. State Forecast
Oregon Mostly cloudy to
night with scattered light
rains and snow over moun
tains. Scattered showers or
snow flurries Friday.
Chest Campaign
Bend's quota ............. $11,000
Total to date ..$ 6,400 .
BEN BU
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CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
Volume LIX
TWO SECTIONS
BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1948
No. 139
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.itytieaion
Is Scheduled
For Nov. 30
Voters Will Cast Ballots
On Parking Meters and
Present City Manager
The special city election to vote
on the parking meter ordinance
und the city manager will be held
on November 30, according to a
resolution passed by the city com
mission at its regular meeting
last night.
The election was- made neces
sary by the charter amendment
approved by voters at the Novem
ber 2 general election.
The resolution setting the elec
tion date provides for two pre
cincts, one on the west side of the
Deschutes river and one on the
east side. West side voters will
cast their ballots at Kenwood
grade school and east siders will
vote at the city commission room
in the city hall.
Two Questions
Two questions will be presented
on the ballot. One will require a
"yes" or "no" vote on 'retaining
or repealing the parking meter
ordinance. The other will require
a "yes" or "no" vote on retaining
or dismissing W. P. Drost, who
was appointed by the commission
as city manager on a temporary
basis.
Purchase of 50 acres of land on
Awbrey butte as the site for a
water reservoir was approved by
the commission. The land is being
purchased from Deschutes county
at a cost of $500.
The commission voted to pay a
share of the cost of Christmas
decorations in the downtown sec
tion. The city will pay at the rate
of 40 cents per foot of frontage
on its Bond street parking lot.
Transfer of a woodsaw license
from H. A. Brandon to Guy Rob
bins was approved.
Receive Resignations
A resignation was received
from L. H. Helphrey as chairman
of the planning commission and
member of the civil service com
mission. Joe Mack resigned as a
member of the planning commis
sion. ' The ' commission accepted
the resignations and voted that
letters of thanks should be writ
ten to the two men for services
performed on the boards.
Applications for beer licenses
will be acted upon at the Decem
ber 1 meeting, it was decided.
Bids for the bath house at thej
municipal swimming pool are io
be called as soon as complete spe
cifications are made out.
Repairing of the hangar door at
the municipal airport was approv
ed with the work estimated to
cost $80.
Last night's meeting was at
tended by a large audience. All
commissioners were present at
the session.
Shooting Swan
At Lake Charged
Redmond, Nov. 18 The case
dt Terry Johnston, Bend, cited on
a charge of killing prohibited
I game at South Twin lake, in the
j; upper Deschutes country, has
1 been postponed until Friday, it
j was announced today from the
I court of Ben Galligan, local jus
iP tice of the peace.
A Johnston was accused by state
police of killing a swan, a bird on
J which there is no open season.
V
A i-iunters report a large number
of swans on the upper Deschutes
river this fall. Flights of as many
as 20 of the huge birds have been
sighted on a number of occasions.
Accused of larceny of a car,
Mdvin Sams appeared in the Red
mond court on November 16. He
waived a preliminary hearing and
grand jury indictment. His bond
was set at $2,500, pending his
appearance in circuit court. Sams
is charged with taking a car own
ed by Harold Owens, of Redmond.
Jesse J. James of Warm Springs
appeared In court on November
15, on a charge of being drunk
on a public highway. He was
fined $25 and costs.
Accused of operating a car
while in an intoxicated condition,
Dempsey Polk of Deschutes coun
ty, appeared in the Redmond
court on November 16 and was
fined $150 and costs.
Galligan is handling a number
of cases from the Bend Justice of
peace district because of the ill
ness of Justice Wilson George.
No Nobel Peace
I Prize to Be Given
,- Oslo, Nov. 18 (IP The Nobel
j committee of the Norwegian par
W liament announced today that the
if I obel peace prize will not he
.awarded this w
aw
ftee
ine announcement had been
xpected because f the commit
ees failure to spIppi n winner
t so,he time ago.
Pass Routes
Covered by
Heavy Snow
Salem, Nov. 18 HPi Mountain
highways throughout Oregon to
day were in dangerous, Icy condi
tion, the state highway commis
sion reported.
Snow plows and sanders con
tinued to operate on most sum
mits but two passes McKenzie
and Bennett were closed for
the winter. No new snow was re
ported at apy of the highway de
partment stations.
