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About Malheur enterprise. (Vale, Or.) 1909-current | View Entire Issue (June 14, 1913)
YALE Core of the "New Empire of the West" Oil, Irrigated Farm and Fruit Land s The Banner Lire Stock County of Tta United Sidcl o-iMora of business; mercantile, "l Mute, ho1- rtaurant, news Hul novelty, drug and druggists' ndrie. ne Drber tne butcher, J?" j,,iier, fur dealer, blacksmiths, ,.. pool halla, feed stores; we Sept none; do well when they ad 'ertiselnthe Malheur Enterprise. j VOL. 4. NO. 30. The Malheur Enterprise De livered to your home or mailed, $2.00 per year, in advance. The Leading Taper of Malheur County. 75,000 Acres Adj VALE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 14. 1913. PRICE 5 cents acent to Vale Thrown Open to Homeseekerts Petroleum Reserve Now Open to the Public Means Homes Here for 1,000 More Settlers iYEISER LOSES HARD GAME HERE SUNDAY !rounds Were a Little Soft i But Both Teams in Ex cellent Condition IEELER SAVES GAME I Last Half of the Eighth t Weiser Pitcher got Tired Play- I ,injr for Time Barrett Knocks ?Home Run Lively Game From Start to Finish I Nothing to it, Weiser has the best fm on the circuit, excepting Vale and jyette; but just the same Vale ought )t to play so careless like; the Enter rise reporter fainted four times, re aring a doctor's prescription several does, to save his life, here were some close decisions but mors were easy and Rose kept his :d and his temper, which is always ud ball. Barrett was all in after his home run i Woodward took the mound. Bar it won a suit of clothes from B. W, the progressive clothier of Vale te sign), with his home run. I THE GAME IN DETAIL. In the first frame Barrett's delivery erratic, Tyson looked them over 1 drew a pass to first, but Andy se pegged him out when he tried to 1 second. Higgins popped up an ly one which Barrett took care of, i Tomalson drove a hot one to Moody p made a good stop and threw the )ner out at first. In the second and yd sessions it was one, two, three Weiser. but in the fourth Barrett Iked Tyson and hit Higgins. With 6 on bases and nobody out, Tomalson l a hot grounder to Moody, who again de a snappy stop, and forced Higgins second, while Tyson was advanced third and Tomalson was safest first. $ first ball over, Tomalson made a int for second, and Andy Rose bait Tyson off third by throwing to short, sdy put the pill behind the runner died on the trail. But Tomalson ion second and scored the first run ibe game on Elwell's safety. Wa- then drove a liner to Glick who w Elwell out when Moody covered ?nd, ending the agony for that ses- Weiser scored again in the fifth. n drew a pink pass, stole second 0akes drove him home with a two Jter. Brockman bumped a liner to jdy, who threw Oakes out at third, J7 went out at first on a similar Moody to Wheeler, and Barrett d the frame by fanning Tyson. Jdward went on the mound for I in the sixth, and was greeted with ty applause. He walked Higgins, Andy Rose put him out of his mis when he tried to pilfer second. (Continued on Page 2) OMESTEADERS SHOULD BE CAREFUL vls an unfortunate condition that Records of all land taken for any Ke whatever, are not available at one office. eral locutions are filed with the clerk and there mav be as many p on the same piece of ground as f we persons that desire to locate. ey are supposed to be plainly Won the ground, but because I we not so marked does not often claim though it dos certainly pw many expensive lawsuit. 1 wuing ny ground the locator r U "luu-ly curtain that he ha !om definite rornttr mul uluiulil 't the records at the county i-ourt i wie ittrul ottifM agent will e "O UVerUiiiiiK ItH-ktii.im k niMild ' their record u, ii thvy do nolle, of any mineral Us- , (" i,lmr than It U fur f.l. - -. sU,.,...,,, M ,( v,U THE BULLY CREEK IRR'GN PROJECT ADVANCES Work continues on the diversion Hum There are four carloads of cement on the ground and more being hauled dai ly. The ditch on the Bully slopes is using considerable powder, as the bot tom is of hardpan. The ditch being constructed mainlv in original ground will decrease the seep age and evaporation to the minimum. and will permit of a heavier grade. Water has been obtained on the Wil low river slope in section 19-17-44 at a depth of 200 feet, and