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About Malheur enterprise. (Vale, Or.) 1909-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1910)
The IV t Way to Boost This IJ.Hjis.t is to Send Your L'r ii'P.'Js Copies . of the JiLlh:ur Entcrpriss every mm I I I i i to . The Malheur Enterprise De livered to your home or mailed, $100 per year, In advance. The Leading Paper of Malheur County. AND VALE PLAINDEALER VOL. 1, NO. 7 VALE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 1S10. PRICE 5 cento PREPARES FOR WATERWORKS Council Employs Engineers to In vestigate Conditions and Draw Plans START WORK AT ONCE Engineer Gets Ten Dollars a Day, ' Expenses and Helpers. Paid la Warrants At a spuria! meeting of the City Council held last Wednesday, Engineer Parrot of Baker City was employed to investigate conditions with a view to the installation of water works and a sewer system. Mr. Parrot, who at tended the meeting, discussed with the members of the council the various , methods by which a water supply could be obtained, but nothing new was devel ped, and nothing, of course, could be decided upon by the council except the taking of initial steps in the matter so that something definite can be placed before the voters when the question comes up for final settlement. Mr. Parrot's terms were 5 per cent on'the whole cost of installation for his services, or $10.00 per day and ex penses as well as the wages for a couple of laborers. He expects two or three weeks to be consumed in the work but agrees to accept warrants in payment. His firm built two city water systems In Nebraska and is now occuppied in plans for the New Baker City works. Go to T. T. Nelsen's for furniture. OIL EXCHANGE OPENS IN VALE Thii City Takes The Lead in Prep aration For The Coming Boom in Wells Vale took the lead in the preparation for the coming oil boom this week . when an oil exchange was established here. The old Vale Bank building will in the future be the busiest point in the Eastern Oregon oil fields and its name has already been, altered to the oil exchange building. Harry R. Gar rett, oik- of Vale's prominent citizens, is the man who has taken the initiative and already Lis oflices have been ar ranged and fitted up to handle the great "business which is certain to come. He will buy and sell oil stock and oil ' land and will enter into every phase of the industry, including matters con nected with locations, assessment work and the varioiii other affairs associated with oil fields generally. In the officj will be a bulletin board which will serve as a thermometer on which the changing fortunes of oil stock will be registered daily so that all who run . muy read. Men who are interested in the Vale oil fields commend the move made by Mr. Garrett and are pleased "that headquarters have been provided at last where all may keep in touch with what tin y describe as the oil pulse. SEELEY MAY LEAVE SCHOOL Principal Seeley of the Vale public B-hools, who has been absent for some days, is said to have in contemplation a charge from the schools of this city to one in the state of Montana. It has been rumid during the past few days that he has quit Vale finally and that a .lady teacher had bee n commissioned by him at Boise to come here to take his place, but a careful investigation has failed to prove the story well founded. It is believed that the rumor arose f.-om the fads that a lady has come h?re in the interests of an educational J.'uguc, and that Mr. Seeley is absent. Titis lady has, huwavcr, nothing to do with li'-al school matters and has never met Mr. Seeley. T. T. N'elsen, school trustee, when seeu yer-urday morning stated that the rjrnor had come to tfm but he does not be iee thai il has any foundation in fct. He s.-.id however, that Mr, Set I y m i.v have gor.e to Montana, as he hd i x j r--.