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VOLUME VI, NUMBER 52.
VALE, OREGON', SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1913.
J. S. EDWARDS
TO PORTLAND
J. S. Edwards, accompanied by Mrs.
Edwards and the baby and Dr. Bart
lett, left Saturday for Portland, where
Mr. Edwards will undergo an opera
tion, which it is hoped will relieve him
from the stomach trouble with which
he has been afflicted for several years.
The many friends of the popular
pioneer stockman and banker send
their earnest wishes with him for a
successful operation and his ultimate
recovery of his former health and
vigor.
REPLACES BIG
GLASS WINDOW
M. E. Thayer replaced the big plate
glass window in the United States
National Bank, which was broken last
week when two bohunks engaged in a
boxing bout and one knocked the oth
er through the window.
The bank had the window insured
against accidental breakage, and was
therefore not called upon to stand the
loss.
From Cord
SUBSCRIPTION, $2.09 PER YEAR
Wisconsin Come
to Malheur to
Locate Land
Wisconsin People File on
IS, ice Land in South
Malheur Co.
Chamber of Commerce.
The regular meeting of the Cham-
Trevor Owen, a nephew of Ivor Wil
liams, came down from Cord Sunday,
bringing his uncle's pack outfit for use
in the delivery of a band of sheep
ber of Commerce' will be held at the which Mr. Williams recently bought
of R. N. Stanfield and has sold to
Weiser parties.
The band consists of 2500 ewes
which Mr. Williams bought and sold
almost simultaneously. They left
Tuesday for Juntura to ship the sheep.
Chamber of Commerce rooms next
Monday night, December 6th.
Officers will be elected for the com
ing year and other matters of import
ance will come before the meeting.
All members are urged to be present.
E. G. Showers and Anna Mae Ai
ken, from Oskaloosa, Wis., were in
the city the first of the week, return
ing home from the McDermitt coun
try, where they located homesteads in
Malheur county.
They returned to their homes in
Wisconsin to make preparations for
returning to their lands here in the
spring, when they will begin the de
velopment of their properties.
A "Nut" is the man who still in
sists that the fountain pen is a convenience.
Ten to one your kin make your arrangements.
SMOCK TO JOIN THE PEACE EXPEDITOM
P. Monroe Smock, well known to the
citizens of Vale, has accepted an in
vitation to join the Henry Ford peace
expedition to Europe and left Monday
for New York to board the Oscar
Second. Mr. Smock will virtually re
present Idaho in the peace expedition
although so far as is known the gov
ernor has not made a designation of
an Idaho delegate which he offered to
do on receipt of a telegram from Mr.
Ford inviting him to join the party.
Mr. Smock is well known over the
state. When in Boise he was pastor
of the First Baptist church. About
four years ago he resigned on account
of his health and retired to his fruit
ranch near New Plymouth. In the
past two years he has been practicing
law besides attending to his ranch
interests. Three years ago he was
the Progressive party's candidate for
congress and stumped the state from
end to end. He is that party's nation
al committeeman for Idaho.
A careful student of history is apt
to wonder what the well known hum
an race is so proud about.
Article on Hog
Industry of
Present Date
The following story was handed in
for publication by C. F. Hanson, of
Big Bend. It was written by a gen
tleman at Dawn, Mo., and published
in the local paper there, but its appli
cation in Malheur county is just as apt
as where it was written:
If I held one end of a string, the
other end being held by someone else,
and if a button were started sliding
along the string and should stop, don't
you believe it would be an easy matter
for an investigating' committee to lo
cate the obstruction?
More than two years new, with the
exception of a few days this fall, the
farmer who raised hogs has done so at
a loss, and at present buyers here are
offering about six and one-fourth cents
for good hogs. Now all who are ac-
OREGON BUILDING
MADE INTO MA TCHES
Today the site of the Panama Expo
sition goes into the hands of the var
ious wrecking companies who have
contracted to tear down the buildings.
In another week the 635 acres on the
shores of San Francisco will be but
a memory.
The Oregon state pavilion at the
Panama-Pacific exposition was sold
yesterday for $1520 to a San Fran
cisco contractor. Various exhibits es
tablished by the Oregon exposition
commission in the Palaces of Horti
culture and Agriculture were sold for
sums which brought the total up to
about $2000. The sale was a mere
formality the opening of bids, call
ed for some time ago, and the award
ing of the property to the highest bid
ders. The P. E. O'Hair Company pur
chased the building and the huge
logs composing the structure will be
wnrlr1 n into matches, ine secona
highest bid for the building was $965,
If there is a Princess in the home,
the form of government resembles an
absolute monarchy.
