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THE NYSSLA GATE CtTY JOURNAL, JTYSSA. OREGON. THURSDAY. AUGUST IS. 1956 PAGE TWO Stranger In The County THE GATE CITY JOURNAL D U A N E R. A L T E R S .................................Editor and Publisher D uane R. A lters and Geo. Whorton. O w ners N A T I ON A l 4 ' EDITORIAL 1 I as T o c Í ati AMIllATf Ml M 1(1 SUBSCRIPTIO N RATES S ingle Copies _ __ .10 In M a lh e u r C o u n ty , Oregon, a n d P a y e tte a n d C anyon C ounties, Idaho: 1 Y e a r _________ $3.00 6 M onths $2.00 E lse w h e re in th e USA., P e r Year $4.00 6 M onths ....... $2 50 (S tric tly in A d v a n c e ) The Public Asks For High Taxes A n n ou n cem en t of new tax levies for vario u s d is tric ts in M alh eu r county b rin g s th e usual am o u n t of groans ab o u t th e increased cost of local g o v ern m en t and th e question, “W here and w ill it ev er en d ?” T axes fo r th e individual p ro p erty o w n er have risen about 11 p ercen t and in all ho n esty it m u st be ad m itted th a t it ’s th e increase th a t h u rts m ore th an th e final tax bill. R esid en ts of some o th e r O regon counties have had h ig h e r ta x e s for sev eral y ears w ith less to show for th e ir ta x dollar. M any of those sam e areas w ith previous levies of $1.00 o r m ore on each $100 of v aluation, have had increases this y ear rig h t along w ith those in M al h e u r county. It should be rem em bered th a t insofar as N yssa prop e rty ow n ers a re concerned, m ore th an o n e-fourth of th e to tal tax bill is for bonds and in terest. For city taxes, ap p ro x im ate ly 5.1 m ills m ust be paid for fire house bonds, street intersectio n bonds and old w a te r w orks bonds, not including th e new w a te r system , w hile 5 m ills are for a special fund for streets. D istrict 26C schools have a to tal of 13.1 m ills for bonds an d interest. All of these special tax es am o u n t to 23.2 m ills th a t th e people of th e tw o d istricts involved hav e approved a t one tim e or another. W hile th e re is some d issatisfac tion expressed from tim e to tim e about th e s ta te law w hich allow s all reg istered v o ters to cast ballots in a bond election, it should be rem em b ered th a t in these d istricts m ore th an half of th e reg istered v o ters are p ro p e rty ta x p ay ers and have th e m ajo rity pow er to ap p ro v e or reje ct bond issues. T he rem ain in g 76 m ills th a t m u st be paid this y ear is for g en eral g o v ern m en t w ith in th e 6 p erce n t lim ita tion. T h e city has th e po w er to levy th e c u rre n t 14.5 m ills for g en eral gov ern m en t, th e school can levy 47.6 for g eneral o p eratio n s and th e co u n ty is w ith in its rig h ts to levy 13.9 m ills for tax fu n d s to ru n th a t body of governm ent. J u st how m uch of tin* 76 m ills is “ab so lu tely neces sary " can n o t be d eterm in e d by anyone. T he fact re m ains, how ever, th a t a larg e p a rt of th a t sum is by re quest of th e public. S ervices a re sought from all th re e of those tax in g bodies. N a tu rally , no one serv ice has e v e r been req u ested by all th e people, but seldom if e v e r has th e re been objection w hen special seriees have been dem anded. We hav e been p resen t a t m eetin g s of th e city council, school board and county co u rt w hen groups h av e a p peared to ask for e x p e n d itu re s fo r w h ich th e se tax es w