$15 Hay Should Be An Incentive To Owners Under The Warmsprings Irrigation District To Forget Differences As To Methods And To Get Together On Any Scheme That Will Put Water On The Land.
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VOLUME VII, NO. 44
VALE, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1917. MALHEUR COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER.
SUBSCRIPTION, $2.00 PER YEAR
GREAT SUPPLIES OF NITRATE FOUND
Nitrate Deposits Looated by Hcrculei
Company Enthuse Visitors to
Make Signed Statement.
After riding eight miles on horse
back the party of Twin Falls business
men who have signed the following
statement became greatly enthused
over the rich deposits of nitrates ex
posed on the Owyhee river by tht
Matthews brothers who are now mak
ing their headquarters at Vale.
Of their trip the Boise Statesman
has the following to say:
Deposits of nitrate ore on the banks
of the Owyhee river in Malheur coun
ty, Oregon, where, is it declared,
thousands of tons are exposed, arc
described by a party of eight Twin
Falls business men wlio stopped oft"
Monday in Boise on their way home
from Stickney's rancn, near the de
posits. Samples of the ore were brought to
Boise and will bo analyzed by E. R.
Dooley, Twin Falls chemist, who ac
companied the party.
For the purpose of developing the
nitrate beds, 1280 acres have been
(Continued on pago 8,)
RAISE BOOK FUND
War Library Quota Over Paid By
Vale Citizens at Middle of the
Campaign Week.
Wednesday evening, Chairman Ike
Robinette of the Vale Council to raise
the local quota of the $1,000,000 war
library fund called the members of
the council and team captains, to
gether in the Chamber of Commerce
rooms. The town had been districted
between four team captains, Walter
Powers, Paul G. Freeman, Gus A.
Hurley and Ross A. Soward. All of
these captains with the aid of assis
tants, had made canvasses of their
districts by Wednesday evening nnd
reported a total subscribed of $100.00.
This figure exceeds Vale's quota by a
33 1-3 per cent and the campaign was
brought to a close with the exception
of making a few final collections and
reports.
The city schools by donation of five
cents for each student raised $10.36.
Mrs. Mustard assisted the council and
succeeded in filling tf.io sheet of the
largest donations received.
Vale Attends County
Fair in a Body
Willow River and Vale Delegation
Headed by Vale Band Attend
County Fair Thursday
Football Season Opens
High School Athletes Loosen Up for
Fall Sport-New Material Makes
Up Loss of Veterans.
About fifteen candidates for the
foot ball team to represent the Vale
High school the coming season have
donned their mohair togs each even
ing the past week and are loosening
up for participation in the world's
greatest purely amateur outdoor sport.
Bean, one of the three last year's
players, has been selected captain.
George Huntington Currey has been
putting the squad through preliminary
stunts in the absence of coach J. A.
Hurley who will probably be out with
the team next week.
Arrangements are now being made
to perfect a playing schedule, the re
sults of which wiH be made known
as soon as definitely determined.
Stock Market Active
Several Sheep Deals of Importance
Made This Week Shipped Cat
tle to Omaha Market
Among the several important sheep
transfers completed here this week
is the purchase by Claude Wood of
1200 lambs from Tip O'Neill. Mr.
Wood has shipped these lambs to this
valley for winter feeding. J. C. Bran
des also sold 1460 lambs to Mr. Wood.
Another deal reported is the sale
of 2400 lambs belonging to Frank
Palmer to Lester Sewell. It is under
stood that the prevailing price pair
for lambs has ben ranging around $10
and $11.
R. E? Weant shipped two cars of
cattle to the Omaha market this week
and expects to top the market with
tyic heid.
Headed by the Vale Concert Band
and backed by a large delegation from
Brogan, Jamieson and other places
the citizens of Vale snut up shop and
attended the Mnlheur County Fair at
Ontario last Thursday en masse.
From an attendance standpoint the
fair was perhaps the most successful
in its history and the track and arena
events were up to standard.
