NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL. THÜRS.. AUGUST 19. 1937
NEWS OF RECORD
7'he Gate City Journal
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Published every Thursday at Nyssa. Malheur County, Oregon.
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NYSSA NEEDS THEIR OWN
DRIVERS’ LICENSE EXAMINER—
HE matter of drivers taking examination
for licenses is far from satisfactory from a
Nyssa point of view ; as a group of over 25 found
out last Thursday. According to announcement
from the Secretary of State’s office, there was
to be an examiner here on that date, and in re
sponse to this invitation, some 25 people show
ed up at the city hall to take the examination.
Several were farmers from far out in the
country, who left their work and many duties
to come to Nyssa for the examination. After
waiting around until their patience was about
exhausted, a phone call was made to Ontario to
see what might be holding the examiner up.
They were told curtly that this wasn’t his day to
come to Nyssa and “they might as well go
home.”
Since the state requires drivers to carry a lic
ense; and an examination be given as to their
ability to drive, the least the state can do is to
provide an examiner available at all times.
There have been times when famers have driven
20 miles to take the examination, only to be told
it was a minute after five o’clock, and “come
back come other day and come before five.”
Surely there is someone in Nyssa who can give
the required examination and make it more con
venient for people wishing to take the examna-
tion.
Someone made a mistake when the examiner
failed to show up last Thursday and since the
schedule sent out from the Secretary of State’s
office definitely stated that August 12th was the
d ay; there is not much doubt as to who is re
sponsible for the waste of a half days time for
25 to 30 people.
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FLASH' Word Just received from Earl Snell, Secretary of
State, reads In part: "I appreciate very much your letter of Aug
ust 14th, regarding the licensing of drivers a Nyssa. Just at this
time a change is being made in the examiner serving at Ontario
due to the resignation of Mr. Turner . . . I am sure th at we shall
be able to make arrangements that will prove satisfactory to the
residents of that community . . .
I am very sorry that the people in your community were incon
venienced by the fact that the examiner was unable to take care
of those who were waiting on August 12 and wish to assure you
that it is not the policy of this department to schedule examin
ation stops and fail to provide the promised service on such
dates . . ."
4-H CLUB PASS
MILLION MARK—
of the most hopeful signs for the future
O NE
of agriculture is the fact that the enrollment
in 4-H clubs has passed the million mark and is
still continuing to increase at a rapid rate.
The young men and women who join the 4-H
will be the producers of tomorrow'. In their club
work, they are instucted in new methods and
techniques that make it nossible for the fanner
t)o raise larger crops and earn a greater re
turn. They are given an opportunity to develop
qualities of leadership that will prove invaluable
to them in the future. They are learning the
deeper side of farming and the forces which
control supply and demand . . . and prices. In
brief, they are wisely making a career of fann
ing. The 4-H club movement deserves to grow’
and no thinking person can deny the usefulness
of the work.
EDITORIAL TABLOIDS BY OLIN MILLER
It’s easy to identify an Englishman. His con
versation sound as if it had been rehearsed.
The college graduate who set out so bravely
some weeks ago to lick the world is now holler
ing for somebody to come help him turn it loose.
“The strip-tease is the backbone of burles
que,” declares a New York showman who seems
to be taking a backward view of the matter.
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It seems that no matter where shooting breaks
out on this globe, there’s invariably a bunch of
Americans present to do a lot of ciangerous in
nocent bystanding.
Even if it were true that the New Deal is
evervthing its proponents claim, there still
would remain this all-important question: Can
we afford it?
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Ministers or ethers Interested In church publicity are Invited to use
the columns of the Journal to carry Important messages and notices
to their congregations. Please try to get your copy in by Tuesday of
each week.
with us. We had a band of Bible
school students with us last Sunday
evening. We enjoyed the presence of
Floyd E. White, Pastor
the Lord through-out the meeting
Sunday School 10 o'clock. Lesson Come. You are all welcome.
Topic: Tb? Place of Religion in a
Nation’s Life.
Morning Worship 11:15. Berman CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
Text: Stir Up The Gift of God
In Legion Hall
Which Is In Thee 2 Timothy 1:6
Epworth League 7 o'clock.
V. W. Martin, Pastor.
Evening Worship 8 o’clock.
Sunday School Superintendent,
Mr. Ed Wild.
Sunday School for all ages 10:00
ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Morning Worship: Sermon by the
Services every 4th Sunday morn Pastor.
