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7/ieNYSSA Published at Nyssa, Oregon, No other president ever had such complete control of a party con vention. All will not be sweetness and light, however, for there will be a small minority ready to voice criticism of the party chief. Spear head of this group is Montana’s Burton K. Wheeler, who has no chance at all yet will have his name submitted. He is expected later to bolt the convention and head a third party composed of those who fear the Republican and Democratic parties may lead the country to war. Assuming Mr. Roosevelt accepts the nomination (insiders say that while he may have planned not tc run, the nomination of Willkie by the Republicans constitutes a chal lenge he must not ignore) his choice for a running mate is important. As Senator Charles L. McNary, the Republican nominee for vice-presi dent. is from the far west and a leading farm champion. Mr. Roose velt wants someone to offset the Oregon senator. Tentative choice is William Douglas, who received part of his education in the Walla Walla country. Recently the presi dent appointed Douglas to the su preme court. As Judge Douglas isn't particularly happy on the bench (there is not enough action for his restless spirit), it may not require much argument from Mr. Roosevelt to induce Douglas to re sign from the court and be a candi date. Charles Evans Hughes was a member of the supreme court when he was nominated in 1916. There is also a possibility that Senator Jimmy Byrnes of South Carolina may receive the nod for vice-president. Byrnes has been handling the president's legislation in the senate for several years and is very capable. Seattle shipyards are already on the job looking for contracts and have a couple of men in the na tional capital. They are ready to bid on anything from a coast guard craft to a merchant vessel. These are the vanguard of northwesterr concerns looking for a chance to get in on some of the national de fense orders which will soon be placed. Another group, from Ore gon. interested in roads is enroute to learn what the prospects are for a few million dollars to develop military roads. The proposal f o r compulsory military training has run against a snag and it may be held up un til later. Meanwhile plans are un der way for a nation-wide voca tional training program for youths, with emphasis on automobile me chanics. and from this training will be advanced to airplane engine manufacture and servicing of air ships on the ground Vocational schools maintained by school boards throughout the country will be used wherever possible. There will be some compensation for the students during the course of instruction. The courses will be open to several hundred young men in the north west. (Continued on Last Page) JOURNAL Fastest Growing City In Oregon NYSSA, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1940 OSBORN ELECTED PRESIDENT OF SEED ASS’N. W ASH ING TO N, D. C —Chief po litical question in the national cap ital is whether Franklin Delano Roosevelt will accept the nomina tion for president at the Chicago convention next week, and who is his preference for vice-president. While it is generally assumed that Mr. Roosevelt will not refuse the nomination, still there is a consider able body of politicos in and out of the administration who would not be surprised if he declines. Principal argument against his nomination is that it would be for a third term, and this is recognized as a handicap. However, no one but Mr. Roosevelt will make the de cision, and it is believed that if he refuses the reason he will give is that the two-term tradition should be respected. Democratic delegates from Wash ington and Oregon are prepared to do whatever Mr. Roosevelt desires. These delegates are pledged to his nomination and should he refuse to be a candidate and indicate an other for the honor, the northwest group will be delivered according to his wish. This is also true with re gard for a choice for vice-president. — « V * - -« , GATEW AY TO THE OWYHEE AND BLACK CANYON IRRIGATION PROJECTS IN THE HEART OF OREGON’S SUGAR EMPIRE VOLUME XXXV, NO. 27 Washington, D. C. News Bureau ot the Nyssa Gate City Journal - ~ r ~ f - f ~ r - t - f - r - r ? r - r - ,— n j . * * ■ ¿ M. W. Osborn of Nyssa was elect ed president of the Blue Mountain 3eed Growers Association at the annual meeting of that organiza tion held in La Grande last Mon day. H. G. Avery, County Agent, in Union county for the past 20 years, accepted the appointment as full-time manager of the associa tion and its operations in eight eastern Oregon counties. The as sociation also announced at its an nual meeting that the cleaning plant purchased in Ontario would be open and ready to receive seed from numbers for recleaning on Monday. July 15. Other directors elected at the annual meeting were as follows: Fred L. Paddock, Union, Vice- President; H. E. Bull, Summerville. 