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About Malheur enterprise. (Vale, Or.) 1909-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 5, 1916)
The Warmsprings Project Will Make Malhmr County Prosper and Will Attract Homeseekers in 1916, 1 S VOLUME VII,."NyMBER 9. VALE, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1916. SUBSCRIPTION, $2.00 PER YEAR 4- Heavy Fire Losses WESTFALL HOTEL T0TALL0SS Building: Owned By I. P. Hart Is Burned to . the Ground. The Westfall Hotel, at Westfall, burned to' the ground at nine o'clock Tuesday night. Nothing was saved, and the damages have not been learn ed. The hotel was a two-story frame building, the only 'one, of the kind in Westfall, and was owned by I. P. Hart of that city. The origin of the fire is not known. The building contained twenty rooms. ENTERPRISE INTEREST IN PROJECT FOR THE BENEFIT X)F PEOPLE The interests of the Malheur En terprise and the people of the coun ty are identical and indissolubly unit ed. Unless the people of the county are prosperous the Enterpris6 must suffer. . Knowing thi3 and the management well knowing the value of' the Warm springs site to the farmers .of this section, and having knowledge of the cheapness of the project aside from any engineer's report, are behind its construction with all their will. This paper does not want any pro motion scheme on the Malheur river which will tie the country indefinite Ontario Wins .The At an elimination contest at the High school auditorium between the Vale High and Ontario High Debat ing teams, to determine- which team should debate the Nyssa representa tives for a district championship, the Ontario debaters, Ephraim Herriott and Robert Bender, received the en tire vote of the judges. Quite an assembly met to hear the debate, and music by the Vale Cornet band was rendered. The question was Sanitary Schools in Oregon is Object County Superintendent Miss' Fay Clark is in receipt of the following, letter from the state superintendent," touching the matter of better sanitary conditions in the schools. , Salem, Oregon, Jan. 29, 1916. To ,unty Superintendents: One of the best movements in the interests of bettering the sanitary conditions" of. the schools throughout thevState was the giving by the State Board of Edu cation, of a health officer's badge and- a little booklet giving the rules and regulations governing sanitary condi tions of the school. Repeatedly re ports have come to this department from various parts of the State as to tho seriousness of many pupils under taking the work of cleaning up' the school house, outbuildings and school premises. This, of course, was more notably true in those counties where the county superintendent emphasized this work. I am sure that you know that Commissioner Claxton of the Bu reau of Education at Washington,' in his Report of 1915, comments fav orably upon this feature of the Ore gon schools. At ameeting of the State Board; ot Health not long ago I asked that these badges be given out again, pro vided, the Board had a fund' with which to purchase them. This morn ing I received a letter from the Sec retary in which he asks how man badges and booklets we would need for distribution. If you consider this work of enough importance to justify its emphasis, kindly mite me the number of badges - and booklets you would like to have - for your county. I am enclosing a badge and a booklet of rules. Very sincerely yours, J. A. Churchill, Supt Public Instruction. Miss Clark has sent for a supply of the badges and booklets 'mention ed in the letter, and will supply the schools of Malheur county: HARDWARE CO. IS HEAYYLOSER Furniture and Fixtures of Burns Firm Demolish ed By Flames BURNS, Oregon. The Smith Hard ware Store, a two story building which is located on the Main street of this city, was destroyed by fire Sunday. The stock and fixtures of the building, valued at some $8,000, was a total loss. It is stated that there was some insurance. The origin of the fire is unknown, but it is known that it was started in the second story, since the de partment was able to save the side walls and the front of the building. ly to the heartbreaking delay of an uncertain money market. The district plan has been careful ly and exhaustively examined into and there has been no instance of failure where good land could be irrigated at a reasonable cost. Malheur valley land is as good as the best and the water can be stored at less cost than at any point in America. The Enterprise prefers that the farmers and present land owners shall build, for it is far the best for them. The Enterprise js behind construction now in the best way possible, but nowl 11! Elimination Contest "Resolved, That the United States Should Adopt the Swiss System of Military Training," and Vale was rep resented by David Ellis and Freeman Kirwin on the affirmative. R. M. Duncan and wife of this city, are the proud parents of a seven