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School Department
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The county school superintendent's
office is sending out the following let
ter to the officers of the different
school districts, which information and
advice will be of interest to every
school patron as well:
Vale, Ore., Sept. 7, 1914. To the
School Board of District No. , Gen
tlemen: As the fall term of school
will begin soon, we wish to call your
attention to the following matters:
Every school should be supplied with
t closed drinking vessel, flag, crayon,
broom, sufficient blackboard, library
case, teacher's chair and desk, globe,
wall maps, dictionary and shelf.
Should you find your district in need of
any of these necessaries, it is our de
sire that you supply them before school
begins.
During the year the walls and ceiling
become covered with dust and it will
be necessary to put them in a sanitary
condition. If you will add a good coat
of floor oil to the floor before school
begins and another coat or two during
the year, you will have done much for
the health of the children.
If you have not Installed a heating
plant, you should place the stove in
n corner of the room and enclose it
'th a jacket. The jacket should ex
tend several inches above the stove
me within six Inches of the floor.
By having our school ground clean
M free from rubbish and by adding a
utile pls ground equipment, school life
" be made more pleasant for our
yerd ft iris. A recreation manual
rii.g ,M,y ronoUui-Ud flay
l l'iis ran be obtained by writing
TU ngibuiMinfs tUtild I In
' Mlr. by should bo psliil -u"Jo
,4 ,v iui s wimUhs
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to understand that these buildings, as
property of the district, are to be kept
clean. If you let your teacher know
that you are back of her in enforcing
such a rule you will have rendered both
the teacher and the children a great
service. Both outbuildings should be
well screened in front and at one end.
If you are erecting new buildings, see
that they do not face the public high
way. Also be sure that the pits be
neath these buildings are of sufficient
depth.
As the well is not in general use dur
ing the summer months, it is very ne
cessary to have it clean and the pump
put in good condition.
With your cooperation, we hope to
make this the most successful year in
the history of the schools of Malheur
County.
Very truly yours,
Fay Clark,
County School Superintendent.
WILL SING
THE NATIONAL
ANTHEM
The county school superintendent is
in receipt of the following letter from
the office of the State Superintendent
Churchill, which speaks for itself as
follows;
"Salem, Ore., SPt- 2- ISH.-Supt
Fay Clark, Vale, Ore., Dear Supt.
"The Star Spangled Banner," which is
now our national anthem, was written
on Sept 14, 1814, and it is proposed
that we celebrate the centennial annl
versary of this event by having this
hymn sung in all the shools of the
State, both public and private, at noon
on September 11th of this year.
We are asking the county supenr.
tendenU throughout tin State to urge
their teachers to join In this splendid
movement and lift their vuWs In ps
triolic service by signing The Mar
H angled lUnr.rr at '-" 4ln
of this tuuiAh. I th !
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I remember it, the politics
men was not considered, but
of these
the peo
as
to
pie seemed to have selected them,
Kai r rw tk 1 a
"" "est quaunea to procure
wnav was wanted at that time, thus in
mating a custom which is followed
this day. Geo. Chandler, democrat of
Baker City, was elected Stete Senator
at the same time, and to these three
men, Chandler, Lockett and Holland
all working together in the Lerisla
ture. are due our thanks for the actual
creation of Malheur County, State of
Oregon.
ey the terms of the Creating Act
the temporary seat of Government was
located at Vale, there to be held until
the regular election in June 1888, the
act requiring, that at this election, the
location of a permanent County Seat
should be submitted to a vote of the
people. At this election, five different
places were contestants, vis, Vale, On
tano, Jordan Valley, Grove City and
Paris. No one place receiving a ma
jonty of the votes cast, but Vale and
Jordan Valley being the two highest,
tne question was again submitted at
the regular election in June 1890, as
between these two towns, Vale won.
Urove City and Pans have gone the
way of lots of new towns and now are
no more. You all realize the fact that
Jordan Valley is alive; and that Onta
rio is "on the map."
Sylvester Pennoyer was Governor of
the State in 1887, and appointed the
following officers for the new County,
F. K. Froman of Vale, County Judge;
E. H. Test of Ontario, County Clerk;
Henry C. Murray of Vale, Sheriff; L
A. Sevey of Vale. County Treasurer;
William Ritchie of Westfall. Assessor;
Thos. Elms, County School Superintend
dent; John F. Lackey of Nvssa and C,
T. Locey of Ironside, County Commis
sioners.