3rd member Executive Com.; Ber nal D. Hug. Elgin, Secretary-Treas urer; Evan P. Gheen, Ontario; C. A. Nish. Mikkalo; Roy C. Duff, Ad ams. These six men along with H. L. Wagner, and Gilbert Courtright, both of La Grande, who are hold over directors and Osborn, will serve as a nine-man board to di rect the marketing operations of the association for the coming year. Operation of the Malheur County Cleaning plant at Ontario will be under the direction of a committee composed of Osborn, Gheen and Tom McElroy, Vale. Mr. Avery, as manager will divide his time as needed between La Grande, Ontario and the other areas served by the association. It was annouced Monday by Mr. Avery that early in August an open house day would be held at the Ontario Cleaning plant when the plant would be open for inspection by all members and others inter ested. In the meantime farmers with Austrian peas or other seed ready for recleaning now can de liver their seed to the plant any time after July 15. Cleaning equipment at the plant has been overhauled and Dale K oll- man. formerly operator for Michael Leonard, has been employed to su pervise cleaning plant operations. A seed analyst will be employed and located at the Ontario plant and Malheur county members will be able to handle all business with the association at Ontario rather than writing to La Grande. Dale Garrison To Head High School Board Dale Garrison was elected chair man of the board of the Nyssa Un ion High school district Wednesday night, succeeding William DeGrofft who declined the honor for another year. Heinz Sonneke was reap pointed as clerk. Gordon Finlay, former instructor of music at the College o f Educa tion at Monmouth was elected to head the music department in the local high school, prior to which he was music instructor in the public schools in Salem. The new instructor is married and has two children. A budget committee was appointed to meet with the board next Monday night, at the high school, at which time a budget will be drawn up to be presented to the voters of the dis trict at a later date. Those ap pointed to the committee are Chas. Garrison, G. J. Mitchell. Mrs. F. C. Fry. C. C. Hunt and A. H. Boydell. Delegates Hear Promise Of Old Age Pension Townsend members from this area who went as delegates to the National Townsend Convention held at St. Louis from June 29th to July 5th, returned on Monday, accord ing to A. L. McClellan, delegate of Nyssa. Other delegates going in the same party with McClellan were Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Williams of Boise, C. C. Springston, Payette, Phil Krost, Fruitland, and Mrs. Kramp, New Plymouth. Mr. McClellan reports that there were about 15,000 voting delegates and 5.000 visiting members attend ing the convention. Dr. Townsend and vice-president o f the Townsend Clubs, L. W. Jef fery arrived in St. Louis by plane from the Republican convention at Philadelphia oii Sunday morning and Dr. Townsend gave the keynote address at the school stadium that afternoon. Other meetings were held at the municipal auditorium and one of the outstanding addresses given there was by John Lewis, C. I. O. chieftain. According to McClellan. Lewis was most vehement in his opposition to a third term for any president. Delegates were told by all prin ciple speakers including Senators B. K. Wheeler of Montana. Sheridan Downing of California, Joe Hen dricks, Florida, Hamilton Fish of New York and C. O. Mahoney of Wyoming, that adequate old age re lief was a certainty in the near future. Count Given On Nyssa, Adrian Queen Race With the queen contest o ff with a “ big bang”, and a growing inter est throughout Nyssa, the first tab ulation of votes show that Margie Howell leads with 11,000 votes, Ann Johnson is second with 5,000, Jo sephine Burke has 2,550, Twila L a tham. 