GATE CITY JOURNAL a nuisance to others.
The immediate cause of the
furore
in Utah was the arrest of
Published every F rid a y a t Nyssa,
Y o u ’ ll L i k e t o B a n k H e r e
a number of prominent citizens
O regon, by
for smoking in a hotel dining
H. F . BROWN
room. The point at issue is their
right to smoke in a public place
A t the Bank of N yssa you will discover
E ntered a t the Fostoffiee a t Nyaaa. when it is offensive to others
a to n c a a aincara and continuing in te rest
O regon, aa second-claaa m ail aaattei
in your larger|success, which m akea your
who are as much entitled to con i
7
'
daalings here both a pleaaure and a
sideration
as they are. Any au
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been tolerated so long that they
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only
by sufferance.
HOUSE CLEANING NEEDED.
Mrs. H. A. Divens En The biblical version of the
Rebekah’s Party
Garden of Eden and the story of
ANfiNY USURY
Thursday, F ebruary 22, was a red
tertains.
“ Adam the apple and poor E .e” On of the questions discussed a t the
le tte r day day, both on th e calendar
NYSSA, OREGON
and in th e lives of certain lucky N y isa
A very a ttra c tiv e birthday dinner is a fable, according to Dr. Percy Ooen Forum la st week w as “ Does
youngsters, for on th a t day th e ladies was given a t the Diven home last Sun
the Bible condemn the tak in g of
Stickney
Grant,
rector
of
the
of the R* bekah lodge gave a p a rty fo- day. It wan given in honor of Mr
th e ir children a p a rty . A bout sixty b .v r n ’s birthday. The invited guesta Protetestant Ep scopal church of usury (in te re s t)? -’ A ccording to our
• fctefw >S i i s s t S S S S S S S S M » M > M M M < « l
i form ation the question was decided
children attende»*. all ressed e ith e r as w ere: Mr. and Mrs Elm er Stradley,
Mr, or Mrs.
George
W ashington. Mr and Mrs. H arry G oshert, Mr. and the Ascension. In his sermon in the negative. In view o f this d e
Apropos of the invitation to paren ts IN T H E COUNTY COURT OF T H E
Prizes w ere given fo r the best cos Mrs. A rtie R obertm n. am. Mrs D rigbt last Sunday he made a plea for a cision we feel constrained to publish a
tum es, Dorothy Cook and Osa Blay Sm ith, Mr and Mrs. E rn est Diven ar.d
to have th e ir children
baptized on
STA TE O F OREGON. FO R T H E
thorough
houspcleaning
by
the
few
biblical
references
regarding
the
lock being the w inners. The children Mrs W. H. Reynolds.
E aste r Sunday, we would like to in
COUNTY OF M A LH EU R.
subject.
In
Exodus
22.
25
we
read:
enjoyed them selves playing gam es end
churches.
To
quote:
Mr. Diven presided and was a very
quire w h a t S criptural au th o rity there In the M atter o f the E sta te o f Gus
g e ttin g outsside of a big feed.
pleasing host.
“ There is need of a new re “ If thou lend money to any of my is for in fan t baptism .
tav e Adolph Schweizer. Deceased.
people th a t is poor by thee, thou shalt
ligion if the church will not clean not
The undersigned, having been H D -
be to him as an usurer, neither
We shalt thou lay upon him u su ry .”
pointed by the County C ourt of the
These cold days let Honey F o s t-r house of all its fetishes.
horn y keep you warm , as i t does the cannot adhere to fables in re
Valuab'e Addition S ta te of Oregon, fo r the County of
Lev. 25. 35-6. At d if thy bro th er be
A m eeting of th e P a re n t T eacher B ees.f2 tf
ligion any longer, for the young waxen poor, and fallen into decay with T here may be o th er fire denartm en*s M alheur, executrix o f the e sta te of
Association will be held next Tuesday
U ntil a m ark et change, wt offer 50c
ustave Adolph Schw eizer, deceased,
evening a t 7:80 a t th e school house.
people of today are not going to th ee ; then thou sh a lt relieve him ; yea, aa efficient aa the Nyaaa d e p artm e n t so G and
E lection of officers will be held and a for b u tte r fa t, $8.00 per cafe for egus,
having qualified, notice is hereby
tnough
he
be
a
stra
n
g
e
r,
or
a
sojourn
fa r as lighting fire is concerned. Both
Untor, believe what their- grandparents
program rendered. E verybody invited f o. b. La Grande, Oregon
given to the creoitors of and all persons
er; th a t he m ay live w ith thee.
