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THE GATE CITY JOURNAL NYSSA, OREGON BUSIE8T A N D FASTEST G R O W IN G T O W N IN OREGON INVESTIGATE NYSSA, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1934. BREAKS SEAL SALE RECORD Fifth Grade Makes Record Number of S a l e s— $66 Worth Sold Here T h i s Year. V The biggest sale of Christmas seals in the history of Nyssa is reported by Howard Larson, who had charge of sales in this city. A total of $66 worth of the Anti-tuberculosis seals were sold duiing the campaign by the school children, representing 6,600 seals to be distributed here. The fifth grade, Grant Rinehart teacher, had the distinction of leading all the classes in sales with a total of $19. The fourth grade was not far behind and the final check up showed they had sold $17.55. Several of the students made good individual selling records with Mar jorie Groot of the sixth grade and Jean Harmon of the fifth grade selling over $5.00 worth each to take the high honors. Owen Price had charge of sell ing the seals in the schools with Mr. Larson as general chairman of the seal sale. The ladies of Nyssa are asked to bring boxes for the community box supper Friday night. TEACHERS LEAVE FOR VACATION Most of the teachers of the Nyssa school are planning to leave this week end for their respective homes for the Ch.istmas holiday. Miss Margaret Young and Coach John Young will go to M :d-as. Owen Price will spend Christmas in La Grande and Grant Rinehart goes to Enterprise. Miss Den ny pi? ns on spending vacation with her sister at Burley and Miss Rettie will be in Fossil. Miss Beverely Ouye will prob ably spend the vacation in Pendleton. Mrs. Elta Benson is going to Payette. Mrs. Hettie Medesker and her daughter Nettie will probably spend Christmas with relatives out of town. The following schedule for the coming basket ball season has been announced by Coach Young. Cut this schedule out and save it for future reference. January 4—Emmett at Nyssa. January 5—Emmett at Em mett. January 11—Fruitland at Nys sa. January 12—Parma at Parma. January 18—Vale at Vale. January 19—Weiser at Nyssa. January 25—Vale at Nyssa. February 1—Parma at Nyssa. February 2—Weiser at Weiser. February 6—New Plymouth at Nyssa (afternoon). February 8—Ontario at Nyssa. February 9—Baker at Baker. February 15—Ontario at On tario. February 16 — Fruitland at Fruitland. February 22—Open. February 23—Baker at Nyssa. RALPH BODEN WILL ATTEND FRATERNITY CONVENTION IN EAST Most of the college students will be home this week end for Christmas va cation. Miss Margaret Morgan, student at the University of Oregon, will not come home as she plans to spend the vacation with her grandparents in Eugene. Miss Margaret Pinkerton will come from the College of Idaho. Dor othy Holly, students at O. S. C. will arrive Saturday. Dorothy Boden, O.S.C. plans to reach Nyssa today. Lois Sch- welzer, also from O. S. C. will be home some time this week end. Ray Garrison, senior at O. S. C„ will come Saturday. Miss Thelma Cook, of the University of Oregon will arrive Saturday and Miss Margaret Hunt will probably come the same day. PARENTS OF DAUGHTER Mr .and Mrs. Ted Newell are parents of a six pound baby girl, born Wed nesday morning. Both mother and Ralph Boden, son of Engineer and daughter are getting along nicely at Mrs. O. G. Boden stopped for a short Petersons in Parma. The little miss has visit here Sunday. He left Monday been named Mary Francis. noon en route to Washington D. C. where he will attend a national con vention of his fraternity, Sigma Alpha SCHOOL CLOSES TODAY Epsilon. Ralph was the only delegate chosen to attend the convention, which FOR XMAS VACATION is held every two years. He will be gone several weeks and plans to spend Christmas in New York with friends. The Nyssa schools closed Thursday Other cities to be visited will include afternoon with programs by the Montreal, Chicago and Baltimore. grade school students. Every grade took Ralph plans to return by the southern part and parents and friends were in route stopping to visit in New Orleans, vited to attend. El Paso, Texas, and Los Angeles. From There will be two weeks vacation there he will go to Portland and then this year. During the holiday the desks back to Oregon State College at Cor and other furnishings of the