Nyssa gate city journal. (Nyssa, Or.) 1937-199?, January 13, 1949, Image 1

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reeNYSSA
V O LU M E X X X X IV
NO. 1
Fire Truck Could Have
Saved House And
Contents
The worst residential fire oc­
curring in the Nyssa section in
several years destroyed the resi­
dence o f Mr. and Mrs. Charles T a y ­
lor on highway 20 about four miles
north of Nyssa last Saturday.
The fire destroyed the two-story
residence and all of its contents
after forcing Mr. and Mrs. Taylor
and their five children to flee
scantily cflad into the sub-freezing
temperature.
Loss on the build­
ing and contents, partly covered
by insurance, was estimated at
$25,000.
The fam ily first became aware
of the fire when Mrs. Taylor, sleep­
ing on the second floor of the
residence with the remainder of
her family, smelled smoke.
She
called Mr. Taylor, who immedi­
ately started an investigation. He
went to the basement, where he
discovered the flam e making some
headway near the furnace. W ith ­
out any effective means o f fight-
ini; the flames. Mr. Taylor phoned
the Nyssa firemen, who rushed to
the scene of the fire but were also
helpless because a city ordinance
prohibits the fire department from
taking the fire truck outside o f the
city limits.
The Nyssa firemen
phoned the Ontario fire depart­
ment, but the Ontario fire fighters
arrived at the scene with their truck
too late to control the blaze. They
did, however, cool a butane gas
tank on the outside o f the building
sufficiently to permit It to be Jerk­
ed loose from the connections lead­
ing into the house.
Taylor, who suffered minor burns
In attempting to extinguish the
flames, said he believed 'he could
have put out the fire when he first
discovered it if he had had a fire
bomb or extinguisher. Nyssa fire­
men expressed toeief that they
could have controlled the blaze
if tnev had had a fire truck when
they Tirst'arrivea at the Arm .
Taylor finished remodeling the
residence, located on the former
K. S. and D ranch, about two
weeks before Christmas at a cost
of several thousand dollars.
He
said the cost of the building, which
was fully equipped electrically, and
Its contents would reach $25.000.
The T aylor fam ily have found
temporary living quartern and are
making arrangements for a more
permanent residence. A farm house
the fam ily was living in north of
the K. 8. and D. ranch was de­
stroyed by fire two years ago, but
much o f the contents was saved.
Annual Hospital
Meeting Is Set
Plans fo r the annual meeting of
the Malheur Memorial Hospital as­
sociation to be held In the council
chamber In the city hall January
24 at 8 p. m. were outlined at a
meeting of the board of directors
Tueesday night.
A report will be given on the
progress made so fa r on the new
hospital. Plans for the future and
the financial position of the organ­
ization will be discussed.
The directors, who urge all con­
tributors and others to attend the
meeting said they are anxious to
give the members information a-
bout the hospital. The situation,
they said, should be understood
by the members.
The members will elect four dir­
ectors for terms of three years and
will vote on the proposed change
of the name Malheur County
Memorial Hospital association to
Malheur Memorial Hospital associ­
ation. T h e board of directors con­
sist of 12 members.
MR. & MRS. BROWN
BUY S & C CAFE
as full-tim e county health officer
and director o f the Malheur coun- Organization W ill Make
y health department.
Drive. For Increased
Mrs. Graeber, who was in the
Membership
-xumty last week-end, alter a tele­
phone conversation w ith her hus-
Members o f the Malheur County
oand at their home in Eureka,
iouuh Dakota, relayed the message Farm Labor Sponsoring association,
jf. Dr. Graebcr’s acceptance to holding their annual meeting in the
County Judge Irwrin Troxell Jan­ Nyssa gymnasium Tuesday, voted
aary 7. While Mrs. Graeber was in | to continue the association through
-ie county she purchased a house 1949 and elected directors to handle
the affairs of Che organization.
at Vale.
