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T he G ate C ity J ournal ,
VOL. XVII
NO. 25
NYSSA, MALHEUR COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. FEB. 28. 1919
PROSPECTS BRIGHT FOR
THE OWYHEE PROJECT
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IRyssa and IPicinity
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A Brief Resume of the Daily Events in a Live Town—
What Your Neighbors Are Doing.
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A R C A D IA
(BY OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT)
BY OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT
Judge Will R. King, chief ¡ficers of the District. Reports
counsel of the Reclamation Ser- indicate that he is right on
vice was the principal speaker the job and, in the language of Will Tittle was ,n Nyssa T ueaday^ “ Teddie” Hon was in Ontario Satur-
at the meeting of the board of the poet, doing his darnedest, Jay Tietsort was an Ontario visitor'day.
Wednesday.
j Charley Crawford was an Ontario
directors of the Owyhee Irriga­ Let’s all do the same.
Mr. and Mrs. Marion Dunn visited ' visitor last Saturday.
tion District, which was held in
Miss Alta Ti.tsort was visiting
the office of J. Boydell, secretary Mrs. T. P. Graham Recovering Ontario Wednesday.
Clarence McConnel was in Nyssa friends in Nyssa last week
of the board, last Saturday after­ Th« following information concern from
Owyhee Tuesday,
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Hixon visited
noon. Ontario had a good repre­ ing former Nyssaite* is taken from the Mr*. I. Lax of the Lax
Pharmacy relatives at Weiser Sunday.
Weiser Signal:
sentation present and a goodly "Rev. Thomas Philip Graham has visited in Boise Tueaday.
Al Ervington was an Ontario visitor
received word from Mrs. Graham who
number cf Nyssa business men has
Miss Blanche Landrith spent the the latter part of last week.
been very ill at Walla Walla, o al
and land owners were there but more encouraging nature than any that week end with friends in Payette.
Hon. W. H. Brooke, of Ontario was
haa came from her and he is corre­ P. M. Binkley is building a house for , in Nyssa on business Saturday.
the attendance was not what it spondingly
hoppy. He also ia rejoicihg
should have been considering the that his son is on the way home from Mr. Perrin of the Arcadia neighbor­ Mrs. Arthur Cook and children, were
France, on the George Washington, hood
Ontario visitors, Saturday of last week.
vital importance of the reclama­ with
the other Idaho boys and ho ex­
tion of the Owyhee lands. As pects to see hlm intweor three week».” Mis# Mary Schneiter, of Idaho Falla, Misses Rubv and Paarl Morehsad re-
is visiting friends and relatives in : turned to thoir school in Boise Sunday
a well known business man ex­
Nyssa.
evening.
Stereopticon Lecture.
pressed it. "I am afraid Judge
Mrs. Archie Francis, of Boise is vis­
Miss Frances Ingle, of Nampa spent
There
will
be
a
aterepticon
lecture
in
King will tnink that we in Nyssa
the Presbyterian church. Sunday even­ iting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. the week end in Nyssa as the guest of
are not very deeply interested in ing, March 2. at 7 30. The subject of T. Francis of this place.
Mrs. Robt. Clark.
the lecture is “ Korea, or the Chosen.”
irrigation.”
W. Smith and wife, of Succor Creek,
Mrs. O. B. Mathews of Nampa is
The pictures are very interesting and
Judge King’s talk was most instructive. An otTerlng will be taken were in Nyssa Monday. They have spending the week end with her sis­
for missions. Everybody invited to bought the Frank Newbill place on the ter, Mrs. D. W. Gibson.
encouraging and was just what come.
Owyhee, of which they will soon take
Barney Wilson is expected to reach
was needed to stimulate the Owy­
charge.
Nyssa from an eastern training camp
hee Project boosters to greater
Real Estate Transfer.
Ralph Jsmes returned to Nysaa from next Monday er Tuesday.
exertions. He said he was con­ Lovina P. Burbidge, Adm to P. and Camp Kearney, Cal., Wednesday morn- John Vogt, the gonial representative
NaVa‘ oV’lW ^ 'w " J in
fident appropriation bills having Dick Tensen, 5.71 acres in Sec. 31, Tp. iug. where he was discharged from '
the service.
