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Of O«eon Eugene, Ore. 97403 x x x x x Nyssa Gate City Journal VOLUME XL THE SUGAR CITY THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL, NYSSA, OREGON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1967 Area School Enrollment Totals Given A (Editor's Note: The following is a speech given by Representative Robert F. Smith before the Public Land Law Review commission on Sept. 1 in Portland.) Mr. Chairman, Members of the Commission: I am pleased to join in welcoming this distinguished group to the Pacific Northwest, and to present to you as time allows the position of Governor Tom McCall and the State of Ore gon. Over 52 per cent of the land area of the State of Oregon is owned by the Federal govern ment, almost equally divided between National forest lands and Bureau of Land Management holdings. In addition, nearly 161,000 acres are in National parks. The laws and policies which govern the management of these lands, and their inter-relation ship with the State are of vital concern to our people. Our economy is almost entirely based upon full utilization of resources tied to the lands. The timber products industry leads in economic importance, followed by agriculture and tourism, all tied to the land. NYSSA CHANGES A PART OF THE TEACHING STAFF, NEW THIS YEAR TO the Nyssa schools. They are (1 to r) with brief background information and classes they will conduct. Gerald Talbot, a Nyssa lad. He will teach junior high boys’ P. E. and high school bookkeeping and business math, Mrs. Dorothy Bivins, a graduate from Northwest Nazarene college at Nampa and has joined the primary staff; Craig Northrup, a graduate of University of Pacific. He will be in charge of school bands. Mrs. Katileen Repd was graduated from Colorado State col lege, taught in Fruitland and will also be in the primary department; Paul Schaffeld, native of Vale, was graduated from Eastern Oregon college, taught in Boise last year and will coach football and teach social studies; Dennis Savage, another Nyssa native. He taught in Baker last year and will teach junior high science and math. — Staff photo. ADRIAN CHANGES Of Adrian’s gain, high school figures were up 15, while ttre grade total had increased 23. A comparison record was not available, but Supt. Ward re ported tta‘ following students in high school Freshmen, 47; Sophomores, 36; Juniors, 42 and Seniors, 36. TVCC Reports Fall Schedule Now Available Schedules for the fall quart er at Treasure Valley Com munity college are now avail able at the administration of fice, it is announced by E. D. Haynes, dean of instruction. Meetings for new faculty members will be held Monday, Sept. 18 at 9 a.m., with a full faculty meeting at 1:30 p.m. An all-day meeting for all faculty members will begin at 9 a.m., Tuesday, Sept. 19. Orientation for students be gins on Wednesday, Sept. 20 at 9 a.m., with testing set for 1:30 p.m. Further activities continue on Thursday, Sept. 21 and highlighted by an all camp us picnic at noon. Registration of new students will be held all day Friday, Sept. 22, and will continue until noon the following day. DUANE R. ALTERS . . Funeral services were con ducted in Summers chapel at Boise, Friday, Sept. 1, 1967 for Duane R. Alters, former Nyssa resident and editor- publisher of the Gate City Journal from 1952 to 1959. At time of his death, Mr. Alters was employed as direct or of the Idaho Traffic Safety department of statistics. The heart attack, which claimed his life, was reported to be near 9:40 a.m., Wednesday of last NUMBER XXXVI Federal Lands Fail To Pay Fair Part Of State Costs Compared With Individuals Enrollment figures furnish ed by the superintendents of Nyssa and Adrian schools show only minor changes from last- year's totals on the second day of the new school term. Nyssa’s total dropped 31 from a total of 1,287 last year to 1,256 this term. Last year the total was nine less than the previous year. Adrian’s total increased 38 over last year, but Supt. Glenn Ward said part of this is due to more children at the labor camp being enrolled. Records reveal 691 enrolled in the elementary school, down 29 from the previous year. The figures by grade, with the current year shown as the first figure, are as follows: First grade: 119-134; second: 118-113, third: 132-136, fourth: 109-126, fifth 112-110; sixth: 101-101. For Junior high the totals are now 193, compared to 215 last year. By grades the div ision is seventh: 101-104 eighth: 92-111. Senior high enrollment shows 372, for an increase over the