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WASHINGTON, D, C — No secret
is the fact that most members of
congress are very pessimistic about
the European situation and feel
that the United States will become
involved directly in a matter of
months. With the opening of the
special session, every effort will be
made to keep clear. Majority of
members (end the administration)
believe that President Roosevelt's
"cash and carry" plan will prevent
an entanglement: minority is just
as strongly convinced that the way
to avoid war is to sell belligerents
nothing—to retain the mandatory
embargo.
Over these two viewpoints con
gress will argue, debate and become
excited for the ensuing weeks. No
one is certain that either plan will
guarantee peace for the United
States. Declaration of war by Can
ada is disturbing, for there is al
ways the possibility that this may
result in bringing hostilities to the
northern neighbor and an “inci
dent” may occur which would drag
us in.
Into the offices of the delegations
from Oregon and Washington are
coming thousands of telegrams, let
ters and petitions, praying to keep
the United States out of war. Pub
lic opinion is unanimous on that
point. The letters are from people
in every walk of life and from ev
ery county in the Pacific northwest
states. But the senators and repre
sentatives require no requests: the
lawmakers, themselves, have no
taste for war.
At the White House President
Roosevelt assures the newspaper
men that the administration is not
thinking of war; is making no
preparations, has outlined no plans.
This, of course, is not exactly cor
rect, for the administration is aware
that in some way America’s desire
for peace may be wishful thinking
and plans and precautions are be
ing made in case the worst comes
to the worst. Not to consider war
as a possibility and act according
ly would be foolish; and the ad
ministration is not that.
Already the European war is af
fecting the lives and economics of
the people of the United States
from one end of the country to the
other. Cost of living is increasing;
commodity prices are upping, de
spite surpluses; employment is im
proving in the heavy industries and
with consumer goods; profiteers are
making their appearance. The first
direct tap on the taxpayers' pocket-
book caused by the foreign war is
$112,000,000 needed to maintain the
100,000 additional soldiers, sailors
and marines authorized by the
president. This money must be ap
propriated in the present special
session of congress. It represents,
roughly, about $2 for every adult in
the nation.
No Military Training for CCC
Administration officials have de
cided that the 12,000 CCC enrollees
in Oregon and 7600 in Washington
will not have to be given military
training. Proposals have been made
by various members of congress that
such training be included in the
camp life of the enrollees, but the
administration will attempt to pre
vent enactment of any legislation
having such object in view. S tart
ing October 1, there will be CCC
camps in 26 Washington counties,
25 in Oregon counties, until April 1.
Effect of War on Prune Unknown
What the war will do to the prune
(Continued on Page 6, Col. 4)
THE WEATHER
Following is the weather report
for the past seven days as recorded
a t the . S. Bureau of Reclamation
office.
Low High
Date
.01
67
Sept. 14 _____ .... 35
80
38
Sept 15 _____
85
38
Sept. 16 _____
84
38
Sept. 17
88
_ 41
Sept. 18
90
Sept. 19 ........... __ 43
92
Sept 20 ..... ..... .... 44
Acre Feet of Water at Da
380.390
In San Francisco—
Mr and Mrs A. L Fletcher left
Tuesday noon for San Francisco for
a weeks visit a t the fair.
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NYSSA, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1939
Nyssa Plays Wilder
In First Game
Of Season
Washington, D. C. News Bureau of
the Nyssa Gate City Journal
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GATEWAY TO THE OWYHEE AND BLACK CANYON IRRIGATION PROJECTS
IN THE HEART OF OREGON’S SUGAR EMPIRE
VOLUME XXXIV NO. 37
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POLICE RECOVER
STOLEN CAR
The Nyssa police, Tuesday nigh:,
arrested Robert L. Hinkle, who
claimed residence in Fort Dodge,
Iowa, for the theft of a car regis
LOCALS TO WARM UP
tered in the name of Bertha Kandy,
WITH NON-LEAGUE GAME
Klamath Falls.
