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r/ieNYSSA VOLUME X X X X IV NO. 28 TY JOURNAL THE N i SSA GATE CITY JOURNAL. NYSSA. OREGON, THURSDAY. JU LY 21, 1949 Estimated Crowd Of 3000 Persons Attends Drawing L D. S. Church Will Construct $150,000 Building At Nyssa Prizes Given Away; Pro motion To Continue Rest O f Month At least 3000 persons are estimat ed to have been attracted to the business section o f Nyssa last Sat urday by the merchandise drawing that was held In connection with the sales promotion program spon sored by the Nyssa merchants during the month of July. The prizes were given to persons holding tickets given to them by merchants participating in the sales promotion, which will be con tinued until July 30. Another drawing will be held July 23 and the last one July 30. Prizes to be given this Saturday will be a Hot- point washing machine, valued at $139.95; groceries valued at $50 and a girl’s or boy's bicycle valued at $84.95. The grand prize, a 339.95 K elvinator deep freeze, will be given away July 30. A ll of the drawings will be held at 4 p. m. on Main street, following an hour of entertainment. In the drawing last Saturday Norman Douglas won the first prize of a Remington shotgun on the first number drawn. As Douglas was not present, Ike M itchell pre sented the winning ticket and ac cepted the prize. Alvin Root won the cedar chest, tlie second prize, on tlie second number drawn. The third prize, $50 worth of groceries, was won by Pete Shaw on the first ticket drawn. The tickets were drawn from a wire barrel by Caroyn Oden and the numbers were announced by Jesse Sears. T h e master o f cere monies, Leon Burt, gave the crowd five minutes after each drawing to check their numbers. For an hour prior to the draw ings. held on a truck in front of the First National bank, Mr. and Mrs. Don Anderson of New Plym outh entertained with songs and piano numbers. Nyssa merchants* offering special prices on merchandise again this week, will give one ticket on each *1 purchase. These tickets will be good for the drawings to be held tlie next two Saturdays. - ------Z - - J K ----------------------- Contractor Luther Fife TWO MOTORCYCLE Starts Work On A l RIDERS INJURED IN NYSSA CRASH berta Avenue The above drawing is an architect's conception of how the new The building, already under construction, will probably be ready tractor in charge of the work. Top Cowboys Of Rodeo World Are Here To Perforin In Nyssa Show Rough Stock O f Harley GAIL GOSSETT WINS Tucker Imported For KIDS’ GRAND PRIZE 3-Night Event G ail Gossett won the grand prize in the K ids' day parade with her representation of "Little Bo Peep” this afternoon. She also won first prize in the costume division. The parade, containing 209 en tries, was the longest ever held in connection with the Kids’ day pro gram sponsored by the Nyssa chamber o f commerce. Other prize winners in order were as follows: Costumes—Patty MichaClson, second and Stacy SmMi, third: bicycles—Sally Law- repfre. Jack Myers and Terry Mc- JFee; floats— Karen Bybee, Thelma Mullins, Penny Lynn K ing and Paul Bedhnesc. and Frank Parr; pets—Sue Anri> Maze, N<fciu*o Baker and Dick Thomas, and groups— G irl Scouts and Cub Scouts. Details of the celebration will be given in next week's issue of the paper. • Nyssa Ball Nine Wins And Loses The Nyssa baseball team split Its last two games in the Idaho- Oregon league, deieating Weiser last Friday night by a score of 12 to 3 and losing to Ontario Tues day night o f this week by a count of 5 to 3. Weiser started the iball game by scoring two runs in the first frame. Nyssa recorded its first score in the fifth, when Oxman scored on a double. Nyssa's big inning was the sixth, when the Sackers scored seven runs on six hits, giving Nyssa a lead o f 8 to 2. Nyssa scored four more runs in the seventh and Weiser counted one in the eighth. Nyssa's pair of pitchers, Syme and Bishop, held Weiser to four hits. Oxman was the star at bat, driving out three singles, a double and a home run in fiv e trips to the plate. Nyssa's scores were made by Hendricks, Pyne, Oxman 3, Tobler, S. Hartley 2, Pounds, Chadwick, R. Wilson and Bishop. Ontario scored its victory in a •'fluke" game, in which Nyssa made nine hits and Ontario four, al though Nyssa lost the contest by two scores. Nyssa took a 1 to 0 lead in the first inning on Pyne’s run and went on to score