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NYSSA. OREGON GATEWAY TO THE OWYHEE AND BLACK CANYON IRRIGATION PROJECTS THE GATE CITY JOURNAL VOLUME XXVIII. NO. 40. STUDENTS TAKE HOLIDAY WHILE TEACHERS MEET FOB TALKS LOW GAS PRICE Kurtz Youth Is Injured By FEED EVEN! TONIGHT FOB L E G U E S Indian summer pame to the Accidental Shot Snake river valley last week end, following the cold snap which blaokcncd tho flower gardens and removed late vegetables. Increas Merle Kurtz, 12-year-old son of Mr. ing temperature has made the and Mrs. Marion L. Kurtz of Nyssa. afternoons much like summer- who recently moved to the Pratt farm alt hough the nights remain quite In Kingman Kolony from Ten Davis, Is COUNTY P.-T. A. HOLDS SCHOOL cold. It’s great football weather, FATHER OF $5 AUTO LICENSE IS In the Caldwell sanitarium with wounds LEGION WILL ENTERTAIN LADIES Inflicted by a single bullet from a .22 AT BIG FEAST; NEW OFFICERS OF INSTRUCTION FIRST DAY OF says Coach John Young. REPUBLICAN CHOICE FOR HIGH rifle. The boy had climbed into the hay TEACHERS INSTITUTE; MANY VOTERS MUST REGISTER EST STATE OFFICE; HERE ON loft of the bam to shoot pigeons while WILL BE INSTALLED. Did you vote at the last election? visiting his grandparents at Notus. The GOOD TALKS ARE HEARD. TUESDAY. Do you wish to change your party rifle Is said to have slipped from his registration? Have you moved? In hand, the hammer striking a beam and With the hunters Eddie Powell and School children enjoyed holidays any cf the foregoing events you the bullet which grazed his Doc Abbott furnishing the venison, A Jovial campaigner, Senator Joe E. discharging Monday and Tuesday of this week have until Friday evening to regis right leg and right wrist, passed leglonaires and their ladies will dine on Dunne, republican candidate for gov while all teachers of Malheur county, ter for voting at the general elec through his lower lip and tore loose a deer meat at their social meeting to ernor, came to Nyssa Tuesday where he from schools large and small, attended tion on November 6th. You must front tooth. night at the Parish hall. As is the good teachers’ Institute In Ontario arranged be registered If you wish to cast received a warm reception. With him Part of the bullet was removed from old custom when the men of the by Supt. Mrs. Kathryn Claypool. On your ballot. The registration books on a jaunt up and down main street the roof of the boy’s mouth but the city Nyssa are putting on the feast, Prof. Leo the program were D. A. Emerson, In close In the office of Don Graham went Don Graham of the Malheur attending physician reports that the Hollenberg is the chef de cuisine. And charge of secondary eduction in Ore and at the courthouse Friday even county republican central committee, of the bullet could not be located. leglonaires will serve their ladies. gon; Austin Landrett of the Pendleton ing. Voters in outlying precincts who Is introducing republican candi rest He Is said to be recovering nicely. At the Legion business meeting, Dis schools; Miss Irene Brumbach, who may register with the designated dates. trict Commander C. L. McCoy will in To Nyssa folk, like others in the lead discussion for rural teachers; registrars. stall those present among the recently state, Joe Dunne means the $5 auto Owen Price, upper grades; Miss Fran elected new officers: Dr. Abbott, com license fee for which he battled for ces Miller, county librarian; Miss Lulu mander;. Andrew McGinnis, vice com many years until it finally became a Markley, editor of Child Health; Thos. mander; Don Graham, adjutant; Mr. fact. Nor did he stop with the $5 lic Gentle of Monmouth Normal, J. A. Hollenberg, historian; Douglas McDon ense law. For a year or more he has Yeager of Umatilla and H. C. Seymour, ald, sergeant at arms; Wesley Browne, been strenuously advocating state con state club leader. chaplain; Archie Howell, Sid Burbidge, trol over the price of gasoline as the Rex Brumbach presided at a meeting and F. W. Osterkamp executive com oil companies profit some 6 cents more of the county teachers’ association. mittee. per gallop on gas sold in Oregon, over P.-T. A. Holds Session OPERATION FATAL FOR the profits received on sales in Calif FCOTU ILL CLASH WILL OPEN AT Tre Auxiliary has postponed installa On M op y, the first day of institute APPENDIX FOUR-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER OF ornia and Washington and In other 2 P. VI. ; NYSSA WI N S FROM tion until the return of Mrs. Browne, P.