JOURNAL
7VieNYSSA
Published at Nyssa, Oregon,
GATEWAY TO THE OWYHEE AND BLACK CANYON IRRIGATION PROJECTS
Fastest Growing City In Oregon
IN THE HEART OF OREGON’S SUGAR EMPIRE
VOLUM EXXXIV, NO. 48________________________________________NYSSA, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1939_________________________________________$1.50 PER YEAR
NYSSA PRINCIPAL
May
Propose
County Corn Makes
NAMED
EVALUATOR Beet Growers And
Returned to Farm Credit Board
Special Bonds
Clean Sweep At
State Show
WILBUR STEWART WINS ’STAKE
AND OPEN CLASS HONORS
Malheur county corn made a clean
sweep of it at the state-wide show
held in Corvallis last week, when
the corn exhibited by Wilbur Stew
art took sweepstake and open class
honors. In the hybrid corn growing
contest H. W. Black, Ontario farm
er, won with a yield of 112.6 per
acre. This contest is based on yield
cost and uniformity.
As a note of comparison, Ritchie
Bios, took first place in the grow
ing contest, western Oregon division,
with a yield of 84.1 bushels per
acre, giving Malheur county a lead
in production of 28.5 bushels more
per acre.
In the junior class for district
four, composed of all counties ex
cept Hood River, east of the Cas
cade mountains, Malheur county
took all honors. With Harold Silk-
ett placing first; Homer Brewer,
second, Don Cornmesser, third, in
the F. F. A. class and Joe Stewart,
first, Gene Amidon, second and
Donald Brewer, third in the 4-H
club class.
In the open class for district four,
Wilbur Stewart placed first; Fred
Moeller, sweepstake and open win
ner in the Malheur county corn
show, second and G. W. Carter,
third. Judging contest for Oregon
State College students was held on
Thursday and for 4-H and F. F. A.
members Saturday.
All premium money for the state
show was given by the First Na
tional Bank of Portland, with all
expense money being provided by
the agricultural committee of the
Portland Chamber of Commerce.
Washington, D. C. News Bureau of
the Nyssa Gate City Journal
WASHINGTON, D, C.—Americans
have an idea that they are better
educated and have higher living
standards than other countries, but
every once in a while some govern
ment agency comes along and punc
tures the inflation. While the Pa
cific northwest has scarcely a trace
of illiteracy, a four-year survey re
veals that of the 75 million adults
in this country, 36 million did not
finish elementary school; 18 million
did not finish the fourth grade, and
three million are entirely illiterate.
There are one million children of
elementary school age not enrolled.
This information is revealed on
the eve of the congressional session
because educators fear that appro
priations for education may be sac
rificed for the national defense pro
gram to be sponsored by the ad
ministration next month.
President Roosevelt himself says
that one-third of the nation is ill-
fed, ill-clothed, ill-housed, and one
of his special committees asserts
that one-third of the workers of the
country have an income of less than
$500 a year.
More "Good Neighbor” Policy
Pur farmers of Washington and
Oregon, specializing in raising sil
ver foxes for the market, are threat
ened with competition from Canada,
which also has quite an industry
of this description. Officials of the
department of state are preparing
to revise the trade treaty with Can
ada to permit Canadians to ship
(Special)—A meeting
their silver fox and other furs into of ONTARIO
the Malheur County Farm
the United States, this "good neigh Bureau
Federation will be held at
bor” gesture being made because
Moore Hotel in Ontario, Tues
the European war, in which Canada the
December 12. The afternoon
is a belligerent, has closed the day,
will beging at 2 p. m. with
European market to Canada. A session
quota Is contemplated on furs from p. an m. evening session to be held at 8
Norway and Sweden to furnish R. D. Flaherty, executive secre
them an outlet.
tary of the Oregon-Washington
East Discovers West
Farm Bureau, will be present
Every few days lately some gov State
the meeting, stopping off on his
ernment bureau announces what a at
from the national conven
great country is the Pacific north return
held in Chicago. He will give
west, with its latent resources of a tion
of the convention and work
raw materials and what can be ac report
the largest national farm organi
complished with cheap electric pow of
er. Latest predicition come from the zation.
The meeting will be centered
bureau of mines, which asserts that around
the activities of the follow
the ceramics industry promises to ing
committees: Sugar Beets, Field
be more self-sufficient as a result Crops,
Truck Crops, Livestock, Dairy
of investigations of the bureau in and Taxation.
