BURNS PEOPLE
TiIEET GOV. WEST
WITH BAND
; Burns, July 28; A large defecation of
citizen! met Governor West 8 miles
west of town. They were mounted and
formed an escort. Near town the.Burns
cornet band, several automobiles and
many on foot joined the procession, so
the entry to the city, headed by the
Governor on his charge, was quite im
posing. The Commercial club gave a recept
ion In tne evening. This was non-partisan
and was presided over by Judge
William Miller, a life-long Republican.
The Governor was introduced by Frank
Davey, also a Republican and a former
neighbor of the Governor at Salem.
MAYOR OF DREWSEY
ROYALLY ENTERTAINS
GOVERNOR WEST
Drewsey, July 26: Governor Os
wald West was met out of town about
a mile by some of the citizens of
Drewsey on saddle horses, who acted
as an escort. They arrived in town at
11 o'clock a. m. and were received by
Mayor Tillison Harrison, where the
governor had lunch. After looking
over the town he started for the Agen
cy Valley at 3 o'clock p. m. where
he stopped for the night.
VALE LETS GOV.
WEST REST ON
SUNDAY NIGHT
Looking the part of a cowboy, clad
in a flnnel shirt, kaki troussers and
leather riding boots, and wearing a
deep coat of tan, Governor Oswald
West arrived in Vale Sunday night at
about 9 o'clock in the evening on his
black mare which he was riding across
the state fromJSalem to Boise, Idaho.,
to attend tlie Governors' conference.
Tired after having ridden 450 miles on
horseback, averaging 35 miles per
day. Governor West put up his horse
at the Red Front barn and went to
the hotel to rest. Few people gather
ed to meet him as no preparations had
been made in behalf of the city to
meet the Governor. Outside of a few
personal friends of this city, a dele
gation from Nyssa consisting of Mayor
Robert van Gilse, Charles Beam Thos.
Coward, LeeBlodgetan Harry Butler,
gave Governor West the only reception
he got in Vale. When asked by the
Enterprise how he felt over his long
trip across central and eastern Ore
gon, Governor West replied that he
had enjoyd every bit of it. "Not a
ingle accident has marred my ride
of 450 miles and I have met many of
the homesteaders of the interior
country. I saw quite a change since my
trip of two years ago, many new peo
ple have settled on homesteads and 1
am glad to see the railroad pushing
west from this city through that vast
interior country.
"By the way," said he. "One
may call It a vast new country tw'l
traveled for two daytnd a half with
out meeting a teanf on the rotd
While id Central Ora60n 1 hcked over
an Irrigation project i-ar Bend in
hkh thC-iitaie'is interested. That
was one of the reasons of this trip
across country."
And then the Govenor went on to
, ryeak of the scarcity of cattle on the
rangea of the eastern and central Ore
gon country and spoke furher on diff
erent conditions and of the great crops
that were to be harvested everywhere
he passed.
Riding over the hills through the
hot sun wait beginning to tell on the
Governor when he arrived in Vale. He
waa tired out and went to bed early.
After a refreshing sleep he left the
next morning at 9:30 o'clock for
Nyssa on his way to Boise.
Chief of Police Jack Dolan made a
trip to Boise Tuesday with an army
deserter he had captured in this city.
Officer Dolan took his man to the Boise
barracka and got $50 reward. The
deserter belonged in Wyo.ning and had
been out for sometime but whh Bick
of dodging officers and so when arrest
ed here as a "vag" informed Chief
Dolan that he had deserted the army.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Barton arrived
in town Thursday from Nyssa to look
after bueiress interests here.
Judge George E. Davis is improv
ing nicely from the accident in which
he figured on last Sunday near West
fall. He and Chauffeur Kessler had
gone to Westfall the day before to
trade the Davis automobile fur a pair
of fine horses owned by 11. N. Gil
liam. On the way home one of the
horses Jumped over the buggy tongue
nd started to runaway. BothJJof the
men were thrown out and Judge
Dsvis suffered a tprain d ank'e which
baa kept him in the houne since the
accident. Mr. Ketsler was bruised
but not injured.
Mrs.Bartley J. Shea left on Thursday
for a month's visit at the old home
in Lima, Montana.
H.G. Belly, who has teen living in
this city fur the putt year or so, left
on Tuesday for lienklmen, Nehrecka,
where he will Join his wife and baby
A marriage license was wud on
last Wi!nUy u , (. tfj.i.crr and
Mi. Utile VsumIhi ly (Vunly link
fkk MwAlt.
MAYOR'S WELCOME
TO OUR GOVERNOR
(Continued from Page 1)
"What bilss will thrill the ramsomed
souls
When they In glory dwell
To see the sinner as he rolls
In quenchless flames of hell."
