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NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL Published at Nyssa, Oregon GATEWAY TO THE OWYHEE AND BLACK CANYON IRRIGATION PROJECTS VOLUME XXXII. NO. 32. Fastest Growing Town In Oregon NYSSA, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1937 === $1.50 PER YEAR Death Comes To Associated Chambers of Nyssa Loses In New Seed Laws Make Clinic Tuesday Drastic Sale Provisions Treats Children Harold Schrader Commerce Meet In Nyssa pjnaj Ball Game Seventy-three business men from Boise, Emmett, Caldwell, Vale, Funeral Services Held Wilder, Ontario, Weiser, Fruitland and Parma were entertained Mon Sunday From Local day night in the basement of the Eagles Hall with the ladles of the Community Church. Civic Club serving the banquet. The occasion was a meeting of the As Funeral services were held Sun sociated Chamber of Commerce. Following the banquet the men day from the Community church in Nyssa for Harold Dwane Schrader, were entertained by the Nyssa Band 30, who passed away Thursday before taking up the business of the evening, August 5th after a long evening. Mayor Don M. Graham welcomed the delegation with some siege of typhoid fever. Mr. Schrader was one of the three well chosen words, calling for co who contracted typhoid fever while operation among the communities working at the K. S. & D. ranch, so that the entire Snake river val and who drank from an infected ley could be developed and all its well. The three cases were the only many resources utilized. ones in the section and a new -well Importance of the egg Industry to is being drilled at the K. S. and the business Interests of the valley D. to get a pure water supply. were discussed by Archie M. Larsen Servicss were in charge of Rev. of Weiser, one of the best breeders Flcyd White, with arrangements in the business. He spoke from a being made by the Nyssa Funeral manufacturing point of view and Home. Pall bearers at the s?rvices answered the self imposed question, were Wilbur Holcomb, Homer "What chance has a man In the Ernest, Orva Clack. Buhl Clement, | poultry business?” He quoted fig Pearl Richards and Angelo Mcr- ures to show that when a hen pro estico. Music was furnished by a duced to 150 egg in a year and were quartette composed of Mr. and Mrs. sold at an average price of 15c per A1 Thompson, Mrs. J. W. Poage and dozen, feed costs would have to be A. V. Pruyn. Mrs. Poage also sang dcwn to m e per pound to show a a solo and Mrs White was at the profit of 55c per hen, not counting piano. Interment was in the local other costs of production. He fig cemetery. ured each hen consumed 88 pounds Mr. Schrader came with his fam of feed per year, and the cost of ily to Nyssa about a year ago from raising a pullet to producing age Lucas, Kansas, where he was born was from 65c to $1.00 each. March 21, 1907 and grew to young- Many flocks in the valley, he sa|d, manhood. He was united in mar would average better than 200 eggs riage on July 21, 1929 to Viola to the hen; and good profits were Grammon, also of Lucas and th:y possible from high average birds. have one son to mourn the loss of The annual profit per bird produc his father. He is also survived by ing 200 eggs, at 15c per dozen and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry feed costs average 1*4 c, comes to Schrader of Nyssa; and two broth $1.23 and at 20c price for eggs, with ers, Lemar of Ontario and Alvin of feed costs still at lt4c, the annual profit per birds should be $2 08. Nyssa. These figures do not take into con KANSAS CLUB TO PICNIC AT BIG BEND PLANNING BOARD PARK AUGUST 22 HOLDS MEETING TO STUDY SITE The Kansas club will hold their annual picnic on Sunday. August 22 at Big Bend Park and all Kansas people are invited and urged to bring their basket dinners and join in the fun. There will be speaking and games for entertainment, the committee promises. The Planning Commission held a meeting Tuesday night and took up the question of a site for the city hall. Although the formal recom mendation has not been transm it ted to the council yet, it is under s o ld to contain a recommendation that the Hoxle lots now occupied by the United Laundry be purchased. O. R. HITE HAS NARROW ESCAPE IN MOWER ACCIDENT CIVIC CLUB TO MEET AT BARRETT HOME WED O. R. Hite escaped with only minor cuts and a sprained ankle Wednesday morning when his team hcoked to