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5 VOL. 1. NO. 51
VALE, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1910.
PRICE 5 cents
WEST IS ELECTED GOVERNOR OF OREGON
People
Will
Not Stand for the Assembly System
ENGINEER
GETS DATA
0NRIVERS
Fred J. Henshaw, of United
States Geological Sur
Visits Vale
VALUE TO IRRIGATION
Data Gathered by District En
gineer from Local Gauge Sta
tions to be Used in Reports on
Discharge at Low and Aver
age Stages of Rivers.
Fred J. Henshaw, District Engineer
of the United States Geological Survey
Department, wts In town last 'Monday
while on a trip of inspection to the
river gauging stations maintained by
the survey on Malheur river. After
iiea8urlng the river at Vale on Mon
day, Engineer Henshaw went on to
Beulah and Riverside, at which points
the -water supply available for storage
Is being measured.
Mr. Henshaw has charge of the work
in the Columbia river district, includ
ing Oregon and Washington, with
headquarters in Portland. The streams
of the district are being measured at
over two hundred points, about equally
divided between the two states. The
records are being kept on rivers west
of the Cascades to determine water
power possibilities, as well as on those
of the Eastern portion of the state
where Irrigation Is the real Issue.
The two states and the nation both
contribute toward maintaining the
work, the allotments for the present
year are $2,000 from the general gov
ernment, $5,000 from the state of
Washington, and $2,500 from the state
of Oregon. The federal government
spends In each state an amount at least
equal to that appropriated by the state.
Although the central office of the dis
trict is located In this state, Oregon
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BOEHMER RELEASED
BY GRAND JURY
Federal Grand Jury Charges True
Bill First Drawn to "Not
True"
H. N. Boehmer, the bookkeeper of
the United States Bank of Vale, who
was first arrested following an in
vestigatlon of the bank by national
examiners, charge with mlsappropria
tlon of funds, was released by the
grand Jury on Friday of last week.
It was found that Boehmer had knowl
edge or at least one of the false en
tries, but for unexplained reasons the
true bill first drawn against him was
changed to "not true," and turned into
court.
MAIL THIEF CAUGHT
IN PORTLAND
Goods Found in Kidd's Pockets are
Give Away Operated on
Oregon Short Line
His pockets filled wtththe proceeds
of a mall pouch robbery at Burley,
Idaho, David N. Kldd was capteured
on the streets of Portland Monday by
Postoffice Inspector Clement and De
tective Mahoney. That night Kldd was
started to Idaho for trial.
The pouch was stolen from a truck
in front of the station at Burley,
October 21. The man snatched it, ran
into the sagebrush, eat down only a
few hundred yards from the station
and calmly rifled the contents. But
when the robber-left he failed to pick
up a pair of new gauntlets from the
bunch grass where he had dropped
them when tearing open the letters
and parcels of mall.
Kldd has served two terms in the
Idaho penitentiary being pardoned the
last time in May, 1909. Kldd is also
suspected of other mail robberies be
tween Huntington and Pocatello.
Highest cash prices paid for all kinds
of Furs. Apply F. B. Glenn, Vale.
WARM SPRINGS RESERVOIR
SITE IS IDEAL, STORAGE COST
PER ACRE FOOT IS SMALL
During the past week, following the
meeting of the Malheur Valley ranch
ers held in the Chamber of Commerce
last Saturday, a large number of shares
have been added to the Malheur Valley
Irrigation Corporation and the promot
ers of the irrigation district are con
fident that the total number of shares
will soon be subscribed. At present
over 50 signatures have been secured
representing over 10,000 shares while
the large acreage of the road land
companies, said to be favorable to the
movement, is to be added within a
week or two.
Since Saturday another thousand dol
lars has been raised among the business
men of Vale and ranchers to carry out
all preliminary plans.
Engineer Luck of Weiser, in speak.
MOVE EXPECTED
SOON BY HILL
R. R. PEOPLE
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After spending several weeks
in conference with Eastern of
ficials of the Hill lines, at Chica
go, John F. Stevens, president of
the North Bank road, returned to
Portland Tuesday morning "pre
pared to take up the campaign of
development which has been out
lined in the Northwest.
