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THE GATE CITY Published at Nyssa, Oregon VOLUME XXXII. NO. 2 ~ GATEWAY TO THE OWYHEE AND BLACK CANYON IRRIGATION PROJECTS NYSSA, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1937 Gift Days Cornei®irt!\di a111" Be Held i “ Jan. 30 To Close Next Plans have been started for the staging of the President's Ball again this year, with the date being Sat Wednesday P.M. urday, January 30th. Don M. Ora- _______ ham has been appointed Oeneral Chairman, and the movement was I 1 ..„ „ J In A tte n d started rolling this week with the Choppers U rged to Attend selection oi belpers A full list of Final Event---Must Be committee workers will be .released Present to Claim A w ard. Ball to be held January 30th will be the fourth such event, and the committee plans to make this one even larger than the successful events held In the past. Seventy cents out of every dollar remains In the home com munity to be expended for welfare purposes here and the remainder goes to the National Committee for use for the Warm Springs founda tion In its national fight against Infantile Paralysis. * * * £ '£ * * Nyssa Gift Days will be concluded ior the time being next Wednesday, January 20th when awards will be given out to fortunate persons pres ens for the event. The main attrac tion down-town will be conducted an hour later than usual, and Is billed to start at four o’clock. The setting of the later hour was in deference cf school children who hive a hard time keeping their mind on their studies with so much going on down-, town. As usual, you must be present to claim your award, and every mer chant in town Is cooperating In giv ing out Gift Day tickets. Be sure to ask for yours in making cash pur chases or payments on account. Due to the cold weather, the Gift Days will be Indefinitely postponed, apd no more tickets will be given out after four o’clock, Wednesday the 20th. Patrons are reminded that Wed nesday would be an excellent day to come to Nyssa and participate in this final event. Customers have found that Nyssa merchants carry a varied stock which cannot be matched outside of cities severa! times the size of Nyssa; and that low overhead costs have resulted In prices comparing very favorably with competing towns and mail order houses. As one friends to another, we suggest that you make Nyssa your shoppig center, and make a special effort to be on hand next Wednesday, January 20th to take part in this Gift Day event arranged for your enjoyment by the business interests of Nyssa. PRUYN AUTO REPAIR WILL MOVE FEB. Eddie Pruyn will move his Pruyn Auto Repair business to the old Lar sen and Towne location, according to plans announced this week. The move will take place around the first of Feburary. No announcement has been made as to the plans for utilization of the present building occupied by Mr. Pruyn but there is a possibility that some re-modeling work will be done later in the spring. The Scribner-Adams Motor Com pany, which have been using the old Larsen and Towne location in the Powell Service building, expect to move their equipment out soon to make room for the new tenant. Mr. Pruyn will also have the large rear room of the building, which will give him ample space to conduct his rapidly growing business. IT Civic Club Helps Hospital Needs The Nyssa Civic Club will sponsor a tea to be given Wednesday after noon January 20th In the Eagles hall, at the affair a silver offering will be taken for the benefit of the Doernbecher hospital for children. The Doernbecher children’s hos pital faces a serious reduction in Its operating funds, which will necessi tate closing approxmately one-half of the beds available for a part of each year during the next biennium, due to a lack of revenue from the state board of higher education bud get. A closing down of the hospital ser vice would undermine one of the most humane and valuable public services of the state of Oregon and produce a chaotic condition In view of the demands for hospitalization of desperately 111 children. The Nyssa Civic Club has recog nized the value of the work being done by this Institution and are hopeful that the tea next Wednesday will be liberally patronized-by the folks In and around Nyssa. Three Nyssa children have received treat ment at the. Doernbecher hospital and their work among underprivileg ed children has been outstanding. An interesting program is being pre pared under the direction of Mrs. W. C. Jackson. OIL TRUCK BENT WHEN IT ROLLS OVER IN DITCH The new stream-lined Thompson Oil truck was bent up considerably Monday morning when It skidded on the highway leading toward Adrian a short distance north of the beet dump, and rolled over in the barrow pit. Delbert Taylor, the driver of the truck was not seriously Injured In the accident, but the truck has to be sent to Boise to have the tank body repaired. Icy roads were blam ed for. the accident. Sportsmen Meeting A t Salem Ask For New Legislation Three major problems were d ls-. ance with the revival of mining and cussed at a joint meeting of sports- is serious In many places, men from over the state held In The sportsmen In session at Sal- Salem on Jaunary 5 and 6th. Don i ef took steps to organize a leglsla- Todd, president