NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL
Published at Nyssa, Oregon
VOLUME XXXII.
G A T E W A Y TO THE O W Y H E E AND BLACK CAN YO N IRRIGATION PROJECTS
NO. 15.
Fastest Growing Town In Oregon
$1.50 PER YEAR
NYSSA. OREGON. THURSDAY. APRIL 15, 1937
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PlanForOrderly Interesting Meeting HAVE BIRTHDAY During Open House In Wreck Which
Injures Locals
Growth of Nyssa
"What kind of citizens are w e. time county nurse,
training? The first seven years of | Mrs. Kathryn Claypooi. school
a child's life is the most Important, superintendent, spoke briefly on
Seven Community Leaders Let us teach them the love of man- the importance of home training
ners. books, good and clean things. | for children.
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Named To Serve With , and
the great love of our supreme 1 Mrs. J. B. Smith, county historian
Mayor and City Attor- ; Being. What are we striving for in in her report brought out some
Education? Let us produce gentle­ very interesting facts: 1. That the
ney On Planning Board ~ men
and ladies and Christians." The parent-teacher
association is re­
words were stated by Rev. Robert sponsible for raising of standards in
Echols of Weiser before the County our rural schools. 2. Parent-teacher
Nyssa now has a planning ccm- Council of Parents ar ' Teachers at has sponsored the full time nurse.
m.ssion, set up according to Oregon the Annex schoolhouse
Saturday. 3. Records show that parent-teach­
laws and charged with the respon­ The address "The Good Old Days" er has fought for better qualified
sibility of instituting municipal im­ was in comparison to our present teachers in our rural schools. 5.
provements. The planning commis­ day. Rev. Echols, a former high Years ago the Parent-teacher asso­
sion was authorized by an ordin­ school teacher,
touched also' on ciation fought for the retaining of
ance passed by the
city council school situations In Oregon. He em- the county agent and the county
Friday
evening; after which the phasized that living and enjoying 4-H club leader. 6. Parent-teacher
members were appointed by Mayor life was our important need.
at the preent time are sponsoring
Graham. Members on the commis­
The morning session consisted of scores of boys and girls scholarships
sion include Mayor Graham and
reports of assoc la J jiik conducted at the 4-H club summer school.
City Attorney Fletcher; and seven
The Annex unit received first
by the president, Mrs. M. M. Greel-
from tne city at large, made up of .
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prize based on local membership in
Dr J J Sara tin. Dr. E. D. Norcott. lng Reports included Linberjh unit
enrollment.
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riori I of Ontario, Mrs. Sadie Bennett; comparison to school
Ftank Morgan. Bernard Frost, Carl Annex, Mrs. Ed Bruggeman; Lin­ The Oregon Trail unit received sec­
Coad, W. C. Jackson and Dick Ten- coln, Miss Katherne Neilson; King- ond prize.
sen.
Mrs. Victoria Schweider reported
man Kolony, Mrs. Maurice Judd;
The city planning commission Owyhee, Mrs. Fred Klingback; for the resolution's committee wltich
held their first session Friday even­ Oiegon Trail
Mrs. Franklin Fry; consisted of Mrs. Schweizer, Mrs.
ing and organized for the year. Ocnklin unit of Ontario, Mrs. Ir­ Dyer Bennett and Mrs. C. F. Mil­
Fiank Morgan
was allotted the win Troxell.
ler.
one year term; Bernard Frost and
Mrs. J. B. Smith of Oregon Trail
County chairmen that reported installed the new county officers
W. C. Jack.-on were appointed for
two year ttrii-a; Dick Tensen and from their departments were Chas. as follows: President, Mrs. Sadie
Dr. E. D. Ncrcctt are on for.three Christiansen of Ontario, Legisla­ Bennett of Ontario; vice president,
yearn; and Dr. J. J. Sarazin and tive; Edwin G. Regers of Ontario, Mrs. Maurice Judd of Kingman
Call Coad are the four year mem­ Membership; and Albert B. Hop­ Kolony; secretary. Miss Harriet
bers.
