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VOL. XI. "NO. 19.
VALE, OREGON SATNRDAY, MARCH 27, 1920.
SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 PER YEAR
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JUDGE TEST IS
SILENT ABOUT
TAX SCANDAL
ry j fj n . I n
iivirCf ci opcaitrur
i, Themselves Show ImDrob-
ahtlit of fothirKAt
KnowingSon's Actions
JUDGE FOR YOURSELF
Are Pepople of County Going to Per
mit Officials to Enrich Family
At Expense of Taxpayers
A few weeks ago the Enterprise
asked the question, "How and rom
whom Hid J. H. (Harvey) Test get
the information enabling him to "put
over" his 50-50 graft in collecting
personal property tax rebates due the
taxpayers? We also asked why the
court did not notify these people and
why they permited Harvey Test, son
of Judge E. H. (Ed) Test, to deprive
these . taxpayers of half the money
due them?.
No answers to these questions have
been suggested. The Enterprise has
given all parties concerned several
week's time to make explanations.
We sincerely hoped they would be ex-!
plained. '
In as much as Harvey Test never ;
asked for or received any records
from the assessor's office, but that '
.- County Co. School State
1916 $123.58 $42.74 $S4.28
1917 69.30 28.87 35.80
H. S.
$3.47
2.31
$ 64.28 $13.87 $18.48 $1.16
CLUB LEADER ARRIVES
TALKS OFWORK PLANS
New .'County Leader is Pleased, to
Learn of the Many State
Champions
Miss Mazie Wilson, the Boys' and
Girl's. Industrial Club Leader, arrived
at Vale on Monday the 22nd of March
and is very enthusiastic over the wel
come extended her both in Ontario
and Vale. She stated that she is very
much .impressed with the spirit that
is displayed by the people of the coun
ty in all matters bearing on the work
of the Farm Bureau and the very
marked conception of all the work
to be done looking toward the per
fection of both branches of the bu
reau. '
The. country from which Miss Wil
son comes is far more developed ag
riculturally, but she states that there
is no reason why the culmination of
the work now planned, should not
show .this section up to the standard
of any and in the very near future.
One of the remarkable things to her
is the' fact that the boys tnd girls of
this county have supplied so many of
the State Champions, who have won
out against the entire state , without
even the help of a county leader of
the Boys' and Girls' Club, and that
this is especially so, when it is taken
into consideration that the winners
are so scattered in different parts of
the county and that the county is
comparatively unpopulated.
Miss Wilson' states that one boy,
aged 14 ,in the county she just came
from, started two years ago with one
pig, for which he paid $35, and that
he is the proud possessor of over
$1,000 worth of pure bred stock at
this time. It is her desire to have
the children of this county working
along these lines of usefulness and
productiveness not counting the vast
education they acquire that will be
applicable at a later time in the life
of each.
Miss Wilson will have her office
in the court house and works in co
operation with County Agent Brie
thaupt and County Superintendent,
Mrs. Hurley, who for years has
worked almost single handed to keep
aliva and growing the club work.
POISON DEPOT LOCATED
Frank Hall, Committeeman on Pest
and Desease Control, received his
full quota of the poison for this
section under the Farm Bureau, and
requests that the public be informed
that the poison is kept at the offices
of the Boise-Payette Lumber Com
pany, Vale, for distribution. - Muck
poison has already been given out,
but their is more to be had by
thoea who wish it, and until the
Farm Bureau has the offices In the
Court Houea made ready, the lumber
crwipmy effl-et will la the placa.
for keeping the poiton
Judge E. H. Test did get the com
plcte records regarding these rebate
claims some time last spring, soon
after Judge Test took his oath of of
fice, is it not only natural to assume
that Harvey got this information
from his father, the County Judge?
If not, where?
Many people may believe that Har
vey Test found the records which
i wire in uuge inn possession ana
. 1 T 1 rr . t l
preceded to work out his 60-50 col
I lection graft without his father's
knowledge, however, on examlna-
tion of the tax rebate bills allowed
show many of them to have been
sworn to by J. H. Test.
