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7»eNYSSA 'VOLUME"XXXVn, • N o . 20 " - Business Men Vote to Continue Thinning Beets in Local Area CATTLE SECURED Stores To Be Kept Closed FOR THIS COUNTY Until 10:30 At Least Un til Wednesday George H. VanHorn, Jr., Business men. meeting at the weekly chamber of commerce lunch eon Wednesday nocn, voted to continue keeping their stores closed until 10:30 each morning at least until next Wednesday, excepting Saturday, to assist in the thinning of beets because of the scarcity of labor. In accordance with the vote, the stores will be kept open all day Saturday. Approximately 110 Japanese who came here from reception centers in defense areas are thinning beets in the Nyssa section. Ray G. Larson, district manager of the Amalgamated Sugar com pany, said today that local resi dents are “doing a good Job” in the fields and have saved several crops of beets that would other wise have been lost. Because of the small population of towns in Malheur county towns people cannot solve the problem without outside help. As stores have been kept open only half a day each 24 hours, in the large towns in Idaho, the situation in the Nampa factory district is clearing. Hundreds of townspeople In that area have turned out dally to thin beets. One representative of the sugar com pany said in Idaho this week that if the people continue to thin beets as they have during the last few days the beets in the Nampa district will be thinned by Baturday. Legumes Price Schedule Given A liberalized price schedule that will permit eligible county pro ducers to sell all grades of winter legume and annual ryegrass seed to Commodity Credit corporation was announced yesterday by the county AAA office. The new schedule provides a much wider range of grades than the 1941 program, and permits the purchase of lower grades of seed that come within minimum require ments. Deductions for each one per cent that germination and purity tests fall below requirements for the tcp grade will give the fanner full value for his seed and elim inate the need for recleaning to make a specified grade, the county AAA office pointed out. Prices for the top grades are the same as announced last fall, when many county growers signed agree ments to sell at least half of their 1942 seed crops to the government. Requirements and prices for top grades, and deductions for lower grades, were announced as follows: Austrian winter peas--germina- tion, 90 per cent; purity, 90 per cent; total winter legumes, 98 per cent; $5 per hundred. Discounts for each one per cent below these cents; purity, 1.5 cents. Minimum requirements are germination, 70 per cent; purity. 70 per cent: total winter legumes. 98 per cent. Hairy vetch--germination. 90 per cent; purity, 95 per cent; total winter legumes 98 per cent; $10 per hundred. Discounts for each one per cent below these requirements are germination, 15 cents: purity. 8 cents. Minimum requirements are germination. 70 per cent: purity. 70 per cent; total winter legumes. 98 per cent. Common vetch—germination, 90 per cent: purity, 90 per cent; total winter legumes. 98 per cent; $5 per hundred. Discounts for each one per cent below these requirements are germination, 7.5 cents: purity 1.5 cents. Minimum requirements are germination, 70 per cent; purity 70 per cent. Willamette vetch-blue tag. $6.50 per hundred: red tag, $6 30 per hundred: yellow tag. $5.90 per hun dred; white tag, $5.50 per hundred. Crimson clover—germination. 85 per cent: purity, 96 per cent: $10 per hundred. Discount for each one per cent below the germination requirements is 15 cents per hun dred. Minimum requirements are germination. 65 per cent; purity. 96 per cent. Common ryegrass-germination. 90 per cent: purity. 98 per cent:$5 per hundred. Discounts for each one per cent below these requirements are germination. 75 cents: purity. S cents. Minimum requirements ere germination. 