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i THE GATE CITY JOURNAL VOLUME XXIV. NO. 36. w. c. T. y. NYSSA. OREGON, KRIDAY. OCTOBER 22. 1926. Ï OWYHEE USO PER YEAR County Statistics (pfeife Mr. and Mrs. Oney Ramsey of Real E state T ransfers Recorded. Caldwell and George Schweizer arid F rank M. G rant to Paul Raney- children of N yssa were supper guests NEKSWV4SWVL Sec. 29-15-47. 8-2- a t the Oce Schweizer home Sunday. 1922. $600.00. BONITA VISITORS FROM EVERYW HERE Mrs. Wm. Sayder has been quite M alheur County to J. R. Blackaby- FLOCK TO COUNTY W HERE sick this week. ONTARIO AND NYSSA LADIES { all of Blocks 3, 4, and 6, Adrian. NEW RECLAMATION ERA GIVES Eugene P ra tt returned Tuesday BIRDS ARE THICK John Reese was a dinner guest at PE R FE C T ORGANIZATION 10-8-26. $1.00. PIA N S AND CONDITIONS from a deer hunt a t Ironside. He the Bradley home Thursday. WITH VALE CHAPTER FOR DEVELOPEM ENT S heriff C. W. Glenn to A rtie Pool- rode to N yssa w ith J ii) Beam. H unters from all over Oregon and B. F . K err is building a new Lot IS, Block 206, O ntario. 10-9-26. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Jones and son from points as fa r distan t as Seattle chicken house with a capacity for ?5.00. Roger spent S aturday night with Mr. arc flocking to M alheur county, th ree hundred and forty hens. Wm. E. Lees et ux to A rth u r B. and Mrs. Williams, and visited Sun | where the birds are most plentiful. Mr. Burley and son, William, re Cockrum-7, 8, 9, and 10, Block 130, day with Mrs. P r a tt’s household. Local hunters are bringing in the turned to Portland Saturday a fte r a 10-9-26. $1.00 <Q. C. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. F oster of Lime limit every day. The bag lim it, ac Ontario. weeks visit a t the Lowes. Mrs. W. T. Posey Will Be Delegate Data Under Which Interior D epart cording to the gam e laws, is four in Deed). drove over S aturday in th eir new Emil Dean and fam ily of Em m ett From Vale To S tate Convention Ignacio G uerricagoitio e t ux to car to look over th eir property here ment Will Build New Project for one day or eight during any consec spent Sunday a t the J . B. Smith A t Gresham Which Money A ppropriated utive seven days with the provision Thomas Alcorta-1 acre in SE% Sec. and also visit with old friends while home in Oregon Trail. 10-1-26. $10.00. here. They report their little daugh th a t not more than two female 18-41-43. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Peutz w ent to S heriff C. W. Glenn to Clayton A. ter, Christine, as entirely recovered pheasants may be killed in the sev F ruitland Monday for a load af ap (From the M alheur E nterprise.) Of in terest to Vale and this sec en days. The season is open to Octo Davidson-E V4 NW % Sec. 22-16-47. from the dangerous gun shot wound. The evening of October 12th, being pies. tion is the article in New Reclama Mr. and Mrs. H enry Cape of Iron ber 31st, in other counties from Oc 10-2-26. $200.00. The Brumhach clover huller is at the regular m eeting night of the W. tion E ra, describing and analyzing S heriff C. W. Glenn to D. W. side were Sunday morning visitors tober 17th to the 24th. C. T. U., a delegation of ladies from O verstreets this week. the Vale project, which is given to One Portland hunter said pheas Powers-SV4NE14NW tt Sec. 17-17-47. a t Mrs. P ra tt’s. They were on their Mr. and Mrs. F. T. Morgan and our reader9 in fu „ O ntario and N yssa m et with the lo way to visit relatives at Vale. ants were so thick th a t when he 5-8-26. $50.00. children, Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Over- cal chapter. A fte r the regular busi The proposed V ile project con threw his coat down in a w heat M alheur County to M alheur Land F ritz Preston and Mrs. Dick Reed ness m eeting, m em bers from the stre e t and son, Robert, Mr. and Mrs. tem plates the irrigation of 28,350 C o .-SW%NE>4 Sec. 8-16-43. 