OIK SLOGAN
JOIN THE FARM BURRAU
Farmers of Malheur County
the Farm Bureau is working
for your interest. 8end in
your membership today.
100 Hons. Two Brood Sows
and Five (own on every 10
acres of hind hi Iho V. :irtn-
Spring DMriit
VIII. NO. 5
VALE, OREGON, SATURDAY, I)ECEIBER 31, 1921
SUBSCRIPTION ?2.00 PER YEAR
CITY TO BE SAVED
IMPROVEMENT COST
County And State Will Pay
Entire Cost Of The Im
prpvement On A Strict
Through To Steel Bridge
Through the offer of County Judge
Test the city of Vale will lie saved
close to $1000 on the improvement
of A street, from the city limits to
its intrsection with Glenn street,
near the new bridge across the Mal
heur river.
This stretch of new improvement
is necessitated to connect the new
Central Oregon highway through the
city with the John Day highway.
The state highway department or
iginally offered to pay 40 per cent
of the cost of the improvement
providing the county paid 40 per
cent and the city 20 per cent. Vale
had no public money to use on this
work and the county offered to ad
vance the city's buck portion and ac
cept it in three annual payments.
The first of the week Judge Test
received information from the high
way commission that it had recon
sidered the proposition und would
assume 50 per cent of the cost of
the work. Judge Test decided thai
the commission should not be mure
magnanimous than the county court
and he anoumed that he would fa
vor the county's paying the remain
ing 50 per cent, thereby relieving
the city of Vule of any expense
whatever for the improvement. It i'
considered very probable that Com
missioners Vine and Dean will con
cur with Judge Test in this action.
"The city administration appreci
ates fully the kind offer of Judge
Test and in due time will extend it:
official thanks to him and the count
court," said Mayor A. K. McGilli
vray, when informed of the saving
which Vale will have. "The origi
nal offer of the court to advance the
city's share and defer full payment;
for three years was very fair but
this one is a good deal better."
Contractor Cross plans to start
grading work on A street just in
time to have it completed and ready
for. the graveling crewt vhrr it
reaches the city limits. If the work
was done earlier the principal bus
iness street of the city would be
torn up and mudy when it might be
better to be in use.
WEDDING PERFORMED AT THE
BOISE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
TUESDAY AFTERNOON
Miss Valida Innes Rose and Hugh
Thayer were married at the Episco
pal church in Boise Tuesday after
noon at 4 o'clock. The beautiful
ring ceremony was used.
The bride was dressed in a charm
ing afternoon gown of navy blue
and carried a bridal bouquet ol
rosebuds.
Mr. and Mrs; Thayer are two ol
the most popular young people ot
this community and their marriage
is a pleasant occurence to friends
in Vale and Ontario. Tho bride is
a daughter of Mr. und Mrs. Wm.
Rose and has lived in Vule ovei
seventeen years. The Iast foui
years and until recently she has
worked' in . the United States Nat
ionaT bank. Mr. Thayer has lived
in this community since childhood.
Last .year he and his parents mov
ed to their ranch near Ontario.
The newly married couple enjoyed
a short honeymoon in Bone und re
turned the lost of tho week to their
new home near Ontario.
LEGISLATIVE SESSION ENDS
State Lawmakers Meet at Salem to
Start Portland Fair Program
On Its Way
The special session of the state leg
islature convened by ihe governor,
after a week of Btruggle, adjourned
Saturday night at 6:U0 o'clock, with
the principal object of its meeting
still unattained, it would seem from
the press reports. The question ot
the press reports. The question o1
a constitutional majority in the up
per house is the stumbling block and
it is thought that the courts will be
called upon to settle th:s disputed
point before the people will be al
lowed to vote upon the measure in
May of this year.