JAMES FROST
ADVANCES CASH
Through the efforts of the officers
of the Valley View Cemetery Associa
tion a deed has been secured from the
Western Colonization company for
10.6 acres of land for cemetery pur
poses. The expense incurred was $117,
which has been advanced, by James
Frost, and the association requests all
interested to contribute a portion of
this expense money, in order that they j
may repay Mr. Frost.
The money may be sent or paid to
F. B. Glenn, Vale, Oregon.
quainted with the business knows a
hog is doing well to gain nine pounds
to the bushel of corn. Some, of course,
will do a little better, but many will
not do so well.
You may multiply six and one
fourth cents by nine and you will have
fifty-six and one-fourth. Corn here is
about sixty cents, which leaves the
hog producer three and three-fourths
cents' loss on the bushel. This does
not count accidents, loss by hogs dy
ing, etc., and includes nothing for the
work of taking care of the hogs. Yet
one, left to judge by the price of meat,
would at once conclude the pork pro
ducer was making a fortune.
There have been investigating com
mittees as far back as I can remem
ber, yet the condition of the pork mar
ket, from pig to consumer, is worse,
I suppose, today than ever before.
It seems to me it would be almost as
simple a matter to find where the hog
quit being cheap and became dear as
it would to locate the button on the
string.
If the government wants to do some
thing real good for the people let it
cut out the investigating and build and
operate packing plants in different
parts of the country. Uncle Sam as
a competitor would be far more effec
tive than Uncle Sam as an investiga
tor, and under this method there would
be no need of the hog raiser feeding
at a loss and the consumer would get
his meat so much cheaper that it
might begin to open his eyes to the
remedy for high cost of living in re
gard to other staples ""than meat. J.
S. H.
THE FARM
SCHOOL
O. A. C. Short Course to be
Brought to Malheur Co.
Dec. 13 to 18.
County Agriculturist Howard was in
Vale the first of the week, arranging
for the O. A. C. extension work which
is to be given in Vale, Brogan, Onta
rio and Nyssa during the week of De
cember 13 to 18.
The Oregon Agricultural College in
its work of bringing the college to
the people by the use of what it terms
the Short Course, is doing a most ex
cellent and valuable work for the
state, and Malheur county is particu
larly fortunate this year in securing
the trained instructors at four of the
most accessible points in the county
for a week of instructive lectures and
discussions.
Following is the program of the
Short Course to be held at Vale.
December 13, 14, 15, 16.
December 13.
Morning, 10 to 12: The Potato
Crop J. E. Larson. Corn Culture
J. E. Larson.
Afternoon, 1 to 4: Conservation of
Soil, Moisture and Soil Fertility J.
E. Larson. Irrigation and Drainage
of Alkali Lands J. E. Larson.
December 14.
Morning, 10 to 12: Irrigated Pas
tures (Mixed and Alfalfa) J. E. Lar
son. 1 hour to be filled in.
Afternoon, 1 to 4: Weed Eradica
tion J. E. Larson. Crop Rotation for
Alfalfa Farms J. E. Larson.
December 15.
Morning, 10 to 12: Breeding and
Fattening for Milk Production E. B.
Fitts. Fattening Steers and Sheep on
Alfalfa R. E. Reynolds.
Afternoon, 1 to 4: Sheep on the
Alfalfa Farm R. E. Reynolds. Judg
ing Dairy Cattle (Demonstration) E.
B. Fitts.
Evening, 8 to 9: (Illustrated Lec
ture.) Beef and Sheep Management
R. E. Reynolds.
December 16.
Morning, 10 to 12: Corn Silage and
Corn for Beef Cattle R. E. Reynolds.
Cooperative Organization for the Dai
rymen E. B. Fitts.
Afternoon, 1 to 4: Silos and Silage
E. B. Fitts. Judging Beef Cattle
(Demonstration) R. E. Reynolds.
Evening: (Illustrated Lecture.)
Types and Breeds of Dairy Cattle.
Frank Palmer
Home Goes Up
With Flames
Blaze Not Discovered Un
lit Flames Had Done
Their Work
The large two story ranch house
owned by Frank Palmer at Watson
burned Monday, with practically all
its contents.
