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About Malheur enterprise. (Vale, Or.) 1909-current | View Entire Issue (March 13, 1920)
Pull Nowa Berrtc For AD County Commnnltie Larfwt Circulation In ery Section Of Malheur County Best Medium For All County and OuUUe Advertiser. ADVERTISE IN THE ENTERPRISE The Only Piper That Circulate Throughout the Whole of Malheur County. It Han More Readers Be cause it Prints iMore Reading Matter. People Pay for The Enterprise Be cause They Want to Read the Best Reviews of Northwestern and World News; the Most. Thorough Reports ol Southeastern Oregon Irrigation, Stovk. Farming, Oil, Mineral -Aatil Community Progress . ri?rTl - Market Quotation- O- " n the l S. Land f ). 01 .. District ;Mal heur County official Notices; Real Estate Transfers; County Seat Newaj Correspondent Letters. TOUR CO-OPERATION Suggestions and Support are Solic ited to Help Make The "Enterprise" a True Representative of Vale, and Malheur County. Send a Subscrip tion to Friends Whom You Wish to Welcome to This Country. The Enterprise is Absolutely Independent, Treats Everyone With the Same Fairness, is Always Progressive, and Urges Your Activity in the Develop ment of Malheur County's Great Pos sibilities. It is Your Paper and is Working to Develop Your Community. Let all the Malheur Towns and Settle ments Work Together for More Prosperous and Better County. The Home Newspaper, Read in fcver Nook of Malheur County. VOL. XI. NO. 17. VALE, OREGON SATUItDAY, MARCH 13, 1920. SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 PER YEAR m IE. I I III ly $290,433.79 LEVIED FOR COUNTY AND STATE PURP0SES.N0 PUBLICITY GIVEN Enterprise Publishes Budget as Fii'd By Court District Schools De nied Proper Supervision In November of last year the County Court, being force) under the law, published a proposed budget of county expenses for the yenr 1920. On Docember 18, 1019 this budget was revised and the nmounU so de termined became the basis of taxa tion in Malheur County for the pres ent year. However no report of the change made, no reason for making any such changes has ever been is sued to the people by the Court. There is very little irregularity a bout these changes, but when the taxpayers are asked to dig up $290, 443.79 hard earned coin for the Court to play with, are they not at least entitled to know what is going to be done with their money? In our campaign to bring the light of publicity on the affairs of the Malheur County Court, with the hope of breaking the spell of secrecy and mystery that has heretofore been at tached to the official transactions of our public servants, the Malheur En terprise has at considerable expense prepared the following comparative table showing in the first column the amounts and items listed in the published Budget: and in the second column the amounts as fixed by the Court on December 18 and no men- tion made thereof. In the third col- umn are listed all increases of the "Fixed amount.?" over the "published ' Item Amount Amounts Fubllshe.1 Flx-H GENERAL Fl'ND ITEMS COUNTY COURT EXPENSES County Juriprff l.KOO.OO 1,800.00 2 Commiflfoonern 1,000.00 1,000. 00 Treviin Expenses 800.00 SfiO.OO Officii Exp 400.00 400 00 Attorney Fees MM) 00 600.00 SHERIFF'S OFFICE EXPENSES Sheriff 2.MM00 2 Deputies S.OOO.mi Special Deputy Hire IMM.ee Traveling Ewpcnaes 2,000.00 Collection of Taxes 2,000.00 Office Supplies BOO. 00 County Jail, prisoners keep 7oO.nO Autoroobllo, Sharlffs Office 2,000.0 , C!,ERK'8 OFFICE EXPENSES Clerk 2.200.00 2.200.00 1 Deputy tl.500.00 l.iiOO.OO 2 Stenographers .. 2.160.00 S.140.M Office Expenses 1,600.00 1 ,300.00 ASSESSORS OFFICE EXPENSES Assessor 1.R00.00 l.SOO.OO Deputy hire .'. 