ALE, Core of the "New Empire of the West"
.03, Irrigated Farm and Fruit Lands
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Ttiei'livc Stcdt Cci;ty cf 'lb Udlcd llz'.zz
l 0iidert of business; mercantile,
Bi ilttl hotel, restaurant, news
noveUy. dri and druggists'
taAArZ the barber, the butcher,
T "tSSr fur dealer, blacksmiths,
lh . iool halls, feed stores; we
"SKoK do well when they ad
"SSilS th Malheur Enterprise.
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The Malheur Enterprise De
livered to your home or
mailed, $2.00 per year, in
advance. The Leading
Paper of Malheur County.
VOL. 4. NO. 32.
VALE, OREGON. SATURDAY, JUNE 28. 1913.
PRICE 5 cents
$7,000 ACRES MORE, A VAIL ABLE FOE HOMES
v , y " .
Harper Reservoir Site Destroyed by Railroad
Government :-: Good Homes Can be Secured by
is Thrown Open by
Many New Settlers
RINEHART
! REUNION A
SUCCESS
Hold Big Banquet and In
vite Many Old-Timers to
Participate in Exercises
at Chester Groveon Sat
urday, June 21 Religious
Services Held Sunday
! Saturday June 21 was the last day oi
(Jie Rinehart reunion held in Vale June
19-20-21. While the attendance was
pot as great as at some of the former
pieetings, for the Teason that Vale is
hot centrally situated, there was no
lack of enthusiasm, and the reunion
.was a great success.
Saturday noon a grand banquet was
'given to the poineers and early settlers
of Vale and vicinity, some 200 guests
being seated at the improvised tables
'under a large canvas canopy in the
Chester grove. The tables were ioaa
ed with the best of every thing to be
'found in the markets of Malheur coun
ity, and the feast was one long to be re
membered by those fortunate enough
i to be present.
1 Succeeding the banquet, after an
hours conversation and mutual intro
ductions, the literary exercises com-
menced, to wh)ch the entire population
' of the city had been invited.
The program carried out was as fol-
' lows:
An address was read by Mrs. Pearl
Jamleson, of Brogan, and daughter of
J. S. Edwards, recounting the history
of the family and their travels in the
United States from Pennsylvania and
North Carolina to Tennessee and Iowa
thence westward to Oregon.
The facts and salient points of the
article were written by Frank E. Ed
wards. A reply to the address was made by
George W. Hayes," distantly connected
VALE WILL
MAKETHEEAGLE
SCREAM JULY 4
The Committee Have Se
cured the Chester Grove
Adjoining the Basball
Park Where They Have
Placed Seats to Accom
modate all Comers
(Continued on Page 2)
Preparations for the great day go
swiftly forward, and additions are be
ing daily made to the already extensive
program.
The race track was practically com
pleted before the heavy rains, and
having been dragged will be in splendid
condition.
The Payette baseball team is making
some boasts as to just how badly they
will damage the, score of the Vale team
and the Vale team expects to put it all
over the Payette contingent. A hot
game will be the consequence, for it
will really be a deciding game in the
race.
There are still some hopes that there
will be a balloon ascensien, though the
larger places are more than likely to
get this attraction, as there are but
few aeronauts on the coast.
Chester grove has been cleaned up
and it will be a fine place to rest and
set the tables for social lunches, and
being near the baseball park where the
smaller attractions will be launched,
adds to its advantage.
At the baseball park will take place
the bucking contests, bicycle races,
sack races and various athletic sports.
Information ha3 just been received
as the Enterprise goes to press that
there will be a grand balloon ascension
and parachute drop.
The balloon is a very large one con
taining some 8.000 feet of gas. Gas
0 '
enough to help the other towns to cele
brate the fourth.
All arrangements are now complete
for one of the greatest celebrations
ever carried through in Malheur county.
The department has released the res
ervoir withdrawal at Harper and what
lands are suitable may now be taken
under the homestead laws. There la
some very fine land to be had in this
reserve and quite a rush is expected to
to secure it.
It will be open for selection July 21,
subject to entry August 20, 1913. As
in all of these restorations, vested
rights will not be affected and prefer
ence will be given to homesteaders.
The land office at Vale will give all
necessary information. The complete
order is given below together with the
sections which have been restored to
entry.
