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About Malheur enterprise. (Vale, Or.) 1909-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 16, 1919)
Full News Service For All County Communities Largest Circulation In Vt Section Of Malhenr County Beat Medium For All County and OuUtde Advertisers. ADVERTISE IN THE ENTERPRISE The Only Paper That Circulates Throughout the Whole of Malheur County. . It Han More Readers Be-raug- it Prints More Reading Matter. People Pay for The Enterprise Be ri'iie They Want to Read the Best Reviews of Northwestern and World News; the Most Thorough Reports oi Southeastern Oregon Irrigation, Stock. Farming. Oil, Mineral and Community Progress , the Latest Market Quotations: all Iuni YOUR CO-OPERATION Suggestions and Support are Solic ited to Help Make The "Enterprise" a True Representative of Vale, and Malheur County. Send a Subscrip tion to Friends Whom You Wish to Welcome to Tnis Onm-iy. The Enterprise Is Absolutely fnd'.'p; ndent. Trata Everyone Wilh. , tiie Sam 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 Deve'" Your Community. Let all the Malheur Towns and Settle ments Work Together for a More Prosperous and Better County. l S. Land Office, Vale In ot n , .. hour Countv Official Nm.c J. ?' Jb.rary eljanS Estate Transfers; County Scat News; Correspondent Letters. ; The Horn Newspaper, Read in Every Nook of Malheur County, VOL. X NO. 38. VALE, OREGON SATURDAY AUGUST 16, 1919. SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 PER YEAR OFFICERS FIND BOOZEFACTORY Revenue Officers and Sheriff Confis cate .Modern Still Near Vale. What Sheriff H. Lee Noe described ferred to the state hospital for the as being the best located still yet insane on April 17, 1919, and E. B. discovered, was located Tuesday on Southwick, who arrived at the peni the homestead belonging to Harvey j March 13, 1919, to serve a maximum Sackett south of town near Chalk . term of 20 years for larceny and as- Butte. And as a result 110 gallons of perfectly good syrup mash and a complete equipment for making the same into that fiery beverage pro-J hibited by the government, were des troyed. The owner, Harvey Sackett, was taken to Ontario that evening where he was bound over to the Fed eral Grand Jury after furnishing bail of $1,000.00 Outfit On Homestead - Suspicions had been pointing for some time to Sackett on account of a house that he had rented here in town p.nd while back which seemed to be in use and yet no one was ever seen about the premises. On forcing an entrance after he had moved to his homestead, Sheriff Noe found copper kettles and other paraphernalia for a regular still but was unable to get any direct evidence on his man. Find Modern Distillery Making a visit to his homestead Tuesday, accompanied by Deputies Rand and Charlton from Baker, inter nal revenue officers of Portland, they found merely where Sackett had haul ed some lumber and had made some excavations preparatory to building him a house. Just as they were get ting ready to leave one of the men happened to notice that the dirt was not surface dirt but had ome from some distance below. They explored about until Sheriff Noe entered and old outbuilding and tore up the floor when they found a tunnel leading downward. Following this up they soon entered ,.o room xf about 10 byj... ' , . ... . , .. . ,n x. u- v t j ii ueved that he will not submit, to ar- 10 by 12 which contained all the equipment for an up to date bever-i age factory. They destroyed two 50 gallon bar rels of syrup mash and one ten gal lon jar of syrup that was evidently going to be used for making beer, also all the other contents of the room except what they wanted as evi dence against the owner of the still. Held To Grand Jury Sackett w3 away at the time bu returned before they left. He be lieved that the still was so well con cealed that they would be unable tc find it and so -rode right into theii hands. He was taken Onfiaric Tuesday evening and arraigned before U. S. Commissioner C. M. Stearns after which he was bound over tc await Federal Grand Jury, furnish ing his own bail of $1,000.00 Turning hand-grenades into savings-banks is the next thing to mak ing plowshares out of swords. Phil adelphia Public Ledger. SEND WATER TO BUREAU FOR TEST Sample of Well Water Sent To State Board Of, Health Striking a heavy flow of pure water last week, the drillers on the city's new emergency well ceased operations. The flow of water secured is more than enough to keep the pump busy forcing water through the city hy drant into the pipe line, thus bring ing the pressure back to nearly nor mal. A sample of the water was sent Tuesday to the State Board of