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About Malheur enterprise. (Vale, Or.) 1909-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 7, 1912)
VALE; The Center of the "New Empire of the West" Oily Irrigated Farm and Fruit Lands The Best Way to Boost This District is to Send Your Friends Copies of the Malheur Enterprise every week. jit. -v im i i u i v in u i v i u i uii i yr ; ; . The Banner lave Stock Ccssty ct Tho Udl: J The Malheur Enterprise De livered to your honfe or mailed,' $2.00 per year, in advance. ' The Leading Paper of Malheur County. VOL. 4. NO. 3. VALE, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1912. PRICE 5 centa VALE3V0CALISTS WILL ORGANIZE GREAT CHORUS Success on Thanksgiving Elates All and Impels to Further Efforts. KEEN INTEREST SHOWN Three Denominations Represen ted But Individual Religious Affiliation No Impediment to Pernancy of Choral Society If All Local Singers Will Help. Surpassing the expectations of all who heard it to a marked degree, astonishing the singers themselves, and creating such a profound impres sion in musical and church circles of this city, it has been decided to make permanent the chorarsociety the pros pective members of which so harmoni ously and successfully rendered the Gloria in ExcelsiB, from Mozart's Twelfth mass, in the Christian church union sevice' Thanksgiving night And the big musical hit was the re suit of just three p rior rehearsals. . Director C. ts. smith is no more elated over the prospect of having a ehoral society in Vale than are the singers themselves, albeit they are distributed among the membership of three local churches, the Methodist, Christian and Episcopal. But now that the matter of permanent organi- (Continued on Page 6) BE SALOON AT BROGAN Bitter Opposition Is Raised But Court Defers To Result of flection. License to conduct a saloon at Bro gan, this county, was on Tuesday granted to W. R. Chivers, after a bitter fight by the prohibition ele ment of the town in the county court before the county commissioners. More than a day was required to hear the testimony of witnesses represent ing both sides. CHARLES W. Pins BIDDEN BON VOYAGE Miss Lela Jones entertained Tues day evening in honor of Charles W. Pitts, who departs Monday for Hull, England, via Washington, D. C, and New York city, to return in April. Cards and music were enjoyed, and dainty refreshments were served by the young hostess. Present were Dr. and Mrs. fi. C. Burrow, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Houston, the Misses Love land, Sasser, Hill, Clark, Neely and Jones, and Messrs. Hartley, Elliot, Ashford, D. Hoyt and Pitts. IN HEART OF RICH DISTRICT IS WILLOW INN AT BROGAN 7 .' I f i - ' f f- 'f r". !- ? - i I' -V t- "I inn. ,A . ,k h.-v - NEVER BEFORE SO IMPORTANT TO WOOL MEN Vale Convention of January 3-4 To Be One of Big Problems. ; ONE MILLION ACRES OF SOIL, AS YET UNTOUCHED BY MAN, A WAIT MAGIC KISS OF WA TER 0 NLY A COMMENCEMENT of tremendous development has come to Vale and adjacent country under the Willow river irrigation system. Five years ago Willow river had but a few scattering farms, while today it has two towns and 10,000 acres of magniffcent orchard land in cultivation, much of which will commence yielding returns in 1913, giving work to hundreds of laborers to care for the crops and land. Too little thought is given by the people of Vale as to what this great development means to them and to Malheur county. Steps should be taken at once by the merchants of Vale to make a first-class road between Vale and Bro- TOCSIN CALL BY HOKE Secretary of Growers' Association Emphasizes Importance of Mat ters to Be Considered Here Next Month and Urges All to Attend Forthcoming St s ion. gan, via Jamieson. it is the one ana only way in which this trade can be held by Vale merchants, as the mer chants of those places will then be able to draw from the greater stocks of the Vale merchants at will and with real convenience. Ease of communication will prevent the establishment of new banks at these points. Slowly, but surely, the natural re sources of the county are being deve loped and brought into productivity, and those who are now interested and those who soon become interested will reap the golden rewara wiu