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VALE, OREGON. SATURDAY, AUGUST 10. 1912.
IfO TRAINS
1SKED FOK BY
: if
VALE PEOPLE
The Railroad Commission
Learns of Real Need of
This Section
UUdNGJED FRIDAY
Hotel Men's Combine Back up
Smith in Complaint of Late
Arrival of Trains to Increase
Their Business Brogan and
Jamieson Want Daily Train
inniit 15th or thereabouts has been
practically set by the State Railroad
wiiMion for the handing down of
indecisions in the two hearings held
in this city on Friday of last week.
Tha railroad commission, composed
4 Messrs. Thos. K. Campbell, Frank
I Miller and Clyde B. Aitchesen,
wftnn Saturday for Nyssa to look
over the new railroad work along the
NjMi-Homedale extension. They had
intended to make an inspection trip
jf the new Oregon Eastern as far as
the Malheur canyon that mornirlg but
the trip had to be given up on ac
icuiitof the terrific thunder and rain
itonnof the previous night which
rendered the new roadbed too soft for
Hfe traveling.
The hearings held in this city were
due to a petition from the Brogan
indJamieson people who asked the
winning of a daily train service up
the Willow River valley from this
dtj, and also another petition from
Agent Smith of the Vale-Burns stage
ho complained about the late arrival
of the mail here and thus delaying
the stage.
(Continued on Page 5)
IUST ANSWER TO GRAND
JURY FOR PERJURY
Taxpayers Out
$30 Per Day on
Willow Springs
PRICE 5 cents i
"Hunt for $ed Rock" Has
Already Cost City; $3000
Solaris Total $1300
Artie Poole and Chas. W. Craw
ford were arrested Thursday for per-
jury in the recent case against Gray
aod Vermilyea. They waved their
preliminary hearinc and were claced
under $2)0 bonds each to appear be
fore the grand jury. They furnished
their bonds.
HAL
HEUR TO
GET $4,984.80
SCHOOL MONEY
State Distributes $352,481
in Lump to Counties
this Week
2,680 SCHOOL CHILDR'N
I" Malheur County Census Tak
en and Division of Money Is
Made on Basis of $1.86 for
Every One Recorded between
Afea of 4 and 20 Years
According to th pa nana nnmnlAted
ough the office of the Superinten
dent of Public Instructions at Salem
Jrar 1R9.506 school children in
state and this week there is being
'vided $352,481.16 among the different
Unties by the State Treasurer.
This division is being made on the
of $1.86 for every school child in
tte enumerated under the cen
between the age of 4 and 20
' This money represents the
"Jt which is received by the State
M Board from loans on public
the loans being made at the rate
Per cent per annum on first mort
al it,1 ,Ht,te ,oaM out of tha ,rre
"JMe school fund of the state.
" ctmtus shows that Mslheur
J0Un,y h 2.680 school children ovar
ytr of age and under 20 yean,
that the amount . ....ri this
JB,f U.W4.80J Harney has 1.189
"-ymidren and will !, 211. 64 i
'". I.hbft ,h. children and will
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The Willow Springs "job" again
came up for some discussion atThnr.
day's meeting of the city council but
notnmg definite was arrived upon
w une aeemea certain of the present
conditions at the Springs and no one
seemed to know whether the coun
cil's orders were being followed on
this job that has been on for over
three months.
It was reported by two councilmen
that they had been informed on last
Saturday that the work was practi
cally completed and well under hand.
Still the work has continued during
the past week at an expense of some
$30 per day. No news have come to
headquarters except that the "hunt
is still on" for the bedrock, and that
the last orders of the council could
not have been followed out since the
water supply was lower than ever on
Thursday evenjng.
It was reported on Thursday night
that there was still $700 left in the
Willow Springs fund. Since nothing
but salaries have been paid from the
$2000 special cash fund, it means that
$1300 in cold cash has gone out for
salaries on this seemingly "rainy
dav" job. As far as can be learned
the hunt for bedrock at the Willow
Springs is costing the people of Vale
$30 a day, and it is said that already
$3000 have been spent there in the
last three or four months just because
somebody has been continually guess
ing and replying that he "Didn't
know" or "was not sure." However
the $30 a day expense continues.
