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/ The NYSSA Published at Nyssa, Oregon. VOLUME XXXVI, NO. 6 AT;- GAI 8ITY JOURNAL Fastest Growing City In Oregon GATEWAY TO THE OWYHEE AND BLACK CANYON IRRIGATION PROJECTS IN THE HEART OF OREGON’S SUGAR EMPIRE $1.50 PER YEAR NYSSA, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1941 DISCUSS Associated C.ofCJ. Benefit Dance Two Home Games FARMERS DAIRY PROBLEMS WITH C. OF C. To Meet In Nyssa For Polio For Bulldogs LIONS CLUB PLAN FOB COMMUNITY The Nyssa Lion’s club have been quietly working for the construction of a 20 bed community hospital to be constructed in Nyssa, at a very rough estimate to cost about $40,000. The hospital will be of the very lat Washington, D. C. News Burean of est modem design, would be an 'op the Nyssa Gate City Journal en staff" hospital, with the indivd- ual rooms perhaps furnished by the WASHINGTON, D. C —People of various lodges and civic organ the Pacific Northwest cannot und izations local and indlvduals: It is esti erstand the feeling in the east re mated a room could be equip garding the war and the various ped for that about $150. steps the United States is taking The plans for hospital were The northwest has a different view brought to light the when it was an point and is not excited about the nounced that a group of Nyssa Li situation. What the northwest wants ons had gone to Emmett view a is it share of the national defense hospital recently completed to there by contracts. Dr. Carver. A former member of the Wash the committee in charge ington legislature, a resident of Spo of Heading formulating for the hos kane, expressed astonishment at the pital is Dr. K. E. plans Kerby. Others are atmosphere he has found in the na Fred Burgesser and Sid E. Smith, tional capital. local druggist. “What is it all about?” he inquir Dr. Kerby said that very rough ed. “Here I have met substantial plans have' been drawn up, but that business men who are afraid the the real plans for the building are United States will be Invaded by yet to be made. “If this hospital Is German troops within a couple of built, and I believe that it most months. It looks to me like plan certainly will be, it will be a big ned hysteria. Secretary of War b:nefit Stimson goes before congression by said. to the community,” Dr. Ker commitees and paints a picture of Those who viewed the Emmet hos- invasion. Secretary of Navy Knox pita were Dr. Kerby, Fred Burges does the same thing. The president ser, R. G. Whitaker, president of the was told a submarine was off our Lion's club; Cliff Mains and shore, but it proved to be a whale Nyssa K. K. Lienkaemper, all of whom and the first statement of ths presi were enthusiastic about the possi dent has never been recalled. Any of a hospital in Nyssa. The one who questions that the United bilities details on the financing of the con States will be Invaded is regarded as struction cost not yet been a fifth columnist or as a plain fool. completed, but have expected that Eastern newspaper do not attempt some method will it be is worked out in to sooth the public; the movies are the near future. filled with propaganda. When I re turn to Spokane and tell of my ob servations here and the hysteria no Herd Association one will believe me." “Out our way,” he continued, “the people are less excited. There Is a To Hear Noted definite sentiment against the United States becoming involved in the war Speakers oversea. They are favorable, the ma jority, to giving reasonable aid to P. M. Brandt, head division of the British, but even if England Animal Industry, and G. A. Brown, should, be invaded we do not expect for the annual meeting of the Mal- the Germans to come over and at manager Interstate Associated crea tack us, at least not immediately, meries, will be he headline speakers if at all. It is strange to me that County Dairy Herd Improve eastern people are so gassed up with heur ment association to be held at the war talk. I heard one New York Vale community hall on Friday. Feb. judge tell the senate committee that 14, beginning at 10:30 a. m. Direc if we go into the foreign war we tors of the association emphasize will have a civil war at home and he that all dairymen of the county are explained the feeling there in the invited to atend regardless of whe big city among the different racial ther or not they are members