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NYSSA, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY = 2M 937 IRONSIDE NEWS C C C Enrollment If Open Until July 31 By MRS. E. J. REAM Raleigh Van Buren was taken to The Dalles last Monday where he entered the state tuberculosis hos pital for treatment. Floyd White drove him down, Frank Elms of Unity also accompanied them. Walter Hinton of Boise was a last week end visitor at the Elms and White homes. Mrs. Elms ac companied him home and will spend some time with her daughter Mrs. Hinton, who is to undergo a serious operation. Miss June Laurance of Vale is visiting at the home of her aunt Mrs. Elmer Molthan. Mrs. Wm. Morfitt, daughter, Mrs. Walt Dutton and Mrs. Ann Blachly all of Unity visited at the Elms and White homes one day last week. The Horn 3 Economics Club of the grange held its regular meeting on Thursday at the home of Mrs. Floyd Howard. Owing to the busy haying season several ladies were absent, but an interesting meeting was held. The hostess served re freshments. Ed Beam. Vivian Van Cleave and Betty Lou and Coy Wise were On tario and Vale visitors on last Sat urday. Mrs. H. C. Elms, daughter Mrs. Floyd White and Mrs. Kenneth Grabner were Unity visitors Mon day. The Sylvester Ros» family were Vale visitors Saturday. Harry Kuhn of Boise visited at the White home last Wednesday. Acccrdlng to announcement re ceived here the enrollment period has been extended from July 1 to July 31 with a few changes In re- ; qulrements. Applicants must be be tween the ages of 17 to 23, inclus ive, Instead of 17 to 28, and it Is not necessary for them to come from families on the relief, how ever they must be needy. They may net have served more than 18 months including all previous en rollments and must bring proof of their age and marital statue. No married man will be accepted. The quota for Malheur county Is 9 and they will me sent to Camp Baker There Is also a special enrollment for veterans and like the CCC re quirements, need not be on the re lief. However, needy people will be given the preference. They must have an honorable ^discharge, be an American citizen and able to carry on ordinary manual labor. If previously enrolled must be cut of camp at least a year. Applicants should apply to the Veterans Administration at Port land, Oregcn, for admittance under | the veterans enrollment. ROY WILLSON NOW IN PHILIPPINES Major H. Bagnall, the Army Re cruiting Officer, 323 New Post Of- | flee Building, Portland announced today that he is in receipt of a re- j port from Lieut. Robert E. Firth, Jr., commanding Battery A, of the 59th Ccast Artillery at Fort Mills, j Philippine Islands concerning Don Roy Willson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Claud Willson, Nyssa, Oregon. Willson was accepted for enlist ment on March 3rd by Sergeant Lee B. Mabie on one of his recruiting trips to Ontario and was promptly sent to Vancouver Barracks. After a few days at Vancouver Barracks he was sent to San Francisco to prepare for his trip of over 7,500 miles to the Philippines, arriving in Manila on May 1st he was assigned to the 59th Coast Artillery of the harbor defenses of Manila, Major Bagnall said. The report also indicates that Willson has completed his recruit training and that he is now prepar ing to take the Gunner's examina tion and that he has a good chance of becoming an expert gunner. Major Bagnall pointed out that this young soldier during one en listment In the Army will see more of the world than the average man sees in a lifetime. Enroute to the Philippines he made stops at Hawaii and Guam and on the return trip home after twe years In the Philip pines he will make stops In China and Japan. ADRIAN NEWS BY MRS. TED NEWTON A commercial meeting for the business men of Adrian was held Thursday night in Holly Brothers store. Mrs. Celestla Zind spent the past week in Adrian visiting friends and .relatives. Mrs. Mitchell Gaviola was a guest of Miss Ellen McConnell Monday and Tuesday night. Duke Rohland and Ted Newton attended a Dependable Grocers meet in Parma Tuesday night. Mrs. ' Rohland and children accompanied them for a visit with friends. Mr. and Mrs. Charles McConnell returned home Thursday after a successful fishing trip in the Idaho hills. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Stacey visited STATE LEASES HALF A SECTION NEAR VALE FOR OIL DRILLING PROJECT Salem—A half-section of land ; near Vale, was leased by the state land board Tuesday to Leach and Lilly, Vale, for oil-drilling purposes, on condition they they return to Figure 1—Artist's drawing of the the state one eighth of the profits wing dam and power house, with the gantry crane for raising and received if oil is found. The firm told the board it was a , lowering the turbines through the private venture and that It would root of the power house. Figure 2—Photo showing actual sell no stock. “This Is one of the biggest wildcat progress on the same structure at schemes In the United States," the firm said, “but a thorough examin ation of the land by geologists shows that oil is there.” Governor Martin was a bit skepti cal, however, asserting “I’ve seen 1 so much money1 wasted on oil wells In Oregon that I am surprised any one will drill any more.” this time. Figure 3—Huge Monaghan drag line scooping out the canal. This shoval was brought from Boulder dam. Figure 4—Another view of Figure 2, showing the derrick hoist in oper ation. Note man riding in bucket in midair. Figure 5—Looking up the canal from the top of the wing dam (Fig 1) with small drag line loading truck in foreground, and the large Monaghan barely visible atop the left canal bank in the back ground. Canal will be twice as large as any irrigation canal on theTwin Falls tract. Photo and cuts by courtesy Buhl Herald. Idaho Power Co. Shows Power Plants To Editors O n Trip To Twin Falls Section OWYHEE BABY BEEF CLUB The editors of the papers in the Payette Division of the Idaho Pow The regular meeting of the Owy- j er Company were guests the other hee Baby Beef club was held at the day of the Power Company on a trip home of Nell Dimmick on July 16. to the Twin Falls section to see The president, Bill Peutz, Jr., was I some of the power plants in that unable to attend. As the vice presi- j dent and news reporter Raymond section. Morfitt has moved away, Dewey Ben Russell, supervisor of the Thomason was elected to fill both plants and sub stations for the Pow offices for the rest of the year. The er company is a very capable man next meeting will be held at the home of Dewey Thomason on July to explain every little detail and 31.—Dewey Thomason, Reporter. had a great deal to do with mak ing the trip so interesting. The Twin Falls plant was the DAIRY AND BABY BEEF CLUBS HOLD JOINT MEET first visited. It is the la9t plant that the Power Co., has finished and put into operation The dam above the plant is a new type in this vetion of A Joint meeting of the Owyhee the It is a thin type dam Kingman Kolony and Oregon Trail built country. in two layers The bottom lay 4-H Dairy and Beef Clubs was er is built stationary and has a flat held at the home of C. M. Beau top. The top is much thinner mont on July 7.The purpose of the and fastened layer only to the ledges of meeting was to practice judging rock at each end but not to the low dairy cows, calves and sheep. Leon er layer of the dam. ard Nichols demonstrated how to This allows the top layer to move show a dairy animal. After the meeting everyone ad acccrdlng to the way the water journed to the Goodman home and pressure above the dam and the Mr Hauser showed some of the temperature demands The weight good points of a beef animal — of the top layer keeps any water from leaking in between the two Dewey Thomason. Reporter. layers Mr. Russell stated that the SELL IT OR BUY IT THROUGH most the upper layer moves during a year is about a quarter of an inch. A CLASSIFIED AD. Plant Is Automatic The power plant Itself is what the caretaker seemed to be the most proud of. It is built under ground and the machinery, floors and walls on the inside are spotless. Every thing in the plant is automatic. When a disturbance occurs on the transmission line it throws the big rwitch. This automatically starts a little motor that puts pressure on the oil in a cylinder and this shuts the gates where the water comes from the dam, stopping the opera tion of the plant until the trouble can be fixed. Another thing of in terest was a dial that told the tem perature at which the generator was working. It registertd 100 degrees Centigrade, which is the boiling point for water. The high quality of the material used is the only reason it can stand this constant high temperature. Friday evening the party went to Shoshone Falls, but as it was late they did not inspect the plant, but did see the lighting system that throws a light on the falls as though it were daylight. The party reached the Upper Sal mon plant which