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University Of Oregon Library Eugene, Ore. 97UC3 X X X X X Nyssa Gate City Journal Volume LXVI Thunderer? Capital The Nyssa Gate City Journal, Nyssa, Oregon ONION GROWERS DISCUSS PROMOTION, ELECT NEW OFFICERS AT MEETING Promotion of their product is ‘‘very, very important,” mem bers of the Southern Idaho and Malheur County Onion Growers associations were told Tuesday. Kay Teramura, Ontario pre sident of the Oregon group and chairman of the program, dis cussed the continuing need for advertising in his report to the group's annual joint meeting. Mas Kido, Parma, president of the Gem State organization, gave introductory remarks on behalf of the Idaho delegation. Roy Hirai, Nyssa, headed a panel discussion on farm labor which touched on facets of Idaho’s farm labor law and a new piece of legislation expec ted to be presented to the 1973 Oregon Legislature to replace the bill which was vetoed by Gov. Tom McCall last year. Frank Mercer and Phil Batt, both of Wilder, discussed the labor situation and farm hous- 4,ing in Idaho in line with current federal and proposed state le gislation. Hirai said the substitute bill for Oregon has been given the "do pass” recommendation by the state’s attorney general. Batt expressed concern with possible "conflicting” regu lations affecting farmers th rough application of Labor De partment and Health Department measures now being considered for presentation to the Idaho Legislature to conform with fe deral statutes. Batt, who serves as chair man of the Food Producers of Idaho, said his organization favors acceptance of federal guidelines under provisions of the Occupational Safety and Health Act rather than adop tion of state regulations that could be even more stringent. He also reported members of his organization are favor ing extension of the current Idaho farm law which will ex pire March 1, unless given the green light by the current leg islature. Both Hirai and Batt de clared that neither state had any significant farm labor problems during the past sea son. In elections carried out in connection with the meeting, the following were nam^d: Malheur County Onion Gro wers Association--MamaroWa- kasugi, Oregon Slope, director at large; Harry Fukiage, On tario, director at large; George Hironaka, Oregon Slope; Larry Saito, Nyssa, and Roy Hasebe, Ontario. Southwestern Idaho Onion Gro wers Association--Max Taka- guchi, Caldwell, director at large; Louis Ishino, Weiser; Tom Mio, Payette-Fruitland; Ken Nelson, Parma-Roswell; Tom Arima, Homedale-Mars ing; Ray Obenocrf, Wilder, and George Tamura, Caldwell- Nampa. Idaho-Eastern Oregon Onion Committee--Idaho District 1, George Matsuura, Fruitland, Howard Albano, Weiser, alter nate; Oregon District 3, Joe Saito, Ontario, Kay Teramura, Ontario; alternate; Idaho Dis trict 5, Lyle Andrew, and James Yamada, alternate, both of Parma. Scouting's 62nd Anniversary ffl/i * II F Livestock Firm Claims PSA Charges "Unfair’ ONTARIO - - Officers of the Livestock Market Development Co., doing business as Ontario and Weiser Livestock Com mission companies today were critical of a recent press release from the Packers and Stockyards Administration regarding charges of alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards Act. Norman Sitz, president of the firm, and Morgan Beck, secretary-treasurer, released the following statement: "The prejudicial and misleading release issued by the PSA conforms to their policy of widespread publication of their charges prior to giving the company any type of hearing and is, in our opinion, an unfair and very questionable practice for any government agency. “The charges can generally be classified in two categories: 1. ‘‘The financial respon sibility of the firm, and (2.) the manner in which it handles its customer relations. “The facts do not support the allegations.In regard to financial responsibility. James Leslie, manager of the Ontario branch of First National Bank of Oregon says: ‘The Livestock Market Development Company, dba Ontario Livestock Commission Company and Weiser Livestock Commission Company, has been our customer for over 20 years. During that time, deposit balances ha ve reached a high of a medium six figures, and we have extended unsecured loans to a high of a moderate six figures. All commitments have been met promptly. All relationships have been very satisfactory, and we have a very high regard for the company and its piincipals.’ “Concerning customer relationships, we feel our customers are the best judges of this and the fact that our business has been growing would tend to indicate a high level of customer satisfaction ‘‘In 1969. the company sold through its markets at Ontario and Weiser, a total of 72,886 cattle; in 1970, 84,429; and in 1971, the number of cattle reached 100,758 or a precentage increase of 38.2 "With an estimated 50,000 individual transactions per year the PSA picked out a few for criticism In none of these cases did the company receive any complaint from the customers involved, and. in the majority, the company is still doing business with these in dividuals and companies, who are still buying livestock in this area." Thursday, February 10, 1972 Sugar Factory Ends Campaign The AmalgamatedSugarCom- pany factory whistle blew at 8:13 Sunday morning signaling the end of the slicing of beets. Wednesday morning the last sugar was produced, ending the 117 day campaign which started last October 12. Ray Larson, district manager, said that 725,000 tons of sugar beets were processed, about 10,000 tons more than last year. About 31,000 acres of beets were harvested in the Nyssa district, and 63,000 acres in the entire Nyssa and Nampa districts. Larson said that the acreage was down a little this year, but the yield was higher. The beets average 23.37 tons to the acre compared to 21.8 tons last year. This year’s campaign produced about two million 100-pound bags of White Satin sugar. The initial payment to the growers has been made, ave raging about $13.60 per ton, with the next payment to be made in April. Tax Reports Due March 3 Malheur County Taxpayers are reminded that all taxable personal property in their pos session as of January 1 must be reported to the County As sessor before March 3 to avoid automatic penalties-fminimum $10.00 maximum $250.00). All possessors of such pro perty are required by Oregon Law to report even though he may not have received a form in the mail from the Assessor's Office. Taxable personal property covers inventory, livestock, tools, machinery and equipment used in the process of making a living or a profit. Please call 473-3192 or visit this office in the MalheurCoun- tv Courthouse if you need re porting forms, have questions or need assistance. across from the South City Park. pastor. Shrine Clubs Prepare For Annual Caravan Under the capable leadership of President Jim Yamada and Wagonmaster Glenn Talbot, the Parma Shriners are busy these days preparing for their an nual Food Caravan to the Shriner’s Hospital for Crippled Children in Salt Lake City. The group will depart from Parma at 6:30 a.m. Saturday, February 19, stay overnight in Ogden, and arrive at the hospital Sunday morning for breakfast, unloading, and a visit with the kiddies. The Food Caravans to the hospitals originated in Parma in February of 1954 when seven pickups made the trip with area produce. The trip has been made annually since, and the number of rigs and tons of pro duce or other supplies for the hospital increase each year. At least sixty pickups are ex pected to participate, coming from as far away as Astoria and Milton-Freewater, Oregon. Most of the other towns in the Treasure Valley will be well represented. They will be haul ing everything from baby food to potatoes to outright cash. The Snake River Shrine Club at Ontario, in addition to several loads of merchandise, is send ing along a check for $600 which represents a part of the funds obtained through their annual auction for the benefit of the crippled children. They also TVCC Board Positions Open originate the November Cara van to the hospital at Portland, Oregon. Of particular gratification to the Parma Shriners is the fact that this movement has become nationwide. Wagonmaster Tal bot has just returned from Phoe nix, Arizona, at the request of El Zarribah Temple of that city. This Temple plans to deliver all thecitrusproductsandcotton goods that the Salt Lake Hos pital will need for the year, and requested the help of Wagon master Talbot to help them or ganize their activity. Anyone having produce to send down, or wishing to make a con tribution to this cause either in cash or merchandise, is urged to contact any shriner in his area for prompt and enthusia- tic action. Elemerrtary Grades To Be Featured At PTA Feb. 17 it you have children in the elementary grades, the next PTA meeting is for YOU. The meeting will be held in the old gymnasium Thursday, February 17 and will start at 7:30 p.m Following a short business meeting there will be a special program presented by the children. Included on the program are P.E. demonstra tions and dramatic presenta tions. Following the program the elementary children will hold an open house in the school building. This will give the parents the opportunity to see new methods and actually be a student again, using some of the new equipment. There will be three stations showing techniques in teaching of basic subjects. Audex and Systems 80, plus other supple mentary individualized mate rial used to support the basic reading and arithmetic pro grams will be demonstrated. Founders Da/ will be cele brated with birthday cake to be served by members of the PTA. Two positions on the Treasure Valley Community College Board of Directors will be up for election during the primary voting May 23,1972 according to college president, Emery J. Skinner. The terms for board positions *6, held by