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.\ > j 0 § 2 S * V * JOURNAL 77ieNYSSA G ATEW AY TO THE OWYHEE AND BLACK CANYON IRRIGATION PROJECTS IN THE HEART OF OREGON’S SUGAR EMPIRE Published at Nyssa, Oregon. NYSSA, OREGON, TH UR SD AY, M A Y 8, 1941 VOLUME XXXVL, NO. 18 P o s t O f f ic e W i l l M ove To New Washington, D. C. News Burean of the Nyssa Gate City Journal WASHINGTON D. C.—Investi gation of national defense reveals that the aimy has fallen down; that it had no vision, no progress (other than M-day), and that the housing for 1, 500,000 to 2.000,00 men was not anticipated. Army's explanation is that it never occurred to them that so many troops would be raised and the smaller number estimated for mobilization on M-day could be tak en care of at race tracksm at state and county fairgrounds. Army says that when Congress, at request of the president, authorized a trem- endouly increased personnell it did a good job in locating sites for can tonments, letting contracts for the shelter. To this the senate investigating c&irmitee inquires: What has the army been doing for the past 20 years? Commute asserts that a smart board of strategy would have years ago decided on locations and either acquired the land and held it in reserve or made at rangements to purchase, instead of waiting until the emergency and then having landowners tip up the price in many instances beyond reason. The army she old have prepared blueprints of cantonments, with barracks, hospi tal. mess hall, roads, sewers, and water—had everything prepared to swing into action .at any time. Lack of this forethought caused the army to pick sites recently which were in no way suitable for encamp ments; In swamps, in places where there was no water supply and to ignore old cantonments of World war No. 1, where there were install ations of roads, water, and sewers. An army officer (retired) picked one site and shifted the location for a hospital in order not to have inter fere with a golf course used by off icers. Estimates of cost have been in variably too low, which the officers explain was because they did not take time to prepare carefully drawn plans, and someone in Washington (whese identity has not yet been re vealed) gave orders to construction quartermasters which greatly in creased the costs. It can be stated that, aside from under-estimates, there has been no indication of shenanigan on the west coast. What took place in cantonments has been repeated in other direc tions. The plain foot is the* no one. apparently, in the U’. '! I States realized 12 months ago that this nation would have to prepare for more than a nfedera* a national de fense. Brit .in was taking care of it self. purchasing goods in the United States, and aside from good wishes this country was regarding the Eur opean conflict in an academic man ner. Of a sudden it was realised that if Britain was to win the United States must furnish the^inances and the munitions, and a grand scramble started to locate and build factor ies; to expand existing plants, all with taxpayers money. Germany's sinking of millions of tons of cargo ships resulted in the United States preparing the greatest shipyard activities in history, of ac quiring every merchant vessel a- vailable with which to aid the al lies. Survey, a year ago. disclosed that not enough powder was being manufactured for a good, old-fash ioned broadside by the fleet: there fore the government built plants and hired private concerns to operate them, for powder was neded for the navy, the army, and the British. The same deficiency was noted in small- arms. small ammunition, tanks, bag loading plants and ah planes, both for training and fighting. Only now is the United States be ginning to come to life. The ma as production will not attain its peak for another 12 months—and much can happen in a single year. The first 30 ton tank was delivered to the army last week after long pre paration in changing design, armor and equipment. On the assembly line these armed monsters will be rolling steadily for at least the next two years; tanks for national de fense and tanks for the British. (Continued on Back Page) From Emmett— Mr. and Mrs. Charles Thompson of Emmett were -Sunday evening visitors at the R A. Thompson home. Apple Valley Man Dies In Boise COMMENCMENT DATE AT ADRIAN SET FOR MAY 23 By Raymond Hofly ADRIAN (Special)- Adrian Union High School commencement date The Nyssa Post office will be mov was announced this week for