-T. A. members gathered in Ontario CECIL LOWE. FRUI1VAND. president-elect, who Is visiting In De states. for the first Malheur county school of troit. Instruction at which Mrs. Wm. Kletzer, An appendix operation proved fatal “I believe the public is entitled to the state president, brought news of the for Billie Jean, aged 4, only daughter lowest priced gasoline consistent with C.in the fighting Nyssa eleven hold national convention In the east and of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Lowe, newcomers reasonable profit I propose that a com the big Baker Bulldogs? EAGLES VOTE J^OR gave valuable instruction on the work here. She died at the Holy Rosary hos mission be established, or in the Inter est of ecoonmy any existing commis Only the grid game tomorrow after of the executive board. Ontario Friday and Sunday sion be utilized, which shall determine noon on the Nyssa field at 2 o’clock OCTOBER ROUND-UP Mrs. Norman W. Fees of La Grande, pital In services were held from the reasonable gasoline prices in Oregon.” will tell the story. Coach John Young regional vice president, gave a splendid funeral Peterson chapel with interment at Em Dunne’s statement was of much in Isn’t saying much but he thinks fans talk on publicity. She also discussed mett. A number of Nyssa people attend terest here as Nyssa gas dealers have will see a very lively combat If his team Without a dissenting vote, the Eagles the proposed tax limitation measure, ed the lodge of Nyssa voted on Wednesday services. Mrs. Lowe Is the long battled for lower gas prices, as It continues to fight like it has in the two eveinng which will appear on the Oregon ballot daughter of sponsor a rodeo, prize fight Mr. and Mrs. Solon Miner has been said the oil companies sell gas winning games which have put the boys and dance tq for in-November, and urged a ’’no” vote as of Harper, formerly the week end of October of Arcadia. for lower prices in Idaho than they do in fairly good condition. she sees a menace to the school system Mr. Lowe is a truck The rodeo will be staged by a driver for Ber- in Oregon towns which border the Last Friday Nyssa high took Fruit- 20-21. in the ’’drastic tax limitation measure.” nard-Curtis company on rodeo outfit and will consist of the Owyhee neighboring state. In a second talk in the afternoon project. land into camp 13 to 0 with two suc local races, bucking, bull-dogging and the Mr. Dunne expressed a keen interest Mrs. Kletzer stressed the value of active cessful passes netting two touchdowns usual round-up Bernard In Malheur county irrigation projects Each team registered only six first Frost, president of attractions. committees in each P.-T. A. circle. She the aerie, appointed and pledged his support of them in urged that the program committee do MISS WICKLANDER although play was held almost Art Norcott, chairman, Lloyd Marshall every posslbld way. He also stated that downs, not exploit the outstanding child in etnirely In Fruitland territory by the and W. F. McLing to proceed with ar WEDS SATURDAY his committee on roads In the legisla Nyssa veterans. Only once did the giving entertainments but that num erous childr n be given parts which In Miss Phoebe Wicklander, charming ture voted federal funds for the I-O-N visitors cross the 50-yard line and then rangements for the event. many instances helps them immeasure- daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ole Wick highway at the last session. they failed to threaten. ably throughout their school years. Nyssa scored first In the second quar lander of Nyssa, and Wilbur Pless of Austin Landreth of the Pendleton Ellensburg, Wash., were married Satur ter when Spencer, quarter, heaved a OLD TIMERS SPEAK NYSSA GOLF CLUB schools, declared that through P.-T. A. day evening at 7 o’clock. After a pass to Lankford .half-back, who raced ON RALLY DAY lm lings, parents should gain a helpful honeymoon along the coast and in 30 yards to the goal. The second touch- OPENS TOURNAMENT dowh was made In the fourth period. Pioneers of Nyssa, who taught the knowledge of the new methods of Canada they will live at Easton, Wash., teaching and closer contact with the where Mr. Pless Is in the garage busi Anderson, end .catching another pass day Sunday Schools, will be the schools. ness with his father. The bride attend Nyssa Golf club is sponsoring a from Spencer. He was stopped on the early main speakers at the Rally Day bas five-yard line, but Sager, full-back, ed high school in Nyssa last year and a ket dinner of the Nyssa Community tournament for all members, bucked it over. host of friends wish her much happi handicap prize to be the first trophy offered Parma high repulsed an invasion by Church on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. R. J. ness. The marriage was the culmin the Davis. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Hunt and on the new local course. Scores for Vale. 7 to 6. ation of a romance which began when eighteen Mrs. H. R. Sherwood will si>eak. Mr. holes must be turned in by Weiser high crushed Ontario 18 to 7. the bride and her mother were visiting October 14, Sunday after next, at the Scampering around end on a weak Hunt taught ono of the first Sunday in Washington this summer. Pharmary for members to qual side play. Baer, Payette high school School classes organized her? In the old The Wlcklanders have resided here Nyssa ify. A number of players turned in fullback, raced 30 yards to a touch building across from Pruyn Garage. the past few years, Mr. Wicklander be their scores A basket dinner will follow the last Sunday. down early In the first quarter to de morning ing employed as a dragline operator on church service. Chldrcn will feat Emmett eleven 7 to 0. STATE WILL RECEIVE BIDS OCT the Owyhee project. give a program In keeping with the day at the Sunday School hour. OBER 11. ON I-O-N AND CENTRAL EMMETT ROAD STOCKMEN WANT OREGON GRADING. COUNTY W. C. T. U. BAKER BOYS HERE FRIDAY CHILD DIES ON FRIDAY I-O-N WORK COMING UP Bids for road and bridge construc tion aggregating a cost of approxi mately $850,000 will be considered at a meeting of the state highway commis sion to be held in Portland October II, R. H. Baldock, state highway engineer, announced Monday. Virtually all of these projects will be paid for out of $3,1000,000 state high way aid funds allotted to Oregon by the federal government. Included among the projects Is: Grading of 3.43 miles of the Nigger flp.t-aiinkingwsfter Imountain section cf the central Oregon highway In Har ney county. Grading of 5.86 miles of the Blue mountain pass section of the Idaho- Oregon-Nevada highway In Malheur county. Jim Graham visited friends In Vale Monday evening. 1 GRAZING DISTRICT WILL BE OILED Klamath Falls—Applications for the formation of fifteen grazing districts In Oregon have been filed under the new federal grazing law, it was said here Friday by Rufus C. Poole, assistant sol icitor of the department of the Interior. The meeting, attended by about 300 Oregon and northern California stock- men, was called to gain information which will assist officials In drawing rules and regulations for administering the act In Oregon. Hearings on applica tions for the creation of grazing dis tricts will be held here on October 11, and Bums on October 16. Prevention of range deterioration through over-grazing and stabilization of the livestock Industry are the main purposes of the act, Poole said. It was revealed that within the next few days notices will go out for creation of three more districts in Lake, Malheur and Harney counties. Another nearby Idaho highway will be oiled this fall, if the weather per mits. It is the New Plymouth-Emmett highway which will be oiled by Olaf Nelson Company of Logan, Utah, to whom the contract was let on a bid of $50,303 for 11.8 miles. The company is Installing a mixing plant at present and reports that oiling can be com pleted if dry weather prevails. Pedestrians Get Code In Let’s Quit Killing Drive While most enforcement and educa don’t oscillato ’’like a sewing machine tional efforts of the statewide "Let's shuttle”—proceed slowly and steadily Quit Killing" safety drive of the Ore ahead so motorists may know which gon State Motor association. P.-T. A.. way you are going. American Legion and other groups, are 6. Give consideration to the fact that being directed against drivers of auto pedestrians are permitted to walk on mobiles which during the first eight both sidewalks and streets, while the months of 1934 killed 190 persons and motorist Is required to remain between Injured 3068 In the state, sponsors of curb limits. the campaign this week issued a “code’’ 7. Always walk on the left side of a for pedestrians, observance of which it highway, facing traffic; step off the Is believed will help reduce Oregon's pavement when a car passes you. terrific accident toll. Approximately 50 per cent of acci OWYHEE RECEPTION dent fatalities are pedestrians. It was IS WELL ATTENDED pointed out. Following are seven rules contained in the pedestrians’ “code”: a hundred people attended 1. Never cross streets between Inter the Nearly reception for the teachers Mrs. sections. Baker and Miss Crete Marie Foster, 2. Do not cross streets In front of on sponsored