NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL
Published at Nyssa, Oregon
VOLUME XXXII. NO. 6
G A T E W A Y TO THE OW YHEE AND BLACK CANYON IRRIGATION PROJECTS
NYSSA. OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11,1937
Cross Donations
Nyssa Loses To Red
P . » Hundred M .r k H .r . I
U .lV J C
Ontario In Fast
Contest Friday
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Ontario Wins Tournament
By Defeating Payette In
Deciding Game Sat.
Donations to the Red Cross fund
passed the 1100 mark in Nyssa this
week when the contribution from
the local OCC camp, amounting to
$43.78, were received by the local
chapter. Local contributions amount-
ig to $63.15 boosted the total to $106.-
93. The CCC boys, officers and Bur
eau of Reclamation men cooperated
in raising the CCC fund.
The 6th grade at school, taught by
Orant Rinehart, expect to boost the
fund with their plan of taking their
Valentine money and turning it over
Nyssa was
eliminated from the to the Red Cross fund. Over seven
Snake River Valley tournament F ri dollars has already been raised by
the students in following this plan.
day night when the old Ontario
jinx held, and the boys from neigh
boring town wound up on the long NOTED CHURCH W O R K E R
TO T A L K OVER R ADIO
end of a 22 to 14 score. Ontario’s big
quarter was the second, when the
Wednesday evening, February 17
local defense weakened monentarily
and the big red team had a 15 to 6 at the church auditorium the pub
lic is invited to listen to the nation
advantage at the half.
It was a defensive battle for the wide hcokup of E. S. Stanley Jones,
rest o f the game. Both teams fought a Missionary of India. Mr. Jones
World and
savagely for the ball, with Nyssa subject will be “ The
seemingly losing the magic touch Christianity." Choir rehearsal at 8
that makes baskets. Most of their o ’clock the same evening. Mrs. J.
shots went wild as they scored one Poage, leader.
free throw in the third quarter for
a lone point while Ontario made only
two points. The final quarter saw
Ontario add five more to their total
while Nyssa managed to gathei
seven, but the lead made in the firs!
part o f the game was too much t<
overcome.
Payette Defeats Wriser
The game between Payette and
Weiser Friday night
was a real
thriller, with the teams deadlocked
32 all at the end of the regular play
ing period. Payette gathered twc
points in the extra three minute per
iod to win 34 to 32.
Ontario Wins Tournament
Ontario won the tournament Sat
urday night in a close game with
Payette ,the score being 35 to 36. On
tario led most of the way, but P ay
ette barely missed tying the score in
the closing minutes of play when
Coulter, Payette guard, sank one
foul shot but missed the other as the
gun sounded.
One More Home Game
Local fans will have to wait un
til February 20th to see a game play
ed on the local floor as the teams
play at Baker this Friday night and
go to Emmett Saturday. On Feb-
on the 20th Baker plays here. Vale is
scheduled to meet the locals here
February 26. The team will enter the
Eastern Oregon tournament to be
played March 2 to 6th at a place to
be decided this week.
Wrestling Card
To Be Staged
Some of the Best Talent In
The Business To Appear
On Next Nyssa Card
Arrangements for another wrest
ling and boxing show are now in the
preliminary stages with a tentative
date set for February 24th or 25th.
Matchmaker Garde says the card
will likely contatn “ Gentlemen Jack"
Connely of Boston, 255 pound bone-
twister to be matched with either
Ira Dern or Don LeLaun of Mon
treal.
One of the big drawing features of
the card will be the appearance of
Betty Bushy, 140 pound lady wrestler
o f Hollywood. Miss Bushy is said to
be able to wrestle with the best of
them and is a big attraction every
time she appears. An effort is also
being made to get a re-match be
tween Bull Keener and Don M ath
ews, the popular match of last
month’s card.
A LPH O RHO OF D E LPH IAN
Alpho Rho of Delphian. Ontario,
will meet in the Moore Hotel ban
quet room Wednesday morning, Feb
ruary 17 at 10 o'clock. Social life in
Stuart England will be discussed,
with the following members taking
part. Mrs. C. F. Cox, Mrs. I. B. Oor-
don. Mrs. Paul A. Roberts, Mrs.