of the groups. Perhaps one reason that the association. They are urged to bring eastern people are frightened is the their wives and families and spend publicity the eastern papers give to the day at Vale. Pot luck lunch will statements emanating from Wash be served at noon with coffe furn ington. Our western papers print ished by the association. very little about these, or none at In addition to the speakers men all.” tioned above, motion pictures on dairy subjects and some musical A Portland fireman has been six numbers have been arranged. weeks in school in the capital re ceiving instructions on fire fighting in the event of invasion. Among his teachers were New York firemen who we^e sent to London to leant how the British operate. The British are a brave people and are holding up well, he explains, but why Materials for the construction of shouldn’t they. They are on a small the mattresses under the cotton Island, they oan’t leave it, and so mattress making project have ar they must surpress fires as best they rived in the county and a school can and “take it.” The incendiaries for the local leaders who will assist dropped by the Germans may des people in their communities in mak troy as much as six miles square ing the mattresses, has been sched more than half the area of Wash uled for the Boulevard grange hall ington, D. C.) and when firemen for Tuesday. February 18 beginning are working on the conflagration at 10:00 a. m. enemy airplanes sweep through the According to information received streets shooting at the fire fighters from the county agent’s office. 232 with machine guns. eligible familes have made applica tion for 445 mattresses in communi throughout the coun NYSSA OFFICE FOR ty. ties It scattered is proposed to se up mattress making centers in seven communi- EMPLOYMENT OFFICE ies. namely. Oregon Slope. Ontario. The Oregon State Employment Nyssa. Adrian. Vale. JaJmlson and service will maintain an office in Jordan Valley. Immediately follow Nyssa to handle unemployed claims, ing the leaders training school on according to Charles M. Paradis, February 18 the centers will be op ened up in the different communi manager of the Ontario office. For the time being the office will ties and people who have made ap be located in the city hall, and will plication will be notified of the days be open from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. every when they can expect to come to Wednesday. Those who have unem these centers to construct their mat ployed claims, or desire any infor tresses. Oranges in he communities mation concerning unemployed will be asked to atrke the local ar compensation are asked to contact rangements for the making of these Paradis at the Nyssa office on the mattresses and to appoint commit day mentioned. tees to supervise this work. It is expected that a permanent location will be found later, when Infant Passes Away the office will be moved. Announce The infant daughter, bom to Mr. ment will be made later on the new and Mrs. L. J Aulback on niday at the family home, passed away an location. \ Sunday evening. Oraveslde services were conducted by the priest of the Retam Home Mrs Russell Cornell's brother and Catholic church in Nampa. Inter sister-in-law, Mr and Mrs James ment was at the Nampa cemetery Palmer of southern Wisconsin left with the Nyssa Funeral Home in for their home after a ten days visit. charge of arrangements. Mattress Project School Date Set This Week “A" DIVISION W. L. Pet. 6 1 .857 Vale 5 1 .833 Emmett ............4 3 .571 Ontario .......... 3 4 .429 Weiser ............2 5 .286 Nyssa Payette ....... ............1 7 .125 "B” DIVISION ......... 4 1 800 Fruitland 3 2 .600 Adrian 3 2 .600 Parma ........... New Plymouth ..........0 5 .000 Two home games are on tap for the Nyssa Bulldogs this week-end. Adrian’s high-stepping Antelopes will be here tomorrow night, Friday, Feb. 14. The Adrian team has been bowling over all opposition during the past few weeks including the Bulldogs at Adrian, 25 to 18. Coach Claude Cook has built up an evenly balanced five that boasts not one outstanding star, but several of a- bout equal ability. Veteran Schweiber is probably the Antelope attack. At center he directs the team’s offense. Timmerman, at forward, has been a high scorer in recent games, while Tallman, guard, is the key to the Antelope defense. Game