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T he G ate C ity J ournal VOL. XXII. NO 35. NV SS A. ORKOON, FRIDAY, JULY 4. 1924 OWYHLK $1.50 P E R Y E A R j ible. The surveys will cover every HAD BACKING AT VICKSBURG phase and it is hoped tin informa i _______ Albert Hinch et ux to John R. The season continues hot and d ry ! tion will be available for submis Old Soldier's Humorous Explanation Hunter-part of Lots 1, 2, 3, 4 5, tJ, with a deficiency in irrigation water. sion to Congress at the opening of for Not Braving Oisploaauro of i and 8, Block 2. Taylors Add. to Neighbors arc rotating, an screwing its session in December. Hia Better Half. Nyssa. 5-31-22. $ 1,500.00, down their pumps in an effort to Before leaving Washington, Sin- Emma Quandt to Geo. Col-,son et have some water for all. H. G. Ren “When our concern was publishing --------- j nutt and Senator McNary culled on histories al-Lots 6, 8, 1», and 10, lllock 13,1 nard of Vale met with water users! of Missouri counties, some LARGE ATTENDANCE AT CAN Nyssa. Congressman Sinnott is preparing Secretary Work, who had just re- 5-21-24. $300.00. of the community last Friday and years ago, one of our solicitors brought YON CITY MEETING—EN was discussed and R> Rave for Oregon Tuesday so rs tu ,ned to the city, and went ovci Jchn F. Weaver et ux to H. C. the situation in s hunt-lurk story that teemed im u» THUSIASTIC FROG RAM. Boyer-Lots 9 and 10, Block 110 ,' some water measurements m adt. .to be on the ground to accompany, *be reclamation situation with him. ing to uie. but meant the loss of $5 to Ontario. 7-28-23. $100.18). Adjudication findings are expected Commissioner Elwuod Mead ol th w ,,rjt wil1 R* advised by Mead as him.“ said William H. Bingham, held James Hosack to Clifford C. Ho- any time.Had been been expected by reclamation service when Mead ,u ill,uimation obtained and th n lu ian for a large Chicago publishing sack-NE %NE*,i Sec.7-36-37. 4-12-23. the first of June, so said Mr. Ken- its the Baker, Warm Springs and vvl11 haYt' mut'h to do with the mak- house. "The subject wus an old faru»- er living near Bear creek. In one of $1.00. ■ nard. Meanwhile every one is trying Owyhee projects about the m.ddl .■ ing up of the budget for the fir U the northern counties Our man sat C. C. Carter to Chas. M. Carter- to be fair and amiable about a °f July, was the word received here year 1920. C. H. Oxman Another Malheur Man, Lots 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 11, ’ disagreeable and vital situation in the early part of the week. Thu Senator McNary passed through 1 out °“ th* Porch anii Jo,,ed down ,he farm“r had i av« Is a Vice-President—J. E. Ham- 42, 43, and 44, Block 2, Villa Park hopes that the adjudication findings use of the appropriation for Baker, New York without stopping on Wed hl",orT’ eagerness. whloh The »h- farmer been wlth In street of Brogan, Sec.-Treas. Add. to Oneario. G-18-24, $1.00. I will be received soon when everyone made by the last session, is h i- nesday and after spending a few the Union army, and showed an hon J. W. Galloway et ux to Ella M. I will know certainly, what they have1 lieved to be in the balance and days in the White mountains will orable discharge. return to Washington before start- “Finally everything had been noted Walling-SW14SE(4 and WVkSEVi- a right to expert. ¡possibly dependent on the report ing for Oregon. (From the Malheur Enterprise.) SE'/i Sec. 13; WV4NE'4NE14 Sec. j Mrs. Geo. Glascock and children ! made by Mead. down by the solicitor, who briefly sum The first big step in the comple marized the facts, and said they would 4-20-24. $10.00. ¡and Miss Evelyn DeBond motored j Mead also is to report on the in. be carefully written out In the office tion of the John Day highway was 24-10-47. Harry T. Francis et ux to Albert j Friday to Nervbill home for dinner vestigation of the Warm Springs and printed In our forthcoming history the meeting held Saturday at Can J. Ircdale-Lot 9, Block 1, Nyssa. ! after which Mesdames Glascock, and Owyhee projects, which it ».is of the county. yon City at which the organization 4-14-24. $1.00. Walters and MeEvan and thought for a time might be blocked Mrs. Paul Jones is visiting at the “The solicitor handed the fanner a of the John Day Highway Associa Lizzie S. Butler et als to Sarah J. Newbill, Miss Evelyn DeBond went to On- by the failure of the deficiency bill. | home of Mrs. E H. Test.She h a s! blank to sign, but just as he resched tion was perfected by the delegates Wills-SVi of Lots 1 and 2, Block 5, tario some shopping. j isinnott, however, has just received been visiting in Valley Nebraska.! for the pencil: from 23 towns along the way from Teutschs Add. to Nyssa. 