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THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL. NYSSA. OREGON
City Council Rejects Adrian Legion Post, Nyssa Births ..
July 6—To 5ft and Mrs. Ray-
Paving Fund Request Auxiliary Schedule mond
Antu of Nyssa.
girl.
(Continued from Page 1)
Annual Picnic July 23 July 7—To Mr. and a Mrs.
Don-
pay all expenses for lines, hook-
Oxbow dam s first generator<rlver piants permits repeated use ’ ups and meters, and pay the 30
went “an the line July 5 under of y,e same water, he said the percent additional charge for out
a program aimed at increasing start of Oxbow production will side users, and use for only do
use of the Snake river in this enable the company “to produce mestic purposes, that the city
low-water year to provide more added kilowatt-hours of electri- furnish them water. Motion car
electricity for the heaviest irnga- ! cjfy from every acre-foot of wat- ried.
tion
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in —
Idaho
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Rate Schedule Conflict Seen
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pany history.
The application of Lloyd C.
Idaho Power is providing ser-
T. E. Roach, Idaho Power presi vice to some 6,000 irrigation Page of Nyssa Sanitation service
dent, said technicians worked two pumps during the 1961 season, ac for an increase of rates for com
shifts daily to ready the generator cording to the utility president. mercial users had been approved
for production.
These pumps supply water to ap at a pervious meeting. Council-
i man House called attention to a
Start-up of the big 55,000-kilo- proximately 600,000 acres.
1 previous contract and ordinance
watt unit was performed in an
“More than 350 new electric 1 (limiting the maximum amount
informal ceremony that dramatic pumps totaling nearly 31,000
ally spanned the years between horsepower already have been | that could be charged) that was
1961 and an earlier Oxbow project connected to our system this sea in conflict with the new rate
built by a predecessor company son and still more pumps are ex schedule and that the ordinance
of Idaho Power more than a half- pected to go into service,” Roach would have to be amended. Min
utes of a previous meeting were
century ago.
said. “This will increase our total
Featured in the event were H. irrigation pumping load to over not approved for this reason.
Current accounts payable came
L. Senger and C. O. Crane, retired 260,000 horsepower.”
in for considerable discussion
Idaho Power employees who
He labeled the start of Oxbow with final approval to pay all
helped build the original project.
The company pioneers jointly production as “another big step except two bills made by the
threw the switch that started the in our program to develop the police department for uniforms,
new Oxbow’s electricity stream- | full resources of the Hells Can boots, guns, belts, etc. These were
ing over a far-reaching net of yon reach and to he4p pace the passed for further study.
growth of our service
Councilmen informed City Man
transmission lines tying the pro- steady
;
ager Art Colby that in the future
ject to the Idaho Power service area.”
Brownlee dam, 450.000-kilowatt they would possibly refuse to pay i
area and other Northwest Power
producer and the first unit in the any bills that did not have a J
Pool members.
All of 220,000-kilowatt Oxbow’s utility’s new three-dam develop requisition for purchase, pre- |
four initial generators will be on ment, has been in full production viously signed by him. It was
January 1959. The company noted that this method was set I
the line and the project completed since
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late this fall.
11 already has started preliminary
on its Hells Canyon dam, enough water through the tun
Roach said Oxbow’s additional work
'
unit in the development.
nel to operate one generator.
power is of far-reaching benefit third
1
Idaho Power continued to op
because of “the present low-water
A total of more than 1,000,000
conditions and heavier irrigation i! kilowatts ultimately will be gen erate the original powerhouse af
pumping demands than ever be erated by Idaho Power’s entire ter the company was established
fore.”
$164,000,000 development, which in 1916, then put it on a standby
Pointing out that Idaho Power’s provides flood control, navigation basis for use during emergencies.
Gomer Condit, Idaho Power
almost - unique chain of Snake recreation and fish conservation
benefits in addition to harnessing resident engineer, said the pres
the full power potential of the ent Oxbow project harnesses the
full capacity of the unusual horse
Hells Canyon reach.
