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MEMORIAL DAY
It was in 1868 that John A. Lotfan, commander-in-chief
of the Grand Army of the Republic, designated May 80 as
the day for decorating the graves of comrades who had fal
' len in the civil war. Succeeding wars have added many,
many more names to the list of those whose memory is hon
ored by particular observances on that date, known since
1882 as Memorial day.
In the beginning it was only in the northern states that
the graves of their fallen comrades were decorated by the
Grand army. Tomorrow, all over the world, there will be
Memorial day services and new graves to which will turn
the thoughts of every American.
All honor to those whose graves will be decorated what
ever war it was in which they served and fell.
"THUNDER BEASTS" IN OREGON
Did titanotheres, awesome creatures of the early ter
tiary, once live in Oregon? In his "It Seems to Me" column in
The Salem Statesman, Charles A. Sprague reports they were
associates of giant pigs, primitive horses and rhinos in the
John Day country of ancient eras.
Mention of Oregon titanotheres is made in a splendidly
written article on the geology ot tne siaie appearing in mc
Statesman, and the authority for the information is e yi
rintiv ni- V.dwin T. Hodire of Oreiron State college. Mr
Rnrnirue and Dr. Hodge may have information we lack, but
never before have we seen titanotheres included in the John
Dnv ffinnji. ' '
"Thunder beasts" was the name applied to these massive
creatures of old by scientists of 75 years ago. It was to these
older scientists that the tertiary boasts, with brains no larger
him n mini's tint and with the bulk of an elephant, were
known as titanotheres. At present it is the conclusion ot
paleontologists that they should be listed as brontotheres. In
ages long past, "thunder beasts" roamed in great herds over
what are now the great plains of eastern Colorado, Wyoming,
Dakota and Nebraska. So far as known, their trail did not
reach into the northwest, a region showered by ash from
exploding volcanoes in the late oligocene and early miocene.
Brontotheres were among the strangest animals that ever
ranged over the earth. Although elephantine -in bulk, they
we cnmnarativelv low of stature, and their horns were
knobs, well back of their eyes. Yiith the passage of time,
the horns grew longer, and the animals larger. Finally the
skull was a'yard long, and the horns a foot high on the very
end of the nose.
Incidentally, the great "thunder beasts" that lived on
earth eons before man appeared cost American taxpayers
$12,830. That was the cost of the 0. C. Marsh monograph on
the brontotheres. The edition consisted of 4,900 copies.
The Marsh volume might bear revision if the range of
"thunder beasts" has been extended from the badlands and,
eastern Rockies to the John Day.vajley. Jiut may we have ad
ditional proo? of the John Day 'tltaifotheres beWre we even
suggest such a revision ?
Memorial Day 1945
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traits and training which made
the men acceptable recruits were
evidenced in their later careers.
Young Shannon returned to be
come a college graduate, then a
firniit tnrlpp In Kentucky and
finally United States attorney for
Missouri. The light-hearted Pat
Gass was the last survivor. He
died in West Virginia, 1870, when
almost 99 years old.
Corporal Warfington and six
of the soldiers were attached to
the party for the first stage of
the journey only, as were the
nine voyageurs.' The extra mili
tary detail was taken to serve as
a reinforcement through the low
er country, .dominated by Indian
tribes. The voyageurs were to
help get the heavily laden boats
through the lower river to the
first winter's camp and were
then to bring the corporal and
six privates back to St. Louis.
The original plan was to start
in the fall of 1803. They were
disappointed as the Spanish com
(Continued on Page 6) .
Bend's Yesterdays
(From The Bulletin Files)
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
(May 29, 1930)
Less than 1700 voters, of a
third of those registered for the
primary election, go to the polls,
election officials reveal.
Bend Lions down the Kiwanis
in an exciting baseball game, 6 to
5.
Mrs. Bertha Patjens presents
two large huckleberry pies to the
county road crew when they
complete the road past her place
near Sisters.
Mr. and Mrs. Jess Harter of
Tumalo visit In Bend.
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Stevens
Jcave for Vancouver, B. C. to
visit friends.
' The communist politicul association is circulating a pam
phlet by Earl Browder carrying on its cover a drawing in
tendqd to represent Uncle Sam rolling his sleeves up to en
iraire in the undertaking that the pamphlet has for a title,
"America's Decisive Battle." If you want to be taken iili
we recommend consideration of the idea ot Earl Browder
writing on a patriotic subject.
