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About Malheur enterprise. (Vale, Or.) 1909-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 15, 1913)
MALHEUR ENTERPRISE PEOPLE FIRST IS CONTENTION OF MOORAH Western Senator Fearlessly Expresses Attitude of His State and Oregon Anent Proposal of Easterners to Institute Precedent In the Matter of Conservation. Conservation of natural resources, resulting in throtling western indust ries and natural opportunities by mistaken eastern ideas of development under federal control is being warmly opposed in the U. S. Senate by Sena tor Borah, of Idaho, who in reply to Senator brandege, of Connecticut, is quoted in the Congressional Record as follows: Mr. Borah said in part : "What 1 ob jeit, to however, is the adoption of that which will be cited as a prece dent and the initiation of a policy without carrying with it all those things which a policy of that kind hould have. "Step by step, rather quietly and in offensively and modestly, they are fastening upon our part of the coun try a system which is not entirely agreeable to all parties. While this measure may be a proper one. I think anyone must concede that there are manv other things which ought to go with it and that many things should be done with reference to the matter of conservation on the other side of the question, in order to make Conner vation aside from that of reservation. "What I want is to take up this whole question and ormulate a policy of conservation which will make our natural resources available to the people. As it is now our coal, our power-sites, our agricultural lands are locked up, and it does seem to me that we ought to formulate a policy which while conserving theie resour ces against monopoly permits them to be available to the people. I am op posed to this piecemeal, slipshod, in complete, and ineffective method of dealing with the subject. "Mr. President, a word further. 1 am perfectly willing, at I have said, to meet with all those who are in favor of establishing a policy with reference to our water power sites, auch a policy as will prevent their being taken possession of ly a few corporations and monopolies; but, at the same time, I should want a policy which would be of some service to the people in the community in which the power sites are established. If we are going to push this bill with these amendments in it 1 feel that the entire subject should be fought out and a policy as broad aa the country es tablished, because this will be cited aa a precedent." consulofIustria ASKS ABOUT UZLOC Writing from the Imperial & Royal Austro-Hungarian Consulate, at San Francisco, Cal., under date of Feb. 4, Josef Goriuer, consul of Austria-Hungary to the United States, says; "Information has reached this office that one Joe Ucloc, a subject of Austria, was shot and killed by a countryman named Dan Dosen on or about the 14th of last month at Vale, Oregon. "Since by virtue of my office I am obliged to look after the interest of the heirs of deceased Austilan or Hungarian citizens, I beg leave to ask you to kindly inform this consulate whether or not the said Joe Uzloc left any property, and, if so, what it consists of and who has charge of it. "On thia occasion, also, 1 would be very pleased to know how old the de ceased was at the time of his death and from what town in Austria he migrated to America. "Should you be aware of the names and addresses of Uzloc 's nearest rela tives in Austria, you would also greatly oblige me by giving me this information." The letter was addressed to John P. Houston, clerk of Malheur county. TAXPAYERS WTdAHO KEEN TO GOOD ROADS The Winchester highway district was authorized by a special election held Saturday and the vote was al most unanimous in favor of the pro posed organisation. The county com missioners have recommended the ap pointment of F. M. Fox, Milt Thorns son, Tom Herrington as commission era to serve until successors are elect ed at the next regular election in 1914, and it la exacted the appoint menta will be made by Governor Haines within the next few days. The new district is about 10 miles long and 0 mllea wide, and embraces all the highways near Winchester, The roads leading to Ho will b in the highway district for about ha the distance and the same will be true i'f the roads in the direction of Forest. The district extends toward Reuben, as well as into (he country lying to the south and west in Idaho, Mr, and Mrs, J, M. Keeney enter, tallied number ut friend at