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* a vu it# G ate C ity J ournal COVERS THE FAMOUS EASTERN OREGON FRUIT BELI a car should Brland cars, of any|other trated. itock of repair, Canham njured in “ “ naway NYSSA, MALHEUR COUNTY.OREGON, THURSDAY. MAY 22, 1913 Good Time at Opera House #1.50 PER YEAR. •>c PER COPY E RE ROLLS Supervisor CONDITION OF OWYHEE W H THE OW YH EE Opens New IRRIGATION DISTRICT Co. Roads An Old Tim er Tells Just How Matters The Gayety Girls company appeared at the Nyssa opera house Wednesday evening and gave a pleasing entertainment. Artie Robinson is workiug for Nyssa has the reputation of be A. G. Kingman ing one of the best show towns Willie Martin finished plowing along the Short Line and any for H. R. Otis last week. company of merit is sure of a Will Glenn is puttiug in grain full house. After the show a on the T. Ramsey place this week. social dance was given by some It is reported that Jim Ripley Rapidly Developing New of the young gentlemen of the and family are now sojourning at town, music being fbrnished by N ys s a , May 20. der Wheels and Suffers sary to enter into contract with Spokane. Irrigation Belt Keeps Mr. 0c,'. the orchestra of the Gayety To the Editor of the Journal: Purdum and associates. This has The Ladies Aid of the M. E. iing Coal *ious Injuries^Improv- Girls’ company. Ross on the Jump -New To those who lived through the for some months stood in the vay church met at Mrs. W. W. Smith’s The dance ,But Not Out of Danger was a huge success, both social excitement prevalent in our little of the district entering into a con last week. Bridges on Shoestring. town three years ago when the tract with these gentlemen, but ly and financially. H. Walters left Saturday for Trowbridge Niver Company were now they state their willingness Brogan, where his sheep are to be Roud Supervisor Ross has a building, or proposing to build, Visiting Old Home. to put up such a bond. So that sheared this week. nawy Monday night nearly large mileage of new roads to the high hue. the present agita nothing further stands in the way Clare McConnell, youngest a»« the life of David Canham, Dr, and Mrs. J. Prinzing und opeu iu the district and is mak tion in irrigation for the sage of this plan being pushed forward son of Mrs. Sarah McCon x J 'L , l **‘nisiug young lad of Nyssa. brush lands surrounding us will rapidly. It is also represented daughter Lois took dinner with ing rapid headway since the nell, is at the old home of the bring back memories, fond mem that Kuhns, w’ho are making some Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Pratt. ng but the greatest good middle of April. Five bridges family in Nyssa after an ab ories and other memories—any ie saved him from death H. M. Housh was out on the have heeu constructed upon the preliminary surveys on the Owy sence of nearly a year. He has how it will carry our speculation hee river, are backiug this plan Owyhee Monday buying beef road reaching the newly irrigat 1UILDING J' die wheels of a loaded hay been a resident of Nevada for back to the old high line. We financially. The Kuhns will bo stuff He secured several lots. i passed over him after ed belt of fine land west of Ar I< 'Ml S' *N\ Mej been thrown under the some time and will return to cannot but speculate on what our remembered as the firm who suc Mrs. Minnie Gahley came over cadia. Eight miles ot road from Nevada later. present chances are to water the cessfully installed irrigation Tuesday and took Herbert Walters the north is being opened to f the frightened horses, ▲AAA sagebrush. While there is some works for the Twin Falls tract and and his two little sisters home trying to control them connect this settlement with similarity in the attitude of the are one of the big guns in irriga with her for a few days’ visit. position on the pole and Nyssa. interested now to that in evidence tion. H T. Pratt left with Engineer rees he was kicked and To the west and southwest of three years ago, the boom is not C- L. Talltnadge will likely Gilbert for Hoinedale and the up under the wheels. town four miles of roadways here. The propositions to water make an offer for a contract with per Owyhee Friday morning. r* j 1 impanied by DeweyH oxie, dedicated in 1912 are being the lands of the Owyhee Irrigation the district in the very neur fu They are expected back today. I I | | David, the eldest son of Commencement Exercises of District are being calmly consid ture. This plan includes the col graded and six or eight miles S. D. Kunkey, the efficient car ered in the light of a purely busi onization of the lands of the dis Canham, Jr., had brought of new rouds will lie built this penter end contractor, has about High School Senior Class ness deal, and the usual boom talk trict. Mr. Talmadge is one of the ad of hay late in the even- season in the terriiory being that accompanies such ventures is most successful colonization ex completed the lower story of the settled and improved betwoen the Hoxie barn on Third to Begin Sunday. most conspicuous by reason of its perts iu the country. He has in Pratt residence and will now turn the Owyhee and Shoestring d thè boys were descend- it over to the painter. A boom should be the past done great work plong m the load in the rear of The Commencement exercises absence. Henry Browning was visiting canals in the general direction avoided as a plague should be this line in Colorado, Texas, Mon Ain when the horses start- for the Senior class of the Nyssa of tfie Owyhee river settlements. shunned. In this way we can tana and other western states. former employers and