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THE BEND BULLETIN. BEND, OREGONTUESDAY, MARCH 27; 1945
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BUDGET LAW CHANGES
Since the amended budget law carried the emergency
clause it became effective last week when signed by Governor
Snell. Budgets for the next fiscal year beginning July 1 are
therefore to be made in accordance with its provisions. Per
hans it will be of interest both to budgeteers and the tax
paying public to have pointed out some of the changes in the
law as it now stands.
With respect to the publication of estimates the most
important change is as to the figures with which comparisons
can be made. Thus, where formerly the law required the pub
lication of the figures of expenditure for three years previous
and the budget estimates for six months of the current year
the new law calls for a showing of the expenditures for two
years only and the budget allowances for the current year.
This seems to us to be a desirable chunge. Cost of publication
1 should be reduced while the figures to be given should be
ample for the purposes of comparison. The re-enactment of
this section wipes out the amendment adopted two years ago
and rejected by the supreme court. The ill-advised effort of the
league of Oregon cities to cut down on the information to ue
given the public through published budgets is also rebuked.
A change, suggested without doubt by the time lag be
tween the beginning fit the fiscal year or budget period
(July 1) and the first tax collection date (November 15), is
that allowing the retention of unexpended balances up to 10
per cent of the total estimates for the coming year as a work
ing balance. Hitherto such balances were set off in full against
the proposed expenditures.
The provision of the former law that has made trouble
hereabouts in the past that no municipal corporation officer
could serve on a budget committee has been amended. The
prohibition is now against service by an officer or employee
ot tne corporation lor which the budget is being made. A new
feature is a provision by which budget committee members
shall be named, after a rotation routine has been established.
for three years. The thought here is, of course, to retain the
services of experienced committee men. We discussed the sub
ject in this column some months ago. '
Still another new provision in the law is the requirement
that all budgets proposing expenditures in excess of $7,500 be
jiuoysneu.
Jhe foregoing presents, we believe, the more important
chat; ges that have been made in the budget law. They were
proposed and have been enacted for the purpose of adjusting
thejlaw to changes caused by the fiscal year change and to
insJre the presentation to the people of the tax facts about
whfch they have a right to know. ,
' Apparently the state of Washington theory is that if the
A can highway can be sufficiently discredited another road
y ill be built running north from, say, Seattle through British
Jolumbia.
Monarch of All He Surveys
-The trouble with that marrying street car conductor in
San Francisco was that he ranir ud too manv fairs
Fred Othman Visits Steakeasy
And Takes Peek at $18 Check
By Frederick C. Othmnn
(United Prose Staff Correspondent)
Washington, March 27 till As
a patron, by mistake, of a steak
easy, I think .1 can tell the OPA
and congress something about
the black market In meat.
A couple of well-heefed citizens
from New York invited me to din
ner last night. They said they
knew a good place.
. we got in a taxi, orove to a
hamburger stand about 12 blocks
from the White House, and
crawled up on three stools. I
thought it was odd wc were hav
ing hamburgers for dinner. It
turned out we weren't.
My hosts identified themselves
to the clerk at the counter, as at
a prohibition speakeasy. Then we
were ushered into a small pine
paneled room.
This was filled with black mar
ble tables at which citizens (most
ly in U. S. army officers' unl
foitns) were eating beefsteak.
Some of them were having lob
ster and a few fish, but the ma
jority were plowing into steaks
We took a table, which had been
reserved for us, and ordered a
beer.
"You want something special in
the way of steak?" the shirt
sleeved proprietor asked. We said
wo did. He walked into his over-
ones mentioned the fact that they
were out of eigarets. The owner
of the steakcasy went to his
cigaret vending machine, labeled
"empty" and unlocked the Danel.
The man with the steak said he
didn't want to make money on
cigarets. He. said he sold 'em
simply to accommodate the cus
tomers. .
When we got outside the ham.
burger stand was Jammed with
people not catlne hambureers.
