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About Nyssa gate city journal. (Nyssa, Or.) 1937-199? | View Entire Issue (Nov. 4, 1948)
THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL, NYSSA, OREGON PAGE FOUR THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 10 IS GOODELL ATTENDS MEETING OF CO-OP Nyssa Church Members Raise Beet Crop To Secure Money For New C hurch Building What a combination of coopera beets were harvested in less than tive community effort and modem three days and a crew of 12 men farm machinery can accomplish,’ accomplished the work of 150 hand when devoted to a common cause, laborers." The process of harvesting beets was well illustrated with the cul by the modern mechanized method mination of a sugar beet grow in,; starts with .the roto-beater which project undertaken by farmer- •Leeis" the tops off the beets bi members of the LDS second ward means of a rap'dly. revolving cylin church of Nyssa when the 44-acie der to which Is attached 180 hard crop was harvested and the beets thermapiustic rub er flails. These i flails shatter the beet tops leaving delivered to the sugar factory. The money received from sale of the beets clean and free of weeds The Kiest llfterlloader follow, the beets is to be contributed to a fund for the canstruction of a new each digging two row of beets at onee and lifting them into trucks $175,000 church building. Construc tion is to start early next year, it which keep pace with the lifter- loaders. The trucks then deliver was stated. Assisting in the seeding, caring the beets to the factory. The beet for and harvesting of the crop was tops are dinlntegrated and go back Bishop Arvel L. Child who, with 20 into the ground, an important fac other members of the church oper tor in keeping up soil fertility. ated the mechanized farm equip ment and did the manual labor to Here From Richland— Mr. and Mrs. James N. McPart- produce the crop. The tract of ground, leased from Luther Fife, land and daughter and Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Thompson and family lies just outside the city limits of It VI''I lItV OF BEF.T HARVEST- of Richland- were week-end guests Nyssa. ERS—Lined up and ready to begin at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wal "An interesting feature of the the harvest of 41 acres of sugar project is that all equipment used, ter McPartland. erts on the Luther Fife farm, near consisting of eight Moline trac Nyssa. are these Kiest-Loaders and tors, five 2-row Klest Lifter-Load A tten d (fa m e — Joe Maughan, Henry Zobell, Bob ers and three Olson Roto-Beaters, were purchased from the B & M Whitaker and Ron Whitaker flew Return From Ogden— Equipment Company of Nyssa. Ef to Logan Saturday to attend the Mrs. C. A. Mally returned last ficiency and laborsaving factor of Utah Agricultural college-Wyoming these modernized machines to football game. TJJiey returned to week from Ogden, where she vis- Ron Whitaker ited for several weeks with her sis- lighten the farmer's burden was Nyssa Sunday. ter, Miss Nora O'Brian. proven by the fact the 44 acres of piloted the plane. Olson Roto-Beaters. all purchased from the B & M Equipment Co. i of Nyssa. In the picture, (reading left to right), are Arvel Child. bishop of the Nyssa LDS church, second ward: Leon Childs, D. 11. benefit of a new church building Christensen, Elwood Flinders, l.e- were Ed Larson, R. II. Hunter. roy Burbank, VV. J. Beus, Ray Bv-|Thurn Baker, Pat Williams and bee and E. H. Beus. Among others Lynn S w a n s o n . — News-Tribune who assisted in the project for the Photo. To Boise— Mr. and Mrs. John Ostom and Mr. and Mrs. Helmar Ostrom vis ited Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Boe of Boise. Visit Parents— Mr. and Mrs. Harry Miner spent Sunday in Jamison at the hame of Mr. Miner's parents. Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Miner. Return From Boise— Mr. and Mrs. Joe Maughan and Mrs. Louise McOavern returned Saturday from Boise, where they visited for two weeks. BUENA VESTA, Nov. 4—Mr. and Mrs. Chester Jamison of Eugene, visited at the Willis Bertram home the past week. Mr. and Mrs. Jami son hunted Pheasant while here. Mr. Jamison is an uncle of Mrs. Bertram. Jack Bowen and Mr. and Mrs. La Vern Cleaver were dinner guests at the Delbert Cleaver home Wed nesday evening. Alva Goodell spent Monday in Portland, where he attended a meeting of the Pacific Supply co op. Mr. and Mrs. James Stephen, Sr., attended church in Greenleaf. Ida ho Sunday and later took dinner with Mr. end Mrs. John Mesner n Dreenkaf. S. B. Hoffman returned home i t week with an elk. Mrs. Joe Stephen, Mrs. James Stephen and Mrs. Grant Armstrong were in Boise Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Hoffman en tertained about 40 guests at their new home last Thursday evening. Besides the Out-Our-Way club members and their families, Mr. and Mrs. Willis Bertram and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Griffiths and fam- i y attended. Games were played. Refreshments o f sandwiches and pie were served. The next meet ing of the Out-Our-Way club will be held at the Howard Day home, November 10, Instead of the reg ular meeting day. ¡§ ¡p f B & M Beet Harvesting Equipment In Action- - Pictured below are an Olson Roto-Beater, right, topping a 44-acre Beet Field on the Luther Fife farm near Nyssa, while at left are 3 Kiest Lifter-Loaders each digging two rows of beets at once and lifting the beets into trucks ready for delivery to the Sugar Factory in Nyssa. the L. D. S. church building fund for a new church for the L. D. S. Second Ward in Nyssa. piece of Equipment were purchased from the B & M Equipment Co., in Nvssa. Proceeds from the beet crop are to be contributed to All of the labor-saving machinery and the Moline Tractors pulling each I he 44-acre tract was harvested in 3 days and accomplished the labor of 150 men. One roto-beater in the etiginal picture is not shown below. WE EXTEND OUR HEARTY CONGRATULATIONS To the Members of the Nyssa Second Ward L. D. S. Church whose co-operative efforts in seeding, caring for and harvesting this crop of beets will materially speed the construction of their new church building. Contributing their time and equipment in this worthy project are, as shown above: Arvel L. Child, bishop of the Second Ward; Leon Child, D. H. Christensen, Elwood Flinders, LeRoy Burbank, W. J. Beus and E. H. Beus. were not disclosed. FARMERS Names of others who assisted on that particular day SAVE MONEY AND LABOR With Labor-Saving Equipment from the B & M Equipment Company In Caldwell And Nyssa. Our Moline Tractors have proven themselves to be the outstanding tractor in their field for beet cultivation and for general farm purposes. dealers in sales o f beet equipment this year with a total sales o f approximately $200,000. and a total of 42 employes servicing all types o f farm machinery. LET US SERVE Y O U ! )Ve led all Boise valley Our Service Department consists of 13 trucks, 24 experienced mechanics
