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About The Gate city journal. (Nyssa, Or.) 1910-1937 | View Entire Issue (May 30, 1924)
> ♦ > ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ■ » ♦ ♦ * >♦ > > f h - f + 'F » ! i n 1 1 1 f I"F- f H '+-;-- f - f +'»'F* We carry a full line ot land Farm Implements Dishes Cooking Utensils Chicken Wire Barb Wire, «te. Grocery Department Everything for the Table Fancy and Staple Groceries E der Hdtve. € 0 - NYSSA, OREGON We re g re t to learn th a t the head lettu c e crop h a aa u stain e d considerable Services in the Parish Hall first Sun day in e v e ry month in the evening dam age from th e unseasonably ho> T hird Sunday in every month h e rea fte r w e ath e r which has prevailed recently a t 11 o'clock in the mornin . Slime is a p p ea rin g in m any field*. EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Round Trip Summer Excursion Fares via Union Pacific System To POINTS EAST To POINTS Daily May 22nd to September 15th Daily May 15th to September 30th W EST Limits October 31st Stopovers Diverse Routes C onsult Local A gents for fu rth e r details D S. S P E N C E R G eneral P a ssen g e r A gent S alt L ake v ity A Warm Weather Is Here You’ll Need Ice—We Phone 6 ■ Have It Nyssa, Or. Nyssa Packing* Co. BURBIDGE & RAY, Prop. ■ * W lr See McFa i and see better. fc\I Dr. J. A. McFall Eyesight Specialist Ontario We g r i n d our own LOCAL NEWS IN BRIEF Mrs R obert C lark of G lenn’» F erry attended the Ja c k M illar fu a era l her* W ednesday. Nyesa, Oregon Work done while you wait Best Workmanship -B e s t L< ;al her Try our mail order service—Shoes mailed ’ 14 h o u r s after received. We pay postage one w ay. Harness and Saddlery Work a Specially Don Davis of S e a ttle, Mr. and Mr». A. B. C<>ekrum of O n tario , a te Sunday dinner with th e ir p a ren ts, R. J . and Mrs. Davis. F sind—N ear Appl® Valley, on the P s a a Road, lea th e r coat. O w ner may have sam e by proving pro p erty and paying fo r th is n o t'c* .—Irw in B artholom ew . m39 E. M. Dean o f P a y e tte , field m an fo r Denfiy & Co , w as in town Tuesday on budness. M rs. P, A. R oberts has moved to th e Em ison house on F irst s tre e t. W illiam Boawell and fam ily and Mr. and Mrs. P urcell visited a t th e Ja m es Divens home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Clossen and Mr. and Mr«. F red M arshall m otored to Vale Sunday and took in the sig h ts of the county se a t. ^ T o m B utler is i m p ro v i n g his re si. deuce on no rth T hird s tre e t by the ad» ditto > of a porch. M rs. J . R. H u n te r has re tu rn e d from Hood River, w here she atten d ed a session of the Kebekah grand lodge as a d sle g ate from the local R ebekah lodge. Mrs. H u n ter, in com pany w ith Mr. H unter, who joined her a t Hood Kiver, also viaited P ortland and o th er points of in te re s t in the land o f th e web feet. Mr. and Mrs. J e s s e Thompson and children of P a y e tte w ere visitin g rela- tiv ss and fn sn d a in Nys9a T hursday. A m arriage license w as issued a t Boise W ednesday to W alter Davie of N am pa and Dorothy Irene S hum aker of Nyssa. Mr. and Mrs. C. P. L ackey, Selma Lackey and Mr. and Mrs. Dewey and son Stanley sp e n t Sundayin F ru itlan d , guests a t the H enry P eterson home. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. McCoy and a or and Mr. and Mrs. A H. Boydell and children m otored to Boise ’ F riday to tak e ih the Polo gam e. The Friday n ig h t B ridge club was held a t Mrs. A rtia R obertson's. H igh score was held by Mrs Sarazin, sec ond by Mrs. A rth u r Boydell. D ainty refresh m en ts w ere served, and the club closed for the sum m er m onths. Nysu i, Oregon at Ute e le u ui busiueas March 31. 