again in the fourth with Metts, rightfielder, scoring the tally. Ontario scored three runs in the last o f the fourth frame and Nyssa tied the count in the first of the fifth inning on Bishop's run. In the fatal seventh inning, with two out, Ontario scored two runs on three errors to win the ball game. T h e Ontario Elks hit only in the fourth inning, in which they bunched their four hits fo r three runs. In five times at bat. Bishop made a single, double and triple. Bishop pitched the last hatf and Syme the first half o f the game. The Nyssa lineup was as fo l lows: Hendricks, of: Pyne ss: Bishop, <lb and pitcher; Oxman, 3b: McCollum, c: Melts, rf: Pounds, 2b; Ohadwick, If; Short, lb ; Syme pitcher and If. and Olover, If. Th e next Nyssa scheduled game will be played against Payette here August S. In the meantime, some exhibition games may be ar ranged. T h e Sackers have six more league games to play. I.. D. S. building on Alberta avenue will appear when it is completed, for occupancy in about a year. Luther L. Fife of Nyssa is the con- NYSSA RESIDENTS TAKE PRIZES AT NAMPA STAMPEDE Queen Betty, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pete Domenico of Parma rural route, will reign over the three night performances of the Nyssa Night rodeo this week-end. Iler attendants will be I.ila Mae Holmes and Sonya Millard. (Photo by Moore I DR. HERMANN OPENS OPTOMETRY OFFICE IN FRY BUILDING Two Groups To Construct Hall Dr. C. L. Hermann o f Forest The Owyhee Riding club and the Grove, optometrist, has opened an Oregon T rail Grange have formed an organization fo r the purpose of office in room 4 in the F ry building erecting a hall fo r holding dances ,n Nyssa. and other activities at the Nyssa Dr. Hermann, son o f Dr. H. E. rodeo grounds. T h e group will be Herman, a practicing optometrist incorporated under the laws of in Baker, was graduated from Oregon as Oregon Trail Hall, Inc Three men from each organiz Pacific university college of op ation have been appointed to serve tometry at Forest Grove with a as directors, with Roy Holmes, bachelor of science degree in b i president of the riding club, and ology and anatomy and took his Frank Sherwood, master of the doctor's degree in optometry in Orange, acting as ex-officio mem bers of the board. June. Approximately $6000 worth of During the last war, Dr. Her mann spent three and one-half material w ill be used in the build years In the army eye, ear, nose ing. A goodly share of the work and throat clinic in the army hos will be donated by the men of the The cinder- pital at the Dalhart, Texas air two organizations. base. Prior to that time he spent block building w ill be 36 by 100 nine years as an optician. W hile feet In size. I t will include kitchen, in school he specialized in psych lavatories, cloak rooms and dance ology o f vision and vision prob hall, with hardwood floor. The sponsors have agreed to lems o f the school child, including build the structure on the rodeo school lighting and seating. grounds, but have not definitely decided the exact site. CITY MAY SECURE Work on the building will prob MUNICIPAL BAND ably be started this fall. Ed K nettle announced at the weekly luncheon of the Nyssa chamber of commerce that the promotion committee o f the cham ber has started organization o f a city band. Tw elve persons have already in dicated their intention o f play ing in the band, which will prob ably give concerts and play for public functions. Anyone interest Here From Caldwell— ed or know i i * o f someone who Mrs. Catherine Rrtierger o f Cald would be qualnled to play is asked well and Mr. and Mrs. Henry to contact Mr. Knettle. Hamilton Sherwood were Saturday evening Chadderdon. chairman o f the com visitors at the home o f Mr. and mittee or other members o f the Mrs. O. E Dorman. 