The Gate city journal., April 21, 1916, Image 2

GATE CITY JOURNAL
FOR COUNTY
Published every Friday at Nyssa, Ore­
gon, by
BROWN BROTHERS
W. S. B rown --------- -
Editor
H. F. B ro w n ..........Business Manager |
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SURVEYOR.
A very favorable location woulil
1 hereby announce myself a candidate TO THE VOTERS
be on the south side of the wagon
for the nomination for the office of
COUNTY:
bridge just east o f town. The County Surveyor, subject to the de­
1 hereby announce my candidacy for
beach is sandy and by a small cision o f the democratic voters at the re-election to the office o f County
f 0 f d r e d g i n g a n d d ig g in g ,
primaries.
(Paid Adv)
B. F. FARMER,
Assessor, subject to the will o f the Re­
Present Encumbent. publican voters at the primary election
river would be in tit condi-
on the 19th day of May, 1916. And if
. .,'tion
This would mean expense
ANNOUNCEMENT.
Entered as second-class matter April
nominated and elected I shall continue
to the town but in one season
14, 1910, at the postoffice at Nyssa,
I hereby announce myself a can­ to assess all corporations on an equal
Oregon, under the A c to f March 3, 1879. Nyssa wouid find that she had didate for nomination for the office of and uniform basis with other property.
not only made expenses but had Circuit Judge of the Ninth Judicial
L. E. HILL,
(Paid
adv.)
Present
Incumbent.
money
to
put
additional
fixtures
District
o
f
Oregon,
subject
to
the
Dem­
SUBSCRIPTION RATES :
One year, in a d v a n c e ................ $1 50 for the next season, thereby ocratic party at the primary election
Subject to the choice of the Republi­
Six months in advance.................... - 75c1 drawing the people from all over tu be helJ May 19, 1916-
can voters of Malheur and Harney
D alton B iggs
the country to Nyssa instead of
Counties, Oregon, to be expressed at
Edited this week by the advanced Boise.
the coming Primary Election, I hereby
English class of the Nyssa High School.
FOR ASSESSOR,
announce myself as a candidate for the
Norvel Thompson, editor-in-chief.
SHALL WE BE PREPARED ?
I hereby announce myself a candi- Republican nomination as Joint Rep­
Blaine Gibson.
date for the nomination for Assessor of resentative to the Legislature from
Donald Davis.
Malheur county, subject to the will of this Representative District.
Pearl Wallace.
If it took the U n ited States the Republican electors at the coming
Dated January 21, 1916.
Sylvester Morris.
three weeks to mobolize a force Primaries. If nominated and elected I Paid Adv. CHAS. M. CRANDALL.
Clara Canham.
o f 25,000 men to send against promise to do my best.
Dora Hon.
To the Voters of Malheur County:
A. A. ROBERTS.
Villa, how long would it take (Paid adv.)
Evelyn Cheeley.
I hereby acknowledge my candidacy
Editing this paper constitutes the the United States to mobolize a
for the republican nomination for the
FOR ASSESSOR.
final examination in English compos force
large enough to send
office of District Attorney of this coun­
tion for this class. What in your opin- ag ajn3t
any foreign n a t io n 7 ' * hereby announce myself a candi ty. If nominated and elected I will
date for the nomination for the office
ion should be their grades?
endeavor to fulfil the duties o f my o f.
Take for example Japan,
o f County Assessor, subject to the de­
Japan is a little country o f ' cision of the Republican voters at the fico in a fair, fearless and efficient)
manner and to the best of my ability,
IS IT ECONOMY ?
S. L. PAYNE.
147.U00 square miles. But her Primaries.
keeping in mind at all times my duty (
(Xaid adv.)
density is J2 times as great as.
to the taxpayers.
CONOMY is a pearl o f great that o f the United States, and
Paid adv,
P. J. GALLAGHER.
FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
E
price Indeed, the price o f . she would be able to send 300,-
I hereby announce my candidacy for
what some people mistake for
fo r o o o men against the United the Democratic nomination for the
economy is so great that the or­ States on her first expedition and office of District Attorney of Malheur
R. W. 8W AGLER.
iginal value is lost.
within 30 more days she could county.
