THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND. OREGON, FRIDAY, DEC. 29, 1944
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THE KLAMATH ISSUES
The Klamath county court's attitude toward the proposed
Shevlin-Hixon timber land exchange and that presented in the
Epley column in the Klamath Herald and News are, we think
we have shown here, based on a misunderstanding of this
particular transaction and a lack of knowledge of various
background facts. The completion of the exchange, for in
stance, will have no more effect on the county's tax base than
would the logging of the land without any exchange plan ;
there is involved hardly half the Klamath acreage asserted ;
no avoidance of taxes is being arranged or contemplated;
if the national forest timber that is being cut is paid for in
cash rather than exchanged land the 25 per cent 01 tax lieu
money does not all go to Klamath but is shared with other
counties ; if the exchange is made the result will be an increase
in the Klamath share ot tuture national ioresr. revenues.
Epley'.has said, as quoted in this column yesterday, that
i.M fl il U Anl,tn v.r,f of will lnara
ine Aiamain hcuuii vine reuinj tuui i o i"uv
the effect of forcing the issue to the front and should help
ririnff shout an understanding and. eventually, action that
will help solve the problems involved." The chamber of com
merce approval was given, as tne ueraia ana news naa ,
on the grounds that it (the protest) would help bring about
an early clarification of problems and issues involved in the
land exchange problem." The news report said further that
"Two committees of the chamber of commerce are seeking
further information on land exchange and its effects on the
resources, tax base, etc., of the county ..."
- In these discussions in this column we have quoted exten
sively from the Klamath paper for the purpose of showing
the obvious misunderstanding that surrounded this particular
exchange situation and, also, to develop as well as we could
the exact issues involved. The Klamath statements have in
cluded so many inaccuracies that it is difficult to sift out the
real questions but we think it fair to say that the matters of
major importance relate to policies of national forest manage
ment and to land ownership by the government with its at
tendant freedom from taxation.
The latter is a problem that vexes every state in the
union but western states in particular, because it is in them
that there are such large areas of public domain, national
forest and other federal land ownerships. Klamath county,
with so much of its area federally owned offers a most strik
ing example of the condition of which complaint is made. In
it are a national park, an Indian reservation, parts of three
national forests, part of a bird refuge and other types of
publicly owned land. Nearly all, however, bring the county
special income so that the fact that the lands are not on the
tax roll is not entirely without compensation. Let us forget
that, however, and point out that the subject of federal tax
payments or payments in lieu of taxes is being studied in
Washington and thus the Klamath interest would seem to be
in connection with that study and the legislation that has
been proposed rather than the retention on the tax roll of
these 8,436 Shevlin-Hixon acres and the trivial tax ($210.90)
that they would carry.
Thsre is no point in undertaking here and now a dis
cussion of forest management policies so far as the present
case is concerned because it involves such unusual circum
stances (with respect to the intermingling of ownership)
that it becomes differentiated from ordinary cases that can
be covered by a general rule. The situation being what it is it
is desirable to have these company lands added to the national
forest and the only way to pay for them is by giving timber.
This exchange arrangement has been in effect since 1922,
It has been operated with little protest none, we believe, as
to tlfc over 50,000 acres already exchanged in Klamath and
in situations that lacked the particular justifications that
exist in the present case.
The Klamath court's protest has gone to the general land
office. We do not know what the considerations are on which
the office acts but, certainly, it has knowledge of the errors
that now must be apparent to the court. Its decision will be
waited wun interest as will, alKo, the results of the study
being made by the chamber of commerce.
The news is being enriched these days with striking
phrases. Last week from France came the statement that
"activity was quiet" and just now we have read that Budapest
was "reported swamped by one of the most violent holocausts
of the war." Then there is that clever little OPA wording
"valid indefinitely."
As we understand it major league baseball will be carried
on next year, if at all, by the minors.
Now Then, Sail On, Oh Ship of State
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WAY OUR PEOPLE
T.TVFIP y
A m dad mm Pirtrieeled by NtA Smice, Int. T7yj
Copyright, f . P. Perron b Co., 1944;
A PURITAN VIIXAGE IN 1880 1 that such a statement would not
On his return from his morning
walk about the farm on this April
morning, Captain Walling went
briskly up the narrow, uncarpet
ed stairs of the salt-box house. He
wanted to speak to Harriet a mo
ment and tell her that he had
given young Oliver Hillman per
mission to be her steady company.
