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HOME RULE QUESTION RAISED
PUD districts of Oregon anil Washington are by no moans
unanimous on the proposition
their sole representative in negotiating for purchase of the
properties or the Pacific Power & Light Co. While a news
release early in the month stated unqualifiedly that the Wash
ington districts would support such a plan, the unreliability of
the report was clearly shown at the meeting at Goldendale this
week of directors of districts of the two states. The meeting
was, in fact, of the northern PL
a corporation to deal through
were present on invitation. The same clash of opinion which
developed at a called meeting at The Dalles last month con
tinued. Also, the issue was more closely drawn and partisans
were more partisan.
Now none of these directors was against the theory of
people's utility district operation. But those of the Washing
ton corporation were, in the main, in favor of the districts
running their own businesses. The idea, it was apparent, was
beginning to be entertained in Oregon as well.
Ostensibly the program for purchase negotiations by the
Bonneville administrator originated with the districts." spe
cifically with the Northern Wasco county PUD. Actually
there can be little doubt that the movement intended to bring
all the districts in the P. P. & L. area into line as endorsers of
the program was inspired by the Bonneville administration.
It ties in too closely with the Columbia Valley authority bill
which, anion)! other things, would place $200,000,000 at the
disposal of the administrator for acquisition of plant and
line facilities, to be otherwise.
I nder the provisions of the bill, the purchaser of company
facilities would be the administrator (for the federal govern
ment) of the combined Bonneville and Grand Coulee projects.
Under the plan which would delegate district negotiating au
thority to him. he (for the federal government) would become
the virtual administrator of the districts as well. To all in
tents and purposes the districts would become a part of the
Columbia Valley authority.
A Hood River director expressed it at the Goldendale meet
ing w hen he said, "It looks to me as if the show is being run
from Washington."
He disliked this. He was one who contended that a district
should retain its rights to buy power where it choses, from
whom it choses. and to fix rates according to its own tmst
judgment. It was manifest to him, as it should be to most of
us, that acceptance of federal control would waive these rights,
that home rule, or the possibility of it would as well be for
gotten. The matter of home rule or the abandoning of it is, we be
lieve, one of the most important things to come out of the
Goldendale meeting. We believe, too, that its importance will
be increasingly recognized as more study is given to utility
questions.
THE NEW ENGLAND HURRICANE
A former Bend resident. Jack F. Campbell, now head of
the New England forest emergency project, reminds us that
officials in charge of salvage operations in the region devas
tated by a hurricane on September 21. 1938. are gradually
"seeing light." Most of the timber salvage work will be com
pleted this coming summer.
Not only are emergency project officials making fine head
way in clearing up the wreckage from the whirling, circular
storm that spread death and desolation across the New Eng
land states, but after slightly more than two years it has been
possible to make a final inventory of damage. Some of the
most valuable contributions to the "inquest" were made by
weathermen.
The whirling storm of September 21. 1938, rushed north
ward toward Long Island and New England with the speed of
an express train. The wind drove the sea water with such
force that waves beating against beaches rose 10 to 17 feet
above the expected level. Demolition was general along the
exposed coast. Hundreds of persons, many of whom crowded
to the sea shore to watch the fury of the storm, were engulfed
and drowned. Sea salt killed vegetation 20 miles inland.
The gale lashed inland points with great furv, roaring over
the countryside in devastating gusts. Some 275.000,000 trees
were toppled over. Thousands of buildings were destroyed
Twenty-six thousand automobiles were smashed. Even high
ways parallel to the terrific wind were "blown over." More
than two and a half billion board feet of timber was thrown
down. Some 600 lives were lost. The total property damage
was about 500.000,000. "
And now undoubtedly Jack Campbell and other officials in
charges of salvage and restoration work are asking: "Will
this happen again?" The. answer is that similar storms will
undoubtedly occur again, but the loss of life and property
V2.?rlK fiflould not be as freat- Tvvite before, in 1815 and
18Jj, similar storms swept over the New England states. In
tact, in the past two and a half centuries, at least 10 such
storms have occurred.
