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Nyssa G ate City Journal VOLUME LII SECOND SECTION 1'riE N fSSA GAVE CITY JOURNAL. NYSSA OREGON. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 21. 1957 Stale Senator Tony Yturri Reports On Bills Before Oregon Lawmakers State Bank Debits Show Increase COUNTY LIBRARY NO. 7 Days Gone By in Nyssa Community Krnm the J o u rn a l l'U n Oregon bank d«bit< for Decern 21___ b e r show an increase not only ov- 10 Years Ago—Feb. 17, 1947 issued 8 tires and 4 tubes from er Nove*mber of this year, but R ichard Maw and E rrett Hum- Jan . 5 to Feb 6 also o v er December, 1955. the mell, representing the PTA, ask 20 Years Ago—Feb. 11, 1937 U niversity of Oregon reports, A fter a delay of unseasonable The 164 banks reporting in the ed the city council at th eir m eet state showed an increase in bank ing Tuesday night to take action w eather, the CCC rodent poison debits of 8 percent from Decem- to provide a recreation program ing crew started work again poi ber, 1955, and a 3.1 percent in over a period of 10 weeks during soning rabbits on the Nyssa bench crease from November, 1956. T o -1 the sum m er. . . Don M. G raham covering a strip 5 miles long. . tal bank debits for the state were has been appointed justice of the A census taken this week disclos peace in Nyssa, succeeding Frank ed the grow th of Nyssa in 1930 $1,757,114,634. . Supt count of 821 to 1323 3000 popu Bank debits, co’A . ted m onthly D. Hall, who resigned. H enry H artley, who had a n lation is predicted for 1940 . . . by the u n iv ersity ’s bureau of bus- nounced he intended to resign as The M alheur Home T elephone iness research, a u regarded as superin ten d en t of Nyssa schools, Co moved from the Phillips good indicators of current busin- agreed at a m eeting of the school ess activity. Debits represent the board this week to rem ain with building to th eir recently con d ollar value of checks draw n the school system until the initial structed building 1 block south against deposit accounts of mdi- phase of the d istrict’s building of the Blackm an building this week. viduals and business firms. program was com pleted. The 30 Years Ago—Feb. 18. 1927 Bank debits for December in board also decided to raise teach Verdi Miller, student at OSC the Burns. O ntaiio and Nyssa ers salaries about $600 a year. and d au g h ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. area showed a decrease of 4 5 per- F M iller, Nyssa, is recovering cent ° v er the previous m onth and 15 Years Ago—Feb. 12. 1942 R egistration of men from 20 to from pneum onia and injuries sus w ere down 5 0 percent from De- cem ber of a y e a r ago. Total bank 45 who are not already reg ister tained w hile she was sleigh rid debits, w ith 5 banks in the area ed for possible m ilitary service, ing at Corvallis. . . Rem oval of will be held in the city hall be old landm arks, trees on Main reporting, w ere $22,513,979 ginning Feb. 14. A ttorney this week m ade room for the --------------------- — G eneral I II Van W inkle no future paving of the street. A d r ia n A u x ilia ry tified city officials that Nyssa is Monday was moving day for a r ■ - T\ ■ in the M ountain tim e belt. Much num ber of Nvssa citizens. Jim J O ID IIIC J U T 1V © The A drian Am erican Legion confusion was caused in w hether Fogle moved from his town A uxiliary, Unit No. 109 is joining Nyssa was in Pacific or M ountain house to the Deseret sheep in a statew id e Crusade for Free- time. . . . The city council pass ranch, C hailes Horton from the dom, announces Mrs. Betty Phi- ed a resolution M onday night in G oshert house to the Fogle resi creasing the m inim um charge for dence, Ves G oshert from the ranch president, The A drian A uxiliary will di w ater from $1.75 to $2 a month. to his town home. G reen C am p The Nyssa rationing board bell from his town house to the rect th e d rive in that area for C rusade for Freedom, the organi- zation th a t suppoits Radio Free Europe and Free Europe Press, both bringing news about the free world to 70 m illion persons be-1 hind the iron curtain. T he w eek of Feb. 12 through 22 is F reedom Week, and the Aux ih ary w ill conduct fund ra is in g ! drives du rin g th at period. By Sen. A nthony Y turri A law which did not have the ------------------------------------------------ A wide variety of novels to- Em ergency C lause would go into T he Oregon L egislature is ap g ether w ith books of hum or and effect after 90 days had elapsed proaching the close of its fourth personal experience go into cir- week, and ra th e r interesting bills after the end of the Session, and culation on S aturday. Feb. 23, at we would find ourselves possibly have been introduced. am ending a law which had only- the M alheur C ounty L