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Uni v. of Orsion Library eyjsjis, oHssoa LEASED WIRE WORLD NEWS COVERAGE THE BEND BULLETIN CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER Volume LVIII State Forecast OREGON Mostly fair and continued cool except for a few showers in eastern mountains , today and to night. Fair with slowly ris ing temperature tomorrow. BEND. DESCHUTES COUNTY. OREGON. MONDAY. APRIL 26. 1948 Arnold Canal Gets Water; Job Finished Metal Flume Used In Renovation Work By Reclamation Bureau Water was turned Into the new Arnold district flume yesterday and is today flowing through ditches in the district south and east of Bena. Work on me new nume sec tion was rushed last week to a point where it was possible to draw water from the Deschutes river. The new nume, ,buu leet in length, was installed for the dis trict bv R. P. Syverson. of Bend. under a contract with the bureau of reclamation, which had charge of the nume renaDimauon proj ect lor ine district. Metal Mume Constructed Sections of the old wood flume had badly deteriorated in recent years and costly repair work would have been necessary to brine it back into safe condition, Instead, it was decided to replace it with a modern metal flume supported by heavy creosoted timbers. The new flume follows a relo. cated route, hugging the canyon wall closer tnan tne old flume and eliminating many high bents, A short section ol the old flume was still serviceable and remains in place. 1 . ". The district has been without water since the early part of the winter when the work got under way. Ranchers on the district hauled water for domestic use and for livestock. Syverson Gets Credit Syverson, who took the flume contract late in February, was credited with a fast job in com pleting me installation. The orig inal contract called for installa tion of only about half of the amount, but rapid progress made completion of the entire 5,600 feet possioie. The metal flume is.. Lennox (ypevwith a diameter of more ;nan eignt reet. Fre-cut timber supports were prepared at The Dalles plant of the Forest Prod ucts Treating company. No. 120 Two Oregon Boys Abandoned Tumalo Student Hurt In Accident Frederick Keith Shenard. son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Shepard, of Tumalo, is one of three Ore Son State college students who we severely injured in an au tomobile accident Saturdav morn ng. The accident ncpurrpH whpn the automobile in which they were riding went out of control at the north end of the Albany bridge r me Willamette river. The rar left the road and overturned, injuring Don Glenn Parkinson, of Portland, and James Saum, of oise, Ida., as well as Shepard. Shepard. reDortedlv least ser iously inilirort nf tho throo sllf. 'ered a compound fraeture of the "Sin leg, broken left arm and tnUitlDlo mntnclnnc nf (ha faro Saum suffered a skull fracture, 'facial lacerations and a dislocated iknee. and Parkinson suffered a skull fracture, as well as a frac tured jaw and left arm. I All thrna uiapA f-ilnn Kt, om its - - - nfcic mncil uj "ill iwulance to the Albany General Awospltal. Shepard was removed uraay to a Portland hospital r-- .umiKr treatment. Mr. ana rut him. Officers who investigated the NMent said that Shepard was wiving toward Corvallis and was unable to make the turn on leav QJhe bridge approach. State Secretary Candidate Visits ($0 'Uiia By Stockmen Priday Holmes Elected.President Of Area Group At Annual Meeting In Crook County Prineville, ApriJ 26 (Special) Stockgrowers from Crook. till lSin a.nd De.8hute cunty held their annual meeting nere baturday, with discussions in the business session cen tering on cattle thefts and methods of controlling Bang's disease. . C. L. Jamieson, secretary of the Oregon Cattle and Horse Kaisers association, tpld the association members that cer tain changes in laws anu apprehend cattle thieves. He suggested a special state police unit be organized and trained to catch cattle thieves. Changes in the present brand inspection law are needed, he said. Testing Favored In regard to Bang's disease control, Jamieson said. all fe male cattle sold in sales rings should be tested for Bang's disease and tuberculosis unless they are sold for immediate slaughter. Harry Stearns, and Gene Lear, county agent for De schutes county, spoke on the merits and disadvantages of Bang's control laws. The association went on record as favoring calfhood