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MEDFORP MATL TRIBUTE. FEDFORD, OREGON". SUNDAY. JULY 25. 1937
AAA GIVES FORTY
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' WASHINGTON, D.O., July 35. The
American Automobile association to
day announced that forty eltlea have
.warded AAA. certlllcates ot
anmmendetlon for reducing traffic
fatalities during the first tlx months
Of 1987, aa compared wiw tne nunc
period a year ago,
i Ten of the cities will receive special
certificates for a decrease In motor
deaths during the first half of 1937,
following a reduction or tho full year
' leas. These cities are: Atlanta,
Oeorgla; Durham, North Carolina;
East Orange, New Jersey: Olendttle,
California; Miami, Florida; Richmond,
Virginia; St. Louis, Missouri; Schen
ectady. New York; Waterbury, Con
necticut, and Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Pointing out that the forty cities
reducing traffic fatalities during the
first six months of 1937 represent
ne-third of the 131 reporting mor
tality figures weekly to the O. S.
Bureau of the Census, Thomas P.
Henry of Detroit, Mich., president of
the A.A.A., declared that the record
of these municipalities offers evi
dence that motor deaths can be re
duced In cities,
' "In singling out cities Improving
their fatality records," said Mr. Henry,
"It la hoped to focus the attention of
authorltlea In other clttea cm the fact
tlt motor deaths are preventable.
Trained trafflo personnel, selective
enforcement directed at conditions
causing the most serious accidents
end strong community sentiment be
hind police and trafflo departments
will do much to solve the problem.
Reports showing that seventy cities
went through the week ending July
3 a week of heavy travel without
single fatality are encouraging.
The thirty cities to receive A.A.A.
certificates of commendation, In ad
dition to the ten receiving special
commendation are, Albany, N.Y.,;
Beaumont, Tel.; Blnghamton, N.Y.;
Cambridge, Mass.; Charleston, S.C.;
Charleston, W.V.; Cleveland Heights,
O.; Duluth. Minn.: Evanavtlle, Ind.;
Hammond, Ind.; Hartfort, Ct.; Ho
boken, N.J.; Kansas City, Kan.; Keno
sha, Wis.; Mobile, Ala.: Nashville,
Tenn.; New Haven, Ct.; Oakland, Cat.;
Oklahoma City, Okie.; Port Arthur,
Tex.: San Jose, Cel.; Seattle, Wn.;
Somervino, Mass.; Springfield, Mass.;
Tacotna, Wn.; Topeka, Kan., and
mica, N.Y.
The absence of very largo cities
from the list receiving the A.A.A. ci
tation la due to an upward trend of
motor deaths In those centers of
population, New York City had 409
fatalities during the first half of
1987, compared with 394 In the same
period a year ago. Figures for other
large cities having increases are:
Baltimore, 71 compared with 54; Bos
ton, 66 compared with 01; Chicago,
149 compared with 933; Cleveland, 109
compared with 87; Detroit, 150 com
pared with 133: bos Angeles, 334 com
pared wtlh 314; Pittsburgh, 55 com
pared with 54, and San Francisco, 58
compared with 84.
BOY "EVANGTLIST
ABLE TO PLAY AS
ILL AS PREACH
FBORIA, III., July 34 (AP)
A seven-year-old boy evangelist and
ordained minister, took time off from
his preaching duties today to roll In
the sand and play with an electric
train his favorite diversion.
Tomorrow the boy. Charlea Jaynrs.
Jr., of Riverside, Calif., will deliver a
aermon at Bloomlngton, 111., and then
will Join his parents at his Califor
nia borne for a rest.
The Rev. B. a. Drake, at whose
Trinity tabernacle the boy was ad
mitted to the ministry Thursday
night, described the young evangelist
as the "youngest ordained minister In
the world." but added "he's Just an
ordinary boy.'
He usually stands on a chslr when
he delivers hta sermons. Miss Neva
Duff, his tutor said, and claps his
band and pounds his rials on a table
to emphasise hit point. Ha wears
a knee length black suit, trimmed
with a white collar and cuffs, anklets
nd white shoes, he Is short tor his
ege end a bit pudgy. Ilia black hair
la bobbed.
STORY BOOK LIFE
o Motor Cruising for Fun o
A Motorlog to the Wallowa Mountains of Northeastern Oregon . . . and
a Visit with "Silver Tip" Charley Seeber.
