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About Malheur enterprise. (Vale, Or.) 1909-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 15, 1913)
VAlf, Core cw of e West" Oil, Irrigated Farm aid Fruit Lands nAtrt 0f business; mercantile, J'ifS. hotel. re.Uur.nt, n.w. J -..ItT drug nd drnggi.t.' he b.rber. th. butcher, FtXSr "ur dealer., bl.ck.mith., Sl pool h,,,, fed ,to:M; V "one; do well when they d Sfi"n"h Malheur Enterpriw. VOL. 4. NO. 52. 1 ' The Banner live Stcdi Ccu-ty cf Tt.Uld L,-J The Malheur Enterprise De livered to your home ot mailed, $100 per year, in advance. The Leading Paper of Malheur County. COUNTY ELECTION DECEMBER 15 Petitions Filed and Election Ordered. MALHEUR COUNTY FAIR Proposition for County to Take Over Ontario Fair Will Be Submitted. Another election is set for the people sf Malheur county, Dec. 15. This elec tion iB for the purpose of deciding the queition of the county taking over the property of the Fair Association at On tario and hereafter running the fair as I county institution. A petition was circulated and the necessary number of signer, obtained and was presented to the county board. The board ordered the election in compliance with the law on the subject and the election notices have been post ed calling the election on the date named. The levy necessary to purchase the land of the association and all improve menU will be one mill on the assessed valuation making the amount to be paid on each (1,000 the sum of one dollar. A Great Exodus from the farming communities to New York City is ex pected. Seats in 'the New York Stock Exchange are now selling for $41,000 per. WILLOW WOOD STOCK FARM Mr. Creel, manager of Willow Wood Stock Farm, is pleased with the outlook for his stock. There is a demand in the Palouse country for more young pigs than he can possibly supply, though he has some 700 brood stock. "The greatest trouble we will have," .aid Mr. Creel, "will be in always sup plying the demand so that people who have large areas of grain can be sure that their order will be filled. The home market will improve later too, which will necessitate a great increase in our facilities." This farm will bring a large amount of money into the country, and it is to be hoped that others will take hold of the business and make this section a center for young stock supplies. Los Angeles Has a $30,000,000 wa ter system which will furnish the city with 250,000,000 gallons each 24 hours. A supply sufficient for a population of 2,000.000. OREGON EXHIBITS GONEEAST Portland, Ore., Nov. 11 (Special) -C. C. Chapman, secretary of the Ore gon Development League, who is to head the Oregon delegation at the Uni ted State. Land Show in Chicago, No vember 20 to December 8, has gone east to Install the exhibit. Oregon will occupy two booths in the Land Show and will also have lecture room privi leges. From five to eight Oregon rep- antAtivea will be m attendance at all times. The exhibit will consist of agricul tural product, of every sort, contribu ted by commercial clubs In all parts of the state and is one of the most com plete ever assembled in Oregon. All of the exhibit, were shipped from Portland last Saturday in a special bag- nncrvii the North Bank. Great - -Northern and Burlington roads. VALE, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1913. PRICE 5 eenta DANKERFOOTGOT TWOJORE A. G. Christie and Virgil Maupin in Jail Dan Kerf cot has added a couple, of inmates, to his palatial hotel. A. G. Christie, convicted of petty larceny at Ontario, has taken a suite for thirty days and Virgil Maupin, indicted for larceny by bailee will remain at the resort until court week. Sir Thomas Lipton has begun work on Shamrock IV., with which he will try again to lift the America's cup. If we lose it next summer to him we couldn't lose to a better sportsman. There is now one sweet consolation for the great majority of us. We do not have to figure out how to "comply with the income tax" and so are saved from the danger of a brain fag. or PROF. FRENCH IS VALE VISITOR Prof. French, of the Oregon Agricul tural College, appeared before the board of county commissioners on the subject of demonstration farms fanning. There was an set passed at the last legislature permitting the state to do nate to each county a sum equal to such sum as the county may provide for the purpose of demonstrating methods of handling the various crops or of hand ling, raising and