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VOLUME X, NO. 6.
VALE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 1919.
SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 PER YEAR
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200 MULES AND
200 MEN WORK
DAM AND DITCH
Camp Complete at Dam Site Ditch
AVork Progressing Election
January 14. ,
According to reports received by
Project Manager John H. Lewis the
' Shattuck-Edinger construction camp
is complete at the dam site including
a dining hall accomidating lbs men,
'commissary and office building, two
bunk houses with capacity for 136
men, a blacksmith hop, power plant,
mule sheds etc. The big steam shovel
and teams are rapidly stripping the
site for the big concrete arch. About
CO mules and 110 men are all busy
in the camp.
On the ditch work there are now
143 mules all at work and a crew of
about 85 men. Nearly four miles,
of ditch has been opened up and the
camp will probably be moved in a
few weeks
Chief Engineer A. J. Wiley is ex
pected to be in Vale the first of the
week and ,will inspect the work in
both camps and confer with Engineer
Lewis and tho directors in regard to
the permanent location of diversion
dam, high line ditches, etc.
Considerable interest is being mani
fested over the coming election for
directors to be held on January 14.
Very likely there-will be a contest in
each of the three districts.
New Train Schedule.
Ontario-Crane Line
Westbound, No 371 leave Vale 10:00
a. m; Eastbound, No 372 leave Vale
12:10 p. m.
Ontano-trogan Line '
Westbound, No. 373 leave Vale 1:20
p. m; Eastbound, No 374 leave Vale
4:05 p. m.
Ontario-Vale, Sunday Train
Westbound, No. 193 arrive 1105 a.
m; Eastbound, No 194 leave 4:15 p.
m.
Main Line Trains Leaving Ontario
No. Eastbound
18, 1:34 a. m.
80, 7:50 a. m.
4, 10:20 a. m.
C, 5:25 p. m.
No. 'Westbound
17, 2:37 a. m.
85, 8:35 a. m.
19, 9:05 p. m.
5, 9:20 p. m.
Pony
Transport is Grounded
NEW YORK Battling Thursday
against a rough sea which capsized
three of their oats, coast guards from
many stations, aided by crews from
nearly twenty naval craft, had by
nightfall taken safely to shore 17 navy
nurses and 237 of the 2480 homeward
bound soldiers on tho United States
transport Northern Pacific.
Baby Boy Born
Word was received this week of
the birtli of a sqven pound son to
Mr. and Mrs. Claud Willson at Ray
mond, Washington. Mr. and Mrs.
Willson own a homestead in Sand Hol
low and aro spending the winter in
Washington.
RECONSTRUCTION
CONGRESS CALLED
Convention in Portland Next Week
To Discuss Future Plans Mal
heur County Men to Attend.
Transformation of labor and indus
try from a war to peace basis is to
be worked into a definite program
at a Reconstruction Convention called
by Governor James Withycombe at
Portland, January 0, 10 and 11. The
details of r staging the great state
wide conclave are in the hands of
Mayor George L. Baker of Portland.
Letters of invitation have been sent
to the leaders of every branch of ac
tivity in the state. CRy and county
officials, members of the legislature
aim iederal officials from Washing
ton, D. C. who are in touch with pro
blems to be considered will be among
those attending.
xhrough the three days' meeting,
definito plans will be worked out to
handle tho reconstruction problems,
which are now facing every state in
the Union. It will be the purpose
nt this convention to work out plam
for the returning soldiers and sailors
of Oregon, and also ring about the
greatest development of industry thru
out the state fn history. This develop
ment will include such industries as
agriculture, shipping, mining, ship
building, lumbering, fishing, road
building, stock raising, etc The re
cognized leaders in each of these lines
will attend the convention and partici
pate in the discussion, and definite
programs for each endeavpr will be
EVERYONE URGED TO
HELP MAKE AUCTION
DAY BIG SUCCESS
Second Vale Sales Day Coming in
Big Attendencc Looked '
For.
That the second Vale market day
and public auction will be a success is
guaranteed this week by the efforts
of the backers and thejisting of a fine
selection of live stock. A big crowd
is expected tdatten,d regardless of the
i-OfU weaUier.
