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\.iiiÌg£^4±. TheWSSA THE N Y SSA GATE CITY JO URNAL. N Y SSA . OREGON. TH UR SDAY, OCTOBER II. 1952 V O LU M E X X X X V II NO. 40 Higher Tax Bills Result From Lost Value, State Aid Most taxpayers in Malheur county are finding this week that their 1952-53 tax bills are somewhat high er than those of previous years al though individual assessed valuation is the same except in cases where ~»w buildings and assessable person- M property have been added. Especially in the Nyssa area will ‘h e increase be the most noticeable, mostly because of changes in asses- h g the Amalgamated Sugar Co. and partly as the result of some increased levies by individual taxing bodies. County Assessor John Koop- tr.an revealed. In some instances ‘h e overall increase amounts to nearly 20 percent. A law passed in 1947 and made applicable for the first time this year, has brought about a drastic reduction in the amount of tax paid by the Amalgamated Sugar Co. on sugar stored in its warehouse and assessed as personal property, Koopman explained. The law re- quires that all personal property, not exempt from taxation, must be assessed at its true cash value as of Jan. 1 each year, provided Chat where assessment covers property, such as food products, the assessor shall cancel the valuation for the amount sold or transporteed on or before April 30 of the same year. In previous years, the sugar com pany did not take advantage of this part of the law, the assessor said. In 1951-52 the assessed valuation of the products in storage amount ed to $327,000 and taxes were paid on that amount. For 1952-53 a sim ilar amount of sugar was on hand Jan. 1, but affidavits were filed and the product was sold or trans ported before the April 30 deadline bringing about a loss of $415,000 in taxes, Koopman explained. Numerous other factors enter into the increased tax levy, although all of it shows up in the school levy insofar as Nyssa property owners are concerned. Last year, total tax levy for Nyssans was 73.1 mills and this year, 1952-53, the rate has in creased 14.1 mills for a total of 87.5. In addition ito the last taxes from the sugar company, the school lost approximately $35,000 in state funds and about $10,000 had to be made up for loss o f funds from the year before. The loss was attributed to the declining child population and the increased wealth of the district. School patrons by a 5 to 1 majority voted last May to give the school board permission to set levies in excess of the six percent limitation to make up the difference. At that time it was expected that the total school levies would be 41 mills. The Continued on Page 16 Nyssa Teachers Get Top Wages School teachers of Nyssa are the highest paid in Malheur county, it was revealed in a news story released by County Supt. William E. Legitt in the Malheur Enterprise at Vale. Thee average elementary salary paid in Nyssa is $3600 a year, in On tario the average is $3411 and Vale pays $3270, the report showed. Nyssa's average high school sal ary is $3942 as compared with Vale’s average $3850 and Ontario’s $3691. It was explained that for purposes of comparison, principals' and su perintendents’ salaries were not in cluded. The Vale newspaper went to to explain that average salaries do not necessarily reflect "base” payments as length of service Increases pay and schools with the largest number o f teachers who have remained on the job will show a larger average payment. . Firemen Answer Four Calls Mon. r ltd Examination of the eyes, ears, PTA Addressed By Dr. F.B. Bennett Malheur Selected For State's First Rural Health Conference November 8; Specialists To Discuss Major Topics Dr Frank B Bennett, president of Eastern Oregon College of Ed ucation was guest speaker at a meet ing of the Parent-Teachers assocl- I ation Thursday evening In the little . Malheur county has been selected theatre of the junior high building. | for Oregon’s first county rural Topic of his address was constitu- j health conference to be held Satur tional amendments which will effect day. Nov 8, at the Boulevard Grange or pertain to education in Oregon. | hall. The all day meeting will deal Mrs. B. F. Rookstool, of Route 2, with four major health problems, These amendments will appear on the ballot in the November election. Nyssa, stopped