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NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL, THURS.. NOVEMBER 4, 1937
A S S IS T A N T S T O R A IL H E A D
visited in the Ed Newton heme in
the mountains
Payette last Sunday
A p Goodell is threshing alfalfa
M r and Mrs. Vernor Parker have
seed and clover on the Owyhee.
MHS DAW CO RBETT
moved to the home
formerly oc
High school students attended the
cupied by the Newtons
dance at the Nyssa high schocl gym
The K .ngman Kolony G irl Scouts
Quite a number of our youth and on Saturday night.
are practicing each evening at the
slightly older
attended
different
Adrian grade school cn a play to
ha-ioween parties in Nyssa
this
be given in the near future
season and all report a tpendid time
The H E C. club will meet with
e l l e n M c C o n n e l l
M r Brady of Ontario visited Sun
Mrs Perry Tuesday to do some more
day at the home c f Frank Graham
sewing for the bazaar
Mr and Mrs M J. Anderson of
The Halloween party
given at
Nampa were all day visitors at the
Mr and Mrs R F. Perry attended
home of Mr. and Mrs. I B. Alien on the American Leg.on Auxiliary card Hol y Brothers store Saturday night
was enjoyed by all who attended.
Wednesday of last week.
party a- the Eagles Hall in Nyssa
Mr and Mrs O. J Kurtz and sons Friday evening. Mrs Perry won high There was much fun and noise when
hats, horns and
elder were given
spent Sunday near Nyssa with his and Mr Perry won low.
away.
sister. Mrs. Carl R o'h and family.
M r Ted Newton left for Walla
Mr and Mrs. Earl Anderson were Walla. Wash., last Sunday Mr and
business callers In Fruitland last Mrs. Bill Ashcraft and Floyd Zesig-
Education of Children
Monday.
er accompanied him. They are re
Education of children is not an
Marion Suiter wen the prize for turning home Tuesday. Mrs
Ted external thing, a writing upon biank
the best costume at the Junior high Newton Is staying In the Ed Newton
halloween party in Nyssa Satur heme at Payette until her daughter paper, a planting of selected seed
in receptive s o il but an inward
day night.
Shirley Improves from an abcess on growth, sustained and stimuiaud
A new house Is being started on
her throat.
by experiences and activities o f
the Jess Hunting ranch.
M r and Mrs Ray Drown are tak many kinds, the response to the
Mr and Mrs W McDurment and ing care of the Service Station dur whole of the child's surroundings.
fam ily spent the day Sunday visit ing Ashcrafts absence.
ing friends In Apple Valley.
Mr and Mrs Alvin Thompson o', I
Mrs Glen Suiter and children
Arcadia visited in Uie Perry h i" j
and brother Eugene Evans
spent
Saturday before they leave for Cal
Sunday at the home o f their sister
UNDER NEW
if cm ia for the winter.
Stranger
Mrs. Manford Stimnel In Homedale.
than fiction is the fact that both
Mr. Lewis finished drilling a well
MANAGEMENT
Perry's and Thompsons were close
for O. J. Kurtz the first of the week
neighbors In California and knew
at the depth cf 370 feet.
each others friends but never met
Mr. and Mrs. John Quigley and
M r and Mrs. F. J Cahill were din each other until they moved here.
NYSSA SHOE SHOP
Mr and Mrs. Arch Parker were
ner guests at the Mr. C. Shurk.-
John
Aldecoa, Owner
Wednesday dinner guests of the
home Sunday.
M r and Mrs I. B. Allen were din Charles McConnell's.
Mr. and M rs Gerrit Muntjewerff
ner guests at the Jenson home last
Wednesday evening.
M r and Mrs. E. Sweet, Mrs. John
Quigley’s sister from Twin
Falls
spent the week end with Mr. and
Mrs Quigley.
MODERN
Nyssa H e igh ts
ADRIAN NEWS
.
