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About Malheur enterprise. (Vale, Or.) 1909-current | View Entire Issue (April 26, 1919)
JOIN THE MALHEUR COUNTY DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE ORGANIZED AND WILL WORK mf6r THE BENEFIT 6f EVERY PRECINCf; TO THE DETRIMENT OF NONE." Irrigation Development in Malheur County Includes 75,000 Acres Now Being Irrigated, Besides 0,000 Acres that Soon Will Be Under the Warmsprings U. of O. Library , eljanS jrojects; Also 100,000 Acres that Should Be Watered From the Proposed Willow-Alder and Owyhee Projects; and 100,000 More Acres Under Various Feasible Small Projects in All Parts of the County. Work for More Irrigation. Full New Service For All County Communities Largest Circulation la Every Section Of Malheur County Beat M edlum For AH County and Outside Advertisers. YOUR CO-OPERATION Suggestion and Support are Solic ited to Help Make The "Enterprise" a True Representative of Vale, and Malheur County. Send a Subscrip tion to Friendj Whom You Wish to Welcome to This Country The Enterprise is Absolutely Independent, Treats Everyone With the Same Fairness, is Always Progressive, and Urges Your Activity in the Develop ment of Malheur County's Great Pos sibilities It is Your Paper and is Working to Develop Your Community. Let all the Malheur Towns and Settle ments Work Together for a More Prosperous and Better County. ADVERTISE IN THIS ENTERPRISE The Only Paper That Circulate Throughout the Whole of Malheur County. It Ha More Reader Be cause it Print Mora Reading Matter. People Pay for The Enterprise Be ' cause They Want to Read the Best Review of Northwestern and World News; the Most Thorough Report of Southeastern Oregon Irrigation. Stock. Farming, Oil, Mineral and Community Progress, the Latest Market Quotations; all Filinga in the U. S. Land Office, Vale District; Mal heur County Official Notices; Real Estate Transfers; County Seat Newa; Correspondent Letters The Home Newspaper, Read in Every Nook of Malheur County. VOL. X. NO. 22 VALE, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 1919. SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 PER YEAR in SUBSCRIBE FOR VICTORY BONDS Subscriptions Coming in Headquar ters at Vale Chamber of Com merce Open Next Week Local Chairman G. F. Wildhaber re ports that Vale's quota of the Victory Liberty Loan has been over one third subset ibed and that the coming week headquarters will be maintained in the Chamber of Commerce rooms ev ery day until the quota is raised Everyone is requested to come in and invest in the last Liberty loan which would not have been the last had it not been for the courage and sacrifice of thousands of red blooded young Am ericans. Encouraging reports are coming in from all parts of the county to Chair man J. R. Blackaby and there is no question but Malheur county workers are going to put the Victory bond drive over the top. The very attrac tive features of the loan make a good investment. The bonds nature in four years, draw 4 interest and have tax exemption features. They can be purchased thru the banks for 10 down with six month time on the bal ance at the 4 interest rate. Your part large or small is needed, Do not impose upon others but volunteer your subscription now. It is up to you to help finance your own war debt. Wide Campaign On The state of Oregon and the states of the nation are in the first stae of the most enthusiastic campaign of j the brilliant series of Liberty Loan victories. Oregon opened -the cam paign with all the vim and vigor of former campaigns and is out to es tablish a record which will keep her war record second to no state in t'n sisterhood of the union. By Wednes day 32 counties of the slate had re ported their quotas and others were "going strong". The first official count by the Trea sury on Tuesday showed that the lo in was making remarkable progress nnd was most pleasing to officials. The slogan, "Let's Finish the Job" is be ing sent to every corner of the United States and it is not the purpose for the state to go over only but for every person in the states to go over the top according to his means, large or small. It will be the cooperation of the entire American people that will make the victory loan a success. BREAKS HIP IN FALL "Grandma" Wood Suffers Painful Ac cident at M. N. Fegtly Home On Monday. "Grandma", Mrs R. A. Wood mother of M. N. Fegtly is suffering consid erable pain this week as a result of a fall Monday in which she broke her right hip. After stepping out of the house into the backyard at the Fegt ly home she stoopped over hunting a lost thimble and in some manner twis ted her hip so as to break the bones. GOOD ROADS ENTHUSE TUESDAYJUNCHERS Ask For Committees To Be Appointed To Canvass County for Warm springs Excursion. The principle features of the Tues day luncheon this week was the re