time for the first contest will be 7:30. Weiser's Wolverines will meet the Bulldogs here Saturday night at 8 00 Coach Elder's Blue and White squad is still nursing a feeling of resentment over an unmerciful beat ing at Weiser's hands earlier in the season at Weiser. Comparative scor es however, indicate that it was more than anything a completely off” night for the Bulldogs. Vale might be used as a yardstick. Nys- sa’s squad held up bravely under the withering fire of the Vikings at Vale but lost, 46 to 27. The Wolver ines on the other hand were com pletely befuddled by the Vikings and lost, 50 to 13, last weekend. Ontario, too, holds two vicotries over the Wolverines, but the Tigers dropped one to Nyssa. Feeling is strong in the home camp for a vic tory over the Idaho squad. A complete junior lineup, with the exception of Rich Lewis, senior cen ter, will start against Adrian, ac cording to Coach Elder. Handy Fran kWilson is back in sTiape aft er nursing a lame shoulder in the last several games. Don Eldredge. forward, or guard is showing consid erable sparkplug ability on the squad and is about due for a big night. : . A group of farmers were guests of the Nyssa Chamber of Commerce Wednesday to discuss ways and means of developing the dairying Industry in the county. It was the concensus of opinion of those fanners present that the location of a condensary in Nyssa would be of more value to the far mer who Is Interested in dairying than would a creamery or cheese factory. R. H. darker, Adrian farmer said that dairying costs were much low er in Malheur county than on the Oregon coast. He said that the cast for producing a pound of butterfat on the coast was near 47 cents per pound as compared with a cost in Malheur county of 14.3 cents per pound. A new creamery Idea was thought not to be feasible due to the fact that there are now so many private and co-operative creameries serving the district. A committee composed of F*rank T. Morgan, Robert H. Sawyer and Louis P. Thomas was appointed by President Kerby to work with a group or organization of farmers interested in developing dairying in this district. The meeting is considered one of the most Interesting and education al that the local Chamber has held in a long time. Farmer friends of the Nyssa Chamber present were FYank Parr, Master of the Oregon Trail Grange, E. L. Jamison, Wm. DeGrofft, R. H. Clark and a Mr. Anderson with the Department of Agriculture. Bills Would Tax Utility Customers SALEM—The problem of more adequate pensions for the state’s needy aged is »eceivlng much atten tion at the hands of Oregon’s law makers at this session. Bills already Introduced contain at least a half dozen proposals for raising additional funds for this purpose. Latest of these proposals involve a special tax to be paid by patrons of public service utilities— electric, telephone, water, gas, etc. Proponents of this plan would add eight percent to the monthly bills of the utility patrons, the revenue from this source—estimated at be tween 81.750.000 and $2,500,00 a year —to go into the old age pension fund. Another measure, sponsored by the Oregon Old Age Pension Fed eration would levy what amounts to a poll tax upon every resident of the state, based upon the individu al’s income but in no case to be less than $6 a year. One of the first old Aided by Hack Wilson’s eagle eye age pension measures Introduced and steady hand, which brought cf three per cent, and Representa him the award for highest point tive Frank Lenergan is backing the scorer In the Nampa Gold Medal calls for a corporation dividend tax Basketball Tournament, the Nyssa aid of the needy aged. Town team, last Thursday, won the The Gibson-Jones bill providing Gold Medal Consolation by defeat for a consumers tax of 15 per cent ing Parma’s Town team 36-31 in to be levied against all patrons of what is described as a thriller from electric utilities in Oregon Is draw start to finish. Wilson was given the ing a lot of fire from centers served high point trophy for indivdual high by municipally owned power and score ’/ith 63 points. Indivdual med light plants which are now tax ex als were given the members of the empt. Under the Gibson-Jones bill Nyssa team. Of the four games that electric utilities would be relieved of Nyssa played, they lost only one, present advalorem taxes, the saving the first