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* NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL Published at Nyssa, Oregon VOLUME XXXII. NO. 11. G A T E W A Y TO THE O W YH E E A N D BLACK CAN YO N IRRIGATION PROJECTS B ernard Frost Golf Club Elect Officers and Make Plans For Coming Season Leads Salesmen COLLEGE STUDENTS HOME FOR SPR ING VAC ATIO N Electric Range Sales Wins Trip For Local Idaho Power Manager Bernard Frost, local manager (or the Idaho Power Company, was notl- fitd Tuesday that he was the winner of a free trip to Salt Lake City to at;end a convention to be held March 25th, 2Cth and 27th. The trip was offered to one local manager In ea h of the four divisions of the Idaho Power who made the best record of range sales during the present campaign. Mr. Frost expects to leave next week to attend the convention of the Northwest Electric Light and Power Association and will be a guest of his company for the entire trip. Mr. Frost's record topped any thing in the entire Idaho Power organization. Ills sales percentage was 459 % . which was far above the next nearest local manager, who had a percentage of 306. Since the cam paign oppned a few weeks ago, Mr Frast and the Nyssa dealers sold 37 ranges, reaching a total of $3,152.76 worth of business. This record of gross business was only exceeded by the larger towns of Boise, Nampa, Twin Falls and Pocatello. Nyssa did more business in electric ranges than Payette, Ontario, Weiser, Caldwell and many other larger towns. In making this outstanding record Mr. Frost says he wants to give the dealers full credit as they were a great help in the record made by the Idaho Power in Nyssa. It is also believed that the splendid record o f range sales In Nyssa will give added argument for the estab lishment of a full time office and display room in Nyssa. As an indication of the range busi ness done here last week, more ranges were sold last week In the Nyssa territory than all the other towns o f the Payette divisions put together. Several college (students arrived this week to spend the spring vaca tion with home folk. Miss Vera G ar rison was the first to arrive, coming home Tuesday morning on the train. Miss Ethel Mary Boydell drove home with some Ontario friends and her parents met her in Ontario Tuesday evening. Both girls are students at the Oregon State College. Miss Tlena Tensen, who is also a student at Corvallis is spending the spring va cation with friends in California. Miss Harriet Sarazln arrived home Wednesday from the University of Oregon at Eugene. ATTENDS JUNIOR HIGH DEDICATION IN PENDLETON C. L. McCoy, as a representative from the local school board, attended dedication ceremonies of Pendletoiv’s new quarter of a million dollar junior high school building Friday evening. He was accompanied by his family, the party visited at the Marshall Spell home in Pendleton and at the Joh Greullcli home in La Grande over the week end. PARENTS OF SON Mr. and Mrs. Herschel Thompson are the parents of a 9 Vs pound boy bom Monday afternoon at the Brit- lingham Nursing home in Ontario. The new son lias been named Ronald Alvin and both he and his mother are reported to be doing nicely. PARENTS OF DAUGHTER An 8V4 pound baby daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Grant Rine hart early Monday morning at the Dixon Nursing home. Mother and daughter are getting along nicely. The little miss has been named Kristin Ann. HAROLD ANDERSON HERE FOR V IS IT Harold Anderson, who joined the U. S. Navy last December arrived in Nyssa Thursday for a nine day fur lough and is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bud Anderson. Harold is enthusiastic for the navy and rec- umends it for any boy who is unable to go on to school and Is undecided as to what trade to take up as a life Final rehearsals will be held to work. He has h“ en stationed at San night on the play to be given by the Diego, California. Ladies Aid of the Community church Friday night, March 19 in the church auditorium. The play is a two act comedy, very amusing and is entitled The Strike of the Ladies Aid" As a special attraction, Howard Larsen, Jr., will sing a solo before the play and a vocal number between acts will be given by Ruth Wamock and Rees Byram will give a humor Followers o f the gentle sport of ous reading. klck’em, chok’em, slug’em, and Members of the cast include