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About Malheur enterprise. (Vale, Or.) 1909-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 20, 1912)
LE"The Last Frontier." The Banner Live Stock County of The United States Oil, Fruit and Farm Lando 1L3 Dcst Way to Boost This District is to Send Your Friends Copies of the Malheur Enterprise every week it i area! - v iu "we. . m it a v. v ba aw m . jf t d w. r . . " ,ae w ,eF- ii r r-TT- v. iy 4 r j a aaar--r ! ' -ev.. l a j f a x w m m i. jv ji K .r . i r 4 &a ia-tf m n u m -vi. r v SKJ (C3 The Malheur Enterprise De livered to your home or mailed, $2.00 per year, in advance. The Leading Paper of Mainour County. VOL. 3. NO. 9 VALE, OREGON. SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1912. PRICE 5 cents ISW GRAND JURY CHOSEN IN ACTION ikciuiu x rrj iiuc XJ1113 Against Burglar Bill Graham of Ontario MIGENT CASE ON TRIAL Special Venire Make Quick Work of Choosing of Jury Next TV t r a :i Atvguiar icrm ui vuuii April i ' 22nd Present Session of Court Expected to End Tonight Jaa. A. Lackey, foreman; D. F. Graham, Perry Hayden, C. W. Know lee, James Nurse, J. 0. Moudy and John O. Thompson were selected' on Thursday morning as members of the grand jury for the remainder of the present term of circuit court and for the next regular term to be held, be ginning April 22nd. After receiving instructions from i Circuity Judge Dalton Biggs as to manner of procedure, and as to the exact time oi reporting lor duty, one week previous to the next regular term, the grand jury retired to the jury room to take up their work. All the jurors were then excused from further duty, except C. O.Thomas and Mr. Van Curtis, who were retained to serve in case of sickness of any of the members of the grand jury. These two were also instructed to re port at the court house April 15th, one week before the next regular term. The grand jury on Thursday after noon returned two "true bills" against Bill Graham, one for larceny firm the Martin Hardware store and the other for larceny from the Tog gery, both robberies having taken place in Ontario. Graham is now in the county jail and his trial will fol low Nugents. With a special venire, consisting of Ontario, residents, a jury was quick i i v. . c: : ij riHiuQu jf coiciuajr iiiuajr iiiuioiiig for the second trial of the H. E. Nu gent case. Nugent was on trial last week when the Enterprise went to press, the jury having on last Satur day failed to return a verdict as eleven stood for conviction and one for acquittal after an all night session. The defendant was indicted for criminal relation with his thirten year old daughter. HILL TO MAKE BREAK FOR COAST O PITTSBURG & GILMORE TO BUILD ROAD Headed for Vale by Way of Salmon River, Pin Road and Over Dead Ox Flat That early spring will divulge still greater railroad activity in this sec tion than has been anticipated has just leaked out within the past day or two through the reported author ization of the construction of the Pittsburg & Gilmore railroad down the Salmon river canyon to the junc tion of the Little Salmon and on to Meadows, where it joins the P. & I. N., running from Meadows to Weis- er, and which is said to be controlled by the Chicago & Northern. The route laid out by the survey, in order to reach the coast, crosses the Snake river at Weiser, passes along the lower bench land of the Dead Ox Flat in order to make its connection at Vale to pass over the joint road of the Harriman and Hill system through the Malheur canyon, and on across Central Oregon to Coos Bay. 