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4 WATEIfc; Water Stored and Later Spread On the Thirsty Lands of Malheur Valley Is the One Important Question. No Opportunity Should Be Missed. No Effort Spared to Build Warmsprings Project TIIE BEST DEVELOPER Of a Community Is a Wide Awake And Representative Newspaper. Your S'tlgestions nnd Cooperation Arc So licited To Help Make The "Enter prise" A True Iteprcscntative of Vale, and Malheur County. Send a Sub scription To Friends Whom You Wish To Welcome To This Country. The Enterprise Js Absolutely Independent, Treats Everyone With The Same Fairness, Is Always Progressive, and Urges Your Activity In The Develop ment of Malheur County's Great Pos sibilities. Let All The Malheur Towns Work Together For a More Prosper ous and Better County. ADVERTISE IN THE ENTERPRISE The Paper That Is Read In Every Nook of Malheur County. It Has More Readers Because It Prints More Reading Matter. People Pay For The Enterprise Because They Want To Read The Best Reviews Of North western and World News; The Most Thorough Reports of Southeastern Oregon Irrigation, Stock, Farming, Oil, Mineral and Community Progress The Latest Market Quotations; All Filings in the U. S. Land Office, Vale District; Malheur County Official No tices; Real Estate Transfers; County Scat News; Correspondent Letters From Every Section in the County. VOLUME IX, NO. 7 VALE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1918 MALHEUR COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER WARMSPRINGS UP TOSEC. LANE SENATORS PUSH PROJECT Up to Secretary Lane to Recommend Appropriation No Direct Word From the Delegates SUBfegTION $2,00 PER YEAR. CANADIAN SOLDIERS, DIRECT FROM THE TRENCHES IN EUROPE, WILL ADDRESS PEOPLE OF VALE SUNDAY JANUARY 27 While no word has been received direc&y from the Malheur County delegation in Washington in regards to the probable outcome of their at tempt to secure government con struction of the Warmsprings Irri gntion system, or the Mnlheur Pro ject, as it is known on the Reclama tion records, the following dispatch from Washington to the Portland Tel egram shows that Judge Biggs and . C. W. Mallett have been doing some Very effective work anil that with the Oregon Senators helping them and with the approval of Director Davis and the support of Chief Counsel King, it seems that if there is any possible chance for the government to find the money for construction that Secretary Lane will make the recom mendation and the Malheur Project will bo constructed the present year, (Telegram Washington Bureau) Washington, D. C, Jan. 9 Sena tors Chamberlain and McNary had an interview today with Director Davis, of the reclamation service, and urged the department to make a supple mental estimate and recommendation for an appropriation of $400,000 to take up and push the completion of the Malheur irrigation project. Direc tor Davis is favorable to the project and will place the matter before the secretary of the interior with a view to having the estimate and rccommen dation sent to congress. WILL SPEAK ON WAR Cause and Aim of War Subject For Sunday Evening Lecture By Baker Judge Ju'dge Anderaoii, of Baker, who has been holding court at Vale the past week, will speak at the Methodist church Sunday evening at 7:30, on "The Cause and Aim of the War." Hon. C. M. Crandall will introduce the speaker and there will be music by the choir and a solo by Mrs. George Huntington Currey. The public is in vited to attend. Late Society News. A jolly crowd gathered at the horn of Mr. and Mrs. Ike Robinette las Friday evening to enjoy dancing. Th two spacious living roms of the Rob inette homo were decorated in Red White and Blue streamers and Amer ican flags and dancing was enjoyce until one o'clock. Music was furnish -ed by a Victorola and delicious punch was served throughout the evening Guests attending were Mr. and Mrs Earl Neely, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Div ens, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sasser, Mr nnd Mrs. Roy Campbell, Mr. and Mrs Ralph Siddoway, iMss Josie King, Jas Smith and Mr. and Mrs. Robinette George H. Bodfish, of Malheur, has received his appointment as Explo sive licensor for the Malheur pre cinct, from the Bureau of Mines, and is now ready to issue licenses to any who wish