preparing for market, live stock and their products, including poultry. It is not the intention of the act, or of the college, to create special demon stration farms, but to select, from farms already under cultivation, those best adapted for the purpose and make some arrangement with owner. After listening to Prof. French the board concluded to make provision for this work in their budget to be made up in December. THE OFFICIALRETURNS Of Malheur County, Oregon, Special Referendum Elec tion, Held November 4, 1913. Complete returns from all precincts in Malheur county show that only two bills carried: The University Repair Bill and Workman's Compensation Act, the other three being lost. Some pecular records are made; Bro gan votes almost unanimously yes on all but the Sterilization act, on which there is a tie and Carlile votes almost unanimously no on the same acts. EXPLOSION OF GAS IS HEARD Twenty Acres of Ground is Disrupted and Huge Boulders Hurled into the Air i i PRECINCTS REPAIR YES NO Vale Ontario Barren Valley.. Big Bend Bully Grange Nyssa Owyhee Red. Butte Snake River ... Star Skull Springs .. Three Fork. Westfall Brogan Carlile Castle Rock Basin Crowley Cairo Harper amieson Jordan Valley.. Junction Juniper Malheur Summit Arcadia Total 71 95 1 7 5 8 42 24 2 15 9 2 ,4 . 5 26 5 8 13 10 12 1 14 13 3 16 3 20 434 33 43 10 6 21 23 27 18 9 21 2 8 1 12 21 1 8 1 57 12 1 10 7 13 14 7 11 397 66 89 7 6 6 42 21 1 9 9 3 2 5 24 4 8 14 9 10 1 14 12 4 15 1 21 403 J'LD STERIL CO.ATT'Y WKM COM NO YES NO YES NO YES NO 36 60 43 57 46 60 42 48 74 59 79 51 94 38 11 3 8 5 6 3 10 5 8 5 8 5 3 10 20 3 24 11 16 17 9 23 8 23 3 27 11 19 23 47 21 43 23 43 22 21 24 18 28 13 22 18 10 9 2 3 8 9 2 26 19 17 13 22 21 13 1 7 3 7 i 2 8 7 1 8 5 5 7 3 . .3. .2 - - 6 4 2 5 1 12 7 10 10 6 10 7 3 14 14 19 5 22 6 22 1 25 25 4 21 1 2 7 3 6 4 5 8 2 20 11 8 13 8 2 6 4 5 6 11 1 59 20 49 17 49 29 38 12 14 13 4 10 2 12 2 11 3 9 4 10 16 6 6 15 14 9 6 1 8 3 7 2 8 13 1 12 1 12 6 7 15 8 22 7 23 17 13 9 2 8 7 2 7 1 11 17 15 12 18 18 12 418 374 452 380 421 470 339 i i Herbert Loy reports a tremendous gas explosion about 35 miles south of Vale. The ground over 20 acres was badly disrupted and huge boulders scat tered about. Any person in the imme diate vicinity would have been likely to have hard work dodging boulders. This eruption emphasizes the fact that this section is a good one to bore for oil. P. L. S. CO. SHIPS CMtLE The P. L. S. Co. shipped 1650 head of four and five year eld steers from Malheur and Harney county ranges to Echo la,st week where they will be fed during the winter. The shipment was made from Huntington, and Walter Glenn was in charge of th'i stock. This was the finest bunch of steers ever snipped out of Malheur county, the average value being over $100 per head. Walter Glenn will have charge of the feeding corrals at Echo this winter for the P. L. S. Co. SOCIETY LEADERS ENTERTAIN Mesdamea Thos. Jones and Virgil Staples continued the gay festivities which ushered in the season by giving a delightful whist party to a large num ber of their friends at the home of Mrs. Staples. A most enjoyable afternoon was spent and the ladies, were profuse in their enconiums on the elegance of their entertainment. The entertainment was given In honor of Mrs. Henry Huppnich, of John Day. The rooms were artistically decorated with beautiful cut flowers. Mrs. O. S. Osborn carried away the first prize and Mrs. E. Hayes obtained the booby prize. Thn hndtesses were assisted by the Misses Sasser, Edwards and Jones. We note the headline, "Yale Gets Se cret Practice." Colgate i. probably practicing in public with many admir ing spectators present. ! -) AFTER MALHEUR LANDS State of Washington Sends Desirable Citizens The Enterprise received a call from A. L. Bozarth, of Woodland wasn., who has been looking the country over in company with We. Cavines. Mr. Bozarth finds much that pleases him in this section and will return some time In the spring. Mr. Bozarth is a native of Washing ton, and is .till living on the donation land claim taken by hi. father who lo cated In Washington in 1852. "You have a fine looking country, id Mr. Bosarth. "and it will make itself heard in the near future." Belolt college yesterday celebrated the eightieth birthday of the janitor who has been In charge of it. building. for the last fifty year.. A good janitor is worth celebrating. SETTLERS HAPPY ON BUUXLAND Money at Hand to Finish Work oh