gatner the apples from the "garden of Hespe-rides." Every branch of business will receive its due share of the ensuing prosperity, which due share will be measured by the individual effort made by the buBi- j ness people of the different sections to obtain and hold the trade. VALE SCHOOL CENSUS SHOWS 335 CHILDREN NOW; 206 LAST YEAR The annual school census is being taken throughout the county. Vale is shown to contain 335' children of school age, as compared with 206 in 1911. ALLEN SAID TO BE CRAZY William Allen, released from the Blackfoof insane asylum in idaho last summer, was brought in yesterday by a deputy sheriff from Jordan Valley. The man, who is a farm laborer, is undoubtedly crazy, say the auth orities, and will probably be commit ted to the state asylum at Salem. DAVID ECCLES DROPS DEAD UNEXPECTEDLY IN SALT LAKE; R. R. WORK HERE WILL GO Ob ONTARIO IS RAPIDLY FORGING TO FRONT; ASTOUNDS THE EAST W. J. Pinney, agent of the Ore gon Western Colonization Co., state's that business is good and the outlook excellent in Ontario. Representatives of the Catholic church lately purchased two lots in Ontario and the Rev. Bishop O'Reilly expressed himself as .having unlimited faith in the future of Malheur coun ty and Ontario. Mr. Pinney states that there will be 2000 acres of trees set under the On-tario-Nyssa ditch by next season and 1000 acres under general crops. The Ontario exhibit at the Minne apolis land show was the occasion of much discussion anions Dakota and Minnesota corn growers, and he looks ( Continued on Page 6 ) John S. Hoke, secretary of the Oregon Wool Growers' Association, contributes the following to The Ru ral Spirit, published at Portland: "The fifteenth annual convention of the Oiegon Wool Growers' Associ ation will be held in Vale, Oregon, January 3 and 4, 1913. We expect to have one of the greatest meetings of the woolly flock that ever came toge ther since the founding of the associ ation. Prominent speakers from vari ous parts of the country will be pres ent. I am much pleased to be able to announce that Hon. Frank Good ing, president of the National Wool Growers' Association, will be with us. "Never before in the history of the wool growing industry of Oreijon have problems of so vast importance confronted the wool growers and it behooves every man in any manner interested in the sheep industry to be present and assist in their solution. Remember the dates and prepare to come." The dates, January 3 and 4, will make it possible for the delegates to go from Vale to Boise to attend the Idaho association on January 6, and from the Idaho capital to Cheyenne, where the national Wool Growers' Convention will be held on January 9, 10 and 11. TWO LICENSES GRANTED, AT $2600; , COUNCIL WILL PROD CIVIC LAXITY SMILES AND PLENTY BLOOM UNDER WILLOW IRRIGATION tjr 3 iff, c 0 Two MALHEUR COUNTY A WAKENS SLOWL Y BUT SURELY TO THE WONDER OF ITS RESOURCES M WATER TANK AT MILE 19 The Oregon-Idaho Lumber, company of this city this week shipped a car load of materal to Mile Post 19 for the construction of a water tank and pump house at that point. ANOTHER ALASKAN IN VALE Charles E. Herron, of Alaska, an occasional caller in Vale, is in town renewing old acquaintances whom he met at Cordova, Circle City and Nome. ALIIEUR COUNTY, the Wonderful, will surprise the world ere many years roll by. The area of Malheur County is 9,833 square miles, or 6,293,120 acres, and of this amount there is in cultivation 29,801 acres or four and seven-tenths of one percent jk.aaaa MM . , There are 142, UUU acres oi tillable land. 1 his is two and one- Quarter percent of the whole. The land not yet deeded by the government is not subject to taxation and there are safely 1,000,000 acres which can be covered by water now running unchecked to the sea. At the same ratio, 150,000 acres under cultivation would give us a valuation of over S50.000.000. PORTLAND CAPITAL ALERT TO MALHEUR COUNTY RESOURCES William O. Mast, representing a number of Portland capitalists, is on a trip of inspection into the resources of Malheur county. He is mainly interested in finding lands which will produce the cereals and warrant the feeding of same to livestock. Mr. Mast has a number of Ger man and Swedish farmers who are looking for suitable