9-1-26. drove to O ntario Thursday to take three towns succeeded in perfecting Maurice Judd all of the Kolony; Mr. acres of bench and valley land ly field, one of the bold birds came $200.50. Mrs. Reed fo r a visit with her people a county organization. Rev. Minnie and Mrs. C. C. H unt and fam ily. Mr. ing mainly along the north side along and laid an egg in the hip M artha B. Greig e t vir to William F. H ershey of N yssa was appointed and Mrs. F isher and fam ily of N yssa of the M alheur River in eastern pocket. “Every mem ber of our party Greig-WM.NWV4 Sec. 28; and SWVL- there. tem porary chairm an and officers and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Laxon and Oregon, centering around the towns got the limit in a few hours,” the Ted Riley received a pleasant sur Visitor said. “ It was the best hunt- Sec. 21-20-46. 10-12-26. $10.00. prise Friday when Mr. and Mrs. w ere elected. Mrs. H ershey will children of O ntario enjoyed a picnic of H arp er and Vale, above the M artha G feig to E. M. Grcig-EV4 ing trip I ever experienced in the head the organization as president, lunch a t the Owyhee dam site Sun present W arm springs project. No pheasant country. The birds are SE14 Sec. 20-20-46. 10-12-26. $10.00. Williams drove up at the noon lunch Mrs. I. W. Hope, is firs t vice-presi day. unusual construction features will certainly plentiful.” Pacific Live Stock Co. to A. L. time with a delicious birthday cake Mrs. Swan and daughter, Fay, and dent; Mrs. Seeoy of Ontario, second; be required in connection w ith the Lee, Gnd.-Lot 5, Block 6, H arper. made in his honor, as a tre a t fo r the Not only hunters but game w ard Mrs. A. W. G riggs of the city, sec Mrs. Ed. Blodgett and daughter, Vale project. whole school. The children in all 9-18-26. $10.00 ens are on the job. E ight arrests re ta ry ; Mrs. S. B. Davis of N yssa, Viola, of Nyssa called a t the Lowe sincerity wished him many happy Pacific Live Stock Co. to Mary A. The Irrigation Plan were made in M alheur county Sun- returns of the day, only they wished correspondent and Mrs. E v arts of home Saturday. Jackson-Lot 5, Block 4, H arper. The irrigation plan fo r th is pro-1 day by Chas. McLees and F. M. G randma B ontrager is improving th a t day would return about once O ntario, treasu rer. 18-26. $10.00, ject is closely related to th a t of the Brown, chief deputy from Portland. 9- a fte r a weeks illness. every week. S tate Convention Delegate Donald M. Graham e t ux to Arden W arm springs irrigation district, F rank F uller and fam ily of P ay F ritz Preston took Mr. Donnelly Mrs. W. T. Posey was also select Sec which has constructed a reservoir a t the end of this canyon, and the A. Reed-N%NWV4SWV4SE% to Vale and B rogan last Tuesday in ed to represent the Vale uniou a t the e tte spent the week end at the on the M alheur River about 60 miles main canal th e re a fte r has but one 23-15-42. 10-13-26. $200.00. sta te convention a t Gresham . Mrs. F ran k F ry home in Oregon Trail S heriff C. W. Glenn to A. L. Cock- his ford. A good p art of the Kolony hay h a s ! west of Vale with a surplus capac- stru ctu re of im portance, namely, a Chet Lanfnann went to Jam ieson Hershey will represent N yssa and 70-inch reinforced concrete siphon rum, Trustee-NEVi Sec. 17-; and been sold this week for eight and over th a t required fo r the dis- Wednesday fo r a load of alfalfa hay also the county organization. On 6,200 feet long across Bully Creek. SW14SE14 Sec. 4-21-46. 10-13-26. triot lands. One-half of the present for turkeys. tario has not decided on sending a nine dollars. D rainage $4,762.66. capacity of 17,000 acre-feet is to The Book club will m eet with Mrs. B ert Hammack left for Lackey’s representative as yet but will con Drainage is expected to be re A. L. Cocknum, T rustee to H. B. be purchased fo r the Vale project Mill Monday m orning for a load of tribute full quota fo r the necessary F ran k F ry of Oregon T rail on Wed- at a cost of $S per a c re - fu r. The quired on only a sm alj p a rt of the Cockrum-SW V4SE*4 Sec. 4-21-46. ■n «4ay ef this week. posts and wood. Wilton Stream expense. 