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Page Two Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon Thursday, January 6, 1938 IONE NEWS Henry Clark Takes Hotel Management By MARGARET BLAKE Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clark have taken over the management of the Park hotel. Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Hinckley who have had charge dur ing the past month, have gone to Kennewick, Wn., where Mr. Hinck ley has a farm. Mr. and Mrs. Victor Rietmann en tertained at their home last Thursday evening with a bridge party. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Denny, Mr. and Mrs. Werner Rietmann, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Blake, Mr. and Mrs. Ture Peterson and Mr. and Mrs. Vic tor Peterson. Prizes went to Mr. and Mrs. Ture Peterson and Mr. and Mrs. Werner Rietmann. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Ledbetter moved on Tuesday to the farm near Lexington recently vacated by John and George Clark, which they have rented. The Women's Topic club will meet at the home of Mrs. Bert Mason on Friday, Jan. 7, instead of the date previously announced. Mrs. T. C. Riffe has been em ployed to care for Mrs. Ida Peterson. Miss Margaret McDevitt has re turned to her school work at Bend after spending her vacation with her sister, Miss Cassie McDevitt. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mankin re turned home Friday from Portland where they had spent a week at the home of Mrs. Mankin's sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Holmes Gabbert. Robert Smith with his son and daughter, Harvey and Bonnie, has returned from a month's visit in Cal ifornia. Cecil Thorne entertained a group of friends at his home with a watch party on New Year's eve. Otto Rietmann is driving a new coupe. Mr. and Mrs. August Peterson of Yakima, Wn., are the parents of a daughter, Patricia Ann, born to them on December 15. Mrs. A. Newlin arrived last Friday to visit her sister and mother, Mrs. Paul O'Meara and Mrs. Ellen Rieth. Members of the class of 1935 of lone high school were hosts to the classes of 1934 and 1936 at the I. 0. 0. F. hall last Thursday evening. Twenty-two members of the classes and six guests were present. Mrs. Walter Eubanks and Mrs. E. C. Hel iker chaperoned the party. The eve ning was spent in dancing. Gene Grabil was operated on at The Dalles last week for appendi citis. He has been very ill. Miss Norma Blahm of Hermiston was a week-end guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Peterson. Quite a large crowd attended the New Year's dance given in the Le gion hall by Willows grange last Saturday night. Mrs. Minnie Forbes returned Fri day from Oakdale, Cal., where she spent several days with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. John Osteen. Mrs. Alice Wiles and son Floyd returned Sunday from Tygh Valley where they spent the holidays with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Palmateer en tertained a large party of friends at their ranch home near Morgan last Friday evening, the occasion being a housewarming for their lately re modeled home. The evening was spent playing cards and visiting. Mrs. Ada Cannon and family spent a part of the vacation visiting Mrs. Cannon's daughter in Portland. While there Bud, Lola and Char lotte drove to Albany for a visit with Miriam Hale and to Salem where they saw Juanita Odom. Francis Ely returned to his school work at Willamette university last Thursday. Leo Young has returned to O. S. C. after spending the holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Young. The members of the P. C. Peter son, Lewis Ball and Ralph Ledbetter families joined in giving Ralph Led better a birthday dinner at his home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Callandra and son Donald visited relatives here on last Thursday, returning to their home at Hood River Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Bergevin, with Betty and Denward, drove to Gib bon to be present at the annual fam ily dinner of the Bergevins, on New Year's day. From there Betty and Denward returned to their schools atBaker and Spokane, respectively. Sunday marked the exodus of the many college students. Charles and Wallace Lundell returned to Pacific university, and Misses Eva Swan son and Joyce Carlson to O. S. C. On Friday Misses Rossbelle and Mignonette Perry returned to their schools, U. of O. and Pacific univer sity. George Ely and Mrs. Nellie Riffe spent New Year's day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Elvin Ely at Board man. Mr. and Mrs. Victor Rietmann were Pendleton visitors last Friday. The Union Sunday school will hold its annual election of officers at the Christian church next Sunday morn ing, Jan. 9. All interested are urged to be present. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Clark were hosts to a fun Christmas party given at their home on the evening of December 22. Guests included Mar ian Nebergal, Mary Alice Rulifson, Linea Troedson, Helen Lundell, Ber nice Ring, Jane Fitzpatrick, Harry Normoyle, Paul Pettyjohn, Alexan der MacDonald, Larry Ritchie, Er vin Ritchie, Lowell Clark, Val Jean Clark. Increasing Safety Shown on Highways A remarkable decrease in highway deaths during the last quarter of 1937 was the highlight of traffic safe ty news for the year, Secretary of State Earl Snell declared in review ing the highway picture for the last 12 months. Other outstanding trends during the year were: A last-quarter slump in traffic injuries paralleling the decrease in deaths. A sustained increase in highway travel over 1936. Continued improvement of the accident-reporting system. Secretary Snell reported greatly expanded efforts by his office in the field of traffic safety, following au thorization of the work by the last legislature. Safety councils have been organ ized or are being organized in a number of Oregon communities, with the help of representatives from the secretary of state's office. Safe driving schools have been held in Bend, Corvallis, Albany. Dal las, McMinnville, Newberg, Oregon City, West Linn, Medford, Grants Pass, Independence, Redmond and Prineville. The schools will be ex tended to other communities upon the completion of present courses in January or February. Safety movies have been shown in 71 Oregon high schools, and will be kept in circulation until they have been viewed by every high school student body in the state. Radio programs, safety news stor ies and speeches prepared and pre sented by himself or members of his staff would run into the hundreds, Snell declared. Continuation of the present pro gram and development of new chan nels of safety education are planned for 1938, he said. He is hopeful that with a comprehensive safety cam paign carried on through the entire year Oregon will take its place as the "safest state in the union." Oregon motorists are finding that it does not pay to put off until to morrow that which they should have done before the New Year arrived, referring particularly to the matter of purchasing new license plates. Drivers of cars which still display the old 1937 plates are being tagged by state police and instructed to ei ther replace the old plates without further delay or appear in court to explain their failure to the judge. Heavy damage was suffered by primary and secondary highways throughout the state as a result of last week's storm, according to R. H. Baldock, highway engineer. Roads leading from the Willamette valley to the coast north of Eugene were hardest hit. Cold weather has already visited many Oregon localities, and colder weather may be on the way. Driving safely in cold spells depends prin cipally on proper preparation, which includes chains and some means of keeping the windshield clear, ac cording to Secretary of State Earl Snell. STATE CAPITAL NEWS o Electricity o Officers Change New Car Licenses By A. L. LINDBECK Salem Only 4.5 percent of the potential hydro -electric power in Oregon is being utilized, according to a survey just completed by N. G. Wallace, public utilities commission er. The output capacity of private ly owned hydro-electric plants in Oregon, Wallace's report shows, ag gregated 164,625 kilowatts in 1936. These plants, operating at an aver age of only 59 percent of capacity generated 72 percent of the electric energy used in the state. Steam plants, used mainly as stand-by plants, have an output capacity of 153,400 kilowatts. Oregon patrons of electric utilities buy their "juice" at a much lower rate than do consumers in other sec tions of the United States. Wallace's report shows that the average rate paid by domestic users in Oregon is only 2.17 cents per kilowatt hour whereas the average rate for the na tion is 4.69 cents per kilowatt hour. Consumption of electricity in Ore gon increased 14 percent in 1936 over the 1930 figure. Based upon data al ready available gross revenues of Oregon electric utilities for 1937 will exceed the gross revenue of 1936 by approximately 10 percent. Through negotiations between the utilities commissioner and the offi cials of the various electric utilities rate reductions involving a saving of $855,670.82 to Oregon consumers were put into effect between April 1, 1935, and October 31, 1937. While operating revenues of Ore gon electric utilities show a gain of 11.1 for 1936 over 1930, operating ex penses of the same utilities show an increase of 16.79 percent during the same period. Taxes alone paid by these utilities increased 37 percent during the seven years covered by the report and for the year 1936 ag gregated $2,935,888.18, representing more