Could the father have checked these
accounts which agree to the last cent
with the Judge's own figures and not
noticed that his son's name was sign
ed to them?
Could Judge Test, who had been
sufficiently interested in the person
al property tax rebate to collect the
records from the assessor's office,
could he OK the payment of these' re
bate claims knowing no official word
had been sent these parties, and not
notice they were sworn to by his
own son, J. H. Test ?
There were a Jarge number of these
claims ordered paid on the same days
and others passed on intermittently-
over a period of several months.
lJoes the Judge pay no more atten-
tion to the' county .bills than that?
Now in checking these rebates
Judge Test verified most of the claims
personally. To many of these bills
are attached slips of paper, apparent-
ly in Judge Test's own hand writing
proving the correctness of these claims
This is rather a complicated computa- I
tion and we herewith produce the j
following figures taken from a claim j
for 172.10. ;
RD10 SD14 Gen Road Total
$98.18 $62.25 $26.68 $411.18
49.67 37.19 15.94 239.08
$48.61 $25.06 $10.74 $172.10
The first line. (1916) shows the
money collected. ' .xThe second line
(1917) shows the computation of the
amounts that should have been col
lected, and the lower line the dif
ference or the amounts due the tax-
payer.
It does not seem possible that an
two people on earth could have fig
ured a large number of these claim?
and have every total agree to the
cent. The lines were made in mills
and tenths of mills yet every claim
submitted by Harvey Test agrees ex
actly with the figures of Judge Test.
Unless Harvey got the amounts a;
well as the names from his father':
records could this absolute coincid
ence occur.
Of curse if Harvey "est copied
the list of names from his father':
records without his father's- know
ledge he mny also have copied the
amounts. But why would Judge.
Test figure out these claims to t lu
cent when he had just gone into office
and never notify any of the parties
that their money was ready for j
them ?
Why was no notice sent except the
notice by the son of the county
Judge who impressed these taxpay
ers with the need of signing away
half of the money due tnem in order
to get any? Why wore they not
told to simply present their claims
and get all of their money? .-Since
when has the -county officially ad
opted the fifty-fifty skin flin'. pol
icy? Put yourself in Judge Test's por
tion. Could you have paid thee
claims for various taxpayers present
ed over the name of your own son,
and not have inquired as to what
his connections were with these peo
pie? Would you not immediately
find out what he was doing with
these warrants totaling several thous
and dollars? And what -would you
have done when you learned that by
representing himself as your son he
had secured contracts with these
people authorizing him to keep fifty
per cent of the money rightfully due
them upon mere presentation of theit
bill to you? Would you have patted
him on the back and said "My son,
you are a clever boy, I'm proud of
you. I have kept these people in
ignorance of their rights, and you
have seen a real opportunity to make
yourself independent of your ' old
Dad. Keep the good work up and
111 see that your bills c uiiowcd
promptly." Or would -you have re
membered your oath of office and
your duty to the people you were
serving?
The records show that J. H. (liar
yey) T-t M ffn thf m Jud(fe
Test is reported to have defiantly
said "Let the Grand Jury Investi
gate." Still ha has not personally
asked District Attorney Swagler for
an investigation. Ha remains il-nt
Does his sllenra m'n dmhi-i"n of
his knefTHc of hi; ion's actioni
1 i i i i ii
(Continued on Fsge FivJr i ,
WARMSPRINGS WATER
TO SERVE ALL USES
State Engineer's Report No Cfiterioj
' For Condition Under Warm
springs Project
The Enterprise has in the past
giyen to the public, all of the. ab
solute and truthful facts of all
matters, in detail, pertaining to the
Warmsprings Irrigation Dam and the
project generally. -Various rumors are
now extant, some of which are the
most ribald unwarranted rumors, to
the effect that the dam has broken
and there is . or will be - no water
in it; that there is no snow at all
on the adjoining slopes and moun
tains, and that there will be no
water for use this season, under the
project. 1 ...
