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About Malheur enterprise. (Vale, Or.) 1909-current | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1917)
County School Notes. News From Over the County Shows Interest is Marked Townrd Gct ;tlng the Best Schools. " Longer Term for Malheur. Mnlheur will have an additional two months of school this spring, making the school year one of 8 months. Clara Howard has been em plowed to teach the upper grades next year and Clnro Morfitt will teach the lower grades. This is the first time for soveral years that two teach ers havo been employed in this dis trict. There are two rooms in the school building so that a little re pairing only will bo nccessaryto pro vide for the second room. Kingman Outgrows Building. The Kingman Kolnoy school has al most outgrown the one room build ing erected three years ago. There is considerable talk among the pa trons of a second teacher and an ad ditional room. To quote Mr. Over street, clerk of tho board in this dis trict, "Wo thought when wo built our school house that it would bo largo enough for many years to come." The Kingman school was the first school in Malheur county to become stand ard. Beautify School Grounds. The White Settlemnt school house was the scene of great activity on Ar bor Day, April 13. The pupils and teachers prepared tho ground and planted 33 trees the same number as the school district which they sccur ed from Judge C. H. Brown. They nl so prepared a flower bed the full length of tho west side of the school house and will try to havo vines for shade at tho windows with fall bloom ing flowers between. Wade School Standard. Tho Wade school in Big Bend was awarded a standnrdiation pennant last Friday evening. Appropriate oxer cises were held and the entire commun Sty joined the children in she-wing their appreciation of tho efforts of the teachers, school board members and friends who made standardization pos sible. Tho pooplo in this district are very much interested in school mat ters and mrely allow an opportunity to show their interest pass unnoticed, A contest for two additional months of school in the Copeland district has just been registered. Onsa Hurd from Eugene is the teacher in this school. Seeds for AH About fifty packages of garden seed still remain in tho office of the county sueprintendent. Every boy and girl in tho county should grow a gar den if good soil and water are avail able; Wo need loyal little tillers of tho soil this year to help feed our' people. Just drop n card to Miss Clark and a package of seed will bo sent you. School Gardens Planted. Tho Valley Viow school is perhaps th,o first of tho rural schools to make use of a part of their school grounds for gnrdens. Eighteen individual gardens have been planted and Mrs, Dunn', the teacher, now writes that tho unfenced portion of tho grounds may bo fenced and planted in potatoes and beans. There are other schools where water is available and whero good gnrdens could bo grown. For all now subscriptions to the Oregon Teachers Monthly sept in now the remaining three numcrs for this year, April May and June, will bo sent freo. Send subscriptions to Chas H. Jones, Snlem, Oregon. Juntura reports n school kept standard this year. Tho first stand ardization pennant was awarded this school over two years ogo. Attend Flag ltuising. , Let every school reipond to tho in vitation to attend the (log raising on the Court Houso lawn and como pre pared to take part in the program. No Change in Schedule Continued from page 1.) Portland building code suspended to allow carshops to bo erected by Twohy Brothers. forded by the Oregon Short Line Rail road company is inadequate, unrea sonable and unjustly discriminatory. Pursuant to notice, a public hearing was held In Vale on February 27, 1917 at which, time and place testimony was offered and proofs received. The matter has been fully submitted and now stands ready for decision. Appearances: For plaintiff: Geo. E. Davis, Attorney; For defendant: John O. Moron and P. J. Gallagher, Attorneys. On December 24, 1910, the Oregon Short Line Railroad company, a com mon carrier subject to tho provisions of Chapter 63 of the General Laws of Oregon for the year 1907, inaugurat ed a new train service schedule be tween Ontario and tho plaintiff city, Vale, and points beyond which result ed in a diminution of the service be tween Ontario and