Packed snow covered the sum
mits of the Mt. Hood-Wapinitia,
Santlam, Willamette, Old Oregon
Trail, The Dalles-California and
Klamath-Lakeview highways.
Ice also was reported on those
routes as well as the Green
Springs and Siskiyou highways in
southern Oregon.
Closing of Bennett pass west
of Cooper's spur yesterday shut
off through traffic between Gov
ernment Camp and Hood River
on the Mt. Hood loop. Other sec
tions of the loop route were open,
Strauss Claims
Reclamation
Given 'Go-Ahead'
Oklahoma City, Nov. 18 tU'i
The bureau of reclamation ex
pects to make up for lost time
with an "all-out, full-blast" water
and power program in 17 western
states, its top official said here
today.
Commissioner Michael Strauss
made it clear that he sees the re
cent election as a go-ahead sign
from the public for reclamation
projects held back or trimmed by
the sum congress.
Strauss will address the closing
session of the National Reclama
tion association meeting here to
morrow, He spoke at a press con
ference today.
"Individual parts of our pro
gram, and at least a part of the
whole program, were issues in
the election." he said. "A decision
was made and we-interpret it is
favorable 'to our proposed worK in
the 17 states including water,
power, canals and transmission
lines."
'It is our Intent to submit a
program to congress in accord
ance with that decision and with
what we believe is the national
instruction."
In terms o'f money this evident
ly means the bureau will stand by
its budget request of $535,000,000
for the next fiscal year, almost
doi.'ble Its request to the 80th con
gress. Meanwhile, a high man in the
interior department attacked
parts of a speech yesterday by
Harry E. Polk, of Williston, N. D.,
NRA president.
Polk said the department has
sot up virtually a dictatorship
through seven regional commit
tees for supervising irrigation,
reclamation, hydro-electric con
struction, transmission lines and
other phases of the department's
work.
William E. Warne, assistant
secretary of interior, said today
the committees have no such su
pervisory powers. Instead he in
sisted they "are merely coordinat
ing agencies that have worked
most effectively in .bringing to
gether the activities of numerous
agencies that are within the in
terior department."
FEWER HOUSES STARTED
Washington, Nov. 18 HP The
labor department reported today
that new housing construction
fell off sharply last month. It
said construction was begun on
72,000 new, permanent homes
during October. This was 9,000
fewer than in September and
nearly 22,000 below the October,
1947 total.
Higher Defense
Urged; Alternative Reduction
Washington, Nov. IS 1P The
whole town is guessing today
what the national defense depart
ment has up its sleeve in the way
of bigger spending for next year.
One of the navy's top admirals
huddled Tuesday night with a
group of newspapermen repre
senting powerful publications
scattered around the country. He
let them in on this secret:
The joint chiefs of staff have!
decided to urge President Trurnan , spokesman the night before
to hike next year's national de-j brought to the pentagon inquiries
fense budget by the sum of S3.- i at which point the mystery deep
500,000,000. The alternative would ! ened. Several of Forrestal's aides
be a demand that the extent of op- were at the news conference. One
erations to which the armed serv-of them said he had listened care
ices are committed next year be; fully and heard no statement by
very substantially reduced. j Forrestal warranting the belief
What the two generals and two j that he armed services would be
admirals comprising the joint i content with $15,000,000,000.
chiefs plan to tell Truman Is that j Another of Forrestal's aides,
they cannot do the job cut out for i nlso present, told inquirers that
them with any leys. That makes; the implication of Forrestal's in
for arrument because the presi-j volved responses was, Indeed,
dent already has set a limit of that the national defense limit
$15,000,000,000 for defense costs i would be $15,000,000,000. Forres
next yea!-. The Joint chiefs wen'tal himself had left the building
$17,300,000,000. i'jciOIC the confusion began.
Communist
Forces Drive
On Suchow
Nationalists Claim Big
Victory in All-Night
Battle Southeast of City
Nanking, Nov. 18 (IP) Five
communist columns totaling 100,-
000 men were driving on Suchow
from the southeast today, and
thrust a spearhead within seven
miles of the imperiled nationalist
bastion, a special government
communique reported.
Nationalist headquarters at Su
chow claimed a big victory at
dawn after an all-night battle at
Pantangchen, seven miles south
east of Suchow.
