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About Malheur enterprise. (Vale, Or.) 1909-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 19, 1916)
fhe Warmsprings Project Will Make Malheur County Ptosper and Wilt Attract Honteseekers in 191$ m v. Tj VOLUME VII, NUMBER 11. VALE, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1916 SUBSCRIPTION, $2.00 PER YEAR ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING OF REPUBLICANS ENTHUSIASTIC LINCOLN BAN QUET MADE THE OCCASION OF REPUBLICAN R E U NION IN MALHEUR COUNTY The banquet celebrating tho birth day of Lincoln resolved itself into a rousing launch of the republican cam paign in Malheur county, and politi cal unity and good fellowship prevail ed. Committeemen, George W. Mc Knight, Ralph Weaver, Frank L. Wil liamB, T. T. Nelsen and I. V. Hope, mado elaborate preparations with tho result that a great gathering from all over the county were present at the grand repast furnished by the Drex el Hotel in their large well decorated dining room. Some 125 guest's were seated with an overflow into the lob by where some twenty or more were cared for. Tho Vale Band of twenty pieces en tertained the large audience from 8 to 9 p. m. at which time the doors were thrown open and tho gay crowd of men .and women filed in to enjoy the excellent viands and listen to. as fine a program as has ever been pro vided in Vale on any occasion. -Toastmaster George E. Davis called the assembly to order and Rev. Fran cis L. Cook delivered the invocation. Several splendid vocal renditions were given during the evening by Rev. Cook and Lois and James Cook. Messrs. Burrows, Schmidt, Williams and Gwilliam entertained with the saxa phone and were encored with great ap plause. Judge Davis opened the ceremonies with an historical review comparing tho great men and their accomplish ments with our own Lincoln. This re view was entertaining and an intel lectual treat well worthy of study and consideration by all who heard it. E. M. Dean, of Nyssa, eloquently en-. tertained the audience with a splendid oratorical effort on "Our Martyred Presidents" dealing with the crises which arose and the fortunately able men furnished by a wise providence to meet them. Lincoln, Garfield and McKinley were brought realistically before the gathering and the great events in which they took part were portrayed in choice rhetorical effort as well as their unfortunate removal before completing their great tasks. Mr. John W. Corson, the speaker of the evening on "Lincoln," gave those fortunate enough to be present a bril liant and entertaining oratorical pan egyric which thrilled and held the au-. dlence in breathless attention for 35 minutes. Mr. Covson is a facile and able speaker and handled his subject somewhat differently from the usual custom. Portions of this excellent and instructive address follow below. Mr. H. H. Williams rendered Lin coln's Gettysburg speech in an excel lent and able manner very pleasing to his listeners. George W. Hayes gave an illustra tion of a ringing and rousing politi cal talk on "The Past of the Republi can Party." An orator of ability and thorough master of his subject Mr. Hayes drew many comparisons com plimentary to that party. and, from his view point, showed the utter in competency of the Democratic party as well as their extravagance. Por trayed in glowing language the suc cessful constructive efforts of that party and the inability of their oppo nents to even follow in their foot steps. Specchmaking closed with a. witty and felicitous effort by Professor S. G. Bailey, of Ontario. Professor Bailey said that he had been slated for a speech and upon asking "on what sub ject" was told about ten minutes. "Just what there was to talk about ten minutes I am unable to figure out. I note however that a probable reason why I was called upon was that candidates having been cut out as speakers there were but few- of us left" The Professor advocated the solid allegience to the party clear down the line. He showed that the republican party had not listened to the rumb lings of unrest; had not properly in terpreted them and therefore went down to defeat in 1912. He hoped they had learned the lesson and would meet the people half way in all poli cies. The Professor closed with highly complimentary remarks as to the ability of Vale to entertain and was frequently interrupted with loud and vociferous applause. At the close of Professor Bailey's remarks Toastmaster Davis said: "In our midst we have tonight one of the old heroes of tho great strife conduct ed by Lincoln Uncle Tom Barton. (Continued on page 8.) VALE BOYS