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About Malheur enterprise. (Vale, Or.) 1909-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 2, 1915)
and oa Landt I i -"NUMBER 43. . Zr::rr 1 ' . r- , : - OKEGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1915 TO CELEBRATE COMPLETION OF .ARROW ROCK Invites the World yojov to Come and Rejoice with ger and see the Wonder (By H. A. Lawson.) bhc Idaho, Sept 29. Editor En Arrowrock dam that arrests L now of the Boise river just above - . i 1 1 L - l. luritrof Boise, inai gigantic vauu pr of reserve Dans, in wnicn is w rtored each year a mighty treasure liffliid millions, is an accomplished L After deep planning and years i bird labor it is nnisnea. mere it undi today challenging the world as W highest dam yet built, a monu- W to the efficiency of the govern Lt Reclamation Service, the key to L irrigation project that adds 240,' EO fruitful acres to the permanent jjlth of the nation. At i time when other communities other countries are celebrating the Ltomplishments of war, it seems nt pt that this community, in the heart llAraerica, should celebrate this great Lcomplishment of the arts of peace, flu will be done. Boise, the capital city of Idaho, is is be the scene on October 4 of a cele ntion unique and long to be remem Itrtd. It is to partake of the nature i! i harvest home and barbecue. Set- tars from all parts of the project, the Icirect beneficiaries of the water from Lrrowrock, will place on the altar on his occasion the best their land has mluced. Fat cattle, hogs, sheep and Mtry are ready for the sacrifice. emit, grain, vegetables challenging l)w font, in t.hp lnnd will Ka f rftA fnr $ asking. Thanksgiving offerings w be genuine and sincere. Gathered at this celebration will be .the settlers from the four counties in jdaded in part in the project Ada, w Canyon and Elmore; citizens 'So the large communities of Boise, taps and Caldwell who profit di-'out into the canyon overhanging the A ,.. a inw a Dauieanip eve. is, and the battleship at the end of a few years is but a pile of junk. Every dollar put into a government irrigation pro ject is returned in the form of Dav menu lor land and water. And while the battleship is scraping the bottom of the ocean or rusting into junk, the irrigation project is the foundation for many happy homes, each year becom ing a more valuable asset to the na tion. When the government Reclamation Service first came upon the ground in 1902 it found private capital wrest ling with the problem and doomed to failure because of the size of the job. After a careful survey it took over the enterprise. A diversion dam 12 miles below Arrowrock was complet ed; the main canal from this dam to Deer Flat was built. Deer Plat was a low tract in the center of the project and by the erection of earthen dams this was converted into a reservoir. A network of distributing canals was built. A power plant was installed at the diversion dam. An exclusive tel ephone system wasj installed. All this was but preliminary a clearing of the ground for the real work to be done in the construction of the Arrowrock dam. The preliminary work started in 1905; construction work on the main dam did not start until 1911. Here it must be said wv justice to the Reclamation Service, and especial ly to F. E. Weymouth, supervising engineer, Charles H. Paul, construc tion engineer, and James Munn, sup erintendent of construction, that Ar rowrock dam is completed a full year in advance of the time specified at the beginning and at a saving in cost on the dam itself of $2,000,000. The fact that water was available this year was a godsend to thousands of set tlers in this, the driest season ever nown in southern Idaho. The gov ernment, with water stored at Arrow rock this year, was not only in posi tion to save the crops on the project, but to sell water to many other farm ers near by, neighbors who were in ire straights. In the saving of these crops it is estimated that the dam practically, paid for iUelf thi year. Sentiment played a part in the final location of this monster dam. Jutting , Subscription, $2.00 per year. SERIOUS RUNAWAY Last Sunday afternoon as Mrs. B. Kugni'n, miss Mumford and Shirley McLaughlin were driving in a single rig near the McLaughlin ranch up the river, the horse became fright ened and ran away. The shafts dropped and the buggy was upset, throwing the occupants out and injuring the two ladies quite seriously. The boy was thrown into an irrigating ditch and escaped with only a black eye. Miss Mumford, one of the teach ers in the Vale schools, was injured to such an extent