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THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, OREGON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22. 1948 PAGE FOUR THE BEND BULLETIN f. ' and CENTBAL OREGON PRESS Tfc Bend Bulletin (weeklT) MIX . lm The Bend bulletin (Dallr) Eat lll Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday and Certain Holidays bj The Bend Bulletin IM 7SS Wall Street. - . . . Bend, Orwon Itntered as Second Class Matter. January , 1917, at the Poetofflee at Bend, Oregon Under Aet at March I, 187U. ROBERT W. 8AWYEB Edltor-Hanaier HUNRY N. FOWLER Associate Bdltor All independent Newspaper Bunding tor the 8quare Deal, Clean Business, Clean Polities uu uiv am interests ox ocnu ana uenirej uregon MEMBKB AUDIT BUJUSAU OF CIRCULATIONS By Jtail Br Carrier wm sear (..... .sr.w una rear nut atontna .... Tares Months AU Bubeertotions are DU and PAYABLK IN ADVANCI Flaw notify aa of any ahum of addraaa or fail ore to receive the paper rerularlr .17.00 One Year 110.00 4.00 But Months i 1.10 MO One Month LOO VALUES IN PINE STUMPS Pine stumps, millions of them, dotting the central Oregon terrain, represent a source of wealth ignored up to now except for more or less theoretic discussion and some laboratory ex periment and research. The possibility that they may be come aii actively exploited resource is coming closer, how ever, according to a statement made last week in Portland by Dr. Arthur B. Anderson of the Western Pine association. Ad dressing a meeting of the American Chemical society's agri culture and food division, Dr. Anderson pointed out that' pon derosa pine must presently come to the rescue of the southern pine area if production of such commodities as pine tar, rosin and turpentine is to be maintained. Hitherto the south has been an almost exclusive source of such products, commonly known as "naval stores", because of their former extensive use by sailing vessels. . Dr. Anderson's reminder is one of a number that has been given since logging and lumber manufacture became a basic industry on this side of the Cascade mountains. It was in the twenties, if we remember correctly, that two young Swedish chemists came to Bend and conducted, under Brooks-Scan Ion sponsorship, a laboratory demonstration of the recoveries which could be made from wood waste by destructive distil lation. Their products ran all the way from charcoal and tar to perfume and banana oil. A few years later, a champion skier, dissatisfied with the wax he had been getting for his skis, decided to make his own. The pine tar he needed he ob tained by operating a home-made still in a cutover area a short distance beyond the city limits. There were plenty of stumps and snags in the location he had chosen and in a few nights Emil Nordeen had enough tar for all the skis from Mt. Hood to Crater lake. Again, in the later years of the second world war, Carl Ras mussen was here operating a pilot plant for the Western Pine association. His research was keyed on a different method the use of a solvent in removing valuable by-products from the basic structure of the wood at the same time that the dry ing of pine boards was being accelerated. . ' Whether this method or that of distillation would be better adapted to the recovery of naval stores from the abundant supply of pine stumps is not made plain in the report of Dr. Anderson's speech which we have read. Perhaps it does not matter much. The raw material is here and the need, it is apparent, may not be too far in the future. The extent of the supply of raw material, in the Deschutes plateau production area (Indian reservation forest land to the north is not included) is impressive. Figures obtained from national forest headquarters here indicate that there are 7,018,000 pine stumps on ponderosa type land alone. How many more would be availuble in mixed type forest land we shall not attempt to guess. We mention this because a consid erable amount of logging in central Oregon (has been done in tracts where mixed growth is found, 'There will be more log ging done in this type of forest. But the data we are passing on concern ponderosa land only. The stump estimate we have given is only part of the pic ture. It is based on 509,400 acres of clear cut timber and 251,000 acres selectively cut. Incidentally, this leaves 428,700 acres as yet uncut. As to the stumps themselves and the value they represent there is less of definiteness. According to Dr. Anderson best quality ponderosa stumps will yield an average, of 500 pounds of naval stores per ton. Supposing that one third are best quality and that these will weigh 900 pounds apiece (we are told that this is very conservative) and the yield from them would be 376,402,500 pounds. Seems like a lot of naval stores, doesn't it? Propellor-DriYen Jets Feasible Vancouver, B. C, Sopt. 22 Mi Propellor-driven Jets are feasible "within five years" for commer cial airlines, Air commodore Sir Frank Whittle said at the closing session of the Northwest Aviation Planning Council convention here last night. Whittle, a Royal Air force offi cer who designs jet engines, told delegates that the "stacking" problem in airport operations makes commercial use of turbo jets impractical. He explained "stacking" is as signing