locations, men of (Continued on Page 6) FIRST GOLDEN WEDDING EXULTS ENTIRE COUNTY David Ecclea, president of the Utah Construction company, which is put ting in the railroad work here, drop ped suddenly dead Thursday night in Salt Lake City. Details are lacking. His home is at Ogden, Utah, where the funeral will be held. W.L. Wattis, manager of thUtah Construction company, for Idaho and Eastern Oregon, who is now directing operation! at Vale, was apprised of Mr. Ecclea' death at soon as the tele graph office opened yesterday (Fri day) morning. To the Enterprise, Mr. Watlia aatd: "So far the work of The Utah Construction Company on the Oregon. F.trn, or elsewhere, U concerned, it will not make difference at all Al ttiHigh Mr. tcle waa not Immediate ly coiictirn4 in thw active manage ment of the Utah Cont ruction romp toy, H wtuM hava tven the Ul thlnf be wuuM have UU4 tUl ilvitl altuM fur iiMiiimiit - a4 Uty will m4 ," pUiUa, Mm ' Hi Afttiit dlt it II I'llt I Wi II..H vtl y, Ut t-l Hi ' tioned the Amalgamated Sugar comp any, the Mt. Hood Railway company, the Ogden Savings bank and First Na tional bank of Ogden, Utah; the Og den Rapid Transit company, the Sumpter Valley Railroad company and the Oregon Lumber company. He waa well known locally and very prominent throughout the Northwest. HOLIDAY DRESS AT THE STORES In keeping with the campaign for larly shopping, inaugurated pretty generally throughout the state. Vale merchants are getting on bolidny dresa at their place of buniness and many are the rUy thing di played. MAKE EXPRESS SHIPMENTS EARLY WUM'lirltt.nai l (" '"'' way tl irt uiiinU-a ivtf ! Jy llt UUi WMfliDtf " l "" will U awre in tU i i In tin., Bw i. any U fi ll! ll.it l H.vir 'im ) iu ifcob ii life 1 1 ' 1 Jr : h- ( h V . " is,; -I ' 4 From Left to Right, Upper Row: Trx Wattle Teter, of Ontario; Jtr$. Matilda Zutz, of Vale; CXCrs. Vena Loveland, of Jordan Valley: Mrs. Della Jones, of Ontario; Mrs. John Pedersen, of Malheur Volley. Lower Rou): Mrs. Lillie Hope, of Vale, all daughters and mothers; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gellerman, parents of 7, grandparents of 25, and great grandparents of 3: and Mrs. Jlmelia (ott, of Vale, daughter, Mri(KM,SVr) in iU rlllonlil towaH the tlllwiuuitt ami U'luillinr tf tUm Oiv"". miiUi.I.u ot family lifn a. o.r.lii g lu ll l'it f t Anu rii un M U, ''! iini.(i tuu It wu 11. u rtit guUlvn w'Muig nvr iil l-mli"! In Maiu-ur MiMniy, UtM ntUviU iu(riiv ai.nivwikry of Mr, tn4 Mr. K'l il!.Ni'ni( i mMn-nt ii.mkti of Oft gun i. nv.l, i it-l Im W 'I(h. ly itlHl t ly Many l.lf a .ni..lf' iUi al ll l'tnw ut Mr, an t Hit, Y, II uU In Sl, 'iiit m t"Uf yiitj'wiliit ul I he livlUimait fumily i.-l ili.. m.'UhI, Im lilig Mr, ami Mi. I'lt l f k it i.. , fi i f V fr r ' " rt!i 1 i .;f i.., nl, tl.t .ul.U ai .l.il.likn, ii.ii if llii-li m yiaii.li l.ll lii, , all liiu t f ll.ir gnl gmii'lO il.lim, i l nii. r i f l.uii. ini. Iltny i..i i Ul. (n i l. n lfi mm nti4 ly t t I l i 'M iljf M i 1 1., il.nh l u 'i w IiIHm Im I Imagine. if you can, , what that means to those who have already in vested and to those who will soon come in at the absurdly low rate which now obtains for property for the best land in the world. With room for 500,000 prosperous people, instead of looking afar for a few dollars, let us pick up the golden ingots lying scattered at our feet. Rich grasses on the sunny hills and in the deep canyons, huge deposits of lime stone Boon to be developed by railroads, thousands of acres of fine fruit land, the best alfalfa land in the great basin, are as truly golden ingots as are the glittering golden nnggets and yellow bars the great county will soon lay before the wondering eyes of an envi ous world. BLAZE AT MALHEUR CONSUMES MORFITTS HOME; LOSS IS $5000 Fire on Monday completely des troyed the fine and new home of Jan.es Morfitt, one mile north of Mal heur City, with its contenta. . Only the piano and a very little furniture waa saved. Loss, $5,000; insurance, light. Mr. Morfitt will probably re build at once. saloon licenses, at $2,600 for the privilege of selling vinous, malt and spiritous liquors at retail and malt liquors at wholesale, were granted Thursday night by the Vale city council to James Harvey on the one hand and John