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GATE O H JOURNAL N Y SSA . OREGON GATEWAY TO THE OWYHEE AND BLACK CANYON IRRIGATION PROJECTS DISTRICT REQUESTS BEAUTIFYING GROUNDS; $5700 FOR SCHO O L PROJECT WOULD FOLLOW STREET WORK HERE. Represented by Supt. Leo D. Hollen- berg and C. L. McCoy, director, the Nyssa school district was among many which requested an appropriation from the civil works fund for improvement projects. Similar requests came from irrigation districts and other subdiv isions. In fact there were so many, the county committee headed by R. D. Lytle, chairman, and directed by Mr. Carlson, a member of the state ad visory staff, heard requests from 9 a. m. until 4 p. m. Monday. However, Mr. McCoy believes the Nyssa project will be approved for the reason that the CWA crew new at work on city streets must be given con tinuous employment for three months. When the appropriation for street work is used up, another project must fol low. Tlie school improvement project con templates the construction of more sidewalks on the school grounds, a parking of the front space from the schoolhouse to the highway intersec tion, planting of trees, completion of the water system, the construction of a soft ball and tennis court and several swings. Fred Kocpman, member of the board did considerable landscape gardening when he was a young man in Holland, so he has volunteered his services in beautifying the grounds if the improve ment project proceeds. Estimated cost of the project is $5700 with $4700 for labor and $1000 for material. Thos. Welsh and Harry Russell at tended the meeting to request school improvement works for Big Bend dis tricts. Frank D. Hall requested another for Nyssa-Arcadia Irrigation district. Nick Smlt Rnd C. W. Barrett presented a project for Arcadia school. Another meeting for the considera tion of projects will be held in Vale tonight. GRANGE HAS YOUNG CHIEF Said to be the youngest grange mas ter in the state, Neil Hoffman, aged 21, was installed as master of Boulevard grange at a Joint installation of grange officers held in Vale last Friday even ing. Hoffman had just completed rounding out the term of Maurice Frakes as lecturer, as the latter is at tending Oregon State college. Boule vard grangers believe their young but active leader is the youngest in the state. Officers of Boulevard, Vale and Ore gon Slope granges were installed by P. F. Weikal of Boulevard, district deputy. Harper grange will install officers De cember 8. while Big Bend installed on the 5th. Arock and Wild Rose grange, Malheur will also hold their own in stallations this month. Vale grange installed the following officers W. C. White, master; Marian Charles, overseer; L. P. Peterson, steward; Mrs. J. Edwin Johnson, secre tary; Lester Smith, Blanche Peterson, assistant stewards; Mrs. White, lectur er; Mis. Alice Fifer, chaplain; John Wood, treasurer; George Russell, gate keeper; Vera Purvis, Ceres; Mable Pet erson, Pomona; Mildred Hutchinson, Flora; Frank Foiles. Percy Pervis, J. Edwin Johnson, executive committee. Harper grange has elected C. E. Boy- lan, master; Bluford Small, overseer; Frank Kime, lecturer; Roy Darnell, stewart; Delmar Boylan, Nellie Tur ner, assistant stewards; Mrs. Joe Car ter. chaplain; Lewis Hucker, treasurer; Mrs. Boylan. secretary; Claude Wright, gatekeeper; Arietta Small. Catherine Carter, Cleo Ktme, the three graces; Mrs. E. M. Carter, Earl Flock. Mrs. Lewis Hucker, Ben Corbett, executive committee. MAGIC SLIDES TAKE STUDENTS ON TRIP TO CHICAGO FAIR With a great deal of interest, Nyssa students gazed on wonders at the Century of Progress Expo sition in Chicago yesterday. Those wonderful scenes, predominated by great buildings and brilliant lights, were brought to them by Linden McCullough, of Corvallis, of the Keystone View company, who is visiting schools all over the state. With slides in natural color, he gave a very fine illustrated lecture. Mr. McCullough described many of the displays at the world’s fair and also told of the industrial life of Chicago. Students from the third grade to the senior class in high school en joyed the visit of Mr. McCullough which was arranged by Supt. Hol- lenberg. The visitor spent Wed nesday afternoon in the Ontario schools. TOWN IN OREGON INVESTIGATE UPTON B ILLS AID REFINANCING; ARE PASSED BY SENATE MEASURES AND PERTAIN TO TAXES ASSESSMENTS ON LANDS WITHIN DISTRICTS; BILL PASSES. SCHOOL Seventeen-Y ear O ld Youth Is Killed in Crash George Smith, 17, son of a highway department employe , was killed two miles northwest of Ontario Wednesday evening at 8 o’clock when a car left the highway and turned over. Howard Morris, 19, the driver, escaped with minor bruises. Smith’s skull was frac tured. He lived only a few minutes after the