Eugene Smith, and #7 held by Grant Rhinehart, end this year. To run for a position on the college board, a candidate must be a resident of the Treasure Valley Area Education District and a registered voter. He must file a petition for nomination with the Clerk of Malheur County 70 days prior to the election, or, in this case, by March 14. The petition must carry at least 10 valid signatures, or at least 3*7 of the voters voting for the office of school direc tor at the last annual school election, whichever number is Is it difficult to live with greater; however, no more than people who haveproblemscom- 50 such signatures are neces plicated by alcohol? Working sary. under a boss with such pro blems, or with employees who drink too much? Or parents and children with each other? Or having friends who are gradually self-destructing'' PR EC MIN MAX DATE A learning program to find 2 18 Feb. 2 out some facts about alcohol -2 18 Feb. 3 and how to live with it or with- 1 Feb. 4 25 out it is planned for Nyssa. 16 30 Feb. 5 21 .06 The Ministerial Association is 35 Feb. 6 36 20 preparing to sponsor such a Feb. 7 34 20 Feb. 8 program. The actual work of 18 the program will be done by Feb. 9 Owyhee Reservoir Storage the Malheur County Council on 1/8/72 588,270 Acre Feet Alcohol and Drug Problems. 1/8/71 690,230 Acre Feet Drugs too can be a problem Rev. Erldene Johnson is TVCC Budget Vote Feb. 29 No protests were heardatthe second public hearing for the 1972-73 budget for Treasure Valley CominunityCollege Mon day night and February 29 was set as the date for the budget election. A small crowd was present and a few questions concerning the budget were asked but no protests were heard and no changes were made in the bud get which was presented. Tie amount of dollars to be voted on is $621,972 compared to $531,461 last year. The tax total would require a tax levy of $2.38 per thousand dollars of true cash value. The amount voted on and approved last year was $2.20. This year’s operating budget is down slightly from las! year. The proposed budget is $1,729, 375 down $7210 from the $1,750- 085 of the current year. The reason the budget is less but is costing more, according to President Skinner is not be cause of increased expenditures, but because of reduced state funds and tuition payments in anticipating a lower enrollment. He said the budget is con servative but will keep the college from sliding back. "It is reasonably sound and one we can live with." 56,000 Newcomers Gel Oregon Licenses More than 56,000 people sur rendered out of state drivers’ licenses and applied for Oregon licenses during 1971, Chester W. Ott, Administrator of the Motor Vehicles Division said Friday. In 1970, approximately 50,000 out-of-state licenses were sur rendered. Ott said Oregon received 22, 657 surrendered California li censes during the year and 10,639 Washington licenses. These two states accounted for almost 60 percent of the total. Licenses were surrendered from every state, the District of Columbia and sevenCanadian provinces. Other states sending more than a 1,000 drivers to Oregon last year were Arizona, Colo rado, Idaho, Illinois and Texas. Ministerial Association To Sponsor Series On Alcohol WEATHER Trees laden with frozen fog were a fami- liar sight throughout the valley in the past week, as low temperatures and heavy humi- dity made beautiful wintry scenes such as this. Number VI BULLDOGS SLAY ANIMALS IN WRESTLING, WIN "A" LEAGUE CROWN IN SRV Nyssa First Christian Church Members of the Nyssa Christian Church burned the mort gage in ceremonies commemorating this important event Sunday, February 6. The church is located at 5th and Ennis, The Sugar City and cause their own miseries, but it would be too difficult to combine the programs. So perhaps a drug education pro gram can come later from an other sponsoring group. As it is, this Understanding Alcohol program will be on Tuesday night, February29,and will continue for a total of five Tuesday nights at St. Bridget Parish Hall from 7 30 to 9p.m Publicity »ill come from dif ferent churches in Nyssa as well as word of mouth and other sources. Since people of all ages get involved with the al cohol problems of others, al most all people of different ages will benefit and are in vited to attend. cisioned Moeller in the 130 pound bracket; Chris .Moore, 136 pound; decisioned J. Suye matsu; and Charles Nevins de cisioned Skinner at 141 pounds. This gave Nyssa a commanding 24-3 lead, but the tide started to turn. Tom Huffman and Ruiz tied at 148 pounds; then Dois of Ontario decisioned Dar Haney at 157 pounds; Tschida pinned Dwight Calhoun, 168 pounds; Butch Watanabe pinned Curt Lords. 