PAGE FOUR
TUESDAY, JULY 27. 1948
THE BEND BULLETIN. BEND. OREGON
THE BEND BULLETIN
. , nd CENTRAL OREGON PRESS
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Plaaw notify m ot any Chang, of adjrn. or f.llur. to recaiv tha papar remlarly
fact, for many groups and individ
uals are arousing from the torpor
of your editorial smokescreen to
face reality and Improvement in
our civic affairs.
M. M. Orona
; CITY CHARTER PROCEDURE
. Appearing in the lower left corner of this page is a letter
; from M. M. Orona regarding the police, the city commission,
t the city manager and The Bulletin to which we direct the Bpe-
cial attention of our readers. As we do so we wish also to com-
mend the writer for, his interest in municipal affairs. It would
, be well if there were more, many more, who were equally
interested. - ";
I We regtet, of course, that Mr. Orona should misinterpret
our own attitude as to law enforcement and law observance.
, The principles which he enunciates in this regard are sound
; ana we continue to accept them. We are gratified that he, too,
, endorses them.
I : To our correspondent's analysis of city government pro-
cedure, however, we must take mild exception. Under the city
I charter (we wish that every citizen of Bend would familiar-
' lze nimseir with this important document) the registered
voters elect a commission ot seven members. This commis
sion appoints a city manager, "whose tenure of office shall
oe suDject to the discretion of the commission and who may
be removed by the commission with or without cause". The
! commission, that is to say, has immediate means of control
of its manager. It is the policy making body of local govern
ment. , . .
Subordinate officers, with the excention of muninlnal
judge, who is elected, are recorder, treasurer, attorney, chief
vi jjuiicc, tiiitjL ui aire uepurtmeni, superintendent oi water
system, health officer and others deemed necessary. "The
tenure of such officers and employes outside of city manager
ana municipal judge shall be subject to the appointment and
discretion ot the city manager, and each of them may be re
moved bv such citv manager with or without, cnime "
That is the way the Bend city government is organized. The
city manager is responsible for the details of administration.
If he is not doing a good job or, indeed, if the commission
merely dislikes him or thinks another can do a better job, it
may dismiss him forthwith. The manager has the Same power
over those whom ne has appointed. It the commission believes
that the manager is acting unwisely or improperly in hiring
and tiring or in tailing to do either it may fire him. But it
may not legally take over any of the rights or duties that are
assigned to him by charter. To attempt to do so would be to
attempt to nullify the charter that has been voted by the
people, io carry the matter to its conclusion, if the people do
not care for the job the commission is doing or the provisions
of the charter under which the city is governed, they may
invoke the recall against the commission or against any of its
members or they may amend the charter. This second course
was taken only last summer. The set-up is closely analugous
to that of a private corporation, The stockholders elect a
board of directors, the board appoints an executive to op
erate the business and it is up to that executive to select per
sonnel and see to it that they perform the tasks assigned to
them. The board may get a new executive if it is dissatisfied.
The stockholders may get a new board or amend the by-laws.
Getting back to the commission, its. members, as we have
indicated, have 'an immediate remedy at hand for any situa
tion that they believe requires a remedy but they must act
through their executive. They have no right to step over the
line and discharge, or attempt to - discharge, his functions.
This, by the way, was what we referred to when we mentioned
that two of the commissioners were not staying "on their own
side of the fence", a phrase which apparently meant some
thing quite different to Mr. Orona.
Chief of police Gulick, in answer to questions, has publicly
made certain denials and certain admissions, all of which
have been printed in detail. City manager Reiter may remove
him from office because of them, or be may not, as he sees
fit. If he does or if he does not, the commission may dismiss
the manager or continue him in office, accoruing to its feel
ings in the matter. But the commission may not remove the
chief nor reinstate the officer who helped prepare the ques
tions asked of the chief.
That's the way it is and we hope it's plain this time.
Washington
Column
COMMUNICATIONS
Communlcatlona ara Invitcb on mat
tara of ourront and local Interest. Lat
ter ahould be net over 400 worda In
lenirth. on only one aide ot tha paper
and, It poMkbte, typewritten. Letter
or maniucripta submitted for publl
eatlon will not be returned.
EFFRONTERY, BIGOTRY ANO
DECEIT
Bend, .25 July 1948
To the Editor:
It is obvious from your editorial
policy that you place little faith
in the city commission's efforts to
ameliorate a repulsive situation.
