T he G ate C ity J ournal
COVCKS TH E FA M O U S E AS TE R N OREGON F R U I T B E L T
III
NO. 33
$1 50 PER YEAR
NYSSA- MALHEUR COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1916
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READ STATEMENT OF THE MALHEUR COUNTY BANK -P A G E FOUR
ARCADIA SCHOOL n I
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. MR. AND MRS. G. G. NYSSA CHOOSES
INC OF
TRY OUT CONTEST / NYSSA AND VICINITY ) BROWN SURPRISED CONTESTANT FOR
RYMEN TO BE
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ELD SATURDAY The try out contest for the Arcadia A Brief Resume of the Daily Events in a Live Town
COUNTY CONTEST
The event o f the week in the country
tjs * f
What Your Neighbors Are Doing.
school to select a contestant for the
County Declamation Contest was ht Id
for Cow-Testing Asso- at the Arcadia school house Monday
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. . i Mike O’ Brien was in town Saturday
R. H. Howaley went up to Boise
Will Be Elected and evening, March Id. Three young girls from lhe Qwyhee.
Tuesday on business.
tried for the honor ...
o f representing
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Work for Perfecting Or-
Miss Eva Boydell spent the week­
their school and the only regret is that I j
, „ s ,Ur^. l’ ^nPsnn spent Saturday
end at her home in Nyssa.
tion Transacted.
all three could not be chosen, as each)**" ‘ Unuai ln >ssa.
one deserved to be. The three con-1.
* ncle Billy” Kerwin came home
C. H. Davison was in town Sunday
from his farm near Middleton.
testauts were Eva Priest, Mary Dale last night from Boise.
Sheep Inspector Hinton wa 3 in town
ting of dairymen inter­ and Ruth Barrett, the latter being
Your Spring Underwear is ready at
Spier’ s Man and Boy’s store.
forming a COW testing proclaimed the victor by the judges, Wednesday from Ontario.
j who spent a bad quarter of an hour
Mrs. Dixon o f Ironside is visiting her
Ernest Wilson and Harry Goshert
held at the Malheur
.
I comparing the merits o f the candidates . parents, Mr. and Mrs. R, Toombs,
were Boise visitors Thursday.
bank Saturday evening before being able to decide which was
j Carl Tittle left Thursday for North
Cora Broer was in Ontario Tuesday
lock for the purpose Of best. Miss A. M. Sheldon o f the Nyssa
Yakima, where he will bfeging shear­ taking treatment for her eyes.
directors to represent high school and Miss Pansy Mallett and ing sheep.
E. B. Conklin o f Ontario were judges
B. F. Farmer, county surveyor, was
ion in the association. , o f the contest, the decision being an- | E. I. Hatfield, the urbane proprietor
in town from Vale Monday and Tues­
e
who have already nounce(j by Mr. Conklin, who made a o f the store at Owyhee, was in town day.
p are expected to be humorous little talk tending to allevi­ Thursday.
Rev. and Mrs. T. P. Graham went to
the disappointment o f the two
Mr. Kashaba o f Chicago is looking Walla Walla Monday to visit their
nd others who are in- ate
who could not be chosen. Miss Bar­
in dairying are urged to rett is a delightful little speaker and after his property interests in Nyssa daughter.
she will be heard from at the county this week.
Regular spring weather is at hand
County
Agriculturist contest
to be held at this place Satur­
Miss Alta Smith returned to Nyssa and farmers are busy with their plow­
and F. W. Kehrli o f the day evening, March 25 In addition to WedneErf«»
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work o f the contestants a splendid )
p ‘ ^ om a Vls|t with relatives ing and seeding.
.. are in this vicinity the
program o f music and recitations was . at 1 ayette.
Mr. Johnson, who is farming the
the purpose o f arousing rendered.
1 Mr. and Mrs. H E Robinson and Conant place, made a business trip to
The teachers of the Arcadia school I chlldrpM
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Kob,nson
n the association and a are Mrs. Cneeley and Miss Elsie Gib- j „ ‘T ' ,
Fred FiTer, Idaho, last week.
Mr-
meeting is sure to re­ son, both o f Nvssa. who are to be con- Marshall Sunday.
Manager Hogue, o f Denny & C o.’ s
gratulated upon the splendid showing 1 A . A . Roberts, candidate for the re­ fruit packing establishments, was in
made by their pupils, especially as tn ey ' i , - .