to use, buy or sell explosives. Plan Book Shower Library Board Meets in Business Ses sion .and D.'scuss Plans for An nual Library Entertainment Wednesday evening the Board of Directors of the Vale Public Library met at the library rooms for their regular monthly business meeting. Ankong other plans it was decided to send for a shipment of books from the State -Library, which will cover n wide variety of topics and can be put into immediate circulation from the local library shelves. These books are loaned by the state institution and can be kept here for a few months and taken out by any patron of the public library. Annual Shower Planned A committee, consisting-of Mrs. Currey, Mrs. Lytle, Mrs. Hadley and Mrs. Ruring was appointed to plan the entertainment for the evening, atd they promise it shall be some thing different than ever before. It is planned at this time to hold the en tertainment in the high school audi torium, for there was not room enough last year in the library rooms for the crowd. A few books and pamphlets on war saving methods, household economy and kindred subjects were this week received from State Librarian Miss arvin, with the request that as ma ny women as possible borrow and road thera. The pamphlets will come regularly each month and contain a wealth of information. Canadian Officers Will Speak at Vale and Ontario January 27th Farmers Especially Invited Bringing first hand information, three veterans of the Canadian army, will visit Malheur county Sunday, Jan uary 27 and will speak in the after noon at Vale and in the evening at Ontario. These meetings have been arranged by Bruce Dennis, director of work of the State Council of De fense, and will be held under the aus pices of the Malheur County League of Patriotic Service. The meetings will be absolutely free, no admission will be charged and no pledges or col lections taken. These officers are tour ing the state under the direction of the Council of Defense to bring the realities of this war home to the peo ple in the most accurate and forceful way possible. Their cause is one of patriotism purely and no financial problems are to be coupled with their meetings. Farmers are urgently requested to arrange to attend one of these meet ings, as well as everyone else. C. C. Mueller, chairman or the County League of Patriotic Service, is attend ing to the details and will arrange 3ome exceptionally good musical num bers, as well as securing the places of meeting. Here are the records of the three Canadian officers, records that are uaranty of the vital interest of the story they will tell to the people of Malheur county: Lieutenant-Colonel Macmillan serv ed with the Seventh Battalion, First British Columbia Regiment, enlisting on August 4, 1914, the date of the declaration of war. He went over seas with the first Canadian division. Among the great engagements in which he participated are Neuve 3hapelle, the second battle of Ypres, Festubert, Givenchy, tho operations before Messines and the Somme. He was recalled to England as as sistant director of transports and pro- noted to Major, later receiving ap pointments as assistant director of uipply and transport, overseas Cana dians, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He is now on furlough. Major Edwards was a Lieutenant in the Canadian militia regiment, 30th British Columbia Horse,-at the out break of the war. When the regi ment arrived in Flanders, it went in to the trenches in the Ploegsteert sec tor, then the Dickebusch sector, fol lowed by service at Hill 63. When the regiment was reorgan ized to an infantry battalion, it was transferred to the Ypres salient. Ma jor Edwards, then a Captain, was wounded for the first time during the Sanctuary Wood action, being shot in tho hip. Upon his return to his reg iment it was moved to the Somme. At Rcgina trench the gallant officer was wounded for tho tast timo and permanently retired from active ser vice. The price he paid was tho loss of both arms, torn off by high explosives. He has now been 'returned to Can ada for duty at Resthaven Military Convalescent Hospital. He was rec ommended for the military cross in October, 1916, and received special mention in dispatches by Sir Doug las Haig. Captain E. J. Cook, the huge, irre pressible boy of the party, entered service with