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coming events N Y S S A FALL F E ST IV A L SEPT. 6 - 7 JOURNAL 77ieNYSSA Published at Nyssa, Oregon, M A L H E U R C O U N T Y F A IR A U G . 31 - SE P T . I - 2 Fastest Growing City In Oregon GATEWAY TO THE OWYHEE AND BLACK CANYON IRRIGATION PROJECTS IN THE HEART OF OREGON’S SUGAR EMPIRE______________ VOLUME X X X V , NO 32 Plans Complete For M cNary’s Acceptance SALEM—The eyes and ears of the whole United States will be trained on Salem August 27 when Oregon’s favorite son. Senator Charles L. Mc- Nary, is formally notified of his selection as republican vice-presi dential candidate. Senator McNary’s acceptance speech, the highlight of the day’s activities, will be carried by the three major networks to all parts Washington, D. C. News Bureau of of the nation. Numerous special the Nyssa Gate City Journal news wires and several hundred cor WASHINGTON. D. C.—Most dif respondents are expected to record ficult handicap Mr, Roosevelt has in the ceremonies for the press of the the present campaign is the fact I country, while newsreel cameramen that he is running for a third term will photograph the proceedings for —the only man in the history of the the nation's theatre audiences. United States who has sought to The committee in charge of ar remain in office as chief executive rangements for the notification is for 12 consecutive years. His suc under the direction of Republican cess or defeat hinges on this one national committeeman. Ralph Cake issue more than any other. of Portland. A crowd, unofficially In an automobile trip across the estimated at 25,000 to 30,000 is ex continent from the national city to pected for the event. the Pacific northwest hundreds of The state fairgrounds grandstand Interviews were obtained from gas oline ¡tation operators, truck driv even with the addition of bleachers ers, i Urons of auto cami«, bar-b- across the racetrack in front, is not que a ands, barbers, waiters, farm adequate for seating that many. ers and cattlemen. These are “ the The stand itself will seat only people” , the everyday American 4.800 and the temporary bleachers citizen who thinks and votes and will raise the seating capacity to holds quite definite opinions. Not only 9.000. Cake, however, said there would one banker nor utility man was questioned, because these are as be no reserved seats except for the sumed to be for the Wilkie-McNary members of the official entourage ticket anyway. Results of this survey and working press who will occupy the platform. It will be a matter is interesting. of first come first served even for In 1932 and 1936 a similar survey members of the state central com was taken of the same routes. In mittee. those years the sentiment for the I Plans call for utilization of part Roosevelt-Garner ticket was over- ] of the Salem Centennial pageant whelming and the new deal was un- : stage as the platform from which beatable. In the first campaign Senator McNary will deliver his ac Hoover had few friends; in the sec- ! ceptance speech. The Centennial ond campaign London was found I background of the Waldo hills will weaker than Hoover. Traversing be repainted red. white and blue. tlie identical highways and meeting The Salem Willkle-McNary club, many of the same people, the switch a non-partisan group, is putting on from Mr. Roosevelt is apparent. Mr. an intensified membership drive so Roosevelt and his running mate, that a mammouth rally will prove Henry A. Wallace, may win in Nov to Senator McNary that the home ember but if it is so it will be a town stands solidly in back of him. photo finish; there will be no land Nyssa Fall Festival Sept. 0-7— slide. What is evident is that the Will- kle-McNary ticket has captured the imagination of thousands of people who heretofore have been loyal to and supporters of Mr. Roosevelt. Tlie swing away from the present administration is today as marked as in the two previous campaigns front the democratic ticket, which The Nyssa F. S. A. transient lab is evidence of the close result of or camp residents last night elected the coming election. a new recreation committee which is headed by Mrs. Ferreira. Other From the Mississippi river to the members on the committee are Hor Pacific coast it is obvious that the ace Porter and George Lanning. One isme of Charles L. Mcary on the of the first functions of the commit republican ticket Is of immense val- tee will be to devise some sort of a le. The Oregon senator has been plan for the placing of a booth in identified with the problems of the the Nyssa Fall Festival, according farmers, the dairy industry, lumber to Roy Searles, manager of the ing industry, with reclamation, camp. aighways and public power. In many Searles said that there was at the respects the background of McNary present time 33 families in the camp and Willkie are as