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housed in tw o wull equipped co tta g es of Iho Children's F arm Home of tho W C. T. U. fo rty o f euoh littlo wolfs as h a s h ith e rto boon condemned to tem p o rary hom es, heused In se c ta ria n in stitu tio n s or se n t to daily aaiociation w ith dalinquenta in in stitu tio n s e stab lished for th e care o f those who have lost th e innocenee which la the rig h tfu l h e irita g e of childhood. Tha F arm Homo board are c o n g ratu latin g them aelvea upon th e ir good for tune in having secured in the person of Mr. T. C. W ebb as su p e rin te n d en t, an ideal fa th e r and ad m in istrato r, with unusual g ra sp e f the need of the work undertak en , and high ideala of tbe m ission of the home he has been able to organize the fam ily collected from m any eountias and as m any kinds of aurrounainga into a real family and home life. The m otto e f th e board, "A R eal Home on a R eal F arm , ia rapidly becom ing a reality. N ot only a re h um anitarians o f the s ta te becom ing m ore and more in te r ested in th e project, but hard headed business m .n u rs re g a rd in g it aa one a f the m ost foresighted busint en terp rise s, planning as it does to de velop those who m ight soon become an econom ie liability into a distinct eco nom ic a sse t. Gov. Pierce, in a re ce n t le tte r to the F arm Home office, says: " I w an t to assure you th a t th ere ia no g re a te r work going on Hi Oregon than the work you are doing " The first tw o c o tta g es will be fo r mally dedicated Septem ber S and a general inv itatio n is extended to all re ad e rs of this p a p er to go to Corvallis to r th is event. The pressin g need for additional buildings, th a t th e m any chlluren for whom applications are be ing m ade in increasing num bers may be housed, is so g re a t th a t appeals are being m ade fo r "d e d ic a tio n g if ts " in the hope th a t such will en able the m anagem ent to m eet this need. In as much aa buildings th a t cannot be en closed before th e rainy season begins m ust be delayed until spring no tim e is to be lost. I t will be wise to send g ifts d ire c t to P ortland F arm Home Office, 612 S tock-E xchange Bldg. These will be presented a t the dedica tion. If p re fe rre d they can be b rought or s e n t to tne Home a t tho tim e of the dedication MAKE We Want O. A. C. FEEDER PIGS Your Next Goal You have finished high rchool and, like all w ide aw ake graduates, a re looking to college. The S ta te of Oregon offers you the b e stt of train in g and a college degree in the leading pursuits and p ro fe s sions, as follows: 65 lbs anp up Let us know what you have Phone 6 Engineering, A g ric u ltu re , Commerce, Forestry. Home Economics, Military Scienee, and Tactics, Mining. Phar macy. Vocational Education and Music. N yssa Packing* Co, BURBIDGE & RAY, Prop. he o perators would not drill unless S tudent life a t the C ol they had a solic block of ground; would lege is rich in o p p o rtu n not tak e the chance of proving up the ities fo r leadership and ground of th e ie non-p articip atin g own personal cu ltu re N ysaa Published «vary F rid a y a t era for some one elae to profit by. The FALL TERM OPENS result was th a t the leasee th a t had O regon, by SEPTEMBER 28, 1923 been tak en w ere re tu rn e d to land own For inform ation w rite to H. F . BROW N ers and p a rties w ent elsew h ere in search of a location w here th ey could TH E R E G IS T R A R E ntered a t the Poetofflee at N yaea, g e t a fa ir chance to win. T he tw o or Oregon c u ltu ra l College Oregon, as second-class mail m atter th ree who held out, thin k in g th a t the Corvallis prom otora wou’d "com e a c ro ss" w ith a cash inducem ent, queered the whole SU B SC R IPTIO N R A T E S: deal. They hiet an oppo rtu n ity th a t *1.50 they may not have again fo r a long m onths, in ad vance......... .........75 tim e. "O th e r efforts to prom ota oil devel ill""L opm ent in the local fieldr have failed for like reasons, and they will continue The following from th e W heatland to fail until laud ow ners acquire some World (W yoming) ao graphically illoa different ideas. "O p era to rs seldom pay out much tra te a conditions g en era lly found by o p erato rs In prospective fields