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VOL. 1. NO. 32
VALE, OREGON. SATURDAY, JUNE 25. 1910.
PRICE 5 cents
DIRECTORS
ELECT NEW
TEACHES
Another May be Added For
High School Classes De
pends on Attendance-
Acceptance Have Not All
Been Sent In ,
The teachers for the coming school
term were elected the past week by the
school board as follows: Prof. Rogers,
Seattle; Misses Raymond, Vassar, Engle
and Mabel Ridgeley, and Mrs. Gannon
All the teachers have accepted except
Misses Engle, Ridgeley and Mrs. Gan
non, but it is thought they will hand in
their acceptance of the positions in a
few days.
Another teacher may be added to the
present force, but this depends on the
number of pupils who will attend the
high school.
CATHOUCCHURCH
TO RAISE FUNDS
As mentioned in previous issues of
The Enterprise, prospects for the build
ing of a Catholic church in the near
future are very encouraging. Last
Sunday a committee of gentlemen was
appointed to take charge of the solicit
ing comprising the following members:
Messrs. John Kennedy, Frank O'Neill,
F. Voluber and John Flynn. An auxili
ary committee of ladies was also ap
pointed with Mesdames Thebaud and
Flynn.
PEOPLE EVERYWHERE
WANTTOHEAROFVALE
T. W. Davidson, the most active pro
moter of the Vale oil field, returned
Monday night from a three weeks' trip
to Portland, Seattle, Spokane and St.
Paul. When asked concerning his trip,
Mr. Davidson said, "Everybody wants
to know about Vale. As soon as they
heard a Vale man was in their town
they came for information. I hey are
keeping watch of the development of
this section and many of them expect
to come to our town very soon."
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MALHEUR IS
FORASSEMBLY
Says Judge Hayes to the Oregonian
While in Portland This
Week
"Malheur county is coming down
strong for the assembly," said Judge
George W. Hayes, of Vale, who is in
Portland on legal business. "For some
time there was a little sentiment against
it, but that has completely changed and
we will send our sixteen delegates here
July 21.
"For some weeks there was a general
misunderstanding of what was meant
by the assembly. Gradually it has be
come known there is not to be any
'gong' rule, but just an honest expres
sion of straight out-and-out Republi
canism and the people are for it."
Oregonian.
FINE DRY FARMING SAMPLES
SHOWN BY HOMESTEADER
Julius Topelt, who has a homestead
three miles up Willow Creek, wax in
town yesterday with some extra fine
samples of Fall-sown wheat, barley and
rye, his own experiment in the way of
dry-farming. They certainly were
splendid specimens and were left at
at the Hope Bros. real, estate office.
YALE EASILY DEFEATS PARMA
IN BALL GAME LAST SUNDAY
The local base ball team won an easy
victory Sunday from Parma by the score
of 11 toO. For the hon e team, Mulkey
pitched a wonderful game; Coshow,
who has been playing short with grand
success, caught a good game behind
the bat; Diven on second, and Iloehmer
on first, both new additions, played
tar games.
VOTE BONDS
FOUR TO ONE
MAJORITY
At School Election On Mon
day in Vale School
District
FOUR ROOM ADDITION
$11,000 Bonds to Be Sold Arthur
Glenn Elected Director and
Mrs. T. A. Barton Clerk Steam
Heating Plant Will Be Installed
Through Entire Building
DICKERSON
WON'T OPPOSE
BIGCONTEST
Talks Over Jeffries-Johnson
Fight Before Leaving Vale
Says Governor Has No
Authority to Stop Contest
Under Nevada Laws
The taxpayers of Vale School District,
No. 15, voted in favor of school bonds
in the sum of $11,000 on last Monday
afternoon by the big majority of 4 to 1
Arthur Glenn was elected director and
Mrs. T. A. Barton, school clerk, the
outgoing officers being T. T. Nelsen
and Mrs. R. G. Wheeler.
The present school board is made up
of C. A. Gilham, chairman; T. W.
Clagget and Arthur Glenn; Mrs. Barton,
clerk.
It is the intention of the school board
to build a four room addition to the
present building, while a complete
steam heating plant is to be installed
throughout the building.
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Linoleums, Rugs and Carpet t T
MUCH ACTIVITY IN
WILLOW CREEK VALLEY
George I . Brown, ol isrogan, was
in town this week on business and
reports much activity up the Willow
River valley. The new hotel is com
pleted at Brogan, the big ditches are
nearing completion and the ranchers
are busy having. Mr." Brown reports
that cherry trees near Brogan are fairly
groaning under their load of cherries.
