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Volume LXV
The Nyssa Gate City Journal, Nyssa, Oregon
The Sugar City
GRAVESITE OF JEAN
BAPTISTE CHARBONNEAU
TO BE DEDICATED AUG. 6
The grave site of Jean Bap­
tiste Charbonneau son of the
famed Sacajawea, will be de­
dicated at special ceremonies
near Jordan Valley, Friday,
August 6.
Principal speaker for the de­
dication will be William Clark
Adreon, a descendent of Wil­
liam Clark of the Lewis and
Clark Expedition. Assisting in
the rites are Mike Hanley and
S.K. Skinner, Jordan Valley
ranchers. Skinner’s research
on Sacajawea and her son helped
pinpoint the grave and Hanely
erected the first marker over
Charbonneau’s grave for the
benefit of travelers.
Among those contributing to
the restoration and protection of
the gravesite are the Malheur
Chapter of the Daughters of the
American Revolution which has
contributed $150 toward antique
rail fencing plus a bronze plaque
to be placed on the huge stone
marker; the granite stone, do­
nated by a Baker resident, was
brought from Baker, and the
Bureau of Land Management and
Malheur county are cooperating
in erecting the fences and other
work necessary prior to the de­
dication.
Congressman Al Ullman has
obtained a flag pole and a flag
which has flown over the Capitol
building in Washington, D.C.
COURT NAMES
ROBERT PIERCE
COUNTY ASSESSOR
Thursday, July 29, 1971
Succor Creek Canyon
NYSSA THUNDEREGG DAYS
SET FOR FIVE-DAY RUN
STARTING WEDNESDAY
Many other individuals and
firms are also contributing to
the project.
Charbonneau was an infant
when his mother, Sacajawea,
led the Lewis and Clark ex­
ploration expedition through the
wilderness in the early 1800’s.
He died in southeastern Mal­
heur county and was buried north
of the Old Inskip stage station
near Danner, 15 miles south of
Jordan Valley.
According to
the “Owyhee Avalanche,’’a Sil­
ver City newspaper, Charbonn­
eau’s death from mountain fever
occurred May 16,1866, between
the Owyhee River and the In­
skip Station near the confluence
of Jordan Creek and Cow Creek.
Irving Anderson of the Oregon
State BLM office who has done
extensive research an pub­
lished several articles on this
historical site will be among
those attending, as well as mem­
bers of the Inskip family, de­
scendents of the man who built
the station, members of the U.S.
Park Service, other BLM rep­
resentatives and area and county
residents.
Bank Debits
Up In June
Bank debits for the eight
reporting
banks
including
Harney and Malheur Counties
were up in June, 1971, compared
to June, 1970; the University
of Oregon Bureau of Business
and Economic Research has
reported.
Debits for June, 1971, totaled
$49,807,000.
For May, 1971,
the total was $44,945,000 and
for June, 1970, the total was
$48,127,000.
Oregon with 372 banks re-
porting had a percentage in-
crease of 14.0% in June, 1971,
as compared with May, 1971,
and a 17.4 percentage increase
in June, 1971, compared with
June, 1970.
Total banks debits for June,
1971, came to $5,735,141,000.
For May, 1971, the total was
$5,052,736,000 and for June,
1970, the total was$4,883,318,-
000.
Robert Pierce, an Ontario
farmer, was named to fill the
un-expired term of Malheur
County Assessor. John Koop-
man, present assessor, whore-
signed effective July 31.
The appointment was made by
the Malheur County Court with
one member,County judge Ellis
White, not voting.
Pierce was recommended for
the positon by the Democratic
Central Committee. As Koop-
man was a registered Democrat,
the county court was bound to
appoint a person from the same
party.
Pierce has been a long time
resident of this area and served
for eight years as head of the
Farmers Home Administration
during the Kennedy and Johnson JUDGE WHITE TO
administrations. As such, he
directed FHA activities in Ore­ ATTEND HEARING
gon and Alaska.
Malheur County Judge Ellis
The new appointee met with
White will be in Washington,
the court and members of the
D.C. July 29-30 to testify be­
press.
fore the House Public Lands
"I anticipate no changes in
Committee of which Wayne Aspi-
the staff in the assessor’s office
nall of Colorado is chairman.
at this time and expect harmony
Accompanying the judge will
in my dealings with these be Archie Mahan.
Both are
people.”
members of the national task
Judge White commented that
force of the National Associa­
the office is one of the most
tion of Counties.
important in the county and
They will testify on House Bill
stated “The court will cooperate
7211 on public lands asking
in every way with Pierce.
compensation to the counties
*■ The new assessor will have to
for public land immunity and
face election in 1972 should he
House Bill 8545 in lieu of taxes.
choose to run. This is the first
The bills are now in sub­
general election after the
committee
where
recom­
appointment.
mendations are being made.