The afternoon meet
the regions served by Grand Coulee ing will take up
the work of the
and Bonneville.
four mentioned committees,
There are valuable deposits of first
meeting will be
clay in the two states, explains the while the to evening
livestock, dairy and tax
bureau, and with power all that is devoted
necessary is for someone to get busy. ation.
Kaolin the clay used for fine porce All farmers are invited and urged
lain is found in Washington and to attend the meetings as the pro
there is an occurence in Lake coun gram is so arranged as to allow a
farmer to find a subject of special
ty, Oregon.
interest to him.
To Protect Fish
An elaborate program for protec
tion, maintenance and development
of the fish runs in Columbia. Will KOLONY 4-H LEADERS
amette and their tributaries has PICK OUTSTANDING
been outlined by the bureau of fish BOY
AND GIRL
eries. co-operating with fish com
missions of Oregon and Washing KINMAN KOLONY (Special)—
ton, but no appropriation will be Local leaders of the Kingman Kol-
made when congress meets. The di ony 4-H clubs met with County
rector of the budget explains that
E. M. Hauser and selected,
he cannot make an estimate to em Leader
from the Kingman clubs, the boy
body in the budget the president and
girl, who because of their out
submits to congress January 4 be
work during the year 1939,
cause no data have been presented standing
will represent the district at the an
by the fisheries bureau.
summer school in 1940.
At the bureau of fisheries it is nual
This selection is based on pro
said that a very complete and thor-» jects
completed, age, years of work
ough investigation is being conduct and other
details dealing with club
ed on all the streams involved and work.
that this survey will not be com Pauline Gowey was the girl se
pleted before next summer, making lected. Pauline is 14 years old, has
it impossible to ask the budget di completed 14 projects and four
rector for an estimated appropria years work. Aurora Zamora was se
tion before the fiscal year 1942. lected as alternate. Dudley Kurtz
which begins July 1, 1941. The rivers was selected as the outstanding boy
have been studied repeatedly in the being
years old, and having com
past and there is an abundance of pleted 14 5 years
and 10 projects.
material which would indicate where Dick Ashcraft work
was named alter
cultural fish stations could or nate. Virginia James
Ronald
(Continued on Page 6, Col. 5) Lane received honorable and
mention.
THE WEATHER
Except for .01 inch of rain falling HOT MEALS FOR
on Dec. 5. the past week has been
a dry one. Following is the weath HIGH STUDENTS
er report for the week ending Dec.
Hot noonday lunches are now
6. 1939
Low High available to students of the Nyssa
Date
25 42 high school, according to Principal
Nov. 30
25 40 J. W. Bushong.
Dec 1
The home economics department
26 44
Dec 2
......... ............24 53 in charge of Miss Helen Stevens,
Dec 3
......18 53 started serving the meals last Mon
Dec 4
18 51 day. Government funds are making
Dec 9
Dec. 6 ........................... 26 62 the venture possible.
Farm Bureau To
Meet In Ontario
William A. Schoenfeld (left), dean of agriculture at Oregon State
College, Corvallis, and Harvey R. Shoultes (right), Chehalls, Washington,
dairyman and cooperative leader, begin new terms in January on the
board of directors of the Farm Credi’, Administration of Spokane and its
credit units. Both are members of the present board. Shoultes was
elected by Federal Land Bank borrowers of Washington, Oregon, Idaho
and Montana. Dean Schoenfeld was aj:pointed by Governor F. F. Hill, of
the FCA, to represent agriculture and the public on the board.
The city council will next Monday
night consider the matter of ask
ing the voters of Nyssa to pass on
a bond issue to retire outstanding
warrants.
Coming into office with outstand
ing warrants amounting to $7.693,67
the new council has managed to
keeps this warrant indebtednes
down below that figure, despite an
expanded improvement program,
which has included new sewer sys
tems, plants, street and water im
provements.
It is estimated that the bond is
sue will not exceed $7,500 and will
put the fiscal program of the city
on a cash basis, which is actually
what it has been operated on, ex
cept that the old outstanding war
rants have been paid first.
City Attorney A. L. Fletcher is
this week working on a skeleton
ordinance to be presented at the
meeting next Monday. The actual
amount of the bond issue, together
with the warrant debt and interest
will by that time be figured and
upon approval of the council be in
serted into the ordinance.
If approved, the election would be
held either the latter part of this
month or the forepart of January.