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u..,i been training
f.oin.nrr them
th.m only
n n W two
toin weeks
w .»t. pul)Mean noinination for county assessor, town from Payette Wednesday.
had
Nyssa will have to look to her laurels was in Nyssa Monday on business.
Dennis Hon is building a neat dwell­
if she don’ t want to lose that big silver
The Nyssa Cheese company made a ing house near the L D. S. church.
cup.
substantial shipment o f their famous Being leap year, it looks suspicious.
product to coast towns Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Robbins moved
ly Meeting of
brary Association
^ary Association will hold its
nthly meeting at the coun-
Monday evening, March 20,
m., for the purpose o f hear­
ts of committees. Any who
et signed up for the library
will be welcomed by H. F.
the Journal office. A fter
is opened the list o f names
pt by the librarian. It has
esible to see everyone, but
have not been asked to join
y urgently requested to do
is going to be a big thing for
Send in Your
Book Wants
T. A. Askea, who farmed the Ward
place last year, recently left for the
East. When last heard from he was ai
Kansas City.
The committee on books and admin-
istration o f the library, before making
Mrs. Simons, daughter o f Mr. and
their selection o f books would like to Mrs. Fred Powell, has returned to her
know what people want. So please home in Chicago, after visiting her
send in your requests for books at once, parents in Nvssa
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This means anybody and everybody,
rsyssa.
whether you belong to the association
Dr. and Mrs. John Spaulding o f Salt
or not. The library is a strictly dem- Lake visited Mr and M
Del
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ocratic institution and we wish every-
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one to feel free to request the books |son thls » eek• _ Mrs- Spaulding is a
they would like. Please do this at once \ 813ter o f Mrs. Gibson,
as "the committee will select books
A Dublic sale is being held today at
within a few days.
• ( if course it will likely be impossible G. M. Wickliff’s farm near town. Mr.
for various reasons, one o f which is Wickliff has rented the place and will
limited funds, to buv all books request­ retire from active farming for awhile.
of elegant Spring Neck- ed but all requests will have a hearing.
Tom Adams and George Jones are at
ALTHEA M. SHELDON,
on display at L, 'Spier’ s Man
Ch. Com. on Books and Administration. Whitley Bottom putting in a pump to
Store.
irrigate land belonging fo Clyde Hurd.
The power will be supplied by a wheel
in Snake river.
PIER’S
SPRUNG
STOCK
s arriving daily- Our reputation for Reliability,
’le and low prices has long been established and this
;son finds us better able to please our customers than
ever before.
tylish, Up-to-Date Shoes
Ikover, Selz, American Gentleman and other Reliable
nds of Shoes are arriving daily. Our Work Shoes
the best the market affords, and among them are
the famous Weyenberg, Gotzian and Hunkidori.
rt,
Schaffner & Marx
speak for themselves, and Styles this year are the
nobbiest ever.
. V. Price and M. Born’s
¡of Made to Order Suits can be excelled by none. Sample
are now on exhibition and your order respectfully
ted. A perfect fit guaranteed, or you need not take
the Suit.
T SHOWING of New Spring Hats in our window.
Look and take notice! We can dress you from the
d up in the niftiest styles o f the season. Our aim is
ase you Give us a trial.
SPIER’S
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STORE
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Judge McKnight
missioners Weaver
Nyssa and vicinity
purpose o f viewing
treated by the new
and County Com­
and Kelly were in
Thursday for the
the roads recently
King drag.
Miss Ruth Barreit o f Arcadia, the
winner o f the Arcadia try-out contest,
was the guest o f Miss Elsie Gibson
Thursday night and was an interested
spectator at the Nyssa try-out that
evening.
The little daughter o f H. Walters,
who broke her arm last week, was
taken to Ontario and an X-ray examin­
ation o f the injury was made, and an
operation to bring broken bones closer
together was performed by Dr. Sara-
zin and Dr. Prinzing.
Ed Hart o f Vale was in town yester­
day, having just finished drilling a well
on the hill northwest o f Nyssa for a
homesteader. A fine supply o f water
was struck at a depth o f 323 feet, the
water rising in the well until it has a
depth o f 100 feet.
was the “ charivari” on Mr. and Mrs
G. G. Brown Wednesday evening, the
occasion being their forty-second wed­ Miss Minnie Danielson Wins the
ding anniversary. About fifty rela­
Honor o f Representing Her
tives and friends bore down upon the
School in the Declamation Con­
happy couple. As the crowd approach­
ed the house they sang “ Am erica.”
test to lie Held March 25 .
