Vale Is the Center of Vast Development. '.prilling for Oil Finally Inaugurated. Warmsprlnga Project Assured. Willow-Alder Project making Headway. Owyhee Project Progressing. The fr rolftfes!
Brogan Country More Prosperous than eer. Great Drainage Projects Going Forward. Dairying Rapidly Gaining. Sheep, Cattle, Hogs, Higher than ever. Malheur County is a Mecca for Investors;-
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VOLUME VIII, NO. 12.
VALE, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1917.
SUBSCRIPTION, $2.00 PER YEAR
0
WARMSPR1NGS
CONSTRUCTION
TO BEGIN SOON
OREGON SUPPORT OF
SECURITIES. HELP
Team Work for Best Inter
ests of All Desired for Ra
pid Development of this
Country
The Warmsprings project will be
gin work as soon as the weather will
permit. It is not expected that there
will be any delay in the financial end
of the matter and that there will be
little if any opposition to construc
tion work at an early date. '
There has been some dissatisfaction
expressed by those who have been op
posed to the project, and some others
as well, at tho price received for the
bonds. Knowing our excellent secur
ity, it was hoped that a higher price
might have been obtained. But it will
be' many years before Oregon securi
ties will receive their proper standing
in the market. California has just
been able to recover from the crop of
private failures in that country. The
principle cause of failures was well
expressed by a prominent irrigation
ist from that state. He said: "One of
the principle causes of failure in most
projects is the unseemly and unnec
essary internal squabbles and opposi
tion to progress. In our state (Cali
fornia), half of the failures might be
attributed to this cause. It takes
time and patience to overcome these
but with time and patience they may
bo overcome. One thing that hasi
helped California has been that local
'"companies took hold of tr& securities
and demonstrated their confidence in
their country. Until that is done your
State of Oregon will have a hard time.
Your financial institutions fool too
much with laws and pay too little at
tention to the security. In many re
spects your law is better than ours
and if the security is good, if the land
will pay out, the law -is all right."
Judge George E. Davis visited Sa
lem on behalf of the District and re
ports that the law as it passed tho
Committee and was sent to the Sen
ate seemed to be in excellent shape
and should give ample security to the
bond buyer as well as adequate pro
tection to the owners of land in the
district.
The principle features of the law
will bo published as soon as the bill
is received in perfected form.
The condemnation suit for tho res
ervoir site will likely be transferred
to Baker county.
Check Artist Caught
Makes Two Getaways but is Finally
Located Is Now in Custody of
Union County Sheriff
Last' Monday, a man of the name
of Marshall Ray, supposedly of New
Plymouth, Idaho, exchanged his au
tograph for bonafied coin of fSe realm
with several Ontario merchants. The
next morning' Sheriff Ben Brown was
notified and Ray was traced to North
Powder, where on Tuesday he had
worked tho same check game, only to
find that he had already departed for
parts unknown. His description was
sent along the line however and Wed
nesday he was located at Pendleton.
He was sent back to La Grande and
turned over to the Union county offi
cials. If they fail to have a good
case against him there he will likely
be brought to Malheur county for
trial.
Sheriff Brown has since learned
that ho is wanted by the authorities at
Emmett, Idaho, on similar charges.
War Situation Is
Wilson and Advisors Waiting Devel
opments in German-American
Diplomatic Controversy
Washington News of tho libera
tion of the 72 American seamen
brought to Germany by the prize ship
Yarrowdale came Thursday night af
ter President Wilson and other ad
ministration officials had retired.
Their release disposes of one of the
most pressing and irritating phases
of the German-American situation.
Many responsible officials have con
cluded that unless there is a prompt
and decided change in the general at
titude of Germany toward the inter
est of the United States, the appear
ance of President Wilson before con
gress to ask authority to afford pro
SALE BIG SUCCESS
New Owner of Willow Wood Stock
Farm Plans to Engage in Gen
eral Farming.
The sale of the Fotheringham Bros,
held last Tuesday at the Willow 'Wood
Stock Farm was attended by over one
hundred and fifty people and was a
great success. A number of Vale peo
ple wero in attendance.
