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r/ieNYSSA Published at Nvssa, Oregon, JOURNAL GATEWAY TO THE OWYHEE AND BLACK CANYON IRRIGATION PROJECTS IN THE HEART OF OREGON’S SUGAR EMPIRE Fastest Growing City In Oregon VOLUME XXXIV, NO. 52________________________________________NYSSA, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1940__________________________________________$1.50 PER YEAR President A sks Trade Agreem ent Continuance Washington, D. C. News Bureau of the Nyssa Gate City Journal President Roosevelt yesterday, at the opening session of congress, asked that congress continue the much belabored trade agreements when he said, "Our present trade agreement method provides a tem porary flexibility and is therefore practical in the best sense. It should be kept alive to serve our trade In terests—agricultural and Industrial —in many valuable ways during the existing wars.” The President asked th at his de fense program be continued, and financed through additional taxes, at the same time scoring those who believe in isolation of the United States in world affairs. An attitude of minding our own business (as a nation) is not enough to keep us out of war, "but we can strive with other nations to encourage the kind of peace that will lighten the troubles' of the world,” was another part of the President’s speech. The speech, throughout, was less antagonistic than any the Presi dent has yet delivered, both from a political angle and that of sizzling American business. WASHINGTON, D. C —There was a scare in the agricultural areas of the Pacific Northwest when Secre tary of Agriculture Henry A. Wal lace issued his new farm program. One rule is that loans will not be allowed for farmers with one cash crop, this restriction being intended to encourage diversification. This is the rule to apply to FSA loans and was so declared, but wheat growers, hop growers and others who specialize in one crop (farm ers not connected with FSA at all) had the idea it affected them. Tele grams and letters were rushed to members of the Oregon and Wash ington delegations in protest. For Better Farm Prices COMPLETE PROGRAM Among other matters affecting the northwest in the present con FOR CORN SHOW gressional session is Wallace's plan DINNER for a certificate program to aid in All plans have been completed parity payments. The plan has been meeting with objection from Secre and the speakers selected for the tary of Treasury Morganthau, al dinner to be held tonight in the though It does not take a nickel out Nyssa high school, and sponsored by of the treasury. Farmers, says, Wal the Nyssa Chamber of Commerce, lace, are now getting only 75 per in honor of those contenders who cent of parity and the certificate displayed corn in the Malheur coun plan will materially aid in bridging ty show and the state and won awards with their exhibits. the gap. From returns on invitations sent That the consumer need have no fear, Wallace explains that even at out from the office of the Cham parity prices the average cost of ber’s secretary, Frank Morgan, be wheat in an eight or ten cent loaf tween 75 and 80 are expected to at of bread is only 1.8 cents. This would tend. The speakers for the evening will be 0.7 cent more per loaf of bread than in October, 1939, when the be a Mr. Smith from Corvallis, R. average farm price of wheat was M. McKennon, Malheur county 70.3 cents. The certificate plan Is gaent, William DeGrofft, master of needed, asserts Wallace, to protect Oregon Trail Grange, Chester Dav farm income, the soil, the consum enport, representative of the Mi- chael-Leonard Seed company, J. W. er and national income. Bushong, principal of the Nyssa Private Money Finance P. II. D. Reconstruction Finance Corpora high school and Robert Sawyer, In tion received a shock a few days ago. structor in agriculture of the Nyssa The board was in session and about high school and club advisor for the to approve a loan of $275,000 to PUD local chapter of the Future Farmers No. 2, Pacific county, Washington, of America. Hershel Thompson has been in when a wire was handed the mem bers thanking the board for its con charge of arrangements for the din sideration but explaining that PUD ner. No. 2 had closed a deal to obtain its finances from Wall Street. This is the first public utility district to Indictment reach the point of borrowing gov ernment money to function. Other districts may now make application. Returned By Still a Nation of Free Men Government officials have re G rand Jury fused a request from religious groups The Malheur county grand jury that when the census is taken ev ery person be asked if he or she ended its session Wednesday with believes in God. A second question, 5 indictments, 3 open and 2 secret. The jury found true bills against also rejected, was, “If you do not belong to a church, what church San Juan Earl for larceny in a would you prefer if you joined any?” store. Otis Buchner was indicted Statistics have been gathered by the for assault and battery growing out census on the number