The Warmsprings Project Will Make Malheur County Prosper and Will Attract Homeseekers in 1916.
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VOLUME VIIr NUMBER 12.
VALE, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1916.
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CIVIC BODY
BECOMING
ACTIVE
Chamber of Commerce has
Rousing Meeting
FOUR IMPORTANT
RESOLUTIONS
Touching Subjects of Gen
eral Public Interest
Several matters of considerable im-
portance were considered at a spec
ial meeting of the. Vale Chamber of
Commerce Monday night;
The old Pioneer Ezra Meeker, who
drove an ox team from Portland to
New York over the Oregon Trail to
St. Louis has procured the introduc
tion of a resolution' in Congress to
have a Military Post road construct
ed from St. Louis to Olympia, Wash.
This road will pass through Vale,
there being one of Pioneer Meeker's
monuments standing in the court
house yard at Vale placed there when
Mr. Meeker made his celebrated tour.
Astoria is making a. strong effort
to have a Naval Base established at
that point and no more worthy and
necessary action is at present before
the people of the coast. A vast
amount of money will be spent in con
struction of defenses and no more vul
nerable and dangerous point of at
tack exists in the country, but which
can be made impregnable with less
money than any other point of such
importance.
The great Inland Empire; if proper
ly defended could easily be made to
supply the raw material and food
stuff for the entire country utilizing
its rich lands and network of trans
continental rail routes.
The matter of a Rural Credit sys
tem to be adopted by the State of
Oregon as well as the guarantee of
Irrigation and Drainage bonds is now
being considered by the legislative
committee of the Irrigation Congress
and will be further discussed at Sal
em by a convention of leading inter
ests of the State March 9.
Than these two matters there is
nothing of such great importance be
fore the people. It will mean an era
of prosperity unequale'd in Oregon and
will add millions of dollars to the val
ue of property as well as fill eastern
, Oregon with homes,
- At the close of the meeting Mr. W.
W. Caviness was selected to present
the resolutions to the legislative com
mittee and to the .Congress at Salem
and to represent the Chamber of Com
merce at that time.
Following are the resolutions:
GUARANTEE. OF BONDS
Whereas, The arid lands of central
and eastern Oregon have, for ages,
conserved vast amounts of plant food
easily made available by irrigation,
thereby supporting", a dense and in
dustrious producing population; and
Whereas, The many streams pierc
ing said territory carry sufficient flood
waterto properly irrigate all of said
arid land should said water be retain
7'f& in storage reservoirs and spread
over the land by intelligently con
structed systems of distribution; and
Whereas, Private capital for such
reclamation is practically unobtain
able without prohibitive discounts and
commissions and ruinous interest
rates; just and adequate reason for
which condition may be found in the
inability of farmers to make imme
diate interest and principal payments
while preparing their land for crops;
many defaults thus made having
brought private promotion proposi
tions into disrepute and rendered their
bonds unsalable at the same time
greatly- hamperng government suc
cess; and
Whereas, Draining of land in the
humid sections of Oregon as well as
in irrigated sections having become
imperative, with similar conditions ob
tains in attempts to secure funds such
as have hindered irrigation; and
Whereas, There is in preparation a
proposed constitutional amendment
and initiative measure to be submitted
to the electors at next general elec
tion, providing for som& proper meth
od of state guarantee of bonds issued
upon reasonable and worthy irriga
tion and drainage projects; Be it
therefore
Resolved, That the Vale Chamber of
Commerce, realizing the great and
immediate prosperity which would fol
low the enactment of such measures
(in Malheur county as well as through
(Continued on page 0.)
TO BRING BACK FORGER
Man Wanted by Sheriff for Horse Stealing
and Forgery Located in California.
Sheriff Ben J. Brown left for San
Francisco Wednesday, to orange for
the return of Lcland Swift to Malheur
county, where he is charged with horse
stealing and raising a check. Swift
is in the United States army and
since Sheriff Brown caused his arrest,
ho is being held by the federal au
thorities at Fort McDowell.
