THE GATE CITY JOURNAL
V O LU M E X X V . NO. 21.
LAND OFFICE
IS MOVED ON
ANNIVERSARY
G O V E R N M E N T O F F IC E SE R VE D
L A R G E S T OREGON D IS T R IC T
FO R 17 Y E A R S
OFFICIALLY CLOSED JUNE 30
Record* Transferred to The Dallea
By Executive Order— Vigorous
Protests N ot Heeded
N Y S S A , OREGON,
NYSSA
N IN E
F R ID A Y
M ANAGER
CO NG RATU LATES V A LE TEAM
From the Malheur Enterprise
C0E M
( Robert
Barney,
manager.
Vale Baseball Team)-Enclosed
you w ill find check for |175,
being $150 fo r league pennant
'winner and $25' on refund on
your deposit.
Accept my con­
gratulations
on the fine team
you had this year and excellent
showing which they made. We,
in Nyssa, would like to have won
o f course, but as we could not do
so, we are glad that it was Vale.
V ery truly, C. L. M cCjy.
TAX
M E ASU R E S F A IL IN S T A T E
— M A L H E U R C A R R IE S
IN C O M E T A X
Complete Count of 33 Frecincts In
Malheur County
N egrtf sufferage: yes 413, no 269.!
Portland school taxllevy: yes 298,
no 267.
^C rim in a l information: yes 427, no
This is the contents o f a letter
received from the manager of
the
Nyssa
ball team, which
makes the local nine feel almost
as good as the purse they re­
ceived from the treasurer o f the
Idaho-Oregon league.
JU LY 8, 1927.
$1-5* FEU Y E A U
MEAD ORDERS ÉVENTS AMALE TOWN HORSES TRAMPLE
RANCH HAND
VALE PROJECT
10 START !
! From Boise—
Mabel Woodwurd came over from
j Boise last week to visit Mrs. H. S.
| Sackett.
F R A N K T A T E S E R IO U S L Y H U R T
mproving Property—
W H L E W O R K IN G A T S T A C ­
Percy
Purvis
is
havinga new
EY R A N C H T H U R S D A Y
foundation built under the house he
[ recently purchased . A fine concrete
A D V ISE R E C E IV E D BY BO ARD basement is practically completed.
Frank T ate sustained serious in-
ui Nyssa—
T H IS W E E K D IR E C T FROM
„
. Juries when he was trampled on by
The Bob Madden and Glen Pounds horse,
Thursday
afternoon whiVe
COM. M E A D
families drove to Nyssa
a fte r the j working at the H arry s t
rmnch
ball game
in Ontario Sunday to near town
He wa8 drivi
a work
spend the
evening with relatives. team anJ
the lines caught
tha
EXECUTE CONST. CONTRACTS
Legislators pay: yes 220, no 443.
Voters registration: yes 249, no
Chance For Future Appropria'
389.
lion. Until 75% of Land
O fficers salary: yes 287, no 379.!
Owners Sign
Consolidation amendment: yes 165,
no 370.
Elwood Mead, United States com­
Veterans’ memorial: yes 204, no
missioner o f reclamation, has in­
378.
Tax limitation: yes 182, no 423. formed the Vale Irrigation district
Income tax: yes 416; no 300.
that he w ill not include in the next
Blue blank bill: yes 223, no 364. budget any item for an additional
Nestucca dosing: yes 211, no 310.
appropriation fo r construction of
Vale carried an emphatic no on
the
Vale project, unless at least 75
all tax measures.
Malheur county did not turn all per cent of all lands are signed up
Land office records were shipped
to The Dalles Monday and the office
O W YH E E
closed June 30.
Vigorous protests
against closing the Vale offiue were
Claj*k Enos o f Monteur Ldaho, is
made throughout this district.
Its spending his vacation with his uncle
area embraced about 8,500,000 acres j Ray Cantrall.
o f the best grazin g lands le ft va-1 w m ie
Compton
o f EnterPrise,
Good Hay ( rop
double trees.