belonging to of an altercation in which Claude the various denominations, but of Powell was knifed at an Ironside ficials hold that it is not the gov dance. Ross Smead was also in ernment’s business to inquire wheth dicted on a charge of threatening er an individual is a Christian or to commit a felony. No dates have as yet been set for the trials by pagan. the new circuit court judge Robert Who Said Good Neighbors? Offered for the Congressional Duncan, who took up his official Record shortly will be a list of duties Tuesday. scores of items which have been on the embargo list by Britain and W. J. MEGORDEN France, although they are in the reciprocal trade agreements between VISITING HERE the United States and those nations. W. J. Megorden, former city m ar Included will be such Pacific North west products as apples, pears, shal and city councilman, and Mrs. prunes, wool, salmon. A British buy Megorden, was in Nyssa the first ing commission Is now In the na part of the week renewing old ac tional capital arranging for using quaintances. Megorden, who has lived in Yak American vessels (changing registry to British Columbia) to transport ima. Wash., for the past 17 years, several million feet of lumber to expressed surprise at the growth of England. The lumber is to be sup Nyssa. The Megordens are visiting Mrs. plied by British Columbia mills. Megorden’s parents, the L. C. Pounds, in Caldwell. Trap Shoot Sunday The Nyssa Gun club has sched uled another trap shoot Sunday at 2 p. m.. provided the weather is favorable, according to Dr. E. D. Norcott. The shoot scheduled for last Sun day was rained out. Return From Trip— Mr and Mrs. Charles Newbill of Kingman Kolony returned on Mon day from an over the holiday visit with relatives and friends in Las Angeles. Sister Visits— Miss Doris Koontz of Boise spent the Saturday and Sunday with her brother-in-law and sister. Mr and Mrs. George J. Mitchell. Receives Appointment— Dr. J. W. Bowman of Baker, brother of Dr. J. C. Bowman of Nyssa, has reecived an appointment in the governmental veterinarian work and will leave for Oklahoma to assume his new duties some time this week. He is expected to make a short visit here enroute. NORCOTT NAMED HUDSON DEALER A. C. (Art) Norcott has been nam ed as Hudson automobile dealer for this district, with an announce ment released last week. In describing the new Hudsons, Norcott said, "Sweeping improve ments occur throughout the entire 1940 line. Particular emphasis is placed on a "new entry in the low est price field, the new Hudson six in which new features such as en gineering advancements in per formance, front-end spring suspen sion, riding comfort and roadability appeared, but never before in this price class.” Norcott, who operates the local Shell service station, said that he would welcome any of his friends to see the new 1940 Hudsons. O re go n W o o l Grow ers To Convene The annual convention of the Oregon Woolgrowers Association convenes in Burns on Monday and Tuesday, January 8 and 9, acord- ing to Walter A. Holt, secretary of the organization. Committees for the organization will gather at Burns on Sunday noon, January 7, to discuss and prepare recommenda tions to be preesnted to the general convention. R. M. McKennon, Malheur county agricultural agent, Is secretary of the convention committee on gen eral resolutions and organization. During the convention the wool growers will hear reports or talks on such subjects as “Wild Life and Predatory Animals,” “Oregon Land Use Problems,” "The Sheep Business in the Immediate Future,” “The Federal Range,” and “National Parks and Livestock.” The convention will be closed with the election of officers for the new term. Leo Hahn, Antelope, is the incumbent president. NYSSA BULLDOGS TO PLAY EMMETT The Nyssa Bulldogs will open the 1940 season of basketball when they play the Emmett quint in the local gym Saturday. Sickness has dogged the path of the Bulldogs during the current season but all of the regulars are now back to health and working out in their regular positions, and the outlook from the viewpoint of the coaches is much better than it has been for the first part of the season. FORMER NYSSAN DIES WEDNESDAY Night School For Farmers To Start A farmers’ night school will be held Monday evening, at 8. p. m„ January 8, 1940 at the Nyssa Union High school. The primary purpose of this meet ing will be to organize the program of night school work for the follow ing nine weeks. In general, the school will deal with such subjects as soils, fertilizers and potato dis eases. This school is sponsored by the vocational agriculture depart ment of the Nyssa Union high school. A visit to the potato improvement train, which is being brought by the Union Pacific railroad, January 24 1:30 to 5 p. m., will be part of the work. The school will be held on the conference method. MAY FORM NEW COMMERCIAL CLUB Rumors are current, and seem well established, that a group of business men, property owners, and farmers will meet Friday noon at the city hall for the purpose of or