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for their object the reclamation 19 S., R. 47; $1500.
j the city yesterday in the intereat of
Rev. W. F. Shields of the Pzesby- ' his paper.
of arid, swamp and logged off
te n a n church spent seversl days this
Mrg C.
c Forbes
Forbe# , nd daughter. Beu-
Mrs
lands would pass congress and
week m Portland in the intereat «f ,ah< of Meridimn. sp en t th« week end in
that as the Owyhes Project is
church work.
I Nyaga with Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Mc­
favorably known at Washington
The Ladies Aid Society of the M. E. Carty.
it stood a good chance of getting
church will serve a chicken pi« dinner: K|more McLe|;an went to Nampa
on the evening ef March 20 in the par ! Sunday to meet his brother, Dr. Me
recognition, but he emphasized
February 17 to 24.
j Lellan, who has just returned from
the necessity for hard work on Owing to the bad state ef the reads sonsge oasement.
Dr. G. L« McLellan, brother of E l-1 duty overicas
it has been decided to continue said
the part of local promoters, as arive
for the abovs cause ending more McLellan, has returned from! Mr and Mrs. Dick Tetsan. who
there are hundreds of other pro­ March 4, 1919, thereby enabling those overseas,
where he haa been in charge ; moved to Nygsa laat fall to enjoy a few
who have not been approached to con ovorr
jects clamoring for funds and tribute
of a hospital district
as they may see fit.
months of city life, returned to the
unless we. too, are alive to our The writer wishes to explain why a W. A. Norvell of Spokane, brother! ranch yesterday to remain diring the
complete statement cannot be submit- of Mrs Leila Thompson. J ---- —J *—
interests the funds will go to mitted in this week’s issue of the Jeur-
departed for summer,
week's s viait
visit
nal. First; Returns up to this dato are his home Sunday, after a week
According to a letter received from
other projects.
Mrs. Ora Clark also was a guest at
Mr. and Mrs, George Smith and
Chas. Bradley made a business trip to the Roberts’ home.
Nyssa Mi aday.
Miss Ruth Barret spent Sunday with
Mr. Onis Ramsey of Caldwell «pent Mrs. E. B. Butler Sr.
several days visiting at the home of
Misa Ruth Roberts spent Sunday
hi# nephew, W. W. Smith, returning afternoon with Lillian Dail.
home Monday.
R. B. Thompson snd wife spent the
Oce Schweizer is home again after day Thurcday at J. T. Long’s.
six or eight months in France as a
I t’s s big boy at Charlie Gossett's,
soldier, and friends are glad to see him born Feb. 16. Mother and babe doing
fine.
safe home again.
W. H. Pennington and wife. Jim
Mrs. Ben Logan, president P. T. A.,
Fleming and wife, went to Ontario
has received word from Mr*. B. F. Thursday.
Farmer that Owyhee's quota in the
Jim Butler and family are visiting
impending Y. W. C. A. drive is the for a few days at his brother’s, B. B.
munificent sum of three dollare. Well, Butler Sr.
we’ll try to raise it, but it looks pretty
Little Miss Evelyn Lackey spent last
stupendous!?)
week with her grand parents, Mr. and
The school children are joyfully an­ Mrs. J. T. Long.
Prof. Thornburg and wife of Entiai.
ticipating the arrival of the new Wer­
ner’# piano, which is scheduled to be Wash., spent the week end with his
sister Mrs. Will J. Roberts.
placed in the school house in the near
Lackey and wife era stay
future. The organ which haa done ing Chester
a few days with the former’s
service there for many years will be mother, who waa operated on last week
turned in to help pay for the piano.
for cancer of the breast.
Chas. Martensen, a member of the
Frank Monahan had tha great toe en
quartermaster’s depsrtment at Camp his left foot broke bv a horse stepping
on
it and went to Nyssa Monday to
Lewis, ia home on a 30-day furlough
have it set by Dr. Saraxin.
and is preparing to start four fresnos
Mike Joyce, better knawn aa "black
on his ranch at the Butte this week
mike,” bonght twelve tons of hay from
and get it leveled up in a hurry. He C. W. Barrett last week at $12 per ton.
will return to camp Lewis about the Mike has gone to Boise on business this
week.
middle of the month.