ill pay. N ever h av e w e h eard o b jectio n s at an y of th e m eetings w ith g ro u p s w an tin g m ore services. In sp ite of high ta x es and increased cost of g o v ern m ent, th e decision of w h e th e r to spend o r not to spend rests w ith those w ho pay th e bills. Epf sed w ith o n e young, a n d s u r p r is ingly s m a r t sw eet y o ung thing, T h e lm a M ullins T hen D u a n e has “H u c k ” Wilson, Eddie Taylor, to go a n d em ploy G r e tc h e n R in e Lloyd M a c k n ll a n d A1 C h a d w ic k h a r t to assist in folding some m ay or m a y not h a v e a big w e e k special jo b w ork end selling m eats. If th e y d o n ’t O n press day, yet! th e r e could be one reason: C a n in e notes: “B ro w n ie ,” a Doc L ong w a n d e r e d into Tob- ler's th e o th e r d a y to find o u t se lf-a p p o in te d em ployee of the w h e re lived th e city m a n a g e r. He H illsboro fire d e p a r tm e n t h a sn 't forgot all a b o u t his q u e stio n w h e n m issed rid in g the tru c k for n ine he sp o tte d th e w hole s ta ff m u n c h Y ears! ing food. G oing b a c k a p a r a g r a p h or two, A n e w dog food, th a t is. T h e lm a w as in Boise S a tu r d a y C h ie f H a n se n stood at th e C o r n ig h t a n d spotted a couple of n e r of Main a n d Second w i t h a N yssa people cutting a rug. She w istful look, eye in g th e p a r k in g r e m a r k e d sh e w ished H E R bo y lot n e x t to the M arshall-W ells f rie n d s (n o te plural) could d a n c e store (a lot p ro v id e d by m ost like that. E te r n a l youth, eh, E ddie and busin e ssm e n for th e co n v e n ie n c e of Nyssa shoppers) a n d w o n d e rin g B e r th a ? — of a store by th e last i w h a t steps to ta k e to in su re a d e - ! sa m e nam e. W ho is th e most p ro u d p a p a in q u a te and sy ste m iz e d pa rk in g . T he police h a v e d o n e a n e x c e lle n t N yssa? C h e c k w ith Bob T h o m p ’ job in insisting th a t m o to rists use son w hose son, Stan, has signed w ith th e St. Louis C a rd in a ls. (See tw o p a r k in g lines. Q u o th the chief: “T h a t c h a m b e r pa ge one for details.) H ope to see a lot of you in sign w e w e re to h a v e a couple of N yssa this w eekend. Si! m o n th s ago w o u ld be a h e lp .” Bye now , and buy in Nyssa. In the m e a n tim e th e police ro u te out " p a r k in g - ja m m e r s ” as P. S. N u ts to the lights. best they can. So the b ro c h u re — w h ic h will be I re a d y this w e e k e n d isn't the O N LY pro je c t a w ee bit behind schedule. K n o w som eone th a t has a t e r rific noon lunc he on p r o g r a m for the c ham ber. C ourse it w o u ld h a v e to be stag! A to p p e r tilt to the m a n y , m a n y , b u sin e ssm e n th a t h a v e m a d e this 0 w e e k ’s p a p e r a " s h o p p o r tu n ity ” , for b u d g e t-w ise b u y e rs for m i l e s 1 a r o u n d T h e y h a v e r e a lly com e up w ith som e s e n sa tio n a l b a r gains a n d w e hope y o u w ill t h o r R edeem able At H om e—Can o u g h ly re a d th e m a n y a ttr a c tiv e SRV S tam ps A re o p p o r tu n itie s o ffered in th is issue T u e sd a y n ig h t y a w n e d th r o u g h the spe e c h of W a y n e Morse. Was in te re ste d in th e c ro w d (?) sh o ts— especially th e profiles of the babes w h ic h a p p a r e n tly in te r ested th e T V te c h n ic ia n s as m uch at it did th e m ale TV a u d ie n c e My im pression