Already people of the exposed states are preparing for the
next storm a storm that may occur in a few years or may
not develop for a century. The weather bureau is closely
watching storm developments, aided bv observers on vessels
at sea. Also, in the restoration of buildings and of forests
hurricane hazards are being taken into account.
In these preparations for the next storm, we are glad to
Know that a former Bend man is playing an important part.
Just aswe thought, it's the first day of winter and it feels
like spring. Lntirely by contrast it reminds us of one week of
autumn this month which felt and acted like winter
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SERIAL STORY
DUDE COLLEGE
BY OREN ARNOLD copvbibmt.
Yesterday: Hying south with Wesley and Ronnie waving to him
Andre and Lona. Ronnie sees the
Border Patrol autogiro. moves to'
turns on her in Jury. Andre Jerks
. - .
ner irom tne controls. Hies the
plane himself. Lona kicks Andre's
Indian drum out of the plane.
Unobserved, Ronnie seizes a para
chute, fastens its straps, dives
from the plane.
OFFICER STARK EXPLAINS
CHAPTER XX
"Her parachute's open, she's
safe!' Wesley shouted frantically
at the two officers in the autogiro.
"T thank God!"
"Use your rifle!" the pilot yell
ed. "Aim at the front of the cabin,
the controls!"
But Officer Starr was already
aiming, and he began firing with
meticulous care. Crack! Crack!
They just had to stop that mono
plane now before il could outdis
tance the government ship!
"He's hit!" the pilot yelled.
"He's got to land!"
There was no open field, no
cleared spot. Ohviou&ly Girardeau
was striving desperately. He did
guide the crippled monoplane over
huge boulders then all at once it
struck the earth, bounced twice
and finally halted tail up against
thick yucca growths. The autogiro
was settling right near it.
Girardeau jumped from his
plane and started running. The
moment the autogiro touched
earth Wesley York leaped out in
pursuit, carrying Officer Starr's
gun.
"HALT!" Wesley yelled,
a a a
Girardeau shot back twice, ran
on. The chase continued half a
mile, each man dodging cacti,
greascwood, rocks. All at once
Wesley saw they had been run
ning at an angle toward the spot
where Ronnie landed, saw her un
strapping her chute to be free.
She saw them then and began
shouting.
Girardeau stopped abruptly be
hind a rock and shot back again
and again, and Wcs in turn drop
ped prone to resume shooting. He
saw Girardeau's' head go out of
sight, and so he quickly sprang
up and ran again. When Girar
deaus' head next showed, only a
few feet separated them.
He himself couldn't have said
what slrange fury drove him, but
Wes was on the feeling man with
a peculiar exultation. Both guns
had been emptied. Wes literally
dived at Girardeau in the last few
feet to make a flying tackle such
as any man who has played foot
ball knows.
They fought there furiously.
Ronnie came running toward
them fast.
Girardeau suddenly trained his
feet but Wesley straightened up
! wurd, swinging under Girardeau's
I guard. Splack! The man s head
I snapped back; he fell limp. In GO
j seconds more Wesley had Glrar
1 deau's hands tied with his own
neck lie.
"Wesley!" Ronnie Bailey was
shouting nearby now. "Oh-h
Wes!"
a a a
The officers had found Lona
Montoya daud but not critically
hurt, even though In the landing
she had fared worse than Girar
deau. Mr. Starr gave first aid. The
Border Patrol pilot took to the
air and when he saw that Girar-
ideau was safely captured-with
Something Else Landing
h. flew hack a few miles. land-
for a momt.nt and promptly
to?k " aKain ,or his return.
