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Nyssa Farmers Take Advantage U.S. Help To Buy Farm Equipment Five new cooperative service groups, organised and financed under the cooperative and com munity service section, resettlement administration, will enable 20 M al heur county farm families to share costs and service of new farm equipment, it is announced by Her bert M. Peet, regional chief, P ort land. The new organization^ Include: Nyssa Beet Equipment Coopera tive. purchasing a tractor and beet cultivation machinery. Members are M. M. Creeling. J. O. Tallman. O. I.. Ashcraft and J. G. Lane. Cwyhee Herd Improvement Co operative, purchasing a manure spreader and registered Holstein bull. Members are E. E. Crocker. J. B. Coulter and F. N. Crocker, all living near Nyssa, Oregon. East Bench Land Improvement Cooperative, purchasing manure spreader and ditcher. Members are Lewis N. Lang, Fred E. Burgess and J. E. Butler, all living near Vale, Oregon. N y 's t Land Improvement Co operative, purchasing equipment to plow, level, ditch and prepare lands for irrigation and cropping. Members are Archie P. Smith. Marion D. Chard, John H. Ulrey, Ewen Chard, W yatt C. Smith and Homer Whitman. Owyhee Project Cultivation Co operative, purchasing a tractor, plow and beet cultivator. Members are James, Joe and Fred Stephens. “ Mere than 35 small cooperatives have been helped to organize and finance themselves in Oregon, and we have additional funds for this purpose,’ ’said Peet. “ Our plan makes it possible for farm families to form groups for the ownership and operation of farm equipment, that would be too expensive for in dividual ownership. Applications ihould be made to W. N. Young or Dale R. Winn, rehabilitation sup ervisor, Vale. Oregon.” NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL, THURSDAY, APRIL 29,1937 Random Shots . . . Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Bcor visited at Unity last Sunday with the lat- ters sister Mrs. Herbert Derrick and family. Mr. and Mrs. Oraer Presley of Vale visited at the Orville Nichols and E. J. Beam homes on Friday. They were on their way to Senaca where the former has employment. Mrs. Cleve Cammann of Westfall is making an indefinite visit here at the home of her son Frances Cam mann and family. The Floyd White and Kenneth Orabner made a business trip to Boise last Tuesday. Mrs. M. M. Greellng, Malheur county Pomona lecturer and Mrs. Conrad Martin, Malheur county Home Economic chairman of the Kingman Kolony grange met with the Eldorado Grange Home Econ omics club at the home of Mrs. C ar rel Locey near Malheur last Thurs day. A very instructive meeting resulted and was enjoyed by all. The hrstess served a dainty lunch. W. H. Beam, M. and Mrs. Warren Blodgett and children were week ent guests at the E. J. Beam home. Eldorado Orange is sponsoring a dance to be held on May 1st. (Oregon News Bureau) Oregon is to have a new state library on grounds which the state capitol building commission will add to the present state property as the result of an announcement com ing down from President Roosevelt through Senator McNary. The gov ernment will provide approximately $450,000 in W P A funds under the plan of the government paying 45 per cent of the expense of such pro grams. The announcement from Wash ington brings news of the willing ness of the govermnent to cooperate on the plan adopted by the last state legislature. Reports, apparently well substan tiated, that California's border bug hunters were openly crude In the way they manhandled Hood River apples will heap plently of fuel on Mayor Carson’s Portland campaign to keep Oregonians out of -Califor nia. A fter listening to a few of the native sons rave about the big sun- seared area to the south, we cannot understand the superiority complex that some o f these inspectors de velop. The best answer we can think of is for Oregon folks to make a concentrated demand for Florida citrus fruits. W hy should we buy our oranges and lemons from a gang that mal-trcats the best apples in the world. ADRIAN NEWS By MRS. C LA R K ENOS Mrs. Jess Newton and daughter Helen of Oregon Slope were Thurs day visitors in the Ted Newton and Gerrit Muntejewrtf horns. By MRS. E. J. BEAM Mr. and Mrs. Earl Sparks and son o f Emmett visited at the Charles Those from here to compete In the McConnell and Mrs. Ellen Sparks zone spelling contest at Jamieson on homes Tuesday and Wednesday. Wednesday were Ella Mae Dickson Mr. and Mr.s Ted Newton and and Barbara Simmons, 8th grade; family were Tuesday evening dinner Wanda Nichols 6th; Betty Lou Der guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Drown. rick 5th. They were accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Gerrit