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GATE CITY JOURNAL, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1932. j Jordan Valley Monday. the state. He was ridiculed but he landed in the executive ROBT. D. LYTLE Dehorning, branding and irrigating j are the chief occupations of the sea A tto rn e y a n d C o u n selo r a t L aw chair. son as it is too wet far other farm wort May we quote, for the entertainment or intrrest of our Flret National Bank Building C r j i *iianfjrvi cacis ti-3h* *a*t readers, a few of the sayings which will bring him a bit of Phone 66 week from Marglng where he has been HOOVER'S WAGE PLAN glory, if not the presidential nomination. feeding sheep at the Colin McLeod vr. r. AND ALMA McLINO, PublUher» Vale Oregon President Hoover's plan for a five- ranch. W. 8. Brown. Owner Civilization begins and ends with the plow. day week and payless vacations should Qeorge Howton of Caldwell, our reg- It’s much more important right now to know where to be adopted In preference to the Mc ular vegetable man. was In the valley Subscription. Year ...........................1150 Duffie program for a flat cut of 11 per Tuesday on his way to California. How- get a square meal than where to get a drink. Subscrpitlon. 8 Months ----------- ---- 75c in the salaries of federal em ton Is going down over the I.O.N. and The trouble with our government now is that it is too cent ployes. The cut can follow, if It be if the road will permit he will return Entered at the Post Office at Nysss, Oregon, as Second Class Mat tar powerful for the weak and too weak for the strong. comes necessary, but the federal gov this way with a load of fruit and veg AUTOMOBILE This country never will recover until the farmer recov ernment should take this opportunity etables. of encouraging the shorter working REPAIRING Clyde Stul ts has been a visitor In ers. ALFALFA BILL MURRAY week. Caldwell the past week.______________ The failure of the banks did not break the farmer any Since Alfalfa Bill Murray took his sudden and unex more than the thermometer produced the blizzard. It was In other words. If the federal gov ernment goes on a five-day basis, the ¡Jilllllllllllllllllfi plained departure from Oregon last week, we’ve read no the other way about. Ignitlon Generator and Starter movement in private industry will be Work given a boost, and the boost will be end of criticism and reams of conjectures but we all have timely. It is better to have all our pop Just East from Depot to admit that Alfalfa Bill is different and a bit deep. He ulation employed part time than to PLANT A TREE have the lucky section laboring regular NYSSA, OREGON dc isn’t seem to be a policy man and is somewhat refresh hours and the rest unemployed, fright Rooms, Board and Bath Arbor Day in 1932 has a special significance, for this J. M Robertson R. A. Conant ing. and gradually more desperate. 2 $2.50 per day year is the 200th anniversary of the birth of George Wash ened With long vacations and a five-day We have been told that Alfalfa Bill had a fight in Okla ington, who was a planter of trees. This anniversary is be week .there would be leisure which and *j homa, his native state. He was not a son of the rich. He had ing commemorated all over the United States by a gigantic those with sufficient ingenuity could “ u Rheumatism Nervous Cases ■ »1 lll'lilllll U« III!I>PI11IIH!IU III lltlll’lillll HIHIllllll llllilllllllHg- use for Increasing their Income. This no money with which to finance an expensive campaign tree-planting campaign, in which Oregon is joining. also would be true in private industry. I I — for the office of governor. So he hitch-hiked his way over The dates of Arbor Day in Oregon are the second Friday But where wages were cut without any £ Dr. D. A. SEXTON 5 5 JOE JAY SMITH in February for the western part of the state and the sec reduction in hours, the unhappy work 5 VALE, OREGON ■ would have no escape from the trap. w n n nim mm mm hi hi m im m mm linn iniMum m mi mum r mi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hhmnmk ond Friday in April for the eastern part of Oregon. In er He would lack time for making addi ?