MAKE GOOD GRADES IN UNIVERSITY Millard Nelsen and George W. Taylor Receive Fourth of Freshmen Honor Grades. Vale boys make themselves promi nent when away from their home. At, the University of Oregon, last semester, George W. Taylor gained 4 hours out of the 25 in the "H" class Freshmen; 8 hours out of 88 in "S" class and 4 hours in "M" class. Millard Nelsen gained 14 hours out of 88 in "S" for Freshment and 2 hours "M" class. As 10 hours in "S" class are necessary to pass for a year Millard has only two hours to gain the coming semester. In this Freshman class there are over 300 students and these two Vale High School boys received one-fourth of the credits of the entire class. te Buy At Home Civic Club Slogan Civic Improvement Club Passes Reso lutions to Help Home Merchants. The Ladies Civic Improvement Club greatly depreciate trading away from home and have inaugurated a move ment with hopes of inducing mutual co-operation between the traders and consumers. It is realized that perhaps the ex act article needed or quality desired may not be on hand at all times but they Jhink traders should be willing to go to some trouble to obtain just what is demanded, if unable to carry it in stock and that, on the other hand, consumers should give the traders an opportunity to supply them rather than immediately ordering from else where. The following resolutions were pass 2d unanimously by the club at their meeting February 10: RESOLUTION WHEREAS, the development of any town depends upon the development of the contiguous territory, and the de velopment of the contiguous territory repends largely upon co-operation be tween town and country, and WHEREAS, a strong civic spirit 's essential to the development of any jomm unity, and WHEREAS, it has been our notice that such money is expended by con sumers for goods and merchandise from mail order houses and other out side trade centers, and WHEREAS, it lies within the pur pose of Civic Improvement Club, and is to the very great interest 'of the citizens of Vale that home buying be encouraged, that the strong civic spir it be fostered, and that the best in terests of both town and country be considered, thereforo BE IT RESOLVED, that the Civic Improvement Club convey to the mer chants of Vale a request that they carry in stock a line of merchandise at such prices and of such a quality as will induce the consumer and house keeper to buy at"home; that -they maintain on their merchandise a price which is no higher than the prices regularly maintained on similar mer chandise 'by the merchants in our neighboring towns; that in the mat ter of buying for retail tcade, agri cultural products such as fruit, veg etables and dairy products, they give preference first to Vale, second to Malheur county, and last to Oregon; that in the event of not carrying a particular style of goods asked for by the customer, they make every possi ble effort to secure such article for the customer, rather than to allow her to seek another buying place. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLV ED, That the members of tho Civic Improvement Club will endeavor, be fore buying, to examine merchandise carried by the Vale merchants; that they will, in acses where the schedule of prices is no higher, and the quali ty of goods is the same, give the preference to the Vale merchants; that in the buying of garden vege tables, fruit and dairy products, they will consider first the products of Vale, second, the products of Malheur county, and third, the products of Ore gon; that they will, in co-operation with the merchants and business men of Vale, endeavor to make Vale an attractive trading center for the out lying districts. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLV ED, That a copy of these Resolutions be furnished to the Malheur Enter prise, and to each of the merchants of Vale, and that a copy thereof be spread upon the minutes of -this meet-' ing. MRS. ANNA M. WHEELER, President. Attest: MRS. G. A. RURING, Secretary. It wouldn't bo nearly so far to Tip perary if the roads were good. Suttle Gets Moneg' For Irrigation Suttle Lake Succeeds In Securing Money Under The District Plan. The news item following is of great interest to the people of the valley as it indicates what may be done un der the Oregon District Irrigation Law. This district had been unable for years to accomplish tho irrigation of their fine lands through private promoters but within one year from the time of organization they have secured the necessary funds through Vancouver, B. C. contractors. Engineer Laurgaard constructed the State works on the Turaalo