The Gate city journal., July 23, 1936, Image 1

THE GATE CITY JOURNAL
Published At Nyssa, Oregon
GATEW AY TO THE OWYHEE AND BLACK CANYON IRRIGATION PROJECTS
VOLUME XXX. NO 29.
Fastest Growing Town in Oregon
NYSSA, OREGON, THURSDAY. JULY 23, 1936
FARM TOUR PLANNED
FOR AUGUST 28 - 29 th
JUNIOR LEAGUE LOSES
AT THE DALLES CONTEST
Ländern Studies Farm Problem “ I
The Malheur
County
Junior
league team, sponsored by the Am­
erican Legion, lost two game out of
three played at The Dalles Satur­
day and Sunday. The winner now
Beets,
Crested
Wheat YOUNG GIRL DROWNS has the right to enter the state
IN MALHEUR RIVER tournament at Woodburn, Oregon.
Grass, Flax and Other
Paul Johnston, Lloyd Wilson and
Crops To Be Inspected
Raymond Graham are local mem­
On Tour.
Lola Lorraine Mitchell, 15, of bers of the team.
Fruitland was drowned Sunday
while swimming in the Malheur
There are a number of new crops river with a party of friends at Lit­
in Malheur County this year which tle Valley. She was caught by the
should be of unusual interest to the swift current and carried down
stream, unable to swim. Her friends
farmers of the county.
In order that these crops may be made heroic efforts to rescue her,
seen growing in the fields, field tours but she went down and it was some
have been arranged, the caravan time before the body could be found.
travelling from farm to farm to see Efforts to resuscitate the girl were
Nyssa lias been sweltering under
the different crops of interest. In futile. She is a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Roy J. Mitchell of Fruitland.
blazing skies for the past week, with
order that everyone who wishes to
a slight respite Wednesday when the
attend ths field tours may do so
sun was partially obscured by clouds
with the minimum amount of ex­
and a light rain fell.
pense and convenience, the tour is
’ "O P E R A , K A 8 .— Vacation it over for Gov. A lf M. Landon, who
The temperature Sunday mounted
being held on two days, but each
h a i settled down to a heavy routine of dutlee handling the affaire of hie
to
109'i
at
the
government
record­
tour in a different section.
ing office in Nyssa, went to 111 Mon- office and preparing his m ajor cam paign addressee. He I* shown here
County Agent R. G. Larson is co­
dlay and almost equalled it Tuesday with George N. Peek with whom he diecuaeed agricu ltu ral policies. I
operating with County Agent L. B.
| when it went to 110 degrees. Monday
Taylor of Washington county, Ida­
| was the hottest day Nyssa had seen
♦ h i g h SCHOOL TEACHER
ho. The first tour will leave the
for several years. A thermometer was
TENOERS RESIGNATION
Washington County Courthouse at
| put out in the sun Tuesday, with
Weiser at 9:30 A. M. on Tuesday. Rust Damage Expected To
nothing shading it, and it went to
July 28th. The party will meet at
Cut Yield of Wheat this 127 degrees.
the Oregon Trail Park at 12:00 noon
Miss Ruby Denny, who has been
While the heat here has been un­
for lunch and then will come into
English and girls physical educa­
Year— Price Higher.
comfortable, a plentiful supply of
Malheur County and see crops in
tional teacher in the local high
water has kept the farmers busy I
the Oregon Slope and Dead Ox Flat
school, has tendered her resigna­
with the irrigation shovel and crops i
districts.
tion. She has secured a position at
Farmers are reporting that consid­ are growing fast. In the east we find |
Caldwell where she will serve as
On Wednesday, July 29th, the erable damage has been done by rust the death toll from the unbear-1
girls physical educational director in
caravan will meet at the Vale junc- in the wheat fields, especially on able heat has exceeded 4,500 per­
the Caldwell high school. Several
tion at Cairo at 9:30 A. M. and will | fields that are at all marshy or wet. sons.
have applied for the position but no
stop for lunch on the Gerrlt Groot In some cases the yield has been
New All-Steel Bodies Will successor of Miss Denny has been
lawn, one mile west of Nyssa. ! cut to less than half of the expected
STREAM-LINER ENGINEER
Luncheon on both days will be pro­ | yield.
Have
Shatter-proof chosen as yet.
vided to those who attended the
VISITS WILLIAMS HERE
To the casual observer, rust does
Glass
and
Seats
Sixty.
tour.
