Profit-Sharing Distribution Saturday, June 15 at 3.00 P. M.
THE GATE CITY JOURNAI,
Published At Nyssa, Oregon
G A T E W A Y T O TH E O W Y H E E A N D B L A C K C A N Y O N IR R IG A T IO N PROJECTS
V O L U M E XXIX. NO. 23.
GRADUATE FROM
RURAL SCHOOLS
Exercises Held at Cairo
Thursday and at King-
man Friday.
Fastest Growing Town in Oregon
N YSSA , OREGON, T H U R S D A Y , JUN E 13, 1935
CIVIC C L U B W IL L
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H O LD C O O K IN G
SC H O O L JUN E 19th
A special
treat is in store for
members of the Civic Club at their
next meeting, Wednesday, June 19.
Mrs. Frank Morgan, program chair
man, has made arrangements to
have a Cooking Demonstration un
der the direction of the Idaho Power
Company. Miss Lois Bailey will be
in charge and many summer dishes
will be demonstrated. The meeting
will start at 2:30.
T SESSIONS
BEING HELD IN VALE
Twenty-seven eighth grade grad
uates received their diplomas at
graduating exercises held Thursday
evening at the Cairo school. Mrs.
Katherine Claypool, County Super
intendent, presented the diplomas
to the graduates.
An Interesting program was held,
with Judge Grier of the Idaho Sup
reme Court giving the commence To Cases Heard this Week
ment address and the pupils from
Before Judge Ellis.
the various school gave a program.
Music was furnished by Mis. C liff
Jordan. Three
White Settlement
pupils sang several songs which
"^w.° eases were heard this week in
were much appreciated by the aud- c^rcuh court convening in Vale with
icnce, the three girls being Miss Jud?e
Presiding. Monday the
Lois Perkins, Marjorie Hawkins and i case
Pete Dear vs. W. A. Gehr
Miss Jordan.
I was ar8ued. The action was on a
Recitations were given by Jose- contract
involving the sale of a
phine Burke, Lester Keizer and truc^ ant* a directed
verdict was
Rcbcrt Alexander. A short play was secured by the plaintiff. Brown and
presented by two Cairo girls, Inez ^ ° ad were attorneys for Dear and
A. L. Fletcher, represented
Mr.
Fiucs and Mary F airm m
Tlie largest graduating class was ^ e^r- Tuesday and Wednesday was
from Cairo, with seven graduating taken up in hearing the case of
Miss Opal Ivers is the teacher and Albert Rust vs. Ruby Rust with the
the graduates were Deloris Mann. hearing to continue again next week
Clyde Boston,
Norman
Derrick, before Judge Ellis.
The defendant secured an acquit-
Stanley Watanabe, Edwin Stover,
al in the case of the State vs. Robert
Betty Ury and Alice Tsuda.
^Graduates from Valley View, Elsie Dowell for larceny of a gelding. The
Walters teacher, were Ralph Hickey State vs. Joe Odlago in a trespass
Elizabeth
Farnsworth.
Halleen 1 c-ise resulted in a directed verdict
Snow, Evelyn May, David Stewart, for Odlago. The grand jury retum-
and Paul Kirby. Graduates from ed indictments against four parties.
White Settlement, with Vera Weav- charged with operating slot mach-
er as teacher, were Merrill Perkins, lues and gambling. The judge as-
William McNulty. Thomas Freese sessed fines of $10 for operating slot
and Lillian Greene.
I machines and $50 for gambling, re-
The Lincoln school, taught by fused to consificate the machines
Walter Marshall, had six graduates, but warned that In the future the
they being Robert and Mary Davis. machines would be consificated and
LeRoy Fuller, Bert Hawkins. Ger stiffer punishment handed out to
aldine Bierman and Frank Du Pre. offenders.
Graduates from Arcadia were Billy
Those called for jury duty includ
Points, Harold Curry, Josephine ed A. P. Ackerman, Ewing Arm
Burke and Frank Roberts. Miss Rose strong. E. J. Beam. John E. Bennett,
Popp is teacher.