It is said that ' "Curousity Killed
the Cat" and it is well Jo state
right here, that if the many good and
sincere ' people who are interested
enough to heed the many adverse
current gossip and rumors, will make
a sincere attempt to ascertain the
facta as they exist, then the deadly
and damnable rumor mongers will
find they are merely wasting their
time, and ' they will also find that
the busy people of discernment are
too busy doing 'something useful to
even stop to listen.
. The Enterprise, in continuation of
its policy, advises all water users
and any others, who, are or- may be
interested in the status of facts and
conditions of the big reservoir, to
ascertain the undisputable facts, of
the snow that shows on the moun
tains draining into the Malheur Riv- I
er, the perfect condition of the dam, -the.
gauge reading of the actual a
mount of water that Is stored in
the reservior and the conditions as !
they really are. j
Few of those living- under the pro-!
ject have even gone to look upon the j
great work done and until they do j
so, it would be well vo come to- the
office of the Malheur Enterprise or
to the offices of project manager !
Batchelder and' get the facts from I
the records and accept nothing bear- j
ing on the entire issue " from no j
pther source. The Enterprise is
printing the news of the facts of i
the dam and it will be remembered ,
.hat we are not living in the days
jf "Town Criers". '
The warning of the State Engineer
of a water shortage set forth in
another part of this paper is ver.
.iraely. Everyone in Oregon interest
od in irrigation realizes that th
precipitation during this past wintei
has been for below normal. The
officials of the Warmsprings Irriga
tion District are fully advised of thi
'acts and all information given out
,-egarding the water supply available
t'or 1920 has been based on this
knowledge. In last week's Enter
prise there was an article stating
that it was estimated that there
would be 05,000 acre feet of stored
water in the Reservoir by June 1st,
and the article went on to explain
how this estimate was made and
show how the supply of stored wat
sr was ample to furnish all the water
required by all of the land that will
Ihj in cultivation in 1920. This study
was made by John H. Lewis, former
State Engineer and past Engincei
Manager of the Warmsprings Pro
ject, based on' records of the U. S.
Geoligical Survey.
It should be noted that the esti
mate of 65,000 acre feet storage, a
( Continued on Page Eight.)
MARGARET HUMPHREY
TO REPRESENT VALE
Annual County Contest To Be Held
In Ontario Saturday
Night.
Miss Margaret Humphrey wltn trie
selection, "Anne's Apology" from
Ann of Green Gables, won first
place in the local tryout Monday
evening and the chance to represent
the Vale schools ut the Annual Coun
ty Declamatory Contest held in An
tario, Saturday, March 27.
Judges of the local tryout were
Mrs. C. C. Burrow and Mrs. Luther
Fellows.
A large crowd assembled in the
high school auditorium to hear the
tryout which consisted of splendidly
rendered numbers by five girl con
testants and musical selections.
A number of cars of local people
will attend the annual content In
Ontario, Saturday awning and a
good following of school students
ill tf6 along to support their speak
er. Mies Humphrey (s determined
do Yti belt I htitt the loving '
up back t VaU :hocil this ear.
PROBLEMS FACING
STRICKEN WORLD
Shall Chaos or Reconstruction
in Europe Follow the Great
World War7
GREAT NEED IS PRODUCTION
Men Must Be Given Inducement te
Work and Guaranteed Fair Deal
ing in the Distribution of
the Result
Article VI. '
By FRANK COMERFORD.
The world lives by two kinds of
work, the work on the soil nml the In
bnr spent In making tilings. In ilils
wsy we git the tilings, we cut anil
wear. We have eaten up our surplus.
Tht wm-ld's rt'Koi-re Is gone. We are
literally living from hand to mouth. To
overcome the food slmrtnge we must
put every Inch of iivullnMe ground into
uroduftiou. Only by doing this tun we
live and gradually get buck the nur
ilns which kIo.mI bs a protection
against crop failures.