tho Western Canadian Cavalry, enlisting in August, 1914. Ypres, the Somme and Festubert are but three of the many engagements through which ho passed. At Festubert, in an assault on Ger man third-line threnches Captain Cook stopped two soft-nosed machine gun bullets, which entered his right side and traversed the stomach. Con trary to all predictions, he recover ed. It was also his fortune to be "gassed" at the second battle of Ypres. The full complement of his wounds includes one in the left el bow. Following recQv0ry.fr3m.his wounds Captain Gook served as an instruc tor in military training schools in France and England. He was also Provost Marshal in London for some months, and air raids are by no neans novelties "to him. FOUR BOXES ARESHIPPED Month Will Sec Heavy Shipment From Vale Red Cross Headquarters" Auxiliaries Respond to Call CIRCUIT COURT TO MEET JANUARY 28 relegram From Judge Biggs Post pones Term Federal Officer Exam ines Applicants For Citizenship A telegram from Judge Dalton 3iggs to Court Reporter Wm. Wal ker postpones the January term oi :ourt from the 14th to the 28th. Judge Anderson, of Baker, who ar- ived Monday and convened the grand jury, and has been Hearing argu ments during the week, will remain mtil Monday to officially postpone the session until the date announced by judge Biggs, who expectes to return rom Washington in the mean time. L. E. Meany, U. S. Naturalization Jfllcer from Seattle, was an official visitor to Vale this week, examining 3evcral applications for citizenship C. Thorson, of Dead Ox Flat, was granted his second papers, but the other applicants wem continued until a later time ,and one was dismissed jn grounds of insufficient proof of residence. ONE TRUE BILL In the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for Malheur County; In the matter of the final report of the Grand Jury, January Term, 1918. We, the Grand Jury, duly impan- nelled and sworn to investigate all matters brought before us, do hereby reports that we have made a careful investigation of all matters brought to our attention or within our knowl; edge, have found one true bill and no not true bills, and having finished our labors, respectfully ask that we be excused. E. D. McCoy, foreman; C. T. Cox, II. Van Wyngarden, A. E. Ruther ford, George Strode, John Murphy and Ray Duncan. Dated January 7th, 1918. Upon the submission of this report Judge Anderson excused the jurors. MEMBERSHIP CONTEST Vale Lodge K. of P. Challenges On tario to Membership Contest Lodge Officials Will Visit Advance Lodge 105, K. of P., of Vale, has issued a challenge, which has been accepted by Armour Lodge 69, of Ontario, for a membership con test to end some time in March, and also for a contest in team work. On February 23, Grand Chancellor Leslie L. Crouch and Grand Keeper of Records and Seals Water B. Glea son, will be in Vale and Advance Lodge will hold a special meeting at this time for their reception. L. J. Fellows, for some time past rural mail carrier out of Vale, left he first of the week for a short bus iness trip to Seattle. Friday afternoon two more huge boxes of hospital supplies and cloth ing left Valo for Red Cross head quarters at Seattle. This makes four boxes shipped this month, besides the shipment of knitting made a few days ago. Auxiliaries and their workers have responded to the hurry up call to fill five boxes, which was the al lotment of tho Vale chapter and aux iliaries for the month. Funds must now be raised and more workers than ever before enlisted in work rooms and for knitting, as the allotments apportioned out to each chapter are larger than they have ever been be fore. Thousands of now soldiers in tho fields call for thousands more gar ments and bandages, which Ameri can women must supply. A summary of Red Cross work printed below will give those unfa miliar with expenditures of Red Cross funds nn idea of what the American T 1 "1 1 1 " 1 1 V ilea Vjross una accompiisneu since last May. Appropriations aggregating ap proximately $75,000,000 had been au thorized by the Red Cross war coun cil since its creation May 10th last up to December 28th, the council re ported Thursday night in a statement giving the condition of its finances as of the latter date. Of this sum $30,000,00 actually has been expend ed, while collections from the $100, 000,000 war fund subscriptions have amounted to about $97,000,000. Officials estimate that at least an other $6,000,000 will be collected from the fund subscriptions and some $3, 000,000 of this fund retained by cer tain chapters on account of tho 25 per cent which each chapter was to receive for local war relief work will bringrthe total of the fund to abuut $106,000,000. The Red Cross membership has in. creased from less than 500,000 last May to an estimated total of 22,000, 000 today, while in the same period the number of chapters has increased from some 555 to about 15,000. In addition to these chapters the Red Cross is working through operating commissions in France, England, I Italy, Serbia, Russia and Rumania. YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION WAR WORK DRIVE DUE WEEK JAN. 21-27; WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE PASSED BY HOUSE Young Woman's War Work To Be Financed By Campaign, Week of January 21 to 27 The Northwestern campaign of the Young Women's Christian Associa tion National War Work Council to raise $144,000 in the states of Ore gon, Washington, Montana and Ida ho, will take place during the week of Jnnuary 21 to 27th. That sum is the district's quota of the $4,000, 000 fund required by the Association for its needed Hostess Houses at ar my camps, for housing and improv ing the condition of girls and women in war employment and for work of its women in the war zone. The active campaign for funds will be opened with a sectional war con ference early in Jnnuary at Tacoma, Washington, to bo followed by state meetings in Montana, Oregon nnd Idaho. To these meetings will be in vited the leading women who aro prominent in tho various communi ties and engaged in club, civic nnd religious work. Mrs. R. C. McCredie, president of the Washington Federa tion of Women's Clubs,, member of tho Washington State Board of Health and a director of tho National Federa tion of Women's Clubs, is now trav eling in the Northwestern States, and making preliminary arrangements for the drive, which will be later or ganized by prominent national work ers. This week Mrs. McCredie is in Montana. Among tho national sec retaries, women prominent in the ac tivities of the Young Women's Christ ian Association throughout the coun try, aro Miss Gertrude Griffith, coun ty secretary for tho Northwestern Field, and Miss Grace Maxwell, city secetary for the same district, who will organize Idaho and Eastern Or egon. Miss Gertrude Griffith is a spec ialist of tho National Board on Girls' work, and is ip touch to an unusual degree, with tho problems affecting tho lives of young girls, on which she is an authority. She is a noted social worker, and for a time was cago. For the past two months she has been in the field at Tacomar where she organized 1500 girls. Miss Grace Maxwell has been city secretary for the Northwestern field for five years, and is a graduate of the National Y. W. C. A. training school for secretaries. ButMANY SMAITPROJECTS $19,192 FOR IRRIGATION Nine Permits Issued By State En gineer to Malheur County Ap plicants Tills Quarter SUFFRAGE PASSES HOUSE Senate May Give Two-Thirds Vote Af ter Wilson Urges Passage of the Federal Amendment WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 Woman suffragS by federal constitutional amendment won in the House Thurs day night with exactly tho required number of afilrmativo votes. While members in their seats and throngs in the galleries wnitcd with eager interest, the House adopted by a vote of 274 to 136 a resolution pro viding for submission to the states of the socalled Susan B. Anthony amend ment for national franchiscment of women. But for the promiso of Speaker Clark to cast his vote from tho chair for the resolution, if it was needed, tho chango of a single vote to tho-op- position would have meant defeat. Republican Leader Mann, who came from a Baltimore hospital, whero ho has been under treatment ever since congress convened, nnd Representa tive Sims, of Tennessee, just out of a sck bed, and hardly able to walk to his seat, brought tho votes which settled the issue. Tho house hardly had adjourned before the suffrage champions began their fight for favorable action in the senate side of the capitol. Recent polls there have indicated that the necessary two-thirds