.Malheur County Is Going Over The Top In The THIRD LIBERTY LOAN Must Do Its Part To Ring The Bell Of Liberty For Democracy And The Death Knell of Kaiserism Its Up To All to Come Acrwi The Warmsprings Project Can Be Built It Will Increase Malheur County's Production 'of Wheat, Meat and Produce Over $1,000,000.00 Annually The Warmsprings Project Must Be Built This Year ' Full News Service For All County Communities Largest Circulation In Every Section Of Malheur County Best Medium For All County And Outaidc Advertisers, YOUK CO-OPERATION Suggestions and Support arc Solic ited to Help Make The "Enterprise'' a True Representative of Vale, and Malheur County. Send a Subscrip tion to Friends Whom You Wish to Welcome to This Country Tin Enterprise is Absolutely Independent, Treats Everyone With the Same Fairness, is Alwuys Progressive, and Urges Your Activity in the Develop ment of M-ilheur County's Great Pos sibilities. It is Your Paper and If. Working to Develop Your Community. Let all the Malheur Towns and Settle ments Work Together for a More Prosrpus and Better County. . . ADVERTISE IN THE ENTERPRISE The Only Paper That Circulates Throughout the Whole of Malheur County. It Has More Readers Be cause it Prints More Reading Matter. People Pay for The Enterprise Be causo They Want to Read the Best Reviews of Northwestern 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; Mal heur County. Official Notices; Real Estate Trafrs; County Scat News; Correspond f "etters The Home Newspaper, Read. In Every Noo k of Malheur County. VV L, VOLUME IX, N.0. 19 VALE, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1918. MALHEUR COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 YEAR. K. -Your 1 J. SIMPSON VISITSCOUNTY Wealthy Lumberman of Coos Bay to Make Headway In Campaign For Governorship L. J. Simpson of Coos Bay, can didate for the Republican nomination for Governor, has been a visitor Malheur county the past week. Mr. Simpson is some man, physically and otherwise, and has left a splendid impression with the many people hu ' Mas visited, no has been accompanied thru Central Oregon by R. J. Stachli. of Portland, and they have traveled nearly 1500 miles in a little 1' - Runabout, which Mr. Simpson has donated to the Ontario Red Cross where it is to be raffled off at $1.00 per chance. Mr. Simpson is well known as one of the big, broad minded, progressive business men in the state, and during the past year he has been faithfully volunteering for all kinds of war work having assisted in the Red Cross drives, the Liberty Loan Campaigns, the W. S. S. work, etc, and has given practically all of his time to the push-J ing of the war aid work in Oregon. He is basing his campaign on tho ' issues of a business administration laying special attention on the two . great needs of this state, the develop ment of more industries and the ir rigation and settlement of our agricultural lands. Mr. Staehli says that Simpson has been developing wonderful strength -where ever he has been and that Simpson looks like a governor to him right now. t - His- platform appears "on page six, of this issue and is worth reading atk any rate. Members of Third Regiment Herbert Luscombe and John Davis this week received letters of apprecia tion from J. A. Churchill state superin tendent of public instruction for hav ing sold $50.00 worth of thrift stamps. They also received certificates en titling them to honorable distinction and enrollment in the third Junior Rainbow Regiment of Oregon. K. P. HOLD CONTEST Vale Team Makes Crack Idaho Team Work for First Place in Team Work Wednesday evening the Vale Knights of Phythias journeyed to On tario where a contest in degree work was held between the Vale team and the Weiser team, champions of Idaho The Weiser men managed to pull ou( a few points ahead of the Vale team who made a fine showing against the crack team. After the contest the men were guests of Armour lodge of Ontario. WILL SHIP MORE NITRATE American Minerals Company Will Re sume Shipment of Fertilizer Re ports E. D. Gallagher Word was received by