75 per cent; purity 95 per cent. Schedules were also announced for purchase of Monantha vetch at $6.50 per hundred, and rough and perennial pea vine at $10 per hund red for top grades. * and Golden Grigg, Malheur county dairymen, accompanied by George A. Gentemann, farm management supervisor of the farm security administration, have returned to Vale from the Willamette valley with eight head of registered jersey cows and one registered jer sey bull. Mr. VlanHem purchased four cows from I. D. Wonderly and Edward P. Naftzger of Willow- creek purchased three cows. Wil liam R. Allbright purchased a Jer sey bull from the Asburn jersey farm. MACHINES BLOCK AND HOE BEETS One or two farmers of the county are getting the best of the labor shortage and raising beets to help out the sugar situation. This is being accomplished by employing machinery to do most of the job ordinarily done by the much sought after beet hoer and thinner. The regular beet cultivator is used for hoeing and blocking the beets, doing away with part of the hard labor work. Seven inch or eight inch hoes are attached to the regular cultivator shanks, spaced one inch to one and one half inch apart, four to six on the cultivator. With these attachments the operator can cross the rows at right angles to the rows and from one to four beets are left in a bunch, but weeding and blocking has been accomplished in good order, leaving the thinning to be done. i NOMINATION OF OFFICERS MADE BY LIONS CLUB Nominations for omcers of the Nyssa Lions club were made by members at the weekly luncheon in Brownie's cafe Monday noon. The nominees are as follows: Henry Hartley and Clifford Main, president; Bernard Frost and Ro bert MoCurdy, vice president; R. G. Whitaker and Grant Rinehart, sec retary-treasurer and lion-tamer: Carlos Buckner and Frank T. Mor gan, director for two years, and Rev.' M. H. Greenlee, Frank Parr and Omar Adkinson, tail- twister. / The election will be held at the June 15 luncheon. COMMITTEEMEN ARE SELECTED Members of the republican and democratic precinat committees were elected May 19. They are as follows: Republican: Adrian, Mrs. Doug las McDonald, Fred Koopman; Big Bend. Harvey Bennett: Cairo. Rob ert Gilchrist Sr., Irene Gilchrist: East Grange, Jessie Marquis. Rex Marquis; Pair, Mrs. Luehrs, O. G. Luehrs: Harper. John Medlin: Jor dan Valley, Violet Skinner; Juni per, Mrs. H. A. Parks. S. K. Skin ner; McDermitt, Walter McClure; North Vale, E. E. Clark; Nyssa No. I, Jessie Graham; Nyssa No, 2, A. L. Fletcher; Nyssa No. 3, J. J. Sar- azin; Ontario 1. J. D. Btllingsly; Ontario 2, W H. Brocke;*Ontario 3, E. Otis Smith: Ontario 4. Mrs. V B. Staples; Ontario 5, Wm. M. Walker; Owyhee. Charles Bradley; South Vale. Robert D. Lytle. Democratic: Adrian. George. Kay- lor. Mrv R. Overstreet: Applegate. O. F. Wilkin. Dora Vincent: Arcad ia. D. W. McGinnis: East Grange. Ed Charles;. Fair. Ed Wright. Mrs. J. Brosman: Harper. Ruth Wright; McDermitt, Joe Bankofier; Mal heur, Irene W rsham. George Bod- fish; North Vale, D. Laurance. W. D. Williamson; Ontario I. A1 An drews. Jennie Taylcr; Ontario 3. N. O. Richards. Mrs. C. F. Cox; Ontario 5, Ira Taylor. C. M. Tyler: Snake River. Mrs T. P. Joseph. C. H. Spicer; West Grange, Hattie Leavitt. Youth Is Graduated— Private Dange R. Atagi, son of K. Atagi of Nyssa route 2, was graduated June 1 from the air corps technical school at Keesler field. Mississippi after an inten sive 19-week course, which pre pared him to serve as an airplane mechanic "on the line". Private Atagl'g class, which numbered in the hundreds, will be dispersed among the many units of the army air forces to maintain and service Uncle Sam's planes. NYSSA, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNÉ MALHEUR CO. MEN Canning Sugar ISSUED CALL TO ENTER U. S. ARMY Will Be Issued - Kermit Lienk(aemper is the only Nyssa resident who has been Issued a call to appear for induction into the army with the June 18 group. Several men from this county will be inducted at Vale. They in clude Elmer A. Silkett, John R. Good, Clifford C. Cox, William R. Edmcndson and Paul H. Orris of Ontario, and Charles H. Teague of Adrian. Bryon B. Fifield of Ontario, transfer from Jerome county, Ida ho, and Delmer C. Keck of Nyssa, transfer from Union county, will be inducted with the Malheur coun ty men. USO Subject Of Talk At Ontario Ontario, June 4 (Special)—Sev enty persons attended a united service organizations meeting here Wednesday noon to hear Mrs. Julia Belt, field director of the Red Croos at Gowen field, Boise. Mrs. Belt, who spoke at the kiwanis club, was acccompanied to Ontario by Boise Kiwanis mem bers, President Herschel Davidson. Secretary Baird Griffin, Sam Atk- inscn and Fred Bishop. Also at tending the meeting were com mittee members from Nyssa, Vale and Ontario. Mrs. Belt stressed the invaluable work the U.S.O. is doing for the youths in the different