ganizing a new club, similar to that of the Chamber of Commerce. Mrs lo m Rust Di s Monday After five years of invalidism, Mrs. Mary Rust of Owyhee passed away at the family home following a short illness of pneumonia on the first day of the new year. Born Mary Elizabeth Huffman, in Missouri on June 3, 1870, she mar ried when quite young and moved to this community in 1892. Since then this has been the family resi dence. Funeral services are in charge of the Nyssa Funeral home and will be held at the Owyhee school house with Bishop A. L. Anderson of the L. D. S. church^ presiding, on Fri day afternoon at 2 p. m. C. O f C. A rranges M eetin g O n Subway The Nyssa Chamber of Commerce, through its secretary, Frank T. Morgan, has arranged for a meet ing between officials of the Oregon State Highway commission, the Amalgamated Sugar company and the Union Pacific, for the purpose of arriving a t a satisfactory solu tion to the matter of acquiring land lying between the railway right-of- way and the sugar company proper ty, as well as matters that may ef fect the operations of the railroad during the construction of the sub way. The meeting will be held Satur day, January 13, in Nyssa. Word was received here today of the death Wednesday of B. C. (Brady) Fowler, a well known for mer resident of Nyssa. Death was due to a heart attack, according to the reports. Fowler came to Nyssa about 1915 where he made his home until 1934, when he moved to Payette to enter DRIVERS EXAMINER the motorcycle sales field. HERE JANUARY 10 Funeral services will be held in Payette with interment in the New A traveling examiner of operators Plymouth cemetery. and chauffeurs is scheduled to ar rive in Nyssa, Wednesday, January 10, and will be on duty at the city hall between the hours of 10 a. m. and 5 p. m. All those wishing permits or li censes to drive cars are asked to get in touch with the examiner during SALEM—Secretary of State Earl these hours. Snell does not choose to run for Congress in the forthcoming cam On Short Vacation— paign he let it be known during the Mr. and Mrs. George C. Henne- past week. Snell was being men man. owners of the Nyssa Gamble tioned as a possible Republican can Store agency, are visiting friends in didate against Congressman Walter Pasco, Washington, having left Sun M. Pierce of La Grande. Having day and expecting to return before just been returned to a second term the end of the week. in his state job Snell feels th at he should complete his term before House Guests— turning his attention to other po Holiday house guests of Dr. and litical honors, he said. Mrs. J. J. Sarazin were their daughter Isabell from Boise, Warren Larsen from Twin Falls and Clare ADRIAN FARMER Peterson of Portland. DIES TODAY Snell Not To Oppose Pierce George Smith, age about 78 years, well known Adrian farmer, died at the Nyssa hospital this after noon. Smith leaves no near relatives so far as can be learned. He was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. House Guests— Funeral arrangements have not Week-end house guests of Mr. and Mrs. Emil Stunz were Mr. and Mrs. yet been completed. The body is at Harland Conyem of Cascade. Idaho, the Nyssa Funeral Home. and on Srturday Mr. and Mrs. Oral Harshman of Horshoe Bend. Idaho, Returns To Nyssa— High School Principal James W. visited. Bushong returned Sunday from a vacation spent with Mrs. Bushong's Returns To Duty— On Saturday Don Willson left for parents at Forest Orove. Mrs. Bu Camp Stevens where he is enlisted shong and their small daughter re mained for a longer stay. in the U. S. Army 4-H MEMBERS START BABY BEEF PROJECTS Nearly thirty 4-H Club members who will take the baby beef project for 1940 now have their calves on feed, a number of these animals be ing secured over the past week-end. A total of 33 calves are now on feed, and most of these animals are well- bred stock that have been purchas ed from various breeders in Mal heur and adjacent counties. Over half of the club members carrying this project this year are taking up the baby beef feeding for the first time. Both the Ontario Branch of the U. S. National Bank of Portland, and the Nyssa Branch of the First National Bank of Portland are help ing the club members finance the purchase of their animals. PRINCIPAL RETURNS FROM CONVENTION On Sunday Principal Leo Hollen- berg returned from the 40th annual Oregon State Teachers Association held December 27, 28 and 29 at the Lincoln high school in Portland, which he attended as delegate from the Malheur county association. Outstanding address on the pro gram. according to Mr. Hollenberg, was that made by Dr. Carl Sumner Knopf from the University of South ern California. Two others of special merit was that given by Truman G. Reed of Spokane on "Education and De mocracy” and that given on “Lost Horizons” by Dr. Knopf. On Tuesday Mr. Hollenberg was present at the Oregon high school athletic association and was on the committee submitting new regula tions for high school football teams. The only drastic change made was that of the age limit of the players, which was lowered from twenty to nineteen. This latter will make no differ ence to teams playing within the state as all schools will be affected by the ruling, but those playing Idaho teams may suffer a slight disadvantage as In that state the twenty year age limit is still used. Others on this committee were W. J. Maxwell and Fred Patton of St. Helens. Seed Growers To Hold Meeting The Snake River Valley Co-op erative Seed Growers association will hold a meeting in Boulevard Grange Hall, Cairo Junction, at 2 p. m. Tuesday, January 9. The meeting will be In the nature I of a general discussion on the views and experiences of farmers in seed organizations, and is open to all farmers interested in growing seeds. 