Project , DILEMMA WITH 2 HORNS Judge McKnight Discusses Action of the Malheur Coun ty Board of Equalizat.on. EXTEND THANKS TO ENTERPRISE Eugene, Ore., Nov. 8 Editor of Mal heur Enterprise, Vale, Oregon, Dear Sir: The University of Oregon wishes to thank you for your interest and help in regard to the appropriations. All here are very much elated over the victory and we hope that in the fu ture we shall never have to contend with such difficulties again. Sincerely, Florence Moffet. A NEW DRUGGIST IN TOWN If the people of V ale cannot get plen ty of service at the drug stores this season it will not be because of the scarcity of druggists. There was a new one came to town last Beason to later attend to matters in the Drexel store while, not to be out done, the Vale store has secured the services of a Miss Sasser, weignt o pounds and an exponent of the value 01 milk as a Bteady diet. A VALE GIRL IS HONORED Lois Cook, daughter of Rev. F. L. Cook, who is attending Washington High School In Portland has been elect ed vice president of her class. Miss Cook will graduate from high school February next MORE CATTLE FOR MARKET William Mockler returned last week from his second trip into the cattle country of southern Malheur and Har ney county. Mr. Mockler brought 100 head of fine steers with him and is feeding them on the McLaughlin ranch leased by Mr. Reed. WASHINGTONIANS TAKE LAND Editor, Malheur Enterprise, Vale,1 Oregon, Dear Sir: It is with regret that I am forced to ask space in your paper to answer that part of County Assessor Hill', last letter, where he asks Mr. Houston to explain why he and Judge McKnight lowered the valu ation of sheep to $2.67 per head. As I am a tax payer on sheep and Chairman of the Board of Equalization, if I did what the Assessor', letter in fers, it would be wrong on my part to use my official position to place upon other property taxes my own should bear. I can't allow myseir to Deneve that Mr. Hill would willfully misrepre sent or misconstrue theactfons of hi fellow official's," therefore, the only ex planation that I can deduct is that he really does not know. Then, with this apology to the public, I will explain: Mr. Hill as assessor fixed the classifi cations and the relative valuation, on all property interests to suit himself. He had all the year to consider and re arrange these classifications and valu ations, and as the assessor was abso lutely responsible for the same, they marA Viia own creation. He fixed the different classifications and relative valuations on sheep, so that, in his judgment, they would bear their just and proportionate share or tne taxes. as with all other property interests. When the Board of Equalization took from his office the tax roll, responsibil itv than ahiited from th e assessor to board, but not from Mr. Hill, a. he be- came an ex-offlcio member of it. The Board throughout maintained the asses anr eluBsifieatisn. and relative valu ationsMr. Hill of course concurring. Endeavoring to equalize the roll, all changes made were individual, such as the change of one piece of land to cor respond with another of a ame class, or one stock of merchandise to other stocks of merchandise, etc. There pmn frnm the neoDle a universal de mand for lowering the entire tax roll. We accordingly Investigated valuation. of -all .iitrT thro)ghoufc-thestat, and it appeared that we were the high est. Applying Mr. HUT. rule mai many head, are better than one, we lowered hi. extreme valuation to about the average of the state, by putting a plane of twenty per cent downward to the entire roll. Mr. Hill, of course, dis senting. All property on the roll ehar ed alike in the reduction, leaving the relative valuation, undi.turbed. Sheep shared of course with the other proper ty, but will still bear exactly the pro portion of taxes the assessor maintain ed they should, figure a he may. Geo. W. McKnight. WATER IN AMPLE TIME Work is Progressing Rapid ly and Water will be Fur- ( nished for All Ready Financial matter, have been finally ; arranged which will insure the com pletion of the Bully creek project the coming season. Those who have land ready will likely get water enough to put in a crop next season. A. the Enterprise ha. never Indicated that there would be any other result there I. nothing In the pre.ent new. that any more than confirm, former statements. ' - Work is going forward on the diver sion dam and that structure will D9 , completed