Dr. Sarazin was chosen as kins, Oregon Trail, publicity.
! Ahearn c f Ontario; treasurer, Mrs
The program consisted of a piano i Franklin Fry of Oregon Trail; and
president of the group; Carl Coad
vice president and A. L. Fletcher solo by Mrs. Cecil Hambelton; song Historian, Mrs. Irwin Troxell of On­
will act as secretary. The commis­ by Miss Frances White, Mrs. Ruby tario.
Mrs. C. F. Miller of Ontario ex-
sion set the last Tuesday of each Carpenter, Mrs. Dorothy Conners,
accompanied by Mrs. Chandler. tened an Invitation for the Council
month as their meeting date.
The duty of the commission is to Sengs were sung by a Mother’s to meet in Ontario next fall for
study and plan for the present and Group from Annex. An interesting their annual meet. The invitation
was accepted.
future growth of the city of Nyssa skit was given by the Annex unit.
Mrs. Edna Farris, county health
The new president has called a
They are expected ta make certain
urse, pointed out that the parent- Board of Managers meeting Satur­
regular recommendations to th
Malheur day, May 1 at the Ontario High
city council, all leading toward t gacher movement in
beautiful,
comfortable,
healthful ■ounty was responsible for our full school at 2:00.
place in which to live.
One o f the first matters under
EMMETT COPS FIRST
discussion by the commission was
GAME OF BALI, SEASON
the matter» of compelling property
owners to connect with the sewer
The Njtssa and Emmett high
where their property is adjacent to
school baseball
teams
played a
the sewer line.
practice ipme Tuesday afternoon
It was brought out that the sewer
cn the local diamond, with Emmett
bonds are of the type which pay
taking the long end of a 4 to 6
themselvs out from sewer revenues.
count. It was the first game of the
If property owners are adjacent to
The Owyhee river, reaching back season for both teams and was in
the sewer, and refuse to connect,
they are placing an undue hard- into the mountains of south eastern the nature of an un-offlclal practice
hip on these who have connected, Oregon and southwestern Idaho is tilt.
Bob Wilson and Raymond Gra­
apd who are thus paying for the increasing its flow as snow on the
ham served them up for the Em­
sewer Installation. The sewer was
watershed has started to melt. The mett batters, with Case and Hari
constructed to eliminate a certain
Owyhee dam is full to capacity and doing duty behind the plate.
type of nuisance, and the commis­
14.000 second feet of water is being
Huntington Here Friday
sion will likely report to the council
released from the dam today, which
Another game will be played this
at the next meeting that all prop­
is over the maximum of last year.
week, with Huntington playing on
erty owners who come under the
Indications are that the runoff the local diamond Friday afternoon.
terms of the sewer ordinance be
will be heavy this year, and the This will also be in the nature of a
compelled to connect.
carrying all the practice game with the league play
Another matter before the com­ Owyhee will be
next
Tuesday
mission was the matter of garbage water It will hold, and maybe more, opening officially
afternoon when Vale will play here.
disposal and a committee was ap­ during the spring runoff.
The water being released from
pointed to investigate this matter
and to secure a possible site for a the dam, as of three o'clock today,
is more than last year and the
garbage dump.
The zoning ordinance was also swirling waters of the Owyhee have
discuslsed, with Carl Coad and raised the water in the Snake to a
Frank Morgan appointed to draw noticeable amount. Word has been
preliminary plans for a zoning or­ received from R. J. Newell that
dinance. An investigation will also water is also being released from
be made on extending the sewer the American Falls dam. as this
one and a half blocks north on huge reservoir is also full.
The Oregon Trail Grange are giv­
Ehrgood Avenue.
Water Turned Into Canals
ing a lively three act farce Friday
Water will be turned into both
Miss Charlena Crawford returned
night, April 16th entitled,
"Aunt
Thursday on the Portland Rose. the north and south canals Satur­ Emma Sees It Through.’ The play
day.
and
will
likely
get
down
to
Cow
She spent the past three weeks with
will be given at the Oregon Trail
her sister and husband. Mr. and Hollow and Locket Gulch portions school house, starting at 8:30, witli
of the project about Tuesday, Geo. a small admission being charged
Mrs. Oswald Forbes in Portland
Haycock, maintenance superintend­ for Grange benefit.
