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/*>V&Saag¿- NO. 36 GRANGE’S DRIVE Farm Machinery FOR METAL SUCCESSFUL Repair Classes HELD OLD Scheduled Here Malheur County Instruc tors Attend La- Grande Meeting The Oregon Trail Orange scrap drive held last Sunday was a suc cess in every way. Orange officials stated. Sixty farmers with five trucks can vassed the community extending from Owyhee to Arcadia. Elghten tons of metal was turned Into the salvage depot. The Orange contemplates another drive for scrap some day soon as most of the solicitors failed to cov er the territory allotted to them. The Orange Is now negotiating with the Terteling Construction company for the scrap metal on the old campground on the C.C.C. road. If satisfactory arrangements can be made with the Terteling company the Orange should be able to triple the amount of scrap already hauled. NYSSA OREGON, THÜRSÔAV. SEPTEMBER 24, 1942 CROP INSURANCE Future Farmers Sugar Factory DEADIJNE NEARS Will Be Opened Malheur county farmers have Of Nyssa Will a few more days to take out Gather Metals Here Next Tues. only all-risk e».p insurance to protect their 1943^wheat chop. Pieter Ten- sen. chairman of the county AAA Drive Will Be Conduct Slicing To Start About committee stated In announcing ed By Youngsters 10 days earlier that Se’nimber 30th will be the Sept. 28 Than usual last day on which applications for The Nyssa chapter of the Future Following a conference for voca tional agriculture Instructors and principals from 10 high schools in eastern Oregon In LaOrande Fri day night and Saturday. Leno Christensen, Smith-Hughes agric ulture teacher In the Nyssa high school, announced that he will hold classes In farm machinery care and repair and also probably classes In operation and care of automobiles and tractors. In addit ion he will hold some production classes in this vicinity. Other Malheur county agriculture Instructors attending the meeting were John Johnson of Adrian and O. D. Dearborn of Ontario. Bari R. Cooley, state superinten dent of rural war production train ing. and Ralph L. Morgan, assis ta n t supervisor of state revision vocational education, were In cha rge of the meting. The program discussed at the meeting provides ways and means by which rural aschool communi ties may establish short unit class es for out-of-school persons who are Interested In receiving mechan ical training in repalh and opera tion of trucks and tractors, metal work, carpentry and electricity. Besides these courses this training provides for 30 to 40 hour courses In repair of farm machinery and oourses to train farmers, girls and women In methods of achieving production goals of these farm commodities designated by the sec retary of agriculture. The primary purpose of such Instruction is to provide training to persons who may be bfttsr qualified to serve agriculture dur ing this emergensy and to train persons to become local mechanics who may take the place of those entering war Industries and the armed service. The Instructors will be selected from the ranks of local meshanlcs, commodity specialists, experienced farmers and vocation agriculture teachers The state division of vocational education will dispense the federal funds made available for operating this program through the local high school dis tricts. Mors than 0000 out-of-school persons are expected to attend these classes this winter. Mr. Cooley stated that "With tha shortage of manpower In our local shops and on the farm, girls and women will likely make up a large part of this enrollments " The Amalgamated Sugar com pany will start slicing beets in its Nyssa factory September 29th, about ten days earlier than us ual. The beet harvest In the Nyssa- Nampa district will be started Monday and operations will be started in the Nyssa factory the next. day. The new factary is expected to be opened for orperation during the first ten days of October. During the first few days of the "campaign" all of the beets will be processed in the Nyssa factory. D. E. Smith, agricultural super intendent of the company, stated in Nampa that labor will be scarce, but he added that the I company has asked for 600 Jap- Malhetw county will be able to , anese to assist In the fields. Japanese laborers are already fill the September quota of men required under the selective ser quartered at the Caldwell labor vice act from present lists of 1-A camp and on individual farms. registrants and may be able to) Others as they arrive will be fill the October quota, a member placed in the Marsing and Twel fth avenue labor camps. of the draft board said. Mr. Smith said the beets, which Whether any married men with are excellent quality should at wives who are self supporting will least equal the sixteen and one be included in either the Septem half ton average of the last few ber or October quota can not be years. learned until the list of names of those summoned for induction is realeased. Notices to report have been mailed to the men but the list will not be completed until shortly before September 29. Gail Lowell Stockman, republican can Hufbnan, secretary to the Mal heur county board, is out of the didate for congress from the sec office for a few days and defin ond congressional district, who met with the chamber of commerce at ite details of the class of men be its weekly luncheon Wednesday