The Gate city journal., January 23, 1913, Image 1

T he G ate C ity J ournal
COVERS THE FAUOUS EASTERN OREGON FRUIT BELT
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NYSSA, M ALHEUR COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY. JAN UARY 23. 1913
NO. 42
ment aid is expected, an approp­
! OWYHEE
riation being pending.
A large number will sow an
ITEMS increased acreage to grain
crop. Conditions look favorable
for this section to receive water
Pipiseli was out from luring the next year eiher
t. V < dnesday.
N>
from the Farmers co-operative
W I.
l.C Chuning helped Mr. Morey ditch or from the Black Canyon
; for several days last week,
district plans.
jj^BFred Klingback made a trip to
A heavy increase of dry grain
| the Hot springs last Wednesday.
acreage
is expected in the sunny
{^■Freeman Olaiborn is putting in
: dra ins in the field south of his slope district, reports from that
I ft u s e .
section as to present moisture
M il Mrs. Bertha Hobson of Ontario give satisfactoiy conditions for
1 visited relatives on the Owyhee
spring grain crops. A good
last week.
yield of wheat and barley is ex­
■ Grandpa Hatfield if very ill.
Broom
corn
and
« Someone sets up with him most pected.
potatoes will be planted also.
J of the time.
»
If you like good brown beans
The yield per acre is the
; you can get the first class kind
measure of successful farming.
from Don Forbes,
i j
Farmers of Oregon have for to0
! ■ Mrs. Pinkston has been quite
ill but is recovering quite nicely long spread themselves over too
much land, and thus cut their
; at present writing.
r Dick Robertson and Mr, and profits und into their store of
1 Mrs. Frank Newbill came home soil fertility. The problem ot
from Ontario Tuesday.
the Oregon farmer is to main­
a There has been a case ofchicken-
tain the fertility of his land,
!' pox in the Kolony school, but no
taking off crops of increasing
J further cases are reported.
■ Grandpa Rigby is reported to value without depleting the
| b* in somewhat better health at yielding power of the soil.
present than during
the past
i month.
ft John Forbes suffered from an
Attack of pneumonia, following*a
! Bess ion with the grtppe, but is
able to set up at this writing.
There is now on the eve of in-
Mr.and Mrs.Wm. Martin were in
itiation
in Nyssa an industry
j Ontario Tuesday and Wednesday
< on account of the serious illness which will do more for this coun­
! of Mrs, Martin's brother, Artie try. if properly supported, *han
anything else that has ever been
J Robertson.
done for us. A big cheese fac­
A brotherinlaw of Mrs, Minnie tory, with a big monthly distribu­
I | Gahley of Parma last week under- tion of money, would place us on
j went a surgical operation at the a footing with the solid substan­
Holy Rosary hospital, Dr. Prinz- tial dairy communities of Wiscon­
ng operating.
sin. We are too far from mar­
The many friends on the Owy­ kets to ship with orofit our un­
¿sa. Oregon
hee and in the Kolony of Mrs- B. finished products. Huy may be
jJF. Farmer will be grieved Jto learn *'27 per ton iu Omaha, but what
flBf'Mis. Farmer’s continued and does that profit us? But if we
can ship that hay or grain as beef,
? Serious illness,
mutton, butter, cheese or pork, we
[ Artie Robertson was taken to
ier'* Trick.
have some chance of marketing
le to watch a
the Holy Rosary Hospital Thurs- our products without paying it all
with ordinary
l day to be operated on.for appendi­ out for freight, Proper commun­
In the New Y of* citis, but Dr. Prinzing found that
ity co-operation will in time cause
n enormous jx
the appendix was ulcerated so the elimination of Mr. Middleman.
ny wise buyer
badly that he posponed the opera­ We most decidedly and emphatic­
end with croi
tion.
and then he b:
ally need a cheese factory here.
of trestlework
Messrs. Fenn and Carman of
But what has been the history
he fine sized ni
yssa are plastering and finishing of individual efforts to establish
on top When i
Walter Pinkston's new house ami creameries and cheese factories
:he potatoes <
otherwise
preparing it for occu­ where branches of the creamery
s a flash into a l
pancy. Mr. Pinkston will have trust had their representatives?