different as with all of the available workers alack from white. Senator Mc having jobs. Most of them are Nary’s record has been made and working in the potato fields with lie can neither add to nor subtract one crew on lettuce. Searles also from it. His votes are there for said that on Wednesday he had everyone to see, and it is because calls for 25 more workers than were of this record that he has such available, but that he expected more pulling power in the mid-west and families in the camp in the near the far west. future. There is, of course some support to the republican ticket on account —Nyssa Fall Festival Sept. 6-7— ofMcNary being a native of the west and a natural pride of the western people in having “one of their own” TWO NEW GRADE nominated for the second highest TEACHERS NAMED gift within the power of the Amer Miss Norma Humphrey and Mrs. ican people. Dana Logan Smith have been given —Nyssa Fall Festival Sept. 6-7— contracts by the school board of District 26. Miss Humphrey will tea Leaves Hospnital Roy Pounds who was operated up ch the second grade and Mrs. Smith on by Dr L. A. Maulding for an will teach the Junior High school appendicitis at the Ontario hospital grades. With schools beginning their year on Saturday returned home on Tues- on September 3, Principal Leo Hol- —Nyssa Fall Festival Sept. 6-7— lenberg announced that children starting to school for the first time WEATHER must be at least six years old by Following is the thermometer November 1 of this year and that readings for the week ending Aug. 14th as given by the Nyssa officials of the U. S Reclamation. istration. Low Hign Julv 102 —Nyssa Fall Festival Sept. 6-7— 52 8 104 58 9 99 In Boise 48 10 103 58 Mr and Mrs. George J. Mitchell 11 103 were among those from Nyssa who 60 12 95 enjoyed the week end at Boise 58 13 53 90 Mrs Emma Quinby and Mrs 14 There are 482.070 acre feet of Herbert H Fisher also visited with water Impounded ate the Owyhee relatives in Boise over Saturday and Simday. reservoir. i F.S.A. Residents Elects Recreation Committee $1.50 PER YEAR N YSSA, OREGON, TH UR SD AY, AU G U ST 15, 1940 Eder Company Margie Howell Merchants Assure Success O f Festival W ith Donations To Move To Retakes Lead Margie Howell regained her lead The financial success of the Nys- in the Nyssa district in the race for ca Fall Festival and Rodeo, to be Malheur County Pair Queen when held September 6 and 7 is an assur she registered a total of 205,100 votes ed fact if the donations of the Nyssa this past week. Last week Margaret Toombs held the lead. Ann John merchants is any criterion, for every son who is now in second place with [ one of themha^s far exceeded their 127,050 vites has been showing a amounts given last year. steady increase each week and will The Festival and Rodeo committee probably be one of the strong con has announced that a special con tenders when the votes are counted test will be held among the mer at the end of the contest which ends chants during the week of the Fes Saturday, August 24. Tabulations on the past weeks tival and Rodeo for the most ap voting shows the following total of propriate window display depicting votes in the Nyssa district: Margie the spirit of the two day event. Cash Howell. 205.100; Ann Johnson. 127,- prizes will amount to $10 with $5 050: Margaret Toombs. 85,500; Twil- I going to the best window, and $3 and ia Latham. 12,200 and Joseph.ne $2 going for the next two best win Burke, 5.800. In the outside dist dows. Around $55 will be given in priz ricts the leaders are in Ontario, Velma, 352,200; Vale, Margarita Ar es for Agricultural booths, home rien. 463.800; and in Adrian. Louise cooked and canned foods and fruits Hinton leads with 188.300. Jordan breads and pastries, needle work Valley and Juntura candidates have and antiques. All of which will go had to drip out of the race due to to local farmers and their famil . . sickness and removal from the ies. county, according to Walter Thom Two parades will be held, one on pson. Pair Board member in charge Friday, the opening day, which will of the queen contest. be a cowboy and cowgirl and child rens pet parade and on Saturday —Nyssa Fait Festival Sept. 6-7— the grand parade will be held in which hi addition to the cowboy and cowgirl riders will include merch ants floats, organization floats comic floats and organization mem bership marchers (a $5 prize will be given to the organization with the largest number of marchers in Sat Frank Johnson Reports On Boys State urday’s parade). Both parades will start at 1:30 p. m. As a prelude tothe parade on each of the two days, a kids track meet will be held with Doctors Norcott and Kerby and Bill Schireman in charge of the events, in which cash prizes will be given the winners. The rodeo attractions, under the directorship of Martin W. Osborne will start at 2:30 p. m. None but