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r/ieNYSSA V olume xxXXf ñ <T g TREES AVAILABLE Gross Value Of FOR WINDBREAKS Project Crops Nine Millions Record-Breaking Returns Of Owyhee Farmers Reported BO ISE, IDAHO—The grass value of all crops raised on the 100,000 acre Owyhee Irrigation project (Oregon-Idaho) hit a new high in 1945 at $9,457,342—an average ol $101.26 per acre—the northwest re gional office of the bureau of recla mation announced here today. The record-breaking return was reported by farmers on the project in the 1945 annual crop census conducted by the bureau. Highlight of the 1945 record for a sugar-short nation was the pro duction of 191,743 tons of sugar beets, sufficient to provide a year's ration for the entire state of Ore gon with enough remaining to sup ply most of Idaho's domestic re quirements. Gross value of this crop was $1.894,422, an average of $177.40 per acre. Of the total crop income, over three and one-half million dollars wps earned from vegetables and truck crops. A $2,447,143 potato crop and a $744,892 onion crop re presented most of this value. The gross per acre return for onions was $447.65 and tor potatoes $228.83. Almost two-thirds of the irrigated acreage was planted to hay and forage crops, chiefly alfalfa, clover, and tame. The gross value of 105,- 130 tons of alfalfa raised on the project was $1,524,386, a per-acre re turn of $55.14. In addition, 12,571 bushels of clover seed, 4,590 bushels of onion seed, 1,884 bushels of let tuce seed and 1,033 bushels of al falfa seed were raised. The highest per-acre return was made from 126 acres in apples which grosesd an average of $890.55. Farmers also raised 170,752 pounds of peaches and 1,069,764 pounds of prunes. Towards the nation’s need for cereal crops, Owyhee farmers contributed 377,631 bushels of bar ley, 64,298 bushels of com, and 93,- 548 bushels of oats. The Owyhee production record was made by 1.564 farms represent ing a total Irrigated acreage of 91,950. Livestock and poultry on farms within the project were valued at $2,004,556. The total value of live stock and poultry, plus that oi farm equipment, was $4,464,350, an increase of $453,383 over the 1944 figure. STEINKE TELLS OF SEATTLE QUAKE In a letter to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Steinke of Nyssa, Pfc. Dareld Steinke discussed the re cent earthquake which shook the S e a tte area. Steinke, who expects to be sent to Korea, said the earthquake oc curred when he was attending a USO show. "You should have seen the theater shake," Steinke said. “It surely was a funny feeling. They say it was the worst that ever occurred in Seattle. I guess no one was hurt except for three persons In a thea ter. I guess when the lights started swinging they got a little scared and all tried to get out a once. No one was hurt in the camp.” Cub Meeting Held— The monthly pack meeting of the Cub Scouts will be held at 7:30 p. m., February 21 In the Methodist church. All members of the com/ mittee, all cubbers and their par ents are invited to attend: Visits Relatives— Ralph Maze, who attends college at Nampa, spent the week-end with his parents in Nyssa Heights. NYSSA, OKEgQÑ, THURSDAY, FEBRUAR Y~2ÎT~Î91G Word has been received at the county agent's office that trees for farm windbreak and shelter plantings will again be available this year from the state board ot forestry. Orders for these trees must be in the county agent's office by Febru ary 27 and can be made either by telephone or mail, according to Harry Sandquist, county agent. Trees available this year will in clude ponderosa, Austrian, Scotch, and cluster pine * black locust, Russian olive, and Russian mulber ry. Cost to farmers will be $2.50 per thousand, plus shipping charges. In dividuals desiring less than 1,000 trees may order amounts in bundles of 25 or more. The minlmu chargt for any order is 50 cents. Tree planting guides giving full description of ethods of planting and caring for trees, as well as the description of the several varieties, are also available at the county ag ent's office. Trailer Houses Allotted Nyssa Only 15 trailer houses have been alloted to Nyssa by the federal public housing authority for the relief of the acute housing situation in this city. The city had asked the housing