PAGfi FOUR
THE MALHEUR ENTERPRISE
SATURDAY,, JANUARYS 191?.
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FUTURITIES
IUST what the future holds for Vale and
this section of country cannot be fore
told with certainty for another six
months. The endeavors to get the
Warmsprings project going have been crown
ed with success to date, but there are those who
-object to rapid development and how far they
will go to delay the matter remains to be seen.
The reclamation department in recom
mending the appropriation of $400,000 for the
dam did the best they could for us and Presi
dent Wilson and Secretary Lane deserve kind
remembrannce from our people for their efforts.
The $400,000 would complete the dam and then
those who had new lands might await the pleas
ure of those who held the key to the distribution
system.
The dam would not be completed under two
or three years and at a cost far in excess of
$400,000, as the overhead charges on govern
ment work is always excessive.
Section twelve of the reclamation exten
sion act would shut out any possibility of get
ting the improvement except through private
capital in the end. Those who have obtained a
competence through the use of the present sys
tem, can wait and are willing to wait. Those
who do not care to farm intensively are willing
to wait. Those who are desirous of getting the
most out of the land and those who have no
water at all are not willing to wait. It is now
or never with them and they are well able to
pay the small charge that will be made for
water.
Those who are promoting other activities
and hoping for government aid may be disap
pointed at the turn things have taken, but this
country must be developed now or lie stagnant
for a generation. If neither Warmsprings nor
Bully creek shall be constructed and the land
watered within the next two years there will be
an exodus from the county rather than an influx
of population.
The Stock-raising Homestead law will not
do it all. Those who own the ranges will want
a little ranch to raise hay for wintering their
stock. The county would soon become the home
of ten thousand stock raisers instead of 100.
Hundreds of those who are taking advantage
of the new law are those who have ranches in
- the valleys; they see into the future and know
that the grass on their range homestead will be
greatly increased by care and will supplement
their present holdings with a summer range of
great and increasing value.
Delving into the future is poor business for
anyone but those who professionally do so as
fortune tellers. Nevertheless history and pres
ent examples may be drawn upon for imagining
what the future might be.
Just a few years since and the Twin Falls
country was a desert and the first attempts at
farming with the water of that region resulted
in condemnation of the country: Today it is a
country of money making fanners and high
priced land. Caldwell and Nampa, Parma and
Payette are fairly indicative of what may be
done.
Dead Ox lands which the writer has travel
ed over before the water was spread over the
land, are now selling for $150 and $200 per acre.
Under the Shoestring ditch with the yearly
charge of about $4.25 for water, farmers are
making more than good and the land cannot be
touched for less than $150 to $200 per acre.
With all these examples right at hand and a
world of precedent, how is it that there are peo
ple who object to the paltry charge under the
Warmsprings project, of less than $30 per acre.
Is it a fact that the lands are not worth it? We
note that those who are farming do not want
to sell for a trifle.
It is now or never with us. With a "long
pull, a strong pull, and a pull all together" Vale
and Ontario will double their population in less
than two years.
BULLY CREEK
s
SUMMONS
In the Circuit Court of tho State of
the lGth day of December, 191G, tho
Oregon for Alalhcur bounty.
Ella Heath, Plaintiff, vs. John Mc
Namce, Mrs. Mary McNamcc, Rob.
crt D. Rorison. Mrs. Robert D. Ro
rison. his wife, Geo. II. Bodfish
and David Bombard, Defendants
To David Bombard, of the above
named defendants:
IN THE NAME OF THE STATE
OF OREGON: You are hereby re
auircd to anncar and answer tho com.
plaint filed against you in the above
entitled suit witnin six weens irom
date of the first publication of thii
summons: and if vou fail so to an
pear and answer, for want thereof
the plaintiff will apply to tho court
for the relief demanded in the com
plaint, to-wit: For a judgment against
the defendant John McNamee in the
sum of Four Hundred ($400) Dollars
upon one promisory note, together
with interest thereon from the 1st
day of April, 1013, until paid, at tho
rate of ten per cent per annum, and
for Seventy-livo ($75) Dollars as at
torneys' fees herein, and for tho costs
and disbursements of this suit.