GIRL SCOUTS AT LAKES
I not show up much; and a field of
The principal crop that will be in­ grain that may look like 80 bushel
spected is the sugar beet, however, grain will only yield 20 bushels of
Ray Williams and family of La
The Non-High school board met
time will be taken to see baby lima shriveled and undersized grains. Grande visited Thursday and Fri­
The Nyssa and Kingman Kolony
in an all day session at Vale Satur­
beans, crested wheat grass, flax, and
The damage in the vicinity of day of last week at the H. B. Wil­ day with all members present, in- Girls Scouts left Sunday on a
other new crops. Farmers and their Nyssa is said to be less than that in liams home. Mr. Williams is en- |
camping trip to
Payette Lakes.
families are invited to participate some other sections, particularly the gineer on the Union Pacific stream- i cludingM. Judd, J. D. Fairman, S. About thirty girls are enjoying the
L.
Smith,
Ed
Oakes
and
C.
E,
Lan-
in these tours.
annual scout encampment at the
Homedale and Marsing farming dis­ line train on the run from Portland
Durng the noon hour there will be tricts. The wheat yield over this en­ to Huntington and is a brother of ning, together with Superintendents |Kiwanis camp ground. Mrs. Dick
Hollenberg
and
Turnbull
and
Coun­
interested speakers from the Uni­ tire district is expected to be less H. B. Williams.
Tensen and Mrs. H. R. Otis accom­
ty Superintendent Kathryn Clay-
versity of Idaho and Oregon State than last year, and much of the
panied the girls.
pool.
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College to discuss crops and live­ blame can be laid to hot weather
The board decided to buy three
stock. Every effort will be made to while the wheat was in the “ dough." RETURN FROM WALLOWA LAKE
PARENTS OF DAUGHTER
bus bodies for school transportation
make the tour as interesting and
grain
were
,
I * Prospects for g good
W U S
1 11111 J yield
lC tU
V V CIC
duty, two of the bus bodies coming
convenient as possible for those who excellent this spring w¡th the
Rev. Floyd White and family re­ to Nyssa and the other to Ontario.
attend.
An 8 pound baby girl was born to
weather being cool enough to make
furnishes his own
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest McClure Mon­
It “stool” out well. Unusually hot turned early Wednesday morning ! Each driver
chassis
for
the
work
of
hauling
day morning at the Peterson home
weather in June, however, shriveled from Epworth League Institute at
students.
CALDWELL STORE
in Parma. Dr. Sarazin was the at­
the wheat and will cut the yield over Wallowa Lake. Rev. White reports a
good
institute,
with
three
more
The
new
bus
bodies
are
Superior
tending physician. Both mother and
last year.
CLOSED TO GET
registered than ever before, but all-steel bodies, and seat 60 pupils (daughter are reported to be getting
READY FOR SALE While yields are not expected to that it rained nearly every day each. Saftey glass is all round, seats long nlcejy
come up to the 70 and 80 bushel
during the week sessions. Eldon face forward and are leather uphol
yields of 1935, an advanced price will
Morse returned with the Whites.
stored, and the buses are said to
DR. SARA/IN BETTER
take up at least part of the slack.
have very efficient ventilating sys­
Caldwell’s drygoods store was clos­
Wheat is quoted locally at $1.30 per
tems. In the winter they will be
ed today in preparation of their big hundred, which is quite an advance
PROJECT LAND MOVING
heated, making it very comfortable
sale of summer goods, scheduled to
Dr. J. J. Sarazin is up and around
of last years top of $1.25 and aver­
start Friday. The force of clerks age of $1.16.
AT SATISFACTORY RATE for students going to and from again after his recent confinement
school.
were busy today arranging
mer­
to his home due to an infection. The
chandise and
marking the price
Two of the new buses will be placed doctor says that while he is still
down on goods. Their sale will lasts
There continues an active demand in service out of Nyssa but the driv­ somewhat weak, he feels pretty
until August 10th.
for lands under the project, and ers furnish their own chassis. Paul good now and is again attending to
practically every day brings one or Hatch expects to go back to Ohio his practice.
several
prospective
purchasers. for his outfit, and will buy a truck
SELLS FARM
Frank T. Morgan, secretary of the chassis while there, have the new
CABLES CHEVROLET
Va.le-Owyhee Land Settlement As­ body mounted, and drive It home.
A combine has been busy cutting
The Non-High school board also
sociation, reports that over 1,000
MOVES TO NEW QUARTERS
the grain around the cemetery, on
acres of new lands have been sold canvassed the recent election and
land farmed by Mr. Howard Evans.
announced
the
winners
to
be
C.
H.
Nyssa dropped another ball game since June.