1.000, and Margaret Toombs, 750. In the Adrian district, Bonna Ashcraft leads with 4.000 votes, while Eleanor Haworth is second with 2,750 votes. Erma Points is third with 2.000 votes and Louise Hinton has 1.500 votes. HUNTING LAWS TO BE DRAFTED Hunting regulations for the 1940 season will be formulated by the Oregon State Game Commission on Saturday, July 13, in the commis sion offices, 616 Oregon Building, Portland. The meeting will be op en to the general public. All sportsmens’ organizations in the state have been invited to send in recommendations to the com mission. and the majority have done so. Visit in Arcadia Mr. and Mrs. Ed Moody have been house guests at the Charles Over- street home in Arcadia since the Fourth when the Moody string of horses took part in the Vale cele bration. Mrs. Moody and Mrs. Overstreet visited in Boise the first few days of the week. Look for I .oration Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mauer and daughters, Betty Mae and Mary Lou and Joe Stuart from Parkdale, Oregon, were over the Fourth visi tors at the Grover Douglas home on the Owyhee. They are looking for a location in this district. In Baker POPULAR SUPPORT GIVEN CITY BAND The Nyssa City Band has $96.26 worth of evidence that city dwellers as well as farmers appreciate the efforts of the local musicians, for that was the sum of money collect ed during the past week to pay the conductor’s salary for July and August. A. V. Cook, manager of the band, said that every member of the band was appreciative of the conclusive proof of the support given it by the public. Donations ranged all the way from $5 down to 50 cents, with some donations coming from Nyssa farmers MARKETING MEN IN NYSSA Gordon R. Green, Oregon state manager of the American Fruit Growers, with headquarters in Med ford, and distributors of the na tionally known “Blue Goose” brand of farm products was in Nyssa on Tuesday, accompanied by Robert Crutchfield, f r o m the national headquarters o f the AFG. While here, the two spent their time in the company of Ralph Cas- tater, local representative of the AFG, looking over the farm crops in the county. Both were impressed with the facilities and the type of farms in the county and predicted a “ wonderful future for Malheur county farmers” . KINGMAN LATERAL b e in g w a t c h e d Father Arrives Day in Caldwell Mr. and Mrs. William L. Phyley brought Mrs. Phyley’s father, John Kline, from their mountain camp above John Day, on the Fourth to stay with his daughter. Mrs Henry F. Simianer. and Mr Simianer. Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Simianer and their children were among Nyssa residents who enjoyed the Fourth at the Caldwell park. On Vacation M r and Mrs. Robert Thompson left Friday for a vacation in Cali fornia. Their two children are be ing cared for at the Charles Para dis home. Attend Card Party M r and M rs C. E. Taylor attend ed their contract club party at New Plymouth on Wednesday evening, at Unity. Picnic at Unity The A. C. and George Sallee fam ilies were Fourth of July picnickers Sunday at Weiser Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. Herschel Thompson and Ronnie and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Beutler and Sherry picnicked at the Weiser park on Sunday Return from Trip M r and M rs Otis Bullard of A r cadia who have spent the last four weeks visiting in the middle west and eastern states, returned home on Tuesday. At Sandy Mrs Marguerite Wilson is enjoy ing a 10 day visit with her sister. Mrs B. Boeve at Sandy At a meeting held last Monday, the Nyssa Fall Festival committee decided to have a queen rule over the two-day affair. The young lady who will be cho sen queen of the festival will be the one in the Nyssa district, who receives the largest number of votes in her race for Queen of the M al heur County Fair. This arrange ment has met with the approval of the County Fair Board and should prove an added incentive for the local candidates to get out a large vote. The public may participate in the voting by asking their mer chants, at the time of a purchase of 50 cents or more, for the tickets which may be used for voting. A 50-cent purchase is good for 50 votes — a dollar purchase for 100 votes— $5 for 500 votes and $10 for 1,000 votes. Only cash purchases or pay ments on account are eligible to re ceive the votes. Nyssa