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meNYSSA G Ä t fllT Y JOURNAL Published at Nyssa, Oregon, G ATEW AY TO THE OWYHEE AND BLACK CANYON IRRIGATION PROJECTS IN THE HEART OF OREGON’S SUGAR EMPIRE VOLUME XXXVI, NO. 22 School Election Seed Plant To Dates Are Set Start W ork Washington, D. C. News Bureau ot the Nyssa Gate City Journal Two school elections will be held in Nyssa during the month of June. One will be for the election of one director for the Union high school and the other for the election of one director and a board clerk, for school district 26, the Nyssa grade school. H ie election for school district 26 will be held in the grade school building Monday, June 17, between the hours of 2 p. m. and 7 p. m. Mrs. Alice Wilson, president of the present board, is the outgoing mem ber and stated that as she had served on the board for six years she was definitely out of the race. She expressed thanks to the mem bers of the board and the school staff for their fine cooperation dur ing her term as president. Bert Lienkaemper, the incumbent clerk, will be up for re-election. The Union high school election will be held in the high school building on Monday, June 24, be tween the hours of 2 p. m. and 7 p. m. Mrs. Alice Holmes is the re tiring member. The new director will serve for a five-year term. WASHINGTON, D. C.—Whether tlie United States can keep out of the war is a debatable question In the national capital. In asking congress for another billion dollars f o r national defense President Roosevelt’s message contained no assurance that this country will not be involved. He said the possibility exists that all continents may be come belligerents—and that includes the American continent. Left to his own devices, the av erage American wants peace, but at this time there i3 being promoted an intriguing program to influence public sentiment and land America side by side with the allies. Agents carrying on this propaganda plot to drag the United States into war are busy as bird dogs in this feder al city. The principal argument— On Monday morning Mrs. L. A. to inspire fear—is that Hitler's le Cunningham passed away at the gions will attack this country after Ontario hospital following an ill disposing of Prance and England. ness of only three days. It may turn the trick yet. Mrs. Cunningham was stricken Saturday with pneumonia and was Conditions in Washington now taken to the hospital under the are following the pattern of the care of Dr. L. A. Maulding. Her events which led to America's en death followed on Monday as a re trance into the first world war. The sult of pneumonia lyith heart com United States is the arsenal of the plications. allies; a board of civilians has been Laura Albertha Cunningham was appointed by the president to fur born January 13, 1878, in Kansas nish supplies for preparedness (now and passed away June 4, 1940, at called national defense); the presi Ontario, Oregon. She had been a dent is calling for dollar-a-year resident of Nyssa for many years. men; congress is asked to take She leaves one daughter and a 100,000,000 of taxpayer money and little granddaughter, Alma Deane, give it to refugees in the war-tom who made her home with Mrs. Cun countries. Apparently about every ningham. step is being taken except sending Funeral services are under the American troops abroad. direction of the Nyssa Funeral Home and will be held at the Com- munity-Methoidst church in Nyssa HEARING AIDS AT on Friday, June 7th at 2 p. m. with NYSSA THEATRE the Rev. Millard Scherich officiat ing. The last word in theatre equip Interment will be at tjie Nyssa ment has been added to that of cemetery. the Nyssa theatre, according to G. B. Geisentanner who announced that he has installed aids for the hard of hearing. “This equipment will prove a boon to those who have difficulty in hearing and will add greatly to their enjoyment of our program", Geisentanner said. Two events take place this com ing week that will be of interest The city council, holding a hear to the patrons of the local theatre, ing on the petition asking that a one is the ending of the serial, peddlers ordinance be enacted by “The Shadow”, which has proven the city, denied the petition, on the so popular with the Pal Night pa grounds that the city chatrer now trons. The second is the arrival, has a provision (passed in 1907) for Wednesday and Thursday, of that adequately takes care of ped the famous