NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL
Published at Nyssa, Oregon
GATEWAY TO THE OWYHEE AND BLACK CANYON IRRIGATION PROJECTS
VOLUME XXXII. No. 26.
NYSSA, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1937
Industry
Bank Purchases Leader In Wool
To Be In Ontario July 8
Building From
City Of Nyssa
Deal Completed After
Long Effort to Give
Title—Price $4500.
A deal was completed this week
In which The First National Bank
of Portland purchased the bank
building on the corner of First and
Main from the city of Nyssa. in­
cluding fixtures, for a cash consid­
eration of $4,500. The deed was ex­
ecuted Saturday and mailed to
Portland.
The sale came after many months
of negotiation and effort in clear­
ing the title of the property to the
satisfaction of the purchaesrs and
most of this work fell on the shoul­
ders of A. L. Fletcher, city attorney.
The deal includes the south end of
Lot 1, block 8 with 8 inches off the
east side of lot 2 occupied by the
party wall.
The building was formerly oc­
cupied by the defunct Malheur
County Bank, which became the
property of the city after the bank
closed its doors. Up until the fall
of 1935 it was used as a city hall,
but in November 1935 The First
National Bank of Portland decided
to open a branch in Nyssa. and in
order to encourge the establishment
of a bank here, the city offered
the financial institution the use of
the building and fixtures. This a r­
rangement has been in force since
th a t time, but several months ago
the bank made known its desire to
obtain the property, and work was
started at that time to give an un­
disputed title to the property. After
clearing away numerous details, the
city has been able to put everything
In order and the transfer was made
this week.
Talk City Ilall
There has been considerable dis­
cussion regarding the possible con­
struction of a city hall, using part
of the proceeds from the sale of the
bank to finance the deal. While
nothing definite has been worked
out as yet, the council are endeavor­
ing to perfect some plan which
would enable the city to point the
way toward more building in town
by constructing a modest city hall
for municipal needs.
Fred Marshall, secretary of the
National Association of Wool Grow­
ers will be the featured speaker of
a meeting of wool growers to be
held in the Moore Hotel In Ontario
cn July 8th, starting at 1:30. Ar­
rangements far the meeting are
being made by Chas. Sutherland of
Vale, director of the State Associa­
tion.
Other prominent men In the
sheep business in Oregon will be
at the meeting. Including the state
president, G arnett Barrett of Hep-
ner; the state secretary, Walter A.
Holt of Pendleton; and J. N. Shaw,
sheep disease specialist of Oregon
State College. Everyone interested
in the sheep Industry is being urg­
ed to attend the meeting.
4-H Clubs To
Picnic At Vale
M u c h Interest Being
Shown In County-Wide
Event July 9th.
The annual 4-H club picnic,
which is sponsored by the County
Leader’s Council, will be held in
Vale on Friday, July 9th at the
Riverside Park. This Is an annual
affair and is looked forward to by
club members from all over the
county.
Starting a t 10 in the morning and
continuing until lunch time a reg­
ular pregram of recreational activ­
ities has been planned under the
direction of Mrs. Chas. Newblll. Mrs.
M. L. Kurzt and Mrs. H. A. Conr.or
of Annex. Prizes will be awarded in
the different sections taking part
in this.
Miss Helen Cowgill, state club
leader will be the high light on the
afternoon program. She will have
with her a demonstration team of
the state, whose demonstrations will
be an Important feature of the pro­
gram. Musical numbers from the
different districts of the county will
also be given.
The remaining part of the after­
noon will be given over to a choice
between a picture show or a swim
in the natatorium.
Owing to the large increase in
club work in the county, this pic­
nic is expected to be the largest
vet held, and all persons interested
in club work are invited to attend.
As many leaders as passible are be­
ing urged to attend to help super­
vise the activities of the day.