Some time ago Taylor Johnson, of
Westfall, hired Swift to work for him
and let him have a horse to ride over
to Indian Valley, Idaho. Swift had a
check for $2.35, and he raised it to
$23.50 and passed it on Jack Fairman
at Westfall. He rodo Johnson's horse
to Ontario and sold it, then took the
train and left the country.
The sheriff's office was notified "and
Sheriff Brown has been systematically
combing the country since then in an
Resume of the Oil
Situation
Work in Vale Field at Standstill
Eastern Promoter Expresses
Hope.
A resume of the oil situation is
pertinent at this tfme and while the
situation is not good nor the outlook
bright perhaps the silver lining is
about to broaden and the clouds low
ering over the Vale oil field to be
dispersed.
The old companies are practically
out of existence. Some two or more
years ago the organization of the In
dependent Oil and Refining company
and their proposed operating scheme
promised great development but that
company seems not to have succeeded,
at least at this end.
The company was organized with a
ten million capital and absorbed prac
tically all companies ooing business
around Vale except the Sunset and the
Alaska.
The prospectus covered almost ev
ery reasonable method known for ex
ploitation of both the public and the
field. Carried to completion or to
final conclusions, it seemed failure
was beyond reason, except through
failure to find oil. Several of the
wells taken over were down to con
siderable depth and one of them The
Great Western had cased off the wa
ter. The outbreak of hostilities in Eu
rope certainly must have been a hard
jolt to the promoter but he courage
ously pushed on, and ever on, with
the versitility and consummate abili
ty of a New York stock manipulator.
Nevertheless stock sales seemed not
to materialize eastern investors re
fused to come through and accept the
alluring invitation to get rich and at
the same time help build up a great
community.
Falling behind still more, the com
pany became indebted to laborers and
these laborers became insistent and
at last filed a lien on the property.
This lien was disallowed by the court
and an attachment was filed and suit
instituted, to be tried later. The
amount is not large for a ten mil
lion dollar corporation.
Notwithstanding all difficulties the
promoter is now greatly encouraged
as we learn through an eastern stock
holder and says: "Matters were nev
er brighter for the Independent com
pany." This is indeed good news to
Valeites as, with the property all re
located by others because of failure
of the Independent to perform the re
quired assessment work, their diffi
culties seemed insuperable to us of
the country, but the cheerful hopes of
the promoter lend renewed confidence
to the uninitiated.
Mr. Frost, of the Alaska company,
has discontinued drilling, and is un
certain as to resumption of work. The
Sunset company promises further de-1
velopment and there are steps being
taken to induce other capital, to come
into the field which is ready and open
for prospecting. Will there be any
work this summer? Quien sabe!
POSTPONE DRAINAGE HEARING
The hearing of the protestants of
Nyssa-Arcadia Drainage District has
been postponed for sixty days." Dis
satisfaction with present lines and desire-to
reform the district is given as
a reason.
The fact that you can't find what
you are looking for in the top drawer
of the dresser, doesn't prove it isn't
there.
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effort to locate his man A few days
ago he learned that Swift had joined
the army at Portland and had gone
to San Francisco. Through the chief
of police at San Francisco he secured
the arrest of Swift, who is now being
held awaiting the arrival of an offi
cer with the necessary papers for his
removal.
Sheriff Brown goes to Salem, where
hewill secure extradition papers from
Oregon's governor. These he will take
to the governor of California, and
when honored by him, will present
them to the federal authorities, who
will, if everything appears regular to
them, turn over the prisoner to the
Calheur county sheriff. Sheriff Brown
will make the trip in about ten days
if there is no hitch in tho extradition
proceedings or the dealings with Un
cle Sam's men.
VALE MAN AT WORK
IN REDLANDS, CAL.
Professor C. B. Smith, Pianist for
Evangelists, in Redlands,
California.
The Enterprise is indebted to C. 0.
Nelson of Redlands, Calif., for the fol
lowing exerpt from The Redlands Re
view of February 16.
"Prof. C. B. Smith, the pianist with
the Kellems Brothers at the First
Christian church, has found friends
in Redlands. He received his inspira
tion to enter the evangelistic work as
a pianist at Vale, Oregon, during the
Haudenschild-Pugh Union Tabernacle
meetings in November and December
of 1914. His work was an inspiration
to the meeting. Mr. Pugh said yester
day! 'I consider Mr. Smith one of the
ablest pianists in the work he is now
engaged in. He is an able musician
and left a very extensive business at
Vale to enter the Christian work.' "
Redlands Review.