local riders will be allowed to com pete in the rodeo, Osborne said. All prizes for the contestants in the rodeo events will be taken from the gate receipts. Edgar Offt local young rancher, has been secured by the committee to put on a special tumbling and clown act during each day of the rodeo performance. Boulevard, Vale and Oregon Trail granges and the Young Grangers of Boulevard grange have indicated that each will have an agricultural booth at the Festival, according to Carlos Buchner, chairman of the booth space. L. P. Thomas, general chairman of the Fall Festival Committees said that he and his committee were more than grateful to the merch ants of Nyssa fer their splendid co operation in the way of donations. Appreciation was also expressed to the members of the school board of district 26 for allowing the com mittee the use of the school gym nasium and the grounds, for the various exhibitions. Fire Department Idaho Woman Has Bnsy Week Dies Monday Frank Johnson, Nyssa high school | graduate and selected by the Nyssa | Post of the American Legion to rep- [ resent Nyssa and the Legion spon sored Boys Beaver state, held last week In Portland at the Hill Mili Nyssa’s volunteer fire department tary Academy returned to Nyssa en has had a busy time of it during the thusiastic about the camp. past week having fought three fires Frank reports that he was elect and strung a "standby" line at ed as the Secretary of State on a another. third party ticket, the results of a The first fire call answered was coalition of eastern Oregon youths (Last week our usually reliable that at the Nyssa Trader last Fri source of information gave out the day, the second for the store in the facts that Frank had been defeated last month. As in the case of the for this office—our apologies to our first fire, this second one was also started from stored grain sacks in readers and to Frank t. the front of the store. Considerab “ It Is one of the finest things for ly more damage was done at this the development of Americanism fire than at the first one. The sec that I have ever attended, and I heartily recommend it to any youth ond call was from the sugar fact ory, on Tuesday, where a fire start who is so fortunate as to be given the opportunity to be selected. The ed in the bag room, when sparks American Legion is doing a fine from an electric cutter set the bags thing for the young men by con stored there on fire. Every precaut ion had been taken by Superintend ducting this camp", Frank said. He asked the Journal to thank the ent Burnall Brown to avert the pos sibility of fire, including an asbes Nyssa Legion, the Lions Club and tos curtain, buckets o f water, wet the Chamber of Commerce for mak sacks and mats, but a stray spark ing it possible for him to attend the touched off the very inflamable Boys Beaver State. bags. The company’s fire depart ment went into action and a call —Nyssa Fall Festival Sept. 6-7- was sent in for the Nyssa depart ment who strung the standby line. NOTICE GIVEN TO The damage could not be estimated CAMPAIGN WORKERS as an inventory will have to be made first. The Amalgamated Sugar company Tuesday afternoon, the garage on this week, issued notice to all men the property of Mrs. Clara M. who worked in the Nyssa sugar Brown, and occupitd by the Herman factory during the last campaign, Towne’s was totally destroyed des and who desire work for the com pite a record run of the department. ing campaign to call at the factory Tlie cause of this fire is not known. office between 8 a. m. and 4 p. m. The loss is covered by insurance. from Monday, August 19 to Friday, August 23, both dates inclusive, to —Nyssa Fall Festival Sept. 6-7— sign up for work. The average number of employees j during a campaign at the Nyssa i factory is around 300 in the mill and | yards, according to Burnall Brown, superintendent. The campaign is expected to get under way around Two brothers, Henry F. and Jesse October 1, Brown said. J. From an plead guilty to a charge of shooting sage hens out of season, Returns From Lakes when they were brought before Jus tice of the Peace W. J. Williams by Visits From Oklahoma Game Warden Norman Minnich Dr. and Mrs. Ed Dimond of Was- and Sergeant of State Police Cham kogee, Oklahoma are house guests bers, Monday. Each were fined $25 of Dr. and Mrs. K. E Kerby this and $5 cost and had their guns con week. The party expects to spend fiscated in addition. the week end at Sylvan Beach The two were apprehended with —Nyssa Fall Festival Sept. 6-7— seven hens, three pheasant and three ducks in their possession Just north of Jordan Valley. Sunday Their arrest came about through the investigation by the officers of reports that out of season poaching Hershel Thompson and Ralph was being carried on near Jordan Beutler balking at freezing a bit of Valley. ice cream . . . Lu Wray going over the top