THE GATE CITY JOURNAL
NYSSA. OREGON
GATEWAY TO THE OWYHEE AND
BLACK CANYON
IRRIGATION
PROJECTS
VOLUME XXVIII.
NO. 36.
BELOVED MATRON SUCCUMBS TO
AILMENT OF MANY YEARS; IN­
TERMENT IS
MADE
IN
BOISE
CEMETERY.
TOWN IN OREGON
INVESTIGATE
OREGON
ROUTE;
ALSO
V STUDENTS BIG BEAN CROP
ATTEND SCHOOL, PLEASES GROWER
LIKE NEW DESKS
ANOTHER VICTORY IN WINNING THE WEST
LOWER GRADE4 ARE ESTABLISH­ ALBERT PIIEILER STARTS BEAN
ED IN BUILDINGS OUT OF BUSY
GROWING HERE; IN T H R E E
CENTRAL
ASSURED
NEW
DISTRICT;
CONTRACT.
Tills community was saddened on
Two road projects of local Interest
Monday morning when It became will be up for bids at the September
known that Mrs. Charles M. Caldwell meeting of the Oregon highway com­
had passed away at the family home mission in Portland today, the grading
after a few days Illness from an ail­ and surfacing of the Blue Mountain
ment which had impaired her health Pass section of the I-O-N highway
for a number of years. She had been north of McDermltt to cost in the
seriously ill since F. iday, but had suf­ neighborhood of $30.000 and the grad­
fered frequent attacks during the last ing and surfacing of the Nigger Flat-
four years.
Stinkingwater mountain section of the
Although she had lived in Nyssa but Central Oregon highway beyond Jun­
the past two months Mrs. Caldwell had tura in Harney county, to cost approx­
become identified with the Rebekah imately $100,000.
lodge of which she had been a member
The funds for the I-O-N were div­
for many years in her former home in erted from federal aid money at the re-
Kent, Wash., and had gained a host of j
Gf the federal bureau of roads
new friends. In July she joined her j an(j provide about $55,000 with a pre-
family here, Mr. Caldwell having oper- yjous appropriation. It has been u n d ­
ated the Caldwell Store in this city the flclally reported that funds available
past two years. Surviving are her hus­ now will take construction on the
band, one daughter Sabina, two sons I-O-N from the end of the grade
Sam and James, all of Nyssa, two already completed to Scott's Bluff west
brothers James Playfordt of Kent and of Rome.
Edward of Seattle and her mother Mrs.
Sabina Playford of Kent. Her mother
was called here by her last illness and LIQUOR PAYS
arrived on Tuesday.
COUNTY $1684
Impressive funeral services were held
FOR RELIEF AID
at 10 o’clock this morning from the
Nyssa Community Church with the
Malheur county h a s received
Rev. Floyd E. White officiating.. Beau­
$1684 for its share of the first quar­
tiful flowers were sent by friends of the
ter’s return from the sale of liquor,
family. Vocal numbers were rendered
for relief purposes. Distribution is
by Mrs. Ray Kendler and a choir. Pall
under the supervision of the county
bearers were A. V. Cook, John Forbes.
relief committee of which Mrs.
George Bertsch, E. J. Burroughs, Don
Dick Tenser! of Nyssa and Clark
Graham and Thos. B. Nordale.
Enos of Adrian are members and
Mrs. Caldwell was laid to rest in
R. D. Lytle of Vale, chairman. The
Morris Hill cemetery at Boise with the
committee favored the start of
Rebekah lodge officiating at the grave.
work for drouth relief families
Mrs. N. H. Pinkerton was acting noble
September 21, and the delay of
grand, Mrs. Pierson vice grand and
other relief until after the harvest
Mrs. Mary Felton, chaplain. Mr. Nor­
season is over as there is little un­
dale had charge of funeral arrange­
employment and need for relief
ment? for McBratney of Boise.
just at present.
Mrs-. Elizabeth P. Caldwell was bom
REGISTRATION
I S
ABOUT THE SAME.