The 4-H clubs have asked that
this be considered an Invitation to
attend and enjoy the day. The Vale
An argument which culminated leaders have charge of the lunch,
in the stabbing of two persons has with the drink being furnished.
resulted in the holding of Bert
Johnson of Nyssa under ll.OOu STATE TRAPPING BEAVER
bonds for the grand Jury meeting
FOR BOTHERED FARMERS
in August. The argument happened
a short time after eleven o'clock
Saturday night at the comer of 5th
Beaver which are bothering farm­
street and Good Avenue, with Mr ers will be transplanted back Into
and Mrs. John Everett both receiv­ the hills, according to a plan being
ing cuts from a pocket knife, but put in operation by the state. Clyde
not serious^.
Long of Nyssa has been trapping
Mrs. Byrd was cut back of the beaver since July 12th and asks that
ear and across the back, while Mr any farmers bothered by beaver to
Byrd had five cuts in his left notify either George Aiken at On­
shoulder and arm. They were held tario or the game warden.
as material witnesses until the pre­
Special traps which catch the
liminary hearing Tuesday morning beaver alive are being used; and the
before
Judge Purvis in Vale in animals are being kept at the game
Justice court.
farm 6 miles north and one mile
west of Nyssa. Those In the Interior
who want beaver can obtain them
WILSONS GO TO CALIFORNIA
TO STUDY MUSIC by applying to Oame Warden Nor­
man Mlnnlck. or from ’ Commis­
sioner Oeo. K. Aiken.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Wilson
Mr. Lcng has been trapping along
left Sunday. June 27 for Los Angeles the Malheur river with good suc­
where they will continue their work cess. Tuesday he took four beaver to
in music
to the game farm awaiting trans
Mr. Wilson will resume his study planting.
with Alexander Roman, first violin­
ist In the Los Angeles Philharmonic
BERNARD FROST TO START
Symphony.
Mrs. Wilson will attend the Wag-
EXCAVATION FOR NEW
ness classes on Modem Piano Ped­
BUILDING FRIDAY MORN
agogy and will study under a pri­
vate teacher.
Bernard Frost will start excava­
tion work on a building Just east of
the new theatre building tomorrow
morning The building Is to be 34 H
by 70 feet, and will be built of brick.
Jack Lowe of Weiaer has the con­
Arcadia voters to vote on bond tract for the brick laying and Lon
question Tuesday . . . Bricklayers Root of Nyssa the carpenter work.
Dr. Milton Atlman of Portland
wind up theatre Job . . . Nampa
boosters advertise their rodeo on was here Monday looking over this
streets Wednesday , . . Heard some­ territory with the idea of locating
one from the bank Is going to move here.
Into the Ed HUley house . . . Doc
Norrott and Bernard Frost trying to
Mr Alfred Adams of Oregon Trail
find $5 in loose money Tuesday
morning , . . Ball team looking for was taken to the Ontario hospital
last Friday evening suffering with
another manager . . .
ruptured appendix An operation
was performed th at night and he Is
to b
Nyssa Man Held
For Grand Jury
ROUND TOWN
Fastest Growing Town In Oregon
LOCAL CCI» CAMP
GETS HIGH RATING
BIG GROUP TAKES
ADVANTAGE OF
TOXOID CLINIC
There were 110 children between
the ages of six months and eight
years treated at the toxoid clinic
held Tuesday morning in the high
school building, which is consider-1
ed a very satsfactory turnout. Dr.
Sarazin did the work, assisted by
Edna Flanagan Farris,
county
health nurse; Isabelle Sarazin, Mrs.
Dick Tensen and Mrs. Wm Schire-
man. Another similar clinic Is
planned for late August.
The Nyssa CCC camp has
reason to be proud of a ra t­
ing Just announced by M. J.
Bowen, Inspector of the 9th
corps area with some 300
camps under his Jurisdiction.
He rated the local camp as
A-l, and In his entire area
there are only two camps to
rate this honor.
Rating Is made on various
points. Including sanitation,
discipline, appearance and
other factors to make a well
rounded camp. Lieut. Elmer
Clonlnger Is in charge of the
local camp and says it Is the
fine group of 'boys he has to
work with which made the
record possible.
EXAMINER HERE
Mr. W. L. Turner, Examiner of
Operators and Chauffeurs, will be
In Nyssa, Thursday, July 8, 1937, at
the City Hall between the hours of
1 p. m. and 5 p. m„ respectively, ac­
cording to a recent announcement
released from the Secretary of State
office
All those wishing permits or lic­
enses to drive cars are asked to get
In touch with Mr. Turner during
these hours.
