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VOL XVIII NO. 34
NYSSA. MALHEUR COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY,
BOX SOCIAL
NEXT FRIDAY
Community Service Club Busy
Planning for Big Event
May Seventh.
Evtrybody Welcome—y »» everybody
•▼en yourself, ar» invited to take a
hand in the bidding at the box aale on
Friday night, lfay 7th, when the Com­
munity Servi e Club will greet you
with a oig progra.j at 8:00 o’cl ek and
at 8 o’clock eharp you can puli out your
poeket book and go to bidding.
A box eocial ia planned by the Com­
munity Service Club for the purpoee of
raieing monoy to »well the funds for
the Malheur county eoldier's monu­
ment. Thin premises to be the big
•vsnt of the seessn and everybody ie
going to be there so don't come ’round
on Saturday morning wishing you bad
not stayed at heme for you know you
are invited to be there. A basket will
be waiting for you and—you’ ll have to
bid to get it—but remember one thing
you will be served with two cups of
good cuff e free. It is unders ood that
Mr. Lowe ie giving one fourth o f the
amount for the monument fund and
Vale. Ontario and Nysea is to raise the
remainder. The returned soldiers have
pledged themselves to raise the entire
amount if the people fail to furnish it
The Community Service Club is work
lag hard with the hope of making a
good ahare of Nresa’s quota at this
box social—any in this way spare the
boys and further sacrifice. ’ ’A ll you
need ie a heart and a purse” so come
on we all knew you’ ve get the purer
EIGHT MURDERED ON
NORTH DAKOTA FARM
Turtle Lake, N. D.—Eight persons
were found dead at the farm heme of
Jacob Wolf, three miles north of here.
victims In a mysterious tragedy.
Seven of the eight persons found
slain were shot and the eighth was
etruek a fatal blow on the side of the
head with a hatchet. It was decided
at the oorner’s Inquest. Jacob Wolf,
on whose farm the tragedy occurred,
his wife and four daughters were vic­
tims e f shotgun wounds Martha Wolf,
thrse ysars old, had been struck en
the head with a hatchet. Jake Hofer,
18, hired boy, also was shot to death.
Seme of the victims also had been
struck with the hatchet
Pewder marks and burns indicatsd
most of the shots had been fired at
cloee range.
Emma, eight months old, the only
member of the W olf family to eecape
death. Is being cared for by neighbors.
When found she was lying In a
cradle beside an open window.
<t\)c #(Jte Citi) ¿tournai
“GOOD NEWS FOR TOURISTS”
The Main street, o f Nyssa. looks the j
picture o f a prairie just being made
ready for a crop o f grain. It ia being
all scratched up by the road grader,
prepatory for the surface to be placed
thereon soon The work is progress­
ing nicely between Cairo and Nysea and
it Is but a very few days until the high­
way through Nyssa to the bridge will
he completed
APRIL 30. 1920
SALVATION ARMY PLANS BOYS AND GIRLS
INDUSTRIAL AND AGRICULTURAL SCH00I
■d
THE STA TE to Uk
Hay, Orala, Stock R al»In-',
in General, Lumber Industry,
«L50FLJYBAR ftcPBRUOk.
ARE ASKED TO CO-OPERATE
SALT LAKE BOOSTERS
AND BUSINESS MEN
COMINGJfAY 1ITH
Big Program Rendered. Visitors
Attend From Nearby
Towns
To Be In Nyssa One Hour. Auto
Ride Planned For Visitors
To See Country.
The lOlst anniversary o f the I. O. O.
F lodge was observed in Nyssa on
Tuesday night by the Gate City Ledge
No. 214 and the Tellow Rose Rebekah
lodge 202.
Th* la lt Laka Boosters who were to
have been in Nyssa on th* 28th e f
April, but on account e f the railroad
switchmen’s strike poetpeaed th* trip,
will be her* on Tuesday, May 11th, 8:80
a. m. and will remain on* heur only.
It is th* desire of this body for a com­
mittee o f business men t* meet th*
train and welcome them bar*. There
1» a movement on foot that owntrs of
machine, and this includes the farmers
to donate the use of their machih* and
themselves as driver, and about 80 or
40 minutes of their time to makes short
tour of the surrounding territory and
back to th* train, when a few short
talks will be given by tk* visitors
At
th* office of Mr J, Boydell a Hat will
b* opeaed o f persona who so donate
their uiachlues, in fact the list made a
atart at this writing, and the names
will be published in th* next issue.