of the Nyssa W ld tive committee to present the sports Life League was the only one from men's side of the case to the legis Malheur county to attend, but he lature. brought back an Interesting report. Of Interest to sportsmen In Mal Mr. Todd returned to Nyssa Friday heur county was the meetings rec ommendation that the elk season be evening. In Malheur county the same The three problems before the opened as In certain neighboring coun sportsmen of the state, as viewed by time ties. those present, were: topic of absorbing Interest 1 StabiUzation of the game com was Another discussion as to whether mission. leaving the personnel and state the fish and game matters were in funds Just as they are at the present shape under the old game time. A move has been made to put better warden system, or whether K was all game funds into the general better handled by the state police. fund, which policy sporstmen feel Advocates of the game warden sys will result In less money for fish and tem said the wrrdens were charged game needs, and also would be un with general fish and game control, wieldy to administer. besides making arrest for violations, 2. Those present at the meeting and charged the state police with advocated the closing of all streams being principally Interested In ar to commercial fishing except the resting violators. Game Wardens, Columbia river. This subject was they said, took an Interest In seeing the cause of considerable debate. whether game was dying in winter Mr. Todd said, as many representa time for lack of feed, fish and game tives of commercial fisheries were plantings, disease control and other present at the meeting and vigorous matters of vital Importance to wild ly opposed the closing of certain life. rivers to commercial fishermen. This Those favoring the state police matter is planned to be brought to pointed to efficient and business the state legislature’s attention dur like management and urged contin ing this session. uation of the policy. It U thought 3. More stringent laws and en likely that legislation on the subject forcement on stream pollution. This will come before the leglmture now problem has taken on more Import - meeting In Salem. .•> JK w W Fastest Growing Town In Oregon* $1.50 PER YEAR CCC CREW GETS 150 RABBITS A DAY Keen Interest In Nyssa Bulldogs Win Victories From Ontario and Emmett But The jack rabbit population Is being WrestlingMatch Lose To New Plymouth Teams day diminished by approximately 150 a by the activities of a OCC crew an poisoning work. The men P second t;am lost 25 to 6 In a prelim- working have been covering around 400 acres Slated Monday Nyska Wins Pair Tuesday night. Stop us If you’ve heard this one . . . a day and at present are working EDDIE CARRIES THE ] GIN BUT LET’S OTHER i FELLOW GETJHEMEATj It's a little old but was first told around Nyssa Just the other day. Eddie Powell, whose long association with the service station that bears his name, has forsaken the oil busi ness at present and Is delving In the mountains In the hopes of making his fortune . . . but that has but lit tle to do with the story. It happened on the last day of the deer, season, and on that day Eddie and Herman Towne walked from dawn until dark, both carrying heavy deer guns and watching anxiously for Just a glimpse of a wild buck. The day was fairly warm for that season of the year and along toward dusk. Eddie’s gun was getting uncomfort ably heavy, but It takes more than an arm numb from carrying a heavy firearm, to slow Eddie up . . . much. The two men were almost back to camp, tired and discouraged; with the prospect of eggs again for the evening meal. A short distance from their camp was a man sawing wood, and. the two men stopped for a short visit. While standing there visiting, they heard a peculiar noise in some brush a short distance away. “I think it’s a deer.” the woodcutter said ex citedly, ’’hand me your gun!” Eddie obliged by handing over his favorite deer gun—and an instant later a bl 3 splendid buck walked out into a clearing, apparently unaware of danger. The woodcutter threw the gun to his shoulder, shot once, and brought the deer down while Eddie stood with his trigger finger itching;. "It was bad enough Eddie says, "to carry that gun all day and when we saw a deer to have another fel low shoot it; but the worst part of it was that we still had to eat fried eggs. Cafe Looted By Tuesday Night " Sneak Thief The Schweizer Cafe lost $19 85 Tuesday night ' when someone stole the cash receipts hidden In the cafe and blade their escape through’ the back door. Since'the front door was not tampered with, the theory ad vanced Is that someone hid In the rear of the cafe until the night crew locked up and left. Then the thief got the cash from the hiding place and left by the back door, which was found unlooked the next morn ing. Local pnd state police ore working on the case, and have found some pretty definite clues as to who did the Job. Conviction of burgalarizlng a place of business carrys a term in the penitentiary as a penalty. CITY OFFICE MUST MOVE SOON New quarters for the city’s busi ness and the library will have to be found soon as a result of notice giv en the city to vacate the Owyhee Ir rigation office In 