Governor Pennoyer, as you all know,
was a democrat, and all the officers of
the new County were of the same po
litical belief, except our highly esteem
ed friend and neighbor, C. T. Locey,
who was a republican, and I have of
ten wondered how Ike Holland slipped
this particular appointment "over" on
the Governor.
Organization was perfected and the
County began its official existence on
April 7, 1887, with an inherited debt
from Baker County, of $30,000.00.
The assessment roll for 1887 (being
the first) was less than one million dol
lars and the taxes levied for that year
were $21,186.00. which sum was deem
ed all that was necessary to conduct
the County business for that year.
Compare these figures with the roll for
1913, which is $11,399,335.00 and the
tax levy $337,477.00, and see how you
have grown.
I have been requested at this time to
furnish you with data, relative to some
of the first most important events of
our County, and in looking through the
old records and files of the County
Clerk's office, find:
That the first term of County Court
was convened in Vale, on April 7, 1887,
at which time the appointive officers
were sworn in, assumed their respec
tive duties, and Malheur County, as a
County, first began to do business.
That the first Justice of the Peace
appointed by the New County Court,
was Judge B. C. Richardson, for Vale
precinct.
That Thos. Elms, appointed by the
Governor to act aa School Superinten
dent, was not a resident of the County,
therefore was not qualified to act and
that on Ma; 3, 1887, Wm. G. Thomson,
of Vale, was appointed to this position
by the County Court thereby becom
ing first School Superintendent at a
salary of $300.00 per year, and he is
still here to tell you that he earned ev
ery dollar of it. ,
The first liquor license granted by
the County Court, was to D. C. Wells,
of Vale, on April 8, 1887.
The first County Surveyor appointed
was E. L. Bradley of Malheur, on May
3, 1887, who did not qualify and on
November 10, 1887, the Court appoint
ed John E. Johnson. Mr. Johnson as
sumed the duties of the office and
thereby became the first County Sur
vevor.
The first Stock Inspector appointed,
was Robert Boswell, of Lower Willow
Creek. He was appointed July 8, 1887,
served until May 11, 1888, when he re
signed and our old friend A. W. Turn
er was appointed in his stead.
The first Deputy County Clerk was
I. H. Holland, appointed April 9, 1887.
Mr. Holland, aa far as we have been
able to learn, did not act in this capac
ity, except during necessary absence
of the County Clerk. On October 6,
1887, Tom Jones was appointed Deputy
and served until December 1893. Dur
ing this time it was customary to have
a Deputy County Clerk in Jordan Val
ley, for the convenience of the people
in that vicinity. D. D. Munger was
the first deputy at Jordan, his appoint
ment being dated April 28, 1887. Mr.
Munger served the people well and
faithfully, for seversl years, when he
resigned and J. R. Blackaby was ap
poinUd to the position.
The first Deputy Sheriff for Malheur
County was Hirsm Dorris, his appoint
ment being dated April 1, 1&7.
The first Marriage license issued by
the County Clerk, was to Jeff Welch
aad Eva M. Soldors snd they werSj
marriod at the home of the bride's pa-1
ronts, near Woolfsll, on September .
M7. by H. I.. Payne. hr Ju.ti.e
i.f the I'rare fr Hull I'reriiM-t. It
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months afur the irfgsii'atnni f
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that The second marriage license was
to Frank M. Vines and Kittie Pritch
ett; and the third was to R. H. DeAr
mond and Emma I. Currev.
The first deed ever recorded in Mai
neur County is from the Oregon Short
Line Railway Company, the Idaho and
Oregon Land Improvement Company
and James W. Virtue, by Robert E,
Strahorn. Trustee, to John Nibler,
conveying Lot 16 in Block 37 of the
Town of Ontario This deed was filed
April 8, 1887 and the next deed was
not filed until April 15, just one wee
afterwards. Quite different now. I
those daya one man could do all the re
cording with a stub pen. Now it takes
two good stenographers with up-to-
- i i . . .
uam recuruinu macnines to keep up
with it i
In looking over the old records,
nnd that the first contract for keeping
tne uninty Poor, was let to Sam Hess,
November 11, 1887, at $6.00 a week
"per."