J. M. Swanson cryed tho sale and
kept things moving from first to last.
Mr. Swanson always lives up to his
reputation as a hard worker and fair
play auctioneer. The Fotheringham
brothers have left for Spokane hav
ing sold their farm . to Mr. Haw of
Pendleton. The' new comer of the
Willow Wood Stock Farm will not
make any specialty of raising hogs
but will engage in the general farm
ing. He expects to have 400 acres of
good land all lying under ditch in cul
tivation. AVednesday State's Birthday
Not only was Wednesday, the four
teenth, St. Valentine's day, but is al
so, marked the fifty-eighth birthday of
the State of Oregon.
0. A. C. GOVERNMENT
WOOL CAR WILL
DEMONSTRATE
Will Demonstrate in Vale
From 1 p. m. to 4:30" p. m.
Picture Show Arranged
for Afternoon
This wool demonstration car is said
to be one of tho finest educational ex
hibits that has ever been seen in Ore
gon. The car, operated cooperatively
by -the extension division, of the 0.
A. C. and the bureau of animal in
dustry of the United States depart
ment of agriculture, .is scheduled at
Vale for the only stop in Southeast
ern Oregon. The Oregon Short Line
has contributed to this educational
movement by transporting the car ov
er its lines free.
What Is In The Car.
The objects of interest in the car in
clude several sheep, representing the
different wool types, and the fleeces
from such types both in the scoured
and unscoured condition. The per
centage of shrink caused by scouring
and tho reasons for same are clearly
demonstrated. The character and
grades of wool from the different
fleeces 'and the uses to which such
wools are put are shown. The effect
of producing wool under different
conditions and the reasons these con
ditions affect the growth of the ani
mal and the wool produced are ex
plained. Why some wools are used
for making nothing but felt and other
wools are made into the finest cloth
is graphically demonstrated, as is also
the manufacture of clotlf from the
raw wool" to the finished product.
Of especial interest to the sheep
man is the model of a 10-men Aus
tralian shearing shed. Tho superior-
(Continued on page 8.)
Honored at U. of O.
Millard Nclsen one of 20 Honor Stu
dents at State University who
Make Highest Grades
Of the twenty honor students an
nounced by the faculty of the State
University at Eugene, Millard Nelsen
of Vale, son of T. T. Nelsen, is one.
Millard made the highest possible
grades in each of his 16 hours of work
which is a record certainly to be proud
of.
Fred Metzler, of Baker, ranked as
the highest student, having made per
fect grades in the largest number of
studies.
Gradually Clearing
tection to American lives and proper
ty is only a matter of days.
Any doubt as to the ruthless char
acter of the new submarine campaign
and its violation of neutral rights long
since has disappeared, and the situa
tion is made more and more grave
daily by aggravating incidents.
New York Steamships flying the
flags of neutral countries, which have
been detained here since the new Ger
man submarine policy was announc
ed, probably will resume their regular
sailings if plans to substitute Halifax
for Kirkwall as a port of call for ex
amination can be arranged with the
British authorities. It became known
Thursday night that negotiations to
thi3 end arc virtually complete.
RATE CASE, YALE VS. 0. S. L FEB. 27
Public Service Commission to Decide Issue Between Vale and O. S. L. on Train Ser
vice and Rates-Chamber of Commerce to Meet Monday Night
Train Service Matters to be Adjusted
by Commission Outside Com
munities to be Represented
Monday, February 27, at 2:30 p.
m., in the Court. House at Vale the
Public Service Commission of Oregon
will hear and investigate the facts in
the case of Leonard Cole, Mayor of
the City of Vale, versus the Oregon
Short Line Railroad company concern
ing the train service rendered the peo
ple of Vale and the interior country
beyond.
Complaint Claims Discrimination
In the complaint Mayor Cole sets
forth the following: That the Oregon
Short Line Railroad company, defen
dant, December 24, 191C, did inaugu
rate a new train schedule between On
tario and Crane thereby removing tho
daily morning and evening train from
Vale, Oregon.