authority for construction of hous ing units for 50 families of world war II veterans. City Manager E. K. Burton re ceived a telegram from the hous ing administration as follows: "Reference your application for temporary housing under public law 292, 15 trailers tentatively ap proved, subject to following con ditions: First FPHA will approve the proposed sites; second you will execute a contract on form FPHA 481.” Senator Wayne Morse also tele graphed R. G. Whitaker, council chairman, relative to the allotment of the 15 trailer houses. At a special meeting of the city council Tuesday night, Frank T. Morgan was authorized to contact Senator Morse and the federal pub lic housing authority in Seattle by telephone in an effort to secure more housing facilities thnn that which has been offered. AUXILIARY OF VFW ORGANIZED AT VALE Jake Kollen, district commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Nyssa; Mrs. K o len , president of the Nyssa auxiliary, and Mrs. Al- reda Shelton of Nyssa, district pre sident of the VFW auxiliary, at tended an open meeting at Vale February 19 and Mrs. Shelton or ganized an auxiliary to the Vale post. Vale women interested may con tact Gladys R. Burt at the Vale post office. An auxiliary has been arganized at Adrian and interested woman there may contact Mrs. M. E Kurtz. An auxiliary is in the pro cess of organization at Ontario, where interested women may con tact V. E. Glaves, 455 No. Oregon street, or Mrs. Shelton. Word has ju st been received that Wallace Brown. Inc , greeting card manufacturers, has contributed $10- 000 to the VFW home memorial cot tage. The contribution was made in the hope that the money will be us ed for the erection of a cottage in memory of one of three boys rear ed in the VFW national home who gave their lives in world war II. The $10,000 donation ranks among the largest ever received by the board of trustees of the VFW n at ional home from sources outsire the organization. From Boise— Here From Meridian— Mrs. C. H. McCrea and daughter Shirley Frost of Meridian, Idaho of Boise spent the week-end with was a house guest of LaDonna Mr. and Mr3. A. L Fletcher. Schoen Sunday and Monday. Sunday Guests Here— Adrian To Give Program— Mr. and Mrs. Agnes Jensen and The speech class of the Adrian family of Payette were Sunday high school will present three one- guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Brower. act plays and other entertainment in the Adrian high school building Will Move To Ogden— Friday, February 22 at 7:30 p. m Mr. and Mrs Boyd Cole went to The plays will be “Husbands" "The Ogden Sunday. Mr. Cole has been Undaunted" and “Who Gets the tratisferred from the Nyssa sugar Car Tonight?" The program will factory to the general office in Og also include a group of serious read den. They plan to move to Ogden ings, a song “The Sailor's Horn as soon as possible. pipe," by a group of girls, and readings by the entire speech class. From Salt Lake— Mr. and Mrs. Max Howard of Following the program the fresh men and juniors will entertain the Lake City are visiting Mr. and Mrs. student body at a dancing party. Tom Buringham. The program will be open to the Has Operation— public. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Garrison -eceived word that their son. Ray, In Boise— Mrs Lawrence Horn and Mrs. of Klamath Falls, undervent a Artie Robertson spent Monday In major operation Sunday. He is re ported to be getting along nicely. Boise. POMONA GRANGE TO Bulldogs Score GATHER Bigger Acreage Dairymen Invite Avoset Company IN VALE Wins In Last Of Sugar Beets rI hree Contests In 1946 Likely To Establish Factory In Nyssa Final Games In Schedule Will Be I’layed In Nyssa The Nyssa Bulldogs hit a winning stride in their basketball schedule during the last few days and won all of their last three contests. The Bulldogs walloped Fruitland on the Nyssa floor last Friday night 61 to 45, defeated Burns 41 to 32 in Burns Saturday night and troun ced Payette 34 to 19 on the Payette court Tuesday night. Tom Moore continued his scor ing spree by registering 76 points in the three games. Nyssa maintained the lead through all of the games. The players Included Moore, Geo rge Iseria, Toombs,, Herren, Church, Root, Billings, Dean Sutherland, Holcomb, Wilder, Don Sutherland