'It has been learned today from one who is in a position to know, that the Pittsburg & Gilmore. is headed for the Coast and that the Hill people are to get busy in the spring. For several years the Chicago & Northwestern and the Hill interests have been working in close harmony, and now that the Pittsburg & Gil more has authorized construction on main line down the Salmon river, bent on getting to the Coast, there is nothing more natural than to believe Hill will not be found far Dehind Harriman. By buiding its road down the Sal- Connections to be Made at Armstead, Mont., With Chicago & N. W. Railroad mon river to the Snake and on through the Malheur canyon, Hill has then plenty of room to invade the Harriman territory at either or both of the coast terminal points at Coos Bay or San Francisco. The Pittsburg & Gilrrore road, from Armstead, Mont.", to Salmon, Idaho, is completed, and the grading from Salmon to Shoup, located at the eastern end of the Salmon river canyon, is completed. The report that the Chicago & Nortwestern and Hill interests are in co-operation with the Pittsburg & Gil more railroad is verified by Herbert G. Wells, of Maney Bros. & Wells, the prominent and well known rail road contractors. ' Maney Bros. & Wells are among the large railroad contractors of the west, with headquarters at St. louii and Oklahoma City. They also have a branch office in Boise, in which Herbert G. Wells is the lecal np-ej sentative in looking after the con struction work in southern Idaho and eastern Oregon. Mr. Wells built the extension of the Pacifiic Idaho North ern, known as the "Pin" road, of which Colonel E. M. Heigho is presi dent, from Evergreen to New Mead ows, and he has been telling his friends confidentially in a quiet way the past year that the Pittsburg & Gilmore is a Hill road. He has .some connection with the Northwestern, as most of the engineering and construc tion has been identified with the Chicago & Northwestern Back of P. & G. Hill Back of Move Say R. R. Men Northwestern and the specifications of construction are identical with those of the Northestern road. It is also reported that the Pitts burg Gilmore road also has a aurvey from Weiser along the Snake river headed on a direct water grade to Pasco, Wash., where it will continue its down hill run to Portland over the North Bank railroad. With this large net work of lines of two great competing railroads, the future of the intermountain section looks brighter than ever before. Go to T. T. Nelsen'a for furniture. COUNTY COURT MAKES APPOINTMENTS RAILROAD WORK ON IDAHO N. STOPS W. L. and E. H. Wattis and Di vision Engineer Smith, of the Utah Construction company, left yester day, for a trip over the Idaho North ern extension, says last week's Em mett Examiner. It is stated that the men will be called in because of the heavy snow and work will not be resumed until weather conditions permit. ROAD DISTRICT SUPERVISORS ARE NAMED New District is Created in the Northern Part of the County Following is List of Men Appointed by County Commissioners Many Old Ones Retained On account of the large territory which has heretofore been covered by some of the different road super visors, the county court at its recent session created a new district in the north part of the county, placing Bonita and Ironside together and leaving only Mormon Basin and Mal heur in the old. The appointments were made as fol lows: District No 1, Rex Marquis; No. 2. W. L. Gibson; No. 3, Felix Barkley ; 4 Edward Mullen ; 5 C. C. Kilburn; M. C. Logan; 7, G. W. Sharp; 8 Alfred Wilkinson; 9 A Vena tor; 10, D. N. Turner; 11, J. E. Locey; 12, D. K. Worsham; 13 J. G. White; 14, T. ChaB Prichard. BURNS MAN TAKES CHARGE OF LOCAL STAGE OFFICE Frank Gowan, of Burns, arrived in town a few days ago to take charge of the local Burns stage office during the two week's absence of Agent C. B. Smith, who is to leave in a day or two for the interior. Mr. Gowan and A. Meresse of the Enterprise attended the same college about eight years and had not seen each other since then. RAILROAD ACTIVITY ON ORE-EASTERN CONTINUES ROAD WASH OUTS FEARED Local railroad construction head quarters have been busy the past week aending out more supplies, provisions, and outfits to the numerous railroad camps already established in the Mal heur canyon. Work, west of town, in the big gorge is progressing rapidly, wagon roads for the hauling of heavy ma chinery are being ruBhed to comple tion. Contractor Creer, of the Wasatch Company, which has a camp at Mile Pot 30, was in town a few days ago. lie had been called to Nampa to con sult with higher officials. While here Mr. Creer reported work pro gessing in the canyon rapidly and roads being pushed as fast as possible. Fear of high water was causing more or less trouble among the construction men as the temporary roads might be washed out.. There was '17 inches of snow in the canyon, but most of it as already melted and no damage is yet reported. Right-of-way Agent Harris rushed oft to Salt Lake Wednesday to confer with higher officials and expect to re turn in a day or two to secure more right-of-way in the canyon. VALE CITIZENS SIGN BOND AND MAIN Lib EOF ORE EASTERN IS ASSURED With the signing and sanding of 4 flO.000 Umd to Manager lian Hit of the Oregn Short Line, where. 