The Gate city journal., February 13, 1920, Image 2

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THS GATE CITY JOUVNAL, ffTBBA,
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GATE CITY JOURNAL
r’uoliahed every F riJay a t Nyssa. O re­
gon, by
FR ED L. SHEETS.
FRIDAY. FEBRU ARY 13, 192J
“'•'»«red as »ecuiui-cmss n m u c r April
. „ *wiu, a t the postoffice a t Nyssa,
Oregon, under the A cto f March 3,1879.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES :
One year, in advance_______ . . . $1 50
S'xm onths in advance........ .............- 75c
CITY COUNCIL MEETS
IN DOUBLE SESSION
Takes Action in a number ofim-
portant matters---Wili Se­
cure Auto Park.
FARM BUREAU IS
GETTING 3USY
The practical benefits of tha F ar .i
I ireau system are already beginning to
le
apparent.
A rrangem ents have
been made to ship in a cat load of dry
I nd Rural seed potatoes under the
f, jsplces of this organization, which
v. ill be sold to the farm ers for piant-
i g a t actual cost, which is expected
lo b e about $5.25 per hundred to the
p irehaaerhere, as the price paid for
t: em is $4.65 a t the shipping point in
Idaho. The shipm ent will arrive next
v s e k and wili be sold out to the first
corners as long as tney last.
W. L.
( ibson will be in charge. The Bure u
i so expects to be able to secure a car-
i. ad of Dicklow w heat for seeding pur-
I oses.
A com m ittee wss appointed a t a re ­
cent m eeting of the local Farm Bureau
l i investigate the price of lumber and
i< port th a t it can be laid down here in
c irload lots for about $35 per thous-
ii id for rough lumber, with other
grades ia proportion.
The regular monthly m eeting of the
city coune I was held a t the council
room Monday, February 2, with the
following officials present: Mayor T.
J. Ca'dwell; Councilmen G oshert, Me-
gold« n. Foster, I’rettym an.
The following bills wero ullowed:
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Bank ol N yssq...................... - $ 15 CO
L ast Friday evening about 60 reem-
V. if. Chipm aa
. . . 90C0
I era of the Odd Fellow and Rebekah
R ecorder
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25 00 l il g e s g a v e a farewell parly for Mr
N yssa Blacksm ith
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1.80 i id Mrs. A rth u r Cook and Mr. and
Louin Johnston
.............. — 15 CO •Mrs. Dalles Duncan. I t is needless
say th a t a most, enjoyable tim e was
Id iho Power Co.......................... .
81.0-' to
h id i y all present.
Boise Payette L. C o ....................-
2.85
Various gam es with music and danc
G ate City Journal.
10 05 ing formed he evening’s amusem ent
The Piggy books which were made
Ny«f;a Meat Market
................
1.80
the evening uifordtd a g re a t
N yssa Trading Co.
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6.15 during
deal of fun and pleasure. .Each guest
N y s ii Hdwu Co....................
12.65 v. as requested to draw the picture of a
p ’g, while blindfolded, and sign his
T o tal......... ..............................
$262.00 nam e to it. These books were given
The cgineer’s report regarding the to the d eparting m em bers as a re-
n e m b ra n c e of the evening.
survey for the proposed city irrigation
Delicious refreshm ents w ere served
system was read The report contained a id the g u ests departed, wishing Mr.
a complete estim ate of the cost n id Mrs O o k arid Mr. and Mrs D un­
(,f the different syatcms th a t could be can success in th eir new homes.
ODD FELLOWS AND
StBEKAHS ENTERTAIN
used. The report was accepted and
laid on t he table, aw aiting a eonven
ient tim e for the engineer to be ures-
ent for fu rth er explanation. The re ­
corder was requested to arrange a date
during the following week.
An application from D. W. Gibson
asking permission to place the d 'rt
excavated from his proposed building
basem ent upon Third s tre e t and Reece
avenue Was referred to tha stre e t
com m ittee.