total last year. By grades the changes are freshmen, 111-97; sophomores, 84-92, juniors, 91-86, and seniors, 86-77. THUNDEREGG CAPITAL THE REMAINDER OF THE NEW NYSSA SCHOOL TEACHERS. They are (1 to r) with brief information concerning each: Miss Hannah Llndbloom, a graduate of Northwest Nazarene college, taught in Eddyville, Ore., last year, will teach Eng lish in junior high and high school; Gary Jasper, Parma, also a graduate of NNC, taught the last three months of the previous year in Nyssa, will teach fifth grade. Mrs. Larry (Lorraine) Bauman, Nyssa, has served has a substitute teacher in the Nyssa schools, will teach fourth grade. Charles Thomson is a graduate of Williamette university and taught in the New berg, Ore., schools for 11 years, will be in charge of the school chorus activities. Mrs. Martha Northrup, taught in Former Journal Publisher week, just shortly after ac companying his daughter, Diane to the airport. She had won a scholarship to Grinnell college in Iowa and was leaving to enroll at the school. Duane was born March 24, 1913 in Sumner, Nebr., a son of Ray and Ethel Lockhart Al ters. He came with his parents to live near Fruitland. He had attended Nebraska State col lege at Kearney. The deceased worked as edit or and publisher of the Mount- aneer News at Idaho City until he entered military service in 1943. He was with the Army in the Pacific theater for three years, and was discharged as a staff sergeant at Ft. Lewis, Wash., on December 24, 1945. On Sept. 7, 1947, he married Fern O. Pomeroy at New Ply mouth. For a brief period, he was secretary of the Weiser Chamber of Commerce. With his father, he edited and pub lished the Payette Valley Sent inel at New Plymouth from 1946 to 1951 Mr. Alters was a member of Whitney Methodist church, a committeeman for Post 33 of The Boy Scouts of America, a member of the Idaho State Employee association’s Capitol chapter and a member of Typo graphical union local 988. In addition to his widow of the home, he is survived by one son, Steve Alters, a stu dent at Boise college; two daughters, Diane Alters who will study at Grinnell, and Kathy Alters, a Boise high school student. Also surviving is his mother, Former Nyssan Mrs. Ethel Al ters of Boise. His father died in 1952. Services were conducted by the Rev. Raymond A. Thomp son and interment was made in Cloverdale cemetery. Pallbearers were Dr. Clay ton Morgan, Harold Davis, Jim Bayes, LeRoy Burbank, JackC. Tucker and L. Clark Hand. A number of Nyssans were among the large number in at tendance at the funeral rites. Stockton, Calif., schools last year, will teach in primary grades. William Gillam, a College of Idaho graduate, taught in Boise last year, will teach seventh and eighth grade math here. Lloyd Dibble, who has resided in the Apple Valley the past ten years, has taught in the Wilder schools for the past nine years and will work in special education on the junior high level. Another new teacher (not pictured), as she was ia Ireland with a group of Girl Scouts when the pictures were taken, is Miss Christine Me Pike of Payette. She is a grad uate of Marylhurst college, taught in Juntura last year, and will teach fifth grade this year in Nyssa. —Journal photo. KRAZY DAYS EVENT SET FOR SEPT. 23 Nyssa’s eighth annual Krazy Days event has been set for the week-end of Sept. 21, 22, 23, with Saturday climaxing the big sales event, with merchants, clerks and citizens vying with each other for the "goofiest” Adrian Youths Suffer Injuries NEWELL HEIGHTS - An ac cident occurred around 11 p.m. last Thursday near Adrian. Four young men were in a sports car, owned by Pete Franks, and driven by John Paul (Pud) Franks, his son. Other occupants were Gary Franks, cousin of the driver; G. B. Condra of the Ridgeview area and Burdette Pratt, son of the Eugene Pratts of New ell Heights. According to reports, the lads had just crossed the railroad tracks north of Adrian when Franks lost control. The auto left the road and turned over two times, landing in Carl Piercy’s field. The Pratt lad was thrown out of a window, sustaining head injuries. Gary Franks also suffered injuries. The other lads were not seriously injured. It is reported that the car was a near complete wreck. The two injured youths were taken to Malheur Memorial hos pital. At presstime they were still hospilalized, however authorities reported that they were in satisfactory condition. costumes. The date was verified at a called meeting of the merch ants’ promotion committee last week. Chairman Fred Bracken asks that anyone having any ideas