vaccination and opposing test and slaughter metnods or control in beef herds, At the election o new officers, Priday Holmes, of Terrebonne, was chosen president of the as sociation for the coming year. cob - xancey, or Prineville, was elected vice president and Alan Finlay, of Post, was re-elected secretary-treasurer. Bounty Necessary W. B. Morse talked on preda tory animal control and suggest ed that unless a bounty is paid by all counties this law cannot be effective. G. Hammond Hansen of the predator and rodent con trol division of the fish and wild life service, told of progress in that field. Sherman Butteridge, president of the Oregon Cattle and Horse Raisers association spoke on hoof and mouth disease and fed eral meat inspection laws. Pat Cecil, president of the state ad visory board of the grazing serv ice, spoke on public lands prob . Nearly 500. Dersons. attended till association's .annual barbecue at-the Crook county fair grounds and a capacity crowd was present at the Stockman s ball at the high school gymnasium, Saturday eve ning. Meeting Is Held The women's auxiliary of the association held its business met ing at 11:30 a. m. at the Ochoco Inn, electing Mrs. Alan Finlay, of Post, president; Mrs. Bob Yan cey, vice president for Crook county ; Mrs. Jack Shumway, vice president for Deschutes county, and Mrs. Bell Read, vice presi dent for Jefferson county. Mrs, Dick Bryant, of Paulina, will be secretary-treasurer for the com lng year. A feature of the barbecue was the presentation of a new auto mobile, a gift from the associa tion, to Lyn Nichols, in apprecla tion for his many years of work in the organization, Ethel Storm, of Klamath Falls, secretary of the Oregon Associa tion 'of Beauty Shop Owners and Operators, is-taklng an active part in uie state convention now un der way in Bend. End Regional Session Here Western Breakfast On Sunday Final Feature t Of Annual Conference ri rr ... . . EW nvnry weatnerspoon, oi "si", candidate for the republi mL .mlnat,on fr representative iSE. ? second district, was a here Saturday. Weather- State Beauticians Open Convention, Hold Style Show, Edna "Close, of Bend, was lude- ed the Winner of the hairstvle show helfl .last night. St -tne Pilot tsutte inn in connection with a banquet session of the state con vention of the Oregon State Beau ty Operators' association. She presented as her model, Marie Close, with a hairstyle represent ing the Douglas fir lumber indus try, in recognition of the honor, tne beautician was presented a $50 prize awarded by the state association. Miss Close is also entitled to eqter her model in the national "Parade of States" con test to be held at the national convention in Chicago next Sep tember. Second place was won by Glad ys Laxton, of Portland. Her mod el, Betty Willets, displayed a hair style depicting the Oregon salmon fishing industry. Models Compete Thirteen models competed in the show, which was the climax to the opening day of the state convention. Darwin Jones, mem ber of the Los Angeles and Hol lywood hair stylists' guild and a Portland shop owner, was master of ceremonies. Helen R. Dement, state convention chairman, pre sided at the meeting. Speakers in cluded Mrs. Harriet P. Krause, of Portland, editor of "Voice of American Women;" Mayor Hans Slagsvold, who extended official greetings, and Dolores Korsen, president of the state association. Charles Clark, of the Bend The aters, Inc., e.-itendod greeungs for the chamber of commerce. Mrs. C. W. Anderson, a visiting beautician from San Francisco, was introduced. Convention Highlight The hair style show was a high light of the entertainment. Mod els entered the room one at a time. Each entry was themed on Oregon scenery or products. Two judges from Redmond, one from Prineville and two from Bend judged the models on a point sys tem, and the winner was deter mined by a committee who total ed scores on the tallied sheets. During an Intermission while awaiting the outcome of the judg ing, telegrams and congratulatory messages sent to the convention were read by Ethel Storm, secre tary of the association. Hazel L. Kozlay. of Chicago, editor of the American Hair uresser, was among tnose senaing iciegruuia of greeting. Bureau Hearings Delayed One Day Washington. April 26 U A Hnnw p x e c u 1 1 ve expenditures subcommittee today postponed until tomorrow hearings on charges that bureau of reclama tion officials have engaged