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THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL. N YSSA . OREGON, THURSDAY. JULY 21. 1955
VOLUME L
Dismal Prices Slowing Up Harvest
Of Early Potato Crops; Shipments
Curtailed in Hope of Market Rise
NO. 28
All Records Broken for Attendance
At Nyssa Nile Rodeo; Total Crowds
Of 8300 Jam Grounds for Big Event
Prospects for Malheur county’s early potato crop were
teetering like a seesaw this week as growers kept their eyes
glued to the fluctuating market prices.
For the past two weeks, the market has been sagging, but
began to strengthen a bit by Wednesday, with prices of from
Happy Nvssans were getting back to normal this week
after a weekend that gave them one of the biggest event in
the city's history and brought a host of visitors to this com­
munity.
It was the ninth annual Nyssa Nite Rodeo, sponsored by
the Owyhee Riding club, which was attended by a total of
------------------------------------------------- ♦ $1.35 to $1 50 being quoted.
While farm ers were complain-
8300 persons on last Friday and
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| ing of this low price, it was agreed
Saturday nights and provided a '
that a small m argin of profit
whirlwind of thrills for the spec-1
could be made at the figure.
tators.
But w ith California potatoes
j But although some of the North-
' now flooding the m arket, it was
' west’s top riders w ere here to
argued, there was little hope of
match their wits against wild |
any substantial increase in the
i horses, steers and calves that |
im
m
ediate
future.
I didn’t w ant to be roped, not one
One of the N orthw est’s most i
The early crop represents about
of the riders was able to hold his
colorful and determ ined advocates
one-fourth
of
the
y
ea
r’s
total
po­
The North Board of Control of
seat on Harley Tucker's mad-
of m odern farm ing methods was
tato
harvest.
the
Owyhee Irrigation project m et
plunging B rahm a buls.
laid to re st in Nyssa last S a tu r­
Tuesday night to view the irrig a­
day, after 55 years of constructive Shipm ents Small
Citywide Observance
tion w ater situation for the r e ­
work to introduce m odern fa rm ­
The J. C Watson company was
Celebration of the two-night I m ainder of the season and deter-
ing m ethods to M alheur county. the first shipper to dispatch spuds
rodeo took on citywide propor- j mined that no change would be
He is P ieter Tensen, a native of again this year, with tw o carloads
tions. To attract out-of-town visi- j necessary from the alloted four
^Holland who im m igrated to the of early reds leaving the local j
tors here, merchants of the City[ acre feet.
Nyssa area in 1900, who died last yard Tuesday.
united
to present some of t h e ' According to M anager P a i
sä
How m any more cars will go
T hursday a t the age of 83.
rarest bargains of recent years, House, there was storage of 226,
Services were held at the Lien- out was a moot question that even j
and in spite of the heat, stores 580 acre feet as of Wednesday
k aem per chapel, w ith the Rev. j had Union Pacific railroad offic­
were crowded from Thursday on. morning, practically all of which
ials
pondering,
since
Nyssa
is
the
|
Jo h n Briehl officiating, and i n - 1
Cowboy gear was much in evi- j will ^ required for delivery of
te rm e n t was in Nyssa cemetery. county’s principal shipping point I
1 dence among men, women and the four acre feet previously a l­
for
potatoes.
Citizens agree that Malheur
WILD AND ROUGH were the children of the town, and a holi- loted. As a result, there will be
The Watson company had a n ­
County and the Nyssa com m unity
Harley Tucker broncs imported j day atm osphere prevailed.
no w a te r excess of that am ount
other
refrigerated
car
on
order,
have lost one of the finest
from Joseph, Ore., for the Nys­
Preceding the opening, there per acre on lands receiving w a te r
which was laying in the yards
pioneers in our farm ing c o m m u n ­
sa Nite Rodeo with blood in was a street parade from First by gravity from the Owyhee res­
yesterday. But in the course of
their eyes and evil in their and Main to the rodeo grounds ervoir, House said.
ity .
the day, the car was released by
hearts.
In the picture above.
