THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1945
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Entered u Second Cln Matter. January 6, 1817, t the Pmtoifice at Bend, Oregon,
Under Act of March 3, lalv
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THE STATE BUILDING PROGRAM
Of two. measures which will appear on the ballot at the
special election June 22, that which would provide for the
financing of a part of Oregon's badly needed post-war building
program is undoubtedly the more important. 11 is me ?tu,.'
f .'-i: u:n c .,..1.1;..
VW appropriation um 101 yuum. uuuuuien.
u ho, oniri thiir It would nrnvide tor nart of the financ-
The ontire iob of construction, which
,.,m mm,i nnrflv nnrlup tho iuri.Hdiction of the board of
control and partly under the jurisdiction of the board of
higher education, would reacn a total cost 01 io,mi,.
Budgeting by the legislature has already provided $1,000,000
lor college ana university uuuumsa uuu o,,v
ings within the province of the board of control. In addition,
buildings and furnishings at institutions of higher education
in the amount of $2,500,000 are expected to be financed from
student fees. This makes ?6,500,000. ine remainuer neuuuu,
10,000,000, is on the ballots. The total of $16,500,000 is the
amount deemed necessary on the basis of studies made by the
board of control, the board ot higher education ana tne siaie
emergency board.
Because of the Oregon statute which provides that reve
nue derived from the state income tax shall be used only to
offset taxes on property, tne iu,uuu,uuu appropriate tu
complete the program must and does appear under the guise
of a property tax levy, which if made can then be offset as
the law provides, iiut, as an actual iaci, me measure reierreu
to the people by the legislature does not propose a property
tax. It would, instead, use surplus impounded in the general
fund.
The explanation is made because a five mill levy for two
years could produce an unpleasant reaction among the mem
bers of the electorate, 'perhaps even threatening tne passage
of the measure. The purposes of the appropriation, we believe,
are worthy and should not be thwarted by misunderstanding.
The income tax is sufficiently productive now and will be
for another year to take care of the $5,000,000 a year for the
two years for which period, the bill provides, this amount is to
be transferred to a public buildings fund. This means, in turn,
that the ones who will actually provide the money are the in
come tax payers.
The chief appeal that is being made by proponents of the
measure has to do with that part of the appropriation which
is to be expended in construction of more facilities for institu
tions under the state board of higher education. Much greater
enrollment is foreseen at the state university and college at
the end of the war. The present capacity of institutions of
higher learning, it has been estimated, will be quite too small
to take care of those returning from service to continue an
interrupted education. Such enrollment, spread over a num
ber of years, will come as an addition to normal registration.
To aid in meeting this need, the measure would provide
$4,000,000. ' ..
Although little mention has been made of the use to which
the remaining $6,000,000 would be, put, the need for this
sum is also great. It has' been known, for Jong that such state
institutions as the state hospitals, boys and girls training
schools and penitentiary are inadequate and badly crowded.
It is toward such improvements and additions as would rem
edy existing conditions that the $6,000,000 is asked.
Depending upon the vote, the program may be authorised
for the full amount, or it may be limited to the 6,500,000
already provided. We are of the opinion that the importance
of it will be generally recognized and that the full program
will be made possible.
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Wo girls had, naturally, never i she knew all there was to know
seen a comet, and we read every- about science. "Those gases are
thing about it that we could lay purely hydrolic," she said, leav-
our hands on. We were not In thei'ng me mystified, but Impressed,
irast HtiiipratitlouR. "It is a tier. Still I didn't like the idea of
fectly natural occurrence," my father sometimes gave
mnhn ...un.1 u nH , ho. I It In his office. It had a sicken-
lived her. Then one day in April
A Tokyo radio broadcast comments that fighting by the
special Jap attack corps is so heroic as to "make even the gods
weep." At its futility, no doubt.
A serious shortage of fats has developed, we are told. But
at least we have Goering.
Where Rests the Mighty Oregon?
(Out In the remote Pacific, at
some undesignated spot, a Bend
sailor, Georgo R. Brick, EM 1c,
by chance came across the hull of
a once proud ship, the battleship
Oregon of Spanish-American war
fame. His reactions to the sight
of the historic ship, stripped of
its superstructure and cut down
to a barge, are penned here.)
