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University Of Oregon Library ool C3 Eugene, Ore» h Nyssa Gate City Journal The Sugar City 68th Year 22nd Issue Nyssa, Oregon Thursday, May 30, 1974 SAMPLE COPY Rural or P.O. Boxholdar (Ona io Each Family) Thunderegg Capital ISC Per Copy Small Turnout of Voters Follows State Prends Malheur County voters, what few turned out for the Primary Election Tues day . again followed the state wide trend on most can didates and issues. They soundly defeated all of the Ballot Measures except for Measure No.5. which autho rizes veterans' loan bonding. Voters nominated Victor Ativeh by a large margin over his closest rival. Sec retary of State Clay Myers, in the Republican Primary for Governor; and picked Robert Straub to oppose Atiyeh on the Democratic ballot. They also nominated Wayne Morse. Democrat, to oppose incumbent Republi can Bob Packwood for U. S Senator on the November ballot Complete but unofficial re turns for Malheur County, lax released from the County Clerk's office, arc as follows; REPUBLICAN BALLOT U S Senator Hob Pack wood. -1 785 Representative, Second District. Kenneth Brown.- IS21 Governor • Victor Atiyeh, I.MX); Frank Heisler. 49; William Jolley. 89; Clay Myers, 552; John Smets. MN Commisioner of Labor Robert Knudson. 1581. State Representative - 59 District. Donald Oakes. 108 Top-Op Tour Set For Saturday, June 1 Businessmen, farmers, ranchers and visitors will have an outstanding oppor tunity to learn more about the County's agriculture,Sa turday, June 1--"TOPOP” tour. The program starts at 9 30 a.m. at the all new Albert sons Land and Cattle Co. feedlot, where dedication ceremonies will take place. Other morning visits include, the Owyhee Pumping Station near Nyssa and the Laanand Martin family dairy enter prise. The noon free steak bar becue will highlight noon time activities with an out standing 4-H and ETA pro gram presentations. Special guests include Jean me Pascoe-Beef Princess, Diane Thomas, Dairy Prin cess. Mary Yturri, Vale Rodeo queen, Harney County Queen and court plus many more. Special entertainment In cludes folk songs by Mrs. Linda Corbett, Burnsandthe Jordan Valley singers led by Mrs. Bill Ross. The afternoon agenda in cludes new innovations in ir rigation technique' at the Bill Hleman farm, Sam Hartley, family farm enterprise and pollinator bees. Th»- last stop will tie at the Mark Hartley farm where onion storage, use of farm scales and cattle feeding will tie highlighted. Albertson’s Feed lot On Top-op Tour By Ray Novotney • Super M'idern'*--all steel construction- well planned and designed for finish ing 20,000 head of cattie-- "warming up" another 10,000 head, are only a few of the efficiency traits found in the all new Albertson's Land and Cattle Feedlot near Nyssa, Oregon. Francis Hight, manager of the system demonstrates his pride when he talks of all the built in" efficiency ideas ui this modern, up-to-date feedlot. Hight is quick to say,"At today’s market It's tough economically when you're loa sing up to $150 or more per head as they leave tire lots." Caught in the high feed-cattle - cost ratio has meant doom for many ope rators, according to Hight. Fact is lie says "Most lots aren't keeping their replace ments up and we're no ex ception, we’re tryinginevery way possible to "cheapen” gains to ease the economic loss-but when your locked in to current "grade" demands there's not much one cando. Joe and Katherine Albert son started the lot from "scratch” on 1,000 acres of sagebrush land some 4 mi les west of Nyssa. W ater had to be found and after dril ling five wells--three wells were developed as two wells were dry. Once the water situation was solved, roads, bi idges and design of layout had to be accomplished. The envi ronmental Protection Agency and Department of Environ mental Quality regulations were finally metandthecon- Slate Representative 60 District. Denny Jones. 1681 ( ounty Commissioner • W ( Hammack. 1675 ( ounty Surveyor ■ Albert Gaschlcr. 1575 (ounty Commissioner Scon Gillette, hit); David Mot fit. 764 < ounty Clerk Robert Mor com 1102; Daisy May Mor rell. 692 DEMOCRATIC BALLOT US. Senator ■ Jason Boe. 515; Robert Daly. 322; Wa yne Morse, 738; Robert O’Connor, 207. Representative in Cong revs. Second District • Steve Anderson. 