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TWISTING through the Owyhee Ii il- near X>>-o like a i_ -eat reptile Is the Impressive bench flume, more
than half a mile long, which will carry waters of the Owyhee project at tho base of hills too rough for
canal construction. This irrigation flume was recently completed by Morrlson-Kiiudscn company o f
Boiso. It is 2800 feet long, 18 feet wide !> feet. 3 Inches ujgli. (Statesman engraving.)
Mongrels Must
REV. WHITE
CLOSES YEAR W ear License
JACKSON OPENS
LUMBER YARD
NYSSA PEOPLE ASK RETURN OF
Mongrel dogs have had their day in
LOCAL PASTOR; AID HOLDS AN­
Nyssa. For years they have roamed the
NUAL MEETING.
streets, barked at night and have even
pilfered bands of sheep, regardless of
whether they wore a dog license or
Rev. Floyd E. White, pastor of the
not. During this time the city has had
Nyssa Community church the past few an ordinance on its books requiring the
years, is attending the annual confer­ licensing of dogs but it has not been
ence In Boise this week, at the close of
enforced.
which church assignments for the
The sad day for mongr^ dogs arrived
coming year will be made. Assignments
this week when the county “ requested
will be announced Sunday. Nyssa the city of Nyssa to cooperate in elim­
people have asked that Rev. White re­ inating unwanted dogs. A shipment of
turn as he is well liked in this field tags and licenses arrived for Marshal
which also includes the Apple Valley A. V. Cook and he has Issued the death
pastorate.
warrant for strays. The action resulted
At a well attended meeting of the from the recent slaughter of sheep and
ladies aid Thursday at the home of other nuisances that must be abated,
Mrs. Donald M. Graham, the following so say the city dads.
officers were elected for the ensuing
The license fee for females is $’, for
year: Mrs. C. A. Abbott, president;
males $1.
Mrs. J. T. Long, first vice president;
Mrs. C. W. Reberger, second vice presi­
dent; Mrs. W. W. Foster, secretary;
BROTHER IS KILLED
and Mrs. Graham, treasurer. Twenty-
two ladies attended. A social hour
Robert and A. J. Bums were called to
closed the afternoon.
Chllloquin last night by the death of
The ladies aid plays a leading part their brother Wallace Bums, 47, who
in, financing church work.
was killed in an automobile accident
near Klamath Falls Tuesday night.
BEAVERTON LUMBER D E A L E R
LOCATES HERE, WILL CONDUCT
LUMBER AND FUEL YARD.
Or Get “ Ride”
in Canada November 4, 1880, over 47
years ago. On December 12, 1907 she C. W . ALDREDGE
was married to Charles M. Caldwell at
DIES IN ONTARIO
Silver City where they resided 17 years.
The family later moved to Kent,
C. W. Aldredge, father of Mrs. Char­
Wash., and then to Nyssa.
les Bradley of the Owyhee, passed
away Saturday at his home in Ontario
after a lingering illness. Mrs. Bradley
SCHOOL BEGINS IN
had spent the past two weeks at her
RURAL DISTRICTS father’s bedside. Mr. Aldredge was well
known in Ontario as he was among the
Obliged to hike somewhat further early settlers in the nearby community.
than their city cousins, or ride the old
Fred Woods is making rapid progress
horse or take a car, school children in
the rural districts trekked back to on the remodelng of his house. A new
school this week. Studies began in the roof has been added, a bath room is
newest school in this region Monday in being built. It is being repaired
Snively camp where Mrs. C. A. Abbott throughout and will be quite an addi­
tion to the city when completed.
has been installed as teacher.
APPLE VALLEY
Engineer O. G. Boden reports that
Wm. Frohm and Miss Betty Tensen
bids will be received next week on sev-
opened school Monday in Arcadia.
DISTRICT ELECTS
Miss Crete Marie Foster and Mrs. era miles of laterals in the vicinity of
Baker are teaching at Owyhee, Miss Terteling camp. The bids will be receiv­
Three trustees for the Apple Valley
Grace Johnston and Mrs Florence Van- ed by Engineer R. J. Newell in the On­ school district on the Idaho side were
tario office.
elected at the annual meeting Tuesday.
derford in the Kolony.
