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I )H Nyssa Gate City Journal 68th Year Th« Sugar City 44th litue Amalgamated Makes Final Sugar Payment Contracted sugarbeet gro wer* in Utah. Idaho, and Oregon this week received their final payment from The Amalgamated Sugar Com panv for beets grown in 1973. This final settlement is giving local farmers contrac ting with the company another $14.6 million for last year's beet crop. In making this payment, A. E. Benning, president and chief executive officer of the company, announced that the total payment for 1973 sugarbeet* came to $101.7 million This figure is an alltime company high and marks the first time that annual grower payments have exceeded the $100 million level. I Like last year's very with successful program Buddy Rich, the W<x>dy Herman concert is being sponsored by the TVCC Associated Student Body and Music Department. Ticket prices have been kept a* low a* possible and all ages in attendance will pay the same price Price* are: SJ.OO for the evening concert. 12 00 for the afternoon mini- concert and band seminar, and $4.00 for the afternoon seminar and evening concert combined. However, resi dents of the TVCC district who are over sixty may apply at the Community Education Office for their Senior Citi zen* Courtesy Card, which will admit them to all college activities during the year at TVCC student status. Tickets are available at several location* throughout the Treasure Valley: in Ontario at TVCC and Music Land; in Payette at Greif s Music Center; in Caldwell at Bell's Horn Shop, in Nampa at Peebles Winter Music; in Meridian at Bell's Music; and in Boise at Holsinger Music. Eastern Oregon Outdoors men Vi ill Meet November Illi Local sportsmen will have an opportunity to view an interesting and colorful film on the North American Elk at the upcoming monthly meet ing of the Eastern Oregon Outdoorsmen. according to ^¿resident Lauren Wright, of Nyssa. The meeting of the E.O.O will be held Monday. Nov. 4. at 8 p m at the Cairo School multi purpose room. The program was selected be cause of interest in elk hunting due to the current season underway in Eastern Oregon. Also of special interest to hunting enthusi asts will be a timely report by an Oregon Wildlife Com mission representative on the recent deer season in this part of the stale. According to a club spokesman several of the club's members are WEATHER • • • • •«-••• • DATE MAX. MIN. PREC. Oct 23 55 32 trace trace 54 35 Oct. 24 37 Oct 25 61 36 Oct. 26 65 39 Oct. 27 66 45 .05 Oct. 28 56 48 ,.M Oct 29 60 40 Oct 30 Owyhee Reservoir Storage 10 ?8 '4 372.460 Acre Feet 10 28-73 388.300 Acre Feet Nyssa Student In OSU Band growing increasingly con cerned about the declining number of buck deer in Eastern Oregon over the last year*. If there are any sportsmen with information on this subject or any other concern ing wildlife numbers, bag limits and/or length of seasons be sure to attend this meeting The November meeting of the E.O O marks the deadline for submitting resolutions on to the state wide organization for con sideration at the Oregon Wildlife Federation conven tion, slated for January 17, 18. 19 In upcoming programs the December meeting will fea ture veteran outdoor writer. Tom McAllister, of Portland. McAllister has written a popular outdoor column in the Portland Journal for several years and is recog nized throughout the state for ■his interest in the out-of- doors. McAllister is a rela tively frequent visitor to this part of the state due to his interest in the Owyhee and Steens mountain country. McAllister plans to present a slide program that promises to be something not to miss. Meetings of the Eastern Oregon Outdoorsmen are open to the public. Refresh ments will be served follow ing the meeting. Plan to bring the family or a friend. The State Highway Divi sion today announced the distribution of $4.515.791.30 in highway-user tax funds to the incorporated cities of Oregon The funds to the cities were formerly distributed on a semi-annual basis but the last legislature directed that they be distnbuted quarterly on the same basis as the counties. The allocation will go to 239 incorporated cities tn Oregon whose combined population now totals 1.302.172. The allocation AROUND THE CLOCK DISPATCHING will start at the Nyssa Police Station on November I. Omis Short, one of the new dispatchers is shown in the newly remodeled office in the City Hall basement The new number is 372-3112 for all police calls, and Nyssa residents will no longer call Ontario police after 5 p.m. Chief Alvin Allen said