i he leaf liflb Will mark the Greatest Development and Increase or ropulation m Yale and Malheur County bvar Known---Boist ttr lm the Coming ietf.
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VOLUME VII, NUMBER 7.
IRRIGATION
DISTRICT LAW
-2m
Grants Municipal Powers
Omitted Lands May Come
in Entire Management
in Hands of the People.
There having been expressed some
doubts as to the municipal character
of irrigation districts as well as to
the possibility of lands omitted under
the original organization of such dis
trict being able to come into the dis
trict after its organization, the En
terprise takes pleasure in submitting
to its readers a complete copy of the
irrigation district law of the State of
Oregon as it may apply to organiza
tion and management
That the farmer under the district
runs any risk other than that which
is necessary if land is irrigated by
any system where funds are necessary
other than those funds immediately at
hand, in other words where money is
to be borrowed, is an erroneous con
clusion. The risk is unquestionably
less'and the price realized for securi
ties sure to be more.
For the further purpose of show
ing the people under the Warmsprings
project that statements that the peo
ple , of ,the district will not control
their affairs are without foundation
the Enterprise wishes to call atten-
tion-to-lhe plain and easily understood
words of the law.
The Enterprise hopes every owner
under the system will make a study of
the matter and if in doubt the Enter
prise will furnish reliable authority
for every statement regarding busi
ness connected with the organization
and management of a district up to
. and including plans and specifications
for 'construction. They will furnish
such authority as is unimpeachable
not however going so far as to refute
wild statements made in adverse street
corner conclaves.
It is to be noted that any state land
included within the boundaries is not
exempt from the indebtedness incurr
ed. AN ACT
To amend Sections 6167, 6168, 6179,
6182, 6206, of Lord's Oregon Laws,
as amended by Chapter 223, Laws
of Oregon for 1911; Sections 6170,
6192, 0186 of Lord's Oregon Laws
as amended by Chapter 197, Laws
of Oregon for 1913; Section(s) 6178,
6181, 6185, and 6214 of Lord's Ore
gon Laws, and repealing Section
6183 of Lord's Oregon Laws, all re
lating to irrigation.
Be it enacted by the People of the
State of Oregon:
Section 1 6167. Whenever fifty, or
a majority of the holders of title to
lands susceptible of irrigation from a
common source or combined sources
and by the same system or combined
systems- of works desire to provide
for the irrigation of the same, they
may propose the organization of an
irrigation district, under the provi
sions of this Act, and when so organ
ized such' district shall have the pow
ers conferred, or that may hereafter
(Continued on page 2.)
NEW BILLIARD
ROOM FINISHED
A. S. Hunt announces this week the
opening of his amusement rooms at
the Grand Central building.
Among the -other attractions Mr.
Hunt has fitted up a neat and commo
dious Bowling Alley for gentlemen
and ladies, which will be one of the
principal attractions in the city as
soon as the play starts.
Other rooms have been fitted up and
furnished with billiard and pocket
billiard tables, card tables, and a large
fresh stock of cigars, tobacco, confec
tioneries and soft drinks.
Mr. Hunt formerly conducted one
of the most popular billiard rooms
and cigar stores in the city, and his
new amusement rooms bid fair to be
a popular attraction again.
ZERO WEATHER
OVER MALHEUR
The past week has been one of un
certainty in the weather. The heavy
snows of the past month are gratify
ing to residents of the upper country.
The cold weather has been endured
with equanimity by the farmers as
that, coupled with the heavy snow,
insure plenty of water in all reser
voirs the coming spring while the con
dition of the ground in the upper re
gions of the county warrant hopes of
a successful dry farming 6eason.
ft is said the thermometer reached
20 below Sunday night Three feet of
snow is reported at Ironside and. five
feet In Mormon Basin.
NO VERDICT IN
POWELL CASE
Jury Refuses to Decide Up
on Case After Long Deliberation-Will
be Again
Tried in April.
The case of state vs. Morris Powell,
charged with assault with intent to
kill, for shooting Elmer Moudy" at
Cow Valley recently, has been contin
ued till the April term of court, the
jury on the trial at the present term
disagreed, after being out 30 hours.