According to House and m em ­
Moves F rom Holland
the company.
“A poor time of year and a bad quires that the minim um amount Marcel Staff. British Columbia Headed by the Ada county m o u n ­ bers of the board, farmers are co­
ted
sheriff’s
posse,
the
parade
in­
However,
Tom
Jones,
Union
P ie ter Tensen moved to Nyssa, '
season for Ranney corporation, be obtained.
cowboy, gives the crowd a thrill
operating very well and “irriga­
Oregon from Holland in 1900. Pacific Nyssa agent, said he is but an excellent time of year and
It was explained that ground as he goes the full 10 seconds cluded the Nyssa Nite Rodeo tion practices are greatly im ­
band, a six-team of oxen, the
His wife, Elizabeth, and two m aintaining additional crews of a good season for the city of Nys­ w a te r conditions for the sea so n ! on this lunging mount.
Payette Owl Hooters, the O w y ­ proved over previous years.” Sev­
workers and trainm en, on call sa,” was the comment of a R an­ are im portant factor» in securing
—Photo
by
courtesy
of
the
hee Riding club, and the Western eral farm ers have indicated th a t
for a possible increase.
ney corporation engineer this w ater for the city. The past two
they have not been “h u r t ” by the
Idaho
Statesm
an
Riding club of Boise.
Labor P lentiful
week as final efforts were being w inters have been "mild” with
sm aller allotm ent of w ater, bu t
Best
dressed
cowboy
in
the
p
a
­
Growers report that they fore­ m ade to secure a m inim um of a small am ount of snow or rain
rade was judged to be Jack Woolf, ! that they have had to w ork hard-
see little likelihood of a labor three millions of gallons of w ater to cause lack of large quantities
| er and put in longer hours to irri-
of
the Ada county outfit, while
shortage for early crop digging. a day for domestic, industrial and being sought. W ater levels d u r ­
| gate properly. All of this has re-
I Lola Stansberv, of Parm a, was
ing Ju ly are at their lowest be­
With haying going on, as well as irrigation purposes.
I suited in b ette r crops in m an y
■ judged bi st dressed cowgirl.
potato digging and onion w eed­
Tests were started Tuesday cause of the excessive demand
instances, one of the farmers said.
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ing, there was an influx of farm night to determ ine the am ount of throughout the valley and the
Although no date was set to
F our lucky Nyssans had
labor over last weekend.
flow from eight laterals that have lack of precipitation of all kinds.
turn
off the water, concensus of
reason to be glad about the
In spite of the increase of man- j been driven at the bottom of a Not Discouraged
opinion of board members was
rodeo.
Each
of
them
was
the
power, em ploym ent figures were 38-foot caison near the Snake
Emil Stunz. city manager pro
w inner of S50 in merchandise th at there will be no w ater d e ­
high, farm ers reported.
river just east of the Am algam ated tern, said that city officials are
livery after Sept. 30, the m anager
Steadily increasing diversifica­ certificates which were accepted reported.
As far as spuds go, several S ugar Co. The R anney corpora- not discouraged since the Ranney
like
cash
by
all
m
erchants
m
e
m
­
firms were operating on a small tion. which has guaranteed the corporation is m aking every effort tion b y M alheur farm ers may r e ­
O ther business transacted T ues­
scale as of last evening, bu t grow ­ city three million gallons of w ater to secure the minim um amount sult in a vastly increased produc­ bers of the Business Men s com ­ day included the aw arding of bids
mittee
of
the
C
ham
ber
of
C
om
­
ers and shippers alike lacked en­ a day, started their tests more guaranteed. Even if a settlement tion of pork in the near future, it
to Nyssa Motors for purchase of
than a m onth ago after installs- has to be made for the amount was confidently stated at the re g ­ merce. The aw ards were made two 2-ton dum p trucks and to
thusiasm.
by
the
com
m
ittee
in
drawings
ular
weekly
luncheon
meeting
of
A few shippers expressed hope lion °f five laterals Each time now being pum ped he city will
H errim an Motor Co. for purchase
| the C ham ber of Commerce in both nights of the rodeo.
and
th at late potatoes will see a g re a t­ that it was discovered an irsuf- I ; nave
n e t v r move
riro ir H
i m T b j e
e tte
i T C r^
T * \ w
V & a t ttr
€ T than
of one truck tractor.