It is to the interests of tho entire
community, businessmen, farmers,
stockmen and everyone to cooperate
in every way possible. Vale is natur
ally located to become one of the
leading live stock centers of the in
land empire and the growth of the
monthly auction sale will do much to
take advantage of this opportunity.
Besides a monthly market day is of
real value to any farming community
and not only makes an easy and pro
fitable means of exchange but tends
to improve the quality of stock as
many blodcd animals will be purchas
ed from time to time.
Everyone is urged to bring in what
they have for sale from a prize bull
to a hay derrick. In fact any article
that some one else can use to better
advantage than the owner can be pro
fitably traded at the auction.
outlined before the convention is ad
journed.
The reconstruction problem is one
which effects the entire state and
it is the purpose of the convention
to bring together men interested not
oti'v in virini" lines of endeavor but
representing all sections of the state.
I -.orv state-wide pro-
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ov-.iv.ing out the call for dele
iVnvor Belter has adopted the
filogan "It can be done."
Senator Julian A. Hurley and re
presentative P. J. Gallagher will b'
present from this couhty and it is hop
ed others will attend.
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PAYING VISITS TO
NATIONS, HIS JOB
Prince Yorlhlto Hlgatfhl FU-
Bbima. cousin of tho Japanese em
peror, is ono of the best visitors
any nation ever had. Most of tho
prince's life has been spent in
making omclal visits for his gov-;
ernment. He Is now being enter
tained at Washington, having,
come here from England, where;
he waB entertained by1 . King'
George. He presented the British,
king with a sword and badge of:
field J marshal of the Japanese
army, as a gift from his oraperor.j
Dr C J. Bartlett
Is In New York
Captain C. J. Bartlett Arrives In New
York Writes Will Be Home
Soon.
J. P. Dunaway this week received a
note from Captain (Doctor) Carl J.
Bartlett of his arrival in New York.
He expects to be discharged soon and
will return home as soon as possible.
"Jhe following letters aro reprinted
from Pioneer Sun atDrewsey:
Somewhere in France, Nov. 18,1318.
Dear" Mamma; Thanks for your good
letter and so glad to hear that you
are all well.
I am fine and now that the war is
over am having an easier time. Our
Division is one among 10 that has been
selected to remain over here as oc
cupational troops eo I expect to be off
to the Rhine in a few days.
France is one happy nation. Our
Division has been rated as one of the
best fighting Divisions overhere. No
doubt papers "at home will give yqu
more news about us than I can.
I have been at the front since June,
14 , five long months, have not teen
(Continued on Page Four.)
over 1
"Tr-i'UgTSl, 1 ..4.' - ,,.L
Welcoming Woodrow in Europe lias been one of tho raocf "Americanized" stunts our allies have
,ver Indulged in It lias been In two-flMcd whoop'tr up way VMch has thrilled all who w tnessed tho
aomonXtloM in Franco and Eacland Hero are ths first plc-ae of Wilson In-Europe. Upper shows
President Wilson, with President Pointer, receiving the wild of tho people .as their carriage
leaves tho railroad station of J?;'.cgne Woods. Tlia "etosa-w tiwwu tho two driving along tho
Champ Km ln Parte Th inert of the Arc de Trtttwb St tt: historic structure through which
President on has Jus. drtrcn. vindicate mOinvcc;!cil2t U sXter having been closed since
doni43 r Vrassltx -4fcs ?sswd under H la 1S17.
RED CROSS ROOMS
' -OrmJfflS-WEffi
Refugee Garments Must Be Delivered
By Eighth Make Pneu
' monia Jacket.
The Red Cross rooms will bo open
every day next week from 1:00 p. m.
until 5:00 p. m.
The Red Cross rooms aro in trie
Chamber of Commerce. Only the
bath robe3 :re left to be made but
'he other refugee garments must be
delivered to tho rooms by the eighth.
So please hurry up with your knit
ing and sewing.
Friday afternoon tile ladies of the
Red Cross made pneumonia jackets at
tho home of Mr. B. F. Farmer.
