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THE GATE CITY JOURNAL
F red J." Barten, E ditor
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E rte red at the Postoffice a t Nyssa, Oregon, as second-class mail m atter
division, and she has already made great progress in !
Money spent here
cleaning up cheap dance halls and cheap movies where i
for printing buys
vice flourishes. Her views are expressed thus:
“Crime thrives on bad contact and bad environment!
—that much we know. How often have we seen living i
examples where temperament of father and mother re-1
fleet themselves in the offspring?
“Alcoholic beverages, tea and coffee retard the proper
levelopment of youth. Habitual use of alcohol dehydrates V+-M-Ì-H - H I 1 i ♦ ¡■■H i ! I i I « ♦ ♦ + +
body tissues and destroys body cells. Coffee, a temporary
timulant. is simply an added irritation to persons with
Iready nervous and highly emotional temperaments, and il C it y T r a n s f e r
t would be well to el'minate it entirely from the diet of
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dolescent hoys and girls. Even among adults, if taken at
and
11, it would he better to use it in decaffeinated form.
“Growing boys and girls must have proper nourish-
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nent, proper environment and proper outlets for recrea-
icn. Supplying these will go far toward eliminating the , Phone 15 and Phone 28 X
"endenev to crime.”
C. KLINKENBERG
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Other cities might well emulate New York in her
worthwhile efforts to recruit the forces of youth into an
irmy of proper thinking and proper living men and
vvomen.
1,000 MILES AN HOUR
Certain aviation engineers prediet that airplanes maj
eventually attain a speed of 1,000 miles an hour; also that
non-stop flights around the world will be made.
As the apparent movement of the sun, due to tht
earth’s rotation, is less than 1,000 miles an hour in lati
tudes above and below the equator, such a speed would
present some interesting collateral experiences.
For example: Traveling west, one might circle the
globe in daylight, as the plane would keep pace with the
sun. Traveling east, the plane would meet the sun twice
so that it would apparently experience two days in 24
hours.
Strangest of all, if the plane were flying somewhat
faster than the visible movement of the sun. it migh<
start out shortly after sunset and fly west to overtake
WHAT’ NEW?
the sun, which would appear to rise in the west. Contin­ A gigantic electric magnet weighing four tons has
uing its flight, it would finally leave the sun so far be­ leen developed to lift a load of 50 tons.
hind that it would appear to set in the east.
full size umbrella which may be folded and carried
A watch carried under either of these conditions might n A
one’s
pocket has been invented.
tell how long the plane had been in the air, but would be
Paper
lighter and stronger than those of wood,
of little use in determining the time of day at any given have been boats,
built
in Germany.
point during the flight.
Artificial silk is now being made from the bark of the
giant redwood tree.
r;'he old fashioned thrifty man who used to save his
A new machine gun can fire 800 bullets a minute and
money for a rainy day has a son uho spends it on wet has a range of nine miles.
nights.
The New York fire department has a new water tower
A more powerful blend of gasoline has been discovered. which is capable of discharging 28,000 gallons of water
This may make it necessary to have six wheel brakes in­ a minute from four nozzles.
stead of four.
Congress has passed a resolution discarding the use of
INTERESTING NOTES
dial telephones in the capital. But the wire pullings will
Federal, state and local taxes combined now reach
go on just the same.
Possibly no other man ever got back from a vacation more than nine billion dollars a year in the United States.
For every 280 million passenger carried by electric
with half the satisfaction felt by Jonah.
railways during the past year only one was killed.
Another “highest” skyscraper is being planned for
BE TTER SUPPLY LOWER THIS YEAR
New York, to be 105 stories and cover an entire block.
E tier production is being curtailed, while consump­
Race horses ridden by Frankie Coltileetti have won
tion is on the increase, according to the latest report on nearly a million and a quarter dollars in prize money
commodity situation and market outlook issued by the since 1919.
Oregon State college extenison service. The butter output
Italian families with two or more children are exempt
of the country in March was 3 per cent below that of from inheritance taxes.
March 1129 and somewhat more in April.
In Afghanistan the usual marriage ages are 14 for
With consumption increasing at present price levels, boys and 10 to 11 for girls.
the supply-demand situation is improved, the report says,
Three Lennox brothers, aged respectively 96, 85 and 81
but some surplus remains in storage and foreign sup- years, recently attended a family party in Weston, Ont.
lilies threaten to romo in if prices advance further in this
Aluminum which costs $90 a pound 75 years ago now
country over foreign markets. Severe depression exists sells for a few cents.
in Eurnv'-’*i butiwr markets, especially in Germany and
About 6,000 persons in the Philipine Islands are afflict­
( / at Briti: i.
ed with leprosy.
Je; n\.lit ih ■ ■ sign to increase the use of butter
Only about one-third of the people of Paris, France,
in Oregon h: ;
• re i d with surprising vigor. In one were born in that city.
city the use of butter has been boosted so much that sale
In Turkey the manufacture of alcholic liquors is con­
of substitutes has fallen off 35 per cent. An educational ducted as a government monopoly.
campaign, showing the comparative food value of butter
Mexico City’s Y. M. C. A. has 3,721 members, represent­
with other foods, is doing much to improve the situation. ing 25 nationalities.
