T he G a it C ity journal NY SB A, OREGON, FRIDAY. Dec. 22. 1922. «0 » M U TES lodges en ter tain ed FIREMEN i l i ODD FELLOWS AND REBEKAHS GUESTS OF PARMA LODGES THURSDAY EVENING. HOLD ANNUAL BANQUET AND SPEND EVENING IN MERRY­ MAKING. Gate City Lodge I. O. O. F. No. Sixteen members of the Nyssa 214 and Yellow Rose Rebekah Lodge Volunteer Fire Department held the No. 202 were royally entertained by annual meeting o f this organization the I. O. 0 . F and Rebekah lodges Monday evening and celebrated the o f Parma last Thursday evining at occasion with a big duck dinner. I’arma. The occasion was a recep­ The ducks had been captured the tion for Bro. Mitchell, the grand day before by a hunting party and master of Idaho. Mitchell delivered the hunt was very successful I o p e r a t io n a splendid talk on Odd Fellowship l-ROUKESS REPORTED as the boys had a whole roast duck one that was appreciated by all apiece, which they proceeded to de­ present. vour to the last scrap. The ban­ FARMERS BELIEVE MARKETING OVEUNOR-ELECT Sister Ross, past president o f the quet was served at the Silver Grill. WORK MOST VALUABLE ATTRACTION Rebekah assembly, in behalf o f the Following is the menu: OF ALL DONE. members o f the Parma order, then DAY. Roast Duck with Dressing. presented Bro. Mitchell with a fine Mashed Potatoes. Brown Gravy. leather brief case. Those who at­ Pickles. Salad. ual meeting o f the tended from Nyssa were: Exhaustive tests o f practically Cranberries. Pie. Bureau held Mr. and Mrs. William Beam, Mr. every variety o f farm product grown Coffee. ( dra Grant« H a lljand Mrs. J. M. Duncan, Mr. and in Malheur county for the purpose uiance of iarmers Mrs. Frank Newbill, Mr. and Mrs. o f perfecting possible varieties bet­ JACK FROST BUSY |uf the county, the a . V. Cook, Mrs. J. R. Hunter, Mrs. ter adapted to the soil and climate Old Jack Frost has certainly done o f this district will be done next to capacity during Sam Blaylock, Mrs. C. W. Reberger, his share for the younger set when | spite of the bitter Mrs. Frank Stubbs and Miss Me- ' year by County Agent L. R. Breith- aupt, according to "his annual report I ¡ l comes ,to pi ovidinK winter frolics. the forenoon pro-j Clure. which was presented to the farm I *ce *n tke Wilson ditch is just >re made on work | ---------------------------- Hickox speaking j bureau meeting at Cairo last Friday. like glass and needles» to say the (ireau, L. R. Breit- The plans for this work outline hun­ youngsters are enjoying themselves. parties were in (inty agent program] dreds of tests of varieties of grains, Several skating on club work. The hay and other agricultural and live­ order for last week. TESTS PLANNED FCR NEXT TEAR ABE NUMEROUS ERS FOB THE YEAR WANTS $10,000 DAMAGES C â îC ( THIEF AFTER CHASE urnitt KtEiBie of c. C.jTMES TO BE LOWER GIVES BANQUET AND ELECTS OFFICERS FOR ENSUING YEAR. FOR THE YEAR 1923 In accordance with time honored custom the annual meeting of the Nyssa Commercial Club was held > irsiiHV evening o f this week, ’ hr principal business o f the even- " * Ihe partaking of a big feed and the election of officers to serve YOUNG IN NEW ROI.E for the coming year. The following COUNTY AGENT STAYS officers were elected: President, L. B. Hamaker; vice president, C. F. G. H. DAVIS RECOVERS AUTO Eder; secretary, E. M. Blodgett. USUAL FIGHT OVER EXTENSION WORK TAKES TIM&— AFTER EXCITING AND SPEC­ DEPUTIES RAISED. 02872635 TACULAR CHASE. STOLEN AUTO iS REGOTERED THIEF IN JAIL CUT OF 120,000 MADE IN DUDGET XT MEETIN6 The budget committee's report A party of Nyssaites captured a WILLIAM LEES ASSERTS COUN­ asks the county court to levy $335,- bold, bad auto thief Tuesday even-1 TY INJURED HIS PROPERTY 000 in round figures for all state ing after a most exciting chase, be­ $1000 WORTH. and county purposes for 1923. This ginning at Nyssa and ending at n [ farm home in the Roswell neighbor- ■ When the county built the Adrian- is something like $20,000 under the hood The party was composed of Owyhee se(.tion of the Nyssa-Jordan levy for 1922. The report was ■ >m Marshal Reberger, G. H. Davis, ow n-, Valley market road it did dama(fP? pleted and signed by the commit er of the stolen car, F. E. Young I to propprt ownod b w E. Lees of I * th* cloei‘ of a tw° duy’',' ***' jn — j o Skinney u ------ m---------- v - acted as ] Ontario to the tune of $4000, ac- Thursday afternoon. It will be c on- and Tensen, - who chauffeur. F. E. Young was the cording to a complaint filed in the | sidered by the county court . ome the month, bright particular star of the con -, circuit court o f Malheur county this time before the first stellation and covered himself with wepk by the plaintiff.g attorney, at which time the official levies for glory by capturing the thief single | Damages to that amount are asked next year will be made. For general expenditures, taxes handed after an exciting chase of of the 0OUnty to appease the plain- two miles on foot through barb wire tiff of the injury he aUeees he sus- will be about $30,000 less next year than they were this year in Malheur fences and over fields. tained. The car was taken from the Davis j Tbe' lan din quegtioI1 is a]on? the county. But there is a new item of home two miles northwest of Nyssa: bank of the Owyhee river and a $10,000 which had to be-put into the about 0.30 p. m. The theft was dppp f d| was p|aced across it for budget this year to retire road discovered shortly after and a posse thp road According to District At- bonds, which cuts the saving to orgamzed and the chase begun. For- ] torney Lytle „ rigrht-of-wav deed to $20,000. The big savings comes in tunately the car was equipped with thp ,and wa, secured bv tbe county , the state tax but there is also a vacuum tread tires and could easily from a Mr. Cantrell at the time tho saving of $10,000 in general and be traced. The chase led south road was built The county did not special county expenditures. through Adrian and across the river obtain gn ab9tract „ f title to the J The budget .. . as originally publish- klget and dues r e -] ONTARIO WOMAN FILES SUIT stock products. These tests are out­ JUNIORS HAVE PARTY. commendations fa- lined in the following extract from AGAINST OWNERS OF The monthly Junior party was the report: support of the state MOORE HOTEL. held at the church basement last (derations with dues “ Complete tests of 39 varieties of Friday evening. The young folks Personal damages to the extent of |0 per annum. This winter wheat and two varieties of seem to enjoy these gatherings, as Id without objection. $10,000 was asked in a suit which winter barley; make test of ten to the attendance is increasing each was filed in the circuit court o f Mal­ amendments to the twenty varieties of spring wheat time. Thirty-five Juniors enjoyed Dried favoring in- heur county this week by Mrs. Iva and extend tests of Federation themselves Friday evening at games, cutive committee to Tyler against T. H. and Theodore Spring wheat to all wheat growing j etc. Baked apples with whipped [instead of five and Moore. A ll of the parties live in communities in the county; expand cream and cake were served. County into six div­ Ontario. The defendants are the the use of Trebi barley to new com-j -------------------------- . owners o f the Moore hotel. ert was adopted, munities; start fi” e to ten demon- j According to the allegations of into the Roswell country and the ; land and it hag later devei0ped that1 ^ for an *ppropr' atlon of jion of the day was strations o f Grimm alfalfa vs. com­ car was located at a farm house. be ]and does n(d belong to Cantrell $160,000 for state taxes. This was »Iter M. Pierce, the the complaint, Mrs. Ivers was run mon; repeat test of promising soy based upon the state tax of 1922, The thief soon emerged from the but to Mr. Lees. [Oregon. Mr. Pierce over by an auto driven by an em­ bean varieties and extend demonstra­ which was $158,000. The county ployee of the hotel men. She al­ house and upon being q u e s t i o n e d --------------------------- for an hour and a tions to five or ten communities; SUIT FILED IN FEDERAL COURT started to run, whereupon Fred M. D. Priest and family of Cald- court held that the state tax was fcteristic speech dur- leges the employee was a Korean conduct five to ten red clover seed BY RECEIVER OF DEFUNCT got into action, with the result well are recent arrivals in Nyssa i exhorbitant for Malheur county and Df which he emphn- and a man of inferior intelligence demonstrations to show possibility NATIONAL BANK. stated above. The captured man and will make their home with L. sent