-- .he intention of visiting i.i th:it suu- a town in which he may t -ach school ik t ear. School was cut in . i this iwetk and the ab- we of tU- principal cannot be taken l rv i..i n. v of li-uting fir good. We in ..i t 1 ticinin arxl here to V k- !: !.) i: d lnvci.tii.clit Co. PETITION TO TO ASCERTAIN BE WITHDRAWN AMOUNT OF OIL Intention to Form Two Districts D. M. Hunt Returns From Portland Under Boise-Owyhee Project Abandoned That the petitions for the formation of the districts under the Boise-Owy hee project will be withdrawn when the court convenes next Monday in Vale is the statement made to the En terprise by a member of the committee appointed by the landholders. This gentleman states that the cause of the withdrawal is the fact that, ac cording to the statute, a further post ponement could not be taken and sev eral matters must be straightened out before definite action can be taken. The statute provides that action on such petitions cannot be postponed for a term exceeding four weeks and four weeks shall have been occupied next Monday since the petitions were first presented. The same authority also says that the intention to petition for two districts has been abandoned in favor of one which will include the lands of both. and Eastern Oregon Mystery May be Cleared DULL'S FATHER VISITS HIM IN THE JAIL Joel N. Dull, who is now in the coun ty jail on the cha'rge of shoottng his brother, was visited duri.ig these last few davs bv his father, who is also father of the wounded man, both young er men being offsprings of the same marriage. Mr. Dull senior made no re mark while here and his conversation with the prisoner has not been given out. The brother who was wounded, Coy Dull, accompanied the father here. Turnr ic iia HILiULi 1L 11 V eiiTiun OL.U1U1 D. M. Hunt, one of the drilling con tractors on the Eastern Oregon oil and gas company's property who recently gained some fame throughout the west as the man who found oil first in these fields, returned last Tuesday from Portland and will immediately begin the work of ascertaining the exact quantity of oil discovered in the hole bored by him and his partner. The newspapers of this and neighbor ing states gave prominent places to an accountof the bringing in of a 150-barrel well, but everyone now knows such a report to have been a harmful exag geration. T. W. Davidson of the Eastern Oregon Company made a trip around the district, in which the dril ling is being carried on, in the early part of the week and says that every claim will be heM for the first time, which fact is taken as the strongest possible evidence that the men who are on the spot know more than they seem willing to give out. The haste to have all assessment work finished is described as feverish. W. W. Butterfield, a prominent stock grower of Union, and James H. Hutch inson, the wealthiest farmer in Grande Ronde Valley, who are direct ors in the Mammoth Oil and Gas Com pany have also visited their holdings this week. TO ADVANCE AGRICULTURE Association Formed To Encourage And Promote Various Indus tries In The County Articles of i corporation were filed last Tuesday by the Malheur County Agricultural Association which has been formed for the purpose of pro moting and encouraging agriculture, horticulture, stock and cattle raising and the various other industries in which this part of Oregon is interested. The incorporators are E. A. Fraserl A. W. Trow and J. W. McCulloch, and the capital is $10,000. It is the intention of the incorpora tors, as expressed in the articles of in corporation, to hold a fair every year at which prizes will be awarded. IDAHO SHEEP BREAKING LAW County Stock Inspector Comes to Vale in Search of Trespassing Sheep Men IN THE PRICE OF WOOL Peonle have been led to believe re cently that a big slump had occurred in the price of wool owing to the extraordinary reduction in the price of clothes at the big store of the Vale Trading Comnanv. It is easy to understand how the mistake could have been made when it is remembered that men's suits are being sold for $9.90, $13.30 and $16.60 by that company, but the price of wool has realy got nothing to do with it. The marvellous cut in prices is simply due to the fact that the stock is an exceedingly large one and must be cleared out. Lost A watch fob, Monday Dec. 27, 1909. Please return to U. S. National Bank and receive reward. DINNER FOR NEW YEARS Ladies Aid of M. E. Church Will Provide a Splendid Repast For All On New Years Day, beginning at 12, noon, a dinner will be be served at Odd Fellows Hall by the Methodist Episcopal Church to which all are in vited. A feast of which Lucullus might be proud will be enjoyed, and the prices are only 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for children. " The ladies CHARTER COMMISSION FAILS TO CONVENE The city charter commission mem bers who were summoned by President Eastham