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VOLUME IX, NO. 17
VALE, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 1918
MALHEUR COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 PER YEAR.
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DECLAMATORY
CONTEST SOON
' Big Crowd Expected From Outside
Points to Take Part in Declamatory
Contest for Loving Cup
More exciting and interesting than
ever before will be the Annual County
Declamatory contest at the Rex
theatre in Vale on Saturday evening
March 30. Vale has twice in succes
sion annexed a victory and should
they win this year the cup will be a
permanent fixture here. But some
of the other schools are bound to
keep the cup in "circulation" so
spirited contesting is expected
Several more schools have this week
announced their intention of entering
a speaker and a very interesting pro
gram is promised.
Schools who are grooming their
. candidates for entrance into the
county contest to date are Nyssa, On
tario, Owyhee, White Settlement,
Juntura and Vale. It is understood
others are to enter and the race for
the cup will be exciting.
ANNUAL TRY-OUT HELD
Mabel Hart is Winner in Try-Out and
Will Uphold Vale's Honors in
Declamatory Contest
At the Rex theatre on Wednes
day evening Mabel Hart of 7th grade
won first honors in the annual de
clamatory contest ,try-out and the
chance to uphold the honor of her
school at the county contest held in
Vale Saturday, March 30. Bliss Hazel
Charles was selected for second place.
Eight students took part and each
was exceptionally welt prepared and
the judging, in the mrnds of the
listeners, must have been close. The
pieces given sparkled with wit nnd
humor and were thoroughly enjoyed
by the audience, as were also the
musical numbers given in between.
Following is the program as given:
Verdi Miller . The Initiation
Hazel Charles Penrod's Affliction
Girls' Quartet Misses Daly,
Bettcrly, Hornbeck ana Thompson
Orlin Miller
George's First Sweetheart
Mabel Hart - Aunt Jane
Piano Duet Misses Mueller
Marvel Fellows .... Over the Baluster
Nclsen Crandall
Changing the Ethiopian
Vocal Solo .... Miss Nellie Thompson
Kenneth McGillivray -
Georges' Cousin Willie
Leah Lumpee The Funny Story
Girls Quartet.
SCOUTS SELL W. S. S.
Campaign This Week In Hands of
Boy Scouts Who are Can
vassing the City
The local committee in charge of
the sale of War Savings Stamps and
Thrift Stamps has turned the cam
paign this week over to the Boy
Scouts who have been soliciting the
town people during the week. While
Vale and Malheur county have todate
been lagging behind in the sale of
the baby bonds reports are gradually
more and more favorable. The total
sales of this week are expected to be
over $300.00 and will bring the total
of Vale around the $1200.00 mark.
The main idea right now is to get
the movement started and for every
man, woman and child to hold a War
Savings Certificate and a Thrift
Stamp card. Then as savings are
made in little sacrifices from time to
time to invest the amount in these
war securities.
Will Appreciate Direct Road
W. Weideman was transacting
business at the' county seat the first
of the week, having come from his
home on the upper Owyhee near
Rome viu Jordan Valley, Caldwell,
Ontario and then to Vale. "It will
certainly be a blessing to the people
of the Jordan Valley and Owyhee
country when the county builds the
proposed road from our section tp
Vale and Ontario thru Watson,"
stated Mr. Weideman. "It will save
us a lot of time and trouble and make
us feel more like we were part of
the cwnty."
More Thrift Stamps Sold
fountv school superintendent Fay
Clark .this week received the names
Buel Hickey, Dorothy Ellis and
Hazel Hickey of Lincoln Settlement
school; Shirley McLaughlin, Thelma
Harren and Roy Dirnow of Jamieson
as members of the second Rainbow
Regiment for selling 550,90 in Thrift
Stamps.
GATHER GARMENTS
FOR BELGIANS
Shipment of Clothing for Allied Re
fugees to be Made Women Busy
Making Garments
Altho shortage of supplies has put
a damper on the work in Red Cross
rooms throughout the state, Vale
ladies haw found equally as big a
job in collecting and making over
clothing for refugee children. About
thirty pairs of trowsers for boys from
six to twelve have been completed to
date and twenty more pair will 'be
made. Stockings to the number of
dozens of pairs have been gathered,
washed, darned, mended and refooted
if need be, by adult and junior Red
Cross workers the past two weeks.