Frank Morgan. Mre. W. C. Jackson,
Mrs. C. M. Tyler, Mrs O. L. Hutch
inson. The last thirty minutes will be
devoted to the discussion of articles
in the Delphian Quarterly.
C H O RA L
CLUB
The Ray Emmott house was sold
this week to the Amalgamated Sugar
Compay for a reported considera
tion of $3,300 cash. Mrs. Emomtt ex
pects to take an apartment in the
Boydell house until she joins her
husband at Enterprise after school is
out. Mr. and Mrs. George Daly will
move into the house. Mr. Daley is
fieldman for the sugar company.
The Daley’s now live in the Wes
Browne house recently purchased by
Mrs, Bettie Forbes. Mrs. Forbes is
now living in one of the Kelley
houses and will move into her re
cently acquired property. The Kelley
house will be occupied by Mr. and
Mrs. E. J. Sheneberger and daughter
of Tw in Falls. Mr. Sheneberger ar
rived in Nyssa Wednesday and will
act as warehouseman for the sugar
company.
The company expects to start con
struction of their new warehouse as
soon as the weather permits, and
several officials of the
company
were in Nyssa today making ar
rangements to push the work. The
buildings now on the place will be
moved as one of the preliminary
steps toward construction of the
warehouse.
PAR E NTS OF D AUGHTER
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Johnston are
the parents of an eight pound baby
daughter, born Tuesday afternoon
February 9th at the Dixon Nursing
home. The little miss has been nam
ed Cherie Lee. Mrs. Rose Worley
Johnston, the mother, is getting
along nicely now, but the doctor for
bids her having visitors for a few
days yet.
W IN S SC H O LARSH IP
Miss Marjorie Groot has recently
been awarded a scholarship to the
4-H summer school on her cooking
club work. M arjorie has been in
club three years and has completed
eleven projects.
EXPECT TO S T A R T
C O NFE CTION E R Y STORE
The quarters formerly occupied by
Ruth’s Beauty Nook, next to Frank
Morgan's office, have been rented to
Mr. and Mrs. McConnell of Western.
Nebraska. They expect to start a
confectionery store in the location
TO W N B A SK E T B A LL TEAM S
P L A Y SEVERAL GAMES
The Norcott Service basketball
team played the reclamation Wed
nesday night, with the service sta
tion team winning 27 to 16. Monday
night the Reclamation team traveled
to Nampa where they lost by a 21 to
17 count
Both of these teams are
made up of former basketball stars
now working around town.
MISS W ARN O C K B ACK IN SHOP
Miss Ruth Warnock
of
Ruth’s
Beauty Nook, wishes to announce
The Choral club will meet next that she has recently completed a
Wednesday at the home of Mrs W three weeks course at a Nampa
C. Jackson Mr. Reed of Ontario is Beauty school, taking supplement
expected to be present to direct the ary training, and is now back In her
shop all the time
musical group.
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(^Jub 1 Q3. Will Father and Son Gas Explosion Takes Life
Banquet Will Be of Young Nyssa Newcomer
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Help Hospital Fund Held Thursday
The Nyssa Civic Club will hold^their father. The hospital was estab
their regular monthly meeting W ed lished as a childrens hospital to
nesday, February 17th in the form provide medical and surgical facil
of a silver tea for the b :nefit of the ities of the highest order for sick
Doernbecher Children's
Hospital. children and at the same time aug
The general public is invited to at ment the educaiitn facilities of the
tend, and not only help this worthy Medical School. Additional gifts en
cause, but enjoy the program to be abled the construction and equip
ment of a building with a capacity
given.
o f 70 beds.
Mrs. W. C. Jackson will be pro
The cornerstone for the building
gram chairman and the
program
was laid May 24. 1925 and the hos
planned for the cancelled January
pital opened August 1, 1926. The A m
meeting will be given. A historical
erican Legion of the state raised
sketch of the Doernbecher hospital
funds to maintain the hospital from
will be given, followed by a song by
August 1, 1926 until March 1, 1927.
