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$6,319,084 APPROPRIATED BY LEGISLATURE
Salem, Oreg., Feb. 19. When -the' sion ...... ......
joint ways and means committee fin-' Attorney general's oflice ....
ished its work and made its report "ies of circuit judge ....
....... tl . , , i Salaries of district attor-
io mc legislature, it nau pareu pro-
225,117
33,320
200,000
4,000
38,000
7,000
10,688
600
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ASSISTANT STATE ENGINEER
REVIEWS IRRIGATION CODE
WATCH YOUR HEALTH
A Review of the Action of the Recent
Legislature Relative to Irriga
tion Development.
PERCY A. CUPPER
Assistant State Engineer
It cannot bo said of the Legislature
which just adjourned that it entirely
overlooked the importance of irrign
tion development In Oregon. On the
other hand this industry naked for lit
tle in tho way of Legislation in which
other sections of tho statu wero inter
ested. In fact tho only phaso of ir
rigation which may be said to bo of
general interest throughout the Btate
is an appropriation for tho carriyng
on of irrigation work. Tho most im
portant legislative act as far ns ir
rigation is concerned wns the rcen-
actment of tho irrigation district law
under House Bill No. 158. Irrigation
districts in general ore organized for
the purpose of reclaiming arid land
or for opcruting irrigation systems
and to onnblo tho land owners to is
sue bonds for tho payment of con
struction charges, levy assessments
on the land and to enter into contracts
with tho United States for tho recla
mation of tho district lands.
The irrigation district luw bocomo
so involved, complicated and unwork
able with useless provisions through
ill considered amendments which were
made session after session, thut fur
ther amendment of thq statuto would
have rendered it almost unworkable.
However, numerous amendments wore
deemed necessary in ordor to meet
new conditions, and the United States i
Reclamation Service was anxious to
have the Act so amended as to make
it applicable to conditions on U. S,
Reclamation Projects. In view of this
condition an entire now code was sub
mittcd to the legislature and all sec
tions of tho old law were repealed.
The new code changes a number of
minor details relative to organization
tho most important perhaps being the
substitution of three directors for five
and tho provision thut no land owner
in the district shall bo entitled' to vote
unless ho owns ono acre or moro of
land. Under tho new statute tho
State Engineer is required to cither
approve or disapprove a project, and
is authorized to make a field inspoc
tion. He is also required to approve
tho works of the district before final
payment to the contractor is made,
Changes wero made in tho sections
relative to the issuance of bonds
Whilo the old statuto made it mnndt
tory that a bond election should be
held, it is optional under the new law
and tho time of maturity of bonds is
left to tho discretion of tho district,
Tho provisions of tho statuto relative
to the making of assessments was
changed in order to make it possible
to assess irrignted lands within the
district in proportion to the benefits
they received from tho construction
of tho irrigation works.
The most important addition to tho
old statuto is tho provision of the
new law relating to the certification
of bonds. This statuto was pattern
ed nfter tho successfully operating
statuto in California and provides that
any irrigation district may make ap
plication to a board consisting of tho
State Engineer, Attorney General and
the Superintendent of Banks, to have
tho bonds of tho district certified. This
Board is required to make an exam
ination of tho lands in the district,
pass upon the amount of available
water supply, the feasibility of the
project in general and determino whe
ther tho lands in tho district together
with tho works to bo constructed with
tho money arising from tho issuance
of bonds and other assets of tho dis
trict are equnl to twice tho amount of
the bond issue to bo certified. If the
Board finds conditions satisfactory
and nil requirements of tho statute
aro complied with, n report is made
to tho Secretary of Stato who in turn
is required to certify the irrigation
district bond?. When the bonds are
so certified they become legal invest
ments
(Continued on page 7.)
NEW HATS
For Spring
Showing a Complete
Line of KING BEE,
GAGE, FISK and
ELZEE Pattern Hats
Latest Shapes, Styles
Exclusive Designs
Last summer the doctors and news
papers condemned tho mail order
houses for exchanging goods on the
ground that they were spreading in
fantile paralysis.