The Bend Bulletin questions the
propriety of the investigation and
the constitutionality of their mo
tions. It is true that the commission,
under the charter, cannot fire and
hire members of the police force,
but they certainly have the power
to dismiss the city manager and
likewise they are entirely within
their rights in seeing that the city
manager take proper steps where
they feel he has not done so. The
motion thus becomes an instruc
tion to the city manager, morally
valid and constitutional. '
The city commissioners were
elected to conduct the affairs of
the city. This most certainly In
cludes the police department. The
chief of police publicly admitted
accepting money from houses of
prostitution. Doesn't the Bend
Bulletin consider this (in "Irregu
larity"? The chief of pfllleo is paid
to suppress crime. To the contrary
here is evidence that he condones
and encourages a criminal vice.
This alone is sufficient grounds
for dismissal.
You have the effrontery to state
that Reiter and Gulick should
continue their own investigation
should the facts warrant this.
Reiter was acquainted with the
facts and his only apparent act
has been to dismiss the officer
who had the moral cournge to ex
pose the situation. What puerile
logic Is this that permits the cul
prit to Investigate himself? Your
suggestion Is sired by bigotry and
nurtured on deceit. Both Reiter
and Gulick have shown their de
fection. It is the duty of the city
commission to demand the resig
nation of both of these men at
once.
As for your attitude that Com
missioners Sexton and Baer be
kept on their side of the fence;
Please be Informed that we are
living In a democracy where the
minority is entitled to expression.
It Is entirely possible that this
"minority" may be more a fig
ment of the editor's Imagery than
j
Synop.il of Annual Statement tor mi
year ended Deccmlier 31, 11147. o( Uo
Pacific Abstract Title Company of
Portlnnd, l" tlo Stnto of Orcfion, made
lo tho lmurancaj Comnilaatoncr of llio
State of OroHon, pursuant to lawi
INCOME
Net premiums received. tlHO.SM.IO.
Total Interest, dividend and rral
estate Income. 4.02l.78.
Income from other source, I10.43M8
Total Income. 205.(W!) .43.
DISBUHSBMENT9 -
Net amount paid for losses. (711.37.
tosa adjustment Pn. none. ,
Underwriting expenses, 1I1,47.4I.
Dividends paid to stockholders (cash
$2 071.00: stock, none, $2,071.00.
Dividends paid or credited to policy
holders, nono.
All other expenditures (Includlnil III
vestment expense $113,701. (1KI.70.
Total dlshursomeiils. $IH4.4ll,57.
ADMITTED ASSKTS
Value of real catalo owned (market
valuei. tl0.5BO.oo.
Loana on mortgage and collateral,
etc., none. . ., ,,
Value ot bond owned (amorllted),
tW.llM-00. ' , . , .
Value of itock owned (market val-
"""('ns'ir'm bank and on hahd. 1279.-
8"rrimlum In course of rnllrrtlw
written lnc September 30, 1047.
"ill'ieteit and rent due and accrued.
""other asset (net). tlWt.590 .!.
Total admitted assets. $5(11.3:17.43.
LiAim.iTiK.s. st'iu'i.ys
AND OTHKR FUNDS
Total unpaid claims, none.
Eatimated loss adjustment expense
tor unpaid claims. (.ia.lM.7j.
Total unearned premiums. (R,oai..
All oilier liabilities. (10o.MS.lll.
Total liabilities, except capital, none,
Capital paid up, $207,100.00.
Speclnl surplus funds, nono.
Unamlened fund (surplus), (2n,.
42s'ur'pln a regard po-'yhld!r'
(4M.M4.2".
TOU1. $51 .337.4.1.
business in onrooN
FOH THE YEAR
Net premiums reretved, (19Cl.5Sa.lo.
Net fosse psld. $710 37.
Dividends paid or credited to pollcy
' holders, none. ......
Principal otOca M Oregon, Portland.
ortfiw.
By Peter Ed Hon
(NBA Washington Correspondent)
Washington (NEA) President
Truman s mid-year report from
his council of economic advisers
is due any day now; Also on tap
is the summary on government
expenditures for the next fiscal
year ending June 30, 1949. This
latter document is prepared by
the bureau of the budget after
a most careful check on all the
appropriation bills passed by the
last congress.
Both of these reports are sup
posed to oe com analyses or con
Unions and outlook in business
and government spending. This
year, however, the two reports
wjii De important campaign lit
erature.
.In the case of the budget sum
mary, there is a first real ac
counting on how much the repub
lican dominated congresses were
able to cut President Truman's
$39,000,000,000 estimate of last
January. Congress voted to cut
this budget by $2,500,000,000.
Chairman John Taber of the
house appropriations committee
claims they did.
mere are so many hidden aim-
micks in appropriation bills, how.
ever so many "contract auth
orizations" substituted for out
right appropriations that it us
ually taxes a month atter con
gress goes home before the true
totals can be obtained.
Any way this year's govern
ment budget Is looked at. it is in
flationary. The increased appro
priations for European recovery,
lor unina reiiet and military aid.
for the 70 group U.S. air force
plan, increased army and navv
appropriations and provision for
tne urait an give government
spending a great big boost, re
gardless of any legal or theoreti
cal budget savings.
bimllar inflationary trends are
bound to be noted in the Dresi-
dent's economic report on private
Dusiness conditions.
