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VOL. XVIII. NO. 20
OLDEST PIONEER
DIB AT HOME
C. T. LOCEY BURIED NEAR
IRONSIDE, OREGON .
CAME WEST IN 1847
IN EARLY RUSH
C. T. Locey, one of Oregon's oldest
pioneers, died Saturday, April 15th,
at his home near Ironside.
People from all over the county
attended the funeral which was held
in Ironside. The body was laid to
rest near his old home.
Mr. Locey first came west in
1847 with his father, a prominent
physician o that period. He lived
in Oregon City a number of years
I... J T ,orro
alT- cev. ! nation for congressman from the
wife and children began their jour-J Eecond Congressional District, ar
ney in a prairie schooner1 for east- rived in Vale yesterday on his tour
era Oregon. They first settled in of eastern Oregon.
Eldorado, then a flourishing mining I t favor a protective tariff to
town near Malheur City but of which ' saferuard tne interests of Oregon,"
now, not a building Stands. A few said Mrf Gwinni and obtaining Ore
years later Mr. Locey located on a;g0.g just share of the reclamation
homestead near Ironside where for ; fund for Oregon's reclamation and
the last fifty years he has been one j irrigation projects,
of the leading citizens of Malheui I "There should be a reduction of
County When the county wa. taxes by an economical administra
divided he served as one of the tinn nf ,.,: :- j t j.
county commissioners for a numbei
of years.
Early in life. Mr. Locey married
Maria Morfitt. Both he and hi?
wife were intimately acquainted
with notables in early Oregon his
tory such as Joaquin Miller, Doctor
Whitman and others. He is sur
vived by his widow, two sons Fred
and Ernest Locey, both of Ironside,
and two daughters? Mrs. James A.
Lackey of Ontario and Miss Mary
Locey of Ironside. Four children
preceded him in death; one, Julian
Locey, . who served one term as
sheriff of Malheur county and who
died while serving his second term
of office.
Mr. Locey was one of the pioneers
who has been useful and respected
through life, and who has aided
in the advancement of Oregon. He
leaves many friends throughout the
state.
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WESTFALL
PLAY BASEBALL
WESTFALL REGULARS VICTORS
IN GAME LAST
SUNDAY
The Westfall school together with
many of the patrons, attended tht
Arbor Day program at Harper, April
14th. An interesting program wa.
rendered in the forenoon, followed
by a bountiful dinner. The after
noon was spent in athletics, consist
ing of foot-racing, jumping and a
ball game. Prizes as winners were
awarded the following pupils: Small
girls 60-yard dash Hazel Lee Harp
er; Larger girls lUU-yard dnsn i
Edna Claypool,; Wfcstfall; flmaUll .
boys 60-yard dash Henry ICime, !
Harper; Larger' boys 100-yard dash
Orville Presley, Westfall; Boys'
Henry Fletehett, Westfall ; Girls' he hmeT ' M,rs- Wm- Johnson J"'h
three-legged race-Hazel Lee and ! Mrs. L. J. Coulson as assistant host
T.0ll K.nnH Ha,.- Rmn bnv' e"g- The Program of the society
running broad jump-Clifford Pres-!
ley, Westfall; Larger boys' running . 7 ."" """V xvupuoncan nomination ?or ivep-
broad jump-Henry Fritchett, West-1 er- Du"n8 the afternoon the resentative, of the Seventeenth Rep-fall-
High jump Orville Presley 1 ladles were busy wlth tmmb,c and rosentative District, comprising Mal
Wes'tfall; Potato race Dick Wilson ' needIe Z"8 th .8cial bour was.heur County, this week, with a plat
Haroer: Sack race Rueben Sells. 1 enyed h tho Kts who were form of less taxes, retrenchment
Harper. The ball game was won
1 iL. Tir ir 1 1 1 1 I I
uy nits west-lull bciiuu uy a ficure '
OI Vi to 10.