TValt Disney Techni dlers. A further reason for the de color cartoon feature “Pinocchio” , nying of the petition was that not comedy and news flnishs the pro one person who had signed the pe gram. tition was present at the hearing, The following week, on June 19 nineteen business and professional and 20, the long-awaited showing men's names appeared on the peti of “Gone With the Wind" will take tion. place. On each of the two days, The police report for the month a matinee and evening performance of May was read. There were 11 will be given. All seats will be re arrests made during the month, five served and are now on sale at the for investigation, three for drunk- Nyssa Theatre. Patrons may write, eness, one for attempted larceny phone or call to make their reser and two for forgery. A hearing vations. will be held next Monday night on the proposed zoning ordMnnce for Attend Graduation— the city, which has been recom Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Poster are mended by the city planning com spending the week end in Portland mission. This meeting has been where they will attend the gradu called for 8 p. m„ in the city hall, ation of their son from Multnomah and any interested person may ap College. pear before the planning commis Visit from Salem— sion and express their views on the Dr. John E. Long and Mrs. Long proposal. with their son are in Nyssa on bus iness interests and are house guests Welcome Home Party— at the parental J. T. Long home. Friday evening, members will give In Boise Sunday— a welcome home party at the L. D. Mr and Mrs R. A. Thompson S. church for Walter Ashby, son of and Mr. and Mrs. W W. Foster Mr. and Mrs. J. R Ashby, who has were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs been on a California mission. O P. Bacon in Boise on Sunday. From Baker— End Visit— Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Ray with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sewell. Hills boro. Ore., returned to their home Leona and Mr. and Mrs. Gordon on Monday evening following a Ray and their son of Baker were weeks visit with Mr. and Mrs. J. in Nyssa over the Memorial Day holiday The Dewey Rays were C. Olsen. house guests of Mr. and Mrs. Sid WEATHER REPORT ney Burbidge and the Gordon Rays Following is the weather report visited with Mrs. Stella Butler; for the week ending June 4th. as Leona remains in Nyssa to visit her given at the Nyssa offices of the many friends. United States Reclamation : Low High Former Resident Marries— Date La Vena Phillips, daughter o f 86 __________57 May 29 _____ Frank Phillips of Nyssa and Mrs. 87 .......... 54 Mav 30 ......... Phillips of Austin, Nevada, was 84 May 31 -------- J_______ 57 married to Oliver King of Austin on 78 June 1 ______ __________47 30. at Wlnnemucca, Nevada. June 2 ______ ............. 47 76 May a short tour of the state they June 3 ______ ......... _ 51 80 After will be at home in Austin. The 71 ...... ......... 49 June 4 ______ Acre feet of water impounded at former Miss LaVena Phillips is weU known in Nyssa. having lived here the Owyhee reservoir are 866,880 a number of years. Mrs.Cunningham Dies On Monday Petition For Peddlers Law Turned Down Puâtes: Growing City In Oregon NYSSA, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1940 July 15 Arrangements for the opening of the seed cleaning plants and ware house in Ontario formerly owned by the Michael Leonard Seed Co., are well along toward completion, reports the management of the Blue Mountain Seed Growers Asso ciation. Plans are for the plant to be ready to start operations on July 15th. All payments on the purchase contract with the Michael Leonard Company have been met in full to date and funds for making the final payments are assured. Nearly three hundred Malheur county farmers have provided the money for pur chase of the plant by subscribing for a membership of $50 to be used by the Blue Mountain Seed Grow ers Association in buying the plant. The Farm Security Administration has cooperated by making loans available to farmers who are un able to raise their membership fee in cash. W. N. Young, Farm Se curity Supervisor, states that addi tional loans are still available and anyone wishing to borrow for this purpose should contact the F. S. A. office at either Vale or Ontario. These loans will not be available after June 15. According to Mr. Gheen. chair man of the committee, the cam paign to raise funds to make