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THE GATE CITY JOURNAL
XXVI. NO. 41.
S WILLIS
UNO DEAD
SON’S GRAVE
RVICES
ON
were
M ONDAY
ER OF
held
FO B
APPLE V A L -
illls, 72. was found dead
i his son Archie Willis in
iietery early Saturday
volver he had borrowed
was found in his hand
ed cartridge. Grief over
his son two months ago
re thought to have Shar
on the tragedy which
shock to friends In Nys-
Jey and Parma.
0 Mr. Willis suffered a
ysls. and he had been in
nee. He spent much of
his son Archie until the
1 May.
knowledge of his family,
made frequent visits to
j .
He came to the ceme-
turday mprning. shortly
I the gun. but the keeper
Mr. Willis did not re
returned in the after-
111s noticed his absence
Ty of friends in search,
s body ai^.ft 8 o ’clock
'ces were held Monday
the Community church
Jth the Rev. Lathrop in
'ng are his widow, one
Abbie Glanton of Port-
ons Alfred of Parma and
nan.
Is was born in Iowa Aug-
1882 he married Sarah
jr a number of years they
~ka. In 1898 they came to
ated in Apple Valley
sd for 34 years. Last Jan-
'rs. Willis moved to Par-
was buried in the Ros-
“1111s, widow of the late
accompanied her sister
key and her husband of
uneral services Monday.
SEEKS
ROJECT FUNDS
BUSIEST AND FASTEST O B O W 1N Q
TC "T N IN CR FO O N
INVESTIGATE ~ LOCATE
NYSSA, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 2s, 1
DR. ABBOTT SAYS
BIG FISH BITE AT
STRAWBERRY LAKE
Dr. O. A. Abbott has joined the
W ho- wlll-catch-the-biggest- fish
of-the-season club. When he and
Mrs. Abbott returned from Straw
berry lake Monday night, they
brought a catch of fine big trout.
One Eastern Brook measured over
16 inches in length while a dozen
others exceeded a foot. They had
trout for breakfast, luncheon and
dinner, all the doctor could eat.
Tuesday noon they gave a trout
luncheon for Mr. and Mrs. A1
Thompson and son Hershel, Mr.
and Mrs. Wesley J. Browne and
family and Miss Evelyn Earp. Tues
day night they had a trout dinner
for Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Roberts
and son Harold of Parma and Mrs.
Mattie Thomason.
BUTTER MEN
ELECT BOARD
G A R R ISO N , HOLM ES AND
R E PR ESEN T
NYSSA
FISIIEK
DA IR YM E N
IN C O W T E ST IN G ASSN.
The Malheur County Dairy Herd Im
provement association has elected the
following directors for the ensuing
year, Charles Garrison, F. C. Fisher and
F. G. Holmes of Nyssa, P. F. Country
man and F. L. Featherston of Ontario.
County Agent R. G. Larson Is secretary
treasurer and Walter Gerlach, tester.
At a special meeting in Nyssa Friday
night, the secretary was instructed to
issue a monthly report of the testing
carried on.
Roger W. Morse, dairy specialist of
Oregon State college, stressed the im
portance of retaining only the profit
able cow In the dairy herd. He stated
that milking a few cows for a little
cash has frequently cost the farmer
more than he has gained and at the
same time has aided overproduction
and the decrease in price.
He said that with the return of rea
sonable prices for beef, many unprofit
able cows now being milked will be
slaughtered and total production will
be decreased. Another encouraging
factor is the purchase of many Ore
gon cows by California dairymen to re
place the thousands which are b ein j
condemned in an effort to clean up
tuberculosis and contagious abortioin
among California herds.
