GATE CITY JOURNAL
| NVSSA, OREGON
GATEWAY TO THE OWYHEE AND
BLACK CANYON
IRRIGATION
PROJECTS
NYSSA, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1934
VOLUME XXVIII. NO. 26.
NYSSA GETS VALE-
OWYHEE OFFICE,
HUNT IS CHIEF
SETTLEMENT A S S O C I A T I O N
VOTES FOR TRANSFER OF OF
FICE FROM VALE TO NYSSA TO
AID SETTLEMENT ON OWYHEE.
C. C. Hunt, well known orchardlst of
Nyssa, was elected president of the
Vale-Owyhee land settlement associa
tion at the annual meeting in Vale
Tuesday night when plans were also
completed for the transfer of the office
from Vale to Nyssa. The transfer waa
effected in view of the fact that colon
ization of the Vale irrigation project
is practically completed while settle
ment Is just beginning on the 100,000
acres of the Owyhee.
Mr. Hunt has been identified with ir
rigation in this locality for more than a
quarter of a century. In 1907 he was
elected first president of the Owyhee
inigation district and is still serving as
director.
Robert D. Lytle of Vale was elected
vice-president; Frank T. Morgan of
Nyssa secretary-treasurer. Other dir
ectors of the Vale-Owyhee are H. C.
Boyer of Ontario; Dr. J. J. Sarazin and
Maurice Judd of Nyssa; Ed. Hendrix of
Vale and Mr. Carter of Harper.
A progressive advertising campaign
was planned which will consist largely
of advertising in farm journals of the
west. The association will have the co
operation of the Ontario. Nyssa and
Vale commercial clubs in the intensive
colonization drive which is Just getting
under way. The Malheur county court
¡1 also an Important factor with Judge
David F. Graham and Commissioners
Ora E. Clark and E. H. Bumbach co
operating In every possible way.
The Vale-Owyhee office will be
established In the office of the Owyhee
irrigation district in Nyssa. It is being
kept open every day by Mr. Morgan.
KINGMAN KOLONY
PLAY SCORES HIT
Kingman Kolony—A hug* success
was the Parent-Teacher play “Cab
bages” given at the schoolhouse last
Friday night. John Holly as Gus and
Mrs. C. E. Schweizer as Mrs. Gross-
meier were excellent. Others in the
splendid cast were Miss Meda Dear
born, Helen Winters, Mrs. Mary Nich
ols. Leslie Young and Harva Otis. Mrs.
Judd was director. Selections were giv
en by Mrs. Corinne Ward's orchestra
and the Eagles quartet of Nyssa. Mrs.
Henry Slippy won the door prize an
angel food cake.
Kenneth Williams has returned from
Phoenix. Ariz., where he spent the win
ter in a boys' camp.
Mrs. C. C. Cotton and Mrs. C. Martin
gave a bridge party Tuesday night in
honor of the play cast. Mr. Holly won
first prize, Mr. Judd. low.
Mis. Lillian Bach has returned from
North Powder for an indefinite so
journ with the James Lane family.
A. D. Moses is busy on steel work
which he has sub-contracted from the
Terteling company.
Mrs. Martin held the first meeting
of the garden club yesterday. Mrs.
Judd read an interesting article on
“New Flowers.” Next month's meeting
will be held at the home of Mrs. H. R.
Otis.
WYOMING RANCHER
WITH HUSKY SONS
BUYS SAGE TRACT
Another farmer with a family of
several husky sons is coming west
ward. He is Ed. Corfield who Mon
day purchased 120 acres of virgin
land under the project. The tract
adjoins the R. J. Davis farm and
was sold by Mr. Davis, owner of
Owyhee Realty company. Cor
field states that he will bring his
family from Wyoming this summer.
He will have the help of his husky
sons n clearing the land and get
ting It In readiness for water next
spring.
A surprising number of the early
Owyhee settlers are men with a
family of husky sons. No better
material could be fund for making
the Owyhee a successful project.