3,000.00 l.oOO.OO Field Deputies 2.100 t-0 2,100.00 Office Exrcnsis SOO.OO 800.00 TREASURER'S OFFICE EXPENSES Salary 1,000.00 1.000.00 Office expenses 275.00 275.00 SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT'S urt-'ICE EXPENSES Salary 1,500.00 l.SOO.OO Traveling Expenses 860.00 2'J0.00 Office Help 200.00 nunnllea 400.00 400.00 INote: the following General Fund Items Special Levy Items were listed in the published BudKet under the headimr 'bxpen es Incurred by Legislation over which the County Court has no control": nevertheiews l seems that chanifos were made School Truant Officer Sealer of WeiKht 4 Measures County Veterinarian Widow's Pensions Official County Printing Water Master Fruit Inspector .. Bounty, Coyotes & Bobcats Insane, care of School Institute & Exams Circuit Court Justice Courts Coroner's Court Juvenile Court County Physician Rovflna Tuherculosls Indemnity Elections 8.600.00 Vital Statistics Interest on 1180.000 bonds Mnf. Ik fnllowlnir Ci levy Items were listed in the published Budget over which tns lounty court nas ujnirm.i County Fair Appropriation 1,500.00 Agricultural Advisor 2.500.00 Court House Improvements 3.000.00 Current Expenses 4,000.00 Care of Poor 9-009 ?2 Miscellaneous Expense 600.00 Inoculation of Rabbits 1,000 00 Tax Rebate 2.000.00 County Poor Farm 10,000.00 hum Chamber of Commerce 1,000.00 nistrlet rtrainasw Tax 500.00 .wii.u-j'"ia.'M"- "fTatimsti J iJoll lK20nnO. while in the adopted Budget th-y were figured at only 117,700.00 leaving an unexplained discrepency SPKt IAI. ixvi iir.sia irk CL-hnnl Tuition Fund 17.294.04 Estimated Interest on Above Oeneral School Tax M.0OO.0O Sinklnn Fund to Retiris Bonds. .. 1,875.00 Road Tax (All Districu.il 6!?"I!J Library Tax (Ontario Library) .... ..0O -J2 Market Roads 13.000.00 Totals Vor Purely County r286.699.07 78'T":z;::r. 42.000.00 lotai county .no ov . .......... 1278.509 .07 (Note: these xurures oo noi inciuuc o..,. or other special local i MACHINERY IN PLACE FOR GRINDING FLOUR The Vole Milling and Elevator Company have now entirely com pleted their plant and will be ready to start grinding grain within thc next few days, the machinery all being in place and the wheels have been turning the last few days to limber it up and get all in readi ness for the milling of flours. War ren Armington, the new mill's man ager, told of some of the many ob stacles he hod to surmount in the construction of this modern plant and today it stands as another of the enterprises that Vale from time to time is to have as the city grows. The mill has on hand, 31,000 busb elfl of whiiut, Vif,fiOn pound of laf- 1?,' l,fW fjotjjte nf !-. Hj Or?, th tcJ vsjue of wt.ich it es-l timatad it flOACOO. 1 amounts"; while in the fourth column amounts under the "published a mounta". The totals arc particularly interesting. Without commenting on the other items changed from the published budget, we wish to call attention to one small decrease, which looks to us like pinch penny meanness. We re fer to the items under the School Superintendent's expense. The Sup erintendent asked for only $350 to visit the schools in Malheur county, sixty some odd requiring several thousand miles of travel to reach them all, yet the Court reduced this item to $200.00. However this court is forcing the country districts to pay over $16,000 toward the upkeep of the highschools in the towns, which may be legal but certainly the county districts are entitled to some little consideration. The Court al lows itself $800.00 traveling expense, we suppose to enjoy the good? roads they are planning on building. If economy is so urgent, why the necessity of the item for $500.00 special attorney fees? Or inasmuch as $1000 wass docked from the pub lished bounty item, it perhaps could stand an additional $150. loss. Then there are such questionable items as "Miscellaneous Expense" and "Tax Rebates". Also $512.95 was added 10 thc ?';600 for tho uPkccP of thc "Urio Library, which is no doubt a worthy cause but surely not more important than supervision of our (listrict schools. Amounts Increased Amount Decreased 2.SO0.00 3.000 00 bm.no 2. (too. no 2.000.00 inn on 7M 1,000.110 j 1,500.00 1 50.00 200.00 as well as those marked ) under the ic Court in some ch-.) 