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THE GATE CITY JOURNAL, NY88A, OREGON THE GATE CITY JOURNAL H. F. BROWN, W. s. BROWN, Owners. FRED LAFOLLETTE, Editor and Manager. NYSSA, OREGON, JUNE 8, 192» TO THE LANDOWNERS OF KINGMAN COLONY DRAINAGE DISTRICT We, the undersigned supervisors of Kingman Colony Drainage having made an audit of the treasurer’s books covering the past year, as provided by law, submit herewith our report as follows: TRIAL BALANCE Close of business June 6, 1929 Dr. $ 82.10 $ Bond» outstanding ......................................... Bond coupons paid .......................................... ..... 28335.00 ..... 21283.92 District, current Cr. 40000.00 71609.04 Drainage system construction ...................... ..... First Nat. Bank of Vale .... .............................. ....... ...... Interest paid on warrants .............................. ....... ...... ...... Salary and Office Expense ............................ ...... 66654.33 34.99 138.47 160.49 2486.58 1948.74 1252.08 6.11 1383.74 135.88 14.64 2465.07 3771.00 $116280.04 $115280.04 RECEIPTS FOR YEAR ENDING JUNE 5, 1929 Cash in bank June 6, 1928 ..................................................................$ 297.76 County treasurer ............... ................................................................. 7036.04 Warrants issued ...... .............................................................................. 6086.00 Total receipts ................................................. .... 113418.80 EXPENDITURES FOR YEAR ENDING JUNE 5. 192» Advertising ....................... ......... ............ - .......... $ 11J)0 Bonds paid ......................- ...............................•...... 6600.00 Bund coupons paid ..................................... 2666.00 Interest paid on warrants ....................... 180.18 Maintenance ................ 307.04 Material ................................................................... 93.13 Secretary salary ....................................... - ............ 300.00 Supervisors .................................. 15.00 Office expense .... 7.81 Warants paid ........ 4386.00 Total expenditures ........ $13364.16 DISTRIBUTION OF CASH Emergency Fund .......... $34.99 Maintenance Fund ...... 6.11 Salary and Office Expense Fund ..... 14.54 Total cash in bank June 6, 1929 ......................- ........ 64.64 Total expenditures and cash June 5, 1929........................................ $13418.80 Respectfully submitted, * FRANK T. MORGAN CORRECT ATTEST: ROBT. R. OVERSTEET, FRANK D. HALL, Secretary-Treasurer. Supervisors. Don M. Graham “ The Insurance Man” Fire Insurance Bonds Notary Public I represent the oldest and best companies in the United States of America. Any policy written by me will meet your contract with the companies 100 per cent. Don’t wait until the fire chief comes; tomorrow may be too late. See me today and let’s talk your insurance needs over. NYSSA, OREGON Box No. 74 Phone No. 53 USED CARS See Our Fine Re-conditioned pressed by their clothes, they appear to be less senti-1. MALHEUR’S CENTRAL OREGON WORK mental than formerly. RETARDED By recent order o f the state highway department, th e!. Keep the pianp, the strings will come handy in repair-1.. H. D. Holmes graveling crew o f the Burrelle-Harper link o f the Cen- y°ur arial. tral Oregon highway will consist j)f Patrolman Frank When you take steps to get away from debt, don’t let « Transfer a n d B a g g a g e Michaels and his assistant, P. H. Ennis. The road is to your foot slip. wait for its needed surfacing until next spring, it has I^ate reports say Mexico still has a living ex-president, ;; All kinds of hauling ir been said. Micheál will take care of the recently graded but we don’t guarantee this news. ;; City limits road, however, and it will be in fairly good condition for travel. Lunatics publish a paper at an asylum in Humber- :: N Oregon Phone 5 ¡1 Wys8a’ Uregonpnone & It seems that funds for this end of the Central Oregon stone, England. There may be others. have been exhausted for the current year, although It is easy to make a strong argument if you don’t allow **1 11 '*111111 i n m t i n t n l there is much construction activity on the Burns-Bend yourself to be hampered by facts. -M.