The young lady was sitting
alono In her narrow little room
engaged in a secret operation.
She was bending over a baking
dish of pottery that contained
milk in which she had poured a
half a cupful of vinegar and the
juice of a number of pears. With
this device she was trying to rem
edy what she considered a serious
defect of her complexion. She
was a healthy, buoyant girl with
rosy cheeks and a sun-tanned np-!
pcarance. In some way she had
learned that fine ladies were al
come a fine art, otherwise Harriet !
might have given her cheeks an
add to her lathers good humor.
e e
Next day was a Thursday, and
every Thursday in Puritan Massa
chusetts was Known as Lecture
Day. Un that day all work, except
what was absolutely necessary,
was suspended and the people, af
ter listening to an edifying lec
ture, or sermon, in the morning,
turned to the enjoyment of sports,
games and gossip for the rest of
the day.
Most of these activities took
place on the village green, where
the stocks, pillory and whipping
post were also placed. This con
Junction of pleasure and punish
ment had a oemgn purpose. Peo
ple who became too boisterous, or
who were drinking too much, or
who were attempting to inveigle
a maiden, or who were spreading
scandalous stories about their
neighbors, had only to turn their
ways pale, and that in Boston:" " "
some of them wore masks when tne yj"a6e erce" and there they
they went out o the house so the' would see, sitting miserably in
sun would not ruin their com-' theL s'ocKs' lose. who had failed
plexions. This was long before 10 ave wun PIely a"a Quorum
cosmetics and their use had be-. on ?ome previous occasion.
nursuness was a cnaraciensiic
of the Puritan mind, and the
miin.niihv miiii- nt tho met r,f narsnness naa a saaistic streaK.
onlv few nonno Rnsirtns nrw Therefore, it was natural and
rinvirr. tvhir.h was r.nntrivri ir, quite in keeping with the essen-
change a complexion given by tlal rder th'ngs, according to
God would have been sternly the Puritan way of thinking, that
frowned upon by the Puritan the stocks should stand on the
elders. If she had used as much village green, to remind the
pieasure-seeriers mat an is not
beer and skittles In this world of
sin and temptation. The Puritan
meetinghouses were unheated,
and as cold as ice In the winter
season, when they might just as
well have had chimneys and fire-
liquor, or beer or cider and that
really means everybody from
ministers and magistrates down
to nursemaids and 2-year-old i iA "iTi 1,. .t i.
hnhlao I11LU III uuweri aiiiri ucicai
Washington
Column
By Peter Edaon
(NEA Staff Correspondent)
The senate foreign relations
committee combined greater three
ring third degree sideshow and
investigation of President Roose
celt's six nominations for assist
ant secretaries of state couldn't
have turned out better from the
department of state standpoint if
it had been arranged by one of the'
department's own press agents
pardou "c u r r e n t information
specialists."
The six characters in search of
confirmation, the six men "ac
cused" of having been nominated
as assistants to Secretary of State
Ed Stettinius, all gave splendid ac
counts of themselves and came
through clean.
In addition, the senate's public
exhibition served to put all six of
the nominees in the limelight,
gaye them a publicity build-up of
inestimable value, made the
names of Grew, Clayton, Dunn,
Holmes, Rockefeller, and Mac
Leish much better known than
they were before, served to spread
on the record their achievements
and views, cleared the air.
e
By comparison with perform
ances of the six nominees, per
formances of the senators them
selves were nothing to shout
about.
Get the picture. The foreign re
lations committee is perhaps the
most important committee in the
senate. In the days ahead its re
sponsibilities for shaping the fu
ture of the world will be tremen
dous. As such, it should have the best
minds in the senate. But the Q's
were far outshone by the A's.
It was good cross-examination
when Senator Guffey of Pennsyl
vania asked former Ambassador
Grew if he favored leaving. Hlro-
Bend's Yesterdays
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
(Dec. 29, 1919)
(From The Bulletin FOee)
Members of- the Long Desert
club plan a dance tomorrow night
in Tumalo hall.
The Brooks-Scanlon and Shevlin-Hixon
mills resume operations
after having been shutdown ow
ing to cold weather. Both plants
were overhauled during the work
stoppage.
L. L. Fox announces plans to
construct a $25,000 stone and con
crete building in the spring on
the corner of Bond street and
Greenwood avenue.
The Huron Timber company
sells nearly two sections of tim
ber land in the Tumalo basin to
The Shevlin-Hixon Company for
$56,427.