200.00 am 00 200.00 20000 100.00 100.00 l.iOO.OI) 1, 500.00 700.00 700.00 B.000.00 6.000.00 1.200 00 1.200.00 6.000 00 6. 000 00 100. 00 200.00 200.00 200.00 6.500.00 6,600.00 800.00 800.00 200.00 200.00 300.00 200.00 800.0V, 800.00 100.00 100.00 8.600.00 3.500.00 100.00 100.00 T.300.00 7,800.00 Items as well as those net 100.00 l.ons.oo ! 100.00 under the heading "Kxpeoes Incurred 1, BOO 00 l.KOO.OO 4.0OO.O0 4.000 00 6,000.00 500 00 1.000.00 2,000.00 soo.oo j l.eoo o 4.000.00 10. 000 00 1,000.00 750.00 250.00 Receints OLher Than Bv Direct Titxa tton" of $500,001 16,06.. 50 1.2i5..-.l 495. 0( 84.850.00 1.370 OK 61.5ls.07 4,112.95 13.709.79 2!4.K9.IR 60. i 17.64 4.S.V0 00 3,61807 512 93 709.79 I 11.071.71 28,647.60 I 22,774.59 n90,44.7 t 84.619.01 1 82.774.59 irrtlon dlitrlet - . COUNTY LEADER CHOSEN Club Leader Employed for Year Firld Worker Visits Various Schools Miss Mazie Wilson of Walla Walla was employed at a salary of $1800 as County Leader of the Boy's and Girl's Industrial Club work in Mal heur County this year, at the meet ing of County Farm Bureau Execu tive Committee, County Superintend ent of Schools Mrs. Hurley and State Leader of Industrial Club Work, H. C. Seymour, in Ontario this week. The new leader with offices In the County Court House will have charge 'of all club work in the county and works under direction of County Farm Bureau Agent, L. R. Brieth aupt and County Puperintndept of r-hocU) IT. Tf'Het. . Fiold ').f Cpeokj I!. C. Ham, f.eM warter In, tfco rC&n'.in otd "en I ago ZigfcO INDEX Local & World News and Illustra tions 1 & 8 Editorial 2 Farm Department, Sulphur for Al falfa; Gains by Group Shipping; Crows Outwit Men, Cultivates Alfalfa 3 Community News From, Dead Ox Fiat, Bonita, Malheur, Big Bend, Rivcrdnle and Riverside. ..." 4 Water Adjudication Complete 5 I'll Say So 5 Political Announcements 6 Local Station Serves 5 Classified 5 Legal Advertising, Real Estate Transfers 6 & 7 Five and Ten Years Ago 7 Frghter Returns 7 Oregon News, Slopo Bureau, Society, Church Notes, Locals, Brevities and Personals 9 & 10 LOCAL C. C. MEMBERS TAKE ROAD ACTION John Day Highway To Be Opened Malheur Bridge At Vale Also Considered At the regular luncheon of the Chamber of Commerce last Tuesday with R. N. Cole presiding as Chair man the various discussions were as spirited as usual and the Chamber went on record unanimously in decid-j ing that it is high time that some thing definite to be done in the matter of delayed mail service and bad railroad connections. The dis cussion was started by John P. Hous ton, and George Huntington Currey told of thc recent visit paid the Enterprise by the trainmaster of the Oregon Short Line, as a result of which Secretary Means was instruc ted to immediately communicate with thc Railway Mail Service, the nction i of Vale Chamber of Commerce. A motion made bv H. E. Younc fa, 4(,(i) turning over to the base ball club of Vale, $(0.00 from last fix j i'c Vi ulonno it kn oriVilim-l r V f j J sc n uomui.i. iu lv I'l' v bnv I general fund, to be 'applied to thc ball club needs. Mr. Young report ed that the base ball club now has ?1 60.00 on hand and that they ex pect to reach the ?200.00 mark this week. Rod and Gun club matters were considered and it was reported that j young ti-out fi-y and also birds have 1 been requested of the State game . ' Wa i duncn nuiicy iHiKi-u on uic duiin- Day Highway and also on the loca-j tion and construction