Mrs. Graeber stated that she and
The re-elected directors are Ira
Dr. Graeber, with their son, Freddy, Ure o f Nyssa, Dudley Sitton and
7 years, and daughter, Susan, 3 Vi Everett Taylor o f Ontario, Earl
years, will move to Vale as soon Heeb and Wayne K er of Oregon
Slope and Louis Pratt o f Adrian.
as possible.
Dr. Graeber received his B. S. The new directors are Klass Ten-
and medical degrees a t the Uni­ sen o f Nyssa, M att Schaefer of
versity of Minnesota and received Vale, W. M aag of Jamison and Carl
nis master’s degree in public health Hill o f Adrian, who succeed Dale
Garrison of Nyssa, L. L. Kreager of
irom John Hopkins university.
Henry C. Endre, who accepted Adrian, Harry Peatherstone o f Vale
a position as health department and Clarence R ettig o f Jamison.
sanitarian the middle o f Decem­ The directors will meet soon to
ber, arrived in Vale January 6 elect officers, a president, vice pres­
to start work.
M r. Endre will ident and secretary-treasurer. Mr.
move into the new quarters in Garrison is the retiring president.
the Humphrey building as soon as
The members discussed the f i ­
it is completed .which w ill ibe in nancial problems o f the association
about a week. Mrs. Endre, a bride and how to develop a larger mem­
of five months, will join her hus­ bership. The new board of direct­
band in three or four weeks. ors were instructed by the members
Mr. Endre (began his college work to use every e ffo rt to increase the
at the University o f Portland in membership in 1949, as they felt
1940, served in the armed forces chat there is still a distinct need
from 1943 to 1945 and ompleted for the services that can be rend­
his college course in 1948. He ser­ ered by the association. Speakers
ved as medical and dental tech­ emphasized that the local associ­
nician overseas in 1944-45.
ation has been one o f the most
efficient of similar organizations
in the entire valley and that a
nominal membership fee, if large
membership could be secured, would
greatly
improve
the
financial
position of the association.
Dairymen Name
New Directors
Directors of the Malheur County
Dairy Herd improvement associ­
ation were elected at the annual
meeting held in the St. Paul's
parish hall Wednesday afternoon.
James Peterson o f Nyssa, Fred
Burgess of Vale, Edward K er of
Ontario and Rosel Hunter of Nyssa
were re-elected as directors. The
new member of the board is C lif­
ford W right ai Kingm an K'olony,
who was la ter chosen by the board
as chairman for the cominng year.
Ronald Lane, supervisor, gave a
report indicating th at there la a
decided increase in applications for
testing work in the county. A re­
port given toy Secretary Edward
Ker showed that the association is
in good financial condition.
A panel discussion on how to
improve the relationship between
the dairymen and the supervisor
was participated in by James P et­
erson, C lifford Wright. Lee Stoker,
Wendall Richmond and Edward
Ker.
With President Fred Burgess pre­
siding, a discussion was held on the
proposed revision o f the prices for
testing. A revision offered toy the
president was accepted toy the
group.
Motion plotures on dairying and
-lidos taken by Mr. Burgess on an
eastern trip were shown.
Mrs
Burgess gave a reading about dairy
testing.
F. F. A. CONTESTS TO
BE HELD IN NYSSA
The annual F. F. A. contests o f
che eastern Oregon chapters o f the
Future Farmers of America w ill be
held in Nyssa January 28 and 29,
Supervisor Richard Wilson o f Nyssa
announced Wednesday.
The protjram will Include shop
contests, a public speaking contest,
parliamentary
procedure
contest
and banquet.
Participating schools are Baker,
Imtoier, La Grande, Union, H a lf­
way, Ontario. Nyssa, Vale and
Adrian.
MINISTERS ELECT
OFFICERS FOR YEAR
Rev. Donald Campbell was elected
pesident o f the Nyssa Mlnistrial as­
sociation at a meeting held in the
Methodist parsonage Monday m orn­
ing. Rev. Don R. M axfield o f the
CShrch o f Christ was elected sec
retary-treasurer.
Various problems concerning the
churches and community were dis
cussed. The suggestion was made
rhat an Easter sunrise service might
be held this year with all church­
es participating, but no definite
action was taken.
