NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL
Published at Nyssa, Oregon
G A T E W A Y T O TH E O W Y H E E AN D BLACK CANYO N IRRIGATION PROJECTS
VOLUM E X X X II. NO. 5.
GOOD
A census of Nyssa will be made
next Monday, February 8th by the
Nyssa Commercial Club In co-oper­
ation with students of the local
high school. The purpose of the cen­
sus is merely to find out how much
Nyssa has grown since the federal
census of 1930 and to gather other
data which would be of Interest to
persons contemplating Investing in
Nyssa.
The form presented will be simple
and Impersonal. No one need hesi­
tate about co-operating with the
young folks who will be around
Monday gathering the information.
The questions will be confirmed to a
few items such as name, number in
the family, how long they have liv­
ed here, occupation, former residence
and questions of this nature.
The data gathered will be used
only in a general way to discover
how many people have moved here
since 1930; where most of our new
people are coming from, and the
total number of people in Nyssa.
The city will be divided out into
districts and a crew of young folks
assigned to each district to count
every person in their territory.
People will be conferring a favor by
encouraging these young people by
cooperating to the fullest extent.
OREGON TRAIL GRANGE
SPONSORS CARD PARTIES
The newly organzed Oregon Trail
grange is sponsoring a series of card
parties at the school house. H ie
parties are on Thursday evenings
and good attendance is reported.
The Grange also is making plans
for a community play which will be
underway soon. They have made
arrangements to exchange plays
with other Granges In the county.
Albert B. Hopkins, lecturer of the
Oregon Trail Grange, has charge of
the parties and will direct the play.
Prize winners at last Thursday's
party were Klaas Stam. high for
men at pinochle and John Stam,
low. Women pinochle winners were
Mrs. John Bowen, high, and Mrs.
Loyd Adams low. Mr. Loyd Adams
was a special prize at a drawing, re­
ceiving a rug.
G AR AG ES SHIFT TO
NEW
LOCATIONS
The Ed Pruyn Auto Repair busi­
ness was moved this week to the old
location of the Larsen & Towne
Company in the Powell Service
Building. Mr. Pruyn will also have
the back room in the building and
expects to have ample room to care
for his business. He and his crew
have been busy re-assembling the
machinery and are now ready for
business.
Monday. Howard Larsen moved
his auto repair equipment to the old
location of the Pruyn Auto Repair
in the Hoxie building. He U now
ready to take care of the trade.
NYSSA STUDENTS TO TAKE
PART IN RECITAL IN ONTARIO
RESPONSE
Mr. and Mrs Arthur Chapman
are the proud parents of a baby girl
bom Sunday, January 31 at the
Brittlngham home in Ontario. The
little miss weighed 7 pounds 6 o u n « «
and is their first child.
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BOOST FOR JOURNAL
COMES FROM AUSTRIA
Farm Meetings
A total of $50.15 had been col­
lected for the Red Cross in Nyssa
when the last count was made Mon­
day. The boxes will be left out until
the end of the week and all persons
who care to help the cause should Reclamation Service Has
leave their
contributions at the
Illustrated Lecture For
Danks, Don Graham's or Frank Mor­
Showing
In This County
gan's office or hand them to Mrs.
Dick Tensen.
Most of the money turned in so
An illustrated lecture, telling of
far has been in larger sums, for a
more general support of the work “ New Ideas in Irrigation Agricul­
being done by the Red Cross in the ture” will be presented by the |
flood areas. Comparatively few Bureau of Reclamation at the Nys­
View of the Snake River taken from the east shore looking toward
persons have contributed in making [ sa High School on February 15tl> at
Nyssa. Residents who have been a bit uneasy over a flood should study
the total over $50, and more half 8 P. M. The lecture, illustrated by
the ice in the river at this time, which was the winter of 1924. The pic­
dollar, dollar and similar sums 56 colored slides prepared by the
ture is from a collection owned by Mrs. Barney Wilson and shows much
should be forthcoming before the Bureau of Reclamation, will present
higher ice jams at the bridge than was the case this winter. Later in the
boxes are taken away Saturday even­ practical plans in land and water
winter the water in the foreground froze over also.
ing.
use and new methods of attacking
long-standing farm problems in an
interesting and entertaining fash­
ion.
The lecture will also be presented
at the Kingman Colony school on
February 11th, starting at 8 P. M.;
at the Owyhee school on February
12th at 8 P. M.; and at the Oregon
Trail school on February 13 at 2 P.
