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THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 3. 1945
THE BEND BULLETIN
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IMPROVING THE REPORT
It will probably be some weeks before the issuance of the
annual report of the Oregon unemployment compensation
commission, but in the meantime there has been a preview of
the report presented in one of the commission s monthly
bulletins. Primarily this was to inform the legislature, which
was then in session and which had before it a variety of bills
seeking amendment of the unemployment compensation law.
It could have been helptul.
Whether it was or not is not the purpose of this discussion.
We are more concerned at the moment with what opportunity
this preview may afford for improvement in. the forthcoming
report. We believe that improvement may be made, although
in general the commission's reports are informative and well
presented.
A desirable addition, as we see it, would be a table show
ing a breakdown of payrolls according to the various employer
contribution rates levied to meet unemployment benefits. The
commission does give a table which shows the number of em
ployers coming under each rate, but how much payroll is
taxed under each rate is not presented.
Undoubtedly the commission has this information. We
are sure it could increase the interest and value of the report
by presenting it. ,
BUT HARDLY AN ARMISTICE
.' Something of a dispute seems to have arisen between the
German army command and the nazi government as to which
shall surrender to the allies. The news states it a little differ
: ently, mentioning that the high command is ready to negotiate
for an armistice if the nazi government will quit. It amounts
to much the same thing, for an armistice would be merely a
jjrciuuu tu surrenuer
The odd part about it is that neither government nor army
kuiuiuaiiu bkciiib iu oe aoie to realize mat Germany is in no
position to negotiate. Nor is an armistice in the picture. The
time for negotiation is long since past. Germany is beaten.
There is still much fighting to be done, if Germany desires
but the longer it continues the more pitiable will be the Ger
man situation. In the end only surrender will be left and it
may be assumed that the only surrender that will be recog
nized is an army surrender. It is already going on piecemeal.
It would be far better for Germany that it were done com
pletely and now.
' THE STORY: Someone enters
Nick's room at night. There Is
a struggle and a bullet goes In
to the wall. Nick manages to
wrench the pistol away from his
assailant but the man himself
escapes.
.- AUTHORITY OPPOSITION
The valley authority business, currently stirring up so
much of a storm of opposition, came into public notice last fall
when Senator Murray, of Montana, first came forward with
the proposal for the creation of a Missouri valley authority
Just what it was that put the idea into the senator's head hits'
never been disclosed but it would seem to be clear that the
. J ofJ ls,own s'a.'e were not the ones who did it. At any
tE e M.ont?" ,elslature,hf' '0Rtcd a memorial stating
its opposition to the proposed legislation
; i a 8 "0t &lonI. ln PP0!,lntr the MVA. The Nebraska
legislature, also, according to our information has adopted a
resolution in opposition to the authority idea. In Mis.ou rf
where they like to be shown, the upper house of t l e s ate as
Pembly approved a resolution for a commission to study he
TVA. The "show me" statp. n nth. j. ,7. ,
out for itself what the facts are as to the TVA. I Is not re y
whyTff TVA A pro"H,fandtt Put t by-guess who
aAf in 0rejf?n,- ifc W'H le remembered, the legislature
rXosal mC PP0 "g tHe C'Umbia V",loy uor"ty
Bend's Yesterdays
FIFTEKN VKAHS AGO
(April 3, 1930)
(From The Bulletin Files)
The city commission votes to
submit two charter amendments
to the voters on May 16, one to
raise funds for the insinuation of
an ornamental lighting system
downtown, and the other permit
ting the city to enter Into 10-year
contracts.
The Bend . chamber of com
merce names Hon 11. Peoples,
Robert W. Sawyer and Frank S.
McGarvey as a committee to study
the Arnold Irrigation district's
water problems in view of an Im
pending shortage.
Central Oregon Schoolmasters
convene in Madras, and J. Alton
Thompson talks on "The Teacher
as1 a Buckpasser."
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TWBNTV-HVB YKAKS AGO
(April 3, lilliOl
The Bend Water Light & Power
company's new steam plant is put
Into operation, supplying the city
nearly double power.
Considering the Inspection of all
meats In the city, . the council
studies a new ordinance providing
for the appointment of a deputy
poundmaster and meat Inspector.
Miss Evelyn Carlson, first
grade school teacher, wins a $im
prize for suggesting the name of
"Bend's Business Booster" for a
proposed publication of the Mer
chant's association.
Lloyd Douthit, E. L. Payne and
Dr. W. r;. Manning return from
the Metolius with a eood trout
catch.
C. P. Nlswongor Is the proud
owner of a new 7 passenger Nash.
BRENDA .
XIV
The sun was still quite low in
the east when I slipped out the
front door and walked down to
wards the sea. Seated on the sea
wall smoking a clgaret and look
lng as fresh as a child after a nap
was tsrenaa sempie.