dinner Heturdsy evening, rb. M, the ue luu Ulug faill aifelr In liuiwr vt Mr, K ' UUr, Mr UHv Mil atUh, v IVillsiid, THIS- PART OF OREGON IS NOT SOLONS' PRIDE It is a far cry between the intro duction of billa and their enactment into law, and the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly of Oregon seems to be no exception to the rule, unless it be mostly powwow and not much action. Thus far it would appear as though eastern Oregon bad been grossly neglected ; for all the good ac complished, Malheur county might be situate in some other State. Road laws and the bill of Senator Stewart appropriating $10,000 for an experi ment station in Malheur apparently have been snewed under and shelved by the ambitious publicity seekers among the solons from Portland and the Willamette valley. Very little there is to report of much interest to the people of Mal heur and Harney counties, but sucn as it is has been dissected from the general mass of nearly 1,000 bills (in troduced) and is printed herewith for what it is worth. In the House Calender for Tuesday, Feb. 11, it is found that Senate Bills Nos. SO, 34, 46, 47, 62, 121, 130, 131, 147, 153, 154, and 168 are on third reading. Senate Bill No. 30 is by Kellaher, expediting the appropria tion of land under eminent domain right. S. B. 34, by Hoskins, regu lates the location of saloons. S. B. 46, by Dimick, regulates the issuance of marriage licenses. S. B. 47, by Neuner requires railwavs to equip locomotives with electric headlights. S. B. 52, by Wood, declares which county roads and streets may be con sidered within the corporate limits of cities and towns. S. B. 121, by McCollock, authorizes a change in title from State board of Control to State Water Board. S. B. 130, by Bean, amends Section 1535, relating to when husband and wife may testify against each other. S. B. 11, by Calkins, provides for the Secretary to the Governor, and deputies for other State officials. S. B. 147, by Thomp seon, amends Sections 6648, of Lord's Oregon Laws, relating to water rights. S. B. 153, by Dimick, re lates to the Oregon City locks. S. B. 154, by the Committee on Revision of Laws, fixes the time of commence ment of the offical term of the Govern or. S. B. 168, by Butler, amends Section 72, of Lord's Oregon Laws, relating to demurrers. Senate bills passed by the House are S. B. 10, bv Perkins, providing free meeting places for the G. A. R. S. B. 22, by Farrell, to amend Sec tion 6369, of Oregon laws, relating to public highways. S. B. 118, by Neu ner, amending Section 2, of chapter 35, General Laws of 1911, relating to cemeteries. S. B. 93, by Bean, amending Section 7196 relating to registration of land titles. S.B 103, by Smith, relating to holding of primary nominating elections. S. B. 123, relating to O. A. C. S. B. 28, by Neuner, to amend Section 6905, relating to railroads. S. B. 48, by Carson, to amend Section 899, of Lord's Oregon Laws, relating to fees paid by applicants for admission to the bar. S B. 56, by Butler, to amend Ore gon Lawa relating to costs and dis bursements in condemnation proceed ings. S B. 71, by Burgess, to amend Sections 2, of Chapter 16, Oregon laws, relative to shipping of live stock. S. R. 91, by Bean, amend ing Section 6791, Oregon laws, relat ing to drainage and drainage ditches. S. B. 80, by Calains, creating a right of action for damages against a person who shall bargain or give liquor to Intoxicated persons. GOVERNMENT PLANS TO RESTORE MAILS Postmaster Staples, of Vale, has been instructed to advertise for bids for the reletting of the mail contract between Vale and Burns, the old con tract having been abandoned along with the surcease of the stages Jan. I, 1913, when the new parcel post law became effective. Sealed pro posals will be received until March II, 1913 for carrying the mail for the term commencing April 1, 1913 and ending June 30, 1914. The bond re quired is $20,000. Intending contractora must agree to carry the mail daily, in both di rections, from Vale by way of West fall, Ueulah, Drewsey, Buchanan and Harney to Burns, and eastward from Burna te Vale by the aame route, 133 miles each way, 7 times a week, on a 36-hour daily schedule. CAVINESS, BACK HOME, SEES SUN ONCE MORE Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Caviness, who returned Feb. 12 from the coast, made an extended visit in Portland. They return well aatisfled with the climate of eastern Oregon, and not particularly infatuated with the rain of the interi'oantal plain. Mr, Cavi ness