The girls of the junior Red Cross
have also made numbers of cotton
garments for refugee children.
Ton of Clothing Asked
This is the week for gathering up
a ton of old clothing for shipment to
the suffering people in war stricken
lands. Shoes, caps, coats, dresses, and
in fact most any cast off clothing
which is still wearable will be ac
cepted. If you have any such gar
ments wash them and take them to
the Red Cross rooms wnere they will
be included in an early shipment. It
is requested that shoes sent in have
no rubber soles or heels as the rub
ber rots in transit. If the soles are
worn they are still usable for repairs
can be made. Get your bundle ready
now and if you can't take it to the
rooms notify some member that you
have a bundle. Help clothe the suf
ferers across the seas.
VALE BOY IS IN
NAVALA1R. SERVICE
John H. Harris Expects to 'Sail' Soon
for France Writes About
Life in Training
San Diego, Cal., March 7, 1918
Dear friends: Just received the Mal
heur Enterprise and it certainly lookc
good to us Vale boys so far from
home, but guess it looks better to th
boys in France.
Vale Boys In California
I see a great many boys here from
Vale and Malheur County. When I
first came here I didn't see anyone 1
knew but my brother, Floyd. But in
about two weeks I met an old school
mate, Clyde Ellis and about a month
later Eddie Bowman appeared on the
station from Goat Island. Well that
made four of us old scnool mates
together and it didn't seem so lonely
here after all.
Will Go To France
Well some of us have already be
gun to think of the trip to France as
we expect to go soon. We don't know
just when or where we will go from
here. 1 will finish my course in
aviation next week and expect to go
some where soon.
Just received a letter from home
telling me that my brother Charley
had left New York for France, Febr
uary 15, the third of us to go across.
As I am in the Naval service I
don't expect to see them in France
if I get there. But as Floyd and I
are in the same branch of service,
which is the Naval Aviation we will
prehaps be together until we get to
France anyway.
We don't happen to be in the some
company but think we will all go
away together.
The Naval Aviation is quite inter
esting and am glad I nave taken up
that branch of service.
There are about two tnousand here
in that branch and at the end of next
week they will turn out about six
hundred graduates.
Seamen Shipped Rapidly
The seamen are being shipped out
pretty fast. I think Eddie Bowman
with about a thousand other seamen
will be sent out in a few days. We
are expecting tvfo or three thousand
more seamen from Mare Island.
Well we are getting used to sleep
ing in hammocks and don't believe I
could sleep in a bed now. At first
the hammocks were rather treacher
ous as they would sometimes upset
and let us fall six feet. Two or
three was hurt badly but others were
only bruised a bit and wore skinned
noses.
I never fell from my hammock, was
just fortunate enough to wake up
just before my hammock let me fall,
I have begin to like it here pretty
well and hope I will like it 38 well in
France.
Well we have to go to bed at 9:00
o'clock and it is nearly that time so
hoping to hear from home friends and
get the Malheur Enterprise when I
can. Will say goodby,
JOHN H. HARRIS. ,
MORE CANDIDATES ANNOUNCE
Arthur Moody Seeks Re-election to
Office of Clerk C. C. Mueller
Out For Treasurer
The past week has seen the
entrance of two more candidates for
county offices. Arthur Moody has
announced his candidacy for nomin
ation at the Democratic primaries for
county clerk, and C. C. Mueller has
definately decided to be a candidate
for re-election to the office of county
treasurer subject to the Republican
primaries. Each of these officials
have held their offices for but one
term and have made very enviable
records in the administration of their
respective duties.
To date there has been no rumor of
any opponents to either of them.
Red Cross Draws
Regular Fund
Campaign to Raise Funds on Monthly
Basis Opened With Success
$500 Is Aim
The committee appointed by the
Chamber of Commerce' to conduct the
Red Cross monthly p'.edge for the
Vale Red Cross has been working the
past two days and has received al
most unanimous reception, reporting
only three or four reiusals, most of
whom will subscribe later. To date
something in the neighborhood of
$225.00 has. been assured each month
and only a part of the. city has been
covered while the outside territory
has been untouched. It is hoped that
a monthly guarantee of at least $500
will be secured. Cash donations of
over $100 were received.