(Paid Adv.)
The value o f a school gym­ send a force o f this same m agni-!
nasium, tho evident, is frequently tude.
This would mean that]
ANNOUNCEMENT,
overlooked by those who have a Japan could send within 33 days] j hereby
hereby announce
announce that
that I I will
will be a
false conception o f economy. a force over 24 times as great as candidate for the office o f assessor of
When a man considers that he is the force which we have on the Malheur County, subject to the de-
killing two birds with one throw Mexican border. In O ther words ' c‘ 8‘on ° f ,be democratic voters at the
B. W. MULKEY.
by giving his soon a gymnasium this force would contain more drimary election.
Paid Adv.)
course at the woodpile, he comes men than the total able-bodied !
very nearly doing that very male citizens in California, Ore-
FOR COUNTY CLERK.
thing. He is one bird and h is^on, Washington, Arizona, New
I hereby announce myself a candi-
son is another.
Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, date for the nomination for County
A gymnasium does not aim Wyoming, Idaho and Montana. Clerk o f Malheur County, subject to
t> build muscles along the i f vve would press every able- the will o f the democratic voters at the
ARTHUR MOODY.
lines of a wood chopper. Its bodied male citizen in these U primaries
(Paid
Adv.)
chief aim is to give one a general states into service in addition to
and at the same time efficient our standing army it would not
FOR TREASURER.
training and development of the prove a sufficient force to send I
¡TO THE VOTERS OF MALHEUR
muscles. It is necessary for the against this swarm o f bees. This |
COUNTY:
normal American youth to rid invading force would be very
I hereby announce myself as a candi­
himself of a certain amount of efficient because every man would date for County Treasurer, subject to
e lergy. Under the proper guid­ have served two years in the j the will o f the Repablican voters at the
ance and control of an efficient regular army and several years i primary election,
H. II. WILLIAMS.
instructor this energy may he in the reserve, they would also j Paid Adv.)
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utilized in such a way as to be be well equipped with all the ‘ T0 t HE CITIZENS OF MALHEUR
o f lasting benefit to the youth. modern inventions o f warfare-' COUNTY:
But manual labor is not the
While on the other hand, we ( I desire to announce my candidacy
proper method. Manual labor, would have a mass of men equal | f ° r the office o f assessor, subject to
while necessary and beneficial, in size but not drilled and train- the decision of the democratic electors
calls for recreation just as insist­ ed, nine-tenths o f whom would at the Coming primary. If nominated,
and elected, I pledge economy in office,
ently as does study. There is no know nothing o f arms, and would __
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recreation in mere physical toil j know nothing concerning modern for finding values except as otherwise
and it is recreation that the inventions- This force would not prescribed by law.
GUY JOHNSTON.
young person needs. Gymnasium be properly equipped, we would (Paid Adv.)
work combines at the same time, not have enough suits, rifles, ma­
I hereby announce myself a candidate
recreation with useful training. chine guns, horses, automobiles,
for
the nomination for County Clerk of
A gymnasium is o f great bene­ ammunition and other material-
Malheur county, Oregon, subject to the
fit to a community as a whole. General Woods says, “ There is will o f the Republican electors at the
The proper interrelations between not enough ammunition to last coming primaries.
V. B. STAPLES.
schools is brought about in con­ one coast defense ten hours.’ ’
—Paid adv.
tests held upon a good, well We vvonld not have enough o f­
FOR ASSESSOR.
managed floor. Then, too, the ficers for this army, and if the
I
hereby
announce myself a cadidate
influence of a gym is felt in the officers are inefficient the men
for the office o f county assessor subject
moral status o f a town. Had you would be like a flock of sheep, 1
will o f the republican voters o f
rather your bov were receiving and as a consequence the result Malheur county at the coming pri-
recreation and development under would be the greatest catastro­ manes.
(Paid Adv.)
