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Nyssa Gate City Journal
The Sugar City
The Nyssa Gate City Journal, Nyssa, Oregon
FARM BUREAU EXECUTIVE
CRITiaZES GOVERNOR FOR
FARM LABOR BILL VETO
Oregon Farm Bureau Execu
tive Vice President David Nel
son said last Wednesday that
Governor McCall has "virtually
turned over Oregon agriculture
and the Governor’s chair to
Cesar Chavez. Unless some
thing happens to change the si
tuation quickly, we are at his
mercy.”
Nelson said the Governor’s
veto of the proposed farm labor
bill was the result of "black
mail’’ on the state ... the
Governor decided to pay the
ransom rather than stand up
and fight. He failed in his unique
opportunity to substitute the law
of reason for the law of
the jungle.
In the process of his decision,
Nelson said, the Governor “set
himself up as the determinor of
the question of constitutionality
of the issue, completely ignoring
the separation of powers upon
which our entire system of go
vernment is based.”
The Farm Bureau executive
said that "one can only assume
that the Governor fell victim to
the intimidation and misin
formed statements of a number
of persons not even citizens of
this state. In so doing he has
left open the door for a rise
to power in Oregon of Cesar
Chavez and his cohorts. One
can only hope that their rise
will not mirror the chaos they
brought to the California agri
cultural scene. However, com
mon sense tells us that with the
loss of this bill we can hope for
little more.” Nelson said that
he feels the biggest loser may
well be the farm workers.
“With the loss of this measure
they are now more susceptible
than ever to pressure to joining
a labor union, or suffer loss of
their job. The vetoes measure
was their sole means of pro
tection. They could have joined
a union if they wished, with the
bill. Or they could have re
fused to do so. They will not
have the freedom of choice if
Chavez is allowed to run his
operations here as he has in
the past.”
Nelson also indicated that
“because ofthe Governor’s act
ion, Oregon farmers are now
going to have to face the threat
of Chavez. They do so, like
the workers, with no protection.
Undoubtedly, unless there is
some change in the current si
tuation soon, it will mean the
loss of many men’s businesses.”
Nelson said he was not “es
pecially impressed with the Go
vernor’s commission on farm
labor relations, or his statement
that he will dedicate the full
resources of state government
to the maintenance of law and
order.
Nelson said that “I am afraid
the Governor’s action has done
nothing but sell the agricultural
industry down the river.
Farm Bureau Head Says
Governor Surrendered
Governor McCall sold agri
culture and thousands of real
farm workers to Cesar Chavez
when he vetoed SB 677, the Agri
cultural Labor Relations Bill,
Louis M. Wettstein, President of
the Malheur County Farm Bu
reau, said today. SB 677 was
a positive, progressive think
ing bill designed to solve the
farm-labor problem. We are
extremely disappointed that the
Governor abandoned his re
sponsibility to help find solu
tions to existing problems,
Wettstein stated.
This bill would have given
protection to our farm laborers,
as well as the farmers, if Go
vernor McCall had not vetoed
it. Under provisions of this bill,
they could join a union or choose
not to join a union. Secret
elections were provided for so
the workers could have ex
pressed their own minds without
coercion from farmers or union
agitators.
This bill also provided for
arbitration procedures in the
case of a labor dispute. This
arbitration would have been done
by an impartial group selected
by the Governor. Arbitration
is always an important factor
for both sides involved in a
dispute.
It is all very well to promise
the protection of law and order
but this protection will come
after a crime has been
committed as owners of packing
sheds in our area can testify.
One grower in the Willamette
Valley has already received a
threat to cut down his hop yard
unless he signs a contract by
Wednesday.
The question was raised as
to whether parts of the bill
was constitutional. The proper
place to decide this is in the
Courts . . .not in the governor’s
office. A law can never be
declared unconstitutional until
the Courts have acted on it.
Wettstein said "farmers have
been concerned with pro
gress labor-managment pro
cedures for some time and the
Governor destroyed a con
structive law which would have
helped both labor and manage
ment. Despite promises made
by McCall it will be two more
years before responsible people
can again take action to solve
the farm labor problem . . .
this year would have been much
more timely and would have been
in the best interst of everyone
involved.”
