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Fastest Growing City In Oregon
GATEWAY TO THE OWYHEE AND BLACK CANYON IRRIGATION PROJECTS
IN THE HEART OF OREGON’S SUGAR EMPIRE____________
NYSSA, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1939
NYSSA-
VOLUME XXXIV NO. 27
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Fair
Board
To
OF POTATOES Irrigation Repayment Bill
Nyssa Merchants Offer Two
Draw Up Plans CARS
By Mrs. JAMES McGINNIS
ADRIAN
— Adrian farmers are
FAIR GETTING
Passes House, Sub-Committee
Days Of Dollar Bargains COUNTY
adding
their
to the fame of
FINE SUPPORT FROM CITIES Malheur county share
as a potato growing
Customers Offered
Real Bargains
During Sale
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CITY ASKED TO
CLEAN SLOUGH
Residents in the northeast part
A city-wide dollar day sale will of the city, 50 in number, petitioned
start tomorrow, Friday and con the city council to take action to
tinue through Saturday.
clean out a slough located in that
Every merchant whose advertise district.
appears in this issue of the
petition sets forth the danger
Washington. U. C. News Bureau of ment
Nyssa Journal, has made prepara of The
an epidemic starting from the
thè Nyssa Gate City Journal tions
for these dollar days—with the slough
which is filled with debris
result that bargains seldom seen in
WASINGTON. D. C. July 13—It this section of the country may be and The garbage.
petition was referred to the
Isn't exactly correct to charge that had during these two days.
health officer, and if it is found
WPA workers are striking against PATRONIZE THE MERCHANT city
the property on which the
the government; some, under direc WHO THINK ENOUGH OF YOUR that
is located is on private
tion of labor unions, have walked PATRONAGE TO ASK FOT IT. slough
property the owners will be ordered
off projects and threats of political Below is a list of merchants who to
clean it up.
reprisal have been made against
participating in this two day
congressmen unless the requirement are
of bargains.
of 130 hours a month and the "se whirlwind Department
Stores
curity" wage are repealed. Pew, if Atkeson’s
any WPA projects will be abandon
ed in Washington or Oregon on ac Golden Rule
Grocery Stores
count of dissatisfaction with the Wilson Brothers
new law.
Stores
President Roosevelt, in a message Baldridge Hardware
TWENTY-FIVE YOUTHS SIGN
Implement Co.
to congress in January .1935, ad Gambles
UP FOR THREE DAY TRIP
Store
Agency
vised that WPA provide wages
Feed
Stores
which would cover necessities but Al Thompson and Son
Approximately 25 older Malheur
that the wages should not be so
Drug Stores
county 4-H club boys have signed
high that workers would remain on Nyssa Pharmacy
up to go on the Eastern Oregon
the roll rather than accept private Payless Drug Store
4-H club tour which will be held
employment. WPA work was to be
Monday. Tuesday, and Wednesday.
a stop-gap until private jobs were Fox Cabins Fruit Stands
July 17, 18 and 19. The Malheur
available. Despite the suggestion of
county delegation will leave Ontario
the president, congress inserted the Mellman's Confectionery
at the “Y”
at 7:30 a. m„ Monday, arriving at
provision that the “prevailing wage"
Service Stations
the Eastern Oregon Experiment
(union scale), should be paid. Now
Oil Co.
Station at Union in time for the
that congress adopts Mr. Roosevelt’s Thompson
Service Station
opening session of this tour. The
advice three and one-half years aft Powell Cleaners
rest of the day will be spent on the
er he gave it there is complaint by Mains Cleaners and Dyers
Experiment Station viewing experi
the beneficiaries of the relief pro-1 Nyssa Tailor Shop
mental work in livestock and crops
gram.
Dime
Stores
production and participating in
No other president has done as [
Store
livestock judging contests which
much for the cause of labor as Mr. | Wray’s Dime Bakeries
consitute one of the phases of edu
Roosevelt, but repeatedly the exe-| McClure's Bakery
cational work on the program.
cutive has said at press conferences I
Companies
Demonstrations on various phases
that he believed it would be better I Nyssa Lumber
Lumber Co.
of livestock feeding and manage
for labor to have a comfortable j
Cream Stations
ment will be given by D. E. Rich
yearly income, a sustaining wage.j Spring Valley
Butter Co.
ards, superintendent of the Experi
than to insist on a high hourly scale
ment Station.
and work intermittantly. He vis
The club members will camp out
ioned steady employment the year |
at the Experiment Station Monday
around at wages less than the union Flood Control
night and will leave early Tuesday
rates rather than a smaller and
morning to visit different farms in
uncertain annual income at the Funds For
Union and Baker counties on Tues
scale. When the non-federal public!
