THE EEND BCUETlN, BEND, ORESCN, TUESDAY, OCTCtER 21, 1S41
PAGE THREE
Court Hearing
Multnomah
Assessment Case
Both Sidet Proiont
Briefs In Argument Over
Preparing Tax Rolls
Salem, Oi l. 21 tl ('omnion
sense mill law ll.-t.itr that If the
assessment practices In Mulliio
mull uml 18 olhiT counties In Dip
(Cm mi' In I'll nr, tlii'lr solution
Ntiuulil lie through legislative d.---llvcrsnci.
mill mil through admin
Nil alive tint.
Su argued attorneys lor Mult
numiih I'minty Assessor Tom I.'.
Watson In a hearing before the
sllitp supreme roll rt today In con
nection with tin1 tux controvemy
of Ihm county.
Hi" defendant's )olllnn. a
outlined In u In Iff filed Willi the
court hy Jiiini'ii l(. Iluln, Milium
i nut 1 1 dimity district attorney. In
thiil the stale In X commission In
without authority lo Issue Its or
iIit of Otolicr I. dlrccl.il lo Will
win, or any other onli-r of similar
nature.
"We believe Hip rourl mny take
Judicial knowledge of Dip furl that
disregard for thi' IrtliT of Ihe law
on tin- subject of assessments
iliT ull luxation statute ha U11
a long -continued practice, III''
lrli-r wil.l.
"lime has given the practical
anil equitable Interpretations. Fn
forcing Ihrm In Hip absence of
well-considered p(lilatlvp guld-
unci would lead lo
chaos." Hip hrh'f hrlil.
taxation
In a H'tllliiti flliil hy Hip com-1
mission latp lust work, it was ar j
nurd thai liny long continued prac i
lice of applying a system of ills-
,-i-l.nl,. . oKi.uirl. .!.. tin i.n.l .,. 1
..I.-. ...ii... i .... ,. 1.1..1.
may havp been in eff.i-t In Mult
notmili county prior lo 1!H1, run
not alter Hip clear maml.iti' of the
commission's statute.
The commission' brief main
l.iln.il that Its October 1 order did, '""" r'sls
noHiing more than order and .11 I However the s.eaker plao-il en
ni t that I'Ml assessment roll ,,r : tire blame for the Kurc.a-an slrug
Multnomah countv he so nivnar.il K1'1 "" '""J -'rmany and Its thc
Ibut iiss.-ss.il valuations ihen-ln
an- in equal and ratable prnisir
Hon, und us such. Its order Is law
ful and n-asonable.
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Emergency
fConllnued From Page One)
dim-tors thai until thp end of tin
defense emergency. prosiccls arc
very dark for continued miamii-
!.. l.,-l...l..n .1 1, .,n I lt(lM
n-H,rt was transmitted to the On-
gon delegation by Sawyer. On-gon I
dlr.-ct.ir. Pagp added that until II "na. n.-ne. se,.-ci.n
Isi-omcs evident that new lands '"r the w-cond I me this season,
an- reqnlivd to produce defense w" Bll", ' rl,"h W1K
f.MHls. ther.' will l no new cwi-lll!m'11 by W . L. an Allen,
stru. llon. Construction now under Hip Rev. John H. Loan n iKirtnl
way w ill, so far as possible, be1"" P'nns for a joint m.i'tlng here
romnleied. However, a definllp on Armlstl.-e day with Klamath
slow flown Is faciil, In-c.-ius. of a
lack uf materials and Im-c.iusp of
hl'h prices.
'Ilie United States bureau of n-c-lamiitlon,
Pagp adil.il, recognizes
the emergency and is not pivsslng
for Ihe construction of new proj
ects. Centnil Oregon reclamatlonlsts
Intpn-stpd In the early completion
of the North unit were also warn
ed that CCC assistance has al
ready been materially reduced and
will be still further reduced, be
cause uf the difficulty in getting
recruits and because of a lack of
materials.
There Is a possibility that CCC
assistance may come to an end,
ticcause of a lack of men. On the
IH-schutes project. CCC help at
present consists only of a skeleton
cn-iv. Word from Phoenix, which
cannot lie confirmed until Stuver
returns, Indicates that the con
struction of a steel S'win over
Crook.il river, on the route of the
North unit canal near Smith
rocks, cannot he undertaken at
pivsenl Isi-iiuse of a lack of ma
terials. Hlds on this Job were re
cently received and are now In the
Denver, Colo., office of Ihe bureau
of reclamation.
