Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Malheur enterprise. (Vale, Or.) 1909-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 20, 1917)
SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 19lY. sal THE MALHEUR ENTERPRISE The United States National Bank i UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK VALE, OREGON in' THE YEAR 1917 Will witness a great change in Rogers News Stand. Larger stocks of candies, cigars, a great er 'variety of magazines and periodicals will take their places on our shelves, and we will strive by our service and the quality of our goods, to merit your patronage the coming year J. D. ROGERS Phone 98 WE WISH AT THIS TIME TO EXTEND TO OUR MANY CUSTOMERS AND FRIENDS THE SEASON'S GREETING, AND WISH YOU THAT SAME PROSPERITY AND SUC CESS TnAT YOUR LIBERAL PATRONAGE HAS MADE FOR US Freeman's Store Vale, Oregon NAMES OF ROMANCE By Berton Braley Around tho good world's wide exponso Aro places great and small, Whose names fair tingle with ro mance And I would see them all : There's Cairo, Fez, and Ispahan, ' Bangkok and Singapore, And Trebizonde and Cngayan, ! 'And Rio -and Lahore. There's Sarawak and Callao, Algiers and Kandahar, Khartum, Rangoon, and Tokyo. 'Bombay and Zanzibar; 'About the name of each thcro clings Enchantment's golden veil, TPhe wonder of Btrange folk and 'ThejElamor of tho tralll ' 'Forsonio are north and some aro . .south . And. some are cast and west, And some are curst with heat and drouth Apd tome with balm are blessed; 'But Capetown, Rhodes, or Disco Bay, . ghangal,.Sevjlle, or Rome, 'TJwunftMM come eincing down the 4? Resources Over $600,000 Vale, Oregon way To tempt mo forth from homo, Their magic's ringing down tho way, To lure mo forth from home. On about two million acres of Na tional Forest lands grazing by domes tic stock is either entirely prohibited or is greatly restricted to provide rnngo for elk. It is estimated that in 1915 about 40,000 forest fires occurred in tho United States, which burned over about 5,900,000 acres and caused a damage of approximately $7,000,000. Revised estimates nlnco the amount of standing merchantable timber in tho United States at nnnroximatclv 2.7G7 billion board feet. Of this amount 1,104 billion board feet, or 53 per cent of the total, is in California, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Mon tana. Evidently Roumania misjudged the temperature of the water when she jumped in. Atlanta Constitution. Peace. nroDosnls without terms aro as dead ns faith without works. Louisville Post. News From Over Malheur County FARM LOAN CO. HAVE MEETING Rural Farm Loan Association Meets And Elects Officers---1000 Rab bits Around Each Haystack FANGOLLANO, Oreg., Jan. 15. The Rural Farm Loan of Barren Val ley met at the Mud Flat community hall Jan. 13, and elected Bert Hart ley of Crowley, president; L. Burere, vice president; S.JI. Corliss, secre tary, and Charley Cook, Rush Mc Hargue, K. N. Dahle as appraisers. Mrs. S. R. Copeland and son, Rob bie, and daughter, Mildred, were seen in Mud Flat Saturday. Mr. Jim Bunyard and wife were called away suddenly to Burns last week by the sad death of Jim's bro ther. Mr. Ray Bertran and Star were rid ing around Mud Flat looking for hor ses the past week. Pinto Gould was at Fangollano last Sunday attending to business. Not many John Rabbits here any more, just about 1000 around each hay stack every night. C. E. Limberleg came through here last week on three wheels. We never asked him how he broke down but just supposed he slid over a rimrock somewhere. It seems as thought we aren't go ing to get any more snow, unless, we ship in a few carloads. School is progressing nicely with Eva Knottingham as teacher. Tho children are learning fast. Some ex pect to take 8th Grade examination. Here's hoping they all pass. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Gould were seen in this community last week. Earl Willsey and F. Spencer are still batching. We expect them soon to be married. Mr. Mungus come up the latter part of last week looking over the coun try. Lee Masters passed through here enroute to Crowley. S. H. Corliss has just purchased a fine large Poland-China hog from Mr. Tomlin and expects to go into the hog business. Miss Knottingham has gone to Big Mud Flat on her homestead. THE SHEEP INDUSTRY Normally tho United States imports from about two-fifths to more than one-half of the wool required for do mestic consumption. During the past three years importations have ranged from