X Core -of. Ike "Mew Empire of the Wat?.
Oil, Irrigated Farm and Fruit Land:
Tho Banner live Stock County cf Tb Vvltzi
Iders of bnalness; mercantile,
atate, hotel, restaurant, news
novelty, drug and druggists'
lee, the barber, the batcher,
sker, fnr dealer, blacksmiths,
-es, pool halls, feed stores; we
t none; do well when they ad
e in the Malhear Enterprise.
L. 4. NO. 19. . VALE, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1913. - PRICE 5 cents
- : 1 i 1
The Malheur Enterprise De
liTered to your home or
mailed, $2.00 per year, In
advance. The Leading:
Paper of Malhear County.
30DY WANTS
000 STATE JOB
UST BE EXPERT
;..ian Draws $3000
Irivate Secretary of
Governor West
as
JL RATES LOWERED
Railroad Commission Is-
Order for all Railroads to
s . Their Tariff Schedules
wing Reduction on West
iid Shipments in Oregon
Agricultural Progress in the United States and Germany
C LEM, Ore., March Aside from
' ' o additional judges of the state
ne' court, the four most import
. Ices created by the recent leg-
-e were filled by Governor West
! eek.
.'. ie were the three members of
idustrial accident commission
be corporation commissioner.
' embers of the industrial acci
t.' conjmlssion are Harvey Beck
:. and W. A. Marshall of Port
I ! end. C. D. Babcock of Salem.
I c.Xwith, who for years has- been
r .'. er of the Portland office of the
V.V.' i, Fargo Express company, will
rrrt sent the employers. Marshall,
formerly editor of the Portland Labor
fms, will represent the employes.
IT.'; sock, formerly a newspaper pub-
V..'. r and for the last two years head
i! V. corporation department in the
of th secretary of state, will
ent the state at large. The po
i i pay salaries of 13600 a year.
,.h Watson, private secretary to
' vernor, was appointed corpora
J., , Smmissioner and will have the
!t task of putting into effect
' ilue sky" law, which is expect
'j a terror to questionable and
ill corporations wanting to do
1 is in this state. Miss Fern
I stenographer to the Govern-
c ', . promoted to the position of
; ' secretary and consequently
aw the biggest salary of any
' i in public employment in the
(' ' . Her salary will be $3000a"year,
' ' i Is the same as the salary of
t! j.r corporation commissioner.
Cth laws go into effect 'June 3.
TLe workmen's compensation law pro
vi..!o8 a schedule of compensation to
bo paid employes in hazardous and
semi hazardous industries for every
sort cf accident. The maximum pay
ment allowed by the law is $50 a
r.rr.th for life for a widow and her
t."oolgrowera in Oregon who have
1 .:3 fighting for the last five years
f .r a lower freight rate from Eastern
C -;.on points to Portland won a sig
r.il victory last Friday when the
ttits railroad commission ordered all
t9 railroads in the state that had
r..t already done so to file tariffs re-I-rcing
their freight rates on west
t ouni shipments in Oregon equal to
ta redactions already made by order
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Showing How Germany Has Increased the Yield of Wheat by Planting Fields
to Sugar Beets and Other Hoed Cronsi One Year in Four.
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Agriculture and the StalUtkal Vear Booklet the Oerman Empire. V
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UNITED STATES
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46,723,000 ACRES, 737,189.000
4,523,516 ACRES 138,000,000
BUSHELS.
BUSHELS.
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D'-owss-s-.-'saissss-s.iasi'.sas-s.a piMiii nn na-ai w
HE ENTERHRISE brings
to a close the series of ar
ticles on sugar beets, with
this issue, by giving the
truth as to the much talked of
difference between cane and
beet sugar.
The article published in this is
sue is from the pen of the great
est beet expert in the United
States and may be relied upon as
being correct in every particular.
The direct benefit, in cash,
from the culivation of sugar
beets is very considerable, while
Germany and France have dem
onstrated that the indirect bene
fit resulting to the soil and in
crease of other crops is incalcul-,
able.
The cane sugar refiners are us
ing every possible influence to
have the duty removed from for
eign sugar in order that they
may control the industry, and by
destroying the beet sugar indus
try, may put the greatest of our
necesities up to the highest pos
sible point
Chemistry : It is not uncommon to
hear a housewife declare it to be im-
make
augar.