th a t it if money for leases in a " w ild c a t" field If they have to buy leases they wi'l go reproduced in full: " P e rh a p s few realize it,b u t the above and buy some in proven fields where The UNIVERSITY of OREGON expreseee the a ttitu d e o f m any local there is e reesonable assu ran ce of sue contains : and ow ners w ith referen ce to possible cess. All n .w fields are opened up on oil developm ent, in th e opinion of men a purely royalty basis; and the fellow The College of Liteioturc. Science who have tried to p rom ote oil drilling who does the initial prospecting takes and the A rts with 22 departments. in this vicinity. the big risk —dem ands and m u st have The professional schools of Archi " In the p ast th ree or four years, and an equally large o pportunity fo r re ap tecture and Allied A rts—Business more especially within th e p ast year, ing th e benefits o f his money and work, Administration—Education—Grad th ere have been a num ber o f drilling or th ere will be nothing deing. D on’t uate Study—Journalism —Law— projects propos-id, all o f w hich have im agine th a t the prospective d rille r is Medicine—Music—Physical Edu th u s f a r failed for one cause or an in such u rg e n t need for YOUR prop cation—Sociology—Extension. oth er, b u t principally because o f the 1 e rty th a t he is going to pay a big price a ttitu d e of local land ow ners. V isiting to g e t it. He dees not have to have For a catalogue or onff information oil men recently su g g e ste d to the ■t—in fact, he does not have to drill uirtfe The R tjittra r, UniVereitj) o f Hanged for Not Drinking, Oregon. Eviene, Oregon. Tim es th a t if land ow ners had a b e t here, and he w on’t except upon term s ¿A tea K ic d ie .«cry teSa s i te r u n derstanding of th e proposition it and condition as have been found prac M uiiier of o i v t r y who was iiangee The 48th Year Opens September 25,1923 m ight be passible to g a t som ething tical in o th er unproven te rrito ry . for leaving his ale.” It ariaes from s ta r te d here. A cting upon the sug "A gain, it is folly for each m an in the 8tory th at on the way to the gib geetion the following explanation it tere ste d in s group of leases to insist bet where Bawtry m alefactors expl given as to why p rospective operators upon a well being drilled on his place ated thdlr crim es It was the custom to m ake dem ands which p ro p e rty owners first. Leave th a t to the ju d g m e n t of halt the procession s t one spot, and IN THE COUNTY COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON o ften consider u rreasonable, but which the men who have m ade a business give the criminal a farewell drink of beer. A saddler, marked for death In fa c t a re only rig h t and fair: FOR THE COUNTY OF MAL and study of th a t. Men a re n o t going contem ptuously refused the proffered " I n any new o r " w ild c a t" field the to spend money to drill holes in the draught and was prom ptly hanged. HEUR. first w ells to be drilled a re a pure gam ground ju s t to ulease any individual. By Just as many m inutes later aa he IN T H E M A TTER OF T H E E IT A T E bie. Oil pools a re located w ith re fe r They will dr ill to find oil. I f th e ir had declined to dally s breathleas O F MARY A. TH O M PSO N , D E ence to tb e folds or dip o f oil bearing propsecting point* to your fa rm as the horsem an arrived with a rcprlevaf C E A SE D . form ations. T he first hole in a new m ost likely place for success, th ey will The undersigned having been a p field m ay s trik e oil or it m ay not. It drill th e re , never fear. pointed by th e County C o u rt of tha On the Way. m ay show only w hether or not the "T h e re a re o th e r reasons th an those T he tim e seems to he coming whet, S ta te of Oregon, tar th e County of deeper form ation is favorable for the cited above fo r one or two prom otion thoee who Indulge la luxury and shea M alheur, ad m in istrato r of th a e sta te p reasore of oii in the vicinity. W here fa ilu res here, b u t tbu principal reason wttl be regarded with quite as moaft of Mary A. Thom pson, deceased, and the form ation is so thoroughly covered is th e inability to securu th e desired «■apteton and contem pt as was f a r having qualified, notice is hereby given as it is hare on the W heatland F lats, a contiguous leases The m an who ■ erty directed tow ard those whe to the c re d ito rs of, and all persona ssrie s o f w ells may be n ecessary to th ro u g h a m isconception of the condi haunted the doors of chick eh having claim s ag ain st th e a s ta te of prove th e lay and dip of tha form a tions under which oil prorp. c to rs la ■(ter dark.