Mrs. twist’em; also known as wrestling, Lonny Norris in the role of Mrs. were treated to three thrilling Cheerbody, president of the ladies matches Thursday evening at the aid; Mrs. C. J. Keizer, as Miss Sadie Eagles benefit show. Before a crowd Razor, who makes cutting remarks; that was kept in constant uproar by Mrs. S. D. Goshert, as the deaf the fast action in the ring, Ira Dem grandma; Mrr J. W. Poage as Mrs. threw the “ Red Shadow” In two R. A. Croker, a born pessimist; Mrs. straight falls, thereby earning the Wm. McElroy as Mrs. Takem-Pills, right to have the "Shadow" unmask. who enjoys poor health; Mrs. An drew Borsma, cast in the role of Mrs. The big fellow unmasked, reveal O. U. Slivers. ing a dark-haired, athletic young Mrs. Harry Sayles is Mrs. O. B. fellow but no one In the crowd could Proudfoot. who puts on airs; Miss recognize the "Shadow." " I ’ll pay Ruth W olfe is the sentimental Miss $100 to anyone who can Identify Cherry Blossom; Mrs. Rees Byram is me," the "Shadow" shouted to the cast in the role of Mrs. Cloud D. crowd, but no one could claim the Weather, the mother of nine; Mrs. reward. In a short talk to the fans, W. W. Foster is Mrs. O. Gadabout, right after he had won the match who Is forever making calls; Mrs. and the "Shadow" had taken o ff his Fmil Paulus is cast in the role of the red hood, Ira D em said he took them trouble-making Mrs. U. Stirafus; all on, had barred no one and that Mrs. Floyd White takes the part of It was his opinion that the wrest Miss Carrie Germs; Mrs. Newby ling “ ring" In Portland had sent this portrays Mrs. Ima Whatnot; Mrs. man down to knock him o ff.’ He said David Beers is cast as Mrs. Amelia he didn’t know who he was, but If Prunes and Doris Beers takes the they wanted to send down Vincent part of Prunella Prunes while Grace Lopez. Dean Detton, or any of the Foster portrays the part of Pearl rest of them, he would wrestle them Prunes. right here in the Nyssa ring and The ladies have been carefully re would put up enough on the side to hearsing the play for some time and make it interesting He wound up by their presentation of the two-act saying. " I f they have any mare comedy is expected to be uproarously Shadows’ they think can whip me. funny. The curtain will raise on the I ’ll meet them right here in this production at eight o'clock tomorrow ring one at a time." night. The main event match went 17 minutes before Ira Dem got the first fall on a step-over toe hold. Sensing the "Red Shadow’s" weakness, he maneuvered around and got the some hold again In seven minutes Tonight—Commercial Club M eet to win the second, a deciding fall. ing. Japanese a Slippery C utom er Friday—Ladles Aid Play. "Bull" Keener found Toahi Ko- Friday—Baseball meeting. kiake. Japenese wrestler, a slippery Friday Oregon Trail Basket sup customer indeed The smaller Jap per. anese boy wriggled out of ’ Bull’s" Ladies To Give Play Friday Saturday—Honey Dew Melon clutching arms time after time, but finally Keener picked the lighter meeting. 8 P. M Koklake up and slammed him to the March 25—Eagles Fight Card. floor, then fell on hiss for the first fall / MARCH 18, 1937 HOLD COUPLE ON CAR THEFT CHARGE The state police recovered a Stude- baker coupe T ^ s d a y morning said to have been stolen from a Baker dealer Monday. The car was found abandonded a short distance from the Cairo junction where it was stuck in a ditch. The drivers had tried to turn around and became stuck. T w o persons who gave their names as Clifford Ray Tiffan y and Bessie | Violet Tiffany, man and wife, were picked up os they were walking down The following committees were | the John Day highway, headed west. named by President Hunt: Mem- I and are bqjng held in connec- bership, Art Boydell, Guy Sperry and | Don with the case. Berwyn Burke. Tournament com- , - . mittee, E. D. Norcott, Ernest M c Clure, Wm. Schireman and Art Nor cott. Greens and Fairways Com mittee, C. C. Hunt, Dick Adams, C. L. McCoy, Ed Boydell, Warren Lar sen and Ed Butler. A meeting of the Nyssa C oif Club was held Friday evening, and al though the meeting was not partic ularly well attended, the members present went nhead and made plans for the coming year. The present o f ficers were all re-elected, consisting of C. C. Hunt, president; Dick Adams, secretary-treasurer; and C L. McCoy, director. Civic Club Elect New Officers $1.50 PER Y