Others clfiim that beet sugar is not
as swejt as cane sugar and hence
more of it is required to render
given a degree of sweetness. Some
claim to be able to distinguish beet
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i
possible to preserve fruit or to
confectionery with beet
BVLLY CRK PROJECT NOW UNDER WAY
30,000 ACRES OF RICH MALHEUR LAND UNDER CONTRACT
NORTH PACIFIC FRUIT
DISTRIBUTORS ASS'N
COMPLETE PLANS
Which Will Greatly Assist Fruit
Growers of the Northwest in
Disposing of Their Crops
North Yakima, March 22. The
trustees of the North Pacific Fruit
Distributors today announced that
an agreement will ' be completed
for the formation of a selling and dis
tributing agency for strawberries,
cherries, peaches, pears, prunes, and
apples, all the fruit in caiload lots.
The organization, which is nearly
complete, will be ready in a few days
to sign contracts with the affiliated
sub-central organizations in the nine
districts designated at the meeting in
Spokane in December, included in
Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Mon
tana. The. sub-central organisations are
MS STILL HOLDING
CARNIVAL I MEXICO
re the Country has Time to Recover From One Re
bellion Another is Started. There Seems to be no
End to Aspirants to the Mexican Presidency
to sign contracts with individual
growers and local organizations.
There was absolute harmony and un
animous action on every step taken.
The trustees are now perfecting the
selling plan and may finish tonight.
They have agreed to remain till it
is settled. Clark of Wenatchee is
president; Robbins of North Yakima,
vice president; Davidson of Hood
River, treasurer, and Sampson of
Spokane, secretary.
INCREASE IN PRICE
OF MEATS IS EASILY
ACCOUNTED FOR
So Says Arthur G. Leonard, of the
National . Housewives
League
iclal: The situation remains
t as usual in revolution-ridden
:o. The Huerta regime still
i sway at the city of Mexico
i in the north there Is a new
it rebels, burning and killing as
tomary.
'.ere the numerous generals come
is impossible to guess; there
een an army of officers destroy-
past two years, yet the supply
i unlimited.
latest is that the state of So
is asking admittance to the Uni
tates. as a territory; this would
:hose who are furnishing arms
the United States, a more dim
'ob, being farther removed from
aln lines of travtl.
pearances now indicate that
: is some truth In the story that
r is being fomented by our
sliatt, as Intervention or awtex
is about the only hope of genu-tt-ifketion;
the present stUtiipt
i' H"nurs Into tbe boui.drlil
t UhlteJ tit ite hiving Hie
"'tt nf aiuiilr I'snsuis tvuy,
Mtjevlt (rile4 ll.rwugl
fwih,
i ( IU I', 4 do villi IUI
iU I ti 4 U fvi(lli
seems certain that no one there is
popular enough or strong enough to
keep the peace, and such a thing as
abiding by the result of an election
is hardly worth considering.
The population of the copper cen
ter at Cannanea is rushing for ssfty
towards the border, and the smelters
are closing down, th administration
being greatly worried over the possi
bilities of forced intervention.
One thing has been overlooked, and
that is; intervention would unite the
Mexicans Into a homogeneous msss to
resist the United Ststes, and there
might be a resulting pesce thst
would be . permanent, without the
United Sates continuing long in pos
session.
One thing seems certain; that if
there Is not peace soon there will be
an impatient lot of rspitelUU in Eu
rope as wsll as the United Slates.
J. D. ROGERS JOINS BENEDICTS
"Sui.i.y" JliM nMt I' Uk0
unto Mii.m If s wife, bsvlotf Uen
ui.U.J in iisrrUtfs it Mr. tlusn
;i U.ftli yd.
lie li ide ei'4 ivim iu
sii i,M-yil i r. liu(t dwriKf ti
sWi.li j) ,
Chicago, Marchl 26. The increase
in the price of meats throughout the
country is easily explained.
For the period since January 1, as
compared with the same period of
1912, there has been a total decrease
in the receipts at Chicago of 646,000
meat animals of every type, amount
ing to an aggregate of 200,000,000
pounds.
This wss the answer made todav by
Arthur G. Leonard, of the National
Housewives league. '
"The high prices are due to the
shortage and the shortage is due to
the wiping out of a large amount of
the range country and its division in
to smaller farms," said Leonard.
"The shortage has been increasing
for the Isst seven years and it will
take a like period to build up the
cattle raising industry so that any
material reduction in prices will be
possible. During the past year the
decrease in the supply hss amounted
to one pound of meat per capita eaeh
month."
On a specisl train, direct from
Ksnsas, bringing their household fur
niture and a car of thoroughbred
stock, there arrived at Vale on Sun
day, March 23, S. F. Gholson and
family, L. A. Gholaon and family,
E. W, Stearns and family, U. Ger
man and family and Lewis Torey, tl
persons In all.
