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About Malheur enterprise. (Vale, Or.) 1909-current | View Entire Issue (March 3, 1917)
Vale la the Center of .Vtot Development. Drilling for Oil finally Inaugurated. Warmspringa Project Assured. Willow-Alder Project making Headway. Owyhee Project Progressing. fhe'F ro & litd Brogan Country More Prosperous than ever. Great Drainage Projects Going Forward. Dairying Rapidly Gaining. Sheep, Cattle, Hogs, Higher than ever. Malheur County is a Mecca for Investor?. VOLUME VIII, NO. 14. VALE, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 1917. SUBSCRIPTION, $2.00 PER YEAR , B S, '? O. i RECOMMENDED ROAD BONDING CODE IN DETAIL Law Passed by Legislature to be Voted on by People at Special Election to be Held June 4. (Editor's Note. Through the fore sight of C. C. Chapman, publisher of the Oregon Voter, the full text of the Road Bill as passed by the Legislature and to be voted on by the people, Mon day, June 4, 1017, was received in time for this week's paper. Wo here with publish same in full.) An Act to provide for the construe tion of roads and highways in the state of Oregon; to provide for the issuance of bonds by the State of Ore gon to raise money to carry out the purposes of this Act; to authorize the State Highway Commission to take such action and perform such duties as may be necessary to meet the re. quirements of this Act; to designate and authorize the construction of cer tain hard-surfaced highways and cer tain post road and certain forest road "and to provide for other post roads and forest roads; to provide for the letting of contracts for the construc tion, paving and maintenance of roads and highways; to make the surplus arising from the fees collected under House Bill No. 509 of the present legislative cession a fund under the jurisdiction of the State Highway Commission with which to pay inter est and principal on bonded indebted ness of the State, contracted by the State for road purposes, and other lawful claims incurred by said com mission, and to provide for modifying the terms of House Bill No. 21 pass ed by the 29th Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon, and to nrn- vido for- submitting this 'Act to tfie people and for the calling of a spec ial election therefor, and declaring an emergency." Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon: Section 1. The State Highway Com mission is hereby authorized, empow ered and directed, during the next five years, to sell the bonds 'of the State of Oregon as hereinafter pro vided, in an amount sufficient, to raiso enough money to meet the require ments of this Act. Provided, that not more than $1, 000,000 in bonds shall be issued here under during the year 1917, and that not more than $2,000,000 in addition to any surplus unissued or unexpend ed out of the $1,000,000 authorized for the year 1917, shall be issued dur ing the year 1918. Section 2. The State Highway Commission is hereby authorized, em powered and directed to enter into such contracts, appoint such officials and do any other act or thing neces sary to fully meet the requirements of this Act Section 3. The Attorney General shall, under the direction of the State Highway Commission, prepare a form of interest-bearing gold bond of the State of Oregon, to be sold in order to provide funds for the carrying out of the purposes of this Act. Said bonds shall be numbered serially, be ginning at Number 1, and shall be payable in the order of their issuance. Said State Highway Commission is hereby authorized, empowered and di rected to issue bonds of the State of Oregon for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act in an amount not exceeding $6,000,000.00, of which sum, at least $600,000 shall be issued in denominations of $600 each or less. The bonds issued in any year under the provisions of this) Act shall be payable one-twentieth each year, commencing with the sixth year after the issuance thereof. One-half of the bonds payable each year shall bo payable on the 1st day of April and the ether half on the 1st day of October. Each bond shall bear upon its face a staement showing the date of its maturity. Said bonds shall bear interest at the rate of four per cent per annum, payable semi-annually on April 1st .and October 1st. Prin cipal and interest on said bonds shall bo 'payable