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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
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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.