DRILLERS ARE BUSY
AT THE OIL WELLS
A. Hanson, who was in town from
the oil field this week, stated that the
big drilling outfit was at work at the
Eastern Oregon. He states that there
is an unusually fine showing of oil out
there now, and that the company in
tends to drill farther down as fast as
possible.
Over at the Mammoth well the fishing
for the big heavy tools, which have
been lost at the bottom of the big hole
for some time, began last Thursday.
Driller Besgrove, of the Columbia oil
well, while in town Tuesday, stated
that the drills were penetrating the
shale with splendid indications of oil.
Should a strata of oil sand be reached
below the shale, it is thought a gusher
will be struck.
An Awful Pain
(From The Oriano)
The telephone building was moved
from its old location back of the brick
building now used for the telephone to
a lot adjoining the Vale Lumber com
pany. The building was caught in that
wind storm the other day and broke the
building in two through the middle.
A Conundrum
(From Nysna Journal)
The Oreano gives out some very un
flattering of uncomplimentory informa
tion concerning the condition of their
chamber of commerce. And poor mayor
he is the head of it. Could say that the
mayor didn't believe in advertising and
still it seems that way is Borne things.
The Oreano has awakened to the fact
that people on the outside have been
laughthg up their sleeves at the mis.
representations of the real conditions.
Now its up to them to start over again
and on a new basis. The Enterprise
people have no doubt gotten some new
maps showing the country south of ,
Nyssa as its tributary country or did
brother Stone-see wrong.
Governor Denver S. Dickerson, of
Nevada, while in Vale last Saturday,
in talking of the JefFriex-Johnson fight,
stated that it could be pulled off in
Nevada and that he would offer no
interference. The governor explained
that the laws of Nevada license prize
fighting and that therefore the executive
of the state is without authority to
stop the big contest. However, in a
case of a fake fight, he would be able
to step in. He believed that the fight
would be a fair one.
Governor Dickerson left' Vale Sun
day afternoon, stopping long enough in
Ontario to visit his sick mother, before
going on to his home at Carson City.
ABSTRACT COMPANY
IS INCORPORATED
Articles of incorporrtion were filed
in the county clerk's office Wednesday
for the Title Abstract company, with
E. C. Smith, E. W. Smith and M. P.
Thompson as the incorporators. The
capital stock is $3000 and the principal
office will be located in Vale.
If you want to sell your property list
Johnson & s
it with John
quick sales.
E.
sons, for
Ask for prices on
Chesters.
flour at Hunt &
ANOTHER OIL
WELL RIG TO
ENTER FIELD
Isis Oil & Gas Company Has
l,280AcresIn Vale' ;
District
EXPERT IN CHARGE
Of Drilling Operations Four
Rigs Now In Field Have Al
ready Brought Forth Strongest
Indications of Oil In The Vale
Field
SCHLOTTMAN CHOSEN
DIRECTOR AT BROGAN
News Notes From Willow River
Valley's New Town Much
Building Going On
At the school meeting of the Brogan
district on Tuesday, Henry Schlottman
was elected director for three years.
Arnold Tschirgi and J. M. Addington
were reelected. C. H. Westaway was
elected secretary and treasurer of the
board for a term of one year.
The Willow Inn, Brogan 's new hotel,
is finished. A. W. Lyon, the proprietor,
has the hostelry nicely furnished and it
is now one of the finest hotels in eastern
Oregon.
Cement sidewalks are being laid this
week on 5th avenue and Cole street.
The Willow River Land & Irrigation
company is putting in a private tele
phone from Brogan to their reservoir
at No. 3 and on to Ironside which con
nects with Baker City and cities west.
C. H. Westaway is having erected a
fine five-room bungalow by Contractors
Lovelace & Williams. It will be com
pleted some time in July.
Malheur Co.
Honored By
Gov. Benson
Representative W. H. Brooke, of
Malheur county, has been appointed by
Governor F. W. Benson on the com
mittee of five to represent this state
and to direct the work of the National
Irrigation Congress in this state. The
committee is to hold a session in Port
land next month to plan the work
for drawing as much attention as
possible towards Oregon at the National
Irrigation Congress which meets in
Pueblo, Colorado, September 26 to 30.