branches of the service and urged the hearty cooperation of the residents of Malheur county in putting the county “over the top”. County Chairman J. A. Daven port feels that the U.S.O. drive, which will be started June 8, will be over-subscribed. Last week he invited Granges to take part in the campaign. To date he has re ceived reports from three—Boule vard Grange, which contributed $73; Kingman Grange and Vale Grange, with a request for litera ture and other materials for the campaign. PIERCE’S FARM INTEREST BILL GTVEN APPROVAL The Pierce farm interest bill, house resolution No. 6315, has been passed by the house of represen tatives. The bill fixes at 3% per cent interest the rates which may be charged by the federal land banks, continuing the present law for two more years. Representative Walter M. Pierce spoke on the bill, explanlng the importance of keeping interest rates low at this time of high operating costs for farmers, cltting especially farm labor and farm equipment. As the present law will expire July 1, 1942, it is urgently important that the bill be speeded through congress. Mr. Pierce said. During the course of the debate. Congressman Nelson of Missouri paid tribute to Mr. Pierce, saying “I do, however, want, Mr. Speaker, to pay a deserved tribute to the author of this bill, the gentleman from Oregon, who, during all the years I served with him on the committee on agriculture, has rend ered such splendid service not only to agriculture, but to the country as a whole”. Congressman O'Connor of Mon tana voiced his appreciation as follows: “I take this occasion to compli ment the gentleman on the match less service he has rendered the American farmer as a member of this house. I do not know any member of the -house who has been more faithful to the interests of the poor man and the farmer, regardless of what he has been producing, than the distinguished gentleman from Oregon”. SCHOLARSHIP IS GIVEN MISS WARD WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY. Sa lem. May 28--Delma Ward, senior of Nyssa high school, has been na med winner of one of 30 tuition honor scholarship awarded each year by Willamette university to incoming freshmen students. These honor scholarships, author ized by the Willamette board of trustees, are awarded to high school seniors on the basis of character, scholarship, leadership, and success in extracurricular activities. Chib Is Organised— The Kingman Kolony 4-H club was organized this week at the home of Nadeen Wilson. Officers elected were Wilma Oowey. presi dent: Forstlne Wilson, vice presi dent and Rachel Shaw, secretary Fourteen members met with their leader. Mrs C E Elliott To Nyssa Folk Applications Will Be Re ceived Wednesday In City Hall The Nyssa rationing board to day announced that applications for sugar for fruit canning will be received each Wednesday frorn 8:30 to 12, noon, and from 1 pm. to 4:30 p.m. in the city hall. Receiving applications will be started Wednesday. June 10. A woman must have with her an inventory of the number cf quarts of fruit canned In 1941. the quarts she now has on hand and all of her family’s sugar rationing books. She must also state the amount of fruit she expects to can this year. Home canners may obtain one pound of sugar for every four quarts of finished canned fruit, and an additional pound of sugar for each member of the family unit for the packing of preserves, jams, jellies and fruit butters. One purpose of this regulation is to encourage home canning in stead of preserving, as the amount cf sugar required per unit is less in canning than in preserving. Workers Babies Are Cared For A nursery for small children whose mothers desire to work in the beet fields because of the ab sence of other labor will be con ducted in the Methodist community church, beginning Monday, June 8 . Unless the women with babies desire to work In the beet fields, the committee is not interested in taking care of their children. The service for all families regardless of race or religion, will be sponsor ed by all the churches in Nyssa. A small charge will be made for lunches for children who remain during the noon hour. Each mother is asked to ftimish a pad and pillow for her child’s afternoon nao Some of the women will pro bably work half a day and some all day in the fields. The children will be cared for by capable children’s workers. They will engage in handiwork, games