11-26. $10.00. ierii l f< z .. f)# Bigelow installation of gates on the crest of total area, principally in the Willow 10- S heriff C. W. Glenn to Malheui drove one team for him. Owing to the P arent-T eacher meet ht, re g o V ... Vale Monday on Business, the dam, which was provided for and Bully Creek bottoms. H arry Reed is riding on Burnt The surplus storage capacity of County B ank-E% Sec. 8-15-40. 7-26- ing here Tuesday night, there w ert* Dwight Johnson of Oregon TiVr in the original plan, will p erm it the River for horses for coyote bait. not many local members present, j ;s home from the g t A bonsus ho# Maximum w ater surface of the res- the district to be used by the Vale 26. $522.40. (C ertificate of sale). Elm er Wilson is working for E l but according to Mrs. Davis, w hat *p ita] in B o ,g c where h„ ,mi„.rwo „ ervior to be raised 4 feet and pro project results from early overes Mary L. Milligan to Lena J. Rick- m er Johnson. tim ates of the irrigable area in the they lacked in numbers they more un operation. ard-SV4SW*4NW(4 Sec. 16-18-47. vide an additional 20,000 acre-feet Andy R ettig and A rth u r Johnson than atoned fo r in zeal and earn est p; o reK,)r, T rai| p T A met lagt of storage. This additional cost and W arm springs district. Seepage en- 10-13-26. $1.00. Bruce Dennis et ux to F. E. Reed- drove up from Brogan Sunday. enthusiasm as they have the good of h'-iday a t the school house with a capacity will be apportioned equally craochm ents and refractory alka Wm. Lofton and Jim m y (£>Roe the community a t h eart. * The U(lchers >n<J to each d istrict. line soils have reducted the am ount Lot 5, Block 15, Eldredges Add. to passed through the valley Friday The O ntario and N yssa ladies we # ft’Id of tillable lands in th is d istrict un Vale. 5-15-26. $1.00. (Q. C. Deed). T k c U iv «r a iu n W « i r cnterfal»._i • ? som* uiiuii.inuua in jiiaiAu uf the hearty H. G. Jackson, Receiver to K. E. with 250 head of cattle enroute to W ater released from the reser til a t the present tim e a b o u t o n e - ii.rtti' which made the evening very welcome accorded them as visitors. voir will flow in the channel of the third of the original area of 37,000 Reed-Lot 5, Block 15, Eldredges Add. N yssa, * ’n< re they will be fed this InU Testhg. w inter by the parties who bought Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Mills retu rn M alheur River to a point about 1 acres clased as irrigable is capable to Vale. 9-15-26. $1,000.00. (Q. C. them. ed to Portland Thursday a fte r a two mile w est of Nam orf. A t th is point of producing crops. This reduction Deed). Mrs. Bilyeu left Tuesday for val F. E. Reed to Drexel Real E state a simple diversion w eir, 12 feet hiffi in area has reduced the resoures of weeks visit a t the I,owe home. ley points on business and Mr. Bil the district to such an extent th a t Co.-Lot 5, Block 15, Eldredges Add. and 150 feet long, re stin g on rock, Mrs. Andrew McGinnis of the Kol yeu also left on the stage Thursday. ony entertained Miss Eva E verett, will be constructed. Thi3 weir will it is incapable of financing a drain to Vale. 9-18-26. $1.00. (Q. G. Deed). Coyote trapping is m errily pro Ferdinand E. Reed to Drexel Real Miss Cherald Green and O scar Pink require 4,000 cubic yards of concrete. age program . By the term s of the ceeding apace. Fred and Dick Reed pending contract fo r purchase of the E state Co.