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Land Office, Vale District; Mal heur County Official Notices; Real Estate Transfers; County Sest News; Correspondent Letters "The Home Newspaper, Read in Every Nook of Malheur County. a k. m .1 VOL. X. NO. 25. ROYAL WELCOME ARRANGED FOR Chairman eec(s. Head? of. Commit tees celebration to be Biggest Ever Planned in County A special Meeting will he held Mon day evening ih Vale Chamber 6f. Coin hierca hv the Fourth hf Jnlv cotnhra. tion ebrrjmittee at which time definite plans will Be decided upon for, the big celebration. C..M; Roblhitte fisiS call ed to . his assistance the -following who will . act as chairman of the com mittees indicated; H. H. Wagoner, grotihda and decoration, Saxon Humphrey soldiers , baBdUet and feed ing arrangements, A. O. Meahsj sports games ana amusements; Leo Schmidt, street parade; T. T. Nelsen, fire works; George Huntington Currey, publicly ami program; Ci M; Robin ette; financed; . Every community in Malheur cptihty is invited to cooperate and to help en joy and participate in ah "honest to bbldierei sailers arid marines of Mal heur county. Every service Riah Is invited and expected to attend in iifii form. . The committee plans thai everything from eats to dancing will be.fr.ee and open to all uniformed men. . It ii suggested any esromunity wish ing to show their special appreciation and to help make the day one that their particular heros will remember, should plan an entry for the big street parade illustrating in some manner the loyalty of their boys and the ap preciation of their service. CONCERTENJOYED Local Singers Present Varied Program For Benefit of War Orphans A good attendance enjoyed the con cert for the war relief given by local musicians at the Rex Theater Monday evening and the program as given : again demonstrated that Vale DeoDle 18 pot have to leave, their .awn town id listen to the best in rouaieal htr-' tainmont. 1 he parts taken by those who gave 4.1 I 1.1 1 i1 A . . . 1 1 of their time and talent to make the concert a success, were artistically and finely rendered and each participant (rave a gracious eneore number. Solos ftH given by Mr'sA: W: Regd, Mrs: H. E. Young, Mrs. George Currey and R. H. Sidoway, a piano duet by Misses Vina and Helen Mueller. Mrs. L. J Hadley gave humorous musical read ings and Miss Evelyne Brown of On tario gave two dance numbers. Mrs. A. M. Moody accompanied thruout the Drocram in her usual brilliant stvle bfe the plftht): As. a closing number the audience and singers joined in tne National Anthem while Hershel Brown in Scout's uniform brought "Old Uiory' to the platform. In connection with the concert it was gratifying to the singers to note that a large attendance was present, and thflt the people of Vale appreciat ed their efforts W bre'sellt tHS better class of music in concert recital. Mueller In Portland C. C. Mueller is in Portland this week attending to matters pertaining to his duties as treasurer of the Warmspringa Irrigation Distlct and Will also visit the Ellisbfl and White Chautauqua Bureau in order to bring home first hand information concern ing the program that will be given in Vale the last of the coming month. BUSY LUNCHEON HOUR HOLDS ATTENTION Farm Loan Appraiser Coming Civic Problems Discussed by Lunchers Chairman A. H.Chester presided at the Tuesday luncheon this week. The usual good attendance was present and Renresentative P. J. Gallagher was Called upon to start off the program. He told of the development thruout Eastern Oregon that will be greatly encouraged by the adoption of the Ir . rigation Interest Guarantee measure. Several million acres of arid lands will be much more readily financed and the bill also will assist the drainage of millions of acres in swampy sec tions of the state. Mr. Gallagher spoke in favor of the Roosevelt High way as of equal ' importance to the people of the Coast counties. Attorney H. C. Eastham read a let ter from the Farm Loan bank at Spo kane saying that the Malheur Farm Loan Association would soon be visit ed by an appraiser and the organiza tion perfected so that the Government money may be secured by the ranchers of the county. Dr. F. J. Brown reviewed several matters of Civic importance and re commended that the businessmen re quest the Council to prevent the run ning at large of stock, which has be come a common nuisance in the resi 'dence portion of town. George Huntington Currey spoke of the special city election to the held on June fourth, the same time as the ataU and county elections and told the only possible way the Council could provide for improving the atreets and making other needed improvements was for the people to vote the pro posed special tax and provide suffici ent revenue to operate the city oa a business basis. Ike Robinette assured everyone that there was going to be a real fourth of July celebration. Bruce R. Keeter was appointed Chairman fa tes