Get in line and boost yeur country.
Instrumental Duet. Mrs. Stubbs and
Mrs. Boydell.
Reading, Mildred Forbes.
1 View of Bishop Scott school and Salvation Army boys being taught orchard
Solo. Mrs. McCarty
work at Lytton school.
History of Nyssa I. O O. F Lodge,
One of tbe big phases of the work the Salvation Army ia doing ia
Mr. J. M. Dun. an.
Oregon to prevent the ills of wrong teaching and poverty and to strike at
Reading Miss West.
the root of the deeps’ ind griei ,'ounu in the cities, is the training and care
Mesdames Stubbs and Matthews, of dependent boys and girls. One of the items of the budget to be raised
Duet.
for the Salvation Army work in Oregon provides for the purchase of the
Bishop Scott school at North Yamhill as an industrial and agricultural school
♦u*
Mr. M. N. Pegtly.
where neglected kiddies will be educated and made efficient workers so
•ML^sg, Miss Millikin.
that when they go out into the world they will be an asset to society and
Lecture, A. E. Gipsoa P. G. M.
not a charge upon the communities of which they will be members. Tbe
Male Quartette, Messrs. Forbes, 1000 acre farm has a walnut grove and other orchards, and, under proper
Galleghly, K. J. ead W. J. Megorden. care of agricultural experts who will teach the boys, its productivity will go
. .
far toward making the school self supporting. The school is in no sense to
A lter the program was rendered a be a penal or reformatory institution but on the other hand it ie intended
most enjoyable time was had while par­ to provide sound vocational education for youngsters who, without It, are on
taking o f en old style lap supper, the road to bad citizenship.
which consisted of: sand witenea, cheese,
pickles, cake, coffee, etc..
I One feature of the evening which
will ever keep the event, fresh in. onr
memory, was the feeling oi Odd Fellow
' ship which alwaye prevails at such
gatherings.
Washington.—Government revenues
Washington, D. C.— The house bill
Tbe talent was exceptionally go-si since September, 1917, about equalled
Increasing pensions to civil war vet­
and nothing but praise can be said of it revenues for the 55 years prior to that erans to $50 monthly and those of the
The humorous readings which were year. The internal revenue bureau an­ widows ot veterans to $30 monthly
given by Mieses West and Millikin are nounced that in the two and one-half
was passed by the senate and now
werthy of special mention.
years of war taxation, revenue receipts goes to conference,
Mr. Fegtly and Mr. Gipson gave lec­ aggregated $11.481,109,000, while for | Senate amendments maka the la-
tures on Odd Fellowship which was the 55-year period they were $11.682,- grease* applicable to veterans of the
listened to with intense interest end 000,000.
Mexican war, who number 216, had
eppreeiated by ell.
The main sources of revenue of the widows of veterans, who number 117$,
RECORD FOR REVENUE CIVIL WAR VETERANS’
COLLECTIONS BROKEN PENSIONS ARE RAISED
government upon the date the bureau and also the widows of veterans of the
was created in 1862, until 1900, were war of 1812, of whom 72 are living,
taxes on liquors and tobaccos. A new
The present average pension of vat-
era of taxation came In on August 5 of erans Is $37.60 and that of widows $26.
that year, which marked the advent of ( Ths measure will add about $85.250,-
Income and excise taxes on corpora- 000 to the present pension roll of $214,-
tlons. But it was not until America 000,000.
Congressional leaders said
Franco-British Declaration is entered the war that the heaviest taxes this was the last general legislation
known to history were levied.
planned in behalf of tfhe civil war and
Adopted, With Change ta
Prior t# 1917, the government col- the Mexican war veterans. Last June
lected revenues In excess of $500.000,- there were 271,520 civil war veterans
BRIEF GENERAL NEWS
Permit Occupation.
000 in only one year. In 1916, the re- and 336,375 widows and dependents
Chicago packer* have completed sale
eeipts were $812,702,000, the figures on the pension rolls.
of $48,000,000 of provisions to tbe Ger­
San Remo. — The supreme council showed.