The fire caught in the upper story
from a defective flue and the entire
upper portion of the house was ready
to fall in before the flames were dis
covered. Mr. Palmer came to Vale Tuesday
to secure clothing and food for the
family.
A he reporter can't write up a party
in a satisfactory manner, for to him
a party seems to be nothing more
than pretty looks and giggles.
Some times it appears that any
thing that hasn't any sense is cute.
FANGOLLANO
THANKSGIVING
The gathering at the Liberty dis
trict Thanksgiving was a remarkable
success in every sense of the word.
The main feature of the evening,
besides other amusements, was the
auctioning of the baskets. On ac
count of the stormy evening there was
not a very large crowd present, but
the boys of the vicinity were very
much in evidence. The baskets being
few in number, brought $6.00, which
will be turned over to the school for
various expense.'.
The auctioneer, Horace Knotting
ham, was certainly acquainted with
his job, for many baskets brought up
wards of $8.00 each.
It is hard to be satisfactory. Men
who have some money are called tight
wads if they don't buy automobiles,
and poor men are criticised if they
buy automobiles.
While a boy sometimes has to take
medicine, it isn't to improve his appetite.
FRED J. KIESEL
VISITSJN VALE
Fred J. Kiesel and George McCor
mick, of Ogden, were visitors in Vale
Saturday.
Mr. Kiesel is a stockholder in the
United States National Bank, of Vale,
and always makes it a point to visit
with Hope Brothers whenever he
comes to the Malheur country to look
after his interests in lands and stock.
His heaviest investment in Malheur
county is at Arcadia, where he still
owns the big 4,000 acre ranch, which
is devoted to fruit and stock raising,
and where some of the best blooded
cattle in Eastern Oregon are raised.
Mr. Kiesel recently had construct
ed a $400 cement block silo on the Ar
cadia ranch, and states that another
similar in character is to be built dur
ing the coming season.
Styles in the movies also change
and Indians and cowboys have been
pushed off the boards by the women
who smoke cigarettes.
INVESTIGATE JORDAN NITRATE LANDS
Makes Plans to
Improve Drexel
Meal Service
When one refuses to affirm or deny,
is that admitting it?
Wave at a passing train if you want
to. It's a sign you are no grouch.
Don't expect luck to hang with you
long.
V. S. Curtis, the new proprietor of
the Drexel Hotel, has opened the par
lor and fitted it up for the use of his
lady guests, the parlor heretofore hav
ing been used as private apartments
for the proprietor and his family.
Mr. Curtis states that under his
management there will be nothing too
good for the guests of the Drexel,
and that the best the market affords
will be upon the tables at all times.
He has the best cook there is in the
Northwest to prepare the edibles for
the table, and believes the meals here
after served at the Drexel will be equal
to any to be had in Eastern Oregon.
Another feature the new manage
ment has installed is a special Sunday
dinner. Beginning with last Sunday
the Drexel will make a specialty of
the Sunday dinner every week here
after. Mr. Curtis guarantees the peo
ple of Vale and vicinity as sumptuous
viands, as artistically prepared and
served as can be had at Salt Lake,
Boise or any other city of the inter
mountain country, and invites all to
patronize the Drexel for their Sunday
meal.
HARNEY COUPLE
MARRIED
Frank Thompson, son of Judge
Thompson of Burns, and Miss Mary
Croxton, of Harney Valley, secured a
marriage license at Vale last week,
went to Ontario and were married, and
thence to Boise on a wedding trip.
Both are popular young people in
the Harney country, and their many
friends will join the Enterprise in
extending them congratulations.
Rejoice that conditions are not per
fect. When they become so it will be
a sign that you are dead.
Perhaps the most foolish thing a
man can do is to hate the man who
holds different political views.
James Frost, Julien Hurley and
John E. Johnson, accompanied by a
prospector from the Owyhee country,
returned to Vale Saturday evening
from a trip to the nitrate fields on the
Owyhee river some 40 miles from Jor
dan Valley, having located and filed
upon some 1600 acres of nitrate lands.
They report to the Enterprise that
the newly acquired property has ev
ery appearance of being one of the
best in the state and they believe it
will develop into a rich commercial
producer.
They have sent off about 25 pounds
of the rock for analysis and if the re
port is favorable they plan having
their properties financed by Eastern
capital.
This property is located directly on
the survey of the Boise and Winne
mucca railroad, and adjacent to the
property recently located by John L.
Rand of Baker and his associates.