The car had been reported stolen
The Nyssa high school football from Medford, where Hinkle will
team starts their gridiron year with be taken to face charges.
a pre-season game with Wilder to
morrow at the local field. The game
is slated to start at 2:30 p. m.
The Nyssa Bulldogs go into the
game with a very light team, most
of the heavies having either grad
uated last year or now with other
schools. Only four lettermen re
main on this years squad, accord
ing to Coach John Young, who will OTHER VICTIMS REPORTED
rely principally on speed to over RECOVERING SATISFACTORILY
come the lightweight line.
Bob Parke, assistant to Young, is
A collision Saturday night about
coaching the backfleld, and it is in 9 p. m. between a farm wagon and
this department that the Bulldogs an automobile resulted in serious
fare the best, although experienced injuries to Jim Wolfe and his wife
men are few. Holmes and Ray will and the death of their daughter,
probably be called on to carry the Jessie Biokoiski. who died Sunday
brunt of the work until others can morning at the Holy Rosary hos
be whipped into shape.
pital in Ontario.
About 45 students have been turn
The car, driven by Gerald Robert
ing out for drill each day, any of son, struck the rear of the farm
which may get the nod to enter the wagon driven by Wolfe, according
line-up when they have proved the to police. The team hitched to the
alibity to the coaches.
wagon became frightened and ran
The line-up for tomorrow’s game away, dragging Mrs. Wolfe for a
will probably be selected from the distance of about an eighth of a
following list of players: ends. mile.
Choate, Wilson, Warren, Everett
Mrs. Wolfe received head and
and Warren Heldt, and Ray Lar body injuries, while Wolfe received
son; tackles. Herb Smith, Jennings. a broken leg and body injuries. Mrs
Ccunsil, Draper, and Whitman; Eiokoiski received a broken back.
guards, Bingham, Taylor, Haile.
According to reports, the wagon
Colman, Hollenberg and Brown: which Wolfe was driving, had no
centers, Lewis, Sarazin and Cook; lights on it. Robertson was not hrld
backfield, Ray, Holmes, Borren, in connection with the accident, but
Morfitt, Short. C. Smith, Duffy, was fined $5 and $3 cost for driving
Green, Hendricks. Lowe, Nusser, without a drivers license.
Ward and Frost.
At last reports Mr. and Mrs.
Wolfe were recovering as well as
could be expected.
Local and state police were on the
scene shortly after the accident.
The victims of the accident were
brought to the Sarazin clinic, giv
en first aid and later transferred
to the Holy Rosary hospital in On
tario in Lienkaempers ambulance.
NABARENE CHURCH SERVICES
HELD FOR CRASH VICTIM
Wreck Injuries
Cause Death
O f Woman
Services Held For
Mrs. Biokoiski
Today
Funeral services were held at 2
p. m. today for Mrs. Jessie Biokoi
ski from the Nyssa Nazarene church
with Rev. F. A. Powell and Rev.
Vern Martin conducting.
Burial was in the Nyssa ceme
tery with arrangements in charge
of the Nyssa Funeral home.
Jessie May Biokoiski was 34 years,
four months and three days old and
died from injuries received in an
accident on Saturday evening a t 5
a. m. Sunday at the Holy Rosary
hospital in Ontario.
Mrs. Biokoiski leaves besides her
husband. Zigmunt Biokoiski, her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Wolfe,
and a sister, Mrs. Ruby Bartron.
Council Holds Up
Bids On Sewer
Plant
WILL ASK STATE HEALTH
BOARD TO ALLOW REVISION
The city council opened bids for
the construction of the final unit In
the city sewer system Monday night
and held the two submitted under
advisement.
Reason of witholding the award
ing of the bids was made necessary
by the fact that the bids exceeded
the available money, which was
about $14.000.00. Luther Fife and
company bid $18.995 and George W
Lind. Portland, bid $19.588.28.