Mr. nd Mrs. W. C. Brown, well
known restaurant operators, have
purchased the S & C cafe from
Mrs. Fred Roth in Nyssa.
Mr. and Mrs. Brown are renov­
ating the establishment prepara­
tory to the re-opening, which will
be held as soon as possible, prob­
ably within a week. T h e cafe, op'
orated by Mrs. Roth and Mr. and
Mrs. Bud Conery. has been closed
for two weeks.
WILSON S LEADING
The new owners have been op
IN HOOP LEAGUE
erting a restaurant in Homedale
under lease fo r the last three
The Wilson brothers basketball
months.
They owned Brownie's
team is leading in the second half
cafe in Nyssa for six years.
of the city league season with two
wins and no defeats.
Former Resident Dies—
defeated
the
Aggies
De Ino W Gibson, son o f a former | Wilson's
B rack­
pioneer fam ily in this locality, died Monday night 37 to 27
at his home in North Hollywood en's nosed out Stunz 43 to 36 and
following a sudden heart attack M. I. A. defeated Adrian 33 to 24.
Oames will be played Monday
Mr. Ofbeon was associated with the
Albers M illing company o f North night as follow. M. I. A. versus
Hollywood
He is survived by his Aggies. Wilson's versus Bracken's
and Stunz versus Adrian.
» t i e and two daughters.
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JOURNAL
TH E N YS S A G ATE C IT Y JO U R N A L. N Y S S A , OREGON,
Charles Taylor
Doctor Accepts
Labor Sponsors
Residence Burns County Position Elect Officers
Dr. Fredrick O. Graetoer of South
In Costly Fire Dakota
For 1949 Year
has accepted the position
MRS. C. D. REYNOLDS
DIES UNEXPECTEDLY
IN NURSING HOME
Ì
i H U RSÜ AY, J A N U A R Y 13, 1949
COSTLEY IS LOSER
IN CASE INVOLVING
LAND POSSESSION
Sugar Company
Mailing Checks
For 1948 Beets
Crossing To Be Eliminated
On Highway South Of Nyssa
A jury o f six mem returned a
verdict in justice court Wednes­
day evening at 7:45 in favor o f'
the p la in tiff in the case of Mr. and New Consumption Quota
Mrs. Harry I. Jurgens versus E. J.
Causes Increase In
Co6tley, Jr.
In effeut, the jury
Price O f Sugar
found Costley guilty o f holding
property unlawfully.
The Amalgamated Sugar comp­
The jury recommended that Cost- i
any is sending this week to grow­
ley be given 30 days in which to j
move from farm property four and ers a subsequent payment in the
amount of $1 per ton on the 1948
one-half miles north of Homedale,1
beet crop. District Manager R. G.
that he be paid $50 for plowing 10 ]
Larson stated Wednesday.
acres of the land, and that he be I
reimbursed one-fourth for the cost I The cheeks issued this week will
of fertilizer used on the land. I bring to $9.50 a ton the amount
Costley contended he had a three- | the company has paid the growers
year lease, tout the plaintiffs al- j on beets now being processed.
leged that he had a one year lease | Probably sometime fairly early next
with option for two more years, and | month, the growers w ill receive a
failed to exercise the option, w hich) government benefit payment o f ap­
proximately $2.50 per ton.
expired December 31, 1948.
The substantial payment being
The trial conducted by Judge
made this week is largely the result
Donald M. Graham, was opened
f tlie recent announcement of
Wednesday morning at 10:30. Sev­
he secretary of agriculture that
en witnesses fo r the plaintiff and
he sugar consumption quota had
i l witnesses for the defendant were
been set at 7,250,000 tons fo r 1949
heard. The Jurors were Lloyd T.
This action has already resulted in
Marshall, Aden Wilson, Charles
a 25 cent increase per 100 pounds
Garrison, Arvel Child, Jacob Fisch­
in the price o f sugar.
er and Herman Towne.
Jurgens!
was represented by Lytle and K irk - j
Patrick of Vale and Costley by I
M ax Taggart of Ontario.
