University Of Oregon Library Eugene, Ore. 971*03 __ __ X X X X X Nyssa Gate City Journal VOLUME LX THE SUGAR CITY Gun Mishap Hurts Nyssa Area Youth A 14-year-old Nyssa youth, Kenneth Cannon, son of Mr. and Mrs. Waiter Cannon of rural Nyssa, escaped serious Injury Sunday when a gun ac cidently discharged, sending a bullet into his foot. Mrs. Cannon said the fam ily was on a deer hunting trip near Juntura and Kenneth was sitting on the edge of a jeep unloading the gun when it dis charged. A 30-06 bullet went through his second toe. He was taken to Malheur Memorial hospital for treat ment and was released in gd condition. - Idaho Daily States man. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 19«7 bìfore UNICEF DRIVE TO RE OCT. 31 All young people from fourth grad«* through high school are being invited again this year to participate in "I i i< k or Treat for UNICEF" on Hallo ween night, October 31. Plana for the Nyssa and Adrian areas are now in progress under a committee of people from sev eral churches, Protestant and Catholic, says The Rev. Ralph A. Lawrence, chairman of the UNICEF project for the Minis terial Association. For the youth who go out, it will be a night of helpful ness and fun as they collect for the United Nations Child ren's Fund. Last year, more than $255.00, an all-time high, was collected by Nyssa and Adrian groups which canvassed the various residential neigh borhoods. This was added to other efforts in Oregon to make a grand total of more than $26,000.00 for the state. In addition, some $15,000.00 was contributed to (lie work of this Nobel Peace Prize winning or ganisation through Iheptirciiase of UNICEF greeting cards sold locally by volunteers. Tile UNICEF work is pro viding a better future for mil lions of boys and girls who are hungry, ill, or who live a sub standard life in some 120 coun tries Of tile world. I I m of its main efforts is to feed, heal, and educate children so that they may later help themselves. The children and youth of Nyssa and Adrian will meet first at church locations where they will be given instructions and provided with transporta tion. After the sol ic 11 a t ion, parties for the different age groups will be held. Three age luvels will participate: 4th, 5th, and cth grades will form the “junior" group, and will meet at the Nyssa Methodist Church. Grades 7 and 8 will meet at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, and the Senior Highs will gather at St. Bridget’s Catholic new Parish trail. Adrian youth will meet at the Kingman Memorial Presbyterian Church. More Information will be pub- Itohed In next week's (¡ate (ity Journal. THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL, NYSSA, OREGON THUNDEREGG CAPITAL NUMBER XLII Thousands Of Hunters Invade County As Pheasant Season Opens Saturday, Prospects Appear Bright For Big Day Hunting Legal On Other Upland Birds; Waterfowl Gives Sportsmen Wide Choice With prospects for one of the best pheasant crops in recent years in Malheur county, thousands of hunters are expected to be on hand for the 8 a.m. opening hour Saturday morning. A partial check of hotels and motels in the three major towns of the county indicate a shortage of accommodations for the week-end. The county is the farthermost from the large population centers of the Wllllamette valley and Portland area, and the hometown residents say we should belong to Idaho because the rest of the state does not know we exist - but don’t be lieve it! Every hunter of upland birds knows the county is recognized as tops in the northwest for pheasant hunting. And it is among the top areas for quail and chukars. AFTER THESE "BEFORE" and "AFTER" PICTURES show what three to four Inches of dirt put over the entire area with the beet dirt can do, and has done for the lawn areas of the Nyssa football field receiving about six inches on the side and about school grounds. The upper photo is the area just south of the 18 inches in the center where it is crowned. The school head primary building where dirt is now being dumped, while the said on behalf of the board, teachers, kiddies and their par lower picture shows the playground back of the elementary ents, he would like to thank all farmers who have aided in building. Not many years ago it was the same as the upper the project, and asks that they keep on leaving their dirt (alkali soil) and devoid of vegetation. And as many mothers until the job is completed. - Staff photos. can remember was all puddles of water or small ice ponds in the winter time. There are about 30 acres in the total school ground, about 25 of which is lawn area. Eight or nine years ago when local farmers began dumping their beet dirt only about 6 or 7 acres in the front and side of the elementary and high school buildings were in lawn, but now there remains only 4 or 5 more acres to build into lawn. Supt W. L. Mc- Partiand says about 500 kids play on the lawn of the elementary John Fahrenbruch of Route 1, Avery, Orlee Sipes, Elver Niel- building and the grass Is holding up real well. There has been Nyssa has been selected as the sen and Ted Morgan. Outstanding Cooperator with the Winners from the individual Adrian Soil and Water Conser Soil and Water Conservation vation District for 1967, accord Districts, of which there are ing to Wilbur Chapin, Chairman. 