Besides the general pension of $50
man government.
adopted the Franco-British declaration
monthly, the bill provides pensions up
The bill designed to relieve the print with regard to Germany after insert­ BURGLAR “DE LUXE” IS SHOT to $90 monthly for disabled veterans.
paper shortage by making print paper ing a clause declaring its readiness to
under 8 cents free of duty for two take all measures, even the occupation Chicago Bandit Kapt Index of Stolen ARMENIA
IS
RECOGNIZED
years was signed by President Wilson. of additional German territory, if nec­
Goode.
W. J. Bryan will control tbe Nebras­ essary to assure the carrying out of
Chicago.—One of the most amazing New Republic In Near East Given
ka delegation to tbe democratic na­ the treaty of Versailles.
Place Among Nations.
and spectacular careers in the history
tion convention.
The figures give
Washington.—Armenia was formal­
The adoption of this clause caused of burglarizing in the United States
Bryan ten delegates and Hitchcock six. some discussion.
Premier Nltti of was closed when Harry J. James, de ly recognized as au Independent re
In the face of government investiga­ Italy
opposed
military
measures. luxe “ second story" man, charged with public by the United States.
tions. sugar refining interests have ad­ Premiers Mlllerand and Lloyd George, thefts from Chicago homes amount­
Similar action has been decided up-
vanced their quotation to a new record however, showed him the necessity of ing to $500,000, was killed by a police- cn by the allied conference at San
of $20.50 per hundred pounds at re­ considering such an eventuality. For­ man's bullet in hie right temple.
Remo. The American recognition was
finery points.
James, who had been found loiter- )n the form of a note addressed by
eign Minister Hymans of Belgium and
Value of meat and dairy products Baron Matsui. the Japanese ambassa ing behind a building on Kenmore Secretary Colby to Mr. Pasdermadjl-
exported In March declined greatly as dor to France, joined them in this avenue, was taken to the Townhall an, Washington representative of the
-omparsd with March of a year ago, point of view, which was adopted.
police station as a suspicious charac- Armenian republic.
.he total being eetimated at $70,000,-
Notice of the recognition was aiao
It was announced that representa­ ter. While being searched he sud­
000, compared with $122,000,000.
tives of the allies will meet the Ger­ denly opened fire and wounded two communicated formally to tbe diplo­
The American pubMc will spend $15,- • man Chancellor Mueller at Spa. Bel­ policemen with whom be had a mo­ mats corps abroad and to th* allied
000.000,000 this year for uaneoeaaary gium, May 25.
ment before been chatting. Fleeing conference in Italy.
luxuries, David B. Houston, secretary
The council of premier*, at the re­ from the building, firing at every step
Armenian Manoatt Offer gurprieee.
of the treasury, estimated in condemn­ quest of Premier Nittf of Italy and of the way and pursued by a dozen
Washington —Reports that the al­
ing “ riotous, extravagant condition».'’ Foreign Minister Trumbitch of Jugo­ policemen, James found temporary ref­
Alarming condltlona indicating a slavia, will allow the Adriatic ques uge behind a patrol wagon. Here a lied supreme council has decided to
world ehortage of wheat and forecast­ lion to remain In negotiation between thrilling revolver duel ensued, which offer the Armenian mandate to the
ing famine conditions unless a greater the Italian and Jugo-Slav governments, ended when the bandit fell with a United States and ask President W il­
son to fix the boundaries of that newly
acreage of spring wheat la planted it was learned.
bullet through his brain.
in the United States are pictured In a
Search of a garage which the robber recognized nation, were received with
statement Issued by the department of
w. a. anvoy Site With Allies.
had established on North Clark street surprise in government elrelee her«,
San Remo. — Robert Underwood revealed loot totaling, police estlm- ! Officiala thought it had been made
agriculture.
Johnson. American ambassador to ated. $100,000. A card Index system clear to the allies by hints and other­
Portland Shipyard* Invastigateri.