BURNS WILL HA VE A
BIG NEW HOSPITAL
"CLEAN UP" -THEN AND NOW
BY BART
What's the idea of linking sausag
es? And do you suppose the day ev
er will arrive when Zeppelins will
travel in links? Why not worry about
these questions instead of the wheat
crop?
SAYS BIG BEND IS
PLEASED OVER THE
CORN CONTEST
C. F. Hanson was in the city the
first of the week from Big Bend and
made the Enterprise a pleasant visit.
Mr. Ilanso.i states that the Big
Bend people are highly pleased with
the iucceM their citiiens have attain
ed the past seaon in taking premium
with their corn.
Big Bend i rapidly becoming fam
ous the greated corn producing
Miluii in the Wept, hr produrU
(hi line urppplitf the Ut record
Made in the p-)al corn Ult t lb
middle wt.
While there may be no set rule, a
man should discard his low shoes be
fore he gets them full of snow.
Ail ImiUliMii Uuld try lu he Ut
Ur then It uilfii.pl.
HURLEY BROS.
IN LAW FIRM
A law partnership was formed this
week betwqcn Julien A. Hurley and
Gus A. HurWy, the latter having dis
posed of his confectionery notion
.tore. Their ollkes will be in the Nel
en building in Julien Hurley's i.uiu.
It it .Utt-d th' the incoming mem
ber of Ibe firm devote r..nidr.
able aiuntion t lud "ftlce '" "n'1
of?u bu.ii.f... ''"' rtrlun.ii.ir
Vale tiu. A. lUilcy a.potipi.d
ith Hon. N ! Uj' ' I'4"1 c"u"
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SUCCEEDING
In spite of the stormy weather, Miss
Alice Curtis continues her whirlwind
campaign through the mountainous
country of the western part of the
county in the interest of the Enter
prise subscription department.
Her reports show an average of
ten to twenty subscribers a day,
which is an extraordinary record, in
view of the distances to travel be
tween settlements.
Miss Curtis is a native duughter of
the Hrtrney and Malheur county moun
tains, is at home on horseback and
can talk to the people from their own
viewpoint She has a personal pride
in her home paper, which she is work
ing for, and is richly deserving of the
splendid success she is meeting with
everywhere.
As we understand it the latest
style for chickens is exposed high
shoes with provisions for a three inch
increase in the uppers.
That Bums will hnve a hospital
which will take the place of the one
which burned down some time ago,
is now a certified fact. R. L. Haines,
the city marshal of Burns, has the
lumber and material on the ground for
the construction of a hospital, an im
provement much needed in Burns since
the fire, which destroyed the hospital.
Samuel King, a respected pioneer
of this section, died here aged 85
Mr. King had lived here many years
as he was among the early settlers
here. He had one son living at Em
mett, Idaho, and two sons and a wife
living here.
Marvin McGee died last week at his
home in this city after an illness of
40 days with typhoid fever. Mr. Mc
Gee was 31 years old and had lived
in this county ever since he was threw
years old. He leaves a wife and twin
daughters, six years old. His mother,
three sisters and three brothers, alaj
survive him.
KNOT TIED FOR
TWOCOUPLES
Two wedding reports failed to reach
the Enterprise office in time for last
week's paper:
Jobeph Rumpel, a prosperous young
rancher on Bully creek, and Mini Mary
WilUon, of the KunrUe neighborhood,
were united iu marriage at high noon
Nov. at the residence of the bride's
purni.U, Mr. and Mr. A. II. Willavn,
ICev. K. I.. -k oflulplii p', a puinptj
mi it being mi v. I at the run
rlu.luli tif I hp t'Prplllol.y.
Wayne W heeler and lpl MalUny,
fiKin Wal.li.ioii ruiii.ly, I.Uho, we
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It is when you are particularly
light-hearted and gay that you sud
denly discover the enemy has tapped
your trenches.
MAC STILES AGAIN
EASY WINNER IN
NEW TOURNAMENT
The second series of the pocket bil
liards tournament between the ama
teur players of Weiiter, Ontario and
Vale was played at the Taatime Pool
Hall in Vale Wednesday evening,
Uradihaw again representing WeUer,
Owen Teat repiviteiiting Ontario and
M. C. Utile reprepenling Vale.
Stile was again an ey winner, the
penre board khowing at the i-loae of
the game, Vale Ion, Vir 7(1, On.
Urio 47.
Korn 173 pU wr in attendance
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