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About Malheur enterprise. (Vale, Or.) 1909-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 14, 1918)
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14,-YALE'3 Fffibr I'') )StX MARKET DAY-BEST LIVESTOCK, AND BARGAINS W EVERYTHING ATTRACT MANY VISITORS WELCOME TOVALE--" I I Full News Service For All County Communities Largest Circulation in Kn -SeMlnn nr Mtha,,- r..ni. tj. mii.. aii r..t-.-Ari..&j!!?kJltt-$'t. ' S . S2 ' 11 V- Communities-Largest Circulation In Everytion Of Malheur County Beat Medium For All County arid OutSdTXdct&erit ' , jf f YOUR CO-OPERATION ADVERTISE' IN Tim JENTEBPftWE' Suggestions and Support arc .Sollc-. 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 Uot This" Country The Enterprise Is Absolutely Independent, Treats Everyone With the Same Fairness, is1 Always Progressive, and Urges Your Activity in the Develop ment of M-ilheur County's Great Pos sibilities. It is Your Paper and is Working to Develop Your Community. J Let all the Malheur Towns and Settle ments Work Together for 'a' More Prosperous and Better County. The Only TapcrThat Circulates Throughout the Whole of Malheur County. It Has More Readers Re cause it Prints More Reading Matters People Pay for The Enterprise Be cause They Want to Read the Best Reviews of Northwestern and WorIdB 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 Transfers; County Seat News; Correspondent Letters , The Home Newspaper, Read in iivcry Nook of Malheur County, VOLUME. X, NO. 3 COUNTY BEHIND SHORT TIME Malheur County Behind in Allotment Must Make Up Deficit Before First of Yqar. '3With less thnn a months time still remaining in which to make good on ita War Savings Stamp quota Mal heur "county is nearly 60 per cent short. This means whirlwind work on the part of county and local chairman during the next three weeks, but coun ty and local chairman can4 do little without the united support and help Of every individual in the county. The impression jhat the War Savings Stamps ,.o, baby bonds -.were put on the market for the children has work ed a great hardship in putting over the campaign for funds, but the bus iness of raising millions is no chads play at any time. Many have' pledged certificates and have not yet taken up the pledges and many have neglected altogether the Thrift Stamps and ba by bonds. This county has made good in all' drives and must rally to the support of War Stamp workers that tho county's "war record shall remain clean. r The original quota for the county amounted to about $20.00 per person and in order to' bring Malheur county up to the top this quota should be met by each individual. The follow ing letter from Secretary'' McAdoo to State Chairman Jackson issues an ap peal to1 the people to put tho state over in the War Stamp Campaign. : "I most earnestly urge upon you that your organization make every possible effort, to .the. end that pledges for the purchase of War Sav ings Stamps be fulfilled before the close of tho year. The Government's monetary requirements were never greater nor more pressing than they ara today. Expenditures' 'for Novem ber were greater than in any similar period. These expenditures growing out of the war must be met by bor rowing from tho people and their" magnificent response heretofore to the Government's requirements make3 me confident that they will, not fail to continue their support- to the end that all payments resulting from war ne cessities will be promptly met. Much. remains to be done; our brave troops must be maintained and paid until their work is fully accomplished and they are returned to their homes This is not a time for us to relax our efforts and the Treasury Department is making plans for larger and even more important work during the com ing year. Please make every effort to bring this statement before the peo ple in your district and to urge upon them the continued 'holding of their W:ar Savings Certificates, the fulfillment"- of their pledges and additional purchases as their means permit," INFLUENZA CASES STILLREPORTED Reports of Influenza Cases Still Com ing School Closed Till After The Holidays. .Not much improvement in the in fluenza situation was noted during the week unless it might be said that in the majority of new cases -the di sease seems to be in a