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NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1U, 1939 COW HOLLOW By The Happy Farmer STATE C A P IT O L N EW S ** A. L. LINDBECK State Capitol News Bureau SALEM—If Governor Sprague de sires the political scalp of State Forester J. W. Ferguson—and it is pretty well understood that he does —it begins to look as though he would have to first make a few changes in the board of forestry. Ferguson, it should be understood, is an employee of the forestery board. This board is composed ol nine members. The governor and the dean of the school of forestry at Oregon State college are ex-of- ficio members of this board. The other seven members are appointed by the governor from lists supplied by seven lumber and livestock or ganizations. All seven serve at the pleasure of the governor. Dean George W. Peavy of the OSC forestry school is understood to yearn for Ferguson's scalp just as greatly as does Governor Sprague. The forester, however, is fairly pop ular with the other seven members of the board, or at least with enough of them to retain his scalp for the time being. While the gov ernor would like to get rid of Fer guson he hesitates to disturb the board in order to gain this end but it would not be at all surprising if the political fires now being kindled under the forester do not bring the situation to a head within the next few weeks. the pressure of various patriotic groups, however, Secretary of State Snell set aside the first floor cor ridor as a “memorial hall” to which plaques and memorial tablets were to be confined. Three such plaques now adorn the walls of this corri dor. Sponsors of the Martin plaque, however, are not at ali satisfied with this arrangement. The corri dor is too dark and dismal for one thing and too isolated for another, they say. They want the Martin plaque placed in a more conspicuous location—preferably in the recep tion room of the governor's suite. Whitehouse & Church, supervising architects on the capitol, have ad vised Snell that this request might be acceded to without doing too much violence to the building "if it does not establish a precedent.” But that is just the rub. Snell fears that it will set a precedent. If the Martin plaque is hung in the executive suite friends of other gov ernors will insist upon the same recognition for their idol until in time the walnut panels of the re ception room will be completely hid den behind bronze plaques, even as the walls of the legislative cham bers in the old capitol were clutter ed up with the horrors that passed as portraits for former governors. And there the situation rests. The plaque is ready to be placed but until the custodian of the capitol and the plaque's sponsors can get togethr on a location no plans can be made for its dedication. DRIVERS LOSE LICENSES Six hundred Oregon motorists have had their operators' licenses revoked or suspended already this year according to Secretary of State Earl Snell. Revocations and sus PAGE SALLY RAND pensions under the safety responsi State Treasurer Walter A. Pear bility act totaled 458. Drunken driv ing accounted for 381 of the revoca son opines that it would be good advertising for the state if an at tions. tractive hostess could be employed AN ERROR THAT WAS CORRECT to meet and greet vistors to the new The Salem printer who inadvert capitol, of whom there are several ently substituted a “ g" for a “q” in hundred ever yday. Governor Spra the headline announcing “ Plague gue agrees with him. So also does in StateHouse Will Honor Ex-Gov Secretary of State Snell. But, Sec out ernor'' wrought far better than he retary of State Snell points knew. For it has proven to be just there are no funds out of which a that, a plague to Secretary of State hostess could be paid. Again Gov Snell, this plaque which admirers ernor Sprague agrees. So also does of former governor Martin want to Treasurer Pearson. So it appears, barring the advent of some philan place in the new capitol. group When the capitol was completed thropist or some patriotic its architects advised against the A’illing to shoulder the cost, visiting addition of any embellishments tourists will have to find their way other than the murals. Yielding to around the new statehouse without benefit of a hostess as they have in the past. Professional Cards DR. J. C. BOWMAN Veterinarian Phone 39W NYSSA LIBRARY OPEN SATURDAY 2:30 to 7:30 ALL PATRONS WELCOME Librarian ..... . Mrs. S. B. Davis CITY TRANSFER TRANSFERRING and TRUCKING Phone 15 and Phone 28 C. KLINKENBERG OPTOMETRIST “See MrFall and See Better” DR. J. A. McFALL EYESIGHT SPECIALIST