Commissioner Mead is
Reconstruction Finance
11 set aside parts of its
r construction work on VALE PROJECT
projects, said a dispatch
PROVES WORTH
on D. C. Monday. If Dr.
t receives the favorable
OF RECLAMATION
of the body, funds for ad-
acts on the Owyhee and
Crops on the new lands of the Vale
I would be assured for Im- Irrigation project are the best of adver
tising for the development on both the
Owyhee and Vale projects. Almost
weed-free crops of alfalfa have produc
DIES
ed splendid first crops of hay on the
N HOLLYWOOD new lands stretching from Vale to Har
per. G. L. Dahle of Harper reported 70
tons from the first cutting on 25 acres
eke. friend of Ezra Lex, while Charles Callahan, also on the
druggist, has received Harper unit, reported 100 tons from 30
cent death of Mrs. Lex acreq
She will be remembered
A recent survey of the project made
orthy matron of Golden by Engineer C. C. Ketchum of the rec
of the Eastern Star Lodge lamation service showed the following
was Instrumental in or- crop acreages:
the chapter. Her husband
Alfalfa, 1000 acres; clover, 400 acres;
ter Selma, aged 17, sur wheat, 500 acres; barley, 350 acres; oats,
is now chief surgeon for 150 acres; rye. 60 acres; corn, 160 acres;
fire department.
alfalfa and wheat, 550 acres; alfalfa
and oats, 125 acres; clover and oats, 15
acres: potatoes, 104 acres; onions, 154
ADRIAN H IG H W A Y
acres; pasture, 160 acres; miscellaneous
crop, 100 acres.
maintenance crew of the
department has been
Js vicinity during the last
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ryan and Dr.
hlngs have been made In and Mrs. Raymond Tacke of Ontario
way between Nyssa and were guests Wednesday evening of Mr.
Ists appreciate the work. ad Mrs. C. L. McCoy.
Lodge Plans to Buy
Church Building On Contract
RELIEF
PAID COUNTIES
MUST BE REPAID
STATE W IL L C E R T IF Y
TO
RECONSTRUCTION
A T IO N ;
REQUESTS
CORPOR
H IG H W A Y M ONEY ALSO
ASSURED.
There’s money in store for Malheur
county relief work, under the $300,000,-
000 relief bill passed by Congress, but
all of it wll1 not come as a gift.
Advances for relief work In Oregon
will be submitted as loans direct to the
counties requesting such assistance, and
the counties held strictly responsible, It
was announced Tuesday night by the
state unemployment relief committee.
The plan suggested was for counties
to submit requests to the committee
and the governor who in turn will cer
tify them on to the Reconstruction
Finance corporation.
The committee announced that the
amount of money that will be required
for relief In the Oregon counties cannot
be determined until the state highway
department has formulated Its program
and the activities contemplated under
the self-liquidating projects provision
of the federal measures have been
divulged. About $2,001,740 has been ap-
ixjrtioned to Oregon for relief highway
construction.
The highway program will be discuss
ed by the highway commission In Port
land tomorrow. R. H. Baldock, state en
gineer, said Monday that any road pro-
grau proposed In Oregon under the re
lief bill would have to be outlined with
in the next month.
The Malheur and Harney county
courts hope to secure sufficient funds
to complete the Central Oregon high
way between Harper and Bums.
NYSSA ELEVATOR
OPENS ON MONDAY
After a period of several «months, the
Nyssa Elevator reopened for storage
and other harvest business Monday.
Julian Johnson is in charge. The ele
vator will be open daily from 8 a. m.
to 6 p. m.
Jay Galligan, district manager of the
elevator company, was here from Cald
well yesterday. Mr. Wamsley of Parma
accompanied him.
NYSSA WATER
TESTS HIGHEST
Nyssa has excellent drinking water.
It rates almost 100 per cent pure In the
periodical tests which are made by the
Oregon board of health and has the
lowest bacterial count In the state.
Judge A. R. Millar received a report of
the test last Wednesday.
EMMETT FARMER
KILLED BY BULL
Charles C. Sherman, 72, was gorded
to death by a bull on his farm near
Emmett Sunday. He was repairing a
fence when the animal attacked him.
When friends discovered theNfeody of
the aged man the bull was near the
body and was still pawing the ground.
LAND CO M PAN Y
SEEKS CHANGE
Grain Harvest
Begins; B a rl e y
Runs 8 7 Bushels
.$1.50 PER YEAR
FIRE THREATENS
OW YHEE CAM P,
TOO MUCH WATER
While the wheat and grain acreage
In the Nyssa country Is no larger than
the acreage of last season, the crop is
heavier than usual on most farms, ac
cording to Chas. P. Overstreet, who BLAZE RAZES TWO SMALL HOUSES
began combine operations this week.