M untjewerff by their teacher Miss Mary Weir. attended the Norge school In Boise Orville Nichols drove them down. Friday. The Gordon Dickson family and Mesdames Ted Newton and Mrs. Lester Derrick also attended children, Henry Hatch and son from here. James McGinnis and daughter, F Ellis Turner visited relatives at A. Evans, Oowey and Mitchell Gav- Harper several days last week. loa attended a stork shower at the Floyd White and Kenneth Grab- E. Zesiger home In Kingman K o l ner motored to Prairie City last ony Friday afternoon in in honor Thursday. of Mrs. Floyd Zesiger. The E. J. Beams and Vivian Van Miss Ellen McConnell attended a Cleave and children were Unity and weiner roast Friday evening at rim Hereford vis.tors last Sunday and rock given by the young peoples attended the ball game between class of the Kingman Sunday Unity and John Day. School. Doctor and Mrs. C. D. Houser and 1 Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hatch visited Chas. Elms o f Haines were guests at the Lcuis Hudson home Sunday. at the parental H. C. Elms home Miss Ellen McConnell was hostess last Sunday. to the Kingman Kolony Girl scouts Saturday afternoon. Light refresh ments were served at the close of the meeting. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Nelson of Nam pa were Adrian visitors Sunday. Miss Betty returned home with them after an overnight visit with her cousins Miss Donna and Joyce Ashcraft. Mr. and Mrs. Charles McConnell rpent Sunday in Caldwell. Mr. and Mrs. John Flinton and family were business shoppers from Rockville Monday. Mr. and Mrs. J ,E. Holly and son W illiam made a trip to Condon Saturday to visit Miss Dorothy who is teaching there and they re turned Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Newton and fam ily and Mrs. Gerrit Muntjewerff were Sunday visitors in the parental Ed Newton home on Oregon Slope. They also drove thru some of the newly irrigated land adjacent to the Oregon Slope and under the Owyhee project and It is being set- tlds as rapidly as the land near here. Mr. Blakely, a teacher in Jordan Valley schools has been hired for the coming year to teach In Adrian taking the place of Mr. Hewitt. Blakely is married and has two small children. IRONSIDE NEWS Party GOODIES W e make a specialty cf fur nishing things for your par ties . . . when everything should be Jc.t right. Tell us w lr t you have in mind and let us show you. McClure Bros. Bakery In the meantime Oregon is get ting ready to attend the bridge op ening celebration at San Francisco. A real cavalcade will go. Portland will send their Rose Festival queen with an csccrt of Royal Rosarlans Pendleton will have a he-man gang of cov.l'-oys and cowgirls and some Umatilla Indians in warpaint. And "ite r all the loud talk, Mayor Car-on will be there as well as G ov ernor Martin. LINCOLN NEWS Notice is hereby given that all persons con templating building operations of any kind within the City limits, must, before beginning construction secure a permit therefor from the City Council. Penalty for violation of this Ordinance is a fine of from Ten to Two hundred and fifty dollars. This Ordinance is going to be enforced. —-aT-—*—-1 --«■■■■ — VET O R G A N IZ A T IO N S R E AD Y FOR P O P P Y D AY By MRS. ED DUPRE The Lincoln P T A called its reg ular business meeting to order on Wednesday afternoon April 21 for the election of officers. Mrs. Wesley Blanton was elected president, suc ceeding Mrs. Oeorge Markham; Mrs. Avery Anderson, vice presi dent; Miss Marjorie Neilson, re elected secretary and treasurer; and Mrs. W ill Leavitt historian; Mrs. Steve Hucnekus was selected as the leader of th Lincoln Girl Scouts for the summer. Ed DuPre had an accident with his car on the Rose Creek road on Monday. He and his son Frank and Mr. Atherton with his wrecker brought the car in Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Reed were visitors at the W hit Redsull home Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Opal Leavitt was a visi vr of Mr. and Mrs. W ill Leavitt t f \ Grandma Leavitt who is still very ill. Lincoln Journeyed to White Set tlement for a baseball game Thurs day afternoon, the score being 17 to 18 in favor of White Settlement. Arcadia came to Lincoln diamond on Friday afternoon, Lincoln being the winner. Mr. and Mrs. Oeorge Markham and family, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Chadwick and family visited Mr. and Mrs. Avery Anderson and fam ily on Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. John Molenar were visitors at the DuPre home on Mon- lay evening. Poppiss by the m illion» are bloom ing in veteran» hospital and con valescent workrooms In every part of the country db disabled