J. Dolan and A. S. Hunt on the other. It was sta ted by a councilman that a third li cense would be granted to another ap plicant Monday night. ; Harvey will conduct the Thorn- as saloon, in the stone building on ' Main street, and Dolan and Hunt will take over the Gleason saloon on A street, if presesnt calculations are -carried out, at noon on December 19, when the existing licenses owned by the Thomas Liquor Co. expire. Incidentally, Jack Dolan, who has been city marshal for nearly 3 years, tendered his resignation to the council effective not later than December 10, and the same was accepted. It is like ly that the Mayor will appoint Frank W. Flint, a former deputy sheriff, in his stead. Dolan has given gener-? al satisfaction as marshal in Vale, and there are many who would like him to continue as such, but his deci sion to enter in a business for him self also finds favor with his friends. Council Plans Big Things. When the council adjourned, it was only until the coming Monday night, when, besides another liquor license or two, the city arbiters plan to stir the pot of civic pride. Things now on Monday 'a program include: Extension of the fire limits, from one block east and wo blocks west of Main street northward to the rail- (Continued on Page 6) 3 SHIFTS ON BULLY JOB West End of Outlet Tunnel Now In 20 Feet; East Approach Finishing. Bully Creek matters are fast as suming tangible form at the scene of initial operations. During the pres ent week, the west end of the outlet tunnel haa advanced 20 feet, and the , approach on the east end of the tun nel ia nearly completed. As soon aa the east approach ia completed, three shifts will be put on. J. A. Randolph this week opened his own blacksmith shop just west of the Vale garage, and his adv. appears elsewhere in this Issue of the Enter prise. POSTMASTER IN VALE DIGS DOUBLY ON XMAS Christmas is already manifesting: its annual pressure at the post office, and Postmaster Staples Is pre paring to handle the increase of busi ness by putting on one or two more clerks in addition to the three already employed. Under the existing condi tions of postal department economy, however, auch additional clerk hire all cornea out of the postmaster's own pocket and the salary in Vale is not particularly regal. TRACK-LAYING NOW STARTS IN EARNEST ON GAPING LINK OREGON EASTERN IS PUSHED ft I I ! Un "j ,!;1 1 '')iin,it 4 t.i M Preparations for tracklaying .west of Vale, from Mile Poat 22 to Mile Post 38, at the east portal of the 2600-foot tuWel in the Malheur val ley, are complete, except insofar as some lack of boarding outfit for the employe still exist. All grading ha been done, brldgea are rapidly going in kt thi end of the canyon, and rail and tie are on the ground, a well a men, cara and locomotive. Among other construction machin ery, a big steam shovel, arrived In Vale this) woek from PocaUllo, Ida ho, and thi i now stationed, at Mile I'oat 10, for use In graveling the road bed. It will remain on the Job until the contract ha beuit cotiiple tud. Activity w Dvr grUr along tha Una of Id Oregon KaiUrn, and the rimiliurlitJii trvw will unlouU itly fii.Uli wuik ut traikUying tt ur l.a tunntl ty January I, bnluM viy fivfritv (U.wr t'liii'liiivii lie Ui . i.iMfcili g t-y tH'iln, i.l ttuiii.iy iu I'M t.f U.k tin f,l "Hi illy II l Jug Vein ' tiiM from the Lakeview Herald: Travelers enroute from Burns to Lakeview are continually spreading the news of railroad activltiea InJ nor thern Lake county. There are 8500 laborers working in Malheur canyon this fall. A great deal of work haa already been done on the 2600-foot tunnel, and aa soon a thla is comple ted the line of construction approach ea the open prairie where the work will be pushed more rapidly. It la claimed there are 200 mile of rail In the yard at Vale. Work ia pro gressing rapidly on the went end be ginning at Crescent and const ruction ramp are distributed along tli line at. The two forvu will unite om where in llarnvy county, The latent report are coining from the Wagonlire country, FUUI n glnofr II. J, OoMlyke Im 'ity tf H rv-tMng tlm Orog.-n :uni ui vy at that I'oli.l, wlierw line liiaiultM and tltvmU tlMttil l"li I kktvUw, I ii h nitit f..ni Al'il ValUy twll Ui MtU.I l oth, II Mm (I miliiiu'l fit M