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VALE, OREGON. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1912.
PRICE 5 cents
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Greatest SExpert tfihe United States Says Dry Land of this Section Will Grow
Most Abundant Crops Every Year If Proper Method
PLANT CROPS
IN FALL SAYS
PROF. T. SHAW
ffinter Rye, Wheat, Oats,
Barley, Speltz, Vetch
Dry Land Crops
HARVEST CERTAIN
ft) Question of Success on Sum
mer Fallowed Land Says
Director of Forty Experiment
Stations-Hill Soil Expert Get
ting Data for Second Report
That there are very few places in
the Eastern Oregon country that
cannot be made to produce abundant
crop harvests every year is the
opinion of Prof. Thomas Shaw, the
peat soil expert of the Hill railroad
ijitem, who was in Vale Tuesday.
There is no question of success
it the farming of the dry land of
this section if the proper methods
ire closely followed," added the dry
fanning expert. "Of course, the
moisture must all be retained in the
soil and the land must be summer
fallowed."
Prof. Shaw was in Vale on Tues
day for a short visit while on an in
spection trip over the holdings of
the Oregon & Western Colonization
company whose chief owners are
$ms W. Hill of the Hill railroads,
indPres. W. P. Davidson of St.
Paul who is well known by the res-
identi of Eastern Oregon. Prof.
Slaw will go as far as Burns on this
trip and will gather data for a sec
ond report. (Continued on page 2)
VICE-PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES
DIES IN UTICA, N. Y.
ELECTION BALLOT
IS LONGEST EVER
USED IN MALHEUR
The election ballots were nrinted
tot week by the Enterprise job print
'it department end are now beinar sent
t from the county clerk's office to
the various nreci nets of th ennntv.
Jfcj are the largest ever used here,
17x3? Inches in size, the namea of
andidates and measures being arrang-
!a three parallel columns..
The Malheur county ballot is as
f the neatest, best arranged of
11 those that have yet been seen this
jjW-Multnomah, Clackamas, and
having already been received
TCounty Clerk Morfitt. The Malheur
jwty ballot conforms strictly to the
while in some other counties
"! attention is paid to the legal
PMification, owing to the additional
W nd attention necessary to do so.
Vice-Pretdent James Schoolcraft
Sherman of the United States died in
Utica, N. Y., at 9:42 o'clock Wednes
day night of uraemic poison caused
by Bright's disease.
Mr. Sherman had been ill for a
long time an his doctors on Wednesday
morning announced to the world that
his death was only a question of a
few hours.
There was a slight relief shortly
after 7 o'clock caused by an apparent
improvement in the condition of the
kidneys, but it did not prove real or
lasting and at best gave only tempor
ary hope. At 9 o'clock the patient's
temperature rose to 106. From that
time his condition rapidly passed from
bad to worse until the end. All the
members of the immediate family were
witneses to the final scene.
Vice-President Sherman was born
in Utica on October 24, 1855. He
was married in 1881 to Carrie Babcock
at East Orange, N. J. They have
three sons, Sherill, Richard U., and
Thomas M.,all living and in business
in Utica.
Utica, N. Y. James S. Sherman
will be burried today. Funeral ser
vices at First Presbyterian church at
2 P. M.
RAINFALL COMES IN
TIME FOLLOWING
As the result of the rain storms of
the past week this section of the coun
try has enjoyed a rainfall of 1.09
inches and ranchers and stockmen are
now rejoicing for the fall plowing can
now be done while the range will te
greatly benefitted.
During the month of October there
were 23 clear days,5 cloudy days. The
highest temperature was 76 and the
lowest 12.