Thomas Hlett leases the Young
and Doonar bakery, remodels the
plant, hires two expert bakers,
and announces plans to produce
Liberty Bell bread in Bend soon.
R. S. Hamilton, E. D. Gilson, G.
H. Baker, L. W. Trickey and Mrs.
N. G. Jacobson comprise a com
mittee to draw up a statement of
purpose and plans for the newly
formed Civic league.
Fearing for the wear and tear
on human stomachs, Police Judge
D. H. Peoples urges the city to
obtain a testing apparatus to do
term lne "poison" contents of so
called present day whisky. ,
Dr. Grant Skinner returns to
Bend after spending the holidays
with relatives and friends in Port
land. -
F. J. wilkey reports he plans
to open a confectionery and cigar
store in the old Coleman second
hand store on Bond street near
Greenwood avenue.
Five Day Forecast
Five day forecast ending Tues
day night:
Oregon and Washington west
of Cascades: recurring rains be
ginning Sunday. Normal tempera
tures, rising slightly Sunday and
Monday.
Idaho, Oregon and Washington
east of Cascades; clearing weath
er followed by octagonal snow or
rain latter part of period. Tem
peratures slightly below normal,
rising early in week to normal or
slightly above.
TAX TUBNOVEE MADE
Madras, Dec. 30 (Special) The
turn-over of current taxes for Jef
ferson county taxes for 1944-45
is $67,996.18, according to a re
cent report from the office of
Sheriff H. A. Dussault. A few
more delinquent taxes are to be
collected.
City Drug Co. City Drug Co.
City Drug Co.
anywhere in the colonies he would
have been considered a crackpot,
(To Be Continued)
War Briefs - -
(By United Freea)
about his attitude towards Franco.
But consider the spectacle of ,
Sen. Hennk Shlpsteau 01 Minne
sota asking Secretary Stettinius
to "Explain what our foreign pol.
icy is?" and asking Grew to "Give
us your definiation of diplomacy."
What do you make of Sen.
James Tunnell of Delaware ask-
Western Front American first ', n oivn a rtaflnltfnn of a
and third armies drive into north Liberal"
and south flanks of German sail-1 To wna purpose did Sen. Hiram
fnt.tcLwUh.m 154 ml'?s of Juncture Jonnson of California ask Jimmy
that threatens to trap thousands Dunn Where the Atlantic charter
ol Germans in Ardennes pocket. was now? Johnson then got fur-
Eastern Front Two red armies
?dvance on Vienna along 90-mlle j
ront as Berlin reports hundreds
of soviet guns and planes have
opened bombardment of Buda
pest. Pacific Japanese communique
reports 30 American transports
sailing west through Surigao
straits In Philippines, possibly to
launch new invasion.
Air War British bombers at
tack Bonn and Munchen-Gladbach
behind western front.
. Irnlv Italian frnnr rpturne. tn
"all nniot" ne fio-htlntr rlifxs rlnwn '
In Serchlo valley.
Others Say . . .
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m il.DKlt OK THE WEST
(Salem Statesman)
One of the great builders of the
west is Frank A. Banks, director
for region No. 1 of the U. S. recla
mation bureau. Born and educated
in the state of Maine, virtually all
of his professional career as an
engineer has been with the recla
mation service. In tact, his con
nection with this work extends
over nearly the whole life of the
bureau. Starting in as an engl
neering aide on the lower Yellow
stone project in Montana in VMS,
Banks has progressed to his pres
ent position. Among the great
dams the construction of which
he has supervised are the Amer
ican Falls dam on the Snake river
in Idaho the Owyhee dam In Ore
gon, and the Grand Coulee dam
on tne Columbia river in Wash
greatest engineering job of Its
kind In the history of mankind.
That in Itself might lie regarded
as a monument to Frank Hanks;
but he doubtless finds more grati
fication in the contribution It
makes to power, and will make
through irrigation, for the wel
fare ot mankind lhan he does in
the dam as a massive work of
masonry.
The west certainly owes a lot to
Banks and to the men like him
who for modest comnensation ',
spend their lives in public service.!
as a single dab of face powder,
or a touch of eyebrow blackever,
they would have had her up In
meeting, weeping before the con
gregation and confessing to the
sin of vanity.
