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TIIK HA TM CITY Jot kNAL WSSA, OREGON PLAN PROGRAM Owyhee Desert DEDIGAIION DAY ON YALE PROJECT GOVERNOR NOKlil.AI) WILL HAVE LEADING PART IN EVENTFUL CEREMONY OWYHEE TRIP ARRANGED Four Towns Are Cooperating To Make March 16-17 Big Days In Vale-Owyhee History Sunday, March 16, 9 a. m.— Gov- nernor Norblad will arrive for the dedication of the Vale irrigation project. A delegation in charge of Engineer H. W. Bashore, to consist o f the chairman and directors of the Vale district, and Senator J. D. Billingsley, will escort Governor Norblad to the diversion dam above Harper. 11 a. m.— Dedication of the Vale project and turning o f water through tunnel No. 1. 12 o’cack— Lunch at Camp Derbon furnished by Vale project and cit izens o f Harper unit. Everyone wel come. 1 p. m.—Address by Governor Norblad and program. 4:30 p. m.— Governor will meet Vale commercial club and citizens at city hall. 7 p. m,— Banquet by Ontario commercial club at Moore hotel. March 17, 9 a. m.— Directors of Owyhee irrigation district from Nyssa will escort Governor Norblad to the Owyhee dam. Lunch and afternoon meeting at Owyhee. 6 p. m.—Banquet by Nyssa com mercial club. 8 p. m.— Governor Norblad will leave Nyssa on return to Portland. The foregoing program for Vale project dedication day was lined up at the meeting of J. D. Fail-man of Harper with other members of the Vale-Owyhee land settlement associ ation in Vale Tuesday night. A day on the Owyhee V>rov*Jcs addi tional interest. Harper, Vale, Nyssa and Ontario are cooperating. A budget of $3100 for this year’s settlement work was also approved Tuesday night. Frank T. Morgan, J. P. Dunaway, C. C. Hunt, S. D. Gos- hert, Nyssa; Estes I, Morton, O. E. Walter, Senator J. D. Billingsley, Ontario; were among those present in addition to Vale officials. Our cynical bachelor friend says he would be afraid to kiss some women he knows lest he contract parrot fever. E. M. BLODGETT Attorney and Counselor at Law Practice in all Courts NYSSA, OREGON 4>4" l 1 1 1 4 H t > I I I I i ! 1 1 M > 'H - »4 - > ___ i • j City Transfer TRUCKING and TRANSFERRING Phone 15 and Phone 28 C. KLINKENBERG t Sprouts Wheat o Malheur County Rail Shipments Of harm Produce Show Big Gain, OF VALE- OWYHEE PROJECT Year Report From Five Stations Owyhee— While the children in the Owyhee school were building a model dairy on their sand table some of the wheat brought for feed fell | JUNTURA LEADS IN STATION ( cars, cattle 15 cars, sheep 70 cars, into the sand. It started to grow so j wool 15 cars, wheat 7 cars, onions 1 SHIPMENTS OF BUMPER the table has been converted into a j FARM YEAR I car; total 127 cars. Again Harper desert scene with the green blades WATER ON FIRST DIVISION OF | lead in wool shipments and was VALE PROJECT THIS for the oasis while across the scorch ■coral to Juntura in sheep transpor- i Comparison Shows Gain of 229 Car. l i. tion. In addition to farm produce, SPRING ing desert can be seen a caravan of Over Total Used in Prexious Carper shipped four cars of Whit Arabs with their camels hastening Year to the life giving bit of green with curth irom its great deposit o f diato. its mysterious spring (which upon P. G. Eborly, agent. closer observation proves to be the VALE—That the county seat ter That last year was a very produc dairy watering trough). ritory is a poultry raising center is tive one for Malheur county from The Owyhee school children “ sur Land Settlers Busy Selling shown by shipment of 6 car of dress Farm an agricultural standpoint is further prised” Viola Pullen at her home ed turkeys. This is the only carlot Tracts Before Water is Ready evidenced by reports of carlot ship Tuesday evening. After playing poultry shipment report in the coun For Use ments o f farm produce from rail lively games and listening