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VOL.1, NO. 10 , VALE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 1910. '
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PRICE 5 cents
RESERVOIR IS
NOWLOCATED
Engineers Decide That Pumping
System Must be Used For
Waterworks
TO PUMP FROM WELL
Would Require Exceedingly Large
Pipe to Get Right Force From
Willow Springs
That the pumping system, and not
gravity, must be adopted by Vale for
ita water works is the decision at which
the engineers in charge of the work
have now arrived.
They state that bringing water from
Willow Springs would entail the plac
ing of very large pipes as the friction
in small pipes would be altogether ex
cessive when the altitude of the springs
is taken into account. The fall is only
240 feet. A reservoir has now been
located by the engineers some where
on the ridge of hills across the bridge,
and this reservoir has an elevation of
300 feet above the level of the city.
They say that the question of getting
rid of the sewerage is by far the most
difficult problen., but they beliee now
that they have all but overcome that
obstacle. 0. J. Parrot and C. C. Cot
trell of the firm of Parrot, Cottrell and
Parrot, Baker City, are in charge.
Mr. Cottrell believes the plans and
specifications cannot be drawn up be
fore April 1, as they have on hand a
large amount to accomplish. Part of
this work is connected with other un
dertakings and Vale will not be requir
ed to pay for the full time between the
signing of the contract and the conclu
sion of the preliminary work.
Royal Arch Mason Dead
C. R. Smith, a royal arch mason,
was buried at Westfall last Tuesday.
He wan rancher in that neighborhood
but was formerly a lawyer in California.
Carpets and rugs cleaned by vacuum
leave orders at Hunt and Carey's.
PETRIE GETS
A LARGE SUM
Jury Awards Him Nearly Two
Hundred Dollars an Acre For
Laid Condemned
Frank Petrie was awarded the sum
of $2,426.00 by a jury last Tuesday as
compensation for the condemnation of
part of his property for a right-of-way
for the Malheur Valley Railway. The
amount of land condemed is a little
more than twelve acres. In the plead
ing of the plaintiffs it was stated only
fiat the land is worth "less than $20C
a l acre," and his honor instructed the
jury substantially to the effect that this
statement would permit the jury to
place the valuation at any sum no mat
ter how slightly less than the sum
mentioned. The jury in its verdict
placed the valuation at $199.00 an acre.
Messrs McCulloch and Duncan repre
sented the defendants, while the case
r.f ti'.' ikinift was in the hands of
.V verv, Colonel Wheeler and
xm CASE
COMPROMISED
i rumise has been reached in
nf the Mtlheur Valley railroad
IVa.i'u Petric. The plaintiff cam-
ought condemnation - suit
he defendant, and the jury
he latter nearly $200 per acre
tion. Tr e railroad peorbin
t.iakr e. motion for a new
the IU' i eya for both aides
i.ur hmH i fected the compro'
uh i- i,n.i to be satisfactory
itic . i ncerned. The com
r.sy l.e . ; id to be due to the
Yir. I c' ie understood that
i': ti c pic dings was the causa
g. t'-.s compensation greater
iuM dermoid. ,
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EXPECTS MANY
TO COME HERE
Eastern Oregon and Western Idaho
The Lodestar of People
In The East
That the people of the East and par
ticularly of Chicago are letting their
minds dwell upon this neighborhood
more than ever, and that in all proba
bility an unprecedented rush will soon
take place for lands in Eastern Oregon
and Western Idaho, is the opinion of
Dr. O. W. McMichaol who arrived in
Vale last week.
The doctor says that the Irrigation
Congress recently held in the windy
city is principally the cause of the
awakening of this interest. He knows
several who have come to regard the
lands of the West as the land of prom
ise. During the Congress Eastern
Oregon and Western Idaho were far
more in evidence than any other
amongst the new regions, and he be
lieves, in consequence, athat this part
of the country will draw greater crowds
than any other. Dr. McMichael looks
for a great westward movement in
spring by city 'people who are in pos-
ssion of some money.
