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About Malheur enterprise. (Vale, Or.) 1909-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 9, 1916)
THE MALHEUR ENTERPRISE SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1916. t.J...l..t.',l..t..l,,t.rl..l.,l,,l.l.,f..L.tL.t..till,li,ll.l.1tllli.t.ll.t..!i.l Mill 11 1 i ll il l 11 I X l.MM-li-.t.t.-.H'4;44-H"l VALE ENTERTAINMENT COURSE The Killarney Girls and Rita Rich At The Rex December 16. Tickets $1.00; Balcony 50c f I TTTT t T -T-M-M "H T I T 1 1 1 1 T I T 1 H T T T 1 1 1 H"H T f T 1 1 t"f 1 fr..T..fr4..frfr.fr..f.fr.f..T.,f..fr.fr . tAGE SIX THE KILLARNEY GIRLS AND RITA RICH To be at the Rex Saturday Evening1, "ff December 16. , Tho Killarney Girls appear in Irish costumes and, with an appropriate setting', present a program of instru mental music and singing, with em phasis on the latter. There are Irish songs that range from simple folklore to the Irish classics, all of which aro rendered by a company of real artists. McKAY'S STORE For Xmas Noveltiea McKay's THE KILLARNEY GIRLS AND RITA RICn The company, as before, is headed by Miss Rita Rich, one of tho best known lady singers and entertainers. Sho has so many accomplishments that it is difficult to tell of them in detail. It is, however, as a reader, entertainer and impersonator that sho has gained her chief distinction. Carries a wonderful display of variety goods, including mechanical toys, games, erec tor outfits, guns, and every imaginable kind of toy suitable for a Xmas gift to the youngsters. Also a big Santa Claus mail box in front, for the kiddies to mail their letters, and best of all Santa himself will come to the store on Dec ember 23rd, to meet the children. McKay's Vale's Only Variety Store RIVERDALE MISS RITA RICH Miss Rich is ably seconded by Miss Laura Werno, who has a splendid mezzo soprano voice, great dramatic ability and has gained much praise for herself and distinction for tho company by her interpretation of hu morous and dramatic readings nnd Btories. Miss Marguorito Andrews, contral to soloist, possesses u wonderful voice that has brought her much fa vorable comment on account of its unusual quality, its dramtic brillianco and its sympathetic appeal. The reports from tho committees nnd tho press during all of their four seasons of booking hnvo been warm nnd enthusiastic in their praise. V. m w. m w. m x m w. RIVERDALE, Orcg., Dec. 6. A. D. Kyte is building an addition to his barn in order to make room for more stock. Mr. Kyto is always busy mak ing improvements nnd looking nfter his stock. John Thorn butchered about twen ty fat hogs .his week and expects to livo on easy street with plenty of hog and hominy for tho next few weeks. Ho likes the swine business and may go into it more extensively in tho fu ture. U. II. Spicer is completing n new barn and making other improvements , on his ranch. J. W. Stoncmnn has traded his eighty acre ranch for four hundred acres of farming and grazing land near Cambridge, Idaho, and will move about the first of March. Mr. nnd Mrs. Stoneman arrived here about eight years ago from Colorado and have made many warm friends during that time who nro reluctant to see them go, and all join in wish ing them much joy and prosperity in their new home. Charles 'Johnson is making some improvements on his place south of Snake river bridge which ho purchas ed a few months ago. Tho plnco has been neglected for some years. Gnmo Warden Kyte has had some lively times with "smart" guys who insist on hunting in season and out of senson without license, however, when ho turns them loose they are only to willing to fan tho breeze to their homes and mamas. N. O. White has about comnletcd BREVITIES sory vaccination, a citizen had to vote "no" on the measure, for it read "to prohibit compulsory vaccination." There appears to be a fair chance of getting almost any measure pass ed if the phrasing is sufficiently com plicated, especially if it involves a double negative, unless an effective and somewhat expensive campaign is conducted aginst the measure. On the same ballot was a single-tax mea sure called "full rental value, land tax and home makers' loan fund amendment" involving eighteen sec tions. Comparatively few voters un derstood all that the measure involv ed, but a vigorous campaign- against it defeated it by a vote of 164,488 to, 43,430. On the other hand, tho citizens ap parently expressed their convictions at the polls concerning the one meas ure on tho same ballot, which they understood perfectly, the measure permitting tho manufacture and sale of beer. They defeated this measure by as large a majority as they cast in favor of prohibition two years' be fore. All of which seems to show that the State can be protected from tho dangers of