PHILADELPHIANS
INVADE OREGON;
j DOUBT NO MORE
Party of Four, Representing
1 Eastern Capital, Journey
! , to Brogan and Vale and
Secure Affidavits of Acre
Yields of Fruits, Onions,
Corn, Potatoes, Alfalfa.
Milligan Predicts
Rise of the Nyssa
School District
A party of investigation on irriga
tion, agriculture and fruit-raising
methods in eastern Oregon, consisting
of Mrs. Martin Lane, Clarence Lane,
George F. Joslin and Dr. Thomas
Thurston, all of Philadelphia, Pa.,
have returned home not only niore
than satisfied with conditions in Mal
heur county, Oregon, but carrying
samples of fruit, corn, potatoes and
alfalfa, and irrigation data, the yield
and possibilities of which are substan
tiated and certified to by affidavits
sworn to by the Oregon irrigationists
, who raised the products. These affi
davits and samples will be shown to
other eastern capitalists who until
this time have been skeptical as to
what the soil of Malheur county can
produce when under sufficient water.
So skeptical were the four persons
mentioned regarding the possibilities
of what the land would actually pro
duce that the journey from Philadel
phia was made expressly for the pur
pose of a personal investigation at first
band. The party spent twelve days
inspecting the lands around Brogan and
Vale, and also in going over the lands
of the Bully creek irrigation project
now building for the watering of 20,
009 acres in 1914, and 20,000 additional
acres several years later.
Samples of corn were secured at
Lenoir, together with an affidavit
from the grower, Emil Lenoir, cer
tifying that he raised 726 bushels of
corn on 7 acres and sold the same for
70c per bushel.
Another affidavit was obtained
from Mr. Peterson that he raised
more than 1,000 bushels of onions to
the acre, and one from Robert Lock
ett that he grew over 600 bushels of
onions to the acre thia last year.
Another affidavit wns obtained from
Isaac Reid, showing thut he raised
over 600 bushels of potatoes to the
acre, and one from C. M.Cole certify
ing that, on new ground more than 90
bushels of oats and over 70 bushels of
barley were grown to the acre.
Samples of fruit were obtained from
Melvin Kelly, and several samples of
fruit from the younger and newer orchards.
bamplea of alfalfa seed go back
B. L. Milligan, outgoing superin
tendent of schools for Malheur coun
ty, predicts that it is only a question
of a few years ere district No. 26, in
which is Nyssa, will be the most pop
ulous school district in the county.
At the last census, Nyssa school dis
trict (not Nyssa) had 254 children
of school age, Vale school district
(not Vale) contained 338 children, and
the Ontario school district (not On
tario) 721 school children.
The Ontario school district embra
ces 46 sections, all agricultural land,
the Vale district 80 sections, and
the Nyssa district nearly 100 sec
tions of some of the very best land
in the county.
NEW OIL LANDS
SOLD AT PRICE
OF $937 ACRE
Christmas Spirit
Pervades Recess
of Kerfoot Hotel
The following "Christmas Greeting,
1912." was comooaed bv Richard Ci mo-
Fair Idea Of What May Be bell, who with other souls is awaiting
a4 na' m tne Mlneur county jail
Eixpeciea in n.veni oi ah
Oil Boom at Vale Taken,
By Way of Example, from
Transfer of 160 Acres In
Coalinga Petroleum Area.
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MRS. C. C. BURROW
A MAS EVE HOSTESS
Mrs. C. C. Burrow entertained
Tuesday evening with a novel Christ
mas tree party, the term "crazy" be
ing applied to the gifts, which were
of the oddest possible designs. Mus
ic and cards concluded the festivities
Present were Mr. and Mrs. J. P.
Houston, Ralph and Dale Hoyt, Phil
Ashford, Miss Edythe Neely,
Edna Loveland, Mr. and Mrs.
Jones and Miss Lela Jones,
Maurine Jones and "Snookums" Bur
row.
