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> NYSSA HI SCHOOL TEAM IN S. R. V. TOURNAMENT Columbia Empire Buying Campaign In Full Swing Campaign Manager Reports Good Co-operation Cooperation has never been more marked or extensive as in the pres ent 1939 campaign advocating the purchases of products produced within the Columbia basin, stated Geo. L. Baker, manager of the Col umbia Empire Industries, Inc,, in his mid-campaign report to the board of directors of the organiza tion at their annual meeting in Portland. Social, civic, school and industrial organizations are particpating in this movement to build prosperity Into the northwest as never before. Both small communities and large metropolitan areas are reporting in tense interest and enthusiasm, stat ed Baker ■'The keystone of this arch of co-operation throughout the entire Columbia river area has been the newspaper organizations serving each of their communities, foster ing the Buy to Work and Work to Buy activities, coordinating the plans of promotion and merchan dising with the retailers of Colum bia Empire products." "Efforts of the people within the Columbia Empire to attain a march of progress have not been in vain,” Baker declared. "Comparison of the figures for 1935 with 1937 as shown In the U. S. Government Census of Business shows that the state of Oregon, with less government aid. has outstripped its neighboring states in the march back to pros perity. I attribute a large part of this to the awakening consciousness of the people of this area to ask for products produced within this area.” Baker concluded. BARNYARD GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP Horseshoe pitchers of Malheur county will be given an opportunity to strut their stuff at the Settlers Day celebration to be held in On tario May 24, according to L. L. Garrett, chairman of the horseshoe pitching contest. Neighboring cities have been ask ed to enter teams of two. holding their eliminations on Sunday, May 21. W. E. Schireman has been named to conduct the eliminations in Nyssa. Those wishing to com pete for a position on the Nyssa team are asked to get in touch with Schireman. Solid gold medals, with the names of the winners engraved on it will be the award for the winners of the Ontario contest, which will be for the Lower Snake River Valley horseshoe pitching championship. T II t--------------------- FIRE BURNS CHICKS ON JENSEN FARM A fire, discovered by Jake Groot early Tuesday morning, creamateil aboOt 450 chicks at the Millar Jen sen place northwest of Nyssa. In addition to the chicks the fire destroyed a brooder house, an auto mobile, garage and corn crib. Groot was returning to his home about 2 a. m. when he noticed a flame and aroused the Jensens. Farmers Warned On “ White Top” COUNTY AGENTS OFFICE WILL GIVE ASSISTANCE White top, the worst of the per ennial noxious weeds, can be locat ed now better than at any other season of the year because it is in full bloom, according to R. M. Mc- Kennon, county agent. The white blossoms of the patches of this weed can be distinguished for a considerable distance. Farmers are urged to be on the lookout for patches of white flowered weeds with which they are not famillarr. Small patches of white top can be effectively eliminated with appli cations of carbon bi- sulphide if it is possible to irrigate the land so that it will be full of moisture at the time of application. The cost of carbon bi-sulphide is too high for use on any but very small areas. The only satisfactory method of elimination of large areas of the weed is by clean cul tivation. It is especially important to keep white top from forming seed even if measures to eliminate the weed cannot be adopted. The county agent’s office is prepared to furnish equipment and assistance for ap plying chemicals to noxious weeds anywhere in the county. A supply of chemicals is kept on hand by the county which can be sold to farmers at about two-thirds of the actual cost of the material.' This mater ial can be obtained through the county agent’s office in Ontario. POLICE MAKE 16 ARRESTS IN APRIL JERSEY HERD SIRE CO-OPERATIVE Two Malheur county farmers have organized the Heights Sire Service near Nyssa, under the spon sorship of the community and co operative service section, Farm Se curity administration, according to W. N. Young, county supervisor. Services of a purebred Jersey herd sire will be made available for use on member farms and a limited number of other farmers in the community may be enabled to par ticipate. The new cooperative is set up on the joint ownership plan with members signing a partner ship agreement on a