ing called could not be learned. nocn, said he is spending most of Postponement of the day when his campaign making personal it will be necessary to d raft m ar contacts, ried men with dependent children “I like to meet people and get appears likely so far as Malheur their Ideas,” the candidate said. county is concerned provided con Explaining that he was born and gress passes legislation allowing reared in the Pendleton sectlcn. an drafting of youths in the 16-19 area of dry land wheat farming, year bracket. If such legislation Mr. Stockman said, “I think the is passed enough younger men labor problem on the farms is will be available in the county going to be critical, particularly be cause defense industries are pay to fill the quotas for several ing what is to the farm a very months. Such a move would set high wage. The high wages back the drafting of m arried men are alluring to the farm boys. with dependents until at least There is only one way to coun midyear of 1948. Passage of a teract the food shortage that talked of plan for the drafting of is likely to develop and that is m an power into defense Labor for the people to make protests might also alter th e schedule against the drafting of farm la of drafting men for the armed bor. “You business men should forces. raise your voices in an effort to get that stiuation corrected." Oregon Traffic Death Rate Cut FARM TRAINING COURSES PLANNED TO* traffic death ra te in O re gon continued to drop during the month of July, Earl Snell, sec retary of state, said. F or the first seven months of this year, traffic accidents claim ed Uvea at the rate of 8 4 per one hundred m illion miles of travel while for the same period last year, the rate was ten. In actual fatalities there were 147 deaths compered to 1681 last year. T he decrease in the death rate is even greeter than the decrease in travel, as ;how n by gasoline consumption, Snell declared. Gas oline used for hi^rw ay purposes d ropped 7.7 per cent during the first seven morrthe of th e year. Agatnet this 7.7 per cent drop, the death ra te was down 1 « per cent. Lone, Yamhill, Malheur and WaUoww counties led the 36 O re gon counties in accident im provement in August. Each m onth counties are ra n ked according to the percentage of improvements in reduction of accidents compared to the same period the previous year. Coun ties are grouped according to population. * Walter Turk, »-year-old son of His Helen McCarthy of Nyssa, las been accepted for duty In the United Statai army air carps sa an Urcraft mechanic. Turck. who had Man in Denver for more than a rear, was sworn in sa mi air far ad was sent to the . Colorado reception ________ i there he will go to a the nation’s airfields and work tbs maintenance of airplane _____ «JTY JOURNAL nie NYSSA V olume xxxvfrr ^ ^ p / < ‘. Calling Married Men Is Put Off Stockman Here For Candidacy Return from California Mr. and and Mrs. J. W. Moss and son have returned to Nyssa from Vis Salem, September 24 (Special) ta, California, where they lived —-Rural w ar production training for one and one-half years. to aid the individual farm ers to m ake and- carry out the plans for reaching the farm commodity goals designated by the secretary of agriculture will be conducted in over 200 ru ral high school communities this coming w inter O. I. Paulson, state director of rural war production training, announced. Provision is also made tor training local mechanics to replace those who have entered w ar industries and the armed services. Any out-of-school person who has reached the age of 17 years may enroll in any of the 14 short unit courses approved by the of agriculture and the > y . S. office of Education. Since many farm women and girls are being required to do mechanical w ork on the farm and assist in managing the farm business, this training should better qualify them to serve agriculture, points, out Mr, Paulson. Besides conducting courses to help increase th e production of milk, poultry, eggs, pork, beef, vegetables, lamb and wool, th e re ! will be four special mechanics courses and one course m the r e pair, operation and construct ion of farm machinery and equipment. The courses will be taught by commodity specialists, experienced farmers, local mechanic* and vo~ I rational agricultural teachers. The training program will be coop Commenm rating the hundredth eratively adm inistered - through anniversary of the Old Oregon the local high schoola and the state division of vocational ed Trail and the historic meeting at ucation. AU salaries and expenses Champoeg In 1S43. a windshield will be financed through the state sticker showing an oaan-drawn division of vocational education prairie schooner against a ground of typical Oregon such insurance may be made. Wheat growers are urged to use a few bushels of this year's bum per crop to guarantee 75 per cent of a normal yield next year. Ten- sen points out that In the past crop failure has often followed the big crops. Each grower has been notified of the premium rate set for his farm. Even though a wheat producer does not plan to seed any wheat this fall. Tensen believes that he should make out a crop Insurance application, for the policy offered this season Is for three years. If no wheat is seeded this fall, no premium Is due. but for the fol lowing two years a grower will have all tile