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NVSSA, OREGON G A T E W A Y T O T H E OW YHEE AND B L A C K C AN YO N IRRIGATION PROJECTS VOLUME VVXI. NO. 27. YOUNG HURL NYSSA WINS G ATE C IT Y BOYS EDGE O C T VALE IN T IG H T THE GATE CITY JOURNAL FRE-SEASON EN CO UNTER; P L A Y COLLEGE C O Y OTES T O N IG H T . Dick Young and Charles Newbill vied for honors on the mound when they pitched a tight, pre-season game at Vale Sunday. Nyssa took the long end o f a 3 to 2 score. Nyssa batters garner ed six hits o ff Newbill while Young al lowed Vale but four. Rambaud chalked up two hits with one each for Dick Young, Hoxie, Long and Price. The locals are arranging to play the College of Idaho tonight. In a twilight game with Ontario last Thursday, the Coyotes downed Ontario 7 to 4. College pitchers were J. and K. Roberts and Lyke with Cresy catching. Ontario sent Soper and Young on the mound with Long catching. N YS SA H IG H 2, O N T A R IO 5 Ontario high school nine defeated Nyssa in the first conference game of the season here last Friday 5 to 2. In spite of the fact that Johnston hurled a good game for Nyssa and the team played good ball. Lady Luck was not with the Nyssa boys when it came to batting. Nyssa lads made but two er rors while several were credited to On tario. McCarty featured for Ontario when he made a homer, a three-bagger and a 2-base hit in three trip« to bat. NYSSA, OREGON BUSIEST AND FASTE ST UROWINCi TO W N IN OREGON INVESTIGATE - LOCATE NYSSA, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRTL 21, 1932. VAN TWISKS LEAVE FOR HOLLAND AND SOUTHERN GERMANY Mr. and Mrs. Jake Van Twisk and three children started on a long Journey from the Nyssa com munity Tuesday. They are on their way to Holland, Mr. Van Twisk's old home, where they will spend a few months. From there they will go on to southern Germany where they plan to locate. Mrs. Van Twisk formerly lived in Germany. Before leaving this country the fam ily will visit in New York. Van Twisk has farmed in this section 11 years. His brother Hen- drickls Van Twisk of Vale has tak en over his place. Sunday Mr. and Mrs. M. Hart of Nyssa gave a farewell dinner for the Van Twisk family. Among the guests who came to bid them good-bye were Mr. and Mrs. C. Kronenburg o f Ontario, Mr. and Mrs. Qeo. Sibus of Big Bend and M r and Mrs. Garret Groot. MENDIOLA BOY DIES IN BOISE B R IE F ILLNE SS C LAIM S SIX -Y'E AR - OLD SON OF MR. AND MRS. V IC ENTE M ENDIOLA, RANCHERS. OWYHEE RED GROSS WILL DISTRIBUTE WHEAT TO MALHEUR NEEDY COUNTY CHAPTERS A P P O IN T COM M ITTEES IN VAR IO U S COM M U N IT IE S TO WHOM A P P L IC A T IO N M A Y BE MADE A T ONCE. Good fortune In the form of free wheat, flour and garden seed has come the way of those In need and short of money through the efforts of the nat ional Red Cross. Chapters of Malheur county will handle distribution here, J. A. Davenport roll call chairman, told The Journal yesterday. He stated that applications should be made at once as distributions must be made by April 30. The Red Cross has appointed the fo l lowing chairmen to whom application may be made In this district; Nyssa— Mrs. Dick Tensen, Mrs. F. B. Schlapkohl. Adrian—Holly Brothers. Ontario—Rev. 8. P. Hagler, County Agent R. G. Larsen. Jordan Valley—Dr. W. W. Jones. Oregon Slope— Mrs P. M. Boats. Vale and the country adjacent will be served by the Vale chapter oi which R D. Lytle Is chairman. Mr. Davenport stated that the free wheat, flour and garden seed is for only those who are in need of same. He sug gested that everyone in the community aid by spreading the information around and getting in touch with those who are in need. Wheat for the Red Cross was pur chased by the government from the federal farm board cooperative. H it a n d Run D r iv e r K ills , Young Girl, 16 Nyssa friends were shocked by the death of Joy Elloltt, 16, former Nyssa girl, who was knocked down and fatally Injured Sunday night In Boise by a motorist who paused only long enough to pick her up and thrust her Into the rear seat o f the automobile. She was found several hours after the tragedy in the machine, a stolen one. The girl had attended church with several friends who accompanied her part way home. She was alone when the car ran her down and as yet Boise officers have not lee.ned the Identity of the driver or occupants of the car. Joy died In a Boise hospital without re gaining consciousness. The girl