Italy, attended the sittings of the su­ kept by the bandit showed thefts from wise that there waa no chance of this
Portland. Or. — The United States preme council Saturday afternoon for sc res of homes and listed everything country taking the mandate over Ar­
grand jury will examln* the evidence the first time. His instructions were frtm razor strops to furs and from menia.
regarding shipbuilding deals secured brought to him by Leland Harrison jewelry to automobiles.
Buffer State ef Flume Accepted
by special agents of the department from Paris.
Use of Hospitals Aexed by Legion.
gan R ?rao — Premier Nltti of Italy
f justice, who have been in the city
Indianapolis, In d —State adjutants ani| AnU)n Trumbiteh. the Jugo-Stov
tor the last three weeks, which may Government Rail Director Retignt
Washington.— Walker D. Hines, di of the American Region In conference, foreign minister, have aaaepted I’real-
reault in the return of indictments
against Emergency Fleet corporation rector general of railroads, has resign in national headquarter* adopted • j d nt Wieon'a settlement of the Adrt-
officials ead yard operators of a na­ ed and his resignation has t»eu ac motion urging Secretary Baker tc> arlc problem making Flume a buffar
ture similar to those now pending ia cepted by President Wilton, ei.eetiv* throw open the army general hospl-. „ ate with no contiguity of territory
tale to tubercular sz service men.
between Flume and Italy
May 18.
Seattle.
COUNCIL WILL HOLD
GERMANY TO TERMS
From
as
Entertainora.
101ST ANNIVERSARY
IS OBSERVED BY 1.0.
0. F. AND REBEKAHS
Nearly twe hundred members and
friends were in atteudar.ee. Five cars
of visitors from Ontario and two cars
from Vale also » number of members
from Celdweil wer* present The fol­
lowing program was rendered:
SCHOOL GIRLS
IN OPERETTA
School teachers throughout th* state
are being asked to co-operate In th*
state survey of mental defectives, de­
linquent» and dependents now being
carried out under the authority of an
act passed by the 1919 state legisla­
ture, and the firet work to be carried !
out will be that of making a record Thirty-Five Young Ladies
of retarded- children in the public
the Grades to Appear
schools throughout the state.
Frutland Vs. Nyssa.
The baseball game Nyaaa v* Fruit-
land played last Sunday was marked by
many good plays and gives an optimis­
tic idea that we have some of the most
premising baseball material tbe games
can produce. lue V »e up forNvssa In­
cluded Tom Newby, Aden Wilson, F.
E. Young,
"H ank” Teutsch, Mr,
Keene, Jack Teutsch, Fatten Duncan,
Artie Robinson. Keen* pitched 5 in­
nings and "Fan ’em out” Charlie New-
bill the last fo<r. A return game will
be played atFauitland May 2 Th* re­
sults o f last Sunday’s game was 12 and
5 in favor o f Nyaaa, Th* admission fee
was 25c which a few o f the spectators
reluctantly refused to pay. But as th*
management of the local team did not
naed the cash (T) they were permitted
to stay and see the game. Hereafter
there will be an admission charge.
U. S. IS OFFERED
ARMENIAN MANDATE
Council to Ask Wilson to
Arbitrate Boundaries of
New Republic.
Ban Remo.— The supreme council de­
cided to ask President Wilson to arbi­
trate the boundaries of the new repub­
lic of Armenia. The council awarded
a mandate for Mesopotamia and Pales­
tine to Great Britain and a mandat*
for Syria to France.
The supreme council also has sent
a formal request to President Wllaon
that the United 8tates government
take the mandate for Armenia.
There seems to be division on the
part of the councfi as to whether the
region of Erzerum and Its vicinity
should be Included in the territory of
the Armenian republic. The Turkish
nationalist* are r'rongly claiming
Erzerum for themsc! eg.
In placing Palest! >e under a Brit­
ish mandate th* council established
within the ancient lin j of the Holy
Land what la called, "the national
home of the Jews.’’
The terms of the mandt’ e protect
the national rights of Jewiai. citizens
of other countries. That is to say, a
Jew of American, British. French or
other nationality may retain hi* na­
tionality, although he la also a citizen
of the state of Palestine. The rights
of Arabs also are protected, there be­
ing 600.000 in Palestine and 100,008
Jew».
M a x ic a n G a n t r a ls B a rr e d F r o m T t x a s .
