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About Malheur enterprise. (Vale, Or.) 1909-current | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1922)
-a tut 4 VOL. XVIII. NO. 29. VALE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1922. SUBSCRIPTION, $2.00 PER YEAR "LISTEN IN" AT VALE'S RADIO STATION PORTLAND IGNDRANT OF EASTERN OREGON TELEGRAM EDITOR IMPRESSED ..WITH MALHEUR VALLEY COLONIZATION NEEDED WRITER TO USE INFLUENCE TO INTEREST CITY BUSINESS MEN. "Portland is woefully ignorant of the possibilities of the Malheur valley," said Henry M. Ilanzen, of the editorial staff of the Portland Telegram at the conclusion of an afternoon spent inspecting the Warmsprings Irrigation project. "And I must admit that I was one of the most, ignorant before today. When I was instructed by my chief to come to Malheur county and in spect this project I dreaded the trip. And I cursed my luck when I alight ed from the main-line train and looked toward the seemingly deso late hills towards the west. 'What can possibly be back of this country to warrant the enthusiasm of the people of Vale in their district,' ' asked I of myself. "But I know now. You have a I Wonderful nrninet nn,l immo . portunities for development in the valley around Vale. I can see that you have a hard fight ahead of you but the joy of life is fighting. And when every acre available in the valley is producing crops of pota toes, vegetables, grain and hay such as I have seen this afternoon, the people of your district needle, en vious of no noe. ' Mr. Hanzen came to Vale Thurs day to gather material and pictures for an illustrated article for The Telegram on the Warmsprings Irri gation project and agricultural le- f'velopment adjacent to Vale. He was taken over the project by State Watermaster Kennard and Lloyd Riches. Thursday evening he re turned to Portland. "As I see it, you of the Warm springs district have two problems to overcome," said Mr. Hanzen. "The first is for every landowner on the project to adopt a schedule Yif uniform land values according to productivity and improvements and a schedule of prices thatill enable a buyer to make good on ids purchase. Your next problem is that of colonization. It is plain to be seen that you need people; enough farmers to cut up all of the large holdings on the project into farms of not more than 80 acres and I understand from the experience of other irrigated sections that 40 acre farms are even more prefer able. "In the solution of the latter problem, Portland can and should assist you. And I want to assure the people of this district for the publishers of my paper, that The Portland Telegram stands ready and willing to do everything in its' power to assist the colonization and development of Eastern Oregon. And I believe we will be able to make Portland understand the pos- sibilities for' development in Mal 'heur county and the importance of this development tox the future growth and prosperity of Portland." EVERETT J BOGGS MARRIED. Mr Stella i Hoover, of Nynsa Bride of Vale Man. Is Nyssa, Or., June 30. (Special.) striking the water. Her cane was E. J. Roggs and Mrs. Stella picked up a short distance below the Hoover were married at Baker on bridge, and watch was kept at all Tuesday, June 20. A reception was ! points below, while a crew of rail given the happy couple Sunday at ! road men and residents dragged the the home of the bride's 'mpther, Mrs. river, but Sunday night 'he body I.. W. James, of this city, at which ' was not found. , the following out of town guests j N0 blame is laid to the train were present: Mr. and Mrs. Everett crew, who did all in their iiower to Boggs of Vale, parents of the ' aVert the accident. A report of the eroom,-nnd Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Boggs of Boise. The bride is a well known and popular lady of Nyssa and the groom is a successful business man of Baker, at which place they will mule their home. Mr. Boirgs was for several years a resident of Vale. i--if Lillian Davis The Misses Clara Inez and Vleanor Woods were guests of Miss I.illiun Davis at her home one day this week. Pauline Boston Home ; Pauline Boston was over the weekend from Boise, where she in' attending a musical academy,. The first