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NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNA Published at Nyssa, Oregon VOLUME XXXII. NO. 10. GATEWAY TO THE OWYHEE AND BLACK CANYON IRRIGATION PROJECTS NYSSA, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1937 Fastest Growing Town In Oregon $1.50 PER YEAR Will Choose Wrestlers Ready Grade Scho° l Choose speakers Grande Wins District New Warehouse Names Sat. La Basketball m m • x n To Enter County Contest April 2 Championship Nearly Complete lo twist Bonesl- GOLFERS - - - - - MEETING - - - - - - The Nyssa grade school chose their Settlers on the new project still determined to pick suit representatives in declamatory work are La Grande emerged winner of the Baker defeated Ontario Friday night able names for the various new Eastern last Friday March 5th, when final j ‘Red Shadow” and Dern basketball tourna leaving Baker and La Grande to and another meeting ment for Oregon tryouts were held. The winners will j districts, consecutive year Tight it out for top honors. Tin- New District Manager Ar been called for Saturday by winning the the fifth Head Card—Fight Card On account of the wrestling card represent Nyssa in the final county has deciding game with scores were La Grande 33 and Vale rive* To Have Charge of March 13 in the Leg Baker Monday night. 20 to to be held at Vale on April 2. afternoon. To Be Held March 25th. to be held Thursday evening, the contest 22. Two 23; Baker 36 and Ontario 17. In a ion hall in Nyssa starting at 2:30. were chosen hi free throws In the last minute of consolation game Saturday night. Amalgamated Opera meeting of the Nyssa Golf Club has two Representatives A meeting was called for Feb of declamations, humorous play proved the margin of victory Vale won from Ontario 28 to 25, giv tions Here. been postponed until Friday evening. and tyi>es ruary 27th, but due to bad roads nen-humorous; with th? judges | on thp project, it was impossible and La Qrande will go to Salem to ing Vale third place standing in the Everything is in readiness for what The meeting will be held in the lor Friday's being Mrs. for a lull representation to be represent this district in tlie state tournament. is expected to be the outstanding city hall, starting at 8 o'clock, and Howard Larsen. contest Mrs. C. C. Hunt and present and the meeting was basketball tournament. wrestling card ever held in Nyssa. all golfers are invited to attend. El The outside work on the Amalga Breaks Records Dick Tensen. "Die result was a bitter disappoint All Attendanee The famous "Red Shadow.” one of ection of officers will take up most of Mrs. off to a later date. Roads mated Sugar Company warehouse The following winners will repre called known attendance records for ment to Baker, who were apparently the best known figures in the ring the time, but other golf business will sent now in fair shape all over of the railroad tracks is now the Nyssa grade schod in the are Eastern Oregon tournament were east will meet the equally well known Ira be discussed. the project, making it easy for headed for the title this year. All an completed and workmen are busy county contest: Third and 4th grade broken with a total attendance of the teams were eliminated by Satur Di rn. in the main event, two falls new land owners to attend the tills week completing the Interior non-humorous, Leona Ray. Third meeting 13,200 and a total gate of $3555 for work. day night with the exception of the out of three. The match will start OREGON TRAIL GRANGE Saturday. When completed it will pro and "th evade humorous, Genieve six nights. The attendance at tonight at 8 o’clock and fans should The object of the meeting is Baker and La Grande. La Grande this tournment even exceeded the vide storage for machinery, seed and MEETS WEDNESDAY NIGHT Duncan. come early to be certain of getting to agree on suitable names for had one defeat, that at the hands of reported 12,723 attendance at the equipment; besides housing the dis Fifth and Cth grade non-humorous the a seat. various natural geographical Baker Thursday night by a score of the state tournament In Salem last trict offices of tlie company. The of Anna Marie Toombs. Fifth and Cth The semi-final event is attracting The Oregon Trail grange held an grade humorous, Violet Clowers. force expect to be able to move divisions of the lands at Nyssa 25 to 23. If Baker could have won a year. Perfect weather conditions and fice almc l equal interest, with Toshi [ interesting meeting last night which Seventh and 8th non-humorous, and Adrian end of the Owyhee victory in the championship game near-perfect into new quarters within a conditions week their Kokiake, Japanese jul Jitsu expert and a car of beet seed will 'ar Saturday night, that would have end helped make competitive well attended by members of the Mariorie Howell. Seventh and 8th project. the tournament an un mat"lied will Bull Keener. Bull has was ed further play as they were unde usual success. The $3555 gate col rive today for storage in the ware Mr. M. M. Greeting re grade humorous, Eris Jamison. : pp< ar d In the Nyssa ring before community. feated at that time and one more lected this year far exceeded the house. ported on progress made toward put The various representatives will! and th" fans know the brown boy ting the Davenport bird control plan loss by La Grande would eliminate gross at La Grande last R. G. Whitaker, district cashier for drill and practice their declamations will have to do his best to win frbm in action for 1 lie next hunting sea- that team. But the team from the year. of A $1208.63 profit of about $250 for the company is busy organizing the for the next three weeks. polishing j Keener. Plue Mountain city won from Baker each participating schools ion A meeting was held in Ontario was indi Amalgamated office here, which ls for the county contest. Owen The first matsh on tonight’s card Saturday night. 31 to 28. making one cated. temporarily located in the George Saturday and attended by rep them Pi Ice has been appointed chairman bring Ali Omar Kourali, Turkish last loss each for the two teams and forc Daley home but will be moved to the resentatives from various grange. 0f nlr r pv schools declamatory corn Tas ler cf note in the ring with Don er Five superintendents of the dis ing the deciding game over to Mon warehouse next week. Mr. Whitaker Mathews. Mathews has been on the the county. Representatives from mittP, by Mrs claypool, and will night, which was also won by trict voted Saturday night to recom expects to move his family here r' “at' Tr:lil were M- M- Greeling be nctjve in arranging the April 2 Major IL D. Bagnall, the Army day last two cards and is very popular and mend Baker for the next year’ s La Grande, this time by a 20 to 22 within a short time. E. J. Shene- Albert Hopkins. contest. with the fans. tournament in view of the much bet berger will be in charge of the Recruiting Officer, 332 New Post score. During the lecturers hour an in ter support received in Baker. This warehouse, seed and fertilizer sale Nyssa Eliminatd Thursday Office Building. Portland announced Fight Card Next teresting program was given, in may be reconsidered next and ottier details in connection with today the enlistment in the United The local team was eliminated decision Promoter Garde expects to line up cluding group singing; a reading by OREGON TRAIL since it would be La Grande's the business here. States Army of Don Roy Willson, son from further play Thursday night winter, a fight card for the next Eagles Albert Hopkins entitled “Benedict SCENE OF PLAY turn to get the tournament under of Mr. and Mrs. Claud Willson, Nyssa when Ontario handed them a 28 to the Benefit event, probably on March Arnold”; an explanation of the lec District Manager Here system which Baker is NEXT TUESDAY Oregon. - 10 licking. They had previously lost said rotation 25th. Buster Collis of Boise will like turers work by Pomona Lecturer to favor. Ontario is expected to A. E. Benning, who was recently Willson was tentatively accepted to Baker the opening night 43 to 22 bid for ly appear as one of the main-event- Mrs. M. M. Greeling; and two the tournament in 1939 as transferred from the Burley district on February 27th at Ontario. Oregon and came back the following nlghi the Ontario ers and a suitable match will be ar musical selections by Mrs. Joe Stain. Commercial Club is said to the Western Idaho-Eastern Ore The Oregon Trail grange Is spon to eliminate Enterprise 29 to 30. by Sergeant Lee B Mable, In charge range for Jake Green, who fought to have agreed to guarantee expenses gon district ls now actively on tlie soring a three-act home talent play oi Army recruiting fo Eastern Ore uch a good battle with Jimmy Por-' Ontario and Vaie Out up to $1500 in order to bring the job as manager for this district. At to be given at the school house gon, and was forwarded to Portland ter in Emmett last night. Th? next present he is staying at the Moore Tuesday, March 16 beginning at 8:30 on tlie same date- with Joe Preston La Qrande defeated Vale and meet to their city. rard on March 25th is still in the hotel in Ontario, The play will be given by members Cloud, son of Joe H. Cloud. Route tentative stage, but tlie mangement Many farmers here have signed to of the Oregon Slope Grange and is 2, Payette, Idaho. is endeavoring to line up nothing BLOOMS REPORTED IN grow beets for the coming year, and entitled "A Fortunate Calamity.” but boys who are sure to give the Botli boys were enlisted at Van MRS. POWELL’S GARDEN indications are that more beets will fans a show. The play Is n eometly-drama, tak couver Barracks Washington on be grown around Nyssa than any ing nearly two hours to stage and is March 3rd. The Nyssa youth elected other town in tlie district. George to be very interesting. Nine to serve with the Coast Artillery Mrs. Fred Powell has proof that JAKE GREEN FIGHTS Margaret Pinkerton, daughter ot said Daley, fieldman, has