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PAGE TWO THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL. NYSSA. OREGON THE GATE CITY JOURNAL TED M. BRAMMER. Editor and Publisher IT S YOUR LAW FARM BUREAU FURROW o o By HOWARD FUJII. Director SUBSCRIPTION RATES NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL NEWSPAPER Single Copies 10c In Malheur County, Oregon, and Payette and Canyon Counties, Idaho: One Year $4.00 Six Months $2.75 Elsewhere in the U.S.A.: Per Year $5.00 Six Months $3.00 I Published Every Thursday at Nyssa. Malheur County. Oregon ; Entered at the Post Office at Nyssa. Oregon, for Transmission Through the United States Mails, as a Second Class Matter Under the Act of March 3, 1379. CONSUMER INCOME GROWS FASTER THAN FARM PRICES In spite of increases in the prices of select food items, con sumer income increased faster during 1965 than farm prices. Higher prices were received by farmers for livestock, eggs and some vegetables, but overall, most gains were offset by higher pro duction costs. Consumers' personal incomes totaled $465 billion in 1965. up 7 percent from a year earlier. Farmers received 39 percent of the market basket dollar in 1965. compared with 37 percent during the previous year. Retail food prices averaged 2.3 percent higher in 1965 compared with 1964. Farm prices are now at 83 per cent of parity with farm cost at an all - time peak: 329 percent higher than the 1910-14 average— clusion of the study of westward the index years from which the expansion and railroads for two farm parity formula is computed. Adrian eighth grade boys. Mark The U.S. farm debt excluding Pratt and Mike Brownfield. Commodity Credit loans was The lads' social studies instruc estimated at $39.4 billion on tor. Pat O’Loughlen. stated that Jan. 1. This is 9li percent the boys decided entirely on their greater than a year ago and 67 ou-n to make the trip to satisfy percent above Jan. 1. 1960. their curiosity regarding railroads. Consumers now spend 18.2 per The boys left Adrian at 10 o’clock cent of their expendable dollars Saturday morning and arrived in for food, the lowest percentage of Nyssa at 2:30 that afternoon. their “real” income for this pur Along the way, they discovered pose in history. A further decline many interesting things, including in the percentage of income need that there are 22 crossings, seven ed for food is expected in the year bridges and 27,431 railroad ties ahead. between the two towns. In the People in many undeveloped first mile out of Adrian, the countries even today must spend youths counted 2,585 ties with an I most of their income for food. average of 17 ties per rail. They also noted the ties are; MEETINGS SCHEDULED not evenly spaced and are not The executive committee of the always parallel. It was the young Woman's Society of Christian Ser sters’ belief that weight of the vice of Nyssa Methodist church trains passing over the timbers will meet at 10 a.m. April 5 in had caused them to shift and per the church parlor. haps not remain as they were A general meeting of the WSCS laid. will be held at 8 o’clock Thursday The boys reported Monday to evening. April 7, in the church. their classmates and instructor The prayer group meets at 7:45. regarding their trip and the sta tistics were forwarded to the VISIT IN COREY HOME Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Ritter of | Journal by O’Loughlen. Anacortes, Wash., arrived Friday to spend a week visiting Mr. and To Buy. Sell or Reni, Try the Classified Pagel Mrs. Maurice Corey. Damage Claims Two Adrian Students End Railroad Study From Pesticides With Trip Via Tracks hike from Adrian to Nyssa, Down During 1965 via A the railroad tracks, was con Oregon's Department of Agri culture had almost one - fourth fewer claims filed with it in 1965 for damage from application of pesticides than the previous year. The 1965 total on claims was 30 with all but three of these in vestigated by the department. On three of those filed all action re quired was not completed so no investigation was made. Thirty- nine claims were filed in 1964 and 34 of these were investigated. Twenty-six of the 1965 claims were found valid. In 18 of the claims filed a 2.4-D type of pesti cide was involved. The previous year this type of pesticide was used in 21 of the claims found valid by the department. Air applicators improved their damage record in 1965. but dam age from ground application of pesticides showed a marked in crease. Damage caused by air application of a pesticide dropped to 13 from the 22 of the previous year, but those caused from ground application increased from six in 1964 to 10 during 1965. In the remaining three claims found valid, contamination of water by a pesticide was suspect ed. Major crops damaged by the pesticide application were peas and beans. THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1966 By Oregon State Bar History of Wills o o o V. n - •'* A « o O O O o o o o o o A PLAN FOR LANDSCAPING the Nyssa swimming pool park, as submitted and approved by City Manager Fred O. Koch. Planning this beautification project are members of Town and Country Gar den club who will submit this iketch for a Readers' Digest Foun dation grant. In the foreground is the pool, and in the rectangle to its right are basketball loops. The circular drawing will be a fountain, with the already-installed airplane being the rectangle to its right. Just south of the plane will bo a mound on which succulents will be planted amid native rocks of the area. The other objects drawn on this plan will be plants, shrubs and trees familiar to the Pacific Northwest.