an up-to-date cleaning and warehous ing plant owned and controlled by seed growers themselves has been entirely successful and there is no question about the opening of the plant as a cooperative becoming a reality in July. Growers with Aus trian peas and other early seed crops can expect to have the facili ties of the plant available to them as soon as they harvest. RECRUITING OFFICES FOR MARINE CORPS The United States Marine Corps recruiting office in the U. S. court house at Portland has been author ized to accept an unlimited number of men for enlistment during the month of June, according to word received today from Capt. James B. Hardie, officer in charge of Marine Corps recruiting activities in the Portland district. This, Captain Hardie stated, is due to the fact that congress has authorized the expansion of the Marine Corps to 34,000 enlisted men, its greatest peace time strength. Due to this great increase, promo tion will be faster than it has been at any time during the past twenty years, the captain said. Branch recruiting offices are be ing opened at Boise, Idaho, and Walla Walla, Washington, to help in handling the increase. Male United States citizens be tween the ages of 18 and 30. with out dependents, of good habits and character, and in good health, are eligible for enlistment. FAREWELL SERMON BY REV. SCHERICH On Sunday the Rev. Millard Scherich will preach his farewell sermon to his congregation at the Community-Methodist church. Mr. Scherich is also leaving the ministry and will enter summer school at Moscow, Idaho, for post graduate work on leaving Nyssa. At the opening of the fall school year he will assume his new duties as city school superintendent at Kuna, Idaho. Mr. Scherich has been in charge of the Nyssa parish for only a few months but while here has made many friends who are sorry to lose him. Scherich will be replaced by the Rev. Murele Burres, Enterprise, who with Mrs. Burres will occupy the parsonage within a short, time. Returns from Vacation— Mrs. O. M. Kimsey returned on Sunday from a three weeks vaca tion which she spent at Missoula. M ont. visiting relatives and friends. Visit* from Ironside— Ed Woodard of Ironside was a guest at the Will H. Beam home on Wednesday. Woodward is the bus driver between Ironside and Vale. Pastors Exchange Pulpits— Rev Stanley Moore of the Epis copal church has changed pulpits for 8unday with Rev. Eldon Burrel of Bums. Rev. BotTel will conduct Sunday services at St Paul’s Par ish hall at 8 o'clock in the evening. Motor to Ogden— Mr and Mrs. Bumall Brown and their family motored to Ogden over the week end and on their return to Nyssa were accompanied by Mrs. Brown's mother. Mrs. May Chand ler. ONLY NINE DAYS LEFT FOR QUEEN CONTEST ENTRY There are only nine more days to enter the Malheur County Fair queen contest. All entries must be in by midnight, June 15. As many girls as wish to may enter the con test in any district. Each girl se curing the greatest number of votes in her respective district will rep resent that district. She will re ceive a beautiful gift and will be the guest of the Fair Board with all expenses paid in Ontario during the three days fair. From the six girls one will be chosen queen by three judges, at a banquet to be given Friday even ing before the opening day of the fair. All merchants of the county will be furnished with votes by June 15, which can be received with each 50 cent purchase. Entry blanks have been coming in and the names of the girls will be published in the next edition of the paper. Following are the rules: All girls must be between the ages of 16 and 20; must be single and be residents of Malheur county. An ¿ntry blank will be found on the back page of this edition of The Nyssa Journal. Frank Johnson To Attend Boys Beaver State Two Hurt As Car Chamber Asks Goes Over Bank Support For (By Lucille M. Case) SUNSET VALLEY (Special)—Jim Trumbull, of Cow Hollow, and Hil- mer Hintz, 12 year old boy, were seriously injured Sunday, when the car in which they were riding, and driven by Trumbull, went out of control on a ditch bank near the canal break, on Sunday, and turned over three or four times. Trumbull is in the Holy Rosary hospital in Ontario with a badly crushed hip and Hllmer is in the Nyssa Nursing Home with a lacer ated side that required five stitches and several serious bruises. Both are reported as recovering as well as could be expected. The two had been on a