TWO jfflalfjeur PUBLISHED BY MALHCCB WM. FRANCIS P. SEEMAK , Foreign Adveribin RprntatW MALHEUR COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER Special Oinmiinltj XCorropanMHr. IVMWhera Aatecaatar Itlutratcd Naws and Ad Cat flerrka. MeMaar tifttwn fllala Edltarial Aaaarlatlon. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY AT ' Entered at the Vale, Oreroa, Paat SUBSCRIPTION Canada and Porekrn SWORN CIRCULATION, JANUARY lat, EASTERN ADVERTISrNO REPRESENTATIVES: Amariean Tren Association, tit Wart th Strwt, New York : Peoples Gaa Building, Chieatfn. Advertising1 Rates -310 Cent Per Column Inch for Stereotypes. Composition 1p Cents Extra. Standardised Franca Printing Prist I. tot Quoted on All Job Printing. Ta call the attention of the ththttlne1 awn Vrnalem of tho da? effecting their areaperltr, welfare and happlnene la of the Editorial poller of the Malhear Rnterariee. apen what action 701 aecoaiplitfh ane rasaUs, apen what action rofl take. Talking, wming. thinking. Are ytm foiiur fear HELP US BOOST COUNTY MALHEUK There is no better spot of favored territory in the vast West than the fertile lands of Malheur county, where anything that is grown in any part of this- great country of ours grows, blooms and bears after its kind. The Malheur Enterprise boost ed, as the father of the Farm Bu reau and does not intend to desist telling all of its readers and spread propaganda, of the vast opportunities of the county as a complete whole. Water is constantly being developed and new lands in this last great frontier are ever being brought un der the tiling hand of the modern farmer. On.cyery bond one sees whenever a trip through the section is made the development and progress. Boost now, brother. Ten years from now you will be pointed out As one of the loyal progressive men. O WILSON MADE REPUBLICANS Every day in the mall bag of Ray mond Benjamin, assistant to Nation al Chairman Will H. Hayes, in Wes tern headquarters at the Palace Ho tel, Son FYancisco, is a bundle of lettcra from deserting Democrats, pledging their allegiance to Harding and Coolidge. If a prize were to bo given to the Democrat giving the best reason for enlisting in the movement to return America to Constitutional govern ment Benjamin would probably award it to the following confidential letter that arrived recently from a former prominent California Bourbon lead er: This man heads his brief statement with "WilHonian Idealism," and then uses ' a famous Presidential expres sion to open with. He writes: "W1LSONIAN IDEALISM" May T tint ltp nnrmittpf. in niio'O'rtRt that Woodrow Wilson is the man whoifor tdephone companies to meet in put T into 'ideal'? In fact e "eased cost, and still give service at seems to have overdone the job, for P-' Pes. Conditions affecting in the Wilsonian 'ideal' tho 'I' is the tf,efhon8 rateB in other 8tate" ar0 Al. T. a S I I. . .1 .1 nrinrin.,! Wi-Prlient. nnrl the 'Idwil' , does not much matter and old 'ideal' is good enough for the other fellow. And yet, strangely, the i'jflear is permananet it never passes; it is always 'I-deal' and never 'you-deal.' What we need now. and what we are going to get, is an entirely new 'deal.' "P. S. I have been a Democrat for yearn my first vote was for Tilden in 187H. But I have no "go along mind" and refused to follow the Wilsonian defection. "I am anti-league and believe that Lodge Republicanism is near the Democracy of my political forebears. I am now registered, for the first time, as Republican, and shall stay Republican as long as issues remain as they are now joined." O EXCEPTION TO COX STATEMENT The statement by Governor Cox that if elected President, he would appoint a real "dirt farmer" Secre tary of Agriculture, proved high ex plosive rumpaign ammunition for Albert Lindley, Stockton farmer and a Western Republican leader. While at first amused at Governor Cox's criticinni of the Wilson administra tion in naming two theorists to be the agricultural head, Lindley rushed to the defense of former Secretary J ame Wilson of Iowa, the real builder of the Department of Agri culture, in the following statement to his farmer and rancher friends throughout the West: . .! .1..LH.-1 Jl X . V-H-t"!"!-' You Can't Tell The Difference Put a new tire alongside one vulcanized by us from one of your worn, I) r o k e n tires and you can hardly tell which is the . new and costly one and which is the one we vulcanized the one that saved you bo much money. What satisfaction for a motorist to discover that fact! SCHR0EDER TIRE & VUL-C0. VALE, - . OKEGON enterprise PUBLISHING COMPANT Mmnxrln Editor Tha Amariean Ptcm Association VALE, MALHEUR COUNTY. OREGON Offtoa aa Second Claaa Mall Matter RATES IN ADVANCE Sabaniptlora, Poataca Extra 11. ..OVER MM and woman ef Malhear Ceantf to rarioas the alncere aim What Benefit mar he derlred depend aiant be followed br action to part In eenaii of the eeantr In which 70a lire "Candidate Cox seems to forget that the Republicans placed a real 'dirt farmer at the head of the De partment of Agriculture and that he remained Here lor sixteen years until he made it the greatest de- partmnt of its kind in the world This was James Wilson of Iowa, real fanner from a real farm. He ran it for the farmers and at the same time he made it serve all of the