and Dick Iseria. The B squad dropped games to Fruitland and Bum s and won at Payette. The scores were Fruitland 33 and Nyssa 30, Burns 26 and Nys sa 21, and Payette 28 and Nyssa 33. The Nyssa schedule will be com pleted on the local floor with games with Emmett and Vale. Emmett will play here Friday night of this week and the Vikings will ap pear Tuesday night of next week. Banquet Given By Boy Scouts The annual banquet of the two Nyssa Boy Scout troops was held in the high school building Thurs day night, February 14. A lunch especially palatable to boys was served by the home econ omics girls of the high school to 150 persons. Including more than 50 Boy Scouts. The program included opening prayer by Lynn Swensejj, junior as sistant scoutmaster of troop 58; pledge of allegiance to the flag, led by Billy Sayles of troop 19; re sponse by Scoutmaster W. L. Mc- Partland, troop 19, and Leo W. Child, scoutmatser of troop 58; song, Scout Henry Durfee of troop 58; response by City Manager E. K. Burton; reading, Jimmy Skeen, troop 58; response, Ray C. Lewis, chairman of the Big Bend advance ment committee, and a song by troop 58. Skits were given by the following patrols during the lunch; Fox, wolf and eagle patrols of troop 19, and the antelope, rattlesnake and flam ing arrow patrols oi troop 58. Closing prayer was given by O. R. Anderson. FORD HELPING VETS O DRIVE MACHINES To assist returned veterans to secure full-time farm jobs and leases is the object of a question- aire recently circulated among farm operators in the Adrian district by Henry Reuter, Adrian Smith-Hughes instructor. Reuter and members of the Adrian F. F. A. chapter con tacted over 60 farms as a test sur vey to determine possible results. Sixteen full-time jobs are avail able with farmers in that area. The list on file in the county agent’s office In Ontario, and Interested \eterans are invited to examine and make use of this list in securing employment of this type. The questionalre, prepared by the county veterans agricultual advisory committee, will be circulated throu ghout the county If the need be comes apparent. Farmers wishing to hire full-time help or lease land to a returned veteran are asked to ill out this questionalre. available in the county agent's office. “This service can become very valuable both to veterans seeking employment and to farm operators in need of farm help,” states county agent Sandquist. "we hope that both farmers and veterans will take ad vantage of this service. The Malheur county Pomona Grange will meet in Vale Saturday. February 23. for the first quarterly meeting of 1946, according to Ar thur Antrim, Brogan, Pomona mas ter. A pogam is being prepared by Mrs. Blaine Girvin. Vale Pomona lecturer. Mctnebers oi twelve sub ordinate Granges in the northern part of Malheur county are inem- Ders of Pomona. There are 16 Granges in the county with a mem bership of something over two thousand. Four of the Granges, however, are in the southern part ot the county and due to the dis tance involved, have formed a sep arate union, tiie South Malheur Pomona. Cox To Return As Cow Tester Clifford C. Cox, cow tester in Malheur county from February, 1940 to July 1, 1942, will return soon to resume his position as tester for the Malheur County Dairy Herd Improvement association. Mr. Cox was discharged from the army at Fort Lewis, Washington Wednesday of this week and wiii take a short review course at Ore gon State college with the dairy ex tension service before returning to Malheur county. Cox was inducted from Malheur county June 19, 1942 and was sent to Ft. Lewis. Washington and sub sequently was placed In the coast artillery at Camp Callan. California for basic training. He was sent to Quartermaster school at Camp Lee, Virginia, was commissioned a Sec ond Lieutenant in April, 1943 and was detailed to the transportation corps for duty in mariné mainten ance and shipping in N. Y. port of embarkation After 10 months duty in N. Y. port. Lieut. Cox was flown from Washington, D. C. to London, England and activated the 101st port marine maintenance company April, 1944. Training oTThis com pany and subsequent operations in D-Day landings on Normandy pen insula in France on July 6 were in cluded in his record. He engaged ir operations on Utah beach