The committee in charge of the Ar­
menian Relief drive here “did them­
selves proud” in their efforts, having
collected the sum of $102.00 as Owy­
hee’s contribution. Those on the com­
mittee were Mesdames Chas. Bradley
BY OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT
and 3. D, Bigelow and Messrs. W.
W Smith and F. Klingback.
E. H. Brumhach went to Vale Friday
Much interest is being manifested in for treatment at Vais Sanitarium.
the evangelistic servioes being con­
Messrs, Lyman. Schulz, Walker and
ducted here each evening by Messrs. Stradley were Vale visitors the past
Williams and Wilson of Nampa. Dr. weak.
E. L. Tate went to Nampa on busi­
Mangum of the Northwest Nazarene
College of Nampa delivered an in'er. ness Wednesday, purchasing a bean
esti'ig address to a goodly audience sprayer while there.
A. Cornell ia building a large tool
not complete, some districts not as yet at the Thompson home.
- Tom Wil«on he has arrived safely from Monday evening, returning to Nampa shed
on hit ranch, ha also plan* build­
n e e m p n a siz e a m e ira p o u a n c o beard from. Andaecond.it would be
Mrs M. Durkheimer of Prairie and aeerseas and expected to be sent to the same evening. A number of con­ ing new potchaa on his house.
of keeping the Owyhee Project* f « more satisfactory, both to the Mrs.
Andrew Robinson and little son ' p 0rt Stevens, near Astoria, via Cali- versions have been reported. Let the
, ,
. chairman and to all concerned, if each
The committee thet canvassed the
good work go on!
before our representatives in district or solicitor would furnish me of Ontario were guests of Mrs. C. E. fornia.
Bend in regard to High School or church
congress and suggested sending with a list of individual subicrilyrs, Trueblood Monday evening.
found the majority in favor of school.
| George g Dear> r#presenting the
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. with the amount of subscription. This
N. S. Phelan went to Caldwell Tuea­
a delegation to Washington at I will request all solicitors to turn in Harry Sharp of the well known firm Western Union Life Insurance com-
day, where he closed a deal with Ed
Pleasant
Party
at
Sloan, purchaaing his ranch on Roswell
the , proper
time to impress
on , the enable
on r’r before March
11 1 of Sharp & Christensen, painters, cab ' pany, of which Britt Nedry is local
r .
t
the ¡writer to publish in next inet masers and dealers in second hand ' agent, is sojourning with us tem-
bench.
Reclamation Service the advan- . week*« issue a detailed and complete goods,
the Nedry Home Lowell Ashcraft waa tha victim of a
made a business trip to Nampa porarily.
tages of the Project and to make "^submit*Jd.n<C«E 'Z e V d T p 'to Saturday and Sunday
very pleasant surprise party, Friday
Mrs. E. B. Nedry and Mrs. J. J. evening,
Archie Sinclair, an old-time chum of
planned and surceaafuly car­
it known that the people really 1 this date:
Born,to Mr. and Mrs. C D. Simpson- the Journal, was in town Monday from Sarazin entertained a number of their ried eut by a number of hit school
at a Washington birthday party,
want the lands reclaimed I f ;
ou Sundny, February 23, 1919, a bounc­ th* Owyhee, where he is developing aj friends
given at the home ef Mrs. Nedry last mates.
this is done, he believed the de- Arcadia d istric t.......................... 59.60 ing baby boy. Charley is congratu­ ranch that promises great future re Friday evening. The rooms were Paulina Hatch, tha three year old
district............................ 38.10 lating himself that he will soon hove suits. Let the good work go on.
prettily decarated with fisgs. Enter­ daughter of Mr. and Mrs Harvey Hatch
sired results would be obtained Kolony
M. E. Sunday school. Nyssa----
4.00 another driver for his drsy line.
taining games were played and much caught her hand in the power wringer
A
movement
is
under
way
in
Ontario
At the close of his address he
amusement was afforded by pinning laat Tuesday, drawing it up to tha al-
Miss Stella Schoonover, former night having for its object the formation of cherries on a tree, prebably a direct haw. Fortunately no bone* were
was tendered a vote of thanks Previously remitted by th« Kol- $415.05 operator
at the O. S. L. Dep«t. is vis­ a Malheur county development league descendant *f the original tree that broken but tha injury waa vary painful.
by the meeting.