acquaint tC A l akfS iddenly A fI. r ■ i r<• 1 <■ • ■ i high school will begin next Sun A great development is iu pro protect those who might come to. After reclaiming the lands of the ances on the river last week. He .1 i f il hundred yards Young day night at the Presbyterian us by reason of an unwarranted left Tuesday morning for Twin gress iu the part of the Snake distiict with an eiov-tric pumping Oil 1116 nlSUjju Wflg thrown under the church when Rev. Ward W. Mc boom and suffer financial losses system to be installed on the Owy Fill», where he has employment. basin of Oregon and Idaho trib r, and a short distance fur- Henry, D. D.,of Baker, will preach and incidentally discredit the hee river, he expects to take over A number of ywyheeitos at utary to Nyssa. A conservative the baccalaureate sermon. The L i i O loung Hoxie jumped ol»ar, really fine prospects our commun as much of the lands of the dis tended ditch meeting Saturday estimate places the additional best mixed double quartette pos by the side of the road, ity has to become one of the lead trict as the settlers will dispose of and are better pleased than here acreage being watored for the sible to secure in Nyssa is prepar ing dairy and fruit sections of the and bring in people for each forty tofore at the progress being made year of 1912-13 at 10 square jnsils are Mortie further, near the Pros- ing special music for the occasion. Summer toward the consummation of our miles and an enormous acreage entire country. So we find the or twenty acres. m church, the loaded Thecla8swill attend in a body r Fire. hopes. greatest promise of substantial tipped over, spilling rack and their friends are most cordial If this plan can be realized it still remains of the Irrigation Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gahley District lands that are under the »7 and, righting again, ly invited to be present. Mr. Mc gain to be in the conservative at strikes us as being the real solu Range titude that is taken by those in tion of the bugbear that is daubed drove over from Parma in their 2500-foot contour and for which hafin^Dish or14011 12 miles UP the 0 w y Henry is the popular pastor of one charge of the affairs of the Owy on irrigation bonds. The real Flanders auto last Sunday to see plans are being made for water ,ow cooking raK^en a telephone message of the largest churches in Eastern hee Irrigation District, and wo trouble with this class of socurity Mrs. Walters. They were accom ing iu the near future the Harris ranch at 5 Oregon and can be depended upon believe that with always this safe panied by Mrs. Myra Parker and The coining year will see an . iu the morning reported to deliver an address of unusual guard of sound business judgment is not that the land under such Mr. West. bond issues is not worth many extension of the road system )f|U/pp rnyhll right and waiting at spiritual interest to the young and conservative caution nothing greater than is planned for this times the bonds placed on them, Roy Logati is winning honors men and women. U n r l i bU* ambrill gate for their will be done that will jeopardize but that the people living on such at the Academy of Pocatelio, hav season to cover new lands where The Commencement Day exer ast. the interests of our project or de lands have not ordinarily the cap ing recently received both a gold the present travel depends en cises will be held in the opera injured boy was carried house on Friday, May 30, at 8 p. lay its realization. ital to successfully undertake the and a bronze medal from the fac tirely upon temporary routes With four concerns figuring on improvement rsquired before such ulty of that institution for excel made by the homesteader and >r to the White residence m. sharp. The Senior class will desert entry man. furnish the entire program, con building a high line ditch a turn land can become income property. lence in his student work. y and I Dr. Sarazin sum- sisting of ing of excitement might reason The interest for this reason is not An [Opiate was admin- Salutatory—Edna Blodgett. B. N. Ma»hicssen moved his ably be expected, but the experi promptly met the first two or I and an examination Orator—Will Morey. family to Vale Thursday. He ences gained iu the old high line three years when the lands are 1 J l ▼ d d isclo sin g internal injur- Advice—Jennie Forbes. made another trip to the < twyhee, boom has calmed down the ideas being put in shape. This period W ill—Harry Goshert. _ _ A n . r a serious nature in the of all to sound business. One is also the period when the set returning to Vale Saturday. It is Poem—Alda McDonald. ^ I A b L t anj abdomen. Prompt Lie—Audrey Ward. concern has been dealing with the tler undergoes his greatest ex said he intends turning the post- id good nursing since the Prophecy—Georgia Brown. district for over a year and three pense, for the land must be cleared office over to other parties after The eight-inch w°ll on the •N, Props. has nearly removed the first of June. History—Jack McDonald. others have stated their intention city water works site is down to v from the danger zone, of the sage, it must be leveled, Valedictory—Marion McDonald. of submitting piopnsals iu the ’ji several weeks will elapse Mrs. H- Walters was stricken a depth of 84 feet and a delay is ditches must be mode and the Presentation of Diplomas— B. CAREFUL ! recovery is expected and very near future. cropping must be undertaken, So with blood (miaou last week. Dr, necessary from the ue d of more F. Farmer. SES night attention is neces- First of these are Purduin and while it is true that water and