Production is not autoinntlc, it Is' the
work of until. There is urn anything
complex iibout It You enn't use
miigic. To grow things men must
plow and gather. The will to work
Is our greatest need. The land Is
available. God furnishes the sunshine
and the rain. To get the plows, trac
tors and farm tools we must look to
the Industrial arm of life. Here again
Is the call for men. We are short of
man power. Men were killed and
crippled in the wur. The men who
survived the war must help do the
work that would have been done by
those who did not come back. In
their present frame of mint they do
not will to work, ut least under the
old conditions obtaining before the
war. It is necessary to furnish them
with an Inducement to wock. There
was little Inducement for men to work
before the war. The discontented are
not kicking at work. Their objection
goes to the unfairness shown In dis
tributing the result. It Isn't any se
cret. They are shouting It from the
housetops of Kurope, they demand a
larger share of the things they pro
duce, or they refuse to work. There Is
a good deal of human nature in It, too.
It Is only IiuniHti nature to think of
self. There isn't anything unnatural
In the worklngman. looking for reward.
Willingness to work Is largely based
on the thought of working for oneself.
Five things are necessary to start
and keep production going. In other
words, to get the clothes, shoes,
stockings, coal and comforts of life, to
give the farmer the tools he needs for
agricultural production, so that we may
eat; to provide the transportation
necessary to collection and distribu
tion, to bring the city to the country
and the country to the market we must
do five essential things.
Production's First Need.
First, we must have plants, and I
use the word iu the most general
sense. These plants must he equipped
with machinery mid tools, they must
be ready for work.
Second, a plant Is useless and
stands jdle unless we provide row ma
rtial, the thing' furnished by nature
that i an and machine work Into the
finished product
Third, we must have coal. Coal runs
(Continued on Page 3)
HELP WANTED
J- POWT START POWM ff',.
jfmt w Mm
"'v$3S-?vi- GOING TO DUMP Km
f PART "Of' MY Z-
DRYtCREEK DYKE PLAN
SEVERELY CRITICIZED
Watson Road Considered Court Crit
icised For Not Allowing Any
Funds For Road
On Tuesday the regular luncheon
and business meeting of the Chamber
of Commerce was called to order by
Chairman J. A. Byrne, and the chair
requested Robert D. Lytle to report
what action had been taken on the
Farm Loans Association by the Com
mittee comprised of l.:nsclf, Julien
A. Hurley and Leonard Cole, thw
latter of whom was also present and
stated that they will meet hi the
next few days and will have some
thing to report on the matter at
the next meeting.
The Dry Creek crossing was dis
cussed and it was decided mat the
sum set out to apply on the con
struction of the dyke, is inadequate
in the sum allowed by the County
Court. It was held that the plans
should include good approaches and
grades other than those contemplated
and that brick should be employed in
the construction of the dyke proper.
M. N. Fegtly, told of the abominable
condition, of the Watson road, stat
ing that it Is almost impassable one
mile out of Vale and that it contin
ues to' get worse farther out, until
at the distance of 13 mileB, it is
impassable. A. II. Chester, also told
of present condition of the roaa. A
committee consisting of Robert D.
Lytle, R. N. Simmonds and Tnomas
B. Nordale, was appointed to wait on
the Court, to show that not one cent
of county money has gone inio the
Watson road, it having been fixed
up after a manner, by the woik and
money of individuals who nava'. the
interests of the road ' at heart.
Secretary Arthur Means, read var
ious letters from the Oregon Short
Line officials tearing on the issues
of the community in the various traf
fic problems and Writ. Francis See
man reported - oh 'thV new rain
schedule now in effect, whereby the
delivery of the mails are expedited.
President Robinette, introduced a
motion to see that the streets of
Vale are swept and kept clean and
that the same be done in a systema
tic and efficient manner. C. C. Muel
ler and Art Kcssler were appointed
as a committee to take tne clean
ing matter up with the city counsil,
in an effort to have the work done
on cooperative basis, and all business
houses are to devote one day a
week to be known as "clean-up-day."