Washington. — 1» this so-caHea
modem civilization at our* wfceo a e
are supposed to
N e tw o rk
keep pace until
of Spies
progress.
every
one of u» i* con
fronted every day with tome sort at
government regulation or restric
tion. We are told what to do and
what not to do and a good many
' politicians want to increase the
cumber cd things we are told to do.
Included in this modern civiliza
tion is a perfect network of spies
who bear official titles of one kind
or another, and probably the most
insistent of these spies are the
agents of government who look after
taxes. All of which is necessary
because tax payers undoubtedly will
dodge a little if they can get away
with i t The federal government has
a good many thousands of them;
state governments have them and
county and city governments main
tain a veritable army of employees
whose )ob it is to check up on tax
payers. They do their job thorough
ly. Make no mistake about that If
the taxpayer does not come through
in accordance with the orders of
j the tax collectors, there is plenty of
punishment
Which brings us to the point of
and the reason for this discussion.
It seta the stage for the question;
I f the government, national, state
or local, is so punctilious about tax
collections, the gathering in of peo
ple’s money, why is it that govern
ment is not equally punctilious about
the way the money is spent? This
question is very much to the fore
front now. It is a question of para
mount importance because of a pro
posal for governmental reorganiza
tion which President Roosevelt in
sists must be considered by the
forthcoming session of congress.
The federal government must be
reorganized. The reason tor this
reorganization, according to the
‘ President's argument, is that the
present structure is inefficient,
wasteful, and generally quite un
wieldy.
j
It is to be granted. I think, that
much of the present federal govern
mental structure is inefficient, waste
ful and unwieldy. Throughout the
government one will find various
agencies charged with the same re
sponsibilities. doing things in oppo
site directions, winding and binding
red tape around the citizens until
some of them scarcely can get a
hand free to mark their ballots.
The whole thing needs a thorough
going over but. as I see the picture,
this going over should be done with
a view to making governmental ma
chinery workable and rebuilding
cnly where hastily conceived gov
ernmental agencies and functions
have demonstrated that they are
acting as a deterrent rather than
an encouragement to the nation as
a whole.
• • e
I have no quarrel with M r Roose
velt concerning the need for chang
ing some parts of
Change»
the governmental
Propoted machine I have a
very definite ob
jection, however, to some of the
changes be proposes. I object stren
uously, for example, to his move to
destroy the present setup for pro
tection against improper spending
of the taxpayers' money. Specifi
cally, I can see no possible excuse
for Mr. Roosevelt’s demand that the
general accounting office be made
subservient again to the whims of
politicians by placing that agency
under the control of a political ap
pointee, namely, the secretary of
the treasury. That is exactly what
is proposed, and if the President's
governmental reorganization pro
gram is accepted by congress in its
present form, the President of the
United States, whether Mr. Roose
velt or his successor, again will be
able to determine to a large meas
ure how the taxpayers' money is
spent
That may appear to be an exag
gerated statement One may ask
about the constitutional provision
which requires that aO appropria
tions shall be made by congress.
This would seem to prevent execu
tive mismanagement of the taxpay
ers' money. Such, however, unfor
tunately is not the case because
we have had proof under President
Roosevelt's administration what can
be done when one political party
has such complete control of the
machinery of government
Con
gress appropriated billions. True.
But had there been no general ac
counting office in existence. I doubt
if anyone could have even guessed
what would have happened to those
vast sums of money.
It has been my privilege to watch
| operation of the federal government
almost 30 years. Because of that
experience. I think I am able to say
j that I am more conversant with the
Wicks to which politicians resort in
getting money out of the treasury
than persons who have not had an
opportunity to study the government
as it actually functions. And be-
\ cause at that experience, I am go-
1 lag to make the unequivocal state
ment that unless congress rvpells
^rocnl
Mr. Roosevelt's plan to destroy the
curb on trick and illegal spending,
this nation and its citizens will pay
| for the folly in waste not now con
ceivable.