The council has scheduled a meeting
for this evening providing their man
shows up in town.
TO CONNECT
ORE-EASTERN &
WESTJPAC1FIC
New Railroad Will Tap the
Valleys South of the
Malheur Lake
SURVEYORSAT WORK
Easy Grade to Winnemucca 210
Miles SoutheastReport Some
what in Doubt as To Who Is
Really Back of the Proposed
Railroad Line
County Clerk Frank Morfitt granted
a marriage license on Thursday to Luth
er Edwin Douglas and Mabel Wilson, of
Ontario.
Well founded rumors of the building
of a railroad tapping the Quinn river
valley, Pueblo, Catlow and Dunder
Blitzen valleys, connecting Harney
valley with Winnemucca and opening
one of the largest agricultural sections
of the west with a vttst industrial
gain to the northwestern Nevada,
were brought into Eugene by E. E.
Hill of Winnemucca, one of the or
ganizers of the Continental lake irri
gation project which is destined to re
claim 26,000 acres of Pueblo valley,
says the Eugene Guard.
"The engineers are alreay survey
ing the route," said Mr. Hill last
night, "and I firmly believe th)
proposition will go through. It is
destined to open up a magnificent
country and would tap an agricultural
area of nearly two million acres which
would be made tributary to Nevada
and California.
"The Harriman line is now building
in the Harney country but it's hard to
say what road is behind this contem
plated line from that road into Nev
ada. The proposed branch would leave
Harney valley line about thirty miles
from Burns between Harney lake and
Malheur and would have the easiest
kind of grades 210 miles to Winne
mucca.
Roosevelt and
Hi Johnson Are
Chosen Leaders
Of the Bull WCoosc Party in
Chicago ConventionTeddy
Jiccepts on the Spot
BIRD MEN WILL FLY
AT COUNTY FAIR
Vale Day to be Greatest Event Oklahoma People Secure
Controling Interest of First National Bank of On
tarioOrchard Tract Sold More Buildings
Ontario, Aug 8: The first aero
plane to make a flight in Malheur
county will be Eeen at the Malheur
County Fair, during the week beginn
ing September 23rd. As an attraction
there is nothing that will be so pleas
ing to the people as an aerial demon
stration of the work of the Curtiss
aeroplane. The aviator who will
make the flight is a competent man
and has made some record flight in the
Northwest, the last one being his
famous flight from the roof of the
Multnomah Hotel in Portland, to Van
couver. The Board of Directors believe
that this feature will be pleasing.to
the many people who will visit tne
fair and as a money maker it cannoi
be discounted.
The Premium Lists are now out
and will be distributed as fast as pos
sible. They contain much valuable
information for the exhibitors. Boise
has asked for a special day and Wed
nesday will probably be given over to
the Idaho visitors who are coming from
the capital city on a special train of
ten cars.
Last vear the big day was Friday,
Vale Day, and this year the county
seat will again ask for a special day
and Friday will no duobt be devoted
to them. A prominent space is be
ing saved in the exhibit hall for the
Vale display which promises to be
unusually large. The fair this year
will excell in every way and every
preparation will be made by Ontario
as a city to tHke good care of the
visitors.
(Continued on Page Two)
Chicago,Aug.7 Singing "Onward,
Christian Soldiers" and the "Battle
Hymn of the Republic," the delegates
to the first national convention of the
new progressive party tonight claimed
Therodore Roosevelt as their candidate
for president, and Governor Hiram W.
Johnson of California as their choice
for vice president.
Marking a new - departure in the
proceedings of national conventions,
the two candidates immediately were
notified of their nomination, and in
the midst of deafening cheers they
appeared before the delegates to
voice their acceptance and to pledge
their best efforts to the coming cam
paign. 1
For several hours during the after
noon and in the early evening the
throng in the Colis urn had listened
to a flow of oratory in rbminating
and seconding speeches, in which the
dominant note expressed was the be
lief that victory would come to the
new party in November.
