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About Malheur enterprise. (Vale, Or.) 1909-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 4, 1922)
I- iHTalbtur enterprise MAUinnt PUBLISHING COM PANT ALHETJr' OFFICIAL PAPER .Bpaaial Community Corraspondrnts. Mem to Btata Editorial Aaaoelation. . ' PUBUnUD) BVKRT SATURDAY AT "VAiB. JIAJUHBUR COUNTY. OREGON t-a4 Jk Vala, Oraron, pcatofftc at tamod CIm'MU Matter. lUBKBPTION RATES IN ADVANCB OIW YBAR (m ADVANCE) $8.00 ONI YEAR NOT IN ADVANCE) t.SS Casaaa "ad ForeHra SulaorlpMona. Pot- Staratea" Pranklln . Prtntfnc Mttl aa AB Job Printing. Prtea La FIGHT THE RAILROAD. ' It is up to Vale and the interior wns to fight to a finish the inten ons of the Oregon Short Line rail ad to curtail, the" -service on the rane and Brogah lines". While the pplication of the public service cor oration , would infer the Droposed lange would only be temporary, or ntil business conditions revive, it "i well for the people of Malheur junty to understand that this is nly a subterfuge.- The railroad jmpany has been' trying for years diminish the service on the Bro an branch. Present business condi ' ong have nothing to do with its , esires along- this line. And once lis service is diminished, it will be . ears before it is put back on a daily asis, if ever at all. During the hort shipping season when freight heavy it will be a simple matter run a few extra freight trains to lean up the yards.' If the railroad company is per- litted by the public service corpora- ion to cut in half its passenger and tail service on this line, the devel- pment of the entire Willow "creek alley will be retarded greatly. There , is a 'question also whether he public service commission can igally allow the petition of the rail oad company. The roadbed of the ne from Vale to Brogan was built y the promoters of the Willow liver irrigation project and present d to the railroad i company in ex hange for daily passenger, express nd mail service. There is supposed o have been executed a contract by no railroad 'company - agreeing to his dally service. " f The application to curtail the ser ice on the Crane branch has been, a the opinion of The Enterprise, lerely put-in by the railroad com any for compromise purposes. It after the - Brogan line ' and is at empting to force the people of Mal eur county to accede to its wishes y threats of discontinuing the ser ice on the longer branch line. The !rane line serves an immense terrl ory and it is beyond conception that he railroad company would be per-l litted to serve dozens of postoffices nd thousands of people in the terri ory but three times a week. As latter of fact, we do not believe the ailroad company has any intention f discontinuing dally service from Jntarlo to Crane.1 i What they want to do is to con use me issue ana on a compromise etain the valuablo freight line from 'ale to Brogan without furnishing ne service they agreed to in pay (lent lor this branch line. WOMEN'S CLUBS. : There' used to be a hoary old joke irith infinite variations, about the ays when mother was attending ne Mothers Club, while the child en were raising rats at home. The first women clubs met with orrent of criticism, as an escape by omen out of their proper Bphere. lut as early as thirty years ago. he woman club movement was bo oming a notable influence. Its first endencie's were along the line of terary study. Women who were retted by the drudgery and routine f housework, longed for brooder isions. They had lectures and read igs and went through Hrowning and ennyson and Buskin, and other reat masters of thought. This did not teach them to cook ny morp efficiently, but it gave t obler conception of te. It insuir d a fine strain of idealism, and de- eloped a great number of women 'ho had fed their souls on these reat masters of Inspiration, truin- d up a generation of young men 'ho could fight with Belf-sacrificlng evotlon. , for the democratic ideal Today the women's organizations ave gone to somewhat different bjectives. They art going more lto practical subjwU, are looking lto the best ways to run a home, re considering civic problems and olitltal interests, they help conduct ospitals and ' churches und provide urging for (he poor and they keep live the charities. The community 'ould be a cold und heartless pluce 'ithout them. . CHILDREN'S