THE GATE CITY JOURNAL
VOLUME XXIV. NO. 45.
RRIGATIQN BiLL
NYSSA, OREGON,
FRIDAY,
$140 PER YEAR
some had offered a solution which
The Christmas
satisfied in part. He might assure
humanity o f His love and lift men
Light That Can up to the place where He dwells.
Christmas bears witness to the fact
God cares, and the universal
Not Fail Us that
response which the world makes to
OWYHEE
Mrs. Ellis Walters was a guest
in the Newbill home Saturday.
Dennis Toomes o f Nyssa has pur
chased the ranch known as the J. P.
McGinnis ranch on the Owyhee.
Mrs. Rosie Fletcher, an old-time
resident of Owyhee and Ontario died
Dec. 1st at Portland.
Mrs. Chas.
Bradley called
on
Grandma Harris of Nyssa Saturday.
Miss Florence Bach who is teach
ing near Emmett, Idaho, arrived in
the Kolony Saturday to spend the
holidays with home folks.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Cantrall were
Payette visitors Saturday.
Wade Nichols of Kingman Kolony
was quite badly hurt Saturday when
the horse he was riding fell on him
dislocating some of the bones in his
foot. He was taken to a Caldwell
sanitarium where it will be neces
sary for him to remain several days.
Oscar Pinkston was a Homedale
visitor last week.
Smiths,
Frys, and
Klingbacks
were to
Ontario Friday
sending
telegrams to the north pole.
Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Lane and son
Donald of the Kolony were Emmett
visitors last week returning home
Saturday.
Miss Ivers, primary
teacher of
Oregon Trail had as her guest sev
eral days last week her sister Ruby
of Vale.
Mrs. Claud Smith and daughters
DECEMBER 24, 192«.
POSTPONES ACTION
ON IRRIGATION BiLL
HOUSE PASSES ON
APPROPRIATIONS
OW YHEEANDVALE
the Good News, the soul hunger
By Bishop Wm. P. Remington.
which we find satisfied by the mes-
The keeping o f the anniversary sa* » o f the angels, is sufficient
o f the birth o f Jesus o f Nazareth Proo* that a11 mankind can look un-
bears witness to an astounding in- to H m an<i be saved.
REPORT GIVEN AT PORTLAND
DISAPPROVAL
OF
PROPOSED nuence jn the worW immeasurabIy
Sometime, we
think
that the HOUSE ADDS $100,000 FOR CON
MEETING IS MATTER OF
BILL RESULTS IN POSTPON
STRUCTION OF WARMSPRINGS
greater than any outward expree- I" ,racle
Christmas is as great as
.
DISCUSSION
ED ACTION BY CONGRESS
DRAINAGE SYSTEM
sion of the Christian faith. Mil- that of
incarnation, perhaps it
lions of people all over the earth ’ * mor* univeraal in its acceptance,
who never join In a carol nor lift Many there are who cannot accept
their voices in praise o f the new- the virgin birth and yet find their
bom King, yet feel the spirit of “ tmost hopes re“ l'*ed in the love,
Malheur Stands Opposed To Legisla
the season, the grip o f the fin gers1 ® . Pemce* an<*
good will of
Legislative Commitee From County of the Christ Child upon their heart Chr,a^ “ a Day‘
tion Proposed By Oregon Recla
For yo“ and me Appropriations For Vale, Owyhee
And Baker For Next Fiscal
Will Draw Up Measure Pro
mation Congress Committee
strings, and it brings a new look M Christians, the Good News has
Year Go To Senate
viding Single Cure
into hard and selfish faces. The ; *
a11 tha cherished memories of
The report of the legislative com'
message of the angels is so compell- Blble and eJ fed> °* caro,a and cn*-
mittee o f the Oregon Reclamation
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I ing that it breaks through all dis- ‘ °rm8’ and bIesaed Joyful traditions.
congress made at the meeting of
Carrying new appropriations for
Probably as the result of dmap-
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hatred. W , lift up our heart, in great
trustees in Portland Tuesday
and
proval o f the measure by the le*>s-
gordid
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w ' alth and thankfulness. But let u . not for- the Vale, Owyhee and Baker projects
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Wednesday, has drawn fire from
in eastern Oregon, the annual in
lative
committee of the Oregon n Irri
sensual get those wbo pay tribllte to the
the
tempting
voices of
Malheur county. The proposed bill
terior department appropriation bill
gation congress, proposing a new
Season
mes8aK
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but
do
not
yet
know
the
pleasures, are stilled for a
affecting administration affairs in
was passed by the house Wednesday
method and the creation of a s t a t e d “ “
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Messenger as we do.
