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NYfiBA. Oftfl&ON G A T E W A Y T O TH E O W YHEE AND B L A C K C AN YO N IRRIGATION PROJECTS THE GATE CITY JOURNAL NYSSA, OHSCOiN BUSIEST AND F ASTE ST G R O W IN G TO W N IN OREGON INVESTIGATE NYSSA, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1933. VOLUME XXVII. NO. 44. lo cate $1.50 PER YEAR -------------------------------------------- ! ---------- LES BERRY WINS AI EAGLES CARD IV A N F U LLE R AND PETE PRESTON PUT ON SC R APPIE S T BOUT LAR G E CROWD ATTENDS. MRS. FAUCHIER, 71, KILLS 3 SNAKES ON SUMMER OUTING Mrs. Arvilla Faucher, 71, moth er of Mrs. C. A. Abbott, isn't afraid of snakes and she isn’t afraid to camp in the timber with no men around—in fact, she enjoys it and goes camping every summer. For two weeks she has been camping in the Malheur forest near the Robt. Long camp. On three oc casions a rattler came to visit. Mrs. Fauchier promptly killed him. The longest snake measured 42 inches jind carried seven announc ers. Another time, a bull strolled into camp but '« f t when he found he was unwelcome. A porcupine was harder to get rid of so Mrs. Fauchier summoned Long. Saturday, Mrs. Fauchier’s com panion Mrs. Josie Douglas return ed home with Mr. Long who was In town for supplies. On Sunday Mrs. Abbott accompanied him to her mother’s camn for a week’s outing. A crowded house saw Les Berry of Emmett win another fight from. Jump ing Joe Domingo of Boise at the Eagles benefit smoker here Friday evening, ar- langed by Bernard Frost and Wm. De- Oroft. Berry was the aggressor from the first punch, Domingo taking the defensive through five rounds. In the sixth he exchanged some hard blows with Berry but the Emmett boxer stood his ground. Berry won the judges' de cision. his fourth win in Nyssa and the 11th out of 12 bouts. Ivan Fuller of Emmett and Pete Preston of Meridian staged a gory bat tle which was a thriller from start to wind-up. The blocky Ivan showed good training and took the lead although Preston made up In pluck all that he lacked In training. Theirs was a fast figh t which put spectators on th e ir ' F R U IT IN FIN E C O N D ITIO N DE toes. SP IT E H O T W E ATH E R ; PRICE In the semi-finals, Bill M agill of O U TLO O K ENCOURAGING. Meridian had the best of a 6-round bout with Bob Kennedy, a stranger here who had come from an Idaho C. C. C. camp for the fracas. Mag-ill's The apple crop In this vicinity, de height and longer reach gave him the spite the extremely hot weather of late July and mid-August, is in good con advantage over the scrappy cadet. Substituting for Johnny Sanders, an dition and growers believe the yield other Emmett lad, weighing 67 pounds, will be larger than last season. Spray landed a knockout blow! on the nose of ing and thinning hns been completed Norman Leavitt after the plucky little and little work remains until the har Leavitt had put up quite a fight vest begins in September. Although few crops have been con- against his larger opponent Two young favorites Pau', Ayre and tracted in the west, growers anticipate Billie Spencer fought a draw which | a good market for apples this fall c'osed with a hard-hitting slugging | owing to the general advance in match in the fourth round. Harold staples, according to a leading Nyssa Long, fast little scrapper from Arcadia, grower, C. C. Hunt. Although the prune crop was cut m et Alma Hendriks in a 4-round spec- ia’i. He, too was fast, so their) bout also j down by the late frost in the spring, a few carloads of prunes will swell fruit ended in a draw. Don Masterson of Vale and Don shipments from Nyssa, orchardists say. Craemer of Emmett were judges In the main event. Pat R afferty of W ilder was C. C. C. BOYS W IL L EAT referee, Art Norcott, announcer. A large crowd atteded from Emmett, also That the C. C. C. boys will eat is numerorus fans from Vale and Ontario. Indicated by the call for bids on food at the Baker office of the corps. Bids will be opened in Baker August 28, on ROBERT LEES GETS 500 pounds of chickens, 5400 pounds of HOME LOAN PLACE meat, 2600 pounds of butter and 5000 dozen eggs. These food supplies wi',1 be used at the camp where Malheur coun- J. P. Lipscomb, Oregon home loan ty boys have been spending the sum- manager, announced today the ap- m er. pointment of Robert E. Lees, Ontario attorney, and Thomas Jones, Ontario, Miss Georgia Dennis is on vacation appraiser for the Malheur county board o f the home loan corporation. They from work in the telephone