Evans recently sold
his place to Sunday, this time to the Vale outfit
The committee expects to Increase Spicer, J. D. Fairman and Ed
Tlie Cables Chevrolet Co., of On­
Mr. Oft of Payette, selling both the by a 7 to 1 score. The game was their advertising campaign for Aug­ Oakes. The two later members were
land and crop; including a fine played in the blistering heat Sunday ust and September, with the expec­ successful candidates for re-election. tario moved this past week to their
newly constructed garage building
stand of young clover plants.
and was just too hot for real good tation of a large number of project
The board also reduced the inter­ next to the Malheur Home Tele­
ball, both teams being charged with visitors during late September and est rale on non-high warrants to 4
phone office. This garage is one of
errors.
October. An increased interest in per cent in keeping with the rate on
EXPECTED BACK SOON
the most modern in the Northwest,
Vale drew first blood by scoring! the land has developed since the other county warrants.
for towns the size of Ontario, and a
four runs in the first inning, which drought hit the middle west, and it
new line of machinery has been in­
Dr. and Mrs. E. D. Norcott and lead Nyssa never quite overcome. is expected that many new settlers
stalled, making it possible to give
daughter Mary and Mr. and Mrs. A. The score was 5 to 6 by the sixth will make their home on the project
Ernest Wilson and Roy Shumaker
exacting service.
C. Norcott are expected to return inning, when Frank Rambaud de­ this fall.
made a trip to the Wilson mine at
Mr. Cables says the increasing de­
this week end from a three weeks cided he had better give his pitch­
Susanville Sunday to get Earl Shu­
mand for the Chevrolet made it nec­
trpi to coast points, inluding visit­
Mrs.
Warren
Blodgett
was
on
the
maker
who
was
sick.
ing arm a rest and Dick Adams took
essary for him to enlarge his quar-
ing at Coquille, Bend and San Fran­
the mound. Before Dick could get sick list this week.
cisco.
Mr. and Mrs. George Bertsch went trs, and as a result he built a gar­
warmed up. Vale had score five runs.
to Boise Sunday to see the kiddies age that would be a credit to any
This was the last scoring done by BOISE PLANNING FAIR
FOR AUGUST 25 TO 29 Soap Box race. The linals will be city.
Buster Keizer and Pete Clonlnger Vale, but the damage was done.
held next Sunday.
spent a few days the first of the Eugene Pratt pitched the final in­
v eek visiting at the local OCC camp. ning for the locals and set them
Posters were put up in Nyssa this
Jepth Wade, Jr., of Burlingame, FORMER COUNTY CLERK
down without a score. Ernest Mc­ week advertising Boise's Western
Cal., is a guest at the Sherwood
LEAVES FOR TACOMA
Clure had a good day at bat. getting Idaho State Fair, to be held August
home for an indefinite period. Mr.
Mrs. Elmer Cloninger is confined the two longest hits; both doubles.
25th to 29th, according to E. L. Wade is a nephew of Mrs. Sherwood.
to her home with an injured foot,
Sproat, manager.
Play at Ontario
received while swimmnig Wednesday
Roy Daley, who resigned as
A forty-eight page booklet, cram­
Mr. and Mrs. Marion Klinkenberg
Next
Sunday
the
local
team
goes
night.
county clerk, left Saturday for
med
with
prize
lists
is
now
being
dis­
and
two
children,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
C.
to Ontario for a game, while Vale
Tacoma, where he may make his
entertains Payette in Idaho-Oregon tributed throughout the state, giv­ Klinkenberg and Lester spent Sun­ home. Mr. Daley served as county
ing
over
$10,000
in
prize
money.
In­
day
with
the
John
Lewellen
family
Misses Mae Keizer, Doris and League games.
clerk for eight years and was only
cluded in the list is the largest array at Bonita.
Drana Smith, Lester Keizer and
forsed to resign due to ill health, the
of dairy cattle awards ever offered
S. D. Goshert were Boise visitors
resignation taking effect July 15th.
VISITORS FROM MILWAUKEE at any fair in Idaho. Nearly a thous­
Thursday afternoon.
Harry Sackett ,who has had years
and dollars in prize money is being
of experience in the office, was ap­
offered the winning entries In the
Mr. and Mrs. Fay Morgan of Mil­ draft horse classes.
pointed by the county court to serve
The Chas Paradis family took waukee. Wisconsin, arrived Tuesday
out the unexpired term of M r
There will also be womens dis­
Miss Dorothy Wiggins, sister of Mrs evening for a visit at the Frank
Daley's.
plays, flower show, needle craft and
Paradis to Caldwell, Saturday even­ Morgan home here. Mr. Morgan Is
other divisions, all carrying liberal A1 Thompson telling of council­
ing where she will visit with another electrical engineer with the Wiscon­
man's troubles . . . Frank Morgan
prize money.