finds many inquiries awaiting him in regard to land locations and has been kept very busy since the date of his arrival, Being probably the best informed man on the subject of the various opportunities fur irrU nation In Malheur county, and also In I he fact that Its i writslly l. leiesled In on vr lv enterorlsn of K ! value la stern llivtfttii, his return U Vsle Is a melr if liupwil. Iw ll, j.t!. i( tl.U ,irt f li fcUU, WOODEN LEG SAVES BABY . News Dispatches Quaint, Queer and Curious 0 MORTGAGES HEADSTONES BALTIMORE, Md., The police are looking for a thief who weighs about 225 pounds and has an iron jaw. This is the only description given by the men who were so as tounded by his feat that he got away before they had a good look at him. While in a saloon with fceveral friends yesterday evening Louis Wolf put his hand on the bar. On the third finger of his right hand sparkled a half-carat diamond in a gold setting. The iron jawed man stood at one end of the bar and edged closer and closer to Wolf. Suddenly he reached forth both hands, seized Wolf by the left arm and at the same time bent over and grasped the ring with his teeth. Wolf yelled and the stranger, after giving him a shove that sent him reeling across the room, darted out of the door. There was a slight scar on Wolf's third finger, but there was something missing the diamnd had been bitten clear of its setting. RAINBOW MINE IS MILLING ORE AVERAGING $15 H. S. Lee, superintendent of the Rainbow mine in northern Malheur county, in response to an inquiry from the Enterprise, writes this paper as follows: To the Editor: The Rainbow mill appears to be a success in every way and outside of certain small alterations which are necessaty in any new mill it has been found to be satisfactory. We are milling ore with an average value of from $10 to $15 per ton and obtainng an extraction of about 97 percent. We are milling about 50 tons per day which will be increased to 75 or 90 tons as soon as we can in crease our elevator capacity. This tonnage will be milled next month as we intend to increase the mesh of the battery screens to a point where 90 tons per day is possible. The mill is the latest type using this process, which consists of fine grinding the ore until 90 per cent of it will puss a 200 mesh screen. We are using an 8x11 Blake crusher, 15-1050 lb. stamp running 102 drops per minute with a 6J drop. We are using 14 and 18 mesh bat tery screens and crushing in weak cyanide solution. After leaving the batteries the ore is passed over the amalgam plates, thence to a Dorr duplex classifier where the slimes and course sands are separated; the slimes going to a Dorr rotary thickener where the excess solu tion is removed, and the pulp, con taining about 50 per cent moisture is sent to storage and for subsequent cyanide treatment in Pachuca tanks by agitation. The coarse sand is returned to a 6ftx22ft Denver Engineering Comp any tube mill where they are ground and rsturned to the classifier, and the cycle is continued until all of the material is ground fine enough for treatment in the Pachuca tanks. There are three Pachuca tanks, 10 feet diameter and by 32 feet high, containing a central column 1 foot in diameter. In these tanks the ma terial is agitated by means of com pressed air in a cyanide solution con taining li lbs of cyanide per ton of solution and about. 1 tona of solu tion for each ton of ore. We have determined that after the eighth hour there is no further ex traction. The pulp from the Pachuca tanks goes to a Parral type Kelly filter Press where the solution is filtered from the slimes. The slimes are dumped into a hopper and sluiced out of the mill to the tailing dam. The gold bearing solution is then stored in two large sump tanka in the lower part of the mill for subsequent treatment and precipitation of the gold and silver by means of the Mer rill zinc precipitate, which contains about 50 per cent gold, is dried and melted in a Steele-Harvey tilting furnace, using crude oil as fuel. 1 cannot give you any information as to the cost per ton as we have not been running long enough to determine accurately what they will be, but on account of the equipment the machin ery being well arranged, it appears that our cost are going to be quite low. During the summer the power line was constructed from Gypsum, on the Snake River, to Mormon Basin, which supplies power to both the Rainbow and Humboldt mines. This has been a great benefit to us as it has red.ced the cost of milling to