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Nyssa— The Sugar
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Great Northwest
N y ssa G ate City Journal
THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL. NYSSA. OREGON
VOLUME XXXXIX
Ontarions Urge
Ballot Defeat
Courthouse Issue
Camel Leg Bone
Discovered Near
Burns by Coreys
A elg bone of a cam el th at
roam ed E astern Oregon a m ere
20 or 30 m illion years ago was
found recently by Mr. and Mrs
M aurice Corey, local am ateu r
geologists w ho collect bones and
fossils in addition to gems.
The odd-appearing bone was
discovered about three weeks ago
east of B urns and brought back
to Nyssa The bone had petrified
and show ed a split at the low er
end, indicating it was not from
any anim als nativ e to this p art of
the country in m odern times.
They sent th eir find to a collect
or at R upert, Idaho, who id en ti
fied it as a carnal, w hich he said
lived here long ago. S im ilar
bones have been found in the
A m erican Falls area in S outhern
Idaho, Mr. and Mrs. Corey said.
FIRST
SECTION
THURSDAY. OCTOBER 21. 1954
New Cash Prize Offered for 8 Days Bond Issue For
In Journal Subscription Campaign Class Rooms Will
The Nysoa Gate City Journal today announces a second
new subscription campaign in which it will give a prize Be Voied Soon
of $10 in cash. This is entirely different from the first
NO. 41
April In October..
Apple Tree Can't
Tell Seasons Well
5650,000 Payment
Wednesday Settles
'53 Beet Purchase
Nyssa, Oregon, a lovely city
situated on the banks of the
Voters living w ithin Nyssa
Jim Leslie and Don Lynch of
paym ent on th e 1953
new $10 cash prize campaign which ended yesterday. The school district 26-C w ill vote Snake River in southeastern su g Final
O ntario appeared at the Nyssa
ar beet crop was m ade W ed
Oregon,
is
far
irom
the
teem
-----------------------------------•seco n d cash prizes w ill be given
C ham ber of Com m erce W ednes
som etim e in D ecem ber on a school ing banana jungles of Central nesday of this w eek w hen cheeks
on d ifferen t term s th an the first
day noon to appeal to the group
bond issue to construct eight America—but it is still called totaling ap p ro x im ately $650,000
$10. R ead th e d etails in the large
to help defeat an initiative m eas
: w ere m ailed to grow ers in th e
new elem entary class room s and part of the banana belt.
announcem ent ad in this issue.
ure for purchase of Vale h.gh
' N yssa-N am pa district, it was an-
an o th er bond issue for a cafeteria,
And
justly
so.
Nyssa
does
have
One can d id ate w ill receive a hop and m usic room, it w as d e
! nounced by Jed Lewis, d istrict
school pro perty for a court house
a
generally
warm
winter
cli
$10 cash prize in addition to cided Monday night at a special -
and su p p ort a proposed plan to
| m anager of th e A m algam ated
mate.
w h atev er prize he or she earns school board m eeting.
build an en tirely new courthouse
1 S ugar Co. W ith this p ay m en t
To
prove
it:
Mrs.
Lester
All prize w in n ers will be form-1
I grow ers will have received $13.17
building.
Strawn
and
Mrs.
Cleone
Dough-
Supt.
R.
V
W
ilson,
who
is
also
A cloak of m ystery surrounded • ally announced by the judges
per ton for th eir last y ear’s beets.
Lynch, publisher of the A rgus-
ery
reported
that,
while
picking
clerk of th e board, said th a t final
operations at the oil or gas w ell • S atu rd ay , Oct. 30.
The 1953 yield set a new record
O bserver, stated th a t a new
plans are now being d rafted for apples last week at the Fred
three n rle s n o rth of Nvssa. this
Residents Helping
i w ith an average of 23.36 tons of
building should be constructed
Stevens'
orchard,
they
found
an
the
special
election
and
they
will
,
, ,
.
The d riv e took on th e n atu re of
instead of purchasing and rem od-
week w hen rum ors piled on top ; a fav o rite son and d au g h ter w ar be approved at the Novem ber apple tree with blossoms on it, beets to the acre in the N yssa-
V. j i g the school building. The
a lot of blossom buds, and some Nampa d istrict, m aking $307.65
of rum ors and H. K. Riddle, who l this w eek as th e resid en ts of the ; school board m eetirg .
the average per acre re tu rn s to
C t w ould be su b stan tially the
mature
apples as well.