The committee on streets war
made permanent and resolutions were
adopted and endorsed by the Cham
ber recommending the contemplated
street improvement and that the in
dividual members each should do his
share in the good work by appearing
before the counsil and proving to
that body that the people as a whole
are behind them in the matter of
the paving.
There being no . further business,
the meeting adjourned, Chairman
Byrne appointing Wm. Francis See
man to act in the capacity of Chair
man at the next regular meeting
of the body.
ORDER NEW UNIFORMS
Baseball Clubs to M-ct ra Sunday
Payette To Be Mecca
of Teams
The delegates recently appointed
at the meeting in Payette, to rep
resent the various baseball clubs in
th newly formed league, together
with any others interested, are to
m?et at Payette on Sunday, March
28, to perfect the schedules and de
tails, for the games to be played
in Huntington, Weiser, Fayette, Par
ma, Ontario and Vale, which cities
comprise the league.
The Vale team report that they
have ordered 18 new suits for the
members each of which aspires to
be a king of the diamond of Ameri
ca's greatest and most popular game
mid steps similar have been taken
by the other clubs. j
CIRCLES TO ORGANIZE
COUNTrCOUNCILP.LA'
Will Organize County Council of
Parent-Teacher Many
To Attend
Saturday April 3 at three P. M, a
meeting of the Parent-Teacher circle
of the county has been called by Dis
trict Vice President Mrs. Bruce R.
Kester of Vale, in the Commercial
Club rooms at Ontario to organize
a County Courcil ' of the Parent
Teacher Association.
Every circle in the county and
those interested in the Parent-Teacher
work should have representatives
or be present at the meeting. Mat
ters particular to the work in this
county vill be taken up ana the
advantage of a county wide working
organization will be shown. Former
District Vice President Mrs. T. M.
Lowa and other Speakers will b
present.
PIG CLUB LEADER
WILL MAKE VISIT.
Newly Appointed Boys and Girls
Club Leader Holds First Official
Meeting.
The newly appointed ' Eoys and
Girls Club Leader, Miss Mazie Wel
son, was officially introduced by
Fay Clark Hurley, County Superin
tendent of Schools, to a number of
the men and women of Vale at a
meeting held at the Chamber of Com
merce quarters on the night of
March 25, and the projects as plan
ned and presented by Miss Wilson
were enthusiastically received. J.
A. Byrne, A. W. Reed and Saxon
Humphrey of three of Vale's banks
respectfully, each stated that the
banks will take care of the financial
interests of the Pig and Corn Clubs
that are to bo promoted, in the Vale
district; there being one of the local
clubs in the north part and one in
the south part of the section.
The Boys and Girls Clubs xormed
in each of the communities of the
rountry are each to ict their local
leader, and these leaders are to meet
with Miss Wilson, the County Leader,
at least six times each year, vo re
port in detail, tho work done, have
their records checked, ana to plan
and promote such other new pro
jects as it is desired to nave the
boys and girls work out.
L. J. Allen, Assistant State leader
of the Boya and Girls Pig Clubs,
will be in Vale and vicinity on the
6th of April and it is nopea inat me
Vale Pig Clubs, aa well aa the Corn
Clubs can be organized and the
loaders meet with Assistant StaU
Ieader Allen during hia visit.
CALL ANNUAL MEETING
VALE PUWC LIBRARY
Every Person Interested la Library
Should Be Preaent at Annual
Meeting.