F. W. Osterkamp and Eric Peterson
were elected trustees for two years, J.
A. Pettit for a one year term. School
starts in Apple Valley on September 10.
W hat Is Cost of Cock Pheasant In
LETTUCE THINNING OVER
Large crews have completed the
thinning of a budding lettuce crop in
the large Hogue field near town and In
the several others that dot the land­
scape. Now hoeing Is In progress. The
crop looks fine and If weather condi­
tions continue favorable, a mortgage
lifting yield Is anticipated.
W. C. Jackson, operator of two
lumber yards In the vicinity of Beaver-
to the past eight yeais. has leased the
grounds of the former Nyssa Lumber
Company from E. B. Butler and has
opened a new yard in this city. He will
conduct a lumber and fuel business,
the second of the kind in Nyssa as a
yard has been operated in Nyssa for
ber Company.
some years bji the Boise-Payette Lum-
Mr. Jackson’s son Robert accompan­
ied him from Beaverton to spend a
week or so here but he will not remain
as the family does not contemplate
moving to Nyssa until next spring.
“Your Owyhee project looks good to
me,” said Jackson.
DAKOTANS LEASE
AUTO PARK HERE
With a view to buying the property,
Mr and Mrs. W. A. Fox from Gettys­
burg, South, Dakota, have leased the
Sebum auto park. They disposed of
property in the Dakotas and plan to
locate here. They report drouth re­
sulting In great hardships in the Dak­
otas the past three years, so are de­
lighted with this irrigated country.
John and Cecil Sebum, who have been
operating tho park, are thinking of re­
turning to mining.
Cornfield? Taxpayers Don’t Pay
That China cock pheasant in the of stomach examinations which have
corn, what did he cost—it being assum­ been made for the purpose of deter­
ed, for the purpose, that he was reared mining, beyond guess work, the relation
on a game farm and thereafter liberat- of the pheasant to agriculture. Nbiety
ted? A correspondent asserts this cost per cent of the pheasant's food, the
to have been from $4 to $6 per bird, and biologists say, is of Insects and weed
desires to know what the reactions of seeds hurtful to agriculture, while the
the taxpayers are to such sinful ex­ remaining 10 per cent is tribute levied
travagance. Why, sir, the indignation of from field and garden. This informa­
the correspondent would be a typical tion may not console the farmer whose
taxpaying reaction. But what, in simple eyes are being scandalized by the actual
fairness, have the taxpayers to do with raid Itself, but it will indicate, in a
the glimmering mandarin yonder? The calmer moment, the gaudy invader
state game farms are operated and the far more than pays his way.
As for the granting of individual
pheasants are reared thereon wholly
at the expense of sportsmen, and with­ permits for the shooting of pheasants
out a penny of cost to the taxpayer, as that are molesting crops unduly, it will
be evident that such permission would
such.
But what of the sportsman? Would he lead on to gross abuses of trust. But
not make pliant so pestiferous as to on complaint and supporting evidence
trouble the game commission sorely? the state police have acted in such
He would. Off-hand one can think of cases, and will act again at need.
We regret the necessity of disagree­
a half dozen of sportsmen, any one of
whom if game farm pheasants were ing with the correspondent, as in the
costng $6, would arrange the revolution foregoing—< so much so that it hastens
and charge the barricades. At the to approve his concluding statement to
Pendleton farm last year the cost of the effect that many farms are posted
raising and releasing was $1.10 per against hunting because hunters do not
bird, without deductions for the valu­ know how to conduct themselves prop­
able breeding birds that were carried erly on the property of another. Un­
over. Still .the cost of the feathered happily. this rural criticism of urban
target is high, one would say, if it were manners afield is well warranted by the
not taken into account that this is a | facts—as every cow on the old farm
replenishment of the wild breeding realizes.—Oregonian.
stock as well. But in any case the gun-
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ner has paid the taUy—and more.
IV R A W F V H I IP T
The indictment of the pheasant as U U 1
harmful to crops is on firmer ground.
