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f Thursday, March 2, 1939 Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon Mrs. Werner Rietmann of lone was transacting business here yes terday. She and Mr. Rietmann spent most of the winter visiting at the home of her mother in southern California, and report an enjoyable time. Had they anticipated the kind of weather prevailing since their re turn they would have planned to stay a little longer and attend the opening of the worlds fair at San Francisco, she said. Jim Burnside was carrying a mighty sore hand in a sling when in town yesterday from the ranch in the Hardman section. Last Thursday a heavy water pump fell on the left hand, lacerating and bruising it badly. He is now making bi-weekly trips to town to have the injury dressed. Carl Felker returned home Sun day from Portland where he was with Mrs. Felker at the time of the arrival of their new daughter last week. He anounced that the young lady had been named Betty Carlene. Joe Belanger was in the city Tuesday and Wednesday from Moro, doing work in connection with his position as research co-operative agent with U. S. department of ag riculture. Mrs. E. L. Vinton and son Dick arrived in the city the end of the week from their home at Portland for a visit of several days with rel atives here. The Earl Blake family of lone -were moving the first of the week to the farm on Heppner flat which they recently purchased from Newt CHara. . . t Dr. J. P. Stewart, Eye-Sight Spec ialist of Pendleton, will be at the HEPPNER HOTEL on WEDNES DAY, MARCH 8th. Rho Bleakman and Marion Cork . are visiting in the city from their homes in the Monument section. curred on the Sabbath during 1938, almost double the Saturday figure of 47 and more than double the to tal for any other day. Saturday led in the actual number of accidents with 6900. Heavily traveled highways were the scenes of 122 fatal accidents, while 55 occurred in residential dis tricts and 29 in business districts. Lightly traveled highways accounted for 39 fatal mishaps. One hundred forty fatal accidents occurred during hours of darkness, 111 during the day and 15 at twi light. Daylight property damage ac cidents, however, outnumbered the others more than two to one. Page Five cologist, while the insectary has been operated by R. G. Rosenstiel, research assistant. Other members of the chemistry and entomology staffs have also assisted. THE; Younger Drivers Show Improvement Against a background of marked improvement in Oregon's traffic record during the past year, re flected by sizeable decreases in ac cidents, injuries and deaths, several distinct trends in the mode of oe currence of highway mishaps are revealed by the annual accident summary this week by Secretary of State Earl Snell. An improvement in the records of drivers in the younger age groups was an outstanding development, contributing heavily to the decline in traffic deaths. Drivers under 40 years of age formed only 63.8 per cent of those involved in fatal ac cidents last year, whereas in 1937 they represented 70.8 per cent of the total. Educational work in the high schools, and through the radio and press, is having a strong effect among the state's younger drivers, in SnelFs opinion. The decrease was also effected chiefly in pedestrian and non-col- . lision type accidents, with deaths in each case dropping 21 per cent as compared with 1937. . The number of male drivers in volved in fatal accidents fell from 354 in 1937 to 341 last year, while the number of female drivers in volved rose from 23 to 39. Male driv ers also showed a 13.6 improvement in the total number of accident while female drivers improved 8.4 per cent. The state's doctors, lawyers and other professional men did more to improve their accident rating than any other occupational group. They brought about a drop of 28 per cent in their accident total, and of 47 per cent in their fatal accident in volvement. Bus drivers did a big job for safe ty, cutting the number of accidents involving buses by 45.2 per cent. Trucks were involved in 27.9 fewer accidents and passenger cars in 10.9 fewer. Light deliveries showed no improvement, while motorcycle and bicycle accidents increased. Sunday remained far the deadliest day. Eighty-six fatal accidents oc New Poisons May Lead to Better Insect Control From a row of little bottles of chemicals and from an insectary hid away in the basement of the ag ricultural building at Oregon State college may come the answers to some of the serious insect control problems that beset the farms and homes of the country. The chemistry and entomology departments in the school of science have been making a new approach to the insect control problams on a more fundamental basis than has heretofore been used, at least in this state. Following the accepted fact that present insecticides are too limited in scope to cope with all modern problems, the departments have for the past two years been using a modest grant from the gen eral research grant from the state system of higher education for the development of entirely new chem ical poisons. During this period more than 130 organic substances selected from the various families of nitrogen and carbon compounds have been de