Councilman G oshert feported th a t »
complaint had been made by the school
board th a t minors were p erm itted to
frequent the pool and billiard halls and
th a t the school board requested the
council to tak e some decisive action to
prevent the same. A motion carried
th a t an ordinance be passed prohibiting
minors under the sge of twenty-one
years from frequenting pool and bil­
liard and card rooms, and fu rth e r the
m arshal was instructed to notify the
m anagers of said places th a t said or
dinanca will go into effect immedi­
ately upon the passage hy the city
conncil and to act accordingly. I t was
also decided th a t all punch boards and
gam es of chance of every n ature shall
he and a ie hereby prohibited and not
ullowed to be in use in Nyssa. to corn-
form with the s tste la w .
The m arshal was ordered to a rre st
nil conductors who allow hheir train s
to hlotk the crossing a t the depot
longer than the time lim it of tw elve
minutes.
A t a called m eeting of the Council
held on Tuesday evening. F ebruary 10,
the m a tte r of reconsidering the age
lim it for admission to pool halls, also
if it was advisable to allow the owners
of punch boards a reasonable tim e to
dispose of those on hand, was discuss
•d
It was decided th a t thirry days
should be allowed the owners of such
boards to dispose o f th eir stock. The
age limit was fixed a t the same age as
th a t now In force,
th e advisability of opening the ii-
brary room during the evening from 7
to 10 o'clock during the week was dis­
cussed and on motion it was decided
to have the m arshal in attendance
every evening as «tated.
A com m ittee consisting of Goshert,
Megorden and I’re'ty m an was appoint­
ed to select a suitable place to estab-
licu an all to park for the accommoda­
tion of tourists, and to make an e s ti­
m ate of the requirem ents.
The proposition of the farm ers to
do the hauling a rd spreading of the
gravel on the road leading from J. C.
B eam 'l to the section road west if the
city would furnish the gravel was ac­
cepted.
TO THE PUBlJC.
We, the undersigned, with to a n ­
nounce th a t we have purchased the
Hotel W estern and am now open for
business. Our aim will be courtesy
and efficient service to onr guests.
O ur dining room will be opened in a
few days and our tables will he eup-
plied with everything the m arket a f­
fords and our prices will be moderate.
We th erefo re ask the p n tro n .g e of the
people of N yssa and vlcirily and the
tra v elin g public
F aust 4 Boyer, Proprietors
HOTEL WESTERN HAS
NEW MANAGEMENT
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ATTA BOY./'
»YOUR MONEY COME TO PA PA l*
IHyssa and IDicinity
A Brief Resume of the Daily Events in a Live Town —
What Your Neigh jots Are Doing.
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E r M. Greig was up fretn O ntario
Red C hester of Vale was a Nyssa
j esierday.
v isiter Tuesday.
T. F. Coward and Charley Craw ford
Mrs. H aley and M rs.S torts w ere On
ere spending a few weeks in California.
tario visitors Tuesday.
Jim Dinwiddle was in town y e ste r­
L. C. Pounds has been visiting rela
lives and friends in Nyssa fa r several day, a fte r a two w eeks' serious illness.
days.
Jack Sheets and wife were seeing
Mrs. R oberta Trulock o f Nampa, the gig- ts and visiting friends in our
sig t-r of Mrs. H arry Sharp, is visiting city Wednesday.
in Nyssa.
William B a rre tt of Baker City was a
Mrs. S arah Lynch is reported to be dinner guest a t the E. H. McDonald
seriously ill a t her home on the east Lome W ednesday.
side of.tow n.
E. M. Dean Is in the Twin Falls
ih r e e carloads of fa t cattle were country this week buying a carload o*
shipped to th e Portland m ark et from seed potatoes for the local Farm Bu­
the local stock yards this week.
reau.
C hester Dunn and Manford Keck | Mrs. Roilie Thompson le ft for Lcs
retu rn ed the first of th e week from a Animos, Colo., last week for a visit to
v isit of several months in Oklahoma.
home folks. She is a sister of Mrs.
A. E Weddle of Lava Rock, Idaho, R obert Elliott,
i> visiting a t tha home of H. D.