Tho automobile show attracted
many makes of cars among those be
ing displayed were the Dcnby truck,
Saxon, Elgin, Chevrolet, Cole "8", Ov
erland, Maxwell, Hudson, and Buick.
The poultry exhibit was fine, but ths
cattle, horse and. hog pens were very
sparsely populated.
Tho community exhibits from Nys
MINE FOREMAN
IS KILLED
Foreman at Rainbow Mine Meets
Horrible Fate Body Was Torn
in Shaft.
Ed Kneer, an employe at the Rain
bow mine, arrived in Vale the first of
the week, bringing the story of the
tragic death of Pat Cassin, foreman of
the mine, Sunday afternoon.
"Cassin met a horrible death,"
stated Mr. Kneer. "Ho was on the
200 foot level, and gave the call to
the hoist man, to raise tho cage, on
which he had a load of pipe. A few
feet up tho hoist man felt a grating
sensation, stopped the engine, and
phoned down to tho 400 foot level.
There tho miners found a part of the
man's body. His clothes and one
arm and leg were brought up with the
cage. The body had evidently been
slowlv worked between fhn efffrn nnil
sa, the Boulevard, Kingman Kolony the mine shafti a M of six ,nchegi
and Big Bend were woncerful in rc- ... . , , . , , .
. . . . . .... I Just what caused the accident is
unknown. It is thought that some of
tho pipe must havo caught and thrown
Library Association
Organized Monday
Good Number Attend Meeting Which
Makes Vale Library Independent
Organization
gards to variety and quality of pro
ducts and arrangement of display.
Vale Girls Star
In the canning contests held at the
county fair last week at Ontario the
LVale team composed of Bernice Hope,
Frances Hornbeck and Elsie O'Neil
won their contest with a score of 06
1-3 points. Mrs. C. C. Mueller acted
as advisor to the girls and is justly
proud of their work.
Hood River is arranging to secure
women apple pickers to harvest her
apple crop.
him out. Mrs. Cassin and her daugh
ter, and Jerry Murnan, tho hoist man,
took the body to Boise, where it will
be shipped to Utica, 111., where Cas
sin's parents are buried."
Mr. Cassin is well known in Vale,
and has a number of friends here. He
was a popular foreman at the mines,
and his tragic death was a shock to all
the employees there. This is the sec
ond accident of the kind to happen in
the Rainbow mine in tho past fifteen
years.
Monday evening at tho Chamber of
Commerce rooms in response to the
call issued by the former library board
of the Civic club a good number of
citizens voted to organize n permnnent
library association. Robert Lytle nct
cd as temporary chairman nnd Mrs.
J. F. Miller ns secretary. After con
siderable discussion on many differ
ent plans of associations it was de
cided that Vale have an independent
library association and a board of di
rectors was elected as follows: Mrs.
R. E. Weaiit, Mrs. Robe'rt Lytle, Mrs.
George Huntington Currey, Mrs. J. F.
Miller, John Rigby, T. T. Nelsen and
G. A. Ruring. After more discussion
it was decided to leave the arranging
of a plan to bo followed in tho hands
of the directors and the meeting ad
journed to be called together again
when the directors havo formulated
plans for membership and all other
matters pertaining to organizatidn and
control. Tho directors meeting was
scheduled for this Friday night.
VALE MERCHJS WILL SAVE FRUIT
SUPERINTENDENT TO SALE. '
Malheur County Schools Make Fine
Exhibits at Fair at Ontario also
to be Placed at Salem.
NO FRUIT TO SPOIL
Wciser Show Soon.
Tho Harvest Carnival and Oregon
Trail Round-Up will be held in Wci
ser October 3, 4, and a. The attrac
tions of this year are guaranteed to
please the most critical and a hum
mer of a good time is assured all who
attend.
Acknowledge Work of Vale Red Cross
24 MORE MALHEUR COUNTY MEN TO GO INTO SERVICE
OXMAN CASE TO JURY
Case of Well Known Oregon Cattle
man, Charged with Attempt to
Suborn Perjury Over Soon.