DENTIST OPENS
The state board of health has
NYSSA OFFICE
been asked, in a letter from the
Nyssa city engineer, to allow
A new dentist, Dr. Francis Scott changes in the plans for less equip
Weir, has just moved to Nyssa and ment.
associated in the medical clinic of
Dr. J. J. Sarazin.
Dr. Weir is not new to north OREGON TO HAVE
eastern Oregon, as he grew up TEN CCC CAMPS
around Elgin, Baker and Wallowa (Special from Washington Bureau)
WASHINGTON, D. C. — Ten
county. During the world war, Dr.
Weir was an officer in the dental camps, representing more titan 2000
corps of the U. S. Navy and served CCC enrollees. will be conducted by
with the British grand fleet in the the division of grazing on the new
North Sea. At present he is a lieu CCC program begininng October 1.
tenant commander in the navy re Most of the present grazing camps
serve corps. After the war. Dr. Weir will be retained. There will be three
was in research work in New York camps in Harney county, three in
City and taught at New York Uni Malheur, one in Deschutes near
versity. Recently he was called to a Brothers, one in Crook at Prine-
professorship at North Pacific Col ville. one in Lake at Valley Falls,
lege of Dentistry at Portland. Ore one in Baker at Keating. Three
gon. where he taught porcelain CCC camps (two under biological
jacket crown and inlays and crown survey) will receive mail at Burns,
three at Redmond, two at Prineville,
and bridge.
For many years Dr. Weir has one at Canyon City, one at Monu
been lecturing in the universities of ment.
Of six reclamation bureau camps
the United States and Canada. A
year of this time was spent on a three will be in Deschutes county
lecture tour of South America, working on the new project; two in
Malheur county, one at Vale, the
teaching plate work.
Dr. Weir has studied with many other at Ontario, and one at Mer
of the leading authorities in all rill. Klamath county. Jefferson and
branches of dentistry and will con Crook counties will each retain a
duct a general practice here in forest camp. Oregon will have 17
forest camps. No general land office
Nyssa.
camps will be on public domain
east of the Cascades, all these be
ing in coast counties. Of three bio
WPA TO SURVEY
logical survey camps. Harney has
OREGON SCHOOLS
two, the third being the Hart moun
(Spécial from Washington Bureau; tain antelope refuge in Lake coun
WASHINGTON. D. C —Sponsor ty-
ed by the state superintendent of
public instruction. President Roose Operated Upon—
On Monday evening Gayle Mc
velt has approved as eligible for a
WPA project a survey of all public Coy, daughter of Mrs. C. L. McCoy,
school buildings in Oregon. Allot was taken ill and on Tuesday morn
ment is estimated at $45,444. The ing taken to the hospital at On
survey will inquire into the ade tario where Dr. J. J Saraztn and
quacy of existing school buildings, Dr. K. E Kerby operated upon her
preparing maps showing the loca for an acute appendicitis. Gayle
tion of school buildings, and what is reported to be making a nice
recovery.
improvements are necessary
Fall Festival Committee
Express Thanks To Merchants
Now that the First Annual Nyssa Fall Festival is over, the
committee has asked me, as chairman, to express their thanks
to every merchant and professional man in Nyssa for the finan
cial donations which were used for prize money in the various
competitive classes that were held.
T hat, thus thanks is merited, goes without saying, for every
prize of fired came through the combined efforts of every mer
chant and professional man, and speaks for itself of the interest
that they* take in affairs of this kind which is primarily pointed
toward getting better acquainted with their neighbor farmers,
and assisting in the development of their economic and social
welfare.
LOUIS P. THOMAS.
General Chairman, Nyssa Fall Festival
Football Schedule
FORMER RESIDENT
GETS PROMOTION
$1.50 PER YEAR
HUNTERS BRING
DEER BACK
Three Nyssa deer hunters bagged
their deer the first day of the sea
son, Wednesday.
