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77>eNYSSA Published at Nyssa, Oregon, GATEWAY TO THE OWYHEE AND BLACK CANYON IRRIGATION PROJECTS IN THE HEART OF OREGON S SUGAR EMPIRE VOLLUME XXXVL, NO. 31 50 R egister For Homemakers Camp Fifty Malheur County Homemak ers will leave next Wednesday for their annual vacation camp at Pay ette Lakes. This Is he seventh con secutive year that such a camp for homemakers has been arrangd b\ the Oregon State College Extension Service In cooperation with a local camp committee. Miss Izola Jensen. Extension Spe cialist In Community Social Organi zation, will againserve as camp di rector. She will be assisted by a com petent crew of helpers including Mrs Pearl Becker of Columbia County, who wll lteach basketry and assist with other crafts, Miss Margaret Wallis, Assistant County Librarian, who will serve as camp librarian, acting as camp nurse, and Mrs. Hll- Mrs Alta Hawkins, Ontario, again da Davis. Homedale, who with her two helpers will prepare meals for the campers. The vacation camp will continue for five days, with campers return ing home on Sunday. August 17. They will spend their time as they desire, resting, swimming, hiking or attending the various craft classes which will be conducted. The entire cost of the trip, including transpor tation, is only five ($5.00) dollars per person. Registrations can still be received and any homemaker Interested In attending the camp should see one of the c a m p committee or get In touch with the County Agent's of fice. Members of the camp commit tee are Mrs. Clara Points, Adrian; Mrs. Cora Thompson, Nyssa; Mrs. Lucy Johnson, Vale; and Mrs. Susie Udick, Ontario. ------------- ♦------------- TwoNyssa Youths At State Fair Two Nyssa youths will have ex hibits at the Oregon State Fair, ac cording to Robert Sawyer, adviser cf the Nyssa chapter of the Future Farmers of America. Irwin Topliff and Raymond Fox are the two Nys- sa F. F A members selected to ex hibit at the Fair. Irwin Topliff will enter a display at the Fair by v i r t u e of having places as one of the four high F. F. A. students competing In the eastern Oregon Regional “Better Farming" contest sponsored by the Kiwants Clubs of Oregon. Raymond Fox Is the winner In the eastern Oregon re gional farm shop contest and will compete against the seven Oregon distrcits for the top farm shop awards as offered by the Oregon Bankers Association. Topllff's farm project and Fox’s farm shop were visited by Ralph Morgan, assistant state supervisor of vocational-agriculture education. Kenneth McClarty and William Mc Kinney, agriculture instructors of Union and Pendleton. Henry H. Hartley, Nyssa school superintendent and Sawyer, local agriculture In structor accompanied the commit tee on their tour of Inspection. Topllff’s project consisted of two DurocJersey sows, one Duroc-Jersey boar, and five weaner pigs. In ad dition Topliff has five acres fo com, two of Ida Hybrid 544. and three of opened pollinated. A boy’s knowl edge of farming practices and the adaptability of the project to the farm were factors considered in his project. Fox’s shop consisted of the overhauling and revision fo the pres ent farm shop Into an lncreased- practlcal and usable shop. Questions on the various uses of farm ma-1 chinery and methods of repairs and costs were considered in this project. In Nebraska— Mr and Mrs. Lloyd Lomax left on Tuesday for Oxford. Nebraska, where they will get their children who have been visiting there most of the sum mer. Goira? with Mr. and Mrs. Lo max were Mrs. Hasty, who has vis ited with her daughter and son-in- law. Mr and Mrs. Ed Stelnke and Mrs. A. V Pryun who .will visit with relatives in Holdredge, Nebraska. From R. O. T. C.