ACCIDENTS. Twenty' thousand children are tiled each year by accidents, ac- mllng to figures given out by the COUNTY jnerican Red Cross. The country lay sptwd ita millions to fight din ass. And then 20,000 of these lit e one, in thoir heudluss inexpert nee of life, throw themselves in tli ay of automobiles, full out of win owa, and in other ways bring sud rn and devastating grief, , Some f these tragic fatalities uld be- avoided by en foi cement of iws and growing sense of ducenry, he motui'lat u luais thiougb s f thickly settled street and considers heedless children as guilty of their cvn destruction, has elements of murder in his heart Children have a' love or dangerous places. They climb' to the top of a tall tree and enjoy scaring their frightened parents. A mild applica tion of the rod when they get too risky would avert some perilous stunts. During recent years, thousands of cities and towns have adopted vari ous plans to advertise - their civic advantages. But they do not always deliver the goods. tlr. C. S. Cole, speaking at the an nual convention of the Indiana Real Estate Association, brought out this idea, by remarking that many city ' booster clubs' tejl of the wonders and glories to be found in their re spective burgs. But when one ap proaches these far famed places, he fees the most uninviting- and tumble down collection of buildings imagin able. The railroad lines may ap proach the town through collections of chicken coops and dilapidated tenements, with the station located in the most unattractive quarter. r.outes of approach by automobiles may exhibit many eyesores. Such a community impressed the visitor as failing to make good its claims. The first thing to be done to Loom a town, is to 'remove all un sightly objects, and beautify it all you can. Then you can begin to boost it, without getting unpleasant reactions. OREGON WEEKLY INDUSTRIAL REVIEW. Haines is called the biggest little city in Oregon. Tualitin Sawmill idle for one year starts with full crew. Betzen New shingle mill starts March 15, employing 25 men. Prospect Project outlined to irri gate 56,000 acres. Oakville votes to erect $7000 cchool building. Newberg Methodists to erect $25, 000 church. Portland $100,000 garage- to be constructed. Seaside to have $70,000 school building. West linn to erect $21,000 school. Tigard plans new school. Lone Pine Box factory to be built in spring. Albany boosting construction of new city hall. Reedsport Local mill purchases &50.000 worth new equipment, will double capacity. Jefferson county court sets new wage scale. Laborers $3. Brownsville wmow electric pump installed at water works. Gold Beach Local mill being en larged. State game commission appropri ate $3,500 for fish hatchery exten sion work. Astoria Knights of Pythias to build new home, costing between $30,000 and $40,000. Portland Telegram to erect $300, 000 building. Astoria Knights of Pythias to build new .home costing betweei 30,000 and $40,000. ABtorla Contract let for paving Seaside highway between Miles crossing and Skipanon. Thirty men working on caves high way in Josephine county. Tillamook county has $425,000 available for road work. Astoria water commission will build 12-mile pipeline to Bear creek Redmond Work started on Crane prairie reservoir. - American Can Co. has completed 2,000,000 plant at Portland. North Bund has big building pro gram. Toledo barber rates reduced to 15 and 85 cents for shave and haircut. Eugene cigar factory turns out half a million annually. Weddurburn Macleay estate saw mill gotting ready to operate. Wcndling Booth-Kelly sawmill to operate with 150 men. State bonds issued to date $107, 390,003. Total of bonds authorized to duto $188,030,892 from 1910 to 1920 assessed valuation increased 23.2 per cent, taxes increased p24.S per cent. In 1910 per capita tax was $17.78 and in 1920 $52.67, an in crease of 195.7 per cent. Brookings 18-mile logging rond '.o be extended south of here. Mt. Angel granted franchise for national bunk. Lathe and broom handles to be made from sawmill waste at Eugene Nyssa organizes commercial club. Springfield and Lane county crcumcrios do $150,000 annually. Estimates that drainage of Ore gon s 2,500,000 ncres of swamp lands will double stute's agriculturul production. Albany Oukvillu school district votes for $7000 building. I-'reewati-r