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yssa Gate City Journal
VOLUMI LXIII
THE SUGAR CITY
THi MYSSA OATi CITY JOURNAL. NYSSA. OltOON
THURSDAY, IIBIUAIV 11. I«««
AMALGAMATED NEARS END
OF 1969 RUN; SUGAR UP
BUT TONNAGE LOWERED
Manager Larson said there
were no government restric
tions for acreage in 1969 and
that company fieldmen had in
dicated that there would pos
sibly be another increase of
2500-3000 acres over 1968. He
estimated that the company
would sponsor about 1200 mi
grant workers to aid in field
work with most reporting here
in April. The supply is figured
on one man for each 30 acres
of beets. And while acreage is
increasing, weed control chem
icals and more mechinizationin
Snow, Water Content High
Farmers and ranchers in Malheur County will have adequate
water supplies this summer, according to a report released re
cently by A. J. Webber, State Conservationist, Soil Conservation
Service, Portland, and prepared by T. A. ueorge, State Snow
Survey Supervisor, representing cooperating federal, state and
private agencies. Storms in January brought more than generous
amounts of snow to both the Owyhee and Malheur watersheds.
Excellent streamflow this spring and summer will help make up
for last year’s low flows and will provide additional carryover
storage for next year.
The snowpack is 162% of the years and will absorb less than
1953-67 average. A new record usual amounts of snowmelt wa
of 18.2” water content for Feb ter from the runoff.
Storage in Warmsprings,
ruary 1 was measured at South
Mountain, Idaho. Thiscompares Agency Valley and Bully Creek
with the previous high of 17.9” has improved from last month.
measured in 1952. Snow at Blue Current contents are 48,600
Mountain Springs on the Mal acre feet compared to last
heur is 145 percent of average. month’s 33,200 acre feet and
According to the U. S. Wea a February 1 average of 112,-
ther Bureau the Nov-Jan pre 400 acre feet. January inflow
cipitation was 180% of average. also improved storage in Lake
Storms in January deposited Owyhee. It helo 306,800 acre
excellent amounts of precipita feet on Feb. 1 compared to
tion throughout Malheur County last month’s 167,000 acre feet
and was 200 percent of the new and a February 1 average of
359,300 acre feet.
1953-67 average.
Soils are the wettest they
STREAMFLOW UP
have been for the past several
cultivation and harvest lowers
the need for hand labor.
Local grower meetings were
held last week and contract
negotiations are scheduled for
next week at Twin Falls with
all company grower district
representatives.
NFO Meeting Slated
A National Farm Organiza
tion (NFO) meeting will be held
at 8 o’clock Friday evening,
Feb. 14 at Oregon Trail hall.
A film will be shown, and all
interested area residents are
invited to attend.
Burglars Hit
Owyhee Truck
House Approves Tax Relief
Program, May 20
egon House of Representatives Monda^took the first
eferring
important step towardrefe
_ a . property
.
. tax relief program
to the people of OregMBA
stamp of approval on the relief pro-
The House placed
gram recpigniended iJwGov. Tom McCall, and set a date of
May 20 for a spec ¿«^election so that the people of Oregon
can be heard on the subject.
The proposal is now in the hands of the Senate Taxation and
Education Committees, and it can be expected that these expert
panels wiH make a speedy decision and forward the package
to the fuir'Senate for approval.
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two-thirds of the money raised
STATE SHARE DOUBLED
by property taxes, and it has
been the rapidly increasing
Basically, the cornerstone of costs of education which have
the program is a new method caused property taxes to be
of financing schools, whereby come so high.
the state will more than double
Therefore, an increase in the
its share of the costs of pri state share of these local costs
mary and secondary education. would result in a property tax
Revenue for the program reduction by an average of 25
would be raised by a three to 30 per cent statewide.
per cent sales tax, with exemp
The House Education and
tions for prescription drugs, Taxation Committees realized
feed, seed and fertilizer.
the fears of many citizens that
Education in Oregon pres in several years we would find
ently eats up an average of ourselves with property taxes
back up to their present level,
with an additional tax to boot.
AFS Program
Slated Feb. 28
"Ecuadorian Fiesta” is the
theme of the ninth annual AFS
night to be held Feb. 28. The
event, honoring Sylvia Endara
of Ecuador, is scheduled to
begin at 8:00 P.M.
Activities planned for the
evening include a program in
the Nyssa high school gymna
sium, followed by an opportu
nity to sample Ecuadorian food
in the cafetorium.
Featured on the program will
be a dance performed by Sylvia
and her American sister, Susan
Hartley, Nyssa high school’s
physical education classes will
present an Ecuadorian social
dance.
In addition, a 20-minute film
' on Ecuador will be shown and
Sylvia will give a brief talk
about her native land.
