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THE GATE CITY JOURNAL V O LU M E X X IV . NO. 26. N ÏS S A , OREGON, F R ID A Y . A U G U S T IRRIGATED FARMS niinnrpp m lllli M i l l _____ REM ARKABLY PER ACRE LARG E AND Y IE L D S GOOD 13, 1926. «LM PER YEAR County Statistics LO U IE STRETCH SIDELIGHTS OWYHEE A fter an elaborate banquet in celebration of the con- secmtion ol a new Hungarian abbot at an ancient mon- S. p w tI t0 leave 800,1 for Yakima’ antery near Viena, one monk died and all the rest, in Wash., to work in the fruit. | eluding the abbot, became violently ill. Monks blamed | Violet Whipple is helping Mrs. ! p 0 1 s o n ¡ n (.he food ; pious peasants considered it a vis- j Ray Cantrall through the haying itation of divine wrath; others, more cynical, said “too u. s. season. Eva Everett o f Ontario was call- much Strong drink, and Bill Gruber is down from the hills week vlslt*nK friends and ex- Real Estate Transfers. L A . to John W. Chevallcy-SE )4 I 7* i a .' to Thos. SW Î4NW T4 7-28-26. wor»ham-s* j. Sec. 15-13-41. E. PE CK AND SU R V E Y O R S C O M P L E T E L O C A T IO N FRO fa H E R E TO H A R P E R ing on friends in Owyhee Sunday. . The Frank DeBord fam ily werej American girls who marry titles are sometimes dis- U. S. A. to Clarence Sylvan Barber- Sunday visitors in the Kiingback appointed to find that they got less than they bargained SE14SW14 and SV4SE& Sec. 17; I home. Miss Evelyn DeBord will | for. But Bebe Daniels, film star, became engaged to help with the work during Mrs. (Jhnrlie Paddock, famed American sprinted', only to learn U. S. A. to Clarence Sylvan Barber- --------- Russell Be“erseno f Creston was a a r t a l , knight the Order of klUgllthood SE 14S E L4 Sec. 18; SWV4SWÎ4 ! Return of Agricultural Stability Malheur County Folk Advocate having been conferred upon him by the king of Monte week end guest o f the Lowes. Sec. 17; NE14 Sec. 19; and WT4N- Building O f N ew R out« Short Means B right Future for Mrs. M. M. Greeting and Mrs. T. negro in Pari- in 1919. W14 Sec 20-13-41. 5-6-24. Cut F'rom California N ew Projects. M. Lowe attended the board meeting John T. Smith et ux to W . H. Davis ! o f the P.-T. A , in Vale Saturday. 'ihe Print j of Wales recently had a graceful reminder Doris Kiingback was taken to the of his South American tour. While attending a civic -NT4SE14 Sec. 12-19-44. 7-2-20. The location o f the Central Oregon 410.00. (F rom the Malheur Enterprise.) in Ontario Sunday for hospital reception at Hempstead, Eng., two young girls attend First National Bank o f Bonners I Highway from BurreP’a Station Malheur county offe rs sucess to treJtment. Mrs. Kiingback accom- ing a local school stepped forward to greet him, and pre F erry to J. M. McEwen et al-N E % - near Vale to Harper, a distance o f farm ers and prospective homeseek- panjed j,er. ... | 15.6 miles, has been completed by bouquet bearing the following note: NEV4 Sec. 34; ers. With its ideal climate, diversity Bernice Fenn, who underwent an sented a prtty NW14NW14 and N )4 j E. Peck and a party o f state en o f crops, bountiful yield per aero, 0p(.ration at the hospital in Ontario, “We, two sisters, one born at Buenos Aires and the other NEV4 Sec. 35; SE14NW14, WV4SW-' gineers. On Thursday the loca and rich, fertile soil, Malheur claims }las recovered sufficiently to be at Valparaiso (Chile), offer in the name of the school '4NE14, SEV4SWHNEV4, Ey>SEi4-l tion was viewed by H. O. Smith, to be one o f the best farm ing sec- moved ( 0 Nyssa. girls of these two counties this small bouquet as a token NEV4, N E14N EU SE 14, N W V .S E q , division engineer o f Baker. NE'/«SWy., SW 14 SW'/i, W % S E »4 - tions in the country. Irrigation has Mr. and Mrs. Elm er Slater a n d : r „„„„-J <»f v n n r v i s i t t n t h p m ” No instructions have been re wrought the change, and now rich sons Billy and j amea o f Sacramento, l e C O l d l i l t OtCdSlOn O I yOUl Visit to them. S W 1/«, N E14SE K SW 14, and part of ceived by Mr. Peck from the state SV4SE14 Sec. 26-25-38. 7-19-26. fields replace the sagebrush plains Calif., were guests several days at highway commission, as to whether Cardinel Casanova, primate of Spain, returning from $ 1 . 