Bill Coleman has been busy this
si. ter. Mrs. Owen Stoffle.
sin Telephone Co., while Mrs. Mor­
entertaining
visitors
from Mil­
week painting his lunch stand in
gan, prior to her marriage, was
waukee
.
.
.
Frank
Edwards
thinks
a
EXTRA PAPERS SENT
dietician at the Walter Reed hos­
change of administration would im­ preparation to re-open it soon.
OUT THIS ISSUE
George Whipple, son of Mrs. pital in Washington, D. C. They ex­
prove weather . . . Dick Adams en­
Sarah Whipple left Thursday even­ pect to visit here for a week or more
joying bachelor existance . . . Ves
This issue of The Journal is
ing for Long Valley to work in the
Mrs. R. Piper and daughter Mary
Goshert seen leaving town surround­
being sent to several hundred
hay at the Henry Moore place. Mrs.
RETURN FROM FISHING
ed by three young ladies . . . Perry Jane of Portland are visiting at the
of our friends in neighboring
Moore used to be Kate Whipple.
Coleman has nice little lo j house C. C. Hunt home.
communities, all of whom are
now, built for one . . . Eddie Powell
interested in Nyssa. If you are
Mr. and Mrs Henry Fields and son
suffering with mining fever . . .
Interested in becoming one of
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Chapman, spent a few days this week fishing
C. E Bingham of Caldwell, presi­
Ernest Wilson telling about trip to
our readers, we would be glad
who have been visiting Mr. Chap­ at Fish Lake. They report a small
dent of the Ontario Concret Pipe
mountains
Sunday
.
.
.
to
talk
the
matter
over
with
you.
catch
in
the
lake
but
very
good
luck
man's mother in Weiser went to
company, was a business visitor in
Our subscription rate is $150 a
Rockville where the Chapman's at McCoy creek, a short distance
Nyssa Tuesday.
year.
away.
^
II
will spend the summer.
Weather Man
Shows No Mercy
WHEAT HARVEST
LESS THIS YEAR
$1.50 PER YEAR
NEW SGROOL BUS
BODIES ORDERED
FOR DUTY AT NYSSA
Vale Wins Sunday
Ball Game Here
'ROUND TOWN
ATTRACTIVE PRIZES UP
FOR RODEO WINNERS
NYSSA DEFEATS
Hog Calling and Husband
CALDWELL WED Calling Features To Pro­
vide Novelty At Rodeo
The reclamation team of soft ball
August 15-16.
players defeated Butler's Sporting
Goods store team of Caldwell Wed­
nesday evening on the local lot by a
6 to 8 score. The contest was inter­
esting throughout with both teams
playing good ball. George Reberger
made the longest hit of the evening,
a long drive over left field good for
a home run.
BRINGS RERIH
Car Overturns Into Mal­
heur River When Front
Wheels Hit Rock In
Road.
Baxter Farster, 24, of Burns, Ore­
gon and a brother of Mrs. Frank
Halverson of this city was involved
in an auto accident Monday evening
that brought death to a companion,
Ernest F. Carroll, 41, also of Burns.
Farster was hurt when thrown from
the machine and it was necessary to
take six stitches in the back of his
head, but he will recover.
Young Farster took Mrs. Halver­
son and Lloyd over to Burns Mon­
day morning, and afterwards met
Carroll, who wanted to go to On­
tario. Farster offered to drive him
to Ontario if he would pay for the
gas, and the two started out Monday
afternoon. On the highway the
other side of Harper the car, which
belonged to Farster but was driven
by Carroll, hit a large rock in the
road and plunged into the river.
Almost the entire car was covered
with water and Farster nearly
drowned before he got out of the
car, and then together with some
people who came along, they man­
aged to get Carroll’s body out of
the car. He was dead when he was
taken from the auto, and doctors
say he died from a broken neck.
Frank Halverson was called early
Tuesday morning and he left almost
immediately for the scene of the
accident. He spent all day Tuesday
on business connected with the acci­
dent. Baxter Farster left Tuesday
for Bums in company with his
brother and a brother of Carroll's.
Mrs. Halverson and Lloyd expect to
visit all thus week with friends and
relatives in Burns.
Tate Donkeys
To Celebration
Bill Hlpp, Dewey Ray and Judge
Williams left this afternoon with
two cars and two trailors full of
donkeys, bound for Hagerman, Ida­
ho, where the donkey will be used in
a soft ball game Friday, July 24th.
Hagerman is holding quite a cele­
bration on that date .honoring the
arrival of the first pioneers into
Utah.