This Bwptpr li co-optratlng with tha I
9rfoo SUU Motor eVUoclaUlon tnd The ;
Oregonim ta preienUag a Mrlea of motor :
tnil uotjr the utu, ''Motor Cruiitrif if
Pun." U la hoMd thertby to itlmultU
traval In thi Pad Mo oortbwt. Tba follow
hi it article h&a been condenMd from a '
full-page artlcla appearing la Tba Ortgonlu
BY VINTON H. HALL
StIVer Tip shoveled a spoonful
of beans into his mouUi. leaned
back In his chair and 'lowed as
how we should make ourselves at
home, being, as it was, cold and!
sopping as an overworked dishcloth '
outside tho cabin.
A firs blazed Its welcome In Sil
ver Tip's neat little cook stove, and
steam arose from our water-logged
Levis as we huddled together In the
small room. A mountain rain, the
tall-ender of winter storms, beat onj
the roof. We were glad to be Inside.'
A mile and a half high, we were, !
In the Wallowa mountains of north1
eastern Oregon. We had found Sfl-'
ver Tip's cabin a veritable haven of:
refuge after the arduous and
sometimes perilous horseback trip
irom wan own lake, 6 ft miles in,
back of us. Silver Tip's trim cabin,!
hewn from the mountain forests,'
rests near the shore of beautiful'
Aneroid lake. J
"So you thought It was pretty
"aj"grswwppwrissi j ik : .
mmm 'aswsK mrfA -urn
l. f,t2Xff--.r. r'-T :-T ..T"SFI 1
sUvelJ-ha'lMd m'd y0"h ' clu:kl1ed theMotorlog party trantfer from one form of transportation to another, before the lodge .
Is Charles Seeber, amused at his I here to Aneroid," he began. "Take
a look at this little map. It II show
you just how little you've seen."
Silver Tip related many of the
things John Conwell, genial asso
ciate manager of the Wallowa Lake
lodge, had related the night before
as we slumped comfortably In
large, rustic chairs before a mas
sive fireplace in the lobby.
fuesta' apparent exhaustion.
Part of Mountains
i Silver Tip is the "old man of the
mountains" the Wallowa moun
tains. He loves them. He has lived
in them so long that Silver Tip and
the Wallowas have become almost
synonymous. He will always be a
part of them. None can really know
those towering, jagged peaks with
out knowing him.
Forty-eight yoara ago the doctor!
looKea at 10-year-old (Jharley Sea
bar In Walla Walla, shook his head
and said there was virtually no
hope. Charley, a smiling, ambitious
we could have scaled The Matter-!
horn, 10,004 feet up, the highest
peak In the primitive area.
Other Routes Desirable
Better yet, had we been better
horsemen and allowed three extra
days, we could have traveled the
Losttne-Mtnam loop and camped
the first night In the lake basin,
from where we could have crone to
The lake basin trln mull, hv n.Mlnam Ink. n nna .nil nf urki.h
trail hewn through an area of 33 is Mlnam river; at the other endiwas of special steel but used about
glacial lakes ranging In elevation ( LoaUne river. We could have fol- 0,8 P1" for sundry construction
from 7000 to 8600 feet, would have i lowed either of these for some of !ttnd repair jobs. Carefully, he lifted
been the Ideal trip had weather j the most spectacular scenery in the j down strange contraption,
been fr.vorable and had we al- Wallowa mountains. which, lo, was a Harmonica fixed
lowed two days Instead of one, he "Oh. you've got to come back," 10 brace designed to fit firmly
"Do you play the saw?" he asked
of Silver Tip.
Blushing as well as the weather
beaten old face could blush he
ventured he could a little bit Prac
ticed for years, but the saw was a
mighty hard instrument to master.
Hard, sometimes, to remember
what you started In to play.
"Here, ril show you." He brought
down the bow and the saw, which
lad, had tuberculosis. They called it ' "ttl1- Her would have found! said Silver Tip.
consumption. One chance remained
to save his life, the doctor said. Get
him away to a higher, drier air.
Charley's father, desirous of doing
evorjnning possioie to save nls son,
chose the Wallowa mountains. Out
fitting themselves, the Seebers
began the long trek to Aneroid
lake, which back In the '80s was
wild and untouched as the moun
tain sheep that still roam there.