90 days. The Owy hee Irrigation Dstrict expects to use the building for their own business which Is growing fast and the pres ent quarters In Frank Morgan's of fice are too small. Mr. Morgan will continue his office to take care of Insurance business while Irrigation matters will be handled at the Dis trict office. The city has made no plans at present And It may prove a puzzling problem to find suitable quarters, unless the city go ahead and follow the advice of many property owners in the city and build a city hall to house the recorders office, library, fire truck, jail, council rooms and to fit other municipal needs. EAGLES SPONSOR CARD PARTY FOR FRIDAY JAN. i t AT HALL The Nyssa Eagles will hold the first of s regular series of card par ties next Friday, January 22 at the Eagles Hall. Bridge and pinochle will be In play with the general pub lic invited to participate In the af fair. Refreshments will be served r« the close of the evening, end In tr- der to defray expenses, a small ad mission charge will be made. Th Eagles particularly would like to ex tend a special Invitation to folks living In the country to come in for a good social game of cards next Priday evening. Mrs. Webster Eldredge arrived Wednesday on the Portland Rase to spend same time here with her mother. Mrs. Bettle Forbes. r rom Tough Teams but New Plymouth Wins Surprise Victory. Nyssa continued their winning drive Saturday night by defeating the strong Emmett team by a count of 31 to 25. Emmett was in the lead much of the game but in the last quarter Nyssa staged a scoring drive which carried them to their seventh straight victory. Johnston accounted for 13 points to lead In the scoring. The second team lost a hard fought game to the Emmett Huskies, the score being 48 to 11. game Play Gntario Friday near Mitchell Butte, A large crowd cf fans expect to The rodent control crew of ten accompany the team to Ontario to will start working Monday near the morrow night for a return game with Kingman lateral and will poison the Tigers. Smarting under their rabbits from the railroad track tc two-point defeat of Friday night, the Snake river. the game tomorrow promises every Poison Is put out and left only two thing a basketball fan could wish. days, after which every piece of Ontario defeated Weiser Saturday poisoned hay Is removed. Stockmen night by a one point margin of 22 to are urged to cooperate by keeping 21. On Saturday night, the team will their stock away from the poisoned travel to Huntington to play the area while the crew is working the boys of the railroad town a return territory. game. In the first game of the sea son, Nyssa won from Huntington by a score of 14 to 34. GRANGE COUNTY COUNCIL Nyssa 26; Ontario 24 HOLDS BIG MEETING The score tied, with only seconds to go, Raymond Graham, lanky The Grange county council, made center for tlv Nyssa Bulldogs broke up of officers of the various grang lto the open, drlbblect twice and es over the county, met at the sank the winning basket In the game I Boulevard Grange hall on Saturday. Friday night With Ontario here.1 •January 9th to elect officers and The final score was 24 to 26 Itake care o{ general business of the The game was of the type which ' order', EdvT °f J ttle has made basketball a prime favor- kins " as e‘ec‘ed pre" Trail was Albert B Hop- of Oregon selected as ite with fans here. Bo ams ap and Dr. Harriet Sears peared evenly matchet 1th first vice-president Ontario, secretary. one team then the othi ning the of While grange county council advantage. In the ear! t of the consists of the officers game Nyssa managed ?p a few and Pomana granges, of any subordinate granger is points margin to the and the welcome to attend the meetings of score at end of the fiio* Muarter was the council. 7 to 5 and at half time, 13 to 14. Chas. state deputy The visiting team staged a scoring and J. S. Wicklander, Weikal. county deputy, drive in the third quarter which saw were present at the meeting, which Ontario in the lead. 18 to 20 as the was well attended by represenatives two teams went into the final quar from over the ccunty. ter. Checking closely, fighting for the ball and overzealousness cost both team several penalties In the final frame. With? three minutes to go, Ontario was four points in the lead As the scoreboard flashed the time signaling the closing minutes of the game Nyssa was one point behind and Johnst»;- :ied the count with a free throw, and a few moments later Graham sang a field goal for the The Woolgrowers convention held in Ontario Tuesday and Wednesday winning points. of this week proved one of the most While little Paul Jolinston was the successful in the city's his sparkplug of the Nyssa team, and tory. An events registration of also captured high scoring honors around 500 estimated attended the two-day for his team by gathering 11 points; convention, enjoying the education every man on the team deserves credit for the game. Bob Wilson did al ing. and social features of the gather a fine Job of guarding Gene Stew Highlight of the social affair was art, Ontario’s outstanding scorer and the annual banquet held Tuesday it was rarely that he even got a shot evening In the high school gym at the hoop. Payne of Ontario was nasium, followed