ony district..................... ..........$ 39.50 iting friends in Nyssa from Melba, Ida. to promote the interests of the Mal­ the Father of his Country chopped down The samo day. Mre. D. L. Miller bad
remitted by the M
when he was a youth F. D. Hall «'on her finger caught in the cogs of her
Juige King’s address was most Previously
E. Sunday school..................... 10.50 Mira Schoonover is enroute to Madbury, heur and Snake valleys. Count Nyssa in. the first prize and the consolation prize power washer, that is now healing
Ida.,
where
she
has«
position
as
oper­
timely and the information it
L. C. Pounds and Glenn Pounds will went to Miss Landrith. Refreshments nicely.
$ 60.00 ator.
served. Those present were:
go to their newly purchased ranch in were
contained will be of vast benefit Making a total of................... $465.05
Mr. and Mrs. Delno Gibson. Mr snd
Th«
Journal
regrets
that
it
cannot
the
Wilder
neighborhood
tomorrow
to
Mrs. Bruce Duncan, Mr. and Mrs. K
To go ov«r th« top (as we usually
Furnishes Bond*
to the local promoters.
do) it requires $134.96, whieh ws trust report any change for the better in build a house and make other needed D, Hall, Mr. ard Mrs. F. J. Young,
Mrs. E. R. Schutter arrested for al­
At the dosé of Judge King’s will be ac omplished by the 4th. In the the condition of John Ward, who has improvements. The family will move Mr and Mrs Dick Tsnssn, Mr. and leged
sale of wood alchohol, in con­
Mrs. Arthur Boydell. Mr. and Mrs. J.
of the State of Oregon, and been seriously ill forruany weeks. Mr. there about the first of March.
address Judge E. H. Test read a name
nection with the Riverside ceee of a
Malheur County particularly, the un
J . Ssraxin, Mr. Hnd Mrs. E. B Nedry, few
days
when four men died from
letter from Congressman Sinnott, dersigned begs to thank all those who Ward is one of the ertrly settlers of the T. W. Claggett has resigned as Misses Bassett, Landrith, and Boydei). drinking age
the denatured product, he.*
Nyssa country, and a wide circle of agent of the Eastern Oregon Land com­
so
liberally
assisted,
and
special
thanks
in whice he sp o k e most encour­ to those who devoted their time as so­ friends are deeply concerned by his
given bonds, to appear for preliminary
pany and was succeeded by Ivan E.
hearing before Judge E. H. Teat on
LOST
agingly of the prospects for the licitors.
prolonged illness.
March 4,—Vale Enterprise.
Oakes, formerly of Jamieson. Mr.
J. BOYDELL,
Lost—Tuesday, between Sam Wat-
Owyhee Project- In the letter
Local Chairman,
Peter Cbristemjen a prominent rancher Claggett. who is president #f the Owy­ ron’s and Rimey’s, a Ford chain.
“ Our Nick” also stated that P.J. Dated this 27th day of February, 1919 of the Adrain neighbo.hood, was a hee Irrigation District and own* con Finder please notify Gertie Ray.
Some County Rond.
business visitor to Nyssa Saturday and siderable land in this vicinity, will de
Phillips, a Nyssa war worker now
Tha boulevard is past fording and tha
incidentally stayed over night to jolly veto his attention to his private in­
EJ Rich teturned yesterday evening mail ia only making half the rsute this
in Washington, had juat talked
with the ooys and take in the program terests.
from Boise, whe.e he had been since week, says tha Aieadia Correspondent
The
Smasher
Smashed
to him over the phone and made
taking in everything of in
at the Cczy theatre. Mr. Chriatensen
T. L. Perrin and family are 'moving Saturday,
of the Enterprise.
te rist except the Salvation Army.
an appointment to talk Owyhee Glsn Hansen, “ btggsge smasher” st has a magnificent quarter section under today
to
thsir
island
ranch
bear
Ar­
the
O.
S.
L,
dedot,
got
in
a
mix
up
Project matters over with him. Tueaday with a truck Toad of baggage the Owyhee Project whieh he say s he cadia. Mf. Perrin reigns ever an
Mr. Phillips is a former president and came out second best. In some wouldn’t Mil for $10,000.
island domain about 60 acres in ex­
manner the truck load of
tent, and isn’t sure whether he lives
of the Owyhee District, and be­ mysterious
J.