milder form. Af number, of cases were reported 'in Vale this week and several patient! came in from surrounding points. The old city jail is being fitted up with stoves, warm bedding and supplies to take care .of any cases that are sent in from the work camps and other places nearby where tho patients Lave no one to take care, of. them. . Schools Remain Closed Because the school program has al ready been so strongly interrupted for 'the 'first semester and many parents nre unwilling to sand their children to school," it ha-3 been decided by the school authorities not to reopen the schools until' after the holiday period' is over. Then it is thought that the course of study can bo resumed and some way devised whereby lost time can be made up. Cake Suffers A large number of cases are report ed from Cake and the Rainbow mine, this week. All care is being given that the epidemic's spread there be stopped and an emergancy hospital is-caring for the patients now ill. Father Dies In England Reverend Wm. J. Luscorabe former ly'of the local Methodist church and nowat Ontario received word on Mon day 'of the death of his father in Eng land.. The elder, Mr. Luscombe was for 60 years a local preacher and Sun da School Superintendent in the Wes 'leyan Methodist church. WITH W. SL S. TO MAKE GOOD GLASS GETS M'ADOO PLACE ON ABILITY Secretary ofv Treasurer Carter Glass might "be called President' Wilson's peace appointee. His ap pointment was the last made by -tho president before sailing to France. Glass, won recognition la tho drafting of the -Federal Bank Ing laws when he was congress-! man from Virginia. He is well qualified for McAdoo.'s Dlace. is. I ,he general opinion , WARMSPRINGS CAMPS AND OFFICES ARE BUSY Work Progressing in all Departments . i More Laborers Needed Care for Sick -W-ork- on-the warmsprings project is progressing according to schedule, with tho demand, for labor still exceed ing supply. Improvements have been made in the camps north of Vale and at the dam site in the' way of fur nishing for the spring cots and in se- curing the sen-ices . of first class cooks. ' . Negotiations afe now under way with the proper authorities providing for the care of all men who might become sick or injured while on the work.. Several cases of influenza have developed in the camps and these are now being treated in Vale. Seventy men reported for work at the camp at Riverside Thursday and .he work of stripping the location of he dam is well underway. The ditch work up Willow Creek is proceeded .vithout interruption. An engineering crew is now running i little line from the head of the Gel orman Frohmah ditch around, the Vale Butte in order to determine the possibility of eliminating the neces sity of pumping water to tho lands o' tho river and east of Vale that arc ibove the Nevada, ditch. Manv details are beinc worked out vJ the directors, engineers and con- ractors and effective opperations are lavelpping. as' fast as, possible.. Snowfall Welcomed Following upon the warm sprinp 'ike, days of last weelc-'tie present veek has registered colder- weather and a little snow, the nights especia- y being cold and crisp. On Tuesday ibout half an inch of snow covered "-he ground and the small boys enjoyed life for a few hours snowballing and ileding. Circuit Court Hearings ' Testimony has been taken in severs" cases in. the circuit court this week. A number of out of town attorney's and witnesses' have been here for the hearings.- - ' K.OFP. CONVENTION Vale Man Gets High Office Big Ser vice Flag Presented Grand Lodge. SenatorJ; . Hurley of Vale was el ected State Vice Chancellor of the Grand Lodge KV of P. at .the annual session held in Portland the first of this week. More than two hundred delegates from the state attended the meetings. Vale's delegates were Jim Rodgers and Paul G. Freeman. The sessions of the Grand Lodge were most interesting and all time was well taken up according to t he local del egates who jreturnel to Vale the last of the week, Tuesday morning the session was opened by en address of welcome from Mayor Baker, The annual election of officers was held on Tuesday after noon. The first social event of the session was held. Monday evening, un der the auspices of the D. O. K. K. Jewels were presented by Grand Chan cellor Crouch to members who havo been in th order more .than 25 years. Tuesday night a class of 40 deputies was initiated into the .dramatii. order. Presentation of a state serivce flag, with 470 stan 12 of gold,, was made by Leslie P. Crouch, retiring grand chancellor. VALE OREGON, FRANCE TO RECEIVE PRESIDENT WILSON WITH CEREMONIES Wilson Gets Hearty Welcome On French Soil British Will Hold Fleet Final arrangements have been, made for tho welcoming of President Wil son when he sets foot on French soil Friday noon December 13. Since the George Washington draws to.o much water to enter the inner harbor, tho president's Bhip and the entire fleet of warships will anchor in tho other harbor about a miW off shore. Ai American party consisting of General Pershing, General Bliss, Ad- wnfnal Willlan S. Benson and Colonel House then .will board the jiner and bring the President and Mrs Wilson ashore aboard a naval tug. The landing will bo made at Quay Throe, wherp the French Ministers will extend a formal welcome to the American President as he sets foot on French soil. It is planned that the president will land about three Friday and is expected to arrive in Paris about 10 o'clock Saturday morning. The President's train will travel slow ly, stopping' for several hours during the night so ns to arrive exactly in Paris at 10 o'clock Saturday morning. .British Hold Fleet Loyd George declares that Great Britlan is determined not to surrender the navy that has protected her Is lands and Colonies' for centuries. Eng land maintains that her navy is a de fensive weapon and not an offensive one, and that is why she does not mean to give St up. Sho has kept her Islands free from invasion for cen turies and sho Intends to take no risk in the future. Wilson did not mean that Britiah .will have to give up bernaval. rights when he made one of;his peace terms the "Freedom of the Seas". Mr Wil son's proposals do not include the abandonment of the right to search, tho Contraband law and the right to enforce blockade, and they are in no -wise antagonistic to British interests is supposed, Foch Will Maintain Blockade Marsha Foch has refused the re quest of the German armistice dele gates that they be permitted to com municate with the provinces west of the Rhine how being occupied by the lilies. The commander in chief de clared that it was necessary to main- (Continued on Page Six.) To Hold Records Orders Received Changing Time Closing Official Draft Records of Orders were this week received by Sheriff Ben J. Brown Chairman of the local draft board npt to close and seal the official records of this board on the tenth of the month as previous ly requested. The new orders stated that the records were to be held open until further orders were issued from the Provost Marshall General's offices. TAKE DESERTER TO CAMP Military Police Arrive From Camp Lewis to Take Charge of Prisoner Thomas Douglas who was recently arrested at Malheur City by Deputy Sheriff Lee Noe was returned to Camp Lewis this week by two of the mil itary police officials from the camp. Douglas was reported to have left tho camp in September and recently se cured work in tho vicinity of Malheur City. Orin Test was up from Ontario on business Friday. SATURDAY, DECEMBER TO THE GOOD PEOPLE MALHEUR COUNTY OF Tho Publisher of tho Malheur En terprise has this week returned homo to stay after enjoying a rather stren uous vacation in Uncle Sam's Camp way down in Arkansas: Ule returns to find that the business men of Vale have loyally supported theCpaper wh.ile tho people thruout the entire county have remained faithful subscribers, and in fact a larger number are now reading the Enterprise than ever be fore. , I want to show in some way my appreciation of your support and promise to give 'Malheur' county tho very best possible paper- 'during the coming years, and will try more than ever before to help boost,pnd develop this wonderful county. One thing sure, is that I am glad to get back home and enjoy the inspiring climate and the companionable people of Eastern Oregon. Prosperity "Js the birth tight of Ore gon and her many dormant resources will create enterprise for the sons of tho pioneers for generations. Tho Warmsprings Project is being con structcd at just the right time to tide Vale and Malheur County over the trying and critical period of readjust' ment. And following its completion there