Despite the victory claim, the
special communique distributed
by the official Central news agen
cy shaped up as an acknowledge
ment of a hitherto unreported
communist threat to bv-Dassed
Suchow, 200 miles northwest of
Nanking.
A communist flanking swing
around Suchow already had cut
the trunk railway south of the
city, while one of the hottest sec
tors of the entire Suchow front
was reported to be along1 the lat
eral railroad 25 to 50 miles east
of the Kiangsu bastion.
City Threatened
Thus the reported communist
push against the city from the
southeast indicated that the
prongs of the half moon arc
around Suchow were being press
ed closer together, posing an ap
parent threat for complete en
circlement.
The special communique re
ported that the five communist
columns were driving on Suchow
from the southeast in an effort
to relieve government pressure on
communist forces retreating in
the area of Nienchuang, 33 miles
east of Suchow.
The battle in the. Suchow en
virons ended at 4 a.m. in a "total
communist defeat," the communi
que reported. It said the commun-
ists suffered 20,000 casualties in
addition to losing several thous.
and prisoners and large quantities
of arms.
The nationalists earlier acknowl
edged the loss of Suhsien, 35
miles south of Suchow on the rail
road to Nanking.
The government reported that
strong nationalist columns were
driving south from Suchow and
north from Pengpu in an attempt
to reopen the trunk railway.
Firemen Plan
To Repair Toys
Toy repair headquarters will be
operated at the Bend fire hall
between now and (jnrlstmas to as
sist in providing playthings for
needy youngsters, it was announc
ed today by fire department mem
bers. Discarded toys may be taken
to the fire hall at any time. There
they will be renovated, painted
and repaired. The Elks lodge has
agreed to furnish necessary paint
and materials for the project, with
the firemen doing the work.
Distribution will be handled by
the Elks, who annually provide
gifts of food and toys to many
famines.
The firemen request that toys
donated for the program be at
least repairable. Toys that are
badly damaged or completely
worn out should not be brought
to the fire hall. It is necessary
that toys start arriving at the
fire station this week so that the
repair work can get under way
immediately. . I
Expenditures
Defense secretary James For-I
restal held a news conference
yesterday afternoon and he was
asked about defense spending.
The secretary was pretty cagey.
But the gist of what he said when
disengaged from the double talk
in which it was started indicated
that the $15,000,000,000 lid was on
for keeps.
This head-on conflict with the
program outlined by a navy
Truman Names Dulles to Be
Chairman of U. S. Delegation
New School
To Be Ready
By January !
First classes will be held In the
new Reid school, now . nearing
completion, after the Christmas
holidays, it appeared probable to
day as major work on the six-
room structure, first unit of an
eventual 12-room building, was
completed. Belief is held that
equipment can be moved in over
the holidays. Original date for
the completion of the building
had been tentatively set for No
vember 15.
Assignment of teachers for the
new building was announced to
day by James W. Bushong, city
superintendent of schools. The
teachers and their assignments
follow:
Staff Named
Miss Jean Webster, second
grade; Miss Donna Chesterfield,
second grade; Mrs. Seaton Smith,
second grade; Miss Helen Mason,
second grade; Miss Genevieve
Hillgen, first grade, and Miss
Myrle Lilja, third grade. Approxi
mately 180 pupils will use the
new classrooms at the start of
1949.
Use of the new structure will
make it possible to remove all pu
pils from the third story of the
old Reid school and two grades
from the second floor. However,
even with the new building in
use,, five rooms will still be
taught in the old building. One
class1 will be- removed from- the
high school, where it is occupying
temporary quarters. ;
Final work remaining on the
new Reid building Includes the in
stallation of heating fixtures.
Yule Decorations
To Be Put in Place
Placing of Christmas decora
tions in downtown Bend will start
directly after Thanksgiving, it
was announced today as members
of the chamber of commerce mer
chants' committee outlined plans
for permanent decorations. It is
planned to decorate every lamp
post on Bond between Greenwood
and Franklin and Wall between
Newport and Franklin. Decora
tions will be placed on Oregon
between Bond and Wall and on
Minnesota between Bond and
Wall.
Decorations being studied In
clude holly leaves, bows of bright
aluminum and red berries, with
large aluminum candy canes to
alternate with the holly-leaf
scheme on every other lamp post.
