. W. Mul key, I. W. Hope and M. G. Hope. A ten per cent dividend was de clared, making 45 per cent in divi dends paid the stockholders of the United States National Bank since that institution was taken over by thi Hope Brothers a few years ago NEW LAW FIRM Col. R. G. Wheeler, the pioneer law yer of Vale, and Robert D. Lytle, re cently from eastern Montana, have formed a partnership, and will occupy the office of Col. Wheeler in the Nel sen building. Col. Wheeler' needs no introduction to the people of Malheur county. He established a law office here when Vale was a very small village, and is well known and well liked by everyone Mr. Lytle formerly made a specialty of Land Office practice, and will con tinue in that specialty here. He will also take caro of the firm's collectior work, while familiarizing himself witV the Oregon code prior to taking the examination before the state board. He is a genial gentleman, a good mix er and distinctively Western in his manner, and it goes without saying that he will meet a hearty welcome in Malheur county. You hear more about Oriental splendor than about Oriental poverty, although there is ,a great deal moro of the latter. FATHER GOES TO SCHOOL BY BART ThM - ( BE Good K Tk, '$( PARENTS- v$ r) wen. take CARE M&rYayy l OF THE' FARM E I '' SONNY HAD A LITTLE DAD-,'!OME FLEECE HE HAD AND DOUGH; SON LEARNED SO MUCH AT TIIE O. A. C. THAT FATnER WENT A-LS-O THE WARM SPRINGS BEST Warm Springs Project Pro nounced Cheapest and Most Feasible in Oregon. What state engineers think of the Warm Springs project may be gather ed from the following excerpt from the paper read by state engineer Lew is at the Oregon Irrigation Congress held at Portland last December. Reports of this character and such as wero sent out by the government engineers last spring coupled with the present state of the money market indicate that now is the time for tho formation of a district and building the dam at Warm Springs. The re port appears in full in the Oregon Voter of Jan. 8. The report on tho Malheur projec1 reads as follows: Perhaps the most attractive projee in the State for immediate construc tion is in Malheur Valley. It is gen erally known as the Malheur Project; climate and soil conditions are good, and transportation facilities are al ready available. Between Ontario and the mouth of the Malheur canyon, 14 miles above Vale, 9 ditches divert water from the regular flow of Malheur River for the partial irrigation of approximately 13,000 acres. Much additional land under these canals is not irrigated at the present time for lack of water. The stream goes dry in tho Summer time when water is most needed. By enlarging and extending these canals, 31,600 acres can be irrigated by gravity flow, at from $20 to $40 per aero. Tho 13,000 acres having n partial water right can be provided with a full water right at from $1 to $10 per acre, depending on location. The key to this situation is tho Warm Springs reservoir site on the middle fork of Malheur River, 3 miles above its juncture with the main stream. A dam at this point with spillway crest 85 feet above low water will store 159,000 acre feet. This, togeth er with the regular flow of the stream will deliver 2.6 acre-feet of water to 39,000 acres of land with only a short age of 11 per cent one year out of 12 for which records are available. The cost for stored water will be approx imately $4 per acre-foot at diversion. That is, under a constructed canal of Malheur County in Grip of A Snowstorm That Malheur county and Eastern Oregon is now in the grip of tho worst snow storm ever known In years bo fore, is evidenced by dispatches from over the country. In Portland, Ore gon, tho city hired all its unemployed yesterday morning to shovel snow from the sidewalks. At that place ten inches of snow fell within 24 hours. At Vale 8 inches of snow fell Thurs day night, and the storm is still in progress. From Ontario and Nyssa comes the samo report. The follow ing dispatch from Ironside gives the story of the conditions existing there: Ironside, Ore., Jan. 13. Owing to the heavy snow which is falling hero, snowing and drifting, the reads are almost impassible. Even for a day they cannot bo kept open because of the severe winds and because every day the snow keeps piling up deeper. Tho stage from here to Brogan has been having great difficulty in making three trips a week, being delayed un til a very late hour. On Tuesday the stage did not arrive until tho follow ing day at 12 o'clock. Tho children are being kept from school owing to impassible roads. Although not ranked among the best sellers, the