If u :i niarm run hnui hu r
It was marvelous how he could
set the autogiro down and Ml it
irom small places. When he came
to the crasned monoplane this
time all the others hau gathered
there waiting, and he left the gow
ernment ship' carrying- surpris
ingly Giraraeau's Indian drum.
bull panting, Wes York stepped
forwaru. He tore off the pauumg
around the drum, then witn poc
ket knife cut the rawhide head
and took out the parcel concealed
within it.
"You had the right bunch. Dr.
York," Officer Star said, calmly.
"That's the bomb sight."
a a a
The others Ronnie especially
just looked on. enthralled. Luna
and Girardeau had been handcuf
fed now.
"The U. S. Secret Service owes
you a new hat. Dr. York," Starr
went on. "You've lost yours. And
there may be some points you and
Miss Ronica want cleared up,
eh?"
"Yes-yes!" Ronnie could barely
mutter it, nodding.
"Well." the officer looked with
obvious respect at Ronlne and
Wesley both, "to tell you the
truth, Girardeau isn't French, and
the Montoya girl isn't Mexican.
Our federal undercover force has
been checking close for weeks, the
Mexican government co-operating.
He's German; she's an Asia
tic mixup, probably part Japanese
at least. And she was playing him
for a sucker all along ha? She
and some Jap agents have a secret
cache in Rainbow Canyon, which
radio and everything."
"Oh -h-!" murmured Ronnie,
wide-eyed. "So that's"
"Kinally," the officer went on.
"She made Girardeau take the
actual risk of stealing the bomb
sight, but she would have taken
it from him."
Wesley turned toward Lona
herself. "Did you havo it when
we were out riding horseback?
You hid It then!"
Surly for a moment, Lona final
ly nodded and spoke slowly, "Ex
cept for the autogiro I would have
taken It to my own countrymen
then, on the disert. Have they not
been near the bombing field all
the while waiting to observe the
army tests? Yanh!"
"Certainly," Mr. Starr, agreed.
"We kept a secret watch on that
from the day Miss itonica and I
caught the five Japs. Watched
you, too."
"Later to keep Andre from be
ing suspicious I brought the bomb
sight back. Anyhow, I wanted to
FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS
r MOW . SMOULO I GO yaWiii'sa
lO ZULAS BTV IPJLMB fj J SEE NO REASON,
isnt iwvnep J wijy vou shouldvjt
.. .. , . J'l i DOT Think ITS
SATURDAY. DECK M HER 21.
In China
take It from under his wry nose!"
Lona glared now at Girardeau In
obvious contempt. "Engaged to
thecs Ronica, and make the love
with me!"
Ronnie gasped. "No! I have
never been engaged! Never! Why
Starr resumed talking. "We
know a lot more than we told any
body. But Dr. York, you sure
saved us! We could get nothing
clinched either way. I see now
this Lona was working her
treachery In two directions. And
they would have gotten out of the
country with this bomb sight to
day as sure as sin! An Indian
drum ha! And Bailey's own
daughter!"
"I feel utterly flat." murmured
Ronien. "Wes, however did you
know? You came when I needed
you most!"
Inspector Star grinned. "You
two kids talk that out while me
and the pilot take the prisoners
in. He'll come right back for you.
Ship won't hold all six of us."
a a
They watched the autogiro soar
off like the weird mechanical
bird it was, and when Wesley
turned to Ronnie again he saw
that she was still trembling and
had slumped a bit as if tired. He
put a comforting arm around her.
"Ronnie." said he, ever so gent
ly, "It's all over now, except that
I simply must-I've got to uh.
you" He swallowed. "Ronnie,
this Lona was a type who tried
to get everything In life through
her feminine appeal. And this Gir
ardeau had money and a smooth
way of -"
"Must we talk about them,
Wes?"
"No. No Indeed, Ronnie! It
wasn't what I -1-you - Ronnie,
could you ever be engaged to a -a
mere college professor? Ever?
Ronnie straightened up a bit
and sighed elaborately. Then she
took his face in her two hands,
her own face very close, and
shook his fine head a lit tie.