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irrigation districts, drawn up by W.
board to control reclamation districts
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and sent to the senate. The house
earth-bound prison into the
free
Lair Thompson, was not submitted
no definite action was taken at tha
added one hundred thousand dollars
S t d H s t i C S to the appropriation for the Vale
to Malheur county districts until the
recent meeting in Portland. A re air of love, peace and good will. It C O U t l t U
is as though the greatest ‘ ‘sending
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last of the week, which fact has been
project, as interior officials inform
port in a Portland paper
stated
station” o f all, controlled by the Real Estate Transfers Recorded.
censored. As a result a meeting
ed the committee that they had un
that the committee from the state
Master hand, had issued a yearly
Pacific Live Stock Co. to Deane
was called in Ontario Saturday to
derestimated the amount needed for
congress postponed any action on
decree—“ Clear the air for the angel Goodman-SWUNE'A and E$4SE!4
the proposed bill. As a result the
the Vale project and that it should
consider it.
choirs,
for
the
good
news
o
f
all
Sec.
8;
NW14NE14
and
NE14NW>A
Proposes Board
committee from Malheur county dis
have been $860,000 insead of $750,-
Behold, I bring you glad Sec. 20; NKNW14 and NEVISW’A
tricts, o f which Senator George E. ages.
The measure proposed the crea
000 as provided for the next fiscal
Davis is a member, will not take tidings of great joy which shall be Sec. 21-20-37; WHNW14 Sec. 9; S% year.
tion o f a state reclamation board.
to have the power to take from lo- Vivian and uMa* ine left Saturday for any action objecting to the bill un to all people, for unto yon to bom NEK and SE14NW14 Sec. 8; SE14-
The additional $100,000 to be em
cal districts control o f their affairs a visit with her parents at the less further developments take place. this day in the City o f David a Sav- NE!4 Sec. 19; E ttN W K , N E K SW tt ployed in construction o f a drainage
Dalles, Oregon.
iour which is Christ the Lord.”
and Lot 4, Sec. 18-21-37. $10.00.
Want Simple Remedy
in case the districts were in strait
system will be added when the ap
John Reece is leaving today (Mon
L. G. Pickell et ux to I. M. Dean- propriation measure reaches
There is just one Light that nev
However, a meeting will be held
ened financial condition.
Malheur
tho
day) for California. Frank Morgan
and that Light
glows WHSEÍ4NE14 Sec. 17-15-46. 10-21- senate.
in the near future whn the commit er fails,
irrigationists condemned the bill as
will accompany him as far as Eu tee, consisting of Mr. Davis, Attor brightest when the Star o f Bethle- 26. $10.00.
impracticable, stating that it would
Owyhee Gets $2,000,000
gene to spend the holidays with rel neys Bruce R. Kester and R. W. hem shines over the hills and irrad-1 U. S.A. to Elmina Vinson-SWK-
result in additional burden o f ex
An appropriation o f $2,000,000 for
atives.
Swagler will draw up a measure, iates the earth. It Is a Light which NW14 and NW14SW14 Sec. 14; NE- the Owyhee, a sister project lying
pense upon involved land owners.
through which it is believed that the makes man aware both o f his char- !4, NHSE14, SW14SE14, SW14, S% in Malheur county and partly in Ida
It was also the expressed belief that
15-28-46. ho, was also approved without ob
affairs of irrigation districts which acter and his destiny. All the rest N W 14, NEKNW14 Sec.
the bill would lead to stnte assump
are in difficulties, can be righted. of the year he may think o f him- 10-16-26.
tion of indebtedness, though this is
jection and passed the house.
Emory Cole et ux to Malheur
The simple remedy sought is collec seif as a "go-getter," an active suc
not contained in the measure. The
An item of $450,000 for the Baker
across project was included in the bill. This
tion o f operation and maintenance cessful business man, but now be County-road right of way
crowd unanimously opposed the bill.
charges by the districts themselves, must see himself as a child o f God, Block 25, Brogan. 12-13-26. $225.00. is the sixth time that the Baker pro
Want Change
J. S. Fischer et ux to Union Cen ject has been approved by the ap
instead o f by county collection. To a spiritual creture, one destined to
At the meeting Saturday it was
message is not tral Life Insurance
Co.-Sl4SW l4 propriation committee although the
also decided to seek a change in the SAYS JAMIESON MARSHALL, IN warrant approval o f bondholders, the immortality. The
measure will leave the collection of simply for the chosen people o f God Sec. 13; N t fN W * Sec. 24; S fcS E tt secretary of the interior has not yet
statutes which would allow directors
STITUTIONAL ADVISOR
interest and principal on bond pay the elect individual or nation, it is Sec. 14; NV4NE14 Sec. 23; SE14SW- declared the approval of the feasi
of irrigation districts to collect their
NATIONAL T. B. ASS’N.
ments in the hands o f county offic for all, and that means everyone, % Sec. 14; and N E ttN W K Sec. 23- bility of the project.
own operation
and
maintenance
no matter how worldly or sordid or 16-46. JM l-26. $1.00. (Q. C. Deed).
ers.
charges, but to continue the present
Gena G. Kime et vir to A. L. Lee-
selfish or
unlovable.