5 citliene guarantee U aur " ' CHUm lln rlght-ofway from ' rlly V the mouth uf lh MIKur you l,i tu l(lt u.irty Jsyi, , , ! U .ur.vf UfMiitliiBT iUm , l iu.i(ail l4jn,.f U .Uil . t fj.a NuU.t, . (- ru,.. tii.jf headquarters of the ronntructlon da partment of tha Oregon Ktrn, tha new Irana-Oregon line, Matters along the securing the rlght-uf-wey thruugh the Malheur vel ley Itava been prue-reeelng rllly, several etrlpe tf Uit already lievli Ueil Mi-urt"! "! Iieeily telf ft tle lc4cry Homey, lit etc ut lhef'6 (r ( It le given ly l.e relli'l, evli'g lent MIm l-y V'slt't (" REGISTRATION OFFICERS ARE ALLSELECTED County Clerk to Send Book and Other Supplies With in Few Days Immonse Amount of Business Dur ing Circuit Court Swamp Office Force County Clerk Frank Morfitt opened the registration book for this city on January 1st and already a number of voters have registered. Books for other precincts are now being prepared and will be sent out soon. Following is the list of registation officers selected for the different pre cincts of the county. The books will be sent to them within a few days when they can be opened: Jordan Valely, C. C. Robinson ; Nyssa, Rob ert VanGilse; Ontario, G. L. King; Vale, County Clerk; Westfall, A. M. Moody ; Summit, R. H. Wilkinson; Juniper, William Cowgill; Three Forks, J. M. Lamb; Red Butte, R. J. I vers; Barren Valley, L. L. Sea ward; Big. Bend, D. L. Miller; Grange, M. F. Hall; Skull Springs, S. Gould; Star, Edwin Armstrong; Juntura, John U. Hoffman; Crowley, Ira K. Venator; Castle Rock, Dan Gilkey; Carlile, A. E. Nichols; Mal heur, Goe. H. Bodfish; Bonita, An son Powell; Bully, J. G. Lamberson; Harper, Robert Bixby; Basin, L. H. Hockley; Jamieson, L. J. Pope; Carlo, J. M. Butler; Arcadia, J. . Fleming; Brogan, Dick T. Breedlove; Snake River, W. G. Thomas; Owyhee, N B. Matthiessen. NEW SCHOOL HOUSES RAISE SCHOOL LEVY Brogan Leads With Special School Levy of Fifteen Mills-Ontario Next With Eleven Mills Vale Fol lows With Tax of Ten Mills The Special levies for the different school districts of the county have been placed as follows Brogan show ing the largest with a levy of 15 mills, Ontario coming next with an 11 mill levy and Vale with a 10 mill levy, all due to the beautiful and costly school buildings that have been erected during the past year. River side district No. 55 cornea in with 11 mills, and Nyssa No. 26 with a 6 mill special levy: School Dis trict No. 1, fifteen mills; No. 2 two and three-tenths mills; No. 3 two and five-tenths mills; No. 4 three and two-tenths mills; 8, eleven mills; 11, five mills; 13 three mills; 2, four mills; 24, one and four-tenths mills; 26, six mills; 27 two mills; 28 one two-tenths mills; 31, three mills; 33 one mill; 34 five mills; 36, .012 of a mill; 38 three mill; 41 five mills,; 42 one mill ; 43, three and three-tenths mills; 45, two mills; 46, one mill; 47, four mill; 48 five mills; 49, three mills; 50 one mill; 51, eight-tenths of a mill; 52, twenty-five hundredths of a mill ; 53 two and four tenths ; 54 five mils; 55 eleven mills; 56 five mills; 57, three mills 58, two and one-tenth mills 69, five mills. VALUATION OF PUBLICSERVICE CORPORATIONS In Malheur County as As sessed by the Board of State Tax Commissioners Railroad Lines $1,459, 152 Telephones $32,199 Telegraph $4,601 The valuation of public service cor porations in Malheur county as as sessed by the Board of Tax Commis sioners was received the past week by County Clerk Morfitt. The' list will be of special interest .to the people of this county and is given as follows: Twelve and fifty-two hundredths miles of main line O. S. L. at 60,060 