Miss
Tom
Miss
READY FOR WOOL GROWERS.
Chamber of Commerce and Citi
zens' committees got together Mon
day night, and laid final plans for the
entertainment of the wool growers in
Vale, Jan. 2, 3 and 4. All cattlemen
as well as all sheepmen, are invited,
a number of Idaho people will also be
asked to attend.
ENGINEER SCALDS EYES.
Robert Bacon, engineer on the
daily freight to little Valley, on
locomotive 727, got his face in di
rect contact with a hot jet of
steam from the cab hose Monday,
ana as a result is laid up with a
pair of very sore eyes. He left Tues
day for Boise, to consult a specialist
and spend the holidays.
Heeds the Enterprise
Osseo, Mich., Dec. 19, 1912
Malheur Enterprise,
Vale, Oiegon.
Gentlemen :
Please discontinue sending the
Enterprise to Michigan, as we leave
here at once for Oregon. Thanks for
to Ihiladelphia with them from the I your paper and the interest you have
icius ui mr. j nomas l.ogan ana Mr. tHken in na Wi.hir.,,
their the future, I remain,
that
them
more
Derrick, with affidavits
aeed crop alone netted
than 70 to the acre.
Noteworthy as an exhibit for their
eastern friends is the large assort-
ment of ribbons and other prizes
which the fruit-raisers and spud rais
era and corn-raisers of Brogan and
Vale were awarded at the 1912 Mal
heur county fair, held this year at
Ontario, Oregon.
But what impressed the Philadel
phians as much as anything else was
the fact that they picked fruit from
tha trees at Brogan, as late in the
, year as December 7 and 8.
The lands investigated by the partv
Respectfully,
E. E. OSMUN
Miss Emma Nelson, who is a teach
er in the school at Weiser, spent
Christmas in Vale visiting her father,
J. M. Nelson, who also had as his
guests his son-in-law and other daugh
ter, Mr. and Mrs. II. T. Cummock,
of Hoise. All of the visitors reurned
to Idaho Thqrsday.
from the East adjoin the lands which
are to be irrigated by the Vale-Oregon
Irrigation company, more popular
ly known as the Bully creek project.
The following extract from The
Oil Age is indicative of land values
in a newly developed oil field
"W. P. Hammon, who entered
into contract about two years ago to
purchase several properties in the
Coalinga field, including the holdings
of the Republic, Empire, De Luxe,
Silver Tip and others, has recently
made another payment on account of
these purchases this payment, it is
said, aggregating $150,000. We un
derstand that this includes the final
payment on account of the purchase
of 160 acres in section 12 20-15, near
the town of Coalinga, upon which
drilling has been progressing for more
than a year by the Syndicate Oil
Company."
MISS LELA JONES IS
XMAS MORN HOSTESS
Christmas morning, Miss Lela
Jones entertained at breakfast, her
guests being her parents and sister, Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Jones and Miss Maurine
Jones, Dr. and Mrs. C. C. Burrow
and "Snookums" Burrow, Ralph
and Dale Hoyt, Phil Ashford, Miss
Edythe Neely, Miss Edna Loveland.
'T wss the day before Christmas at
the Kerfoot hotel
Each inmate therein had a story to
tell;
The first, a bright youngster,
had gone astray
Raising checks waa the cause which
brought him this way.
"Say, boys, I've a mother, home,
loved ones and all.
And I've never before been behind
stone walL
Believe thia or not, you can take this
from me,
A real goody-goody boy hereafter I'll
be."
Then up spoke Green, a lad we call
"Red"
This is because of the bright hue of
his head
baying, "ine charge against me is
stealing three guns,
supposed to De worth various sums
Of the theft, I know nothing, though
they have me in jail,
Three long dreary months; yea, it
makes my heart quaiL"
ZERO TEMPERATURES IN VALE.