And for a decree foreclosing a
mortgage given by the defendant
John McNamee upon the Lot Four
(4) of Section Nineteen (19), and
Lots One (1) and Two (2) of Section
Thirty (30), in township Thirteen
(13) South of range Forty-two (42)
East, and the Northeast Quarter of
tho Northeast Quarter (NEViNEVi)
of Section Twenty-hvc (lb), in Town,
shin Thirteen (13) South. Range For
ty-ono (41) East, W. M., Malheur
County, Oregon, to secure the pay
ment of the said promisory note, and
forever barring and foreclosing you
and each and all of the defendants
herein from all right, title and inter
est in and to said real property, ex
cent your statutory right to redeem,
This summons is published in the
Malheur Enterprise, a weekly news
paper published and circulating in
Malheur County, Oregon, by order of
the Honorable JJalton biggs, Judge ot
the above entitled court, made and en
tared nn tho Rth ilnv nf December.
191G, and directing its publication
for six weeks, commencing with the
lGth day of December, 191G, and end
ing with the 20lh day of January,
1917.
DAVIS & KESTER.
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
uec. l(i-Jan. 20.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the County Court of the State of
Oregon, for Malheur County.
In the Matter of
the Estate of
Elsie Stradley, Deceased.
The undersigned having been ap
pointed by the County Court of the
State of Oregon, for Malheur Coun
ty, administrator of the estate of El
sie Stradley, deceased, and having
qualified, notice is hereby given to the
creditors of and all persons having
claims against said deceased, to pre
sent them, verified as required by law.
within six months after the first pub
lication of this notice to said William
D. Stradley. at his place of residence
in uig liond, Malheur Lounty, Ure
gon.
WILLIAM D. STRADLEY.
Administrator of tho estate of
Elsie Stradley, deceased.
Dated December 23rd. 191G.
First Publication Dec. 23. 1916.
Last Publication Jan. 20, 1917.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department of the Interior',
U. S. Land Office at Vale, Oregon
December 21, 191G,
NOTICE is hereby given that Hen
ry J. Ryan, of Westfall. Oregon, who.
on June 4, 1913, made Homestead En
try, No. 02714, for W&NEH, EN
W',4, Sec. 10, and who on July 28,
1914, made Add'l. Homestead Entry,
No. 03454. for SW4NWVi. Sec. 10.
S&NEV4, SEUNWU, Section 9, all
in Township 10 South, Range 39 East,
Willamette Meridian, has tiled notico
of intention to make Final Three
Year Proof, to establish claim to the
land above described, before The
Register an Receiver, U. S. Land Of
fice, at Vale, Urogon, on tho 24th day
oi January, ivli.
Claimant names as witnesses:
J. C. Spaulding, Jack Spaulding,
Don McCann, William Miller, all of
wcsunii, uregon.
THOS. JONES,
Register,
Dec. 23-Jan. 20.
UITS and counter suits are the prevailing
conditions on Bully creek today, but
there is a ray of sunshine breaking
through the clouds broueht about ()
through the sale of the Warmsprings bonds.
While the values must be created on Bully
creek by water and in the valley they have al-
ready been created, that creation has been
through the agency of water, and there is water
in Bully creek. Let us be patient and keep our
nerves steady ; common sense will prevail in the
end and our friends who have furnished money
and those who have furnished material may ()
hope for something if the right course is pur-
sued. ()
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT
In the County Court of Malheur Coun
ty. State of Oreeon.
In the Mntter of tho Last Will and
lestnment of Daniel R. Dixon, De
ceased.
Notico is hereby given that the un
dersigncd, M. G. Hone, the dulv an
pointed, qualified and acting Executor
of the Will of Daniel R. Dixon, de
ceased, has filed his Final Account
and Report, and by order of tho said
Court, duly made and entered on tho
10th day of January, 1917, the hear
ing of said account will bo had at the
Court Houso at Vale, in said county
and state, on the 15th day of Febru
ary, 1917, at which timo and place,
any and all objections to said Final
Account and Report will be heard and
tho said Account settled; nnd all per
sons concerned therein aro further
notified to bo present and at said time
nnd plneo and show cause, if any
there be, why tho said Account and
Report should not bo npproved and al
lowed, and tho undersigned bo dis
charged as such executor, and his
bond exonerated.