Sunday April 16th the Westfall
American Legion ball team played
the Westfall Regulars on the home
eiuuuu wiLii a kuic -
favor of the regulars.
Mrs. Belle Hayes of Burns is
spending the week with her brother,
Arthur of this place.
Bora To Mr and Mrs. Stewart
Hanna, April 18th, a fine, big baby
boy. Cigar, Stewart
Maynor and Ray Devine have re
turned to the 'Westfall country for'
the summer. , j
Mrs. L. N. Estes and son, Leo, '
returned from Ontario Friday.
Henry Smith and family of Tut-
tie, Ida., moved to Westfall last
week. They expect to make this
theig home for the future. , Mrs. 1
Smith is a sister of .the Jones boys
of this place.
Some bond buyers and contractors
were up from Boise Monday inspect-'
ing the Westfall Irrigation Project. '
We understand they were favorably affair was quite successful financial
Impressed. ' ly as well as socially.
L. N. Estes sold fine team of ,
horses to Rufus Arrien last week. Mvthodiht Circle
There willl be a dance given April, The Methodist Circle met with
22 for the benefit of the Westfall
baseball team. Remember the date
and come. Let's, help the boy
along.
Coal is Found
i Malheur County has a coal field
! about two miles north of River-
side, which is "honest to good-
ness." The last With, Steve
Kerns, the garage man of River-
side, George Jordan,' the pool-
hall proprietor and Hugh Mad-
vera have been mining on a
160-acre tract of land. They
have three shafts, one a thirty-
foot shaft and they are working
day and night. They say that
from latest developments they
VltlVa Vnoartn Knliann flint tdntui Wt
-od r in a
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Madvera, has caused no little
excitement throughout that part
of the country.
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JlESHllIISITS
CANDIDATE FOR REPUBLICAN
NOMINATION FOR
CONGRESSMAN
James H. Gwinn, of Pendleton,
I v"w
vocate the fostering and maintain-
ing on an economical and common-
sense basis, of the free public schools.
"Our service men who served and
defended us should have just com
pensation." Mr. Gwinn is a brother of Monte
B. Gwinn of Boise, Idaho, who has
interests in Malheur County.
Social Events of Week
P. E. O.
napier iv. oi r. u. enjoyea a
delightful social function Tuesday,
i tr i v- t I
afternoon when Mrs. Oscar Daley
and Mrs. H. E. Young entertained
with afternoon tea at 'the home of
tho, former. Mrs. Ross A. Soward
charmingly presided at the tea table.
Eas(;er novelties were used through
oat as decorations.
After a business meeting, the la
dies enjoyed a pleasant social hour.
Wednesday Bridge
The Wednesday Bridge Club was
delightfully entertained at the home
of Mrs. George E. Davis this week.
There were three tables and Mrs.
John Rigby and Mrs. J. C. Gordon
were invited guests. After an
afternoon pleasantly spent, Mrs. R.
H. DeArmond won High. Honors.
Saturday Party
Mrs. O. E. Carman was a charm
ing hostess Saturday afternoon, en
tertaining in honor of Miss Ida B.
Hendricks' birthday anniversary.
Baskets of lovely pink roses were
used for decoration.
The afternoon was spent in a so-
ci ;il wa v. The eruests were Mrs. J.
u.-m.ners vi
e Vale High School.
Ladics' Aid.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the
Christian Church was entertained Bt ,
heduled a missionary meeting and
t,rese"1
Mrs
Hunt Entertains.
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Mm A S Hunt: onrnrrnlnoH Inst I
k with dinner t and " Volce inf the 8a'arle8 of
th hout the evening. Guest. to'th?r CUn 7"' t? , T'
dinner we M- Ma R Hndricki j safeguards in order that injustice
..j t, Biqt Mr. ITumnhrpv of,
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', .