District Attorney Lytle to ap­ of keeping the and should never have been allowed o f increased profits by taking first pear before the state tax commis­ 'anization together to drive an automobile upon public crop of the second year for seed in­ Suit was filed in the federal court was brought back to Nyssa and M. Purcell, sion with evidence to prove this. ronger and also ad- streets. The accident is alleged to stead of for hay, as now practiced, in Portland by Rulph A. Holte, re­ placed in the city bastile to medi- tate upon the fact that the way of Two fresh cows for sale. Enquire Mr. Lytle was successful enough in flhening of the co- have happened in Ontario. making study o f the clover midge ceiver of the United States National the transgressor is hard. ; at the G. .G| Brown ranch. Adv.d22tf pleading the case of this county to bt.ng organizations bank, against William Allen and in relation to time o f clover bloom­ work of the extension service wheth- •---------------------- i --------------------------- get the state tax for 1923 reduced »lie farmers the nec- Chas. Thompson was in Vale this Mayor P. M. Warren and daugh- to $140,000 . I er in business or fanning. Presi- ing; hold demonstration meetings in John Norwood to collect directors’ orgamzations along dent ¡ i ardjng sayg tbat co-operative a" clover seed growing communities liabilities totalling $21,500. Both week looking after business for ths ter, Miss Edna, were Ontario visit- As heretofore, the big fight of the i0 spoke at length marketjng promises “ more help for to familiarize growers with b u ck -]0* 4be defendants were directors of ors last Friday. Nyssa Grain & Seed Co. budget meeting centered around the I on in the state and j lbe pregent relief and the perman- horn, and other noxious weeds, and t*le bank which closed its doors over appropriation for the county agri- Clyde Beam and Will McDonald eultnral appnt and county pblb y reduced expendi- ent settlement o f agricultural con- methods o f eradicating them; make i a year a*>^________________ BROGAN arrived home Saturday from the O. leader. Delegations of farmers, L !L " ir “ r'dition s than any other single move- field test o f alsike clover for seed I Mrs. w H| Cooker w m in Vale There will be a dance at the Bro­ A. C. to spend Christmas with home members of commercial organiza­ ment before the country.” The club purpaoses under different soil condi- sevpra| days tbjg week taking gan Community Hall Monday. Dec. folks. tions, the Parent Teachers’ Associa­ leader and county agent is the con- tions on Warm Springs p r o je ct;. teachers’ examination. 25. Music will be furnished by the tion and business men of the county neeting link between Agricultural continue tests o f Strawberry and j -------------------------- ■appeared and argued that the con­ Department, State and Farm Bureau Lrnbno clover and test out oth er! J. P. Dunaway, cashier of the Ontario Entertainers. A free sup­ KINGMAN KOLONY tinuation of this educational work °-,.lcy " Th ' f ln \ and w'tbout them the Farm Bureau new seed crops; start tests o f pas- j Malheur County bank,, was trans- per will be served by the men of was essential to the county. > <>t e o I k e j tannot properly function in the g r e a t 4u,e Plants on both high grade and acting business in Vale Wednesday. the community. C. M. Beaumont and F. T. Morgan h ' County Farm work c f organization. ¡alkaline soils; make five to ten] ---------------------------- “ It is an imposition that every The Misses Cecil and Myrtle I j 0Urncyed to Ontario Wednesday eve- (,,is county eman or district No census figures that 99 9% o f the pri- dent corn vs. other local strains; ex- moved in from their farm north- gon Agricultural College at Corvnl-1 Cpmmprcial CUlbf where the ad vis- h" v“ to ,<■av'• thc,r work and Fom'' • , f S'r iCx- N- ’ V mary 'mome of Malheur county is Pa"d local production o f certified " est of Nyssa and are occupying lis, are home for the Christmas holi- j ability of retaining the offices of distant parts of the county to f i r ( .strict No. 3; C. derived f rom Agricultural pursuits, 3eed potatoes to five or ten new the Abe Friis houae on North Third days- the county club leader and the county f '* ht for th,s aprm iprintion,' >priatloo. 