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About Malheur enterprise. (Vale, Or.) 1909-current | View Entire Issue (May 25, 1912)
MALHEUR ENTERPRISE F. i Mi 1 MW - i- ' " II PUT "W)UK MONEY IN J ILL P1CKI UUrtlN V MSAND IT FOR lOU. THATS ITS BUSINESS. YQV KNOW it MAKE FIGURE. Put in our bank one dollar a day. This sum and ths interest on It will in twenty years make you a comfortable fortune. The interest on this fortune will support you the reBt of your life. W will pay you FIVE PER CENT interest on the money yon put In our bank on six or twelve months time deposit UNI NATIONAL BANK VALE, OREGON Our Board of Directors: Is composed of men who merit your entire confidence M G. HOPE, President I. W. HOPE, Vice-President n. u. nvrv, DUNAWAY, Cashier T. W. HALLIDAY, GEO. E. DAVIS, B. W MULKEY I The Enterprise "Live Wv& I FINE WOOL CLIP IN BARREN VALLEY Sheep in Good Condition Crop Prospects Good Other New Clagett's Addition These choice Lots now FOR SALE 50x122 feet Prices $125 and up C. C. Mueller 1st Nat' Bank Bldg. Vale, Oregon SWAN BARBER SHOP J. F. KELLEM, Mgr. Hair Cutting and Massaging a Specialty . Shoe Shining Parlors. Try one of our Famous Shampoos New Boawell Block, Next Door to Vale Drug Store Crowley, Ore., May 20,1912 Sheep shearing at .the Gwinn & Anderson plant has been delayed by the re cent rains. There are about 40,000 to shear at the Road Canyon plant. They have finished the Venator sheep and are shearing the Turnbull & Mc Ewen sheep now. Crops are fine and everything is flourishing here in the valley and nature seems to be smil ing on the residents of this section again. H. L. Anderson and wife are at the Crowley again after a long ab sence and everyone is glad to wel come them back, as their genial faces are greatly missed when not here. The reservoir is full and overflow ing and the company ranch is fast be coming one of the finest places in the county as well as the most productive and best improved. Frank Loveland is here irom On tario. He brought up one of the finest Shire stallions that ever came to Eastern Oregon. He and Chas. Cook and Win Seaward are busy rounding up horses. Mr. Mason, Mr. Gallager and Mr. Clement have returned from Ta- coma to their homesteads. M. B. Given is here rusticating and looking after business as well. A force of men are repairing the roads, as the late storm did great damage to them. The sheep men of this section find that after marking, that their lambs are not hurt as badly by the late storm as first, thnncht. All have a fair average of lambs and a fine clip of wool. Thos. Turnbull is at the plant looking after his sheep shearing. Henry Wessen has resigned his position on the Venator ranch and returned to his place near Weaver ly in Harney county. Gail Eckerman has ordered a thres her to take care of the Barren Val ley grain cop this year. Your correspondent hopes that the suit enjoining the county from pay ing the appropriation for the Malheur Co. fair will not effect the fair to anv Ereat extent, as it takes a live town like Ontario to maintain a first cIsbs fair. The Ontario people Bre sure .live ones when it comes to doing things right and advertising the resources of the county in a practical and profit able way. Now is the ttme to get rid of your rheumatism. You can do it by apply ing Chamberlain's Liniment and mas saging the parts freely at each applt dation. Sold by Vale Drug Store. NEW DRAINAGE SYSTEM PLANNED F0R0NTARI0 Power Site for High Dead Ox Flat An Additional Water Supply is to be Furnished the City-Many New Settlers are Arriv ing in This Section MORMON BASIN WILL HAVHLECTR1CITY John Arthur, while in Baker on Monday from the Humbolt mine in Mormon Basin stated that the pioper ty was showing to advantage, and would in all probability be running fu blast before long. The mill start about the first of June. Mr Arthur is making arrangements while MORE DEAD OX FLAT LAND TO BE IRRIGATED in Contract was let last week accord ing to the American to put In a pnmping plant to water 2,600 acres of land at the lower end of Dead Ox Flat. rL. i ia to cost about $40,000. their mill. Subscribe for the Enterprise NOW. 1,000,000 ACRES Fruit, Alfalfa & Grain Lands Oregon & Western Colonization Co. OWNERS OF WILLAMETTE VALLEY & CASCADE BIT. LAND GRAN1 W. r. DAVIDSON, Prmldnt Gtneral OfllcM Pioneer Btd'g, St. Paul, Minnesota W. J. PINNEY, Ontario, Ore. Agent for Malheur County JOSEPH C. WOOD, Secretary Lots for sale in Altschul Addition to Vale. Also 5 and 10 acre tracts just south of city limits of Vale W.J.Pinney will be at Drexel Hotel Vale every Friday and Saturday I1 Vale Hardware Company HAYES & HUMPHRIES, Proprietors Hardware Plumbing Sheet Melal Look In at our wlndowi Come in and talk to us J VALE HARDWARE COMPANY ill! Ontario, Oregon, May 22. H. E. Harer has been employed as consult ing engineer to work out a feasible drainage system for the City of On tario. He has completed the pre liminary survey and will present his recommendations to the city council next week. Its purpose will be to provide drainage for the entire west portion of the city. It will provide storm sewerage as well as sanitary. President Homan of the Commer cial Club has' gone to Washington, D. C. to get relinquishment from the Interior department for a power site on Payette river. This plant is in tended to generate power for the owners of land on High Dead-Ox- Flat. The water will be taken from Snake river and lifted 225 to 300 feet. The Idaho-Oregon Electric Light & Power Co are sinking a deep well. to filter water from Snake river to suddIv the citv. The demand for city water is now beyond the supply of the present wells. D. B. Cook & Cook, brought in a live delegation from Portland this week. He purchased a 160 ranch from W. H. Doolittle. The