The committee as announced by
President of the Chamber R. D. Lytle
is as follows:
For Vale, C. C. Mueller, T. T. Nel
3n, G. 'C. Burrows, Leo Schmidt,
Saxon Humphrey, J. A. Hurley, I.
W. Hope, and Paul Freeman.
For East of Vale as far as White
Settlement: H. E. Young and C. W.
Nelson.
For West and South of Town: Jim
Harvey and R. D. Lytle.
JUNIOR ORGANIZATIONS GROW
All But Half Dozen Schools Have
Reported in Full Workers
Are M'any
Chapter chairman school commit
tee Mrs. L. J. Hadley this week re
ports that all but about six of the
schools iri her district have organized
Junior Red Cross societies and are al
read at work. The latest names
added to the list are those of Fangol
ano, Beulah, Watson, district 03;
Mooreville, district 52; Bully Creek,
nnd Glascock school near Brogan.
Mrs. Hadley reports some lively work
being done by junior members the
past few weeks.
SPUDS ARESUBSTITUTE
County Chairman, Geo. McKnight
was instrumental in securing the
order thru Administrator Ayer, al
lowing potatoes to be purchased as a
wheat substitute. Pojatoes are a
substitute on the basis of one to four
for fifty percent of the total. That
is on the purchase of fifty pounds of
flour, 100 pounds of potatoes will be
allowed as equivalent to 25 pounds of
substitutes.
Freeman Kirwin now with the Re
clamation Service was a visitor in
Vale this week end.
Wes Caviness has returned from a
month visit in Portland where he has
been to visit his fwife who is in a
hospital there.
Visit In Juntura
Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Lytle spent
the last week end in Juntura where
Mr. Lytle gave a very much ap
precited talk on the issues of the war
at the St. Patrick program.
New Rancher Visits
C. P. Ragsdale, a wealthy rancher
and sheepman from Grant County,
who recently purchased the A. Der
rick ranch on Willow Creek was in
Vale attending to business matters
early in the week.
Divorce Case Dismissed
The case of Ingerson vs Ingerson in
a suit for divorce was dismissed by
Circuit Judge Biggs Wednesday even
ing. Baby Girl Born
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Melville Davis
of near Vale a ten pound baby girl
Thursday ?vtnlpjr.
SCOUR COUNTY
FOR 3RD LOAN
Third Liberty Loan Drive to Reach
Every Resident In the County
Is The Plan
Committees all over the county are
working in preperation of the coming
liberty loan drive which will open on
April sixth. All workers are anxious
ly awaiting the announcement of final
details and the quotas that will be
required.
Every family in the county is be
ing checked up as to their financial
ability and every resident will be ex
pected to cheerfully subscribe for his
full share. This campaign is going
to be a herculean tasn but all are
determined to make it a success. It
is better to lend our money to our
selves than to have It taken by Kaiser
Bill. County Chairman Blackaby and
Local Chairman Wiluiiaber have been
working to get everything in readiness
and it is expected that the publicity
campaign will be in sliape to release
next week.
To Inspect Pipe Line
Members of the city council and
other citizens who will show enough
interest to take the trouble, plan on
making a trip of inspection over the
city water supply line next Sunday.
That the line, is badly In need of re
pair is acknowledged by all familiar
with its present condition and in
order to find out what will be required
this inspection will be made. As
many as possible should arrange to
go along.
A War Stamp a Day
Keeps Germans Away
Democratic Security Offering Every
one Apportunity to Underwrite
War Against Kaiscrism
War Savings Stamps are the
answer of a great democracy to the
demand for a democratic form of
government security. The plan is
simple, straightforward and certain.
The holder of the certificate cannot
lose and is certain to gain. He is
buying the safest security in the
world, in the most convenient form
in which the security of a great
government has ever been offered to
the public.
War Savings Stamps, costing $4.14
this month and $4.15 April 1, pay 4
per cent interest, compounded quarter
ly. That's their financial return.