Donald Wilson. June Wilson will giv
O f recent years it has been main
a piano solo and Miss Hettie Med-
tained from the
jeneral
Medical
esker will round out the musical
school budget as part of the state
program with a musical reading.
system o f education.
Mrs. Dick Tensen is hostess for the
The budget for the operation ol
afternoon.
the hospital has been reduced be
The Doernbecher
hospital,
for cause of lack of funds for the system
which a silver offering will be taken, of Higher Education as a whole, and
was made possible by a g ift of $200,- it is estimated that unless enough
000 to the University of Oregon Med public support is mustered Jt will
ical School by Mr. Edward M. Doern be necessary to close approximate!)
becher and his sister, Mrs. Ada one-half of the beds this coming
Doernbecher Morse, in memory of year.
Beet Company Poisoning Rabbit Work ^Oregon Trail Grange
BuysHouseHere Started By CCC Again Hear Slate Deputy
Fieldman W ill Move Into
Emmott House; Start
Warehouse Very Soon
Fastest Growing Town In Oregon
$1.50 PER YEAR
Interesting Program Being
Arranged For Annual
Father-Son Gathering
The annual Father-Son banquet is
scheduled for Thursday
evening.
February 18th in the basement cf
the Community church. The affair
which is in the nature of a chicken
tamalle supper, will start at seven
o’clock and is being given by th
Ladies Aid.
An interesting program has been
arranged featuring Rev. Albert B.
Parrett of Caldwell as the principal
speaker. Rev. Parrott has chosen for
his subject a talk on “ Just Boys.”
Toasts will be given by Mayor Don
Graham on “ Lads of the Town,”
while A. L. Fletcher, city attorney
and president of the Commercial
Jlub will give a toast entitled, “ Boys
That Make Good.”
Supt. Leo Hollenberg will give a
toast on “ Frisky Boys,’ and Coach
John Young’s subject will be “ Boys
on the Team.” The boys will also
have an opportunity to answer and
he student body president, Ligyd
Wilson, will give a
toast entitled,
“Our Dads.’ Lieut. Cloninger, com
mander of the CCC camp will speak
on “ 8ome Father’s 8ons,’ and Scout
Master Price will give a toast to
“W orthy Scouts.”
The ladies are planning to take
care of a large crowd at the affair
next Thursday evening, and the pro
gram committee promises that be
sides the many interesting toasts,
arrangements have also been made
for several musical numbers.
The Oregon T rail
grange
met
After a delay due to unseasonable Wednesday night and heard Chas
weather, the CCC rodent poisoning Wicklander, state deputy and J. P
crew started work again this week Weikal, county deputy; explain the
poisoning rabibts. They are work various parts of grange work. The
ing now on the Nyssa bench and meeting was in charge of Master
expect to cover a strip five miles : Klaas Stam.
long this week. Next week they will
Besides the talks by the grange
work on a four miles strip below officers, the program was made up
Nyssa. next to the hills.
j of a review of- the county council
The poison is left out for only meeting, recently held at the Boule
two days, and then every bit of the vard hall and the Pomona grange
doped hay is removed. Stockmen and meeting at Oregon Slope. Group
farmers are warned to be on the singing was enjoyed, with Mrs. Joe
lookout and keep a close watch on Stam
entertaining
with
special
their stock while the crew is in the music. Clyde Cornell and D. R. De- TO W NSEND CLUB TO
MEET A T HOLMES
vicinity. In their previous work, the Gross won special prizes in games
CCC crew killed o ff an average of 150 played during the social hour.
The Townsend club are to meet
rabbits a day and estimate they
The grange holds regular meetings
have put in three weeks work so far every 2nd and 4th Wednesday, and tonight at the H. D. Holmes home.
The meeting is called for 8 o’clock.
this winter.
much interest has been manifest.
Telephone Company Moves Into Their
New Building; Past History Recalled
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The Malheur Home Telephoneamade after 25 years in the Phillips^new company was ready for business.