Ezra M. Carter. Harry Featherston,
Exercises Held at Kingman Kolony A B. Fraser, Nelson Grover, Frank
E. Hall, John F. Hoffman, M. C. Im-
Graduating
exercises for
the
ler, Clarence A. Keefe, Frank Miller,
eighth graders of
Oregon
Trail,
Mike Needham. John E. Sapp, Dean
Wade. Owyhee, Big Bend and King-
Smith. F. W. Smith, Klaas Stam,
man Kolony were held last Friday
Roscoe Starr and Grover C. Vest.
evening at the Kolony school. The
following program was given: in
strumental solo, Mrs. Denam, Big
STREAM LINER CUTS
Bend; invocation, Mrs. Tom Jones.
Kclony; two piano solos, Rex An
PO R TLAND -C H IC AG O
derson. Kolony; reading Elois Rus
T R IP B Y 18 HOURS
sell. Bend; songs, Owyhee girls;
address. Rev. Floyd White o f Nyssa;
duet, Harold Fox and Bruce English,
Kolony; vocal solo, Mrs. Joe Stapi.
Chicago—Clipping eighteen Lours
Oregon Trail; presentation of dip o ff the regular running time and
lomas by County Superintendent moving the Pacific northwest closer
Mrs. Kathryn Claypool; benediction, to Chicago by one business day, the
Mrs. Jones.
streamliner "City of Portland." new
speed train of the Chicago and
Northwestern
railway, arrived in
JAM ES M cE W A N
Chicago.
The trip from Portland,
Ore., was made in 39 hours, 45 m in
O.S.C. G R A D U A T E
utes.
B A S E B A L L STAR A high speed of 105 miles an hour
was reached on the trip, although
the streamlined maintained a nor
Oregon State College, Corvallis—
mal speed of about 75 miles an hour
James McEwan of Nyssa, has re
most of the way.
cently been graduated In the school
of agriculture here. McEwan was a
star pitcher on the Oregon State PAST PRESIDENTS
baseball team.
G IVEN PRESENTS
The ex-Nyssa player was one of
the leading hurlers on the Orange
nine which ended its northern div
ision pennant drive in a tie for third
The past madam presidents of the
place. It was largely through the Eagles Auxiliary
were
presented
air-tight chucking of McEwan that with dresser sets Friday night at the
the Orange managed to stay on top regular meeting of the order, as a
of the league standings until the token o f appreciation from the
last half of the season.
members. Those who were honored
This was McEwan’* third year on were Mrs. Jesse Graham, first mad
the Orange roster. He is a right am president of the local Auxiliary:
hander and could always be relied Mrs. Ernest Wilson and Mrs. Rock
upon to hold his own with the other Shelton.
team. R elief pitching was his maln-
At the meeting Friday the new
duty this year. Many times he was
officers presided and the first meet-
sent into the game when things
in of the physical culture class was
looked dark for the Orange men
held.
only to pull them out of the
hole with a brilliant display of
twirling.
M r and Mrs. Albert Pfleler and
Slats Gill, Orange coach, loses one Thos. B. Nordsde were business visit
of this most reliable pitchers when ors in Boise Wednesday.
McEwan leaves the staff.
Waneta Hays, a nurse from Boise,
is visiting her father. Mickey Hays
PLAN PIC N IC FOR JUNE 21
of Nyssa.
Mr. and Mrs. P 8. Pride and
The Episcopal Guild met at the daughter of Kuna were Sunday din
home of
Mrs. Te risen Wednesday ner guests of Mr and Mrs. Blair
and made plans for the annual Sun- j 0hns0n
dav School picnic of the church. It
w, decided to hold the picnic at Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Hoover, Mrs
Caldwell on Friday. June 21st. Cars Sid Burbldge, Mrs. Dewey Ray. Mrs
will be at the Parrish hall at 10 Mark Robertson and Ruby* Lou
o ’clock in the morning for thorn who Hemenway were visitors In Boise
wish transportation to the affair.
I Wednesday
TO ENTERTAIN THE
ASSOCIATED G.0FG.
Meeting Held at Baker
Saturday Night Is At
tended by Local Folk.
