NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNALPublished at Nyssa, Oregon GATEWAY TO THE OWYHEE AND BLACK CANYON IRRIGATION PROJECTS Fastest Growing Town In Oregon

VOLUME XXXII. NO. 51. NYSSA, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1937. $1.50 PER YEAR

Services Held For C. L. McCoy; Church Ceremony At High SchoolBurial in Pendleton Mon­

day. _____

SERVICES HELD FOR MCCOY Church Ceremony Held at High

School.Funeral services were held 'ast

Friday. December 24, for C. L. Mc­Coy at the Nyssa high school gym­nasium.Vet) runs and Citizens Pay Homage

The local post of the American Legion, Legion Auxiliary. Veterans of Foreign Wars. V. F. W. Auxiliary and the Vale and Ontario Posts of the American Legion together wiih every business persons and Mr Mc­Coy’s many friends gathered for the services.

State officers of the department of Oregon American Legion and Idaho were among those paying homage to their departed friend and buddy. District Commander Knight of the American Legion acted as Commander for the services, with Father Loeser, of the Catholic church at Ontario delivering the eu'ogy, and Dr. C. A. Abbott as the chaplain for the Legion service.

Pall bearers were Leo D Hollen- berg. Douglas MacDonald. Fred Osterkamp, Wesley J. Browne, Frank Bailey and Oce Schwelzer. Honorary pal' bearers were Grover Francis, Otis Smith, Arthur V. Cook. Neil R. Fitch, E. J. Powell, William E. Schireman Jake Kollen and W. C. Duffy.

Clement Lee McCoy was born March 20, 1894 and passed away at the U. S. Veterans hospital at Boise, Idaho, on December 22.

He graduated from grade and high schoo's in Pendleton. Attended Washington State College, graduat­ing from North Pacific College at Portland. Enlisted in the U. S. Navy April 8, 1917 and was discharged in 1919 with the rank of Chief Phar­macist mate.

In June 1920. he married Laura Cahill and to this union was born two children, Robert and Gayle.

Mr. McCoy came to Nyssa January 1, 1923, when he purchased the Nys- i sa Pharmacy and this last fa ll! opened a second drug store, the j Owyhee Drug Company, with Omer Adkinson.

He was Senior State Vice-Com­mander of the department of Ore­gon, American Legion. Past Com­mander and charter member of the Pendleton Post of American Leg­ion. member of the 40-8 of the Am­erican Legion, member of the Vet­erans of Foreign Wars of Nysas and Caldwell lodge of E’ks.

Clement Lee McCoy leaves to mourn his loss, his widow. Laura ; McCoy, son and daughter Robert and Gayle McCoy and his mother Mrs. John Gruelich and a half brother F. A. Gruelich, both of La Grande, Oregon.

Burial services were held Monday at Pendleton with the American Legion, both state and local, parti­cipating in the sendees.

KING AND BOYLE RENAMED TO FARM

CREDIT BOARD

BUSTER KEIZEROPERATED UPON '

•Muster Keizer, son at Mr. and M | •• C. J. Keizer, was operated upon tills morning at the Holy Rosary Hos­pital in Ontario with Drs. J. J. Sar- zin, van der Vlugt and Palmer in attendance. It was too soon to give an authentic report as to his true condition other than so far he is holding his own.

LAND LEASESLarge Acreage Ready For Blocking

Salem. Oregon,—First definitesteps toward the much discussed plan to block state school lands into large grazing areas was taken at a meeting last week at McDermitt, Nevada. Lewis Griffith, clerk of the Land Board who attended the meet­ing reported that tentative arrange­ments were made with cattlemen of southern Malheur county for the ’easing of approximately 70,000 acres of the state lands as soon os the acreage can be blocked through exchange for lands In the public domain.

