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THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, OREGON, SATURDAY, DEC. 23, 1944
Indians Again on Warpath;
Also Serve on Home Fronf
Washington, D. C. American
Indians are on the warpath, more
than 50,000 strong, says the Na
. tlonal Geographic society.
Men from many tribes are fight
tag on far-flung foreign fronts
stalking their foes In jungles, fil
tering through enemy lines, cap
turing positions in surprise at
tacks, transmitting messages In
baffling dialects.
At home, older men are keeping
reservation land productive, are
working in shipyards and plane
factories, on railroads, and In
a name.
Indian .dialects are especially
useful in message transmission.
Japs who understand English
make nothing of tribal talk it Is
just a lot of Cherokee to enemy
ears.
For bravery under fire, for cour
age beyond the call of duty, In
dians have earned the highest
citations and awards. An Indian
soldier rose to the rank of major
general.
Alerting Is Old Custom
Entry into war service is an
Capitol, Starts Sunday
mines. Chiefs who once wore war : occasion for rejoicing. Navajos
bonnets now wear welding hcl
mets with equal pride..
Nature a Comrade in Arm
Indian women are driving
trucks and tractors, are aiding in
cattle and sheep roundups, have
learned to repair motor vehicles
and farm machinery. Women have
given up tribal handicrafts for
war plant jobs. A touch of rouge.
n fashionable hair do, and modern
clothes ease their assimilation
into the community of workers.
Wacs andfarmy nurses know In
dian women as good soldiers.
Indians take readily to the rug.
ged competition of war. They have
Jived in the open, nave learned to
depend on their senses, know how
to read and use nature. At scout
ing, signaling, trailing, patrolling,
ambushing they have no super
iors. They can go a long time with
. out food or water, are natural
rangers, were fighting commando
style long before that method had
hold a sing, Sioux stage a "give
away," Yakimas gather at a "long
house" celebration.
The Indian is as old a hand at
home defense as at attack, knows
the value of preparedness. When
civilian defense officials arrived
at Santo Domingo Pueblo, near
Albuquerque, Now Mexico, to
establish air raid precautions,
they found they were centuries
late. The Indians had adapted
their traditional measures against
raiders. Headmen and braves were
serving as wardens and spotters.
Indians are backing their patri
otism with their money. At year's
beginning they had put mure than
$2,000,000 Into war bonds through
the ofrice of Indian affairs. Iwen
ty jurisdictions were willing to
buy bonds with trioai tunas, were
turned down because the govern
ment as trustee already had use
of the money. Outside purchases
by individuals would swell the
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very scene it frolic of high spirited hilarity in "Two Girlj and a Sailor"
wim June Allson, Gloria DcHavcn, van Johnson and Jimmy Durante
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Greet
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Holiday
PIGGLY WIGGLY
greeting;
FRIENDS AND PATRONS
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FOR A HAPPY HOLIDAY
Congress Food Market
Care of Rugs
Methods of saving rugs and car
pets from the rug-cutting ravages
of gritty dirt, malicious moths
and sharp furniture legs are sug
gested by Elizabeth H. Boeckli,
home demonstration agent, as,
these floor coverings open their
winter season.
With the present shortage of
carpet wools, jute and cargo space
for civilian goods, and with the
nation's carpet mills still turning
out military essentials, Miss
Boeckli emphasizes regular care
to keep rugs and carpets on floor
duty for the duration.
Caster cups under furniture
legs keep them from cutting into
carpets. These may be of glass,
plastic or wood. Pads under floor
coverings take some of the wear.
A moth proofed hair pad is best,
but several layers of newspapers
will rio. Door mats help keep dirt
off rugs and carpets indoors.
UrusliUp Suggested
A quick brush-up is recom
mend every day. Dally sweeping
with a soft brush or hand carpet
sweeper picks up loose dirt, lint
and thread. If left on longer, dirt
works down to the roots of the
pile where more severe cleaning
is necessary to remove it. Dining
room rugs regularly exposed to
crumbs and grease need a daily
brushing to whisk off grease be
fore it can soak in.
A thorough cleaning at least
every week with vacuum cleaner
or broom is recommended for
rugs or carpets in steady use.
Easy, slow strokes give the vac
uum time to do its best work, too.