a mowing machine, ran away. Mr. Hite climbed out on the tongue of the machine to kill a hcrse fly, as he says he had dona thousands of times before; when the horses took the opportunity to start up, and Mr. Hite fell over against the cutter bar. The horses only ran a short dis tance and were stopped by other men in the field. Mr. Hite considers himself lucky to escape with only minor injuries, and doesn't care to repeat the experience of being drug around the field with his heel caught cn one of the mower guards. ! Honor Dolí ; We are happy to report that many subscribers have paid their anunal "dues" the past few days, and among those who have either renewed or joined the Journal “family of readers,” are the follow ing: Frank Rambaud. J. E. Holly, C. W Reberger, W W Foster, H. Q Johnston, F. M. Jordan, A. H. Boy- dell. Don Morgan, C. C. Wilson. O. R. Simpson, J B McCain, Chas Bullard, M F. Nichols. Ed Abbl, W S. Jones, George McKee, Mrs T. E Dixon. Dick Young, Charles S Wy- ckoff. Wm Bosch. A. R. Carman, Wm Schireman. Malcolm Craw ford. J. M. Simpson, Geo. R L. Smit. Dirk Stam. Joe Stephan, J. E. Lee, Annie Larson, J. O. Lane, Claude V Smith. Jay L. Downing, Orville Glenn. Dale Ashcraft, Chas Ellis, Elmer Cloninger. Mrs Glen Vance, Dick Adams. Earl Danley. George Haycock, Clara Rettie. Ontario Laundry. George Good rich, G. W. Cummins, Pauline Fischer and Pete Dear We deeply appreciate the aid and encouragfhent given by payment cf subscription charges, and ask all subscribers to look on the label of their paper to see when their sub scription expires. Government reg ulation s»»ta that sid»cripti<*is must be pai din advance Watch your label ao you can make remit tance at the proper time. The Civic Club will hold their regular August meeting next Wed nesday afternoon, August 18 at the country home of Mrs. C. W. Barrett. Among the important business to be considered at the meeting will be plans for the Civic club’s annual fall flower show. Cars for those who wish to at tend will be at the Eagles hall at 2:00 and a large turnout Is re quested. The program will be In charge of Mrs. Wm. Schireman. WILL START HARVEST OF BEANS ON PROJECT Rees Byram, who has a field of 30 acres of Red Mexican beans grow ing on new land this year, expects to start his harvest in a few days. The beans look good and have drawn favorable comment all sum mer. He is hopeful of a 20 bushel yield, which would return approxi mately $33 to the acre at a 3c price for $48 an acre at the present 4c price. This crop indicates th at beans are profitable "first year from sagebrush” crop. GIRLS LOSE SOFTBALL GAME TO NAMPA LASSES The Nampa girls softball team came to Nyssa last Thursday night, and a short time later returned across the river on the long end of a 34 to 5 score. The Nampa girls showed real ability, hitting and fielding the ball better than some bsys teams we know Friday night the Beeler Boys won a one-sided 19 to 6 victory over the Outlaws and Tuesday the Tile Plant walloped the Beelers 5 to 1. This Friday night the Journal play the Outlaws and next Tuesday the Tile Plant and Outlaws tangle. The Tile Plant team went to Caldwell Wednesday evening and played the Reclamation outfit, but lost the game by a score of 8 to 5. MOVE TO CALDWELL Mr and Mrs Dick Adams moved Wednesday to CaldweU. where they will make their home Mr Adams Is connected with reclamation work and the couple have made their home In Nyssa for the past six years and have taken an active part In social life of the city. sideration other overhead items, and In practice would be slightly less, he said. Want Spud on License Plate« The replica of the Idaho potato would go back on Idaho car licenses plates as an advertising medium to the rest of the nation, if members of the Associated Chambers of Commerce are successful In im pressing their wishes upon state of ficials. Several spoke In favor of the potato being used as a back ground for the plates, as was done some time back, and a committee appointed to see what could be done. President Fay Lloyd of Weis er appointed Baldridge of Parma. Peckham of Wilder and Harlan of Boise as a committee to work on the problem. Invitations to attend various cele brations was extended, with Eld Baird of Boise calling attention to the Western Idaho State Fair set for August 25th to 29th; Amos Mill er promising a good time at Cald well Homesteaders Jubilee set for August 