Ttey have come to Mslbeur county
In search of a lorstlon and will spend
suine tints In Invoatlg stlon around
Vale, hoping to find something thst
v.111 suit lUm,
Thsy iperleru eJ some tuUi elh
r on tte trip but are particularly
tell filteard ftltu the li ef Ibe
t tut it siJ lll tri'V valuable
sdlitimi lu ll. f,Kjlsilii ft Milhtur
DIVERSION
DAM BEING
BUILT
Active
. by
Operations Started
Wells Brothers
This Week
One hundred teams will soon be at
work on the Bully creek project and
dirt will fairly fly on the main canal.
Woik will commence on the Lam
berson dam sometime in July.
C. A. Ashford, formerly with D.
M. Brogan on the Willow creek pro
ject, and also on the Solomon ditch,
near Nome, Alaska, will be engineer
in charge of the work.
Wells Bros, have the contract on
the diversion dam, and will com
mence work this week. They have
established their camp, and are get
ting in supplies.
Monday severs I teems left Vale
loaded with men and supplies.
GIRLS EMPLOYED
AS THREADERS
OF B0LTS
Strike for Living 'Wages
and Better Working Con
ditions. Many of Them
Received Only Twenty
eight Cents Per Day, the
Highest $8 Per Week
New York, March. Two hundred
girla employed In the Oliver Steel
and Iron mills wentjon strike recently.
They demand a livl-g wsge. One
thousand girla are expected to welk
out.
.These girls are employed at thread
ing bolts. They are paid 6 cents a
thousand. . Tr elr demand Is for an
additional t rsote a thousand The
sinking girla declare that It la ttot
p4eible for any girl t earn more
than M a te k, Ki.n.e girla are li
only V4 vents a day, the strikers as
sert. Tlresdiig Ulla la beavy woik tvt
. u, tiui.lly lle beid ate
Isolated. A Hirst many it SM lle
!,'') Iltfsedlr 4 Mia ' trii
on their hands. With hands- bound
up the girl, say it is hatd to work
fast enough to make a decent wage
The police assert that many girls
go from the mills to the resorts.
One striker called the names of eight
of her companions who "went away"
within a year. This girl said she
would not dare to testify publicly of
conditions created by low wages be
cause she said father, who is a fore
man, would be discharged.
DRILLING TO START
AT GREAT WESTERN
OIL WELL IN 10 DAYS
The Casing has Been Repaired and
the Cementing off of Water is
Well Under Waj
at the
Work steadily progresses
Great Western oil well.
The casing has been drawn and re
paired and the management is now
engaged in cementing off the water,
which will probably require ten days
to set, after which drilling will com
mence. .
There is some tslk that work will
be commenced on the Eastern Oregon
well In the near future, but nothing
definite Is known. It is regretabie
that this work cannot commence at
once, as the time seems ripe for
great things in that line.
Oil men claim that intelligent
management is all that Is needed
to exploit these fields, and are confi
dent of the final outcome.
UTAH CONSTRUCTION
CO. GETS CONTRACT
Portland, March. The contract on
the Western division of the Oregon
Eastern has been let to the Utsh Con
struction Co. of Salt Lake. Grading
is expected to commence in a hort
time. Complete connection will be
made in 1915.
There is a growing opinion that
the O. S. L. will meet the O. E. at
Vale, branching out near Nysas.
Tbla would give the O. S. L. entry
into the rich country now being put
under cultivation by the Bully crenk
project now under construction.
Engineer Uvborn Informs us thst
President Farrell and Chief Engineer
lioecbe will be In Vale shortly
(IOCS FAY DEBTS AND BUILD HOMES
I'r, James Wlthetoinbe, director
of the Oregon r'lperintent Htatlon si
Corvallti, Is authority fi the state
ment made at a latent meellrg, that
the bog hss paid more itU, built
more bomes and bought lnoe Mhee
and .ho book for fat melt and
li.dr ll.lldrell then ty oil.tr Oi.s I'lu
4al la Oiagon,
CAMPAIGN OF FLY
ELIMINATION BEGUN
BY CIVIC IMP. CLUB
"Swat the Fly" Dance at the
Opera House on Monday
Night a Success
The "Swat the Fly" dance given
under the auspices of the Vale Civic
Improvement club, was a success,
though somewhat unfortunate in that
there was an important lodge meet
ing and a special attraction at the
Bungalow.
The funds realised will be used
for the purpose of eliminating the fly
from the precincts of Vale, and with
the promised assistance of the coun
cil will prove a blessing to the residents.
