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Newspaper Page TextUniv. of Oragoa Library EUGENE, QRSG011 Call Before 7 The Bulletin circulation of. (ice is open until 7 p.m. each evening to serve subscribers. Call 56 before 7 P-m. if you fail to receive your paper. T BEND BULLET CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER State Forecast Oregon Partly cloudy to day; fair tonight and Friday; frost in valleys tonight; slightly warmer Friday. a- Volume LVII BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY. AUGUST 21, 1947 TWO SECTIONS No. 65 m Armed Force Heads Named By President Three Secretaries To -Work Under Forrestal; Mid-September Date Set Washington, Aug. 21 IP-Presi-dent Truman today named three top officials for the new national military establishment and said formal unification of the armed forces will take effect about mid September. Truman told a news confer ence, Secretary of the navy Barnes Forrestal will take his oath as secretary of defense about Sept. 15. This Is the single cabinet post for the armed forces under unification. . Truman disclosed these selec tions for the three service posts immediately under Forrestal: Kenneth C. Royal!, secretary of the army. Royall now is secre tary of war. John L. Sullivan, secretary of , the navy. Sullivan is now under secretary of navy. W. Stuart Symington, secre tary of the air force. Symington now is assistant secretary of war for air. Final Date Given Under the unification law, For rcstal's authority as boss of all American military forces begins the day after he takes office. In any case unification goes into ef fect not later than Sept. 24. Today's appointees, though called secretaries, will not have cabinet rank. Like Forrestal, the secretaries of army, navy and air force will get $15,000 a year the same pay drawn by all cabinet members. Truman told newsmen he will make public later his appoint ments to a dozen or so other $10, 000 to $14,00O0-a-year positions in the new unified defense setup. .,He said, in response to a ques tion, it is his understanding he will not have to reappoint mem bers of the army-navy munitions board. He thinks these members automatically are shifted- to the new setup. " ' ' High Wind Halts Auto Speed Test Boneville Salt Flats, Utah, Aug. 21 IIP) A sudden strong wind to day forced John Cobb to give up for the day his racing on the Bonneville speedway ' after he coasted through the measured mile at 334.26 m.p.h. on one trial. The wind was so strong that Cobb was afraid he would not be able to control his "Railton Mobil Special" on any further tests. "I have all the data I hoped to get today, anyway," Cobb ex plained. "On the run I experimented with the gear shift, and with the motor. I had' the stuff I needed by the time I hit the measured mile. That's why I cut the power then and coasted the rest of the way through." The trial speed was well under the record of 369.7 m.p.h. that Cobb established in 1939 with the same car. He probably will re turn to the flats here Saturday morning for a real assault on the record and was high hopes of making 400 m.p.h. ASKS REVOLUTION STOP Ciudad Trujillo, Dominican Re public, Aug. 21 ill'i President Ra fael L. Trujillo cabled to Presi dent Ramon Grau San Martin of Cuba today asking him to end rev olutionary preparations allegedly being made in Cuba against the Dominican government. Crooked River Roundup Set To Ooen Tomorrow Mornina Princville, Aug. 21 (Special) White buildings and green areas of well-tended grass will make a siriking setting for the opening of the Crooked River roundup to morrow at the Crook county fair grounds, located under a desert rim south of Prineville. First events are scheduled for 9:30 a. m. with the opening of the 4-H club fair. Following demonstrations am" exhibits by county club members the queen of the roundup will be chosen from six contestants ant' crowned at 2:30 p. m. At 2:45 c Pacific trailways bus. "The City of Princville" will be christenec" by the queen as her first rega duty. The 4-H club parade wll follow, with calf-riding, bridle horse and cow-cutting contest, and pony races on the amatcir lists for the afternoon. Friday') Program will conclude with a large scale niRht show under floodlights, staged by Montr Brooks, In the rodeo area. At Sergeant Gets Probation For Theft Of Data Pittsburgh, Aug. 21 U1 A pudgy army sergeant who re moved more than 200 "top se cret" atomic bomb papers from the Los Alamos project was placed on four years probation to day in federal court. Alexander von Der Luft, 23, a chemical engineering student at Princeton university, pleaded guilty to the serious charge but claimed that he removed the