CUB SCOUTS OF
NYSSA GET AWARDS
A large number o f parents and
cub scouts attended the cub pack
meeting that was held in the high
school building Monday evening.
Fred Norman, as master of cere­
monies presented the following pro­
gram: Sailor songs, by Mrs. Arthur
Cartwright's group; cowboy songs
by Mrs. Langford's group; songs
of the gay nineties by Mrs. How­
ard Love jo y ’s group; negro m in­
strels, Mrs. Finley Shuster's group;
mountain music by Mrs. Flank
Morris' group; Cowboy songs, Mrs.
Eric Boenig’s group and miscell-
neous songs, Mrs Don Franklin’s
group.
Following the program a
large number o f awards were pre­
sented to the cub scouts. Refresh-
merd* were peeved b y th e cub scout
mothers at t9»o Close
the evening
The date
the February pack
meeting will m announced follow­
ing the meeting o f the Cub Scout
council this evening.
Mrs. Clyde D. Reynolds o f Nyssa
died in the Nyssa Nursing home
Wednesday morning after a short
illness. She entered the nursing
home Monday.
Ethel Blanche Coe was born
January 10, 1923 in Glencoe, Okla­
homa and came to Nyssa in April,
1948. She was married to Clyde
Reynods in Winnemucca, Nevada
October 10 o f last year.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Rey­
nods is survived by her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Dee W itt Coe of
Glencoe; five brothers, Lester and
Lloyd Coe o f Nyssa and Blake,
LeRoy and Richard Coe of G len­
coe, and two sisters, Mis. John
Gant and Mrs. Harold Flora, also Present Funds Probably
of Glencoe.
W ill Not Be Suffic­
The Nyssa Funeral home will
send the body to Pawnee, Okla­
ient For Project
homa today for funeral services and
interment.
No funeral was held
Architect Graham B. Sm ith ol
here.
Eugene, who is drawing plans for
the new sohool building and gym ­
nasium to be erected by the Nyssa
OSTROM BROTHERS
school district, indicated
at a
LEASE BUILDING
luncheon o f Che Nyssa chamber of
FOR NEW STORE commerce that the $400,00 that the
residents of the district voted sev­
Edward and Helmer Ostrom of eral months ago would not be suf­
Nyssa, doing business as Ostrom ficient to complete the structure as
Brothers Appliance company, have now planned.
M r Smith, who is meeting with
leased the store space in the front
of Carl and Burt's machine shop the school board and members of
on First street fo r an appliance, the district building committee this
afternoon and will meet with the
paint and wallpaper store.
The brothers, who expect to open Parent-Teacher association tonight
the new store January 21, will explained the plans in some de­
handle
Westinghouse
appliances, tail to the businessmen. He said
Speed Queen washers and ironers, the building is designed “ with the
Pittsburgh paints, wallpaper and idea that we are dealing with tax­
payers' money".
accessories.
Even If you bond yourself to
Shelving and counters are now
under construction, with prospects your capacity of 10 per cent of
that the paint stock will arrive here the district's assessed valuation I
don't think you can build the entire
this week.
proposed plant. We are going as
far as we can go. W e are going
TWO ARE FINED ON
to build well. W e are not going to
NO LICENSE COUNT throw away your money."
M r Smith said he could not state
Kenneth Arnold, Boise aviator ¡.he amount that the entire project
who made the flying discs famous would cost, but could give only
several months ago, was fined $25 the footage cost. In the W illam ette
in Judge Don M. Graham's justice valley schools have been costing a-
court Monday evening on a charge round $10 a square foot, but the
of hunting ducks without a license. Nyssa structure would also nave to
His companion. Dean J. K roth of be equipped, which could cost $5,000
Nyssa, was also fined $25 by Judge or $25,000, depending on the a-
Graham on the same charge. Each mount of equipment needed and
desired. The speaker stated that
man paid $4.50 court costs.
Bo far as is known here. Arnold '.he total ground area would be
was the first person to report seeing T2 318 square feet and the gallery
the flying discs, which later were floor space 10,957 feet. He pointed
(Continued on Page 21
reported seen In many parts of the
United 8 ta tes.