the initiative and ref erendum only by organized agencies of public education whoso sole object is to bring to all the vorers accurate and impartial information on nil the measures. Partisans cannot be trust ed to perform this work. oral Farm Loan Board, Washington, D. C, has prepared forms upon which these applications may1 be made, and this office has requested a supply of these forms. Upon receipt they will be furnished to those interested in forming loan associations. ARNE IS PLEASED (Continued from, page 1.) over the United States regard this law as one of the best pieces of school legislation .ever enacted. Indications are that many of the other States will enact a similar law. Donald McLeod, of Harper, was in tho city Wednesday. Fred Simon, a brother of Ad. M. Simon, was n Vale visitor Sunday. Mr. Fred Simon is in. charge of tho Dlackfoot branch of the Alexander company chain of clothing stores. P. E. Joyce, of Junturn, was a Vale arrival Friday. L. D. West, of Mooreville, was a visitor in tho county seat tho latter part of the week. Isaac Elmendorf, from the Ironside country, was n Vale visitor Thursday. Mrs. T. L. Skinner arrived in Vale from Jordan Valley Friday. Judge Dalton Biggs came up from Ontario Friday morning on court bus iness. Clove Cnmman came down from Westfall the latter part of the week. Mrs. Annn Roethler was n Westfnll visitor Friday. TO SECURE LOAN (Continued from page 1.) VOTERS DID NOT UNDERSTAND (From the Oregon Voter.) Tho importance of systematic means of assisting voters to use their privileges intelligently under the initiative and referendum appears to have been shown in the Oregon stnto election of 1910. The Lccrisln- n largo now barn and will bo nblo to . tUro submitted to tho people an An area of 19,840 acres has been eliminated from the Itoutt Nntionnl Forest in Colorndo by Presidential proclamation. This area hns little vnluo for National Forest purposes or for farming nnd one-third of it is already in privnte ownership. Fifteen thousand pcoplo from thirty states and n dozen foreign countries visited Englo camp grounds on tho Oregon National Forest in 191G. This camp ground is 45 miles east of Portland on tho Columbia Highway, Tho Wind River Forest Nursery, on tho Columbia National Forest, hns an annual output of two million young trpes which nro used in roforestntion work on tho Nntionnl Forests of Oro gon and Washington. Tho total estimated number of vis itors on tho National Forests of Col orado during the summer of 1015 is 605,000. Of this number, 471,500 vis- Ited tho Piko Nntionnl Forest. A total of 1,154,385 hend of Bhccp, cattle, horses and hogs were grazed under permit on tho Nntionnl Forest ranges of Oregon nnd Washington during 1910. -If Jt is impossible to clean a milk vessel after use, it should bo kept filled with or immersed in water. givo his dairy cows and other stock bettor treatment than usunl snving feed, flesh, etc, Myron Patch butchered a big fat cow a few days ago, selling tho meat to tho neighbors nt most reasonable prices. If moro farmers would go and do likewise tho high cost .of liv ing would bo greatly reduced. Mr. Garrett, who leased tho Georgo Nesbitt farm tho past summer, plant ing most of tho place to beans, has decided to throw up and movo to Weiser for tho winter. Ho does not think beans n pnying crop, being too much bnck breaking work attached to tho proposition. Roy Pnrkcr, who recently moved hero from Cash Vnlley, Utnh, pur chnsing the Johnson nnd Brent place, has bought n new up-to-dnte gnsolino engino to bo used in pumping wnter for stock nnd other purposes. J. W. Crnnor is making somo im provements in hia burn and othor buildings. Oscur Grnnt, who is visiting his Bister near Portland, writes that small creeks and rivers hnvo recently been frozen ovor nnd that tho weather has been unusually cold for that part of tho state at this timo of year. DO XMAS SHOPPING EARLY, READ ADS "Do your Chrismas shopping enr- ly" is the popular slogan theso days. Tho rnpldity with which some holiday stocks in tho city aro nlready disap pearing, spenks well for the truth of that adage. Tho Enterprise columns this week contnin u number of Christ- mns mis for stores in tho county. Con sult them, nnd remember their state ments when on your holiday shopping tour, amendment to the Constitution of the State removing tho discrimination against negro and mulatto citizens. That provision of tho Constitution hns, of course, long been obsolete; the object in submitting the measure to tho people was merely to remove dead matter from tho Constitution. Nothing moro than this was snid nbout it nt tho community meetings. Thero was littlo opposition to the amendment nnd little discussion of it. Yet tho measure was lost by n voto of 100,004 to 100,147. If the citizens