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NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL, THÜRS., NOV. 18,1937 Unemployment Census Starts This Week from S. D. Ooshert, postmaster in Nyssa. The local post office cooperating with the administrator o f the N at ional Unemployment Census, a nation-wide registration of the un employed started on Tuesday of this week and will end on Saturday, the twentieth o f November Report Cards Delivered Report cards are being delivered to every household in the United States, Alaska and the Hawiian Islands, according to information The IIow National Sportsmanlike Drivinf—Caution on Curves Here the slope helps friction ^ *>•** --------b u t h ere-'* Ask For Prompt Return Postmaster Ooshert said that the forms delivered should be filled out and returned to the post office not later than the twenty-third of N ov ember, The following is a list of ques tlons and answers on the census, for the information of Journal readers. and Why frictions job. Hava you aver watched aa expert driver exercise extreme caution on curves? Why? Because he knowe the value of friction. Study the above illustration and you will tea ita importance in driving. Caution on curvet la a sign of Sportsmanlike Driving. Census If the strini breaks the rotdt flies off. WHAT IS PURPOSE OP THE UNEMPLOYMENT CENSUS? X. TO WHOM W ILL CARDS BE SENT? UNDER WHOSE AUSPICES IS THE CENSUS BEING TAKEN? Congress has decreed, and the President has directed, that It b« taken. 4. IS THE CENSUS COMPULSORY? No. But every unemployed or partly unemployed person is urgently requested to cooperate. 1. HOW W ILL THE CENSUS BE CONDUCTED? A Series of Weekly Articles on the Problem of Highway Safety—By Earl 8nell, Sec retary o f State. WHEN W ILL THE CENSUS BE TAKEN? Cards will be delivered on November 16 and must be returned by MIDNIGHT NOVEMBER 20. They are already addressed and no postage is required. 7. WHO SHOULD F ILL AND RETURN CARDS? Every person who is unemployed or partly unemployed who is able to work and wants work. I. Hardly a day goes by but that some resident of this state loses his motor vehicle operator's license as the result of a conviction In a court WHAT AGE LIMITS APPLY? There are no age limits except existing State regulations concern ing workers’ ages. » SHOULD MORE THAN ONE UNEMPLOYED PERSON IN A FAM ILY RETURN A CARD? Yes. Every unemployed member of a family should fill out and return a card, if able to work and seeking work. 10 WHERE MAY ADDITIONAL CARDS BE OBTAINED? At any post office or from your postman. 11 WHERE CAN INFORMATION CARDS? BE SECURED IN FILLING OUT At your post office or from your postman. 12 IS THIS CENSUS CONFINED TO AMERICAN CITIZENS? 13 IS THE INFORMATION GIVEN ON THE CARDS TO BE CONSID ERED CONFIDENTIAL? No. All permanent residents of the United States are included. Yes. This information will be used for unemployment statistics only. 14 SHOULD EVERY QUESTION OF THE CENSUS CARD BE AN SWERED? Yes. To obtain the most accurate Information possible, the Presi dent asks that each question be answered. Numbers 9 and 10 are particularly important. However, failure to answer some of the questions will not invalidate the card. 15 WHO IS AN "UNEMPLOYED” PERSON? A person of either sex or any color who is not working and is able to work and seeking work. IS WHO IS A "P A R T LY UNEMPLOYED” PERSON? A person of either sex or any co'or with part-time employment who is able to do more work and is looking for more work. 17. O N TA R IO PLAN S FOR C H R ISTM AS SEAL SALE Oregon Traffic Deaths Through the facilities of the Post Office Department Report Cards will be delivered to every family. Cards are to be returned by mail to Washington for tabulation and analysis. t. I f friction “breaks“ the car skids off. The above illustration is self-explanatory. It shows the part that friction plays in causing an automobile to akid. It shows the nted for greater caution on curves. It is a practical lesson in tha art of Sportsmanlike Driving. To every family in thé United States. ». ARE PERSONS ON EMERGENCY WORK PROJECTS INCLUDED? Yes. They should register as unemployed. A specific question. Number 2c, is provided on the Report Card for all persons work ing on a W.P.A., N.Y.A., C.C.C., or other emergency work project which is supported by public funds. A M ESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES The White House Washington TO EVERY WORKER: If you are unemployed or partly unemployed and are able to work and are leeklnf work, please fill out this report card right away and mall It before midnight, Saturday, November 20. 