At
the
re
g
u
la
r
PTA
m
eeting
neighborhoods
began
reportedly is seeking oil could | various
grow ers.
sam e, he stated, although no d ef
June
in
January?
No.
it’s
: concerted efforts so th eir fav o r last T hursday night, a round-1
not be located for com m ent.
Lew is said th at harvesting of
in ite figures on rem odeling costs
April in October in "the banana
table
discussion
was
held
w
ith
a
ite can d id ate could w in one of
the 1954 crop is progressing ra p id
have been given. The price of the
According to reports available, the d istrict cap ital prizes and panel, composed of A rvel Child, bell” oi Oregon.
ly w ith 30 p ercent of th e crop
School building has been set at
m oderator, F red B racken, V ern
the well had been drilled to a the highest honors.
now dug and stockpiled for p ro
$125,000 and estim ates to rem odel
S ubscribers
th ro u g h o u t
the G arner and A rchitect G raham
dep th of 1,936 feet W ednesday
cessing.
th e stru c tu re have ranged from
Sm
ith,
leading
a
questions
and
,
about noon. The bit was pulled i territo ry served by th e Jo u rn al
The Nyssa factory, w hich s ta r t
$50.000 to $151,000.
ed operations the forepart of this
from the w ell to “ru n a te st” for are tak in g ad v an tag e of the op- : answ ers period.
C ounty Ju d g e G. Y. C hester this
It w as brought out th at 26 j
w hat w as rep o rted to have been p o rtu n ity to subscribe, renew or
w eek announced a less expensive
T estim ony given by Jo h n P m onth, is operating on a 24-hour
traces of gas. S everal days ago Pa>- UP f° one
th e boys or g ir ls , rooms rooms are now in use for i
a day I mmus and it is expected th a t
rem odeling plan, the O ntario p u b
the elem en tary grades and 28 N ewell, m em ber of th e state ap p ro x im ately 1,000,000 tons of
a rep resen tativ e of J. R. Sim plot before the cam paign ends,
lisher. said and w ent on to cite
police,
at
a
co
roner’s
inquest
last
In terest in this short cam paign rooms w ill be req u ired next year
beets will be processed here. T his
Theo “Ja c k " Flippence, 33, of Boise, who is in the process of
th e fact th a t a rem odeled build-
joining
w
ith
R
iddle
in
the
oil
ex-
‘s
ap p ro ach in g its height this and will fill all facilities to th eir Tuesday was inacu rate as to the y e a r’s o u tp u t of sugar is expected
P
arm
a,
who
w
as
charged
w
ith
ng would not be fireproof and
tim
e
of
a
rriv
al
of
an
am
bulance,
negligent hom icide by a coroner’s ploration work, appeared at the week as the d eadline for the m axim um capacity. The 28 rooms K erniit
total costs are too indefinite.
L ienkaem per
stated. to exceed all previous records,
ju
ry T uesday of last w eek in the Nyssa well w ith reports th at, "We drive, S atu rd ay , Oct. 30 draw s ^ w ill include 20 in th e old grade | Newell told the ju ry th at the am Lew is reported.
He rep o rted th at L ake county
school, four at A rcadia, tw o in the j
near.
T he first pay m en t on th e 1954
had constructed a courthouse for d eath of Lois T urner, 16, was a r heard vou struck gas."
Standing
Published
ju n io r high and tw o in th e grade j bulance arriv ed at the scene of crop will be m ade on Nov. 15. it
raigned
in
the
Nyssa
justice
S281,970, G ran t county has a new
W orkm en at the w ell said they
th
e
accident
at
4
40
a.
m.
and
stru ctu re w hich cost $288,097 and court T hursday and bound over w ere instructed this week to re- | T he list of candidates in the school lib rary . By 1956, 29 room s th at tim e was recorded by the was announced.
a new building costing $321,123 to the grand ju ry . Bail in the fuse to m ake any com m ent w h a t o rd er of stan d in g is published for w ill be req u ired and the follow ing I coroner in the co u n ty ’s records.
the first tim e in to d ay ’s paper. At y ear th ere w ill be need for 31 I
is u n d er construction in Lincoln am ount of $2,500 w as fu rn is h e d ' soever about the operations.
in terv als la te r standings w ill be rooms w hile 34 m ust be used in j L ien k aem p er said th at he re Sludge Dumping Out
and
F
lippence
w
as
released.
county.
show n in th e w indow of the 1958, it was rep o rted by S u p t.4 ceived th e call at 3:40 and w as at As Nyssa To Finish
No action w as taken by the
The defendant was d riv er of a
the scene of the accident w ithin
Jo
u rn al office. T he standings will Wilson.