1.22 INCHES OF
RAINFALLS
IN ONE NIGHT
Terrific Thunder aud Rain
Storm Visits This Section
Family Drowned Near
Baker Trains Delayed
by Washouts Near Hun
tington for 36 Hours
MGR. GILCRIST
VERIFIES OIL
DISCOVERY
But Will Say Little Until
He Hears from Samples
Sent to California
WELL IS STILL CAPPED
Awaiting Orders from Head
quarters Drillers Were Seek
ing Artesian Water Another
' Well Will Be Drilled on Same
Ranch near Malheur Lake
The most terrific thornier and rain
storm that ever visited this t section
of the country occurred on . Friday
evening of last week when during the
night the total precipitation totalled
1.22 inches.
For over three hours lightning flashed
and the roar of thunder rolled over the
city and although no damage was done
several residents of the city received
small shocks.
The storm seems to have been gen
eral over this section of Eastern Ore
gon and considerable damage was re
ported over near Huntington and
Baker where freshets caused by cloud
bursts washed out the railroad track of
the Oregon Short Line and the Ore
gon Washingon Railroad & Navigation
companies, delaying trains for ovt-r
36 hours. As the result Vale was
without mail from the west for
several days.
A report from Baker states that on
Friday of last week Mrs. John Powell
and three sons were drowned In a
freshet on Bragg Creek, seven miles
west of Huntington, when their home
was swept before vast quantities of
debris which was carried downstream
to a doom dam on Burnt river. Held
by the dam, the waters backed over a
large territory.
The bod es of Mrs. Powell and one
of the children were found Sunday
in Burnt River.
"I think we have struck oil all
right over on our properties near the
lake," said Manager John Gilcrist of
the Pacific Live Stock Company while
being interviewed by the Enterprise
man in this city on Monday. Mr.
Gilcrist had just arrived in town from
Burns on some business at the court
house.
"Anyway I will know more when 1
hear from the samples I sent to head
quarters in California. "You see we
were drilling for a tesian water and
when the drillers got to a depth of
726 feet they struck a hard formation
and had to ftop work. When the drill
was pulled up they were astonished at
the signs of oil, and after several
pumpings the oil came freer as it
seeped through the rocks, but operat
ions were finally stopped when the
sand bucket was lost at the bottom
of the well. We got some samples
and capped the well."
"The flow of water in this well
was not what we expected and as the
drillers were under contract to get a
good flow or drill to a depth of 1000
feet, they will drill another well for
artesian water."
Mr. Gilcrist, although most certain that
they had struck most promising signs
of oil, would not say very much before
he received a report on the samples
that he had sent away. Until then
the well will remain capped.
ANOTHER
HORSETHIEF
IN JAIL
Caught in Nevada With
Large Number of Horses
Which had Been Stolen
From Malheur County
Stockmen Hanson Held
to Grand Jury
John Hanson, an alleged horse
thief, was brought to this city by
Sheriff Dan Kerfoot last Saturday
and is now lodged in the county jail to
await action from the grand jury.
Hanson was captured in Nevada. It is
said that he was caught with the goods
over in Badgerfield, twenty-five
miles north of Summtt Lake, with
horses and two mules when had been
stolen from Malheur county stockmen.
Vale To Boast
of Prettiest Park
in East Oregon
Rherside Grounds To Be
Parked, 'Planted to Trees
and Beautified
That Vale is to have the largest,
prettiest and best city park in the
Eastern Oregon country was the de
cision of the city council when the
beautifying of the Riverside Park
was brought up by Mayor I. W. Hope
on Thursday night. After a general
discussion it was decided to work all
city prisoners from this on at the
cleaning up the park grounds by cutt
ing the weeds, brush, etc., and other
wise prepare the large grounds for
the planting of trees and a general
parking of the grounds this fall.
It is the idea of the council to
plant trees all around the baseball
park and thus make it attractive,
while the remainder of the grounds,
including several acres of ground, will
be transferred into play grounds and
park, literally covered by trees.