a large extent below what it originally has when using curdwood as fuel. The mining outlook in this district is particularly good at this time and a number of the smaller properties and proapects are employing men and since the advent of cheap power the prospects of working or at low cost ar assured. Your very truly, li. 8. I FF, hurlitndiit. MyMI-li4 FUi)loie tual i.u to ude ftUr ) vUily ? Ili t) I rid kdnte lo.t tiiw bit .f, I'Ut ! i.'ii't Kim with In, x ) Uik a mim lUf ) tie d, TOPEKA, Kan.,- A lien on grave stones is the latest proposal to come before the Kansas legislature. Sena tor Wolf of Franklin today introduced a bill giving the monument retailers a lien on stones they place over graves. No inscriptions may be carved on the stones until the monu ment" are paid for. If, after a cer tain time, the monuments are not paid for, they may be sold at public auction. LOSE NO TIME IN COMPLETION OF 0J., WEST Potential evidence has been accum ulating during the last few days that the O.-W. R. & N. will now get down to business in extending the Oregon Eastern line westward across the state, says the Portland Telegram. It is only a short time since the proper ty of the Oregon Eastern, which has been surveyed from Vale westward to Dog Mountain was appraised and for mally taken over by the O.-W. R. & N. It has always been held as an Oregon Short Line subsidiary, and all work heretofoie has been done by that company through the Salt Lake offices. With the engineering and construc tion work now under the supervision of George W. Boschke, chief engineer of the O.-W. R. & N., plans have been worked out for pushing the line across the state as rapidly as possible. To that end, all kind of surveying and engineering equipment and outfit have been dispatched from here to Vale this week, and it is understood that a big crew of men from Bosch ke's office will be sent into the field to prosecute the preliminary work for much additional building the coming season. It is believed important changes in the route to be followed by the line have been made as a result of the dissolution of the Harriman merger. It has been expected that the ulti mate goal of the Oregon Eastern was to some point on the new Natron Klamath Falls cut-off of the South ern Pacific mainline, but with the segregation of the Harriman Pacifies it ia now almost certain that the Ore gon Eastern will become affiliated with the O. W. R. & N. exclusively and will be extended to Bend and reach Portland by way of the De schutes Railroad. One of the possibilities of the fut ure, it is said, is the construction of a joint line by the O.-W. R. & N. and the Southern Pacific to form a connection from Bend on the Deschutes line to Odell, or some point near there on the Southern Pacific. It is believed that a considerable portion of the money which the Union Pacific will secure from the sale of its $126,650,000 stock in the Southern Pacific will be alloted to de velopment work in Oregon and the Northwest. Besides the Oregon East ern, the other improvement construc tion work projected by the O.-W. R. & N. is the cut-off from Spokane to Lewis River. This line shortens the distance between Portland and Spo kane about 57 miles. ULMERS, S. C, -While covering his route, with two infants and a wooden leg to be delivered by parcel post, Edgar F. Phillips, rural mail carrier, was attacked by a wildcat. For a moment, avers the carrier, his live mail was in danger of being carried away. Selecting the wooden leg as the most available weapon Phillips wielded it so well that he put the wildcat to rout. All three parcels were delivered none the worse for the encounter. HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS SWING INDIAN CLUBS PREPARE TO DEBATE High school students are exercis ing every afternoon in the gymnasium with Indian clubs, and a puolic ex hibition may be given when the boys and girls become more proficient. The boys are organizing a basket ball team, and it is not unlikely that one or more match games may be played later on. Preparation is also being made to compete in the county debate to be held at Nyssa, March 8. Vale and Nyssa have both won this annual event twice, and unless Ontario is more fortunate this year than in former years, either Vale or Nyssa will be awarded the cup in the deciding contest to be held this year. BETTER ROADS LAWS DRAG IN LEGISLATURE SALEM, Or., Feb. 14. With but little more than a week of the legis lative session left, many of the law makers here are becoming