of the week th ivtuined to BoUO. ft Horse Throws Rider 50 Feet. While riding on a hillside near his ranch at Bculnh. Har- icy lirown s horse becamo un- manae-eable and threw him ' distance of 50 feet down the rockv hillside. He was un- conscious several hours but in some way managed to reach a neighbor's home and from there, was taken to the nearest doctor at Juntura. ' , As a result of the accident Brown is suffering serious in- juries about the back and neck. EQUAL PORTLAND ROSES ROBERT NICHOLS HAS LOVELY RED ROSES THAT EQUAL PORTLAND'S BEST. Rcautiful red roses that equal Portland's best are blooming in R. Nichol's yard and whoever believes that roses will not thrive in this part of the state as in the Willam ette valley should take a look at them. Mr. Nichols has several bushes that are dark red in color. They are two years old, are well cared for and are producing flowers al most lauitiessiy pertect. At one time last week there were eighty sts on one uusn- elr Deautv Be V0,1(1 description. Even those from Missouri must now realize that perfect roses can be grown in Vale, and that they need have no fear that the flowers will thrive. AGED MAN KILLED OVERTAKEN BY TRAIN WHILE WALKING ACROSS BRIDGE NEAR NYSSA. Nyssa, Or., June 30. (Special.) Mrs. James Conley, 80 years of ne, who resided with her son, J. W. Conley,- on an island in Snake river south of Nyssa, was struck by westbound passenger train No. 19, at 4:11 o'clock Sunday afternoon and hurled from the O. S. L. bridge iifto the swift current of Snake river. The aged woman had attended a picnic at Johnson's grove, on an island in the river which the rail road bridge spans, and becoming tired ha 1 decided to walk to the Or ego'n side and return to her home. The boat which had carried most of the party to the island was at the moment at the further shore and Mrs. Conley, afainst the protests of her friends, insisted on taking the bridge, saying she had often done so. Midway of her passage ;over the ties the picnic party was horrified to see the westbound train swing around the curve , at the bridgehead at 40 miles an hour. The engineer saw the woman at once and sounded his whistle and applied the brakes. Mrs. Conley was somewhat deaf and apparently did not hear the alarm, and the train, slowed down to less than 20 miles an hour, struck her about 75 feet from the Oregon side, hurling her into the river, which at this pffint is about 12 feet deep, with a swift current. The train came to a stop within a few hundred feet and the crew im mediately searched along the river h;nk below the bridsre. but the bodv oi the woman did not appear after affair was made to headquarters at Ncmpa, which was substantially as given here. As far ns known J. W. Conley is the only surviving son. The body was found on a sand liar on uu Island Monday a mile and n half below the bridge. Funeral services were held and interment made mar the island home of the d' ceased. Hc.pe Girth Home Misses Berenice and Erma Hope returned to their home in Vale the last of the wrt-k to spend the sum- nir month here. The former ha been attending college in Wulla Walla uinl 11 ws Knnu Hope taught in the hii-h achool ut lloquium the Tilft rlin. veir GEORGE GLENN HAD WONDERFUL ESCAPE WAS AT TOP OF HIGH DERRICK WHEN IT COLLAPSED SUFFERED NO INJURIES VALE MAN WAS TOOL DRESSER ON MEDICINE HAT OIL WELL. (From Medicine Hat News.) Caught by a sudden fierce gust of wind the derrick at the drilling site of the Medicine Hat Develop ment Company and Community Oil Wells, Limited, crashed to the ground about 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon and is a complete wreck. The loss is about $400. George Glenn, tool dresser of Vale, Oregon, was at the top of the derrick, on the inside, when the ac cident happened, and he had a mir aculous escape from serious injury. He grasped a rope that was fasten ed to both the top and bottom of the derrick and, due to his presence of mind in doing that, he escaped with some bruises. He was brought to the city and was attended by Dr. Gershaw. Seen by The News, this morning, Mr. Glenn stated that as he lay, face down, when the derrick fell, the few seconds that elapsed before broken ' lumber fell on him, seemed like five minutes. For