4 committee. Bov Recovers— David Hull o f Nyssa, who showed signs o f having infantile par alysis last week, has completely- recovered from his illness, according to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Max Hull. The four-year-old boy was I taken to a Boise hospital Wednes- j day of last week for observation and treatment, but has returned j home. Doctors have not determin- ! ed the cause o f his illness. i Several residents of the Nyssa section won honors in the Snake River Stampede held at Nampa last week. Twenty-eight members of the Owyhee Riding club participated in the downtown parade and grand entry Thursday night. ''Skinny” Tensen or his buckskin placed second in the men's best western outfit class. Opal Holmes and Bruce Pett placed third on their pintos in the matched pair class. The two pintos have been used as a pair the past several years in the riding club events. M is, Carolyn Brandt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Brandt of Nyssa, won third prize for best horsemanship and costume in the girls division of the stampede at Nampa. VALE WILL PLAY LA GRANDE JUNIORS FOR DIST. TITLE T h e Vale Junior American Legion baseball team, composed of M al heur county boys, will play La Orande at Vale Saturday, July 23, beginning at 8:30 p. m., to de termine the championship of dist ricts 6, 7 and 11. The second game will be played Sunday afternoon and the third game, if necessary, will be played that afternoon or night, according to Robert Talbot, Jr. o f Nyssa, district Legion baseball chairman. I f Vale defeats L a Grande, The Dalles team will come to Malheur county for a contest with Vale. T h e winner of that game will enter the state tournament to be held in Albany. Jack Bowen, Floyd Hale, R ich ard Wilson and Donald Knowles of Nyssa are members o f the Nyssa team. CANNING COMPANY EMPLOYEES SIGNING Fred Moss of the Idaho Can ning company announced this week that registration o f employes for the coming campaign has been started at the company office. Both men and women are now reg istering. Operations are expected to start about August S, depending on weather conditions. M r Moss said the company had Have Visitors— secured a substantial Increase In Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Idle were acreage this year over that o f the hosts Sunday to Mr. L ile s cousin. company's first year in the Nyssa Pleas Idle of Baker, and hia son, area in 1948 and anticipates s very successful Ronnie o f Boise. In addition to the spectacular performance of “ the roughest stock in the country” , the Nyssa N ight rodeo, to be held three nights this week-end, w ill include drills by the outstanding riding club drill teams in the valley. At tonight's performance, begin ning at 8 o'clock, the Adrian 4-H club drill team, the newly organ ized Nyssa junior drill team and the Vale mounted quadrille team will perform. O n Friday night the Canyon cou lty Sheriff's posse and the Weiser Indianhead Riding club will drill. In competition with 30 other clubs in the valley, Weiser team won top boporsst the Nampa Stampede. The BBsck Canyon Riders of Emmett, drill contest winners at Che Boise Horse show, and the Ada countyy sheriff's posse will perform Saturday night. Harley Tucker's string o f live stock will furnish rough riding for the cowboys who are gathered here from many parts o f the west for the three-night event. Rodeo officials said Tucker’s stock” has the reputation o f being the tough est In the country” . Sixty-six cowboys had signed up Wednesday night In the office of Grant Rinehart, arena secretary. Each participant will be given two go-rounds during the three nights. After the sign-up, the program for tonight was arranged by Lynn Snodgrass, arena director, and H ar ley Tucker. T h e programs for the other two performances will be arranged Friday and Saturday. The grand entry of cowboys and cowgirls, event No. 1 on the pro gram, will be followed by the in tro duction of officials and Queen Betty Domenico and her two at tendants, Sonya Millard and Lila Mae Holmes. T h e officials are as follows: R oy Holmes, president of Che Owyhee Riding club, co-spon- sor of the event with Nyssa cham ber of commerce: Charles Culbert son. vice president: Mrs. Nora Snodgrass, secretary; Robert H olm es, treasurer; Grant Rinehart, arena secretary; Neil Dimmlck, par ade director; Harley Tucker, Lynn Snodgrass, and the Judges, Jim my Sloan and Bob Elliott. The bareback riding, bronc rid ing, calf roping, bull dogging and brahma bull riding will be divided into two sections, with a large number o f expert cowboys par ticipating. The Lane trio will be featured in an acrobatic act and Oy R itter will appear with his ‘‘Tailspln L iz zie". The Malheur Memorial associ ation will present an entertain ment and will sell raffle tickets on a group of merchandise that will be shown at the rodeo on a large new float. NU-ACRES DINNER WILL BE ATTENDED Residents of the Nu-Acres section and members