by a dance in the high scorer for his team Friday Crystal ballroom. night, also getting 11 points. Among the distinguished visitors, The starting five of Graham, many of whom addressed the con Jackson, Pierson, Wilson and John vention were: Dr. W. H. Lytle, state ston played practically the entire veterinary Herman Ol game. Lloyd Wilson got into the iver and C. from L. Salem; Jamieson, president game in the closing five seconds of and past president of the Oregon play when Johnston was removed Cattlemen’s association; via the foul route. When the whistle Barnes of the Portland Wool Dewey Grow blew to remove Johnston for fouls, John P. Caine, of Chicago, Phil the crowd and players thought the ers; of Salt Lake City, E. L. Har game was over. The players headed Evans of St. Paul, Geo. J. Cannon of for the dressing room, the fans for per agriculture department of the the door and it was with consider the Great Northern railway. Dr. E. L. able difficulty that the floor was Potter of Oregon State college; E. cleared to permit playing of the E. Birkmaler. range examiner of the final five seconds, which was over U. 8. forest service, E. Richards before either team had a shot at the superintendent of the D. Union exper bKsket. iment station; R. C. Rich, president Second Team Wins of the national woolgrowers from To make the Ontario rout com Burley; and A. D. Malohon of the plete. the Nyssa seconds won a neat grazing service from Salt Lake City. victory, 28 to 21 over the Ontario seconds in the first game of the evening. Nyssa was in the lead POMONA GRANGE throughout the game but not enough TO MEET AT ORE. for interest to slacken for a mom ent. Players were Robertson, Ray, SLOPE JAN. 23rd Enos, Warren, Patterson, H. Wilson, Holly and Bill Wilson. Lose First Game of Season The Oregon Slope granges will be Nyssa ball tossers lost their first host to all other granges of Malheur game of the season Tuesday night county next Saturday, January 23. New Plymouth by a score of 29 to when the Malheur County Pomona 30. The small gym and low ceiling Grange meets there. All grangers are when they went down to defeat at urged to attend. handicapped the Nyssa team, who Mrs M. M. Creeling, Pomona Lec found most of their shots hitting the turer. Is arranging for the program roof. In a game played on the local which will Include some good speak floor December 12. the locals troun ing and musical numbers. The morn ced New Plymouth, 15 to 34. The ing session will as usual be taken up with a business meeting and will be followed by a covered dish luncheon at noon. The program will be in the 'ROUND TOWN afternoon. Wool Growers Have Successful Convention Kids clean snow from Ice to con tinue skating . . . Sleigh riding popular sport this week . . . Frozen faces and legs reward of those who brave the sub-zero temperature . . . Chas. Caldwell had flood to contend with . . . Mrs Chas. Leuck said to believe In horse hoes and four-leaf clovers, she won $50 at bank night . . . Business men turned out for church Sunday almost 100 per cent . . . Folks speculate on best way to treat Charles Mattson murderer when found . . . No one heard talk ing about planting a garden yet . . . BREAKS LEG WHILE SLEIGH RIDING SUNDAY Mrs. Aden Wilson broke her leg Sunday while sleigh riding behind a car driven by Henry Carl. The party were traveling the road north of the sub-station and enjoying them selves In the snow, when the sled turned over and In some unexplain able manner. Mrs Wilson’» leg was twisted In such a manner as to break It. She Is now at her home, and the Injured limb will likely be In a cast for several weeks NyssaShiversAs Mercury Drops Starting Jan. 7 Min. Max' Night of— Thursday ................. ... -21 15* Friday ............................. -13 10 Saturday .................. 6 20 Sunday .................... -8 22 Monday .............................. -11 16 Tuesday ................................ .... -9 IS Wednesday .................. . 2 19 Temperatures given are above zero unless marked by (-) meaning below zero. One of the coldest sieges to hit the Nyssa country for many years has been causing fuel men to smile, while the general public has been huddled around the red-hot stove and furnaces. According to the of ficial records at the government of fice, the temperature has been above freezing only twice during this en tire month. On the 1st of January the mercury climbed to 33 degrees for a short time and again on the 4th It reached 33 degrees, which Is only one degree above the freezing mark. The low mark of the season for Nyssa was reached last Thursday night when a low of 21 degrees be low zero was reached. Other points In the west reported far below zero weather, with some points being more than 50 below. Snow fall has covered the roads and fields, but Is low In moisture content. The total moisture to fall during the week was only .17 of an inch. No worry Is experienced by Nyssa farmers regarding the water supply for next year as the Owyhee dam Is practically full at this time. Ira Dern to Show His Stuff ; At Eagles Hall Monday Night. Wrestling and boxing fans, not only of Nyssa but In all the neigh boring towns are arguing the merits of the two main principals around the hot-stove league since the