lunrheon the coming week. SOLDIER CELEBRATION MONDAY OnUrio Women Will Hoflof 8ervlce Men May 19th With Big Celebration At a public reception id he held in Ontario Monday afternoon fitting tri bute will be. paid Men who donned the khaki . at tHeir country's call. The Ontario1 ladies, backed by the civic bodies and businessmen. will star tht celebration in honor especially of their own .local boys but extend a welcome arid Invitation to every service man of Malheur county. to enjr their hospi tality on this day. A parade will start the evenings program, and will be followed bv a picnic uinner in.ine parn. r amines are urged to bring lunches and join the crowd and the service iSeft Will be special guests at the biff table 1 1 - 1 ) I : 1 .1 , T . 1 spread by the ladies. The ladies of Ontario wish it thoro ly. understood that their Reception Welcome is hot to" Interfere with the county-wide gathering to be held in Vale on July fourth and that they thoroughly endorse this idea and will especially Urge every soldier, sailor or marine in Ohtarid Monday to be present for the big reuhidrt oil the fourth. SECRETARY FAVORS OREGON'S PROJECTS Secretary La he Replies, to Senator Mc- INary Regarding Reclamation Fund Distribution In reply to a letter from Senator Chas L. McNary regarding the distri bution w re. letter was pill oi may aru, secretary or tne interior Franklin K. Lane replies to Senator , MciNary witn the following letter a copy of which was forwarded to George Huntington (Jurrey, Editor of the Enterprise by the Senator;- My'.Daf .SeRatoT; .1 have yptir let- r of Anril 111; IHIH, f-eirnrriinir tHe distribution of the reclamation fund and can only say that I am heartily in favor of the development and con struction of all feasible irrigation pro- leetn in the State nf Oretrnn mnri will be glad t . Undertake the construc tion of projects w'n'en' authority ttnd funds are provided by Congress. YSu - .li .L. are of course familiar with the act nf rTnnirrpRn nf June 2fi. 1910 fan Stat. 835), repealing section 9 of the reclamation act. and with the act of August 19i 1814 (88 Stat. 686). pro- j -!!? it jf j-p"jIi!... a, ' viaingxnat.expenaii.ures irum me ro- i clamation fund may brilv be fiiad6 u authorized annually by Congress. I HERDER SUICIDES " Sheepherdcr Commits Suicide Ne?r ' Crowle" Renorted hy Deputy SHertlT Hentfiet. Deputy sheriff Benidict of RiversidV reported to the Sheriff's office a: Vale the death of a middle aged man by the name of Pery who had anpar ntly shot and killed himself. From the best information obtainable the m .had ne relatives in this county .1 -nd had been ettln overt nut a ehoK time by the Malheur Lafid dftd Live stock company as shee'pherder near browiey. Land Salea Active Colonization Company's office at Vale renorts a nnmhnr of land salos under the Wai-frlspl'ihg.S project the past week ana rriariy inquiries and investi gations are being made. Mr. Klcder is new in the office but not to the work or the people of this section. For several years he was employed bv the former Land Grant company and has gone over nearly every foot of the Company's holdings in Malheur coun ty. He came from the John Day Val ley to take Up the work of helping colonize the dry lands under the Wartrisprings project Mr. B. F. Johnson,, returned this week from a visit to Harney county and expects to leave again soon for Prineville and other Central Oregon points. 5. DAK. SENATOR GUNS FOR BOLSHEVIKS Senator Thomas Sterling of South Dakota Is gunning for bol sheviks He will father a bill In the east congress asking that un loyal aliens be deported wlthoui trial If cauftit participating Ir revolutionary .ou. to prohlb the red flag, and censorship v literature whcl preaches dlitloy lt "l',,ll:V'"''J5lj!litj if'- I VALE, OREGON, NEARING WORK ON DAJTS ARCH Ditch Camp Working Full Crew Camp At Dam Nearly Ready To Begin Steady Construction Engineer-Manager John H. Lewis reports that for the past several weeks full crews have beefl busy making ra pid progress' completing the Geller-man-Froman ditch West of Vale afid Plans are how under wav to move the camp in about a week just North of town to beein work On the new ditch coverinsr Willow Creek Dumrjlfio- unit: The new road built in place of the county road for a couple of miles past me rrea acort rancn up tne valley has been completed and. -opened for travel, the old road location hems' oc cupied by the Gellerman-Froman ex tension. At. the. Riverside camp sufficient concrete has beer) poured to test out all machinery and arrangements and it is hoped to becrin work on the biff arch in emest by the first of the month. TeStS made thru the sand rolls have disclosed the necessity of making the sand of trravel in the foot of the canyon, which material is making- a splendid concrete mixture. It is plan ned to build the dam entirely across tne canyon 1! horizontal layers in stead or erecting tne two abutments first. The river will be flUmed thru J the center of the dam during construe-1 tion and will be ample to carerfor am- anticipated high water during the summer. OBEY TRAFFIC LAWS j . kt4H Wfr Ordinance. Must Be Obeyed. Marshall Instructed Te Knfercei City Marshall George Hortori har been instructed by the city council to enforce the impounding ordinance and to take up all stock found running at large within, the .city limits. This week aDOiit forty head 6f cattle and horses have been taken up and put in the city pp'tnd, most of Which have been token out by the owners. For some time considerable nusiance has been occasioned by loose stock. Veiy nle whO have lawns, eardens. Ate. have made numerous eomplaints.