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THE BEND
and CENTRAL OREGON PRESS
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986-738 Wall Street
Entered a Second Clsss Matter.
January 6,
Under Act of
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"WHEN GOVERNMENTS ERR"
We find an editorial in the Pacific Coast Edition of the
Wall Street Journal that contains what seems to us so much
good sense that we call your attention to it by reproducing it
in this column, thus:
Newspaper reporters have been having a rather stimulat
ing experience interviewing housewives whose carefully con
served ration coupons were suddenly declared invalid by
action of the Office of Price Administration. To put it mildly,
the ladies are not complacent about the matter. They had
what they were supposed commitments entitling them to
purchase certain foods. Quite suddenly those commitments
were canceled.
The rationing of food is not a simple matter under the
best circumstances. In the present case, there seems to have
been a divided authority. On top of that there was a mis
calculation. The result was that the supply of ration coupons
threatened to exceed the supply of food. So something had to
be done.
It has happened that individuals made commitments which
they could not fulfill. Sometimes they did so from motives
quite discreditable. Very often, their default was the result
of a miscalculation. Regardless of the cause the individual
who docs such a thing finds himself in trouble and, if his
miscalculation causes loss and inconvenience to a great
number of people, his trouble may be very serious indeed.
' He is, in point of fact, likely to find himself in that position
of ultimate security, the Jail. That's what hnppens to an in
dividual. But governments are different, and we speak not of this
particular Government but all governments that ever existed.
When a government makes commitments which cannot be
fulfilled, it just cancels the commitments. And do those
responsible go to Jail? They do not. If the citizen feels so
aggrieved that he Is moved to action to claim what he sup
poses are his rights, it is the citizen who goes to Jail.
We cite this circumstance at this time because there seems
to be abroad in the land a belief that somehow if govern
ment runs everything everybody will be belter off; that
when an ordinary two-legged individual Is appointed to public
office he somehow becomes endowed with a wisdom, not to
say righteousness, that probably bars all errors, and, if errors
should occur, with ability to correct them without injury to
anyone. '
In the present Instance, the OPA is certainly doing the
best it can and we have some confidence that the irate ladies
will cool off and cooperate. They can't do otherwise, anyway.
THE TIMBER EXCHANGE
We have been certain that when the transaction was
better understood the Klamath and Lake protests against the
pending Shevlin-Hixon-forest service exchange undertaking
would be withdrawn. The matter is still in the study-and-collection-of-information
stage but a proposal for-a with
drawal has been made by a Klamath representative and the
... - . . ... rt H. ir 1.1 .1 kt - r!u'
"feel of tne account in tne iviamain tteraiu una inuws 01
last Friday's meeting is understanding and friendly.
Previous discussion of the matter in this column has
been devoted laVgely to an effort to clear up misunderstand
ings as they appeared in the terms of the Klamath protest.
It is now to be noted that, as reported in the news from
Klamath Falls, the consummation of the exchange and of
..mi onnthne nnw in nrnwiu. hnr. ns vet iiiiHdverliHcd. has a
direct bearing on the war effort. Unless these exchanges are I
completed ine company s hk iii".v win ut- jmPtmuu,
For this reason, if for no other, the two county courts
will doubtless take a changed view of the transaction. It will
then be in order for all interested to study the tax situation
for the purpose of securing desired changes. (
Though Deschutes has done well in its war chest donations i
onrl itu war bond purchases the paper salvage record is not
holding up. Remember that the
has taken on the heavy part of
little that is asked of you. Save
that has been assembled since
now is for a city wide collection
sjlllimiilllimnnnmiimmmiiiimii.minuilllllmimraimNN .
Others Say . . .
ON THE MISSOl'M
(Omaha World-Herald)
The Missouri river will be har
nessed for flood control, Irriga
tion, navigation and power.
The bill authorizing this tre
mendous undertaking is now law.
The project is approved by con
gress and the president. We are
on our way.
It would be difflcull to exagger
ate the importance of this im
mense project to the people ol the
Missouri valley. It may well
change our entire way of life, in
cluding the kind and extent of our
agriculture, our industrial and
transportation resources.