this fall and winter. Those who have been holding desert claim, will feel relieved when the ee water flowing In the ditch. "Star Mountain will likely be tne next irrigation project started, " .aid We. Caviness, "and that project will be another Indication that the fcnter- prise know, what is going on in the country, as that paper ha. consistently claimed that both of these project. . would give settlers water before 1816. NONE OF THIS IS FOR VALE Western Washington has heard of the splendid lands of Malheur county and is sending numbers of their citizens over to Vale to secure them before it is too late. Tuesday brought the following gentle men from Bellingham: C. F. Ander son, B. S. Worthly, H. Cedergrey, E. W. Dickerson. and A. J. Prettyman. These men have all taken lands and ill make their home in ovmv v or near Vale. CORN EXPERT IN COUNTY Prof. Holden, the great corn expert has been visiting Ontario and Nyssa and will go to the Owyhee country. The live NEWCONTRACTOR IN TOWN It Is currently reported that the steamship Vestris is bringing to New York on it. present northward trip . 5000 quarter, of beef consigned to Swift & Co. There i. no beef on this boat I tW-wy-el th -independent companiey it is stated. According to present aau lng arrangement, the next .teamer with a beef cargo for New York will be the Vandyck, due to arrive there Dec. 6. Hi. expected that beCween 10,000 and 12,000 quarter, of beef, will be Mint out on the Vandyck, and that the Independent will .hip about one third of thl. quantity, and the packer, two third.. The boat to follow Is the ZinaL also with a cargo of 12,000 quar ters, and the proportion of .hipmentby independents and trust Interest. I. aira- ilar to that on the VandycK. mere l. another boat, the Alcala, which 1. echeduled to take beef to the United States early the coming year, but tho exact amount has not been decided on. the Bank Deposit Interest is Not to be Taxed at Source urAcuiwp.TnM.Rirrttirv of the tax V 4a.W . A' V V Treasury McAdoo ha. notified collector, of internal revenue that the Income tax on the interest on bank deposit, aud bank certificate, of deposit I. not to be withheld at the source. Institutions receiving deposit, of money are not re quired under the income Ux regulation, to withhold at the source the normal Income tax of 1 r cent on the Interest paid, or accrued to depositor. Hul 11 Stub interest, whether paid ut ei-.rued krul iw.t itnLJ inn l La iurluded in M - -- i - - La return by the .eroii enUlUd l re ceive BUh interest, Utr on uit w wt the rrlifi t deil. TU MmLiy iklM l"'U I1 iUl Wloll iLlla-slioJiS ut H any !, I A Great Lecturer Visits Vale There will doubtless be thing, doing on the Oregon Eastern soon, a. there arrived in Vale Sunday a new contract- and wideawake farmers 01 0r. He i. at present noi bdio vo iao those communities, realizing the value an tctjve part in affair, but i. rapidly of .uch talk as thi. greatest 01 au corn , under tho attention of Mr. IJ AnA.rfAfl af. !fUWTLK r:!:: , .nd Mr.. Rhiven, Th. new cent 6 (. onnflntH to a diet of milk. Hi. for the fray, I. weight, stripped pound.. 11 It ha. been called to the secretary's attention that bank, in certain sections are refusing to pay coupon, for inter est on bonds of state., counties, cities or other political subdivisions of the United States, when such coupon not accompanied by certificates of own .r.Mn. without deducting the normal tax of I r rent which the r-guisto" require .hall be deducted at the urce in paying the interest on l""i "f fl,r' por.tioo, M"l rompai.ir. -ftot-Ulioiis and ln.uraiue r.inj.' The rretry iiiL lUl 111 Ufp.l roopoi.s huld l'1' "" .i . .. - tUlUr lU v lud ' .i - II. .ii. ..4 kilia i.l ftl.V 1IiUbI Bull If tl.v du l-I !.' " A. E. NICHOL BUYS FARM A. E. Nichol has purchased the farm owned by Harry Edwards at Ironside. The farm is one of the old landmarks of that section and has at all times been noted as a great producer. Mr. Ed wards has been raising considerable grain but Mr. Nichols proposes to put it all into alfalfa and feed cattle. The ranch has no waste land and i rwrfect water rieht long since adjudi Mr. Nichols owns a homestead 4.l ,nnirv. During the win III lliw ae wm j - ter Mr. and Mrs. NichoU will reside Ontario, where they are sending son to school. in their STOCKHOLDERS CHANCELLOR GEORGE H. BRADFORD Teaches Lesson of Pure Cit izenship that Leaves Last ing Effect upon People. The first number of the