Volume 54, Number 13
Safety Driving
School Comes Here;
Next Class Monday
Lions Back Work;
Swim Tank, Boys'
Projects Acted on
Everything a driver should know
to become a capable driver is being
taught at the safety driving school
held here weekly which started last
Monday under sponsorship of Earl
Snell, secretary of state. The next
class will be held next Monday at
1 o'clock p. m. at the city council
chambers.
E. L. Van Blaricom, instructor,
was given the school's endorsement
by the Lions club at its Monday
luncheon, and city and county offi
cials are cooperating wholeheartedly.
Mr. "Van Blaricom told the Lions
that highly encouraging response
has been received in 29 other com
munities where the school has al
ready been held. It is open to any
one 15 years of age or older, and
students are asked to furnish their
own cars. If it is found necessary
to organize more than one class here,
two or more students can use the
same car by enrolling in different
classes.
All the basic elements -of driving
will be taught, including shifting
gears, using the clutch, starting and
stopping the motor, backing and
driving forward, parallel parking,
starting on hills, keeping proper
highway position, behavior at inter
sections and care of the car.
Drivers of some experience will
find the school valuable in correct
ing faulty habits and improving their
technique. Actual practice in driv
ing in traffic will be afforded by
the school to those students who
have obtained instruction permits
from state examiners or who already
hold drivers' licenses.
Students numbering 1169 had been
instructed since last October, Mr.
Van Blaricom said. He quoted Mr.
Snell as saying:
"Experience with such schools
has shown they have immense value
in starting beginners off on the right
foot Experience has also proved that
a driver's lenth of service is not
necessarily indicative of his ability.
The schools are worthwhile not only
in teaching students the fundament
als of good driving, but also in im
pressing upon them the fact that
good driving is an art which must
be approached and studied serious
ly and practiced unremittingly."
This school is a part of the cam
paign of safety education sponsored
by Mr. Snell to reduce automobile
fatalities and accidents in this state.
Lions also voted to send a boy to
the Beaver Boy State camp, a sum
mer citizenship educational institu
tion sponsored by the American Le
gion. A second enrollee is being
sponsored by the local legion post.
Discussion of a Boy Scout summer
camp brought a balance of opinion
in favor of locating a camp for this
district at Ritter hot springs.
Endorsement was also given to the
latest plan for acquiring a swimming
tank in the city 'and Ray Kinne,
Millard Rodman and Fred Wehmey
er were named as a committee to
present the plan to the council that
evening.
Election of club officers, slated for
the day, was postponed until next
Monday.
HAS SONG PUBLISHED
Mrs. Hilda . Swenson Nelson of
Firth, Idaho, former Morrow county
resident and sister of C. E. and C.
W. Carlson of lone, is author of a
song, "Memories of My Mother,"
recently published in the "Album of
New Radio Favorites," issued by the
Master Music Makers of Portland.
The song appears in book number
13. Mrs. Nelson lived for many
years near Morgan and has many
friends in this county who will be
pleased to learn of her success.
Heppner,
"Safety" Instructor
Thanks Lucky Star;
Favored by Chance
Probably no surer way to obtain
a glimpse into eternity can be
found than by being washed over
board at night from a boat in a'
storm at sea. E. L. Van Blaricom
glimpsed it that way, was favored
by the single chance in a thousand
that seasoned seamen say a person
in such predicament stands of
again smiling upon his family, and
is thus well qualified to tell be
ginning automobile drivers that a
premature glimpse of the here
after is not especially to be de
sired. Had it not been for Van Blari
com's lucky star, he might not now
be holding the position with the
secretary of state's office as teach
er of beginning automobile driv
ers, in which role he visited Hepp
ner last Monday and will call again
next Monday.
It was just before the Astoria
regatta last fall, between Newport
and Astoria, that Van Blaricom
had his death-facing experience.
