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THE GATE CITY JOURNAL
Published At Nyssa, Oregon
VOLUME XXIX.
GATEW AY TO THE OWYHEE AND BLACK CANYON IRRIGATION PROJECTS
NO. 16.
LOCAL TRACK STAR
IN WEISER MEET
Nyssa Wins Fourth Place
in Snake River Valley
Track Meet Saturday.
Fastest Growing Town in Oregon
NYSSA, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1935.
Mothers Hen Adopts
Four Baby Kittens
When Mrs. T. M. Lowe, of the
Mitchell Butte section went to
remove a setting hen from a nest,
the hen seemed reluctant to be
removed. She clucked and peck
ed and fluffed her feathers. Fin
ally Mrs. Lowe picked her up and
set her on the ground and to her
great surprise found four "new-
laid" kittens in the nest, he hen
Jumped right back on and care
fully covered them.
Now Mrs. Lowe 1s not trying to
say that the hen laid the kittens;
merely that they were in the nest
and the hen perfectly willing to
mother then.
Oather Lankford, Nyssa track star
captured high point honors at the
annual Snake River Valley track
meet Saturday at Weiser by collect
ing 1314 points. He won the low
hurdles In 7.4; ran second in the 100
and 20 yard dashes, was third in the
broad jump and ran on the team
that won third in the relay. Ray
mond Holly won first in the pole
vault with a vault of 10 feet six in
ches and was second in the high
jump.
Other point scorers for Nyssa were
Fred Spencer, second in the 440 yard
run; Calvin Wilson, 4th in the mile
run; and a relay team composed of
Lankford, Spencer, Claunch and Elaborate Pageant, Par
Landreth won third. Records were
ade and Other Features
broken in the discus, mile run, jave-
Planned f o r Annual
Nyssa won fourth place in the
lin, 440 yard run and the high jump,
Event.
meet by gathering a total of 27
points. Weiser won the meet with
Emmett second, Payette third, Nyssa
Payette is planning to entertain
fourth,
Ontario fifth and Parma
a big crowd at their annual Blossom
las;.
Day Festival, to be held this year on
Monday, May 6th. The affair will
start in the morning with the pag
MALHEUR POMONA
eant, directed by Mrs. Alice Snook
GRANGE TO MEET
and featuring children from Pay
grade schools in a program of
ALL DAY SATURDAY ette’s
chosen from the Payette high school
dance scenes.
Miss Zelma McCarroll has been
T h e Malheur County Pomona as May Queen, with Misses Dorothy
Grange will meet at the Boulevard Young and Alice Shurtleff as the at
grange hall next Saturday, April 27 tendants from Payette. Two other
for an all day and evening session. attendants will be selected from
The session will open at 10 o'clock Fruitland and two from New Ply
and dinner and supper will be serv- mouth.
edat the hall. Grange officials are
New and clever stunts have been
preparing fo a big crowd and and a
worked out for the parade, including
worthwhile day is being planned.
a "May King.” The parade will start
at 11 o ’clock and a fresh variety of
amusement is being planned.
MELON AGREEMENT
The ball game In the afternoon
GETS BIG MAJORITY will be between Payette and Ontario
high school teams.
Free coffee and lemonade will
Growers of melons and tomatoes help those who want to hold picnic
in Oregon and Washington have in dinners, free fire works in the even
dicated by balloting that they are ing, athletic competition for the
in favor of acreage contol for the boys and girls in the afternon and
1935 season. During the past 30 days, several band concerts during the
a total of 1,087 votes were cast, rep day are being planned for the enter
resenting 5,946 acres in the two tainment of guests.
states. In Oregon the vote was 411
Dancing in the evening to the
"yes”, representing 1,991 acres and tune of the “ Gorgians” orchestra
95 "no” votes, representing 304 acres. of Weiser will wind up the day 's pro
Figuring on an acreage basis, this is gram.
14 per cent "no” and 86 per cent
“ yes.” .