various vallis where he is a senior. schools will be moved to the new building which will be ready for the opening of school on January 7. Townsend Old Age Pension Club Elects ‘Old Age Pension” Club is Formed at Meeting Thurs day Night. STORES TO REMAIN OPEN CHRISTMAS EVE Stores in Nyssa will remain open Christmas eve, acording to a decision arrived at this week. This will give last* minute shoppers a chance to make their purchases. NYSSA OVER RED CROSS Builds New Honey House Near Nyssa Adrian Man Builds Warehouse here. hhhmhbhhhhmì ■ h New D. W. McKiben of Adrian is building a new honey house east of the railroad tracks for his use In the coming season. The structure is a two story frame building 24x18, with the lower story being built partly under ground making it a partial basement. He Intends to In stall two extractors on the upper floor with his vats on he lower to catch the extracted honey. He also expects to In stall a furnace in the lower floor and put sawdust between the walls. This will enable him to keep the building at an even temperature, which is quite es sential for the proper extraction of honey. Mr. McKibben, at the present time has about 500 colonies of bees, to which he Intends to add to in the future. Last year his honey was marketed through Mr. Kjosness of Boise and much of It was exported to England and Holland. QUOTA—ONTARIO SHORT A lively meeting was held Thursday evening In the Community church when a Townsend old age pension club Mark up another score for Nyssa. In was formed in this community. Rev. Floyd White was elected president of the annual Red Cross drive which re the club and Mrs. A. V. Pruyn was sel cently closed, Nyssa was over its quota ected as secretary. while Ontario was four memberships The old age pension plan was dis short. Total memberships showed an cussed by those present and it was de cided to circulate petitions to find the Increase over the previous year. attitude of the community. Four peti tions were prepared and Mr. C. H. Re- The ladies of Nyssa are asked to berger, H. Q. Johnson, Mrs. A. V. bring boxes for the community box Pruyn and Walter Lynch took them supper Friday night. out this week. They report the results obtained were very gratifying and practically everyone contacted w ere1 willing to place their name to the peti- ( tion as favoring the plan. It is expect ed that over 400 signers will be ob- j tained in this section. The Townsend Old Age pension plan seems to be sweeping the nation, and it is said that sponsors expect to obtain 24 million signers by the first of the year. The petitions will all be sent to Hollywood and sent in a special car to be presented to the coming session of Congress. Those who are not familiar with the plan can get considerable enlightening information from talks over the sta tion KNX each Monday and Friday night. Speakers explaining the plan are on the air at 9; 45 on these nights. RUM PERMIT FEE Rubye Lou Hemenway spent the week end with Mrs. C. H. Herron in Ontario. Roy Carver has been very sick with the flu the past week. MAY BE REDUCED Cutting of the price of liquor permits to residents of Oregon from $1 to 50 Mrs. Russell Vinsonhaler, Mrs Dick cents will be one of the recomemnda- Young, Miss Margaret Young and Miss tions of the Oregon liquor control com Beverley Guye spent Saturday in Boise. mission for change of the Knox law in Its annual report to Governor Meier, Norman Douglas, high school student the outline of which will be prepared St had the misfortune to fall from a a meeting of the commission today. flume and break his left arm. Members of the commission were said to agree on tho need foi a decrease of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Garrison. Mrs. permit fees, but were opposed to ghe Charles Garrison and Mrs. Charles elimination of the permit arrangement. Newbill and two children were vlstors It serves as a basis of information on In Boise Thursday. purchases of liquor and as an identi fication of purchasers made necessary Robert and Qayle McCoy and Mrs. by other provisions of the Knox law, W H. King, all of Pendleton are ex it was Indicated. pected In Nyssa Saturday to spend the Christmas vacation at the C. L. M c Coy home. Mrs. King Is Mrs. McCoy’s Mr. and Mrs. Phil Call of Pocatello mother. will spend Christmas with