-part of Lots 7 and 8, The canal head g ates will be set a t ston a t a dinner Sunday in honor of are reported to have caught seven. Archie and P erry C antrall who are rig h t angles to the crest of the surplus W arm springs Reservoir "cap Block 18, Vale. 12-18-25. $1.00. Alhet Lanman has caught five and w eir a t the left or north abuttm ent. acity, the United States will divert (Q. C. Deed). The state highw ay commission has leaving for California soon. $150,000 to $200,000 of such purchase The Main Canal Samuel A rm strong e t ux to J. M.. •Frank Lam bert, who has ju s t begun made a request fo r technical d ata on Mrs. Claude Smith is on fhe sick From th is point to the upper end money to provide drainage fo r the McEwan et al-SE>ANW!4, NE14- trap p in g already has one. the survey of the C entral Oregon list this week. highway from B urrell’s station Gordon M acLafferty came down of H arp er Valley, a distance of about d istrict lands, and w ithout fu rth e r SW14, and SW14SW14 Sec. 26; B E * above Vale to a point twelve miles I from College Place, W ashington, F ri- 6 miles, th e main canal will have consideration the W arm springs d is SE14 Sec. 27; N E14N EK Sec. 34; CRESTON above H arper a t N am orf. The su r day and returned Saturday accomp a capacity of 646 second-feet and tric t drains will also cary off drain' NW UNW 14, and N ^ N E % Sec. 35; age w aters from the higher-lying S% SE (4, and SE(4SW (4 Sec. 26; vey to this point w as authorized by anied by his m other, Mrs. E. L. Mac construction will be difficult owing A lthough the ground is very dry N E ttN W 'A Sec. 35; SHNEV4, and They expect to make to the presence of rock, steep cross Vale project lands. the commission and the members L afferty. for seeding the fall crops, the fields The Project Cost slopes, and conflict with the Ontario- N tkS E K Sec. 26-25-38. 9-25-26. seem eager to obtain the engineer’s th eir home in College Place this win are being prepared for the grain. The total cost of the project is $400.00. (Q. C. Deed). Burns branch of the O. S. L. Rail findings. W hether they will au th o r ter. „ , . . . . , T. R. Beers and Frank Shumway, A rm strong et ux to J. M l . „ ize construction of the road to H a r Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Bradley, th eir road, which crosses the Malheur estim ated a t $3,590,000. Of this , , Samuel „ . . Jr., were Riverside visitors Monday. . „ . - „ .. , , . per or not is problematical, but th eir d au g h ter Ruby, and Grandma B rad River im m ediately below the pro am ount about tw o-thirds is required McEwan e t al-S E ‘/4SE>4 Sec. 27; f ‘,t‘onwood j*811 apparent h urry is a good indication ley w ent to O ntario Saturday. G rand posed point of diversion. The canal for the diversion weir and the m ain NEWNWV« Sec. 35; north 50 acres .. approxim ately one-fifth of S * S E * Sec. M ; S E ttS E U S W tt. the m" 'fortu" c to l>rp8k hls C8r whp" will be carried under the railroad canal and th a t some action will- be taken in m a rem ained for a few days visit. on his way to Burns, and was com N FW ^N EV iSEli, the near future. J. E. Peck, state The Wm. Hite fam ily moved to by m eans of a concrete culvert. For for storage. The rem ainder of the S H N E (4 S E % , pelled to spend several days in Cres- estim ated cost is required for laterals W H SE>4N E(4, and N E (4S W ‘/4NE(4 ton while w aiting for repairs. engineer, has been in charge of the O ntario S aturday. Mrs. Hite will approxim ately 1 mile the canal will Sec. 26-25-38. 9-26-26. $1.00. survey. Location was completed to rem ain there while Mr. H ite will go will follow th e north side of the and drainage. Budd H artm an of Yakima W ash By means of a supplem ental con Perry Jam es to S. M. Stewart.-NE- river and will then be carried to the tunnel beyond Nomorf, this to H arp er to work this w inter. ington was an over night guest a t tra c t w ith the W arm springs irrig a the south side by m eans of a flume % Sec. 35-20-46. 9-30-26. $1.00. week. the R oger’s home and a passenger ,80*1 feet long, of which f ) fe t tion d istrict it has been arranged U. S. A. to Wm. S. Harrow-Lots to Riverside on the Stage. HIGHWAY PATROLMEN ARCADIA would he on th e steel bridgé For th a t this district shall utilize the 6 and 7, Sec. 24-15-45. Lots 5 and6, Denver Crow purchased two milch MAKE OILING PREPA RATIO NS the n o t 4 m il's the canal proaVels drainage and retu rn flow from the Sec. 19-15-46. 