been kept busy Including two colored Corps in the Phillipplne Islands spring Is not only on its way, but day and night signing growers an DRAW AT EMMETT Mr. and Mrs. N. H. Pinkerton of characters, players, give the play a lively action while the Payette youth elected to that it has actually arrived. Tills xious to grow this profitable crop. Nyssa will be one of seven student all through the three acts. The serve with the Air Corps at Hamilton week she reports several Crocus Some growers are nearly ready to delegates to attend the Northwest grange is hopeful of attracting a Field, San Raiacl, California. blooms flourishing in her garden, planting beets now, with Jake Green of Nyssa fought a six 'International Relations conference large audience, drawn not only from Major Bv.guull also announced and as far as we know, these are the The regular monthly meeting of start planting to be in full swing members of their neighborhood, but t Victoria, B. C. The seven students that the Nyssa youth will sail with first blooms reported this spring tlie Nyssa Commercial Club ls sched within two expected round fight in Emmett Wednesday weeks. also from Nyssa and surrounding are members of the International night with Jimmy Porter of Boise, in the next 30 days for the Phlllip- near Nyssa. uled for Friday evening, March 12 in pines via of Hawaii and Guam and the battle ending in a draw. Pans Relations club on the College of Ida country. the basement of the Eagles hull. At that he will return to the United The Felton Duncan family visited this meeting all members are ex who saw the fight said it was one of ho campus and three were elected the best they had ever witnessed and representatives to attend the two- The Legion Juniors are meeting States after the expiration of two with Mrs. Emma Duncan in Boise tended a cordial hivitatlon to sit in that Jake almost had his man in the dny conference which is being spon- tonight at the home of Gayle Mc- years in the Islands via of China and Thursday and reported her to be at the meeting and take part in the : ' red by Victoria college. The other Coy. Japan. second round. discussion of projects of community much Improved. interest. Raymond Steinhaus, another Nys four students are attending because , ___ sa product, won his fight in the of their interest in International af A committee made up of II. Blair second round when lie administered fairs. Johnson and A1 Thompson are plan a KO punch. Homer Fincher won the Tlie representatives left Wednesday ning refreshments. main event when was awarded a morning by auto, accompanied by Young men will have another op hair-line decision over Barnes and Mr. Frank Mumford, treasurer of the TO MAKE HOME HERE portunity to enroll for CCC service, T ed Averett won a close decision college and faculty advisor of the the enrollment period to start from Tke Milligan of Payette. Micky group. The conference will be held around the first of the month, the Doyle, who appeared in the ring here Friday and Saturday of this week. H h H H H f 1 H P H H Otto Hinsch returned this week * * * # ‘# * ‘# * # 4 * # + HHHh + H h H H H H H K H h last, winter against Ted Baird, won a Miss Pinkerton, who was one of from a business trip to Seattle and exact date to be set later. Malheur ture is unknown. birds carved on the toe can also be was accompanied by his mother, Mrs county will have a quota to fill, and technical knockout over Woody Mc- the three elected as representatives A Lincoln period settee and four seen in this collection. It was pre qualified and interested should Glyn. from the club, expects to visit for a Taylor and her husband, and all By JFWFL CHOATE apply at the county relief office in chairs, two large arm chairs and sented to me when I was very small. I-oring day in Seattle where she will go over a friend of the family, Mrs. Emma on any Wednesday or on Sat two what now would be called oc dftails of the College of Idaho year brass clock with glass sides Ward. They expect to make their Vale urday mornings. book with the engraver. Mis-, Pink No prearranged interview wns nec casional chairs, of solid black wal and A small home- In Nyssa. While in 8eattle front with a bar for a handle, ls erton is editor of “The Trail." stud essary for this review of Hobbies. nut Ls another set of which the Rices about 1 Inch thick by 2 Inches wide Mr. and Mrs. Taylor have had con Requirements have been liberal are very proud. This was originally ent annual publication. experience In the hotel and ized and under the present set up These antiques, of which I am about upholstered in horse hair, but has and 3 inches tall. It has a heavy siderable the cnrollee need not necesarily be to describe, are childhood associates, been re-upholstered in brocade Morocco leather "case” that has resturant business. from a family on relief, but must be folding “doors” that permits the re ALPHA RHO OF DELPHIAN for very often as a babe these self velour. eligible for relief. Under the present SALES BRING