was th a t an u n c om m only la rg e n u m b e r of d e le gates used th e sp e e c h tim e to go to the p o w d e r room, re a d then- n e w sp a p e rs or re n e w old f r ie n d ships My o p inion is th a t W ayne spent too m u c h tim e e x p la in in g w hy he “a in 't a R e p u b lic a n no i m ore .” S eem s the cro w d th in n e d out a little m ore w h e n he s w u n g into offshore oil. W as s u r e I saw C alifornia. T e x a s a n d F lorida i b a n n e rs d roop A nd m a y b e the Idaho d e le g a tio n figured th e y I w e re h e a rin g the sa m e old record w h e n Morse beat th e busted d r u m h e a d of th e H ell's C a n y o n issue. As a R e p u b lic a n , his speech tickled m e pink, (no re fe re n c e to political leanings. S o m e th in g s a r e really tough on an old m an. O u r office is hies- By B ill Cam pbell P u b lis h e d e v e ry T h u r s d a y a t Nyssa. M a lh e u r C o u n ty , O regon. E n te re d at the postoffice a t Nyssa, O regon for tra n sm issio n th r o u g h the U nited S ta te s Mails, as a second class m a tte r , u n d e r th e act of M a rc h 3, 1879. 5 th ree d ay s last w e e k a t the Rev. Robert J a c k s o n h o m e w e r e D r and Mis. L a u r e n S e a m a n of Chicago. Adrian Graduate Christian Church Makes Final Vows Notes T h e C h ristia n W omen F e llo w For Sisterhood ship m e t T h u rsd a y for the g e n S iste r M ary A n n r ita , d a u g h te r e r a l m eeting. T h e pro g ra m and of Mr. a n d Mrs. J o h n T hiel, and devotions w e re led by Mrs. Elvin a f o r m e r m e m b e r of St. H u b e r t ’s Ballou. Mrs. E. A. L im ing and parish. Nyssa, m a d e profession of Mrs. L e s te r O d e n w ere hostesses. p e r p e tu a l vow s in ce re m onie s T h e J Y F group left S u n d a y at h eld Aug. 16, a t th e Sisters of 4 o ’clock for th e ir C h ristia n r e M ercy P ro v in c ia l House, O m aha, tr e a t a t the O w y h e e d a m w h e re N ebr. th e y s p e n t S u n d a y nig h t and r e A g ra d u a te of A d r ia n high school, S iste r M a ry A n n r ita w as a s tu d e n t n u r s e a t Mercy hospital, N a m p a , a t th e tim e she b e g a n J h e r stu d ie s for the S iste rh o o d i n ; F e b r u a r y , 1951. Since th e n sh e has be e n s t a tio n e d a t th e C ollege of St. Mary in O m a h a , a n d a t St. C a t h e r i n e ’s H ospital School of N ursing, w h e r e she is no w a se n io r n u r s e a n d a c a n d id a te for th e d e g re e of b a c h e lo r of science in nursing. E ight o t h e r Siste rs m a d e pro-1 fession of fin a l vow s; e ig h te e n m a d e te m p o r a r y vow s; a n d 20 y o u n g w o m e n w e r e in v e ste d in th e religious g a r b in ce re m onie s held the s a m e day. tu r n e d Monday. T h e r e tr e a t was led by Mrs. E lvin Ballou. T h e g roup w a s ac c o m p a n ied b y Mr and Mrs. E lvin B allou a n d Mr. and Mrs. E arl H astings a n d f a m i lies T h e th ir d y e a r p r im a r y class en jo y e d a s w im m in g p a r ty a t the O n ta rio pool last w e e k . T h e y w e re a c c o m p a n ied by t h e i r teacher. Mrs. K e n P o n d a n d Dorothy. Bib- bey. A f te r s w im m in g they r e t u r n ed to th e c h u rc h w h e r e r e f r e s h m e n ts w e r e served. PAYS Mr. a n d Mrs. H a r r y Counsil of D e n v e r a r e v isitin g frie n d s a n d r e la tiv e s in N yssa tw o w eeks. 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