Mrs. Rock Shelton returned to ent said today. Only a small head is
The cast of characters
Include
present, being Mrs. Albert Hopkins. Mrs, Iva
the St. Lukes hospital in Boise Sun­ being released at
from
40
to
50
second
feet
and
will
day for further treatment. Mrs.
Adams, Mrs. John Bowen, Albert
Shelton underwent a major opera­ have little effect on the water pour­ Hopkins. John Stam, Klaas Siam
tion several weeks ago. and was not ing through the ring gate spillway and Lloyd Adams, all under the dir­
getting along as well as she should at the dam.
ection of Mrs Glen Holmes.
since returning home.
The story moves switfly and Is
OWEN PRICE TAKES
based on the adventures of two girls
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LONG LEAVE OF ABSENCE
who live with strait-laced old Aunt
FROM TEACHING DUTIES Emma. When they advertise for
a husband, and tell Aunt Emma the
applicants are for a butler’s job. the
Owen Price, local grade school action Is said to be amusing indeed
April 15—Opening of trout sea­ teacher has been granted a leave
The cast has been practicing on
son.
some time and are
of absence for the balance of this the play for
April IS—Huntington H. 8. vs. school year, in order to recover his hopeful that a large
crowd will
Nyssa here.
health, which doctors say will be support the production.
April IS—Oregon
Trail Grange
gained by rest. He recently had a
play.
set back from a bad case of flu he EAGLES AUXILIARY PLAN
April 16—Eagles Wrestling Card. has been nursing along. Mr. Price
ANOTHER SATURDAY DANCE
April IT—Baseball school for boys is new at the home of his parents.
Encouraged by a fair sized crowd,
starts.
508 Adams Avenue in La Grande.
April 17—Eagles Aux. Dance.
Mr Price's position as teacher is who all seemed to enjoy themselves
April 20—H. 8. League season being filled for the balance of this the Eagles Auxiliary have planned
Saturday
opens. Vale here.
school year by Miss Lucille Rine­ another dance for this
night In the hall. The first dance
April 21—Civic Club 10th Anni­ hart of Enterprise.
was held last Saturday and If pat­
versary.
ronage holds up they intend to
May 2—Caldwell here.
Idaho-
Oregon league starts play.
Dr. E D. Norcott and Carl Coad make these regular Saturday nlglit
May 4—Softball league opens.
are whipping the Burnt River near affair*.________________________
May 7—Girl Scouts
Mother- Unity today in quest of trout. To­
Miss Betty Obermeyer of Emmett
day was the opening day of the
Daughter banquet.
May 14—Kingman
Ice
cream trou» season and the week end will and her cousin drove to Nyssa Sat­
social.
see several other Nyssa niouuds urday aftemon to see Mrs. Herachel
Thompson and baby son.
after speckled beauties.
Water Higher In
Owyhee River
Grange Play Set
For Friday Night
EVENT CALENDAR
The Civic Club is planning a
special program for next Wednes­
day in commemoration of the 10th
anniversary of the club In Nyssa.
Charter members of the club will
be In charge of the arrangements.
One of the features of the after­
noon will be the cutting of a huge
birthday cake, part of which will be
given as a prize award and the
balance distributed among mem­
bers and guests.
The day will also be annual re­
newal day, at which time members
will be expected to pay their annual
dues of 50c and all women of the
community interested In becoming
members are asked to be present
next Wednesday afternoon.
County Health
Meeting Called
April 30th In Ontario Set
As Time and Place
The local CCC camp entertained
200 visitors at the camp during the
past week, which was national open
house week. Many people from Nys­
sa and surrounding territory took
advantage of the opportunity to
dine at the camp. Inspect the work
being done and the living condi­
tions of the boys.
High praise has been heard of
the splendid conduct of the camp,
and the vast Improvements made
during the past year and a half.