to Montgomery-Wards of thus realized to be passed on to Boise by a score of 42-36. Then fol consumers in the form of rate re lowed the Middleton game which ductions, which in turn would be Nyssa took 40-18 and the game with absorbed in the new consumer’s tax. the Nampa M. I. A. again saw Nys This tax would apply to patrons of sa in the lead at the end with a municipally owned utilities as well 33-24 score and then going into the as to those who are served by pri finals to win the Consolation from vately owned utilities. Parma. The Nyssa boys are going to blos Farmers Evening School som out In brand new uniforms, ac “Livestock Loss Prevention" will cording to Wilson, through the gen form the main basis of the Farmers' erosity of several Nyssa firms who Evening school program for the 17th have donated to ward the purchase and 24th of February Preventing of the purple and gold uniforms livestock losses on the farm will be Wilson asked that the following presented on oMnday evening, Feb. firms be thanked for their finan 17. A motion picture will show caus cial support—McClure's Bakery, the es of losses and methods of preven First National Bank. Gamble store. tion. Other plans will be discussed Wilson brothers. Gate City Dairy, by Joe Jarvis, Agriculture agent of Owyhee Drug, Nyssa Pharmacy, Id the Union Pacific. Jarvis will show aho Power Co., Thompson Oil Co., the fit mand discuss phases of live stock losses and their prevention. and Polar Cold Storage. The Nyssa hoopsters will start The meeting of Monday. February their second tournament following | 24. will consider the topic “Livestock their registration in the Payette Losses in Shipping." tournament whiah is scheduled to House Guests start February 25 and end March I. Mr and Mrs Eraell Davis of Seat Sixteen teams are to play in the tle spent the week-end as house guests of Mr. and Mrs William E. tournament. Wilson said. Those on the Nysaa Town Team Schlreman On Sunday the group squad are Hack Wilson, Max Sch- motored to Boise weizsr, Irwin Elder. Leon Bailey, Wren Ensminger. Lloyd Lewis. Blal- In Portland re Hendricks. Colby Poage and Bob Mr and Mrs. Dell Taylor were McCurdy. ______ _____________ in Portland over the week-end riande Wilson IN ,n Frm" B*i,T Claude Wilson has been very ill R. J. Stiff of Baker was a business this week and away from his duties visitor in Nyssa on Wednesday. Stiff at Wilson'S grocery • is owner of the Inland Oil Company Nyssa Hoopsters Win Consolation The Associated Chambers of Com merce of Western Idaho and East ern Oregon will meet in Nyssa next Tuesday night at 7 p. m; lor their bi-monthly meeting. The subject of the meeting will be “New Industries lor the Lower Snake River Valley." Principal speaker for the evening will be Earle G. Retde, Supervisor of Agricultural and Industrial Dev elopment for the Union Pacific Railway company. The meeting will be held in the Nyssa high school home economics department. Piesldent Dr. Kerby has appoint ed Omer Adktnson, Henry H. Hart ley and Louis P. Thomas as the committee in charge of the arrange ments. Victims A dance, sponsored by Nyssa civic organizations and headed by the Lions club has been planned for Saturday, March 1 for the benefit of the Nyssa and surrounding ter ritory victims of infantile paraly se. All money raised over and above the expenses will go to finance me dical care for the victims. The dance will be open to the public and every person Is urged to r. serve this date. Admission will be $1 per couple for adults and 50 cents for high school students. Fred Burgesser and Heinz Son- nekes are the committee in charge of arrangements. Mae Russell and her seven piece orchestra have been engaged to furnish the music for the dance. Sonnekes announced this week. Draft Board Calls 18 County Men FINAL DATE SET Eighteen men from Malheur coun ty have been called to serve In the army, according to an-announce- ment released by the chairman of the Malheur county local board, Ro bert O. Lytle, Vale. Those who have been called will report to the Mul tnomah County Library in Portland on February 19. They are: Harold W. Elliott, Nyssa, Raymond E. Hines, Nyssa, Merl W. Kygar, Nyssa, Joseph H. Weber, Vale, Va lentine Dominguez, Frulta, Colo., Carl H. Snow. Ontario, Louie B. Marostlca, Nyssa, Lawrence J. Ma- rostlca, Nyssa, Robert O. Knudson. Jamieson, Thomas C. Johnson, Bro