But all in vain as far as Mr. ar.d Mrs.
Brown were concerned; as they were
Miss Minnie Danielson will represent
entertaining some o f their grand­
daughters with the phonograph and Nyssa in the County Declamation Con­
didn’ t know the raiders were near until test which will be held in this city Sat­
they reached the door. The surprise urday, March 25. The try out contest
was genuine, especially when the en­ was held Thursday evening at the
ergetic guests proceeded to carry out Methodist church and Miss Danielson
the furniture to make room for the was chosen for the honor out o f a list
handsome new dining room table, their o f seven contestants. Those who have
gift to the bride and groom. On this heard Miss Danielson speak and know
they piled various articles indispensable o f her ability in that line are well sat­
to a couple about to set up housekeep­ isfied to accept her as their champion
ing. When the excitement died down in the county contest and believe that
thé groom rendered various musical the cup is in safe hands. It is thought
numbers in his best Edisonian manner. there will be seven contestants, the
Later a bountiful repast was served, best in the county, and should she be
some o f our prominent young gentry successful it will be a victory o f which
assisting. When full appreciatfon ot , s*le may wed ^ proud. Gertrude Ten-
the "e a ts” had been shown, the guests r,en was second and Francis Engle
departed, wishing the host and hostess . third- These contestants were close
many more years o f wedded bliss.
j and il required considerable splitting
Mr.and Mrs.Brown have lived 24 years ° f hairs on the part o f the judges to
ncar Nyssa, an.J, judging from pleasant arrive at a decision. I’ rof. Prater,
associations with them, their lives have principal o f the Ontario schools, an-
been unusually well spent and har­ nounced the decision and explained the
monious. Like many others who have difficulties the judges experienced in
settled in a new country, they have selecting the winner. Judges o f the
had their trials and hardships, but hav­ contest were Prof. Prater, Miss Mal­
Monday from their dry farm on the ing reached more quiet seas the Jour­ lett, teacher o f the Hogback school,
Idaho side to a farm in the Hogback nal joins their other friends in wishing and Miss Wheeler o f Ontario.
The recitations o f the contestants
district.
them a voyage o f serenity and con­
Mrs. Richey has a fine line o f millin­ tentment on to their golden wedding were interspersed with songs and in­
strumental music, which were greatly
ery on display at the Hotel Western. day.
enjoyed by the audience. The class song
Ladies are invited to call and inspect
by twelve young girls received loud
the stock.
applause and the quintette consisting
Our new Spring Hats are the talk of
o f Prof. Brainard and four young
the town. Style and colors all up to
I ladies, was enthusiastically encored.
the miuute and no old resurrected back
| Miss Evelyn Cheeley rendered a num-
numbers.
That the Nyssa people are fond of
j ber o f instrumental selections and
“ If a body meet a hotly” take that hot chicken tamales has been demon | was repeatedly forced to respond to
body to the Scotch soiree at the Pres­ strated beyond the peradventure of a
byterian church Thursday evening, doubt, especially the yellow-legged kind
such as were served by the I. adies Aid
March 23rd.
society Saturday evening in the Meth­
A. L. Friis, the well known Nyssa i
odist parsonage basement. A large
The local Artisans held a very suc­
carpenter, went to Caldwell Monday, |
supply o f these delicious edibles had cessful meeting Wednesday night, do­
where he will be employed at his trade
been provided by the ladies for the oc­ ing much business and initiating a class
for a number o f weeks.
casion, but the hungry Nyssaites o f 11 members. Plans were made for
Dr. Sarazin performed a slight oper j swooped down upon them like the a big initiation March 29, at which
ation on Cecil Green, young son o f plague o f locusts in Egypt and the Payette and Ontario teams will be in­
George Green, Saturday. The patient supply was exhausted before the eve­ vited to assist. A committee was ap­
is making a quick recovery.
ning fairly began. The Journal man, pointed to prepare special refreshments
“ Uncle Billy” Kerwin, who went to fearing eorpething o f this kind, went for the occasion, and other attractive
Boise recently to be treated at a hos­ early and was fortunate enough to get features arc in preparation. A t the
pital, is reported to he on the mend the last one. However, there was an close o f lodge the members enjoyed a
and is liable to be home before long.
abundance o f other good things for the social hour. Mr. Bennett expresses
Scotch songs, Scotch readings, Scotch inner man, including both angel food himself as well plca. cd with the pro­
“ eats,” Scotch greetings all for 25c at cake and devil food cake, and no one gress o f the work at Nyssa.
the Presbyterian church March 23d. A went hungry. Here's hoping that the
treat for old and young. Don’ t miss it! ladies will repeat the supper with an
inexhaustable supply o f tamales.
