The Gate city journal., July 14, 1910, Image 1

You 11 Never R egret It, I f You In v est At N yssa
a
ical C'ompa
T he G ate C ity J ournal
OWEN, Manager,
I Main St., Hoi*.,
A Continuation of The Nyssa Sun
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NYSSA; MALHEUR COUNTY. OREGON, THURSDAY JULY 14 1910.
MARRIED
A L ITEMS
|ur African
Water Sack»
Francis-Endde
Iruiv Lackey visited C ii - L ast week H arry Francis was seen
|r»ilay.
boarding No. 6. Many questions were
asked
as to his whereabouts and the
has. Bean and son went
"w hy” of his numerous trips, but no-
go today.
one seem ed to know but It was thought
Jojie was tr a n s a c tin g j th a t he went to visit relatives. How-
I eVér- the problem Is solved at last for
lia Boise Tuesday,
id; they
ry user
leston
! lo! and behold H arry returned Sun­
spent Monday in day "a happy m arried man." A few
»■nclair went
Ini business.
to Boise
Jlolenar was visiting in
aiday.
fan Gilse was in Caldwell
La business.
jliiibt. Minton
Wednesday.
Gibson was
■dnesday.
went to
over
to
|lra Anderson is down
visiting her {«rents,
Ills. 1. (i. Anderson.
V
Isimrp went to Nampa
S
’
rllu C iite s of Emmette
lug MU- Edna Blodgett
n
cent discount on all
Boydelk for one week
\
ze of the old Jirm of the
Lbr. Co, has moved
back to Missouri.
Oregon
i of H a rry ’s friends wanted to go with
: him to spend the fourth In Boise.
I he wedding took place at the home
i of the bride’s brother, John C. Lewis,
of Hock Springs, Wyo.. at 12.30 on
July 4th, 1910, They left oil the first
tra in and managed to fool the good
people of th at city and boarded the
tra in w ithout the customary rice and
old shoes. They arrived in Nyssa Sun­
day evening where they expect to make
th eir fu tu re home, occupying the res­
idence ju st built for that purpose.
Mr. F rancis is connected with the
E m pire Lumber Co., of this place, and
lias proven himselr an enterprising
citizen.
We Join his many friends m wishing
them u nappy and piosperious mar
ried life.
Liimiry Fund Apportionment.
The library fund apportionment was
receive<yihls week and it looks good.
Follow ing ft the amount
due
the
school in this vicinity:
Lis. 18, Mrs. E. L. Morey, clerk, $15.28
His. No. 26, J. M. Duncon, clerk, $61.66
Lis. No. 39, W. 11. Van Dyke, $8.16
This am ount per capita is $ .2548 and
the en tire amount for the county is
$609.09.
rockery Glassware and
A Big Demonstration.
Boydell Mercantile Co
Tuesday afternoon the inhabitants
Isale at Cost.
of this city were treated to a demon­
cordially invited to at- stra tio n of the operations of the bur­
g la r alarm recently installed in the
lervices held ia lh e Opera
Hank of Nyssa. A fair sized crowd
iday at 3:30 p. in.
soon gathered to have the mysteries of
jiii- Ku^j. of Nampa, is this system explained to them and to
see and hear for the first time at least
■tb Mis Helen Sharp,
5FUL
y Repaid
e m a d e for
i, a ls o , that
r
have
madel
he people haij
>ns b u t we
; hard to equ
have left.
lour
1 1 J L-:
R < 'H A > "
r e g o
> t
ppen
in Nyssa, the cloinor of the gigantic
alarm .
The people may at some time be
pine line city lots in the
aw akened by the clamor of the alarm
seaport city. Would and rush to the scene of burglary with
i for automobile.
shooting irons of every description—
I. Lee Blodgett is on an and find It a false alarm.
trip, visiting relatives
li* in Illinois.
Excursions to Portland
A. Goeltz has just re­
July 17th and 18th.
join Portland where he
Via Oregon Short Line. Limit
taking State medical July 31st. •fjee O. S. L. Agent9
lion.
for rates and further particulars.
