Malheur enterprise. (Vale, Or.) 1909-current, April 29, 1922, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextMUX i1 VOL. XVIII. NO. 21 HOLD TRACK MEET HERE NEXT FRIDAY VALETO PUT OVER BIG ENTER TAINMENT SOON SILVER CUPS AWARDED ONTARIO COMMERCIAL CLUB OFFERS CUP AS RURAL ' TROPHY. Next Friday school children from all over Malheur county will gather at Vale to participate in the annual field meet - of the Malheur County Athletic Association which is asking all the sihools of the county to set aside one day from the regular school work in order to give a dem onstration of the results obtained through one form of physical train ing fostered in the Oregon schools and in which even the younger students may enter with considerable benefit to themselves. Thfe is the second meet to be held and last year Vale won first place. Four special prize trophies have been pvf up for the winners in the contest besides a ribbon trophy for first, second and third place in every event The Malheur Enter prise has put up a special silver cup trophy for the town s.hool winning the greatest number of points in the meet. This cup is known as the "Enterprise Trophy," an is to be won for .three succe isive yeears at the annual field meets to become the permanent property ol any school. The association is putting vp a silver cup trophy to go to the town school, as its permanent possession, for winning the highest number oi points. This makes two "fine tro phies for the winning town school and the different towns in the county have been training har4 to take home these cups. The Ontario Commercial Club will award the rural school winning the highest number of points at the meet a silver cup trophy also. The rural school having the highest per centage of those enrolled, present at the meet, will be given an appro priate pennant, by County school superintendent, Mrs. E. M. Crail. The program of events at the meet that has been arranged is similar to that oi last year. There are two general classes, events of con test for boys and one for Kirls. Each of these classes is divided again for the entries for two school participants and for rural contest ants and these subdivisions are, again divided into three clcsses, according to the age of the stu dents'. Class A contests are for studstits from 6 to 13 years of age; Class B for those from 13 to 14 years of age, and Class C for con testants from J5 to 21 years of age. Contestants in' the town sshool , division for boys may enter . the following eventts: 50-yard dash 100 yard dash, 440-yard relay, 120-yard hurdles, running broad jump, run , ning high jump, 12-pound shot put, pole vault, and javelin throw for boys in Class C, only. The rural boys are given a 50-yard dash, 100 yard dash, 220-yard ash, running broad jump, chinning and 8-pound shot put events in both classes. , - Class C girls in the town srhool division may contest in the 50-yard ( dash, 100-yard dash, 120-yard hurdle, basketball for baskets, baseball for distance and standing broad jump; -hile the Class A and Ctass B Ci in this division have throwing OhBcball substituted for the potato race may enter the two dashes. The relay race is open to any classes in the town school division for both boys and girls. Any school entering this event must have a team of four for the race and each member of first, second and third place teams will receive the proper ribbon trophies. The city authorities of Vale have again offered the use of the city park, opposite the field where the contests will be held, for all those who want to have picnic lunches and the student body of the Vale school will have a stand conven ient at which can be obtained sand-J wiches, coffee, soft drinks, ice cream and other refreshments. No admission will be charged and the people of Vale have joined with the student body in a cordial in vitation to the entire county to be present and witness the field meet. Rev. E. J. Huston Talk The Rev. E. J. Huston of Tacoma addressed a large audience at the Christian church Sunday morning. Ha is a representative of the Anti aloon league, and he gave the peo ple a very rousing lecture on the i liquor question. The subject of hit discourse was "Saving a Nation." DEFENDANT ABSENT TRIAL TOSTPONED was all The Circuit Court ready to do business Tuesday in the case of the State of Ore- ' gon vs Pete Hofer, but he post- poned the party when both the tefendant and the state's wit- ness failed to arrive. Bench warrants have been issued by the Court, and' if the sheriff is successful in leaving these in- vitations with the missing par- ties, the reception will be