All the great manufacturers who
advertise their products throughout
tho length and breadth of the land
pay their employes living wages.
Their factories aro clean, sanitary and
comfortable and the homes of their
employes are, as a rule, the same.
This statement will apply to practi
cally every advertiser using the col
umns of reliable publications. In
fact, the publicity given their goods
is so great that thousands of people
go through their factories and plants
every day. The men at the head of
these great industries know that it
pays to have healthful, happy em
ployes, just the same as it pays to
manufacture a uniformly good arti
cle of merchandise.
How different do we find conditions
in tho great sweatshops nnd tene
ments where are manufactured the
shoddy and inferior articles that aro
sold with no name and no brand to in
dicato whence they came. Over the
door of these places a sign general
ly reads "No visitors allowed," or
"Infantile paralysis." It is in these
places that wo find workers with con.
sumption and other dread diseases. It
is nmong these overworked nnd un
derpaid toilers that nearly all the
great strikes occur. Remember these
things and demand that your dealer
supply you witn traue-marKed, nclver
Used mercandise. You will get a bet
ter quality of goods and at tho same
time help to better industrial condi
tions throughout the entire country,
K. P. CONVENTION SUCCESS
Haines Royally Entertains Knights of
Pythias at District Convention
Reports Delegate Hurley.
VALE
MONTGOMERY & SMITH
OREGON
Gus A. Hurley, representative from
Advance Lodge 105 of the Knights of
Pythins, Vale, Oregon, reports that
tho district convention of the Knights
of Pythias, for Molheur and Baker
counties, which was held nt Haines
March 1, 1917, was n grand success
Representatives were present from
Vnlo in Malheur county, Union in
Union county, Sumpter, Baker, Hunt
lngton nnd Haines, in Baker county.
A special car went down from' Hunt,
ington taking 8 candidates and about
20 Knights ns far ns Baker whero
they were met with a special train of
160, Knights nnd ladies. Tho Haines
Knights met the visitors nt tho train
With a brass band and 150 torches,
The ladies wero taken to the local
K. of P. hall rooms, where a special
program for tho ladies and visitors
was given; the KnighU immediately
repaired to tho Opera House whero
0 candidates wore put through tho
1st degree; 8 through the 2nd degree;
anil 13 through tho 3rd degree.
Grand Chancellor Hurry Wortman
and Grand Keeper of Records and
Seals Walter Gleason, ai4 Past Grand
Chancellor Davis, of Union, were all
present.
Tho Baker team took charco of tho
Initiatory work nnd was declared by
many present to bo practically word
perfect.
Huntington revived their lodge n
few weeks ago and took in 22 new
members, and was voted the place of
posed appropriations down to a point
whero all interests had been harmon
ized, and the proposed appropriations
brought within the limits allowed by
! tho 6 per cent tax limitation amend
ment, with a balance of less than $10,
.000 to go on, in addition to tho $200,
000 of unexpended funds in the stato
treasury from the unused appropria
tions of the last biennium. The grand
total recommended was $6,299,699. Of
the amount so recommended, $6,068,
266 was for claims from the budtret
the rest being for miscellaneous ap
propriations.
Budget Items Allowed?
The budget items allowed and for
which appropriation bills were intro
duced aro as follows:
Agents for apprehension of
criminals ..... $ 4,000
Agricultural societies 90.000
Oregon state fair 44,500
.Blue book 4,500
Board of control 15,000
Bodhty on wild animals 65,000
Capitol, and supreme court
buildings 69,450
Hoard of child labor inspec
tors Dairy and food commission
ers Desert land board
Superintendent of public in
struction 15,920
Agricultural assistants 8,000
fecnool record books, etc
Stato Teachers' association
Board of higher curricula ..