11-12-25. cows last week. Orvil Clack and Miss Bello Snow -*■ the river on the south side to a Vale project lands to the greatest ex Sheriff C. W. Glenn to Ju lia Kies- B arney Bull, patrolm an in charge were m arried in Vale Sunday morn- Rev. Baird preached a good ser tent possible with the Vale project, el et al lands in Township 19, Range of highway m aintenance from above in?. Mr clack Came hcre from Ken- point which is favorable for a siphon mon a t the school house Sunday. W arm springs Reservoir 47. location, and where conflict with receiving 10-16-26. $17,000.00. (These Vale to O ntario and N yssa is m ak- tucky last spring. He is a nephew George Fenton of Bohna was buy storage in equal am ount in exchange. lands were the property of K. S. D. ing m any preparations fo r oiling of „{ Mrs. Jim Flem ing and Mrs. Sam the railroad does not ocur. A t this ing hogs in Creston last week. The total area commanded by the F ru it Land Co. and w ere sold for a point the canal is to be returned Mrs. D. Crow was visiting with the highw ay next spring. He a d -¡H e n ry . Mrs. Clack is a d aughter of to the north side by m eans of a canals of the Vale project, not in Judgm ent of $117,681.79). Mrs. E. Rogers Friday. vises th a t he expects to see the raod Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Snow and was concrete siphon 1,015 feet long cluding lands now having a full wa- M arriage Licenses Issued. oiled from N yssa to th e Y, and from raised in th is vicinity. The boys Owing to th e difficult te r rito ry 1 te r supply, is 36,000 acres. Soil sur- Vernon F. Boren and Elsie T hrash there to Vale and on thongh town as and girls gave them a noisy wel- traversed by the canal a la rg e 1 veys and a land classification indi er. 10-15-26. fa r as Hope S tation. This week j come am ount of steel and concrete bench, cales 32,095 acres thereof irrigable, Orville Clack and Inez Snow. he and Cyril Crawley have been en- Mrs. E arn est Wilson, Mrs Barney flume will be required. In th i s ' of which 2,776 acres now receive a 10-16-26. gaged in locating gravel pits so th a t w ijson and children were visiting 6-mile canyon section im mediately partial w ater supply from various The dates have been set for Mal w ork can progress a fte r the cold Mrs. C. W. B arrett Friday a fte r More than 19,000 persons have below the point of diversion t h e ! sources. With appropriate allowane- heur County T eacher’s Institute. It w eather comes. Two have been noon been killed and 52,000 injured in ag g reg ate length of steel and con-1 os fo r rights of way and equivalent located on the N yssa road and one Miss R uth H unt who is teaching accidents in this will be held in O ntario this y ear on crete flumes and siphon will be acres of full w ater rig h t in lieu of grade-crossing November 22nd and 23, according to n ear Vale on the river. j aj W eiser spent the week end with the area now receiving a partial sup country during the past year. 14,000 feet. Mrs. E. M. Crail, county school sup Mrs. J. A. Mr. and ply, the net project irrigable area JOHN DAY CONTRACTORS I her parents> The H arper T ract A Japanese pearl firm , believing erintendent. The program has not COM PLETE FIR ST STRETCH i H unt- A fter leaving the canyon th e can would be equivalent to 28,350 acres th a t oysters have souls, has built been definitely arranged but it is _____ Clyde Long and fam ily were over al supplies w ater for the H arper receiving a full w ater supply.