About the time you begin thinking
a man has reformed,' he breaks over
in no uncertain manner.
What has become of the old-fashioned
man who sometimes exclaimed:
"I am not worth the powder to blow
me up!" Here lately every man
seems to think he is nil right, and
busies himself trying to reform others.
NEW PICTURES AT REX
The Rex Theatre has signed for the
release of Metro films, which are
classed among the best produced in
the moving picture world today. These
features play such famous stars as
Francis X Bushman, Edma Mayo, and
others. They will be exhibited on Sat
urday nights.
NATIONAL TEAM WORK BY BART
CONTRABAND
LIQUOR POURED
IN THE RIVER
And the Little Fishes had a
Jubilee Below.
Sixty gallons more of contraband
whiskey was destroyed by Sheriff
Brown last Saturday, the officer em
tying a barrel and a half of the stuff
into the Malheur river.
This is the whiskey secured in the
recent raid at Juntura, when five men
were arrested for bootlegging and
gambling.
W. O. Rust plead guilty and was fin
ed $100 for bootlegging, and his bar
rel and a half of whiskey was con
fiscated. Jim Brackett plead guilty
to gambling and was also fined $100,
this being his second offense, he hav
ing been caught in the Riverside raid
some time ago. Four others were put
under bonds of $250 each for gambling
one having given the bond and the
other three being in jail.
STATE ENGINEER LEjviS
FAVORS THE ORGANIZATION
OF IRRIGATION DISTRICT
SALEM, Oreg., Feb. 11, 1916. Mr.
John Rigby, Vale, Oregon. Dear Sir:
I am heartily in favor of the organ
ization of an irrigation district' in
that section and feel that this is the
best plan and most likely to be suc
cessful where a large per cent of the
lands are in private ownership. How
ever, the fact that an organization of
land owners is handling the project
does not eliminate the necessity of
extreme care being taken in keep
ing down the organiaztion and other
expenses. The successfully operated
irrigation district should bo the most
economical and effective plan of hand
ling an irrigation project.
Very respectfully,
.JOHN H. LE3WIS,
. State Engineer.
Note The expenses of organization
of the Malheur District will be but
a trifle. The engineering work has
all been practically completed by the
government and state, the detail only
being left for the district.
Of course this must be paid for but
the district will know what it is on
the start. The railroad has been com
pleted to within three miles of the
dam site which reduces the cost of
transportation to a comparatively neg
ligible amount.
All borings and determination of
the character of the foundation of the
dam has been thoroughly done. Any
dam constructed under the supervision
of the government or State will oc
casion no worry for it will be a grav
ity dam which will be so constructed
that whether the water goes over the
top or not will bo a matter of indif
ference. Editor.
EXPOSITION
President of San Diego Fair Sends. Infor
mation to Enterprise for Prospects
Recent rains along the Pacific Coast
and the breaking of the Otay dam
near San Diego caused reports to be
current throughout the United States
that the 1916 International Exposition
had been damaged and that San Diego
was suffering. The Exposition was
helped instead of being harmed by the
rains and the damage to the City of
San Diego was such as would come
to a city by reason of loss in nearby
localities. Railway transportation to
Los Angeles was interrupted for sev
eral weeks but daily boat service car
ed for passengers and freight, states
President G. A. Davidson, of the Ex
position, in a letter to tho Entorpriso
this week.
Although the date for tho formal
dedication of the San Diego 1916 Ex
position is March 18, two exhibit pal
aces containing new exhibits have been
RETURNS FROM VISIT
TO PORTLAND, OREGON
Wes Caviness Returns From Portland
Mrs. Caviness Reported Slowly
Improving.
Wes Caviness returned from an ex
tended visit to Portland in attendance
on Mrs. Caviness, who has been ill
since her severe hurt in Vale through
stepping into a hole in defective side
walk. '
Mrs. Caviness is reported as improv
ing slowly.