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day. Tuesday evening will find the
works program was in the making ^ d l n G U r
group near Halfway, where they
Harold Ickes expressed the same j
idea and made tentative proposals I ARMY ENGINEERS TO MAKE will make camp for that night. Wed
to that effect but the unions stren REPORT ABOUT FEB. I, 1940 nesday morning wil be devoted to
visiting outstanding farms in Pine
uously objected.
and Eagle valleys and the tour will
It is no mere coincident that
while skilled workers on WPA are | (Special from Washington Bureau I be concluded Wednesday afternoon
protesting, the anti trust division | WASHINGTON. D. C. July 13— with a trip through the Cornucopia
of department of justice is investi- I Funds have just become available mine.
gating to discover why building for the army engineers to make a Any of the older 4-H club boys
construction is in a slump because field survey of Malheur river and carrying crops and livestock pro
tributaries with the object of jects are eligible to go on this tour.
(Continued on page 8. Col. 5) Its
flood control. The survey will be Local leaders are accompanying
prosecuted as rapidly as full inves the group and the boys signed up
tigation and sound engineering an Include club members from most
THE WEATHER
will permit and a report will of the sections In the county carry
The weather man says he sees no alysis
made to congress about Feb 1, ing any considerable amount of
indication of a freeze in the near fu be
4-H club work.
ture and the trace of rain that fell 1940.
Preliminary examination showed
this morning over a few city blocks there
be possibilities of de
apparently never reached the veloping might
a site on Bully creek for TRANSPORTATION
weather bureau for none was reg flood control
and irriga
istered. but there was trace on tion storage. purposes
While congress has PLANS COMPLETE
Monday.
authorized construction of a
Following are the thermometer not
Bully creek reservoir, the possibil NEWELL HEIOHTS—The grade
readings as given by the local Rec ities
of such a project will be con and high school boards have ar
lamation office;
rived at a satisfactory arrangement
Low High sidered with the detailed survey of as
Date
to the transportation of school
river.
July 6 ____________ 82 88 Malheur
The North Side Harper improve students to and from school for the
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July 7
district, at Harper. Malheur coming year. After several joint
... 53 101
July 8
64 108 county, has written to Washington meetings In the Owyhee and King-
July 9
65 106 urging that a storage reservoir be man (Colony districts
10
61 104 constructed on Bully creek to aug Following the plan the high
July 11
school busses will also carry grade
64 104 ment the existing supply
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students and Howard Hatch has
Water in Owyhee Dam
Nyssa Is the Bargain Center.
contracted for the sendee.
554.090 acre feet
County Clubbers
On Oregon Tour
Parades, caravans, queens, prem
iums, entertainment, fair grounds
and budge* will be before the Mal
heur county fair board at a meet
ing Friday evening at the county
agent's office in Ontario. The fair
board will nieet with representatives
of the Arfiér lean Legion who are
taking over the entertainment for
the fair including street carnivals,
big show in the grandstand, free
show on Ine ground for visitors to
the exhibition halls, dances, and
parades.
Community representatives from
Vale and Nyssa will be present.
These communities voted in their
commercial club meetings this week
to back the fair 100 per cent.
Herschel Thompson of Nyssa and
J. L. Taylor of Vale were appointed
chairmen cjj. the solicitlon commit
tee ior specials for the fair prem
ium book from their respective
communities.
All specials for the book must be
in this Friday Walter Thompson of
the fair board announced this week
as the book will be made up at the
meeting that evening. Any person
who has not been contacted in re
gard to entering a special should
contact his local chairman, Thomp
son in Nyssa, Taylor in Vale and
Quast In Ontario or write directly to
the fair board. John Lienhard
chairman.