19 to 21 and W. J. Pinney extending an Invitation to the Malheur County Fair and Owyhee Stampede on September 4, 5, and 6th. Robert Lytle of Vale spoke briefly on the necessity of working out a schedule for the guidance of the various communities, so there would be no conflict in celebration dates. This subject was promised detailed attention at the next meet ing. The Invitation of Fruitland was accepted for the October meeting, at which time the apple Industry will be the subject under discussion and observation. Vale also invited the men for the next meeting, but withdrew with the understanding their invitation would be considered at the Fruitland meeting. Spud Harvest Now Complete Harvesting of early potatoes fin ished up this week, with spud men estimating that the yield was a little below normal, and prices were also considerably lower than those re ceived last year. A total of 103 cars have been shipped through the local station this year. Some growers plan to start digging of Russets, a late variety, within a few days; but the bulk of late varieties will be h ar vested later in the- year. Average yield this year Is figured at around 150 sacks to the acre, with one of the best yields being made by Bud Wilson with 217 sacks No. 1 potatoes to the acre. He also received one of the best prices at 90c bulk or $1.10 loaded. The mar ket fluctuated from this point on down to as low as 50c bulk or 70c loaded. Probably the largest sale of contract potatoes was made by Holady Bros, north of Nyssa with a reported price of $1.00 loaded on 30 carloads. One of the best records for dig ging and picking was made on the Y. Yakanuma field seven miles north of Nyssa when the Overstreet crew put 1553 sacks out of the 9 acre field in a single day. During the season this crew dug and pick ed approximately 12,000 sacks. Grain Harvest Almost Over A majority of farmers have har vested their grain, with yields as a rule running higher than last year. There are still a few fields on the new land still to be combined, and threshing out of the stack will spread the harvest to a few weeks yet. Lettuce Thinning To Start One of the largest plantings oj fall lettuce ever made here Is In the ground and thinning and weeding work wiH put many workers In the fields about the first of next week. SCHOOL BOUNDARY BOARD TO CONSIDER OWYHEE PETITION AT VALE MON. A meeting is to be held at Vale Monday, starting at 10 o'clock In the morning, at which time the school boundary board will consider the application of a group of pet itioners from Owyhee district to lop off a strip approxmately 1H miles on the south side of the Nyssa dis trict and add It to the Owyhee school district. This matter Is of vital concern to a great many people, and the deliberations at Vale Monday will likely be well attended as both sides present their case. Payette Wins 7 to 1; Game With Weiser on Sunday Is Called Off. Order Uniforms 'New Laws Designed To i Curb Spread of Noxious For City Band Weeds. n s t m n Uniforms of blue were ordered Monday night for members of the Nyssa Municipal band and are ex pected to be here in time for the band’s appearance at the county fair and Owyhee Stampede In On tario September 4th, 5th and 6th. The capes are blue .with red lin ing, trousers white with blue trim and caps are blue. The new uni forms will unquestionably give the band a distinctive air and ever* loyal Nyssa booster can well be proud to claim. A total of 25 uni forms were ordered. The band made its Initial appear ance locally Monday night when they played at the Associated Chambers of Commerce dinner in the Eagles hall. Due to a misunder standing. the band arrived a little late and since the basement of the Eagles hall was filled to near cap acity, they played outside the hall. The light was bad and they had time to play but one selection, but promise a longer program next time. Another feature of special Inter est is the organization of a "Ger man Band,” among five of the members. This smaller group will be ready soon with tee tickling tunes and will be available for all sorts of gatherings and entertainments. Second Smallpox Clinic To Be Held For Nyssa District Children On August 17. Now that seed harvest Is under way the 1937 Seed Law, as passed by the Oregon Legislature, Is being forcibly called to the attention of a A successful smallpox clinic was good many seed growers of this held at the