than 15 cents out of each dol lar of gross operating revenue col lected by these utilities. Citing 11.53 mills per kilowatt hour as the average operating ex pense involved in the production of electricity by plants in Oregon the commissioner breaks this expense item down as follows: Production expense, 2.25 mills; transmission ex pense, .26; distribution, 1.11; utili zation, .31; commercial, .81; new bus iness, .69; general and miscellaneous, 1.22; depreciation, 1.62; uncollectible bills, .15; taxes, 3.11. Governor Martin has invited the grange to hold its 1938 convention in Salem. In a telegram to Louis J. Taber, master of the national grange, the governor pointed out that Ore gon's new capitol building will be ready for occupancy next summer and will be available for use by the grange for its convention. Generally interpreted as a slap at Ray Gill, master of the Oregon State grange, for his well known pro -labor lean ings the governor in his telegram to Taber declared that "there are some farm organization leaders who can not decide whether to remain AFL or go CIO. They think of politics first, labor second and the farmer third, if at all, in all issues affecting the advancement of the farm industry." Seventy-five thousand acres of cut-over, second growth and isolated farm lands in the Oregon Coast range are being restored to forest production and developed for recre ation and wild life conservation as three years of intensive land use adjustment and acquisition near completion, R. S. Shelley, project manager, reported to Governor Mar tin this week. Acquisition of 74,882 acres of land on the Oregon coast valued at $428,230 and representing 395 ownerships is approximately 90 percent complete. Lands being ac quired are adjacent to and within the boundaries of the Siuslaw Na tional forest. Development work is being carried on by 540 men in co operation with WPA. Forest recrea tion areas have been developed at a number of points throughout the area. Most of these are equipped with fireplaces, rustic tables and benches, community kitchens, pic nic grounds and sanitary facilities. Thirteen changes in major state offices are recorded during 1937. Death claimed tw omembers of the state's official family Justice J. U. Campbell of the supreme court and A. J. Derby of Hood River, member of the State Hydro-electric commis sion. Justice Campbell was succeed ed by Judge Hall S. Lusk of Port land and John Hodgen of La Grande was appointed to succeed Derby. Ill health was responsible for the retirement of three other officials. Dr. R. E. Lee Steiner, for nearly 30 years superintendent of the state hospital for insane at Salem, re signed and has been succeeded by Dr. John G. Evans. Judge Charles H. Carey quit as state corporation commissioner to be succeeded by James H. Hazlett of Hood River. Albert R. Hunter retired as a mem ber of the Industrial Accident com mission on which he had served for more than six years. His successor is Roy Buchanan of Pendleton. The offer of a lucrative post with a private law firm induced Frank C. McColloch to resign as public utilities commissioner, the vacancy being filled through appointment of Judge N. G. Wallace of Bend. B. F. Irvine of Portland, for 39 years identified with the state's in stitutions of higher learning, refused reappointment as a member of the State Board of Higher Education. His place was filled by Walter E. Pearson of Portland. Heads of two of the state's insti tutions of higher education resigned during the year H. E. Inlow. pres ident of the eastern Oregon normal at La Grande and C. V. Boyer, pres ident of the University of Oregon at Eugene. C. A. Howard, state super intendent of public instruction was elected to succeed Inlow and Donald M. Erb, formerly a member of the university faculty, has been elected to succeed Boyer. Resignation of Howard to accept the presidency of the La Grande normal left a vacancy in the state department of educa tion which was filled by the appoint ment of Rex Putnam, former city superintendent of schools at Albany. Orville W. Gamble resgined as superintendent of the Employment Institution for Adult Blind at Port land to be succeeded by Lindon Mc Cullough. Mrs. Gordon Voorhies of Grants Pass asked to be relieved as a member of the Capitol Reconstuc tion commission, her place being fill ed through appointment of W. H. Treece, former member of the State Parole Board whose place, in turn, was filled by Lotus Langley of Port land. Langley also resigned after only a short experience on the Par ole Board, to be succetded by Gerald Mason of Portland. Three of the new appointees are former members of the state senate. They are James H. Hazlett, new cor poration commissioner; N. G. Wol lace, utilities commissioner, and Wal ter E. 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