nearly 250,000,000 to more than 500,000,000 pounds each year, the av erage being over 300,000,000 pounds The total consumption of lamb and mutton during the past 10 years has increased appreciably. In the fiscal year 1907 more than 9,500,000 sheep and lambs were slaughtered at plants subject to Federal inspection. The number now averages about 13,000, 000 per annum. In some sections of the United States there has been a steady decline in sheep production since the earli est statistical reports. This has been true also in every other settled coun try except Great Britian. The expla nation undoubtedly is an economic one. In general, the primary purpose of sheep growers has been to produce wool. This can not bo attained pro fitably on high-priced land. Natural ly, therefore, with tho increase in land values there is n rapid decline in the number of sheep. In Great Britian meat has been tho principal product nnd wool the by"-product, and tho sheep industry has nourished. Waste Land Made Productive. If American farmers will follow the British custom, tho industry can be put on n profitable and permanent basis. The greater number of sheep in Great Britian aro raised in tho hills and on land comparable to much of the "waste land" of American farms The areas in this country, especially in tho East nnd in pnrts of the South, now relatively little used, can profi tnbly bo devoted to sheep production if tho farmers will secure the proper breed of sheep. Sheep nlso can be made profitable on higher-priced land, as British ex perience shows. They compare fav orably with other animals in economy of production. They require n mini, mum of expensive concentrnted feeds, They exceed tho other larger animals m tho rate of maturity; lambs can bo mndo ready for market at from four to six months, Thoy make pos sible tho economical and fuller use of labor. Thoy are of assistance in keep ing tho farm frco from weeds. The sheep farm is usually a weedless farm. In practicing self denial so many people elect to give up nothing but elocutionary entertainments. Kaiser Wilhelm ncrhans is sootheil by the thought that neither did Noah's peace-dove accomplish any thing on its first trip. Chicago Daily News. The militiamen enlisted "for homo and country," and now they would like to begin the home part of their service. Philadelphia North Ameri can. The. chief characteristic of iicnco continues to be low visibility. New iorK Lvcning Sun. COAL FAMINE AT DEAD OX Feeble ,0ld Man Returns Home Irri gation District has Election Zero Weather at Dead Ox. DEAD OX FLAT, Oreg., Jan. 16. Exceedingly cold weather prevailed over this section the past week. Ev erything has been laden with hoar frost throughout the nights and days despite the clear sunny weather. Sev eral report frozen potatoes in the bins supposed to be frost proof. Sleighing has been excellent' and the jingle of the sleigh bells, recall one's childhood in the northeastern states. Tho coal famine is still on and many have to resort to the old time sage brush fuel. Lucky is he who laid in a supply of brush before the snow. On Saturday evening, Jan. 6, the 0. C. Miller home was the scene of a delightful card party. In the after noon Mr. ''Miller drove into Payette with a bfg sleigh and returned with Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Culbertson of On tario, Mr. and Mrs. Landon, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Chapman, Mr. and Mrs. Dunnick and little 9 year old daugh ter and Miss Ruby Landon of Payette. Besides the visitors "present were I. 1. Culbertson and G. R. McDonald. 500 was the game enjoyed by all till the wee sma' hours sandwiched with refreshments. The visitors were driv en back by G. It. McDonald and de posited at their respective homes by the cold gray light of the morning. That all enjoyed themselves hugely and appreciated the hospitality of Mr. and Mrs. Miller goes without say ing. Last Wednesday Mr. Fletcher Bet tely went to Weiser with Mr. Gay, the old man mentioned in last week's items, bought him a ticket for New port where his children reside and saw him safely on his journey home. Mr. Gay is so old and feeble it was decided home was the better place for him such cold weather. A broth er of I. N. Chatfield, who resides in Portland was to meet Mr. Gay there and see him transfered to the proper train for the last lap of his journey. At the election of Dead Ox Flat Irrigation district held Tuesday, Jan. 9th, a directorate was chosen that favor disorganization of