The applause finally subsiding the
governor rode to the front and prob
ably fearing lest some uninformed
voter might be led to think that Dr.
Watts wbb the only poet In Oregon
thus addressed our civic body:
"What means this eager anxious
throng,
This incoherent yell ;
Are ye all shouting for reform
All answering to its spell.
Plague take the constitution
For we people rule today
And 1 am here to tell them
From their whiskers comb the hay.
From Salem's politicic sweat
I've come to visit here
Once we get clear in the wet
To h-with the G. O. P"
The tremendous applause with which
the democratic club membersjand their
sympathizers greeted this inspired
verse for a moment seemed to daze
our distinguished mayor, upon whom
it devolved to respond. He turned from
one and another of his city council
ors as though appealing for help.
His appeal was in vain until Coun
cilman Chester kicked him on the
shin to recall him to the emergency.
We are proud to state that he
was equal to the great occasion, and
broke thus into welcoming verse:
"I bid thee welcome and we twain
Will wet our boyant throats
'Tis thus before such rural swain
We exercise the votes"
(and he handed him a dipper, and
sure it whs no sin, provided how the
governor had something to put in)
We are proud to have you join us
And to show we are no blokes
We will gladly furnish matches
If you've brought with you the
smokes.'
Then they accompanied him to the
river
Into cheer on cheer they burst
And they stood with tongues a-quiver
While the governor quenched hi
thirst.
Then followed a grand gala picnic
banquet in the city park, where a
basket of sardine sandwiches, a gal
Ion of ice tea, and three pink umbrel
las supplied everyone with a royal
time.
VALEIN LINE FOR
CO-OPERATIVE
WAREHOUSE
(Continued trom Page 1)
According to the special agents now
in this city, it is the purpose of the
Portland house to start a branch
house in this city as Boon as business
will warrant to take cere of the com
mission end in the selling of all kinds
of produce, etc. The company has at
th present time a large warehouse
in Portland.
The sc jpe of hiiRineasirrthrs line is
unlimited hu 'company sells every-
thh.'g worthy to be sold. For instance,
if a stockholder has a farm for sale,
the .jompany sells it for him. If he
has butter egsrs, poultry, cuttle, etc,
for sale, it sells them for him.
The method of conducting the busi
ness of The Co-Operative Supply
House is one long-tried and found to
be most successful, namely, that of the
mail-order plan. The different lines
of goods are listed in a large attract
ive catalogue, at prices that astonish
the most consertative buyer. The
capital is divided into a large number
of shares, which will be distributed
among many thousands of investors,
thus creating the most diversified
buying and selling interests under a
unit of operation.
In other words, the Co-Operative
Supply House gives everybody a
chance to buy goods at an extremely
low cost and also saves the buyer
quite an amount in freight rates since
goods are to be shipped here from
Portland rather than from the distant
points of Chicago and other eastern
cities.
The Portland house is at this time
working night and day on a complete
mail-order catalogue which should be
ready to be mailed within the next
sixty days. In the meantime price
lists will be sent out to the people
of this section giving prices on staple
goods.
Messrs. Kennedy & Warren of the
Vale Hot Wells Laundry would like
to do all of your washing. They
giarantee their work and if you are
pleased with it they want you to
tell others about their good wok.
They call for the laundry and will
also deliver the same after it has
been cleaned in that sanitary hot
water and laundered. They have es
tablished a branch office at the P.
O. confectionery store for the con
venience of their patrons.
LEADERS IN'BIG
PIANO CONTEST
The leaders in I ho big no mutest
ate:
Nina NtUtn . iy,o0
Wilms June U,ouu
Iftl. ii MiulUr Iti'.utio
OIL STRIKE
NEAR BURNS
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An oil expert of Los Angeles who
happened to be in Burns at the time
was shown a sample of the substance
taken from the top of the water.
Naturaly he thought some one wbb
either trying to job him or the dril
lers, but when he himself secured
some of the same stuff he pronounced
it as the highest grade of parafine oil
worth $7 per barrel. He declared
that it was bo pure that by straining
it through some absorbent cotton that
it would turn in a lamp.
Mr. Smith further stated that Mr.
Gilchrist had the well capped, built a
house over it and placed a guard in
charge while he took some samples
to Portland. Naturally there is con
siderable excitement in the Burns
country and people of that section have
filed thick and fast on twenty-acre
tracts during the past week.
Mr. Smith is of the opinion that the
discovery of oil neaf Burns is of
greatest importance to Vale for this
section is conceded to be a part of an
immense oil field. He further states
that since the Miller & Lux interest,
who own the Pacific Live Stock hold
ings in this county as well as Harney,
are the owners of oil properties in
California that they are in a position
to start oil drilling operations in
earnest in this country
BURNS MAN
TELLS OF OIL
DISCOVERY
Water Well Yields Forth
Flow of High Grade Oil
Experts to Take Charge
of Affairs Archie Mc-
Gowan Says Enterprise
Railroad Reports are True
The discovery of oil south of Burns
is verified by Archie McGowan, a
prominent business man of Burns who
spent several days in this city the fore
part of the week.