Temperatures the early part of this
week hovered around zero, the cold
being accentuated somewhat by early
morning mists but during the day the
sun brought the thermometer well up
around 32 degrees. The temperature
at sunrise Christmas morning was 2
above aero, Thursday 17 above and Fri
day 9 above.
CROWBAR FRACTURES SKULL
Nirk Gribich, an Austrian, was
Btruck across the face Thursday after
noon, at Mile 20, by a crowbar, and
sustained a compound fracture of the
skull at the right temple and had his
nose shattered by the force of the
blow. He was brought in to Vale by
two attendants and put to bed at the
local hospital. He will be sent to the
railroad hospital at Salt Lake City.
Wallingford "Second," though Les
ter 's his name,
Then told us of how he had gained
his fame.
An automobile, at $40 per day.
Took him gaily along, gave him
prestige that way;
Buying horses and mules, and for
them he gave
Checks they claim worthless even
call him a knave.
Concluding, he said, with his blond
head held high,
"They may think me a fool; they
don t know a 'wise guy.' "
Next comes "Curly" Sholtz; dark,
handsome and tall
Being used to the range, had a cow
boy's gall
Just borrowed a saddle, which surely
he d need:
Without it, he could not mount his
noble steed;
Keturn it, he intended; he said, next
spring;
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we Deiieve mm, oecause his voice
had a truthful ring.
The Dash of "Sagebrush Annie."
the inmates, bald-
Stone's Christmas Message
Los Angeles, Calif., Dec. 26, 1912i
John Rigby,
Malheur Enterprise,
Vale, Oregon.
Prosperous New Year to Valeites and
faithful supporters of Enterprise. Num
erous inquiries about Malheur county.
Keep boosting Vale and watch her
grow.
BERNIE STONE.
The Christmas dance at the rink
was well-attended, auguring well for
the other holiday dance to be held at
the same place New Year's eve.
The "Dean" of
headed and grave,
Smiled whimsically as this story he
gave:
"Though a hard-working man I al
ways have been,
For whisky I've passed up many a
'ten,
The fumes of which haa oft' made
me glad;
But the last time, I swear, they sure
drove me mad.
A 'steel monster' appeared in
vision that night.
Making my soul a-shudder with
fright.
I can not tell how, nor do I know
why,
But the feeling o'erpowered me to
'conquer or die;'
A lever I pulled, then a shriek and a
wail !
'Sagebrush Annie,'' locomotive, was
headed for Vale."
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FORSAKES HIS
WIFE AND FIVE
WEEJMDREN
These Allegations Are Made
In Divorce Suit Filed By
Gertrude S. Wallace In
Circuit Court This Week.
Family Left In Abject
Poverty, Pleads Plaintiff.
Gertrude S. Wallace has filed suit
for divorce in the circuit court against
Harrv G. Wallace, on grounds of
'
desertion and non-support. Robert
M. Duncan is attorney for Mrs. Wal
lace.
Five children were deserted besides
the mother, the defendant having
abandoned his home and family, ac
cording to the allegations, m Novem
ber. 1911. immediately after their
home burned down on the homestead
which the wife and children still occ
upy and cultivate, as best they can
The children are aged 10, 9, 7, 3 and
1 years, repectively, three girls and
two boys.
The plaintiff asks not only for a
complete legal separation, but also
for the custody of all of her children,
alimony of $30 per month and individ
ual title to the homestead.
The couple were married April 1,
1901, in this county. Wallace is be
lieved now to be in Canada.
At the time of desertion, it is alleg
ed by Mrs. Wallace that her husband
left her and the children without
shelter other than a dug-out, and
without sufficient food or clothing for
either herself or the family.
