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.
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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.
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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.