The monthly meeting of the Rod
Cross was held win the Chamber o5f
Commerce Friday evening January 3.
Don't forget to Hurry Up! with
your Red Cross sewing.
Poles Raid' Germany
LONDON, Polish troops have en
tered Frankfort, on the Oder, 50 milch
east of Berlin. The Poles have occupi
ed Beuthen, in Prussian Silesia, and
Bronibcrg, in tho rpovinco of Posen
C9 miles northeast of tho Posen city.
Lieutenant Charles Crnndall return
ed to his home in Vale on Tuesday
December 31 from Camp Stanley in
Texas. Lieutenant Crandall who is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Crandall
of Vale was given a commission in the
field artillery last fall.
FEEDING WORLD AGAIN
Secretary Houston, Points Out Neces
sity for Big Crops and Increase
Of Live Stock PrcductH
By D. F. Houston, United States
Secretary ofthe Agriculturc.-fN. E. A.
special service to the Malheur Enter
prise.) During tho period since we entered
the war, tho farmers of tho nation
have responded magnificently to the
appeals" for, increased production and
all the people have complied with t;
urgent requests for fuller conserva
tion. During this patt fall season., cm.
farmers planted an increased wheat
acreage and a large acreage in rye.
Iti3too early now to make de
tailed suggestions for the- spring
planting season. Wo do not know how
the fall grains will- come through
the winter and we are not now ab!o i
to forecast the demands and tha con
ditions which will prevail after tbc
urst oi me year. , j
j nis department, me agricultural
colleges, and other organizations will
continue to give definito thought to
all the problems, and, at the proper !
time, will -lay tho situation before
you.
Two Big Jobs
Two things seem to be clear:
One is that for a considerable
period, the world will havo need parti-
Chamber Meeting
Called .Monday
Chamber of Commerce to Meet Mon
day Night and Plan Work fbr
.The New Year.
President A. W. Reed of the Vale
Chamber of Comnwrcc has called n
meeting for Monday night, to which all
members and any who wish to join
the Chamber aro ungently requested
to be present and assist in formulat
ing a program of activities for the
coming year. There are a number of
very important matters that . the
Chamber of Commerco should hejp
solve in 1919. Among them are tho
settlement of the homestead lands,
securing formers for tho Warm
springs District that will bo watered
next year, helping to get government
construction. for the Owyhee project,
and in many town matters such as
securing industries, sottling tho mat
ter of tho water supply, improving the
streets, maintaining the camping
grdund, and fostering the chautauqua
and other civic enterprises
Tlfe Chamber of Commerce""is not a
closed body. Any man interested in
the future qf Vale is supposed to be
long and every such man should. It
will do you good to "attend Monday
night and 'if not already a member
start the New Year right by joining.
Peace Conference January 30
LONDON, Jan. 1 Tho peace con
ference will open on January 30, ac- i
cording to a news dispatch today, !
THIS YEAR STILL NATIONAL DUTY SAYS HOUSTON
cuirlv of a larecr sunnlv than nor
mal or liv stock, nnd especially of
fats. We. should not fail, therefore
to adqpt fiery fcajihli jnearis of ec
onomically increasing our live stock
products
As a part of our progrum, w
NEW CITY COUNCIL
jJLLTAKE OFFICE
New Mayor and Council men to Enter
Duties in Administering City
Affairs.
The coming week Mayor-elect G, F(
Wildhaber and an entirely now council
will take up the management of the
affairs of the city of Vulo, This will
bo tho first time in many months the
city has had a mayer and a complete
list of councilmen.
The new officials as elected last
November are, G. V. Wildhaber, Maywr
Bruce R. Kester, Treasurer; Ross A.
Soward, recorder; J. C. Morfitt, C. W.
Nelson, H. E. Young, J. F. Miller and
C. E. Longwell, councilmen.
Tho retiring council are, J. A. Ham
dolph, prosident, nnd Wm. Bohna; H.
M. Doolittlo; R. M. Beach, councilmen.
Plan Lively Convention
. O. Correll, secretary of the Cattle
and Horse Raisers Association of Ore
gon was a business visitor in Vale last
i.eek end and says that tho associa-
tion i3 planning on a hummer conven-
tion next April in Bend. He says
that Bend promises to give them a
better - time than even Ontario and
Malheur county did last year, but
they will have to go some if they do.