ONTARIO OREGON WYCKOFF JEWELRY STORE Official Time Inspector for Union Pacific ONTARIO OREGON JOBLESS INSURANCE Nearly $9,000,000 in unemploy ment insurance has been paid out to jobless workers in Oregon since benefit payments were started 18 months ago, it was reported this week by the unemployment com pensation commission. A DUBIOUS DISTINCTION William Winston Churchill, 91, a new arrival at the Oregon peni- tenitary claims two distinctions. He is the oldest prisoner ever received at the institution and he claims to be the only living man who ever shook the hand of Abraham Lin coln. Churchill also claims to have been a close friend of the James boys, notorious Missouri bandits, and to have attended the funeral of Jesse James at Liberty, Mo. Church ill was received at the Oregon pri son from Jackson county to serve a term of three years for forgery. He has a long prison record including terms in the Colorado and Okla homa penitentiaries. PRISON FLAX PLANT The Oregon prison flax plant is preparing to handle another normal crop this year, L. L. Laws, manager of the plant told the board of con trol this week. Laws says fields under contract to the state plant will yield about 4000 tons of flax straw this year. RESEARCH DIRECTOR Sigfrid Unander. of Portland, was added to the staff of the ex ecutive department this week as re search director. Unander will func tion as executive secretary to var ious legislative interim committees and will also do research into var ious public problems under the di rection of Governor Sprague Last week another family of Oklahomans arrived out here. They are relatives of Mrs. Homer Cates. They report everything burned up in southwestern Oklahoma. They say they never saw any crops at all on their road out here, across northwest Texas into Colorado un til they got into the better irrigated district in central Colorado. One third of the families in Cow Hollow are Oklahomans now and no two families knew the third family until they met in Cow Hol low. We fear we don’t fully apperciate all the abundant supply of water in the Owyhee until we hear some of these drougth stricken stories. Tis hard to understand why peo ple stay in those continuously drougth stricken countries when the best of land with plenty of water is begging for more settlers mor population. Sam Cate's young dog killed a porcupine the other day. It was getting dusk and Same didn’t real ize what was happening. He says “it was the first one I ever saw onely in a show, I would of called the dog o ff if I had known it was a porcupine.” When he got to the house to the light where he could see the dog Mrs. Cates says, “ well for heaven sakes.” Same and his wife pulled quills from all over the doy's body that night but the dog wouldn’t let them get them next to his mouth. Next morning Sam (who is a veter inary) lashed the dog to a heavy steel rail and went to work getting the rest of the quills. Sam says, "why his face looked like Santa Claus before I commenced, I don't think he will ever try to kill any more porcupines." Russell Howell and Frank Parker are both preparing some more new land for seeding. We homesteaders will gradually keep hacking at it until eventually all the sage brush will give place to valuable farm crops. Mrs. Clarence Niccum and kiddies have gone back to Wendell, Idaho to visit both sets of the kiddies grandparents. Cfarence says, "Tis the first time I ever batched in my life, cooking wouldn’t be so bad if I didn’t forget to get all the pot- holders and dishrags in my pocket all the time.” He is trading his wife’s garden vegetables to the neighbors for bread. He says, “I just don’t like to bake bread.” Arch Eastman now has a pump in his well. He says “a cool drink is mighty fine these hot days.” Chet Sage still has lots of trouble with his high dyke. Between water ings the rats fill it full of holes. These high dykes sure are a joke alright. There has never been a combine in the Hollow yet this year. Chet Sage expects one soon. The last of the hay in Cow Hollow is in the shock now and is expect ed to be in the stack before this gets in print. Chuck Share and Doc Raffington will stack the last of Cow Hollow's second cutting. The Cow Hollow kiddies are watching the tomato vines pretty close now. With tomatoes and roasting ears just getting good and the watermelons will soon sound “ plunk" Cow Hollowites will soon be feasting. We see in the Washington news that Mr. Ickes is asking permission to hire a flock of officials, at $9000 per year or about $30 per day, to handle the Bonnerville power pro ject we just hope that Mr. Ickes will include at least one hlghpower