ports by Representative P. J. Gallag her and Senator Julien A. Hurley on the work of the county delegation be fore the State Highway Commission last week. Robt. D. Lytle brought up the mat ter of the proposed Warmsprings ex cursion to Riverside on May 4th. He read a letter from Agent Eberly of the O. S. L. stating that the special twin could .be furnished but no reduced fares could be granted and that a guarantee of 125 tickets would be re quited. The fare will be 8.10 from Ontario and $6.80 from Vale for the round trip. It was moved that the Vale Chamber of Commerce and the Ontaiio Commercial Club appoint a committee of five each to promote the excursion and ascertain of the guar antee can be raised. Rex Marquis, president of the Wann springs District and John H. Lewis, engineer-manager of the pro ject spoke of the necessity of carry ing the coming bond election. W. J. Pinney and W. W. Wood of Ontario spoke in favor of the excur sion. Chairman C. C. Burrow apointd Julien A. Hurley to preside at the luncheon next week. COUNCIL CALLS CITY ELECTION JUNE 4TH Order Special Elecion In Answer To Petition Test Pipe Line Will Reduce Lights Following an inspection trip over the city water works pipe line from the springs to the resorvoir the first of the week by Mayor Wildhaber, Councilman Miller and Nelson and Water Superintendent Quisenberry the City Council at a special meeting held Tuesday evening in the Chamber of Commerce rooms decided to give the pipe line a thoro pressure test and or dered the water shut off Wednesday evening. The plan is to let the water fill up in the pipe line until the reser voir is partly filled, during which time the pipe wiill be watched to see if it will stand the pressure. As consider able repair has been made this spring it is believed the pipe line will hold, in which case the reservoir will be cleaned and flushed and extensive re pairs made on the upper end of the line where most of the leakage occurs. The city faces the necessity of filling the reservoir from some source and a program providing for maintenance and gradual replacement of the pipe line must be put in operation at once in order to continue the supply of pure water and save the initial investment of the system. A petition signed by many taxpay ers of the municipality was presented calling for a special levy of 10 mills in 1920 and five mills annually for four years thereafter to be used in re pairing, maintaining and extending the water and sewerage system and improving the streets of the city, a special ordinance was passed calling for the measure to be submitted to the voters of the town on June third, the same date as the special state election. In regard to the matter of street lighting the council ordered the lights reduced to the minimum allowed by the contract with the Vale electric j Company on the first of May. Thi will save the city over $100 per month I Continued on Page Eight.) TWO ORGANIZATIONS MERGE WELFARE WORK Child Conservation League and Parent Teachers Join Will Begin Films Soon Tuesday evening April 22nd a meet ing of the Child Conservation League was held at the high school and offic ers for the coming year elected. Mrs. Cecil Boswell was chosen as president and Mrs. John Lewis as vice president Mrs. T. C. McElroy secretary-treasurer. It was also decided at this meeting to merge the Child Conservation Lea gue and the Parent Teacher Associa tion and continue as one organization overlaps and the work can be carried on to a greater extent with all the mothers interested in the one organi zation program. Meetings of the new association will be held the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month as heretofore and the program of work will take up the Better Motion Pic ture movement of the league and also the Child study as well as the activi ties of the Parent Teacher Association. May 12th will be the last meeting of this year for the league and at the meeting the new officers will be in stalled and the program for the com ing year planned. "Better Films" Soon Under direction of a committee com posed of members from the various organizations of the city and the Child Conservation league a series of Child ren's matinees will begin just as soon bs booking can be secured. Manager Quisenberry of the local theater is co operating in the movement with the committee members. City organiza tions, which have elected representa tives to serve on the committee and given funds are the Chamber of Com merce, C. C. Mueller representative $15.00; Lieutenant Beckman from the high school faculty and Mazie Hope from the student body with a cash pledge of $5.00; W. D. Hammack from the school board; Mrs. C. C. Burrow from the P. E. O., a pledge of $5.00. The Library board will also have a representative ' to be elected at their next regular meeting. Just as soon possible the first film