They were waiting to get at those
SICHKS.
I ve been feeling ashamed of
myseu ever since.
than 2000 venrs nun he rnmm.
THE STORY: Nick Trent tells
Inspector Marks everything he
knows about the Calavestrl case
and turns over the amulet to him;'
Marks later learns that Booker
has left town, that the amulet di
amond is probably the key-stone
of the $5,000,000 Ostermann col
lection which disappeared when
the nazls invaded Poland. A plane
which Nick and Charley take up
has been tampered with andAhey
crashland.
SPECULATION
VIII : .
Back at (he hangar we couldn't
find the mechanic. But we found
Joubert. He was in the tool lock-
"All right," I said. "Credulous
or not, I take the amulet and give
It to the police and Calavestrl gets
her throat cut. Go on from there.1'
Charley took his hands from be
hind his head.
"I can't. Unless " He frowned
as he stared at his knuckles
"unless Calavestrl might
thought you were privy to the
whole thing. She might have been
trying to make a deal with you
leaving Booker out In the cold."
But that's as far as we got.
than 2000 years ago he recom
mended the use of mashed cab
bage for the treatment of bruises.
Bend's Yesterdays
FUTEEN YEARS AGO
(March 27, 1930)
(From The Bulletin Files)
Candidates are slow to file in
this district, only three signifying
their intention of running for of
fice. They are C. P. Baker and
Jack S. Davis for county commis
sioner, nnrl Allo-Mier A Anrinrsnn
assessor.
W. O. Hall, Prineville banker,
addresses a gathering of dairy
men at Powell Butte when plans
for a dairyman's organization are
discussed.
Aun.. -inn t 4.l .t:
Pat and I had dinner Insight of !trict assembie ln ,he Kenwood
a marsh that sometimes heard, scnooi and express themselves as
in the early morning, the echoing ! beinf, in faVor of oiled macadam
er and the back of his head was a Im ",""" , on NewPort avenue, rather than
dreadful sight. He had been teli Lto.n?, uf T e" he . a,y i pavement. The matter is referred
slugged with a Stlllson and he was i VrfhT -flniw-.'. . i tohe. "J1"";.
qute dead. Meanwtvi e n the d s- , ",, " V" ,,;" T, "r. 1 "aroia ir-eiei Alien, sncu on
tributor head of the plane they "J?e " I P0" i distributor in Madras, is a Bend
Officers to Meet
In Bend on April 2
Under the guidance of agents
of the federal bureau of Investi
gation, a discussion will be held
among Central Oregon law en
forcement officers here on April
2, according to an announcement
today by the FBI. The meeting is
slated for 7 o'clock in the assem
bly room at the courthouse.
Special Agent Ralph C. Vogel
will speak on "The Law Enforce
ment Officer's Viewpoint on Evi
dence"; and Agent Julius II. Rice
" will dismiss mimUti'e nf nlaster nf
sized refrigerator, and came out parts casts and their relationship
wun inree 01 uie most magnifi
cent tenderloin steaks vou ever
pans casts and their relationship
lo criminal investigations. Both
agents are from Portland.
J. E. Thornton, simm.-'h! agent In
charge nf the KB I In Portland,
ui'ucd that all ne;tee officers of
nibbled i (he district attend the session.
i Similar meetings are being held
throughout the state in April, it
was said.
saw. They were two Inches thick,
dark red, perfect.
He broiled 'em to order and
while we waited we
shrimp and drank beer.
Came the meat and I don't be
lieve I ever did have such a good
steak, although I felt guilder with
every one.