to the ty. Poultry 6 cars, cattle 19 cars, road station agents of Juntura, radio refreshments were served. Mr. (From Oregon Business) sheep 42 cars, hogs 2 cars, wheat 38 Harper, Vale, Brogan, Ontario, Pullen's exhibition of a bear dance “ The ditches and water are Nyssa and Parma (for a share of cars, barley 7 cars, wool 3 cars, hay 9 emu, honey 4 cars, onions 2 cars, was the crowning feature of the ready.” Those six words, spoken by the Big Bend district). The railroad evening. potatoes 1 car; total 133 cars. Vale H. W. Bashore, engineer on the Vale- company furnished 1058 cars for The Owyhee P. T. A. gave a bas irrigation project in Malheur county, shipment o f farm produce in 1929, lead in hay and honey shipments. H R. Humphrey, agent. ket social at the school house Friday were as gladly received by the far 229 more cars than was used in evening. Some beautiful baskets mers and business men o f that dis 1928. It is estimated that less than BROGAN—The great spread of were sold. Mr. Pullen was the trict aB any message ever sent to half of the entire fa-m produce of ¡; iso and farms beyond Brogan and auctioneer. Twenty-three dollar:-, was the folks back home by a conquer the county is shipped to market. ronside pcrhai»s swelled the livestock ing general. taken in. Uuiiy products ( a third of the h ivuents of Brogan, more common “ A big celebration is planned by volume of the Farmers Cooperative ly known as a fruit center. Apples Miss Opal Ivers was a dinner guest at a birthday dinner given for the Harper Chamber of Commerce creamery) and butterfat marketed 18 cars, cattle 33 cars, hogs 1 car. John Wall, Jr., Friday evening, Feb- i and the rest o f the county to fit- elsewhere is trucked to market. The sheep 43 cars, wheat 1 car, grain 1 1 car, prunes 2 cars, ruary 14. Other guests were Mr. and tingly inaugurate releasing the immense bay crop o f Malheur coun car, pears water which will flow in the can ty is almost entirely fed locally to poaches 1 car; total 131 cars. A. B. Mrs. T. M. Lowe. Mattson, agent. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon McGinnis als of the first unit. (Governor Nor Ore- on and Idaho livestock. officiate at this event ONTARIO— A wider variety of returned from a winter’s stay in Al- blad will The total shipments of 1929 pro turas, Calif. They rented the Lee March 16.) duce are segregated as follows: produce was shipped from the On In During 1930, immense sums of Sheep (the leader) 557 cars, apples tario station than from others. Noe ranch in Big Bend. They are at present staying in the J. P. McGin money will be invested in Malheur 2 ¡6 cars, cattle 22S cars, wheat 173 apple-., Ontario doubled the shipment Com 8 cars, county. nis home. care hogs 29 cars, corn 8 cars, hay of alt other stations. On the Vale project $750.000 is 19 cars, horses 83 cars, wool 29 cars , hay 6 cars, oats 5 cars, prunes 29 Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Fetter were available for further construction. A honey 5 cars,, onions 15 cars, pot- I cars, apples 149 cars, onions 7 cars, Payette visitors Sunday. Bully atom 89 cars, prunes 97 cars, poul | polatoes 34 cars, cattle 22 ears, Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Roner were syphon will be built across Creek and seven miles of ditches and try 6 cars, barley 7 cars, other grain 1 mules 3 cars, horses 12 cars, hogs 2 week end visitors in Vale. The Earl Dean and Geo. Major laterals east of Bully Creek. Sixteen 1 car,' pears 1 car, peaches 1 car, cars, : heep 44 cars, wheat 62 cars, total 387 enrs. clover clover seed 6 cars; families o f Payette visited in the miles of ditches from Little Valley oat'. 