THE N Y S S A G A TE C IT Y JO U R N A L . N Y S S A . OREGON. T H U R SD A Y . DECEM BER 21. 1950
dams that would cost $17,000.000. 1 heart of the Bonneville power grid..
Roach added that if the government If the power company is denied the
does carry out its proposed Columbia right to build the five low-head
* e H en -sca n -! dim s. it will be forced to develop
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one steam-generated power at a higher
most logical project is our low-head U mv.»
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' cost or place itself at the mercy of
i,th ,L
gov‘ the government power supply,
program between Weiser and Hell's ernment plan would ^ take
the the
w ater-1
canyon with the Ox Bow project as power resource from tthe hinterland
the first step” .
and carry It to the west coast for Women Tell O f
The speaker said the high dam the benefit of that area, which al
Xmas Customs
will destroy not only the low-head ready enjoys many other advantages.
sites, but raising of the level o f the "a t our expense and the expense of
water will effectively destroy the the rest of the nation” . Mr Roach'
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great body o f valuable mineral re -1 said that during a 50-year franchise,' of January the observance o f the
sources not yet uncovered. He cited the power company would pay taxes feast of the Wise Men, with life-
the use o f important minerals lo equal to the original cost of the size figures of the Wise Men which
cated in the area in national de project.
remain in many of the churches for
fense. The proposal has been made
Mr. Roach said the government a month. She stated that in Prance
that the Hell’s canyon project be can help down-stream areas by as in Belgium the children received
built by the bureau of reclamation, building a dam below Hell’s canyon tlieir gifts on the 6th of December,
although the dam would have little, to back up water to Hell's canyon, candy on Christmas and money on
benefit other than as a power de There are many other areas, he said, the 6th of January. The gifts on
velopment. It would have no con that could be used for storage pur- | December 6th were brought by Path-
nection with reclamation.
poses. The Snake river above the er Noel
The cost of a government dam, in Salmon river has not been respons
Mrs. Tom Nishitani then told of
cluding the cost of building a trans able for floods on the coast. In 1948 Japan, where Christmas is observed
mission line, is estimated at $433,- the Snake river above the Salmon only by those Christians who have
000,000. The Idaho Power company was flowing 44 second feet of water come under the influence of mission
project would cost $176,000.000. Al and the Clearwater and Salmon were aries. She told how in Japan the
though spending $314,000.000 for act flowing two and one-half and three association of Christmas to the Unit
ual construction of the dam, the and one-half times that amount. Mr. ed States is evidenced by the fact
government could produce no more Roach pointed out that at T h e 1 that many Japanese considered
power from the hlghhead dam than Dalles is located one of the most Santa Claus and Uncle Sam as the
the power company could develop desirable sites for a power plant at same person. Mrs. Nishitani, ac
from its proposed five low-head a greatly reduced cost and in the companied by Mrs. Buchner, sang
Roach Criticizes
Dam Construction
two songs In Japanese. The meet
ing closed with “ O Come All Ye
Paithful" and “ Silent N ight" by
Miss Crandall. Mrs. Pisher and Mrs.
Buchner.
During the business meeting that
preceded the program, the Judging
committe for the Christmas tree
lighting contest was announced, with
Mrs. Wilbur Holcomb as chairman,
assisted by Mrs. Don Engstrom and
Mrs Ralph Lawrence
The tea table was attractive with
a centerpiece of Christmas orna
ments and trays of holiday cookies
and mints. Hostesses for the after
noon were Mrs. Kenneth Kerby, Mrs.
Rollle Cox. Mrs. Harry Anderson,
Mrs. Dale Oarrison, Mrs Herbert
Fisher and the chairman. Mrs. Snid
er.
The newly refinished parish hall
was especially attractive with boughs
and white candles in copper holders
placed in the windows, and boughs
and candlelabras used on the piano
and in the front of the room.
Firemen Called—
Small damage was caused by fire
occurring in the boiler room o f the
Nyssa Cleaners plant on south First
street last Saturday night about 9
o'clock. Firemen said the fire start
ed from a stovepipe. Firemen were
called Tuesday night at 8:30 to the
Hancock sel-vice station after city
policemen saw smoke escaping from
P A G E SE v ^ N
the building. The smoking of a
smudgepot oil heater caused some
smoke damage. Firemen broke a
window and Jimmied the front door
to gain entrance to the building.
TOO
LATE
TO
shape.
store.
C L A S S IF Y
FOR RENT—40 acres, very good row
FOR SALE—Beautiful, small up crop land, all seeded down, cash
right Kimball piano in excellent rent. Chet Corfield. route 2. 21d2xp
Turkey Shoot Held—
The Adrian Lions club held a
turkey shoot last Sunday at the
Adrian American Legion hall. A good
sized crowd attended the shoot that
was arranged by Vernon Parker,
Howard Hatch and Gene Pratt.