178 pounds; and the score board showed the Bull dogs ahead bv only 5 points, 26-21. Phil Wilman then put the match out of reach of the Ani mals when he pinned Ontario’s Richter in the third round of the 191 |x>und division, and Mel Calhoun's Bulldogs had their crucial match cinched. The heavyweight bout was anti-climax, but was very ex citing as Manuel Rosas had his opponent Price almost pinned in both the first and second rounds, only to have a sudden reversal late in the second round and Rosas wound up with his shoulders on the mat. This made the final score 32-27 in favor of the Bulldogs. The victory before a capa city crowd in the Ontario gym was the highlight of the sea Oregonians purchased $40,- son for the Nyssa wrestlers. 779,435 of E and H Savings Bonds In spite of a very foggy night, during 1971, leading the nation Nyssa fans turned out in near in percentage achievement to equal size to the Ontario crowd. wards its dollar quota, accord The last dual match of the ing toThomasS. Prideaux,State season will be tonight (Thurs Savings Bonds Chairman. day) against Vale there, then "Sales were 26 percent greater the Bulldogs go to Prineville this year than they were in for the Crook County Invita 1970," he said. tion Saturday. They will lie "Oregon has done a fabulous hosts to the District Wrest job in that 35 of the 36 counties ling Tournament m Nyssa, Feb have met and exceeded their ruary 18-19, and this will de goals, with Wasco County fi cide the wrestlers who will go nishing very close to goal ac to the State Tournament inCor hievement,” he continued. vallis February 25-26. (Editor’s Note: The headline is exactly the same as appeared in the Journal a year ago). In a repeat of last year’s match when the Nyssa Bulldog team thrashed the touted "Animals” of Ontario by a 30-17 score, the Bulldogs did it again Tuesday night, this time in the Ontario gym before a packed house and a 32-27 score. As in the match last year, the victory gave the Bulldogs the Treasure Valley A League Wrestling Championship trophy. The league is composed of teams from Boise, Borah. Ca pital. Caldwell. Ontario. Vale and Nyssa. Nyssa built up an early lead as Kent Cleaver, 98 pounds, pinned M. Suyematsu and Scott Kido, 106 pounds, decisioned Vega to put the Bulldogs ahead 9-0. Then Warrington de cisioned Bill Calhoun at 115 pounds to give Ontario their first points, and Nyssa led 9-3. The Bulldogs then won the next four matches as Rex Schil ling pinned Schaffeld at 123 pounds; Manuel Perez de- Oregon Leads Nation For 71 Water Supply Outlook Excellent This Year "The water supply outlook is excellent for next summer," said S. Duane Town, Soil Con servation Service DistrictCon- servationist. "Conditions ex ceed the rosy picture that was presented for last year. The snowpack is 250-300 percent of the average for January 1. Soils on the Malheur are wetted about half their normal amount. Current streamflow has been good in spite of the cold wea ther and as a result reser voirs storage is at) >ve average," Town added. “An average snow depth of 18.3 inches with water content of 4.2 inches was found on El dorado Pass January 28, 1972. The average water content is 2.5 inches.” Town said. Streamflow has varied con siderably around the state. Re presentative streams are as follows: Oct.-Dec. Streamflow as of % of average Owyhee Net inflow............. 120 Grande Ronde at LaGrande.................. 50 Umatilla near Pendleton........................ 130 At present the Owyhee is storing 588,385 acre feet with 1,700 cubic feet per second being released down the glory hole. Warmsprings is storing 123, 570 acre feet. Beulah has 32,570 acre feet and Bull y Creek is storing 10,550 acre feet. Stream Nyssa Seoulers Honored Two Nyssa Scooters were among those honored at the Ore- Ida Council Recognition Banquet Tuesday night, February 8 at Boise, Ceremonies commemorated Boy Scout Week as the world-wide organization celebrates its 62nd Anniversary, George Hirai is Scoutmaster of Nyssa Troop 419, and was one of five presented the Silver Beaver Award Tuesday, Scout- dom’s highest award for service. Others receiving the award were Donald H. Carroll, Emmett, Roland S. Davidson, Payet te; Ceil A. Dennis, Boise, and Donald L. Niles, Mountain Home. Hirai has been in Scouting eight years, and last summer was selected as Scoutmaster to lead the Ore-Ida Council Troop to the World Jamboree in Japan. Long active in the community, he has been a leader in the American Legion, Japanese-Ameri- can Citizens League, and the Buddhist Church. His Nyssa troop has had more scouts of Eagle rank than any other troop in the United States. Mrs. Don (Pat) Savage received the Silver Fawn award last year, the feminine counterpart of the Silver Beaver for men. As the first woman to receive the Silver Fawn award in the Ore-Ida Council, she was selected to present the award to two area ladies Tuesday night. They are Mrs. Theo Jensen, On tario and Mrs. Betty Jo Johnson, Boise. Pat Savage has been a den mother for eight years, and serves on the Seven Rivers District Training Team. She has re ceived both the Den Mothers Training Award and the Den Lea ders Coach Award. She is the mother of three children, and last year was president of the Nyssa PTA.