12-8-23-. Mr. to and do Mrs. Warren Fenn an d!word fr°tn Mead that in his view From here she will go to Hermiston “ 'Don’t sign that !* Arlington to Ontario and Nyssa 1 00 "A large, aggressive woman ap Mr. and Mrs. Carl Fenn motored to : *be investigation can be secondary Oregon and join her husband. They j peared who attended. The purpose of the U. S. A. to Arthur E. Hill-SE>4SE Huntington Sunday, spending the projects investigation at the door, her ample hands will leave immediatly for Oakland in the interior new organization will be to work % Sec. 35-13-38; Lots 2, 3, 4, and I dny as KUPsts of Poland Fenn and department bill. As a m atter of California to make their future resting on her hips. “ Tills Is only an order for one of for the early completion of the John SW',«NEki Sec.l; Lots 1, 2, and 3, fiimjjy fact, it is expected that li little money home our histories, with your hue- Day Highway as well as to put be’ I Sec. *2-LL38 2-18-1921. be needed to complete the in Mr. and Mrs. Frank Davis a re ! hand’s county biography In It,' explained the fore the eastern tourists and trav J. W. Reynolds et ux to John N. The O. K. K. will meet with Mrs. will quiry as on these two projects, as here from Jordan Valley. solicitor. ‘He doean't have to pay a elers information regarding the Moore-SW % SW % Sec. 15; dnd SW- Gladys DeGocde Thursday afternoon they already have been extensively cent till he gets the book.’ July 17. Mrs. Tom Hardman has gone shortest and most beautiful scenic (4 SE U See. 10-20-44. 2-2-23. $100.00 Messers Oee Schweizer, B. F. investigated. “ ‘And what Is the book going to to Jordan Valley to spend the 4 th.' connection with the Columbia River John Murphy to Angie Murphy- she demanded. Kerr and Wm. Glenn vaccinated It will be remembered that Mr. J. G. Staples has gone to Port-1 cost?’ Highway. SEV4SE*/*, SW14SEV4, Sec.35; SE- their young stock last week against Mead at the close of the last sess land to visit his daughter, Mrs. | “ ‘Fifteen dollars.’ Vale Man Presidcnr. dollars for Just one book?’ ‘ANW14, EV£SW!4, and NWl/4NW- ion of congress stated that the re- William R. Shinn. He will remain the “ ‘Fifteen leg. wife cried. ‘Why, I can get a Robt. D. Lytle of Vale was elect (4,Sec. 30-18-37; Lot 2, Sec.2; Lots black Several members of the P. T. A .! P°rt tht' storage was more than September 1st. whole shelf full of books for that. ed president at the Canyon City 3 and 4, and SW«4SW>4 and NW- Tuesday at the Judd home, satisfactory, the report on the cost until Mr. and Mrs. John Weaver left Don,t >'ou *'*n thn*. Zeb’’ "Ild gathering and accordingly Vale will %SW'/i See. 1-19-37. 6-21-24. $1.00. met with the Kolony P. T. A. °f constiuction also satisfactory, morning w,IkM hnrk to the hpT tB»k ln ,he kitchen. be the headquarters of the associa John Murphy et als to Angie Mur Word received from Mrs. John but that in none of the reports was for Bend „1 i, Oregon .u Tuesday , i ,, their solicitor, ten- with son dering . “ , ‘Here,’ .. said . . . ‘sign . . here.’ ' again , tion for the coming year. Five vice- phy-WViSWVi ami sW'ANWVi Sec. Wall who with her family is now in *bcre anything telling him w hit the ior , a visit there the pencil; presidents, one from each county 36-18-37. 5-15-24. $1.00. “But the veteran shook his hesd. Merrill Michigan, states that corn cost °f leveling the gnn.rul a* d put- along the route were named as fol Pacific Live Stock Co. to A. L. around Geo. K. Aiken left for Boise for “ *Ouess I won't go In.’ he said with there is about 6 inches high ling houses on it, build.ng corrals, lows: L. E. Shelley of Gilliam Lee-Lot 4, Block 6, Harper. 4-17-24. which is almost ‘ worser” than it is barns, fences and making other ¡in medical treatment for his eyes, Mr. flnsllty. county, P. N. Shown of Wheeler, R. 10 00 here to say the least. provements in order that it c u!d Aiken is owner of the Ontario Argus “What? Yon seared of s woman? A. Ford of Grant, Oscar Hardman Marriage License Issued Miss Pearl Pinkston, oldest ■ be determined whether or not the and has been suffering for six weeks A man who stormed the Vicksburg en- trenchments and entered the captured of Baker, and C. H. Oxman of Mal Geo. B. Russell and Vena Hamby. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Pink | settler could ultimately pay out with his eves citadel.’ heur. A third Malheur county man 0-23-24. and Mr. Harvey Mark, of Dia •' would be. This is what Mr. Mead hits Miss Dollie Rollins left Wednes- M *Y »a. y«m. I did nil that,' admitted was also placed in office when J. E. Geo. T. Wilson and Vesta Louise ston, mond, were married at Burns, on' determined to find out this summer. day for a visit at Pocatella. the old soldier, “hut you see, I had Ilam street of Brogan was voted into Bush. 6-24-24. June 23 1!»24. ' It was announced June 23 at the Mr. and Mrs. W aters are moving some friends with me thar.’ ”—Kansas the position of secretary-treasurer. ..Complaints Filed In Circuit Court Mr. and Mrs. Sd Ilennes of Kuna | Department of the Interior that a into the Harry Butler home having Dlty Star. Membership Drive. ’ Conley Davis vs Gladys Davis, are visiting the home folks this survey of Government reclamation come here recently from W e i s e c . -------------------------- A huge membership drive started 0-23-24. Divorce. I projects for the purpose of clnps- Mrs. Oscar Graham and daughter Then She Got the Cookies. the first' of this week t<£*aecurg Rose E. DuPre vs Charles F. Du- Mr. and Mrs. Harry Evans and I t be aod> determining the fl- Barbara left this week for Seattle. | Alice came dashing in from her play. 1000 members within the present 10 Pre. 6-28-24. Divorce. family, Mr. and Mrs Ed Hennes and ' naneial condition of the water users Jue ellv was in -Ontario from Dh, iiinmmn! mamma I*' she called. days. The drive is being handled Miss Viva Caywood visited in th e ' a"d fixing the irrigable areas s- Brogan Momlav. j '‘j ^ k a rle r mamma an- INDEI’ENDENCE DAY. . swerrd, from , the kitchen. ’ in each county under the immediate Americans are not given to pat C. F. Smith home near Ontario i Fa‘nst which chaiges may be as- Don McLeod is here on . business ,,,, ’ “Mamnm, I want some cookies, supervision of the vice-president riotic display. In theft daily life they Sunday. ! sessed will be made by the Bureau from Juntura. begged for that county and thus C. H. Ox seldom mention their love of country Mr. Marion Dunn was a Payette Reclamation. The report con- The new Nazarene Church is near Alice “But I Just gave yon some g moment man is in charge for Malheur coun their belief in the ideals upon visitor Sunday. tinues as follows: ly completed. It is a nice frame ago,” mamma protested. ty. Another mark for the near which it is founded, and their will Misses Nellie and Rada Elliot re-' The survey will be in accordance structure costing $7000.00 a large “I know," Alice admitted, “hut I ate future has been set at 5000, the ingness to sacrifice and serve in its turned home Monday from a weqks with the recommendations of the bell was donated and most of the those, and now I need some more." membership in the organization be hour of need. Patriotism, to them, pleasant visit with their uncle Bill Special Advisory Committee s re- corpenter work was donated also. “But I don't think you need any ing open to any person who is sin is a sacred sentiment that is usually Grubes and family at Steens Moun- port. Ernestine Locey of Ironside is! more." mamma declared. "It Isn’t cerely interested in the advance kept locked away in their hearts. tajn> | In addition, field investigation ot the house guest of Miss Mary good for you to eat so many cookies. Why, when I was a little girl your ment of the John Day Highway and But once a year they give time Mrs. A. C. Bradley is visiting a t 1 Dve new projects will be made dur- Lackey. p i size I wasn't always eating cookies who is interested in the develop and thought to the free and earnest the Evans home en route from Sea ing the summer. They include the Myrtle, Mamie and ' snd things between menisi” ment of the territory contiguous to expression of their Americanism. side to Greeley, Colo. Mr. Gleason proposed Owyhee project in Oregon, Stewart left Tuesday for the ' coast. AUce thought this over for s mo- the highway. The fee has been set Pride in their nation, loyalty to is city electrician of Ranier, Wash the Vale project in Oregon; the A. A. Lockett went to- Jamieson mt.nt Then: at $1 and annual dues are likewise 1 Salt Lake Basin in Utah; the Span Monday. ington. | “Well, maybe you didn’t," she nd- their flag, contentment with their $1, payable in advance. Springs in Nevada; and the Mrs. Florence Johnson has a new mltted, "hut then you surely didn’t national