documents to his suburban Pitts burgh home to save for posterity. . He said he had no other inten tion that to boast of his souvenir documents when they became public property. After an FBI agent described the papers, and documents as "top secret" and the theft as an act that "could have worked great havoc to the United States," Luft told the judge: "I took these things for a sou venir. When they became pub lic property I wanted to be able to boast about them. I didn't realize that they contained infor mation that could help someone make "an atomic bomb." Daly Petition Is Filed With City Recorder John Daly, owner of the D-D club and the first person to an nounce his candidacy in the seven-man city commission elec tion October 7, yesterday filed his petition with City, recorder' George Simerville. The petition contained 348 names. Although a nominating peti tion for the commission election is reported in circulation today for William H. Harris, owner of the West Side tavern, Harris told The Bulletin early this afternoon that he "didn't know too much about it," and wasn't sure whether or not he would accept the nomination. '. Ten Now Filed Petitions are now on file with Simerville for Daly, E. L. Niel sen, Hans Slagsvold, Arthur A. Rixe, Newell H. Clapp, Earl C. Kiel, Leo Bishop, Clifford V. Goodwin, Dean G. Raymond, and Clifton W. Hutchins, all candi dates .'for the commission; and Melvin O'Day, candidate for mu nicipal judge. Petitions for the following have been reported in circulation, but have not been filed with the city recorder; Eugene R. (Sparky) Walker, Hugh K. Cole, George Freeman, T. D. Sexton, Don O. Conner, W. Alfred Hunnell, Carl B. Hoogner, Hugh Simpson, and Clyde Hauck. The Bulletin yes terday listed Hauck as a member of the Eagles. He is a member of the Elks. Also peitioning for municipal iudge is Alva C. Goodrich, incum bent. More Planes Join In Lund Search Spokane, Wash., Aug. 21 tP -Ten more planes today joined in the search for the Lund family of Roseburg, "Ore., unreported since refueling their plane at Ken newiek, Wash., Aug. 3 on a flight to Shelby, Mont. The plane was believed down in eastern Washington, north Idaho or western Montana, search head quarters were established at the Mamershreck air service at Felts field here. Several ships flew search mis sions over the Idaho panhandle yesterday but failed to spot the cream-and-green Fairchild trainer. The plane carried Paul O. Lund, a Roseburg city councilman, his wife, and their two children. 10:00 p. m., the first of the round up dances will begin in the school gymnasium. Official launching of the rodeo will take place tomorrow with a roundup parade through Prine ville, after which two events will compete for crowd Interest a baseball gamp at Davidson field between Prineville and Seneca teams, and a cow horse con'est in the rodeo arena. On both Saturday and Sunday programs will be the main round up events, beginning at 1:30 p. m., light hows at 8:00 p. m., and an ithcr dance will be held Saturday night. Sunday morning will be levoted to two giant breakfasts, 'he traditional buckaroo break fast for townsmen- in the -city iark and the fliers breakfast at '.he Ochoco inn. Early ticket sales Indicated, ac rdinij to a spokesman for the roundup association, that the fairground's seating capacity of 5,500 will be filled throughout the three-day festival. Britain To Withdraw Big Part Of Loan $450 Million To Be Taken Before Aug. 29, Leaving Slim Balance Washington,' Aug. 21 IP Britain will withdraw $450,000,000 of her loan from the United States between now and August 29, leaving her only $"100,000,000 in remaining credits, it was learned authoritatively today. The withdrawal of $450,000,000 will be the last made by the Brit ish until agreement is reached on a permanent revision of the "free convertibility" clause of her $3,750,000,000 loan from the United States. This clause re quired her to surrender dollars on demand to nations holding British pounds in certain ac counts, t I Britain notified the U. S. treas ury of her intention to make the additional withdrawals in three $150,000,000 lots 10 days ago, or well in advance of the "emergen cy" moratorium on the with arawals. The first withdrawal of $150, 000,000 will, be made today. The second on August 25, and the fi nal one on August 29. Change Aids Britain . A high' treasury official said yesterday's action temporarily suspending the controvertibility clause "pulled that country out of the fire"-at. least for the time be ing as far as Britain's dollar prob lems were concerned. The principal reason for the sharp increased withdrawals, the official said, may have been due to the