trip to the scene of the break in the north canal, and were rounding a curve when they met another car, and in passing, Trumbull, in order to avoid hitting it headon, took to the out side of the ditch bank road. It was then that his car went out of con trol. NATION TO OBSERVE DAIRY MONTH During the month of June the nation will observe Dairy Month, during which time attention will be focused on the value of dairy pro ducts as a food of the highest merit. In Malheur county, this month will be of special significance, in asmuch as the farmers are gradu ally turning to dairying as a major part of their income, for dairying is one of the largest cash income that the farmers throughout the nation have. Both local dairies, the Shelton Dairy and the Gate City Dairy timed the reduction in the price of the milk, delivered to consumers in Nyssa to coincide with the opening of Dairy Month, which began on June 1st. Prices on single quarts have been reduced to 10 cents, and four quarts, delivered at a single delivery for 35 cents. The state dairy inspector has Just been in this district, on one of his periodical Inspection tours of dairy cows, and has Inspected the two dairies. This inspection is done to protect the consuming public from contracting tuberculosis and undulant fever, by eliminating cows that are subject to these diseases from the herds. The state imposes strict sanitary regulations upon all licensed dair ies, Rock Shelton, owner of the Shelton Dairy, said, which is wel comed by operators of these dairies because they realize that milk is one of the most important foods and that it must be brought to the consumer in the most sanitary con dition possible. Fiank Johnson, past president of the Nyssa Chapter of the Future Farmers of America, has been se lected by the Nyssa Post of the American Legion to attend the Ore gon Legion Boys Beaver State at Hill Military Academy in Portland from August 3 to 10, according to announcement by Sid Burbidge, commander of the Nyssa Post. The cost of the entrance fee and transportation will be paid for by the Nyssa Lions club, the Chamber of Commerce and the Nyssa Legion. The Boys Beaver State has been conducted by the Oregon depart ment of the American Legion to instruct selected youths of the state in the actual workings of our dem ocratic form of government. The camp is divided into barracks, and each barrack is conducted as a po litical unit. The boys elect their own officers from the city govern ment on through to state officials and a supreme court. This year, besides constructing and conducting their own self-gov ernment in all its phases, the boys will complete a permanent organ ization of what they call their alumni. “The Boys Beaver State is one step toward combating any ‘fifth column’ activity in the United SUGAR COMPANY States”, Sid Burbidge said. BUYS PROPERTY Local Legionaires are so well As one of the last steps toward “sold” on Frank that there is ex the construction of the Nyssa sub pectations that he will walk off with way. the Amalgamated Sugar Com the govemship of the “state” . pany has paid for at least two pieces of property in the Emison addition in the last two days. Other property in the addition is being paid for as soon as the ab stracts have been examined and title to the property found to be The population of Malheur coun in good order. No word has been received here, ty, state of Oregon, as shown by a preliminary count of the returns of however, on what action, if any, the supervisor of the 1940 Census that the Oregon State Highway of Population, as of April 1, 1940, commission has taken on the ad is 19,756 as compared with 11,269 vertising for bids of the construc in 1930 and 10,907 as compared to i tion. The postponed hearing on the 1920. The 1940 figure Is prelimin vacation proceedings of the Emison ary and is subject to correction. additions was again set over, this time until the regular July meet ing of the city council, to afford Will Attend Grange Convention— John Lienhardt, master of Boule time for the transfer of title to the vard Grange and Mrs. Lienhardt, property. No one was present at will attend the State Grange con the hearing last Monday night. vention to be held in Salem begin Returns Home— ning next Monday. H. F. Brown was a patient at the Following the five day conven tion the Lienhardts will motor Nyssa Nursing Home front1 Sunday through California on a vacation until Tuesday when he was able