pro ject and has taken great interest in forwarding action through tho me- diumship of the district law. Tho engineering work on the Mal heur project is practically completed and that delay removed. It is now on ly necessary to perfect an organiza ti .r and, when the owners are ready, go ahead. Vancouver, B. C, Company to Con struct Suttle Lake, Or., Project. .The Henry J. Kaiser Contracting Company, of Vancouver, B. C, has been-awarded the contract for the con struction of irrigation works in Sut tlo Lake district in Central Oregon. The contractor agrees to sell the bonds, authorization for tho sale of $600,000 worth having been made, as compensation for his work. The es timate of the cost of construction giv en by the engineer was $534,000. It is the hope of the engineer who will have charge of the construction, O. Laurgaard, that the work will be commenced in the Spring and that the entire project will be completed within a year to allow crops to be planted in 1917. STEPFATHER DIES IN THE EAST Vale Man Receives News of Death of Stepfather tn Cambridge, Wisconsin. C. C. Romph has word of the death of his stepfather which took place at tho family home near Cambridge, Wis. on Feb. 2, 1916. He was a favorite among the step children and will be greatly missed. He lived a christian life and therefore was prepared to to answer tho summons. Having made all funeral arrangements and bidding the family a last farewell he passed peacefully to the great beyond. He leaves a wife, son and daughter, eleven grand children and a host of friends to mourn his departure. THE NEW ZEPPELIN BY BART WM. JONES SAYS DISTRICT PLAN IS THEBEST Prominent Rancher and Stock Raiser Endorses District Plan for Irrigation. Wm. Jones, Banker, Farmer, Cat tleman and Pioneer of Malheur Coun ty, was in town from his Juntura homo last week on business matters. Mr. Jones expressed himself as greatly in favor of a district organization for the construction of tho Warmsprings reservoir. "We can all talk as wo please," said Mr. Jones, "about plenty of water but as a matter of fact the best rights on the river are mighty close to short age pretty nearly every year. It has always seemed strange to me that this project has hung fire so long and I think it is lack of organization. There is a fino damsito and plenty of water every year to fill a larger reservoir than they are likely to build. Water will double the population of Vale and Ontario and the farmers could raise double the cropsvthey now get Any thing I can do to help push it along will be done and I am sure we want the district extended so as to take in the whole rivei1 io' Juntura, for then we won't be worried about losing our second crops and will get rid of a lot of foolish litigation. Nothing like plenty of water to settle priority of rights. No one cares who cornea first or how much water is adjudicated to him, if there is always plenty of wa ter at his head-gate." Mr. Jones stated that but littlo of tho real flood had passed Vale. "The North Fork and Middle Fork havo not made a start yet and tho headwaters of Bully creek are deep with snow." Continued Mr. Jones: "I am afraid tho ground is so badly frozen that most of the water will get away from us instead of soaking-into the ground and coming up in tho shape of grass. It's too bad to see it go down to the ocean when wo might easily have had enough for three years stored at a very small cost" Tho Zone Food Sale which was giv en by the Ladies Aid of the M. E. Church in the Hadloy building last Friday evening, was a success in every detail'. A number of booths carried varieties of cooked food, and before everyone who crowded the room had been fed, every variety of food was exhausted. The finance committee reports a cash receipt of $57.00. Democrats Will Meet in Ontario Democrats of County Will Celebrate "Wilson Day" at Moore Hotel In Ontario. In honor of the third anniversary of the inauguration of "Woodrow Wil son as president of tho United States, the Woodrow Wilson Club of Malheur county will hold a banquet and get together meeting at the Mooro Hotel, Ontario, on Saturday evening, March 4th next Tho banquet and subse quent post prandial discussion will be open to anyone who desires to attend, regardless of race, religion, creed or politics, provided arrangements arc made with the committee in charge at least three days prior to the date of the banquet for seats thereat, so that the committee can make preparations for the proper number to bo accom modated. It is expected that several speak ers of national reputation will bo present, and give- interesting talks, as .well as some of tho