"A crew of drillers wpre sinking a
well on the Red S field of the Pacific
Livestock company for the purpose to
secure a good flow of artisian water,
said Mr. McGowan I to an Enterprise
reporter. "When at a depth of 700
feet they struck signs of oil. The
driller pumped the well out twelve
times in one day and there was a large
amount of oil on the water every
time."
"Experts who have seen the sam
pies Bay that the oil is of the highest
grade. The well has been sealed and
experts are going to look into the
matter.'
Mr. McGowan went on to Ontario
Sunday and returned to Vale on Tues
day. He was surprised to see the
way Vale was growing and he will
be able toJteU -the-Burns -CCCpie when
he'returns home that everything that
the Malheur Enterprise has reported
about the railroad building has been
absolutely true as he has seen the
work himself.
Mr. McGowan states that the En
terprise is eagerly sought after in
his section and that the people of
Harney county greatly appreciate
Vale's newsy paper.
BURNS PAPER TILLS
OF OIL DISCOVERY
The subject of most exciting talk
in Burns the past week is oil and the
occasion of it is the finding of the
oleaginous fluid in a well which has
been drilled bv Smith and Swain for
the Pacific Live Stock Co. on Red-S
field southeast of Burns, says the
Harney County News.
There is no uncertainty or question
about this discovery. The well drill
ers found the first positive indications
at a depth of about 650 feet, when a
dark, sticky and tarry looking substance
came up with the sandbuckets, the
smell of which was unmistakable. The
quantity kept increasing until a
depth b f over 700 feet was reached,
when the stuff interfered considerably
with the drilling and it is said the
drill rope caught fire several times
from the friction and the combustible
character of the stuff adhering to it.
Smith and Swain sent samples of
the oily material to assaying offices
In San Francisco and were first in
formed that they must be the sub
jects of a joke, as the samples were
too pure and too near refined to be
crude oil. Other samples were sent
with the assurance that they were of
the natural product coming from the
bowels of the earth, and in answer
were assured that if such were the
case they had found such a quantity
of petroleum as would be worth 97 a
barrel, instead of 75 rents a barrel,
which ia the ruling vaiue of the usual
crude oil. This article is already so
nearly puie it can be used at once
for lubricating purposes and needs
only a little refining to fit it for Il
lumination uses.
It is now slated that the Pacific
Live Stock Co, officials have given
orders to aval up and guard the well
for two Wvt and Iheu tkliil off Hie
formation on top i f (he water for an
other analysis. The water and oil
HwW res. h within S few feet of the
p cf the (-round.
line U su U''iniuii among , uc
MALHEUR ENTERPRISE
who have studied the oil question
that the stuff found In the well nas
traveled quite a distance through rock
passages and water courses in order
to arrive at its rresent purity, con-
sepuently, that the real oil reservoir
will be found some miles away.
Amnnff those most intimately ac-
quanted with the facts, there was a
little rush last week to make entry
on lands situated in the lake region
and In the valley southwest or me
Island ranch.
SAME HIGH GRADE
OIL AS IN THE
VALE OIL FIELDS
Local Oil Men of Opinion Oil was
Forced Great Distance From
the Yale Field
The news of the discovery of oil
south of Burns is most interesting to
this section since considerable discov
ery work and drilling has been done
in the Vale oil field, the local wells
having time and again produced the
finest of samples of almost pure oil
free from any matter, the highest
grade of parafine oil.
The Burns report states that most
undoubtedly the r oil found there has
seeped through for a vast distance,
which accounts for its high grade, and
local oil men are of the opinion that
the oil found in the Burns country
has been forced from this field by the
great gas pressure that is in evidence
here.
CHIEF STRADLEY
HERE ON WAY
TO INTERIOR
Vale was visited Thursday morning
by such important persons as Assis
tant General Manager and Chief En
ineer of the Oregon Short Line who
has charge of the building of the
Oregon Eastern railroad from this
city on west as far as Dog Mountain
south of Burns, and also C. I. Tut-
tle, the Assistant General Freight
Agent of the Oregon Short Line, and
two prominent Oregon-Washington
Railroad and Navigation Company
officials.
While here they spent some time
with Chief of Construction Osborn
looking over some of the work a few
miles out of town and then left by
automobile for Burns and the interion
country.
Nothing special could be learned
of the trip but it is surmised that
some important rairload matters
will be settled in the interior coun
try. It is also reported that Mr.