Beginning Feb. 17, tickets
may be purchased from any
high school student. Proceeds
from the event will finance an
exchange student for next year. -
Barbie Tensen, NHS Bulldog
reporter.
VOLUNTEER WORKERS FOR THE 1969 HEART FUND DRIVE
as they appeared on the afternoon of Feb. 3 at Holy Rosary
Hospital in Ontario where a torch-lighting ceremony offi
cially triggered the campaign. This year’s Malheur County
goal has been set at $3,000. Beginning at lower-center,
moving to the lefthand side of the photo, the volunteers
are Mrs. Harvey (Donna) Easton who not long ago had open
heart surgery in Portland; Mrs. William (Rose) Willis, Mrs.
Guy (Nadine) Sparks, Mrs. Wyatt (Hazel) Smith, Malheur
County Chairman Mrs. David (Doris) Ballantyne, Malheur
To combat this danger, a
meaningful limitation has been
applied to school spending, so
that the rapid upward spiral in
local property taxes can be
effectively eliminated.
This limitation feature would
give schools a current tax base,
fixed at their present operating
costs. They would be allowed a
five per cent inflation or growth
increase each year, with rapidly
growing school districts re
ceiving additional funds to meet
their growth problems.
(Continued On Page 5)
Sen. Hatfield Asks U. S.
Agencies Prepare
For Major Flooding
Senator Mark O. Hatfield (R-Ore.) today urged the federal
government to be as fully prepared as possible to combat a
potentially swift and dangerous runoff from the unprecedented
heavy snowfall.
Hatfield, Governor of OregonduringthecatastrophicColumbus
Day windstorm of 1962, and the devastating Christmas flood of
the winter of 1964-1965, informed the White House he was con
cerned about maintaining the safety of Oregon’s citizens.
In a letter to George A.
Lincoln, Director of the Office be as fully prepared as possible
of Emergency Preparedness in to combat this potentially swift
the White House, the Senator and dangerous runoff.'
said Oregon faces the prospect
Hatfield stated that he would
of potentially disastrous floods be ready on a moment’s notice
if a fast runoff of melting snow to do everything in his power as
and ice occurred.
a U. S. Senator to assist the
Hatfield asked the OEP to federal and state authorities.
make certain that ‘every con The Oregon law-maker con
cerned branch of tile govern- cluded that his chief concern
ment—the U. S. Army Corp of during this period of potential
Engineers, U. S. Department danger was to protect property
of the Interior, and U. S. For and to make sure Oregon cit
est Service, for example—will izens were kept safe and sound.
IT WAS A COLD, WINDY DAYONSATURDAY,
Feb. 8, 1969, but regardless of weather
conditions there was a good turnout for the
Boy Scout parade on Nyssa’s Main street.
In addition to the many youngsters and those
taking part in the program, there were a
number of spectators on hand for the flag
ceremony and program staged at the inter
section of Second and Main streets. In addi
tion to the Saturday parade, a special window
NUMIII VII
ADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY
REPORTED IN FORECAST
FOR RANCHERS, FARMERS
The Nyssa factory of Amalgamated Sugar company was 90
percent through processing the 985,000 ton beet crop of 1968
at noon Wednesday.
District Manager Ray Larson said the remaining 100,000
tons were going through at a 6,600 clip daily and that March
1 had been set as a tentative completion date. This is the
same date as in 1968 but the campaign started 10 days earlier
than then. This additional period adds approximately $125,000
additional payroll for workers of the area.
Average yield is 23.8 tons per acre which is down 1.2 tons
from last year. Sugar content is estimated at 15.2 percent
which is up one percent from last year. Tonnage is down
largely due to an added 2500-3000 acres of new beet land,
Larson said, with old growers almost the same as last year,
INCREASE IN ACREAGE
THUNDEREGG CAPITAL
display was arranged by Pack 450 Scouts and
their leaders at Wilson Brothers’ Department
store. They have asked the Journal to express
their appreciation to the store owners for
use of the window space. The Journal pub
lishers add that the Boy and Girl Scouts and
their leaders participated in the celebration
in observance of ther ‘special week’ are to
be commended for a ‘job well done'. - Staff
Photo.
County Heart Fund Treasurer Jim Leslie, Oregon Heart
Fund Representative and Speaker George Hagan, Mrs. Dick
(Kay) Wettstein, Mrs. Glen (Marie) Teague and daughter,
April, Mrs. Alva (Nancy) Goodell and Larry Sparks, son
of the Guy Sparks’. Mmes. Sparks, Goodell and Willis are
serving as Nyssa residential, Nyssa rural and Adrian chair
men, respectively. Mrs. Wettstein and her husband are
chairmen of the forthcoming heart fund benefit dance to be
staged Feb. 21 in the Weese building at Ontario with music to
be provided by the Tijuana Grass.