A vacancy caused by the death of
a member of the upper chamber has !
placed the result in doubt, the vote1
being very close in the senate 1 4 to i
15. It is claimed that a legal ma- j
jority is 1 .'' i
Tne assembly has sent to the gov
ernor the two fair proposal over
which the fight was waged. The one
ii a proposed constjtut tonal amend-; the tux from one to two cents per here on business,
ment creating commission f lii: gallon, and (rives during the four-' Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Ellis of Em
members to conduct the .!'-" expoi- year eriod the total sum of three ' mett visited in the city Saturday
tion at Portland and providing fur million dollars, the sum required and Sunday.
the financing of the name by a tux from the state to finance the exponj-. B. H. Small of Jamieson was a
on gasoline. The other is known as tion.. J viaitor Friday.
fe,!CAUSE IS SEEN FOR
Death In Accident
Mcr ninry Train From Ontario Wrecks
Car at Crossing in Vale No
One is Seriously Injured
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Coates, their
little daughter Elizabeth and an aunt
Mi:;. Clup, narrowly escaped death
Wednesday morning when the car
in which they were riding was bad
ly wrecked by the eleven o'clock
.i; in coming from Ontario at the
croc.dng just east of the station.
.ine family had started out to
: .ii :id the day with friends in the
country and had reached the rail
road crossing, where the side tracks
jvc ip lined with freight cars, mak
ing it impossible to see the coming
tialn. Mr. Coates who was driving
did not hear a sound of the ap
proaching train, he asserts, and the
car was almost on the track before
the danger was known. One of the
ca:y. struck the machine on the front
wh l1, knocked it off and spun the
automobile around. Each succeeding
cor' eh struck the machine, and by the
tinv the train had passed it was
bai.ly wrecked. Luckily no one in
the car was seriously injured, but
Mri. Culp received several bad
bn'i;es.
Socia Events of W eei
Leghrn Christmas Party
The old Legion Hall was the
scene of a merry Christmas party
Wednesday evening. Members of the
Lej-ien, the Auxiliary, and their
fi ii i ds were invited guests, and a
nice crowd attended. The Hall wns
pvr'Mly decorated in evergreen.
The committee arranged a very en
terieining evening, and everything
went off in fine order. Several con
test games were played that were
ve., interesting. Dancing was also
a f -tui-e of the entertainment. Af
ter spending a most enjoyable eve
ii i ii.' ; refreshments were served by
Mrs. L. R. Schroeder, chairman of
the Auxiliary committee. The com
mittee who planned the evening con
sist .1 of Charles Crandall, Dr. Frank
Brown and Dr. H. W. Steelhammer,
as-si led by L. R. Schroeder.
Social Afternoon '
. Oae afternoon last week several
members of the chorus who pre
smti'd the Cantata Christmas night
met at the home of Mrs. H. E.
Your.;? to practice special parts. Af
ter .vorking on . the musicale, Mrs.
You served dainty refreshments
and a pleasant social afternoon was
enjejod.
Program at Sand Hollow
. and Mrs. Melton attended the
R :
prof .am at Sand Hollow gehool
hou: Friday afternoon. Miss Hel
en .'mith is teaching in that commu
nity ind she has only three pupils
at r
cent
prof
ever
ton,
cons
sent, but that was only an in
e for each to do his. best. The
am wns one of the finest he
attended, so reports Rev. Mel
and was over an hour long,
:ting of recitations, readings
and music. The children also had a
Chri mas tree and enjoyed the us
ual Christmas treat of candy and
nut:'.
Cantata Well Taken -
TH Cantata presented- at. the
Chri Han church Christmas night,
under the direction of F. A. Luse,
was well taken. A large and appre
ciative audionce attended.
Tli ? Christmas programs given at
the Methodist and Christian churches
in Vale were also well attended and
the children enjoyed the Yuletid;
treat and Santa Claus on Christmas
eve.
State Teachers' Association
M:s. E. Crail, school superinten
dent of Malheur county, left the
first of the week for Portland to
atteH the State Teachers' Associa
tion meeting held there this week.
A vt-.y interesting meeting has been
arranged for this year and it is ex
pected a number of teachers of this
county will attend.
H. E. Nesbitt of Wealherby spent
one day with friends in Vale this
week.
Bud Rogers spent several days in
Rui'iin on business last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Herrett mo
tored to Ontario on business the
first of the week.