SECOND PRIZE
NOWOFFERED
One Hundred Dollars Will
be Given to Runner up
, in Great Piano
Contest
The ' Malheur Enterprise has made
arrangements with the Eiler's Piano
house, of Boise, Idaho, for a second
prize which will be given to the lady
who obtains the second place in the
great piano contest. ' This prize is a
check from 'Eiler's Piano Co. of Boise
for $100.00 to apply as first payment on
any new upright or grand piano in
Btock at Eiler's Piano house, Boise,
Idaho, at their regular established
stock price.
The following is the standing of the
candidates at the present time:
Miss Gladys Woodward, Westfall, 24,900
Margaret Glenn, Vale, 15,900
Angie Lyells, Ontario, 11,200
Constance Wilson, Vale, 1,700
There is still one month left for the
contestants to put forward their best
efforts. A lead now does not mean
that first place will be infallibly gained
by any means. Indeed a good finish is
the principal effort, and from this time
forward the real battle will be waged.
Complaint Filed
G. E. Rutherford filed suit last
Thursday against C. L. Young and D.
K. Wrrsham for the recovery of $100
alleged to be due on each of three
promissory notes.
RUSHING FEED
FOR THE SHEEP
Ten Carloads of Corn Brought to
Vale Last Week And
Distributed
Ten carloads of corn were rushed to
Vale last week and distributed from
here throughout the country for the
use of the hard pressed sheep and stock
of various places. So great was the
n?ed believed to be that one carload
was hitched on to a passenger train so
that no time might be lost. According
to F. L. Grimes who returned last Sun
day from Burns, the stock and sheep
i'i that district are having a much hard
er time than those around Vale. He says
this fact is due to the crust which
comes on the snow around the Burns
country, and also to the white frost
which settles on the grass wherever
the grass is exposed. t He heard that
some losses were incurred there.
COUNTY JAIL
IN BAD STATE
Grand Jury Suggests Improvements
of Many Kinds in The
Final Report
WOULD FIGHT GAMBLING
Also Requests That City Prisoners
Be Not Confined
County Prison
in
HARNEY OIL COMPANY
ELECTS ITS OFFICERS
The following directors of the Har
ney Valley Oil and Gas Company were
elected last Monday week at a meeting
in Burns: J. C. Turney, R. B. Post,
S. M. Talbot, H. M. Horton, Peter
Clemens, Charles G. Frye, Dr. H.
Denman, W. H. Bradford. The direc
tors afterwards elected the following
officers: J. C. Turney,, Pres.; R. B.
Post, vice-pres. ; Miss J. M. Loche,
sec; Peter Clemens, tres.; S. M. Tal
bot, superintendent
ALLENHNED
FOR CONTEMPT
William P. Allen who was arrested
on a bench warrant issued last week
by Judge Davis was fined $50.00 for
contempt of court last Wednesday.
Mr. Allen refused to come to court
when subpoenaed. It is said that when
the pubpoena was served Mr. Allen
was forking hay, and that he stuck his
fork through the paper and hoisted it
on the load of hay. The warrant was
issued at the request of the Prosecuting
Attorney.
BIG CAMPAIGN
TO. SAVE SHEEP
Elwood Clark Rushes Six Hundred
thousand Pounds of Corn
Out to Various Flocks
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1 c.iiiJ party ariven last
inder the auspice
nard'a muaic and
is i tovLed a very pleasar.t
. ; it i very successful,
. : . i' it is remembered that
' rt ti ne waa allowed for
ir.
Fined Fifty Dollars
J. M. Dinwiddic pleaded guilty last
week to the charge of selling liquor to
a minor and was fined $50. The de
fendant pleaded guilty last May but
his attorney, Dalton Biggs, had the
matter continued.
