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About Malheur enterprise. (Vale, Or.) 1909-current | View Entire Issue (May 6, 1916)
The Warmsprings Reservoir, the Willow River Irrigation district and Bully Creek Project Assure the Prosperity and Supremacy of Vale VOLUME VII, NUMBER 22. VALE OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1916. SUBSCRIPTION, $2.00 PER YEAR THE BALLOTS ARE DIFFERENT Official and Sample Ballots Not Identical. The attention of voters is called to the new method of printing the bal lots. The former method at primary elections has been to print the names of candidates alphabetically on the official ballot and when a large num ber were running for an office for which one was to be' elected, it was considered an advantage to be first on. the ballot, giving a candidate, whose name began with a letter well down the alphabet, the worst of it. The 1915 legislature passed an act requir ing the names on the official ballot to be rotated, when there are five or more candidates for the same office, as many times in" each precinct as there are candidates. Thus each candi date will appear at the head of the list in every precinct. The sample ballot, is of course not rotated. The Malheur Enterprise, being equipped with a linotype and excell ent facilities for such work has kept the money for this work in the coun ty which otherwise might have been sent into a neighboring state. The rotation entails an enormous amount of labor and constant care. The rotation would be practically im possible with hand set type. Those who have been accustomed to seeing the names occupying the same place on every ballot should read the ballot with care, for while the candidate always has the same num ber it will hardly be likely to occupy the same place as on the sample. SENATOR STEWAKT A VISITOR IN VALE. Senator Loring V. Stewart, of Grant county, has been in Vale the past week having been a witness in the case of Blackwell vs. the O. S. L. R. R. Co., for damages to cattle in shipping. Senator Stewart is a good roads en thusiast and is hopeful of success in getting the road from Vale and On tario vis Unity through the John Day country to meet the Columbia High way. "Nothing," said Senator Stewart, "will develop our country and improve our condition as much as a first class road across the country. With the improved motor trucks now built and their great efficiency, a good road is about as convenient as a railroad. This road will prove a splendid feed er to the railroads, will bring an iso lated section of country in close touch with the world and give the touring public one of the most beautiful scen ic routes in the west." Asked about his political ambitions, the Senator said: "I am not making a strenuous campaign. If my exper ience is worth anything to the repub licans of this district I will do the best I can. My ranch and increased busi ness affairs do not warrant an extend ed or intensive campaign but as I have stated I will perform the duties of senator, if elected, to the best of my ability." POLITICAL PUNCTUATION Gaily the butchering of gladiators goes grewsomely forward. The de lights and joys of destroying each others character, where that can bo done, seem to be great. Stepping out side their own limited sphere of ac tion, when invective, innuendo and in sinuation fails to move a doubting suffragist some of our noble gladiators attack the candidate for some other office. It's one of the beauties of the pri mary laws. There seems to be no power to direct or control and party lines become obliterated in a mad at tempt to do the other fellow. As for expense, the corrupt practice act keeps the money spending procli vities of a conscientious candidate down but has no more effect than the prohibition law does on a bootlegger, on the other kind. Blessed as is Malheur county with none but experts in their several lines aspiring to office (their word for it anyway) there is no possibility of the county suffering from the ultimate re sult. Oregon is to be congratulated on demonstrating to the country the pe culiar workings of the present sys tem and the rest of the country ought to come to her assistance and help pay the bill, which is large. While not all people are generous, the motion for a vote of thanks Usual ly carries. TOO LITTLE ATTENTION IS PAID SUBJECT OF TAXATION Fred Palmer, prominent business man from Jordan Valley and well known throughout the Northwest, was in Vale the past week, on business. Mr. Palmer said, in regard to taxa tion: "It is very certain that the average citizen pays too little atten tion to taxation. When taxes are low he pays none at all and when they sud denly rise and begin to hurt his pock et, he very properly begins an inves tigation. As a general thing the first question is the necessity for the high tax. If the necessity exists and the money is properly spent, the country getting- a reasonable value for each dollar paid in, the taxpayer is satis fied. Results are what he demands and I think such demand is just." Mr. Palmer finds a strange incon sistency in the school district assess ment in his section. District No. 3 has increased 40 per cent and district No. 53 adjoining has fallen about 50 per cent. JAMES KYLE