Everyone invited to this 11:00 ser
ing.
Holy Communion at 10:30 a. m. vice.
NYPS 7:30 P. M.
Rev. Stanley Moore, Pastor
Evening Service 8:00 P. M.
Mid week prayer and praise ser
vice Wednesday evening 8:15.
L. D. S. CHURCH
METHODIST COMMUNITY
CHURCH
Luther Fife, Bishop
10:00 A M. Sunday School.
8:00 P. M. Sacrament Meeting.
Speakers will be Ben T Ashby and
David Chadwick of Nyssa; and
Ariel L Crawley of Boise.
ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH
Ernest C. Knull, Pastor
Sunday School 10:00 A. M. Lesson
The Giving of the Ten Command
ments. Ex. 20:3-17. Golden text:
Wherefore the law was our school
master to bring us unto Christ, that
we might be Justified by faith. Gal.
3:24.
Morning Worship 11:00 A. M.
Evening Worship 8:15.
Wednesday, preaching and prayer
service 8:15 P. M.
Friday, Young People meeting
8:5 P. M. Children's Church at 2:00
o'clock Saturday afternoon. Send
your children out. They will love
the Bible stories and learn more
about the Bible.
Come out and worship the Lord
It Happened
In Nyssa
Years Ago
Interesting bits of history
gleaned from the files of years
ago.
From The Gate City Journal
August 20, 1920
Roy and Ed Warren went out In
to the Owyhee country this week to
assist Allen Green In caring for the
big grain crop in th at section. Roy
will have charge of the engine and
Ed the seperator.
Miss George Dennis, chief oper
ator at the telephone, office Is tak
ing a vacation.
Artie Robertson and Miss Ida Ray
were married last week and will
make their home at the Idanha or
chard. where Mr. Robertson has ac
cepted the position as foreman.
Mrs. Robertson is the daughter of
Mr and Mrs. John Ray and is pop
ular in social circles. Mr. Robertson
is one of Nyssa's popular young men
and has a hest of friends who will
Join In wishing him and his charm
ing wife a long and happy matr-
monial Journey.
Miss Mattie Dennis and Mr. El
more McLellan, two of Nyssa's most
popular young people, were married
at the M E parsonage at Vale Aug-
! ust 12th by Rev. E. F. Clower. The
couple were accompanied by Mr
and Mrs. C. A. Crawford.
Jack Teutsch is in Seattle. Wash
ing this week making arrangements
to enter the University of Washing
ton.
Mtss Rita Beam Is home from a
three weeks visit In Ironside.
From The Gate City Journal
August 9, 1927
Leading feature of the Malheur
county fair scheduled for Septem
ber 1, 2, and 3 will be Pendleton In
dians Is all their war paint and
feathers in sham battles with the
cowboys. There will also be auto
races, cowboy sports and horse
j races.
Mr. and Mrs Frank Morgan of
Kingman Kolony entertained Mrs.
Morgan's parents. Mr and Mrs W
W Calkins of Eugene and Mr. Cal
kins' sister. Mrs Edith Peterson of
Seattle last week
Mrs. Martha Graham and daugh
ter Lota of Manhattan. Kansas are
guests at the Dick Holmes home.
Jimmie Cook, little son of Mr,
and Mrs. A. V. Cook, suffered a
broken collar bone through a fall
last Friday.
Mr and Mrs Harry Francis and
Mrs Chas. McConnell returned
from a two weeks vacation at the
Yellowstone Park and Salt Lake
City.
Mrs. Medeaker and daughter have
' rented an apartment at Swans and
jow N y AIR
Fun and Fancy About the
Folks . . . Sometimes Original
. . . Often time-worn.
THE SHORTEST THING IN
THE WORLD . . . is not a gnat’s
eyebrow nor a mosquito’s whisker,
but PUBLIC MEMORY. You may
have been in the business 50 years
and the people know about it, but
you have to tell them over and over
or they forget.
Speaking of public loss of memory
. . . who was vice-president when
Wilson was president?
THERE ARE SEVERAL GOOD
FIVE-OENT CIGARS IN THIS
COUNTRY, S A Y S
CHARLEY
CALDWELL. THE TROUBLE IS
THEY SELL FOR 15c.
KINGMAN KOLONY
COMMUNITY CHURCH
George: “Why were you late for
work this morning?”