BIDS TO BE OPENED
JULY 14 ON WORK ON
DEAD OX FLAT
Bids are to be opened at the
Bureau of Reclamation office in
Boise on July 14th, covering con­
struction of earthwork and struc­
tures, North canal laterals, Dead
Ox Flat division of the Owyhee pro­
ject. Principal Items In the con­
tract are 19,550 cubic yards of ex-
cavaton for laterals; 1,700 cubic
yards of excavation for structures;
pouring concrete, placing reinforce­
ment bars and other small items.
Stunts Feature
Air Circus
The greatest air armada ever to
appear in the northwest, will swoop
down on Ontario in the early fore­
noon of July 6. headed by two world
champion stunt pilots and scores
of other outstanding air men and
women. The occasion will be for the
presentation of the Sky Circus at
the Ontario air port, sUitting at 2:00
o’clock In the afternoon and lasting
for three solid hours.
Tex Rankin, world famous Holly­
wood stunt filer, who recently won
the world championship In competi­
tion with top fliers from all coun­
tries, will be the outstanding per­
former In the program of stunts,
racing and parachute Jumping. He
will be hard pressed to give the
crowd the biggest thrills, by Bern­
ard in e Lewis King, world champion
woman stunt pilot, who specialises
In upside down flying and holds
practcally all world records In the
art. Just cne of her special stunts,
most of which are performed within
a few feet of the ground, consists
of picking a handkerchief from the
ground with her speeding wing tip.
Also featured will be Dorothy Bar­
den, leading woman parachute
Jumper, who will make a spectacular
leap from a plane at a height above
10.000 feet. She will drop for at least
5.000 feet before
she allows the
chute to open. The crowd will be
able to watch her fall as she opens
a sack of flour when she “balls out”
leaving a streaming white smoke In
her dizzy path.
The armada will arrive over the
Ontario airport at approximately
nine o'clock and the planes will Im­
mediately belined up for display un­
til time for the show, to start at 2:00
o’clock. The public will be shown the
crafts by pilots and assistants, who
will answer questions and explain
all features of the crafts.
Dust, which has previously made
flying and sightseeing from the air­
port difficult, has been overcome.
Runways at the feld were recently
oiled and the big planes will stir up
no more dust than a car on an oiled
highway Oravel has been spread
over the entire area In the vicinity
of the hangars and abutting the
runway.
Committee of Ontario cltiiens will
be on hand to help handle the
crowd of thousands expected to a t­
tend the show Parking space for
hundreds of cars has been arrang­
ed next to the runway and In ad­
jacent fields
LEAVE FOR BAKER
Citizens Turn
Thumbs Down
On City Zoning
Proposed Measure Re­
jected at Meeting Held
Tuesday Evening.
Most of the members of the city
Planning Commission forgot to
come to their own party Tuesday
night when a nredium sized crowd
of Nyssa taxpayers met in the base­
ment of the Eagles hall and turned
thumbs down on the Commission’s
zoning seemed to be that the
objection seemed to be that the
proposed zoning took In entirely
too much of the town and the reg­
ulations were unnecesssarlly dras­
tic.
While no vote was taken on the
matter, most citizens present ex­
pressed themsevles as being favor­
able toward zoning a few blocks In
town, which now contain the nicer
houses: and restrict this district to
houses of the better type. Any
building constructed in Nyssa must
be by permit Issued by the city
council; and
several
expressed
themselves as having full confi­
dence in the council to see that
buildings constructed conformed to
the neighborhood.
It was pretty much agreed among
those at the hearing th at If prac­
tically the entire town were placed
under strict building rules as pro­
posed by the Commission, It would
act as a handicap to the growth of
the town. While the city Is not In
the position of encouraging the
building of so called "shacks,”
nevertheless if a man wishes to
build a modest home, and is willing
to comply with sanitary regulation
and keep the premises in a credit­
able condition, and Is building In a
part of town suitable to everyone
concerned; no handicap should be
Imposed by too strict building reg­
ulations.
