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Pag« Eight Thursday, November 15, 1973 Th« Nyssa Gat« City Journal, Nyssa, Oregon Forest Fires Could Have Been Worse Something short of a miracle prevented more fire damage in National Forests in the Pacific Northwest this summer. This is the assessment of the U. S. Forest Service. Regional Forester Theodore A. Schlapfer said. “It’s ap parent we’ve escaped all the dire predictions, thanks largely to a combination of efforts, particularly on the part of an informed and concerned public.’’ Schlapfer noted the summer of 1973 was the most potentially explosive fire season in de cades, one that could have seen more acreage burned than was recorded m the 1970 fire season Despite statistics which sho wed about a 20-percent increase in the number of man-caused fires and more than six times the acreage destroyed over last year, Schlapfer said the loss to fire fell far short of expec tations. l ightning-caused fires inclu ded the worst blate of the sea son, the 16,000-acre Freexeout fire in eastern Oregon. In all this year, 26,442 acres have been destroyed by man and by lightning. Schlapfer said, however, to tal acreage lost was only 2,600 acres above the five-year ave rage of 23,796 acres. MALHEUR COUNTY AGENT REPORTS YOU, TOO, MAY HAPPILY HOLD A PLUMP rambow trout like the one Wendell Smith, Idaho Power Company environ mental affairs director, is seen holding here! All you need do is try your luck in Oxbow Lake at the gateway to Hells Canyon. Idaho Power recently released some 12,500 catch able rainbows (10-12 inches) near its McCormick Park there to provide winter sport for fishermen when other waters are closed or inaccessible. The plant was the company’s llth consecutive annual release. Since the plants began. Idaho Power has put more than 192,500 trout into the lakes of its Hells Canyon development in cooperation with the Idaho and Oregon fish agencies. By the time sportsmen have taken some of the rainbows a year or two after their release in the clean development lakes, the fish have grown to more than 20 inches. BPA RELEASES COLUMBIA Film The Bonneville Power Ad ministration announced today release of a revision to the mo tion picture. "Great River,” a story of comprehensive develop ment of America’s greatest power stream, the Columbia. The revised 29-minute film was premiered in Portland this week before an audience atten ding the Pacific Northwest Wa terways Association 40th annual convention at the Sheraton Motor Inn. Loan prints for free showing are available through the Bon neville Power Administration of fices in Portland, Eugene, Seat tle, Spokane, Walla Walla, We natchee, Idaho Falls, and Ka lispell. The 16-mm sound and color film, available for unlimited tele vision use, is set against the magnificent scenery of the Cas cade and Rocky Mountains, irri gated valleys of the Columbia and Snake River basins, and the Columbia itself. It tells how the river has been put to work for man by development for power, irri gation. navigation, flood con trol, recreation, and fish and wildlife protection. Included In the film are his torical construction shots of Grand Coulee dam--America’s GARDENERS--STORE YOUR ROOT CROPS Some of you home gardeners may want to store a portion of your root crops for use later on this winter. Here are some suggestions that may be of help to you. Root crops such as beets, carrots, kohlrabi, rutabagasand turnips can go into storage in the late fall. These crops with stand autumn frosts and are better off in the garden until nights are cold enough to per mit proper storage tempera tures. The vegetables shouldbe mo ved into storage soon after harvesting. Tops should be cut back to about one half inch so that the green material doesn’t draw moisture from the plants. Root crops store best be tween temperatures of 32 and 40 degrees F. It is impor tant to keep temperatures as near to that range as possible as continued storage at 45 or above causes the vegetables to sprout new tops and become woody. High humidity in the storage area will enable root crops to keep their crispness longv’. There are several