Austin, Texas.— Request of the Mex­
ican go n.ment through tbe atata de
partmer.t at Washington for permit*
slon for Generals Juan Jose Rios and
Manuel Gimbo and their staffs tc
cro»« Texas soil on their way from
Son or t to Mexico City was refused by
Governor Hobby-of Texas.
The operetta “ gnaw White,” now
being prepared by th* seventh and
eighth grades, will he given at the
Liberty Theater next Wednesday eve-
ninn. May 6th. A Juvenile Operetta
in four scenes, founded on the "Grimm's
well known fairy story ’Snow White.”
C H A ftA C T ttg
Prince**, Bnow White, Nelli* De­
Vries.
Queen, Susie Cleihern.
Th* Prince, Grace Werrer.
Th* Huntsman, Myrtle Fields
Abram Vaughn end Loyd Evaas are
the leaders e f the dwarfs.
Other miner character* s i* Pansy
Dutcher. Zells Evans and Helen Sharp
withe eherus of 36 ForestChiidren from
th* 5, 6, 7, and 8 grades under their
teachers. Miss W#«t and Miss Gibeon.
The plot Is too familiar to need re­
peating her*. The operetta ia filled
with pretty songs, deetes and choroees.
The Opera House, Wednesday, May
5. at 8 o.clock p. m. Admission 36c.
NYSSA SCHOOL NOTES
Mr. Elliott from O. A. C-, who is re­
presenting th* Smith-Hughes voeatienei
training system, visited th* High School
Wednesday morning, and talked to th*
pupils on vocational education.
In a fast baseball gam* last Friday
th* Nysea High Seheel team dafeatad
the Fruitlend High School teem by a
seore a f 10 to four. Our next game
will he with Roswell, April SO, on tk «
Nyssa field.
The Nyssa scho«l was given a I
Monday in order that tbe
might be able t* go to th* Institute at
Ontario.
The Freshman party will be held on
Friday night, at which time he Fresh­
man will entertal» .A* i - t j af th« Mlgb
8chool students,
- r
The High Seh*«t play la writ under
way ead will probably make it ’s first
eppesrane« at B r«g«n on May 7.
Mias Millikin has been ill fur a few
days and has beaa unable to attend
school. Her pupils hop* that she will
soon be beck.
WHEAT GROWERS
PLAN COMBINE
Keneaa City.— Representatives of
virtually every wheat-raising commun­
ity In the United States, attending the
annual convention ot the National
Wheat Growers’ association, voted un­
animously to form a national combine
for th* control ot cereal producta.
Agricultural experts In attendance
said th* organisation would be the
largest combine of farmers ever at
tempted.
Elimination of the middleman Is one
of tbe first purposes anunc rated in
the resolution.
A committee of seven was appoint­
ed to outline the organization. Mem
bers of tbe committee are Maurice
Aullfee, Sallaa, Kan.; John I’avenkoat,
Nebraska; C. H. Hyde, Okla i <nu, A.
V. Swift, Orégon; A. D. Croîs, Wash­
ington; J. W. BatcAeller, South Dako­
ta. and Oaorga Baker. Iowa.
California Judge a Suicide.
San Francisco— Henry A. Melvin,
associate justice af the cupreine court
of the state of California and on* of
th* most widely known jurixts of the
country, committed suicide by drown­
ing himself In a bath tub In Merritt
hospital, Oakland.
Mental derange­
ment. caused by an attack of brain
fevar, waa responsible for the s et
Shoe Price Mark Proposed.
Washington.— A bill requiring th*
manufacturers' prices to be stamped
on shoes and other footwear as a
mean* of reducing profits and retail
ccsia was Introduced by Senator Me-
Nary, republican of Oregon, chairman
• f the committee Investigating thorn
prices.
W ilae* Nominates Land Registers.
Washington.—Nominations of ragia
tar* of land offices sent to tbe sonnt*
by President Wilson Included: Wll
Item H. fanon, at Roseburg. Or.!
Georg# A. P. Rochester, at Seattle.
Wash . John L Wiley, at Spokane.
Wash , and P chard fltrohsch. at Yak­
ima, Wash. T «e president also nom
looted Rydney S Beggs to he receiver
* f public money« at Waten lile. Wash.