that she has not oeen aoie to take her place in the school this week, while Mrs. McLaugh lin, who is quite an old lady, has been under the care of a physician. Her daughter, Mrs. Mabel Norwood, came down from Jamieson and has been with her since the accident WARDEN INTO MURDERED BY A PRISONER Escaping Convict Uses Re volver Against Shotgun with Deadly Precision DEATH OF HAZEL THOMSON NEW MINISTER The new minister for the M. E. Church of this city, Rev. H. I. Hansen, arrived Wednesday to take up his work in Vale. Rev. Shannon, who has filled the pulpit here since the departure of Rev. Helman for Baker, left yesterday for Long Valley, Idaho, where he has been assigned a pastorate. wtly from the reclamation of this residents of Meridian, Kuna, Melba, Greenleaf and Wil- Jtr-towns that have sprung to life j the project since the water was giv- to the thirsty soil; men, women, d children from all sides by the iousands to take part in the general ;tjing. Few outside the semi-arid sections i the west realize what this means, Jis conversion of a vast tract of blis- wig waste into fruitful gardens, -tkirds and farms this transforma- of a weary stretch of sagebrush "at into an abode of thrifty and Mtented citizens with their homes, air villages and their schools. Few, " among those in the land, appre the magnitude of the undertak- I" the reservoir back of the Arrow- ttkdam, a reservoir 18 miles long, ;'4Pb!e of draining a basin of 2610 miles, more than twice the "& of the state of Rhode Island, 'to to be stored each year 244,000 ft-feet of water for irrigation in the & lummer months when the normal ' of the river is exhausted. By "wing the dam across a narrow lr?e in the canyon the channel of the i converted into a natural res running back into the hills for ues and with a maximum depth 200 feet. body of water to be thus held 1 reserve would cover 244,000 acres 1 square miles to a depth of one l It Would raver ihtt entire citV Boston with her 47 snuare miles tight feet of water. It would the combined navies of the in a lake of 19 square miles 30 oeep, 'Vry o-allfin nf tha rstrulnr flnw of ooise river throughout the irri liUIn season, from April 1 to Octo- 51, had been appropriated by ear 1 ettlers, and neither the federal "vfnment nor anyone else could in- on these nrior richts. But in '4t winter and earlv SDrine. be- ater is needed for irrigation, river is A Inmnt ami this villll. urplus simDlv rushed awav year year to swell the volume of the M and flum!.!. 1 in ul theHA VMM there was Tu, riitht at K ' 0 land nurrhiwl anil iiumImmii nil. Ibun it.. I I I U - I '-, waa vna piuoiein vi w T'wiation Service, to capture this w hold it in renervt until need or irrigation in tka Vi.l Am um , ' WW, , moi.ihH, .nd then to pay it out nl"t b.nkwr throws his money "rrul.tUi. t wm ft probloin 'lla.l t..r ..I.. . ,.U.... ..nr 'III, l.-li...... ..L it.- . v w, iia,i wwia '""111 U, , 1 1 ' ibiui tuui il.a .i. 'vl.al. ... j . ... 4 14 (' lu the iot tf a Imi f in ll,l ttiimai Hun, uwr, I ' ' I Hlla vl It. itwy trail that crept along by the side of the stream stood old Arrowrock, a grim and silent sentinel of the ages. It had won its name from the custom of the roving Indian hunters who shot arrows into the face of this particu lar rock to tell their comrades who came after them which way they had gone. By the angle of the arrow the late comers knew at a glance whether those in advance had gone up stream, down stream or up one of the many tributaries. Other places farther up the stream had been recommended as sites for the dam, but before the final decision was reached by the government offi cials, Frank Crowe, a young field en gineer, was attracted to Arrowrock. He became interested in the traditions and surroundings of the place, with the result that measurements and tests were made and the spot finally chosen for the dam. This meant the obliteration of the old landmark of the Indians, but the substitution of an enduring monument in the onward march of civilization. The first work to be done here was to banish the river from the site of the dam while the main work was in progress. This was done by boring a tunnel through the rock at the side, and through this tunnel for 600 feet the river was diverted. The tunnel was large enough to carry the entire river at its highest flood and was lin ed with cement. When the dam was completed this tunnel was plugged with solid cement A coffer dam was planted above the main dam and an other below to keep out the water dur ing construction. An idea of what this preliminary work meant may be gleaned from the fact that it was nec essary to