ways of ac complishing this. One way is to bed the vegetables in moist sand or peat moss. Another approach is to use polyethylene bags with some air holes for ventilation. Potatoes also store best in the temperature range of 32 to 40 degrees. They require high humidity. Otherwise the potatoes lose moisture and are as wrinkled as prunes before spring comes. Potatoes should be kept in a dark place to keep them from turning green. SOIL STERILANTS Fall is the best time to apply soil sterilants so the fall and winter moisture can leach the materials into the soil. For the deep rooted peren nials such as Canadian Thistle or Russian Knapweed, sodium chlorate or atlacide have pro ven best. For annual weed control along ditch banks, road ways and around buildings, atra zine and Karmex, have proven successful. Beware--these sterilants are non-selective. They will kill trees and shrubs whose roots run into the treated area. biggest--and a film sequence of the Third Powerhouse, which is now under construction. There are also scenes from the floods of 1948 and 1961 on the Columbia and Kootenai Rivers, footage of agriculture, com merce and industry served by Columbia River power, and re creation and river commerce scenes. The film also depicts spring flood waters held back by sto rage dams such as Hungry Horse and later released during the low-water season to CERTIFICATION THIS FALL produce hundreds of kilowatt- Farmers who planted alfalfa hours of electricity at down- and red clover seed for certi stream power dams. fication this fall are reminded The original film, released that applications for seedling ten years ago, was produced inspections on the newly planted jointly by the Bureau of Re crops are due at the County- clamation and Bonneville Power Extension Office within 60 days Administration. of planting. The reason for the early inspection is to examine Admission Team the fields to see that no vo To Visit Nov. 15 lunteer plants from previous plantings are in the field. In The Admission Team from spectors also examine the plan Oregon State University will be tings for noxious weeds and visiting Nyssa High School to check the isolation of the fields day, Thursday, November 15 at from uncertified fields that may 9:30 p.m. Wally Bowers who is degrade the seed produced by in charge of the team cordially cross pollination. Certification invites all interested seniors, regulations and application parents or anyone with any ------ J are available at the interest about OSU to attend County Extension Office in the this meeting at the high school. ’ City Hall in Ontario. Sute ^7tac MUD & SNOW TIRE « THEY LAST H78-14 23 $ REG. $26.95 00 PLUS $2.74 TAX COMPLETE LINE OF WINTER TIRES NEW AND RECAPS HIGH SPEED BALANCER STATIC AND DYNAMIC BALANCE UP TO 130 M.P.H. - A MUST FOR THE NEW WIDE WHEELS AND TIRES 400 N. Main St. Nyssa 372-3549 I Salem Scene by Jack Zimmerimn VOLUNTARY SALEM DIM -OUT Governor Tom McCall, when DRAMATIZES ENERGY CRISIS informed of the activity, pledged full support m his household Residents of Oregon’s Capi and expressed pleasure and tal City are scheduled to dim gratitude that people m his home their house lights in a citywide community would undertake demonstration of voluntary elec- such an activity. trical energy conservation. "Salem’s energy conserva Salem Mayor Robert Lind tion good turn--along with sey said the event is the brain a growing number of similar child of conservation-conscious community activities through Boy Scouts and their leaders out the state--give me great in his community. hope and encouragement that “What started as a simple by working together we will energy conservation good turn solve this common problem by the boys now has full sup in the Oregon tradition,” he said. port and cooperation of related I BBS l I MB I I ■■ I • BBB I I «B MB I I city agencies, electric utilities serving the city, the electri cian's union andelectrical con BY DALE WITT tractors,” he said. PHONE 372 -2183 Salem area Scout Executive Blaine Kuhn explained that at KINGMAN KOLONY - Mr. 6 30 p.m. Thursday, November 15, upwards of 2,000 Cubs, and Mrs. Paul Gehrke and her