00 . ‘ o f other days, where the land seem- the Lowe home this week. Mrs. the road w ill be surveyed from Har ed but a dry, dusty strtch. There is s)ater is a sister o f Mrs. j ohn Wall. the. Eucharistic Congress in Chicago, was eagerly ques H. W. Champneys, Trustee to Fed- per to Juntura this year, bat word an unlimited supply of water for They are in the turkey raising busi tioned regarding America by King Alfonso. I he card eial Reserve Bank o f San Francisco is expected by the first o f the week. farmers under the Warmsprings pro ness and report a sale o f 1100 young inal assured the king that he would receive a warm wel Lots 17 and 18, Block 44, Ontario. Proposed Route ject. The reservoir now supplies turkeys at $2.50 each. $10.00. come in the United States, and the king again considers 7X21-26. only a few thousand acres, but as The route proposed at the recent H. W. Champneys, Trustee to Fed He ought to come and see what soon as the new laterals fo r the settler can succeed in Malheur coun a visit to our shores. oral Reserve Bank o f San Francisco- road meeting held in Burns when Vale, Oregon, Irrigation district are ty, if he can anywhere. How could Columbus really discovered. S E V iN W li and N E V iS W H Sec 34- Governor Pierce, the state highway constructed, it w ill irrigate another he do otherwise, when the fields commission and delegations from 25-44. 7-21-26. $10.00. By a vote of nearly 7,000 American and foreign school 30,000 acres. produce abundantly, and when the Alturas, California, and Lakeview E. A. Blair to Luella E. Blair-NE*4- farmers receive the present good children the 12 greatest men and women were declared New Settlers Needed. were present, would be a shortcut market prices. The proposed to be Louis Pasteur, Abraham Lincoln, Christopher Sec. 5; Lots 2 and 3, SE14NW14, to California. Vale and Malheur county o ffe r SWV4NE14, and SW ViNW V* Sec. Mr. Macken, the thresher man route would run from V ale to Har Columbus, George Washington, Beniamin Franklin, excellent opportunities to settlers, from Ontario, began his work above 4-17-47. 7-19-26. $1.00. (Q. C. per, Juntura, Drewsey and to Burns, Nightingale,Joan of Arc, Deed). to farmers who know their business. town this week. He started on the Woodrow Wilson, Florence from there to Lakeview and on to Even in the period o f deflation, Roy DeArmond place. John Gutenberg, David Livingstone and I. M. McCarthy, Trustee, et al to a connection with Alturaa, C alifor Below town Socrates, there were few failures among farm - j ■ ■' threshing but no re- George Stephenson. Ethel Parks-Lot 1, Block 4, Pioneer nia. It would join the Oregon ers who worked and refused to give _______ ilable yet. The crops Add. to Jordan Valley. 7-16-26. Trail at Ontario and would o ffe r a UP- | all look as good as wheat on the A signature of Button Gwinett, one of the signers of $1,225.00. highway 500 miles shorter in And now that agriculture is again Stanfield ranci which threshed the Declaration of Independence, recently sold for $22, U. S. A . to Wm. C. Tom lin-N W Vl- length than any other route avail a big paying proposition, every nearly 70 bushels to the acre in the 500 at a pubjic auction. Now the state of Georgia NW *4 and S W 1/* Sec. 8; N % N % , able from Yellowstone Park to San farm er here is making money. A best fields. claims that it was stolen from its archives in Atlanta, ST4NWT4, and SW14NE14 Sec. Francisco. 17-23-41. 6-15-26. Heavy Travel Prospect and seeks to recover it. Much ado about a scrap of A t the m eeting the California A girl’s well-formed nose is always a scenter of at Wm. C. Tomlin to E ffie A. Tomlin- paper. N W V4NW % and SW14 Sec. 8; NV4- Automobile association declared its traction. ability t.o route 50,000 tourist cars Dartmouth College will have as a new course the study N % , S% NW 14, and SW14NE14 annually through Lakeview, Burns It takes a daring woman to wear a skirt reaching be Sec. 17-23-41. 6-24-26. $1.00. of comparative religions, which is not a particularly and Vale, as soon as even a fairly low the knees. striking announcement in itself. But the unusual fea- complaints Filed in court, passable road was available. Oth Loyal employees should always laugh heartily when ture connected with the innovation is that the teacher o. l . Phillips vs s. h . R oss . 8-2-26. ers said that this travel would mean from $250,000 to $500,000 spent an will be Dr. S. L. Joshi, a native of India, and a g r a d u a t e 1 Recovery on note. $498.43. the boss tells a stale joke. nually in towns along the route. of a Mohammedan university. He is also a student of Ic- F- Cox vs Wi,ey brakes. 