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THE BEND BULLETIN. BEND, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1 1, 1945
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OLD CLOTHING NEEDED
Bend Lions club members, it seems, took much the same
means of calling attention to the old clothes drive as did their
big brothers in Los Angeles. That is to say, they stripped
elected Lions, supposedly the possessors of surplus apparel,
and marched them to the clothing depot. There was one point
of difference the Los Angeles clubmen wore barrels on their
march ; those of Bend wore blankets.
But both, we may be sure, did get results from their an
tics. Sometimes it takes rather outlandish methods to seize
public attention. This is especially true when, as now, atten
tion is naturally drawn to the dramatic developments of
earth shaking world warfare.
Presumably this is the reason why too much interest has
not been evinced up to now in the old clothes drive. It should
be remembered, however, that the dire need for clothing in
the countries recently liberated from the nazi rule is one of
the results of world warfare. It is one of the conditions which
the well-clad, prosperous people of our country must recog
nize. In this community the Lions club, which, with the
B.P.O. Elks, is sponsoring the drive, has taken steps to awaken
interest and the means they have used should assure that
there will be no waning of interest.
Let us call attention to another fact here. When the Bend
club men were deprived of coats, vests, trousers and what not
there were warm blankets at hand to protect them from the
searching April breeze. At home there were extra suits. This
is so with most of us on this side of the Atlantic. In looted
Europe it is certainly not so. Clothing, either taken or worn
out, really worn out, is not replaced just now unless we do
something about replacing it. To do this is the purpose of the
drive. - 1
Your old suit or dress will help to clothe war-stricken,
truly needy people. You will not miss it ; heaven knows
whether you would ever use it again. Bundle it up and take it
to the clothes depot at Wall and Oregon in the Leedy base
ment. Somebody will be supremely thankful for it.
, YES MA'AJW. IT'S A RACKET
A subscriber in one of the rural communities of Deschutes
county has just brought in a postal card, mailed from a city
some distance from Central Oregon. "Is this a racket?" she in
quires. "A lot of these have been received out here."
The card carries a form note to the effect that the sender
has an "interesting news article" concerning the addressee
which, it is set forth, has appeared in a daily newspaper, A
clipping will be mailed on receipt of 25 cents.
Yes, we would say,' this has all the earmarks of a racket.
We have written in regard to it befote now, but we have no
reluctance to do so again if it may save some of our readers
from being victimized. Here is the way it works :
The operator subscribes to a few newspapers. In this case,
we regret to say, one of them is apparently The Bulletin, tin
. goes through the local news, and the, rural news, makes a list
of names which appear. He sends cards, similar, to the one
which' we have before us, to the persons on his list. If a re
cipient sends in his 25 cents in response, ho will presently
get a clipping to the effect that "Joe Doakes was a caller at
the Jones farm Saturday,", or that "John Doe has returned
from a business trip to Portland," depending on whether his
name is Doakes or Doe. In all probability he will have
read it in his own paper a week or two or three ago. Even
if he hasn't it is hardly worth the two-bits and the postage
that he has invested in it. '
The racket must be a fairly profitable one, judging from
the frequency with which it pops up. It's ulso a pretty pitiful
one.
Washington
Column
By Prior Edson
(NBA Staff Correspondi-ntt
Washington, D. C. Kevolt of
' the congrcssionally created ad
visory board of the office of war
mobilization and reconversion fo
cuses attention on the entire ad
visory committee system that has
grown up in Washington. din-Inn
the win- years, 'there are now
nearly 800 of these semi-official
committees functioning. Over 12,
500 citizens serve on them, with
out pay and almost entirely with
out travel expenses which must
be borne by the companies or or
ganizations which the individual
members represent. This Is one
part of government .which doesn't
cost the taxpayers anything di
rectly, at any rate.
The Idea back of all this advis
ing is to bring the government
closer to the people and vice
versa. But what all these commit
tees do, what advice they give,
where they're going and whether
the system should be extended to
give congress a lot more tree ad
vice than it already gets, are sub
jects of intriguing speculation for
anyone interested in Ills govern
ment. A study on "Industry Govern
ment Co operation" made by Carl
Henry Monsees of the Wl'U
shows that there are some 7."0
industry advisory committees set
up in WPB, OPA, WKA, ODT, and
ordnance branch of the war de
partment. WMC goes a little fur
ther by having management-labor
advisory committees. WPU
also has labor advisory represen
tatives but keeps them separate
from the industry advisory com
mittees. Whalever the set up, Hie pur
poses are broadly the same--lo
give government war agencies
the best technical advice possible
on production, distribution and
pricing policies so as to make gov
ernment regulations workable.
There has been considerable
streaming that the government
doesn't listen to the advice which
the Industry representatives give,
danger of this udvisory system,
which Is that private Interests are
taken Into the confidence of the
government, thereby have nn
open door to give advice that Is
contrary to the best Interests of
the general public. "
Ijihoi- representatives also yell
that their spokesmen should be
permitted to sit with industry
representatives on all advisory
committees so that management
doesn't gain an unfair advantage
ever the working people. As men
tioned ubove, this is the system
of the manpower commission ad
visory committees.