Mrs. Call’s parents Mr. and Mrs. W . L. Schafer. Mrs. Howard Larsen is expecting her Mrs Call will be remembered as Miss mother Mrs. Sarah Bower and sister Eulah Schafer. Miss Flora Bower and her son Howard Larsen, Jr., to come Saturday from Lewis F. Diehl, of the Boise Business Twin Falls to spend Christmas vaca University stopped In Nyssa while on a tion at the Larsen home Howard la at tour of schools In this vicinity. Howard tending high school In Twin Falls this Poster accompanied him for a short year. viait with his parents. $1.50 PER YEAR Contract To Be Let January 7th For Construction o f South Canal COLLEGE STUDENTS ARRIVING HOME FOR VACATION TREE 1 BE HELD ON BASKETBALL TIPOFFS As seen from the sidelines Bids on one of the big contracts in connection with the Owyhee project will be opened Monday, January 7 at Ontario. The work covers construction on the South Canal from tunnel No. 5 to the Idaho state line. Included In the work is about 14 miles of canal and two tunnels; one about 1100 feet long and the other 4,000 feet long. J. A. Tertellng and Sons of Boise, who were low bidders on 28 miles of canal on the north main canal and the erection of the Jacobsen gulch siphon are doing some preliminary work prior to starting active cc-.istructlon work. It is possible that at least part of the crew will be kept busy all winter. Next year is expected to be a big con struction year on the Owyhee project with the work starting to taper off in 1936. There are still many small canals and laterals to be built, wij.h prospect of considerable work for several years of this nature. LOCATE by JOURNAL SPO RTS É M T Ô R The first fall of snow has revived In terest In that good old sport of basket Carpenter Outlines Proced ure of Establishing Graz ing Districts under Taylor Act. ball and already fans are beginning to wonder whai kind of a team the Nys sa high school will have this year. Last year, you will remember, Nyssa was runner up In the tournament at O n tario, losing only to Emmett In the final game. This year Nyssa fans hope to see the boys crowned champions. Stockmen from all over Oregon gath The team has been handicapped ered Saturday in Vale to discuss prob lems arising from the Taylor grazing comewhat because of using the gym act and to hear F R. Carpenter,, direct- for school purposes, cutting practice ot of grazing, explain the procedure to time down considerable. However Coach be followed in establishing-grazing dis Young is rapidly whipping his squad tricts under the provisions of the Tay in shape for the opening game of the lor grazing act. A state wide range ad season January 46h when Emmett will visory committee was elected. The com- . come to Nyssa in the inital game. Five mittee will advise with the grazing 'ettermen from last years team are administration in fixing district bound back in school with from three to four full teams practicing each evening. aries. ICY ROADS CAUSE Malheur county cattlemen on the Some of the younger boys are showing well and are expected to give some MANY MINOR MISHAPS committee includes R. L. Scott, J. N. up Jones and William Maher. Sheepmen of last year’s team a close race for on the committee are Charles Suther berths on the starting lineup. The snowfall over th aek end to- land, J. C. Medlin, and Sam Ross. Rep- grther with lowering temperatures ' resentatives from other grazing coun- Fred Spencer, who played forward e very slick ! tles over tbe state are nlso 011 this com- have caused the roads I . ____ last year, Is back at his old post and Is in places and seversVmlnor car acci- mlt*ee. dents hepnened because of slick roads j Land use is the keynote of the new rapidly getting his shooting eye sharp and fcg. F. L. Kukham of Vale, driving ! grazing policy, Carpenter told the ened up. Fred Is expected to be one of a Chevrolet coupe collided with a model i stockmen. Districts will be organized the mainstays on the Nyssa team this T Ford driven by Paul Moeller Mon- \ as promptly as possible and should all ypar- Bpla Sa8er. the biggest man on day, the accident happening near the be in operation by July 1, 1935. He |the team and who is Playing his third varsity competition, has been school house. No one was seriously hurt hopes to have the actual issuance of ( year permits under way by October 1935. All j