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OPENING OF FISHING SEASON
Already the sportsmen of Deschutes county have voiced
their objection to the opening dates for the fishing season
as tentatively set by the state game commission. In this they
have received the backing of the Bend city administration.
Our belief is that the objection is a valid one and should re
ceive favorable consideration if it is weighed on its merits.
That the attitude taken here is by no means confined to
Bend is strongly indicated in a discussion of the question
appearing in The Dalles Chronicle. Under the title, "Dis
crimination?", The Chronicle says:
Eastern Oregon sports fishermen are wondering if the
state game commission is playing fair with this section of
the state by opening the trout season a month later than the
dates get tor western Oregon.
True, the Deschutes river season in Wasco county opens
April 28, instead of May 12 the date set for other streams.
Yet western Oregon's trout season opening has been set for
April 12.
Wasco county sportsmen do not want to appear unreason
able, but they do not see the logic in the game commission's
ruling. If the mild winter has resulted in light snowfall in
the mountains, with anticipated low runoff during the sum
mer months, how will that affect the spring fishing? Under
such a condition many streams might be so low in June or
July that trout fishing would be confined to "pot holes,"
which soon would be fished out. Only in the spring would the
water be high enough to produce good fishing.
Conservation? ell, why not incluae western Oregon in
any conservation program, if such is the idea? Again there
would be no complaint over a shortened season if the entire
state were involved. Western Oregon, with its greater density
of population, has thousands of fishermen compared to hun
dreds in this area.
Many fishermen, on cleaning their catches, have observed
that trout in mountain streams have not finished spawning
during the opening days of the season. This is true of the
area east of the Cascaaes, but it is equally true west of the
mountains. If natural propagation is desired, in view of the
fact that the game commission is short handed and may be
experiencing difficulty in stocking streams, why not delay
opening of the trout season all over Oregon until May 12?
Wasco, Jefferson and Deschutes county sportsmen already
have registered protest, we are informed, over the game com
mission s proposed discrimination against Eastern Oregon
in the matter of trout season dates. It still isn't too late lor t
the commission to change its mind.
Queer Antics By the So-Called Isolationist Party
WAY OUR PEOPLE
CeweV. a. Piw (r Ce. IVMl
-LIYED-
rla8.clOcodwii.
AVAILABLE TO ALL
Announcement by army representatives of the policy to be
followed in disposing of surplus property at Camp Abbot
Fhould be highly reassuring to the people of this area. Hitherto
the assumption has be,en that lump sum bids would be re
quired of would-be buyers and that the sale to the general
run of individuals would thereafter be conducted by tne suc
cessful bidders.
Instead of this, however, it is stated, any item (by which
is mtant a building and its contents) may be bid on direct by
an individual, eliminating the necessity of large financial re
sources as a qualification for buying and making possible as
well immediate acquisition by the ultimate user.
It is probable enough that there will be large purchases
when the material and equipment at Camp Abbot is put on the
market, but it is apparent from the announcement that the
small purchasers will receive first consideration.
Jones Pops Gum, Argument
Goes on, Othman Discovers
By Frederick C Othman
(United Preae Staff Correspondent)
Washington. Jan. 25 U" Sen.
John H. Overion of Louisiana
looked like he might be asleep.
Nobody else was paying much at
tention, either, as Sen. Walter F.
George of Georgia reeled off thr
duties of the Reconstruction Fi
nance Corp.
He reached the subject of fsh
and the removal of the same from
the sea at 2:55 p.m., when the back
door of the senate caucus room
opened. Great-jumping-good-gosh:
Five hundred people cranec
their necks. Nine movie cameras
whirred, four Hollywood spot
lights glared, two doen flash
bulhs exploded, somebody outside
began pounding on the front door,
the spectators applauded and Sen
George, still on the subject of
fish, gulped.
Jesse Jones, a big man with a
white thatch, tortoise eyeglasses,
a red white and blue necktie, and
a gold mounted rabbit's foot on
his chest, stalked in and found a
chair.