Said train schedule has worked a,
great hardship to the people of Vale
and vicinity, compelling them to stop
over night and Sunday at Ontario and
prevents them from making connec
tions with main line trains. That said
train service has interrupted and bad
ly crippled our mail service! That the
service afforded by the defendants is
IRRIGATION BILL
Crandall's Bill Permits High School to
Organize Military Training De
partmentGovernor Is Head
State Capitol, Salem, Or. Military
training in the high schools of tho
state is authorized in Representative
Cran,dall's bjllwhich was passed by
tho House Saturday with a big affirm
ative vote.
The military course is not to be
compulsory, however, on part either
of schools or of students. It is to be
subject, though, of suitable credit on
the same basis as other studies and in
an amount to be determined by the
Board of Education.
Governor Must Grant Authority.
The 'Governor is made head of tho
military training department. All
schools that establish it must apply
to him for authority. No company
of cadets can be organized with fewer
than 20 members or without a suita
ble instructor. At least three hours
a week are to be set aside for the
work.
The state is authorized, too, to fur
nish the several companies with rifles
and other equipment.
This bill was under lively discussion
for several minutes before it came to
vote. Representatives Tichenor, Mac
kay and Mueller, all veterans of var
ious American wars, supported it. A
number of others inquired into its va
rious provisions but offered no strong
opposition.
Last Week Busy.
There have been busy doings in the
Legislature this week, which winds up
the 29th session of the Oregon Leg
islative Assembly. Into six days
must be crammed and jammed all the
mass of unfinished business that has
piled up in the five weeks preceeding
A vast deal of such business is ac
cumulated. It has been the unhappy
task of the Legislature to sort this
out, to differentiate between the good
and the bad, the trivial and the unim
portant contained in a total of several
NEW OIL DERRICK
Western Pacific Oil and Gas Officials
Inspect New Derrick Where Drill
ing Will Commence Shortly.
The first of the week two auto loads
of officials and others interested in
the Western Pacific Oil and Gas com
pany passed through Vale from Boise
on their way to thoroughly inspect
the new derrick and location of their
first well which will be sunk about
one mile from the sight of the old
Malheur well. The loca'tion selected
has been pronounced the best and
most likely spot of the entire field by
many practical oil men as well as ex
pert geologists.
The party stopped at tho old Mal
heur rig which is rapidly being dis
mantled and the machinery removed
to the new sight where they were met
by chief engineer W. N. Gibbs and
Superintendent J. D. Miles. After in
vestigating several oil banks or stra
ta of oil sands in the Sand Hollow
country the parties went direct to the
new location. There they found a
brand new seventy-five foot derrick
complotcd and ready for the placing
in these respects inadequate, unrea
sonable and unjustly discriminatory.
Besides these facts set forth in tho
complaint the evidence will likely
bring out the shortage of locomotive
power equipment causing the trains
runnings on tho present schedule to bo
generally late and very irregular.
Defendants File Answer.
In ansvyer to the above the defen
dants deny that the present schedule
will work a great or any hardship on
the people of Vale or prevent them
from making connections with trains
on the main line. Also he mail ser
vice has not been crippled or inter
rupted that it is not discriminatory
in any respect FurtheV answering
said complaint the defendants dwell
upon tho fact that they have built
several branch lines and are unable
to serve their former territory and
their now without increasing greatly
their expenditure and claim that the
business on these lines does not war
rant such.
Outside People Interested.
People from Brogan, Ironsides, and
other localities dissatisfied with the
new schedule should be in Vale for the
hearing and present their evidence as
the decision will effect the service on
the entire lines.
PASSES HOUSE
Hurley Gives Interview Two State
High Ways for Malheur County
Certain Auto Tax Doubled
s
Salem, Oregon,' February 10. (By
Special Wire): Julicn A. Hurley,
senator from Eastern Oregon and
chairman of thcenatejitrigntion com
mittee gave out an interview this
morning in which he states the road
bill providing eight million dollars for
state highways will pass. This mea
sure will provide two highways for
Malheur county, one from Burns to
Ontario and one from Grant county
to Vale. There will be no additional
tax levied but auto licenses will be
doubled.