plunning city hull. Albany starts drive for tthlO.OUO for new buildings at Albany college, Astoria Long-Bell Lumber Co. may erect plunt hero. St. Helens 1921 lumber ship ments total 100,000,000 feet. Pendleton Campaign on to con struct highway in Grunt county. Mute and federal truppt-rs on sal- ary are a big group of public em ployes. Advertising KB laa in this paper will bring good returns on the money invested A EXPLOSIVESJR FARMS GOVERNMENT SALVAGES EX PLOSIVES FOR BLASTING PURPOSES. (Praparad ay aa Unltad Stataa Dapartmaat al Afrtealtara.) Distribution by tly United States Department of Agriculture of 12,500, i00 pounds of picric acid salvaged from the war stores and designed to be used for farm explosives will arouse Interest In the desirability and practicability of blasting stumps to clear off old wood lota for crop pur poses. The picric acid for distribution has been allotted to the states according to areas of cut-over lands. It Is planned to establish an agency In each state to co-operate with the depart' toent, and the agricultural college In each state has been asked to act In (lint capacity.' Not Commercially Available. 1'lcric acid Is rather higher In ex plosive power tlian ordlnury commer cial dynamite as used In agriculture, but for manufacturing reasons Is not likely to be on the market after the government's supply Is disposed of. For stump and rock blasting work it Is used In practically the same way, being exploded by a detonating cap, either with a fuse or un electric det ouutor. In blasting stumps, the proper loca tion and size of the charge depend upon the kind, size and age of the stump; the kind of soli and the amount of moisture In It; and the method of firing the charge which is to be used. For tap-rooted stumps a good meth od Is to dig away enough earth at the side to permit boring an Inclined hole well down past the center at the depth where It Is desired to cut the root off. The hole should be at least eight inches deeper than the length of the cartridge to allow for tamping. This charge may be fired by fuse or electricity, or two or more charges may be placed In holes aronnd the outside of the root and fired with an electric blasting machine. Sometimes even one large charge, planted deep on the outside of the root, will do the work. Where stumps have lateral roots, some experience and Judgment will be necessary In placing the explosive, es pecially If only one charge Is used. Generally the center of resistance will be the center of the stump, although sometimes roots on one side are much stronger than on the other. The depth requires careful consid eration. For small stumps the charge should be at least two feet deep, while larger stumps with wide-spreading roots should be loaded deeper. Sandy soli requires a deeper charge than clay or loam. 8ize of Charge. The size of the charge cannot be specified briefly, but one authority recommends roughly one-half pound of 20 per cent dynamite for each square foot of stump. With picric acid, co-operative Investigations by the United Stutes Department nf Agricul ture and other Institutions Indicate thut success can be attained with one fourth of a pound for each square foot of white-pine stumps, with Inrger charges for hardwood stumps. The Inexperienced bluster should begin ex periments with small stumps and nd just the charge. Holes In soil may usuully be made by driving a 1-lnch crowbar with a ten-pound maul. In wood, nf course, tin auger Is required. Sometimes It Is wise to set off a small charge In the bottom of the hole to form a chamber and after the hole has cooled tamp It full of silt cartridges. If the soil Is dry, the paper covering of the car tridges may he slit with a sharp knife and the cartridges tamped Into a solid mass with a wooden stick. Cartridges may be divided by slitting the paper around and breaking. Never attempt to silt a frozen cartridge. To prime the charge, cut off the proper length of fuse, allowing at least 2 feet per minute required to get to safety after firing. Open the cap box and ullow one cup to slide Into the hand. Never pick or pry out a cup with a stick or wire, as they are very sensitive. Slip the end of the fuse .snugly Into the open end of the cap. Crimp the cap on with a crlruier. If the charge Is to be fired In water, apply a little grru.se around the top of the