W hile attem pting to
Maying
has been nearly completed straighten the lines, the horses be-
this week
throughout Malheur val- t.ame
frijfhtened and
started to run
ley. Good crops are reported.
trampling the unfortunate
victim
Painting Houses—
under foot.
Leo Schmidt is planning to have
He was taken to the sanitarium
several residences painted within the at once. One rib was broken and it
next few
weeks.
George
Petricg is believed
internal
injuries may
nnd Clay K illgrew o f Payette have |iave resulted as he suffers intense
been here working on one house this pajn,
week.
M. N. F egtly III—
M. N. F egtly came in from W at­
son Tuesday enroute to the B ak er1
hospital.
He
has
been in poor
cant in t e nation.
| Oregon, is visiting his mother and
It was coincidence that its records; ,
, .
health fo r some time.
. . .
. _ Al_
¡daughter Mrs. Cras. Fisher and Miss
were shipped away on the 17th an- N e ,Ue c
tofL
tax measures down, one o f few under the recordable contract and .m s. Farmer Coming—
mversary o f its arrival June 27,
counties in that state that did not. 75 per cent o f the excess lands
Mrs. H. C. Farmer, a form er resi- ;
The Daily Vacation
Bible school
However, it is apparent that the are signed up under the excess con­ dent o f this community
and fo r \
‘ in ' 1909 Charles Herron o f Alaska which haa been held_ in th* .K ':lony people do not want govermental tract.
years a helpful church worker, is ex-
I n the near future, Vale is to
school house closed Sunday. Fifteen
sensed the need o f a land office
expenses increased.
Public opinion
T he district boards feels assured petted to arrive in Vale to day to have a new theatre building, ac­
certificates
were
awarded
and
the
here to accomodate the people who
was divided as to what result the that the contracts will be signed up maU' an indefinite visit at the home cording to T. C. McElroy, who re­
were to undertake the settlemnt o f school was voted well woj-th while by state income tax would bring about,
turned from Portland after several
in excess o f the demand.
Land i ° fM r ’ al,d Mra- iIa rr Y Tamblyn.
the last frontier. I t being a m atter all.
and it seems that the m ajority o f
days spent in the city looking into
owners
are
urged
to
execute
the
iluy
Weiser
**r°l>«rty—
Paul Fisher o f LaGrande is visit­ voters believed it would relieve the
o f public interest he righ tfully asked
contracts when the district rep re-:
K. I’ratt made the purchase of building plans. rt Soon a fter tha
fo r financial help.
George W. Me ing his parents Mr. and Mrs. Chas. tax situation somewhat.
In many tentative calls upon them in o rd e r1 a residence and several
lots
in Fourth work w ill start on the site
Fisher.
Knight contributed the necessary
counties farmers opposed it and it to expedite matters and also urges R e ise r last week and moved there o f the old
Rex Theatre, which
amount.
Herron went to Wash­
The Klingback fam ily made a trip was killed in the general onslaught
that owners, who have not yet been j Sunday,
their house here has been burned down several years ago.
ington and w ith the help o f Sen­ to Greenleaf and Star Sunday ta k in g ' against new and higher taxes,
Heating and ventilating Is
®o
interviewed, to send in their signed 1 ented to Bill Elston,
ator George E. Chamberlin secured the Bible school teachers to their
The state voted down the income
be an important factor, to be given
contracts without waiting fo r per- Begins W elfare Work—
the land office.
homes.
| tax, as well as every other measure
Miss M argaret Cueveland arrived more consideration than any other
sonal solicitation.
It is desired to
During its 17 years it served 9114
Mr. W. R. Boyl of Weisej* was a that tended to increase the tax have the contracts signed within safely in Los Angeles Sunday. She detail. The floor w ill be rebuilt on
entrymen, ju stifyin g in full its cre­ dinner guest in the B. F. K err home burden. Only four masures passed,
and a friend spent two days in San the old plan.
