VALE Core of the "New Empire of the West"
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Oil, Irrigated Farm and Fruit Land
VOL 5. NO. 40.
The Banner Live Stock County of The United Statci
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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are not otherwise withdrawn or reserv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
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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
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uuuuy me administration oi tne law in omer cuuu. -
ound rpann .r u i; t..n,Vpn of certain counties should not enjoy
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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.
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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-
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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.
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