— Boyd Brown, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs Bumall Brown returned home on F*riday from R. O. T. C. and spent the week end with friends in Boise. WEATHER REPORT Following are the thermometer readings as given by the local offices of the U. S. Reclamation. Low High Date 54 96 Julv 31 96 Atlg 1 ___ ____________ »3 95 AUg 2 ----- ___ _________ 56 54 97 Aug 3 64 96 Aug 4 56 94 Aug 5 ___ 60 98 Aug 6 DRUE ANDERSON SALE SET FOR MONDAY A public sale will be held on the Drue Anderson farm, located a mile and a half north of Nyssa on High way 30, according to Bert Anderson, auctioneer in charge of the sale. Clifford Fox will be the clerk for the sale. The date of the sale is next Monday, August 11. Anderson recently sold his farm to Edward P. Larson who is planning on erecting two new modern homes cn his newly acquired property. FSA Officials On Inspection Several Farm Security Adminis tration officials were in Malheur County Saturday of last week on an official inspection tour of t h e i r projects. Among those from Washington. D. C„ were Dr. N. Gregory Silver- master, PhD., Director Labor Divi sion; Robert Van Hyning. National Field Supervisor; and Joe Hadley. Consultant. From the Portland of fice were George S. Herrington, Sen ior Labor Relations Specialist; R. T Mableby, Assistaht Regional Direc tor; Newell Wright, Project Devel opment and assistant to Magelby and Joe King, Regional Camp Chief. Plans are under way for an ex pansion of the present facalitles of the FSA in the county and this visit by the officials is the first step to detinue steps to be taken in the near future. A conference was held with local business men in regards to the fur ther development of public relations with the FSA and the public. NURSERY PROGRAM SETUP FOR FSA LABOR CAMP A new program for the care of children of families living at the F. S. A. Labor camp is being started this week under the direction of camp manager Raleigh Searles. In connection with this new ac tivity Miss Clara Galirendt has been employed as nursery supervisor Kitchen utensils are expected this week and a tent to be used as a din ing room will be erected where the children at the camp will be served hot noonday lunches. The big community tent which was badly damaged during the high wind a few weeks ago has been re paired and will be ready for commu nity meetings this week again. Due to the harvest let-up the num ber of people living at the camp has decreased somewhat, there being about 50 families or 150 persons now making use of it. However, with the fall harvest close at hand the num ber is expected to Increase j-apldly within the next few weeks. Closing Dates On Fair Booths Set Saturday. August 30. at 9 a. m. is the closing dates for organiza tion booth entries, according to Mrs. Bert Osborn, secretary to the Fair. Bert Osborn, secretary to the Fair Board. Entries, so far. she said, have been coming fairly well, but said that organizations who plan to en ter a booth should notify the Fair Board as early as possible. Two classes have been made this year of the booths, one being for granges and the other for community organ izations, with cash prizes being of fered in each class. Members of the Fair Board. M W. Osborn and Earl Weaver. Mrs. Osborn, Queen Erls Jamison and Princesses Louise Hinton and Lo ra ine Blanton will visit the Cald well Night Rodeo Saturday evening to extend an invitation to the crowds there to attend the Malheur County F'air, slated for August 30. 31 and September 1. Nysaa Hospital— TO Mr and Mrs Carl Frazier, a daughter. Carolyn Edith was born on July 28 To Mr. and Mrs. George Hawkins, Parma, a son. Vemle Richard, was bom on July 31, 1941. To Mr and Mrs. Jim Keys, a son, William Andrews, was bom on Au gust 4. 1941 To Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Kerch- gester a daughter was bom on Au gust 4, 1941 At the hospital recently Mrs. Wil liam Adams. Mrs Stanley Lucero and Mrs Floyd Martin have re ceived medical care. C. L Cooper, whose leg was am putated following an accident, has recovered sufficiently to be dis charged today. JOURNAL Fastest Growing City In Oregon NYSSA, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1941 Special Real Estate Loans Funds have been approved for spe cial real estate loans by the Farm Security Administration, according to W. N. Young, special loan agent for the administration announced this week. The loans will be availa ble to farmers on the Vale-Owyhee and Black Canyon projects, Young said. Funds may be loaned for the re financing of land debt, payment of delinquent taxes, the construction of buildings, fencing or drilling of wells. The maximum amount of the loans have been Increased this year, Young said, enabling those who qualify to borrow up to $5,000 at a j three per cent over a period of 50 years. Last year the loans could be made for 40 years only. T h3 only ' restriction is that not mote th $3,200 may be loaned for buildir