COUNCIL AWARDS GARBAGE CONTRACT

Ervin E King, of Seattle, Wash­ington, and Nell F. Boy'e of Black- foot. Idaho, were reappointed by Governor W. I. Myers of the Farm Credit administration as directors on the Farm Credit board in the Spo­kane district, according to an an­nouncement released today by R E. Brown. General Agent of the Farm Credit administration of Spo­kane.

Both men were reappointed for regular three-year terms beginning January 1, 1938. As members of the Farm Chedit board they direct the operations of the 12th district Land bank, Intermediate Credit bank. Bank for Cooperatives and Produc­tion Credit coropratton—the Mur permanent units of the Spokane Farm Credit administration which serve farmers throughout Washing­ton, Oregon, Idaho and Montana.

Unemployed to Get Insurance

Stage Company Given Alternative In Parking Privilege.

POST OFFICE CLOSEDS. D. Goshert, postmaster, an­

nounced that the postoffice will be closed all day New Years day

Mr. Goshert said that the Christ­mas mailing this year was one of the heaviest that he has experienced.

Teachers Meet In Portland

Local Teachers to Attend

The city council held another special meeting Monday night to award the garbage contract and transact other business. After con­sidering all of the bids again the matter was put to a vote.

Before a poll of the votes, Floyd White withdrew his bid in favor of A. W. Howell.

On the motion to accept Howell's bid the vote stood tied and it took Mayor Don Graham's vote to decide which was cast in favor of Howell.

Ordinance for Sugar CompanyThe fina' reading of the ordinance

giving the Amalgamted Sugar Compny a right of way for a sewer was amended and accepted. The amendment will give the Sugar company the privilege of laying a sewer not to exceed thirty-six inches In diameter.

Stage Parking Space DeniedParking space In front of the

Nyssa Pharmacy for the Mt. Hood Stage company was voted down, and again this vote was a tie. making It necessary for the Mayor to break the tie with his vote.

The council and Mayor were an­xious however to afford the stage company some manner of unload­ing their passengers close to their present depot and recommended the use of the alley back of the phar­macy.

Sunday Guests—On Sunday Mr. and Mrs Andrew

Boersma were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Goulet of Newell Heigh ts.In Weiser—

Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Long were In , Weiser on business the latter part of the week.

The Oregon State Teachers' As­sociation began their annual re­union at Portland Wednesday The meeting is, scheduled to last until Friday.

Speakers ListedSpeakers from all over the United

States are on the list to speak to the Association. Among the main ipeakers are Chancellor F M. Hunt­er: Miss Florence Hale. Editor of the “Grade Teacher," Darien Con­necticut ; Dr H. R. Douglass. Uni­versity of Minnesota; Dr E B. Couch, member of the National ftommlttee on TYnurn Qlindal?. California; Superintendant R E Dugdale. Port'and; and Rex Put­nam. Superintendent of Public In ­struct Ion.

Attendance at the convention ft voluntary and teachers attending do so at their own erpense.

Nyssa Teacher to AttendTeachers from the Nyssa schools

who plan on attendin'? the conven­tion are Leo D. Hollenberg, Mrs. John Young, Mattie and Haute Medesker. Phyllis Dorfler and Jennie Hansen

• Drive to GrantsMr and Mrs. Henry Carl drove to

Grants Pass on Thurday where they spent the holidays with relatives.Spends Christmas In Vale—

Miss Fay Smith who is employed at the Fox Auto Court spent Christ­mas day and Sunday with her fam­ily in Vale.New Home In Newell Heights—

Reports are that the new home now In process of construction on the Geo. Schlemer place In Newell Heights Is to be one of the finest in the country with all modern and city conveniences.

Mr Schlemer and his family are at present located In the Big Bend district.House Guests—

Mr and Mrs Jacob Fischer are entertaining as h jisa guests his mother. Mrs. R D, Lowe of Cald­well and his sister Miss Pauline Fischer of Portland Miss Fischer Is a graduate of St. Vincents hos­pital In Port'and and Is at the present time taking post graduate work at Corvallis.

