SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, Mil
THE MALHEUR ENTERPRISE
Vale Will be the Center of the Vast Region in Malheur County to be Irrigated Next Season.
Some Advantages of District Organization
Hoitf to Avoid a Spotted Project.
Consider now that we have a pro
ject which has been carefully inves
tigated and found to be feasible.
What is the effect of the district or
ganization as contrasted with' a pri
vate 'corporation? The first advan
tago.to bo noted is that all the land
is secured and mortgaged at once,
whereas under the plan of the private
corporation there is no hope for a
number of years of securing a pro
ject which is not "spotted." That is
to say, there are certain tracts of
land which are not subscribed to the
project and upon which no lien has
been secured. The department re
quired of reclamation projects, be
foro authorizing tho work, as a rule,
the securing of 90 per cent of the to
tal area, and even though largo por
tions of the area were frequently
bound as public land, in several in
stances that I know of, it took many
months, or oven years, to Dind to tho
project as large an area as the per
centage required.
' The remaining owners frequently
availed themselves of the water sup
ply only after several years have
passed. This is detrimental in Gov
ernment work, but in ordinary pri
vate work it is frequently disastrous,
for until these owners voluntarily
come in their lands fail to assist in
the enterprise. Also the canals and
ditches have to be constructed and
maintained at as great a cost as
though these lands were contributing.
These landowners sometimes do not
come into the project at all, but in
stead' pump from the subsurface wa
ter which is made available by the ir
rigation of surrounding lands, and in
this way actually obtain to a large
extent the benefits of the project
without contributing to tho cost. This
contrasts notably with tho irrigation
district plan which binds tho lands of
the opposition as, firmly as the lands
ot. their neighbors provided tho stat
utory majority is secured.
Character of Bonded Security.
The district will desire to dispose
of additional bonds on a market pos
sibly mora distant than that which
was required for tho raising of mon
ey for investigation. What security
have we to offer? Obviously wo have
the bonds of a public corporation and
carrying all the prestige of .public
bonds. Tho attorneys for tho bond
buyers need to examine the validity
of tho proceedings, but they do not
need to examine the title to tho land.
In this respect, tho irrigation district
is so far in ndvanco of tho privato
method of financing that thero is no
comparison. The district offers tho
j purchasers a lien good against all
lands of tho district, including those
in course of settlement or litigation.
. Furthermore, automatically this
lien takes precedence over mortgages
placed of record beforo tho organiza
tion of the district upon tho same
theory that ordinary taxes later as
sessed will havo preference. Anoth
er important consideration is that
the lands are nil bound to tho limit
for the debts of the district, so that
the creditors know that a failure of
tho value of occasional tracts will not
American
Livestock
Association
(Cheyenne,
January 18-20.
NATIONAL
WESTERN
STOCK SHOW
Denver,
January 20-27.
' ....
NOTICE
To Trappers, Hunters, and Fur Dealers
WE WILL PAY FOR DECEMBER, JANUARY AND FEBRU
ARY CAUGHT FUR UP TO FEBRUARY 20th, 1017, THE
FOLLOWING PRICES:
MUSK RATS, 75c all sizes
MINK, No. 1, $G.50; No. 2, $5.50; No. 3, $3.50
COYOTE, $3.50 all sizes
SKUNK, Black, $6.00; Short Stripe, $5.00;
Broad Stripe. $3.50
COON, $1.75 all sizes
We buy all other Fur and will pay fancy
prices if same reaches us by February 20, 1917.
,Give us a trial shipment. We refund all postal
charges with returns.
r to to li to nark at i onw
Rising Sun,
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bring about a loss to tho extent of the
failure; and, to reiterate, this lien,
vastly superior to that obtained by
contract, has been secured after a
few weeks' advertising instead of on
ly after a long and costly investiga
tion of tho title to Individual tracts,
and still more difficult and costly ne
gotiations to bind the land against
all parties.