J. W. Bushong, principal of the Officials Meet
Nyssa High school has been named j Here To Day
as one of a committee of evaluators |
by the State Department of Educa
tion, and left Wednesday to evalu N. E. Dodd, director of the west
ate the Baker High school, a Job ern states Agricultural Adjustment
that will take about three days. Administration, and C. R. Ovlatt,
In rating the school, the com representative of the Sugar Section
mittee will check the curriculum, of the Department of Agriculture,
student activity program, library arrived in Nyssa this morning to
service, guidance service, classroom meet with sugar processors and
teaching, philosophy and objectives, j sugar beet growers this afternoon.
school administration and school I Representing the Amalgamated
plant.
Sugar company are R. H. Cottrell,
A. E. Benning and Ray O. Larson,
Board Accepts
School Building
—
The Nyssa Union High school |
board on Tuesday made formal ac- |
ceptance of the new high school [
building and equipment, to the Fed- |
eral Works Agency, division of Pub- 1
lie Works Adiminstration.
The building and equipment rep-
reesnted a total expenditure of
$75,918 of which a P. W. A. grant
of $34,168 was allotted by the fed
eral government, the school district
financing the balance of the cost
through the sale of bonds.
The high school building is con
sidered among contractors and
school officials in Oregon as one of
the finest buildings of its kind in
the state.
POST OFFICE OPEN
Christmas Seal Ì ALL
DAY SATURDAY
Sale Started Postmaster
S. D. Goshert an
nounced today that the Nyssa Stockmen Ask
This week started the annual post
will be open every Sat
campaign of the National Tubercu urday office
Storage Dam NYSSA TAKES GAME
afternoon until after Christ
losis Society to raise funds to car mas. This
departure from the usual
ry on their work in the reduction
and final elimination of this great
white plague through the sale of
Christmas seals.
That there is urgent need to con
tinue the fight against tuberculo
sis is evidenced by the fact that
40,000 deaths every year of per
sons between the ages of twelve and
forty-five are accounted for by tu
berculosis. Today it is estimated
that there are at least 500,000 active
cases in the United States.
There is a bright ray, however,
in all this. It is the fact that if dis
covered in the early stages and
treatment started immediately, the
disease need not be fatal.
But to carry on this work it takes
money, and in large quantities, so
the need each year for Christmas
seal sales. Also a large percentage
of the money raised in each district
is kept and spent in that district.
It was the sale of the Christmas
seals which made it possible for the
Nyssa schools to be among the very
first in the county to hold tuber
culosis examination clinics. And
through these clinics a few active
cases were found that would other
wise have gone unnoticed until
treatment might perhaps have been
*oo late to save a life.
If anyone did not receive their
Christmas seals, they may obtain
them from Mrs. Chas. Paradis or
members of the committee, com
posed of Mrs. Harold Fletcher, Mrs.
Dick Tensen and Mrs. Don M. Gra
ham.
COUNTY AGENT TO
ATTEND CONFAB
ONTARIO—County Agent Russell
M. McKennon will leave today, in
company with N. E. Dodd, director
of the western states AAA, for Con
don, to attend the annual conven
tion of the Eastern Oregon Wheat
League, where Dodd will be the
principal speaker.
From Condon McKennon will go
on to Corvallis, where he will at
tend the Annual Extension Service
Council conference which begins
December 16. McKennon said that
he expected to be back in Ontario
December 18.
I-O-N CUTOFF NOW
OPEN TO TRAFFIC
According to Arthur Lyons of the
Bolse-Winnemucca stage line, the
I. O. N. highway to California is
now open to year-around traffic.
The Idaho end has been com
pletely resurfaced with ten miles of
it already oiled and the contract for
the remainder has been let to the
W. W. Clyde construction company
of Utah. Work will be resumed in
the spring.
In Oregon there have been three
sections surfaced, one north of Jor
dan Valley and two south and in
Nevada the whole stretch to Win-
nemucca is now oiled and gravelled.
With this road now open, the
driving time to San Francisco has
been cut to from twelve to thirteen
hours and the total mileage to 622
miles.
Not only is this way the shortest
route but It is also one of the saf
est and most easily driven, there
being less traffic and fewer grades
than on any other.
Saturday afternoon closing is done
so that patrons of the local post
office will be better served during
the Christm..s rush.
Goshert al?o asked that the pub
lic co-operate with the post office
department by mailing their Christ
mas packages early, to insure
prompt service and to reheve the
clerks of the heavy Christmas mail
"rushes” that come as a result of
late mailing.
Christmas Tree
Party Slated
All Nyssa and fraternal organiza
tions are joining together for a
Christmas tree party to be held in
Nyssa at 2 p. m. the Saturday be
fore Christmas, December 23.