"Politics," said Mr. Caviness, "are
tho engaging topics in Portland at
present, though somewhat overshad
owed by the Astoria rate decision
which makes Portland an inland town
and will undoubtedly result in all
grain shipments being made to As
toria hereafter unless Portland se
cures a change in the decision of the
Interstate Commerce commission.
"Jackrabbits," continued Mr. Cav
iness, "continue to be the diet of tho
people in that city. There are a num
ber of people who doubted my story
as to -the loft ears of Grant county
rabbits being frozen off in a great
blizzard away back in the fifties. They
have never seen a blizzard down thero,
they have little silver thaws, a few
feeb of snow and several feet of rain
but nothing that would make an old
timer get under cover. I went down
to see the great reported flood in the
Willamette and, honest Jawn, If you
and I had wanted to cross wo would
have gotten an old slab and a stick
and pacjdled across."
RETURNS FROM SALT LAKE
L. J. Hadley returned Thursday
evening from Salt Lake, where he has
been on a business trip the past ten
days.
WILL GO ON
opened to the public The Science and
Education building containing, among
other great exhibits, the display of
the Smithsonian Institution, is open.
The famous Luxembourg art' collec
tion owned by tho French government
was placed on display in the Fine Arts
building February 12. This collection
of 80 paintings, valued at more than
$500,000, has been one of tho great
attractions for American tourists
abroad and the opportunity is afforded
this year to see these paintings at San
Diego. The French exhibits are be
ing installed in tho California building.
Work sometimes seems pretty pain
ful until you meet a poor gink seek
ing employment
There are peoplo who really enjoy a
fight, but they aren't the most desir
able neighbors.
Vale Girl
is Married
Miss Minnie B. Smith, Formerly Res
ident of Vale, Married
in Portland.
Tho friends of Miss Minnie B.
Smith, who was formerly a resident
of Vale, will be interested in tho fol
lowing extract from The Copital
News:
"A romance, which began at Valo ov
er a year ago culminated in Portland
last Monday night in the marriage of
Miss Minnio Belle Smith, former well
known and popular young lady of
Boise, to Garfield Stubblefleld, a prom
inent civil engineer of Oregon. The
wedding ceremony was performed at
tho First unitarian church at Port
land by Rev. W. G. Elliott Jr.. nastor
of tho church.
"Mrs. Stubblefleld is the daughter
of L. W. Smith of 2004 Harrison boul
evard, former state senator from
Washington county. For a number of
years she was a resident of Boise and
held a responsible position in the of
fice of the state, treasurer and also as
stenographer for two of the wromi-
nent law firms in tho city. A little
over a year ago she accepted a coun
ty position at; Vale, where she met Mr.
Stubbleflold, who Is promoting an ir
rigation project in Malheur county.
While attending" the Panama-Pacific
exposition last summer the young
Dconle met ncraln. Tjiat- fnl! MU
Smith moved to Portland, where the
courtship was renewed which ended so
happily. Mr. Stubblefleld is aUo known
in Boise, having worked hero on the
preliminary design of the Arrowrock
dam in the spring of 1911 under di
rection of Charles H. Paul. Since that
time ho has had charge of somo im
portant irrigation Invcstmenta for tho
United States reclamation service in
Oregon and California in addition to
his private practice.
"Mr. and Mrs. Stubblefleld have be
gun housekeeping at 203 Park apart
ments, Portland, where they are at
home to their friends."
R. M. CARLILE FOR ASSESSOR
R. M. Carliie, of Ontario, has join
ed the ranks of democratic seekers
after tho office of assessor. Mr. Car
liie will bring the experience of three
years ago into the campaign and
stands a good opportunity to win out
on the primaries, and, If nominated,
will give his opponent something to
do.
Mr. Carliie Is an old resident of
Ironsides and well known throughout
tho county. Thoroughly capable of
handling the office being well acquaint
ted with values over tho county.
JUDGE BIGGS DELIVERS GOOD
LECTURE ON DRY LAW
Biggs Lecture at Court House Well
Attended and Appreciated
By All.