and one-half pound baby boy, which was born Thursday morning. The lad was christened Ivan Merwin Duncan. Following is the contents of the booklet of rules and regulations to be enforced by the school health offi cer: By virtue of the power vested in you, it becomes your duty to look af ter the hygiene and sanitation of your school. Lighting. Windows should be at least one ninth of the floor space. Windows should be to the left and the rear of the "building. If this is not done, it is better to change the desks. The blackboard should never be be tween two windows. If it is, cur tains should bo procured to darken these windows. Eye strain usually begins in the public school. Ventilation. The building must be ventilated. Let the bad air out. Always open windows from the top. Every school should have a board to fit under the lower sash so air can be sifted between the upper and low er sashes. An open window is better than an open grave. The windows should be washed at least once each term. Don't be afraid to let the sunlight in. "' Building. The building should be swept every day and the floor should be covered with sweeping compound or wet paper to prevent the raising of dust. The windows should be opened while sweeping. See that the furniture and desks arc all wiped with a wet cloth. Don't al low a feather duster. Water Supplies. Springs are dangorous unless very carefully guarded. Don't allow waste water from well to run buck into the well. See that the curb Is good and tight and the well cemented around the top. A Heavy Lumber Transaction is Finished One of the largest lumber deals ev er known in this county was closed this week, by which the various lum ber yards at Vale, Payette, Ontario and Nyssa pass to the ownership of the Boise-Payette Lumber Company, which is said to be a subsidiary of the Weyerhouser companies. The Empire Lumber Company ,of Vale, owned by M. E. Thayer, is one of the companies which will pass in to now hands. No arrangements as to the management of the Vale com pany have been announced as yet. The Empire Lumber company at Ontario, owned by L. Adam for some twenty years, will from now on be owned by the new company. WILL HAVE BIG AFFAIR-SCRAP IN NOVEMBER The republicans are preparing for a big meeting at Vale, February 12. There are eminent and able speakers engaged representing the entire coun ty It is not to be a local affair. "We have a splendid program," said Ralph Weaver, secretary of the com mittee, "and the eagle will scream aw flop its wings. All parts of the county will be represented and Malheur re publicans will be heard from then and thereafter." Candidates seem to be conspicuous by their absence from the committee personel. They do not appear on the program. Judge Wood, of Ontario, will be one of the speakers nnd it will be a get together meeting of Mal heur republicans. "Things look good for us this .time, said one of the committee. "No more psychology for us." Tho Enterprise is informed-sub rosa, that there will be an answering) challenge from the democratic cohorts ere many days. We were unable to run the rumor to any certain au thentic source, but it is practically as sured that the republican challenge will be accepted and it will be "war to the knife and the knife to the hilt," in Malheur county this summer and fall. Will R. King was a Vale visitor last week and Will R. is some politician, for things generally hum in politics when he appears on the sceno A bubbling fountain is best. Next a cooler with individual cups: Don't dip into a bucket Toilets. Must be kept neat and clean. If the odor is disagreeable, one pound of Paris green to five gallons of ashes from the stove will quickly destroy all odor. Where a septic tank is used, no chloride of lime or disinfectant should be allowed to get into the tank. Wash Basins. Should be furnished, one each for boys and girls. These should be scour ed with Dutch Cleanser at least once each week. If roller towels are used they should be changed every day. Paper towels can be used, but Ohey must be put in a box and burned each day in the stove, after using. Grounds. The school grounds must be kept clean and if pools of water collect on the grounds, have the Board of Di rectors plow and furrow and drain it out Have ample room for a baseball or tennis ground. Don't allow rubbish, remains of lunches or anything to be thrown on the grounds. If any stagnant pools of water am seen, cover with a pint of coaloil for each hundred square feet to kill mos quitoes. General Directions. Remember that flies breed in filth and carry disease. Don't allow any food for flies to remain within 200 feet of the schpol house. Watch for the boy or girl who is careless about spitting. That is the only way you get consumption. Be particularly careful about the boy or girl who has a cough. Look out. for cleanliness not only .In the school room and building, but in (Continued on page 8.) ALLOFGOOD