He unbuttoned his coat, survey
ed the scene, which rapidly was
approaching the hectic, and se
renely continued to chomp his
gum. At least I think it was gum;
he didn't call for a cuspidor.
Jones, as you may have noticed
in the papers, is the man who
wrote a cprtain letter to Presi
dent Roosevelt. He w;is appearing
before the senate commerce com
mittee to tell why he didn't think
1 Ienry Wallace would make a good
secretary of commerce as well as
an RFC chairman combined. He
watched one camerman push an
other in the face, observed the
Indies getting their hats knocked
off trying to get in, henrd the
gears buzzing In all the movie ma
chines, and listened to Sen. Josei
ah W. Bailey of North Carolina
demand that the committee come
to order.
The committeemen looked start
led: they'd been sitting there,
quietly flabbergasted, all along.
C'eorrte finishei about fish and
the 28 other duties of the RFC and
Jones began his statement by
wondering aloud, what about the
pntp receipts?
Ho then read a ''ntr-mnt Indi
cating that he doesn't think Henry
Wallace would be so hot sr com
bination secretary of commerce
and RFC chairman. He thinks, in
fact, that Wallace would be ter
rible nnd he doesn't care who
hears him.
He listed some figures ( they I
I sounded like box car numbers to
! me) to show what big business j
I the RFC really was and said it
! was no place for amateurs. As of
now, he said, its being run b
businessmen who h?ve no interest !
, to remake the world. That crack
i brought on a round of applause.
I Jones got more spatterings ofl
handclaps when he tangled in a
contest of forens'c! with Sen.
Claude Pepper of Florida, who i
i wanted to kno"' whether "'d re-!
i sip-nerl. or whether hp hadn't. I
' "Didn't you read my letter to
the oresident? demanded Jones.
'"You mean you are holding pos
sesion by snuatters sovereign
ty?" Pepper demanded.
Jones didn't answer th'it one;
just popped his um and the argu
ment went on from there.
Bend's Yesterdays
FOUR YOUNG MEN IN THE
(.OLD RUSH
IV
In company with 14 other wag
ons the Birdsall outfit left St. Jo
seph on April 30 of the year 1S49.
There were Gl persons in his ex
pedition 52 men, three women
and six children. One of the
women, whose mime was Anna
Cowdy, boasted that she was
either 80 or S5 years old. but she
didn't remember which. She could
chop down a tree with an axe,
cook a meal, treat a sick ox, knit
socks and undershirts, and help
repair a broken-down wagon, all
as part of the day's work.
The two other women were
middle-aged farmers' wives who
accompanied their husbands. One
of them had three of the six .chil
dren on the expedition and" the
other wife had two. The remain
ing child was a boy of 10 who was
going across with his father.
Andrew Gordon kept a diary of
the trip.
April 30. We got off this morn
ing, clear, cool day. We bought
two mules yesterday not to pull
the wagons, for the oxen do that,
but for two of us to ride. The
other two ride on the wagon. My
brother drove the oxen touay, and
Tommy sat. with him. Jake and I
rode the mules. I always thought
the prairies were flat as a floor,
but not so; they have a sort of
wavy look, like the sea with bil
lows.
Jake is to be cook the first week
and me next week. Pretty good
dinner tonight, and certainly
plenty of it bacon, beans, coffee,
bread brought from St. Joe, dried
figs, milk from St. Joe ... all of
us as tired as farm hands in the
plowing season.
May 6. We elected a leader to
day for this expedition of 15 wag
ons. John Pter Cullen was select
ed by vote. We all voted, includ
ing the three women and the
young sprouts still under age.
