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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 ______________
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