Prinzing was called last Sunday casing to pass a siiala of black Each part is short and the en tire program will not occupy more his associates, who are now figur arid land meeting make a good and lanced her hand. She is still sand struck at that depth. Al than one and one-half hours. ing on submitting a contract for combination, there is one other quite ill but is believed to be Nyssa, Or ready 30 feet more casing has At the same time the eighth ! King Home Again. the approval of the t! ¡strict for the prime element of success that improving. Her sister, Mrs. grade diplomas will be presented ----------- =*o will R King, who has to the successful candidates in building of a completed system of must come also, aud that is people Myra Parker of Parma, is nurs boen placed than is usual in other wells near, hut with a de been appointed general the May examination. There will works for the district at fifty dol who are financially able to im ing her. sire to guard against the filling y for the reclamation ser- also be honor certificates presented lars per acre. The proposal of prove the lands reclaimed. If a A procession of six wagons load- .i hole i i with . i tin . t sand i when i lv , of the to those who have a perfect at these gentlemen contemplates the liissed through Nyssa on his colonization scheme can be work ed with hogs for r Dick Lensen left' not m operation the easing will building of power dams on the ed out we will save that period of his oldf home at Ontario. tendance record for the year, the E. F. Pratt ranch on the Payette river aud the installation 1 go on to Portland and lagging that follows many irriga rops. Owyhee Bench early last Friday . be Pxte" ‘1e<1 fro'n 20 l” 40 An Ontario Fire. of a complete pumping system to tion booms. Many are strongly morning. They were joined ifl 1 p his business affairs there further. The Nyssa Hard- Cope & Dunnock's tailor shop lift water from the Snake river in favor of the plan to bring in a Nyssa by four more wagon loads w,a*’e < o. has ordered the addi- 1 return to Washington to family with a good working capi - arge of his office about the at Ontario was badly damaged by over the lands of the district. To tal for each forty acres on our of porkers from the A D. Morey tional pipe aud work will start smoke and water Tuesday night further the end of the district in «1 of June project. No matter which of the and T, M Lowe ranches, making up on the big well as soon as King is national corn- at 10 o’clock. The loss is several voting bonds and making a survey firms in the field build our system, in a|l a carload for the Portland ¡the casing is received, which nan from |Oregon and en- hundred dollars and no insurance and examination of the jiower sites let us have the people with the market will he some time during the water. There are three elements n U pm on al friendship and was carried on stock or contents. on the Payette river and determin \ week. to a really reclamation project Misses Margaret and Emma ^ P t j C l d nce ofi President Wilson. The tire was caused by an electric ing definitely the practicability of Filling on the site f the new * veil known in Nyssa and iron which burned a hole through the plan of works proposed, it good land, good water right aud i McGivern came in on the Pony people with the money to im council rooms has not started as Satu’day afternoon. Miss Emma here- the work table aud dropping into would be necessary for the district prove the land and make useful is just home from a visit in Port yet. A contract will probably some woolens created a dense to undertake quite an expense for the water. Such are the matters that are land with her sister, Miss Anna be let for this pom on of the Likes Nyssa. engineering and legal assistance. smoke. being considered by the district, McGivern. School in Ontario be For this purpose the district has work at the next meeting of the ......................... McOoy. a printer of re- ! and we believj they are in earnest ing out, Miss Margaret McGivern Mrs Adams and Mrs. Lock- refused to undertake this prelim city council. Only a small | in making every investigation who visited the Journal wood were the hostesses at an ex pec s to cultivate the gentle art inary work without a sufficient they can and safeguarding the in- structure will he ere< led for the l days this week, left enjoyable afternoon tea given guarantee by way of a bond i terests ot the community, so when of being a hayseed for a few use of the council on the prop sday for Spokane. He is for the Ladies Aid of the M. E. of twenty thousand dollars, 1 they act and adopt a plan it will weeks, and will look after hor land erty recently purchased at Good inity : not be an ill advised plan, bnt of tb* |r»Lly impressed with . Sailor, ^ that tie will return in church Wednesday afternoon at which would be forfeited to will be a well considered plan that near the Adrian townsite. Mrs. aud Railroad avenues. the home of Mrs. Will Adams. the district to indemnify it for will carry with it prosperity and McGivern is still in Portland tak City |.«rks will rice ye atten IV,D* ' month, take up a hörne An unusually good time is re any losses it might sustain in do success for the entire community. ing treatment for her eyes and is eive nd make Sunny Malheur tion at the next regular meeting. being ninch helped. O ld T imer ing the preliminary work nesea- ported by the ladies present. QflMfet abiding place. ». Stand at Present. I m hpri lg Ny88a Boy Thrown Shingl 1, Do« REV. M’HENRY WILL PREACH SERMON citi CITY WELL IS DOWN 80 FEET; DELAYED 1I1H Si smiths rse bhoelDJe ment IBIDjJ j