I3ut industry and trade associa
tion people charge there is Just
as much danger in lei ling labor
representatives have too much of
a voice. What this proves, If any
thing, is that government repre
sentatives have to make the final
decision in the interests of the
people, so what they should do is
listen to the advice" of interested
parties and then do as they please
or at least do what they think is
liesl.
P. A. X.
XXI
After the movies Charley had
taken Brenda homo and the tail
lights oi the station wagon with
Phineas Hudson at rhe wheel had
already winked out of sight on
the bandy l'oint road.
fat anu l were just going
through the door of The Wagon
Wheel when a taxi drove up. I
looked casually, then looked
again. It was a Boston taxi. Bos
ton cabs were rare in Ml not and
they meant either fun or trouble.
After a glance at the taxi's ocou
pant, I decided that this one didn't
mean fun. He carried a brief case
with undistingulshable gold in
itials on the side.
He came briskly through the
door and it was only by hurrying
that I beat him to the desk. While
1 registered Pat and myself, he
stood there, a smallish round
man, obviously important and inv
seeking some ' sign : of Phineas
Hudson. I ran into Cass Hapes.
He stared at me oddly.
"Anybody in there?" he asked.
"I don't think so," I said. "We
were all at the movies In Minot."
He looked at his watch.
"What time did you get out?"
"The usual time."
Hapes still held his watch, rub
bing his thumb thoughtfully over
the crystal.
"A little late getting back,
aren't you?"
"I suppose you'd 'be happier if
we'd alt been in there asleep," I
!sald tartly.
"I'd have been a little more cer
tain you didn't know it was com
ing," answered Hapes.
For a while we sat ahd watched
the fire reduce a stately mansion
to a pile of rubble. Then we took
Pat back to The Wagon Wheel
where Brenda met us.
"I heard .the siren," she said,
and they told me it was The
"I'll love you for it," I said.
"This is too much," she smiled
wanly. "The most I had hoped
for was that you wouldn't hate
me. Where is Mr. Hudson?"
She uttered the question under
her breath. I shrugged and shook
my head. She gave me a veiled
look and turned away. Pat and
Brenda gone, Charley and I start
ed back for Sandy Point. And
Peter A. Xavler got back into my
consciousness.
"Charley," I said, "a Peter A.
Xavier registered at The Wagon
Wheel tonight."
"What an odd name," Charley
said.
"He arrived In a Boston cab,
registered from New York City,
and he was as unmoral-looking
an assassin as I've ever seen."
i "Probably an official of the
S. P. C. A. with a record for char
ity as long as your arm."
. "My arms are quite short," I
replied. "He carried a brief case.
I didn't see, but I bet his Initials
were on it."
"What are you getting at?'
"Initials,". I said. "Peter A.
Xavier."
. "P. A. X." answered Charley.
"So what?"
Then he straightened slowly
patient. I passed him the pen; he Ledges. I'm taking Pat home with ''and repeated the letters deliber-
John J. Tobin
Dies at Age of 67
Oregon City. Ore., April 11 HI''
John J. Tobin, li7-year-old hotel
operator, city official and state
legislator of Lincoln and Clacka
mas counties, will ho buried Fri
day in Newport. Ho died yester
day in Oregon City niter an Ill
ness of several months.
Tobin lived in Oregon City from
11107 to llt'JI, serving as a city
councilman eight years, and oper
ated the electric hotel. He took
over the Ahhy hotel at Newport in
l!2."i and was mayor of the city
throe times as well as stale rep.
icsontailve from Lincoln county
in 11)35.
OPERATES ON TICF.lt
Kvansville, Inrt. Uli - A fungus
growth was removed successfully
from the Jaw of a tiger in the
Moskor zoo. A local veterinarian
performed the operation.
Over 10..000 tons of animal
bones were imported annually in
pre-war years from Franco,
Africa, South America and India
by Swiss factories that produced
Industrial fats, glue and fer-
but tliat exposes the principal tllkers.
stared at me with be eves
through incredibly thick lenses)
and smiled without warmth.
"Thank you," he said in an ac ,
cent which I could not identify. I
But I saw that his hair needed
cutting,- and his overcoat was
much too long. I saw also that
he preferred them that way, for
his clothes were patently expen
sive. I was conscious of watching
that white,, fat hand writing flor
idly In the register, when sudden
ly it stopped. He stared up at me,
his thick lips pursed reflectively,
and I moved off. The last I saw
of him was his yellow spats twin
kling beneath his too-long coat
as he went to the elevator. I was
amused and faintly disturbed
when he availed himself of an
other look at me.
There was no thought of going
to bed. We sat on the big leather
divan in front of the fireplace and
talked. Charley joined us at 11:30,
quipped aimlessly for awhile,
then .sensing our mood, relapsed
Into a gloomy silence. By 12
o'clock the room was cold. I got
up, turned over the log, and
strolled over to the desk to glance
at the register. I found the name
right miner my own.
PETER A. XAVIEK
NEW YORK CITY
the little round man had written.