- The ordinance requires that a fine Of $1.00 per neaa De cnargea on ail animals taken up in addition to a feed charge i J ! The city traffic ordinances must pkd be observed and It will pay driv- ers to . bear in mind the reflations regarding parklnff on the rfcht side of the street, never In the Intersee- j tions, also not to cut corners' when truning to the left, to keen to the right side of the street, and to ob serve the speed limit of twelve miles pet hour1, In this connection also comes the prohibition of riding bicycles on the ?ide walks. -Ail of these matters are in the interests and protection of the general public and everyone vill be expected to observe the ordinances. City Recorder C. .M. Robinette give ssnrnnce' that there will be little leniency shown in the city court. VALE BOY HOME Homer Roberts Returns After Winter Spent in National Capitol During War Period Homer Roberts, who has been in Washington D. C. the past winter, at tending school and working in the Pos tal Department, returned home Mon day to spend the vacation with his mother and brothers. He visited with relatives in Cannel City, Kentucky on his return trip. Mr. Roberts reports an improve rrovement in business conditions on the eastern coast, with the addition of soldier labor, . of which t'lere is an over supply. He states that the mid dle west and western states are still in need of much unskilled labor. Mr. Roberts was for a number of years a member of the Enterprise force and will resume his connections with this paper. MANY ATTEND PICNIC Bad Weather Forces Picnicera Indoors But Puts No Damper On Fun Tho the bad weather of Sunday af ternoon interferred with the Socialist picnic being held in Chesters grove as was planned the picnicers betook themselves to the Old Chamber of Commerce rooms and there spread the big picnic feast and had their planned program and games last Sun day. A number of out of town mem bers of the Vale local and friends were present during the day and all report the event one of the biggest of the : year in a social and practical way. DEAN STRAUB SPEAKS Dean or State University Visits Vale and Ontario Schools This W eek End. Dr. John Straub, dean of the Uni versity of Oregon was in Vale Friday morning to speak to the students of the high school and seventh and eight grades. Dr. Straub gave a very inter esting talk to the students Impressing upon them the need of higher educa tion and its constantly increasing val ue to the younger men and women of i America. Spending a few hours in I the city to visit old friends and unl- versity students Dr. Straub left on the aiiraon train for OnUrio where he ' tpuke Friday evening to the graduates. SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1919. WANT QUAKE DATA What t)o You Know About Earth quakes in Oregon U. of O. Wants Information. Warren D. Smith, head of the1 de partment of Gelogy of the Univer sity of Oregon, is ritflking a search of the state to collect all available data regarding earthquake phenomena. He urgently requests that any one know ing anything of any quakes in Oregon or of breaking out of new SDrine. drying up of streams, shifting of chan nel, fractures in the earth, unusual j rumblings, ete.7 kindly send in the best report they can either direct to him at Eugene, Oregon or to the Malheur Enterprise, Vale Oregon,- who Will for ward It to him. A part of his letter follows: "I am making soffie research along the line of earthquake phenomena- in the State of Oregon. I find that no one has ever kept any accurate re cords of these things in the state, and it is highly important for correlation with work going on In Washington and California that we make a study of these things in our own state even though they have not been of any serious consequence With us. "I would be glad if you Would make some mention of this in your' paper so that old residents of southeastern Orecnfl Will send in such information as they might have from personal re- collection. 