Prlneville reprpsenlntlves meet
ing with bureau engineers in
Phoenix, In the Interest of the
Oehoco project, learned that the
bureau's plans for storage of
water on Crooked river have been
materially changed. It now ap
pears that engineers will recom
mend that n series of dams, to
catch as murh runoff as possible,
be constructed, Instead of one hlg
dam nt Post, ns originally planned.
The IVsrhutes delegation, aug
mented hy Kenneth C. Miller, for
mer serretnry of Ihe national asso
ciation, and C. E. Slrlcklln, state
engineer, made a plea thnt further
storage on the Deschutes be con
sidered, as nn nld to existing proj
ects, hut learned from bureau en
gineers that plans for a reservoir
near Ilenham falls could not tie
considered until Ihe Wickiup res
ervoir Is In operation, because of
geologic features of the nrea and
the uncertainly of subterranean
flow.
It wos learned that the hureau
of reclamation will make nn effort
to hasten the construction of thp
Cove power unit, lo make avail
able for Irrigation use water now
needed on Ihe Deschutes, nt Hcnil,
for power development.
Members of the Oregon delega
tion nt Phoenix Included Frank
Morgan, of Nyssn, president of the
' Oregon Reclamation congress.
Percy A. Cupiier, attorney for the
North unit, was also present.
Terrifying Tomahawks Now Mighty Man
Hpswn of His ilrwrl? No, Just tho oik ul su sriu-i nuiiiorr of a ilrlllnh squadron msniung American Toms
has, fighters "sumrwlwr In Atrlra." Willi a lew psinu and a vivid Imsslnstlon bv's ihan(ed the slesk
lines ol the now famous TomuliswM to rrsrnible man-eatliig slisrks of Ue sir.
District Governor
Of Lions Visits
Ilend Lions at their luncheon to-
day noon In the Pine Tavern were
vlslti-d by their district governor,
Angus (ilbson, of Junction City,
who was accompanied here by the
club's guest sM-aker, Hip Hev. Nor
man K. Tully, pastor of the Cere
t nil I'll'
byterlan chuti h, Kugene.
The Hev. Tully sixikc on the pres
ent world crisis and declared that
the l'nlti-d Slates, through Its
iiiK'"i 110111 it-aiiiy lor llie Nini
! two di-cades. Is largely resiMjnsible
i' of a suerlor raw.
Five tlm.-s
In the (Mist ivntui y. the Rev. Tully
n-mlnd.il his audience, Germany
has pl.1g11.1l the world with wars
lillMon spoke tirlefly and said he :
the club later. John Jones was In
general charge of the program, ar
ranged by George J. Childs. Phil
Gould SMke In behalf of the Sky
liners, and a group of high school
students entertained with songs.
They were Margan-t Rung.-, Vel
, mn Shern'll. Putsy Skinner and
1 Claude Hlsliy.
Gene Glllls, It was announced,
was select.il as the outstanding
lefenslve player on the Hcnd team
'""t rliuiy n Ight when the Hears
Falls Lions.
SALEM NEAR l OTA
Salem. Oct. 21 Ul' Still shy
I fore than $..000. officials In
charge of Salem's community
chest drive met today to discuss
wavs and means of raising the
fund lo Ihe $."0.000 objective. Nine
agencies participated in Ihe drive
under the chairmanship of 111 S.
McShcrry.
01 l-'ARMS IV CITY
San Francisco mi This city
elnlma In Kit IIia Vi 1 nurlMitlllrnl
j metropolis of the world. Within
Its limits there are 91 farms, com
prising 390 acres, worth $l,752.09!l.
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There Will He a
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Phort I4A-R
YOUR ALU-YEAR OIPT STORK
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Cast Selected
For Class Play
Miss Grace Mary Linn, Ik-nd
high dramatics play coach, has
announced the cast of the senior
high play, "The Night of January
Kith", which will tie presented No-vemls-r
2S. 'nie-leadlng role, Kar
en Andre, a woman on trial for
uJi L
d by Isjilielle
minder, will he pl.iyi
Preston.
The rest of thp cast will lie as
follows: Nancy Iji haulkner,
w ife of the murdered HJorn Faulk
ner, Klln-n Shepherd; defense at
torney Stevens, Phil Peoples;
prosiiutlng attorney Flint, lloh
llivniano; John Graham Whit
field, father of Nancy Iee Faulk
ner. Jim Risen: Judge Heath, Jim
OeliiM-her; and court clerk, Harold
Fnti Iken.