SWEET CORN GROWERS Twelve Adrian
Pupils Record
UNITE TO BARGAIN;
Perfect Grades
reported by Supt. Glenn
DEFER CONTRACTING A. As Ward,
the following Adrian
National Farmers Organiza
tion (N.F.O.) Sweet Corn bar
gaining committees, composed
of 50 members, representing
the entire N. F. O. Sweet Corn
membership throughout the
Treasure Valley met at the La
Pa lorn a restaurant, Ontario,
Oregon, Monday evening, Feb
ruary 10, to formulate a de
sirable contract for growers
and processors alike. Other
topics discussed were: Stabi
lization of prices and coopera
tion with sweet corn growers
and processors in other states,
method of bargaining, and an
immediate intensified member
ship drive to enroll as many
sweet corn growers as soon
as possible.
DEFER SIGN-UPS
Mr. A. G. Salfen, N.F.O.
zone marketing supervisor
from Weiser, Idaho explained
to the group that many proces
sors, nationwide still hold a
surplus inventory of canned
corn from last years over
produced crop, that is a price
depressant. He advised that
N. F. O. committees approach
bargaining with processors with
firm thoughts of aiding the con
trol of useless overproduction.
Mr. Salfen also reported that the
greater majority of N. F. O.
members throughout the Treas
ure Valley have agreed not to
sign present contracts being
offered at the present time, but
will wait for N. F. O. corn
committees to establish con
tracts with local processors.
Mr. Luther Roberts, a prom
inent Weiser, Idaho row cropper
in addressing the group said,
"Last week I attended two
intra-state sweet corn meetings
sponsored by N. F. O. members
and 1 was greatly impressed
by the moderate and sensible
approach being taken by the
N. F. O. leaders and the rank
and file members.” This in
tense desire to help all farmers,
even though they may not be
N. F. O. members, and this
keen expression not to put the
local processors at a disad
vantage with out of area
processors and with the prior
knowledge that the N. F. O.
program is sound, prompted me
to join at one of these intra
state meetings. Mr. Roberts
further explained that we must
look toward the future and
create a sweet corn price that
will be profitable to the aver
age grower.
Mr. Robert Thompson, Mal
heur County president reported
that although N. F. O. has sev
eral thousand acres of sweet
corn signed up, plans are under
way for a coordinated multi
county drive to enroll new mem
bers into N. F. O.
HEAVY PENALTY DUE
FOR LATE PERSONAL
PROPERTY FILING
Assessor John Koopman
warns that under a new state
law, effective Jan. 1 this year,
the penalty for late filing of
personal property returns has
been substantially increased.
March 2 is the deadline for
filing such returns. Under the
new law, the penalty for filing
after this date is $5 for each
$1,000 (or fraction) of the true
cash value of the property, but
not less than $15.
The assessor points out that
the old law imposed a penalty
of only 5% of the tax due, with
a $1 minimum.
Also, under the old law, a
notice of failure to file a return
from the assessor to the tax
payer was required, with an ad
ditional 15 days permitted for
compliance without penalty.
Such a notice is no longer re
quired, according to the asses
sor. However, upon written re
quest filed with him on or be
fore March 2, and for good
cause, he is authorized toallow
• reasonable extension of time.
high school students are listed
on the semester honor roll with
perfect ‘A’ grades.
They are Freshmen Bruce
Ishida, Donna Rossbach and
Vikki Shenk; Sophomores
Cheryl Burroughs, Matsuko
Hori and Debby Campbell;
Junior Nena Salomon; Seniors
Cherrylee Chamberlain, Leslie
Fujishin, Cindy Shenk, Joann
Timmerman and Carolyn Ward.
‘B’ STUDENTS NAMED
Among ‘B’ students are
Freshmen Jill Franklin, Le
Anne Gooch, Teresa Lane, Ker
mit Landes, Denise Mausling,
Sheila Pratt, Lisa Sykes and
Mary Timmerman; Sophomores
Christina Call, John Manteland
Lee Sipes;
Junior ‘B’students are James
Fenn, Vickie King, David
Phelps, Mark Pratt, Jane Ross
bach, Christy Shenk, Earl
Stoker and Marcia Topliff;
Seniors Eleanor English, Janet
Hall, Anita Hunnicutt, Burdette
Pratt and Lisa Winn.
FEBRUARY 5
COURT BRIEFS
The court is attempting to
set a meeting with Harney
County in regards to up-grad
ing law enforcement, schooling
of officers, etc. The date sug
gested was inconvenient to Har
ney County, so Harney County
will let this Court know soon.
A meeting with Mr. Scott
Coulter and the landowners ad
jacent to the 80N proposed im
provement will be Feb. 11th
(Court Day) at 9 a. m.