The circuit court last week was once
more encumbered with police court
criminal cases. A colored couple were
up for statutory crimes and indicted
by the grand jury with insufficient
evidence followed by faulty indict
ments. Both cases were dismissed.
James. H. Childefs, who brought a
suit to replevin a team of horses that
had been attached by John II. Myers,
of Haines, and was in the hands of
Malheur county officers, succeeded in
convincing the jury that Sheriff
Brown was in error in attaching .the
stock.
Myers had given an indemnity bond
in order to secure the attachment of
the horses therefore Malheur county
and the sheriff will come out unscath
ed. The Sheriff's office was notified from
Ontario Wednesday that Jack Berry
had been caught by Randall Sage in
his granary in the act of stealing
grain, and that Berry had been bound
over to the grand jury.
NEW SCHEME
FOR EXAMS
SALEM, Jan. 14. In the May and
June eighth grade examinations a new
plan will be tried in testing the pupils
in the subjects of U. S. History and
Civil Government, according to a
statement issued today by State Sup
erintendent of Public Instruction J.
A. Churchill. During the examina
tion the pupils will be allowed to re
fer to their text books, but the ques
tions will be so framed as to test the
ability of the pupil in expressing what
he has learned in clear, concise lan
guage. The advantages of such a
plan are, that it permits the teacher
to emphasize 'the historical events
which she considers most important;
it gives the trained teacher greater
freedom so that she can do a much
higher quality of work than simply
helping the pupils to "cram" for an
examination; it frees the teacher and
the pupils from so teaching and stu
dying as to make the examination the
md; it tends to give the pupils power
of expression and eliminates the mem
orizing of unimportant dates and
facts.
"There is always danger," said Sup
erintendent Churchill, "of the exam
ination system developing a question
and answer method of teaching. Any
plan whereby the examination be
comes the end is unpedagogical, and
the examination usually deteriorates
into a memory test With this new
plan if the teacher will adopt it for
the pupils' monthly tests they will
learn by the close of the year how to
use the text as merely a referenco
work in writing their final papers.
The questions will be so worded that
it will be impossible for the pupil to
copy any amount from the text book,
but ho will find help by turning to
it to refresh his memory on some
point that has escaped him just for
the moment When writing an exam
ination a pupil often finds that he can
not recall the answer to a question.
He is then liable to become so ner
vous and frightened that he will fail
in the entire examination. This is
really the commonsense way to pre
pare a pupil for his work in the every
day world, for if a man has to write
in article or prepare a paper on any
iubject, ho. does not attempt to de
pend upon his memory for the proof
which he wishes to use from various
sources to substantiate his state
ments; rather, he has on his table a
number of reference works dealing
with the subject upon which he is
writing. The eighth grade examina
tions, to a very large extent, set the
standard for teaching, and I am very
confident that this new plan will
strengthen the work in the eighth
grade and give the pupil much more
power and confidence man ne gams
from the memory tests. If his class
standing has been high during the
year and his English work what it
should be, he will pass a good exam
ination. If his class work has been
below par, the open book will be of
no help to him during the short hour
of the examination."
VALE BOY DIES
IN PORTLAND
Clarence Mansur Succumbs
After Serious Operation
for Cancer--Was Well Lik
ed in Community.
Clarence Mansur died suddenly at
the hospital in Portland Menday, the
immediate cause of death being a
hemorrhage, resulting from the recent
surgical operation for cancer.
A report received the Saturday
previous to his death was to the effect
that the patient was able to sit up
and was in a fair way to recovery.
The remains arrived in Vale Thurs
day and the funeral service was held
at the Christian church Friday after
noon, burial being at the Vale ceme
tery. Rev. F. L. Cook conducted the
funeral ceremonies, the deceased be
ing a member of the Christian church
of this city.
The pall bearers were David Ellis,
Herbert Lynd, James Cook, Leslie Mc-
Pherson, Clyde Ellis and Floyd Harris,
his fellow members of the Christian
Endeavor.
Clarence Mansur was born at
Bloomfield, Iowa, May 22, 1891. He
was a young man of an exemplary
character, and a large circle of warm
friends join in the grief of the fam
ily for his untimely departure.
