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THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 29, 1945
Serious Books in
Great Demand By
Hospital Patients
By John Bolford
. (UrilUtl Prca Staff Correspondent) .
Hot Springs, Ark. (Ill The av
erage soldier at the Army and
Navy general hospital here goes
for more serious reading than
does the average civilian receiv
ing treatment at the big hospital.
That fact is revealed in com
parison of reading habits gath
ered by the librarians at the hos
pital. Miss Mary Hudglns, librarian
for service personnel receiving
treatment at the hospital, gave
this explanation of the difference
in reading requirements of the
soldier and the civilian:
"The service man has been
plunged suddenly into a new kind
ot me. h,ven 11 he nas stayed on
this side, lots of things have hap
pened to sober and mature him.
if he's been across, his mind has
had to be active as well as his
body. He has been forced into
thinking if he wanted to survive.
And so he has come back in no
mood for a steady diet of literary
bonbons and whipped cream."
Whodunits Popular
Miss Hudglns said that does not
mean the G.f. doesn't still go in
for "escape literature." She point
ed out tattered volumes of "Tar
zan" as proof of this statement.
And she added that Westerns and
mystery magazines always are in
demand.
The civilian patient, however,
Is tired of war books and has
turned to everything he can find
in . the way of mystery stories,
said Miss Gordonelle Williams, ci
vilian librarian.
Next in popularity with the ci
vilians is the cleverly written
humor book, which tends to take
the reader's mind off war.
"Sex novels rank among the
most popular with civilians," said
Miss Williams. "Many pretend to
be shocked, but always come back
for more of the same kind."
She said cartoon books ane pop
ular and that there Is a growing
trend toward books on religion
and psychology. Women readers
have taken a great fancy to West
erns. Even though the soldier wants
to forget the battlefront, he is
still concerned with campaigns
and battles and the men who plan
and carry them out, said Miss
Hudglns. Ho wants to know what
caused it all and where the world
is heading.
Outstanding- Favorites
Such books as "Desert Con
quest," "Munich Playground,"
"Tarawa," "Bataan, "Dakar and
"Burma Road" are outstanding
favorites.
They are asked for, said Miss
Hudglns, with such comment as:
"I was there. I want to see how
it seemed to somebody else."
"That was my old outfit. I want
to know all about what hap
pened." "The soldier is alive to the
world of today and he Is planning
for the world of tomorrow," the
librarian said. "Any post, camp
or hospital library that Is on its
toes takes into account that tech
nical and professional books.
trade books, craft books.
guage books and volumes on
mathematics, , rhyming diction
aries and the latest 'Who's Who'
will be in constant demand."
She added that refrigeration
and the Diesel engine, air-condi
tioning and lathe operation, plas
tics and, salesmanship and a hun
dred other interests show that the
G.I. does not intend to be caught
short when peace comes.
Bend Dairy Has
New Meat Setup
With the completion of exten
sive rennovation and installation
of new equipment, the Bend
Dairy announces the opening of
their new and modern meat de
partment. A quick-freezing room, smoke
controlled ovens, a sausage kitch
en and a retail meat kitchen have
been installed, and the cutting
and packaging room has been
moved to the brick building east
of the main plant.
Plans for the Installation of
all-metal lockers by September
were announced today ny ine
management. Over 1,500 lockers
will be included in the plant
when completed.
Many modern sanitary features
have been included to give ine
Bend Dairy's patrons the services
of one of Oregon's most modern
food storage plants, according to
the management.
Oregon Has Only
3 GAR Veterans
Six hundred governmental units
have completed plans for 6,559
postwar projects to cost $909,858,
000, according to the public ad
ministration clearing house.
Washington, May 29 II') Mem-
Ian- orlal day this year will find only
I Z'lu members oi me i..jvii vvai
Grand Army of the Republic still
alive, according to Rep. William
R. Thorn, D., O.
Thorn said the 240 "Union"
army veterans average 988 years
of age and all live In the United
States except one in England.
California leads with 30 living
G. A. R. veterans and Ohio is
second with 23, Thorn said.
Arizona has two; Colorado
nine; Idaho one; Kansas seven;'
Oregon three; Utah one, and
Washington four.
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Bishop Is Selected
As Park Caretaker
The city of Bend had a park
gardener again today.' It was C.
H. Bishop, who worked In the
parks here for seven years until
a year ago ,when Walter J. Perry
took over.