The
point
system o f collection of bond and in
“ Money spent by the state or a
about Christmas is that on that day Lots 5 and 6, and west 75 feet of
terest payments by county officials, county in building adequate saniior-
a
message is
filtering
through Lot 4, Block 8, Harper. 12-11-20.
so that these payments may continue ium facilities for tuberculosis pat
which is so universal in content and *10.00 (Q. C. Deed).
to be mqde through the state’s of ients i3 money wisely
invested,”
U. S. A. to Elizabeth Powers-NE-
meaning that it
transcends the
ficial agencies, thus not impairing •'■•aid Jam eson Marshall, institution
bounds
of
race
or
color,
nation
or
14NE14,
SWNE14 and N * S E * Sec.
the collection of bond money.
al advisor for the National Tuber
creed. In its universality It satis 11; W ttN W ti and N W K S W tt Sec.
Senator George E. Davis and Re culosis Association, who has accom
fies the religious instinct o f man 12-16-38. 1-21-26.
DAVID T. GRAHAM HAS FILED
presentative-elect J. D. Billingsley panied the Oregon .Board o f Con
Joseph Blayney Boydell to J. W.
INJUNCTION
RESTRAINING
were present. County Commissioner trol in quest o f a site for the new ENGINEER RHEA LUPER POINTS because it is based upon the spirit
ual character and destiny o f human Kygar et al-70 acres in SHNW14
OUT PITFALLS IN IRRIGA
CHANGE IN BOOKS
C. H. Oxman presided at the meeting Eastern Oregon Tuberculosis Hospi
ity. The Son o f God came to earth Sec. 34-20-46. 6-4-25. $$1.00.
TION LAWS
It was said that the representative tal. “ Every phase o f the anti-tuber
Sheriff C. W. Glenn to City o f On-
in order that man might have auth
districts at the meeting
involved culosis campaign is aided by having
David F. Graham, Jordan Valley
oritative assurance of his inherit tario-Lots 3 to 8, inclusive, Block
200,000 acres of land or the largest enough sanitorium beds to accom-
Salem. _ The proposa, of the legis-
in
24; Lots 1 to 5, Inc., and 11 to 15, business man, whose home is
ance as a child o f God.
reclamation area in the state.
odate patients who cannot pay for Iative committee o f the Oregon Ir-
Of course, it was inevitable that ine., Block 273; Lots 11 to 16, ine., Vale, is among other prominent ed
No delegate was sent to the meet
" y a? _ “ r! ’ _u *_ Î ! Sa! i Sa,tUr; rigation congress for the creation of this Good News should tie given Block 206; Lots 8, 4, 6, and 11 to 15, ucators o f the state who have sought
ing in Portland, but H. G. Kennard a
day evening when he arrived in a state reclamation board to take
state
Ontario.
9-13-26. injunctions to restrain the
a variety o f interpretations, just as ine., Block 29.,
o f Vale, a visitor in Salem, attended Portland in company with Governor
over the affairs of delinquent irri the beauty and truth of the Creat $405.00.
board o f education from entering in
with State Engineer Rhea Luper and Pierce, Secretary of State
Kozer, gation districts is unworkable in the
Malheur County to Ed Parrish- to a contract which calls for new
or has manifold expression in na
others.
Treasurer of State, Kay, and Dr. opinion o f State Engineer
Luper, ture. The Light o f that Star of Lots 37, 38, and 39, Block 4, River text books for Oregon schools, claim
There were representatives from G. C. Bellinger Superintendent of
the Vale, Warmsprings,
Owyhee, the State Tuberculosis Hospital at who declares that he will oppose Bethlehem has been broken up Into side Add. to Ontario. 11-23-26. ing this change in school books year
adoption o f the law by the legisla the colors o f the spectrum because $86.14.
after year means a useless and un
Payette-Oregon Slope, Nyssa
and Salem.
ture. Under the provisions of the of the media through which It has
Edw. Parrish et ux to Nels Raa- called for expenditure o f money.
Ontario districts.