Lights may be used in place of
berries at the center of the bows
in later years, when the power
supply Improves. Cost to the
merchants will Include delivery
of the decorations, mounting on
lamp posts, taking down and stor
ing.
The merchants committee yes
terday mailed an outline of the
permanent decoration plan and
Illustrations
to local business
men.
for Next ear.
of Operations
Holding national defense costs
nPvt war n sisnnnnm nnn r,ri.
ably would require cuts in the air
and navy programs authorized by
the 80th congress. The air force
was authorized to build up to a
70-group strength. The navy was
authorized to go ahead with a 65,
000 ton aircraft carrier program.
The navy Intends to shoot the
works on that and put all the ton
nage in one vessel, the largest
afloat. That big carrier is the
source of much current friction
between the navy and air force.
The air force argues that the
navy doesn't need any such vessel
and that its use in combat would
have to be in a field of operations
expressly reserved by agreement
to the air force.
That field is strategic bombing
as distinct from tactical bombing.
Strategic bombing is usually long
range business and never directly
associated with the operations of
ground troops. The big carrier
proposed by the navy is to carry
long range bombers.
CIO Right Wing Applying Heavy Pressure
To Force Left
Portland, Nov. 18 UW The
right wing of the CIO applied
heavy pressure today to force the
left wing into line with the CIO
majority. . .
The two factions were divided
by the communist issue which has
become an almost unsolvable
problem for the CIO within the
past two years. i
Heretofore the CIO has been
able to prevent a public display of
differences between the left and
right .wings. Yesterday's argu
ments within the 51-man execu
tive board, however, made it more
likely that their fight would be
Stipe Announces
Retirement from
Arthur Stipe, in business here
for the past 33 years, today an
nounced his retirement from the
active management of the Stipe
stores in Bend, The Dalles, Red
mond and Prlnevllle. The local
store of the group Is the Bend
Furniture company. Succeeding
Stipe in the management of the
four stores is Otto A. Lamb, who
was general sales manager for
the Marshall-Wells Co. in Port
land for 13 years and earlier was
furniture buyer for Montgomery
Ward. I
Arthur C. Stipe,, "sort,- of. the
founder 'of the Stipe, stores, will
serve as Lamb's assistant In the
operation of the stores. He has
been active in the management of
the local store since returning
from overseas service with the
army air corps In world war II.
Remains as President
Although retiring from the ac
tive management of the four fur
niture stores, Stipe remains as
president of the firm and will con
tinue to make Bend his home and
direct his extensive local holdings,
including business and residential
buildings. He is retiring on the
advice of his physician. Stipe
first came to Central Oregon In
1912, when he obtained land hold
ings in the Silver Lake area
holdings which he still owns. He
founded the Standard Furniture
Co. here 33 years ago. A short
time later, this store was merged
with the Thompson Furniture Co.,
then operated by D. G. McPher
son. Out of this merger grew the
Bend Furniture Co. of the pres
ent, founded 33 years ago. The
store has been In Its present lo
cation, in the Elks' building, for
tne past years.
Expresses Appreciation
Appreciation of the support
given the store by Central Oregon
residents in the past three dec
ades was expressed today by
Stipe as he turned over the man
agement of the Stipe stores to
Lamb. In turn, Lamb announced
that merchandising policies of the
store will be continued. There
will be no changes In personnel.
Lamb announced that in the
near future, the Bend store will
be generally renovated, with de
partmentalization to be featured
and the store modernized as equip
ment becomes available. A new
office arrangement is planned.
Lamn, who came here from
Portland, first entered the' furni
ture business in Spokane as a
boy, 32 years ago. In Portland,
ne was affiliated with the Press
club and the Arrow club, and was
member of the Alderwood Golf
club.
While dlrecllv manaulne the
Stipe stores. Iximb will make his
home In Bend.
Lane County Has
New Building Law
Eugene, Nov. 18 !!' The first
county ordinance in Oregon re
quiring building permits as a pre
requisite to construction outside
of corporate cities was carried
through Initial steps here as the
last meeting of the Lane county
planning board.
The measure, designed to per
mit Lane county the right to zone
construction of various types,
was passed at the general elec
tion several weeks ago.
The ordinance would cover all
new construction, 'alteration or
enlargement valued at $200 . or
more, with the exception of struc
tures specifically required for
grazing, agriculture or growing
of timber.