Annual Rodeo Planned
For Mid-Summer Show
$1.50 PER Y E A R
f
PR O FIT S H A R IN G
D IST R IB U T IO N TO BE
H E LD S A T U R D A Y
Saturday at three o'clock the mer
chants of Nyssa have arranged for
Nyssa's second annual Rodeo will#cessions and other Information can
a special inducement in the form of
be held the latter part of July or the secure this from the secretary.
the distribution of $50 in silver or
first part of August, with the exact
Present
plans call for two day
the first summer time profit distri
date to be announced in a few days. ! show, with a Rodeo Queen selected
bution. Shareholders must be pres
The Eagles ara sponsoring the show prior to the celebration to reign over
ent to share in the awards, which
again this year and tentative plans | the affair. A boxing card will prob-
range up to $20 in cash. Forty-one
were made at a meeting held Sun- ably be on the program; along with N
merchants are co-ooeratina in
day evening in the Eagles hall 1 water fights, free barbecue and car- j
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Lloyd Marshall is in charge of the nival events.
Arrangements
arc j worl^ hne t0 be p re s e t Saturday
affair this year and an active com- being made for a Walkathon for the 1 wortnwmle 10 l)e presenc Saturday
afternoon at three o'clock.
n ittee has neen selected to help ar- last day, with prizes awarded to the
range the details.
successful contestants. There will be
dances held both evenings.
The principal entertainment, of
Other committee members
ap
course, will be the bucking contest,
pointed include Bob Millar as treas
roping, horse racing and bulldog- urer; fight card. Bernard Frost and j
ging events. Negotiations are under Dean Smith; advertising W. F. Me- |
way to bring a string of real buck Ling and Berwyn Burke grounds, W. |
ing horses to Nyssa for the event J. Williams and Andy McGinnis; i
and riders of high calibre will do miscellaneous, Warren McHargue, J
their stuff before the crowds. Tom W. Poage and Joe Hardin;
bar-1
Burton and Don Graham are rodeo beque, Dewey Ray and Ernest WU- Emil
Paulus o f Weiser
secretaries and anyone desiring fur son; queen contest, Artie Robertson]
ther information as to dates, con- and C. J. Keizer.
Plans to Open Wednes
The Associated Chambers of Com
merce, meeting at Baker Saturday
night, voted to hold their next meet
ing at Nyssa. August 5th. This or
ganization includes the chambers of
commerce o f Boise, Nampa. Cald
well, Emmett, Wilder, Parma, On
tario,
Nyssa, Payette, Weiser and
Baker. The local commercial club
expects to prepare an interesting
time for their guests when they
meet here.
Forty-one members representing
cities from Boise to Baker, attended
the meeting Saturday night at the
Hotel Baker. Those from Nyssa who
NEW BANK
attended were President Art Norcott
and wife; Secretary Frank T. Mor
FOR N Y SSA
gan, Dr. and Mrs. E. D. Norcott and
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Jackson.
A petition is being circulat
Principal topics of discussion were
ed, addressed to the Superin
a proposed booklet to be gotten out
tendent of Banks, at Salem,
by the cities represented, for circula
Oregon, requesting permission
tion at the San Diego fair and else
to organize a bank at Nyssa.
where. It is plannd to print from
All citizens of Nyssa and vi
15,000 to 30,000 copies. The booklet
cinity who are interested in
will advertise the business oppor
having a bank here, are in
tunities of the communities repre
vited to sign this petition.
sented. The cost will be prorated
There is no liability or com
among the individual chambers rep
mittment attached. The pet
resented. Discussion was entirely
ition will be held for a few
favorable to the project.
days, at the office of Frank T.
There was considerable discussion
Morgan for those to sign who
but no action on a proposal for a
have not been reached before.
name for the middle Snake River
Call and sign and help boost
valley country represented in the or
for a bank.
ganization. Names suggested includ
BANK, CO M M ITTEE
ed Golden empire, Sagebrush em
Nyssa Commercial Club
pire, several names including the
word “ wonderful." A committee will
study this situation and report at
T H IE F GETS A W A Y
the next meeting at Nyssa.
County Judge Graham of Malheur
W IT H $17 FRO M CAFE
county spoke briefly, declaring that
funds spent annually by the county
court in recent years in advertising
land settlement opporunities there
Seventeen dollars was the loot ob
had paid big returns in increasing tained Monday evening when some-
population and creating new j one discovered the cash hiding
the
taxable wealth in Malheur county. place in the Schweizer Cafe. It is
“ I wish you would talk to our coun believed that someone knew of the
ty court," several Individuals from hiding place, hid in the Cafe when
other communitiies remarked when it was being closed up and helped
he had concluded.
themeslves after everyone had left.