Boise Pair Gets License
R. M. Parka and Mrs. Edna Stein
man, both of Boise County, Idaho ob
tained a marriage license here last Mon
day. Mr, Brown 8 Father Dead
Geo. F. Brown, Auditor of the Willow
River Company, who left for Chicago
some weeks ago to visit his sick father,
arrived at that city too late, the old
gentleman having passed away a short
time before the arrival of the train.
The train was twenty-four hours late
and that fact prevented Mr. Brown
from seeing his father alive. Mrs.
Brown will return to Vale about Feb
uary 1,
COURT SESSION WAS
UNUSUALLY HEAYY
At the session of the Circuit court
which has juBt concluded the business
t 'ansacted was a little heavier than
uiual. His honor, Judge Davis, will
g from Vale to his home in Canyon
C ty. His next term of court will be
at Burns on April 1. In May he will
preside at the session in Canyon City.
The Thos. E. McKnight real estate
agency has a cheap homestead relin
quishment in the Big Bend country
under the Boise-Pavette government
irrigation project. fhe water is now
ready fcr the land.
No less than 600,000 pounds of corn
were shipped in to Vale through -the
efforts of Elwood Clark, the strenuous
Cashier of the U. S. National Bank,
during : the present severe spell of
weather.
Immeadfatlv after the arrival of the
corn here he had it rushed out to the
different parts of the country where
the herds were on the verge of famish
ing. Fifty temns were kept busy by
him in the work of getting the feed to
the starving animals in the interior
and thousands of them were aaved
through his efforts.
Berenica would probably have lost
3,600 sheep had not the feed arrived at
the time it did, and several other wool
growers also were saved from loss by
the timely shipments.
Amongst those who had the feed
shinned to them by Mr. Clark are Jeff
Billingsley, Riverside, Tom Turnbull,
Barren Valley; Malheur Livestock Com
pany; the Crowley ranch; John Gordon,
Donald McLeod. Albert Goodwin and
Wicks, of Skull Springs: Malcolm Cor
rigall, Frank Cummins, Howard bros..
John Sells, of WeBtfall, and several
other smaller owners
The following is the report of the
Grand Jury for the January 1910 term
of the Circuit Court :-
To the Honorable George E. Davis ,
Judge of tha above entitled Court:
We, the Grand Jury of the above en
titled Court respectfully submit this
our Final Report and ask to be dis
charged for the term. . ,
We have been in session for a period
of five days, during which time we
have examined into all matters brought
to our attention, or of which we have
had any knowledge, and have returned
into this court Ten true bills of Indict
ment and two Not True Bills of Indic-
ment.
We have made an examination of the
County Jail, and find the sanitary con
dition of the same bad, and we recom-
mend to tne uounty wouri inai me
sanitary conditions of the jail be im
proved and that modern sewerage me
thods be established. We would also
recommend to the County Court that
some arrangements be made with the
city of Vale, whereby the city prison
ers be not confined in the County Jail
as we believe that the best interests
of the county demand that only county
prisoners be confined in the County
Jail.
-We desire to further recommend to
the County Court and to the road
supervisors and other officers of the
county that the law be strictly enforced
in regard to the prpvent'trif .the. run
ning of irrigation water hi the county
roads, and that all who disobey this law
be punished aa provided by the statutes.
We are of the opinion that the pre
sent road districts of the county are so
large that the road supervisors cannot
give the proper supervision to the re
pairing and improving the Cdunty roads,
and we respectfully recommend to the
County Court that the county be re-districted
as to road districts, and that
there be a greater number of districts
created.
Evidence has come before this Grand
Jury that certain persons are renting
buildings in the town of Jordan Valley
in this County for gambling purposes,
and we desire to call the attention of
the District Attorney to Section 1947 if
the Statutes of the State, and request
him to begin a civil action in the name
of the state against the owners of all
buildings so rented for gambling pur
poses.
Having completed our labors for
term, we most respectfully ask to
discharged.
Frank Fairbairn
D. K. Ehrgood
J. D. King
Fred Curry
Bert G. Roberts
E. W. Grant
Thos. Welsh
j Grand Jurors.