■i Mrs. ('. II. Holmes, of
EXCURSIONS TO DENVER
L1 just returned home,
July 16th and 17th
nit several days visiting
Via Oregon Short Line. Limit
l ;‘in 1 Mr 'I'hos. Nelson. August 14th. For rates and fur­
ther particulars see any O. S. L.
|'e in our possession a I
Agent.
se containing 31 cents.
projicrly
identifying
Who says Nyssa is slow?; The
I we will surrender same. Nyssa Hotel has been ¡feeding 40
liner who is conducting to 50 transients per meal for the
pig work at Council. Ida., past two weeks. This makes a
ity for a few days visit- good showing for the hotel as well
ns the town. Mrs. McFall, the
|'iid friends.
proprietress, is keeping pace with
her growing business. Harry La-
sions to Portland
Claire is the chef.
flj 17th and 18th
f g"ii Short Line. Limit
All native Ohioans and those
• See 0. S. L Agents for that have made their residence in
I fort her particulars.
Ohio are requested to send in
r ‘ a,|d wilo and Willard their names and native county to
p1 for Long Valley Mon-j C. W. Helser. secretary of the
' they will enjoy an out- Ohio Society, Boise. Idaho, and to
!,‘l as to work through send in time to attend the annual
picnic which will be held in Sep
|®t °f the valley.
tenibsr or October
|Birri. and the Powell
Excursions to Portland
p W tor the Pnyette j
Via O re g o n Short Line Limit
Monday where they
a few weeks hunting! July 31st. See O. S. L. Agents
for rates and further particulars.
fg
Get a liberal sample of Con key s
Lice Powder and a copy of Con-
keys Poultry Book free. The
Powder kills lice instantly and the
Book is full of valuable infoima-
tion for poultry raisers. By mad
n
S. F. Foster. «
7 cents.
*
*’• a 7 room. 2 story
Nox-i-cide disinfects and kills
- lots Located in the the germs It mixes with water
"■‘it portion of N yssa.1 and is cheap and effective. I «e
kl H Bargain. Eor fnr-j it now and prevent
Nation call at this uthce.
f'lell Mercantile Co. will
to take Cash for goods
' c di we want and
an‘** have, rush it in, no.
Thanks in Anticipa-
B M. Co.
THE FRUIT
CROP OF 1910
ik e rancher ami iru it grow ers in
ibis vicinity are ver> much pleaseu
wun the fru it crop, th e re is a reason
aiiii ihul reason it th at tile crop is
larger loan the average and tlie q uali­
ty of the fru it is the best. The season
ot berries u> a t its height and the peo­
ple are very busy gathering the p re ­
cious thlugs. The rapsberries th a t are
piekeu and brought to town are the
nicest m at we or anyone else has ever
seen, and 'hey are not only beautiful
and pleasing to the eye but they are
the most delicate llavored berries m at
are on III« western m arket. The east­
ern berries are not to be compared
with the wgsteru either in size, ap­
pearance o r tlav ir.
itie uew berries are ripening very
rast auu as much could be salu ol them
as the raspberry, logan, or any ol the
oilier num erous berries.
T his
lias
ueen an ideal cherry year and the
ilr-m e s thus we nave seen and eaten
are not equalled by any oi .me citern es
unit Have ueen siupp'i ju , trout me
neighboring cherry tracts such as the
Willamette, John Lay and Fayette
country that is particularly noted lor
u s small iru it mid cherries.
th e melon season is on its way and
will soon he here. The good old melon
season is what so many ot us look
.orw ard to and when th a t arrives it is
the next fru it season th at we were
leuily looking for. The melon crop is
going to be n "hum d in g er” using a
common phrase.
(J. VV. Cable lias a few very nice
specimens of w in ter apples in W. Lee
B lodgetts office. Due branch th a t is
two feet long has 19 apples of average
size on it. Another about 18 inches
long has 19 apples on it of the average
size. This is only one instance and we
know that we could go into any o r­
chard in this country and find equally
as good a record as this is not out
of the ordinary. This is a fru it coun­
try from sta rt to finish.
The person th at has never lived in
a fruit country can not im agine w hat
it means to live w here there Is fruit
on nil hands and at nil limes ol’ the
year. The season opens up with the
straw berry, the most delicious of the
sm all fruits, then the cherries, ra sp ­
berries, blackcaps, dew berries, logan
berries, melons,
apples, peaches,
plums, and other fruits. The appjes
are kept as long as July the following
year. The people th a t live where they
have the fru it dc not appreciate the
true worth of the fru it because of its
abundance.
T love my alfalfa, but Oh! you fru it’
HIGH
LINE
Proceeding of the ditch m atters are
at a stand still th is week to the o u t­
sider but not to the men that have this
g reat work in hand. They are at work
continually doing the little tilings that
count so much to you and every one
else that is looking forw ard to the
startin g of work on the ditch.