1 shall appreciate verv much any trouble that you take in this matter, and I assure you that the i matter is of e-reater importance than i . . . . i ... it would at lirst seem to be to the layman." Jim Rogers Improving After a sige of several weeks sick ness following art Operation by Dr. C. J. Bartlett in the Ontario Hospital for hernia J. D. Rogers is expected to be up and around in a few days and hopes to return to his buseiness in Vale within about a week. H. B. Pic kle who has been managing "Jims Place" during' the absence of the pro prietor visited him this week and re Dorts that Jim is olannirie' on stir ring up things in general as soon as the Doctors will let him have his way. . i ! ki GRADUATING CLASS READY FOR DIPLOMAS Reverend Helman Former Local Pas- tnr Will AdHrou flruAitatintr tor Will Address Graduating Class of 1919. Commencement exercises of the class of 1919 Vale High School will be held at the High School Auditorium Friday evening May 23 at eiht thirty o'clock. Reverend C. E. Helman of Baker formerly pastor of the local Methodist church will be present to give the address to the graduating class and Superintendent D. W. Ham mock will present the diplomas to the ten members of the graduating: class, who are Lilian Davis, Helen Mueller, Myrtle Wann, Mazie Hope, Myrtle Griffith, Lola Jensen, Walter Taylor, Robert Kidgley, William Purvis and Alma Propst. The following program has been prepared for the evening; Selection Vale Orchestra Invocation . Reverend Clower Piano Solo Helen Mueller Selection Vale Orchestra Address Reverend Helman Selection Vale Orchestra Presentation of Diplomas Supt. D. W. Hammock Baccalaureate Service Sunday evening May 18 the bacca laureate service will be held at the Methodist church with Reverend Clo wer giving the baccalaureate sermon I to the graduating class The Junior class will have charge of the church block of falling wood at Warmsnrings arrangements and flowers and special camp at Riverside. Doctor Hedges music will be given. was called to make out the death cer- ; tificate. The only known relative of From Jordan Vallev the man is a brother living in Hungar I. O. H.Z c.Im. rl Jordan ia. who if able to be located will re Valley the latter part of last week ceive $800 insurance. and has joined the employees of the Enterprise office. Mr. Hansen is a printer of many years experience and has been in Malheur county sometime. PickinqtheEresident than election are look lh. Democrat.. .. raurj Uie Colonel Kootev.lt .nd M.Jor lh ltir a candidate who mlahl RapabltaJ flilJ 'r fer aeedad to win. lb. UM11 ! ill - .7 ITV-Tii; "-'" fnVover the II... of mx. .vall.bl.on such a CIRCUIT COURT ENDS BUSY TERM April Term Court Adjourns New Grand Jury Selected Judge lo brant County. With the verdict of not euiltv in the trial of Hugh Maxwell and Martha Schutter of Riverside charged with Manslaughter in connection with sell ing wood alcohol which resulted in the death of four men. the Aoril term of the Circuit court for Malheur coun ty adjourned Tuesday after disosing of the largest number of cases for several terms. Last Saturday in the trial of Ralph Webster and Silas Shelton charged with larceny of cattle the jury con victed Webster and released Shelton. The new Grand Jury drawn at the close or the court for the September term is as follows; A. L. Cochran at Ontario foreman, A. C. Lockett of Jamieson clerk, Rex Marquis Ontario, J. C .Spaulding Westfall, A. W. Glenn Vale, Alfred Vague, Vale, Orin Bull of Ontario, jurymen; and Charles Lea vitt of Vale, John Norwood of Jam ieson, A. A. Derrick of Jamieson and Fred W. Stacey of Vale alternate jurymen. Judge Dalton Biggs left the last of the week to open court at Canyon City for Grant county. He will re turn the early part of June to take up the equity docket here. RETURNS FROM ITALY Malheur County Pioneer Arrives Home After Absence of Six Years For six years Siemor Bartoni of No- vara Comtgniaga, Italy, has been try ing to persuade the Italian and French governments to let him return to his home in Malheur county. Last month, when he was just beginning to give his task ud as hoDeless. he was criven his passports and arrived in Vale Tues day, having made the trip from Italy in sixteen days. He spent a number of days in Paris when the Peace Con ference was at its height. " ,: Left Six Years Ago On May 12, 1913, Bartoni, thought he would like to return to Italy to see his old mother, and start his son in college. War broke out, he was- not illowed to return home, and his son not only finished college but served eleven months in the Italian army. "Of course I am glad to get back," he said. " I spent half my life in America, and Malheur county is the best place in the world. I came to Westfall in 1888, when Ontario was but a bunch of shaks, and the only building in Vale was the old stone house. I was the first settler in West fall, and brought most of the settlers there, so can you blame me for want ing to come back ? " Was in Germany in 1870 Bartoni was in Germany in 1870, when Alsace-Lorraine was taken from France, and he was in France in 1919 when it was officially given back again. He believes the riume will eventually he an open port, but con troled by Italy. "The