A telegram has been received from
Washington indicating that the Reserve
No. 2 mentioned in the order has also
been thrown open.
Department of the Interior. General
Land Office.
Washington D. C. June 16, 1913.
RESTORATION-M ALHEUR PROJECT.
Register and Receiver,
Vale, Oregon.
Sirs:
You are hereby advised and instruct
ed to appropriately note that on May
19, 1913, the Assistant Secretary of
Interior vacated former Departmental
order of April 26, 1909, in so far as it
affects the withdrawal under the first
form under the act of June 17, 1902
(32 Stat., 388,) for use in connection
with the Malheur Project, Oregon, of
the hereinafter described land, and by
his authority such of said tracts as
have not been formerly restored and
are not otherwise withdrawn, reserved,
or appropriated, or covered by existing
entry, will be subject to settlement
under the public land laws of the Unit
ed States on and after July 21, 1913,
at 9 a. m. and will be subject to entry,
filing, or selection August 20, 1913, at
9 a. m. at the United States Land
Office at Vale, Oregon.
You are directed to at once post in a
conspicuous place in your office a copy
of this letter, inclosed herewith for
that purpose, and such copy is to be
kept posted for a period of at least
sixty days thereafter.
You are also directed to furnish in
formation relative to the restoration
to local newspapers as a matter of
news, without expense to the Govern
ment. In this connection attention is direct
ed to the fact that warning is expressly
given that no, person will be permitted
to gain or exercise any right whatever
under any settlement or occupation be
gun after withdrawal of the land from
settlement and entry and prior to Au
gust 20, 1913, all of such settlement
and occupation being forbidden. In
tending settlers are also warned to
ascertain the status of the surveyed
lands and get all information available
as to unsurveyed lands by inquiry at
the local land office before making set
tlement thereon. Persons holding val
id subsisting settlement rights, initiat
ed prior to withdrawal of the land, and
who have maintained their settlement
on the lands, will be allowed prefer
ence rights to make entry of the lands
settled upon in accordance with exist
ing law and regulations. These lands
contain no power possibilities and are
not subject to preference right of sel
ection by the State under the act of
August 18, 1894 (28 Stat, 394)
MALHEUR PROJECTS, OREGON WILLAM
ETTE MERIDIAN.
T. 19 S., R. 41 E. : all Sees. 25 and 36.
T. 20 S., R. 41 E.: all Sees. 1, 12, 13,
NEi NEi, SJ NEJ, SJ SWI, SEJ Sees.
14; all Sees. 22 to 24 incl.;26to28
incl. ; 31 to 34 incl.
T. 21 S., R. 41 E.; all Sees. 5 and 6.
T. 19 S., R. 42 E.: all Sees. 13, 22,
24 to 36 incl.
T. 20 S., R. 42 E.; all Sees. 1 to 10;
15, 16, 18.
T. 18 S., R. 43 E.; all Sees. 31, 32, 33.
T. 19 S., R. 43 E.; NJ, SWi, WiSEi
Sec. 4; all Sees. 5 to 8, 17, 18. 19, 30,
31.
Certain of the above described lands
are included in Reservoir Reserve No.
2 created by Executive order of March
31, 1911, under the act of June 25, 1910
(36 Stat., 847) and such lands will not
become subject to settlement or entry.
Acknowledge receipt hereof and re
port action.
Very respectfully,
(Signed) S. V. Proudfit,
Assistant Commissioner.
WOOLGROWERS
ASK RESPITE
J. S. McCumsey, of Mooreville, was
in Vale and Ontario the past week dis
posing of his wool and purchasing his
supplies for the summer.
Mr. McCumsey, sold his wool to J.
S. Johnson and while the price was
considerably below that of 1912 he is
satisfied under the conditions.
"If they fix the tariff at any old
place and let us alone" said Mr. Mc
Cumsey," we will fight it out and take
a chance with them."
"It is the continual unrest and dis
turbance that hurts us."
Dr. Thos. W. Thurston, of Brogan
and Philadelphia, visited Vale June 25.
The new town of Thurston on the Bro
gan branch is named after the Dr.
HEAVY RAINS IN
i' MALHEUR COUNTY
Rain is common enough in some parts
of Oregon, but that it should come
along now in sufficient quantities to
spoil the hay is an unusual thing. Sun
day last gave us a good summer rain,
but Tuesday gave us a good western
Oregon storm. Grass will be good in
the hills, which will be some compen
sation for the wet hay.