Mrs. Hickman and her daughter
Gco.'ia, und J. H. Russell were the
o-'iests of n brother, Harrison Rus
sell, Christmas.
Elmer Powell visited old friends
in the community Monday 'and re
turned to her home in Rye Valley
Lh fo
iwing day.
i ( : '!:in .if ted bu ,inr:-s
ir fir ; T th week, hav-
, . i i t . 1:1 . .,m in Brointn.
n
i-". t I: r lil v.iuc.i i m : nils the.
g:i ilire t-iy mv of 1H21, increase
OPTISI IN VALE
Correspondent Says Busi
ness Men Have Accomp
lished Much In The Past
Twelve Months.
It is encouraging to the landown
ers of the Malheur valley to know
that their water and drainage costs
are going to be less than the water
costs alone under many projects, and
they fully appreciate the fact that
the business men of Vale made pos
sible the experiments last summer
which showed the way to save a
vast sum in drainage work. The
facts are evidenced by a letter re
ceivcl this week by the Enterprise
from one of the larger land owners
in tho valley, which is herewith pub
lished:
Mr. Editor: "The first of the year
is inventory time when business
Jiouses take stock and see what they
have done the past year. Why should
not a community take stock and sec
what it has done? In this connec
lion I want to say that the Vale
business men have hit the bull in
1921.
"Last spring the business men
raised $1000 to defray the expenses
in connection with - some experimen
tal work on reclaiming alkalied
land. The result of this was that
the Oregon Agricultual College sent
Prof. Johnston to Vale. He se
lected a ten-acre tract for this
work. In draining the land prepar
atory to his exprimental work he
found a new way, so far as this val
ley is concerned, of building drain
age ditches. This new way of mak
ing the ditches will save the valley
$500,000, we are told by a man com
petent to estimate. If anyone doubts
let him check over the acreag of the
valley which should be drained as
shown by the cooperative report on
the district and multiply the acreage
by the average cost of drainage as
found in other districts; then let
him take the same acreage and mul
tiply by our drainage cost by using
the sluicing method. He will find
$500,04)0 is a low estimate of the
saving.
- "Furthermore, Mr. Johnston's work
showed that the worst land in the
valley can be reclaimed and in a
shorter time than was thought by
many of us.
"Not content, the business men have
just raised better than $5000 and
are incorporating to bring in dairy
cows. This means that every man
in the valley able to take care of
dairy cows and who wants them, can
be supplied. It means that thousands
of dollars in cream checks are going
to be coming into this valley inside
of the next year.
"If this community, thru the busi
ness men, keep hitting the ball as
they have the past year, this will be
one of the most prosperous sections
in the Northwest in a few years.
Yours very truly,
A Resident."
As an example of how cheaply
drainage ditches can be constructed,
Messrs. Russell, Hadley and Carman
have just completed a ditch averag
ing around 12 feet deep and almost
one mile long at a cost of around
$200, figuring man and team at $5
per day. This is about eight cents
a lineal foot of ditch and about $2
an acre for the land drained. When
you compare this cost with that of
the Malheur Drainage district, which
ran somewhere around $00 an acre,
the saving is apparent.
Records show that practically all
drainage work costs over $30 per
acre and government systems built
at Yakima cost from $50 to $00 an
acre. Not only are the farmers of
the Warmsprings district able to
construct drainage systems at a very
small cost but the maintenance on
these systems will he practically
nothing, whereas the maintenance
costs elsewhere is quite an item.
HOME FROM RAWLINS. WYO.
Bert High returned last week for
a short visit in his old home at Vale.
Mr. High has been in Rawlins, Wyo
ming for the past ten months.
Mrs. Frank Jones spent a day in
Vale this week and returned to her
home in Ontario Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. M. Strout of Brogan
were in the community Saturday and
Sunday.
Michael Needahm of Juntura spent
Thursday in Vale.
W. L. Spence was a business vis
itor the last of the wek.
Carl Boppart und Pete Small of
Westfull were in Vale this week.
W. D. Fany of Ilrogan transacted
bu iness in town the first of the
week.