"Why, Nick, you've shaved,"
she greeted me. "You look posi
tlvely blooming."
"Do I?" I said. "What got you
up so early r
"I had a foul night."
"Where are the others?".
She shrugged.
"Still asleep, I suppose. Why
Are you hungry?"
Tolerably."
"I'm famished. Let's run up to
Aiinot. i ne diner win be open
"An inspiration, ' l said.
Brenda had her head back
against the seat with her eyes
nair-ciosea.
"Do you know this is the first
time I've felt secure since I met
you all last night?" she asked.
"Really?" 1 said.
She half turned and looked at
mo.
"Leave the lying to the women.
Nick. You can trust me."
I steered carefully around a
bump.
"I haven t lied yet."
"Do you expect me to believe
that cock and bull story about
the surprise party? That little
conclave last night had the mak
ings of a lovely blow-off. The air
just reeked with private hates."
"You and Eric hit it off espe
cially well," I said.
"That man!" Brenda made a
face. "Whose idea was he?"
"Papa?" She gave me a sly look.
You re sure he Isn t Pats?"
"Look, Brenda," I said, "if you
know the answers, why bother to
ask the questions?;'
"There's no use getting angry,
Nick." She sat forward with sud
den earnestness. "I know as well
as you that Pat doesn't like Eric
Woolf. But she might have her
reasons for being nice to him."
"Such as what?" I asked.
She did not answer at once. She
put her head back on the seat
again.
"Did you know" that the Hudson
fortune has dwindled to a mere
shadow?" she asked.
ess
We drew up at the diner and
Brenda laid her hand on my arm.
Ill tell you something elso,
Nick. I looked our car over this
morning and found that the rotor
had been removed from the dis-i
tributor head." '
"So It wasn't the rain," I said.
Durinc breakfast I turned the:
thlmr over a hundred limes In mvi
mind and got nowhere. Finally I
pushed my plate away and took
out my cigarets.
"Keeling strong?" I asked.
"Top-hole," she said.
"Able to stand a shock?"
"I'm practli'ally shock-proof."
"Someone tried to kill me last
night."
Just calm like that at breakfast,
the way you'd say I scarcely slept
a wink. Her glance never wa
vered. "You've conic a long way since
the old days, Mick," she said.
"The boy who made good," I
qulppcdf "But hold on. Here comes
the real shock; whoever disabled
your car last night might have
wanted to keep your father here
so that he could lake a shot at
him."
Her lips tightened, but her eyes
were skeptical.
"And he got in the wrong room?
I doubt It. Think a little, Nick."
She gave me a calm, clear look.
"Removing the rotor from the
distributor head of a car wouldn't
keep anyone at The Ledges who
really wanted to get away. Espe
cially when the garage was' full
of cars."
e e
The light dawned. Bruce Tem
ple, himself, had removed the ro
tor from the distributor head, and
Phlneas Hudson had made it very
easy for him to stay. And that
fortuitous meeting of the Tem
ples in Minot with the well-engi
neered invitation to Join the party.
It all fell neatly into place. Afraid
of the awful thoughts showing In
my eyes, I looked down at the
table top. I could feel Brenda's
eyes boring into my brain.
whom do you suspect? she
asKea clearly.
"Suspicion Is no good, I said.
"What did he look like?"
"It was dark. He was big. That's
an i Know." i
Big?" An odd smile curved her
lips. "As big as father? '
Or Charley Strand or Eric
Woolf, I said evasively.
"i ougnt to say it couldn't have
been lather. Her voice was dead
calm. "But if you knew what I
know" She broke off and stood
u p. "Let's get back to The
Ledges. -
She dldn t speak until we had
crossed the old wooden bridge
again and the long crescent of
Crystal Beach was visible running
In a graceful curve from the stony
bluff where The Ledges stood.
'L,ooK, nick," she said, "xbu're
nice boy and 1 like you. Whv
don't you pack your suitcase and
slip aboard a freighter that is
bound lor Pernambuco or some
equally remote place?"
"What are you afraid of?"
"Do you really want to know?"
She tilted her head to one side
and smiled grimly. "The dark. I
wouldn't spend another night in
this nouse for all the tea in
China."
"Why not?"
"Because somebody's going to
get hurt. I think I know a little
something that you don't know
and I can feel It In my bones.''
(To Be Contiqued)
One hundred years ago, when
life insurance was new in the
United States, policies became
void and all previous payments
were forfeited to the company if
the policyholder went on a sea
voyage without permission and
without paying an extra pre
mium. -
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PHARMACY
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OPENING SALE
FRIDAY, APRIL 6th
At New Prineville Sales Ring
Sale Starts 1 p.m.
115 Head Cows & Heif
ers Two to five years ohl, with
Calves and Heavy Springers.