A title clearance fee of $50 must | be made on all loans. Those who desire to make appli cation for a loan under this plan may file the same with W. N. Young, whose office is in the old bank build ing in Ontario. Defen»« Aide Defense Council Nam es County Coordinators $1.50 PER YEAR Mrs. McDonald Council Asks New Funeral Services W ater Bond Vote Funeral services were held last A ugust 18 Friday at 2 p. m. far Mrs. Elizabeth McDonald, when friends and rela tives gathered to pay their last re spects. Mrs. McDonald passed away on Wednesday of last week follow ing a long illness. She was well known in Nyssa and vicinity, having lived here since 1909. Elizabeth Jane Millar was born in Bruce County, Ontario, Canada, on March 22, 1861, and on Decern ber 25. 1889, became the bride of Alexander McDonald and to them were bom six children, four of whom survive. In 1909 the family moved to Nyssa where Mrs. McDonald re malned the rest of her life. For the past eight years, since the death of her husband she made her home Ray Conway, P o r t l a n d , has with her son Douglas and his fam been assigned by the Oregon State ily. Motor Association to the work of Surviving Mrs. McDonald are assistant administrator for Oregon three sons, Douglas of Nyssa, Wll et the Defense Savings Bond staff. 11am M., and John A., living in Aguila, Arizona, and a daughter, Mrs. Annie M. Gibson of Los An geles, California. Four grandchil dren also survive. Music for the services was fur nished by a ladies quartette, Mrs. R. Oregon's 3,131 farm families co A. Thompson, Mrs. Ralph Beutler, operating in the Departm :n t of Ag Mrs. W. W. Foster, and Mrs. Dick riculture's Farm Security program Tensen. Mrs. C. C. Hunt accompa at the end of 1940, including 850 nied them on the piano. Pallbearers families in Malheur county, added were Gerrit Sum , R. A. Thompson, $2,233.812 to the wealth of the com Wesley Browne, John Lackey, H. R. Sherwood, and C. C. Hunt. Following a request by Owen munities in the state, through ad Interment was at the Nyssa ceme Gann, the city council Wednesday equate operating credit, improved tery, with funeral arrangements In night relieved him of his garbage farm and heme management, and Secretary Morgenthau* has an charge of the Nyssa Funeral Home contract with the city and allowed home produced food and feed, an nounced James p. McWilliams. nounced that Governor Charles A. him to assign it to Arthur Heiter. County FSA Supervisor, • MI le s Sprague, of Oregon, has accepted Gann claimed that he was losing FARMERS SUPPLY CO-OP Building, Ontario. Honorary Chairmanship of his State money on the contract and that it HOLD ANNUAL PICNIC “Although all FSA borrowers were Committee for organization of the was financially impossible for him to unable to get adequate credit any Ntional Defense Savings Program. continue. The Fanners Supply Co-op are where else and many were threat This brings to 26 the number of Heiter will operate the route with ened with losing their farms, their holding their annual picnic at But governors who are already serving a team and wagon. prograess toward becoming per in the program to sell Defense Sav lers Grove today, according to H. The League of Oregon Cities, of manently self-supporting is seen in C. Gregory, manager of the Co-op. which Nyssa is a member, recom th? fact that average net Incomes ings Bonds and Stamps. Mr. Pole, purchasing agent for the Governor Sprague was bom at mended that the council begin in increased from $942 to $1,117 during Pacific Supply Co-op and D. M. the near future working on the the past year, and their net worth Lawrence, Kansas. November 12, Johnson, manager of the Pacific’s 1942 budget. Following this recom increased 29 percent during the 1887. On graduating from Mon Ontario office are the main speak mendation the c o u n c i l will meet same period. Further tribute to their mouth <111.1 College in 1910, he be ers of the day. next Monday night to begin consid honesty and Industry is seen in the came a school teacher. From 1910 to -------------♦------------- eration on the budget, and at a later repayment of $2,387.213 on aggregate 1913 he was Superintendent of Schools at Waltsburg, Wash., then date will name the budget com loans of $5, 292,726 most of them mittee. running over a five-year repayment served as Assistant Superintendent