vote could not bo mustered, but encouraged by tho house victory and counting upon the influence, of President Wilson, who same to their support Wednesday night, the suffragists hopo to "bring tho senate into line so ns to have tho amendment before state legislatures during the coming year. They feel sure at least of forcing a voto in the head of the Christopher House in Chi- senate before the present session ends. Curley Lewis, Ike Robinette nnd Murray Morton went to Ontario Tues day to attend tho funeral of R. L. Griffin, held from the K. of P. hall 723 Registered Men Are Classified by Local Draft Board ?25 Placed In Class One 258 Claim Occupational Exemption Phy sical Examination Soon The local board for Malheur coun ty, composed of Sheriff Ben J. Brown, Chairman, Dr. Frank J. Brown and Atty. Bruce R. Kester, secretary, has classified "723 cases of the total of ap proximately 1200 questionnaires that have been mailed out to the register sd men under the Selective Service Law. Of these 723 cases, 325 have been placed in class one, 60 in class two, 2 in class three, 247 in class four and 89 in class five. In the follow ing table, which has been continued from last week's issue and also from the list on page six or this issue, 258 names havft been starred. This indicates that these registrants, so marked, have made"" industrial or ag ricultural claims for deferred classi fication. These claims cannot be act ed pn by tho local board, but are de cided by the district board at La Grande. Of these 258 occupational claimants the local board has placed on other grounds six of them in class five, 97 in class four and 21 in class two. This leaves 134 men now in class one that may be given deferred classification by the district board on account of industrial occupation. It is not known what percentage of these men will be removed from class one but it is probable that a great many of these claims will not bo allowed by the La Grande board. Only a few cases nave been ap pealed to tho district board and it is estimated that in all there will be about 500 men in Malheur county placed in class one by completing the examination of tho questionnaires. Very few questionnaires have . failed to be returned so far and the local board expects to have them in as soon as it is possible to get mail in and out of a few interior places. Physical examination of men plac ed in class one will be started in a short time, altho it has been announc ed by the Provost Marchal General that no call for men will bo made un til after February 15th. Order No Name Address 555 Paul Fletcher Erwin, Harper, Ore . Harry A. Morrow, Ontario, Ore .., Roy E. Gorton, ampa,Jc!a....Mw..w..mH . 'Archie Day Moses, Nysa, Ore Edmund Victor Bouchard,' Harper, Ore....... 6S0 8 CIS 871 872 879 886 E91 896 898 902 906 912 91S 918 921 926 933 935 936 941 942 945 946 949 955 957 959 961 962 967 985 988 998 1001 1006 1020 1025 1026 1027 1034 1054 1057 1064 1081 1084 loss 1100 UU 1191 105 217 Class 1 4 2 John Henry Tons, Vale, Orc.. 'John Burch Woodcock, Malheur, Charles Steel, Jordan Valley, Ore. 1 Ore 1 'Otto Victor Lyman Rhoads, Nyssa, Ore , .4 Walter E. Simpson, Ontario, Ore . 1 Maurice Lelloy Judd, Parma, Ida -, 1 Robert Lee Boyd, Nyssa. Ore .- 4 Bernle Gibbons, Bridgeport, Ore , 1 Roy Custer Stewart, Westfali, Ore ......-l Ralph Andrew Griffith, Ontario, Ore - 2 Benjamin Franklin Smith, Ontario. Ore. .. 4 Henry Dennett Slippy, Nyssa. Ore., R. F. D 4 John J. Diilard, Ontario, Ore. .4 Homer Gilbert King, Ontario, Ore.. 1 Cecil Oen Viles, Parma, Ida., R. P. D 2 Marvin Leslie Strout, Jamleson, Ore..... J2 Guy O. Parks, Raker, Ore. .4 'John T. Glover, Jordan Valley, Ore 1 George Washington Bartshe, Fayette, Ida. ....1 ChBrles M. Carter, Ontario, Ore. . 1 'Walter E. Laurance, Ironside, Ore - 1 George Erwin Kiahr, Parma, Ida.. .. 4 Daniel Albert Grady, Ontario, Ore. 4 Frank P. UU. Ontario, Ore 6 Nicholas DUboa. Jordan Valley, Ore.. Henry Lee Morris, Nyssa, Ore.. 'Joseph Arnold Deters, Vale, Ore..-. Adolph Cuitav Fisher, Mooreville, Ore. Thomaa Manning-, Westfali, Ore. Herman Thomas Blerman, Ontario, Ore Michael Gibbons, Westfali, Ore Homer R. Overstreet, Ontario, Ore.-., Millard Baldwin, Ontario. Ore Lloyd II. Richardson, Ontario, Ore'. 