Vale, and inter mediate points. Prior to the effective date of such schedule the defendant company had operated two mixed and one passenger train daily except Sun day, in each direction between these points. The new schedule resulted in the withdrawal of the straight passen ger service, and a rearrangement of tho mixed train service, and gave rise to much dissatisfaction in Vale, which culminated in a formal complaint to the Commission alleging the present service to be unreasonable, inadequate and unjustly discriminatory. Vale, tho county seat of Malheur county, is located upon a branch lino extending from Ontario to Crane, a point about 111 miles beyond Vale, approximately 15 miles from the in tersection of this branch with tho main lino at Ontario. In addition the defendant company operates a branch from Vale to Brogan, a dis tance of 23 miles, and from Nyssa to Homcdalo, approximately 25 miles. These branches arc located as to fall naturally into a single operating unit and are so handled by the raliroad company. It follows thnt any rear rangement of train schedules affects each of these branches, and the inter ests of each community must be giv en due consideration. Representatives from practically every community affected were pres ent at tho hearing and gave testimony and presented petitions which indi cate that the present service, i. e. that of which the plaintiff complains, is satisfactory to their particular lo calities, and ask that it be not dis turbed. Tho needs of these commun ities, which represent by far the greater percentage of the territory and population served, must bo re spected, and thus the question of n rescheduling of trains is eliminated. This narrows tho issue to the single lucstion of whether or not additional train sorvice between Ontario and Vale is justified. By reason of its location, Valo now has two trains ench way daily 'except Sunday, which also servo tho various other localities affected. In" addition, 't hus a passenger train each way on Sunday furnishing service to and from Ontario. Wo believe this service is amplo for the business offered While it may be true the time of ar rival and departure of these trains results in some incotfvenienve, and oossible hardship, to the residents of Vnlc, it is not such, in the opinion of the Commission, as to constitute a nublic necessity which would warrant the installation and maintennnco of additional train service. As before pointed out, tho Commission does not feel justified in changing tho present schedules to alleviate this condition on account of the inconvenienco and hardship which would result at the other points interested, and it follows that tho complaint must be dismissed It is, therefore, ordered that the tiomplnint in tho above entitled mat ter bo and the samo hereby is dismiss ed without prejudice. Dated at Salem, Oregon, April 12, UH7. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION w. x n x m WHITE SETTLEMENT m $ M IN M Nt NE $ W. ... W. . WHITE SETTLEMENT, Or., April 18. Dr. Mooro, of Ontario, was call ed to tho S. J. Bean ranch Thursday of last week to care for a horso which had stepped on a nail. C. H. Brown has been suffering for several days with a very severe car bunclo on tho back of his iicck. On rising from his chair, when tho doc tor had been dressing it, ho fainted and fell to tho floor, ns a result ho is displaying a badly discolored eye and face tills week. Rev. David Baker preached nt this place last Sunday, Oscui' Neesc and daughter also attended church at this place. Mrs. Elizabeth Yantis viBitod at thu J. A. Winslows Sunday, Hilton Clark, of Indiana Avenue, is the guest of his uncle Will J. Rob erts this week, Mr. Davis, the Statu Socialist Or ganizer of Oregon, is spending this week with S. J. Bean and family. Rex Murquis lost a valuable horse this week. His team attempted to run awny whilo hitched to the plow. Tho plow shnro cut u deep gash in tho thick part of tho thigh and tho horso had to bo killed. Jerry Brosnan also lost n good horse while taking his cattle to tho lulls. The rider dismounted to allow the horse to cut a smull bunch of hay which proved to be poisoned hay and tho horse died immediately, II. II, Mitchel n yd wife wore calling on friends in this vicinity Wednesday of this week. Parent-Teacher meoting will bo held nt District 04 next Friday. Try to Destroy Bridge Continued from page 1.) cured by the