rben the house*
oue of the most substantial and A h soon as the cheese factory got
he find the gta
well finished houses on the river. well started the trust representa­
y filling the Is
when she cuts
Oh, what music the toot of the tives would boost prices to a point
tor boiling. As
at which the cheese factory could
tracklaying machine makes to our
hare a great I
not profitably operate and farm­
nsldes as black B ears. Talk about grand opera— ers, like a band of sheep, would
Sshuman-Heinck
or
Castle
Square
idaya they are sei
sell to the trust. Atter the fac­
Garden harmony! We do so ap­
other truck
tory goes .out of business down
em
They take
preciate some sounds not common­
go butter fat prices to zero, until
per and fill up t
ly classed as classic.
j they have made back all they lost
cd then pile in
J. O. McGinnis, Win. Smith, in destroying the independent
l the price.
F. Clairborn and Walter Pinkston concern. In this way, and in no
hauled hogs last monday for Wal­ other, can a creamery trust hold
ter Pinkston; and J. I. Chuning, its own. It can generally depend
S u D e r s t 't io n .
tlished in Cole*
C. S. Beaumont and Charles ! on the shortsightedness of farm­
title of Geistl
Toombs, with a four-horse ream, ers. and their failure to stand to-
tteney wider
hauled porkers for E. F. Pratt. ' gether for their own interest, to
ide explanatichi
Messrs. Pratt and Pinkston made help it. maintain its throttle hold
•avages. We Is
up a carload of hogs for W, H. on farmers.
le eccentric mi
Ross of Roswell, to be shipped
Now. it seems to the writer, who
ts. eclipses of
has seen this old, old game played
from Nyssa to Portland.
lundations. tan
1 wars Often,
E. F. Pratt A. G. Kingman and in other kinds of business besides
fflurium set ti
H. Walters went to Ontario on the creamery bnsin< s, that this
•*. It is free
business
last Tuesday. Messrs. is a subject on which farmers in
the anger of
Pratt,
and
Walters returned Wed­ general und Grangers in particu­
ch as injustic
nesday, but Mr. Kiugmati attend­ lar, should not only interest them­
oppression of
ed the Pomona session of the selves but come to some definite
s, the dearnessj
id gaming.
grange held at Boulevard and decision, as they did in Wiscon­
went on to \ ale to transact vari­ sin years ago. Independent con­
ous business. Messrs. Kinginau cerns dot that state, and trusts do
Consequently
and Walters were also guests of not hold sway.
the Ontario commercial club dur­ farmers have some reward for
ing the Tuesday evening session, their labor there, instead of hand­
ing it all over to some bediamoned
trust representative.
Snake
s why
pping
house,
n fact,
fe for
es,
About the New
Cheese Factory
'H
Sunny Slope.
and
ou.
a . O re g o n |
E F
P ratt
A Correction.
H. L. Stout is adding 60 acres
In the Journal of January 9
to his crop area.
appears a statement in the write­
O. L. Brown will plant 60 up of the dance party that I was
acres if conditions
remain a ‘'guest and that I spoke my
favorable having purchased a good feelings towards dances of
The author«
Spaulding deep tillage machine that character.”
whoever he mav be, presumed too
for preparing the ground.
much. I did say that no dance
An immense tract of fine
but a clean due could be held in
lands will be watered iu the
that hall, but I never have seen
future on the Sunny slope side anything in any dance to arouse
of the river through completion any good feelings in me.
of the district plans. Govern­
R G. W h it e
Track Being Laid Local and Personal
One Mile Per Day Items of Interest
$1.50 PER
See L. Spier’s windows for bar-
gains.
Electric
fixtures at Owyhee
Merc, Co.
See the Owyhee Merc, for over­
alls, gloves, etc.
The Golden Rule takos produce
of all kinds in trade.
A. G. Kingman, president of
tho Bank of Nyssa, is in the city.
The telephone linemen are rais­
ing the wires at crossings of the
railroad between Nyssa and River­
side.
Mrs. U. G. Hand was quite se­
riously injured by a fall occas­
ioned by the icy condition of the
walks.