a time he felt that his back must be broken, but he escaped with only bruises. His experience was worse than any thing that had happened' to him in two years at the front in the war, he said. Dr. Gershaw, who was at the well site a few hours before the accident happened was much surprised to learn the derrick had blown down as well as at the wonlerful escape of Mr. Glenn. Speaking to The News, the doctor stated that the derrick had appeared to be very strongly constructed. Lumber is being hurried out today to the drilling site and the work ot rebuilding will be carried on as quickly as possible. Mr. H. J. Neely, superintendent of the work, stated this morning that a new der rick would be erected within three or four days. The work prepara tory to rebuilding was commenced first thing, this morning. The fierce wind also . ripped the roof off the bunkhouse at the drill ing site. NEW BOOKS AT LIBRARY PATRONS APPRECIATE HELP OF CITIZENS IN MAINTAIN- ING LIBRARY. The generosity of our citizens in making it possible to keep th li brary open is much appreciated by the patrons of the library, many of whom have expressed their pleasure in warm terms, says Mrs. C. C. Mueller, librarian. Five more names have been added to the list of donors, Mrs. Meeds, Mrs. John E. Johnson, Mrs. Griggs, MrS. Geo. Coates and Mrs. Geo. Hart. The librarian is pleased to announce the receipt of a new book on Radio Communication, "White Shadows in the South Seas." bv O'Brien, and "Outline of History ." i by Wells. She also wishes to phasize the fact that arrangements, i with the state library make it sitJle to furnish natrons with any books they desire. The reading table contains the 1 av'nufi- twenty nouses and lots in current issues of the following mag-' var',ou ParU ot the city B"l several azines: The Outlook, World's Work, i unartnr"'nt houses, himself admin Scribner's, Outing, American Good ! i(it('rinK U his business affairs, for Housekeeping, Boys' Life and St. I hls m'ntal facilities are as aleft as Nicholas.. Four thousand nine hun-ithouh ha WU8 a man of 40- Ho al dred and ninety-one books have j lows n"th'nif to interfere with his been put in circulation since Janu-1 dai'y. extrci.i:' " is hi. own osteo ary 1, 1922. I pathist, giving himscv a duily j working over after the manner of Frances Hornberk Returns j expert masseurs. Miss Frances Hornbeck left for! "Seven of Mr. Cole's great-grand-Baker Tuesday after enjoying a I children live here. His youngest pleasant two weeks' vacation ut her' daughter (Mrs. KIdora Moudy ol home in Vale. She returned to St Vale), here with him now, had three Elizabeth's hospital, where she is ! sons in the world war." taking a nurse's training course. .' - - Home Weekend Ming Alice Sperling, a stenog rapher in Davis & fcettpr's office, Rtt-nt the weekend ut the counti- . 9 l.. . I . .... tr. I , uuiiiv ui ut'r I'uivncf oeiweeii me UfclillJ.il.Ull..,!,!., 1.1. II First Banker Joshua Law Cole, Now Living at Long Beach, Of Vale Hearty And Vigorous Athlete, And Can Stand on Head At Ninety Years - From Long Beach Press. ' In a recent issue of the Long Beach (Calif.) Press appeared an article of considerable interest to Malheur county people concerning J. L. Cole, pioneer banker of this county who is now living at the southern resort city. Mr. Cole' is very well known here and ha3 a number of relatives living in Vale iyid other parts of the county. The article follows: " 'Do you want to see a man past ninety years stand on his head?'," "Without waiting for ane answer. Joshua Law Cole, who arrived at the age of 90 years on March 29, this year, tossed a sofa pillow onto the floor, implanted his head upon it, raised his legs to the perpen dicular, held rigid a minute of two, kicked his heels and resumed the position of home normalcy with the agiKty of a high school athlete. " 'I do that occasionally, an aver age of probably more than once a day,' he remarked, 'primarily to prove to myself that I am not get ting old.' " 'Daily average' means something .in Mr. Cole's case. Counting today (Sunday, June 18), he has lived just 32,931 days. Imagine having to awake, and get up in the morning and dress for breakfast , 32,931 times! 