Another security in favor of the
bond buyer is that a decree in con
firmation of the organization of tho
district and tho authorization of tho
bonds is obtained. This decrco is
granted after publication and with
out personal service, and is binding
upon all landowners within thedis
trict and all persons of interest, in
cluding the State. (Progressive Irr.
Dist, v. Anderson, 114 Fnc, Ida., 1G.)
It has been held by the California
courts not to be subject to attack up
on the ground of fraud. (Fogg v.
Porris Irr. Dist, 97 Pac, 310.) The
confirmation proceedings has been up
held in all the State courts and adds
greatly to tho security not only
against loss but also against the
likelihood of litigation.
The Land Brought Under Cultivation.
Now, supposo the project has been
financed and constructed, what advan
tages havo we over privato organiza
tion? In, the first place, nil lands arc re
quired to pay the building and oper
ation charges as a matter of taxes
and tho land is simply sold if pay
ments are not met. This is an enor
mous advantage, for the result is that
the land goes under cultivation. The
owners can not afford to have it ly
ing nonproductive, and everyono is
far better off. in the long run. Ono
of the vices of the Federal work is
that so much of the land on somo pro
jects has not been farmed and the
charges have accumulated immensely.
so that congressional relief was re
quircu. ino unimproved tracts are
either a burden or a menace from any
standpoint they may be viewed.
Collections.
Furthermore, in tho manner of
making collections for building and
maintenance there is a vast improve'
ment under the irrigation district
plan. The county machinery is in
voked for purposes of collection and
tho powers of tho county (and there
by tho State) can bo brought into
play for tho purpose.
Then, too, the attitude of tho pub
lie is better. People are in the habit
of paying their taxes promptly, and
understanding that the law requires
that such payment shall be made, and
that if they fail the public, through
its laws and officials, takes adequate
and inevitable steps for its protection-
Tho construction payments and inter
est ami operation and maintenance
charges aro thus taken cure of moro
nearly ns a first consideration and ns
a matter of course than under any
other plan which has been devised.
Farmers' .Credits.
Tho success of tho farms is vital to
tho success of privato or Federal pro
ject, and ono of tho great difficulties
which hns been encountered by tho
water users under tho Federal
CHEYENNE-DENVER--
Excursions via
OREGON SHORT LINE
(Union Pacific System)
January 9, 10, 15, 16 and 17
-Limit, January 31st.
Ask 0. S. L. Agents for
rates and further
details.
Indiana
clamation projects has been that of
securing money for development pur
poses during the life of the lien for
the cost of the project. Similar dif
ficulties aro experienced under the
privato corporation plan, and here
again the irrigation district is a
great improvement.
HOW OTHERS GET
THEIRROADS
Report Shows How Eastern
Oregon Has Been Building
Roads for the Willamette
Valley.
Wo reproduce from tho Oregon Vo
ter a summary of their graphical
representation of the money paid in
to tho State Highwrfy Fund by the
several counties of the state and the
amount expended in the several coun
ties or rather the amount of money
collected which has been returned to
the counties.
Eastern Oregon hns been building
roads and highways for the Willam
ette valley for years with no prospect
of turning the tide or at least stcm
ing the tide which flows from cast
to west.