NEW LAW-FIRM
INAUGURATED
Vale has a new law firm. Judge
George E. Davis and Bruce R. Kester
have joined forces and will work un
der the firm name of Davis & Kester.
Judge Davis, for eight years cir
cuit judge of this district is an able
lawyer with an extensive practice and
many friends.
Mr. Kester occupied the position of
register of the land office until reliev
ed by administration changes. Thor
oughly acquainted with land practice
and a close and thorough student, Mr.
Kester will bring great ability into
the new firm. .
With an assured improvement in
times the new firm will join in the
procession marching towards success.
If you have opinions you also have
prejudices.
It is possible to be so cautious and
deliberate you will- never get any
thing done:
DISSOLVING VIEWS BY BART
VALE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 1916,
TEAMS WILL
MEETJN VALE
First of Debate Series to be
Started at County Seat
Will be Between Ontario
and Vale.
Teams from Ontario and Vale high
schools will meet in debate at the Vale
high school auditorium January 28th,
this being the first debate for the
championship of the ath district of
the Oregon State High School Debat
ing League.
The 9th district comprises Malheur,
Harney and Baker counties, but On
tario, Nyssa and Vale high schools
have entered the only teams for the
debate in this district. The .winner of
the Ontario-Vale debate will meet tho
Nyssa team and the winner of this de
bate will be the champion of the 9th
district
The district champions wil then de
bate by districts till the contest is
narrowed down to two teams, and tho
final debatejvill be held at the Univer
sity of- Oregon in May.
Freeman Kirwin and David Ellis
will represent Vale. We have not
learned the names, of the Ontario
representatives. Tho debate at Nys
sa will take place Feb. 4th.
DEATH OF AN
OLD PIONEER
R. D. Greer, who was in the mer
cantile business at Ontario for many
years, having founded the store which
afterward became the Malheur Mer
cantile company, died at his homo at
Ontario, California, the first of this
month.
He was well known in Malheur
county in early days, and has many
warm friends here. He was grand
father of Mrs. H. H. Williams of this
city. !
LONG-ANDERMAN
Crltty Long and Mrs. Hattie An
derman were married in Vale Tues
day, Justice J. R. Wheeler tying tho
Hymeneal knot
Both are well known in Vale, and
their friends gave them the usual ser
enade with cowbell accompainment
Another painful companion is the
one who wants to improve all his
spare moments.
AUTO LAW WILL
BE PROSECUTED
Sheriff to Arrest Every Au
to Owner and Chauffear
Not Complying Strictly
to New Ruling.
The state officials are sending out
strict instructions to the sheriffs, de
puty sheriffs, constables and city
marshals over the state to keep close
watch of all autos and auto drivers
to see that they have proper license
numbers.
It is stated that many are still us
ing tho old 1916 number plates, and
many chauffeurs have not renewed
their licenses. Two number plates
are required for each oar, ono at tho
front and one at the rear. Complaint
has been made that some car owners
have pooled and bought ono license
for two cars, one taking tho front
plate and the other the rear plate, bout
operating on the same number. Whan
asked by an officer why they do ot
display both numbers, they state that
one has been lost.
Many other subterfuges are being
used to avoid paying the license, and
the state officials have decided to ar
rest and fine every car owner and
driver who does not comply strictly
with the law and all of it
Sheriff Brown of this county asks
all who aro not up to date with thoir
auto licenses, to get right immediate,
ly, as his instructions will be followed
to the letter.
CATASTROPHE
IS AVERTED
Cold weather of Sunday night caus
ed a near catastrophe at the residence
of B. R. Frick Monday morning. The
water connection between tho water
back in the range and tho hot water
tank froze solid and the hot fire built
in tho morning .caused the water back
to blow UD. .'!
Fortunately no one was in the kit
cnen at, tne time. The range was
completely wrecked; the force of the
exposion hurled the range covers to
the ceiling and utterly demolished the
fire box of the range.
Forgetfulness in this matter is the
cause of trouble in.' many houses
where cold weather is unusual.
So many of the investigations fall
to investigate.
TWO
NATIONAL.
CONVEMTiOfd
ON AT
ONCE -
DoueuE
ROLL-
'TO BACK WARM
SPRINGPROJECT
Vale Chamber of Commerce
Decide that Time ia Ripe
for Effort to Bkild, Big
Reservoir.