hotel register fre quently contains somo interesting fic tion. adequate-capacity, a water right of 3 acre-feet at diversion could bo had for $12 per acre. In addition to the 31,600 acres men tioned above, 4,800 acres in lower Wil low and Bully Creek Valleys can be fccrved by a gravity canal diverting water from Malheur River about one mile above the mouth of the canyon, at a cost of $62 per acre. This canal will cross Willow Creek 7 miles above Vale. Two thousand acres lying im mediately above this canal can be served by direct connected pumps at $68 per acre. With the exception of 8,400 ncres out of tho 39,000 acres for which wa tor is availablo, the cost will there fore range from $20 to $40 per aero. Drainage for a part of this land is essential now, and perhaps 60 per cent or more will require drainage in tho near future. While costs for this feature are not as yet completely de termined, it will probably rango from $15 to $20 pei? acre. By utilizing the moro expensive res ervoir site near Beulah, and by divert ing water above the Harper Ranch, 20,000 acres in addition can be served on Vale Bench, Bully and Willow Creeks, and on Dead Ox Flat at ap proximately $125 per acre. PLENTY OF FOR INVESTMENTS Harney County Cattle King Comes Home with Glad Tidings of Good Cheer Interesting to Malheur. . . MOYER FOUND GUILTY George F. Moyer, who was kidicted for stealing sheep at Juntura, was found guilty by tho jury Thursday morning and will bo sentenced with ethers when criminal cases are com pleted. The penalty is ono to ten years imprisonment. Moyer was recently released from the penitentiary on an appeal to su preme court, he having been sent up for burning a barn at Jordan Valley, and the case having been beaten in the supremo court by his attorney Geo. W. Hayes. FIRST NATIONAL BANK ELECTS OFFICERS At the meeting of stockholders oC the First National Bank Monday, the following Board of Directors was elected: C. W, Nelson, L. G. Willis, J. T. Logan, E. I. Brogan and J. E. Lawrence. There were only two changes in the board, L. G. Willis and J. T. Logan, of Brogan, succeeding J. W. Graff and T. W. Halliday. The officers remain tho samo, J. E. Lawrence as president and A. J. Sel over cashier. MALHEUR CO. WATER PERMITS J. M. Swanson of Payette,- for the irrigation of 19 acres, diverting wa ter from an unnamed stream in Sec 8 T 16 S R 47 E. H. H. Camp of Harper, for the irrigation Of 35 acres, diverting water from Malheur River in Sec 23 T 20 S R 41 E. A. Zehner of Bonita, for tho irrigation of 24 acres, diverting water from Liman Creek in Sec 28 T 15 S R 40 E. Lola McDougall of Westfall, for the Irri gation of 14 acres, diverting water from Brush Creek in Sec 14 T IT S R 39 E. D. P. Murphy of Beulah, to store 156 aero feet of tho waters of Hunter Crook for tho irrigation of 86 acres of land. Wm. Melcher of Payette, for the irrigation of 20 acres, diverting water from Boulder Creek in Sec 4 T 14 S R 39 E. Joe Grass of Westfall, for tho irrigation of 57 acres, diverting water from unnamed gulches in Sec 25 T 19 S R 38 E. Eulah Wilber, Drewsey, for tho irri gation of 272 acres, diverting water from E branch Stinking Water Creek in Sec 27 T 22 S R 35 E. B. V. Fel lows of Vale, for domestic supply, di verting water from springs in Sec 14 T 20 S R 44 E. W. S.. Cooloy of Beu lah for tho irrigation of 113 acres, diverting water from Warm Spring Creek in Sec 2 T 19 S R 37 E. A. V. Clark of Crowley, for the storage of 38 acre feet of the waters of un named creek in Sec 12 T 28 S R 40 E for tho irrigation of 10 acres of land. R. B, Copelnnd of Harper, for the storago of 2C5 aero feet of tho waters of Butte Creek for tho irriga tion of 115 acres of land. C. E. Fret well of Jordan Valley for tho irriga tion of 80 acres, diverting water from Owyhee River in Sec 24 T 31 S R 41 E. E. A. Reynolds, for tho irrigation of 65 acres, diverting water from Sheep springs ii Sec 26 T 30 S R 46 E. L. Urquiaga of Jordan Valley, for tho irrigation of 100 acres, diverting water from Jordan V Creek in Sec C T 31 S R 43 E. W. Wiederman of Jordan Valley, for tho irrigation of 90 acres, including domestic supply, divorting water .from Owyhee River in Sec 13 T 31 S R 41 E. E. L. Loy of Nyssa, for the irrigation of 5. acres diverting water from Cherry springs In Sec 35 T 21 S R 44 E. J. M. Din widdie of Jordan Valley, for storage of 2 acre feet of the waters of .Indian Fort Creek in Sec 32 T 82 S ft 43 E. ENTERS CONTEST UNDER N05I DE PLUME Miss Peg L. O'Neal, Box 397, Vale, has entered tho -"Beauty and Brains' contest being conducted by tho THO TOPLAY MAGAZINE in conjunction with the World