OWNED B Y GENERAL C O N
He stated that plenty of water has aid
STRUCTION COMPANY; PRES
ed the bountiful sunshine for which
Malheur county is famous, and grain
SURE BREAKS HOSE.
crops are excellent.
He combined 12 acres of barley on the
Chas, Garrison farm near town which
Fire threatened the General Con
cropped 87 bushels to the acre, or a
total of 1044 bushels. Wheat at the Dick struction company section of the camp
Stam ranch ran 65 bushels per acre.
at Owyhee Dam Saturday night, when
The second crop of hay Is ready for a blaze destroyed the cabin recently
the mower and has been cut on several rented by Neil T. Marks, of the Mont-
farms. The Deseret Sheep ranch began
the cutting of 200 acres of alfalfa yes gomery Elevator Company of Moline,
terday. The hay crop in the Nyssa | 111., and razed the adjacent home of A1
country will be as large as usual, ac Lewis, chief carpenter. In the excite
cording to reports from every hand, and ment, workmen increased the water
will be ready for the large herds of
pressure to such an extent the hose
cattle and the flocks of sheep which
will come from the higher hills for the was broken and three fuse plugs were
blown out. For a time, It seemed that
winter months.
the fire would spread to dangerous
proportions before
water
could be
secured.
Finally, the power was cut off at the
dam and the fire fighters made con
nections with the main water line.
Water, with a change in the direction
of the wind, aided the workmen in
checking the blaze before more damage
was done.
Some of the furnishings in the Lewis
LOCALS TAKE FIRST GAME IN
home were badly damaged. Both houses
GOLF CLUB TOURNAMENT OF were owned by the construction com
pany.
FOUR GAMES.
It is believed the fire was started by
children who had been playing in the
Sunday, the tournament teams of the Marks house after his departure Sat
urday for Portland. Marks had spent
Payette, Ontario, Vale and Nyssa- the last two months at the dam while
Parma Golf clubs will meet on the installing the elevator. He is said to
home course a few miles out of town have left some oiled rags in the cabin.
The fire marked the first blaze at
for the second game of the Ontario
Grocery company trophy match. The camp since the General sustained a
heavy loss thru burning of the tall
third round will be played at Vale and tower and cableway at the dam several
the finals on the Ontario course.
years ago.
Nyssa-Parma took a substantial lead
in the opener at Payette when the
home club piled up 41 points against NYSSA DELEGATE
30 for Payette, 12 for Ontario and 4
AT WALLOWA LAKE
for Vale. Net points arb counted after
SUFFERS ILLNESS
checking a point for low ball and low
team at each hole.
Nyssa-Parma team Sunday was com
The delegation of young people from
posed of Nat Young, Klaas Tensen and the Methodist community church who
C. L. McCoy of Nyssa, R. B. Mitchell, ! attended the Wallowa lake institute
Fred Johnston, Bill Young, Chas. Al with Rev. and Mrs Walter Bach report
bertson, E. E. Waite, Charles Boehrlng- an enjoyable outing and program All
ger and Art Moore of Parma. Farber of that marred the session for visitors
Payette with a 75 was low rqan for the | from Nyssa was the illness of Miss Bea
day. J. H. Young of Ontario posted a trice Spencer who became seriously ill
77, Art Hunt of Vale, Young, Tensen ; from an attack of appendicitis Monday.
and McCoy of Nyssa 78, and R. B. On Tuesday she under went an opera
Mitchell of Parma 79.
tion at a La Grande hospital, the Rev.
The four teams play ten men each. Mrs. Bach remaining at her bedside.
She is reported recovering.