salesman in his “ flock” . Perhaps he could sell a little more of their power. So far they have sold a lit tle less than 1/3 enough to pay one official's salary to say nothing of all the working men and all the other expenses of the project. The Idaho Power and all the oth er power companies can dig down into their pockets with all the rest of us and help to make up all the rest of the loss. DR. C. A. ABBOTT Chiropractic Physician Physio-Therapy Phone 25 Office: Next Door West of M. E. Church LOWER BEND Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Fleshman and family and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Russell and family picnicked at the Lowe hot springs at Mitchell Butte Sunday. Chas Witty, Bill Scott and Kie Scott attended the sale in Dixie Wednesday. Mrs. Joe King, Mrs. Olp and Mrs. Harry Russell attended the Jolly Janes meeting at the home of Mrs. George Elfers Thursday. Mrs. M. A. Bradney of Adrian was a Sunday dinner guest at the Chas Purdy home. Miss Florence Russell spent Fri day afternoon visiting Miss Louise Hinton at her home near Adrian. Miss Virginia Ocamico who has been staying with her aunt near Marsing returned home last week. ADRIAN Mrs. Geritt Muntjeweriff and Marie spent a few days this past week in the mountains above New Meadows with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Newton. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Holly and Bud left Sunday on a trip to Spokane. Mr. and Mrs. Duke Rohland, Mr. and Mrs. Charles McConnell were guests in the Otto Wolfe home in the Owyhee Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hatch’s home was the scene of a family re union. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Harvy Hatch of Big Bend and children. Honoring Mr. and Mrs Paul Hatch of Ontario. Mrs. Ray Ashcraft of Nyssa spent the week end at the Bill Ashcraft home. A stork shower was given Mrs. Ray Wrown Thursday afternoon at the Charles McConnell home. Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Basket of Lower Bend spent Sunday here. Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Pounds of Caldwell visited Sunday with their son Glen. Mrs. Ellen Marker of Boise is vis iting her daughter and family. Mrs. Charles McConnell. Gloria Pounds of Vale is visiting her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Pounds. Mr. and Mrs. Tetwiller were Fri day evening callers at the Frances NEWELL HEIGHTS Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hill announce the marriage of their daughter, Edith, to LeRroy F. Wright, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wright, of Nampa. The marriage took place July 22, at Idaho City. The young couple plan to make their home in Nampa where Mr. Wright Is em ployed in a hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Jake Fischer called at the Sheimer home Sunday and the two families drove to Big Bend where they joined with the Elfers family in celebrating Mrs. Elfers' birthday with a picnic dinner in the park. BUILD ROBT. D. LYTLE ATTORNEY And COUNSELOR-AT-LAW First National Bank Building Phone 68 VALE OREGON Everyone is talking about the un usually fine clover seed Alvon Mc Ginnis raised this year. It is of ex ceptional quality and tested 95% pure before being cleaned Mr. and Mrs M. W. McLaughlin of Burley and Mrs. Carrie Mc Laughlin and Mrs. Will Gahley of Ten Davis spent Sunday afternoon visiting in the Kurtz home. On Wednesday Mr. and Mr. and Mrs. Kurtz and Bill, Bob and Joyce Kurtz spent the day in Boise. They called at the James Morris home to see Lee Kurtz, an uncle who is ill. Mrs. and Mrs. Ross Healey were in Ontario Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Jensen and Phil Parrot of Ontario, accompan ied by Mr. and Mrs. Ted Rogers and Buddy Rogers spent Sunday in Nampa picnicking at the park. The two Hill families, Carl and Stanley were among the Colora doans who gathered at Big Bend park Sunday to spend the day. Eugene Grantham of Osborne, Kas., is visiting in the Mike Woods home this week. Mario Anderson, Maurice Judd and Ralph Williams went to Pay ette on Wednesday with H. B. Wil liams. The boys had a fine time going through the creamery and be ing shown the various processes that change raw milk into market able products. The young folks class of the L. D. S. Sunday school are planning a party for Tuesday evening at their leaders' home, Mrs. Clifofrd Sny der. For ERMANENCY BUILD BETTER and C H E A P E R S U R E P R O T E C T IO N for the a u to m o b ilie t ir cases ot financial loss dur to fire, th e ft, p roperty damage, collision, or law suit, is the result of a Wis» investment in proper