1 also find that on the same day, this
same Sam Hess, was awarded a con
tract for five cords of willow wood, for
the purpose of heating the Court House
and Jail that winter. I want to tell
you about that wood; I'll never forget
it; I don't know whose land it was cut
from; I don't suppose Sam does either
but it was as green as a "punkin vine
in July" and we couldn't find boxes
nor kindling nor coal oil enough in
town to keep it burning. I think
spent at least nan my time that win
ter trying to make a fire. Consequence
was, all the County officials came out
next spring smelling like smoked sal
mon and about the same color,
As I remember it, Mrs. Hess fed the
paupers; the paupers cut the wood; we
tried to burn it and Sam got the mon
ey. But when the grass came and the
fish began to bite in the spring of 1888,
everybody was happy.
The first term of Circuit Court for
Malheur County was convened in Vale,
on Monday, June 27, 1887, with Judge
Luther B. Ison, of Baker City, presid
ing, and Morton D. Clifford, District
Attorney.
The first Grand Jury was composed
of the following well known citizens,
Wm. L. Logan, Charles Becker, Wil
ham Shelby, W. G. Pennington, Isaac
McCumsey and J. S. Hunter. Mr.
Hunter was foreman of this, the first
grand jury, and all of these gentlemen
are living except Wm. Logan and Wm
Shelby.
The first criminal conviction in the
Circuit Court, was that of Marquis
Stewart, for the larceny of a horse and
saddle. Stewart was sentenced on
June 27, 1887, to serve three years in
the Penitentiary.
Jonas Wicklund was the first person
to take out naturalization papers in
Malheur County. The order making
him a fully naturalized citizen is dated
June 29, 1887.
The next two were Thos. J. Bros
nan and Wm. O'Brien, who were made
citizens on November 21, 1887.
The second term of Circuit Court,
held in November 1887, owing to the
illness of Judge Ison, was presided ov
er by Judge G. W. Walker of Pendle
ton.
At this term or Court was held one
of the most, if not the most celebrated
criminal trials ever heard in Eastern
Oregon.
I refer to what has since been known
as the "Strode case."
During the summer of that year,
John Strode, the wealthiest cattle man
in the Jordan Valley and Succor Creek
countries, whose home was in Boise,
Idaho, together with John J. Thurman,
who was interested with him, were ar
rested and charged with the murder of
one Samuel Rich, a sheep herder in the
employ of Bob Aikman and E. P. Ju
nor, who were the moat well to do
sheep men in that part of the County.
The complaining witness was Ora B.
(commonly known aa Jim) Haynes,
who had been in Strode'a employ, but
had been discharged. Strode and Thur
man were brought to Vale; their pre
liminary examination held before Judge
B. C. Richardson, who was at that
time Justice of the Peace. Upon the
testimony produced, the defendants
were held without bonds, to appear be
fore the Grand Jury in November and
the prosecuting witness, Haynes, was
also held for his appearance. Strode
and Thurman were held in the little
wooden jail and as I remember it
Havnes was kept at Baker City, until
the trial came on. An indictment waa
returned bv the Grand Jury, charging
the defendants with the crime of mur
der in the first degree. The first In
dictment was set aside upon demurrer,
and the case remanded to the Grand
Jury, who promptly returned a second,
and upon this the defendants went to
trial. The case was ably conducted by
both sides. Prosecuting Attorney Clif
ford was assisted by Joseph Huston,
one of the best lawyers of the State of
Idaho, aa well aa by a brilliant young
attorney from Caldwell, by the name
of Negley awl H. E. Courtney of Vale.
The defense was conducted by R. Z.
Johnson, of Boise, who had for a long
time been recognized as the most able
trial lawyer in thia part of the country
assisted by Olmsted and Anderson of
Bsker. The trial resulted in an ac
quittal on December 3, lfcW7. A great
deal of interest waa taken in this trial
and during its progress the Court Room
waa packed ut all times, but those of
you who were here will remember that
it was not so much lh trial that excit
ed us but the foar that at any moinant,
something awful might happen. Ws
rem rarr Ut having an out and cut
bottle ltt-rt ll roltlo nun end
hp mn during Ihst trial than o
vr boo, I for nr ohm . 1l rollU
nun and iot.) ro biro friu llsr
ny end ltoilMr I'tMMiiKo, In (one and
oilsutl ll.o ol.op intn iih lUir
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providentially, nothing was "started"
during the trial and when the verdict
was rendered, cool heads among the
sheep men took matters in charge and
they all quietly left town.