Barney and Huston Wilson went
to Summit Prairie, where Barney
bagged his two-pointer within 20
minutes of his leaving camp. Hus
ton got his later, but in time enough
to allow his party to be back in
Nyssa by 6:30 p. m. yesterday.
Dr. Maulding and Sam Caldwell
tried their luck on Canyon Creek.
Maulding bagged a doe, but Sam
will have to make another trip to
use up his tag.
Pomona Grange
Calls County
Power Meet
One new school team has been
added this ye;j- to »he Snake River
BONNEVILLE OFFICIAL
Valley confidence, when Adrian
| WILL DISCUSS P. U. D.
was included' in the schedule.
Nyssa has 8 scheduled games,
A county-wide meeting to which
with 1 left open for selection of a
■ho public and all grangers are in«
suitable oppsnent, this being the
! vited to attend, has been called for
last game of the season.
! 2 30 p m.. September 23, (Satur-
As usual the game between Nyssa
! day) at the Boulevard Grange hall,
and Ontario will be played on Ar
j
near Cairo Junction.
mistice Day November 11. The
The meeting has been called as
game last year was played on the
result of the Malheur County Po
Nyssa field, so this year, on a
mona Grange having voted to pro
change-about arrangement,
the
ceed with the formation of a pub
game will be flayed at Ontario.
lic utility district in Malheur coun
The schedc.V follows:
ty, designed to make possible the
Sept.. 22—'Wilder at Nyssa
use of Bonneville power here. The
Sept. 29--Weiser at Nyssa
Grange also authoiized the grange
Oct. 6—Adrian at Nyssa
power committee to call a meeting
Oct. 13—Frui lr.nd at Fruitland
for the purpose of discussing the
Oct. 20—Valqt a t Nyssa
situation and electing a sponsors
Oct. 27—Emmett at Emmett
committee for the formation of a
Nov. 3—Parma at Nyssa
public utility district. Principal
Nov. 11—Ontario at Ontario
speaker at the meeting will be Carl
E. B. DUNCAN
Nov. 17—‘Tentative game (opponent
E. B. Duncan of Havre, Mont., who D. Thompson, consultant for the
not yet selected)
on Sept. 1 becomes general agricul- Bonneville project, according to T.
•Non-conference games.
tuial development agent for the F. Donahue, chairman of the grange
Great Northern Railway company, 1 tower committee.
John Lcinhard, master of Boule
E. C. Leedy, who retires
COUNCIL TO SURVEY succeeding
on account of ill health, after 44 vard Grange, has extended an invi
BUDGET-¡FOR YEAR
years of successful service with the tation to not only grange members,
Great Northern. Duncan has been but the general public.
OF 1940
agricultural development agent for
The city council will meet Mon the Great Northern, Havre head
day night, in an informal meeting, quarters for the last 11 years.
to go over the budget needs for the
year of 1940, according to Mayor
Announcement by F. R. Newman,
Thompson.
This is a departure from the past, vice president of the Great North
but it is felt that by going over the ern Railway company in charge of
various budget items, that the bud traffic, of the retirement on Aug.
get committee will be better advised. 31 of E. C. Leedy, general agricul TALKS TO JOINT SESSION
The appointment of the budget tural development agent, on ac OF SENATE AND HOUSE
committee will be made soon, ac count of ill health after 44 years
of successful service, was received
cording to the mayor.
President Roosevelt, today, ap
Wednesday by K. J. Holmes, Great
peared in person before the extra
Northern agent at Havre.
Mr. Newman also announced that ordinary session of the 76th ses
REGISTRATIONS AT
E.
B. Duncan, agricultural develop sion of congress and asked that
FALL FESTIVAL
ment agent at Havre, will succeed body to bury their partisan hatchets
Mr. Leedy as general agricultural and revise the existing neutrality
The Nyssa Odd Fellows and Re- development agent, effective Sept. | act.
bekah lodges registered 73 members 1, with headquarters in St. Paul.
The President appeared before
of their order during the two days
the congress at exactly 12:05 p. m.