veteran., of the World War are making the flowers with which America will honor its war dead on Poppy Day in May. The flowers are shaped iron, crepe paper and wire in replica of the wild popples of France and Bel gium that grew in such profusion on the World W ar battle f elds. Fully 12,000,000 poppies will br required for Poppy Day this year ' according to Mrs. Eleanor Brown poppy chairman of the local Am eri can Legion Auxiliary Unit. M illio n . already have been completed and many thousands more are being produced every day. The work is being conducted in 65 hospitals and workrooms in 40 states. Employment is being given to hundreds of disabled men who are drawing little or no government compensation and are unable to do other work. Men with families to supoprt receive preference. The pro gram is directed by the state organ izations of the Auxiliary and co ordinated through the national or ganization. The poppies will be distributed by Volunteer workers from the Aux iliary on Poppy Day, the Saturday before Memorial Day. Worn in hon or of the war dead, the little red flowers c t remembrance also will aid the liv ng victims of the vac, explained Mrs. Eleanor Drown. Contributions received lor lne_a .vili help support the Work of the American Legion and Auxiliary for th i disabled veterans and fatherless children of veterans. RECEIVE PLAQUE Birch wood plaques commemorat- nsr the American Legion’s service o the cause of conservation have been presen 'ed recently to Legion Posts throught the country by their Units of the American Legion Aux- l'avy. a e c d ln g to Mrs. Don G ra ham, President of the local Aux- il ary Unit. One of the plaques lias been presented to Nyssa Post No. 79 to Commander Osterkamp. The plaques are made of yellow birch, which is typical of the wood n the Argonne Memorial Forest In Wisconsin, the first memorial forest sponsored by the Auxiliary. They were constructed at the Mountain Craft Camp in the forest are« bv i s o c ia lly selected group of C ivil ian Conservation Corps boys and •node available to the Auxiliary by the United States Forest Service. The plaques bear the words: “Conservation of Natural Resour ces Is National Defense,” and the conservation resolution passed at he national convention o f the Auxiliary In Cleveland last Sept ember. Mr. and Mrs. Neilson and famMv visited Mr. and Mrs. George Mark ham Monday evening. Mrs. Harriet K lug and son Phillip of Ontario were overnight guests of the DuPre family Friday night. Mrs. W hit Redsull and son Fred rick were Sunday evening visitors o f Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Bailey. The cleaning of the Shoestring ditch has been completed and > a e turned in for some are irrigating os A lot c f folk started getting up an the ground is quite dry from the hour earlier this last week. It was steady winds. Mr. and Mrs. Dale Garrison and not the result of a new and better were determination to do bigger and daughter Jo Anne fo Nyssa more important things—Just the Saturday visitors of the DuPre fam plain result of daylight saving time ily. forcing them to arrive at work an Mr. Charlie and Jim Redsull gave hour earlier than usual, or else? a dancing party In the big barn loft Saturday night. Music was furnish Oregon folk put on quite a show ed by the Owyhee Hill Billies. All in Washington last FYiday. Gover report a good time. nor Martin. Mayor Carson and Con- gressman Fierce had a first class knockdown, drag-out, verbal set-to in the Bonneville hearing, and then went out to the ball park and watched Connie Mack’s ball team, FOR A LIMITED TIME with six o f the nine jobs held by ex- Portland players, kick the Washing YO U GET ALL O F THESE ton team around 7to 1. George Cas ter, big-shot on last year's Portland Beaver Champion outfit, fed the capital's Senators a bewildering ar ray of curves that limited their e f W ith Any 1937 M odel Norge forts to four hits. NOTICE! ■ ROMA W INE COM PANY, INC., Lodi, California FREE W asher Purchased At This NEW SPAPERS P O PU LAR AS A D V E R T IS IN G M EDIUM Store — N o Advance In Price Business Week reports the results Of advertising census, Involving 1,212 agencies placing almost $500,000,000 c l business. Newspapers get 38 per cent of this, magazines 27 per cent radio 16 per cent, with the balance divided among direct mail, trade papers, outdoor and car ads. By Order of the City Council. A. R. MILLAR, Recorder Consideration for Others Two main features of gentility are propriety and consideration for others. ■ xri* £ f. -"V i ? <r Ruu Ijout AUTOMOBILE / Lowest financing cost. / More convenient payments. / Insurance placed locally (w ith your own agent or broker). 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