by Owyhee Sunday School coming cars at night, especially if at Owyhee schoolhouae last night. A wearing dark clothes or the weather Is number of old timers gave stunts. | rainy. readings and musical numbers for a j 3. Remember It is easier for s pedes short program A regular Halloween trian than the driver of an auto weigh lunch of pie and cider closed a very ing more than a ton. to make a sudden pleasant evening. stop. 4. Don't step Into the street from be Mrs. O. A. Abbott. Mrs. Arvtlla Pauehler. Mrs W. A. Austin and Mrs. tween parked cars. 5. When crossing a street In traffic, Cora Newton spent Monday In Boise. HOLDS ELECTION BEND RANCHERS GET DITCH JOB At the annual meeting of the Mal heur County W. C. T. U. In Ontario Tuesday, the following officers were elected: President, Mrs. F. A. Everett, Ontario; vice-president, Mrs. Lloyd Richardson,Ontario; treasurer, Mrs. J. Douglas. Nyssa; recording secretary, Mrs. B. L. Bull; corresponding secre tary, Hazel D. Gildea, Nyssa. Two Big Bend ranchers, Ralph Ha worth and Mr. Hlght, made the low of fer on sub-laterals near Mitchell butte on the Owyhee project Friday. The first local teamsters to receive a lateral job, they bid $6579.50 while somewhat larger offers were made by Joe Brum bach and N, J. Tertellng oempany. BUSIEST AND FASTEST GROWING TOWN IN OREGON INVESTIGATE LOCATE $1.50 PER YEAR NYSSA, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4. 1934 SNAKE RIVER VALLEY ENJOYS INDIAN SUMMER NYSSÀ, OREGON SHOT IN HORN FALLS BIG BUCK FOR DART LONG Dart Long of Lebanon, who ccmes here annually to hunt, got his deer—he got it in the horn. After knocking the animal down, he shot it a second time and killed it. After searching for sometime for the first shot, he was surprised to horns about 8 Inches from his head. The shock was sufficient to fall the big buck, however, Eddie Powell brought in the buck with the biggest spread, of of those entered In the Nyssa pool, when he returned this week from several days hunting In the vici nity of his mine at Prairie City. Aller 1 Johann’sen of Owyhee dam and George Stacey are other successful nl in rods. A party con sisting of W. T. Penn and son Rollo, Harry and Bob Newby and Oene Pratt brought in four big bucks Monday. HOGUE SHIPS FIRST LETTUCE “GAMBLER’S” CROP NEEDS COOL DAYS AND CHILLY NIGHTS; LARGE ACREAGE HERE. Lettuce growers are keeping a watch ful eye on Old Man Sol as he means "mako or break” for dozens of farmers who have a lettuce crop which at pres ent looks fine. Denny Hogue has ship ped three carloads with a crew of around sixty employed at the local packing house. He says cool days and chilly nights will Improve the quality by the time the harvest is In full blast. Charles Garrison started harvesting 40 acres of lettuce on Monday. His Is one of the largest Individual crops. He and his son Dale have completed the harvest of 75 acres of baby lima beans which cropped 22 bushels to the acre. They were contracted last spring at 314 cents. An unusually large acreage of fall lettuce will mean a great deal to this valley if good weather and good prices prevail. CHAPMAN HURT While working with wet cement at the General tunnel, Arthur Chapman hit a live wire which injured his shoulder. Fortunately he was not ser iously hurt. The accident occured Monday. PORTLAND BOUND George Schweizer and son Max, George Johnston. Jlm| McEwen and John Ernest plan to leave Friday to take in the college football game slated for the following day. C. L. McCoy will also take in the event as he is going to Portland to attend an American Legion session. He Is now commander of the eastern Oregon district. His son Robert will accompany him from Pendleton to also attend the football game. WORLD SERIES ON Nyssa fans took In the world series opener yesterday, a few of the boys winning with the St. Louis Cardinals from Detroit Tigers 8 to 3. Ernest Wil son Invited downtown fans to take in the games via his Phllco radio demon strator which Is connected with a loud speaker. THANK YOU! A new subscriber Is Warren Dillon of Nyssa. The Journal welcomed renewals last week from N. E. Hatt, Oeo. Smith, Jim Boor and C. W. Barrett of Nyssa. CUV Will CE HELD NOMINATIONS FOR CITY TICKET WILL BE MADE AT P UBLI C CAUCUS N E X T THURSDAY NIGHT. Nomination of candidates for all of fices of the city will be in order at the annual city caucus which will be held at the Nyssa city hall on Thursday evening, October 11, at 8 o’clock. Nom inations may be made by any qualified voter for mayor, four coundlmen. re corder and treasurer. Present office holders are Howard