Is now under con struction around the noon hour Saturday and was invited to eat at the mess hall where you get a work ing man's meal of good grub and lots of it. Working 350 On New Plant The Power Company is working around 350 men at the Upper Sal mon plant and hope to have it in operation by the middle of Septem ber. The estimated cost of the plant is (2.000.000 and the estimated cost of the transmission lines to connect to the line between Cald well and American Falls is (300,000. Ed Woodhead, construction fore man, took the party through the partially completed plant, starting where the water will come out and going up ladders to the control room on the top. He was able to explain where all the machinery will be placed and give a detailed account of the path the water must take, going through the huge turbines to make electricity. The plant will have two gener ators of 9.000 K. W. capacity each, making it the second largest plant in the system. The dam above the plant diverts the water into a big canal which carries the water to the plant. There are some huge gates in the dam to regulate the flow of water during the high water season. Due to the fact the Power Com pany is trying to get the plant in operation as quickly as possible makes some of the work very haz ardous. Same of the men are work ing but a few feet from the surface of the water, and should they slip from the small platforms on which they are working into the fast cur rent below them it would probably mean certain death. Serves 92 Cities To give an idea of the size the Idaho Power Company, a few stat istics have been compiled. The Ida- j ho Power company serves »2 cities, towns and communities in southern Idaho and eastern Oregon with a total population ot 180.000. They have 44.000 residential customers, of which 14,000 are rural. The com pany maintains 20 offices and sales floors, 1400 miles of high voltage transmission lines, 3100 miles of dis tribution lines of which 2,580 miles j serve rural districts and 11 hydro- | electric generatng plants in an in terconnected system. The average cast of building the i plants of the Idaho Power Co., has been (150 per K W. capacity, and some of the transmission lines run as high as (8,000 per mile. Those making the trip to Twin Falls were, Earl Sample. Weiser; George Whorton. Payette; Elmo Smith, Ontario; Ronald Burke, Nyssa; Tom Gough, Parma; R. H. Colley, Homedale; Larry Bralnard. Payette Reed Robinson, Payette; Gilbert Stanton, Boise; Ben Russell. Boise; Wm, Fisk, Parma. in the Ray Drown home the totl i part of last week, murnttm u» the f home in eastern Idaho eiriy Sat urday morning. Norma Stacey who has been visiting in Adrian, accom panied them. Mrs. Oerrlt Muntjewerff, Mrs. Mitchell Gaviola and Mrs. Ted Newton and children visited and shopped in Ontario and Payette Wednesday afternoon. Joyce Ashcraft returned home Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Jim Nel son of Nampa, Idaho. Mr. and Mrs. Merle McReynolds of Nampa were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Oerrlt Mun tjewerff. Mr. and Mrs. Duke Rohland visit ed in Caldwell and Boise Sunday. Mr. an Mrs. Ed Newton and son from Oregon Slope were Sunday dinner guests of the Ted Newton family. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Olsen and fam ily enterfcallned relatives Sunday Those present were Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Williams and family from Payette and Mr and Mrs. Kenneth Wall from Riverside, Oregon. Mrs. John Holly, Dorothy and William shopped in Caldwell Sat urday. JOHN DAY BANK ROBBERS ALL IN JAIL The trio which held up the John Day bank last week were all capt ured, the last one to be arrested being Lloyd Bardoll, who was nab bed Saturday afternoon in Port land. The other alleged accomplices are Patrick Bushman, j Umatilla Indian and Lloyd D. Russell of Newberg. Cannot Be Explained “A fortune teller,’' said Uncle Eben, "told me to bet on a hoss. De hoss won. but de fortune teller went broke by bettin' different; which is another of dose things ’tain’ no use tryln' to explain.” HERE’S WISHING YOU A Happy Vacation Trip DIGNIFIED SERVICE But don’t permit car trouble to mar the pleasure of the occas ion. A thorough check-up in our modem, we 1 equipped garage, wi 1 insure you against this danger. THE NYSSA FUNERAL HOME PRUYN When the door opens for a loved one depend upon us for careful attention to the final arrangements. Free consultation always. Auto Repair Phone 56F2 — Nyssa