THE GATE CITY JOURNAL
VOLUME XXIV. NO. 49.
NYSSA, OREGON,
GENERAL TAX’ LEVY
FOR M A L »
IS 19.9 MILLS
OWYHEE
Mr. and Mrs.' Wm. Tombs have
moved to the C. C. Hunt ranch
where Mr. Tombs will work for Mr
Hunt.
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 21. 1927.
E
<LM PER YEAR
i M H A N D G U i County
TIE H I C K
OAILWAY BUILT
“1 “si! mm
Statistics FRANK W IG H T AT
Real Estate Transfers Recorded.
Sheriff C. W. Glenn to J. C. Bart
lett-Lots 28 to 32, inclusive, Block i
i
6, Villa Park Add. to Ontario. 1-8-27.
We are glad to report that George STATE ENGINEER MAKES RE-j
$4,770.38.
INCREASE IN GRAZING FEES
Huffman, who is still in the hospi
L. Gerlinger et ux to Geo. T. Ger-
APPEALED
AND
PRICE
LIEF RECOMMENDATION
tal at Ontario, is much improved and
lin ger-W * Sec.
16-31-41.
6-8-25.
TO LG1SLATUTURE
FORECASTS CONDEMNED
expected home soon.
$ 10 . 00 .
Geo. T. Gerlinger et ux to Lamar
The Owyhee P. T. A. met at the
1927 TAXES SHOW SLIGHT IN
Salem— Recommendation for
the LEGISLATURE TO BE ASKED TO Tooze-SEK4, SV4NE*4, NWK4NEÌ4,
Frank McKnight, prominent sheep
school house Friday P. M.. A very
CREASE DUE TO FORECLOS
ACT IN HERRICK
and W H Sec.
16-31-41.
12-27-26. man of the county, represented Vale
beneficial talk on health by the P. reorganization of the “sick” irriga
URE SALES
at the 30th annual convention of the
CASE
$i.oo. (Q. c. Deed).
T. A. County Council chairman of t e districts and for changes that
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I Lamar Tooze et ux to Geo. Ger- Oregon Wool Growers association
Health, Mrs. M. M. Greeting was would empower the state engineer
and the securities commission to ex
linger et ux-SEtt, SH N E % , NW14- which adjourned in Pendleton Sat
much enjoyed by all present.
ercise a more effective suprvision
urday.
Mr.
McKnight
returned
Mrs. A. Stewart and
daughter
over reclamation projects are con
home Monday.
Myrtle of Ontario were week end
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| William Peutz et al to Lou De-
At election o f officers, K. G. War
guests in the Chas. Bradley home. tained in a report to the legislature,
Town Levies Are Affected By Tax Miss Alta Bradley accompanied them made by Rhea Luper, state engineer. Senator Davis And Representative Goede et al-Et4EV4NE14 Sec. 32-20- ner of Pendleton
was
re-elected
Any Plan of reorganization he says,
Foreclosures And Reduced
president; Ernest Johnson, Wallowa,
McGowan Will Ask Memorial To
d®- 3-20-1923. $1.00.
home.
must be acceptable to both bondhold
Valuation On Rolls
Oregon Men At Washington
I Geo. W. Hart et ux to Edward first vice-president; ■ Wm. T. Mahon
Duncan Freazer moved his sheep ers and settlers, but the state must
Hart-Lot 10, and SE A4 SW A4 Sec. ey, Heppner, second vice-president;
to the Chas. Bradley ranch last not be called upon to assume -the
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' 31-20-41; Lot 1, Sec. 1-21-40; and Ben Taylor,
Mitchell,
third vice-
liabilities of irrigjition
districts.
Taxes for the year 1927 show a week.
George E. Davis,
senator
for SE % SE 14 Sec. 36-20-40.
1-10-27. president; and Jay H. Dobbin, En
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Fred
Klnigback
and
slight increase generally over Mal
Like the Oregon Irrigation congress, Grant and Malheur counties,
and $10.00. (Q. C. Deed).
terprise, national committeeman to
heur county, according to findings lamily were dinner guests in the Luper recommends creation of
Archie McGowan, Burns, represen-
Geo. W. Lattig to Geo. W. Culp- go to national convention at Butte
Frank
DeBord
home
in
Payette
of the county court and the report
irrigation department to assist the tative of Harney and Grant coun- EV4W^SF.ViSWVk Sec. 23-16-47. 1- on January 24 and 25.
of Assessor Andrew H.
