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About Malheur enterprise. (Vale, Or.) 1909-current | View Entire Issue (March 6, 1915)
ALE, Core of the "New Empire of the West" Oil, Irrigated Farm and Fruit Lands The Banner Live Stock County of The United States ir jl, w jaOJ -v ' f Hi i i III .11. i Pll 1 I I i I i IHI 111 if I ! I l5JI I 1 III 1 ! lOVVT IM V I ? THE BEST f J VOLUME VI, NUMBER 13. VALE, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1915. Price 5 cents OVERNMENT MAY HELP THE BLACKCANYON layette Attorney, Returning From Washington, Gives Favorable Impression Re garding New Project. Malheur county is as deeply inter ested in the completion of the Black Canyon irrigation project, just across the river from Nyssa, as the people of that section of Idaho are.' Large numbers of Malheur county citizens own land under the Black Canyon project, and in the construc tion of this $6,000,000 enterprise, Nys sa will be the logical supply point for a greater part of the work. The Payette Enterprise, in its last number, has the following interesting article in regard to the Black Canyon project: Attorney J. M. Thompson, repre senting the directors of the Black Canyon project has returned from Washington after spending several weeks there- looking after the affairs of the district. Vie is encouraged and believes that ultimately the govern ment will push the project through. The success in getting a resolution ' passed by the Reclamation Commis sion for a report on the project by Mr. Weymouth, Boise project engi neer, is the first step that offers en couragement. That report is evident ly being made ready now and D. B. Long of Middleton says he got a state ment last week from a reclamation man who says Mr. Weymouth is find ing the project more favorable than he had anticipated. Mr. Thompson says much depends on Mr. Weymouth's report. Should the report be favorable a complete survey, would follow and the way would be bright for the Black Can yon. I Appropriation Pending. The general reclamation appropria tion bill now pending, and certain to pass carries a specific sum for sur veys and in case Mr. Weymouth's re port now being made is favorable, there will be funds for the complete survey. Mr. Thompson, in speaking of his reception and treatment by the re clamation commissioners, says that everything was cordial and pleasant and he was shown every courtesy. He believes that all the "powers that be" are friendly to the West and that lack of funds is the only block in the way of speedy action relative to the Black Canyon,but that it will finally come out victorious anyway. Writes To Learn More About Malheur J. W. Brewer,. of Portland, connect ed with the Immigration Commission writes the Enterprise for detailed in formation in re unlocated government lands suitable for dry farming or like ly to be under an irrigation system. This information can only be ob tained from those who are investiga tors of such lands. The U. S. Land office is unable to give such informa tion an is not permitted to enter into details as to value or suitability of specific pieces of land had they the information. The Enterprise advises those who have this information to register themselves with J. W. Brewer, Com mercial Club building, Portland, Ore gon, for their own benefit as well as for the good of the county. The various commercial bodies of Malheur county would do well to take the matter up and give Mr. Brewer all the assistance possible. COLUMBIA WELL STRIKES GAS FLOW CITY ELECTION HELDTUESDAY Only One Ticket in the Field and All Old Officers Re Elected. Park Purchase Measure Fails. The city election Tuesday was a quiet affair. Geo. E. Davis was re elected mayor. The old councilmen were re-elected without opposition. J. R. Wheeler, appointed to fill vacan cy of Zach Wilson, deceased, was eiacted recorder. Purchase of the Chester park tract was turned down by a vote of 144 against to 55 for. It you average to be right more of ten than you are wrong you are prob ably doing as well as your neighbors. So much depends on the point of view that a henroost robbery is a wave of crime in some localities. 