go down 91.5 feet below the normal bed of the river to anchor tne foundation of the dam in the solid granite. A model city of 1500 souls sprang up at once on the banks of the stream. Here were 200 cottages and tents, a messhouse with a seating capacity of fi50, warehouses, stores, bath house, hospital, club house, heating plant, postoffice, telephone, fire department, water system, sewer system, light svstem. sawmill, cement walks, gov- emment railroad connecting with the nearest outside point 15 miles away, all the essentials demanded by the mo dern American community. No great er care as to sanitation and other im portant matters was taken at Panama than at Arrowrock. The completed dam stands 318.5 ftwt hitfh frtn the low point in the foundation to the trwl. IU thlcknoa at the U Z0 f.t tap-ring to a width ot IU fl l the lp with a flue drvray hr li.hll "h artistic 'lttiK lamp. ! l"ifh ' tl.a dam ! I'' fl curvtm? ' fully ufiiHi nn la'Hua ot fiat lt U ll.''',l'.l vt Ibll dfU! 530,000 cubic yards of cement was used. If this were placed in a column 10 feet square lt'would make a Wash ington monument 27 miles high. An important accessory to the dam is the spillway at the side to dispose of the surplus water when the reser voir is full. This has a length of 402 feet In the excavation for this 300, 000 cubic yards of rock was removed. In addition to being anchored to the granite on the bottom, Arrowrock dam is driven far into the granite on each side of the gorge. It is expected to mark time with the eternal hills of which it forms a part After all, is this a wise investment, this $12,000,000 that the United States government has put into the Arrow rock dam and the Boise irrigation project?- - - --J It is not too early, even now, to answer this question. The whole ob ligation of $12,000,000 could be wiped out with the returns from one big crop from the 240,000 acres in the pro ject at present prices. Wheat at 50 bushels to the acre would turn the trick; but this is a mere detail of dol lars and cents. Above all other considerations is the great outstanding fact that this body of magnificent land, formerly the sole habitation of the jack rabbit and the coyote, is now to be divided into farm units, and that each unit is to be the home of a thrifty, happy and loyal American family. This is what makes it worth while. ALSO SHOOTS MARSHAL OF ALBANY Escaping Convict is Cap tured and Killed by Offi cers Next Day. ; Warden Harry P. Minton, at Salem was killed by Otto Hooker, a runaway convict at 11:30 o'clock Tuesday night a few miles north of Albany, on the railroad track, when the officer and Guard Walter Johnson of the state penitentiary, were on thetr way norta to head off the man, who had previ ously fatally wounded City- Marshal Benson at Jefferson. Sheriff Bodine and Police Officer Rodger accompa nied the prison warden north in search for the man and the two Albany offi cers had but left Minto a few min utes before, taking a different tack, when Mlnto and Johnson, who were in a brushy pasture near the railroad saw Hooker walking down the track. Mlnto stepped out of the brush with a leveled shotgun and said: "Tou halt." Hooker raised his revolver and the two fired simultaneously, Mlnto falling with a bullet in his head and Hooker escaping in the dark amid a hall of bullets from Johnson's re volver. Hooker escaped from ft field near the penitentiary Monday afternoon, after working quietly for some days with a force of other conjrlcts.' Early Monday night he entered Jefferson, where Marshal Benson covered him with a revolver and ordered him to surrender. Hooker apparently com plied but when the officer was off his guard the convict grasped Benson, wrenched the revolver away from him and shot him in the neck, the bullet ranging downward. Hooker was located under a house in Albany the following day, and while coming out by order of the of ficers, one of them, Patrolman Long, of Portland, thinking Hooker intended to come up with a gun, shot him through the body with a Krag rifle, killing him. The report of the death of Miss Ha zel Thomson, at her home in this city last Monday morning, came as a dis tinct shock to her friends and the friends of the family in this city and the surrounding country, . Many were not aware that she had been sick.' The cause of death was typhoid, the young lady having been afflicted with the fever for the past five weeks. Hazel Thomson was born in Vale 23 years ago, and was a prime favor ite with everyone who knew her, her sunny, pleasant disposition endearing her to schoolmates and friends. The funeral services were held at the M. E. Church