Graham. Saturday. They also called in On colonization o f all projects.
ties, will request the Oregon legis- 8-27. $1.00. (Q. C. Deed),
Resolutions to be submitted to
tario
and
V
a
b
enroute.
Last year the general tax Including
lature to adopt a memorial to the
Geo. W. Lattig to Geo. W. Culp- Secretary of Agriculture Jardine on
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There
are
44
active
districts
in
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Gei.
Schweizer
and
high school was 18.8 mills and this
Oregon
congressRontot
delegation EV4WHSE14SWK4 Sec. 23-16-47. 1- his western visit were passed, set-
atate ” 8aya Lu«* r: “ of whicb 29
year the two amount to 19.9 mills., daughters Evelyn and Nellie Jean tbc
have issued bonds which have been urging them to insist upon a “ com- 8-27. $1.00. (Q. C. Deed)
ting forth
why the association
The increase of 1.1 mills is caused j a n ^ t ^ r T
T l ^
certified by the secretary of state. mon carrier” clause in the contract
Ray Johnston et ux to State o f ‘ thinks the
forest
grazing
fees
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..H
.:
Mrs-
Ruth
Share
of
Caldwell
Idaho
Qf
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^
pyobably
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are
in
a
sound
through tax foreclosure of
lands
between Fred Herrick and the for- O regon-S W K N W * Sec. 2-22-46. 12- should not ^ raispd jn this 8tate.
and by reducing the valuation, but 1 " eL
re Sunday quests in
coiidition and able to work out their eat service.
28-26. $3,000.00.
Approval was given the Fordney-
the actual amount o f money to be Schweizer home.
John W. Welch et ux to Wm. H. McCumber tariff bill and congress
Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Overstreet and own Prob^ m®- Nine with bond is-
The “ common carrier’’ , privilege
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raised is less than it was last year.
NE%SW*4, was urged
not to stand for any
is important to development of the W oodw orth-E liSW ’A
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son Robert and Mr. and Mrs. Mau- 8Uea total,nK *1.711.00«
City Levies
rice Judd and
son were dinner worked out without losa *° the cred' John Day country. It is pointed and SWI4NEV4 Sec. 35-17-41. 1-3- tinkering with it.
City levies show a similar
in
guests in the Frank Morgan home >tors if takcn over by some 8tron® out that Burns and Grant counties J7^ $l ,000.00.
Resolutions also were passed urg-
crease in millage on account of fore-
Elsie Boyer to Laura Lathrop-SW-
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,
financial agency with a guarantee arc dissatisfied with the repeated
(4 Sec. 26-13-38.
11-13-26. $10.00. 'P* ^ a88<*'at‘° " to study a plan
closures and consequent reduction ^uaday
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The special meeting o f the book to the 8ettler8 ‘ hat they would be extensions of time the forest ser
Barney B. Goul et ux to Mary F. ^
the °f rde,;ly
of the valuation. The lnciease
) c|ub at Mrs p Mor„ ans was well protected against the payment of vice has given Herrick. If the o r
Sec. 11-16-47.1t0 P ^ e n t price fluctuation. A tran-
city levies was greater in Ontario
aUen(jed
Specia|
*M tl of
the more than their proportionate share ignal contract had been carried out, G o u l-E * S W * S W (4
j sient livestock tax bill to replace
this year, with Vale second and Nys- | ^
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H
^
^ of the cost of the indebtedness. Of logs would now be rolling out of 1 11 27 $10 00
.
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the law found unconstitutional in
sa third.
Malheur County to Lewis Hyde- . . .
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J. P. Dunaway of Nyssa
and Mrs. these distrlcts ei* ht are Probably Bear valley over a railroad into r ,
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this
state was indorsed and will be
A segregation of the Vale millage
Lots 18 and 19, Block 3, Riverside
«. Hickox
insolvent, and will require financial Burns.
presented
for
passage
in
the
state
shows 47.7 city tax, 18.8 general tax,
Add. to Ontario. 11-3-26. $39.74.