BILL STOUT
Thursday, July 8, 1971
25TH ANNUAL NYSSA
NITE RODEO FRIDAY
AND SATURDAY
Nyssa Nite Rodeo Royalty
Nyssa Nite Rodeo Queen Candy Cramer (center) is shown with her princesses, Ramona Plaza, left, and Yvette Yturri.
New Appliance
Store Opens
Nyssa Band To Leave
For Calgary Stampede,
Concert In Park Tonight
The former Towne Garage at
218 Main Street has taken on a
new look and a new owner as
Bill Stout readies his modern,
The Nyssa High School Band
Nyssa’s band will be one of
new store for a Westinghouse
sales and service outlet, which will perform in the Nyssa South 32 bands from Canada, United
will be called Stout Appliance. Park tonight (Thursday) as the States, Europe, Asia and Aus
first performance of their one tralia competing for $6,000 in
The
showroom is nicely week tour to Calgary starting prize money. The band will
stocked with ranges, refrigera early Friday morning. The con perform at the famous Calgary
tors, dishwashers, air conditio cert will start at 7:30 p.m.,and Stampede Rodeo on July 13,
ners and most major Westing those attending should bring give concerts, and perform in
house appliances and the store lawn chairs or blankets and marching competition.
is now open for business. The spend an enjoyable evening.
The band raised the $6,000
grand opening is scheduled for
Director Craig Northrupsaid, necessary to finance the trip
early in August when all of the that the band will depart by bus by various fund raising drives,
stock and the service depart at 6 a.m. Friday on its way and Band Director Northrup
ment is ready.
to Calgary, Alberta, Canada to wishes to extend his thanks to
Bill Stout and his wife Marion perform at the Calgary Stam those who contributed to the
have lived in Los Angeles for pede and Exhibition. Northrup drives and gave their support
many years and have five child said the band will participate to help make the trip possible.
ren, all boys. The oldest, John, in various musical activities
is 25 and married; Bill, 22, during the week trip including STUNZ COMPLETES
is a recent graduate from the the five-mile parade, which is
DEFENSE SEMINAR
California Institute of Arts; viewed by over a quarter of
a
million
spectators.
Edward, 19, is in the Navy and
Gene Stunz, a captain in the
The band will travel through Naval Reserve and resident of
stationed at Port Hueneme; Bob,
16, is in high school and Dave, Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Mon Nyssa, has completed the two-
11, in grade school. Mrs. Stout tana, Alberta and British Co week Defense Strategy Seminar
will join Bill in Nyssa later lumbia. Stops will be made while on active duty for train
after their Los Angeles home at the Tetons Yellowstone, Gla ing at The National War College
cier, Jasper and Banff National in Washington, D.C.
is sold.
Parks.
The Defense Strategy Se
Stout is a native of Rexburg,
minar, held annually attheCol-
Idaho and a veteran of Wrold
REP. BOB SMITH
lege since 1959, deals with the
War II, seeing most of his duty
major aspects of national se
with the Army in the Aleutians. ISSUES STATEMENT
curity. The curriculum is based
He attended both Loyola and
Oregon House Speaker Robert on the subjects presented in the
UCLA in Los Angeles. He was
chief inspector for Aeroquip F. Smith issued the following graduate level course conducted
each year at the National War
Corporation in Los Angeles statement today:
College
for senior career of
"I
am
deeply
disappointed
that
from 1950 to 1956; co-owned
an Appliance Repair and Mach the Governor has chosen to veto ficers on active duty in the va
rious services and civilian ex
ine Shop in El Segundo, Calif, Senate Bill 677.
"This measure was a product ecutives from the various fe
from 1956 to 1960; and was
back with Aeroquip from 1960 of the democratic process. It deral government agencies.
Capt. Stunz is one of some
to 1970 as quality control man received extensive public hear
ings. It was amended in attempts 250 senior officers chosen from
ager.
to satisfy legitimate objections the National Guard and from the
The Stouts purchased the for expressed both by farmers and Army, Air Force, Navy and
mer Nick Smit place on Clark farm workers.
Marine Corps Reserves to
Boulevard, which consists of a
“The bill received a large attend the Seminar this year.
house and 40 acres, and will majority of votes by members
Lt. Gen. John B. McPherson,
make their home thereafter the of both houses and both parties. USAF, commandant of The Na
family moves from California.