Guests From the Coast—Mr and Mrs Powell Selby of Med­

ford visited on Thursday with Mr and Mrs. Taylor Gudmundsen The trave’ers were enroute to Burley. Idaho to spend the holidays with rrlatlves there

Payments to Start Jan­uary 1st.

SALEM. Ore.—Jobless workerswho have been registering at the 28 state employment bureaus the past few weeks will begin filing their claims for unemployment compens- tion next week. Offlicals of the Ore­gon Unemployment Compe nsaton commission expect a deluge of claims with no fewer than 30,000 un­employed workers applying for new insurance.

In anticipation of the claim pay­ment period which begins with the New Year the commission has built up a fund of aproximately $6,000,- 000 during the past two years through a tax on industrial payrolls —one percent during 1936 and two percent during 1937. Next year this payroll tax will jump to three per cent. A'l Oregon industries employ­ing four or more persons are subject to this tax. Benefits under the com- penas.ion act are regulated by the earnings of the worker during the past year but in no case will they exceed $16 a week for a maximum duration of 16 weeks.

Not all workers are covered by the unemployment insurance. Classes which are not covered Include farm hands, domestics employed In private homes and public emp'oyees. Seasonal workers are entitled to job­less insurance only during the nor­mal season of employment in the particular industry in which they | are engaged. Because of these ex- j emptions. It is believed, thousands i of those who file for benefits will be disqualified. The status of thous- | ands of other jobless workers will also depend upon a "determination" to be made by the Unemployment Compe nation Commission. This Is especially true of unemployed work­ers from the Portland lumber mills which are closed because of the Jur­isdictional controversy between the American Federation of Labor and The Committee for Industrial Or­ganization.

Unemployed workers are entitled to compensation benefits only after they have registered with the state unemployment service and that ser­vice has not been able to place them in a job comparable to the one which they previously held.

Designed primarily to stabilize employment the Com pensa ton act seeks to reward employers who maintain their payrolls on a level plane the year around by reducing theid contributions to the fund On the other hand employers whose payrolls show abnormal peaks and valleys are penalized through In­creased levies.

Potato Growers Plan ProgramCaravan To Be Continued

An example of how one group of Oregon growers are preparing to add aggressive salesmanship to the pro­duction of a high quality, standard­ized product Is reported by Gus Hagglund. county agent of Desch­utes county, where the Central Ore­gon Potato council has launched an enlarged promotional program.

Publicity CampaignPlans call for the growers to back

an extensive advertising campaign by newspapers, personal contact, and radio designed to keep the vir­tues of Drschutes Gems before the consumers of Oregon, first, and then those outside the state, says Hagg­lund. Cooperation of business men in Redmond and Bend Is being sought to gain support in combining potato promotion with advertising the recreational facilities of Central Oregon.

Small potato recipe books are to be printed and placed In every sack of U. S. No. 1 potatoes, the book'ets to be arranged to leave a place for the local dealer to add his name. Feature exhibits of Deschutes and Crook county potatoes at the Pac­ific International are to be contin­ued. it is decided.

Caravan to be ContinuedThe potato caravan to Portland

used in the past two years will be continued, with return invitation for Portlahders to visit the potata growing district«. Market Investiga­tions are to be made throughout Oregon and possibly In Seattle. The Campaign is to be financed by con­tributions of 4 c per sack on U. S. No. 2 and 'ic per sack on U. S. No 1 potatoes.

Officials of the council are Ken­neth Dulling, Lone Pine; Bruce Balfour, Powell Butte; W J. Hall and Harvey Mustard. Terrebone; J. W Schrunk. James Underwood, H. A Helmholtz and B L. Fleck; Hoyt Rubow, Pleasant Ridge; J. T. Hoofset, Eastern Star, and R. T. Jackson. Cloverdale

OPERATORS EXAMINATIONS TO

BE HELD FRIDAY

The examiner of operators and chauffeurs will be at the city hall from 11 to 5 on Friday, December 31.