333; Al Ullman, 1425 Governor Leonard Baxter 20; John Freeman. 40; Bill Harvey. 49; William Pat rick. 97; Allen Prop*!, 34; Jim Redden. 417; Betty Ro berts. 448; Pauline Smith. 38; Robert Straub. 536; Jo- Im} Wood*, 7S Commissioner of Labor • W J. Dwyer. 638; Bill S»tevenson. 533. Chuck Thompson. 340. State Representative. 59 District - Joseph O’Connor, 25; David Brady, 18; Max Simpson. 53. Judith Ann Wil liams. 40. State Representative. 60- th District • Florencio Rodrí guez. 879. NON PARTISAN BALLOT Superintendent of Public Instruction Verne Duncan. 1055; Jesse Fasold. 653: Pat Graham. 613; John Le mon, 93; Heolden McTag- gart. 264; LeRoy Owens. 256: Ralph Rands. 98: Carl Salscr. 314. Judge of the Supreme Court Berkeley Lent. 1359; Wm McAllister. 2097. Judge of the Court of Appeals Jason Lee. 1913; Jacob Ianzer. 1400. Justice of the Peace. On tario • Nita Bellows. 3104. Ballot Measure No. 1 • Yes. 978. No, 2822. Ballot Measure No. 2 - Yes. 718. No. 3081 Ballot Measure No. 3 ■ Yes 990. No. 2653. Ballot Measure No. 4 - Yes 1318. No, 2347. Ballot Measure No. 5 ■ Yes 2287. No, I486. Ballot Measure No. 6 - Yes. 1567, No. 2162. OSU Lists Local Candidates For Degrees Approximately 3,500 de grees will tie conferred at Oregon State University’s 105th annual common-"ment Sunday, June 2. The gra duates repr-sen* almost all of Oregon's comin "iities. Tlie colorful 2 p.m gra duation program will tie held in Gill Coliseum to provid max'm im T i ing for rela tive-. and friends. Graduating seniors who will get bachelor's degreesnutn- her about 2,750 this year. Pre ide nt Ro'xrt MacVicar also will confer 575 mas tar's and 180 d'jctor's de grees. struction of four sewage la goons took place. The la goons also serve as storan* of irrigation water supplies for the 250 acres of farm land below the lot area. A well planned sprinkler irri gation system will te used for greater efficiency of la bor and water. Francis Hight emphasises that this area has a tre mendous potential for feeding cattle as one day he belie ves it may be the "bread basket” for California meat needs. The modern null, if run to full rapacity, could feed 40,000 twad of cattle--the "push-button'* control sys tem "ticker tapes" each load of weighed mixed feed into the ■•hopper” which is auto matically dumped in waiting trucks every three minutes, or as needed, When asked how many trucks does it take to feed 20,000 head of cattle-Hlght answered "two"- he adds- "each truck dri ver is required to record- off of the automatic scale reading in the truck call weights and mix number, along with pen numtier re ceiving the feed, so that feed figures andeffu lency toeai h can be double checked or audited. Rations are changed, ad justed and formulated by a Consulting Nutrltianlst who comes once a month tocheck and verify rations. When as ked, "With the controls you have, how long does it take to modify or change the feed mix?" Hight said. "We can (Continued on Page 10) Last year's degree total was a record 3,498. This year’s final figure will not tie determined until spring term grades are turned in just before graduation day. A student memt-er will re present tin* State Board of Higher Education at O6U's graduation. He is Marc F. Maikn, graduate studeu. at Portland State University, who was just appointed to the board in January by Governor Tom McCall. This year’s degrees will put tlie institution’s 105-year total over the 70,000 mark. Tlie total through last June was 69,265. Candidates for degrees from this area include Bar bara Bielby, Linda Lawrence, Janis Piercy, liberal arts; Jamze Okano, Billy Bre wer, agriculture, Ricardo Beraun, Paul Fujimoto, engineering, Diana Fujimoto, Martha Somers, home -co nomirs. Paul Fuj;m Xowiil receive high scholar ship honors, ear ning grid put .l/irigeof 3.25 or aettsr. Nyssa Girl Receives Army Rote Commission Sixty-seven men and two women graduates will be com missioned as officers in the Air Force, Army, Navy and Marine Corps June 2 at Oregon State University. The 69 have completed ROTC training along with degree work in their chosen academic field. Twenty-six graduates will be commissioned as ensigns in the Naw 23 as second lieutenants in the Air Force. 