Viola Pullen Named As
M. It will also be given at the Cairo
Boulevard Grange on February 15th
Alternate To Receive
Meet In Church Basement at P. M.; at the Park School on
Important 4-H Award
February 16 at 8 P. M. and at other
Friday Evening For First points in the county.
Annual Kansas Banquet The slides were made from photo­
According to an
announcement
graphs taken last summer by Bureau
just made by E. M. Hauser, County
of Reclamation field men and dem­
Club Agent, the
Union Pacific
Former residents of Kansas enjoy­ onstrate methods which irrigation All Danger of Flood Seems Scholarship, which is given each year
ed their first annual winter banquet farmers have found valuable in var­
Past As Warm Weather for outstanding 4-H club work in
Friday evening in the basement of ious sections of the west in conserv­
Malheur County .has been awarded
the Community Church. A large ing their water, controlling weeds,
Melts Ice In Snake River to Lucille Thrasher of the Kingman
and
increasing
their
income.
crowd of Jayhawkers were present
Kolony Community. Viola Pullen of
In addition to the slides furnished
to enjoy talking over old times, swap
Owyhee Community was named al­
by
the
Bureau
of
Reclamation,
Coun­
experiences and the splendid ban­
Fear of a flood in Nyssa is pretty ternate by the committee making
quet furnished by the Kansas ladies. ty Agent Larson has three reels of much over now as the warmer
the awards.
motion picture films showing irriga­
Toastmaster for the evening was tion practices that will be shown in weather has started melting the ice
This scholarship consists of $100
Rees Byram, who called on several conjunction with the slides.
in Snake river. In some places the to be applied towards a college edu­
present for short talks, and accord­
Irrigation farming is an exacting ice has pretty much disappeared and cation, half being available when
ing to the tales told, some strange and highly specialized form of agri­ east of Nyssa, where it was froz­ the winner enrolls at Oregon State
things have happened in Kansas.
culture. “ In the face of rapid econ­ en all the way across, it has started College, and the rest being paid up­
A message from the city was de­ omic changes, the irrigation farmer rotting and slushing away. It is still on starting the second term. The
livered by Marshall Cook and signed must continually search for improv­ frozen over but open spaces are be­ scholarship is awarded by the Union
by Don M. Graham, mayor. The ed methods. The Bureau holies that ginning to appear and a few days Pacific Railroad Company through
message was addressed to the form­ its presentation of the better meth­ more of thawing weather is
ex­ its president, Mr. Carl R. Gray, as
er residents of Kansas and read;
a reward for outstanding achieve­
ods in use in other localities will pected to remove most of the ice.
At the same time the streets of ments in 4-H club work and to help
“ Hearty congratulations to a assist the farmers here.”
The Malheur County Agent, R. G. Nyssa are in a sloppy condition, due the individuals continue their educa­
splendid type of citizens. We the
people of Nyssa and community Larson is cooperating in presenting to the reecnt thaw. Drains are being tion.
kept open and in a few days more, if
The award is based on the num­
greet you as neighbors and friends the program.
the present weather continues, most ber of years in 4-H club work, the
and wish you to feel really at home
of the snow is expected to be gone number of projects carried, quality
in this community.
Grange Committee Named from Nyssa. Big drifts are still pres­ of work, and club activities which
“The inspiration from Kansas
which you carry here, and applied To
Consider Davenport ent in many country roads, but the includes leadership, interest, atti­
main highways are getting bare in tude and sportsmanship, and par­
as you know how, will make this
Hunting Control Scheme the center of the road, although ticipation in demonstration contests,
part of these United States as big­
there are still drifts beside the judging contests, etc.
ger and better place than it was be­
roads as a reminder of a short few
Lucille Thrasher has just com­
fore you came.
A committee named by J. Edwin days ago when roads were almost pleted her seventh year of club work
"We appreciate you folks and your
wonderful spirit and want to join Johnson, Master of Pomona Grange, impassable on account of drifted and has carried nine different pro­
jects including nearly all divisions
with you in all things good for our has named M. M. Greeting of the snow.
The moisture in the snow is get­ of the Clothing, Cooking and Can­
new home in the West . . . God grant Big Bend grange, chairman and Al­
that your gathering will be one of bert B. Hopkins, lecturer of the ting into the ground, which was ex­ ning projects, besides being quite
Oregon Trail grange, secretary. The ceptionally dry before the snow the active in helping to develop the 4-H
many in the years to come.”
committee consists of one represen­ early part of January. Frost has program in her Community, and
Following the informal program,
tative from each Grange in Malheur also gone out of the ground in many participating in many of the County
election of officers was held with
County. The purpose of the com­ places and you hear more people Contests. Viola Pullen has completed
Rees Byram being re-elected presi­
mittee is to consider the Davenport talking of spring.
six years of club work, carrying eight
dent for another year and Mrs.