1924. L S A Q IU m S » Loans a n i d is c o u n ts .._____$531,681.96 j O v e rd ra fts ______________ . 292.P7 R anking House. F u rn itu re ! and F ix tu re s...... ............... _ 13.716 60 O ther R eabrí t s t e .................. S'>5 69 L iberty Bondaand W arrants 10,43.1 EO CA SH AND DUB FK O M U A N g S 63.788 49 The Owyhee Project I 1 C a p ite l tóele .......................... $ 2 ü ,» M .Î) Surplus and P ro fits______ * 3V.J52.09 Tills P a y a b l e __ ___________ _ NONE R* l a m e n t s __ . . . . . ________ NONE D E PO SIT S............................... 35'j,H8.#3 H 19,72b. 12...................................................$41-,7=6.1« DeoositaVADrll S.;i92S ...t270.M 9.61 D eposits March 31. 355.568.0$ A gvin in one y e ir of . . . » 84 97S 42 O F F IC E R S AND D IR E '.TOR H. J. Ward, P r^ sr'en t John Ray, Vice P ro ’.ident J. t*. Dttn iwitv. C.;<*h>pr. <). G. Honor, Assistant Cashier II. A. Diveii. Assistant Cashier. J, F. Reece, J. I. Ssruxin (J. L. Phillips TMr«>ct'iid- The little , unlooked for servic >n lies a ” d a tte n tio n s, outside th a beaten path of routine, are wlmt have couu > d m ost l m aking loyal trienus and ciu- to-ners for th is bank. Weary oi Life The tra g ic d eath on Monday of Jack Miller caused deep g rie f througout this com m unity, w here he had for so many y e ars been a fam iliar figure. Born in Liverpool, E n glard, seventy years ago, Mr. M iller em ig rated So th i; country when a very young mati For som e y e ars he was employed by the W inchester A rm s Co. L ater be came W est, se ttlin g in M alheur coun ty, which a t th a t tim e was virtually a w ilderness H ere he resided for some 40 years, emnloyed for the moat p a rt in ttie livestock in u stry For the p a st few y ears he has lived on his sm all f ru it ranch a t Apple Valley. For some tim e he had been m ore or less despondent, due p ert ps to th e poor re tu rn s of th e last few y e a rs in th e f r u it business and th e recent fro s t w hich destroyed all poss I ili v o f a crop this y e ar proved the fi ashing blow to his hope* for th is y ear De spair se ttle d upon him ; he decided to end it all An em pty phial which had contained a trychoine told the tale. Ja c k M i'ler w as a man g re atly above the av erag e intelligence, well educated, and possessed of a pleasant, s tra ig h t fo rw ard m anner which won hiss th e fiie i dship i f all w ith whom he cam e in c o n ta ct His m ournful end b ro u g h t sorrow to a host of friends. The fu n eral w as held W edhesday from i he P arish hall, N yssa, Rev. 1. Q. Wood of O ntario officiating, Give Yourself and Kiddies F rank Miller of Big Bend w as in ' ' N yssa W ednesday. A baby g irl was born to Mr and Mrs. Ted M artin of Boise on Monday, May 26, 1924, w eig h t 7 pounds. Both m other and child a re doing fine. Mrs. M artin w as form erly Mies H elen Hoxie. Mias Louis* V. Kennedy le ft Wed nesday fo rP o rtlan d .C o rv allis and other co ast points to v isit frien d s before proceeding to h e r home in Long Beach Cal. N ext fall Mias Kennedy will go to New York to a tte n d Celurabia Uni v ersity , w ith a view to g e ttin g her m a s te r’s degree. D eputy Sheriff Glenn accom panied by D irtric t A tto rn ey L y tle and Mar shal F a rm e r of O ntario, passed through N yssa T hursday w ith a bunch of bootleggers whom