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© * « («) * THE NYSSA GATE CITY JO U R N A L . NYSSA. OREGON. TH U RSD A Y. JA N U A R Y 31. 1357 PAG E TWO Sunset Valley Lois C ounsil Phone 2439 T he Rev. Earl A ndrew s and P atricia Rice of M eridian came Friday to the O ra N ew gen home. M r A ndrew s left P atrica there 4o spend the w eekend. P atricia visited the A drian school F riday ■She was a form er stu d en t in the Adrian school. Mr. and Mrs O ra New gen and P atricia Rice w ere su p p er guests ■Saturday of the K eith Forney fam ily in P arm a. Mrs O. P. Counsil spent from W ednesday to S unday w ith a nister who is ill in Spokane Mr and Mrs. W ayne G arn er and children w ere supper guests Sunday of Mrs. Agnes Chadd. T he S unset V alley A uxiliary will m eet T hursday, Feb. 7, with Mrs. F rank Perko. C laudia P a rk e r of Nyssa spent the w eekend w ith h er g ran d p ar ents, Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Schwei- I tT . Mr. and Mrs. Ira Price and j*ons w ere supper guests Monday •f Mr. and Mrs. K enneth Price near A drian. Mr. and Mrs. R obert Munn larnily w ere din n er guests S u n day at the Loren Munn home. A m odern broiler-type' baby chick increases its w eight 40 times from hatching until m ark et age at 10 weeks. A fter d in n er they visited Mr and Mrs. Sam Moore. Mr. and Mrs. Vern G arner re turned from a 10-day trip to C alifornia and Tijuana, Mexico. Mr and Mrs. Harold Snyder w ere dinner guests Tuesday of his brother, C lair Snyder and fam ily in Caldwell Mr and Mrs Harold Snyder and children visited Thursday evening w ith Mr and Mrs G ro ver Coper. The Tri-V alley extension sew ing class will m eet with Mrs. Fred Aral Thursday. Mr and Mrs. Charles Chapin attended the We Two potluck supper Thursday evening at the Owyhee Com m unity church. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Tobler, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Elkins and Mrs. A rth u r C artw right all of Nyssa w ere guests at the Leon ard Newgen home S aturday ev e ning at a card party. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Elkins and Bill visited the Leonard Newgen family Sunday. Mr and Mrs. F rank Perko re turned F riday from a trip to Wheeler. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Ellis of W il der called on Mr. and Mrs. F rank Perko Sunday. Eleven m em bers and three guests w ere present at the regular m eeting of the W orthw hile club Thursday at the home of Mrs. Jam es Langley. Mrs. Hom er B ie- w'er was co-hostess. Mr. and Mrs. G rover Coper had dinner w ith her m other, Mrs. Ada S nyder in C aldwell Monday. Holstein Dairy Dispersal YOUR Gate City Journal’s 24 of 32 Siale Corn Show Winners In District Àre Malheur Growers By LeRoy A. P ulliam Corn is grow n in M alheur coun ty as indicated by the state corn show held in O ntario in Decem ber, 1956. D istrict one includes all corn grow ing areas east of the Cascade range. T h irty -tw o farm ers had over 100 bushels yields per acre. T w en ty -fo u r of these w ere from M alheur county. The top yield was 191 5 bushels, grown by C. J. Coopei of S ta n field. Cooper used D ekalf 409 and fertilized with N-115. P205-0.K-0, on alfalfa ground. He irrigated this crop three times. H ere are some of our local grow ers and their results: John Reffett, Nyssa — 544 - N- 150, P205--52, K 2 0 -0 , on corn ground; yield, 160.7 bushels. W ard Lundy, N yssa—K T 6 -N - 60, P205-84. K 2 0 -0 , on alfalfa ground with yield of 157.8 bushels. Wayne G arner. N yssa—KT6 on corn ground w ith a yield of 155.3 bushels. 