S. H Thompson, B. F. Farmer
and H D. Binlsall have taken up
the skating game since Jupiter
Pluvius opened the large rink at
Nyssa.
William Allen of Boise expects
to take over the U. G. Hand livery
property the coming week. Prop­
erty at New Plymouth, Idaho,
is exchanged.
Win. Wilburn purchased the
Duncan crop of hay recently for
feeding his band of horses and
mules. The feed yard is on Snake
river south of town.
YEAR.
5c PER COPY
School Notes.
Eighth grade county examin- .
ations will be held Thursday
and Friday, January 23 and 24.
C. DeBoer was in the oity W ed­
The track-laying crew on the nesday.
Cecil Caldwell has again reg­
Nyssa-Buhl line has reached a
Charlie Odell the O. S. L. fire­
istered in the High School. We
point three miles out of the city man, was home Saturday.
wonder bow long he may be
to the south. A mile per day is
with us.
J. I. Chuning and C. Beaumont
going down and the crew is being
of Owyhee were in Monday.
The term closes Friday, Jan­
augmented by additions from the
uary 31. Cramming for final
Born, to the wife of George
crews laid off at other points
examinations will soon be in
Green, January 22nd, a boy.
where heavy snow has compelled
order.
Fditor Craig is at Portland on
abandonment of labor for the win­
The High School faculty Lave
the
road back to Nyssa. where the
ter,
been
busy reading plays. It is
Our old friend McKee has been Sun shines.
hoped that the Senior play may
E. F. Pratt was in the city
transferred to this point again
soon be decided on and work
from the Oregon-Eastern line Monday attending to the carring
begun.
ot a shipment of hogs.
west of Vale.
Rev. O. F. Jones, in charge of
The total tax levy iu Nyssa for
A steam shovel with crew is on
the Episcopal church here, vis­
the way from Richfield, Idaho, all purposes is 13 mills, a reduc­
ited the school
Wednesday
where work for the winter has tion ot 5 mills from 1912.
m orning and delivered an en­
tertaining address to tho pupils
been stopped by a fall of five feet
Red lanterns make valuable
of the upper grades.
of snow. Only two inches of new sheep protectors during these
snow is on the ground in this sec­ early spring moments.
Miss Hinkley took her phys­
tion and the ballasting will be
ics class Monday to see the
H. Walters of Owyhee will take
track laying maohine. In spite
ready to start as soon as the track a car of fat ewes and lambs to
of being accused of “ playing
reaches Riverview, 12 miles to the Portland in a few days.
hookey,” getting hair, muffs,
south, where a pit will be opened.
B. F. Monette of Yakima,
etc.,
singed in bonfires, rolling
Sixty men arrived on Wednes­
Wash., expects to start a lunch
down embankments and falling
day to replace some workmen the
J. E. Roberts has been convict­ up hill, they had a very en joy­
counter the coming week.
recent payday started celebrating,
ed by a jury at Vale of embezzle­ able time.
Two Washington capitalists
to the detriment of the usual
ment of $310 of the funds of the
Mr. W right, of the W right-
working force. About 3000 men, are looking over the city this Malheur Publishing Co, He is
Hall-Marquette company, who
week
with
a
view
of
invesiing.
well
known
in
this
section.
it is estimated,
will be
run
furnished the last lyceum en­
Reuben McQuary made a trip
H. Haley has returned from
through the sorting process be­
to Vale Wednesday for filing on Seattle, where helds a position tertainment, visited the sohool
fore the 30 miles are completed.
an addition to the townsite of with the Frye-Bruhti Co. He in­ Monday afternoon and gave a
Enough workmen to run the Riverview.
forms us that the company is most entertaining and instruc­
big steam tracklayer are always
The new manager of the Mal­ feeding in Washington this win tive talk to the pupils o f the
seventh and eighth grades and
present and no delay is expected
ter.
heur Home Telephone Co., Mr.
the high school.'
on that portion of the job. Sight­
Garner, is getting acquainted with
seers are out each hour of the day
The literary society will meet
the patrons in tnis motion.
from the surrounding country to
uext Friday, with the following
Frank Minton has just returned
watch how actual railroad work is
program:
from
a 10-day Boise trip.
