VALE Core of the "New Empire of the West" i, MEDIUM -A W Oil, Irrigated Farm and Fruit Land VOL 5. NO. 40. The Banner Live Stock County of The United Statci .MTALrA-i fcto "OOMCTO r:.ri A J If? y ii r- - 4 , V r .... Vv.V St t oivff .s3'i VALE, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUG 22, 1914. PRICE 5 cents MORE HOMESTEAD LAND Over Fourteen Thousand Acres More of Malheur Land Thrown Open Entry as Homesteads. Another large tract of Malheur lands has been thrown open for homestead entry, as will be seen by the following letter of instructions received by the officers of the local land office this week: Department of the Interior, General Land Office. Washington, August 10, 1914. Register and Receiver, Vale, Oregon. Sirs: On December 17, 1909, the State of Oregon filed its segrega tion list No. 25, which was refiled Aug- nt5. 1911, as to 14,bl7.83 acres of land in Ts. 18, 19, and 20 S., It. 41 E., under the act of August 18, 1894 (28 Stat.. 372 -422). On February 9, 1914, the State filed duly executed relinquishment of all the lands embraced in this segregation list, said relinquishment being in accord ance with certain resolutions of the Desert Land Board of Oregon. Upon consideration of the case, said relin quishment is accepted, and it is hereby ordered and directed that all the lands embraced in said segregation, which are not otherwise withdrawn or reserv ed, be, and the same are, hereby re itored to the public domain to become and be subject to 'settlement with a view to entry under the homestead and desert land laws at 9 o'clock a. m. on the twenty-eighth day succeeding the date of receipt hereof, and to other forms of entry, selection and disposi tion at 9 o'clock a. m. on the fifty- lixth day succeeding the date of re ceipt hereof. If the dates on which the lands be come subject to settlement or entry fall on a legal holiday, the lands shall become subject to such settlement or entry on the first business day there after. This restoration is made in accord ance with the provisions of the act of September 30, 1913 (38 Stat, 113), and of Departmental regulations of June 17, 1914, Circular 334 of July 3, 1914, amending Sec. 9 of the regulations un der said act of March 15, 1910 (38 L. D., 580), and also in accordance with Circular No. 324 of May 22, 1914, in so far as the last-named circular mav apply. You will observe that by this restor ation no other change in the status of the land is affected and that no other withdrawal or reservation is thereby terminated. Warning is expressly given that no person will be permitted to gain or ex ercise anv rights whatever under any settlement begun prior to the date of settlement fixed herein and subsequent to the reservation of the tracts involv ed, and all such settlement or occupa tion is forbidden, and those settling in violation hereof are liable to be eject ed. Intending settlers are also warn ed to ascertain the status of the sur veyed lands bv inquiry at the local land office before making settlement there on. Persons having valid subsisting rights initiated prior to the reservation and who have maintained the same will be allowed to complete such rights in accordance with existing laws and reg ulations. Very respectfully, (Signed) Clay Tallman. THE LEGALIZED MURDERW M RROGAN RETURNS Goes Grimly on in Europe, While Civilization Shud ders with Horror at Battlefields Strewn with Thousands of Gaping Human Corpses. New York In an extra war edition, a German paper announces, under the heading "Why the British Navy is Silent," that 39 British war vessels were sunk by the German torpedo flotilla, and that German airships have destroyed three British dreadnaughts. The Germans have captured Brussels and are moving steadily on to the French border. At Al sace the French report a victory over the German soldiers, while the Germans won at Lorraine. Every available building in towns and on farms in Belgium is filled with the wounded, and the line of march of the German army is said to be marked by burning towns. French airships are making brief scouting trips over German territory, but have not been re ported as doing any serious damage to the enemy, while the German air vessels are destroying the enemy by land and sea. Three Russian towns are reported destroyed by German airships. More soldiers are killed in each short engagem ent in the present war than were killed in a week ot continuous lighting in lormer wars. When the massed troops hnally engage, the largest armies of the world's history will meet, and the destruction of life most terriffic. The cost of the war, in dollars, is estimated at $50,000,000 a day at this time, but if the com bined soldiery of the warring nations get into action, there will be 19,000,000 men afield. The cost of feeding and moving them combined with the damage they would do to property, would run into an aggretratp of expense so staggering as to be only second to the slaughter of humans entailed. BOOSTING ONTARIO BOOSTERS Vale Turns Out a Delegation of Happy Hand-Shakers that Makes Our Neighbors Want to Stay in Vale. The Ontario Boosters arrived in Vale ahead of schedule time Thursday after noon, having