that will add to the fun o’ entertainment to contact him or the Journal office. Merchants are on their own, and can do most anything they care to do, but if they plan anything unusual, the chairman and local publishers are anxious to publicize it. WANT ADS EARLY Since this is the largest sing- le promotion of the year, and the Journal will be blanketing the area with over 4,000 copies mailed to nearby families, ad copy is needed early. The Journal staff will start on the special edition this week end, and can use ads from Thursday morning on to the few days prior to the event. If help is needed in prepar ation, advertisers are asked to dial 372-2233. NEW INSTRUCTORS JOIN TVCC STAFF Added to the roster of new faculty members at Treasure Valley Community college for the academic year are instruct ors Mrs. Vanita Meyer, Harry Dees and Mel Coleman. Mrs. Meyer will teach Eng lish composition, English lit- Contlnued On Page 2 Because the Federal government is our most important landlord, we feel the level of sup port tor our economy through land resource management policies, and the level of support of government by Federal lands should be at least equal to the level of support demanded from private landowners. And we strongly support a percentage of receipts distribution based upon a gross figure rather than a net figure. The monopoly position of the Federal government in control of the resources for our most impolant industries should be as carefully controlled as if such a monopoly were allowed in private hands. Nearly 80 per cent of the resource supply for our timber products industry is controlled by the Federal government, yet is producing only about 52 per cent of the cut that sustains the industry. We urge a continued re-evaluation of allowable cut, growth-cycles, and land growth potential on the forest lands in order that the maximum yield be obtained consistent with a sustaining forest. The inventory of resource should be as up-to-date as that conducted annually on the pri vate lands of the forest industry, which indicates a level of production from the private lands at a r.gnificantly higher point than that which is being obtained from Federal lands. When har vest of a resource is delayed beyond the age of maxim rm return, our whole economy suf fers. Our counties lose revenue, our people lose jobs and opportunity, and the resource it self is lost. Wc commend the Bureau of Land Management for the massive rehabilitation program now underway in the Vale project, and urge this type of approach to as much of the grazing lands in our State as possible, on a long-range program which will result in substantial improve ment in the land, with subsequent dramatic increases in the productivity of the land. We urge continued blocking up of lands with equitable exchange between the State and the Federal agency, as well as with private owners so effective management units may be es tablished. And we urge a policy of land leasing so adequate tenure is given the lessee which encourages his private investment in modern land management techniques. When public land under lease with tenure and private investment is taken for a determined higher and better use, a payment back to the lessee on an amortized basis should be given. By following such a policy, maximum improvement and development of our public lands can be gained without expenditure of public funds, which when not forthcoming delay the improve ment. Grazing fees should be maintained at the present determined level. The increased product ivity will add substantially to the revenues, and add substantially to the production of food. In land exchange, we feel a consistent policy should be maintained between the federal agencies. When a determination is made that the exchange is desirable from the standpoint of resource management, values should be frozen at that time, and upon the values set by a third party appraiser, cash eachange t> balance inequity should be allowed. In all exchanges, wildlife and recreational uses must be considered, and made a part of the terms ?f the exchange for continued multiple use when this can be shown as a desirable con tinued factor. Over 80 per cent of Oregon’s water resource, determi ed and protected by State laws under the doctrine of appropriate rights, and long established as a property right, comes from Fed eral lands. The cloud over these water rights, frightening to Oregon in its implications both for present and future development and use, must be cleared by congressional action. A stated position of "reservation” of