Company made a distinct advance building and marks the biggest de
Telephone Merger
ment Monday when they moved into velopment in Nyssa telephone his
The new company operated but a
their recently constructed building tory.
short time when it was merged with
one block south of the Blackman
The first telephone exchange was the Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone
building. The change over was made located across the railroad tracks
company. The
independent com
at 4 o’clock Monday afternoon, with in the store room known as the K id
pany's switchboard was used while
a long distance conversation going ney building. The building also
the new board was being Installed i\
on at the time. Neither party in the housed the postoffice with Mrs. Alma
the Phillips building, then known as
long distance call was even aware of Kidney as the first telephone opera
the Harry Fritchman building. Miss
the switch from the old location in tor. Later the patrons were served by
Georgia Dennis was put in charge
the Phillips building to the new Miss Nora Lynch as operater, who
when the office was opened in the
building.
later became Mrs. Fred Williams and Phillips building and has been th
The change was made by laying a at present is helping her husband Nyssa manager ever since.
new underground cable from the al operate the Raymond Hotel in Nys
During her 25 years service with
ley to the rear of the new building sa. The first telephone was owned by
and a different switchboard set up. the Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone the telephone company she has nat
urally trained many
operators.
Everything wasset and ready to go ] Co.
Among them could be named the
in the new office when the old
three Pounds girls, Edith, Gertrude
New Company Formed
switchboard was disconnected and
and Iva; Edith Ardale, Della Clark;
the new started functioning. The
A new home-owned company was
Forbes girls, Josephine,
switchboard in use now. while it is organized in June, 1910 known as the three
Allle and Jennie. She trained Edith
different from the the one in the the Nyssa-Owyhee
Independent
Phillips building .is only being used Telephone Co., the first board of dir- Ritchie, now Mrs. Barney Wilson;
Lucille Ritchie, Mrs. Ed
Warren,
temporarily. Entirely new equipment ,.ctors being composed of E. H. Mc-
Orace and Iva Walters. Thelma and
including new type phones for sub- Donald, W. Lee Blodgett, C. J. Sin-
Kathryn Leuck. Francis Kllnkenberg.
scrlbers, will be installed this sum- esell, c . E. Peck, H. Walters, W. B
Ruth Servoss. Oeneva Boughn. Edna
mer. The equipment has been order- Hoxte. A. E. Wade, A. G. Kingman
Warren, Elsie Ray, Edna Dennis,
ed from the factory with delivery and j . Boydell. The first officers
Venice Brown. Lucy Thompson,
expected about May.
were E H. McDonald president; A.
Cherald Green. Lillian Austin. Paul
The new office building housing i G Kingman, vice-president; W. Lee ine Bell and the present force. Mrs
the Malheur Home Telephone Com- Blodgett, secretary; and J, Boydell Naomi Bingaman. Lottie and F lor
pany business In Nyssa is modern in treasurer.
ence Boren. Many of these girls have
every respect. I t boasts a large office
The board of directors hired a Mr. married since. Some live here, while
In front with the rear given over to Stanwood of Boise as the manager, others have scattered to various
a kitchen, bed room, living room, with Mrs. Stanwood as telephone parts of the country.
bath and equipment storage room. girl. Quarters were fixed up in the
Present Telephone Force
Borne work remains in the way of o'.d building back of the present First
J. A. Davenport is the present
painting and kalsomining before the National Bank of Portland and the
manager of the Malheur Home T e l
building will be complete.
ephone Company,
with offices in
A new phone booth, modem in
Ontario. He has been with the com
every detail, has been installed in
pany since 1924 and much o f the
the front office, along with counter
credit for the Improvement in ser
and other equipment. Entirely new
vice must go to Mr. Davenport. Miss
office furniture has been ordered
Oeorgia Dennis, local manager, has
and will be put in place when the
Johnny Lawrence says river fish been with the company for the past
new switchboard is Installed next
ing is not so good, he tried it this 25 years and is Just as keen today
summer.