Mr and Mrs. Roilie Thompson from
Holmes and expects to rem ain in town B rem erton, W ash , have te e n visiting
fo r several weeks
a t the home of Mr. and Mrs J . R.
Ten workmen have been busy a t the E lliott the past week.
ru b-station all week m aking a ltera­
Frank Stubbs has purchased the
tions and repair ar.d p u ttin g the Sitnnson drav line and will h e re a fte r
p lan t in first class condition.
conduct the same, instead of Eld W ar­
A rth u r Conk and family this week ren, as stated in last week’s issue of
moved to B aker City, w here Mr. Cook the Journal.
will engage in begin«-s. The people of
Sunday evening a g re a t m eeting at
N yssa are sorry to lose this estim able th:- Presbyterian church a t 7:30; bap-
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family.
Cam and reception of m em ber-; a
H arry G oshert made a business trip g re a t service of song. Dr. Amos gives
to N ampa Tuesday. “ They sa y ” tha his last m essage of the series
H arry is gcii g to s ta rt a g oat farm
A broken w ire on the high lire
and w ent up to g e t a stock of th o r­
caused a disturbance a t the local sub­
oughbreds.
station Sunday night and resulted in
D. W. Gibson has purchased some Ihe city being le ft in darkness fo r a
lots on Third stre e t opposite tha J. couple of hours.
Boydel residence and th e first of March
Mr. and Mrs. C. P Lackey returned
will begin the erection of a modern
from North Pow der the first of the
bungalow
A, D Morey w ent to Caldwell T ues­ w»ek. They w ere accompanied home
day to recover his car which he was hy Mrs. L ackey’s m other Mrs. Thos.
forced to leave th ere while on a trip B utler, who will make her home here
6 °/o]¥O W ~ J %
Our special Savings Investment
Plan makes it possible for you to
earn 6 per cent on your savings--
while you are paying for Idaho
Power 7 per cent Cumulative Pre­
ferred stock.
A fter you have completed your payments, your invest­
ment earns 7 per cent per annum, payable quarterly by
mail February 1. May 1, August 1 and November I.
Ask about our Savings Investment plan at any Idaho
Power office.
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AGED PIONEER
PASSES AWAY
News Notes of Nyssa School
FOR GAS ON STOMACH
fiiinsle -lyccnne, back th o rn bark,
etc . as mixed in Adleri- ka, relieve.
ANY CASE g * on atom* h or S"or
-tetnaeh It acta on both imp, r an I
lower bowel ana r-m o - o all foul m at
te r which poisoned stom ach
O ften
cares
constipation. P rev en ts snpen
Announcement.
d cltis Tt'e IN STAN T pi ssa n t ao
I wish to announce th a t I have tion »f Adler I ka surprises both do-
leased the shop a t th a G ate City G ar­ tors and patients. One man who suf
ag e and am now ready to do all kinds fered fix- ,i ears from inoigesti. n and
o f auto work and rep airin g . S a ’iafac- constipation waa helped by O N I dose.
tion g u a ran te e d .
J. C. McGee.
S. F. Foster.
The Sophomore class will give their
[ s r ty to the High School students
on Fiiday e v -rin g . F ebruary 13 From
lb-, n um h-r of c ’a s mee ings which
have i . rn held and th e numerous re-
te n rse ls * hich have been going on
th. gue< s anticip ate on unusually i '
te re -tm g tin e.
R Kent and Virgil l.o g returned to
scho, I W ednesda , a fte r a long ab
s rice on account of the flu.
William K linkcnherg is no longer in
our m idst, having ohtaiued his degree
The Idaho Power Co.
m
recently, owing to the bad condition of
Mr. and M rs.B arney Wilson returned
th e roads.
home last Friday from a wedding trip
Mr. A rth u r, who has owned the Jim to S a lt Lake and other places of inter­
R»e piace tw o miles w est of town for est. They are now at home to their
A fte r hanging fire for for a couple th e p ast th r e years, recently sold the friends a t th eir :ozy home on north
o f weeks, th e deal for the sale of the property for $11,000, or $272 per acre. F irst street.