MALHEUR IS THE GREA TEST
SHEEP COUNTY IN OREGON
itZ' 0r" 0ct s0- There are
r'000 8heep In the State of Oregon.
total valuation of Oregon sheep is
.tf9,639,200, or an average
y o' $4 each. Oregon sheep pro
18,500,000 pounds of wool the
ft figures were prepared by
tftrt Bovlnn f Vm
Board of Sheep Commissioners, for
the biennial report of State Lobor
Commissioner Hoff. The county in
the state having the "Jj'
of sheep is Malheur, with 380,000,
d Umatilla, Lake and Morrowar.
next, with 200,000 each. Eight thous
" a 'a v-two men are employed
in the industry annually by
firms.
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WASATCH CO.
TO COMPLETE
CONTRACT IN
TWOWEEKS
Enormous Cut in Malheur
Canyon Near Mile Post
38 on Which Company
Has Been Working Since
First of Year to Be Com
pleted Next Week.
The roadbed of the Oregon Eastern
railroad through the Malheur canyon
i8 practically completed as far as Mile
iJt 38, or rather up to the east portal
of the 2500t-foot tunnel. This was
the statement made a few days ago o
an Enterprise reporter by O. .
Chaffin of the Wasatch construction
CX7'the first of th. ye.rth.
Wasatch company has completed abou
rive miles of roadbed grading and next
week will complete an enormous cut
.t he fining of Mil. P-t 38 on
which a crew of men ha. been work
i ,inre the operation! wer. star ed
Infne Malheur canyon ahortly after th.
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Traveling over I the Eastern
Oregon country this week with
Prof. Shaw, the famous soil ex
pert of the Hill railroad system,
is Engineer A. ji Wiley who
says he is looking over the coun
try with a view of ifuture devel
opments. Outside jof this ex
planation Mr. Wiley's mission is
a mystery.
However there is" every reason
to believe that he is connected
with the Hill railroad system, at
least whatever little information
he dropped pointed 'out in that
direction.
He expected to go on to Burns
with Prof. Shaw and from Burns
on over the remainder of the
road land grant, owned by Louis
Hill and W.P.DavidBon,as far as
the Deschutes country where the
Hill railroads have already invad
ed the Central Oregon country.
When questioned as to whether
he was on a mis don connected
with the irrigation of some of
the land in the road land grant
Mr. Wiley replied that he was
not. When asked whether his
trip had anything to do with Hill
railroad plans he evaded the sub
ject. His trip to the Des
chutes country indicates that
there may be something doing ..
soon in the way of railroad build
ing by the Hill system.
WILLOW CREEK
WATER USERS
FILE APPEALS
In Local Circuit Court
Against Award of the
Board of Control
AWARD MADE SEPT 30
Appellants Seek Court For Minor
Changes in Decree of Board of
Control in Determination of
the Relative Rights of Various
Claimants.
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Several appeals from the recent
award of the Board of Control of Di
vision No. 2 in the matter of the de
termination of the relative rights of
the various claimants to the waters
of the Willow Creek were filed In the
local circuit court the past week.
Lawrence Faulkner, Pat Faulkner
and D.F. Boggs versus Frank O'Neill,
W. J. Scott and the Willow River
Land & Irrigation Company is the
title of the first appeal tiled with
County Clerk Morfitt on Tuesday
afternooon.
(Continued on page 6)
ASKS HELP FOR
DESTITUTE FAMILY
Salem, Oct. 27:-Governor West
has received a letter telling of th.
pitiful plight of a family In Eastern
Oregon. Th. communication was from
a disinterested person who aak.d
whether it would b. possible for th.
executive office to assist the family.
Mrs. Hubbard Walters of Owyhee,
th. author, enclosed th. Utter from
th. destitute woman, a Mrs. Brunt,
who lives near Ironside in Malheur
eounty. Th. woman U the mother of
,.iiriMH children th. younifit of
kU'h was born last month. Tfcay
twa Lun Luritwi out of their little
lioina. simJ without s rUnfc-e of clolh
U ma uUlalllilf Oil tll I'ltSrlly ft
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1hi wllliiiaf Ut Uly rli.v
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"It thirsts and burns for distinction; and, If possible, It will have It. Is It
inreasonable, then, to expect that some men, possessed of the loftiest genius,
soupled with ambition sufficient to push to the utmost stretch, will at some
;lme spring up among us? And when such a one does, It will require the pe
le to be united with each other, attached to the government and lawa, and
generally Intelligent, to successfully frustrate his deelgn.