SUNRISE VALLEY ENJOYS
REFRESHING SHOWERS
A. Winans, of Winans Bros., Port
land, Oregon, who are drilling for wa
ter on their claims in Sunrise Valley,
near Follyfarm, came in Tuesday even
ing and reports a heavy rain in Sunrise
and Barren valleys. Messrs. Winans
have their drill started and it is doing
excellent work.
RAIN PREVENTS
SUNDAY GAME
Rain postponed the Ontario-Vale
game Sunday last and it will be played
at Vale tomorrow, June 29.
Everyone should turn out and help
the teams play their best.
Payette will play Vale on the Fourth
and there will be a hot game at that
time.
Ontario has strengthened their bat-
terv and if thev have found some one
that can hold Alexander there will be a
circus here Sunday, for it's certain
that Alexander is a hard boy to hit.
Standing of the clubs:
won lost
Payette 6 2
Weiser 5 3
Vale 5 3
Ontario 0 8
ERNEST RINGO
IS APPOINTED
PROSECUTOR
By Governor West to Assist
in the Vice Crusade That
He has Started Through
out the State Offenders
of the Liquor Laws Will
Receive Special Attention
PER CT.
750
625
625
000
Salem, Ore., June 23. The present
system of selecting school text books
in Oregon once every six years, and the
law making it compulsory for teachers
to use these books and no others, are
condemned by the state text book com
mission in a supplementary report just
filed with the state school superintendent.
"We believe that the so-called uni
formity, which the law is supposed to
provide for, is. In some instances, a
mistake," says the report. "There Is
such a difference between the districts
in the amount of money provided for
school purposes and the number of
teachers and pupils, In the grouping of
all grades under one teacher or of a
special teacher for each grade, that we
believe a uniform rule of adoption, ap
plied to all the different conditions, is
an impossibility if educational advan
tage is the primary consideration. The
same course of study is not applicable
to a small district and to a large one."
The commissioners recommend that
the law be amended bo supplementary
books may be adopted without any
question of the legality of such action.
They say that the law prohibiting the
use of supplementary books is being
violated constantly and will continue to
be violated.
After giving weeks of their time to
interviewing text book agents, the
commissioners declare it is a mistake
to require a board without previous ex
perience to make a complete selection
of text books at one time. They rec
ommend an amendment of the law so
one-third of the books may be selected
every two years, and an amendment so
KERFOOT
GETS AUTO
BANDIT
Criminals Cannot Escape!
When Malheur County!
Sleuths Get After Them
Magnetic Healers are
no Exception De Long
Faces Serious Charge
When is a hold-up not a hold-up?
When they attempt to fool Dan Ker
foot. That's the answer. The sheriff
is placed in a difficult position in such
cases, he is compelled to act just as
though there had been a crime com
mitted, must attempt to catch the ai
led ged criminals, and that he does so
when the supposed victims are the real
criminals Is to his credit.
The result of the much advertised
hold up told In last week'a Enterprise
is that the hold-upee is languishing in
the county jail with a serious atatu
tory crime laid at his door, and hia co
partner is also under surveillance and
control of the officers.
It seems that the magnetic business
is not turning out as profitable as could
be wished and the erst-whlle professor
needing funds to settle certain demands
of restaurant keepers and lodging house
people hit upon the expedient of being
robbed, for certainly having lost hia
money no one would be unkind enough
not to extend tangible sympathy in the
way of food and lodging until times im
proved or the time to leave arrived.
Honorable sheriff did his best to trap
the supposed auto-robbers and in his.
investigations learned that the lady ac
companying the professor had a hus
band elsewhere and that the professor
had also failed to comply with some of
the laws' formalities before taking un
to himself another woman, this led to
further investigation and the scheme
became evident.
(Continued on Page 8)
(Continued on Page 2)
Oregon Eastern Continues Construction Operations
All Questions as to Cessation of Work Definitely Answered by Resump
tion of Activities :-: Large Amount of Material on Hand in Vale Yards
EASTERN OREGON
NOT DRY THIS YEAR
The month of June, 1913, has made a
record that puts the oldest inhabitant
to sleep. Gone is his opportunity to
tell the unwilling listener that it was
much worse in 1804.