• • •
Someone might arise and say that
my statement is unjustified because
there was not such
Drain on a terrific drain on
Treatury the treasury be
fore the general
accounting office came into ex
istence in 1921. My answer to that
is that there was a tremendous
drain on the treasury before 1921
when the accounting, auditing of
bills and checks, was done by indi
vidual agencies of the government
The difficulty is th at except for
war time agencies, the cost of run
ning the federal government before
the general accounting office was
established was only about one-sev
enth of what it is now. None of
the federal agencies then in exist
ence were as large then as they
are now; none had as much authori
ty nor as great a scope of opera
tions, and the bulk of the new agen
cies have been born in legislation
that is haphazard and undigested
to say the least The older agen
cies of government have scores of
workers who know how to handle
their business. Regretfully, it must
be said that most of the new agen
cies are controlled by, completely
filled up with, men who are un
fam iliar with the gigantic problems
their jobs entail
Public sentiment is a thing diffi
cult to understand. For example,
millions of people became wrought
up when President Roosevelt sought
to Increase the membership of the
Supreme court of the United States
by the addition of six judges of his
own choosing.
They rightfully
fought back against the destruction
of our judicial system. Fighting
words characterized the criticism of
Mr. Roosevelt and his New Dealers
who sought to break down the sys
tem of checks and balances created
in our government by the founding
fathers when they provided for ex
ecutive. legislative and judicial di
visions of governmental authority.
So, I am wondering why thus far
there has not been an outburst of
vehement criticism of Mr. Roose
velt with reference to the proposed
destruction of the check on spend
ing. I am wondering, too. why peo
ple who complain so violently
against spies in the form of tax in
vestigators should not demand of
their government equal protection
for the funds after they have been
taken away from the taxpayers.
There are two other agencies of
the federal government which Mr.
Roosevelt's reor-
Two Good ganization p l a n
O n e s Doomed will eventually de
stroy. Each has
proved its worth. Each has a rec
ord of service to the nation and pro
tection for individual citizens that
cannot be ignored. I refer to the
interstate commerce commission
and the federal trade commission.
The ICC has supervised the rail
roads nearly half a century. It has
compelled them to be fair when
some individuals in the railroad In
dustry were inclined to cheat or take
advantage of an unorganized seg
ment of the population. Sometimes
there has been criticism of the com
mission for placing the railroads in
a strait-jacket, but the good that the
ICC has done f t r outweighs any
damages it has caused.
Yet, It is proposed in the Presi
dent's reorganization plan to take
away the independence which has
characterized the history ot the op
erations of this agency. The Presi
dent wants to place over the com
mission a political appointee respon
sible only to the Chief Executive.
Through all of the years I have
worked in Washington, there has
been a never-ending effort on the
part of politicians to get their hands
on the agency that controls the rail
roads. It takes no stretch of the
imagination to see what would hap
pen if the politicians were able to
succeed in this direction. I am quite
convinced that if the IOC is sub
ordinated to the political philosophy
of a presidential appointee, every
one of us who uses the railroads
will be paying toll. The toll will
not go to the railroads but to the
politicians.
With respect to the federal trade
commission much the same can be
said. Like the ICC, the trade com
mission is quasi Judicial It is an
Independent agency. Times unnum
bered. it has stepped on crooked
business and has forced busmen at
this stripe to play the game within
the regulations. On occasion. I have
criticized specific actions by the
commission as lacking in judicial
consideration. By and large, how
ever. 1 think no one can say un
qualifiedly that the federal trade
commission hat failed to do its job
in the interest at individual citizens
—which, after a ll is what govern
tnenl is supposed to d a
• » n u n S »w w » S W Uuiea
E. J. Connors (le ft) and G. F. Ashby (righ t) have been named
as assistants to the president by W. M. Jeffers, president of the
Union Pacific Railroad. Both men w ere form erly assistants to
the executive vice president when Mr. Jeffers held that position
before his election to the presidency October 1-
SUNSET VALLEY
M RS L E NEW GEN
The Worthwhile Sewing club met
Thursday. October 28th. with Mrs
George Wilson Roll call was ans
wered with household hints
The
guests embroidered tea towels and
pot holders for the hostess, who. in
turn served delightful refreshments
The next meeting will be at the
home of Mrs Maiae on Thursday.