Hunting plan further. Mr. Davenport
projects and has also been active in
Lonnie Norris being elected secre­
presented his plan for controlling COUNCIL PASSES
club affairs.
tary. The club plans a picnic for
hunting at the last Pomona meet­
next summer, the date and place to
N EW ORDINANCE
ing at Oregon Slope. The pl«n re­
be announced later.
PROFIT S H O W N A T
quires hunters to pay a fee to the
farmers on whose land they hunt,
PRESIDENT’S BALL
EXAMINER TO BE HERE
The city council held their regu­
the farmer agreeing to turn over
lar
monthly
meeting
Monday
in
the
ail or a portion of the fees to the
city hall with routine matters of
W. L. Turner, Examiner of Oper­ Grange for the purpose of erecting business before the council. An or­
The annual President's Ball was
grange
halls
in
the
community.
ators and Chauffeurs, will be in Nys­
Saturday night and proved
dinance was passed making a minor held
sa, Thursday Feburary 11th, 1937 at
change in the referendum and re­ to be one of the most successful held
the City Hall between the hours of COM M ERCIAL CLUB
here. A large crowd was in attend­
call provisions of the city law.
1 P. M. to 5 P. M., respectively, ac­
An effort was made to get an or­ ance and after all expenses were
TO
MEET
FEB.
11th
cording to a recent announcement
dinance before the ccuncil regulat­ paid, a total of $26.40 remained as
released from the Secretary of
ing mechanical amusement devices, profit to be divided for local and
State's office.
The Nyssa Commercial Club plans but the motion died for lack of a national use.
All those wishing permits or lic­ to hold their regular monthly meet­ second. It will likely be brought be­
Receipts from ticket sales came to
enses to drive cars are asked to get ing in the basement of the Eagles fore the council at a later meeting. $78 with $4.50 more added from the
in touch with Mr. Turner during hall on Thursday evening. February
Need of a revised charter, change check room. Expenses were divided
these hours.
11th. All people interested in the of boundary lines and passing of as follows; Orchestra. $38; rent $10;
welfare of Nyssa are Invited to be the bills of the month occupied the wax $1.00; printing $6.50; phone
LEGISLATIVE BILLS
present and take part in the discus­ council until adjourned late Monday calls. .60; making a total expense of
$56.10.
ON FILE AT JOURNAL sions.
evening.
Lucille Thrasher Awarded Union
Pacific 4 -H Club Scholarship
Jawhawkers
Enjoy Banquet
Nysas piano pupils of Mrs. Robert
Gilchrist Jr., are taking part in a
recital to be given Saturday evening
at 7; 30 in the party room of the
Taylor Coffee Shop in Ontario
Everyone is invited to attend. Nyssa
The legislative bills introduced in­
pupils who will perform are Jean to the state senate and house are on
Johnson. Claudene Paradis,
Lila file at the Journal and may be in­
Fife. Donald and Bobby Eldridge. spected by anyone interested.
Mrs. Malcolm Crawford and Mrs. F.
L. Kirkham.
BEAUTY SHOP MOVES
PARENTS OF DAUGHTER
$1.50 PER YEA R
N YSSA, OREGON, TH U R SD AY, FEBR U AR Y 4, 1937
Plans Made For RED CROSS GETS
Nyssa Census
High School Students W ill
Help Commercial Club
Count Noses Monday
Fastest Growing Town In Oregon
River Now On
Good Behavior
Soil Conservation Meetings Scheduled
To
Be
Held
Throughout
Malheur
County
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Miss Ruth Wadnock moved her
Ruth’s Beauty Nook equipment Sun­
day to the location formerly oc­
cupied by the Vogue Beauty Shop,
back o f the Paulus Jewelry store
Miss Wamock will be assisted in her
shop by Mrs. Ronald Burke who for­
merly operated the Vogue Beauty
Shop.
Mrs. George Bertsch received
word of the death of an aunt who
Miss Virginia DuPre of Ontario
died January 20 at Centerville, South spent the week end visltng with her
sister Mrs. Dale Garrison and fam­
Dakota.
ily.
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Mrs. Eulah Kelley left last Thurs-
lay evening for Stockton Callfor-
Mr and Mrs. D. L Anderson of
ila where she will probably make the Kolony were Sunday visitors at
the Geo. Haycock home
ier home.
