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Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon
Thursday, August 4, 1939
Law Now Requires
Dimming of Lights
Operators of motor vehicles in
Oregon are now required by state
law to dim their lights when meet
ing an approaching vehicle at night,
Earl Snell, secretary of state, re
minded motorists today in explain
ing changes in the law regulating
auto lights which were adopted by
the 1939 state legislature.
Under the old act, motorists were
required to dim their headlights only
when meeting another car on a wet,
hard-surfaced highway. The law as
amended requires dimming at all
times when within 500 feet of the
oncoming vehicle.
"This law is based on courtesy
and safe driving practice and whole
hearted compliance with the act un
questionably will cut down the
number of traffic accidents report
ed in Oregon," Snell declared. "Ev
ery month statistics on traffic acci
dents in this state show a number
of mishaps in which glaring head
lights were a contributing factor.
Any driver, however expert and
cautious he may be, is in danger of
having an accident if the lights of
an oncoming vehicle so impair his
vision that he cannot see his side of
the road as he passes the car."
During the year 1938 three per
sons were killed and 36 were in
jured in auto accidents in which
glaring headlights were factors,
Snell's figures show. One death and
nine injuries were reported during
the first five months of 1939 as a
result of drivers being temporarily
blinded by bright headlights.
The law was amended to provide
that headlights should be of such in
tensity as to reveal persons and ve
hicles at a distance of at least 350
feet ahead instead of 200 feet as un
der the old law. The new law stip
ulates that the beam of the head
light when dimmed shall not project
higher than 42 inches above the
ground at a distance of 75 feet in
front of the car.
After January 1, 1940, cars equip
ped with multiple-beam road light
ing lamps must be equipped with a
beam indicator which will illumin
ate when the uppermost beam is
used. This indicator must be con
veniently located so that the oper
ator can tell at a glance whether his
lights are dimmed or on full strength.
ENJOY TRIP SOUTH
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Bisbee and
daughter, Miss Katherine, arrived
home Friday from a two weeks' va
cation motor trip which took them
to the San Francisco fair and to
Los Angeles near where they vis
ited at the home of Mr. Bisbee's
sister, Mrs. Lillian Wentworth, at
Altadena. They were accompanied
home by Mrs. Bisbee's sister, Mrs.
Florinda Beymer who has been liv
ing at San Francisco for some time.
Going south from San Francisco the
party was joined by Orrin Bisbee,
who is employed at the head offfice
of Standard Oil company in the bay
city. Many points of interest were
visited including Lucky Baldwin's
place and Santa Anita race track
near Los Angeles and Yosemite Na
tional park. At the park was viewed
the famous falls of fire, created by
throwing a mass of burning pine
cones over a high precipice. Miss
Bisbee remained over the week end
before returning to her work as
county health nurse at Oregon City,
while Mrs. Beymer expected to visit
for some time with relatives and
friends.
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At Heppner
CHURCHES
CHURCH OF CHRIST
Martin B. Clark, Pastor
9::45 Bible School
11:00 Communion and Preaching
7:00 Christian Endeavor
8:00 Evening Church Service
7:30 P. M. Wednesday
Choir Practice
7:3:0 P. M. Thursday .
Prayer Meeting
METHODIST CHURCH
REV. R. C. YOUNG. Pastor
Sunday: Bible School 9:45 A. M.
Worship Service 11 :00 A. M.
Epworth League 7:00 P. M.
Evening Worship 8:00 P. M
Tuesday : Boys' Club 7 :00 P. M.
2nd Tuesday, Missionary Meet
ing 2:80 P. M.
Wednesday: Choir Practice . 7:30 P. M.
1st Wednesday, Ladies Aid Business
and Social Meeting 2:30 P. M.
All other Wednesdays : Sewing Group
meets.
Thursday: Prayer Meeting 7:30 P. M.
TRUCKS COLLIDE
The wheat truck driven by Frank
Edmondson that had just finished
unloading at Interior warehouse and
a loaded logging truck driven by
Mr. McGee collided on the highway
near the warehouse Tuesday eve
ning. Damage to the Edmondson
truck was slight but the McGee
truck was damaged to an estimated
amount of $200. Both drivers es
caped injury, but Maurice Edmond
son, riding with his brother, received
a head injury.