At a preliminary 'and' infocaal
meeting at tho Chamber of. Commerce
rooms Saturday last it was agreed
thaV tho time was ripo.fot the inau
guration of same attempt, to build the
Warmsprings reservoir.. , .
Several plans were discussed and
two of them met with general ap
proval. It is expected that .a. propo
sition will be submitted to the own
ers and farmers in the district, at an
oarly date Sox tho formation of a dis
trict It was deemed advisable, to publish,
matter pertinent to such work U the
end that every owner In the district
may be enabled to judge for himself
at to tho advisability of immediate
action.
Tho Enterprise tfeerefero today pebr
llshes the executive portion 'of th.e
statute for the formation of districts,
which was amended in 1915 and which
is now pronounced the best law of
any enacted by western states for the
protection o,f farmers under district
plan for irrigation systems.
It is difficult to seo wherein' tWs
law can bo improved, was the eon
census of opinion at tho meeting, arid
readers of the Enterprise should care
fully road every word and thoroughly
digest it that they have a cloar uaJer-
standing of its purport
U. S. ENGINEER ON
CO-OPERATION
Extract from a paper read by U. '.
Engineer E. G. Hopson in charge' of
reclamation work in this secti:
I halfava tW fiontfmmf iL Vk
n irrigatioimliflt has cryflUHiWWence fikowinir that MFttddcrt wai
around this nrinrlnln nf rn.nnrnttr&fttarirl v' liiaflflfwl in hi a nrf, ff '
na tne local district hlea. In this
matter I de not pretend to voice the
views of the Interior Department, in
fact I do not know what, they are,
but as an individual I would not favor
any coasiderable extension" of the re
sources of the Reclamation Service
unless such extension were coupled
with this important feature of local
cooperation and control.
What is probably of more Impor
tance is, however, the probability that
any pew financial aid without such co
operative feature, would not be politi
cally practical.
If, however, the entire Wester del
egation eomes to Congress and shows
that in connection with future natipn
ol prosperity and defense, tho West
ern territory and particularly the Pa
clAc States should be highly developed
both in population and wealth, and
that such development necessarily im
plies a considerable measure of na
tional aid in irrigation work, and if
it can further show that the Western
States ore prepared to shoulder thoir
part of tho burden and cooperate with
tho Government on a dollar per dol
lar basis; then I can seo every reason
to expect that success might be oe-
hhreved, even as early as tho present
session of Congress. This achieve
ment would be a fitting culmination
to the work of the Reclamation Ser
vice as it would make the latter truly
national in character and result.
ENTERTAIN AT
NEW RESIDENCES
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Easthnm enter
tained their friends in royal manno
Thursday afternoon and evening, a
large number of ladies being ia at
tendance in the afternoon and some
fifty ladies and gentlemen were en
tertained during tho evening. '
The occasion was the celebration of
the completion and moving into the
new and splendid residence ef the
host and hostess. Certainly Mr. and
Mrs. Easthnm are to. be congratulated
on owning so fine and well equipped
heme. Comfort will surely be theirs
and happiness was wished to ihun by
thoir many friends.
Miss Margaret Lowell, daughter of
Judge Lowell of Pendleton, visited
with Mr. and Mrs. Leslie h, Hope of
this city Monday to Thursday of this
week. Miss Lowell was a schoolmate
lot Mr. and Mrs. Hope at the Paqifie
r-f.. I... - l l r
'JTOere s mow b'rvd rffsporfWeW in
grip than in rfquirrel whieVry.
. SUBSCS&PTlM $2.00 PER YEAltf
5HUI MAN In
-DEFENSE S
Six Eye Witnesses Bear out
Testimony That McFad
den Was Justified in Act
Injured Man Recovering.