Dies of Pneumonia
Fred Hart of Harper died in Valo
Friday. Pneumonia was the cause of
his death
Ho will be buried in West-
fall Saturday nt 2 o'clock.
should givo due thought to tho secur
ing of nn adequate supply of feed
stuffs and to tho eradication and con
trol of all forms of animal disease.
The other is tho need of rcrfeeti'.g
the organization of our ugricultura1
agencies for the purpose of intelli
gently oxecuting such ft program as
may seem wise
Wo should not only have tho best
possible organization and. co-operation
of tho Department of Agriculture, tho
't-'rirulfurul colleges, the state de
partments of agriculture, and farmers'
ions, but wo should especially
strengthen the local farm bun-aus and
other organizations which support so
.(actively the extension forces nnd
isslst them in their activities,
'lie perlecting of this organization
i highly desireble not only during
ho continuance of the present idnor
A coiidltlon4 but also for tho future,
B'jild Niw for Future
Tho loal an well as the state and
ederal agencies ore of supreme im
rrtance to the, nation in all its nc
ivjt'cs designed to make rural- life
more profitable, healthful and attrac
nd therefore, to secure adequate
economic production, efficient distribii
ion, and necessary conservation.
Tho main purpose, of this appeal is
to direct attention to the necessity Of
continuing our state of prepnrdncss
and of M'engthenlnK the foundations
of our agriculture.
TUESDAY LUNCHEON
ATTENDED BY OVER
50 GOOD BOOSTERS
Fifty Men and Bright Future Make
Year End Luncheon Hummer
Come Every Tuesday.
After two weeks Christmas vaca
tion fifty Vale businessmen and visit
ors from all parts of the county re
sponded to the call for the year end
Tuesday noon luncheon. Chairman
R. D. Lyllo had an excellent program
and tjip meeting was enjoyed by all,
G. F. Wildhaber in reviewing the
.unchcons held tho past year spoke
of the great benefits that aro attain
ed from such n meeting of the busi
nessmen nud people interested in the
levelopment of,the county. He gave
the luncheons credit for makin'g a
success of the Valo Chautaqun and
establishing that instution on a per
manent basis, and also told of the
important work that must be done
the' coming year.
Project manager John H. Lewis
of the Warmsprings Irrigation Dls-
trict gave a review of tho progress
of tho work to date and assured the
businessmen that when comploted it
would be a decided success and of
untold benefit to the county.
J. A. Hurley, secretary of tho Willow-Alder
Irrigation District urged
upon the lunchers the necessity of
making somo kind of arrangment to
water as much of the bench lands iis
nrissible. Mr. Hurley, who leaves soon
for the legislature asked for sugges
tions for any measures that would
benefit Vale and Malheur county and
his entire district.
Judge McKnight reviewed the good
road development in the county and
said that in general tho county had
built roads in .keeping with the pro
gress of tho county, while ho ndvo
cated better roads, saying that there
never had been a road built too good,
yet he cautioned against extravagent
expenditure until th6 county can af
ford it. He reminded tho men of tho
big reconstruction congress that will
DAUGHTER OP MARK
HANNA LEADER.
intimiuo rrlends say she Is a
"chip of tho old block" when it
comes to leadership, It Is Mrs.
Modi!! McCormlck, wife of Illinois'
now senator-elect and daughter of
tho great political leader, the lato
Mark Hanna. Mrs. McCormlck Is
chairman of tho Republican Wom
en's National Executive Commit
tee, with hoadquartors at Wash
ington. s
Malheur County
On Coast Time
Railroads and Towns In Malheur
County and Idaho Now On
Coast Time
New Years morning at 2 a. m. the
new time schedule extending the pac
ific time eastward from Huntington to
Pocntcllo as effecting all railroad
went into effect, . necessitating the
setting back of the clocks one hour,
Tito new time has been adopted In
Valo and all the cities on the rail
roads in the territory effected. The,
new arrangments make the Eastern
Oregon and 'Idaho time coincide with
the time on the rest of the coast one
is much more convenient, This make;
the third time change here the past
year nnd early risers who now get
up at six can remember that it would
have been eight o'clock under the
saving day light time last summer,
Bumpier Valley Road Tied Up
The Sumptcr Valley strike situation
and the road Is still tied up tight
For the first time in Its history not
n wheel turned on the road since New
Years day as fat as can be found out.