There was not more than 20 build
ings in the town at that time, all
"shacks". I don't suppose there were
over fifty extra beds; with three or
four hundred men here you can ima
gine conditions; it was extremely cold,
the thermometer stood at just about
zero and we had just commenced c n
Sam Hess' willow wood, with not a ton
of coal to be had. Men slept in chairs
on tables and the floor wherever there
was the least bit of warmth. I hon
estly believe that there were dozens of
men here, who did not have their boots
off for two weeks. One night one of
our hotel keepers sold his own bed to
twenty different men, got the money
irom each one or them, then was
afraid to go home and slept on a bil
liard table. As to who this was, draw
your own conclusions.
The first Newspaper printed in the
County, was entitled "The New Atlas'
and was printed and issued from a lit
tie wooden shack on the corner where
the Odd Fellows building now stands in
the Town of Vaje. The first edition
was issued in October or November
1887 and the first editor and proprietor
was Sidney D. Ross. Mr. Ross only
ran the paper a very short time and
sold to W. J. Cuddy, who is at present
Editor of the Weekly Cregonian,
Shortly after purchasing, Mr. Cuddy
removed the plant to Ontario, ran the
paper there for seversl months, then
brought it back to Vale.
We have been unable to procure i
copy of the first edition, but have i
copy1 dated June 16, 1888, which con
tains, in tabulated form, the returns of
the first election held in the County,
showing who were first elected to of
fice, and the result of the election on
location of County Seat
Here it is; it is old, yellow and faded
by the 26 years which have passed
since it came from the press, but is
still legible.
The old election returns and the news
items, now 26 years old, are interest
ing, but one thing that interests me
more than anything else, is a short ar
ticle concerning the probabilitiea and
possibilities of irrigation, in Malheur
County and I am going to read it to
you:
WHAT THIS REGION NEEDS,
Snake River, June 12, 1888. To the
Editor of The Atlas: In taking a geo
graphical view of the country by which
we are aurrounded, I find by close ex
amination an area of sagebrush land
lying between the Owyhee river and
the Slide on the Snake river, a distance
perhaps of thirty miles, and the above
mentioned land might be irrigated
from a ditch on Snake river, taken out
of the Owyhee a few miles above its
confluence with Snake river. The
Snake river valley will average more
than a mile in width for a distance of
twenty miles or more on each Bide of
the river. Well, twenty square miles
would make eighty farms of 160 acres
each. This land is very rich soil and
believe it would produce at least 1,500
bushels of wheat to each 160 acres of
land. Now if a small colony of men
would unite and locate the vacant land
on the southwest side of the river and
dig a ditch to irrigate it each farm
would be at least worth $2,000, which
would increase our taxable property to
$160,000 over and above what our counj
ty is collecting on at the present time.
believe that good men should investi
gate this matter and I think they
would come to some definite conclusion
that would better our county and our
citizens.
There are thousands of men of fam
ily who are now traveling on railroads
from one country to another in search
of homes. Now, if those men knew of
these vast sagebrush valleys, I am con
fident they would come at once and
take up the vacant lands and make
valuable farms of them, which would
increase our county property to more
than twice the amount of taxable pro
perty than we have at present and if
our hay lands were irrigated I am sat
isfied that every acre would produce.
100 per cent more hay.
Our county is in its infancy yet and
it want enterprising men with capital
take hold and bring out ditches
which could be made real estate; and
the ditches would increase in value
yearly and every ranch could pay the
ditch its proportion of money,
at least 10 pr cent, which I
would be a good permanent
vestment for capitalists. There are
millions of dollars now lying in eastern
banks, the owners of which are not re
alizing interest on, and if they knew of
such an opportunity they might be
glad to invest, which would help them
nd us, too. Wm. Cole.
to make
consider
safe in-
I did not know Mr. Cole and have
been unable to find anyone who re
members him, but this man's augges,
tions have been followed and his dream
more than realized.
The Owyhee Ditch baa been con
tracted; large pumping plants built to
water Dead Ox Flat and each 160 acres
of land under these irrigation systems.
nstead of being worth $2,000.00, is
now worth $16,000.00, or $100.00 per
acre instead of $20.00. Instead of ba
ng worth $160,000.00 for taxable pur-
hmjo, I would estimate their value at
nearer Two Million.