will be shown with the members of the league ad vertising the film, ufchering and other wise assisting to see that every child sees the films. The film "Polly at the Circus" shown the coming Satur day afternoon in not under the aus picies of the league altho it is one of the accredited children! film. CANVASS FARES FOR EXCURSION Building Road Around Ditch Excur tion Planned May 4 Bond Election Soon The ditch camp this week moved down the valley to a few miles west of Vale and are now constructing a new county road preparatory to com pleting the extension of the Geller- man-Froman ditch which has been lo cated on the grade of the present road. Consulting Engineer A. J. Wilev is now at the reservoir camo insDectin? the work at the dam where concrete work is expected to start within the next two weeks. At the Tuesday luncheon, Rex Mar- guisFresident of the Board of Direc tors of the Warmsprings Irrigation District, and an owner of both wet and dry land, discussed the proposed bond issue to be voted upon May 7th. While he was convinced that the bonds would carry, yet he felt it the duty of the board and every citizen interested in the welfare of the valley to work dil igently for the passage of these bonds, as failure to carry at this time would mean disaster to the community. Owing to the necessity of having the bonds, validated by the Courts, and certified by the state authorities be fore they can be legally sold, there is thus no time to be wasted. A shut-down for even a few months would mean disorganization- of nil forces, loss in transportation of labor ers, and incidental expense of cai-ng for idle equipment during the shut down, running into thousands of dol -lars. This loss, while large, will be nothing cpmpared to . the loss of crops due to the failure to com plete the dare this fall and store water for next year. Mr. Lewis ad vises that where possible two shifts are now working at the dam, and three shifts will be used as soon an they can be worked to advantage. Without shutting down for lack of funds, there is no question but what he work can be completed and water -.toed for next year's crops. If the oonds carry May 7th, no shut down will be necessary. At the recent land owners meeting Vr. Marquis stated figures were pre sented showing conclusively that the per acre cost was less, the larger the project, and that the most expensive plan to present water users was to stop now where neither wet or dry land would get any benefit, and the vet lands would be compelled to carry the burden of substantially all the first bond issue. For this reason there was no question as to the ultimate re sult if the matter was properly under stood. Mr. R. H. DeArmond, at a previous meeting suggested that an excursion be run to Riverside so that those in terested in the success of the project could inspect progress of work at the dam site. Sunday May 4th has been agreed upon as the time. A special train can be secured if 125 tickets can be sold at the regular fare. The round trip to be made in one day. Work will be suspended Saturday so that everything can be going full blast Sunday while the visitors are present A the guarantee to secure the spec- ial train is quite severe the following committe has been appointed to see if the required number of tickets can be sold. The result will be announced in next week's issue of the Enterprise and definate annonncement made as to whether or not plan for the excur sion will be carried out. The committee appointed by A. W. Reed president of the Vale Chamber of Commerce, is as follows, T. T. Nelsen, R. H. DeArmond, M. G. Hope, A. G. Mean and Rex Marquis and a like committee has also been appointed by W. W. Wood, president of the On tario Chamber of Commerce. WRITESOFJUUENLOWE Searcher Tells of Battles on Argonne Front On Which Nyssa Boy Lost Life The following letter from Lieuten ant Colin V. Dyment field Red Cross searcher with the Ninety First, Wild West division tells of the battles of the Argonne front in which this div ision lost heavily and of the attack and taking of the town of Gesnes, in which fighting Julien T. Lowe of com pany C 862 Inf. son of Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Low of Nyssa fell mortally wounded. Mr. Dyment is a member of the faculty at the University of Wash ington and served during the latter (Continued on Pag Eight.) WILL YOU HELP? The Government Must Sell the Victory Loan. Will You help ad vertise its necessity ? The Enter prise will cooperate with all Pat tiotic Concerns and Individuals who are willing to help pay Vic tory Loan publicity. TERRITORY REQUESTS RECEIVEJO SUPPORT Wilson Takes Stand Against Secret Agreements Bolshevik! Facing Defeat in East Russia Wilson Refuses Italy's Demands In a statement issued by President Wilson Wednesday explaining his pos ition on the Adriatic question he de clared that