VALE SHOULD
HAVECONTEST
Those Interested Say School Cup's
Location Should be Scene of
N Competition
According to those interested in the
contest for the school cup, that titanic
struggle should take place in the town
which is in temporary possession of the
trophy, but a movement is now afoot
tj have the contestants meet at Nyssa.
Mr. Nelsen, school trustee, and Mr.
Hope who took part in the initial prepa
rations for the contest say that it
should take place this year in Vale, as
Vale is now the cup holder. ' "
Miss Mulkey who has charge of the
grades which will represent Vale, has,
however, sent to the Enterprise a re
produced copy of the rules, and one of
these rules is to the effect . that the
meetings "shall rotate in such order as
dstermined by the committee." This
committee is composed of the principals
of the Vale, NysBa and Ontario schools.
It now remains to be seen if the rules
have been re-printed correctly. The
gentlemen mentioned are certain that
it was arranged to have the contest
held in the town holding the cup.
LOTS OF FEED
AT WESTFALL
That there is plenty of feed in the
country surrounding Westfall until
March, and that the stockmen are con
sequently immune from loss, is the
statement made yesterday by J. D.
Fairman of the Jones Mercantile Com
pany, who has been visiting Vale on
business.
Mr. Fairman also state that the fu
ture of Westfall looks exceedingly
bright. In business, ranching and in
every other way the prospects are that
a boom is about to strike that- region.
everyone m westiall is prosperous
ana expect to oe still more - so very
WIS.
?UL FOR
OILWORKERS
Coal Cannot be Found and Sage
Brush is Buried Under
The Snow
The lack of fuel in this country is
felt no place more severely at the
present time than in that portion of
the oil fields where the drills are thick
est. The drillers have been compelled
to stop work altogether. They have
been depending mostly on sage brush
in tSe past but the deep snow has cut
off the supplies ih that direction and as
there is no coal obtainable a most de
plorable inactivity has resulted.
The representatives of the Hutchin
son Oil and Gas Company of Union,
succeeded some days ago in obtaining
a small supply of coal and Immediately
had it hauled out to the scene of their
operations, where work was started
up again greatly to their relief.
For a time the cil men tried the
forlorn task of digging away the snow
from the brush but the most heroic
efforts failed to bring results anything
like commensnrate with the coat and
labor. They all are hopeful, however,
that the same time is approaching
when they can once more take full ad
vantage of the fuel supplies that stand
at their doors.
CITY RAISES
UCENSE FEE
Soft Drink Houses Must Pay $125.
A Quarter Instead of
VS.
MAY AGAIN BE
A CANDIDATE
Johns of Baker City Cannot
Tell His Course in Gub
ernatorial Contest
Have buyers for inside and residence
property, Vale Realty and Investment
Co.
T. T. Nelson,
ture Store.
Vale's leading 'Furni'
LAND OFFICE
the
be
Train Time Changed
The times for the arrival and depart
ure oi the trains have been changed
from 10 A.M. and 1.30 P. M. respect
ively to 10.10 A. M. and 3. 6 P. M.
Architects File Suit
H. W. Bond and company, architects,
filed suit lat Wednesday against G.
A. ami J. A. Hurley, who conduct bus
iness under the firm name of Hurley
and Hurlev. The plaintiffs want to
j recover the sum of $175 alleged to be
d Je by defendant for drawing up of
I plans and specifications of the new
j Hurley building. Mr. McGonagill ia
; the pluintiilV attorney.
Ji.i' i n.iy tdinr Saddlery.
Sheet Music for sale at Propst
(lor Slur, Vale, Oregon,
Jew-
! Put In New Line
The Vale Electric Light Company ia
now erecting jle for the purpose of
exU-nding the service to the west end
of the city.
i The Thomas E. McKnight Real Es
tate Agtncy ha callers every day for
houses to rent. List your property
I with him for rent.
' All kifds of aaodlea, harns, whlpr,
horae blankets and rolea at The Vs'v
! Saddlery Co.