por mile, $751,950: Brogan branch, 23.74 miles at $15,400 per mile, $365, j 696; Vale branch, 13.59 miles at $24,640 per mile, $334,858; Pullman' company operating on main line of O. S. L. 12.52 miles $6,748. The American Express company property is valued as follows: On the Vale branch 13.59 miles, $2,030; on the mp.in line $5,534. The property of the Western Un ion Telegraph company in Malheur county is assessed at $4,601 for the 77.60 miles. The . Nyssa-Owyhee Independent Telephone of 174 miles, $ 2,278. The Ontario Independent Telephone consisting of 266 miles, $7,578. The Malheur Home Telephone, 296 miles $12,536. (Continued on last page) COUNTY FRUIT INSPECTOR JOB GOESTO LACKEY Appointment of Stock In spector is Put off to Special Term of County Court to be Held Next Month Sailer Bid is Accepted James A. Lackey, of Ontario, was appointed county fruit inspector fpr 1912 by the county board of com missioners at their regular session held last week. ' Among other business transacted was the 'acceptance of the Andrew Sailor bid of $450 for the installing of new mortgage indexes for the county, work to commence at once. The appointment of stock inspector was continued until the special term to be held in February. J. A. Brooks, of Jordan Valley, was a Vale visitor the past week dur ing cicuit court. MALHEUR CO. HOLDS WORLD SCHOOLRECORD And Shuts Out Challenge to Oregon Sent in by State of Washington ALL ENTERHIGH SHCOOL Malheur County Records Show That 100 Per Cent of Eighth Grade Graduates Enter nigh School Sherman County Ties Alderman Promises Aid As the result of receiving the statistics from this county, Oregon is again able to claim the world'a record in showing a greater percent age of eighth grade graduates enter ing high school. fin rui-in tonton i fi C dint. n V kima county, Washington, is the first to take up Oregon's challenge to the world, made to show a greater per centage of eight grade graduates en- : tering high school. Oregon'a exhibit set forth Lane and Linn counties' records of 81 per cent. ; Superinten dent Bush shows 91.2 per cent . for Yakima county Records received since Oregon's challenge was made, however, place " this state far in the lead again, aa in Malheur and Sherman counties ' every eight errade graduate of last ' year has been checked up and found ' in high school this year, making 100 -per cent for those two counties. 1 Three other Oregon counties have also been found which excel Yakama's ' record. These are Union with 93 per cent, Benton with 92 and Wallow with 92. If numbers were considered and not individual scholars, many Oregon counties would show more than 100 per cent, ior newcomers into tne stats are starting eighth grade graduates' into high schools. State Superintendent Alderman declares Oregon still has .the world'a record and that he is determined to get me dcsi possmie course outunea for these flourishing high schools. F. A. Miller, of Riverview, spent the past week in the city, having been called here to serve on the jury. Let the Enterprise do it I LOCAL LIGHT FIRM DOES GOOD STUNT Managei Boyd, of the local light plant, yesterday installed a 400 candle power arc light in front of the Vale' Light & Water Co. office. It not only helpa light the atreet but drawa attention to the fact that the - com pany is in business here and hat "light juice" to sell. It always pays to advertise your business. ELECTRIC RAILWAY ROUTE MAPPED BY MAINLANDS WILL TAP THIS SECTION OIL DRILL DROPPED AT THESUNSET D. M. Hunt of La Grande Has Completed Erection of Drrick and J. A. C. Freund of Bakersfield, Cal., Takes Management in North Vale Field The big drill at the Sunset Oil A Gas Co "s derrick in the' North Vale oil field waa dropped the past week and active operations are now on in the drilling of another hole in this section in the search for an oil gush er. It is good news to learn that J. A. C. Freund, recently of the Bakers, field oil disrict, has taken charge of the drlling at the Sunaet, for man of his experience must know what la to be fuund In this oil (laid. Mr, Hunt, who has ln erortlng (! derrick, left on last TueJay for his hoiiM in l.