W
inners
of
F
riday
night's
Brownie's
cafe
yesterday
(W
ed­
ly im proved m arket, bu t there ficient am ount was being obtain- it has ever had at any time in
d raw ing were Lloyd Lewis and
nesday).
| w ere others pessimistically pre- ed, a new lateral was driven to history, Stunz indicated.
Ed
Steinke. On S aturday night,
obtain
additional
water.
J dieting th a t low prices will p re ­
Hugh Tobler, feed and fuel
It was fu rth e r explained that
ihe names of E. T. Merrick and
vail all the way through the year. Tests U nderw ay
the R anney com pany’s guarantee dealer, told m em bers that early Bill Lemon were drawn.
The majority, however, feel
is for five years and th at due to production of a million hogs a
P ieter Tensen
According to one of the engi- the poor season and the "driest year in this area can be expected,
I th a t produce m arkets are so un-
Dick Elliott and M aurine Craig,
"
j certain th at no predicitions can j peers Wednesday morning, s l i g h t - 1 time of year
it is highly pro- with J a k e Fischer concurring and
small sons m ade the long journey be m ade any way.
ly less than 2,800,000 gallons of able th a t there would be such an stating that a stepped-up produc­ of P arm a, of the Western Riding
club, w ere nam ed the best m atch ­
from th eir native land to this |
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w ater was indicated on prelim in- abundance of w ater during most tion schedule is needed.
ed
couple.
raw , new land.
ary tests. While this am ount of the y ea r that only part of the
“There are more hogs coming
Farm ing is one of Am erica’s
They settled on land southwest
would supply all needs of Nyssa pum ps would be in operation,
Queen
on Horseback
in for butchering than are pro­
three most hazardous occupations,
of Nyssa and im mediately started
at the present time and for several j There has been some delay in duced in the county,” Fischer
A ttracting many eyes were the
farm ing. This land is still part
years to come, the contract b e - | installation of w ater mains be­ told the members. “Those hogs pretty trio that included Lila Mae according to statistics of the N a­
tional Safety Council, and efforts
of the fine farm th at P ie ter Ten-
tw een R anney and the city re- cause of pipe delivery hold-ups. should be raised right here.”
Holmes, rodeo queen, and her at- will be made to drive that fact
sen developed in his lifetime.
Tobler pointed out th at the Nys­
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home during the next week.
Folks point cut th a t he brought
sa area is ideal for hog raising,
With a last y e a r’s death toll of
w ith him a desire to m ake this
and said that he likewise expects | m
.
14,000 directly attributed to farm
A hearing on regulations to be
new land one of the finest fa rm ­
to see a big increase in poultry ( L / O U I l t y F 1 A
liOSt
accidents, an all-out campaign,
ing com m unities in th e west. j established u n d er the new onion j
and turkey raising.
spearheaded by the President, will
Through his foresight and desire I grading and labeling law has been |
stress the need for caution on tha
Climate Just Right
F '6 llo ^ V S H iT ^
to see th a t this land was made [called by the State D epartm ent
farm next week.
furA fr»r rtPYt Wnrlrtr»c _ I
»
productive through the years, he of A griculture
for next Wednes-
Himself the ow ner of a 9000
It will be the 12th annual ob­
developed practices in farm ing day >n Ontario. Hearing time has
David W. Sarazin, 402 Park
flock of turkeys he is raising. Tob- j The M alheur county council of servance of National Farm Safety
th a t have been recognized and been set for 2 p.m. at the Moore avenue, Nyssa, medical student at
I
Tin I,.»,.*;«.. * n
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Reorganization of the M alheur lcr predicted that more and more i
Oregon congress of P arents Week, to be conducted from J u ly
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i Hotel.