This was black market steak t f U'tat R , , Qc On4
The check proved It: eighteen dol-i NieT IXUIGb UUT
lars for three beers, three orders CTri Parm'il I I r n
ot shrimn and three steaks. That! ITt3 rermlT USc
wasn't all. Bend residents will not reoulre
"I sure would like to take a i a permit to burn prass and other
nam nacK 10 rew i oi k with me, 1 refuse this summer, it was int
one of my hosts said. The boss in t nounced lodav by I,cRov Fox, fire
vited us Inside his ice box, which chief. Fox said that decision not
was festooned with steaks on ! to issue permits was re.-sch
hooks nnn sneives. M contained
boxes of pork tenderloins, filet
mignon In waxed paper, bacon
found graphite which had fouled
the points, killing the motor but
giving me nothing more than a
few added gray hairs.
We went up Into Cuddy Nay-
lor's office where the Venetian
blinds made prison bars on the
floor. Charley sat In a big leather
chair smoking with intense pre
occupation as if ho felt that he
was lucky to have the cigaret.
Look, Nick, he said, theres
getting to be something unpleas
antly fatal about you."
I m like Typhoid Mary," I an
swered. "I carry the disease and
other people die of it."
"What were you doing tor those
16 months In London, Nick, or Is
It any of my business?"
I sighed.
"I don't blame you, Charley. I
think even Pat imagines that I
spent most of mv time at The
Clarldge with sloe -eyed Mala
Maris. I don't know what it's all
about."
"As a matter of fact today's
little incident It seems to me, is
preltv obvious."
"How?"
"Somebody must think you still
have Calavestrl's diamond."
"Even so," I said. "Why kill'
me?"
"Imagine the Ostermann dia
monds in some vault In, let us say,
Warsaw." Charley locked his
hands behind his head an stared
at the ceiling. "Word comes that
the Cormnns are breaking
through and on the verge of tak
ing the capital and, of course,
the Ostermann collection. Thai's
five million dollars. They go out
of Warsaw in a car or a motor
cycle or on a hayrack that some
one has stolen or murdered for.
Pat," I said. "I'd better tell vou
about this morning now before
somebody else does."
She faced me questionlngly.
"Charley's plane was tampered
caller.
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
(March 27, 1920) '
At a meetine of the Community
with," I began. "We landed in the, fearing House league the Bend
m!lr.h Central Labor council introduces
a resolution asking that the city
commission form of government
marsh
Her eyes widened. I continued
grimly.
"Somebody slugged Joubert, the
mechanic who had serviced Char
ley's plane, put him in the tool
locker, and then put graphite in
the distributor head. Joubert
died."
Now Pat closed her eyes and
shook her head.
"But Nick, why?"
"I don't know. Maybe they've
got me mixed up with somebody
else. Maybe they think I know
something that I ought not to
know. Or maybe someone just
is looking for revenge. At any
thinks that I killed Calavestrl -and
j rale, I've got to do something
fllHXI! 11.
"What can you do?"
"Perhaps If I slipped off quietly
for a few days -alone "
"Alone!" Pat broke in and shook
her heal. "No, Nick!"
"A little solitude might work
wonders."
"A little solitude might kill you.
Unless --"
Then out of P:t' nmliv hnnrl
came an enchanting idea. I fell iif
love with it and later learned how
faithless Ihe objects of first love
can sometimes be.
"Unless," she said, "you went
to The Ledges."
"The Ledges," I said and I
grinned with pleasure. "Pat.
1 you've got something."
I (To Be Continued)
be substituted for the city council
N. B. Evans, . aviation expert,
comes to Bend and with Forest
Supervisor J4 G. Jacobson makes
a survey of possible landing fields
in and around Bend.
Miss Mary Benn returns from
Seattle where she had been visit
ing ho father. .
Blading of Roads
Starts in Forest
Starting earlier than has been
passible in many years, grading
operations were begun in two sec
tions of the Deschutes national
forest today. Blading of the for
est roads was started in the Sis
ters and Bend ranger districts.
W. B. Ogletrec heads a crew
working in the Sisters area, and
Victor Wiley was in charge of a
crew covering the Bend 'forest
district.
FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS
ny now mai ttve million do a is r uu.. . ,. , i .