"At present I am more than
anything else concerned in the
electric railway situation," said
Mr. Stevens. "It will be a day
or more until I learn just what
the local situation is."
Other policies of extension al
ready undertaken by the Hill
system are also pending further
moves by the company, so it is
with much interest that the local
railroad field watches any possi
ble situation that may be present
ed as a result of the conference
which Mr. Stevens attended.
ing of the proposed reservoir at the
Warm Springs basin stated that it was
the finest site imaginable for a reser
voir on account of the natural surround
ings which called for little expense.
The natural rock of the gorge make an
ideal dam site. Of course the cement
for the big work will be the most ex
pensive feature.
In explaining his idea of the dam, he
said that it would be built more cheaply
if the walls were lower with an over
flow spill-way on top. In this manner
the dam could be built for $70,000.
The dam is to be of solid masonry of
undressed stone, the exterior of rubble
masonry, with blocks of stone and con
crete inside, which when completed
will make a practically solid stone piece
of masonry. The length of the dam is
to be 320 feet at the top and 120 at the
bottom and the middle crossection 100
feet wide at the bottom. The spillway
is 72 feet. .
"When such a dam is constructed
there will be practically no further ex
pense for storing of the 72,000 acre
feet of water. It is estimated that the
building of this dam would make an
average cost of $2.50 per acre for
storage an unsually low price as the
average is considered at $15 per acre.
I am putting in a dam at the present
time in Idaho where the people are not
stopping at $30."
B0WERMAN AND B0SSISM ARE
OVERWHELMINGLY DEFEATED
to trustees who will furnish the money
and hold the bonds as collateral, thus
legalizing the present situation, his
company would go ahead with the work
at once.
An offer of $3,000 has been made by
the council to Walter Glenn for the
Willow Springs and it is understood
that the deal is considered almost clos
ed.
The flow line will cost $46,940, the
sewers already installed amounts to
$25,275, the water distribution, $34,085,
making a total expenditure of $106,300
for Vale's complete water system.
Mr. Dutch states that it will take a
month and a half to put in the flow line
and that water will be started in the
mains on January 1st. A large concrete
divesrion wall will be built around the
springs to collect all the water. The
reservoir on the hill east of town is al
ready completed,
BROGAN TOWN HAS ITS
SHARE OF TROUBLES
New complaints filed in the circuit
court yesterday are the First Trust
and Savings Bank of Brogan against
E. I. Brogan and D. M. Brogan for
the recovery of a note amounting to
$2567.36 and $500 attorney fees; also
againgt the Brogan Townsite Co. for
recovery of a note of $5000 and $1000
attorneys fees.
Josephine De Jonghe sues D. M.
Brogan for payment ot a note amount
ing to $10,000 and costs of action.
Haves and Anderson are attorneys in
the three suits. Sheriff Odell, accom
panied by those interested went to
Brogan in the afternoon to serve at
tachments on property.
NATURAL HOT WATER
IN BATH HOUSE
Work is being resumed at the bath
house across the river and it is now
thought that the natural hot water will
be turned into the swiming pool and
bath tubs in about a week. A small ad
dition, as a boiler room, will be erected
on the south side of the building ad
joining the laundry room on the east
end of the building.
SHORT LINE SHOWS
LARGE INCREASE
The Oregon Short Line reports
September operation as follows: Op
erating revenue, $1,965,372, increase
$208,323; net after taxes, $942,150, de
crease $69,091; three months operat
ing revenue, js.osa.w, increase
$388,931; net after taxes, $2,577,385,
decrease $399,905,
WANTS TRAINS TO
STOP AT ONTARIO
Commercial Bodies Start Move
Which Will Be of Great Bene
fit to This Section
GRAVITY ROW LINE
TO BE STARTED
Work on the gravity flow line will be
started next week, if all plans of the
city council aie approved by the bond
ing company, which is said to have
suggested the move in the first place.
