The Gate city journal., August 29, 1935, Image 1

THE GATE CITY J OURNAL
Published A t Nyssa, Oregon
VO L U M E X X IX .
G A T E W A Y T O T H 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 TIO N PROJECTS
NO. 29.
Fastest Growing Town in Oregon
N Y SS A , O REG O N , T H U R S D A Y , A U G U S T 29, 1935
Potatoes Make Record
SEWER QUESTION; Nyssa
For Quality On Chicago Market
TO BE DISCUSSED i
AT FRIDAY MEETING
ÎC O U N T Y COUNCIL
W IL L H O LD B O A R D
M EET S A T U R D A Y
Í L 5 0 PER Y E A R
High School Football Prospects
Rather Gloomy This Season
TO GROUND EARL)
The Malheur County Council of
Parents and Teachers will hold a
Coach John Young in looking over However their ability is as yet un­
Indications are that Oregon, and pipe line ranch by Flanigan and board meeting in Ontario at the
particularly Malheur county, mayjHearon;
and were given special high school Saturday, August 31 at football prospects for this fall finds, tried.
take over the title of the leading f [ t care to arrive on the eastern market 2 o ’clock. Mrs. M. M Greeling, presi­ things none too bright. Graduation: Men lost by graduation were
Spencer, Lankford, |
western
potatoe state Instead o fj in good shape, being sorted carefully, dent of the Council urges all of- cut In heavily last spring, with > Montgomery,
Idaho. Idaho potatoes have built up I and were dug and picked during ; fleers to be present, visitors will also seven regulars ending their high | Claunch, J. Walters and B Walters.; i j
Meeting in Ontario W ith
reputatlon lhrough the years as the morning and evening only, to be welcome. Quite a bit of business school football careers. He faces the and Keck. To fill their shoes will be ** a r r y Shelton House,
State Director Expected being the best potatoes grown, but get away from the injurious effect will be before the board and it is task of building a team around nine a task, according to Coach Young,
Hay, Car and Furniture
during the past few weeks, potatoes of the mid-day heat.
'
necessary that the officers be pres­ returning lettermen; with all of the but by the time of the first game he
to Bring Results.
Destroyed
— Cause o f
experienced
men
being
linemen.
expects to have a creditable team to
grown in Malheur county have been
The season started out on Bliss
------ ent. Plans are to be made for the
put on the field.
, ,
» coming years work as well as the
topping the market over the famous
Lettermen
whom
Coach
Young
Fire Unknown.
Triumph but Netted Gems are being nlUng of vacancles among t h e
Football practice will start this
Idaho tubers.
will have to depend on this year are
A meeting is to be held Friday
week with practice being held in the
S. E. Flanagan and J. E. Hearon shipped now. The sorting was done j committees and officers and ap-
mLining at ten o clock in Ontario, at have rolled some 60 car$ to Chicago J A d r i a n at the J. C. Watson pack- j pointing new committees. A booth Cook, center and backfield man last evenings. All boys who want to try
Fixe struck with devestating effect
which time some definite action is markets and in nearly all cases have i ing plant which was leased by Flan- ( for the Malheui* county fair will be year Rust, tackle; Anderson, end, out for the team are invited to come
exp tc ted on the local sewer system, i topped the market from 10c to 25c, ig&n and Hearon. Their potatoes, | planned and arrangements will be Fahmey. tackle; Slippy, guard; in and start practice. School starts! early Wednesday morning at the
C. C. Hockley, acting state PWA dir- I over Idaho potatoes Wednesday a [ they say, are probably of no better made for the meeting of the County Nichols, guard; Pierson, end; John- Tuesday, September 3rd and the Harry Shelton home west of Nyssa,
ector will te present at the meeting | car sold on the Chicag0 market for I quality than other potatoes grown Council which will be held in On­ ston, quarterback and Boren, guard, first game will probably be held with a complete loss of house, fur­
There are several promising huskies either September 13th or 20th. The niture, 53 tons of hay, a new Ford
and plans being prepared by En­ $1.60, which was 10c better than the in this section, but careful handling tario, October 12.
among the freshmen that only lack schedule for this year is being made and other valuable articles.
gineer Fred McConnell of Caldwell Idaho product. They plan to shipj made it possible for their potatoes
Mrs. Greeling has been holding experiencce to prove formidable anc j out and it is hoped that all games
The cause of the fire is unknown.
will be presented for Mr. Hockley's from 14 to 15 more cars this season, to command a premium by arriving
schools of instruction relative to the several new boys have moved to this ; will be arranged ready for an- Mr. Shelton said there had been a
criticism and suggestion.