—Utica Observer said deceasd, to p re se n t them , duly tlen and enable geologists to figure bor, re fu se s to ro o p erate w ith the verified, aa req u ire d by law, w ithin six w here th e oil pools a re to be found. neighbors in g ra n tin g leases under m onths a f te r the first publication of S—shl Keep It Dark! Such a se ries o f holes m ay prove th a t reasonable g u a ran tee s, not only loses At a recent bar exam ination a candi this notice, to said ad n fin istrto r a t hia th e oil pools a re a h a lf mile or ten o u t him self, but effectually prevents date defined law as follow s: “Law I* residence a t Nyssa, O regon, or a t the m iles from w here th first drilling is tbe m eans by which we acquire leggl office of E. M. B lodgett, in Nyssa, develo p m en t of any p a rt of the field. dene. "T h e w rite r does not know the possession of property belonging Is M alheur C ounty Oregon. " T h a t is the rca*an th a t piaatical nam es of any persona who have stood another.”—Boston Transer*pt CHA S. L. THOM PSO N, m en, in e n te rin g an unproven field, in tho way of developm ent as above A dm inistrator of the E a ta te of Mary dem and a larg e acreage of leases The indicated, hence no one can ta k a this A. Thom pson, Deceased Dance. Big Bend pavillien, Friday, man who m ak e s the first venture, r e as a personal criticism . I t is w ritten S eptem ber 7. Good crowd, floor and D ate of firet publication Aug. 31, 1923 quirin g an e xpenditure o f possibly a only w ith th e dasire to give the land muaic D ate of last publication Sept. 28, 1923 hundied thousand dollars, is e n title d to ow ners a view of the o p e ra to r’# side of every chance o f success. He may the question in the hope th a t th e next lea se S m ith ’s farm and Ju n e ’s farm , Mark Memorial Trees. N otice is hereby given th a t the un effort, w henever it may be m ade, may while brown, betw een or adjoining Regardless of how thoughtfully the dersigned. as S up erin tan en t of Banks m eet with more liberal cooperation, Sm ith and Jones, declines to give a trees have been selected and how th o r for tha S ta te of O regon, la in charge th a t all m ay profit thereby " lease on his place, unless he g e ts a oughly the planting has been done, of tha as«ats and affairs of th e Bank H ietory re p e a ts itself. The above there rem ains Intelligent care to have price fo r it. The p rospecting on the of N yssa, N yssa, Oregon, for th e pur Sm ith and Jones farm s m ay prove th a t re p re se n ts the experience in this vicin them live and thrlue. says the Ameri pose of liquidation. th ere is no oil under those places but ity of the Penn Pacific Oil Company can Forestry association of W ashing All persons who m ay have claims th a t th e re ie every assurance th a t ■ which has a g re rd to thoioughly test ton. which will register your memorial a g ain st said bank are hereby notified tree s on Its national honor mil. Many o u t this country if its in h ab itan ts g u sh e r will be struck on the Brown planters have been disappointed with to m ake legal proof th ereo f by filing • farm , which he has not got and c a n 't will only c o o p srate The question is — the resu lts of th e ir work because^ duly verified claim as by law provived, g e t. O r th e work may show th a t th e do You o r d o y o u not wish to have jo u r they considered th eir Job completed w ith the D eputy S u p erin ten d en t of pool ie a long distance aw ay on Doe’s '* nd* developed? when tbe last shovelful of soil was Hanks in charge a t th e office of the farm . I ——■ placed around the tree. BANK OF NYSSA, Nyssa, Oregon, on or before the 23rd day of Septem "N o d rille rs can keep the result of Dance, Big Band pavillion, Friday, ber. 1923. Neat W orker. th e ir work entirely secrat. The min S ep tem b er 7. Oood crowd, floor and FR A N K C BRAM W ELL, “F ath er. please let aie m arry Jim . u te som eone s ta r ts to drill