high school Tuesday county. morning, with 110 chidren being This 1937 Seed Law was passed treated by Dr. Sarazin, and Mrs. largely as a means of controlling Edna Flanagan Farris, county the spread of noxious weeds. The health nurse; assisted by a corps enforcement of the law is under t*v of volunteer workers. The clinic direction of the State Department Tuesday was for children from the of Agriculture. Seed growers should rural districts, outside the Nyssa acquaint themselves with the terms school district and another clinic of this law as it affects anyone who will be held Tuesday, August 17 for produces seed In the county and all children from 6 months of age more particularly the person who up through the high school ages for offers seed for sale. According to children of the Nyssa school district the law, any person, firm or corpor and all those missed at other clinics. ation exposing for sale or offering The clinic next Tuesday starts at for sale for seeding purposes any 9 o’clock and Is free except for a agricultural or turf seeds must charge of 25c for costa of materials. label the seed with the commonly Mrs. Edna Flanagan Farris, health accepted name of the seed, the nurse, urges ail parents to make an country or state where grown, the effort to bring their children to the purity analysis, the germination high school building promptly at percentage and the name and ap nine In the morning. This clinic Is proximate number of pound of each part of the campaign being waged kind of noxious weed seed present to reduce deaths and disabilities In the lot. Among the noxious weed due to communicable diseases; and seeds are such weeds as White she especially calls attention to the Tops, Russlon Knap Weed, any of fact th at the clinics are open to all the Dodders, Quack Grass, Wild children between the ages of 6 Morning Glory, Canada Thistle, months up to high school ages Buckhorn and many others. Those who assisted at the clinic This is the first time that a law of Tuesday morning Included Mrs. A1 this sort which affects the sale of Thompson, Mrs. Harry Miner, Mrs. COMMITTEE WORKING seed by cue f.'.rmer to another has Dick T ’nsen, Mrs. Wm. Schireman, been put into affect in the state Mrs. Howard Larsen; and the ON IMPROVEMENTS The farmer who sells seed of his Misses Harriet and Isabelle Sarazin FOR CEMETERY own production for use docs not and Virginia Miller. have have to be licensed as does the seed dealer, but if he buys seed from another and reeffers It for sale he A committee from the Civic Club must then be licensed. The respon FORMER NYSSA and Comnjercial Club are coopera sibility for providing the informa TEACHERS FIND ting in working out a plan for cem tion that must be *hown cn the tag, OTHER POSITIONS etery Improvement. Although the as already explained, lies with the plans are not complete, it is under seller. An official sample of of the stood that a method will be worked should be taken by a repre out to provide the cemetery with a seed There will be quite a change In sentative cf the State Department water system, mounds will be level of Agriculture. Tests will be made personnel at the local schools this ed and concrete head blocks will year, with several teachers resign by the Oregon Seed Testing Labor be set flush with the ground; drive atory which Is located at Corvallis. ing to accept positions In other ways will be improved and in some Where a farmer desires a test on systems. Miss Clara Rettie, who cases re-routed; fence repaired. his seed purely for his own infor taught commercial subjects In the weeds removed g r ,i mation, o u there n is d no charge . __ .___ _ , . , _ and the , for the local school will teach the same, made ready for seeding of grass and 1 * test * but \ when ,__ _________ _ type of classes In the Newberg the test Is ______ made , for planting of trees. The CCC organ the purpose of tagging seed to be school this year. Miss Margaret Oal- ization have promised their co offered for sale for seeding pur- ley, 3rd grade teacher, wUl be em operation in the work. pcs s, tlien a fee of not less than ployed at Hood River. Miss Eliza 50c must be paid Net more than six beth Ann Jones, 5th grade teacher, plans to go to school at Eugene; and Important Games Sunday WATER TANK GETS free tests will be made for any one the plans of Miss McDonald are Vale will play Ontario this Sun in any one year. GOOD SCRUBBING