accident. According to the story Morris told H. C. Farmer, chief oi police, they were rounding a curve at moderate speed when another marhine approached from the opposite direction. Morris said he turned out and the right front wheel slipped off the highway shoulder. As he tried to pull the car back onto the road it skidded and upset. The smash occurred after the other car had passed. EO F LOAN, P. IEN3EN FINDS NEW SET-UP FOR CROP PRODUC TION LOANS IS EXPLAINED PORTLAND AND MISSING MAN RETURNS HOME EAGLES CARD PARTY Friday evening will bring another of the popular card parties given by the Nyssa Aerie of the Eagles lodge. The date was changed tc Friday as the Leg- on and Auxiliary will hold a joint meeting tonight. FIRST SNOW SATURDAY The first snowfall arrived Saturday night and blanketed the earth with white Sunday morning. The temper ature remained low until Wednesday when most of the snow had disappear ed. A shower Tuesday night mixed with some wet snow, helped remove it. Mr. and Mrs. Emil Johnson and fam ily, Mrs. Andy Johnson and son Earl of Fruitland attended a festive dinner at the George Bodfish home at Mal heur Thanksgiving. They report a splendid time. O f Last Frontier; Price Advances Due to the scarcity, the packers are t also planning to draw upon Canada which it is estimated still has around two million of the wild creatures. The mustang round-up first opened after the government found that some ; of the horses carried the dreaded dourine disease which might spread to i ¡domesticated livestock. That and the need for conservation of the range has almost exterminated the wild cayuse. I The largest round-up in Malheur 'county wss conducted by Archie Mey ers in the McDermitt country where even an airplane was used in to aid in rounding up the outlaws. The better horses were sold for saddle ponies, a few for farm work, while the poorer grades were destined for the canneries. HEAD LETTUCE SWELLS INCOME LOCATE $1.50 PER YEAR AT SPOKANE MEETINGS. “A new deal for the fanner. This is At the Legislature Of particular interest in Malheur the goal o f the Administration and re county, where several irrigation and sults are slowly being achieved which drainage districts are in the process of would astound a less speculative gen refinancing, are several bills written by eration than our own which is firmly Senator Jay Upton, of the reclamation convinced that changes in the agricul congress, and passed by the senate this week. tural industry must come,” said Pieter S. B. 24 premits the board of direct Tensen, prominent Nyssa farmer and ors of drainage or irrigation districts to Malheur county representative of the cancel or compromise special assess Oregon agricultural aavisory council ments within said district where such appointed by Governor Meier, who at ' district r e f u n d s its indebtedness tended the council’s first meeting in through some governmental agency. | Portland last week and a later session 1 S. B. 25 authorizes county courts to ¡called by the Federal Land Bank at j Cancel o r compomise a d valorem Spokane. | taxes within districts where such dis ! Means of financing next year’s crop GEORGE RINGER WAS NOT SUI trict may refund its indebtedness BUMPER LETTUCE CLOP IS NO planting were outlined at the Spokane CIDE VICTIM AS OFFICIERS BE through governmental agency. GOLD MINE BUT ADDS MITE TO session. Mr. Tensen explained that a S. B. 26 provides that the assessed LIEVED; RETURNS FROM MEX | group of fanners may organize for the value of land in irrigation or drainage MR. FARMER’S PURSE. ICO. (purpose of borrowing necessary funds districts shall not be increased where ¡for the planting of next year’s crops district has refunded its indebtedness from a $7,500.000 fund allocated to this through governmental agency. While returns for the bumper let The finding of the bible and clothes Although they were designed to aid tuce crop grown in this valley this district, comprising the northwestern of George Ringer under the Snake the refinancing plans which are under states. An entirely new set-up is plan fall were not mortgage lifters, they river bridge at Ontario last winter led way, the bills, will deplete county ned. netted the growers a few more dollars to a belief that he had committed sui- taxes, seme observers say. Senate bill I Five per cent of the amount borrow on the year’s income. Pieter Tensen |cide, but last week Ringer returned 28, also by Upton, authorized the dis ed by members of the local credit unit and Robert Gilchrist, who directed- the ¡from a Journey which carried him to tricts to issue bonds or enter into con will be set aside to take care of pos packing of the local crop, estimated an ¡Mexico and now he is back with his tracts with government agencies for sible losses and operating