and the clearing of harbors of Cherbourg, France to establish a port of entry with the 4th major mobile port un til V-E day. Lieut. Cox was assigned to the staff of General Rass, chief of tran sportation, European theatre, from June to December as port liaison officer in marine operation covering the removal of heavy equipment from European theatre. Returning by air from Paris France to St. Louis Jefferson B ar racks Cox was granted temporary duty and rehabilitation leave to vis it relatives In Iowa and the eastern states. He reported to New Orleans and then to F* Lewis, Washington for discharge February 20, complet ing 44 months of service. Lt. Cox holds the American theatre ribbon and European thea tre ribbon with two battle stars, re presenting the Normandy and northern France campaigns. E. O. PRODUCE CO. BOOSTING CAPACITY The Eastern Oregon Produce com pany is remodeling its warehouse along the railroad track near the underpass. The company has laid a new floor and is making other improve ments and intends to install new machinery to increase capacity. Visit In South— Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Foster have returned from a three weeks busi ness and pleasure trip through California and into Mexico. While away they visited several honey producing sections. They visited their son, Curtis Faster of North Hollywood and Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Davis of San Mateo. Mr. and Mrs Davis, formerly of Nyssa, sent greetings to their friends In Nyssa Mr. and Mrs. Foster also visited at Return From Ogden— the home of Dr. and Mrs. Harold Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Whitaker and W. Wood of San Francisco, former family returned home Monday from ly of Nyssa. a combined business and pleasure trip to Ogden. Return Home Mr. and Mrs. Henry Zobell and Visits In Fruitland— family returned home Sunday from .. Mr. and Mrs. Oeorge N. Bear vis a trip to Lewiston, Utah. Mr. Zobell ited Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Nlchelson went on to Denver, where he at at Fruitland Saturday. tended a sugar beet convention. In Boise— Transferred To Welser— Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Jensen and Eldon Jensen, field representative Mrs. Lloyd Lewis spent last Thurs of the Amalgamated Sugar com day in Boise. pany, has been transferred to the Welser-Payette district with head Go To Ogden— quarters at Welser. He and his Mr and Mrs. C. H. Stephrnsen family will move to Welser as soon left Friday for Ogden. They plan to as housing facilities become avail be away a week. able. Company To Take All Ac reage Offered Up To \ND SETTLEMENT GO,000 Acres FUND IS APPROVED Prospects for a greatly expanded The county court, meeting In acreage of sugar beets in the Nyssa- Vale this week, granted the re Nampa district of the Amalgamated quest of a delegation, headed bj Sugar company In 1946 were indi Frank Morgan, from the newly re cated by R. G. Larson, district organized Vale-Owyhee Land Set manager of the company, at a tlement and Development associa luncheon of the Nyssa chamber ol tion that an emergency grant of commerce Wednesday noon. $300 be allowed the association for Mr. Larson said the company will its work in furthering the county’s take all acreage offered up to 60,000 development. This amount will be acres, as compared to the 36,000 matched by the county's chambei sf commerce and also by a donation acres of beets harvested In the from the Union Pacific railway Nyssa-Nampa district In 1945. company for the same purpose, ac The company Is fully prepared cording to County Judge Irwin to handle the beets, having already Troxell. The association plans to ask the county budget board to ap purchased several large receiving propriate $1500 for its promotional units and other machinery. work during the coming year, Judge Apparently the labor supply will Troxell said. A delegation from the Rldgeview oe about the same as last year, with war prisoners, Mexicans and j community called to ask for con sideration in the state and .federai ither transported laborers doing post war plans for a secondary .he work. tUghway program. Since the county road fund for this year has been exhausted, no HYDRO-ELECTRIC new road projects will be under REPORT EXPECTED taken by the