18 Dairy Cows & Heifers
HolstcliiK, .Irrsrvs, Guern
sey. Two to .six years old.
Kxlra Good i'lmn Tested.
10 Head Beef Cattle
4 Veal Calves
'One 2-Year-Old Bull
Thoroughbred White l"ac
sired by Prliu-o Domino 3th.
One 2-Year-Old Bull
White Durham.
One 2-Year-Old Bull
Black Angus.
6 Well Broke Saddle
Horses
Two to eight years old.
20 Head Work Horses
Sirini' liroko, Minm Hut.
IT TASTES
50 GOOD
O 1944, UONS-MAONUS, INC
TWO SETS HEAVY WORK HARNESS
Farm Implements and Household Goods. Also One Trailer House,
Good Tires, and Innerspring Mattress. One 1942 Hdrlcy-David-ion
Motorcycle, Shaft Drive, A-1 Condition.
Prineville Auction Sales Co.
Stockyards, Prineville, Oregon
T- r -rS I 'rank l lrirh O. K. Gla.elinxik, Aue-
ee.. imnecrs: Karl It. .loliiison, Miles Alcr.
Bend
Abstract Co.
Title Insurance Abstracts
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March Weather
Arid, Stormy
While the heaviest March snow
In years was piling up along the
Cascade summit only a few miles
to the west, Bend this past month
experienced one of the most arid
later winters and early spring
seasons in a decade, data released
today by observers in charge of
the local airways weather station
revealed. Bend's precipitation in
March was only .18 of an inch.
The end of the month found
some eight feet of snow in the
Dutchman flat country of the
eastern Cascades, directly west of
town, and on the Santiam Sum
mit there was 92 inches of snow.
Most of this mountain pack fell
in March.
The weather observers say that
only flurries of snow and scatter
ed showers of rain from the
mountain storms reached Bend.
Indicative of the extent of the
storms in the higher areas, a trace
or more of percipitation fell In
Bend on 22 different days in
March yet the total for the 31
days was mere .18 of an inch of
moisture, compared with a long
time mean oi .78 of an Inch. A
trace or more of snow fell In
Bend on 18 different days in the
month.
Not a single clear day was re
corded here in March. A clear
day observers explain, is one in
which on the average not more
than three-tenths of the sky Is
covereu ny clouds.
Heaviest precipitation recorded
here in any of the numerous
"storms" that visited Bend in
March was only .05 of an inch.
FLUB I'IKE CHECKED
Bend firemen shortly before 10
o'clock last night were called to
tno home of Fred Burrows, G50
Roosevelt avenue, to extinguish a
flue fire. They reported there was
no damage.
Father and Son
Hope to Meet
Out in Pacific
Gunners Mate 3c Eugene Brick
wrote to his mother, Mrs. George
Brick of 418 Florida, that he had
been transferred from a sub
chaser to duty aboard a destroyer
in the South Pacific and that he
hopes to see his father soon.
Electrician's Mate 1c George
R. Brick, Eugene's father, is on
duty in waters surrounding the
Mariannas and it is there that
they hope to arrange the rendez
vous. Eugene had served on the sub
chaser 18 months until the ship
was docked to repair damages re
ceived in active sea fighting.
Officers of Elks to
Take Posts Tonight
A large attendance was expect
ed tonight when members of the
Bend Elks lodge will install of
ficers for the ensuing year. The
ceremony, led by past exalted
ruler Hans Slagsvold, is slated to
begin at a o dock.
To serve for the year 1945-1946,
the. following are to be installed:
Ralph Ferguson, exalted ruler;
Loren Carter, leading knight;
Jerry Chester, loyal knight; Wil
liam McWilliams, lecturing
knight; Paul Sevy, secretary;
Grant Jensen, treasurer: Charles
Pierce, tyler, and Walter Emard,
trustee for five years.
Outgoing officers are Ralnh
Adams, exalted ruler; Mel
Munkers, leading knight; N. E.
Gilbert, loyal knight: Earl Amick.
lecturing knight, and Hugh Simp
son, iruscee.
Warren W. Wing, E. L. Nielsen,
General Petroleum distributor, an
nounced yesterday. ' ,
Florence will operate the sta
tion under the name of Doug's
Super Service and will serve as
agent for the Bee Hive Truck
line. He received an honorable dis
charge from the army before mak
ing his home at Bend.
COLLECTION RUINED
Hammond, Ind HP) What prob
ably was the largest collection of
whisky from all over the world
was destroyed when the Phil
Smidt & Son restaurant exploded
and burned recently. Smidt had
for many years collected a bottle
of whisky from every country in
the world and not one of the bot
tles had ever been used.
Service Station
Manager Named
Douglas Florence, new resident
of Bend, will assume operation of
the former Hitchcox & Lomax
service station formerly owned by
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