of the Mai-! heur bridge in Vale and made a ' motion that a committee be appoint- j ed to work to the end that the John ! Day Highway be opened thru to Portland by opening that portion of i it between Ironside and Prairie City and after the proposition was further) discussed by O. E. Carman, Arthur Means and George Huntington Cur rey, a committee was appointed, con- sisting of Julien Hurley, Robert D. Lytic and Arthur Means, they being .instructed to communicate with James Stewart of Corvallis, Oregon, who is a booster for the completion of the John Day Highway, and also that the various civic and commercial organizations in Fossil, Condon,, Prairie City, Canyon City and Port- i i i. .u..j i idiiu uc ai'umaL ilu aim tiit.ir luv ivi - ation solicited. I I nofnre tho lMnr.h.nn and mi.i.tinir I . adjourned Chairman Cole Appointed; Edwin Johnson to serve as the Chair-, " , r 4 foffryMwi ijcouNTY I I I good'' It (Jij ': m- mmm , -Fptay pit l1"""""- '""T"1""- "-"". PROBLEMS FACING STRICKEN WORLD Returning Soldier Feels He Has at Least Earned a Better Chance Than He Hat Hitherto Been Granted. Article III. (Continued From Last Week) Fair Hearing must tie Granted. Calllnij llioe people hoMievlsts doesn't silence tliem nor solve the pro'.iem. Mien lnttl m-itn'e lm, deepen the unrest Their grievance must he elveii a fulr. i.Mii...n iv,.., ii int. Their altitude of mind must be rk- omd with If we hope to Srt l.-k to normal living. I have heard some say that these people must he given to uu- deistanrt that they must wort o' starve. No law or government In tin world Is powerful enough to compel people to work. This Is particularly true of the people today. To think of using force ts foolish, suicidal. We have had enough of force during the Inst four years and the farther bp get away from the Idea of bent ins "t: another Into submission the better elT we all shall be. The present uiireM Is positively dangerous. It isn't like any unrest we have ever had before. It Is the restlessness of hininin he.ngs who have heen face to face Willi denth. We need a lot of calmness and common sense. By kindly conference we must try to understand each other, and by I jusi compromise help ench other. Of one thins I am sure, and Hint Is, If an effort Is made to use blind, brute force on (hp working people of the world, the present unrest will be set In mo tion, a whirlwind will hreaU upon the world. The plnln, open road buck to hnppl ness Is co-operation. If we stop for n moment and realize what we have been through, and the changes that have come upon us while we were going through It, we will find petting to gether easy, direst blocks the road. II fetters the will to work. We must face the truth, and the winner we do. the better. The world. K broke. The i war has hn. krinitcd Kiii-oWm (Inn Ihlng, and one thing only, will bring us buck to sane, normal living. It Is work Sympathy and understanding will do more to secure pence, Mininliiie work than defiance, challenge and threats. A normal world is one in which men ! live am) work together In pence, where nil men have a chance to be happy, This menus an Interest In work, a lov j . i 1 ti ,., v Z . , : r",.""ni' raM"M' ".uh I,, in,-, iien inui iiae f"od, clean wholesome food, and P"",'K 'f It to do their work without ' C. 1 1 II UNI IOO MOM hlllCt hn.-n n 1 " !"" "S nee- , essnry to protect their bodies from the ! weather, but clothes that satisfy l he j V..f ... , ... ! n.Moi.ii in.siinci ror nppenrlng clean ; neat. Decent clothes sustain self- r(spect. Men without them are less n"nni11 nni1 """'nl' All Need a Playtime. . There must he a time between the end of the day and the beginning of sleep In w hlch men can know and en- J.v 'heir families. The mnn who Is so "!,'', "P hv n'" day's work that he falls iiieci at nis slipper table isn't play ing fair wlih his wife and children, and his employer Isn't plnylng fair with hlni. All men tire bovs. even nft- er they have gray hair. This quality ;:..::t:i r!anj.K,hf wcit as mi,.,, .in,- ti,,. i.... ., , ! Hie world' loses "more when they do I not get it. It js not enough Hint bodies are red, minds must not be starved, i. 