5 cars, mules 3 cars, to Bully Creek, with, lateral system seed 6 cars, mixed stock 18 cars. In addition 25 cars were used to Oregon Trail community Sunday. for 3750 acres of land, will be com transport concrete pie, a product Rev. Peterson of Caldwell held a The following station reports dis manufactured in Ontairo. H. O. meeting for teachers and officers of pleted this summer. On the Owyhee project, one tunnel, close some interesting information Diane, agent. the Sunday school in Oregon Trail six and one-half miles in length and provided by the respective agents. NYSSA—The Gate City report re Tuesday evening. JUNTURA— Immense sh.-cp and veals a bumper year. Nyssa lead in nine and one-half feet in diameter, Miss Opal Ivers entertained her will be built leading from the dam cattle resources again put this city hog. potato and onion shipments. pupils at a Valentine party Friday toward the east and south, which in lend by 111 cars. Juntura used 498 Wheat 62 cars, hay 4 cars, wool 4 at the Klingback home. After the will cost $2,500,000. Another tunnel, cars, Ontario 387, Nyssa 375 in farm cars, apples 79 cars, prunes 66 cars, Valentines were distributed and three and one-half miles in length produce shipments alone. Juntura potatoes 54 cars, onions 5 cars, games enjoyed refreshments ended and 13 'A feet in diameter, on the shipped over twice as many sheep cattle 14 cars, hogs 19 cars* mixed an enjoyable time Owyhee project wijl be constructed as all other stations in the county stock 18 cars, sheep 34 cars; total Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Beers and that will cost $1,500,000. combined. L. P. Dolsole, agent, gave 375 cars. W. T. Posey, agent. daughters Jennie, Elnora and Delva, A syphon across the Owyhee river the following report: hogs 2 cars, F. S. Stringfied, Parma agent, re of Ontario, were dinner guests in and a tunnel 4000 feet long, together sheep 324 cars, cattle 125 cars, ported 5 cars, o f wheat received from the Maurice Judd home Sunday. | with four miles of rock ditch con horses 39 cars, wool 7 cars, honey the Big Bond territory. Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Greeling were struction, will cost $1,250,000. 1 car; total 498. Altogether it is a very encourag dinner guests in the R. R. Over- On May 1, it is planned to start HARPER— Hogs 3 cars, horses 10, ing report for Malheur county. street home Wednesday evening. pouring concrete on the big Owyhee Mrs .Harry Russell and two dam, the tallest in the country, and children of Big Bend are visiting this will proceed at the rate of 2000 Mrs. Oce Schweizer. yards per day. It will require 525,000 Oregon Trail P. T. A. will have a yards of concrete and one year from Founders Day program next Friday now should be completed, as far as evening, February 21. the masonry is concerned. Machinery installation in the interior Of the CARL WH1TEMORE IS dam will naturally prolong this EAST OREGON MEMBER time. It is estimated that $2,000,000 SUBCOMMITTEE MAKES REPORT Forty per cent o f Malheur coun- FOREST SERVICE URGED TO OF WOOL GROWERS will be spent on the dam this year. I y’s populace are registered borrow REGULATE GRAZING In addition to this work, approxi ers of tile county library system. mately $300,000 will be spent on This is 15 per cent better than the Carl Whitmore of Joseph was- el highway construction within the average, said Miss Jessie M. Choate, If the federal government will ected to represent Malheur, Baker, county. CoL-aty librarian, in her annual rc- place under the forestry department Grant, Umatilla, Union and Wallowa Appropriations are now available nort. Registered readers number counties on the board of directors of sufficient to bring under ditch an the regulation o f grazing privileges 1,110— 509 better than last year. A the Pacific Qooperative Wool Grow other 12,500 acres of Vale project on the unreserved and unappropria total of 75,610 books were circulat ers. The first meeting of the new land, which will receive water in ted public