Mrs. C. C. Cotton entertained at reorganization involving loss to cred-
legislature at its present session.
Timber, a millsite and
logging
1.8 roads, 27.8 special school tax— \
Barney
B.
Goul
et
ux
to
Charley
cards in honor o f her brother and ¡tors.”
An appropriation o f $15,000
was
roads have been secured but nothing
amounting to 96.1 mills.
The in
I. Barker et al-Lot 1, and WHSWV4-
,
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wife Mr. and Mrs. Walker of Horse
asked o f the state for the biennium
can be done until Herrick completes
crease is due to foreclosures in the 1
SW14 Sec. 11; and north 35 acres of
to be used by the Oregon experi
his road from Burns to Bear valley
town and not to the slight increase | Shoe Bend on Tuesday evening of
SE14SEVL Sec.
10-16-47.
1-11-27.
last week.
r, ,
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v « * a
ment station in an effort to find
and
turns
it
over
as
a
common
car
in actual money to be raised which
$ 10 . 00 .
ways and means o f ridding the
Mrs. Chas. Fisher moved to the
XO
I ilK ('
¡C l
rier.
amounts to $712.50 fer
city and
W. J.Palanuk et ux to
Melvin
Ed Skinner sheep camp Saturday
-
flocks from the ravages of disease
Want Action
$323.48 for special school tax.
Hansen-SHSE14 Sec. 4;
EV4NE14
Beginning Tuesday, February 1,
Herrick, said L. Woldenberg of Sec. 9; and WHNW14 Sec. 10-17-46. to lambs and breeding ewes.
Ontario’ s millage was
likewise where she will be employed as cook.
Mrs. Herbert Stewart was a school and continuing until Tuesday, March John Day, in an article in the Ore
An appropriation o f $$45,000 also
affected by foreclosures, raising it
10-21-25. $10.00.
visitor Friday.
Miss Pauline ac- 1 5 | the last day for filing federal gonian, bought government timber
from 66.5 mills last year to 73.6
Alex Lochead et ux to Loraine J. was asked to be used by the state
companied her hon$e for the week income tax returns, deputies from in Bear valley at $2.80 per thousand.
mills for 1927.
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Kinney-south 15 feet o f Lot 16, all livestock sanitary board in co-op-
end.
the office o f Clyde G. Huntley, col-
When Herrick received the con of Lot 17, and north 10 feet o f Lot eration with the work o f the bio-
Nyssa will pay 66.3 mills this
Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Smith went lector o f internal revenue, will visit tract, James W. Girard
resigned 18, Block
1-10-27 1 l°g ’cal survxey. Congress was urg
year and Jordan Valley 72.8 mills.
26, Ontario.
to Payette Friday taking a load o f the principal cities and
towns of from the forest and later Frank
ed to apporpriate an additional $2,-
Road And School
$2,800.00.
turkeys to market.
the state for the purpose o f assist- Klobucher resigned.
With Herrick
U. S. A. to James C. Jones-E%- ' 5°0.000 to further aid in rodent con-
The general tax for the county is
Miss Ethel Wagner o f Ontario is ¡ng taxpayers to prepare their re- these two former forest officers or NW14, N E ’4SE14, and Lots 1 and 2, tro* and P « dat°ry animal work in
affected by a very slight increase
a week end guest o f Wanda Hite.
turns and compute their taxes.
ganized the Malheur railroad. This Sec. 35-19-39; Lots 1 and 2, Sec. 2- the 11 western states, und the sec-
in special road taxes which will [
Mr. O. R. Hite and Mr. Jess Ky-
Deputy collectors will be in Vale was followed by a telegram to the 20-39 10-2-25
retary was ordered to get in touch
amount to 1.8 mills, while it was
j gar having reached the ripe old age on February 12-14.