At the meeting of the council Thurs
day afternoon. Mr. Dutch of the con
tracting firm stated that if the council
rWflc4 tbfir Contract, put ip th lnd ri,
Resolutions asking the Oregon Short
Line railroad company to stop trains 17
and 18 in Ontario were unanimously
passed at the . Chamber of Commerce
meeting last Monday evening. Similar
resolutions were also passed by the
Ontario Commercial Club and it is
thought the railroad company will
grant the wishes of the many people
signing the petitions. The stopping of
these two trains in Ontario will be of
much material benefit to the people of
this entire section of Malheur county,
M. G. HOPE HEAD
OF U. S. BANK
M. G. Hope was elected president of
the United States National bank of
Vale at a meeting held Thursday after
noon. . W. Hope was elected Vice
President. C. H. Oxman and T. W.
Halliday, Directors. Another vacancy
in the board of director will be filled at
a meeting to be held soon. Officers
going out are C. W. Tbebaud, presi
dent, J, I, Co nd Emory Coif dirao.
LAFFERTY IS
EECTED IN
2ND DISTRICT
Hawley Is Elected Congress
man in First District
by Big Vote
NEW COUNTIES LOSE
Prohibition is Far Behind and
Home Rule Wins Woman
Suffrage Defeated List of
Successful Candidates and
Measures Marked on Ballot.
Incomplete returns .of he. election
show that Oswald West leads Jay Bow
erman in the contest for Governor by
2000 and that the figures may . go as
high as 4000,
W. C. Hawley for congressman in
the first district and A, W. Lafferty in
the second district, both have 10,000
majorities. Aside from the Governor
ship, it was a clean sweep on the State
ticket for the Republicans. On the
initiative and referendum .measures
"new counties" were voted down by
big majorities; the woman suffrage
was defeated, and the Home Rule Bill
won out.
In Malheur County
There was a general mix.up in this
county and the election of some candi
dates as well as the vote for and
against prohibition is still doubtful al
though wets are conceded 20 votes
ahead. Dan Kerfoot leads ' Odell for
sheriff bv small vote; Frank ' Morhtt is
elected county clerk; M. D. Kelley,
county commissioner, J. F. Miller,
surveyor; R. O. Payne, coroner; Dalton
Biggs, circuit judge; V. H. Brooke,
representative; T. W. Halliday leads
Thos. Jones for county treasurer by
small majority.
Four-fifths of Harney county gave
Biggs 474 and Davis 414 and Canyon
City gave Davis 120 to 150 majority.
The precincts of West fall, Malheur,
Nyssa, Ontario, Big Bend, Vale, Bro
gan and Jordan Valley have been heard
from, others are coming slowly, five
being expected today when the official
count starts. Twelve precincts give
the following vote as shown in the
county ballot.
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BIG FIRE IS
NARROWLY
AVERTED
The Drexel Hotel building, erected
at a cost of (65,000, had a close call on
last Saturday morning from being des
troyed by fire.
To P. W. Francis is given all the
credit for saving the fine hostlery.
Mr. Francis, who sleeps on the second
floor, was awakened by the strong
smelt of smoke. Calling Landlord John
son they rushed downstairs where the
smoke was much thicker, and on going
back to the kitchen found quite a blaze
which had already eaten its way into
the double floor, making headway into
the cellar. Quick action on the part
of the two and others, who had in the
meantime been wakened, soon exting
uished the flames.
It is thought that a spark from the
big cook range during supper time
ignited the coal in the fuel box, and
that the fire slowly worked its way
through without being noticed.
ELK TERRITORY IS
DIVIDED IN TWO
Elks will be interested in the ao.
nouncement that the board of grand
trustees of the order have divided the
state of Oregon into two district to be
know as Oregon North and Oregon
south, Cut C, Mo'sr. ot Portland,
has been appointed by August Herr
mann, the grand exalter ruler as dis
trict deputy for Oregon North, and
Dr. W. Carlton Smith of Selem, as
district deputy for Oregon South.
This step was taken to make the
territory to be covered more com
pact, reducing the amount of travel
ing to be done by each grand lodge
representative and allowing closer at
tention to bis manifold duties. Ore
gon South will Include the following
counties: Tillamook, Washington,
Yamhill, Clackamas, Polk, Marlon,
Lincoln, Benton, Linn, Lane, Douglas,
Coos, Curry, Josephine, Jackson, Kla
math and Lake.
