Thursday, February 21, 1974
The Nyssa Gate City Journal, Nyssa, Oregon
Your County Agent Says
One of the early spring jobs facing
orchardists and home gardners is the
pruning of decidious trees and shrubs
This is best accomplished before the
spring flow of sap starts Early per
formance of the operation will permit
sound cuts to heal with a minimum of
bleeding
Tree pruning is primarily a shaping
operation. This applies to both shade
and fruit trees As an example, by
cutting out the right side branches
you can encourage a tree to grow
tail and slim. On the other hand pru
ning the central leader out of a tree
shunts the growth into side branches
and you get a widening of the tree
profile with less height This is don«'
to many fruit trees
In the case of fruit trees, consi
deration should be given to what year’s
growth produces the current year’s
crop of flowers and fruit. This varies
with the fruit varieties. Pruning the
wrong limbs can seriously reduce the
current year's fruit crop
Several bulletins on pruning are avai
lable at the County Extension office.
Pick up your free copies if you are
interested in tiw subject
HEREFORD BREEDERS BULL SALE
if you were going to see the bulls
that will be assembled under one roof
February 22 and 23 at the Eastern
Oregon Hereford Breeders Bull Sale
at the fairgrounds in Ontario you'd
have to take quite a trip.
You would need to go to Council,
Idaho, make four stops near Weiser on
Oregon Slope, two near Ontario, one
at La Grande, one at Caldwell, New
Plymouth and Meridian, two at Eagle,
then one at Montour
From these areas 88 bulls will as
semble for the show and sale By
getting them all together tie re at On
tario, these breeders allow stockmen
to see, compare and buy, at auction,
the bulls they need for turn out this
spring
You have a choice from 16
polled Herefords and 72 horned Here-
fords from long time breeA-rs in this
area.
All bulls must tie 18 • 30 months
of age. sound, and grade B or tetter
to sell
LABOR MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP
Farmers - ranchers who want to
learn more about OSHA - State Indus
trial rules, regulations, standards and
codes-sbouid attend a "special" work
shop February 20 - 9 30 am - 12:00
noon - 1:30 - 4 00 p.m , Room W 10,
Weese Building, TVCC.
Agricultural producers generally in
dicate "confusion" as to 'what’ is
•what’ in the farm and ranch labor
situation Come and find out--it may
help you later.
HOME GARDENERS
The number of home gardeners is
sure to have an Increase again this
year in the face of higher priced ve
getables.
Also the people who like
to exercise their "green thumb” on
a garden hobby basis are getting more
numerous.
This reminds us that now is a good
time of year for the home gardener
to make plans for the coming year.
It is still a little early to do the plant
ing as seeds planted to cold soil just
lie there and wait for the weather to
warm up.
Most home gardeners have a relative
small plot on which to carry out their
activities. Because of this, planning
is important in getting the most in
satisfaction and produce from a piece
of ground.
A number of decisions are necessary
before the seeds are put into the ground
Such items as adapted varieties, amount
□f each type of vegetable to plant,
succession of planting on the same
ground, fertilizer rates and other con
siderations should be made prior to
seeding. You can pick up some useful
tips on the garden planning process
in bulletin from the County Extension
office.
IHerb
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By Herb Fitz
Of course 1 am very interested in
things I do, no matter how boring to
others. I worked my bill to permit
a person, while laid off. to miss a
few days without being docked the
entire week for his unemployment
comjiensation Ttie bill carried in the
House 47-10. It is now resting in the
Senate
“E.R.A.” We survived the deluge
of D.S.T. mail, but now we’re swam
ped with Equal Rights.
Both sides
of the question are pouring in. Not
too many have come to my desk, but
some of us get them by the hundreds
1 find that few people really know
what the amendment says. It says,
Equality of rights under the law
shall not ie denied or abridged by the
United States or by any state on ac
count of sex ” Twenty-four words, no
more, no less. From these 24 words
reams have been written and infer
red. pro and con I would like to have
an opportunity tor people to vote at
the ballot, but so far no bill has been
presented.
A bill to be balloted on
will offer nothing to the people.
Reapportionment has gone absolutely
no place. Ada County, where the fuss
starts, has succeeded in preventing any
division of Ada County They are fight
ing for a not tier district in the urban
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area for the not too distant future
I still believe that it will be left to
the courts They may or may not act
Flood Plains are being talked of.
They must be mapped to be covered
by federally subsidized flood insurance.
Land planning is still active Many
of us are trying to hold it on the local
level
As the contraceptive laws now read,
a doctor or nurse is committing a
felony if they give out any informa
tion on birth control.
House bill
•407 tries to correct this, but is
running into opposition. Many things
are read into the bill that aren't there.
This is true on the majority of actjon
in the legislature. It frequently is dif
ficult to sort fact from fiction.
You will hear about HMO’s --Health
Maintenance Organizations Again we
have good and bad Some will take care
of all of your health problems from
surgery to prescriptions. Others will be
more selective in health care You will
be able to pay any amount, but like
everything else, ttie less you pay the
less you buy, Our problem is to make
certain that you are protected from
fraudulent organizations.