Kermit Ecklebarger, Pastor
Bob: "Well, you see, I squeezed
WE READ: “Jesus salth unto him, out too much tooth paste and had a
I am the way, the truth, and the hard time getting it back into the
life: no man cometh unto the Fath tube.”
er, but by me." Thank God for a
way that is composed of truth,
which leads to eternal life in Christ
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Jesus.
10:00 A. M. Sunday School for the
whole family. Come and have fel
lowship with us.
11:00 A. M. Morning Worship.
Violin solo by Mrs. Clarence Elliot.
Theme: Christian Spirit.
8:00 P M . Young People C.E. Sen
iors, High school and college. Jun
lore: 5th to 8th grades.
8:30 P. M. Evangelistic Services.
Theme: Second Advent of Christ.
Wednesday evening a t 8:30 P. M
midweek prayer meeting. Come and
WISE WILLIE SAYS A MISS IN |
have fellowship in prayer and Bible THE MOTOR IS NOT SO ANNOY
study with us. Choir practice for ING AS A MRS. IN THE BACK
young people.
SEAT.
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will move in September 1st. Mrs.
Medesker will teach in the Nyssa
school this year, while Miss Medes
ker will teach at the Mallet school.
A1 Oamble, living three miles
from Ontario on the Idaho side,
sold his home and 40 acres in apples
last week for the sum of $30,000.
The purchaser expects to sell
enough fruit this year to pay for
the place, having already contract
ed several carloads of Jonathans
at $1.50 per box and the Delicious
apples have been contracted for
$2.10 per box.
A Nyssa landlady became incens
ed when a new boarder proceeded to
wipe off his silverware before eat
ing.
"In the first place,” she informed
him, “it's bad manners and in the
second place, it soils the linen.”
A man called In at the drug store,
we hear, and ordered some of that
efficient ant powder they have.
“And do you wish to take it with
you," asked Omer, Just making con
versation.
"No,” was the prompt reply. ‘I ’ll
send them around and you just rub
it on them."
A R C A D IA NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Bullard enter
tained with a large dinner Sunday
for relatives and friends.
Mrs. Ira Dale was a Sunday guest
at the Theo Mathley home.
Mr. and Mrs. John Vanderpool
and family were dinner guests at
the Chas. Bullard home Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Smith were
callers at the Loyd Orris home on
Monday.
Chas. Bullard was on the sick list
this week.
Mr. Low lost a fine milk cow with
blackleg Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Splawn went
to Vale on business Tuesday.
Keith Orris went to Weiser
Tuesday to visit with his cousins
Junior and Leslie Carr.
Mr. Dale is reported to be con
valescing nicely at the hospital
where was taken Wednesday.
Otis Bullard's combine was visited
by thieves the other night. The un
welcome visitors took two grease
guns, all his small wrenches and
also helped themselves to the gas
and oil. 17i? total loss amounted to
about $70.00.
Mr and Mrs A1 Bohy, Mr and
Mrs. Otis Bullard were callers at the
Chas Bullard home Thursday even
ing.
Louise Orris was an overnight
guest of Evelyn Zittercob Thursday
Otis Bullard is digging his pota
toes this week at 45c a hundred
bulk.
Mr and Mrs. Ed Jefferies and
family of Payette were callers at
the A1 Bohy home Wednesday even
ing.
Mr and Mrs. Darrell Williams
were callers at the Chas. Bullard
home Friday evening.
Use of Sugar Cane
Sugar cane, a coarse graaa, la be-
Ueved to be a native of Asia or the
East Indies. It was unknown in Eu
rope until the Middle Ages, when
the Arabs Introduced It Into Sicily
and Spain. Sugar cane waa taken to
Brazil about 1500, to Mexico a few
years later, and Is now cultivated In
most warm countries. Two kinds of
syrup are made from sugar cane.
The flrst Is the golden syrup left
over from the manufacture of sugar.
The second. such as a Mississippi
plant »rill make. Is merely the Juice
of the sugar cane boiled down, and
is known as malasssa.
GERTIE
GADABOUT OPIN
IONS THAT SOME MARRIED
MEN SAY THEY NO LONGER
CHERISH
ANY AFFECTIONS
FOR THEIR FORMER SWEET
HEARTS: AND OTHERS TELL
THE TRUTH ABOUT IT.
We guess the age of real He-men
has at last passed into history. The
other day Fred Koopman tock out
one of those new fangled electric
razors . . . and Fred's whiskers
couldn't even slow it up.
Others Sa y . . .