F. B. ZUTZ.
the guidance of a competent in­ phe the world has ever seen.
structor, or listening to the de­
Do we want to be prepared ? I hereby announce myself a candidate
basing gossip o f some unclean Ford and his followers say “ N o.” for the nomination for Sheriff of Mal­
loafer in a down town pool hall? What do you say?
heur County, subject to the choice o f
the Democratic electors in the coming
Do you want your boy to abstain
primary election.
from the use of tobacco because
LEV’S DECORATE OUR
If nominated and elected I will con­
he knows he cannot otherwise
SCHOOL ROOMS.
tinue, as heretofore, to enforce the
compete with his fellows and be­
laws to the best o f my ability and give
cause he has been helped to de­
the taxpayers a business administra­
Our school rooms should be tion o f the affairs o f the office.
velop the proper will power and
decorated with pictures and
BEN J. BROWN,
control necessary to resist the
,
(Present Incumbent, for Re-election.)
temptation? Or had you rather \ ° _ ^
(Paid Adv.)
room especially looks very bad.
have him fall victim to the
The only ornament we have in
temptation and its attending evils
FOR ASSESSOR.
only because he has not had the; the room is one old clock which
I hereby announce myself a candi­
proper means o f recreation and has hung on the east wall since date for the nomination for Assessor
| the building was erected, looking o f Malheur county, subject to the will
moral support?
Our school needs a gymnasium ? j like a pyramid in the Sahara o f the Democratic electors at the com­
ing primaries.
What are you going to do desert. It is older than any o f (Paid Auv.)
J. M. DUNCAN.
a fair
the
pupils.
We
have
about it?
piano, a set o f encyclopaedias, a
FOR TREASURER,
stove, a handmade bookcase and
WHY NOT NYSSA ?
hereby announce myself as
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'several old hand carved desks. didate for the nomination for the office
Why should the Nyssa people There is not a picture in the o f Treasurer o f Malheur County, sub­
be forced to go to Boise or Vale the whole room. In all the up- ject to the will o f the democratic voters
in order to secure a Rood swim? to-date school rooms there are at the coming primaries.
ROSS A. SOWARD.
Many cannot get away for these several good pictures, statues,
advantages at all, while others pennants and other ornaments,
I hereby announce myself a candidate
are not able to go every time and there is no good reason why for the office o f joint representative
they wish. Why could we not our rooms should not contain for Malheur and Harney cc unties, sub­
ject to to the will o f the republican
have a resort at Nyssa? We have these.
electors at the coming primaries.
the Snake at our very door so
If every class which leaves Paid Adv.
P. J. PHILLIPS.
will not need to drill and pipe in this school would present a statue,
I hereby announce myself as a candi­
order to furnish buildings neces- a picture or a pennant it would
sary to carry on such entertain-1 not be long until our old Sahara date for the Democratic nomination
for School Superintendent o f Malheur
m ent This river is considered ' desert would be decorate*! and county in the coming primary election,
treacherous by many, but is there would look more like a school nominated and elected I will, to the
a stream or body o f water on j room.
best o f my ability continue to
B. C. G., ’ 16.
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FOR COUNTY TREASURER.
I hereby announce myself a candidate
for the nomination fer the office of
County Treasurer or Malheur county,
Oregon, subject to the will o f the Re
publican electors at the coming pri­
maries.
C. C. MUELLER.
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FOR SHERIFF.
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I hereby announce myself a candi­
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The Gate City as It Is Described in a Pamphlet Issued by the Farmers and Business Men’s ]
The object o f this little folder is to give
tersely and honestly general facts about N yssa
and that part of the great Snake River V'alley
o f which N yssa is the center. This thriving
town is located on the main line o f the Oregon
Short Line railroad and junction o f branch line
to Homedale, Idaho. Some o f the advantages
which its citizens enjoy are :
A population o f over 600.
Electric lighting system, privately owned.
A lfalfa is the great forage crop.- The long
dry summers o f continual sunshine make the
curing of alfalfa hay possible without loss. No
other forage crop equals this alfalfa in produc­
tion o f fat and growth o f stock. Three cuttings
every season, yield from 6 to 10 tons per acre.
It sells for from $5 to $8 per ton in the stack.
Alfalfa seed makes returns o f as high as $100
per acre. Malheur county ranks first in alfalfa
in Oregon.
Municipal waterworks system furnishing a
bountiful supply o f pure deep well water.
Magnificent school buildings, high and graded
schools, with free transportation for pupils
within a radius o f five miles from N yssa . The
only schools with this system in the State.