veloped and tested under labora tory conditions by the use of. more than 20,000 insects reared in the in sectary. The new compounds are each tested as to the effect on insects in direct comparison with arsenate of lead, nicotine sulfate and other standard insecticides. Between 20 and 30 of those tested have proven very poisonous to many of the worst pests. About half of these compounds are believed to be entirely new to science. The next step, following the development of these as a "pure science" project, will be to try the most promising ones out in the field under "applied sci ence" conditions. The chemical work has been un der the direct supervision of E. C. Callaway, organic chemist and toxi- O Ten Years Ago Mac High wins district basketball tournev here - last week, defeating Pendleton and Hermiston, runners up. New J. C. Penney store to open March 14. Pendleton Elks presenting min strel show here tonight. L. R. Stockman, engineer from Baker, retained to make survey of proposed sewage disposal system for city. Hilda Iola, small daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Shirley Straight, passes at Spokane. Knoblock and Van Marter make "straight" 25 scores to keep Hepp ner in lead of Oregonian telegraphic trapshoot. T. W. Cutsforth, Lexington, con tracts first grain of new crop. Samuel J. Devine, father of S. J. Devine and Mrs. George ' White of this county, passes at Portland. W. P. Mahoney, president, and J. G. Barratt, vice-president, attend state woolgrowers executive com mittee meeting in Pendleton. Phelps Funeral Home Ambulance Service Trained Lady Assistant Phone 1332 Heppner, Ore. STAR Reporter FRIDAY-SATURDAY The Frontiersman with William Boyd, George Hayes, Rus sell Hayden, Evelyn Venable, Dickie Jones Choral numbers by St. Brendan's Choir of youngsters. Hoppy, Lucky and Windy try their hands at running a school besides rounding up cattle rustlers in this latest of the Hopalong Cassidy series. plus Newsboys Home with Jackie Cooper, Edmund Lowe, Wendy Barrie, Little Tough Guys Punchy drama liberally sprinkled with comedy newsboys fighting and living according to their code. POPEYE Saturday, 2:30 p. m., final episode of "The Lone Ranger" and last of the Saturday Matinees. SUNDAY-MONDAY GUNGA DIN Based upon Rudyard Kipling's fa mous ballad of the heroic Hindu water carrier with Sam Jaffe as Gunga Din Victor McLaglen, Douglas Fair banks Jr. and Cary Grant as three fighting, loving, swaggering sons of the British battalions. Disney's "Society Dog Show" Movietone News Because of the extreme length of "Gunga Din" the second Sunday matinee .will not start until 3:30. - TUESDAY . Say It In French, with Ray Milland, Olympe Bradna, Irene Hervey, Erik Rhodes, Mary Carlisle, William Collier, Jr., Janet Beecher This comedy is lively as a cricket the principals flip humorous lines back and forth like a Notre Dame backfield throwing lateral passes and with equivalent results. Hunting Thrills Buzzy Boop WED.-THU., MARCH 8-9 The Young in Heart with Janet Gaynor, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Paulette Goddard, Roland -Young; Billie Burke High calibre entertainment based on I. A. R. Wylie's Sat. Eve. Post serial "The Gay Bandetti." Proof of the pudding: It did more business the second week at the New York Music Hall than it did the first It's grand human interest kept 'em com ing back time after time. plus MARCH OF TIME . 1. The Mexican situation as it is today. President Cardenas' pro gram embracing some of the tenets of socialism and some of communism. 2. The Youth of America: shows how the Boy Scouts are play, ing a larger and larger part in the life of America's Youth. Mr. ' and Mrs. Ed A. Bennett and sons (Heppner) are invited to pre sent this coupon at the boxoffice for complimentary admissions. To be used before March 10th. StarTheater HEPFNEB, OBE. IT PAYS TO LISTEN Read The Ads SHIP BY TRUCK The Dalles Freight Line, Inc. SERVICE BETWEEN PORTLAND : THE DALLES : HEPPNER AND WAY POINTS Arrive Tuesdays, Thursdays. Saturdays Warehouse: KANE'S GARAGE Carl D. Splckerman, Agent "PREVENT FOREST FIRES IT PAYS" SPECIALS Saturday Only BACON, choice, lean 25c Lb. (HALF OR WHOLE) HAMS, extra quality 25c Lb. (HALF OR WHOLE) BEEF ROASTS, choice loin cuts, 18c Lb. PORK ROASTS, lean, meaty .... 20c Lb. HEPPNER MARKET (BURKENBINES) lkkkkdk Jkik JkJkuJkJk JkJkJkJk JkJkJkJkkJkkJ The Heppner Variety Store has been sold to Gilbert Dickson of Pomeroy, Wash., and will be known in future as DIM S WE STORE Y i Y ? T t T T x x X X X I I X ' Mrs. Flora Dimick and Mrs. Josie Jones wish to thank their many friends for past courtesies and loyal patronage and bespeak for the new proprietors, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Dickson, continuance of loyal support. Mr. Dickson will be here during March, along with his manager, Walter Depuy, to become acquainted with the cus tomers and to rearrange the store. t Your Patronage Will be Appreciated Dickson's Variety Store O SPRINGTIME HERE GUARD AGAINST FLY TIME creen poors PECIAL FULL RANGE OF SIZES NO. 1 QUALITY o Contstructed from old growth clear vertical grain fir. Doors are flush and moulded, and are made Vs inch wider and 1 inch longer than sizes shown. 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