held at a later date. BEN DEER ROAD GOOD SAYS II. G. KENNARD H. G. Kennard, state watermaster, returned from the Beulah and West fall country the last of the week after spending several days in the interior on business. He says the road over Ben Deer Mountain is in pretty good shape. Some construc tion work is being done on the road by the county. Several men are working and the road is being dragged. After this work is com pleted the .roads will be in fine shape for travel, says Kennard. CLASS PLAY IS CLEVER "SAFETY FIRST" BY JUNIOR CLASS IS WELL TAKEN BY AUDIENCE Under the direction of Miss Lucy Comstock, the Junior class of the Vale High school presented the three act farce comedy, "Safety First," as its class play to an apprecia tive audience at the Rex Theatre Friday and Saturday evenings. There was not a weak spot in the cast and every character was por trayed with credit. Thelma Her ron as an Irish maid was the best laugh-getter throughout the entire performance. One surprise to the audience was a graceful little dance featuring Thomas McElroy, the in nocent young husband, chasing but terflies. Roland Williams, hubby's friend, waB a firm believer in "Safety First". ' The cast was 'as follows: Jack Montgomery, Thos. McElroy; Mabel Montgomery, Irene Chester; Jerry Arnold, Roland Williams; Elmer, Carl. Laurence; McNutt, Otis Wil liams; Abou Ben Mocha, Agnes Beach; Virginia, Lorna Gruell; mother, Sophia Palmer; Mrs. Mary Ann O'Finnerty, Tfhelma Herron; Zulieka, Mabel Hart. . WILL NOT KILL GERM '. EXPERT SAYS CORROSIVE SUB LIMATE WILL DO NOTHING BUT GOOD TO SPUDS Th following letter sent out to the editors of the Maheur county papers is self-explanatory: Dear Sirs: I recently sent out a letter to the potato growers of the county with which I enclosed direc tions for treating seed potatoes with corrosive sublimate. Since sending this letter I have heard a number of rumors to the effect that corrosive sublimate would kill the potato seed. None of the government or station publications or text books on potato growing even mention it as a pos- sibility. However, in order to make doubly certain I wrote Mr. M. B. McKay of the Oregon Experiment station to inquire if there was any possibility of potato seed being, killed with corrosive sublimate. , 1 am quoting his .reply belo r and be lieve that it will Je of interest to potato growers of the county and possibly serve to correct some er nneous ideas which have been spread about. "Dear Mr. Breithaupt: In reply to your letter of receBt date on the dangers of using corrosive sublimate treatment for seed potatoes, I wish to say that you can recommend this material without any hesitation be cause it has been thoroughly tested out and found to be not dangerous from the standpoint of killing the seed. Potatoes may be treated in this solution for several hours long er than we generally recommend without exceptional danger. In fact, some growers have left the potatoes in for about 24 hours and still they grew very well. Of course we are far from recommending any treat ments longer than two hours. How ever, the two-hour treatment will not be damaging in any way. Of course, if anyone still hesitates to use it on this basis, a little test on his own account will thoroughly con vince them one- way or another. The chief danger in using this material is that it is poisonous and of course the seed potatoes and the solution while it is in use should be carefully guaH '. ihnt s'p'-kdoes not have acet u " I Signed: Or r f ' - Sta tion, Uy hUr L. R. Breithaupt. County Agricultural Agent. Ed and John Palmer of Watson visited friends and were here on bu- iness this week. IS WHIRLPOOL RIDER ATTEMPTS TO FORD OWYHEE REVER BODY NOT RECOVERED BROTHER OF HARRY HOWLAND IS SWEPT DOWN BY CURRENT. The seventeen year old brother of Harry Howland was drowned in .the Owyhee river Friday while attempt ing to ford the stream horseback He was attempting tocross to an island and it seems he was un aware of the fact that the river was very high and the water very deep. He apparently becttme frightened when he reached deep water and left his horse. How land's brothers were in a boat a short distance away and he startted swimming for them. The tragedy would probably not have occurred had the water been smooth but only a short distance from the boat How- land was caught in a whirlpool ana carried down out of sight. His body did not rise again. It is thought the current carried him be neath muddy whirling water until he was out of sight of the frenzied brothers in the boat. The men searched hours to re cover the body but the river