Witnesses for the case will hp;
it. iMiKiano. imn r.eisn; .nr.
J.ihn Hntrhlns. Kleanor Fountain:
Homer Van Fleet. Itex Kilmond-1
son: Klmcr Sw.i-nev. Paul Hos-
nier: Mauda Svenson. Marv Cham-1
hers; Jane Chandler, Kathryn :
Iler; Sigurd Jungqiiist, Don Hur-1
lelgh: ljirry Regan. Claude Hisby;
and Roberta Van Resselaer, Vel-
ma Shenill.
There are two conclusions to
(his drama, one to lie used if the
prosa-cution wins, Ihe other if the
defense wins. The answer to the
case Is determln.il by a Jury se-
l.i'ted from Ihe audience.
I'l.AN DINNEIt
Hie congregation of the West
minster Pn-sbyterlan church will
celehrHte the fifth anniversary of
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un- iiiuiliuilK o. .lie .1.1.1. iliuiru i
with a dinner at 6:30 o'clock OIL 1'I.ANT ROBBED
Wednesday night In the basement Officials report that the Rich
of the church. A program will fol- fidd oil plant here was enten-d
low the dinner and moving pic-1 some time during the night by a
lures of local interest will beiurowler who climbed over the
shown.
As motoj- fuel sources, if gaso
line supplies need to he stretched.
American scientists are experi
menting with potatoes, wheat.
corn, and other sources of alcohol.
Of Kentucky's
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Goals Set for
Food Production
r . j n.. nt r- 1 kiu
Redmond. Oct. 21 -Gwls which
will be set for Increased produc-
tion 01 ocicnsp loons in 1 icscnuies
ny " announced today by
' II l1,,nH .
County Agent G. Y. Hagglund
si-cn-tary of the county
agrlcul
! tural defense board. Plans for at
! taininLi the.si- izoals and conducting
' . u.,,,..u u-ll.. H..l,.nun fttmi mir.
vey will be discussed at a meeting has reached the parity level. I the budget, called forth a lively ' ,"' ransconuneniai
i of the board and representatives! e said that 1!M1 farm produc-1 discussion of the engineering sur-, highways, railroads and commu
of other farm organizations in ton probably will beat 113 per vey now being undertaken by . m"? Km . ,
R.ilmond Thui -sday. Oc toU-r 23. c,.m of the 1924 l!r29 level as com-! Beck and Metcalf. consulting en- No lives had been reported lost
I Indicated increase of food Items uarpd wi,h 103 in 1931940. He i gineers, for the PUD. Ibut thousands were homeless,
: in this county as set by the board said the agriculture department is I "Are you concerned with reduc- business districts in three major
are as follows: milk. l.Vi; milk
cows. 5'i: cues. Ci : cattle and
calves tslaughteniii. 22". : hogs
(spring pigsi, 20".: shii-p and
lambs. 0; chickens t slaughtered!,
q u. : . ..rL,..v. i.inint,i..hui 1 1"
i-h ..,; it n a rfof..nc
board will conduct a radio pro-1
Pr.-,m OVer KHND at 12 o'clock
noon on Wednesday. October 29.
in ,he Inten-sts of the food for
I defense production program.
A. S. King, extension soils spe-
cl.ilist, and Willis lioegll, district
AAA field man, will be here
Thursdav for the all dav meetine
at lu-glon hall. Expected to attend
the meeting, besides members of
the defense boanl, are the county
AAA committee and community
committeemen, farm supervisors
of the various agricultural agen
cies, and others.
fence and used a hose to siphon
gasoline from a tank truck. A
small amount of gasoline was
taken, and a fire extinguisher was
I stolen. Footprints were found In
ithe damp soil and tire imprints
I w en discovered.
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By Secretary
Washington, (xt. 2 "Hi Smtp
tin y of A triiftlf ti n Claude ft
Wlikaid lolil Hip Iiouhp banklnK
coiiiinlttpp today thai thin rain
tiy "may lie sluitlnit on the same
lulnous Inflation we set out noon
about the kiiiiip lime In the last
I war "
I iliiiitf Hip romm IIcp to Ul
pi "Ar Hie administration's price !
l control bill, Wlckard declared that !
while recent Increases In (ami
DiM-es have been "unusually rap 1
nines have been "unusually rap
id." they are not yet "out ul line."