Small Blaze
A small blaze occurred in the resi
dence of Mr. Bowman last Tuesday
morning but the flame waa extinguish
ed before anv damage waa done other
than spoiling the wall and some furn
ishings.
THOUSANDS OF
ACRES STAKED
Thirty thousand acres of oil land
have been staked and recorded in the
County Clerk'a office since the first day
of the present month. The number of
locations filed ia one hundred and
eighty eight, or approximately tight
for every day in the month.
Bill
SURE FOR VALE
Pasc3 Second Reading And
Committees And Department'
Favorable
A bill of the utmoHt importance for
this section has jubt paused its second
reading in congress. This bill provides
for nothing leas than the institution of
a land office in this city. The work of
getting the bill through has baen car-
ried on quietly. No noise, no flare of
trumpets and no publishing of ary kind
has accompanied the effort but a tele
gram received here yesterday htatos
that Fred Dennet, commissioner of the
Land office, all the committees, and the
Interior Department itaelf are favorable.
The new district will include all of
Malheur County and parts - of Grai.t
and Harney countiis. No opposition
has been maniftstud from any quarter.
Whether or not C. A. Johns of Baker
City will be a candidate in the next
election for governor of this state, is a
problem which cannot bo, solved, by
conversation with Johns at the present
time. While he was in Vale during the
past few days he was asked bluntly by
nn Enterprise reporter what his inten
tions were. He said in substance:
"At the present time I cannot say
whether I shall or shall not be a can
didate. It all depends upon business
matters of mine. Some of my business
affairs are now framing up in such a
manner that they may demand all my
attention. In such a case I shall not
be a candidate.
Mr. Johns, who was a caadidate be
fore the primaries at the last election,
is a believer in the assembly plan of
choosing candidates. He thinks it will
insure the nomination of the best man,
and will defeat the ends of ring politics,
.To Plat Land
Frank Petrie states that he is now
about to have some of his land platted
as un addition to the city of Vale.
MEETING KEPT SECRET
For Reasons Best Known to Coun
cil Press and People Are
Kept Ignorant
The soft drink licenses in Vale ' wars
increased from $75.00 a quarter to .
(125.00 a quarter at a special meeting
of the city council held last Wednesday ,
evening. The mayor stated next morn- .
ing that the vote was unanimous, but
the press and people were riot extended
the usual courtesies of notification
by his honor or by the honorable coun-.
cil and all the further information must
necessarily be second handed. Hia
honor, the mayor, answered In the neg
ative when asked if the failure of the
jury to reach a verdict, at a suspicious
ly recent period, affected the decision
of the council. He says the matter
has been under consideration for six
months, and that the Increase ia due
to the desire of the city to obtain funds.
Why this desire materialized at the
first meeting after the failure of the
near beer cases, and why the funds of
the city of Vale needed augmentation
for the first t'me in six months by this
or similar methods are problems which
the council evidently believed should be
solved by hole and comer methods and
not openly. It waa admitted by the
mayor that this special meeting waa
summoned for thia particular purpose.
In other words, a matter which had
admittedly been under consideration
for half a year could not have waited
a couple of weeks longer after the
abortive attempt on the part of two
juries to reach verdicts in the matter.
Outside f the "'question of mere
courtesy which ia extended to the press
in every sophisticated community In
similar circumstances, perhaps there ia
not much objection to the council op
erating secretly. The citizena seem to
have lost interest, anyhow, under the
present conditions.
BIGGS WILL BE
A CANDIDATE
Says Too Early to Speak of Intent
ions About Election to Bench
But He Seems Willing
Stallions, Cows For Sale
Caldwell Saloons Closed
The saloons at Caldwell were closed
last Tuesday in compliance with the
law urently pasHed. At the last mom
end one saloon put up the sign: "Drinks
selling at ha'f price." The neighbor
ing saloon had a sign vhich gave peo
ple to understand that it was still in
the ring and would be until the noon of
next day. "Prices are still two for
two bits," it. said.