expenses. In average profit of 33 and 1-3 cents per family which lives near New Plymouth. loans and taxes. It will also prove of addition the local unit can charge 3 crate on the first ten cars, 57 cents per (per cent over and above the low rate Other than that he had been in help in refinancing. crate on the last 13'j cars. -of interest it has to pay for the money Mexico during the past year, Ringer School Bill Passed With cars containing 300 crates, the gave no explanation of his wandering, \ The house Wednesday passed a ¡received from the government. If the first shipments brought growers $100 unit is a success, it will build up its re nor any reason for leaving his clothes measure which would refund to school per car, the last 13% $171. Balance of sources out of the 5 per oent, Mr. Ten- and the bible near the bridge in such districts and cities their motor vehicle the receipts went to marketing which sen said. a way as to lead officers to decide he license fees and gasoline tax money, cost 63 cents per crate all told. A part had jumped in the river. estimated to raise $60,000. The adoption of this remained in the community in ! If the present allocation is not suf ficient to finance the farmers of this The bible had been given to him by of a general privilege tax or sales tax the form of wages paid to packers, , district, th 1 crop credit. t:orp"$ratlon Louis Church of Nyssa and proved a for school relief appeared likely Wed purchase of ice, crates and so forth. ¡can rediscount the loans it made to means of identification. Ringer has a nesday. Other school relief measures When Tensen and Gilchrist market the farmers five time with the Inter number of acquaintances here. are being considered. ed their first crop of Nyssa grown let Over the governor’s veto, the house tuce in 1922, the price paid returned mediate" credit bank so ample resources passed the Corbett bill transferring the them $1.48 per crate as compared with to finance the undertaking are assured. VALE ROADS GET Unlike the government crop loan of cost of caring for non-violent Insane ¡the above figures. They also packed 25 COMMITTEE’S O. K. patients from the counties back to the last year, the new loan plan will not re per cent less lettuce to the crate. They quire the entire crop of the applicant state. The vote was 50 to 7. are not discouraged, however, and said For additional re-employment work, Over the governor’s veto, the house that the "producer will again have his for security unless the loan is so largo the Malheur comity re-employment the entire crop is essential. Last year a passed the Lee land meaure Tuesday day.’ committee, with R. D. Lytle, chairman, loan of several hundred dollars fre 51 t o 9. The bill gives assistance to has approved two county road projects. quently mortgagod a crop worth sev persons who want to farm state-owned The first will mean further improve eral thousand. land to earn a living. It sets up a com CITIES MUST HURRY ment of the cut-off through the hills, At the meeting in Portland, Mr. Ten- mission to put the plan in operation. between the Owyhee dam road and TO SECURE LOANS sen heard the advisory council discuss Vale. The second calls for the improve farm foreclosure at length. Local units IDAHO IMPROVES CUT-OFF ment of several new county roads If cities in Oregon do-ire to apply will act as an arbitrary board in an ef which traverse the new lands of the ifor public works funds for construction fort to prevent such foreclosures in Vale project. The state has also An Idaho highway crew is at work jof such worthwhile projects as sewage justifiable cases. O. M. Plummer of agreed to surface Graham boulevard, on the grading of the connection be sytsems, they should act at once, said a Portland is state chairman and L. R. another new road in the Vale project. tween Nyssa and the new Parma- ¡message this week from C. C. Hockley, Breithaupht of Corvallis, former Mal- J. Edwin Johnson, county engineer, Frultland highway Just east of the golf public works engineer for Oregon. | heur county agent, secretary. also reports that country roads must course. It is said that the sharp turn Hockley stated that all applications for Mr. Tensen stated that he is greatly be graveled or surfaced in order for will be eliminated by a new road which ¡loans under the public works act impressed by the efforts of the Admin any district to secure rural free deliv will cross the F. W. Osterkamp farm should be filed before Januray 1. Nys istration in behalf of the farmer. "Not but work has not yet progressed that sa is contemplating a sewage project. only our own country but all of Europe ery. Mr. Johnson stated that the county far. Is looking to President Roosevelt for caterpillar and grader, which was left guidance in the New Deal,” he said. O. S. C. TEAM THRU HERE at Rome last spring after completion of 1 Mr. and Mrs. Claud Horton. Mr. and As soon as further orders are receiv Oregon State football team passed some work on tho I-O-N, has been Mrs. Bob Stevenson, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. ¡through Nyssa Saturday evening when ed from the state counsel, Mr. Tensen brought to the Owyhee by Bert Cope Fraser of Payette were dinner guests en route home from the east, where with the help of County Agent R. G. land. Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard they defeated Fordham 9-6 and lost to Larson will proceed with crop financ The county had built some culverts Frost. in g plans in this county. Nebraska 22-0. for the two miles of new road construc ted by the Terteling company for an HIS ANNUAL VISIT outlet from their camp located near Owyhee schoolhouse. Last R ound-U p Nears For W ild Cayuse Rounded up and killed by the hund reds in order to conserve the range for more valuable livestock, the wild horse of the interior is fast disappearing. Where hundreds once roamed t h e great sage desert stretching from Wat son to McDermitt, herds have dwindled to few in number. The same condition extsts in the wide open spaces of Nev ada, California and Idaho. Since 1929. horses have been shipped to Portland or to California cities where packers have converted them into canned dog feed and chicken feed. The price paid waa chiefly around $5 per head. Now the scarcity of range horses has driven the price up to where shout $17 is paid for a 1000-pound ani mal laid down at the Portland plant. BUSIEST AND FASTEST GROWINO NYSSA, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1933 VOLUME XXVIII. NO. 7. CWA MAY PAVE WAY FOR WORK N’YSSA, OREGON DeGROSS STRIKES GOOD FLOW ON PROJECT TRACT Ahead of schedule. D. R. De- Gross. new settler on the Owyhee project, has water on his land. However, it is not irrigation water but a substantial flow of pure, soft water for domestic purposes. Dril lers struck a good flow of soft water at a depth of 600 feet of sufficient force to raise the water to within 170 feet of the surface. DeGross purchased a tract of virgin land west of the Deseret ranch this fall. It is under the new project and In advance of water he is building a home and clearing the land in order to be ready for the initial delivery, presumably in the spring of 1935 or before. DeGross has built a small dwelling. Steve Readon is another new settler who is preparing a tract of Owyhee land, west of Nyssa, for the coming of water. LEUCK WEDS, THIRD IN WEEK CHARLES LEUCK IS MARRIED TO MISS KETLER OF ONTARIO ON TUESDAY. REPEAL TUESDAY FINDS CIÌY WET, U S DP CITY AWAITS ADOPTION STATE CONTROL LEGISLATURE; OF MEASURE BY HOUSES PASSES KNOX BILL, Prohibition repeal found Nyssa wet Tuesday night, not from a com cloud burst as in the ‘‘good old days’’ but from rain. In fact there is so little evi dence of any change that one would have to read about it in the newspapers to know there has been a change. One reason for lack of hilarity is the scar city of bonded liquor. However, it is available at the drugstore at the pre- repeal price of about $2 a pint. Oregon is wet and without liquor control regulations at present, but not fer long, as the legislature is eyeing such measures with very deliberate care. The house passed the Knox liquor bill providing for the sale of hard liquors through state-owned stores. It permits restaurants and hotels to serve wines and beers of not more than 14 per cent alcohol. The senate has not yet voted on the bill. The Knox bill also provides that local designated agencies may be set up where state stores would be unprofit able. The declared purpose of the bill is to control the source of supply and eliminate the private profit motive which would help to do away with bootlegging. Tuesday brought an end to 13 years of prohibition. Utah was the last state to ratify repeal. Idaho remains dry. Surprising friends. Charles Leuck of Nyssa and Miss Eva Ketler of Ontario were quietly married on Tuesday, even ing at the Baptist* church in Ontario by the Rev. Hovda. The ring ceremony was used. Leuck is a well known young man of this community, being the third son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Leuck, resi dents here for many years. He was graduated from Nyssa high school in 1927 and since that time has been em ployed at Powell service station. The POUNDS CELEBRATE bride is a trained nurse at the Holy Rosary hospital in Ontario and for the 50th WEDDING DAY present will continue on the staff. With their nine children present Nyssa friends wish them much happi from far and near, Mr. and Mrs. L. C. ness. Their marriage was the third of local Pounds celebrated their golden «red ding