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About Malheur enterprise. (Vale, Or.) 1909-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 22, 1919)
SATURDAY, frEBRtjAlW 22, 1M THE MALHEUR ENTERPRISER VALE, .OREGON. page j)ive x V x I- 5 nn vhitd I SPRING HOUSE I CLEANING I ELECTRICALY I AND KEEP YOUR HOME CLEAN EVERY DAY IN THE I YEAR You'll clean in half the time you did the old way and you're not half so fatigued. Use The HOTPOINT VACUUM CLEANER It's use means more time for home planning more time for reading more time out of doors this spring. SETTLEMENT OF PUBLIC LANDS AND RANGE POLICY DISCUSSED (Continued From Page One) AND THIS IS THE WAY YOU CLEAN simply attack the Cleaner o any electric lamp or wall-socket and guide it over your rugs or carpets (no lifting, no beating) is so easy no dust left to be wiped up aftedward all sucked up into dust bag. COSTS LITTLE TO USE ABOUT lc AN HOUR We'll gladly show you come in today. Be prepared to" clean the easy, dustless way, during tho coming hot weather. VALE ELECTRIC CO. Phone 78 VALE OREGONI Get Your Car All I Ready For Spring Avail yourself of the opportunity to have-our staff of expert mechan ics overhaul your car NOW before spring sets in, when you will be anxious to hit the roads. We are equipped with specialis ed machinery, manned by men who know how to use it for all kinds of lathe, welding, vulcanizing, bat tery, and all kinds of MODERN , GARAGE WORK. Travel LARGE STOCK OF SUPPLIES A ND EXTRAS FOR ALL MAKES OF CARS. KESSLER GARAGE VALE. OREGON. CLENTON B. WOODARD, BUSINESS MANAGER. Vale Trading Co. A. J. Kessler H. E. Spicth Proprietor Sales Manager Garage Manager chiefly valuable for grazing and rasi ing forage crops. Generally speaking, all the land in the Vale district, is devoid of timber, except what may eventually be .irri gated by the Malheur and Owyhee projects when constructed, there is no known source of water for the irri gation of these lands and as to water holes, springs and watering-places, practically every one in the district has been patented or is now held under the Homestead or other land laws. The law also provides for the laying out and reservation of stock trails, for the convenience of Btockmen, in driving their stock to and from the forest reserve, dipping places, shear ing corralsnnd shipping stations and this provision was superior to the right of homestead entry. Based up on the application of the Malheur Co., Wool Growers Ass'n, the secretary of the Interior has caused numerous of these trails to be established, has withdrawn tho lands necessary there for, from all form of entry and in my opinion, this withdrawel will remain in full force and effect, so long as the trails may needed by the stock- raisers of this part of the country. Before entry can be made under this law, the prospective homesteader must make a personal inspection of the land; he then comes to the land office and if the tract is found to be vacant, he has to hire an attorney to prepare his application, with pctl tions in duplicate to the Secretary o! the Interior, requesting that tho lanr he desires to enter, bo designated sub ject to entry under the law. The ap plication is suspended in the land of fice and no action can be taken there on, until an examination or the lam applied for is made by the Geological Survey and the. land has been design ated by the Secretary. This preced ure necessarily causes long delay, bu just to give you an idea as to the amount of work this means for the Geological Survey, I am going to tel! you that, during the months of Janu ary and February 1917, there was fil ed in Vale, land office, 421 applica tions for entry under this act; fully ap many, if not more, were filed in each of the other land offices in eastern Oregon and in all the other land of fices of the north-west, while in one particular office in Mont., (I believe was Kalispell) more than two thousand of these application were filed in and two months mentioned We did not receive a designation under this act until September 1918, almost two years afer the filing of the appli ctaions, and in the mean time, of the 121 applications filed in January and February 1917, 159 of them had been withdrawn, because the land was not Icsignated within a reasonable time. Can you blame these applicants for be- oming discouragead when they had wait two years, to know whethei or not their applications would be al- owed 1 Do you realize what, a loss it sage and is in my opinion, very de sirable legislation, indeed. For the sake of argument, we will assume that, practically all of the va cant land in Vale district, has been designated under the G40 acre home stead law and we will take for ex ample, one of our returned soldier boys, or n young lady school teacher, who goes out into the bunch grass part of the country, selects and makes homestead entry of the best section of grass land to be found. He or she is then required under law, ,to re side upon the land 7 months and is entitled an absence of five months each year. An aggregate of $800.00 must be expended upon tho entry, and one half thereof must be expended within three years of the date of