Real Estate Transfers R-corded
Cassis A. Gaskill et vir to Ross
Smeed et al, Lot 16 and North 11
feet of Lot 17, Block 203, Ontario.
7. 30, 37. $10.00.
C. W. Glenn, Sheriff to Federal
Land Bank, NWHNEH Sec 23-15-
42. 7, 22, 37. $4,404.55.
Olive Megorden Ainsworth et vir
to Luther L. Fife WHWHNEH-
NEH Sec. 31-19-47. 7, 27, 37. $1. (Q
C. Deed)
Willis Megorden et al to Luther
L. Fife, WHWHNEHNEH Sec. 31-
19-47. 3, 17, 37. $1. (Q. C Deed)
Seth Megorden et ux to Luther L
Fife WlWcNEViNEL Sec 31-19-47. 3
30, 37. $1. <Q. C. Deed).
Olin A Megorden et ux to Luther
L. Fife, WHWHNEHNEH Sec 31-
19-47. 3, 15, 37. $1. (Q. C. Deed)
C W. Glenn, Sheriff to Charles W
Parrott, Jr, NEHNW14 Sec. 23-15-
42. 7, 26, 37. $40.
Charles W. Parrott, Jr„ to Simon
Servatius SEH, ESHEH, SWHSE‘4.
Sec. 23; NH Sec. 26; WHNWH,
SEHNWH, NHSWH Sec. 25-15-41.
8, 9. 37. $675.00.
D. L. Carter et al to Simon Ser
vatius, Jr, SH Sec. 22; EH Sec. 27-
15-41. 3, 7, 37. $640.00
Lotta E Phillips to Nyssa-Arcadia
Drainage District 3.1 acres in NWH
Sec. 20-19-47. 8, 7, 37. $150.00 ( Q C.
Deed) 8, 3, 37. $10.
V. B. Staples et ux to Gerry Man-
ville et ux Lots 19 and 20, Block 128
Ontario. 7, 17, 37. $10.
Addie Mayberry to Joseph A
Blahnik et ux NHNEH Sec 28-18-
46. 2, 1, 37. $487.00.
Mrs. Lennie Thayer to J Fred
Butler st ux part of Lots 1, 2, 3 and
4, Block 155, Ontario 7, 29, 37. $500
John E. Johnson et ux to Melford
Makin, NHNEHNEHSEH Sec. 5-
18-47. 7, 29, 37. $1.
Eldon F. Carr et ux to Marion
F. Richey, East H cf Lots 11, 12, 13,
14 and 15, Block 317, Ontario. 8 7, 37
$ 10 .
Malheur County to Clara A. Helt-
zel ft al, N E'i Sec. 16-18-43. 7, 7, 37.
$51.06 .
C. W. Glenn, Sheriff to Ben Beal
Lets 26 and 27, Block 6, Riverside
Add to Ontario 11. 9, 35. $13.75.
H. B. Hardiman et ux to Joseph
R. Howard, SE’iSEH Sec. 25-18-43.
8-
11-37. $900
Thecdore Peterson et ux to Wm.
Ory, Lots 16 and 17, Block 159, On
tario. 8, 9, 37. $40.
C. W. Glenn, Sheriff to Rex
Marquis EH EH Sec. 22; WHWH
Sec 23-15-44. 7, 22, 37. $160.
Rex Marquis et ux to JoJjn
Stringer EHEH Sec. 22; WHWH
Sec. 23-15-44. 8, 11, 37. $1. <Q C
Deed)
Lyman Allen Green et ux to Ash
ford J. Fields, Lot 14, Block 69.
Greens Add to Nyssa. 7, 10. 36. $50.
Malheur County to Coast Land Co
Ltd. SHNWHNW'i Sec. 31-31-41. 8
5, 37. $10.
Leola Secoy et al to Barney L
Bull Trustee NW'.SWHNWH Sec
9-
18-47. 2, 19, 37. $1.
C. W. Buckley et ux to State of
Oregon road right of way over NEH
NW1, S:c. 10-17-47. 8. 6, 37. $10.
C. W. Glenn. Sheriff to First Se
curity Bank of Idaho, Lots 12 and
13, Block 15, Juntura 8, 7, 37. $—
(Certificate of sale).
C. W. Glenn, Sheriff to Federal
Land Bank, NE1,. WHSE1/», SEH-
SWH, Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, Sec. 25-15-46.
7 24, 37. $9,527.93.
Marriage Licenses Issued
Pete Cox and Kathleen Elizabeth
Starry. 8, 11, 37.