(JrinU. Mr. Hunt had arottily built thr derricks in 1Mb M4 fur T. W, avM... Iha oil man, tun! lui tmd ilmfyt of Iha fatten. Divgwii oil tell, liavlt'g ilftlM Hist I.kU lo II. dt ll of W f., Ui iiiMiii I'Uitl ! all Iha li'itU Im iiitl.l.iy f .. Mr, llvi'l 'l M BEN STARLING "NOT GUILTY" STEALING COW Is Verdict Returned by Jury After Three Day's Trial in Circuit Court ACTION IN CIVIL CASES Numerous Suits Are Settled and DismissedOthers Are Con tinued and Set for Hearing Court Expected to Adjourn To-day for Term On Wednesdaay evening at 9 o'clock the jury in the ro of the Stat of Oregon versus Ken Starling returned verdict of "not guilty" on th charge of larceny of a cow from tha I'acifia 1.1 va Ktot-k Cj. I h jury wat out only fiva houra after having heard iha rata for neatly tltraa da), During Iha lentftby trial many 'i la from Wvelfall er in Iha t lly a Milne, lil ollii wra tieti it Iuwn out of rui loudly lo hr lltx dill of Iha , 'Iha law flnti of ly A ' 1 1 , J IMa iy, o lil4 ll Mili., t.li m. trut Al'"'iy M oM.lt ff Uiiu GRANGERS TALK OVER SINGLE TAX At Session of Malheur County JPomona Held at Nyssa Yesterday Under Auspices of the Owyhee Grange J. E. Johnson Represents Local Grange J. Edwin Johnson left on Thursday afternoon's train for Nyssa as a rep resentative of the Utopian Grange to the Malheur County I'omona which met in the Gate City Friday. Beaaiuna were held all day, when repreaentatives of all Mie different granges of the county, took part in the diat'UMalona. The single tax queatioii came up and waa generally diacuaaed. The meeting was held under tha auaplcea of the Owyhee Grange, On account of Iha lack of accommodation In (he Owyhee illalrlcl for Iha many vlitr, It had been previously agreed u hold tlm I'omona meeting In Nys. 'e al Ul by Alton, y John ,, J(nl of n.ut ((Vntlm.t.J on V i) According to most reliable infor mation comes the news today that the Mainland electric power interests, supposed to be backed by J. Pierpont Morgan, and better known lately as the Southern Idaho Light, Heat and Power Company, are rushing plans for pushing to completion this sum mer the electric railway extension of the Boise & Interurban from Cald well, and that surveyors will be in the field within thirty days. Thia line will tap all the richest aection of Malheur county and will eventually weave a regular net work of electric railway roada in the inter mountain country. Leaving Cadwell tha route mapped out goes along the Roawell bench, across the Snake riv er into the rich Kingman Colony dis rict in thia county through Nyssa and east of Arcadia, turning west up the Malheur Valley in order to tap the fertile country around Vale and on up the Willow River valley from whence it will cut-off through Moorea Hollow to Weiser. MA YOR HARR Y FL YNN'S SUCCESSOR MUST ALSO BE A PROGRESSIVE With the announcement today that Mayor Harry Flynn would not be a candidate for re-election, as head of the city government, ia recalled to mind the many Improvements that have been made under hla most pro gresaiva adinlniatratiun. Much cred it la due Mayor Flynn, In fact much more than his follow citliena are prone to boatow upon him, for the manner in which he has ruled tha paat year as rhief aseeutive of the thriving tlly of Vale. It was through hi untiring effort that the water and ewer system Wfre ruahed to early completion, gly. lug lhl rlty tha Ut water on earth nd alao placing tl town In a fM nllry condition, rutiUi, M"f rlynit liU In H e miy 1 v let Impio' I un UUri ! months. Several milea of cement walks and crossings were put In, many milea of streets were improved graded and gravelled; a city jail waa erected; two parka were Improved; public sanitary fountain waa Install ed; the fire department waa equipped with aplendid apparatus, the city was generally cleaned up and beautified; and now the new city charter la bo ing completed for it acceptance at the routing election. Mayor Flynn lie at all timet dl played hla seal of rlvU pride and LI telling qualities of progrl ve'.. The pace has been act and tha city of Vsle, to n-nllim l liiei.il of I4 grs and (lo Id, fviu i,oi(,r wl'l olive. MifUf iM'"fvf will i to I up "l 4 'li'g.