'innman Kolony J e a n e tte C onant Dial 2552 S a le Located 4 miles west of Ov/yhee Junc tion and Va mile south, or 7 miles NW of Adrian or 12 miles SW of Ontario. Friday, February 8 Terms: Cash Time: 1 p. m. Lunch on Grounds 47-H ead of Holstein Cattle—47 22 Head High Producing Holstein Milk Cows. Most all cow s are sp rin g ers. 12 Holstein Heifers 18 to 20 M onths old. Bred. 6 Holstein Steers, 6 months old. 2 Holstein Heifer Calves. Milking Equipment—Farm Machinery 700 Bales of Alfalfa Hay. 300 Bales of Alfalfa Chaff. 400 Bales of Straw—100 Bu. Ear Corn. E. J. HOBSON, Owner A u ctio n eers—Col. Ellis W hite. O n tario 687. Col. F red H owell. Nyssa 5093. C lerk —L. F. M esler, N am pa 6-4955. (Too L ate for Last W eek) Mr and Mrs. A1 T hom pson a t tended the corn b an q u et at the Oregon Trail hall W ednesday. Mr and Mrs. Bill Toom b called nn Mr. and Mrs. A1 Thom pson Monday afternoon. ____ Mrs. Dale A shcraft and Mrs. Art Sparks attended coffeee hour for polio benefit at Mrs. Luit S tam ’s W ednesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Lynn H urst cele brated their 30th w edding anni- verary with d in n er at the East Side Cafe in O ntario Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Red K reag er and Mr. and Mrs. Tony M artinez a t tended the Amei ican Legion sm orgasbord at Vale S aturday ■"'rom there they attended the lance at the Oregon T rail hall. Mr. and Mrs. Willis C onant and John H ow ard and M orris visited Karl Kygai and N P French at the hospital T uesday afternoon Mr. and Mrs. K enneth Altig and sons and Mr. and Mrs. Guy S parks w ere S unday d in n er guests of Mr. and Mrs. Art Sparks.. Mr. and Mrs. C harles Dotty visited S unday evening at the S keet K ygar home. Earl K ygar was released from the hospital W ednesday. He is getting along fine. V isitors at th e Earl K ygar home Thursday w ere Mr and Mrs. Lynn K ygar and M erle McClure. M erle and G eorge V anderpool called on Earl K ygar Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse M artinez, Mr. and Mrs Tony M artinez and Mr and Mrs. C allister attended the corn banquet at the Oregon Trail hall W ednesday. Mrs. Ellen S parks and Lloyd Boyd of Boise w ere F riday d in n er; guests of Mr. and Mrs. A rt Sparks. TAYLOR’S Food Market & Locker Service WHOLESALE — RETAIL MEATS Custom Cutting and W rapping LOCKERS FOR RENT — $10.00 Year Jo h n Lackey, Nyssa—544 - N- 80, P 2 0 5 -0 , K 2 0 -0 , on sugar beet ground w ith yield of 147.5 bushels. R obert M eisenger, Nyssa—KT6, N-100, P 2 0 5 -0 , K 2 0 -0 , on clover ground; yield. 147 5 bushels. 4 H LeRoy C uster, O ntario—Dekalb, N-120, P 2 0 5 -0 . K 2 0 -0 , on p astu ie ground; yield, 162.6 bushels FFA S tan ley Sisson. Nyssa— 544 - N- 100, P 2 0 5 -0 . K20-O, m anure 10 tons, on corn ground w ith a yield of 158.8 bushels. L arry Hickm an, Nyssa — 544 - N-O. P 2 0 5 -0 , K 2 0 -0 , m anure 4 tons, on alfalfa ground w ith yield of 132.6. Rav VanderO ord, Nyssa — De kalb 409 -N-120. P 2 0 5 -0 , K 20- O, on p astu re ground w ith yield of 130.5. The quality displays w ere also in com petition. Ray Hcinze, Can- by, had the best 10-car ex h ib it in the show. In our district. W ard C. Lundy. Nyssa. placed first; Jim E astm an, A drian, second; Dwight P ratt, Stanfield, third; C lifiord H arris, O ntario, fourth; John R ef fett, Nyssa, fifth; Jim m ie Bene dict, Nyssa, sixth; Thom as Smith. A drian, seventh and John La key. Nyssa, eighth In the FFA class Stanley Sis.