During that time those wishing permits or licenses to drive cars, may do so by applying to the exam- ner during those hours, according

to word received here from Secretary of State Earl Snell.

"January 15 Closing DateFor 1938 Work Sheets

V E I ERAN AUXILIARY Range Practices Up ForSPONSORS CONTEST

The National auxiliary of the Vet­erans of Foreign Wars is sponsoring

' * ®" | a nation wide contest open to allProwlers About— i secondary school pupils between the

Residents are again reminded to j ages 0j fourteen and eilhteen years ca t fully when | ^ age which will close on the■xk their homes ca t fully when

ibsent from them. For on several occasions lately there have been evidences of strangers prowling about.

During the absence of Mr and Mrs. A. B Hetsey some one evidently ettempted to break in but were un­able to open the screen after badly damaging It.

L O.N. CutOff Meeting Jan. 5

Will Revive Booster ganization.

Or-

JUDGE PERFORMSXMAS WEDDING

Payette Uouplr Married at Court HouseJudge David F. Graham made a

two-way gift to Joe Talbot and Fairy Duell, both of Payette. Idaho, by joining them in holy wedlock Christmas day. The ceremony was held In the County Court house

The old association for the I-O-N having failed to hold a meeting for some three years, representatives of cities In eastern Oregon and west­ern Idaho have decided to form a new booster organization for the completion of the short cut to California and her markets.

Caldwell to be Meeting Place Frank Morgan, who was active In

the old organization will send out notices of a meeting to be held in Caldwell at a 7 o’clock dinner In the Home Cafe, Wednesday, January 5.

Nyssa Chamber Gives Approval Week before last the Nyssa Cham­

ber of Commerce voted unanimous­ly to work for the completion of the I-O-N feeling that such a highway would give the local farmers a short­er route to their markets. As a result of this meeting the one called fo In January was deemed advisable

| twenty second of February. 1938.The theme Is The Constitution of

I the United States of America and What It means to the American peo­ple. The National winner will be sent to the Veterans of Foreign Wars Encampment via Washington D. C. to receive a gold medal and a cash award of 100 dollars. The sec­ond best will receive a gold meda! and fifty dollars and the third a gold medal and twenty-five dollars

Nothing tould >t$r gnare timely than a contest that will bring to this next generation a true understand­ing of the value and need of the American Constitution. At a time when all the world seems to be dic­tator mad and nations ready to barter dearly bought rights and privileges away for the proverbial mess of pottage.

It ts to be hoped that those boys and girls in this community will turn back the leaves of history be­yond even those of our own nation­al birth and learn why it is that certain things that we accept as every man's rights were Included In this document. The right to life Itself and liberty to say nothing of the daily pursuit of happiness. These things did not always exist for “very man and his family but were dearly bought by courageous ancestors.

So with this contest the youth of today may come In a greater degree to realize the true Import and power given him through this Constitution of these United States.

Congressional Committee Has

District MeetHold Healings on Repay

ments.

On Biological Survey Monthly Payroll—

Clyde Long is on the regular monthly payroll of the Biological 8urvey and expects Cb leave the end of the week for Drewsey. weather permitting.

Card Party Series—The Oregon TJ-zUf Gdmge has

announced that It will hold a series of card parties beginning on Friday. January seventh at eight o'clock at the Oregon Trail school house., to which a charge of twenty-five oents a person will be made

There will be a weekly prize for high score both for pinochle and bridge and at the final night there will be a grand prize given to the holder of the highest score for the whole series. Also each night re­freshments will be served and a general good time Is promised to every one Don’t forget the night Each Friday night beginning Jan­uary seventh at the Oregon Trail school house st eight o'clock

The Repayment Comlmssion ap­pointed under congresisonal auth­ority by the Bureau of Reclamation, held a hearing at Ontario. Sunday afternoon, Derember 19, for the pur­pose of diesussing with all interested irrigation districts the matter of repayment on construction cost.

Those comprising the commission are Dr. Charles Lory, chairman. Wil'iam Wallace and Georg? Coch­ran.