Judgo Dalton Biggs delivered a lec
ture at the court house Thursday
night on the subject of the new pro
hibition law and its workings. This
was done at the special request of
friends of the law in this city, and
was for tho purpose of learning the
application and the working of the
now law. '
It was a splendid audience which
greeted the Judgo, and his plain ex
position of the law was received with
appreciation Indicated by frequent ap
plause. .
THE BLACK!
HAND AT 1
WORK
f -
Vale' Rancher Would Not
-
Stand the Graft f L
:. 5
ARTIST WANTED I
ONLY 350 BONES1
Or Would "Get" His Victim!
Day or Night , f
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rancher near Valo, experienced a touch f
of the Black Hand a few days ago, a'nd
as a consequence Wm. Hill is in jail;
in Valo awaiting a hearing on the;
chargo of attempted extortion.
Mr. Vanderhoof swore out a war-
rant for tho arrest of Hill in Justice
G. L. King's court in Ontario, chargp
Ing Hill with attempted extortion, and,
Deputy Sheriff Lee Noe'made the arm
rest on Little Willow, near Payette,
Idaho, tho prisoner making no ob
jection to coming across the stale ilne.
He was placed in jail Wednesday, af
ter waiving examination before Jus
tice Kfng and being placed under bond
to appear before tho grand jury.
In his complaint Mr. Vanderhoof al-
ledges that Hill mote him a letters
demanding $350.00, which should be
mailed to his address at Payette, Hill
signing his own name to the black
hand letter, and stating that he-
would "get" Mr. Vanderhoof if tho
money was not forthcoming. Tho let
ter further stated that if he couldn't'
"firet" Vnnrlfirhnnf in thn ilnvt.imn..tin
would do the work at night."
When arrested Hill admitted writ-
ing tho letter.
NEW CAST OF ACTORS
IN "WORMWOOD" AT REX
Cast of Distinction, Composed of Fa
mous Broadway Favorites As
sembled in "Wormwood."
One of the most notoworthy casts',
in every sense of those words, ever
assembled to portray a screen-version
of a famous work, is to be seen in the
William Fox production of Mario Cor
elli's Wormwood, which comes to tho
Rex Theatre on Friday, March 3. Ev
ery part, even to the minor characters,
has been handed to a dramatic artist
selected by Mr. Fox personally after
a drastric and exhaustive "trying
out," John Salnpolls, who enacts Gas--ton
Beauvais, tho "absintheur" one of
the principal and most striking char
acters is known all over the country,
for his work In David Warficld's "Re
turn of Peter Grimm," in which he
played Mr. Warfleld's part during tho
lattcr'a enforced absence from ho
stage. In Now York tho critics plac
ed Mr. Salnpolls' work on a par with,
that of Warfield himself and devot
ed much spaco to his praise. Mr. Saln
polls has played in support of prac
tically every famous star in America
and has besides headed his. own com
panies in notable successes. His work'
In Wormwood may be classed among
the most brilliant of his successful
career. Beauvais affords him splen
did opportunities of which he takes
full advantage resulting in one of tho
most striking bits of dramatic por
traiture of recent times. Charles'
Arthur, an exceedingly popular and
gifted young actor plays Sylvian with '
dash and distinction that makes his
work stand out tellingly. In the big
scenes of the drama, Mr. Arthur rises
to great heights and displays a sweep
and power in his acting that fully
bears out his high reputation as. a
notable dramatic artist
BEN J. BROWN FOR SHERIFF
Sheriff Ben J. Brown's announce-'
ment appears in this Issue of tho En- '
terprise, as a candidate for ro-nom-
nation to the office he now holds. Mr. "
Brown has been- exceptionally success
ful in conducting tho affairs of the
sheriff's office, and his re-nomination -and
re-election seems to bo1 a. fo.re
gono conclusion. The usual two 'term'
Idea; in offices of only two years dura- -Hon
will probably prevail, as tho .of-"
flee has been well conducted,
MARRIED AT BOISE -Hattifl
F. Bowman, of this city, and
Mr. Fred W, Frlcke, of Boise, Idaho'
.,, t.i . a m t T..l
White in Boise Thursday afternoon.
The couple will make their homejh
Bolso.