As a result of this voting, the ZONE SPELLING
agreement will proceed with Its pro
CONTEST HELD
gram of acreage allotment and con
AT OWYHEE
trol. Plans are not to decease acre
age beneath past years, but to pre
The spelling contest for this zone
vent large increases. Quotas for
growers were based on the amount was held at the Owyhee school
of melons and tomatoes grown dur house Friday with Mrs. Clare J.
ing the past four years. Each new Baker in charge. Winners who will
grower is allowed to plant one-half compete in the final county spelling
acre each of melons and tomatoes. contest which will be held at Vale.
The agreement is enforceable under Friday, April 6, at 2:00 P.M. are as
the Agricultural Adjustment Acts follows: fifth grade—lone Bensen of
reecntly renewed by the legislature Oregon Trail and Frankie Wilson of
Oregon Trail; sixth grade—Audrey
of Oregon.
Gray of Owyhee and Jimmie Tim
merman of Wade; seventh grade—
Eleanor Haworth and Flora Posser
NYSSA COUPLE MARRIED
of Wade; and eighth grade—Gloria
Ruth
Floyd Zesiger of Adrian, Ore., and Glascock of Kingman and
Helen Irene Winters of Nyssa, Ore., Flanery of Nyssa.
Other schools which competed
were married Monday In Boise by
were Arcadia and Big Bend.
the probate Judge.
L
PAYETTE APPLE
BLOSSOM SHOW
SET FOR MAY 6
NYSSA LOSES 10
PAYETTE TUESDAY
Payette Slugs Out 7 to 2
Victory Tuesday— On
tario Wins in 12 Inning
Battle.
The Nyssa high school ball team
lost the decision at Payette Tuesday,
10 to 3. The score was 2 to 3 in favor
of Payette up until the 7th but In
that inning Payette gathered four
hits off Spencer and converted them
into four runs. In the 8th Payette
added to their count by scoring
three more when Meyers hit one
over the fence.
Spencer started in the box for
Nyssa and held the hard hitting
Payette crew to four hits until the
fatal final innings. Anderson fin
ished the last inning, walking the
two first men but finally retiring
the side'with no more scoring. Pay
ette made ten hits and Nyssa was
able to touch Baer, Payette chuck-
er, for eight hits but were unable to
bunch them for scores. Payette plays
a return game here Tuesday, May
14th.
Lose to Ontario In 12 Innings
It took 12 innings and a home run
by Stewart to subdue the local high
school nine last Thursday afternoon
when Ontario won a hard fought 7
to 9 victory. The end of the regular
nine innings found the score tied, 6
to 6. The tenth and eleventh innings
went scoreless, but in the 12th, On
tario got two men on base and Stew
art broke up the ball game with a
circuit clout. Nyssa came back in
their half of the 12th and Cook
clouted out a triple and later scor
ed, but it was not enough to win.
Anderson pitched the full route
for Nyssa and for the most part had
things well in control. Steinhouse
pitched for Ontario.
TWELVE MORE
NEEDED TO FILL
MALHEUR QUOTA
Twelve more applicants are need
ed to fill Malheur county’s CCC
quota, with applications to be made
in person at the Malheur County
relief offioe in Vale before noon
Friday, April 26th. Those selected
must be ready to leave that same
afternoon for the new camp at
Baker.
A recent ruling by the state relief
headquarters is that the twelve
needed to fill Malheur county's
quota of 17 can be picked from
needy families not on relief. This
word was just received this week
and those interested in applying
should apply at Vale before noon to
morrow.
SPECIAL EDITION
PLANNED FOR MAY 2
Advertisers and correspon
dents are
requested to get
their copy in early next week
for an issue of The Gate City
Journal which will go to every
family within a radius of ten
to twenty miles of Nyssa. Mer
chants are planning a pleasant
surprise for their customers
and it Is our aim to place this
message in the hands of hun
dreds of families. Watch for
the Journal next week and if
through an oversight you fall
to receive your copy, call at
office and get a paper free.