Tha appointmentof Attorney Brooke,
of Ontario, is quite an honor to Mal
heur county, since all other members
are from the western part of the state.
Attorney Brooke has been taking promi
nent part in irrigation matters in this
l section and is well qualified.
EXCURSION EAST
See John E. Johnson & Sons for bar
gains in real estate and city property.
The Petrie Addition
to
Via Oregon Short Line R. R.
Cheyenne, Denver, Colorado Springs,
Pueblo, Kansas City, St. Louis, Omaha, '
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and
other points. Tickets on sale May 6th
tl.t. t , AH. 111k lUlk mATtk '
July 7th and 29th, August 4th and
September 14th and 23rd. Limit. Octo
ber 81st . See agents for further
pmlevlur.
We have 100 lots for sale in this new
addition to Vale at terms that cannot
be had eUewhere. Let us tell you
about our special proposition to early
buyers. John E. Johnjton & Sons.
Another oil well drilling rig is to enter
the Vale oil field within the next thirty
days. The company starting out on
this campaign of active work' is the Isis
Oil & Gas company, of Portland, which
has extensive holdings of about 1280
acres, 15 miles northeast of this city.
The immediate purpose of the company
is to install a first-class California
standard six-inch Ideal rig, wfcile other
rigs will follow from time to time. This
company has for its manager Alonzo
Fisher, one of the best known and most
capable oil men in the West, who has
been identified with the oil producing
centers of California, New Mexico and
Texas. Mr. Fisher some time ago
visited the Vale oil field and he knows
that oil will be found in payiitg quanti
ties. He will have supervision of the
drilling operations.
T. W. Davidson, who has been in
strumental in the opening up of the
Vale field and who has placed several
rigs which are at present drilling into
the oil sand and which have brought
splendid and convincing indications of
oil, stated yesterday that he knew
many of the men of this company and
that they meant business attathftt while
in Portland last week heard that the
drilling rig was ready to be shipped to
this field.
PARENTS ABANDON
HOME AND THEIR
FOUR CHILDREN
Leaving home and their four small
children to shift for themselves, the
Stovalls of this 'city are now being
hunted by the authorities. It is under
stood that the father left for Walla
Walla on last Saturday, but the mother
has not yet been located. The officers
are anxious to find Mrs. Ella Stovall as
they wish to serve a notice on her that
the children are to sent to the Boys &
Girls Society in Portland. It has been
learned that she was in Boise Thursday
night.
The Stovalls have been doing janitor
work in numerous office buildings here
for several months and according to re
ports were unable to provide for the
hungry little ones. The county had
been helping the family for some time
and Judge Richardson now intends to
send the children to Portland.
CELEBRATION
NEARBEULAH
On July Fourth Thompson's Grove
Will Be Scene of Much
Festivity
JAMIESON
AN IDEAL
TOWNSITE
Plat Filed Thursday-Streets
Named Apple, Pear and
Peach, Characteristic of
District Which Is to Be
come Famous Fruit Center
The Beulah neighborhood has arranged
for an excellent Fourth of July celebra
tion at Thompson's Grove. The eagle
is sure to scream there for a fine pro
gram has been prepared for the day,
consisting of horse racing, ball game,
greased pig, egg and sack races, tug of
war, shirt race, etc. And then there
is the big free dinner on the grounds
at noon. In the evening there will be
fireworks and dancing.
More Wool Sold
But Vale Holds
Record Bid
Co t9 T. T Nlf n' fori ftrpJlwi,
At the second wool sales day held In
Ontario Thursday of last week, after
the eat tern wool buyers had returned
from sales dates in Idaho, 75,000 pounds
efj wool were sold. This lot included
four cll at prices ranging from 15 6-8
to 16 cents. This price was somewhat
lower than that received at the sales
In this city on June 13 and Vale still
holds th record bid of the year 17 18
tnU.
The plat of Jamieson, Malheur
county's newest town, seventeen miles
north of Vale, up the Willow River
valley, was filed in the county clerk's
office Thursday by J. F. Flynn. The
townsite is composed of sixteen blocks
300 feet square, ideally located on the
bench land on the left and adjoining
the Brogan railroad. - One of the novel
features of the new town, characteristic
of the valley which is to become famous
as a fruit center, are the names of the
streets. Running north and south are
Pear, Peach and Apple avenues. Main
street will be the business street and
Oxman avenue, named after C. H.