cap. With the crimper handle, or a stick the size of a lead pencil, make a hole In the side of the cartridge. Inclining It so the part to be occupied by the up will be parallel with the side of ln cartridge. If Hie cartridge Is to be fired under wator, apply some water proofing aut)8tunce. Tie the fuse In place with a string around the fuse and the cartridge. Then carefully pluce the rartrldgo In the blust hole, making sure the cap stays In position. Priming for electric discharge Is much simpler. IHrectlons go with the ap paratus. Wooden Stick far Tamping. Having placed the primed charge, It s necessury to tump It. Any straight (Hind stick, ubout 1V4 Inches In di ameter and 5 feet long, will do for tumping. Never use Iron. Moist clay, moist loam, and moist sund, following one another In the order named, make the boH tamping material. The mute rlal should be packed lightly for four or six Inches, and then rammed as mrd as the surrounding soil. Before firing see that everybody Is out of the way. In firing a safety fuse It Is best to split It, excising the pow er for un Inch, apply a mutch until the powder spits, and thou run to safe- If the clinrge fulls, let it alone until next duy. For lar-, jobs It will 'un be found advisable to buy an electric blasting outfit, which will tire several charges at once. The bureau of public roads of the United Stutes Department of Agricul- ure will give Information about the distribution of picric acid and the use of this and other explosives. The dls Itiutloii, however, win be made only i rough state s grin-lea. SAI.lt Ie. Blank. all kin si KnUrara vfftaa. KtiUrpriaa- Want Ads will bring rveiilla. Cunt ul a (aw rents RIVERDALE MEETING AT ANNEX SCHOOL HOUSE fS SUCCESS NEW MEMBERS More snow has fallen this winter than for five years. Snake river is still frozen over and is in a rough condition, with a number of gorges. It is reported today by travelers from Huntington that the iue is gorged and jammed to the height of telephone poles twelve miles west of Riverdnle and residents along the river are wondering what will bo the outcome. Charles D. Spence arrived Friday from the Boise Valley country where he spent a few weeks in the interest of the L. D. S. church. Owing to the severe cold Satur day night some chickens are re ported frozen to death. Miss Kirlie Pakh and Robert Weber were elected a committee of two for the purpose of conducting the community meetings at. the An nex for the month - of February. This is a well chosen committee. W. R. Aldridge has suffered much this winter with rheumatism. He has been unable to do any kind of chores for several months except ing to fee d a few head of stock. The Wilson family who arrived here two or three months ago and have been occupying the Carl and Otis Brookshire place since, have passed through part of a very try ing winter. One sort 19 years of age is just recovering from a se vere case of pneumonia. We are glad to say our people are helping the family. The Farm Bureau meeting at Annex the 24th was a great success from every angle. Much interest was shown by every one present and great deal since, as the number of new Farm Bureau members will show. Miss Elsie Gibson has a slight at tack of lagrippe this week. Owing to the cold weather and the rough ground around the Slide over which the new highway is sur veyed the work, of course, is much slower than it -otherwise would be if the weather was agreeable. E. B. Cohklin of Ontario was here part of last week securing new mem bers for the Farm Bureau. Mr. Con klin seemed well gifted for the work he' is doing so well and informed the writer he expected to devote most of his time this year to this work. Butterwrappers printed Enterprise job shop. ' at the COMMERCIAL PRINTING of superior workmanship at the Enterprise offlee. J-P Loose Leal Fillers, Indexes and Covers For the Following Numbers and Sizes in Stock: No. 1901, Size 2x4, End Opening No. 1902, Size 41x21, Side Opening No. 1902, Size 2xA, End Opening No. 1903, Size 3x5, End Opening No. 903, Size 5x3, Side Opening No. 904, Size 6x31, Side Opening Loose Leaf Stenographers' Note Book Covers and Fillers, Typewrit r Paper, Ribbons, Erasers, Paper Fastners, Inks, Special Orders for Office and Bank Stationery and Sup plies. Bookkeeping Machine Sheets. Blank Books and Loose Leaf Devices carefully and