12 in the Army, and 8 in the Marine Corps. Their tours of active duty following graduation will range from two to six years. Several, however, plan to make the military their ca reer. Women being commis sioned are Roberta Chap pell, Prineville, in the Air Force, and Janice Piercy, Nyssa, Army. (JSU is one of only 33 universities in the nation that offers ROTC in all bran ches of the service and its Naval Science Department, which includes a Marine Corps option, is one of the five laigest in the t'.S. All units are open to women. A substantial numtier of those to be commissioned have attended OSU on na tional ROTC scholarships that pay tuition and books plus $100 a month. Navy and Marine Corps commissioning ceremonies are scheduled at 9 a.m., Air Force, 10 30; andArmy, following the traditional 2 p.m. university commence ment exercises. All are sche duled in the Home Economics Auditorium. IMPRESSIVE MEMORIAL DAY SERVICES were held at the Nyssa Cemetery Monday at 11 a.m. Legion Commander Fred Bennett, center, conducted the services, and Rev. Miss Malheur Pageant Soon The Miss Malheur County Scholarship Pageant will be held this year on June 27 at the Ontario High School auditorium, and will be spon sored again by the Ontario JayCees. Deadline for entry is June 8. and any girl interes ted in competing for the honors may call either Bill Tooms. 889-3478 or Patty Isen, 889-3322. $700 in scho larships will be awarded. Shan Moss of Nyssa is the current Miss Malheur County, and will compete for the Miss Oregon title at Seaside July 11-13. The new Miss Malheur County will go to the Miss Ore- gon Pageant as a spec- ta'i»r this year in prepara- tion tor next year's con- test Local Student Earns OSU Honors A total of 173 Oregon State University seniors and graduate students have qua lifted for membership in Phi Kappa Phi. national scholastic honor society. Membership represents hi ghest scholastic achievement at the university. To qualify, students must rank in the upper 10 per cent of their class scho lastic all\ Of the 173. 141 are seniors; 28 are mas ter's degree students; and 4 are doctoral degree can didates. Initiation is scheduled al a breakfast meeting on Sun day. June 2. graduation day. Those who qualified for membership include Esther M Hori. Nvssa. senior in the College of Science. Idaho-Eastern Oregon Onion Growers To Meet Chairman Lyle Andrew, Parma, has scheduled a meet ing of the Idaho-EasternOre- gon Onion Committee andthe Idaho-Oregon Onion Promo tion Committee for Tuesday, June 11, at the EastsideCafe in Ontario, at 7:00 p.m. This will tie a dinner meet ing. This will be the closing meeting for the Committee of 1973/74 and the organi zational meeting of the com mittee of 1974/75. The following items of bu siness will tie included on the agenda of this meeting 1. Election of officers. 2. Adoption of Budget and Assessment Rate-- 1974 75. 3. Recommend Regulations (Grade. Size, Special Pur pose Shipments, etc.) foi the 1974 75 shining season 4. Report on Promotion ac tivités by the Idaho-Oregon Onion Promotion Committee. Cycle Recovered The Tri-Scat. a three- w heeled motorcycle w hich was stolen last week from B and M Equipment Co. in Nvssa has been reco vered Nvssa Police Chief Alvin Allen said Tuesday that the cycle was found in a rural area Sunday and that it had been abandoned. Also reported missing on Wednesdav was a fishing pole, hydraulic lack and other equipment from a pick up parked behind the Twi light ( ate John Worrall, far left, was the principal speaker. Color guard and firing squad are at right. Outdoorsmen To Hear About Floating The Bruneau River Floating Idaho's Bruneau River will be featured at the monthly meeting of the Eastern Oregon Outdoors men Club, scheduled for Monday. June 3 at the Cairo School multipurpose room. The meeting will begin at 8 pm An exciting slide program is promised capturing some of the fast water adven ture of this breathtaking region. Following the pre sentation,club members and guests may participate in a question and answer pe- Old Time Fiddlers Contest Set The third full week in June....16th to the 22nd will be the date of the 12th an nual National Oldtime Fid dlers contest. Fiddlers and folk music fans from every part of the Nation will ga ther here that week. Regis tration will begin on June 16, at 10:00 a.m. There will tie fiddling during morning, noon