May ed to its new location at First and 23rd, by Principal D. W. Patch. This Main street on Saturday afternoon, year thirty-six seniors will complete according to S. D. Goshert, post their high school career at Adrian. master. It is expected that the move Senior honor students this year will take the better part of two days, are Emily Otis and Grace Kygar. with a few extra days to get every Commencement address will be de thing running smoothly, Goshert livered by Bernard Malnwarlng, ed said. itor of the' Nampa Free Press. There is still some minor equip Graduating seniors are: Donna ment yet to come, the postmaster Ashcraft, Helen Beebe, Homer Brew- said, but none of this will seriouly ! er, Rex Beebe, Morris Deffenbaugh, interfere with the functioning of MERCHANTS TO BOOST Juanita Culbrtson, Oliver Freel, Ileta the office. OPENING GAME FRIDAY Franklin, Betty Glass, Evelyn Gregg, Bex holders will all be given new Merchants of Nyssa are mak Pauline Gowey, Dorothy Hamilton, box numbers, Goshert said. With Grace Kygar, Russell Huffs tetter, ing a special effort to get as large the moving of the post office to the a turnout as possible for the op ■ Marie Loveland, Velma McDermott, new location. Chief of Police A. V. ening of the Snake River Val’ey \ Louise Mackey, Loretta Mitchell, Cook advised that double parking School Baseball series, when the Bud Notheis, Emily Otis, Wayne around the post office would not Piercy, LeRoy Parker, Florence Rus Nyssa Bulldogs meet the Fruit- be allowed. "This is a dangerous sell, Curine Sipes, Stewart Schwei- •and Grizzlies on the local field practice, and the excuse that a pest Friday ¡tomorrow) at 2:30 p. m. zer. Betty Skinner, Juanita Sipes. office patron just went in to pick up Consideration was given as to 1 Sidney Snapp. Eileen Slippy, Paul mail will not be taken as an excuse the advisability cf asking the Thiel, Eldon Tallman, John Timmer for double parking,'' Cock said merchants to close during game man, Howard Walters, and Wayne This danger will be greatly increased time, but this was deemed im-1 Woods. when .the underpass is open to traf practical when it was shown that fic. and the public should accustom Friday is Nyssa’s sale day, and itself to parking prope.ly now, the that a large number of farm fam Chief of Police said. ines do their shopping on that day, and for their convenience it was decided to keep the stores open, hut to make arrangements The Board of the Nyssa Union to let as larg a part of the em High Schdol district has set May ployes as possible o ff in order to 26 as the date when the budget for see the game. the coming school year will be draft High School students wi'l call Final announcement of the pro ed for presentation at. the annual on the merchants with tickets gram for the annual Feeders’ Day school meeting June 23. Sitting with for the game. at the Eastern Oregon Livestock the Board will be a committee com Experiment Station at Union on Sat posed! of A. H. Boydell. A. C. Sallee. urday, May 10, has been announced Mrs. F. C. Fry, George J. Mitchell by D. E. Richards, Superintendent and G. A. Cleaver. of the station. Three direetcis will have to be Because of the probability that the elected this year, to serve terms of State Experiment station will be three, four, and five years. The started in Malheur County during Both the high school and grade clerk's position will be appointed be the next year, many Malheur stock- school buildings were broken into on ginning with this years school year. men and farmers should be inter Sunday night of this week accord ested more than ever in observing ing to Principals Hartley and Hol- the activity and resultk obtained lenburg. from one of the State research Nothing of value was taken frctr. farms. the buildings, but some damage was Stockmen and faimers from all done to windows and doors. In the over Eastern Oregon are urged and high school, entrance was made by ------ N invited to attend. The following is ¡reaking the window in the princi By Wesley Sherman a full program for the day include pals office, and in the grade school Music and drama departmens of a trip to pasture lots, which will the entrance was made through the Nyssa high school will present Gil show the value of feed lot fertili windows in one of the south rooms. bert and Sullivan’s “ Mikado,” well- zer, how to keep “cheat" out of al This is the second time in as many known operetta, Friday, May 16, in falfa, and g. ass nursery. This trip weeks that