On the boat also was Earl Snell,
his present "boss" and party of
companions. It was a sailing boat
and Van was helping reef the main
sail when part of the rigging car
ried by the wind swept him oer
board. It was pitch dark and the
waves of the storm were rolling
high. Had the wave greeting him
as he returned to the surface car
ried by the wind swept him ovw
stead of beside it, his doom would
have been sealed. Mr. Snell and
others of the party formed a hu
man chain over the side of the
boat to effect his rescue.
Fine John Day Ranch
Purchased by Duval I
Confirmation of sale of the Joe
Simas ranch at Monument to H. L.
Duvall of Lexington was received
this week by J. L. Gault, receiver
for First National Bank of Heppner,
who sold part of the ranch in con
nection with the bank's liquidation,
Purchased from the bank were 92
acres, all under ditch, and 1177 acres
from Mr. Simas, at a total purchase
price of $13,500.
The Simas ranch is considered one
of the finest hay ranches on the John
Day river, being served by a con
crete irrigation system constructed
about 1918 at a cost of $40,000. In
eluded in the Simas acreage was
1032 acres of range land, 115 acres
under ditch and 30 acres of plow
land. In reporting the sale, Mr. Gault
said it was one of the finest real es
tate bargains of his knowledge.
Ransom Note List
Available Here
The Gazette Times has received
the list of more than 1000 bank notes
given as ransom in the Florida kid
napping of the Cash baby. The list
is available to anyone wishing to
check their currency.
The federal bureau of investiga
tion has announced that any note on
the list will be redeemed at double
its face value. Five dollar silver cer
tificates and federal reserve notes,
ten, twenty and fifty dollar federal
reserve notes are included in the
list.
INDIAN RESISTS ARREST
Farmers complained that Henry
George, crippled Columbia river In
dian, had let down fences, run stock
off ranges. When Herbert Sauter,
state game patrolman, accosted
George on Porter creek in the Uma
tilla forest last Thursday, the In
dian resisted, attacked the patrol
man. Sauter was forced to overpower
him to make the arrest brought
George to Heppner where he was
bound over to the grand jury.
COURT OPENS MONDAY
The June term of circuit court
will be convened at the courthouse
next Monday morning by Judge C.
L. Sweek.
Oregon, Thursday, June
State Highway Body
Expected to View
Roads Next Tuesday
Surfacing of Rhea
Creek Road Stressed;
Hearing Asked
Oregon's state highway commis
sion will view Morrow county's
road situation next Tuesday, an
nounces Judge Bert Johnson. Judge
Johnson expected the county court
would meet the commission at Con
don and go over as many of the
roads as the commission found the
time and inclination to view.
An invitation would be extended
the state highway body to meet with
citizens of the county at a dinner
meeting in the evening, the judge
said, hoping thus to give the people
an opportunity to express their de
sires. This visit of the commission re
sulted from an invitation extended
by the court when meeting with it
in Portland recently.
The point the court is stressing in
bringing the commission here is the
necessity for immediate oil surfacing
of the Heppner-Rhea creek road.
The tentative schedule calls for oil
ing five miles of this sector next
year, but the court has emphasized
the small amount of federal aid road
money to which Morrow county has
claim, and the importance of this
stretch of road in getting earlier and
more assistance. The road is a double
secondary, the court points out, be
ing a part of both the Heppner-Spray
and Heppner - Condon secondary
highways.
, Considerable public interest has
already been expressed in the com
mission's proposed visit here, lending
strength to Judge Johnson's invita
tion that the commission give the
public a hearing next Tuesday eve
ning. First Forest Fires
Reported in District
A 51-acre fire on Butte creek and
another 75-acre fire on Pine creek,
near Fossil together with two other
small fires were repoted this week
by F. F. Wehmeyer, ranger in charge
of the local district All were under
control. Three look-outs have al
ready been placed at stations in the
west end due to the early drouth,
Wehmeyer said.
A large contracting company start
ed a logging crew under R. N. Ma
nary to work this week on Johnson
creek. They are getting out peeler
logs for shipment to a veneering
plant at Seattle.