Idaho State Net Champ
Succor Creek Canyon, 40 miles south of Nyssa, Is the
starting place for most Rockhounds this week as they
search for the thunderegg, petrified wood, and other valu-
able collectors items.
Further in the canyon from the
Nyssa Water
Use Too High
City Manager
Fred Koch
asks that Nyssa residents prac­
tice water conservation during
the hot weather season.
Koch asks that, whenever
possible, people do their lawn
sprinkling and irrigating in the
morning hours. This would dis­
tribute the demand for water
over the entire day rather than
concentrating it in the after­
noon and evening.
The city manager said that the
demand on the water system has
been so great in the past few
days, that by late evening there
is not water left in the storage
tanks.
This would seriously
handicap any fire fighting capa­
bilities.
Nyssa’s water consumption
per capita is much higher than
the average community of our
size in the nation, Koch said.
ANNUAL BARBECUE
FOR CATTLEMEN
Neighboring Senator Henry Director J. Edgar Hoover, and
Jackson of Washington is the 92% favor more severe punish­
odds-on-favorite for the Demo­ ment for rioters. In foreign
cratic presidential nomination affairs, 53% favor admission of
among Oregon’s voters and the Communist China to the United
state’s mood today is over­ Nations and 56% oppose the
whelmingly conservative.
immediate withdrawal of half
This is revealed by a poll of sjr European troops.
Oregon’s newspaper editors and
A surprising 50%
of the
publishers—asked to submit the editors are opposed to news­
views of their readers—con­ papers and radio-TV stations
ducted and released today by publicizing classified govern­
Martin Hauan, Oklahoma City, ment secrets pertaining to the
former Director of Public Af­ Vietnam war.
fairs for the Democratic Na­
A near-unanimous 91% favor
tional Committee.
placing a ceiling on the national
“Oregon’s editors who re­ debt, while 78% want sharing of
sponded to our poll believe federal revenues with the states.
Senator Jackson is a strong School busingis opposed by 89%,
favorite to win next year’s Ore­ and 86% are against integrating
gon presidential primary,” said present all-white neighborhoods
Hauan. "Oregon’s voters are through public housing.
also in a mood to change many
College professors are in
things, especially the federal- disfavor, 80% of the editors
state welfare programs.”
saying they wouidend tenure for
A total of 115 Oregon news­ professors so they could be
papers were polled and 54 re­ more easily fired. The 18-
sponded.
year old vote was opposed by
Senator Jackson drew a whop­ 59%.
ping 55% of the total first-
A sizeable 89% of the editors
choice votes. Senator Ed Muskie disapprove deficit spending to
was second with 23%.
boost the economy, whereas only
Others drawing support were 60% oppose price and wage re­
Sen. Hubert Humphrey, 10%; gulations. ‘Made’ work of the
Sen. Ted Kennedy, 5%; and Sen. W PA variety is favored by 59%
Birch Bayh, Sen. George Mc­ but 86% are against increasing
Govern and Rep. Wilbur Mills the minimum wage.
—each .025%.
Others listed on the ballot who
failed to receive any first place
votes were Sen. Frank Church,
Ramsey Clark, Sen. Harold
Hughes, Sen. Walter Mondale,
Three area girls were named
Sen. William ProxmireandGov. today as recipients of music
George Wallace.
scholarships to the 1971-72
The annual beef barbecue and
pot luck picnic, sponsored by
the Malheur County Livestock
Association, will be held in the
Vale City Park, Sunday, August
8, today announced George Bain,
Association secretary.
All cattle operators and their
families are invited to attend
this affair and get acquainted
with other cattlemen of the
county.
The livestock Association fur­
nishes the barbecued beef, ice
cream and beverages. The bal­
ance of the meal is pot luck.
Dinner will start at 12:30.
There will be a short associa­
tion business session, announces
It is resoundingly clear that
Bill Ross, Association pre­ Oregon voters disapprove of a
sident.
guaranteed minimum income for
everyone—95% to 5%. Every
The Journal will blanket
editor responding to the sur­
the area for Thunderegg
vey, 100%, also voted in favor
Days.
of a work program for all able-
Advertising and news
bodied persons under 65 on
should be in as early as
welfare.
possible.
60% of the editors say their
readers want to retain FBI
Stringers See Son
Receive Top Award
Sharmon Sadamori, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Sada-
mori, won second place in the Girl’s 18 division at the annual
Idaho State Junior Chamber of Commerce tennis tournament
in. Julia Davis Park in Boise Sunday.
'Sharmon is shown with her 2nd place singles trophy (right),
and the 3rd place trophy in the Girls 18 doubles which she
and Ann Weltensteinir, Ontario, won.
Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn Stringer
and son Mike recently returned
home from a trip to New York
where they attended the 1971
Scholastic Photography Awards
exhibit conducted by Scholastic
Magazines, sponsored by East­
man Kodak Company.
Mike, who is a 15-year-old
Nyssa High School student, took
top honors and was presented
a $100 award.
While in New York attending
the exhibit, they toured New
York City and Washington, D.C.
They also visited Vaughn’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Liddle
in Jefferson, N.C., and with Mrs.
Stringer’s parents, Elder and
Mrs. F.E. Thompson in Bel
Air, M<1.
Mike said it was a great ex­
perience and he was surprised
and pleased to see his picture
on the poster programs.
point pictured is the newly developed state nark, and about
10 miles
further is the turn-off to Leslie Gulch, now
accessible to all vehicles.
Sen. Jackson Favorite
Of Newspaper Editors
COUNTY RECEIVES
HIGHWAY FUNDS
The Oregon State Highway
Commission today announced
distribution of $5,618,547.13 in
highway-user tax funds to the
36 counties of the state.
The allocation is based on
the statutory 20 percent for
the period April 1 to June 30,
1971. The funds come from the
following sources: motor ve­
hicle registration and opera­
tors’ license fees, gasoline tax,
use fuel tax, motor carrier
fees, and fines and penalties
collected for violations of the
size and weight statutes where
complaints are made by the
Highway Division weighmasters.
The allocation to each county
is based on the number of ve­
hicles registered in it. Mal­
heur County will receive $73,-
502,92, with 20,434 vehicles
registered.
Number XXX
Thunderegg Capital
State Approves
New Bridge
Visitors from many states
in the union, including New
York and Florida, and from se­
veral provinces in Canada will
descend on Nyssa next week
for the Sixth Annual Thunder­
egg Days.
Registration and assignment
of trailer parking spaces will
start Wednesday, August 4 at
9 a.m., and members of the
Nyssa Chamber of Commerce
will be on hand at the regis­
tration booth again on Thursday
to assist the rockhounds.
Guided tours to the Thunder­
egg beds and other rock de­
posit areas will start at 7 a.m.
Thursday, Friday andSaturday;
and Sunday the rockhounds will
be on their own.
The rock and hobby show will
be set up at the old gym, and
exhibitors,
tailgaters
and
dealers will display their wares
in that area. The Squaw Butte
Rock Club from Emmett; the
Owyhee County Gem and Mi­
nerals, Nampa; and the Trea­
sure Valley Gem Club from
Nyssa are among the groups
who will exhibit their rocksand
gems. Many private exhibitors
will have showcases, and anyone
is invited to participate in the
show.
Wayne Moncur is again the
chairman for Thunderegg Days,
FAIR EXHIBITORS
SHOULD REGISTER
Those who plan to exhibit
livestock in open class com­
petition at the 1971 Malheur
County Fair, August 18-21, are
The Oregon State Highway reminded that they should send
Commission approved the erec­ in pre-registrations by the week
tion of a concrete bridge over of August 2 to assure reserved
Bully Creek on Greenfield Road. stall space, according to George
The project plans call for a Bain, livestock superintendent.
Pre-registration forms are
28-foot roadway and no side­
walks, with length of the bridge included in the fair premium
book. If one is not received
about 100 feet.
The State will make the sur­ in the mall, they are available
at the County Extension Office,
vey and plans, and Malheur
County will construct the ap­ City Hall, Ontario, Bain says.
It is expected that all live­
proaches and connections. When
the new bridge is completed, stock barns will be full, but by
the contractor will dispose of prior planning, space can be
made available for open class
the existing bridge.
The new bridge comes under livestock.
the Federal-aidSecondary Pro­
NYSSANS HURT IN
jects, with about 80% of the cost
paid by the Federal Government. CAR-TRAIN CRASH
Mr. and Mrs. Ted M. Bram­
mer were injured and their car
totally demolished when struck
DATE
MAX
MIN by a Southern Pacific freight
July 21
100
63 train near Woodburn Sunday.
July 22
97
64 At press time Wednesday both
July 23
97
62 were reported restingcomfort-
July 24
100
61 ably, he with a concussion and
July 25
96
62 she with pelvic injuries.
July 26
95
62
The Brammers are confined
July 27
97
63 in Salem Memorial Hospital,
July 28
60 Arlene in room 214, and Ted
in room 521. They are former
Owyhee Reservoir Storage
7/28/71 619,460 Acre Feet owners and publishers of the
7/28/70 634,400 Acre Feet Gate City Journal.
WEATHER
and he and Mrs. Moncur have
answered 197 letters of in­
quiry as of this date. Nyssa’s
Thunderegg Days have been
widely advertised through the
Lapidary Journal, the Gems
and Minerals Journal, and the
Canadian Rockhound, all with
wide circulation to rock col­
lectors.