G rains yield abundantly. Wheat from 40 to
80 bushels per acre; oats from 75 to 125 bu­
shels per acre, weight 40 to 45 pounds to the
bushel.
Barley does equally as well, yield­
ing from 50 to 85 bushels per acre.
Steel wagon bridge across Snake River con­
nects N yssa with the Apple Valley bench,
Idaho.
P otatoes are easily grown and yield from
8 to 20 tons per acre. They sell at from 65c to
$2 per hundred. The potato bug is unknown.
Two banks, capital and surplus
Carry deposits aggregating $125,000.
O nions , cabbage, tomatoes, peas, sweet
corn, melons, and in fact all truck farming pro­
ducts are successfully grown.
$64,000.
One general store, lumber and coal yard,
four grocery stores, one hardware store, one
men’ s and boys’ store, two dry goods stores,
two butcher shops, one drug store, two restaur­
ants, one confectionery store, two blacksmith
shops, two pool and cigar stores, one auto
garage, a first class hotel, housed in a modern
brick building; modernly equipped motion pic­
ture theatre; an up-to-the minute cheese fac­
tory—the only one in the county.
The center o f a 100,000-acre irrigation pro-
Sect.
Methodist Episcopal, Presbyterian, Episco-
palian and Mormon churches.
Masons, I. O. O. F. and Women o f Wood-
craft lodges.
A live weekly paper.
F A R M IN G
The farmer finds his paradise in the Snake
River Valley. The advantages are :
S oil —The soil is composed o f decomposed
lava rock, volcanic ash, sand and loam, the
richest soil known. The soil is o f great depth,
often 50 feet or more. It contains the fertilizer
itself, making it unnecessary to manure land to
give it life.
C limate — The climatic conditions are ideal.
Short mild winters; seldom below zero. Sum­
mers o f continual sunshine. June, July, August,
September and October contain 135 days o f
clear sunshine.
W ater — The best and cheapest water rights
in the state are found here; shortage o f irriga­
tion water is unknown.
E levation — The lands o f the valley lie at an
elevation of from 2200 to 2300 feet.
Seldom does the farmer find the concomitants
o f all the essential conditions for successful
farming so beautifully blended in harmony o f
climate, soil, elevation and cheap water.
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The principal crops grown are
C orn
and
H ogs — This valley is peculiarly
Soft Wat<
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adapted to successful corn growing. Last year
was the first that the farmers grew corn as a
principal crop.
The yields were enormous,
ranging from 60 to 123 bushels o f shelled corn
per acre.
N yssa took first prize for corn exhibited at
the Malheur County Fair, State Land Products
Show, and the Walla Walla Corn Show, Oregon,
Washington. Iiaho and Montana competing.
Malheur county ranks first in the state for corn
produ ion, quality and yield. Hogs are very
profitaole and are easily raised. Cholera is un­
known. The wonderful opportunities for corn
and barley production, coupled with the high
grade alfalfa grown, promises to make this the
premier hog section'of the state.
F r u it -Apples, prunes, peaches, apricots,
and cherries are grown in abundance. Prunes
and apples especially do well. The largest
prune orchard in Oregon is at N yssa . This
orchard o f 100 acres ships annually from 40 to
60 cars o f prunes. N yssa prunes dry 8 per cent
more fruit than prunes grown west o f the Cas­
cades. Within a radius o f five miles o f N yssa
are 4000 acres o f apple orchards. The principal
varieties are Jonathan. Rome Beauty and Wine-
sap. Owing to the continuous sunshine, this
fruit reaches a size, flavor and rich coloring that
excels that grown in the rainfall sections.
FACTS
FOR
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S hort W tnters - Spring work begins in Feb-
ruary.
No D isease —Dry climate.
C heap F eed —The kind you want. As an
illustration, 22 head of cattle and horses were
pastured on 6J acres o f bluegrass pasture with­
out other feed from April 15 to November 1.
A lfalfa —Three and four cuttings, 6 to 10
tons.
C orn E nsilage — Twenty tons per acre easily
grown.
C ream S tations and a C o - O pbrati # *
C heese F actory —Cheese easy sale at good
prices.
Conditions are ideal for this business.
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