The Gate city journal., May 16, 1924, Image 1

T he G ate C ity J ournal
.XXII. NO 28.
NYSSA, ORKfiON. FRIDAY, M AY 16. 1924
PUMP WATER ir
SCHOOL JXERCISES
IN SALT FIELDS
BROGAN
Good Attendance at “The Neigh­
bor»”— Sixty-five Men to Fire­
men'» Smoker in Vale.
N E * W ELLS WILL HE IN OPER-
I ATIO.V WITHIN VERY
The Brogan high school presented
the play “ Neighbors1' on >1 1 / 11 at
FEW DAYS.
the Community Hall.
The young
people did exceptionally well in
their parts and drew many compli­
ments from their friends. A large
crowd came to the play and stayed
to the dance following. The P. T.
very of Natural Clay Basins A. ladies served a lunch at mid­
night in the basement. The pro­
Reservoirs— First
Harvest
ceeds from the play, dance and
Early Part of September.
supper were $110, which will be
used to defray the graduation ex­
penses.
^ ^ ^ ^ ■ 'r o m the Malheur Enterprise.
Mrs. J. T. I-ogan returned last
E V um ping will begin within twu or
from
Los Angeles, Calif.,
thre. days in the latest well o f the week
Vale Salt Company, announces John where she has spent the last two
E. Johnson, the senior member of months visiting with her daughter,
,
tk« corporation.
This well meas- Mrs. Allen Brown. While there Mr.
SMa five feet in dii.meter and is and Mrs. Brown presented Mr. and
Bow t a depth to connect with the Mrs. Logan with a fine new grand­
Mi|t water flow, the new well being daughter.
The Vale firemen entertained the
loKted about 1000 feet from the
coBrete vat and on the site of the Brogan Athletic Club on Monday
reeei test hole near the smallest of evening, May 6 with a return smok­
er. There were around 65 men at­
the natural clay basins.
tended the smoker from Brogan and
A t the boring of the test hole an
Jamieson and all came home high
T
r 1 ance of water was produced
in their praise of Vale's hosuitallty.
:h tested
out under chemical
Through a few occasions of this
sis 8 1-8 ounces of salt to the
m, or almost one-half pound to kind a closer acquaintance ripens
gallon o f water. With such into friendships that endure through
unusual showing, Mr. Johnson all the hard and smooth places of
doubly
enthusiastic
over the business, county, state and home
ipects for a good yield of that
life.
pie commodity from these fields.
Miss Pauline Boston of Vale is
The cement vat near the location
of the first wells developed some spending a few days visiting at the
I m A s a short time ago and pump- home of her aunt, Mrs. J. O. Thom­
'
ing wus suspended there
until a son.
watt i proofing material arrives for
F. J, Kauphusman purchased the
the repairs.
It will then be filled
with salt water -for evaporation. house o f the Valley Mercantile
TRACK MEET RESULTS
AGED WESTFALL MAN DIES
$1.50 PER I S «
OWYHEE
U. S. EXPERTS LEAD WAR ON
: ONTARIO AND WADE
FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE USE D A Y Jf SCHOOL TAKE HOME HONORS
Features Ball Gaaiea and Ire freas
and Cake— Had Break in Owyhee
Ditch at Locket Gulch.
.
SILVER
TROPHIES
HIGHEST
A bad break in the Owyhee ditch
POINT WINNERS PERMAN-
ENTLY IN POSSESSION.
at Locket gulch was reported Tues­
day, necessitating the turning -ur |
of the water for a few days.
Mrs.
Ruth
Russell
and bahy
Florence Agnes visited s wey days
with Mrs. Russell’s mother, Mrs.
Servoss, of Nyssa over the week­ Hazel Le« of Harper Gets Girl’s
end.
Cup— Thre« Schools Have 100
Per Cent Attendance.
Vernon, Willie and Donald McGin­
vm*.
! HARVEST SEPTEMBER 1
In the field two natural clay basins company that was on the lot next to
have recently been discovered, one the store.
Mr. Kauphusman had
ofr an area of 12,000 square feet the house moved onto bis lot on the
and the second of 6000 square feet,
corner o f Mrs. Kennedy’s property
both excellent
reservoirs
for the
starage
during
the
evaporation and will have it remodeled into a
bungalow.
