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About Malheur enterprise. (Vale, Or.) 1909-current | View Entire Issue (March 16, 1918)
PAGE SIX THE MALHEUR ENTERPRISE SATURDAY. MARCH 16, 1918 rJ2E LATEST OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE VALE OIL FIELD In answer to the many inquiries received at the office, The West ern Pacific Oil and Gas Company wishes to make the following announcement to its stock holders and the Public in general m The depth of well, as reported by our Expert Driller on Monday morning, March 11th, was 969 1-2 feet. At 930 feet the drill entered what is known as the cap rock, the thickness of which is estimated to be about 60 feet. Im mediately underneath this cap rock the. oil shale and oil bearing sands are found. The pressure from below is so strong that oil appears in this hard cap like sweat beads. At 954 feet the Simpson lime was encountered, measur ing 8 1-2 feet. This is known to all oil experts as the sur est sign of an oil deposit within close range. The fact that oil and gas showings are increasing with every bailing makes us look forward to an early success. Besides, our oil expert pronounces the log of our well as having every ear mark of a large production of oil and he feels satisfied that a well will be brought in at a depth of about a thousand feet, and barring mishaps, this should be accomplished within the next few days. The water is securely shut off and we are ready for the oil when it comes. The company also wishes to announce that there are still left out of the allotment of stock authorized for sale for developing purposes, 26,130 shares of the Capital Stock, of which the public can avail themselves at 25c per share. The sale of this stock will be withdrawn im mediately oil is struck and orders for stock in transit at that time will be refused. This is a fair warning and now it isp to you. Fill in the coupon today for tomorrow you may be among those who wished they had. Western Pacific Oil an Gas Company Office 227 South Tenth Street BOISE IDAHO Western Pacific Oil and Gas Co. Boise Idaho: Enclosed please find the sum of ($ ) for which I herewith subscribe for shares at 25c per share of the capital-stock of the Western Pacific Oil & Gas Co. per value, $1.00 per share. Send receipt to, and issue stock certificate in the name of Address Town State . It is understood and agreed that if oil is struck before my .application is re ceived the money will at once be refu nded to me by return mail. AAAAAAA. AAAAAA.; ' .1 n1 n.. Ia "-. " " "- " " " " " " ' ' - DIVEN'S GROCERIES We Rive the same careful attention, the selection and buy ing of our slocks that you give to the buying of your house hold needs. That is why the housewife who trades here never fears for quality. And the 5 per cent discount is a big draw ing card. ..We don't deliver but we give our patrons the cash benefit of the cost of delivery to us. Hero are some money saving prices and the 5 er cent discount applies on them resh Full Tillamook Big 17 lb. kit of Pan Cheese, per lb 35c cake Syrup, .. $1.90 Smoked Salmon, for Alabama Georga Sy- Meatless days, per ruP can 25c pound 30c Uncle John's Maple Fres h, appetizing Log Cabin, can 55c Grapefruit, 10c Fresh Vegetables Sett-Raising Pancake lour 1,1 10 lb ss Parsnips, Cauliflower Per sack 75c Celery and Lettuce CUSTOMERS, NOTICE raJ" V,rler t0 "'"'lye the 5 per cent discount on monthly uc sSccmling monfh " tho ,St "nd 6,h f U,t Diven & Company Formerly "M. F. Co. The Hanks and Post Office in Vale, Sell Thrift Stamps. ,1 . WHERE OREGON MONEY IS SPENT The Reclamation Service Activities Reviewed Oregon, as Usual Trailing Behind ined Amusement Pool, Billiards, and Cards are refined, in expensive recreation. Our cigar store invites your patronage. Come in and while away that leisure hour in the evening. Soft Drinks, Confectionery and Cigars and Tobacco Always on Hand. v&o J. D. ROGERS . S. S. Arc Your llest Investment Ituy Now. Portland Chamber of Commerce to form security Company, to build factories. Jloppner to spend ?10,00 on street improvements. Advertise In Tho Enterprise. (Hy F. C. Harley, Mayor of Astoria) WASHINGTON, D. C If I were playing a social game and anteed ton red chips, but in the final show lown quit the game with four chips in my mitt, I'd consider myself n I bum artist; but, if I anteed one chip uul pulled out with seventeen, Id punch my breast and say, "Harley, you're a regular devil at poker." This illustrates the fascinating national game ot Reclamation, as played in tho Nationnl Capital by Uio irrigation states. Oregon puts 510,07(1,232 into the Reclamation, pot uul she drew down ? 1,355,372, leav- ng hot' net loser $0,020,8(10. Some dnyers, the Oregon delegation, eh. But watch Arizona's smoke. She mleed $ I, -180,870 and cashed in for 517.7S2.70-1 You got to hand it to thoso Apaches. Tho Nevada bunch is a close second. They bet $085,025 and pulled out 55,825,273. Hut they always did 'jreed "real sports" in Nevada. Idaho didn't do so bad either. Her risk was $5,901,4(53; her winnings. $l(!,718,08(i. I'm surry Jim Brady lied. He was a clean sport; but Idaho lias a good bunch of players left. Some of tho other states at the table broke as follows: Wyoming, anteed $5,2-12,233; won 57,003,(13 1. Washington, Montana nnd Colorado broke even. But Oregon, one of the greatest natural irrigation states in the Union, was the only "tenderfoot" in the ijame. Even what she saved from the wreck was not nil clear fish, for part of it properly goes to California through the Klamath Project, which Is interstate. Do tho people of Oregon wonder that a man on tho "lookout" hero in Washington gets fidgety as he watches tho curves of tho Oregon Congressional delegation'? Our state seeins to bo hitting just one dang thing after another. Failure in se curing wood shipbuilding contracts; failure in securing appropriations for n naval base in the face of n favor able report by n nnval board; failure in securing adequate river anil har bor mprovements; and now, failure in Reclamation disbursements. I con fess they've got me guesaing. I can't just decide whether our delegation is fast asleep or plain "no 'count." I think its a toss-up. I think I ought to dwell a little longer on this Reclamation question. The figures 1 have given above