Vale Enter tainment Course was presented at the Bungalow Theatre Saturday evening, a lecture by Chancellor George H. Bradford, of Oklahoma. A large and appreciative audience greeted the speaker and all were high ly pleased with the leciure. Mr. Bradford comes from the poor implicated class of American citizens, hia wiv through college, and. TV V B W . .. nrter the management of the Kedpain Lyceum Bureau, ia now on the lecture platform pointing the way to the com ing generation, to nobler deeds and bet ter things, to a life of activity, patriot- a . biiijI lavkin purity iru muw w-. A HARD TRIP FOR AUTOS MARRIAGE OF H. B. CREEL Lost in the wilds of Idaho and South- ern Maineur county " - WeBtern Pacific official, making the trip over the proposed route of the p at reidence of Mr. and Winnemucca brancn wmcn Frjv Mrf Ge0 Davts, and connect H. B. Creel, of J amieson, was mar ried in Vale Monday evening and Mr. and Mrs. Creel will make their home on the Willow Wood Stock Farm. The ceremony was performed by Rev, HIGHERTHANANY IN MALHEUR r The government has set aside $800,000 for the completion of the Umatilla pre lect, which aasurea another Urge block . . . . i . a. . 1 a. of land made ready lor aettiers at iw $105 per acre. The Malheur project ha. Deen esti mated by the government aa a not ex pensive one and would not now coet anything like $100 per acre. The Star Mountain project which will be constructed next aaaon through the effort, of We. Caviness will furnish water for $50 or less and the land la far easier to irrigate than anything in Umatilla county. The Bully creek project goee forward and the diversion dam will be completed thi. winter. E. J. Well, report, was , the Jordan creek project will furnish water next year. Nobody but Mr. BRYAN seem, to want money badly enough to start ti ; government on 1U way toward fiat money. 1 to touch Jordan Valley Boise and San Francisco. They are making the trip in automo biles and there are spot, in beautiful Idaho and lovely Malheur where auto, might have hard wheeling after a rain. Team, h.ve been sent out for them. State Tax Levy ivill be 5 Mills Malheur $284,000 Over verage viwim f f I I f fliUm. u M b I I N V A I I4. 1 ...hood. F.v.ry parent d every young llliiUi 111 a ill yf B HI.Bf "linl , , . ,.,..,...,4 There wbb a moling ot the stork-! holier of l.e M.l.ur .m Telephone (' ll, l. wrek in Vale. Those reel,t W, li.i.ii,r, of lif lefio. M i. M"!, I W. UlMy ei.d A. V. loU". t nd young woman who heard Chan rlU,r Bradford's splendid, manly ! ture, made heller ly ' Learing TIrough U.e effort U Maimer F. I.. l.k of Ihe r.nUlliiili.ei.l t'ouree. IhaMvli'" Mid'"'d ws. iiMlo.-e.l lM ,a n.lllBH "'" P,."',Jr i -m. -u.il, vi 1 4-14 Ly an ik Si IllOll.llg, I (I .,.Ol.fc4 fM I ) Salem, Oregon. Nov. 10-The assess able property in Oregon, exclusive of the property of the public arrvice cor porations, shows a decided increase this year over last, according to report made by the county boards of equaUia tion to the state Ux commission. The r..wrta airirrearate $835,208,527. which U an Increase for 1913 of $42.m,$tf. Of this Increase Malheur county fur i.h oodlv proportion. The as- sed value of taxable property In Malheur lt year, eicluslve of public . . i torviie corporations, was 'J, .(-,&.,. W. I-.-.. .f Kahapel. ha moved ... MiKi, an In. ..I mora than a biiuii nullum ana ... i., 1 iiirl. an irreee fcf ' ' .i.l (aa Uy m lto.-tn.Ur- 1" Miu...i.s tUl lU Uvy BUI I Us In case of real trouble with Mexico it is pleasing to know that Theodore Roobevelt la no further away than Buenos Ayres. A MONTANA MAN IN VALE ... v.t.. a..,. mil UA tU rout.tr y ovr With Ihe ll.lel.lloil tf Ukll'K ""' ,Ufrir .ui.Umg lm.Uihni. Mr l"K" f"1,1 Hl'OM.4 m at. i t IUi Ihe ...wi.Uy uMw.Mli..g . to 6 mills, while last y.ar It wu 1.2 mills, the lowest levy in the history of v the state. Thia large increase In the rate will be due to the heavy approp riations of th.i last legielature, as the December levy will have to provide for them. This necessity of having a low state tax levy one year and a high one the ..... lHalallva Baa. slon, will be t-bviated hereafter by a new law whl.h will permit the ttaU tax einailBlon la have more leeway In Mioklliiiiir U.e levies BO they will be more ne.Uy uniform every year. ! oUier words the til w-mmUaloe; ha. au ihorltv l ai.ti'-llBte the legislative aj- proprielloi s by retail some ef the money l U.e 1 yr. instead f rals- (I tiiiim4 )' )