camp will be made at that point within a few days. Manager D. M. Brojran has been ab sent for some days attending to mat ters connected with the Thurston switch, the construction of which will lessen the distance that material will have to be hauled by some 8 miles. There has been considerable inauirv regarding the land under this project and settlers will soon begin to clear up in earnest. The tractors are at work clearing and plowing. The Struthers oil tractor has cleared and plowed the Henderson land in section 7-17-44, and the Phillips Case machine has cleared and plowed the James Frost land in section 24-18- 44, about one mile from Vale. E. J. Coffelt has a small house on his land in the same section, and a large portion is cleared and plowed. On the bench along the township line between 17 and 18-44 there has been a large amount of work done. Elmer Suitter has a good well completed and gasoline pump installed, also a large portion of his ground cleared. Warren Roeder has completed his title and has considerable work done on his place. Byron Wood and Wilbert Colwell have fine houses and a good lot of land cleared. H. C. Skinner has a crop of rye soon ready to cut. Practically all of this land has been patented and these people can give good title to such land as they desire to sell. H. C. Jessup and wife returned to Vale last week. VESTED RIGHTS UNDISTURBED LEGITIMA TE LOCA TIONS VALID Great Rush Expected July 19, When the Land May be Selected--Entry May be Made at Land Office After August 19 Homestead Entry on Vacant Land Will Have Prior Consideration May 19 1913 President Wilson signed the order for restoration to the public domain, subject to taking under the homestead law, 75,300 acres of land described below in the order, which is published in full. This restoration disturbs no vested rights, nor any prior appropriation for oil made in good faith, and where hon est effort has been or is being made to bring in oil. As the reservation was made on the representation that the land was more valuable for mineral than for agricul ture, in order to restore it the fact must be set out that the contrary is the case, else the department would have no reason to give for its restora tion. The withdrawal was made under the stress of Pinchotism, that any thing good for the public must be taken away from them. Large areas of this land will make first class agricultural land and in no way detracts from its value as oil land. No exhaustive survey has ever been made by the government, and the value for oil is now as it has heretofore been. Prospecting for oil will now take on new vigor and there is but little doubt that a well will be brought in during the present season. Capt. Frank Barrett is reported as rapidly improving, and upon his arrival at .Vale operations will be resumed on the Great Western well. Meanwhile such land as may be suit-. able for agriculture may be taken by the public. This order is not in accordance with 1 the bill introduced by Senator Cham berlain. The withdrawal was by exe cutive order of President Taft and the restoration is by the executive order of President Wilson. The following is the order: Department of the Intenor. General Land Office Washington May 31, 1913. Order of restoration Petroleum Re storation No. 13-Oregon No. 1. Register and Receiver, Vale, Oregon. Sirs: You are advised that by order of the president dated May 19, 1913, so much of the order of withdrawal made there tofore for classification and in aid of legislation affecting the use and dispos ition of petroleum lands, namely Re serve No. 6, Oregon No. 1, as affected the lands hereafter described was re voked for the reason that the Director of the Geological Survey reports that the lands are not valuable for the pur pose for which withdrawn. And it was further ordered that all such land not otherwise reserved or withdrawn, he restored to the public domain and become subject to disposi tion under the laws applicable thereto upon such date and after such notice as might be determined upon by the Secretary of the Interior. Accordingly, such of the lands here inafter described as are vacant and unappropriated, not otherwise reserv ed or withdrawn, will become subject to settlement under the general pro visions of the homestead law from and after