in im proper propaganda activities. Chairman Forest A. Harness, R., Ind., announced that the hear ing was postponed because too many subcommittee members were out of town. Sen. Sheridan Downey, D., Cal., who originated the charges, was scheduled to be the lirst witness. General Strike In Milan Looms Milan, April 26 (IB Italy's largest industrial city was threat ened by a general strike today after rioting last night in which a policeman was killed. The communist-controlled Mi lan chamber of labor was meeting to consider calling a general strike to protest "provocation" by police who broke up an authoriz ed demonstration by 15,000 leftists. More than - 200 Soroptimists from all parts of Oregon, Wash ington, Idaho and Montana, and irom Alaska, had left Bend today after attending the twenty, seventh regional conference. o( the Northwestern region, . this past week end. Final session was a "buckaroo", breakfast Sunday morning i.irj the Pilot Butte inn Blue room with the Burns and Lakeview! members, in smart riding outfits,' as hostesses. The menu was typl-, cally western, and "atmbsphere" was added by a background -of! cowboy songs with guitar acconv paniment, by Bill and Jack Gal-' vin and Bob Johnson. The tables were cleverly decorated with fig- llrinpQ nf hnrepQ nnH muitvujc1 and hand-made miniature corrals.y saddle-racks, fences, camp fires n ana otner appropriate "props,.'. The menus were in the shape of chuck wagons, and favors wei small jars of home-made wild plum jam, from Lakeview, and small coppy cowboy hats, gifts of the Burns delegation. Mrs. Sprague Speaker One of the speakers at the breakfast was Mrs. Anna Sprague, of Lakeview, Lake coun ty school superintendent,1'' who spoke on the general convention theme, "OuVvHouse in Order,'' stressing the spiritual aspects of "mental housekeeping." As a benediction to her beautifully-delivered sermonette,- Mrs. Helen Felt, of Burns, sang "The Lord's Prayer," by Mallotte, accompan ied by Mrs. Clarence Bush, c-f Bend. Also on Ihe morning program was Lois Eeil Sandal), immediate past fedo-Mtien president, wno discussed the United . Nations program and UNESCO. She em- phasizad ,her belief that the ef- V rnt in Jncnn. mni.M nAwv. 1- problem confronting each indi vidual, and that the cooperation of women in organizations can rave a very definite effect on the irlernational scene. Mrs. Irma Clause, of the Lake view club, presided as toast'.nis tress. As it special feature of the program, Mrs. Myra B. Wielten- tuller, of Burns. Harnev counw school superintendent, sketched a chalk picture of Steens monii tain and the surrounding foot hills, as "Home on' 'the Ranrc" was sMvg as a background. snort Trips Made A number of the convention delegates made shovt sinht-se'1- lng trips before leaving Bend. Many visited Petersen's rock gar dens, on the old highway be tween Bend and Redmond, and numerous parties were taken to the top of Pilot Butte, to enjoy the view of the city, with the pic turesque Cascade range in , the background. The formal banauet Saturday night featured installation of npw rntrinnHl nfflrorc inf.lii.Hnrr Mrs. Alice Jones, Portland, direc tor; Mrs. Esther Hughey, Helena, iviont., secretary; Mrs. Minna Durkee, Port Angeles, Wash., treasurer, and Miss Rose Morgan, Seattle, and Miss Lois Jacobson, Butte, Mont., board members at large. Retiring officers are Claire P. Nichols, Tacoma. director: Helen B. Roberts, Great Falls, Mont., secretary; Olive W. Benni son, Spokane, treasurer, and (Continued on Page 5) Ml X JHV - Is ,v s& rZiwiA tu . At the end of their iournev. what was to have npn men- lnsi with their mother, two small boys listened attentively to their Mom" in a San Francisco bus station. She cave them each 25 cents. a bag containing their clothes and directions for reaching a found- hub Mum.