John F. Maddock, a homesteader
near the mouth of the Malheur canyon,
was in town Monday to prove up on
his claim at the local government
land office.
OIL IS STILL
THERE SAYS
BURNSPAPER
Central Oregon Oil & Gas
Co's. Expert, J. C. Gau
throp, now Locating Best
Place to Drill Oil Well
Other Developments of
Past Week
DEPOSITS OF )
SALTPETRE ARE !
STAKED OUTi
Vale Capitalist to Take a
Prominent Part in the
Mining of Nitrate
1
MINES IN LAKE COUNTY.
;
Leonard Cole and Associates
Stake Out 1200 Acres of Land
Rich in Deposits of Nitrate of
Soda Purest To Be Found ln
the United States . ' '
Since writing the account of the
finding of the splendid quality of pe
troleum in the well sunk by Smith &
Swain for the P. L. S.Co., in Red S.
field, the company has carried out the
orders which the News said had been
determined on, sayslant weeks Harney
County News. M. V. Dodge, a civil
"engineer in the employ of the com
pany, was sent down there to see that
the well was thoroughly pumped out
and then sealed up, to be opened later
for a test of the intervening develop
ment. The News has it upon the
authority of those preentthat during
the entire pumping process the evid
ence of oil continued unabated, but
rather increased toward the last.
In the meantime, preprations by
the Central Oregon Oil & Gas Co con
tinue for the starting of actual well
boring for oil in the region south of
there around the lakes and J.C.
Gauthrop, the oil expert of that com
pany, has been in the vicinity several
days studying out the best place to
begin work. While the P. L. S. Co.
people were looking for water and the
oil came to them unsought the Oil &
Gas Co. will go after the oil direct
and are prepared to chase it to its lair
several thousand feet toward China.
(Continued on Page 6)
Leonard Cole of this city and
Attorney John L. Rand, of Baker," .
and associates have staked out 'a'
number of claim over in Lake County
which are said to be rich in deposits'
of saltpetre or nitrate of soda. ! i
When Mr. Cole was interviewed
few days ago by the Enterprise" con-'
earning his activity in the discovery
of the saltpetre deposits on the Lake
Harney county boundary line he replied
that he and associates had staked out ,
some 1200 acres of landjvaluable in de-;
posits of the saltpetre. '. .
"I have known for years that there ".
was a fortune in those deposits in the
Wagontire Mountain country," said j
Mr. Cole. "With some engineers I '
have been investigating this matter
for the past several months and the !
tests have showed us that he deposits :
are rich, and of the highest grade to :
be found in the United States." , 1
Mr. Cole recently was over in that
section and accompanied by E.Melzor,
an experienced mining man of Baker ;
county, and Engineer Percy Johnson
of this city, have run out lines and .:
ascertained the exact location of the -deposits
and claims. Percy Johnson ;
returned this week from Burns and ,'
Lake county where he has been working
out some data regaading the claims. '
Mr. Cole in speaking of the deposits. 1
claimed that it was the only one to .
be found in the United States and was
especially valuable. He added that ;
South America was shipping $13,000,- ,
000 of the product every year. It Is ,
understood that the claims will be
worked as soon as the railroads reach
the interior country.
HUNTINGTON'S
MAYOR QUITS
ON DEMAND
, .
Leaves Town and Jobs upon
the Request ot Gov
ernor West
Building of Oregon Eastern Railroad Makes Vale Busiest Town in the Northwest :-:
MILES OF SIDE
TRACKS LAID
to the Vale headquarters of the
gon Eastern, now being built
across the street from this city
Ore
west
Judge George E. Davis is improving
nicelv from his recent accident when he
I1TI Anil If 1 Tin'8Ustained a 8P"ined nkle nd rr,om
IM I III A I Y AKII ,,rnt reuorts will be out the coming
.f-aii mil
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Tracklaying with the monster track
laying machine was sgin resumed
the arrival vi
During the
k the track-
interim VI m k
yesterday upon
steel In the local yards.
week.
Preaching services at the First
Christian church of this city Sunday
at 11 a. m. and 8:30 p. m. by Rev.