fact that some countries trading with Britain actually an ticipateO dollar needs for periods up to six months and converted sterling into dollars to meet that need. Farm Income ,. Sets New Record Salem, Aug. 21 (IP) Oregon farm income soared to a new high last year but agriculture re ports indicate that this year's farm production will be somewhat smaller. The state agriculture depart ment reported today that Oregon farms produced a total gross in come of $340,977,000 In 1946, set ting a new high. This was S12,- 674,000 more than produced in 1945. Cash crops accounted for $190,- 823,000 of the total, while livestock and livestock products brought in $150,154,000. Cash crop income was nearly $8,400,000 more than in 1945, while livestock income for last year w-s $4,200,000 more than the preced ing year. Oregon ranked second to Louisi ana in the production of straw berries in the nation last year. Of the five ranking states, Oregon stood in fourth place in apple production; third in pear produc tion! last in poach production; second In prune production, and fourth in cherry production. School Opening Date Is Sept. 8 Pupils In Bend's three grade schools and Bend high school will return to their studies the second week in September, James W. Bushong, city school superintend ent, announced today. The first faculty meeting of the fall term has been called for Monday, Sept. 8, at 9 a. m. in the Bend high school library. All grade pupils who are new comers to Bend, and all beginners, will register Monday afternoon, Sept. 8, at their respective schools. Bushong said. All other will regis ter TueBday morning, Sept. 9. High school registration win be Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 9 and 10, with regular classes to Mart Thursday, Sept. 11. A regis tration schedule for the various Junior-senior high classes will be announced later by Principal K. E. jcwen. Boxcar Shortage Brings Protest Roseburg, Aug. 21 'UiA rail road car shortage In southern Oregon today was bringing pro tests from chamber of commerce officials. Kenneth Ford, chamber presi dent here, disclosed that a tele phone check indicated that ship pers were receiving only 50 per cent of cars necessary to conduct normal business. General Lee Lt. Gen. John O. H. Lee (center), whose command in the Leghorn, suit of criticisms by Robert O. Ruark, Scrlpps-Howard columnist, Mai. Gen. Bryant Moore's Trieste command urns nrnkprf h nimir fortably rolled above his elbows Arabs Blamed For Explosion In Jerusalem Jerusalem, Aug. 21 Ui A shop in the East hotel of Jerusa lem was wrecked today by an ex plosion which police described as the first blow by a new Arab un derground movement called "Hur rieh," Arabic for freedom. The blasted shop was ruined. The rest of the building was not damaged, and there were no casualties. The bombing, as described by police, was the first time Arabs had resorted to that form of vio lence s.'nce their revolt of 1936-39. The shop was operated by an Arab said to have dealt in Jewish produced building materials and paints. The Hurrieh underground movement was reported con cerned exclusively with the Arab boycott of Jewish-produced goods. Another explosion was reported in the area' of the Socony-Vacuuin oil company'3 works in Haifa. Of iicials reported the dar.iafp slight, and no casualties. A military truck was blown up by.- a mine on- the outskirts ,.of Nathanya. One soldier was inj jured seriously. Hammer Is Ruled Out As Evidence Santa Ana, Calif., Aug. 21 (til The state's Ball peen hammer ex hibit was ordered removed as evi dence in the Overell trial today and testimony about a stanchion was stricken, leaving the prose cution without a murder weapon to show the jury. The hammer with which the state contended Mrs. Waller E. Overell, society matron, was slain before an explosion sank the Over ell yacht, was ruled out as evi dence on motion of attorneys for George Golium, 21, and Reulah Louise Overell, 18, co-defendants. Prosecutor E u g e n e Williams won permission to re-open his case alter defense arguments. The other asserted murder wea pon, a stanchion the state claim ed Golluni beat Overell to death with, previously was rejected as evidence and all reference to it was forbidden today. Left in the record was testi mony of Mrs. Claire Van Zwoll, a neighbor, that the girl and Gol ium, ijnld her they planned a mod ernistic bedroom at the Overell mansion and that Miss Overell was wearing her mother's mink ccat two days after her death. U. S. Sends New Protest To Russia Washington, Auff. 21 ll The stale department revealed today that. the United States has made a second t,tiarp protest to Russia over Its continued delay