The evangelistic m eetings which a re
Hotel W estern was closed the first of He bought the place th ree years ago
the week. The purchasers are Messrs. for $8 00,
being held each evening a t the Metho­
C. M. Zink, who suffered the frac- dist shurch by Rev. Lance of Nampa
F au st and Boyer, both of the Apple
Valley neighborhood, and price paid turp of his leg last fall by falling from wifi be continued all next week The
a a affold while working on the H ant public is cordially invited to aatend the
w as $7500.
The new ow ners have had consider building, is able to nav ig ate around services.
i hie experience in cate rin g to the again, albeit in a som ew hat slow and
F. M. Binkley returned this week
v.ants o f th e hungry public. They dignified manner.
from W ashington, where he has been
have already taken pnssossn n and
Barkley Wilson, mail carrier on for the p ast two months. His health
will soon open th e dining room.
P;iiite 1, had to send out the S. O. S.
would not perm it of his residence in
, call Tuesday, his car having a t last th a t section and he has returned to
succumbed t> the bad roads and laid
N yssa to settle down and grew up with
down on the job, necessitating his be­
the country.
ing towed into town fe r first aid to
his faith fu l Ford.
Ira R utledge, a form er well known
Messrs. S p ad er and Ncdrow of Nez farm er of Nyssa, wai in tew n this
Perce, who recently purchased the week. Mr R utledge hai ju s t sold his
Ben Sm ith ranch near town, arrived farm near Eagla, Idaho, for $21,000.
The death of A. F. Sheets, fa th e r of
S. F. F oster and d aughter Dona
F. L. Sheets, publisher of the Journal, this week and have taken possession of
occurred a t his home in Joseph, O re­ th e ir new property. They appear to w ere O ntario visitois Thursday.
gon, on Tuesday,
February
10, be well pleased with th eir new home j Dallas Duncan, who purchased a
a t the age of 78 years.
D eath a: d the people of N yssa extend to
forty sere fa»m in the Wilder neigh
was due to old age complicated
by a stro k e of paralyses which he them the glad hand and bid them borhood last fall, was recently offered
suffered about five years ago and we'come to our city.
an advance of $2000 over the purchase
from which he never recovered. He
Now ia tne w inter of our discontent price, but refused to accept This in­
had been an invalid for a num ber of
years and his death was not nncx about over, ap parently. The nights dicates the e x te n t to which land is ad­
pci'ted.
are still a little frosty, b u t the days vancing in value in the Snake valley.
Mr. S heets was an old pioneer of are almost, idea). Tho w eather man
Ralph Swafford was down from
E astern Oregon, having come to the
s ta ts in 1861, and followed the black­ has given us a p retty hard dose for the New Meadows the first
of th*
smith trad e until about five years ago. p ast three months, but if he will see week visiting friends.
He reports
lie leaves a wife and eight children to th a t the fru it crop escapes injury all
about a foot of snow up in th a t neck
mourn his loss
will be forgiven him.
of the woods and sta te s th a t the th e r­
Seym our Ross and fam ily are mov­ m om eter registered 50 below during
NOTICE
ing into their new house n ear Ontario the cold snep in Deeemher. He is in
All who are interested in pumping this week, which has ju s t been com­ the grocery business in New Meadows
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w ater for irrigation purposes should
see B
the Uiilctt pumping p lan t which is the pleted at a cost of $4000 Seymour ia and is apparently doing well.
sim plest p lant known. We have b th reported to be as proud as a little boy
Frank Lyneh ia mourning th e loss of
gaseline and electric plants complete with his first pair of pants with pock­
and can fill your w ants in every re- e ts in ’em. and is doing a lot of brag­ tw o perfectly good teeth which were
spe t. If in terested call on o r before
separated from his person in a rath er
February 21, 1920, a t E. A. Bodmer’s ging about a certain colonade which he peculiar m anner. He w ai repairing
ranch on Gamble Island, two miles be­ appears ro think is the last word in
■ome m achinery when a piece acci
low Nyssa. Oregon.