-, men am. ouuraeo anomer ous ana leit. tne orotners, David, 6!4 (left) and Daniel Darling, 8, told authorities they came from CanyonvUle. Ore. A note left with them bv their mnthir snlrl she was afraid of "bitter racial prejudice" . . . she didn't want her boys "to become delinquents." wouldn't someone please take care of them? UN Moves To Protect Jerusalem ' Lake Success, N. Y April 26 (IH The United Nations general assembly today ordered the draft ing of emergency measures to protect Jerusalem, the citv sacred to Christians, Jews and Moslems alike. , ine assemoiy, in a nurrled ple nary meeting, called- on -the;VN trusteeship council to iwork out immeditaely steps for safeguard ing ine noiy city. Aware . .that fighting already was beginning in Jerusalem, the 58-nation assembly invoked extra ordinary procedure to speed work on the emergency program. Sitting as the assembly's poli tical ana security committee, dele gates voted 44 to 3, with six na tions abstaining, to authorize the trusteesnip council to start work immediately on safeguarding Je rusalem and its holv Dlaces. Then, in only three minutes, the committee adiourned. reconvened as a plenary meeting or the as sembly and voted 46 to 0, with seven nations abstaining, to give mini approval to tne political committee's action. The seven nations abstainlns were Russia, Byelorussia, 'the Ukraine, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and Costa Rica. Senator McKay Co mino Tuesdav Senator Douulas McKav. nf Salem, candidate for the repub lican nomination as governor of Oregon, will be In Bend briefly tomorrow, on his way to Lake view, and will meet with local republican women at the home of Mrs. E. R. Ryan, 880 Riverside. Hurriedly passing through Bend on his way south, Senator McKay expects to arrive at about 1 p. m., and will go directly to the Ryan home for the meeting. Boy Scout Rededication Rites, First Of Kind Ever Held In Oregon, Feature Area Circus Prineville, April 26 Highlight ed by a rededication ceremony in which more than 400 Central Ore gon boys took part, a Boy Scout and Cub circus was presented under threatening skies Satur day night at the Crook county roundup grounds In Prineville. Parents and visitors overflowed an entire section of the big grand stand to view the circus and wit ness a program declared to be the most impressive of its kind ever seen in this part of the state. The rededication ceremony was the first ever held by Boy Scouts in Oregon. Joining in this cere mony, in which scouts and spec tators repeated a pledge, "To these principles we dedicate our lives," were the Bend Gleemen, with Rev. G. R. V. Bolster as nar rator and Mrs. Albert E. Allen as soprano soloist. Gusts of chilly wind occasion ally eddied clouds of dust across the arena, but despite the April chill and the biting April breeze, Boy Scouts and Cubs stood at at tention as the ceremony was be ing held. presented their circus acts in , were from uie Cashman store In quick succession. Opening event was the parade of colors, quickly followed by the Cub scout circus, with strange animals, ranging from a huge splned 'stegosaurus" to "Monkeys" in a cage, circulat ing around the field. Pack 25 presented an auto race, pack 26 provided the clowns, pack 27 en Bend In pioneer scout work, troops 21 and 22 erected a saspension bridge, strung between two high towers, and across this rope "money span" walked Frank Stenkamp, to prove that the bridge was serviceable. Tent pit ching demonstrations and a fire tertained with a sideshow and : building pack 28 presented the Noah's ark a tug of war, the Madras boys feature. ' won. from Redmond. Jack Symons, an Explorer! A nlirht slinnlll scout from Bend, was in charge of the tenderfoot scout investi ture, followed by a court of honor in which boys were advanced. Then came one of the most im pressive events of the chilly eve ningthe presentation of Eagle awards to two boys, Dick Ra.s musson and Bill Nlskanen, both of Bend. The boys were accom panied to the arena by their par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Ras mussen and Mr. and Mrs. William Niskanen. Dr. Cecil Adams, Klam ath Falls, president of the Mo doc council, had a- part in the presentation. Mrs. Rasmussen and Mrs. Nlskanen pinned the awards tion by troop No. 27 was followed by a fire rescue demonstration by troop No. 36. Troops 36 and 28 Joined in first aid work. In the scout advancement phase of the program, Ted McKeo, Tom Niebergall and Henry Horbring were presented merit badges. Ail three boys are Eagle scouts. Ted, who Is a member of Explorer pa trol 120, Bend, was presented a bronze palm. Albert B. Cook was ringmaster and Bill Barton was announcer. Bob Carnage, field executive In the district, was directly in charge of the circus. The scouts set up camp just Polio Advisory Group Holding Conference Dr. C. Thompson, ssate chair man of the polio advisory com mittee and director of preventive medicine for the state board of health, and . Felix A. Montes, chairman of ihe state polio foiin. dation, are