the district. This district was voted into existence several years ago and many residents residing within the district nt that time have moved away or abandoned their holdings entirely and those still residing therein and have taken up residence therein since organization with few exceptions are very much dissatisfied with the showing made by the officers. The last report of the secretary showing a total collection of taxes to the amount of some $12,- out), nearly all of which has been dis bursed; besides a debt of some $3000 secured by directors' notes and only some $2500 spent in actual property (water rights, rights of ways, fran chises) has caused a furore of criti cism and dissatisfaction the outcome of which will be looked forward to with interest mingled with anxiety. At the election of Payette-Oregon Slope Irrigation district held nt the power house Tuesday, Jan. 9th, it was decided to increase the directorate from three to five members and the following directors were elected: C, M. Johnson, O. C. Miller, Geo. Lat- tig, Mr. Bowles and Mr, Raymond. Walter Yardley and wife are vis iting with Mr. and Mrs. Ty Raney. Mr. Yardley is helping Mr. Raney dig n well. It is reported the thermometer stood at 17 degrees below Monday morning nt payctte. If the tempera ture does not soften in a few davs a much lower mark than that will be reached. It is excellent for feeding sneep on tho ground but touch on tho lellow who hauls the feed. DEAD OX, I . During the past fiscal year there were construicted on tho National For ests 227 miles of new road, 1,975 miles of trdils, 2,124 miles of tele phone line, 89 miles of fire lines, 81 lookout structures, 40 bridges, 222 miles of feqce, 545 dwellings, barns and other structures, 17 corrals, and iOZ water improvements. Since tho passage in 1912 of the act providing funds for land classi fication, and as a direct result of tho classification work, a total of 13,477,- 781 ncres has been eliminated from the National Forests. This includes an elimination of approximately 5.- 800,000 acres of land from tho Chu- gnch National Forest in Alaska, which embraced lands of low vnluo for any purpose other than mining. Widows and orphans aro Ignored in the "status quo ante" peace-terms. Wall Street Journal. President Wilson's remarks to war ring Europe sound a good deal like "Tut! tut!" Boston Transcripts Wo note that Luther Burbank has turned his attention' from potatoes to orange-blossoms. Boston Transcript The forming of the Billy Sunday Corporation inspires tho fear that not even salvation is to remain free. Now York Evening Sun. CATTLE ARE VACCINATED Brogan Folks Leave for Minnesota Series of Dances at Jamieson Hall by Grangers. T. J. Logan and Emory Cole came back from Vale Wednesday, after looking over business affairs a few days. A. B. Rouse and Davo Logan vac cinated the Rouse yearling cattle on Wednesday. Mrs. Goodwin will entertain tho Civic Improvement club at the next meeting, to be held at the home of Mrs. Phil Edwards. Lorenz Tschirgi chaperoned a car of hogs to Portland on Friday. The hogs were shipped by Messrs. Tschir gi, Voak and Schlottman and Mrs. Breedlove. Mrs. Jamieson went to Vale Friday returning Saturday. Mrs. Richardson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Schlottman, and. Mr. Rich ardson left for their home in Minne sota Friday, having spent a few days in Brogan. The Traders Day sale, which was to have been held on Jan. 27, has been postponed to some time in February. The Hill Billies were entertained at the homo of Mrs. Malone Friday afternoon. Mrs. Coleman entertained the Pion eer Club -Thursday afternoon. Miss Hudson entertained Mr. and Mrs. Voak-, Mr. and Mrs. Goodwin, Mrs. Ham street, Mr. Loveless and Mr. Meronde al dinner .Sunday. Mrs. Kellcy made a trip to Vale Monday. Mrs. Breedlove left Monday "for Boise on a business trip. She will stop at Ontario and Vale before re turning to Brogan. "Texas" Philips and "Bill" Hyke carried soma coyote hides to Vale on Monday. Mr. Kennedy left for Vale Tuesday for a few days. The Literary club of the school will have an entertainment at the school house Friday evening. Mr. A. A. Doubrava is making a business trip to Payette, having left on Tuesday. Billie Eaton came home from Vale Tuesday. He has been serving the county as a juror the past few days. Cold weather these days. Ther mometer is reported as going down to 16 degrees below zero. The people of Brogan, headed by the members of the Grange, will give a series of