O. W. Logan spent several day
EDITORIAL
THE NEW YEAR
It has been the ethics of news
papers since the beginning to ef
face the personal pronoun in edi
torial writing ami I am not the
one to question the correctness of
these ethics. But I have some
thing I want to talk to you person
ally about and I am going to break
down traditions this once.
We are upon the threshold of a
new year and your thoughts are
probably the same as mine:
"What will the new year mean
to me?"
"Will it bring me more success
and happiness than I enjoyed lust
year?"
I want to tell you at the outset
that tho answers to these questions
will depend entirely upon you as
well as upon me because of the de
termining factor for success in most
business enterprises and for happi
ness in family and social life is the
personal equation.
If you and I who make our fam
ilics our friends and ourselves happy
and contented and it is you and 1,
in the majority of cases, who make
ourselves prosperous.
A lot of us have gotten into the
"dumps" during the past few
months. Business came too easy for
us during tho war years and we arc
having a hard time to readjust our
selves to the reality that we must
work twice as hard to obtain the
same results as we did two years
ago. And it depends entirely upon
you and and me whether we remain
in the "dumps" or emerge smiling
and prosperous.
The Malheur river valley and Vale
are right upon the verge and you
and I must realize the seriousness of
the situation. If we cease struggling
now we will slip back to where Vale
will be the old time trading point
and the Warmsprings irrigation dis
trict nothing but grazing land. But
the situation is not so serious but
that a fighting personal element can
make the necesary strides forward
to make a second Yakima valley of
this project and a thriving city of
Vale. And it is up to you and to
me to be thnt fighting personal
element. i
THE EDITOR.
AUTOS COLLIDE IN FOG
DAN BRADFORD AND CLAR
ENCE ELLIOTT SAY FOG
HORNS NEEDED HERE
Big Bend is going to celebrate the
last day of the year with a big din
ner at the schoolhouse. Everybody
is invited to come with full baskets
and enjoy the day.
Mr. Felix Harris and family and
Mr. Godwin and family spent Sun-
dey with Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Wil
son. Mr. and Mrs. Al Ewing cnter-
tnined at dinner Sunday Mr. and Mrs.
Purdy and family and Mrs. Nellie
T. Jacobs.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Fleetwood
entertained a number of friends and
relatives Christmas day.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Faubion were
host and hostess to a number of
friends Christmas day.
Tom and Jim Welsh, from Cald
well, are home spending the holi
days with their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Thos. Welsh.
Miss Forrest, principal of the Big
Bend school, who attended the ex
aminations in Vain, returned to the
Bend to spend the holidays.
Chat Purdy, who is working for
the U. S. R. S. at Emmett, Idaho,
is home spending the vacation with
his parents.
Mr. William Cone, principal of
the Star high school, is visiting his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Cone.
Mr. Wilson, from Nampa, took
an active part in the entertainment
at the schoolhouse Christmas eve.
Mr. Wilson is a fine singer.
Rev. Williams and Mr. Wilson are
holding a revivul at the Arena Val
ley rchoolhouso beginning Monday
njght. Everyone is invited to at
tend. Eddie, the small son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Gibson, living near Ar
cadia, is seriously ill from blood
poisoning., but was reported better
today.
Fog horns Were needed in the
Bend Monday morning. Mr. Dun
Bradford started to Ontario, accom
panied by Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Scott and son. A little way north
of Adrian they heard quite a crush.
The air was filled with glass, pipes,
hats and cushiunr. When they all
got seated aain they discovered
that their Ford had run into Clar
ence Elliott's car. The curs were
I badly jarred and jiimmod. Mr. Scott
j got one ear und bin hands cut quite
: a little but nothing of a serious nu
I lure resulted.
I BIG BEND j
REPEAL OF LAW TO
SAVE LARGE SUM
Records Show Malheur Has
Paid Close To One Hund
red Thousand Pollars
For Bounties Since 1917.
The repeal of tho coyote bounty
law by the legislature this month
and its enactment into law by Gov
ernor Olcott's signature will save
Malheur county a vast sum of mon
ey within tho next few ye..ts. The
news has been received with joy by
taxpayers whose burdens h-.ve been
becoming heavier and heavier.