fee basis. E. E. Botner is treasurer of the service. H. J. Gahan is the other member. Onion Growers Group Elects Directors H. K. HASHITANI ELECTED AS PRESIDENT OF BOARD At their first general meeting at the Oregon-Idaho Japanese Com munity hall near Ontario, the newly organized Eastern Oregon Onion Growers association elected as its board of directors H. K. Hashitani, Nyssa; K. Hirai, N. Nitta. and Y. Miyamoto. Vale; and K. Wada, Ontario. The five directors elected as their o f f i c e r s : Hashitani. president; Wada, vice president; Miyamoto, secretary, and Nitta. teasurer. With the assistance of Oregon State college, Iowa State college and the U. S. Department of Agri culture. designs and plans are rap idly being completed for the first storage unit. So large are the operations of the grower members that this first unit with its capacity of 90,000 crates, will hold only a small part of their annual crop. In fact. Nitta. who at tracted nation-wide attention last year with his enormous yield at Jamieson, is expected to produce enough onions this fall to fill such a storage. The association is unique in that while its membership number only 20, few organizations in the west control more onions. This is true because the members are distribut ed over the entire eastern Oregon territory and only the largest grow ers in each district are included. The Nyssa police force made 16 arrests during the month of April, according to a report handed the council this week, by Chief of Po lice A. V. Cook. Of the 16 arrested. 10 were for traffic violations. 2 for being drunk, 1 held for investigation and later released and 3 for breaking into and entering a building, who were also released on advice of the county CLUB DEDICATES district attorney. Max S. Taggart. In addition to catching up with PARK SUNDAY law-breakers, the local police force reported that they had discovered Morgan Park in Richland was 4 stores with either door left un opened Sunday April 30 with a locked or windows open. crowd of more than 100 participat ing in the event. Following a basket lunch a pro CARNIVAL RIDES gram was enjoyed. I. B. Allen as IN NYSSA chairman introduced Mrs. E. L. Jamison president of the Garden FIGHT FOR Cleo F. Qualls, a former Payette WILL club, Frank Morgan and others. resident brought his carnival rides MILK ACT REPEAL The group sang America and the benediction was given by Rev. F. A. into Nyssa this week and will oper SALEM—At last the fight for re ate today, Friday and Saturday. Powell. The carnival consists of rides for peal of the milk control act is about After the program a number of to be carried to the voters. tree and shrubs were planted as a children and grown-ups. Senator Thos. R. Mahoney of part of the planned development of Portland, one of the most active ad the park as a community center. Returns from Vacation— vocates of repeal of this act at the On Friday Mr. and Mrs. Herschel recent session, has filed a prelim Thompson and Ronney returned inary petition with the state det- SCOUTS TO HOLD from a ten day vacation spent with partment for an initiative measure COURT OF HONOR Mr. Thompson’s sister. Mrs. Ralph repealing the entire act. If the re Beutler in Salem and a two day trip quisite number of signatures are The Boy Scouts of Nyssa will hold secured the measure will go on the ;a court of honor at the Methodist to the coast. ballot at the general election in .church Sunday evening at 8 o'clock. 1940 The Rev. J. K. Allen of Fruitland Placed With Aid Society— will be the speaker. His subject Howard Lane, son of Mrs. W. E •will be "Clean Living," as a part of Baker, who was placed in the home Daughter Improves— the Scout law. Other features of of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Wulf about Nadine Shelton daughter of Mr the program will be a candle light five weeks ago was transferred tem and Mrs Rock Shelton, who was ing service by one of the troups and porarily. to the Boy’s and Girl's Aid severely burned last week is now the presentation of the American Society, in Portland, by Judge showing a marked improveent flag to both troups by the American David F. Graham. Tuesday after Legion Auxiliary. noon. Improves after Injury— THE TEMPERATURES The following is the weather re- port for the week ending Wednes- day. May 3. Date High Low 46 86 April 27 ___ ________ _ 56 92 April 28 ........................ 44 78 April 29 ................... 37 71 April 30 45 82 May 1 ____ 58 89 May 2 May 3 ........ ........................ 