accurately filled.1 MALHEUR ENTERPRISE Everything for the Office Regardless of the low price and seeming small demand, the bulk qf the hay crop on this flat has been The program and box social t Jefferson school house Friday night,' January 27, was a success in every respect. All who were lucky enough to be there the house was crowded speak in highest praise of the de lightful time. About $25 was col collected from the sale of boxes. Mr. and Mrs. Noah and E. Conk lin of Ontario and Alex Vavrick and three children, Lizzie, James and Oscar, of West Weiser were callers at the Mr. and Mm W. R. Aldridge home Sunday. MUCH ICE BEING STORED SEVERAL MEN FILLING PIT SILO ON WILCOX RANCH WITH ICE. Park Improvement Club met Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Geo. Sullena with Mrs. Lias as assistant " hostess. The' president and vice president were both ab sent because of sickness and Mrs. S. J. Simpson presided at the meet ing. Following a short business session with twenty, members and one visitor present the afternoon was devoted to the completion of the garments for the Hanby children. Mrs.. Carr, a new member, was re ceived into the club. The next meetinar of the club is on Thursday. February 9th, at the home of Mrs. E. Frost. Mr. and Mrs. Carr are living tem porarily in the house recently va- .' cated by Mrs. Johnston. They have rented one of the Lattig ranches. Rupert Branwork of Payette was a guest of Edgar Carico. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Conner left Monday moring for Hot Lake, where Mr. Conner expects to take treat ments. Max Brown is very ill this week, suffering from a gathering in the head. Misses Wright and Lindquist are holding religious services at the Pioneer school house this week. Mrs. Ed Tomlin is ill. Jas. Carico of North Payette was a guest at the Tom Carico home Sunday. The Tru Blu club met at the home of Mrs. J. L. Brown Thursday afternoon. Following the business meeting Nettie Bartshe gave a dem onstration of fudge making, which was very interesting to the young cooks especially when it came time to do the testing. Mr. Hasby and children left Wed- 1 ' I OREGON SLOPE I ii BOO I nesday for Medf ord, where they will hake their home, Hamilton Conner and wife of On- tario were guetfts of Mr. and Mrs Mason Clough Monday and Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Briggs of Caldwell were weekend guests of the . latters parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. . Conner. Roy Christianson and Dclos Love land were hosts Monday evening of last week at a delightful dancing party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Skippen. Guests were: Misses Rose West, Florence Chris tianson, Francis McCamine, Hazel Shafer, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Arner Gorton, Russell Culle, Jas. Atterbury and the hosts. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Conner en tertained Mr. and Mrs. Mason Clough, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Conner, Mr.and Mrs .11. H. Briggs and Geoge and Maude Culp , at dinner Sunday, Hildred Fellows and Mildred Mil- iMtfiMiii HaUiwn.mil, iMaHUaWiiMM. iiai.niwigirn .nnr nir-wim'"!""-"''"!!" I e e Investigate this clothes cleaner and saver. Its worth while. Ask us to lend it to you for a weeks washing on your own clothes. That will be no trouble, obligation or expense the trial in your home la free. Vale Electric Co. Trje Institution of Greatest Service L. P. Luinpee; Mgr. Me moran ler are ill with tonsilitis this week. Mrs. R, D. Roger spent Thurs ay with her mother, Mrs. Liar, and attended club. Several men in the community are filling a pit silo on the Wilcox ranch with ice this week.. They are cutting excellent ice from the Snake river and are putting in two or three hundred tons with little expense. Fred Van Tatten is on the sick list this week. Seventh Day Adventists. t Sabbath School held every Satur day at 10:30 a. m. at the home of Mrs. J. H. Townsend. - Interesting1 Bible studies each Sabbath. Alt Interested ' in Scripture study are invited. If you have old rags which you nave no use for, bring them to the Mftlhonr Rntprnrina rtffirp find we will buy them. They must be clean. Coffee SUCH AS FORE NEVER BE IN THE Electric Perculator SEE THE "Eden" ELECTRIC CLOTHES WASHER Cloth and Linens Last Five Times ns Long i dum 1 ) -.1 rt