5 1 .4 ..I 1 -J George Earl Schwclter, Nyssa, Ore., It. F. Joseph Aimer Edwards, Westfali, Ore. Willie Dennis Howard. Nyssa, Ore Arthur Edward Maglll, Ontario, Ore... William Tell Coleman, Nyssa, Ore. 1 Ray Dell Putnam, Payette, Ida, R. F. D , 1 Charles LeRoy MeNulty, Watson, Ore. 1 Sherman E1IU Atkins, Vale, Ore 1 John F. Crowley, Welser, Ida., R. F. D 1 Theodore Nelson Gunderson, Vale, Ore.... 1 Edwin T. Miller, Caldwell, Ida. 1 Walter William Howard, Ontario, Ore. 4 Victorian. OrtU, Nampa, Ida , 5 265 304 363 376 380 403 450 461 602 618 574 B97 603 625 722 730 785 798 810 815 823 840 842 861 864 873 87? 899 908 918 920 923 924 931 960 975 977 979 982 1011 1015 1024 1037 1039 1050 1056 1065 1125 1162 1134 1142 1164 1119 Charles Harold Loveland, Rome, Ore......., - 1 Edmund Phllo Hendrix, Omaha, Neb., Fort Omaha........G George Wesley Lockwood, Jennings, Okla ..l William P. Hicks, Graybull, Wyo 1 William Duckner, Waterman, Wash . 4 Archie Christian Richardson, Phoenlz, Ariz . 5 Thos. Callaway Johnson, Nampa, Ida... Sablno Adoncgul, Jordan Valley, Ore.. William Hartman, La Grande, Ore..,.-.... Thomas C. Lawrence, Nespelem, Wash,. Joseph Arthur Fry, Welser, Ida....... Allan Morrison, Mooreville, Ore........-..... Rupert Bllyeu, Bremerton, Wash.. Paul Glenn Eberly, Crane, Ore... 1 5 4 2 ...4 John llenning Hollman, Payette, Ida - -4 John Iturrlago, Vale, Ore. Box 324 6 Jesse P. Bogart, Los Angeles, Calif ... -...l Adam Orville Myers, Raleigh, Tenn 1 George Vardsman Smith, Rockvllle, Ore.. 4 Frank Clement, Bayero, Colo - 1 Charles V. Hlnman, Jamleson, Ore 4 George Ira Fenton, Riverside, Ore..- - 4 Jesse E. Hamstreet, Brogan, Ore......--. .... 9 Ervin Loveland, Rome, Ore ....... .l Virgil Arba Fltx, Ontario, Ore 4 George Wilson Culp, Cortland, Neb.. Charles Henry Crowe, Welser, Ida.. Bryson Frank Rice, Payette, Ida., It. F. D. Frederick William Trenlel, Ontario, Ore Wesley Ira Crow. Welser, Ida ... Carl Edgar Wilson, Cruelty, Ore..- . William F, Drlrgars, Juntura, Ore,....- Roy Otto Hord, Brogan, Ore. Earl Owen Boston, Chruehlll, Nev. Clarence W. Stacey. Cake, Ore Leo James, Nyssa, Ore.. Walter Orie Elley. Payette, Ida John Benjamin Wherry, Payette, Ida,. George Gordon Judd, Parma, Ida.. .. Aeel Smith WhllLcck, Ontario, Ore Gerhardt D. Ruth, Jr., Brogan, Ore. , Leltoy Jenkins Parker, Welser, Ida., It. F. D, Harry J. Payne, Westfali, Ore..v Berwick II. Wood, Ontario, Ore. . Gerrlt de Vrles, Nyssa, Ore ... William II. SnyJer, Ontario, Ore William Durham Irby, Payette, Ida., Box 291 William Marlon Harrl", Vale, Ore..- Isabel Rodrigurt, Ontario, Ore .... Edwin Castro, Westfali, Or. Lorento Atlre Muttart, Vale, Ore Elmer Guy Moudy, Vale, Ore, Charts Alfred Keele, Vale, Ore .1 2 COMMERCE CHAMBER SMOKER MONDAY All Interested in Community Work Siiould Attend Chamber of Com mercc Meeting January 14 A meeting of the board of directors of tho Vale Chamber of Commerce has been called by President Robert Lytic for Sunday afternoon, to at tend to several matters of importance and to arrange for a big smoker nnd meeting of members for tho evening of January 14th, next Monday, in tho Chamber rooms. All members, past, present and new, are urgently invited to attend this regular meeting of members next Monday evening. A number of very important questions ure to bo decid ed, as well as tho election of two di rectors. Attend this meeting. Every busi ness man of Valo shauld attend this meeting and holp one another get to gether on tho things of interest to the community as a wholo. INVESTIGATE NITUATES Tacoma Men Examine Property of the American Minerals Producing Company Near Vale E. D. Gallagher, of the American Minerals Producing Company, this week conducted B. II. Bennett, a rec ognized chemist, and C. G, Glanagnn, a prominent capitalist of Tacoma, ov er their nitrate deposits. Tho opin ion of these men support Mr. Gal lagher and his company in the claim that they have located somo valua ble commercial nitrate deposits in the Sand Hollow country. Mr, Gallagher is anxious to begin operations as soon as possible. Many difficulties inci dent to opening a new field, espec ially in the nitrate industry, have caused many delays, but will bo over come eventually, asserts Mr. Gnlla- 109 permits to appropriate water and 9 permits to construct reservoirs including the irrigation of 10,639 acres, and water supplies for three municapalities, with an estimated cost