He
Song— Spanish Cavalier, School
accomplished, very few having
Recitation, Florence McDonald
ever seen anything of the kind. was in Nyssa Tuesday, accom­
An interesting and useful ses- School paper, Louise Robertson
The old method of carrying the panied by George Eastman.
of the Pomona Grange waa| Piano_:jadna Blodget, Georgia
Write for Farmers bulletins sion
ties and steel forward of the en­
held at the Boulevard on the 17th.| j j rown
gines is none away with, the Nos. 521-522 U. 8. Department of The representatives from th
D bate — Resolved, That the
mammoth uiaohine doing the work Agriculture, containing valuable Owyhee were the Master, Oliftoi
Parcel Poet will not be a suc­
M. Beaumont,. Me»srs. Tboi
of Ì00 men, carrying an. endless G nL>. «nation. Send 19 cents.
cess in th« United StnWe. /
Lowe and A, G. Kmgman.am
stream of rails and ties from the
O. M. Doubleday, of Sherwood, Mr. and Mrs. * Perry'Houseman. Recitation—-Gertie Ray. •
loaded cars iu its rear to the grade Michigan, purchased 7100 head of Mr. Dean of the Nyssa Grange Reading— Theo BlodgetC-
in front with very little manual sheep recently of Sewell & Squin- gave a paper • on “ Fraternity.” Jokes— Manilla Reed. •»
labor necessary.
The whole op­ niger at $5.00 and $5.25 per head. Vlrs. Dean spoke on the woman S ong— Love's Old Sweet Song
side. Mrs. Estelle Riddle Dodge
School.
,
eration of laying 11 yards of
Jess Thompson’s little boy was of the Ontario Woman’s club,
Since the question of refusing
track only requiring oue and one severely scalded by the upsetting spoko in behalf of club women for
fourth minutes of time. Several 0f scalding coffee upon his arm co-operation with the Grange in to pay the teachers for the
green hands have received bumps last week. Dr. Sarazin dressed matters pertaining to the beauti­ Christmas holidays has come
fying of country school grounds up we are interested in the re­
and pinched extremeties while the injury.
and the modernization and stan­ port of State L a b o r . Commis­
feeding and caring for the “ ani­
Yakima, Wash., parties are here dardization of the country school. sioner O. P. Hoff, air extract
mile,” though nothing very seri­ looking up the Western Hotel She also brought in other matters
from which is printer in the
ous as yet.
interest.
Master last issue of the Oregon Teach­
proposition wii i view of renting of common
One noticeable feature is the same if a satisfactory rental price Mitchell of the Nyssa Grange er’s Monthly.'- We quote: “ The
touched a subject near to all when
high proportion
of foreigners
teachers in California receive,
is made.
he spoke on Co-operation.
We
working. The men in responsible
on an
average,
during the
Rev. B. F. Jones, general mis­ are beginning to discover that our
school year more than fifty per
positions as engineers and fore­
problem
is
not
so
much
the
matter
sionary of the Fpiscapal church,
men being about all the Ameri­
of co-operative buying, as it is of cent more pay than do ours and
will preach in the opera house co-operative selling. If Grangers though as stated above, we have
cans on the work. An immense
area of new country will be opened kunday morning al * * a. m. All would take the initiative in this reason to be proud of our teach
matter of community sule ot po­ ers, we certainly should feel
are cordially invited.
to settlement by the completion
tatoes. fruit, stock, creamery pro­ humiliated over our treatment
this
week
A
fire
at
Cambridge
of the line in June.
ducts and farm produce in gen­ of them. The demands of so­
destroyed a block structures, en­
eral, it would do much to remedy ciety are such that a teacher’s
tailing a loss of several thousand
the situation that exists in the
dollars
A brother of Lewis
distribution of commodities—a expense« increase with the pass­
Orell's lost a Btock oi harness of a
condition which the overreaching ing ot time, and fn order to live
value of $3000.