Nyssa C ham ber, bu t P resid en t car th a t crashed into the back of
a few m inptes. He had charge of
add
even
m
ore
excitem
ent
and
All class room needs are based | th e am bulance d u rin g th e ab s Its Sewer System
L eonard H ew ett stated th a t a an o th er vehicle Oct. 10, fatally |
this
is
ex
p
ected
to
increase
until
on b irth rate s for th e p ast several
delegation from V ale w ill be in injuring Lois T urner.
W ork is scheduled to com plete
the, clim ax com es in ju st nine years, to g eth er w ith averages d e -1 ence of B ert L ienkaem per.
Nyssa n ex t W ednesday to urge
N yssa’s sew er system to m eet re
The
inquest
was
called
by
C
or
days.
rived from all school statistics, |
a favorable vote for purchase of Nyssa Eyesore
q u irem en ts of th e state of O re
Goes
A n ticipation of these vote Wilson explained. No allow ance oner G eorge C. B eechler follow
th e school building. R esidents of
gon, R obert A pplegate, city m a n
ing
the
death
of
Lois
T
u
rn
e
r
Oct.
The first 1955 autom obile to be stan d in g s has alread y d raw n in- has been m ade for an unexpected |
Vale have an o th er set of figures — City Shop Gets
ager, said.
10
after
she
was
in
ju
red
when
;how n in Nyssa will be the com- tense in terest not only am ong the influx of people, he said.
disproving those subm itted by
"We have been dum ping o ur
stru ck by a car d riv en by Theo
pletely
changed
C
hevrolet
w
hich
candidates
them
selves,
but
a-
th e O ntario delegation, H ew ett Fixed and Painted
By using only th e m ost c o n - ; F lippence of Parm a. The jury sludge about every th ree m o nths,”
will be unveiled to the public at m ong th e in terested suscribers of
said.
One of N yssa’s eyesores will Nyssa Motors, Inc. on T h u rsd ay 1 the p ap er and the backers of the servatives estim ates, an e ig h t, charged Flippence w ith negligent he said, "b u t by th e tim e we are
room addition to the present 1 hom icide.
ready to du m p again th e d ry in g
| soon be gone, said R obert Apple-1 of next week. M anager W ayne various candidates.
plant would be sufficient for at j
beds and com pletion of th e sy s
j gate, city m anager, this w eek He i C hcsnut announced. C hcsnut, w ho
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least eight years, it was pointed ]
should be ready. The state
i was re ferrin g to the City Shop w ith Tony R itch ter and R alph
Nyssa Council M ay tem
-- r j f i m c i o r c
out.
has objected to the sludge d u m p
w hich is undergoing a rem odel- C urry, retu rn ed this w eek from J N Y S o O M i n i S T e r S
ing into the S nake R iver.”
The group rep resen tin g about Have New Agenda
‘ ing.
P o rtlan d w here they saw th e new
T he sew er plant was p artially
P otato shipm ents from Nyssa
150 people at the PTA m eeting
The Nyssa city council may
The City Shop, the form er rail- ] models, reported th at changes in
V ./IllC C ia
com pleted in 1937 by th e W .P A.
d u rin g th e past few days have road depot, will have repairs on the new car w ere so sw eeping
expressed
a
desire
to
be
able
to
soon
be
w
orking
u
n
d
er
a
form
al
The Rev. R obert O. Jackson of
been p ractically nil, indicating the shake siding, a patched and that it was necessary to nearly the N azarene church, -is elected vote not only on the class room and perm an en t agenda system , Still to be com pleted, A pplegate
ih a t m ost of the 1954 crop has painted roof, w indow s in stalle d ,' double the engineering staff to president of the Nvssa niinister- unit, but for bonds to build a said R obert A pplegate, city m a n I said, are the dry in g beds and re
circulating lines.
been shipped, according to Tom doors at each end, aud a concrete j accom plish the job in th e alloted ial association at a m eeting last cafeteria, shop and m usic room. ager .