.Vext Boxes Will Be Packed in Strong
Boxes and Sent Direct to the
Hospitals
San Francisco Taking of iestimony
was concluded Thursday in the trial
of Frank C. Oxman of Durkee, Ore.,
charged with an attempt to suborn
perjury in connection with the Thom
as J. Mooney bomb murder case. Ar
guments, limited to two hours for
each side, were made Friday and late
Friday afternoon the case was in the
hands of the jury, according to Su
perior Judge Frank H. Dunne.
News On Every Page
. If you don't read every page
of ,the Malheur Enterprise you
miss part of its value. Every
week we aim to make each
page attractive and brim full
of interesting news and useful
information. Following is a
brief outline of the contents in
this issue.
Pages 1 and 8.
The leading world and local
news events; Jordan Valley
news items.
Page 2.
Editorial; Vale and Westfall
bank statements; legal notices;
land office filings.
Page 3.
Vale local news; classified
advertising; society; church
announcements; five year ago
review.
.Pages, 4 and 5.
Community news letters are
from Bonita, Ironside, Cow
Valley, Cake, Malheur, Jamie
son, Fangollano, Mooreville,
Westfall, White Star, Nyssa,
Big Bend, White Settlement,
Riverdale, Kingman Kolony,
McDermitt and Rome.
Page G.
Official bulletins; news pic
tures. Page 7.
Clippings of county interest
from our exchanges.
Also business opportunities
in the advertisements on every
page.
Acknowledgement of the receipt of
the last two boxes sent, was received
it the Vale Red Cross chapter this
week from the Seattle offices. Tho
letter complimented the local chapter
ind its auxiliaries upon the excellent
quality of the work sent in and re
vested that future shipments be sent
in re-inforccd boxes which would not
be repacked but would be sent direct
to the front. This speaks well for the
work ot the red cross members in
this vicinity for it means their work
manship is such that the articles sent
are ready for the front without in
spection.
Yarn Arrives.
A delayed shipment of yarn for the
knitting of sweaters and mufflers has
arrived and all who wish a supply
should hurry for it is :n great demand
at this time. This work can be done
in spare moments at home, see that
your idle minutes are mlisted in the
"knit your bit" cause.
Malheur county's quota for the first draft under
the selective service law is 59. Already 27 havo
been sent and 24 more will leave on October 3rd,
next Wednesday. This will bring the number up to
51 and will leave only 8 more to be furnished at
somo date to be announced later.
The 24 to leave next Wednesday have not been
definitely determined, due to the fact that 18 names
who have been certified to the district board as not
discharged or exempted have not been reported back.
The local board has been assured that the district
board will expedite these cases in order that no one
will be sent with the next contingent whose order
number would come over the lowest order number
needed to supply the county's quota. For this rea
son the local board is withholding tho order to re
port until the last possible moment in the hope that
a more complete report will be received from the
district board at La Grande. However, all who have
been reported back as held for service have been
notified to hold themselves ready to leave on a
twenty-four hour notice as. 24 must be sent on Oc
tober 3, the hour and routing to be announced later.
Bruce R. Kester, secretary of the local board has
received word from Bert S. Worthly that the Mal
heur county boys have arrived safe and well at
Camp Lewis, and have been examined, vaccinated
and mustered into service. Their address is Battery
A. 340 Field Artillery, Camp Lewis, Washington.
Memorial Services
Memorial services in honor of the
memory of Gustav A. Rembold, Estj.,
deceased, will be held by The Har
ney Conty Bar Association, at the
Courtroom in Burns, Oregon, October
6th, 1917, at 8 p. m.
Permanent buildings of a modern
type to suppalnt the tents and tempor
ary structures now occupied by Red
Cress base hospitals in France arc
urgently needed before winter sets in,
according to cables received from Ma
jor Grayson M.-P. Murphy, Red Cross
Commissioner to France, who has ca
bled the Red Cross War Council to
ship quantities of building materials
at once.