conducting a regional polio planning conference today in Bend. The morning session was held In the Trailways conference room, and the afternoon session was held at the courthouse. The agenda covered numerous subjects relative to the planning for meeting any possible Infantile paralysis situation in the mid-Or egon area this summer. The discussion this morning In eluded an outline of polio inci dence in Oregon, including the past and present and a prediction of future cases; state and local problems In handling polio, based on personnel, hospital facilities and equipment and transporta tion; and the role of certain agen cies and groups when polio oc curs. These include the health de partments, crippled children's services, polio advisory commit tee, National Foundation for In fantile Paralysis, Inc., chapters of the foundation and their polio emergency committees, American Red Cross, physicians, nurses, physical therapists, medical so cial workers and hospitals. Iiium DIscuwwmI This afternoon, the group was discussing detailed state and local plans for facilitating handling of polio in epidemic and non-epldem-Ic situations. Present at the meeting were the following representatives of various Central Oregon groups: Dr. V. S. Howard, Jefferson coun ty polio chairman; Mrs. Ruby Gat lln, president of the Harney county health association; Mrs. Bertha Griffith, public health nurse from Harney county; Don ald Filteau, from the Burns ju nior chamber of commerce, and the following from Bond: Mrs. J. F. Arnold, county polio director; Dr. Elizabeth Bishop, medical di rector of the trl-county health unit; Sister Blanche, superinten dent of St. Charles hospital; J. D. Donovan, superintendent of Lumberman's hospital; Dr. Brad ford N. Pease, chairman of the chapter medical advisory commit tee, and Miss Lucv Davison, pub lis health nurse. Miss M. Simpson. advisory nurse from the state board of health, was also present. 82 Year Old Man Walking Contest Winner At Gaston Gaston. Ore.. April 25 alt The citizens were still paying off side ot'ts in uaston today, for Yes terday an old man of 82 outpaced a youth of 73 in a 250-yard walk ing match to the ballpark. It was downhill all the way. Ike "Llghtfoot" Lawson won without much challenge from the youngster, Eric Sandlln. The 82-year-old stepper collect ed a bet of only $2.50 for staying two to tnree Kobe Revolt Continues, With Allied Chiefs Fearful General Unrest May Spread In Region Limited Emergency Declared As Allied Chiefs Take Steps To Prevent Explosion Involving Korean Nationals; Japanese Police Kidnaped Kobe, Japan, April 26 :,.U.E) New flurries of riotini?, of ficially blamed on communist agitation, broke out today in this Japanese port despite a crackdown by American occak pation forces in which 813 persons were arrested. U. S. army officers said the demonstrations which broke out over the week end would bo put down with an iron hand. They declared a limited emergency, the first in the occupa tion of Japan. In the restive stirrings of the Koreans after the main outbreak yesterday two Jap anese policemen were kidnan ed. 'Their fate was not deter mined immediately. Lt. Gen. Robert L. Eichel berger, U. S. Eighth army commander who flew from Tokyo to take personal com mand of the situation, said flatly that Japan's communist party "clearly is the Instigator of the recent series of riots in the Kobe-Osaka area." Reds Get Blame There were indications that the communists were - staking the riots to embarrass the Americans in the South Korean elections May 10. Elchelberger told a press con ference that 30 Koreans and eight Japanese under arrest were reg istered members of-the commu nist party. One Japanese arrest ed, he said, was a member of the Kobe city assembly. Those under arrest are being held for trial by a Japanese court. They were brought in by Ameri can military police of the 24th in fantry division and Japanese civil police. , Danger Seen Members of supreme allied headquarters in the Pacific have admitted.' privately that the re volt In. this city against Japanese civil ministration could touch off an explosion involving Japan's 600,000 Korean nationals. Eichelberger declared that U. S. authorities would use firm tactics in quelling the uprisings. The state of limited emergency was imposed Sunday by Brig. Gen. Pearson Menoher, command er of the Kobe base. He acted after 1,500 Koreans stormed the Hyogo prefectural