Charley Silver Tin didn't die.
Instead, his lithe body became
ruRged and strong as Aneroid nolnt.
. Now he can out-pack the average
horse.
"Some difference between this
and the city life you fellers are
usea to, ne cnirped, scraping up
his dishes, carefully wiping the
oil cloth-topped table and finally
muing dock in nia favorite chair.
Names Motorloggere
"Let's see, now. You're Air. Pang
born," pointing to Arden X. Pang
born, executive news editor of The
Oregonlan, who by this time had
moved somewhat further from the
torching little stove and launched
a vicious attack upon a ham sand
wich. "You're Mr. Gobble," Silver Tip
barked, Indicating Richard Goebel,
Ford man for the advertising firm
of McCann-Erlckson, who at that
particular moment was drying his
rearage and nursing a saddle blis
ter on his shin.
"And I guess you're Mr. Hall, the
AAA man."
A great talker and fascinating
as a dime novel that really belongs
In the slicks Silver Tip stretched
out his long lega and moved on to
tne subject of the woather and his
mounlAlna.
"Ain't seen such a spring In all
Uie 48 years I been here. Been rain
ing constantly, and that ain't right,
yuu anow. it s usually swell weather
even this early brisk and brilliant,
with the moon, the stars and tho
mountains. Makes you wish vou
live glaciers extending to the very
edge of trout-filled lakes. We would
have ridden around or over Eagle
Cap, from the 6675-foot summit of
which we could have seen the en
tire basin with all Its lakes. We
could have camped out, over night,
nothln' yet."
Pangborn spied a carpenter's
saw, a fiddle bow and a peculiar
contraption like a hock-shop ver
sion or a collar-Done splint, hang
ing on the wall beside the spice
rack.
"You ain't seen ' a,ound 016 necK and shoulders to
Keep tne instrument in place be
fore the Hps.
JOSEPH
- j s't, ew - . - aw
under the pines and a billion wink
ing stars.
Or. rambled Silver Tin. we cnitlH
couin oe in love but damltal, I'm nave cniscied our way along the ad
voo oiu ana runny looKin' for that,
anyway.
"In a few days It'll all 'be over,
and summer will really be. here."
That was a month ago, and the
Wallowas now bask under bright
blue sky, fishing is good In An
eroid lake and Silver Tip Is happy.
Ilaven't Seen It All
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venturous trail to Ico lnlte. no fur
ther away from Wallowa lodire than
Aneroid lake. Our route would have!
tnicen us over the most spectacular
horseback trail In the west, the
last mile and three-quarters of
which rises ftillv .lann fnn Tn. l.b
too and his eyos twinkled under Map ihowt Wallowa mean
ttie silver mop of hair teems with fa,'n district trail i and nnintm
enstorn brook trout that are glut- ;,"J tra" ana Pn"
tons for flies, spinners or bait theof mterett, while smaller
enllro senson. Hnd we possessed i maP tnowt location of Wal-
"Of course you fellows know that
you haven't seen all of the Wal.
lowas just because you've been uplSllvor Tips vigor and endurance lowat in ttate of Oregon.
Looked Like Chancier
Rigged out, Silver Tip looked
like a character from "Banjo On
My Knee." He played, earnestly and
well. The music sounded like the
mountains, which had listened to
the mellow, whining tones of the
saw and the rollicking notes of the
mouth harp for many years. We
could visualise a winter night, snow
ns high as the roof, with the wind
and sleet howling a weird accom
paniment and Silver Tip all alone.
It was three o'clock. Time had
passed like magic In Silver Tip's
cabin. It bad been like an amazing
dream, or a chapter in an absorb
ing novel.
The rain had not ceased. We
would have to make the hard down
hill trip to the lodge in the same
rain that had softened the trail
and soaked us to the skin as we
ascended to Aneroid lake.
It was with some apprehension
that we mounted our horses, waved
good-bye to Silver Tip and started
down the precipitous 6 'A -mile trail.
Constant hammering of rain was
bound to soften the trail, we knew.