OPINION Prominent Men Lend Their Views Regarding the Warmsprings Project That the citizens of the county are greatly in favor of an immediate con struction of tho Malheur project is shown again this week. The Enter prise of last week presented the views of a number of prominent citizens and today present the views of a number of equally prominent men identified with the interests of the county. "The water of the Malheur river is an asset which is unequalled by any natural resource in the west," said James Lawrence, president of the First National Bank of Vale. "It Bhould not be allowed to run to the sea longer without being first dis tributed over our rich lands and servo to create homes for thousands of peo ple. The storage of 100,000 aero feet of water at the Warmsprings reser voir site means the lifting of mort gages and production of wealth which cannot come to us in any other way. I am sure the farmers of the valley will welcome anything which will re duce taxes and bring people into the country." A. L. Cockrum, president of the First National of Ontario, said, "Being a comparatively newcomer in the coun ty it has been hard for me to realize that so easily constructed project could be lying at our very doorstep. Ascertaining it to be a fact and real izing the excellent law of Oregon would enable the farmers to manage their own affairs without being at the mercy of promotion speculators, I am desirous of doing all possible to'help it along. "We are all prosperous when land is moving and being put under culti vation. The addition of 25,000 acres of cultivated land to our present acre age in the valley means prosperous' times for everybody. People will be attracted to our section and land will move. Those desirous of selling will find customers. "The construction of the project will scatter a large amount of money throughout the district, which money may now be obtained on such excell ent security. Tho increased prosperi ty will enable many mortgages to be lifted. In fact the water now wasted by running unrestrained to the sea carry our prosperity along with it. By building the reservoir we can re tain this prosperity. By all means let us build." Bruce R. Kester, formerly register of the land office, president of the Vale, Chamber of Commerce and now of the law firm of Davis and Kester, expressed himself as greatly pleased with the present district law. "The Malheur valley should be one of the most highly developed com munities in the northwest One half the valley is now in sagebrush while all should be cultivated. No further development can be expected without the storage of water. "Ditches already constructed can be enlarged and carry sufficient water to irrigate some 35,000 acres of land. Government and other cngincors in form us that the storage wil be ex ceedingly cheap. "For the construction of the reser voir the district system appears the only practicable one. Under the dis trict law speculative land will be com pelled t bear its just share of the burden." BE CAREFUL HOW VOU SPEAK Being "reliably informed" is not enough. It may do for a lecturer or a minister but it must be stronger than that for a newspaper and really should be for any man or" woman who makes a declaration. Reliable information is often wrong. Facts are not impos sible to secure. Your best friends arc liable to give you wrong information, yet y would call it being "reliably informed." When your prejudices en ter into a subject then you should bo even more careful and secure abso lute, not reliable, information beforo you act or talk. At night a man usually realizes he didn't do so well as he felt he would when he tackled the job in the morn ing, but he expects to do better the next day. About the only thing I have learn ed for certain, is that late in January is the time to buy an. overcoat. As long as his stomach will stand it, a man is inclined to cat too much, and fcometimek even longer. One Liquor Ship ment to Vale in Month Although the prohibition law has been in force in Vale for more than a month, practically no liquor has been shipped into tho city from eut of state points, according to receipts of the express office. Just one ship ment has been made, in spite of the fact that after the state went dry a number of liquor users applied for in formation as to tho correct way of ordering and receiving wot goods. It is tho opinion of the express of ficials that the publicity now involv ed in procuring liquor is responsible for the lack of orders. Harney Lad COW TESTING ! ASSOCIATION Several weeks ago Mr. Kehrll was in this county with me going over the situation with respect to forming a cow testing association. It was nec essary in order to procure enough herds having sufficient number of cows to include several herds on the Canyon County side of the river. The results of our preliminary canvas was very gratifying in that the dairymen were all so willing to enter into the