-on, Nyssa, placed first and cham pion; Ronald Reese, O ntario, second; G ary Halcomb, O ntario, third; Dennis Sptize, Nyssa, fourth: De los Lee. O ntario, fifth; Bill Radd. O ntario, sixth and M erle Hohs- tadt, O ntario, seventh. The judging contest was of in terest and m ostly lo< al people won it. In the ad u lt class Neal Good- eel of O ntario placed first; Home- A nderson. New Plym outh, second and Clifford Harris. O ntario, third In the FFA class the teams placed in this order: Hillsboro, first; O ntario, second: Adrian. third. Individuals in the FFA class placed in this order: Bill Looney. Adrian, first; Dennis W eisenbach and John V andezander. Hillsboro, tied for second; Ed A nicker, H ills boro. th ird ; Ken Zink, O ntario, fourth; G ary Hohstadt, O ntario, fifth; Sm ith M atsunaga, Nyssa, S ixth; E v erett Hiatt, Nyssa, seventh; Don Robinson, Hillsboro, eighth. Ontario Livestock Market Report: January 28-29 HOGS: S lau g h ter hogs sold steady to $1.00 higher; w ith U S. No. 1 and 2 $19 60 to $20.10; No. 3 $18.00 to $19.00 T here w ere no sows or w ean er pigs offered. F eeder pigs w eighing over 100 lbs. $15.40 to $18.40 per cwt. SHEEP: S lau g h ter lam bs stea dy to 75c h ig h er; w ith Good and Choice wooled lam bs $16.40 to $17.35. A lim ited offering of Good feeders $14.00 to $14.60. The m a r ket on slau g h ter ewes was not established. SLAUGHTER CATTLE: A lim i ted offering of slau g h ter cows steady to 50c higher. Com m ercial $1190 to $13.00; U tility $10.50 to $11.60; C u tte r $7 75 to $10.00; Shells and C anners down to $5.25. Good steers $16.40 to $17.90; Com m ercial $14 30 to $14.90. U tility $12.75 to $14 10; C u tter down to $1125. Good h eifeis $15 80 to $16.75; S tan d ard $14 70 to $15.85; U tility $11.25 to $12.20. C om m er cial bulls $13.50 to S15 50; U tility SI 190 to $12.90. S tan d ard veal calves $13.50 to $16.50; U tility dow n to $10.75. STOCKERS AND FEEDERS: Good 700 to 900 lb steers $16.75 to $13.25; 500 to 700 lb. same g rade $17.10 to $19.40; Common and M edium in all w eights $13.10 to $17.00. Good and Choice h eif ers $14 20 to $16 90; M tdium $11.60 to $13.50. Good and Choice steer calves $18.85 to $20.30; Com mon and M edium $13.50 to $16.00. Good and Choice heifer calves $16.40 to $17.40; Com mon and M edium $13.10 to $15.00 M edium stock cows $97.00 to $108.00. Good stock cows $114 00 to $120 00 F eeder cows $8 75 to $10.90 POWDERED MILK 12 Quart GREEN STAMPS S iz e .................. They are your earned discount for paying cash 79 < Prices Effective—Thurs.-Fri.-Sat. it okay. T he initiation was not too bad, anyw ay I lived through it. My project th e second y ear was sheep. I learned a lot ab out sheep and the showing of sheep at our ch a p te r fair. I won a first and a second prize for the tw o sheep I took to the fair. I got a third prize for a grand cham pion fe m ale and a fourth prize in show m anship. 