Health, who were notified to wire the city officials if the report on the water was favorable, bo that operations can start immediately to relieve a water situation that has been an annoyance to city water users for months. , DAUGHTER DIES Mr. and Mrs. Lee Steers Return From Attending Funeral of Daughter In Portland Mr. and Mrs. Lee Steers of West fall returned Monday from Portland where they were called by the death of their daughter Mrs. Lulu Steers Nelson who died August (!, age twenty-eight years. Mrs. Nelson had been ill for only a short time before her death and leaves behind her husband, one child, her father and mother, two Maters and one brother. Interment was made in one of the Portland cem eteries Saturday afternoon. The sym pathy of the entire community is ex tended to her sorrowing parents and relative. Brichoux Escapes Dave Brichoux Makes Sensational Es capeWas Murderer of L. Goodwin D. C. Brichoux, committed to the state penitentiary from Vale, Malheur county, on October 31, 1916 to serve a life term for murder and trans- suit with intent to kill, and trans ferred to the asylum on April 17 1919, escaped from a state automobilt truck Thursday while being taken to the penitentiary flax fields beyond Turner, where they had been employ ed during the past few weeks. Escape From Car Attendants in charge of the auto mobile in which the men were being taken to the flax fields declared that immediately after their escape and disappearance into the brush alon? the highway, they noticed another car apparently some distance away, ap paiently in waiting. A little later the fugitives were seen to run from their placo of hiding, jump into the ma chine and start in a northerly direc tion. Concealed Crime Dave Brichoux is well known in Baker and Malheur counties, and was sent to the penitentiary in 1916, after a sensational trial. He was condemn ed for IKe imprisonment for the mur der of Lum Goodwin, wealthy sheep dealer when the two were returning in a car from Andrews, Oregon. In an attempt to conceal the crime Bri choux weighted the body and threw it into Snake river. He then imper sonated the murdered man and forged checks on him for $160 and $500. Brichoux Desperate Dr. Griffith of the penitentiary stated that both men had shown a decided improvement since entering the hospital. Brichoux is considered . ,1 1 I, . . , . , a . nA it- io K rest without a fight. He is 52 years : age. Both men were soon to have been ransferred back to the penitentiary, laving been pronounced as -cured by he hospital attendants. Authorities ..crs have received no notification oJ he escape. WATER JORDAN VALLEY LAND 3:g Dam at Jordan Valley Wiil Fur nish Water For Thirsty Lands W. S. liruee, the first settler on the lower unit of the Jordan Valle,, irrigation project, has compiled un interesting report on the work of that project in Malheur county which he .lands the Enterprise, stating "I have "never noticed anything in the paper .bout Jordan Valley project, and be lieving it will be of interest to your readers, I take the liberty of report ing it." Mr. Bruce's stoty follows. The entire project covers over 45, 000 acres of choice land but of this it is the present intention to provide only a partial water right for 17,520 acres and a full water right for 27, 300. This is no new project as the first dam was built and washed out in 1906. In 1908 Joseph Dinwiddie and Ar.tone and August Azcuenaga made filings on the waters of the Jordan and tributary streams and in 1909 Geo. S. Parks and Fred J. Palmer made additional filings and some work was done, but the starter for the present work was in 1913 when all of the filings were assigned to the Jordan Valley Land and Water Co., and during 1914 they built the lower feeder canal, but owing to the Carey Act lands not having been se gregated work was suspended during 1915. During 1917 and 1918 the Ante lope Unit was constructed and during 1919 the diversion dam and canals for the Lower unit are being con structed so that water will" be avail able by May 1920. Four Units This project is divided Into four units, one of which, the Antelope, Is completed and some 600 acres of growing grain is the best, evidence in the world that It is a great suc cess. This unit covers 4,800 acres, but only shout 800 acres sre in culti vation at present. The new town of Ruby is located in the heart of this unit, and this will be the civic centre for some time. An elegant ston school building is to be erected here, but this will not be completed in time for the ceming school year and they have arranged to hold the school in one of the larger rooms of the stons (Continuod-un Page tight.) ONTARIO BUSINESS