of construction totalling ?294, 887.00, were issued by. State Engineer John H. Lewis, during the last quar ter of tho year 1917. Perhaps the most important per mits issued during this quarter were secured by tho Malheur Livestock and Land Co. to appropriate the waters of Crowley creek to irrigate somo two thousand acres. Eight permits were issued to individual parties in this county and were secured as follows: To Chas. L. Cdok of Crowley, to ir rigate 218 acres; to T. M. Burtis, of Harper, to irrigate 60 acres from Jim Ewing creek; to Tillie Ackerman of Bonita, to irrigate five acres from neighboring springs; to Emil Baker, of Skull Springs, to irrigate 40 acres from Cold Springs creek; to Margre tha Kimo, of Harper, to irrigate 20 acres from Malheur river; to Smith Wilson, of Juntura, to irrigate two acres from Tub Springs; to 'Golbert Patterson, of Bonita, to irrigate 8 acres from Bully Creek; to Elmina Patterson, of Bonita, to irrigate 15 acres from Clover Creek; to Elsie Shaver, of Rockvillo, to irrigate 105 acres from unnamed rivers; to Fred J. Keiscl, of Ontario, to irrigate 829 acres from tho Nyssa Arcadia dis trict; to C. C. Smith, of Nyssa, to irrigate 140 acres from the Nyssa Arcadia district; to Fred Klingback and Robert Overstreet of Nyssa, to irrigato respectively 25 and 212 .acres from tho Owyhee river; to Andrew Greeley and A. C. Cunningham, to irrigato 40 acres for Carter creek. Tho total cost of the abovo projects' as proposed nggregato $19,492.00 FARM LOAN MEETING Directors Re-EIectcd and II. C. East ham Elected Secretary Appli cation AWalt Approval At tho annual meeting of the stock holders of the Malheur National Farm Loan Association held Tuesday of this week in the Chamber of Commerce rooms in Vale, the following board of directors was re-elected. James Har vey, president; I. W. Hope vice- pres ident; F. M. Vines, Emory Cole and H. R. Garrett, directors. After tho meeting of tho stockholders tho Di rectors met and elected II. C. East ham as secretary for the coming year. Applications for about $80,000.00 aro now pending und the money is oxpected to bo fortneommg as soon as tho Lund Bank system can sccuro sufficient funds to supply tho demand. Members who havo had their land appraised in connection with appli cations for loans must pay tho cost of same to the secretary promptly. Arthur Foilcs has accepted the po sition of rural mnil carrier to suc ceed L. J. Fellows. Attends Meetings School Teachers of State Gather For Various Conventions At Holiday Time America Makes Record WASHINGTON, Jan. llth Every phaso of tho war department's prepa rations for battle aginst Germany was outlined and defended by Secre tary Baker Thursday pefbre the sen ate military committee. Ho answered those who havo crltlclzcr the depart ment during the committee's investi gation with the assertion that no such army as that now under the Ameri can flag ever had been raised, equip ped or trained so quickly, and that never before had such provision been made for the comfort and health of an army. County School Superintendent Fay Clark returned the first of the week from Portland and other valley points. At Portland Miss Clark attended tho annual meetings of tho State Teach ers' Association; at Corvnllis the In dustrial Club Conference; and at Sa lem tho County Superintendent's con vention. At Corvallis Miss Clark ap peared on tho program for a short talk on what work had been accom plished along Industrial Club lines in her territory during 1917 and what was planned for 1918, At nil meet ings tho Thrift Problem was discus led nnd at the Club Conference plans were laid for tho county school su perintendents to nld in the work of raising $1,000,000 among Oregon school children this year through tho Thrift stamp campaign. Club work will bo placed upon a war timo basis and a wider scopo of the work will bo attempted and moro students en rolled in tho work than over before. State Meeting At Portland Tho Statu Teachers Convention bo gun December 27, in Portland, and wus largely attended by teachers from all points of tho state. Dr. Burton, of tho University of Minnesota, Supt. I.eavitt, of Pittsburg, were among the promlnont educators who spoke at the sessions. County Supt, Clark of Mal heur county, spoko briefly on tho work of Food Production and Conservation. fty.t