i>u at the Journal immunization, home and farm acci Mrs. Frank Skeen, P T A president, office Saturday morning to display dent prevention, nutrition, and san presided at the meeting and intro almonds grown on the Rookstool itation, according to Dr. W. J. Weese. duced committee chairmen who gave ranch, 7*^ miles southwest of town. Ontario, member of the local plan reports of their committees. Mrs. The tree that bore the nuts are six ning committee. ! O. E. Cheldelin reported on the I years old and Uhls is the second year Dr. Weese said Malheur county membership drive now in progress i it has produced, according to Mrs. was selected as a "pilot" county and and Mrs. John Olsen, the executive ' Rookstool. It was two years old, she is expected to set the pattern for meeting. said, when purchased from a mall similar health conferences through ''M iss Janice Westaby of the Oreg- order house. It now stands 12 to 14 out the state. The long-time eastern Oregon physican is regional chair W A R D W IENEKE, L IO N S C LU B President, is shown above on state board of health, explained j feet high. accepting the Lions Traveling Gavel from Orville Gilbert, the TB x-ray unit which is to be j Although there has been but a man for the American Medical asso president, Adrian Lions club, a week ago. In the lower corner in Nyssa for the first time Saturday minimum of frost to date, the husks ciation council on rural health. and urged members of the PTA and are beginning to split in the last “This thing is important,’’ Dr. is Vernon Parker, also of Adrian, exulting because he thought oBher citizens to take advantage of stages of the ripening process of Weese said: “ and we want to Include he had fooled the photographer.— Photo by Dick Yost. the unit’s visit. the almonds. everyone who is Interested, and * * * Mrs. Frank Jay® announced room everyone should be." mothers for grade school, junior The conference, which is expected high and high school. to attract some 400 persons from Malheur communities, will offer dis Results of the roll call for the cussions by specialists on the four room pictures were, first grade, Mrs. Members of the Eagles lodge are ------------------------------------------------- 1 Four members of the Nyssa Lions Schenk; second grade, Mrs. Nothice; major topics. They will also be avail reminded that the season’s Friday club skittered across the state line third grade, Miss Eva Boydell; four able to answer questions from the night bingo parties will begin to audience. Tuesday and Into the lair of the th grade, Miss Kathryn Crandall; morrow evening at the Eagles hall Parma Lions club, to present the fifth and sixth grades, Miss Voight; Dr. Harold E. Davis, Portland, and continue each week through Lions Traveling Gavel to the un-1 junior high, Harry McGtnley; and out the fall and winter for all lodge chairman of the Governor's commit suspecting president. high school, sophomores. The pic members and their friends. Saturday tee on home safety, and Dean L. Ward Wieneke made the presen tures will hang In the winning rooms night will see the beginning of the Huxtable, o f the state board of tation to Parma President Paul Mc until the next meeting when the roll tiwice-a-month dances for Eagles health, will talk on home and farm accident prevention. Lt. Governor Edison Deal, o f the Cormick. will be taken again. and friends, also at the lodge hall, Mrs. Mabel Mack, assistant di state of Idaho, was keynote speaker Accompanying Wieneke were Fin Mrs. Kenneth Greenfield, county it was announced by Joe Bellon. rector of extension from Oregon for the Boy Scout fund drive kick ley Shuster, Ed Boydell and Gene president of the association, was a Next Wednesday evening all mem State college, will discuss nutrition. o ff breakfast, held at 7 a. m. Wed Stanley. They returned safely from special guest. bers are urged to attend the mon Dr. R. H, Wilcox, of the state nesday at Brownie’s cafe the Parma Lair only for some of Hosts and hostesses who served thly "special feed” which will con board o f health and an authority In Another guest speaker was Stewart them to get up courage to face down refreshments were Mr. and Mrs. sist o f venison supplied by Eagles the field of immunization, will dis Norton, scout executive of Nampa. the Adrian Lions in their own lair Wilton Jackson, chairmen; Mr. and who have been