To Attend Meeting—
Mrs. FMna Farris, public health
To Attend State M eeting-
Bernard FYost and Charles New- nurse, will leave via FJnvpire Air
bill of Nyssa w ill go to Portland Lines January 14 to attend a staff
today to attend a meeting o f the meeting of the public health nurses
Oregon state game commission F ri­ of eastern Oregon at The Dalles
day. The commission w ill set sea­ the evening o f January 14 and the
sons and limits on fish for the morning of January 15. Mrs. Fa it is
1949 season.
FYost and Newtolll will participate in te program by
will represent the Malheur Game giving a case study in tuberculosis
league.
Back From Ogden—
Mrs R. O. Whitaker returned
P. T. A T o Meet—
The Kinsm an Kolony P T A home Tuesday from Ogden, where
wil meet at 8 p m. Thursday. she visited for a few days. Mr
January 20 at the Kingm an K >1- Whitaker returned home earlier a f­
ter taking Mrs Whitaker to Utah
ony schoolhouse.
by plane.
Returns T o School—
Architect Gives
Preview Of New
School Building
PIPES FREEZE AS
MERCURY DROPS
The freezing temperatures, which
fell to low of seven degrees below
zero here this week, have frozen
several water pipes under the
streets.
City Manager E. K. Burton esti­
mated 18 such service pipes have
been frozen because hey are not
laid deep enough. C ity employes
are thawing the pipes as rapirly
as possible. Mr. Bur top said let­
ting water run a little from faucets
would help to keep the water from
freezing.
The seven-below-zero temperat­
ure, recorded the morning of Jan­
uary 11, was the coldest in many
years. The temperature is believ­
ed by old-tiime residents to ibe the
oldest since the winter o f 1936-37.
Officiti records o f temperatures be­
yond 1944 were not available at
the reclamation bureau office this
morning.
Tlie mercury slipi]>ed to five 'below
an the 10th, four 'below on the 9th
and two below Wednesday morn­
ing.
Fire District
Here Proposed
Farmers o f the area will meet in
•he city hall in Nyssa at 2:30 p.
m„ January 19 for the purpose of
receiving information relative to
the proposed formation of rural
fire protection district.
The farmers w ill meet with m em ­
bers o f the Nyssa volunteer fire
department and a representative of
the state fire marshal.
Tlie district, if organized, will be
the farmers own organization, but
he firem en ■will co-perate fullly
with them, firemen said. All farm ­
ers in this section are invited to
attend. The meeting was originally
scheduled to be held in the .Nyssa
Insurance company office.
The meeting follows a period of
criticism directed at the city of
Nyssa and fire department fo r fail-
uie te gead * truck to the d is a s te r
bus Charles Taylor fire four m
norh of Nyssa last Saturday.
In meeting the criticism, R. G.
Whitaker, former city councilmen.
said at a meeting o f the Lions
club Monday that the firemen un­
doubtedly would be willing to go,
but added that it would toe unreas­
onable to send a truck far Into
the country and leave the city un­
protected.
The principal reasons
for the city ordinance prohibiting
the city truck from being taken
into the country are that insurance
rates in Nyssa would be increased,
the city would be left unprotected
and firem en’s Insurance would be
voided while they were fighting
fire in the rural areas.
NEW SCHEDULES OF
TRAINS ANNOUNCED
The arrival tim e on all o f the
trains passing through Nyssa will
be changed by the Union Pacific
Railroad company January 16, ac­
cording to Agent Thomas G. Jones.
The new schedules will be as fo l­
lows: Eastbound—streamliner No.
193, due at 4:39 a. m., new schedule
4:01; No. 18, now due at 10:22, new
time 10:44, and No. 12, now due at
9:02 p. m., set for 8:56 p. m „ and
westbound—streamliner No.
106,
due at 11:23 p. m „ moved to 11 46
p. m„; No. 17, due at 5:10 p. m „ set
for 4:55 p. m„ and No. 11, now due
at 6:31 a. m., set for 5:44 a. m.