‘‘The curative phase of the work proposed law, M.- Luper states, the
Objections have been made from
been passed.
If one really lovea mussen-Lots 37, 38, and 39, Block 4,
is aided directly by the early care state would necessarily take excess
the Light, he Is not disturbed be Riverside Add. to Ontario. 11-23-26. every part of the state to the action
of the patient; the preventive phase ive losses in some districts or find
of the text book commission in its
cause it appears in different colors, $300.00.
is served by removing the patient itself unable to resell the lands which
Agnes Downs to A. G. Moore- change of personnel made in No
hut he must Insist that It takes all
from direct contact with his fam ily; had been ecquired through foreclos
the colors to make the clear white N W K N W K N W * Sec. 11-18-47. 11- vember, which removed R. R. Turner
the positive
health or
education ure.
and named a Portland teacher in his
light of truth. Perhaps we hare 3-26. $1,200.00.
phase is aided by the fact that the
As solution to the muddle into reached that
Henry C. Dunagan et ux to U. S. place, thus giving control of the com
tolerance
of
view
“ Well here I am” said W. G. Mor patients and their friends lose their which irrigation matters have de which admits that others may be Yerax-NH, N *S E 14 ,
and NE14- mission to Portland without a repre
gan, secretary o f the Harper Com dread o f tuberculosis by learning veloped in the state, Luper will pro worshipping the Christ Child, even SW & Sec. 29-28-46. 3-27-26. $10.00. sentative from Eastern Oregon. Mr.
mercial club o f Malheur county, a that it can be checkel, cured and al pose to the legislature a bill mod if they do not sing the same hymn
Sheriff C. W. Glenn to Paul Graham says the commission as it
former Albany resident for a brief together prevented by following the eled largely after a law which has nor say the same creed. A t least Brooks-Lots 17 and 20, inclusive, is now is not a legal body.
period, who arrived in A lbany for a rules of normal, healthy living.”
been in effect in Colorado for a on Christmas the flood gates of Block 312; Lots 1 to 6, ine., Block
As a result of present resentment
Mr. Marshall’s services are fur number of years and which is said
few days visit.
love, peace, and good will are un 264; and Lots 1 to 20, ine., Block it is expected that the legislature
Mr. Morgan is interested largely nished free to the State by the Na to have been found entirely satis loosened anti a person must be a 282, Ontario. 12-18-26. $165.00.
will make some change in the text
Tuberculosis
Association factory in that state.
in “ Whiteurth,” a new material used tional
book law to eliminate the present
Marriage Licenses Issued.
markably strong swimmer to battle
in cement work and for insulation which receives five cents from each
The Colorado law, Mr. Luper ex
Frank L. Hendricks
and Elsie uncalled for waste o f money.
.in t that Hood. To hold fast tc
in wiring buildings. Tha product he dollar’s worth o f Christmas seals plains, provides for the refunding one’s own narrow conception o f the Neal. 12-13-26.
is putting on the market is a new sold in the U. S. each year.
o f the indebtedness of
irrigation truth and of the purposes o f God, Complaints Filed In Circuit Court.
discovery o f a material found in the
districts by the issuance o f refund is indeed difficult on the annivers
Walter Thompson vs Vera Thomp
Malheur county in recent years that
ing bonds, which limit the liability ary o f the birth o f Jeeus.
son. 12-18-26. Divorce.
is rapidly coming into demand, says
of the settlers to a definite portion
State of Oregon vs Wm. C. Tom
We should give high praise and
Mr. Morgan.
Mr.
Morgan is
a
of the district’s indebtedness. Any unfeigned thanks for the message lin, Jr., et al. 12-17-26. Foreclosure
booster for his county and has much
settler can then be relieved from of Christmas in all ages, but es of Mortgage.
$2,229.44.
to say about the proposed irrigation
The County Agent’s office is very taxation for the payment of prin pecially In this Twentieth Century.
Bank o f Jordan Valley vs Jordan,
BALLOT ON
projects by the government known anxious to get in
interest
of
refunding If you don’t think the old world Is Vallay Hotel Co. 12-17-26. Recovery STATE REGENTS
communication cipal and
»«C A T IO N FOB EASTERN
as the Owyhee and Vale projects. with dairymen wishing to have reg bonds upon the payment of his pro any better than It was, read your on note. $1,700.00.
OREGON NORMAL
He is of the opinion that great possi ular monthly cow testing service for portionate share
o f the indebted history or go and live in some place
bilities - are in store for the early their herds. J. B. Hallman, one of ness plus 15 per cent additional to where Christ is not known. Be a MARKED MALLARD DUCK
ENDS FLIGHT NEAR VALE
settlers or investors on the lands to the official testers o f the Weiser- cover contingencies.