There was no opposition. After
the election Cullen was sworn in
on a Bible. He then gave us a talk
sitting on his bay mare out on
the prairie while the rest of us
stood around and listened. He let
who elected them, to keep order;
to regulate the progress of the
westward march; to see that the
sick and disabled were taken care '
of; to punish thieves and other
transgressors; to put a stop to
drunkenness and disorder of all
kinds. They were supposetl to call
a jury to pass on serious mis-.
demeanors. Criminals were occa
sionally executed after a jury
trial. The juries or the leader
sometimes exelled members of
the caravan for quarreling, or for
stealing, or for doing injury to
the wagons and animals of others.
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May 7. This is my week as cook
for the party. I dread it. yet it
must be done. In the first place
there is no wood to be had to
build a fire, and we have to de
pend on dried buffalo chips. That
means that the cook and one
other at least for every wagon
must range the prairie some-!
time" for miles- looking for the '
dropping of buffalos.
i However, I got up three pretty ;
good meais today with a gener-;
ous amount of coffee. We camped 1
by a little stream tonight, so I :
washed all the tin plates. Usually
we just wipe them with a cloth
and let it go at that. We alio
filled the water barrel. So far we;
have had no trouble in finding
grass for the oxen and horses, i
The prairie is ju.-t one big
, meadow. .
i May 8. Opened one of the cans
of beef today, and it was just
fine. I wish now we had bought
! more than six cans of it. All you i
have to do is to heat it a little. It
was not enough for the four of
us, so I fried some bacon.
We met two wagons coming
back from the Promised Land to
day. The men with them looked '
pretty well down in the mouth. ,
They had not been to California- -!
nvir (Tnt thorn. It mfmpH th;it I
; the Humboldt desert had almost
, ruined them, and they turned i
! back. Two of their men died of i
cholera; they had three left, and;
these survivors had hollow eyes
and caved in cheeks, and looked j
as it mey were auuui uone ior.
I Thnv sairl thi rirjiirin it; r:iw
us know in no uncertain terms, j eolURi but wnL.n you Kct into lhc
that we had chosen him, of our , rout;h country il was just hell and
own free will, as the boss of the - nigh watcr a tne timc. Aso
outfit, and he intended to keep , wal. ot ,ho imians wnen we are
order in this "caravan," as he : further along
called it, and he wanted all of us . .
to help him,
and playing accordions and lun
jus the chief diversion of. these
pioneers was card playing. As
soon as the day's Journey was
over the cards came out. They
played seven-tip, as a rule, varied
now and then by a sc.-fsion of
poker. The playing was invari
ably for money stakes; no gold
seeker would think for a moment
of playing just for amusement.
(To lie ( oiitiniied)
Washington
Column
By IVtor Udsim
NK. Slaft t'rreionilentl
Washington, P. C. - W hen
Washington state's newly appoint
ed Sen. Hugh It. Mitchell look of
fice as successor to his former
boss, Sen. Mmt C. Wullgreu, he
was assigned to the office suite
formerly occupied by Sen. Gerald
1'. Nye of North Pakota, Mitchell's
secretary, Jack Croome, took the
desk formerly occupied by Nye's
secretary. Gerald W. Movlus.
Opcnlne the desk drawer, Croome
found this not.':
"To my successor: Please take
good care of Montmorency. He in
volves little irouhlc. Just don't
hurt him or 1 will haunt you. lie
doesn't take balhs anil he doesn't
have to be taken out for walks.
He used to be mine and now he Is
yours. You can have him. 1 don't
know what he eats. ApiRuently
nothing. You may not see him
right way. but ou may be as
sured he Is in this desk and will
show up In due time. He is a
cockroach. Goodby, Gerald W.
Movlus."
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The day before the'piesldeiil's
budget message went to congress,
Plrector of the Budget Harold P.