in re opening the Chinese port cf Dalren. The protest was delivered to (he Soviet foreign office in Mos cow on Aug. 14 by Lt. (Jen. Wel ter Bedell Smith, American am bassador to Russia. A similar pro test to Russia was made by the United Stales last Jan. 3. In its latest .note, the United States said It "perceived no rea son" why there should be fur ther delay in reopening Dalren K, International commerce as a tier port. Such a provision was made in a Soviet-Chinese agiocmen! signed on Aug. 14, 1945. TO I1KAI) I,OC KICK WOHK Salem, Aug. 21 uiK?mieih J. Swaskl, Sweet Home, a navy vet eran, has lieen named to head en forcement work for the new Ore gon refrlgeiatlon locker law en acted by the 1947 legl nature, the state agricultural department wild today. He will make Salem hlh headquarters. Inspects Moore's In T ;n 1 Mi "3 mm is commander of 2nd Bn.. Roval Senator Bilbo Of Mississippi White Supremacy Advocate, Dies In New Orleans Hospital New Orleans, Aug. 21 ".U.E) Sen. Theodore G. Bilbo, Mis sissippi's fiery advocate of white supremacy, died at Foun dation hospital here at 1 :05 p. m. CST, after a stubborn fight against cancer and its complications. He was 69 year old. Death came to the ailing democrat who only yesterday had shown sigps of rallying from a minor operation which was performed last Monday to remove a blood clot from a vessel serving his lungs. The clot, or pulmonary cm- ' holism, first appeared last Sunday when Bilbo's condi tion took a turn for the worse. Doctors tied off the vessel in an effort to prolong the wiry little Mississippian's life. Bilbo had entered the hospital two weeks ago to undergo an other in a series of operations to restore part of his jaw. Dr. Alton Ochsner, world-famed cancer spe cialist, had removed a portion of the senator's infected jawbone in a major operation at Touro In firmary here last January. Mercury Hits ODearee Low ,A summer frost again chilled the higher levels of Deschutes county last night andj as a result, Bend again faces freezing temper atures in every month of 1917 an it did in the past year. Last night's minimum was 30 degrees and It resulted in some light damage to tender vegetables and poluto vines, especially in areas of poor air drainage. More chilly weather is flue to night, the special weather service unit In Portland has announced. A low of 30 has been predicted for tonight in Bend. Last night's pre diction called for 28 degrees here. Warmer weather is on the books tor the coming week end, the weatherman said. So far this year, Bend has ex perienced temperatures of 32 de grees or below in every month, with the July minimum just at the freezing point. Highest tem perature recorded so far .this year was 92 degrees, in July. Last year's maximum was 91 degrees, registered one year ago today. Weather station observers here said last night's temperature was recorded as a local killing frost. Navy Plane Sets New Speed Mark Muroc Field. Calif., Aug. 21 'II' A young naval commander who set a world's air speed record nf 640.7 miles an hour In the Doug las Skystieak said today he'd like to see how fast the stub-winged plane would go if it were "souped up a little." "This was just a stock model," Cmdr. Turner F. Caldwell. Ar lington, Va said of Ihe "flying milk bottle" that regained for Ihe: navy a record It lost 24 ycais ngu. "I want to try il again." Caldwell, ,13, had flown the ex perimental Douglas plane only 90 minutes before Ihe tests yester day. He hit a speed of ;fi3.4 miles an hour on the fastest of f'Hir runs across Ihe black asphalt thrce-kilonieler course here. SHIP'S VISIT ( AN KII.ICI) Buenos Aires, Aug. 21 nil - The Argentine goveinmenl an nounced loday that the scheduled! visit tit Ihe cruiser sehoolship "Lc Argentina" lo Odessa had I been cancelled because Russia J said Ihe visit would not be con venient "fur technical reasons." SERVICES St IIKDI I.K.I) Rosary services will be held at I 8 p. m. Kilday at the Mswonger and Wlnslow ehnpel for Louis J. i Allen, 76, who died Tuesday at ; Good Samarilan hospital In Port-j land, funeral services will be j held at 9 a. m. Saturday from St. Francis Catholic church. ' Trieste Command INEA Telephoto) Italy, area Is being investigated as re inspects the 351st Infantry at Trieste. ., . uruisn officer (left) with sleeves corn Scots, here Revision Asked For Italian Treaty Lake Success, N. Y., Aug. 21 'Ui Argentina and the Dominican Republic loday called on the United Nations general assembly to revise the peace treaty with Italy at the forthcoming assem bly session. The Argentine and Dominican request was placed on the sup plementary agenda for the Sep tember 16 meeting of the 55-na-tion assembly. Jose