At the funeral of Sir Edwin Shenvin in Stibbington,
A WOMAN CRIME DOCTOR
Eng., the family servants by his final directions were
A new crime prevention bureau created in New York placed ahead of all peers in the funeral procession.
City’s police department about four months ago has at­
Remains of an interrupted dinner party of some 1.600
tracted wide attention, through its efforts to curb crime years ago were found by German explorers in Eucador.
by eleminating its causes, especially among juvenile de­ While natives of that far-off day were seated at their
linquents. For r,0 per cent of the city’s delinquents are meal, a clay bank above gave way, burying diners, pot­
under 21, and 00 per cent of those convicted of robbery tery and feast mastodom meat. From the bones and other
last year were under 21.
objects found, scientists have gained much information
Miss Virginia Murray, who has studied juvenile con­ concerning early conditions in Ecuador.
ditions for two decades, is director of the women’s
Most towns complain because the census shows them to
have fewer inhabitants than they claim. An interesting
exception is Fairbury, 111., which wants its figure of
2,532 cut dow'n. The reason is that towns under 2,500 pop­
ulation in Illinois are exempt from certain road taxes.
Q u a lity
W ork <
B lin d F a t e
Watch Repairing
Love Is blluil. Look about at the
married couples and see for yourself.
—Florida Tlmea-llnlon.
T h e C a tc h in It
The most economical of wives fre
quently Is the one who lias been mar j
ried for her money.
By Expert
Robinson The Jeweler
Payette, Ida.
You pay nothing
until we install modern
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Plumbing & Heating
Then only
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Any single fixture installed or
your plumbing and heating
completely modernized on the
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E d e r H a rd w a re Co.
NYSSA, OREGON
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Whatever You Want
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Storage -Repairing
Full line of Undertaking
Supplies errried in stock at
Gas and Oil
NORDALE
FURNITURE STORE
W h atever attention your car m ay need,
our efficient m echanics are qualified
by lo n g exp erien ce, to give you a per­
fect job. Any m ake of ca r-it m akes
no differen ce. Complete overhauling
of your motor at very reasonable rates.
S. D. Goshert W ill have
charge of funeral ar­
rangem ents
Ambulance Service
times.
at all
Funeral services will be held
at churches.
Hoxie Service Station
Phone 60—S. D. Goshert
94—Nordale Furniture Co
Nyssa, Ore.
Phone 83
Friday and Saturday
SPECI ALS
10 lbs. Pure Cane Sugar
63c
25 lbs, Pure Cane Sugar - - 1.53
100 lbs, Pure Cane Sugar
5.80
4 lbs. Swift’s Silver Leaf Lard 65c
8 lbs. Swift s Silver Leaf Lard 1.19
Carsten 6x8 Best Bacon
- 29c
(By Strip Only)
6 Cans Tall Pink Salmon
85c
10 Bars Crystal White or P.
and G. Soap
37c
5 lbs. Golden Rod Cheese - 1.20
6 cans String Beans Size 2 • 86c
1 Case String Beans
3.15
EDER GROCERY DEPT.
Nyssa, Oregon
A city of the fourth class is one that has everything a
civilized community needs except a few good pitchers.
A New York woman seeks an end to her matrimonial
ties on grounds of cruelty—three slaps she says hubbie
gave her. It is understood he will demand a recount.
The small boy who used to balk at the garden in the
spring has grown up now to be a tired business man who
can’t walk more than 20 miles a day over the golf course.
Sympathy is more plentiful than you may suppose. For
instance, a woman with a baby ami a woman with a pet
dog feel sorry for each other.
M ILLINERY
Think twice before you speak, but don’t speak twice as
much because of the delay.
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In some circles the big news of the day is what Amos
tor Dress
and Andy said to the Kingfish.
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and
It appears that drinking bouts on the screen are not
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immoral if the scene is laid in Mexico.
Street
Those new cables which transmit 2,500 words a minute
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will just about accomodate Floyd Gibbons.
Supple, linen-like straw hats
Fortunately for the Prince of Wales, he doesn’t have
with varying brims are stress- • •
to speak the Weslh language in order to hold his job.
ed in this showing of summer ■ •
Many cities have a commission form of government,
styles.
and thè United States seems headed in that direction.
Mrs. McCormick is reported to have sold a bull for
; $3,(MX). Most politicians make no charge for theirs.
Who remembers the good old show whose plot hinged
upon the mortgage on the farm instead of a job in the
Follies?
Because a Baltimore man unfortunately talked about a
certain Viola in his sleep, his wife Mary got a divorce.
Gandhi’s diet consists principally of goat's milk. Which
may account for his apparent designs on John Bull's
nanny.
Americanism: Senators who issue campaign literature
at government expense investigating candidates who pay
for theirs.
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Nussa
Art
Shop
B e tte r L u m b e r-B e tte r H om es
No matter what you are building-it is economy to use the
best grades of lumber. When you build consult us--we will
give you conscientious advice.
Nyssa Lumber Company
Phone 47