The stage w ill be
another week.
ation.
Its closing at this time is Sunday . Mr. Boyd and Mr, K err negro sufferage, criminal informa-
On July 1 large and appropriate fo r the pre­
Recordable contracts have been Francisco sightseeing.
not understood here and its wisdom were boyhood fiends in Ohio and had j tion, voters registration and Nestuc-
Miss Cleveland assumed her duties sentation
of
entertainments.
In
coming in very rapidly o f late.
doubted.
not been together fo r 46 yeaj*s.
! ca fish bills.
as a case worker fo r the travelers’ every way the new "R e x ” w ill be
Work to Start
A ll the treasury can fa ll heir
aid.
an up-to-date show house.
Word has bee received by the Wm. ^ ________
**"________ g
to is the register’s salary, as all
The
commissioner
had agreed that With Reclamation—
Mr. M cElroy and his companion
Smith fam ily of the death o f Robert
O N TA R IO
clerks are cared for.
The deposed
the construction contract would be
Tom Miller went to Harper Tues­ from Portland le ft the deluge at
L. Harris in Detroit, Mich, on May ■---------------------------------------------- •
register is the stalwart Republican,
let as soon as larger land owners day to begin work with a govern­ Arlington 15 minutes behind.
the 11 o f this year. Mr. Harris was
The city was a deserted place over
George W. McKnight, that 17 years
had executed the excess contracts. ment survey party under Engineer
an old tim er o f Owyhee.
the week end as hundreds o f people
ago “ cast his bread upon the wa­
These contracts have been executed C. C. Ketchum.
Mrs. Hex Johnson and two child- went to Vale to celebrate the Fourth
ters” and Monday ceebrated its an­
The interior department this week Take Day O ff—
ren o f Caldwell Idaho, are visiting Fan were disappointed
in the out-
niversary ..by seeing the records
advised that the construction had
On Monday Mrs. David
Graham
in the W alter Pinkston home.
,
come o f the ball game Sunday when
shipped from Vale.
'«ceil awarded to the T ertilin g comp­ and daughter Christine, Mrs. Don­
The S. D. Bigelow fam ily spent W ilder defeated Ontario.
N c v c f-
any o f Moscow and Newell eopipany ald Graham, Mrs. W. L. Hutton and
the 4th with the B. F. K err fam ily, theless, we have had one o f the best
o f Portland.
Mis# Clclla Russell delcaned a day
Grandma Bradley who was so bad- teams in the league this yeaY.
Mr. Tertilin g was in town recent­
visitors
in Payette
ly bruised by a fa ll is much better
H arry Chapman is now in charge ly and advised that he w ill have ma­ o ff and were
O LE SCAM PER, RUGGED C A T T L E
Read Estate Transfers Recorded
now and able to be around again.
of the rural mail route in place of chinery on the ground at once. He and Ontario.
M A N , OF JO R D AN V A L L E Y
Miss Ruby
Bradley
came hom e; Tom Hardman, who has been tem- was the low bidder on the firs t six Birth Announcement—
S U S T A IN S IN J U R Y
Malheur Investment Co., to Craw-
Friends
here
received
a
birth
an­
poj-arily engaged in the work for divisions o f the Vale project canal
fo r Moore, Lots 1 to 10, inclusive, from Boise to spend the 4th.
nouncement
from
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Over in the Jordan V alley coun­
Quite a number o f fam ilies from several weeks.
in the Harper vicinity.
Block 235, Ontario. 6, 9, 27. $10.00.
Gerald Stanfield
o f W eiser this try the latter part o f the week Ole
Owyhee attended the celebration in
Dr. H arriet Sears was in attend­
week, announcing the arrival o f a Champhfer cattleman, sustained a
Mike Needham to Engene F. Pratt, Vale
and all
express
themselves ance at the osteopaths’ convention in
gone to Willamette valley on vaca­ daughter.
