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
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which are a revelation. Real batteries shopping days till Christmas.