"Distinction will be his paramount object, and although he would as will
ingly acquire it by doing good as harm, yet nothing left In the way of building
jp he would sit down boldly to the task of pulling down. Hsre, then, Is a
probable case, highly dangerous." From Mr. Lincoln's Speech Before the
Voung Men's Lyoeum, 8prlngfleld, III.
From the Omaha Dally Pee, March 19. 1913.
NOVEMBER 9 LAST - '
DAY FOR APPEALS
IN WATER CASES
November 9th is the final date set
for the filing of appeals from the award
of the Board of Control in the matter
of the determination of the relative
rights of the various claimants to the
wster of the Willow Creek which was
made by that board on September 30th.
During the past week ranchers
along the Willow Creek interested in
the recent award of the Board of
Control have been busily engaged in
looking up their rights and the amount
of water apportioned to them as the
result of the recent adjudications held
here by Water Commissionr Cochran.
Few appeals are expected.
Water Master Ivan Oakes, of this
city who will have charge of the dis
tribuation of the water of the Cotton
wood and Willow creeks under the
award just made by the Board of
Control. states that the time for filing
of appeals on the Willow Creek ad
judication will be up on November 9th.
As soon as the appeals are settled he
will appoint a number of assistants
who will see that the water users
receive the claims awarded them.
BANKS BROS. WILL
WORK ALL WINTER
ON 0. E. RAILROAD
Ben F. Banks, of the Banks
Brothers Construction company, a sub
contracting firm on the roadbed grad
ing of the Oregon Eastern railroad in
the Malheur canyon about 60 miles west
of this city, reported on Wednesday
while in this city that their contract
was progressing rapidly toward comp
letion and that all the earth work
would be finished within a few weeks.
Ta.a Hmflln. much hfl.v. rnrk unrlr I
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for the winter.
.The Banks Brothers have been work
ing on the Oregon Eastern roadbed
since the early part of the year, their
first work being the boring of the 300
foot tunnel at Mile post 59.
5 of Conserving Moisture in the Rich Soil Are Carefully Followed
IS HILL TO
MAKE A
MOVE?
36 HES OF
0. L RAILROAD
NOW COMPLETED,
Track Can Be Extended
From Mile Post 20 To
the Harper Ranch
WILL GO ON TO TUNNEL
Grading Contractors Expect to
Have Roadbed to Mile Post 39
Completed Within Two Weeks
and Ready for the Tracklaying
-Will Resume Work From
Little Valley on November 1st
Thirty-six miles of the Oregon
Eastern roadbed are completed and
ready to receive the steel rails said
W. L. Wattis, chief of the Utah
Construction company, while in this
city on Monday. Mr. Wattis had
just returned from a trip through
the Malheur canyon and reported
all the roadbed grading progressing
rapidly.
Construction outfits are strung
along through the Malheur canyon
as far as Mile post 82 beyond River
side and with a mild winter the
grading will easily be completed
that distance by next March.
Mr. Wattis stated that the recent
Tains had made travel heavy over
thecanyon roads. He also reported
that the concrete 'piers were being
put in at the third Malheur river
crossing, just this side of the long
tunnel, for the two big steel bridges.
Work is progressing nicely at the
2500s-foot tunnel, 1150 feet having
already been bored through the big
mountain.
TO APPEAR BEFORE
EQUALIZATION BOARD
The Board of Equalization is in
session and this far a few complaints
have been filed, and in fact those
that have been brought up are of
small importance as to valuation.
The Eastern Oregon Land Company,
the Vale Methodist church, and D. C.
McDonald of near Nyssn are reported
as appearing before the board wishing
a redurton in valuation, while others
who appeared had the matter satis
factorily explained.