prominent local Democrats and Progressives. The program is bound to be on exceed ingly attractive one, and it is tho aim of the committee in charge to make this tho biggest event of a political naturo that has over occurred in Mal heur county. Tho committee in charge of the ar rangements,, and from whom tickets for the banquet may bo purchased, at $1 per plate, are the following: B. C. Richardson and B. W. Mulkey, Vale; Wilson Bros, of Nyssa; nnd W. F. He man and E. H. Test of Ontario; whilo D. L. Ingard, of Fruitland, Idaho, will represent the Idaho delegation, and tickets may also bo purchased at the Fruitland State Bank for tho banquet. NAVAL BASE FOR ASTORIA Great Naval Base for Astoria. Joint Resolution Introduced in Congress. A bill has been introduced in Con gress by W. C. Hawley providing for the establishment of a first class naval base at Astoria. Favorable comment is made throughout the country and as tho Columbia is ono of the great est ports of the country and ono of the easiest to defend, there is no doubt expressed by those who are suppose! to know but that such establishment is certain. Portland papers are practically -united on tho subject and all papers iu the state may bo said to favor it No opposition has arisen in tho , east so for and it is hoped that Rep resentative Hawley will bo able to get this work started at an early date. BOOTLEGGING BUSINESS IS UNPROFITABLE IN MALHEUR Bootleggers, Arrested and New 8up ply of Liquor Secured to Intox icate RiVer. - It would seem, that bootlegging ould prove unprofitable business af ter a while. Sheriff Bon Brown brought in some five or six offenders from Juntura this past week, to gether with o large amount 6f booze, which will probably bo used to pollute tho water of Malheur river about the timo of tho next high water. BOOK SHOWER A SUCCESS The "Book Shower" for the benefit of the public library given by tho Ladies Civic Improvement Club at the Chamber of Commerce rooms Tues day evenintr was a decided nurrvuis. Some 100 books wore recoiled and $15.00 in money. Music was furnished by tho Vale band nnd nn rntmntnoi Tv.ir . I Meet" was held, followed by an ox- collent lunch. Thirty one of tho ladies were cob- turned to represent different states or countries and much' fun was exper ienced in guessing the representations. CHICAGO HERALD DECLARES THEDA BARA IS THE MOD ERN MEDUSA Writimg in tho Chicago Herald Miss Louella Parsons the celebrated critic delves into an analysis of Thcda Barn, tho wondorful French actress, who comes to the Rex Theatre, on Wed nesday, February 23rd, In tho latest William Fox Photoplay Supreme "Sin" -which was written nnd producod by Herbert Brenon. "Her hair is like the serpent locks of Medusa, her eyes have the cruel cunning of Lucrotla Borgia, till now held up as the world's wickedest wo man, her mouth is tho mouth of the sinister, scheming Delilah, and her hands aro those of the blood-bathing Elizabeth Bathory, who slaughtered young girls that she might batho fa their life blood and so retain her boau ty. "Can it bo that fate htm reiqecr- mated in Thcda Dura tho eouls of jtieso monsters of medieval times? Scientists havo questioned tills most extraordinary of women to secure fresh evidence to support their half proved laws of transmigration of souls but the result has only been to prove that, though Miss Bara is greatest de lineator of evil typos on the stage or screen today, sho is in real life a sweet wholesome woman who detests tho ob normal." WILL HOLD A GET TOGETHER AFTERNOON Civic Improvement Club Ladles Will Meet Country Residents Saturday. Saturday, February 20, will be cole tinted in Vale by a social get together ftvent Tho ladles of tho cltv havo is- ' .sued some hundred or more Invitations to tho ladies of the country localities to meet them in a social way at the rooms of the Vale Chamber of Com' merce. Tho object of the meeting is pure ly social with the idea that the people oif both city and country aro mutual ly bound together and have similar in terests and desires for the general welfare. Tho humdrum of dally existence is greatly relieved by coming together and talking over the littlo or large events of life. New courage is add ed by a little mutual encouragement and that burden which may appear hard to bear becomes lighter and per haps will disappear altogether through ! exchange of thought. ' The ladles who have inaugurated this movement hope for a large at tendance. Geoding High School Hears of Vole- ttayette Score and Returns Home. Tho Vale High School team of Bas ket Ball covered themselves with glo ry the past week by defeating Nyssa H. S. team