Wholesale prices reached a
new postwar peak of 166 per cent
above the 1926 level at the end oi
June.
In the cast year the cost of
food has gone up oVer20 percen
tage points, clothing over 10 and
rents about .eight. As compared
with prewar, food is up over 105
per cent, rent 10 per cent.
All this 'Is political cam ual cm
ammunition. Republicans will
blame the democrats for the In
creased foreign spending pro
grams. Democrats will blame re
publicans for refusing to do any
thing about putting some antl
inflatlonary controls back on. La
bor will blame management for
boosting prices and management
will blame labor for demanding
more wage Increases.
Recently the joint congres
sional committee on the economic
report took over from the, presi
dent's council of economic advis
ers the Job of publishing an up-to-the-minute
monthly survey of
business statistics, to be called
"Economic Indicators." By graph
and table, it win give the latest
data on prices, employment, pro
duction, Business activity, pur
chasing power, money, banking,
federal finance.
But already it has been discov
ered that the government doesn't
have enough data in many fields
to do an accurate Job of econom
ic diagnosis. In a report just Is
sued by the Joint committee's
staff, attention has been called to
some of the statistical gaps the
areas in wnicn mere still Isn't
enough dope to tell where bus
Iness has been or Is, and where
It's going.
These are some of the fields
in which the government needs
more statistics to throw at you:
surveys on consumer purchas
ing demand Dy geographic areas.
Reports on wages of employ
es not covered by social security.
Information on capital returns
or unincorporated business.
Detailed breakdowns on unem
ployment by areas and occupa
tions.
More about how small nnH mo.
dium business Is faring.
A new census on wholesale and
retail trade establishments.
Better data on the volume and
costs oi new construction.
New methods on measuring
piuuuuuvuy in u.o. industry.
Bend's Yesterdays
(From The Bulletin Files)
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
(July 27, 1933)
Bend merchants were working
on a plan for a Bend code of fair
business practices, In accordance
with President Roosevelt's '.'blan
ket code." The Bulletin ran a pic
ture of the new N.R.A. symbol
on page 1.
Thirty-two men were repairing
the 200 foot break in the Central
Oregon canal of .the C.O.I, dis
tribution system and thev Dlanv
ned to turn water into the canal
mat evening.
The Bend Elks defeated thp
Chicago Union Giants, 11 to 10,
alter a rally In the last half of
the ninth and a total of eight er
rors for the game.
Fishing was improving in the
lower Deschutes with bucktail
flies meeting with the most suc
cess,
Preliminary steps were belne-
taken to form a wheat production-
association in Deschutes
county. ,
THIRTY YEARS AGO ; .
(Julv 27)
R. S. Karis, who had joined the
murines several weeks before,
was involved In a train wreck
near Tm.-s.on, Ariz.
Whether the main county and
statu highway from Klamath
'alls northward to Bend would
i tnrough the Wood river vai-
ey via Port Klamath, or via
Chiloquin was tho question being
decided by Simon Benson and
A. Booth, of the state high-
way commission, during their
lsit to the Klamath country.
Sports fans of Bend had an op
portunity to- witness some hard
ivrpstling when ioung Norbeok,
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Jeweler
Next to Capitol Theater
of EllenEburg, Wash., met Ed
Gustavo, ot Uend.
Rails were laid to the depot
site on the new Prineville rail
road. The train had entered the
cily the day before. Prineville
wa making plans for a rail com
plPtion celebration.
Others Say . . .
Shevlin Quality
PONDEROSA PINE
Lumber and Box Shooks
LETS HAVE TURNIPBURGEKS
(Oregon Statesman)
Worried about the grocery
bill? Beefsteak at 75 cents per
pound seem a little steep? Ham
burger at 55 cents look like rob
bery? If so, you are not alone.
Even some butchers and grocers
agree with you. Their advice
don't pay high prices.
That leaves the housewive with
few alternatives. She might raise
her own, but keeping beef on the
hoof in the backyard might be
against sundry ordinances. She
might resort to gentle deception,
asking her family to close their
eyes when they approach the din
ner table to sample sucn delica
cies as "peanut butter cutlets"
and "bean roast," as one cook
book euphemistically calls those
vegetarian standbys.
Ihe names oi these recipes are
wistfully reminiscent of our car
nivorous past but the ingredients
sound a good deal like canary
food. There is peanut scrapple,
for Instance, made with hominv
grits and cornmeal. The cutlets
are bread slices sauteed In hot
fat and garnished with olives.