Robert
Barney
^jncess. As soon as the pumping co7.y
iaJStarted in the new well these will took the contract of moving the
be filled as rapidly as possible and house.
if ¿both can be kept in operation,
Ellis and Floyd Capps rode in on
the production of salt from this
motorcycles
Monday ot this week on
salin i will be on a very large
•cab- The first salt harvest is ex­ their return home from Los An-
pected about the firs o f September.
, The Vale Salt Company was or­
ganized and incorporated about six
months ago with a capitalization of
$18,000. The location of the hold­
CITY.
ings of the corporation is about
Class A— Boys.
nine miles due north of Vale on tho
50-Yard Dash-—1st, Bus Williams,
•action lines, but the distance by | Vale; 2nd, Robert Raider, Ontario-
road is nearer eleven and one-half. I 3rd, Boyd Rasmussen, Ontario.
Apeordial invitation is issued by
100-Yard
Dash— 1st,
Bus Wil­
Mr. Johnson for anyone interested liams, Vale; 2nd,
Robert Raider,
toi make an inspection trip and be­ Ontario; 3rd, Robert Laxson, On­
come acquainted with this probable tario.
future industry of Vale. To reach
Hurdles— 1st, Ontario: Raider ‘ 7.
road within about 600 feet from
Hrudles— l„t, Bus Williams, Vale-
the place, one travels about five 2nd, Ivan Pope, Vale; 3rd, Melton
and one-half miles on the Brogan Crooker, Nyssa.
rand. turning to the right just be­
440 Relay— 1st, Ontario: Raider,
low the pump line ditch, and mak­
Graham, Rasmussen, Laxson; 2nd,
ing connections with the old Hun­
Vale;
Williams,
Johnson,
Pope,
tington road within about 600 feet.
Hope.
F$pm there the route lies straight
Running High— 1st, Virgil John
son. Vale; 2nd, Paul Hope, Vale;
3rd, Floyd McConnel, Ontario.
Pole Vault— 1st, Donald Woods,
Ontario; 2nd, Harold Hoxie, Nyssa;
3rd, William Peterson, Ontario.
Joseph Mullen Answers Final Roll
Running Broad— 1st, Alvin Crock­
Call Tuesday Afternoon at
ett, Nyssa;
2nd, Robert Laxson,
• Daughter’s Home— Was 86.
Ontario; 3rd, Stanley Mnllett, On­
tario.
Class B— Boys.
Westfall, Oregon, May 7.— (Spe­
50-Yard
Dash— 1st, Emit H off­
cial.)— Mr.
Joseph
Mullen,
long
time resident of this vicinity, pass­ man, Ontario; 2nd, Clifford Block-
ed away at the home o f nis daugh­ man, Jordan Valley.
100-Yard Dash— lat, John McCul­
ter, Mrs. Oscar Presley, yesterday
loch, Ontario; 2nd, Frank Ram baud,
afternoon after a long illness. Mr.
Mullen, who was 86 y ea n old, had Nyssa.
Hurdles— 1st,
George
Whipple,
Baade his home with his daughter
for the past year and had lived in Nyssa; 2nd, Leo Hanks, Nyssa; 3rd.
this country for many yeais. Funer­ Robert Bradbury, Ontario.
440
Relay— 1st,
Ontario; John
al services are being arranged for
Thursday and inerment will be in McCulloch, Leslie Hall, Emit H off­
the Westfall cemetery.
His many man, Joe Jarvis.
Running High— 1st, John Ureloz-
(Fiends in this community offer
»(heir sincerest sympathy to Mrs. 1 aga, Jordan Valley; 2nd, Garland
Ontario;
3rd, Emit
H ’ resley and her family and also to 1 Christianson,
I Hoffman, Ontario.
B i s other living relatives.
-•
---------------------------
I Running
Broad—-1st,
Clifford
W o m a n ’» A n n w r R ea d y
Fields, Nyssa; 2nd, Clifford Brock­
When H wife of • London »«llclter man, Jordan Valley; 3rd, Garland
iw a s brought Into court not long "go Christiansen, Ontario.
for allowing her auto to obstruct tiaf- I Pole Vault— 1st, Garland Chris-
flr In a fashionable shopping thorough
■ tiansen,
Ontario;
2nd,
Clifford
| fare for more than the «Hotted tlm«,
she Informed the bench that »he did Fields,N yaso; 3rd, Harold Houston,
not think the rime was unreasonable , Vale.