M. G. HOPE.
Jan. 13-Feb. 10.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department of tho Interior,
U. S. Land Office at Vale, Oregon,
Jan. C, 1917.
NOTICE is hereby given that Hat
tio E. Welch, of Vale, Oregon, who,
on March 20, 1912, made Desert-Land
Entry, No. 02178, for BVj, Section 10,
Township 18 South, Rango 44 East,
Willamette Meridian, has filed notice
of intention to mako Final Proof un
der tho 2nd paragraph of tho Act of
March 3, 1915, to establish claim to
tho land above described, beforo the
Register nnd Receiver, U. S. I,nnd
Office, at Vale, Oregon, on the 12th
day of February, 1917.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Lula Colwell, Cora Bass, Phil Bass,
Wilbort Colwell, all of Vale. Oregon.
THOS. JONES,
Register.
Jan. 13-Feb. 10.
Thero is ono unusual attraction
about Count Tarnowski vun Tamow.
If you enn remember his first name
you'll probably recall Ills eemL
Cleveland Plnin. Dealer,
County Clerk's Semi-Annual
Statement
From June 30th, 1916, to December 31st, 1916
General and State Fund ? 25,437.36
General Road Fund - 3,580.21
General School Fund ',dGd.6l
Indemnity Fund - - ... 147.15
Estates of Deceased persons G30.80
Citv Taxes .'. 403.53
Irrigation and Drainage Funds 376.50
Road Districts 1,302.26
School Districts - 16,660.74
County Fair Fund 18.79
Permanent Road Fund . 2,098.35
High School Fund ?. - 1,577.98
Library Fund a - 14.13
Total ,.....:$ 54,610.0
General Fund Warrant. Account-
Warrants nrcdcemcd Juno 30th, 1916 .'. $ 20,625.40
Warrants issued last six months . - 35,918.80
$ 56,544.20
Warrants redeemed Inst-six months $ 44,419.47
Balance unredeemed Dec., 31st, 1916 12,124.73
$ 56,544.20
General Fund Warrants unpaid ...$ 12,124.73
Estimated interest 200.00
$ 12,324.73
Cash in General Fund Dec. 31st, 1916 , $ 24,285.35
Warrants unpaid and interest 12,324.73
Resources Jan. 1st, 1917 - $ 11,960.62
Statement of Receipts' for six months ending Dec. 31st, 1916.
Sheriff, Assessor, Treasurer and other receipts $145,872.21
Clerk's Fees - .-. 3,151.15
Total Receipts .x - $149,023.36
DISBURSEMENTS FOR SIX MONTHS
Dec 31st, 1916.
Registration and Election $
Sheriff's Office, traveling expenses and board of prisoners
Clerk's Office
Treasurer's Office -
Assessor's -Office
Circuit Court - - -
County Court
Justice Court , -
Court House
Coroner's Court ..
Insane
School Superintendent -
Health Officer
Fruit Inspector
Stock Inspector
Widows Pension
Care of Poor
Jail .,
Juvenile Court
Tax Rebate
Scalp Bounty
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Assessment and Collection of Taxes
Current Expenses .' .
Official Advertising
Water Master
Institute and Examinations
County Fair .....
Truant Officer
Vital Statistics
Agricultural Advisor
Miscellaneous :
2,726.08
3,859.42
3,002.90
542.26
2,977.55
3,581.70
2,982.22
252.55
18.45
90.G0
2.40
1,182.42
170.50
384.00
382.65
932.50
4,010.30
13.83
28.65
27.G0
1,564.00
96.08
333.95
1,343.26
263.35
821.60
288.89
1,100.00
84.10
19.75
375.00
2,400.24
Total $ 35,918.80
Roads and Highways 38,386.88
Grand Total $ 74,305.68
Semi-annual Statement of Ben J. Brown, Sheriff
December 31st, 1916.