Letters summoning representatives
from a number of merchants and
firms before the board on November
13 and 15 for the purpose of swearing
as to the valuation of their business
were sent today to the Vale Trading
Company, R. H. DeArmond, Oregon
Idaho Lumber Company, Malheur For
warding Company, Paul Freeman and
T. T. Nelsen.of Vale; Jones & Co, of
Westfall; Empire Lumber Co., of
Nyssa;W. Lampkin, Rader Bros.,
A. Zimmerman, George W. Long, J.
H. Farley, Boyer Bros., Co., Empire
Lumber Co.,, Idaho-Oregon Lumber
Co., M, Malheur Merantile Co.,
Ontario Hardware Co., Martin Hard
ware Co., Wilson-Dulfy Drug Co., and
Ontario Pharmacy, of Ontario.
MAYOR OF NYSSA
PAIRS VOTE WITH
JUDGE W. R. KING
Through an agreement closed
Wednesday over the wirea be
tween Robert van Gilse, the
Mayor of Nyssa, and Judge Will
R, King, a former resident of
this county who is located at the
Chicago headquarters cf the
Democratic National campaign
committee while directing the
campaign throughout the Pacific
coast states, the latter will not
have to return to Oregon to cast
bis ballot for his candidate,
Woodrow Wilson.
In fact, Judge King will not
bav. to vote at all for th. reason
that through this sgreement he
bss not only paired his vote for
a Presidential choice with the
Mayor of Nyssa who happens to
tMths leader of th. "Hull Moons"
party in Malheur county, but has
also paired his vote with a promi
nent "Tsft" man of this state
hu nam. has not yet Un
lestned.
This bll of news wsi brous-lit to
this cily Wednesday I y Mayor
van GlUe, who Is il oi.ly
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nuilili.tf ui.'l.n.e If II will M"
little (.uLililly f"f Ms
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FRONTIER WALLINGFORD
ALSO "STUNG" POR TLANDER
Information received from Portland
concerning II. R. Lester, the frontier
Wallingford, who is being held in
the county jail here in default of
J 1500 as the result of his operations
among the Red Butte ranchers as
previously given by the Enterprise,
ststes that Lester was a former resi
dent of Portland and that before com
ing' to Malheur county be lived with his
wife at 647) First street.
Th information further says that
Lester was employed for a few
months Isst spring by several concerns
dealing in suburban property as
salesman, and for a while was in
business for himself. Previous to that
he followed the machinist trade.
The latter part of laBtpuly he hired
an automobile from Charles Winters,
who has cars for rent, with a stand
at Sixth and Stark streets. Harry
Kipple, one of Winter's chauffeurs,
was to drive the car. Lester said he
was going through eastern Oregon to
buy horses and mules. He also told
his story to the owner of the house
where he resided. It was understood
he wss to psy about 40 a day, and
also the expenses of the chauffeur.
On July 27 Lester left the place at
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VALE ALFALFA GROWERS
FEAR THE WEEVIL PEST
Urging that investlgstion be made
of the condition of lisy In Idaho, slfsl-
fa growers of Vsl. to the number of
M lisvt sent th. fulluwlng petition to
(jovernur Wml
We, tlt undersigned slfslfs grow.
i, of Vsla, Or... ! Iav. to
your alUi tln lu li.efulluwliig omll.
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Alfelfs Wivll ksa U found to
tltt In IU alfslf. lay f lb. HisUe
bf I LU, Hut, n. rVyuiiiina- and !'
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this county, a great deal of hay is b-
ing shippd from parts of Idaho,
pert of which we have resson to b
lleve Is alfvrtod with the weevil. Wo
ab that yuu li'k Into this matter and,
if nereeaery, U' lere a quarantine
against Main and all other state,
strut ted, It would really b. to the
beat Intel et of the alfalfa ruei cf
I satelli Oltfc-uii lu l ave a lalnuiry
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