Development and progress of this
kind, is Juit whst has reload the as.
ocoaincnt roll of Malheur County, from
one million dolloro In I to tclva
million in
Willi rt lotion to olluf toryo l-.li
vl i) In our CimjM), IK osiiio roii'li
lim.s tlt Ibsl Mr. Cola mtnllontd In
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A Frank Talk with the
Voters of Eastern and
Central Oregon
Eastern and Central
Oregon have been want
ing and needing a United
States Senator for a long
time.
A Senator at Washing
ton who would work for
their interests and would
get something for the great,
big undeveloped interior
of Oregon.
Who would protect
.1 t
wmim Haiey Incr wool ana iarm pro
ducts; get Federal money
for irrigation and roads, and bring in people to occupy
the land.
Who would collect some of the debts of Oregon
already long overdue, like the $8,000,000 due Oregon's
irrigation fund.
I want to talk frankly to the people of Eastern and
Central Oregon.
NOVEMBER 3rd will be your opportunity to elect
suctt a man.
You All Know William Hanloy.
Most of you call him "Dill."
It's about time that you people of Eastern and
Central Oregon were waking up to your interests,
abandoning party squabbles and party prejudices, and
ELECTING YOUR MAN TO THE UNITED
STATES SENATE.
It's about time to stop electing bankers and lawyers
to the United States Senate.
Why not elect your own man? The man you know,
a farmer and a stockman.
A man who knows your needs and is your friend.
A doer and a getter.
"DILL" HANLEY.
Isn't it the wise thing to do?
Please think it over and talk it over with your friends
and neighbors.
Read his platform.
If you want a seat on the Hanley bandwagon, please
write me.
CLARKE LEITER,
Campaign Manager
1 404 Yeon Building
Portland, Oregon
(PkI Adveriiwmenl by I Unity Campaign CominillM, CUrko Lciler, Manager.)
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Ontario Society Ladies Are
Witty, as Well As
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kept,
It really ia too good to keep!
is no reason why it should be
providod no names are mentioned. A
party of prominent ladies visited the
neighboring city of Ontario. They
were well received, well treated and
entertained, aa the delightful ladies of
that beautiful and growing town well
know how to entertain.
The visiting ladies were driven over
the city in the splendid autoa owned by
the fortunate residents of this fortun
ate town. Up and down the beautiful
streets, to the new city hall (not the
one to De donated) to the beautiful
library, promoted by the energetic and
beautiful ladies of Ontario, to the Holy
Koaary hospital (which may later make
splendid county hospital with aome
few thousands expended on it) to the
Moore hotel, (by far the . best, aa well
aa the best managed, hotel. In eastern
Oregon,) and over fine roads, oiled and
free from dust, out a couple of miles
to an agglomeration of fencea and
shacks "There" said the directing
Ontario spirit of the party, "There ia
the Christmaa package we handed you
t Christmaa! "That ia the county
fair grounds."
Immediately the whole distressed
psrty csme back to town at once re
sorted to the Moore Grotto to drown
their sorrows in lime freezes and ice
cream sodas.
INITIATE CAPTURE
OF BERLIN
Russian General Declares
Austria is No Long
er Factor
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Petrograd. Declaring that Austria
Is no longer a factor In the war. Lieu
tenant General Yanuahkevltch, chief
of the Russian general staff, an
nounced that the main object of the
Russian offensive, the capture of Ber
lln, has been initiated.
While be refused Information re
garding the plans, be stated that the
armies selected for the invasion of
the German empire, under the direct
personal command of the Grand Duke
Nicholas, have already atarted oa their
march. They will number 20 army
corpa of the first regular line of the
active army, about 800,000 men.
With all of eaatern Oalicia dominat
ed by the Russlana, and the Austrian.
German Invasion of Russian-Poland
checked. It Is expected that the Rus
sian armies will move in a solid line
towsrd the first chain of the defenses
along the Oder river, where it Is ex
peeled the Germans will make their
first real stand.
Of the total Austrian forcea la Gall
cla probably 13 army corps at least
four army corps of 200,000 men have
been practically put out of action, any
how for aome time, and 150 of their
(00 guns captured.
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