en- .try, in building' barns, corrals, reser-' voirs for 'stock water, fencing or in any other way which has a tendency- to m' ,e the land more valuable for stock-Taising purposes. No cultiva tion is required, and the law nllows five years in which to make final proof. If' the young soldier or school mam has no money with which to make these improvements, arrange ments can easily be made with some stock-man, for the necbssary funds, by giving him a lease on the land for grazing priviligcs at a reasonable rate and for a reasonable time. When fin al proof has been made, if the home stead is worth anything at all, it Is reasonably worth $5.00 per acre, an aggregate of $3200.00; if it is a par ticularly good claim, it would be worth '10.00 per acre at a reasonable valua inn, or an aggregate of $0,400.00 If ho young man or youpg wdman work-;d-every month and every day at $100 er month, only a total of $3600.00 ould be earned during the three years necessary to perfect title to the home stead and at the end of that time, nine out of every ten" of them would 'lave nothing to show for it. Compare ,his with the reasonable value of the homestead after patent issues, with cive months off every year to work in ,he harvest fields or in the school oom at good wages, "and what is the result? When proof is made on the home 3tead, it is placed upon the assessment roll; the young homesteader becomes tax-payer, subject to jury and all , J) SHEEPMEN ATTENTION If you are needing any lumber for sheep panels or lambing sheds and pens we would like to have you call and look over our stock. You Will Always Find Our Prices Right And Our Lumber the Very Best Grade HOME LUMBER AND COAL CO. R. N. SIMMONDS, Manager Vale, Oregon. " t) jther duties pertaining to good citi zenship; a young man or woman, en titled to the respect and good-will of the community and in my opinion, Horace Greeley's advice to young men mould bo extended to young women and instead of reading "go west young man, go west" it should now be "get land young men and women, get land." From the stock-raisers standpoint, we vill take any man yqu may have in mind, who has a 160 acre alfalfa farm, 100 head of cattle, or two thous and sheep and an allotment in the Malheur Forest Reserve. If he has :attle, at the end of the feeding sea ion he turns them out upon the open ange to rustle for themselves. He sees a few of them in June when the neans to this community, that these brandin rodeo is on ani SOme more r-r a. i:xi.. 11 0 . . OldClothesMadeNew CLOTHES LOOK BETTER, WEAR LONGER AND MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE SOMEBODY WHEN THEY ARE FRESH LY CLEANED AND PRESSED We are rearranging and im proving our shop and sales room and will soon have a most complete and modern Tailor, Repair and Pressing establishment. Bring in your suits, coats, etc. for cleaning and pressing. Let us measure you for your spring suit. We handle only the best lines of woolen suits and coats. Made to measure tailorcd.suits cost no more than ordinary hand-me-downs. VALE CLEANING WORKS J. W. DORSEY, Prop. "WATCH US GROW" iflr. anb iflrsS. 3. i2. &oetetp THE PRINTED WAY IS THE PROPER WAY J- GET THE ENTERPRISE HABIT WHEN YOU WANT Visiting Cards Party Invitations Birth Announcements Dance Programs Wedding Announcements Society Note Heads Correspondent Cards Proper Envelopes to Match Our Specialty la Satisfaction. Phone Agents lor Highest Class Engravers. Vale, 42 MALHEUR ENTERPRISE Oregon 5f men were not immediately allow ed to take possession of and befin the 'mprovement of the lands applied for? We now arrive at what I should 'lave said in the beginning; that at least 95 per cent of the land in the Vale district, should be designated hy tho Secretary of the Interior un ler the stock-raising homestead law. I believe that such a designation an and should be made, from data tvailable to the' Geological Survey in Washington and from informtion to be had at- the Vale land office, wtih uit examination and classification o he land described in each applicaitior 'or entry, which is now the custom and 'he cause for such long and vexatious lelay. Am also going to remind you that 'n the spring of 1918 the Senate pass ed a bill, allowing homestead entries to be made by boys and girls who have reached "the ago of 18 years. This bill was afterwards introduced in tho house, referred to the Commit tee on Public lands, has been favor ably reported upon and is now pend ing before th3 Committee of the whole House on the State of the Union which I believe insures its early pas- of them in the fall, at feeding time, but. he never sees all of them again, because many have wandered away, never to be found, while others have died from poison, or for public con sumption. If he has sheep, he rushes them to the hills, two or three weeks jarlier than he ought to, "hell-bent" to beat the other fellow to the grass, ind the sheep trample the young grass into the mud, or pull it up by the -oots, before it is ready for pasture ind by this procedure, tho sheep-man himself is fast "killing the goose" that you have all feard about. Now this cattle man or sheep man, if he has not exhausted his home