Earl Hoge, presidnt of the Baker
Chamber,
welcomed the group to
Herman Towne is confined to tils
Baker. Most of the visitors stayed to
home by Illness.
play golf Sunday.
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HALF LEAGUE FLAG
Nyssa Defeats Caldwell
Sunday 9 to 4; Play at
Payette Next.
IDAIIO -O REGO N LEAGUE
STANDINGS
Won Lost Pet
6
.857
Emmett
l
6
.857
Ontario
l
Nyssa ............... ......... 4 3 .571
Boise
3 4
.429
429
Caldwell
3 4
3 4
.429
Middleton
.429
3 4
Payette
000
Nampa
0 7
An
Important
change In the
standings of the clubs was made
day.
at the meeting of the league officials
Tuesday evening in Nampa. Dewey
Ray, manager of the local team,
The Paulus Jewelry Store, which represented Nyssa at the meeting;
has been operating successfully for the most important change being
the past five years in Weiser. is the allowing of a protest by Ontario
being moved to Nyssa this week and against Nampa playing an Ineltg-
Mr. Emil Paulus
expects to have ible player in their game two weeks
everything in readiness to open for ago. The protest was allowed, giving
business Wednesday, June 19th at Ontario the same standing in the
hl4 location next to the Cozy Cafe. league as Emmett. The tie will be
Mr. Paulus has been investigating played o ff this Sunday at Emmett.
the Nyssa section for some time and At the same time an unofficail game
after thorough investigation, decid will be played at Payette between
ed that this section offered more op Nyssa and the Payette team. In the
portunity than any town in the only game between these two teams,
Northwest. He worked for several Nyssa came out victorious, but the
years in Chicago for a Jewelry two teams are tied in league stand
establlshment there and also worked ings and the game at Payette Sun-
in Idaho Falls for some time. For ] day is expected to be close,
the past five years he has been op
Nyssa won their fourth game of
erating his own establishment in
the season Sunday when they de
Weiser.
Mr. and Mrs. Paulus expect to feated Caldwell, 9 to 4 on the Ida
move to Nyssa when they can find ho city's ball diamond. Rambaud
a suitable house, but for the present pitched the first six innings and
will continue to occupy their home Dean Johnston took the mound for
the remainder of the game. Only
in Weiser.
five hits were made off the two Nys
sa pitchers while the NyRsa batsmen
MRS. JOHNSON W INS
drove out eight hits o ff the offerings
of Nickle.
PR IZE FOR BEST IDEA
Peterson for Nyssa and Burnett
of Caldwell each smacked the ball
for three base drives. McCullough
The prize offered by the Vale- and Servoss, both of Nyssa. made
Owyhee Land Settlement association two base hits. "Pud” Long, catching
for the best idea for a background for Nyssa, made two hits to lead the
fer ail exhibit at the state fair, was Nyssa players at bat.
won by Mrs. P. H. Johnson of Vale.
The local box score:
It is quite likely that Mrs. Johnson’s
AB R H PO A E
idea, along with others submitted Hashitani, cf 3
1 1 1 0 0
will be incorporated into the exhibit. McCullough. 2b 5 1 1 2 5
1
The first prize was $5.00.
1 1
Johnston, 3b 5 0 0 0
Others who submitted good ideas Peterson, rf
1 0 0 0
4 0
and were given honorable mention Lloyd, If
1 1 1 0 0
3
were Mrs. 8. D. Goshert of Nyssa; C. Price, ss
4 2 0 2 2 0
E. Peck of Parma and Mrs. Wm. E. Servoss, lb
4
1 1 11 2 0
Leake of Rockville.
2 2 7
1 1
Long, c ......
3
—
1 0
Rambaud. p. cf 4 1 1 3
1 0 0 0
D. Johnston, p 2 0
BERT ALFORD DIES IN BAKER
8 27 12 3
9
Totals ......... 37
Other Games
Bert Alford of Huntington, part-
In other league games.
