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THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, 6RE66N
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1947
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' FINISH THE PRESENT SYSTEM FIRST
In his editorial column in the Roseburg News-Review our
friend, Chnrles V. Stanton, reports that the construction of
a cross-state highway over the North Umpqua route to The
Dalles-California highway will be proposed to the legislative
interim committee now engaged in a study of the state high
way system. "Bend and Klamath Falls will be invited to
join in promotion of the route, which would vitally affect
both those communities, says the editorial.
Malcolm Epley has printed a portion of the Stanton piece
in his "Today s Roundup column in the Klamath Herald
and News but without any comment of his own. We offer
our readers the same portion as follows:
"The Roseburg-Coos Bay and coastal area south of Coos
Bay forms the mast isolated section of the stale. An east-west
road, following the North Umpqua, would link both Bend and
Klamath Falls with the nearest Pacific port, and would pro
vide outlet, through those two cities to transcontinental high
ways. "fn our opinion, there is sound reasoning behind the pro
posal. "The North Umpn.ua route offers the best east-west loca
tion in the entire state. Practically the entire climb Is outside
of Hie snow belt, whereas all other east-west roads,, except the
Columbia river highway, climb mountain passes inside the snow
b?lt where dangerous icing conditions are encountered. Little
difficulty would be encountered in keeping the Umpqua route
open for all-winter travel, despite deep snow in the summit
area. Because the road would be comparatively level within the
snow belt, rotary snow plows could keep the route passable,
except for short periods during intense storms.
"This road would open one of Oregon's finest potential
winter playgrounds the Diamond-Crater lake area to all-year
usage. Commercially, it would give the various tributary com
munities benefit of lower transportation rales, through competi
tion between rail and water transportation systems. Central
Oregon's great potato industry, for Instance would profit im
mensely by having water shipping available through a direct
downhill haul to tidewater. Vast tonnages of lumber to be
moved from the Umpqua basin would make this road economi
cally feasible, not only tnrougn increasca proms to tne hiuuo-
VP VHIUCS.
or the next 20 years probably
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to an arrangement whereby, If
the farmer did not choose to cash
In his certificate until 1947, the
Income from the sale would not
be taxed until 1947. In short, the
deal was so rigged that the
farmer had everything to gal
and he couldn't possibly lose. And
that is apparently-all he wants
now.
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try. but also by higher stumpage values,
"Oregon's road program fo
will be largely controlled by the report of the interim commit-
eo. In outlining over-all highway development, tne committee
doubtless will submit recommendations utilizing the major part
of all highway income for many years to come. If the Umpqua
highway is to be built within the 20-ycar period it will need the
committee's endorsement.
"It is to be hoped that Coos Bay, Roseburg, Bend and Klam
ath Falls can be brought into a program of united action in sup
port of the proposed development."
The local decision on this prospective invitation will be
made, we suppose, by the directors of the chamber of com
merce after study and recommendation by the chamber's
highway committee. What the decision will be we have no
idea but we believe that it should be not to take part. We
say this with regret because we dislike to disagree with
our Roseburg friend.
Our feeling in this matter is not based on opposition to
the particular piece of construction proposed by our Roseburg
friends. It is based on the more fundamental belief that
there should be no additions to the system until the high
ways now under construction or in process of. reconstruc
tion are finished. One reason for the condition the legis
lative committee is studying is the manner in which highway
after highway has been added to the system and then given
precedence in' the building program. As a result the re
building of the original system, made necessary by the de
velopment of modern standards, has lagged.
We undertake no examination of the arguments advanced
on behalf of the proposed Umpqua road. We say simply
that there should be no mileage added to the state system un
less it can be shown without any question that it is more
important to build the proposed road than to put the cost
into a road now on the map.
Others Say . . .
A TIMELY COMPLAINT
(Astorian Budget)
The Lower Columbia Highway
association has learned that, con
trary to the general belief In these
parts, the highway commission
has no further program for Im
provement of the lower river high
way after completion ot the con
tract for a stretch between Rain
ier and Globe, scheduled for at
tention early next year.
