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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.
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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."
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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:
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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
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VALE, MALHEUR COUNTY. OREGON
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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."
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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.
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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.
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Many a man who
himself away.
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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.
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A man's greatest success in life is
generally unexpected.
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Deliberate long before you do what
it is impossible to undo.
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Charity and bookbinders
multitude of sins.
O
cover a
Opinions, advice and visits should
nsver be 'forced upon people.
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140,000 is to be spent this year
on the Tiller-Crater Lake cutoff
road at Roscburg.
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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
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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
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exceptional worth and endurance
that Goodyear builds into them.
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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
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- VALE, OREGON
Saturday, August 21, 1920
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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.
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