exchange will pass on applications for mortgage She left Tuesday for Nampa where her sister resides. She planned to go on relief on homes. to Pocatello. Miss Sabina and Sam Caldwell took ¡Miss M argaret Hunt to Boise Sunday where she is spending this week with The A number of Nyssa people, who have ¡her sister Mrs. Merrit G reelirg resided in Malheur county long enough others returned Sunday night. to gaii| the name of pioneer, are plan ning to attend the annual pioneer pic Dwight Smith, local manager of the nic In Vale at Riverside park Friday. Boise-Payette Lumber company, has Mrs. W ill Beam has been invited to been very ill since Saturday of an at take part in the program. E. J. Patch tack of appendicitis. He is now some o f Dead Ox Flat, president of the pion- what improved. During his absence neer association, will act as chairman. from the yard, Hal V/allington from The usual bountiful picnic dinner for the Ontario office has been relieving pioneers will be served at noon. him. Good hot weather news: The state Misses Deana and Doris Smith re highway department has Just bought turned home Friday from a week's 10 snow plows. outing at Lakcview camp, owned by their uncle Emil Dean, at Payette lake. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Howard of Boise j Mr. and Mrs. Marion Klinkenberg took ware guests on Sunday at the fa r m ! them to the 'akes and they returned home of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Davis. with Mrs. Axel Johnson of Boise. State Must M atch Federal Funds For FOR CIVIC CLUB N YS SA C IV IC AN N U AL CLUB F A LL W IL L HOLD FLO W E R SHOW ON F R ID A Y , SEPTEMBER 8th. Nyssa Civic Club will hold the an nua'. fall flower show Friday, Septem ber 8, at the Eagles lodge hall. Gard eners of Nyssa and all nearby commun ities are invited to exhibit their best blooms and to encourage flower raising, the c’ub will give bulbs for first and second prizes again this year. Mrs. E. C. Van Petten of Ontario, Mrs. R. H. DeArmond and Mrs R. D. Lytle of Vale have been invited to act as judges. The committee in charge Includes Mrs. Eddie Powell, chairman, Mrs. Er nest C. Wilson, Mrs. C. C. Hunt, Mrs. C. W. Barrett, Mrs. Jess Thompson, Mrs. Ted Newell, Mrs. Dick Groot. This committee has appointed many other committees which wl'j assist with reg istration, serving of iced tea through out the afternoon and other details. LOCAL APPLE CROP IS GOOD PIONEER PICNIC IN VALE FRIDAY W h eat and Barley Enter Flowers Early The show will open at 1 p. m. but all flowers must be entered during the forenoon, prior to 12 p. m., in order that they may be properly registered. Community displays are Invited from Big Bend, Owyhee, Oregon Trail, King- man Kolony, Apple Valley, ArrtadiaV and Owyhee Dam. All Powers must be entered in plain glass jars.. Tulip bulbs will be given for a door prize. Exhibitors are urged to c'ip the fol lowing list, which they are required to follow as to number of flowers for each exhibit. Bring containers. FLO W E R P R IZ E L IS T (Clip for Reference) Best display, any 10 varieties; 1st prize 12 tulips bulbs, 2nd 8 tulips. Best display Michaelmas daisies; 1st 12 tulips, 2nd 6 tulips. Best display of wild flowers, fresh or mounted entered by group or individ ual; 1st, 12 tulips, 2nd 6 tulips. Community display, 1st. 18 tulips, 2nd 12 tulips. 3rd 6 tulips. Rock garden oq dish gardening, min- (Continued on page 3) CONNOLLY PENTHOUSE AND CAMP GOES DOWN i Wm. Connolly's “ penthouse" and all other buildings at Connolly tunnel camp near Owyhee dam, headquarters for the company during three years work, are being razed this week and the lumber w ill be used to improve many Owyhee farm homes. Silas Bige low purchased 11 rough buildings and he in turn is distributing them among Owyhee farmers. Walter Pinkston and son, Cecil and Claud Smith, Don Linnvtlle and J. Bowen, newcomer from California, are dismantling the structures for removal to Owyhee farms. SCOUTS CAMP AND SWIM FOR BADGES Like Daniel Boone, the first scout, | Howard Larsen and his younger broth er Warren are earning the award of first class scout by sleeping under the stars and cooking over an open fire. They are camping In the brush near the C. W. Barrett home in A r- cacio- Last Sunday Scoutmaster Howard Larsen and Ernest C. Wilson took five j boys to Caldwell where they passed the swimming requirement for first class scout. Joe Robertson. John Jay Smith, Raymond Graham, Calvin and Lloyd Wilson passed the test. Relief; Special