is at its highest point of high water for the season, making an attempt t recover the body very difficult as well as practically useless. Howland arrived early last week from his home at Cambridge, Idaho, for a visit with his brother, Harry at the Owyhee, who is engaged in trapping and is camped at Mitchell Butte. Word of his death was tak en to the mother who resides at Cambridge. , ARLINGTON CAFE TO BE UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT The Arlington Restaurant which has been under the management of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Earp the last six years will be taken over by Mrs. John Malone, proprietor of the hotel, the first of May. Mrs. Wm. Ha worth, who will assist in the under taking, has had some experience in the restaurant business and assures patrons of the hotel efficient service Mr. and Mrs.. t.arp expect io leave Vale soon, but until a business transaction has been completed they will reside in the Smith residence. Auto Party Mrs. R. M. Beach and her daugh ter, Agnes, Mrs. George Brown and Miss Flora Smith made up an auto party that motored to Boise Friday evening. They expect to return this evening. While in Boise Miss Agnes Beach visited Misses Leah and Marie Smith who are attending college there. The other members of the party were business visitors. Auto Party- Several autos from Vale motored to the New Plymouth vicinity last Sunday for an outing and pleasure trip. In the party were Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Hutton, Mr. and Mrs. Felix Barkeley, Mr. and .Mrs. G. W. Griffin and Mr. and Mrs. John Barkeley. Picture Destroyed The picture, "Damon and Pythias" which was, to have been featured at the Rex Theatre evening, free to the public, did not arrive and con sequently a number of people were disappointed. It is reported that the movie film was destroyed by fire. Parents Leave Mr. and Mrs. F. WL Thomas of Boise returned to their home Wed nesday after having spent two en joyable weeks visiting with their daughter, Mrs. Harry lamblyn. Nat Open Nights The swimming pool of the Vale Nat will be open on Wednesday and Sat urday nights again. The opening night was on Wednesday, . and the Nat was initiated with a jolly crowd of young people who enjoyed a cool swim in the plunge. Mabel Murray VWting Mabel Murray is a guest at the home of Mrs. Robt. Burrclle who lives a few miles from Vale. T)o . Jones of the U. S. Land j Offire at Vale, left for Portland Sunday where he spent a few days as a business visitor. Card of Thanks We wish to thank those who so ' kindly helped during the fir and also the Hume Insurance Company .for their quick adjustment. ' Mr. and Mrs. John Kircher, BOY DROWNED VALE, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL Eastern Oregon Baseball Fans Rarm' to See ( Big Four Game Sunday "When Vale plays Ontario Opening Game The good old stuff comes off Sunday when the Vale baseball boys meet Ontario on the Ontario field. This is the opening game of the Eastern Oregon Big Four, and Huntington battles Nyssa at Nys- sa the same day. - Considerable steam has been worked up over the first league game of the season and the Vale fans are stepping high. Manager Ike will most likely come in handy as usher when the Vale gang gets there. The Texa Leaguer "Balls" 'em Out. By A Texas Leaguer. What has' become of our enthus iastic ball players of two weeks ago? Are they dead, afraid of get ting hurt, or just don't have to practice? As it was an ideal base ball day the rest went car riding or failed to get up. : Vale has an ex cellent chance to ' ' cop the rag this year if the boys will practice, but if this lazy, don't care feeling contin ues, we may as well draw in our horns, forfeit the 75 seeds and go back to sleep. The boys that have been coming out to practice are getting in 'fine shape and the opening game will probably see the following line-up. Mert Moudy, catcher. Nichols and Styles, pitchers. Crandall, first base. ' Bird Glenn, second base. Clarence Murray, third base. "Speed" Diveh, shortstop. Streams, right field. John Houston, center field. W. Randolph, left field. Social Events of Week Monday Study Club Mrs. R. E. Weant was hostess at a delightful meeting of the Monday Study Club this week. There were several very entertaining papers read by members of the society. , "The Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes" by Mrs. H. W. Steelhammer were very interesting. "The Recent Con vention at Genoa" by Mrs. A. E. Mc Gillivray was ably prepared and a subject of current importance. Mrs. C. C. Coates read a short sketch on "Education" which