Purpose of the hearinc accord
M
e
d
l
c
j
1 county chapter of the National farmers will turn to this bird, as and Teachers association will have 24 through July 30, with an ac­
p u rpose ot the hearing, accord- School Portland has been aw ard- Foundation for Infantile Paralv- well as poultry as a vital part of a regional workshop Friday from
cent being placed on the respon­
! ing o u rn e r on , coun v ex- ed a March of Dimes fellowship siSi jn c]uding election of all of-I their diversification programs.
9 a m. until 4 p.m. at the Lind- sibility of farm ers to prevent acci­
tension agent, is to reach agree­
m ent on m inim um grades to be infnntTi^Paraivcic i?00 atlon or ficers, will take place t o n i g h t 1 At the meeting, Nyssa merch- berg school, 482 Southeast Third dents on their own estates by pre­
1 k U " (Thursday) at
a meeting at ants w ere warm ly praised by Fred street, Ontario.
cautionary methods.
established by the State D e p art­ cp H hv r ' i * 1 h
ced
*y
C:
Mi:
H-
,
S
m
d
e
r’
M
alhcur
B
row
nie’S
Cafe,
beginning
at 8 Bracken for the part they played
Mrs. Ellen Bell Bieler, staff re p ­ Children Suffer Most
ment, who have the authority to county chapter chairman.
1 0'c]ock
to m ake the Nyssa Kite Rodeo resentative of the national PTA,
establish grades under the law
The National Safety Council
of Chicago will conduct the w o rk ­
n * iia nCfh 30i D im es.feI,owships
The meeting has been called bv the success it was.
passed by the last legislature.
has figures to show that young
shop
for
this
region
which
con­
Grasslands of M alheur county
“From the attendance s ta n d ­
All interested onion growers fin n .i A c° m prehensive profes. Clyde Snider, chapter president
a ranks
t uca as
ion t h program
which for ^ e p ast four years, w ho an- point and the quality of the show sists of Malheur, Harney, Grant, people are principal victims of
will be closely scanned by experts ; and shippers are invited to p a r - i today
farm accidents.
rank«? r<s
th*» . ]arEesl
larapct pvpt ........... ,
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during th e next m onth to focus ticipate in the hearing. The und
erta k en bv a voluntary ar- nouI?.c,e d that he Wl11 not be a put out, this year's rodeo o u t­ Union and Wallowa counties.
undertaken
In the operation of tractors
by
a
voluntary
ag-
¡
candidate
to
succeed
himself
All
local
presidents
are
asked
o
ranked anything ever done be- [
attention on the need for im- county onion growers' association ency. Since 1938, when the N a­
proved pasturage throughout the has scheduled a m eeting of di­ tional Foundation was established O ther officers are Ralph L a w ­ fore during the nine years t h e [ to have as many of their chair- alone, the Council reports, one-
third of all fatalities on the farm
country.
j rectors of th at organization w ith $20,250,000 has been authorized to rence, vice president; Mrs. W. W rodeo ha? been produced. It was j mt'n * P® • ' - I” ' • ,l! to h u r
It is the county’s annual grass- a com m ittee of the Idaho S hip­ train the minds and hands of pro­ Foster, secretary, and Leonard the unified activity of Nyssa Mrs. Bieler, whose activities have are among small children and
m erchants that put the show a- b*en acclaimed highly inspira- teen-agers.
growing contest, sponsored by the pers’ association prior to the hear- fessional personnel for service in Hewett, treasurer.
Educational means are urged to
* tional and instructive. The gen-
M alheur County F arm Bureau in ing to formulate recom m endations fields relating to polimyelitis and
During the time that S nider has cross,” Bracken said.
keep the youngsters away from
The luncheon meeting was con- i e riiJ puljlu ls invited,
an effort to induce farm ers to pay to be made to the state depart- other diseases which beset the served as president, approxim ate-
Registration will begin at 8:30 machinery they don’t know too
closer attention to their pasture ment.
coinniunity,
! lv 120 polio cases have been re- ducted with Gene Stunz, Cham-
much about. Rides on the tractor,
problems.