andnight until the cham pion is selected on Saturday night, June 22. riod trip. concerning the float The EOO club delegates will also make a timely report to the club on the statewide convention of the Oregon Wildlife Federation to be held in Bend. May 31- June 2. Two of the reso lutions to be considered at the convention were advan ced by the Eastern Oregon Outdoorsmen. according to club president Steve Old. of Ontario. Another report will focus on the dog obedience gra duation and new class sche duled to be conducted by Jim Atherton, under spon sorship of the club. Guests and interested sportsmen are encouraged to become a part of one of the state's most dynamic outdoor oriented fa mily clubs. For further information concerning the club, contact Mrs. Jane Ballou, of Nvssa. at 372-2884. USDA Potato Committee The U S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has ap pointed members and al ternates to the Idaho-Eas tern Oregon Potato Com mittee which administers the federal marketing order for Irish potatoes grown in Idaho and Malheur County. Oregon. USDA's Agric ultural Mar- keting Service ( AMS) said the committee consists of members five producer three handler members, and an alternate for each, ap pointed for a one-year term Members are nominated by producers and handlers of potatoes in their respective districts. The committee administers the provisions of the mar keting order, investigates supply and demand condi tions for the coming sea son, and recommends to AMS sizes and qualities of potatoes that should be ship ped from the production area. All ot the members and alternates are from Idaho except Garre Bybee. Nyssa, and thee will serve through May 3L 1075. The purpose of the con test is to preserve old- time fiddling. The contest is for anyone from anywhere, tiecause, there are no profes sionals in the old-time fid dling field. Festival chairman, John B. Lloyd announces that Jack Link of Seattle, Washington, will be our master of cere monies. An added attraction on Wednesday and Thursday w ill be Miss Texas, Judy Mal lett. she is a fiddler of old-time music. She was a runner-up in the Miss Ame rica contest. The cash prizes to the fiddlers will total$3,000 with the Grand Champion prize at $600.00. Trophies will also be awarded to each place. Reserved seats will be on sale the first part of May. Send your inquiries to the Chamber of Commerce of fice, 25 West Iilaho Street, Weiser, Idaho 83672. LEAGUE OF OREGON CITIES PRESIDENT Loren Jacobs, Mayor of Medford, spoke to city officials of Nyssa, Adrian, Vale and Ontarn last Wednesday evening during a regional league meeting held at the Twilight Cafe. Don Oldemever, president of the Nyssa City Council, is seated at left. Jacobs discussed legislation’s impact upon cities, and particularly the problem of cities picking up the extra money when revenue sharing ends. Nyssa City Manager Henry Schneider aid that Ja< bs was very interested in Nyssa’s claim as Thundered Capital of Oregon, and he was presented with a laige cutaway thunderegg as a memento of his visit hen Argus photo. Adrian Student WEATIIEK SPORTS BOOSTERS OFFICERS for the 1974-75 season are, front row from left, Joy Adams and Pat Marcum, publicity co chairmen, and Arleigh Adams, president. Rear row, John Messick, secretary treasurer, Ralph Lowe, vice president, and Bob Franklin, fund i.using chairman. DATE May 22 Mav B3 May 24 May 25 M May 27 May 28 May 29 MAX. 78 78 78 85 88 78 76 MIN. 39 48 49 50 57 58 48 52 Owyhee Reservoir Storage 5/29/74 696,640 Acre Feet 5/29/73 696,010 Acre Feel Earns Scholarship Top scholars and student leaders at the College of Idaho weie re< ognized for outstanding performances du ring the 1973-74 academic yeai at the C of I Awards Assembly Friday, May 10. Mary Looney, daughter of Mr. and Mi . Bill Looney, Adrian wa awarded the Joseph and Florence Mar shall Seholai ship. NEW NYSSA PTS A OFFICERS WERE IM I .\ i i i i I uea4tey. klay 2i .it a qwt lai meeting held in the school eafetorium. They are from left, Mrs. Dick Martin, first vice-piI'sident Mrs. Leo Lane,Nyssa area vice-pre -life nt, Mis. Melvin Feik, Arcadia, area vice-president, M- Keith Langley, Oregon Trail, area vice-presi dent, Mrs. Carl Barnes, president, Mrs. Lee Dail, secretary, and front, Mervil Hutchinson, treasurer.