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THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL. NYSSA. OREGON PAGE TWO THE GATE CITY JOURNAL TED M. BRAMMER. Editor and Publisher NATIONAL NEWSPAPER SUBSCRIPTION RATES Single Copies 10c In Malheur County. Oregon, and Payette and Canyon Counties, Idaho: 14-00 One Year— >2.75 Six Months Elsewhere in the U. S. A.: Per Year >5.00 Six Months ------- >3.00 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. 1879. Shall Informers Be Silenced? For the first time in over 100 years of Oregon history, a newspaper writer has been cited for contempt of court for refusal to name confidential sources of a news story. Annette Buchanan, managing editor of the Univereity of Oregon Daily Emerald, was fined $300 for standing by her promise to seven students that their side of a marijuana story would be told to the public. There are laws which keep relations between lawyers and clients confidential. Similar laws protect relations between a secretary and her boss, a doctor and his pa tient, and a clergyman and a confessant. Thirteen states have laws protecting the right of a newsman not to re veal a confidential news source. Oregon does not. Why? Because in all of Oregon history, it hasn't been needed. Many of our important problems would not be solved if it weren’t for a public-minded citizen telling a news paper of some underhanded activity going on in his community. In the past, he has been able to tell the newspaper without fear of having his name brought into it, and his personal security jeopardized. Not that mari juana-smoking students were public-minded citizens, but it is of public value that alert citizens are aware of the narcotics situation. When both sides of the story are known, it can be more effectively brought under control. In Pennsylvania, the state supreme court reversed a lower court’s decision which found two news writers in contempt for failing to reveal confidential sources of a news story on political corruption. The supreme court said: “The public welfare will be benefited more extensively and to a far greater degree by protection of all sources of disclosure of a crime, con spiracy and corruption than it would by the occasional discosure of the source of newspaper information con cerning a crime.” Oregon Secretary of State Tom McCall is offering to support a campaign for legislation which would protect the identity of confidential news sources. In the past 100 years, the attitude of Oregon courts has not made such a law necessary. But if this long-standing situation is to be changed, and a new precedent is set, a law will be needed. — Blue Mountain Eagle, John Day. GUESTS IN URRY HOME Dr. and Mrs. Grant W. Urry, Lisa, Meg, Serena and Tony of Lafayette, Ind., were Saturday overnight and Sunday guests in the home of his brother, Mr. and Mrs. Max Urry, Patty and Den nis. Another weekend visitor was her brother. Dale Smith of Boise. Don Somers to Speak At Methodist Church Don Somers, a certified lay speaker, will give the sermon Sunday. July 24, during the mor ning worship services at Nyssa Methodist church. His subject will be -Prayer.” Two services will be held at 8:30 and 11 a m . with church school at 9:45. Somers has been an active Me thodist layman for many years, having served in the Twin Falls area before moving to Nyssa last winter as a representative of the Idaho Power company. Mid-Weak Service Set Wednesday evening chapel ser vices are continuing each week as a cooperative program of the Nyssa Christian and Methodist J churches. On Wednesday. July 27. the service will be held at the Methodist church with the Rev. Wallace Prowell speaking on the topic, "Parable of the Wedding Feast.” ARRIVE FROM NEBRASKA Mr. and Mrs. Dave Dennis of Ogallala, Neb., arrived July 15 to visit in the home of her sister, Mrs. Ed Steinke. Dareld Steinke of Vale spent Sunday visiting with his mother and guests. Classified* Bring Resultsl THURSDAY. JULY 21. 1966 ENTERTAINS CHURCH GROUP A meeting of the women’s as sociation of Adrian Community church was held last Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Dyre Roberts in Big Bend. Mrs. Jake Borge gave a report on the recent synodical meeting in Pocatello. The Rev. Elmer Rosenkilde showed a film depict ing church activities of the junior group at Parma. By T. M. B. THE MASTER'S MEN, representing Northwest Naiarene college in Nampa, will present a concert of sacred music at 11 o'clock Sunday morning, July 24. at Nyssa Church of the Nasarene. The men are Dick Mark, Dave Raine. Greg Fraser and Steve Pace. Ken Meenach of Nampa is their sponsor, and during the summer months the group is appearing in concerts at various Nasarene churches in the Pacific Northwest. Member* of the local church congregation, as well the musical group, invite the public to attend the Sunday morning concert. ATTEND CAMP SESSION The Rev. and Mrs. Wallace Prowell and family spent last week attending Christian church camp at Cove. By Orsgon State Bar Pastor Prowell served as direc tor of junior co-ed activities and his son. Allen, was among parti cipating campers. Carl Linegar, another Nyssan, served as coun A large crack developed in the selor. sidewalk in front of Jones Gro cery store. Jones told two of his BARTRON FAMILY RETURNS carry-out boys to chip away the Mrs. Denny (Irene) Bartron and broken pavement and fill the hole children returned to Nyssa last with fresh concrete. Thursday from Puyallup. Wash.. The employees worked at it where they had resided since ear during the afternoon, and at quit ly this year. They