Establishm ent of onion grades
, j,
i»
, ,
. i ferred to him for financial assist- ber president, acting as toastmas- a m .
fellowship aw arded Sarazin or,„„ . m
„ VPTn c __
i .
fields,
The executive council of the toddling around open
I Armers are asked to send in under the new law. Bond says, ■ The
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,
ance from the NFIP. Some cases ter.
to medical students who
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Malheur
county
PTA
met
last
(Continued
on
page
10)
nam es of neighbors who have a j will climax a program begun al- is open
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Friday evening in Ontario where
good stand of grass prior to Aug-j most a year ago by the local onion have completed at least two years other persons or agencies, involv
of
their
medical
school
course
plans were m ade for the regional
ust
12, w
hen an agricultural
c o m - , growers’
association
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. and , ing m an y hours of time for each
work shop Mrs Harold Newm an
m ittee will visit farm s named, flexibility into the onion grades,
case. There have been no rejeet-
of Adrian was appointed county
and score fields for various a- and allow for more orderly m a r ­ free time for study. By offering ions of requests for funds and in
treasurer to succeed Mrs. Herb
w ards to be given.
keting of the local crop in seasons experience in the field of re h a b ­ a few instances, money was p r o ­
Holton of Vale, who resigned b e ­
W inner of the county contest when invisible defects m ake it ilitation at this stage of a medical
career, the fellowships help stu-1
^ « ^ i n a r y diagnosis
Leonardo Loya, Jr., two year
cause of ill health.
will be fu rth e r judged in a r e ­ impossible to pack straight U. S j - - » ,
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, for suspected polio that later
old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonardo
dents
determ
ine
their
individual
gional contest, and in the finals No. 1 onions.
proved to be some other illness.
Loya of the Nyssa labor camp suf­
Approxim
ately
30,000
acres
of
for the state, which will be held
The growers’ association s u p ­ aptitudes for future service in
All individuals who have ini
fered second degree burns on his
in P ortland this fall.
ported change of the law in the this area. Two candidates m ay be any way worked with the N FIP O w yhee land could have been
right side Sunday noon when he
nom
inated
by
the
dean
of
each
of
Awards will ra nge from sup­ legislature and have worked
or with" March of Dimes d r i v e s ! “drouth stricken” had not North
pulled a pan of hot beans over on
plies of grass seed up to cash closely with growers of the Lake the cou n try ’s approved medical are requested to attend the meet- Board of Control crews beat all
him
from the family kitchen
schools.
ing
| their previous records in repair-
prizes up to $300.
Labish district and the state de­
stove.
In
announcing
this
aw
ard,
Sni-1
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I
ing
a
m
inor
break
in
a
m
ain
p a rtm e n t on practical m eans to
Young Loya was adm itted to
» tn • ____
..
Owyhee canal last T hursday and
m aintain quality and still get the der pointed out th a t the National
Nyssa w ent through one of the M alheur Memorial hospital
Demos Nam e Ed C ase onoins
Foundation's
educational
pro- ^ O U n t y S U e m O C r a t l C
Friday.
to m arket.
those weeks when you could fry Sunday afternoon and released
gram also provides grants enab C l u b s i n J o i n t M e e t i n g
The break was of unknown eggs on th e sidewalk, during the Tuesday night following em erg­
And Mrs. Grider to
lmg schools and professional as-1 A joint
e e t i n g of
joint m
meeting
of M alheur | origin and ocurred about 5 40 a past seven days.
Tea Planned to Honor sociations
ency treatm ent.
Their County Body
cencerned with medical county’s three Democratic clubs I m -* forcing the shut-off of all
For three of these days, the
Sunday, Don Nolen was entered
Ed Case, of Nyssa. has been Mrs. Emil Stunz July 28 and associate medical personnel wiyf ¿p held at Bou]evard G range i w ater in the canal until repairs tem p eratu re soared to points a- at 4 30 at the hospital for ex a m i­
to
m
aintain
and
improve
elected trea su rer of the M alheur
their hall, near Cairo Junction, on n ex t; wcre completed late th at night. bove 100 degrees, while on even nation and trea tm e n t after he had
Mrs. Emil Stunz, wife of the
Democratic Ceneral committee, state representative who acted as educational standards and ser Wednesday night, it is announ- j W ater was back in the canal on the coolest day, last Sunday, the fallen from his w ater skis on the
while Mrs. Hope Grider, also of his secretary during the last ses- vices. The professional education ced by W. B Ru sell, president of Friday to supply laterals north th erm om eter hit 92.