The coming conflict over an
MVA Is a fight over means and
not over the end itself. The end Is
the control of the Missouri's wa
ter and Its use for beneficial pur
poses. That end has been approv
ed; it is embodied in a law author
izing a '100 million dollar expendi
ture of mihlic funds.
As to the means of construction j
and administration--whether tho
vaM new Missouri river projects i
will be built anil managed by ex-i
Istlng government agencies or an I
MVA no one can say for certain
now. i
It may be Hint MVA Is the art-;
swer to tjie great administrative
problems that will be posed by the
vast system of dams and levees, a
program far bigger, Incidentally,
than that of tin' Tennessee Valley
Authority. The position taken hy
this newspaper was that Ihe Pick
and Sloan proposal, which had
stood the test of bitter attack in
congress and had survived on
their engineering merits, should
not be scrapped for a hastily in
spired MVA proposal. !
No time has been Inst: no Ill
considered action taken. We have
the Pick-Sloan plan. Its propon
ents have argued that the agen
cies who planned this great devel
opment are qualified to build and
run it. These agencies are the
army engineers and the bureau of
reclamation. i
Others, including the president I
of the United States, say that a
BULLETIN.
lk-nl, OrcKon
1917, at the tostoflica at Bend. Oroiton.
March &, 1679
junior chamber of commerce
this salvage work and do the
your paper and get ready all
the last collection. The plan
next Sunday. Do your share.
Missouri Valley Authority Is re
quired. We can spare the time to
take up that difference of opinion
now.
It Is to be hoied that in Ihe com
ing battle the spokesmen for both
k to the issue Mis-
"veini.,..i,!'u.-nnml'l. i
sides will slid
souri river development Is compli
cated enough. Nothing will he
gained by screaming "commu
nist" at the authority people, nor
will Ihe latter add to Ihe solution
of the problem by attacking the
army engineers and the bureau of
reclamation as pork barrel lui
reaucrals. ' The people of the valley wan!
less name-calling, less polllcs,
more fads. They want a solution
based upon Ihe best available evi
dence. ni( VI I.U KIIIKKS WAKM.lt
Boys who have been parking
their' bicycles on the sidewalks
near Loody's Recreation last night
were given a warning hy police
that the practice must he discon
tinued, police reports disclosed lo
day. Officers were called to the
scene last night on complaint Hint
bicycles had also been parked in
the entrance to a shop on Oregon
avenue.
Buy "National War Bonds Now!
Better to See
And 5ce Throuqh
Your little gill will look prel
Her In proMr kIii-h and her
ryoH will greatly bond It hy our
eiert cMimlimtion, proscrib
ing .and fitting.
Dr. M. B. McKcnncy
OPTOMETRIST
Orriies: Foot of Oregon Ave.
riionc 4fi.YW
THE BEND
Just Another in
CopyHght, I, P. Onflow Cr Co..
WHEN NEW YOliK WAS
YOUNG
II
It snowed heavily on the night
of the fourth day of December
of the year 1750. On the morning
of the fifth Major Lawrence walk
ed to his office.
He wore a plum-colored square
cut coat which reached to his
knees anil flared out from the
waist downward Ills knee breech-1
es were of black broadcloth. His
vest, or doublet, was of dark yel
low silk with flowery designs on
it. There were lace ruffles on his
shirt front and at his wrists. He
wore a throe-cornered cocked hat.
At his side he wore a sword,
buckled around his waist, beneath
his coat. As a protection from the
weather he carried over nis shout-
rs a whittle or shawl.
The Ma lor was an Importer; he
had correspondents In the West
Indies, and on the African coasl.
From the Islands of the West In
dies came molasses I to be made
into rum), raw rugar, and various
tropical fruits. From the coast
of Africa his ship brought slaves
- not to New York, hill South
in New York that their prices had
collapsed and the trade in them
was no longer profitable.
He did not have much to do at
his place of business on this
snowv dav. so he relurned home
shortly after noon and had Ills
dinner. As soon as the meal was
over he went into his library, leav-
Ing word that he was not to be dis
turbed by anyone, as he had much
work to do. He remembered sud
denly, however, that this .was the
fifth of the month, so he turned to
Dvkins, bis man servant, and said,
"That does not apply to Miss
Fraser. 1 f she comes bring her in
at once."