at the office of the State Treasurer at Salem, Oregon, and if said State Highway Commission shall so direct, said bonds may also provide for payment at some other place. Said bonds shall be in a form embodying an absolute promise of the State of Oregon to pay the amount thereof in gold coin of tho United States of America of the value and weight and fineness of the date of such bond, and shall be in such denominations as the State Highway Commission shall elect. They shall be signed by the Governor, Secretary of State and CITY ELECTION TUESDAY Providing- no Special Bursts of Enthusiasm, Election Will Be Quiet The annual city election of Vale will be held next Tuesday, March 3. The following names will appear on the ballot: ..For mayor, Jay Kimball; for council men, Robert M. Beach, E. Dillon, J. II. Ellis, Walter Powers; for recorder, Robt. D. Lytle, Ross A. Soward; for treasurer, E. A. Boyd, Leslie L. Hope. WILSON GIVEN POWER Germany Attempts to Ally Both Mexico and Japan Against United States Washington. President Wilson Thursday night, in resnonso to the senate's call, laid before that body olllcial information that the United States is in Possession of evidence which establishes the authenticity of the sensational document disclosing how Germany intricucd to allv Mex ico and Japan with her to war on this country. In response to a senate resolution. the president transmitted a renort from Secretary Lansing stating that tneevidence has come to the posession of the United States within the Inst week and that the authenticity of For eign Minister Zimmermann's instruc tions to German Minister von Eck hardt in Mexico City is established. Mexico, for her reward, was to re ceive general financial support from Germany, reconquer Texas. New Mex ico and Arizona lost provinces and share in the victorious peace terms Germany -"itemplated. Japan was to be offered scDarnta place by Germany and control of the Pacific and the far East. . Peking Tho Frencn minister and the Belgian charge d'affaires, repre senting the entente .allies, have invit ed Chinn tn pnfoi- iht wni n(TAitni. . . f ...... v,..v,wllb Tier l rfiissbn "hi "tho 'Boxer r'nficYnity and a revision of the tariff as induce ments'. A cabnot crisis s mmnent. The vce president and the nremier are urging China to jon the entente. Washington A bill to emnower the president to arm merchant shins. but not extending the authority he requested to use "other instrumental ities" in defending American rights against the submarine menace, was passed by tho house Thursday night by a vote of 403 to 13. Nitrate Company Organize For the Purpose of Developing the Deposits in the Sagchcn District. The Juniper .Springs Nitrate com pany was organized last Tuesday af ternoon at the court house at Burns, says the Harney County Tribune, when a majority of the claim holders in tho. Sagehen district got together and perfected a permanent organiza tion. C. C. Lundy, Frank Gowan and M. C. Athey were appointed to draft a set of by-laws, which, after some min or changes were adopted by the or ganization. The officers elected were: Ray Dunsmore, president; R. A. Miller, vice-president; C. C. Lundy, secretary-treasurer and Messrs. Ned Con nolly, Jake Gove, Vic Gibson and Geo. Hagey, directors. The Juniper Springs Nitrate com pany represents 104 claims of 20 acres each of nitrate deposits in the Sagehen district, and frdm recent ex eriment work done shows immense de posits of nitrate which local authori ties believe will become of great val ue. Tom M. Lowe, of Nyssa, was in Vale on business Friday and paid the Enterprise office a visit. State Treasurer. Said ' bonds shall bear coupons evidencing the interest to become" due thereon for each in stallmnt of such interest, upon which shall bo printed the facsimile of tho signature of said officers. Said com mission may, at its option, cause a part or all of said bonds to be pay able to the purchaser thereof and re gister the name of such purchaser in the office of the State Treasurer and provide an appropriate endorsement upon each of such bonds to the ef fect that the same will be paid only to the owner appearing on the regis ter thereof ,and providing a method for reregistering- the same as the ti til may be passed, and it may also provide that a part or all of said bonds shall be payable to bearer and not subject to