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University Of Oregon Library Eugene, Ore 97UC3 ___ ___ X X X X X Nyssa Gate City Journal 67th Year, 4th Inue The Sugar City Nytsa, Oregon Thursday, January 25, 1973 MONDAY PROCLAIMED "4-H DAY" IN OREGON BY GOVERNOR McCALL More than 5004-H club mem bers in Malheur County and their 65 leaders are among those recognized by Oregon Go vernor Tom McCall who has proclaimed Monday, January 29, as "4-H Day" in Oregon. In proclaiming “4-H Day,” McCall said the expansion of 4-H activities and the involve ment of more young people from al) backgrounds will provide rewards for all the young peo ple and the society they live in, said Carol Knothe, Malheur County Extension Agent. McCall noted that the state's 4-H pro gram now includes 43,000 4-H members and 7,000 leaders. The statewide day marking 4-H contributions to young peo ple coincides with the38thOre gon 4-H leaders conference in Salem, Mrs. Knothe said. Five POTATO GROWERS ELECT OFFICERS Malheur Potato Growers Association met for their an nual meeting last week before the Oregon Potato Conference and elected the following direc tors Oregon-Slope, Bud Pa nike, Nyssa-Adrian, Farrell Peterson, Vale, Max Barlow, Harper, Robert Sanders, and Ontario, Sam Uchida. Asso ciation officers will be elec ted at an Association direc tors meeting to be held in the near future. Lions Learn About Students Elementary principal Melvin Munn presented a program on the Elementary Library to Nyssa Lions Club members Tuesday noon at the Twilight Cafe. Among those enjoying the program were three members of the Fruitland LiatuClubon a visitation. Munn was accomjnnied by Mrs. Vera Tolman, librarian, Gary Jasper, 6th grade teac her, and David Dail and Nick Lopez, 5th grade students. Each of them helped to show how the Elementary Library works with all teachers and students in making the Nyssa Elementary School a better learning fa cility. leaders and three members from Malheur County are at tending. McCall cited project work and club activités that develop responsible citizens, improve the environment, and build nu trition and health. He noted they also engage in community de velopment, strengthen family life, promote education, chart careers, and help spread the 4-H "learn-by-domg” idea around the world. 4-H and other youth pro grams conducted by Oregon State University's Extension Service in Malheur County in clude educational experiences and leadership opportunities, Mrs. Knothe pointed out. She said the county’s 4-H activities that are particularly popular now include - livestock, home economics and outdoorsman. The three-day leader con ference in Salem begins Sun day, January 28, when the pro gram includes tours of Ore gon’s unique 720-acre4-H Edu cation Center in rolling hills west of Salem. The schedule also includes a dinner with legislators and government of ficials and leader-teacher training workshops intended to develop and use leader talents. lax Booklets At Post Office Two U.S. Internal Revenue Service booklets are again being offered to the public at post offices. Postmaster l*e Dail said today. The 75-cent publications are “Your Federal Income Tax” and "Tax Guide for Small Bu sinesses.” "The books give both the in dividual and the businessman Invaluable guidelines on pre paring their federal income tax,” Mr. Dail said. "Your Federal Income Tax” is being sold in first-,second-, and third-class post offices. The “Tax Guide for Small Businesses'* will be sold in all larger post offices throughout the country as soon as received. In-office advertising of the booklets is being posted, to alert U.S. Postal Service customers of their availability. Cattle Growers Will Meet January 30 31 Cattle operators will have an opportunity to hear experts In their field discuss impor tant factors in the cattle bu siness, January 30 and 31. This meeting will be held in room W-10 of the Weese Building on the T.V.C.C. campus beginning at 1-00 p.m. and lasting until 4 00 p.m. according to George W. Bain, Malheur County Ex tension Agent. Topics discussed will include "Merchandizing Your Cattle" and determining market value of your cattle. Also on the program will be a discussion of Prio rity in Performance and "What's Ahead in Beef Cattle Breeding.” The two men featured on tlie program are Dean Frisch- kr.echt, Animal Science Spe cialist. Oregon State University Extension Service and Jim El- lings now withCarnation Farms but previously animal science specialist in California. The meeting Bain says is open to all interested people at no cost. There will be printed ma terial handed out covering some parts of the topics