auto mobile insurance. We write ail forms of a u to m o b ile in su ra n ce. Come in and let us explain this necessary financial protection. Frank T. Morgan Cement Blocks—Cement Brick Tile Phone 97 Nyssa, Oregon Located North of Sales Yard Homecoming! Albert Heldt ...and Shrewd Shoppers V alu e S te p -D o w n WESTERN IDAHO ELECTRIC RATES as the Home's Best Bargain A • Not all good bargains come in packages B IG G E R AND B E T T E R THAN EVER AND P R E M I U M S By Using HEBER G. JOHNSON D iffer home. dation. Leaves For Vacation— Adrian Girl Scouts returned Mon A family reunion was held at the Mrs. C. L. McCoy left on Tues day evening from Payette Lakes Howard Jones home Thursday. day for a vacation at the coast. She Those attending were Mr. and Mrs Kingsley Allen. Julia Allen and Mis. will be joined in Portland by her A PPLE VALLEY Lydia Bullock, all ot Portland. Mr daughter Gayle and from there they and Mrs. Walter Waterman, Mr will go to Seattle where she will The next meeting of the Ladies and Mrs Loyd Waterman and fam visit her sister, Mrs. Louise Spelt. Aid will be held August 24, instead ily, Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Waterman, of the tegular date because so many Mr and Mrs. Charles Allen. Mr and members wish to attend the picnic Mrs. Clint Allen, Mr and Mrs. given by the Dairymens Co-operative Clark Allen and Mr and Mrs. Hom creamery. Meeting will be held at er Allen and family. the church and the hostesses are Mrs. McCollum and Mrs Warrant ies. Election of officers will be part RICHLAND of the program. Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Hubbard are Mr. and Mrs. Norville Luek, Mrs. the prcud parents of a daughter, Minnie Leuk, Johnny Luek and born Friday at the sanitarium in Miss Catherine Leuk were Sunday Caldwell. dinner guests at the T. C. Johnson Mrs. Charles Allen of Roswell and home. Tile We Can 4-H club met at the Mrs. Bullock and daughter of Port land spent Friday afternoon at the home of Rev. F. A. Powell Friday home ot Mrs. Allen's daughter, Mis. afternoon. Jean Johnson, Pat Sweaney, Jack Howard Jones. Mrs. Jones had not seen her cousin for 18 years. Sweaney, Rusty and Rex Orcut Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Pettit were were callers at the H, V, Maw home Is made h a p p i e r Sunday afternoon callers at the R. Sunday. The members of the Richland S. MacIntyre home. when you own your Members of the Epworth League and Buena Vista youths association own home. will sponsor an ice cream social at in this district attended the theat re party. The girls treated the boys I the Apple Valley school house Mon day evening. The school board will to the show. Mrs. Ridder’s 4-H club met at the hold their regular meeting the same home of Mrs. Virgil McGee Thurs Contractor—Nyssa evening. “ Builder of Fine Homes” Several water melon patches were day. We Build to F.H.A. Pains visited the past week and consider USE JOURNAL WANT ADS. able damage has been reported. Epworth League held a business meeting at the Pettit home Monday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Erick Peterson and Mr. and Mrs. Summy and Ross left Sunday for McCall. Mr. and Mrs. Gee and family spent Sunday at the Lester Kendall home in Sunset Valley. Howard Jones returned Wednes day from a trip to the hills. Mrs. Knefple and daughter of Boise came home with him to spend the re mainder of the week. Herb Nelson’s crew dug potatoes at the Norland place Tuesday. Miss Mary Boston came home for a short time Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Boston and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Boston and fam ily went to Ontario Sunday and visited at the Henry Boston home. Miss Esther Huffman and Fred erick Plowhead of Caldwell were marired in Caldwell Augus 5. Rev. Rosenberry performed the cere mony. They were atended by Mr and Mrs. Allen Haas of Caldwell Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Charles Huffman served a dinner in honor of the newlyweds. After Sept 1 they will be at home in Caldwell. The service given by members of the Ladies Aid Sunday during wor ship hour at the Apple Valley church is receiving much commen- CASH PRIZES ,/W I FT, PAGE THREE The people of the Snake River Valley, as shrewd shoppers, have discovered that "Step Down" electric rates provide one of the best bargains of all— that the more electricity they use, the lower the electric rate earned. More electricity, more com fort and conveniences It's a fine bargain any way you look at it. ★ NIGHT RODEO FANCHON-MARCO CARNIVAL EXHIBITS LIVESTOCK SHOW AUGUST 22-26 I D €£acPucitu AHO Y p OWER Do«$ So MUOfCort» So LITTLE!