Fiume will not become a part of Italy. Wilson explains that every condition concerning the Adria tic settlement has been changed since Italy entered the war upon the prom ises of the pact of London, the Austro Hungarian empire having disappear' ed. As a result of the president's speech Premier Orlando of Italy ad- uiessed an official communication to Premier Clemenceau saying that the Italian delegation had decided to leave Paris at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon. President Wilson's emphatic declar ation has created the most profound sensation in the peace conference. He has thrown down the gauntlet to the supporters of secret treaties in a man ner which almost took away the breath of the delegates who have been urging compromises on points cover ed by many secret documents and at variance with the president's 14 points. Bolsheviki Posts Imperiled The Siberian army of Admiral Kol chake's government-in making an ad vance of 190 miles in five weeks on the Ural front, has achieved a succcs, which endangers the entire Bolshevikl positions in eastern Russia. The im portant city of Vina has been recap tured from the Bolsheviki. All the railing lines from Vina south of Lida are in the hands of the Poles. A great stretch of country is cleared of the Bolsheviki around Baranouichi and Novogrodek. The Bolsheviki first ar my had surrendered to the Ukrainian troops of General Petlura in the re gion of Homel, northwest of Kiev. Twenty thousand rifles, 35 guns and 200 machine guns were said to have been handed over to the Ukrainians. Aid Starving Europe The Federal reserve board has is sued an order authorizing the remit tance of funds to the countries of central Europe, through the American relief association only. The countries to be helped include Poland, Serbia, Roumania, Czecho-Slovakia, Finland, not Germany. American food stocks held in Europe by the administration will be used as the medium of ex change. Old Bread Price Gone Even though the price of flour falls so that it costs the bakers of the country no more than the water they use in those bakeries, the price of bread will not fall to its former level," said George S. Ward of New York, president of the American Association of the Baking Industry, in an address delivered today at the annual conven tion here of the Southeastern Associa tion of the Baking Industry. Clean Up Needed Many citizens of Vale are beginning to agitate for a general town clean up and paint up campaign. Vale is stand ing out prominently in the eyes of the entire Northwest as the center of the Warmsprings Irrigation project. Many visitors are looking over the town and valley. There is no question but that a great improvement should be made thruout the entire town. The streets need improving and your neighbors yard looks awful, but the first place to start your campaign is at home. Maybe a new walk, a little paint, a little work can be used to advantage. INDEX Do Not Overlook the Many Good Things Inside This Paper Including the Ads Editorial - 2 Legal Notices -..--2 Classified Ads 8 Society News r .- 3 Locals and Personals 8 Church Announcements 4 War's History Told - 4 Land Office Filings 4 "Finish the Job" 5 Community News Letters from Bre gan, Westfall Creton, Big Bend and Ixwer Birrh Creek - 6" Real Estate Transfers 7 Five Year Ago 7 Lai General and County nws....l A 8 COUNTY LEAGUE DIRECTORS MEET Meeting Called in Vale Next Monday Night Will discuss Proposed Road Bonds According to notice Bent to all dir ectors of the Malheur County develop ment league there will be a meeting in Vale Monday evening at 8 p. m. in the Chamber of Commerce rooms at which time the distribution of funds of the proposed bond issue will be discussed. The County court and delegates from various precincts in the county have reported the assurance of the Highway Commission that they will cooperate with Malheur county in the construction of the three proposed state highways. The commission also suggested that the county bond Issue be distributed according to the best needs of the county, and that more money be given to the sections of the state highways that are not post roads than those over which- the mails are carried as in such cases the federal government will cooperate with the state and county in ther construction. Malheur county has an opportunity to plan a comprehensive j-oad pro gram that will connect all of the main sections of the county and the inter est manifested by the people in all precincts assures the success of the bond issue. The county court is tak ing a very progressive attitude in this matter and favors a complete pro gram. Judge E. H. Test and Com missioners Vines and Weaver have been considering the needs of the entire county and have made many plans to secure the best road locations and the most efficient, construction. ENTERS VALE FIRM' Portland