discussed. This is an opportunity every cattle producer slwiuld take ad vantage of Bain says since bree ding ami marketing are two ma jor factors in a successful ranch operation. THE HISTORIC WASHINGTON HOTFL in Weiser is only a shell after a fire gutted the old building Friday night. This picture taken Saturday morning shows weary crews still pouring water onto the roof of the building. Two residents of the hotel died in the (ire, Mrs. Lou Shellhaas, 83, by smoke Thunderegg Capital Ten Cents HELLS CANYON NATIONAL FOREST PARKLANDS IS PROPOSED IN CONGRESS Joined by three other mem bers of Oregon’s congressional delegation, U.S. Rep. Al Ull man. D-Ore., today formally in troduced his comprehensive proposal to establish a vast wild and scenic national re serve surrounding the rugged Hells Canyon and Snake River along the Oregon-Idaho border. Co-sponsoring the legislation with Ullman in the House were Reps. Edith Green, D-Ore.,and Wendel Wyatt, R-Ore., while Sen. Mark Hatfield, R-Ore., indicated he would introduce the bill in the Senate. Involving an area slightly smaller than Rhode Island, the proposed reserve is to be called Hells Canyon National Forest Parklands. Administration of the area would fall to the U.S. Forest Service. Ullman said the bill seeks to end the long, unresolved de bate over the construction of more hydroelectric dams in Hells Canyon by specifi cally prohibiting any dams on the Snake River within the wild and scenic area. Water rights elsewhere on the river, according to Ullman, would remain essentially unaf fected. THE FRONT WALL OF THE PETFRSON BUILDING can be seen toppling to the ground as workmen clean up the lot in preparation for construction of the new First National Bank of Oregon branch in Nyssa. In the picture at right the east wall of the building can tie seen on its way down as tractors on either end push it over. The bottom picture at right shows workman pushing down interior partitions m the for mer Sarazinclinic as this build- is rapidly being demolished. First National Bank authori ties have not as yet announced plans for actual construction of their new facility, but it is ex pected that these will be forth coming soon. Four Receive Science Awards Local St ini cuts Fam BSC Honors 785 Boise State College stu dents have been named to the Dean's List for fall semester, according to Dr. DavidS. Tay lor, Vice-President for Stu dent Affairs. Melissa Nistutani received Highest Honors with a 4.00 Grade Point Average. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Nishitani, Nyssa, and a Music Major. Receiving High Honors with a 3.75 GPA was Sheila Pratt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eu gene Pratt, Adrian. Miss Pratt Is majoring in Elementary Edu cation. Milk Prices Increased An increase of thirty cents per hundredweight in the cost of Grade “A" milk from the Dairy Farmers was recently announced by Frank W. Krone, general manager of Dairymen's Creamery Association, Incor porated, headquartered inCald well, Idaho. The price hike reflects the continuing increases of pro duction costs which have been imposed on the Dairy Farmers of tlie area, Krone stated. He cited spiralling feed costs, which have risen from 25S to an all-time high, as well as other escalated costs which have previouly been absort>ed by the Dairy Farmer and not passed on to the market. The market, Krone conclu ded, could probably anticipate an increas" at tlie retail level of from four to six cents per gallon. Inhalation; and Harley Benfer, 91, repor tedly suffered a heart attack. All of the other residents and guests were evacuated safely, with several of the older residents tlMted at the Weis, r II >■ .pit;«I. Built In 1910, the hotel was a popular meeting place for people from all over the Treasure Valley for the past 62 years. Water Storage Again Excellent In County "Good" and "excellent" are again words of music to the ears of irrigators and other water users in MalheurCounty. "We found only 5 inches of snow on Eldorado Pass with 1.3 inches of water, but this is still .1 inch better than average,” said S. Duane Town, District Conservationist for USDA Soil Conservation Service at the Vale field office. "We have been spoiled by the last two years of far letter than average water supplies,” Town said. Owyhee and Malheur drain ages are the only "bright spots" in Oregon. Snowpack is only 60 percent of average over most of the state, while Owyhee is 140 percent and Malheur 100 percent. Snow- cover on the west side of the Cascades varies from 20 percent to 50 percent of average. The east side of the Cascades has from 50 to 70 percent snow cover. The Blue