The P e r f e c t Oi ft l
STREET
SWEEPER
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Lut true friends
f cross uour path.
The brooms rotate while toy
Is running. Clock-spring motor
with lots of power. Rubber
wheels. 8Vt-inch.
$2.29
Your M erry
Christmas is
in the bag
this year .
- A n d m a y none
It's A
Beauty I
LAST MINUTE
SPECIALS
REDUCED
Universal
8-Cup
COFFEEMATIC
Completely Automatic . . .
Dial the Strength You Prefer
S»M -4*«flag . . . I n e k Action
Double
Barrel
POP
GUN
Pool Tables $4.95
Spell It Board 98c
Plastic Alphabet
________$1.79
1950
fìnsi ont
VELOCIPEDE
Wi t h 1 2 - i n c h
Front W h e e l
©
Wilson Bros. Dpt. Store
Picture Puzzles 49c
Basketball Game
_________$2.59
And Many Other
Toys
FIRESTONE STORE
W aln u t s to ck ,
■teal barrels, two
triggers A dandy!
5 th A N D
M A IN
Santa Claus Returns To Nyssa Saturday, Dec. 23
SANTA CLAUS RETURNS
Treasure Hunt Continues
Santa Claus will appear in Nyssa on a float with a group of carol
ers Saturday, December 23 at 2 o'clock. He will go to the old gym
nasium, where he will distribute treats to the little children. At 2:30,
the older children will go to the Nyssa theater, where they will view
the picture, "Golden Stallion", featuring Roy Rogers, and receive treats.
with 100 prizes being offered this week. Merchants whose prizes have
not been claimed will offer two or three prizes this week, about doubling
the prizes offered last week because several of the prizes were not claim
ed. You have received your lucky number in the mail. This number
is on your card along with the rules. Save it. It is your number for this
Saturday. If your number matches the number on any prize displayed
you may claim that prize. New numbers for prizes displayed in stores
will be drawn. Telephone inquiry regarding winning numbers is not
permissable. Prizes can be claimed on Saturday only.
NEW LUCKY NUMBERS HAVE BEEN DRAWN
Continue Your Treasure Hunt to the Following Firms, Who Will Display Prizes With Lucky Numbers
Eder Hardware Co.
Cate City Journal
Golden Rule
Gordon's Drive-in
Henneman Hardware Co.
Interinountain Furniture Co.
Bracken’ s Dept. Store
Olympic Club
Owyhee Truck & Imp. Co.
Peterson Furniture Co.
Tobler's Feed and Fuel
Eder Grocery
Western Stores
Taylor's Market
Wiison Dept, store
Wilson Super-Market
Marshall Wells store
Nyssa Furniture Co.
Food Mart
Ace Pastime
Firestone store
Amalgamated Sugar Co.
Pound's Grocery
B and E cafe
Bunn's Signal Service
Ronald's Shoe shop
Dr. Edwin W . Oldham
Brownies’ cafe
Beauty Nook
Owyhee Beauty shop
Anderson’ s lee Cream Shop
G and B store
Farmers Supply co-op
Nyssa Food Center
Owyhee Drug Co.
Herriman Motor Co.
Jackson Jewelry
Sweet Shop
Nyssa Pharmacy (Rexall)
Paulus Jewelry
Powell Service
Koherts-Nyssa, Inc.
Thompson Oil Co.
Towne’ s Garage
Evans studio
Ideal Gas and Appliance
Morris bakery
Miner's Barber shop
Nyssa Auto Parts
Owyhee Barber shop
Nyssa Lumber Co.
O . K. K iihher Welders
In addition to the above listed firms, the following generously contributed to bring Santa Claus to town twice, to give
the kids three free shows and two Saturday treats. The Eagles Lodge and Chamber of Commerce gratefully acknowl-
edge their support.
Grant Rinehart
Idaho Power Co.
Harold Henigson
Stunz Lumber Co.
Mel Beck
Carl's Doll House
O & B
21 dtfc
FOR SALE—20 tons good aifalfa
hay John H. Benedict, Enterprise
and Lytle boulevard. Nyssa. 21d2xp
fascinating Scale Modal of Authentic Design
Nyssa Elevator
Reasonably priced.
Clyde Snider
Ken Pond Agency
Dr. J. R. Cundall
Pruyn garage
First National hank
Hollingsworths', Inc.
Clover Lawn Dairy
Gate City Cleaners
Boise Payette Lumber Co.
Brower Plumbing shop
Bernard Eastman
Nyssa Implement Co.
Carl and Burt's Machine shop
Nyssa Insurance Agency
Dority Welding Service
Sarazin clinic
Judge Don Graham
B and M Equipment Co.
Boh Thompson Agency
Nyssa Tavern