The new law makes it optional
upon the counties to pay these boun
ties and the county court of Malheur
in conformity with the inparent
wishes of the taxpayers at the bud
get meeting a short time ngo, will
not pay any bounties from now on.
The sum of $18,000 was estimated
in the budget for this exj enditure
during the coming year and ihis sum
will be saved the taxpayers, and in
nil probability a larger sum as the
hunters and trappers have brought
in more and more pelts for
bounties as tho months passed by.
The county pnid out over $3,000 in
the month of November alone.
Tho records of the coun'y show
that the sum of $71,809 has been
paid out on bounties for predetory
animals since January 1, K'l7. This
means that the county has paid the
bounty on over 20,000 coyotes and
the pests do not seem to be dim
inishing perceptibly, as the number
presented for bounty has been on
tho steady increase from year to
year.
In the opinion of many in the
county, the bounty law has been a
failure in exterminating coyotes in
Southeastern Oregon and some oth
er means will have to be resorted to
to rid the district of the pes' 3.
WILL POISON HIS
SEPTEMBER CAMPAIGN TO BE
CONDUCTED OVER NOuTH
HALF OF COUNTY
I. S. Gabrielson, of the U. S. Bi
logical Survey in charge of rodent
control work, was present in the
county early in the week to ..ousult
with County Agent Breithauj . in re
gard to rabbit poisoning whi. Ii these
officials have been planning fur some
time in cooperation with the farm
bureau. As a result it has been de-
decided to conduct a systematic poi
soning campaign over the north half
of the county in all communities
which are organized for doing coop
erative work or which perfect Un
essential organization.
The plan which will be put into
effect is substantially an mrange
ment by which the Biologi al sur
vey will furnish an experienc e! rab
bit poisoner in the person of E. B.
Seargent of Malheur who has
worked in Klamath and other coun
ties on rabbit poisoning campaigns,
to supervise tho preparation and dis
tribution of the poison und keep
things moving along the various
communities by moving from one to
the other during tho rubbit poisoning
season. Strichnlne will be f irnislied
to the community -farm bureau on
pooled orders assembled by the ro
dent control committeemen, at cost
through the operation of the rodent
control revolving fund mud" avail
able to the farm bureau by the
county court nearly two years ago
by meuns of which th farmers have
already been saved many thousands
of dollars in the cost of poisons
without uny financial loss ' the
county.
This poison will be han 'h-d by
the county agent who will d.. tribute
it to the farm bureau orgaiM'.itions
in lots of ten ounces or rn.re on
pooled orders accompanied by the
cash. For Buch order tho Biologi
cal Survey will furnish a:; cual
umount of poison free of cost so
long as the supply lasts, ,in,vidvil
the orders are from legitin tie or
ganizations cooperating in the or
ganized campaign. This wi!l bring
the cost of the poison to wc'l under
one dollar an ounce, and :-t the
sume time put its distribu ion on
tin organized and effective basis.
Owing to financial itringcr.ey und
demand for economy on the part of
taxpayers, the custom of fu:i ishing
rabbit poison free us praet -d by
the county court the past two yours
had to be discontinued, i-1 'hough
some excellent work has been done
in keeping the pest under eo-r- d at
u very moueruie expense i-uinmr.-o
to the bounty system now la ogu,
in Harney county which has ' it th.;
taxpayers there in the neigh'-., ihood'
of moo.OtMl during the pl.-t few I
years and promises to conti-uc the
drain indefinitely us witness In f 1 1 - .
bit bounty item allowed m that ,
county fur l'J-2 amounting '
000,
Holiday Trade
Heavy In Vale
One Firm Has Biggest Business in
Five Years and Others Show
Heavy Sales
Tho Christmas business just closed
in Vale was an agreeable surprise
to most of the merchants of this
city in the fact that ' it was much
larger than was expected by any of
them.
One store, the Vale branch of the
Alexander company, has the envi
able position of having done 20 per
cent more business during the month
of December than in other like month
for the past five years.
Other stores show large totals for
the- month and marked gains over
what was reasonably expected for
this year.