Oxman, from whom the tract of land
was purchased. Running east and west
are A, B, C, D and E streets. Four
blocks in the center of the townsite
are laid out as the business district,
the lots being 30x150 feet. Surround
ing is the residence property, gently
sloping from the business section, with
large lots 75x150 feet All blocks in the
townsite have 20 foot alleys running
north and south.
The school house is already located
on the northeast corner of the townsite
and on the right of the railroad track.
The station will be built at the foot of
Oxman avenue and B. street. A store,
postoffice and lumber yard will also be
located within a short time. During
the past few days a gang of men has
been busy clearing the streets of the
sage brush.
FIRST TRAIN
UP WILLOW
CREEK VALLEY
Two Hundred People At
tend Brogan Townsite
Auction Sale
JAMIESON SALE TODAY
Land Under Willow River Irriga
tion Project Visited by People
From Every Section of the
1 Country Sales Continue on
Monday.
A new sight to the settlers of the
Willow Creek valley was the first pas
senger train which ran to Jamieson
yesterday. The excursion for . dis
tance of W miles to the townsite was
attended by a large number of people
who can now boast of riding on the
first train up the valley. The purpose
of the excursion was the auction sale
of lots in the townsite of Brogan and
Jamieson, the centers of the splendid
fruit land under Willow River Irriga
tion project.
The first train ran to Jamieson, the
distance of eight miles to Brogan being
covered by autos. T. W. Davidson,
of Portland, the Vale oil field promoter,
again showed his strong faith in this
section of the country by purchasing a
business lot next to the poBt office at
Brogan. About 200 people attended
the sale. Today takes place the Jamie
son townsite auction sale.
TO OPPOSE
CREATION OF
OTISCOUNTY
Local Chamber of Com
merce Asked To Cooperate
With the Nyssa Commer
cial Club Other Towns
Will Fall Into Line
MULKEY WILL NOT
SEEK RE-ELECTION
County Gerk For Two Terms and
Deputy Three and a
Half Terms
County Clerk Mulkey will not be a
candidate for re-election at the coming
primaries. When seen a few days ago
by a representative of the Enterprise,
who was looking into this matter, Mr.
Mulkey said, "you can announce that
I will not be a candidate. I have been
in this office for over ten years, having
been deputy county clerk a little over
three terms and county clerk two terms.
I will make room for others."
Mr. B. W. Mulkey went into the
clerk's office in June 1900 and during
his ten years service as deputy and
county clerk, he has made one of the
best officers Malheur county has ever
had, always attending to his work. It
is understood that County Clerk Mul
key, upon the close of his term, on the
first of the year, will accept the
managership of the Oregon-Idaho Lum
ber Co's. office and lumber yards in this
city.
Bootleggers '
Are Caught
At Brogan
Three bootleggers, John Kenney, An
dy Girard and W. M. Schuck, caught
with the goods at Brogan, are now oc
cupying cells in the county jail. Ken
ney and Girard had their trials before
Justice Wilson, who fined Kenney $50
and Girard flOO and 30 days in jail. They
are serving out their sentence. F. M.
Fan ier.deputy sheriff brought the men,
and a case of whisky they were peddling,
to town Tuesday.
Schuck was not caught until Thurs
day night. Two cases of whiskey dis
covered in his possession, were confis
cated. He will be placed on trial on
Monday.
Try our flour and save money at Hunt
A. Chesters. -
Died
AUiin Tennyson, the three months
old adopted son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Ellis of this city, died on Tuesday of
cholera Infantum. The funeral took
place Wednesday, Rev. Meredith having
charge of the services. Mrs. Tennyson,
of Boise, mother of the child was here
to attend the funeral.
Try our flour and save money a( Hunt
BURNS WOOL COMES
IN EVERY DAY
Thirty' carloads of wool have already
been shipped to Boston by the Ricker
Gheen Forwarding company this sea
son, the largest part of which was
shipped the past week. The ware
houses are however being kept well
filled as interior wool is coming in daily,
20,000 pounds having been received from
the Burns country this week. Other
large consignments are expected the
coming week.
MATERIAL FOR
PM DEPOT
Several carloads of sand for the
$20,000 brick depot arrived in town the
foro part of the week. That building
operations will be rushed as fast as
possible was made evident on Wednes
day by the presence in town of two
railroad surveyors, R. W. McCracken
and Will H. Hall, both of Pocatello.
These gentlemen designated the place
for the dumping of the sand and looked
over the site of the building.