This fact was learned from a
highway department official who
answered arguments of the Low
er Columbia Highway associa
tion's committee that appeared
before the legislature Interim com
mittee on roads, streets and high
ways Tuesday in Portland.
People In the lower Columbia
river were of the Impression thai
the highway department has in
Its post-war road program a pro
ject for continuing toward Astoria
the modernization of this highway
that has been between Portland
and Rainier In recent years.
But snrh is riot the case, evi
dently. The highway department
Intends to let the communities
westward from Rainier continue
to slip and slide over the narrow,
twisting, antiquated, frost-covered
l'.llO-model road that they have
been using for the past 2S yeais.
It Is obviously a good thing that
the Lower Columbia Highway as
sociation has been formed just nt
this lime, when the work on the
PoillaudRalnier section of the
i'iad is about finished and when
tlip legislature Interim committee
is preparing recommendations for
a long-range program.
Had the lower Columbia com
munities failed to net, the slate
highway department would plain
ly be willing to let the lower river
road continue In Its present state
Indefinitely.
We hellevo a good case can he
made for the work needed on this
road. Changes in vehicular travel
In the past 30 years have made n
1919 road obsolete. Very few 1919
modol highways are still being
used on important routes.
And It Is obviously high time
for tile Interested communities to
act If they are to get results.
There will never be a modern
highway along the lower Colum
bia unless the cities of that area
make a loud complaint.
Washington
Column
STEPS IT IN ( LASS
Koxhoro, Mass. tn Loon Dir
eet, ll-ycarold harness horse
which has won several races at
the Hay State raceway here, once
was sold to a farmer as a plow
horse.
By Peter Edson
(NEA WaRhinifton Correionilcnt)
Washington, D. C. Houston
Harte, Texas newspaper pub
lisher, sends in a report from his
San Angelo Standard and Times
that gives the best picture yet of
what's happening down on the
big wheat farms. The big oper
ators come rejoicing, bringing in
the sheaves, all right. But they
aren't sending those sheaves to
market. First, in the hope of a
price rise, second, because they
want to beat the income tax col
lector.
From a third to a half of the
wheat raised in the Texas Pan
handle is still being held on the
farms, say Mr. Harte's reporters.
The little town of Vega, Tex.,
population 500, is said to be roll
ing in dough. Eight families
alone raised from 50,000 to 200,-
000 bushels of wheat apiece. Put
ting the average at 100,000 bush
els, it represents a potential gross
income 01 sauo.ouu at today s ,53
a bushel price.
But, since the income tax laws
are so rigged that the most a
man can keep and show a profit
on is around $29,000, these big
farm operators are selling only
about 10,000 to 20,000 bushels.
This nets them maximum return
after taxes.
The rest of the crop Is being
stored on farms or warehoused
until 1918, which is another tax
year. Every empty building is
said to be stored with . wheat.
Wheat-filled quonset huts line the
railroad tracks. I wo big new
elevators are being built In Vega
to hold 7S.000 bushels.
This Texas situation Is appa
rently true of the entire wheat
belt, light up to the Canadian
border. When Tom Campbell of
Montana, biggest U. S. wheat !
farmer, was in Washington re
cently, he told President Truman j
that he was holding UOO.OOO
bushels of wheat. j
The U. S. department of agri
culture crop reporting board says
that, as of Octolier 1, over 028
million bushels of wheat- nearlv
half the 1947 harvest of 1.4 billion 1
bushels were still being held on
farms.
These big farm operators, who
are not selling I heir w heat now,
are, of course, playing a smart
game. Planting weather through
out the winter wheal belt lias
been too dry, which Is bad. Next 1
year's crop may be much smaller !
than this year's all-time record 1
high. If the next crap is. off, the
price Is bound to be higher.
It has been generally reported,
and the belief is widespread, that
it is the government's crop loan
policy which is responsible for to
day's high wheat price and for
much of the wheat hoarding on
farms. Commodity credit cor
poration reports indicate this
isn't so. It is the tax law not
the farm loan policy that is prin
cipally to blame.
As of October 1 again the la
test report available CCC had
made loans of $37.75 million dol
lars on 20 million bushels of 1947
wheat. While this sounds like a
lot of money and a lot of wheat,
It is only 1.5 per cent of this
year's 1.4 billion bushel crop.