Nyssa delegates who returned from
the institute Tuesday with the Vale
POSTAL SERVICE
were Pauline and Ruth Wolfe,
IN USE 157 YEARS truck
Daisy and Laura Whipple, Bessie Hat
field, Mrs. Green Campbell and daugh
ters Gladys and Alta, Gerald Hardin,
Tuesday was the 157th birthday of Wesley Newton and Howard Foster;
the postal service in the United States. also Helen Miller and Martha Rae
Nyssa’s postoffice force Dean Smith Stephens of Applp Valley.
and Artie Robertson observed the event
Miss Spencer Is a daughter of Bert
by flying flags. July 26, 1775, congress Spencer of Nyssa and makes her home
passed a resolution establishing a con with Mrs. Pat McIntyre.
tinental post and naming Benjamin
Franklin as the first postmaster gen
GIRL SCOUTS
eral. George Washingon, one of the
founders of the service, was a great
PICNIC, SWIM
champion of communication.
NYSSA-PARMA
GOLFERS WIN
HAROLD HOXIE HITS
Chalking up a home run, three-bag
ger and two-base hit, Harold Hoxie of
Nyssa took the honors for the Ontario
team Sunday which defeated Nampa
for the championship of the Idaho-
Oregon league series. Dick
Young
pitched a good game for Nampa but
had poor support In the field which
cost the game.
the dam.
POSTOFFICE AT
OWYHEE DAM TO
CLOSE SATURDAY
The city at Owyhee Dam is van
ishing through the recent comple
tion of the
irrigation dam
transition of work to
and
tunnels and
canals nearer Nyssa.
.
OREGON VETS CAN
GET U. S. LOANS
-
WQ
Malheur County )Vill Produce A Bumper Corn Crop
NYSSA ASSURED
STAGE S E D IE
ON BOISE LOOP
Saturday marks the final day of
city postal service at the dam, the
I. O. N. M O T O R STAGES ADDS S IX
office having been ordered closed
T O W N S TO LOOP,
on July 30. In the future the Nyssa
office will serve residents at the
dam.
Every week sees the departure of
members of the General Construc
tion company and government of
fice staff. It is stated that by fall
only a few families will live In the
shadow of the $6,000.000 dam which
has been the center of construction
on the Owyhee project the last four
years. At the peak of construction,
the camp had a population of close
to 400 people.
BOISE TO W EISER D A ILY.
BANKS PUNS
OFFICE CHANGE
PROJECT
ENGINEER
ANNOUNCES
ACCEPTANCE OF O N TA R IO C IT Y
H ALL;
BOARD
FAVORS
LOCA
TION HERE.
At a special meeting of the board of
directors of the Owyhee irrigation dis
trict yesterday, Engineer F. A. Banks
announced that he had accepted the
offer of the Ontario Commercial club to
use of the upper half of the city hall in
Ontario, without rental charge, for
the establishment of his office head
quarters which have been
located at
the Owyhee dam the last four years.
Plans for moving have not yet been
completed.
The board went on record as favoring
the establishment of the office In the
district building in Nyssa, purchased by
the district several years ago. Dr. J. J.
Sarazln, president of the board, stated
that he favored the location of the o f
fice here for the reason that he believ
ed more economical administration of
the office could be conducted from this
point in view of the fact that three-
fourths of the entire acreage of 123.000
acres of land under the Owyhee pro
ject Is south of Nyssa where construc
tion and settlement will take place dur
ing the coming few years.
The field office of the bureau of rec
lamation, which has been located In
Nyssa since work began on the project,
will remain here, Mr. Banks advised.
JAPANESE GIRL
WINS PRIZE IN
ESSAY CONTEST
Again this year Malheur county
had a winner In the Oregon W . C.
T. U. essay contest, Teruka W ada,
Japanese student of Vale, winning
first prize in the fourth grade div
ision. Mrs. Josie Douglas, of Nyssa,
county chairman of the essay con
test, received the report of awards
yesterday and announced that Miss
W ada will receive $5 cash prize and
entry In the national essay contest.
“Congratulations to M a 1 h e ur
county," wrote Mrs. O. L. Buland,
state chairman. "T h e work by the
young people In the essay and post
er contests was splendid.
Last year Nora Belle Skeins of
Juntura won a first prize for M al
heur county.