Scouts and Explorers will can sisters, Mrs. Josephine Hodge vass some 30.000 Salem resi of Oxford. Nebraska visited Mr. dences--armed with flashlights and Mrs Carl Begeman Sun and energy conservation litera day afternoon and evening. The evening entertainment consis ture. "This is a lights-out cam- ted of playing five-handed Pi paign.” Kuhn said, "and we nochle followed by refresh hope people will not turn on ments. Mrs. Josephine Hodge their porchlights to greet the is Mrs. Carl Begeman’s cousin by marriage. boys.” Sunday dinner guests in the Furthermore, the door-to- door callers will be asking Earl Kygar home were Mr. people to turn off one 100- and Mrs. Walter McConathy watt light bulb precisely at and Brenda. Mr and Mrs. Jo 7 30 p.m. and to keep it off hnnie Gordon and family, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Dunean and fa for six minutes. Turning out that single light mily, Mr. and Mrs. Harold bulb and leaving it off six Jenkins of Westfall and Janeen minutes is the key to this pub Kygsr. Al Thompson entered St. Lu lic awareness campaign, Kuhn said. If 30,000 Salem resi kes Hospital in Boise Thursday dents comply with the request, suffering from a weakened heart the community will save an muscle and high blood pressure. estimated 300 kilowatt hours Mrs. Al Thompson stayed with their daughter, Mr. and Mrs. in the six-minute period. Electric utility spokesmen Rex Walters in Boise. Mr. and Mrs. Herschel Thomp- report the simple "saving” of 300 kwh can be dramatized s > ii accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Don Fox went to Boise Sunday. in many ways. Thompsons visited Al The average Salem household The Kingman Kolon v uses about 40 kwh a day and Thompson and were dinner the six-minute citywide saving guests in the Rex Walters home. would satisfy that average house Mr and Mrs. Don Fox visited hold's electric needs for more Mr. and Mrs. John Thiel and than a week. family. Mrs. Al Thompson re It would provide enough juice turned to her home Sundayeve- to operate one of the area's ning. Al Thompsons condition high schools for only one hour is improving and he hopes to be and satisfy the energy demands able to come home the last of for one of the community’s the week. leading dairies the same length Mrs. Robert lx>ng, Mrs. Ma of time. bie Piercy, Mrs. Sue Ashcraft, One of Salem's canneries Maxine Dennis and Mrs. K. I. could only operate 40 minutes Peterson accompanied Mrs. Bill on the 300 kwh. And Salem Toomb to Roswell Saturday eve General Hospital uses that much ning where they attended the electrical energy in30 minutes. musical at the Sterry Memorial An ordinary city streetlight Presbyterian Church. could burn steadily for 1,400 Mrs. Bill Toomb and Mrs. hours on the power saved dur Marie Moore helped the Wo ing the demonstration. men’s Association serve lunch "These are dramatic exam Saturday at the Elfers sale in ples of the ways we consume Big Bend. electrical energy m our city,” Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Bowers declared Mayor Lindsey, “ and visited Mr. and Mrs. Charles we hope people will turn off Bowers Monday afternoon. much more than one 100-watt Thursday, Mrs. Klaas Laan bulb during the six-minute pe visited Mr. and Mrs. Scotty riod. Payne in Vale and saw their "Just think how much po new baby on her way home she wer we’d save if everyone tur visited Mr. and Mrs. Bill Man ned off every light and appliance tel near Nvssa. during that period except those Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Rhodes necessary for safety and health, safety and and two children of Parma vi necessary for sited in the Frank Rhodes home health?" No one knows exactly how Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Myron Osborn much power will be conserved six minutes and family went to Emmett during Salem's on November 15. And utility Sunday and visited her parents, spokesmen doubt they’ll be able Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Cearley. to arrive at a precise figure in kilowatt hours at the conclu sion of the event. Those 30,000 Salem house holds use an average of some ADRIAN - Mr. and Mrs. Ken 1,200,000 kwh daily. A 300 kwh saving is such a tiny fraction-- neth Fidler and Shanon and Mr. like 2-1/2 lOOths of one per and Mrs. Dennis Leonard of cent of dailyuseage--thatneed San Jose, California and Loren les on meters at the city’s se Leonard of Oroville, California veral substations wouldn't even were weekend guests of Mrs. Gladys Thomas. Saturday eve waver. dinner guests beside the "The whole exercise is ex ning tremely educational to our boys, “above group were Mr. and Mrs. said Scout leader Kuhn, "and Ernest Baker of Phoenix, Ari we hope it will be just as il zona, Mr. and Mrs. Ora New luminating to the people they gen arid Mr. and Mrs. Ross Lane. meet face to face.” Portland General Electric Audrey Burroughs was a Sun and Salem Electric Co-op, the day evening dinner guest of Mr. two firms serving Salem, now and Mrs. Bill Looney. report users must conserve an Mr. and Mrs. K. I. Peterson estimated 10 per cent of nor mal electric use in order to called on Mrs. Mabie Piercy avert involuntary blackouts la Monday evening. ter this winter. Mrs. Hannah Gage of Boise "We’ve learned the average visited her sisters, Mrs. E. M. Salem residence could conserve Mackey, and Mrs. Fanny Sand that much energy in many simple lin from Wednesday until Sun ways,” Kuhn said. "The ave day. rage electric range consumes 3.3 kwh each day, for instance. Mrs. Sue Ashcraft, Mrs. Ro And our hot water heaters use bert Long and Mrs. BUI Toomb as much as 12 kwh dally. We went to the church dinner at the use one kilowatt hour every time Sterry Memorial Presbyterian we turn our color television sets Church in Roswell Friday eve on for two hours.” ning Facts such as these and many methods by which house Mrs. Sue Ashcraft visited holders can conserveelectrlcty Mr and Mrs. Pearl Davis in will be available during Sa Ridgeview Saturday. Mrs. Da lem’s energy crisis dramati vis is recovering from recent zation. Backing up the small hip surgery. army of Scouts canvassing re Sunday dinner guests at sidential areas will be a cadre of energy experts at offices of the Willis Conant home were both utility firms. Representing Mr. and Mrs. Mitch Anderson all cooperating agencies, these and boys of Vale and Mr. and authorities will answer tele Mrs. Jim Conant. ADRIAN NEWS Mrs. Jim Conant returned phoned questions of all related types between 6 30 and 8:30 home Saturday from the Holy that evening. Rats Cause Big Damage One rat, plus rodent wastes, found in a hopfwr of wheat com ing into Portland, has resulted in the loss of .111 estimated 180,000 pounds of grain for flour or any cereal products that would tie consumed by hu mans. The entire carlot of grain was placed under seizure by the Gram Division of the Ore gon Department of Agriculture when inspector.; discovered the rodent and droppings October 29 The gram was returned to St. John, Washington, where the shipment originated. The Food Inspection Section of the Dairy and Food Division of the Washington Department of Agriculture will determine the final disposition of the wheat. Inventive Idea One of America'» favorite trick» 1» to use mayonnaise in turkey and chicken di»he» Perhap» it all started with what i» called hot chicken >alad. originated several year» ago hy an inventive cook Now, however, many hot chicken and turkey dishes. swapped among good cook*, call for the addition of meyonnatse The polyunsaturated real may- onnaiae replace» the usual fat and gives a flavor lift Here 1» how it 1» done in a recipe for Turkey A La King Turkey A 1.» King W cup flour <A cup Hellmann's or Best Foods real mayonnaise m cups chicken broth 2 cups diced cooked turkey or chicken W cup diced pimicnto I can (3 ounces I sliced muihroonu Salt and pepper Toast tnangle» Stir flour into real mayon- naiae Gradually st» in broth Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, about 5 minutes or until thickened St» in diced meat, pimrenlu anti mush rooms Season to taste Serve on toast Makes serving» My Neighbors Postmaster Gives Til >8 For Christmas Mailing International Surface Parcel* to the Far East, Surface greet ing cards and Surface mail to Armed Forces