should enst their votes for nny mensuro nt random, without rending tho measure, approx imately the same voto might be ex pected. Somo voters took this as their only opportunity of expressing their disnpprovnl of tho fourteenth amendment to the Federal Constitu tion, but it is virtunlly certuin tluit n lnrgo number of those who voted against the measure did not intend so to voto. Ono trouble seems to hnvo been in determining whether it was neces sary to voto "yes" or "no" in order to voto in favor of negro suffrage. Tho ballot rend "An amendment re moving the discrimination against negro nnd mulntto citizens." It is probable that many of tho negntivo voters who rend the mensurc nt nil cnught tho phrnso "discrimination ngainst negro nnd mulatto citizens," and voted "no," meaning to voto against discrimination. The double negative nppenrs to hnvo been too much for them. On the samo ballot were other dou ble negatives. A citizen who wished ', to voto in fuvor of tho Sunday clos ing law had to voto "no" on tho mens- ure, bocnuso it rend "A bill repealing nnd nbolishing the Sunday closing Jaw," To vote in favor of compul- in the original application and or ganization certificate. This corpora tion will have directors and officers selected by the shareholders to do its business in accordance with the by for their guidance. The active exe cutive officer of the association will be the secretary-treasurer, and his duties are set forth in section 7 of tho fnrm-loan act. - Powers. These associations are organized for tho primary purpose of giving to each borrower the benefit of tho com bined credit of nil its members, to the extent of the capital contributed and tho limited liability they each incur, and hence the associations are requir ed to indorse every loan made to members. It is also through these associations that th Borrowers will uultimately become the owners of the Federal land banks. The association decides whether any loan slfall be made or not by refusing the applica tion for every loan which -is consider ed unsafe or .even doubtful No loan can be made unless it is approved by tho loan committee after examina tion of tho land offered as security. Tho national farm-loan associations are not limited as to the number of their members. After one is organ ized it may serve nn entire neighbor hood by receiving new members. , Each association may obtain in loans for its members twenty times the amount of its stock in the Federal land bank, no matter how large its holdings of stock may become by the growth of the association Limitations. 1. No loan may bo made except up on tho security of first mortgnges. 2. Tho amount of tho mortgage con not exceed one-half tho appraised val ue of tho land and 20 per cent of tho permanent improvements thereon, which must bo insured. 3. Tho proceeds of tho loan must bo used for tho extinguishment of preexisting indebtedness or for pro ductive purposes, which includes the purchase of livo stock, fertilizers, equipment, nnd improvements (see sec. 12, fnrm-loan net.) 4. Every mortgngo must contnin an agreement to pay off the debt (prin cipal nnd interest) in fixed annual or semiannual installments. "5. Tho amount of ench installment may bo fixed by tho borrower, but enn not bo less than sufficient to pay off tjio debt in 40 years nor greater than to pay off in G years. 0. Tho rnto of interest charged any borrower can not exceed C per cent per annum. 7. The borrower can not be callod upon to pay the debt exeppt by the installments ho originally fixes, un less ho defnults, but after fivo years ho may pny off tho whole or nny por tion, nt his option, nt nny installment period. Tho first step is, ns stntcd, to so cure tho cooperntion of nt Icnst 10 landowners in ono neighborhood who wish to borrow nt lenst $20,000 nil told. Theso men decide upon tho ter iltory in which their association ex pects to do business, the name under which they will do business, the amount each landowner desires to borrow, tho estimated value of tho se curity each offers, and how tho funds nre to bo used, which information is included in the application, signed by nil members, for a charter, The Fed- Alice Curtis hns been employed ns an assistant to Mrs. Thompson in tho Owyhee school. This school is too largo for one teacher and the decision of the Board to add a teacher is time ly. The higher grade of work that can, be dono now will remove any possible objection to tho extra ex penso incurred. Clare Mtirfitt is teaching success fully in Dist. No. 4, west of Vale. Sadie" Ejewett, one of the Malheur county teachers, is in school in Boise this winter. Mr. Seeling, of the Brogan schools, spent Thanksgiving with Supt. and Mrs. Ruring of Vale. Mr. Seeling was a high school student of Mr. Rur- ing's before going