AMERICAN ADVENTURE
THE STORY OF THE LEWIS AND CLARK
EXPEDITION
By R. H. Fletcher '
Copyrighted 1945
CHAPTER II
There were hardy silvertlps
among the frontiersmen but
America was vibrant with youth.
What they lacked in scholastic
opportunities was offset Dy
natural acumen and good horse-.
sense whetted to a razor edge by.
ers and most of the personnel of '.".. ' j
the exploratory expedition were
chosen from the younger genera-
tain Clark's Negro servant, big
York; Drewyer, who had enough
Indian blood in his veins to quali
fy him as hunter and interpreter
for the party, and nine voya
geurs. The men represented
every part of the United States.
Captain Lewis, Bill Brattpn,
Alex Willard, and no doubt others
of the party W9re in their twen
ties, while handsome George
Shannon was a boy of eighteen
Bend Boy Wrifes
How Germans Slay
Polish Captives
Howiermnn soldiers, In an or
gy of slaughter, murdered -1,(K)0,-000
Polish people and then forced
Polish survivors to parade the
corpses through the streets, is I
graphically tola In a letter receiv
ed here by William Mayer, 352 !
Federal street. The letter is from I
Pfc. Francis E. Opdyke, former
Bend high school student, and
holder of the purple heart, hav
ing been wounded three times.
Pfe. Opdyke is now in Germany.
"What I really want to tell you
Is the way the German soldiers
treated the people from other mother the details.
armv fl;i-k ltrt ui'is n Vii-crlninn
by birth. When 'a hoy, he moved iwhpn the expedition started
with his family to Kentucky. His
oldest brother, General George
Rogers Clark, had given the
family name military prominence
through his exploits in the North
-west Territory during the Revt
lution. His Scottish grand-
Mary Byrd, had be
queathed him her red hair. His
experience, disposition and natu-
tion. It could be no hit-and-miss' " ' 1 h ', ",'
affair. There were thousands ofl f to, shale ,he lradpr
miles of turbulent rivers to. bel smP wlln wwis.
navigated, formidable mountain The party, as It finally left the
ranges to cross and dense forests 1 vicinuy 01 ai. louis, comprise
to be threaded. They must -de-1 forty-five men. Besides the two
pend upon their skill and in-j leaders, there were twenty-one
genulty to "live ort the country," ! soldiers recruited at frontier ar-
nn th.if ,.ni-i,,,. nrwl rilnlnmiirulmV OOStS from- men Who had
countries. Bill, It was really bad. t(, gain safe passage through thei volunteered for the expedition.
Well, first of all they killed about hunting grounds of savage tribes I Three of them, Charles Floyd,
4,0(K),0()0 Polish people, 'llm GeM.nnd on their determination and1 his cousin, Nathauial Pryor, and
mans gassed these people and physical stamina to overcome i John Ordway, were made ser
starved them to death. People n1(.r obstacles It was no chore geants by the commanders,
were slacked four and five high In 1 for tenderfeet. I There was one corporal, named
one little room, about 20 across. I .pnp ,,, wlm m.0 u the i Warfington, and seventeen pri
They murdered these people and j pfll.ty wm, 1;)I1,tiickc(l for thelrjvates. Nine other members of
then these Polish people would i esmw.j,.i mi:iliiii.s Twenlv eieht-' the party were young frontiers-
load them on wagons and parade I j,,,,,..,,,,! M,,,-jWether Lewis was I men from Kentucky. Cruzalte
them through the street. ! to head the expedition. Horn and i and Labiche were French water-
"Yes, the Germans did all of ! reared near Monticello the Presi- men employed for their boating
dent's Virginia home, Jefferson experience. Then there was Cap-
nau Known aim nnserven turn
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
. (May 29v 1920)
Announcement is made that a
Seattle firm buys the holdings of
the Lapine & Southern Telephone
company.
Before 600 parents, teachers
and friends, 23 graduates of the i Gallagher
Washington
Column
Polar Edson
(NBA Staff Correeounilwit)
San Francisco, Calif. An in
ternational shipping- war to cap
ture the Pacific ocean trade for
merly carried by the Japanese
lot
shipping subsidies is
I generally misunderstood, aad I
anj .. v ouosinjs,
paid out will always be less vZ
the cost of having to build uoi
new merchant marine JjSj
scratch, as this country has
,n tin in run wnrlrl wnro .