Their protential return in making life
in the tranches a bit brighter, a bit
safer for a soldier, mayne your own
son, at least someone else's, is im
measurable. Thrift Stamps cost 25 cents each
always. They do not draw interest.
They are offered as a convenient,
easy means of taking care of two-bit
pieces and accumulating enough to
buy a War Savings Stamp.
Buy them anywhere, anytime.
Every time you buy, grin. And the
Kaiser will groan.
Father Moriarty to Burns
Father Moriarty this week returned
from a visit to Enterprise and other
Wallowa county points. He left Vale
Thursday for Juntura from where he
will go to Burns to hold services there
next Sunday.
Examination Soon Over
Last of the coming week will likely
see all class one registrants ex
amined as to physical qualifications
and placed in one of the four sections,
which are those held for full military
service, thoso held for full service
as soon as some defect can be remed
ied and those held for limited military
duty. Those who entirely fail to
pass the examination will be put in
class five as exempted.
K. P. Dance
A large crowd of members and
friends of the Vale lodge Knights of
Phythias were entertained by the
lodge at a St. Patricks' dance at Isis
hall last Friday evening. Excellent
music was furnished by the Hazel
tine orchestra and dancing was en
joyed until a late hour.
Sells Tractor
W. II. Patterson of Portland this
week sold a Cleveland tractor to the
Moline Farms Company at Jamiei.011.
Ho says that this country should have
many more tractors than at present
land hopes to place a number pf
'machines before leavnj,'.
OPENS NEW BUSINESS
J. W. Dorsey, Experienced Cleaner
and Presser Has Today Opened
Plant In Vale
Saturday morning, J. W. Dorsey
from Weeping Water, Nebraska,
opened the Vale Cleaning Works in
the old post office building opposite
the Alco rooms and last occupied by
the Vale Pantitorium owned by Barnie
Paul.
Mr. Dorsey has had nine years
experience in this business and after
spending several days in Vale in
vestigating the local business pos
sibilities he decided to cast his lot
saying that "Vale is one of the llvest
towns I iiavo seen since coming west,
and I intend to stay and do my part
in developing this country."
Mrs. Dorsey and son will arrive
during the week from Boise where
they have been stopping pending
choosing a permanent location.
Income Tax
Man in Vale
Will Be In Ontario Coming Week
All Returns Must Be In By
April First
Cecil Cosper, Income Tax Inspector,
has been stationed in Vale this week
helping Malheur county people make
their returns. He" will leave Sunday
evening for Ontario where he will be
remain for the coming week.
Mr. Cosper says that he now has
cho detailed forms and regulations
"or figuring the excess profits tax
and the sur tax and all parties and
pardnerships who have made a net
income to exceed $0000.00 should see
him, nltho they have already made
the income tax returns. All single
men earning more tnan $1000.00 in
the year 1917 and all married men
netting ubovo $2000.00 must make
their returns before April first. Af
ter that date the Revenue Service
will comb the state or parties who
have evaded paying their taxes or
who have made false returns and
where ever these cases are found a
heavy fine automatically applies be
sides an optional fine and imprison
ment. Mr. Cosper does not expect
much trouble as he t!n:.s that most
people have made their required re
turns; but there will be no chance of
escape and it will go hard with thoso
who do not volunteer their reports
within the time allowed.
IMPROVE COURT HOUSE
Contractor Whiteway of Boise was
a business visitor in Vale Friday, ar
ranging to commence work in build
ing vaults and making other improve
ments at the court house. Mr. White
way built the new countyjail, which
is recognized as one of the best
structures of its kind in the north
west. High School Play
Work has begun on the annual play
"Patsy From Dakota" to be given by
the high school students April 12.
The cast of caracters has been sel
ected entirely, from the student body
nnd the play Is brimful of honor from
start to finish and with a good early
start the performance will be staged
with all the airs of professionalism.
Classified Ads Popular
There is only one proper place to
solve many of the little perplexing
problems that constantly bob up. If
you want to locate a strayed animal,
to .ind a lost or wanted article, to
rent a house or sell something for
which you have no farther use, com
municate that fact thru the Class!
fied Advertisements on page three
if the Malheur Enterprise. Farmers,
business men, property owners, house
wives, everyone find by experience
that it pays to advertise in this de
partment. Place your notice where
people look for them. The Enterprise
is read by nearly every family in Mal
heur county and the Classified ads
are the first department a largo per
centage of these people turn to,
especially those who want something
to sell or buy.