rights to water failing upon, flowing across, or lying under Federal lands to the landowner is in complete violation of the state’s historic right to the water resource. Any continuation of this doctrine or reserved rights makes impossible Oregon’s planning for water development, and renders ineffective the current ultimate needs study of water now underway in Oregon and most of the states. We also strongly urge congressional action in setting forth the States’ exclusive right of ownership and management of resident wildlife and fish, dedicated to all the people, and not in any way tied to land ownership. In the field of recreational development, we feel the same kvel of responsibility should re«t with the Federal government as rests with the State. In Oregon, with tourism the fastest growing industry, performance by the Federal agencies should match their position as our number one landowner. Particularly we would like to see the most accessible lands given a highest and best use designation for recreation values. In disposal of public lands, we feel a consistent policy can be enunciated with guidelines to be followed by all Federal agencies. Where management and development is static, or at a level below that which could be applied, then the lands might best be disposed of, requiring development as part of the contract. If funding by the congress to support a level of management is not forthcoming, then dis posal of the lands to secure highest resource productivity should be encouraged. In Oregon we enjoy an excellent personal relationship with the Federal agencies admin istering our public lands. With mutual understanding of problems, and a cooperative approach to maximize all lands for resource productivity applied to highest and best use, we can all benefit, and our resources perpetuated for all generations to come. Idaho Solon Also Sees Need For Changes In Policies Idaho’s Senator Len B. Jordon also told the Public Land Law Review commission Tuesday that changes are needed in the formula distributing the revenues from Federal forest lands. At a Boise meeting of 60 people from 32 states making a study following a tour of Idaho forests and BLM land, Jordon said, "The present 25 per cent share of forest receipts based on the nets after all costs are taken out is very unreliable and we must have a better di vision.” He also told the group that the huge, raging forest fires of Idaho, Oregon and other north west States, "demonstrate unmistakably” the need for multiple-use access roads to our timber lands. Such roads, he said, might have saved much of the tens of thousands of acres now in flames. Costs should be partly allocated to recreation, mines and wildlife, Jordon told his listen ers. Nyssan Hurt In Car Wreck Mrs. Jessie Morgan sus tained minor injuries in a three- way auto collision at the inter section of South Seventh and Reece avenue Saturday after noon. According to police records, Mrs. Morgan was traveling west on Reece when her car struck the rear end of a truck driven by Jim Savage, Nyssa, who was traveling south on Seventh street. The Savage truck veer ed into another passenger car traveling north on Seventh. This auto was driven by Linda Sween ey of Nyssa, who was accomp Local Appraisers Complete Special Training At OSU More than 200 county ap praisers from throughout the state of Oregon completed the 12th annual appraisal short course on Sept. 1 at Oregon State university in Corvallis, according to a university news release. Among them were Kenneth V. Pond of Nyssa, Oscar B. Bratton of the Arcadia area, Charles R. White, William M. Phillips, Floyd J. Holton and Richard D. Harms of Vale. The course is co-sponsored anied by Nancy Neilson and by the university and the state Peggy Lewis. No citations were issued and tax commission. It is designed there were no personal injur ies, other than Mrs. Morgan who was taken to Malheur "extensive” damage, the Sav Memorial hospital for treat age truck as “moderate” and the other passenger car, owned ment. The Morgan car sustained by Mrs. Nadean Cunningham, what the police referred to as as “minor”. to help bring about improved accuracy and greater uni formity in valuation of real property for tax purposes. Residential and commercial appraisals drew special at tention at this year’s session. THE WEA'¡HER Max. Date Aug. Aug. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 97 98 100 90 94 90 92 — Min. 57 60 58 58 55 54 61 62 No precipitation recorded dur ing the week. RESERVOIR STORAGc. 9-6-67 9-6-66 374,940 Acre Feet 302,010 Acre Feet