The |>ota toes were grown on the ' in good shape.
Parent Teacher work in the various district who will be eligible this fall, j nouncement next week.
fire in the cook stove about eleven
Tile necessity for utmost speed is
communities. Last Friday she met
o ’clock, but was not burning very
seen in the fact that President
with the Oregon Trail unit at the j
briskly when the family retired.
Roosevelt changed the final date on
home of Mrs. Chas Schweizer and '
: About three o ’clock Mrs. Shelton
which applications for P.W.A. as­
STORES OF NYSSA
Thursday she held a meeting with
awoke to find the house in flames.
sistance could be filed to September
"RED INK" DANCE
TO CLOSE MONDAY
the Kingman Kolony group at the j
She woke up her husband and the
3rd. This action came Tuesday. A.
IS POSTPONED
home of Mrs. C. C. Cotton. This ‘
children, and Mr. Shelton broke
L. Fletcher, city attorney, made a
week she was in Ontario on Tuesday
Most of the business places
out a window in the bedroom, push­
trip to Caldwell Wednesday to inter­
meeting with the Lindberg assoc­
ed his family to safety and then
in Nyssa will be closed Mon­
view Mr. McConnell, and while his
iation and on Thursday will meet
Malheur county
potatoes
and
threw as much stuff out the window
day. September 3 In honor of
plans are still not complete, It is ex­
Everything is in readiness to make as he could until the flames got too
with the Wade group at the home of
Labor Day. Many business
pected they will be in shape to be melons w ee two of the prlnicipal
the annual Flower Show sponsored hot. When the family awoke the
Mrs. Prosser.
items on the menu of the Monday
men and clerks expect to take
shown Mr. Hockley tomorrow.
by the Nyssa Civic Club an attrac­ flames
had gained such headway
advantage of the two day
It is possible to file application forum luncheon served to members
tive event for the public. Admission there was no way out of the blazing
holiday to make short vaca­
with preliminary plans and esti­ of the Portland Chamber of Com­
is
free
and
everyone
is
urged
to
take
building expect the bedroom win­
tion trips. Merchants antici­
mates and subject to results of merce. The potatoes were furnished
I advantage of the opportunity to see dow.
pate a brisk week end trade,
future bond elections. In-as-much by S. E. Flanigan and J. E Hearron
the
splendid
flowers
grown
in
this
due to holiday and the the
as the plans for the Nyssa sewer |of N>,ssa and ^
Cleveland and N.
A brisk breeze from the west car­
section. New settlers, especially, are
opening of school Tuesday.
arc not yet in blue print form, it will j Nitta of Vale. The melons were fur-
invited to attend the affair. In ried the flames to a garage housing
prot ably be necessary to file the nish« ! »y Jce Cloud of the Dead Ox
order that a good display will be on a new Ford car which only had 220
plans in an incomplete form. Tire . section
hand at the Eagles hall, where the miles on It; burning the car to a
PARENTS
OF
SON
balance of the data required by the ; In a letter from s ^ RrWte’ dir'
show is being held Friday, the com­ shapeless mass of ruined machinery.
The local Townsend club held a
government has been completed.
1 “ tor of the department of agricul­
mittee is asking everyone who are There were other articles in the
ture, he says the building was com-
successful business and social meet­
flower lovers to put some of their garage which were destroyed, in­
pletely filled for the luncheon and
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Browne are ing last Thursday evening in the
blooms on display. Iced tea will be cluding a nearly new bicycle.
KOLONY' P.- T. A. HOLDS
that he personally discussed with the parents of a nine pound son basement of the Methodist Church,
served by the ladies during the
Not far from the house was tlie
MEETING AT COTTON HOME the group the potential possibilities bom Saturday morning at the Pet- ! In election for vice president, A1
afternoon and evening with the milk house, containing a small
of the irrigated sections of Malheur reson home in Parma. The young j Thompson was elected to the office
show scheduled to close at 9 o ’clock kitchen heater, washing machine
county. Those presents were much fellow has been named Gerald ! and a advisory board was chosen. A
in the evening. Beginning at 7:30 and dairy eqlupment. All were lost
Great Interest was shown in the Impressed by the quality of the Hugh. Mother and son are getting I total of 33 new members were added
and until 9 o’clock, Chas. Wilson of in the fire. One of the noticeable
ccming years work at a meeting of melons and potatoes, he said. The along splendidly.