tlansferred from center to a guard but both cars were badly damaged. A car driven by Ralph Stevens of lands within a fyazing district will be ’ pos*t*on Raymond Holly, who was the Apple Valley and one driven by Pat classified as to dependence and com- ^ead‘n®> scorer 011 the second team that Rafferty of Wilder came together near mensurabillty and this rating will de- ord-v *os*' one same last year, will prob- the Y between Nyssa and Ontario Sat termine their grazing rights to the ad- abIy see action ln the center position : this year. He is left handed and has a urday night while driving through the joining range lands. Ladies Urged to Bring Boxes For B ig Affair Friday Night at Gym. Plans are practically complete for the community box supper to be held Friday night at the high school gym, a committee drawn from the various or- gainzations of Nyssa meeting Wednes day night to make final arrangments. All the ladles of this section are espec ially urged to bring boxes, the com mittee states, and from the keen inter est being shown, there is little doubt but what a big crowd will attend the social. The evening will start with a pro gram. with a variety of musical and dramatic talent arranged for. The com mittee states, however that if anyone has a special number they would like to present, room will be made on the program for any such numbers. The program, which will start at 8 o'clock and last an hour, will be followed by the sale of boxes and the evening will close with a free dance. Christmas Tree Sunday Proceeds o f the box supper will be used to provide a Christmas tree with Santa Claus and all the trimmings Sunday afternoon at the high school gym. The affair will start at 3:30 and everyone Is Invited to be present and bring the kiddles to see Santa Claus In person. The box supper and tree has the i way of eluding his guard and looping Include All Lands united support of the organizations of (Continued on 4) Grazing districts will include not Nyssa and representatives have been only the range lands but all other agri appointed to work on the committee. cultural lands within the limits of the Tom Burton and W . J. W illiams of district. It is probable that the Harney the Eagles have been making many of basin will foim one grazing district and the arangements and have been ably and Malheur county, including perhaps assisted by Mrs. Emmott of the Guild; some of Baker county, will be another Jennie W ard and Mrs. Dick Tensen of district. A high tribute was paid to the the Stars; Mrs. A. V . Cook and Mrs. staff of Oregon State college which has W ill Beam of the Rebekahs; Mrs. O. been assembling data on land use to G . Boden and Mrs. W m . Schireman of be the basis for determining land the Civic club; Mrs. Hearron of the classifications. The data here is more Legion Auxiliary; Mrs. C. J. Keizer, complete than he had found in any Mrs. Rock Shelton and Mrs. Warren state he had visited, Carpenter declar McHargue of the Eagles Auxiliary. fog. The cars, both Model A Fords, were badly damaged but no one was seriously injured. Chas Garrison, driving his Plymouth near the high school last Wednesday applied the brakes suddenly and turn ed over, J. C. Tudon and a friend of Jordan Valley turned over Sunday at the G ar rison corner. The car was badly wreck ed and the men were treated for cuts and bruises by Dr. J." J. Sarazln. Sev- eal othea mishaps happened when cars left the road but the accidents %>.far have not seriously hurt anyone, but car repairmen are having a brick trade in repairing smashed fenders, broken ed. The Vale wheels and bent axles Legion Leader is Speaker at Ontario Plans and Policies are Dis cussed at Tuesday Night Meeting. meeting will be the only statewide meeting in Oregon. After boundaries have been agreed upon dis A discussion of the American Legion's W. A. Austin was taken to the On trict meetings will bo held in various plans and policies was heard at Ontario parts of the state. tario hospital last week. Tuesday night at a public meeting at tended by several Leglonaires from Archie, small son of Mr. and Mrs. ALFALFA QUARANTINE Nyssa. W. J. Chamberlain explained the Chet Graves is quite 111 of pneumonia. functions of the Legion and pointed HEARING POSTPONED out many pieces of legislation the Legion will pusH at the coming session Harry Ralston and family moved Govemor-E 1 e c t Outlines of Congress and the state legislature. Wednesday to the Harry Francis house The public meeting was preceded by on First street. The hearing on the alfalfa weevil Policies at State Confer quarantine, which was to have been an Informal dinner for the Legion and ence; Luxury Tax Attacks, their Auxiliary. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Bean of Lake- December 14, has been postponed un The Legion will again lead a move view attended the stockmen’s meet til December 28. ed. ing at Vale over the week end and Fri ment tqi have a law passed by Congess day and Saturday nights were guests Nixon Tertellng and family have mov to draft not only man-power, but also capital, factories and national resources at the Arthur Boydell home. ed to Ontario. Outlining w hal he believes should be during the time of war. Prices would lie froze at the time of war, under the pro done in Oregon and telling what pro visions of the bill, doing away with pro posed legislation he will oppose, Gov fiteering. The Legion has been behind ernor-elect Charles H. Martin Tuesday this bill since 1922 but have been un morning received unanimous backing successful in having it enacted. They of the 29th annual convention of the feel that since the public’s attention 1 e o u n t y J u d « e * and commissioner» to has been focused on the revelations of seM*on at Portland. Their meeting will the senate committee investigating last over Thursday. ^ munition makers, and that President moBon ° f Judge M . R. Biggs of Roosevelt Is said to favor the bill, it has PrinevlUe’ Crook county judge, the con- a good chance of being enacted at the venBon v°ted to stand by Martin in all his undertakings at Salem. Martin waa coming session, The Oregon Legion Is behind a move applauded vigorously when he de- ment to keep the criminal syndicalism denounced a piece of proposed legisla act on the books, and If necessary, to tion which would divert gasoline tax strengthen the act, according to state money to schools. "G a s tax la for our wonderful high ments made at the Ontario meeting. Mr. Camberlaln also said there was way aytsem and I propose to preserve considerable misunderstanding In re It,” he declared vigorously. "W e have gard to the Legion’s stand on the so a $600.000 highway system that attracts called "bonus” payments. He said the tourists, one of our largest» crops.” national convention at Miami last Oct Raps Luxury Tax ober said. If the government continued Martin also explained that a new its spending program, they felt the sales tax, this time disguised as a lux bonus should be paid at once. He ury tax, Is being proposed. It Is a dead stressed the word, “If," and said the issue; why bring It up( he asked. As for Legion was not demanding payment at old-age pensions and unemployment once, but only if the government con Insurance, he believes the state should tinued its spending policy. Program of Martin Has Endorsement Yes Sir! JUDGE ELLIS CALLS FIRST MEETING OF BAR ASSOCIATION Judge Charles W . Ellis, newly ap pointed circuit Judge, called a meeting of the lawyers of this district for the first meeting together Monday. No special business was taken up. On sug gestion of the Canyon county bar asso ciation Attorney Frank Kattnach was Instructed to draw up a memorial to the late Judge W . W . Wood. Judge Ellis did not make any def inite statement about the possible change of his home. Attorneys Lott Brown and A. L. Fletcher attended from Nyssa. watt until It sees what federal plan is worked out. Speaking plainly, often bluntly, M ar tin declared he proposes to be governor and Is pledged to no one. “I only want to be a good governor,'* he explained. He told county officials he believes a great effort should be made by Oregon to recapture much of the lost wood pulp Industry. Bonneville dam, he asserted, shouldn't be made a political football — an "ear tickler at election times." And Oregon should have a mining bur eau, he explained. To the present stats department of agriculture he directed several sharp barbs. "O u r agricultural department shouldn’t be a policing agency,” he con tinued. "to run around the state to see If someone is selling a little too much milk or off-grade potatoes. 1 grant in - (Continued on page 4) rl V 1