Carlson and the
' Portland, Miss
Misses Hazel and Grace Daley.
t. in th ovnnincr thi. touchers 1
; wno wcrr participants in tho P-. T. 1 to effect a reasonable accommodation
;A chautauqua arrived and a very'th the economic and industrial
eaf.ant time wag gp(jnt playing conditions now generally prevailing
1 games.
Easter Party. '
Little Evalyn Earp eotertained
several little girls with an Easter
dinner party Sunday afternoon. A
pit.aHant afternoon was spent at the
nomo Df the little hostess. ,
'
Afternoon Tea.
Mrg. rjen Mulkty entertained with
inn afternoon tea this week for the
purpose of raising funds for primary '
supplies in the Sunday school. A !
fre0 will offering was taken and the
Mrs, Chas. U Batcheldur this week 1
and the afternoon was spent hi-wing j
and in discussion of work to be ac -
compllahed by the society. 1
NEARLY BURNED TO
DEATH IN FIRE
EXPLOSION STARTS BLAZE IN
DWELLING HOUSE
VOLUNTEERS ASSIST
WATER SOON PUT ON BLAZE
AND HALF OF HOUSE
SAVED
When the can of coal oil exploded
which he was pouring on the fire in
his cook stove here Wednesday noon,
Walter Yandle was nearly fatally
burned by the blazing oil which was
thrown over his clothing immediately
making him a mass of flames. H
rushed from his rooms in the west
half .of the John Kircher house into
the rooms of William Ha worth, who
with his family occupy the other
half of the building where they were
just eating dinner. ' Mr. Haworth
jumped up from the table and grab-
ing a leather jacket which was on a
chair near the door, threw it amnfiA
him and smothered the flames, which
'
were biasing up around his face and
head from his burning shirt and
trousers.
Mrs. Haworth rushed to the front
door and looked in the Yandle apart
ments which were by that time a
mass of flames, the fire showing
against both of the front windows,
while Haworth helped Yandle out
into the yard and shouting fire, com
menccd to carry out the furniture
in his side of the house,
The volunteer fire department 'be
gan turning out, the chemical ar
riving and the hose was pushed into
the blazing rooms, holding the fire
until the bringing up of the hose
cart from the central station. This
was connected with the hydrant at
the corner nearest the house and the
fire Was soon put out.
j did not think when I
first
arrived that there was any chance of
saving the building, with the start
the fire already had," said Fire
Chief C. C Mueller, "but we were
able to get the water so soon that
the east half of the building was
practically undamaged by the fire,
though the west half was entirely
burnt out."
Mr. Yandle is under the care of
the doctor, and is staying at the
Kircher residence, where he is re
ported to be convalescing' slowly,
though as yet it is impossible to
tell whether or not new skin will
have to be grafted, as his face, head,
hands, and a spot on his side' are
npthing but blisters.
Toe property was insured suffi
ciently to cover the loss and will be
immediately repaired and put in
shape for living quarters.
George Steele, who was occupying
the apartment with Mr. Yandle was
nearly burned in his rush back into
the blazing rooms after the fire had
started, to recover his honorable dis
charges "om tne umtea btates
LL
CANDIDATE
FOR REPUBLICAN
NOMINATION AS STATE
REPRESENTATIVE
Charles M. Crandall, attorney ' of
Vale, announced his candidacy for
and strictest economy.
"I believe that the taxpayers of
the respective counties should have
" -i-,-
'avoided," said Mr. Crandall.
'
; ,j ,j ;.i nf r.
"Adjustment of the salaries of all
public officers so far as is necessary
in order that the rights and interests
of lines of proper human effort may
be rightfully considered and respect-4
ed.
"We should have better law en
forcement and proper education of
the children of our homes must be
jealously protected, and our public
school must bo maintained at the
highest efficiency.
"I would advocate the abolishment
of all appointive public commissions
and. those commissions that we must
have to be elected by the people to
whom they must answer, for the
discharge of public duty."