the Enter prise Friday that the American Minerals Producing Company of Ta coma will resume work and shipments of their nitrate fertilizer about April twelfth. This is good news and in dicates that the test shipments of several car loads sent out last fall have measured up to all expectations and it is hoped that manager E. D. Gallagher will soon have his nitrate fields near Vnlp busy on a permanent production basis. Mr. Gallagher has been working faithfully for many, months in a practical way to develop the mineral resources of Malheur county and his success, which now' seems assured, has been entirely merited. RED CROSS MEETING Regular Monthly Meeting at Red Cross Rooms Friday Evening Accountant Visits Friday evening, April C at eight o'clock in the Red Cross rooms the regular monthly meeting of the Vale chapter will be held. All members are urged to be present. Mr. Turner expert accountant from the Red Cross headquarters at Seattle was in Vale this week acquainting local treasurer Ross Soward with the new changes in the system of book keeping adopted By the Red Cross. Part Of The THIRD LIBERTY LOAN WELCOME TO VALE'S CELEBRATION There is going to be a big time today, Saturday April 6, :n Vale. All business houses, banks, and every place in the town will close their doors at noon until five o'clock in the evening. At one thirty Vale Concert Band, and participated in by special iloats, the Boy Scouts, the Home Guard, many autos and other special ieatures will review After the parade a big patriotic Liberty Loan meeting will, be held in the Rex theatre. An excellent program is assured, the feature of which 'will be an address by one of the best orators in Oregon, and one ot the most in dustrious war work volunteers in the state, Mr, L. J. Simnson of Coos Bay, This is going to be one of that has been enjoyed in a long time. It is in anniversary of our entrance into the world war ior democracy and justice. It is also the opening of the campaign for the Third Liberty Loan. Let us give the Liberty Loan enough pull to ring the emancipation of the world from the tryanny of the Hun's Military Autocracy. The turn of events the past few days have demonstrated that the enemy is by no means crushed, that it will re quire the utmost efforts of our American boys as well as those of our allies to prevent the German Army from breaking the Western front. If we value our freedom and appreciate our liberty we at home will live up to our simnle dutv of sacrificing a little and, if need be, to go jj jn Peking our b0ys " Candidate for Governor County Politics Inactive No New Announcements Made During Past Week No Candidates for Commissioner and Other Offices Little news in local politics ha? come to light the past week. Harr; Poorman of Ontario ha3 been men tioned as a possibility for Count Following is a list of offices for nnnouncemcnt, in fact no new an nouncements have been made public for any office. There remains only about two weeks in which candidates can announce for the primaries'. Among others a commissioner and is to bo elected, yet to date no candidates have appeared to succeed Commis sioner M. D. Kelly. The only name that has so far received any comment has been that of R. Hi DeArmond whose close friends have been try ing to persuade him to enter the race for the commisHonership. Arthur M. Mooody, county clerk, has compiled the official list of state and county offices to be" filled at the coming elections. The Re publican and Democratic primaries will be held on Friday, May 17th. Fol lowing is the list of officers for which nominees are to be selected by each party. United States Senator in Congress, to fill vacancy in term ending March 4, 1919. United States Senator in Congress, for term beginning March 4, 1919. Representative in Congress, Second Congressional District. Governor. State Treasurer. Justice of the Supreme Court. Attorney General. Superintendent of Public Instruct ion. Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics and Inspector of Factories and Workshops. Commissioner of the Public Service Commission of Oregon State of Ore-: gon. Superintendent of Water Division No. 2. Representative in tho Legislative Assembly, 27th Representative Dis trict. Members of the National Com mittee. Judge. " Sheriff. Clerk. Treasurer. County Commissioner. County Surveyor. a big parade, headed by the thru the main streets the biggest days of celebration "over there." . WOMEN MEET AT PORTLAND Organize for Work in Third Liberty Loan Chairman Attends County Now Organized Mrs. B. F. Farmer, county chair man for the Women's Committee on the Third Liberty Loan returned the first of the week from Portland where she attended the meeting of the State, county chairmen. The rneotings; were tjeld at the Multnomah hotel and twenty-seven of the thirty-five counr ties in the state were represented. Mrs. A. S. Baldwin, chairman of the 12th Federal District was present to organize the work and was the prin ciple speaker. Mrs. Sarah A. Evans, state chairman presided at the meet ings. The Women of Oregon arc go ing to sell bonds and sell a large amount, was the spirit attendant to the meetings. Tho various speakers impressed upon the women the need of working in harmony, and that it was the women's part to tie up the loose ends and preform the many de tails which the men are too busy to care for. County Organized County Chairman Mrs. Farmer has visited many points in the county and has work organized in every district. Tho plan in Malheur county is that the women work in cooperation with the men in the publicity and selling of bonds. Mrs. Farmer visited On tario and Nyssa Tuesday, Owyhee, Kingman and Big Bend Wednesday and will be at Brogan and Jamieson Friday. She urges the women in every community to do their part and cheerfully preform any duty asked of them in assisting the sale of bonds. RESUME BIG BATTLE Germans Apparently Refreshed After Few Days Lull American Troops in Trenches After several days of comparatively no fighting along the battle front in Picardy, bitter fighting was resumed Thursday morning, along the western sector in the lines of the entente al lies. American troops are now fight ing shoulder to shoulder with the French and English in front line trenches. WASHINGTON Renewal of the German assaults against the British and French lines in Picardy Thursday indicated to military observers here that the Germans, having gathered strength during the lull of the last few days, might now be ready to launch their greatest effort. Some officers think tho allied commanders realize that only the first phase of Lhe gigantic battle has passed, and that this probably accounts for the fact that no extensive counter move ment has been undertaken as yet. German newspapers declare that the German drive was halted by bad weather and not by the Franco-British defense. Admission is made that tho Germans are having great diffi culty in moving up guns and supplies over the muddy area of the Somme. and that transport is in poor shape because of the necessity for con structing new roads. Coroner. Justice of the Peace for each Justice District. Constable for each Justice District. County Centra) Committeemen. COUNTY'S BOND QUOTA $269,000 Everyone Determined to Put Over Gigantic Loan to Uncle Sam Malheur county primed for the Third Liberty Loan. The county quota of $269,000.00 has been ap portioned to the varous district& and practically every one in the county has been rated for their reasonable share. Tho amounts to be raised in ;ach section are: Brogan $18,000 Ironside 18,000 Crowley 8,000 Big Bend 8,000 Riverside .8,000 Watson 5,000 Dead Ox Flat , 6,000 Sheaville : 2,000 Rockvillo - 4,000 Ontario ...' 78,650 Vale .-. . 55,000 Nyssa 21,400 Juntura .. 