Sunday twenty-five Oirl Scouts, with
Lieutenant Betty Tensen. in charge,
motored to Caldwell to swim In the pool
and picnic In the park. They had a gala
time. Mrs. J. J. Sarazln, Miss Martha
ischlapkohl, Miss Margaret Hunt and
Supt. Leo D. Hollenberg took cars. Mr.
Hollenberg was the only man in the
[party but the Girl Scouts say he en
Miss Afton Zink spent last week visit
joyed the day.
ing Misses Virginia and Joy Lytle at
Eastern Oregon Land Company has
filed a motion in the circuit court of
Malheur county, requesting that the
damage suit brought by Clarence Love
land be transferred to the federal dis
trict court for the reason that the land
HUNTING SEASON
company claims residence in California.
BAKER VISITORS AT DAM
Loveland claims serious injuries while
TO BE 2 MONTHS
In the employ of the company at Iron
Klass Powell, of the Baker Democrat-
side. R. D. Lytle is attorney for Love
Herald, Mrs. Powell and Mr. and Mre.
land.
The open season for hunting ducks
Jess Ward of Baker were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank D. Hall Saturday and and geese has been extended from one
BU T T E R F AT RAISES 2 CENTS
Sunday. On Sunday they made a trip j to two months for the coming fall by
to the dam, Mr. Powell finding a wealth President Hoover for the reason that
Butterfat advanced 2 cents per pound of material for a splendid article In no danger from
drought conditions
during
the past ten days,
assuring Tuesday’s issue of the
Baker paper. threatens the fowls this year. The new
dairy farmers of this section increased Walter Sanford took the party through [open season for Oregon and Idaho ex-
tends from October 16 to December 15.
returns of many thousands of dollars.
In addition to the price per
pound,
noble grand, Frank Leuck. vice grand; members of the Fanners Cooperative
ave a new hall for lodge
and Ike Boren, secretary. Appointive o f creamery receive a dividend based up
gatherings.
Negotia- ficers will be announced soon.
on the deliveries made each year.
£M de for the purchase
jeh u rch on contract,
REPEAL FAVORED
“^5y on the purchase
is consummated. A
The end of the third week of the Ore
has been appointed
gon Journal prohibition poll In Oregon
y of the cost of
feund the count:
W a r veterans of Oregon may now re
For repeal of 18th amendment 6172
meeting of the lodge ceive immediate loans of up to 50 per
Against repeal ................................ 948
new members were ln - cent on their compensation certificates,
The vote to last Sunday mailed In
with
no
more
trouble
than
simply
pro
the total membership
from Malheur county listed 59 for re
Interest
Graham was presiding viding proper identifications.
peal, 4 against.
the lodge session, music has been reduoed from 4 1-2 to 3 1-2 per
m<? made up a half hour cent. About 2500 veterans In Oregon
Mr. and Mrs Dewey Ray and family
will be eligible.
An amendment to the veterans act. left 8unday on a vacation trip. They
signed by President Hoover, removed visited the gold mine near Canyon City
O. F INSTALLS
the restriction which provided that the in which Bud Lackey, Tom Butler, Oce
applicant for the loan must have had 'Storts and Gordon Ray are Interested.
ht the I.
O. F. lodge his certificate two years before making They planned to go on to the Deschutes
river and Crater lake.
ve officers. Lon Root U such application.
e Eagles lodge materlal-
o.
NYSSA± OREGON
New Plymouth.
Extending
their
RUNS
route to
FROM
include
Notus, Parma. Nyssa, Ontario, Payette
and Weiser, the I. O. N. Motor Stages
will bring a new bus service to
Nyssa
effective Monday. Three schedules wUl
run through here daily, arrangements
for the new service having been com
pleted today when headquarters of the
Nyssa Stage Depot were established at
Powell Service Station.
Westbound stage wiU leave Nyssa at
11:30 a. m., 3:20 p. m. and 8:35 p. m.;
eastbound— 10:35 a. m., 2:20 p. m. and
7:45 p. m.
The cars are attractive red busses and
are radio equipped. The drivers serving
this loop will Include M. F. Ollham and
W . E. Smith. W . R. Cort of Boise Is
manager.