to convene last Tuesday fail ed to show up in numbers sufficient for a quorum. Four or five appeared on the scene but found their diligence rendered abortive by the refusal of the others to get down to work. ,:n r --f l - rut, UX LUUtfiV) pviliotlt but To put an end once for all to the illegal passing of sheep over the line from Idaho. II. Silverwood, County stock inspector is now on the warpath and expects soon to have in the toils several sheepmen who have driven th'dr flocks into this county from Idaho without having paid the iicense or without having had their sheep inspect ed. The fine for crossing without having paid the license and without having undergone inspection is from $150 to $500. Sheep crossing from this state into Idaho are always compelled to obey the law and Mr. Silverwood will give the names of the trespassers to the county officials who will bring the trespassers to time. The county inspector, who arrived in Vale last Monday, also took up the matter of glandered horses witn a view to having diseased animals killed. He believes that a humane society should be formed here for the protection of horses and relates an instance of one horse that lost his sight some days ago as the result of an inhuman beating received the previous day. culinary part and will wait on the tables so that nothing but the most dainty varieties of viands and a most pleasant ly interesting time could be expected. From noon forward visitors will find everything in readiness. Sells to W. H. Evans J. E. Lawrence has sold his interest in the Malheur Forwarding Company W. W. Evans. T. T. Nelsen for finest linoleums. Children At Church The children attended the Methodist Episcopal Church last Sunday morning and held " exercises. Candy was also distributed and the services were very pleasing and pretty. At the evening service Mrs. Duniop and MrsEee sang solos. Wanted, homesteads and desert re linquishments, Vale Realty and Invest ment Co. Whist Party A very pleasant whist party was given at the Drexel Hotel on Christ mas night. Mr. Caviness and Mrs. Dunlop, who lost only one game, won first prizes, and Mr. Dunlop got a rub ber goose for being the booby ft 3 I! EASTERN MM; JOB prihtM OFFICE OF THE MALHEUR ENTERI'KISE Malheur County'i Leading Newspaper photo a H FI"C : FILE PROTEST AGAINST TAX Owner of Large Tract Will Not Pay Taxes Which Amount To $25,000 Charles C. Catron who took over some time ago th land of the Military Wagon road company filed a protest last Wednesday through his attorney, George W. Hayes, against the assess ment of the property. Readers of the Enterprise will recall the visit of Mr. Catron, Junior, to Vale some weeks ago on business connected with the acquirement of the property which is less than 100 miles from Vale. This tract is about 55,000 acrs in ex tent. Mr. Catron, senior, was former ly delegate from New Mexico to Con gress and is the owner of approximately 2,500,000 acres of land in the United States. He holds that the land of the Central Oregon Military Wagon road never left the possession of tho United States government, and that he only purchased the inchoate rights of the road company. The taxes have not been paid for the past five years, for which period they amount to the sum of $25, 0(H). MALER YOKEY MEETSDEATH Falls From Building At Wciser And Sustains Fatal Fracture Of The Skull T. T. ! jr.- M- Vulu KaJinjf Furr.i- MAN SHOT DEAD NEAR ROCK SPUR; Still one more fatal shooting affray j occurred in thia region when Lafe Roe, a camp tender, shot and killed John McClintock, a homesteader, near Rock Spur last Monday. The shooting was the result of a feud which had arisen between the two men and which was the result of a disagreement caused by McClintock when he ordered Roe to take the sheep he wan herdirg from the McClintock property. Roe says he fired in aelf defense and only when McClintock made a motion to draw a gun. Roe wa arretted. liaise Want a Meeting The Commercial Club of liuinu hn begun an atfitalimi for the urM- of having tho Ktiiil W.. gruwerx convention of I'Jll tuld in that city. Th mattvr will I l.n.U U fnt il.v national convention t OyKt, I'Ub. FOUR DEAD BROKES SLEEP IN THE JAIL No less than four men who were "dea l broke" applied to Sheriff Hob Odell for beds last Wednesday evening and all were furnished with berths be hind the bars. They said they had been unable