The Malor had no work to do
'ol'oons a week on the pretense of
attending to his personal affairs
" " i"""-
the hivisehold. He was accustom-
ed to spend Ihese quiet aflernoons
in pipe smoking and reading, or
In playing solitaire. Sometimes he
would lake a nap on Ihe sola. -
In Hie course of the afternoon
Ihe Malor would do a good deal of
drinking.
On Ibis winlrv day a fire of
cedar logs blaed ii Ihe huge" (ire
place. In thai era grates were
unknown, so Hie fire was laid di
redly on the square stones that
formed the surface of the hearth.
Above the fireplace there ran
j across the chimney a thick, heavy
I mantel. At each end of it stood a
candle In a silver candlestick.
I The Major and his wife bad a
j handsome and valuable collection
lot silverware which I hey kept in
Oregon '-hi.
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BULLETIN, BEND, OREGON. TUESDAY, JANUARY 9,
a Long Succession of
- HW'JR COLLECT,
WAY OUR PEOPLE
LIVED
I944j
a locked closet on the second floor.
In colonial times banks did not
exist in America, and the unneces
sary amount of silverware in the
homes of the well-to-do took the
place of bank accounts. It could
always be turned into money
quickly.
Besides the bookcases filled
with sulemn looking tomes the li
brary contained the Major's desk,
wlln flowery designs, and six
chairs.
The desk was so typical of the
ISth century that it might as well
he-selected as the most represen
tative piece of furniture of that
era. It was the kind of desk that
was used by Washington, John
Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Jona
than Edwards and thousands of
lawyers, doctors and men of busi
ness. It was narrow and tall. The
writing surface was hardly wide
enough for two sheets of paper.
'Hie upright portion rose to the
height of about six feet. It had
glass doors and several shelves
for papers and books and drawers
In the lower part of the desk
which could he locked.
The materials for writing lay
in a recess on the same level as
the writing surface. There was an
ornate Inkwell of brass, a metal
holder containing three goose
quill pens, and a silver shaker of
fine sand to be used In blotting
I the freshly written sheets. Plot
ters were unknown and sand was
used Instead.
On the finely polished mahog
any table in the center of the
room stood a bowl of long-stemmed
pipes, a silver tobacco box.
and a large candelabrum with
branches for six candles. Also a
flint-and steel . fire-maker, which
was used occasionally for lighting
pipes when the randies were not
yet lighted and there was no fire
,-iti llie lienrlli. ihe l re-mnKer
consisted of a piece of flint held
Immovably in place ty metal
nrones. The flint could he struck
hy hammer like that belonging
t0 nSket, by cocking the ham-
her anil pulling a trigger, i no
snnrk. thus created, fell Into
lltle metal hox filled with cofton.
or lint, or fine wood shavings. The
smoker I lien transferred Ihe burn
ing linl to the bowl of his pipe.
Pyklns knocked at Ihe door,
opened it n few Inches and pooped.
"Miss Fraser has come." lie said.
It was then about .'I o'clock.
The Malor replaced the hook
he was reading and took another
from a bookcase near at hand. Ho
had boon reading Ahrra Helm's
novel. "The Nun. or the Perjured
Beamy." and Hie book lie took in
its place was Banyan's "Pilgrim's
ProgrosM." lie did not consider the
gal by and flamboyant Mrs
Holm's piive of fid ion immoral
but it was light and amusing, and
after all Miss Matilda Fraser was
a 'teacher of young girls, -so ho
thought. II holler, as a mailer of
policy, io have her find him en
gaged in a more serious occupa
tion than Ihe reading of a trashy
novel.
(To Be Conllmirdl
FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS
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again yKckJ nrsSl?svy Wfi i v oa'am
Messenger Boys
lO&ooduMAd.
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Bend's Yesterdays
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
(From The Bulletin Files)
(Jan. D, 1!)30)
From three to five inches of
snow blanket Central Oregon, as
the mercury drops to five below
zero at Fall River and Crane
Prairie and stands at five above
in Bend.
A Boy Scout court of honor is
held in Bend whon life emblems
are awarded Earl Thatcher,!
George Raycraft, Howard Hyde
and J. L. Carter.
N. G. Gilbert returns from a
California trip.
Walter J. Perry, forest service
lumberman, returns from the Och
ooo forest where he assisted in
selective marking of timber.