in this city, burial being at the family burying ground at the Jamieson cemetery. INDIANS RETURN The band of Burns Indians that fur nished some of the amusement fea tures at the Malheur County Fair, passed through Vale the first of the week on their return trip, which they are making very leisurely. Wherever an ' opportunity offers they put on a "war dance" and pass the hat Many of the young bucks have attended school ajuL'sabe the ways of the Boston man well enough to get his money in small quantities. Their principal desire, however, is whiskey, and this is true both of the educated and uneducated. FOOTBALL TEAM The Vale High School football team is working regularly. The new coach is a strong disciplinarian, and bids fair to organize a strong and efficient team. With the able assistance of such veterans of the gridiron and football enthusiasts as Dr. Williams and Ju lien Hurley," the high school boys will make it interesting for all comers again this season. FIRST MEETING IN 11 YEARS Francis Hastings, of Bartlettsville, Oklahoma, arrived in Vale Wednesday, and is visiting his sister, Mrs. J. II. Rose, whom he has not seen before for 11 years. Mrs. Rose is here from Ironside vis iting her daughter, Mrs. Coburn. SHERIFF RETURNS Sheriff Ben J. Brown returned home Sunday from Salem, where he safe ly landed the seven prisoners sent from Malheur county to the penal in stitution at the September term of circuit court LITTLE FATHER BY BART i 5Jt THE ' LITTLE. FATHLR is said to BE IM COMMAND IN RUSSIA ABOUT AS HE IS IN AMERICA UfHC rATHtK FROM SOVEREIGN GRAND LODGE ' Montie B. Gwinn, secretary of the Malheur Livestock and Land company, passed through Vale Wednesday on his way to the Crowley ranch. Mr. Gwinn has just returned from attending a session of the Sovereign Grand Lodge I. O. O.'F., as represent ative of the Grand Encampment I. O. O. F. of Idaho, this being the 14th session' of that body attend 1 by Mr. uwinn. ' While in San Francisco hr attend ed the Exposition, and fount' the re presentatives from Oregon in ;he front ranks of the live wires. Each of them is wide awake and working e lergetic ally for the interests of Oreg in. And in this connection, Mr. Gwi n stated that it is his belief that Ore ?on is in a position to profit from the Exposi tion equally with California, for prac tically all of the visitors to tie Expo sition will return home thro tgh Ore gon, and this state will have the last word. With the immense 3rops of grain, vegetables and fruit produced in Oregon this year, and th visitors coming into the state in the f ill, when everything is at its best ar. impres sion will be made that will bring thou sands of them back here to make their homes. DUNCAN McRAE'RETURNS HOME Duncan. McRae, of Riverside, was in Vale Tuesday between trair s, trans acting business at the cour ty seat For several years past Mr. M :Rae has been sending his family to Ontario, where he has a beautiful home, and letting the children attend school there, but with the rapid development of Riverside, only three mi'es from his home ranch, and the conitruction of a large new school house there, he will send the children to the home DATBflWC A17 JUNTURA-DENIO UNEPROTbT Stage Line Parallels Rail road and Often Comes a Week Late. Nearly seven hundred patrons of the mail route extending from Jun tura to Denio have petitioned the De partment for a change of the mail service on that line, enabling them to get their mail before it grows stale with age. Under the present system of deliv ery the mail for the twelve postofflces on the Juntura-Denio mail route is stopped at Juntura at 4 o'clock in the afternoon and lies there till a stage starts for Denio. The stage follows the railroad line to Riverside, and up-' on making the trip to the interior, goes within a few miles of Crowley and then makes a detour of over .fif ty miles, stopping at Skullspring over night and reaching the thick settle ments of Barren Valley at noon the following day. Crowley, the first post office in the valley, is reached practi cally twenty-four hours later by rea son of the detour, with mails that have frequently lain in the Juntura office several days before the stage started.