of the Nyssa chamber of commerce will attend a dinner meeting to be held Thursday night, July 28, at 7:30 in the Nu-Acres community hall. Approximately 50 from Nu-Acres and 100 from Nyssa will attend. Oeorge Henneman, chairman of the Nyssa city council, will be the speaker and W ilton Jackson of Nyssa will be the toastmaster. Hugh TrAjler w ill sing and Reed Ray will play his aocordlan. The proceeds of the dinner will be used to pay for a range used in the Nu-Acres hail Men and women Interested in attending the dinner are asked to contact Wilton Jackson at the Ideal Gas and Appliance office. Two motorcycle riders were sev erely injured, but two men In volved in an automobile crash escaped injury in accidents oc curring in Nyssa the first of the week. Max Sweaney suffered a knee cap fracture and multiple abrasions and Doralee Ransom sustained multiple abrasions when the m otor cycle they were riding upset on First street Tuesday evening. The machine hit some object, but the pair were not certain what it was. Automobiles driven by Lloyd Col lins of Nyssa and John Laur of Weiser were badly damaged when they collided Monday noon at Third street and Locust avenue. Collins' car overturned In a ditch. Neither man was injured. Field Tour Is Made At Station A field tofir of the Malheur county experiment station was made Thursday from 1:30 to 5:30 p. m. by approximately 150 per sons, including fanners, represent atives of targe institutions, farm home administration, Granges and other agricultural interests. Neil Hoffman, superintendent of the station, who was in charge of the tour, was assisted by Dr. Hill, head of the farm crops department of Oregon State college, and Fred Tileston, research worker for the soil conservation department on In filtration and slick spot experi ments. The tour was started with Intro duction iby Mr. Hoffm an of the material to be covered, after which the group commenced the tour from the station residence. The first test plot was on experiment with various types of weed sprays around Che station farmstead. R e sults o i mixtures of 8-4-5T and 2-4D combinations, plus various knockdown sprays were exhibited. From the farmstead, the group progressed to the slick spot trials, where various materials have been under test fo r their action on el iminating slick spot conditions. These materials include gypsum, sulphur, lime and manure. It would ap’iear that most favorable results have been obtained from a combination o f gypsum and manure applications. The experts pointed out that the slick spot con- ditlon,prevalent throughout much of the Owyhee project, is caused by a sodium salt accumulation, which prevents absorption of water by the soil. Because of lack of water, plant growth does not flour ish. Also tlie sodium has a toxic effect on the plant. The next plot Inspected contain ed a variety of grass experiments, in which the palatability of vari ous grasses and legumes have been tested by pasturing o f sheep, which apparently found the sweet clover by fa r the most palatable. The second most palatable was ladlno clover. O f the grasses, smooth brome was picked in preference to the others. From the grass plots the group was taken to the corn experiments, where the effects o f the application of varying rates of nitrogen fert ilizer were compared. W ith the 27 varieties of corn, experimentation was shown regarding the different rates o f seeding, which varied from 8 to 15 pounds per acre. I t is be lieved that heavier rates o f seeding produce greater corn tonnage than lighter seeding. T h e visitors were then taken to the alfalfa plots, where experi ments are being conducted on the mixture o f various grasses with alfalfa. T h e next trial plots examined consisted of wheat, barley and oats experiments. In which different varieties were being grown. The group visited the sugar beet plot, where tests are being run on the value of nitrogen fertilizer applied to hubam clover, which has been plowed under the preceding fall prior to beet production. R e sults o f this experiment will not be known until after the beets aic harvested. Members of the Nyssa ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints have started construction of a $150,000 building to be erected on Alberta avenue just west o f the new Malheur Memorial hospital. The building, constructed of cream and buff mission brick, will be a