money paid money return
County by county to county
Baker ? 1B,7GG.7C ? 802.74
Benton 9,097.40 908.G4
Clackamas 25,819.92 1,601.11
Clatsop 17.250.G0 120,520.91
Columbia 11,127.71 116,598.07
Coos 15,261.45 375.81
Crook 9,817.11 12,109.49
Curry 2,732.44
Douglas 21,892.95 4,889.20
Gilliam 0,456.81 7.42
Grnnt 5,353.18 26.95
Harney 0,004.47
Hood River .. 7,397.36 53,322.25
Jackson 23,425.43 117,299.22
Josephine 7,043.86 7,820.84
Klamath ....i... 10,000.84
Lake 0,179.87
Lano 28,960.48 4,700.18
Lincoln 5,340.50 24.83
Linn v.. 22,519.91 240.13
Malheur 8.0G2.20 189.01
Mnrion 31,184.03 1.207.1G
Morrow 0,9G7.5G 105.18
Multnomah .. 205,081.47 1,175.11
Polk 12,900.29 7,103.22
Sherman G.317.25 45,705.33
Tillamook .... 11,843.37 1,851.60
Union .'. 14,417.56 42.20
Wallowa . 8,129.28
Wasco 11,661.85 145.25
Washington .. 19,802.87 24,295.06
Wheeler 2,935.08 5.G4
Yamhill 15.514.3G 2.G22.74
THIS IS OUR
SCRAP-OTHERS
KEEP AWAY
Controversy Between Vale and R'ail
road Does Not Warrant Inter
ference From Outside.
Tho controversy between the rail
road and Vnlo does not warrant out
side interference inasmuch ns Vale
has asked nothing from tho company
which should interfere with any other
community.
Tho main line will serve its extrem
ities with daily or other service as
they und tho communities on tho main
line wish, and that they pass through
Vale is merely nn incident, but tho
company so arranges its schedule ns
to. seriously dnmago Vnlo and depre-
ciato its values without compensating
uuvniuugos 10 any one else.
When a railroad management
ho manages its schedule as to des
troy some particular town that
town has a right to complain and
make its own light. Vale asks
nothing but that which is her due
mill while enemies may damage
her for a while the lane turns at
last and incompetent and medd
ling oilicials are sent to other
fields to do their damage.
When n powerful corporation enters
tho field to destroy somo community
it is time to call on the stnto powers
and if no attention is paid to them it
is quite certain that Byron's Mnzeppa
bo again read into history "Time at
last makes all things even."
Even peaco is made in Germnny.-
Atlnntn Journal.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
"xdrTcE FOR 1'linUCATION
Department of tho Interior,
U. S. Land Office at Vale, Oregon
Jan. 11, 1917.
NOTICE is hereby civen that Alvn
C. Johnson, of Brogan, Oregon, who,
on January 22, 1914, mado Homestead
Entry, No. 03074, for West Half
(WM:), Section 21. Township 15 South
Hnnire 40 East. Willamette Meridian.
has tiled notice of intention to mako
Final Threo Year Proof, to establish
clninj. to the land nbovo described, be-
loro tlio Kegistcr ana Receiver u. S.
Land Office, nt Vale. Orecron. on the
20th day of February, 1017.
Claimant names us witnesses:
C. O. Powell. E. J. Stream E. G.
Moudy, nil of Brogan, Oregon; J. O.
Moudy, of Vale, Oregon.
iiius. JUNKS,
Register.
Jun. 13-Fcb. 10.
LIVE WIRE WILL
LECTURE SOON
"Campaign for Millions" in
Oregon to Begin in Vale
Field Representative to be
in City the 19th of Month.
C. C. Hamilton, Field Representa
tive of the Christian Endeavor World,
will be in Vale to talk to the young
people of the town on Friday, Janu
ary 19th. Mr. Hamilton will speak
at the Christian church at 4:30 in the
afternoon and 7:30 in the evening on
that date. The following is what tho
Christian Endeavor Bulletin says of
his trip into Oregon:
When tho "Campaign for Millions"