both buildings have been the high school gymnasium. will be conducted by E. R. Jackman. broken into. Police are working on Difficult but intriguing, the “Mik Crop Specialist, OSC. A luncheon what clues they have. ado" offers the student a fine oppor at the experiment station will b ' fol tunity as a musical comedy and is lowed by. the address of welcome by universally enjoyed by audiences of Wm. A. Schoenfeld, Dean of Animal COUNTY P. T. A. ail age groups. husbandry department, University The cast, as announced by dir of Idaho, will speak on "Mineral R e PLANS SUMMER ector Stella Young, includes Lester quirements for livestock. Presenta CLINICS Keizer as the Mikado of Japan; Jack tion of a Grand Champion Hereford k Plans for the annual Summer Church as Nankt-Poo; Junior Ds- Bull showing the tops in quality, Grofft as K.-K.; Bob Eldredge as conformation, type and breeding, a Round-up Clinics are under way by Pooh-bah; LeRoy Toombs as Pish- tour of feed lots and a demonstra Mrs. Logan, county health nurse, ac Tush; Helen Boydell as Yum.-Yum; tion of a manure spreader loader cording to Mrs. M. L. Judd, chair man of the Malheur County Parent- Phyllis Poage as Pitti-Sing; Dar will conclude the days program. Teacher Association Summer Round lene Dorman as Peep-Bo; and Bar up work, in her report to the Board bara Larson as Katisha. Co-director with Mrs. Young is of Managers held at Ontario last Saturday. The board appointed the Gordon A. Finlay, instrumental mu following chairmen for the coming sic instructor. year:Program, Mrs. John Turnbull Fred stark, dramatics director at and Mrs. Kathryn Claypool; Legis the high school, has charge of dir John Tcombs, the six year old son lative, W F. Partland; Juvenile ecting the speaking parts of the op of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Toombs was Protection, Rev. Douglas Honeyford; eretta while Royce Church, post struck by a school bus driven by Publicity, Mrs. Evelyn Stoop; Mem graduate student, is in charge of WayneChestnut, on Thursday even bership, Mrs. Wesley Roehr; Sum dances. Margaret Stevenson ls the ing after school and received a frac mer Round-up, Mrs. M. L. Judd; faculty member working on costumes Publication, Mrs. Henry Udick; 4-H and Norma Suiter, senior, heads a tured skull and clavicle. John was taken to the Sarazin Club, Mrs. Charles Scheize; Resol committe on stage settings and eff Clinic for examination and treat utions. Dennis Patch, Mrs. A. Sparks, ects. ment and from there removed to and Mrs. M. L. Kurtz. Before the action of the operetta the Nyssa Hospital where he will Two resolutions were passed at the begins. Nanki-Poo has fled from the have to remain for another week but meeting. One committed the associ court of his father, the Mikado of is reported to be recovering nicely. ation to make a special effort that Japan, to escape marriage with an John was waiting for the bus to 1 no child become a truant due to lack elderly lady named Katisha. Assum go home when he and another boy of material necessities. The other ing the disguise of a musician, he has ran across the road in front of an ' hits at the holding of the county then fallen in love with a fair maid oncoming bus and were unable to Fair on any dates that will include en, Yum-Yum, but he has been pre stop in time to avoid the accident. a Sunday. The resolution reads, “In vented from marrying her by her asmuch as the Parent-Teacher Asso guardian, Eo-Ko, who wishes to ciation does not approve of holding marry her himself. Ko-Ko, however, a Fair on Sunday, we do not spon has been condemned to death for FREE TEXT BOOKS sor a booth or display if (the) Fair flirting, and when Act 1 opens. Nan UNDER FIRE Ls to be held on a Sunday. If the ki-Poo is hastening to the court of SALEM -A third act of the re- Falr dates are chan|?ed ^ e Organ- Ko-Ko in Titipu to find out whether Yum-Yum is now free to marry him. cent legislative session was made ,zation wL,hM sP°nsor a booth- the target for attack last week wh?n ! Mrs. Charles Newbill, president of Everything goes well for Ko-Ko at the Association Against Public Tax- ; the County P T. A. presided at the the first of the play and he plans to meeting. Other officers present were es for Private schools started circu marry Yum-Yum. who Nanki-Poo lating petitions in an effort to place Mrs Goldie Miller, secretary: Mrs. loves. Then the plot thickens—. the free text book bill on the ballot. F. C Fry, treasurer: and Mrs. Eve The act under fire extends