Snake River Sunday afternoon.
Nyssa has been named secretary, I sion of the Legislature, will be program is directed by Dr. C a th ­ the Nyssa club, who will be in and south of the break. F u rth er I Following are the official tem ­ Nolen was suffering from a tw ist­
erine
W
orthingham.
repairs had to be made at the peratures, a s recorded by the ed back and authorities reported
it is announced by Tom Jones, honored at a tea to be given by
charge.
Democratic wom en at 2 o'clock
secretary of the committee.
Ed Emerine, publisher of the m outh of a lateral on the Henry North Board of Control:
no broken bones. He is the son
• Mrs. Earl Larsen of A drian and next T hursday afternoon. J u ly 28. GROUND OBSERVER CORP.
Idaho Farm Journal, will be the Esplin piare, west of Nyssa.
Max.
Min. of Mr. and Mrs. Irl Nolen.
The tea m
held at
O. D. F u lw y le r of Vale will serve
speaker of the evening and will where the break occured. Prop- Wed, Ju ly 13
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Earl F arr, Nyssa school custo­
as com m ittee m em bers of the 2nd home of Mrs. Law ren King, one TO HAVE MEETING FRI.
call for a united resistance move erty irrigated from that lateral | Thur^ , July 14
102
60 dian was adm itted to the M alheur
Congressional District. A nomin- and a half miles north of the
A ground observer m eeting will ( against administration farm and were receiving w ater by S a tu r­ Fri., Ju ly 1 5 ... .... ___ 103
69 Memorial hospital Monday at
day.
atin# com m ittee of five include lincoln school house on the Vale be held Friday evening at 8 p.m. power policies, Russell said.
Sat , Ju ly 16
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65 11:40 a m . a fte r he had s u ffe re d ’'
Dr. C R. V an P a tte n and Austin highw ay . The com m ittee in charge j
Several farm ers commented SurL, July 17
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62 a hea rt attack while working at
i n c l u d e s Mrs.
Vfr« J J P
i l l i a m s of
n f l at the **0st
Nyssa
ro d eo ,. in charge
Earl of ^ a arrangem
r,e n - of ents,
Adrian,
Robbins of Ontario; O. D Fulwy includes
P W
Williams,
. . . at . the
.
. .
and is that last week’s repair operations Mofi , July 1 8 __ ___ 96
62 the school.
Grover Vest wilj be in were "the speediest on record” Tues , July 1 9 ---- ____ 95
ler of Vale, W. B Russell of Nys Vale; Mrs Fred Jaden. of Ontario, grounds. Ail interested persons (
58
Hospital authorities report hi»
and Mrs. Hope Grider, Nyssa.
I are invited to attend the meeting, charge of refreshments.
.«a and Gene Pratt of Adrian.
and resulted in no crop damage, j Wed.,
Wed July 20
68 condition as fair.
Piefer Tensen,
Pioneer Leader
In Farming Dies
Board Finds No
Further Owyhee
Water Cut Need
Engineers Watch With Bated Breath
As Water Starts Flow in New Lines
Million Animal
Pork Production
Seen By C of C
No-Accideni Week
Will Stress Need
For Farm Safety
Onion Planters
Seeking Relaxed
Minimum Grades Nyssa Medical
Student Gets
County NFIP To
Elect Officers
Here Thursday
For Regional
Workshop Friday
Grass Growers
To Compete for
Best Pasturage
Rapid Repairs On
Owyhee Canal
Sets New Record
3 Cases Reported
At M. M. Hospital
Nyssans Sizzle
As Temperatures
Mount Into 100s