Scarlet Fever At Dell
Young Norman Stallions and Mil hi Scarlet fever baa attacked the fam
Cows, of the very best blood, may I e ' llv of W. It. Oik, Dell. Mrs. Oik and
pjrehased of Churl, s Thebaud who has j daughter are the sufferers. ',
a splendid stock i f them on hand.
Mr. Thebaud also hns 250 tons
fie best hay for a .lu. '
SEWERAGE DUMP TO
BE BELOW DAM
The engineer now engaged in the
work of preparation for drawing up
plans and specifications have decided
that the sewerage of the city will be
dumped below the dam of the Nevada
ciiU-h.
Have Inquiriea for wd ranch pr"
trty, Vale Kealty and loveatmant Co.
Installed Officers
The Woodmen of the World enjoyed
a pleasant time on last Monday even
ing when their new officers were In
stalled. The installation was followed
by a dinner and good social time , at
which about thirty meinbtTS attended.
On the vaine evening .Messrs Clover,
Charley Inginan and Thos. Selby were
initiated.
Court Adjourns
The January session of the Circuit
court came to an end yefctcrday. iiis
honor, Judge Davis, has arranged that
t'le grand jury will meet some time
j before next session so that sufficient
I time will bo allowed for bringing In
indictments before court nit.
Buys House
J. y. Lynd has purchased a house
from Mrs. Kkrtdgu on A stmt. Tie
consideration i lm.
RECORD STAMP
SALE IS MADE
The sale of stamps at the Vale post
office during tho present month has
been far and away greater than the
sales for any period of equal extent n
the history of the town.
' From January 1 to . January
t;tal Hales have been
than $24 (X) per day.
18' the
or more
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the Vale
SAYS LAND HOLDERS . .
, WILL COME TOGETHER
That all parties interested in the
question of the formation of the Doise
() jvy hee irrigation district now marl
f dst signa of coming to an understand
ing is the statement of Mr. Gibson,
m .-mber of the settlers' committee
who has been in Vale recently as a
member of the jury.
Several uit etii gs have been held and
Mr. Gibson believes that the ultimata
eitult of the negotiations will be
I radically unanimous pu tit Ion for the
formation of ti e district.
It is safe to say that Dalton Biggs,
the well known attorney of Ontario,
will be a candidate for election to the
Circuit Court bench at the election to
be held next November, although it ia
only justice to say that he expressed
himself as not prepared to speak about
the matter at the present time.
The rumor that he is a candidate has
been so persistent that an Enterprise
man waited on Mr. Biggs to obtain the
Information at first hand. ' His answer
waa practically to the effect that he is
not a candidate now, and is not prepar
ed to declare himself as one In the fut
ure, but he did not object to having it
said that hia enndidacy is at least a
probability, Reading between the lines
and judging by the manner in which alt
candidates break thu sweet intelligence
to the public, there is, perhaps, no dan
ger in saying confidently that Mr. Biggs
will be in the racer
Judge Davis will be a candidate for
re-election, everyone believes, and will
undoubtedly be a hard one to beat.
W. W. Wood of Canyon City is men-
tloned as another prospective candidate.
City Digs Test Well
A contract for digging a test well waa
let to W. A. Martin at a specisl meet
ing of the city council last Wednesday,
evening. , ,.
The location chosen for this well is
on the other side of Bully Creek south
of the city.
Verdict For Defendant '
In the case of Louis Bartoni vs. C
D. O'Connell, the jury found a verdict
for the defendant last Thursday in the'
sum Of $143. i
The suit arose from differences con
nected with a long list of accounts in
sheep dealing. Dalton Biggs was for
defendant.
The Thomas E. McKnight Real Es
tate Agency has a demand for 6,000
acres of rsw sage brush land unimprov
wl. Our esjddlog are the finest on the
in trket. Saddle Uves guaranteed. Pot
to hurt. Vale SadJltry Co.