gan, Gilbert W. Durant, Vaie, Har old J. Rehr, Ontario. Clifford W. Glascock, Vale. Qulnsen E. Pfaff, Nyssa. Howard D. Boor, Nysa. (al ready enlisted). Harold T. Strom, Nyssa, William E. Blackaby, Ontar io. Theodora R. Baird, Nyssa. Because some of the above named men may not be selected the follow ing list of alternates, who will be notified five days In advance in case they are to fill any vacancy caused by the rejection) of any of the prin cipals: Felix A. Friend, Braidwood, 111, Louie G. Davis, Wood Lake, Neb., Michael J. O'Toole, Juntura, Donald F. Baird, Ontario. ON WHEAT CRO P INSURANCE February 28 is the final date for Insuring wheat under the Federal wheat crop Insurance program ac cording to the office of the county Agricultural Conservation associa tion. Interest in crop Insurance Is greater in Malheur county this spring than ever befoen and the as sociation has given six community committeemen special instructions in crop insurance and these men are contacting some of their neigh bors regarding the insurance. Com mitteemen doing this work are Chas. Faw, Vale; Harry Featherton, Vale; A. F. Ooodell, Nyssa: Earl Weaver, Ontario; Ross Branch, Ontario; and B. O. Blakesley, Weiser, Ida., Rt. 3. Under the crop Insurance set-up the farmers may Insure their wheat grown on acreage within their al lotments for 75 per cent of a nor mal yield by paying a premium varying generally from JJ5 to 1 bu shel per acre. Premium and Indem nity payments are both figured in bushels rather than In dollars. Far mers who expect to Insure their wheat crops this spring should con tact one of the committeemen list ed above or should call at the coun ty office previous to Feb. 28. LEGION TO HOLD OPEN HOUSE Nyssa Legion To Nyssa Post of the American Log- Register Vets Ion will hold an open house party next Thursday, February 20 begin For Defense ning af 8 p. m. Archie and Harry Howell and Walter Thompson are the committee In charge. The party will be open to the business men and any ex-service man in the vicinity. A well rounded out evening of fun Is promised by the committee. ONIONS, LETTUCE, FARM SCHOOL TOPIC Carl Dietz of the Parma Eperi mental Station will discuss onions and lettuce at the next meeting this coming Monday at 8 p. m. accord ing to J. E. Johnson, agriculture In structor. Dietz will also speak on wlreworm. There Is a strong demand for more Information on this pest. Joe Jarvis, Union Pacific Agricul ture agent, showed motion pictures on harvesting, storing grading and shipping potatoes to a large farmer's evening class in Adrian Monday. Jarvis also discussed methods of de creasing Injury to potatoes and how to prevent diseases caused In har vesting. ’ DRIVERS LICENSE FEE INCREASED SALEM Motor vehicle operators will be taxed another 25 cents a year for their driver's license if the sen se follows the lead of the House which this week passed a measure providing for the license fee Increase which would go toward reimbursing hospitals for the care of indigent victims of traffic accidents. Mother VWte Mrs. Edward Leavitt, Lewiston, Utah, arrived for a two weeks visit with her son-in-law and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Cottle OilM Improve* Lyle, young son of Mr. and Mrs Kenneth Cottle Is able to be up again following a severe attack of pneumonia. Dick H olm e* in Dick Holmes who had apparently recovered from a severe attack of flu pneumonia suffered a relapee this week and Is again confined to his bed. The American Legion working through its 11,715 posts is going to register all of its 1,078,118 members, if possible, for national defense ser vice. Unaffillated World War veter ans also will be asked to register. The registration will be entirely volun tary. Its purpose is to provide the local, state and national leadership of the American Legion with a com plete inventory of the assets of the organization in manpower, experi ence and special training that could be made avallabel to the government If needed in the defense of the na tion. The Nyssa Post No. 79 of the Am erican Legion in this city will under take to register all Legionnaires and unaffillated World War veterans in this community and surrounding are*. “This is a summons for possible Important service to God and Coun try whom we served as young men in 1917-1818,” Commander Browne of the local post said. “I feel cer tain that every