Mr and Mrs C W Reberger are
Mrs. Frank Halverson was called
•Joicing over the arrival of a new
randdaughter bom January 24th to to Bums last week end by the lines*
tr. and Mrs
Barney Wright at of her father She was accompan-
ed by her son Lioyd
verett .Wash.
Seven
community meetings for
electing representatives to carry on
the 1937 agricultural conservation
program will be held between the
dates of February 4 and February 11
in Malheur county, according to for­
mal notices Issued by R. O. Larson,
secretary of the present county or­
ganization. The schedule of meetings
follow; Ontario community, Bouffi-
ard Hall, February 4; Nyssa com­
munity, Nyssa school, February 5:
Big Bend community. Wade schco’
February fl; Kingman Kolony com ­
munity; Kingman school February
6; Harper community. Harper school
February •: Vale community, court­
house. February 8 ;
Oregon 81opi
and Dead Ox Flat communities at
Park School. February 9 All meet­
ings will start promptly at 2:00 P. M
Every fanner in the community
regardless of whether he participat­
ed in the 1936 program or plans to
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participate in the new one, is elig­
ible to take part in and vote in these
community meetings. A community
committee of three will be elected
by written ballot, the chairman of
which will become a member of the
new county committee.
At the community meetings the
general features of the new program
will be explained, although no de­
tailed discussion will be undertaken
at that time. After the communities
have been organized, the represen­
tatives of each will meet in a county
meeting where all
details of the
program aa they apply to this region
will be explained in full and plans
will be laid for obtaining work sheets
on as many of the farms in the
county as possible.
Farms on which work sheets were
turned in on the 1936 program will
not need to have new ones made
out, although some revision of the
old work sheets may be required.
Every attempt is being made to have
all work sheets made out during
February in order to have this out
of the way before spring work
starts.
Malheur county representatives
who attended the recent district con­
ference at Baker on Jauary 30 report
that the new program contains a
number of advantages to farmers of
this county compared with the old
one. New features added which re­
quested to meet special conditions
have not served to slmpllfly the
program, but under the organization
plans made by the state committee
and the O S C . extension service,
each fanner will be able to obtain a
specific listing of the possibilities on
his own farm rather than having to
try to familiarize himself with the
details of the entire program.
The Journal received a post­
card Tuesday from George
Scheimer. who left last De­
cember on a visit to his native
land. The letter reads as fol­
lows:
“ Dear Editor: Do not send
the paper after you receive
this card, because I will leave
on the "S.S. Brenan” January
26th for the U. 3. again.
Everything is fine here, but
there is no place better than
in America. I am in receipt of
the papers and really enjoy
reading it more than any
other newspaper.
With best
regards. Geo. Schiemer.”
■ Incidently there are two
nice specimens of Austria
stamps on the postcard which
will go to the first two collect­
ors calling at the Journal.
Dogs Kill 68
Feeder Lambs
Chas. Marshall Has Heavy
Loss W hen Dogs Raid
Pens Sunday Morning
Dogs got into the lamb fattening
pens at the Chas. Marshall place
sometime early Sunday morning and
before they were through, 68 lambs
lay dead. The lambs killed were fat­
tening for market and were to have
been shipped Wednesday of this
week.
Very few of the lambs were act­
ually killed by the dogs getting their
teeth into them but the band of
dogs chased the lambs from one
end of the pens to the other finally
piling them up in one corner to a
depth of several feet and when dis­
covered early the next morning, 68
' t the lambs were dead. Many others
were badly braised and although
alive, in bad shape from their ex­
perience.
No one knows how many does
were in the band, or who thev be­
long to for sure. The loss, however is
estimated to be close to $600. even
after saving the pelts. The crew
were kept busy all day Sunday
skinning the dead lambs; and in­
stead of the four cars of lambs ex­
pected to be shipped Wednesday
Mr. Marshall had to come to town
Monday and canceled one car.
CHAIRMAN
FOR
CARNIVAL
University of Oregon— (Special)—
Miss Harriett Sarazin, sophomore in
science at the University of Oregon,
was general chairman of the car­
amel apple sale sponsored by Kwama
sophomore
service
honorary for
women, which was recently held on
the campus.
Mtss Sarazin is the daughter of
Dr. and Mrs. J. J. Sarazin of Nyssa.
She is affiliated with the Alpha
Omlcron Pi sorority. She has been a
member of inter-house basketball
and volleyball teams, and a member
of Thespian, freshman service hon­
orary for women.
Nyssa Wins First
TournamentTilt
Defeat Vale La$t Night;
To Play Ontario Friday
Night At Ontario
Nyssa trounced the Vale team
Wednesday night in the
opening
game of the Snake River Valley
tournament by a count of 25 to 11.