FOR COMMISSIONER James Kyle, citizen of Umatilla County and Mayor of Stanfield, today announces himself as candidate for the position of Commissioner of the Public Service Commission, on an other page of the Enterprise. Mr. Kyle is a man of affairs thor oughly conversant with the railroad business and well able to handle the office to which he aspires. He brings an unprejudiced mind and innate de sire to deal fairly with both the pub lic and the public utilities of the state, to the position and thus promises if elected. His succinct slogan is: Oregon needs capital; Encourage it, but should it show tendencies toward oppression, regulate it." With these views and ability to carry them out should make Mr. Kyle a first class commissioner. He comes from the most populous county in Eastern Oregon and expects a rous ing home vote. CIRCUIT COURT NOTES OF WEEK In the Circuit Court for the week the case of State vs. Morris Powell which resulted in a mistrial last term, occupied some time resulting in a ver dict of acquital. Hurley and Hayes for Powell. Brooke for the State. H. Y. Blackwell vs. Oregon Short Line R. R., for damages to stock in transit and delay in loading at Jun tura resulted in a verdict for Black well of something over $900. Rand and Gallagher for Blackwell and Thompson, of Salt Lake with Lees of Ontario for the railroad. In the case of Howery vs. Wade for the collection of a note in payment for a stallion; Wade brought in a counter claim for $1282 paid on a former note resulting in a verdict for the defendant. McCulloch and Wood for Wade and Hurley and Barbee for Howery. GRAVELED ROADS FOR MALHEUR Preparations are being made to gravel some of Malheur county's roads. II. W. Ireland, agent for the Coast Flume company, has been in Vale the past two weeks setting up a new grader and will erect the ma chinery purchased of that company for the purpose of sizing and crush ing gravel ofr the roads. The machinery is being erected on a gravel bar about two miles east of Vale. A rock breaker has been pur phased from Wells Bros., contractor on the Bully creek dam, where they will no longer need a breaker. Thus tho county will be prepared to enter into construction of a highway immediately upon conclusion of the surveys which the state may make across the county. It is the real nice appearing man who trims us. We don't trust the oth er kind. A pircular advises people to "plant nut trees." As if we hadn't enough of those fellows already. No, the man who leads a double life isn't the one who does two men's work. CAPTAIN GOWAN ON A VISIT TO MALHEUR COUNTY. A. W. Gowan, tho Harney county candidate for the joint scnatorship of Grant, Malheur and Harney counties seems hopeful of success at the com ing primaries. Capt. Gowan says: "Prospects are fine in our county for the coming season as compared with the past, but we need some simple legislation which will enable the farm er to get in on the same basis as other industrials when they desire money. Long time and low rates are to be strived for to the best of our legisla tive ability and experience. I have been many years watching the slow development of Harney and Malheur and have hoped that something in the way of reasonable assistance to irri gation, drainage and rural credits might come about. Private enterprise has gone about as far as possible and now it is necessary for tho people to co-operate at the polls as well as else where in their interest. By co-operating in tho .selection of experience and- knowledge to repre sent them in their legislative assem bly and then co-operating in using the laws given them to their advantage and soon both Harney, Grant and MalheW will forge to the front where their magnificent resources warrant them in being. "If elected," continued the Captain, "I will give the best of an extended experience and my entire attention to the wants of my constituency." FIRST BAND CONCERT SUNDAY The concert given by the Vale Con cert Band Sunday afternoon, under the direction of C. M. Crandall, was well attended and appreciated. Tho repertoire consisted of a number of solos, sacred selections, which were executed in an excellent manner. Tho court house lawn was well oc cupied, and in the absence of seating room, a number of autos were parked around the shade trees. Everyone reported themselves well pleased with tho concert. Generally speaking, the reading of the minutes of the last meeting are the dullest reading. A girl can't help the fact that she is bow-legged, but she can wear long er skirts. ' Only a few girls are so good look ing that slouchy clothes are becoming to them. TURN ABOUT, DISTRICT BONDS SELL AT GOOD FIGURE. The Teel Irrigation District has succeeded in disposing of their bonds amounting to $1,100,000 to the same firm that took the bonds of the Sut tle Lake District some time ago and it is expected that tho Paradise Irri gation District will dlsposo of their issue amounting to $2,769,510 to the same parties. The party taking the bond I.R a large contractor from Vancouver, B. C, and is able to dispose of the bonds to Eng lish and Canadian investors who wish to place their money in the United States. It is thus seen that there is no difficulty to be experienced in handling irrigation