officials, it is believed tho bond) was placed on the bridge by German sympathizers. Sheriff Ben Brown and police of Ontario are fol lowing clues in an effort to locato the two men believed to bo implicated in tho plot. They have tho assistance of William H. Edgley, special agent for 'ho Oregon Short Line. Plotters Fire on Guard. Tho plotters approached the bridge from tho opposite sido from which Guard Rouch was stationed. The first tho guard knew ,of their presence was when he saw a man strike n match in the center of the span. Ho prompt ly cried out to tho plotters who re plied by opening lire with their guns llouch in turn fired at them, One of the men was seen to plunge from the brulgo to tho water below. Rouch immediately rushed to tho center of tho span, whore ho ran across a bom! eight or ten inches through and kick ed it into tho river. Escaped on Horses. Henderson, a second guard, who was about a quarter of u. milo down tho track, heard tho shots and lmme diately camo to his companion's as sistance. Ho corroborated Rouch's story. It is believed tho plotter who Jumped from tho bridge uftcr ignit ing tho fuso swam to shore and made his escnpo on horseback. Several men testified to tho officers as having seen two men riding madly away from tho bridge after tho shots were fired. Later a raft wus seen floating down tho river with an object on it and tho guards fired at it, but wero not in a position to make an investigation. Guard Doubled, Tho Short Lino ofllcinls have doubl od tho guard on the bridge which wus tho scene of a shooting affray between prowlers and the guard early Satur day morning, according to reports here. It is also reported that United State's secret service men are now in vestigating the matter. WHOLE NATION CALLED President Outlines Duties for All- Farmers Railroads, Middlemen, Merchants, all Have Duly. The whole nation was called upon for war service in a formal procla mation issued by President Wilson Sunday. Declaring that "mere fight inn' will be fruitless." the president demanded the active support and co operation of men and women in ev ery walk of life, "a great national scr " From the farmer to the housewife, each individual was called upon to do his or her shore in con serving and making available for war use the vast resources of the nation. "Tho sunremo test of the nation has come," said tmj president. "We must all speak, act and serve together." Fighting Smallest Part. Tho nresident declared that while tho navy is rapidly being placed on an ofTorfivn war footinor and a great army is about to bo created and equipped, "these are the simplest narts of the great task to wmcn we havd addressed ourselves." He de clared that the first great thing to be done was to supply abundant food, not only for the United States and its fighting forces, but for a large part of "the nation with whom we have now made common cause." The imnerativo need for American ships was emphasized by the president who declared that they must do uum by the hundreds to carry vast quanti ties of supplies across the sea, "sub marines or no submarines." Fate of War With Farmers. "Ilnon the farmers of this country, thprnforo. in larcc measure, rests tho fato of tho war and the fate of the nations. May the nation not count upon them to omit no step that will increase the production of their land or that will bring about tho most ef fectual co-oneration in the sale and distribution of their products? Tho time is short. It is of the most im portance that everything possible bo done and done immediately to make sure of lartre harvests. I call upon young men and old alike and upon ablo bodied boys of the land to ac cept and act upon this duty to turn in hosts to the farms and make cer tain that no pains and no labor is lacking in this great matter. Foodstuffs Supreme Need. "I take the liberty, therefore, of ad- lrcss ne this word to the farmers ot the country and to all who work on the farms. Tho supreme need of. our nation and of tho nations with which we are co-operating is on abundance of supplies and especially of food- af.tfTc Tlin Imnnrlnncn nf an ado- mute food supply, especially for the nrcscnt year, is superlative. Middlemen Are Warned. "Tho course of trade shall bo as un hampered as it is possible to make it and there shall be no unwarranted manipulation of tho nation's food sup nly by those who handle it on its way to the consumer. This is