Session Considered OREGON JUNIORS GO TO TOPEKA The demand that the state match in ratio of two to one federal funds for the emergency relief fund for this win ter, resu’ ted in a conference called by Governor Meier to determine how this state’s portion can be raised. Governor Meier proposed a special session of the legislature to determine such means but he stated that a special session would not be called unless desired by leaders throughout the state. He also favored a sales tax such aa the one re cently defeated. Pierce Williams, field man for the administration, stated that hereafter the government relief allocations will not exceed $1 for every $2 raised by the state. However, the public works pro gam Is expected to relieve the situation tills fall and winter.. E. L. Merserau. federal reemploy ment director, stated that 4000 men will have work for ten months on the highway program. Already an office for Malheur. Baker. Union and W al lowa counties is being set up in Baker with Ivan White, district manager at Baker. Charles M Paradis will con tinue in charge of the Malheur county re-employment office. Another report from Baker yester day indicated that road work may be- gin September 10.. It Is understood the wage scale will be 55 cents an hour for unskilled labor and 65 cents for skill- ed during a 30-hour week. Contractors w ill be required to employ laborers signed up under the relief program. Just where Malheur county men will be employed has not yet been announced. Yesterday, Governor Ross of Idaho disapproved a special session of the Idaho legislature for the purpose of considering the relief program. He sug gested that counties raise the amount to match required federal funds. He also stated that he believes the public works program will relieve the unem ployment problem to a large extent during the coming fall and winter. Miss Ethel Mary Boydell was ab'e to return home Thursday evening from a Boise hospital where she under went a sinus operation early last week Her mother Mrs. A H Boydell and Mias Harriet Sarazin. who were with her several days, also returned home. Fields Average. High Near Here Although the hay crop is somewhat lighter this season, a bumper crop of grain is brightening the feed situation in Malheur county. Harvest is nearing completion and reports of golden yields are pouring in. Dick Stam o f Nyssa cropped a fine yield from ten acres of wheat which was combined by Chas. Overstreet. Stam's wheat ran 65 bushels to the ¡acre. A few acres of barley ran 93 'bushels per acre. I Fred Koopman had another stand of wheat which cropped 55 bushels per acre from a ten acre trilct. Mr. Over- j street reported a 75-busheVper acre ¡average on 15 acres of oats on the ¡W ard Brothers ranch.. I Overstreet said the average for wheat, for the entire valley, is around ¡45 bushels per acre, for oats and bar- ]ley, from 60 to 65 acres. Saturday he completed a run of 35 days with his combine. GERMAN HEIR IS HOMESICK R IC H LA N D LO R D OF T O D A Y WAS FAR M E R NEAR N YS SA YESTER DAY. Tw o years ago in Ju<^, W a'ter P. Van Marionholtz tilled tab soil, work ing from dawn until dusk like other farmers of this region, bu1 today he is landlord on an estate in Rittergut, Post M u d d e n, Grtfhorn, Germany, which is farmed by 150 tenants. He and his fam ily live in a mansion 20 miles from Berlin where Marionholtz Inherited a small fortune from his grand-aunts. One is living. Marionholtz was bom in this coun try, in Missouri where his parents farmed for years. When a young man, he came to the Snake river galley. He ownd a farm here and another In M id dleton. Idaho. He married a Middleton girl. They have four dilicffen, one a baby girl who was bom in their home in Germany. Mrs. Marionholtz is a sis ter of Mrs. Ira Bray of Middleton. Mrs. Marionholtz recently wrote a Nyssa friend Mis. M ary Robertson that her husband's chief sport Is deer hunt ing. Deer are plentiful on his estate— but he must pay the government $60 a year for license. In spite of good hunt ing and manison. Mrs. Marionholtz said the fam ily Is lonesome for the Snake river valley. HIGH WINDS RUIN GOLF COURSE SO E IS PLANNED __ H IL T O P NEAR N YS SA TU RE LAND IN VIEW ED AS AND APPLE POSSIBLE M ajor Paul Hathaway, recruiting of ficer, of Portland, tnnounces that he has received authority to en’ist three experienced radio operators for service in the United States Army. Men apply ing who haven't had previous service In the Army must be