was also very much enjoyed. Friday Club Special Meeting. Thor wmi a Rnwiiil meetine of the RriHo-o r.lnh lit the home of , Mrs. Earl Neely on Tuesday. Officers were elected for the ensuing year, Mrs-. A. Rose is the new president of , the society and Mrs.' Lloyd Lumpee, i secretary and treasurer. Social afternoon Mrs. J. D. Rogers was a charming hostess Thursday afternoon of last week when she entertained several friends at her home. A delicious luncheon was served and the after noon was very pleasantly spent. Stag Dinner Party. Dr. Frank J. Brown with a number of other sportsmen of the city went fishing last Sunday and was very succcessful in landing the finest kind of trout. On Tuesday evening he entertained his friends with a dinner party. Appetizing trout formed a de licious center of attraction. A very jolly evening is reported. Ladies Aid. Mrs. Joe Kiser and Mrs. J. Edwin Johnson entertained the Ladies Aid of the Christian church at the home of the former on Friday afternoon. A Longfellow program was enjoyed by the members. Roll call was answered with quotations form the poet. The feature of the afternoon was a sketch from Longfellow by Mrs. Eph Nelson. Devotion was led by Mrs. Al Munson. Unity Club Organized. The Unity Class, a newly organ ized club, met at the home of Mrs. Robt. Draper Thursday. Meetings will be held Thursday in every week. Officers were elec ed and Miss Ida McKnight was chosen the first president of the club and Mrs. John Boswell, vice-president. The afternoons will be spent In bible and literature study. , Ontario Visitors Mr. and Mrs. Jack Gordon and baby son were visitors from Ontario Friday. They enjoyed a pleasant visit with relatives and friends while in their old home town. Mrs. Gor on was Miss U-vnl Mansur before her marriage. Phil Schnur in Baker Phil Schnur, deputy sheriff, spent: tion, as yet. a few days in Baker recently. He) Mr. Oxman has lived near Jamie left 6n Friday and returned to the son a number of years and is well city Monday. kno-.vn throughout the county. 29,J922 VALE SCHOOLS ARE G. W. ACER ACCEPTS FINE POSITION IN BEND NO TEACHERS SECURED SCHOOL ACCOMPLISHES MUCH IN LAST TWO YEARS' ACTIVITIES. No teachers have as yet been se cured for the Vale schools although a number of applications have been sent to H. M. Doolittle, chairman of the school board. Prof G. W. Ager was offered the position as superin tendent of the Vale schools for an other year but declined after -some consideration. He was also offered an excellent position as head of the Bend schools, and just recently ac cepted. A great deal has been accom plished during the past two years that Mr. Agcr has served Vale as superintendent of the schools. En rollment In the High school has in creased about 100 per cent. A sys tem of careful grading of students by means of Standard Tests and otherwise and permanent records of work done in grades as well as in the high school have been es tablished The Annual Field and Track Meet which is destined to become a permanent day of amuse ment, recreation and profit to both pupils- and patrons of all of the schools of the county was inaugurat ed. Music has become a part of the entire school system. The school has been maintained at a high standard in charge of normal and college trained teachers. Courses formerly offered in the high school for which no college credit could be obtained have been dropped and in their stead have been offered sub jects recognized by institutions oi higher learning. Many other credit able things could be mentioned but in short Mr. Ager's service here has been very satisfactory and highly appreciatted by patrons of the Vale schools. Mr. Ager gives as his reason for leaving, the reduction in salaries of the teachers who were to remain, in the school system. His policy was to retain all teachers who were entirely satisfactory at present sal aries which he considers none too high for normal and college trained teachers; to economize in every de-. partment where possible without in. jury to the educational system, to reduce the teaching force by thms unless an appreciable increase is noted in future enrollment and if necessary , v...... w lower the minimum salary which would be paid to new teachers com into the system. The policy finally adopted by the board was to get along with about four less teachers which would re duce the present salary budget $5, 239. To this was added a further reduction of 15 per cent in all wages, making a total reduction of $7,490. 