Shot Put— 1st, Leo Hanks, Nyssa;
■r. view of what ahe accomplished tn
that time, for ahe had bought four 2nd, WilHe Stewart, Ontario; 3rd,
dresses and thraa pairs of shoes, and Leslie Hal- Ontario.
tried all of them on during the period
Class C— Boys.
complained of. The chairman of the
100-Yard
Dash— 1st,
Elwood
magistrates laughingly agreed with
Glenn, Ontario; 2nd, Morgan Ow
her anil made her Ana only 30 «hilling•
1 ings, Jordan Valley; 3rd, Joe Ken-
and contB
/
HICKOX HIGH POINT MAN
nis, Boh Elliot, Clarence Rippey,
Harry Russell and Oce Schweizer
went salmon fishing on the Malheur
Saturday night.
Luck wus unre-
portable, but they had a jolly time.
Frank Leuek, who is working for
Bob Elliott, spent Sunday with the
home folks in Nyssa.
Thls Is Dr. U. 6. Houck of the Llilted States I! renn of Animal
Industry, (left) who has been placed by Secretary Wallace in complete
command of the tight being effectively waned on the loot and mouth
disease outbreak la (siliurula, and tl. H. Ilecke. director Department of
Agriculture, State of California, who is assisting Dr, Houck in quickly
and permanently stamping out the epidemic.
SACRAMENTO, CALIF.—Tho full j the disease through shipment of
force of the United States govern- fruits, vegetables or dairy products
ment has been brought Into play from the great non-infected areas
effectively against the foot and of Callfo" ,,a We know ° f n° ln-
stance where the disease has been
mouth disease In California. The
carried by such shipments,” Dr.
disease has been confined to cer­ Houck said.
tain limited districts in the state
Complete confldence in the men
and the work of stamping It out la in the field was expressed by Dr. J.
proceeding rigorously under the K. Mohler, chief of the bureau of
directiou of Dr. U. G. Houck, pew- animal Industry, United States de-
sonal representative of Secretary partment of agriculture, in a mes-
Wallace, department of agriculture, sage he has just sent to Dr. Houck
who has complete control of the and the local federal inspectors,
combined federal and state forces.
"We have in California,” he said.
"Every method justified by our "the best equipped force of inspec­
past experience and by scientific tors that was ever assembled on a
study Is being used to prevent any foot and mouth detail.
"Our mcthoils are not experi­
possibility of Bpri«ad of the disease
and to wipe it out so thoroughly mental, but have been weighed in
that there will be no chance of Its the balance of practical experience
and have always produced the de-
recurrence,” Bald Dr. Houck.
"There Is no danger of spread of sired results."
J
PURSUIT BUOTLEGGERS
LEADS INTO IDAHO
WESTFALL
BIG DANCE CROWD
TWO RESIST ARREST IN ON­ Many Attend Dunce for Baseball
Boys—Geologist Investigating
TARIO TUESDAY BUT ARK
Country— Leaves for Baker.
CAUGHT IN PAYETTE.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Evans and
family went to Rlppey’s, in Apple
Valley,
Sunday,
bringing Roscoe
Rippey back with them to help raise
potatoes, of which they have 81
acres planted.
James and Lloyd McKwan, Har­
old Marshall and
Robert Kaylor
visited Gerald DeBord Sunday after
Sunday school.
Mr. and Mrs. Oce Schweizer and
family motored to Ontario Monday.
The Misses Rada and Nellie El
Hott and Myrtle Points and Messrs.
Clarence Rippey and Glen Points at
tended last day of school exercises
in Apple Valley Thursday evening.
Owyhee held its annual school
picnic last Tuesday at the school
house.
A ball game between the
boys and married men followed by
another game between the Owyhee
boys and the Kolony boys were the
chief attractions if one fails to
mention a goodly
supply of ice
cream and cake. A good commun­
ity turnout was reported and a
jolly time.
A list of young people who have
largely attended Owyhee school in
the past and who are high school
graduates of varions schools at this
spring’s commencement are:
Jesse
Thomason, now of Emmett, Anna
Schweizer of Ontario, Gladys and
Louise Garrison and Juanita Bige­
low, ofN yssa, and Mildred DeBord
of Walla Walla.
Carl Schweizei
finished high school in Boise at the
mid-eyar semester and is now a
freshman
in
the
University of
Washington, where he is planning
on attending summer school in order
to enter the University as a soph­
omore in the fall.
Friends will be glad to hear that
Mrs. Charles Schweizer, who taught
here several years, has been re­
employed at the
two-room rural
school at Hood River, where she isi
principal, with a raise in salary of
$20 a month.