war has not af fected America as it has Italy," said the Signor, telling of devastated France and portions of Italy. "Italy lost 900,000 men, and four years of war has seriously handicapped her. I spent the most of my six years over there wishing I was back home in America, and now I am here, I never want to return." Luigi Bartoni is welcome home. Killed By Flying Block TjiHt week a Hungarian bv the name nf Cnrlik Martik was killed by a Myrtle Point Roseburg highway soon to undergo extensive improve ments. v. --- O.n.r.l Ifon.rd " Wood. M be .ec.pt.ble lo both w n. of the ' t' ro'"Urr U,U GAME WARDEN VISITS District Game Warden Hazeltine Checks Up On Kleren Anglers Along River District Game Warden I. D. Hazel tine visited the county this week and incidently made eleven arrests among . I C 1 e i . .. . m oaimun nsnermen along tne Mal heur river. Thev were all hrnncht he. fore Justice of Peace, R. D. Lytle. R. E. and R. D. Jones of Idaho were each fined $26.00 for fishing without a license. W. D. Williams was fined a like amount on the same charge. J. P. Schall was fined $75.00 dollars for using an unlawful device for catching salmon. J. O. Barnard and J. F. Ras mussen were eached fined $50.00 for using seines. L. D. Gordon plead not guilty to using fish traps unlawfully and the case has been set for Satur day, R. W. Powers and O. W. Parker who claim Nvssa as their residence have been charged with fishing with out a license but have not been served, with the complaint as yet. PEACE PACT WORKERS AWAIT GERMAN REPLY Italian Question Still in Balance Big Seaplanes Attempt "Hop off" and Return. The Rumanian delegation mav oos- sibly withdraw from the peace con ference, according to advices from Paris which sav that the -trouble arose from the decision of the council of ten to Divide Bonat between Serbia and Rumania. The Italian Premier Orlando wan received by premier Clemenceau at the French war ministry Thursday. M. Trumbitch, head of the Jugo slav mission in Paris had a conference Thursday with Col. E. M. House of the American peace mission, and Thomas Nelson Page, American ambassador to Italy. It is understood that the con ferees discussed the formula, of a pro posed compromise regarding Fiume. rropaganaa Charged Conviction seems to be growing In allied circles that most of the German -protests against the peace treaty so far received were written before the reading of the treaty and are design ed as propaganda. The conference how ever is referring all protests to com mittees which will consider them on their merits. , U. S. Casualties 286,044 Revised figures made public Thurs day by the war department showed that the total casualties of the Am erican expeditionary forces during the war was 286,044. Battle deaths num bered 48,909 and the total of wounded was placed nt 237,135 with the explan ation that this represented a duplica tion of about 7000 by reason of the fact that many men were wounded more than once. Seaplanes Still Wait After an apparent effort to "hop off" on their trans-Atlantic flight Thursday, the NC-1 and NC-3 sea planes are still at Trepassey N. F. awaiting a favorable opportunity to get under way. It was confidently expected that the planes, possibly accompanied by the NC-4 which dropped out of the initial leg of the journey for repairs and which arrived at Trepassey bay dur ing the day, would get under way just before sundown Friday and reach the Azores sometime Saturday after noon. Big Dirigible Escapes The big dirigable C-5 broke from its mooring in the navy yard at St Johns N. F. on Thursday, The runaway dropped into the sea 85 miles off shore and an unidentified British ship sent a wireless it was standing by the wrecked machine. The giant escaped during a high wind and started its flight without its crew. The wreck ing of the dirigable somewhat "crim ped" the plans of the navy for a trans Atlantic trip. DEATH OF MRS. WOOD Aged Lady Dies Few Weeks Follow ing Accident When Hip is Broken. Mrs. Ruth A. Wood mother of Mrs. M. N. Fegtly who has made her home with the Fegtly's in Vale for some time died Sunday morning May 11 about seven o'clock after a few weeks illness following an accident in which she broke her hip. The funeral was held from the Methodist church Mon day morning at ten o'clock with Rev erend Clower preaching the service, and members of the choir singing fav orite songs of the deceased. Mrs. Wood was born at Brockvllle, Province of Ontario Canada, July 1, 1831 and was 87 years eight months and ten days old at the time of her death. In 1853 she was united in marriage to Rufus Wood at Ash ton Il linois. Two sons and six daughters survive her and mourn the loss of a devoted and loving mother. At the age of 22 Mrs. Wood united with the Methodist Episcopal church and was a true member and worker in the church up to the time of her death. A few weeks atro while hunting a lost thimble Mrs. Wood in stooping snap ped the bones in her