planes to specified altl . tildes on a certain pattern while awaiting their turn to land at a field. "However, within five years," he said, "we'll probably see pro pellor jets on four-engined air craft used commercially because of their lower speed at lower levels." Col. Leo Howol, Jr., Washing ton, D.C., revealed yesterday that a jet fighter designed to travel three times the speed of sound is being built by the u. S. air force. Howel said one such experi mental plane, designed to travel up to 2.100 miles per hour and climb more than 100,000 feet, now is in production. He gave no (Hi ther details. Idaho Potatoes To Be Advertised Boise, Ida., Sept. 22 tui Idaho's much-publicized spuds, 1!M'3 ver slon, will be even more publiciz ed starting Oct. 21, the Idaho Ad' vertising commission said toriaq. D. A. Stuhbleflcld, chairman of the commission, said the 1918 ad' vertising commission said today, 47 markets throughout the. na lion. Included In the campaign will be 50,000 banners to in- displayed In grocery si ores, ads In the na tional grocery magazines and 35,000 other advertising units to bo sent out. COMMUNICATIONS Communication era invited on mat ters of eurrent and local Interest. Let tere ihould be not over 400 words to length, on only one side of- the paper and, if possible, typewritten. Letters or manuscripts submitted lor publi cation will not be returned. NOT IN DOUSED BY A. F. t Bend, Sept. 20, 1948. To the editor: In the effort of petitioning us to seek signatures on a petition to recall some of the city com missioners, the . Impression Is given that the A. F. of L. has In dorsed tills move. Now, please be advised that neither the Ucnd Central Labor Council, A. K, of L.. nor anv local union of the A. F. of L. has officially endorsed the recall move. The above impression Is given due to some members of the A. F. of L. being active In seeking signatures, which we feel is their light under our democratic form of government which guarantees freedom ol tnougnt or action iy any citizen, wnetner a union member or not. L. G. BERTRAM, President, KATE TIERNEY. Secretary, Bend Central Labor Council. Washington Column By Douglas Larson (NEA Washing-ton Correspondent) (Peter Edson Is on vacation) Washington (NEA) Just what's cooking inside the super secret Hoover commission Is the source of great speculation these days. The. job of the commission Is to make a report at the end of this year on now tne executive Drancn of the government can be reorgan ized to operate more efficiently. There have been several of Jhese commissions assigned to do the same job but they never accomp lished much. Former President Herbert Hoover, who heads this commission, created one himself for the same purpose when he was in the White House and so did Franklin Roosevelt. But this one looks like it might really do a good job, for several reasons. Most important, congress had a hand in its organization and appointed eight of the i mem bers. A fat bankroll of $1,938,000 was Drovided to hire Dlenty of competent help to insure a good job. There is bi-partisan support behind the idea. And the members appointed to the commission are pretty savvy gents in the art of good government. They include former U. S. Civil service commis sioner Arthur S. Fleming of Mich igan, former Under secretary or state Dean Acheson, Secretary of defense James Forrestal, Senator Aiken of Vermont and others oi equal caliber. The Irony of the thing will be if what started out as President Tru man's pet idea ends up becoming the basis of Dewey s reorganiza tion of the government. If Dewey wins it will certainly be a boon to him to have a carefully worked out reorganization plan delivered on a silver platter. Although the Hoover commis sion has kept its work probably more secret than that of the atom ic energy commission, a few bits of reliable information on its plans hav leaked out. It is well known Jhat Hoover himself Is making the study on now to im prove the offices of the White House. Being the only former U. S. president still alive and a com petent authority on the principles of management, he is welt quali fied to handle this end of the re port. Anotner pretty weu-iounaea re port is that a special department of administration will be suggest ed. It will be a sort of "housekeep ing" agency and will probably also include the present bureau of the budget. A rumor goes even iurtn er to suggest that the head of it if it is created, will be Governor Warren, if the republicans win www A bureau to run the bureaus isn't so silly when you look at the multi-function proposition Amer lean government has become to day. There are now between 40 and 50 major agencies, each with countless bureaus, branches, etc. George Washington started it all with only four, the war depart ment, treasury department, state department, and an attorney gen eral's office. At the time he was concerned lest the citizens think that he was creating an empire and overstepping his authority by having the new federal govern ment perform too many functions. The first president would In deed be shocked to take a peck at today's activity on land, sea, or In the sky. Federal "astronomers probe the sky and space. Federal "oceanographers" explore the bot tom of the sea and the U. S. "mine