E.
B.
Duncan
was
born
at
Beulah,
of the Nyssa Fall Festival, accord
(M. S. T.) and was introduced by
ing to M. F. Solomon, secretary of Ore., Nov. 14, 1839, his father oper the speaker of the House, William
ating
a
stage
station.
In
1895
the
H. Bankhead of Alabama. A wave
the Odd Fellows.
Oregon led in the number of re family moved to Nyssa, where Dun of applause went up from the Con
gistrations. with 30 Odd Fellows can was reared on a horse and cat gress and the galleries on his ap
and the Rebekahs with 24. Idaho tle ranch. He received his educa pearance.
was second with 8 members of the tion in the Nyssa high school, and
The message, broadcast over
two orders; Nebraska registered 4; the Oregon State college at Cor American radio networks, was short
vallis,
where
he
specialized
in
ani
Oklahoma, 2; and 1 each from the
and pointed.
following states—Minnesota, Maine, mal husbandry.
The President in substance asked
Following college, Duncan spent that the present embargo provi
Colorado, North Dakota and K an
three years teaching, the last as sion be changed so as to allow in
sas.
The registration booth was in superintendent. For a year and a ternational law to become opera
charge of Solomon and N, ¿1. Pink half he represented the Continen tive.
tal Life Insurance company of Salt
erton.
Other highlights of the Presi
Lake City, Utah: and for a year dent’s speech were:
was assistant cashier of "The Bank
That the President and his offi
NEW GAME TAGGING of Nyssa.”
cial family are personally and
H i s agricultural development
officially in favor of the change.
STATION APPOINTED work
commenced when he became
That the mantle of peace is
county agent in Bannock county,
wide enough to cover us all.
Nimrods in and near Nyssa,
Ida., of which Pocatello is the coun
The President expressed his re
bringing back their share of game ty seat, which position he occupied
grets over the passage of the
birds and animals, will have a new
for three and a half years. He then
present neutrality act and of
tagging station, officially named by
his having signed it.
the Oregon State Game Commis became state 4-H club leader of Ida
ho, headquarters at Boise, for two
Hope that this special session
sion, according to L. T. (Doc
and a half years. Another year was
would be short, could be found
Marshall.
spent with the bureau of plant In
in the President's remark that
Marshall has received official no
dustry.
Boise,
Idaho
he saw no need for the eon-
tice that he has been named as a
sideration of any other matter
On March 10. 1924, Mr. Duncan
game tagging agent by the commis
than that of neutrality at this
became county agent of Hill county,
sion.
session.
Marshall, owner of the Polar Montana, remaining in that posi
The President asked that the
Cold Storage and Locker plant, said tion four years and three months.
leaders of both parties in both
Duncan became agricultural de
that he was pleased with the ap
the House and Senate remain
pointment and that hunters would velopment agent for the Great
in Washington until the regular
Northern
at
Havre
on
May
20,
1928,
find his plant open 24 hours a day
session in January.
continuing
in
that
position
until
his
to take care of them, whenever
That in case of a further emer
they arrived to have their game present promotion.
gency the President would call
tagged. The official number of the
another extra-ordinary session
tagging station is 26. and Marshall
of the Congress.
has been notified that he will re TOWNSENDITES TO
HOLD MEETINGS
ceive 500 game tags.
President Calls
For Neutrality
Law Change
’ROUND TOWN
Then there is the one about
Frank Morgan and the waitress get
ting mixed up on this “White Satin”
business
hunters coming in
with the proof of the kill . . . and
the Nyssa Theatre putting in some
fancy improvement« . . . husbands
among the missing during Fall Fes
tival showing up at home again . .
The local Townsend club, through
A. V. Pruyn, chairman of the com
mittee on arrangements, announced
this week that a meeting had been
called for next Monday, September
25. at 8 p m at the Eagles hall.