to return to his home. trip. Move to New Home— Ladies Aid— Mr. and Mrs. Heinz Sonnekes Ladies Aid of the Community- have moved to the Fife apartment Methodist church will meet with recently vacated by Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Charles Garrison at 2:30 p. m. Malcolm Crawford. on Thursday, June 13th. Jimmy Cook III— Return from Trip— Jimmy Cook, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mr and Mrs. W. L. Barclay re Cook, has been confined to his bed turned the last of the week from because of illness since last Satur a three weeks trip through Cali day. fornia. Moves from Burley— Mr and Mrs. Arthur Tschannen are making their home in the A. V. Cook apartment, having arrived here from Burley, Idaho, last Sat That neat pole with its wee flag urday. Mr Tschannen is employed afloat in the Sc hi reman rear gar at the sugar factory. den . . . . nice to hear the Wednes From Payette— Mr* Brady Fowler was a business day evening band concerts again . . . Bernard Eastman drawing a visitor in Nyssa today. weekly vote out of the Chamber of Friend to Spend Sum m er- Miss Margaret Trethewey of Deer Commerce . . . troop trains rolling through, tanks, 'n' everything . . , . Mountain. Mont , will spend the summer in Nyssa as guest of Miss !■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Thaddene Jennings. Population * About Doubled ' " ’ROUMDTOW n " ' Allies The Nyssa Chamber of Commerce, by resolution, Wednesday went on record as favoring all possible aid to the allied powers in Europe, short of sending men across the seas. Specifically, the resolution, which was wired to Senator McNary and Congressman Pierce favors lending money, and sending arms, muni tions and any war materials to help the Allies but not the sending of American troops. It is believed here that the Nyssa Chamber is perhaps the first body of business men in the United States to take such action. Harry F. Cannon Dies Wednesday Harry F. Cannon, 51, Nyssa far mer, died Wednesday at 2:30 p. m. at his home near the C. C. C. camp after an illness of about 10 days. He had bought the farm five years, ago, but had made his home there only a year, after having been em ployed by the Union Pacific in Pocatello for the past 11 years. Harry F. Cannon was born in Frankfurt. Indiana, February 1st. 1889, and is survived by his widow Jenny, one daughter, Mrs. Norman Dalldorf of Pocatello, three sons, Dale and Orville of Nyssa and Francis of Nampa, his mother, Mrs. Charles Meade, of Grand Junction, Colo., two brothers, Charles, also of Grand unction, and Walter of#Nys- sa, and one sister, Mrs. Ruth Ek of Detroit, Mich. Funeral arrangements, which will be in charge of the Nyssa Funeral Home, are pending, awaiting the arrival of the deceased’s mother, Mrs. Meade. LARGE DELEGATION TO 4-H SCHOOL A peaceful invasion, although a veritable blitzkrieg of boys and girls, Is impending for the Oregon State College campus as some 2,000 mem bers of Oregon’s 4-H clubs converge on the campus for the opening of the 26th annual 4-H club summer session June 10. The session will continue to Friday, June 21. The Malheur delegation, number ing over 40 club members and lead ers, will leave Ontario on the 5:30 train Sunday evening, June 9. This is the largest delegation ever to at tend the 4-H Summer School from this county and the large number is made possible by the support of rural and civic organizations in pro viding scholarships to deserving club members for outstanding ac complishment in different lines of work. Leaders accompanying the dele gation are Mrs. T. B. Duncan of Vale and Mrs. C. E. Elliott of King- man Kolony. ODD FELLOWS WILL HOLD MEMORIAL $1.50 PER YEAR Water Users Get Report On Break In a special meeting of the Owy hee Water Users association, presid ed over by I. Bjugan, president, held here Wednesday night, R. J. Newell, construction engineer for the Owyhee project, told the mem bers, when questioned as to when water would \>e turned into the north canal, "that a bum guess at this time was probably better than no guess at all” and predicted that the break north of the Owyhee syphon would be repaired and wa ter turned in by the end of next week. Newell said, in response to a question as to the feasibility of lining curves of the ditch with con crete and drawing it “ in” where it passes through dirt, thus eliminat ing a chance for slides, that this break is the first major one suffered by the district in