ENTERPRISE QUOTED
BY 29 NEWSPAPERS
IN 30-DAY PERIOD!
tU'e rYu u
Snappy, Stylish Winter Styles, in Suits and Overcoats
Clothes of Quality
are shown in wide ranges of models and fabrics in our
store for men. Each garment is the best that can be pur
chased, and we do not hesitate to state that we can give
more for less money this season than ever before. Start
THE NEW YEAR
right and investigate our prices on Clothes of Quality be
fore you finally decide on that needed
Suit or
Overcoat
Shoes Hats Sweater Coats
Tan or Black
Lace or Button
Beat line of work
for leas money
Stvtaon or Gordon
in tha Uttt styU
Other well known
brands
In Crays, Brown and Blue
AM wool and wool and cotton
mixed
$1.75 to $G $1.75 to $1.50 S5c to $1.50
"A"
Street
H. UOSR & Co.
THE HUB
The author, of course, trembled with
fright
As they asked him to tell of his
present plight,
For the sensitive soul of the "poet"
well knows
Apollo won't stay, unless truth free
ly flows;
Yet bravely he looks at these innc
cent men,
Some, of course, are thinking of the
Oregon "pen,"
The crime, boys, I think, was a ra
ther raw deal,
A suit-case they claim I wss trying
to steal.
Of clothes I have plenty, a trunkfull
or two,
But, of course, it's unnecessary to
plead innocent to you.
The truth is oft told in a gay, merry
jest.
Let us all forget crime and sing with
the "Blest"
Ring outl ye Christmas Bella!
There is joy today t
For a savior to the world ia born.
See the Angels gather joyfully and !
y. i
Happy is tha world this Christmas !
morn.
Few, if any, county seat news
papers in Oregon, outside of Port
land, are quoted so widely as the
Malheur Enterprise. That this is
true is attested almost beyond dis
pute by the following list, which
shows the number of exchanges quot-
ng from the Enterprise during the
past 30 days :
Silverton Appeal, Monmouth Her
ald, Lebanon Advocate, Ashland Tid-
ngs, Clatskanie Chief, Brownsville
Times, Rainier Review, Hermiston
Herald, Heppner Gazette, Dufur
Dispatch, Gresham Outlook, Arleta
News, Sheridan Sun, Stayton Mail.
Springfield News, Stanfield Standard,
Bonanza Bulletin. Bend Bulletin.
Burns Times-Herald, Harney County
News, Burns; Eugene Guard, Albany
Democrat, The Dalles Chronicle, On
tario Argus, Gate City Journal,
Nyssa; Jordan Valley Exbress; Hunt-
ngton News, Emmett Examiner.
Drcwsey News; 29 in all. Twenty-
nine in 30 days, and the Enterprise is
published only once in 7 days.
Papers mentioning Vale, or quoting
indirectly, included the Oregon Jour
nal, Portland; Morning Oregor.ian,
Portland; Idaho Daily Statesman and
Capital News, Boise; Capital City
Journal, Salem; Weiser Signal,
Weiser American, Parma Herald,
Baker Herald.
USE TELEPHONE FOR
FIRE OR THE POLICE
For the benefit of 'phone subscrib
ers, the telephone company is in
stalling a new police and fire alarm
bell on the outside of the Nelsen
building under the window in which
is the telephone exchange in Vale.
The bell is 12 inches in diameter, and
will be rung by the operator when
ever a fire is reported bv telenhon
from any part of the city.
For a police call, central will turn
on a light near the bell, which when
seen by the marshal will call his
attention to the fact that his ser
are neeaea, possiDly m some
remote part of town heretofore with
out police protection.
SOMETHING
FOR HIM!
One of our stylish suits or
overcoats will help him to
start the year right
50 Cents Will Buy
Ties, Garters, Suspenders, SoxAll in Beauti
ful Xmas Boxes
$1.00 Will Buy
Ties, Gloves, Shirts, Mufflers, Etc.
Smoking Jackets. $6 to $12 "
Bath Robes, $3.50 to $7
Nothing would please more than a
Suit or Overcoat
Both men and boys
Men 8 Suits and Overcoats from (jff 50 $30
Boy i Suits, with a $1 bill free A
with each boys suit, giving the $4, $5, ij0
boy two Xmas presents instead
of one
ALEXANDER CO
One PricClofKioiji. Vale, Oregon
inr.