Francis L. Cook. Always special
music. All are welcome.
. fi-..j iMvin u
the local raiiroB-i -
city a mott active .ppearsncf
as railroad work gc.
This week three additional
tracks hav. been Lid fruMirg th.
n,w P..nger and frei.ht drr-.t.
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U Iskin UP th n'tlr ot ' t",d"1
,ir.l Hh number ot bonding
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TO MAINTAIN
COMMISSARY
HOTELS HERE
Within two or three weeks more
the new commissary warehouse, be
ing erected in the local railroad yards,
will be ready for occupancy. The
large building, SCxW) feet is modern
in every manner and will also contain
a dining room besides store rooms for
storing of supplies for the various
cams of the construction department
being established along the Oregon
Eastern between this city and Mile
poet 89 In tha Mslheur canyon.
A large and ronvenirntly arranged
kitchen is being built on the north
side of th building, as a boarding
Louie is to be maintained in tha local
tarda for the Urge number of rail
road laborers being ronttaritly
.lyel here,
PETITION COUNCIL
FOR SIDEWALK
Property owners along Bryant
street on Thursday night petitioned
the city council for a five-foot cement
sidewalk running from the brick
block of the Vale Flour & Feed com
pany to the new freight depot. It
was also added that property owners
north of the railroad tracks favored
the extension of the walk across
railroad property and on north.
matter was left to the fctrcet
mittee to look into.
TO BALLAST
TRACK DURING
COMING WEE
A railroad construction camp Is
being established this week 11 miles
southwest of this city on the upper
the end ot ,ne Osborn Grove where a large
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CROSSWALKS TO
BE REPAIRED
Kepeirin. of cement rroee walks
about the rity rsme up for dUcueeion
at the it.uM'il 1li.irUy tvmlng.
Nothing dfhnlle wee agrrr.) upon a
iti one eni. .l to ki" kbut the
eaa I am.'Ui.l of the l... on.Ur M I
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crew will be maintained for months to
come in the handling of tha large
amount of gravel that Is to be taken
out of the Malheur river bed for the
ballasting of the track already laid
between this city an -I the mouth of
the canyon.
A sidetrack was laid there tha first
of the week, extending from tha main
line to the river ami over tha large
vravel bar located In that section,
Within a few days a steam shovel
will Im i.la.'Ktl on the gravel bar and
will be ue. In loading the long roil
(ru. ti..n Irelu I.LIi Is to l.av.1 Il.e
UIUI. On Ihoie-ley the flret rar
of grevel wee . sole. I to Il.e I.msI
tei.U tH.it lm. f..r I.elUulli.g of the
lie. k l le.
WEST TO CLEAN TOWN'
Governor Says He Will not let
up on Crusade Declares That
"Northey and Gang" Deliber
ately Failed to Respond to Ap
peals of Decent Citizens
(i.U Mill, of Wtlf-r, . eu.e up I.. Mr, and
VU ll.wis Uy le I ' M' M
les'Uii !.
Salem, Aug 6 : That Governor
West doea not intend to let up in his t
crusade atarted In Huntington last .
Saturday night was shown by his
statement today.
He is not content with merely de- 5
manding that C. A. Northey, the
mayor, resign his position as official
head of the city, and to give up the '
cashierttbip of the Huntington bank .
but intends to sift the matter to the
very bottom. He has received Nor
they 's resignation to both offices.
West is a member of the State
Board of Bank Commissioners and as '
this official ha had Northey reaign
from the bank on the ground that
Northey'a conducting of tha crime
question in Huntington doea not make
him fit to handle tha people a mon-:
cy. West said today: "Tha whole
gang connected with the Huntington
rotteness rnuht go with Northe)."
lis says he docs not know If tha
councilmen condone tha rottenness
there but If they have they ara folng
to resign too before ha gets through
with them. Wot y ha Is going'
to rlesn Huntington a It was never
rteaned before and that Northey vio
lUd .U oath of oltUe In failing ta
riepoi.d to the eiieeU i-f the d
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