At the present time another feature
is being added; a two-acre garden
plot which the boys will tend and
learn more about plant culture, and
at the same time provide green-
stuffs for the camp table.
Grassy lawns, shrubs and trees
have been planted and are well
started, giving the camp a park-
llke appearance. There Is a possi­
bility that should the camp ever
be moved, or the CCC movement be
abandoned or curtailed, the camp
could be turned over for park pur­
poses.
Lawns, trees, recreation
grounds and other features woulc.
make the camp a real community
center for many years to come.
Hospitality Is one of the
key­
notes at the camp, and the com­
manding officers have a standing
Invitation for the
public to in­
spect the camp at any time.
New Boys Arrive
The enrollment of
the Nyssa
camp was strengthened Se.turcJ.ij
by the arrival of 66 new enrollees.
mostly recruited from the coast
section, and all from Oregon. Thl;
brings the camp up to almost ful
strength.
YOUNGSTERS TO HAVE
BASEBALL SCHOOL
TOM CALDWELL
PASSES AWAY
Many young boys of Nyssa and
vicinity will start receiving their
first lessons In baseball at a school
to be started Saturday morning,
April 17 by Coach John Young at
the high school field. Every boy,
regardless of size or age Is welcome
to take part, which will consist
principally of teaching the base­
ball fundamentals and the prope.
method of playing each pos.tion;
batting,
throwing, base running
sliding and other fine points of the
game.
The school is being started by
Coach Young In order to Interest
more boys In baseball, and to get
them started out playing properly.
Sessions will start at 10 o ’clock
every Saturday morning from now
until school is out, and boys from
both town and country are welcome
to attend. The school will consist
partially of lectures and partially
of actual work on the field.
The school will be held for the
next several Saturday mornings,
and at the conclusion a field day is
planned, with the boys taking part
in various contests and suitable
prizes being awarded the winners.
The annual meeting of the Mal­
heur County Pubi c Health Asso­
ciation will be held In Ontario on
Friday,
April 30tn at the grade
school auditorium, according to an­
nouncement made this week.
Gee. K. Aiken, of Ontario has
been appointed chairman of the
nominating committee by Mr. J. L.
Turnbull and Mr. Aiken has ap­
pointed Mrs. M. C. Imbler, Miss
Mildred Oleson, J. Edwin Johnson
and Leo Hollenberg as other com-
mittèe members.
Principal business at the meet­
ing April 30th will be election of
officers, with the meeting being
open to the public. Plans for the
full time public health nursing pro­
gram will also be discussed at the
meeting.
Mrs. Edna Ferris „has been nam­
ed by the county copri to direct
the County Health service under
the new co-operative plan between
federal, state and county agencies.
Mrs. Ferris started her duties in
the county on April 1st, with head­
COUNCIL AND PLANNING
quarters In the cljy hall In Ontario.
BOARD INSPECT THEATRES
Wrestling Show
Planned Friday
Members of the city council and
planning commission went to Par­
ma and New Plymouth Wednesday
evening to view the theatre build­
ings In those towns owned by Nate
Leigh, who also owns the Liberty
theatre In Nyssa. Mr. Leigh has ap­
plied for a permit to build a new
The Nysas Eagles have scheduled theatre In Nyssa, work to start as
a wrestling show for Friday night, soon as the type o f construction is
April 16th which promises to ex­ determined.
ceed anything held in Nyssa this
winter. Lou Mueller. German light
heavy-weight champ has been sign­
ed to meet “Windmill" Pearce In
the main event, mixed bout, featur­
ing a top wrestler pitted against a
slugger of know ability. Whether a
good wrestler can Uck a good fight­
er will be the subject under discus­
sion when these two boys crawl Into
the ring.