The new loop is an extension of the
I. O. N. Stages, which last month in
augurated daily stage service over the
I. O. N. highway from Boise to Jordan
Valley and McDermitt. The service has
met with
outstanding success in the
valley. For the first time since the days
of the W ells-Fargo Express.
Jordan
Valley has a stage service. T o show
their appreciation, citizens of the M c
Dermitt section re<jently contributed
several hundred dollars which will be
added to the $1000 appropriation made
by the county court for repair of the
McDermitt end of the road.
J. M. Lyon of McDermitt has offered
to bring the county caterpillar and
large blade to Blue Mountain
Pass
where a short stretch.of road will be
built which will provide an all year
around route.
Under the supervision of County En
gineer J. Edwin Johnson, Geo. Har
per and a small crew of men have been
grading and repairing the lower end of
the I. O. N. highway for several weeks.
JORDAN VALLEY
PARTY SEE DAM
Domingo Yturri, prominent merchant
of Jordan Valley, brought a party of
friends to Nyssa and Owyhee Dam last
Thursday. They enjoyed a trip through
the dam. Yturri congratulated Nyssa
people on their good fortune In progress
made on the Owyhee development
which Is certain to bring growth and
prosperity to this entire region. Yturri
Is a member of the firm of Helm and
Yturri, which sells supplies to the many
stockmen and farmers in the Interior
metropolis.
AUTO LICENSES
DUE AUGUST 1st
Autmoblle licenses of 1931 vintage
may be good in Oregon but Sunday
California refused to recognize them
and many motorists visiting In that
state were arrested. Governor Meier has
announced that he will nont extend the
moratorium longer than this month,
that license fees are due August 1st.
MONEY ORDER FEES
TAKE lc ADVANCE
Postmaster Dean Smith has been ad
vised of 1-cent Increase In the fees
charged for Issuing money orders In
sums under $20. Fees for orders over
$20 will remain unchanged. The new
fees are: For orders up to $2.50, 6c; up
to $5, 8c; up to $10, l i e ; up to $20, 13c.
Arock Entertains Pomona Grange;
Roger Morse O f O . S. C. Attends
learning to cut the W m . Wiley, Arock master; response, D.
“ tight times,” C. Deming, Pomona master; song, “I t’s
a Grand County W e Live I n ;" address
Roger Morse, dairy specialist of Oregon
Mr. Morse; playlet, “ Real Recreation,”
State college, told members of the M al Arock grange; report on state grange
heur County Pomona grange who as convention, A. Olen Mansur, Vale dele
sembled at Arock, the new town of the gate; Big Bend contributed “Aunt Het's
Jordan Valley Irrigation project, for Letter,” read by Mrs. Parks of Arock;
Its first Pomona grange session the last reading, Mr. Danner, former master:
of the week. His was the main address duet, Mrs. W . 8 . Bruce and Mrs Pal
and he gave grangers many pointers in mer; reading, J. Edwin Johnson, Vale;
reaching bedrock In production costs. play, "H er Black, Black M an," Arock
The trip to Arock, through
scenic girls; recitation, Mrs. Fortney; duet.
Succor creek canyon with Its fantastic Arock girls; address by County Agent
rock formations; Jordan Valley, with R. O . Larson; Pomona closing song.
Despite a sultry day, grangers enjoy
Its old stone buildings and on to the
Immensely.
newsr farms at Arock, was a revelation ed the program and trip
attendance was
around 75
to the delegation from this end of the Daytime
county T o avoid the heat, the caravan and larger at night. Among the visitors
made the trip In the morning and re from this end of the county weze Mr.
n. NorvaU. C.
turned in the cool of the evening It was and Mrs. W . W hite, U
E. Charles. Olen Manrur, Mr. Jo h n *® .
very enjoyable.
The grange program presented under Mr. Deming, Mr. Lerson and Mr. and
the direction o f Mrs. Karl Narvali, Mrs. Roger M on a of Corvallis. Twenty-
county lecturer,
Mrs. Chas. Murphy, five Arock grangers took the fifth de
Arock lecturer, and Mrs. Oraoe Rob gree. A t noon the Arock ladles served a
Dairymen are
cost of
production In
inson, Included:
address o