candidates, in the order of their standing in the county race, are: Margaret Howell, Ann John son, Josephine Burke, Twila Lath am and Margaret Tootrbs. CITIZENS ASKED TO ASSIST FIRE FIGHTING Citizens of Nyssa are requested, by Councilman Buchner, to shut o ff all garden and house fawcets that may be running when the fire siren sounds as a fire alarm. The reason for the request is that due to the heavy drain on the wa ter system during the irrigation sea son. the water pressure is brought dangerously low, and in case of a serious fire, would hamper the vol unteer fire department. During the fire last Sunday C liff Greer, city water superintendent, found it necssary to make the rounds of the city asking residents to turn o ff all water in order to boost the pressure in the fire hose. Local officials of the Bureau of Reclamation are watching a weak spot in the bank of the Kingman lateral. This spot is located at the place where a break occurred dur ing irrigation season last year, and is between two concrete liners that were placed to repair the damage. The weak spot is not exactly in the ditch itself but in the bank which has a crack in it running parallel to the ditch. It is being closely watched, according to Geo. Haycock, watermaster, and at the first sign o ' any danger, machinery MARINE RECRUITERS and crews will bs ready to go to IN NYSSA TUESDAY work. On Tuesday afternoon First Ser The leak on the north canal in Cow Hollow has not shown any geant A. L. Skinner and Sergeant further signs of danger. Haycock Schinka of the U. S. Marines, now on recruiting duty at Boise, paid a said. visit to Nyssa and the Journal o f fice. Plumbing Shop Moves The recruiting office, Sergeant Skinner said is a branch of the The Nyssa Plumbing and Heating Portland office and is situated at Company have moved to their new Room No. 307, McCarty Building. place of business, according to Nineth and Idaho Streets, Boise. Charles Starks, owner of the com The sergeant further stated that pany. as the marines strength has been The new location is across the raised to 34,000 or 36% above the highway from the Nyssa Trader, former quota, chances for advance at Alberta avenue and the high ment are much greater than they way. have been since the World war. Requirements for young m e n Donald Newbill Catches wishing to enlist are that they must Fourteen Incher be from 18 to 30 years of age with When Donald Newbill went along out dependents, in good physical on a camping trip with his parents, condition and of good moral char Mr. and Mrs. Charles Newbill, of acter. Anyone wishing further in Kingman Kolony he had no idea formation may call at the office in of turning into a first-class disciple Boise or write. of Isaac Walton at the young and tender age of six years, but such Sisters Meet he has turned out to be. Mr. and Mrs. Francis Whitman One morning Mrs Newbill left of Paradise, Kansas, have been vis Buddy, pole in hand parked in a iting their son, Glenn, of Kingman camp chair near the lakes edge Kolony for the past month. and went about the camp tidying On July 5th Mrs. W hitm an was business of the day. surprised by a visit lrom her sister Suddenly an ear-splitting scream and husband. Mr. and Mrs. Frank for help, eminated from the direc Sears of Weipe, Idaho. The sisters tion of her son. Mrs. Newbill lost had not seen each other for 37 no time in reaching the lad expect years. ing to see his head going down for Visit Parents the last time midstream. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Schimberg of Instead she found a frantic young California spent the week end vis ster trying to land a 14-inch trout iting Mrs. Schimberg’s parents, Mr. and keep his chair from immersion and Mrs. A. L. Barkley. They con at the same time. W ith adult as tinued their sightseeing trip through sistance the fish was landed and various national parks on Monday, the chair saved for another session Vacation in Mountains on the shore. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Robertson with Mrs. Sidney Burbidge and her M r and Mrs. Rock Shelton with three daughters spent from Tues their guest. Mrs. Nettie Pierson of day until Friday of last week with Sunday Guests Pasadena. Cal., who had visited Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Ray in Baker. Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Brooks and here from Friday spent Sunday at Leaves for California their two daughters were Sunday, W D. Burke, who had visited for Durkee where they visited with all-day guests of Mrs. Emma Quin- relatives. Mrs. Pierson remained the past 10 days at the Louis P. by and Mr. and Mrs. Herbert H. for a longer stay and will proceed Thomas home left on Monday for Fisher. his home in Oakland. Cal. to her home from there. Son III Visit at Durkee Festival Queen Five Injured To Be Selected In Adrian Mr. and Mrs. Louis P. Thomas, with their house guest, W . D. Burke, spent the vacation week end in the mountains near Sparta. Trip to Old Home Mr. and Mrs. Frank Morgan left on Saturday on a trip to the mid- dlewest where they will visit at Mr, M organ’s old home in Wisconsin. Tony Mazac left for Seattle on Tuesday after receiving word that Son Born A son was born to Mr. and Mrs his son was ill there. Ray Ashcraft of Nyssa at the Nyssa On Vacation Nursing Home on Saturday. July 6. Bob McCready Is on a two weeks' Dr. J. J. Sarazin Is caring for them. vacation from his duties at the Visits Parents bank. Mrs. Herschel Thompson and her son, Ronny. visited with Mrs Thompson's parents at their coun try home near Emmett on Friday. ROUND TOWN Hear that there is a pet duck out at the E. A. Wimps . . the fire lads earning an orchid from Myer Ooer- rel on late Sunday afternoon . . . everyone with but one thought, the vacation . . and now that the un derpass is assured what the heck will we talk about! I»l In Boise Buster Reiser is spending from Tuesday until Friday visiting in Boise On his return he expects to leave for Longview to work. Return from Vacation Mr. and Mrs. Charles Drewltz re turned the end of the week from j a vacation spent at Crater Lake Wreck Five persons were injured in a wreck involving two cars, near A d rian. Wednesday night. Those injured were Mr. and Mrs. Ray Thrasher, their daughter. Jean, Mrs. E. E. Parker and Archie P ar ker, all of whom are reported as re covering. Both cars were badly damaged. The Thrasher car crashed into the Parker car when the latter is reported to have pulled out in front of the Thrasher car. Mrs. Thrasher and Jean were re turned to Adrian by a passing mo torist, Dick Richards, and Mrs. Parker taken to the doctor by the Dudley Mauslings. FARMERS WARNED IN MOVING HAY DERRICKS Electricity, often called the fa r mer’s most valuable hired hand, sometimes becomes a potential ac cident hazard when hay derricks are being moved from one field to another under power lines. In mov ing long-boomed derricks, Bernard Frost, local manager for the Idaho Power Company, urges that proper care and precautions be taken. “In the past moving hay derricks under power lines has resulted in a number of serious accidents, all of which could have been prevented with reasonable care,” Frost says. The observance of a few simple rules will protect lives and prop erty and help to maintain uninter rupted electric service to both rural and city homes. Safety Precautions Listed To guide farmers in moving der ricks under power lines, the Idaho Power Company lists the following precautions: 1. Be sure the mast of the der rick is not too high to go under the power wires— there should be am ple clearance. 2. Don’t let the boom swing. First level the boom and then tie it down at both ends. Do not hold or touch either the chain or cable. Keep away from all metal parts. 3. Under no circumstances at tempt to raise or move the electric wires. I f in doubt, or if there is any question of danger, call at the near est Idaho Power office as fa r in advance as possible of the time the derrick is to be moved, and exper ienced help will be furnished by the company without cost. Frost advises. $1.50 PER YEAK UNDERPASS TO BE OPENED Bids on the construction of the $200.000 underpass for Nyssa will be opened on Thursday, July 18. according to word reaching Nyssa this week. Following the opening of the bids, and the awarding of the contract, actual work will start in less than 30 days, with some predicting that crews will be on the job by August first. The construction of the underpass will take in the neighborhood of a year, it is estimated. During the construction of the underpass a detour will take traffic, both east and west, over W est First street north to Erhgood avenue, and east to East Second street (two blocks east of the railway right-of- way) and south