The
officers of the d istric t are keeping in
touch with m atters and are seeing that
the things th at should be done are be­
ing done and in such a way th a t there
will be no question as to their legali­
ty now or in the y ears to come. Few
people take into consideration th at
this ditch will lie here alw ays and that
the titles and legal steps th a t m ust be
taken now have to be taken in such a
way that there will be no occasion for
a law suit .’>, 10, o r a 100 years lienee.
The title: m ust be gotten out and
fixed for now and alw ays The rec­
ords of the present board are perhaps
the most im portant records, to the peo­
ple of this country, th at are now e x ­
istin': and the g reatest of care and
safeguards are being taken to keep out
flaws
The little things of today th a t are
being done by the boards of the dis­
tricts are the stepping stones th at will
seem larg er as time go-s on and the
w ork looms up. The directors are
w asting valuable tim e looking into the
m inor details such as d istric t engi­
neers. The qualifications of the m ost
com petent men th a t have come before
them, of sending w eeks on co n tra c ts
and other things it seems. But, th is is
not the case as these are things th at
will save tim e a fter actual construc­
tion begins. Time will be as precious
then as. it is now and one case in
court would lakes as much tim e as the
d irectors are now or if the engineer
should prove incom petent when the
$1.50 PER. YEAR.
| construction w as under way and it
was not done properly it would take
tim e to reco n stru ct it and th u s delay
. the tim e when w ater should be on the
! land, and th u s use m ore tim e th an the
I directors are, and money as w ell. It
takes tim e and patience for the people
and we sincerely hope they have a
large bank account of it.
E veryone asks, “when w ill th e w ork
begin?” T h at is a h ard question for
the d irecto rs to answ er and is not a l­
ways answ ered w ith satisfaction to the
in terro g ato r. We w on’t try to tell you
as we d o n ’t know. It will be some lit­
tle tim e yet, th a t we know, a s it w ill
take Mr. Binkley about tw o weeks to
com plete the plans and specifications
and then they go to the sta te negineer
and the engineers for the d istricts. The
sta te engineer w ill have tw enty days
from the tim e th a t the plans, et cetera,
a re placed in his hands to go over
5c PER COPY
EXCURSION TO DENVER
July 16th and 17th.
Via Oregon Short Line. Limit
August 14th. For rates and fur­
ther particulars see any O. S. L.
agent
The Supreme Court of Oregon
has decided that it is just as
much the duty of a propertyholder
to have his holdings placed on
the tax roll as it is the Assessors
duty to place it there. If you see
a man poking about our streets
carrying a budget resembling a
water bag, you may be interested *
in knowing tnat it is Dep, Asses­
sor Dearborn, who is now assess­
ing Nyssa. and it may be worth
your while to make yourself
known to him and tell him what
you have so he can get it correct,
as he will surely get you anyway,
whether he sees you or not, and
it is better to give in your prop­
erty “yourself and know where
you are at.
i
v ji
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them and he m ust pass on them be­
fore a bond election can be called. It
will take some little tim e to make the
proper arran g em en ts
and to go
through a certain am ount of red tape
before the bond election can be called.
Then it will be about tw enty days be­
fore the election. W hat pleases most
is tlie assu ran ce of the people th at
July Kith and 17th
they a re in favor of the issuance of the
Via
Oregon
Short Line. Limit
bonds and th a t it Is p ractically settled
August
14th.
For rates and fur­
th a t things will go right The bonds
ther particulars see any O. S. L.
will be voted nearly to a man is the
Agent.
prospect th at m akes us sit up and take
notice.
Proof A gainst W asp Stings.
A Scottish n a tu ra list in a paper on
P erhaps you a re getting tired of
the hab its of w asps tells how a black­
hearing “prospects a re b rig h ter than
bird will stan d a t th e side of a hang­
ever,” but it is a fact th a t is not to
ing w asps’ n est and deliberately tear
be m istaken. We see the end of the
It In pieces In order to get at the lar­
vae, apparently undisturbed by the
ro u tin e as one who has been tra v e l­
sw arm of angry Insects, whose yicloua
ing along a tunnel and has seen a
stings Instantly put to flight the hu­
tw ilig h t th a t unm istakenly show s th at
man curiosity seeker who ventures
the end is n ear and th at the daylight
n ear to w atch the demolition.
is only a short w ays off We will be
ready to give th ree h u rra h s when the
goal is reached. T he d irecto rs meet
on Friday the 15th, and w ill h ire th eir
20th Year
engineers or a t least interview them
OPENS SEPT. 14.
and in sp ect th eir credentials. Two of
the candidates for th is office will he a t
Send for catalogue to
th eir m eetings w hich will be in th eir
office in Nyssa.
