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About Malheur enterprise. (Vale, Or.) 1909-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 1, 1913)
e j Core of the "New Empire of the West" Oil, Irrigated Farm and Fruit Lands The Banner live Stock County of The United States All . a mb bvm ni iip. I AT DBII,WW' ' B"c! hotel. mUrit, il"1?,- Jm nd druggiete 3 V. barber, the hatcher, WSrdSaiV, bl.ckamitha, ikil hall. fed stores; we Vrfdowell when they ad the Malheur Enterprise. 50. The Malheur Enterprise De livered to your home or mailed, $2.00 per year, In advance. The Leading Paper of Malheur County. VALE, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1913. PRICE 5 cent WTHERN MALHEUR BEING RECOGNIZED AS GARDEN SPOT foists and Promoters Drawn to Jordan Valley by the Big Jordan Creek Irrigation Project and the Survey of Winnemucca orthern Railroad, are Astonished at Wonderful Extent and Possibilities of that Country, Its Numerous Undeveloped Resources BIG CAPITALISTS LOOK IT OVER STOWNSH IPS OPEN TO SETTLERS plications for Lands will Accepted After Dec. 2, JilJ-Big Tract is West 5 f jtuccK. Kester, registerof the local i office, notifies the public that the jkicribed below haa been aurvey 'liti filed nd wil1 be subject to lo jon under the usual forma on and af- December 2, 1913. Mowing is the notification: Department of the Interior S. Land Office at Vale, Orogon, October 28, 1913. once is hereby given that we have lived at this office the approved i of survey of the townships listed U. They will be formally filed on Member 2, 1913, on and after which ih date applications for lands in 1 townships may be received: tpt. 32 S.. Rs. 43 and 44 E. fpi. 33 S., Rs. 44 and 45 E. lp- 84 S., R. 45 E. S., R. 44 K- 45 E. 46 E. 47 E. 48 E. 49 E. 44 E. 45 E. 46 E. 48 E. 49 E. Bruce R. Kester, Register. 36 S., R. 36 S., R. 36 S., R. 36 S., R. 36 S., R. 37 S.. R. 37 S., R. 37 S., R. 37 S., R. 37 S., R. f A Speech at the dry farming con- representative Ferris said: In management of our public lands the two administrations have been pring in a maze of conjecture that lighting to both east and west. JSi Episcopal Convocation gave to the partly disfranchised men, I not to the wholly disfranchised nen. However their time will come, flie Wowan'a Journal. OREGON EASTERN BORESJfELL Vale Man has Contract to Sink 12-inch Well on De pot Grounds at Juntura. W. P. Harris, of this city, who has the contract for sinking the big well for the Oregon Eastern railroad at Jun tura, was in Vale the first of the week for some supplies. He states that he is drilling a twelve inch well and is now down 225 feet. The well is on the depot grounds at Juntura, and will probably be sunk 500 feet or deeper. It was stated some time ago that the company would make an effort to secure artesian water, but it is not known at this time how deep the well will be sunk. P.LS.CO.SECURES A CONVICTION W. H. Brooke, prosecuting attorney for this district was in Vale Saturday last and reported a rather quiet term at Burns, Harney county, the past month. There were, however, some convic tions for stealing cattle, one of which was of considerable note : George Barn yard was found guilty of larceny of cattle from the Pacific Livestock Co. This is the first conviction for stealing cattle from this company. They have lost many thousand head in that way but up to this case no conviction was ever obtainable. J. H. Henderson was found guilty of larceny of cattle from Blitzen valley while Guy Williard was acquited. THE WINNEMUCCA NORTHERNER. Survey Completed Through Southern Malheur and Of ficials Inspect Route. TRIANGLE QIVES BANQUET FIliST WORK SECOND Robert Noble, Frank Coffin and Col. Place, promoters of the Winnemucca Northern railroad, accompanied by President Bush of the Western Pacific, are making a tour of inspection this week over the recently surveyed route of the Winnemucca Northern road. Col. Place has just arrived from Win nemucca, where he went recently on matters connected with the new road that is to traverse the southern portion of Malheur county. All the old-timers in Malheur county know Bob Noble, and know that he will make a success of whatever he under takes. He has forced his way up from a workingman to a millionaire within the past twenty years, making his start in the sheep business on Succor creek. At one time when he had only a small band of sheep, they became "snowed in" in the mountains, with no apparent way of getting them out or getting feed to