Wing From Red Influence
brought to the floor of the CIO
convention next week.
CIO president Philip Murray
was reported to have delivered his
strongest denunciation yet heard
against the CIO left wing. Wal
ter Reuther, president of the
United Automobile Workers, larg
est CIO affiliate, was said to have
supported Murray's attack with
even stonger language.
According to reliable Inform
ants, Murray made it plain that
he was referring to "communist
infiltration" into the CIO. And
one right wing CIO official said it
was clear that he believed that the
left wing must choose between
New Lights
Being Rushed
For Airlift
San Francisco, Nov. 18 HP) The
world's brightest lights were be
ing rushed to completion today to
neip American ana British planes
carry out the Berlin airlift
through fog and bad weather.
The Westlnghouse Electric
Corp, said 42 flashing airport
lights of 3,000,000 candlepower
each are being manufactured for
U. S. and British airports at Ber
lin.
The great lights, to be Installed
in banks of six at German air
ports, will cut like a stroke of
lightning through 1,000 feet of
fog, but each is only the size of
a clgaret.
Planes flying the airlift Into
Berilrrlhave been: severely hand!
capped by the winter bad weather.
Westlnghouse said some of the
krypton-filled flash lamps already
are in use at the landing aids ex
perimental station at Areata. Cal..
the foggiest place In the United
States, and others are at New
York and Cleveland.
Rofarians Hear
Talk on Russia
"Stalin Is living ruthlessly and
precariously," Dean. Tate told
Rotarlans today in a talk before
tne regular weeKiy luncheon
meeting of the club at the Pine
Tavern, rate, a teacher of history
and English at Bend high school,
spoke on Russia and her people,
outlining Stalin's life and politics,
and describing conditions and fu
ture possibilities In what he called
the "gigantic corporation" of com
munist Russia.
Ray Forrest presented Ford
Hunnel with a Rotary member
ship pin, welcoming him Into the
club.
Upon a suggestion by Harry
Waldron,. members decided to
make it a monthly practice to col
lect magazines from their homes
and give them to the old people's
home.
It was announced by club pres
ident Carl Hoogner that Rotary
would meet next week with the
Lions club, November 23, at the
Pilot Butte Inn. Count Amaury de
Riencourt. European lecturer and
journalist, will be speaker, he
said. ,
Klamath Game
Movie Received
Motion pictures of the Bend
Klamath Falls football game on
Armistice day were shown at the
meeting of the Athletic Booster
club last night, . but the films
failed to show conclusively wheth
er or not Phil Gillls scored In the
final seconds of the tilt.
The motion pictures were taken
by Howard Nicholson of the high
school staff, who used a camera
with a telephoto lens for the film
ing. The pictures of the final Bend
play show Gillls crossing the
Klamath Falls goal line after
taking a pass from Bruce Long
balla, quarterback. However, it
Is not clear whether or not he
had possession of the ball at the
moment he crossed, as his back
was toward the camera. A pic
ture after he crossed by a few
feet shows the ball in the air af
ter Gillls fumbled. A Klamath
player recovered the fumble and
ran the ball back over the goal
line.
I loyalty to the CIO and to the for-
eign policy of the Soviet Union.
The executive board meeting
lasted for five hours. While Mur
ray's long statement was describ
ed us "fatherly" with emphasis on
"persuasion," he repeatedly be
rated communist activity within
the CIO.
Among those defending the left
wing unions were Ben Gold, avow
ed communist and president of the
United Fur Workers, Albert J.
Fitzgerald, president of the Unit
ed Electrical Workers, and James
Durkln, president of the United
Office and Professional Workers.
U.S. Summons
Experts to Advise
On Berlin Issue
Paris, Nov. 18 HP) The Ameri
can delegation to the United Na
tions today summoned experts on
Berlin currency from Washington
and Germany to take part in an
other effort to end the Berlin
blockade.
The experts will prepare an
swers to a questionnaire submit
ted to the big four by Juan A,
Bramuglla of Argentina, the lead
er of a new conciliation move. He
sought an answer to the currency
problem, the key to. the crisis.
Bramuella. assisted bv other
neutral nations, -wfas trying.,, to
work out a' new resolution for
the security council which would
be satisfactory to both the east
and the .west.
His questionnaire asked pri
marily for technical information
on how to obtain four-power con
trol of the soviet mark in Berlin.