three dances at the hall in Jamieson, the proceeds to go to the building of the Community hall in Brogan. The first dance will be held Jan. 20, Saturday evening. The ladies will serve lunch. DIFFICULT TO RECONCILE It is somewhat difficult to reconcile the atittude of some of the state rail' way commissioners, in opposing ex elusive railway regulation by the na tional government, in view of the fact that to procure more efficient regula tion by the states the state commis sions themselves seem to have found it necessary to form a national or ganization. In other words, tho very existence of the National Association of State Railway Commissioners of itself de nies the contention that state regula tion is or has been a success. It not, why was this association formed and why does it exist? To hear some political job-holders talk one might easily conclude that the citizens of the states and of the United States are entirely different people, and that .the national govern ment is not made up of states and the people thereof but that it is al most foreign and to be looked on with suspicion. The nation controls all navigable waters, it controls the mails it alone has authority to coin money, regulate commerce between the states declare war and exercise other pow ers elemental to the general welfare, but, while it is safe to trust it with these great powers, trust it to exer cise control over 85 per cent of all railroad traffic, in the opinion of cer tain politicians, who apparently re gard a fat job of more importance than the general welfare, it isn't safe to trust it with control over the other 15 per cent. How the railroads feel about ex elusive federal control we neither know or care. It is not a question or an undertaking that the people need consult with anyone. It is a big busi ness question, vital in its economic relations to the public welfare, and it is up to the people to handle it in a way that will produce the most pub lic good wholly regardless of the rail roads or the selfish politician. Indus trial News Bureau, Pacific Coast Man ufacturer. In other words, tho President would like to know whether this is a private war or whether anybody can get in. New York World. Germany made war on her own terms but can not make peace in the same way. NeWYork Sun. The Monroo Doctrine is rumored to be little anxious about its future. Philadelphia Record. The Kaiser no sooner won the iron cross than he signified his willingness to make peace. Indianapolis News. WE CAN SUPPLY Your wants in Furniture. You don't need to send your orders to outside dealers; patronize local dealers and help build up your own city. At our big store will be found the best makes of Furniture, Upholstered Goods, Book Cases,' Desks, Linoleums, Car pets, and everything to furnish your home or office complete. Full line of wall paper just arrived. T. T.NELSEN, Vale, Ore. DREXEL HOTEL European Plan Vale Oregon Steam Heat, Hot and Cold Running Water Rates 50c. $1.00. $1.50 Nice Warm Rooms by the Month $10.00 and up.. MAIL The Warmsprings bonds ore ' sold, nnd the future of Vale is assured. Incidentally, the future of the Vale Drug Store is assur ed, and right now we are specializing in mail order bus iness. Send in your order for any thing, and you may rest as sured that it will receive the same prompt attention it would if you brought it in person. Vale .Phone 31. RANGE AND ALFA.LFA. land at low prices and on ten year terms at a rate of interest that makes buying cheaper than renting or leasing. Stockmen should buy while the buying is good as range and alfalfa land is going to increase rapidly in price. OREGON & WESTERN COLONIZATION CO. A. W. Trow, Agent, Ontario, Oregon. Belt a G-E Let the G-E Motor the grind out of your chores. Motor-Juvcn machines will milt pump water, ""J feed and ensilage, giind anTs!ell corn, split and saw kindling, thresh grain and perform practically all ordinary taski requiring steady applica tion of power. A G-E motor will soon pay for itself in labor and time saved. Ask our power man to show you just whtr a meter will help on your him. 1 I ORDERS We are equipped to meet any demand for drugs, pro prietary medicines and sick room supplies. We specialize in hot water bags, bandages, absorbent cot ton, surgeon's plaster any and all articles needed to re plenish the home medicine chest and for first aid to tho injured workman. Thermos Bottles, Baby Bot tles and Nipples and Rubber Goods in Great Variety. Drug Store take c.nm. rmm rhnrn. nnnil toots.