of Public Instruction, State of The Highway Commission request schedule." ed that the plans for the improve Raising as much as possible of Washington, from 1913 to 1915. Entering the newspaper field, Mr ment of the water system be for their own food and feed for their Lucia Anchustegul, 47. ranch hand warded to them at the earliest prac livestock made an important con Sprague was editor and publisher ticable time. The State Health Board tribution to increase cash income. of the Journal Times, Ritzvllle. on the V and T ranch in Succor has likewise a s k e d that they be The average Farm Secuilty family Wash., from 1915 to 1925. He be Creek, south of Homedale took his advised of the location of the new in Oregon produced $222 worth of came publisher of the Oregon own life Sunday, by firing a shot well when the site has been se goods for home consumption. Food Statesman, Salem. Oregon, in 1929. through the back of his head after lected. for home use included 370 gallons and was elected Governor of Oregon he had climbed to a rafter and tied of milk. 326 pounds of meat, and in November, 1938, for a four-year a rope around his neck and a rafter Sheriff Glenn, his deputy, Charles 331 quarts of fruits and vegetables term. ------------- 9 ------------- Leavitt, District Attorney Max Tag not including fresh produce from gart and Dr. Kerby were called to the garden, making for better the scene and after their official health, better diet and a rising Investigation the body was brought, standard of living. to Nyssa by the Nyssa Funeral Home Debt adjustment and cooperative The county court Wednesday took serviced played an important part 111 health was the only reason a t under advisement the proposition of in bringing the cost of farm opera tributed to the act. The Western Hotel, it was re oiling on Lytle Boulevard from its tions within ability of the farm t Funeral services were held In Jor present ending about a half mile tions within ability of the farm to vealed this wek was bought by Mr. dan Valley where the deceased and Mrs Clarence Aston. Nampa, south of Enterprise, north toward repay. Friendly discussions between man's father and mother, brother Vale debtors and creditors resulted in the deal being closed the latter and sister live. A committee from Oregon Trail debt reductions totaling $753.606 or part of last week, according to the Anchustegul came to Jordan Val Grange and the Nyssa Chamber of a scale-down of 14.8 percent and a former owners, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. ley from Berriatua Vizcaya. Spain McClellan. Commerce discussed the matter payment of $77,603 in back taxes. in 1921. The new owners will take posses with the Court. Those on the com Capital investments were greatly re ■ ■ - ■ i m mittees were E. L. Jamison. A. P. duced for over 2,252 participating in sion about September 1 and plan Goodell, Frank T. Morgan and Louis over 150 community and cooperative to do some remodelling before tak NEW BOARD MEMBERS P. Thomas. services ranging from Joint owner ing over. They also plan to remodel APPOINTED BY MAYOR Commissioner Troxell said that ship and use of machinery and pure the store on the comer and will he was not thoroughly familiar with bred sires, to cooperative purchas open a business in it, as well as Mayor Olsen made two appoint manage the hotel. the situation and asked time to ing and healtr associations. ments this week, one to the Park view the project. Thirty-two tenants farm purchase The McClellans have no definite Board and the other to the Plan The delegation asked the court to loans totaling $282,100 have been plans, except that they have sev ning Commission, following the res recommend, as soon as possible, that made to competent tenants in Ore eral propositions under considera ignation Monday night of L. P the Highway Commission allocate gon to enable them to achieve farm tion. "We will shop around a little Thomas from, both positions. the federal farm-to-market funds ownership. An additional 20 loans before deciding what to do,” Mr. Mc Alvin Keuhn was named as Park Clellan said. He had been active In Board member and A. B. Harm to that may be available to the proj are being made this year. Migatory labor camps, Including a the Townsend movement in this lo the Planning Commission. ect on Enterprise Avenue, showing