Scatter rugs may be cleaned like
large ones. If they are swept, they
may De piacea iiat on a Dig rug.
or outdoors on clean, dry grass.
Avoid shaking and beating, Miss
Boeckli cautions. Shaking pulls
out hems and breaks yarns. Beat
ing cracks yarns and loosens siz-
Buy National War Bonds Now!!lnS-
A new uuiiuiiii nil impel UIIU
rug repair is available from the
county home demonstration
agent's office in the courthouse
in Bend.
total substantially.
Food and rug contributions to
the Red Cross are sizable. Scrap
metal and scrap rubber collections
by Indians have been notably
helpful.
A Boom In Papooses
In j' 942 beef, fish, poultry, cer
eals, and vegetables credited to
Indian sources were valued at
$21,00,000. In the same year In
dians supplied enough wool to
make uniforms for 19,600 soldiers,
more than a division.
Total Indian population is esti
mated at about 360,000. About
53,000 are actively in the war
23,000 in the armed services, 30,
000 in war work. Birth rate is ris
ing, is higher than the level for
all population groups. Annual
death rate has been cut In half, is,
still above figure for white Amer
icans. Rejections run about five
per cent.
Oklahoma, Arizona, and New
Mexico account for half the pbpu
lation, with a fourth of the nation
al total credited to Oklahoma.
Other large groups live in Cal
ifornia, Washington, Minnesota,
Montana, North Dakota, South
Dakota, Wisconsin, and North
Carolina. The Iroquois Confeder
acy of Six Nations, with its 6,000
members centered in New York
state, declared war on the axis in
June, 1942.
Approximately 200 tribes and
bands of Indians are living in the
United States. Members of the 163
so-called "predominating tribes"
are scattered over 34 states. They
speak more than 55 languages,
have many dialects.
More than 8,000 Indians saw
service in the first World War,
most of them as volunteers. Ma
jority were not citizens, were not
subject to draft. In 1924 the con
gress extended citizenship to all
Indians born in the United States.
Missouri's New
Law Code Aid
To "Poor Man"
By Kenneth David
(UnlU-d Preaa Staff Correspondent)
Jefferson City, Mo. IIP) "Poor
man's" law goes on the Missouri
statute hooks next New Year's
day.
It's a new, simplified, stream
lined code to govern procedure in
the state's civil courts and may
set a pattern for other states to
follow.
The product of more than three
years' study by a group of law
yers appointed by the state su
preme court, the new code com
bines the best practices in other
states with the experiences and
opinions of Missouri lawyers.
It was written with an eye to
giving "the poor man a better
break in civil courts," by elimi
nating numerous legal technicali
ties in the present 95-year-old
code, which tend to hamstring
litigation and by introducing new
steps in court procedure designed
to save time and reduce the costs
of civil suits.
Code Studied Since 1943
This modernized set of "poor
mans statutes was adopted by
the 1943 legislature- which ex
pressly provided that it become
effective on Jan. 1, 1945 nearly a
year and a half after its adoption
to give lawyers a chance to be
come thoroughly familiar with its
provisions. And the lawyers have
been doing that for several
months in solitary study and in
round-table discussions.
Its legislative sponsor. Senator
Francis Smith, St. Joseph, Mo.,
democrat and himself a lawyer,
is the author of 'the statement
that the new code would "give the
poor man a better break in civil
courts."
There are several reasons, he
said, why this new code which
has no hearing on the state's
criminal statutes can properly
Dear me laDei "poor man s Jaw.
And some of the reasons he cites
are these: ,
1. Court terms will be abol
ished, a . provision intended to
speed up cases by giving litigants
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Vtl"" oMiio m.ij iniic
nicy gei iiiein leauy cum permits
the court to set cases for trial
quickly without waiting for a
new term.
2. Opponents in a law suit will
be given a chance to meet in joint
conference with the judge prior
to the trial to agree upon facts
and law to trim cases down to
fundamental Issues and thus elim
inate time-consuming courtroom
argument.
Set Time for Demurrers
3. All motions such as demur
rers and motions for directed ver
dicts which lawyers frequently
whip out of their pockets at op
portune moments during a trial
for the sole purpose of prolong
ing the case must be disposed
of at a specific time and not at
counsels' convenience.