4-H Health Club Meets Tuesday A H ealthy C hildren 4-H club m eeting was held T uesday in Mrs. M elvin Spitze’s fo u rth grade room. T he officers are C arolyn Bo hannon, p resident; M argery Mor- tn, vice president and M arilyn C larkson, secretary. T he clu b ’s re cen t project is ^ good posture. FA RM M A C H IN ER Y SA LE Thursday, February 7 Located at the John Batt & Sons. Inc., Machine Shop, 1 mile west and 1 Vz mile north of Wilder. 5 Tractors—2 Trucks 1 JEEP —FIELD HARVESTER SELF-PROPELLED COMBINE Full Line cf Row Crop Equipment MANY MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS ATTENDING CONVENTION Carl B arclay left S atu rd ay for Spokane w here he spent until W ednesday atten d in g an im ple m ent convention. The best tem p eratu re for dairy barns seem s to be betw een 40 and 50 degrees. Time: 12:30 p.m. — Lunch on Grounds TERMS CAN BE ARRANGED WEED BURNERS FOR RENT TANK SALES — RENTALS — LEASES JOHN BATT & SONS, Owners Y our S erv an t B eyond the Gas M ains” A uctioneers— Col. Ellis W hite, O n tario 687. Col. F re d H ow ell, Nyssa 5093. C lerk —L. F. M esler, N am pa 6-4955. IDEAL GAS & APPLIANCE Phones — N yssa 2214 — W eiser 369-W PRODUCE SPECIALS G R A P E F R U IT 8 Lb. Bag . . . . 4 9 c BANANAS Lb.................... 1 9 0 ONIONS 5 0 Lb. Bag . . . 8 9 0 FROZEN FOODS F la v o r P a c — 6 O z. Sausage w,'r,iD°:i.v ,u ,.B.,u59< ORANGE JUICE 6 f o r ........... $ 1 .0 0 Picnic Hams.................. li >. 39* BEEF — CH ICK EN O r TURKEY Halibut Steaks P IE S 5 t o r ........... $ 1 .0 0 ib. 49* By L eonard C uttlers My project the first y ear in FFA was a dairy steer. I learned a lot about the finishing of steers in my first y ear of FFA. I learned a lot at o ur ch a p te r fair. I learn ed ab out show ing the different anim als. I got second place w ith my d airy steer. At o u r ch ap ter m eetings we have a lot of fun, b u t I like the refreshm ents th e best. My in itia tion was not too bad. We had to shine shoes for th ree days, and dress up on th e third day. I d ress ed up in a p air of pants w ith one leg cu t off at th e knee and th e o th er long. The pants w ere w rong side out and backw ards. We had an oxford on one foot and an ir rigating boot on the o th er foot. We wore an old spud sack for a shirt and an onion on a string around our neck. T hat night I had to w ear the sam e thing at the m eeting. It was kind of cold th at night when I came, but I m ade ADRIAN FFA BANQUET SET FOR FEB. 19 A drian—The an nual FFA b an quet is scheduled for Feb. 19 at 8 p m. in the h gh school gvm D etails of the event will be a n nounced at an early date accord ing to Joe W itty, FFA advisor. Borden's Starlac It p a y s Y O U to sa v e What I Have Gained From Work !n the Future Farmers of America Gerber's Pi ■ J Strained . . 3 ! for 2 9 0 Baby rood ju n i o r . . 2 tor 2 5 0 n 1 , r . D el M o n te — 46 O z. C a n s • • 8!><{ )o : tor *1 TOMATO JU IC E ..............3 for S u n n y J i m — 18 O z. G la s s e s — 2 9 c E a c h APPLE B U T T E R ............5 j O v e n -F r e sh C R A C K E R S . . . . 2 Lb. Í ¡ox mg R e g u la r or K o sh er DILL PICKLES . . . 4!5*1 . % Gallon Q g B a k e R ite SHORTENING ............................. 3 Lbs. J * o ‘ C r u sh e d or C h u n k q PINEAPPLE, 211 Cans . . . 5 for O : j • r \