Smith belli a seminar for news
papermen to go over some of ils
Intricacies, line of the things
j Smith was asked about was the
I I I billion dollars worth of reap-
proprlations what were reapply
j prl.nlons? "SupMse your wife
t-omes io i in end ii your inmi'i'i
year anil finds you have $L,iK h"
hasn't sM-nt," said Smith. "Then
she sas to you. 'I've got $LtK)
that we thought we'd sicnd hut
didn't, and here are some sugges
tions as to how we can reappioprl
ate It.' "
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i Redheaded Congressman F.d-
i ward J. H.w t, who was finally
picked as chairman of the house
committee to investigate un
American affairs formerly
known as Ihe Pies committee -has
one of the shortest biog
raphies in the cougrrssional dtrrc-
ftory. It says, "Pemocrat, lawyer,
I Jersey City."
beylnnlug his third term In con
gress. . lie hasn't made many
speeches but one. ot his most re
cent was the most violent tirade
of racial ami rellglouH lulolcr
auce 1 have heard on Ihe floor
of the house. He can out Pics Mr.
1 )les any day.
Grange Hall
Grange Hall. Jan. 25 (Special)
Miss Marilyn Bishop Is spending
several weeks at the It. I. llaiuby
home.
The Ladles Aid met January II
with Mrs. I'hesler Johnson at 37H
Georgia. Llghteen were present.
Next tncellng will be Thursday,
Jan. 25, with Mrs. Helen Siren.
The Home Kconomlcs club met
January 1H with Mrs. Alex Wall
ers. Several women were present
anil tho afternoon was spent
workliiK on sewlinj ItltH for lh
hoys in service.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Criunpton
of 1'orllnnd were dinner guests
Sunday at the It. I. ll.iiuliy home.
Mrs. Walter Prli hard has been
taking the agriculture census In
Ihe coininuully Ihls week.
A large crowd attended I he
l'llgeraiilCrlpe aui llou sale held
Tuesday lit Ihe Fllgerald ranch,
Sweden Is m eel lug Ihe gas
shortage by tnanufacluijiig me
thane gas In a sewage disposal
plaul al Stockholm for use as mo
tor feel for buses anil other muni
cipal vehicles. The cost Is ronniar
able to Ihe prewar cosl ot gasoline
anil the power derived closely cor
responds to thai obtained from
the same fuel.
Pleasant Ridge
Pleasant Ridge. Jan. 2" I Spe
cial i- The Deschutes Pleasant
Ridge Extension unit met on Jan.
IS at the home of Mrs. A. Ahl
strom. The project was slip cov
ers. Miss Lliabeth Boeckll was
the leader. There were 2-1 mem
bers and one visitor present.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomason and
sons of Kugene were last week
visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Shorty
Wilcox. Mrs. Thomason Is a sister
of Mrs. Wilcox.
Mrs. Lela Lynam Suter was
honored with a bridal shower and
party held at the Pleasant Ridge
hall on Jan. 20. A large crowd
was present.
John Petersen and family of
Redmond were Sunday dinner
guests at the Tony Ahlstrom
hone.
On Monday a birthday party
was given in honor of Mrs. Ted
Povey and Mrs. Sid Conklin at
the Conklin home. A quilt was
tied and finished by the guests
for Mrs. Povey.
The man who
going to but
chairmanship "f
en comiTiitt''c"
thought he was
lldn't ret the
"The t'r' Anelj
as it l'.i-i been
dealt was Congressman J"hn S
Gibson of Douglas. Gi-nrgla. Gib
son was Mississippi (Vn'e;--man
John K. Rankin's choice. Gib
son is a self-made man, having
studied law through a Chlcnco
corresiKindence sehool whose di
ploma hangs on his wall. He Is
V'e will put some
in that sick face .
'character"
Tlrct tooling mopoy . .'. with a doadpurt cjIoto?
Wo'll correct II and givo thoso tirot a Ircad a
handiomo as any thai over rolled out of a factory!
All joking aiido It'i not a(a to rido on imoolh
rubbor eipocially In Icy wealhor to rolroadinq'i a
precaution you daro not ovorlook. Mavo it done
bofora your tiro's worn too thin or wo'll havo to
rofuso the job.