to obtain work but it is exacted they were more fortunate on the following day. NEW CHILDREN TO GO TO SCHOOL On January 17 all the young children LEFT VALE DAY BEFORE Had Lived Here Nearly Three Yean And Leaves a Wife Who Re sides In Vale Maler Yokey, of Vale, fell from the roof of a new building at Werner last Friday evening and died in a hospital in that city on Sunday afternoon.' The distance from the roof to the ground was forty feet, and the fall resulted in the fracturo of the skull and one hip Mr Yokey never regained consciousnesr. Mr. Woods, a carpenter employed on the building, told Mrs. Yokey that the cause of the accident was a slippery nuf. It is believed that Home snow had accumulated on the boards, and as the accident occurred just before quit' ting time it is thought probable that the poor light prevented the unfortu nate man from seeing tho bad footing. He left Vale on Thursday and when he failed to return Mrs. Yokey became uneasy. On Saturday the sad news came to her and she left for Weiser on Sunday morning. A few hours after arriving them her husband passed away. Ho was buried on Tuesday, and Mrs. Yokey returned to Vale on the following day. Mr, Yokey had succeeded in obtain ing work on the building from which he fell, but (lid not intend to begin be fore Monday. He had arranged to re turn to Vale before starting. He was born i. Indiana 51 years ago last March, and has resided in Vale with his wife since July, 1!)07. He was married twice but no children have come by the second marriage. He h in a house here, which, how ever, is heavily mortgaged. When he died he waM totally out of funds, and, with the exception of a supply of pro visions, Mrs. Yokey is left without means. The funeral was carried out at tin; expense of the city of Weiser. MALHEUR COUNTY'S LEADING SADDLERY SIXTEEN PAIR GOTDIVORCES Malheur County Keeps Pace b Making Matches but Some Fail MOST MADE IN HEAVEN The Greater Number of Cupid's Victims Crossed the Line From Idaho Sixteen couples were Jdivorced In Malheur County during the year which has just given up the ghost, but dur ing the same period forty nine couples, or ninety-eight persons entered the condition which their less fortunate brothers and Asters had found intoler able. The divorces were granted for the same old variety of reasons that have grown old by the repitition of their stories in the newspapers, and in glan cing over the records it becomes evl dentjthat history is repeating itself. Dur ing the session of the Circuit Court be ginning January 10, two more divorce suits will be heard, so that 1910 will lead olT with a good start. In addition to the 49 marriages that nook place here, there is a larger num ber recorded between those who crossed the line from Idaho to have the knot tied in our more hospitable environment but when it is remembered thrt approx imately one person out of every eighty in Malheur county became initiated in the mysteries of Hymen last year, there may be perfect coufiidence that things are "looking up" in spite of divorce. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS HAVFNKW KM KKS no inconsiderabh The following are the new olllitrs Ontario Smallpox Over O.sTAKif), Ok., Die. 2". - (SjH-cial -Two cast s of nrnaI!M)X which broke out in thf family of County School Su-r-intendert Milligan rear Ontario a few weeks ago tUt- been rcli-aiMi from Uttrantiiie thin wccl, and all danger of roiita'ioii iit pro'ioui.ced over. No other '.'4fte have been rt -orltd. (iiMraritine u kt-pt utri' tly at M,lli(n home, though tl.e rants Ht rt not m rioim. The lirtt cav bn.ht hr from ItolMf, who have never before gone to school. : tin ted by the Knights of I'ythias: will begin doing so. On that date the Chancellor Commander, Wesley Cav second half of the yearly term will i "-': Vice-Chancellor, Julian Hurley; commence and it has, therefore, been! 1'rclat' Krl ,,U(H: Mister of Work, l Arthur tjlenn; .vaster at Arms, 11. N I JiiH-hmer; Master of Finance, Oun Hurley: Master of F.xchi-iiicr, R. I!. Hoyt: Keeper of Records and Soils, C. A. (Jillam; Outi.ide (Juard, i. W. Hayes; Inside (iuard, Geo. Mt l.augh lin. chosen as the most appropriate time; Lynched AVar Hamilton Ollie Snyder was lynched the 'lay af ter Chritmu by five masked men mar Hamilton which is atout V miles from j Canyon City. Snyder killed a. man named Green because of a row