the use lyn Stoop, vice-president. of free text books to pupils enrolled in parochial and private schools as JOINS HONOR AG. SOCIETY well as those in public schools who Jack Brodie junior in Agriculture are already enjoying this privilege. . . . wedding bells ringing for Bob Sponsors of the referendum which Engineering at Oregon State, and and Peggy Wednesday. . . the Bar is understood to have the backing of son of Mr. and Mrs E . Jamison, the Oregon Parent-Teachers assoc on last Friday night was initiated ney Wilson's and the A1 Thompsons iation. must secure 15 866 verified into Alpha Zeta, national profess sporting new jalopies. . . .its moving day at the Post office come Satur .signatures of registered voters by ional honor society in agriculture Student members of Alpha Zeta day . . .the little fishes at Unity dam June 13 in order to prevent the act are selected each year from unler- learned what It meant by a bltts- from becoming effective. graduate students of high scholar kelg on Sunday. . . but nothing but ship on the basis of character, lead croppies to greet the fisherman at the Owyhee. . . .the soldier boys HEALTH ASSOCIATION MEETING ership and personality. The regular monthly meeting of He is also a pledge to Phi Kappa home on leave making femine hearts the executive board of the Malheur Phi. national allschool scholastic do a flip flop. . . funny what a sptc- County Health Association will be honor society, and was recenty elect- cer upper of masculine pulchritude held on Monday. May 12. at 4 p ed president of the Agriculture En- those form fitting suits are . . . . m. at the Nyssa grade school. glneering Club for the coming year I Q u arte rs Fastest Growing City In Oregon AV Marvin S. Burke, well known Ap ple Valley farmer died this morning at the Veteran’s Hospital in Boise, following a lingering illness that had kept him almost bedfast since last October. He had been taken to the hospital Tuesday morning. He is survived by his wife, Lola and four children, Marvin Jr., Wal ter, Ruth, and Donald. Funeral arrangements have not as yet been made. School Budget Meeting Set Feeders Day Program Slated Vandals Break Into Two Schools Students To Give Famed Operetta Child Injured By School Bus 'ROUND TOWN $1.50 PER YEAR Grange To Hear Nyssa Bulldogs Enter Race Chemurgic Talk For River Valley Pennant Dance Slated For Hospital Oregon Trail Grange will hold an open house meeting on Tuesday evening on May 13, according to Zeola Nielson, Home Economic Club secretary. Purpose of the open house meet ing is to make it possible for the public as well as Grange members to hear a talk on chemurgy in re lation to farming. Ralph Gale, a member of the National Farm Chemurgic Council will give the talk. The subject of the talk is of vital interest to every farmer, and those who have heard Gale talk on the subject are enthusiastic ovr the pos sibilities. The general public is cordially in vited to attend the meeting, which will have such a vital effect on the future of this section of the country, according to Frank Parr, master of the grange. MOTHERS DAY SERVICES A community service honoring Mothers of this community on Mother's day, Sunday 11, will be held by the L. D. S. and Metho dist churches at the gymnasium at 11:00 a. m. to which the pub lic Ls cordially invited to attend. The program is sponsored and has been made possible through the efforts of the Girls’ League of the Nyssa High School under the direction of Mrs. Young. Speakers on that day wil' be L. D. Anderson, bishop of the Nyssa Ward of the L. D. 8. church and Rev. Merle Burres of the Metho- iist church. Poppy Day Set For May 24 Memory of Ame:ica’s war dead In the first world war will be honored on Saturday, May 24, when every one will be asked to wear a memorial poppy in tribute to their service and sacrifice. Plans for the chsei vance of Poppy Day are being completed by the Nyssa unit cf the American Legion Auxiliary under the leadership of Mrs. Sid Burbridge. Poppy Day chairman. The memorial floweTS. made by disabled veterans at the Roseburg hospital will be offered on the streets throughout the day by the Auxiliary women, all of whom of the money contributed to them for the flowers will go into the wel fare funds of the Auxiliary to carry forwaid the Auxiliary's work for the disabled, their families and the fam ilies of the dead, during the year ahead. TAXPAYING DATE CHANGE MEET FRUITLAND HERE FRIDAY IN FIRST PLAYOFF The Nyssa Lions Club have an nounced