association. We were also surprised to find the large number that under stood the nature of this work, show ing that the dairymen in this section are keeping abreast of tho times so a? to get all of the good things that are coming their way. There may bo a few that would wish to join this association, however, that do not understand the way in which it works and so I will here give a briof description of it here. A tester us ually tests one herd each day, or where two small herds aro near each other he may be ablo to test them both in one day. From this you can sec that it is necessary to have about twenty-six herds in the association. These men contract to test their herds for one year, and then come together and form a simple organization and elect the necessary officers, hire a tester and begin operations. This as sociation can also do cooperative buy ing and selling if they desire. The tester calls once each month, weighs tho milk night and morning, tests it, figures out the monthly pro duction, balances the feed, and of fers and suggestion to the dairyman that he thinks would be helpful. The tester should also bo a source of gen eral information along dairy lines. There are at tho present time over three hundred associations in the Unit ed States, and twenty-three of these are in Oregon. This large number shows how important they are to the dairymen. The associations show that tho average cow gives but about one hundred and fifty pounds of butter fat, and that any herd can by culling out the boarders, and by proper grad ing up to raise this to over three hun dred pounds in three to seven years. The results of these testing asso ciations are so generally known that I do not believe that it is necessary to dwoll further upon this subject I wish every dairyman to know that next week Mr. Kehrll will return to help mo get the dairymen together to form this association, and I wish any one that is interested in this proposi tion that wo did not visit to get in touch with me immediately, for we do not desire to leave any one out of this that it is possible to include. W. W. HOWARD, County Agriculturist Weiser is Defeated jby Vale At a rousing basketball game, ful , of "pep" from start to finish the Wei-, ser High School basketball team wen' to defeat at the hands of the Vale I team to the tune of 44 to 20, last Sat urday night. The game was hard iougnt tin me ena, ana mo weiser lads deserve especial credit for their tenacity. Basket after basket piled up the score for the home team, but a number of fouls were called on both sides. The Vale basketball aggregation is conscientiously preserving the last year's record of a clean season, and if good practice, and earnest effort will do it, tho home team will succeed. The College of Idaho team defeated tho Vale boys Thursday ninhl by a considerable majority. This wus nq$ a regular game, the College team . Heaviest Snowfall For Years Malheur county has experienced during the past week one of the heaviest snowfalls in her history. Trains have been delayed on the Mal heur and Brogan and Eastern Oregon branches, and havo brought in but very little mail, on account of delays on the main line. Beginning with 9 o'clock Monday evening, it snowed continuously until 9 o'clock Thursday morning, only sub siding for an hour Wednesday even ing. This covered tho country with an additional 20 inches of snow, the average being about 8 inches a day. In Vale snow plows were brought into uso on Wednesday and Thursday, clearing away tho drifts on the streets and sidewalks. With the assistance of the snowshovel brigade, traffic was carried on in tho city without hardly of 1 5 is Shot and Killed MORE ABOUT THE BOUNTY- To tho Editor: In your paper of January 22 I read an article written by a Brogan resident on tho rabbit bounty question. I wish to say that I started tills nronosition with thn Mm nf n-nHInn- out petitions fdr presentation to our county court for a vote of the people at tho fall election for the placing of a five cent bounty on black tail rab bits. Petitions to bo signed by farmers, locators and taxpayers. Farmers and business men to work together and thus benefit everybody, as the money paid out for bounties is spnt among our own people. Getting rid of tho rabbits will make money for the farmer and he will havo money for the traders. lie will also bo ablo to feed more stock.. Poisoning rabbits as some propose, is dangerous and wil likely kill our own stock and wild game birds. Now let's get down to business and get thCBe petitions out demanding this bounty The Brogan Commercial Club will understand and will give their help. I also understand that some of our large companies are in favor of it Now Mr. Business man nnd farmer. tho people are waking up to tho need of getting rid of the rabbit post; are you helping all you can ? Just try and boost a little more and get in touch with the Brogan club, with people of