Increased suffering, owing especial
ly to the shortage of coal, will result
unless structures built to withstand
the cold can be erected before the
rigors of n French winter grip the
country. The building problem is so
serious in France owing to the scar
city of timber, that Major Murphy
cabled for the immediate shipment of
two million feet of fir.
Giant fir trees arj now being fell
ed on the banks of the Columbia riv
er, in Oregon and Washington, and
hurriedly loaded abroad a ship wait
ing to carry the lumber through the
Panama Canal to New York where
two complete portable saw mills will
bo taken on, as well as other building
material, before the ship sails for
France,
The supplies requested by Major
Murphy include four concrete mixers,
four portable rock cru.rr.ers and porta-,
ble engines, and two gasoline tractors
to be used in the construction work.
These will be taken aboard at New
York. There are already a number of
expert engineers with the Red Cross
(Concluded on page 8)
Following are the men the local board has certi
fied to the district board together with those cases
in which the district board has over ruled the local
board.
Left for American Lake September 5.
Serial
No. Name and Address
48G Ames, Chester Ralph, Vale, Ore.
810 Syme, James Carlyle, Watson, Ore.
719 Howard, Walter William, Bonita, Ore.
Order
No.
25
28
105
854 Arritola, Dionisio, Jordan Valley, Ore. 3
755 Moudy, Irwen S., Brogan, Ore. 20
924 Galaza, Joe, Westfall, Ore. 35
720 Johnston, John Irl, Parma, Ida. R. 3 8G
1114 Hamilton, Victor C., Huntington, Ore. 94
1022 Johnson, Emmett Simmons, Ontario, Ore. 122
923 Elliott, George T., Westfall, Ore. 133
970 Woodward, Otis Caleb, Westfall, Ore. 138
3G0 Parker, Roy, Vale, Ore. 140
128 Molloy, Richard, Jordan Valley, Ore. 149
957 Morton, Estis Leonard, Westfall, Ore. 1G0
t 845 Starr, Roscoe, Crowley, Ore. 162
1221 Tracy, Merrick Francis, Malheur, Ore. 1G4
1102 Faulkner, Bernard I., Vale, Ore. 1G5
650 Llona, Santos, Mooreville, Ore. 16G
51 Sells, Morton Clifford, Westfall, Ore. 1G8
1057 McMahon, Leo, Rockvillo, Ore. 170
199 Smith, Roy Milton, Ontario, Ore. 173
25 Ward, Frank, Nyssa, Ore. 179
889 Mclvcr, Kenneth, Riverside, Ore. , 181
11GG Lawrence, Camillous P. jr., Ironsides, Ore. 183
705 Cosgiove, Thomas Conlin, Nyssa, Ore. 186
122 Lyonsmilh, Joseph Frank, Jordan Valley 189
939 Jones, James, Westfall, Ore. 191
County Superintendent Fay Clark
left last Friday for Salem where she
will be in chargo of the school exhibit
from Malheur county. The school ex
hibit at the county fair this year was
one of the best ever shown and is a
credit to the workmanship and in
dustry of the pupils over the county.
This week tho exhibit is on display
at the State Fair in competition with
other counties for tho prizes, the out
come is eagerly awaited by the boys
and girls who have kept steadily at
work all through tho summer months
in order that a good exhibit might go
to the fair.
Winners Also Attend
Eugenia Pratt, aged 12, of the Owy
hee, winner in the sowing project and
Otto Thompson, of Ontario, aged 11,.
winner of the garden project prize ac
companied Miss Clark to the Fair
where they are guests for tho week.
They will enjoy all exhibits and
amusements free of any expense and
will be housed with the many other
boys and girls, winners from other
counties in the state.
' Merchants Will Cut Price of
p "fits and Vegetables That
t Spoil Over Sunday
At tho suggestion of C. C. Mueller,
Chairman of the Malheur County
Council for Patriotic Service, tho Valo
grocers have signed the following
agreement. This move is not intend
ed as a bargain ofTer but simply as a
patriotic move in the general effort
to conserve the food supply. It is hop
ed that families who feel the high
cost of fruits and green vegetables
will avail themselves of this offer to
supply tho table at half price.