A crew in charge of Kenneth Im-
lah is also at work poisoning Coulee
crickets oer a 500-acre area on
Rocky flats. An estimated 1500
pounds 'of poison is being put out.
Mr. Corson from the bureau of en
tomology was here Monday to assist
with the work.
Mr. Wehmeyer reported 125,000
head of sheep would cross into the
district this year.
Community Auction
Postponed
The community auction sale an
nounced two weeks ago bv V. R.
Runnion and F. W. Turner to be held
Saturday, June 18, has been post
poned until after harvest
Staging the sale seems inoppor
tune at this time due to the press
of farming activities, said Mr. Run
nion. He asks everyone to keep the
event in mind and to look forward
to a big opening sale soon after har
vest
ASSISTS WITH RODEO
Emery Moore was advertising the
St Paul (Ore.) Rodeo this week.
He expects to assist in staging the
show July 2-3-4.
Vacancy, 3 rooms and bath, fur
nished, June 15. Bonnie Cochran.
9, 1938
TRAIN FALL FATAL
TO WALLA WALLAN
W. H. Taylor Dies Here After
Emergency Operation on Arm
Severed in Accident Near Morgan
W. H. Taylor of Walla Walla, se
verely injured when he fell off the
moving branch train near Morgan
last Thursday night, succumbed at
Heppner hospital Monday evening
following an emergency operation.
Gas gangrene had set in at the
wound where his right arm had
been removed following the accident,
having been nearly severed at that
time.
Taylor was riding the tender of
the engine at the time he fell. A me
chanic by trade, he was formerly
employed with the Diamond Match
company and had been to Heppner
seeking employment.
The accident happened between 11
and 12 o'clock Thursday night. The
injured man was brought to Hepp
ner by Elmer Griffith and Martin
Bauernfeind of Morgan and was
given first aid treatment immediate
ly upon arrival.
A brother, Robert Taylor, arrived
from Walla Walla the end of the
week to be with him. The body was
removed to Walla Walla, home of his
parents, for interment.
Wool Ladies Plan
Float, Annal Picnic
The woolens exhibit staged in past
years in the bank lobby at Rodeo
time will not be held this year, but
Morrow County Woolgrowers aux
iliary, sponsors, will enter a float
in the Saturday parade, it was voted
at the unit's meeting at the Lucas
Place last Friday. Named on the
float committee were Mrs. W. H.
Cleveland, Mrs. Ralph I. Thompson,
Mrs. C. C. Patterson, Mrs. B. C.
Pinckney, Mrs. Percy Hughes, Mrs.
Philip Mahohey, Mrs. Frank Wil
kinson, Mrs. R. A. Thompson and
Mrs. D. M Ward.
Also in connection with Rodeo,
Aug. 26-27-28, will be held the an
nual blanket sale in charge of Mrs.
E. R. Schafer, Mrs. Harold Cohn,
Mrs. Garnet Barratt, Mrs. Joe Bel-
anger, Mrs. Agnes Wilcox, Mrs. Jas
per Crawford, Mrs. Billy Instone,
Mrs. Richard Wells and Mrs. Ray
Kinne.
In lieu of the July meeting it was
decided to have the annual picnic
at Ditch creek camp grounds on
June 19, with all auxiliary members,
families and friends invited. Ice
cream will be served by the aux
iliary to augment the individual
picnic lunches.
Local Shooters Off
For State Tourney
Heppner Rod and Gun club's con
tingent of shooters left today for
Bend to participate in the Oregon
state trapshooting tournament to
morrow, Saturday and Sunday. From
those making the trip will be select
ed the five-man team to compete in
the shoot-off of the recently com
pleted Oregonian telegraphic tour
nament in which Heppner placed
seventh high.
Among those who expected to
make the trip were Mr, and Mrs. P.