must come other projects and many new industries. I have return ed home to Vale with the hope that in some little way it would bo my priv- ledge and opportunity , to 'assist in this great future development. And we must all remcmper one thing in increasing the productiveness of our broad acres, in creating new business industries, end in enlarging our towns and cities, that after all the creation, the growth and development of char acter counts for more than any mere material improvement. The one great distinctive characteristic of tho people of Eastern Oregon is their general broad, sunny, energetic, -personality. Let us strive to keep that always. GE.ORjGkHUNTINGTftN CURREY Ontario' Rules at Vale's Luncheon Ontario Men Do Honors at the Week ly Luncheon Training Camp Life Pictured. To Ontario business men fell the honors at fho Vale Tuesday business men's luncheon at the Drexel this week, W. J. Pinney of Ontario pre sided in a capable manner and his townsman Clinton Trow entertained the dinner quests for a short period with an interesting talk on life at the artillery school in Virginia, where he has been in officers training for some time. Owing to the small attendance which marked tho day there was more of an air of informality and most of the dis cussions were carried on across table. Many of the businessmen who usually attend were absent from the city and others were among tho sick patients enumerated during the week. Mr. Pinney appointed Postmaster John7 Houstan as presiding officer for the coming week. It is requested that a large, attendance of tho mer chants' and citizens be on hand for next weeks affair as there will be many topics up for discussion. It will be a very busy week for the merchants as the holiday season is on in full rush and a special effort to attend should bo made. CIIECK-ARTIST APPREHENDED Passes Bad Checks in Ontario is Arrested Near Parma. and K. L. Imlah was apprehended near Parma by deputy Sheriff Lee Noe lost week end after having paBsed bad checks in Ontario, and enjoying a brief freedom on the borrowed mon ey. He was brought to the county jail by Deputy Noe and his case comes up for a hearing Saturday mqrnlng. APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP AMERICAN RED CROSS Make alt checks or money orders payable to Vale Chapter American Red Cross and Mail to Roll Call Chairman Mrs. R. E. Weant, Vale, Oregon. Date I hereby enclose $1.00 for membership in the American Rl Cross for the year 1919. " ' ' .., ' Name Address Please write name and address plainly. Two dollars gives you an Annual membership and the Red Cross Maga zine for one year. If member of Ontario Chapter mail blank tolled Cross Chapter, Ontario, Oregon. 14, 1918. CHAIRMAN REPORTS ALLIED-WAR DRIVE WORK IN COUNT! County Chairman Issues Detailed Re port of United War Fund Campaign in County. The following is a report of the Un ited War Work Campaign in MalhCUr County, and more particularly in the Ontario District. Tho first quota assigned us by the State Committed was ?ll,40d for tho county. WC'.weri thereafter requested to increase this by B0, per cent, making a maximum, quota, of $17,100. By a' greement with Mr. Eastham, the coun ty .was divided into two parts. The Ontario District included all. of the Snake River Valley, 'and tho ,Vnlo dis trict included the remainder of the county. The 'Ontario District under took to raise 65 per cent of the county quota and the Vale District 45 per cent. This gave Ontario o mininrcm quota of $6270, and a maximum quo ta of $9,405. The minimum quota for Vale District was $5,130 and the max imum quota $7,695. Tho local committee at Ontario con sisted of Messrs. H. B. Cockrum, Lnx on, Test, Homan, Gallagher, Taggert, and Wood. Mr. Aiken had charge of the publicity department, whilo Prof. Douglass and Miss Fay Clark looked after tho Victory Boys and Girls part of the drive. A club of $ld0 subscribers was or ganized, and proved to be a "popular part of the campaign. The following nro honored members of the $100 club in this drive, to-wit: A. L. Cockrum, J. R.. BJackaby, E. C. Van Petten, C. S. Watson, Tip O'Niel, Tom Brosnan, Dalton Biggs, L.