and other activities. They must be taken to the church by their parents or other guardians not earlier than 7 am. Mothers interested in working in the beet fields are asked to call Mrs. J. J. Sarazin, Mrs. C. A. Abbott or Mrs. Malcolm Craw ford. PLAGUE DISEASE IS INVESTIGATED Dr. J. D. Penrod, reprsenting the state department of health, was in Malheur county the past few days taking samples of rodents for in vestigation of beubonic plague and sylvatlc plague. This investigation has been conducted during the past several years, and has been the means of locating areas in several of the Eastern Oregon counties in which plague exists, according to county agent R. E Brooke. The rodents themselves are ex amined carefully, as are the fleas found on each, rabbit and ground hog. Many times animals which show no sympton of this disease bear fleas which are Infected with plague. It is by this means through fleas that the disease is transmitted to humans. Anyone finding dead squirrels or other rodents are asked to contact the county agent's office giving in formation as to the location of both dead and sick squirrels and rodens Another disease affecting rodens is that of tculareirle, which is at times mistaken for the plague die- ease. Receive Scholarships— 4-H club members from Klngn-an Kolony who received scholarships and will attend summer school are Suzan Zamora, record contest; Aurora Zamora, canning; Dorothy Toomb. dairy- Nadeen Wilson, clothing, and Ralph Williams, crops. Wilma Oowey and Kenneth Elloltt were chosen as outstanding boy and girl Go To Portland— Mr and Mrs D W Patch of Adrian left Wednesday morning for Portland, where they will visit Mrs Patch's relatives. Gaesta In Nyssa— Mrs. Henry Hurst and son. Ray. and Mrs Oosslln of Buhl. Idaho were overnight guests at the J. C. Olsen home Thursday while en route home from Seattle, 4, 1942 I KATHLEEN KIVETT 'IS ARRAIGNED ON FORGERY CHARGE Miss Kathleen Kivett of Baker, who is associated with the Stan field Feeder company, was arraigned in circuit court in Vale last week on a charge of forgery in connec- iion with the alleged utterance cf a forged instrument. She was allowed until June 8 to enter her plea. The com paint alleges that Miss Kivett forged the name of J. B. Stoffle to a complaint filed by Stoffle in another action in the circuit court. Stoffle's name is alleged to have been signed to the verification of the complaint. Stoffle was formerly manager of the Crowley ranch of former United States Senator Robert N. Stan field. Memorial Day Services Staged The Memorial day exercises held at the tomb of the unknown soldier in the Nyssa cemetery under the auspices of the American Le gion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars were well attended Saturday morning. Representatives of Odd Fellows lodge were among the many who bared their heads in reverance during the colorful ceremony. Rev. M. H. Greenlee of the Methodist church paid homage to the heroes of the past and present wars in the Memorial day address and Issued an admonition to those at home that "No sacrifice that we may be called upon to make can be too great that those who have made the supreme sacrifice shall not have perished in vain”. Following the benediction the services were concluded by James Cook, playing taps. Arthur Rouse and Eugene Sey- bold were in charge of the pro gram. The flowers were arranged by the ladies of the American Legion auxiliary. JOURNAL $1.50 PER YEAH Nyssa Residents Reject Plans To Boost Limitation On Taxes SAVING BURLAP BAGS IS URGED Malheur county farmers, farm organizations and grain, feed, and seed dealers were asked today by P. Tensen, chairman of the Mal heur county war board, to aid in the nation-wide bag conservation program launched reoently by Sec retary of Agriculture Claude R. Wickard. “Every farmer and dealer in this county.” Mr. Tensen said, "has an important part to take in the con servation of fabric bags (burlap and cotton) needed for agricul tural commodles this year. There is a shortage of bags now, but if we take care of those we have and keep them in use we will be doing muoh to offset the shortage and a great deal to prevent it from becoming a serious one.” “Wartime expansion in American agriculture means that approxi mately two billion bags will be needed for packing farm commod ities in 1942. That is roughly 500 million mare bags than would be used under