63 in Oregon, will compete in This contest is sponsored by area contests, then the area the Oregon Association of Soil winners will compete for the Irrigation water supplies in usual, resulting in better water and Water Conservation state title. The state winner will Malheur county during 1967 supplies than anticipated early Districts, the Oregon Branch of be announced and the award have been adequate for all ir last spring. the Soil Conservation Society presented at the annual meet rigation districts, according to The flow into Lake Owyhee of America and the U. S. Na ing of Soil and Water Conser a report released Saturday by from April through September tional Bank. vation Districts in Lakeview, A. J. Webber and W. T. Frost was 353,400 acre feet compared Chapin said the following November 10. The winner will of the Soilconservation service with the 15-year average of points are used as a basis for receive a trophy and $100. The 381,200, according to prelim judging. in Portland. district he represents will re A plentiful water supply this inary figures of the North Board 1. Progress in application of ceive $50. year wasprimarilyduetoavail- of Control at Nyssa. conservation plans based on able stored water supplies Carry-over water supplies in soil and other resource capa which were near average as the Antelope reservoir of 9,000 bilities. 2. Completeness and acre feet should give a good quality of conservation accom season opened. Carry-over water in res start for next year. Lake plishment. 3. Land use manage ervoirs is 30 percent above the Owyhee has a carryover of ment adapted to the resources average to give the 1968 season 332,700 compared with 270,- of the particular farm or ranch. an excellent start, they said. 000 a year ago. Water stored 4. Community leadership in According to Nyssa Police Later than usual snow accum in the three reservoirs of the conservation. 5. Maintenance Chief Alvin Allen, a list of ulation, coupled with cool tem Malheur River, Warm Springs, of conservation practices esta bicycle rules were recently dis peratures and good precipi Agency Valley and Bully Creek blished. tributed to all Nyssa grade tation in May caused streams total 30,700 compared with 37,- Fahrenbruch was picked from school students, hoping it will to peak higher and later than 700 at this time last yeir. this district because he had cause the youngsters to be more completely applied his conser conscious of present dangers vation plan. His 80 acre farm while riding their bicycles dur Welfare Offices has been completely leveled. In ing the harvest season. some fields he had cuts up All parents of children who Slate Open House to 7 feet and fills to 9 feet. ride bicycles are asked to help He kept his yields high in them find a route off of Main An open house is being held spite of these cuts by spread street as they travel to and today, October 19, for Malheur ing an average of over 100 from school. County Abundant Food Center, eight-ton loads of manure over Division of Vocational Rehabili his place each year. tation and Malheur County Pub His irrigation system has Vale Lad Injured lic Welfare Commission in the been completely reorganized. Dean Steinke of Vale, who new welfare building at 690 W. Besides the leveling this in Idaho avenue in Ontario. cludes some concrete ditch was injured during football The three departments will lining, irrigation pipeline and practice Oct. 11, was released be open to the public for in other structures. Oct. 16 from Holy Rosary hos spection from 2 to 4 p.m., Sixty acres have been sub pital in Ontario. He was taken according to Miss Caroline soiled to a depth of about 4 home by his parents, Mr. and Craig, county public welfare feet to break up a hard pan. Mrs. Dareld Steinke. administrator. During the skirmish on the Fahrenbruch has a cropping system that keeps half his place grid field, his ankle was broken in two places and he was rushed in alfalfa all the time. He was selected by a corti- by ambulance to the hospital. STATE OFFICIAL Dean is a grandson of Mrs. mittee comprised of Farrell Peterson, Harold Kurtz, Irvin Verda Steinke of Nyssa. She VISITS REBEKAHS Topliff, Sam Hartley, Ted reports he is recovering nicely. Fahrenbruch Selected ASWED 196ZXooperator WATER CARRYOVER EXCEEDS AVERAGE MR. AND MRS. GERRIT STAM OF RURAL NYSSA, upon see ing tn the Journal, the architect's drawing of the proposed court for Malheur Memorial hospital, that would have to be omitted from the present construction plans, decided to con tribute the funds necessary to build it, $2,723. They had plan ned to make a contribution and had