"Wesley York, If you don't kiss
me! I've been throwing myself
at you for weeks, I love you so!
And I know you love me. Or - do
you?"
Dr. Wood row Wesley York,
Ph.D., could find no more words.
But sometimes even a scholarly
young man doesn't need them.
(THE END!
Wisconsin Cheese Output
To 370 Million Pounds
Madison, Wis. Jl)i Wisconsin
produced 370.000,000 pounds of
cheese in 1939, a record output
and 53 per cent of the nation's
supply, according to the state and
federal crop reporting service.
Production of condenscry prod
ucts last yeiir totaled 940,000,000
pounds, nearly 28 per cent of Ihc
nation's supply. It was the second
largest output In Wisconsin his
tory. Bur
wfve
BbEM
COWS
KINOA
sreAoy
rot a
Time!
1910
CattotVs
Washington
Column
Ily Uruce t'allon
It'niwi! t'naw Slalt CurrRpimlnl
Washington - Best job the Royal
Air Force has done recently, In the
opinion of pro-ally observers In
Washington, was the shooting
down of the plane which was
carrying Jean Chtappp. former
prefect of the Palis Suivle. to
Syria.
In Syria there are something
like LtHl.iKK) or ntoiv Krench regu
lar troops. With General Maxline
Weygaml steering u cautious
course of non involvement In the
war, these troops are marking
time. If they uiv to be had, the
side which gets them will Ket
what might well be n decisive ail
vantage In the eastern Mediter
ranean area.
l'hiapM, in-curding to advices In
Washington, had Ihxmiuc a sort of
super Eouche since the establish
ment or the Vichy regime. Cold,
canny and calculating, he Is cred
lied with having "denned up"
Paris for the Vichy na.i forces.
General belief Is that he was being
sent to Syria to do a similar job
there. A couple at months of
Chlappc'a ministrations. It is be
lieved, would have left the army
In Asia Minor rlie tor the use uf
the Laval Hitler combine. Hence
Chiappe s death at sea is regarded
as one of the Important events of
the war.
a a a
ALIENS St KPKI.SK
ll'STH'E DEPARTMENT
The dc iMi tmciit uf justice is be
ginning to discover thai the Unit
ed States contains more aliens
than anyone supposed.
The 1!0 census said there were
aliout six unci a quarter million
aliens ill the country a decade ago.
IVducting the number that had
become naturalized and adjusting
the figures to account for deaths
and the excess of emigrants over
immigrants, statisticians floured
that :i,wJ,imo uas about the right
total for l!MO. It is obvious now.
however, that that figure will be
exceeded. Best K'licis Is that fully
i.iio.inni win nave registered by
the time the registration period
Apiuirently what has hannt'iicd
Is that there were many more il
legal entries than anyone had lie
ured on. Surprising thing to the
immigration and naturalisation
service men Is that the aliens who
are here Illegally are omiing for
ward so eagerly to register. Many
of them, as a matter of fact, have
said thiit they were glad to regis
ter and end the suss-nse and fear
ing each day that an Immlgraiion
Inspector would catch up with
them.
All of this will ultimately elve
Attorney General Jackson a head
ache. The law elves him auihur.
Ity to pass on each individual case
and say w hether an illegal entrant
may be allowed to remain. Before
he gets throuKh he will have thou
sands and thousands of cases to
handle.
a a a
DEFENSE BOOM
HELPS ( OTTO.N
The defense Ixxjm Is giving the
cotton Industry a much necdi-d
shut in the arm. although a still
bigger one is badly needed.
It looks now. say agriculture
department experts, as if total
domestic consumption of cotton
for the present markctim; vear
will run a little belter than 8.500..
0OO bales tierhaiM as hivh as
9.00G.IXJ0. This would be from one
and one-half to two million above
the average consumption over the
last five years.
mat Uoesn t make un for the
loss of exports due to Ihe war.