worried over the prospect of getting through some satisfactory good roads legisla tion. "We've got to get some good laws through on this subject or I don't dare go back home," said a repre sentative on the floor of the house. And that is the predicament of a good many more of them. Still the two housesof the legislature are split into factions, just like the beople were at the last general election and unless some mighty rapid compromis ing is done within the next few days the results will be about the same as they were in the election no road legislation at all. LENTEN OBSERVANCE; SERVICES, FEB. 16-18 Services commemorative of the Len ten season will be held in Holy Trin ity hall (Episcopal) as follows: Sunday morning at 11; Sunday evening at 7 :30. Monday evening at 7:30. Tuesday evening at 7:30. The morning service tomorrow will consist of the Litany, sermon, and Holy Communion. Rev. Mr. Booth, of Nampa, Idaho, will conduct the services, assisted by Rev. Owen F. Jones, of Hermiston, Or., the regular rector for the Vale parish. GOOD WORK FOR EX- FARMS BIG SUCCESS PRESIDENT OF U.S. A, IN EASTERN OREGON "Former President Taft" will be come a familiar expression after March 4th. But in the case of the presant Chief Executive there will nut be any occasion for the inquiry "What Bhall we do with him?" That query, it will be remembered, was asked repeatedly, and with not a little anxiety, with respect to Mr. Taft'a immediate predecessor in the White House. Nor has anybody yet found a satisfactory answer. Almost as soon aa he lays down the carea of office, Mr. Taft will take up the more congenial duties of the Kent Porfessorship of Law at Yale. In thia way he will continue hia use fulness; and at the same time set an example for the youth of all the Na tion. He ia giving a noted educational institution the benefit of hia experi ence and profound knowledge and be is doing it in return for the extremely modest salary of a college professor. There ia something akin in this plan to the past-President career of Mr. Cleveland who went to Princeton. It i really more wholesome and decidedly more useful than the swash buckling spectacle of Mr. Roosevelt, who i bent on running the country hi own way, or in doing all the mis chief ha can. 1 That the experiment farms main tained in eastern Oregon under the supervision of the Oregon agricultural College have accomplished as much as favorable weather conditions would permit the past season in bringing re cord crops to that part of the State is the belief of those in close touch with the work being done. This statement is based on th fact that crops raised at the experiment farms, and by famers under the direction of the college experts, yielded from 20 to 30 percent larger returns than was secured under old methods. Special atte tion has been paid to growing corn and field peas, both crops being successful. Their great .value to eastern Oregon is that they improve the soil by keeping it free ! from weeds, if not actually adding to its fertility, and besides give great encouragement to the livestock indus try, one of the most important assets of this section of the State. CITY ELECTION DRAWS CLOSE; NO CANDIDATES ... r vBl is to elect a may- or and two councilmen on March 4, ""here is not much attention being paid by the citizens to this most im- rir hut when taxes ate paid, sanitary affairs looked into ar.d the result of carelessness or Indiffei- ence considered much grumbling w... i - fnr a time and again the people will relax into the.r usual in-difference. The city is deriving a fine revenue tu hioh lirpnses and a most ex cellent income from the fines imposed on th6se unfortunates wno much of the liquor. The Enterprise has no fault to find with the past administration nor with the indifference the people show in the coming election; we are only one of the small interests in the city and must be satisfied with that which the majority desire and that the majority is satisfied goes without saying, for if they were not satisfied there would be some interest taken in municipal affairs. There is therefore, no just ground for complaint by the citizens, if the same fail to exert themselves. It is interesting to note that the taxes will be 2o mills; that but com paratively few are connected with the sewers; that not a very large propor tion are using city water and that if they were there would be a shortage of water; that the streets are in an abominable condition and that the town drainage is worse; that sickness