Arce, Argentina's perma nent representative to the-UN, and Dominican foreign minister Emilio Garcia Godoy laid the question before the assembly in similar letters to UN secretary general Trygve Lie. Neither let ter made clear the revisions sought by the two countries. Arce asked for 'revision of the peace treaty with Italy." Godoy asked the assembly to make a "recommendation that that interested powers consider a possible revision of the peace treaty with Ilaly." II was believed here that Ar gentina would campaign for softening of most of the treaty's terms, and for revision of Ihe provisions cutting Trieste from Italy and of the portions ceding land in the north to Fiance, Klamath Hearing In Fourth Day Klamath Falls, Aug. 21 HI'i The Klamath Falls Indian reser vation dissolution hearing before a senate sub-commit lee went lie lo its fourth day at the reserva tion near here today. Senators remained undecided and explained that Ihe committee in in no way committed to senaie hill 121'2 which provides for a sale of reservation assets and the dis tribution of the nearly $16.0(10.1)00 among the 1500 tribal members. Chairman Arthur Walkins, II., Utah, Indicated the committee might consider some other pro gram, such as a law which wouio hold the property together for operation by the Indians, or a law which would create a trust. :n. Guv Cordon said he has heard enough lo convince him I hat "something must be done' to change the present setup. Testimony ol nin.'il inemoers ot Ihe reservation here ycsieri'ay Indicated that Ihe Indians were split among themselves r.s to whether the rese, v.'ilion should he liquidated and citizenship con felled. Winter Shortage OF Fuel Forecast Wilkes liarre, Pa., Aiur. 21 'H'1 The Anthracite Institute toiiay predicted a worldwide shortage of all fuels this winter beeauc til unprecedented demand. The Institute reported 111 Us publication, the Anthracite Insti tute Dulletln, that no reclaimed, coke will be available tlus year and that domestic coke will he short. 1-e.ss wood will be avail able and supplies of bituminous, coal will not be enough to meet demand, the Institute said. I Oil company and government j officials were quoted as predict , Ing a shortage of oil. i Russia Vetoes Austrian Applications For United Nations Membership United States Vote Prevents Hungary From Getting In; Soviet Representative Gromylco Opposes Entry Of Four Former Axis Nations Lake Success, N. Y., Aug. 21 ''.U.E Russia killed by veto today a proposal in the United Nations security council to give qualified approval to Italy's bid for United Nations membership. . , The action barred Italy for at least a year. . Fifteen minutes later another Russian veto blackballed Austria in the same way. Soviet deputy foreign minister Andrei Gromyko cast the vetoes, his sixth and seventh of this week, to kill Australian proposals aimed at letting thet" UN general assembly decide the time and conditions for giving membership to the two countries. Gromyko thus raised the Soviet veto string to 18 in all. Poland abstained from vot ing and the other nine coun tries of the council supported the proposal. The vote came after the coun cil had rejected by a vote of one to one, with nine countries ab staining, Hungary's application for a seat in the UN. Gromyko, who expressed as much opposition to Hungary, Ro mania, Bulgaria and Austria as to Italy, condemned the Austral Ian proposal as a step to by-pass the security council. Romania was the fourth vic tim, going down under a barrage of 10 obsentioiW from voting. Syria was the only supporter. The United States, announcing It believed the present Hungarian government "is neither able or willing" to live up to the UN char ter, cast the only vote against Hungary while Syria was her only supporter. The American vote was a "veto in spirit," because nine countries including Russia abstained from voting on the Hungarian bid for a UN seat this year. The slnele dissk-ntlne vote of U; S.- Delegate Het soliel Johnsonilhe petitioners who .are asked to was enough by Itself, however, to shut the UN's door to Hungary. Senators Will Be Guests At Forum All former residents of Ne braska and Utah have been ex tended a cordial Invitation to at tend a special forum luncheon at the Fine tavern tomorrow noon In honor of a vlslling sena torial party which will include Sen. Hugh Butler, Nebraska, and Sen. and Mrs. Arthur V. Watklns, Utah. The forum meeting will also be open to all members oi me chamber of commerce and their friends. Reservations are not needed. Other members In the sena torial party, which will stop in Bend on Its way to Portland from the Klamath Falls hearings on the dissolution