The sales at all of the business
houses show that the people have
spent little money for cheap luxuries
but on the other hand of tho more
expensive, substantial and useful ar
ticles. An most of the merchants
had a larger percentage of cash bus
iness than in previous years.
Transients in Vale during the hol
iday weeks complimented many of
the merchants upon the attractive
ness of their window and store dis
plays and remarked thnt they were
unusuully well displayed even for a
city many times the size of Vale.
There was a marked contrast these
attractive places for trade and one
or two in the city where no effort
for nttractiveness was made.
Social Events of Week
Friduy Bridge
Mrs. Earl Neeley entertained the
Friday Bridgo Club at a delightful
Chistmas party last week. Decora
tions suiting the time of year were
used throughout the living room.
Vases of holly and mistletoe formed
the centerpieces on the various ta
bles. Poinsettoes and little red nut
baskets were used as favors. There
were three tables of bridge and Mrs.
Leslie Hope, Ms. Vernon Herrett,
Mrs. J. F. Miller, Mrs. T. T. Nelson
and Mrs. John P. Houston were the
invited guests to the occasion, be
sides the Club members. Mrs. Speith
won high honors in clubs and Mrs.
Houston high honors for guests. The
afternoon wns very pleasantly
spent.
Dinner Party
Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Lumpee were
host nnd hostess at a charming din
ner party Monday evening. Cards
were pleasantly enjoyed during the
evening. The guests were Dr. and
Mrs. Steelhammer, Mrs. Fred Lave
ing of Canada, Misses Nola DeArm
ond und Ruth Hess, Mrs. Speith,
Curston Mueller, John Boswell und
Norman Keifer.
Sunday School Party
Miss Evalyn Hyde's and Miss Mar
garet Cl'-veland's Sunday School
classes spent a jolly evening at the
home of the latter Wednesday
night. The youngsters played games
und told ghost stories, and then made
popcorn balls and candy.
Dinner Party
Mrs. John Hardwick entertained
several guests at dinner Christmas.
Coves were luid for six. Guests
were Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Hayes, Miss
Flora Smith und Mrs. Mury Dodge.
Dinner GuestH
Mr. and Mrs. A. K. McGillivray
were host und hostess to a delight
ful Christmas dinner pnrty. Tin
rooms und tables were prettily dec
oated in Christinas colors. The af
ternoon was pleasantly ispent und
music enjoyed. Guests weru Mr. and
M i. A. E. Douglas and Rev. and
Mrs. Melton.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth HerrcU
were entertained at tne home of Mi
ami Mrs. A. K. Douglus one eve
ning last week.
Honor VisitorH
Missi s Leah and Marie Smith, who
are home from Boise where they ut
tend school were 1m. nor guests at the
home of Mrs. R. N. Beach Monduy
evening. Twelve guests were pres
ent. The living room was prettily
decorated in Christmas ciders. A
pleasant evening wai enjoyed play
ing curds.
Dinner Purty
On Christmas u nice, big turkey
arrived for Mr. and Mr:, i.eo. iiaye
sent forn u Mster at I'rincville, an
Mrs. lluyes was hostess at a dinner
party the fobowing day Mr. an.l !
ii... i. i... l r u... ' m .. .....I !
11 I ?- .J-ilill Ft. .'luriii, uiio ..ii. ti".
Mrs. J. J. Dicker ion wire the guests.
j Mfs HK,.rH i.,U.rtuiH
, M Kugi-rH entertained sev-
. fril.,1(,H t dillm.r UIlJ al curiU
. fi.;illw ,i,,
TO I. A GRANDE
llul I.cwh, who bus sp.-nt thi'ibiisy il iy hen Tuesday
la t fi-w mouths win king near Vale. I Kd Oakes und wife of Iron. Lie
i njuyeil u pleusunt Cbi iitinas ut ' wci vi. iti.M ll.c lirsl of the w -ek.
hi-, home in l.a Grande. He re I). It. Il.ill was u liiMim-. vuitui
tinned to Vale Wcdne day
HOWARD MUST HANG
; SAYS HIGH COURT
Young Man Conrlctcd In
Malheur County Cirruit
Court For Murder Of Geo.