wheat th a t he seeds the county protected at the low rate now In effect. [Hunting Season Closed In State Farmers of America will sponsor a scrap metal drive in Nyssa Sept ember 28. Nyssa residents are asked to dig deeply into their basements, gar ages and other structures for met al and pile It In a convenient place ready for hauling as a part cf their program of helping in the war ef fort. < The Future Farmers, who want all kinds cf metal except tin, will pick up the material in trucks. However, anyone having a consid erable quantity of metal will be paid fer It If It It taken to the Ses- sler wrecking yard on west Main street. Th F.F.A. will collect metal prin cipally in town. Rural residents are asked to ’ deliver their scrap at the salvage yard after it has been weighed on a private scale. If there is no one at the yard at the time delivery is made, the person should telephone the high school and a boy will call at the yard and issue a weight ticket. The proceeds from the sale of the metal gathered by the F.F.A. will be used for the purchase of war bonds and the financing of chapter projects, according to Leno Christensen, Smith-Hughes agri culture teacher in the high school. As évidents of Malhpur county residents' desire to assist In the war effort, the Oregon Trail G ra nge gathered 18 tons of scrap metal last Sunday.___________________ ^2^PERTUg Parallel Parking Ordinance Is Approved By Council Of Nyssa SCHOLARSHIP IS GIVEN BY FIRM A gift of »400 to be used In Home ecomonlcs scrlorshlps at Oregon State College has been received by Dean Av» B. Milam from the Amalgamated Sugar com pany through Us Pacific coast sales offices in Portland. After this year the fund Is to be used to provide »100 scholar ships for four entering freshmen who will be selected on the basis of need and their high school re cords. Besause of the late date this year, however, the »400 wUl be used to provide smaller grants to deserving home economics stu dents throughout the year, ac cording to an agreement reach ed between Dean Milam and the donors. Nyssa Bulldogs Enter Jamboree The Nyssa Bulldogs will be hand icapped by Injuries and lack of practice caused by the labor situa tion when they enter the Malheur county football jamboree to be held at the fairgrounds a t Ontario Sept ember 25. The jamboree will be started at 8 o'clock. Coach John Young has been scrimmaging a limited number of boys this week ln preparation for the Friday night event. Bob Brown, Nyssa's star ball carrier, was Injur ed In scrimmage and will not play ln the Jamboree. The tentative Nyssa lineup will be as follows: Center, Cook; guards, Eldrerge and Council; tackles. Keck, Suiter or Adams; ends, Miner, Tensen or Church; baclefleld men, Larson, Bybee. Morgan, Ward, Pier The importance of scouting for ce, Malloy and McCoy. beys during war-time and the need for organization of troops on a sound basts in the Ore-Ida council were emphasized at a meting of local B:,y Scout leaders in the Methodist church Tuesday night. Plans for the organization were Salem, September 24 (Special) , _. . n discussed by W. R. Whldden of ' JLon ° ... Portland, deputy regional execut- —Umatilla county with payrolls The Nyssa pos of the American ive and Pau, Moore of N nearly quadrupled in 1941 be Legion will Install officers for the ' vf.(„ tive cf the cause o f defense activities, led coming year at its regular meeting council Thursday night, O ctober 1 A dele-, The executlve ln thls „ Oregon’s 36 counties in percentage gain over 1940, according to com gallon, headed by Albert » “ M responsible f r 60 and commander o Nyssa pos . attended wherefts the natlcnal ratl0 „ one parative figures announced by the Installation cf officers of t h e j a l e j exec„ ,iv(, t<} 33 unlts ^ 0 re _Ida S tate Unemployment Compensa post Wednesday night. Hugh Bow council pxtends from New Meadows tion Commission. Advancing from man of Pendleton, department to Melba and from Emmett to sixteenth In 1940 to sixth in 1941, ccmmander of Oregon, presiding at Burns. Umatilla reported pay rolls of the meeting, outlined the activities A new plan for raising money for $10,181,986 against $2,672,296. of the Legion at the national con the remainder of 1942 and 1943 has The payroll ln Malheur county vention In Kansts City. been developed. The officials ex showed an increase of $246,469. pect under the new plan to be able Sales Planned— to employ another oscut executive Comparative figures for two y e a n .S t. Paul's guild will begin Us in this council territory. They hope were as follows: 1940, »1,175,466, annual rummage sales Saturday ln to conduct a financial campaign and 19411, $1,420,940. ln October. the parish hall. For Malheur county the pay roll during 1941 by m onths was as follows: January $115,326; Feb ruary, $61.59«; March, $96,306; April, $98,017; May, $106,466; June, $108,07«; July, $122,002; August, $129,51«; September, $132, 625; October, $144,066; November, $144,390, and December, $146,- 077. The state game commission. Governor Chafes A. Sprague this afternoon at 1 o'clock in Eug ene, closed the hunting season in Oregon because of the fire hazard, according to information gained by the Gate City Journal in a long distance telephone conversation with George Aiken, executive sec retary to the governor. The season on big game will be closed until a general rain occurs to