Bishop did not start the season
this year. Frank Warren, a
newcomer in the city, presented
his credentials and was hired. He
was paid on May 15 for a half
month. Then he disappeared.
His full lunch pail was found in
the park, untouched. He had not
returned to his hotel room.
Two weeks later Bishop was
hired for his old position. As
assistant he has Johnny Wil
liams, who expects to enter col
lege some day and major in horticulture.
Woman Happy as
Rainfall Comes;
Wades Up Street
While the rainfall was at its
heaviest yesterday afternoon, . a
stylishly dressed woman carrying
her shoes, waded happily up Ore
gon avenue, bare feet splashing
comfortably in the run-off water.
A white raincoat protected her
from the downpour.
Storm bound shoppers, finding
refuge in store entrances, may
have envied her, but failed to fol
low her example. '
Speedy Trial of
War Thugs Asked
London, May 29 U' Prime
Minister Churchill, answering de
mands in commons for a speed-up
In the punishment of axis war
criminals, said today that the big
powers were inclining toward as
signing the trials to inter allied
military tribunals.
Churchill announced that At
torney General .Sir David Max
well Fyfe had been appointed
United Kingdom war criminals
prosecutor to work with Robert
Jackson, the American represen
tative. Russia and France have
not yet named representatives, he
said.
Trailways Wins
Extension Right
Decision reached jointly by the
Idaho and Utah public utility com
missions giving Pacific Trailways
the right to extend its operations
from Boise to Salt Lake City has
been sustained by interstate com
merce commission, division five.
Official word of the decision,
which was reached May 8, was re
ceived at Trailways offices' here
today.
The decision denied an appeal
taken by the Union Pacific rail
way, Union pacific stages anu
others.
At Pacific Trailways offices It
was forecast that the Boise-Salt
Lake City extension could be in
operation in late summer or early
fall atter approval by ottlce or de-
fense transportation.
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BEND DAIRY ANNOUNCES
OPENING
of our
Newly Renovated
Meat Department
37 Greenwood Ave.
Phone 361
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Giving you more
and Better
MEAT LOCKER SERVICE
to help you prepare , and preserve
that all-important item
FOOD
which you produce or buy in
quantities at the most con
venient times of the year.
Army Plans to Induct
Conchies Under lb
Washington, May 29 UMThe
army plans to induct a few men
under 26 with minor physical de
fects for limited service assign
ments. Selective service announced
that a limited number of such
men would be drafted in addition
to the monthly quotas for gen
eral service.
The new policy also covers con
scientious objectors. Those under
26 who are physically acceptable
will be assigned to "work of na
tional importance" under civilian
direction. .
OUR SERVICES
I Have always included:
O Slaughtering
Cutting
Grinding
Curing
and
O Locker Storage
3
NOW . . .
We Have Added:
1. A Quick Freeze Room
To (illicitly freeze meats, vegetables mill ber
ries anil Improve flavor
2. A Retail Meat Case
To furnish meat in liny amount
3. Two Controlled Smoke
Ovens
To (five lictter flavor lo smoked meats
4. A Sausage Kitchen
To ninke fresh or cured suusnges and lunch
inentH
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DID YOU KNOW?
I We will install another room of
LOCKERS
Of latest metal design?
You may rent and have a locker as
signed to you for use in September.
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REMEMBER!
.You help your country's food
problem by being self-sufficient.
RAISE AND CONSERVE
more home grown food products
this year.
OTE REHHD AMY
THE HOME OF QUALITY DAIRY PRODUCTS
Vera Watkins Is
Called By Death
Miss Vera Mildred Watkins, age
31, for 28 years a resident of Bend,
died this morning at the St.
Charles hospital. The funeral will
be held Thursday at the Niswong
er and Winslow chapel at 2
o'clock, with Rev. W. Schwab of
ficiating.
Miss Watkins was born at
Philomoth, Oregon. She leaves
her mother, Mrs. Lois E. Watkins;
two sisters, Elsie M. Watkins and
Mrs. Ruben Graf fenberger, both
of Bend, and one brother, Wilbur
S. Watkins of Spokane, Washington.
FIKEMEN MAKE CALL
A still alarm yesterday after-'
noon brought the booster truck
from the Bend fire department to
the rear of the Baird building.
Hot clinkers on the roof were
quickly cooled.