Payette
owner of The Green Lantern in handed Boise a 11 to 4 defeat; Em
Nyssa, passed away at the home of mett cinched the championship by
Mrs. Sarah Sheets in Baker last Fri defeating the tail-end club, Nampa
day. Mr. Alford had been ID for the by a score of 4 to 2; and Boyd Ras
past three years and had been in mussen o f Ontario had a great time
Baker for three weeks for medical with Middleton, fanning 18 and win
treatment. He had been associated ning the game 5 to 11.
with Fritó Nevhis of Huntington in
the cigar and sporting goods busi
ness there for several years, besides SERVICES FOR
having an Interest here.
MRS. S A L L Y DENNIS
NEW JEWELRY Ï0
OPEN IN NYSSA
Nyssa Produce
Goes To Market
Harvest in the Nyssa pea aryi let
tuce fields got underway this week
and up to date, the Equity has ship
ped one car of peas and Denny
Hogue has shipped two cars of peas
and two cars of lettuce. The Hogue
plant was shut down Thursday to
allow a field to dry and also to in
stall a new pea sorter which will
greatly increase the capacity of the
plant.
Peas are rapidly getting ready for
pickers and shipments the latter
part this week are expected to show
quite an increase. Labor has been
plentiful for the harvest, with which
of the work being done by local
people.
F IR S T TO R AREST CROP
ON OWYHEE PROJECT
Frank. Byers has the distinction of
being the first on the new land to
harvest a crop. Friday
the first
picking of peas was gathered from
liis five-acre field. Although not a
heavy yield due to getting the water
so late, the peas were/ o f good qual
ity. They were shipped to eastern
markets by the Idaho Equity Ex
change of Nampa. Mr. Myers also
has a wonderful piece of early
potatoes.
Missionary From China Tells Bible School
Students About Habits and Customs in China
Most of us think of China as a waster. The villages and old cities farms found there, with every inch
country that is very much Inferior were built with the houses as close in cultivation.
It has been estimated that in the
to ours in every way. According to together as possible. In the villages
United States we have in the neigh
Mrs. Hans Roan, returned mission-
r° ° m t0 waUc
was
borhood of about 50 varieties of ed
ary from that place, this is not so. ] in the cltY
The people of China excell us in ] t0 pul1 a rickshaw was left for ible plants, while in China there are
476 different kinds of plants used for
many tilings. For example she dis- j s-reeLs
food. One district alone produces 23
played a ring, the setting of which
China has some of the most com- kinds of oranges.
was carved from agate. The intri-
.
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plete irrigation systems to be found.
According to Mrs. Roan, it is not
cate pattern shows skUl equal to the
„ 200.000 miles of
because they cannot produce the
adapt of our workmen and they are |
altoghter. on e of these, in
food that there are famines, but
not as far advanced in the line of >
^
, particular equals the Arrowrock' because they have no way of trans P LA Y O N TA R IO
tools as we are.
j project. The river Hwang is shut off porting the food from one locality
SO FTBALL T O N IG H T
T o begin with she told a little by a dam made 300 years before to another. In the back country, the
about the history of CSiina. It has Christ. It is made of bamboo poles roads are just merely trails, large
A team of soft ball players from
been a nation for 5000 years, a very ] packed with mud. This dam divides enough for a man to push a wheel
long time compared to the 150 years the river
into
five
branches, barrow. This Is the method used In Ontario are to play the locals to
the United States has been a nation. This stream fed from thn Himalaya traveling. Not everyone can operate night on the Nyssa field. Wednesday
They are the only people who a r e : range of mountains has never run a wheel barrow. There is a guild or night the town team and high
still banded together as one after so dry. Glaciers 2000 feet high furnish- I union for every trade in China, and school boys played a practice game,
many years, most of the others who ing a continues stream of water., j a man has to be educated in the art resulting in a 10 to 8 victory for the
were intact at the time China was
I of handling a wheel barrow before older men.
young, are being excavated from the
The terraced hills of China ore a j be gets the Job. In the larger port
ruins in which they now lie. They
^ - y
h'ifuirfs l o w
tOWn* theatreeU >“ * • bef" Widened gAGI.ES PLAN DANCE
have been a cultured people since fields on a hillside show that the go automobiles can be used.