- Adam, John Wood, Frank Rader, H. C: Boyer, David Dun bar, E. W. Howland, S. D. Dorman, Standard Oil Company, Eastern Ore gon Land Company, and the Oregon and' 'Western "CdldnKatJo'fi" Cohipntty The Standard-Oil Company was re quested to contribute $10Q, but evident-. ly was not satisfied -with this small amount, and gave tho local committee happy surprise by .sending in a check for $400.00 instead. Local committees were appointed in the various districts .surrounding On tario, and all of them! rendered -splen did service. The work at Nyssa was placed in choree of a committee composed of E. M. Dean, Roy Wilson, H. T. Fran-! cis, C. C. Hunt, and Peter Tensen This committee made a splendid start, but tho "flu" came along and caught Dean and, Wilson, and sent them to bed, so- the hardest part of tho work To Work Nitrates Hercules Nitrate. Company Installing Machinery' at Mines On Owyhee Hold Annuul Meeting. This -week two heavily loaded freight teams left Vale for the Nitrate mines of the Hercules Nitrate Com pany on- tho Owyhee river near Wat son.' The company now has a small crew at work improving the roads to their property -and preparing things in shape for tho installation of a largo number of evaporating and leaching tanks. A car load of machinery was receiv ed this week and work will be pushed os rapidly as weather and slow freight conditions will permit. At the annual meeting in Twin Falls tho homa office of the company, 6. A. Mathews was' elected president fit tho coming year, J. T. Austin, Vice pres ident; J. E. Berkheimer, Treasurer; nnJ H. J. Mathews, Secretary. In ad dition to the above D. W. Updegraff and J W. Jesseo were elected direc-. tors. J, E. Berkheimer, well known manufacturer and businessman of Ta-' coma was made Field. Manager and he is expected to be in Vale in a few days. t-r EVERY ADULT A THE AIM OF Our President) Tho sailing of President Wilson for the peace conference In Franco creates a situation In govern mental affairs which has stirred up considerable comment. It Is pointed out by some legal minds that Vice President Marshall must of .necessity bo at the helm of state affairs, duo to tho ranking of his office This Is the first tlmo in'hls'tory that a president has sailed to Foreign Ports during his term 'of omco. $9895 IN BOUNTIES DURING PAST YEAR Fur Bearing Animals Captured Dur ing Year Mount Into Bounty Money juniiicur county nns paia out in bbunties since January 1918, $9895. During the winter months a large Jomount of pelts nre turned in" for .bounty with a corresponding decrenso jduring the hot months. Most of tho bounty animals are coyotes nltho the bob cats run u close second Num erous small animate are also trapped and hunted in this county mostly as fur animals. Tho largest pr.rt of tho pelts presented for bounty money' arc sold to fur buyers in this vicinity nnd tho money chang'ing hands in this lino of business is no small amount each year. Oregon- furs are attaining quite n reputation nmong tho fur buyers of tho east and many o- the big eastern houses invado this territory each year buying up pelts. was left to the other members of the committee. They wero equal to tho occasion, however nnd secured satis factory results, A largo proportion of the funds at both Nyssa and On tario woro secured by voluntary sub scription, without any solicitation. The following is a summary of tho results of tho drive, as tho same ap pears at the data of this report. DUtrtct Canh VMge Total Ontario t 4178.01 $ 850.00 S 6026.01 Nyua 1108.75 70.00 1178.75 HubdUtricU 2070.12 451.00 2521.12 Total Ontario Dlatrlct $ 7355,78 $1871.00 I 8726.78 Total Vnle Dlatrlct $ 6300.(0 Total Malheur County $16033.34 The amount of pledges in the Nys ka District is 'estimated, as wo do not )iave a full report of them at this time. Mr. Eastham informs us that there arc still two or thrco precincts In the Vnle Djstrict that have not re ported, and when theso reports uro in, it will bring tho Valo District up to $0,500, or better. That will place the county well over tho $15,000 mark, nnd' Is considered to bo a satisfactory showing in view of tho adverse condi tions under which tho drive was made. The total expenses of the drive so far reported, ore $66.79 which is for advertising, stationary, postage and telephone bills. The quotas for several of the rural districts would have been larger if all (Continued On Page Four.) COUNTY OFFICIALS MEET Portland Mecca of County Officers For Three Days Convention Several of the county officials have been absent