that a masquerade and cos tume ball will be held on Saturday, Mai 17. The funds from this dance will go towards the hospital build ing which the club is sponsiring. The Rythm Aces, will furnish the music for the dance. Keith Bailey, Bernard Frost and Sid E. Smith are the committee in charge. Plans have progressed far enough now, according to Fled Burgesser, of the hospital oommlttee to start the formation of a corporation to go ahead with the actual financing of the hospital building. The formation of a corporation is necessary in or der that proper finances may be ar ranged for, Burgesser said. Vale Woman Dies As Tractor Upsets Mrs. Frank Drake was killed Sun day, when a tractor she was oper ating on the Drake farm near Mal heur Butte, overturned, pinning her underneath it. Her husband, who was riding a leveler behind the trac tor was also pinned beneath the overturned implement and it took him about an hour and a half to extricate himself. When he had worked himself free, which he did with the aid of a pocket knlke, he rushed his wife to the hospital in Ontario, but she died before arriv ing there. Drake suffered only minor injuries, his wife dying from, inter nal injuries. Funeral services were held In Vale on Wednesday afternoon at the Sev enth Day Adventist church for Mrs. Drake. BAKERY TO CHANGE HANDS JUNE 1 The McClure Brothers Bakery, owned by Leslie and Ernest McClure will pass to new ownership on June first. The Bakery which has been under the McClure Brotlieds ownership for the past nine years will come under the ownership of Andy Swan, John Koopman. and Kenneth Lang- ton. Swan is well know In Nyssa as well as Koopman who for the past four years has been an Oregon State Police Officer and Langton a police officer in Nyssa. Leslie McClure, who is a city councilman, said that the two bro thers will join their father in the bakery business in Caldwell, where he is operating a long established bakery. Joe Davis, who has been em ployed by the McClure Brothers will continue to work for the new owners, according to Koopman. SALE1M—The changes In the as sessment and taxpaying dates voted by the last legislature do not be come effective until next year. 1942. Even then the transition will be so gradual as to be scarcely noticeable. Tax levies will be made next Nov ember as usual except that they will BEAUTY SHOP SELECTS be reduced to 50 percent of the nor NEW LOCATION The Owyhee Beauty Shop will mal levies. This means that when the property owner goes to pay his move to a new location on May 15, taxes next March, if he pays cash according to the owners, Misses Iris in order to take the discount he will Miller and Helen Wlntrode. The be called on to pay only 50 percent new location ls on second street Just of his normal tax. If, however, he la | In rear of the building occupied by of the class that takes advantage of the Nyssa Pharmacy. With the an the Installment payments his March nouncement of the change In loca Installment will be up to the usual tion the owners said that they were average but there will be only two installing new equipment and furn Installments to pay instead of the j iture. and that the store they are to occupy will be for their exclusive customary four. Then in July, 1941. the various tax | use. levying bodies—school district, c ity ,, county, state, etc.—will make an SALT LAKE TRIP IS PRIZE other levy. This one will be for a! full year, the first installment of | A free trip, with three days in which will become due in November, Salt Lake City ls the prize offered 1942. with subsequent installments to the employes of the Thompson due evety three months thereafter. Oil Company, In tire selling con test. according to Dell Taylor and NYSSA STUDENT RATED HIGH Bob Thompson. The three men, IN EMMETT MUSICAL FESTIVAL Monte Jensen. Laurence Flndllng. Darlene Dorman, senior at Nyssa and Wendell Webster are running a close race, according to Bob and Union High School and Twila Craw ford, Nyssa Junior High, were rated Dell, with only about two weeks of first division or superior In the so the contest left Flndling is in the prano and violin contests respective lead at the present time. ly at the Emmett Music Festival, April 25. This entitles them to at TWO BUY REGISTERED JERSEYS Two Malheur couty breeders have tend the national regional meet at either Ogden or Tacoma Receiving recently purchased registered Jersey second division or excellent were cows, according to The American the Nyssa High school