them. His partner gave up and left them to die, but Bob went in afoot and broke a trail, carrying them out on his back, one at a time. Getting them ov er on the creek, he cut down willows for them to browse upon till he got hay in for them. It is that kind of indom itable courage and never-quitting qual ities that have made Bob Noble a lead er and winner in whatever he under takes. He has made the Interurban msHa nf RniBfi a success and he will make the Winnemucca Northern a sue MM if h concludes that it will pay to build it. The chief engineer on the survey re Dorts a less than one per cent grade from Winnemucca to Homedale, Jordan Valley. via The Knights of the Triangle do not follow the precedents of the older or ders in their methods of procedure. If there is to be a big feed in connection with any of their functions, they have the eat first. At their meeting last Friday night, the installation of officers and a ban quet was billed. A number of young ladies were invited and all went down to the cafe and enjoyed a huge oyster supper first, then went over to the hall and put on the installation ceremonies. The installing officer was F. L. Cook, president of the Advisory Board, and the installation was carried out in due form after the banquet. MORE CATTLE LEAVECOUNTY Friday there were shipped from Jun tura 48 cars of cattle. Bill Hanley shipped 40 cars; Dick DeArmond 5 cars and Kenyon and Ball 3 cars. VALE WILL HAVE 24-HOUR POW ER SERVICE Vale Electric Companys High Tension Power Line is Now Almost Complete. Fifty Four Deaths resulted from a storm at San Salvador. George Brannin, who is in charge of the construction crew on the Beaver River power line; which is coming into Vale, arrived in the city with his men Monday. He states that everything is in read iness for stringing the wires and the work will be completed as soon as the insulators arrive. These are in a delay ed shipment of material which has been on the way three weeks longer than expected. The line will be finished within a few days after the insulators arrive and the Vale Electric company will be ready to furnish an all-day service of power and light that will be a great benefit to this city and the country surrounding. Oregon Won The sweepstakes at the dry farming congress. BERNIE STONE COMES BACK TO MALHEUR B. M. Stone and wife arrived in Vale from Honolulu Tuesday night on late train from Ontario. Mr. Stone, the founder of the Mal heur Enterprise four years ago retired from its ownership and took a years rest, having left Vale just a year ago Nov. 19. Bernie is much enthused over the Islands as a dream home. Most of his time on the Island was occupied in surf and sand bathing. There were times when Bernie desir ed to emulate Mark Twain, who de scribed the joys of Honolulu in "Rough ing It" many years ago. Both Mr. and Mrs. Stone are looking well and are again ready for work, per haps to establish another good paper somewhere in the western frontier. GRAND MASTER VISITS VALE H. I. O paying lodge. J. Taylor, Grand Master of the O. F., was in Vale Saturday last the annual visit to the local Declare It a Second Twin Falls Tract in Extent, ajid with Lands . Unequaled in Fertility. That the Jordan Creek irrff ation pro ject will demonstrate the latent possi bilities of a wonderful country, wonder ful both for its magnificent extent and agricultural products, was made known to the people of that section last week when J. B. Perrine, of Twin Falls, E. O. Howard and J. B. Austin, of Salt Lake and G. C. Baldwin of Boise, made a thorough examination of the project and the country surrounding, in com pany with Wells Bros., who are in charge of the construction. They went out to the reservoir, and upon coming in sight of the almost boundless area of splendid lands, they with one accord pronounced the Jordan Valley country a second Twin Fall, and stated that with the completion of the Jordan Creek reservoir and the ad vent of the new railroad, the great Jor dan Valley country would become one of the greatest producers of the west. Thunderbolts Hurled From The Temple of Wisdom Mcial Regulator Will Call the Future the Consumer ust Have What he Pays or. R.S. RICHARDSON KILLED Jem, Ore., Oct. 17 Short weights measures are to be a thing of the ia Oregon if the new weight! and es law is strictly enforce accor- to the instructions sent to all the ty sealers of weights and measures J Deputy State Sealer F. G. Buchtel. I enforcement of the law haa been pjed while the county