was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Claud E. Elliott who lived in Nyssa several years. Elliott was a plumber for Eder Hardware company while here. Funeral services for Joy were held In Boise yesterday. SENIOR CLASS WINS TRACK SENIOR BO YS LEAD IN 4 6 P O IN T S M EET; AT FROSH SCORING IN TE R -C LAS S PLACE SECOND. $1.50 PER YEAR 6-TEAM LEAGUE ___ WINDS UP FOR N YS SA W IT H SLUGGERS W IL L FLAY BOISE. N AM PA. EM METT. O N TA R IO AND H U N T IN G TO N ; REVISED SCHEDULE OPENS SUN DAY. Meeting In Nyssa last night, Boise. Nampa. Emmett, Ontario, Huntington and Nyssa baseball clubs wound up or ganization of a semi-pro Idaho-Oregon baseball league. Jack Ashenfelter, Boise, league president, was chairman and R. Byrd of Ontario acted as secretary. The schedule opening April 24, and closing July 3. was revised to leave open dates May 29 and May 30. for Decora tion Day games. The period In which eligibility lists may be submitted was advanced to M ay 10. Ashenfelter stated that copies of the schedule would be mailed to all clubs during the coming week. For the opener Sunday. Nyssa Jour neys to Huntington, Boise plays at Nampa and Emmett plays In Ontario. D. O. Pierce, Cecil Duff. Ashenfelter and Jack Smith attended from Boise, Byrd from Ontario, Davenport and Simmons from Nampa. Smith brought Emmett’s vote by proxy. Tonight the Nyssa club will meet again to elect business manager and captain. Plans for financing the club will be discussed. Herbert Hoxie has al ready secured contributions from 12 business firms for suits for the Nyssa team. Francisco Mendiola, six year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Vicente Mendiola, died at a Boise hospital Monday morning W ith a total of 46 po’nts, the Senior after a brief illness. Surviving are his class was the champion of an Inter- parents, one brother Julian and one class track and field meet In Nyssa yes sister. Funeral services were held yes terday after school. Freshmen placed terday morning from St. John’s cathed second with 28 points. Sophomores were ral in Boise with the Rev. Gerald M. third with 26 while the Juniors made Scanlon officiating. Burial was in St. but nine. Each class had a yell leader John's cemetery at Boise. STATE BEGINS STAGE MAY RUN ENGINEER BANKS and lots of school spirit was on display. The bereaved fam ily has the sym FROM WINNEMUCCA AERIAL SURVEY Winners in the various events, in pathy of Nyssa friends. During the SEES COMPLETION summer months, the Mendlolas make TO BOISE IN JUNE the order o f winning, were: ON C-O HIGHWAY High Jump— Sager, Montgomery, OF DAM AT BAKER j their home at their ranch on the Owy Forbes, Foster. hee while they live in Parma during the In a plea to the county court on be Broad Jump— Marshall. Sager, For The aerial survey o f the Juntura- The bureau of reclamatllon has com school term. They are well known in half of the I. O. N. highway, Sam Ross bes, Ernest. Burns section of the Central Oregon of Jordan Valley informed Judge pleted the construction of the Thief this community. 100 yd. run—Marshall, Ernest, Taylor, highway, ordered recently by the state David F. Graham that a stage operator Valley Dam near Baker under the dir Boor. highway commission. Is under way. The planned to run a daily stage from Boise ection of Engineer F. A. Banks, engin EDUCATORS SPEAK 220 yd. run—Keizer, Montgomery, International Aerial Surveys, Inc., of to Winnemucca, commencing June 1. eer in charge of Owyhee project and Spencer, Boren. Boise, is employed. R. H. Baldock, state AT SPRING SESSION “ One car would start from each ter others in Oregon and Idaho. W. H. 880 yd. run—Johnston, Keck. Lathen, highway engineer, announced that the COUNTY TEACHERS minal every morning and make the Holady. Puckett company, Boise, was the build aerial survey would reduce consider trip in time to connect with the trains er, and work lias been under way since Mile run—Spencer, Keck, Foster, ably the cost of general survey that A ll o f the teachers of the Nyssa at Winnemucca bound for San Fran last fall. Hatch. must follow. The T h ie f Valley Dam Is 86 feet wide school and many from the rural schools cisco." Ross declared. Relay— Boren, Oehr, Spencer. The route o f the highway between Ross urged that the county Improve at the foundation. 