349 BILLSWERE SIGNED Three Measures, Two of Which Create Entirely New Judgeships, Are sign ed by Governor. SALEM, Ore., Mar. 5. (Enterprise Special) Governor Withycombe sign ed 349 bills, passed by the last legisla ture. House Bill No. 496, Introduced by the committee on ways and means, and making an appropriation for the care of wayward girls, was the last bill signed by the governor, and it made a total of 349 bills signed by him. There were 220 bills passed by the house, and 132 by the senate, and the governor vetoed three. He vetoed S. B. 288, by Kiddle, cre ating an additional circuit judge for the tenth judicial district; H. B. 308, creating the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth judicial districts from the second, and providing for two addi tional judges, and H. B. 357, amending the law relating to the organization of co-operative associations. After Bigning Senate bill 312, which empowers the governor and several state boards to recall appointive of ficers, Governor Withycombe gave out a statement declaring the measure a necessity if the wishes of the people cor an conomical administration are to be fulfilled. The executive defends the emergen cy clause feature of the measure, de clarlng that it Is necessary to obtain promptly the best possible efficiency In the various departments for the law to become effective at once. HOMESTEADER HEARS VOICES IN THE AIR BY VlRELESS Preston H. Bogart, a homesteader on Birch creek in this county, near Huntington, became imbued with the iiaiiucinauon last weeK mat ne was receiving wireless messages from wo men throughout the country, finally becoming so insane on the subject that it was thought best to examine him as to his sanity, and he was brought to Vale for that purpose. Judge McKnight, Dr. Williams and Dr. Bai tlett examined the patient Sat urday and he was committed to the mental hospital at Pendleton, the at tendant from that institution arriv ing Monday to take charge of the pa tient. Mr. Bogart was at the Salem mental hospital years ago because of mind troubles. SHOULD HOLD ANNUAL CONTEST Owyhee Rancher Believes in Better Babies. Mr. T. M. Lowe and wife, of Owy hee, were visitors at Vale the past week. Mr. Lowe reports the water in the Owyhee as the lowest for years at this season. Said Mr. Lowe: "The Baby Show at Vale last September was of great benefit to the mothers who brought their children and they all hope that it will become a perma nent affair." RISES TO TOP OF THE DERRICK. FLASHES INTO BLAZE WHEN IGNITED Drillers will Case off When Gas Becomes Oppressive, and Continue Drilling for the Oil Reservoir. Willey Expected to Arrive Soon and Start Other Work. The drilling being now carried on by George Fr.anklyn Willey, at the Columbia well of the Independent Oil and Refining company, has encounter ed a heavy flow of gas. The gas flows to the top of the der rick and can be lighted. The drillers are continuing down and will continue until the flow becomes oppressive at which time they will case it off and continue for oil. Mr. Willey is expected to arrive in Vale sometime in April and put the other, property in operation. DUNCAN McRAE MOVES WITH FAMILY TO RANCH. Duncan McRae and family passed through Vale Monday enroute to their home at Riverside. Mr. McRae and family have a fine home where they spend their winters at Ontario. They have arranged for their children to have private lessons for a while at Riverside. Mr. McRae is a large owner of hor ses and mules and one of the old time developers of the Riverside country, where he has one of the best country homes in Malheur. This successful farmer is one of the best entertainers in the state and welcomes his friends with open hands and warm heart; is a wide reader and student of present day affairs which he analyzes with genuine Scotch wit and acumen. ISenate Passes New Law For Homesteaders WASHINGTON, March 3. (Special to the Enterprise.) The Senate to day passed Representative Sinnott's bill previously passed by the House providing that any person who has made or makes homestead entry on lands segregated under the enlarged homestead law and who has not sub mitted final proof, or having submit ted final proof, still owns land thui entered, shall have the right to enter land adjacent to his first entry which shall not, together with his original entry, exceed 320 acres, provided the land entered has all been designated for enlarged homesteading. "Blood, unless it doctor's book, like money, is never good is in circulation," says a GERMANY CLOSED TO ALL TRAFFIC England's Premier Makes Announcement That Com bined Fleets Will Stop All Ships. AMBER PECIAL MEETING. An important meeting of the '.itmbt-r of Commerce is call 1 fur Monday evening, March I and everyone U urged to be I ! It I. LONDON, March 5 (Enterprise Special) If the combined fleets of Great Britain and France can prevent it no commodities of any kind except those now on the seas shall hence forth, until the conclusion of the war, reach or leave the shores of Germany. This is England's answer to Ger many's submarine blockade and it ia to be effective forthwith. Premier Asqulth made this an nouncement in the house of commons. Studiously avoiding the terms "block ade" and "contraband" for these words occur nowhere in the prepared statement the premier explained that the allies considered themselves Justl fled in attempting, and would attempt, to "detain and take into port ships carrying goods of presumed enemy destination, ownership or origin." The premier emphasized, however, that vessels and cargoes so seized I were