sealers were Ft appointed and the required ap wtus obtained. Mr. Buchtel states V, however, that practically all of counties are ready to enforce the f, which applies to every kind of Mi and measure used in commer- business. The county sealer should visit ev- buainess place in the county lor iieh he is annotated, where scale, )ieht or measure is in use for the irposeof trade, and all apparatus .wld be tested," says Mr. Buchtel. jK'hen found to be accurate, it should 1 approved by placing the seal upon pa conspicuous place; when found Ncurate or untrue, it should be con Vaned and the condemning tag at- Wed in uih mannner that it will 'plainly visible and interfere with ''A prevent the use of the scale. "Under this law, a purchaser is en to the true net weight or meas ly 01 ny commodity ordered, at the foe the delivery of said commodity is Vide. j 'U la unlawful to include the weight ruure of anvthina other than that ? toe commodity being sold. If pur-P-w buys a ham, he is entitled to the reight of the ham and should not be fADB TO PAY FOR A CANVAS VER. AND SEVERAL OUNCES 'WAITING PAPER, lie, also, 'titled to buy the ham at Its true "tttt the time of sale and not Udi4 fc.igj, ont two or three before; ,lkj thU allies to the jeofail CMuiHwiiiLi thai fe eub- W lo Ham in welebl while u. r being h.Li for the ur' '1-U.. 4.1,., f ( u u A Nephew of Judge B. C. Richardson Killed in a Wreck on Sumpter Road. Baker, Or., Oct. 26. (Special.) One man was killed outright, another was slightly injured and two valuabl" "race horses were hurt in a wreck six miles north of Prairie City on the Sumpter Valley Railroad at 9:15 this Robert S. Richardson, of av.-.--V- Baker, was killed when he jumped from n sivartuminir car which fell on him and William Hall, of John Day, was' injured. Robert S. Richardson was a nephew of Judge B. C. Richardson, or vaie. He was born in Malheur county na was well and favorably known. HRS.WILUAMSRETURNS FROM VISIT Dr. Williams Attends Medi cal Convention. J. W. BARTON PASSES AWAY J. W. Barton died at one o'clock Thursday morning at the Drexel hotel. Mr. Barton came to Vale from Cam bridge Minn, last year and purchased the Thompson ranch of 320 acres. AKr,nt ii Hava rpo Mr. Barton came ONE KILLED IN TRAIN WRECK One Man Fatally Injured and Four Others Hurt When Trains Collide on Oregon Eastern. A bad wreck occured on the Oregon Eastern Thursday near mile post 61. Two work trains backed into each other and both way cars were demolished and five men badly hurt. The injured were immediately rushed to the Holy Rosary hospital at Ontario on the regular train to Vale and special from Vale to Ontar io, passing through Vale about 6 p. m. There were some 15 men in the way cars and the big gravel plow weighted with some 15 tons or steel pafsea Orders. Petitions. Protests and Explanations Mrs Frank Williams returned Thurs day from a trip to Seattle visiting friends. Mrs. Williams states thst the weather waa delightful aunng tay at the sound city, flowers bloom- Ing and air balmy. Dr Frank Williams returned at the same time having met Mrs. W.lli.ma route. Dr. Williams attend"! the medical convention at Hot Lake and tales that thy had ! u r,..ful and enjoyable nieeM. -i ... j i:,.u in to town and took a room at the hotel, . through both cars compieve.y uemo..-..-harfiv Ha was a Christian Sci- ine them. It is a matter of astonish- pntiat and did not consider it advisable ment that anyone escaped. to call a physician. He daily grew weaker until Tuesday of this week waa compelled to take to his bed. On Wednesday he was in great pain and requested a doctor for the purpose of relieving his pain, but declined to take medicine. His wife was notified in Seattle ana dispatched a healer from Walla Walla who arrived too late to be or service. Meanwhile Mrs. Rinehart and Mrs. Heaton did all possible to bring relief, but it was evident that he waa past recovery. A DELIGHTFUL PARTY GIVEN One of the most delightful parties of the season was given by Mrs. C. M. Crandall Thursday of last week. A larre number of ladies were pres ent and experienced a most enjoyable time. A mot delicious luncheon ed in excellent tante. was sen- Is MfcXICO ONE of the candidates, Felix Dia is not f rmitted to speak to person on shore. Whm.inu Cakdh are Uing .rr.artJ H the White llou-e fr the wedding to Ukti NoV. 