card was announced last week. Ira Dern. one of the best known wrestlers In the business will be matched with Don Stone, University of California athlete. While Dern Is conceded the edge Is experience, Stone IS a'young er man; said to be faster and likely to give Dern one of the hardest tus sles In his career. The men will meet in the ring at Nyssa next Monday evening, January 18th with two out of three falls deciding the better man. For the fan who prefers boxing, a hot dish In the form of a match be tween “Windmill' ’Pearce and Billy Black will be served. These two boys are both seasoned veterans and be lieve in getting there “firstest and hardest." Both boys have an Impres sive string of victories and are said to be of the old slugging school so dear to dyed-in-the-wool fight fans. Semi-finals often turn out al most as good as the main event, and In order to Insure the fans a real evening’s entertainment, the man agement went to extra expense to engage “Bull" Keener and Don Mathews for the semi-final wrest ling match. These boys weigh in the light heavy-weight class and excell in rough and tumble wrestling. Fans expect to see more ring action Mon day than for many a blue moon, as Matchmaker Garde has not only lined up the three main bouts, but expects to have some outstanding preliminary boxing matches cm hand to round out a full evening of sport., Matches will be held in the Eagles hall under present plans, and will start promptly at eight o’clock. VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS PLAN SOCIAL NIGHT The local post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars are sponsoring a soc ial evening for Friday, November 15th and the ladles are to be special guests. All veterans and their wives are Invited to the party, which will be held In the Legion hall. The lad les are helping some with the re freshments, and are expected to Mr. and Mrs. Herschel Thompson bring or sandwiches, while the have been visiting at the A1 Thomp boys of cake the post will take care of son home while the cold weather has put a stop to construction work. everything else. Experiments Prove Old-Type Beet Seed Loses To Disease The Amalgamated Sugar Company^ Up until the time the thinning conducted an experiment In the started the beets made an excellent Twin Falls district last year, which growth and there was very little evi should be Interesting to all beet dence of curly-top, which Is caused growers and proved pretty definitely by the white fly. There were a few the difference between the old com spots that looked weak because of mercial type seed and the Improved chemicals that had been used on strain In general use by beet growers those spots In previous years for morning glory. now. was started as soon as The sugar company «ranted to the Cultivation were thinned, and then find the effect of the white fly on they beets were Irrigated. Up until Sept beets during this past growing sea I, the beets had been cultivat son In direct comparison with the ember 8 times and had been Irrigated resistant type In general use. In order 9 ed times, to conduct the experiment they lngs. and had received two hoe- rented 18.46 acres from Ernest Egan the first of July the weather on a cash rental basis. This land was had Since been very warm and curly-top a old clover field and had not been had been on the Increase. The beets Irrigated since the middle of the counted on July 6 and It was previous summer. The ground was were found that 36 beets out of a 100 plowed about ten Inches deep, har plants the curly-top disease rowed. disced and leveled. It was caused had by the fly. On July 13 they then corrugated and Irrigated As were counted and 40 beets out soon as the ground was dry enough of 100 had the again disease; and on July to work it was disked again, follow 20, from 60 to 68 out of a 100 ing right up with the harrow In were affected. By beets August 5th. every order to hold the moisture In the plant had the disease and not a beet soil. The planting started on May 1$, was harvested. and finished May 21. About IS Resistant Seed Yields I I Teas pounds of seed and one bag of phos In direct contrast to the failure of phate was planted per acre. The the crop using the old type seed; Mr. weather was warm with dry winds, Egan harvested 53 29 acres of bests so the field was corrugated for that averaged 21.63 tons per acre. watering Immediately after plant On his commercial crop he used the ing, and irrigation started on May seed developed for the growers by 24 and completed on May 27, Be the Amalgamated Sugar Company, cause of s week of rainy weather. It which Is resistant to the principal was not necessary to work the enemy of the sugar beet, namely the ground after Irrigation and the beets white fly. Thus the sugar company came up «rlth a good stand before found by experimentation that the ground had a chance to crust. whereas one field receiving excellent By the time the ground was dry care but was planted to the old type enough to work, the beets were up seed, was a failure; another field on large enough to have the first cultl- the same farm yielded the splendid started on crop of over 21 tons to the acre. The ration, and June IB, and finished an June 20th only difference aras the seed.