The Oregon state employee., January 01, 1948, Page 19, Image 19

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Newport Chapter Elects
bet 15 there was mote snow ori Dixie
mountain than at any time last winter.*
Since then over two feet has fallen and
interrriittant rains have packed it solid.
Ranchers are jubilant. A t the end of
a visit in Los Angeles last winter we
went to the depot to geyreservations
for our return to Oregon. We gavei
our residence as John Day. The agent
said, "Queer name for a town. Never
heard of it. Where is it? Is it on a
railroad?” ¿When told it was 100 miles,
from à railroad in central eastern Ore­
gon he seemed unable to believe that
people could "live” in such an isolated
place, but when we got through ex­
Klamath Falls Methods Click 1
An "anonymous” report from Klam­ plaining where and What the John Day
ath Fafls Chapter No: 12' describes an valley and its towns are he was almost
ready to quit his job apd come with
interesting meeting of ,37 members at
which Bus Gibson won a fat jaCkpot us. For the benefit of those, like him,
drawing, just for being on hand— and permit us to say that, this is one of
being lucky, of course! It is reported the best hay and stock districts in the
west. The Oliver Brothers, whose home
that the member cooks are good and
ranch is near John Day, have holdings
put out some real spreads. An invita­
that rank with thé largest in Oregon.
tion was extended to Oregon State
The valley is dotted with sawmills friorm
[Vocational School employees, to visit
Prairie to Spray and still others are in
w ith the chapter in the interests of
tributary valleys; John Day has a mill,
helping them form a chapter of their
of which cities five times its size m ig h t1
owri; J All members are urged to attend
be proud. But for distance from metro­
the interesting meetings. Movies, good
politan areas, a g re at winter playground
grub and good times! C upid'attends
in the I interest of bachelors, it is re­ could be developed in the nearby m oun­
ported. Congratulations 1 are extended tains. ' The hunting and fishing is
to Earl Belyins on his appointment as equalled in but few 'places: in any
state. The fossil beds in Picture Gorge
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below Dayville are as w onderful as
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can be found. There are hot springs in
Klamath Falls, 1921’ to 1925. in those
the hills. There is a dude ranch at the
good old days it was' a lively' place, full
of lively people. I t must be the altitude back door of the tw in cities of John
Day - Canyon City. And to break the
Or t*he wide open spaces, that does it—
resident^ are still frisky arid "on the monotony (though there ' never is any)j
there are several annual celebrations.
ball.” Congrats.
Canyon City has its ’62 celebration,
John Day Chapter Promotes John Day
commemorating the discovery of gold
A proriioter of the first water, John near there in 1862. (The hills have
Day chapter’s, press correspondent, C . C. yielded over $20,000,000 w orth of the
r.Tom’ Long,’ opens up some big guns precious metal since th e n ). Horse lovers
in his recent news report ¿and sells his have a riding club, the Vaquerros, whose
John Day country to the skeptics. As members own./some very fine mounts,
one of Our Association’s objectives is andevery fall John Day puts on a fair
to "promote the welfare of the state,” , and rodeo. Then there are the colorful
we offer, in that spirit, Mr. Long’s Scot,tish-American New Year dances at
Canyon City and Dayville with dates
contribution as follows:
W inter has, struck here. On Decem- staggered to allow all to attend both.
C. W. Vander Velden, new press
correspondent, advises that their chap­
iter elected new officers on January 15
as follows: Phillip Wilson, president;
C. H. Tingley, vice-president; John H.
|Ve;lls, secretary-treasurer. H e reports
18 members present w ith refreshments
served at the Coffee Shop Cafe at N ew ­
port/ . -
Ye P. R. director is pleased with
Newport chapter’s activity. However,
we don’t find an ad from said cafe!
How about a one-fourth column ad
for 'which the rate is $18 per year?