Oregon Normal school
Millage 71,259
Other appropriations 31,000
School for blind 30,353
Southern Oregon Normal
School 420
School for deaf 56,160
Oregon Agricultural college
Millage 703,500
Other appropriations 65,000
Experiment stations 50,000
Extension service 121,866
University of Oregon
Millage 527,000
Other appropriations 65,000
University of Oregon Medi
cal school 100,000
Eastern Oregon hospital .... 236,977
Oregon hospital for insane .. 716,936
Oregon State Soldiers' home 62,880
.Orphans and foundlings
Millngo 115,000
Other appropriations 9,877
Oregon stato tubercular
sanatorium 75,562
Stato institution for Feeble
minded 210,000
Florence Crittenton Refuge
home
McLoughlin Memorial asso-
ation
Patton Home for Friendless
Support pf non-resident poor
Expenses of elections 50,000
Emergency bonrd 200
Executive department 23,700
Exhibit of Oregon products,
maintenance 2,500
Board of forestry 54,000
Fugitives from justice 15,000
brand Army of tho Repub
lic 500
State board of health 25,000
Oregon Historical sociny .... 17,500
State board of horticulture 7,500
State Horticultural society
Oregon Humane society 1,000
Social Hygiene society 20,000
Industrial welfare commis
sion 4,000
Industrial accident commis-
7,500
50
6,000
neys and deputies .. 138,800
Supreme court . 96,106
Supremo court library ........ 15,000
Labor commissioner 10,000
Stato land board 18,000
Expenses of legislative as
sembly 77,500
Oregon state library 40,000
Livestock sanitary board .... 45,000
Board of medical examiners
Bureau of mine? and geolo
gy 30,000
Oregon national guard 155,000
Oregon naval militia 15,000
Industrial school for girls .. 33,040
Oregon state training school 78,435
Oregon state penitentiary .. 218,955
Wayward girls .
Board of pilot commission!
ers
State printing department ..
Publication of proclama
tions Public service commission ..
Rewards for arrests
Construction of roads 440,000
Sealer of weights and meas
ures 8,400
State deartment 56,300
Stato engineer's office 24,966
State tax commission 16,000
Treasury deartment 35,100
State water board 30,000
Flax industry 10,553
Miscellaneous claims 620
Deficiencies .". 47,892
20,000
2,400
9,900
500
80,000
1,200
1 .vol. court reports 600
Add. for Legislation 5,000
Total claims allowed from
budget $6,073,766
Miscellaneous Appropriations
Miscellaneous appropriations ap
proved by tho committee and not in
eluded in the budgets arc:
Erecting building at Chatn-
poeg $ 5,000
To reimburse H. D. Wil
liams 929
To advertise scenic attrac
tions of Pacific Northwest 45,000
To repair Tumalo. project .... 10,000
For home experiment sta
tion of Oregon Agricul
tural college 30,000
For Hood River experiment
station 6,000
For armory at Marshfield .. 20,000
Medals for Oregon national
guard 800
Claim of H. N. Corey 2,000
To entertain battery and
troop 300
For grain inspection 7,500
Rural credits 5,000
For interstate fair at Prine-
ville 500
Acquiring limestone for
state 20,000
Reimbursing heirs of Will-
linm Tullock 104
Salaries of master fish war
den and deputies 16,800
For Klatskanie hatchery .... 7,600
For Bonneville hatchery .... 15,000
For hatchery work in dis
trict No. 2 16,000
For fishway and hatchery
Work on Willamette and
McKenzie 15,000
For hatchery on Nehaiem .. 4,000
Clackamas Sta. O. N. G. .. 38,000
Special Election 16,000
O. N. G. rifle range
85
Total of special miscella
neous appropriation bills? 245,318
Total allowed from budget .. 6,073,766
Total miscellaneous 231,433
Grand total appropriated$6,319,084
IT HAS THE PUNCH.
r.
KCLS
MITT
SCHOOL CLUB
IS PLANNED
State Leader Institutes Pig Clubs and
Agricultural Clubs In Mal
heur County.
Godwin In Pittiburgh Dlipateh.
meeting for tho next district convention.
This was the biggest convention
held in Eastern Oregon and was un
enthusiastic meeting of boys from the
different points in the two counties.
BOY WANTED Good job, chance
to learn trade and business. Inquire
Enterpriso office. tf.