"' '"' ''"P'ned. be-.
cause Hie levels from which these
1 prices have risen were abnormally
low, lie said that in 1!M farm
pilc-s were so low that farmers'!
purcnasinie power was oniv inree-;
fourths of what It had been In ,
1!i10 1!)H -the parity base period
Wlckard told Hip committee
that "Thus far, the parallel be -
tween world war I and world war
I II as far as farm prices and costs
I are concerned Is too close for corn-1
felt."
"Farmers have been acr used of !
1 grm-dlness. of not being content
win! paiiiy, vvii-kuiu ii-suiit-u.
"I A t me say here and now thai
accusations of that sort are un
justified and unfair.
1 can testify Irom my own ex
jerlenee of the past 30 years thai:
whenever farmer gel a price rise, i
it in iiuii.-iIIi uuin tint hHi.f -1
whereas when a farmer's costs ' An item of $100 for off Ice expense directors present were Donovan,
rise, they may not go up as swift: and equipment, com Da ring with I red Shepard. Paul Spillman, and
ly. but once they get up. they stay 1 actual expense of $49.68 for this j Ben Evick. Joe C. Brown was ab
there." ! purpose during the first half of , sent.
Wlckard said that while heavier!
Jaxatlon lncr,.as, savings and
checks on Installment cn-dit are
necessary 10 control inflation, ,
most Important of all Is the neces-;
sity for Increased production.
preventive !
Of Inflation," he said.
! Wlckard pointed out that this is
the first time In two decades that
l. i -'. ... Mi, ,
"expecting and working for a total
..i,.,.it..i r,ic,inn in icu-
.h:11 n-jii he the en-.-itest In our his-1
lr,ry"
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r:RN'l) ,n HV RKPORTS
The Deschutes county grand
; lurv this morning returned a true
bill against Sam T. Humphrey,
charged with entering an automo-
bile on September 24 with intent
to steal. A not true Dill was re-
turned against Otis Derr. charged
with contributing to the delin-;
' ouencv of a minor.
Bulletin Want Ads Bring Results
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MORE ABOUT
PUD Budget
(Continued from Page One)
"The record of lhisl.oar.1 proves
I h.'iVI. rMIrlil rilil thut nililV
iVmoviin taf.,. "Hut wp no not
mm in ,,ui miru'lvii In a noni .
lion win-IP p cannot u- monpy oomiilptiil lliclr nurvpy, tncy
which ban hern levied by the lit-1 would havp actual fautil, present
, tili-1 when wp need It." I'd without bia.
'ifie board procwiied to un item
by item uiwu.Mun of a propirtuil
buili'et. oassinif an Hem of $V
lor dlreiHois' salary and J.V1O for
Jni - ctois' mllraiye and expen.se.
s .loo for Altorix-y's I res
SMoo for Altor
An item of
fii-s and legal expi
from Niskanen. wr
i) lor attornev's '
penst drew lire
ho pointed out .
actual expenditures lor this pur-
oow- ill Hie first six months of
1W1 of only SW.50. Directors px-I
piameo mat wnue iney nopea no
such legal expense would be nec-1
lessary, they could not tell when
I thev might become involved In liti- i
i ration. The experience of the 1
Wasco county I'UD, a g a I n s t i
which the Pacific Power and Light
company has brought suit chal-1
k-nging the legality of Its forma-1
Hon, was mentioned as proof of
this noint. I
We have to have funds avail-1
able to protect ourselves if need .
me," Donovan said. The item car-
ned without dissenting vote. I
The hoard aooroved an item of 1
$50 for treasurer's bond, $300 for
. . . . . , . 1
m-cn-tary s salary, and uu lor 1
secretarv's mileaie and exoense.
1941, was passed with the explan-l
ation that during the past year the f
PUD district has been able to use -
in 01 rem .oe uhht ui ini'
Boeke. a"orney and 1
the district, but that
arrangement might I
ana secreiary 01
a ui. ir 1,111 1
become nec
essary. SlnO for telegraph, tele
phone and stamps were approved.
An Item 01 5.HU0 lor engineer-1
I nt u nd necil services- larppst in
l"n of rates in tins district or
only with acauisition?" Niskanen
or
asKed
"If we could get rates down
under the private utility as low
as where public ownership could
put them. I think we would feel
we had Justified ourselves with
the people." Donovan replied.