—Journal Photo. Adrian Community Church News DINNER HONORS EDWARDS Mr. and Mrs. Ed Brandt of Kingman Kolony entertained Fri- Nine members of the older wo I day evening with a surprise din men’s Bible study group met on ner honoring Buster Edwards on March 23 at the home of Mrs. his birthday anniversary. In ad Tina Schiemer. The Rev. Elmer dition to the honoree, guests in Rosenkilde led the lesson which cluded Mrs. Edwards, Mr and completed a study of the book Mrs. Roy Eads of Wilder. Mr. and of Jonah. | Mrs. John Bretz. Mr. and Mrs The younger church women George Rauchman. Bretz was met that morning in the parson also celebrating a birthday anni age with the Rev. Rosenkilde also versary. in charge of their lesson. The Boise Valley Sprihg Pres- terian church. The session will byterial meeting will be Tuesday, I begin at 9:30 a.m. and continue April 5, at the Roswell Presby- ' until 2:30 in the afternoon. testament" since English courts came to pass on both real and personal property, an that one court could handle the whole es tate. English church courts had "•xacutors” who carried out one's testament. To die "inte state" (without a testament) was almost like dying uncon fessed. Sometimes the church In the interest* of a man'* *oul could give some of the man'* good* to other* beilde* hi* fam ily. The passing of property to heirs is one of man's oldest transac tions As fur back as the Egyp tian, Assyrian and Jewish civili-i zations, we have examples of wills , written and witnessed on papy- lus, clay tablets and other ma terials The Hammurabi code (2100 DC) i permitted a father by deed to | By the time of the American Colonies, the law* were well favor his son. Under early Roman law, the settled, and law courts, rather head of a house could tell the than church courts, administered and distributed estates here. patrician assembly his wishes. Today, with the mixiern com Later Roman law favored a plexities of various types of prop written will to keep the testa tor's plans secret until death. erty, taxes, stocks, etc.. It is wise if u person has a will drafted. It also favored having a firm record of his wishes, not rest This will assure that his property will be di-.tilbiih-d KCOrdtaf to ing on memory. By 1200 AI). the English law of his wishes after he dies. How a wills was well advanced. Our I person wants his property distri body of law stems from the Eng buted and how the court must lish system. The church courts do it in cases where there is no supervised disposition of property will, have left many hurt feelings. (Oregon lawyer* offer thi* according to a “testament" of how the testator wanted his property column a* a public service. No person should apply or Inter to go. Church courts supervised per pret any law without the aid of sonal property (movnbles like ar an attorney who is completely mor or personal effects): land was advised of the fact* involved. passed on by wills which the Even a slight variance in tact king's court handled Hence, to may change the application of day we speak of "last will and the law.) NOTICE The City of Nyssa intends to fully enforce the ordinance governing garbage containers. Violators will be prosecuted under the provisions of said ordinance. FRED KOCH City Manager Every Day in April Is Bargain Day And One Day Will Be "Give Away Day" IT STARTS APRIL 1! We repeat our "GIVE AWAY DAY" Anniversary Sale again! The event has been planned with the cooperation of our manufacturers to bring you the finest values for the money you wish to spend. Not only is this to be one of our finest features, but we are offering you the same easy terms that our stores have always featured . . . PLUS GIVE AWAY DAY” G.A.D The GREATEST OFFERING in Our HISTORY IS REING REPEATED! (Give Away Day) For One Full Day Will Be Refunded! WHAT AN EVENT! LOOK WHAT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU . . . BUY ANYTHING IN OUR STORE! Furniture, Floor Coverings, Appliances, T.V., Radios, Gifts or what have you (one piece or a house full) ... At 5:00 p.m. on SATURDAY, APRIL 30, we will select a single APRIL Shopping Day, which will be designated as .. . "GIVE AWAY PAY” Nyssa, Oregon 217 Main Street ALL SALES ALL TREASURE VALLEY WILL REMEMBER « GIVE AWAY DAY” If You Make Your Purchases on ... or Choose This Magic Dav YOUR ENTIRE PURCHASE PRICE WILL BE REFUNDED! Commercial sales excluded. Off cial rules are posted in our store. Not necessary to be Present at the time of the date selection. PETERSON FURNITURE CO <4. Ontario, Oregon 98 South Oregon $