successful on deer cuss that topic. The Rev. A. J. Hollingsworth gave Wednesday night. Mrs. Clifford Mink, Mr. and Mrs. hunting /trips. Dr. A. G. Beagle, federal veterin the invocation. This time Wieneke was sided by arian, will talk and show a movie Mel Beck, director of the fund so Everett Heldt and Shuster. Purpose Richard Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Snider, Mr. and Mrs. Monty Fraser, on brocellosls and its effects on hu licitation drive for Nyssa and the o f calling on Adrian was to return Mr. and Mrs. Richard Forbess, Mr, mans. His discussion will also in rural area adjacent, presided over a gavel and gong pilfered from the and Mrs. Murl Lancaster, Mr. and clude the testing o f cattle. the breakfast meeting. In addition Adrian club a year ago. Mrs. Bert Lienkaemper, Mr. and Mrs William B. Culham, Eastern Ore bo guests, there were four beam cap Up to press time Thursday no re Jim Millard and Mr. and Mrs. Willi gon district sanitarian, will discuss tains and 25 team members present. port had been made on this latest am Wahlert. sanitation problems o f this area. The fund drive, a one-day affair, foray. The Nov. 8 conference will be held was conducted Wednesday, follow SCANDINAVIANS INVITED from 10 a. m. until 5 p. m.. The con ing the breakfast. Final reports will TO SMORGASBORD, BOISE be published in next week’s Journal. Polio continued to be a major pro ference is sponsored by the Oregon Lt. Governor Deal, a supporter of I John Ostrom, manager of the Nys blem at the Malheur Memorial hos Community and Rural Health coun the .aoiuiiH^rogram, gave a spirit- j sa Lumber Co„ is reminding all pital during the past week and by cil and is supported by the Parent- Malheur ranks in the first 50 ed talk on the purposes o f scouting | Scandinavians o f the annual smor Wednesday another all-time high In T och ers' association, the Grange, counties throughout the nation in gasbord dinner Friday, Oct. 24, at the number of patients under treat the Farm Bureau, the County Ex five basic commodities, according to and the necessity for raising suf- j ficient funds to carry it on in the i the Elks’ hall in Boise from 5:30 to ment was reached. Seven new cases tension service, the County Medical a bulletin from the Department of 9 p. m. The affair is planned by the were admitted and four were re society, and other organizations. 1 Ore-Ida Council. Commerce. In a breakdown of the Scandinavian society which has leased during the week to bring the commodities by the Ontario State \ The first visit of special x-ray many members /throughout the com total number o f victims confined to Unemployment compensation com equipment in Nyssa is scheduled for munity. 22 as compared with last week’s pre mission the following figures from Saturday from 12 noon through 8 vious all-time high of 19. the 1950 census were given: p. m. for the beginning o f a 12-day The epidemic in this area recently Dry onions, 1,791 acres, 13th in na- j program extending through Friday, A hearing in the matter o f the has been centered on Vale, the home tion; alfalfa cut for hay, 42.607 acres,1 A Republican headquarters will be Nov. 7. There will be tw® different of four youngsters admitted during suspension of revised tariff P.U.C. 147,691 tons, 25th; Irish potatoes, j opened in Nyssa this week in the units here at various times during the past week, and the same number No. 1 of the Malheur Home Tele 9,147 acres, 2,629,505 bushels, 23rd; building formerly occupied by the the three weeks period as part of the Newest political organization to of patients the week before. Nyssa phone Co., which has asked for In sugar beets, 14,285 acres, 313,577 tons, Shake Shop Just north at the Fire county-wide program, sponsored by 5uh; horses and colts, 7,327, 18th; stone Store, it was announced Tues- the Malheur tuberculosis and health oome over Nyssa's horizon was form had a six-year-old girl admitted creased local exchange business and residence rates, will be held next cattle an calves on hand, 114,672, dy by Robert Lytle, Vale, chairman association, to have every person ed Monday night under direction of Wednesday. Wednesday at 10 a. m. next Wed New admissions as reported by of- Monty Fraser, president, Malheur of the Malheur county Republican 2Qth; cattle and calves sold alive in 1 over 15 in the county x-rayed. Democratic