Jones, U nion Pacific agent.
A
pplegate
said
th
at
M
ayor
Tom
The
su
p
erin
ten
d
e
n
t
said
that
or asp h alt floor, he said. The tim e of 28 m onths. "The 1955 Monday evening at the C hrist-
Onion shipm ents have been whole stru ctu re w ill be cleaned J m odels arc the m ost com pletely ian church. Rev. Jackson suceeds figures will be announced next Jo nes has proposed th at such a HAVE FUN DAY
Eleven girls of the-G A A (G irls'
m uch h eav ier than a y ear ago, and painted.
changed C hevrolets ever in tro the Rev. Jo h n B riehl of th e F aith m onth on th e estim ated costs of form al agenda, which will allow ! A thletic A ssociation) of Nyssa
how ever, w ith w hat is considered
no
deviation,
be
adopted
and
used
the tw o sep arate u n its.
L u th era n church.
"A budget of $2000 was allocat-1 duced,” C hesnut said.
H igh school intended a p lay-day
a good price. A total of 325 ears
at all m eetings.
The Rev. C arl Gross of the
ed
to
do
the
rem
odeling,"
Apple-
Open
house
will
be
held
at
in Vale last S atu rd ay .
had been shipped from Nyssa
The
ten
tativ
e
agenda
w
hich
has
Mr. and Mrs. Harley Sager and
Nyssa Motors the day of th e show- Episcopal church was elected
Each p articip atin g tow n r e
th rough last S aturday, or 193 gate com m ented.
been
in
use,
he
said,
allow
ed
such
Delora
Mae
M
cDaniel
of
Nu
The building, located below the ing w ith free coffee and d onuts vice p resid en t and the Rev. H. H. Acres w ere M onday guests of deviations and in terru p tio n s in reived an aw ard; a luncheon was
m ore cars th a n the num ber hav-
and favors for m en, w om en and Powell of th e C hristian church
I served.
,ng left here at the sam e tim e a w a te r tow er, was moved to Nyssa
th e o rd er of business.
was elected secretary -treasu er. Mr and Mrs. R aym ond Sager.
children.
in the mid 1930s.
y e a r ago.
Mystery Cloaks
Operations At
Nyssa Oil Well
Testimony Time
Said to be Wrong
Flippence Freed
On $2500 Bail
1955 Chevrolet
Goes On Display
Here Next Week
Onion Shipments
Reach 325 Cars
Six oi These Youngsters W ill Earn New Bicycles. . . Others To Get Cash Commissions
IN THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL SUBSCRIPTION CAMPAIGN
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Sandra Kob*
David Pounds
SCHOEN
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103 Main St.
Nyssa
Judy Bingham
Richard Krause
Gary Price
Boyd Blair
Dale Laurance
Robert Ritchie
Tanya Burningham
Shirley Lewis
Roger Rusco
Pictured above are boys and girls competing for
the six bicycles and the cash commissions in the
Nyssa Gate City Journal subscription campaign.
Wherever you live you ea» make one of these
youngsters haupy by paying him or her your
new or renewaisubscription.
Johnnie Carroll
Patty Lovejoy
Eugenia Seuell
Terry Duffin
Vicki Maxfield
Donald Shaw
On page 2 is a complete listing of the boys and
girls who have stated their intention of being
active workers in this campaign. The names
listed on page 2 are in the order of their stand
ings in their respective districts.
Frank Fry
Dick McParlland
Klair Simpson
Jerry Hendricks
Voyne Mitchell
Gary Thompson
Marilyn Hickman
Joyce Morinaka
David Siirm
Choose a favorite from these fine boys and
girls and pay your subscription before 9 p. m.
Saturday, October 30, 1954. In this area $3.00
for 1 year, or $6 00 fgr 2 years. Elsqwhere $3 50
for each year.
Carolyn Horn
Melvin Newdigger
Mike Wilson
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