November 11th.
Mr and Mrs R. W Bolitho went
to Caldwell Sunday where Mrs Bol
itho will spend two weeks visiting
her parents, M r and M rs J P M of-
fatt c f that city. She expects to take
treatments for her eyes and nose
while there. Mr. Bolitho returned
Sunday evening and plans an elk
hunt while his wife is away
R A. Scott of Vale spent Saturday
night and Sunday at the Newgen
home.
Mr and Mrs L E Wilson and
two young sons of Nyssa were Sun
day guests of M r and Mrs. Vern
Wilson. Mr. Anderson of Nyssa was
also there building a flu far
thè
Wilson house.
M r Frank Asunrnlni is a new
settler,
having bought the Frank
Morgan tract on the south side of
the valley.
Mrs Chas. Ditty. Mrs Lucy Case
and Mrs Leslie DtUy,
and
two
children went to La Grande Sunt ay
evening Mrs Chas. Ditty and Mrs
Case returned Tuesday Mrs Leslie
Ditty aril 1 visit for about three weeks
there with her mother
Misses Bernice and Ver la W olf
spent Sunday afternoon with Viola
Pullen.
A. R. Roberts and T ro y made a
trip last week to Unity for a load of
posts.
M r and Mrs. Lcyd Adams and
daughter and Mr and Mrs. Gardin
er of Richland district visited in
this vicinity Sunday
The Culver
brothers of Wilder
were business visitors here Thurs
day.
Mrs Ira Chadd was hostess for a
pot-luck dinner Sunday Those pres
ent to enjoy the feast were the John
R effett family, M r and Mrs J A.
Black. M r Black's brother and wife
of near Caldwell and the Ira Chadd
family.
M r and Mrs Roy Warren are
working In the beets at Emmett
Their son and daughter are staying
at the W A Mettlen home M r and
Mrs Gick of Nebraska, relatives of
Mrs Warren were camped at the
M e tile n i over the week end
Otto W olf moved his house to the
new home site last Thursday.
M r and Mrs D C Mosley o f Vale
were dinner guests at the Newgen
home Wednesday.
Mrs Chas. Schwelter spent the
week end at home, going Saturday
morning to the Owyhee dam with
M r Schwetzer and Chas Share of
O dw Hollow. She also attended the
4-H club meetingai Newgens
Mrs. L. W
Pomery o f Buhl ac
companied by his brother were In
Sunset valley Sunday looking over
his place and visiting friends
Leslie Ditty delivered seed com to
Ontario Monday.
Several range horses, bent on
halloween fun Saturday night creat
ed considerable excitement on the
north side o f the valley, bringing
many farmers cut at their peaceful
sleep to drive them away from their
own stock
The 4-H club meeting was held at
the Newgen home Saturday after
noon with M r
Hauser
present
Nothing definite has been decided
yet. but another meeting was plan-
ned for the near future
M r and Mrs Wheeler Dines and
M r and Mrs Oliver Dines of Nam
pa were visiters at the Chas. Ditty
home Sunday
Roy Tummonds of Pendleton was
a week end guest of Mr and Mrs
George Wilsom M r Tummonds is a
brother-in-law o f Mrs Wilson Mr
and Mrs Wilson. M r
Tummand
and M r and Mrs Thyar Allie spent
Sunday in Ontario
Chas. Ditty has been closely con
fined to his home for several days
with an attack caused from high
blood pressure.
He was taken to
Ontario to the doctor Saturday but
has net improved.
Mrs. Chas. Wilson and daughter
Beulah at Homedale spent Sunday
with M r Wilson and son. Harley
Mr Wilson has started building a
new residence on their place here.
They expect to move their stock
and live here after December 1st.
Among those who enjoyed the
Halloween party at the Owyhee
school house Friday night were Mr
and Mrs. W A. Mettlen. M r and
Mrs. Claude Wilson. M r and Mrs
Pete Wilson. Mrs. L. B Landreth.