Asks For Payment ChangeThis commission has the power

to make recommendations for the revision of construction costs re­payments and for moratorium on 1937 construction charges.

The Owyhee Irrigation district, represented by Dr. J. J Sarazin, President Frank Morgan. Maurice Judd and Carl H. Coad. acked for a more flexible repayment plan, than the one now in existence; one based on a varying percentage of the crop return.

I.O.N. PASSABLE— NOT ADVISABLE

The I. O. N highway is passable at present but advice from those Just driving over it, said that for a light car it Is not advisable due to heavy snow and uncompleted con­struction. However the snow plows are running regularly and keeping it fairly clear so that trucks should not have great difficulty in making It.

Approval.

CITIES DEBTLOAD REDUCED

MORGAN TO MAKE TRIPTO WASHINGTON

Will Havr Meeting with President Mr Frank T Morgan will probab­

ly leave sometime the first part of next week for Washington, D C., where he will try to work out some plan with President Roosevelt, whereby the CCC may be used in constructing and maintaining roads throughout the Owyhee project

Will Visit Pierces’While at Washington, Mr. Morgan

will visit with Congressman and Mrs. Pierce, both of whom, it Is reported believe that such a plan Is feasible and just.

Sa'em. Oregon —Cities of Oregon reduced their debt load approxi­mately $6.000,000 during the year ending July 1. according to a survey just completed by Slate Treasurer Rufus Holman. At that the net indebtedness of Oregon municipali­ties aggregated $58.354.299 at the end of the year, the survey shows,

i Bonded debt of the several cities at the end of the fiscal year amount­ed to $70,576. 940 80 while outstand­ing warrants on the same date total­ed $1,251.345.25 Partially offsetting this debt load were sinking funds aggregating $13.473,986 52.

Twenty-nine Oregon cities had ' neither bonded debt not outstand­

ing warrants on July 1. Included among these was Canby, C’.atskanle, Cornelius, Scho. Haines, Halfway, Hubbard, Junction City, Merrill, North Powder, Rogue River, Trout- dale. Contrasted with these are Warrenton with a net debt of $383.338. and Bandon with a net dqbt of $258.910 and an assessed valuation of $310, 161. The greatest !>rogress In debt reduction during the year was made by the city of Prlnevl'le which cut Its load by 17.- 25 per cent.

A closing date for filing sheets under the 1938 Agricultural Conservation program in Oregon and specifications for practices un­der the range Improvement program were decided upon by the State AAA committee at Its recent meeting at Oregon State college, reports N. E. Dodd. Haines, chairman.

January IS will be the deadline set for receiving additional worksheets, the committee decided. County com­mittees have been receiving these worksheets for the past months from those who have not participated in either of the previous programs. All who have turned In these worksheets previously are automatically includ­ed for next year.

Range Practices up for ApprovalSpecifications for the range build­

ing practices have been sent to Washington for final approval be­fore being forwarded to the coun­ties. It la understood they follow In a general way the previous practice, with such changes as are necessary to conform to some new national regulations.

The extent to which Oregon live­stock men have benefited under the program la Indicated by statistical summaries In the stats office show­ing work done under the first brief 1936 program and the recent 1937 program, summaries of which are still Incomplete.

Acreage About DoublesR. O. Johnson, range specialist of

the state college staff, credits the range program of the AAA with bringing the greatest single ad- vancement In range rehabilitation work. In the 1936 program there were 1179 cooperators owning more than 34 million acres of range land. This year estimates are far closer to 1900 cooperators owning 64 million acres.

‘'Cooperators are not paid the total cost of beneficial Improve­ments,'' Johnson points out, "but are sufficient to encourage owners to contribute the balance.” Figures from the U. S. Forest service show that It costs about $130 to clean out and box a spring, with troughs and pipe The AAA paid $50 per spring last year and total of 1641 Were de­veloped.