8 feet wide at the were in attendance at the annual Shot put— Boor, Walters, Sager, Juntura and Burns has never been def the road during the next month. He top. The crest length on top of the dam spring Institute In Ontario Saturday. Freel. initely designated. Crane proponents from one side o f the canyon to the Dr. R. O. Chambers, professor of voca asked that rocks be removed and cross Javelin throw—Keck, Sager, Ernest, desire It to run that way. Drewsey other is 390 feet, maximum height 60 tional psychology at Oregon State col ings built between Rome and McDer- Boren. people another. I t Is reported that lege, was the principal speaker at the mltt. feet. Students marveled at the shot put actual construction will follow location Ross Is of the opinion that operation Workmen were released last week morning session and Di. R. V. DeLong, throw of Howard Boor. He threw a 12- of the route the most feasible way. with only a small crew being retained president of the Nazarene college at of the stage line over the short cut The road Is completed or under con pound weight 43 feet 3 Inches, while route would aid In the fight for im dismantle and move Nampa, addressed the afternoon meet- to remove forms, the record for the state Is 48 feet. With tract as far west as Juntura. provement of the I. O. N. highway. ing. equipment for the Puckett company. Judge Graham stated that the coun more practice, Boor may set a new state Supt. H. M. James of Vale, Supt. Leo Oates on the dam will be opened and record. closed by gasoline motor. W. G. Olase D. Hollenberg of Nyssa and Supt. Turn- ty would cooperate. VAN DUZER ENTERS has been employed by the Lower Pow bull of Ontario made reports, M r Hol A L F A L F A SEED G AIN S der River Irrigation district, owner of lenberg on the recent teachers conven PIERCE WILL TALK POLITICS FOR DANA the new dam and reservoir, to operate tion in Spokane. Owen Price had A sharp revival of alfalfa seed AT POMONA GRANGE prices has meant cash to a number of H. B. Van Duzer, former chairman of charge of a departmental report for the gates. elementary schools. IN VALE SATURDAY farmers. The market stiffened to 23 the state highway commission, has been Adding a touch of sociability to the Marshall cents per pound the forepart of the appointed chairman of the OREGON TRAIL institute for the first time, B. W. Shav Dana for United States senator club. Ex-Oovernor Walter M. Pierce, week. er. Harper, president of the county Democratic candidate for congressman SUNDAY SCHOOL Bert E. Haney, another prominent teachers’ association, and others ar from eastern Oregon district, and Mrs. Democrat of the state. Is vice-chair BROADCASTS HOUR ranged a banquet for the evening. It Pierce will be the leading speakers at man. was served at the Parish hall In On the meeting of the Malheur Pomona There were no Rudy Valees but the tario. Cards furnished diversion after folks at home never enjoyed singing the banquet. Mrs. Hollenberg accom grange in Vale Saturday afternoon. Pierce Is a granger and Is now engaged more than the radio program given panied the visitors from Nyssa. in dairy fanning a La Orande. Mrs. Sunday at 4:30 o'clock by the Oregon GOPHERS AT ONCE Pierce was formerly state librarian. Trail Sunday School over K F X D Nam An evening session is also palnned. pa. The entire Sunday School took part DOG TOUSER DIES When Mrs. Chas. Keplinger in WHILE ON DUTY advised R. O. Larson, Pomona secre- SECOND GRADE LEADS IN N U M spected and Albert B. Hopkins, Oregon Trail a gopher trap set by her _ _ _ _ _ _ j tary. All grangers are invited to attend. BER W IT H 12 H ONOR R O L L teacher, acted as announcer. The fol husband at their ranch near Vale P U P IL S FO R L A S T QUARTER. No more will Touser carry notes for ------------------------ lowing numbers were given: solo, Hub Tuesday, she found a whole family ert Jones; recitation, Dewey Thomason; his owners Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Bertsch. BROGAN RANCHERS of gophers. Mrs. Gopher and nine song, Donna Dlmmlck; and chorus No more will he accompany his master youngsters had been caught In the MAKE NEW SURVEY numbers by Annie Holmes, June Hol- on the trail of pheasant or duck. Never F ifty-tw o students of the Nyssa grade trap. ON BURNT RIVER school ady, Mrs. Floyd Campbell, Mrs. Hattie again will Touser protect the chicks and sixteen students In high Rogers, Jones and Hopkins. Mrs. Lucille from a marauding alley cat, a task he Under the supervision o f Arden A. school made the honor roll for the last A T ID A N H A ORCH ARD had been