++++++, link. In additon to the request for surfacing of this much traveled link his year, it is Malheur’s plea that the We mildly wonder what brand of cigarette is keeping ! B&T survey to the Harney junction be made this year. To Commander Byrd’s Antartic party fit. date the survey ends a few miles beyond Harper. Correct this sentence: “The United States Senate is the most august deliberative body in the world.’’ Again, work has been retarded on this end of the old est road on the program of the state highway depart A hotel owners’ association will take drastic steps to- ! Between Lawrence Gas Station and Ford Garage ment, regardless of numerous requests for its comple prevent guests being robbed by transient crooks. Pro tion in Malheur county. prietors must protect their rights. SOLICITS YOUR PATRONAGE Crossing a street is an exhilarating sport, but it is Bertsch & Ttoew THE TARIFF TURMOIL humiliating to be tackled by a flivver and thrown for | rROPS. a loss when only two yards from the curbstone goal. In spite of President Hoover’s recommendation that ♦+4-I I M + > 4 -+ *+ + »+ » ♦ ♦ ♦ » ♦ ♦ » « the present special session of Congress confine its tariff legislation to a limited revision of those schedules which EAT, DRINK and appeared to be in greatest need of adjustment, the BE MERRY House bill recently passed makes revisions in duties on Don’t Be Fooled by Using nearly five hundred different articles. ------- AT THE --------- What the Senate will do to the bill remains problem Cheap Paint atical, but the indications are that a long drawn out wrangle will precede the final passage of a new tariff =*----- USE = measure. It is freely predicted that the matter will en gage the attention of Congress all summer, with little likelihood that anything better than a piece of political patchwork will emerge in the end- Under New Management Commenting on the situation, J. Lewis Benton, gen eral secreary of the National Associaitop of Manufac Everything in the market turers, renews the plea of the organization for a strong good to eat. er Tariff Commission and an extension of the flexible Try our provisions of the present tariff law giving more latitude HOME-MADE 1’IES to the President in modifying individual schedules after Quick and Efficient Service study and recommendations by the Commission. This would avoid serious business disturbances and tend to MRS. M. W. MOONEY And have a real job of painting Proprietress prevent misunderstandings with other countries which affect our foreign trade. ? + -8 -M- *1*4* *1* v -1—I- -I* -2 -I* -J* -:-4— +*!**/• -M -W - -I- 4 We have Builders' Hardware If legislators could be brought to act upon the theory that the tariff is an economic and not a political question See uS for your Lumber and Building a more business-like method of handling it might be adopted. The idea advanced by the manufacturers’ or Material, COAL AND WOOD. ganization is manifestly base on common sense prin Barber Shop ciples, and it should have respectful consideration at the B 'e Specialize on Modern hands of Congress. !! ON THE OLD JOB! \ BARBER SHOP Nyssa Cafe SHERWIN WILLI AMS Paint and Varnish OWYHEE Barber H'orfr INTERESTING NOTES The fossil of a giant sea cow estimated to be 2,000,000 years old was dug up from a beach cliff at Santa Bar bara, Calif. Queen Elizabeth of Belgium is an enthusiastic ama teur photograper. A new building in London is made of polished black granite. A German gardener dug up a gold coin minted in 1444. Only one specimen of this coin was known before and he received for his find the equivalent of a year’s wages. Deer sinews and tiger bones are used in China in pre paring tonics for invalids. The legal marriage age for young men in Italy is now 16 and for girls 14. More than 1,000 acres of tobacco were cultivated in Australia last year. Iceland is the largest civilized country in the world with out railroads. Sweden can now telephone to 23 foreign counries. A modern ariport is to be built in Antwerp, which is to hold jointly with Liege, next year, a world’s fair, commmorating the centenary of Belgian independence. Plan now to celebrate with Vale, July 2, 3 4 We will show you a good time. Even a strong, silent man will loosen up a bit at $1 a word. If, as a writer suggests, women’s sentiments are ex- Nyssa Lumber Co. 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