GROW RICE SUCCESSFULLY IN
GREAT SACRAMENTO VALLEY
Ring out! ye Christmas bells!
Sound the glad, triumphant aong!
"Peace on earth, good will to men."
Bleaaed news peal merrily aloof
A Savior to the lost ia born.
I TOBACCO SALESMAN DECLARES
TRADE WAS NEVER SO GOOD
James A. McCool, with the Ligge
& Myers Tobacco Co., of St. Louis,
and district manager for this end of
the nation, who paid a commercial
visu ut vale Wednesday, aays bus I.
na In hi line was never batter.
' "Whether more aUctlon tit art r
mokfri this fall than ordinarily, tr
Uvauae nl the underlying faallug ut
c.m.l.fi.e U the ! .JniUlttrlitn.
ll U Ik. I ..I IL.I I...
.-., mH i fur a ud $ut.
Tl. . .
turn i. can De grown success
fully, on a commercial scale, in Calif.
ornia and on the Pacific coast haa
been demonstrated by the first crop
now oeing narvested near Richvale in
the Sacramento valley. From officials
or he Southern Pacific company, it is
learnea mat the 1500 acres planted
eany last spring are yielding 6,000
pounds per acre, or 3,750 tons for the
district. This crop i a new one for
California and adds an important pro
duct to the already long agricultural
list of the West.
r. v. aiarn, formerly of Vale, who
is now conducting a succeasful meat
market at Winona, Wash., in renewing
uwnpwon to me Malheur Enter
prise, writes that he is glad to hear
from Vale each werk by reading the
Enterprise, and that he does not
how anyone inWrvstcd in Vale
akxijf without it.
ran get
VALE
Mtae hlattU Huffman, Irainvd huim
I lit. AlfUW, .llal, lU.i.0, U
has Un i.lii4 Xmas ub ,
M" el fsM.iljf, iUrIH4
U e I4s'.e ..H.I, Utee (ivisUii fig
3 SALOONS IN
YIELD $7,800; 418 AT
PORTLAND, $32,000
vaie, inrougn its city council
win receive approximately $7,800
from the sale of three liquor licenses
for the ensuing year. Portland
from 418 saloons, will receive $16,000
for the next six months, or about
w.OOO fo the ensuing year.
Taking the census of 1910 as
I ? M
ubbb oi comparison, though each
v.ij uas kiuhu tunsiueraoiy since
tuat time Vale is shown to have
population oi as compared with
JTO.M persons in Portland. Thus,
ine metropolis, with more than 200
times the number of people to be
round in the Malheur county capital,
receives oniy wuu more than four
timea as much money from the liquor
uusiness man vale.
MAKES SOBEREST HAN
IN THE TOWN LAUGH
MUST REMOVE SNOW AND ICE.
ine uty Council, at its adioum
meeting Monday night. Dassed h.
ordinance making it compulsory for
an properly holders in Vale to re
move snow and Ice from the iid.ii.
aner eacn storm. An emereenrv ...
oeciareu to exist, and the ordinance
is now in effect.
Christmas will be commemorate
wuethat tanlilv Uc.u.-
mente CouU not U made In time, wlt
Ku.uUy t the Hr.l ChriMi.n church.
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The Uuih ,( .e Dl.. l,(lJ fcli."
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A
S. PLATT JONES
in his 8th year with the Britt
Lyceum bureau, ia always invited
"back" they say, wherever he
snves his entertainment He
comes to Vale next Tuesday He
an f ntertalner and delineator
ot character.
Ojura house, ptc. 31, doori
l' n at 7:IW i. m,. nnroram at 8.
Jtrarrve yoiirimU at the Drex-
I 'rug Klure,
Admisaiun fJU Under atitt,!.
rk VU .'riUrtalmiiritt (Wm.
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