Oregon North will Include Clatsop,
Columbia, Multnomah, Hood River,
Sherman, Gilliam, Morrow, Umatilla,
Wallowa, Union, Baker, MMheur, Har
ney, Grant, Wheeler and Crook.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS PUT THROUGH
THREE WESTFALL CANDIDATES
The local lodge of Knights of Pythias
put Dr. H. J. Schenck and David Eck
erman, of Westfall, through the third
degree, and John Sells of the same
town through the first and second on
Thursday night of last week. After
the business session twenty or mpre
Knights partook of a hot torn ale and
chocolate luncheon at the Frick drug
store.
50,000 BOXES OF.
HOOD RIVER APPLES
Apples in the Hood River valley
are all gathered and the total output
this year will be about 500,000 boxes.
Many of the growers have secured
over 30 per cent above their estimate
of the crop made at the beginning of
the season. The bulk of the crop ha
been shipped for this year. As high
as ten cars per day have left Hood
River for New York city.
BIG PREMIUM LIST
FOR SHEEP SHOW
Preliminary announcements of the
National Wool Growers association,
47th annual convention and of the Na
tional Mld-Wlnter Sheep Show to be
held in Portland In Jaunary have been
received in this city the past week.
The announcement also contains the
premium list. Entries will be closed
December 15th.
George McKnlght of this city, presi
dent of the Oregon Wool Growers' as
sociation, has been taking an active
part in the arrangements of this com
ing event which is of great import
ance to the people of this section.
$75,000 TELEPHONE
CO. IN THIS COUNTY
Malheur Home Telephone Co. Will
Operate All Lines in County
. Bell Connections
The Malheur Home Telephone Co. is
the name of the new company which
recently bought out all interests of the
Malheur Telephone Co. and other lines
in Malheur county as reported in the
Enterprise two weeks ago. Papers of
incorporation, filed in the county clerk's
office this week, show M. G. Hope, T.
W. Halliday, Harry Abram, of this
city and J. E. Jennings of Salt Lake
City, as the Incorporators.
The new company is Incorporated at
$75,000 and the head office will be at
Vale, where it Is planned to erect a
modern fire-proof telephone building in
the spring. The exact location is not
given out but it Is known that the new
company has two sites in mind at the
present time. Mr. Jennings owns the
largest interest in the new company.
Engineer Peters, of Salt Lake City,
who wss In town last week, went over
a Urge part of the lines in the county
and has returned to Salt Lake with
maps calling for the improvement of
all lines within the county, which will
give patrons first-class service. The
Malheur Home Telephone Co. is now a
sub-lirf nsed company of the Be) Syt
ttm,
FEDERAL GRAND JURY
INDICTS E. L. CLARK
On Three Separate Charges Clark
Will Be Released
on Bonds
Indictments were returned in the
United States court on Friday of last
week against El wood L. Clark, ex
cashier of the United States National
bank of Vale, charging him with mak
ing false entries in the books o the
bank in order to accommodate cust
mers, to decrease the overdrafts ac
count, and to mislead- the Controller
of the Currency. Clark will be released
on bonds.
Clark is held on six counts, none of
which charge that he appropriated
bank funds to his own use. One of
the charges concerns the reporting tit
ownership of an old bank budding in
Vale as the property of the bank, after
the building had been sold to other?.
WEISER HIGH SCHOOL
DEFEATS ONTARIO
High School Contest for Football
Championship Becomes Very
Interesting
Weiser High school advanced one
step nearer the coveted state cham
pionship last Saturday when she de
feated the team from Ontario by a score
of 10 to 0 on the Weiser grounds.
The Ontario team played a good up
hill game, and fought a game fight
from start to finish. All of the scoring
was done by Weiser in the first half.
From then on Ontario held her oppon
ents In good style, and toward the last
came near scoring. The game was
well attended and hearty support ren
dered to both teams.
For Sale Electric Motor, 2 h. p., 00
cycle, 110 volts. Apply Enterprise.
While viaitincr in Vale aton at the Ar
lington Hotel.
RAINBOW
MINE BONDED
FOR$U)50,000
To the United Smelting, Re
fining and Mining Co.
of Salt Lake
$1,000,000 IN GOLD
In Sight in Famous Mormon Ba
sin Mine at Present Time
Bonding1 Company is Richest
in the World-High Grade Ore
Taken out of Mine.