that there is a much greater amount permanent unit at Dayton, and mo cality and la president of the local Thomas had three years to serve of travel over Enterprise Avenue bile units routed to Nyssa, North club. yet of the Planning Commission and Plains. Oresham, Styton, Indepen ------------- $------------- than therhere is on Lytle Boule one year on the Park Board. He vard. and th at farmers in this sec dence, Athena, Hood River, Pleas also resigned his appointment as tion should have a better road over ant Home. Grants Pass, Bonanaz. Return from Vacation— Mr. and Mrs. Bumall Brown and I Assistant Fire Chief, which he has which to bring their farm products Malln, and Eugene during the year held since January 1, 1938. Mayor to Nyssa, their natural marketing can provide shelter, medical and their house guest. Miss Joyce Reece ! Olsen has not yet selected a new social facilities for nearly 9,000 mi of Missoula. Montana, returned on ! place. grant agricultural workers In spec Utah and the Yellowstone They j assistant to Fire Chief W E. Schlre- 9 ialty crop areas of the state. Sunday from a vacation trip thorugh mam Scouts to C a m p - ------------- 6 ------------- visited Mrs. Brown’s mother at Og den and took their daughetr Ma Five members of the Nyssa Boy Daughter 111— Scout troop left for Camp Billy Rice CA8H PRICE Mis sKatherlne Mitchell has been rion Grace, who had spent several ^ on Wednesday morning to enjoy a 111 at the home of her parents, Mr | weeks visiting her with them. PRODUCE ten days’ outing with other troops I and Mrs George J. Mitchell the past Return from Trip— By Wiley (lower» frm this area. week. BUTTERFAT Mr and Mrs. Ernest McClure, for In Boms— Cousin Lea mer owners of the bakery, spent Premium _______________ 38c Completing a 10 days' visit with Tuesday vtstllng with friends in First ......... Charles Paradis returned on 37c Wednesday evening from a trip to his cousin Mrs. A. V. Cook and Mr. Nyssa. They were returning from Second .... ........................ ... 35c Cook, George Stevens left on Fri an extensive trip to the coast and Bums in behalf of the State Em POULTRY the bay area of California. They ployment Service and left on Thurs day for his home in Los Angeles. 15c plan to return to Sausalito. Calif., Hens, heavy colored day morning for a four days’ confer Visitors Expected— Hens, light and leghorns 13c soon and will become owners of a ence at Pendleton. Mr. and Mrs R. O. Larsen are Stags ............................... . Sc looking forward to a visit of Mr. and bakery there. Cox ......................... 4c To Leave Nyww— Mrs Keith Bailey and her aunt. Springs ............................... 12c Mr and Mrs. Ellis Stoker plan to Mrs. M I. Wray of Los Angeles, who Friends Visit— Mr and Mrs 8. O. Carr of Kansas Trade in on eggs, 17 cents. leave Nyssa on Wednesday of next \ are due to arrive on Sunday GRAIN City arrived on Wednesday for a week for Lewiston. Utah, where Mr visit with old friends living in this By AJ Thoms Stoker will take over the duties of Sister Vhrtis— Mr and Mrs. Paul Scheuerman community. They are house guests per 188 cashier for the Amalgamated Sugar 8135 company Mr and Mrs Stoker have and their daughter, Margret of Port of Mrs. J. B Smith and Mrs J. C. Wheat $1.00 made many friends here since the land. visited with Mrs. Scheuerman’» Campbell and are visiting also with Oats .................... $100 arrival shortly after the opening of sister. Mrs Carlas Buchner and Mr Mr and Mrs Frank Fry and at the Barley Buchner on Tuesday. Dwight and Den 8mlthhomes. Corn __________ $180 this factory. New Garbage Man Named FSA Families Income Increase Five men of Malheur County were named coordinators for the separate divisions of the Malheur County De- fenes Council at a meeting held in Nyssa last Friday night, and a vice- cairman was also elected. Those se lected as county coordinators were D. E. Mas ter son. Vale, Planning Di vision; Sheriff C. W. Glenn, Protec tion Division; Harry Glenn, Ontario, Necessities Division; J. Davenport, Ontario, Communications Division; and H. W. Fiske, Vale, Public Utili ties Dlvison. L. P. Thomas, editor of the Nyssa Journal was elected as vice ehairman. TO assist the various county coor dinators the local councils will elect a local coordinator for each of the divisions who will in turn be assist