The following, compiled by weather
prognosticator H. P. ' Osborne shows
the rainfall for a number of years and
the maximum temperature for the
month of June:
Preclpitatioe Mts.Tap.
June. 1907 0.15 92
1908 0.90 97
1909 0.29 98
1910 0.07 105
1911 1.61 . 96
1912 0.84 98
1913 3.00 94
The next few days may add to both
the precipitation and also to the max!
' mum temperature, but in any event the
dry farmer will date hia almanac from
June, 1913, aa a specimen of wet years
A. B. MACPIIERSON
HAS TEACHERS
nVhuoJ director of Malheur county
rt advised (hat ruunly Nocrintidni
Mt'jhroit ha tt t tune good lea-h
mll.lU iu uk pUw i
ltull, fe( , ut "t 11,1
Wt.f iird, talaiy id '"
f llvlnj !) iltb, ,w..tl dull I'll.
SALMON RUN IN
. MAIIIFIIR RIVER
of salmon for the
present season began last week in the
Ma'heur river, large nurau
beautiful big fish being reported pass
ing up the river near Vale,
rru- dm verified by one of the
JllCltpU'V w. - ,
Vale school boys, who brought in a 6-
inch salmon he caught aaiuruay
Ing.
A second run of salmon in one sea
son is a very rare occurrence in these
waters, and it is asserieu vy w....
u. .v v,ia i nerhans the first time
nurc wt - r- . .
salmon have ascended the Malheur this
late in the season.
REV. BRADY TELLS OF
- & mi a
DEVELOPMENT IN COUMI
held service
Kev. i.j. Pr-u,, - -
the Cathoic enure,
win ue in s""
The Rev. Father will .nd tun.
that the C.tholu-s w.ll ra
..i.,,,..ii
, .
Th. Kev. Father ha. l.n "
. . , .i ...... ,Av mii.1 rr HirU a
...i..,. tl.t. vklnrf '
iIm-ii Mir .iu..-
hunt, . '"" u"
"W i""
DOG POISONER
AGAIN IN ACTION
Some offended citizen has taken the
law into his own hands and spread
poison for the dogs and as is usual in
such cases the wrong dog gets the pois
on. There were several fine dogs killed in
this way and it will go hard with him
if the crime is fastened on we ngm
Mr Waila has Oiierea a IUMlnuu
rd and it is said that the officials
are on the track of the poisoner.
C.mo r.f the rtetrs in me town arc
uvuiw v a
nuisance but this is a cowardly way of
getting rid of them.
C. C. MUELLER RETURNS v
HOME FROM SOUTHERN TRIP
C. C. Mueller returned from an. ex
tended trip east and south Sunday last.
Mr. Mueller reports the people In the
......i h vUitfel aa playing a
KL k 1 U ' ' W liiv .. - " -
urtitinir on the settle-
ment of the tariff and financial ques-
. a - Mm.
tions. "There is, nowvr,
ii.. ..n. v,..1..i,l.,ri.LUi movamvnt in
real mUU In Tas and tha outlook U
good f.r futur Uulna una aam.
k n..r..u..Vv. iif Mormon Hin, rg
i 1 t .i . ArliiiMt-n JunaW, Mr
ltIVl ---- w
if in W 111 IS
s I . I - ..it aaal'lfiiltl
I.f m in..
jU.lih, tl. nliiuU i"V't.
Portland. June 27. Arrangements
have been perfected for the completion
of the Oregon Eastern, and all the idle
talk regarding the cessation of work
will soon be calmed.
Track lavinir will be pushed as far as
Riverside, to which point the grade has
been completed, and operations will be
pushed from that point aa rapidly as
economy will permit.
.There is material in the Vale yards
and elsewhere along the line sufficient
for completion of track laying to mile
post 60, and the remaining 20 miles
will be rushed in and the track finished
to Riverside by Christmas.
This will be rood news to the people
of Junctura and all Interior points, as it
means better facilities for getting sup.
plies and shipment of wool and stock
It la said that the railroad company
will hereafter pay $2.50 per day for all
labor on their work instead of
There is no question as to the econo
my of this chansre. as the company has
been handicapped by paying less wa-
?ea than the contractors, and conse
quently hna been at heavy expense in
transportation of men who would work
onlv a few days and quit. The compa
ny also had to take the men leas capa
ble of performing the work.