Automobile Man Becomes In terested in Vale Machine and Welding Works. R. W. Rowland of Portland will ar rive in Vale soon to take up his work as partner with Harry E. Spieth in the Vale Machine and Welding Works. Mr. Rowland is widely known as one of the best mechanics on the Pacific coast and will be a valuable addition to the force at the new welding works. He recently resigned as manager of the Lovely Motor Company at Astoria and previous to that was foreman of the Covey Motor Company at Portland He will be followed shortly by his family who will take up their resid ence here as soon as the Portland school term ends. CONCERT DATES PLANNED Local Singers and Musicians Will Stage Benefit and Give Program of Solo Numbers. Monday evening May 5 is the plan ned date for the concert to be given by local musicians, under direction of Mrs. A. M. Moody. The evenings program will consist of a number of solo, duet and quartet numbers and the proceeds will be given to charity funds. The event promises to be quite a number on the spring social calendar and out of town folks prom ise a large attendance. Tax On Medicine Notice was recieved this week by all dealers in toilet articles, patent medicines etc of the new revenue schedule requiring proprietary stamps to be placed on such articles and collected from the consumer. The amount of the tax as announced by collector Milton A. Miller is one cent for each 25 cents or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the consumer. CLUB WORKER HERE State Industrial Boy' and Girl's Club Worker Reaches County For Work W. C. Hoppes Boy's and Girl's In dustrial Club worker reached Vale Monday to begin two weeks work in the various school district of the county where club work Is carried on. Early this week Mr. Hoppes visited Brogan, Jamieson, Nyssa, Ontario, Vale, Kingmon Kolony and Big Bend sections and will go into Dead Ox Flat nd other parts of the county next week. The boys and girls gener ally are very much interested in the work and anxious to get into th var ious project contest th coming year. Mr. Hoppes comes from the Stat Sup erintendents office but is cooperating with Oregon Agricultural College it) th work. APRIL TERM BUSY IN CIRCUIT COURT Grand Jury Reports Four True Bills Trial Cases Begin Monday Argument Heard The grand jury for the April term of. the Circuit Court for Malheur county reported four true bills to Judge Biggs the first of the week and were excused. C. C. Hunt ot Nyssa, foreman, A. R. Van Buren of Ironside, J. M. Duncan of Nyssa, E. M. Moore of Ontario, G. R. Dickson of Ironside, A. C. Palmer of Nyssa and J. T. Mc Nulty of Ontario composed the jury. Arguments were head in a number of cases this week and nine trial cases have been set for the coming week. State of Oregon vs Wm. Lambert and State of Oregon vs George Fenton were set for May 5. Several criminal eases were dismissed. NEW DOCTOR LOCATES Silverton Physician Just Returned ' From France Takes Up Loca ' tion at Vale. Dr. II. V. Steelhammer formerly practicing at Silverton, Oregon and just recently returned from fourteen months service in the Overseas Med ical department arrived in Vale this week to locate. Dr. Steelhammer is a graduate of Willamette University medical school and has had poBt grad uate hospital and surgical work. He will be located in the I. O. O. F. build ing and is this week fitting up his rooms there. The doctor comes to Vale after looking over a large sec tion of the country of Eastern Idaho and Oregon and has picked out Vale from the other cities as the livest and most progressive place- with the best advantages for future growth and development. Revivals Postponed On account of the illness of Miss Elaine Clower the revival services at the Methodist church have been post poned. OUTLINES R.C. ACTION DURING COMING YEAR Northwest Divisional Head Reports Red Cross Work for Past Year , At Conference The American Red Cross will have a great peace-time program and Chap ter and Division organizations must be kept intact, not only to finish the war work -but to deal with the pro blems of relief, of public health and of child and family welfare that will remain after peace is concuded. Red Cross members will accept with en thusiasm the opportunity to deal with these problems locally, nationally and throughout the whole world under the banner of the Red Cross. This was the conclusion reached by more than 300 delegates, representing practically all Red Cross Chapters of the North wesern Division, who met in Second Conference at the Seattle Division Headquarters, April 10, 11 and.12. The purpose of the Conference this year was to outline and discuss the immediate future of Red Cross work; and to consider the greater future of the Red Cross, with special reference to the polices already announced of extension of Home Service, introduc tion of public health