to give prompt and efficient sendee
Mr. Lewis Cahill, who lives west week . . . Bernard Profit and Ed
as she was the first day she pulled
of Nyssa. made the first call from Dilley pour water in hole near elec
a plug. She la especially pleased with
the new phone booth. Wm. Peutz tric pole to stop electrical display
the new business and living quarters,
was the first to pay his bill after the
near Dwight Smith home . . . There and the opportunity for greater ser
change; and Mrs Brud Short made
is no truth in the statement that Bill vice.
the first call to come in after the
Schireman will go on a sit-down
W. L Whyman o f Ontario is the
change to the new building. Mis
strike . . . It was a good thing City efficient wire chief, who has the rep
Oeorgia Dennis requests that sub
Marshall Cook didn't see Frank Bail utation of being one of the best In
scribers call by number as much as
ey try to take swim right on Main St. the business. His able assistant is
possible, as the telephone girls are
. . . Del Taylor finds that a truck Bud Lanterman, also of Ontario. W
not fam iliar with the temporary
certainly will skid on slick roads . . . W. Ford has been helping with the
board, and much searching is nec
Doc Marshall and C. J. Keizer hare work in his role of cableman. but
essary to find the proper party. Call
best record of filling Eagles roost, has not been with the company any
ing by number will simplify the
Telephone
Don Graham, third . . . W ill spring great length of time.
work of the girls a great deal.
girls serving Nyssa patrons are Mrs
never come.
History Recalled
Noami Bingaman. Lottie Boren and
Florence Boren.
Th e move to Uie new location was
ROUND TOWN
Irrigation Ideas
Subject of Lecture
Î J. R. Aller, 29, Dies In On
tario Hospital Wednes
day From Severe Burns
Farmers, both old settlers
and newcomers, are especially
invited to the illustrated lec
ture, “ New Ideas in Irrigated
Agriculture,” to be held next
Monday night, February 15th
in the high school. The lecture
will start at eight o'clock and
will be
Illustrated
with 56
colored slides prepared by the
Bureau of Reclamation. Coun
ty Agent Larsen also has
three reels of motion pictures
showing irrigation practices.
The same feature will be
given at the Kingman Kolony
school tonight, at the Owyhee
school Friday evening and at
the Oregon Trail school Sat
urday at two o'clock.
J. R. Aller, 29, who has been In
Nyssa the past few weeks with hls
j close friend, Otto Hinsch, died
| Wednesday afternoon at 2:15 as the
result of body burns suffered when
he attempted to light a fire with
| gasoline at the Hinsch home. Aller's
' home was in Tetonia. Idaho,
j As the accident was reconstructed
j by A. O. Hinsch, the only person
present at the time, Aller was get-
tbig ready to prepare the evening
meal. Hinsch was in the next room,
working on some papers and was
knocked o ff hls chair by a terrific ex-
| plosion. He rushed Into the kitchen
to find Aller literally a human
torch, and the kitchen a mass of
flames. Hinsch realized the futility
of fighting an oil fire with water,
and rushed to his car, secured a
chemical fire extinguisher and put
the flames out as soon as possible.
Bundling Aller Into his car he rushed
full speed for the Holy Rosary Hos
pital, stopping at a service station
long enough to Instruct the hospital
to have things in readiness when he
arrited.
Doctors worked feverishly, and did
possible, but he was too
First Count Shows 1323 everything
badly burned to survive. Hinsch said
Now Living Here; Was that evidently young Aller thought
the glass jar contained kerosene but
821 In 1930 Count
from the fumes and action of the
liquid, it must have been gasoline.
The glass jar exploded and soaked
Monday was census-taking day in Aller's clothing, making a perfect
Nyssa when students of local high torch. Practically every stitch of
school co-operated with the Com clothing was burned, with the excep-
mercial Club in making a count of tionof his belt and every part of his
the residents within the city limits. body was burned with the exception
A complete check has not been made of the soles of hls feet. In spite of
as yet, but in the first count the hls burns, he was conscious until
total population of Nyssa at the shortly before his death.
present time is 1323. After picking
Otto Hinsch and young Aller had
up the odds and ends, and everyone
been associated together in the de
tabulated, it is expected the total
velopment of a new carburetor for
population in Nyssa will crowd the
internal combustion engines and had
1400- mark. Students are working
been friends for years. He came
getting the blanks in shape for a
here with Hinsch to help settle the
complete report in the near future.
affairs of Hlnsch's father. While Mr.