25 or about 87 per cent of the en tire budget of $20,270 now pro vided for salaries. The board feels justified in their stand since the de mand for rigid economy is so preva lent. As a word of appreciation Mr. Ager says, "In some way I wish to express to the people of Vale and this entire part of the county,- to both young and old my appreciation of their untiring efforts to assiBt in making the school system a val uable asset to this community. 1 sincerely hope that nothing may In terfere with the efforts of those who are working toward better and more satisfactory educational ad vantages for our people. I earnest ly believe that Vale has a brighter and more prosperous future in store in the near distance, and regret that it does not fall to my lot to remain in the community and thus aid in making Vale a better place in which to live." COURT SESSION ADJOURNS ONE CASE IS TRIED The court session amounted to very little this term. But one caBe was tried and that was completed Thursday, wherein the caHe G. W Griffin vs. E. P. Chean resulted in a verdict in fav or of the defendant, Mr. Griffin was making action for wages. C. II. OXMAN MAKES LAST MINUTE FILING FOR OFFICE C H. Oxman will run for County Commissioner. . lie made a lust minute filing and will have no op position for the Republican nomina tion. No candidate under the Dem ocratic colors has filed fur onmina- STANDARD SPRING WEATHER CURES THE BLUES Is it any wonder the office boy tretx snrino- fever and dav dreams or fishing rod and wig- gling worm3, that the young man fancies he is very much in love, that the worried business man finds a cure for the blues when the weather man sends wonderful spring sunshine like the last few days that make all the world seem bright and smiling? Nature is a bracing tonic for the man with ' the most ills if he can but feel the awakening spirit of mother earth when soft green foliage covers the earth, when trees are bud- dinb, when flowers first appear. TRIBUTE TO MEMORY OF LIEUT. VERNON BROWN In honor of Lieut. Walter Vernon Brown, son of W. S. Brown of the Malheur - Enterprise, who was killed when an airplane he was operating Ltook a tail-spin into the waters of the Potomac river, a flying field in Virginia has recently been named. Lieut. Brown was a - graduate of Boise high school, being one of the best known athletes ever turned out of that school, as he was a stellar baseball and, football player. After graduating from Boise high school he went to the University of Wis consin at Madison, Wis., two years later going to the Washington State College at Pullman, Wash., where he became all coast quarterback before enlisting in the Marines in 1917, and being sent to Mare Island, Cal. While there, he ran the famous Mare Island Marine football team from the quarter position, being their field general on the gridiron all through its long succession of wins and no defeats. Upon receiving his commission and pilot's license, he was sent to the West Indies, where he saw service until the signing of the armistice, when he was brought back to Washington,- D. C, where he served as instructor in aviation until the accident which caused his untimely end. . , TO BEllrTGlETERy WOMEN'S CLUB MAKE EFFORT IN IMPROVEMENT OF VALE CEMETARY On next Thursrday afternoon the people of Vale are asked to spend a few hours work at the Vale cem etery. The clean-up campaign which has been going on recently is expected to be concluded with Tuesday afternoon's work. The Women's Club of Vale is backing the movement and a committee con sisting of Mrs. John Kircher, Mrs. 0. W. Propst and Mrs. Frank Glenn, are in charge of the program for next week. The women are mak ing every effort to improve the appearance of the Vale cemetery and their success in this enterprise will be a big credit to Vale as well as to the newly organized club. Those who wish to help Tuesday' are asked to bring rake, mattock or pitchfork. There will be cars at the corner of McGillivray's Pharmacy for willing workers. JUNTURA SOCIAL FUNCTION At a delightful tea given at the home of Mrs. Wm. E. Hedges in Juntura, Ore,, on Saturday after noon, April 22nd, the engagement of Miss Juanita Upson to John Owen Cawlfield was announced... The announcement came as a com plete surprise to most of the guests assembled, and was most gracefully made. The hostess had written a clever romance in verse, the theme being of course, the young people's story and its development. Each guest read in turn a stanza which caused much merriment, after which felicitations and good wishes were showered upon the bride-elect who is the popular daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Upson and she taught three very successful years in