A.
Felton
is
visiting
in
Nyssa
ana'
baggage alighted on tep of him and
id Oregon or Idaho, but he is sure that
vicinity
faom
Hansen,
Idaho,
where
h«
ing located in Washington for flattened him as thin as a railroad sand­
wich, but he emerged from under the has been living for the past two years. the island is built up of soil of mar-
some time he is in a position to load without any broken bones and was
Mr FaKon has so'd hi* farm near Han | velous richcss snd he is hastening there
be of great aid to the present of- soon on the job again.
sen and ia looking around for a new lo to put in a crop of barley.
cation. He may conlude to wait for the
J. T. Hooker of Cody. Wye., write*
construction of the High Lin« and ie to tne Journal this week for sample
cure some of the fertil« lands that wi. 1 copies of th# paper. He says: ” 1 sm
be watered by that irrigation system. somewhat interested in your part ef
the state. I have sold out here and
Ontario was well represented at the xpect to investigate Oregon in tbs
irrigation meeting in Nysaa Saturday. m ar future.” It is to be hoped that
Among th« prominent visitor* from Mr . Hooker comes this way. We be-
Capacity —- Ability»— Willingness
th« metropolis were noticed J. R. K«v t h* will lik* Nyssa. Everybody
Blackaby, W. F. Homan, E. II Greig, else, toes,
Ma.*i*n Dunn yesterday received
and others. All to«k a lively interest
HE »urn total of these element* means “ SERVICE’
Must be in the hands of the Internal Revenue
werd I’rom hie son. Sergeant Chester
in tk« meeting end gave evidence of a Dunn, thet the latter was once again
—and nowhere ia service whieh fits tha need of
Collector not later than March 15.
desire to further the development of in
“ the land ef the free
the customer better expreeeed than here at the Mal­
the unrivaled Owyhee project in every the home of the breve. ” having
heur County Bank. Thia institution is the outgrowth
If you are a single man and received an income
lust arrived after long service over­
wav possible.
of local needs and it ia succeeding through local
of $1,000.00, or a married man and received
seas where he was in the thick of
DEEDS.
Rev. C. E. Truebloed was in Boi se thing* snd helped to make a fugitive
$2,000.00 during the year of 1918, you must file
of Bill Hehenzelleren. He is now st
Monday
and
Tueaday
attending
the
We're interested in your ranch and in your buaineea.
Cemp Merritt, but hopes to be home
a report.
Missionary Centenary Conference at ward bound within a few day.
Chet
A
f,et us help you with the one or both.
that piece. A large number of the will lock good to Nyssa.
Call for proper report forms free of charge at
pastors of the Idaho conference w ete
Nvsaa awoke with a shiver this
in attedanee. Dr. Mecklenburg of morning and looked out to discover
Helena, Mont. Dr. W E. Dougherty four inches of snow »here lest night
ground wes bare It hed all fallen
of New York, Dr. Clifford of North- the
between 1 a. m and getting up time
cott, chaplain U. S army, ar.d other and by noon the ground was again
lesder* in the church, veer-; present here, the only aign of the recent pre
and gave inspiring addressee A eub cipitatien being on the high hill* Juat
what the stockmen end farmers would
n y ssa o b so o n
district training conference for church have
ordered, as it soeked the ground
werker* for a group of *.<rwaa, tnelwd up nicely and will give the grass
grase and
ing Nyssa. will be ooM at Fayette spring crop« a big start, You (c an't
A. G. KINGMAN. Pres.
FRANK D. HALL, Cashier.
heat the Nyssa climate.
March 3 and 4.
I
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GS and
g Men’s
prices to
ty to buy
>rice. and
iferior in
erate and
year ago
. It is a
>sent and
ces up in
ie ad van*
ill b« the
KE ARMENIAN AND
SYRIAN RELIEF
S!
IJig Bend
I
Iweaters.
oday. on
will be
•orisknit
close out
ts. small
th over
newest
l and
rill be
irta and
lose out
rth 50c,
le coat.
Your Income Tax Report
T
ay
of th«
», ara hereby
•0U-« of »*'d
. at itt regu-
Lack. p. m. ard
any they have.
m mtd p e t i t » '
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taxi
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