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tfE GATE CITY JOURNAL NYSSA, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, m i ME XXII NO »>• >1.50 PER YEAR TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION TO OOLD GENERAL SESSION MEASLES CAN BE PREVENTED! CWYHEE Why should your children have measles? Measles is a preventable The basket social held at the disease. Notwithstanding this fact! 1 school house Wednesday evening there are probably more than twelve I i was a financial as well as a social j hundred eases of measles in Portland j success. The total receipts were CONVENTION WILL BE HELD IN at this time and three deaths have j $41.60. PORTLAND, DEC. 27. 28, 2» resulted from the disease. The epi | Mr. and Mrs. Claude Smith and demic, however, is not eonfined to $750,000 BOND ISSUE HELD IKO FIRST SNOW O N I Vivian and Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Me- OREGON Portland alone, as reports show that PER IN LATE OPINION 1 Ginnis and James ate Thanksgiving Estimated That More Than Two TRAIL REPORTED it is prevalent also in some o f the dinner at the home of their parents Thousand Teachers of Oregon smaller communities. It is well Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Smith. Will Be In Attendance therefore for all teachers to be on . John Rust of Boise week-ended a; JPark o f Cairo C ommunity the lookout for cases of measles in his home on the river. Ls Third Place Against their schools. The disease is more All the members of the Schweiser! Dr. Bryan, President of *he Large Class common among school children, but Expect Work To Be Commenced ! and Russell families formed a merry ; University of Ohio, has been secur Vale And Vicinity Having Sunshiny it may also occur among adults. gathering of about forty people, in us lecturer for the annual session And Bonds Sold In Weather With Mercury Measles is an acute febrile disease eluding little folks, at the Oce j oi 111 UreKon State Teachers’ As Near Future orlhy record was ma<e r t.jlaracterized chiefly by skin erup- Around 32-Degree Schweizer home on Thanksgiving ! sociation by the President of the L Graham Park of the Cairo tions in the form o f rash, and in- _____ ____ _ a bountiful ..... ......... A»«>«»»tion, Superintendent _ G. W day where all ____ enjoyed Ity of Malheur County by flamation o f the mucuous mem | Ager, of Bend. The Oregon State Supreme Court, dinner. (third place on commercial The mercury took a short drop at brane, accompanied by a watery dis speaking through Justice John L. Mrs. Geo. Glascock and children The convention will be held in potatoes at the Pacific Vale the first of the week and ice charge from the nose, eyes, and Rand, the first of the week, with attended a family gathering at the ! Dortlund at the Lincoln High School tt Potato Show at Spokane throat. In the beginning it is hard drew their former decision holding home of the former’s mother, Mrs. on December 27, 28, 28. For the has formed on the streets and riv.-r L,.y elected by himself from to differentiate from a common cold the formation o f the Jordan Valley Sarah Robertson, o f Nyssa on * encral sessions efforts are being but the days are clear with lots of Ll int grown in connection in the head, but the diagnosis is Irrigation District invalid and hand Thanksgiving day. Mrs. Robertson i made to secure another speaker ot sunshine. l Farm Bureau potato im- generally settled upon the appear ed down their decision to the effect Portland,—Portland had its first returned with Mrs. Glascock for a 1 e‘lual rank with Doctor Biyan. The L< project. The winning ance o f the rash. Measles is probab that the organization was regular few days visit. annual session will open at nine taste of frosty weather this week. [Mr. Park a ribbon and ten ly the most contagious o f all dis in all things and that the District Mr. and Mrs. Warren Fenn left »'dock, Tuesday, December 27, with The thermometer at the weather |ii cash, but better still the eases, and spreads throughout a is now in corporate existence. Wednesday for Provo Utah, to at- a meetin8 of the Representative bureau went down to 32 degrees but Lhmcnt of having won in a community like wildfire. The disease it was colder in the outlying dis The title o f the suit was William 1 tend the funeral of a friend. ' Counc*l. [ of competitors many of is