in Whiskerion adornment —Nyssa Fall Festival Sept. 6-7— . . . Eders on the move to its new store over the week end . . . the Arthur Vernon Cook to Return bunch at the barber shop missing Home Roy Pounds . . . Louise Thomas Word was received by Chief of looking for a good rest . . Slim Mc- Police A. V Cook and Mrs. Cook that Ling over to put in for a seat on the their son. Arthur Vemon who had Kangaroo Court . . . Tommy Rus been in the U. S. Navy and station sell showing the Main street cow ed in Asiatic waters for the past boys how to roll the bottoms. three years will be in Nyssa for a visit, arriving this evening. Out Of Season Poachers Fined IIII«IDIIIII1IIIII ROUND TOWN Mrs. Robert Wright, mother of Ancel Wright, factory employee, dropped dead on Main street Mon day, while on a visit here. Mrs. Wright suffered a collapse at 2:30 p. m. Monday and Doctor .Sarazln was summond but pronoun ced her dead, due to a heart attack. The body was taken to Rupert, Idaho, Monday with interment tak ing place at Ririe, Idaho. Mrs. Wright’s home is at Sugar City. Idaho. —Nyssa Fail Festival Sept. 6-7— High Point Bowler Bert Sandy was winner of the high score prize at the Nyssa Bowl ing Alley’s for last week according to George Wells, manager. Sandy’s score was 175. So far this week no bowler has touched that mark, but two bowlers are close to it. Wendell Pogue and Ike Brown each have a score of 173. This week, ending Saturday, will see the first announcement of the competition for high score among the ladies. —Nyssa Fall Festival Sept. 6-7- ■ Granddaughter Visits When Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Ceok returned from a two day trip to Baker they brought their small granddaughter Joan Marie Davis home for a visit. House Guests House guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ber nard Frost from Saturday until Tuesday were Mr. and Mrs. John Wagner of Twin Falls. In Nampa Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Findling were among Nyssa folk who attended the Nebraska picnic at Nampa on Sun day. day to recuperate. Daughter Born There was born to Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Parker a daughter at the Nys sa hospital on Thursday morning. Dr. L A Maulding is caring for mother and baby. In Kingman Mrs. Charles Garrison visited with her daughter Mrs. Charles Newbill in Kingman Kolony on Tuesday and Betty Lou returned home with her grandmother fora few days visit. At Jamieson Mrs. Charles Oarrison with Mrs. Dale Garrison and Jo Ann visited at the Ray Garrison home in Jamie son one day last week Home From Trip Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Whitaker returned Saturday from a weeks motor trip to Portland and the coast. In Boise Mr. and Mrs. Charles Garrison were business visitors on Monday in Boise. New Store The Eder Hardwade company will move to their new store at Second and Main streets on Sunday of this week, opening for business there Monday morning, except the groc ery department which will be closed Monday but will be open Tuesday. Business for this week end will be conducted in the present location. In this moving of the Eder Hard ware company to their new location it is interesting to note some of the history of the company. The Eder Hardware company was formed in April, 1921 at its present location. Two years later the company bought out the Nyssa Trading company, consolidating it with the Eder organ ization. At the time of this con solidation A. H. Boydell became a member of the firm and has since been manager of the store. Also connected with the company at that time was Jess Thompson, who has since severed his connection and formed the Thompson Oil company. The new home of the Eder comp any is one of the finest store build ings in eastern Oregon and will house tlie three departments, hard ware, groceries and International Harvester Company farm equip ment. A grand opening will be officially held, in celebration of the new store at a later date, according to A. H. Boydell. PLANS ON NEW E Jim Lane, well known Apple Val ley farmer was severly burned about the arms and body last Friday when lie attempted to make repairs to a tractor. The tractor, that was being used to pump water, was giving Lane trouble in starting, the carburator became flooded and he removed one of the spark plugs to see if the ig nition system was functioning. On turning over the flywheel the spark plug fired setting the gasoline from the carburator ablaze. Lane was rushed to the Holy Rosary Hospital in Ontario, and at last reports was doing as well as could be expected. The Amalgamated Sugar company has under consideration the con struction of a sugar warehouse to cost in the neighborhood of around $75.000 it was learned today at noon at a special meeting of the Nyssa Chamber of Commerce when J. R. Bachman, secretary-treasurer of the company outlined