Film Corporation. Tho proposition is to send eleven young women to the studios at. Fort Lee, New Jersey, across tho river from New York City, where they will be given a thorough try out as film ac tresses. All of their expenses will be paid on this trip and If they show any talent they will be given contracts for a period of not less than one year at regular salaries paid to stars. No effort will be spared to make film stars of these young wonton, Miss Lillian Russell and William A. Brady are among the judges of the contest. Their experience and reputation alone assures contestants of every possibla consideration based solely upon ablUmttompted larceny, the. penalty being Ity, I MONEY Bill Hanley, Harney county stock . . Wng, passed through Vale Tuesday " enroute froni the eastern centers to his home in Hartley county. Mr. Han ley feels greatly ejatcd with the finan cial situation in the east and predicts j nn immediate resumption of prosper- ' ity throughout tho whole country. "Money," said Mr, Hanley, "was - nevor moro plenty than at present15:-' J The general settlement seems to have , been mado and investors are ready to lend their surplus on any first class''14 i security. If your Warm Springs pro ject was in shape or could be put. in shape at an early date I think there - v '' would be little doubt but that you ' could get funds at a low rate for the ' completion of tho project "Railroads have more tonnage than J they can handle and passenger trafTie.-y.-has Increased in r marked degree "o'v er that of a few months ago, and noth-e.j;;V ing indicates prosperity more than ft tonnage on railroads. ' - ,' j. "The tendencyttof tho entire country is to municipalizo all local affairs and draw from centralized county govern ment," continued Mr. Hanley. "The district plan for irrigation .systeircs.ig' directly in lino with this. This, plan is viowed with great favor by invest ors and such' bonds as those of. youi" Malheur valley district, should you form ono, will sell, readily on the'open '--market or it "private sale. .Tho. fur-.;''V thcr advantage of 'districts having' mu nicipal power is that all road build- '&' ing becomes localized and funds. mny,J,'vJ? bo secured with greater readiness at ; a lower rate of interest The Oregon ' district law is considered as. ono, of i-f-, the bost and any district organized1 '''"' under it with a good water rigjit; will 5 find favor with tho investing pubiid.f ' AN IMPORTANT DRAINAGE DECISION::; , An interesting decision in re'' drain-' age has been handed dowii by tho Ore''. gon" ' Supremo Court- in the case of Mallett vs. Taylor, administrator. Iii that decision it is laid down thaV-" ' where percolating or undergrourid wo-'' . ter can bo traced to its source tho own- or of the high land must take mea sures to prevent further or any dam age to land which is being damaged' - by such undergrpund flow.' ' The supremo court, decision was - a confirmation of the opinion of 'Judge -Biggs of, thp Malheur ..county 'circuit . court. . , NEWLYWEDS ESCAPE PRACTICAL JOKERS Tho following, from the Jordan .Val ley Express,, fully explains 'am an nouncement mado in this Enterpriiio .. , somo time, ogo, ' 4 , H "Though kept a profound -(secret, word leaked out Sunday -m'ornlng.that Miss Kate Driscoll and Mr. Bon Swishor were to be maYried'that morn- j ing. Many betook ' t'he'rimlrc ' , church for tho ' - v. pocting-to w"7 . add their; quota of :' ' ,.1 t' But this time tho -newry'A,t5&,w;v.1, ly "pulled ono over" in the. very eyes of tho expectants. . , "Quietly and surrounded 'only by their immediato . friends thoy. wero f married in the'ehurch at' 9:80. by Fa ther Marshall. Tfiough Unattended by pomp or ceremony the m-rrlTC'i was truly impressive "hi v&vph : The participatito hu. arrived a, town fn time to r.tter.d tctl:elr ligious duties befioVe "tiklin tfie (us step in life. The fathers of the young couple,. Messrs. Driscoll nnd Swishor, pioneer's and' exemplars of , ; the. comm.unity, acted as'"'' witnesses, ,.' .Mr. Driscoll giving the britl& away, "The ncwlywedtf, by' thefp-eharmlng ways, have won the' friendship of Jor dan's Jicople, Henco.it-iSjWjth n feel ing of perfect confidence, wo wish : them a Happy Now Year? and a lifo . ' of peace and contentmont." ATTEMPTED LARCENY 1 Paul Claus was 'found guilty Wed nesday morning on a charge of at tempted larceny. Ho tried to tap the cash register at the Eagle Cafe in Ontario, but tho Jops In the kitchen hejtrd the bell ring and rushing in caught Claus with his hands in tho till. Ho did no? get any money, but was -convicted' for u monma 10 i clears in, me pen. -. X' if: 4 1