Messrs McCraken and Hall left on
Wednesday afternoon's train, but are
expected to return today to complete
preliminary surveys of the depot site,
tracks, etc., within the new yards.
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Lost
A bed, 8 quilts, 1 pair of blankets
and one Mays blanket, between Vale
and Brogan. Return to Vale Trading
Co. Co. $5 reward.
For Sale
Two lots on the corner of A. and
Clark streets-Price $40d cash. For
short time only at that price. For
further information apply to P. 0. box
185, OnUrio.
A BUNCH TO DRAW TO CAN BE
FOUND AT THE DREXEL DRUG CO.
R. H. Cook, bettor known as "Doc"
is again behind the prescription counter
of the Drexel drug store, Doe returned
two weeks ago from Iowa to accept a
position with the Vale Trading company,
but it seems that he ean't get away
from "pill mixing" and he had to re
turn to his old position in Frick'a drug
store The combination of clerLs
Proprietor Frlck has secured is certainly
hard to beat. With W. K. Smith and
Doc Cook at the prescription case. Will
Menard at the fountain, who is noted
for his cool, fancy mixtures in the way
of summer drinks, II. N. Boehmer at
the cigar counter and Proprietor Frick
as overseer, your want wll) frtln!y
b will sttendsd. to.
The Nyssa Commercial Club this
week sent in a resolution to the Cham
ber of Commerce of this city, opposing
the creation of Otis county and asked
that the local body take up the matter
and aid in the defeat of the movement
for the organization of the new county. ,
This being one of the live issues of the
day, the Enterprise publishes the
resolutions adopted by the Nyssa Club:
Whereas, Certain citizens of Malheur
and Harney counties have united in a
petition to have the question of creat
ing a new county in the State of Oregon,
to be known as Otis county, and
Whereas, Said Otis county is to be
made up of and constituted of a portion
of said county which has at all times
received due consideration from the
citizens and the Commissioners Court
of Malheur county, and
Whereas, There can be found no good
and sound reason for such action, and
opposition should be made to such divi
sion of Malheur county, such division
being derogatory to the welfare of
Malheur county and to be greatly
deprecated, and ,
Whereas, the residents
county within the bounds
posed Otis county are themselves op- :
posed to the formation of tho said pro
posed Otis county, therefore,
Be It Resolved, That the Nyssa Corn
merclal Club in regular meeting as
sembled takes a stand of opposition to
the division of Malheur county for the
purpose of creating Otis county as pro
posed, or any other county, and be it
further
Resolved, That the Nyssa Commercial
Club as a body and its members as in
dividuals will oppose by vote and argu
ment, the division as proposed in the
question to be submitted to the people ,
of Oregon in the coming election; and
be it further
Resolved, That these resolutions be
published in the local papers and papers
of the state in general circulation, and
that they be spread upon the minutes
and records of the Nyssa Commercial
Club.
Adopted by the Club in regular meet
ing assembled this 17 day of May, 1910.
of Malheur
of the pro
ROUSING FOURTH
AT THEBAUD'S
Pioneers of Malheur County Will
Also Be There Big Program
All Day
The glorious Fourth will be celebrated
at Thebaud's grove with appropriate
exercises. The Utopian Grange will
have charge of the day's program,
which will commence at 10 o'clock in
the morning. Many entertaining fea
tures are promised and the entire day
will be devoted to a real old fashioned
and rousing celebration. There will be
speeches, songs, recitations, races of
all kinds, a ball game between the
Fats and the Leans and dancing. The
Vale band will furnish the music.
The Malheur county pioneers will
also be there for'the purpose of forming
a permanent organization, and prizes
will be awarded the oldest pioneer and
the oldest couple on the grounds.
FIRST FREIGHT CARS TO REACH
NEW TOWNSITE OF JAMIESON
The first cars of freight to runup the
Willow River Valley railroad wuched
Jamieson on Thursday, Four carload
were taken up with the construction
train. "A large part of this consignment
will be freighted the eight miles to
Brogan by wagons.
EPISCOPAL CLUB SOCIAL
NEXT FRIDAY EVENING
The Episcopal Club will give another
of Its pleasant social events on next
Friday evening at the home of Mrs. W.
W. Knowles. The affair taked place in
the evening instead of in the afternoon,
as heretofore, so that a larger number
of people can attend. The social will
commence at 8 o clock p. m. Lemonade
and cake will be served. The money
raised will go to the church building
fund, . r