Wednesday evening In n fas)t game resulting in a score of 49 to 14. Thursday evening they defeated the Payette Y. M. C. A. team in hot game winning with a score of 89 to 16. The Vale High School basket ball team had a game scheduled with the Goodiig, Idaho, team for lait night The Gooding boys came in on the train yesterday rooming, learned the score of the night before, when Vale took in the Payette Y. M. C. A. team by a score of 39 to 1C, and took the next train out of town, without even sending In their regrets. Payette had beaten Gooulnir. and they evident Mid not care to take a iilfar dmt j ing from Vale. HAS INSPECTED THE DAM AND KNOWS OF !T SETTLER ON BULLY CRK IK WRITES ENTERPRISE IN HE GARD TO THE DAM AND ? f S SAFETY Editor Enterprise, Vale, Oreg-fn your last Issue you comment at f -.o length in regard to tho Bully ci - k dam and I wish to say as a resi6 it of Bully creek for the last 18 ye. -s that there has not been any high water to spoak of sinco the dam has bi n under construction except tho cld'id Dum yu mermon nna 1 notlcc u lt vou did not state tho fact that about 25 feet of 016 50 foot dnm you mm' tion was below tho level of tho creak. In 1915 the dam was at its present height but there was very little high water and what there was flowed through two openings in the dam, ono a pipe near tho level of tho creek and another a 4x8 foot hole about 40 feet from the bed of the creek' which with the pressure it had carried the creek over without any trouble but now thoeo two holes aro stopped up and tho water is forced through the head gates of the dam (there being no ac tual spillway) which consist of four gates 3x4 feet with colums of cement between the gates making n spillway very littlo larger than the openings in the dam last year and with the wntur starting through the gates 20 feet from tho top of the dam. Now thero has been no high water yet this sea son, yet a part of the spillway has washed or broken off causing .tho wa ter tp run back toward tho lower fill, washing out considerable of it, show ing at least that this part of tho work is faulty; hence ns you say "Tho dan ger lies, in the structure being unco a pletcd." You state that "near the top th?'o is a spillway which will- carry fully as much water ns the gates," whi'h is on error, or I have been unablo 'o locato it on my two trips to tho d..n m February 4 and 12. When this dam is completed with ample spillways front and back fill as required by law there will be no "silly rumors circulated In Valo in spired by unwise talk and inexperienc ed management" J. J. Dickur30ii. Note: Mr. Dickerson's comment n tho dam is courteous nnd pcrtinei't, and in the main in accordance wi;h' the facts. We think there were ma- y silly rumors afloat in Vale which 'e gentleman did not hear and for wh;t:h he was not responsible. The letter is correct that therr is yet no spillway provided at the op of tho dam. The dim helm inn t plete makes this ("oubl" .'33. ' o stoppage of the old outlof, rhri' l advisable in tho mnniop i ls -page, cuts very little firu s :a j gards flood flow. The four gates U permits a tremendous flow of wt ir us tho pressure increases, and tho ut ten feet of the filling will hold r- ,o water than all tho rest of the re r volr. Tho farmers havo had tho sen -,:s of a state engineer and his advif in no more than that of any man on to rreek. If tho water passes over 10 top of the dam in heavy flood, the dt m will go out No question about ti it. But.it will pass over tho top of no dam no man, engineer, layman or r -phet can tell. Water has been ")0 feet, 1000 feet deep over this counti y. Mr. Dickerson has seen big water in Bully creek; but that water will flow ever the dam this year or any ono year no man can tell. When it reneh od tho top of tho dam, or near it, and wo lived under It, it would havo to make good time to catch us ns ve hit for high ground. Hfed tho work gone fbrward undtr the district plan all would have been well and tho lesson given us nov.- a plain; take the remedy tho Orewn District I aw offers and organize der it; build a gravity dnm at bitfj places over which the w.'"r " ni it vi!! ar..i hoM i r.nf i mnku the entire coi'nfr tvopwr . Editor. 4 , FREE LECTURE . Some of the cltlzer-; of Vale ' 'e invited Judge Biggs t; inrt.-uct "i ra on tho Oregon Dry Law. He haji c cepted that Invitntbn. i.vcrj'o ly and the Vale Concert Band u expv t ed to be present HELD AN ADJOURNED OF COURT TE1LU There was an adjourned term ut circuit court tho first of tho w k. jtfudge Biggs having taken up sone untinisnea worK oi me receni i-mr and contfletod it in a couple of days.