WATER IN DAM NOW
33 FEET ABOVE THE
BOTTOM OF TUNNEL
Water is still flouring into the
Owyhee Dam at approximately 10,-
Q00 feet daiiy. The water now stands
33 feet above the sills of the tunnel,
representing 196,500 feet of storage.
As it is est.ma id that 110,000 feet
will be necessary for this year, a nice
storage is being built up for use in
future yea-a.
POPPY POSTER
WINNERS CHOSEN
Prize winners were picked Tuesday
in the “Poppy Poster Contest" spon
sored by the American Legion Aux
iliary in the local schools, with Miss
Chase, Mrs] E. D. Norcott and Mrs.
O. G. Boden serving as judges. Later
one of the winning posters will be
picked for entry in the state con
test. Prizes in the local contest were
50 cents for first; twenty-five for
second and honorary mention for
third.
Winners in the various grades
were:
Sixth grade—Helen Boydell, first,
Marjorie Groot, second, Phyllis
Poage, third.
Fifth g ra ii—Marion Boden. first,
Wilma Wilson, second. Delma Ward,
third.
Seventh grade—June Wilson, first,
Louise Tensen, second, Herbert
Boren, third.
Eighth grade—Raymond Graham,
first, Justine Overstreet, second.
Huston Wilson, third.
IDAHO POWER IS
EXTENDING LINES
The recent announcement by the
Idaho
Power Company that the
company had approved a big appro
priation for rural electrification is
already showing an effect in the
Nyssa territory. Tuesday a two pole
extension was constructed to bring
electricity to the Roy Wise farm.
Today work started on an extension
MISS R l’BYE LOU HEMENWAY
of over half a mile to bring electric
FLIES TO SALT LAKE
ity to the Claus Ctam and Lem Wil
Other extensions are
TO SPEND EASTER son farms.
planned for this spring and summer.
Miss Rubye Lou Hemenway en
joyed a very pleasant week end visit
ing in Salt Lake with friends. She
made the trip by airplane, leaving
from Boise and making the trip in
less than two hours. Sunday was
spent in seeing the sights of Salt
Lake. While there Miss Hemenway
visited the Paris Beauty Supply
house, one of the largest of its kind
in the northwest. She returned to
Nyssa Monday night.
FIRE BURNS AUTO
IN BOISE
SATURDAY
Fire of undetermined origin late
Saturday night damaged the interior
of an auto owned by Buddy Ed
wards of Nyssa. It was parked at
Eighth and Idaho streets at Boise.
Firemen said two cans of kerosene
in the back of the car caused the
blaze to flare up considerably before
it was brought under control.
ANOTHER SALE PLANNED
FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON
Oregon To Get
Real Advertising
!
LEGIONNAIRES GO TO
CALDWELL FRIDAY
A Satuday farm sale is being
planned for this Saturday,
April
27th at the sale grounds across from
the depot. Farmers and stockmen
who desire ready cash are finding
this sale a good method of dispos-
ing of surplus stock, machinery and
household goods.
COURT EXPECTED
Court Hears Two Cases
This Week Local Men
on Trial Jury.
vr
Kangaroo Court
To Meet Friday
Justice will be dealt out
Friday afternoon, swift and
strong ,to those in Nyssa who
have been evading the “whls-
kerlno" law in effect for Owy
hee Canyon Days. Court will
convene at the old bank
building, the grand Jury has
indited the guilty parties, a
strong law enforcement crew
has been arranged, and the
public is invited. There will be
no legal defense; the judges
will decide solely by a man’s
countenance
whether he is
guilty or Innocent, and un
less he can show some facial
adornment . . . .
In the Jury case before district
court in Vale Monday and Tuesday,
Stanley Mallett was awarded $95
general damages and $171 special
damages. He was suing George Ward
for $1,900 in a case Involving the
recovery of damages to locust trees
seasoning for use as singletrees,
posts .etc. Members of the Jury in
this case were Frank D. Hall, M. C.
Imler,
Mike Needham,
Oeo. 8.
Parks, John E. Sapp, Frank L.