- The petitioners ask that the mails for the Denio route be carried by the railroad to Riverside, and taken by stage direct to Crowley and on west, so that the great mass of people serv ed along the line may receive their mails from three to four days earlier school this year. He has rented his than by the present mode. Ontario property, shipped the furni ture to the ranch, and all will be at home together this winter, which is much more to the liking of both Mr. and Mrs. McRae and the children. A private Instructor will be employed when the weather becomes too severe for the children to attend school dur ing the winter. MARSHAL HAINES OF BURNS SHOT When Rube Haines, city marshal of Burns, arrested Lloyd Mosely last Tuesday, the prisoner drew a gun and attempted to shoot the officer. - A scuffle ensued, the marshal at tempting to disarm his man. The gun was discharged, shooting a finger off the prisoner and hitting the marshal in the leg. Both were taken to the hospital, but neither was seriously hurt Mose ly was drunk when the trouble came up. ONTARIO RESIDENCE BURNS Fire destroyed the $2500 residence of M. N. Thompson, of Ontario, Fri day night of last week. The insur ance on the house and contents was $1400. Mr. Thompson and his family were up town when the fire occurred and nothing was saved. The fire caught from the inside, and the oririn is un known. No definite arrangements have been made for rebuilding. SHEEPHERDER KILLEI TWO Shade Fields, a sheeph rder in Long Valley, shot and killel Wayne and Edward Ward last wek, and while a posse was searching 1 ur him In the hills, he went to Boise ind gave himself up to the sheriff. A sheepherder who was working with Fields, and who is the only eye witness of the killing, states that it was a cold blooded murder. Fields claims self defense. WM. VOGTS HOUSE BURNED Fire destroyed the house of Wm. Vogt at Apple Valley, just rcross the river from Nyssa a few days ago. The property was valued at $1400 and was partly covered by insurance. GOES TO ALBION NORMAL Miss Agnes Ellis of this city took her departure last week for Albion, Idaho, where she will attend the Al bion Normal this winter. PASTIME RE-OPKNKD The Pantime Pool Hall, which was destroyed by fire a short time au, was re-opened Wednesday with com plete new equipments. M. K. CHURCH Methodiat Kpiaropa! Church Sunday hVhoul 10 a. m. Preaching 11 m. and 7 .HO p. m. A cordial Invitation to all. II I. Hansen, 'aaUr. An aitMnpl is bwiiig made U tun Hue OltaWs fisab hunday law te ii ttlll. ..ml ft til ft 4 m.JL .. It is stated by the petitioners that they receive much of their supplies, drugs, medicines, etc., by parcel post and such unnecessary delays as are occasioned by the present method of delivering the mails are not only an noying, but work them a great and irreparable injury. Sending to Vale or Ontario for small extras for farm machinery, for instance, it frequently requires from ten to fifteen days to get returns on an order by mail. The railroad people aver that they cannot carry the mails from Juntura to Riverside at the maximum rate al lowed by the government and that matter has not been adjusted yet Meanwhile the trains are running dai ly and the mail being carried by stage three times a week right along the railroad track between Juntura and Riverside. The service the people are getting along the Juntura-Denio route is an outrage and a vigorous protest should be made by each of Oregon's senators and representatives in congress. BREAKS JAIL USING KNIFE SAW DINNER La Grande Prisoner Hacks Nicks In Blade and Cuts Through Half Inch Steel. La Grande, Sept 25. Within 24 hours after his capture, Harry Man ley, arrested here on a charge of steal ing harness, broke jail in the early morning, using a table knife to saw his way to freedom. He took with him a negro confined on a disorderly conduct charge. One knife was used to hack nicks in another, and the staple was cut, the improvised saw working through the steel and leaving a surprisingly smooth cut Manley's head is badly battered from a beating he received during the course of his arrest. Baker Herald. OLD TIMER VISITS VALE Alfred Wilkinson was in the city on business Wednesday from McDermitt. Mr. Wilkinson is one of the pioneers of the southern part of Malheur, and says he came here when Col. Wheeler was a little boy. He visited the Enterprise, bringing three of his neighbors with him, and all subscribed for the Enterprise for the coming year. DUCK SEASON OPENS Under the federal game laws gov erning the open season on migratcry birds, the open season for ducks and geese began yesterday morning. There has been no rush of hunters for the haunts of the game birds as yet as it is generally conceded there will not be much good shooting till there is a rain and the birds begin flying. The migration of geese to the southlands has not yet beguo in this section. HOME n)M VACATION 111 IP MUs Msry Thornton, oprretor at the lurel Ullione bflUe, returned um the fiil of the k fioin lir vaia- ton lii li H"l and Mth'i fi'int.