e new field Superintendent of Banka. m usic. H e’s ao n e a t Why. when he w ia In o th er o p e ra to rs begin to w atch for re Ragaaa be got two m edals for l> l suits. W here a aeries of holes are Oht dngoifts and mopping a drilled the experienced w atch er can NO TICE FO R PU B LIC A TIO N . American Legion Weekly. lea rn j u s t as m uch about it as the fel D ep artm en t of th e interior, To th* c re d it of our s la te , ba it said, lows who a re spending th e money for U. S- Land Office a t Vale. Or. th e w ork. T aking a d v an tag e of in t h a t a fte r y e ars of neglect o f th a de A ugust I, 19t8. fo rm atio n thus gained, the w a tc h e ' pendent child th e t th ere a re now , N atice ia hereby given th a t M e rritt can slip over to the adjoining places M. G reeling o f Nyssa. Oregon, who, and buy u p lasses on practically a on A ugust 11, 1919 m ade d e se rt Land aura thing, while tha men who prove e n try No. C5926, for S tS W j, Section th e country a re left holding tha «ark, FALL TERM BEGINS SEPT 24th 12, Townahip 21 South, R ange 46 E ast, "E x p erie n ce d men will not do busi W illam ette M eridian, haa filed notice n e ss th a t way. They are geing to inten tio n to m ake final proof, to es Become a Bookkeeper or Stenographer. Good salaries h ava sufficient ground held by leases tablish claim to tha land above de to p e a ta e t them in all reasonable prob are paid to thoroughly trained office assistants. LINK’S acribad, before R e g iste r and Receiver ab ilities. or they are not going to drill. TRAINING will place you on the road to success. U. S. Land Office, a t Vala, O regon, on And you c a n ’t blam e them . tha 12th day of Septem ber. 19(3. "A ease in point. J u e t a few weeks C laim ant nam es ss witnesses* a g e c e rta in non resident p a rtie s sent a New Cataloga* seat Free on Request H arvav O tis. Frank C. M organ. Rob m an h e re to look over th a prospects a r t R. O v e rstre e t, W ebb M. Otia, all and upon his re p o rt th ey agreed to a f N yssa, O regon. ahip in a rig and s t a r t d rillin g in 30 GEO. W. M cKNIGHT, days, oa such a m a tte r, provided ha R egister. ceuld se cu re leases on a t laaat 2400 acres o f ground In a c erta in locality. For S a le —8 stands of bees, 1 cook M ost o f th a o w n e rs of lha desired land bouse 8x10 ft, 1 mower, 1 lavaler, 4 readily g a v e leases, tw o or th ree held cows, 8 calves, soma hog w ire and Boise o u t fo r a prise which would n e t ba m any o th er m iscellaneous artielaa. Fully credited by National Association paid tb e m c n a long chance. Thaw ould- C. R. C arter. GATE CITY JOURNAL “ Grab A ll-L o o s e AH’ at* We Print Bntterwraps Busines College 1 H N yssa Realty Co. J. BOYDELL Licensed and Bonded Real Estate Brokers and General In suraitte. ÜNiygRsiTYof O regon Children’s Parra Home LINK’S m f NYSSA - OREGON ♦ » ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ s s s m S M S S H S M S St See McFa i and see better. D r. J . A . M cFall Eyesight Specialist Ontario - Oregon Chiropractors Urs. Bradford & Bradford. C arver method. C onsultation and exaznina- tion free. Ten y ears successful prac tice in th e sta te of Oregun. Special ra te s given for 60 days. F irs t door w est of Bank of Nysaa, Nyssa, Or. We grind oar own lenses Phone 147 J McConnon’s Products Home Raniadiaa P u re E x tra c t a f gpioee Toilet Artici*« V eterm asy Remedies Poultry Compounds ------- SOLD BT _______ U ntil a m ark et change we will pay f o. b. La G rande, Oregon, 44c fo r b u tte r fa t, 18e fo r hens 4} lbs and STAR H O TE L - NYSSA. OR over, and 15c for hens from 4 to 44 Prompt attention Riven to mail lbs. D ated July 30. order*. U N ION CREAM ERY CO. J. H . H U N T E R F o r d s o iY THE UNIVERSAL TRACTOR; .) Reduce Your Production v Costs Farming, like every other business, must cut down the overhead. It iB not a question of being able to afford a Fordson; ft is a question of being able to con tinue farming on fhe old too-costly basis. The fa rn e r’s problem is not oil a sales problem; it is its » a production problem. He must cut down the cost of production. . The Fordson does more work at a lower cost and in less time than the old hand methods. Let us give you the proof. W rite, phone or call today. V. B. STAPLES DEALER 0 n t" io Oregon