H Henneman Heads
City Government
CHAMBER WILL EAT
LUNCH IN ONTARIO
Tlie Nyssa chamber of commerce
voted at its weekly luncheon W ed­
nesday noon to accept p.n invitation
of the Ontario Kiwanls club to
attend a Kiwanls luncheon In the
Moore hotel in Otario Wednesday
noon, January 26.
Mayor Pottor Howard o f Boise
will speak on the relationship be-
tweet Boise and other cities and
towns in the valley.
The chamber also voted to pro­
vide that the Junior past president
become a member of the board of
directors following the year of hli
presidency.
NYSSA JAYVEES WIN
AND BULLDOGS LOSE
IN ONTARIO GAMES
George Henneman was eleted
chairman of the city council af
a meeting o f the new council in
the city hall Tuesday night. After
he installation of Henneman, Emil
Stunz, Harry Miner and Gordon
Ray, the councilmen elected the
chairman. Mr. Ray is serving his
first term as councilman.
T h e council extended a vote of
thanks to R. G. Whitaker fo r his
10 years of service to the city.
The question of fire protection at
the labor camp was discussed by
the council, which agreed to con­
tinue protection with the under­
standing that an agreement be
reached with the labor sponsors
association as soon as possible.
T h e council Issued a license to
David Thomas to operate a taxi,
but refused to recommend a beer
license for Mr. Lopez, who plann­
ed to open a pool hall In Nyssa.
The beer license was denied In the
belief that the city now has enough
pool halls.
Property owners Involved present­
ed a petition asking that the
Glasgow tract toe vacated.
The
council accepted the petition and
set the tim e of hearing fo r 8 p.
m „ March 8. The tract was or­
iginally dedicated as a park, but as
the city did not use it fo r that
purpose Glasgow sold it to H. G.
Johnson.
T h e area contains a-
bout 5.6 acres.
The Nyssa B squad went into
first place in the B league o f the
Snake river valley conference Tues­
day night by defeating the O n­
tario jayvees by a score of 48 Co
35 while their older brothers were
losing to the Tigers by a count of
45 to 29.
The
main
game
was
close
through-out, except in the third
rough, but the Bulldogs showed
quarter. The contest was rather
much improvement in their play­
ing.
Nyssa players
were Williams
Wilder 10, Alvin Peck 5, Kayano
6. Albert Pecka 5, Deane Hunter 3,
and Lowe. High point man wa.
Jerry Stone of Ontario with 16
points.
NYSSA EAGLES FIVE
LOSE FIRST GAME
IN IDA.-ORE. PLAY
Evangelists Visit—
Mr. and Mrs. E. Gilbert Oayes
A Edmonton, Alberta, Canada were
allers at the home of Mrs. Cora
Tomillnson Sunday. Mr. and Mrs
Cayes, missionary evangelists to
Canada, were en route to San Jose
California to attend a conference
January 12, 13, and 14.
Th e Nyssa Eagles, sponsored by
the Nyssa chamber of commerce
and the Nyssa E&gles, suffered
their first loss in the Idaho-Ore-
gon semi-pro basketball league last
Thursday night when they went
down to defeat before the Ontario
Lions by a score o f 71 to 49. The
game left the Ontario Lions the
only undefeated team in the west
ern division play so far this sea­
son.
Bob Church with 11 points and
Dareld Stetnke with 9 led the
Nyssa scoring.
The Flagles defeated the Welser
Blue Devils in a league game last
night 48 to 35.
T h e Eagles will play their first
home game Tuesday night, Jan­
uary 18, When they will meet the
New Plymouth Packers. The game
will be started at 7:30. Following
'he New Plymouth contest, the
Eagles will play four more homo
games.
Motor Burns—
A motor burned at Carl's Doll
House - Monday.
m t / iiu a j.
a
Firemen
i j i a m v » . were
"
call
d. No damage was done except'
to the motor.