EFFECTIVE DATES: February 21, 22, 23
Get it all at once — all together — and ALL FOR LESS
at RAY’S FOOD FAIR. We’ve every fine food you want;
variety famous brands, and STOREWIDE LOW PRICES.
Whv not give us a try" Make RAY'S FOOD FAJR part of
your thrift routine with ONE STOP SHOPPING AND A
CARLOAD OF LOW PRICES EVERY TIME'
DECISION TIME'
Many farmers of the area are still
trying to decide which way to go, as
far as crops are concerned, this year.
Each day that you delay without finali
zing your plans is reducing your choice
of crops The date for planting winter
wheat is past.
Spring wheat yields
are less than fall and seed of the right
varieties (Springfield, Peak, Twin) is
getting harder to find. Seed sources
of potatoes are all but gone andfertili-
zers and chemicals for pest controls
in many crops are becoming very limi
ted. So, if you don’t have your plans
for all production inputs for this year's
crops made very scon, youmaywindup
with a few vacant fields around on your
farm Decision time is herel
Johnson’s 16 oz
Here's looking at you. Arabs
believe that Turkestan snakes
can kill with a glance.
THE PAST
Mrs. Lillian Newby, that tie was to
have a 10-day furlough Conley said
10 YEARS AGO
Five Nyssa High School journalism
students and their adviser. Clyde
Swisher,
left this morning by train
for Seattle where they will attend the
two-day University of Washington press
conference slated Friday and Saturday
Students making the trip are Joan
Hewett, Linda Morrison. Peggy Seuell,
Lynn Jackson and Greg Sumner.
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Dedication of Nyssa's new vocational
agriculture building and remodeled
biology laboratory and classroom will
be held Saturday, February 29
Completion of the building, together
with the remodeling, will care for
the space needs of the school for
years to come with normal growth
20 YEARS AGO
The grocery department of the Eder
Hardware Co. will cease toexistSatur
day when that part of the store will
be closed out and the hardware de
partment expanded Edward Boydell,
who with his father, A H. Boydell,
manage the store,
said that work
already has been stalled to expand
the liardware and appliance line
The grocery store has been operated
.■■.ntinuoii- li for 38 years, tiavioy 1«. ■
established in 1916 by A H. Boydell
and Jess Thompson.
The grocery
tiecame part of the Eder Hardware
several years later and had been
operated in conjunction with the hard
ware store by Boydell since that time
30 YEARS AGO
Technical Sergeant Howard J. Lar
son, Jr of Twin Falls, former Nyssa
resident, has been decorated with the
legion of merit.
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T-Sgt. Gerrit
Timmerman has
written from England, where lie has
been stationed ever since December.
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Aviation Cadet Dwight O. Wyckoff
of the Navy finished pre-flight training
a few days ago and received nine
days leave.
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Pfc
Don R. Strickland, son of
Mr and Mrs. E.H. Strickland, has
returned from Australia and New
Guinea, for air cadet training
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George W Coffman, son of Mr. and
Mrs. OE Coffman of Nyssa, has
entered Centenary college at Shreve
port. Louisiana, where he will study
aviation
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Conley Ward wrote his grandmother,
"1 am sure thrilled to be working
for Uncle Sam and 1 sure enjoy my
work in the service for my country,
America.”
40 YEARS AGO
Two families of Nyssa have bettered
the record of the oldest Bible in
Arkansas which was printed in 1831.
Mrs J.H. Boor, whose father Eras-
tus Birge Horton presented her with a
Bible which was printed by Silas And
rus, Johnson and Van Horden in New
York in 1801.
Dick Holmes owns an old Bible
which was printed in 1829 by F. Fan-
shaw, Printer, New York, for the
American Bible Society.
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Cinamon treat li Honey Graham
fDATIfFDC
i6 oz
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Boy Scouts of Nyssa and Malheur
County heard President Roosevelt make
a direct ap|>eal in the name of relief
Saturday
morning when they were
mobilized before radio receivers on
the 24th anniversary of ttie organi
zation.
He asked that the scouts of
whom tie is honorary president per
form a national good turn during the
balance of Feb. by collecting house
hold goods, bedding and clothing for
the needy
TOWELS
Sun Valley 16 oz.
Cream or Whole K
50 YEARS AGO
Frances Foster fell down the cellar
stairs at the parental home, landing
on a fruit jar and sustaining an in
jury that
split the thumb toward
the wrist It required several stitches
to close the gaping wound.
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Ably assisted by a large number of
friends, Skinny Tensen spent Sunday
erecting the antennae for a new radio
outfit. Though considerable difficulty
was experienced in getting the poles
up, the work was successfully accom
plished and ttie machine put to working
the same evening
BAKED GOODS
Folger* 2 lb. tin
60 YEARS AGO
Miss Ellen Terry, at a farewell
luncheon in New York, paid her re
spects to the harem skirt. Sla* said,
"If it's pretty and becoming, let’s
welcome, it, for if it’s pretty and
becoming it will stay wliether we wel
come it or not.”
I hate ignorance
and bigotry, even in the matter of the
harem skirt
The other day a jiretty
girl in riding dress was atoned and
hissed,
the jieople took tier skirt
for ttie harem sort. That was sheer
ignorance
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