Buy Smilage Books
At the office of C. C. Mueller are a
number of little books called smilage
books which contain coupons to admit
the soldiers in the cantonments to
attend any of the amusements given
by their entertainment commissions,
Friends and relatives of soldier boys
are asked to buy these books and send
to them for they scatter smiles and
sunshine in their routine, life' at the
army camps.
CALDWELL GIRLS.
DEFEATED BY VALE
Girls' Basket Ball Team Wns Record
of Only One Game Lost
During Season
In a hotly contested game the Vale
high school girls' team took the Col-,
lego of Idaho team into camp with an
8-2 score last Saturday evening at
the high school gym. The score was
the same as in the game at Caldwell
two weeks ago, when the college team
bested the Valo girls. Each girl on
the Vale team showed fine form and it
.was hard to pick individual stars for
every girl contributed her part to the
score. In throwing baskets the for
wards scored about even, Helen Muel
ler tossing long throws from the
center of the floor more than once
made the crowd gasp when her throws
whirled on the edgo or the basket
without ringing the bell. Gladys
Murray played equally as brilliant
despite an injury to her right hand.
The players on the visiting team
put up a hard game and kept the
Vale team on its toes all the time,
The guards on the college team were
fast on their feeb and throw the ball
with a full arm swing which sent it
over center to their forwards at
many times. G. A. Ruring .refereed
the game. Saturday's gamo closes
the season for the Vale girls with a
record of only one gamo lost. The
line up of the locals was: Vinn Muel
ler and Lois King centers, Helen
Mueller and Gladys Murray forwards,
Frances Hornbeck and Fay Chester
guards.
Prohibition Rally
Monday evening March 25, a Pro
hibition Rally will bo ueld in the
Methodist church' when W. J. Her
wig of the Kansas Anti-Saloon league
will speak. Mr. Herwig is remember
ed here'ns dncof the principal' factors
in the Idaho dry campaign, and is a
gifted orator. The two patrols of
Valo Boy Scouts will conduct a vot
ing contest the same evening and by
popular ballot decide who gets the
prize of a standnrd U. S. flag.
SAYS RED CROSS
IS VITALTC I SOLDIERS
Robt. Harland Says Home Folks
Should Help Red Cross and Y. M.
C. A. News From Vale Boys
SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE, Febr
uary 8th Dear Friends: I just re
ceived some more mail from homo,
and four copies of the Malheur Enter
prise, so am well supplied with news
I read of lots of new things in the
Enterprise, and see they are making
another big Red Cross drive over
thero for membership. If the people
only knew how mucli tiio Red Cross
does for the boys, they would give
freely, I know.
Should Help Red Cross
The Red Cross hero is run by real
American girls and women, and they
feed us when wo aro hungry, and
mend our clothes for us); turntsh us
newspapers, and even loan us their
clothes for masquerades balls. They
also provide a bath house whero wo
can get a bath at least once a week.
150 take baths in one house can the
Valo bath house beat that?
The Y. M. C. A. is also a very help
ful institution and docs lots for the
boys, furnishing writing material and
entertainment in the evenings. All
the soldiers will speak highly of both
tho Y. M. C. A. and the Red Cross.
The Unifornw
Someone asks: what color uro our
suits? Well, my last ono was blue
with a hat to match, called a "union
all" and are a combination of a
jumper and overall. Our uniform is
tho regular O, D, (Olive drab) just
like the boys home on leave wear. 1
see several new names on the list
of volunteers from Valo, and am
glad to see tho boys coming, for we
need them.
1 have received a number of
presents from my folks in tho pust
few weeks, a box of cigars and smok
ing tobacco, box of candy and a silver
cigarette case from u nurse in the
English hospital in London. My mail
is a long time reaching me, on ac
count of having to travel all around
England hunting me up. I am not
a first class French scholar yet, but
am learning to speak their language
slowly.
Vale Boys O. IC.