This payment real pagan, "a genuine
barbarian,
The state board of normal school
The flight of • mallard duck that
be irrigated.
The expense o f the Payette Cow Testing Ass’n., Is go may be made in cash or in district and suffer their cruelties and lust.
perhaps has seen the sunny south, regents on Monday afternoon select
projects is based at $22,000,000, said ing to be able to give Malheur Coun bonds at par and enables the set
Thank God for the Gool News of
northern snows and has
reached ed LaGrande for the new Eastern
Morgan, and will bring into culti- ty enough time to handle approxi tler to take advantage of any drop
Christmas, for there one finds a
According
from one comer o f this broad coun Oregon normal school.
vaion 240,$00 acres. The land at mately ten herds.
in
the
market
value
o
f
bonds
by
Four or five
truth inherent in all religion, and
to a press report, LaGrande and
present can be bought at from $60 have already been secured but there puchasing them at their low price answer to the soul hunger o f every try to the other, was stopped by a
bullet near Vale last week. The Pendleton were tied with nine votes
to $600 per acre with water rights. is still opportunity for others who and turning them in at par on his
child o f man. The great question
little bird was no different from a each for the site of the eastern Ore
Morgan suggested that investors are interested. It Is hoped that indebtedness.
of life is not how God made me,
gon normal, The Dalles in second
have a great opportunity at this with this sort o f a start, by spring
Bonds now outstanding, Mr. Luper but wjiat sort of a being am I now thousand others that have been bag
place with six votes after the first
ged
by
local
nimrods
since
the
seas
time for making a good buy.
the county will be able to support explains, constitute a contract be- that I have been made? The prob-
The preliminary ballot
on opened, except for the fact that balloting.
He reports that there is 6,600,000 a cow testing association of its own. tween the district
and the bond- |,,m 0f existance is not how much
ing eliminated Arlington,
Weston,
it
wore
a
silver
(eg
band,
one
con
acres of land in the county and not
holders which cannot be changed by ,.an , ?f,t out o f my three
Redmond and Elgin. All other sites
taining
a
number
that
had
been
put
SCHOOL
DISTRICT
16
IN
a 100 acres o f timber land on the
legislation without the consent
of yParj, and ten, but how can I fit
votes
on by the U. S. Biological depart not eliminated received two
tax roll. The timber all being in
HANDS BOUNDARY BOARD both parties.
¡m yself for eternity?
Before
the
ment. The bird was shot by D. A. each.
the government reserve.
He pro
humanity groped
A three day hearing on school dls- There are nearly 10,000 automo-
Christmas, humanity
CJor on Bulley Creek.
The ques.
poses to join with other counties in
F /«e From T ax C ollector
triet No. 16 resulted
Tueeday In hile camps in this country, of which blindly in a region of shadow and tion is where did this bird hail from
the state in a concerted action to
Tax collecting Is a difficult task In
finding
that District
No. 16 was qq per cent are in or near a city ^reat
darkness. They wanted to and it will be solved by government
secure revenues from the government
an abandoned district and as such or town.
j kr,ow whence they came and whith- officials. They use this method to Melanesia, off the east coast of Aus
on timber lands which are exempt
is In the hands o f the boundary
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I er they went. Some light had been determine the average flight of var trails, for when the collector appears
a tom tom Is beaten to warn the vil
from taxation.
board.
Davis A Lytle represented
w hat a beautiful winter! Plenty given, but there
wasn’t any real
ious game birds.
A letter should lagers. who go Into hiding. The Col
Mr. Morgan gave a demonstration
the arties who were claiming that of snow, and mild, pleasant weather, certainlty for all mankind. Proph-
be received from the government lector finds only cold hearthetonee mil
o f the novel earth product at the
t.he Cow Valley district
was a n , Bo*! nt sI1. the snow assures plenty eta,
teachers,
philosophers
had officials by next week.
deserted dwellings.
Willard Electric store last night.—
abandoned one.
' ol water for a good crop next year, j wrestled with these questions, and
Albany Democrat-Herald.
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MALHEUR UNITS
OPPOSE R E M A 1 IÛ N BOARD
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MALHEUR SEES EASY lEMED
VALE PROJECT 6ETS $800,000
MONEY FOB HEALTH
WISE INVESTMENT
malheu T
I n T akes
UP TEXT BOOK FIGHT
OPPOSE STATE BOARO
FOR RECLAMATION
W. 0. MORGAN GREAT
BOOSTER FOR MALHEUR
E GETS
NORMAL SCHOOL
Does Malheur
Want Cow Tests?
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