H. C. Wilmot, manager of the Rain
bow mine in Mormon Basin, was In
Baker City Sunday consulting with D.
W. French, one of the directors of the
Commercial Mining company, which
owns the mine, and that evening it
was announced that the mine had been
bonded for 11,050,000 to the United
States Smelting, Refining end Milling
company of Salt Lake and Boston.
This la the richest mining company In
the world and the fact that they have
taken a bond on the Rainbow indi
cates that the property Is very val
uable, says the Baker City Herald.
Under the conditions of the bond
the company giving the bond has four
months In which to make an examin
ation of the property, and if the exam
ination is satisfactory and they desire
to take over the mine at that time, a
cash payment of $250,000 will be made.
The Rainbow is now dropping 19
stamps on high grade ore and a large
amount of gold Is being taken out
each month. It Is said that there la
more than a million in gold ore in
sight at the present time.
The mine Is controlled by the Com
mercial mining company, ot which
Chas. Ransom of Portland Is presi
dent and W. E. King, who is well
known In Baker, Is managing director.
O. W. French of Baker City la one of
the directors and stockholders.
WILLOW CREEK HAS 9412
ACRES UNDER IRRIGATION
SAYS STATE ENGINEER
A special from Salem says that State
Engineer John H. Lewis has prepared
a summary for his annual report which
indicates the vast amount of irrigation
and reclamation work which is being
carried on in Oregon under the super
vision of his office.
This summary includes the surveys
made by the State Engineer as a basis
for water right adjudication by the
Board of Control under the new water
code, the surveys being made during
the Summers of 1909 and 1910. Some
unlooked-for conditions were discover
ed. Every ditch and water power
plant, or other structure for using wat
er power has been located on maps at
a scale of two inches to the mile and
OREGON TRUNK WILL
NOT TOUCH LAKEV1EW
A dispatch just received from Lake
view states that, The Oregon Trunk
Railway's declaration of right of way
filed in the Federal land office covers
a distance of 28 miles between the
town of Riley and the Pauline Moun
tains, on the proposed route between
Burns and Bend, and passes through
the northeast end of Lake County. It
will not touch Lakeview.
NEW COMPLAINTS
CIRCUIT COURT
Among the new complaints filed in
the circuit court the past week Is that
of the Union Credit Association
through Its attorney, If. C. Kaetham,
against the Brogan Townsite Company,
for the recovery of 13.347 25.
The Oregon-Idaho Lumber Co. of this
city also seeks the court for the recov
ery of 1562.06 and 1150 attorney's fees
from the Brocan Townsite Compmy
nn1 Kd. O PcnD!!.
all irrigated areas are located as found
upon the ground.
Twenty streams were surveyed, covi
ering territory of 214 townships. Al
told, 1402 canals have been placed in
operation. These total 2446 miles of
constructed canals, which serve to irri
gate 110,896 acres. The average length
of these canals is two miles. Only the
main canals are shown. Cost of the
surveying work done totaled $8522, or
an average of 7.7 cents per acre.
It was expected by the Engineer's
office that the greatest area of irrigat
ed land would be found on the Umatil
la, but there are only 15,900 acres there
as compared to 19,854 acres on the
Crooked River and its tributaries.
Another surprise to the Engineer's
office was the discovery that there are
19,128 acres of irrigated land along the
North Powder River in Baker County.
Other leading irrigated acres are as
follows: Rogue River and its tributar
ies. 18,100 acres; Eagle Creek, Baker
County, 7629 acres; Willow Creek, Mal
heur County, 9412 acres; Willow Creek,
Morrow and Gilliam ' counties, 4788
acres; Squaw Creek, Crook County,
6130 acres.
JUDGE DEAN
DECIDES AGAINST
LAND COMPANY
Portland, Ore. Nov. II. (Spec
ial to the Enterprise) Judge
Bean, of the United States court,
in a sweeping decision defeats
the Eastern Oregon Land com
pany, decides against it on every
point raised and holds its riparian
righU are nothing and that it
has made no appropriation of
water. Says that irrigation com
pany is doing great public work
and should be upheld.
(Sighed) Wm. K. LOWERY.
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