started a goal wadset for 20,000 new
subscribers to the Christian Endeavor
World. A young man by the name of
Clnrenco C. Hamilton, born the same
year as Uhristian Endeavor itseii
(1881), was chosen to take charge of
this item for the United Society. He
has had much experience in the pub
lication business having been man
ager for the Ohio Endeavorer for
somo time making that paper self
supporting. He has also served in
Ohio as President of the Hamilton
City Union, as President of the But
ler County Union, Vice-President of
his State Union, Financial Secretary
of his church, Chairman of a great
evangelistic campaign and on a com
mittee that raised $150,000 for a new
Y. M. C. A. building.
Mr. Hamilton entered the United
Society work in. July, 1915 when the
campaign began. His job, as we have
suggested, was to get 20,000 new
Christian Endeavor World subscrib
ers. He has been, working at that job
for 18 months ad what has been the
result? Although the Campaign
don't end for six more months yet,
Mr. Hamilton has already secured not
only 20,000 new( subscribers but 21,
433. We don't know what you think but
it's our opinion that a man that can
do THAT must be worth hearing! He
must be a cracker-jack that's all
thero is to it.
Now listen to' this some time ago
this same Mr. C. C. Hamilton wrote
to us and said he wanted to spend
three weeks in Oregon and for us to
arrange a good -"live" campaign for
him. We arranged to have him enter
Oregon JUST, BEFORE OUR CON
VENTION so that, he could bring the
latest Convention news as well as his
larger messageo
When we began to figure on his
schedule we found that at tho best
heV could only visit 19 different places
and we have; nearly 300 SocietiesI
Your State President has had an aw
ful time deciding who should have
him! We've said "Enne, Enne, Mine,
Mo." We've counted daisies "She
loves me. She loves me not!" We've
"flipped coins": and we've- "drawn
lots." And after all this here is. Ham
ilton s schedule. It may not be
very "live" campaign but if it isn't
we claim its best imitation of a "live"
campaign ever julled off in this old
State of Oregon! Look at it
Hamilton enters Oregon on a Fri
day, January 19th, from Idaho. His
first stop is in that very live Endeav.
or center of Vale. Lenving Vnle tho
same night he goes to Baker and from
thero ho makes 17 other Oregon
towns.
Tho young pepplo of Vnlo are urg
ed to hear Mr. Hamilton. There will
also be a banquet at tho Drexel Hotel
dining room in honor of Mr. Hamil
ton and visiting C. E. members from
outside towns at 0 o'clock. All Vale
C. E. members aro invited to attend
this banquet.
A PROMINENT
COUPLE WED
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs
Geo. Vanderhoof United
in Marriage With K. P.
Newman, of Shoshone.
At 4 p. m. Wednesday, at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Vanderhoof near
Vale, their daughter, Eva Lee, was
married to Mr. Kelso P. Newman, of
Shoshone, Idaho. Previous to tho cer
emony Miss Lcla Jones sang "I Love
You Truly." The impressive ring cer
emony was used, the service being
performed by tho Episcopal minister
of Payette.
The charming bride was dressed in
brown Crepe de Meteor, with taupe
box trimmings, with a large picture
hat and carried white roses, her only
ornament being a diamond sunburst
pendant, a gift of the groom.
Immediately following tho cere
mony a buffet luncheon was served,
and tho newlyweds motored to Pay
ette where thoytook the evening
train to Portlandwere they will be
gone about ten days on their honey
moon.
Tho bride is a very popular and
beautiful girl having a host of friends
in Vnle and Ontario, and tho groom
prominent Idaho sheepman. The
happy couple will mako their home
in Buhl, Idaho.
TRAINS MAKE
RAPID TIME
Wonderful Speed Shown by
Rapid Flyers of O. S. L.
Between Ontario and Vale
The Past Week.
Train service is improving proba
bly in order to make an impression on
the Court attendants. The past
week it has never taken over two
hours to make the run from Ontario
to Vale.
The rapid flyers of the O. S. L.
sometimes have arrived at Vale with
in an hour and a half from the time
they left Ontario. This is a remark
able feat when the tremendous grade
between Vale and Ontario is consid
ered. It amounts to nearly 10 feet
to the mile arid the distance is 10
miles.
Coal cars are now from 20 to 25
days from points in Utah to Ontario
and Vale.