4H Leaders To Elect Officers The Malheur 4-H Leaders Council will hold their January meeting at the high school building in Ontario on Saturday, January 6, at 2:00 p. m. Election of officers for 1940, committee reports on an activity program for the coming year, and a round-table discussion of recreation for 4-H club meetings will consti tute the business of the day. Officers th at have been nomin ated for the various offices are: President, Mrs. A. H. Conner and Mrs. C. E. Elliott; vice-president, Mrs. Nell Dlmmick and Mrs. Bernice Russell; secretary, W. O. Roehr and James Nichols. P. W. A. ENGINEER MAKING SURVEY Coad Announces For Senatorship Carl Coad, local attorney, at a meeting of the Nyssa Chamber of Commerce, Wednesday, announced that he would stand for election as state senator at the primaries next spring. Coad's announcement came about when he advised those present that a vacancy now exists in the state senatorship from this district, and asked that the county court be ad vised as to the wishes of those in Nyssa as to who they prefer to fill the position. The vacancy occurred when Gov ernor Sprague appointed Robert Duncan, senator and president of the senate to fill the circuit court judgeship left vacant on the death of Charles W. Ellis. The vacancy is to be filled by the selection by the three county courts, Malheur, Grant and Harney coun ties, in the 22nd state senatorial district. Upon the agreement of the courts, the selection will be for warded to the governor. The appointment, in any event, will simply mean an honorary one, inasmuch as the state legislature will not meet this year, unless the unexpected happens, a special ses sion, which seems more than un likely. The appointee will have to stand for reelection at the coming elections, if he desires to continue in office and sit in the session when it convenes a year hence. A nnual Livestock Feeders Tour Announced Bernard Frost was re-elected to his third term as president of the Nyssa Chamber of Commerce at an evening meeting held last Thurs day. A new office, that of vice-presi dent, was created at the meeting and will be filled by Louis P. Thomas Elected to the board of directors were George J. Mitchell, J. B. Glezenta.iner and Hershel Thomp son. Frank Morgan was unanimously re-elected as secretary. In his report to the members, Morgan recited that in the past year the Chamber of Commerce was instrumental in bringing about ac tion for the construction of a sub way under the Union Pacific rail road, had supported local beet grow ers in their demand for an increas ed quota of sugar beet acreage, had maintained directional signs in Ida ho directing attention of tourists to Nyssa over Highway 30 south, had co-operated with the Associated Chambers of Commerce of South western Idaho and Eastern Oregon in the completion of Oregon’s por tion of the I-O-N highway. That the Chamber of Commerce is working for the location of new industries in the city was brought out when it was shown th at the Chamber of Commerce has been working on the establishment in Nyssa of a creamery, cheese factory or condensery during the past year. Negotiations had been completed with an alfalfa meal mill the com pany of which failed. The Chamber of Commerce expressed a desire for a change in the parking limit or dinance which is now in the course of being amended by the city coun cil to conform to the wishes of the Chamber. The Malheur County Annual Corn show was one of the major under takings of the Chamber, with this years show being the largest yet held. Plans are now under way for the 1940 Com Show in which the Union Pacific and the Chamber will be co-sponsors. Another activity in which the Chamber is taking part is th earrival in Nyssa of the Union Pacific Potato train, which will bring to local farmers the latest method of the planting, growing, and harvesting of potatoes. This train is due to arrive in Nyssa on January 24 at 1:30 p. m. ONTARIO—The second annual Malheur county livestock feeders tour will be held on Tuesday, Jan uary 16, according to announcement made this week by R. M. McKennon, county agent. The general plan for the tour will include visits to seven or eight feed yards scattered throughout the val ley, a noon-day lunch probably at the Boulevard Grange hall, where a short program will be