C ream ery Co , successors to Commer
| the Vale and O n tar'o boys have good
to a tte n d .
did. The mind must contribute “ Take thou no usury of him, or in
having claims a g s i’ s t “aid deceased to
cial C ream ery Company.
records in th a t line.
B u t when it
present them , duly verified, as required
something
to
religion.”
crease:
B
ut
fe
a
r
thy
God;
th
a
t
thy
W
anted
To
buy
good
strong
hay
comes to raising poultry the Nyaaa
For Salu
by law, within six m onths a fte r the
d e rr'ek with cable S 'a te price. Ad
Continuing he declared he had bro th er may live w ith thee, t
Fire d e p a rtm e n t claims to be in a elass
Chopped barley, $1.75 per hundred lbs. dress P. O. box NO. 221, N yssa, Ore
first publication of this notice to said
“
Thou
shall
not
give
b’m
thy
money
by
itaelf,
and
the
reason
for
this
be
“rather
be
on
the
up
grade
with
gon f 16 2tp
f!63tp
F red K lingback
upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals lief seem s to be well founded. One executrix a t her residence in O ntario,
the descendants of the ape than for in cre ase.”
Oregon, or a t the office of E. M,
on the down grade with Adan D eut. 23. IS. “ Tttou sh alt not lend day th is w eek when the d e p artm e n t B lodgett in N yssa, M alheur County,
responded to an alarm of tire they dis
is representing the degenerate upon Uoury to thy b ro th er; usury of covered an old hen se ttin g on 15 eggs Oregon
M argaret W alrack Schweizer,
money, usury of victuals, usury of in the chem ical engine house. The
son of God.”
E
x
ecutrix
of the E sta te of Gust 4
anything
th
a
t
is
lent
upon
usury.
boys have voted her in as an honorary
We will probably add nothing
Schw eizer Deceased.
w
“ U nto a stra n g e r thou m ayest lend m em ber of th e d e p a rtm e n t and have
D ate of first publication Feb. 23, 1923
to our popularity by admitting upon
usury: but unto thy bro th er thou prom ised to give a big chicken supper D ate of last nublication March 23, 1923
that we have for some time en shalt not lend upon u su ry .”
as soon as the chickens are ready to
tertained the identical belief e x Nehem iah 6. 7. “ Then I consulted fry and inv ite all th e ir friends, includ
pressed by Dr. Grant. Several w ith m yself, and I rebuked the nobles, ing the Jo u rn a l, to p a rtic ip a te This
U. S. ARMY SHOES
years ago we were severely rep and the rulers, and said onto them , ye may be counting our chickena before
ex act usury everyone of his neighbor. they are hatched, b u t we have full
rimanded by a Methodist minis And 1 se t a g re a t assem bly ag ain st
in th e ability of the N yssa F ire
W e have ju s t bought a trem endous
ter for stating in a Sunday school th e m .” This e n tire c h ap ter should be d fa e ith
p artm e n t, aince the addition of the stoek of Arm y Munson last shoes to
class that there were lots of read in order to g e t the rig h t perspec new m em ber, K m ake good.
be sold to the public a ire ct These
things in the Biole that were not tive. The conditions described therein
shoes are 100 per cen t solid lea th er
are
som
ew
hat
analagous
to
those
e
x
true. The Garden of Eden story
w ith heavy doable soles sewed and
g around N yssa though probably
was one of the things v/e had in istin
nailed. The uppers a re of heavy t a r
Young
People’s
a little m ore severe
croir.e leath er w ith bellows tongue,
mind. The same party also called Ezek. 18. 12. “ H ath oppressed the
thereby m aking them
w aterproof.
us down for admitting to a be poor and needy, h a th spoiled by vio
Society Organized These
shoes a re selling very fa s t and
let.ee,
hath
not
restored
the
pledge,
lief in the theory of evolution.