Mountains have 40 to 80 per cent snow cover at the me dium and higher elevations. Snow cover in the southern part of th»' state generally ranges from 25 to 50 percent of average. Soil moisture is near aver age and soils should absorb average amounts of snowmelt and winter rainfall. Streamflow has variedthrou- ghout the state being best on the Owyhee which was 21 per cent above average during De cember. Reservoir storage is ex- cellent at 51 percent above average, due to carryover sto rage from last year and the Oc tober- December streamflow which has been 40 percent above normal. Reservoir storage in thou sand acre feet is as follows: Usable Storage: Antelope Reservoir Usable Capacity - 70.0; This Year - 1.9; Last Year - 5.7; Average 4.0. Beulah Reservoir: Usable Ca pacity - 60.0, This Year 23.5, Last Year - 25.5; Average - 17.4. Bully Creek Reservoir Us able Capacity - 30.0, This Year - 5.6, Last Year - 7.2. Owyhee Reservoir. Usable Capacity - 715.0, This Year - 512.9, Last Year - 526.2, Ave rage - 330.8. Warmsprings Reservoir Us able Capacity - 191.0, This Year - 88.4, Last Year 110.7; Average - 62.0. What is an "acre foot” of water? It is one acre or 43,560 square feet, covered with water to a depth of one foot. WELDING CLASSES OFFERED AT NYSSA Basic arc and oxy-acetylene welding will be offeredtnNvssa this term, through the Trea sure Valley Community Col lege Office of Continuing Edu cation. Deryl Leggett, instruc tor, said it would meet two times a week for 40 hours of class, In a period of ten weeks. He said both begnuiers amt those wishing to improve their skill could benefit. Total cost DATI- MAX MIN PR EC for tuition and materials will Jan. 17 44 30 .19 be $25.00 for the 2-credit class. Jan. 18 43 32 .07 An organizational meeting Jan. 19 39 .08 will be held Tuesday, January 29 Jan. 20 38 30, in the Nyssa High School 24 Jan. 21 Vocational-Agriculture shop 40 17 Jan. 22 40 building at 7 30 p.m. At this 16 Jan. 23 38 20 meeting, it will lie decided what Jan. 24 29 times and evenings would be ()w yhee Reserv oir Sto scheduled. Further information 1/23/73 556,810 Acre may lie had from Mr. Leggett 1/23/’72 597,020 Acre at 372-3415. David Robbins First In FF A David Robbins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Norvelle Robbins, scored 199 out of a possible 200 in the Snake River District State Farmer record book contest, held in Ontario January 20, to take first place. The State Farmer degree is the highest degree a Future Farmer of America (FFA) member can receive. Only two percent of the members en rolled in Oregon can receive this degree. Earlier this year, Greg Duff, State FFA vice-president from Pendleton, conducted an on the farm interview Other participants f I Olli Nyssa included Dwayne Ulrey, who placed third, KentCleaver, fifth, Dennis Chamberlain and Scott Goodell. February 7, these young men will be interviewed by the State officers who will then select the State farmers from the score of their project, ability to keep records, knowledge of the FFA, leadership; and their record books. Onion Growers Slate Flection The election of Onion Gro wer Committee Members for the Idaho-Eastern Oregon Onion Committee is to be heldThurs- day, February 8 11 30 a.m., at the LaPaloma Restaurant in Ontario. The election will tie a part of the program of the Joint Annual Meeting of th« Malheur Olllon Grower’s Association and the Southwest Idaho Onion Grower’s Association., The Grower Committee mem tiers, whose term of office will be expiring May 31 are as fol lows Dlst. No. 2 • Paul Saito, Rt. 3, Weiser. Mas Yano, Route 3, Weiser. Disl. No. 4 - Joel Mitchell, Routt t, B m 111, NysM. Harold E. Dail, Route 1, Box 628, Nyssa. Dlst. No. 6 - George Kubo- sumi, Route 1, Homedale. Frank Yamamoto, Route I, Homedale. Winners in the Nyssa High School Science Symposium held January 20, were Rod Lewis, Manuel Perez, Sonia Saito and Laurie Stunz. Each received a ten dollar cash award from the Science Club. Others who participated in clude Debbie Alexander, Jim Bass, Bob Meadows, Curt Lords, Susan Davis, BradRopp, Gail Hirai and Roberta Mor row. Other students who have wor ked on projects during the year had reports and equipment on display. Special guests attend ing the symposium were Mrs. J. Draper. Mrs. Paul Kunkel and Mr. Dale Bishop who ser ved as judges and Dr. H.K. Fntchman and Mrs. Donna Par sons, featured speakers, All interested science stu- dents who have prepared pro jects mill be invited to enter the Junior Academy of Science Symposium to be held February 24 at Oregon State University. Miss Mary Omberg and Mr. Gary Thompson. Science Club advisors, wish to thank those