Steams, Grover C. Vest, E. J. Beam,
John F. Armstrong, Roscoe Starr
and A. B. Fraser.
Court was not in session Wednes
day and this morning assembled to
hear the case of State of Oregon vs.
Harold Vestal In a desertion case.
When this case is disposed of the
court will recess until later in the
year.
The condemnation suit of Mal Cold Weather Has Re
heur County vs. Geo. Kaylor. Rob
tarded Growth Some
ert Lees and others was settled out
o f court and likely will be dismissed.
what but Prospects Ex
At the recent session of the grand
cellent for Good Crop.
Jury, 11 true bill and no not true
bills were returned. All of the true
bills were kept secret and none of
Irrigation water was turned Into
the cases are expected to come up
the canals last Thursday through
at this time.
the needle valve In the Owyhee dam
for the Owyhee and Shoestring
THREE MEN RECEIVE ditches and arrived here Friday.
Many of the farmers have started
SENTENCE AT VALE their irrigation season.
ON SATURDAY Crops for the most part look good,
with spring lettuce being checked
somewhat by the cold weather.
Three men received penitentiary Thinning crows started work this
sentences Saturday in district court week In the lettuce fields and with
when they pled guilty of stealing two the advent of warm weather, this
cows from Sam Smith of
Vale. crop Is expected to make a rapid
Judge Ellis sentenced Roy Griffith growth. Several nice fields of peas
to 15 months in the penitentiary; are making good growth and wheat
Dennis Johnson to one year and Is looking very good. From all Indi
Earl Elam received a years sentence. cations the Nyssa section will have a
Johnson and Elam were then par heavy harvest this year with the
ol led to the sheriff. The three men best prospects in several years of
were also ordered to make up the getting a profitable price from farm
costs of the stolen cattle and to pay produce.
the court costs.
WATER TURNED
INTO DITCHES
FOR THE SEASON
LARSENS ATTEND
GRAFTERS USE
CONCERT AT BOISE
SLICK RACKET AT
NEW PLYMOUTH
Two slickers, pretending to be
government officials, nearly took A1
Hammack for $345 Monday. They
called at the Hammock home about
10 o’clock in the morning and pro
duced a large sheet of paper on
which many questions were printed.
The questions were relative to his
property, bank account, etc. Mr.
Hammack answered the questions
and then was asked to sign his name
at the bottom of the sheet. In some
way the papers were arranged so
that he really signed a blank check.
The men wore government badges.
About 11 o'clock, the strangers
presented the check at the bank in
Payette. The amount filled in was
$345. Pat Murphy recognized the sig
nature as Mr. Hammack’s but
thought it to be strange that he
would leave other parts of the check
blank. He telephoned to Mr. Ham-
mack, but while he was calling the
mert slipped out and escaped.
Mr. Hammack was unable to give
a good description of the men nor
did he have the car number. Of
ficers have been notified In every
direction but so far no trace of the
culprits has been found.—Payette
Valley Sentinel.
HARRY SHELTON NEW
Many Legionnaires from Nyssa
VICE-PRES.
COUNTY
and neighboring towns of Oregon
DAIRYMENS ASSOCIATION
j and Idaho plan to attend the an-
| ual Inter-state conference to be
held in CaJdwell, Friday, April 26th.
Harry Shelton of Nyssa has been
Oregon and Idaho department o f
ficers of the Legion and Auxiliary elected vice-president of the Mal
Over two hundred salesmen, rep-*wherr we can get together. We can
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will attend and according to Infor heur County Dairymens Association,
•esentative of the various manufac- sell the state to all of the state. The
mation received from the host city, with Mrs. Embree of Ontario, presi
uring and producing Industries of only thing that is wrong is that we HIGH SCHOOL TO
HAVE STUNT NIGHT a gala day and evening is in store dent. and Joe Staples of Ontario as
Oregon, responded to the call of the do not appreciate what we have.
secretary-treasurer. It was decided
for the visitors.