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
Jan. 9, 1920)
Comparative prices in Bend
stores are made the object of a
study by members of Ihe Percy A.
Stevens American legion post.
John M. Perry prepares to
leave Bend to begin the drilling
of an artesian well at Fort Rock
for the forest service.
The survey is completed for the
25-mile stretch of the Bend-Sparks
Lake road, announces the forest
service.
T. W. Tripled goes to Port
land on business.
Cornett Placed
On Committees
Marshall Cornelt, state senator
from the l"lh senaorial district,
has been appointed to member
ship In five iniDortanl state senate
committees, It was reported from
Salem today. Cornett, whose home
Is In Klamath Falls, represents
Deschutes, Jefferson, Crook,
Klamath and Lake counties.
Besides being a member of five
committees in the senate, Sen.
Cornell was chosen chairman of
Ihe roads and highway committee.
Other, committees on which he
will serve are the forestry and
forest products, game, irrigation
and drainage and resolutions.
Senate Leader's , j
Mother, 80, Dies
Salem., Ore., Jan. !) HI'i-How-
aid C. Bolton oT Canny, newly-!
elected president of the senate o(
Oregon's 1915 legislature, learned
of Ihe death of his mother. Mrs. i
Lula If. Helton, of Re.dondo Beach,;
t'al.. during the joint session to
hear Gov. Earl Snoll's biennial;
message yesterday afternoon. j
Bolton called I be senate to or-
dor alter Hie joint session audi
immediately ndjhurncd il. Ho will;
not go soulh, lie said. Mrs. Helton;
had been in 111 health for several j
months. She would have been iioj
years ohl next July.
1945
Navy Is Seeking
17 Year Old Boys
Chief Paul Connet of the Cen
tral Oregon navy recruiting sta
tion today called attention to the
various branches of the navy
which are open to those gradu
ates who are 17 years of age.
For the student who excels in
mathematics and has an aptitude
for technical subjects, the navy's
recently expanded radar techni
cian training program is an ideal
field In which to serve the U. S.
and at the same time prepare for
a postwar job.
The Eddy test, which deter
mines whether an applicant has
the aptitude for radar training,
stresses mathematics and general
science, with electricity, physics,
shop work and radio theory be
ing of secondary importance. It
is not necessary, the recruiter
emphasizes, that a person have
any practical experience in radio
in order to qualify for this train
ing program.
The navy's general service
branches comprise scores of vari
ous types of skills, and youths
who show an aptitude for any
kind of job are given an oppor
tunity to compete for assignment
to training school.
It is reiterated that neither the
radar program nor the general
service classification requires a
high school diploma. If a person
can pass the Eddy test, he is
qualified for radar training re
gardless of his educational back
ground. Complete information on the
various navy jobs can be obtained
at the recruiting station in the
postoffice building.
Republicans Hold
Meetingin Bend
Laws governing social security
.-!-... .1.1 kn UfnadnnnH -tnH ctt-oncth.
encd, the Deschutes county re-1
publican central committee decid
ed at a meeting heltl at the home
of Mrs. Stella Pearl Runge, 513
Newport, on Friday night. A res
olution to that effect was adopted
and the secretary was instructed
to write to representatives and
senators from Oregon.
Those present were M. A.
Lynch, chairman, Redmond; Les
lie Ross, secretary; Clyde McKay,
Ken Moody, Dr. H. C. Staples,
Mrs. Del Hale, Earl Rodman and
Mrs. Runge.
Former Bend Girl
Dies in Winfield
Death this morning in Winfield,
Kans., of Sgt. Phyllis Ormiston of
Ihe Air Wacs, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Howard Ormislon of
Eugene, former Bend residents,
was learned here in a telegram re-1
ceived by the gill's grandfather,,
Charles I). Brown. :
Stationed in Winfield, Phyllis;
had been ill for only a short time, i
Phyllis was a granddaughter of
Mrs. Daisy Brown, long-time resi-i
dent of Bond who is now making
her home in Eugene. Phyllis was
born in Bend.
Funeral arrangements have not
yet been announced.
Five Day Forecast
Five-day forecast .ending Satur
day night:
Idaho, Oregon and Washington
east of Cascades: Light rain or
snow, early in period and again
about Saturday. Above normal
temperatures.
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