Principal speaker at the meeting
will be Charles W Wetterman. na
tional representative for the offi
cial Townsend movement. Wetter-
man's speech will be augmented by
the showing of a Voeafllm.
Admission will be free, with free
coffee being served.
Leaves For University—
Young Grangers
Win Prize For
Best Booth
JUDGES FIND DIFFICULTY
IN PICKING WINNER
Payette county agricultural agent
Warren, Robert Sawyer, Nyssa
Smith-Hughes instructor, and Mrs.
Keith Bailey acting as judges of
the agricultural display booths at
the Nyssa Fall Festival, took ap
proximately two and a half hours
to pick the best grange booth for
the first prize, the award for which
was an electric range. The award
was finally given to the Young
Grangers Association of Boulevard
Grange.
Second prize went to Boulevard
Grange and third prize to Vale.
In the club division of the agri
cultural booths, the Modern Pio
neer club, representing
Newell
Heights, placed first, Just-a-Mere
club, second, and the Morgan Park
Garden Club, third.
Tlie Judges all agreed that the
judging of the booths was one of
the most difficult, and compliment
ed the fine displays. Not only was
the display effect above average,
but the quality of the produce in
each booth was above average, ac
cording to the judges.
Six grange organizations had
booths at the Festival, these being
Oregon Trail, Oregon Slope, Wil
low Creek, Young Grangers Asso
ciation. Boulevard and Vale.
Clubs represented by booths were
Modern Pioneer, Just-a-Mere, Mor
gan Park Garden Club, Chatterbox
and a group of farmers from Cow
Hollow.
Non-competing clubs were the
Nyssa Lions and Odd Fellows.
Adrian Hi Wins
Opener Over
Wilder
NEWCOMERS TO CONFERENCE
GRAB OFF FIRST GAME
ADRIAN (Special)—The Adrian
high school football team, newcom
ers to the Snake River Valley con
ference, last Friday won their first
game of the conference from Wilder
with a score of 6-0.
Adrian pushed over their score in
the third quarter, with a neatly
executed pass from Schwelzer to
Bonus.
The Adrian line-up: ends, Piercy
and Larkin; tackles, Pullen and Os
born; guards, Friel and Hatch; cen
ter, Cram;
backfleld,
Notheis,
Schwelzer, Bonus and Zamora. Sub
stitute, Patterson.
With one tough game under their
skins, Adrian is looking forward to
the game with Parma tomorrow.
Parma is expected to uncork a few
trick plays, and with the newness
of the Adrian aggregation, Adrian
is expected to play a defensive
game, taking no chance onjftirm a
piling up a large score.
FSA OFFICIALS
VISIT CAMP
Officials of the labor division of
the FSA made a tour of inspection
of the labor camp, now under con
struction on the old Duncan ranch,
southwest of the city. In the group
were O. B. Heringtan, Portland;
Ray Lane. Boise, and A. L. McMur-
ran, who will act as manager of
the camp when it is completed,
which it is expected will be in the
near future.
Primarily the visit was to meet
with local school officials and make
preliminary arrangements for co
operation in the schooling of the
students that will come from the
camp, when the workers and camp
residents arrive. That WPA teachers
may be used was Indicated, to re
lieve the load from the regular
teachers.
Other conferences on the matter
will be held In the near future ac
cording to Leo Hollenberg. principal
of the Nyssa grade school.
MARKETS
Boyd Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Thursday Quotations
Burnall Brown, left for Moscow,
By Wiley Clowera
Idaho, on Monday, where he will
Rutter Fat
resume his studies at the University
Grade
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Heavy hens _________________ .12
Colored spring ____________ .12
Surprise Visit—
Mr and Mrs Charles Oarrison Leghorn springs _____________.12
were rurprised on Monday when Leghorn hens _______________ .09
Eggs too variable to quote
her mother, Mrs. E. E. Rorrick of
Corvallis and her brother Roland
Egg Market
Rorrick of San Francisco arrived
25 cents on large, trade In
for a short visit.
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