club, and Tom Jones. flscals are, last Thursday, Larry nesday at the office of the company central committee. Arrangements 1949, 53,605 , 35th. The portable, or stationary unit, Name of the new organization Is Bisher, 14. Vale; Saturday, Dorothy In Ontario. for the location were made by Don The employment office reported will toe at Henneman’s Hardware, Young Democratic club of Nyssa, LofUn, 27, Ironside; Sunday, M ich The announcement, made by Graham who reported window space that employment remained high 207 Main at noon and remain In Its charter membership comprising ael McKee, 6. Vale; Monday. Steven Charles H Heltzel, public utilities will permit “ an abundance o f ban throughout September of this year operation through 8 o’clock that eve 14 students of Nyssa high school. McKee, 2, Vale, and Terry Shaffer, commissioner, stated that the re and the labor market remained ners.” ning. On Tuesday, Wednesday and Mary Joan Russell was elected 4, Elgin; Tuesday, Richard McLay, vised tariff was filed by the tele At the same time, similar head tight, despite the close of the corn Thursday of next week the same president. Her fellow-officers include 9, Vale; Wednesday, Diane Bowers, phone company Sept. 24. “Since ex cannery and quick freezing plant. quarters will be opened in Vale and unit will be in operation at the same amination reveals that this revised Ned Snider, vice president; Patsy 6, Nyssa. Ontario and members of the W o Excellent growing weather held men’s Republican league will have location from 10 in the morning un Yoneyama, secretary, and Lyle Wil Wednesday’s admission brought tariff will Increase local exchange through the month with record charge of the offices in all three til 6 In the evening. The hours have son, treasurer. the Nyssa hospital's total to 58 since business and residence rates, the been slightly changed from the orig breaking crops in the offing. towns. Other charter members, all high the epidemic started last summer. commissioner is of the opinion, and Estimated unemployment during A central committee meeting was inal schedule announced three school students, include Dick Gus- Health officials called attention to finds, that the tariff would be sus the month was 200 consisting most- held Monday evening at the Nyssa weeks ago. tavson, Mickey Coate, Karren Fife, the fact that a majority of the polio pending investigation and hearing," ly of workers shifting jobs, im m i-; oity hall to complete plans for the Mobile Unit Next Week Elvin Alexander, Leland Morris, Don cases came from oaside Malheur the announcement stated. The Malheur Home Telephone Co. The new schedule announced this Poulson, Kay Riggs, Ken Snodgrass, county, since the Malheur Memorial grants and women temporarily laid election campaign. Plans were dis- hospital Is especially equipped to must appear at the hearing and off from cannery and quick freezing cussed and the time and place will week by Ralph Lawrence for the and Larry Vaughn. operations. m ; be announced later for an open mobile unit is: Saturday, Oct. 25, Purpose of the Young Democratic take care of and treat those afflicted show that the rates proposed to be Increased are “Just and reasonable,” Predictions oi employment re- meeting with prominent speakers, noon to 8 p. m. on Nyssa’s ¡Main club Is to study the principles of the with polio. street. Tuesday. Oct. 28, at high Democratic party and political situa Five Of the 22 cases now being the commissioner aid. mainlng high throughout October it was announced, The change in rates would affect school to process all students, in tions as a whole and to assist the treated are In isolation and four were made by the office even though --------------------- —— Nyssa, Ontario and Vale and their structors and school employees. parent organization. others are In respirators. It was the sugar beet industry has more T - f o c r t i t r r l P a r o i v a c Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 29 mechanical means to harvest the iie t e iV e S Next meeting will be held at the necessary to bring another respira surrounding communities. and 30, on Main street again from Doll House cafe Tuesday evening. tor here Tuesday following the ad beets than ever before. Farmers Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Burton and 11 a. m. to 7 p. m. both days. In Clyde Snider has been