anniversary Friday at their home interest within a week. hi Caldwell. Fifty years, a half century, iiad passed since they were married in PLOW HITS ROCK, Nebraska in 1883. At the happy golden TWO RIBS BROKEN wedding dinner were four sons, Roy of Nyssa, Glenn and Bryan of Caldwell G. O. Smith of Adrian was the .victim and.Rev. Earl Pounds of Nampa and of an unusual accident while at work five daughters Mrs. Dallas Duncan of on a county road project near Adrian ¡Emmett, Mrs. Margaret Magordon of for M. M. Greeling, supervisor of the |zillah, Wash., Mrs. Jack Orrell of Adrian district. Smith was plowing a ¡Chico, Cal., Mrs. John Hallie of Nampa section of road when the blade struck and Mrs. Robert Madden of Ontario, a hidden rock with such force he was ! also their families. Guests numbered thrown off the plow and two ribs forty. were broken. He is recovering. Mr. and Mrs. Pounds lived in Nyssa a number of years, so friends here re joice in their happiness. Their child ONTARIO-NYSSA ! ren from distant places have been with DISTRICT ELECTS them this week. The Ontario-Nyssa irrigation district held election of board officers in the office of Attorney E. M. Blodgett last Saturday. J. B. Smith was re-elected president, Dr. J. J. Saraztn, vice- president and S. J. Reid, secretary. Will J. Roberts, new director from Ontario, attended with Mr. Reid. New equipment for the pumping plant operated by George McKee ar rived here Wednesday. NEW JOB GOES TO CHAS. M. PARADIS At the county relief committee meet ing in Vale Monday, Mr. Carlson from the state office in Portland, announced that Chas. M. Paradis, secretary of the relief committee, had been appointed Malheur county executive for the re employment committee. In this cap acity, Mr. Paradis will supervise em ployment on the major federal projects HENNING-BARKER in this county, such as Owyhee and NUPTIALS 29TH Vale project works. Mr. Paradis will be assisted by Miss Irene Richey who was Mrs. Thelma Barker of Nyssa became assigned to Malheur county from the bride of Frank Howard Henning of Eugene. Mr. Paradis will also continue San Rafael, Cal., last Wednesday. Nov with relief committee work. ember 29. at a pretty wedding solem nized at the home of Mr. Henning's parents, with the Rev. Charles Owens CHRISTMAS SEAL SALE OPENS MONDAY officiating. The bride wore a gown of Eleanor blue and carried a shower Throughout Malheur county the tiny bouquet of pale yellow chrysathemums. Her attendant Miss Eunice Henning tuberculosis Christmas seals, cheerful reminders of the battle for health they wore pink crepe. Following the ceremony, a family are waging, will go on sale next Mon dinner took place at the Henning day. They will be sold through the home. After a brief honeymoon, the schools as in previous years. Especially couple will return to reside in Yol- eager for good returns is the county ando. Cal., also the home of Mrs. Earl Parent-TOkcher association wT$ich Is Lewis, sister of the bride. A number of sponsoring the sale. The seals not only fight tuberculosis pre-nuptlal showers were given in honor of Mrs. Henning. Her Nyssa but carry the Christmas message on holiday mall. friend wish her much happiness. She and her daughter Shirley have Ed Wilson made a trip to Boise been living in California since last Tuesday on business. September. Christmas Spirit is Invading Stores W ith Fine A rray o f Gifts and Toys With bright green Christmas trees have been attached to cars which light appearing here and there, and with a the headlights and even race the en big consignment slated for main street gine. A tiny doll bed has been observed within a few days, the Yuletide spirit which boasts a bed lamp which really is again invading the town. As soon as lights. Toy dishes are prettier than the big trees are brought from the mother's and there’s some real cook woods for the intersections, they will ing dishes in a certain store. The new mechanical toys are mar again be lighted by the Idaho Power vels which entrance parents as well as company. There are wagons, Toys and dolls and glfta are taking the youngsters. a prominent place in window decora autos, trucks, fire trucks—even small tions everywhere. In fact, Christmas la draglines wiiich add realism to young Just seventeen shopping days away as sters' play. The newest in baby dolls is Christmas fails on Monday, making a \ the model with the soft, pink rubber ¡body which looks more babylike than double holiday. Advance reports from Toy land in ever. dicate that Santa Claus has gore mod I Take a trip around town and sea the ern. He has used the best brolrys in wonderful toy» and gifts which are the country to design mechanical toys evdrvwher^ And ¡Weii$ew>bee—»Just 17 ^ ^ which are a revelation. Real batteries shopping days till Christmas.