3ald ■i . • ic i\o. 4; J. H. and j communities Mr. Claggett, of Ontario. “ I re­ communities and and tost test out out whnlp whole street. Mr. and Mrs. Axtel Reed w ill1 agricultural agent was discussed, rict No. 5, and C. M, quest that hereafter the county Whereas, the welfare o f every in- tubers vs. cut seed for seed pro- Mrs. Artie Robertson spent several leave Friday for Drewsey, where j The Kolony is strongly in favor of ¡¡strict No. 6. Much terest in the county is therefore duction; conduct potato seed certi- days at Ontario the latter part of they will spend the holidays with ] the work done through these offices, court determine this matter upon ken by those attend- the merits of the work and not directly associated with and depend- fication ar,d rogueing demonstra- last week. Mrs. Reed’s parents, Mr. and M rs., and bag many enthusiastic club mem- in listening to the listen to the clamor of a few tax­ ent upon the financial success o f t h e jtions: bold lettuce production meet- ________ _ W. D. Baker. bers. furnished by Mrs. J. payers.” agricultural industry, and infrs during winter and make soil i r The next meeting of the Kolony CRESTON | The Brogan school will give a |Boeita, Miss Elinor The argument of most of those In Whereas, this success is especially management tests for head lettuce ( I Christmas program at the hall Sat P.-T. A. will be held the night of the county, not farmers who have librarian, and W. D. ■ . .. . dependent upon marketing the farm land> comparing barnyard manure, Guy Travis is working at the j urday, Dec. 23. There will also be a January 5th and will be an open, asked for the continuation of this J 10 lnists’ 4 arI° 3 ! products o f this industry at a price * reen pasture, and bare fallow in meeting. The president has secured | Christmas tree and a Santa Claus. Shumway home. work wpre aptly summed up by R on ope cellist, and whjch wi„ enable the producerg to effect on yield and quality o f the The Creston school was closed one Charles Steen, high school teacher, slides of “The Other Wise Man” by W. Swagler, who said he was for the bf Ontario, baritone continue and to expand production, orop; make further tests o f fall Henry VanDyke. This is in harmony day this week on account of sickness, ^i)] leave Saturday for Eugene. Luella Callin, Mrs. and, work because most of the successful J cauliflower in three to five new David Rogers spent the week end Miss Mae Murphy will leave Fri- with the Christmas season and a farmers of the county were for it. Irs. James Smith and Whereas, the system o f marketing communities, and conduct a variety dav for Beulah, Or., where she will pleasant evening is anticipated, at Riverside. eithaupt serving as After some little time of heated these farm products through private tests of on on s; start three to Mr. and Mr,. M M. Creeling and arguments the budget board voted Frank Shumway was called home spend the holidays with her parents. r the various sum- agencies conducted for profit has five cr°P rotations demonstration last week on account of his son Wal­ Mr. and Mrs. Lorenz Tschrigi will H. R. Otis motored to Weiser Tues- to continue the work of these two splendid cafeteria failed to return the cost o f produc- fa™ 9 under irrigation o f good ter being ill. Walter is much better leave Friday for Portland, where day returning Wednesday. They en- at noon by the com- office». tion to the grower in most instances boneb land on a four-year plan of at this writing. ther will remain indefinitely. . j°y*d a play Tuesday evening In buntryman and A. B. The amount of salaries to he paid grain-clover (1 ); clover (2 ); culti­ and has proven to an unbearable de­ Ralph Shumway is out o f school J. A. Smith made a business trip 1 which Merritt Greeling, who is a stu | the deputies in the various county Mrs. Countryman, vated crops.” dent at the Intermountain Institute, gree, unreliable, untrustworthy and at present being confined at home. to Vale Friday. I others. offices precipitated another verbal Other work now under way or inefficient now therefore be it resolv­ Hot lunches have been provided Rev. Weaver of Vale will preach had a prominent part. fight in the meeting. I.ast year [>• ons were passed in planned for next year by Mr. Robert S. Overstreet arrived home ed that we deem it imperative that the school children