between the ages of 18 and 35 years, and must have a radio oprators license. M ajor Hathaway also announces that he has authority to enlist a num ber of experienced bandsmen for ser vice in Army bands at Presidio of San FrancLsctJ and other posts. Mrs. Alma Taylor of Welser, mother of De'bert Taylor, underwent a major operation at the Ontario hospital Frt- Iday. She Is recovering. Her son Ivan ¡was here from Ora gevllle, Ida., last week end and the younger son Harold I Is spending this week with Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Taylor. The Oregon junior baseball team j from Woodburn won the regional championship Saturday in Pocatello, la., by defeating Pocatello 4 to 3 in a j 15-lnning game. The victory carries with it a trip to Topeka, Kansas , to I compete for the national title. Nyssa Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Williams and legionaires at the Klam ath Falls daughter Marita were recent guests at convention saw the Woodburn boys de the parental Phln Warren home. M ar fat Portland to win the Oregon title. ita spent several days here. Last Wed nesday she returned to LaGrande with her mother who was a delegate of the LA GRANDE MAN GETS | La Grande Auxiliary at the American convention in Klam ath Falls. HOME LOAN POSITION Legion Mr. Williams Is a state highway en gineer. C. J. Shorb of La Grande was Tues day appointed manager of the eastern Oregon division of the federal home Among Vale visitors who were here owners' loan corporation under which refinancing of mortgages on homes for the Eagles bout Friday evening will be conducted. An attorney and ap were Don Masterson. Vale banker.’ Mr. praiser for each county in this district ¡and Mrs. L. K. Bullock. George Carey, will now be appointed by J. P. Lips Les Pruitt. Jim Smith. A ’ Monson and comb, of Portland, Oregon manager of Ssxon Humphrey j PA S VALLEY NEW SITES. The wind having moved the greens and fairways on the Nyssa-Parma G olf course to slope and swa'e, the club Is considering a permanent move to a more desirable location. Preliminary steps were taken at a meeting In Par ma last night when members of the club considered two possible sites for a new nine-hole course, one the hilltop near the Osterkamp farm across the river from Nyssa and the other a green pasture in Apple Valley. C. L. McCoy, club president, appoint ed Charles Albertson and G'enn Mer- riam of Parma, A. H. Boydell and C. C. Hunt) of Nyssa to Investigate new sites. They were instructed to report at an early date. The present golf course is at the mercy of each high wind as it covers a very sandy area. Diuring the recent heavy storms, greens were entirely blown away and dunes cover the once open fairways. Directors believe it would require as much work and ex pense to improv- the present course as to build a morel desirable one in some location less subject to blows. Members of the club who attended from Nyssa were Nate Young, O. G. Bodn. Mr. Boydell, Mr. McCoy and W. F. McLing. NYSSA MEN ATTEND MEETING IN NAMPA The purpose of the National Recov ery program was explained to the del egations from many chambers of com merce at the regular meeting of the associated chambers at the Dewey P a l ace hotel in Nampa Monday night. Principal speakers were C. T. Baker, secretary of the Boise chamber, and L. F. Parsons, secretary of the Idaho State Chamber. Representing the Nyssa club. Ernest C. Wilson, Dr. E. D. Norcott, Jess Thompson, Ed. H. W il son and Frank T Morgan attended. PARMA NATIONAL PAYS DIVIDEND A few Nyssa depositors are sharing in the 15 per cent dividend paid Tues day by the Parma National bank which REG AN GOES TO SA LT L A K E closed September 1, 1932. This is the ¡first dividend paid and the 15 per cent Steve Regan, Ontario grain dealer, i totals $13.312.68. It goes to a total of interested In the ownership of the Nys 296 depositors. sa and Ontario Grain companies. Is leaving Malheur county for a splendid position in Salt Lake. He w ill be WITNESSES GET western manager of the seed division WATERMELON FEED of the Farmers' national grain corpora tion. Mr. Regan is disposing of Interests in the local concerns and is taking up A previous attack and persecution his new work at once. beyond thd point of “ reasonable endur R A D IO O PERATO RS W ANTE D WHEAT GROWERS OF NYSSA NAME 3 FOR ALLOTMENT BOARD ance,” caused Judge J. R. Hunter to ¡dismiss the case of Beryl Ham vs.. ¡Oerley Shaul In Jusitce court Monday. The younger Ham a'Jeged assault. Four witnesses who saw the fight were called into court. Following dismissal of the case, Shaul treated the witnesses with a watermelon feed. I t is said, however, ¡that neither the Judge nor Hugh Biggs district attorney, shared in that event. GIRL 14 SWIMS PAYETTE LAKE Miss Pauline Powers. 