“Another trouble is that we did
Drcgon Manufacturers Association
that a regular meeting should be
lor a kick-off meeting to the third not see the value of advertising. In
held the last Wednedsay of each
Students of the high school and
>tate-wlde campaign of “Let's Sell our last two campaigns we found
month in the city hall at Ontario,
that as we expanded in our adver junior high are planning an enter
Drcgon to Ourselves."
starting at 8 o'clock.
tising. so we expanded in gross busi tainment for Thursday, May 2, and
Will R. Lewis, Oregon Mutual Life ness. The first campaign reached 72 have entitled it "Stunt Night.” A full
Insurance Company, presided as the papers. The second included over evenings entertainment will be pre
GRADE BALL TEAM
ihairman, introducing as his open- 100 newspapers of the state, and as sented in the gym. including a one
ng speaker Mac Wilkins, in charge we increased our budget, just so act play, dancing, musical numbers,
N. H. Pinkerton painting "no
DEFEATS ONTARIO
)f the advertising campaign.
much did the manufacturer Increase singing and dancing. The affair will f parking” signs round town . . . S.
D. Goshert
contemplating
mall
start at 8:15.
"When we talk about Oregon In his business.
The Nyssa grade school baseball
damiged by train . . . Many folks In
"Our third campaign, May 3 to 11
justices, we talk about generalities,"
town for Odd Fellows "Missing tesm delated Ontario last Friday at
»aid Mao Wilkins. "Oregon does not will be even greater. One hundred SOCIAL MEETING OF
Link” degree . . . baled hay still go- , Ontario by a score of 10 to 4. This
»ppreclate those things which are and ten newspapers, radio stations,
MASONS AND STARS
ing through town . . . H. Blair makes Nyssa the leader In the coun
ler own. Often I have heard the schools, women's clubs, chambers of
TO BE HELD MONDAY Johnson selling straw hats . . . ty grade school race, as they have
juestlon, what Is the matter with commerce and civic clubs are all
Eagles recovering from party in On yet to suffer defeat. The Nyssa team
is. What is the matter with Oregon? lined up and ready to start work.
"Bill Oates, down at Medford, fea
rhe answer is that we have every-
The Masons and Stars will hold a tario Tuesday . . . Ted Newell get will play Payette here Friday.
Batteries for Nyssa were Oraham
hing. Our fields, our streams, and tures Oregon product» every week social meeting next Monday night ting ready for thinning crews . . .
)ur rugged mountains are filled to He has made a success of It. For at the Eagles hall. All Masons and Six girls leaving town early Wednes and Nelson.
ibund&nce with the finest on this example, he increased his monthly Stars and their friends are invited day evening in Ford V-$ for (?) . . .
Mrs. Ed. Kemp has been sick the
sales of Oolden
rarth.
only
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matter
of S W
our
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------------------- West coffee from to the affair.
l ourselves. Here is one place 1500 pounds to over 7,000 pounds.
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’ROUND TOWN
$1.50 PER YEAR
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Larson and
son Warren went to Boise Sunday
to attend the Easter concert given
by the members of the high school
bands, orchestras and choruses at
the
Northwest Music Supervisors
conference. Some 400 or 500 high
school students, 250 music teachers
and some very prominent music In
structors were In attendance, some
of them coming as far as Chicago,
were in attendance. Howard Larsen,
Jr„ student at Twin Falls high
school this year, was one of those
chosen to represent Twin Falls
school In the chorus. The Larsens
attended again Wednesday night
when a concert was given by the
chorus and bands. On Tuesday
a program was given by the orches
tras.
GRADUATE WITH
THE cuss or »
Tiena: Tensen Valdictor-
ian and Harriet Sarazin
Wins Salutatorian.
Twenty-two seniors of the local
high school will receive their dip
lomas at Commencement exercises
to be held Thursday. May 23rd. Miss
Tiena Tensen led the class In schol
arship for the four years and his
been selected as valedictorian. Miss
Harriet Sarazin has been chosen as
salutatorian for the class of 1935.