'I never drank ' or smoked or gambled,' stated the venerable athlete, 'but I attribute my long years and fine, health, noti-s-),, much to those abstinences as to exercise, I aim to get up a good prespiration through actual toil every day of my life. My back garden supplies me the opportunity at this time of the year. Every doming at 6 o'clock I take a swim in the surf, only two blocks from the house. I walk down town and back, a distance of 25 to 30 blocks for the round trip.' "Mr. Cole was born March 29. 1832, on a farm in Ripley county, Indiana, opposite the town of Madi son on the Ohio river. He learned his three R's in a log school house, being privileged to attend a school only three days a week and only in the winter time; in other seasons he had to work on the farm. ' "When the Civil war began he was chosen to recruiting duty and was later made captain of an inde pendent company of minute men to fight Indians. "In 18G4, at the age of 32 years, Mr. Cole crossed the plains with a caravan of ox-teams to Boise City, Idaho. In 18G8 he moved into El Dorado mining district of eastern Oregon (now the Malheur district ol Malheur county), then acquired a ranch and for years was a cowboy. "Mr. Cole helped organize the first bank in Malheur county, Ore gon, and was president of the first bank of Vale, Oregon. He resigned as president of that institution five years ago. "It was in February of 1900 that Mr. Cole made his first trip to. Long Beach and he has spent every winter here since that year. 'All these 16 years I have been reading the Long Beach Press daily,' he said. 'Maybe that's another reason for my longevity, health and activ ity.' "Long Beach became the perma nent home of Mr. and Mrs. Cole in 1909. They reside at 122 Orange avenue. Occasionally Mr. Cole n,akls summer time trips to Ore gon, where he still owns dwellings, ,jus'ns properties and stock in the pos-!vu,L' auinjc company at Vale, ! Here in Long Beach ho owns 200 fwt ot choice frontage on Orange t in ppuniMn rum, iian j Mrs. J. W. Kiser, Mrs. C. W. Nel ! son, Andy, Nels and Pete Pedemon : returned to their homes in Vale I Sunday after (.pending the week in Spunish Fork, Utah, because of the l.iii'ili .. lull )i.C..tl ! ll in CALCIUM ARSENATE KILLS WEEVIL BUGS EXPERIMENTS PROVE SPRAY ING KILLED 90 PER CENT WILL DOUBLE YIELD SPRAYED FIELD WORTn SEV- ERAL TIMES AS MUCH AS UNSPRAYED ONE. The results obtained from the different spraying treatments made on the demonstration tract on the Homer Utley farm last week prove that it is possible to kill 90 per ent of the alfalfa weevil worms by applying calcium arsenate at the propen. time and in the proper mcth od," says L. R. Breithaupt in a com munication to The Enterprise this week. "The results obtained by spraying on June 2 were far super lor to those obtained by spraying on June 11 as shown by the number of live larvae. The following yields bear out the results obtained in counting the larvae on the different treatments. "Tons hay per acre, treatment and quality: "Two tons sprayed June 2, single application, good. "1.4 Tons sprayed June 11, single application, poor. ' "1.1 Tons not sprayed, very poor. "These weights are approximately correct. The entire field of sprayed hay made two tons per acre.-' The secrond crop is starting up in good shape and promises to beat many field which were mowed three or four weeks earlier The dettionstra tion was entirely successful in showing that a field of alfalfa bad ly infested with weevil can be con trolled by spraying if it is properly done and the first crop of hay which is usually about half of the year's yield, can be saved. If the experiment was figured on dollars worth of hay produced per acre it would show that sprayed hay was worth three or four times as much as the unsprayejl hay, considering both yield and quality of feed." TO TAKE ARMY VACATION YOUNG MEN OF COUNTY MAY ' SPEND VACATION AT ARMY CAMPS. "Take your vacation with the army." is the substance of an invl tation extended by the federal gov. ernmetit to the young men of the northwst through the annual citi zens' military training camp which will open at Camp Lewis July 27 and close August 25. . . Less intensive training and more recreation and entertainment will be included in the camp program this year than ever