I To a question of Niskanen's as
to what the PUD was actually do-
; ing to reduce rates, Donovan re-
pnea mat tne present; invesiiga-1
tion was intended to put the entire
picture of why the rates are what
i thev are in this district and what
I can be done to lower them before
1 the people.
THREE SHOPPING
R's
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chair. Tuck your feet up, and settle
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"It will bp tip to the prlval ,.T D!lln lnU
u..i,.yibPni0.i.owhiihPyMn,Jun,Or K,'e '"b
do," Donovan said, "or ud lo IhP
people lo decide whether they will
vote bonds to put t lil PI I) into
Hip power disli it.utlon business."
In response to questions, diree-
Irira nfrirme.1 th:il tlilf libit WMU
!conI,i,,nr,, , Fl(,k a)d Mel.
I puf flt'in uu in Ihuli lmi.Mrfli.llti
mandinu In IhPlr profPMion, and
Pxpcrirncp; that whpn thiy had
I 'hink thin PUD hai n-pn very
loitunalp in the complexion
of
Hie board of directors," Short
stated. "This board has consist-:
lently acted as an investiKatlfig
bodv. lias been model ale In ex- j
oriiunures, nas noi veerea rauicai-1
iv (" puuuc uwnersmp. 1 irei inai
ooaru w-serves a (jeiiuie 01
iConfidcnce from this budget corn-
miuee.
The board approved the J2800
"c" iibiikttiiiik n-nivr.
the suggestion of Niskanen. a sep-
"i-m to cover auditing ex-iat
pense was set up. In the amount
of $150. An item of $2,350 was set
"P for emergency expense, bring-
Img the budget to the total of j
$9,550. 1
Niskanen suggested subtracting
$350 for the emergency fund and
leaving mis amount unoungeted
to "'Ver delinquent tax receipts, !
but he was Voted down. land vice versa, every 3,000 or
Serving on the board were 4,000 miles.
Short. Niskanen. L. M. Keif of,
t-oweu ouue. w. L- Monner 01
.. j 1 -
Madras, and George Kanoff of
"""""" " "s nn-mary . 1 ,
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MOODS VOVeT
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mucn qj fanSaS
lopexa, Kans., uct. 21 'ie 1
Across the plains of central Kan
sas six rivers flooded today, join
ing their rampaging torrents to
form gigantic lakes under which
1
inundated, thousands of acres of
cities and at least 11 towns were
: inundated, thousands of acres of
I farm lands were under water and
Hundreds 01 neaa ot livestock
1 were destroyed.
: State guardsmen, highway pa-
j trolmen, highway
maintenance
. workers and federal troops from
nearby Fort Riley manned motor-
: boats, high-wheeled army trucks.
i and road-building tractors to navl-
gate mrougnout me iiooa area
unu ira-uc simnueu muiuiiais nu
t farmers.
i The Red Cross moved into the
! area to establish relief stations
i and provide food and shelter for
I homeless.
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To Hold Practice
Member of I hp American l-eg-Ion
Junior Rifle club will hold
their weekly practice toiil:lit ut
6:.'(0 o'clock. ThP Klchfleld Oil
team and the Newman team, spon
sored by legionnaire Milton New
man, will practice on Tuesday
nlphts. Tlie (iatewuy l.unch train
and the Shi-vlln-lllxon machine
shop team will practli-e on lliiini
dav nl(fhts.
The National Itlflc association
bl weekly larKets will be fired bv
the ten hiidi scorers In the listed
teams. The coinmuntler's Iropbv,
won last year by Robert Vang, will
n competition aeain this year.
kuionnalres in charge announced.
I NIT I FAOKIW TO MEET
Extension unit project leader
will hold a training meeting for
Doullrv cookery at 10 a. m. Friday.
Oct. 24, in the cooking laboratory
Bend high school, Miss Mury
1 Ellen Heckathorn. county home
demonstration agent, announced
' todav. The class will be conducted
bv Miss Uicv Case, of Corvallls,
extension nutritionist.
To save tires automobile com-
panics say transfer front tires to
diagonally opposite rear wheels
HENRy MILL
rOR SPUP WITITIN6.
HE INVENTEP THE
first TynwurreK.
m 1714.
rue gerra? wv is ikeat
coNsnrwMN poe to iax of
flfcWIX TWUC" IN THE PET IS TO
C0BKCT THE CAUSC Of THE
rmueue with a
oeuaous cereal.
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ALL-BtAM. . . EAT
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