10,000 Westfall 7,500 Jordan Valley 26,160 These' amounts are less than was at first expected and altho it is go ing to require that every man must do his part and ' buy his full share of bonds, yet there is no doubt but what every community will rise to the occasion and do all that is ex pected of them. Liberty Loan Meetings Liberty loan meetings have been arranged for many places in Malheur county and a few-moro will llkelj be planned during the campaign. On Friday,- 'April -thBrogan and Westfall held big rousing celebrations followed by dances. At Westfall C. C. Mueller .and H. C. Eastham of Vale spoke on the war issues and the necessity of the Liberty Loan sub scription. Chairman J. D. Fairmai assures the committee that Westfall will hold up her reputation and again lsad the county. At Brogan Prosecuting Attorney R W. Swagler, County Judge Gcorgi McKnight, and Rev. W. J. Luscombe made brief addresses. The Brogan schools have a splendid program while the feature of the program was a rousing patriotic appeal made by L. Simpson of Coos Bay, candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor. Saturday Representative C. M. Crandall will speak in Juntura where the local committee is planning for an cnthusnistic rally. Senator J. A. Hurley will speak at Riverside at the same date and will probably visit Creston and Crowley on Sunday the reventh. Monday Attorney R. D. Lytle will auto to Bonita where he will speak in the school house in the afternoon at 2:30 and then go to Ironside to hold a meeting at 8 o'clock. Wednesday C.M. Crandall will be in Malheur city in the afternoon and in Morman Basin in tho evening. Every District Ready The committeemen from all ov:r the county report their districts will go over tho top in fine shape. County Chairman J. R. Blackaby -is very optomistic and has great hopes of raising the quota of $269,000.00 tht first ten days of the campaing. Thr committees for the various districts are as follows: Brogan, Mr. J. A. Kennedy, chair man, Mr. Jas. Marfit, Mr. Tom Logtfn, Mr. Melvin Kellcy. Crowley, Mr. C. Cook, chairman, Mr. I. K. Venator, Mr. K. N. Dhale, Mr. J. M. Orell, Mr. J. S. McCumsey. Ironside, Mr. Ernest Locy, chair man, Mr. W. J. Hinton, Mr. G. E. Rutherford, Mr. Eli Rose, Mr. James Weaver, Juntura, Mr. David Graham, chair man, Mr. William P. Allen, Mr. Dan iel Gallagher, Mr. William Jones, Mr. A. F. Masterson. Nyssa, Mr. Frank D. Hall, chair man, Mrs. J. Boydell, Mr. Thos. F. Coward, D. J. J. Sarazin, Mr. S. D. Goshert. Jordan Valley, F. J. Palmer, chai. man, Mr. T. T. Kahout, Mr. W. J". Helm, Mr. Fred L. Johnson, Mr. J. B. Duncan, Mr. George S. Parks. Ontario, Mr. L. Adam, chairman, Mr. H. B. Cockrum, Mr. Frank R. Rader, Mr. E. A. Fraser, Mr. A. L. McDowell. Parma, Idaho, (Big Bend Country and Kingman Kolony) Mr. Guy John ston, chairman. Riverside, Mr. Duncan Mcltue, chairman. Rockville and Sucker, Mr. Lee Strode, chairman, Mr. Finay McKen zie, Mr. Andrew Qreely, Mr. Alvin S, THIRD LIBERTY LOAN DETAILS The Third Liberty Loan will be for $3,000,000,000. The bonds will draw interest at the rate of 4 1-4 per cent be ginning May 9th. The issue will not be convertiable into .bonds of future issues as no higher rate of interest is con templated. The Malheur county banks will accept a pay ment of 5 per cent down on bond subscriptions and will carry the balance on personal notes secured by the bonds for ninety days at the rate of the bond interest. This period will begin on the date the bonds begin drawing in terest and will end on August 9th, after -which time regular commercial rates will be charged if further time is required. This method makes it possible for anyone to buy a bond on time. The banks are making this special rate of 4 1-4 per sent in order to help the campaign and will stand the loss for whatever expenses are incurred in the handling of the issue. Oregon's minimum quota is $18,495,000 the same as the minimum in the second loan. Of this amount Portland must raise $10,050,000. Provision has been made to ac cept all oversubscription past the three billion minimum allotment. It is hoped that every district in Malheur county, every county in Oregon and every state in the union will rank somewhere above the 100 per cent mark as based on the determined quotas. There never was a time when Americans have faced,a greater crisis than today. There never was a government loan issued on a fairer basis to the common people. There never was any more apparent duty. It is truly