Nat. W-
NEW OFFICIALS
TO TAKE PLACES
COMING MONDAY
New Officials To Take Up Duties Mori:
day January Term of Court
Important.
V
Next Monday will witness a num:
ber Of changes in the official family
at the court house. For the first. time
in six years now members will make
up the county court, os Ed. HwTest
will succeed Geo. W. McKnight as
County Judge nnd Frank M. Vines
will replace M. D. Kelly as 'commis
sioner. H. Lee.Noe will take over tho
duties of tho sheriff office from Ben
J. Brown, while C. C. Mueller and 'Ar
thur Moody will begin their second
torms as treasurer nnd clerk respec
tively. J. P. Gallagher also succeeds C. M.
Crandall as representative from Har
ney and Malheur counties and ' will
leave tho coming week for Portland
nnd Salem,
The retiring officers have without
exception rendered faithful service to
tho people of Mnlheur county and. can
turn over the county affairs to the
new men with the confidence that
they have done their duty and the
house will be found in order. ,
Tho new men aro nil long residpnts
of Malheur county and -well known
both sas to their excellent qualifica
tion and their responsibility to dutyf
Malheur county.js indeed. fortunato in
selecting such efficient officials and
tho entire county looks forward to. a
successful tenure of office by all.
Grand Jury Meets.
The grand jury for ho January torm
will meet next Monday in preparation
for 'tho circpit court session thoiiol-IowfnrWeV-
'Jr--
Judge Biggs expects a rather
lengthly and important session tho -corning
term. ' , "
be held soon in Portland and hoped to
see a number of Milheur county dele
gates attend. .. ?,
B. F. Farmer spoke of the w
being planned in cooperation with th
Jtnto highway commission, indicating,
that construction shouH nar- beforo
long.
- C. C. Mueller jjioku of the auction
sale next Saturday and said tliat,the
general public and merchants should
tako an interest in this movement and
help make it a success.
A. W. Reed roviowed some of the
problems that are to be solved by
tho Chamber of Commerco tho com
ing year and asked for 100 per cent
support from all present.
George Huntington Curroy was ap
pointed chairman for tho meeting next
Tuesday noon, and will have an' in-"
tcresting program. Both tho Drcxci
Hotel and Grill management should
be complimented on the excellent
luncheon nnd servico provided. h
All nro invited to come v to theso
luncheons nnd urged to be on time
at noon sharp. ' "7f
YALE SCHOOLS WILL .
OPEN NEXT MONDAY
Vale Public Schools will Open Monday
After Long Vacation On
Account of Flu
Influenza cases are still quite pre
valent tho very few are considered
serious. Every precaution to avoid
coluds and proper care of throat and
plenty of fresh nir should be taken
by overyone, The schools will 'open
again next Monday and tho following
advice by Superintendent D. W. Jlm
mack should be carefully followed.
School Reopen Monday . r
Tho school authorities have given
their consent to tho schools resuming
work Monday morning, with the, un
derstand? that parent, pupil ...and
teacher use proper provaution in the
prevention of tho spread of influenza.
Parents and pupils are asked to uso
due diligence! in preventing the disease
to be brought to school. This may
bo accomplished largely by no jjjjpH
coming to school who Is eick, however
slight Tho teacher may assis in the
work by sending any and. all , pupils
home who show tho slightest "mini
filiation of sickness.
The time already past and tho. com
paratively short tlmo we hope In which
to complete the work are sufficient
proofs of the Importance of thorough
cooperation,
It Is hoped that earnest effort mi
the part of all concerned will cnidilo '
the pupils to complete .their work,..for
the year, but this connot bo ac:om
pllshtd. without earnest effort.