not necessarily liable to confis cation and begged the patience of neu tral countries in the face of a step COMMERCE trough which they were likely to sut ler, lie anueu uii ia muting iucu step the allies had done to in self de fense. The tremendous cost of modern war fare, which the premier estimated now at $7,60o,ui0 dally to the allies alone, and likely to grow to fs,6uo,uoo or more dally by April, was the theme of that part of the premier's address not dealing wl(u the blockade. Zo far as the records show, no "er was ever listed with the unem ; 1 Threatened To Set Fire to Residence i thiittUiiw.g (o Ixiiit Mill A tin.' end lain, I M-l Ihuii Ma I 1 J Will Ml I fW Im f, i iiiulitiy iiiinilui, m iluri'd Mlxli I j'.l'O ImiimI ! M lliw 4 linn nt lliv mii'l i'li y, t villi. 0 'i lite- I. iii. I, lit) li Ji (ill ll inning- of (fitwi'l July invi.tli THROWN FROM HORSE AND ARM BROKEN Lucy Morrison, eight year old daughter of Stuart Morrison, had her arm broken and dislocated Tuesday. Lucy and the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bridwell were riding to school on a pony belonging to Mr. Morrison. One of the boys jumped out and waved a paper in front of the pony causing him to shy. The Brid well girl, riding behind, fell off and dragged Lucy down. Lucy's foot hung in the stirrup and she struck the ground with her hand breaking the arm and dislocating the elbow. W. F. Morrison brought her to town and Dr. Williams arranged the broken arm. TO CORRESPONDENTS Enterprise correspondents will please take note of the fact that this is Exposition year, and hundreds of thousands of east ern people will visit the west, many with a view of locating. The Enterprise is making a special effort to direct the atten tion of these to Malheur coun ty, and each correspondent can aid in the work very materially by keeping constantly on the fir ing line with a budget of facts touching resources of his com munity. Hundreds of copies of the En terprise are now being sent out weekly for distribution in Port- . land, San Francisco, and San Diego. Keep this in mind when writing your news letters, and during this season address your communications more to the class unacquainted with East ern Oregon, its resources and conditions. Every section of the county is invited and urged to pre sent its claim for public favor through correspondence in the Enterprise A woman who is getting tired of a man frequently gets over it if she finds someone else wants him. Economy masquerades so much that some of us spend a dollar try ing to save a dime. NEW CLOTHING MAN AT FREEMAN'S M. G. Stiles Goes East to Purchase New Goods. M. G. Stiles, who has taken charge of the dry goods and clothing depart ment of Freeman's store, will leave this week for the east to make pur chases in this line. Mr. Stiles is an experienced dry goods and clothing man, and has until recently been in that department of the Vale Trading company. The Glories of Motherhood may not loom so large to a woman who has just done a washing for a family of six. ARRIVES TO TAKE UP LAND IN MALHEUR C. E. Flanery, of Everett, Wash., was among the arrivals in the city Wednesday. Mr. Flanery was accompanied by J. C. Brisbin, of Bellingham, Wash., who came for the purpose of getting a piece of Malheur county's fat land, and they state that there will be more to follow within a short time. The State of Washington is furnish ing a very large proportion of the set tlers in the Malheur country, and the Malheur country is glad to welcome them, for they are of the most pro gressive class of western people, and do not have to be naturalized. W. Y. Morgan: A constitutional amendment permitting a verdict by three-fourths of a jury in civil cases stands a good chance for success. To my mind this is a fair proposition and it will surely save money that now goes to hung juries and new trials. Never Mind, They will All Come to the County Fair ('what in th, SAvTrhii) fA.ffiyfi?- ' I WAS THE USE Of fi$L fJii PAYING My W Top M; '-ft GAS OUTPUT TREBLED Anouncement Made by Sec retary Lane of Two Im portant Discoveries Relat ing to Gasoline., WASHINGTON, Mch. 5. (Enterprise Special) Two great discoveries, both of vast importance to American indus tries and one regarded also as a price less military asset, were announced by Secretary Lane, of the interior depart ment. They are chemical processes developed after years of research by Dr. Walter F. Rittman, chemical en gineer of the bureau of mines. One is expected to enable oil refin ers to increase their output of gasoline by 200 per cent; the other makes pos sible the production from crude pe troleum of toluol and benzol, bases for dyes and high explosives, for which in the past the United States and the rest of the world has depended almost exclusively on Germany. Dr. Rittman has applied for patents on his processes to prevent the possl