Jr. et al, W % Sec. 25-15-40. 6, 27, very much pleased with the new
broken leg as the result o f a run­
Lewiston, Idaho, last o f the week.
tion. Mrs. O. II. Graham and child­ liarkeleys Return—
27. $10.00.
away aeident, the bone being shat­
road being built across the hills to
Mrs. Samuel Light is here from
ren accompanied them to Portland, en
Mr. and Mrs. F elix Barkeley ar- tered in two places. H e was alone
Sydney, Nebracka, visiting her dau-
E. E. Silkett e t ux to J. L. Pope, the city.
route to Seattle fo r the remainder of j rived home Wedne sday to spend
and it was up to him to take care of
1 acre in S E % S W i4
Sec. 10-16-43.
The T. T. E lliott fam ily attended ghter, Mj*s. Palmer. Dr. light went
the summer.
the summer in Vale.
They spent himself. How this was done is told
6, 27, 27. $700.00.
| a fam ily gathering at the home o f on to their home a fter a coast trip
Miss Derce Dearborn is spending the winter with their daughter, Mrs. by Dr. Jones o f Jordan V alley, who
W illiam J. Scott to Fred F. S co tt,: M r' and Mra- T ed Simmons near and a b rief visit here.
the summer on the coast.
Gettys Griffith- in Pendleton and in attended him, and is highly interest­
SWVi See. 8-17-44. $10.00 and lo v e IN yssa-
A arge crowd and splend-
Miss Edna W alters
and Volney
; LaGrande, where the G riffith fam ­ ing as an illustration o f what a rug­
ed time is reported.
Hickox, winners in county club work,
Mrs.
Clarence
Oxman
is
at
her
and affection.
ily located a fe w weeks ago.
ged outdoor man can irndure when
Mrs. D. McDonald o f N orth Yak- have returned fpom Corvallis where summer ranch at Jamieson.
Hattie B. Draper et vir to E. M.
At Meridian—
put to it.
Moore‘ Lots U .T n d no rt h" 1T fee t o f ima ia vriaiting at tbe homa o f her they »«e n d e d theO. A . C. summer
Ontario dairy
farmers , George
Mrs. H arry Tamblyn and children
With both bones o f his right leg
brother
Joe
Minton
this
week.
session.
County
agent
Shovel
brou-
Lotl2, Block 29, Ontario. 5, 16, 27.
Markham, E. 0. Wolters, C. W . De­ returned home Saturday from Merid­ broken- above the ankle he crawled
The P. T. A. o f Oregon T p ail gave ght them home. Young Hickox went
$ 100 . 00 .
Boer, Bert Koppin, P. F. Country­ ian where they spent the week with to his cabin jerked several boards o f f
an ice cream social on the lawn at on to his home in the Big Bend coun­
E ffie
Mudd et v ir to M ary E.
man Joe Zuger, report over 50 Mrs. Tam blyn’ s parents.
the woodbox and with a lariet bound
try.
Crockford. Lots 1 to 20 inclusive, the Franklin F ry ho," e on
pounds o f butterfat produced in May With Pagaent Orchestra—
the boards abound the leg, making
evening. $10 was taken in to swell
Ruole Maulc, automobile accident
Block 209, Ontario. 6, 27 27. $10.00.
by one cow on their respective
John T. Hawkes came to the city a crude splint. W ith the aid o f an­
the treasury fund and a good time victim, is recovering
at a Boise
Elizabeth Jane Farm er to Enid L.
farms.
Friday
to
play with
the
Vale other hoard he made a crutch and
reported.
hospital reports say.
Gowan. Lots 8 and 9, Block 2, Rine­
Bert Koplin and C. W. DeBoer had Symphony orchestra fo r the Sunday managed to catch a saddle horse,
The Dean fam ily o f Payette were
The S. D. Dorman fam ily ape
harts Add. to Vale. 8, 23, 26. $800.