county until after The Malheur PUD Sponsors as the first of July, Judge Troxell said. sociation has reported that the hydro-e.ectric commission of Ore gon will make its report next week on the purposed people’s utility dis trict for Malheur county. The people of Westfall, Oregon voted 27 to 9 in favor of REA pow er over Idaho Power, according to the Nyssa Electrical Education club members, who said the REA has a crew building a line to Westfall now. The education club meets each Monday evening at 8 o’clock In the Legion hall. The public Is invited to attend. The club plans on showing ree motion pictures obtained from itregon S tate college. Goes On Trip— George N. Bear left Sunday for 3pokane, Prient River and Sand- point, Idaho. Return From Trip— Mr. and Mrs. Tom Lyle returned Saturday from a week’s visit with relatives at Nampa. Frank T. Morgan Heads Chamber Frank T. Morgan of Ny3sa was e'ected president and Bernard Frost of Nyssa was elected secretary- treasurer of the Associated Cham bers of Commerce of Southern Ida ho and Eastern Oregon at a meet ing held In Caldwell Monday night. Fiank Blomquist of Caldwell was elected president. Mr. Morgan succeeds J . W. Crowe of Boise, who was elected president tu 1942. The 72 members present at the meeting voted to meet in Weiser April 1. Cities represented at the Caldwell dinner were Weiser, Homedale, Parma, Vale, Ontario, Emmett, Nys sa, Boise, Nampa, Adrian and Cald well. Nyssa representatives were Herchel Thompson, Carlos Buchner, Bernard Frost and C liff Main. The guest speaker was Floyd West, assistant secretary of the Idaho chamber of commerce. Visits At Notus— Mrs. O. O. Anderson spent the week-end with her daughter, Mrs. Floyd Selby, and family at Notus. Riding Club To Meet— The Owyhee Riding club will Visiting Here— hold a business meeting In the Miss Katherine Crandall arrived Oregon Trail schoolhouse Thursday, n Nyssa Sunday from Corona, Cal February 28 at 8 p. m. ifornia for a two-weeks visit with ler parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Visit Here— Crandall. Miss Crandall Is engaged Mr and Mrs. Clyde King of J e r n Red Cross social service work In ome are visiting In Nyssa with Mr. i naval haspital. and Mrs. C. C. Cotton. Here From Nampa— Mrs. Wanda Sykes of Nampa, formerly of Nyssa, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Earn est. Baby Dies— Grave side services were held at Parma Tuesday for the Infant son of Mr and Mrs. Claude Derrick. The baby was bom February 16. Former Resident Visit— Baby Girl Bora— Mrs. C. A. Wemlck and daughter A girl was born February 17 at 3f Twin Falls, former residents of the Nyssa Nursing home to Mr. and Nyssa, are visiting here. Mrs. Thurman Johnson of Ontario. The child weighed 6 pounds, 15 Move To Echo— ounces. Mr. and Mrs. Sandy Fife and •hildren will leave this week for Here From Ogden— Echo, Oregon to make their home. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Barker of Mr. Fife will engage in farming. Ogden are visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Bybee. Spend Week-End Here— Dr. and Mrs. Floyd Adams of Return From Seattle— Caldwell spent the week-end with S. P. Bybee and son, Ray, and Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Fullmer. B. O. Bybee of Ontario returned from Seattle Tuesday evening. Visit Here— Lt. (J.g.i Dennlston and Mrs. Den- Here From New York— niston and son visited from Thurs- Peter Mitchell of New York Is lay until Saturday with Mr. and [ visiting hla parents. Mr. and Mrs Mrs. O. O. Anderson. They were George Mitchell. He arrived home r?n route from Seattle to Chicago, Friday and will leave for New York vhere Lt. Dennlston expects to be Sunday. lischarged from the navy. Return From Business Trip— To Attend Graduation— Richard Maw and Sam Hartley Mr. and Mrs. Tom Eldredge left have returned from a business trip Tuesday for Boulder, Colo, where to Ogden. They were away from hey will attend the graduation of Nyssa four days. heir son. Bob. who will receive his ommission in the navy. Eldredge Minister Injured— las been attending the University Rev. H. A. Heckmann, pastor of if Colorado. After graduation he the Lutheran church, suffered min will leave Boulder for Newport, or bruises when his automobile Rhode Island and go on a four overturned on the