lands, then the retention ed on an income of 64 cents per board was held at Portland February 1931. This land is now being offer of these lands by the government capita. In addition, to the regular tax. 10. ed for sale. Additional units will be rather than the cession of their sur the county court provided $500 for face rights to the western states is nurchase and rebinding books—this This wool marketing association, added until the whole project is fully favored by a sub-committee of Ore making possible an increase in cir- watered. which will be the northwest unit of gon’ s general public lands commit lation of 1894 books. A land settlement commission the new National Wool Marketing business tee, in a report made public Monday. Corporation, is strictly cooperative composed o f well known The library system comprises men and farmers of the district is j The report will go before the main and is governed by a board of f if committee at a Portland meeting stations at Vale, Ontario and Nyssa assisting prospective settlers get teen growers elected by and from the and 26 deposit stations scattered full and reliable information on February 26. membership. j these lands. There are no commis- The sub-committee sees the ques over the county. Operating plans for 1930 to take - si0ns paid on any lands sold and set tion mainly as one relating to live Teachers and pupils used 16,835 care of the greatly increased volume ; tiers may inspect the appraisal stock grazing. library books loaned through schools. to be handled by the Pacific W ool! prices placed on every tract of land The committee states frankly that Miss Choate expressed appreciation Growers as a result o f its participa- | by the reclamation service which are tion in the national program will be j , , n file at the court house in Vale, cession of the surface rights would of the help of teachers. not be a valuable gift, it would not outlined. I the county seat. Throuph the Vale library. 8,985 be a lecempense to the state “ for it Mrs. C. C. loss in taxable wealth through with books were circulated. drawal of national forests, Indian Mueller is doing excellent work and reservations, national parks and the community appreciates her un other reserved public lands.” It tiring service. She has served many Change in population has should be considered “ as a release year-.. •riade it rather difficult to keep of land which the government itsc! l-a" for many years permitted to track or books of late. 55,000,000 FOR 1330 WORK WESTFALL Dr. E. D. Norcott Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Jenkins were in Ontario and Vale Tuesday and Wednesday. Mrs. Pauline Hart ac companied them and returned home Thursday. Nyssa, Mrs. J. L. Lamberson’s sister Mrs. St. Cyr o f Portland visited here last week leaving Saturday. Office Phone 35F2 Residence Phone 35F3 DENTIST The G. W. Gardner family, that has been on the Oliver Sandy ranch the past year, moved to Harper last v.eek, having bought some land from A. E. Brannock. Oregon CH IROPRACTOR Joyce Brothers returned home after spending several days in Jun tura. Dr. C. A. Abbott, licensed in Oregon and Idaho. Car ver graduate. Consultation and examination free. First door west o f bank, Nyssa, Oregon. Mrs. Lex Anderson returned home Monday from Ontario where she spent several days with her daugh ter who is much improved from a serious illness. Doris Edmundson and Vesta Wil son were dinner guests at the N. Butler home Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Rupert Brannock were visitors at the Wayne Hyde home Sunday. Valentine Day was observed at the school house last Friday after- THERE’S NO CLEANING WORK We hesitate to undertake. Sheeretg silks or heavy Orien tal rugs— we’ll put new life and luster in them all. Now the scientists have discovered that ox-lail soup is not made o f