Total exports for Ihe year will be
close to 1.500.000 bales, which is
some 3,M,nnn under the five-year
average. With a current crop of
12,500.000 bales anticipated, slocks
on hand In the U. S. are likely to
exceed the all time high of 13,000,
(XX) bales set in 1939.
The cotton problem is still there.
in other words. Increase In home
consumption provides the only
ray of light.
Town Police Chief Urjres
Court for Bicycle Traffic
LcKoy, N. Y. dli-A bicycle
traffic court may be established
here to provide "better enforce
ment" of bicycle rules and regu
lations set up by village trustees
a few years ago.
"It is hard to fine the boys for
law infractions," Police Cantaln
Fred J. Rider (old the local board.
"If we fine them the money has to
be paid by their parents and does
not make Ihe desired impression
on the children. A severe admon
ishment by the presiding bicycle
court Judge and perhaps susen
sion of the offender's registration
would result In more obedience to
the law."
Do? in the Manger
VcAM.eur
Tmat5 Fime,
Rur vouue
much Too
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ALL OUB
ACTIVITIES
REVOLVE
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POWERFUL RULER
HORIZONTAL
i Famous
Russian
empress,
( She was
nlrknsnttd
Tha s"
14 Drug.
15 Chsrry.
IT Scarlet.
18 Substance
from aloes.
10 Small flap.
11 Deity.
12 Perfumed.
23 Convent
dweller.
IS Half an m. .
1 Pistol,
IS Mother.
IS To llrk up.
Aaswsr U
43 Dulinghtcr.
49 Kind of
Ictture.
50 Mover's truck.
52 To pardon.
31 Parent,
33 Kind ot chs 93 Drone bee.
34 To exist.
S4 One that
33 Hindustan
dialect.
39 AromaUc
berry.
38 Right (abbr ).
secede.
6(1 Somewhat like
It She was the
consort of the
Emperor
39 Morindln dy.
III
41 Evergreen tree 60 Shv her
43 Form of "I." huibiind as
43 To rent ruler.
n V a. 1
BCtld S ICStCrtlayS
I II TEEN Y E. ICS AGO
ll'rom The Bullelin. Dec. '.'I.
!:?. I
The ilend country holds many
geuluglc attractions which, if
given proper publicity, will great
ly enhance Ihe region as a tourist
tenter, Ira Williams, formerly
connected with Ihe slate bureau
of mines and geology, declared
when speaking here today.
New automobile license plates
for UrjC made their a)carancc
in Bend today. White numerals
apear on a black background.
J. I'. Rhodes has license millllx-r
l.VK).
When Clifton Meals Rosin. Jr..
visited his traps In the Mllllc.in
country on Thursday he luuixl a
huge lynx In one of them.
M. E. Van Sickle, Bend lire le
partmcnt member, was Injured
yesterday when he fell from a
Christmas tree. He was assisting
in placing colored lights on a pine
tn-c at the pavilion corner when
he slipped and tumbled through
the branches.
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
(From The Bulletin, Dec. 2i.
1925.)
M. I. Hunter. iiH-rvKiir of the
Dcschulea' national lores! for the
past three years, has been pro
moled to tie supervisor of Im
provement work In the national
forests of the northwest.
Sale by D. E. Hunter of the
Hlot Btitle hotel to V. W. Sullt
van and P. R. Brooks, of Van
couver, B. C, was announced to
day. It Is the Intention of th" new
owners to proceed slowly with the
development of the proMTty.
The slate game and fish com
mission has closed the iJeschutcs
river and Its tributaries tq year
around fishing.
In honor of their fourth wed
ding anniversary, Mr. and Mrs. II
II. DcArmnnd entertained nt a
dinner Monday.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
From The Bulletin, Dec. 21,
1910.)
Many of Ihe merchants In Rend
are lamenting the fact that they
have Christmas supplies at Shun
Iko or stuck In the mud on the
road to Bend. Several loads of
freight are known to have li ft
Shanlko the middle of last month,
but they have not yet reached
I lend.