'th. The injured were: Wesley Hickson, badly mashed, taken from under the wreck, died at the hospital about 8 p. m. AntVinritiva have been unable to lo cate friends or relatives. Frank Buckley, brakeman, leg brok en, body bruised, condition serious. A. C. Barkley, foreman ballast pit, ..i. in hsoH ami aome bodv bruises, not seriously hurt. H. Berg, conductor, head cut, not serious. Bert Hughs, assistant track foreman, body bruises, not serious. There will be an Investigation aa w cause oi wrecn. noumns ut..... known at present. FATAL FIRE Woman Fatally Burned in Flames which Destroy Home Near Ontario. Sunday morning about 9 o'clock the house of a Mr. Petk.r was discovered to le on fire and both rushed out differ ent doors to discover how far the flames had progressed, leaving the bat.y In the i li Lelnir noted that the house would soon be tUetroyod both rushed In for the hlld. u,. li..ker wss t badly burned i -I - .!,..! n a f.W hoUIS wbiU Mr. In the matter of the general reduction of the assessment roll for the year 1913 excepting land covered by the townsite of Columbine and lands in the southern part of the county em bracing the holdings of the Oregon Valley Land Company. Now at this time this matter coming on for consideration by the Board, and the Board having heard the arguments from several of the tax payers of the county and said tax payers believing that said assessment is above the act ual cash value, and the Board taking into consideration all these arguments, and being fully advised in the premises, It is therefore ORDERED that a general reduction of twenty per cent (20) be made und that the roll be re duced according to this order, excepting what is known aa the Townsite of Col umbine and that part of the county known aa the Oregon Valley Land Com pany'a holdings, the Board believing that the lowest possible assessment al ready exists upon this land for taxation purposes. This order does not extend to proper ties that have been equalized, aa aaid properties have already enjoyed aaid 20 reduction. Geo. W. McKnight, Chairman. John P. Houston, Clerk. PROTEST. BE IT KNOWN, that I, Louie E. Hill, Assessor of Malheur County, Ore gon, and an exofficio member of the Board of Equalization do hereby object to and protest against the action of the other membera of the aaid Board in makinir a general reduction of 20 per cent on the assessment of uncultivated and nontillable lands, and livestock and railroads, as such reduction favors the corporations more than any other class of tax payers, aa auch reduction is not just and equitable and in proportion to other assessments and reductions. WITNESS mw hand this 4th day of October, 1413. Lot'ia E. Hn.i.. Assessor, BY liahina Tobacco in Malheuri ..u-.v.!-..".. -.;';;;;;:,; : , -'-ij, , ,,, Liuutfht III l"l4iU M ' , i I I u al'Ul I'd.' 'Is '"'' 9 ' .;Z ,.'..4 .... r; ";, r.V- ' " " RECOMMENDATION GRANGERS. Vale, Oregon, September 9th, 1913. TO THE BOARD OF EQUALISA TION: We. the Committoe representing the Granges'of Malheur County do recom mend the following: FIRST, that1.25 per acre b the limit of value on all laiwls that Is impos sible of irrigation. SV'i'flNI). we rei-otnmend conserva tive value be plated upon lend that tre possible of irritation. TH IK D, we approve of the present assessment of unimproved lends in Irri gation districts. FOURTH, that we may not pay more than our own proportionate share of the State tax. We recommend a general reduction on all kinda of property to conform with adjoining counties. We further ask that all forms of pro perty receive the same treatment at your hand. A. G. Kingman, Guy Johnston, Committee representing the Granges of Malheur County. To the Editor of the Enterprise: Permit me to say a few words con tradicting the statement of The Enter- paise, under date of October 25th, and under the head of "Reverberationa From The Cave of Wisdom." First You stated that the County Board of Eoualization changed the assessment of several of the companiea after con aultation with The State Board, now the fact is, one of the members of the State Board gave me, (by letter), the figurea on whieh to base my assessment and I made my assessment according tn hla no-urea, and afterward he claim ed he had given hie estlmatea on heav ier material than waa used ao we cut the valuation down, but ao far aa the nhir rimminltta are concerned the State Board had no voice in the matter In your editorial you made the state ment that, "The classtncauon waa changed afUr Monte Gwinn appeared in Vale, before the Board the nrst time, r.iH tn 120 00 ner acre for aome re a- a T I on not apparent." Thin ntatenaant ii in error