'Kin is me rignt or every unman tie. 1 ', T , hmniin race must have litlit. None of .., .. i. i.i ..... . . . .1 " -i r uiifiiu.-M 10 live 111 unruliest Children are entitled t . Ilme ,r . ,. x,. (Continued on PiiL'e Nine v. ..uuuH.im iuiuu,..u to v uu- me f,,st of the week after an extended " " """" SPEAKING 8F BUREAUS Held at Twin Falls. j o;i u ii i n: j I Fight Extradition From Idaho Sheriff Lee Noe is awaiting pa. pers from Governor Olcott upon re - . , . J , ceipt of which he will bring back E. : L. Shcttler who is held at Twin w..t. ursii r i. .. ... , ill Weeks Will Complete. rails on the charge of grand lar- j ceny for the theft of tools and rig- , , , ! ging and other things of a portable ! Th T,, ,?0t tU"nel n the Can I nature from the Western Pacific Jin;Sand "w tch of the Warm- Oil and Gas Company's properties here. In the cache located at Twin Falls is many articles stolen from ! ,e r.P" J T" doin thp no1 various narts of Oregon and Idaho. ',nl8hcd tho Job on Wednesday, W. D. Meyer, manager of the tified property to the value of $3.- 500, that Shettler is accused of hav- lnB hauled away trom Vale in a truck and hidden in the loot just ' discovered. ' Tho extradition which the nrisone! is fighting is to be heard in the of- fice of the Governor of Idaho at Boise some time next Monday and Sheriff Noe expects to leave Vale m Kbottl hr.vs t n.w.. f- that which it is charged he stole -., i, i.i ' . . . I III A I H KS rrAST VICITFMP DDHTUCDC T lull 111 U UlVUlllLllJ Large Gathering of Prominent Men, at Elka Ilanquet Former Gov- ernor Attends. vi.. v.n,.i ..r i u 4 i 1 "lit in IMl'UU Vl tllB LflHltltSU l,U - f, ,r, i., foi-mer Governor Hawley of Idaho, , . ... . wnu u;Knicr wiwi cuirciie Oracle, n i . . , , , ,' came from Boise to attend the Elk's . . .. . .. . . "get together" meeting and the big . ii.it r i ti i . , utimpieb at liiu jviexei iiotei last Saturday evening, at which many prominent men of Vale and the sur- rounding section were entertained by tho hk who reside hereabouts. ... , i . . Governor Hawley spoke at length Hawley spoke at length on the various good points of Elk dom and told of the many early struggles of Boise Lodge B. P. O. E. In his masterly address he called the attention of those assembled to certain things that were new and of decided interest to the Elks as well as the guests, about 25 of the latter, representing nearly every business in Vale, who were outspoken in their praise of tho unequalled good things .,i m.,t t,,. k in uuuiiuuiitv iiuiii nt iv w i v-v J J the proprietor Ben Porter who re verted to the days of yore when he was an excellent chef and as the of ficial chef for the occasion ho don- J 4U UU.. Ai- .l An w,u., ,u , -i- turban or whatever it is called and ,,ot to work. As one of the guests WHS k,e-ird to rem irk it was some feed," and was so good that four teen applications for membership were made from the number of the guests present and who were not. Elks, with more promised. Mr. Brasie also spoke for a time, telling those not Elks why they should be and why the Elks are breaking a more or less established precedent in putting on a drive in this county to increase the member- shin. The bannuct broke un at midnight wenl nappuy nome. r'"vern' Hawley told the "Bills" m 5 vt' ki "- prisca at tne "rep snown Dy mem, mat ne enjoyed mo airair very mucn and that he nopen to visu vaie again ;,, n, e f,,u,. - " " ' rr-L r . i 1 - . ,e fu",Ct,I" ,WaK,, Ve'y .sided over by Judge George E. Hayes. , .L . lnt. HlK.