Subsidies to keep U. S. shu,
afloat after the war can be ai
plied in several ways. First asj
ship construction subsidy, wli
is really a subsidy to U. s. shk
building labor, u. s. law dor
Bend high school receive di
plomas. .
The Bend Commercial club re
ceives a number of telegrams
commending its stand against the
importation of Japanese laborers
in the Terrebonne district .
Mrs. J. W.' Morrison on West
Third street, has as a guest Miss
Flora Fay Carr, librarian at The
Dalles.
Mrs. Fred A. Woelflen goes to
San Francisco to visit her
nn.hint marine is now u.6
planned in west coast ports.
Best estimates are that of the
nrewar Pacific tonnage in and out
of American ports, U. S. ships car
rled 25 per cent, the Japs 40 to
45 per cent, British, Dutch, Nor
wegian and other European flag
shios dividing the remaining JO
to 35 per cent.
When the war is over, Japan
isn't going to have any merchant
marine left, thanks to American
submarines and bombers. And if
West Coast shipping men have
anything to say in the matter,
the Japs won't ever again be al
lowed to build up their fleet to
become a maritime power.
This offers U. S. shinning a
uolrlen oDDortunitv. European
countries have their home trade
routes to re-establish and their
fleets to build UD.
China and Soviet Russia may
have some ambitions to build
ocean-going fleets. But whether
any of these nations will be in
terested or able to take care of
anything beyond their own lm
mediate and most pressing domes
tic needs is a great question.
Japan's labor, cheap ship con
struction and operating costs, plus
ample government subsidies for
all merchant marine sailings un
der the Japanese flag, resulted in
freight and passenger rates so
low that no other nation could
compete in the prewar Pacific.
But with the Japs now out of the
competitive picture, the hopes
that American ship operators can
capture a large part of this Pa
cific trade are definitely bright,
according to such men as Hugh
of the Matson Lines,
not permit any U. S. shipping
to operate a vessel built in a i.
eign country, where costs of cm.
struction are much lower.
This being the situation, it u
argued that American-built shir,
should be sold to private operat
ors at costs equivalent to foreip,
construction costs, the govern,
ment paying the subsidy, n s
and foreign shipping lines would
men nave an even aim i ana Could
compete on more equal terms
through shipping conference an.
ements on equal rates.
It is on this basis that U. s"
shipping interests must embark to
capture postwar Pacific trade.
HORACE RAND DEAD
Los Angeles, May 28 Ui Hot
ace S. Rand, 57, millionaire lum
berman of Yakima, Wash., died
last night of high blood pres.
sure and a cerebral hemorrhage.
EGGS GRILL IN WINDOW
Portland, Me. iU'i Sun shining
through a plate glass display win
dow in a downtown store set fire
tp a carton of eggs.'
Russel Lutz of the American
President Lines, John E. Cush
ing of the War Shipping Adminis
tration. To keep the American flag on
the Pacific will take some form
of subsidy, they and all other
shipping men seem to agree, but
they emphasize that this question
Bring Your Eyes
Out of the Dark
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this and mure that can't be told.
Some of the men got pictures of
the wagon loads of bailies coming
by our house. The Germans
gassed, starved ami beat these
people to death."
Pfe. Opdyke repealed that "this
is all the truth," and asked that
Mayer refrain from telling his
AJlil
Oregon Must
7" FORGE AHEAD
observed
from childhood. He had attend
ed a 'Latin school' for several
years and when twenty years old
had joined the militia. He soon
transferred to the regular army
and was given a eaplain's com-!
mission when twenty-three. He.
combined studious qualities with
vision anil imagination. The
President had the utmost confi
dence in his Judgment. Lewis
had sought the assignment and
was overjoyed when lie received
the appointment, lie immediately
gave evidence of his executive
ability and unselfish traits hv
I asking to have his friend. Wil
j liam Clark, made co-commander.
This was a wise move, far it al- J
j loted authority and responsibility;
I in ease one of I lie leaders was
killed or incapacitated.
Captain Clark was four years'
older than Meriwether Lewis and'
they hiid served together in the
Immediate step needed for Oregon's progressive ilctclonment
are improvements in the higher educational facilities which will
enable Oregon to keep her promise to returning service men.
State hospitals and houses of correction are in Immediate need of
remodeling and expansion. The money is on hand and requires
onlv the vote of the ritiicns to make it available. Voting for this
$10,000,000 Mate Building fund will not increase property
or Income tax rates.
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necessary measure.
:lp Oregon keep her place in the growth of the Pacific
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