Grandma Bradley
has receiced
word that her daughter, Mrs. Ben
Mathiesen of Emmett, who recently
underwent an operation for appen
dtcTtis and gall stones under the
care o f Dr. Phy of Hot Lake sani­
tarium, is much better and was to
return home the first of the week.
John Bigelow went to Nyssa last
Monday and is spending a few days
with friends there and on the way.
Perry Cantrell has had quite a
siege of measles but is reported
better.
Elmer Fenn went Tuesday to help
McEwans on his potato ranch.
Mrs. A. C. Bradley visited Mrs
Sarah McConnell, Mrs. Harris and
Mrs. Dwight Smith in Nyssa last
week.
(From the Malheur Enterprise.)
With the rolling up of 205 points
in the fourth annual track moet
held htst Friday by the school chil­
dren of the county, Ontario secured
permanent possession o f the cup
awarded to the city school winning
the highest score for three consecu­
tive years.
The Wade school was
again the lucky contestant amass­
ing the geratest number of scores
from the rural schools, taking for
this meet 190 points, and thus has
likewise added a silver loving cup
to trophy collection, as this w h s
their third year. The first of these
was given by the Malheur Enter­
prise, the second by the Ontario
Commercial Club.
Receive Individual Trophies.
Hazel Lee of Harper was the for­
tunate girl who secured the cup of­
fered by the Vale high school stu­
dent body to the girl winning the
most points.
Miss Lee took first
in the fifty, first in the hundred,
first in the standing broad jump,
and first in the potato race, a total
of 20 points. The Wade school se­
cured another prize
when Victor
Hickox one o f its students, took the
boy’s cup given by the Vale Com­
mercial Club with a total score of
21(4. Hickox was first Jn the fifty,
first rn the hundred, first in the
broad jump, and first in the pole
vault, counting five points each. He
was a member o f the relay team
that took first and added 1(4 to 20.
Two other pupils who made unus­
ually good
scores
were Elwood
Glenn, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. B.
Glenn of Vale, who is attending On
tario high school, with a total of
19(4,
and Bus Williams, also of
Vale, who made 16 3-4.
Other Cups Won.
Mrs. E. M. Crail, county school
superintendent, had offered a cup
to the school having the greatest
percentage present. For this two ad
ditionul cups had to be provided ns
three
schools reported
on
the
grounds 100 per cent strong.
One
of these, District 46, the Wade
school, already proud possessor of
two cups, took the third one home
with
them for attendance, and the
other two were
districts
No. 83
and No. 68, the White Settlement
and the Moore’s Hollow schools.
Two Records Made.
There is not space in this issue
to give the names of all the win-
( Continued on page six.)
Paul C. Scott, a geologist of Phil­
Fines Total $600 and 5 Months in adelphia, Penn., accompanied by his
assistants, Mr.
Warren
and Mr.
Jail— Moonshine Found in Car—
Harrison, is making an investiga­
Men Now in County Jail.
tion of this section" at the country
with a view to its petroleum possi­
A fine of $250 and 60 days in bilities.
jail was the sentence passed out to
John Turner is row hauling wood
Dick Black when arraigned in City from the Juniper Springs shearing
Recorder Bain's court the middle ol plant, where shearing is being done
this week in Ontario on a charge of at present.
transportation of intoxicating liq­
Misses Lena and Luella Shuler
uor. He was accompanied by Earl and Mona Becker visited at Charley
Woods, who drew $350 and 90 days Johnson’s ranch Saturday.
and
the
men
were immediately
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Sandy were
brught to Vale to enter upon their in Westfall the last of the week.
terms of residence as guests in the
The Bully I reek school was out
county jail.
last Friday.
The men were first apprehended
Ralph Hunter and Duncan Fraser
in Ontario Tuesday night, following were in town this week.
an investigation by Assistant City
Mrs. Val Becker visited in town
Cause of Death of Cattle and Horae*
Marshal Reed, who saw them on Saturday.
Near Fangollano to Be Decided
the street and, becoming suspicious,
Mr. 1 itisdey and wife and Mr3.
on Chemical Analysis.
searched their car, a Ford touring 1{lanche Becker made a lrip to 0n .
belonging to Black, and found three tarj() (m Tuts(Jay
gallons of
moonshine owned by
Ff>nk
0xman
pag8ed through
An investigation is being made
Woods. When he attempted
o j own_ jjr . Oxman is looking around
this week by
the
sheriff's office
make the arrest, they ran away wjtb a vjtw to contract lambs,
into the cause of the death o f ten
and escaped into Idaho.