aa aucn j i in -i action on my part wouia o ihki The change in the classification waa Kfar tha roll wsi turned over to the Board of Equalization, and thia change was made because the parties who went to examine the land reported that the land waa worth $20.00 per acre, and I assessed the two sections of land In ouei-tion at 120.00 per acre This valuation waa aubstantiated by af fidavita of four good, reliable men, and the other membera of the Board would not consider them, but made the reduc tion aa Monte Gwinn asked. This land in question is partly under cultivation and is uuder The Malheur Livestock & Land Co'e. irrigation pro ject, and is well worth $20.00 per acre. All I want is a aquare deal and before publishing anvthing more in regard to my actiona please come to me and get the facts. Yours truly, Louia E. Hill. Assessor. REASONS FOR CHANGE. For the following reasons the Board of Equalization changed the assessment on Section 25 and S6. Township 28 8 R. 3t K. W. M., belonging to the Mal heur Live Htoek and Land Company: FIRST: The two aectlons above mentioned were not assessed in the same proportion to the land adjoining, .... ... u.!,.r it.ar It. There ws no " w - w- Train Kilh Man at A7 i.f.,tii.uii is el I s I H.sl '.'! by .it.e ul Jialles-Ul lfsi ily iHl by )(.(..i. pi... 1 1 I .li.s Ifelil Issl ti.tif l Hs M lisllatUr w .'..n.H. a t Vale to ee Liull .i ! ms on h llully ) pi" I I t W.lie III. 'ituwli ai not eta'Ul'lu land adjoining, of the same quality, that was assessed over $8.00 per acre. SECOND: The Assasaor claimed that the company had water for thia land, and it waa proven beyond a doubt to the Board that the company did not have water for these two sections. They produced from the State Engi neer's office at Salem records showing what land they had water for, and the recorda showed that they did not even have a permit for water for these two sections. It waa further ahown to the satisfaction of the Board that the pres ent reservoir could not hold water suffi cient to irrigate these two sections, and that the dam would have to be raised before it would be possible to irrigate the land in question. It waa not denied by the company that some water waa run on Section 25, for they had part of thia leased and agreed that if there was any waste water the man might have it, and it waa ahown that water ran on a part of eighty acres in Section 25 during the flood seaaon. THIRD: When thia land waa first assessed by the present Assessor a part waa valued at $20.00 per acre and the balance at $3.00 per acre; and it waa further ahown that the Assessor sent divers persona to this land to appraise the aame; and it waa further ahown that aome of the peraona ao aent were enemies to the company, and that point la a well known fact. It waa further alleged that the Assessor waa prejudic- , ed againat thia company, and the attor ney for the company offered to bring in proeT of thia allegation, hut the Board did not aee fit to have thia phaae of the matter gone into. It waa further al leged, and not disputed by the Assessor, that the assessment waa changed two or three times; and it was shown be yond a doubt to all concerned that there existed bitter feeling between the com pany and the Assessor. It waa further shown that a creek or canyon ran through part of thia land and deposited a large amount of gravel upon certain parts of this land, and that fact waa not disputed by the Assessor, and still he refused to make any allowance what ever. The Assessor will not deny that one member of the Board urged him to go personally and look over thia land and aee for himself, make the assess ment himself, and the Assessor agreed to go. The member told him at the time that there would be a protest from the company, and that the Board would want a full understanding of the quea tion, but the Assessor did not go out aa agreed. FOURTH: That the Assessor him self made the changes in the other two road companies, and in one case partic ularly, of land belonging to the Oregon Washington Colonization Company un der the proposed Star Mountain Project. It was admitted by that company that the land was as good as any In that part of the country, but that they did not have at present water for it (nelth. er did the Malheur IJveetork etui I -and Company have water for their t aee lions); and the Asevesor lowered the valuation to 00 mt are, upon the tfrwwi.d thai the lend e wrongly rlase- iried, W llr lir I'I'utm. li.'Sid loa the 0 4ii.iii'l on 6J I I