When the row was forced into ac
tive proportions on car shortage,
there was an inspection trip by some
of tho members or their representa
tives, of the state commission for the
purpose of obtaining first hand in
formation as to how cars were being
handled and held in stations.
The trip was heralded with a fan
fare of trumpet like information and
there was. hurrying and skurrying on
all ranches to get cars cleaned up and
out on the main line enroute for some
place, any place to havo tlem mov
ing. It was a general clean up week.
Yards were cleared of cars always
just in timo to be inspected. Railroad
officials were around to see that the
yards were swept clear of everything
and an air of delightful cleanliness
greeted the inspecting officials. It
was some joke. Everybody smiled and
then smiled some more.
Meanwhile it took somo seven or
eight days to get a train of cattle
from Pocatello to Omaha. From
Montpelier to Granger, 128 miles,
trains are frequently 16 hours. One
shipper took tho train for Denver and
left his cattle at Montpelier for the
company to do as they pleased with.
One shipper was offered some fine
bulls in Omaha at a very cheap rate
and he considered a moment and said:
"That's fine stock at a low price, but
if I bought and started now (Dec. 8)
I couldn't get back to Malheur coun
ty in time to get on the spring grass."
NEW PREACHER
TAKESCHARGE
Rev. T. M. White of Wash
ington, Will Take Pastor
ship of Christian Church
of Vale.
Rev. T. M. White, formerly of Zil
lah, Washington, and pastor of the
Christian church at that place, has
been secured to take the pastorship
of the Christian church of Vale this
year, and arrived Tuesday with his
family. Mr. White preached his first
sermon in Vale last month.
The new pastor has moved his
household goods to Vale, and will oc
cupy the Klrcher dwelling in the
block bnck of the church.
The Blind Men
and the
:-: Elephant :-:
You will remember
that fable. It tells how
three blind men came
upon an elephant. One
laid hold of the ele
phant's leg and said, "It
is very like a tree." The
second felt of the body
and said, "It is much
like a house." The third
grasped the tail and
said, "It is exactly like a
rope."
Some people buy lum
ber with their eyes shut.
We don't let our cus
tomers do that.
We have all kinds of
lumber at reasonable
prices.
Why don't you see
us?
The Home Lbr.
& Coal Co-
Vale, Ore.
THE LIFE OF
OURSAVIOUR
fhe Life of Qur Saviour is
One of the Most Famous
of All Motion Pictures Ev
er Produced.
No one familiar with the greatest
motion pictures that have ever been
made would hesitato to include in a
list of tho seven or eight best Pathe's
mammoth production in natural col
lors, "The Life of Our Saviour,"
wlich will e shown at the Rex Thea
,tre on Thursday evening, Jan. 18, un
der the auspices of tho M. E. Church.
There are many scenes in which
thousands of actors were employed.
As the picturesque costumes of the
Orient lend themselves marvelously to
color, the effect is gorgeous beyond
description. For instance, in one
scene a procession comes1 wniding ov
er the top of a high hill straight' to
ward the observer. At first, while the
multitude is in the distance, the col
ors in their costumes merge and are
not noticeable; then, as the figures
become larger and larger, hte gar
ments glow with rich tints in almost
every conceivable color. The effect is
indescribably beautiful.
Unliko photoplay in color the Pathe
color process gives pure whites. All
coloring by this process is dono by
hand, and one gains a conception of
the immensity of tho labor in color
ing this great film when it is learned
that "The Life of Our Saviour" re
quired painting on 112,000 pictures.
In the hands of an indifferent or ir
religious director tho picture might
have become blasphemous. As it is,
it is as dignified and lofty in tone as
the finest sermon. No trace, of levity
or overacting mars it. Frequently
when it has been shown tho audiences
have been in tears, apt testimony ns
to the intelligence nnd religious spir
it with which it was produced.
Many of the scenes were posed
from paintings by the masters. "The
Last Supper" and "The Crucifixion"
are two most notablo examples. "The
Crucifixion" scenes in particular can
not be described; they must be seen.