— F F. a m iniature pagoda as a shrine to Mrs. C rail’s aim to g et the best edu K ibler and B artle tt, contractors in from F ruitland Sunday visiting tract. This is an area of 3,735 acres W alter, Chief Engineer. placate the spirits of bivalves from cators of the sta te as speakers for charge of the surfacing of the John th e ir parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chas of bench and bottom land north of Proposed Contract which pearls have been taken. institute. Day highw ay in Cow Valley, have Bullard and the J. T. Long family, the M alheur River contiffuous to The form of contract referred to Mrs. Wm. Amens of Vale was the town of H arper. made splendid progress in the work. Across the was npproved by the F irst A ssistant The joker who wanted a concession to erect signs at This week they completed the q u ar visiting her son, Ray Amens and river from the lower end of the H ar Secretary of the Interior under date the North Pole could doubtless find plenty of suckers to ry site, a stretch about seven miles fam ily la st week, per tra c t is an area of 675 acres of June 29, 1926. A lthough the pro take stock in the enterprise. in length. They will now move the J. A. H unt started a crew of men known as L ittle Valley. W ater posed contract has not yet been exe rock crusher to another site, the g ath erin g his large crop of corn fo r th is area is to be carried across cuted, the following sum m ary of the An Oklahoma paper declares that “any young woman moving and settin g up of m achinery Monday morning. the river by means of a seco d siph term s of the contract form as ap of high ideals anti moral turpitude can win as never be requiring about three week’s work. C. W. B a rre tt is building a new on. This is th e only area south of proved, may be of interest. fore in educational history.” She can win a place on the It is not likely th a t the surfacing garage. When he heard the Owyhee the M alheur River for which works The contract provides for the ex front page, at least. will be completed this fall as the was a sure thing he felt he must will be constructed. penditure by the United States of not work m ust stop when cold w eather make some improvements. Most of the fellows who do the kicking about prohibi Separating the H arper tra c t from to exceed $4,500,000 for (a) the pur comes. Kibler and B artlett have tion have never tried it. chase of a onehalf interest in W arm- the Vale Valley is a canyon about until next June to finish the surfac- STATE ROAD O FFICIALS 6 miles in length. The conditions springs Reservoir from the W arm - Of course Jack Dempsey lost the championship but IN SPECT MARKET ROAD district, (b) the here are very sim ilar to those en springs irrigation One of the oldest English folk then $700,000 makes a nice little booby prize. .T. H. Scott, state m arket road in countered in the first 6 miles below construction of a diversion dam in dances is the Abbots Bromley Horn The annual prediction of a coal shortage is now being the point of the diversion. Between the M alheur River in sec. 6,T. 21 8., Dance, held annually in England for spector, accompanied H. G. Sm ith, hundreds o f years. The dancers, division engineer of LaGrande, and the H arper and Vale valleys the R. 41 E., W illam ette mpridian, (c) made which proves that winter is once more near at tw elve men, w ear deer skulls w ith County Surveyor J. F. Miller, on a ag reg ate length of flumes and siph extending therefrom a canal system *innd. antlers attached. The custom is trip through the county the early ons will be 13,000 feet, in addition consisting of a main canal and Little did our grandmothers dream that the time believed to have come down from j p art of the week, when m arket roads to which th ere is required 572 feet branch canals and structure«, and the tim e of the Danish invasion and l were inspected. The Jordan Valley of concrete-lined tunnel 11 feet in (d) the necessary drainage works, as would come when women pedestrians could be identi fied by their knees. the w orship of Thor and Odin. road was given p articu lar attention. diam eter. Vale valley is reached found by the Secretary. IS REV. MRS. HERSHEY PRES. OF VALE PROJECT GOOD TELLS OF IRRIGATION PLAN Highway Com. Wants Data On Central Oregon Dates Set For Teachers’ Institute