Elmer Harris is with mo as I write
this letter. Wo are in the Red Cross,
and he is drinking somo chocolate
they furnish us. Was talking to
Hurley Diven this week and he is
certainly homesick for news from
his folks he says he writes regularly
and If they don't get the mall It must
CrD HONORS
DliyOLDIER
Vale and Community; Mourn Loss of
First Lad to Give Life for
Country's Honor
Friday afternoon all Vale and sur
rounding communities paid their last
respects to their' first soldier dead,
Ruby Brayan McKinney who died of
Pneumonia at Kelly Field, Texas
while in tho service of his couiltry.
Last Saturday evening the news of
his death was brought to Vale and
immediately cast a pale of gloom
over the city. For some time it ha3
been known that he was very low and
a few days ago his wife was called
to the bedside but word was given
out that he had a cnance and his
friends were hoping for his recovery
when word of his death came. Ruby
McKinney was known and loved by
all in this vicinity where ho grew
from boyhood to young manhood. For
the past several years he was em
ployed at H. E. Youngs garage as
mechanic'. He was married about
two years ago to Mary Thompson
daughter of Wm. Thompson, of this
city. He enlisted early last December
and was later attached to the Aero
Squadron at Kelly Field.
Military Funeral
A military funeral was held in so
far as possible. Tho church was
draped in flags and color standards
wero placed at the head and foot of
iho coffin. The Boy Scouts) acted as
a guard nnd tho hymns most sung by
iho boys at tho front were rendered
by a chorus of ladies. The hymn
America was played at tho close of
tho service. The church was filled
to overflowing and tho floral tri
butes banked the bier. Reverend
Luscombo of the Methodist church
delivered u brief -sermon' of love-and -sympathy
to the wife, parents,
brothers and sisters who mourned tho
loss of a loved one. Immediately af
r the services hero tho funeral
party left for Jamieson whero the
. urial services and their firing squad
fired tho last saluto. The big flag at
the court house was at half mast
t'uring the day. Tho Vale band met
the funeral procession at tho train and
playing a funeral ma.ch led the pro
cession and the Boy Scouts acted as
auard while tho body was taken to the
church. '
City Closes
Every store in tho city cloaed at
10:30 and did not open until alter
tho services. The schools dismissed
in tho afternoon. No event has yet
occured which has brought the war
homo to tho people of this county as
has this sacrifice.
Ruby McKinney, while mourned
more deeply by his immediate family,
has become the hwo of Malheur
county, and hi3 untimely death has
in a measure lessened the loss in
awakening tho rest of us to a full
realization of our duty. Ruby has not
lived in vain and that his death shall
not be in vain is tho determined ob
ject of every loyal citizen.
Obituary
Ruby Bryan McKinney was born
January 28, 1896 in Liberty Township,
Clark County, Iowa and died March
10, 1918 at Kelly Field Texas. Ho
was the youngest son of Lemuel and
Mary E. McKinney or Cow Valley.
He leaves to mourn his loss besido
his young wife, his parents, six bro
thers and two sisters. Ralph, Riley,
Roy, Elias F. of Clearwater county
Idaho, John A. and J. B. of Washing
ton, Wesley R. of Iowu, Mrs. Mary
Alice Welch of Kamiah, Idaho and
Mrs, Annie V. Wilkinson of Iowa."
Ruby McKinney enlisted as a volun
teer December 15, 1917 and went to
Van Counver Barracks, Washington,
from where ho was transferred to
Kelly Field, Texas, Ho took the
mechanical examination and passed
to first class and was assigned to
areo squadron 350 of which ho was a
member at the time of his illness 'and
death. I'
be tho fault of tho office. Clifford
Cole is also with me, 1
War Insurance
I supposo you have heard of. tlio
war insurance for the soldiers. I am
carrying a policy for $10,000 taken
out December 14th, While we are in
no particular danger, if anything
should happen, it will pay mother
$58.00 a month for twenty years.
Just read in an evening paper that u
transport bearing I. S, soldiers was
sunk off tho coast of England, Some
one will have to pay dearly for that
act.
Must close for this time. As ever,
Pvt. ROBT. A. HARLAND,
103rd Aero Squadron, American
Expeditionary Forces,