The hearing was conducted to get
the opinion of the citizens of Nyssa
on zoning the city, and while the
city council is not bound by law to
acoept the recommendations made
Tuesday night; it is thought likely
they will defer zoning action until
a larger percentage of the public ask
for It.
COLORED BOY PUTS
ON ACT HERE THURSDAY
Folks downtown last Thursday
afternoon were entertained by a
small armless negro youth with
some clever marble shooting and a
constant flow of comments
The boy used his left foot and
toes to shoct with, displaying some
marble shooting that was unusual
to say the least. This skill was cap­
italized to the extent of several
small coins which he picked off the
street with his toes, tossed them
Into the air and caught them in
his shirt pocket.
SERVICES MONDAY
FOR HYDER YOUNGSTER
Graveside funeral services were
conducted Monday morning for
the three months old Infant daugh­
ter of Mr and Mrs Art Hyder. who
passed away Saturday at the Chas
Leuck home from whooping cough
Mrs. Leuck had been caring for the
child while the mother Is in the
Dixon home Rev. White had charge
of the services, with the Nyssa Fun­
eral home making the arrange­
ments
Mrs Nellie Edward. Blanche Kol-
Mr and Mrs Lloyd Hoxle and son
bab and Ruth Edwards left this of Salem have returned to their
morning for Baker where they bare home after visiting at the parental
employment In the Hotel
B Hoxle and Clarence Barrett
coff
$1.50 PER YEAR
Building Booms As City
Issues Permits Totaling $27,480
BIG BEND TO
CELEBRATE 5th
WITH PROGRAM
A celebration Is being planned at
Big Bend Park on July 5th with a
program of speaking, eating and
sports to make it a lively day.
Principal speaker will be the Hon.
Paris Martin of Boise, who is sch­
eduled to talk at l;30.
Sports start off the day at 10
o’clock In the morning, with lunch
at noon and speaking at 1:30. Thlq
will be followed by two ball games
and dancing to the tunes of George
Shurtllff and his 10 piece band to
start at 4 in the afternoon and
continue until a late hour.
WOMAN KILLED IN UNUSUAL
ACCIDENT NEAR BAKER SUN.
Osa Blaylock and Jim Caldwell
went to Baker Sunday to visit with
Doug Benton for the day. Young
Benton Is working at a garage in
Baker and helped bring in the
automobiles which figured in the
death of Mrs. Cornelia Mitchell of
Baker early Sunday morning near
Haines.
Mrs. Mitchell was Injured when
the car In which she was riding
plunged from the highway, but
after the occupants of the automo­
bile had been given first aid treat­
ment and were lying along the
shoulder of the road awaiting the
arrival of the ambulances, another
automobile came long and smashed
Into the wrecked car, overturning It
onto Mrs. Mitchell and threw the
other Injured Into the borrow-pit.
Jim Caldwell and Oca Blaylock
visited the scene of the wreck while
In Baker.
Circus Coining
Here July 6
. Building permits totaling $27,480
have been issued by the City Re­
corder during the past few weeks,
and much of the work Is now in
progress of construction. There Is
probably more building going on in
Nyssa at the present time than for
a good many months; all of which
adds to the prosperity of the city.
Some of the permits are of minor
character, but included in the total
are several major improvements.
Chief among these could be men­
tioned a $1.000 building by George
Closson; $1500
house by Arvin
Pounder; $1200 house by E. W.
Pruyn; $3550 house by Ed Dilley;
$10,000 for a new theatre; $4,000
improvements at the Owyhee Ir­
rigation office; $1.000 in alterations
by Lottie Phillips; and $1500 cabins
of A; Chadwick.
Boise Takes
Sunday Game
Idaho - Oregon League
Play at Standstill Until
July 11.
Boise played errorless ball here
Sunday to defeat the locals, 7 to 2;
and also slammed out 13 hits to
keep men on bases practically all
the time. Nyssa was credited with
8 hits.
The team from the capitol jump­
ed Into the lead by scoring one
counter in the first inning; added
two mere In the third: brought In
one more in the 5th; scored 2 In the
6th and Rasor hit a home run in
the 9th inning to bring their total to
7 runs. Nyssa's only scoring was in
the 7th when Young, Servoss and
Dean Jchnston hit safely and two
runners crossed home plate.