1937. No postage stamp la needed. The Congress directed me to take this census. It is important to the unemployed and to everyone in this land that the census be com plete, honest, and accurate. If you give me the facts. I shall try to use them for the benefit of all who need and want work and do not now have iL FRA N K LIN D. ROOSEVELT of another state. Most of these cases come from Washington and California, but there have been in stances where the cases originated in courts of far eastern states. H ie Oregon law provides that in all cases where the holder of an Oregon operator’s license is found guilty in the court o f another state for an offense which if committed in Oregon wall call for mandatory re vocation of his license, the penalty shall be enforced the same as If the conviction had been In an Oregon court. The resultant loss of driving privileges has been a complete sur prise to many of our citizens who were under the Impression that the fine or other penalty assessed In court and paid ended the matted. Also, under the Oregon operator’s law. forfeiture of ball Is equivalent to conviction. There have been a number of cases where Oregon resi dents were arrested In southern Washington towns on druknen driv ing charges, forfeited substantial ball (running as high as $250» and then discovered that the penalty un der the laws was the same as if they were convicted in an Oregon court so far as their driving privil eges were concerned. Revocation cf their driver's license for a period of one year was mandatory and. In ad dition. under the requirements of the safety responsibility act, proof of such responsibility, must be maintained for a period of three years Only about five per cent of the drivers coming under the provis ions o f this act have been able to furnish such proof, and so will be without their licenses for three years. FALSE W IT H O U T Frank T. Morgan \ Nyssa, Oregon— Phone 31 Students — IS T H E R E SU LT OF C A R E F U L SE LE C TIO N OF OUR BUYERS . . . S A V E — B U Y BY THE QUARTER N YSSA PACKIN G CO. Help ESTATES qualified as such, hereby given to the notice creditors FAT H O G S BO UGHT EVERY TU ESD AY Top Market Paid Prices N O TIC E TO CRE D ITO RS IN T H E C O U N T Y C O U R T O F TH E S T A T E OF OREGON, FO R M A L HEUR C O U NTY. IN T H E M ATTER' O F T H E E S T A T E O F Sarah M. McOcm- nell, Deceased. T h e undersigned having been ap pointed by the County Court of the State c f Oregon, for Malheur Coun ty, Executor of the estate of Sarah Ontario Stock Y ard Fred Loy Phone* Ontario 49 N ew Plymouth 88 HAY INSURANCE It don’t pay to take a chance on losing your crop . . . Let us insure your hay against fire. See us before it is too late Nyssa Realty Co. Don M. Graham, Manager BEST PART As a user of electricity, you help determine the A V ER A G E rate you pay. For each additional amount you use, you pay at a lower rate. Your rates "step down" with increased use. Let a Classified ad sell it. Therefore, the last quantity you use is cheapest rate. billed at the In the same way, if you stop using an appliance in the hope of saving money, the saving is at the cheap est rate, it probably will not be as large as you expect — and you R A ISE the average rate you pay for all service. That's why we say — Don't lose the best part of youi bargain. The more electric service you use, the bette' value you get for your electric bill. Smooth Out the Bumps TEETH EMBARASSM ENT Our Thorough Lubrication Job W ill Do It. , After You've STEPPED DOWN NO RCOTT S E R V IC E YOUR 2nd and Main St. Nyssa, O regon ELECTRIC RATE. . . DON'T 'STEP BACK THE WORLD’S GOOD NEWS will come to your horn« every day through THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR Am / «e rM lu M i D a ily Ntw tpm ptr vw - YOUR ^ E L E C T R I C RATE BECO M ES C H E A P E R AS YOU USE M O R E E L E C T R IC S E R V IC E R record* tor rod U m world * cl**n. coaitruclln dome* Th* Mooltor do** noi » p i o l i crune of *rn*atlon. neither do** It l(nor* thorn, hat dot I* eorrcctlooly with thorn rttturo* for ktuy mon tod an th* family UirludUg Ih* Wooklr U crocino Portion TIM Christian Selene* Pokluhln* Sor lo t, Ooo. Norwe, Street. So .ton Metter b e aott* Plot** «ritor aw aukaertpUoa to Th* ChrUtleo ertone* Monitor far a portod of l M 1 month Ile 1 roar M M • month* m m I ■ W od lM td ey I satt«. In clu d in e If c e s tin o Sa ID A H O Y f y*ae M M. • lata«* I • C#p» mm I p O W ER ç f cc P u ciij/ Does So MUCH- Cesta So UTTLE! J is of. and all persons having claims against said deceased, to present them, verified as required by law. within six months after the first publication of this notice to said Executor at the office of A. L. Fletcher. In the City o f Nyssa, the same being the place designated for the transaction of all business per taining to said estate. November 3, 1937. J. C. McConnell, Executor of the Estate of Sarah M. McDonnell. First publication November 4, 1937 Last publication December 2, 1937. One of the biggest bargains in the home is the elec tricity you use — your electric rates are among the lowest in the United States. Other groups who have been aid ing Mr. Chrlsteson in the prepara tion of the letters are the high school typing classes, the grade school pupils, and the teachers, all c f the Ontario school system; the Ontario Girls' league and the two girl scout troops of the city. Bat. talk, laugh or sneeze, without fear o f false