invited to mission of the fourth Iron lung case were warned that orders for hand Mr. and Mrs. Tom Weeks left Wed cluding the noon hour. Friday, Oct. so that one can be on hand for em address the club. topping should be placed early for j Donations amounting to $301 were Continued on Page 16 ergency use. Hospital Manager John nesday for the Three Forks section labor at any of the farm labor camps received by Malheur Memorial hos- at the Owyhee in southeastern Ore OToole said. where state employment officers are pital during the past week for use gon where they will spend several During the current epidemic three stationed, or at the employment of- in the fi(fht agalnst lt was days hunting deer Continued on Page 18 flee in Ontario. announced Wednesday by John OToole. manager. An unusual occurrence In the Among organizations making the flower world for mid October has donations were the American Legion been observed in the flower garden auxiliary, of New Plymouth; the Vale Hal Hendgson will be host Friday, of Mrs William Schlreman on North Grange; Grange Home Economics 24. to a quartet of air force per- Fourth street, where four large, per club; American Legion Post No. 96, sonn^j from Portland for a pheas- fectly shaped Easter lilies have been of Vale, and the friends and neigh and hunt In the local area. In bloom for the past week. The 28 Residents of other parts of Oregon Malheur county topped all other nose, throat, heart, lungs, skins, ab bors of “Grandpa" James McGinnis. degree low temperature reported by as well as many from other states counties in the United States with Henlgson’s guests will be Lt-Ool dominal organs and glands is Wiper, Capt. Robert Mitchell, M the weather man for for early Wed are becoming "better educated" and an average of 860 sacks of onions made and other studies follow nesday morning did, however, nip now realize that Malheur county is per acre and the largest reported Sgt. Helling and T Sgt. Luce. when there Is an indication for the the edges of the blooms. not “ way out in the sticks and grows yield was 1200 sacks. "There were The invitation was issued by Hen Speaking of rare treats for late fall something besides sagebrush." Mrs. several four-pounders on display igson early in August when the air the body, as well as other technical one member of the Journal staff, Hope Grider announced this week. that almost made some of the visi examinations. Audiometer tests were given to 35 force members comprised part o f the tors think they couldn’t believe what Dick Yost, reports ripe red rasp Mrs. Orider Just returned iron; Many diseases and disorders can youngsters in the Nyssa grade school crew 0 f an air force troop plane that they were seeing.” Mrs. Grider com berries picked from the garden of Portland where she has represented be discovered, such as primary last Friday forenoon as part o f a : brought an iron lung from Portland mented. Some of those four-pound hie mother at Fruitland this week. tubercutasie. heart disease, cancer, program provided by the depart- for use at Malheur Memorial hos- The berries are of the one-crop va this county at the Pacific Interna onions measured 20 Inches In cir tional Livestock Exposition for the diabetes, high blood pressure and ment of special education to detect pital. cumference. riety, too. past five years. She had charge of party, members of the 2343rd many others with an accurate hist deafness among school children, j Although Mrs. Ortder operates a Malheur county's display booth and Jersey dairy farm north of Nyssa Mrs. Josephine Rigney announced.; reMrye alr >squadron 0f the 89th air ory and proper examination. CHAMBER SEES FILM was able to explain many of the j base, Portalnd, will arrive here by ON OREGON COUNTY In many cases the discovery of Tests were given to with her husband, Charley Orlder, outstanding features of agriculture she Is vitally interested in all phases disorders can bring about recovery ferred by various teachers and pai t ‘ plane. Malheur County Judge 6 Stanton In this area. and In some serious diseases, advice of them were rechecks from former of agriculture, particularly that in provided entertainment for members can be given to allow a prolonged years Through cooperation of the coun the rich. Irrigated section of Mal AMERICAN LEGION WOMEN o f the Nyssa Chamber Wednesday and near-normal