headquarters In protest against an edict clos ing Korean schools. Spring Weather Shows Variety (lly United Prw) Freakish springtime weathar spread over most of the Pacific Northwest today, bringing unsea sonable snows to parts of Ore gon and Washington and cherry blossoms to Olymplu, Wash., and the Oregon Willamette valley. Heights around Portland re ceived a sprinkle of early morn ing snow Intermingled with sun shine. Tacoma had occasional heavv snow and an unofficial low tem perature of 34 degrees. Yakima reported a temperature dron to 24, with heavy smudging in or chards Sunday night. Cascade mountain passes in both states were reported filled with new snow and the Washing ton state patrol warned motor ists to use chains for safe pas sage. Cherry Tree Blooms Japanese cherry trees blossom. ed out at Olympla, coaxed by Dngiu sunsnine loiiowing week end rains. The trees line the ave nue leading up to the Washington capltol. The Willamette valley cherry trees have been In bloom nearly two weeks. Unseasonable snows smote northern King county In Wash ington while Sputtle had a var iety of week-end weather condi tions, Including snow, hail and ruin. Diamond Peak Ski Resort Proposed, Eugene Reports Plans for the construction on Diamond peak of a ski resort that would include a large lodge, an nounced in Eugene over the week end, are still very much 1m the tentative stage, Deschutes nation al forest officials Indicated toda No formal application for a user's permit has been made- and reg ional officials in Portland have not been given information as to the manner the project is to be financed. Not even a preliminary survey of the area, on the northeast slope of Diamond peak at about the 7300-foot level, has been made. A tentative application for the de velopment of a ski area was made last fall. Interested in the develop ment, according to information obtained locally, are three Eugene brothers, Lewis Hoffman, an at torney; Al Hoffman, a mill operator- at Cottage Grove, and B. Hoffman, of Eugene, and Sterling Beneckej, laso pf Eqgenet . ' The Eugene Register CJuard announced Sunday that a $11,000, 000 lodge development is planned on the northeast slope of Dia mond peak, high in the Cascades near the southern end of the De schutes national forest. This de velopment, It was said, would be oy outside capital. The Bugene group proposes development that would include a ski lift from the lodge to the top of the slope, 1500 feet above the lodge. Develop ment at the resort would include the construction of halets. Road Necessary First work required would be the construction of a road from the Willamette highway at Odell lake south to Diamond peak, a distance of about nine miles. It was announced in Eugene that completion of the proposed project would require from three to five years. Forest officials said preliminary to any negotiations for the granting of a user's per mit, a survey of the area would be required. The officers, are awaiting an answer to a letter asking the Eugene group to set a date for such a survey. on the r sons. Th nnintiinn hi, .i . ..j ...j,.. l: .' ." " Events were speeded because of Eagle rines to the new ? . 'Ti r .'L-l ""u,..a" wa.. P.-T.A. Delegates Go to Meeting A delegation of Central Oregon representatives of the Parent- Teachers' association left todav for Klamath Falls, to attend the Oregon congress of the associa tion, starting Tuesday and lasting through Thursday. In the group from Central Ore gon attending the meeting will be Joe Slate, Bend, president of the Allen school unit; Mrs. C. E. Heln, vice president of the Allen group; Mrs. Lloyd Downs and Mrs. Rollo Fultz, delegates from the Redmond P.T.A., and Robert Breckenrldge, Bend, president of the Deschutes county P.T.A. council. Drivers Reminded Of New Deadline Friday, April 30. is the deadline for renewing drivers' licenses April expirations, Mrs. Leon E. uevereaux, license clerk, an nounced today. In this group are licenses numbered from 5R 330001 to 5R 363000. Renewal applica tions are taken at the courthouse In the county court room, on the nrst noor. Llnses with May expirations are also being accepted for re newal now. These are numbered fR 363001 to 5R 396000. Shorb Js Visitor C. J. Shorb, of La Grande, un opposed candidate for the demo cratic nomination for representa tive from the second district, vis ited friends here Saturday. Shorb Is a former newspaper publisher t La Grande.