registratipn. Not less than ten days before the payment of the principal or interest falls due on any of the bonds provided for in this- (Continued on page 0.) Senator Hurley Tells of Session Senator From Malheur, Harney and Grant Counties Reviews Session and Explains Road Code Senator Julien A. Hurley, joint sen ator from" Malheur, Harney and Grant counties, tho largest district in the State, kindly consented to writo an ar ticle for the Enterprise about tho last session. After reading this article you should refer to the Road Bonding Bill which is printed in full in this issue. Vale, Oregon, February 26, 1917. Editor Malheur Enterprise, Vale, Oregon. Dear Sir: In reply to your request for a letter for publication regarding the work of the Oregon Legislature during the session just closed, I will say, because it is the first thought that comes to my mind, that Gus C. Mos.er, Presi dent of the Senate and R. N. Stanfield Speaker of the House, are tho two men. who deserve the most credit -for the success of the last legislative ses sion of the State of Oregon. These two men stand forth as tho big men of the Legislature and their ability and pleasing personality made it possible to perefct an organization which resulted in more constructive legislation than any other session in recent years. Both of these men looked with favor upon the interests of Southeastern Oregon and I want to say to the citizens of this district, whom I have the honor to represent, that I thanked my friend, Gus C. Moser, in your behalf for the appoint ments on the different committees to which he saw fit to appoint me and as Chairman of the Senate committee on irrigation I was able to assist in preparing and passing an Irrigation District Code and amendments to the Drainage Code .which will be a great deal of benefit to everyone in this sec tion of tho State who is in any way intoaiGd'ioonSfcieiJ with tno work of irrigation. ' The Road 'Bonding Act which 4 was referred to the people to be voted up on at a special election to be held on Monday, June 4, 1917, is, in my opin ion, the best planned and most con structive pieco of legislation ever sub mitted to the people of this State. Three kinds of roads are provided for under the provisions of this bill, hard surfaced highways, post roads and forest roads and although there may be more of the money of the forest road fund, expended in this district than is provided for in tho bill the post road is the class in which we are most interested because, the roads designated in the bill through this section of the State are post roads and are to be constructed by the State (Continued on page 4.) Vale Building Burns Fire Destroys Mulkey Property and Tailoring Shop' in the East Part of City. A tiny electric spark from a motor ignited a pan of gasoline in tho Eco nomy Dye Works Wednesday after noon, starting a fire which soon caus ed the destruction of the frame busi ness building, the property of B. W. Mulkey, of Vale. The complete equipment of tho Dyo Works, the property of Wm. Cnton and valued at about $260, were a total loss. Several suits of clothes, and ar ticles of clothing were in the rooms at the time of the fire. There was no insurance on the building, which was valued at $600 by Mr. Mulkey. Mr. Caton will continue his busi ness in the room east of the Fletcher rooming house. Woodrow Wilson i'i''xMtj New Derrick on Site of Western Pa cific Well in Sandy Hollow Country, Where Drilling has Probably Com menced. , - iKT i OIL STOCK IN GREAT DEMAND -PRICERAISES Western Pacific Company Will Secure Expert Drill ing Engineer Much Ac tivity at Site of Well. Reports from the Boise office of W. D. Meyers, general manager of the Western Pacific Oil and Gas company, say that the stock of the company has advanced to fifty cents oh the dollar during the past week. Several largo blocks of stock have been purchased and ...many, financially trongjipartics are connecting themselves with tho company. President Meyers will leave soon for a short business trip to California and will bring back with him an expert driller to attend to the drilling of tho main well. The Western Pacific company are making a splendid record of prompt construction and business-like man agement. They hav6 purchased prac tically all necessary equipment and have the field operations well under way. Tho greatest problem