The Young P eople’s Society of the we advise you to n rd e r a t once to insure
The world to day is much like and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, F ed erated Church p erfected th e ir o r your order being filled.
com m itted abom ination,
ganization last Sunday evening and
BURBIDGE & KAY, Prop.
the child who has just learned hath
The sizes are 6 to 11. all w idths;
13. " H a th given fo rth upon usury, elected the follow ing officers: P re si
that there is no Santa Claus. Af ana h a th tak en increase: shall he then dent, Miss Bliss C a rte r; first vice p re s Price $2.75. Pay postm an on receip t
?• *iv-' S'*' ;•
tk vi
ident,
who
wiil
have
charge
of
the
d
e
ter having been taught by par live? he shall c o t live: he hath done all votional w ork, Mrs. W W F e ste r; of goods or send money order. Money
ents and Sunday School teachers these abom inations; he shall surely s cond vise president who will have refunded if shoes are not sa tisfac to ry .
of the d e p artm e n t of Mssions,
«K*
to believe in Santa Claus the die; his blood shall be upon h im .” The charge
tak in g of usury in this c h ap ter is G race W arren; third vice oresident,
child learns from an outside linked up w ith a num ber of abom inable who will have charge of the d e p a rt
m ent of Mercy and H elp, R uth Ser
source chat there isn’t any such acta and is evidently considered by the voss;
fo u rth vice president, or Social
being. The awakening is rude w riter as being in the sam e class.
d e p artm e n t, Mias G eorgia Dennis and THE U. S. STORES CQt
1441 Broadway, New York City.
and heartbreaking. And the Ezek 22. 12. “ In thee have they Miss E lizabeth Thom pson; secretary ,
F ra n k Sherw ood; tre a su re r, F rank
same feeling is experienced by taken g ifts to shed blood; thou h ast R eb erg er; o rg an ist, V erna Thompson.
the conscientious religious stu taken usury and increase, and thou The young folks are sta rtin g out McConnon’s Products
h ast greedily gained of thy neighbors stro n g and u r* e everyone to attend
dent who discovers by an inde by e x to rtio n .”
their devotional m eeting each Sunday
Home Rem edies
pendent research that those in We m nst confess to a little surprise evening a t 6:45. Come out neqt Sun
Pure E x tra a t of Spices
day evening and help m ake the work a
whose teachings he had confi th a t any biblical stu d e n t could, in the g re a t success.
Toilet A rticles
dence have taught him to be face ot the above references, argue
V eterinary Rem edies
a t th e Bible does not con lem n the
Poultry Compounds
lieve much that is not true. In th
taking of usury.
L est any should Local Sunday Schools
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sistence upon the infallibility of claim th a t the quotations, being from
the Bible is the rock upon which the Old T estam ent, a re not reliable ws
Are To Be United
the church is breaking. Either will quote from th e New T estam en t to
The
com m ittee are m aking their
-
N Y SSA , OR
the church must renounce this prove th e ir a uthority to speak. In plana for the uniting of the M ethodist STAR HO TEL
C h rist’s parab ls of th e rich m an and and presbyterian Sunday schools and Prompt attention given to mail
claim or sutler a disintegration
orders.
L azarus we read:
“ And A braham are expecting th a t these plans will be
of its elements, for there is an saith unto him, they have Moses and perfected in the near fu tu re.
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■.
■
n, ■ ■ - _ _ .
I
t
is
piani
ed
th
a
t
th
e
two
schools
increasing number of people, the prophets; let them hoar them .
will get to g e t to g eth e r for a program D | | D | I f " *
C j I r o
even among the clergy, who wiil “ And he sa d, N ay, F a th e r A braham : for E a ste r Sunday, using the Sueday ■ R J I - B L l w J O A L E 9
no longer admit the infallibility but if one w ent unto them from the school hour to organize the classes aad
the church service program , baptism al
of the Bible- The time is about dead, they will repent.
service, consecration service. All p a t
“ And he said unto them , If they e n ts who wish th eir children baptized
have purchased 122.000 pair U.
ripe for a thorough bouseclean- h ear not Moses and the prophets, a t th is tim e should speak to the pastor S. We
Army Munson last shoes, siz esS J
ing.
neither will they he persuaded though before tim e. We also are asking the to 12, which was the e n tire su rfd ^
Try Our Home Cured
0
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i Hams, Bacon, Lard and I!