Vale, Oreg., Sept. 2G. We the un
dersigned merchants of Vale, desiring
to assist in tho conservation of all
fruits and vegetables and to cnablo
the people of Vale and vicinity to pre
serve all fruits possible so-that none
of it may be wasted hereby agree to
sell on each Saturday afternoon, from
and .after the time of five o'clock all
such fruits and vegetables as would
bo spoiled by keeping same over until
Monday morning, at one half of the
regular price.
VALE TRADING CO.
DIVEN CO. '
VALE MEAT CO.
PAUL G. FREEMAN.
A Surgical Dressing Class
Mrs. C. T. Ashford Will Conduct
Classes Number of Members
Limited to Eighteen
In response to an urgent demand
Mrs. C. T. Ashford will organize and
take charge of a class in tho making
and use of surgical dressings, on her
return from Brogan where she has
been the past week. Mrs. Ashford is
a graduate nurse and competent to
give just the service required for .this
kind of a class. The membership will
be limited and those wishing to join
should leave their names at tho Red
Cross rooms or notify Mrs. John Rig
by as soon as possible.
Famous Musicians Here
Concert by Famous DcMoss Family
Will Be Given and Benefits
Turned to Red Cross.
A Montana farmer is utilizing a hot
spring to run his incuuators.
A concert by tho famous Do Moss
family will be given at the Rex theatre
October 10th at 8 p. m. for the benefit
of the Vale Chapter American Red
Cross. The Do Moss family have been
giving entertainments sinco 182 when
they traveled by team throughout
Oregon. At that time the company
was composed of father, mother, two
sons and three daughters. Two mem
bers of tho original family are with
tho organization now. Tho two young
est members of the concert party aro
boys of tho third generation, ono plays
a violin nnd the other a flute and both
aro gifted singers.
Writes of Camp Life at American Lake
Left for American Lake September 19.
783 Eng-'and, George Barron, Brogan, Ore. 5
945 Lieberman, William Franklin, Westfall, Or. 14
437 Cockrum, Lee B., Ontario, Ore. 31
1178 Tureman, Charles L., Ironsides, Ore. 38
433 Beam, Thomas M., Ontario, Ore. 40
1045 Duncan, Cecil Warren, Jordan Valley, Ore. 42
1031 Riggin, Edward Robert, Ontario, Ore. 43
797 Parsons, Anson Harry, Brogan, Ore. 45
1020 Harris, Irving Arthur, Ontario, Ore. 59
75 Schweizer, Otto Herbert, Nyssa, Ore. RFD G5
772 Woods, William Edgar, Bonita, Ore. GG
721 Godwin, William Thomas, Parma, Ida. R. 3 G7
298 Jensen, Wilford Franklin, Weiser, Ids. 81
343 Remick, Taine, Crowley, Ore. 84
809 Brandon, Henry Pete, Watson, Ore. .93
550 Worthley, Bert Sewell, Vale, Ore. 98
770 Wilson, James Montjoy. Bonita, Ore. 102
882 Rust, Theodore, Riverside, Ore. 103
1211 Tate, Frank Lawrence, Vale, Ore. 100
760 Rutiedge, Adrian Shaffer, Bonita, Ore. 108
56 Reed, William Ephley, Westfail, Ore. 110
54 Spaulding, Jackson, Westfall, Ore. 114
1032 Rice, Templeton, Rnyctte, Ida. 125
950 Maggine, Charles George, Westfall, Ore. 20G
Held For Service.
24 men must leave on October 3. They will bo
taken in order from this list excepting should the
district board report back others who will assumG
their order according to number.