The
orchestra
includes late Saturday night rode up to tha
visitors in the J. B. Smith home on home a fter an extended coast trip, the highest average for herds in the pageant.
Malheur County to State o f Ore­
fifteen
the 4th.
| follow ing a visit in Eugene to attend county. C. E. Secoy, C. W. DeBoer Mrs. C. C. Coats, director, Mildred “ C“ ranch having covered
gon, 2.30 acres in N W *4 S W ’A Sec.
His neighbors furnished an
and L. R. Kinney had the three high­ Bennett, Ray and Jim Moe, Harold miles.
A lap ge crowd and a good time j graduation o f their daughter Alice,
33-15-47. 3, 2, 27. $1.00.
Hadley, Mr. Hawkes, L. P. Lumpee auto with which to take him the r e ­
is reported from
all who attended I Dr. and Mrs. J. A . McFall have est averages for cows
Malheur County to State o f Ore­
and John Houston.
maining sixty miles. And, said Dr.
the celebration at the B ig Bend Park.
gon, 2.189 acres in S E *4 N W % Sec.
Visits Arrowrock—
Jones, Ole seemed to feel that ha
S N A P P Y STU FF
21-18-45. 3, 2, 27. $1.00.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Sperling and had worked
a good
joke on hia
Malheur County to -State o f Ore­
John Hoffman of Uaeper, Mich., aged 99, reports that son Carl made a trip to Boise and neighbors who have volunteered to
j on Sunday enjoyed a visit at Arrow - put up his hay while he enjoys an
gon, 1.46 acres in Sec. 2-17-47. 3, 2,
he has four new teeth t°ward his third set.
rock
dam.
The
water
pouring enforced
vacation.
A ll
o f which
27. $1.00.
Earnest Smith, an air mail pilot, will attempt a flight! over the top o f the dam was an illustrates that while those cow-
U. S.| A . to Robert Wade, SW*A
nteresting
spectacle.
They
saw punching men are good cltizeni, th nf
SE*4 Sec. 29; N E % N W % , and N %
from San Francisco to Hawaii
Boise defeat Caldwell in the after­ are in point o f health, endurance and
NEV* Sec. 32-37-46. 5, 28, 27.
County seat and Malheur road en­
’’inwards” surely in a class by them­
Mary Todds, 13, of Brooklin was painfully injured noon ball game.
thusiasts are invited to attend the
From Texas—
selves. — News.
M arriage Licensese Issued
through
being
sthucg
by
a
falling
airplane.
meeting o f the Central Oregon H igh­
Mrs. Paul Housti.i t t i tb ’ ee dau­
ohn Arthuh McKinney and Verna
way association to be held in Bend
Arthur A. Armstrong and Miss Mattie L. Strickland of ghters o f Slayton, Texaa, were
F. Peters. 7, 2, 27.
JU N TU R A
on j uly 15. Archie McGowan, Burns
. .
„ M e Pherson, Kan., have been married after a courtship guests o f Mr. and Mrs. J( ho P.
president of the association has call-
- „
Houston on Thursday.
T h e » will
Mrs. A lex Hanley and H. W.
Complaints Filed in Circuit Court ed the meting to be held in conjunc- i
.VPRrS.
pend a part o f the time vialting Welcome’ s sister and children were
Portland Cattle Loan Co. vs F. B. • jjon
the dedication program o f
Isac Rice of Qllinter, Kan., was f°und to have shot 5f> with Mrs. J. P. Dunaway •< Nyssa here the form er part o f the week.
Ball. 6, 30, 27. Recovery on note. | Crooked River bridge.
They ail spent the 4th o f July in
_
„
..
„
,
w.
bird
shot in his appendix, the result o f his fondness for "n.otheT relative.
$6,516.83.