W. Mahoney, Mr. and Mrs. Bert
Kane, Mr. and Mrs. Luke Bibby,
Ralph Jackson, Earl Warner, John
Lane and Clarence Carmichael.
BLAZE EXCITING
Considerable excitement Saturday
evening was caused by a blaze in
the wheat field at the corner of the
Charles and Louis Marauardt fields
north of Lexington. M. J. Fitzpatrick,
Eslie Walker, Leo Gorger and Tom
Craig were among the men who
gathered to put out the fire. The
damage was slight.
SHOOTING EXHIBITION
Claude Parmlee. Winchester shoot
ing expert, will put on a shooting
demonstration at the local trap club
next Monday, June 13, at 6:30 p. m.,
just before his lecture at the Elks
club. Everyone is invited announces
uiuiam at Bisbee, local sponsors.
Subscription $2.00 a Year
Swimming Tank
Proposal Heard by
Council; Lives
CCC, Forest Service
Aid Seen; Willow
Road Gets Action
Nothing is so sure of revival by
the return of hot weather as the
annual discussion of a swimming
pool.
The latest proposal made its way
into Monday evening's council meet
ing and emerged a bit tattered
though bearing favorable sighs of
survival. It was left in the hands of
Councilman L. D. Tibbies to produce
further cost data before decisive ac
tion is taken.
Ray Kinne, Millard Rodman and
Fred Wehmeyer as a committee ap
pointed from the Lions club at noon
the same day assisted in presenting
the proposal, viz: That the CCC and
soil conservation service would fur
nish labor and equipment for exca
vation and other required labor; that
the forest service would lend the use
of rock crusher and cement mixer,
if the city would supply materials
and pay cash cost of operating ma
chinery; in exchange for which ser
vice the CCCs asked permission for
use of the tank one day a week and
two hours another day during the
term of residence of the present
company. The estimated cash cost to
the city was placed at $1500.
It was further proposed that the
site of the old power house be used,
Mr. Kinne offering as his opinion
that Pacific Power & Light company
would make possible acquisition of
adjoining needed property at reas
onable cost. .. .
A sticker with some members of
the council remained, as voiced in
past seasons, the provision of water.
They did not feel the city was in
position to guarantee supply from
the city system as the height of the
swimming season comes when the
supply is at its lowest ebb, and they
felt that pumping from the deep
wells at the power house site would
be too expensive. The possibility of
obtaining a shallow well was be
lieved best in overcoming this dif
ficulty, however.
Straightening the upper Willow
creek road outlet in the south end
of town, part of the work on which
is already under way, was brought a
step nearer accomplishment when
the council voted to accept the offer
of J. O. Hager to sell right of way
for $75 plus construction of fence by
the city.
Rejected for lack of funds was the
request of Truman Babb for instal
lation of flume and filling in of ditch
along Green street, and council dis
cussed repair of bridge on same
street.
Request of Mrs. J. G. Thomson
for permission to fix driveway ap
proach to her newly constructed
house on Chase street was granted
provided the work was done to the
satisfaction of the street committee.
MRS. BENGSTON IIONOREE
Miss Gladys Benee was hostess for
tea at the home of her mother, Mrs.
Kosa Jkelson, in honor of her cou
sin, Mrs. O. Hilding Bengston of
Medford, last Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Bengston, nee Luola Benge, is
visiting at the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Bentr. Himcta
besides the honoree included Mrs.
R. L. Benee. Mrs. Gordon Ridi no
Mrs. LeGrand Guild, Mrs. Lucy E.
xtodgers, Mrs. Raymond Ferguson,
Mrs. Orrin Furlonir. Mrs. Tfrr1 T.
Benge, Mrs. Rosa Eskelson and Miss
Leta Humphreys.
F. C. Fredrickson was a visitor in
the city Saturday from Irritron. He
reported extr good potato and ap
ricot crops on the project this sea
son. Watermelons would not start
setting on good until about the mid
dle of August and it was vet tin
early to predict prospects. Cherries,
h. reported, were fair.