three-unit structure consist ing o f chapel, recreation hall and class room wing. The chapel will seat 315 persons. However, opening of folding doors at the rear of the chapel will make It possible to use the recreation room in connection with chapel services when greater seating capacity is needed. The recreation hall w ill be 50 x 80 feet with a spacious stage, 19 x 37 feet. The two-story building will have a total floor space o f 17,- 380 feet. The main floor w ill contain five class rooms, baptismal font, rest rooms, bishop’s office and modern kitchen. The upper floor will in clude a large junior Sunday school room and nine class rooms. The building is expected to be completed and ready fo r oc cupancy in about a year, according to Bishop D. H. Christensen and Arvel L. Child, president o f the Weiser stake. Luther L. F ife has tlie csntract fo r construction of the building. The L. D. S. population in and near Nyssa has grown very rapidly in the last 10 years. An independ ent branch was organized here July 21, 1935 with 92 members. Luther L. F ife was elected president. On December 6, 198« the branch was organized into a ward with a m em bership of 198 and Luther L. Fife as bishop. In the same territory which or iginally constituted the Nyssa branch, there are today four wards with a combined membership of 1600. In the L. D. S. construction program, the local membership pay* half the cost of construction and the balance Is paid from gen eral church funds. Much o f the labor is contributed by local mem bers. Potato Law Is Now Effective Operations of the Oregon state potato commission were started Monday at Salem with an organiz ation meeting, at which Ben Dav ison of Redmond was named ad ministrator for the commission. Davison, a graduate of Oregon State college, has been broker- .sulesman for Pacific Supply co operative at Redmond for the last two years. The commissioners elected Scott Warren o f Klam ath Falls, chair man, and N. L. Welgand o f R ed mond, vice Chairman. Headquarters for tlie commission will be at Redmond. Under the Oregon potato com mission law, which became effec tive July 16, a tax of one and one- half cents per hundred is collect able on all potatoes produced after July 1, and sold after the July 16 effective date of the law. T h e commission laid plans to notify all growers and shippers of provisions of the law. Enforce ment of the tax collection pro visions will become effective im mediately upon receipt of mall notification. T h e law provides that all first purchasers o f potatoes are to collect the tax from grow ers and remit proceeds to the commission on a monthly basis, not later than the 15th day of the succeeding month. Commissioners Floyd Stoneman and S. E. Hartley o f the Ontario area were assured o f assistance in efforts in this area to improve farm labor camp housing facilities, which is .said to be their most pres sing need. The commissioners from eastern Oregon felt that the plan to finance greenhouse facil ities for potato research at Oregon State college is the responsibility of the commissioners in western Oregon. Other members o f the commission present were John Brocks of Madras, M B. M cKay of Troutdale and W iiford Dixon of Malin. Assisting with the oitgan- ization meeting were Frank Mc- Kennon of the state department of agriculture; L. J. Young o f the budget director's office, Rex W ar ren of Oregon State college, W al ter Jenderzejewskl, county extens ion agent at Klam ath Falls, and Ed Bell of the Oregon wheat com mission. Garbage Catches Fire— Fire breaking out in the Nyssa Sanitation service truck when it was parked at the rear of the Food Mart was extinguished by fire men last Saturday. The fire was apparently started by ashes in a garbage can. Because the bed Is made of steel, no damage was Here From Roi* Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Ruby caused. Moore o f Boise, mother and slater of Mrs. Ben CaUfert. were visitors Visit* Parents— Miss Charlene Chritton arrived In the Calvert home Tuesday. last Sunday for b visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs Charles Here From Frultland— Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Parker of Chritton of Ontario. Miss Chrit ton, who is a graduate of Nysaa Frultland were Sunday dinner high school, is employed by tlie guests of Mr. and Mrs. Omer Dor Angelo Floral company o f Spokana man.