ure taken from the last annual report of the Reclamation Service and are therefore official. This report shows that the money set aside for Oregon was expended as follows: Umatilla Project $ 2,232,357 Kalamath Project Central Oregon (survey) Columbia river (survey) Malheur (survey) Co-operative Investigations There is no question 1,031,217 40.34G 17,008 83,490 50,008 943 about the gation. Men who will make a study of the state's needs and put the punch into their work.. This Reclamation question in purely a business propo rtion, and the Interior Department should be made to see it. But the man or men presenting tne case must know as much or more about it as the Secretary of the Interior; otherwise, the Oregon kid will continue to have his candy taken from him. MONEY TO LOAN value of many of the Oregon projects. Everybody will rejoice that Umatilla and Klamath got the money; but there are other projects in Central Oregon, which government "surveys" show to bo good that have not been adopted. The Malheur project has been pro nounced "feasible and desirable," but so far it has only had "surveys" and re-surveys," whatever they are. The same is true of Columbia river pro jects and the Oregon Co-operative, This last deserves a special word. In the ease of the Oregon Co-opera tive project the Secretary of the In terior promised, in writing, to put .lollar for dollar with the state for i-onstruction. Oregon did its part, but the Interior Department 'reneged', after spending $50,000 for "surveys." The Interior Department got away with this, because hero wasn't n man among the Oregon players who had a Congressional "six-shooter" and the nerve to use it. I don't think that Old Roman, John H. Mitchell, in his day, would "stood on his root" like that I think he'd have made the Interior Department "come across." What would have been the result if Oregon had even been given all the money she put into the Reclama tion fund, which nobody will deny was rightfully hers? I'll tell you, The Malheur project would have been completed; tho Oregon Co-operative project would have been bult, and at least ono of the Centrcl Oregon pro jects would havo been constructed. So, when you bring the case down to brass tacks, it will be seen that it really means something to have a live-wire Congressional delegation on the job. Tho Secretary of the Interior now puts up a poor face and says there is no money in the Reclamation fund to start new projects in Oregon or anywhere else. Fine "dope." But I notico there is abundance of money to carry on work on a big scale in Arixona, Idaho, Montana, New Mex ico, Utah, Washington and Wyoming, and nothing is being retarded in these states either, Oregon unquestionably needs busi ness men in its Congressional dele- A WARNING TO FARMERS Our duty to the Nation, as well as our duty to our customers, impels us to warn the farmers of this com munity of the danger of delay in placing orders for repairs they may need this spring for their farm ma chines, gas engines nnd tractors. It is of tho utmost importance that you examine your farm-operating equipment without delay and notify your dealer as soon as possible what parts you require to put tho machines in workable condition. Unless your dealer receives this in formation several weeks in advance of the using season, he will be unable to obtain the parts in time for your needs. The manufacturers are short of material and labor, and the traffic conditions are causing serious delays in transportation. More time than usual therefore is required to fill orders for both machines and repairs. When you order repairs early you enable your dealer to order in large quantities, which can be transported by freight at a big saving of expense as compared with express or parcel g post charges. Late ordering often n necessitates telegraphing or telephon-1 H ing. It is no exaggeration to say that , many thousand of dollars are wasted gj in needless expense every year as the I gg result of delay in making known re pair needs. This year the question of expense is not so important as the question of crop production, which mav be seriously interfered with by delay in ordering repairs. All of tho machines availablo for use this year will be needed to increase crop production to the extent required by tho United Stales nnd its Allies. Tho United States Department of Agriculture, the state agriculture col lege and experiment stations and state councils of defense are render ing assistance in this movement be cause they rocognue its tremendous importance under existing conditions. Examine your machines and make n list of broken parts. Also list parU that are badly worn and likoly to give out before their work is completed. Take pains to give correct num bers of numbered pans and complete description of unnumbered parts. machines. If in any case the brand ON IRRIGATED FARMS On Rural Credit Basis You pay principal like interest and at the same time. This is an Amortized loan and be comes completely paid off in twenty years. You choose the date of annual payment. You can pay in advance or pay all at any time and save interest. You pay at your own bank. Annual payments little more than average in terest rates in this county. Call and get particulars. C. C. MUELLER Phone 33 Vale, Oregon Every W. S. S. is a Bullet Against' the Kaiser. lIMllBIIIIIMIIIIiqg m The New Hoover g KITCHEN CARD 1 i Will soon be distributed and every housewife will have a new schedule which it will be her patriotic duty to follow. The government, we are glad to announce, has taken away all meatless meals with the ex ception of meatless Tuesday and porkless Satur day. This is to get you to save more wheat and wheat products. We carry wheat substitutes. Here is a bargain in potatoes. We are selling them this week only for $1.10 per hundred- E THE VALE MEAT CO. m M SWMlMlMlMlMlMMHMBBMMnBHMllMMMMUHMMMMMlH and manufacturer's name have been I obliterated, there is all the more reason for early ordering. ' I'lace your orders at least four weoks before you expect to use the machine. Give the trade name or brand of We pledge ourselves to spare no effort to obtain all needed repairs for farmers who will co-operate with us by making known their require ments in accordance with these sug gestions. VALE TRADING COMPANY It.