It was a big day at bat for catch­
ers, with John Young leading the
hitting for both teams with 3 safe
hits out of 4 times at bat. Rasor.
Boise receiver hit a home run in
the 9th, a triple in the 6th and
singled in the 1st for three safe hits
cut of 5. Nishloka flashy Boise sec­
ond sacker and Hobbs of Boise were
also credited with three safeties out
of five trips to the plate.
The score:
R H. E
Boise
7 13 0
Nyssa ......................... ’..... 2 8 4
Batteries: Rene and Rasor; John-
sten and Yeung.
Announcement of the showing
here Tuesday, July 6 of Barney
Bros. Circus has been haled with
delight by the Juvenile element,
while some of the "older boys" are
already looking about for excuses
to see the big show. They are say­
ing they will take the children to
the circus, but It takes a pretty old
person not to enjoy a circus.
O th e r Results
Many new and novel features will
Payette defeated Welser 13 to
be seen In this year's program of
the Barney Bros. Circus. Foremost | 8; Vale took Emmett 11 to 5; and
of these will be the Flying Glenn Ontario nosed out Caldwell 7 to 6
Family, Guthrie Trio, daring and Frank Rambaud of Nyssa pitched
intrepid aeriallsts; the West Trio the final Inning for Ontario after
dancing on a lofty wire; the Alphlne the Caldwell players bc;an to hit
Sisters, dainty and marvelous equil­ the offerings of Ault and pull-d vic­
ibrists; the Peerless Potters, gy- tory from the fire.
Next Game July It
mats; the Nelson Family, acrobats;
There are no more scheduled
Prof. F. Drydens' "Funny Gang,''
and the two score educated Shet­ Idaho-Oregon League games until
land ponies and monkeys. The July 11 when Nyssa plays at Vale.
Clown Congress Is a large one head­ Ontario at Payette, Emmett at
ed by Peter Nlssen and Alien Ketni> Boise and Welser at Caldwell.
Sam Rice, Andy Lewis and Valdo
are also all In the "funny gang."
EXPECT YOUNG BIRDS
In the menagerie will be seen Max­
AT GAME FARM SOON
ine, the largest elephant In captiv­
ity, bigger than the famed Jumbo.
A shipment of from 1500 to 2000
There will be two performances,
young pheasants are expected to a r­
at 2 and 8 P. M. The doors open an rive at the game farm soon, and
hour earlier to permit a concert of will be fed on the nice crop of sun­
popular and operatic music by flowers and rape growing on the
Prof. Staltz and his military band farm. Enough fencing has been
done to hold the birds until liber­
ation time later in the year. The
SOFT BALL PLAYERS
STAGE PRACTICE TILTS state game farm is located six
miles north of Nyssa and a mile
west and Is made up of n ’w lands
While the second half of the under the Owyhee project.
softball league season will not open
until after the 4th holidays, the
teams have been taking advantage G I R L S S O F T B A L L T E A M
of the layoff to get in some excel­
T O PLA Y H E R E W ED.
lent practice tilts. Last Thursday
The Nyssa Girl's Softball team
night the Beeler boys and the new
team being organized played a prac­ met with defeat to the tune of 17
tice game resulting in a 8 to 10 vic­ to 6 Wednesday night wlvn they met
tory for the new team Friday night the Payette girl’s team on th “ Pay­
the Journal team defeated the here­ ette field. A return game will be
tofore undefeated Shell team of played here with the same team
Ontario by a 9 to 10 count.
next Wednesday, July 7.
Monday night the Safeway P u n
The Payette team defeated a team
nosed out the Journal team here from New Plymouth last week by
by a score of 6 to 4 and Wednesday ths score of 30 to 0.
night the new team showed power
Members of the local team are
in taking the Journal team Into Mrs. Henry Carl. Jimmie Wimp,
Mrs Roy Pounds. Hazel Chadwick.
camp. 10 to II.