The complete class roll Is as fol
lows: Howard Boor. Ethel Mary
Boydell. Hampton Claunch, Betty
Cook, Lois Ellen Enos, Eleanor Fos
ter. Vera Oarrison, Raymond Hash-
ltanl, Willard Keck, Oather Lank
ford, James Lewellan, Martin Mont
gomery, Maxine Moss, Harriet Sara
zin, Esther Sites, Fred 8pencer,
Tiena Tensen, Jack Walters, Calvin
Wilson, Lem Wilson, Grover White,
Pauline Wolfe.
BIG CROWD ATTENDS
LODGE AFFAIR
About 150 attended the Rebekah
and Odd Fellows meeting here Sat
urday night at the high school gym
nasium. The meeting was in honor
of the 117th anniversary of the Odd
Fellows lodge. The Missing Link De
gree work was put on by the Baker
drill team. Representatives wero
here from' Vale, Ontario. Payette,
Weiser, Boise and Emmett. After the
degree work lunch was served. The
remainder of the evening was spent
in dancing.
LIBRARY MEETING
TO BE IN ONTARIO
The Eastern Oregon Library Asso
ciation will hold Its sixth annual
meeting In Ontario, April 27th. This
Is the first time that the association
has chosen Malheur county as Its
meeting place and every effort Is
being made to entertain the guests
on that day. Meetings will be held
at the library.
The program will start with a
morning session for librarians, lib-
ary workers and library board mem
bers. At 12:30 there will be a lunch
eon at the Moore hotel, to which the
public Is Invited. Reservations may
be made through Mildred E. Oleson,
county librarian.
The program for the afternoon
will consist of short reviews of new
books and a travel talk by Mrs.
Blaine Hallock of Baker. Miss Har
riet C. Long, Oregon State librarian
will attend the conference and will
be among the speakers at the lunch-
oen. The public Is Invited to attend
both the luncheon and the after
noon meeting.
START PAINTING LIGHTS
BUY NEW CARS
Dirk Stam and Dale Oarrison
were among those who purchased
new Plymouths from the Powell Ser
vice this week. Mr. Stam bought a
deluxe sedan and Mr. Oarrison a
standard coupe.
Work started Thursday morning
painting the street lights in the city.
The bottom part of the posts are
being painted green and the top
silver color Jt should make the town
more attractive for Owyhee Canyon
Days May 10 and Uth.
Weed Meeting To
Be Held Monday
A meeting of interest to farmersi'fThl* executive committee, represent
and business men Is to be held Mon ing the business men and farming
day night April 29th at the Boule district of Vale, Nyssa, Ontario, and
vard grange hall ,to discuss the nox Harper will formulate steps to be
ious weed control In Malheur coun taken to control the spread of nox
ty. This question Is threatening to ious weeds. Business men and far
become serious unless steps are mers alike are urged to attend the
taken at this time to check the meeting Monday night Boulevard
spread of these weeds. Farmers and grange hall.
Pieter Tenaen addressed the Nys
business men are urged to attend
this meeting and take pert In the sa commercial club directors Mon
day night on this question and a
discussion.
At a meeting held Saturday after resolution was adopted showing that
noon In the Commercial club rooms the commercial interests of Nyssa
in Ontario, Pieter Tensen was elect were behind the step necessary to
ed chairman of the Malheur County control noxious weeds.
weed control committee and Ray O.
BOOK CLUB MEETS
Larson, county agent, was elected
secretary. An executive committee
Mrs. Harvey R. Otis entertalnsd
was selected by the chairman con
sisting of Cliff Boyer. BUI Taggart, the Book Club Friday afternoon at
and Mr Joseph of Ontario; Mr. her home In Adrian. "Oreen Light”
C. E. Charles. Chat. Fall and Fred by Lloyd Douglass was reviewed by
Cleveland of Vale; Frank Morgan. Mrs. M. M. Oreeling as part of the
C. C. Cotton. H. R. Sherwood of program. Mrs. Frank A. Miller of
Nyeea and J. C. MedUn of Harper. Big Bend was a special guest.