Nation. "When the Democrats took hold of things in Washington they made University President Secretary of Agriculture and they followed him with a publisher to complete the work of driving all remaining prac tical ideas out of the department Jim Wilson labored sixteen yearB to install there. Candidate Cox need have no concern about the next Sec retary of Agriculture being a real 'dirt farmer.' The Republican party will make certain of that." O MUST MEET NEW CONDITIONS Seventeen telephone companies of California have petitioned the State Railruad Commission, which rcgu late the wire utilities of the state, to modify the rules and regulations under which the companies operate; When the companies went back to private ownership, following cessa tion of hostilities, the rules which had obtained prior to the war were relmposod. It is now, claimed that vastly new conditions require more elasticity in the regulations. While no specific modifications were Bug gested, it was indicated that a gener al revision is necessary. Wben the government took over tl.e lines, it immediately increased rates to meet increased cost of opera tion and to save the government from facing a deficit and since that time cost of operation have again increased. It would seem impossible ,n" ""' " " ""Run inciuuuu. -O- Many a man who poses as a lion is in reality only a cub. Never kick down. a live wire when it is There are almost kinds of mice. O Many a man who himself away. O 1500 different has his gives It Is better to make good once than to bluff twice. O Indolence makes the mind rusty. O One of the most efficient ways to flatter a woman is to tell her you can't. O A giggling girl is apt to become a cackling woman. -O- A man's greatest success in life is generally unexpected. O Deliberate long before you do what it is impossible to undo. O Charity and bookbinders multitude of sins. O cover a Opinions, advice and visits should nsver be 'forced upon people. O 140,000 is to be spent this year on the Tiller-Crater Lake cutoff road at Roscburg. L i r ) MALHEUR PROBLEMS FACING STRICKEN WORLD Shall Chaos or Reconstruction In Europe Follow the Great World War7 CLASH OF FACT AND THEORY Socialistic Idea ef Conditions In World Where All Men Are on' an Equality Takes No Thought, Overlooks Basle Fact In Nature. ArticTTXXV. By FRANK COMERFORD. On November 10, VJ17, the bolshe vik jjovernment was born. On Dec. 10, 1017, the bolshevik government abol Mod private ownership of land, de claring all real estate the property of the state. On February 10, 1018, they Issued a decree declaring all state lor.ns. Internal nd foreign, null and void, confiscating nil maritime enter prises and all private banks to the stnte, nnd nationalizing foreign trade. The constitution Established the communism of land In the following words: "For the purpose of attaining the so cialization of land, all private prop erty In InndJs abolished and the en tire land Is declared to he national property, nnd Is to be apportioned among agriculturists without sny com pensation to the former owners, In the measure of each one's ability to till It." The peasants of Itussla seized the land. They willingly followed this command of the new order, but they did not take the hind as community property. They are not communists. Their experience with communal land owning had never satisfied them. Un der the old regime the peasants were nllotcri land by the communal Stir. The Mir held title to the land and di vided It by lot. The tenancy of a farm er on the land was uncertain under the Mir system. The average length of the lease was about thirteen years. Then came a new distribution of the Mir land, a new drawing. The peasant was' compelled to move to the new strip of land allotted to him from the drawing. This plan took frwin the peasant all Inducement to put his best Into the land, lie hnd no motive for Improving the land; It was not his. At the next drawing It would probably go to another, and ho In turn be shift ed on a piece of land which had been neglected pud allowed to deteriorate Experience fired the peasant with one thought, one ambition, to own bis own land, to have a permanent home, something to work on nnd work for. So at the outset of the program to socialize (ho land we find the bolshe vik government attempting a commun istic program completely antagonistic to llw wishes of the peasants. I'etween tho villages In Itussla are the great landed estntes, the propri etary land. These lands were the best Innds In the vicinity and were well eared "ir. When the order to seize the land was given, the peasnnts turn ed toward the proprietary lands. The tillages fought with each other for the possession and division of these templing estates. This was the begin ning of general disorder, small civil war. The bolshevik government attempt ed to force Its program abolishing all private ownership of land. They Jns- tltled the confiscation of bind, the plan of land communism, by saying that the earth belonged to the people. that private title to land was Immoral and corrupt, that every man should have all the land he could actually work, and not an acre more. They ar gued that If n man hart more land than he could work, one of two things would hi':Dcn ; either be would allow the Innd to remain Idle, which