I
Attendi T o Business—
District Manager R. O. Larson of
the
Sugar company
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- Amalgamated
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returned home Tuesday from a
business trip to Ogden.
Company Giving Land
For State W ork At
Garrison Corner
Plans for the elimination o f two
dangerous highway crossings at the
Dale Garrison corner on the Nyssa-
Adrian highway were announced
here this week. The announcement
was made following a conference
of railroad officials with Chairman
Ed Knettle o f the Nyssa public
safety council Wednesday.
Men representing the railroad
were L. W. Alnhof of Portland, d iv­
ision engineer of the Union Pacific,
western district, and L. V. Chausse,
division engineer o f the Idaho d iv­
ision.
The railroad company agreed to
give the necessary right-of-way, 20
feet wide and about one-eighth of
a mile long, for construction of the
highway along a line parallel to the
tracks o f the Homedale branch to
replace the present section, which
crosses the railroad tracks due
north and south, makes a sharp
rjyht-angle turn and crosses the
tracks due east and west.
The change will eliminate the
west highway crossing entirely and
will leave the other crossing only
for the purpose of serving three
farm families.
The originail complaint about the
dangerous condition of the cross­
ings was given to the state h igh ­
way commission by the Nyssa pub­
lic safety council following a fatal
accident a t one o f the crossings a
few months ago. H ie letter o f com ­
plaint was referred to the railroad
company by the commission, which
then took under consideration plans
for ellminatim? the hazard a t the
insistence of the safety council.
Mr. Knettle said Che railroad men
were gratified at plans for the
change, as they said costly mech­
anical signals, which 'had been
proposed for the Garrison comer,
have not proved 1» be very succ­
essful In all cases in eliminating
accidents involving trains and m ot­
or vehicles.
R. H. Baldock of Salem, state
highway engineer, is reported to
have said work will be start ted on
the charge as soon as weather per­
mits in the spring.
The railroad men who visited in
Nyssa this week also expressed
themselves as being in favor o f the
elimination o f the so-called cannery
crossing at Park avenue and the
routing of traffic through the un­
derpass.
NYSSA FIGHTERS
WALLOP ADRIAN
The Nyssa high shool boxing
team defeated the Adrian mit/tmen
in the Nyssa gymnasium Wednes­
day night. Nyssa took nine bouts
and Adrian two.
The surprise o f the evening was
the defeat o f R. Marostlca o f
Nyssa by K. Price in the '160-pound
class.
Other results were as follows:
with the Nyssa boys coming first:
165 pounds, Leo Long defeated
Asumendl; 146, D. Jensen outpoint­
ed Smith; 135, Jack Chard downed
Voers; 125, B. K eleh decisioned
Hoke; 120, Smith lost to Vande
Water; 130, H. Fischer defeated
Linville; 148, O. Sohlreman defeat­
ed Radigan; 170, T . Van Twlsk
beat Ray; 170, Sutter downed Price;
135, H. Flanary defeated Baxter.
Toombs and Haney of Nyssa fought
an exhibition bout.
MELBA DEFEATS
ANTELOPES 48-33
The Melba Mustangs defeated
the Adrian high school basketball
team Tuesday night in the Melba
gymnasium by a score o f 48 to
33.
At the end o f the first quarter
the two teams were tied at 13 all,
out (Melba sprinted and gained a
lead of 26 to 18 at the end o f the
half. The Mustangs continued to
lead through the third period,
which ended in a score o f 36 to
28. The Antelopes had numerous
shots, but could not locate the
basket, and Melba couldn't miss
High man for Adrian was Holly
with 16 and for Meba Heyerr with
25 points.
Returns T o School—
James Smiley, a sophomore at
Oregon State college, has return­
ed to school following a vaca­
tion spent with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. William Smiley.
Here From Nebraska—
M r and Mrs. Richard Hender­
son of Alliance, Nebraska arrived
Sunday to spend a few days at the
home o f tihelr aunt, Hazel KruL
On Buying T rip —
W. H. Lemon, authorized West­
ern Stores dealer In Nyssa, spent a
few days In Ogden on a buying
trip. He returned home Tueeday.