Nyssa residents will be gratified to
Aller had been In Nyssa but a short
know that the population here has
time, he had made several friends,
present figure. N o more concrete
all o f whom were struck by the out
Increased from 821 in 1930 to the
standing character of the young
evidence could be found of the
man. He was a devout member of the
growth of Nyssa and the evidence
Church of Latter Day Saints and
disclose Monday had led several to
when he realized there was no hope
predict a population of at least
for hls recovery, asked for final rites
3,000 for Nyssa by 1940.
by the church. The body was removed
to the Peterson funeral home, and
C APT. M AR IO N TAD LO C K
his mother
arrived from Tetonia
TR AN SFE R R E D TO NEW CAM P today. The body will be taken to
Tetonia for funeral services and
Capt. Marlon Tadlock,
who has burial.
been in charge of the local CCC
camp for the pest 16 months left this
week for his new post at Alexander
Flat, near Boise.
Lieut. Elmer Cloninger has been
advanced to the poet of camp com
mander and his place will be filled
by Lieut. Darrell Mortensen. Lieut.
Mortensen was formerly in the local
CCC camp, but was transferred last
summer to Horseshoe Bend. He and
his wife have taken up living quar
Broken Part On Engine
ters in the Swan Apartments.
Tender Stop» Crack Flier
The many friends of Capt. T ad
lock « i l l regret his transfer to the
Here For Nearly An Hour
the new camp, but «rill Join with the
Journal in wishing him success In
hls new location.
Capt.
Tadlock
The Portland Rose, crack Union
deserves a large share of the credit
in building the local CCC camp Into Pacific flier was delayed in Nyssa
one of the most efficient outfits in Wednesday evening nearly an hour,
the division. Lieut. Cloninger is well due to a unique mishap. When the
camp commander and is assured of big engine pulled Into Nyssa. Opera
qualified to step Into the position of tor Woodruff noticed sparks flying
every support by hls many Nyssa from one of the wheels under the
engine tender. Investigation showed
friends.
that a casting had broken and a big
piece of Iron wedged between one of
GEORGE SCHIEMER
the wheels and the frame.
RE TU RN S FROM A U S T R IA
A crew of workmen set to work at
top speed, and the piece of Iron
George Schlemer arrived in Nyssa proved stubborn. The wheels were
Wednesday after a six weeks visit Jacked up. but In spite of every trick
in Austria.
He landed In New known to the crew, they were unable
Y o r k
on February 1st abroad to remove the obstruction. The en
the 8.8. Bremen. The trip across the gine and cars used on the Homedale
Atlantic was made in four day and branch wax standing on a sidetrack
twenty hours.
waiting for the Rose to pass, but
when the big engine was disabled;
N YS SA STU D E N T W IN S
the smaller engine was pressed Into
SCH O LASTIC HONORS duty.
The comparatively small
Homedale engine
grunted
and
Eastern Oregon Normal School. La groaned but finally got the long
Grande, Oregon. (Special) February train underway and pulled It to
7. 1937—Willard Keck, junior college Huntington where a new engine sped
freshman from Nyssa. has been ad the Rose on Its way.
mitted to Theta Delta Phi. men's
national scholastic honorary. Keck
LESS FLU CASES
was on the scholastic honor roll for
the fall term.
Census Discloses
Growth of Nyssa
Portland Rose
Delayed Here
The Nyssa CCC camp hold a very
COMMERCIAL CLUB
good record for the health of their
HOLD MEETING TONIGHT members during the winter months.
The regular monthly meeting of
the Commercial Club Is scheduled
for tonight in the basement of the
Eagles hall.
A ll Interested In the
welfare o f Nyssa are Invited to at-
According to a statement made this
week the Nyssa
camp had fewer
members sick during the recent flu
epidemic than any other ramp In
the Boise district This take-, in all
th* camps In the Boise valley, this
county and as far as Burns Dr. L.
C. Wilson Is the camp doctor