Mock sausage never saw a pack
ing house; it's made out of lima
beans shaped Into wieners and
rolled in toasted crumbs. Peanut
chops, and a Boston roast made
out of kidney beans and chopped
onions complete the list of ersatz
meat entrees. Served with vita
min-packed vegetables, carrot
Juice and a fruit dessert, these
meals should be wholesome and
economical even If they make the
he-man of the house turn green.
wno knows? It lood costs con
tinue rising, people might get so
they prefer chestnut croquettes
to the old-fashioned chicken van-
3lESllti
mm
H ere are two sketches.
Above, . . .old reliable.
Below, a little sketch
of our plant at Newark
California.
Together, we think
they assure the West of
the finest in salt for years
to come.
Tried it lately?
ety or eggplant steaks to the kind i
that grow on white-faced Here-j
ford. In that case. Dr. John Max-1
well, 85, presidential candidate!
for the vegetarian party, might
have a chance. He looks a healthy
old duffer and might live until;
1952 even if the voters who hold
out for pork chops don't.
NOTICE OF SALE
MflTIflf T5 HKRERY GIVEN
Pursuant to an order of the Hon
orable C. L. Allen, county juage,
made and entered on the 17th day
of July, 1948, I will on and after
the 18th day of August, 1948. sell
at private sale for cash, or upon
such terms as may be agreed vpon
and approved by the Court, the
following described real property
in Bend, uescnuies county, vie
- Southwest quarter (SW!4) of
the Southeast quarter (SEU)
Section Two (2) Township
Eighteen (18) Soutn or Range
Twelve (12), East of the Will
amette Meridian
which property belongs to the es
tate of Joseph V. Snyder, Deceas
ed. .
Said sale will be held at the of
fice of mv attorney. Duncan L
McKav. O'Kane Building. Bend,
Oregon.
DATED this 17th day of July,
1948.
JOHN S. SNYDER, Administra
tor of the Estate of Joseoh V. Snv-
der, Deceased.
DUNCAN L. McKAY, Attorney
for the Administrator.
Date of first nublication: Julv
20, 1948. 37-43-49-55-C
Synopsis of Annual Statement for the
year ended December 31, 1947, of the
Commonwealth, Inc. of 306 SW Broad
way, Portland, In the State of Oregon,
made to the Insurance Commissioner
of the State of Oregon, pursuant to law:
INCOME
Net premium received. Title Insur
ance. $318,942.99.
Totai interest, dividends and real
estate income. S247.243.19.
Income from other sources, $527,
152.20. Total Income, $1,093,738.38.
DISBURSEMENTS
Net amount paid for losses, $744.40.
Loss adjustment expenses, none.
Underwriting expenses, none.
Dividends paid to stockholders (cash.
$38,000: stock, none), $38,000.00.
Dividends paid or credited to policy
holders, none.
All other expenditures, $925,788.39.
Total disbursements. $064,532.79.
ADMITTED ASSETS
Value of real estate owned (market
value). $50,516.14.
Loans on mortgages and collateral,
tc. $6,219,867.10.
Value of bonds owned (book), $15,
I2S.75. Value of'stock owned (market val
uei. $348,093.96.
Cash In banks and on hand, $538,
004.32. Premiums In course of collection
written since September 30. 1947, none.
Interest and rents due and accrued,
none. a.
Other assets (net), $582,237.50.
Total admitted assets. $7,753,944.77.
ijlAUlLI I IKS, SURPLUS
AND OTHER FUNDS
' Total unpaid claims, none.
Estimated loss adjustment expense
for unpaid claims, none.
Total unearned premiums, $70,028.97.
All other liabilities. $6,532,092.09.
- Total liabilities, except capital, 0,
802,121.06. Capital paid up. $500,000.00.
Snecial surplus funds, none.
Paid In and earned surplus, $651,
823.71. Unasslimed funds fsurplus). none.
Surplus as regards policyholders,
$1,151,823.71.
Total. $7,753,944.77.
BUSINESS IN OREGON
FOR THE YEAR
Net premiums received, $318,942.99.
Net losses paid. $744.40.
Dividends paid or credited to policy
holders, none.
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It's Spring again, this month,
I was up on the stepladJer washing my station windows when this
stranger drives in. After I fill up his tank, I start washing
bis windows. Then lie begins to kid me.
"Kind of late with your Spring house cleaning, aren't you'" he asks
"Why, no!" I kid him back. "This is Spring. Every nonth-every
day is Spring around here when it comes to cleaning up."
So I show him around . . . show him my driveways, my lawn, my
grease rack and tools. He even pecks inside the rcstroom.
"Looks like you're right," he says seriously. "It ; Spring. And
6m oi your apring service on my car."
I figure I came out pretty well on that one. After all, folks
iikc iu iunc mcir cars to a clean, orderly place. They know
they'll get better service. And service my business.
Service is my business
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