L. S. Dille, Caldwell, Idaho
EXCURSIONS TO DENVER
I
COLLEGE OF IDAHO
I
it
WILL CON­
STRUCT
ROADBED
Maney and Wells b ro th ers have ta k ­
en the contract for the construction of
the extension of the "P in " road. This
extension is from E vergreen to Mead­
ows, Ida., and will connect the latter
with the outside world and B rother
Hackney will lose his life of solitude
and be th ru st on the w orld of business
and activity. This is not w hat he will
enjoy as It m eans the moving of his
town from beneath the brow of the
m ajestic m ountain th a t overlooks the
tranquil little ham let a t its feet that
it has protected for the p ast decade and
then, too, the pines will be in the
distance and the babbling of the spark
ling brook th at
is
now
running
through the h ea rt of the village will
be missed m ore than all the fortunes
th at will be made can repay. It is
with reg ret th a t the in h ab itan ts of th at
picturesque little town will w atch the
moving of the old buildings and land­
m arks to the new site. Our sym pa­
thies are extended to the Meadows of
Yesterday and a re well w ishes to the
Meadows of Tomorrow.
The W ells and Maney B rothers will
be back here in Septem ber and will
take up the w ork of the H igh Line, as
indications a ic th a t tit-» )th in g will
then be in readiness. The outfit is on
its way and it is expected th a t we will
lose these good citizens of N yssa this
week
Everyone will be w atching
anxiously for th eir retu rn They need
never w onder w hat th eir reception will
be on their retu rn .
I I
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: He expressed his appreciation of the
! country in a very com plim entary way.
He said literally: "This is the be3t
portion in Oregon.” He rem arked on
the many substantial residences. He
said th a t good homes are the m eans
of bringing people in and when they
come to keep them here. To beautify
i the hom es with trees and shrubbery
! m eans a g reat deal to the country
Profs. fViilijcoonibe and Kent Tell the
com m ercially as well as a comfort to
Country ami Town People Many
the in habitants Then too, it is an In­
Nice Things Relative to tlielr
C ountry's resources.
dication of the prosperity and activity
L ast T hursday the ranchers cam e to of tlie proprietor.
He plead with the people to get rid
town to h ear much talk about cows,
alfalfa and the likes. We a re glad to of the weeds along the roads and to
say that they were not disappointed in keep them out as It is not only a sorry
the least as they heard more cow and
sight but it will not be the best for
her produce talk than the average man
the alfalfa seed. He also told the fa r­
could read in a month. Professors
W ithycoombe and Kent of the O. A. C. m ers w hat would make good food and
experim ent station. They w ere men w hat the cows would thrive and grow
th at knew their subject and could tell rat on.
w hat they knew which is a ta len t th a t
P rofessor K ent went Into details on
is very much appreciated by everyone
I the cow question and gave the people
and one th at few people have—a t least
to the extent that these gentlem en had. j very m uch good advice as to the care
P rofessor Withycoombe In his ad- and m anagem ent of cows He also told
dre ?. aid that he did not know th at the people w hat a real $10« cow w as
Oregon had w ithin her boundaries ' and what to do with her He expound-
uch an »vital and beautiful country. ' > d the doctrine of the dairy as only a
D A IR Y
INSTITUTE
A SUCCESS
learned man could and the advice giv­
en was of g reat value.
In the evening an Illustrated lecture
was given by Prof. K ent on the cow,
hog and sheep. The pictures throw n
on the canvas of the different breeds
of the anim als gave a good Idea of the
Ideal cow. He also spoke of the w ork
th a t the school was doing. The m ili­
tary display was very much enjoyed
by everyone.
The one thing th at these men wish
to Im press on the people of this coun­
try w:i th at th is Is an alfalfa country
and th a t alfalfa wa:v th e backbone and
the only thing to do Is to get a way
to feed the hay and th u s get retu rn s
in this way. They considered th at
hogs and chickens a re by-products of
alfalfa and th at th ere in the best of
opportunities to raise these with the
alfalfa and cows T hey tried to im ­
p ress (be people with th e m eaning of
this branch of developm ent and to
progress in these lines as well aa o th ­
er* that w p have The profesaora w ere
escorted around th is vicinity in a u to ­
mobile so they saw all of th e best
and m ust beautiful land in Oregon.
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