COUNTY WATER PURE
There is nothing to the rumor that
water from the county well, used
by the city recently when the main
pipe line broke, was impure, says C.
W. Barlow, clerk. Mr. Barlow took
a sample of the water from the
courthouse fountain at that time and
sent it in to the state health depart
ment for testing. The report came
back that the water tested "A," suit
able for drinking purposes.
The double-parked car is one of
the greatest traffic hazards on the
streets today, Earl Snell, secretary
of state, said today in urging the
eliminaion of this practice. During
the first six months of 1939 there
were 175 accidents involving double-parked
cars.
ROAD MATTERS UP
Bringing local road matters be
fore the county court yesterday were
A. W. Zornes, Ralph Thompson,
Frank Monahan and Oscar Peterson.
Mr. Peterson was also discussing
school matters in his district.
MRS. ALTON OLDS PASSES
Mrs. Alton Olds, sister-in-law of
Arnold Sharp, who worked in the
local bakery for four months up to
last March first, died at The Dalles
hospital on Wednesday last week as
the result of peritonitis. Her home
was at Grass Valley. Mr. Sharp
went to The Dalles from here in
response to word of her serious ill
ness and also attended funeral ser
vices at Grass Valley.
Even in summer time, motorists
must bear in mind the danger of
driving too fast on wet roads, Earl
Snell, secretary of state, said today.
During the month of June there
were two fatal accidents due to wet
pavements. A total of 423 traffic ac
cidents were ascribed to wet road
conditions.
RANGE VERY DRY
Mountain ranges are becoming
very dry, reports F. F. Wehmeyer,
ranger in charge of the local district,
who was out on a range survey Mon
day. He reported that while no sheep
were on the Thompson Flats allot
ment as J. G. Barratt, the permittee,
is letting the range rest this year,
the usual watering places are all
dry.
A total of 690 automobile accidents,
two of which resulted in fatalities
and 124 in injuries, were caused by
drivers who failed to observe stop
streets during the first six months
of 1939, Earl Snell, secretary of state,
said today.
SCHOOLS CONTINUE TO
LOWER INDEBTEDNESS
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would be eliminated under re-districting
into a few larger districts.
Mrs. Rodgers emphasized that the
seven-member redistricting board,
set up under the law passed by the
last legislature, has power only to
establish boundaries of the new
districts, and that operation of schools
within each district will be in the
hands of the new district boards.
Action of the county redistricting
board is not final. It must be ap
proved by a state commission, which
has power to amend after consider
ing any appeals that may be made
to it by people of any district.
The county board has no idea of
acting arbitrarily in setting up the
new districts, Mrs. Rodgers said.
They expect to give thorough con
sideration to all problems involved
affecting convenieuce and economy
of operation over at least a 25-year
period, and to give opportunity for
expression of opinion by everyone
before final action is taken. A series
of public information meetings is
expected to be conducted in the fall.
Members of the redistricting board
as named according to the new law,
were announced as Bert Johnson,
county judge; Thos. J. Wells, assess
or; Mrs. Rodgers, county school su
perintendent; R. B. Rice, chairman of
non-high school district board; Leon
ard Carlson, lone; Herbert Hynd,
Cecil, and Dan Lindsay, Lexington.
Mrs. Rodgers urged that everyone
familiarize themselves with the new
law, reprint of which is made in this
and last week's issue of the Gazette
Times, to avoid misunderstandings
PHEASANTS RELEASED
Two hundred and fifty young
Chinese pheasants were released
on county creeks the end of the week
by the state game commission. Mor
row County Hunters and Anglers
club assisted in their placing.
Eight fatal accidents were report
ed in Oregon during the first six
months of 1939 as a result of cars
being on the wrong side of the street,
Earl Snell, secretary of state, an
nounced today. There were 1,768 such
accidents during the period.
The National Safety Council es
timates traffic accidents caused an
economic loss of $1,500,000,000 in this
country during the year 1938, Earl
Snell, secretary of state, said today.
The loss includes wage loss, medical
expense, property damage, insurance
costs, etc.
MTO-SUMMER SALE of Hats,
Coats and Suits. Special stock of
cotton voiles and silk dresses to sell
at $1.00 while they last. CURRAN
READY-TO-WEAR. tf,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews
spent Sunday with the Macombers
in Boardman.
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when the matter comes up for pub
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