Carefully and expertly built, as it
was, there were places so abrupt
and so narrow that It seemed in
evitable the pounding rain would
weaken It to the point where one
false step by our horses would send
us plunging and rolling to destruc
tion. Finally Safe Again '
Finally back on level ground at1
the foot of the trail, the horses,;
too. breathed a sigh of relief. They,
were anxious to reach their stable,
and we let them run, despite saddle-
soreness or which we all com
plained. Harley Hamilton, head guide and
owner of a string of 50 fine saddle
horses, which he rents to recrea
tionists. met us at the stables. He
was scheduled to make the trip,
with us, but business that day pre
vented it. Harley, like Silver Tip,
knows mountains, and someday, he
said, he'd show us the lake basin.
Ice lake or Uie Lostlne-Mlnam
country.
Next day we loaded the motorlog I
car and started on the 367-mlle re-
turn trip to Portland. Rounding!
calm Wallowa lake, we gazed back1
Into the towering peaks and bads'
a silent good-bye to Silver Tip and!
his "Switzerland of America." I
LINKED AS CLUE
10
Protect Children
Aim Of Goodrich's
Safety Drive Here
the children I Use safe
BtVKRLY, Mass., July 34. (API
The story book career of a smalt town
girl who became one of the nation's
wealthiest women was ended today
with the death of Mrs. Marshall
Field, 84, widow of the Chicago mer
chant prince.
Pneumonia with which she was
trlcken three days ago took her life
last night at her summer home at
Pride's crosalng.
She became the bride of the first
Marshall Field at historic 8t. Mar
garet's church In London and she
was given a pre-nuptatl settlement
f (1.000,000.
Field, 70 and a widower when he
married, died four months after the
ceremony In New York, on January
1. 1008.
His widow, who had no children by
either of her marriages, shared In his
ROCIirSTKIl. N.Y.. July 34, ( API
State police combed central New
York highways today for a clue to
the mysterious disappearance of
Morris B. clone, 23-yre.r-old Rochester
scoutmaster, while In the Missouri
authorltlea pur7led over the Identity
of a roadxloe murder victim clad In
the mining man's clothes.
The searchers proceeded on the
theory that Clow, who rtltapprarrd
Monday while driving from Albany
to Rochester, may have been vylsld.
robbed of his cor and clothing and
poaalbly slain.
The victim, whoae bullet-riddled
body was discovered brslte a hlM
wy near Kingdom city. ws identi
fied tentatively by Pmwcutor T. A
Faucett of Calloway County. Mo, a
that of Cameron Pedlcy of Oregon.
Mo.
The prosecutor was frankly purpled,
however, by the fact that the mur
der victim wsb covered by coat and
blanket which he said had been icien-
state, mostly Chicago real estate tilled as belonging to the musing
valued upward of eaOO.OOO.OOO. J Close.
"Protect
tlresl"
This theme of the B. F. Ooodrlch
company's safety drive was empha
slwrt by H. M. Baker, northwest dls
irlrt mnnngcr of the B. F. Ooodrlch
company, In a warning to all store
employes.
"Many people rut themselves to
necdlo.vi rlk and danger by falling
to observe rules of (he road." he
.aid. "One regulation perhaps moat
frequently overlooked relates to
school busies.
"When a school bus displays a
stop signal all vehicles approaching
from either direction, shall stop not
lc. thin SO foet nwiv and shall
not proceed until signal has been
released."
Ability to stop, however. Baker
declared reata largely on funda
mental qualifications of driver and
car. He said one of the best evl
dences of a careful driver Is the
condition of the driver's csr as to
tires and equipment.
Ooodrlch. pioneer safety crusader.
Is the manufacturer of ooodrlch
Sllvcrlown tire with the life-saver
golden ply which reduces the haz
ard of blowouts.
FARM TENANT AID BILL
SIGNED BY ROOSEVELT
WASHINGTON. July 34. (AP,
President tUioMvelt signed today Ire
.slit ton suthorlritiR the federal gov
ernment to embark upon prpsjrum
to Mlst tenants and shflrecmppers
to nrqiilre fnrm ham
The bill, which followed general
recommendations the chief executive
mde to concrcM early In th senMon.
authorizes the URiiciiUure depart
ment to make liberal loans to thrifty
tenants for purchase of farms.
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i Mall Tribune want ad.