14, made a good record at the McCall water carniva' when she swam across Payette lake. She stroked the two and a half miles in one hour and 14 minutes. 8he Is the daughter o f Mr. and Mrs. Dave Pow ers of Ontario. A picture of Miss Paul ine appeared on the Monday Picture Page of The Statesman which carried numerous pictures of the C. C. C. cele bration at McCall. j County Agent R. G. Larson is finding that the wheat allotment plan meets with the approval of Malheur ranchers in all sections this week, as growers are signing up almost 100 per cent at the series of wheat meetings. T hirty growers signed the allotment agreement in Nyssa Tuesday. They elected Pieter Tensen a member of the county board. Franklin Fry and Frank Morgan, members of the commun ity board. Meetings were held in Kingman Kolony and Big Bend where atten dance was cut * down by harvest work. A t meetings scheduled for a later date, county and community directors will be named. One county board director and two community directors will be elected In each of the eight divis ions into which Malheur has been divided for the administration of the wheat allotment plan. COUNTY FAIR ON SEPTEMBER 1-2 RACE M EET IS CALLED O FF BUT F A IR BOARD W IL L STAG E 2-DAY RODEO. Only two days of racing and rodeo, and no pari mutuel betting, will be held at the 21st annual Malheur county fair in Ontario September 1 and 2, instead of the five days previously scheduled. The usual street carnival and dancing will be held fair nights. The change in plans was made nec essary yesterday by the decision reach ed by horsemen who had promised to bring their strings to Ontario, to re main In Gresham for the meet schedul ed there after the local dates had been allowed by the state commission. In the meantime local owners had been preparing their horses for the races, and they were disappointed at not having the opportunity to run their ponies against the outside strings, so the committee decided to give visitors to the fair a good program for two days. Malheur county granges are proceed ing with plans for the annual agricul tural fair which will be held September 1 and 2. Officials are Ora Clark, John Lelnhard and O. D. Dearborn. Assist ing them are the following department superintendents: Frank Sherwood, 'Nyssa, dairy department; John Stone- man, swine; A. B, Cain, poultry; V. V. Hickox, agriculture; Russell M Mc- Kennon, 4-H club work; Mrs. I. Troxell, women's department: LaVear Taylor, vocational agriculture; Mrs R. G. Lar son, entries; Mrs, Orin Boyer, flowers. Thursday, August 31. Is the day for entries. Farmer and 4-H club members In all sections of the county are plan ning to enter exhibits. C O AL M IN E R HERE C. Prescott, mining engineer who is interested in the Reynolds Creek, Ida., coal development, was In Nyssa Mon day. He conferred with Ex-Governor H. C. Baldridge on the matter of securing a federal loan for development of the coal mine. I t has received much publicity of late and Is located In the Silver City, Ida., section. Prescott says he can place coal on local markets at half the current price. O W YH EE W O R K IS PROCEED UNDER SLATED TO P U B L I C W O R K S PRO G RAM . SAYS PR O M IN E N T P O R TLA N D E R HERE T O D AY. Marshall N. Dana, prominent news paper man o f Portland, “ friend of the Owyhee," and more recently regional director of the huge public works pro gram, was welcomed in Nyssa today by the directors of the Owyhee project. Frank Morgan had made tentative plans for a luncheon here but Mr. Dana had made previous arangements to have luncheon in Caldwell where he Is th principal speaker at the annual pic nic of the creamery. Dairymen's Cooperative Bringing good tidings, Mr. Dana stopped at The Journal office to state that Owyhee work will proceed this fall, adding that "monies from the pub lic works fund have been turned over to the reclamation bureau.” According to Mr. Dana, Owyhee ranks high in the list of approved public works. A code for labor, which contractors will be re quired to meet, Is now being prepared. W ith Mr. Dana is Roy F. Bessey, reg ional Inspector of pub'le works. To g eth e r they are attending the Caldwell ¡picnic, a banquet in Boise, another In Caldwell