lot are voiced openly and Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Dunaway, and ish Kittitas in Washington. A new plan Big Picnic. Ford Sedan. have as good a mamma as I have I”— family accompanied by Miss Keith sincerely on Independence day. A John Day celebration or picnic It is nearly a century and a hah of Del Rio, Texas, called at Evans' ,haa been adopted by the Bureau of Mrs. J. T. Lynch, Jack Lynch and I Kansas City Star. . ' the . first ~ Americans ' 'V* declared , . I Friflflv Reclamation was decided upon at the meeting since 1 ua'* , __ , with reference to the Mrs. Riser of Ogden Utah visited at Bona Ammunition. Saturday, the affair to be in the their nation free. In the village of Mr. and Mrs. Noble Pullen have f'"a> recommendat.on on these new the homes of Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Miss Hunter— A "pence” advocate nature of a large get-together meet Philadelphia they tolled the bell that I >"°ved ¡"to the Bradley house. Projects. It prov.des for the appo.nt F. C. Oxman this week. They were declares lliat games which Involve ing which will probably be held the sundered every tie that bound the > E. L. MacLafferty, who has held m(‘nt of a committee made up ot en route to Seattle to visit Mrs. shooting ' will Soon be abolished. one member of the Bureau, one early part of August. The picnic ,, . ’ . m w ord! P°a't'°n for the past two years, i Lynchs sons Ralph and Dale Iloyt. Mr ohase-W here does he get that . . . . . . . around . the , . - spring; - ntiw world will , , , to - the old. The , high . , be up held .. the side of Dixie big ® mountain r . passed slowly from town to town, has again been hired as principal of recognized authority in fnrm man Mrs. Lynch is well known both i n j Bf„(fj There’ll be crap-shooting for- school. agement—preferably from the De Ontario and Vale. rPU ever. . . . . in . . the very center of . a huge , They were scarcely , more than set- Owyhee right Miss Mildred Ratcliffe, of Ontario, j partment of Agriculture or the Elba Anderson and Tressa Young tiements then, far apart and sur huckleberry patch that covers acres rounded by wilderness. will have charge of the four lower I State Agricultural College and one entertained a number of young Well, another autolat saw the train i financial authority—preferable a folks at Miss Young's home Mon coming, when nearing a crossing, but of the surrounding land. It is more Today the wilderness has been grades. thought he could, etc. than a safe guess to state that cleared away. The little towns in ! Ray James, of Nyssa is visiting! banker in whom the Ktate has con day evening. fidence, to consider the facts amt A number of the Golden Rule huckleberry consumption will be ex which the dream of independence i fenn. -------------- - data collected. Aft<$r considering force drove to Boise Tuesday to Apparently fewer surgeons then fer- ceedingly large and that the popu had its growth are the shrines ef | . . gathering for . em- merly performing The late Marie Corelli on being them this committee will fix the a tend . a social larity of the picnic spot will be t0 keep are thp,r h(indg |n. operatlona Juet foremost nation of the world. a8ked why she never married said: costs o{ development, the probable ployees. strongly evidenced by the crowd the • t _____________ Spreading to great distances be- j “There is no need, for I have three va,ue of product, which can ^ Mr. and Mrs. Reece will leave this that will attend. yond are the newer states and com- pets at home wh.ch answer the same ,,rown> ,h conditions under which week by auto for Danville, Wyoming As s means of good luck In political The men who motored over from munities circles a rabbit’s foot Is not to be com which complete the mag purpose as a husband—a dog that . . . ^ ,„ • , pared with a cat's-paw. Malheur county to represent the nificent America of the present1 «fowls every morning, a parrot - ‘t l ^ e n t ougln to be made m or- for a visit. which swears all the afternoon, and der to render the projects feasible, Miss Maurine Jones is expected different communities here were L. t j m e of writing the Bible down A. Bilyeu and J. B. Jones of Bonita, On Independence day we pause to ]“ ' “*, whioh comP8 h<,me late ,lt or, if the conditions are unfavorable home to spend the week end with to Instead the people, why not educate the to state that the project is not feas- her parents. J. E. Hamstreet of Brogan, H. D. remember the old familiar story o f |-----—— -------------------------- - Mrs. Roethler is in Ontario from people up to the Bible? Eisman and A. L. Guerber of Jamie the winning of American freedom, d v f 'I— i--i—!