Sausage
BANK OF NYSSA
WE GUARANTEE THEM
N YSSAM EATM AR K ET
P. T. A. Meeting
A
Wanted!
Carload of hogs by next Friday.
Call 20F2 and let us know what
you have
Nyssa Packing Co.
FARMERS!
Don’t wait to have your seed
i: grain cleaned until Jones gets
ahead of you and you have to
wait.
Nyssa Grain &
Seed Co.
NYSSA
OREGON,
“FREAK LEGISLATION."
Th; people down In Utah, or
at least a few loud-mouthed
ones, are having several differ
ent kinds of spasams because t e
See Me Fall and see better.
We grind police officers there are enforc
our own ing the law against snicking in
Lenses enclosed public places, including
S l ,
Phone 147 dining rooms. Various deroga
fuL-
Eyesight Specialist
tory epithets are applied to the
J
Ontario
•
*
Oregon
law, the least of which is “freak
legislation,” and it is character
ised as an infringment ot “per
sonal liberty.”
It is a sad commentary ofl the
times when it i4 necessary to
enact laws to compel men, pre
sumably gentlemen, to observe
J. BOYDELL
the most elemental rules of
courtesy and good breeding.
One person’s liberty ends
Licensed and Bonded Real Estate Brokers and General In
surante.
where another’9 begings, and
while those who desire to smoke
have a perfect right to do so if
they will go off by themselves,
they have no right to smoke
where by so doing they become
Dr. J. A. McFall
i Nyssa Realty Co.
NYSSA
OREGON
J. H. HUNTER
folks to come out to the Sunday school
one rose from the d e a d ."
services betw een now and E aster.
I t will be noted th a t the referen ces
given are exclusively from Moses and
the prophets, and C hrist recognises Men’s Bible Study Class
th e ir teacL ing as tru e
to Have 50 Out Sunday
The m en’s Bible Study class which
m eets each Sunday n orning a t 10:00
o ’clock in the Com mercial Clab roems,
VALE SUBSIDY.
are m aking a special effort te have a
Poor little Ship Subsidy is record atten d an ce Sunday sserntng.
have se t the m ark s t 50. All the
dead. Harding’s little pet has They
men are Invited to come out and attend
suffered a most cruel fate—it and help boost this comm unity effort.
stock o f one of the la rg e st U. S. Gov
ernm ent shoe contractors.
This shoe is gu aran teed 100 p e r cent
solid leather, color dark tan, bellows
tongue, d irt and w a te r proof. The
actu al value of this shoe is $6 00. Ow-
ing to this trem endous buy we can of
fer sam e to the public a t $2.95.
Send correct size. Pay postm an on
delivery or send money order.
If'
sho s a re not as rep ren sen ted we will j
cheerfully refund your money apon re-
lying : quest
Box
was talked to death by those
naughty insurgent senators in W anted—To bny some good
under the Black Cauyen.
one of the most determined fili land
National Bay State Shoe
22. R oute 1, N yssa, Oregon.
busters in history.
The fate of the subsidy bill 1 For S ale—Good double work harness.
Company
shows up the weakness of the See H. R. Sherwood M2tf
296 Broadway, New Y ork, N. Y.
administration leadership as
nothing else could. The special
session was called for the ex
press purpose of passing the sub
DON’T Wait until the spring work starts to have your
sidy bill
The announcement
harness
repaired. Do it now before the rush.
was made that it was to be made
We are agents for tents and awming, representing the
a test of administration strength.
Tent & Awning Co. of Boise.
In spite of an unusual number of
"lame dueks” and other sub-
sarvient congressmen the bill
failed of passage. Peace to its
ashes
Larkin Bros. Shoe Repair Shop