This being ideal golfing weather,
Nate and Dick Young last week made
the yardage and par recordings at the
Nyssa-Parma course across the river.
The course is very inviting.
BROKEN MIRROR
BRINGS BAD LUCK;
TWO CABS WRECK
CHARLES BLACK PAYS F I N E
AFTER FRACAS HERE; AUTO AC
CIDENTS LAST W E E K E N D
PROVE COSTLY.
Bids Called On
5.2 Miles I-O-N
Cut-Off Grading
Orading of 5.2 miles of the Idaho-
Oregon-Nit/ada highway in MHlheur
county will be Included In the project
awards to be let by the state highway
commission March 22. This stretch will
run from Blue Mountain Pass to Jack-
son creek.
A state crew has been working on the
survey of the McDermltt end of the
I-O-N highway this past winter.
Wage scales for labor in conformity
with the federal scale was also announ
ced as 55 cents for common and 65
for much skilled labor, with the fol
lowing exceptions: carpenters 90 cents,
electrical workers $1.1G, shovel runners
$1.20, concrete finihers 90 cents, paint
ers 90 cents, drivers operating three ton
trucks or over 80 cents, conrecte mixers
ANGLERS GAN
GO FISHING ON
EARLIER BATE
GAME BODY SETS DATE TEN DAYS
AHEAD IN VIEW OF POSSIBLE
WATER SHORTAGE LATER IN
SEASON.
Ten days earlier than usual, the
Seven years bad luck, for breaking
trout fishing season will open on April
the back bar mirror in the Olympic
5 this spring according to the Oregon
Club Poclhall during a fracas Monday
game commission who made the
night, began Tuesday when Charles
change at the request of sportsmen in
Black was fined $15. The broken mir
ail parts of the state. The season will
ror was the only damage reported.
close November 15.
Misfortune in the form of an auto
The commission stated that In all
wreck came to L. T. Ashcraft of Adrian $ .
probability a low water stage below
Saturday night. He received cuts and
normal years would prevail owing to
bruises and his car was practically de
the unusual weather conditions and
molished when it collided with a car
that the early opening date would al
driven by Harry Thompson of Boise.
low anglers to “get their fish” before
The two were passing a truck driven by
the low stages of midsummer either
George Davis of Caldwell on the
killed most existing fish in many
Nampa-Caldwell highway.
streams or rendered them unfit because
Cars driven by Mark Turkov of Nys
of warm temperatures.
sa and Tom Ady of Fruitland collided
of any length may be taken
on
the
Parma-Fruitland
cut-off
Sat
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K E GREEN AND WENDELL this Trout
year
to the extent of the legal bag
urday. No one was hurt but both cars J A GROW
DIVIDE ROSEBUD BONUS; l i mi t except
in certain specified
OREGON GRANGE FILES PETI-1 were badly damaged.
WESTON WINS MAIN EVENT streams.
TIONS REFERRING SALES TAX
FROM EMMETT FIGHTER.
TO VOTERS AT MAY PRIMARIES. FOUR ENGINEERS
REHEARSE
A fight to the finish was bout after EAGLES
GO TO BOULDER bout
FOR
MINSTREL
SHOW
at
the
Eagles
smoker
Thuisday
The sales tax will again be voted on In order that they might inspect the night when fans saw all five events go
in Oregon at the primaries May 18, the work which is under way a.t Boulder the full period. A full house attended. Tom Burton says regular rehearsal
completed petitions referring the mea dam the bureau of reclamation has giv Past “Kid" Weston, the fighting par Is starting this week on the Eagles
sure to a vote of the people having en
darkey minstrel which will be present
of Nampa, won a decision over Don ed
four Owyhee engineers a trip to the son
been filed Friday by Ray W. Gill, mas scene
in April. End men who will do most
Bentley
of
Emmett
in
the
main
go.
of
the
world's
greatest
dam.