made the trip to ' Juntura and Harper in the morning. They were met at the depot by May or Davis and the Vale Chamber of Commerce, together with a large dele gation of citizens headed by the Vale Brass Band. It had been j planned to have some five hundred people at the depot to meet the Boosters, but their arrival ahead of the schedule prevent ed this plan from being carried out in full. After hearty greetings all round a parade was formed led by the Vale band and all marched down town, and after music by the Vale and Ontario bands on Main street, the crowds filled the his Theatre. In a neat speech Mayor Davis presented Mayor Trow of Ontario with a huge gold key to the city on behalf of the citizens of Vale, throwing the city wide open to the Boosters during their stay here. Mayor Trow in response compliment ed the people of Vale very highly upon their hearty welcome and praised the enterprise of our people in establishing a Better Babies Contest and Pioneers Re-Union. Bruce R. Kester, of the Pioneers committee, was called and made a briet response in regard to th purposes of the Pioneer meeting, ex tending a hearty invitation to all pio neers to be present. At the close of the meeting the Boos ters were invited to eo out and take the town, and they did, finding good cheer and good fellowship on every corner and in every business house in the city. When the whistle sounded for their departure, all were reluctant to leave, but promised an early return, both in dividually and en masse. Many were heard to remark that they were glad they did not visit Vale first, as the hos oitality here was so generous they might have refused to go any farther. The Malheur County Fair pennants carried by the Boosters were soon worn by Vale citizens and displayed Altogether, the visit of the Boosters to the county seat was a mnit nlpuHiimtile occasion, both for a iivu v iy - - - the visitors and the entertaining hosts IS INTERESTING TO TAXPAYERS Malheur rmintv Taxnavers Entitled to All Privileges Enjoyed by Other Counties. Mr. J. Ralph Weaver, County Treasurer, Vale, Oregon. Dear Sir: ' th nninlon that the provisions of Section 3682 w AHA VVillllllBBIWII M V '' I - . . . , Lord'i Orfkomn T aura aa am pnHd hv Chaoter 184. Laws of 1913. requiring tne collection nf nnlti nn th RPrond half of taxes, paid before September 1st, where th fir.t fc.if n.M hfVre ADril 1st. are definite and by no means unreasonable. But injunctions restraining the collection of such penalties have been is ued in M,.ifn k -a tv,r rnunties. It is not necessary to dis- m the propriety of these injunctions or the circumstances under which they were n.m ti,.. anA nrppnt a situation of interest to every eutintv These injunctions as they stand are effective only in particular counties nd. in the Bhn nf -ffirmation bv the Supreme Court, do not necessan y .i .... ... a the same time, in uuuuy me administration oi tne law in omer cuuu. - ound rpann .r u i; t..n,Vpn of certain counties should not enjoy ...v. .... v....b, - r-t privileges and immunities in the administration of - w mc taxpayers ox an wuwi , . ,l This Commission has not sufficient authority under the law to order the Tai rv.ii.,,., .w i mit nenalties on second hair tax Davmont. Dti, i v .u- r..i rurti of the several counties pre icriU tk. a .u. vh. ri.n bv the Tax Collectors for the fcWul performsncs of their duties, we re of the opinion that the County Court of .ny county, by an order properly made, may accept the njunct.o-i I'inW In Multnomah County, and remit the penalties on second " Jl "U. l obeying such an order of the County Court, the Tax Coll-eto wouU feusvvd of re.txmMib.Uitv undr his bond for failure to roui .uc Very truly yours. tfTATK TAX COMMISSION. ilv CM18. V. (JAU-OWAV, 4,n.liilS.Wileir. l am,nW. Uh the aUvs Utti t Wty IWt MlUur Vu''7 WM that il.. u, y. W.U.rur lu..ty "J" ' " 1.M.,u..ilk. In lh .Smii.l.UstMi if ! ""'4r 1 ' " Hili,f (I. ... I.m. I...J II.. lnalllS frllll l - if L.i m, u, Ui.,,, Aiigvtt Sll. PI y i. VMavaii, War Map Showing AustriaHungary, Servia, Greece, Bosnia, Herzegovina and the 'New Balkan Boundaries III ul ' 41 . . ... .A.i.i m .inf.. n u . .in. w . . L . II . 1 ,..,11. In 1 II, Uil i I, u iu 'ui i tNia A'l'UUs Through the tiresome years of wait- ihg and hoping, Vale at last sees the silver lining of the overshadowing clouds change into gold. D. M. Brogan, who made Willow creek around Brogan and Jamieson bloom with peach and apple blossoms and incidentally addod much to the in creased wealth of Vale and Malheur county, arrived in town, Wednesday, from the east with a party of capital ists who will push the Bully creek pro ject to completion. In 1911 D. M. Brogan, Geo. E. Davis and John Rigby took hold of the Bully creek enterprise and smoothed the way Bully Creek Project to be Completed, Making Homes for Ten Thousand People on Fertile Lands Near Vale. for the organization of the Vale-Ore. gon Irrigation Co. Mr. Brogan proceeded to Philadel phia and secured funds for the comple tion of the organization and obtaining the contracts from the settlers under the system. Funds were then secured by Mr. ' Brogan to start the enterprise and it . was expected to continue with a rush , to completion in 1913. The Mexican, war came on and disarranged the plans. This caused a delay in the work. Succeeding once more in secur ing, funds, work was again started and the diversion da.n together with sever- feij Srt s" daniio ojrxr try r - K T 'b WARSAW MUNICH Ctv. xvn-( Iv ys vjw.w. i'i n f umhuui. J VI i x c "i ci a uar- - S X. : Mil A.. (Ttf V eiH Mtx creasy 1 . ... . t. . . i .. .i.. u..tii. 4 m.m' mttA U nlnsarra. wIuTaS. ? .S -1 trZ U It .b. ou, Tury Kurop,. Th. Kuru par. of ,1mm IMJ ,n,;r. I. in fart rlrtusllj wlj.H . aHliwfli Iuuii1m be not bo rouflrmed offl rUlly. All lh. 1- ltl "J". of II- TnrfcUb ....l.. .