Is amboriVs who has the courage , f'.,w ,1,b"Rc hl,s bact(-n'
to take it. But they're still lust ! "'i"' "c'",": varteties more
amazingly hard and shiny p ices ,1an ?' ' 1 n'"' hr U?m!,n phl'
of stone that you enn t eat So Ios0,hrl'' was rtght when more
someone puis them in a velvet
sack or in a belt around his waist
and takes a boat from Liverpool.
Maybe he has to "l-e two or three
stones away as a hrilie. He gets to
America and in order to give the
whole deal the odor of sanctity
he engages Hie services of an in.
tern.it ioii.-dly known nersnn uhoi
a study ot the inconvenience u mielit very plausihlv have cornel
put householders to ln obtaining j into possession of the stones le
mem. i gaiiy.
Instead of Issuing permits, Fox "Calavestrl." 1 said,
said (hat when the weather he i "Very likely." replied Charley
comes such that burning is haz-:"And she knows Ihe gems aiv
aranus, nil miming win. no stopped stolen and Is not above stealing I
in ineciiy. mrnniimi' oe miii mat i mem tor herself. In the collection
fires may ho started providing due; is this talisman with ik. .,.,
The man who wanted ham caution is used, and thai the fires I won! PAV si iaii hmi nn ti,n
Washington
Column
Bv Peter Edson
(NEA SUff Orrespoeulent)
Washington. You can get an
argument in Washington almost
any time on the qualifications of
ex-Supreme Court Justice James
F. Bvrnes to be Director of the
Office of War Mobilization and Re-
converslonr which is his present
official title by Act of Congress
and presidential appointment.
Byrnes is not a manufacturer,
not a businessman. He is a law
yer and not even a Harvard or
Philadelphia lawyer at that. He
quit school when he was 14, stud
ied shorthand, became a court re
porter and read law on the sine.
Then he published a newspaper
at Aiken, S. C, for four years,
was a state solicitor, was elected
to Congress for seven terms, re
signed to practice law in Spartan
burg for slK. Alter Doing aeieai
ed on his first try, he was finally
elected to the U. S. Senate in 1930
and he has been in Washington
ever since. Even taking into con
sideration his 16 months on the
background fits him for his posi
tion of power over the U. S. econ
omy in wartime, closing race
tracks, curtewing night clubs, ban
ning conventions, browning-out
theatre entrances just to save
coal.
One of Byrnes' first acts on be
ing named head of OWMR was to
select Bernard Baruch as his ad
visor - in - chief-without-compen-1
sation. That was generally hailed
as a step in the right direction. 1
Baruch, with John Hancock,
prepared a manpower report call
ing for much more drastic con
trols. That was shelved for a
time, came out in September, 1943,
to be followed in February with
another Baruch-Hancock report j
on war mobilization and reconver
sion. . .
Baruch dropped out of the pic
ture shortly after that and for
six months the Office of War Mo
bilization and its director made
no news that got into the papers.
Actually, Byrnes is credited with
having forced - government pro
curement agencies to scale down 1
their demands by 24 billion dol-'
lars. It was all done so quietly.
and so far behind the scenes that :
it never caused a public ripple, j
Byrnes is like" that. He is inter-.
ested in results, not publicity. In
the nearly two years he has been i
head of war mobilization he has ,
held but 10 press conferences. One
of his operating axioms is to let i
the other fellow announce the
news and make the headlines. I
It was after the Office of War
Mobilization and Reconversion '
had been given legal standing by
Congress and Byrnes had been:
named its director that he really
started swinging. I
In December he named an op-,
erating staff headed by Maj.-Gen. I
Lucius D. Clay, who had been
and by J. B. Hutson, who had
been head' of Commodity Credit
director of procurement for Army,
corporation In. Agriculture! Byrn
es' idea was that these deputy
directors might be in position to
carry on the reconversion as well
as the mobiliza'tion parts of his
office. Byrnes sticks by his
earlier announcement that he 'will,
leave after the defeat of Germany. ;
Number of Cubs
Given Awards
A number of members of Cub
Pack No. 23, which met last night
in the Kenwood school, were
given awards for special achieve
ments, It was reported today.