Crowley, Cord, West fall and in fact tho whole 'countv. Wo wnnt to ralso more grain .and save it after it is planted. f the rab bits aro put down the stock and sheep men will make more money as well as tho farmer. Let us all work for a five cent bounty. Mr. K. W., Dale, I. K. Venator are in favor of it. What is the use of putting off until noxt week what can be done today. It is high time we get busy. CHAS. A. CORLISS. ENDEAVORERS TO CELEBRATE The anniversary of the Christian Endeavor association will be observed at the Christian church next Sunday evening at 0:30 o'clock. Special mu ic and special talks have been arrang ed and a rousing meeting is planned. Tho society has been a strong one in Vale, its members being composed of young men and women from the various churches in the city. Everybody, especially tho young people, ore cordially invited to spend n pleasant hour with tho Endsavorers. being out of the High School elemcrt, so will. not count against the hone boys. MEETING AT THE COMMERCE ROOMS There will be a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce Monday even ing for the purpose of electing offi cers and transacting routine business. Members aro requested to be on hand at 8 o'clock as there are some im portant matters coming up, any inconvenience. Thursday night, a six inch snow in Vale brought tho average depth to from 24 to 26 inches. ; The Enterprise is indebted to .Mr. Walter Power's, of tho Malheur Home 1 Telephone Co., for tho following re port from practically tho entire coun ty. Valo 24 to 20 inches. Ontario . "28 inches. . Jameson .. 28 inches. Harper 15 inches. Westfall 25 to 20 inches. Hot Springs . 24 to 30 inches. Drewsoy 25 to 30 inches. At Riverside the snow is but 3 or 4 inches in depth, while five miles out tho depth reaches 12 inches. The groundhog did not locate his shadow, so an early spring is predicted. STEPFATHER ADMITS DEED BURNS, Orcg., (Timcs-Herald.) , As the result of a gun shot 'nt, thV homestead of Ira Bond, some 18 or 20 miles east of Harriman; Thursday, Melvin Bond, a boy about 12 or 14 years old is dead and his step-father claiming it accidental, admits the responsibility, although The shooting occured about -noon and Dr. Denman was summoned from Harriman to aid tho wounded boy but ho found him dead upon his arrival at 5 o'clock. Tho report of the affair was tele phoned to Burns and District Attor ney Sizemore began an investigation and from information he secured de cided to go to, the. sceno. He found thero had been some trouble between the boy and his step-father and mat-, ters connected with tho affair,. seem-, ed to warrant A thorough investiga tion. , Sheriff Goodman, who was at Riv ersido yesterday ' morning onrouto home from Vale, called Mr. Sizemoro ever the phone and said he had con versed with Bond over tho phono nnd while he cla'med tho shooting' was ac- ' cidental, thn "heriff advised Mr. Sjze more to look into the circumstances very thoroughly. Mr. Sizemore, Coroner Clevenger and Dr. Saurman left for the scene ' . yesterday morning to hold an inquest" -and secure what ovidonco from eye witnesses they could. Thero were sev eral witnesses, the mother, a son-in-law and othor members of the family. The party arrived back from the scene of the trouble last night and' reported that the boy who was killed had been in a scuffle with a oungcr brother over a pencil. They broke it and the younger boy told his bro ther ho would have to givo him 10 cents to get him another but he re fused. Finally Ira Bond, who was ly- ing on a bed in. another room called to them to stop their quarreling or' ho would whip them. Tho mother in terferrcd saying he could not whip them as he was entirely too seve-o on such occasions. Bond is said to have resented this interference and re marked that if she intended to allow the childrcrt run the place ho would show hor what ho would do. With this remark he reached up and took down a gun hnHnfr on the will ami i it ho did o the "n"on ' '""rh-irir, I he bullett massing through the will i"to the rvtm ' i and out through the window. TJjo mother called for the boys to lojk out and as Bond started lno he ro 'n.' she followed, together w't' the ('-ln-Iaw and all engaged in nippjj ij with the gun. Bond told thorn to lo k out as tho gun of on d might go off. It was dlach rged 1 mediately after this remark and stru:k the boy. The cflroner's jury brought in a verdict of involuntary man slaugh ter against Bond. SEEDS GOING BETTER HURRY The last week tho Enterprise has been flooded with requests from all over tho county for government free seeds, and every request has been filled to tho present date. While the big mall sacks have a rather deplet ed appearance, there aro still enough to fill many more orders. All that is necessary to secure a free package of either garden or flow er seeds, is to specify the kind desir ed on a postcard, signing the name and mall tt toMhe Enterprise. .