Burns committee from the forest ~ Catherine Williams et vir to The with Oregon's delegation in congress
1.7 mills last year.
| of fifty years on Saturday
last, Ontario, February 15-17.
service to eliminate the common car Sunshine Home for the Aged-NM ,-_for this PurPose- The practice of the
A11 the school districts in the
! their relatives and friends deemed
Burns, February 9-10.
rier clause. During 1924 Chief For SWVi, and WHSEV4 Sec. 15-16-46."Hepartmcnt of agriculture issuing
county show a slight increase in
| it fitting to hold a party in their
Huntington, February 18-19.
ester Greeley was advised that Her 11-20-26 $10 00
predictions on the future price o f
millage.
honor, but the gentlemen
proved
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rick was doing nothing. A fter 1925
Winniefred M. Poorman et vir to w° o1 and livestock was condemned
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t0 b<
. by <
t!' Xati° n that they were not so aged after all COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
| the forest service directed that Her- Dessie May Flaherty-Lots 16 and 17, 88 harmful.
Further creation of
S8,598.% “ s t . r ntax; 6 7 ,1 4 0 ^ conn"- ™
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FOK M AU1EUR LEGISLATORS rick w„uld have to do a certain and north half of Lot 18, Block 121, Parks or Bame reserves restricting
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nanenn,
, i
nni(v « v folks how they danced in the long,
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amount of work every three months Ontario. 3-18-25. $1,500.00.
grazing also was condemned.
ty; 30,278.97, school; 3,949.43, h- ,
About sixtv were present
In Tuesday’ s report of the Oregon
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CUY MILLAGE HIGHER
COMI CARRIED IS M , » -
STATE WOOL MEETING
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Income Experts
brary; 11,979.94, sinking; 21.458.58,
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market
roads;
24,091.53,
general ,
roads and 10,414.97 for high school.
«r be f.ned $50,000. If H|rrick was
ever fined, Grant county never re-
Marriage Licenses Issued.
GIRLS HAVE CHANCE
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TO WIN SCHOLARSHIP
ceived its share o f the money, as
Gerald Averill Palmer and Joyce
serts Waldenberg.
Margaret Baxter. 1-11-27.
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Nyssa high-school girls are to be
Extensions Made To Herrick
Complaints Filed In Circuit Court, j given an opportunity to win a uni-
Extensions were made to Herrick
J. C. Gordon vs Frank Shumway versity scholarship through compe-
and he was finally given until Sep et ux.
1-16-27.
Foreclosure
tition in a national meat story con-
tember 15, 1926, to complete the Mortgage. $7,156.59.
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i test, according to formal announce-
(From the Malheur Enterprise.)
Judd as superintendent of the Sun-
member of the following commit- grade to Seneca. It was not com
| ment o f the event which has just
day school, Mrs. JClingback was elec- tees: Automobiles and roads, In i- pleted. He was given until decem-
| been sent out to home economics
The Vale union o f the W. C. T. U.
gation and drainage, Livestock and ber 15, 1926, to complete the rail
I teachers by the National Live Stock
was well represented at the county tc< ° 1
er p ace._______
road, but it is not yet completed.
Mining.
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and Meat Board- Several scholar
conference held in Nyssa on Tuea- p r i l l f l i p p p
T ilim
He was given until January 1, 1927,
beinK offered, it is said.
dav, held at the Methodist church. rrlA l j . A S r J -! I K I r M
MALHEUR ITEMS IN REPORT
ta log. There is no logging. He
i l l I L U IIU H U !
I l l n l l l It is the fourth annual contest to be
An inspiring talk was given by Mr. 1 t i l l U n i i L U
I ! IILU
STATE GAME COMMISSION was given until March 1, 1927, to
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sponsored by this institution o f re-
Messenger, superintendent of Nyssa
complete his
sawmill at
Burns.
There Were several items o f in
Far
from
each
other
and
from
8earch and ada« t io n .
schools, dealing with the education j
There was not a spadeful of dirt
terest to Malheur county in the re
and rearing of young people. Vale j
mea
Oregon are some of the lands to
To eomPetf ’ 8 *tudent mu8t
turned.
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a sorty or theme on some phase o f
port from the state game commis
delegates say it was very fine. Mus
Aside from Herrick’s slowness in
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.
. . the subject of meat or the live-stock
sion received this week. There were
ical numbers on the program were j
(From the Malheur Enterprise)
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, „ n . q „tti - industry.