before. Dances attended by the girls liv ing in neighboring cities and their mothers will play an important part in the social life of the camp, and one such evening affair is to be staged every Saturday. Picnics and boating and swimming parties will also be included in the recreation of the students, and Saturday noon to Monday morning outing trips will be a regular weekly event. Base ball games, track and field meets and other forms of athletics will form a part of each day's routine, along with the drill, calesthenics and instruction in the use of arms. Attendance at the summer train ing camp entails no additional obli gation for further military service on the part of the student. The young men attending the camp will receive traveling expenses to and from camp to their homes at the rate of 5 cents per mile, free board and uniform, hat and shoes while at the camp. Enthusiastic response to the op portunities for recreation and mili tary education offered by the sum mer training camp has been made by several counties in Oregon, while others, including Malheur, are be low their quotas. - Should any young man of Mal heur county desire to take advan tage of the government offer, he I may obtain application blanks from Mr, Charles K. C'randull, First Na tional bunk building, Vale. Carol Munitur Home Carol Munsur, returned to bin home hero Tliumduy from Portland und The Dalle i, where ho vpent thu Distribute Lettuce Seed. For the purpose of distrib- uting lettuce seed for use of the farmers in the Warm- spring district there will be a meeting at the Chamber of Commerce rooms in Vale on the evening of Thursday, July 6, at 8 o'clock. Every prospec- tive grower is urged to be pres- ent. A member of the California Vegetable . Union, the' selling agent for lettuce and potato growers belonging to the Idaho Vegetable Union, will be at the meeting to address the farmers on important matters Relative FIRE IN DREXEL HOTEL WATER SUPPLY FROM TANK PROBABLY SAVED HOTEL FROM RUIN. The Drexel hotel would probably have burned down or partly so last Monday evening had it not been for the water tank on the roof which was built for just Buch an emer gency. The fire started in a second floor bedroom and was probably caused by the carelessness of a cig, arette smoker. When the fire was discovered the curtains and bed were ablaze. The alarm was immdiately sounded and several men rushed to the scene. After a few minutes fire fighting and with a good supply of water from the tank the fire was extin guished. The bedroom was a com plete wreck but luckily the damage did not extend beyond that. TOURS IN CALIFORNIA DR. FRANK J. BROWN RETURNS FROM FIVE WEEKS' TRIP. Dr. Frank J. Brown and his son Hershael just returned from a won derful tour through California. Hershael did not accompany his father home but remained in Eugene to attend summer school. They left the city by auto five weeks ago and motored to the Mex ico border. The tourists spent a week in San Pedro, visiting Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Reed, formerly of Vale, where they are nicely located. It seems that Dr, Brown happen ed in at the right time to take in most everything that was going on. He saw the '49ers in Sacramento,at tended the Shrine convention in 'Frisco, and arrived in Portlund in time for the Rose show.,,. One evening the tourists camped on a mountain top. They awoke next morning and. the ground was covered with three inches of snow. The next evening they wanted a change so camped in a beautiful California valley where the tempera ture was something like home. Dr. Brown rather regrets leaving Hershael in Eugene because he just naturally takes to talking and could have given the reporter a little more ilope about the trip. FIRST CAR LETTUCE SHIPPED Nyssa Has Distinction of First Car In State. Nyssa, Or., June 30. (Special.) The fires t car of head lettuce ever shipped from Malheur county, and probubly from the state of Or egon, was shipped from Nyssa Sat urday, consigned to Chicago. The lettuce as grown on the W. L. Gib son farm and was of prime quulity, the heads being solid and averuging two pounds or more per head. This is the first of many shipments that are to follow, it being esimated that about 100 cars will