In Parma
Harold Ilomph spent the early part
of the week vihiting his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. C. Romph who live near
Parma. He returned to Vale where
he is attending high school as a
senior, on Wednesday.
VALE, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL
Vale Loses
Against Pitcher
Penson in
Practice Game
but has. Chance to
Try out Material
At Parma
-By Texas Leaguer-
Last Sunday morn the baseball
bug peeped out from between bJs
wool blankets and seeing a white
Easter, immediately turned over for
another snooze, - but along about
eleven o'clock, bad dreams or .the
heat from the radiator, made him
restless and he arose, donned his
red ball uniform and beat it for
Parma.
Cold weather did not have the
effect on the fans that it did on
the ball players as about two hund
red braved . the icy blasts to cheer
the Prune Pickers. I
Speed Ball Penson, who started
for Parma, seemed to be in mid
season for his fast one was like a
bullet and his hook made the bat
ters cross-eyed.
Nichols, Vale's mound . artist,
pitched a good game but his support
was continually up in the air, they
accePted twenty-one chances ou of
I it L At
thirty-three.
Swansen, the new short-stop, ltyks
good both in the field and at the bit
And it is up to the fans to get htm
a job so we can hold him.
Bird Glenn played good ball on
second and with a little' more ex
perience will make a nante for him
self. The high wind in the ort-
field made it difficult to gagn a
! btU1 ,s both sdes. missed 1uite fre"
quenuy. ah in an, averyone
played a good game msidering the
weather.. v
The score by innings:
1231456789 R H E
Vale 002lll20x 6 8 6
Parma 4212001 10 11 3
Batteries:' Nichols, Stiles and Mou
dy: Pensen, Grouve, Cook and Burn.
Umpires; C. M. Right and Callem
Wrong. Called in the eighth so W.
Randolph ccyild crank his Ford.
The feature of the game was the
h.igh place hitting, of Ike Robinette:
He stepped up and he swung,
Then he hit a foul,
The third was a ball
Which made the pitcher scowl,
But his striking out
Made the home fans howl.
was maiheur County imrs. winston gould dies
The Garden of Eden? i Tuesday after short
1 ILLNESS
Was Malheur County once the, Mrs. WinBton Gould who lived in
Garden of Eden, or is there a more Vale until recently passed away
logical theory to be advanced? This Tuesday evening at her new home
could once have been the shore of an near Redmond, after a short illness,
inland sea, and other hazy supposi- it js reported that Mrs. Gould died
tions may be made, but, at any rate,' 0f diphtheria and her deth was pro
C. Smith, who lives in the interior of bably due to the fact that she lived
tne county above West'alL brought in the interior of the country where
in petrified fruits and nuts last week ;t Was impossible for her to receive
that may be seen at McGillivray's nroper treatment in time.
Pharmacy." There are perfect. figs, j ' Mrs. Gould was Miss Blanch Slay
almonds, pecans, hazel nuts, peanuts, ton before her marriaire and a daugh-
bananas and other forms of vege
table life. In the spring when Bnow
and ice melt, when water washes
down off the hillsides, these petri
fied fruits are among the sand and
soil.
For sevreal years past Mr. Smith
has found these bits of stone and
last week he brought some of the
most perfect forms to Vale.
ROBBERS ARE PAROLED
PROSECUTING WITNESSES DIS
APPEAR; WEISER HOLDUP
, GANG GET OFF EASY
The Weiser hold-up gang which
robbed a sheep camp across the river
from Weiser and who, later, were
caught by their two victims, were
on trial Thursday. The men were
Buster Adams, Wallace Adams and
Robert Burns. They pled guilty
and the judge sentenced them to ten
years each, and paroled them from
the bench. The two Basque boys,
victims of the robbery, could not be
found to act as prosecuting wit
nesses. The robbery occurred early in
February and they were indicted
before the grand jury at a special
session. Jim Burris and Chris Le
Roy, Basque sheepmen, were the vic
tims of the hold-up. It was per
petrated at the point of drawn re
volvers. The sum of $76.00 was
taken. It is thought the robbers
expected to find several hundred
dollars in the camp which the sheep
men had received that day from the
Kale of a small flock.