Frank Scott of Westfall made a
cattle and two horses found dead
H. C. Farmer, city marshal, gr<>t trip to Ontario and returned the
near a watering place near Fan­
in touch with Idaho officials and next day with a brand new Ford
gollano. The animals had evidently
the two were stopped in Payette,
Paddy McDowell
is
enjoying been poisoned but whether the pois­
where Sheriff H. Lee Noe and car*
Billie Woodworth and wife were h(,alth even thoU(rh he had a f.n on came from wild larkspur or not
Farmer succeeded in inducing them
in town Saturday.
from a horse the other day
is a question to be decided by the
to return to Oregon without formal
Lawrence Lamberson was up to
Mrg Sma„
and Mrg. Blanche
state chemist's office where con­
extradition.
Woods is reported to
Ref ¡no A m ends’
place to fix the
Becker have been
|„
the lower tents of some of the stomachs of
have to his credit two terms in tin-
gas engine last 1 uesday.
country having dental work done.
the stock have been shipped.
penitentiary on felony charges anj
Dick Lawer went to the Perkins
Caiif0rnia. On Tuesday they
one term in the reformatory.
will over it.
ranch on Monday.
-
their home at Drewsey.
Miss Dot tie Crummett o f Vale
Be»t Simonson made a trip to
yid, Ontario.
A number of the ladies held a spent the week end visiting with
220-Yard Dash— 1st, Aidan Pen- W esfall the first o f the week after
¡little party at Mrs. Wolcott’s on
wick, Jordan Valley; 2nd, Elwood a load jof wire.
her aunt, Mrs. Robt. Crummett.
’l l * tL nce'given for the baseball'Monday evening during their bus
Glenn, Ontario; 3rd, Morgan Ow
Miss Crummett attended the high
bnysjori Saturday night was enjoy hands’ absence. They all say they
ings, Ontario.
school play while here.
had. a fine time.
ed
bj
a
largo'
crowd,
the
out
of
440 Run— 1st, Owen Turner, On­
The
Thursday
Afternoon Club
This week ends our school for
tario; 2nd, Myrl Long. Jordan Val­ town vi. ¡burs being Misses Violet,
met at
the home of
Mrs. F. J this year. Both teachers and schol­
Doriff,
and
Mnhel
Lees,
also
Mabel
ley; 3rd, Soulsby Barrett, Ontario.
Kauphusman this week.
ars are looking forward to vacation
880 Run— 1st, George Thayer, On­ and Kit her Pheiffer, brought up
Mr
and Mrs, Trthus Johnson
from’
t
jiiiario
by
'
Jack
{Spaulding.
time.
tario; 2nd, Owen Turner, Ontario;
Mrs. Mary Smith, who has been were in Brogan on Tuesday from
3rd, Raymond Lee, Jordan Valley.
Rev. C. A. Bias of Vale was up
visiting her on Frank .Smith left Cow Vrlley shopping and visiting
Open Relay— 1st, Ontario: Glenn,
friends.
on Sunday evening and preached
last w-ek for a trip to/Baker.
Kenyid, Rood, Barrett; 2nd, Jordan
Ben Ruth returned to Rrogso this the baccalaureate
Mrs. Austin Presley ami daughter,
sermon
to our
Valley:
Fenwick, Fret well, I sine,
also -her grandmother visited with week after spending the winter in graduating class.
Owings
the
former's
mother-in-law, Mrs. southern California.
Miss Sylvia Thomson graduates
Hurdle— 1st, Charles Fisk, Jordan
'I he Brogan school attended the
Oscar Presley.
Valley; 2nd, Ralph McCulloch. Or.
■lamed Becker,
after a month’s track meet st Vale on Mav 2nd from the Brogan school this year.
tario; 3rd, Otis Fisk, Jordan Valley.
absence, returned heme on Tuesday. Almost every student attended an< Miss Thomson is the only senior,
Running High— 1st, Clyde Korsl
Mrs. Jack Fairmsn returned re- had a fine outing. Brogan won no hut there are a number o f students
honors but came home with no ill in the high school.
|
cently
from her trip to Portland.
(Continued on Page Four.)
J
Ik
-1
FOUND DEAD OF POISONING