Hurry Goshert came home Saturday
Mrs. J. J. Walling will have a full
evening and spent a couple o f days
I)r. Gillilan to Preach.
line o f Spring Hats at thé Nyssa Con­
visiting relatives and friends, among
Dr. J. I). Gillilan o f Boise will preach fectionery for one week only, begin­
the latter o f which was included the at the Nyssa Methodist church next ning Tuesday, March the twenty-first.
girl he left behind him.
Sunday evening, the 19, at 8 o ’clock. Ladies crll and make your selections.
“ Should auld acquaintance be for­ He is a fine preacher, ar.d those who
G et your Spring Suit measured row .
fail to hear him will miss something
got” renew it at the Scotch soiree and
Have it ready for Easter. L. Spier.
good.
luncheon, March 23d, Presbyterian
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at 7:30 p. m.; luncheon follows.
Butler & Gordon, o f the Nyssa
garage, now have the agency for the
popular Studebakar auto. Their dem­
onstration car arrived recently and is
about the limit o f automobile excel­
F. C. Osman, the hig stockman of lence.
Durkee, Or., was in our town this
D ’ye ken, mon, that Cheese Nisbet’ s
week, coming in with some o f his boys Scotch scones took first prize at the
to receive several bunches o f cattle Glasgow exhibition? Try them at the
which W. G. Cathey had bought for Scotch soiree, March 23. Only 25c a
him. He was favorably impressed with plate.
the growth o f Nyssa since he was here
George Russell o f Nyssa,
Ore.,
last.
shipped in last week-end two cars o f
Charley Taylor came in from Mc­ light hogs. They sold high fo r their
Connell Bros. ’ sheep camp Wednesday size and finish; $7.00 was paid for the
evening and went on down to Portland two loads straight up. Portland Live­
for a brief vacation.
The lambing stock Reporter.
season is nearly over, he says and the
District Superintendent Winters held
woolies will soon stait for the hills.
quarterly meeting services at the M.
The increase has been satisfactory and
E, church Sunday. In the afternoon
will reach nearly 100 per cent.
he held services at the Owy hee school
John Reece, the well known farmer house and reports a splendic. meeting,
and Nyssa property owner, had the there being a large audience and two
misfortune Wednesday to lose the accessions to the chnrch.
thumb on his left hand by getting it in
Every laddie and his lassie” are
the machinery o f a grain grinder. Dr.
cordially invited to be present at the
Sarazin was called immediately and
Scotch entertainment and supper next
found that amputation was necessary.
Thursday evening, March 2s, Presby­
Mr. Reece is in town today to have the terian church. A 25-cent ticket en­
wound dressed.
titles you to a big supper ano a dollar's
worth o f fun.
They say troubles never come singly,
Mr. Felton is -in Nyssa from the
but in the case o f Marshal Megorden
this old adage seems to be reversed Twin Falls country to look after his
farm adjoining Nyssa. He recently re­
and in his case good luck comes in turned from Kansas City, to which
bunches. Recently he welcomed a fine place he accompanied hia father, who
nine-pound baby boy to his home and had an operation performed on his
was reappointed marshal all in the eyes. The operation was successful
and the old gentleman, who had been
same day. Some people are lucky and blind for two years, can now see fairly
others are just good looking.
well.
Hot Tamales Went
Like “ Hot Cakes”
Artisans Initiate 11
Millinery Opening.
FARM IMPLEMENTS I
FOR SPRING WORK
Now is the time to prepare for the spring: work by pro­
viding yourself with the necessary tools. We have a
complete line o f farm implements and can supply your
every need.
Below are a few just as a reminder.
PLOWS
DISCS
I [ARROWS
DRILLS
^SEEDERS R A K E S
CULTIVATORS
i Nyssa Hdw Co.
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