ovrr the fkhooting itf a do. After the killing he .nlootthe hhert'f and a ohj olf all ; tiik'ht but hui n ndt red in the morning. A he Vk a hi ing brought to jail by the n nlf, live maoked Ineli took him from I U.e olh er Mini r.'MKil him with bui ; let a. Jlve buyer for ii.mil.j und r-idt iM roixrty, Yuli; lUalty and Jnvintm. i.t One Load, Ten h'mptiex hhi 'pell up; nil A rarhiad of d vnamite wim it to Vale last Tu-muv bv a hiii iin ii whi rii'int ii i tii n i am. The law provide that a load of dyna mite (Mint have ten I'Hiit hi 'wi in it and tins enifini', an I tho kame numb r m I-.I divide it from (eM'l.i'i, til Ul it ti ll f liplieit hi to bt ilfMivll Im Imi'i'U I irl.lll'itiVe Hl.'l On- 4ttiJr to comply With tho tutute. pro t", (O t'J 'I . I , IHitkli lf )UI lilt HI?, In M-ilheur county, a county the moat of whittle pennle spend Home time at leant in tho hadilie, it i a ciuiHe for liridt! to take the I leading place in the hhiMI. ry huHilicHH. j This in just what the Vale Saddlery j Company does in every renpect. Its stock is candy the driest in the county, : and indeed no belter could be found in ; all Oregon. ! The saddle trees are guaranteed not I to hurt, and the very bent of leather is I used in their making a well as in the i harntbH. The boue a I. to keeps all kinda of horne blanket and roin-H in 1 stock. No one vtho is required to I travel in the cold no l be uncomfort able, and no one need travel outni.lo of I Vali- Ui gel full value for his money. John I'. Williaiim, of Shonhone, Ida ho, ha port h i.ti d four urn of hind through Hie 'IhoiiiitM l. Mcknight real tetuli: ueinry frni Jink lluvidmiii. Tin.' hind adjoin lnt Vul" town.ile mid . 11,41 in'W KM hi r will In.iU' hl4 r nidi In e in re. I.i it your pioly H)i the Vwlo Id nil y nii'l I in i t in i.i t ;, PERSONALS Edward Clark, who follows the same profession as his brothers Elwood and Elmer and is cashier of the Glenn Ferry bank, spent Christmas in Vale. H. II. Hill, an oil man has purchas ed a lot in the Hope addition through the F. B. Zutz company. Mr. Hill will send for his family and settle in Vale. Dalton Biggs, the prominent Ontario attorney, visited Vale this week. Miss Robertson, of Portland and On tario, spent part of the Christmas holi days in Vale. John W. McCulloch, prosecuting at tjrney for Malheur county, visited Vala last 'luesday. I). M. Brogan and Mrs. Brogan left for Warm Springs last Sunday, and will be away a couple of weeks. - C. M. Kellogg came from Burns this week. D. S. Lowrie, of tho O. S. L., came to Vale on business connected with the railroad last Tuesday. . K. C. Weant and Mrs. Weant spent the Christmas holidays inVale with R. E. a id Mrs. Weant. Mr. R. C. Weant and Mr. K. E. Weant are brothers, and the ladies are sisters. The visitors will come for a more prolonged stay next month. f A load of lumber was shipped to Claude Brown over the Vale-Bums stage line this week. Tho lumber will bo used 'on the Odd Fellows' building and cost i rents a pound for transpor tation. Fred Brown is building a residence in kineliart's Addition for Truman Hoynton. Miss Eva Vanderhoof of Ontario viailcd Vale this week. C. C. Wilson, Bttorney of Nyasa, came to Vale last Wednesday. Sheriff Bob Odell returned to Vale hint Wednesday after a somewhat pro longed and utrenons business trip through the county. T. T. Nels n, Mrs. Nelsen, ami their hoy spent tha Christmas holidays with their relatives at Pendleton. Mr. Nel sen has returned to Vale but Mra. Nel sen and son remained over. R. E. Shaw of Star, Idaho, visited Vale last Thursday. I L. J. lladley and Mrs. Hsdley will leave Vale on Monday for a two i months visit to Iab Angeles. I Minn Ester L. Nelson of Boston vlsit 1 ed Valo this week in the interest of the j Educational League. ' j Engineer Ashton of tho O. S. L. has returned to Vale. X R. RECEIPTS ! MAKE RECORD The receipt at the railroad depot on Irtht Wednesday beat the receipt for any other day in the history of the line. I The amount received in freight charges 1 alone wa f 2, bX) while the money for I ticket amounted to making a ' grand total for the day of (2,40. i L'iint ojHit Club Met$ The K.iA'..iI Club will meot at Mrs. II. C. r.nliiii' rteuU'iiru, Wk1iihs d J ai'UMi y L. I 'IV ill bo nvrvKtl from 4 to - 10 rU, j :vt r)ont I lit-artily welcome, llvu lnuirle for pood ranch rop ,!', Vli Uliy ii'I luvvlmut tv,