in the minds of those who are convinced by un- doubtable evidence that tho oil exists under this field, is the correct meth ods of drilling, especially in regards to the handling of bodies of water that are likely to be encountered. In or der to take no chances the company have decided to get one of the most experienced and best drilling engi neers in America to personally attend to the entire drilling operations, and Mr. Meyers will probably secure such an engineer while in California. High School Basketball A double header basketball game will be played tonight at the high school auditorium at 8 o'clock. The games willl be between the boys and girls basketball teams of the Caldwell High school and Vale High school. Both promise to be fast and inter esting games, as tho Vale boys team are maintaining a good reputation this year, and the eirls team hna vnin. cd more confidence since they defeat ed the Ontario girls last Saturday night Monday, March fifth, Woodrow Wilson and Thomas R. Marshal will be inaugurated to the Presi dency and VIce-Prcsidency of the United States of America for their second term. Affairs of state are pressing so hard that there is likely to be little ado made of the ceremonies. Presi dent Wilson is holding the whip hand over the destinies of the world. By his decisions will America's role in the great world crisis be decided. America can join .the allies and end the war, America can stop all ship ping and let the central powers gain supremacy, America can remain neutral and will eventual ly sound the K"ng on the great est drawn match In history. Woodrow Wilson must decide, and will with (he full confidence that he will have 100,000,000 loyal supporters. May he decide the beat course for humanity. Minsb els Score Hit of Season Coontown Entertainers From Neigh boring. City Show Remarkable Talent Minstrel a Success With dash, vim and vigor that would havo been a credit to any road show of professionals, the perform ance put on nt the Rex Theatre Thurs day evening, by the Ontario and Vale bands, with the Ontario Minstrels, was a crowded house success. Begin ning with a number by the orchestra and endnig with a chorus, "Take Mo Back to U. S. A." every number was handled in a most pleasing manner. The first part of the program, Tho Minstrels, was a laugh getter from the start. Songs and jokes intermin gled came in rapid sucession and the audience by applause showed its ap preciation. W. W. Wood as interlo cutor played a well chosen part, while the four funny end men were ably supported by a fine chorus of soloists and jokesters. The second part which introduced many local numbers was opened with "A Little Band Talk," by Attorney Lytle. Musical numbers and short skits followed in rapid succession. The song, "I'm Going to Be Neutral and Love Them All," by Miss Jones and chorus of young ladies was vocifer ously applauded, especially when the American girl draped in Old Glory made her appearance. The Wienie Trio and Lauder specialty and the Irish Sketch, in fact, all stunts, wore exceptionally clever. All in all one might say it was a group of soloists appearing in solo and chorus work such as has never been equalled in southeastern Oregon. Financially, the entertainment proved better than ex pected. The home band receivd $78 as their sharo of tho total net pro ceeds. After the show a dance was held at the Isis hall. The Program March - Frat Orchestra Opening Overture - - - Down Homo in Alabama Orchestra and Chorus Ballad - - Mother Macrce Mr. Smith . End Song - - Another Rag Mr. Browne Ballad The Songs My Mother Used to Sing Mr. Von Readen Italian Song On the Shores of Italy mr. uonway - Are You From Dixie? Mr. Lackey - - Willum Wilson End Song End Song Mr. Turner Second Part A Little Band Talk - R. D. Lytle Song and Dance - Mr. Browne Monologue - Percy M. Johnson Italian Clarinet Solo, Mr. Beamguard A la Weber & Fields Messrs. Turner and Dunnuck Song, I'm Going to bo Neutral and Love Them All Miss Lela Jones and Chorus: Helen Mueller, Maurino Jones, Virginia Smith, Esther Pederson, Vina Mueller, Leanore Stovall, Violet Childers, Gla dys Murray, Lillian Davis. Harry Lauder Specialty, Mr. Lackey Irish Sketch Messrs. Conway and Riddle Bursts of Harmony, Tho Wienie Trio Take Me Back to U. S. A. Chorus The Company Director Byron Turner J. G. Smith C. F. Trow W. W. Wood