When her f;itlier knnrknrl nt hnr
door she haslilv put the pan of places. But a warm and comfort- i
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i The syrup made from sweet
sorghum contains twice as much
iron as sugar cane molasses.
ther tangled up by Inferring that
the four freedoms were part 01
the Atlantic charter, and had to be
set straight by the man he ques
tioned. Sen. Bennett Champ Clark, of
Missouri, introducing an utterly
frivolous outobiographical sketch
of Archibald MacLeish, merely de
feated his own end by cheapening
the whole performance.
An investigation of the senate
foreign relations committee by
the proposed secretariat In the de
partment of state would have
been interesting.
Cattle production In Mexico is
dependent almost entirely on pas
turage; grain feeding is very little
practiced.
milk under the bed, and stood up
to receive him. He did not sit
down hut stood smiling and said
rather gallantly, "I have a prince
for my young princess." Harriet
said gravely, "What do you mean,
Father?" Just as If Oliver Mill
man had not already told her of
his interview. Her father replied
that lie had consented to the
young man's request, but he
would not have done so if he had
not thought it would please her.
"I do not want to force you to do
anything," he assured her.
Harriet stood, as if in quiet re
flection, for a moment and then
said sedately, "It's all right, Fa
ther. If it pleases you I shall be
satisfied. He seems to be a devout
and serious young man. I hope
I may grow to care for him." She
might have added that she had
been meeting him quietly and se
cretly for a month or more in vari
ous out-of-the-way places, but she
said nothing, because she con
cluded, after a brief consideration,
Lodgemen Hold
Yuletide Party
Highlight of the rartv civen nl
I.O.O.F. hull on Deo. 22 for Re-1
hek;ihs, Odd Fellows and their
fanillirs was n p-wrnm directed
hy Mrs. Hnrnlrl Rice, rr'crt hv
Mrs. Orn llin"hri nd M-s. F.l-j
liott Singleton. Santa Obits. It was
reported tndnv, ann-nred follow-1
ington. Banks Is project engineer 'ng the program with treats fori
for the whole Grand Coulee proj. those present. 1
ect and makes his home at Coulee I The program was ps follows:'
Dam. I Carols by the Methort'st lunlor,
During this period his salary ; choir, directed by Mrs. Craig Co". ,
has always been the modest com- j re nnrt nrrnmpnnlpri hv Mi-s. Itolv
petence which government pays i ert McHveena; rei-itnt'o"'; hv Paul
to its professional employes. He Reynolds, Mary Knve nice, C'-'nnv
has seen engineers and contrac-1 Burlel"h, Rri"1 (:rhm, r'n'i
tors In private enterprise pile up rcen Mistier, Snnda Cote' vtwil
fortunes while he ground along at 1 "oIof hy Poi-Me Cntre and Tommy
the government stipend. He finds' "n"; p-"'ti 'l m-o-'T s'o
his great satisfaction in the trans- hv !n-n-iv F'ks
formation of arid western lands .Jerry R'r. piano nnln 1 ioi.,n 1 ,.! !
into productive farm lands sus-, fn. A tableau was presented hv
tainlng farm horn' nu-i ""-nit.-i sincion und Rnrnonv
nities. . J Morgan while Betty Davis sang a;
The Grand
KUTUAl W
vocal solo.
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able church would have seemed to
make religion too easy. ;
To the Puritan mind there was
a touch of evil in almost every
human activity that happened to
be pleasant. One of the colony's
statutes, for instance, forbade a
man to kiss his wife in public.
The chronicles of the time record
the case of a Boston sea captain
who had been away for a year on
a long voyage. One day the town
crier went around with his drum
to announce tnat this seafarer's
ship was coming into the bay.
The captain's wife went down to
the water's edge to welcome her
husband. As soon as he came
ashore he took her in his arms
and kissed her, with many people
looking on. For that serious piece
of misbehavior he was taken be
fore a magistrate and sentenced
to two hour's in the pillory on
his first afternoon on land.
Curiously enough, these harsh
restrictions on perfectly natural
and human pleasures did not ap
ply to liquor drinking. People who
got drunk were, of course, taken
up and fined or aet in the stocks;
and the taverns had to close at
the curfew hour and also on the
Sabbath, but otherwise there was
no curb at all on drinking. As a
matter of fact, everyone drank
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sincerity. And as the clock
in the tower strikes the com
ing of '45, our thoughts will
be with" yours, for the Victory
and Peace toward which all
of our efforts and energies
are now directed.
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the payment on the mortgage.
Avoid the risks of having to pay bills
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day, or have new and inexperienced
clerks who might make mistakes at your
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Simply mail a check-. You will save
money and trouble ii you pay bills by
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