Larsen, mayor; A. R. Millar, recorder; A. H. Boydell, treasurer; Eddie Powell, Ted Newell, Dick Tensen, and Dr. E. D. Norcott, coucnilmen. At last night’s meeting of the council, the city budget for the coming year was made out. Card licenses were granted to Robert Freeman and Bert Alford. FEW CHANGES IN COUNTY BUDGET Meeting with Judge David F. Ora- ham and Commissioners E. H. Brum bach and Ora E. Clark, members of the county court. C. C. Hunt of Nyisa, E. M Oreig of Ontario and Oeo. McKnlght of Vale reviewed Items of county ex pense yesterday and made out the bud get for the ensuing year. Most Items remained the same but the committee found It advisable to Increase the school and Indigent appropriations. At the request of the county child welfare committee, headed by Mrs. M. C. Imler of Oregon Blope, the com mittee favored a school health nurse for two months, preferably Miss Edna Flanagan who was here last year. The court granted the petition of the Kingman Kolony gopher control dis trict. which Is the 8th In the county to organize for eradication of the pocket gopher. The petition was presented by C. C. Cotton, and was signed by prac tically all farmers of the Kolony com munity. RECEPTION HONORS SCHOOL FACULTY Nyssa Civic Club gave the annual teachers' receptlo nat the Eagles lodge hall on Friday evening and a very pleasat social time Is reported. A de lightful program was presented with the feature the violin numbers by the youngest pupils of Charles L. Wilson. With them was young Dickie Schlre- man, who made his first appearance, Charles Paradis and Lester Keizer of Nyssa. The other children were from Ontario and Payette. Nyssa girl scouts gave a pantomime with music by Ethel Mary Boydell and reading by Harriet Sarazln. Isobel Bar- asm, Tlena Tensen, Marsene Hollen berg, Betty Cook. Mary Lee Emmott. and two dancers Nellie Jean Schweizer and Mabel Brooks took part. Peggy Sills gave a tap dance. Brief talks were made by Mrs O. O. Boden, president of the civic club, and Bupt. Leo Hollen berg. Refreshments were served at the close. Mrs. Hollenberg was chairman for the evening. Grange Power Bill, New Tax Law W ill Be Voted On In November Salem- Two proposed Initiative mea nature and scope of examinations for applicants. These boards also sures. one referendum and 275 candi such would standard schools of dates for public office will appear on human define This is known as the the ballot at the November election. “healing healing. arts constitutional amend The cadldatea already have been ment,” certified to the county clerks and the Among candidates for major offices« work of printing the ballots will get whose names will appear on the ballot under way within the next few days. follow: A widely discussed measure Is the Oovemor: Joe E. Dunne, Portland, "grange power bill,” sponsored by the republican; Charles H. Martin, Port Oregon State Orange, the Farmers' land, democrat; Harry J. Cornell, Sa union and other rural organizations. lem; Abraham M. Silverman, Portland; This measure provides for the state to Hank E. WLrth, Medford, and Peter acquire and develop water power and Zimmerman. Yamhill, independents. hydro-electric energy, either separately Congress (second district)—Jay H. or Jointly with the United States, an- Upton. Bend, republican; Walter M. another state or states, or subdivisions Pierce, La Orande, democrat; and O. thereof. Further provision Is made for D. Teel. Echo, socialist. the transmission and sale of such elec Secretary of state—Earl Snell, Ar tric energy. lington. republican; Horace E. Walter, Another measure would limit the Corvallis, democrat; Harlan Talbert, total tax levy for the year 1936 to 30 socialist, and Earl C. Steward, ftrlgon. mills, based on a property assessment Independent. of 50 per cent of Its true cash value State school superintendent—Charles This levy would decrease 1 mill annual A. Howard, Salem, republican; J. W. ly until 1941. Payment of existing In Leonhardt. La Orande. democrat; and debtedness Is exempted from the oper Blanche H. Meyer. Mllwmukle. socialist. ation of the bill. Labor commlsslonet^-O. H. Oram, The third measure would abolish pre Salem, republican; Wslfrsd flhuholm. liminary examination of applicants for Portland, democrat; and Lawrence licenses to practice certain branches of Waer, Gladstone, socialist. the healing art and vest exclusive Supreme court—John L. Rand, Sa- authority In licensing boards of the non-partisan (position No. 4); medical, osteopathic, chiropractic and Oeorge Rossman. Portland, non-par naturopathic schools to determine tbs tisan. (J