Dr. E. D. Norcott, Dr. Ken Kerby,
Dr. F. S. Weir and Hershel Thomp
son are the committee in charge.
Plans are now under way for the
party, which will include a Santa
Claus, and candy for the children.
The Christmas tree party is an
annual affair for Nyssa, and is fi
nanced by all civic and fraternal
organizations, working through a
central organization.
Apple Valley
Girl Killed
RUTH SCHULTZ HIT BY
TRUCK MONDAY AFTERNOON
By Mrs. Earl Summey
APPLE VALLEY (Special)—Ruth
Marie Schultz, 11, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Adolph G. Schultz, Apple
Valley residents, was killed instant
ly Monday afternoon as she stepped
from a school bus, into the path of
a truck driven by Clarence Martin
of Boise.
The school bus, driven by Harold
Meyer, was headed north and had
stopped in front of the Schultz
home to allow Ruth to alight. The
truck, loaded with beet pulp, was
going south. Martin, according to
Meyer, stopped immediately. An in
quest is to be held, following an in
vestigation of the accident.
Besides her parents, Ruth Marie
is survived by two sisters, Virginia,
a Boise student and Mrs. William
B. Willon, Seattle, and a brother,
Charles.
Funeral services were held this
afternoon in the Parma Lutheran
Church, with interment in the Par
ma cemetery.
Visit Tuesday Evening—
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Hall of
Nampa with Miss Esther McGary
and Lawrence McKlbben of Star,
visited with Mr. and Mrs. Cliff
Main on Tuesday evening.
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'ROUND TOWN
Good Lions and their friends
fishing about for old ties . . . . looks
like the beet growers have the
“meeting bug” . . . .the Art Boy-
dells the first again with their gar
den Christmas lights . . . . sure
enough June in December weather.
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O N T A R I O (Special) — Ferd
Schlapkohl, Owyhee project engin
eer and Walter White, of Nyssa left
Monday for Jordan Valley to in
vestigate a request of Jordan Valley
stockmen for a storage reservoir to
be located north of Jordan Valley.
Commissioner Page had asked R.
J. Newell, Boise, construction en
gineer for the Bureau of Reclama
tion to submit a report on the re
quest, who in turn asked Schlap
kohl to make the investigation.
Schlapkohl and White will inves
tigate the effect the storage dam
would have on the Owyhee project.
Little effect is expected as the wa
ter in the contemplated storage
dam would be stored in the spring
being released later when the Owy
hee project would be in need of
what Is stored at the Jordan Valley
dam.
FROM FRUITLAND
The Nyssa high school varsity
basketball team, in a practice game
with Fruitland Tuesday night, won
by a score of 25 to 17.
Stanley Ray led the Bulldogs in
point scoring, with 10 points. Ken
Lewis slung two baskets and one
free throw. Wilson and Shelley both
scored two field goals and Ensming-
er scored one. The score at half
time was Nyssa 10, Fruitland 6.
The Bulldogs played a man-to
man defense and did a fine job of
it .covering Fruitland's south-paw
threat handily throughout the
game.
Coaches Young and Parke really
have two teams, both of which
worked well together and show pros
pects of being up in the champion
ship bracket when the season ends.
Saturday the Nyssa team plays its
first conference game with Weiser
at Weiser. Then next week, Friday,
December 15, the Bulldogs play
Parma here.
The second string Nyssa team
lost to the Fruitland second string
City Recorder M. F. Solomon this ers
week received $4,181.80 or 10 per by a score of 24-14.
cent of the P. W. A. grant on the
sewer project this week. This is the LIONS CLUB LADIES
second payment on the grant, the NIGHT PROGRAM
first being 25 per cent of the grant
of $41,818. The remaining 10 per The Nyssa Lions club will hold
cent will be paid the city when the their annual Ladies Night dinner
sewer project is completed and a tonight
in the Nyssa High school
complete audit of the project is
science room, according to
made. It is expected that the pro domestic
W. Bushong, chairman in charge.
ject construction work will be fin J. Bushong
was very mysterious
ished about January 28, 1940.
about
the
actual
program, but in
Exceptional weather is working to timated that several
ladles and
the advantage of the contractor, Fife members
the club would be call
and Company, who are constructing ed on to of deliver
talks. The ladies,
and installing equipment on the dis it is learned, will have
their chance
posal plant.
to tell the men that they know
little of the subject upon which they
will be called to talk about.