to the Bellinghnm Normal. Erma Hope and Grace Chappell are teaching in the Rye Valley school. Miss Louise Sears, who teaches at Harper, reports a school program and a basket social held at Harper. The neat sum of $54.25 was the outcome, This will be used for the benefit of the school. Miss George Hodgson and Miss Mary Fikan are teaching their third year in Juntura. They nre doing the same splendid grade of work that has characterized the Juntura schools for the past few years. NOT FAVORABLY CONSIDERED The new tax limitation law is not meeting with the favor such a law was supposed to obtain. Salem legal lights find much to find fault with. The possibility of special elections for the purpose of obtaining neces sary funds for various purposes does not meet with unqualified endorse ments. Special elections cost money and the calling of them for initiative laws, voting taxes and recalls does not accord with economical ideas pre valent in counties where special elec tions mean an expense of from $2,000 to $3,000. ALL WOMEN ARE ELECTED OFFICIALS City Election at Umatilla Results in All Women Officers Being Elected, says Report. In the city election held in Umatil la city the other day, every officer elected was a woman, the first time such a thing has occurred in the state of Oregon. The wife or tho mayor of Umatilla, who was a candidate against her husband, was elected by an overwhelming vote. KEEPING GOOD ROADS GOOD Ample Provision for Maintenance Should Be Part of Improved Highway System. Keeping good roads good is tho most important task in connection with nn improved highwny system, onco tho construction work is com pleted. In tho United Stntes in the past this tnsk usually hns been neg lected, the improved ronds in mnny in stances being nllowed to deteriorate until they beenme nlmost impassable, when they were, at heavy cost, re built. That States and counties nre now coming to recognize the need of careful nnd thoroughgoing mainte nance, however, is indicated by stud ies of county road systcms'in differ ent sections of tho country recently made by tho Office of Public Roads and Rural Engineering of the depart ment. Whllo some of tho eight counties in which intensive studies were made wero found to hnvo no provisions for maintenance nnd others were found to pny for upkeep of the ronds out of bond-issuo funds, thus crenting a debt that would outlive the tempor ary improvement by many years, two counties in widely separated Stntes wore found in which maintenance con ditions wero practically all that could HARVEST'S OVER-COUNT YOUR SHEKELS HAVE YOU INCREASED YOUR INCOME? IF NOT, WHY NOT? 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Prepare For CHRISTMAS Buy early and thereby get your pick. We have on display a large variety in Toys, Dolls, Doll Buggies, Beds and Cradles, Children's Wa gons, Velocipedes, Rocking Horses, Chairs and very large and select line of fancy China, single Rockers, Games, Guns, in fact hundreds of things in the line suitable for Christmas -gifts. Suitable as presents to all ages we have a pieces and in sets and a variety of pieces in Cut Glass at prices remarkably low. Come and look over our stock. THE VARIETY STORE Ontario, Oregon be desired. In Mississippi, it was found, there is a State law requiring that n special annual tax of at elast 1 mill shall be levied for the upkeep of all roads constructed by means of bond issues, the fund to be kept sep arate from all other funds and to be used for maintenance only. Instead of the deterioration taking place on the roads of some of tho counties in other States on which examinations were made, it was found that in Lau derdale County, Miss., roads built sev eral years ago nnd maintained from the special fund have actually im proved since their completion. Tho county roods of Franklin Coun ty, N. Y., it was found, are main tained with a contribution of 50 per cent by the Stato and under indirejt State supervision. As a result of this system, the roads have been kept up to .their condition on completion. While provisions for maintenance were on the whole not satisfactory in the counties of the other States in which studies were made, this condi tion since has been remedied in Vir ginia by the passage of a State law providing that nn nnnunl tax of not less than 3 per cent-of the amount of bonds issued shall be levied to pro vide a maintenance fund for bond built roads. Tho existence of n regulntion tend ing to lessen dnmnge to roads and so to reduce maintenance costs was re vealed by the studies in Spotsylvania County, Va., where the county sup ervisors had passed an ordinance placing a relatively low limit on loads that may be hauled in wagons fitted with narrow tires and a considerably higher limit on loads for wide-tired wagons,