-..t-hH b.r fro.fl lb. nr. br Tur s. f.r as Ad.1i..;.i. ru U'J' iw dfrsi by ih.m In s-h.,,4 th. r.ol lUls.. Iy b. trru.. of li . w fr( li ,1U1 , ,11W, 1)f ,., . ,,,,.,, rjr lluf i-.rti.rf " ' 1 ,,(( , ((,l,.,,u,.M, ,,.i.t, f .Mli'.ir .. ihn lib .... ,...-1 ! .... Si Ui"i,u I. IV w.ti--" . .. il.. III., k ... I I !,, Hi Hi rf lllli' Il l as -: v. D. M. BROGAN The crood friend of Vale, whose indomitable enerpry is changing the barren sage brush deserts into traraens ana irua orcnaras. al miles of ditch were constructed, but again matters were delayed by the 1912 election and consequent stagnation of business pending legislation. Undismayed by these heartbreaking delays and difficulties, Mr. Brogan nev er ceased pushing ahead and now has the matter so lined up that there is no doubt of success and the settlers under the system may feel assured that they will nave waur iiy nei m-noun u prove up on their desert claims and commence putting their land under cul tivation. What this means to Vale cannot be told or even estimated. With 4,xkj acres of the best fruit land in tho world lying at her doors above the frost line, directly joining tho Oregon Eastern and Brogan line of the Oregon Short Line R. U., with ample water, Vale should have at least 10,000 popu lation within four years. We look over on the Payette bench and see a splendid community built up with fine homes where only six years o there was only sagebrush. All this change has come about mrougn the use of water. The Bully creek benches and the benches on the Willow creek slope cannot be excelled In rich ness and favorable location by any land In America. Climatic conditions are unequaled. Transportation as good as any in the west. It is not unreason able to expect an equal or better development. The policy of the government 1 gra dually changing for the better towards the tiller of the soil. The exodus from the middle states to Canada is about stayed. June, July and AuguBt frosts that kill wheat has sent thoussnds back to the United States from that inhospitable clime. Eastern Oregon and particularly Malhuur county will now corns Into its own. This season will finally demonstrate that Malheur county is undeniably a splendid corn country. A few years only, and U rolling bills around VU will b covered with waving rorn fltlU and the spring air will be wafted to our beautiful town, Udun with the awct . M from bloiiiiiig trtu-s, Hn.wll in.i.ufiM t'liii.M Itilvrrult the irrigation nystoms created by D. M. Brogan. The people of Vale cannot give too much credit to the promoter of the Vale-Oregon enterprise. While Messrs Davis and Kigby performed their por tion of the work and have undeviating ly held to the final success of the en terprise, it has been Mr. Brogan who has unceasingly worked through almost unsurmountable difficulties to a final consummation of his hopes. For many years Mr. Brogan has dreamed and talked of a continuous garden of fruit and grains from Vala to Brogan, 28 miles. Around Brogan there are some 4,000 acres soon to pour their products into the market, with some 3,000 acres at Jamieson soon to follow. The addition of Bully creek will add at leant 20,000 acres within a short time toward the successful work ing out of his dresm. ALASKA WELL IS DRILLING ON Encouragement Increases as Depth is Attained. The arrival In town of D. M. Brogan has created considerable stir as it is now practically certain that Bully creek will be pushed to completion. The completion of this system coupled with the almost certainty that the Alaska well will have oil within the next six months is having a beneficial effect on the citizens. The Alaska well is now down soma 1KJ0 ft t. The ground is rather difficult and their progress is not as rapid as they hoped, but they continue sinking every day and experience no dissatls faction nor any decline In their hopes. The Kl"Kicsl conditions of the country are so cll known Siui have been exploited by so many rapabls l rU, that th Hiopls of the town are mors than optimistic, they are csrtaln. w ill tbsl development Mill mii ature a f si'tlng up. Iloinis Ml 11 b i'puUlioii ".ill I ons if boon lovlntf "1 b'Mkl'iii I'.'H'U. il b in.liitiliu 'i I pkdly lin-rol imputation, Infwiiiistluii fmin (iwo'ye FrSi.klyn WllUy Is Ibst lb ni.Utif of tlx li ds. 1 . or It IU si't.l " f , i-i.'Ui t i M siiJ riming to, sis I i,l I. f Uixl I put Hi I 'illu.ll. 4i, II M'l ib- Sol Hil bu Hl O'MI U- l "1 f H 4 " i ' " ' 1 ' l. Hi li t Ii , i.r. MtMHIM1lll!IUtiiUimoU!iMH