“The fact that farmers of un tional War College, noted that
questioned responsibility and selection to attend DSS "re
integrity have expressed reser presents a special distinction
vations about provisions of the given only to extremely well
bill clearly indicates that this is qualified officers from through
out the United States.”
not a one-sided issue.
"The measure was decided on
its merits by elected represen
tatives of the people, with ample
consideration and concern ex
pressed for the unique problems
Automotive Electrical Sys
faced by both farmers and farm
tems 3.326A will be included
workers in Oregon.
"Our democratic system pro in the Treasure Valley Com
vides for the judicial branch of munity College summer pro
government to render final de gram beginning Tuesday July 6
cisions on the questions of le in T-2 of the Applied Science
Building.
The course which
gality and constitutionality.
trains
students
in the restora
"If this bill was Indeed un
constitutional, this decision tion, maintenance and repair of
should have been rendered by automotive electrical systems
the courts, not by the Gover will meet from 6 to 10 p.m.
Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wed
nor.”
nesdays.
Registration will continue up
to the first day of class.
Number XXVII
Thunderegg Capital
SRV Fire Crews
Return Home
Snake River Valley firefight
ing crews have already earned
between $400 and $500,000 this
year from a fire season that
started early in the spring and
which shows no sign of letting
up unless rains fall in drought-
stricken areas.
Maxwell T. Lieureance, man
ager of the Vale BLM District,
said 67 crews have been sent
to New Mexico and Arizona,
beginning May 4 when the first
crews were called to Alama-
gordo, New Mexico by the Bu
reau of Indian Affairs to fight
fires burning on the Mescalero
Indian Reservation. Since that
time they have been on three
other different fires in that
state.
On June 26, 27 SRV Mexican-
American firefightingcrews left
for Arizona, followed by 15
more crews June 27, and were
dispatched to a number of fires
burning on steep, rocky land
covered with timber and brush
in Arizona. Firefighting, al
ways an extremely hot, dirty
and tiring job, proved to be
even worse here since tempe
ratures ranged from 95 to 105
degrees there, Lieurance said.
Sixteen of these crews re
turned home during the past
weekend and most of the re
maining crews are expected in
by the end of the week.
The Vale District has had only
three small fires, all in the
Jordan Valley area.
The Nyssa Nite Rodeo will be
held Friday and Saturday nights
for the 25th annual performance,
and promises to be bigger and
better than ever.
Sponsored this year by the
Nyssa Rodeo Board, composed
of representatives of all ser
vice organizations, the rodeo
has many innovations that will
be attractive to both partici
pants and spectators.
More than 150 cowboys and
cowgirls are signed up to com
pete for about $3,000 in prize
money on stock furnished by
J.G. Pehrson, Darlington, Idaho.
The well known stock-producer
furnishes stock for some of
the best shows in the country,
and has a following of cowboys
who enter these events. Pehr
son will furnish judges, timers,
pick-up men, clowns and bull
fighters,
and
the
rodeo
announcer will be Bill Bird of
Nampa.
Lynn Snodgrass is chairman
of the Nyssa Rodeo Association,
and the rodeo is approved by the
Idaho Cowboy’s Association.
Showtimes are at 8:15 both
Friday and Saturday nights and
admission is $2.00 for adults,
$1.00 for students ages 12
through high school, and child
ren under 12 are admitted free
when accompanied by adults.
PARADE INFORMATION
Don Bowers is again parade
chairman, and announces that
Neil Dimmick,25-year member
of the Owyhee Riding Club, will
be Grand Marshall.
The parade will form on East
Main Street near River Park,
and will proceed up Main Street
to 7th Street, south to King Ave
nue, and then to the rodeo
grounds. The parade will form
at 7 p.m. and start promptly
at 7:30. The Nyssa summer
band will march in the parade
and play the national anthem at
the start of the rodeo.
Riding groups in the parade
will include the Canyon County
Sheriffs Posse, Old Fort Boise
Riding Club, Payette Valley Ri
ders, Cactus Riders from On
tario, the Junior Spurs from
Homedale, the Malheur County
Sheriff’s Posse, and the Nyssa
4-H Comancheros Riding Club.
Bowers saidthat an attraction
in the parade will be from 25 to
50 twirlers coming from Pay
ette, Ontario, New Plymouth and
other valley towns. He invites
all individuals who have horses
to enter the parade and all
parade participants are admit
ted free to the rodeo.