be grown in the , Nyssa section this season. Mrs. Nordale in Payette Mrs. Thos. B. Nordale left for Payette the last of the week and enjoyed a few days' visit at the home of her son, Roy Sterling. She returned to Vule Monday and Mur gie and Cecil Sterling accompanied her to visit until after the 4th of July. PetricU in Ontario Mr. und Mrs. Otto J. Petrick were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Paul in On tario lust week. Mr, Petrick did not return homo until Saturduy. Daring his sojourn in Ontario ho assisted Mr. Puul In re-modeling the Dreu in land theatre, which oienud there SET IS AT- L STATION OPEN TO PUBLIC IN THE AUDITORIUM BEST TO BE SECURED CAN "PICK UP" MESSAGES BROADCASTED WITHIN 1500 MILE RADIUS. Vale's radiophone ia installed and ready to revoice and transmit into sound those mystic Waves which abound in the air. You can sit in the high school nuditorium and "listen in" on a con ert, lecture, etc., broadcasted from anywhere within a radius of 1500 miles of this city. But in justice to the public spirit ed men who have given this won derful instrument to Yale and in justice to the radiophone itself, do not be too critical if,, when you "listen in" the messages are not quite as clear as you might expect. The radiophone is not infallible. The waves which it receives and records into sound are electrical waves coming from a great distance in most of the present receiving and whenever any powerful, local elec trical waves disturb the air in the vicinity of Vale the radio waves ore quite apt to be. disturbed and broken. This would happen during an electrical storm and might hap pen after an extremely hot day whan the magnetic currents which surround the ' earth have lowered over the not area. . M . , - Another fact which -works to the disadvantage of the Vale station at the present time is that all the powerful ' broadcasting stations are located on the edge of the receiving limit and thre are no small broad casting stations very close. This condition will not last long, how ever, as Boise and Nampa will both iiave small ' broadcasting stations within a short time and Salt Lake City is installing a powerful broad casting station which will be in operation within a very short while. So much for that. Now we will tell you that Vale has one of the bst receiving sets anywhere in the entire Inter-Mountain country and absolutely the best made at the present time. W. H. ' Herbert of Nampa, radio expert who installed the Vale station, stated this was as good a set as 'can be obtained. It has a 1 two-stop amplyphier and magnivox, enlarging the waves 1800 times and making the sound audible in any part of the high school auditorium. The first receiving was done Sun day night and Santa Alta, Los An-g-eles and San Francisco broadcast- ing stations were all picked up. Monday night was a failure. There are no large stations sending on this night in the week and the static waves were very strong at , Vule so the receiving was fitful and weak. Ct O. McRae has volunteered to jpernte the receiving set. - No defin ite schedule of evenings for concerts has been arranged until he can find out which evenings the best enter tainment is broadcasted. The station will be open and re ceiving both afternoon and evening of July 3 and 4 so that all visitors In Valo may have the oppotrunity to "listen in." But it must be re membered that conditions may not he rlpo for the best receiving, but the station will get all it can from the ether. George Foster Away George Foster spent the greater part of lust week visiting near Bro gan and Bonitd. He returned home Saturday. Youngster in BoiHe Little Miss Ella Pickle has been visiting her sister, Mrs. A. T. Baugb in Boise since early hi May, She returned home Tuesday. Mis McDonald Here Miss Blanche McDonald spent very pleasant weekend visiting In Vale. Monday morning she return ed to Ontario to resuma her work in Brooke & Gallagher' office. Lumpers Called Away Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Lumpee wera culled to the former's old home in Coeur d'Alene Tuoatlay because of thu serious illness ot Mr. LumpWa mother. They will be away indefin itely and during Mr, Lumpee's ab sence. Caraon Mueller I miinnpin'if RECEIVING HIGH SCI