906 Arnold, Jarrett, Riverside, Ore. 193
700 Fenn, Leland Thomas, Nyssn, Ore. 194
1195 Hunter, Ralph Gordon, Beulnh, Ore. 195
707 Colemnn, Ollio Mackey, Nyssa, Ore. 199
814 Griffith, Jesse, Watson, Ore. 211
738 Anron, Robert James, Bonita, Ore. 214
1191 Frazier, Duncan, Beulah, Ore. 217
121 Laca, Victor Paulino, Jordan Valley, Ore. 221
1004 Smith, Jesse, Rockville, Ore. 220
1205 Pogue, John J Beulnh, Ore. 227
312 Douglas, Burpee Eugene, Payette, Ida., R. 3 230
1187 Abarrategui, Anastacio, Beulah, Ore. 234
1023 Johnson, Elbert Charles, Ontario, Ore. 240
1188 Bumgardncr, Mahlon, Beulah, Ore. 243
175 Edmiston, Chester, McCune, Ore. 245
1172 Rose, Wra. Eddie, Ironside, Ore. 250
305 Griffin, Howard Francis, Payette, Ida. R. 3 2G0
1077 Loveland, Charles Harold, Rome, Ore. 2G5
958 Mustard, Walter Glen, Westfall, Ore. 2G8
NO REPORT BACK
The following have been certified to tho district
board but no report has been received back by the
local board.
Claimed No Exemptions.
1117 Kendall, Jdkeph F., Jnmieaon, Ore. fi
373 Blnnton, Joseph. Ontario, Ore. 23
1141 Copeland, Robbie Basil, Skullsprings, Ore. 129
493 Capo, William John, Vale, Ore. 132
1217 Reed, Jerome Kiikwood, Malheur, .Ore. 141
G88Jones, Forrest. Junturn.Ore. 184
521 Muttart, Charles Rae, Vale, Ore. 248
585 Joyce, Michael Martin, Juntura, Ore. 2G4
Dependency Claims Disallowed.
420 Wrinkle, Leroy, Ontario, Ore. 3G
927 Hart, Edward, Westfall, Ore. 50
786 Howard, Clarence Washington, Brogan, Or. 68
933 Hughes, Robert Allen, Westfall, Ore. 89
525 McCarty. Morris, Vule, Ore. -107
1112 Foley, Michael, Skullsprings, Ore. 155
781 Cochran, Charles Royal, Brogan, Ore. 26G
Certified by Other Boards.
741 Carver, John, Brogan, Ore. J 19
G85 Jorgenson, Johannes Ingolf, Ontario, Ore. 128
Claim for exemption on account of being a Post
master denied.
182 Connet. Carle. Forest Grove, Ore. 50
Chester R. Amen Writes Descriptive-:'
Article From Camp Lewis,
American Lake, Wash.
Besides the above the district board may certify
those discharged for dcpendentR, and disposition has
not been made of the cases who have not uppearcd
for examination.
SECOND LIBERTY LOAN OUT
$3,000,000,000 of United States 4 per
cent Bonds to be Offered Oct. 1
Campaign Closes Oct. 27.
Washington Secretary McAdoo
Thursday night announced the details
of the second Liberty Loan which will
be offered to the public October 1.
The chief features are:
Amount $3,000,000,000 or more,
the excess not to exceed one-half of
the amount of over-subscription.
Term of bonds maturity 25 years;
redeemable at the option of the sec
retary of the treasury in 10 years.
Denominatioa of bonds $50 and
multiples of $50.
. Interest rate 1 per cent, payable
semi-annually on November 15 and
May 15.
Terms of payment 2 per cent up
on application, 18 per cent November
15; 40 per cent, December 14, and 40
per cent January 15, 1918.
The privilege of converting bonds
of this issue into bonds of any suc
ceeding issue bearing a higher interest
rate than 4 per cent during the period
of the war is extended, and through
an arrangement under which bonds
will be printed with only four coupons
instead of 50, (to be exchanged at
the end of two years for the bond?
containing the full number
BOY DOING NICELY
Wednesday of lust week tho little
three year old son of Geo. E. Davis
who lives near tho SunBet Oil well,
was accidently shot by his eight year
old brother. The buliet from tho 22
riflo entered the child's head just back
of tho temple and split, ono piece lodg
ing in tho brain and tho other just
back of tho nose. The child was tak
en by Dr. Brown of Vale to Boise
where an ex-ray examination was
made.