carefully trained to do. Johnston was pianist. quarter, as follows: Faithfulness to duty cost him his life Reed, chairman, W. B. Allen and R. D. The Junior boys’ class told why they First grade— Florence Bauer, Robert Lytle, a committee appointed by the _.... disliked UU„ I1V„ . Sunday ______ Chas. L. Thompson, recently of Wels- liked and School _ El- Monday. W hile chasing a cat from the. Brown, Jimmy Cook, Hugh Draglch, mer Davis. Jack McKee, Warren Lath- j Bertach yard. Touser failed to notice an stockholders of the Orchards Water Lois Patton, Harmon Pompe, Phyllis er but old timer of Nyssa, has returned en Otlbert Holmes and Paul Johnston approaching car and was crushed be- cotnPany. * survey of Burnt river Is Schlreman, Dickie Tensen, Leo Van to operate the large Idanha orchard ^ k ln g w r t neath Us wheels. Touser was a good linder " V * determine the feasibility Natta, Conley Ward. this season. T h e Idanha Is one of the Broadcasting proved to be lots of fu n .! dog. His human friends will miss him. of diverting water into Reservoir No. 3 Second—Jacqueline Barrett. Marlon largest prune and apple orchards in i of the Brogan project. A tunnel and this sectloln. For the past few years Mr. canal to carry Burnt river flood waters Boden, Margie Howell, Oayle McCoy, Thompson has been produce Inspector Irine Nichols, Lois Ownby, Delma to Brogan has been suggested as a in Idaho. He and Mrs Thompson means of relieving the shortage at Ward. Ida Boren. Patricia Nadeau. Leo moved to the orchard from Welser last Hollenberg, Charles Paradis. Muriel Brogan. Thursday. Boring. The present survey is being made by Groot, Barbara Carl Jungquist, survey«-, and four far- | Third— Marjorie G A R R IS O N GETS O FFICE Brown, Junior DeOroft, Doris Oraham, mers of the Brogan district. Robert McCoy, Mable Brooks, Mary O. 8. C —R ay Garrison of Nyssa, Beaton. Tie man with the hoe is supreme son for growing quick crops on account NYSSA FARMER IS Fourth— June Marie Wilson. Robert sophomore in agricultural engineering se days. In town he confines his ef- of added moisture in the ground. Crops BUILDING NEW HOME Bauer, Ethel May Stradley, Irene M c at Oregon State college, has recently t to work In the yard. On the farm given a good start grow much faster a____ been elected treasurer of the Campus Connell. Is digging in the dirt for the year's without Irrigation than they do when Fifth— Houston Wilson, Ruth Plan 4-H club. The club Is composed of stud Joe Koopman, Nyssa farmer, has early irrigation is used in order to get r check. work well under way on his new farm ary, Joe Robertson, Justine Overstreet, ents who have had 4-H club experience iprlng work is in evidence every- the seeds to come up. home on the Boulevard. He le building MUllcent Doyle, Anna Johnson, Hollis previous to enrolling in college, and ere. Rich, dark furrows of loam have A few warm days did wonders for the have continued to display an interest n seeded in potatoes, grain and seed orchards. Cherry and apricot trees are the new residence near his old house DeOroft. Annie Raplc. Vivian Hlgby, In the work. ps. The planting season is in full now in bloom. The larger apple or which will be tom down later and util John Smith, Clarissa Tillman. S ix th —Patol Ayre, Edward Boydell, st A lfalfa Is covering large fields chards in this vicinity and across the ized for farm buildings. Koopman has OREGON T R A IL 27, B IG BEND 1 h green. More corn will be planted, river in Idaho will soon be a sight excavated for a full basement, the | Mgrzenfe Hollenberg. Seventh— L 1 o y d Wilson, W anet* foundation is In and work has com county agent thinks, worth seeing. Budding leaves will soon Continuing Its winning streak In Oraves, Eleanor Pashley. n answer to the query, “ W hat will be overshadowed with their burden of menced on the frame of the house. It will be modem and up-to-date In every 1 Eighth— Roy Clement, Katie Hend rural school athletics, Oregon T rail de- i plant?" moat farmers Indicate that pink and white. feated Big Bend baseball nine 27 to i ricks. way. y will depend on the old stand-bys. Freshman—Ezra Brum bach. Harriet \ Friday afternoon to win Its fourth vlc- Poultry raising will be larger than r and grain, with perhaps a few more Mrs. Ethel Yeargaln was In town Sarazln, Louis Strode, Tlena Tensen. j tory In baseball John Van Z elf struck es than usual of diversified crops, j ever, in the opinion of A B. Cain, local