GOOD same pieces held me, from infancy, Other black walnut pieces are; a moval of the clock whose mechanism rules, a man who has previously been RETURNS THIS SPRING in lulled to sleep at mothers breast or turned legged, dropleaf extension ls in plain sight. You should see thin the CCC and was honorably dis daddy's knee, hearing talcs oi dining table; a spool chair with large clock and read for yourself the date Rho of Delphian. Ontario, upon charged, may re-enroll povided It has Several farm sales have been held on it Yes it still runs but has lost its long ago, 'til now, in turn, my baby The old real estate office, which will Alpha meet in the Library Club rooms Ls held in these same treasured madelion seat and back, dates back hour hand. the past few weeks, tlie latest being been a year since his discharge. has been occupied by the Owyhee Wednesday morning, March 17 at 10 pieces . to 1803. Similar in shape, also of the C. W Reberger sale being held When a man enrolls he is expected Realty Company and as residence o'clock. of 18th Century walnut, is a Queen Anne chair. This We have many old books among today. Last Friday Chas. Garrison to stay in camp at least six months. for Mr. and Mrs George B.rtsch, Literature Glimpses which is, one published In 1867 writ will be studied, with the For those who do not already know a very fragile piece of furniture. he causes the Government wa: moved this week to the piare following members taking part: Mrs. this collection of antiques belongs to Another very useful article ls a ten by Elizabeth Watts on "Vege had a good sale with prices very sat Otherwise expenditure for clothing, just west of Jake Fischer’s west of C. P. Ccx, Mrs. O. M. Castloii'an, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Rice, my par walnut sewing table of the Lincoln tables and How to Grow Them,’ a isfactory and the day before the D excessive Duvall sale attracted a large transportation, and other items, and Nyssa. The building was sold to Alma Mrs. A. M. Biggs, Mrs. P. W. Hall, ents. Bible, 1879; “Ruth Willis’ published C. not fulfill his part of the en Period, having drop leaves and a crowd. White. , in 1876. “Walter and Lisette" by M Another Saturday sale will be held does Mrs. J. P Cooper. Miss Marian Nicol. Most of these antiques have been drawer. rollment agreement. In case some The lots on which the buildine Mrs. S. F. Taylor, Mrs. Lee Cables. in the family for many years. A very An especially comfortable, as well E. Townsend. 1875. extraordinary circumstance arises, at tlie sale grounds in Nyssa March stood have been purchased by Nate Mrs. Paul E. Van Petten is chairman few have been added to make this as ornamental chair Ls one belong These books were all printed in 13th; and the crowds at each sale or if a man receives an offer of per Leigh, owner of the Liberty Theatre of Current Events. manent employment, he may be re England and were gifts -to your cor have been getting larger and every interesting assortment mere com ing to the Louis XIV period, made and it is understood tl at work on a leased before the end of his six respondent when she was a mere thing has been moving at fair prices. of g, nuine rcca wood. TYie high oval plete. new theatre will start soon. The old months term. back has exquisite hand carvings, child, from an old English lady 94 DAUGHTER BORN frame building, a land mark since The most unique article in our has arms and “Queen Anne" front These will be handed on to Patsy FARMERS GET IN FIELDS 19C0, was built soon after the town he us' is an old. solid mahogany, There is no finish other than Jewel Choate on her first birthday AS WEATHER IMPROVES DAUGHTER BORN TO was laid out west cf the railroad combination settee and dining table legs. along with many more too numerous MR. AND MRS. SMITH the beautiful “grain" of the wood, patterned from the old Suttle Chair Mr. and Mrs. Ace Leavitt are the and was used as a land office. Since to mention. rubbed and polished, used on the Ideal spring weather has been the that time it has been used as a resi parents of a baby girl born Tuesday, of ancient origin. This must be seen very valuable piece. This chair is up We must not omit tlie two four rule for the past week and farmers dence, shoe shop and more recently, March 9. Dr. S ararn reports Loll, to be appr eiated. Tlie arms of this holstered in black ground with old poster bedsteads, of the low type everywhere welcomed the opiiortun- Mr and Mrs. Howard Smith are mother and daughter getting along seat turn back on leather hinges dis rc.ce flowers as a real estate office. with green leaves, a These were from Ponderosa ity to get into the fields for spring parents of an eight pound baby girl clasing a groove <n which rollers in genuine antique nicely. piece of tapestry Pine during made the California Oold work Some grain has already been bom March 3 at tlie Dixon home. the back of this settee toll forming a Mrs. Rock Shelton entered the St drilled and practically every farmer