Following an inspection trip to
the fairgrounds to see what repairs
are needed in buildings and grounds
the fair board will draw up their
budget for fair expenses. Depart
mental superintendents for the 11
divisions in agricultural exhibitions
will be announced by John Lien
hard.
Rules by which the Royal Court
which will preside over the fair will
be established so that the contest
may begin on schedule. July 25. By
the end of the second week in action
the new Malheur county fair board
will have all plans for the fair
drawn up and ready to go on the
biggest show in years.
PARK BOARD VOTED
BY
CITY COUNCIL
The park board ordinance, up
for the second reading was passed
to the third reading and became
law, when the council voted favor
ably on the measure.
The park board will consist of five
members to be appointed by the
mayor upon recommendation from
the Chamber of Commerce, the
Civic club, Lions club and the Nyssa
Athletic Association, with one
member of the council also serving
on the board.
Terms of the members will be for
from 1 to 5 years, lots being drawn
on the first board for the various
length of terms.
ROUND TOWN
Frank Morgan doing a bit of
fancy well blasting on Sunday
morn and scaring the family out of
a seven years growth . . . nice work
the reclamation crew has done up
at the canal . . . and Dick Tensen
recommending sidewalk sweeping as
exercise to reducing ladles . .. funny
the sudden inteiest in air cooling
devices . . . with the thermometer
on Main street only 116 on Sunday
eve . . . and spuds spreading happy
smiles about. . . .
section.
Ivan Farnsworth, foreman of the
local packing house said that his
firm had shipped out 12 carloads of
potatoes up to Monday of this week.
The market Is reported as being
off a bit, but is expected to recover
what decline has occurred.
May Designate
l-O-N Through
Nyssa
ROUTE WOULD EXTEND FROM
WEISER THROUGH OREGON
Frank T. Morgan. Wednesday, at
a meeting of the Nyssa Chamber of
Commerce, read an article appear
ing In the Idaho Statesman to the
effect that the route of the I-O-N
highway would be designated from
Weiser through Nyssa and Join the
cutoff at Malloy’s ranch.
The article was based on a letter
from W. C. Markham of Washing
ton, D. C., secretary of the Associa
tion of State highway officials, sent
to H. R. Flint, acting commissioner
of public works for Idaho.
The executive committee of the
association, the letter said, had ap
proved the extension of U. S. 95
from Weiser to a junction with U.
S, 60 and U. S. 70. east of Blythe,
Cal. Flint had recommended that
U 8. 95 be extended through Pay
ette and Homedale to the Junction
west of Marsing and then over the
I-O-N.
The committee, however has rec
ommended that It be routed
through Ontario and Nyssa. Hits
recommendation was made to the
Federal Bureau of Public Roads,
which usually follows the coroittees
recommendations.
In closing, the letter said. "This
action of the committee, however,
probably will expedite the com
pletion of Oregon’s part of the I-O-
N, which provides a short cut from
southwestern Idaho to southwestern
United States.
City Buys Life-
Saving Inhalator
H-H INHALATOR TURNED OVER
TO NYSSA FIRE DEPARTMENT
The city council Monday night
bought an H-H Inhalator. a piece
of life saving equipment that has
long been needed. The inhalator can
be used in resuscitation of victims of
carbon monoxide, poisoning, electric
shock, pneumonia, and any other
case where artificial respiration is
needed to revive victims of accidents.
Members of the fire department
and the chief of police will be In
structed in the use of the Inhalator
according to Fire Chief Schlreman.
Farmers living In the vicinity of
Nyssa. if occasion arises are advised
that a call to the city offices will
bring the Inhalator and a squad of
trained men to operate it, to the
scene of the accident
fn M ountain»—
Herman Towne took Mrs Towne
and their daughters for a weeks
stay at the E. J. Powell mountain
home above Prairie City on Sun
day. He plans to go after them this
next Sunday.
PETITION OPPOSES
NYSSA SUB-WAY
Authoritative sources have it that
a petition has been filed with the
State highway commission opposing
the location of the contemplated
subway, under the Union Pacific
Railroad right-of-way on Main
street.
Just whose names are on the pe-
tlon. It could not be learned at the
time of going to press.
Rabbit Pest Is
Worst In Years
ASSISTANT AGENT ENUICOTT
GIVES STRYCHNINE FORMULA
The jack rabbit situation in Mal
heur county is the worst it has been
in several years according to H. J.