farmer day on their home lot and need a One thing in connection with stUl indefinite. School will start September 6th victory to get in the playoff for this law Is causing considerable dis the league championship, as Vale, cussion among seed growers Is the with several new teachers in the Frank Bailey, who is one of the fact that whenever any noxious local system. Names of these new Boise and Payette are tied at pres ent. Emmett will play at Payette, few men in town not afraid to climb weed seed Is found in screenings staff members will be ready for an and unless the unexpected happens; the water tower, spent Sunday night frem any lot of seed such screen nouncement soon, as they have all Payette Is expected to take this and up to Monday afternoon giving ings shall not be removed from the been hired but some have not re game. Caldwell plays at Boise, with the Inside of the tank a cleaning. I» cleaning plant until they have been turned their signed contracts as yet. a Boise victory predicted. The Cald Is hoped th at this will eliminate the treated in such manner as to de well boys spoiled Boise’ perfect rec sediment which has been a source stroy the life of the seed. This may PARENTS HURT IN WRECK ord In the first half of the season, of complaint for the past few be done by grinding, heating or WHILE ENROUTE TO NYSSA and of course would call it a suc weeks; and also insures the purity any other method which will com cessful season if they can spoil of the city water supply. pletely destroy the germination. The inside of the pump house Boise’s chances Sunday. Vale will Any farmer who contemplates Mrs. Jim Moss received word likely have plenty of trouble with has also been getting a cleanup this selling seed for use for seeding pur Wednesday night that her parents, week, with the pumps being painted Ontario and many local fans expect poses, that is, direct to another Mr and Mrs. Walter A. Ellfritz of to go to Vale to see the excitement. and the inside of the building also farmer, should investigate ths pro Edgar, Nebraska had been hurt In getting a good covering of paint visions cf this law. a car accident near Rawlings, The old Byram-Jackson pump has In the case of the first violation NEWBY— ESTEP been put In place to be used in case the law provides there shall be a Wyoming. The couple were enroute of emergency, giving Nyssa probably warning Issued. After this warning to Nyssa to visit here when their car was wrecked by a tire blowout. the best water service they have Harry Wood Newby, son of Mrs ever enjoyed. The work has been in the law provides for either a fine or Mrs. Ellfritz was taken to the hos a Jail sentence pital but her Injuries are not be Lillian Newby of Nyssa was married charge of A. V. Cook. Full Information In regard to the lieved serious and they will likely at Boise Friday, August 6th to Miss law can be secured from the State resume their Journey In a few days. Cleone Estep, daughter of Mr. and IMPROVING STATION Department of Agriculture, Salem, Mrs. John Estep of Wendell, Idaho. Oregon, and the Gate City Journal HOLLENBERGS BACK Tom 8. Newby, brother of the groom A Chadwick Is busy this week has a copy of the new law on file. was best man. raising the roof of his service The bride’s sister, Mrs John Hol station at the west entrance of Supt. Leo Hollenberg and family man of Boise, acted as matron of town; and expects the improvement JANITORS HIRED AT returned from their vacation Mon SCHOOL BOARD MON. honor. The bride wore a dress of to give him more space and facil day and he is now busy making ar» pale gold silk, with purple access ities for handling his rapidly grow rangements for the opening of ories. school September 8th. While In ing business. After the marriage ceremony, an The school beard held their reg Corvallis, Mr. Hollenberg attended ular meeting Monday evening, and summer school at Oregon State informal reception was held at the PLAYS FOR GRANGE discussed a great many Items of College. home of Mr and Mrs. Tom Newby at Boise Relatives who were present Dickie 8chlreman played several business pertaining to the coming Enroute home they stopped for a were Mrs Lillian Newby, mother of selections on his violin Wednesday school year. Ed Warren and Jake visit with Owen Price at The Dal the groom; Mr. and Mrs. George night at a meeting of the Oregon Groot were named as Janitors for les. They report Owen looking