Stradley expected to inspect the
townsite of Lovett which is now
being platted and which is destined
to become the division point of the
Oregon Eastern railroad in the in
terior country.
Dr. baruett, a physician and su.
geon of St. Louis, Mo., has located in
tht city having during the past week
taken over the office and practice of
S. D. Taylor. Dr. Bartlett comes to
this city highly recommended as one
of the best young doctors of the Mis
souri metropolis.
C. H. Broughn, of LaGrande, agent
for the American Central Life In
surance Co., is in Vale and interior
points this week.
George Gombert, accompanied by
his mother, returned to Vale from
Washington where he had been spend
ing"a few weeks' vacation. It has
been two years since Mrs. Gombert
has been here and she notices great
improvements in Vale.
Dr. Davies of the City Livery left
today for Idaho where he will pur
chase more horses for his livery barn.
Samples of oats brought in town
from the Dan Murphy ranch near
Beulah show what wonderful crops
are to be harvested in that section of
Malheur county this season. The
grain stands over 7 feet and the
heads measure 23 inches.
W. E. Blashfield of the Pacific
Paper Co. of Portland, was in Vale
yesterday.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO
WHOM IT MAY CONCERN :
That under and by virtue of the
terms of that certain chattel mortgage
made on September II, 1911, I have
taken and now hold possession of the
following described animals, to-wit:
One 3-year old gelding; 1 black
stallion 2 years old; 1 black mare
about 16 years old, weight about 1200
pounds; 1 bay mare about. 13 years
old, weight about 1350 pourds, and 1
light bay mare about 7 years old,
weight about 1350 pounds,
by reason of the failure of the mort
gagors, William A.Wilton and Hattie
U.Wilton, to pay the debt to me se
cured by said instrument, and that 1
will on Saturday, the 17th day of
August, 1912, at 2 o'clotk in the
afternoon at tne front door of the
county court house of Malheur county,
Oregon, In Vale, therein, sell said
animals at public sale to the highest
and beet bidder therefor for cah in
hsitd, and apply the proceed of surh
sale in payment tf the rkpvnsia of
Isklig, taring fur aid eelltig the1
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December 24, 1912. Watch the Enterprise for further announcements.
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Services at Methodist Church
Sunday School 10 a. m. Preaching
Subject: Putting on God's Armour.
P. S. note the change of time for
the evening service from 8:30 to 8: 15.
The Ladies of the M. E. Church will
give a cooked food sale at Divers
store this Saturday afternoon begin
ing at 2 o'clock.
J. O. Moudy and Mr. Barton who
recently purchased the Thnnimi nm.
on Bully Creek narrowly escaped er-
ioua injuries early Thursday niori .
ing while driving home from the (w
Valley country. When nearly home
the wagon tongue truke, scaring the
hirses which ran away. The tttpm
toiigu was driven into the ground
with such force that the tugy a
thrown severs! (hm in the ir, :l
the last time Mr. Moody Un.l.d on
l t of the front whrvl Inrtmii g
hue Injuries aT I.U rl.tt. IU
Uku home Ui t ,lllM
iimilng, Mr. Usilon t,.. U Jur
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J. H. CotTman of this city went to
: Boine on Wednesday.
M. L. Lewis, a prominent citizen
J and business man of Burns, passed
' through Vale last week on his way
I to San Deigo, Cal.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
01578
Department of the Interior
U. S. Land OH'.ce at Vale, Oregon,
Aug 2, 1912.
Notice is hereby given that Eman
uel Smith, of Ontario, Oregon, who,
on October li, 1910, made Homestead
Entry, No. 01578, for SWJ. Section I,
Township 'il South, Itange 39 East,
Willamette Meridian, has hied notice
of intention to make Final Commuta
tion proof, to etahlih i Imiiii to the
land above docriU-d, before l(rgitrr
and Itceiwr, II. H, Land Oitice, at
Vale, liu'tfoii, on the Mli day of Sep
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Vale 0117 01842. Burns 0600.
Department of the Interior,
U. S. Land Office at Vale, Oregon,
Aug. 2, 1912.
Notice is hereby given that Byron
Plummer, of Ironside, Oregon, who,
on September 8th, 1908, made Home
stead Application Vale No. 0117 then
Burna No. 0C00, for the NEJ NW
sec. 6 and WJ NWJ section 5 Tp.
S. R. 39 E.W. M. and who, on May
3rd, 1911, mado Additional Home
stead Application for SW SWJ.
Section 32, Townhlp 13 8. Bang W
E., Willamette Meridian, Vale Serial
No. 01H12 has hied notice of ito
tion to make Klnal three yr Proor,
to r.tMLII.h tlaim to th Und b"v
dmribed, bef.re KrglsUr iJ
elver I'l.Ued fctateS UJ ()rtU' '
Vale, Orcnuii, on the 6th '
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