normal conditions.” “Our part in the conservation program is to see that every bag now on hand and in use does Its full Job and ft great deal more. War has cut deeply into the im ports of burlap from India and the stocks of this material now on hand must be shared with our military forces. We have plenty of cotton in the raw state, out mills having the facilities to make bagging material are operating to capacity to turn out war orders.” Mr. Tensen pointed out that farmers can bake the first step in bag conservation by taking stock of the bags they have on hand, by sorting them for size, type and condition and storing them where they will be dry and safe. Farmers are urged to sell the bags they will not need. Cloudburst Hits N.Y.A. WORKER TO On Willow Creek SEE YOUTHS HERE Three Other Proposed Amendments Favored in Election The residents of Nyssa, voting at a special election held Monday, voted in favor of charter amend ments providing for expenditures of m:ney fer certain improvements, but rejected an amendment that would Increase the limitation on he power to levy taxes for general municipal purposes from 30 to 50 mills. The amendment that would In crease the limitation on the power to levy taxes for general municipal purposes from 30 to 50 mills was rejected by a narrow margin. 54 to 65. The voters approved a small millage for the city cemetery and fer garbage disposal and authority enabling the city to continue with its park development. Perhaps the two most important measures, granting the council pow er to provide compensation for the mayor and members of the council, and granting to the council power to create the office of city mana ger, were rejected. The vote on the proposed amend ments other than the first one were as follows: Granting to the council the power to levy annually not exceed ing 5 mills on the dollar for the purpose of garbage disposal, yes 73 and no 46. Granting to the council the power to levy annually not exceed ing 2 mills on the dollar for the purpose of the city cemetery, yes 81 and no 39. Granting to the council the power to provide for compensation to be paid to the mayor and mem bers of the common council, yes 38 and no 76. Orantlng to the council the power to acquire land for public parks and to maintain them by taxation, yes 68 and no 52. Increasing from four mills to a maximum of 10 mills the amount that may be levied for road pur poses, yes 55 and no 82. Vale. June 4 (Special) A cloudburst ABOUT SCHOOLING o f unprec e d e nt e d pro porti ons Glenn T. Norton, area youth per in t h i s a r e a , f o l l o w e d sonnel officer for the national by a severe hail storm, struck at youth administration, from the a point eight miles from Vaie up area office in La Grande, will be Willow creek valley last week, at the selective service office In destroying several thousand dollars Nyssa between 1 p.m. and 2:30 pm. worth of property. Laterals and Friday, June 5 to interview youths Bernard Frost, who, with Jesse irriation ditches were washed out, between the ages of 17 and Thompson, attended a meeting of field crops destrayed and great Interested in applying for NY 25 A the National Highway 20 association gulches washed through cultivated work experince and related Instruc In Idaho Falls last week, reported fields. A number of farmers re tion with pay in preparation for on the gathering at the weekly ported the loss of young pigs and national luncheon of the chamber of com defense jobs. chickens. merce Wednesday. Due to increasing demand for The water washed over the trained people In war A resolution regarding highway highway in places, cutting deeply partially industry, the States employ 20 that some of the delegates at into the shoulder and covering the ment services United the Idaho Falls meeting planned is referring pavement with mud and debris. of NYA trainees directly thousands to pass did not mention Nyssa or into vital The railroad track was under wa war industries upon completion of much about the route through ter for several miles. The basement experience.. Related instruc Oregon, Mr. Frost said. The Nyssa of the W. C. Wilcox farm home fill Initial tion for is being delegates were able to have the ed with water, causing the founda provided by these the projects state board for resolution changed so as to properly tion to give way and seriously vocational education. trace the highway through this