MEN TALK ON COUNTY FAIR Lunchers Told About Ontario Fair Ontario Boosters Dine In Vale. Discussion of the coming big event of Malheur County, the Malheur County Fair beginning September 9, occupied the greater part of. time at the weekly Tuesday busmetMftnen's luncheon. Chairman Robert D. Lytle in his opening "talk welcomed the Ontario business and professional men who had come up to attend tnt luncheon and introduced Rep. P. 3'. Gallagher as the first Ontario speak er. Expect Big Attendance . . We are' going to have the biggest Fair that Malheur County has ever seen this coming season if the time and money that is being put into the work will amount to anything," said Mr. Gallagher. "The program, com mittee is working overtime to pro vide a program that will entertain the large audience every minute of the four days. "The races this year promise to be the fastest ever scheduled and all the entries are new, such as Desert Gold and Juanita Frederics, horses within a minute of the world's racing re cords. There are at present about twenty head of horses training every day on the track for both harness and saddle races. The track is in a better condition than it has ever been and nothing is being spared in time - or money to make the event a success." President H. H. Tunny of the Fair Association also spoke, giving inter esting details of the new plans for exhibitors of livestock and telling- of changes and revisions of other depart ments of the Fair. These detaila are (Continued on Page Eiftht.) A DOUGHBOY'S TROUBLES Wife Arrives in U. S. A. After Four Months Spent On Way That the boys first in the service got the worst of the deal all the way thru is the conclusion that James R. Coder has reached. James and his father E. R. Coder, formerly of Crow ley and well known in this vicinity, were visiting in Vale this week and concerning the reason for his grouch, the Boi.ie Statesman of Wednesday's issue has the following to say: It may be easy for Yankee dough boys to get wives in France, but it is not always easy to get them over to the U. S. A. James Coder of Boise made this discovery. After spending 17 months in the service overseas, most of the time in Co..B, 10th engi neers, he was finally returned to his home land, reaching the Atlantic sea board February 1. He was mustered out at Camp Funsten, Kansas, and after a hurried visit to the home folks he went east to solve the problem of bringing over his wife whom he had married in France. It took just four months to accomplish this, and even then his wife and his wife's mother landed from different vessels. He feels aggrieved, too, in having been required to pay all transportation charges for his wife, while the boys bringing home wives now have these expenses paid by the government. He figures it out that the boys first in the service got the worst of the deal all the way through. But it is all over now and he is happy to have the'wife pnd her mother, Madame Peysse, nicely established in his Boise home, 818 Eastman street, where they will be glad to see friends. MANY ATTRACTIONS PROMISED FOR COUNTY FAIR Malheur County Fair Will Feature Airplanes, Educational Day and "Merchants Derby." Patrons of the Malheur County Fair will receive their money's worth this year, if the present plans of the board of directors are carried out. Will Do Air Stunts Already contracts have been made with amusement companies for the occasion, and Lieut. Bruce, recently discharged American Ace with a num ber of Hun machines to his credit, will delight and thrill the largo audiences- with all of the stunt flying known to the profession. Lieut. Bruce hus signed his contract and made a cash deposit to the effect that he will he on hand when the gates open on September 9th. The program department is work ing overtime in getting attractions that will instruct and entertain the visitors every minute of the time spent in the city during the Fair week. It would take too much space to enuiBurutw sll of the attraction INDEX OF FEATURES Read This Index For Classification Of News in This Number Of Enterprise Pages and 8 Lata local, county and world news Page 2 County Court Proceedings, Cham pion Dairy Cow, Oregon News Page 3 , The Magnificient Ambersons, (3rd ChapU), Train Schedule, Real Es tate Transfers and Land Office Filings. Page 4 County News Letters and Oregon News. : Page 6 Local and Personal News, Society Items, Hospital News, Church Pro grams, Classified Ads and Profes sional CarH- Page 6 Legal Advertisements Page 7 Five Years ago in Vale Read the Ads Each Week 1 i DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE County Development League to Meet In Nyssa August Nineteenth ,A meeting of the Board of Direc tors of the Malheur County Develop ment League has been called in Nys sa next Tuesday, August 19th at 8 p. m. The meeting will be held in the Nyssa Commercial Club Rooms, and everyone is urged to attend, as im portant business will be taken up at this meeting. Deer Season To Open The deer season throughout Oregon will open September 1st this year and will continue opened until Octo ber 31st, according to an announce ment made by Carl D. Shoemaker, State Game Warden, today. The on ly exception is in Union and Wallowa counties where the season will open on September 10th and close on Nov ember 10th. Heretofore, the season has opened on August 15th in Dis trict No. 1, which consists of all coun ties West of the summit of the Cas cade Mountains. The season this year is uniform in both districts except in the two counties heretofore mention ed. The bag limit is two deer with horns which is the same as last year. "CRUSHER JIM" WILL MEET BABE BROWN Boxing and Wrestling Match Monday "Crusher Jim" Will Meet Babe Brown "Crusher Jim" Wilson, Malheur county's first athletic sensation, has arranged to meet Babe Brown, Idaho's champion at 176 pounds. As Wilson also weight 176 pounds, and the two men have had practically the same experience, an interesting match is expected. As an added attraction, Promoter McCabe has booked six rounds of fast boxing between Jack Collins of Boise, and Kid Esterly of St. Louis. Both are professional boxers, and will give a clean exhibition of fast work. The matches will be held at the Rex theater after the show Monday night. ' The entire presentation will be under the direction of the city's wrestling and boxing commission. and features that will be offered, but we are promised the best program ever shown in the intermountain country. Feature Education Day Educational Day will be a strong feature and will be the first day Eep temlr 9. The first part of the after noon will bo devoted to the school children, who will parade before the grandstand in the order of their schools. Prizes will be offered for the best float, the largest number of pupils In attendance from any school and for the best stunt performed by school children. Definite details of the parade will be given next week. One feature of the schoolchildren' racing program will be a boys' and girls' pony race, the ponies used to be their own and the ones they fide to school on. Two prizes will be given for this event. Races Every Dsy. The races this year will featuie some of the swiftest horses ever scheduled. Thero are about twenty head of race stock training every duy at fhs rare truck and sll the EXCELLENT SPEAKERS AT COUNTY INSTITUTE Prominent Lecturers Will Meet Mal heur Teachers in Vale. When the Malheur county teachers meet in Vale for the Teachers' In stitute the first three days of Septem ber, they will find the best program of lectures and discussions ever offer ed in the county before. State Super intendent of schools, J. A. Churchill, will be present and address the teach ers and Dr. Henry H. Sheldon, Dean of the School of Education at the University of Oregon, and recognized as one of the best authorities in the west upon the subject of education will meet the teachers and tell them many things of interest about the practical side of instruction. Physical Director to Speak All meetings will be held in the high school building, which has just undergone a thorough cleaning. Phys ical instruction and its importance in school life will be discussed by Dr. A. D. Brown, physical director at Oregon Agricultural College, whfle Mrs. Mary Fulkerson, Institute lec turer and instructor, is scheduled for some very interesting lectures for the teachers. J. M. Tice, Palmer writing special ist, has been Becured for the three days, and T. Teuscher, Jr., of the Boys and Girls Aid Society of Port land, is also on the program as a speaker. Should Be Successful Fay Clark Hurley, county school superintendent, is working her best to make the institute this year one of the most successful ever held. Judging from the authorities whom she has secured, and who will meet the teachers, it should be a most pro fitable event for the teachers. A Chicago reformer proposes the abolition of all church choirs. The movement for world-peace continues to make rapid progress. The Opti mist (Pittsburg.)' Some of the interests that are call ing loudly upon Uncle Sam to put Mexico on its feet really want him to stand Mexico on its head. Chicago Daily News. KNIGHTS ARE HONORED K. P.'s Who Served in Army or Navy Will Receive Recognition Next Thursday night will be honor roll night for the local lodge Knights of Pythias, and