It0 the roll!i of the dub, making a
Payette and his orchestra will play things was the enamel on the waslt-
KOLONY TO HAVE
_________________
! total of over 100 in the club now.
the Kolony P. T. A. held at the home Portland group expressed themselves
for the enjoyment of visitors at the ing machine, which was not even
ox the president, Mrs. C. C. Cotton as hoping that they might assist RECLAMATION MEET ASKS
THREE
NEW
TEACHERS
The next meeting will be hela
show.
cracked from the terrific heat.
Friday afternoon. Mrs. M. Mi Greel- j and cooperate in any projects that
CHANGE IN PAYMENT PLAN : Thursday- September 5th at which
Judges were secured Tuesday to
Sparks were carried to 53 tons of
county president, outlined the of- wot d benefit the people of Malheur
time "Big Ben" of Caldwell will be
decide on the best blooms. It was hay stacked a short distance from
fleers work for the year and broughtf county.
the speaker, ih e public is invited
Three new teachers will reside at Impossible for some of the original the house and it caught fire read­
fresh news fresh from the state j Mr. White also put some of the
to these meetings. It has been de­
meet. The home is to be the live1 potatoes and melons on display and
A new method of repayment of cided to hold regular meetings now the Kolony school this year, which judges to officiate, the judges select­ ily; burning completely up. A pole
starts Monday September 2nd. The ed being Mrs. Christenson, Mrs. O. derrick at one end of the stack was
issue of study throught the nation | after the meeting brought some to construction costs on federal recla-
every 1st and 3rd Thursday of each ; teachers are Mr. J Wylie Hewitt of N Boyer and Mrs. E. C. Van Petten,
Salem, where he has stored them to mation projects was proposed in a
practically destroyed in the blaze. A
in P. T. A. work this year.
| Milton-Fx-eewater,
who will have all of Ontario.
Twenty-one ladles were present show or serve at the Oregon State resolution passed by the Oregon month.
cellar close to the house had the
charge
of
the
upper
three
grades;
roof burned off and much of the
Reclamation Congress in annual
at the meeting held in Mrs. Cotton’s Fair.
j Miss Joy Crummett of Ontario, In­
session at Oregon State college de-l®TART MOVEMENT TO
trees and grass about the house
attractive garden. Mrs. Chas. N ew -;
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termediate; and Miss Irene Tucker COMMERCIAL CLUB
were ruined. Just a few articles of
signed to end the need of further
bill, Jr., and the children present as- e m m e t T NINE WINS
RAISE FUNDS FOR
HELPING
WITH
EXHIBIT
1 of Heppner, the primary grades.
bed clothes and clothing were saved;
sisted the hostess in serving re-
LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP moratorium extensions.
GRANGE BUILDING ! The planned addition to the |
practically all the furniture and
freshments. The next meeting »all
The plan proposed is to base an­
Local Products
Get High Praise
1
Flower Show Is
Friday Feature
¡ Townsend Club
Adds Members
nual payments on five per cent of
be held at tthe Kolony school house j
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on Friday, September 6th. All mem- I
the crop value each year rather than
bers have been requested to be pres-
Emmett won the championship of on a flat cash rate. The congress
The ladles of the Big Bend grange
ent as officers for the coming year, the Idaho-Oregon league Sunday by expressed gratitude for this past j mef Wednesday afternoon at the
Boise 5 to 4 in the moratorium but said It need not be j home of Mrs. Harvey Hatch and
will be elected and other important defeating
second game of the playoff series. extended if this optional plan of re 1 started a movement to raise funds
business transacted.