Cub Pack Awards
Are Given to Boys
Club Pack No. 23 held its month
ly meeting last night at Kenwood
school . Awards were given to
numerous members of the pack,
as follows: '
Wolf badge: Gary Monical,
James Dumler, Gordon Dahlin,
George Johnson and James Fin
ley; Wolf Gold Arrow point:
James Dumler, James Overbay,
John Overbay, and Billy Cody;
Wolf Silver Arrow point: Clifton
Lewerenz and James Dumler.
Bear Badge: Adelbert Mclnteer
and Billy Cody; Lion Badge:
James Dumler; Lion Gold Arrow
point: Thomas Welcome; and
Webelos Arrow: Thomas Wei
come. '
One-year Club Service stars
were presented to Richard Gates,
Dean Benson, James Overbay,
John Overbay, Thomas Welcome,
Sam Scott, Richard Nickel, and
Billy Cody. .
Each month the club pack has
a new theme in which the six-dens
of the pack participate. The theme
for this month was magic, with
den five judged the winner. Ruby
Welcome is the den mother and
Fred Good fellow is. the den chief.
Judges for the event were Deane
Fox and J. E. Van Wormer.
Van Wormer and Fox put on a
magical show for the boys after
the meeting.
Lot Owners Seek,
All-Time Upkeep
Notices recently sent out to
city cemetery lot owners, offer
ing perpetual maintenance for
lump sum payment have already
brought in more than $1,300,
George Simerville, treasurer, said
today. The maintenance fund has
now reached $11,432, of which
$10,000 is invested in 2'k per cent
government securities. Another
$1,000 will be similarly invested
shortly.
Cost of cemetery maintenance
to the end of the fiscal year is
estimated at $2,200. On this basis
all the fund needs is to be in
creased $77,568 to a total of $88.
000 to assure perpetual care, Sim
erville agrees.
JURY FAVORS JAP
Oregon City. Ore.. Mav 29 (IP)
Masayuki Fujimoto, 28-year-old
Japanese-American berry farmer,
won in court last night permis
sion to reoccupy the farm he
leased when interned after Pearl
Harbor. The jury sitting on the
case was out only 15 minutes.
Chamber Slates
Sammons T,o Talk'
The Chamber of Commerce
will sponsor a town dinner meet
ing at 7 p. m. Thursday at the
Pine. Tavern, when E. C. Sam
mons, prominent Oregon busi
nessman, will speak on "My Con
tacts with America at War."
Sammons Is president of the U.
S. National Bank of Portland,
and until recently was vice
president and general manager
of the Iron Fireman company,
nationally-known firm with head
quarters In Portland and branch
offices in all maior eit'ies.
The speaker, in the course of
ms negotiations in Washington,
contacted many high government
officials, including President Tru
man, when he was still a member
of the senate. Sammons will
give many interesting sidelights
on prominent public figures con
sistently teatured in the news,
those in charge of the meeting
promise. ,
He was also Instrumental in
bringing many war contarets to
Portland, and will, describe the
formation of new organizations
which was -brought about by the
sun-letting of war contracts, in
troducing new industries to the
Portland area.
Tickets may be" secured at the
Chamber of Commerce offices,
Don Peoples, secretary, an
nounced today. The public Is in
vited, and admission is by ticket
only, it was pointed out.
eters for Lewis and taught him
the rduiments of medicine and
surgery, probably a sort,of first
aid course.
The active little Doctor showed
him how to make matches at a
time when they were unknown
to the world at large and sup
plied Lewis with sulphur and!
a short line to the bow, an ar
rangement which carried the line
clear of brush along the shore.
It ' took considerable man-power
on the free end of the line to tow
one of those bulky boats when
heavily laden.
The suaee fore and aft of the
phosphorus so that - he might cabins as well as a narrow strip
make them himself. Dr. Saugrainia0ng each side was decKea over,
Fluorescent lamps, coming
more widely into use in home
lighting every day, do not require
special wiring but are installed on
the regular house-Jighting electric
current, , I
Adventure
(Continued from Pago 4)
mandant had not received official
advice regarding the transfer of
Louisiana and so could not give
permission for the Americans to
enter what might still be Span
ish or . French territory. That
long, severe winter was spent in
camp at the mouth of the Wood
river just above St. Louis on the
American side of the Mississippi.
The delay had some advantages.