'Ihe Pilot Butte hotel has Ix-cn
wired for electric Ughls. There are
three llghls on the porch and u
large light iver the sidewalk.
The Rev. Fulher Luke Sheehan,
one of Ihe Capuchin brothers who
visited Benil early last spring, has
relurned to this place to remain
permanently.
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fi?A'&nAfCtiSlTVr vvtih
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Ai 44 J lab "" j?
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54 SS "TS6 i Si
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If' " ( That's wiUTi; ,-J attitude .' Cnmr i
7 inurO - I WORRYING H AFSA.ID sue will
does vp J
) to sir n I f!? 1
Prtvloui rustle
i: riiotogmph
book.
13 Toward. I
19 Unit,
10 Upon.
21 Military title.
21 To undermine.
24 Characters.
29 The major
scale.
27 To spout forth.
29 Varnuh
Ingredient.
30 Argurrs
3'JWork of skill.
34 To be cautious
37 Hoax.
40 Hivrr
embankment.
43 Di fuulla.
44 Diplomacy.
49 Form of "be."
47 Klut plalc.
4H Auditory.
:N'N.feirtl
VEBTtCAL
1 Company
(nbbr).
3 Dress
protector.
3 Bound.
4 Possessed.
3 And.
40 Oproed to
S To respond to
waim ,
a stimulus.
7 Island.
. To ftla. t
M Hum.
43 Pattern lilmk.
M Spain (alior
9 Grain (abbr.). 9S Duelor tlbr.
lOTo soak flux. 87 Pronoun.
11 Knthoslusm. 33 Koad (ubkr ).
Others Say
Ml l AI.S II V r At l.h.VKII
tSalrlll Malesinalll
Admirer of the historical tour
als in Ihe Oregon capltol u ill no
doubt Im Interested to note that
Barry Faulkner, one of the two
mui.illi.ts. has received additional
recttentlion. He has tiecn coinmls
sIoihhI to (taint four murals for
the state capltol of New I lamp
shire, his native state. ( rei;oni.iiis
who are acquainted with Faulk
ner are confident that he will do
an outstanding pletv ot woik
that Is. If he didn't low all ot hti
equipment on his last trip wi st.
Seriously seaklng and lor the
sake ol Ihe record, Faulkner's
work Is already on ilupl.iy In a
numlx-r of notable places in .eldl
lion to our un Matchousc; the
National Archives hulldinc In
Washington, D. C. the- greal liner
America, and In New York City
the great hall of the t'unaill
building, the Washlmtlon livliu;
high school and Rockefeller Cen
ter. And each time Harry Faulk
ner breaks Into Ihe news the (ire
gon capltol shares In the publicity.
All this applies alMiut equally to
Frank II. Nchwaiv, who teamed
with Faulkner In panning the
capltol mm als.
Crook County Schools
Closed by Epidemic
Prlncville. Dec. 21 iS.(-lall
Due lo the large mimlwi of pupils
absent as Ihe result of the num.
1st of cases of flu and hail colds,
school officials closed the I 'line
vlllu glade school for two and a
half days last week in the hiiie
that attendance would Improve by
Monday of this week. But when
school was resumed Monday at
tendance showed that nearly So
mt cent of Ihe pupils wete lib
sent. On Tuesday, ul tendance
showed no improvement and It
was deemed best to clow the
school again, some 2.V pupils In
lug away from I heir studies out ol
a total of 55!).
On Wednesday, school officials
di-cldcd to close the local hlch
school, us well as all rural schools
In the county, where likewise
large nuinls'is were rcimrlcd ab
sent. The schools will remain
closed until niter Ihe Christmas
holidays and during that time all
school urograms which had Ix-cn
planned for Ihe Christmas season,
as well as all basketball games, .
have either hern cancelled or ki1- f
wiled.
A scientist classifies Ice inl six
kinds, neenrding to the amount ol
pressure producing each kind.
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