CASH REGISTER WANTED small
size. Inquire Enterprise office. 3-3.
Mr. S. J. Allen, assistant state lead
er of Industrial clubs, Oregon Agri
cultural College, dropped into Mal
heur county for a few days last week.
Tho roads were in too bad condition
to get about much, but some good
work wns done. Tho Ontario, Nyssa
and Big 'Bend schools were visited.
At all places a great interest in
club work was manifest. The parents
are realizing that the best of disci
pline is industry that carries interest
with it. Very few boys and girls can
be induced to take a genuine inter
est in milking cows, feeding hogs and
chickens, or doing house work, if that
is all they see of It. They see the
cream or milk hauled nway; they see
the hogs grow fat and hauled away;
they gather the eggs and sec them
do? Do they get a chance to sell the
products and put tho money into their,
own pockets? True, thd child gets
his board and clothes but why not glvd.
him an interest in the hogs, cows,
chickens so that he would have a- lit
tle of his own money with which to
buy his own clothes. Some day ho
must handle money, and do business
with other men. Teach him to do It
now whilo ho is young and the lessons;
least expensive.
Tho niiWf ia in fnach the eirls and
ijoys industry in the right way, that
is to couple head with hand in all cn;
terpriscs. Parents are realizing- that
this club work is not a "frill; but
real business and at all places yjsitc'dj
a general spirit of co-operation""was
found.
The greatest pleasure was cxpe
ienccd in the Ontario and NyssaHigh
schools. In each place a large group
of young men have shown theUvwill'
ingness to form Agricultural Clubs;
These clubs will not only do industrial
club work, but actual field worfysuch
as judging livestock, etc., will be giyr
en to them. -
W. W. HOWARD,
Statement of the financial condition of the City of Vale, Oregon, for
the period from March 7th, 1916, to March 14th, 1917.
Cash.
March 7th, 1916, Balance on hand - $ 1,126.39 ,
Amount received to date - 23,263.29
Amount paid out 21'j1v??
March 14th, 1917, Balance on hand 2,942.40
-
$24,389.68 $24,389.68
General Fund.
March 7th, 1916, Balance on hand $ 155.85
Amount received to date ...... '. 4,791.18
Amount paid to date - $ 4,362.12
March 14th, 1917, Balance on hand 584.91
$ 4,947.03 $ 4,947.03
Water & Sewer Fund. i.
March 7th, 1916, Balance on hand .'. $ 312.12
Amount received to date L... 11,801.10
Amount paid out $10,485.16
March 14th, 1917, Balance on hand - Ij628.06
$12,113.22 $18)113.22
Sinking Fund. V ;,'
March 7th, 1916, Balance on hand l $ 658.42 .
Amount received to date :. 71.01 i
March 14th, 1917, Balance on hand $ 729.43
$ 729.43 $ ' 729.43
Sinking Fund. 5f
March 7, 1916, Balance on hand $ ; -V
Amount received to date a 6,600.00 - !
Amount paid out x $ 6,600.00
March 14, 1917, balance on hand ,'.
.$ 6,600.00 $ 6.600.00
LESLIE L. HOPE,
City Treasurer.
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Hamilton - Brown Shoes
Black and Brown
For Men, Women, Boys, Girls, Everybody
' Sold at Before War Prices
JUST ARRIVED
Big Lot E. C. Skuffer Shoes
For Children
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AUTO BUS MEETS TRAINS
Streetcars from Union Depot to our doors.
Cars from N. B. Depot, tranfer at 5th St.
L. Q. SWETLANp. Pres. and Mgr.
Vale Meat Market
I want to write this little ad
To advertise my meat
And everything in general
That a butcher keeps to eat.
I keep everything in beef v
In mutton and in veal
And everything in pork
But the porker s hair and squeal.
Yes, Three O, is my number
If you want to have a treat
In butter, eggs or pickles
As well as fish, or meat.
Yes, Thirty" is the number
And everything is neat
You can relish what you get here
Because it's fit to cat,
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