ibrary. House Jo in t M emorial No. 2 been in effect for a period of just Han Suyin, v e il know n for "A was passed yesterday by a vote, a very few m onths. I would not M any-Splendored T hing”, now as I recall, of 37-18 in the House. be surprised if m any of our con w rites a novel w ith its setting in This m em orial is for the purpose stitu en ts felt th at instead of h av M alaya called “And the Rain Mv of requesting C ongress to erect ing the L egislature m eet an n u D rink" in w hich an idealistic the high federal H ell’s Canyon ally, the public m ight be better British police officer and a beaut- dam instead of the three low er off if they met once every four iful Chineses girl who is a secret dams, license for construction of years. agent are principal characters. which has been issued by the It is fu rth e r argued that under Jam es T h u rb e r’s “F u rth e r Fab- F ederal Pow er Commission. our present system we have an les for O ur T im e” is a hum orous Emil Stunz. highlv respected Em ergency Board which, in ef collection of brief fables w ith rep resen tativ e from Nyssa, spoke fect, takes the place of a legisla morals like “ It is w iser to be strongly aganst the m em orial and ture at least insofar as concerns hendubious than cocksure.” urged th a t the Idaho Pow er com appropriations and expenditures A nother ven tu re in hum or is pany should be perm itted to con of money during the interm in be Elinor S m ith’s "The Com plete tin u e operation u n d er its license. tw een legislative sessions. Of of Absolutely Perfect This m em orial will soon be a r course there is also legal pro Book Housekeeping which is aptly des- gued in the Senate and present vision for calling a special ses indications are that the S en ate sion This will be an interesting cribed in its subtitle: “An up- roarious guide for disorganized will not follow the party lines in and controversial m atter. housewives (w ith neat solutions expressing th eir views. School Increase Prosposed to sloppy problem s)". House Bill No. 361 was in tro Anne Sinclair Mehdevi, who House Bill 171, read for the duced and read for the first tim e on Feb. 4. This bill was signed first tim e on Ja n u a ry 23, would m arried a Persian in 1945. write a hom e on th e ru n ,” by all of the R epublican represen increase from $80 to $120 the a- tatives and senators. It would re m ount to be appropriated to the' her children bt ;ng born in Mexico peal the su rtax over which there Basic School Support Fund each and A ustria as the fam ily moved has been so m uch dispute. The y ear for all children betw een the from place to place, in her book theory of the R epublicans is that ages of four and tw enty. This bill “From P illar to Post.” “H im alayan C ircuit" by Gopal the governor during his cam paign provides, how ever, that each a n Khosla is the story of a journey nual appropriation should be re and subsequently has prom ised th at the su rtax would be re p eal duced by the am ount produced in in the inner H im alayas border- th a t y ear by property tax levies ing on Tibet and Kashm ir, in ed. However, the bill introduced in The bill is still in com m ittee, but which the magic of the m ountain the House by the Dem ocrats re I understand that an o th er bill is world with its inaccessibility and pealing the surtax, includes n u being introduced which would its sparse population are rescrib- m erous o th er provisions relating m erely increase the am ount per ed. “Black R hapsody” by G u n n ar to personal income tax rates, e tt. child to $120 w ithout any strings H elander is a translation from th The n et effect would be to in being attached. This p artic u la r legislation is Sw edish of a novel about South crease taxes .There will be con siderable debate concerning these one of the most controversial Africa whose m ain characters are items facing the legislature. The a m issionary, a m ulatto, and a proposals. legislature will be required to native teacher. A nnual Session Opposed “H arvest on the Shore" by provide taxation m easures that House Jo in t Resolution No. 4, would produce the $40 m illion Grace C arstens is a love story and religious uprisings in the now in th e House, would im ple necessary to pay for this increase. about an arrogant boy and the N etherlands. m ent the governor’s platform by Several hearings have been held girl who loved him, and their “I Love a Lass" by Elizabeth req u irin g th e legislature to m eet and insofar as is discernable, m utual love of Cape Cod. Cadell is a light novel laid in once each year. Many argum ents most of the people atten d in g the “The C aptain G eneral" by John F rance w herein a couple young have been advanced in opposition hearings are in favor of the in Stevenson is a historical ro m an ce‘ m en setting out on a sports-car to this resolution. T he opponents crease to $120 per child. of 1567 w hen the Spanish Duke tour are sidetracked into adven- point out th at this would require j However, the hearings and dis of Alva was sent to quell political tu re and rom ance sub stan tially increased c o s t s , cussions do not concern them “ Bride of the R iver” is a novel which I believe is true. selves in any way w ith the m an is believed th at if the Gove rn o r’s of steam boat days on the Ohio The effect of an annual session n er in which this increase would e n tire program is to be imple- R iver before the Civil War, would also bring about profes be paid. In other words, the prob m ented by this legislature, that w ritten by Laura^Harris. sional legislators because those lem of increased tax atio n is not we will not only be faced by* A Biblical novel by Shirley people engaged in the various discussed sim ultaneously w ith greatly increased incom e taxes, W atkins, “The P rophet and the works of life could not afford to the Basic School S upport increase. bu t w ith a state property tax as K ing”, recounts the story of Sam-1 stay in Salem for prolonged p e r The bill has not been debated w ell, and ap p aren tly the bill in- uel, King Saul, and Young David iods each year. It is also argued in the house and has not yet troduced in the senate is antici- in the days w hen the Israelites th at the n um ber of days in each reached the senate. I would a p pating this possibility. I expect drove the P hilistines from the biennium d uring w hich the leg preciate the views of the people this senate bill will be rath er land. islatu re w ould be in session in my district concerning the in controversial and there m ay be a “T he Living L otus” by Ethed would be g reatly increased by crease to $120 as well as the tax division along p arty lines if and M annin tells the story of a young the an n u al session program . P e r problem that it would pose. w hen the bill comes on to the A nglo-B urm ese girl separated haps m ost im portant, at least in A bill was introduced today in floor. Of course, it m any never from her English fath er as a sm all my judgm ent, is the fact th a t the senate w hich would elim inate leave the com m ittee because child d uring W orld W ar II a n d 1 laws w ould be changed so fre the possibility of a state tax levy. those who in all probability will la te r uprooted from the Burm ese qu en tly th at the public, including This p articu lar bill w ould m erely oppose the bill constitute a ma- life she loved w hen h er fath er the law yers, w ould be unable to rem ove the pow er of the state to jo rity of th a t eom m itee on taxa- found h er again, keep up w ith such changes. impose such property levy. It tion. | “P artn ers w ith Y outh” by Doro th y R oberts discusses how adults j and teen-agers can work to g e th e r,1 describing successful adu lt-y o u th , projects and program s to h e lp ! solve neighborhood, com m unity, or state-w ide problem s. “The F ar T rav eller” by Man- ! ning Coles is a ghost story in ! w hich the ghost of a G erm an j N oblem an comes back to earth to \ d isru p t a movie com pany th at is | on location in his castle to m ake J a film based on his life. “T h rifty Notches” is a w estern story hy Sam uel Peeples using the pseudonym , B rad W ard. School District To Request Bids School District 26-C will call for bids for a new school bus and gasoline and coal supplies. S uper intendent R. V. Wilson announc es. The buL will be called for the A pril m eeting of the board of directors. G oshert ranch and Dr. B radford to the Cam pbell home. 35 Years Ago— Feb. 10, 1922 The Huffm an children in the O w yhee are ill w ith scarlet fever. Dr. S arazin advised closing the school for one week. The school was given a thorough fum iga tion. . . . Peterson C hristensen of A drian traded 3 lots in the city to W illiam A shcraft for a w hite hors»' w hich he is d riv in g to a new buggy purchased from Ray Elliott. 40 Years Ago—Feb. 9, 1917 A large num ber of friends ant relatives of Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Thom pson of A rcadia helped them celebrate th eir 50th wed ding an niversary Feb. 6. . , . The team s of E. F. P ra tt and Jack Glasscoe w ere in Nyssa loading poh s for the construction of an electric pow er line which w ill serve m any of the Owyhee people for the pum ping of irrigation w a ter from both the Owyhee riv er and O w yhee ditch. . . . An appro priation of $50 was m ade by Nyssa sa city council for the installing of an electric fire bell. YO U R LAST CHANCE TO W IN AN ELEC T R IC D R Y ER in te r Reddy’s Contest TODAY! Tired of those wash-day trips out to the clotheslines? 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