4. A defendant outside the
court's Jurisdiction may be served
by registered mail, eliminating
the costly, time-wasting require
ment of the present code that
service can be had only by pub
lication of notices on the defend
ant a specific number of times in
a newspaper, which generally
turns out to be an obscure legal
paper. The publication method is
nut uuuaweu, However.
5. Appeals from adverse deci
sions of the lower courts will be
greatly simplified and much less
expensive. The losers ini lawsuits
will be required merely to serve
notice of appeal on the opposing
litigant and file a typewritten rec
ord of the lower court proceeding
with the appellate court. Now, the
appellant must bear heavy print
ing costs because he is compelled
to file printed abstracts, records
and briefs with the higher tri
bunal. 6. The form of. legal processes,
writs and subpoenas will be stand
ardized another money saver.
The new code itself gives the
state court the right to polish up
any rough spots that may appear
as the law gets its test of time
and usage.
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AND FRIENDS OF
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White Christmas of Peace
A. T. Niebergall
Jeweler
PEA C JE i
CONTENTMENT
PROSPERITY
May you enjoy them all in the year to come
SINCEREST GREETINGS
TO EACH OF YOU
BEND ELECTRIC CO.
644 Franklin
CAPITOL
CLEANERS
827 Wall St.
"Welcome, Scutta
It's about time you showed up! We've been
looking for you for a whole year ond you're
needed right now.
Not so much for the gifts you may bring,
but because the folks in America need your
cheerful presence to prepare them for the ob-.
stacles of the next twelve months.
We're glad you're here because of the
things you stand for and the happiness you
bring, the feeling of comradeship that prevails
everywhere you go. So, Santa, when you pause
in your rounds, be sure to remember the folks in
this community. They are a deserving people, as
fine as they make them, and
as you visit among them, tell
them for us that we wish them
a joyous and contented Christ-
mas.
May each of you spend a
Christma9 holiday that will
be treasured for years to
come.
ARTISTIC
Beauty Salon
Goldio Edna
Ethel Dorothy
VETERAN AT 18
Alexandria, La. (U'ipfc. John
Lane is only 18 years old, but he
had 27 months of fighting in the
! South Pacific with the marine I
corps before he was evacuated to '
the veterans hosmtal in Oakland.
jCal., for wounds received in the
i battle of Tinian. He also partici
; pated in the fights of Tarawa and
baipan.
AIDS MILKWEED DRIVE
Auburn, Mo. MiThough they
have no close relatives In (he arm
ori fnvrrto dnrifrm W Tr.lrt ...1
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imiiuy ui Muuurn Hireauy navo
collected 40 bags of milkweed
pods for the war effort.
FROM ART TO CARPENTRY '
Boston dl') A former art teach-!
or is Boston's only woman car-:
ipenter. Miss Harriott E. Lenaire
Of Taunton teaches carpentry to
;men at the Boston Tuberculosis
'Assn.'t sheltered work shop.
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FREEDOMS
FREEDOM OF
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fo say Merry Christmas
FREEDOM OF
PRESS
To IPish you a Happy New
Year
FREEDOM OF
ASSEMBLY
To renew old friendships
v
FREEDOM OF
WORSHIP
To give thanks for the .
blessings that are ours.
De BUNCE STUDIO
Here's a
Right from the Heart
May you be happy ond contented
and may the New Year be one of
true happiness.
STILWELL'S
Wall Street Service Station
Brooks-Scanlon Lumber Company Inc.
LET'S 3 THINK
0F OTHERS!
1 ...IT'S
kisimas
It s that time of the year
when we should take time
to reincnihrr our friends
"with sonic expression of our
appreciation. Let's all say
"Merry Christmas" as j
gesture of sincere friend
ship. BEND
Abstract Co.
I City Cleaners & Dyers
i Ji 1033 Wall rhono 24B -Cv
JJ 'ToOurtoyoiFne"'1 J?
j And Customers JT
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From The
D BEND DAIRY
E. J. Branson
Frank Wonser
Emmet Maine
I -co Myers
Ruth Hudson
Horace Campbell
Edward Loken
Nora Loree
Lois Gibson
Georfte Peterson
Kuss Pickett
Laura and Dean Wonser
Felix Marcoulier
MEAT DEPARTMENT
Tim De Lude
Ernie Rose