during the cold a Christmas sermon at the hall, these salaries were cut 10 per cent the afternoon, bear- 1 includes assisting in Saturday evening for the holidays a system of non-profit, grower-con Breithaupt weather. Sunday, Dec. 24. and requests were made by heads i matters of interest! soil improvement and irrigation; from Corvallis where he is a studept T , p rn ,»i _ _______ pf_ f |tro,lcd. legally incorporated, co-oper- . T. R. Beers is suffering from an Dave Buchanan made a business departments and by others that p rtant ativQ mai.keting associations o f the ! bolding livestock and poultry dem- in the Oregon Agricultural College. injured arm, having been thrown | trip to Ironside Tuesday. these salaries be returned to the old was one commend- The school wishes to extend a cor­ commodtiy type, be set up in com- ■‘»nstrations; continue the campaign j rom bjg borge b^is week Mr. and Mrs. Harry Smith and figure which was $125 a month for the bureau for sup- dial invitation to all to their Christ­ petition with or submitted for, the ?l>r P ^ o n i" * rabbits, squirrels, coy-; Mr Barkg wag Creston daughter Viola will leave Friday all chief deputies excepting the aperative marketing mas program Saturday evening, Dec. private agency type of marketing ot* a"d oth‘’ '’ " o p P“ ‘ ts; msist In . onp d thig wpek for Boise, where they will remain sheriff’s tax deputy, who received k r the past three year service as conducted for profit, in fn,it Pr°diiction and the erad ication __________________ ___________________ during Christmas vacation. 23rd. $150 a month. The matter was not lit is essential that Friday night was our coldest when order that honesty and efficiency coddling moth, and various other way into the pockets of Malheur Mr. and Mrs. Bill Eaton were On-] settled until just before adjourn­ »ted, non-profit, p ro -, „ , frrm activities which have been county farmers in the two years. tario visitors last week j the government thermometer regis- ment on Thursday when the salaries cooperative m irket-1 “ y 1>C m° re generally practiced and “ The exact amount o f additional Mrg Bertha Car]igle> who has tered 6 below zero, . r ' , , our prices increased corre pondingly, belp private system con- sought to secure to the county the pa3t ypara and- opi" ' or! of this movement i. difficult to de- ^ A „ot, Wash., Frida,. She to P. J. Connolly for $9.00 per ton ^ ^ the ^ fit which has become benefits of better marketing facilities! of many memh« rs o{ the farm bu- termme accurately because of the acC0mpanied by her grand- Mr. and Mr». P. J. Connolly are at >t $, SB „ mon, h j unreliable and uneff- * A# lm n *A k ln m n/1 (k n 1 n m tka tnfii P An their L headquarters I for the W winter on as offered through those associations roau- “bowed "aluable work for ag- complexity of t the problem n and the dau(, btpr Ila * An unsuccessful attempt was ! now doing business in the country r!'’ult jral development o f the coun-i expense involved in assembling de- and MrJ F. W. Smith motor- *be « Walt* farm. wares w m. made to cut out the appropriation of Plutinn declares that Mr. und Mts. Joseph Miller and . . ... and commend to the incoming offic- ty- T,'e report attributed credit to j pendable data,” says Mr. Breithaupt. ed to Ontario Friday. ' $60,000 for the maintenance nf the [private firms and in-, rr m i n t ! ers and al* member, and the people "dia'over h: been accomplished to “ There is no question, however, that] Dave Ixigan motored to Ontario HD'* Louise have gone to Cascade, 4000 miles of county roads snd the • i.ng *‘ 7 n , jo f the country general’ , a contin- ^arm bureau, the county court, the benefits amount to many thou- j Idaho, to sprtid thew inter. various bridges in the county, rnded to imply , „ . T, : ' ; ” “ Sunday. dollars. Aside from the | , of 0nU rio wg, in Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schweizer .____ , * :lt uance o f this work to its successful “ evspapers o f the county, and the sands of At the conclusion o f the budget ct an a sociation of] conclusion. commercial, parent - tercher and extra cash received by the farmer» Brogan Wednesday. ! and 'J « 1 ' Mis. Lois spent the wej* hearing Judge E. H. Test stated only an unfair prue- Wheras, certain priv”te firms and organizations within the | there is considerable advantage to Frank Mcfullah ia a Brogan v i.