The young miss has been named table. To explain further—after A wall “whatnot,” solid black wal Rush '49 in Northern California Luke's hospital at Boise Tuesday and turning back the arms, one needs nut. elaborately hand carved has a A number of massive pieces of with spring plowing to do. has been Suzanne. The Smiths came here a on Thursday morning she under WHAT ABOUT shelf at the bottom, two sep furniture are still in storage in busy in the field the past week Due few months ago from Kansas and TOWN BASEBALL only to take the back of the settee solid went an operation for gall stones. to the large number of tractors Mr Smith is local manager of the in the middl», facing the seat, pull arate round shelves higher up and California Mr R i c e jokingly owned by farmers, the past week has Shane Appliance Co. forward until the back is flat in the one round one at the top. The hang laughs and claims it takes a OMC at the sides made in “Links" truck to move Just one piece It is been a busy one for gasoline and fuel With the high school basket grooves; slide along until thpy rest ers Is carved from one season over, and all r d- in the proper place then one person three of of each. solid black walnut bedstead oil dealers. EVENT CALENDAR ball wood. Its age is also un a The huge rails hlocded sperts turning their in at each end can pull this extension piece are 22 inches wide the terest In the great national pis- table <as it has new become! to the known. There are also some small head board is heavily carved to the LADIES AID TO GIVE ROUND TOWN PLAY FRIDAY, MARCH 19 Tonight—Eagles Wrestling Card. time. now is a good time to ask. great length of 11 feet. It is believed comer brackets height of 8 feet 2 inches. There is In the curio line excluding furni to be the only piece of furniture of What is Nyssa going to do only one taller and that was used Friday—Golfers Meeting (early) about Guy Sperry spending his spare a baseball team for 19.77?” its kind in the U. S An antique col ture, can be found many antiques in the White House during Lincoln's The Ladies Aid of the Community time getting in very necessary prac church are busy practicing a play to of various kinds. Among these most Friday—Commercial Club meeting The high school boys will he lector at Fan Diego, California, is administration. shooting at moving targets . . . '8 o’clock) cut in a few days and play will negiotating for the purchase of one treasured ls an old cap and ball pis A hall tree with pegs for seven be given in tlie church on the tice evening of Friday. March 19tli The Optimistic mail order house sends this month, but how about imilar which she found in Quebec. tol that Mr. Rice's father gave him Saturday—Regular Saturday Sale start having a mirror two umbrella title of the play is “The Strike of the shipment of catalogues to Nyssa this a town teim ? It may be a little Canada. In addition to the oddity It is exactly like the one Booth used hats, Saturday—New Settler Meeting at early yet to get excited about it. of this combination settee-dining to assassinate Lincoln, if not the racks with heavy iron pans, and a Ladies Aid," and is a two-act com: dy. week , . . Door to dorr peddlers are another sign of spring . . City coun 2 30. hut now is a good time to talk table Ls the fact that it was manu very gun. Mr Roe's mother had glove drawer, la also pxtremely tall A list of members of tlie cast and cil have opportunity to test their factured near Barbury Cross, Eng among her first housekeeping equip Any of you people who have an other details will be announced next noses Monday—Deadline for Income ever whehcr Nyssa intends to land . . . Fishermen report good and was brought to San Fran ment a wooden potato masher This tiques had better hang on for Mr week •upport a hall team this summer Taxes. success catching large-size bass . . . Rice is still collecting and would or not. Some are very much in cisco via Cape Horn. S. A., in 1850 was in 1857 and he has It today. Jack Oiexer elected Assistant Tuesday—Play at Oregon Trail favor of organising the best The owner at that time opened the In addition to these, ls a heavy rather part with his false teeth than Mr and Mrs. Wm Byram and Mr children o t Camas. Washington are Exalted Prevaricator of Judge Puffle hard-ball team pcos'hle. clhers first brewery In San Francisco. It crockery ware tea set. comprising of one place of these antiques Wednesday—St. Patrick’s Day ray lets ronerntrate on soft-ban. was very old when he gained poss three pieces .teapot sugar bowl and Watch next week for another expected to a. rive today for a visit Club . .. at the parental Rees Byram home. ession The exact date of manufac- creamer. A tiny china oboe with love Hobby What’s youra? What do you aay? TO BE HELD FRIDAY * < « \ NYSSA BOY JOINS AYIWY Local Collegian Chosen For Trip Club To Meet Friday Night Nyssa Antique C ollector Has M any Rare and Unusual Pieces of Furniture ♦ I k NEW BUILDING 10 EE BEILE SOON GALL FOG MORE CCCENROLLMENT