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STRUNG on tteel cablet 210 feet above the CapDano Canyon near
Vancouver. British Columbia, the 410-foot suspension bridge Cower
left) la worth a visit if you want something new in thrills. Seemingly
lota of people do and the bridge it one of the most popular tourist attrac
tions on the Pacific Coatt Like the greater part of the country around
Vancouver, third largest city in Canada, the Capilano Canyon it totally
unspoilt and it iutt at it was when Indiana and fishermen were its only
visitora. The picture at the upper right, featuring The Lions, twin moun
tain peak overlooking Vancouver and (lower right) i bit of landscape
neat Chilliwack not far from the Pacific metropolis, are typical of the
natural beauty of the country within only i few minutes' motor drive
of the heart of the city. The sketch map, inset, indicates the geographical
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Women Drivers Like
Safety Features Of
New Willys Models
A canvasa of women driven who
operate Willys cars reveals a steadily
increasing number of owners who
are citing safe operation as one of
the outstanding features of the car,
according to a statement by David R.
Wilson, president of Willys-Overland
Motors, Inc.
Flexibility In operation, positive re
sponse of the due-serve type brakes,
clear forward vision and side and
rear vision, and ease of steering ar
the points most frequently mentioned
by women as contributing to the feei
ng of security in handling the car.
The brakes are Identical with those
used on other cars of materially long
er wheelbase and weighing upward of
600 pounds more, according to Mr.
Wilson.
The same Is true of the steering
mechanism and of practically every
constructional detail adding to
strength and to operating control.
Economy of operation, while not a
contributing factor to safe driving. Is
given by many women drivers as a
reason for their satisfaction with the
car. Up to 35 miles to the gallon of
fuel la commonly reported, with fig
ures In excess of this high mileage al
so being reported.
In a series of tests which are now
being arranged by Willys dealers In
many parts of the country, safe driv
ing contests are being developed
which are open to women drivers.
These Include braking tests, traf
fic driving control tests, and a gen
eral demonstration which will enable
the driver to make her own records
for fuel ecenomy.
In these teats, conditions resemb
ling those which are ordinarily met
In daily driving, are developed and
the contestants are graded as to the
rapidity or their reaction to emerg
ency. Early Indications are that the win
ner of the Willys Challenge Economy
contest, open to all motor cars drivers
of legal age, and being conducted by
3000 Willys dealers throughout the
United States, will establish a figure
of well In excess of 35 miles to the
gallon, according to word Just receiv
ed here by Mead Motor Co., dealer In
Willys cars, from factory officials in
Toledo. Ohio.
The grand price to the contestant
who makes the highest average, using
an official one-tenth mile gasoline
mileage tester, will be a Willys De
Luxe sedan. A second prize will be a
Willys Standard sedan.
In addition to the grand prise and
the second prize, there are prizes for
each zone in the Willys dealer organi
zation. The feature of the Willys Economy
contest- Is that the average owner Is
given a fair chance to show Just what
ha or she can do in the way of get
ting high mileage from an accurately
measured amount of gasoline.
Out of the combined figures set by
contestants throughout the country,
the Willys organization expects to
confirm the vast volume of owners
reports which have, shown up to 35
miles to the gallon as readily ob
tained by this car.
The rules of the contest stipulate
normal driving conditions and the
elimination of coasting and other
driving tricks designed to secure mile
age figures tinder abnormal condl-1
.ions.
Local Willys dealers are furnishing
cars for the contest, equipped with
the gasoline testing equipment.
MATTERN FLIGHT
AUSTIN, Tex., July 34. (AP)
Jlmmle Mattern's hope of obtaining
a department of commerce permit
Tor a proposed nonstop alrplsne
flight from California to Russia rest
ed with Senstor Morris Sheppard to
day.
Gov. James V. Allred. christening
Mattern's plane, "The Texan," said
the Texas senator was seeking a' per
mit for the proposed flight, which
sponsors claim Is for scientific pur.
poses.
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VIIIts can cut your automobile
budget just about in half. The
price is much lower the pay
ments are much lower and if
you average a thousand miles a
month, you can probably save
95 to $7 a month on gasoline.
Willys offers you more seating
space than any other low-priced
ear all-steel top and body
large luggage .pare safely glass
all-around. Belter investigate.
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Ceding 3(J miles
per gnllon" . . .
IATJ MR. 0WAI.TNIY
WIN A WILIYS FREEI a.infer
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