Governor
Patterson, Senator Me-
.
' •
Mr. and Mrs. R. e
Wpant re- the mountains which was enjoyed
turned to their home here Thurs- immensely.
W. R. Homan vs Vale Trading Co. Nary, Judge Duby, chair man o f the S q u i r r e l s a n ( l OirCl.
7, 2, 27. T o set aside deed.
highway commission, C. B. McCul
rp j,o n l a s \ f o o n e V , a b a l d h e a d e d m a n o f
A r l i n t o n , N. J ., day, after a year's sojourn in Cal-
Ralph Chambers was in town pur­
chasing food supplies.
’
M
eArthur
of
teeT^ific
Tight
&
won
first
jirize
at
a
church
social,
an
®rder
entitling
the
Th*y
"t"™
*
at
th*
°
p
-
McArthur o f tne ra c iiic
Ldgrit &
- _
1
fortune time for V a le s annual cel-
Mrs.
W alter
Skiens
took
her
Petitions Filed In Probate Court
Power company are some o f the holder to a permanent wave at local barber shop.
rbration.
Mr. Weant is glad to daughter Jessie, to Bums to *••
Estate o f E. T. Tiday. 6, 29, 27.
the remarkable strides in the the doctor fo r her hand.
r r n inBendmaet t
About 1,500 feet of coper wire (-carrying 2,:i00 volts of note
Mrs. J. P. Joyce has gone to
"row th Vale has made in the past
oTniei
Gallagher of Juntura is electrical current was stolen
f r ' m a tansmission line at year.
W ATSO N
spend the summer in Cottonwood.
* ! Malheur county’ s director in th e ‘ the government plant at Muscle Shoals.
The electric dredge working on
Chelsay Boyer was among the
Mr. and Mrs. Bud M attingly have association.
traveling salesmen here last week.
“ Rags” Rilev, lifeguard at Des Moines, Iowa, has saved.Ihr ™a,T *
t"wn '‘T ri' Frank Schultz’s son Irvin, ar­
returned.
This community was well repre- j LIQ U O R F IN E S L A S T
135 lives and has been mentioned for a Carnegie hero ,hr roa<) Monday Kn(tinppr D
rived here to spend the summer at
sented at the celebration in the
W E E K T O T A L $1495 award.
He is an Idaho star
1>aul said that the dredge sank into Otis Creek.
county seat again this year. Every-
a quicksand bed and that for a few football player.
Fines on liquor charges last week
Jean
Viveau,
sexton
of
a
church
in
Paris,
committed
one praised it very highly.
Mrs. W. P. Allen has been caring
minutes it
looked like the heavy
totaled $1475.
Those who were
machine was hound for China. Quirk for two o f Mrs. Skien’s children
Jesse G riffith and John M cNuPy conv;rted f or alleged possession and suicide because his daughter had her hair bobbed.
action on the part o f the crew avoid­ while she is in Bums.
have leen fath erin g beef cattle.
¡respective fines include Jim Miller
.T°hn Coslin’s father, not wishing to see his son take sn 'd this catastrophe and the crossing Mrs. Dewey M cLaren’i sister and
Last week M.N. Fegtly, Cari S y a w L f Juntura, $400 and 90 days; Dick
much punishment in his bout with “ Cuts” Rurdv, at Port was made safely after a brief de­ husband were here last week visit­
spent a day in Nyssa.
! Malloy, $350; John Chiturdi, $225;
Violet
Shaver was
a guest of Gus Azcuenag., $. 500 , aii of ’ jordan I Huron ,Mish., stepped into the ring and ended the uneven lay in furnishing the necessary ing her and friends o f this com-
foundation.
mnnity.
Id. J
Vivian Palm er fo r a few day*.
i Valley.
' Ontest.
P l a n Building
N ew T h e a t r e
In N ear Future
BREAKS LEG, ROT
MAKES GOOD TIME
County Statistics
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