fine, Newby, Mrs. Earl Larsen and Trail Grange, and was accompanied the ccming year. and tipping the beam at 172 pounds daughters Thelma and Alene; and by Mrs. CL C. Hunt. Mr. and Mrs in his bathrobe. SMALL FIRE AT LUNCH Mrs. John Holman of Boise. Wm Schireman and Mrs Hunt Harry is a native of Nyssa and were special guests of the grange A small fire broke out about 4:15 has many friends who will wish for the evening. M< nday morning at the hamburger he and his wife prosperous voy on Main street owned by Bill age through life. After their honey OTTO WOLFE HURT stand Cook, and formerly owned by Bill moon, the young couple will be at Coleman, but was extinguished home In Hagerman, where Harry is Wm. 8chireman proudly display Doctor Sarazin was called to the with practically no damage The ing shiny new and modern oil employed by Morrison and Knud- Bradley home Monday evening to siren sounded by the fire was out truck . . . Jim Beam learns all about son, Boise contractors. treat Otto Wolfe, who had been before the truck could leave the hose nozzles . . . Joe Hardin and brought to Bradleys following a station. WILL LEAVE FOR EAST Virgil Johnson of Vale measuring tractor accident The tractor "kick off for sidewalk construction . . . SOON TO GET NEW BUSSES ed” when he was cranking it, throw 42 BUSHEL WHEAT YIELD New litfitod parking lot draws lng young Wolfe some distance and many cars . . . Hall and park sites REPORTFD I ROM NEW LAND Mr and Mrs Jess Thompson and cutting a slash across his chest and being aired up and down, pro and Jake Oroot expect to leave the fore a piece of flesh out of his arm. The con . . . Bill Hipp's double riding In part of next week for Lima. Ohio accident happened near Mitchell C. H. Curran has Just finished a trailer . . . Huston Wilson parking . where they will take delivery on two Butte harvesting a field of wheat which gas to the company bus . . . Art new school buses to be used In averaged 42 bushels to the acre, and Boy dell sticking it out through the Mrs Vic Marshall left Saturday transporting children to and from, summer heat in anticipation of a the local school this year The new with Mrs Jennie Larsen, fomvrly Is new land rn th? project Mr Cur Florida winter . . Eagles Auxiliary buses are the latest In school bus Jennie Nearby, fer Mrs Larsen’s ran has a fine place located one Initiate scared candidates . . . design and mounted on Internat home In Yakima; and will visit mile west on the Tertellng camp road, and then a half mile north. there for a week ional chassis The last baseball game of the cur rent season was played here Sunday when the looals went down to de feat before the pennant-bound Pay ette team by a 7 to 1 count. Ac cording to the schedule, Nyssa and Weiser were to play next Sunday here but the game was cancelled by mutual consent and by permission of the league president. Weiser has yet to win a game in tjie second half of the season’s play; and Nyssa is one notch higher with one lone win in the last six starts. - Nyssa had the satisfaction of drawing first blood Sunday when they pushed over a counter in the second inning. Hashitanl, first man up hit one on the nose for a triple and scored when Dean Johnston came through with a snappy single. After the one counter, scoring end ed as far as the locals were concern ed. Payette had their best Inning In the third when they pushed over three runs; gathered two more in the 6th and a couple in the 7th to bring their total to seven. Longest hits of the game were triples by Hashitanl of Nyssa and Burton of Payette, while probably the best fielding plays were DUly’s snatching of two difficult balls; one a foul he picked almost off the players bench and the other a looping fly into almost right field territory. Payette outhlt the local team, getting 11 off Dean Johnston while Nyssa batsmen touched Murdock for 5 safeties. Jim Lyks did the receiv ing for Payette and George John ston handled the catching assign ment for Nyssa. Boise Noses Out Ontario Boise and Ontario staged quite a battle on the Ontario diamond, the game going 10 innings and fin ally resulting In a 9 to 8 victory for Boise. Each team was credited with 15 hits. Vale stayed in the running and Is tied with Boise and Payette for league leadership by taking a loosely played game at Weiser, 10 to 14 Caldwell won from Emmett 5 to 1 In the other Idaho-Oregon league game of the day. 'ROUND TOWN