would be a waste, or hp would hire someone to work It for him. They said the hired man would be either a farm laborer or a tenant ; whichever relation he bore to the owner of the Innd. he would be compelled to turn over part f his labor to the landowner. In one case It would be called rent, while If hp receives wages, the wages would represent something less than the value of the hired man's crop. This would be the profit taken by the land owner. They called this exploiting the worker. Instead of this condition, they reasoned that the farm hand should work Ibis hind and keep the full prod uct for tho state. In the plnn of dis tribution the stnte, the owner of every thing, promised an equal distribution. The bolsheviks argued that their plan would make a better citizen out of the hired man and give him an Induce ment to work, lie wus not to work for himself, but for (he good of all. It was a fine bit of Idealism, but en tirely contrary to human nature. It had to be worked out by human be ings. Two things happened. One class of peasants worked the land only enough to produce what they and their families needed. They reasoned, "Why' should we work after our needs ore supplied?" This naturul altitude of mind reduced production. The theory which promised Increased production, In practice decreased production. Another iinM.s of pcasHins went onto tho land and worked hard mid pro- j dttecrt much, but they refused to give up the product of their labor to the ! stnte. T hey reasoned that the result of their labor belonged to themselves. Hoth classes wcic lndi Iduutlsts. Neither group were commuutnls In practice, particularly when the opera lion of coiuuiuuImii cumo horns to them. For a time those peasants who had surplus sold their product to the Hovel anient. . Tor It they received tjuesrlouHhie puper money with a doubtful value. Then began tho board log of farm product. The peaaaut do luuiiilvd manufactured things wblch they needed. In exchange for their farm products. The government did not have the luHiiufiiclured article the ifuan(ii needed and wauled. The proletariat ofJh cJtWiwss hungry. ENTERPRISE, VALE, OREGON H wftH nff fo "the VoIsbeVlk oernTP5nt to feed them, or fall . . . Raiding par ties were sent out The "Red" army wns used. The peasants stood together to protect their property. Ths sociali sation of land failed. Production on the farms fell. Genersl poverty re sulted. The problem of the bolshevik government to provide food for the cities still remained. With the failure of communism of the land, the govern ment set to work to cultivate the great proprietary estates on a co-operative plan. Graft. Inefficiency of administra tion, and the unwillingness of the peasants to work, caused this plan to fall. Kerzhenntey In the "Isvestla" of the provincial executive committees of January 22, 1910, gives a picture of the situation: The fsets describing the village soviet of the Ursn borough present a shocking picture whlcb Is no doubt typical of all other comers of our provincial soviet life. The chair man of this village soviet, Rekhalev, imTinS TfeaFest co-w'SiTters, TioVe "ddne all In their power to antagonize the population against the soviet rule. Kekhalev, himself, has often been found In an Intoxicated condition and he has frequently asaulted the local Inhabitants. The beating up of visit ors to the soviet office was as ordinary occurrence. In the village of Blere zovkn the peasants have been thrash ed, not only with fists, but have been assaulted with sticks, robbed of their footwear and cast Into damp cellars, on bare earthen floors. The members of the executive committee, Glnkhov, Morev, Makhov, and others, hsve gone even further. They have organized "requisition parties," which were noth ing else but organized plllaglngs. In the course of which they have used wire-wrapped sticks on the recalci trants. The abundant testimony, veri fied by the soviet cominlsslen, por trays s very striking picture of vio lence. When these members of the ex ecutive committee arrived at the town ship of Sadomovo they commenced to assault the population and to rob them of foodstuffs and ef their household belongings, such as quilts, clothing, harness, etc. No receipts for the re quisitioned goods were given and no money paid. They even resold to oth ers on the spot some of the bread stuffs which they had requisitioned.' This Is the testimony of a well-known loyal bolshevik leader. Reports Flogging ef Peasants. The bolshevik, Latzls, reported In the "Izvestla" of January 15, 1919, that "In the Vellzsh county of" the province of Vitebsk they sre flogging the peasants by the authority of the local soviet committee." The , bolshevik, Krlvoshayev, re marks Id the "Severnaya Communa" nf-MayJlO. JJL18lJlThej?.vl;tJorKers I Small Cars and the Declinin Cost of Tire Mileage 30 z '4 Goodyear Double-Cure 1 50 Fabric, All -Weather Tread iJ 30 3V4 Goodyear Single -Cure Fa -rlc, Anti-Skid Tread. I KESSLEK GARAGE, - are taking from the pessnnts chickens, geese, brpsd nnd butter, without pay ing for It. In some households of these poverty-stricken folk they ore confis cating even the pillows nnd the samo vars, nnd everything they can lay their bands on. The peasants natural ly feel very bitterly against the soviet rule." The