blllty of any monopoly in their use and will dedicate them to the American people. "These processes," said Secretary Lane, "are fraught with the utmost importance. The Standard Oil com pany has had a big advantage over the independents in production of gaso line, having a patented process ob taining three times the amount of gas oline from a given quantity of petrol eum than the independents now ob tain. ' BIG BEND'S BRIDGE BONDS PURCHASED Hall and Lewis, of Portland, Become Possessors of Val uable Bonds Issued by The County March 1. ALLIES ACTION IS MOMENTIOUS England and France Send Notes Forbidding Ship ments to Germany, to the United States. Malheur county receives $31,910 for the $30,000 issue of road bonds. Big Bend will soon have their bridge. Pursuant to the call made by the county commissioners, bids were re ceived and opened at 10 a. m. Mon day, March 1. Several bidders were represented in person at the time and some tele graphic bids were received from east ern points. The bid of R. M. Small for Hall and Lewis, of Portland, was accepted as the highest bid under the call and conditions, though by no means the best for the county. Sev eral of the firms bid on bonds other than those offered, which bids could not, of course, be considered. It show ed however that under some different call the county could hav saved mon ey in interest and receivd as much ready cash. The legality of the financial side of the question was cared for by Keel er Bros., of Denver, who were engag ed by the commissioners to attend to that part of the matter. The complete bond and authority under which they were issued was published in the Enterprise and Nys sa Journal. The chain of authority and formality of the issue under the law was carefully carried out. The bonds are rather an unusual issue, be ing straight twenty year 6 per cent bonds which makes them an exceed ingly desirable security. The county having no other bonded indebtedness and but little behind in payment of warrants, the securities cannot be ex celled, in the state. The bidders and their bids are as follows: R. M. Small, of Hall and Lewis, Portland, Ore., $31,910, cash tendered and bid accepted. N. II. Halsey & Co., San Francisco, Cal., par and accrued interest. This would amount to $30,600 on March 1. Fred Glenn Co., Portland, Ore., $1,001 for a $1000 bond drawing 5 per cent interest. Farson & Co., New York, 106 for a 6 per cent bond. The Hanshett Bond Co., Chicago. $1227 for 5 per cent bonds. International Trust Co., Denver, 102 for a 6 per cent bond or 98 for a 5 per cent bond. It. T. Holtz & Co., Chicago, $7.00 premium for a 5 per cent bond. Keeler Bros., Denver, for the issue $30,750. WASHINGTON, Mar. 5. (Enterprise Special) All the commercial inter course by sea between Germany and the outside world was declared pro hibited by Great Britain and France. Identical notes presented by the French and British ambassadors here informed the United States govern ment of this drastic step by the allies in reply to Germany's war zone pro clamation. If this policy is enforced it will no longer be possible to ship cotton, man ufactured articles and commodities hitherto of a non-contraband character from the United States to Germany directly or indirectly, and from the latter country the supply of dyeBtuffa and other merchandise for consump tion in this country will be cut off. It was regarded as practically cer tain that the United States would re ply promptly with an Inquiry as to how the step was to be carried into practice, together with a protest against the announcement that com merce between Germany and neutral countries hereafter would be luter rupted by the allies. It is, as the s'tngsntith puts it, a long way to 'fipjieiury, tut a greater dis tance iiiunt be traveled to find a man who has no helpful suggestions to of. fer. ENGINEER APPOINTED County Court Appoints En gineer LaPointe of Nampa to Look After Construc tion of Big Bend Bridge. Engineer LaPointe, of Boise, Idaho, was in town Monday before the board of commissioners with the plans of the proposed Big Bend bridge to be built immediately, the call for bids in the current issue of the Enterprise. There will be four spans aggregat ing 620 feet over all. The width will be 20 feet in the clear and floor load (live) 125 pounds per superficial foot. I'unelH will be 20 feet. Estimated cost about $29,000. Married, Friday, at the Methodist parsonage, Hubert Matthews and Eliz abeth Pitmum, both of Boise. FRANK DAVEY GIVEN APPOINTMENT. Frank Davey, representative for Harney and Malheur counties, has been appointed chief clerk for the Or egon State Penitentiary, at Salem. Mr. Duvey hits disposed of his news paper interettts at llunu, and will be a competent employe of the Stat for four years. Returned Home From California Visit Mr. and Mis. K. 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