E A R Junior High Building May Be A llred Services Constructed Before Fall Term SCHOOL GETS NICE The school board and Supt. Hol- CHECK AS B ASK E TB ALL lenberg are seriously considering the T O U R N A M E N T P R O F IT student housing problem in Nyssa and plans have been tentatWkly drawn for a frame building, 70 x 46 which may be built this summer for A check in the amount of $248.55 junior h*gh work next year The was received this week from Baker, proposed building would contain two representing Nyssa’s share of the class rooms and a study hall, and be profits on the recent basketball used for junior high school work; tournament held in Baker. This thus relieving the overcrowded con check represented net profit to the dition of present school quarters. school, as an additional check for The proposed building would be $96.30 was received lust week to cover made in frame style, with moveable the expense of sending the local partitions and when another wing team to participate in the Eastern is built to the high school build Oregon tournament. ing, the frame structure could be Total revenue from the tourna used for manual training and other ment came to $3,555.21, with ex such subjects. pense money amounting to $1,491.83. New pupils are pouring into the This left the very satisfactory sum of $1,988.38 as profit to be divided local schools in such numbers that equally among the eight participat present housing facilities are in ing teams. In addition, $75 was given adequate. At the present time th re to La Grande as expense money to the 654 pupils registered in the local attend the state tournament at school, which is approximately 150 more than the room space and Salem. teaching staff can handle efficient ly. Many of these pupils are child TEACHERS OFFERED ren of new settlers, and this past C O NTR AC TS FO R N E X T week saw an Increase of 10 in enroll SCHOOL YEAR ment. Supt. Hollenberg states thi^ for the past several months the en rollment has been in the neighbor Contracts were offered a ll the hood of an average o f one new teachers of the local school system, pupil every day. with the exception of three new members of the faculty, whose con HONEY D EW MELON tracts will be acted upon at a later MEETING PLANNED- meeting. Held Wednesday Local Matron Passes Away Suddenly Sunday From Heart Attack Funeral services were held W ed nesday from the local L. D. 8. church for Linnie Caldwell Allred, 66, who passed away at the A llr;d home in Nyssa Sunday morning from a heart attack. Mrs. Allred had been a resi dent of Nyssa since 1919 and the large crowd present at the services Wednesday was mute reminder of the respect and admiration the com munity had for her. Linnie Caldwell Allred was born March 11, 1871; her parents being Francis and Olive Caldwell. The family came to Utah In the early days and she lived there with her parents for about 25 years, later moving to Idaho where she married Elmer Allred In 1900, The family moved to Nyssa in the spring of 1919 and have since made their home here. She is survived by her husband, Elmer Allred of Nyssa and four children. Ada Allred of Boise; Mrs. Eva Nourse of Provo, Utah; Mrs. Maude Phillips and Loran Allred, both of Nyssa. She Is also survived by two brothers, W. M. Caldwell of Boise and A. M. Caldwell of Nyssa, besides 10 grandchildren and 2 great grand children. Five children pre ceded their mother in death.' All of the children were present Wednesday for the services. Mrs. Steve Turner, a grand child, came from Stephenson, Washington Mon day and Mrs. Nourse arrived Tues day. Her brother, W. M. Caldwell of Boise arrived here Tuesday after noon and Ada Allred came from Boise Sunday. The course is to be cleaned and dagged, and put in shape for the seasons play. Some of the members have already taken advantage of A t a meeting o f the Nyssa Civic spring weather to make a few Club Wednesday afternoon, Mrs. rounds, getting the feel of the clubs j Howard Larsen was elected president again and sharpening up their put- j o f the club for the coming year. She ting eye. After the course is cleaned will be assisted by Mrs. A1 Thompson of all dry weeds, which should be who was elected vice president; Mrs. and Mrs within a week; a tournament among W ill Beam, secretary; local golfers wili be staged. This has Dean Smith, treasurer. Retiring o f been tentatively set for around