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Thursday, March 21, 1974 The Nyssa Gate City Journal, Nyssa, Oregon Your County Agent Says Ray Novotny Herb’s Views I sometimes wonder if I’m in an alphabetical world I kept track of a few of these terms and names for just one day and came up with the following HMO, ADA, EPA, ORVAC, DECS, NPDES, FY, OWL, F*G, NPA, REA, DFS, ERE, SOP and BLM There are many more but I found these in » dtie short run of business *■ Kindergarten is coming in loud and clesr from both directions from a comparatively few voices They are hearing about it at th»* Education Com mittee today--Standing room only. There has been quite a to-do about bike, pedestrian and horse trails in the state It was sent out of committee today for printing Somehow 1 got listed as voting against the trail con cept, but I’ve tieen unable to find out where I voted against the bill. 1 thought I was in favor ail along This bill only provides for the coordinator at $24,200 to try to unite and coor- dinate th«* several state, county, city By Herb Fitz and federal agencies. It will not build or provide for one inch of trails in the next year. If and when the trail concept is in force, it may be several years before any of the trails will be constructed in District 9. We sent a rainmaker bill out for printing This bill requires anyone with a rainmaker machine to register and submit plans on proposed activi ties. We learned that the machine can function in very restricted areas It may be an answer to dry forests. It appeals that we have a surplus of someplace between $15 and $25 million, it only depends on who you talk to. It seems strange that we have such a split in the figures. The Revenue and Taxation Committee came up with $23,700,000 surplus The Governor figures it to be somewhat less. A surplus in funds can be wonder- ful and should be wonderful OUT OF THE PAST 10 YEARS AGO 40 YEARS AGO A Cascade Gas Corporation main exploded on the outskirts of Ontario Saturday at 2:15 p.m. without any per sonal injury and little property damage. Service to patrons in Nyssa, part of northwest Ontario and the rural area between was disrupted from 12 to 18 hours while crews were making repairs and relighting furnaces and appliances turned off following the blast. The single largest customer affected was Amalgamated Sugar Company of Nyssa. District Manager HenryZobeli said they were very fortunate that the campaign at the factory had ended Friday prior to the break. • • • Members of the Nyssa High School dance tiand left this morning for Reno where they will attend a dance land clinic at the University of Nevada. Students making the trip are Christy Wyckoff, Carol Haney, Brad Maxfield, Paul Wilson, MlkB Jwffel 1<*S, Greg Sumner, Wayn«* Riggs, Brad Burning ham, Ronald Cottrell, Mike Oft, Judy Nedry, Marcia Wyckoff, Glenda Hoffman and JoAnn Durfee. 20 YEARS AGO Neighbors and friends proved them selves friends indeed Monday when they turned out with farm equipment to harrow the land and plant crops at the Fred Schilling ranch three miles north of Nyssa. Schilling was a recent victim of a heart attack and was un able to prepare the soil and plant crops on his 160-acre farm. Among those who turned out to do the farm work were Robert Meislnger, Arnold Winkler, D.L. Benedict, Joseph Reda, Henry Murray, Wilbur Atherton, Bill Michaelson, Clyde Bower, John 7ittercob, Tony Marostica and Norman Hipp. 30 YEARS AGO On Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock a special dedication service was held at the Adrian Free Methodist Church with over 200 in attendance. Work on the church was tiegun less than two years ago and has been finished with all the work being donated. As a result the cost of the church has not exceded $1400. Rev. Philip Reinman and family arrived in Adrian last fall to take over the pastorate and has completed the work on the building, begun by the Rev. Harden. Late but obviously welcome to cer tain parties, John Barleycorn arrived in Nyssa Tuesday evening when the state liquor agency opened for business in the Nyssa Pharmacy, designated tt>.- •t.»t»- agency here. A full line of whiskey, rum, gin, brandy and drinks which come by fancier names was placed upon the shelves. Two hun dred permits were on deck for early Oregon customers, 100 for Idaho. Customers were also pleased with comparatively low prices which range from 80 cents a pint upward. Idaho being dry, thirsty Idahoans find Oregon towns an oasis, as they did during the early days of the return of beer. • • • Dr. J.J. Sarazln is driving a new Ch»*vrolet coach. New paint and new shrubs improve the A.H. Boydell resi dence, Mrs. Bernard Frost and daughter are visiting relatives tn Twin Falls. 50 YEARS AGO The Relief Society of the Latter Day Saints celebrated the 82nd anni versary of the founding of the church at the J.P. Baxter home Monday. A banquet was one of the features of the occasion. • • • Win S. Brown former Nyssaite but now publisher of the Vale Enterprise was a visitor here Monday. Mr. Brown still retains a warm spot in his tieart for Nyssa. 60 YEARS AGO The figures for the month of Feb ruary submitted by Manager Smith of the Nyssa Cheese Factory, show a gratifying condition from a business point of view of that popular home institution. During the month 92,000 pounds of milk were received which contained 3,500 pounds of butter fat from which 10,776 pounds of cheese which is making Nyssa famous was manufactured. The plant is being operated to its full capacity both day and night and is unable to keep up with the demand. WHaHIHHI«-, 1 To a IT BETTER It Figures It add« up to ■ good deal. A 2-year tour In Today's Army guarantees you the job training of your choice. You can reaerve your choice right now and wait up to • months bofora leaving by |olnlng our Delayed Entry Program. When your Army time la up, you'll have valuable trelnlng and full veterans benetllt to aid you In school, business er personel life. Call your Army Representative. He has all the details on thia really good deai. See your local Army Representative TbdartoAnny A firtit After Scbeel Jeb EVERGREEN PROBLEMS Each year during the spring period we receive calls about evergreen shrubs that aren’t looking as healthy everyone becomes aware of it and all want a piece of the financial pie. Every one from education to highways knows of definite reasons for an increased budget. Most will get some and none will get as much as they feel justi fiably entitled to. Page Three irrigation. A deep early irrigation of the plants can help eliminate this problem. as they should. Part of this problem is related to plant dir-ease and much of it can be attributed to lack of irri gation. A spec tai disease called Berckmann’s blight attacks some of our arborvitae species. Symptoms of the disease in clude a dying of terminal shoots and Evergreen shrubs differ from the ones that shed leaves in that they take in and expire water throughout most of the year. Therefore, they continue to use the soil moisture dur ing the winter period and can pull the soil moisture down to the point that the plants are suffering from lack of twigs. The dead material takes on a reddish brown coloration. Fall ap plied fungicide sprays are recom mended for this problem. Some re lief from future infection can be ob tained by pruning out dead and dying twigs during the spring period. RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN Help fight crippling March 1 - April 14