th ey had Cap tu red a t Jo ru a n Valley and w ere ta k ing to the jail a t th e county se a t. A TREAT Honey Foster’s Honey A series of Evangelistic Meetings are being conducted in the tent on Main street, every evening at 8 p. m., Saturday excepted, by Evangel- lists Hartland and Mathews. R. M. B lodgett, L arry H am aker and C. F. E dei m otered to O ntario Wed nesday eyernng to a tte n d a m eeting held th e re to h e ar Mr Van P e tte n ’a re p o rt on th e trip to W ashington of him self, P. 1 . G allagher and Ju d g e B iggs, mad* in th e in te re s t o f the Owyhee project. The re p o rt is m ost encouraging. G re at progress has been m ade by our re p re se n ta tiv e s in b rin g ing the p ro jec t to the a tte n tio n of the proper officials, thoroughly convincing them th a t the proposition is Buch a highly m erito rio as one th a t it should be built a t tba e a rlia a t possible mo m ent. As the fa c t finding comm ission has recom m ended an a p p ro p iiatio n of $1,500,000 for th e p ro jec t and it ste m s *« likely th a t congress will follow th eir * *• * V •!»*!*•{•♦!• •«•*£• »*•«{»*$— advie.-, every confidence is expressed th a t the beginning of the construction of th e Uwyhe* p ro jec t will not be long delayed. Both S en ato r M cNary and R epre se n ta tiv e B innott deserve muck c red it j for the hard fighting they have done and are still doing to have this pro ject adopted by the reclam ation servioe. Come! Ail Welcome! • j. »*••*• »j« » Mr. Motorist- Bring your batteries in and we will till them with distilled water Bobbed Hair The bobbed h air craze has stru ck The M eat M arket - this week the lid ie s of N yssa w ith full force and m e n Nys>a i» -- — — -------- -------------- purchased a fin* bunch of atrietly corn our tonsorial a rtis ts hava been buey f itte n e d beef c attle for th e nie of the during the weak m aking the ladies’ =•—~ | „ , s | shop. T his type o f beef is usu- tre s se s eonform to the la te st style. — shi pped out fo r th e fancy eity Some who b u t a few abort days ago • i t ,* fe b u t here, we a re glad to an- w ere severely condem ning th e ir e r # nounce is a case w here the fa c t is rec rin g siste rs for bobbing th e ir h a ir „gniaed th a t th e be»t ia none too good have them selvea fallen victim » to the fo rth * home trad e. T he b e st of m eat* lure. The poet m ust have t a d bob at reasonable price« ia th e m oito of bed hair In mind when be penned these lines: this e n te rp risin g firm. Ge« E. Schw eiaer and Paul Howe, Vice la a m onster o f so frig h tfu l a mien accom panied by th eir w ire s, attended A i to be hated needs but to be seen; the dance a t Big Bend la st Friday. Con K llnkenbe-g Is busily engaged B ut seen teo e ft, fam iliar w ith her face. in a g rlcu ltu ral pursuit« en th e Ebngnod W e Brat endure, then pity th en e n which he has re n te d for the farm , brace. season. pilone 147 NYSSA HARNESS AND SHOE SHOP M a i eur County Bank l i i l > ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ■ > ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦ ♦ ♦ + ■ » + + + + + + + + + + + -M George Goodrich s » i tra n sa c tin g business in Apple Valley the first of the w eek. Mrs. L. J. E rn e s t and son John w ere O ntario v isitors T hursday. G ertrude T ensen has retu rn e d home from Boise, w here she has been a t tending business college. Mr. and Mrs. B. O. F ow ler gave a d inner p arty a t th e ir home en Loeust avenue Sundav in honor of Al Gamble and sons, who were leaving on T ues day