that in addition to Short, Manuel De- fuentes. Mary Hardin aad Alberta Morrow Nyssa FFA XX ins First College Deang Ed Haynes. Dean of Instruction at Treasure Val ley Community College, was elected Executive Secretary to the Organization of Oregon Community College Deans at its fail meeting in Astoria this month. The position is new to the organization and was initiated in order to provide dose articulation with the State Department and other agencies. The Deans meet once a quarter to cope with such problems as curricular of fering*. instructor load*, credit hour*, transferability of courses and those matters for which the Presidents seek their counsel. Leo Marian tes. Dean of Instruction at Mt Hood Community Col lege. will aid Haynes as Chairman of the group. (»FI) (.lasses at Service Outer General Equivalency Di ploma Classes (GED) will be held at the Nyssa Service Center. Second and Fhrgood in Nyssa at 10 a m. to 12 noon on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. Evening classes will be held on Thursday only from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. These classes will be of interest to anyone wishing to obtain his high school di plonia and all interested person are urged to attend. U S. Senator Bob Packwood (R) and U. S. Represntative Al Ullman. (D). both campaigning for re-election, were Malheur County visitors early this week. Packwood visited Nvssa Tuesday morning before talking to service organizations in Ontario at noon, and Ullman spoke before a Democratic Partv banquet in Ontario Monday evening Wild Horses Continue To Be BLM Problem Wild horse management continues to be a particularly vexing problem for the Bureu of Land Management. With the assistance and support of Everett McVic kers. Lane County represen tative of the American Humane Society, the Vale Bl M District is beginning a scries of drives where about 70 wild horses of Eastern Oregon's Malheur county will be returned to their historical ranges. The I97| Horse and Burro Act prohibits the relocation of wild horses into ranges ♦ I r’ CREWS ARE INSTALLING a and preparing to seed a section on side ot the Nyssa Cemetery. An roadway will encircle this section. and planting will get underway as soon as the sprinkling system is installed in the area on the right of the photo. where they didn't exist prior to the act. Unfortunately, the horses have strayed into ranges where they weren't allowed. Observed by McVickers, the Vale BLM district last week moved 10 horses from one pasture into another south of the Owyhee river in southern Malheur county. Numerous other bands of horses will be moved back to their ancestral ranges by Bl M personnel in operations being conducted through November into December POLUNG PLACES FOR GENERAL ELECTION Polling places for the Oregon General Election. November S, In Malheur Connty are aa follow*: PRECINCT Adrian ........... Applegate Arcadia ......... Big Bend........ Brogan............. Butte ......... Cairo ........... East Grange Fair ................. Farewell Bend Harper ........... Ironside .... Jamieson .... Jones ............... Jordan Valley McDermitt North Vale NytM 1 ... Nyssa] ....... Nyssa 3 ....... CITY pipeline the east 815-fool arc being trained as dispatchers, and the two women will also assist with juveniles and female prisoners. The dispatchers will assist with file work fingerprinting, reports, and act as wardens at the jail, which has been remodeled. After November 21. Nyssa police will have their own teletype system hooked up directly with the Law Enforcement Data System in Oregon. Student musicians from throughout this area are members this year of the 160—piece Marching Band at Oregon State University. Rated one of the top marching band* in the West, the OSU unit performs at all home football game* and other special campu* events in the fall. This year, the band will go to Palo Alto. Calif., for the November 2 Stanford—OSU football game and will present the half time show for the San Francisco—Loa Angeles professional football game the following day. Members of the band include Lurelie Robbins, se nior. son of Mr. and Mr*. Norvelle Robbips. Nyssa. Elect Haynes 154 Per Copy State Highway Division Distributes Tax Funds Distributed Woody Herman Band at Ticket* for the concert and jazz seminar by Woody Herman and the Young Thundering Herd are now on »ale The program is sche duled for Monday. November 4. at the Treasure Valley Community College gymna slum in Ontario. Thunderegg Capital High way lux Distribution of $7,630.