people of Payette have bought a road machine, ana intena aomg ex tensive macadamizing in and about the city of Payette. Mayor Trow and W. H. Doolittle went to Vale and Willow River Val ley Tuesday,. ONTARIO NEWS OF PAST WEEK Ralph Weaver and wife, Dr. Frye, and Mr. Storkman the Ontario cigar man, drove to vaie rriaay nigm in Dr. Frve's automobile and had a pleasant drive over the good road to the county seat. C. E. Kenyon, Albert Butler and Oliver Nicely, all of Ontario, passed through town last Saturday on a fish ing trip up the Willow river. T. Arnold who was recently operated upon at the Holy Rosery hospital, by Dr. Prinzing, is improving nicely. MALHEUR CITY NEWS D. K. Worsham of Malheur came down to Vale Monday night, accom panied by Dr. Taylor. He made the trip by auto in four hours. He reports work progressing finely on his placer gold mine "The Quartz Gulch." Plenty of water, with pros pects looking bettert than ever before. Fred Johnson, one of the owners of the ' Drexel Mining Co. is still prospecting on their claims. Parties from Denver were there last week looking over the properties with a view to purchase. They took sam ples of quartz back with them and expect to return to Malheur in the near future, when they will consider further the matter of taking over the Drexel holdings,. "KITCHEN SHOWER" GIVEN EMETT TEACHER Emmett, May 18. The pretty home of Miss Fairchild was the scene of a very clever surprise on Miss Church, one of Emmett'a popular school teach ers, on Wednesday evening. Miss Church's engagement to Mr. Orr was recently announced and her friends gave her a "kitchen shower." Mr. Orr is district manager of the Idaho Oregon Electric Light & Power com pany and while both the young people have been here only about a year they are popular and have a host of friends. The marriage will take place early in June. Tt ia auite prooable tms part ofthe operation will be eliminat ed soon by the establishment of elec tric power in the Moron tfaain. "Iam confident, 1 stated Mr. A rthur, "that the power-will be in this year. , We have already signed up a contract with the Idaho-Oregon people for electric power, and a contarct with those people means business. They nlready have an investment of sever nl million dollars in the state of Ida ho and have 10,000 horsepower to sen It is quite possible mat mis iL.t ...ill annnlv a is tne company ini mat manv of the mining properties in the eastern part ofthe state. The United States Mining, Milling and Smelting company owners of the Kain bow mine, signed a contract for pow er with these people some time ago which with that of the Humbolt con tract will insure electric power ior practically all of Mormon Basin. The agreements with these properties uv hppn nendne for some time and came as a result of a conference with th nffirals of the two properties with a renrpsentative of the Idaho-Oregon ; company several months ago. Jim Lawrence returned from a few days trip to Ironside this week. He states that there is an abundance of water there this spring more than for several years past. He reprots crop prospects good. Conditions in this section have never been better. 1 anH .nit vnf ion as ary mm. It is the equal of the best. Water is to be ready for the land by SeptemJ ber. Vale Transfer Co. ntxu & tLMER, Prop,. Prompt attention given to all orders MEET TRAINS DAILY Phone your wants to No. 12 and , we will be there A. S. FIELDS LOCATOR Good Homesteads, Deserts and Relinquishments JAMIESON, OREGON NOWOPEN The Thoroughly Modern and Sanitary HOLY ROSARY HOSPITAL Ontario, Oregon Conducted by Dominican Sisters Open to All Patients and Physicians Terms Moderate Excellent Treatment For Information Apply to the Mother Superior McFadden & Zutz, of the popular Assembly Pool hall, have just had a fine electric sign installed at their place of business. NEW PERKINS HOTEL Fifth and Washington Streets PORTLAND, OREGON Remodeled and refurnished throughout. Unquestionably the most centrally bcated house m Portland. .Within radius of four blocks from our doors are located ticket offices of all railroads and steamboat companies; U banks- 12 theatres and show-houses; 5 department stores; Chamber of Commerce; Commercial Club; Elks Club; Press Club; telegraph offices; nost office public library; museum of art; and all the largest .office buildings Ft is worth Something to be in the midst of the life of the city. We make no extra charge for same however. Our rates are: Room without bath, $1 00 and up-with bath $1.50 and up. Automobile bus meets trains. Cars from Union Depot pass the hotel every few minutes. L. Q. SWETLAND, Pres. and Mgr. PORTE'S DEAD OX PUMPING PLANT IS COMPLETED The pumping plant of O. W. Port tr which has been under way for several months it tuw entirely com pUted arfU started working Tuesday. Everything" worked to satisfsction from ths start and said from the ditches Uing a llttls small U is sue cca. ttowsvsr ths diU-hsS will widen s ths wUr flows making thvin ths dirrd width. Kn-liir Krvnrh was In tliargs of ths work, TUis HMr tuitw lin I- 'U4 l(tl ll.W lvl lllllll ut ( liSllt' tmilslii's (wuyli lUifcttly iiiui tliau Ituw, ' his Is Iiuii y Mm Ittt itSM III Us Sii-I twluhlaijr UtliiiMiiilals fiwiw I '! I In yil I y II, I "tJ ui il.iLlim ! livvI'M III) S ! 'f II ' U t4 .ti (t...J 1I lis J " ! if VU W They Do Say The Thomas Liquor Co. Sells the Best Whisky in the World Not a Headache in a Thousand Barrels They also carry in stock the famous Henry Weinhard Beer. The best of Wines, imported and do mestic; Gins, Rum, Brandies, both im ported and domestic; Scotch and Irish Whiskys of the best brands. Come one, come all, we are prepared to furnish you in any quantity from 1-2 pint to one hundred barrels Thomas Liauor Co JL VALE, OREGON