our oppor tunity to demonstrate tho efficiency of a great democracy and we shall not fall short of it. "This lot me say to the middlemen nf overv sort, whether they are han dling our foodstuffs or our raw mate rials of manufacture or the products of our mills and factories: "The oves of the country will be es pecially upon you. This is you op- oortunity for signal service, efficient ind disinterested. Unusual Profits Taboo. "The country expects you, as it ex nects all others, to forego unusual nrofits, to organizo and expedite ship ments, supplies of every kind, but es pecially of food, with an eye to the service you are rendering nnd the spirit of those who enlist in the ranks for their people, not for themselves. I shall confidently expect you to de serve nnd win the confidence of the people of every sort and station. Railroads and Merchants Addressed. "To the men who run tho railways of tho country, whether they bo man agers or operntivo employes, let me say that tho railways aro tho arteries of tho nation's life and that upon them rests tho immenso responsibil ity of seeing to it that these arteries suffer no obstruction of any kind, no inefficiency or slackened power. To tho merchant, lot me suggest the mot to 'small profits and quick service,' und to tho shipbuilder that tho life of 'ho war depends much on him, NAVAL OFFICER WANTED An unexpected vacancy for a mid shipman, from Eastern Oregon in the U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis has been created. Congressman Nick Sinnott has de cided to make designation for this vacancy on basis of a competitive ex amination to bo held on May 8th in the following cities: Klamath Falls, Lakeview, Ontario, Bend, Baker, La Grande, Pendleton, The Dalles. Every boy eligible to take samo and desiring to do so should report to tho secretary of the local civil service board of examiners at the postoffice In one of the above cities at 9 o'clock A. M., May eighth; and if possible notify Congressman Sinnott nt Washington that he intends to enter the competi tion. Any young man is eligible who is a resident of the Second Congressional District of Oregon, a citizen of the United States, and between the ages of 10 and 20 years. The examination will consist of the subjects of algebra, geometry, gram mar, geography, United States his tory, and arithmetic. Prospective contestants can get in formation concerning the Naval Aca demy and sample questions by writ ing to Congressman N. J. bmnott, Room 242, House of Representatives, Washington D. C. HOLBROOK BLINN IN "PRIDE" COMING TO REX THEATRE Bids Below Par Continued from page 1.) aggregating $207,000 and about $48, 000 of appications are yet to be pass ed on. Will Advertise in Magazines. It was also decided by the board to immediately advertise for sale an is sue of $500,000 of rural credit bonds in the eastern financial journals, with the hope that a larger issue will bring a better bid. UNDERWORLD PHOTO PLAY At the Rex Theatre, Tuesday, April 21 "The Lure," an underworld film, at tracted a large audience at tho Antler theatre last night. The film was one of the best ever shown in Roscburg and was much appreciated by the au dience. Evening Roscburg (Oregon) Review. An extraordinary photo-play, "The Lure," will be shown at the Rex thea tre Tuesday evening, April 24. "They Trapped Her," in a most wonderful underworld photoplay. An all-star cast. In brief, this story shows that whilo attending dancing school, Charlotte Baker meets a fascinating youth, Paul, with whom she becomes infat uatcd. Not being able to resist his declaration of love and promises to marry she decides to elope with him, only to find herself drugged and tak en to a resort of tho underworld. The detective, disguised as a' gas man en ters tho house in search of Charlotte and to his surprise finds Sylvia, the girl ho loves, also trapped. In ."