ox tails after all. Next thing you know they will be finding out that whoopee is not made o f hoops either. - OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT Arrangements are being made so | that ive hog futures can be bought j and sold on the stock market. This is the first time we ever knew that | a hog had a future. Nyssa Tailor hop H. R. SCOTT, Prop. ■++4-H-V E. A . W im p H NYSSA BARBER SHOP Shaving Electric wiring and Contracting. All work guaranteed to pass inspection. PHONE 64 KINDS HAIR BOBBING AND TON SORIAL WORK OF ALL ‘‘ We Aim to Please” ROY POUNDS, PROP. Nyssa Oregon • • i » + # » ♦♦■» 4 » 4 » + 2MMC: j and Cream E BOOK LOVERS FEDERAL CONTROL OF PUBLIC LAND FAVORED IN MALHEUR COUNTY Chevrolet Adopts New Improved Brakes ft® ? Pure Milk *b *1* *1* *1* *1* *1* *1* *f ' •{• *1**1 S H E L T O N ’S D A I R Y SEEDS SEEDS SEED S FIELD SEEDS FLOWER SEEDS GARDEN SEEDS FRESH AND OF HIGH QUALITY Chick Feeds in Great Abundance and Variety N Y S S A G R A IN & S E E D CO M PANY Phone 26 OREGON NYSSA .etrogi ade.” Mrs. Marshall, Nyssa librarian, circulation. Miss j ••:-M-4.:-444ririri.-H.444ri.4-!-4-:ri-4-4-4ri~Mriri.4riri“k+-k++++++44H ririH ^+++. t Î-! f - "->n he issue involves about ■ ported 7,102 ‘ 00.0(10 acres, of which about 11,* Fishburn had charge o f a collection .- ■ e in routheartern Oregon for school use and this resulted in | an added circulation of 728 books. • land. o ini. a that the federal With 'he closing of the Merit store I • .riren t is better equipped than >.t Oivyi e dam, whore Mrs. Christ- j I i -p avise and regulate ed as an able custodian of |] h,. !<> do it the committee . oks, rams the removal of tin ’ -r»o .da tie federal forestry tr ! ion eh no other uitnble place I, i ; . ,-nla god to Include a for- hi h ; found by Mi Choate. Mrs. J • , (,1 m a. d utilization Christie on loaned 774 books to - ! 'lie •■razing ’ends b< idult r iders and 158 from the Owy I forests and that the hee school. tl n n. ed in the national Brogan, Rockville and Adrian .ended to tli • unreserv tntion, are active. Mins Shirley f I'l,: r, new custodian at Juntura ¡ rummul:-. that Htaf" s pi ; in«; very efficient *• (row th«> Last year Miss Cheat • visited all •j- X e clivaient of taxes but six o f the interior station . ; ,i í lands instead X, • f the proceeds <f N v tb-I the reparaU ns qm :tlon y ralr end ! grazine fees. 1 ii. nnd tl." Y "tig plan X i be reded to th adopt d. if (hey will only get Babe \| rerommends that ■.'uth’i • • ly rallied we can begin to the report approach of . . dthdrawn for the look fe — firil to the • t ion o f w. •ishcds and reeln- spring with some pleasure. Pictured here is the sensational new Chevrolet S is Sedan, with an inset of the n ew internal* expanding fou r-w h e e l brakes, on e o f the im p ortan t safety featu res in co rp o ra te d in the 1930 Chevrolet S ix. The n ew brakes are d e s ig n e d to serve th ou san ds o f m iles on on e set o f linings; th ey m ay be ea sily a d ju sted w ith o u t the rem oval o f an y plates fr o m the brake drum and they operate w ith efficiency on all four wheels. -n o f the • •-b-remmltt-e ar A P. G. ¡divert. P- liert N. Stanfhd. love V’ Illy Duby, Olin Arn p g< r an- have that W. B. Snyder. Don M. Graham “ The Insurance Man” Fire Insurance Bonds N otary Public I represent the oldest and best companies States o f America. in the United Any policy written by me wiU meet your contract with the companies 100 per cent. Don’ t wait until the fire chief comes; too late. tomorrow may be See me today nnd let’s talk your insurance needa over. NYSSA, OREGON famous doctor declares that 4* i :: di ease. And some fellow | ;!; Phone No. S3 Box No. 74 found to their dDappoinnitcnt j it isn’t always contagious. J #+4~i-+4++ + + -H '4" H 141 I I U I L »+ 4 + + + + » H -+-K -+ 4+ + 4'> 1 »»♦ ♦ ♦ » + + ♦ <