Lloyd Marshall and Roy Williams
expect to leave early tomorrow
morning for Hagerman, in order to
be on hand before the show starts
Marshall and Hi|>p are Joint own­
ers of the donkey ball venture. The
same donkeys will be used in the
games at the Nyssa Rodeo.
POMONA GRANGE AT
BIG BEND PARK TODAY
The Pomona Grange Is meeting
today in Big Bend park, with the Big
Bend grange serving as hosts. A
morning business session was held,
followed by a dinner and a speaking
program tills afternoon. A supper
tonight and social hour will end the
all day sesison this evening.
Over $500 in prize money will be
paid at the Nyssa Eagles Rodeo, to
be held August 15 and 16th, it was
decided at a committee meeting
Wednesday night. This is the larg­
est purse in the history of the rodeo,
and it is expected to attract top
rides, ropers and bulldoggers here
for the big two days show. Patrons
will be assured of seeing the very
best rodeo performers, as the prizes
rank up well with the best of them.
It was decided to pay $50 prize
each day for the best bronco riding,
calf roping and bulldogging, with
second money in each event coming
to $25 and third paying $10. In ad­
dition there will be entrance money
to be divided in the calf roping and
bulldogging events, and exhibition
rides for bronco busters.
The show as planned now will be
two full afternoon entertainment,
with something doing every minute.
A new event added this year, and
while it is not classed as a rodeo
event, is a hog calling and a hus­
band calling contest. Attractive cash
prizes will be awarded in each event,
and considerable rivaltry is expected
to be aroused between the people
of different states to see which can
carry off the honors in this event.
The Kansas people claim they
have the best callers, with that
peculiar ring that brings the porkers
loping to the trough; but several
Nebraskans here are willing to
match their leather lungs with the
best Kansas has to offer. There will
be quite a crowd of folks from Col­
orado and several of the best call­
ers, especially the women folks, are
expected to enter the contests. One
Coloradian said today the farmers
would have to lock their hogs in the
barn before he’d compete, because
he wouldn’t be responsible for any
farmer's hogs breaking out when he
let forth one of his best efforts. No
one is barred in these contests and
now would be a good time to start
getting in some good practice and be
all ready to cash in on the contests.
Kennedy's shows will be here and
will likely set up a day or so before
the show starts. This concern has a
fine lot of rides and carnival fea­
tures, and adds considerable to the
spirit of the occasion. Several local
parties have also indicated their in­
tention of getting a consesslon to
help amuse and feed the throngs
that will be here for the two day
show.
A new feature this year is the
donkey baseball and girls polo
games. These will be played In the
evening and it is planned to have
the games end just before dark.
Teams from neighboring towns and
the famous "Ladles in Red” team of
girls from Payette are expected to
take part.
Details of the dance have not been
completed as yet, but Chairman
Bernard Frost is lining up the best
possible orchestra for the big Rodeo
dance Saturday night. This colorful
dance, which has always proven a
big attraction, will be held one night
only; but no effort will be spared
in making it a dance long to be re­
membered.
Work of preparing the arena
grounds has already started, and a
wire fence will be strung completely
around the grounds, with the buck-
arena. made of poles, Inside of this.
By this method, cars will be able
to park completely around the
arena, and the woven wire fence,
plus emergency police, will keep
back the non-paying customers. The
grandstand and bleachers will be
put in good shape to accomodate a
capacity crowd for both days.
TO VISIT IN KENTUCKY
Wendell Pogue plans to leave Sun­
day for Murray, Kentucky where he
will visit with his parents. M. S.
Blrks is also leaving Sunday morn­
ing and will stop off to visit with
relatives near Joplin, Mo. This is
the first time Wendell has been bock
home since he came here ten year*
ago.
On Monday, Mrs. H. B. William's
Lafe Johnson of Nampa; Mrs Eva
Mrs. Emil Paulus went to Nampa
Perry of Rupert; Mr. Dave Evens of
mother and father, Mr. and Mrs Tuesday evening to spend a few
Sprtngville, Utah; Mrs. Lula Burgle days visiting relatives.
and daughter of Ogden and Mrs.
Earl Johnson of Nampa were dinner
H. Blair Johnson was surprised
guests at the H. B Williams home. Tuesday when his neice, Mrs. Chase
Thomas of Amity, and her family
stopped for a visit. Mr. Thomas is
Unless persent plans are changed, state manager of the Royal Insur­
the local troop of Boy Scouts expect ance company and was in this ter­
to leave August 2 for a two weeks ritory on business They were oc-
rompanted by their two children.
camping trip at Wallowa Lake