marching Jersey Cattle Club D H Clark band and concert band. Don Eld Nyssa. purchased f ’ em E. W Ste ix redge. piano. Betty Wilson soprano, and son. Mono nth, the animal St. and the Girls' Sextette. According Mawes Noble Lady Rlnda and Hc*n- to Gordon Finlay, music Instructor er Brewer, Ontario purchased Ruth at the high school. It Is unusual for Bowlina. Susie Bowlin and Only a band to recleve and excellent rat Bowlins from the Eastern Oregon ing at Its first competition T h e ! Nyssa band has never before com Flower Sale— peted In a contest A notation on the | The American Legion Auxiliary judges comment sheet for the Girls’ will hold Its tenth annual sale of Sextette Indicated that but for one potted flowers and bed plants at the small point their work would have Baldridge Implement store on Sat urday. rated a first division. By Wesley Sherman Nyssa high school's baseball nine will meet the climax of its season here tomorrow <Friday) at 2:30 p. m. as the boys meet the Fruitland Grizzlies in the first playoff game between Oregon and Idaho teams to determine the Snake River Valley championship. The game will be held on the high school field. Nyssa qualified for the playoffs by taking first in the Oregon division of the league during the regular sea son. and Fruitland wound up second on the Idaho side. Ontario, second in Oregon, will meet Wciser, Idaho pennent-winner, in the other play off game. Winners of the two Fri day games play next week for the title. The series is governed by the “sud den-death" method. One loss and the team puts away its baseball togs un til next season. The Bulldogs conquered Harper and Vale twice and split games with Ontario and Adrian. Using relief players freely. Coach John Young's charges dropped their game with Adrian here Tuesday, 10 to 7. Reid Cottle and Warren Marsh pitched good ball for the Blue and White, but several fielding errors contribut ed to the downfall. Warren Heldt, center fielder who is leading the Bulldogs in batting, was forced to re tire from the field early in the game because of a turned ankle. He will be back in the line up tomWiorrow, however. Plans are being made so that local fans will have bleacher seats at the Fruitland game, according to Henry Hartley, school principal. Previous ly, all persons attending games here have had to stand or sit in cars. Council Adopts Grade Ordinance The city council, at the regular monthly meting held Monday night adopted an ordinance establishing grades and location of sidewalks, ordinances conflicting with the new one. ditches and curbs, and repealing all With the passage of the ordinance, based on a survey and recommend ation of former city engineer, Virgil E. Johnson, it is now unlawful for any person to build or cause to be built any sidewalk, curb or gutter or street improvement unless grades are set according to the ordinance by an Oregon licensed engineer. A fine of not less than $25 nor more than $250 may be Imposed upon any person found guilty of violating the new ordinance. TO MEET WITH HIGHWAY COMMISSION TODAY Frank Morgan, secretary of the Nyssa Chamber of Commerce, and Herschel Thompson, city councilman will meet with the Oregon State Highway Commission today for a conference on the proposed street work on Main street from the rail way right of way west to the “Y ” . At this conference it is expected that the commission will hand down their dicision as to whether or not it is a policy of that body to Install storm sewers when a new highway is constructed through small cities or towns. JUNE MARIE WII.SON SINGS For the second time this school year June Marie Wilson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Barney Wilson, was soloist In a fifteen minute broadcast over KOAC on Monday evening. Reception of the program in Nyssa was unusually poor and most people listening for It were disappointed in not hearing her. June Marie sang GARDEN CLUB TO MEET The Morgan Park Garden Club will hold a special meeting at the Hunting home on Cloverdale ave nue. at 8p. m. on May 16. The pro position of lowering the annual dues to the organization will be voted on, and to provide special party finance clause. DRIVER'S EXAMINATION A travelling examiner of opera tors and chauffeurs la scheduled to arrive in Nyssa. Wednesday, May 14, and will be on duty at the city hall between the hours of 9 a. m. and 5 p. m. All those wishing permits or licenses to drive cars are asked to get in touch with the examiner dur ing thse hours.