on that street to the highway again. C. W . Parker, right-of-w ay agent for the Oregon State Highway Com mission. was in Nyssa Tuesday and Wednesday gathering up the tag ends of what legal formalities there was left in connection with drawing up agreements on the amount of damages that will be paid to prop erty owners along the change of grade. Fire Damages Nyssa Trader Store Sunday Th e fire department was called out twice Sunday, once for a grass fire, and later in the day to fight a fire that broke out in the Nyssa Trader store located at Alberta av enue and the highway. The latter fire was started in a huge supply of grain sacks by a customer who had lighted a cigar ette, the sparks from the match causing the sacks to catch on fire. Most of the entire stock of sacks was a total loss. The furniture a n d household merchandise, while not damaged by the fire did suffer from water and smoke damage, but not enough, in most cases to render the merchan dise useless, according to Meyer Goerell, owner of the store. Both Mr. and Mrs. Goerell asked that the volunteer fire department be given the highest praise for their quick response to the fire alarm and for the efficient way in which they put out the fire. They said that it was hard to believe that a group of volunteer firemen could do such fine work in fighting a fire. "Liquidation of our entire stock will now be necessary”, Goerell said, “and we will start a fire sale F ri day, in which every piece of m er chandise will be on sale. This li quidation will be necessary because the owner of the building wants to remodel the store.” Food Sale There will be a cooked food sale at the old bank building on First and Main on Saturday beginning at 11 a in., under the auspices of the Ladies Aid of the Methodist church, in order that home-makers may take advantage of the occasion and save themselves a baking ses sion over the hot cook stove at home, according to Mrs. C. A. A b bott, a member of the committee in charge. Besides baked goods of all kinds there will be home-made ice cream and cake sold on the premises as well. Everyone is urged and welcome to take advantage of this labor-saving W alter Thompson, Nyssa farm er opportunity and cool o ff with that and from Chief Torpedoman’s Mate ice cream with that old-fashioned in the U. 8. Navy, said that accord flavori ing to Chief Machinist M ate W . W . Moore in charge of recruiting in At Bear Creek the Boise office, recruiting fo r the Dr. and Mrs. K . E. Kerby, Dr. and United States Navy was now at it’s Mrs. E. D. Norcott and M r and Mrs peak, due to the recent expansion Artie Robertson are enjoying a program for the navy. Moore also weeks outing and fishing trip on told Thompson that there were now Bear creek, Idaho. They are ex some exceptional opportunities in pected home today. the N avy for young men able to Work on Combine qualify. Norman and Doc Douglas of the Mrs. Thompson accompanied her Owyhee are running their new husband Tuesday to Boise, where combine for Oscar Pinkston in the the two were guests of Chief Moore. B ig Bend. Thompson and Moore served many In Utah years together in the Navy, and Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Stoker left on spent the afternoon recounting ex the Third for a two weeks' vaca periences while they were shipmates tion with friends and relatives in and around Ogden, Utah. On Vacation In Boise Mr. and Mrs. Bert B. Uenkaem per M r and Mrs. George J. Mitchell are enjoying a week's vacation on were among those from Nyssa who Eagle creek. spent the Fourth at Boise. Here from Oakland W E ATH E R REPORT Mr. and Mrs. Ir a Jensen of O ak W ith the thermometer at the U. land, Cal., were week end visitors 8. Reclamation offices touching 101 of Miller Jensen and other relatives F. at one o'clock all evidences point in the Nyssa area. to some hot weather in the near future. Following are the thermom eter readings for the past eight days Thursday Quotations as given by the Nyssa offices of the By Wiley i lowers U. S. Reclamation; Low High C A SH P R IC E Date 90 27 July 3 55 Cream, Premium 99 26 July 4 , Grade 1 55 »6 24 July 5 52 . O rade 3 ... .. 93 .10 July 6 49 heavy colored 100 <M July 7 ............ 54 light and Leghorn 12-14 July 8 98 js, heavy . 58 99 03 July 9 59 and Cocks 99 T rade-In Eggs July 1 0 _______ ________ 49 Large _ 11 NAVY RECRUITING NOW AT PEAK MARKETS