arch tectu ral excellence.
dently fell on bim, striking him a hard
G1LLKMT W ATER MOTOR CO.,
Ed C hristensen returned Tuesday blow on the cranium . Frank was a
Baker, Oregon.
from painting Seymour R oss's fine lit'ie dazed for a mom ent ane on ta k ­
new bungalow n ear O ntario, having ing stock of his injuries found two
PR ESB Y TER IA N CHURCH
E vangelistic m eetings will close completed the Interior painting in bia teeth w ere miesing, one of which he
with th e serv cea Sunday. February u ual a rtistic style. He did in five had ju s t paid $9 50 to have filled. His
15. Preaching at 11 a in. and in the days the work the carp en ters d ed ared head was only slightly injured.
evening a t 7:30. C hristian E ndeavor it would require ten day to do, and as
at 6:30.
The evangelistic m eetings
will culm inate in the m eetings on Sun­ a consequence was made a flattering
Seed B arley—I have some good seed
day. A t th e evening service will be offer to work w ith them all sum m er,
the baptiam and reception of mem but having made o th er plhna. tarned Barley for sale. Address W. H. Beam
tiers. A g re a t M rvire o f song Dr. the offer down.
Nyssa, Oregon, R. F D.
22-4t
Amua will give his last message. All
are cordially invited to these, the best
ineelings of the series.
Sunday School a t 10 a. m
L o st-B e tw e e n A drian and Vale, by
During tha assembly period laat F ri­
way of Arcadia, a chain for large ear. day afternoon Rev. Amos, who is hold
F ird e r please Dave at the office of the ing meetings a t the Presbyterian
G ate City Journal and receive rew ard. church, and Rev. Shields made brief
addressee to the High School students
Mr. Amos gave an interestin g speech
GLYCERINE MIXTURE
on the meaning of education.
L a te p
as E. D. D. (ex p ertd iteh digger.I
The Senior room had to be abandoned
th is weak because of trouble with the
stove.
| T ie various grades are preparing
! program s in celebrstion of V alentina's
day. On Friday afternoon each >o ing-
-lo r will r-ceive one Valentine, at
ie-.st.
The rowd d condition of several of
i .- f isdo r o w s is being s o rra s h a t
i lieved, as some of the cbildr n have
b en removed from l-bool because
t >eir „arent* h .v e I ft town.
The baseball te e n s t r a increasing In
num bers, as well as skill, as the w .-m
w eather continues te call out new re
em its.
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Remedies for that
Cold and “Flu.”
Valentine Day
Novelties
MUSTERINE
MUSTEROL
MUSTER OINT
AHALE-SIC BALM
MENTHALATUM
WHITE FINE COUGH
SYRUP, mentholated
with ta r—Put up for us.
COUGH DROPS
FUMIGATORS
CLINICAL THERMOM­
ETERS
POST CARDS
FOLDERS
You’ll find ju st what you
want in this line here.
FRESH CANDY
and
SODA
LAX PHARMACY
LAX PHARMACY
“ You’ll Do B etter H e re .“
You’ll Do B etter H ere
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Stationery
BOX PAPER
Assorted colors
TABLETS
CORRESPONDENCE
CARDS
env elo pes
Linen and Plain
SIGNET INK
Assorted colors
PARKER FOUNTAIN
PENS
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Rubber Goods
WATER BOTTLES
FOUNTAIN SYRINGES
Combinations
ICE CAPS
These are made by the Good­
rich Co., the same firm who
make your Cord Tires.
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LAX
PHARMACY
‘ You’ll Do B etter H era.”
LAX PHARMACY
■‘Y ou’ll Do B etter H e ra .”
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Our Grocery line is always com­
plete-new things every day.
Before buying your Implements
see our line-THE OLIVER LINE.
DeLavel Separators and Dairy Sup­
plies.
Apex and Eden E!ectric Washers
on easy payments.
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