The Hurley amendment to the
drainage code has passed tho senate
and will become a law. Tho Irriga
tion and drainage codes havo passed
the house and been refered out of the
senate committee with only a few mi
nor amendments. It is expected it
will pass the senate without further
discussion.
hundred bills, all in six short days.
Most Big Measures Started. ,
At the same time, most of the real
ly big measures of this session have
now passed one House or the other.
Before the Legislature adjourns sine
die tonight these bills must have pass
cd both houses or havo been killed.
Chief among these measures are the
famous anti-picketing bill, which went
through the House last week with on
ly two votes to spare; the new road
code and the irrigation code, which
also have passed the House and are
now up to the Senate to tackle; the
Orton bill amending the teachers' ten
ure in office law; the. rural credits bill,
making effective the rural credits con
stitutional amendment, passed by the
people last November, and the insur
ance code, nil of which have passed
the Senate and are before the House.
FINISHED-DRILLING TO START SOON
of the machinery. After climbing to
the top of a large blow out and where
they found deposits of silica sand and
gypsin and uncovered many veins of
gas stained clay covering the crevices
in the mounds they were treated to
one royal dinner prepared by Mr and
Mrs. McFadden, served in the new
field headquarters building.
Before returning the party furth
er investigated the lay of the country
and all agreed that beyond doubt the
selected spot is pointed out by all of
nature's indications to be the most
certain place to drop the drill. It is
estimated that the now well which
will be started in n few days will
strike oil samta at comparatively shal
low depths.
Those making the trip of inspection
were President W. N. Reeves, Gener
al Manager W. D, Meyere, Secretary
Lee Savage Savidge, Assistant Secre
tary Walter Walker, Superintendent
of Agencies E. II. Borroughs and
Marshall Simonsen all of Boise. The
party stopped in Vale and picked up
their local representative, T. W. Dav
idson and George Huntington Currey,
Meeting of Chamber of Commerce
Monday Night to. Discuss Case
to Come up Next Week
Monday evening there will be a
meeting of tie Chamber of Com
merce of Vole to Avhich every public
spirited citizen of Vale and surround
ing country are urgently requested o
be present for the purpose of discuss
ing and gathering evidence for tho
Vale versus 0. S. L. case one week
from that day.
Other Towns Invited.
Especial invitation is extended to
the people living beyond Vale on eith
er of tho lines where tho now schedule
has effected them. As a large num
ber of out of town people will be in"
Vale Monday to inspect tho Govern
ment 0. A. C. Wool car it is expect
ed that there will be a largo delega
tion from the outside points at the
meeting Monday evening.
Mayor Cole says that he confidently
expects the commission to restore the
old schedule or an improved one as
the present arrangement is absolute
ly unjust to tho people of this city
and of the tributary country.
ROADS NEXT
Legislative Session Reviewed by John
Rigby Irrigation and Road
Measures Will Pass
Tho legislative game at Salem has
been something liko n tiger hunt in
India. Tho junglo is surrounded by
an army of torn torn beaters and war
riors perched on safe, elephants 'and
its a lucky tiger that can escape. It
is needelss to say that the tiger in
this instance is tho people of the
State of Oregon. Don't imagine that
the people were not surrounded. It
does not take many legislators to sur
round the people of a state.
The lobby might bo termed the torn
torn beaters and tho warriors are
those who formed a close corporation
in the Senate and House, Tho lobby
was loud, busy, numerous and useless.
So .says John Rigby, who returned
yesterday from Salem. He reports
that the railroads wero there in large
and intelligent numbers and Cran
dall's railroad legislation hit the high
spots only as it went down tho to
boggatK slide.
Hurley put his ear to the ground
and touched no unpopular legislation.
Our own Julien was tho most popular
man in the legislature and acquitted
himself in keeping with his usual abil
ity shown in the home forum. From
his success down thcro it is expected
his ambitions will be so stimulated
that his home work will have visible
and beneficial effects.