Sweeny Loses Appeal.
George Howard must pay th.!
death ponalty for the atrocious mur
der of George R. Sweeney on Sep
tember 1, 1U20, according to the
decision handed down by the su
preme court this week.
The higher court upheld Judge
Biggs in all his rulings and Justice
McBride, in writing the decision,
suid: "the final result in the lower
court was fully justifiod."
George Howard committed what
is considered one of tho most cold
blooded murders of southeastern Ore
gon when he killed George Sweeney,
traveling tailor salesman of Vale, for
the possession of an old automobile
worth only a few hundred dollars.
Sweeney was enticed to demonstrate
the car to Howard and a short dis
tance from Vale was struck over
tho head with a wrench by How
ard. The body was thrown into the
tonneau of the car, covered with a
rolx- and brought back into Vale,
where Howard secured a large trunk.
Ho stuffed the body of his victim
into the trunk and carried it around
in the car for almost two days be
fore he sunk it in the Owyhee river
nt Watson, within a stone's throw of
where he worked and lived for sev
eral weeks. When Howard's work
ended at Watson and It was noces-
sary for him to leave for employ
ment, the murderer fished out the
body one dark night, carried it to
a garden several hundred yards dis
tant and buried H.
Sheriff H. Lee Noe unravelled the
case and with the assistance of
District Attorney Swagler, secured
a confession from Howard. The case
was tried in the January term of
the circuit court before Judge Biggs,
with the new district attorney, Rob
ert D. Lytle prosecuting It.
Howard must be returned to Mal
heur county for res'eptonce but it la
probable this will ' not be done until
the constitutionality of the capital
punishment law has been passed upon
by the supreme court as attorneys
for Elvie D. Kirby and John Rathie,
convicted murderers of Sheriff Til
Taylor of Umatilla county, have at
tacked the law.
In deciding on the appeal in tho
Howard case, Justice McBride h,ns
passed upon the point in the capital
punishment law heretofore undecided.
Attorney for Howard objected to the
instructions of Judge Biggs relating
to the right of the jury to recom
mend life imprisonment, "if circum
stances justified this in the minds
of the jurors," and argued thnt this
right was an arbitrary one in Uie
power of the jury and did not re
quire eicumstances. Justice McBride
held that the jury should consider all
circumstances in connection with tho
case and that it was unthinkable
that a jury would not so consider
these circumstances.
10 DEATHS IN FAMILY
MOTHER AND TWO V F R OLD
SON DIE MUCH SICK
NESS IN FAMILY
Cbristma: day was saddened in
the community by sickness nnd death
in the Buyer family. The little two
year old son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
Buyer died that ufternoon, after a
few week illness, and on Monday
Mrs. Buyer passed awa".. ller death
was probably due to worry and self
neglect while caring for the chil
dren thai, have been ill the greater
part of the winter.
En. ma E. Buyer was 32 years old,
huving bi en born September 1881),
in Eugene, Oregon. Mr. and Mrs.
Buyer hu-.e lived in Vale thirteen
year: , an I their friends and a.ipiain
tut.ces in the community are doin
Ibeir nine. to make U:.- hidden of
' sorrow !li;tiler. There are five little
I childen li .ides the husband and
father -Wei survive tho departed ones.
The f.iiierul servjeo wns held at
! the Nelvm Chapel on We-lnisilay af-
i. i ni.' , with Rev. Melton uffieist
I ing. Yu-ii: was rendered by n ijar
j letto including Mrs. II. E. Youn',
I Mis. lbii Keli-y, Mr. Frank l ose ami
' ! Mr. Ib-ii Mulkey. Mri. It..yer mi.1
lie- b'l son were bud In lest i"
the Vide 'cmoiory.
IN BOISE
(i. I!. Purler left the but of M
jeoek to cilebrate tie- remainder i
the holidays in Koise.
.1 M. Dentl of I'uyette wat in
tuwn iui s.iuy.
Michael Joyce of Juntiira fpciit K
itutila)