Sophomore— Ray Ashcraft. Jean Hol out 17 men for Oregon Trail. Nicholas they lose an hay, potatoes may be hatchery man. Cain says about 6000 to from Owyhee Dam several times this { Van Zelf chalked up two homers Paul Minnie Wilson. id. Renowtd hop© ifiw B p tn l** , 10.000 chickens are being hatched each week to undergo dental treatment at ady. Junior— Dorothy Boden. Evalyn Earp. Johnston played a good game behind tag Several farmers wlU «tap with week and around 4000 are being ship the office at Dr t - D. N orcott Mrs the bat. new crops such as Austrian winter ped in. No estimte is possible oA Indi Yeargaln wrote the beautiful poem Carietta Irwin, Dwight Johnston. Sue d peas and baby lin t beans grown vidual hatches on the farms. Baby turk “Owyhee" which was sent to New Rec Ketser. Mrs. E. D. Noreott has been lU of Senior—Donna Cook. Thelm a Cook, Mrs AUe$) Johan- an experimental scale last jeer. Soil season Is also opening with a heavy lamation Era by Influenza the past week. Howard Foster, K a e Keizer. d e iM p l, H r Cata says. 68 STUDENTS MAKE HONORS RANCHER TRAPS10 Digging in the Dirt is Spring Song in Verdant Nyssa Country JURY INDICTS IN NARCOTICS CASE, SHOOTING FRACAS Out o f three bills submitted by District Attorney E. M. Blodgett for consideration of the April grand Jury in session in Vale Monday and Tuesday, two indictments were made. William Sherman, 35, must an swer for the alleged shooting of his brother Joseph Sherman, 35. fo l lowing a “ gin" party in Ontario last January. The injured man spent several weeks in a veterans' hos pital and is said to have recovered so the charge is less serious than it might have been. Edgar Wilks, Ontario jeweler, was Indicted for alleged sale of narcotics. The trial Jury will convene In Vale next Monday. Judge W. W. Wood made the call of the docket Tuesday after dismissal of the grand jury. BILL PASSES, PROJECTS CUT SENATORS S A Y S IA S H D E LAY TU N N E L W IL L N O T AND C AN A L W O R K ON O W Y llE E ; VALE CON T IN U E S F IG H T FO R DAM A P P R O P R IA T IO N . Passage of the Interior department bill by the house under suspension of the rules Monday Just as It was passed by the senate sends It to the president. This includes a half million dollars for the Owyhee project and but $20,000 for maintenance on the Vale project. Oregon senators acquiesced after they were assured that the work on the Owyhee tunnels and canals would go forward under contract obligations and that such additional funds as may be needed In the next fiscal year would be provided by deficiency appropriations later. The appropriation as adopted provides $500,000 In new money and about $1,600,000 of unexpended balance for Owyhee. A report from Washington yesterday stated that work on the additional stor age reservoir on the North Fork of the Malheur for the Vale project had been postponed. However, the fight for addi tion of the Vale Item In the deficiency bill will be continued. O. A. Betts, assistant to F. A. Banks, Owyhee engineer reported Saturday that there is plenty of water going down the Owyhee river this year. “ A close estimate would put the flow already past at 250,000 acre feet,” said Betts. "This could have backed up be hind the dam for 20 miles In 12 days at that rate, had the dam been com pleted and ready for use.” R E G IS T R A T IO N BOOKS CLOSE Some could-M voters who did not register by Tuesday evening will not cast ballots at the primary election May 20. Registration books have closed for the primaries. County Clerk Roy Daley is now proceeding with the com pilation of new registrations and other preparations for the forthcoming battle of ballots. Judiciary, Democratic and Republican ballots will be sent to the various precincts before May 9. STATE SM AN E D ITO R HERE Watson Humphrey, city editor of The Statesman, favored The Journal with a pleasant call Monday. Mr. Humphrey stated that he was Impressed by the thriving little city of Nyssa and the well developed farming country around. He and Mrs. Humphrey were on return to Boise after a loop trip that took them through the blossoming orchard section at Emmett, Frultland, Payette and Ontario. ARBOR DAY SEES MORE TREES TRACK AT ARBOR D A Y PR O G R A M A T C IVIC CLUB USHERS IN NEW PRO G RAM PO R YEAR; MRS. J. J. SA R A ZIN IS ELECTED PRESIDENT. ’The day of the tree is Arbor Day, an important day of the year to all who rejoice In trees," said Mrs. Dick