and tomorrow noon a lunch eon in Ontario which has been ar ranged by W. J. Pinney, secretary of the Ontario commercial club. The Owyhee board will attend the Caldwell banquet and the luncheon In Ontario. Mr. Dana and Mr. Bessey will return to Portland Saturday. AUTOS IN WRECK AT SCHOOLHOUSE The case of state vs. John Bergland. charging reckless driving, was dis missed in the justice court today. I t re- suited from a collision near the school- house Monday night In which cars driven by Bergland and Hugh Glenn, also of Nyssa, figured. Both cars were damaged. E. O. Johnson, who gave his address as Nyssa, and a companion had nar row escape when their car turned turtle in the irrigation canal near the “ Y " ¡Tuesday night. The car was demollsh- ! ed. Johnson was arrested in Ontario on a charge of drunkedness and yesterday was fined $15. 82 DIE ON LONG TRIP FROM MISSISSIPPI T otal dead numbered 82. Thus, the casualty list on a shipment of 1000 baby chicks read In the Nyssa freight office Tuesday after Agent W. ¡T. .Posey counted the living and the ¡dead for Irai Storey, Nyssa poultryman, who received the shipment from W ind sor, Mississippi. Considering the dis tance and the heat of early last week, the chicks came through in fairly good shape. They are largety Buff Orping tons one) Plymouth Rocks. Owyhee Engineer Here W ATE R M E LO N FEED Engineer R. J. Newell, succeeding F. A. Banks on the Owyhee project, ar Special entertainment In the form of rived in the county yesterday from a watermelon feed was enjoyed by the CleElum. i _________________________ Boy Scouts on Tuesday evening at the country home o f Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Barrett. Scoutmaster and Mrs. Howard J Larsen. Mr. and Mrs. Don Oraham and Bert Llenkaempcr took the scouts to the Barrett home. Ted Morgan has been appointed reporter for the Scout troop. 25TH DEADLINE FOR LOAN PLEA Judge David F. Oraham of Vale spent Sunday in Nyssa with the Don Oraham family. He advised that Mrs. Oraham and daughters Mary. M arg FALLING LIMBS aret and Jean will leave next week for CUT POWER OFF Eugene where the two older girls will attend the University of Oregon. M ar Rain and a heavy wind on Sunday garet will continue her studies after Multnomah brought a cool interval after the Aug completing work at the ust hot spell but It also brought trouble County hospital in Portland. for the Idaho Power company. A limb fell across the high tension line in A p ple VaUey, cutting o ff the circuit in Misses Kathryn and Ludle Gilmore Nyssa and Parma. Bernard Frost and returned Monday from Union where Henry Rogers of Payette soon had the ' they spent the past tlx weeks with their Nyssa circuit at work but an hour's grandparents On Wednesday Miss repair was required before power was ¡Luclle became seriously 111. 8he was supplied the Parma area. taken to a Boise hospital and Is now The wind also blew a heavy limb on Improving. . to the line which supplies the Jim Boor farm with power. I t was repaired Sun day. M r and Mrs. Marshall Spell and two the corporation. They will act on ap- p'lcatlons for mortgage relief. Shorb is publisher of the L a Orande Mrs. Art Servos* and Mrs Wm. Lowe George Dean, former newspaper man weekly paper and formerly published spent Tuesday with their mother Mrs. of this section, wag here from Portland the JosepH paper. yesterday. D. A. Vanscoy o f Wilder. OWYHEE BOARD WELCOMES DANA ON BRIEF VISIT children arrived Saturday from Bryan. Texas, after a summer's visit with rela tives of Mr. Spell They are guests at the home o f Mrs. C. L. McCoy, sister of Mrs. SpeU. K IN G M A N C O LO NY AND N YSSA- A R C A D IA D IS T R IC T S COM PLETE A P P L IC A T IO N S FOR R E FIN AN- ING. The several irrigation and drainage districts in Malheur county, seeking re financing loans from the federal government have been notified by State Engineer Char'es Stricklin to file their completed applications by August 25. the deadline. Officers of Kingman Colony and Nyssa-Arcadia Drainage districts have been completing such applications this week In the office o f Attorney E. M. Blodgett. On Wednesday Frank D. Hall and Frank T . Morgan, representing these districts, met with L. H. Mitchell of the reclamation service. Mr. Lewis with Dr. W. L. Powers and L. H M itch ell are In charge of tbs classification of satis In districts seeking the refinanc ing Scaling down Indebtedness by agree ment with bondholders Is an Important condition imposed by the government.