TX A. 'McFaddenivformerly of Yale,
and -who now conducts a restaurant
at Riverside, shot- Tm O'Neil, a rail
road workman, whojwas drunk and
camo Into the restaurant and attack- .
ed Mr. McFadden with a handful of "
stones. i
Deputy Sheriff Iieo v Nbo went to
itWersldo upon a telephone call from $
Mr. McFaddenwho called thosher-' 4
iff's office and gave an Recount of the f
alair. Mr. McFadden and six eyo
witnesses. to the affair were brought
to Vale. 4 '
O'Neil is said to be a Jwy decent
fellow when not drinking but upon 1
this occasion he wanted to fight and ,;
didn't care " particularly who he 1
scrapped with. Hp fir at attacked
Mike Zupanr who was in the restau- o
riif, but Mike gavo5 him tjie worst
ef it anil tfte aggressor, wasput out
of tho house. -Ho camo back: shortly
afterward and attacked ..McFadden,
but was again, put out. Heathen went
out and tried to secure- a gun. saying
he would killIcFadden, hilt later re-
turned arid attacked McFaJde'n: with
stones, driving .hha. behind his coun
ter, where., ha picked up a revolver
and shot O'Neil in the face'. The bul- .
let entered just below the eye, but
did not pass through the head; and it .
is believed he will recover. ' ' "
The foregoing is. tho. story -tol3 by
six oye witnesses of.,tije affair Ytho
were brought to Valo By.Deputy 'Sher
iff Noe. They ore; Mike, Zupah,;' Ot
to Cronhblra, Ralph Hood, 0 J. Poe.
Dave Ping and R. Ei. Derbyshire.
The newly appointed grand jury mot
and examined witnesses in tho matter.
U the shooting of Clair O'Neil .by. D.'
A.. McFadden at RlversMtf 'Jaejdayr''.
Too examination resulted' in the- jury:
making no report-in the rma't'tor tho'
WILLIAM FOX FIRST RUN.'FEA' .
TUBE PICTURES TO DE. EX-'
HIDITED IN VALE .
Mr. Quisenbury, of tM Rox Thca-.!-tre,
was agreeably .surprised last ,evv. '.'
onlng when Mr. Albert W. Eden, the f.
William Fox representative, dropped .s
In on him.
It was Mr. Eden's first visit to Valo '
and upon being interviewed by an'En- '
terprise representative, he said, '.'My ' '. .
first impression after seeing the elec- . . .
trie sign 'VALE' was surely a good " . ,
one. The city of Vale most certain
ly has an air of being substantial, .
prosperous and thoroughly up' to tho . '
times. It does not have that imish- '
room appearance which so many west- -em
cities have, and as to the build-,
ings and theatre they would do 'jus-' ..
tfee and be a credit to a much -lnrgcV
?lty. ' ' .
"Vale has a most enternriRine:
tre and the best compliment I can pay '' " '.
you is to fell you that in tho futurlr v'
we will allow Mr. Quisenbury to.book- "
first run Fox Features. I sincerely, -trust
that the residents will show their
appreciation by their patronage. -
"Thesb pictures will be the same
as New York, Seattle, Spokano and.
othor large cities havo played in the
last few weeks. Tho first picture to '
be exhibited of this class will be the
Two Orphans starring Theda Bara.
The next will be Betty Nansen in
e Song of Hato, followed by Tho.-.
Regeneration, Carmen and others."
It is now up to the people here to
show tho Rex Theatre that even at p,
slightly increased price, we want 'to
see the best. Mr. Quesinbury regrets '
what he had already announced his ".'
next week's plc'ure, but Is highly
pleased at being able to show, pictures
of this kind. - r '
Mr. Rden, during tho Interview with
Hie Enterprise man, stated that Wil
liam Fox is now making a pfcture in
tho Bermuda Islands, at a cost of onrf
million dollars'. Annette Kellerman,"
who is one of tho stars, nearly, log
Her life last woe'e It seems that sh;
floats down somo swift rapids, wiUv
beth her feet imd hands tied, unl
while doing this iho bumped into srrn
nrojecting rocks. . .
The Two Orrians, which the
will show next Wednesday, ' tw
iiry oi two gir;.i, or" n j- .
me simple .me wnue wu oilier,
da Bara, has a Hiring for tho" bright
lights. The, ending Is as urii1 In U''
ues of tMs " '
Some grip me-Udne makes oua leet
werse Utut w grip. , ,
sKxHitJve positions vary Jrow hard!'
work t drawing a SlUry.
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