By George It. Brick
We went out of the harbor on
an assignment along Ihe coast of
this island. Close to the beach
there was an old rusty hulk tak
ing the breakers In a dash of
white foam. It looked odd (or a
barge or a lighter. I wondered
about it and when we came back
into the harbor I looked at the
harbor list of ships and so help me
this Is what I found: "Ships pres
ent, Port-, Oregon (Kx. l!H No.
3)." Further inquiry brought out
the fact that that old darling was
being used, or had been used, foi
an ammunition barge.
As far as I know I am the only
man from Oregon who saw It, or
cares anything about II, out here.
Picturing it as 1 have often seen
it In Portland and as I sen it now
puis a heavy burden on my shoul
ders. Just think of the pennies,
nickels and dimes that went into
the preservations of that old ship
from the rhildren of Oregon! If
they could sec it now what would
they think? As for mvself I feel
about it as I did about the old can
non in the park. I,ct all of the
other old scrap be donated first.
some disturbing news came.
EARTH TO PASS THROUGH
THE COMET'S TAIL, the paper
read, RESULTS DEBATABLE.
The tail, It went oh, was composed
largely of gases. We would go
through it at 2500 miles a minute
at 9 o'clock on the evening of
May 18. The earth had passed
through a comet's tail before, it
reminded us, once in 1819 and
aguln in 1861, but those comets
were smaller ones. This was Hal-
ley's. In a single month its tall
had grown from 5,000,000 miles
to more than 20,000,000. It. was
still growing. ...
A good many sensible people
not Just country people, either
began to wonder if we might not
be in for something. What they
read wasn't designed to quiet
them anv. "Throuch the elowinrr
laonenilaee of Hnllev's comet, as
poisonous as it is beautiful, the
earth will plunge on May 18th,
1!)10," said Colliers Weekly.
Scientists hastened to reassure
us. It was true, they said, that
the tail did contain poisonous ele
ments, but these were too thin to
do any real damage. Most people
took their word for it, but a few
were already too aroused.
Lem Gott predicted the Im
minence of Doomsday. It would
come, he warned, as of the heav
ens cracking. After Boshy heard
that, if you as much as snapped
a whip in the stable he would
quake all over.
ing smell. I had seen patients
who had taken it resting upon his
sofa. I knew how careful he was
to turn it off at just the right in
stant. You couldn't
comet s tail. , . .
At night the light from the
street lamp shone in round and
bright through the porthole. I
had a hard time sleeping. ...
My. mother began to camplain
that I looked pindling. "I'm go
ing to mix you up some sulphur
and molasses," she, said. "It
helped me as a girl, for all your
father says."
There was no use in protesting.
Sulphur and molasses had always
been revolting to me. But this
year it seemed to have a new
taste, A taste like gas. ;
Attendance at church had In- night it would be bigger, brighter.
creased noticeably. The Blalsdells
and tne Haskells, who had cher
ished a feud for eenerations,
ended it by talking over the back
fence. Two of my father's least
responsible creditors suggested
maning a settlement.
In his zeal to save others, Lem
Gott had begun to paint warnings
in appropriate and conspicuous
places. IS YOUR HOUSE
FOUNDED UPON A ROCK? he
printed in red across qne of the
ledges along the shore. YOU ARE
MAKING YOUR LAST RUN
stared out at you from the foul
fence at the ball ground. The
comet would hit the earth, he
told all who would listen. May 18
would be the last day. any of us
woum live.
On the evening of the ninth a
tog rolled In, a heavy log that
blotted out the sky. There would
be no use in getting up before
sunrise, people agreed. To some
ii was a disappointment. To me
it was a real relief.
The foe hune on after that.
burning off every day before
noon.
On the 16th we had our first
word from Cousin Victoria. She
knew we were sorry for the way
wo had treated her, she said, and
she was willing to accept our
a p ol o g y. She was distraught
about the royal family- Then fol
lowed a quotation that Sue was
proud to recognize as coming
from Julius Caesar.
When beggars die, there are
no comets seen;
The heavens themselves blaze
forth the death of kings."
A postscript added: "This mav
be the last letter you will ever
have from me." Clearly, she felt
herself, too, a special target.