reduce the fire hazard in the forests. The deer season, the first of the year, was scheduled to have been opener September 26. The Chines pheasant season, opening October 1, will not be affected by the new order. The forest service closed the n at ional forests a few days ago, but that did not actually close the hunting season as huntinv would have been permissible outside the forest reot->n- if a c tl n had not been taken by th t state officials today. Scout Officials Speak In Nyssa Malheur County Payroll Climbs STFKERS TO BE ISSUED IN LIEU OF PLATES secretary FOOD /PAMPHLET IS DISTRIBUTED The Malheur county nutrition council ln continuing Us efforts to reach the people responsible for 'flood selection Is using a bright and attractively colored leaflet titled "A Oulde to good eating." "In distributing this pamphlet," says Mrs. Amy Larkin, chairmen. We have ln mint th at large group of adults who eat one or more meals at restaurants and who are then responsible for their own se lection of food. This group also includes many school children, es pecially at lunch time." The pamphlet pictures In color, the foods vital to health that should be stressed in the dally diet, chiefly milk, whole grain serials, fresh fruits and vegetables. In Nyssa, Vale, Ontario, Harper. Juntura and Jordan Valley the pamphlet is being distributed to the restaurants and In the smaller communities Miss Lillian Nlsbet. county librarian is sending it out to the schools and county library stations. will be issued motorists who reg-1 Mature provided for license plates Fsaminer ister their car in Oregon lor 1943 designed to ai advertise the centenn- A traveling examiner of operators Secretary of State Earl Snell, left ial event, but due to war restrictions and chauffeurs win be In the city It was ne-essary to sub hell September 10 from 0 am . to above, shews the design for the on ilU* 1' stitute windshield stickers for the 5 pm. All those wishing permits ■ticker to Philip H Parish, chair us'tau steel license plates Mot or to contact the examiner during man of the Old Oregon Trail cent- iels will retain their 194$ plates or licenses to drive c a n are am ad these hours ennial commission. The state 1*6-1 for 1943 State Uniform Traffic Act Effective Immed iately The city council, at Its regular meeting Monday night, passed an ordinance Including a provision for parallel parking in Nyssa. , The new law Is “An ordinance to regulate traffic, adopting by refer ence the state uniform traffic act; providing for local traffic regulat ions, the regulation of parking, drunken and reckless driving, and the placing and maintenance of traffic signs and markers and pro viding penalties for the violation thereof'. The section relating to the meth od of parking to be used ln Nyasa reads as follows: "Whenever any motor vehicle Is parked upon any stret ln this city It shall be headed as though pro- ceding upon the right side of the street. "Motor vehicles shall be parked parallel with the curb where such parallel parking Is Indicated by a painted white stripe or other mark ing upon the pavement approxi mately seven feet out from and parallel with street curb, and the entire vehicle Shall be within such painted stripes or other marking. "Where no mode of parking is stripe or other marking, any and all Indicated by such painted white vehicles parked ln any such un marked area shall be parked para llel with the street crtlb and with the tires or wheels an the right hand side of such vehicle,, within twelve Inches of the curb. "Whenever the owner or driver of a verlcle discovers that said vehicle is parked Immediately ln front of or close bo a building to which the fire department has been summoned he shall Immediately remove such vehicle from such area". Other sections of the new ordin ance pertain to right-of-way of vehicles ln motion, roller skating, glass and debris after aocldenta, hauling logs and poles, using cleats and spikes on whels, damaging curbs, handling parades, obstruct ing streets, parking time limits, double parking, prohibited parking areas, storing vehicles on streets, drunken driving and reckless dri ving. The street committee may, sub ject to the approvel of the council, designate stop strets, cross-walks, safety zones and traffic lanes and provide for the erection of traffic signs. The ordinance became efflective immediately upon its passage by the council. Returns From Coast— A L. Atkeson has returned home form the Puget Sound area, where be was employed ln army con struction work for a few months. School Planned— Renovates Center— Andy McGinnis has repainted and rekalsomlned the inside of the building occupied by the Nyssa Bowling Center. Undergoes O peration- Miss Thelma Oook of Boise, daughter of Mr and Mrs A. V. Oook of Nyssa. underwent a major oper ation ln a Boise hospital Tuesday. POETS’ CORNER Edited by T. CAROL BYBEE (Detail for poem contest In next issue of Journal) FANTHOM MES8AGE I read ln your eyes A message one day I t made me go happily Along on my «ray. There ln the depths A glim pa of your soul Transfered bo mine Your withes, your goal. The world cannot see it This new love we share. But deep In our hearts We know It Is there Not one word was spoken Between you and I Of this tender devotion. Love, never to die. As you looked down In my face, dkl you see The message my eyes Wtre sending to thee?