The disappearance of their money
convinced the two Basque boys that
the robbery waa no Joke and they
saddled their horses and trailed
the three into Weiser. The two
Adams boys and Burns were ar
rested in the Idaho city and were
Inter brought to Vale by Deputy
f'htriff Glenn.
Dave Lawrence of Ironside spent
most of the week in Vale visiting
friends.
22, 1922.
VALE TEAM WINS :
AGAINSTLOSTINE
WILL COMPETE WITH TEAM
FROM PENDLETON
VOTE IS UNANIMOUS
DR. .BROWN ENTERTAINS VIC
TOR3 AND VISITORS
AT HOME
A unanimous decision for Vale was
the result of the inter-district de
bate between the Vale High school
and the Lostine High School of Wal
lowa county,' held here Friday even
ing..
The Vale team, champions of the
Eastern Oregon district, will now
compete with Pendleton, champions
of another district, and if they top
the Pendleton debaters they will go
to Eugene and debate against the
representatives ' o' Western Oregon
for the championship of the entire
state.
Vale's representatives are Miss La
Vera Moe and Herschel Brown and
their competitors Friday evening
were Mia8 Maxine Pearce and Har-
ley Allen o' Lostine. The question
for debate was, RESOLVED, That
a graduated income tax should bi
made a feature of the state systen.
of taxation In Oregon. Vale upheld
the affirmative. The question as
presented by all four students showed
careful preparation and was very
much enjoyed by the large audience
that attended. The delivery of the
Vale students was excellent, how.
ever, and those present felt certain
of the decision ax was given by the
judges, who are educational men
from Fruitland and New Plymouth,
Idaho.
After the debate, Dr. Frank J.
Brown entertained the Vale High
Debating team and the Lostine. team,
and those who are training the de
baters with a delightful dinner par
ty at the Drexel Grill.
A chorus by the High School Glee
Club and a selection by the Vale
High School Orchestra added to
the entertainment of the evening.
FORMER VALE GIRL DIES
ter of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Slayton
who have lived in Vale a number of
years. She was eighteen years old
old and leaves to mourn her loss
a baby son, Harold Winston, besides
her husband and members of the
Slayton family.
Before taking up their ranch in
Deschutes county, Mr. and Mrs. W.
Gould were proprietors of the Ar
lington Hotel.
P. LA.
MEETING TO BE HELD IN NYS
SA SATURDAY, APRIL TWEN-TY-NINTH
The County Council of Parent
Teacher Associations of Malheur
County will be held at Nyssa, Sat
urday. April 29th. Mrs. Earl M
Dean, of Nyssa, newly elected pres
ident of the County Council to suc
ceed Mrs. J. H. Smith, will preside.
Day's program, Saturday, April
29th: 10:30 to 12 Business meeting
1 to 5 p. m., afternoon meeting.
Consideration of County Unit Sys
tem; Supt LuBtie of Nyssa and Mr.
Edward Everett, of Kingman Kol
ony.
Some economics in School Admin
istration; Mrs. Robt. Hann, of Vale.
Relation of Teacher to the Com
munity: Mrs. John Boswell, of Vale.
Vocal Selection; Miss Ruth Rob
erts, Ontario.
Practical Value of Music In tbe
Schools; Mr. Vincent Engeldinger,
of Vale.
The So-called "Frills"; J. Edwin
Johnxon, of Vale.
Music arranged for by the Nyssa
Parunt-Tcacher Assocation. A cor
dial invitation is extended to all in
terested to attend.
The Advance Lodge KnighU of
Pythias will present the picture of
Damon and Pythias at the Rex The
atre on Tuesday evenng, April 25th.
This show will be free and it U
hoped that all will avail themselves
of this opportunity to see this beau
tiful film of friendship.'