I had got halfway back to the
divan when it hit me. Peter A.
Xavier! And before I got all the
way back, the Minot fire horn let
go. Its banshee wail chilled my
blood. Pat started up and Charley
turned curiously.
"Well," I said and went to the
window, the name Peter A. Xavier
still ringing in my brain. Non
chalantly, I looked out. Suddenly
I stiffened. Charley was peering I
me.
ately.
over my shoulder.
"Nick" he began, but I cut
him off.
"After all, we've reserved
rooms. Why not use them?"
"Not I," said Pat. "Sec any
signs of the fire?"
She went to the window, and
there, plainly visible about four
miles to the cast, was nn angry
red glow from as rousing a fire
as I over hope to see. Pat turned,
her face while.
"That could bo The Ledges,"
she said.
We tailed the past piece of ap
paratus up to the hose lines and
pulled up. The last half mile of
t he drive had killed our last hope
that it might be some other build
ing than The Ledges. We could
sei the whole south wing alive
with flame.
Pat Just sat, stunned. Charley
and I gut out and drilled mound,
This Is "CLEAN OUT
YOUR CLOSET WEEK"
CLOTHING
NEEDED
By the 125 million men, women and children
in war-ravaged Europe.
Give Every Single Garment
That You Can!
Collection Headquarters:
LEEDY'S BASEMENT
Knt ranee on Oregon, off Wall
Drive Sponsored by Lions Club
This advertisement courtesy Brools-Scanlon Lumber Company
Inc. and The Shevlin-Hixon Company
"P. A. X. Those are the letters
that were on that setting Cala
vestrl gave you."
"Sure," I said, "Peace. You re
member?" (To Be Continued)
Bend's Yesterdays
, FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
tApril 11, 1930) ' ,
' (From The Bulletin File)
J. Alton Thompson, county
school superintendent, addresses
Lions club on the subject of "The
Oregon Trail."
The Central Oregon Jersey Cat
tle club schedules a meeting at
Redmond when work of the state
dairy association is to be dis
cussed. Chief Justice O. P. Coshow and
Justice Harry H. Belt of the Ore
gon supreme court, visit In Bend.
The city commission consider
two ordinance amendments, one
prohibiting night parking down
town, and the other altering the
irrigation season.
Preparations are made for the
filming of dancers at the Veterans
of Foreign Wars dance next Sat
urday night, and the pictures are
to be shown at tha Liberty the
ater. L. M. Foss, R. M. Smith and O.
C. Henkle return from Portland
where they, accompanied Archie
Whisnant.
Wayne Houston is a Bend visi
tor from Roberts, in the Crook
county community.
Mrs. Frank Owens and children
of Lewiston, Ida., are here visiting
Mrs. Owens' brother, Maurice
Hoover. . .
Donald Dustin Cox of Bend, and
Miss Lora May Kipp, Portland, ob
tained a marriage license here
yesterday.
The Central Oregon Irrigation
district board meets In the office
of H. H. DeArmond.
PROUD OF TYPHUS DRIVE
HaUetsville, Tex. IP The Tex
ao town nf Halletsvllle. popula
tion 1,500, claims it is the first in
the world to Immunize everyone
within the city limits against ty
phus fever. It took nine full days
to give the shots to every man,
woman and child within the. city
limits.
. . . TOPS FOR QUALITY
. PeptWola Company, Long Ithni City, N. Y.
Franchised Bottler: Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of Bend.
ROOMS
WITH
BATH
$2.50
If you've business
in PORTLAND
Let us know in advance that you're coming
so wt can reserve a room for you!
Drop us a cord a Joy or two In odvon,
Phortt r Wir bofert .Mving hemt if you ton,
Or, upon arrival In Port-
land PHONE AT ONU
. or como dirtrt to Iho
Owner & Manager
Buy National War Bonds Nowl
WASHINGTON STREET
AT SOUTHWEST 12th
0RTLAND
APRIL VALUES
At OWL Pharmacy
PURSIN .. ...... . .targe bottle $1.00
The Spring Tonic Vitamins and Minerals to give you pep.
100 Bexel B Complex, $1.98
60 Box ............ $1.98
8 Vitamin Formula
Darol Cough Syrup. . . 69c
75o Size
ALADDIN
Vac Bottles
Pints
$1.25
100 McKesson Aspirin, 37c
Milk of Magnesia . . . . .33c
1 Pint McKesson
Albolene Mineral Oil.. 69c
1 Pine The Original Mineral Oil
Wo Have
Anatole Robbins
THE NEW LIQUID
MAKEUP
$1.00
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IS.--
CHEN YU
Nail Lacquer
Many New Exiting Shades
75c
50c J&J Baby Powder 39c
50c J&J Baby Oil ...43c
Zoo Animal Soaps .... .29c
75c Meads Dextri Maltose ... .63c
75c Mepds Oleum Percomoroh 67c
jlrUM3M 85c Dexin Baby Formula 79c
50c Pablum Cereal 39c
50c Cerevim Cereal 39c
PHONE 50
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In HOVE ECONOMICS --
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VITAMINS