Dean Johnston of Nyssa pitched for payment is adopted
to build a grange hall in their dis-
Emmett and besides getting a double
trict. The meeting was held at the
LOCAL CAR IN
at bat, assisted in two double plays.. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Lawrence and home of Mrs. Hatch, chairman of
TRAFFIC MIX-UP He allowed 12 hits and struck out 10 , his brother Vernon, Mrs. Pud Long H. E. C. and organized a club, sel­
batters. This game closed the season and daughter Evalyn, and Flora ecting Mrs. Conrad Martin as sec­
Buddy Edwards was held by police for Emmett but Boise expects to Newton were dinner guests at the retary and Mrs. D. C. Duvall as
In Boise for a short time Saturday schedule a few more games before J. T. Long home on Sunday.
treasurer.
as a result of being a passenger in the close of the season
The members expect to meet again
a car driven by Edward Stevenson
Mrs. Lettie Alford returned Sun­ Thursday, September 5th at the
of Nampa. Stevenson ran into park­
day
after
spending
the
week
in
Harvey Hatch home to perfect their
ed cars owned by E. C. Van Dissell BUYERS OF SEASON TICKET
I plans.
SURE OF RESERVED SEATS
of Grandview, Idaho and Harry
Hoover, of Boise, Idaho, with all
three cars being damaged. Stevenson
was charged with drunken driving
Every person buying a season
and fined $100 and casts in police ticket for the Malheur County Fair
court. The car belonged to Buddy and Race Meet from the girls in tlie
Edwards;
other passengers being queen contest, will have a reserved
the Misses Mildred Johnson and seat in the center of the grandstand,
Claire Cushman of Boise. No one according to announcement made
was seriously injured in the mishap. this week. Tlie ticket number will
correspond to the reserved seat at
SARAZIN FAMILY HAS
the fair.
ENJOYABLE TRIP THRU
It lias been suggested that people
MIDDLE WEST STATES who expect to attend the fair give
the girls encouragement by pur­
Dr. and Mrs. J. J. Sarazln and five chasing their tickets now, for much
children arrived home last Thursday of the success of the fair depends
night following a three weeks va­ on the interest and spirit of the
cation trip that took them as far people in putting the show over.
Committees in charge of the fair
east as Michigan. They w e n t
through the Black Hills of South have arranged the liveliest county
Dakota, which Dr. Sarazin states fair in some years, with every event ]
Is a beautiful country. Conditions in scheduled certain to be a real thrill­
the drouth sections continue to be er.
Girls selling the most tickets this
bad and in most places, very little
week gets an additional ten dollar
crop is expected this year.
The Sarazin family attended a prize, which is an added incentive
family re-union in the upper pen­ for the girls to do their best and by |
insula country of Michigan and even buying your ticket now, your favorite I
packed back seven miles to a lake candidate will have a better chance
where they had some excellent pike at the prize.
Although there are several candi­
fishing. Their return trip took them
through the Bad Lands of North dates from Ontario and Vale com­
Dakota and through a section of the peting for the valuable prizes and
Yellowstone Park. Dr. Sarazin says honors. Nyssa girls have not shown a
it was his first real vacation since great deal of interest. It has been
he came to Nyssa and after going suggested that if any Nyssa girls ex­
through the sun-burned mld-weat, pect to get in the race, they should
enter at once by leaving their names
was mightly glad to be back home.
at the Journal office. Tlie contest
runs until September 12th, so there
FISHING ON MALHEUR
Is still time to win the contest.
A party composed of Mr and
Mrs. Bert Leinkaemper, Mr. and
LOCAL BALL TEAM
Mr Herb Fisher. Mr. and Mrs. W.
WINS FROM BEULAH
F McLing and Mr and Mrs Ernest
MiClure left Saturday night for a
few days fishing on the North F'ork
The
reclamation workers
cf the Malheur river. The McClures Beulah challenged the Nyssa ball
returned home Sunday night but team to a game .which was played
the rest cf the party did not come Sunday at Beulah. The result was
back until Tuesday night.
an 8 to 0 victory for the locals.
personal effects going up in smoke.
| school has not been built as yet. so
The Nyssa Commercial Club has There was some Insurance carried on
I a large porch is being enclosed for
donated
$62.50
toward
making
an
_ hay, furniture and on the new
classroom purposes. A truck is being
the
j added this year to pick up students attractive Malheur County exhibit car; buY InTpltT’of “this Mr. Shelton
at Adrian and in the Kolony dist- at the state fair and later for the will stand quite a loss. The house
j rict, Ted Rogers of Adrian will be r aclflc rnternatlona>- The Vale club was owned by Roy Poe. who pur­
Ils donating a like amount and the chased the place last spring from
| driver of the truck
Ontairo club has put in $125. County Brady Fowlers. Mr. Poe’s present ad­
Agent Larsen
will probably have dress ls unknown, but he Is expect­
Mr. and Mrs. Nate Young
and charge of the exhibit.
ed to arrive in Nyssa In a short time.