The "Civic Club" is a great factor
in city improvement; they have es
tablished a library of several hun
dred volumes and keep all of the
principal magazines on their tables,
TARIFF ON WOOL
AND SUGAR WILL
TAKE M LEAD
Before the Extra Session of
Congress Called for
April Seven
SAME OLD' CHESTNUT
President Wilson Will Find Tariff
Promises Hard to Keep. How
ever Much He may Desire to
to do. Sugar Trust to Main
tain Powerful Lobby
Special : Interesting to the repub
lican holdovers, and to the people aa
well, is the present tariff situation,
the culmination of which will be
reached when congress convenes in
extra session. Having abolished the
tariff board, which by treating each
schedule separately, removed the tar
iff from politics as far as it could be
removed, the democrats have maneu
vered the whole subject into its old
position where trading can and will
be the determining factor on all
items:
The wool man of the northwest
can deal with the cotton man of the
south. The powerful woolen indus
tries will combine with western pro
ducers and so on down the line:
"You tickle me, I'll tickle you" will
be the game.
The woolmen of the west and
northwest are likely to get the worst
of it as their votes are not sufficiently
numerous, and their old frienda, the
wool manufacturers have -. turned
against them, but they may strike
back through a "pure cloth law" of
the same character as the pure food
law.
While the sugar renders are put
ting forth great efforts and maintain
ing a powerful lobby in an attempt
to have the duty on raw sugar remov
ed, their position is so untenable and
cause so unjust that it Is doubtful If
they will get more than scant consid
eration; The United States is pro
ducing so small a percentage of Its
own sugar, and. our relations with
Cuba, Porta Rico, and the Phllipinis
are such that to remove the duty
would be an act of bad faith, and the
result being to certainly annihilate
the cane sugar industry of Louisiana
together with the sugar beet Indus.
try of the west, that it is doubtful if
even a small cut will be made.
President Wilson, will find tariff
promises hard to keep, and however
much he may desire to do so, be will
find congress the same old chestnut. ,
Great efforts are being made to in
duce Wilson to sanction the "Central
Reserve Association" plan outlined
in the Aldrich-Burton bill, but while
they are desperately endeavoring to
educate the public through the press,
the entire plan smacks so strongly of
more New York aentralization, that .
the people will have none of it.
No circus yet produced will equal
the one scheduled to appear Jn Wash
ington April 7, 1913.
MOST DISASTROUS
STORM MANY YEARS
Sweeps Over the Middle West Leaving Death and Des
truction in Its Wake. Thousands of People are
Killed and Many More are Left Homeless
Carrying death and destruction,
tremendous blizzsrds hsve swept over
the middle states, hundreds of lives
lost, millions of property scattered
to winds, trains delsyed, wires piled
In hopeless tangles are the tales told
by the Istest dispatches from Chica
go, Omaha and other cities lying In
the path of the storm.
From Grand Islsnd the news comes
that 1,000 persons have lost their
lives at Omaha, and that the city is
on fire all railroad and wire communi
cations being broken; Nebraska, Kan
sas and Indiana report hssvy dsmsge
with but little loss of life though
some of the pieces are out of commu
nication with the outaide world arid
later reports may confirm the present
fears, thst the loss of life is grester
thsh at first supposed.
tust storms, severe eltrtrical dla
turbancea, rs'n and ball swept over
the entire middle west. Heversl.per
Sons repotted killed at (Jlbjrg,
III , sll pereoi'S killed si Woodbine,
Jws, lbs mlnl'ig town St I'ertb,
li d., I'isi Ib'slly tlelroyvd, but iu
ie ol,
I sUr fiom lmeie liditl
mslst let bu tf Ills 11m it
first reported, though the property
loss seems to hsve been greatly un
derestimated The wires bring news of an appall
ing disaster at Dayton Ohio and the
surrounding country, indicating the
greateat land diaaater of modern
timea, with a loaa of life of perhaps
fifteen thousand people all told, with
famine etsring 100,000 people in the
fsce, before hilp can reach them.
The Ohio River wss a raging tor
rent from excessive rains to which
wss added a huge wall of water from
breaking of the Leadston Dam put
ting upwards of twenty feet of water
in the main streets of Dsyton. The
Esrlton Dam also broke.
Bodies are reported nesting by the
lower towns in groups of ten or
more, people are In trees on tops of
houses and barns with no help in
sight, boats rennot stein the current,
and many are Uaet in raging swirls.
The government U ruablng tents.
Slid supplies to lit cel., a d nd
litf ssversl oinsnls of reserves lo
Hvi'l luoliig std ivrv wrdir,
'liuuh ndi l"i Ibe y
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