42 83 Lucky Anglers— Among those who fished on Sun day or over the week end and brought home their limit, were Houston Wilsor.. Stanley Ray and Milton Schneiter who left Saturday for Burnt creek and on Sunday each returned with a full catch. Mr. and Mrs Klaas Tensen and Mr and Mrs. Aden Wilson fished above the dam with excellent suc cess. Pete Tensen. who was injured in an automobile collision last Thurs day has recovered sufficiently from his injuries to be out of the house again Sons B om — Bom to Mr and Mrs. Dan residing at the Davis auto a son on Tuesday morning And also to Mr. and Mrs ley Bales a son was bom on nesday night. Holly, court, Stan Wed l-O-N Allocated Completion Funds CONTRACT FOR LAST UNIT TO BE LET IN EARLY FALL Word was received this week from Senator Rufus Holman by County Judge Gragham, that Public Lands funds of $60.542 has been allocated, through the Oregon highway com mission, for the completion of the remaining 18 miles of the Idaho- Oregon-Nevada highway. This stretch of road lies just west of Rome, Ore. This sum represents the 1940 fiscal year appropriation, with the highway commission com mitted an additional allotment from the 1941 appropriations. When completed this road will represent a total expenditure of $133,000 of which $67,000 is chargable to public lands. Award of bids for the completion of the road will be made early this fall. Construction work is under way now on five miles of the I-O-N road just north of Jordan Valley. O’Neil and Son are the contractors, having been awarded the contract on April 7. for $21.988. Til is' brings to a suc cessful conclusion the efforts of the Nyssa Chamber of Commerce a pro- jecct that has long been worked for by that body. Another organization that has been consistenly working for the completion of the I-O-N is the U. S No. 95 Highway association, un der the guidance of its president, Frank Morgan, and E. W. Rising of Nampa, secretary. NEW FIRE HOSE FOR DEPARTMENT Councilman Carlos Buchner, an nounced this morning following the fire that he would recommend to the council the buying of 100 feet of 2 'i inch hose and 8 lengths of 1 V 2 inch hose, two nozzles and je t “twin" nozzle. One length of the large hose had been found defective shortly after the fire was put out. while the smaller hose broke during the time that the fire department was wash ing Main street. Councilman Buch ner will have the backing of Fire Chief Schireman. Mayor Thompson and Councilman Olsen in his recommendation. Mayor Thompson said that he favored the purchase of the equip ment, saying that expenditures of that sort was cheap insurance for the taxpayers of the city. Suffers Injury— While at work at the Wilson dry goods store Mrs. Lloyd Marshal turned and sprained her ankle badly on Tuesday, and has not been able to work since. ««■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■I ROUND TOWN Hear Ernie McClure buys sar dines for the fishing trip. . . Then there is that one about the lad from Nebraska who pulled out a Dolly Varden from the Snake and took it up to Lucien Wray to find out what it was. . . Good to see H. Q John ston back on the street again. . And Clay Morgan winning all the prize lolly pops at the picnic on Sunday. . . And that park may be only a hole in the sage brush now but by another year ’twill be an other story. . Glimpsed a panama upon a male head already, but no white shoes upon male feet so far. . . ' And every one glad to know that Pete Tensen will soon be perking on all four again . the Fire Laddies giving Main street a much needed washing. M M M M H H U H » The Nyssa high school baseball team will enter the playoff tourna ment for the Snake River Valley baseball championship next week as one of the teams from the Ore gon division. Ontario will be the other entrant. The local team will meet Home- dale here on the home diamond to morrow afternoon at 3 o’clock in a post season game. The Homedale team has been defeated but once in B league competition. Nyssa. undefeated in the first five games, lost two close contests to Ontario and Vale Friday and Tues day. The Ontario game was played on nearly even terms, neither team scoring until Graham with two men on base in the fifth inning slapped out a two base hit to score two runs. Ontario promptly came back in its half of that inning to score three runs. Errors by the Nyssa infield proved costly in allowing Ontario to score. The final score was On tario 3, Nyssa 2. Vale evened up its series with Nyssa Tuesday defeating the locals by a 2-1 margin. Vale scored both runs in the Hirst two innings Nyssa had difficulty in hitting the oppos ing pitchers. The only Nyssa score was by Graham on a hit by David Malone into center field. Batteriees: Nyssa, Graham and Holmes; Ontario, Baker and Der rick. Nyssa, Graham