In
ter of the Oregon grange, and Ben W. the party which left early yesterday Weston placed lots of stiff upper cuts of the cutting up are Art Norcott, Jake
Osborne of the state federation of were O. G. Boden, Earl Harman, F. B. and perhaps had a bit more speed but Fisher, Warren McHargue, Wendell
labor. The measure was enacted by the Schlapkohl and Foster Towle. Mr. Bentley pushed the fight and made Pogue, Malcolm Crawford, Art Cook,
Lienkaemper and Hugh Glas
last legislature.
a good appearance a few fans Kermlt
gow. Others In the cast are Bernard
Sponsors of the referendum include Towle came from Stanfield Saturday. such
would
have
preferred
a
draw
Both
Interlocutor; Archie Howell,
the Oregon grange, Malheur county
boys came to Nyssa with a knockout Frost,
Robt. Stringfellow, Emory Huffman,
taxpayers' league of which Frank T. WARMSPRINGS GETS
victory
over
Clut
Haines,
Twin
Falls
Howard Larsen, Rock Shelton, John
Morgan of Nyssa is secretary and the
fighter.
Koopman, Claud Wilson and Burton. A
Ontario commercial club of which W.
RFC
REFINANCING
With
an
extra
$10
cash;
prize
offered
theme W planned for the after
J. Pinney is secretary.
the Rosebud Poolhall dangling be military
piece. Mrs. Glasgow is pianist.
The petitions contain 22,105 verified Senator McNary sent word to Mal by
fore
their
eyes
Jake
Green
of
Nyssa
signatures of bonaflde voters, accord heur county Friday that the Recon and Wendell Grow of Nampa battled Sam Caldwell has been appointed
ing to Gill and Osborne. Most of the struction Finance corporation has ap their best, in the semi-finals. Their six property man; Jake Fisher, publicity;
granges of Malheur county and com proved refinancing loans for the rounds ended in a draw with the bonus Mr. Glasgow, music chairman; Mr.
Larsen, finance chairman.
mercial clubs have already gone on Warmsprlngs Irrigation district in Mal split.
record as opposed to the proposed tax. heur In the amount of $172.500 and for Somewhat handicapped by less size.
Oregon voters defeated a 2 per cent the Scappose drainage district. Warm-
Nash of Emmett, replacing Jack BRIDGE ON ADRIAN
sales tax In the special election last springs is the first district in Malheur Lee
Fellows
Caldwell exchanged blows
county to secure approval of the re with big of Burt
July.
ROAD IS FINISHED
of Nampa in a
quest for reflnancing.A number of ad four-round special Storm
that
provided
plenty
ditional applications have been made. of thrills. The referee called It a draw. Pierce and O'Neill of Portland com-
VALLEY VIEW
A broken arm kept Chuck Stacey of I pleted the Owyhee river bridge near
SPEAKERS WIN ADOPTED BABY LAMB Vale
from mixing with Cliff Parrish. the George Kaylor ranch Monday,
Harold
Long and Basil Newton fought when the last of the cedar flooring was
Valley View—Four students from
a
four-round
draw which was not the laid. Grading of the approaches is also
LIKES
GOATS
MILK
here will compete in the declamatory
bloody fight fans witnessed several nearing completion. The bridge has
contest for this zone. They are Wanda
Hight, Big Bend farmer, week ago. Young Norman Leavitt put been inspected and approved by the
Keith, Ethel Brown Miller Jensen and has H. a E. young
milk goat which was up a good scrap with Jack Rosenberry bridge engineer of the state highway
Richard Alexander.
department. The new span is located
fresh once two years ago. This of Emmett who is outgrowing him.
Jolly Six ladies club met with Mrs. spring
the Nyssa-Adrian stretch of the
she
grew
tired
of
waiting
for
At
the
close
Art
Norcott
announced
Walter Marshall last week for an a baby of her own so adopted a that Collins, considered a dangerous on
I-O-N
highway.
afternoon of quilting.
Clark
of Adrian has also been
slugger,
had
challenged
Pat
Rafferty
of
baby
lamb.