Den No. 1, with Mrs. R. R. Gates
as den mother, won the plaque
for the best work in March.
The Cubs' theme for the month
was soap carving, and Den 1 was
awarded the prize for carving
circus animals. Last night's gath
ering was presided over by L. M.
Ross, Cub master.
Bob Cat awards were given to
Charles Yarnes, Danny Prentice,
Harold McGinnis, Donald Hiley,
James Blaisdell, George Nelson,
William Dahlheim and George
Jonnson. utner awards were to
the following:
Wolf: Leonard Foss and Clifton
Lewerenz; Bear: Dickie Gates.
Edward Phelps, John Overbay and
Kenneth Jefferies; Gold arrow
point: James Overbay and Ken
neth Jefferies; Silver arrow point:
Kenneth Jefferies, and Lion to
Tommy Welcome.
ELKS MEET TONIGHT
One of the largest muMlntrc
ever to be held hv the RenH Viu
lodge, will be tonight when 91
canaiuates tor membership will
be initiated into the order, it was
announced todav. The meetlntr
which will be attended by 50 Elks
from Salem, Is scheduled t k '
at 8 p.m. A luncheon will ta
the initiatory exercises oUo
Bend Lieutenants
Meet in Pacific
The story of how two fnr '
guards in the Deschutes na,
forest, each of whom is
lieutenant (jg) in thenavS0'
in the south Pacific, was told SH
letter received today by memni!
of the forest staff here.
ter was from Lt. Bob hS et"
who told of meeting Lt Art ti"'
in while both were engaged
landing operations. 6 111
Lt Hudson said that ho i,.j
participated in the landings'?
Luzon, and that his craft i, 5
taken the famed First cavaw
into the invasion of that island
DRUNK rHARnp r-. j
Said by Bend officers to have''
been in an intoxicated condition y
intersection of St u.u.. ,ule
and Broadway, Aloysius R. vi
- uay, was taken into .
custody and faced arraignment
this evening in municipal coua
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ION WEE
SERVICES
Under the auspices of the
Bend Ministerial Association
CAPITOL THEATRE
March 26-27-28-29
Noon Hours: 12:15-12:55
Special Music Each Day
Paul Hornbeck, Song Leader
Wilson George. Pianist
Space courtesy
Shevlin-Hixon Company
Brooks-Scanlon Lumber Company Inc.
Bv MERRILL BLOSSER
Well, if hilda is punished, ill do - ) Lard, tmats nosacw-
ym&iniiMvj ucapcKAIt J i'LL. PURPOSELY ) FICE YOUW Pfct
r-LUNr LATIN rrv, ' TRYING- TO DO THAI
EVER. SINCE SCHOUU
sliced and unshced, Canadian ha
enn in chunks, hams country
cured and sugar cured, and build
in cases.
I hadn't seen such a display of
food in months.
pointcn to a noiiett one, boneless, i are not to be starien eurini: a
wrapped in cellophane and wind, near property that is Pkcly
marked, eight pounds. I to be endangered, and that a hnsr
"That," said the proprietor "will I Is to he on band and llu fires
be $10, including the points." completely extinguished by nilu
lu the way out the prosperous lull.
That's tbr key to the vvbole shoot
mg match. She lifts it, or may be
they let her lake it as a sample,
and she has il in her hag when
she meets :i ereilnlous gentleman
liom the New World."
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1 JUSJ HEARD THAT WATS RIGHT. JUST FORGET ITS NOT f
HILDA GRU66LE WAS LARD AND THE WHOLF THAT
THE ONE WHO Hit ME ISHE MUST BE THM5, MR. SIMPLE",
W TH THAT TOM ATT) J EMIMICUPD iAlilc.M FA i Aorw J I
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