Ontario alsc won from Emmett
Wednesday night by a score of 22 to
18 and Ontario and Nyssa will tangle
Friday night for the right to play in
the finals Saturday evening.
Tonight Payette plays New Ply­
mouth and Weiser meets Parma.
The winners of these two games will
also play Friday night for the right
to enter the finals. A big crowd of
fans is expected to accompany Nyssa
to the tournament tomorrow night
to see if the locals can repeat their
early season victory over Ontario.
The game with Vale Wednesday
started out on very even terms and
at half time the score was tied 6 to
6. In the third quarter Nyssa really
hit their stride and Vale was de­
moralized when Bob Wilson put
Nyssa in the lead by sinking three
shots from the corners one after an­
other. The third quarter was all
Nyssa’s with the team handling the
ball in championship style and
scoring 14 points while holding Vale
to a lone basket.
Nyssa was content to play a de­
fensive game in the final quarter
and made but few breaks for the
basket. While the scoring was not
so heavy this quarter,
Nyssa did
outscore Vale, five to three in the
final frame.
Johnston was high point scorer for
Nyssa with 11 counters while Bob
Wilson accounted for 9. Bailey was
high man for Vale with five points.
Win Game At Vale
Nyssa won from Vale in a game
played Friday night in the Vale gym
when the varsity won 25 to 21 but
the second team lost 24 to 17.
Nyssa added
another scalp to
their string Saturday night by de­
feating the Weiser squad by the very
narrow margin of 27 to 28. It was
one of those battles which make
basketball the popular indoor sport
and the crowd of fans on hand have
rarely seen a more exciting game.
Weiser took an early lead and
were in front almost the entire
game. It was not until the final per­
iod that Nyssa forged to the front
and stayed there long enough to
win. Score at half time was 11 to 13
in favor of Weiser and at the 3rd
quarter mark, Weiser was still ahead
17 to 21.
While the varsity was hard pushed
to win their game, the second team
dropped their game, also by a one
point margin, the final score read­
ing 17 to 18. This was also an ex­
citing game with the outcome un­
certain until the final whistle.
Play in Tournament
Games will be played on the
single elimination system, meaning
a loss of one game puts a team out
of the tournament.
AMERICAN LEGION JUNIORS
STUDY NURSING AT MEETING
CCC BOYS CLEAR ROADS
The American Legion Junior girls
met last Thursday at the home of
Mrs. Elmer Clontnger and heard an
interesting demonstration on nurs­
ing. Their first lesson was on the
subject of "How to Make a Hospital
Beds." Five members and three eltg-
ibles were present.
The next
meeting will be held
February 11th at the Mrs. Clonlnger
home, starting at seven o’clock and
all members and eliglbles are invited
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Selby and to attend. The girls are having a
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Stanford of candy sale at the school this Friday
Weiser spent Sunday aftenoon visit­ to help start the club treasury.
ing with Mr. and Mrs. Emil Paulus.
Mrs. C. W Reberger left Sunday
DEPUTY COLLECTOR
evening for Everett, Wash., where
TO BE IN COUNTY she will visit her daughter, Mrs.
Barney Wright and husband and
their new baby daughter born re­
According to an announcement
cently at an Everett hospital.
received from the Treasury Depart­
ment, a deputy collector of internal
Chas. Caldwell went to Boise Tues­
revenue will be in Ontario February day evening for a few days business
22nd and 23rd for the purpose of as­ trip.
sisting taxpayers in preparing their
Federal income tax returns for the
Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Solomon of
year 1936.
Hammond, Ind, arrived Sunday
evening to visit with Mrs. Solomon’s
MIA TO SPONSOR
mother, Mrs. Fred Powell and other
VALENTINE DANCE relatives. Mrs. Powell has been ill
but not serious.
The MIA is sponsoring a Valen­
Mr and Mrs. Oeorge MacLafferty
tine dance to be held at the LDB
church next Friday evening. Feb- were dinner guests Sunday of Mr.
raury 12. Oood music will be had. and Mrs H. R. Sherwood and Frank.
Mrs Fudge, who underwent an op­
The hall will be decorated In keep­
ing with the Valentine motif
Ad­ eration at the Nampa hospital last
mission is 35c a couple and extra week is reported to be getting along
nicely.
ladles 10c
Residents living in the vicinity of
the Dr. Sarazin ranch and Eastern
Oregon ranch and the new settlers
who come to Nyssa by that way
are very grateful to the CCC boys
and their foreman for clearing and
opening the road. A crew of boys
cleared about a half mile of the
road which was blocked by snow
drifts.