The
mother
sheep
has
Will Brown is recovering from a tried repeatedly to take the lamb Wilder to a return bout In Nyssa the advised Enos
that
the
highway commission
severe illness.
will
repair
the
dilapidated bridge
away
from
the
goat
but
without
29th
of
this
month.
Collins
lost
a
fight
The P.-T. A. held a regular meeting
as the lamb prefer—goat's to Rafferty in Vale recentyl after win which now spans Snake river at Adrian
Friday. Students gave their declama success
milk.
ning a series of bouts with other boys. this spring.
tory readings.
SALES TAX IS
UP TO VOTERS
Richard Barthelmess’ newest picture
for First National company “Massacre"
will be shown at the Roxy Theatre
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday. The picture
deals with the American Indian of to
day and his conflict with modem civ
ilization. It combines colorful spec
tacles with dynamic drama of a unique
romance.
Mrs. Ed. Pruyn and Mrs. Floyd
White accompanied members of the
Junior League on a hike and weiner
roast last Wednesday evening.
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BOXERS GIVE
SPEEDY SHOW
STRIKE ONE—GET INTO THE GAME
By bus and car. over thirty basket Charlena Crawford, Harold Anderson,
ball fans motored to Union last week | Howard Larsen, Bruce Fahmey,
end to take in one or more games at ] Arthur Vernon Cook, Bob Johannesen,
the eastern Oregon tournament. Those | Leonard Nichols, Fred Oibson, Bob
who saw the finals saw La Grande take | Leuck. Tlena Tensen and Betty Cook
the honors with a 31 to 19 victory over J accompanied the Hollenberg party.
Baker. La Grande held an undefeated ! Mrs. Dewey Ray took Calvin Wilson
and Rose Worley Mrs. Rena Schweizer
record.
daughter Nellie Jean several of the
It was Baker that ousted Nyssa but | and
not until the Bulldogs had thrown a players.
r.’al scare Into the Baker five Friday.
Leo Hollenberg Owtm Price
The first half ended with the score tied and Supt.
Rinehart attended the bas
at 12 each. Nip and tuck till the last ketball Orant
in Union last week
whistle. Baker managed to gain the end, Mr. toumment
serving as an of
lead to end the clash 26 to 20. Roes ficial . Mrs Hollenberg
A. V. Cook accompanied the
Johnston and Southard of Baker tied party to Union
where she was the
for high points honors with 9 each.
guest
of
her
daughter
Miss Dorothy
Nyssa played the champions in the who teaches there.
opener Thursday, La Grande winning
by a big score. Earl Sager made the
only counter for Nyssa In the first per AMERICAN LEGION 15
iod when he converted a foul shortly
YEARS OLD TODAY
after the game started. Nyssa staged a
gallant fight In the third quarter, out- Today, March 15, is the birthday of
scoring L Grande 8 to 7 but again fell the American Legion, organized at a
behind In the last period. On the first caucus in Paris on March 15. 1919. To
string were Freddie Spencer. Bela and j day
it is known as the greatest peace
Earl Sager. Rons Johnston and Mer time service oiganizatton America has
edith Setts, substltujea Mbritgormry, ever known. Throughout the country,
Holly and Lankford.
posts arili celebrate thè anniversary.
Howard Hatch took It students to The Ontario Post will be hosts to Nys
Union in the school bus Saturday. They sa and Vale legionatres, also the units
remained in Union for the dance so of Baker county tonight. The speaker
were the balance of the night driving will be Harley Richards of La Grande
home. On the bus were Ingrid Abo, Quite a delegation is planning to at-
Vera Oaniaan. Late Knew, Kim Martin. tend from here. Dinner, program and J
Me* and Sue Reiser, ciandeoa end dancing an planned
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I
S atte RfitLO
©ION n IT-HOWN -
The City Council Has Designated March 19th to 24th Ann ual Clean-up Week
BUSIEST AND FASTEST GROWING
TOWN IN OREGON
INVESTIGATE
LOCATE
$1.50 PER YEAR
BOISE FIRM IS
BUILDING CAMP
FOR SIPHON JOB
Like beehives, where workers are
as busy as bees, construction camps
dot the landscape south of Nyssa
whore all kinds of work Is making
the Owyhee project one of the
brightest spots In the state. Men
a r e building siphons, tunnels,
canals, laterals and structures of
all kinds.