Miss Katherine Young were Sunday
This was the third fire suffered
dinner guests of Miss Marion
by Mr. Shelton in the past six
FOSTERS LEAVE THURSDAY
Nichols in Ontario.
months. On March 21st he lost his
TO MAKE HOME IN PORTLAND
barn by fire and two weeks ago he
Mrs. J. B. Hatch and Miss Beryl
parked his car in front of his house,
i Hatch, mother and sister of Mrs.
, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Fotser and to find in the morning that It had
1 Elmo Hlgginson, were visitors lastjt,.ree
younger children left Thurs­ been consumed by fire. The fire
; week at the Hlgginson home.
day morning for Portland where Wednesday morning Just about
they will make their home this wipes the place clean of buildings.
j
winter Mr. and Mrs. Faster and Mr.
(
Fosters’ brother Wesley, made a trip
j
FLAG TOURNAMENT
there last week to rent a house and
T h e Eagles “Red Ink"
WON BY RODEN
make
arrangements
for
having
a
dance advertised for this Sat­
urday night to raise funds to J lxcrmanent marketing place for their
honey. They do not plan to move
take care of the Rodeo deficit,
O. O. Boden, president of the local
has been indeflntely postpon- ! their bees, and the honey produc-
club, won first prize at the ’flag
ed. The lodge members feel ) tlon will still be carried on here.
that since many people expect j Their new address will be 7104 tournament’’ held Sunday on the
Woodstocki
Nyssa course. In one of his rounds
to leave Saturday for trips to
the mountains, it would be 1 They plan to keep their shop open i he shot a 42, which he says ls the
here an it will be in charge of How- | lowest he has ever made on the
difficult to hold a profitable
ard and Curtis Foster, who will live j Nyssa course. Dick Young was sec-
dance Saturday night. The
at the Foster farm In a trailer ond ln the tournament Sundny.
rodeo committee lacked a
Some 25 golfers took part In the
house. They will rent the house.
small amount of cash to pay
The Foster family has lived here event.
current bills, profits of the
for twenty-two years, Mr. Foster
rodeo being in what might be
buying his present place and build­
termed, "frozen assets” rep­
RETURN FROM WYOMING
ing the house when he came west
resented by chutes, bleachers,
with
his
bees.
The
four
older
child­
arena and other equipment
ren will remain in this vicinity, »1th
which are all paid for.
Mr and Mrs. Hugh Glasgow and
Crete Marie teaching at Owyhee and
Monday evening
Eleanor plans to attend the Nnz- family returned
from a two weeks trip to Baggs.
arene college at Nampa.
Francis. Oracle and Tommy »ill Wyo. They came back by way of
live ln Portland, and the two girls the Yellowstone park and report a
will attend school there. Mr. Fosters’ delightful trip. While in Baggs they
father A. F Faster, who spent the visited with Mrs. Glasgow’s parents,
summer In Nampa » ill spend the and at one time during their visit
cars from five different states were
winter with them In Portland.
at the home, belonging to their
children who were home for a family
BOYDELL FAMILY RETURNS
get-together.
MONDAY FROM BUTTE
j
j
Mr and Mrs. Arthur Boydell and
family returned Monday evening
from a ten day vacation trip spent
at Butte Montana. Mr. Boydell
states the mines arc opening up
again ln the Butte country and that
conditions are getting ln
better
shape there. However he says he has
no desire to live ln that part of the
country and Nyssa looked good on
their return. They came back Mon­
day driving the entire distance from
Butte in one day; and also found
time to stop in Buhl for a short time
to visit friends. The distance ls
slightly under 600 miles.
RETURN FROM TRIP
Mr. and Mrs. D. R. De Gross and
son returned Sunday from a months
trip that took them through Calif­
ornia, parts of Mexico, Death Valley
and the San Diego Exposition. They
were accompanied on the trip by
Leslie Klante, who stopped at his
home at Salem on the return trip.
Mr and Mrs. Earl Danley were
ln Homrdale Friday evening call­
ing on Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hulllngs-
worth