It is enough to say they aro awe in
spiring. President Wilson Joins Lane
Continued from page 1.)
munity by helping Mr. Mallett. Take
it all in all our representative citizen
made a magnificent effort and de
serves every possible enconium that
can be showered upon him.
That the Board of Directors sold
that the bonds on this project should
Congress on account of impossibility
of the owners complying with the pro
visions of the act of 1914, in no way
detracts from the great service done
Malheur county by C. W. Mallett and
his assistants.
Proper resolutions will be drafted
immediately upon the return of Mr.
Mallett.
The peace-advocates are giving the
belligerent governments no peace.
Brooklyn Eagle.
The New
9-18 FOUR CYLINDER TRACTOR, IS DUE
TO ARRIVE IN VALE MARCH 1st.
IF YOU HAVE MORE THAN TEN ACRES
TO PLOW THIS SPRING IT WILL PAY YOIJ
TO INVESTIGATE!
ASK YOUR NEIGHBOR WHAT "CASE"
STANDS FOR.
WRITE US FOR FULL DETAILS, OR,
BETTER STILL, CALL AND ALLOW US TO
SHOW YOU WHY YOU CANNOT AFFORD
TO DO YOUR FARM WORK WITH HORSES,
WHEN WE CAN DEMONSTRATE TO YOU
WHY THE CASE TRACTOR WILL DO THE
WORK SO MUCH CHEAPER.
WRITE US TODAY FOR CIRCULARS
READ THEM AND. BEAR IN MIND THE
CASE NAME MEANS A LOT TO THE
BUYER.
Vale Trading Co.
VALE, OREGON
K. P.'S WILL
ENTERTAIN
Knights ic Pythias Will Give
Reception to "Jones" Cast
-Judge Biggs Will Lec
ture to the Pythians.
At tho meeting of the Knighta of
the Pythias of Vale Thursday night,
it was decided to give a reception to
tho players who took part in the
Knights of Pythias play "What Hap
pened to Jones" on Thursday even
ing, January 18th. The meeting will
bo an open meeting to which tho
wives, daughters, sisters, brothers
and lady friends of the members and
nil visiting Knights and their families
will be invited nnd each member la
given the privilege of inviting ono
person not a member.
A program is being arranged by the ;
committee in charge and Hon. Dalton
Biggs, Circuit Judge of this county,
has been invited to give ynn address
on the "Pythian Spirit" and a musi
cal and literary, program will bo. giv
en. Light refreshments will bo serv
ed and the occasion will be strictly In
formal and those In attendance- will
bo guaranteed an evening of pleasure.
The Knights of Pythias Orchestra
will furnish music.
Scries of Whist Parties.
Tho Library Committee of tho .Civic
Improvement Club will give a series
of Whist paries beginning with Fri
day, the 19th of Jan., at the library
rooms.
Admission 26c. The proceeds be
ing for library expenses and to pur
chase books.
An Arkansas Traveler.
Late news shows that there arc
more than 2000 cars of coal standing
on the tracks of the O. S. L. and they
have no engines. When trade is-good
they haven't time to get engines and
when bad they don't need them. The
O. S. L. is a veritable Arkansas Tra
veler among railroads.
Brogan Visitors in Vale.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Bunt, of Bro
gan, were in town Thursday. Mr.
Bunt has filed on a Stock-raisfflEf
homestead and is greatly pleased with
the new law. k
"It will be better for us all in thr
end," said Mr. Bunt, "as every one
will soon own their own range, large
or small." '
You must admit that if the Teutons
are on their last legs, as some people
claim, -they still manage to kick up
a good deal of trouble. Atlanta, Jour
nal. This idea of making haste slowly
must have originated with the" law
yers who make everything else that
way.
In a country town there are always
a number of youngsters who want to
become traveling men and See the
World.
"CASE"
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