This week Morrison-Knudsen
company of Boise is building a new
camp above the Mendlola ranch
where work is beginning on the
Owyhee river siphon. A cookhouse
and shacks will be built. W. H.
Puckett was here Tuesday In re
gard to an immediate start on this
contract.
Owyhee river siphon willl span a
deep and colorful gorge that has
been cut Into the earth by the
river. Next to the dam, this will
probably be the most picturesque
structure) on the Owyhee.
p e t e u r T in g s
FOUND DEAD
OWNER OF LUNCH STAND SUC
CUMBS WEDNESDAY A F T E R
LONG ILLNESS; FUNERAL HERE
TODAY.
Apparently asleep in a chair near his
bed, Pete Urlings, better known as “Old
Pete,” was found dead in his cabin
here yesterday morning. He had been
in poor health the past year. For about
eight years Pete had operated a ham
burger stand in this city coming here
from Vale. He was formerly a cook at
the state hospital in Pendleton.
Little of his early life could be learn
ed as no relatives could be located. Dr.
Raymond Tacke. county coroner, made
an investigation and found that his
death was due to natural causes. He
was believed to be about 70 years old.
Burial services were arranged by the
Nyssa Funeral Home with the Rev.
Father M. J. McMahan officiating. The
services were held at 10 o'clock at the
cemetery today.
NEWELL GEEKS
BIDS ON NEW
SIPHON JOBS
ON THURSDAY, APRIL 5, CON
TRACTORS MAY ENTER BIDS ON
OWYHEE WORKS; STANFIELD
BIDS WILL BE OPENED APRIL 3.
Engineer R. J. Newell will receive
bidj Thursday, April 5, at 10 o’clock on
another big Job on the Owyhee irriga
tion project. The new work will include
construction of four concrete siphons
on the North canal and four pipe
siphons on the Mitchell butte lateral.
These structures were not included In
the canal contract recently uwarded to
J. A. Terteiling company but they rep
resent the final work on the stretch
from Owyhee river to the Malheur
river siphon.
The siphons will range in length
from 700 feet to a quarter of a mile.
Concrete siphons will be built In Cow
Hollow, Locket Oulch, at Sheep Creek
and East Cow Hollow. The pipe struc
tures will be erected In Fletcher Oulch.
Cow Hollow, East Cow Hollow and in a
draw on the Mitchell Butte lateral.
Pipe for the siphons is now being
made at the Dunaway pipe plant oper
ated by the bureau of reclamation. A
good sized crew is at work under Chas.
W. Farmer and John Andrews.
Stanfield Work Coming Up
On April 3, at 10 o’clock Engineer
Newell will receive bids at Stanfield on
the construction of siphons, tunnel and
structures for Drain No. 1 on the Stan
field Irrigation project. Mr. Newell is
construction engineer for Stanfield and
several additional Irrigation projects as
well as for Owyhee, the major develop
ment in this section of the country.
CARNIVAL COMING
ST. PATRICK’S DAY
To celebrate St. Patrick’s Day on
March 17, the Eagles lodge will give a
carnival dance with balloons, stream
ers and confetti at the gymnasium on
Saturday night. A new six-piece or
chestra is being engaged for the oc
casion according to Ed Warren and C.
GOVERNOR MEIER
Keizer of the committee. It will be a
night for the Irish. Come. Pre
IS OUT OF RACE J. great
cede will be used for the Eagles' dis
Governor Meier will retire from of trict convention In Nyssa the last Sun
ficial life at the close of his present day in March.
term, the second Monday In January
1935. Saturday he announced he would LADAK ALFALFA
not be a candidate for re-election.