Mrs Maize and Mrs. Newgen
Painters are working this week on
the interior c f the Bolitho residence.
The clover huller is threshing for
Jake Kollen and will make a circle
around the valley threshing for An
derson. Mortison and Terra.
M r and Mrs Grover Vest and
M r and Mrs Bob Vest of Arcadia
were looking over this valley Sun
day
John Case started working last
week for M r Horn on the Homedale
laterals.
M r and Mrs Carl Sebum gave a
venison steak diner Sunday to about
twenty-five relatives and friends.
Those attending from Nyssa Heights
were M r and Mrs. G. E. Webster
and daughter. June, Mr. and Mrs.
Reece Byram and chi’dren. Dean
and Ploy. M r and Mrs. Dan Corbett
and sens, Mont and Jimmie Joe.
its plumbing.
In bathrooms,
kitchens, laundries and lava
tories, attractive fixtures and
dependaible “ hidden” m ater
ials pay dividends in
GEO. J. KINZER
Plumber
PHONE 134-J-2
Our Job is to make
them look like new.
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Buena V ista News
ARCADIA NEWS
M r and Mrs A1 Bohv and son
Bennie arrived home Sunday from a
two months visit with relatives In
Ord Nebraska
Mrs Otis Bullard and fam ily were
dinner guests at the home of Mrs
Bullard's parents. Mr and Mrs Ira
Dale 8undav
Mrs C. W Long. Mrs Chas Bul
lard and Mrs E Livingston visited
at the game farm Friday
M r and Mrs
Archie W eir of
Fruitland were callers at the Otis
Bullard
and the Chas
Bullard
home Thursday
A heme is only as modem as
satisfaction and convenience.
M r and Mrs. E. L. Jamieson have
their basement completed and are
now ready to start on the house
which will be a modem country
home when completed.
Mrs. Jchn Bartholma with Mrs C.
C W yckoff and Barbara and Jean
visited at the Alva Goodell home on
Tuesday.
The young people of this com
munity attended the party given by
the Community Church on Thurs
day.
Mrs. Chase called at the E. L.
Jamieson and A. P. Gocdell homes
on Friday.
Ralph Boyles has been digging his
potatoes and has found some weigh
ing three pounds a piece which is
not so bad for new land.
Roy Bcyles Is attending to the
chores at the
Harold Maw place
M r and Mrs M iller frem Long while M r Maw is hauling poles from
Island Kansas are visiting at the J.
T Long home. Mrs. M iller is a sis
ter of Mrs. Long.
M r George Campbell of Boise is
having his house painted and pap
ered. M r and Mrs Chas. Splawn
are doing the work
M r and Mrs Grove Orris were
guests at the Loyd Oris home Sun
day.
Lee Dale Is on the sick list this
week.
Thieves are again working In the
Arcadia district, stealing 10 gallons
of gasoline and a gas barrel from
Otis Bullard Thursday night.
PLUMBING
John’s
Shoe Shop
Formerly Nyssa Shoe
Shop
PAR M A
Ccrnp&fe
No Guesswork!
O u r A llen T e ste r’s W ill
Test . . .
A ccu ra te G a s Consum ption
Smooth Out the
Bumps
Our Thorough
Lubrication Job
W ill Do It.
NORCOTT
SERVICE
2nd and Main St.
Nyssa,
Oregon
E n tire E le c tric Syste m
on trucks and cars
D o n ’t G u e ss-K n o w W h a t ’s W ro n g
Eve ryth in g In A u to R ep airin g
Nyssa Garage
Located in Hoxie Building
Don't Irritate Gas Bloating
I f you want to R E A L ! Y O F T R ID
O F G A S don’t take harsh irritating
alkalies and "gas talbets " Most gas
in the stomach and upper bowels Is
due to oonsUpatlon. Adlerika rids
you of O A S and cleans foul pcisons
out of BO TH bowels
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