The original project was under shoe site, “with modern equip
taken about 1907 by the Idaho- ment and know-how making our
Oregon Light & Power company, undertaking efficient from the
which proposed to build a dam beginning.”
To block the Snake at the up
that would send the Snake river
per end of the oxbow, Idaho Pow
through a tunnel into a power
er has built a rockfill embank
house equipped initially with
three generators of 10,800-kilo- ment 205 feet high and flanked
,watt capacity and ultimately with by two spillways.
Water impounded by this bar
six generators of 21,600-kilowatt
rier is carried through a spine
I capacity.
like mountain by two concrete-
I Troubled by financial problems lined intake tunnels, each of
and comparatively primitive con which is nearly 1,000 feet long
struction equipment, Idaho-Ore and 36 feet in diameter. From
gon Light & Power succeeded in the tunnels, the water drops
I building a concrete-lined tunnel through four 23 - foot - diameter
more than 1,100 feet long and 28 steel penstocks to spin the tur
feet in diameter.
bines in the powerhouse.
However, the company’s build
Two 130 - foot - diameter surge
ers were defeated by the swift tanks, carved in solid rock on a
To Buy. Sell, Reni or Hire, flowing river in their efforts to bench above the powerhouse, reg
Try the Columns of the Gate build a dam from shore to shore. ulate water pressure in the pen
They were able to turn only stocks.
City Journal Classified Page.
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Mrs W K. Wahlert and chil
dren and Mrs. Hannah BurbanB
returned Monday afternoon fro«
Ashland, Ore® where
«Hl
been visiting Mrs. Wahlert’s par I
ents, Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Barry.
M and W Jess Mar*ez and
family, • and **s. Joe Rodrí
guez an<t>family. Mr and Mrs Joe
Gandado and family and Sophia,
mother of Mrs Gandado of Pitts
Commander Tony Martinez and aid Poulson of Parma. a boy
burg. dial if.. went to Nampa for a
July
8
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To
Mr
and
Mrs.
Gar-
President Mildred Elliott presid
picnic
lunch Sunday. In the eve-
ed at a July 3 joint meeting of land Carson of Payette, a boy.
Weekend victors at the Ed I ning they all had dinner at the
July 8—To Mr and Mrs Jesus
Adrian American Legion post 109
Maulding tome were Mary E Jess Martinez home.
Garza of Nyssa, a boy.
and auxiliary members.
Maulding, Major and Mrs. C. H.
July
9
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To
Mr.
and
Mrs
Nor
Plans were formulated at the
Maulding and Carol.
Journal Classifieds for Resultai
session for the annual picnic, man White of Jordan Valley, a
featuring fried chicken, to be held girl.
July 10—To Mr. and Mrs Ber-
July 23 at Ontario park
All veterans and their families j nard Gammel of Parma, a boy.
July 11—To Mr. and Mrs Rich
are invited and are requested to
ard Apodaca of Nyssa, a boy.
bring own table service.
July 11—To Mr. and Mrs. Jose
Reports from delegates who at
tended Boys’ and Girls’ State will Delgado of Nyssa, a girl.
July 12—To Mr. and Mrs. Jo
be a highlight of the Sunday pro
Bisbee of Ontario, a boy.
gram.
up in the city charter.
Lynn Snodgrass appeared be
fore the council regarding license
fee to be paid by Davis Amuse
ment company for the carnival at
the rodeo grounds. He said that
they had not been paying a fee in
the past and that it was their im
pression that the rodeo grounds
were outside the city limits.
Members of the council said
that the grounds were inside and
were included in the charter
prior to purchase of the land by
present owners, Owyhee Riding
club.
as
Council members said it would
not be fair to make the charge on
such short notice if it had not
been collected in the past but that
there would be a charge in fol
lowing years.
A call to the county assessor’s
office by a Journal reporter
brought the information that the
grounds were inside the city and
would be on city tax rolls.
Female Drivers
Thirty-nine percent of the na
tion’s drivers are women.
Automobile Manufacturers as
sociation reports the average
truck in use in this country is 7.6
years old.
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