WHEN TRUCKS HIT
and there is truth in their depreda- j
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tions. On the other hand, as to the
Guy Bailey superintendent for the
worm in the ear of corn, which the General Construction company, sus-
correspondent declares the pheasants talned a broken rib, injuries to his
“never by any chance eat," though they . chest and knee when his light Ford
destroy the ear, the game commission truck collided with a large truck drtv-
has been informed by some farmers en by Ray Garrison north of town I
that it s this larvae pest the pheasants Tuesday evening. Bailey's truck was j
are seeking. Leaving the minor question demolished but the other truck was not |
open, however, let us consult the record damaged to an ; extent.
LOCATE
$1.60 PER YEAR
ANOTHER $30,000 IS DIVERTED TO
SHORT CUT
, O r e g o n
BUSIEST AND FASTEST GROWING
NYSSA, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1934
MRS. CALDWELL SIATE WILL GEI
DIES MONDAY OF OFFERS TODAY ON
BRIEF ILLNESS I-O-N CONTRACT
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Nate Young, Nyssa’s Bobby Jones
on the local golf course, set a new
record last Sunday when he made
the nine holes in 33, three under
par while playing with a party of
friends. He birdied 2, 8 and 9 and
made the other holes In par. This
is said tq be the best score ever
made on the Nyssa course.
Cooler weather is making the golf
course more popular every day.
Tournaments are planned for the
fall months.
Believe It or not, but John Enos
of Adrian hit a golf ball so hard
Sunday It never came down. A few
questions revealed that Mr. Enos
was playing with his cousin Clark
on the Parma course and knocked
the ball into a tree, presumably.
A single leaf fluttered to the
ground but the ball disappeared in­
to thin air.
RANCHER FREED
OF MURDER CHARGE
At its closing session in Vale Thurs­
day, the September grand Jury return­
ed a “not true bill” against Joe Randle-
man, aged rancher of Westfall who had
been charged with the fatal shooting of
his son Jesse Randleman several
months ago. The elderly rancher was
released from a manslaughter charge
because evidence revealed that he com­
mitted the act In self defense.
The trial Jury was summoned to Vale
Monday for the trial of a few cases
which will come up this term. The
Amell Claud trespass case has been In
progress this week.
DRESS SHOP IS
OPENING HERE
c
Mrs. Laura Fisher of Frultland has
rented a room in the Blackman build­
ing for the early opening o f a ladles’
dress shop. It has been calclmlned and
Improved for the new store. Mrs. Fish­
er plans to open her shop as soon as
possible and will carry a complete line
of ready-to-wear. She and her little
daugl. ■ Gladeen will occupy living
quarti. i In the rear.
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BOBBY JONES OF
NYSSA SETS NEW
LOW SCORE HERE
Car after car of locally grown onions
Is leaving Nyssa with shipments being
made almost dally by F. H. Hogue and
L. E. Stephens for the Sewell Produce
Company. Stephens Is loading the sixth
car today. A. H. Keck cropped a bum­
per yield with some of his onions enor­
mous In size. A few of them may be
seen In the window of Nyssa Realty
and Insurance company.
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As luck would have it, a new settler
With the last of tile new desks set up
for school children in various buildings or prospective settler on the Owyhee
arcund town, boys and girls are settling project, is the “father” of the baby
down to tho old routine of reading, lima bean Industry that Is forging to
writing and arithmetic. They apparent­ the front In Malheur county. Just three
ly find much to enjoy in their new years ago. Albert Pheller visited this
equipment and temporary change in section and found it promising for
location. It has been a busy week for bean culture. He int' rested County
the faculty !. .it Supt. Hollenberg re­ Agent Raymond G. Larson, sent him
pot ts all details working out to good seed for trial plantings and was jubi­
lant when production exceeded crops
satisfaction.
Two hundred and fifty youngsters j in California, thought to be the only
are enrolled in the grades with the | region that would successfully produce
peak in Mrs. Elta Benson’s first grade baby lima beans. Every year he comes
room which reports 47 pupils. H igh! tq see the beans here and to make
school registration is about the same plans for the development of his 160
with 121 students, bringing the total acres. Pheller and his wife are spend-
. ing this week on the project. They are
enrollment to 371.