I II certainly be thankful when
the 18th is over." mv mother
sighed. "Such a tordo over noth
ing!" , . '
On the 17th the foa lifted, and
some claimed to have seen the
comet, then,, in broad daylight,
inougn no two, it seemed, had
seen t in the same place.
Boshy's agitation crew. His
sniffs quickened In tempo. "What
kin we dp if the comet alms
square at us?" he asked Mr. Tap
ley. "We might ban It," Mr. Tapley
told him. "The way we aid automobiles."
On the morning of the 18th my
mother Insisted on my taking an
extra spoonful of sulphur and mo
lasses. "I'm going to have your
father give you a thorough going-
over," she said, looking worried.
"And beginning tonight you go to
bed at 7."
She had forgotten!
"Not tonight, Mama. Everyone
is going to the hill tonight."
(To Be Continued) ,
Bend's Yesterdays
(From The Bulletin Files)
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
(May 16, 1930)
The Lions club meets in the
Eilot Butte inn with Frank H.
oggan presiding, 'and the fol
lowing appeared on the program:
Doris Dyer, violin; Miss Ragnhild
-....,. U-i Dm.m t.n-
monica, and Vada McGill gives a
recitation. Dr. Burt Brown Bar
ker, vice-president of the Univer
sity of Oregon is principal speaker.
In Redmond, the following
members of the graduating class
win awards: Ella Cottongim,
American Legion auxiliary tro
phy; James Teater, American Le
gion trophy; Ruth Irvin. Parent-
Teachers' association trophy, and
Verna May Prlday the Oregon
scholarship.
A delayed blast sends a work
man engaged in building the Cen
tral Oregon highway on. Horse
Ridge to the St, Charles hospital.
vord comes from Eugene that
Neill Whisnant, son of A. Whis
nant, Is a member of the Univer
sity of Oregon track team to com-
At pete with the University of Wash-
uifitui, lumutiuw in .uKene.
Omha Acer, rlanp-ritpi nt k.
and Mrs. G. W. Ager of Bend, Is '
named vice-president of the Renin. .
class at the University of Oregon
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Roe, 154
Hawthorne, are the parents of a
seven-pound son born this morn
ing. Dr. J. S. Grahlman leaves for
Vancouver, Wash., to attend a re
serve officers' training school for
several weeks. -
W- A. Lackaff, manager of the
Pacific Power & Light company
in Bend, goes to Portland on busi.
ness.
uwvn Mnoii a nun Mtu
Newton, Mass. (IB As luck
would have it, Dominic Bianchi
went to work one morning leav
ing $3,500 in cash and $1,000
worth of war bonds in a glass jar
In the cellar. He returned to find
fire had damaged his home to the
tune of $3,000, but firemen res
cued the glass jar with his money
and bonds,
Hand rails, grab bars, and
straight sides no more than 16
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Then scrape the barrel and let
sentiment fall where It may. Who
will say nil has been given? Who
can say that anything noble has
been added to Its history In com
ing to this end?
As for taking it back hell, no!
It would be like trying to bring
back the body of a fallen soldier
and make him live again. It would
only make matters worse. Let it
have a clean existence in the end, she guessed this was as good
mums 01 tnose who gave their a lime as any, slu
It took more than the threat of
Doomsday to scare Mrs. Guptill.
If the world was coming to an
dimes to preserve il. U-t it sink in
these waters on its last mission
so that something more silly will
never overtake it.
l'I.M 2,0X7 SU'tiS
Johnstown, I'a mi .... The city
was richer by $08,85 and 2,087
slugs a r I e r 11 slot machines,
which had been stored for several
said. As for
her, she wasn't going to sit
around- until May 18 with her
hands folded.
Julia, too, showed real bravado.
She was interested in comets, and
she hoped this one would come
close enough so that she could get
a good look, she sfiid. She was
going to take all the bottles she
could find anil fill them with
years were destroyed. Police wcre Rases when we passed through
unable to compute the amount ofl",p ''',,is was ridiculous, Sue
money drained out by use of I confided to me. lieing in the
slugs. Academy, she naturally thought
The production of tin cans for
food and other materials In 1!H1
was equal to the 1910 output, but
the amount of tin used in them
was decreased nearly one-half be
cause electroplating displaced the
hot dipping method.
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