(.t.KS , lno amlul.,, U(.rn. onsti ates the truth of the old adage, "that the way to a man's heart is mru nis siomacn. WARMSPRING TUNNEL FINALLY COMPLETED 'nj , , . Boring Finished, Now Concreting , K( . sr . T. 'PnnX , I1T,Kt'" project ,k now J"'t"'.v "rea mrougn me hill, March 9, and returned to Vale, The concrete work on the walls of . lu'"m. ' now unaer WB Bna " " that o finished in bout three weeks, , ' ? w"8 ""n Dy TKrent who contracted to do f hV work and he deserves great i nis work was , . not nlv ,n his foresight for j'luiiiutig tne lunnei mil also in tne way the construction has been rushed. I war .is running in the dam nd every day shows a con. ,q"ent risa of ter level therein contrary to a report falsely circu- litcd that there was a decrease of water in the dam and Charles E Bnchelder, secretary, is enthusiastic whith should fill much faster as soon as the snows in the hills begin to melt. Agreement Ratified, ., . . ... ... oi. uu; ojn-iiui cievuun iium on March 6 to determine whether the district should enter into an agrcc- . ,,,:U C t A oiiiik null I'WIW; VI M , . , . . nntee the interest on the $2 guar- 00,000 i , , . . , , . bonds issued to make the project ., , , - r : , possible, there was only a few bal- ,, . . . . . , .. lots cast but when those cast were counted they were all, without ex ception, unanimously in favor of is-stif in rr fria oirranmanl T. . - n; . . . . . . , armspnngs project have requested 4- c, , . . 7 .. i it; pmiD iuuiniinniun vo maKe tne eccssary examination and draw up he agreement. SEES REELECTION AS STATE SENATOR State Senator is Recognized as East ern Oregon Leader in Road and Irrigation Matters. When asked for a statement rc arding his candidacy for reelect- on to the State Senate from Mal eur and Grant counties, Julien A. lurlcy simply replied: "I have ,orked to the best of my ability for he interests of my district and as ly record is public the people can udgo for themselves whether they jsh me to serve B second term." flnis statement caused the Enter- rise to scan the records of the two egular and one special sessions of the legislature since Hurley has ecn in Senate, and to review in brief 8om8 of the measurea he f jthered. Tn iko f ,'.l. i ni.,nr. i.;- j :!, : .t. llt 4. . ... h. j0h DBy iy made a8 one of the thru eaRt an(1 w.,,t hi K ays across the Rnd becaU8e fter the road program had been rest,nte(j to the Senate of his buc Mfifuj fight on the floor to have the Centra, 0 the B d . . . . urns-vale llienwav incorporated in - to the State Program, and later se- vur... th,. consent of thp Hiirhwav turtu lnL consent o me mgnway CommisBion to extend the Oregon Trnil ... frnm HllnlintAn . nn ne tas ' Zn Inos . Wend of a thfi Eastern Oregon cross stato roads. He later helped Mal heur County secure a working agree ment with the Highway Commission for the construction of many im portant links of the Oregon Trail and the John Day Highway, and is now urging tho early completion of the John Day route from Ironside to I'rario City which is the only link now tarring thru travel. During the past special session Hurley won a hard fight in tho senate to secure the passage of tho Hill designating tho Nyssa-Jordan Valley road as i art of the state highway system which would have become a law had j not Governor Olcott vetoed the bill. He also hopes to work out a prac tical plan to finance the Centrul Oregon road from Vole and Ontario if the four per cent bond limitation is passed by the people. Also as chairmun of the Senate Irrigation Committee Senator Hur lty huit taken a leading part In pre paring tho legislation that mad p..sslblo th. financing of th WarmX. f 1 , . . , ,. tris He hi eocurod to pisfage, ia both tho 