- 485.50 in highway user tax funds to the 36 counties of This dollar amount repre sent* a company-wide ave the slate was announced Klaboe. rage of slightly over $34 per today be F. B ton of beets, likewise an administrator and state high way engineer. all-time high for growers. The allocation is based on Benning further noted that the unprecedented prices for the statutory 20 per cent for sugar throughout the year the period July I through The allowed the company to make September 31. 1974. four extraordinary payments funds come from the follow to contracted growers during ing sources: motor vehicle the year—In February. registration and operators' license fees, gasoline tax. use March. July, and September "We've never been in a fuel tax. motor carrier fees, position to make more than and fines and penalties two extraordinary payments collected for violation* of the to local growers until this size and weight statutes where complaints are made year." Benning explained Divinan Under the provisions of the by the Highway ~ company/grower contract, weighmasters. The allocation to each growers share in sugar sales as the year progresses and as county is based on the number of vehicles register prices warrant. in it. Malheur County will leeetoe RV7 beeed m 22.709 registered vehicle* TVCC Monday, Nov. 4 Ny»»a, Oregon Thursday, October 31, 1974 Ontario I . . . . Ontario 2 .. .. Ontario 3 Ontario 4 Ontario 5........ Ontario 6 Ontario 7 . ... Ontario 8 . . Owyhee ........ Ridgeview Rome ............... Snake River South Vale Sunset............ Westfall.......... West Grange Precinct *35 . Precinct *39 POLLING PLACES ................................................ Fire Station ........................................ District Building ............................... Arcadia GradeSchool ............................. Big Bend Grange Hall Brogan Community Hall .............................................. Cairo School Boulevard Grange ............................. Vale Grange Hall ......................................................... Armory ........................................Jefferson School ....................... Harper Community Hall Ironside Motel Willowcreek School ....................................Juntura City Hall .....................Valley Grocery and Supply ......................... White Horse Inn ..................................................... City. Hall Nazarene Church ................................................. Eagles Hall .....................St. Bridget's Catholic Hall ........................................................ Armory Malheur Counts Library (Public Room) Episcopal Church (302 SW 5th) ......................................Lindbergh School ....................... Aiken School Gym ........................................................Armorv TV School Admin*. Bldg. Aiken School Gym ................................. Oregon Trail Hall Sam Fujishin—Old Residence ........................................ (.¡range Hall ...................................... Jefferson School ................................................. Courthouse ............................... Oregon Trail Hall ................. ... Harper Community Hall ..................................Vale Middle School Vale Grange Hall District Building The 1974 Snake River District FFA Soil* Judging contest wa* held Thursday. October 24 at Vale. Team placing was: Nyssa first. Baker second, Vale third. Adrian fourth and Ontario fifth. High individuals were Charles Sims. Nyssa. first; Preston Schulthies, Nyssa second; Randv Buholts. Ba- her. third. Plaques went to the three high individuals which were sponsored by the Baker P.C.A. They also sponsored the rotating plaque that wetA to Nyssa. Other members competing from Nyssa were: Charles Sims. Preston Schulthies. Lynn Kesler. Tim Mecham, Gary- Sparks. Mike Kurtz, Kevin Cleaver. Roger Camp bell. Kurt Chamberlin. David Cleaver. Bruce Cowgill, Bruce Goodell. Barbara Holmes. Ken Mosely. Char les Pickett. Dirk Sappe and Bill Ulrey. Fire Inspector To Check For Fire Hazards Ralph Lowe. City of Nyssa Fire Inspector, announced today that he will begin inspecting business pre mises for fire hazards. Initial inspections will in clude outdoor storage facili ties. housekeeping cleanli ness. fire extinguishers, ex tension cord practices and other general precautionary areas. Inspector Lowe stated he will inspect business premi ses starting at the south side of Main Street between First and Second Street. Inspections will become a continuing thing with visits scheduled each Wednesday until all businesses in the fire zone are covered. As part of a program geared toward reducing the City’s Fire insurance rating Inspector Lowe was appoin ted by Chief Malloy to per form the weekly inspections. I? 