the ficers are Mrs. Ray Emmott, presi dent; Mrs. E. D. Norcott, vice presi first part of April. dent; Mrs. Wm. Schireman, secre A plan is being worked out, and tary and Mrs Garret Stam. treasure! will be tried; to keep the weeds They are to be commended for a down all summer, thus giving local very satisfactory years work. golfers around 7 to 8 months of good No other business was taken up at golfing. The local course is one of the meeting and following the elec S A T U R D A Y NIGHT the best dirt courses in the country, tion, coffee and cookies were served BASEBALL M EETING but last year weeds proved trouble by the retiring officers. Members CALLED FOR F R ID A Y some about mid-summer. President were served at tables prettily deco Hunt has a scheme to kill the weeds A meeting of interested farmers rated with pussy willows and candles. while they are small, and if this has been called for Saturday night, A call for a baseball meeting has March 20th in the Owyhee Irriga proves successful, golfers can enjoy been Issued, to take place Friday tion office of all farmers Interested their sport until snow flies next evening, March 19th In the city in the growing of honey dew melons winter. council rooms. The meeting will for the coming year. The meeting start at eight o’clock, and all inter will be in charge of Joseph Becker, SA TU R D A Y SALE IS ested in baseball and soft ball are representative of Frank Jill, Inc., expected to be on hand to decide the of New York, prominent produce A T T R A C T IN G CROWDS Her passing was a distinct shock policy for the coming season. house. Several prominent growers, as A league meeting has been called well as County Agent* Larson will be to friends and relatives, as Mrs. for Tuesday, March 23 in Ontario, present to discuss the Honey Dew Allred had apparently been enjoy The Saturday Sales being con Girls from Eastern Oregon may when the representatives of the var Melon proposition. These melons are ing excellent health. She celebrated ducted by Messrs. Fox and McGinnis have been attracting larger crowds attend the N Y A school at Weiser, ac ious ball clubs in the valley will meet said to be adapted to new land as her birthday Just last Thursday and every Saturday, with a big throng cording to an announcement made and make organization plans for the well as old, and the meeting Sat her children and friends looked for urday night should ' draw a large ward to having her with them for on hand last Saturday in spite of a by Miss Hansaker, county relief ad season. crowd of farmers interested in this many more years. rainy day. Col. Bert Anderson is auc ministrator, when she was in town Services were in charge of Luther new crop. tioneer and every Saturday he has a today. Heretofore the school facil O W YH E E HOTEL HAS large list of livestock, machinery, ities, which are located in the old Several contracts for the growing Fife of the L. D. 8. church and ar NEON SIG N IN STA LLED Weiser Institute buildings, were rangements were made by the Nyssa household goods and produce to of this crop have already been been available only to qualified Idaho Funeral Home. Pall bearers were auction to the high bidders. In some signed, as Mr. Becker was here last Frank Halverson, Brud Short, Don cases farmers who Intended to hold residents. fall in the interests of this crop. The The school is sponsored by the Workmen installed a new neon meeting Saturday will be the final Graham, A1 Green, George Newby, individual farm sales have decided to bring their entire property to National Youth Admlnstratlon and sign Wednesday for the Owyhee meeting for the Honey Dew Melon and Felton Duncan. Interment was n the local cemetery. Nyssa, which adds considerably to takes in any girls between the ages Hotel in Nyssa. The sign is very at deal, Mr. Becker stated. of 18 and 25 who belong to families the goods and livestock. receiving any form of public relief. tractive and adds another touch of L. C. Pounds of Boise, father of This includes girls whose mothers color to the already colorful neonlzed Roy Pounds, is visiting here this receive pensions, old age assistance Nyssa main street. / week. or any other benefits from public funds. There are no educational require ments for the girls to enter and lack of a big wardrobe is no bar as this handicap can usually be overcome after the girl becomes enrolled in