right hip and tiio the injury seemed to be mending she gradually faded away. A large circle of friends in Vale who -have come to affection. ly know her as "Grandma Woods" mourn the loss of her cheery companionship. Returns From France Floyd Harris one of the five sons of W. H. Harris who has been con-Nidi-ruble suivii-e with the navy avis, tion returned this week from Charl.s town W. V, SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 PER YEAR COUNTY'S QUOTA IS UNCERTAIN Question Whether County Has Raised Quota Vale and Ontario Just Reach Mark. County Chairman J. R. Blackaby re ports that complete -tabulations from all parts of the county are not yet available and that it is still uncertain whether the county has eone over the top in the Victory Liberty Loan or not. The fancy German helmets prepared for the triumphal entry of the Prus sian Guards into the city of Paris, but actually escorted thru that place by returning American heros. were a- warded to Tom Turnbull of Crowley and A. E. Nichols of Ironside as the two heaviest individual subscribers to the loan. The latest reports from several districts in the county show them more or less under the reauired quota. But other districts among them Brogan, Westfall, Dead Ox Flat, Crowley, Ironside and others are list ed 100 or more. The Oregon Life Insurance Com pany awarded $1000 of its $50,000 state subscription to Malheur county and is the only insurance company of the many doing business in this sec tion that has ever contributed one cent to our credit. Morris Brothers well known bonding firm of Portland also contributed a iarge proportion of its subscrintion to Malheur county, taking a block of $50,000. The state and nation has far exceed ed the best expectations and altho the drive is over the final returns absol utely must show Malheur county over the top. BARTLETT TO BAKER Well Known Vale Surgeon Recently Returned From Service Will Be Member of Baker Clinic. Dr. Carl J. Bartlett who returned a few months ago from the front lino service in France and who has spent the .past three months resting and re cuperating from the effects of wounds and gas received while carrying medi cal aid to the men in shell holes at Chateau-Thierry and St. Mihiel left Friday for Baker where he will associ ate -himself with a new clinic being formed there and where he will follow his profession of Burgery. Dr. Bartlett is a Malheur county boy and has friends from one end of the county to the other who tho regreting to see him leave are looking forward to a bright future for him in the larger fields. BUY RICH MINE Cracker jack Group of Claims In Seven Devils District Purchased By Local Men Julien A. Hurley and O. A. Mathews associated with E. R. Brace of Nampa have purchased a group of mining claims in the Seven Devils country known as the Crackerjack Group. Two tunnels have proven the merits of the mine which assays high in silver, cop per and gold. The Idaho state in spector of mines pronounces the dis trict to be one of the best in the Northwest. The mine is located a cross the Snake river from the famous Irondyke mine and is located but three miles from the Homestead railroad. Messrs Hurley and Mathews plan on leaving soon for the mine to have their ) roperty completely assayed and to work out plans for immediate develop ment. Wind Breaks Window The heavy wind and sand-storm at Ontario Wednesday afternoon broke tne glass out or the front or the Oregon Western Colonization office. The sidewalk and street was covered with broken glass but no one was in jured. ROAD IMPROVEMENTS ON BOULEVARD SOON Roard From Ontario to Vale Receive Connecting Links to Make Com plete Gravel Roadbed. The past several weeks the big county engines and road machinery have put in several "shifts" on the road between Vule and Ontario and as a result the short links of dirt road between the graveled stretches which have long been the bugaboo of drivers are fast receiving their coat ing of gravel and becoming a purt of the main traveled roadbed. The stretch lying alongMullett station has been completed and. the gravel mixer this week has been spreading a sur faceing on the roau fronting the Stanfiuld sheep camps which is the last patch left of the connecting links. It is the plun of the County Court according to Judge K. II. Test to be gin graveling the Boulevard very soon. The work will begin at Nyssa and ex tend toward Cariq. The connecting links on the Vale Ontario road will have all been graveled during the coming week. The court has made application for one of the big Government trucks that are being offered the various staUs and counties for road construction. This is a much needed addition to tho county road equipment and will save the general road fund several thous and dollars if it can be secured. Klli. King Home Ellis King who has been in France fur some toue ulujnjn! tn his fuiiuur bome at Vale this week after an sb- sence of Har!y four j-ers.