the six years of its operation and that everything is being done to get the break fixed at the earliest possible date. Newell said that he did not favor the lin ing of any part of the ditch with concrete because of the trouble that occurred last year with a section of the ditch that was lined with the concrete. More cjirt has been moved in the last two days, than has been in the rest of the time since the break accurred, Newell said. The association adopted a motion requiring the board of directors to meet with the engineers of the pro ject and make two inspection trips over the project. One of these trips will be made while the water is still running and another after the wa ter has been turned off this fall. A suggestion was made, and re ceived a tentative approval from Newell that the Bureau of Reclama tion keep on hand a sufficient am ount of steel pipe to flume across any break that may occur in the future. This system of repairing breaks, would be expensive, Newell said, but It was worth considera tion. High tribute was paid to Joe Tertelling, president of Tertelling company, for the assistance that his company was giving the Bureau in repairing the break. Tertelling is remaining near here until water is back in the ditch, and one of his top superintendents is on the Job for the Bureau. At the present time there are seven Caterpillars on the Job, one more that is to arrive to day, and another on the way from Union. Most of the water users, about 125 of them, left the meeting sat isfied that the Bureau of Reclama tion was doing everything possible to get the break repaired in time to save the crops under the north canal, and that full cooperation in the plans of the association could be exepected for the future. County Committee To Combat Fifth Columnists The Malheur county members of the American Legion met in Ontario last night and formed a committee which will work with the Federal Bureau of Investigation In combat ing subversive activities in the county. Each post, there are five in the county, will have a committee of five members to work with the county committee. This action on the part of the county Legionaires is in line with a memorandum sent out by the Department of Oregon Commander, Nell R. Allen, advising post com manders to turn in all Information on subversive activities to the state committee, who in turn is working with the F. B. I. The Nyssa lodge of Odd Fellows will conduct memorial services at the Nyssa cemetery next Tuesday night, June 11, the annual I, O. O. F. memorial day which is celebrated throughout the world by all mem bers of the order. , Those who will, or wish to, par ticipate in the ceremonies will meet at the Legion hall on the above date at 6:30 p. m. Following the ceremonies at the cemetery, the Nyssa lodge will go to Ontario to confer the initiatory degree on two Nyssa candidates, by the Nyssa degree team, the first team that the local lodge has had in many years, according to M. F. Solomon, secretary of the lodge. To See Son Graduate— Mr. and Mrs. George J. Mitchell At one time. Solomon said the local lodge had what was reputed to be with their daughter, Katherine, will the best degree team In the state. leave for Eugene on Saturday to at tend the graduation exercises at the university. Their son, Pete, Is Receives O. 8. C. Degree— among those to get their sheepskins Thomas Oeorge Skinner of Jor this year. dan Valley is among the 793 who Miss Mitchell will leave for Seat have completed their courses here tle on Monday where she will take and are receiving their degrees this a boat for a trip through the June. He represents the school of Orient. agriculture. Visits Parent*— MARKETS Miss Katherine Mitchell arrived Thursday Quotations on Sunday from Eugene where she By Wiley dowers has taught school the past year for 36 a weeks visit with her parents. Mr. Cream, Premium ...... Cream, Grade 1 ....................... .... .25 and Mrs. George J. Mitchell. Cream. Grade 2 .................. 23 In Boise— CASH PRICE Mrs. Mitchell with Katherine and .II Mrs. Bumall Brown and her mother, Hens, heavy colored .... Mrs. May Chandler, are spending Hens, light and Leghorn _____ .07 Springs, heavy ______ .12-14 today In Boise. Springs, light and L eg h orn ___ .10 Returns from Trip— .03 Mrs Ann Russell returned Tues Roosters __________________ Trade-In Eggs day from a trip to Los Angeles. Cal. L a r g e ________________ .13 where she has been visiting.