teeth dropping or slip ping FASTE E TH holds them firmly and comfortably all day. This new fine powder has no gummy, gooey, pasty taste or feeling because It's alkaline Makes breath pleasant. Oet FASTEETH today at any good drug store. Accept no substitute. CltricsTIkuk# By order of District Schol Board C. O. B U LLA R D Chairman. C. W. Barrett, Clerk First publication November 4, 1937 Last publication November 18, 1937 M. McConnell, deceased, and hav ing Of Your Bargain BUT W E CAN IN SU R E IT N o proposals will be considered unless it Is submitted upon a form of proposal furnished by said arch itects. Attention Is called to the pre qualification requirements of Chap ter 225, Laws of Oregon, 1931. Bidder's proposal must be accom panied by a bidder's bond or certi fied check In an amount equal to 5 per cent c f total amount o f the base bid as a guarantee for the execution of the contract and the furnishing of the required bonds in case the contract Is awarded to the bidder. The School District No. 36, M al heur County, Oregon further re serves the right to reject any and-or all proposals, to waive informalities, and to accept such proposals as are to the best Interests o f the school district. Don't Lose The Penalties are severe for offenses against the traffic, laws, and strict observance will not only pay, but will also go a long way toward elim inating Oregon's traffic deaths. W e Can’t W rap Your Car in Cellophane Sealed proposals will be received at the office of Carl H. Card, Attor ney, at Nyssa, Oregon, until 2 o’clock p. m., November 23rd, 1937, for the construction of a four-rcom brick veneer school building for School District No. 36, Malheur County, Oregon. These proposals will be publicly opened and read aloud at 2 o ’clock p. m. at said date and place. These improvements will consist of: A concrete, wood and brick school building to be built on the property of the School District and near the present school, commonly known as the Arcadia School. This proposed construction shall Include all labor and material necessary to fully com plete and finish the described build ing including all excavation and the construction of a sewage disposal unit with a pump and pressure tank installation for furnishing water from a well now on the premises with certain described work in con nection there with. Under the chairmanship of Clvas. H. Chrlsteson, who last year so ably directed the Christmas tuberculosis seal sale for Ontario, things are Plans, Specifications, and other shaping rapidly now for the kick-off of the annual campaign throughout Contract Documents are cn file for examination at the office of Carl H . ! the county on Thanksgiving day. Coad, Attorney at Law, Nyssa, Ore- I To Solicit By Mail gon. Copies of these documents may ' This year school children will not be obtained upen application to and be sent out to homes selling the the deposit of Ten ($10.00) Dollars seals, but, with a few exceptions, per set with said Architects, W ay- the soliciting will be done through land & Fennell, 624 Idaho Bldg, j the mail. Mr. Chrlsteson. with the Boise. Idaho. The full amount of assistance of the community chair deposit for one set of documents will man. who he appointed, has been be returned to each actual bidder compiling a gigantic mailing list. within a reasnable time after re Next Wednesday evening letters will ceipt of bids. Other deposits will be be dropped in the postofftces asking refunded upon the return In good the addressee to purchase the en condition o f all such Plans, Specifi closed seals or as many 'as he can cations, and other Contract Docu afford. ments within 10 days after the date Health Work Needed For thirty years Christmas Seals have been helping to find cases of tuberculosis early enough that months—and perhaps years— cf costly doctoring, sometimes at the expense of the patient, sometimes at the expense of the taxpayer, could be saved. There is a definite need for health work o f this type within the boundaries of Malheur county. Purchasers of those seals will be helping their neighbor as well as the nation as a whole, the chairman pointed out. NOW YO U CAN WEAR WM — Estates— Sarah M. McConnell A D V E R TISE M E N T FOR BIDS To get an accurate count of the unemployed and partly unem ployed. ' — Bids— School District 36 F O R BIDS A nation-wide census o ] all unemployed and partially un employed persons in the United States will be taken between the dates of November 16 to 20, by act of Congress, and at the direction of President Roosevelt. Here, in question-and-answer form, is the information you need to know about this plan. 1. List of Legal Adver tisements in this is sue, as required by Law. it adds to Sportsmanlike Driving—Road Friction o f th e Unemployment Legal Advertising o f the opening of bids, except that Five ($5 00) Dollars of each deposit per set will be retained to cover the cost of production. The amount of money estimated to be available for the construction contract herein advertised Is $18,000.