nine o'clock A. M. July 18, 1913, but shall not become subject to entry, filing, selection or other form of ap propriation until August 18, 1913, and no person shall be permitted to gain or exercise any right whatever under any settlement or occupation begun prior to the date for settlement fixed herein. WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN T. 19 S R. 43 E., Sec. 15, all; Sees. 21 to 24, inclusive; Sees. 25 to 28, inclusive; Sees. 33 to 35, inclusive. R. 43 E., Sees. 1 to 3, inclu- T. 20 S sive; Sec. 4, EJ; Sees. 10 to 15, inclusive; Sees. 22 to 27, inclusive. T. 19 S., R. 44 E., Sees. 14 and 15, all; Sees. 17 to 20, inclusive; , Sec. 21, Si; Sees. 22 to 36, inclusive. T. 20 S., R. 44 E., Sees. 1 to 7, inclu sive; Sees. 9 to 14, inclusive; Sees. 17 to 19, inclusive; Sees. 23 to 25, inclusive. T. 17 S., R. 45 E., Sec. 8, all; Sec. 18, Ni; Sec. 32, all. T. 18 S., R. 45 E , Sees. 4 and 10, all. T. 19 S. R., 45 E., Sees., 2, 4, 8, 10, 14, and 15, all; Sees. 17 to 22, inclusive, Sees. 24 and 26, all; Sees. 28 to 34, inclusive. T. 20 S., R. 45 E., Sees. 2 to 15, inclu sive. Sees. 17 to 21, inclusive; Sees. 28 to 30, Inclusive ; T. 19 S., R. 46 E., Sees. 18 to 30, all. Very respectfully, (Signed) S. V. Proudfit, Assistant Commissioner. Approved: May 31, 1819. Lewis C. Laylin, Assistant Secretary. DR. F.L WILLIAMS BRINGS BRIDE TO VALE Dr. Frank Lee Williams, the promi nent Vale physician, arrived home Jur.e 7, accompanied by his bride. Mrs. Williams is the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter McHenry of Des Moines, Iowa, and 'was a prominent member of the young society of that city. Their engagement was announced in the Enterprise March 1. Dr. Williams has a fine practice in Vale and Malheur county and his genial personality has made him many friends, all of whom wish the happy couple a long and joyous life. The wedding at the home of the bride was an extremely re-cherche affair and was reported in the Des Moines Capital as below: With palms, ferns and greenery adorning the altar the Central Pres byterian church presented a pretty scene last evening for the nuptials of Miss Mary McHenry, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter McHenry, and Dr. Frank Lee Williams of Vale, Ore. Rev. George P. Magill officiated at the 8 o'clock service. Mrs. Louis Hollen beck played the Lohengrin bridal music as a processional and the Mendelssohn wedding march as the recessional. The ushers were Mr. Harry McHenry, Mr. Russell Worcester, Mr. Raymond Mc Bain and Mr. Arthur Wallace. Mr. McHenry and Mr. McBain stretched the broad white satin ribbons from the entrance to the altar. The bride was given in marriage by her father. Miss Florence Binns of Chicago, a cousin of the bride, attended her aa maid of honor, while Miss Bessie Bliz ard of Waterloo, Miss Edna Cassidy and the Misses Irene and Lucile Wilson were her bridesmaids. Mr. John Ev vard of Ames was the groom's best man. The bride wore a princess lace elaborated white charmeuse gown made with a court train and enveloped by a tulle veil. Her shower bouquet was of lilies of the valley. The maid of honor was gowned in white charmeuse (Continued on last Page) Patriotic Citizens Raise Big Fund Vale Will Have Best Fourth of July Celebration MRS. W. S. LAWRENCE ENTERTAINS THE CIVIC IMPROVEMENT CLUB tv, Vela r.ivin Hub held their regu lar meeting at the residence of Mrs. W. S. Lawrence. There were lauiea of the club collected at the residence of Mrs. Weant where they were taken on board of a fine large hay wagon and hauled out to the place of the meeting. After transacting the regular Tmsi . t tk. meetincr all adjourned to IJCDO V " ' , the lawn where games and conversation were indulged in for an hour; delicious refreshments were then served and a general good time consumed the re mainder of the afternoon. On the ride home the buttermilk a (Tnt a number of the mem- BceillCU VU I1H....V . berg, and inhabitants along the road homo were entertained with some ex cellent singing, several times, however II. wl i utnll Mr. Lawrenco was compi- -- and find the lost tune, ana one vi leaders of the club fell off of the wagon without being misled for some time. Arriving home all joined in praie of their hostess and of her beautiful home. Mn. Lawrence makes it a regular thing the spring of each year to enter tain the member, of Vale' mt pro gresalve flub, and the ,,",k forward with plcur and loW '"r the time to arrive. Atlh bunlncs mci-ting it ddod to Uv th. who U nil fuht and ready f.