is rife among us because of unsani tary methods. THOMAS J. PRESTON AND MRS. CLEVELAND QUIETLY MADE ONE PRINCETON, Feb. 10. Mrs. Grov er Cleveland and Thomas J. Preston, Jr., were married at 10:30 a. m. to day by president John Grier Hibben of Princeton university, in the exe cutive residence of the university. No preliminary announcement had been made and the utmost simplicity was observed in the ceremony. Be cause of the recent illness of the bridegroom the wedding was private, the other guests besides members of the immediate families being Mrs. Hibben, Miss Elizabeth Hibben and Arthur F. West, dean of the Prince ton graduate school. The bride wore a simple white silk gown and carried a bouquet of white Killarney roses. The couple will spend the remainder of the winter in Florida. U. S. U Keady. WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.-A the reeult of an early morning conference at th Whit llou, three additional Amvrit'sn batllechlp will be svitl to th east coast of Mklco today and order will ltui at one for th Immediate plering In t'oiiiHiUtiuit uf two iniy tnp4jts fur lb lrenH.r Isllun vt Iiim to MUo ('My f . f 04 piuUt liuii i'f II. it tif Amr l'i i4 'uilfiiM kl.iiuM II. Hull l.ti iv 117 !, FARM NAMES IN THIS COUNTY. Farm names, officially registered at the county clerk's office, are not plentiful in Malheur county, but the few which are of record are as fol lows ; I Jackson ranch, George M. Jackson, owner; Vale. Uluff Camp ranch, II. G. Wallace, owner; Vale. ' an, J. T. Clement, owinr' Ontario, VMilt Clirf farm. H. S. hlune, t,i. r; Val. "I hV rlJtlu, ,,y vi t llr tillf," .ij m menial. "Willi U it.bli r" "M ..! tMluti U i l(, , l 1 p'i..iiu 1 h y ii i j , , , . iM U lMl " I vii J. HISTORIC FLAG USED IN VALE RELICCF 1862 Stars and Stripes Which Waved In Breeze Above Enterprise Office Feb. 12 on Lincoln's Birthday First Flung Aloft During Civil War By Calif ornian. July 4, 1862 was a gala occasion at LaPorte, Sierra county, California (now in PlumaB county) on the evaof the departure for the front of a troop of California cavalry, who fought for the Union in the War Between the States. Not only was the camp send ing away its sturdiest sons to keep the Union intact, but it was also the Fourth of July, and the people of LaPorte had just completed a bridge across Rabbit creek, which added cause for rejoicing. In the town of LaPorte there stood a monarch of the forest, a great tree towering 300 feet above the ground. To the top of this forest (riant wai fastened a flagpole 30 feet long, gjv. ing an eleyation of about 350 feet. To the top of the flagpole, thus ele vated, was run a United Stated flag, in celebration of the three eventi. The flag thus raised and flung to the breeze by A. J. Rigby, father of John Rigby, now the owner of the Malheur Enterprise. Lincoln's Birthday fell this week, in the year 1913, on Wednesday, Feb ruary 12. Persons in Vale who noted the flag waving above the Enterpriee office saw the same flag whose bril liant stars and stripes of red, white and blue enthused the citizens of the little California town on July 4, 1862. CARD OF THANKS We, the undersigned, wish to thank the public for their kindly as sistance and sympathy through the sickness and death of our bany. MR. and MRS B. E. MAIJONEY C. V. MAHONEY. Subscribe for the Malheur Enterpriie $2.00 per year CAPITAL CITY RAKED BY CANNON (Continued trom Page 1) Subscribe for the Enterprise NOW quently with the finance minister, Ernesto Madero. From time to time, he was in conversation with General Huerta, the commander in chief, re garding the plans of attack. Hit courage was great, his confidence re markable. At the arsenal, General Dia? calm ly directed the operations. He char acterized them as solely defensive. He, too, was optimistic. Attention, Ladies! Have You Your New Suit? We are preparing a splendid line of Millinery for this unusually early Easter. Large and small hats at prices to suit everybody. Now is the time to get reduced prices on carried over winter stock in felts, velvets, etc., go ing at half price. Mrs. Edwards Men's Spring Suits First shipment just arrivecT. Come and surprise yourself with the reasonably low prices of suits of quality $6.50 to $15.00 Hamilton-Brown SHOES American Gentlemen American Lady Security line for men for women for children Hats, Underwear, Hosiery Groceries Remember we have plenty of sewing machines for everyone We will hold your trade on values, courtesy am fajr deal ing. Cive us a trial. Freeman's Store