The stories
are to bo
also enjoyed, as was refreshments [ The January term of court came less arrests for violations of the building the road and keeping his
contract,
what
concerns
Harney
and
n
.n
»r»m
m
l
of
the
'
Ufate
judfged
by
a
committee
o f home
games
laws
in
1926
than
there
were
served at the close o f the afternoon to a close Thursday with dismissal
Grant counties most is the prospect
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hrnurfit let economics authorities.
Dr. Louise
by the Nyssa union. They were o f the jury, after jurors were drawn in 1926 but fines were much larger.
of having the common carrier clause
'
^
Stanley, chief of the
bureau
of
voted capitol hosts.
for the next term. The session was There were 11 arrests with fines at deleted by the contract. This clause „
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, home economics, United States De-
$500
in
1926
and
16
arrests
with
Visitors from here were Mesdames unusually brief.
s necessary if other timber men
N° Va Scot,a- and partment o f Agriculture, who
hM
fines $300 in 1925.
W.
_ L. Posey, I, W. Hope, Ed.
,
Perkins Grbver of
Huntington,
< w
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been chairman of the judging com«
In 1926 153 bounties were paid on are to operate and get their product
Charles, A. W Gr.ggs, George El- ^
^
^ # char(re of op.
into Burns.
The Hankow inquiry came from mittee f|>r the three prevjous con .
wildcats in Malheur amounting to
dredge and Sopha Amens.
. rating a distillery, was sentenced
E. W. Barnes, who worked tor an Ame''lcan Prom,ne,»t ln the bus- tegta> wji] a(fajn gerve ¡n this ca-
approximately $450.
In 1926 one
FARMERS’ PETITION SAYS
| to one year in the state penetent- bounty was paid on a wolf in the years to have the timber developed, .ne*8. a alr*
ere ,W ? anticipa es pacjtyj ¡t ja said,
PHEASANTS ARE MENACE iary. Grover is the first offender sum of $25.
The Boar() gives ag the reason
Wildcat bounty was is now at Washington, D. C., and is locat,nK in ®regon durinK the eom-
that has been sent from Malheur
there to demand investigation in the 'ritf Vear'
e 8a,d * pr erre
0 for this annual
competition
for
A number of Vale farmers have county since the penalty for this o f discontinued November 1, 1925. Cou
scholarships a desire to stimulate a
gar bounty at the present time is name o f Grant county. To back up e near a 8ma 1 cltv
circulated a petition seeking con- fense became a prison term. Harry
Barnes and see that the common
Desiring to get away from the greater interest in the study of
also $25.
troll o f
pheasants
in this dis Reed
plead guilty to the same
carrier clause is retained, the legis- winters o f Nova Scotia is the resi- home economics, a subject which is
trict of Malheur county. The peti charge Friday and was also sentenc
BILL WOULD GIVE VETS TILL
lature will be asked to adopt a me- d,‘n^ ° f Charlottetown, on Prince considered of great importance to
tion requests the state game cqjn- ed to one year in the penetentiary.
Edward Island who wishes to bring jhe coming generations of house-
1931 TO ASK STATE AID morial during the coming week.
mission to look into the situation as
Ed. Riggins was tried on a liquor
his large family to Oregon.
He wives. It is pointed out that today
the pheasants are becoming a men charge and was found guilty by the
Representative Olson from Mult
inquires concerning cattle raising education j8 playing a most impor-
CHANGE
IN
PIONEER
AND
ace to the fanners. It further states jury Wednesday.
nomah county Tuesday introduced a
dairying, fruit orchards and poultry. tant part in the solution o f the
VETERANS GAME LICENSE
that something must be done, or the
Ivan Wells plead guilty to a viola- bill providing that applications for
J. J. McGill who came to Oregon housewife’ s many problems.
More
farmers will have to use methods ( tjon 0f tbe jiqUor ]aws and was bonus or loan by ex-service men of
three years ago and settled on a than 10,000 girls
competed
last
of their own.
General sentiment sentenced to serve four months in Oregon may be made up to June 30,, A recent change was made af- farm near Junction City is so cn- year) it ¡„ saj(|, an<1 the contest di
in town is in sympathy with the the county jail and fined $100.