-r d.lury. Uk lUm l any nmUr 'f iliU ," in. I .(.nvDi.iu.t H ')( '"'" ' i.,c-MiUr will otuiw ii.ii 1- tl, i 111, I V ''" ' VSV'H'-I""1 '.("I" M IfUt H WM " ' - Country Communities Invited to Participate $600.00 in Purses for Contestants in Sports and Games Fine Music and Entertainment for All in Attendance A YOUNG WOOL GROWER GETS TOP PRICE The long expected sale took place June 10 with but little wool changing hands, as the prices offered were un satisfactory. A number of the growers concluded to ship and a number pre ferred to hold for a better market. The prices ranged from 12J to 16 cents for prime goods. The youngest grower in the world nd sold his clio amounting to 55 lbs at 16 cents after some brisk bid ding. This grower is Wayne Lawrence aged 7 years. Wayne is the son of W. S. Lawrence an old resident of the county. The next clip, raised by Orville Scott, also a boy age about aold for 14 cenU. The sale at Ontario was postponed on account of the storms and the wool be coming wet. Only a fw lots wr aold June t, Kd Mkr getting the top price of )ri cenU for a Hrtio of his flip. All in all Ua prV shows lha tariff tfiUli..n. im'I 'u,h " lllU uhi. lion on tU raw aril, la nln ,tto-tU. ut IU in..."'., lui.fs Ut .t. ..if ui.lil IU n.aiur ! f...lUly .1 u..M ! " I"" l, II.,-; U.L'-r WU Vale celebrates the Fourth of July in grand style. There has been a greater amount of money raised than ever be fore in the history of the city. While the times are rather tight in other places, the several projects go ing on all over the country serve to keep the county 'seat prosperous. All hands, therefore, are uniting to make this Fourth the day of all days to be re membered. Posters will be out the coming week giving complete detail, the many shows and contests that will be enjoyed by the great crowds that will flock into the city from the surrounding commu nities. In a general way: There will be rac ing of all kinds, flat purses of substan tial amounts without entrance fees, thus not asking the racers to furnish their own purse. There will be a base ball game be tween Payette and Vale, which will be a hot contest, the two teams being well matched, and the struggle will be interesting. Arrangement have been made for a dance in the evening, Manager Norton having engaged an K-piece orchestra. The famous Payette band has been engaged, aiwl mine 4Mi (.l are MM-ted Ut com over from that illy. All kinds of stlilvtie orU have been prepared, in which the young onrahave iujI Ueli uvell.M.hvd. TUrefclll l h k race, bicycle , foul lad ing attd oMiUy an automobile re, I limb ate Ui" t"t an lit lio, li.xMglt hie ! be no iim ully hi wili a n.ei I.H', M 1 li tis h In ' lt,thl, lfj BIG FAMILY REUNION HERE June 19 will see a reunion of one of the largest families in the west. The Rinehart family hold annual reunion, each year in a different locality, this year selecting Vale. There will be probably 250 people camped within the confines of the city coming from all over the country. The railroads have made a reduced rate of one and one third fare on return tickets. J. S. Edwards of the First National Bank is the Vale representative of the family. A grand time is expected during their stay June 19-20-21. A day will be selected for Vale citizens to meet the members of the family. there is great demand for them on that day in the large cities. There will be a big street parade, in which all Ike business houses are pre paring to take part. The Vale Idwlius' Civic tlub ha been anked to partlcl pale, aifl aa usual they will present aoint'lhing unlijue, There will be an oration by noted aker wImhm iii will be aiveii to U.a public in the Uu of June id. H.ul liulns will run fi'-iu all lnU kl)hly III the i.ltl,lMiiig twill iiitii.ilifr ate t"t'lilly lutiUd l alUtid ll, . tn4 l'itffrt '" r ."'li i-(t hi II. l tuui'ly. SHEETS OF WATER FALL IN VALE ON SATURDAY LAST The elements got busy Saturday afternoon preaenting Vale with the heaviest rain, not only of the season, but beat the memory of the oldest Inhabitant. Accompanied by a high wind, the water came down