Gate City Journal Supplement.
NYSSA, OREGON JU LY 13, 1917.
ORDINANCE NO. 175
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AN ORDINANCE REGULATING
THE USE OF WATER FROM THE
NYSSA WATER WORKS FOR
IRRIGATION OF LAWNS AND
GARDENS DURING THE IRRI
GATING SEASON OF 1917; FIX
ING THE CHARGES THEREFOR;
AND PROVIDING PENALTIES
FOR THE VIOLATION HEREOF.
THE PEOPLE OF NYSSA ORDAIN:
SECTION 1. T ne users of w ater from
the Nyssa W ater WorkH may use the
same for irrigation of lawns and gar
dens during the season of 1917, under
the following regulations:
Where the user of w ater for irriga
tion of lawns or gardens uses w ater in
a residence the rate shall be a mini
mum charge of one dollar per month
for residence use and in addition there
to a charge shall be ma ie of $1.00 per
one thousand square feet of surface of
land irrigated tor the season, payable
in monthly installments.
W ater may be used for the irrigation
of lawns and gardens tdl October 15th,
1917, for a charge of $1 00 ner one
thousand square feet, or fraction there
of, payable in monthly installments;
provided, however, th at the minimum
charge for the use of w ater for irriga
tion shall be one dollar per month.
W ater may be used for irrigation of
lawns and gardens only through a gar
den nozzle or garden sprinkler attach
ed to a three fourths (J) inch hose or
pipe
W ater for irrigation purposes may be
used only between the hours of 6 A M.
till 10 A. VI , and between the hours of
5 P. M till 9 P. M.
SECTION 3 If any person or persons
shall use w ater for irrigation during
the hqurs from 9 A. 'I iill 5 P. M ,
and or'from 9 P. M. till 6 A. M., or if
any person or persons shall use water
for irrigation purposes without using in
connection therewith a garden nozzle
or a garden sprinkler attached to a
three-fourtns inch hose or pipe, he or
they shall be deemed guilty of a mis
demeanor, and upon conviction thereof
in the Recorder’s Court shall be fined
not to exceed five dollars, or imprison
ed in the town jail not to exceed five
days; and in addition to such line or
jail sentence shall jn y all costs of
prosecution.
S ection 3. If any person or persons
shall is<‘ w ater from the Nyssa W ater
works for irrigation purposes in any
manner or at any other time than in
this ordinance irovided for, and such
violation shall come to the attention of
the Marshal, Superintendent of Streets
and Public Improvements, or Pumps-
ir.an, or other official of the town, he
or they shall at once cause the w ater
to be turned off at the premises where
such violation occurs, and the same
shall not again be turned on until the
person or persons having so violated
the provisions of this ordinance shall
pay *o the town a tee of one dollar to
have said w ater turned on, and such
fee shall be in addition to any fine or
jail sentence that may have been im
posed under the provisions o ' Section
2 of this ordinance.
SECTION 4. Inasmuch as it is deemed
necessary that this ordinance is for the
protection of the peace, in dth and
safety of the citizens of Nyssa, and
property nelonging to said citizens, an
emergency is d -dared to exist an I this
ordinance shall be in full f *ro and
effect from and after the passage
thereof by the Council and approval hy
the Mayor.
Passed by three-fourths tn • abers of
toe Council July 12, 1917.
Approved July 12, 1917.
C. C WILSON, Mayor.
A ttest:
.1. BOYDELL, Recorder
STATE OF OREGON, !
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County of Malheur.
I hereby certify that the foregoing
Ordinance was regularly pissed by the
Council and appro-ed by the Mayor of
Nyssa on Jub 12th. 1917, and filed in
my office on said -late, and that I post
ed a copy thereof as required bv law.
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.1. BOYDELL,
Ri < order.
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Mr. and Mrs. John Thomas of On
tario visited at the Newbill home Sun
day.
Mrs Reed and children of Cow Val
ley returned home Wednesday after a
week’s visit at the home of Mrs. Reed’s
daughter, Mrs. Harry Tague.
The new members added to the Red
Cross organization this week are Mr.
and Mrs. Newt Thompson, Messrs. W
W. Smith, C. H. Reed and Noble Pul
len.
The Electric Power Co. are having
lightning arresters put on the power
line this week at intervals of afoul
seven miles.
Mrs. Nellie Newbill, Mrs. Minnie
Martin and George Page went to On
tario Wednesday.
H. W altirs went to Omaha, Neb.,
Saturday with three carloads of lambs
F. Klingback, T M. Lowe and Til
Huffman went to Payette last week to
Payette last week to consult with the
Electric Power Co about having the
power line extended to their ranche.-
this fall. While not definitely settled,
indications are that this will be done.
Chas. Reed returned from the sheep
camp Saturday and intends going or
to Wallowa to help in the wheat har
vest there soon.
Mr. Buck, who has been visiting at
the 0. Schweizer home, was joined by
his wife and child and they all went to
Ontario a few days ago.
Extensive repairs have recently been
made to the Owyhee dam at head
w aters hy John BigP-w, Andy Hanson,
R. R. Overstreet, Harry Tague and F.
L. DeBord. The new dam was so well
made that the Owyhee ditch was filled
a little too full, which caused a break,
near the Copeland place, which was re
paired Wednesday, and the stream once
more flows serenely on suppl- ing water
to the many farm s of the vailey.
Jam es Huffman returned home last
week.
George Schweizer lately lost four of
his best horses on the range. The
disease, whatever it is, seems baffling.
It is feared it may be the same as the
mysterious disease which is taking so
many good horses around Echo Or.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Bussell and Mrs.
Anna Glasscock went to Roswell Sat
urday for cherries. They report grand
looking crops over there but very op
pressive heat, two men having been
overcome by it that day.
Mrs. Jam es Page returned Friday
from Eugene City, Lane county Ore.,
where she has been visiting for the
past month.
Miss Marian Lowe returned to her
home at “ The H erm itage,” near
Mitchell Butte, last Saturday after an
absence of three weess, spent at the
Oregon Agricultural college at Corval
lis, Oregon.
W. D. Morey and daughter, Alma,
of Cambridge, Idaho, and Mrs. Vivian
Applegate, of Weiser, motored over
Saturday in Mr. Morey’s Willys-Knight Ed Christensen, the popular painter
car and spent the afternoon at the leaves for a two day fishing trip in the
wilds of Idaho, Saturday.
home of A. D. Morey.
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