a question of "Fight, Buy, or Show Why." Moss. Mr. Richard King. Vale, Mr. G. F. Wildhaber, chair man, Mr. K. a. JJeArmono, Mr. C. C. Mueller, Mr. Bruce R. Kester Mr. John Houston Watson, Mr. Frank Palmer, chair man. Westfall, Mr. Jack Fairman, chair nan, Mr. Andrew Graham, Mr. Chas. r. Bush, Mr. J. L. Lambcrson, Mr. ;tewnrt" Hanna, Mr. John Zimmer aan. Other Meetings Held Under the direction of Sam Cream he Ontario workers have held numer ;us meetings in all communities in heir district. Meetings it is under stood have also been held in Kingman Colony, Big Bend, and Arcadia, Nyssa romises to give tho rest of the .ounty a' run for first honors. Jordan Valley, has reported to County Chair- ,nan Blackaby that they rire going to knock off the lid and be tho first to raise their allotment. Meetings have been held at the Pioneer, Valley View, Cairo, Parks 3ntcrprbe, Annex and Jefferson school houses. These meetings have been addressed by Judge Wood, W. F. Homan, W E. Lees, C. C. McGon nagil, Rev. Baum and Rev. Living ston. Saturday In Ontario Ontario plans on a big time for April sixth. A parade, and an ad dress by a Canadian Sargeant, a veteran of tho trenches. A good pro gram is planned for tho day and many people from the outsido arc expected Women Organized To Help Under the direction of Mrs. B F. Farmer, county chairman of the Womens' Committee, the women in all sections of tho county are cooper ating with the men and giving special attention to the publicity nnd pro- motion of tho loan. Mrs. Farmer returned the first of the week from a conference in Portland and has had things humming since her return. Dance Saturday Night Following the afternoon celebration 'n Vale Saturday the committee are planning on holding a big Liberty Loan Dance in the Isis Hall, tho pro ceeds of which will go to defray Die incidental expenses of promoting the Third Liberty campaign. Good music is assured and everyone is invited to attend. "PATSY FROM DAKOTA" High School Pupil Will Present An. nual Play at Rex April 12 Red Cross to Share Proceeds Under direction of Mrs. G. A. Hur ing und Miss Fay Clark, tho girls of the high school will present the comedy play "Pasty From Dakota" at tho Rex theatre Friday evening, Apll 12, The play is brim full of funny larts which are very ably handled y tho girls and it i rumored about school that the play bids well to sur pass any given in the past. The girls have been working hard for several weeks and are now rounding off tho rough spots and promise a professional finish for tho "Big Night". Half the proceeds of the play will go to the Junior Red Cross treasury, . The cast of characters is,: Mrs. Lcory Madison One of tho Four Hundred Lilian Davis Patricia Ureyson Her Niece, Just Arrived from the Wt Is Up to JUDGE WILL R. KING Candidato for Senator Registration. Cards Signed Committee for Vale Distribute Regis tration Cards Among Women for Volunteer Service Under direction of local chairman Mrs. H. R. Dunlop a committee of ladies this week canvassed the residence portion of town and distri buted among tho women registration cards for the purpose of enrolling the women in homo war work. Tho cards show how much time each woman ould if necessary devote to special war work. Only a few cases of non signature were reported and theso whero the meaning of the cards was not fully understood. Tho city was divided in .o districts and two women visited each home in tho district. A complete cport will be tabulated the first of .he week when final reports are in. This work comes under direction of he Womens' County Defense League of which Mrs. B, F. Farmer is county to districts and two women visited sach homo in the district. A complete shah-man nnd the women in every district in the county who wcro not registered early in tho year will bo asked to register now. Miss Mnurine Jones, daughter ot Thos Jonef. of this city, arrived home from Caldwell the latter part of last week, where she has been attending the College of Idaho. Miss Leona Mnnsur, of tho Enter prise force, Went to Weiser Friday evening. ............... ........ .. Glady Murray Mrs. Rebecca Repeler Spending tho Winter with Mrs. Madison .............. Helen Mueller Mrs. Brandan Makepeace Who finds Mrs. Repeter Difficul Ella Betterly Miss Virginia Carter Ready for uny Emergency Bcrnico Hope Miss Ethlyn Astor The Pink of Fashion Frances Harnbeck Comtesso Duval A Parisienne Visiting Miss Astor - Rachel Beau Louis Duval, her Cousin In Business In America -.. Vina Mueller Miss Kuryus A Lady Reporter ... . Elsie O'Neill Cclestinc The Ideal Maid - Hazel Daley YOU--1 JUNTURA WINS DECLAMATORY Packed House Attends Annual- De clamatory Contest Juntura 'Wins Over Five Other Contestant Before a packed house of listeners Little Miss Crissie Graham of Juntura carried off the loving cup for her school in the County Declamatory Contest at tho Rex last) Saturday evening. Second place was given to Miss Mabel Hart of Vale. The speakers entered from tho various schools all gave excellent numbers and showed careful preparation and training. No school it seems is going to win mo cup ior Keeps ior just as they think tney have it some other school wrests it away and tho contest goes on. However the programs each year have been very interesting and enter taining and have drawn record houses and the contestants, .superintendents, trainers nnd teachers who aro in strumental in arranging them deserve duo credit. ' The Vale orchestra-furnished several much appreciat ed musical selections between num bers during tho evening, 'and motion pictures wero shown while the crowd were being seated and during the timo the judges wero meeting. Judges of tho contest wore: Miss Ruth Peter of Baker, Miss Jean Huckle of Weiser and P. Monroe Smock of Payette, county superintendent Miss Fay Clark Following is .Uic outline of tho pro gram as given Saturday evening; Music ......Vale Orchestra "Aunt Jano''' Mabel Hart for Vale "Anna's Brother Becomes- an Ameri can" .... Margaret Blackaby, Ontario Music Valo Orchestra "The Pettison Twins at Kindergarten." Irene Fnubion, White Settlement "Tho Parson's Sony w. Crissio-Graham, Juntura Music Vale Orchestra "Tho Speckled Hen" Mildred DeBord, Owyheo 'Selection from 'Ann of Greeri Gables" ., Jennio Newby, Nyssa Unique Window Display In connection with the boosting of tho Third Liberty Loan the women of Nyfisa have decorated a window in tho business district. The Goddess of domain. In ono corner of tho window is shown a Confederate Bond of C war timo and underneath is tho pla card. "Divided Then". In tho other corner is shown a Liberty Bond of tho last issue with tho Placard "United Now". Old Glory and various liberty loaon posters make a striking back ground for tho whole. Jas. Smith, clerk at the Pastime pool hall, has been quarantined this week, for chicken pox. WILL COMPLETE HOME GUARD Officers of Vale Home Guard Issue Call for Meeting Next Wednes day Evening Vale Company for Homo Defense will meet in tho Court room Wednes day, April 10th, at 7:00 P. M. for tho purpose of perfecting the organiza tion and transacting business. Com pany drill will follow limmediately after tho business meeting. Tho fol lowing men aro requested to report: R. A. Soward, II. C. Eastham, M. R, Morton, C. M. Robinette, A. R. Propst, L. II. Propst, R. G, Rldgley, A. M. Moody, Lorulno Nelson, L. P. Lumpee, G, H. Curroy, P. G. Freeman, B. Glenn, W. Luscombe, J. A. Hurley, R. M, Carlislo, C. C. Mueller, W. F. Bohnn, O. E. Carman, G. Y. Chester, Jr. Loid Crandall, W. J. Slaght, D. Q, Slaght H. H. Waggoner, W. S. Parke, H. E. Speith, R. F. Nichol, A. G. Rose, Geo. F. Carter, W, Mulky, J. E. Davis, L. J. Fellows, John Hart, Saxon Hum--V.-oy, J. L. Lewis, E, C. Miller,. J. C. Morfitt, T. C. McElory, T. B. Nordale, I. D. Quisenbcrry, Homer Roberts, Frank Sasser, C. B. Tapp, F. D, Zutz, R, K. Campbell, L. L. Hope, J, W. Klser, A. J. Kessler, Gcorgo Marsh, R, H. Siddoway, Orville Scott, A. T. Glenn, M. II. Doollttle, A. E. McGlllivray, M. Harris, G. M, Hppe, E. S, Necly Evorett Hotshklss. This is necssary work and wo would like nil numed to respond to the call. F. B, GLENN R. D. LYTLE J. P. HOUSTON,