highway between nonths cruise. Homedale and Marslng near the Wlnnemucca Junction February 13. Nyssa Man Fined— The automobile, which came to rest Harry J . Oahan of route 2, Nysaa. In a drain ditch, was quite badly pleaded guilty In Justice court In damaged. Nyssa recently to a charge of driv ing an automobile while under the Goes To Kansas— Influence of Intoxicating liquor and Carl Hale, who has been visiting was fined $100 by Justice of the his father, left Tuesday for the Peace Frank D. Hall. Oahan was Olatha, Kanaas air base for re arrested by state police officers. assignment. Nyssa One Of Four Towns Where Two Plants May Be Located A large group of dairymen meet- ■ng in the gymnasium Tuesday vot ed unauiously to Invite the Avoset corporation to establish a plant In Nyssa for the processing of milk. The meeting was attend by John ¿lrex, representative of the Avoset corporation, who has made an ex tensive Investigation of possible sites for the location of plants.On his first trip, Mr. Slrex Investigated ap proximately 40 localities. The num ber of possible sites has now been reduced to four, Including Nyssa. Instead of building one r.ew addi tional plant, the company intends to build two factories. The company produces a product known as sterile cream, which will keep without souring for a period of several months It also produces ,ugar milk, which Is a factor of penicillin, albuman, casein and milk powder. The parent company is a large pharmaceutical concern. Mr. Slrex told the dairymen that "This area looks favorable. If we can get the milk. Three hundred thousand pounds of milk a day would give us an economical oper ation." However, the company would be willing to start some sort of oper ation with less than 300,000 pounds of milk a day. “My company is quite strong for bonuses," Mr. Slrex said. "We expect to pay as much as other concerns In this territory. If you dairymen want to form a co-operative and sell us the milk we would be very happy. You could handle the field work and we would have only one deal to bother with." Much of the sterile cream made by the company is exported, al though a considerable market lor lt Is already been developed In the United States Most of it was used by the navy during the war. The cream has less "canned" flavor than evaporated milk, Slrex said. One speaker pointed out that if the dairymen had a suitable mar ket at a close distance the cow population would Increase tremen dously. "We don’t want the rancher to lose money.” Mr. Slrex said. “We want a deal that we can both make money on. If the dairyman isn't making money he Is doing some thing wrong or the price structure Is too low." The company needs 100,000 square feet of floor space. Engineers es timate the cost of the plant at $1,- 200,000, Including equipment. Decision as to the locations of the two plants will be made by the president and general manager ot the Avoset company. The high com pany offtclaLs intended to visit Nys sa this week with Mr. Slrex, but were unable to do so. They are expected to visit this terrlttory later. PILGRIMS, ONTARIO TIED IN LEAGUE The Ontario Tigers were thrown Into a tie with New Plymouth for first place In the Snake River Val ley league when they lost to the Weiser high school basketball team on the Weiser floor Tuesday night. The score was 35 to 32. Ontario and New Plymouth each has three defeats. The Tigers held a margin of 10 to 5 In the first quarter, but the lead changes 10 times during the contest. The Wolverines led 20 to 19 at half-tim e and 27 to 26 at three-quarter time. NYSSA BOXERS LOSE DECISION TO VALE The Nyssa high school boxers lost a smoker decision to the Vale Vikings in Vale Monday night. John Bartholoma, staging a good fight, received a draw, but Nyssa residents said the crowd was In clined to disagree with the verdict of the Judges, believing he should have been given the decision. Jack Atkeson won a decision, Wil lis Hiatt lost a decision and Bill Stradley won a draw. Rudolph Marosttca was knocked out In the second round and Bill Anderson was knocked out In the first round. Leave On Visit— Mrs. John Ostrom and daught- ln-Iaw. Mrs. B art Ostrom, drove to Klamath Falls this week to visit relatives. They also expect to visit in California before returning home In two weeks.