Caxton, Printers, Ltd., one of the Kokiake Wins On Foul the school. best known printing plants In the The second fall went to the Jap Only a limited number of girls can country, burned to the ground anese boy in just two and a half be accomodated and anyone Inter Eight districts on the Owyhee pro graphic boundaries is the lands run Wednesday morning in Caldwell. It minutes when his Japanese arm bar ested should see Miss Hansaker at Caldwell’s ject adjacent to Nyssa were given ning up the cove made by Cow Hol was the worst fire In hold proved too painful for Keener to the Couty Relief office In Vale on names Saturday as a group of inter low and the new Mitchell Butte can history and destroyed a plant, stock take. The brown boy continually ap Wednesday or Saturdays; or In Nys- ested new settlers met Saturday al. This district has many settlers and equipment valued In the neigh plied Jui Jutsi holds that were not sa on Thursday mornings between afternoon In the Legion hall.. A vote and although small. It includes some borhood o f half million dollars. only painful but mighty hard to do 11 and 12 at the city hall. was taken on names for each dis very fine farm land. This district has The blaze started in the west stock anything about. He won the crowd's A new school term started March trict with some very distinctive and been named COVENA, taking its room where paper Is stored and favor by his clean but hard wrestling 15th, but girls can enroll during the descriptive names being tagged to name from the natural "rove-like” quickly overcame futile efforts to while Keener’s referee-riding and next two weeks. Besides receiving each geograhpical division of the shape of the district os it runs up stop the flames with plant extin tactices almost on the border-line of free room and board, a doctor and new lands to the west, northwest and Cow Hollow and following up the two guishers. Efforts to bring the fire fouling got him in bad. The climax nurse are in attendance to provide southwest of Nyssa. mile swing westward of the Mitchell under control, using all of Caldwell’s came during the struggle for the free medical attention and free equipment, were futile and the plant Those folks who live north of Butte canal and then back. third and deciding fall. Keener slam dental service is available. In addi the westward | bl(? valley the traVeier en- burned to the ground. Some equip med the Oriental to the floor, then tion to all these benefits the girls re Sheep creek from kicked him. Referee Garde lo6t no ceive an allowance of $5.00 spending boundary of the project to the [ counters on the way to the Owyhee ment was salvaged from the flaming Mitchell Butte lateral are now In Dam. starting when you leave the old time In raising the Japanese boy's money per month. arm as victor in the fight when Each girl is assigned to a work R IV E R V IE W district. New setters lands just after crossing the Owyhee ing plant and some crated and box Keener disqualified himself. project for approximately two hours in this district can look from their Canal for the last time, was named ed merchandise. Cause of the fire will probably per day in order to work her way bench land down over the beautiful SUNSET V ALLE Y . This district has Mathews Whips Turk Snake winding through the valley to many settlers and Is some of the best never be ascertained. Bindery em As usual, Don Mathews put on one through school. Extra Curricula act tennis get a good view of the river. laying land on the project. This dis ployees noticed the smoke first, dis of the best shows of the evening. ivities features dramatics, The fine lands directly west of trict is bounded by Mitchell butte on covered a small blaze in the rear of This was his third appearance In the soft ball, glee club, basket ball, school Nyssa between Sheep creek and the south and extends to the ridge the west wing and attempted to ex N y » a ring this winter and his op- paper, parties and dances. Girls en Lockett Gulch are in NYSSA running almost east and west from tinguish it. Flames raced up the pone this time was a dark skinned roll for four months periods, and In H EIG H T8. This is very descriptive Chalk Butte. This part of the pro walls along a back stairway and some respects the Weiser school Is rough looking fellow by the name of of this land, laying as It does on a ject is about three miles each way