certificates of honor will be formally presented to as many Knights as can be present, and who served in the army or navy during the term of war. The lodge has thirty-four members who were in the service. Their names follow: Thos. G. Jones, Lieut. John R. Wheeler, Major Frank L. Williams, Ralph M. Draper, Capt. Carl J. Bart lett, Clydo R. Ellis, H. D. Park, Ches ter R. Ames, Wm. E. Reed, Chas. S. Mayberry, Ce.pt. Robert M. Duncan,' Ivor Williams, Lieut. John M. Vines, James M. Breeden,, James A. Smith, Walter G. Mustard, 4- A. Mathews, . rr I n 1 fi si i 11 ' uenry i. rariter, ioiu iranuau, Jes sie Griffith, Geo. Smith, Edgar Wil son, Homer Mustard, Lieut. Henry Schenck, Robert Mannine, Capt. W. W. Looney, Andy Peterson, Geo. Van derhoof, Warren S. Parke, Arthur Palmer, Robt. D. Copeland, George Huntington Currey, Warren Dillon. I entries are new so far. An innovation at this year's fair will be the featuring of each town in the j county in the races in a "Merchants' Derby." Three days of the Fair will be given over to Ontario, Nyssa and Vale; each to put up a purse and have entries on the racing program on the day allotted to them. The winners of the three days' racing will enter in a final contest on the fourth day, the purse to be put up by On tario merchants. The premium lists have' been re vised and rearranged and are prepar ed to cover all entries. Exhibitors of livestock will be told by experienced judges just where their livestock is superior or inferior to the others. ! Means have also been arranged whereby the exhibitor will get some thing out of entering his exhibit be sides paying for transportation and expenses whether he wins or not. Those interested in the exhibits or in the track and field events 'should wifte the imrctury at OuUily for inf urination. Starts Framework Framework Starts On New Mill Grain Business Already Started The Vale Milling and Elevator Com pany's new mill began to assume business like proportions this week, as the framework on the new build ing is being erected. The framework gives some idea of the size the big mill will be when it is completed. Haul In Wheat In the meantime. Brain rancher I are making heavy demands from the i mm company's heavy supply of I sacks. Eight thousand more Backs were delivered this week, and F. E. iStruthers who hauled in a truckload , of wheat from his ranch this week, nas contracted for his entire crop this year. Looks For Big Business "It looks much like we are going to secure the entire wheat crop of this territory," said Manager Armington. "Contracts for 150,000 bushels would j not surprise me at all. In case we I ao get mat amount, it will keep the mm running day and night from its opening until next July." GYMNASIUM IMPROVED City Water, Shower Baths, and Dress ing Rooms are Installed f . Manager McCabe, of the Vale Ath letic Association, announced this week that the construction on the club's new gymnasium is rapidly approach ing completion. The city water has been connected, and the new shower bath installed. AH of the interior al terations have been finished, and lad ies' and gentlemen's dressing rooms built. New Equipment Coning The new equipment for the gym nasium is on the road, an-J is expect- ed the latter part of next week. When this equipment is installed, the for mal opening of the club will be held, after which physical training will be .gin in earnest, and special nights given to ladies, gentlerren, and boys. HOT ON TRAIL OF PROFITEERS Palmer After Profiteer Carnegie Dies Strikers Back To Work. Attorney-General Palmer started out Monday to ascertain how much of the high cost of living was due to excessive profits by retailers. In a telegram to all state food adminis trators who worked with Adminis trator Hoover during the war the attorney-general requested the appoint mentment of a fair price committee in each county to investigate what is being charged for retail necessities and if excess of what the committee considers just to publish a list of fair prices for the guidance of the public. Didn't Know of Treaty Secretary Lansing, before the sen ate the first of the week, cast some ilium Minting light upon Japanese di plomacy. Viscount Ishii, former Jap anese ambassador to tne United States, kept from Lansing the fact that Japanese secret treaties with the allies for the division of Chinese territory captured from Germany, Lansing told the committee. Carnegie Dies Andrew Carnegie, the world's great est philanthropist, died Monday morn ing in his summer homo in Massachu setts. The aged steel buron, whose benefactions totaled more that $300, 000,000, succumbed to bronchial pneu monia. His funeral services were held