FOR SATU RD AY N IG H T
2300 years before Christ and had a I Chinese are very much up in their I Natives of China do not carry a
depart mentof music at that time. ! methods of cultivation. A 3-acre! p « , or pencil to write with. All writ
farm
the ing is done with a brush, which is
The local Eagle lodge is planning
During the years between 960 B. C.
carried in their pocket. They have a a dance for Saturday night in the
and 950 A. D. they had a very com
cake of black ink like substance high school gym and are making
plete education system. The method
which they wet with water and rub plans to entertain a big crowd at a
of raising money to carry this on
snappy affair. A good orchestra
their brush on.
was done by taxation. But the com
Mrs. Roan had many other Inter from Caldwell has been secured and
ing of conquerers made a very d if
esting articles which she showed to carnival features arranged to make
ferent nation out of it. Before their
the Daily
Vacation Bible School it a lively affair from start to fin
coming, every man. woman and
Kids chasing a goat kid down the classes. Monday morning. Among ish. Funds secured will be used to
child was in school or had been in
street , . . Denny Hogue's little dog | them were native shoes, fans. Jewels, help defray expenses of a delegate
school. Everyone was given the priv-
low It is a having his day . . . Frank Morgan's native costume«, and also some of to the state convention at Orants
tdege of sn education. Now it is
out o f red ,ac* ait* r telephone
con versa - the more elaborate ones worn by the Pass July 4. 5 and 6th.
different matter. Only
tlon
Many inquiries being re- richer people. Paintings, embroider-
every ten has a chance for an edu-
II..-™, t - v ,- -a-,
^
celved for living quarters with very ed tapestry, were admired by the
| Mr. and Mrs. B H. Hoover and
.
„
,h ^
,
f«rw places available . . . CCC camp audience. One garment displayed
son Verl arrived
Saturday night
9 ^
9 » ^
lookln« tor lumber
buUd “ *ng|w as over 150 year, old
Bead, and from Portland to visit at the home
unable to meet 'hem Con
■*ajnn starting for necklaces carved
from Jade and
try ™ «maWe to
t h s ^ O o P -1 ^
storrfi . . .
successful girl coral showed skilled workmanship of their daughter Mrs. Sid Burbidge
and other relatives.
S fe r
chiMren ¿ T c h t a T m “ out ben®,lt ahow ' • • N Y“ * ,olk One very interesting piece of work
suffer. ThactiUdren of O r i n s a n
rfctor, in fight to- was the Budhist rosary, which was
Mrs Margaret Pashley and Char
Z 'Z l ^
‘ n itr e v r n Z
night . . .
made up of bead, carved from peach les Schweizer purchased new Ply
of every opportunity given them.
seeds, each one being covered with mouth sedans from the Powell Ser
In China not an inch of ground Is '
I delicate carving.
vice Station lost week.
ROUND TOWN
EMMETT TO PLAY
H ELD S U N D A Y
Funeral services for Sally Dennis
who died Thursday morning were
held Sunday afternoon at the Meth
odist Church with the Rev. John
Oarver o f Weiser preaching the ser
mon, assisted by Rev. Floyd White.
Wm. Peutz of Owyhee and Mrs Al-
lle McCarty of Boise sang accom
panied by Mrs. C. C. Hunt. Inter
ment was In the Nyssa cemetery.
Pall bearer- we-e Sid RurWdee Al
Thompson,
Lee
Priie-A,
Dwight
Smith. Rnrk Shelton inti Wendell
Pogue
Mrs Dennis was born in Nox.u.v,
Tenn . In 186« She caine to Nvsxa >n
1901 and has made her home here
since that time Bhe is survived by
three daughters Mis;: Georgia Den
nis and Mrs. Roy Kendler of Nyasa;
and Mrs. Mattie McLellan of Nam
pa; and three grand children. Mrs.
Dennis became a member of the
Methodist church when a girl and
had been • ' devout Christian all her
life. She was also a member of the
Rebekah lodge.
W ILSONS STORE
IS RE ARRANGED
The Wilson Drygoods
has been
undergoing considerable interior re
arranging and improvement, with
the stairway being moved farther to
the rear of the store to provide more
usable floor space in front.