the Juntura Bchool. The color scheme of yellow and white was carried out in the house decorations, the refreshments, and the daintily decorated decorated cards which bore the legend. The wedding will take place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Upson about the middle of June, after which the yuung couple will leave for thir home which will be temporarily, in Seattle, -Wash., and later in Port land, Ore., where Mr. Cawlfield, who Is the son of Mrs. J. O. Cawl field of Burns, Is engaged in busi ness. Mrs. Boyd of Brogan Mrs. Wm, Boyd of Brogan spent the week with Mrs. Foster at her home in Vale. She came to the city because her baby was very ill and a doctor's attention was needed The baby is out of danger at prus ent an Mrs. Boyd will probably re turn home today. Bon F. Jordan, a rancher of the Interior, was in town the first of the week. SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 PER YEAR FARMERS BUY COWS DIRECT VALE CREAM PRODUCTS GO. HAS NEW POLICY LOANS TO DAIRYMEN FARMERS MAY OBTAIN COWS SOONER AND IN THE NEAR VICINITY . The Vale Cream Products Com pany will no longer bring in dairy . cattle and dispose of them here, but will loan the money to the farmer directly and allow him to buy the cattle wherever ' and from whom ever he desires. . In this way it is thought by the board of directors that it will be possible to obtain the cows in small lots, and in many cases to buy from dairymen in the immediate vicinity. "Of course it- will be necessary for the farmer to provide addition al security," said M. G. Hope, president of the company, "above the cows themselves so that the loans wfll be in such shape that we can discount them with the Wa Finance Corporation." "This method pf handling the busi ness of the company, will make it possible to deal with separate ap plications, and it will not be neces sary to wait until enough have ap plied to require a full car load as' under the other system." The board of directors, . which, con sists of M. G. Hope, C. C. Mueller, Harry Beeler, A. L. Chester, and Lee Schmidt, believe that - if the farmers who live near Vale will let the company know of any cows they may have for sale, it may be able to place them - with its appli cants. . The Vale Cream Products Com pany was incorporated here several months ago by the .Vale business men, for' the purpose of providing the necessary funds to make it pos sible for the farmers to get dairy stock into the . Warmsprings . Ir-. rigation District, and has already , placed a carload of such cattle on the nearby ranches. It is operated without profit, the money being loaned to the farmer upon the con- tract for two years, he to turn into the company one half of his cream check each month and in this way a to pay back the loan in about that time, and so become the owner of tne cows. Small Talks of W eek Attorney Chas. K. Crandall left Wednesday for canyon City where he spent several days on business. J. D. Fairman, a merchant of Harper, was in town Tuesday. Vernon T. Herret mptored to Ontario for a business visit Sat urday. Steve Woodard of WeBtfall was a court visitor this week. 11. Duncan of Crane spent most - of the week in the county seat be cause of court interests. M. M. Deen and H. M. Rutherford of Malheur were called to Vale to serve during the county court ses- ' sion. Jesse Johnson, a resident of Alrinn was in Vain thin week. ' TT n.inmnn wna ft vlftitnr from Crane this week. O. W. and J. T. Logan of Brogan' were in Vale Monday on business. Rex Marquis of Ontario was regis tered at the Drexel Hotel Monday. Amil Clade of the Westfall coun try was in Vale the early part of the week. Ira Dail and W. Clement of On tario spent the first part of the week here. E". McGinnis was over from Cald well Monday. John Connell of Drewsey and Mr. and Mrs. R. Meyers of the same town were county seat visitors be cause of court interests. Mr. and Mrs. ' Geo. Moffett of Ironside were down from the upper country tne lirst oi me ween Be cause of the court session. , H. C. Skinner of Brogan spent the first of the week in the city. Jas. Small was a visitor from West-fall this week, C. Cummins of Jordan Valley, one of Malheur county' wells known sheep men, was in the city this week. REX THEATRE. SUN. MON. TUB. ALLA NAZIMOVA and RUDOLPH VALENTINO in Alexander Dumas' Masterpiece . ' ' "CAMILLE" Direct from its four day showing In Boise. Added: Lyons ' and Moran in "Roman Romeos." Internation al News showing striking scenes of wreck of the airship "Roma." What happened when the world's largest semi-rigid dirigible plunged to earth T Admission 10c and 40c