—I—J—I—I—i—!—I—I— » . »*• •*« **« »*« . j. *j« »j« »J« ‘I 'v * !* % Caldwell. son, R. A. Holte and Robt. I). Lytle and the courageous forefathers who y Since the auhmartne atrorltlee of the of Va e, all regular delegates, and t)roUght it about. We pause to re- * .j. World war the sea serpent has The Chief Worry C. H. Oxman and John Norwood of momber those who held it firmly in V ahow Ilia head. Headlight Bill was a c o l o ashamed r e d to ______________ Jamieson. A delegation from On the decades that have come and | gentleman of sporting proclivities, j Wlth , mon)obi|P 4ni1 prtM, tario were preparing to attend but gone_ who had got his name from a large bofh dropping again, s few more pedes- owing to circumstances arising at Qn thjg day we pause ^ realiz(. diamond which he wore as a stud.' trlana are likely to go down. the last minute they had to wire again . our own responsibility to car He had occasion to consult a doctor Canyon City to the effect that they ry this great human achievement "Europe is returning to normal,” about a “misery” in his chest. would be unable to be present. safely along and to leave it unim The medical man eyed the stud says a headline. The troubla Is that The only unit of the John Day paired and glorified to that dis keenly. This made Headlight some Europe bus heeu too normal. highway that remains to be finish tant America which we can never <• what uneasy. ed before we have a complete con see, but of which we can fondly Folks that seem to know thst tne After asking a number of ques world’s coming to an end can't beat nection with the Columbia River dream, just as they dreamed a cen tions, the doctor produced a steth s rain-crow prophesying rain. Highway is the section from the tury and a half ago.—John T. Ad oscope nnd placed it squarley over head of Cow Valley to Unity. Re i ams in The National Republican the stud. Finishing his examination A Boston man suggest« “Truth garding this Judge William Duhy of the doctor looked solemn. So did Day." Perhaps he thinks the people ... * the state commission said at a i * eouldn't stand a full week of It. the patient. Office Receives Patent. road meeting held May 17th in * “An't it genuwine, dactah7” naked Baker: “Engineers from the state * The next war may he fought In the Headlight-.—Pittsburgh Sun. department will start on the sur -1 * The land office has just re- * \ X sir. as experts say, hut It Is a sure _ _________ _____ ^ ___ veying of the “missing link,” ^ _ as the reived a patent covering the * T Live fish and shellfish, similar to thing that the last one Isn’t over. section from Cow Valley is called,! * lode claims of the Red, White * -•• tho:.e inhabiting the lakes of Pal just as soon as their work on the * and Blue mine near Malheur * !£ estine, have been found by artesian A new kind of statistics says there well borers at the depth of 200 feet ara 15,0(81 bogus medical certificate« Unity-Austin connection is com- * City, which had such a spectic J ind 300 feet beneath the burning In the land Pick your own quark. pleted. This latter section of the * ular run last summer. George ,'nnds of the Sahara Desert. highway 1« under actual construe- 11 H. Rodfish. formerly of Mal- Retail merchants have opened a tion and the work is being rushed * heur City, and for eighteen One of the richest and finest of fight to bar the contraction "Xmaa" along at a good rate of speed.” * years a resident of Malheur brown paint is manufactured frem for Christmas. More power to ’em. ■ " county, is the owner of the mummies. The paint is made b y | ------------------------- No one can land in Greenland • mine, and is at present making * i* grinding the Ijenea of *he mummir Wonder whal « farmer thinks shoot without the permission of the Dan- • his home in Salt Lake City. * * ❖ with the bitumen with which they when he goes Into t city restsorant ish Government. and pays 15 cents for a baked apple? i ? ♦ ♦ ♦ I ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ft’H H F H ’H -F H W t l 'H t l l H I are embalmed. COUNTY STATISTICS Ï0 ! m WILL VIEW PROJtCT I. D. LYTLE PRESIDENT ONTAHiO NEWS NOTES $ $ . . . . Vale Chautauqua July 8 to 12 A special invitation is extended to Nyssa peo ple to attend and enjoy these splendid Ellison- White entertainments.- Vale, Or., July 8 to 12, inclusive