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
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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
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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
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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.
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