Celebrates 103rd Birthday
Grandma Godfrey telebrated her
103rd birthday anniversary Tues
day, April 18th. She has the
honor of being the oldest wo-
man in Malheur County and
probably the oldest woman in the
entire state. But better than
that, she is enjoying perfect
health and could heartilv oartic-
ipate in the birthday dinner giv-
en in her honor at the home of
her granddaughter. Mrs. H. O.
Stacey.
Mrs. Godfrey has been living
with her grandchildren, Mrs.
H. O. Stacey add Herb Riuker
of Vale since coming from Cali-
fomia a few years ago. , She
expects to visit with her daugh-
ter who lives in Union within
the next few weeks.
OWYHEE
WATER FOR IRRIGATION
Miss Lillian Davis entertained her
pupils at the Lowe home Saturday
afternoon at an Easter party. The
children were given pretty Easter
baskets into which' they1 gathered
colored eggs hidden about the place.
Egg rolling and races were also par
ticipated in, after which dainty re
freshments of ice cream and cake
were served.
Wra. Peutz left Monday for Vale
where he sits on the grand jury.
Miss Bessie Whipple, who is em
ployed at the Lowe home, spent the
, . 0 . . ,
xur. uiiu luis. vims, oiuwmter anil
daughter, Lois visited Mr. Schwei
zer's mother, Mrs. Otto Schweizer,
in Nyssa Sunday.
The community "Bing" was held
at Pullen's Saturday evening. Next
Saturday evening it will be at the
Klingback home.
Mrs. F. L. DeBord was on the
sick list the first of the week.
Several auto loads of picnickers
from Nyssa and Big Bend visited the
Hot Springs and Mitchell Butte Sun
day. Fred Snively and Lyle Koeler were
down from up the river Monday, cal
ling at the Peutz home.
Albert Caperton took a load to
Dead Ox Flat Monday, where the
Capertons will move soon. Mr.
Caperton expects to be there several
days before the acthal moving be'
gins, to repair fences.
Mr. and Mrs. Oce Schweizer and
family visited at the Bradney home
in the Bend Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Snyder and
children ate dinner at the B. F. Kerr
home Sunday.
The water was turned in to the
Owyhee ditch on the tenth of April.
Will Beam is watermaster again this
year.
Geo. . Glascock purchased a new
Bpring-tooth harrow recently and is
busily engaged in tearing his alfalfa
fields to pieces.
Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Lowe, Mrs.
Chas. Schweizer, Miss Lillian Davis
and BcBsie Whipple heard the Whit
man Glee Club at Ontario Wednes
day evening.
BIG BEND
EARLY START OF GRAIN
EARLY SnOOTS OF GRAIN PRE
SENT FINE AP
PEARANCE The Tucke family from West Valo
has settled on the Ed Wilson ranch.
The farmers have their grain in
now. It Is up and looking fine.
Mrs. George F. Russell, who has
been visiting her parents at Seattle,
Washington has returned to her
home in the Bend. Irvin Lyinan
and Minerva Looney have been ab
sent from school the past few days
n account of sickness. .
E. L. Tate has just put out a fine
prune orchard.
Mrs. Charles Faubion made a
business trip to Adrian last week.
Russell Fleetwood bought a 20
acre tract of land from Mr. Robin
son Monday.
Elmer C. Cone went to Caldwell
early in the week on business.
Cottage prayer meeting will be
held at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Chas. Faubion on Wednesday.
Thomas O. Scott has been slightly
under the weather for the last week,
but is much improved in health now.
Elmer Walker,' who was in a bug
gy accident Is slowly Improving.
The Van Petten Lumber Company
Is building a line of sheds at Adrian.
. Nellie T. Jacobs, who has been in
Valo the last two weeks has returned
to her school again.
On Inspection Tour.
E. E. Calvin of Omaha, vice pres
ident and general manager of the
Union Pacific railroad system, II.