considered recreation for the patients, but when they learned that the court could be included much easier now, Mrs. Siam (Jansie) said to Gerrit, "This is where our money should be used.” He said, "Okay” - as simple as that! Both are natives of Holland. Gerrit came to the United States in 1905 and Jansie in 1921, after Gerrit’s first trip back for his young bride. They have lived on the same 47-acre farm, two miles northwest of Nyssa for 46 years. Mrs. Stam says the picture, made in 1955, was for passport purposes. (But the kindly couple has not aged a great deal in the 12 years which followed.) Bicycle Rules Given Kiddies Eleven members of Yellow Rose Rebekah lodge met Oct. 5 for a no - host dinner at Brownie’s cafe. Prior to the business meet ing, Miss Linda Ballou enter tained with vocal and guitar selections. Jessie Kahler Darrar, pres ident of the Rebekah Assembly of Oregon, paid her official visitation to the Yellow Rose lodge. There were also visitors from Madras, Ontario, Parma and Nampa. Prior to adjournment, coffee and cookies were served. Co-op Men Attend Portland Meeting A two-day Sales-Service seminar covering a wide range of subjects was recently held in Portland under auspices of Pacific Supply Cooperative,and the registrants included Carl Sells, George Roth, Don King and Ralph Thomas of Nyssa Co-op Supply. The seminar, tailored for sales personnel throughout the Pacific Supply system, featured such topics as suggestive sell ing, handling objections, tele phone techniques and closings. The game commission has not issued a recent report on the state as a whole, but farmers in the Nyssa area say there appears to be an abundance of birds. Some are very small, indicating a late hatch, due to a wet spring, but others afford hunters some color to look at before firing. And, judging by color and size, there is a good carry-over of cocks from previous seasons. The season will extend through November 26 in East ern Oregon with a daily bag limit of three cocks and 12 in possession. One hen pheasant may be included in the daily bag of four in the possession limit in Malheur county from October 28 through the end of the season, Nov. 26. For those who prefer the sol itude of the hills, there are chukars and quail available, although hunters should check local conditions before taking off, as where found in previous years is no indication of their presence this year. Chukar season, which opened recently does not close until January 17. The same season holds on Hungarian partridges. The daily limit on both is eight, with a possession limit of 16. WATERFOWL LEGAL The duck and goose season has been open since Oct. 10 and closes January 7. The duck HELLS CANYON DAM GENERATORS START PRODUCTION NOV. 5 Idaho Power company officials announced Wednesday that Hells Canyon dam will begin producing electricity from North America’s deepest gorge Sunday, Nov. f, during a public open house at the huge project climaxing its three-dam complex to harness a 100-mile stretch of the Snake river. Board Chairman T. E. Roach said the historic milestone will be reached with start-up of the first generating unit at the 425,000-kilowatt project in the scenic heart of the narrow, mountain-walled gorge bordering Idaho and Oregon. Roach, who led the investor-owned utility’s long battle to obtain a license for its three-dam development amid con troversy commanding national attention, will put the first unit "on the line" in a brief ceremony scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. The Hells Canyon project will be completed and in full production with its initial three generating units by spring, 1968, boosting the total output of the entire three-dam devel opment to 1,100,000 kilowatts. __________________________ Idaho Power began construc tion of the multi-purpose devel opment, which also includes Brownlee and Oxbow dams, in 1955 after the Federal Power commission issued a license in a decision upheld by the US Supreme court. Roach, extending an invitation to the public to inspect the Hells Canyon project in its final stages, said: "We welcome the public to share in this momentous event marking the near-completion of our new development that al ready is providing a great new source of power to help pace the economic progress of the entire Pacific Northwest." He said Brownlee and Oxbow dams also will be open for public inspection during the day. The open house will begin at 9:30 a.m. and will include guid ed tours. Visitors to the Hells Canyon project will leave their cars in large, specially-prepared parking areas at Big Bar, nine miles upstream, and will be transported to and from the dam in shuttle buses. "We expect that this system will enable us to handle a large number of visitors rapidly and comfortably,” Roach said. The utility chairman pointed out that in addition to Hells Canyon Dam and powerhouse, visitors will be able to view the project’s permanent fish handling facilities, and a Eagles Slate Hunter's Ball Pheasant season opens Sat urday, Oct. 21 and that is also the date of the annual hunters’ ball at the Nyssa FOE hall. Dinner will be served from 8 to 11 p.m., with dancing to the live music of Terry and his Pirates from 9:30 p.m. until 1:30 a.m. The dinner will feature rib steaks with all the trimmings at $2 per plate. There will also be a cake auction, door prize and games. VARIETY OFFERED DATE Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. oct. Oct. Oct. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 MAX. 65 66 65 66 67 64 64 MIN. 40 42 36 36 30 30 30 RESERVOIR STORAGE 10/16/67 320,150 Acre Feet 10/16/66 255,690 Acre Feet 230,000-volt transmission line that climbs the steep canyon wall to carry electricity into the interconnected Idaho Power system. Some 10,000 persons viewed the Hells Canyon project dur ing the last open house, held by Idaho Power soon after con crete placement for the mas sive gravity dam began in March, 1966. SPI Inspections Cover 2377 Cars Oregon potatoes began to move to market in greater volume in September and pushed the total volume of fresh com modities checked by the fed eral-state inspection service during that month to 2,377 car lots. This was the greatest vol ume inspected since April of this year when 2,571 cars were checked. However, it was 721 fewer cars than moved through the inspection service in Sept ember a year ago. Potatoes accounted for 1,196 cars of the total fresh commodi ties inspected and almost half of these, or 583 cars, came from the Malheur County area. Klamath County had 386 cars, but the other major potato pro ducing a re a of the state, Red mond, had only 46 cars. Other areas having potatoes inspected for shipment and the carlots from each were: Med ford 2, Portland 26, Hermiston 93, Umatilla 53, and Salem 7. Second to potatoes in inspec tion for shipment were onions, with 631 cars, 595 of which were from Malheur County. Salem had 33 cars and the other three cars were inspected in Portland. Pear shipments for the month totaled 307 cars with 148 cars from Hood River and 157 cars from Medford. Hood River also shipped one car of apples and three cars of brine cherries. limit, with certain exceptions, is five per day with a 10 pos session limit. For geese, it is three and six, respectively. HUNTING A PRIVILEGE Hunters are reminded that hunting is a privilege - not a right - and permission should be obtained from the owner of the land before going on the premises. Most will grant the privilege, unless there is what they consider a good reason. Local hunters, in most cases, will be escorting out-of-town guests and should keep them in tow when it comes to violat ing rights of landowners. BE COURTEOUS- BECARE- FUL - AND HAVE GOOD HUNT ING! PT A Of Adrian Sponsors 4-H Award Program A meeting of the Adrian PTA unit will be held at 8:15 this evening, Oct. 19 in the grade school cafetorium. During the session, the group is sponsor ing a 4-H achievement awards program. 4-H club members of Adrian and surrounding communities will be presented their pins and certificates earned during the past year. Members of the 4-H Saddle club will present a short skit, and refreshments will be served by the PTA group. After the meeting, regis tration for 4-H club member ship for the coming year will be held. .Any child who will be nine years old by January 1, 1968, is eligible to enroll in a 4-H club of his or her choice. All area residents are wel come to attend this evening’s meeting. JAYCEES SPONSOR PHEASANT CONTEST The Nyssa Jaycees are spon soring their annual long feather contest during the pheasant season. All local Jaycees have tickets for sale. Chairman of the pro ject is Richard ‘Gus’ Gustav son. Prizes to be given to the four holders of the longest feathers are: first prize, 20- guage shotgun; second prize, shell reloader; third prize, hunting vest; fourth prize, box of shotgun shells. Prizes are now on display at Nyssa Gun and Sport shop. Tickets will be on sale until the first day of the pheasant hunting season. Nyssa FHA Girls Set Topsoil Drive Members of the Nyssa FHA chapter will conduct their an nual topsoil drive Saturday, Oct. 21. The girls will sell pickup loads of barnyard manure for $5 per load. Interested area residents are asked to call 372-2556 which is the phone number of Miss Sallee Morgan who is serving as chairman of the drive. Milton-Freewater was the heavy apple shipper with 122 cars. Salem was the only other area shipping cherries with 31 cars. Other commodities inspected for shipment included: Twocars of corn, one car of shelled filberts, and one car of in shell walnuts from Salem; one car of miscellaneous proiduce from Portland; eight cars of peaches from Medford; 76 cars of plums-prunes from Milton- Freewater and five cars of plums-prunes from Ontario. The inspectors also checked 41,969 tons of potatoes for pro cessing; 8,457 tons of pro cessing onions, and 29,611 tons of pears for processing during September.