■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■» I General Contractor g ~ — Washington, Arbor Day is usually the first Friday in May. tional money, for growing a garden or 1 . s Tree-planting festivals are probably as old as civiliza whatever else he might desire to do ü And Builder If you want the best for your family PHONE 8F2—STAR HOTEL tion. Sacred trees and groves, planted avenues and road to help himself and his family. It would seem the part of kindness and wisdom sides, shaded academic walks, and memorial trees were to cut the working week and increase Marie’s Eeauty Shop ASK FOR— Plans and Estimates Furnished g common long before America was discovered. Arbor Day, the vacations before the direct cut is Without Cost FOR BEAUTY WORK as such, however, is purely American in origin, and grew put into effect. City, county and state SWAN BREAD, Baked in Nyssa s employes are more highly paid (in the "See Smith First" out of conditions peculiar to the great plains of the west, a order named), and are better able to Finger Wave, Marcel, Facial n country practically treeless over much of its area, but sup stand the knife.—Oregonian. Shampoo, Manicure Delicious Cookies, 1 dozen ........................... 15c porting a, flourishing agriculture and with a soil and Miss Marie Hunter Nyssa, Ore. II? IHHMIIMinillHlllllinnillHIIHHinnilHIlHIlHHHHI 2 Dozen 25c climate well able to nourish tree growth.. Even more beautiful and more important to the national GRASS GROWS SLOW Pastries Fresh Daily well-being than the trees of street and park are the great IN JORDAN VALLEY forests of Douglas fir, hemlock, cedar and pine. An abun dant supply of timber has always had a basic influence on Sheavllle—Warm rains and sunshine the development of the American nation, and has con have taken off the snow except on the Nyssa, Ore. tributed to its high standards of living. higher hills and north hill sides, but the MILK BREAD Arbor Day gives school children a chance to plant for nights are so cold that grass is mak ing slow growth and feed is poor. —AT— fi rnniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiriiiiii ni run in hi hi huh hi hi hi hii i hi hi hi 111 n h hi mil umilimi hi muhmmhmmm others as others have planted for them. A great many bands of sheep are Voice of the Press THE GATE CITY JOURNAL s SANITARIUM: iss ! SWAN BAKERY EA T coming into the valley for late lambing COMMERCIAL GROWERS Special In Plants Cabbage Egg Plant Tomatoes Peppers Cauliflower Melons, etc. LANDSCAPE GARDENING Rockery and Water Garden Plants SHRUBS TREES PERENNIALS CUT FLOWERS POTTED PLANTS FUNERAL DESIGNS k Ontario floral company Box 385 Phone 55-W Ontario, Oregon and shearing. They will go on to the LESS COUNTIES—LESS COST? forest reserve. The state of Oregon would be broken up into eight div Mr. Ebe was a business visitor at isions under the county consolidation plan of U. L. Upson Sheaville Monday to see about shear- I of Portland, who declares local government would be sim ing. plified and carried on more economically than by the pres Mrs. J. S. Fenwick and little daugh ters were guests at the home of Mrs. j ent system of 36 counties. Tressa Scott in Jordan Valley a few j Counties were laid out in horse-and-wagon days when days last week. travel was limited, he explains, but now with the speed Miss Elizabeth Scott was home from school near Boise for a few days and facility of the automobile larger units could easily be her vacation last week. overned with economy. Thirty-six sets of enforcement of- The crew working on the Haines res icers would be abolished and their work hr v .died by the ervoir was laid off several days owing breakdown of the caterpillar. state police, while highway and engineering duties of to Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Haylett were In counties would be placed with the state highway commis sion, under the Upson plan. Mr. Upson believes that $10,- 000,000 to $15,000,000 annually would be saved to tax X ers under the plan. ‘T , pson suggests that district boundaries be made to fol low county lines t,o avoid confusion in the description of records and deeds. The plan also calls for complete revis ion of local and state government (but nothing is said about the cost of this). Each district would elect 3 com missioners who would serve as representatives in the state legislature and with one senator from each district would constitute the entire legislative body of the state. All ad ministrative officers would be reduced f rom 36 to eight under the plan. The trouble with most plans is that it takes too much money to work them out. Upson’s plan shows Malheur and Harney in one district. It-might be all right if the county seat remained in Mal heur. Although airplane fares are one-half what they were three years ago, aeriel travel is still too high to suit us conservatives. Congress, if made up of its severest critics, might do worse. COAL—BUILDING SUPPLIES—WOOD Boise Payette Lbr. Co. Phone 15 Nyssa, Ore. The best in fountain service, the best in meals, Fresh Candies Oregon Nyssa GOOD T I R E S — at lam prices! 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