and Holmes; Vale, Huffman. Atkins and Sherman. Journal Sponsors Pig Feeding Project HI- CLUB SUMMER SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP TO BE AWARDED The Nyssa Gate City Journal will sponsor a 4-H club pig feeding pro ject, in Malheur county. This decision was made the first part of the week when the editor, Louis P. Thomas, and E. M. Hauser, Malheur county club agent met in conference and went over the details of the project, the award for which will be a scholarship to the 4-H club summer school, with tuition and transportation paid by the Journal. This project is in line with the pol icy of the Nyssa Journal in lending its aid in the development of the agricultural and livestock activities of the county. As its purpose the project will give practical exper ience in the feeding of pigs for market and to demonstrate the rate of gain, cost of grain, and the pro fit possible. Any regularly enrolled 4-H pig club member in Malheur county will be eligible to enter this contest. Application must be made through county club agent, Hauser. The requirements are designed to cover the widest field in order to best reach the objective of project. Four pigs or more from the same litter must be fed for market pur poses. must be farrowed before March 1. 1939. and must be entered in the contest at weaning time. Contestants will be required to keep accurate feed and weight records for a period of at least four months. A special record book may be ob tained from club agent Hauser whose offices are in Ontario. Another requirement of the pro ject is that the pigs must be shown at the Malheur county fair, and the clubber winning the county fair contest will be afforded the oppor tunity of showing his pigs at the Pacific International Livestock Ex position held in Portland this fall. At the county fair the basis of awards will be on quality of exhibit; greatest average rate of gain in weight; lowest cost per pound of gain in weight; and the complete ness and accuracy of the record book, including the story of the in dividuals activity in regards to the project. Fire Damages Sherwood Building This Morning COMMITTEE TO GET CEMETERY CLEANED The city council. Wednesday night authorized the cemetery com mittee to spend $20 in grubbing the sage brush from the Nyssa ceme tery. This committee is composed of Mrs. W. E Schireman, B. B Lien- kaemper, and Councilman J. C. Olsen. Work will start as soon as the committee can make arrangements to have it done. Nyssa Gets 2nd In Track Meet SCHNEITER PLACES SECOND IN INDIVIDUAL POINTS Nyssa placed second in the tri angular Malheur county track meet held in Ontario Saturday. Ontario scored 60 points, Nyssa 50 points and Vale 40. High point honors went to Laxson of Ontario. Schneiter of Nyssa was second with a total of 17 points. Placements for the Nyssa squad were Schneiter, first in the 100 yard dash, first in the 220 yard dash, first in the broad jump and third in the low hurdles; Stanley Ray, second in the 440 yard dash, second in the low hurdles, and third in the 100 yard dash; Stuart Schweizer, third in the 440 yard dash and fourth in the 220 yard dash; Gerald Warren, first in the mile run, second in the high hurdles and 880; Ray Graham, third in the broad jump; Merle Kurtz, third in the mile; Jess Gregg fourth in the 880. The half mile relay team consist ing of Ray. Schneiter, Schweizer and Graham, finished first. The annual eastern Oregon track meet will be held in La Grande next week end. Coaches Young and Smith report that the local relay team will probably be entered in this meet. V. F. W .’s ELECT NEW OFFICERS The Nyssa post of Veteran's of Foreign wars, announced the elec tion of new officers for the coming year. To head the post as commander will be E. E. Cloninger, with F. Parker and E. Cloninger as Senior and Junior vice-commanders re spectively. Others elected were George McKee. Quartermaster; E. Hufnagle, chaplain; J. J Kollen, O. D.; F. Province, guard. FIRE DEPARTMENT CLEANS MAIN ST. Fire Department Called Out At 4 :20 a. m. Fire, starting in a frame lean-to in the rear of the Sherwood build ing. broke out at 4:20 this morn ing. Damage to the building, it has been roughly estimated, will amount to about $2500, which is partly cov ered by insurance. The Sinclair restaurant was dam aged the most, the fire seeming to center in the kitchen. Other busi nesses occupying the building are the Owyhee Barber shop and the Owyhee Beauty shop. The store occupied by the latter two was damaged mostly by smoke. The fire damaged the wiring in the building to such an extent that the beauty parlor had to transfer its business to Ruths