who attended. The success of this event has stimulated stu dent interest in future sympo sia and it is hojied this will become an annual event. The bill also attempts to pro tect Hells Canyon and the Snake River as far north as the Wa shington state border by set ting adjacent land aside for study as potential wilderness areas. Broader than any proposal so far put forth, the plan de signates 270,000 acres as road less backcountry while setting aside nearly 466,000 additional acres on both sides of toe canyon for a comprehensive land-use management study. Under the study, which is to be completed over athree-year period with public participation, the bulk of the land area could be designated for a variety of uses, including wilderness, backcountry or intensive re creation. In addition, Ullman said pro vision has been made for a carefully designed and control led scenic road along tlie Oregon side of the canyon rim-acces sible from both Wallowa and Baker Counties. •‘The plan is designed to high light recreation,” Ullman said, ■‘but the sheer size of the area requires establishing multipie use as a basic management tool.” He said no single designation of’land use could ever encom pass the wide variety of country contained in tlie proposed park lands. Of tlie total acreage, about one-quarter--172,800ac- res— lies on tlie Idaho side of the canyon. Reiterating a statement lie made last month. Ullman said: ■Hells Canyon has a combina tion of great scenic beauty, primitive wilderness and na tural resources. An intelligent approach will allow us to use all of this potential simul- taneously.” He said that is why he lias proposed a flexible plan pro viding for public participation. Nyssan Vies For Miss TVCC The Miss TVCC Pageant, scheduled for tonight at 8 p.m., features a girl from Nyssa among the seven contestants en tered in the contest toilate. She is Chris Norman, 20-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dell Norman, who is rehearsing a skit in the talent presentation. Other contestants are Jaclyn Evans, Weiser, a dancer. Billie Jo Marler, Fossil), who will present a skit; Valerie Jean Blackburn, Parma, who will sing, Judy Coombs, Unity, also a singer, Sharlee Lopez, Ha waii, who will present a Tahi tian Dance, and Deborah Niel son, Ontario, will play the flute. Oregon Livestock Tax Values I p 20% In 1973 The Oregon livestock tax as sessors meeting with represen tatives of the Oregon Cattle men's Association in Prineville recently, reached an agreement and approved the 1973 live stock tax afipraisal figures. OCA President Charley Otley, appointed Jerry Breese, Prine ville, Chairman of the OCA Livestock Tax Appraisal Com mittee. The make-up of this committee consisted of more than twenti Oregon cattlemen, representing every segment of the Oregon beef cattle industry. Oscar Bratton, Malheur County Assessor, said the fol lowing are the approved asses sor's true cash values on Ore- gon livestock for 1973 (for com parison 1972 figures art identi fied by ♦. Calves, under 6 months, $70.00 - *$51.00 Steer Calves 6 months to 1 year, $160.00 - ’$125.00 Heifer calves, 6 months to 1 year, $125.00 - ’$100.00 Steers, 1 year and over, $205.00 - ’$165.00 Heifers, 1 year to 2 years, $180.00 - "$141.00 Cows, i yean and over $200.00 - ’$169.00 Bulls, 1 year and over, $375.00 - ’$317.00 The 1973 livestock tax values are approximately 20‘t higher than the previous year. Veterans Loans Exceed Past Year By #5 Million The Department of Veterans’ up from the 8,465 for 1971. Affairs granted 7,927 loans last The average loan was higher year in th«-amount of $144,480,- in 1972, going to $18,226 from 202, H. C. Saalfeld, director, the 1971 average of $17,458. reported today. This was a new Loans monthly last year avera record for dollar volume, ex ged over $12 million, up from ceeding the previous record set the $11.6 million per month for in 1971 by more than $5 mil 1971. lion. Veterans have repaid $573 In Malheur County last year, million in principal on their loans were granted to 53 ve loans and $204 million in in terans in the amount of $1,- terest, with monthly repay 361,730, compared with 74 loans ments averaging over $9 mil in 1971 for $1,713,400. lion. Of the 95,289 loans gran Since the loan program star ted, 54,424 were outstanding ted in 1945, loans have gone December 31 in the amount of to 922 veterans In this county $748,908,361. in the amount of $11,899,530. Only 30 percent of the eligible Statewide, 95,289 loans have been granted for $1,134,940,226 veterans have used the loan, Saalfeld said loan applica- leaving 185,000 who are still tions last year numbered 9,000 entitled.