As a matter of fact, the big
farm operators are now so well
fixed financially that they doiVt
have to rely on government loans.
They do their own financing, and
thus save interest charges.
Off the record, department of
agriculture officials will admit
frankly that the big wheat farm
ers are afraid of government
loans. What they fear is that the
government might seize any
wheat against which it has ad
vanced money, by calling the
loans before due date.
What the big farm operators
really Want is a return to the cer
tificate plan of May and June,
1946. Under this operation, farm
ers who marketed their grain
were given a certificate receipt.
This eertfficate could be ex
chahged for cash on demand, at
tne market price prevailing when
the certificate was turned in. If
the market price was up, the
farmer stood to gain. If the price
went down, the farmer was guar
anteed as a minimum the price In
eiiect wnen he surrendered his
grain for the certificate. 1
I' urthermore, the bureau of in
ternal revenue gave its blessing I
Plane Fire Alarm
Grounds Big Ship
Detroit, Nov. 25 U A Seattle
bound Northwest Airlines DC-4
landed safely at the Willow Run
airport here early today after re
porting that one of its engines de
veloped trouble while flying over
Cleveland. None of the 13 passen
gers and four crew members was
Injured.
Don Jaffray, a Northwest Air
lines representative, said that no
indication of fire was found after
the plane was inspected.
Jaffray said the pilot, George
Kruse, made the forced landing
after the warning system setup
to warn 01 lire Indicated that the
number two engine was on fire.
He said the plane is equipped
with a lighting system to warn
of fire that may develop in any
pari 01 tne plane.
No I'ire I'ound
Jaffray said the DC-4 had been
stripped down but that no indi
cation of fire had been found. He
said the warning was "apparently
caused by a faulty connection in
the warning system.
However, the company had or
dered the craft grounded to fur
ther study the cause of the trou
ble and hold it for inspection by
the CAA, he said.
The passengers were taken to a
hotel here for the night. Another
plane was expected to carry them
to their destinations sometime
this morning.
Bend's Yesterdays
(From The Bulletin Files)
Fifteen Years Ago
(November 25. 19S2)
Gasoline was retailing in Bend
today at a mark four cents below
yesterday's prevailing price, the
result of a new gas "war" now
under way in the northwest. So
called "standard" gasolines were
selling here today at la's cents
per gallon. Yesterday's price was
22 "i cents.
Jefferson high school of Port
land won Its second successive
state prep football championship
by soundly drubbing the Medford
Pearpickers in a Thanksgiving
day game at Portland.
Thanksgiving turkeys sold for
20 cents a pound, sugar-cured
hams wore 10 ',4 cents a pound,
MISSIONARY TO SPEAK
Mrs. F. J. Newton, of Portland,
will discuss her experiences as a
missionary for 25 years in India,
as guest speaker at a joint meet
ing of the First Presbyterian
Women's association and the Eve
ning Women's fellowship, to be
held Wednesday, November 19, at
7:45 p. m. in the church parlors.
All women of the church, as well
as others who are Interested, were
Invited to attend.
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Dog Accidentally
Shot By Another
Dog, It Says Here
New Meadows, Ida., Nov. 25
mi It's still a mystery, but the
assumption is that one" dog shot
another dog.
. Bud La Fay and Cordon Schmell
reported today that when they
were hunting in Indian- valley
last week, they left their two dogs
and two loaded guns In the car
while they went into a store.
When they got back to the car,
one of the dogs was dead. He
had been shot through the head.
The only explanation was that
one of the dogs had accidentally
tripped the trigger of the gun
which was found to have been discharged.
MAYOR STICKS NECK OUT
Wabash. Ind. HW Mayor
Homer T. Showalter has resolved
never again to fine anyone el
a kiss. The mayor claimed a firi?
of a kiss from a bride and dls.
missed traffic charges against
wedding party. The resultant pUJ
licity brought him a letter from
a "lonesome friend" in Indiana
oils asking him to get him a wi
Trumpeter swan population nf
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ed as 350 birds, a decline of 11'
from last year; Illegal shooting i
one reason for the decline.
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