Manager Assistant ' Interlocutor End Men II. M. Browne Art Dunnuck C. T. Lackey B. Turner Circle Stephen Cox H. Von Readen A. F. Riddle L. B. Cockrum J. G. Smith Sidney Robinson Alf. Holland P. W. Campbell Specialty - - J. D. Conway The Orchestra Director - W. C. Beamguard Piano - - Luella B. Callin Cornet - - - C. B. Tapp Flute - - W. M. Walker Clarinet - - J. W. Bruning Trombone - - Ben J. Brown Thomas R. Marshall MANY TITLES OBTAINED 26,495 Acres Have Been Added to the Tax Roll of Malheur County Past Year Thos. Jones, receiver of the U. S. Land Office at Vale, has report' ed to R. M. Carlile, Malheur coun ty assessor, that during the past year ending on March first, 153 final certificates had been issued on claims averaging about 175 acres for a total sum of 26,495 acres. NEW SCHOOL LAWS Eight Months Is Minimum Term and Others Pass ed by Legislature. The legislative assembly of 1917 enacted -a number of good laws foi .ho benefit of the public schools, and passed a resolution introduced by Sheldon of Jackson county, placing on the ballot for the next general elec tion the proposition of establishing a stato normal school at Ashland, and one in Eastern Oregon to be located by the Normal Board of Regents. The Thompson bill, Introduced by Mrs. Alexander Thompson of Wasco county, requires every school district in Oregon to have at least eight months of school each year. To the school children of this state, tho law authorizing this is the most import ant one enacted by the 1917 legisla ture. There were only five votes against the bill in tho House, and it passed the Senate without a dissent ing vote. The demand for the law giving each district eight months of ichool has come from the rural dis tricts, and it is entirely in tho inter ests of the children who attend the one-room rural schools. According to tho provisions of this bill, each school must have at least eight months of school each year. The apportionment law was not changed. In order to understand this now law, it is necessary to bo familiar with tho i&pportjonmefit'law. tEatffi county.'lev-v ies a tax sufficient to produco a sum equal to $8 for each child of school ago. This fund is apportioned by first giving to each district $5 for each teacher employed therein. The bal ance of the money is apportioned to the school districts according to tho number of children of school age. Now, under tho present law, if the money received by any district does not amount to $300 tho district must levy a tax not to exceed 5 mills. If the 5 mill tax does not bring the amount up to $300, then the balanco must bo appropriated by the countv court from the general fund of tho, county (not tho school fund). Tho now law provides that each district must have $400 instead of $300, and eight months of school in stead of six months. Tho present law is not otherwise changed, and the law does not affect tho amount received in any other district. Tho additional money will bo supplied by local tax in the districts not now having eight months of school, and by small appro priations from the general county fund. About 700 districts now havo less than eight months of school. Of these only 157 will need help from thp county, according to statistics secur ed by Stato Superintendent J. A, Churchill. The following counties will not have to make any appropriations: Clutsop, Curry, Gilliam, Hood River, Jefferson, Klamath, Lako, Marion, Sherman, Tillamook, Umatilla, and Yamhill. Eleven others will have to appropriate less than $600, each. Many of the districts in the counties named above will havo to levy only 1 or 2 mills of tax in order to have a fund of $400. For example, in Uma tilla county sixteen districts havo less than eight months of school, eight of these will have to levy only 1 mill, and the others from 2 to 4 mills. In making the estimate required by this bill, the state fund is not con sidered. Each district receives in ad dition to the amount apportioned from the county school fund, its share of tho interest on the irreducible state school fund, which is apportioned ac cording to the number of children of cchool ago. Under tho provisions of Senate Bill 2 0, by Senator Cusick, a teacher, at ter signing a contract, cannot resign within thirty days before the term of school begins, or at any time durfng tho school year without tho unani mous consent of tho school board. Additional professional training for. teachers who are not graduates of i. normal school or collego was provll od by a bill introduced by the houso committeo on education. This act changes tho luw requiring at least nix weeks of professional training as a rre-rcoiuslte fcr securing n teach ers' certificate by examination to twelve weeks. The law takes effect (Continued on page 8.) VALE PRESENTS : TRAIN SERVICE CASEJUESDAY' Vale Insists That Outside Towns be Allowed to Keep Satisfactory Service De cision Soon. I I Representatives from every point'in Malheur county and many towns - in.