Mary Corn. Myrtle B oth, Annie
Yates. Mrs John Bowen, Mrs. Klaus
EDITOR ON TRIP
Tensen. Hilda Pompe and Ruby
Wells.
Mr and Mrs Frank Burke and
daughters Josephine and Betty ac­
companied Berwyn Burke Thursday W C. T. U T O M E E T
morning on a trip to York. Nebras­
J U L Y 6 AT N O R R I S ' S
ka The elder Burkes are making
their first visit there in 20 years
The W C. T. U. will hold their
Mrs. Berwyn Burke and children next regular meeting on Tuesday
went as far as Wendell. Idaho July 6th at the home of Mrs. Lon­
where she will visit for the next ten nie Norris Mrs Rees Byram will be
in charge of devotional*
Nyssa’s Water
System Bettered
By New Pump
Workmen Install Pump
Tuesday Night — Cap­
acity Almost Doubled.
An addition to Nyssa's water sys­
tem was made Tuesday night when
workmen installed a new centrifu­
gal water pump which boosts Nys­
sa's drinking water Into the big
tank at the rate of 320 gallons per
minute. The former pump, which
was replaced Tuesday by the new
installation boosted the water at
a rate of between 175 and 200 gal­
lons to the minute and was hard
pressed to keep the tank full during
hot weather.
E. M. Grelg, pump man of On­
tario had the contract for the in­
stallation and he was assisted by O.
H. Irwin, electrician; and Hawk
Brothers, plumbers. The men sta rt­
ed work at midnight Tuesday and
were ready to cut off the water sup­
ply at two o'clock Wednesday morn­
ing. By working at top speed the
new outfit was in place and started
pumping at six o'clock Wednesday
morning.
Besides providing a more abund­
ant supply of water for domestic
and irrigation purposes, the new
pump is also invaluable in case of
fire. Water can be boosted into the
big tank nearly twice as fast as
formerly; and not the least of the
improvement Is an automatic sys­
tem which automatically cuts the
water off when the tank is full.
When the water level drops three
feet, the pump starts again and
pumps the tank full.
Under the setup now, the pump
Installed last summer pumps water
from the ground into the settling
tank at the rate of 320 gallons per
minute. The new pump boosts It
into the high tank at the same rate
which makes it possible for Nyssa to
consume 320 gallons of water per
minute without taxing the system.
In addition the new Allls-Chalmers
pump is rated at 18 horse power
while the old Byron-Jackson used
19.6 horse power. Over a period of
time the saving in power costs will
run into Important money.
Four Injured
In Auto Wreck
A bad smashup occurred Tuesday
evening when a car driven by Glen
Brookhart of Wilder and Barclay
Wilson collided six miles north of
Nyssa on the Nyssa-Ontario high­
way. Wilson was entering the high­
way from the east while the other
machine was traveling the main
highway. Olrn Brookhart of Wilder
was the worse hurt of four taken
to the Ontario hospital for treat­
ment. He was cut about the head
while his companions. Durwod Tur­
ner and 8. J. Brummept were badly
shaken up in the accident.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Freeman of
Nyssa happened along a few min­
utes after the smashup, coming
toward
Nyssa; and they turned
around and rushed the four Injured
to Ontario. Barclay Wilson was also
taken for treatment: but all four
were released from the hospital
Wednesday morning.
Both cars were badly wrecked.
Wilson was driving a Ford sedan
and Brookhart was driving a Ford
coupe. The other occupants of the
Wilson car were unhurt.
F O R M E R A P P L E VALLEY
R E S II $ E N T S R E T U R N
Mr and Mrs, 8. P. Brown and
family, who left Apple Valley last
fall for Monmouth, Oregon, where
they have since made their home
for the benefit of Mr Brown's
heath, returned to Wilder the fore­
part of last week. Mr. Brown Is'
looking and feeling much Improved.
EVENT CALENDAR
EVENT CALENDAR
July 3, 4. 9—Vale Celebration.
July $—Big Bend Celebration.
July 6- Barney Brothers Circus.
July 6—Air Circus at Ontario.
July 8 Wool Growers meet In
Ontario.
July 9 Malheur County 4-H club
piclnc In Vale.