"The value of these and other Im­provements from a national long­time standpoint Is the reason for government aid In such conserva­tion efforts.”

'ROUND TOWNDickey Schireman Inviting Friday

night guests to leave early—Santa was being delayed . . . . Still think Carl Coad was in Portland on that Honey business., most’y . . . Nyssa Packing might donate some of that ice left over from Sept 30. for a rink for the children . . . Old man winter slow on the job—and no one caring . . . . Harry Miner not strong on the rumble seat stuff

Dixrn Nursing Home Busy—

Mr John Reece who has been con­fined at the Dixon Nursing home Is doing nicely

Kenneth Ransom, little son of Mr and Mrs Paul Ransom of the Sun­set Valley is ill with pneumonia at the Dixon Nursing home and under the care of Dr. J. J. Sarazin

Mrs Arnold Liable to whom an Infant son was born on Thursday at the Dixon Nursing home Is re­covering nicely, and la under the care of Dr. J. J. Sarazin.

C. OF C. WILL HOLDANNUAL MEET

Jackson. Jr., in Portland—Mr and Mrs. Alfred Jackson left

on Tuesday of last week for a weeks trip to the coast where they will visit with friends and relatives In Portland and with Mrs. Jackson's moth r In Beaverton.

Young Daughter Visits In Payett»—On Monday Mr. and Mn. Bernard

Frost drove to Payette with Helen Janloe who remained to visit with her aunt Mrs Jonas Bresvn, while her parents returned that after­noon.

Chamber of Commerce to Elect Of­ficers.

SURPRISE PARTYSix of the friends of Mr and Mrs

Wm Schireman surprised them on Tuesday evening. It was In the na­ture of a house warming for the 8chlreman's new home Those pres­ent were Mr and Mrs Doc Berger of Boise. Mr and Mrs Earl Harmon and Mr and Mrs W F McUng all of Emmett.

PETE TENSEN CELEBRATE8

Pete Tenaen celebrated his 65th birthday December 21. Those en­tertained were Mr and Mrs Klaus Tenaen. Mr and Mrs C. M Tensen. Mr and Mrs Dick Tenaen. Mr. and Mrs Dick Oroot and Mrs La Prenz

The Nyssa Chamber of Commerce wll! hold their annual meeting In the Eagles hall at 7:30 p. m.. Thurs­day. January 13.

To Elect Officer*Election of officers for the ensuing

year will be the order of business Nominations for which will probably be made from the floor of the meet­ing.

Treasurer to Give Report Frank T Morgan, secretary-treas­

urer of the Chamber of Commerce will give a 'recital' financial report during the course of the meeting

A program for the coming year will be discussed and alopted

CommitteeThe committee In charge of the

affair will be composed of James Daelhousen. manager of the Cash Grocery company and Wesley Browne of the Baldridge Implement company

President Fletcher asked that as many as could possibly do so, turn out for the meeting

House Guests—Mr and Mrs John Wagner of

Twlii Falls were house guests of Mr. and Mrs Bernard Frost from Frl day until Monday

To Augment County Nursing

State Assigns Nurse to County.

Mrs. Edna Flanigan Farris county health nurse has announced that tha health services In Malheur county are to be augmented by the help of another nurse In this district.

Social Security None Mr Thompson of the State Board

of Public Health, division of Child Welfare and Maternity has arranged for Mrs. Hazel B. Lytle who has been on duty In Olllam county under the State Board of Public Health and Social Security to proceed to Ontario Immediately and to start her new duties there with Mrs Flan- nlgan on the first of the year

To Make T. B. Testa Mrs. Flannlgan also announced

that one of the first objectives of her department In the new year would be to arrange for T. B teats throughout the whole county, and that some time In February they would follow through with their toxoid clinics again.

Results Gratifying The direct benefit from these

Clinics Mrs. Parrta said; has been most gratifying and It Is the hope of the bureau to reach every child between the ages of six months and eight years, as well as older onas who were missed In the fall clinic*.