- interior cntintfon worn In Vnlo ttilot. week attending the Public Service; r ... i . .... i t T commission nearing oi tno case oK tho City of Vale versus the Oreeonf Short Line.c. ' '. After hearing all the "evidence nnd arguments from both sides the com-' mission closed the hearing and will' report their findings as soon as pons!-, Mo, which will depend upon tho imount of other work ahead of therm on their return to Salem. Tho commission composed of Com-' missioners Miller, Corey and Bucthel.' hoard the presentation of Vale's caso wherein tho testimony of "Leonard vole, I. W. Hope, John Rigby, J. P.. Houston and others showed clearly 'he need of moro adequate mail" and passenger sorvico or as Judge Davis nit it in his closing argument tho need of service.. He said that Vale vas not asking for additional service, but service. A service that would per mit citizens of ths community to re ceive their mail without unnecessary delay and that would permit of mak ing reasonable connections with other lines. Attorney Pat J. Gallagher called Dr. Horton of Burns, Otto Blackaby of Homedalo, Mr. Kingman of King man Kolony, H. C. Boyer of Ontario, C. II. Oxman of Jamieson, J. M. Add ington of Brogan, J. L. O. Morrison of Crano, and others from outside points who told of their needs and piooxvvci. their desires, that4 no changc'Jw'mado effecting tHcir' schedules, .and all testified that Vale, should hove better service and hoped that sho would get it. Tho railroad argued unsufflcient traffic to "warrant any added service, and stated that they did not intend to give any. The railroad officials here for tha hearing wero F. H. Knickerbocker, general superintendent of the Idaho Divisions; A. B. Stevenson, division superintendent; C. E. Brooks, assis tant superintendent; Joel Pri6st, gen eral agent at Boiso; A. C. Hjnkley, superintendent of motive power, John O. Moran, attorney. COWS MAKE RECORD Mr. C. W. DeBoer and Mr. Peto Tensen are tho proud owners of great producing dairy herds. They aro both' Hollanders and as expected cling to thoit Holstein cows. Each of these herds are filled with young cows, but the record for tho past nine months is so rcmarkabla tint even with the young cows thoy aro far above the average. Mr. De Boer's hord has a daily average for nine months of 35,92 pounds of milk and 1.26 pounds of butter fat. Mr. Tensen's herd does not run as high as Mr. DeBoer's herd, but 13 out of 20 cows are heifers. Mr Tensen's cows laily average for tho nine months tested show 30.4 pounds milk ard 1.09 pounds of butter fat. Somo of the individual monthly re cords of these herds would scarcely be believed if they wero not made by. an official tester. Nine two year. old heifers in Mr. Tensen's herd averaged S0.5 pounds of butter fat dming Jan uary, while three three-year old cow's averaged 42.8 pounds of fat, and two of the aged cows averaged 54.7 pounds of fat for the same period. Mr. DeBoer's records are also remark able, for five two-year heifers aver aged 35.8 pounds of fat, and six aged cows averaged 63,7 pounds of fat for January. One of Mr, DeBoer's cows made a January record of 71.6 pounds of fat These records wero made by tho aid of alfalfa and corn silage. There is no placq in tho United States whero theso two feeds can be grown in greater abundanco and with better quality than hero in Malheur county. Flguro tho income that thffce cowr. made for their owners, and then let each farmer ask himself why he. should not do tho samo. The Nywa Chceso Factory for tho past nino months has paid from 27c up to 42o per pound for butter fat in milk, which is a very good market price. Other farmers should consider tho dairy business, for it me?.ns a good and steady income. W. W. HOWARD, County Agricultural Agent.