life span, the doct | O f the 35 examined Friday, only IN VOTE-PLEDGE EFFORT noon with a film on the lumber In ty extension service and the county heur county. "Each year there are eight will require special medical or said. dustry. Umber and water power court, this year's booth featured fewer and fewer silly questions be Members of the American Legion The x-ray units which will visit treatment and follow-up procedures large Spanish onions with addition ing EuWed about this part of Oregon Nyssa at Intervals tor several days, and none is really serious. Mrs. Rig- i auxiliary are busy this week work- j resources of Oregon. al displays of potatoes, corn and and I ’m sure our booth has had a Id ing in the Interests of getting o u t 1 President Elmer Cruson announ- sugar beets. lot to do with enlightening the peo eT b^D ? Tarts were given by Miss Barbara the vote in the ^ v w n b e r etoetton. The reason for choosing onions as ple from other port» of the country." the one-woman chamber of com a ^ ^ X rT h e IS h r<! ^ , l d fvUU w U h ^ t i e ' U ^ m ^ ^ M r s T d n a person^n town wean an 1 p t o S at the telephone company r a t l in - the main product to feature, was this year’s nation-«ride reoord in merce said. (Can tin «ed from F ag» 1) yield per acre, Mrs. Grider said culosts association. ' heur cou n t* ^ » ____ingout. I 7- Nyssa firemen had a "rest period" of several days during the lacter part of September and the forepart oi October, but were called out last Thursoay and then answered four alarms Mlonday. One of the Mon day oalls was a return to the scene of the Thursday fire. Rural fire equipment and fire- men Were calleed to the Vic Marsh- | au ranch last Thursday afternoon to dou-e flames that had started in weeds in a gulch. The department was able to save several farm build ings by putting out the weed fire, but about 10:30 Monday night the fire broke out again from smoulder ing straw that had not been dis covered. Fireman Ralph Lawrence reported that the fire is now defin itely "out.’ Monday's series of fires started at noon when the department was call- | ed to 120 East Third where an a- bandoned car caught fire aifter youngsters had been playing in the car. Although flames were flaring from the upholstering, the loss was j considered "negligible.” j Two hours later firemen were call ed to 511 Bower where a gasoline tire had started in Delbert ( Hooper’s repair shop. Lewrence re ported that a truck motor was be ing cleaned with gas, and after the liquid caught fire some of the flam ing gasoline was spilled on a small motor boat and trailer when efforts were made to put out the blaze. There was some damage to the boat, but the (fire was out when the de partment arrived. At 8 o’clock Monday evening an overheated oil stove, described as "red hot' brought the firemen to the Charles Turner home at 706 North First. Chemicals were used to "turn o ff the heat" and no dam age was reported. I Almonds Are Grown Here Successfully Lions Club Members Invade Lairs Of Parma, Adrian Clubs This Week Eagles Lodge Starts Winter Activities Idaho's Lt.-Gov. Keynotes Boy Scout Kickoff Malheur Among Top 50 Counties In Basic Crop Output Polio Epidemic Continues With 22 Under Care I Portable X-Ray Here Saturday To Help Fight T.B. Headquarters of GOP to Be Here Young Demo Club Formed Here 'Phone Company Asks Higher Rate $301 In Donations Officers To Be Hunting Guests Of Hal Henigson Regular Physical Examinations For All Age Groups Advocated By Doctor Routine physical examinations should be taken every three to five years by persons under 40 and at least once a year by those older than 40, Dr. Kenneth A. Danford told members of the Lions club Mon day noon. Dr. Danford explained that the medical profession advocates phys ical examinations now more than In past years because of changes from the old system of treating illnesses to the modem system of diagnosing all suspected ailments as thorough ly as possible before treatment is administererd. Public health measures to combat cancer, heart trouble and other ill nesses have also contributed to the advancement of preventative meas- ures. the speaker said. In explaining the routine in phys- JOURNAL i,or va^ f Hearing Tests Find Minimum Deafness Easter Lilies And Berries In October Malheur County Farm Products Booth At P.I. Exposition "Educates People"