in sheets filling the streets with from four to six inches of water, clogging the gutters, blowing under the doors and window sills, al most a cloud burst. Where the alfalfa was of consider able height, the rain and hail beat it flat to the ground and a continuation of damp weather will result in some damage. MANY BUYERS GET NO WOOL A large number of wool buyera visit ed Vale June 10, which was the adver tlaed day for a sale. There was but little accomplished in that line, as the concensus of opinion among the grow, era was that the prices offered were not aa high aa the circumstances war ranted. There were registered at the Drexel; H. , Frankenstein, II. M. Cummlngs, II. A. TllU.n, Win. J. Fallon, C. II. Ketchum, lloeton; (ieo. II. Miller, 1. M. Johnson end A. W, Uk, IU ). l. HllUrinaii, Cblt ago. M. A. (i'Mitt, fame fioiu h W utUi tt Thursday, having been sl.esili.g ht at tl.nl lb tiMii.ih, Mr, ItiMtl'l frM.iU fi'-l ", bavli'g tUil lUtp gli't ' "J Ul ,r INJUNCTION FILED AGAINST OTALO DAM McMahan of Salem Makes Trouble for Irrigators in the State LAND BOARD HELPS To Carry on Engineers Work- State Text Book Commission Select Books to be Used in the Public Schools of the State for Next Six Years Salem, Ore., Jun?. 9. For the pur pose of blocking the expenditure oi the 450, 000 appropriated by the last legislature for the completion of the old Columbia Southern or Tumalo irri gation project, L. H. McMahan, of Sa lem, lawyer-farmer-politician, filed, an injunction suit last week against Sec retary of State Olcott and State Treas urer Kay to restrain them from paying out this money. The result is that practically all operations on the pro ject have ceased again, pending the outcome of the suit. In his complaint, McMahan alleges that the appropriation is unconstitu tional on the ground that it is local or special legislation and will benefit cer tain private citizens. He cites his vic tory in the Crater Lake road case, wherein he was successful in having the expenditure of an appropriation en joined. But Attorney General Crawford and Governor West declare that there is no comparison between the two appropri ations. They point out that there is a definite constitutional prohibition against any appropriation for a special road, while there is no mention in the constitution of an appropriation for re clamation purposes. "This approprietion was made in conformity with a broad, general poli cy adopted in this state for developing and reclaiming the arid lands,'' said Governor West. "Every dollar spent on the Tumalo project by the state ia to be returned to the state with inter est; so the cost to the state will be nothing." Every effort is being made by the state officials to expedite the case so a decision of the supreme court may be obtained by the end of the month. If the state wins in the 4nd, every day's delay at this season is a material loss to the project. An agreement has been made between the state officials and McMahan to have the case ready for the circuit court this week, when a decree agreed upon by both sidea without ar gument before the court will be enter ed, so the case can be Immediately ap pealed to the supreme court. Arrange ment have been made to argue' the case in the supreme court June 18. (Continued on Page 2) BIG TUNNEL NOW READY FOR RAILS The big tunnel was completed Thurs day, ready for the rails. The Utah Con struction Co. have had a bard contract and have worked under many difficul ties. Power, for driving the drills, was generated from coal hauled by teams from Vale for nearly a year prior to the completion of the road to Harper and beyond. Contrary to expectations water In large quantities was encountered, com pelling men to work with rubbers in the wet constantly, which decreased their efficiency and made the work much more expensive. Kail laying will now be pushed to Riverside, and Juncture will soon be on the map as a commercial ami banking center. It U confidently ei pec ted that the July distribution of fund will per mit the Immediate rushing of the eon-Irui-llott in to IMell, the fonlrsct for W bit It be Imiit Ul U the Ulalt Coif (I rut I loti Co. Mrs. Y, I., C"k ffrlurni'd Tudy I ft "III Ibive Wtk buln.a: al llolialde, iui., Mr, sud Mi. J. II, I-. 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