the plan. The building of the warehouse is con tingent upon the reestablishment of the city limits. Bachman said. After hearing City Attorney Flet cher give his approval to the new city limits which would exclude not only the small parcel of land in the Emison addition, but three farms that have been supposed to be out of the city but actually have never been voted, every member present, about 25, voted yes on the proposal to hold a special election within the next 45 days. The construction of the new ware house would mean a substantial in crease in the amount of payrolls, Ray G. Larson, district manager said. After the construction is com pleted there would be a year round payroll increase in warehousemen, he said. Mayor Thompson and three councilmen who were present, Buch ner, Olson and Whitaker approved the coming election, and voiced the opinion that most of the property under consideration had not been paying city taxes any way. The tax assessment on these properties amount to very little and would have no material effect on city in come from that source, they agreed. The warehouse would join the pres ent one, Baclunan said, in the inter est of cutting down handling ex penses if an additional spur track were put in. It is the plan of the company to have the new warehouse completed by December 15, with preliminary work starting inthe near future. The date of the election will probably be set by the council next Monday night, when it meets in special session, at which time a resolution for the redefining of the city limits will be presented. —Nyssa Fall Festival Sept. 6-7— ..—Nyssa Fall Festival Sept. 6-7 — —Nyssa Fall Festival Sept. 6-7— suffers T u r n s ’* NO CONCERT NEXT WEDNESDAY NIGHT There will be no band concert next Wednesday night according to A. V. Cook, manager of the Nyssa City band. The reason for the cancellation of the concert is due to the fact that Jay Stoner, conductor of the band will be engaged at the New Plym outh Fair. The cencerts will be resumed, Cook said, on Wednesday, August 21 and will continue to the close of the concert season, sometime in September. —Nyssa Fall Festival Sept. 6-7- Retum Home After a few days visit with her son Grant Lewis and Mrs. Lewis last week Mrs. George H. Lewis and her granddaughter Karen Lanore Craner returned to their home In Twin Falls. Visit From Nevada Mr. and Mrs. Owen Ramsey of Verdi, Nevada are visiting friends in Nyssa this week and were dinner guests at the Leslie McClure home on Wednesday evening. Business Wowen’s Luncheon Thursday noon Mrs. R. A. Thomp son, Mrs. Hershel Thompson and Mrs. Ralph Beutler were hostesses at a silver luncheon for the business and professional women of Nyssa. at Mrs. R. A. Thompson's home. The proceeds will go toward the church funds of the Methodist church. Those attending voted the affair so much of a success that they are hoping that other divisions of the Ladies Aid will follow suit in the near future. Visits In Payette Janice Frost visited with her aunt Mrs. Jonas Brown In Payette from Wednesday until Saturday of last week Son Bom Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Delft are announcing the birth of a son born on Tuesday night, Dr. K. E. Kerby attending. Chief O f Police Attends F.B.I. School Chief of Police A. V. Cook return ed last night from a school for peace officers in eastern Oregon, held in Baker Wednesday. The school was conducted by F. B. I. agent Swen son, In charge of the Portltnd office Cook said that the purpose o f the school was to instruct peace offic ers in the work of handling all sub versive fifth column activities. Swen son told the assembled officers that all reports should be given first to local police, who would in turn pass on the information on subversive activities to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for their investigation. The work o f investigation of sub versive activities will be done by the F. B. I, and not the local police, Cook said. Swenson said that 61 per cent of the population of the United States citizens have been finger printed, a large per centage of these being voluntary. The school was a voluntary one, officers paying their own transpor tation to and from the school. —Nyssa Fall Festival Sept. 6-7— A Son Born Dr. J. J. Sarazln and the stork officiated in the delivery of “a bun dle from heaven" for Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Simmons at the Nyssa nurs ing home on Thursday morning. It was a boy. MARKETS By Wiley Glowers CASH PRICE BUTTER FAT Premium ................................... 27c First .................... „.............. ......... 26c Second ........................... 24c POULTRY Hens, heavy _________ 11c Hens, light and leghorns .......... 6c Cox ........................................ 3c Springs .......... ..... ...........He and 14c Trade-In Eggs ................... 15c