in Antarctica, Australia, Burma, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Okinawa, Philllppines, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam cannot reach there destination by sur face transportation but must be sent Air Mall now as the dead line for the sending of surface mail to these distant place* has expired. Surface and Space Available Mail (SAM) to Armed Forces in Ethopia, Iran, Israel, Saudi Arabia and Turkey can 1» de livered by Christmas if not mailed later than November 5. NOVEMBER 10 - Surface and Space Available Mail to Ar med Forces in South and Cen tral America, the Congo and Li beria. Surface mail to Armed For ces In Belgium, Denmark. Eng land, Finland. France. Germany, Greece. Italy, Norway, Nether- lamb, Portugal and Spain. International surface mail (parcels) to S>»uth and Central America and Europe. NOVEMBER 17 - Parcel Air Lift (PAI.) mail to Armed For ces in South and Central Arne- rlca, the Congo, Liberia, Etho pia, Iran, Israel, Saudi Ara bia and Turkey. NOVEMBER 20 - Interna tional greeting cards to South and Central America and Eu rope. SAM mall to Armed Forces in Far East Europe. NOVEMBER 24 SAM mail to Armed Forces in Canada, Greenland. Labrador, New foundland, and th»* Azores NOVEMBER 27 - PAL mail to Armed Forces in Belgium. Denmark and other European Countries NOVEMBER 30 - PAL mail to Armed Forces ui Canada and all their provinces as well as the Azores. I IMBER 1 - Airmail greeting cards to Armed For ces in South and Central Ame rica, Ethopu, and other Arab Countries. Turkey, Antarctica, Australia, Burma, Japan. Korea, New Zealand. Okinawa. Phdlip- pmes, Taiwan. Thailand, and Vietnam. DECEMBER 7 - Interna tional greeting cards toCanaiki and Mexico. DECEMBER 8 - Airmail Greeting Cards and Parcels, to Armed Forces in Canada and Provinces, the Congo, Li beria, and the Azores. DECEMBER 10 - Surface parcels within the U. S., (Ex cept Alaska, and Hawaii DS EMBER 11 - Airmail Greeting Cards and Parcels to European Countries, Greece Portugal and Spain DEI EMBER 14 “Separate check».' DECEMBER 19 - Inte rna- tional air greetings to Canada and Mexico. DECEMBER 20 - Air Greet ing and Parcels to Alaska and Hawaii. DECEMBER 21 - Airmail parcels and letters within (he U. S. except Alaska, and Ha waii. Deadline dates are dates that ttie Postal Service can guaran tee delivery forChristmas. La ter mailings may still be de livered as every effort will be made to deliver all mail even though mailed later than dead line Cantar Holds Nov. M««t A meeting of the Malheur County Child DevelopmentCeo- ters at the Nyssa Child Care Center was held Wednesday, Novemlier 14. This meeting was for pa rents interested in their child's health program and ways to improve the health care pro gram so the children will re ceive more and better health care. Sister Beatrice Joseph, Health Liaison trom the Indian and Migrant Program Division in Washington D.C. and Doug Hattenhauer. Health Coordina tor from The Dulles talked to the parents about their child’s health program. All parents who have chil dren in the Nyssa Center are Invited to share Thanksgiving dinner with their child, Wed nesday, November 21 from 11 a.m to 1 p m. in the center. Nyisa Coumalors Hava Day in Boil« George Fanning, Vocational Counselor and Duane Buchtel, Guldmce Counselor of Nyssa High St bOOl »ill attend the Vo cational Counselor’s Day al Boise State College on Friday, November 16 The Counselor's Day is to bring counselors up to date on the latest techniques in voca tional teachings andcounselmg. Counselors from all over Trea sure Valley will be attending, SAVE ENERGY You can help connerve pre- rmi> energy whenever you •lop al a hotel or motel. »ug- grata the American Hotel 4 Motel AvMMiation. by »imply turning off the TV and light» before leaving your room. and by keeping window« cliwed when heat or air conditioning 1» on It doesn’t take much energy to conserve energy - all you have to do ta try r« 11» t. I u ;i tional Parcels to Canada and Mexico. DECEMBER 15 - Surface greeting cards within the U. S., including Alaska and Hawaii. 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