Tensen In reading an article for yesterday’s program of the Nyssa Civic club. “Sixty years ago the state of Nebraska was treeless. There was no wood for fuel, building or protection of crops or homes. Nebraska's department of agri culture conceived the Idea of planting trees and more trees. The whole state united. Arbor Day was made an annual event and now there are millions of trees on the plains of Nebraska." Mrs. Tensen added that the civic club and council had set out a large number of new trees In the Nyssa park But Im provements did not stop with tree planting under the direction of Judge A. R. Millar. F. B. Schlapkohl and high school boys laid out a track that encircles the park for the use of school students. The site was selected for the proposed municipal swimming pool. Another delightful number of the Arbor Day program was a vocal solo "Trees." by Mrs. C. L. McCoy, accom panied by Mrs. C. C. Hunt. Mrs Schlap- kohl's division were hostesses. Election held the attention of the club. By unanimous vote Mrs. J. J. Sar- azin was elected president to succeed Mrs. Frank T. Morgan, who has given up club work for the present on account of Illness. Mrs. Tensen Is vice president, Mrs. C. Klinkenberg was re-elected secretary, Mrs. Howard Larsen, treas urer. The three divisions re-elected Mrs. Schlopkohl, Mrs. Hunt and Mrs. Wm. Schlreman, chairmen. Mrs. E. B. Butler, Jr., was elected a member of the park committee to suc ceed Mrs. Sarazln. GOVERNMENT CROP LOANS IN COUNTY NOW REACH $6000 Out of 100 applications for govern ment crop and seed loans, about 30 loans In the total amount of $6000 have been granted to date, according to County Agent R. O. Larson, who Is secretary for the Malheur county committee In {charge. Farmers have until April 30, to make applications for the loans. The Individual loan Is limited to $400, and the borrower must give a first crop mortgage for security. STATE LEADER OF GIRLS’ CLUBS IS HERE ON VISIT Miss Helen CowglU, assistant state club leader in charge of girls' 4-H club work, spent last week In Malheur coun ty visiting active girls’ clubs with Rus sell McKennon. county club leader. Miss CowglU held meetings in Kingman Kolony, Owyhee. Nyssa, Annex, Pion eer, White Settlement, Orove and Wade. POSTPONE COUNTY P.-T. A. COUNCIL TO SAT., MAY 14th Owing to a conflict with other en gagements, the Malheur County Coun cil of Parents and Teachers have post poned the annual spring council from April 33 to Saturday, May 14, at Valley View country school between Nyssa and Ontario. Dr. James Miller, head of the religious education department of the College of Idaho, Caldwell, will be prin Mrs. Dean Smith made a visit in On cipal speaker. AU circles of the county wlU be called upon for reports. tario Saturday. County Corn Contest Opens For Farmers Of All Sections W ith the northwest com market st our door, why not grow more com In Malheur county? Would It not be good business for this section to supply the 4000 carloads shipped In from the mid west each year? Answering these ques tions in the affirmative, the Ontario Commercial club has launched a corn- growing contest in Malheur county to stimulate production. The club would make the farmers, the 4-H club boys and even the business men com-mlnd- ed. The club further desires to stimulate interest in a com exhibit for the 1933 Chicago World's Exposition. Such a display would be Invaluable In advertls- iii« 11 M> iii«à b 2 è empire oi the Vale and Owyhee Irrigation projects and the stats of Oregon, the club states. Optimism Is not without foundation Farmers of the Big Bend section south of Nyssa have been com producers for years. They have carried o ff high awards at the St. Louis, 8an Francisco and Chicago produce shows and year after year at the Pacific International Livestock exposition In Portland and Oregon State fair. Local com producers have establish ed an average production of 75 to 80 bushels per acre, while the average yield In the mid-west Is about 60 per cent less. Freight rates from Missouri river points to the coast la 59 cents a hundred and 26 cents a hundred from Malheur county. I t would take 180.000 acres of land to produce the com shipped into Oregon and Washington from the mid-west, the club points out. County Agent Raymond O. Larsen has bean appointed chairman o f the corn contest and «300 w ia voted on Its behalf Merchants have been affcag to contribute special prlgca.