damaging the house as one corner Young men and women may state. sagged downward. Hailstones an Mr. Frost said that the Nyssa for entrance into the Pen delegates inch in diameter covered the apply were given a promise dleton defense resident center, ground to a depth of several inch where they will receive board, room, that highway 20 from Nyssa to es. Heavy rainfall throughout the medical attention, and approximat Caldwell will be marked as such. entire area occurred Sunday and ely $9 cash per month for personal The route Is a national coast-to- coast highway. Monday. Some of the farmers who suffer use.Defense training courses that are New directors of the association, ed the greatest damage were A. O. given in Pendleton are as follows: elected at last week’s meeting, are Nixon. A. M. Duff, both of whom For boys—machine shop, welding, Frank T. Pope of Richfield, Idaho. lost livestock as well as crops and aviation sheet metal, foods, clerical, Forde L. Johnson of Idaho Falls, gardens, P. L. Wilcox and John radio and carpentry, and for girls— Jerry Garvin of Rexburg, Charles Scrivner whose beet fields were clerical, foods, aviation, sheet metal Laurenson of Caldwell, E. O. Har lan of Bodse, John Caldwell of ruined and Joe and W. C. Wiloox radio and machine shop. Vale, Earl Cur lee of Albany. Don whose farms lay in the path of Persons Interested are asked to ald Peoples of Bend, D. Carol Jor the flood. The latter had just had by mail or personal call to don a new well drilled at a cost of apply of Burns and Frank T. Mor Mr. Norton, N.Y.A., LaOrande, $200 and this was filled up with Oregon. gan of Nyssa. Joe Gesas of Idaho flood water, entailing additional Falls and Bernard Frost of Nyssa expense and difficulty In having were named as alternate directors. it cleaned. Hailstones pelted the SCHOLARSHIP IS Delegates passed a resolution buildings with such force that GIVEN TO YOUTH opposing the rationing of gasoline paint was peeled off In places and and ordered copies of the resolu dents appeared in the sidewalls UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eu tion sent to President Roosevelt, as though made with a nail ham gene. June 4 (special)—Donald Eld- all cabinet members. United States mer. Melted down into sheets of ridge. Nyssa. has been awarded a senators and Congressmen. ice, they still were in evidence as $75 "victory scholarship” by the Efforts of Joseph O'Mahoney, late as Wednesday in drifts two University of Oregon Mothers' as United States senator from Wyom or three inches deep. F. B. Hayes sociation, It was announced here ing. and Edwin C. Johnson, senator reported that the composition roof today by Karl W. Onthank. dean from Colorado, who have been on his house was left in shreds. of personnel administration at the seeking to avert gasoline rationing, University of Oregon. were endorsed by the group. Time Is Extended— Scholarships amounting to $600 The U. S. civil commission has under the special “victory" appro Visit« In Nampa— extended the closing dates for priation have been awarded to Ralph Williams spent a few days applications for radio Inspector, eight Oregon high school students visiting his sister. Mrs J. D. Allen, technical assistant In engineering through the efforts of Mothers' at Nampa Clark; Allen returned and Junior engineering positions clubs ail over Oregon. The main with him to help with the chores Applications for radio inspector purpose of the awards Is to help while Ralph Williams Is attending must be filed with the .commission's more students obtain a higher the 4-H summer school at Cor vallis. Washington office by June 30. but education during the war. will be accepted for the other Yeeth Attending School— positions until the needs of the Attend Conference— Ivan Dean Thompson, who at service have been met. Complete Rev and Mrs M. H. Greenlee tended Weber college from Febru information may be secured at the and Mrs W. W Foster went to ary until May taking airplane en Nyssa post office. Nampa Tuesday to attend the gine Instruction, will be airplane Meetings— annual conference of the Metho engine Inspector at Hill field un The Rebekah Sunshine club will dist church this week. Mrs. Faster til August 1. He Inspects all makes meet at 2 pm Friday at the home is lay delegate from the Nyssa of airplane engines«, according to church. Information received here. of Mrs. Mary Felton. Highway 20 To Be Given Signs