peasants' borough meetings of the province of Kostroma forwarded a resolstlon to I.enlne published In the "Izvestla." In which they say: "The members of the Soviets are rul ing us; they are violating our will and are tantalizing us as If we were dumb cattle." The peasants are hiding their rubles, holding them for a day when they hope that the blight of com munism will pass nnd sane democratic govern men t will reorganize Russia, bring order Out of chaos, establish freedom. Their safety-deposit boxes are empty bottles Into which tho peas ants stuff the paper rubles and then bury the bottles. They look for n dfly when ,o stable government will re deem these pnper promises called nloney, which todav nie of little value. It shows their lack of trust In the government nnd its banking system. It also points to the Interest they have in the passing of the bolshevik gov ernment, and the hope they hold for the coming of a new stale. Many of the peasants who seized land are conscious of the dishonesty of their title nnd of the Insecurity of their possessslon. They want good, honest title to their land. Several hun dred million rubles were sent to the government treasury of Omsk by peas ants asking that they be given honest title to their land. Oregon will not gel any captured Uerman field guns or other confiscated war equipment until congress passes sit act providing for the distribution of this chss of material, according to a telegram received at the executive offices from P. C. Harris of the adjutant-general's office at Washington. One bill is now before congress, how ever, which, if passed, will allow Oro gon a number of guns of 77 caliber and nbnva Between April 1, 1917, v. hen the state highway commission had its in ception, and April SO, 1920, there was laid in Oregon approximately 430 miles of paving, 448 miles of macadam and grading,-totalling 983 miles, according to a report prepared by the highway department. The total estimated cobI of these improvements was $25,312, 759.46, of which the state paid $18,011, 058.55. Contributions of cotintltis amounted to $3,634,595.10, while the government's share of the total expenso wpp ?7.1 05.81. You are aware, of course, that dur ing the last ten years, Goodyear has been able steadily to increase the amount of mileage built into its tires. Do you realize, also, that this in crease has been accomplished with out extra cost to the user that Goodyear Tires are priced no higher today than in 1910? In no tire in the Goodyear line is the declining cost of mileage more evident than in the present 30x3-, 30x3!2- and 31 x 4 -inch size Good year Tires made especially for small cars. If you own a Ford, Chevrolet, Dort, Maxwell or other car taking these sizes, go to your nearest Service Station for Goodyear Tires get the exceptional worth and endurance that Goodyear builds into them. $21 50 IS A GOODYEAR SERVICE STATION Handling Goodyear Tires, Tubes and Accessories Sound and Solid in Every Feature THE "Extec" made good as the first commer cially successful starting hatterv and has been makinitood ever since. It renutation has been long life, ample power and proved dependability. Wester Battery Station Elmer Wester, Prop. Vale, Oregon :-MM-'-M-'M''K-'''-- What Is said to be the largest stiii yet captured in Oregon was raided near Newberg by federal revenue of ficers who seized 150 gallons of ccrn moonshine whisky and 800 gallons of corn mash. The still was Baid to have a capacity of 100 gallons a day. Philip Ott, 45, a farmer of Hubbard, was killed almost Instantly when his light touring car crashed through the railing of the bridge over Pudding river. Just outside of the city limits of Aurora, on the Pacific highway, and fell a distance of about 40 feet. Because of the tendency of members of the dental profession to come from the eastern states to the west, while few go from the west to the east, the state board of dental examiners has placed Its disapproval on a proposed reciprccal exchange of dental licenses. Officials of the socialist party have 'lied In the office of Sum A. Kozer, secretary of state, certificates of nom Goodyear Heavy TourUt Tubes coat no more thsa the price you are asked to pay for tubes of leu merit why risk costly csslngs when such sure protection is available? $4 50 30 x 3'4 siie watcrpnafbt T' - VALE, OREGON Saturday, August 21, 1920 - definitely established by its m i ination of candidates for presidential electors, secretary of state, dairy and food commissioner and commissioner of the public service commission for the western Oregon district. Not less than $858,000 will be net ted this season to loganberry growers within a radius cf ten miles of Salem, according to an estimate of J. L Van Doren, berry buyer of Salem. The crop disposed of at a figure suf ficiently high to bring this amount la estimated at 6,600,000 pounds. While cutting hay on his farm a few days ago Fred Lockwood, a rancher of the North Fork country In the western end of Lane county, cut off both feet of his 3 year-old daughter, who was playing In the tall oats. Tho little girl was not seen by her father until an InMant before tho sickle hit her. Vhcn In nxl of Job Printina of enr description, phone the Mnlheur J5nterpria p.nd we will quote you prices. n i t . -, i . i Knuavjaramaiiri n