middleman has made intolerable, com fortably, appear creditably,
Harry Coshow sustained an in­ both to producer and consumer. and save for future need, such
jury to his leg by a horse falling It is a subject that farmers must remuneration should be given
G. B. Holloway of Portland was upon hi” * on Sunday afternoon iu consider if they do not want to be that will retain for the public
in the city Saturday. His prop­ front of the Methodist church, throttled by commission men and school the best brains in its ser­
Mr Beaumont was vice and also be an inducement
erty interests are principally at where ice had formed in the road­ their ilk
called on to speak as Master of for other« ranking h *h intel­
Nyssa, he being the owner of 100 way.
the Owyhee grange and assured lectually to enter the field.”
acres of fine land under the On-
Mace & Phillips expect to furn­ the Pomona of the hearty support
by the active Owyhee grange of
tarin-Nyssa ditch in sections 12-
ish goat milk to the Portland hos­ all measures determined upon for
20-46. The tract will be placed
pitals next year. A bunch of sev­ the benefit of farmers.
Come one, come all. Box social
in cultivation this spring, a por­
Mr. Kingman was invited to in the opera house on Monday
eral hundred angoras will furnish
tion in fruit trees.
the supply. The demand is un­ speak and threw a bomb into the evening, January 27, under the
Mr. Holloway is thoroughly ac­
meeting when he told the Grang­ auspices of the Ladies Guiid.
limited.
ers that merchants and hankers Program begins atbo'cl-ick sharp,
quainted with this part of the
Gleun Pounds was injured Sat­ had secured a 20 |ier cent reduc­ followed by sale of boxes and a
Snake valley. As traveling agent
urday
by falling off a tie upon tion of their taxes from the pres­ social dance. (Coffee on sale dur­
of the biggest harness house in
ent county court, and when bn ing evening. Everybody welcome.
Portland, he has been making this ) his right arm. No fracture of the wanted to know what the farmers Ladies please bring a box. A
bones
wap
discovered,
but
Glen
territory eight years, and the pur- !
weregoing to do ,m nil it, the Pr>- jolly good time is assured.
chase of land here was merely will wear his wing in a sling for mona advis si each of the suhor
dinate granges to authorize thair
backing his best judgment With | ®°m” ('ays
respective masters to appoint a
hogs
from
the
cash. The value of the land has
A car of fat
Djed. at Nyssa. on June 12,
representative to enquire into tax
and
Pinkston
increased 200 per cent since the ' Pratt A VV alters
ation matters as th'y aro conduct­ Mrs. Rebecca Newbv, age 73
investment made three years ago. Smith herds was loaded for uopst ed at Vale. A nuilllier of grans year».
Mrs. Newby leaves two sons,
Business conditions in his ter­ delivery Monday. W H Ross of irregularities permitted by !l..‘ John and Hamid, a dau„'liter, Mrs
ritory are better than ever. Mr. Roswell, the buyer, also shipped a former county court h iv • been r» Allen Green, to mourn her loss.
ported, and farmers in general arc
Hallowag states. 172 sets of har- 1 car of mutton sheep from Parma Moused o n . the subject.
Mr. Her illness had existed for some
ness for his first trip out in 1913
Parties contemplating orchard Beaumont, on-behalf of the Owy­ time.
Pomona Holds
Interesting Session
Will Put 100 Acres
in Cultivation
Something Good to Eat.
Death of Aged Lady.
being a sales record. This condi­
tion is partially explained in the
return of the democrats to power
nationally. A firm belief in the
great future of the intermonntain
country has some effect, also.
planting will do well to figure
their list over with our home
nurseryman. H. S . Monse, before
planting.
His trees are home
| grown from
bearing varieties
^ which produce in this climate.
hee grange, invited the Pomona |
to h<>ld its next ses ' >n at the {
Owyh ee school bon«», where it is j
expected that all farmers will be |
invited to be present to* discusA
live topics of real importance at
tho open bession in the afternoon.*
Januar) Births.
To
To
To
To
To
Mrs. Albert Wade, a boy.
Mrs. Lemuel Wi].on, a gir].
Mrs Alva Riggs. « boy.
Mrs. John Robin on. a boy,
Mrs. Zeke Gatnhil, a girl.