ed by committees chosen from the ists of the Oregon Civil Reserve. Upon these committees will rest the responsibility of the functions of their respective units. In Nyssa, following the action of the County Council, the local com mittee will meet this week, select the local coordinators and select those who will serve on the various com mittees. Governor Named Savings Head Succor Creek Man Commits Suicide Court Considers Enterprise Ave. W estern Hotel Changes Hands MARKETS Following a meeting Monday night at which the bids for water Im provement bonds, which were voted in June had been rejected, and the engineer’s estimate of the cost was heard, the city council a t an ad journed meeting Wednesday night called for another election on the bonds on August 18. the amount of which has been raised from the orig inal $13,000 to $18,000. City officials stressed the fact that his new bond Is not In addition to the original amount, but will in the event of a favorable vote Include the original issue and will void the previous pro cedure. Originally the project was worked up by former Councilman Leslie Mc Clure without the aid of an engi neer, due to the press of time In getting it lined up in time to get the work under way before the high way Department was to start on the paving of Main street. W. I. Hodge, engineer for the Amalgamat ed Sugar company was employed on a five per cent fee basis of the en gineering costs. Under Hodge’s plan, the new well will be located somewhere in the vi cinity of the grade school, with a 10-inch water main being laid from the new well, east to First Street. The polling place for the election will be at the city hall, with the polls opening at 8 a. m. and cosing at 8 p. m. Judges for the election are Lil lian Newby and Tom Coward and the clerks, Ethel Crawford and Ber nard Eastman. ------------- ♦------------- Dairy A ss’n. To Hold Picnic The annual picnic of the Malheur Dairy Herd Improvement Associa tion has been scheduled for Wednes day, August 20, at the Nyssa CCO camp 12 miles southwest of Nyssa. Members of the Association, their friends, neighbors and anyone in terested In dairying are invited to attend. An interesting program has been arranged by the directors of the as sociation which will deal especially with summer feeding of dairy cows. H. P. Ewalt of the Oregon State Col lege Dairy Departuent and R. W. Morse. Extension Dairyman, will both appear on the program. In ad dition there will be a 4-H demon stration, some musical numbers and a pastuer tour in the vicinity of the CCC camp. A pot-luck lunch with Ice cream furnished by the Associa tion will be served at noon. The oomplete program, for the oc casion will be available next week. -------------♦ ------------- .) FSA Offers Labor On Local Projects Raleigh Searles, manager of the Nyssa Farm Security Administra tion labor camp offered the city council the surplus labor hours due the local camp by those families who have been afforded grants by the FSA. Searles told the council that this labor was being offered to the city because of a lack of sufficient useful labor that could be done around the camp. Orants are given with the understndlng th a t the recipients will work out that amount with labor at the rate of 35 cents per hour. This available labor will be worked out by the grantees at odd times when they are not working in the fields, and their work must be on public owned property only, private, church or organization owned prop erty Is excluded f r o m the offer, Searles said. Such labor must not In any way compete with local laborers. The council accepted the offer, and the first project will be one on the city owned perk, with the cem etery being another which will use considerable of this labor. The thought back of this idea, Searles said, is to give those families who have found it necessary to ac cept grants from the FSA. to be given really useful work to do in exchange for the grants. This work must be of such a nature that our clients sill feel that they are doing something that will be of a bene fit to the community, and that the people of the community will also feel Is of some lasting value. Our offer is open to any public body, such as cities, school», park boards and other kindred bodies, he said. ------------- •------------- Miss Evra Phillies, spent Wednesday In