8 - 5 - P R IC E S ASSURED . NEED MORE ROOD FARMERS m rV J S . j HEAVY TRAVEL PROSPECT t Horses used to fear automobiles; another horse hitched to a buggy. now they shy at ,1 „ Columbia and Union Theological Seminary. He will ontari* ppeal fr°m Just,ce Court of teach the principles of Mohammedanism, Buddhism „ n , . 1 T 1 • i a 1 i* • • i j * M aranda K e lle y vs W m. H. K e lle y . I f there isn’t a “mystery witness” connected with it, Brahmanism, Judaism and other religions, including 8 5 2(. Divorce. it’s not a real front-page crime. Christianity. . Satisfactions of (Mattel Mortgages Many who hold college degrees could easily go through The government of Manitoba has offered $2,000 in A- IJav's t0 M; M,tcht'11; F,r*t life without its being suspected. prizes in a crow killing contest, in which one point will erlig &Iogan ‘ ' Some people spend so much time acquiring accomplish be scored for each crow’s egg and two points for each! crow’s leg delivered. ments that they never accomplish anything else. J COWS, HENS. POINT WAY TO PROFIT Estimatse ofalcohol consumed per capita by the people; Otto Kahn says former feminine apparel was atrocious of Europe annually are: France, 17.51 liters; Spain and he approves what girls of today do not wear. 15.81; Italy,13.78; Switzerland,11.92; Belgium, 8.99; The tariff commission will investigate the onion in Great Britain,6.23; and Germany,2.71. dustry, possibly without the aid of an expert “smelling More than 13,000 Mexicans are employed in the Pitts committee.” U N IO N PACIFIC O F F IC IA L burgh steel district. The average life of printers has increased from 41 M AK E S S U R V E Y IN EAST- For the first time in history Chinese prelates have ERN O REGON. years in 1900 to 57 years at present, due to more sani been appointed bishops of the Catholic church, three tary shops and shorter hours. such appointments have, been made recently. '‘There is no reason why Eastern It is announced from New York that Mr. Ziegfield Oregon, like some sections o f Idaho Nearly 250,000 appendicitis operations are performed intends to push the blonde chorus girls into the back and Western Oregon, should not be row. But the trouble will be to make ’em stay there. in the United States each year. supplying its just share o f dairy products fo r northwest consumption; Out of 6,500 textile workers in Knoxville, Tenn., only You can talk all you plase about balloon tires and four- accordingly, there is no reason why wheel brakes but the mosf important automobile acces-; two are foreign born. Eastern Oregon farmers- as dairy sary yet discovered is a cool head at the steering wheel. Linen wrappings found on some ancient Egyptian mu- men— should not be reaping the Washington recently had the hottest day in the his- m'es muc^ liner than any linen produced today. tory of the Weather Burea, but so far as can be learned ------------------------- the Senate has not yet started to investigate and find; ABOUT WOMEN out who was at the bottom of it. Queen Marie of Jugo-Slovakia has bobbed her hair, A man who has just returned from Florida says that overruling the objections of King Alexander, and the down there they are all talking of buying land in Maine. society women of Belgrade are naturally following her — Portland Express. example. Vale Wants Road. There are many advocates o f the new road in Vale and Malheur coun ty. Many have expressed a strong desire fo r the definite location o f the Central Oregon route so that work might be done as occasion per mits without fear that the efforts would be lost through later changes. It is hoped that location work by Mr. Peck’s party o f engineers will go on immediately and that the road w ill be located to Juntara and through Harney county without in terruption. Further action by the state highway commission is await ed with much interest in Vale. farmer-clients. N ot a bank has been closed since; and this shows to me the value o f dairying and dairy products. Demand Large “ There is a big market, a tre mendous demand all the time fo r dairy products. Many believe this thing o f finding a market fo r their products a difficult, mysterious un dertaking that only a Philadelphia lawyer would he competent to find. That is bosh! Sell me a pound o f large profits which would be made fine butter once and I ’ll know where possible if Eastern Oregon did this. to come fo r more. You r markets This applies to Malheur county, will