Eastern Oregon is hard hit on road
legislation. There is to be a high
way commission of three. All money
is to be spent by them and all work
laid out. by them. Automobiles are
to be heavily taxed and the money to
go into the general road fund of tho
state and" not back to the counties as
heretofore. Not satisfied with having
the money from Easiern Oregon
which is in the State tax the western
part of the state now demands that
(Continued on page 8.)
Incorporated in Oregon and Idaho
Complied with Blue Sky Require
ments and Have Filed Papers
T. W. Davidson, local representa
tive of the Western Pacific Oil and
Gas company reports that the com
pany have now filed all necessary pa
pers and have complied with all the
regulations of the blue laws in both
Oregon and Idaho and have filed their
papers with tho county clerk of Mal
heur county. They nro now in shape
to proceed fn any manner necessary
for tho successful development of
their enormous and promising certain
oil field.
Thinks Burns-Crane Road Sure
E. C, Eggleston of Burns was in
Vale this week and said in regard to
tho proposed Burns-Crane railroad ex
tension that it was practically an as
sured go.
John Weaver, father of Rnlpli Wen
vcr, was a victor In Vole this wick.
NEW MACHINE ARRIVES
New Hoffman Steam Cleaner and
Prcsscr Added to Up to Date
Equipment of Pantitorium.
ft. Paul, proprietor of tho Vale Pan
titorium has received a brand new
Hoffman steam cleaner and prcsser
and the machine will bo ready for
demonstration Monday. This machine
cleans the finest fabric without the
slightest chance of injury nnd turns it
out as good as new. It operates on
a vacuum steam process. It also
presses suits nnd other garments.
SEEDS Hf
Ht If you wish to receive any of MS
the flower or garden seeds we
5 have received from Congress- 315
man N. J. (Nick) Sinnott for
3K free distribution to the farm- K
ers of Malheur county, mail J
Stf your request to tho Enterprise
HE before they ore all gone. Be f
96 sure and write your name and Hf
3K address plainly. 8K
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SCHOOL HAPPENINGS
OF INTEREST OVER
ENTIRE COUNTY
Examinations Discussed
Social and Class Work Re
ported to County Superin
tendent Past Week
Miss Eleanor Froman reports con
sidcrbale interest in spelling contests
which .she conducts in her school, She
also adds that Bcrnice nnd Grace Fro
man havo a perfect attendance record
for last month.
..j Supt. P H Zevply has been asked
to 'remain' in tho Jnmieson schools.
Mr. Zevcly has done a great .deal for
the boys and girls in this community
and tho wish of the patrons and board
members seems to bo that ho shall
continue thp good work.
In several of the rural and village
schools in Malheur county teachers
are being employed year after, year
in the same school when they" havo
given satisfaction to tho majority of
tho people. No truer sign of advance
ment can be sighted than the fact
people are beginning to use tho same
common sense in the administration
of their schools that they use in the
administration of their private busi
ness. A competent clerk or a busi
ness manager is given employment as
long as ho gives general satisfaction
or until he secures a better position.
Both tho employer and the man or
woman employed are lien fitted by this
method. If teachers were given tho
same consideration in the rural dis
tricts, teachers, pupils and parents
would soon appreciate tho change.
Weather conditions are responsible
for a low percentage of attendance in
many of the rural schools. Robert I.
(Continued on page 8.)
Three Basketball Games
Frultland Lassies Go to Defeat Be.
fore Vale Team in Friday
Night's Scrimmage
With a final score of 10 to 8, after
a game full of "pep" from start to
finish, the Vale Girls' basket ball team
defeated tho Fruitland visiors last
Friday night Prof. Ruring refereed
the contest, and a good crowd of Vale
people were present. Following the
game both teams were entertained by
the high school boys by a banquet in
the auditorium.
The Vale girls met Ontario Friday
night, and the boys will contest the
Payette Y. M. C. A. Saturday evening,
both games being in the High School
auditorium, called promptly at 7:30.
Candidates Out For
Several Candidates Have Appeared
for Various Municipal Offices
at Coming Election, Mar. 6
Considerable gossip concerning
many likely candidates for tho com
ing city election has been floating
about tho streets tho past week.