stead right, has the same right of en try allowed the young soldier, or school nam, and if he has a son or daughter, of lawful age, each of them can take 'i 640 acres homestead adjoining, say ivound the headwaters of Bully, Clov t or Willow Creeks, on tho Little Malheur, or any where they may de .irn; each of them would be entitled o purchase 160 acres of adjoining land, at about $2.50 per acre, which would give them a bunch grass field of 1600. acres for spring and fall pas- ture, enclosed. with fence and that no one else could bother. If this should provo to be insufficient, they could lease other adjoining homestead claim:) and thereby be assured of feed in plenty. Then instead of the cattlo loose every spring, or rushing the sheep out in the mud, they could be kept on feed until the homestead pas tures were ready for them. Taken from the homestead pasture to the forest allotment as soon as it is ready; returned to the pasture for fall graz ing and .from thence to the home ranch for winter feeding. Stock al ways under your immediate supervis ion, with, no loss by theft or poison, no exposure to scabb and no straying away. I can not imngine more ideal con ditions for profitable stock-raising; it means more feed and consequently more and better stock, all theory pure and . simple, but theory that I believe will come into general prac tical use, within the next few years. As to the practical ways of doing these things, you will have to figure them out for yourselves nnd you had just as well get busy, because the free government range,along with "John Barleycorn" has practically passed into oblivion. While I realize that stock raising is at this time the mosWrnportant in dustry of eastern Oregon, yet I be lieve that the man and woman who go onto tho public domain, build a home, cultivate tho soil and raise a family, are more to be desired for the common welfare, than all the horses. cattle, sheep, or goats, that can ever bo raised on the open government ranges of Malheur County. Lets open up our government lands for our returned soldier boys and others who may want them. In my opinoin lots of it is too poor to make a living on, but if the people want it in tho name of humanity, lets give tjiem a chance at it, Without delay or hindrance. It takes men, women, children, churches and schoolhouser. to build up and develop a commonwealth and it can't be done by living like the "Arabs of the desert" in a "buckaroo saddle" or a tent, with a pair of "chaps" or a sheepskin for your bed and a pack saddle or a sack of salt for your pil low, and after wandering around, from "pillar to post" we come back to the idea that, nearly all of our vacant lands should be promptly and exped- iously designated subject to entry un- .jer the stock-raising homestead law. "t"l"l"l"I"l"l"l"A"l"l"A"l"l"l"l"l"X"l"l"l"l"l' l"fr Harvey Garage HARVEY & RICKER, Props. VALE, OREGON Our new garage at the corner of main and B'strects is now fully equipped and ready to extend you the best possible service in caring for your car. Expert mechanics, complete supplies, parts and accessories, modern machinery and a determination to do only first class work constitute our guaranty of satis factory service. We will appreciate your business. - A- -J . 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We ari aware of the fact that each day brings the news to some one of the death of their favorite pet "tho only true friend to any man" his dog who will never forsake him, even after death, this writer has seen the dog climb on his master and stay until the dead body was taken away. There are some people in this world who have no heart, who never stop to think what a dog really is, who do not -yen love a human being. Dog poisoning is cowardly, unlawful and dangerous and whoever is doing it, or encouraging the doers in any way are placing themselves in a pos ition of liability and are l&;y breakers. Fred L. Sheets. Things Need Agitating Wciscr, Idaho, Feburary 17, 1019 Malheur Enterprise, Vale, Oregon, Dear Sir; A paper without good strong cdltorlals'don't amount to much Many editors don't express their opin ion. I am glad to know the Mabeur Enterprise is coming to the front. I am glad to know you have tho nerve to express your opinion in a business like way, It's encouraging and shows you are not asleep, There Is room for plenty more, Honda and many other things need agitating. t X t Every Sale Sets a New Record $ Vale's Fourth Monthly Market Day f And Public Auction & Saturday, March 8 Will Be Bigger Than Ever LIST YOUR Cattle, Horses, Mules, Hogs, Sheep, and Every- & thing you want to sell x with C. C. Mueller or C. G. f Griffin at Vale, Oregon x MILLINERY OPENING First Door West First National Dank Ladies of Vale are inited as Special Guests to call and in spect our lines. Latest New York Styles and Models now being Displayed. X Mrs. P. G. Eberly M-W-H-M-: Vale, Oregon mm &m 2 i GILLETT TRANSFER EQUIPPED WITH AUTO TRUCK FOR CITY AND COUNTUY WOUK. We are always pleased to give you prompt and careful service in handling your express, freight, transfer, delivery and general hauling. 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