Legionnaire and World War veterans generally will welcome this opportunity of perhaps doing another bit for their country. We do not expect to be called for active military service. Most of us are beyond that age. But there are many home defense duties to be performed. Dales Set for 1M1 CCC Enrollment The enrollment dates for reglstra- tion in the COC’s in Malheur coun ty have now been set by the Mal heur Public Welfare offices. There are two enrollment periods. The reg alar enrollment to be held on April 1 to April 20. July 1 to July 20 and October 1 to Octobef 20. Supplement enrollment which Is made necessary o prevent the heavy fluctation in CCC camp member ship will be held on Feb 18 to 28, May 20 to 31. Aug 20 to 31 and Nov. 20 to 30 Detailed Information and material concerning application, enrollment and CCC requirements may be had at the Malheur County Public wel fare office* at Ontario each day in the wrek. M PULP DRYING PLANT FOR NYSSA The Amalgamated Sugar company will, in the near future begin con struction of a beet pulp drying plant that will cost in the neighborhood of $200,000 according to an announ cement made by Ray G. Larson, dis trict manager of the company, at a meeting of the Nyssa Chamber of Commerce Wednesday. Decision of the Amalgamated Sugar company to construct the drying plant Is based on Its Interest In furthering dairy ing In the district. The pulp when dried would be sold to the farmers at just enough to pay the cost of the dehydration process. Larson said. At the present time it is esti mated that the dried pulp could be sold to the farmers at something a- round $15 per ton. Another plan, still furthering dairying, is that the company haa devised which would create a dairy cow finance fund. In this the comp any would finance responsible and qualified farmers In the purchase of dairy herds. Just when this plan will get under way. Larson said he could not predict. “The Amalgamated Sugar comp any Is Interested in any plan that will benefit the farmer and commu nity in which it operates. In these latest endeavors of the company we are not Interested In profits so much as we are In the financial success of our farmers,” Larson said. As no date for the beginning of the construction has yet been set, it Is Impossible to predict when the drier plant will be completed, but when It is. the Amalgamated Sugar company will have a plant Invest ment of close to $200,000. Boy Scout Drive Opens Feb. 19 The annual drive to raise funds for the Nyssa Boy Scouts troop will be started out with a breakfast at Brownie Cafe next Wednesday morning at 7 a. m. according to Her- schel Thompson, general chairman. Assisting Thompson are Wesley Browne, commander of the Nyssa post of the American Legion and Cliff Main, member of the Nyssa Lions club, the latter two serving as captains of two teams composed of nine persons. The drive is being sponsored Jointly by the Lions club and Ameri can Legion during which it is hoped to raise $7.50 for each Boy Scout in Nyssa. This money will be used to defray expense of the Ida.-Ore. Boys Scout Council. Fallowing the breakfast rally each team «rill take to the field! and con tact every business house and resi dence in Nyssa. The American Legion Troop of Boy Scouts will assist the commute members, under the direction of Ralph Lawrence. Troop scoutmaster. BOWLING TEAM STANDINGS TEAM Games Played Played W. L. Outlaws .......................a 19 • Barbers ........ ................ .a 13 11 6 11 13 Edere Journal ............ 6 9 15 Grahams b 5 18 Sugar Co............ ____ 5 11 9 Wilsons ............ 5 11 • Thompsons ...................5 n 9 THE BOWLER’S LAMENT By Lawrence Blodgett (Permission to reprint reserved) You take four steps. And then begin To try to hit that old head pin; You have the ball going Down the line, • And you’re sure this time, It’s doing fine, But Just before it hits the pins To the left it begins. You chalk your hands. With a silly grin. And swear that you won’t do that again; They send it back. You grip It tight. Then it goes to the right. It’s not much fun to throw the ball. And know your going to miss them all. So you leave the place. With that silly grin. And say you’ll never bowl again. You go up town and walk around. And you can hear the boys A knockin' 'em doom; You open the door With the same old grin And try again For that old head pin.