'S •F was based on the .tatutory 12 per cent for the period July 1 to September 30. 1974. The funds come from the following sources: motor vehicle registration and ope rators' license fees, gasoline tax. use fuel tax. motor carrier fee „ and fines and penalties collectd for viola tions of the size and weight statutes where complaints were made by the Highway Division weighmasters. Nyssa will receive $9.394.- 77 based on a population of 2.710. FFA Boys Hear President At National Convention Attending the National FFA Convention in Kansas City. Missouri last week were Bruce Com. David Blaylock. Raymond Wiley. Jerry Rob bins. Leslie Linegar and Mike Parker. They left from the Ontario bus depot early Sunday morning. After a 38 hour bus ride with several stops in Idaho. Wyoming. Colorado and Kansas, they finally arrived at the Ramada Inn in Kansas. Tuesday evening they at tended a special session in which President Ford gave his National Television ad dress. This was the first time the President addressed the nation. After President Ford’s speech, the National Officers held a vesper service The vestper service and the President were very inspiring Wednesday, the 16th. the convention was officially opened Fred McClure the National Secretary gave a summary of what the Na tional Officers had done in the past year with the help of slides. Later that morning Fred McClure gave his retiring address. That night the National Public Speaking Contest was held. Thursday, the 17. Hono rary American Farmer De grees were awarded. Thurs day night the Star American Farmer and Star Agribu sinessman Awards were gi ven. Vernon Robrsherb of Illinois won the American Farmer and Ronald Sch- werdtheger of Oklahoma won the Star Agribusinessman Award. Friday morning. October 18. election of new National Officers was held. With the installation that night of the new officers. Mark Mayfield gave his retiring address as National President. After the convention was officially closed, the Oregon Association left for home. Saturday afternoon the Ore gon group took a tour of the Colorado Air Force Base The members from Nyssa arrived home Sunday the 20th. All the members thought the convention was very educational and had a g<xxl time. Offical Ballots To Include Jason Lee Malheur County Clerk Bob Morcom today stated that the Office of the Secretary of State has instructed him to amend the official November 5. 19’4 General Election ballot by placing the name of Jason Lee on the ballot as candidate for judge of the Court of Appeals. Position No. 6. Three Adrian Council Three candidates have filed for three positions on the Adrian City Council. Incumbents Mayor George Cartwright and Marvin D. Bowers have filed for re-elec tion. and Phillip E. Webb is running for the position vacated by W. W. Looney. The election is November 5. Parents To Visit School Next Week Nvssa schools will hold pa rent-teacher conferences in the afternoons of November 6. 7 and 8 following the close of the first nine-week grading period. School will be dismissed at 12:13 p.m. each of these days. and buses will leave at 12:20 p.m. each conference day. This order was due to an Oregon Supreme Court De- cision that was handed down late afternoon. October 22. 1974. that overturned a lower court decision ordering Mr. Lee’s name removed from the ballot. The County Clerk today immediately set out to comply with this directive of the Court, If you have received a sample ballot without the name of Jason Lee appeanng on the non partisan portion of the ballot, you should be advised that the official ballot will contain his name and ballot slogan. If you wish a new sample ballot, please call the Office of the County Clerk and he will advise you where you may pick up a revision. Any elector of this county who has requested and voted an absentee ballot will in a few days receive a supple mental absent ballot to provide the opportunity to recast that portion of the ballot. If you have any questions concerning any of the pro cedures entitled you as an elector of Malheur County, call the Office of the County Clerk, telephone No. 473- 3151. or the Office of the Secretary of State. Salem. 378-4144. ir" B IL ? DEMOLITION OF THE OLD FIRST National Bank Building is underway, with most of the building gutted on the inside, and WBI B- w < < the walls expected to topple later this week. The wall remaining in the background belongs to Brackens Department Store. .4