William Bernard Moore and Min
nie Louise Mason. 8, 12, 37.
Orrie Edward Eckert and Alta
Moore Johnson. 8, 14, 37.
Marion Carlton Greenway and
Mildred Louise Roland. 8. 14, 37.
Complaints Filed in Circuit Court
Louie Henry Meyers vs Mille E.
Meyers. 8, 11, 37. Divorce.
Editorial oplnionsl as seen
iy other editors. The opinions
expressed may or may not
agree with the policy of The
Gate City Journal.
STATEMENT ON THE
BONNE-VILLE BILL
Which Passed the House on July
26, 1937.
I notice from some Oregon press
comments, just received, that incor
rect conclusions have been drawn
frem the accounts going out from
Washington covering the House de
bate and the passage cf the Bon
neville bill, H. R. 7642. I believe it is
important that people in Oregon
should understand about this bill,
and so make the following state
ment and enclose copy of the bill as
it passed the Hcuse, so far as copies
are available.
The bill passing the House is a
splendid document. It is a complete
victory for the domestic and rural
consumers cf the Pacific Northwest.
Anyone reading the debates in the
Congressional Record can under
stand the strategy of the fight. The
proposed May amendment, advanc-
:d by those who wished to duplicate
the Niagara monopolistic absorption
of Bonneville electric energy, was
decisively defeated three to one.
The Belter amendment, in line
with the position pr:viously taken
by Mr. Mott, placing the entire con
trol of the project under the Army
Engineers, was decisively def ated,
four to one. The Pierce unit control
amendment was defeated by 23
votes, due to pledge made by the
California delegation in order to
secure support for their Boulder
Dam amendment. I appreciate the
great construction enginnering abil
ity of the Ccrps of Engineers, and
my position was based solely on the
matter of costs and rates to the ul-
imate consumer.
The principal of the widest pos
sible benefit and use, and the pre
vention cf monopolization, around
which the Pierce bill (H.B. 6387) was
built, was incorporate verbatim in
the bill passed. There are twenty-
four paragraphs, excluding
the
Boulder project sections, of which
number twenty-two, or 92 per cent
are identical with the Pierce bill.
The right of condemnation, author
ization of contracts, the operation of
the dam for the benefit of the gen
eral public, particularly domestic
and rural consumers, and the pre
ferential rights of public bodies are
all preserved in the enacted.
The most important section, 3Í,
originally written by myself, was
used identically in the bill enacted.
This is a great aid and a stimulus to
rural electrification and the utillza-
ton of Bonneville energy by public
bodies.
The rate sections of the final
House bill are identical with the
Pierce bill, save for the Mansfield
amendment, which was suggested
to the Committee by me. Thus
amendment provides th at uniform
rates, or rates uniform throughout
zones, shall be mandatory. This
change preserves the “yardstick”
principle.
The cnly Pierce provisions elim
inated were the abolition cf the ad
visory board, and unit control. The
advisory board, under the bill as
passed, has no authority. The unit
control principle, sought by the
amendment I offered on the floor,
has been accepted, in principle, by
the Senate Committee, and will
mest likely be incorporated in the
final bill, which will result from
conference between the two Houses.
The labor and pollution amend
ments, which I originally suggested
to the Committee, can be handled
through administration, though I
would preferred to have them incor
porated in the bill.
WALTER M. PIERCE, M. C.
WESTERN IDAHO
IF CONSISTENCY IS A JEWEL
THERE ARE A LOT OF SPEAK
ERS RUNNING VERY SHORT ON
JEWELRY.
The new hired man asked Pete
Tensen what time he had to get up
In the mcmlng. Pete replied th at he
could get up any time he liked, just
so he was at work by 4:30.
Then there was the man about
ready to go in swimming. "Are you
sure there are no crocodiles in
here?"
Negro on shore: “Yes, sah; de
sharks done scare dem all away."
Boise--Aug. 25-29
Next Week........
ERNEST WILSON HAS DECID
ED NOT TO TAKE A VACATION
THIS YEAR HE NEEDS THE
REST
It's easy enough to eat com off
the cob.
When you've nice teeth to be proud
about.
But the guy worth while
Is the guy who can smile
When all his front teeth are out.
HE HELPED
Teacher (suspiciculy) “Who has
written this composition for you.
Jimmy?"
Jimmy: “My pa.”
Teacher: All of It"
lJmmy “No. I helped him a lit
tle."
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