It gave time for drill and further
preparation. - The commanders
had an opportunity to observe
and appraise their men.. The
men had a chance to adjust them
selves for a long period of forced
companionship. One misfit might
well have caused serious friction,
discontent, and even disaster.
Captain Lewis acquired a val
uable friend in St. Louis. Little
Dr. Antoine Saugrain was a Pa
risian scientist who had studied
with Benjamin Franklin. A roy
alist, he had escaped from
France at the beginning of the
Revolution, finally settling in St.
Louis to practice medicine. He
found an eager student in Meri
wether Lewis. Before joining
Clark on the Mississippi, Lewis
had spent a few months of con
centrated study in Philadelphia
where he was coached in such
subjects as astrohomy, surveying
and botany. Dr. Saugrain sup
plemented those studies with
other timely information. He
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presented the Captains with a
supply of smallpox virus re
ceived from Paris, besides do
nating and recommending sim
pler remedies with which he
helped Lewis and Clark stock a
medicine chest. All of this proved
very helpful later on.
Other supplies and equipment
were carefully chosen and col
lected. Arms and ammunition,
clothing, tools, surgical and as
tronomical instruments and a
generous supply, of Indian pres
ents were boxed and bailed.
Powder was ingeniously packed
in lead canisters, each canister
containing enough lead, when
melted and cast in bullet molds,
to match the powder. This ar
rangement kept the powder dry
and the canisters could be easily
cached. They also had a repeat
ing air gun, no details of which
are now known. It was frequent
ly exhibited to Indians and never
failed to produce the desired
amount of astonishment as be
ing "big medicine." Obviously
food for so long a journey could
not be carried with them. As they
must depend on bater with the
Indians and on their own prowess
as hunters, provisions were re
stricted to staples such as flour,
salt pork, meal and salt.
Their large 'beatteau' was of
the keelboat type in common use
at the time on the Ohio and lower
'Mississippi. It was 55 feet long
and equipped with "one large
square sail and twenty-two oars."
Keelboats were used extensively
on the rivers up to 1830. However
awkward they may have been in
appearance, they were stoutly
built craft of large cargo ca
pacity, comparatively shallow
draft and designed to withstand
the mauling of rapids, snags,
floating timber and sand bars. In
place of the customary cargo
box' usually rising four to five
feet above deck and cut off at
each end about twelve feet from
the bow and stern, the Lewis and
Clark batteau was constructed
with a forecastle and a cabin, to
be used for protective cover in
case of storm or Indian attack.
Propelling a keelboat was no
idle pastime. They were cordelled
on towed upstream with a line
running from a high mast
stepped a little forward of mid
ship. The line was rover through I
a ring which was connected ny
Under certain conditions the
boat was poled. Each boatman
was provided with a sotting pole
equipped with a knob at the
upper end which fitted the hol
low of his shoulder. The men
would set their poles on the river
bed slanting downstream and
walk aft in single file on the
narrow deck strip pushing as
they went. When the first man
reached the stern, he. would re
trieve his pole and return to the
bow to start again. In this fash
ion, with a. large enough crew,
there was an endless chain of
boatmen In action. There is a
technical question involved In
such procedure. At the end of
the day had these stalwart gen
tlemen been riding upstream or
walking downstream, and if they
walked downstream as fast as
they rode upstream how did they
manage to get anywhere? In any
event they were surely working
their passage the hard way. In
deep water the crew manned the
oars and rowed. When fortu
nate enough to have a favorable
breeze, they set the square sail.
Twelve to fifteen miles a day was
considered a good average,, up
stream. Besides the' batteau, the expe
dition started with two 'pi
roques,' probably of the type
known later as 'macklnaws.'
They were flat-bottomed, open
affairs, one provided with six
oars, the other with seven. Two
horses were to be led along the
banks of the river for use in
hunting and packing game to the
party.
m. ul, j,uuis uu ivmy mil, lou'i,
the Spanish flag was lowered and
the French banner raised. Ma
jor Stoddard of the U. S. Army
and Captain Lewis and Captain
Clark were present. The French
flag was to be taken in at .sun
set, but in deference to the plead
ing of the French inhabitants of
the little river settlement, it was
permitted to remain aloft all
night. On the following day it
was lowered to be replaced by the
Stars and Stripes. The river was
now free of ice and in mid-afternoon
of the following Monday,
May 14th, Captain Clark gave
the order to shove off and the ex
pedition was at last launched on
the great adventure to the Pa
cific Coast. '
(To be continued)
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