First and 2nd graders are dominclled guests at the Hotel Owyhee here.
In their usual building north of the
Owyhee Dam Impressive
gym, the third in the Parish hall, the
Last Sunday Frank Morgan, agent
4th in the Phllllp.4 building, the 5th in for the Vale-Owyhee land settlement
the Mormon church, the 6th, 7th and association, took Mr. and Mrs. Pheiler
8th In the Blackman building down and Miss Charlotte Schmldtmler of
town while the high school is using tho Portland. In charge of the colonization
gymnasium. Children of the lower department of tile Portland Chamber
grades have been domiciled In build­ of Commerce, to view Owyhee dam,
ings away from the business district so hghest In the world until Boulder Is
they will have recess privileges as they completed. They were Impressed with
have enjoyed in the past.
the structure. Miss Schmldtmler was
Coach John Young reports 24 boys here to gain first hand Information in
out for football practice which is be­ regard to the Owyhee project as she
ginning today. His material is light but contacts many land seekers.
promises speed.
LOCAL ONIONS
MOVE TO MARKET
RUSty,SHE S E Y t ’
M C l JUST PiOORE
TH M PROCTECTlN
fMR YOU HAVE
T YOU"!
KOLONY GARDENERS HELP
M
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S a T t ER/IE c O -
© m nnit etom
YEARS CROP BECOMES A LEAD­
ER.
STATE SCHOOL
AID WANTED
LEONIIARDT URGES LARGER CON­
TRIBUTIONS FOR EDUCATION
BY STATE.
J. W. Leonhardt of La Grande, dem­
ocratic candidate for state superin­
tendent of public Instruction, who was
a recent visitor In Malheur county,
stated that “education, according to
the state construction, Is a function of
the state. If that Is true, the state
should make larger contributions to
the cost of education. At this time the
state's financial support of education
Is practically of no consequence.”
"Many of our city and other large
school systems of the state are admin­
istratively top-heavy. Too great a part
of school expense goes, In many cases.
Into the cost of administration.
"There must be a revision In the
method of securing school revenue.
This problem should be studied out
carefully in order that there may be
devised a taxation system that will be
permanent and adequate. It Is not the
function of the state school superin­
tendent to urge upon the people any
one scheme, but he should be ready to
assist in making the study and to help
In the determination of facts that) will
enable the people to adopt a system of
taxation that will be fair.”
EXPERTS DUE
AT CONGRESS
RECAMATION CONCLAVE WILL BE
HELD IN KLAMATH FALLS NEXT
WEEK.
Four out-of-state specialists in rec­
lamation and soil problems will sup­
plement a Urge number of authorities
In Oregon on the program of the 24th
annual Oregon reclamation congress
which will be held In KUmath Falls
September 10 and 11. according to Dr.
W. L. Powers, chief In soils here and
secretary of the organization.
The detailed program for the sessions
completed this week includes as main
speakers S. T. Harding, consulting
reclamation enlgneer of Berkeley, Cal.,
and professor of Irrigation at the Un­
iversity of California; Dennis P. Woods
of the federal land bank of Spokane;
Professor C. F. Shaw, soil technologist
of the University of California, and
Dr. 8. W. Cosby, associate professor of
irrigation at the University of Calif-
omla.
Harding has spent a quarter century
conducting experiments in use of water
and Is considered a leading authority
on the duty of water Professor Shaw
has investigated the Klamath marshes
and U familiar with the problems of
drainage and requirements of peat
lands. Dr. Cosby Is also an authority
on peat delta lands.
Frank T. Morgan will represent the
Owyhee Irrigation district at the con­
gress.
Nysst! Civic Club appreciates the co­
operation of the Kingman Kolony gar­
den club at the recent Flower Show.
The committee responsible for the
beautifully arranged display from
Kingman gardens consisted of Mrs.
Conrad Martin. Mrs. W. E. Ashcraft
and Mrs. Maurice Judd while Mrs. C.
C. Cotton assisted the civic club In dir­
Miss Wilma Pullen U ill of infUma-
ecting floral arrangements in the base­
tory rheumatism
ment.