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The Eder Grocery advanced an­
The card is much the same as the other step forward this week when
one which had to be postponed they completed the installation of
last Thursday night when one car­ a refrigerator system in their re­
load of wrestlers damaged their car cently completed cold box. and
near Buhl, Idaho and wired they | opened their meat department to
would be unable to arrive in Nyssa the public.
until a late hour. Dozens of cars,
Besides a modern cold box. size
loaded with fans from Boise, Nam­ 10 x 12 and cooled by the latest
pa. Emmett and other neighboring type of refrigeration, they have
towns, were turned away with the also Installed two ten-foct show
disappointing news that the card cases, with special fish
compart­
had been postponed until
Friday ment for the handling of their meat
night. Preparations are being made trade.
to handle an especially large crowd
The meat department will be In
for Friday's show.
charge of J. J. Chandler, a young
The card has been strengthened man who has been In the butcher
for Friday night by the addition of business all his life. He received his
Hy Sharman. Salt Lake rough boy. first training In Portland markets,
pitted
against “Bull" Keener.. and came to Nyssa after working
Keener has been on several of the three years with a prominent mar­
cards this winter and has always ket In Boise.
given the fans a show. He Is a bit
unpopular with local fans, due to NEW VALE COACH
his excessive rough wrestling, but
TAKES UP DUTIES
Sharman Is known as one of the
roughest in the game and the match
Frank Parr, a son-in-law of W
between these two should be good
A McNall of Nyssa. took up hU
from start to finish.
work at the Vale high school last
Jul Jitsu wrestling will be seen week, where he has been employed
in another of the matcher when as coach Pat Brown, former coach,
Toshl Kodlake
tangles with Earl has moved his family to Nampa,
James of Oakland Kodlake Is the where he will coach In the Junior
Japanese boy who wrestled
here high school.
on the card March 11th and pleased
Mr Parr has been living at the
the fans with his exhibition of W A. McNall place south of Nyssa
clever grappling. He It entirely at and driving back and forth to Vale
home wrestling jul Jitsu and while for the present.
the Oakland boy Is heavier, the jul
Jitsu Jackets should even things up
Dr. E. D. Norcott attended
a
All matches will be two out of three
falls, one hour time limit. The show meeting of the dental amoctatlon
will start at 8:20 and be held In the held at the Washington Hotel In
Weiser Tuesday afternoon. -
Eder Grocery
Add Meat Dept.
Chas. Caldwell
received
word
Wednesday that his brother, Tom
Caldwell had passed away in Los
Angeles. Details of the death wer
not given In the message.
Mr. Caldwell was In business In
Nyssa for some time and was asso­
ciated with his brother C. M. Cald­
well In constructing the building
housing the Caldwell Dry Goods,
Norlale Furniture and Owyhee
Hotel. The brothers dlsolved part­
nership a few years ago, and since
that time he had made his home
in Los Angeles.
New Relief Plan
Starts June 1st
Dependent mothers and children
will be taken over from the county
by relief agencies on June 1st ac­
cording to a law which provides for
federal, state and county partlclpa
tlcn In the program. Details of the
plan were discussed Wednesday
evening at a county relief meeting
held In Ontario.
Elmer Ooudy, state relief admin
istrator and Victor Carlson, field
administrator were present at the
meeting to discuss the new acts
cf the legislature affecting relief.
Aid for crippled children will also
go Into erfect in June, with state
and federal participation. Local
county relief committees will be
charged with the task of finding
the cases, who will be turned over
for examination by a traveling
clinic and handled by state and
federal agencies direct.
Comparative figures for the var
ious counties of the state were quot
ed. showing Malheur having about
the average In general relief, but
high percentage in this county for
those over 65 receiving assistance
Average grants were less, which
makes Malheur in the unenviable
position of having more over 65 re­
ceiving assistance, but getting less
money. An attempt will be made to
remedy this condition and level the
percentage off with the rest of the
state.
Mrs. Ernest McClure Hurt
In Accident Saturday
Night— Cars Smashed
A speeding car which hit the
guard rail at the east end of the
Ontario bridge Saturday night kill­
ed Fred Nightingale, former Ore­
gon State college baseball pitcher
and put his companion
Martin
Faherty of Ontario In the hospital
with cuts about the face and a
bruised back. The car rolled 85 feet
down the bridge, hitting a Graham
«dan driven by Ernest McClure of
Nyssa. smashing the McClure car
and injuring both Mr. and Mrs.