At a meeting of the Board of Di
rectors of. the Vale Public Libraay
Thursday evening the Annual Meet
ing of tho Membership of tha Libra
ry was called for Monday evening,
April 6. Every person in Vala who
would like to sea tha Library grow
should ba present at tha masting
for all Who attend as nothing of Jta
or not. Officers will ba elected for
the coming year and a campaign to
raise funds to materially enlarge
tha Library facilities launched. Cur
rent business matters of tha Library
wera taken eara
sara of and orders plaoRIay 21 keep ou
; mtaihtT of tw Woks a. what it bs:
and reference. I m tha country."
jl f0t' Urv
ifcVp iruon
JOHNDAYROAD
TO BE LOCATED
Senator Hurley Appears Before Com
mission In Interests of Eastern
Oregon Roada
The Oregon State Highway Com
mission at ita meeting in Portland
last Monday agreed upon the insist
ence of Senator Julien A. Hurley to
immediately survey, Inspect and loo.
ate the John Day Hignway from
Ironside to Prairie City, and from
Ironside to connect with the link now
being constructed out of Brogan.'
The Ironside-Prairie City link is
the only section of the John Day
Highway that will bar tnru traf
fic this summer and Senator Hurley
is urging all of Eastern Oregon to
get behind a movement to urge the
j early location and conrruction of
this vital connection,
j Inasmuch as the Eastern Oregon
, Land Company ' are constructing a
number of miles for fence in the
Cow Valley country it is their desire
that the Highway be permanently
located thru this section. If this is
done in time they will build their
fences accordingly and save the state
any right of way troubles.
To Rush Vale Bridge
Senator Hurley also secured the
promise of the Commission to rush
the plans and construction of the
Malheur River Bridge at Vale. This
around the Vale Butte and directly
connect with A street, an improve
ment that will be greatly appreciated
by all people traveling in or out
of Vala. .
Urges Jordan Valley Road
The Commission again refused to
designate the Jordan Valley road r.a
part of the State Highway program,
adhering to the policy of not takirg
on any new roads regardless of their
merits. In reply to Senator Hurley's
arguments favoring the adoption of
the Jordan Valley-Nyssa, road the
Commission suggested that it be de
clared a market road, and promised
to have the state engineers survey
and locate the route if the County
Court- will take necessary steps to
have it designated as a market road.
PLEADS FOR MILLAGE
TAX COMING rirT ' '
O. A. C. Professor Asks Support of
Millage Tax Oregon Must
Keep Up Standard
Professor Sigurd H. Peterson of O.
A. C. who is spending his vacation
in a tour of Eastern Oregon, visited
Vale Monday spoke at the high
school, and shook hnr-'? "'.V c ':
friends. "In spite of the . Cv -i.
this is my first visit to Vale" ho
said, I feel pretty well acquainted
thru the many fine students Vala
and this county have sent to O. A. C.
He expressed himself as greatly im
pressed with the progressive spirit
of the community ana with the con
dition of the schools.
During his talks hero he culled
attention to the fact that O. A. C.
has now enrolled 3378 regular stud
ents, 148 per cent greater that in
1913 when there were 1304 students.
Then ho pointed out that while the
youth of Oregon had flocked to the
college the income of tnat institu
tion had only increased 3.8 per cent,
that is while the enrollment had in
creased 148 per cent the income had
ony increased 3.8 per cent. The
same condition he showed existed at
the State University at Eugene
whera tha enrollment increase is
162 per cent and the income only
3.8 per cent
Even had there been no increase
in the number of students the funds
would have been insufficient this
year. The colleges have managed
to get along by using every avi'l
alba space, increasing Urn iUu oi
classes and holding early anu lata
recitation, but next fall there must
be mora equipment, more room and
more Instructors or hundreds of Or'
gon boys and girls will have to h.
denied admission to these cuct-.
To support their three big It.etiti.
tions, Oregon University, O. A. C.
and Monmouth Normal, the voters
are asked to authoriza th small
tax of 1.26 per thousand of mibesstJ
valuation. Whan this tax t jiassod
Oregon will ba spending 70 less ptr
student that tha average institution
spent before tha war. '"i'h standard
of tha state," said I'rof js or I'otei
aon in concision, "v . ih. s,uj...ii
of its educations iuntUutl im . I v
Kis by supporting the mliUg iu
our educational stand-
3 Lawn, the htui