inspectors" operate deep in the earth. Just that glance at the complex ity of government today gives an Idea of the size of the job which the Hoover commission has tackl ed. If the former president man ages to come up with a sensible blue-print for an economical re organization of the government U. S. taxpayers should be very grateful to him. Bend's Yesterdays (From Tho Bulletin Files) "Cold" rubber is a synthetic Buna-S rubhor made at a sub freezing temperature: It is claim- cr far sucrlor to natural rubber for automobile tire treaas. Fifteen Years Ago (September 22, 1033) Duties, responsibilities and powers of Bend's newly-formed NRA compliance committee were reviewed at today's meeting of the Lions club by Circuit Judge T. E. J. Duffy. Coach Larry Winters of Red mond Is confident his football team can do something this year that no Redmond eleven has done in the past ten years defeat Bend. The Bend Redmond game will be the highlight of the lic n.l day program at the Deschutes county tulr this ween end. Dr. Fred A. Lleuallen nan been elected commander of the Percy A. Stevens post of the American l-egion. lie will succccu Koy M. Ball. Dr. J. F. Hosch. will welcome members of the Oregon Bar as sociation to Bend next week when the state attorneys oien their 1933 state convention here. Shaniko Lambs Are Heavyweights Owned by the Imperial stock ranch of the Shaniko country. lamhs pastured this past summer m tile Wickiup range of the Des chutes national forest "weighed In" al 90 pounds when they were recently delivered to an Idaho hov er, it was learned here today. The lambs were some of the largest ever pastured on a Deschutes sum mer range. The Imperial slock ranch, own ed by J. E. llinton and Oorge Ward, pastures some 20,000 ewes and lambs on various mldstate summer ranges. John J. Joyce herded the high-weighing flock, with Charles Deere as camp ten tier. The ewes and lambs were mov ed to Lapine hy rail late in the spring. At the end of the grazing season, the lambs were delivered to the buyer at Real, northern Klamath county railroad loading point. The Shaniko lambs reportedly sow ai Ai't a pound. rOINTKD WARMMi Shawnee, Okla. tut.-The Shaw nee News-Star published an edi torial urging safe driving on vaca tion. It was entitled. "We Don't Want to Lose Subscribers. 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(Oregon Statesman) for a lonR time now, conserva tionists and scientists have felt that It is just plain silly and un economical to throw away two thirds of every tree cut Just be cause only a third of the wood Is Rood for making board feet. So they've tried to find practi cal and profitable ways to use up the waste. It looks now hs though they've hit upon a solution for using sawdust that may hrins on a mi nor economic revolution. Maybe there will have to be a sawdust exchange Instead of r corn ex change and maybe the price of meat will even come down, yet. The American Chemical society meeting in Portland has revealed that hogs simply thrive on saw dust. Porkers at the Oregon ag ricultural experiment station and the state college of Washington grew fat and healthy on their scientific diet substituting for ce real grains. And their nork chons, tried and served with all the trimmings, taste Just like the meat from enrnfed pigs. ThP secret Is a new material wood molasses. It Is a dark brown, thick limild that tastes-bit ter but contains about 50 per acid treatment of sawdust. A lit tle soybean oil meal Is added for the necessary protein content. The U. S. forest products labo ratory in Wisconsin, which lias been making the molasses, fig ures a large scale plant could turn out the new fodder at from S18 to $25 a ton. That's 50 to 70- per cent less than grain fodder costs. Eventually, they think, wood molasses may compete with wheat, corn and barley. So It will not be surprising to find that mill owners In the northwest are evaluating their smouldering piles of wasle saw dust with a new glean in their eye. There may be gold In them thar hills. Prineville Man Seriously Hurt Prineville, Sept. 22 Wesley "Doc" Caudle, 41, was seriously Injured Saturday afternoon at 4:10 when a sticker he was feed ing a rip saw kicked back and a Jagged splinter from It punctured his abdomen. Caudle is employed at the Huds peth sawmill as a ripsaw feeder. Men at the mill pulled out the splinter to relieve the pain. Cau dle was then brought to the Prine ville general hospital where he was treated by Dr. Elon Wood, who said today his condition was still serious. PROTEST ItEGISTEKED Missoula, Mont, iui A short tempered pay telephone caller here couldn't get his party. He llnllmtu,iAj n ntclnl anil nPnDCIttl three shots at the telephone g Police are still loosing booth, for him Bennett's Machine Shop Phone 118 ' Roosevelt Ave. BILL BENNETT Bend, Oregon General Machine Work , Heavy Machine Work Gears Sprockets made to order Crank Shaft Grinding Motor Rebuilding Line Bortnir. Cylinder Rcborlng Crank Shaft Grinding In the Car Electric and Acetylene Welding , General Auto Repair - ' FRQCKLES AND HIS FRIENDS By Merrill Blossef h iWi m:J9H'ini I ) ' !Tl WVE GIRLS ACNES BuB.CM. ALL. , TBtfftfiV' V RICYCLE I ) 6ur IMA ousyguy: . )(t all cvee i om elm the kid Ijlmor! 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