- end visiting and shopping In Ontario, that ,in his opinion, the budget did |triment to I gitimatel individuals have from time to time cn,,nty tha4 bave assisted. the members in being able to spend itor this week I Mr. Schweizer has just returned from not allow enough money to main­ bou!ii be remedied ’The work is essent'aily educa-| their time on useful work on the , ' °Mrs Alfred Guerber and children Emmett where he has been for »ev­ tain the county on a rash basis next p c or.. Other rerelu- ,oIici,p<1 business from the people of ^ ___________ A „ an ,eft Wednesday eral week». . . „ „ r ; that most of the bills had to j »pied endor n«r I I Mulhpur Malbenr rnnntv county nnrl»*> under tK.» the m islead-; : t! t!°nnl. continued the re ert “ con- farm, whereas, without such mar- Nonnan ______ ____ _ ------------ ----------- M,a» Alma Homan and ber 'i.te r ^ ^ werp prnvidpd foT hy k and county agent ing name" carryin* tha infer- d,lctl;d by sp. rial methods under “ un- keting facilities they would be ca ll-' f „ r port,and , nd Hillsboro, where (nd th# prohllbility> usual circums‘ an cii, and for this ed upon frequently to spend much they expect to spend the Christmas Ruth of Ontario spent the week end tho country; de-dar- ince that they were in fact the pro- luce-s associations, and reason it is exceedingly difficult to GALLEY TWO— Farm Agent ------ ** M|f‘ innis home. Malheur county would be back on a holidays. e practice o f relling ' Mm. Bernice Martin was home ior ^ ^ ’ M nt d'evet ra-h returns can be at- none whatever, ev**n «mall gains Arden Reed was a business visito» : v‘ atmn asking for Volony people who attended the I Everybody welcome. such self-styled associations. Now, tr'buted thereto to offset the cost through efficient marketing are of in Ontario last week. E consideration fr-m F m Bureau meeting at Cairo last * xtreme importarle in maintaining Mr< Isabelle fo le wili be a gur ' d 8 i .'i ) :n ionning ' herefore be it resolved that we con- many times." Robert Toombs and family this Friday feel that it was a worth while 1 'inn such practice or the part of T' at 'be rernr* dealing ,r evpand ng the industry. wh*h, of hpp parpntg Christmas. week moved from the Dr. Harazin r *” l and»; a id ex- by the way, is the only primary in­ Miss Dayal Cochran will b e . guest r -Prram. Governor rtect W .ltcr M. I a( on to fbp Grange private firms or individuals and that Tl,k core» erntive m r V ( nr in tho ranch near the Shoestring ditch to we favor logirtiUion prohibiting any ''r>untJr clam ed the r'»w -1 m’ errst dustry o f any consequence in the o f her parenu during the holiday ^ « e enthusiastically received and to ail those to the th » ' country. These benefits should in- > George Horn will be a guest o f a"d K olon, reaulent. are loud in the Chas. Thompson farm. 'irm corporation! partnership ot in -i0^ farmers who listened to male the meeting so. iividual from employing the term I rvJmT^- This wo»k berr.in with an create greatly from year to year as his parent, through the Christmas *h. mujuc that » « p a r t o f Thomas Barton ia very low with ‘ • t r — . — _____A ___________ the program. Those in attendance pneumonia. “ Farmers Association" or any like\Vocational eampaign -n 19?1 to ‘ he farmers more generally take that the work o f . . . vaca ion. j fknm the Kolony were: Messrs and iteach the fundamental principle* 0f ’.dvanthge o f the superior facilities nt and Club Leader t.hnt ,,>nrketing offeied Two hundred tons hay, 2000 bu Mesdames Martin, Beaumont, and ffeied for marketing farm products; products Be it further resolved, that the successful rta neur county is and has been carried on until it is hrough properly organized and well shels barley for sale at John Rust > Overstreet, and Mess re. Page. Zeire- Poland China Boars, bl Farm Bureau go on record as con- agricultural county ertimated that many thousands o f managed co-operative marketing ranch, near Mitchell Butte. Lama- le,n, Schaffer, Kingman, Morgan and March farrow.— Ben Rose, I ■ interested in the (CoUtjniMd from page 4.) Or., R. F. D.— Adv.d8-4t additional dollars have found their associations." i ing sheds— Adv. It ; Judd. .-‘ A i TO COLLECT LIABILITY : ? i 'I \ *1 - ■NK.ligw».'» A l) m e e t $1.50 PER YEAR