of the Klamath Indian reservation, are Butlers brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mis. B. K. Butler, Cambridge, Neb., Hugh. II. Brown, clerk of the senate committee on public land, and Brown's wife and daughter. James Bushong, chairman of Ihe forum committee of Ihe chamber of commerce, is in charge of arrangements for the special luncheon. Mother And Child Die In Bathtub Sidl Lake City. Aug. 21 HI' A freak home accident - a radio sel pulled Into a bath tub- last night killed I'K-veat-.old Mrs. Norman Waagen of Sail Lake City and her M months-old daughter, Barbara Lynn. A neighbor heard another Waa en child three-year-old Jerry screaming and broke Into the mod "st home about a half hour after the accident. Long attempts at ar ilficial icspii.-ilion were futile. Authorities said the small ra dio set had h"cn set nn a table by theed je nf the tub. 'I hey theor ized that B'H'hara pullol "w radio into Ihe water when her mother wasn't looking. tki'ck i.m;ki City liicmen answered a sllll alarm at !l a. m. this morning when a truck driven hv George Walker, Bend, caught fire south of Carroll Acres on highway i)7. Otilv slight damage resulted from the blaze. lllvADS TKAI'SIIOOTKHS V.'indatia, () , Aug. 2 'II'1 Merle (i. Ilenkel of Portland, Ore., lo-! day was elected president of the j American '1 rapshonting associa- Hon. He-succeeded Joe Kellerman oi Edwardsvlile, 111. Italian And West 14th Street Paving Is Asked By Petitioners A petition asking for the Im provement of West 14th street from Galveston to Newport av enue was received by the city commission at its regular meet ing last night. The petition, signed by 48 prop erty owners, was referred to the city engineer for checking of sig natures and preparation of cost estimates. With these complet ed the commission will take ac tion on a resolution calling for the Improvement. The street is an Important cross-link for traffic on the west side of Bend. The commission deferred ac tion on an application from West Coast shows, a carnival company which played Bend In July, for a 1948 date. Final action was taken on the vacation of the alley between blocks 7 and 8 of Mill addition. A noHtlnn for the vnention of an alloy in block '131, Bend second Addition, was referred back to get signatures from other -adja cent property. The retirement of Rufus W. Munkres, member of the street and water department staff, was waived by the commission for the A permanent license transfer was granted the Owl Taxi com pany, ownership of which chang ed early this month. A beer li cense application was approved for Kenneth w. Kutnenora, oi Burns, who plans to operate the Shamrock on Minnesota avenue. A deed to school district num ber I for the high school athletic field was signed by the commis sion. In return the city will re ceive a deed to a portion of O'Don- ne field. Although the exenange cf this property was completed a number of years ago, deeds were never executed. Another deed signed last night conveyed lots 1 and 2, block 13, Kiversiae aa dltlon, to Robert R. Parr for $350. City manager C. C. Reiter re ported that arrangements had been made with the state highway department to paint lines on Bond street from Franklin avenue to Wall street, East Eighth street north of Greenwood avenue and Newport avenue to the city lim its. Bond street will be painted for four-lane traffic between Franklin and Greenwood avenues. IMPRESSIONS of Central Oregon Visitors "Oregon, with Its pine trees and green underbrush, looks a lot like northern Michigan," nccordlng to' la parly of vacationers from the Wolverine slate wno were in Bend yesterday. In Ihe group were Mr. and Mrs, Lyle Tripp, of Adrian, and Mr. and Mrs. George Brown, of Addison. Brown is employed In a refrigerator plant, und Tripp is a carpenter. The visitors said they like the northwest, but they miss Ihe roadside parks which are so nu merous In their home state and some of the other miowestern slates. They left home August 1, and had covered Yosemlte and Sequoia national parks, Boulder dam and the Grand Canyon, be fore coming to Oregon to visit Crater lake. Yellowstone park was next on the schedule, then a swing south as far as Salt Lake CHv. before returning home. The Michigan party remarked that they were surprised lo find snow at Crater lake, though the country was beautiful. They ad mired the "green, well-watered look" that Ihey said distinguishes the parts of Oregon they had seen, contrasting with Califor nia's "dry, seared-looking vegeta tion." Service at gasoline sta- lions In the west Is superior to that offered farther east, they commented. They added that Oregon's roads are "better than average."