at Shadow Brook, Thursday. There was no eulogy and there were no pall bearers. Complete Oct. 31st ' Demobilization of the army '"so far as combatant troops were concerned" will be completed the last of October, Secretary Baker announced Tuesday. i Strikers To Work Steady improvement in the situa tion caused by the strike of railway shopmen was indicated in reports re ceived Tuesday by officials In all parts of the country. Strikers were said to be returning to work in near ly every section affected except Chi cago, Iiot-ton, and Atlanta. In Illi nois, Iowa and Wisconsin, it is said that more than 1,000 men returned to work Tuesday, although In Chicago there are still more than 2H,000 men out. Ford Gets 6 Cents A Jury Thursday night awarded Henry Ford six cents damages against the Chicago TiiUuuu tUr cull ing him an anarchist, i BIG ATTENDANCE FORJSCHOOLS Plans to Accommodate Record Enroll ment Competent Instructors Employed With accommodation for the largest enrollment on record, and plans for the most prosperous school year In the history of the city, the Vale schools will open on September 8th. Additional school furniture has been bought, another large class room added, and cement walks have been built along the east front and through the center of the school campus. . Physica 1 Culture Features Teachers have been employed specially fitted for the work they have to do. Play supervision, department work for the upper grades and super vised study for the High school pu pil will be inaugurated this year. Physical culture will be a part of the daily program in every room. Grade Instructors Miss Raymond, who has had charge of the primary work for a number of years, has been retained for the work this year. Mrs. Crail will again have charge of the second grade. Miss Stella VanRiper, a graduate of the Cheney Normal school, who specia lized in 3rd. grade work will teach that grade; Mrs. Jamieson, a well-known teacher of Malheur county, has been secured for the fourth grade; Miss Marie Whitford, daughter of Prof. Whitford of the Washington State Normal, and graduate of the Cheney Normal, will teach the fifth grade. Miss Gustavson, a graduate of Denver University and Miss Nellie Sime and Miss Elder, both experienced teachers and normal graduates, wil instruct the sixth, seventh and eighth grades, respectively. High School Teachers A particularly efficient corps of Instructors will be in charge of the high school this year. Miss Teressa Cox, " an honor graduate from the University of Oregon, will have charge of the High School English short hand and typewriting. Miss Ellen Hill, a graduate from' Whitman college, student at the University of Washington, and instructor last yeai, will teach Science, History and Span ish. Mr. A. E. Beckman, a graduate of the University of Idaho, a student at Chicago University, and a teachei during the spring term last year, will teach Latin, Bookkeeping and first year science. Mr. Hammack will have mathematics and Teachers training course. Courses Complete The high school, courses this year will be complete, and will prepare students for college entrance. Eighth grade graduates from county schools will find the Vale High a good oppor tunity to prepare for college work, as tuition is paid for by the county. Students are urged to enter the school the first day and not start behind with the work. The pupil who starts late seldom catch, s up entirely with tho work. FIRST PART OF DAMCOMPLETE Crew Starts Full Blast On Second Lift of Warmspringa Dam With the first lift of the Warm springs dam completed, preparations started this week for the completion of the second lift, or final stage of construction. Losing not an hours time, as soon as the work was com plete, the big trestles were lifted to the full height of the dam and the concrete mixer was changed in read iness to pour the concrete for the second lift. "We have just purchased a com plete pumping outfit for the Nevada ditch," stated Engineer John H. Iewis Friday. The turbines have been con tracted for delivery within six weeks, and the pumps for delivery within eight weeks. This means that the . complete pumping system should be instulled within the next two months." The teams are at the sumo three camps, as reported last week, al though the outfit now working at Willow creek wilt move within a few days to 'work on the Mill ditch near Vue. Any male citizen of thirty-five years may now be President of Ger many, but any mun of thut uge ought to know better. Greenville (S.C.) Piedmont. The colleges ure attempting to raise large amounts of money so as to stop the professors from envying the Janitors. kWuu Suuo uud IaW cr Reporter.