The boy Is donlg nicely and no ser
ious compilations aro expected, al
though unquestionably it is a miracle
that he was not instantly killed.
Camp Lewis, Wash., Sept. 17.
(Special to tho Enterprise.) Camp
Lewis, a remarkubio achievement.
Hero is an Institution with nearly two
thousand buildings, a water system,
a sower system, electric lights, graded
and rolled streets nnd capable of ac
comodating more than fifty thousand
men, senrcely two months ago thcro
was nothing here, nnd two months
moro will probably seo it filled to ca
pacity. Th,c camp is situated in a
flat of rectangular shape with the
cast end flaring like a bell, tho wholo
surrounded by low wooded hills, an
ideal situation, with a magnificent
view to the east of Mt. Rainier, or
as they insist in Tncoma, Mt. Tacoma.
The military reserve starts just a
quarter of a mile from the station of
Americnn Lake, with tho quarter
masters departments, warehouses, and
the like forming tho top of tho bell,
from either end of theso extend tho
lines of brirracks, five deep, and two
miles long, with the parade grounds
between, so from above it really looks
like the cross section of a bell cut in
two lengthwise, encompassing about
three thousand acres.
Upon arriving at American Lake
one's first impression is the intense
activity ull about. Thcro aro dozens
of huge motor trucks lumbering along,
transporting freight of every descrip
tion, mulo teams continuously moving
about, and an incessant stream of mo
torcycle messengers whizzing here
und there, these, with crowds of men
in uniform, arriving recruits and busy
workmen, of which there aro still sev
en thousand' here, fairly make one's
head swim.
When the Malheur County contin
gent came on the scene, Sept. 7th, we,
with perhaps a dozen moro from Ida
ho and eastern Oregon, were met at
tho train by an officer, marched to tho
entrance of the reserve and checked
in, then to one of tho Barracks, whore
wo were assignd to our quarters. Wo
were each given a steel frame spring
cot, two blankets and an empty tick,
Tho ticks we filled with baled straw
provided for tho purpose, and if one
isn't careful in tho filling ho is apt
to havo a bump under tho middle of
his back which before morning feels
like a rock. Tho straw beds, howev
er, when one becomes accustomed to
them, are quite comfortable, which is
moro than can bo said of some hotel
beds. After this we wcro set to work
sweeping and mopping out the bar
racks, cleanliness is one of tho most
(Concluded on pago 8)
BUYS VALLEY FARM
Idaho Man Purchases Pritchctt Farm
and Will Move onto the Place
in Near Future
Convinced that ho had rather raiso
Malheur county alfalfa tlian Idaho
fruit, F. J. Tickner of Fruitland, Ida
ho, has purchased tho Pritchett farm
nine miles west of Vale and will move
on the placo ns soon ns ho disposes
of his present fruit crop in Idaho.
Rev. J. J. Tickner of La 'Grande has
been visiting his son's new placo the
past week.
Lieutenant King Visits
Lieutenant Fldon P. King son sf
Will R. King topped off at Vale Mor.
day and Tuesday visiting with the
Thomns Jonos family and other
friends in the city. Mr. King was
born at Baker in 1893 and lived in
Ontario for a number of years and '3
well known throughout this part f
Malheur county. Ho is a graduate of
Hills Military academy nt Portland
and studied law at Washington nnd
Leo University. In 1915 he was ap
pointed to West Point by Representa
tive Sinnolt and was commissioned
Second Lieutenant last June. Since
theh ho has been in service at Fort
Leavenworth, Kansas, where in Aug
ust he was commissioned First Lieu
tenant and has been assigned to du'y
with tho 62 Infantry of tho regulur
army stationed at tho Presidio in San
Francisco, It has been learned that
likely Lieutenant King will soon be
promoted to captaincy,
Lieutenant King has a seven day
leay.o of absence and is stopping off
enrouto to San Francisco to visit his
boyhood friends.. He will visit in On
tario, Baker and Portland,