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NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL, THURS., AUGUST 19, 1937 W. C. T. Ü. SPEAKER Rodeo T o Be ATTRACTS CROWD WED Big Feature A t Idaho S ta te Fair Boise—Believe It or not, the world's greatest rodeo, with the world’s finest riders, will be s en at Boise, August 25 to 29, at the State Pair Qrcunds, when Colborn and Sorensen, the same men who stage the world’s series rodeo at the Mad ison Square Garden each year, produce for the second straight year the Western Idaho Pair Rodeo. Although It had its Inception only last year, Boise has become the center of rodeo for the United States. Its play dates are between Cheyenne and Pendleton, and It o f fers the biggest purses of any West- :r rodeo with the exception of the two great exhibitions. For cowboys, then, here remain only three great Western dates, Cheyenne, the last week in July, Boise the last week In August,, and then Pendleton, and after that back to the Eastern states where rodeo Isn’t a grand and glor ious exhibition of skill, but only a novelty. Every evening, in additen to the regular contests, there will be seen in action such stars of the rodeo as Verne Goodrick, Lou Tindall, trick riders and ropers, Ted Elder, the thrlllmakers, Jazbo Fulkerson, the Madison Square Garden redeo elewn, Garlen and Gloria Ann, the Juvenile stars, ’’Silhray’’ the high school pony, Joe Penner, the clown mule, and a host of other stars. Before the grandstand each day. the Western Idaho Pair will offer probably one of the most sensation al shows In the country. In the afternoon there will be amateur bronc riding, trick riding and rop ing, circus acts, Steve Clemento’s famous knife throwring, and flat harness racing, while each evening there will be rodeo competition for some of the nation’s greatest prizes. A fair sized audience turned oat Wednesday evening to hear Sam Morris, nationally known radio speaker give an an Interesting ad dress undir the floodlights In the vacant McOcnnell lot on Main Street. Rev. Morris Is pastor of the First Baptist Church om Stam ford, Texas and Is known on the radio as the “ Voioe of Temperance." He appeared here under the aus pices of the local W.C.T.U. unit. JO RDAN VALLEY By MRS ISABELLE LEE Miss Betty Issacs of Bois? is the guest of Miss Lucille Maher. Miss Ellyn Maher who is em ployed by the Bell Telephone com pany in Boise is spending her va cation at the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. Ed Maher of Pleasant Valley. A nine pound daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Swisher of Danner August 10th. Brian Shea son of Mr. and Mrs. Shea of Homedale who has been visiting his aunt Mrs. Harry Staples left for his home last week. A son was bom to Mr. and Mrs. Russell Linn of Arock on August 13. A picnic party Including Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hunt and family; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Staples and family; Mr. and Mrs. Neal Shea and family; Clyde Stults, Mrs. T. L. Mills and daughter, Mrs. rAveriU Palmer and children and Mrs. A. C. Lee drove to Mahogany Mt. Tuesday. Prom the top of the mountain one can see the wonderful canyon o f the Owyhee dam and the back waters of the dam that has burled ranches so that other lands might have water. It Is a trip well worth taking One can hardly believe such won derful scenery Is Just a two hours drive from Jordan. Mr. and Mr. Will Johnson drove to Boise Tuesday evening, returning Wednesday with a palamenio horse belonging to Mr. Awfull and Mr. Johnson. Wednesday Mr. and Mrs. Johnson and Rea Skinner da ugh- ted of Mr and Mrs. T L Skinner left for Callforia where Miss Skin ner will ride the horse In the Span ish fi?sta to be held In Santa Bar bara They will also visit In Los Angeles and will return In two weeks. Mrs. Sarah Carpenter of San Francisco and Mrs. Tom Hardman of Nevada City, Calif., are visiting their sisters Mrs. Harry Staples and Mrs. James Mills and other rela tives. Their nephew Pat O’Brien of Bakersfield accompanied them. Tom Edwards drove to Bend Fri day to bring heme his wife and daughter who have been visiting Mrs. Edwards parents. They re turned Monday morning driving a new Terraplane sedan. On August 14 a baby girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Ab- urusa Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Parks attend ed the circus In Boise Saturday. Mrs. Wm. J. Shea of Cliffs and daughters Teresa and Christine spent the week end In town vlsltng friends. Pat Shea came down with them after a week’s vacation and is again at work. Glen Brooks of Portland was a week end visitor in town. Mr Brooks has not visited Jordan since he left here about fifteen years ago and noted many changes. His par ent, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Brooks of Ci'dwell accompanied him. Mr. and Mrs Harry Staples, Mrs. James Mills and daughter Mrs. Sarah Carpenter. Mrs. T. Hardman. Mrs. T X Skinner and Pat O'Brien attended the circus In Boise Mrs. Jenero Rementerta and son Rudolph and Miss Pilar Corta - hartarte were Boise visitors over the week end. Misses Marie Mark, Marie and Helen Anderson left Saturday for a trip that will Include Portland, Sea side and Crater Lake. Alele Ingle will Join them In Ontario. Mrs. Griffiths of Caldwell who has been nursing Sally Ross left on Thursday for her home. Little Sally is very much better. Mrs. Teresa Scott left for Bctse last Wednesday. Miss Elizabeth Lequerlca has ac cepted a position as teacher In the Brogan school. Carlton Fretwell, a large stock owner has sold hls sheep to Augus tine Salova of Homedale. Mr. Fret- well has also sold hls ranch on the Owvhee river near Rome to Fermlne Calzacorta. Mr. Fretwell still has his home in town and other ranch property so this estimable fa ^ 'ly will remain In our community. Mr. and Mrs. Merril Borders are enjoying a visit from Mr. Borders brother and family. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Nagal, Mr. and Mrs. Lambdoln and Louis Az- cuenaga all of Boise visited at the Dr. W. W. Jones home 8unday. Pete Larlnaga is spending a few W h e n You N eed Insurance . . . And You Always. Need It days with hls wife at the Malica home. Miss Janet McKenzie ofr Rock- ville Is spending the week with Miss Irene Yturrl. Possessions and Expectations We part more easily with what we possess, than with our expectation of what we wish for. because ex pectation always goes beyond en joyment. C o n stip a tio n I t c o n s tip a tio n cau sas you Oaa. d ig estion . H ea d a ch es, B a d Sleep. P t m i . ly Skin, f e t q u ic k r e lie f w ith A D L É - R IK A . T h o ro u g h In a c tio n yet •!»•* tlrely g e n tle a n d aafe. ADLERIKA NYSSA PHARMACY Outdoor appetites caH for plenty of energy-giving bread. Our baked foods are fresh dally. LIFE, HEALTH, ACCIDENT Continental A ssurance Com pany Call Nyssa 62 M. F. Solomon, Agent McClure Bros. Bakery r n 21 Rate Reductions Since 1927 Now Save Our Customers Over $500,000 Annually • Again — electric rates are reduced! Beginning August 16, our customers will save over $128,000 on their electric bills during the next twelve months, and the same amount during each year there after. This is the 21st reduction in elec tric rates since 1927! Altogether, as a result of these 21 reductions, our cus tomers now save more than a half-mil lion dollars per year. Queen of the Pendleton Round-tip, September 16, 17, and 18 is Her Highness Cathryn the First; kings of cowboy sports are Ike Rude and Carl Arnold, who last year tied for the $5,000 Sam Jackson trophy, for the best all-round cowboy. They’ ll defend their titles at this year's show. - The trophy must be thrice won for permanent possession and ike won it also In 1931. First of fered in 1930, this is the first tie In the trophy’s history. CARD OF THANKS Subscribe to the Journal at $1.50 a year. W . J. PINNEY THE LAND SIAN List Your Property PHONE 121-J Ontario. Oregon I wish to thank my friends and neighbors for their timely aid and hard work when fire destroyed my hay, barn and machinery last Fri day. It would be impossible for me to see each of you who helped, so take this means of informing you that your efforts were gratefully appreciated by, Lighting, electric cooking and electric \« ^ aaU refrigeration— those indispensable elec tric services in the home— are reduced in cost. There arf also reductions in other rates. These three new lower rate schedules are given below. Any repre sentative of our company will be glad to call and give a more detailed explana tion upon request. ELECTRICITY IS THE ONLY ITEM IN THE FAMILY BUDGET T H A T’S CHEAPERl KEEPING FAITH W ITH .VLh*1 Jake Rclk and family. OUR CUSTOMERS i.»® ***»♦ $ * * * * * * » • E X C E L L E N T V A R IE T Y . .. Assorted Cold Meats Baked Ham Choice Salamis Many Varieties of Cheese I.unch Goods Cottage Cheese Tasty Pickles NYSSA PACKING CO. FRESH MEAT FISH CURED MEATS **’ ». .¿•ÇsâVï®* ■»* These 21 Rate Reductions Since 1927 Have Made Your O U R TA X E S H AVE BEEN INCREASED tremendously— In 1936 they took 2 2 Vl cents of each dollar of revenue (in 1927, it was only 12.2 cents). W AGES H AVE BEEN RAISED to meet higher living costs o f our em ployes. Materials and other costs have gone up also. A m o n g the L o w e s t in the (J. S. A. »cpeatedly, w t hav« aaid— (he laving« we make are paieed on to our cuitomer* a, quickly a, possible» in the form of lower rate*. W e reduced rates in 1936 In 1935— in 1934— altogether, 21 times since 1927. . v a ^ tJ«* ‘ R. But— our customers have helped reduce the coat o f producing electricity by using more electric service than almost any other group in (he U. S. Careful management, using all the newest methods and improvements, has resulted in economies that have enabled us to keep giving our customers lower rates. So— rates are again reduced, and our pledge kept to our customers. N ow , our highest residential kilowatt-hour rate after the minimum la only JW cents. The average paid by all o f our residential customers now ia only approximately 3 cents— O NE OF THE LO W EST ELECTRIC RATES IN THE N A T IO N . IDAHO YPOWER ¿fec¿Uc¿Ú/ D<xi So MUCH-Costs So U TTLE! E L E C T RI C RATES Oec. 19. 1927 faa. I , 1931 N«v. 19, 1927 h k Marek 7. 192« I s h 31. 1911 Marek 22. 1929 N ot . JO. 1931 f , 1931 lua# 1, 192« May lg , 1932 A«g. 22, 192« April 1«, 1934 Ort. |, 192« May 19, 193* May t , 1929 Ort. l f , 1939 Mav 19. 1929 Da«. 19, 193* Maicfc 14. 1920 April 1, 193« Auffuit 1«. 1937