The August 5 issue of the
Gate City Journal will blanket
the Nyssa trade area to help
publicize the program.
Thursday evening, August 5,
the Nyssa Jaycees will put on
their famous barbecue in the
South Nyssa Park. This event
has become particularly popu­
lar, with fine food served, and
gives an opportunity for local
citizens to mix and become
acquainted with the many
visitors. Colored slides will
be shown after darkness sets in,
with W.L. Me Partland in charge.
Friday evening the Nyssa Me­
thodist Church will hold an Ice
C ream Social on the Elementary
School grounds near the old gym.
This popular event is another
opportunity for townspeople a: id
visitors to get together. Mrs.
Art Cartwright is chairman of
this event.
Veteran Loans
Down In 1970
Oregon veterans’ farm and
home loans went to 6,068 ve­
terans in 1970-71 in the amount
of $104,631,200, for the second
highest fiscal year on record,
H.C. Saalfeld, Department of
Veterans’ Affairs director, re­
ported today.
This was a 25 percent drop
in loans and a 19 percent de­
crease in dollar volume from the
1969-70 record year. The drop
was due to a shortage of loan
funds in the last halt of 1970,
Saalfeld said. Voters approved
a higher bond limit last No­
vember to replenish the fund.
In Malheur County last year,
loans were granted to 60 ve­
terans in the amount of
$1,459,650, compared with 74
loans in 1969-70for$l,381,000.
Since the loan program
started in 1945, loans have gone
to veterans in this county in the
amount of $9,509,550. State­
wide, 83,936 loan« have been
granted for $912,851,124.
Veterans have repaid $454
million in principal and $161
million in interest, with monthly
repayments now averaging $7.6
million. Of the 82,936 loans.
47,961 were outstanding June 30
in the amount of $588,894,703.
Net earnings from the loan
program last year amounted to
$189,087. Total earnings since
the start of the program amount
to $27,334,451.
Sappe Home Takes Shape
Nyssan Earns
Music Grant
school year. Nancy Seward of
Nyssa and Wendy Kennington of
Ontario will be given $100.00
H.L. Peterson awards while
Donna Bigler of Payette will
receive the same sum from the
Cobb-AIlshie Fund.
Nancy is a Music Education
minor. She sang regularly with
the college choir and theOmni-
phonic Singers and appeared in
last year’s production of Rod­
gers ana Hammerstein’s
"Oklahoma”.
Wendy, a Journalism major,
was selected on the basis of
her performance in choir and
Omniphonic Singers. People
who went to "Oklahoma” will
recall her fine performance in
the role of “Ado Annie”.
Donna is another Music Edu­
cation major. She has partici­
pated in both choir and Omni­
phonic Singers and has done
some solo work. On occassion
she has accompanied the choir
at piano.
Financial Aids Officer, Don
Ridener commented that the
Peterson Scholarships were
part of a gift from H.L. Peterson
of Ontario designated by him for
the areas of Music and Ath­
letics. The third grant comes
from earnings of a portion of the
Allshie Trust and is given in the
names of Calvin C. and Fannie
Cobb to residents of designated
Oregon and Idaho counties.
This picture, taken a week after the Bud
Sappe home was destroyed by fire last Wed­
nesday, shows the foundation for the new house
which will rise to replace the old home.
Neighbors and friends gathered to help the
family, who lost everything except the clothes
or. their oacks, and witnin a short time things
began to happen. Thursday Della Holmes,
Betty Kurtz and Nancy Goodell helped Bonnie
Sappe by going through the debris and
salvaging the few items of any value. That
evening Bill Coleman pushed the remains
of the house in with his bulldozer.
Saturday Glade Chadwick, manager of
Oregon Concrete Products, donated the use
of his firm’s Michigan Loader and two dump
trucks, driven by Bob Taylor and Ron Rook­
stool, and Kenneth Pickett furnished his
dump truck. Bob Holmes and Dennis Savage
brought their farm trucks with hoists, and in
a short time the debris was hauled away
and the yard cleaned up. Duane Buchtel,
Merildean Robbins, Mel Calhoun and Dale
Collins helped with the clean-up.
The footings were poured and DeVere Nel­
son donated his labor to lay the concrete
blocks. Sappe, a Nyssa building contractor,
will build his new house, and a crew of
local contractors and friends has offered to
help frame the house Saturday.
Saturday night the Owyhee Riding Club is
sponsoring a dance at the Oregon Trail Hall,
with proceeds to help the family.
Many
individuals have donated clothing, food and
articles to help.
Mr. and Mrs. Sappe are staying with her
mother, Mrs. Audrey Ward, and the boys
Don and Dean are sleeping in the camper
trailer owned by Mr. and Mrs. Bob Holmes,
which can be seen in the background. Ron
Rookstool furnished the camperat right, which
will also be used.