Tha enBlneorina- force haa Un in
ereaaod and la punhing the completion
of the surveys well Into Harney coun
ty.
Alutl.r, this news routing at i
lima when there waa a itiiU foci
lug a io the finaiu-ial altuatlun, on
r.,unt of tariff Hi.UiioM. will ilu mu h
I4 1W mite ti IUIUii of (jo-.!
fliitf H cvr li ti'UiiWy.
BANKERS VS. REAL
ESTATE AGENTS
KLAMATH FALLS
WILL CELEBRATE
Portland, Ore. June 24, (Special)
That would-be settlers coming to Oregon
have, in many instances, been victimiz
ed by unscrupulous land speculators
and that the state aa a whole has been
injured by their operations, is a state
ment made at the annual convention of
Oregon bankers recently held at Cor
valli, and the attending delegates ex
pressed a determination to co-operate
with the commercial bodies througnoui
the state In an effort to put greedy
real estate men out of business. The
nlan does not contemplate the entire
elimination of land selling agencies,
but does propose to annihilate the
sharks who have been speculating in
irood Oreiron soil, taking it out of pro
duction and holding it for an unreaaon-
able increase in price.
It waa decided to form an appraise
ment committee In each community to
paa on the price of lands, the commit
tee to consist of two members of the
local commercial body and one banker,
and intending purchasers will Ui ac"
vised to purchaaftd no real eatat from
an dealer until the value of same haa
Uen paaacd upon by the apralis
and the prit a aaked decldud to be a
rvaaonabU on. It waa alatod aa a
f4-t that wfh lit the aurti-ullural land
In Orryon is held at U- high a Pgurr,
TUe U IuUUm I'Unty i f K't
whii lt inU obCainwl at a fair prhr,
but Hi w tnitr, uully uii''iiHUr
Round uns. buckaroo contest, ro
deos, and cowboy work generally prov
ed so drawing a card that about all of
the towns In the country have taken
it up. -
We have now the Pendleton and
Cheyenne round-ups, to be followed by
a grand show of the same description
at Salt Lake, and the latest are the
Walla Walla fair and the Klamath
Falls "rodeo."
Klamath Falls has gotten out a very
excellent program for July 4, 6, 6, giv
ing large purses for all of their contests.
BANKER MAKES RECORD TRIP
Charley Haina, the Narrows mer
chant and banker, who attended the
Rinehart reunion here laat week, made
one of tha apaediaet trips that has been
recorded over the Vale-Burns road.
IU left tha Narrows at 6:00 o'clock In
the morning and arrived In Vale at 7:00
o'clock tha same evening, the distance
belnir about 169 ml Us. JI state that
he could have come In a eouple of hours
earlier, but waa eompelUd to atop his
car In Cottonwood canyon that length
of time to penult tha freight team id
paaa.
with I'M'al value and conditions, mMuiii
hir of that land, Tha roiiiinllUa
Will that ! fc-U
RECEIVER GUILD
RETURNS HOME
H. G. Guild and wife returned from
the outing Monday evening. "Heavy
rains In the Willamette Valley dam
aged much of the clover hay," aald
Mr. Guild," and I congratulated my
self that aoon I would be in the land of
sunshine, but here I find old Jupe do
ing what he can to make a short crop
of alfalfa hay."
"The Willamette Valley la prosper
ous" and has a great future, continued
Mr. Guild, but the sunshine appeals to
me and we will struggle along in Vale
for a while yet." ,
Mrs. Guild, who waa somewhat de
bilitated prior to the trip haa returned
in excellent health and spirits. "
POSTMASTER STAPLES .
VISITS ROSE CARNIYAL
Postmaster Staples returned early in
tha week from an extended trip to the
western portion of the state. While
gone he attended tha Rose Carnival in
Portland and re porta It aa being a
grand affair,
"Tha electric Parade." said Mr. Sta
ples, "was certainly a grand and wor
dcrful affair, Hid Uiuel Lava rw a
woild of money; there was a big crod
In 1'orlUnd and the ouUlda vUIU-is
Iliad KfJ deal of the fun,"
I'eUr iVUix'ii, t WsUuit, n.'li