1931.
' fecting free hunting and
fishing
ll
ami war voter tbu**“ *b c over his home that he rectors express the belief that even
farmers. It has been said that the
In the case o f Galo Mendieta vs.
The bill provides that any person n
t (ir rP
7J
«fier the Writt's fre‘lu<'ntly to tbe department morp wil, pnroll for thp present con-
farmers should be allowed to kill Fred Castro, for recovery on con- who hag received a cash bonus un-
Z t
f l
l r
. h ,™
„ e e l. *°
nRmeB ° f hU ,0™ er test which will com . to a close on
pheasants the year around, as it Is tract for the sale o f 139 horses, a ,jer the veterans’ state aid act and
t ,f th“ year 11 b ame **
I neighbors whom he wishes to seek March 15
sary
to
make
the
application
to
th
e'
"
.
maren 10 .
upon their fields that the game verdict was returned in favor of the who at the said time desired to loan
„»ate „« e ,,
-, e,mio.i,.e
le
th e |new homes out here.
The contest has been most suc-
birds thrive.
plaintiff. Mendiato recovered $2,530 instead of eash bonus hue accepted
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, * _ i A New Year inventory of settlers CP8sf ui d)le to the fact that teach-
and interest on his money.
the latter by reason of misappre- thf rdint
clerk’s office
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arriving during 1926 in the Grants pr(1 have found it especially valuable
WELL KNOWN JORDAN VALLEY
The ease State vs. Harry Repd and hension as to his right to elect a
Pass district has revealed seventeen as a r|a, M project, says the Board’ s
COUPLE GET LICENSE
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A. McWilliams, larceny, was con- |oan may. upon refunding the cash
farm families not prevariously re- utatement.
The Art of
glass-making
was
ported to the Land Settlement De-
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On Tuesday the clerk’ s office Is-. tinued over to the April term of bonus received by him, with inter-
practised as long ago as 2500 B. C. partment.
These
new
farmers
In Tombstone, Arizona, the only
sued a marriage license to Gerald court.
(est thereon from the date of receiv-
by inhabitants of the Euphrates Val- made an investment o f over $55,- newspaper printed is called the Epl-
Averill Palmer and Joyce Margaret1 The case C. F. Smith vs. Wiley ing at the rate of 5 per cent per an-
who sold their products, mainly 000 purchasing about 200 acres o f taph.
Baxter o f Jordan Valley. Mr. Pal- Frakes, appeal from justice court, num> obtain the lean If otherwise
beads and weights made from glass land
I
11
1
qualified.—Oregon
Journal.
was
dismissed.
mer recently returned from Salem,
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Blacksmith artists in China make
paste, in Egypt. So well pleased
M. C. Sells vs. George Hart, r e -f
where he has been working in a
A late feminine fad in Paris is the landscapes and flowers out o f the
there were the Egyptians that they soon
During November.
1926,
state office.
Both young
people covery on note, defendant defaulted.
were only forty-one hours of Sun- imported the glass-makers themsel- j tinting o f the finger nails in bands same metal that goes into wagon
are well known throughout the Jor-| Several eases on the law dock *
! shine in London.
¡vea.
of three colors.
1 tires and horaeshoaa.
dan Valley section o f the country. | will be tried next week.
Nyssa W. C. T. U.
Capital Hosts
lon* had 8uch a ^
time ^ t they l e c t u r e , senate and house com.
and nad suen a good time mat tn ey,
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didn’t go home until morning. The mittees were named. Senator Geo.
music was furnished by Mr. J. P. E- Davis « chairman of Irrigation
and Drainage, a member of the En
McGinnis and Claude Smith.
Mrs. M. M. Maxwell and Mrs. H. grossed bills, Judiciary, Public build
and
Public
Ward o f Nyssa attended
Sunday ings and institutions
lands committees.
school in the Kolony Sunday.
Representative J. D. Billingsley is
, Owing to the resignation of Mrs.
OREGON ATTRACTING
flllrnil (In Nr MANY 8bips u
rc
AT JANUARY TERNI