presented. Appearing on the program and a t tending the tour will be D. E. Rich ards. superintendent of the Eastern Oregon Livestock Experiment Sta tion at Union, R. L. Clarke, live stock commission man, Portland, and H. A. Lindgren, extension live stock specialist. This is another activity to pro vide information to feeders and prospective feeders with informa tion on management and possibil ities of winter fattening of cattle C ou n ty C ourts and lambs in Malheur county, says To Se le ct McKennon. Farmers and their wives and businessmen of the county are all Senator urged to attend. A complete itiner ary for the trip will be available Secretary of State Earl Snell, this next week. week advised the Malheur county court of a meeting of the three county courts in the 22nd state sen C. OF C. BACKS atorial district, composed of Mal FALL FESTIVAL heur, G rant and Hamey counties, for the selection of a state senator The new board of directors of the to fill the vacancy left when the Nyssa Chamber of Commerce at a president of the state senate, Sen meeting held Tuesday night ear ator Robert Duncan, Bums, was ap marked $100 to help finance the pointed as circuit court judge for 1940 Nyssa Fall Festival. Last year the ninth judicial district. the Chamber donated $20. The meeting is to be held in Dues for the members in 1940 will Bums, Wednesday, January 10, with remain the same as during the past Nelson Hicks, county court judge of year, the board decided. Harney county as chairman. The income of the Chamber of Frank Porter, of the John Day Commerce will not be budgeted, it country is known to have been in was also decided, due to contingen the county laying the groundwork cies that might arise. Working with for his appointment and, it is un out a budget would leave the Cham derstood, unofficially, th a t he has ber more free to act, in a financial the support of the courts of Grant way, to meet any emergency that and Hamey counties, leaving little might arise. chance for Malheur county’s wishes to have any weight, despite the fact that Malheur has at least 50 per cent of the voting population of the senatorial district. With this situation facing the Malheur court, at least one member. An explosion Wednesday after Charles Marshall, is opposed to hav noon, caused when a houswife used ing the court take any part in the kerosene to start a fire in the kit meeting in Bums. However, no of chen range, did considerable dam ficial action has been taken on the age to a residence owned by C. C. matter yet. Bates and occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Returns To Office— E. C. Clark. Oeorge Jensen returned to his Mrs. Clark and her children for tunately escaped being burned. Mr. desk at the irrigation offices on Bates, an employee of the Amal Tuesday after a three weeks absence gamated Sugar company, was on while having an eye operated upon. duty when the fire occurred. The loss was not covered by in MARKETS surance. Explosion Sets House Afire A survey now being made by P. W. A. Engineer C. E. Beeman, Nyssa, for the regional offices at San FYan- cisco, California, discloses th at the new high school project at Adrian, produced for local men, 13,945 man hours of work, which equals 1743 days of work of 8 hours each, and for which was paid the sum of $10,878.23. It is known that for each day of In Boise— work produced at the project, two Mr. and Mrs. Leslie McClure mo and one half days of work are pro tored to Boise on New Years to visit duced in the preparation of the ma with Mrs. McClure's sister, who is terials before they reach the pro a patient at a hospital there. ject. thus in the case of the Adrian high school a total of 32,882 man hours of work was produced and the sum of $27,195 57 was expended Recovering From Operation— Gerald Sebum, oldest son of Mr. for labor alone. n Lots of pale people in town on and Mrs. Carl Sebum, who under January 1st . . . . Charley Thomason MR AND MRS. CLUB went an operation recently, is now pulling ’em out of the mire on Mr. and Mrs. George J. Mitchell at home and reported as recovering. Wednesday . . . . Dutch Schultz entertained the Mr. and Mrs. club getting the advice of the Main on Wednesday evening at dinner Returns From Portland— street gang on how to wash a win and contract. Mrs. R. O. Larson Mrs. Willard Jackson returned on dow . . . . where is the guy that was a guest player. 8unday from a visit with Mr. Jack- was yelling for rain? . . . . hope he's High scores at cards were won son and their son and daughter-in- satisfied. by Mr A H. Boydell and Mr. law. Mr. and Mra. Alfred Jackson in Portland. Mitchell ’ROUND TOWN Frost Re-elected President O f Cham ber Thursday Quotations By Wiley dowers Cream, Grade A ____________ .28 Cream. Grade B ______________ .28 CASH PRICE Hens, heavy _______________ .99 Hens, light and L eg h o rn _____.05 S p rin g s--------------------------------- .09 S t a g s _______________________ .05 Cockerels____________________ .03 Trade-In Eggs L a r g e ----------------------------------- .15 Medium ______________ 12