fo r th e ir i ■ w tom® a t Blaine. O ut c f tow n g u e s ,. w ere M r. W r!ghts and four children from M eridian and Mr. and Mrs. A ndrew Brown of On tario. Mrs. Geo. C ornelius and tw o chil dren of P a y e tte visited a t th e Barron aud Ja c k Lynch hom es th is w eek. F o r S ale—H ay derrick, $65. Hay and g rain eonaidered. See Mrs Frank Leuck. Al Gam ble and son* Don and Fred le ft Tuesday for th e ir home a t Blaine, Tillamook county W hile here Mr. Gam ble packed his household goods and shipped them to his new home. Tom Baird is in N yssa vlaiting his m other. Miss Louise V. Kennedy le ft Wed nesday fo r her home a t Long Beach, ialifornia. Word has been received by N ysss riends th a t R osioe C lark and wlf» are a t Hollywood, Cal., w here Mr. Clark is running a blacksm ith shop. Frank L euck and fam ily m otored over to Roswell last Sunday. Mrs. Payne and Mrs. Crooker ano son M ikon w ere in Parm a Monday. Paul C 'o o k e r visited frien d s in Ba ker lust F riday and S atu rd ay . For S a le - H ay D errick, $65. Hay and grain considered. See Mrs. Frank Leuck. The first m eeting of th e Boys and Girls Poultry Club recently organised by County Club L eader Anderson, held th eir first m eeting S atu rd ay a t the G eorge Goodrich home Owing to a m isunderstanding rega ding the d ate, atten d an ce was sm all. The m em bers of the alub are Douglas B enton, Wal te r H atfield, Oswald forbes, Osa Blay lock, Mjndie Goodrich and H elen G ar re tt. J . S. E w in ;, who will be principal of the N yssa school th e com ing year, le ft S aturday fo r Chicago, w here he will a tte n d th e sum m er school for teachers. Chaa. Leuck v isited Loyd E vans in B ak er Monday and T uetday. Mr. Spies and a few o f th e N yssa boys w ent p e arl h u n tin g in the Snake river W ednesday, finding ab o u t 20 de fective pearl*. The h u n t was for pleasure and not fa r pecuniary gains. T hursday e ig h t of the lib rary w ork ers, u n d e r th e supervision of Miss Moran, g a th e re d a t th e library and spent the afternoon m ending books. The N yssa R ealty Co. re p o rts the sale th is week o f a 40 a c re farm in the K ingm an Kulony, fo rm erly owned by E rn e s t W ilson, to E. S. Biddle of Bend, O regon. Mr. Biddle took im m ediate possession of th e property, which is all in grow ing crops. H unt & Clossen have purchased five lots adjoining th e ir packing house. The deal was m ads th ro u g h tne N yssa R ealty Co. Mrs. G race E rn e st bought th ree lots in the south p a rt of tow n last week. The deal w as m ade th ro u g h the Nyesa R ealty Co. H arold H alaas re tu rn e e d to W allowa lake T hursday a fte r a few d a y s’ visit with frien d s and re la tiv e s in this vi cinity. O scai B auer and R alph Servoss, who recently trad e d honses, indulged in a double m oving th is w eek, each to the house form erly occupied by the other L. M. P ersell, who has been visiting relatives in C alifornia for some m onths, re tu rn e d home la st week. We ic g r e t to learn th a t Mr P e rie li’a health is not as good as usual. E arn e st W ilson, J P. B a x te r and Marlin Wilson sp en t Tuesday evening ch sing the I i i»e salm on i the Mal- , heur ri er. l h . ir efforts w ere re warded w ith a couple of fine fine fish. le n s M Or e>Tfon of tk<< FREE! and your tires with air—Free And your radiator with water— Free And your motor with oil And your gas tank with ga* BETTER oil and BETTER gas —and charge you for it. Nyssa Garage Cook & Look, Prop«. 4 H f HARDWARE CONDENSED S T A T E M E N T