bonds under the right condi tions. The Warmsprings project hopes to bo able to get tho , govern ment to help them as that project is well known to be the most feasible in the west. FIRE DESTROYS A VALE HOME The house of J. M. McKinney burn ed to the ground Monday morning early. Tho destruction was complete and the large family were left with neither food for breakfast nor clothes. Frank Glenn was instrumental in taking up a collection of $100.00 and the Ladies Civic Club "hastily provid ed clothes. REX CONTRACTS UNIVERSAL Manager Quisenberry, of the Rex, announces that beginning with next week, a return will be made to the Universal service, with a four reel nightly program, two features a week and a brand new serial story. A rep resentative of the Universal company was in the city last week, and made the new contract with Vale's movie show. There are invalids who seem to en joy being sick and having people wait on them. If you don't succeed, the chances are it is because of something else be sides lack of advice. MAYBE BUSINESS AT U. S. LAND OFFICE RAPIDLY INCREASING "April of 1916 leads April, 1915, about 4,000 acres." Said Thos. Jones, Register1 of the Vale Land Office. Thtis is indicated in the local land office the fact that attention is being turned to the possibilities of Malheur county as furnishing opportunity to get land. When the stock homestead act be comes a law it is expected that there will be a rush for tho higher lands where springs and grass abound. SHOE FINISHING MACHINE AT McKAY'S STORE Wm. McKay, of McKay's Variety Store, is the owner of a patented ma chine for the finishing of shoo soles, which was shipped to the store a short time ago. With the use of the new machine, Mr McKay can turn out a neater job, in a shorter time, and he invites the public to come In and look it over. DANCE BY CIVIC CLUB The benefit danco given by the La dies Civic Club jointly with the Vale band proved a social and financial suc cess. - A large crowd was in attendance and all enjoyed the excellent music of the band. W. P. KEADY ON POTASH W. P. Kcady, one of the old pioneers of Oregon and who is now candidate for presidential elector at large, on the republican ticket, mndo Vale a visit Thursday accompanied by II. L. Em erson, of Los Angeles. Mr. Keady is very much in favor of Hughes for president and thinks he is sure to win. "Roosevelt," said Mr. Keady, "will support Hughes and Hughes will ac cept the nomination should it come to him unsolicited. Ho is pursuing the only course he can with dignity. Tho position of president of the United States is too great for any man to turn down." Mr. Keady and his guest will look into the potassium prospects of the Watson country and hope to find the deposits as represented. Should these deposits prove to have commercial salts in paying percentage it is ex pected that something will be done to ward development in the near future. A woman never realizes how many steps are required to keep house un til she sprains an ankle. BY BART. (JASOLINC PlPC ETS THE PRICE IRRIGATION OF LANDS WILL STOP MUCH LITIGATION Wm. Jones, the Juntura banker and stockman, was in town the past week attending on tho circuit court and other business. Mr. Jones reports prospects good in his section for tho coming season. In discussion of the proposed construction of the Warm springs dam Mr. "Jones said: "Adjudi cation of water rights is best accom plished with water. Give us all plen ty of water and what tho state water board thinks about it won't worry us much. I hear rumors of proposed le gal proceedings and have seen enough money spent in useless quarrels over what water wo now have, to have built that dam. Tho old troubles will all be forgotten and tho new ono will never arrive if that dam is construct ed. The adjudication now expected will likely bo unsatisfactory to some of tho litigants but that dissatisfac tion will disappear with! plenty of wa ter for every one at the head gates." SUNSET OIL WELL WILL START Dr. Richard Cartwright, of Salem, was in town last week making prepar ations to start up tho Sunset Oil well. Mr. Cartwright expects to return from Salem in a few days and take ac tive chargo of the work at tho well. "We are confident that wo have a commercial well at the Sunset," said Mr. Cartwright, "and wo hope to de monstrate this to tho good people of Vale beforo fall. There is unquestion ably a big oil field in this country and wo hope and think we have some of it. Of course it takes money and time to develop, but patienco and steady work will bring us all through." COMMITTEE VISITS COURT In tho budget published last fall was contained an item of $12,000 for new steel cells with a woman's ward and Juvenile department. There wcro no protests against this item but it was carried in the final budget under the head of miscellane ous items. A certain proportion of this amount has been paid in to the tax collector and is in tho hands of tho treasurer. Thursday a committeo of citizens and taxpayers called on tho county com missioners to ascertain when construc tion would begin on this much needed improvement. New cells are a necessity. While it is true that one objecting to tho sanitary condition of these cells might easily keep away