However as far as know the only
petitions now being circulated are for
J. Kimball for mayor, Leslie L. Hope
for treasurer, and Robt. D, Lytle for
recorder. It is expected that there
will be a number of candidates out
for councllmen by next week. Ross
Sownrd, it Is understood, will bo a
candidate for recorder, now holding
that position for tho unexpired term
left by the reeifnatlwi of Jno. Wheel
VAIMNIGhTS !
OF PYTHIAS
CELEBRATE
i
53rd ANNIVERSARY OF
ORDER A SUCCESS i
Visitors in Person and by
Letters from Over State
and Nation Greet Mem
bers and Friends
Thursday evening the Knights of
Pythias of Advance Lodge, Vale Ore- -gon,
visiting Knights,; families and
friends celebrated the fifty third an
niversary of tho founding of the' or
der. Tho occasion happened also to
bo tho fortieth year of "the insurance
department and the eighth year of
Advance Lodge No. 105. '
A splendid program was enjoyed
by all present. Hon. Dal ton Biggs
presented an interesting' nnd thought
ful address on the spirit of Pythian
ism. The history of tho foundation
of the order based on a dream of the
brotherhood of man, nnd of the won
derful progress made by the order
during tho past half century wero
forceably related to his hearers. The
program from music to coffee was par
excellent and all tnkingtpart and ar
ranging tho evenmg'Bpntertainment
deserve full credit for tho success of
th night.
Tho program as presented "-fojjows:
Anniversary Program '
Opening address, Gc6,V.'; Hayes,
Chairrnan. u
Presentation of Flag. J i,t. ;,i
Song "America." -
Roll Call of Advance Lodgo'No.
105, Earl Nccly on, letters!'' "i,,
.Call- of membes.whPthSve- passed
beyond, 2 raps. Vi
Selection, by Orchestra, Mrs. Moo
dy, Roberts, Tnpp, Moody, Nclsqn'.
Reading of Special Greetings .from
Supremo Chancellor Brown, K. of'R.
and S. Whealdon, Representative Gus
C. Moser, Grand Chancellor Idaho
Smith, Chancellor Wortman, K. orR.
and S. Gleeson, Past Grand Chancel
lor Marks, by R. D. Lytle,
Cornet Solo, by C. B. Tapp. '. "4
Horn Solo, not to bo called;
Reading of first half of Oregon
Lodge Letters, J. R. Wheeler.-
Scrving of punch and Intermission
for 10 minutes. '
Solo, Ralph Siddowuy. '
Notes on Insurance department, G. '
A. Hurley.
Male quartette, Siddoway,- Roberts,
Moody, Lytle. !
Reading of second half of Oregon
Letters, J. R. Wheeler.
Hicktown quartette. ;
Address, Hon. Dalton Biggs.
Selection by Orchestra.
Banquet.
Nyssa Wins Debate
Become District Champions After De
feating Ontario AM. Eastern -1
Oregon Contest 'Next.
By defeating the Ontario debaters
last Friday evening the Nyssa High
School forenic stars won the cham
pionship of the Southeastern Oregon'
district for the' second consecutivo
time. The subject of the debate was,
"Resolved, that the State of Oregon
should Adopt tho Essentials of) the
Public Health Insurance. Laws." Af
ter winning on their negative argu
ment from tho Vale High school ear
lier in the year the Nyssa team had
to switch over and successfully pre
sented the affirmative argument in
Ontario. ' '
Tho Gate city orators will 'next con
tend with tho winners' of the North
eastern Oregon district for he all
l Eastern Oregon championship.
The City Election
er. It has also been reported; that
Mayor Cjole will be a canuiuate . to
succeed himself.
DREXEL GRILL TO OPEN
V, W. Uurdctlc or Portland to. Open a
First Class Grill With Meals
at all Hours. ' i "'
F. W. Burdetto of Portland and
more .recently of Lewiaton, Montana,
has purchased the Drexel Grill and
will open for business Monday, Mr.
Burdette says he will have 'an experi
enced chef from Omaha and will en
deavor to give first class service to
all customers,
Thq Grill will bo, run n In carte and
will be open from six a, m. to 0 p. m.