1917 and 1919 Minions, ipf Menv)lali to Congross favoriiJJ tcTumuInl g t 1 1 g h t T JORDAN VALLEY AND BROGANWANT BUREAU BONITA ORGANIZES Bonita Joins Ranks Residents Jor dan Valley Get In Harness Brogan to Follow The Progressive Farm Bureau of Bonita was organized with a charter membership of 25 at a meeting held on March 10th, at the residence of J. F. Phelan in Bonita. A sump- tious dinner served by the ladies of the neighborhood, after which a gen eral discussion of the Farm Bureau took place and great interest was manifested. They adopted projects as follows:- Buying and Marketing, 3. F. Phelan, Committeeman, Com munity Betterment, Walt W. Cavi ness, committeemen; Pest and Di sease Control, J. II. Hammack, com mitteeman, Crop Improvement, W. H. Allenbaugh, committeeman, Live Stock Improvement, Lark Bilyeu, committeeman, Soil Improvement and Irrigation, J. B. Jones, commit teeman, Crop Records, Edgar Wood, committeeman, Rural Home Improve ment, Mrs. Geo. Lees, Committee woman. J. L. Hammack was chosen chair man and Edgar Wood secretary. County Agent Breithaupt states that he is very much pleased with the spirit displayed and the success of the meeting and further states that this should be taken as an example for other communities, as the mem bers of this branch of the county Farm Bureau reside at great dis tances from each other. Jordan Valley Takes Action Jordan Valley is now busy organ izing the Farm Bureau and expects to be ready for concerted action on the 25th of March at which final ac tion is to be had. They are to be praised for their good work in the south part of the county. Organization At Brogan An pruliminary conference of the citizens of the Brogan neighborhood held at the cumminty hall, the mat ter of organizing a community bu reau was discussed and those present expressed themselves as being in fa vor of the institution of a branch of the farm bureau there, promising to take the matter up with all their neghbors and hold a meeting in the near future. LEGION TO DANCE ON ST. PATRICK'S NIGHT Support Of Public Neccessary To Assure Successful Erection Bronze Memorial The Julian Lowe Post No. 35 of the American Legion are to give a big dance at the Bungalow Hall on the night of St. Patrick's Day, March 17th. and all attending are promised an enjoyable time, besides they will participate in helping the Legion to raise the necessary funds to erect the contemplated bronze tablet in the County Court House yard. The contributions to the cause are not coming in as fast as is desired, but the Legion's committee for the collection of the funds are sure that many good people who wish to sup port the perpetual commemoration of those who so nobly sacrificed them selves on Flander'a Fields, have sim ply put the matter aside in the rush of daily events and they request that everyone send their contribution to A. M. Grubbs, Chairman Memorial Committee. Everyone is invited to attend the forthcoming dance on St. Patrick's day so that thc sum derived in that way, together with funds yet to be sent in and the amount now on hand will total enough to insure the success of the erectiou of a monu ment that will bo in keeping with the prosperity of the community. New contributions are as follows: C. H. Oxman $20.00 Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Weant 6.00 O. E. Carman 5.00 Jim Rogers 5.00 Mr. arid Mrs. C. M. Crandall .... 5.00 Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Rose 6.00 Total Previously reported 116.00 Total $161.25 American Legion Meeting The regular Monday meoting of . l - 1 i T I ....11 L.- 1. -1 ,1 .4 " Tf, " ""'u "-rrne cnamner or commerce rooms on liWdsy evening March 16 at eight o clock. Every member u urged to bo present important bunineos will b6 tatkn up r'trardlnp Legion af fair'i. i 1