transmitted generally through Weber, et al versus the Jordan Val- Carl Schweizer came down from general session of the Assn tricts. Ive been showing for yea’ s, droplets and the sprays from the ley Irrigation District and was There was considerable ice on the Boise to spend Thanksgiving hob ciation convenes at nine o’clock Fri- lore gave Park 953 points nose and throat of persons having brought for the purpose of deter- with home folks. day morning, December 28. The streets and ground with a cold wind [ po ible 1000. He received the disease. It also is probably mining the validity of the proceed- | Messrs August and Henry Tuleson °Pen‘ n8 address will be given by Dr. blowing. | rating on "Freedom from conveyed to some extent through the ings under which the district was or- The freeze came just ten days la visited at the Peutz home on j Bryan. From reports already re [ "Si i " ..i d “Maturity” and use of handkerchiefs and towels. It ganized. ter than the average date for the | Thanksgiving day. reived there will he more than two rfect in ‘‘Texture o f Flesh." is not believed that the scales from Bonds amounting to $750,000 had Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Schweizer and! thouaaIld te th e rs from all sections first frost, which is Novmber 21. ¡most of his few points on j measles have much to do with the The cold-weather, however, is due been voted by the district and $300,- baby, Anna Louise and Oral Hite ot 0re£on in attendance at this ind “ Uniformity” , the re- ( Spread of disease. Measles is one of to be short-lived, according to 000 worth o f these bonds had been! and Carl Schweizer ate Thanksgiv- session- aving a very limited quan- the, most difficult conditions Weather Man Wells. issued. If the decision of the court ing dinner with Mrs. Margaret atoes from which to choose. to control. This is n o t due The Dalles,—Saturday was the ■ a perfect 200 points on had not been withdrawn and changed Schweizer and daughter Anna re- only to the contagious character of | all o f these bonds would have been turned with them for the week end. coldest night experienced this fall n from Disease” however is oruy in me voinaisiuu» in The Dalles, the temperature drop and no ya)ue whateV(,r gtatc Veterinarian Thompson, who testimonial to the care with the disease but also to he fact that but under the Supreme Court’s rul- was testing Owyhee cows for tuber Miss Ella Bros nan of Weiser vis ping to 24 degrees above zero. I has rogued and cared for t is con a g iou s^ oie^ pears. IgnoVant and indifferent Baker,—Motorists arriving here on ing the issue is a proper one. culosis Monday was brought up by ited friends here one day this week. I plat, as well as a piece of j mothers also play a part in its Sunday from the west say there is Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Guerber and | The interested parties are attempt- Harry Anderson, a high school sto lii. favor of “ home grown | s pi-cad. Mothers should keep ttjeir at present six inches o f snow on the ( bio plats” which the cx- ring to have the Securities Commis- dent of the Agri, Dept, of Ontario. infant son returned to Jamieson thr Oregon trail on the Blue mountains. children away from nicture shows |of getting seed potatoes | »¡ton meet specially in order that th e! The two gentlemen ate dinner at the eady part of the week. Traffic, however, is not hampered. and all public gatherings until the V. B. Staples made a busines- I bid for the work may be accepted | Lowe home, ■ne where away from home Several caterpillars especially de epidemic has abated. L a hard time to explain, and as much done as possible before Webster Loye who is a sophomore trip to Boise Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Oxman of signed for the purpose have been’ i the cold weather sets in. ! at the Intermountain Institute at I has carried this seed plat placed along the trail by the state I through two years now Weiser spent the holidays with his Jamieson spent Sunday in Ontario. highway compmission to be used in Miss Ada Lee and John Moore ( “ spuds” haven’t “ run out” ----- * parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Loye. keeping the highway open during ARCADIA I i Mr. and Mrs. Oce Schweizer and sprung a surprise on their friend.