from their offices thin week attending tho convention of county officers ntPortInnd. Tho con vention was in session for three dnys (he first day being a joint meeting of officials and tho last two dayt. separate meetings of each depart ment's headH. .County business and H relation to the rem?truetion"pcriod we tho m"in u:'ic of aitcudsion out $ldp of r.tBt hit ."j'CuU'h jMM-'"lning to each di'&nmon'' work. County Clerk ArtKor Moody, Court v Suvveyoi B. F. FartWPr, Treasurer' C C. Muel ler and- Dlttrict Attorney Swaggler wc.rc among those from this county SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 .PER YEAR MEMBER" IS 4l ROLL CALL WEE Vole's Slogan For Roll Call . Week "Let's Make It Unanimous" ATl: Adults Should Join." Are you ready to answer tho Red Cross Christmas Roll Call? -iThert will bo a booth in tho Post Office the week, of December 16-23 to receive memberships. . , ! Every loyal man and woman in Vale is asked to go there and enroll. Be a volunteer. Saturday morning tho 21st a sur-i vey of tho town will be taken, and every house not showing a Red Cross Service Flag with crosses for all adult members of tho Family will be solici ted. We are working under great difficulties this year- and I appeal to every man and woman fn Vale to ,be(a. volunteer worker by asking, every one not wearing a 1919 button ''Where's your button?" our State slogan. Yale's slogan in, "Lots make it unanimous". Yours for a hearty response to tho Rqll .Call, MRS. R. E. WEANT. Chairman Christmas Roll Call, Vale. Chapter. "' Chairman of tho Red CrossRoll Call Week, Mrs R. E, Wenntr return ed the first of tho week from a work ers conference in Portlnnd where plans for tho Christmas membership drive were discussed. The aim of the cam paign in Oregon is to enroll every,va-. dult in .tho Red Cross. Positive as surance was given the workers at tho Portland convention that there would bo no more calls for war fund drives' by tho Red Cross altho the work of, the Red Cross will go on indefinitely In the European countries and the civ ilian work at homo will take on great er proportions than ever before. " : Conference Big One A largo number of workers,, wero gathered at Portland for the Christ mas drive conference workers di rect from tho headquarters at Wash ington D. C. and also the coast .head quarters at Seattle were there to give instructions on tho drive to workers from over the state. It was strong ly urged by the Seattle headquarters that each chapter send n representa tive to tho conference for it is- very necessnry that "all of America" bo; .enrolled as Red Cross members thiflj year nnd it was tho unanimous opin ion of tho Vale Red Cross workers at-, executive meeting that the local chairi man bo sent. Campaign in County., i ,n The influenza is still prevalent thru-. out tho county and will make tho work in tho Christmas drive a hard matter For this reason an appeal is issued 'to ; (Continued on Page Six) FITTING PROGRAM . MARKS BRITISH DAY Celebration on Saturday in Honor of British Heroism Receives New Cornet, Lost Saturday afternoon a program , was held on tho court house lawn in honor of British day which was gen-4 erally celebrated over the United Slates in honor of tho heroic deeds of tho British during tho great war and ( as an expression of tho good fellow-' ship existing between the nations. A short concert was given by tho Vale concert band featuring the Brit ish National airs and ending with the Stnr Spangled Banner. Reverend Clowcr and Geo, W. Hayes delivered short talks between band numbers. Presented With Cornet C, B. Tapp, accomplished local mus ician, who has been a faithful worker and leader in the band for a number-, of years was presented with a fino cornet ty C. M. Crandall, on beh.:f ci -e -. i.im of Vale. ' Th'e p.--i .u-.-k:- idi.j ),!s.ce 'before tht rUyi-'B' of the tth.. fepangled banner -r.d .-it. Tapp was requested to join" .0 th pi?a? with Mb oaw instrument vhlch he ic-vnJ ; U- hll tuped p for the oociisirii. , ' During tho day tho Union Jack" flonted from tho big flag polo with" Old Glory. CLARENCE HOWARD KILLED .Malheur County Boy Meets - on Battle Fields of France -, Death? Friends in tho Bjogan, Bonlta ond Ironside itcctinns this week received tho news of the death of Clarence Howard In France, Meager 'refports state that he was killed in action. .