swept thorugh a tier o f the upper All Omar Kourall, a native of Tur something on the order of a girls bench overlooking Nyssa. and SU N8ET V A L L E Y should fit story offices. Flames spread so rap key. The Turk was no sissy, and they C.C.C. organization. idly that many employees left the That big track of land lying be this district very well. slammed and banged each other (Continued on Page 6) tween Lockett Gulch on the north, around the ring for 12 minutes before N E X T EAGLE F IG H T The land lying to the south of CARD PLANNED M ARCH 25 Lytle Boulevard to the west and the Mitchell Butte will Mathews applied a Boston crab hold retain its old Mitchell Butte lateral bounding it on for the first fall. name o f M IT C H E L L BUTTE. The the east and south was named Mathews ability to “ take it’ ’car The Eagles are planning an all- butte has been a landmark from tini- ried him through a few stormy min boxing card for their next show here RIC H LAN D . This Is indeed some of immemorial. and this particular sec utes as both men struggled to win March 25th. Not all the battlers have the "richest land" on the whole tion of fine farm land will probably the second fall. The Turk was out for been signed as yet but the tentative Owyhee project, and already boasts always take Its name from the tow A1 Thompson laying claim to title some of the finest farms and farm revenge, but Mathews proved too list Includes Buster Collls, Jake ering young mountain which is a of “ proudest grandpop” . . . Don homes on the entire new project. skillful. He picked his rough looking Oreen and Raymond Stethaus on landmark for dozens of miles. Some Todd doing lively business without People who Uve in this area should opponent up and slamming him to the card. have suggested calling it Mitchell pawnshop license . . . Raise In be proud to say their farm is in the the floor to win the second fall and Butte basin. Snake river ruins bass fishing for the match. Lieut, and Mrs. Elmer Clontnger Richland district. the present . . . A1 Oreen almost The other district named at Sat The lands laying between Lytle and family will move out to a house Attendance Pleases losFs hat In March wind . . . Rows oc Boulevard to the east, with its west urday's meeting was the big tract Attendance at the bout was more at Terteling's Camp recently of beet planters near Amalgamated of land lying to the east of Mitchell ern boundary following up Cow Hol than pleasing to the Eagles, who cupied by the Holstater's. warehouse ready to go Into action low and ridge to the north of Cow Butte. The country around Adrian were able to make a fair profit from . . Dwight Johnston leaves familiar Guy Olenn is driving a new John Hollow in a northwest direction, has to the east and to a certain extent, desk at Eders for promotion to Van their venture. One of the largest the land to the west of Adrian is the been named BUENA VISTA. This Deere tractor in his flekfc these crowds ever to attend a Nyssa card Pettfn office in Ontario . . . Water jammed into the hall and were en days He purchased the Model A is a smaller district, but seperated Kingman Kolony district The new expected in laterals soon after April district which runs to the "bad by distinct ridges from other dis tertained with a wrestling show of from the Baldridge Implement Co. 1st Fred Hulser new bookkeeper tricts. It includes part of section 20. lands" east of Mitchell Butte will be big-time calibre. Fans were present for F. H Hogue . . . Spring ralfls known as E M ER ALD SLOPE. Tills Louis P Thomas arrived Tuesday most of section 17. all of section 8 from Weiser. Vale, Ontario. Emmett Reports expects to and moat of section 5, as well as slope is indeed an e nr raid green. w , « * " ' ,d by farmers . Payette, Parma, Nampa. Boise. Cald evening In Nyssa and in the spring, and the “ .? !* ^ r° yed thOUS' Mrs small portions of sections 18. 7 and esper ¡ally well and many other places, besides spend the summer here. name la fitted to this splendid track Bnd* 01 flsh thte P“ 1 wlnter • • a good represen tattoo o f the home Thomas remained in Oakland and Another district seperated by geo- will Join him later. Cl Fans Plentiful At Eagles Wrestling Show Thursday EVENT CALENDAR Fastest Growing Town In Oregon Girls May Enroll In NYA School Districts In New Project Recieve Descriptive Names Caxton Printers Plant Destroyed ROUND TOWN It