Beauty Nook. The agents for the insurance company holding the policy, the Nyssa Realty company, had an ad justor on the scene of the fire at about 10 a. m.. who immediately contacted the owner of the build ing, H. R. Sherwood and proceeded to make an estimate of the loss. FARMERS WARNED ON WASTE WATER The county court, Wednesday •through a resolution introduced by commissioner L. P. Peterson, in structed J. Edwin Johnson, county engineer, to enforce the law requir ing landowners to dispose of irri gation waste water in drain ditches and to keep the water off the county roads. Peterson explained that it had been brought to his attention that farmers in some instances were ig noring the law on the matter, which was resulting in widespread damage to county roads. The county court also heard three petitioners object to the use, as a county road, of two miles of the railway road leading to the Owyhee dam. Ewen and Earl Chard and Charles P. Flegel were the petition ers. Ewen Chard offered the right- of-way through his place to the county for $600 and a rabbit fence, would rebate $300 if tire county would lower the grade of the road, at the same time raise the level of a piece of ground on his farm that borders the road. The county court passed through Nyssa today on an inspection trip to the road in question. PARKING ORDINANCE TO BE ENFORCED The city council last night took steps to enforce the existing park ing ordinance and to erect the signs already purchased by the city. The ordinance, number 239, was passed on April 15 of last year, but has never been enforced, and pro hibits parking on Main street from the railroad to Fourth street for a longer period than two hours from 6 a. m. to 2 a. m. Ten minutes park ing will be the limit from 2 a m . to 6 a. m After the fire in the Sherwood building this morning was put out, the Nyssa volunteer fire department decided that the three blocks on Main street west of the railway needed a washing. Starting about 6 a. m. the depart ment went down both sides of the street with the hoses, and shovels MOTORCYCLE SHOW and did a thorough Job of washing SLATED MAY 14 the street down. The work was somewhat hamper Under the sponsorship of the ed due to cars that had been allow Nyssa Chamber of Commerce, mo ed to park on the street all night torcycle races and exhibition riding and others, whose drivers, insisted will take place in Nyssa May 14. on parking during the cleaning up. The riders will be the same group that put on a like show here last I year and received wide acclaim for NEW PAROLE BOARD their dare-devil riding during the races and excellent exhibition NAMED BY SPRAGUE riding. SALEM—G. W Mason, Paul R. Kelty and Roy S. iSpec) Keene have Judge's Relative in Hospital— Mrs. Andy Graham, sister-in-law been named by Governor Sprague as the personnel for his new parole of County Judge David F. Graham, board. Mason whose home is in was taken to the Holy Hosary hos Portland, is a member of the pres pital for an emergency appendec ent parole board Kelty, former tomy Tuesday, it was learned today Visitor from Ironside— editor of the Portland Oregonian, when the Judge was in Nyssa, In Mrs. E. J. Beam of Ironside vis now retired, lives at Lafayette, and company with the county commis ited the first of the week with her Keene is coach at Willamette uni sioners and the engineer. sister, Mrs. Will H. Beam and on versity, Salem. NYSSA MARKETS Tuesday they motored to Boise for This board will meet soon to or Thursday Quotations a two day visit with friends and ganize preliminary to the selection By Wiley flowers relatives there. of. its staff which will include a 20 While in Nyssa Mrs. Beam also parole officer, assistant parole of Cream, Grade A .19 visited at the J. C Beam home ficer and four field men. Head Cream. Grade B CASH PRICE quarters of the new parole organ ..... 14 ization will be maintained in Salem Eggs, large Daughter Expected— .13 Hens, heavy with a branch office in Portland Mr. and Mrs. Frank Morgan are .10 Hens, light and Leghorns looking forward to a visit from Springs ...................................... .14 their daughter. Mrs Blaine Bailah Visit Parents— 08 Stags ............................. ............ Jr., of Denver, who is expected next Mr. and Mrs Ronald Burke of Cockerels ........... ................ 05 Jerome were in Nyssa on Friday at week Egg Market This will be Mrs. Bailah's first tending to business matters and vis- ( Trade In Price) visit to Nyssa since her marriage a isting with Mrs Burke’s parents. Eggs, large ............................... .14 Mr and Mrs J. E Reiser year ago in April. Eggs, medium ___ ____ ___ .12