from them, it yet remains a fact that even a criminal has some rights which the general public are bound to respect. Tho sher iff, during the heat of tho afternoon and evening, much dislikes to confine prisoners in the poorly ventilated and hot steel cells as they aro now con stituted, yet ho becomes directly re sponsible for the escape and is cen sured when a break occurs. With a desperate criminal deter mined to get away, there is no build ing in the country that will hold them except a specially constructed reinforced concrete wall during the day and steel cells at night. Both of these should bo well ventilated and sanitary. The modern laws of human ity demand that even a criminal suf fering for his misdeeds should have fair treatment. The commissioners will advise fur ther with tho committee. SEN. SHAFORTH FOR SUFFRAGE Senator Shafroth, in defending woman's suffrage in the Senate the other day said: Is Woman Suffrage Expedient? Mr. President, tho statement is made that even if every woman should exercise tho suffrage, "the votes of the thoughtful and conscientious would almost certainly bo largely out weighed by the votes of tho disreput able, tho ignorant, tho thoughtless, the purchased, and tho coerced." In that declaration tho assumption is made either that tho disreputable and ignorant women are in tho ma jority or that the good women will not vote, both of which I most em phatlcally deny. The contention that the immoral (Continued on page 0.) PERMANENTLY ORGANIZED Association for Propagation of Game. The organization of an association for the propagation and preservation of the fish and game of Malheur coun ty, mentioned in tho last issue of the Enterprise, is meeting with favor in every section of the county, and tho new organization bids fair to bring together tho largest membership of anything in that lino yet undertaken in this territory. The membership fee has been plac ed at $1.00, the prevailing opinion be ing that tho unusually largo member ship would produce a sufficient fund, even at this small amount, to meet tho necessary expenses of the organi zation. Tho report of tho membership com mittee indicated that practically ev ery section of tho county will join tho club and assist in the work of replen ishing the streams, fields and forests with fish and game, and protecting it' during the closed season. Chairman V. B. Staples being ab sent at the early part of the meoting, George F. Carter was selected as tem porary presiding officer. Secretary George J. Singer read tho report hand ed in by the committee on permanent organization, 'the following list of names being recommended as perma nent officers of tho association: Pres ident, J. E. Roberts; vice-presidents, George J. Singer and F. B. Glenn; secretary, H. H. Williams; treasurer, V. B. Staples. The report was accept ed and the committeo discharged and tho election of permanent officers fol lowed, with the result that thd officers selected by the committee wcro olect ed in the order named. II. II. Williams reported for tho membership committee, showing that many names had been sent in for membership and many moro would be added as soon as tho organization was completed, the constitution and by-laws adopted, and a definite plan of action adopted. Tho committqe on by-laws was con tinued on tho work and instructed in many of tho matters to be incorpor ated. II. H. Williams was added as n, member of the committee, and a re port asked for at tho next regular mooting of the association, which will bo held at tho Chamber of Commerce rooms next Monday night. M. E. Thayer, former president of tho Rod and Gun Club, nnd Erbip Hnycs, secretary, volunteered to turn over tho property of tho old organi zation, together with tho money in tho treasury. Those who had paid a $3.00 membership fee into the treas ury of tho old organization wero ad mitted to membership in tho new without membership fee. Tho Interior Warehouso & Grain company reported having on hand Bomo $10 of monoy deposited by George F. Carter last winter to buy grain for tho game birds. Mr. Car ter raised money among tho people of Vale last winter to furnish grain for the quail and pheasants in the valley, some of which was reported without feed during the severe weather. Vueh grain was furnished and tho birds plentifully fed. The money remaining was turned into tho treasury of th new organization. OIL PROSPECTS ARE EXCELLENT Wo understand that J. C. Turney has delivered his casing at the oil well on Dog Mountain and that tho com pany will immediately set about plac ing it and cutting off the water. Mr. Turney is confident that they have a well as soon as the water ia cased off. Tho gentleman has been steadily at work on tho financial mat ters connected with this well for a long time and it is to bo hoped that they wi'I mako a successful showlnc within a tew months. HOLLIS BILL IS OPPOSED What Myron T. Herrick thinks of tho Hollis Rural Credit Bill now be fore Congress; Tho Hollis bill is a defective, use less, and dangerous measure. It ia full of flaws, inconsistencies, loop holes, jokers, and meaningless verbi age, besides lacking indispensable clauses, while it flagrantly violates basic principles by substituting tha (Continued on PSO 0.)