nursing and con tinuation of Junior Membership. Dr. Guy E. Enavely, Assistant to the Gen eral Manager, Dr. J. F. Steiner, Direc tor of the Bureau of Training for Home Service, and A. J. Strawson, of the Department of Military Relief, were in attendance from National Headquarters at Washington, D. C, and addressed the Conference. C. D. Stimson, Manager of the Northwestern Conference to order at ten o'clock and Division of the Red Cross, called the made the opening address. - "The War Work of the Red Cross is far from finished," said Mr. Stimson. "There are still a million men under arms. As long as there are sick and wounded men in our military hos pitals; as long as ther are discharged soldiers not yet restored to health or returned to industry; as long1 as any soldier or sailor or his family needs th service w can render the Home Service, the Can&en Service and the Military Relief work of the Red Cross must go on. As long as refugees are shivering and starving in the devast ated and liberated sections of Europe, without adequate provision for their necessities, our foreign relief work must continue." Mr. Stimson expressed th opinion that there would lie no more large pro- (Continued on PH Eight.) WELCOME BOYS HOME JULY 4TH Malheur County Soldiers Invited To Reunion and Celebration at County Seat Postponing announceing the date as long as possible in order to enable most of the boys to return from the service the Vale Chomber of Com merce has definitely announced the date of what is sure to be the great est event in the history of the county. Every returned soldier, their families and friends, and every patriotic cit izen in Malheur county and neighbor ly districts are invited to be in Vale on July Fourth next, when the-people of that town plan on providing the big gest, enthuiastic program ever at tempted in South Eastern Oregon. The principle object of the day will be the welcoming home of the hun dreds of Malheur county soldiers, and some welcome it will be too. The secondary object will be to have a pat riotic celebration that will completely throw off all restraint imposed by the war. And everyone is asked to help make the day a true reunion of friend ships and pleasure thruout. Exact details of the program can-, not be announced as yet but every thing will be free including dinner, speeches music, dances, games, par ades, programs, fire works and a lot of special features. Preparation are underway to enter tain thousands of people. Make your plans now to attend. Write to your wandering friends to return home. Remember '"there will be nothing lro good ferhajieroea of Malheur County in Vale on this Fourth of July. BOISE SHOW DRAWS CROWDS Scores of People From Surrounding Country Attend Liberty Loan Aviation Show Scores of People From Vale and all other surrounding cities and country attended the aviation maneuvors at Boise last Saturday afternoon. Sev eral loads of Vale people motored over to spend the week end and see the planes in action. Incidently many welcomed home Robert A. Harland who was one of the mechanics with the flying circus and has just returned from England and France where he has been in the service the past eigh teen months. He was one of the first Vale boys to enlist and was granted last Saturday off to spend the day with his parents and family who went over from their ranch near Parma to see the exhibition. Officials Inspect Road A special train carrying a number of U. S. R. R. Administration and O. S. L. Officials made an inspection tour of all the lines in Malheur county the first of the week. E. E. Calvin, fed eral manager of the Union Pacific sys tem and H. V. Piatt, vice president of the Oregon Short Line were among personals of the train. MALHEUR OFFICIALS GET IDAHO CONVICTS Sheriff Lee Noe and Nyssa Marshall Capture Idaho Men in Sheep Camp Near Nyssa Sheriff Lee Noe and Marshall V. R. Chipman of Nyssa took into custody on Sunday afternoon Earl Haines and Albert L. Brink who escaped from the Idaho State Penitentary at Boise on April 11. Haines is thirty seven years of age and was sent up from Payette for assult while Brink who is 19 years of age was sent from Twin Falls for forgery. The men after escaping from the Idaho institution made their way into Oregon and secured work at the sheep camps about three miles from Nyssa. Marshall Chipman learned of there whereabouts and sent word to th sheriff and together they made th capture. A reward of fifty dollars for each man was offered and sheriff Noe states that the money belongs to MarsbaU Chipman. Officers Cuddy and Howery of the Idaho institution were in Vale Monday to take the men back. Remove Package Restriction Postmaster John Houston this week received a notice to th effect that packages can now be seat to the boy in the A. E. F. up to seven pounds without the formal request that has been nscetsary.