Balance taxes uncollected June 30th, 1916 $244,228.96
Sheriff's Assessments since June 30th, 1916 162.22
Penalty and Interest collected since Juno 30th. 1916 .. 3.464.53
Taxes collected since June 30th, 1916
Taxes charged off tax roll ac Tax Foreclosures, land
bid in by Malheur County
Balance taxes uncollected December 31st, 1916
$ 3,464.53
121,488.09
48.83
122,854.26
$247,865.71 $247,855.71
Stato of Oregon, County of Malheur, ss:
I, W. H. Doolittle, County Clerk of Malheur County, Oregon, do hereby
certify that tho foregoing is a full, true and correct statement of the financial
condition of Malheur County, Oregon, as shown by tho records in my office
at the close of business Dec. 31st, 1916.
W. H. DOOLITTLE.
County Clerk.
Malheur County Fair
Indemnity fnud
Estates of deceased persons
Dead-Ox Flat Irrigation District
Owyheo-Irrigation District
Road District No. 1
2
School District No,
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
1
2
3
5
6
8
10
11
12
13
14
15
18
23
24
26
27
29
30
31
32
33
34
36
38
39
40
41
42
43
45
4G
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
GO
61
G2
63
64
65
6G
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
75
7G
SUMMARY
18.79
147.15
630.80
257.50
119.00
'379.98
931.70
358.31
84.53
791.66
171.44
716.47
261.20
496.25
135.76
18.23
95.68
670.85
1,489.36
248.44
3.22
122.88
31.15
2.36
768.53
38.40
385.43
1,399.90
89.36
8.90
259.21
282.20
94.97
16.74
2,289.49
214.38
297.78
373.21
277.40
4.78
r 50.31
151.89
280.34
434.74
143.62
217.88
9.91
115.94
449.10
454.03
566.83
329.29
31.77
146.18
167.21
401.15
-570.14
245.18
219.48
248.27
2.50
676.88
' 82.12
1.65
339.05
425.48
15.47
31.52
349.85
63.84
862.59
224.81
44.49
624.60
133.79
,69.00
G3.14
G8.40
127.99
17.60
Overdrawn
$ 1,441.13
1,374.27
468.49
-12.64
958.36
013.52
330.81
June 30, 1916, balance on hand 63 707 84
fv oX' iZ7 ' ullluu"1' recuivea to ante 150,193.36
Dec. 30, 1916, amount disbursed to date .
Dec. 30, 1916, balance on hand "Z
$159,285.19
t4,G10.01
$213,901.20 $213.901i2n
State of Oregon, County of Malheur, ss:
I. .T. R. Wpnvpr Trnoonro F 1 f H n x. r , . .
Vu : . ' i.iuinuui vuuiuy, uregon, ao nereby certify
and belief S'nS statement is true and correct to the best of-my knowledge
J. R. WEAVER,
Treasurer of Malheur County, Oregon.
U.
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County Treasurer's Semi-Annual
Statement
TREASURER'S SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT of the financial condition of
Malheur County, Oregon, for six months ending December 30th, 1916,
GENERAL FUND
Juno 30, 1916, balance on hand $ 31,858.55
Dec. 30, 191G, amount received to date 48,406.38
Dec. 30, 1916, amount disbursed to date . ,s.....
Dec. 80, 1916, amount transfered to general road fund
Dec. 30, 1916, amount held for warrants called, not
presented ....
Dec. 30, 1916, balance on hand
? 44,786.74
11,192.84
12,474.73
11,810.62
$ 80,264.93 ? 80,264.93
STATE TAX FUND
June 30, 1916, balance on hand ...... $ 2,540.44
Uec. 30, 1U10, amount received to date 14,3YB.21
Dec. 30, 1916, amount disbursed to date
Dec. 30, 1916, balance on hand ...j.
S 15,760.04
1,152.01
$ 1G.918.G5 $ 16,918.65
COUNTY SCHOOL FUND
Juno 30, 1916, balance on hand a $ 2,590.50
uec. 3U, luio, amount received to date iY,viiu.H7
Dec. 30, 1916, amount, disbursed to date
Dec. 30, 1916, balance' on hand ...4... -
$ 17,445.16
2,362.21
$ 19,807.37 $ 19,807.37
GENERAL ROAD FUND
Juno 30, 1916, balance on hand w... $ 3,820.92
uec. 30, 15)16, amount .received to date 6,548.00
Dec. 30, 1916, transfered from general fund 11,192.84
Dec. 30, 1916, amount disbursed to date ..... .