M ACMILLAN DISTRIBUTORS FOB
DESCHUTES. JEFFERSON AND CROOK COUNTIES
WASPS STING JAP BKK1 I KS
Providence, R. I. 'If . Black
wasps are now being used by
home front warriors In Rhode Is
land in the battle against Ihe
Japanese beetle, which feeds on
shrubbery and plants.
IIFTKKN YEARS AGO
(Jan. 25, 1930 )
IKnim The bulletin l-'iles)
While Bend suffers with cold
20 degrees below zero, it is re
ported from Brooks-Scanlon camp
No. 1, 1,000 feet higher in the
Paulina foothills, that it is five :
degrees warmer there.
Sheriff Claude McCauley finds j
that the stray horse business is '
poor, when he sells nine animals
with a loss of $16 to the county.
Plans are made to create a skat
ing rink on the Deschutes just
above the Newport avenue bridge.
Dr. V. II. Lytic, state veteri-.
narian, reports that Deschutes
county cattle are freest of bovine
tuberculosis than other stock in
the territory.
J. E. Bloom, editor of the Red
mond Spokesman, is a Bend vis
itor. T. R. Reddington, Portland, is
named manager of Woolworth
store here, succeeding F. T.
Treichel.
Henry McCall and family of
the Redmond district, are guests
at the Pilot Butte inn.
Sherman Woisgcrbcr and Wal-
iter 11. Swearingen of Ihe Gap
ranch, are Bend visitors.
' Mrs. A. T. Cavaneos, 255 Davis
street, entertains the Embroidery
C1UD.
i no selection ot leaders arose 1
from necessity. The caravans
were, for most of their journey,!
far away from sheriffs and
courts, and there was no legal i
method of handling these crowds
of men, some of whom were des-'
perados or fugitives from justice.
The leaders were usually given
authority, by the consent of those
An alloy ot copper and aluml-
num is the strongest non-ferrous
metal alloy known. I
VALENTINE
FLOWERS
Fresh Orchid Corsages
Red Roses Violets
Carnations Gardenias
Potted Daffodils Tulips
ORDER AHEAD!
PICKETT
Flower Shop & Gardens
Phone 530 629 Quimby
We telegraph flowers
anywhere.
The popular song of the gold
rush was "Oh, Susannah. It was
not onlv nooular wilh the erild
seekers, hut also with everybody J
else in 1819, and is still sung by j
many, because of its catchy tune, j
Here is the chorus, as it was1
sung originally:
Oh, Susanna, don't you cry
for me,
I'm off for Alabama with my
banjo" on my knee.
The gold seekers changed the
last line to "I'm off to California
with my wash bowl on my knee." i
The "wash bowl" mentioned wasi
for the purpose of washing out
the gold nuggets.
Besides singing "Oh, Susannah" I
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PAHCAK&
PASTEURIZED SKIM MILK
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A LATHER, CHUM,' X OUT AT THC ZOO- , AWAY BEFORE I J mf
ALL I DID WAS I )) TVlNG A KMOT. ArJDK V COULD FINISH '
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fir
Copper
Starts to
Won
via Great Northern
A vast amount of the copper o vital to the produc
tion of war-winning weapons for America and her
allies starts for the world's battle fronts in Great
Northern freight cars.
From Montana's famed, fabulous copper industry
and from mines nnd smelters in near-by states, tool -tremendous
tonnages of the red metal in many forms
are moved to distant arsenals, foundries and plants:
by Great Northern's supply line.
The Northwest's copper industry relies on Great
Northern for dependable transportation. And, the
railway depends on copper from its territory to keep
ils equipment in shape and the supply line rolling.
I. WAYNK, Oncn.I
(.. N. Million
klamulli 1 1 n. Ore
routoof the EMPIRE BUILDER
FIGHT INFANTILE PARALYSIS with Your Dimes
FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS
YOU HAVE1
VISITOR., JUNIOR
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1777:
My
Gosh,
JUNIOR.
YOU HAD ME-
WOrrjed.' 1
Came right.
OVER WHATS
, WRONG I