0. Clark, of Salt Luke, general man
ager of the Short Line from Poca
tello were aboard the special train
which passed through here on Sat
urday, on their annual tour of in
spection of the entire system.
SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 PER YBAR
DRAINAGE
DRIVES
ALKALI FROM LAND
WILLIAM W. JOHNSON BUS
CHARBEJF WORK
ON BURRELLE RANCH
EXPERIMENTS SO FAR INDI
CATE SUCCESSFUL
OUTCOME
William W. Johnson, ' assistant in
soils of the Oregon Experiment sta
tion, who has been in charge of the
experiment work on the Burrelle
ranch above Vale, analyzes and
explains the work and the results
so far obtained in his commmunica
tion to the Enterprise, as .follows:
The experimental work on the
drained tract of greasewood and on
the Burrelle ranch is being contin
ued this year. There appears to
be considerable lack of information
as to the way in which this experi
ment is conducted and for this rea
son the following brief report is
submitted, telling something of the
general plan of the experiment and
of the results secured during the
first year.
The, question of whether or not
drainage ditches will actually be
effective in removing alkali from
this type of land is one in which
most farmers are interested.
The
drainage ditch on the Burrelle ranch
was sluiced last spring at a total '
cost of less than $150.00. Records
of the outflow were kept throughout
the summer .and samples were taken
from time to time to determine the
amount of alkali actually ' removed
in the drainage water. This
amounted to over 84 tons of alka
line salts. The drain' is but 670
feet lors; and was not completed un- .
til fairly late in the spring.
On soils that take water readily,
alkali can be effectively removed by
first providing drainage and irrigat
ing heavily to wash the Baits down to
the drain.. The soil where the ex
periment is being conducted, which
is typical of the larger part of the
greasewood land on the project, will
not take water readily. and the rec- -lamation
of these lands is therefore
more difficult. '
With this condition in mind the
experiment was laid out so as to
show the effect of adding different '
materials which have been found of
value in other localities. ' The pur
pose of these treatments is not to
actually neutralize the alkali but
to render the soil more permeable
to water, so that the harmful mater
ials may be washed down ' and be
removed in the drainage. The en-,
tire tract was irrigated uniformly
but certain of the plots were treated
with different amounts of gypsum,
others with manure and others with
aluminum sulphate. Soil samples
were taken from the different plots '
in the -spring and again In the fall,
and during the winter alkali deter,
minations were made on some 160
samples.
According to analysis the largest
amount of alkal was . removed on
lots receiving the heavier applica
tion of gypsum and on the sulphur
plots, as much as 8-6 of the total
alkali being removed on some of the
plots. On adjoining untreated plots
which were equally close to the
drain and - which had received the
same amount of irrigation water,
little or no alkali was removed.
The work has not progressed far
enough for definite recommendations
to be made but these results are
encouraging. If the gypsum treat
ments prove to be of value it will
be possible to secure this material
very cheaply, for large deposits of
high grade gypsum rock are report
ed to occur a few miles from Vale.
Some alum deposit! have also been
reported and if tbe aluminum sul
phate treatments prove to be effec
tive, it will be probable that a lo
cal supply will be available.
William W. Johnston, Assistant in
Soils; Oregon Experiment Station.
P- T. A. Meeting. , . ,
The Vale P.-T. A. held a special
meeting in the music room Tuesday
evening for the purpose of electing
officer! for next year. The follow
ing were elected: President, Mrs.
Humphrey; Vice-president, Mrs. J.
Edwin Johnson; Secretary-Treasurer,
Fred Nitzel. v
The association decided to donate
$36 to defray the expense of the
debating team when it goes to Pen
dleton. , , , ..
. The association wUhes to. thank
all those who helped to make , the
chautauqua a success.
John Hunt Home
Little Join Hunt returned home
Tuesday with his grandmother, Mrs.
Klrkpatrick of Parma. He has been
visiting his grandmother the . last
four weeks.