Dec. 30, 1916, balance on hand
$ 17,981.55
3,580.21
$ 21,561.76 ? 21,561.76
Dec. 30, 1916, balance on hind to credit of:
'ermanent road fund - 2.098.35
County high school .. 1,577.98
Library fund - 14.13
City of Vale . 245.59
City of Ontario A 18.47
City of Nyssa ... 124.28
City gf Jprd.n Yfllley .. 15,10
No. 8528
Report of Condition of the
FIRST TNJATlnVA 1 11 A -Kiv
At Vale, in the State of Oregon, at the Close of Business on Dec. 27. 1916
1. a Loans and discounts (except those, shown on b
Tvf 1 iC) ? 87,613.60
lOtal loans on mnnn .
S. bonds: ol'u'MU ef.oid.bu
U. S. bonds denosited
( 4 - v.. VtlbUIHUUII
oar value) 1 o mn a
e n Total u. s. bonds
6. Bonds, securities, etc:
e Securities other ihan U. S. bonds (not includ-
ing stocks) owned unpledged 2,235.62
Total bonds, securities, etc
8. Stock of Federal Reserve Bank (50 per'cent'of
Buu&uripuon;
9. a Value of banking house (if uneiicTmbereT)'"!!!!! 13.441 40
b Equity in banking house
10. Furniture and fixtures
11. Real estate owned other than banking'house '."'"!"
ii a Net amount due from approved reserve agents
i wf ln NT yrk,' chicaB. nd St. Louis 4,195.21
b Net amount due from approved reserve agents
, XT . in other reserve cities . 373921
13. Net amount .due from banks and bankers (other
....mi. iiaiuucu in i& or zu;
? Outside checks and other cash items !.ZZ GO 01
b Fractional currency, nickels, and cents 13241
Notes of other national banks , l
Lawful reserve in vault and net amou'nt""due
from Federal Reserve Bank
Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer"an'd''due
from U. S. Treasurer
Total
12,500.00
2,235.62
1,650.00
13,441.40
4,000.00
3,433.08
7,934.44
1,662.93
193.32
30.00
8,210.81
625.00
T$143i430.20
50,000.00
1;901.71
12,500.00
64,26.4.61
7286.60
.458.28
23. Capital stock paid in ... ,LIABILIS
25. a Undivided profits " 5 729 RK
2R &Turrent.expe"?es' in.terest, and taxes'paid 3S21.14
J8. Circulating notes outstanding ' ioi.i
Demand deposits: " '
n3,' Jndi.Xj!dual dePo?its subject to check
ir UeryC!lea. f deposit due in less than 30 days"!
36. Cashier's checks outstanding
To,t?1 odoemoond d.fP8lts. Items 37 3436736"
61, 38, 3d, and 40 72 000 10
Time deposits (payable after 30 days, or subject U,WJ
i n , A0 30 days or more notice):
41. Certificates of deposit ...
43. Other time deposits !..!"7!"!I7 ""'
Total of time depositsi'Items 4lj"427and 43 7,019.10
Total
Stat! 0reKn. County of MalheurV"ss:
Subscribed and sworn to before mo tUsfiJ1?
C C. MUELLER,
n ! . Notary Public
CORRECT Attest: Commission expires Aug. 13th, 1919.
ELI ROSE
C W. NELSON
J. T. LOGAN
Directors.
3,702.41
3,316.69
fl43.-480.20
It seems to bo increasinclv evident
that King Alcohol will not have a
seat at the council-table at which the
future of the world is to be
New York Sun.
What has become of the old-fash.
ioned agitator who predicted the next
war would be between labor and capital?
The man who is always reminded of
a story also becomes quite a bore in
the course ?f time,
Wall Street is a little panicky, oyer
the prospect of peace. Wall street,
you may recall, is the place twhwe
they gave odds on Hughes. PhjladeN
phia North American.
Tho theory that time flies djdn't
originate with a boy undergoing. the
last few days of school.
We all believed such a war k could
not start, and we are now skeptical
about its stopping. St, fcoujs -Qlc-by
Democrat,