STREET GRADING
Following the dinner a party of
COST IS LOW
the club will be made up to attend
Councilman J. C. Olsen revealed the Nyssa Dance club dance that
figures this week that shows a low will be held in the Eagles hall.
cost In the grading of Wards addi
tion and several blocks in the west 73,345 ACRES ARE
UNDER CULTIVATION
ern portion of the city.
Some 14 blocks of streets have
been graded and gravelled at a to According to figures compiled in
tal cost of about $1000 or an aver the U. S. Reclamation offices, the
age cost to the city of $71.50 per total number of acres under culti
vation on lands under the Owyhee
block.
The gravel was furnished to the Irrigation project totaled 73,000 and
city by Sam Playford and Virgil the total gross value per acre was
$25.31, for the year 1939.
Johnson, aggregate contractors
The gross value of 1938 was
slightly over $27.00 but this was due
to an early appraisal which at the
TWO CLUBS JOIN
end of the season proved to be above
HEALTH ASS’N.
that of the actual average taken In.
Below are the figures of each dis
The Nyssa Lions club and the trict
given out by Ferd Schlap
Oate City Lodge of Odd Fellows be kohl of as the
office this week,
came two of the first fraternal or with the net Ontario
acreage in cultivation
service organizations in the county and the average
gross value per
to Join the Malheur County Public
Health Association, when the mem acre.
Advancement ............... 609 24.83
bership of each organization voted Bench
2,174 41.51
this week to send membership dues Crystal .............................
................
1,058 27.43
to the association.
Oem, new land
5,500 12.51
This is a departure from the pro Oem,
old land
15,942 35.20
cedure in past years, the officials Ontarlo-Nyssa
............. 4,936 35.63
of the association feeling that more Owyhee ......................
1920
interest would be taken in the Pa.vette-Oregon Slope 38,929
42.87
health work if organizations were Slide ............................... 3.597
600 2429
admitted to membership. Individual
73,345 25.31
members of organizations may Join All District*
by paving for individual member Ladies Aid—
ship
There will be a no-hostess meet
ing of the Methodist Ladles Aid In
1st Boise—
the church basement on Thursday,
Mrs. K. E. Kerby and Mrs. Harry December 14th at which all mem
Hahn visited l" Boise on Monday. bers are urged to be present.
City Receives
P.W.A.Grant
N. E. Dodd
Nyssa district manager.
It is hoped that at this meeting
that the growers will hear a clari
fication of the status of the Sugar
Act of 1937, as it affects quotas and
acreage with a view toward the
growers association taking some
steps in the recommendation of fu
ture legislation.
4H Leaders Hold
Nomination
KINGMAN KOLONY (Special)
—Saturday, December 2nd at the
Kingman school house, was held
the regular meeting of the Malheur
4-H Local Leaders Council. The
business meeting was held in the
morning with Mrs. H. A. Connor,
president, presiding. Among the
matters of business it was voted to
hold the annual county-wide lead
ers banquet and party sometime In
February.
Scholarships and ways of obtain
ing them was brought up by E. M.
Hauser and discussed in general
among the leaders.
Officers were nominated for the
coming year and will be voted on
In January.
Lunch was served at noon by club
girls.
The afternoon program was In
charge of the young leaders with
Jimmie Nichols acting as chairman.
Their topic was "How to Improve
Club Leadership.”
A piano solo was played by Dud
ley Kurtz and a vocal salo was sung
by Mrs. William Toomb. The meet
ing was closed by a group song,
"Sing Your Way Home.”
Undergoes Operation—
On Friday afternoon, Mrs. Charles
McConnell underwent an emergency
operation for appendicitis at the
hospital in Ontario. Dr. L. A.
Maulding, the physician in charge,
reports her condition to be good.
MARKETS
Thursday Quotations
By Wiley ('lowers
.29
Cream, Grade A
Cream, Grade B
.27
CASH PRICE
Hens, heavy ........................
.09
Hens, light and Leghorn
.05
Springs
................
.09
Stags ...................................
.05
Cockerels ...........................
.03
Trade-In Eggs
Large .................................
.21
Medium
.....................
.18
TURKEYS
Prime young toms, dressed
.13
F’rime old hens, dressed
.14
Prime old toms, dressed
.12
Choice
All birds 3 cents under above quot
ed prices.
Second Grade
All birds 8 cents per pound.
Live Birds
All grades 4c under dressed price.
Custom dressing .... 14 cents per bird
DUCKS AND GEESE
Per Pound .......................... 9 cents
Capons, over 8 lbs____ ______ .16
Capons, 6 to 8 lbs. ____________13
Blips, over 8 lbs...........................12
Slips, 8 to 8 lbs____ _________ .09