have moved ting time had the hole chipped into their former home on high out but were not ready to pour in way 20-26 north of Nyssa. Their the fresh concrete. So they put husband and father, who is em a sawhorse over the excavation | ployed at Boeing Aircraft plant and left it in Seattle, plans to join his family Early in the evening, while here this fall. it wa* still light. Mr*. Smith came walking down the side CALIFORNIANS ARRIVE walk. She was watching two Mr. and Mrs. John Pond of Los children throwing a ball across Angeles and Mrs. Tom O’Brien of the stree4p«o she did not see San Leandro, Calif., visited July the sawhone or the hole in the 11-12 with the women’s sister, sidewalk. She stepped into the Mrs. Bill Wahlert, and their niece, hole, turned her ankle, fell and Mrs. Charles Quinowski. Later in I the week Bill Wahlert. accompa broke her nose and leg. Mrs. Smith sued Jones. "He THE REV. HAROLD E. KURTZ nied by John and Patricia, travel ed to California to transact busi dug a pitfail right in the middle will speak during the 11 o'clock morning service Sunday. July ness. While there they visited at of the sidewalk,” she declared. 24, at Kingman Memorial Pres “ There was a sawhorse over the home of Mr. and Mrs. O’Brien the hole,” Jones replied. "She byterian church in Adrian. The in San Leandro. would not have fallen if she had i Rev. Kurts and his wife. Paul paid the slightest attention to ine, have served as missionaries in Ethiopia since 19S5. They where she was going.' The jury decided in favor of and their children are presently Jones, It found that he was neg-' visiting his parents. Mr. and ligent in leaving a hole in the Mrs. M. L. Kurts of Adrian. sidewalk with only a sawhorse ( They expect to be leaving for over it to warn the public. But, Ethiopia again in August. it said, Mrs. Smith would have I seen the sawhorse if she had been he cannot hold another liable for j watching where she was going. damages. This is known in law Her own negligence was as much as the doctrine of contributory the cause of her injuries as was negligence. the negligence of the defendant. In short, everyone is expected In general, people are liable to use some good sense to take if their negligence cause* in jury to other*. Bui everyone is care of himself. (Oregon lawyer* offer this bound to exercise reasonable column a* a public service, No care for hi* own safety. A person should apply or interpret pedestrian cannot simply walk any law without the aid of an along with hi* head in the attorney who is completely clouds, paying no attention to advised of the facts involved. traffic, condition of the side Even a slight variance in fact walk or other possible hazards. If an injured person’s own neg may change the application of ligence contributes to his injury, the law.) IT'S YOUR LAW Case of Contributory Negligence Discussed In June the "Missus" and I took off for our old hometown of Ber ry ville Un the north west corner of the Arkansus Ozarks) for the first time in over seven years. When we became property own ers in Nyssa, following over 20 year* in the previous location, we said we would not return until we felt we were coming home to Oregon and not leuving our home hack there. We both reached that positive stage three or four years buck, but for various reasons were un able to make the trip Possibly we fell we couldn't ufford it we felt we didn't have experienc ed help to take an extended trip where we could get our visit out with numerous relatives and friends and maybe we feared we would learn that we were not only indispensable to the paper operation but to our customers and friends of Nyssa. And, since our stuff with the help of two of their daughters, did such a murvelous job we aren’t sure we are as important as we thought! • • * • Anyway we had a wonderful trip—didn't rush down or back but traveled leisurely, visiting friends and relatives unseen for several years, and had beautiful weather throughout the tour. Berryville is a town some smaller than Nyssa had a diver sified economy when we left there in 1959 dairy and beef cat tle, some small gruin, fruits and berries—but lurgely poultry (tur keys and chickens) for cash. Since 1959, turkey and chicken pro ducing, along with the dairy- ing industry, has replaced most of the others. There are few row crops und utmost no small grain. In addition to these changes, the tourist industry has lioomcd. Tho town is within a short dis tance of three new lakes on White river, imin-mude through the for mation of dams built by federal agencies. These are not irrigation dams (us our Owyhee) but are for flixxi control, power and recrea- I ton The old home town hu* not grown population - wise but one can find hundreds of nice, new expensive homes, and these can also lx« seen over the country side. Iaind thut formerly sold for >25 - >50 an acre is now selling for >200->300 Services are cheap er and taxes lower than here, and for those with a fixer! income it has special attractions. • • • • Our whole point is thst we have special attractions here—our climate is Ideal—we have clbow- j room for those tired of crowded city conditions—we have real ex cellent hunting and fishing near- | by—our living cost» compare fav- ' orably with most parts of the western states we're a paradise for rock hunters - and, most im portant we have friendly people. If we, as a town und commu nity, do not take advantage of all these to sell our guests who will lx- here for the soon-coming Thunderegg Days — we are cer tainly missing a bet. 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