JcClure Mr. and Mrs. Bob Thom­
pson, who were In the McClure
car. escaped practically uninjured.
Jrnest was knocked out for a short
time by the collision while his wife
.8 still In the Holy Rosary hospital
receiving
treatment for leg and
scalp wounds. She will likely re­
turn home this week end.
The four Nysas folks were In On­
tario to attend the midnight show,
and as It was still an hour before
show time, decide to drive around
a bit, drove slowly out the Oregon
Trail toward the Idaho-Oregon
bridge. They were about midway
of the bridge when they saw the
speeding car round the curve, head­
ed toward Ontario. When the car
hit the guard rail with a splinter­
ing crash, Mr.
McClure
Imme­
diately put on the brakes to stop
and says he
thought the
Ford
coupe would stop before It came
to his car . . but it didn’t. The
Nightingale car crashed Into the
front end of the McClure car,
throwing Nightingale clear as the
cars came together with a crash.
Nightingale died Instantly from
a broken neck and passing motor­
ist rushed the Injured to the On­
tario hospital, where Mrs. McClure
and Faherty are recovering.
Funeral services were
held In
Ontario Tuesday for Mr. Nightin­
gale who is survived by his wife.
Irene Brumbach Nightingale; his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Night­
ingale. and a brother all of Mollala,
Oregon.
Mr. Nightingale was well known
In the sports world as a star pitcher
with the Oregon State college team
and later for Ontario In the Idaho-
Oregon league. He has made On­
tario his home since 1928 and dur­
ing mast of that time has been
employed at the Moore hotel.
FOX ADDS TO LENGTH
OF HIS CAMP STORE
Walt Fox of the Nyssa Tourist
Camp
completed an addition of
eight feet to the size of his camp
store and service station this week.
His growing business necessitated
more space and he moved the west
end of his store back eight feet and
filled in between to add to the
length of the building.
UNION PACIFIC AO
MEN HERE THIS
WEEK
Earl Reed, head of the Union
Pacific agricultural department and
Joe Jarvis, recently appointed by
the U. P. to help develop this part
of the county, were over the pro­
ject Sunday with Prank Morgan.
COUNTY GRAVELING
TOWN BALL CLUB
ROADS ON PROJECT
START PRACTICE
A squad of 15 players turned out
Sunday to start practice for the
Nyssa town team and to get ready
for the opening game of season
here May 2 when Caldwell plays
here.
Dewey Ray has resigned as man­
ager due to press of other duties,
and Harry Miner has taken over
the job as manager. Practice night
have been set for Tuesday and Fri­
day nights, and Sunday afternoons;
and every candidate for the team Is
urged to be present In order that
several good practices can be had
and the team In good working order
for the opening game
Word from other towns In the
league Indicates they will all have
strong teams, with baseball Inter­
est keener this year than for the
past several seasons.
Carl Ccad, A. L. Fletcher. Dr. J
J. Sarazin. Art Norcott and Prank
Morgan attended a meeting of the
Associated Chambers of Commerce
in Weiser Monday night. Their
guests were Earl Reed and Joe Jar
via. Union Pacific
agricultural
The county Is doing a fine Job of
graveling 18 miles of roads on the
Owyhee project west of Nyssa, hav­
ing a WPA crew on the job, assisted
by county road equipment.
Bishop Luther Fife, of the local
LD8 church returned last Tuesday
from a general conference of the
LDS churches held in Salt
City.
ROUND TOWN
Beeler Boys at Star Hotel worried
when Pendleton
officer picks up
Bob McCurdy before breakfast
Sunday . . . Ves Oashert reported to
be jealous of Artie Robertson's Job
of coaching the
girl’s soft
ball
team . . . Reports indicate 95 per
cent of beets planted near Nyssa
and acreage In districts may hit
8,000 mark . . . Reclamation wins
practice softball game Wedneaday
evening . . . New Moon falls to set­
tle the weather.