- the winter. . * I family and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rus- last Saturday. They drove to Boii< Union,—About two inches of ---------- A large crowd turned out to hear went to the Bend Sunday where to see the musical comedy and while FRED HERRICK IS HANDLING Lhe Thanksgiving program at the they helped Mr and Mrs Wm there, were married. Miss Lee ha snow fell at Union Thucatlay night, the lin t snow of the mason. IVi-i THE CONSTRUCTION WORK school house Wednesday. Every num- stradtry « ir tr a te their silver wed- a Beauty Shop here nnd has been has been one of the most jyiw r t ia complimented highly on her work. ---------- her went o ff in perfect order to the ding anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Iharniing And Inexpensive sans Cwdh b a r hart TK^ynar*. There Thirty Two Miles Of Road And Will credit of both pupils and teachers. gtradley were the recipients o f a Mr. Moore is the »or. s T U .-M -jre,- p i: s Are To He Found is shout six feet of snow in the sur Be Completed by First 1 Chester Lackey, wife and baby j number of useful and beautiful gifts. prominent hotel man. Their many At Loral Shops rounding mountains. Of July ; spent Thanksgiving with Mrs. Lac- The Rippey young folks came friends wish them much success and Salem,—Salem and Marion county ---------- ^ keys parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Me - 1 over f rom Apple Valley to attend happiness. experienced the coldest weather for Mr. and Mrs. Frank Oxman went Extension of the O W . R. R. & N. Connell o f Fruitland. * i the basket social, I wallet is a mighty conven- the year last Friday night. A t 5 ■nct, but is by no means cs- tracks from Crane to Burns in Mai- j jyr. and jy[rs J0hn Z)tt**cob and j The Owyhee Sunday school has do- to Boise Friday to see the musical o’clock Saturday morning the ther lo r this years holiday buy- heur county, a distance o f 32 miles .\jiasea Lizzie and Leona; spent nated ten dollars to the support of comedy, “ Hello Prosperity.” mometer registered 2 9 d e g N e i The Monday Bridge club waB en iic will visit the local jewel should be completed by July 1 and Thanksgiving with Chas. Thompson j an Armenian orphan and will pay above zero. It was said that Friday 1 should cost approximately $50,000 and family of Nyssa. j more later if their financial condi- tertained by Mrs. Van Petten. High night's frost will result in no dam honors went to Mrs. Cochrum. I Propst ha a large display per mile or a total of $1,600,000, Mrs. C. C. Hunt and two daugh- tion permits, age, but, on the contrary, will bn Mrs. H. W. Clement entertained [at prices for all purses. said J. P. O'Brien, general manager ters, Mr. and Mrs. John Lackey and Mr. and Mrs. Lou DeGoede and beneficial in halting the growth of ^ id to aa-1 o f the company, upon his return daughter, all of Nyssa, and Ed But-Ison John were Thanksgiving guests the Tuesday Bridge club. Mrs. Emi undesirable vegetation which started son had high score. in choosing and will Wednesday from Eastern Oregon. ler of Arcadia took Thanksgiving at Kygars. during the recent warm spell. » Mrs. John Weaver and Mrs. L. E. Bie clock expertly so Santa Construction of the line from dinner with C, W. Barret and fan.-1 Misses Mamie and Myrtle Stewart Jones visited friends in Baker re |ill be on time. Crane to Burns and the line north ily. o f Ontario, attended the basket so- I from Burns to Seneca is being Ray Miller and family and Mrs. | rial. Their sister, Miss Evelyn, turning Sunday. The shops are all aglow with | OREGON NEWS handled by Fred Herrick, purchaser j Emma Clark, principal of Arcadia ¡'went home with them for the week and beautiful Xmas decorations l-O. W. It. & N. Co. filed ap- , of the Malheur forest reserve tim- j gjbool spent Thanksgiving with the j end. presents. Coaches And School Principals Of I to build 32 miles from her near Seneca. That portion o f the former's brother and family in Va'e. i Miss Maurine Jones spent Satur Six Counties To Mset line from Crane to Bums, however, chas. Bullard and family spent' day and Sunday with her parents, At LaGraede b - F i r s t National bank will will be taken over by the O W. Sunday with Clyde Long and family. returning to Boise Sunday evening, The coaches and principals o f the |ze of building April 1. Shippers of four Western states, Chester Lackey wife and little where she is employed at the State | counties of Baker, Union, Wallowa, —Sawmill starts here t o ; who gathered at Pocatello early this daUKhter spent Friday with C. W. Washington.,— President Coolidge’i House. J Grant and Malheur col^tiee will ft. per day. : week for the meeting o f the regional Barrett and wife. position on the Phillipine independ Mra. Herren and Grandson, John meet in La Grande in conference Ui Dia county has a muskrat advisory board of the Americnn Miss Miller, one of Ontario’s ence question is based on a belief I uuk farm and wildcat fa rm .: Railway association, expressed sat, teacher*’ spent the week end with that ths United States should with Oakes, returned from Boise Satur determine whether the diitrict com prised of thste counties shall adopt day. Phghway from Haines north j jsfaction with car service this fall, ;v] ¡^s j j e|(,n Butler. draw from the islands as soon as it James A. Smith o f Vale was in the new method of telecting the ba— hurfaced. saying that service was better .than Jack Barrett spent ther week end considers the people there capable ox ketball champions through- the us* of Ontario, Friday, enroute to Boise. [•Bend plans $50,000 school. at any time before federal control. in Boise. While there some one self-government. To this end the the tournament plan. This plaA is Mr. Herr o f Vale was in Ontario I lips lo carload of potn- This report was made by O’BrieM stole the spare tire and rim o ff his prsident feels excellent progress is a short time Friday having just re now in use in the Pendleton district Caiifornia. and F. N. Finch, general superin car. being made. as well as seversl western Oregon turned from Boise. I Christian Scientists to tendent of the O-W. R. & N., who J. G. Mathnly went to Midvale on John Davis of Vale, was in On districts and wM undoubtedly re 11,000 church. attended the meeting. Blackfoot, Idaha,— D. W. Stanrod business Friday. ceive favorable action of the con- _ He Court holds school dis- The board is foi-med to dispose of ¡vjrS- Kate Sowers and little son & Co., a state bank at Blackfoot. tario Saturday. Mr. Davis left on innot employ football coach, claims bjr Shippers, and this confer- 0f Portland' are visiting the former's ¡did not open its doors Friday morn- the evening train, for Walla Walla, ference. -----I id :•> a lor $.5,000 „.ei. I cnee was for the states of Nebraska, parents. Mr. and Mrs. Zittercob. ing. The decision to close was made Wash., where he is employed with Mutual Life Ins. Co. at Boise. Standard Oil Co. ie cq i pm. nt. Wyoming, Utah and Idaho. Similar Mrs. Graves and children of Nyssa jjy board of directors, and an Mr. and Mrs. Geo. E. Davis and Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Kinder of F"i U u.k of California organizations have been formed in were visiting Mrs. Roy Wallace on i>vestieation into the financial cofi- daughter tiUian were in town Satur Vale were Ontario visitors Saturday. building in 1924. other rojrfoni, but shippers have not Wednesday. , , . . . Mrs. Anna McEndree spent Thurs day. ---------------------------- «lition of the mst.tut.on hae been |on has plans for ere, tmg caned for appointment of such a I Mrs. Jbhn Wood and Mrs. E. H. day in Weiser. iigh school building. board fot-th e Oregon, Washington, Bend— Mt. Emily Timber Co. lets started by the state department of at Test inkored to Boise early Wed- Miss Chrystal Stacey, visited [.cannery running at fuli ca and California territory. contract for mill pond at new mill finance. Capital stock of the bunk the home of Lela Oxman Monday. nesday returning that evening. apples. ----------------------- r— - 8ite- was »100,000 and ita last report Miss Stacey was on her way home Mr. *nd Mrs. Lee o f Caldwell rg— Umpqud valley ships | Work starts on third Bull Run Huntmgtnn-Durkee ^asm Oil & „„divided profit, in an equal Where she will spend a week’s va.a visits! their daughter, Mrs. Joe bs. Thanksgiving turkeys pipe line which will add to P o rt-1 Development company plans to sink tion. Miss Stacey is employed by StaJes, this week. sum. $35,000. land's w iter supply. shaft. 353 our OF liF IHE SIATE 1000 JOROAN PROJECT IS VALID PORTLAND HAS FIRST FROST - - /■ ; 0NTAK10 NEWS NOTES CRANE-BURNS EXTENSION TO COST $1,600,000 HIT Ill • I III Mi FOR CHRISTMAS BASKET BALL CONFERENCE * I ' V* . mi- World News f G u ©»8 Felix W a s Right " irMWiê *