The County Court will meet
with Mr. Fred Lett Friday,
February 14th in regards to
the hiring of a new Adminis-
trator for the Family Service
Clinic.
The Court met with Malheur
Nursing Home Board and the
Welfare Commission Adminis
If a taxpayer is penalized for trator and discussed the pos
late filing, he may appeal to the sibility of more facilities for
County Board of Equalization Aged, and other items.
during its regular sessions and
the board may revoke the pen
alty on a proper showing that There is no appeal from the
by reason of death or serious board in such a case.
Questions concerning the new
illness in the immediate fam
ily, or by unavoidable absence penalty and procedures may be
from the state, the return could answered at the assessor’s of
not he filed by the due date. fice.
APPEAL FORCAUSE
Burglars took socket
wrenches and a battery char
ger valued about $100 from
Owyhee Truck and Implement
company in Nyssa sometime
Tuesday night.
They seemed to be choicy
as they passed up petty cash
in an open cash register and
a brand new shotgun on a
counter.
Entry was gained by breaking
a window oft the alley on the
south end of the building. A
door to the offices and display
room was forced and some
filing cabinet» rifled. The theft
was discovered by company
parts man, Garry Fife when
the firm opened for business
Wednesday morning.
Police Chief Alvin Allen said
they had no distinct leads but
the investigation was continuing
Wednesday afternoon.
January streamflow was con
siderably above average. Last
month’s inflow to Lake Owyhee
was 353 percent of the 1953-
67 average. Forecasted
streamflow is as follows:
Jordan Creek above Lone
Tree Creek, 181,000 a.f. for
April-Sept; 213 percent of 1953-
67 average; Owyhee Reservoir
net Inflow, 500,000 a.f., 167;
Malheur near Drewsey, 95,000
a.f., 132; Malheur, North Fork
at Beulah, 80,000 a.f., 133.
Statewide, adequate to above
average water supplies will be
experienced by Oregon water
users this spring and summer.
January storms depolsted gen
erous amounts of snow on an
already above average snow
pack. Soil moisture is better
than it has been for the pest
several years. Forecasted
streamflow is average to above
average in all areas of the
state.
The next report on water
supply conditions in Oregon will
be issued about March 10,1969.
NYSSA HIGH SCHOOL’S ‘TEENS AGINST POLIO* drive ended
Saturday night, Feb. 1 with a Nyssa Jaycee-NHS faculty
benefit basketball game. $1,170 was turned over to C. L.
(Andy) Anderson, Malheur County March of Dimes treasurer
(on right). Presenting the check are NHS (TAP) Chairman
Dan McGinnis (center) and Dale Schraufnagel, Nyssa high
school’s journalism adviser. - NHS Bulldog photo.
"Nyssa High School’s ‘Teens
Against Polio’ (TAP) drive ex
ceeded all expectations,” re
ports Danny A. McGinnis,
chairman.
F unds collected totalled
$1170, nearly double the ori
ginal goal of $650.
During the first two weeks
of the January campaign, the
students raised $950, already
surpassing the goal by nearly
half. They decided to continue
the drive until February 1 cli
maxing it with a benefit bas
ketball game and dance.
Featuring the Nyssa Jaycees
against the school faculty, the
basketball game proved suc
cessful. Together with the TAP
dance which followed, it netted
$210, raising the funds to the
record-breaking total.
Fund-raising activities in
cluded a variety of projects.
Jim Beck headed the commit
tee for organization of the bene
fit game and dance. McGinnis
directed slave auctions, while
Angie Labby led class competi
tion. Serving as chairman of
junior high activities was Susan
Kouns. Barbie Tensen acted as
publicity chairman, and Leah
Henigson organized cake sales
and raffles.
For the past 13 years, NHS’s
journalism class has sponsored
th< TAP drive. This year’s total
was the largest ever collected
in the Nyssa community. Last
year’s drive netted $600, the
most collected until this year.
RECEIVE TELEGRAM
McGinnis received the fol
lowing telegram on Feb. 6 from
James L. Ohmer, Oregon
Representative of the National
Foundation March of Dimes,
Portland. It reads as follows:
"Congratulations and thanks
to you, your committee and the
students of Nyssa High School
for your tremendous and most
successful efforts for the March
of Dimes Campaign this year.
Our thanks too, to all the school
officials who have backed your
efforts fully in this and in past
years. The fight against birth
defects in which all of you
are engaged is long from being
won.
" But it is through your efforts
that great progress has been
and will continue to be made
in the years ahead. Your sup
port will help finance the over
100 birth defect centers. Two in
Oregon, the Salk Institute and
numerous research projects all
dedicated to doing all that is
humanly possible to reduce the
more than 250,000 babies born
each year with a serious birth
defect.
"Thank imi all again?’