(l'cct- mg tho escape ot tho gnin mny thrilling adventures take place. See tho hardships .and desperate chances a girl must take in escaping fn.n a resort of this kind. At the Rex Then tre, Tuesday, April 24. EXTEND WAR OFFER Telephone Company Grants Employes Wage Payments and Sick Bene fits in Case of Enlistment. The Alco Rooms Completely Furnished Hot and Cold Water Rates, 50c, 75c, $1.00 Special Monthly Rates J. VENABLE, Prop. Vale ITransfer Co. It. M. BEACH, Prop. OFFICE AT VALE DRUG All Kinds of Drayage & Trans fer Work Promptly Done. STORE. Phone 31. Residence Phone 103. The American Telephone nnd Tele graph company hnve extended the priviledge of their war offer to em ployes of the Mountain States and Malheur Home Telephone companies. This privilege offers any employe u chance to join the signal corps of the army and the company will pay to him tho difference between his sal ary in the army, and his present sal ary in the telephone company. The sick and death benefits will also be carried the same ns if he were in the company's service. Manager Hewctt announces that Holbrook Blinn in "Pride," one of Mc Clure Pictures' Severn Deadly Sins, will be shown at the Rex Theatre on Monday, April 23. "Pride" is a five reel feature which opens in n girls' boarding school and ends abroad a trnns-Atlantic liner. Mr. Blinn is sup ported by Shirley Mason and George Lo Guerc. Others in tho cast aro Hel en Strickland and Guido Colucci. "Pride" tells the story of a girl who begins to think she is a little better than tlie man who loves her. She is sought by a Count and by a powerful bank.or, portrayed by Mr. Blinn. The girl jilts her deserving sweetheart, escapes from the banker and elopes with the Count. Tho banker and the young lover fol low the elopers aboard the liner, the youth as a stoker. There, amid throb bing scenes, pride is followed by a fall nnd the girl is cured of the temp tation of the second sin. "Pride," although one of the group of Seven Deadly Sins, is a complete story. It is one of the most artistic dramas Manager Hewett ever has pre sented nt the Rex Theatre. It has flashes of comedy, "big" scenes and thrills aplenty. The settings espec ially those in the mountains and iioard the steamship Carpathia. NEW ADDITION TO The Vale Hot Springs ANITARIUM The new addition to the Vale Hot Springs Sanitarium is under roof and nearing comple tion. The new rooms and baths will greatly help in the accommodation of those who are at pres ent unable to visit us, on account of our lack of room. The wonderful healing powers of the Hot Mineral Waters, are beginning to attract people suffering from rheumatism, from as far as Salt Lake, and surrounding cities. For further information inquire of DR. T. W. THURSTON, Mgr. Vale - - - ' Oregon THE REX THEATRE Tuesday, April 24. Special Attraction "The Luvc" In Five Acts as Presented at the Tivoli Opera House in San Francisco. "THEY TRAPPED HER" In the Most Wonderful Photoplay. Every Man and Woman Should See This Picture. A Vital Drama of Moral Uplift Also a Funny 1 Act Comedy ALL SEATS 25c. Scene from "The Lure" . , . at the Children Under 16 not Admitted, ex Theatre Except with Parents. Tuesday, April 24. 16,000 PROSPECTIVE BUYERS 10,000 of whom live within the Trading Radius of Vale. Want to know, Mr. Merchant, what you have to sell. The mail order houses spend millions of dollars to describe their stock. Make it convenient for your customers to buy at your store and be courteous enough to notify them of what you have for sale. With Seasonable Merchandise it is especially neces sary to advertise your wares. You should notify your trade of what season able articles you carry. Then remind them again argue on the merits of your goods and state the price if possible. HAVE YOU ADVERTISED TO THE BEST ADVANTAGE YOUR LINE OF Kodaks, Seeds, Autos, Fruits. Vegetables, Building, Material, Garden Tools, Farming Implements, Soda Fountain, Sporting Goods, Clothing, Dry Goods, Veal, Flags, Bicycles, etc., etc. You can reach the greatest number of these people in the most effective way possible, and at by far the least expense by advertising in tEfje jWalfjeur enterprise Queen Quality Ladies Shoes for Spring Are Here at Last. Our fine line of Ladies' Queen Quality Shoes for spring which have been delayed so long in transit, are here at last. A snappy white kid at $9.00, and one of the niftiest white reinskin you ever saw, at .$5.50, are among the finest. The staple shoes consist of an eight and one half in top, black kid, lace, at"?6.00; an eight inch top, kid, button, at $5.50, and an eight inch top, lace, with Cuban heel, at $5.00. LIMITED SPACE DOES NOT PERMIT OUR DESCRIBING EVERY NUMBER WE RECEIV ED, BUT WE WILL GLADLY SHOW YOU THE ENTIRE LINE IF YOU WILL VISIT OUR SHOE DEPARTMENT. FOR QUALITY MERCHANDISE REMEMBER OUR GROCERY AND HARDWARE DEPARTMENT V THE VALE TRADING COMPANY phTa!1 I Everything Under the Sun Write forour Prices OREGON 1 I I O s