MAY RESIST WILT
This week an announcement came to
The Journal desk telling of the candi . If Ladak alfalfa proves the wilt re
dacy of Senator W. E. Burke for the sisting variety farmers here have long
governorship. Burke is a farmer in been searching for. much credit will be
Yamhill county.
due Felton Duscan who two years ago
made a trial planting of six acres on
EARLY PICKNICKERS
his farm near town. County Agent Lar
has also experimented with Ladak
FIND WILD FLOWERS sen
and so far It has shown no wilt. Dun
recently sold his crop of seed
Like the flowers in the garden, the can
which yielded around 8 bushels to the
wild flowers in the hills are blooming acre.
was the only crop of Ladak
weeks earlier than usual. To look for alfalfa His
in the county last year but It Is
wild flowers and to picnic on Srnkc said a large
acrege will be grown this
river above Adrian, the A. H. Boydell, season. There
E. D. Norcott and Artie Robertson fam- Ladak seed. is a brisk demand for
j ilies left home early Sunday with their
picnic baskets. The Wm. Schlreman
family also made their first excursion
into the hills after wild flowers. Yellow
bells were found In abundance.
RANCHER FEARS
WHITE TOP SPREAD
Bus Takes Happy Students to Hoop
Clash in Union; LaGrande Is Winner
NYSSA, OREGON
FARMCREDIT
OFFICE OPENS
To pay his taxes and Interest Mal E. Q. MARSING EXPLAINS METHOD
heur county In the eradication of white UNDER WHICH LOANS MAY BE
top weed which has destroyed the Dr.
John Boeck ranch on Succor creek, J. SECURED.
W. Graff made a trip to Vale and Nys
sa last week from his ranch near
Homedale. Oraff says that water car Applications for production loans to
ries the seed and every ranch with farmers in counties of Idaho and east
in miles of the Boeck place is In dang central Malheur county are being re
er. If funds are not available for Its ceived by Earl Q. Marslsng, secretary-
complete eradication, Oraff proposes treasurer of the Production Credit as
that the county have the white top cut sociation which opened offices in Cald
well last week.
before It aan go to seed.
“The loans that will be| made In this
county and the other 10 counties serv
ST. PAUL’S GUILD
Whether It was the weather or the ed by the association must be good
hostesses, the largest crowd attending loans and loans'that are collectible, if
In months, enjoyed the meeting of the association is to continue as a per
Guild yesterday at the home of Mrs. manent service,” Marslng said.
Not All Need Loans
Dick Tensen with Mrs. Bettle LaFrenz
Joint hostess. Rev Stanley Moore made “Fortunately, not all farmers need
credit," he continued, “but for those
a short talk.
who do the association stands as a
business organization—not as a charity
PIERCE GETS CHECKS
When the wheat checks arrived for Institution. Loans may be obtained for
Malheur farmers recently, checks were pdriods of 3 to 12 months by any
not Included for 14 farmers who failed eligible deserving farmer who needs
to raise wheat last year only although credit and has security; but if a farmer
they were plainly Included In the Is eligible for credit it must be extended
eligible list. At the request of local on a business basis.”
farmers, the matter was taken up with Each applicant has to state in ids ap
Congressman Walter M. Pierce. Yes plication what property he is offering
terday he sent a wire stating that the to secure the loan .it was stated. Sec
14 checks are in process of payment urity for these loans will consist of
first liens or crops, livestock or other
without further delay.
personal property on which a Hen or
Chattel mortgage may be taken to se
WATER SHORT IN HILLS
Owing to the shortage of water in the cure the loan adequately. The lien may
creeks above Westfall, farming is being be taken on property already In the
curtailed on many ranches, «aid Ernest possession of the borrower, or to be
Hawkins, who returned Friday from purchased with the money borrowed.
the Chas. Johnson ranch. Johnson is It la not Intended that production loans
digging s well for stock water Ranch shall be secured principally by mort
ers doubt if water will be available for gages on real estate. Where this type of
stock along streams that ordinarily re security is taken It will be r eg aided aa
additional collateral.
tain their supply until lata summer.