CARNIVAL ON GROUNDS
The Leo Zimmer Carnival
from Buhl, Idaho is set up on
QUEEN TO REIGN
Candy Cramer, daughter of the rodeo grounds with rides and
Mr. and Mrs. John Cramer, attractions for the whole fa
Ontario, will reign as queen of mily.
the rodeo, her princesses are
Yvette Yturri, daughter of Mr.
RODEO COMPETITION
and Mrs. Louis Yturri, and
Competition in the seven main
Ramona Plaza, daughter of Mr. events is in saddle bronc riding,
and Mrs. Ray Plaza, both of bareback riding, calf roping,
Ontario.
Miss Cramer was team roping, bull riding, bull
one of the princesses at last dogging, and barrel racing.
year's Nyssa Nite Rodeo.
Featured
attraction both
nights will be Dell Anderson,
LOCAL STUDENTS ON Ontario, who will jump his horse
Kipper through a flaming hoop.
OSU HONOR ROLL
Anderson
goes through this
routine without
the help of
Names of local students who saddle or bridle, and using a
made the scholastic honor roll tack rein only the first time
spring term have been announ around, and nothing after that.
ced by Oregon State University. They will do a series of jumps
A total of 417 OSU students leading up to the finale, when
made the straight-A honor list he lights a torch going through
ing and another 1856 qualified the flaming hoop.
for the B plus or better honor
Chairman
Snodgrass pro
roll.
mises that this will be one of
Local students on the list the best of the many successful
included:
Nyssa Nite Rodeos, with ex
Adrian: Lois Seuell, junior cellent stock and some of the
Home Economics (straight-A); West’s best cowboys on hand to
Tim Tallman, sophomore, Agri insure a fine show. The board
culture; Jane Timmerman, ju ar.d many community volunteers
nior, Education.
have worked hard to put
Nyssa; Wayne Takami, senior, the rodeo grounds in shape.
Humanities and Social Sciences The grounds will be watered, and
(straight-A) George Heider, the stands are in good shape.
sophomore,
Engineering; Snodgrass says that all Nyssa
Brenda McKinney, sophomore, area residents are invited to
Education; Terry Oft, senior, bring the family and enjov an
Agriculture; Joan Stunz, junior, evening of great Western enter
Humanities & Social Sciences. tainment.
Dell Anderson And Kipper
New Bleachers At Athletic Field
Auto Electric
Course At TVCC
WEATHER
Shown is a 35 foot section of the new
bleachers in front of the dog house at the
Nyssa High School athletic field. There will
be 14 sections 18 feet long on the home side
of the football field, and six 18 foot sections
on the visitors side.
The new bleachers are being built with
NYC (National Youth Corps) funds, with the
only cost to the district that of supervision.
Eleven boys are employed by the school
district under this program, the two shown
in the picture are Joe Bernal and Philip
KUnkenberg.
The main structural framework is made
of 1 1/2 inch pipe, with 1 1/2 x 3/16 angle
iron for seat and foot rest risers, to which
2x12 planks are bolted. The boys are doing
all of the work, including the welding, undpr
the supervision of Don Breshears; and Bill
Hood built the concrete piers, the jigs for
the structural framework, and is overall
supervisor.
These new bleachers will be a fine ad
dition to the athletic field, and the boys are
gaining valuable practical experience.
DATE
MAX
MIN
43
June 30
83
50
July I
90
55
July 2
79
52
July 3
80
48
July 4
87
50
July 5
83
55
July 6
79
48
July 7
Owyhee Reservoir Storage
Feet
7/7/71 676,740 Acre
Feet
7/7/70 676,510 Acre
COUNTY AGENT
CHAMBER SPEAKER
Warren Henninger, Malheur
County Extension Agent, was
principal speaker at the regular
meeting of the Nyssa Chamber
of Commerce at Brnwnie’sCafe
Wednesday.
Chamber guests were Nyssa
Nite Nite Rodeo Queen Candy
Cramer and her princesses
Yvette Yturri and Mona Plaza.
Dell Anderson and his horse, Kipper, go
over a simulated wall, one of the several
acts which will be performed by the pair at
the Nyssa Nite Rodeo. They also do a cross
rail jump, a three rail graduated broad
jump, and for a grand finale jump through
a hoop of fire, lighting torches as they go
through. Anderson does all his jumps without
the help of saddle, bridle or reins.