always be on the increase. too.” Thus spoke C. C. Gignoux, The Cow And Hen. assistant supervisor o f agriculture “ Because their worth has been for the Union Pncific when he visit ed towns of this part o f the state proved so many times, I never hesi tate to recommend the cow and hen. last week. It is m ighty commendable foresight Unsurpassed Dairy Section. ‘‘The dairying possibilities o f this on the part o f the farm er who sur section o f the country are unsur- rounds himself with something which anywhere in the Northweat.. will assure him a good living, just as a sideline, and then goes in for Haid the railroad agriculturist. ‘‘ Regrettable though it is, Oregon making money from the rest o f his has slipped from her form er posi farm. Mrs Rose Elizabeth Smethers of London is one of the. Another place where there is no peace is among the city advocates of peace.— Columbus Dispatch. _ s leading _ auctioneers, her specialty being the selling . . _ , . . . . . ... , ! of "second-hand furniture. A man in Chicago beat his wife for spoiling a bridge . A ... , . „ hand for him and the court gave the woman a divorce. Mrs. Harriet R. Foote of Marblehead, Mass., has been tion in the amount o f dairy products “ F or instance, nlmost any good This shows the danger of electing judges who don’t engaged to superintend the laying out of a rose garden produced or manufactured here, cow w ill earn fo r her owner about during the last year or two. Twen $15 a month; and 200 to 400 hens of 10,000 bushes for Henry Ford. know anything about bridge. ty-two cars of Minnesota butter w ill produce enough eggs and meat Miss .Dorothy Knaggs, daughter of Lady Knaggs of were shipped to and sold in the tn support (through sale and con Wives are still sold in Persia and the prevailing price I f tho fa r London, an artist and designer employed by a large West northwest in 1925, most o f this being sumption) the family. is 100 sheep per wife. We know a few fellows right in It seems to mer raises a few good hogs and a End store, was presented as a debutante to King George consumed in Oregon. the United States who would be willing to sell out cheap- j me, therefore, that where the po number o f sheep, with a lfa lfa fo r and Queen Mary at Buckingham Palace. tential dairing possibilities are as their feed, he w ill be independent in er than this. Peggy Hopkins Joyce, the much married actress, has, great as here, your farmers are! no time. Ten to fifteen good dairy Miss Muriel Auld and Miss Dorothy Coward, British broken off her engagement to Sanford E. Comstock, pn-'>n«r up « m ighty big thing, es- cows could pay from $150 to $226 • -. 1 1 * ../.L/i/li 1L >, 1 tr, hn penally when one considers how month. Pigs could profitably run teachers, have been awarded traveling scholarships from wealthy real estate operator, who was scheduled to be- hna ma)c othpr aection, lft(,r the „„wa. Right now ln>p. r. the Walter Hines Page fund, founded in memory of the come her f i f t h h U S b c U ld . an(j other Htate» prosperous. Y o u 1 ticular, there is a bijj clamor for former embassador from the United States to Great Five mother» of Union veterans of the Civil W a r »till, 5 X 5T Britain, and will visit this country soon. live and draw pensions, the oldest being Mrs. liO U iS a j8 a reason; Wisconsin’s dairy hens, the revenue from the cow», According to the U.. S. Patent Office, most inventions Sheldon of Blanchestor, O . , aged 102. I projects are valued at 245 m illions; hogs and sheep would soon make by women are such as are used about the home, although ., . T . _ . . __ _______o f dollars annually. The yearly any rancher wealthy. Mme. Natasa Rozvalets is shortly to become Ku. sion va|up Oregon’s dairy products “ Too many farmers lose money by some notable devices of a mechanical nature have been charge d’affairs at Athens, head of the Soviet legation will not exceed two or three mil- staking their all on one thing. made by womn. in the Greek capital. lion dollars. e ffo rt should be diversified— tha “ Before Idaho farmers turned to cow and the hen in the main. You The fellow who was giving the coal dealer cold looks You can learn anything by mail nowadays except da iry products, 82 Idaho hanks were can’t beat dairying and poultry last winter now growls every time the ice man steps on bootlegging. closed, largely because o f insolvent | raising as a combination.” the back porch. — I Tha