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
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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.......
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918
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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
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217
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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'.
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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
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908
918
920
923
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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...
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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
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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.
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