Endlcott, assistant county agent.
The extremely dry condition of
the range areas has forced the rab
bits to seek feed lower down and
as a reslut they are concentrated in
the sagebrush areas adjoining crop
land and are doing considerable
damage to crops.
Many farmers have been poison
ing the rabbits with strychnine and
green alafafa. In all cases they
are reporting very good results,
states Endicott. Because the rab
bits are quite concentrated, the
farmers have an excellent oppor
tunity to deplete the rabbit popula
tion very materially by poisoning
now.
The following is the formula
which should be used: One ounce of
strychnine to 20 ponds of chopped
green alfalfa. The alfalfa should be
cut In about one Inch lengths.
Thorough mixing of the strychnine
and afalfa Is essential. Strychnine
is available at drug stores in Nyssa.
The assistant county agent has
held three bait mixing demonstra
tions in various parte of the county.
Any group of farmers wishing such
a demonstration should get In
touch with the county agents' of
fice.
Bill Would Allow
Payment On
Crop Value
(Special from Washington Bureau)
WASHINGTON, D. C. July 13-
Settlers on reclamation projects will
receive a break under a bill which
has passed the house and is now in
the senate. The bill undertakes to
solve the problem of repayments on
federal reclamation projects in the
15 western states and discontinues
the practice of having a morator
ium declared whenever there is a
bad year.
There is a variety of contracts,
due to policies prevailing at the dif
ferent times when projects were
undertaken, and the bill seeks to
equalize them. It authorizes the
secretary of the Interior to i ’vlse
contracts and a sliding scale of pay
ments is permitted based on the
value of the crop, with payments
when crop money Is available. It Is
the opinion of western representa
tives who worked on the bill that it
will be a life saver for thousands of
families on reclamation projects.
This Is the most Important legis
lation offered for reclamation set
tlers In years and favorable consid
eration Is expected in the senate If
action can be had before adjourn
ment.
The senate sub-committee which
had the bill under consideration
since Its passage by the house, this
week acted favorably on It and rec
ommended its passage to the com
mittee as a whole.
County Fair To
Be Ruled By
Queen
CONTEST OPEN JULY »5
CLOSES ON AUGUST 22
A royal court will reign over the
Thirtieth Malheur county fair, the
fair board announced this week.
The county has been divided into
districts with the prize winner In
each district entering a beauty show
with out of county Judges selecting
the queen. All district winners will
LEGION TO PUT
serve as her maids of honor.
ON MAGIC SHOW
Not only will the queen ride at
the head of the parade and preside
The Nyssa poet of the American over
the annual show but she with
Legion, through Wesley Browne, her court
will be the guests of the
financial officer, announced that fair during
her reign. Special
the poet is sponsoring a four act,
awards will be given to her to re
two hour show this Friday night, member
her royal days. The contest
to be held in the Methodist church. for district
winners will open July
The show will feauture H. E.
Ryan, cartoonist and originator of 26 and end August 22. Complete de
the newspaper comic “Tom an’ tails will be announced next week
Jerry”, which are featured through but all girls between the ages of
the Federal Syndicate and appear 16 and IS are eligible to enter.
ing In papers all over the country.
Ryan is not only a cartoonist of
NYSSA MARKETS
ability, but enjoys a like reputation
Thursday
quotattons
as a magician of exceptional talent.
By
Wiley
He will show hit ability aa an artist Cream, Orade A ...... (lower»
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and magician daring the evenings Cream. Grade B .................................22
entertainment.
CASH PRICE
The doors will be opened at 7:10
large — ..........- ....................- -14
p. m , and the public is asked to Eggs,
Hens, heavy .............
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come early.
Hens, light and Leghorn
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Bey Injured—
On Wednesday afternoon, Larry
Keiser. son of Mr. and Mrs Ralph
Reiser fell from the rear of a pick
up and suffered minor Injuries. He
was treated at the Sarailn medical
clinic and then returned home.
Springs
Colored, under 4 lbs...............
.10
Heavy. 4 lbs and up
.10
Light and Leghorn ........ — ........ 09
Cockerels .........................
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Egg Market
( Trade In Price)
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