Earlier the east-west negotiations
broke down because the Russians
refused four-power control and
the west refused to agree to any
thing on Berlin without the four
power control of currency.
Trygve Lye, secretary general
of the UN, and the western pow
ers especially the United States
were Involved In what was de
scribed as an "understandable
misunderstanding." -
Elks Make Trip
To The Dalles
Thirty members and officers of
the Bend Elks club went by spe
cial bus to The Dalles today for
an annual exchange initiation
with The Dalles Elks, according
to Ralph Ferguson, Bend club
secretary.
Ferguson said that the' follow
ing officers went up with the
group, which will return tonight:
Norbert D. Goodrich, exalted rul
er; A. E. Ledbetter, leading
knight; Everett Wiles, loyal
knight;- W. H. Reid, lecturing
knight; Charles R. Marsch, es
quire; Fred H. Meyers, assistant
esquire; O. L. Bowman, chaplain;
Ted Sather, treasurer; R. A. Fer
guson, secretary; Ernest Traxler,
organist, and trustees John Steldl,
Leo P. Cox and Clyde Hauck.
County Agriculture
In Session Today in Bend
Chairmen and other leaders off The first Deschutes county
Deschutes county agriculture
planning council committees were
meeting this afternoon In the
Bend city hall, to review work of
committees since the last meeting
of the county-wide agricultural
group In- January, 19-17. Fred
Shepard. Tumalo. is general
chairman of the council and was
In charge of this afternoon's meet
ing. . Guest speaker was Jean W.
Scheel, assistant to the Oregon
State college extension service.
Accomplishments of the various
guidance committee! were to be
reviewed. The group was also to
be asked to make recommenda
tions as to whether further com
mute conferences should be held,
to deal with such matters as weed
control.
There Is a possibility that the
council will be organized on a
more formal basis than at pres
ent, with a constitution and by
laws provided, officers elected
and meeting times sot.
Acting
to U H
GOP Adviser
Will Act for
Sec. Marshall
Key West. Fla.. Nov. 18 HP)
President Truman today appoint.
ed John Foster Dulles acting
chairman of the U. S. delegation
to the United Nations meetings In
Paris. ;
Dulles, adviser on foreign pol
icy to Thomas E. Dewey during
the presidential campaign, win
serve as acting chief of the dele
gation during the absence of Sec
retary of State George C. Mar
shall. Marshall is coming home
to confer with Mr. Truman in
Washington on Monday. -
The president also appointed
Benjamin Cohen, an alternate del
egate to the UN general assem
bly, to serve as chief delegate
temporarily. Cohen will replace
Warren R. Austin who is ill. . -
Announcement of the appoint
ments preceded a luncheon confer
ence between President Truman
and Defense secretary James
Forrestal on critical world prob
lems.
The Dulles appointment was the
first affirmative action bolstering
this country's bipartisan handling
of foreign affairs since Mr. Tru
man beat Dewey in the, Nov. I
election.
Forrestal arrived at President
Truman's vacation retreat today
for what he called a "general dis
cussion" of many things. -
The subjects are, expected to
ange..ti ,wqrld problems ' to
Fbrrestal's decision to quit the
cabinet,;. Forrestal's resignation
already Is in Truman's hands. Its
effective date is up to the presi
dent. Football Banquet
Plans Completed ;
Plans are being made for an at
tendance of nearly 200 persons at
the annual banquet to honor
members of the Lava Bear foot
ball team, it was disclosed at the
Athletic Booster club meeting last
night. The dinner Is to be Novem
ber 23 at the Pilot Butte Inn.
Bill Bowerman, freshman
coach at the University of Oregon,
is to be guest speaker. Members
of the football squad will be
guests at the banquet.
Tickets for the dinner may be
purchased from any club member
or from A. A. Symons, who was
named chairman for the ticket
sale.
Mothers, as well as fathers of
the players, are Invited to attend
the banquet this year. !
At the Booster club session,
Coach Hank Nllsen reported
prospects for a strong Lava Bear
team next year. He said losses of
graduating seniors will be heavy,
but added that a number of
younger players should develop
rapidly.
SELECT CALIFORNIA
Portland, Me., Nov. 18 ilfThe
national grange today voted to
hold Its 83rd annual convention
in California next year.
Council
I planning conference was held in
1926. Two others have been held
since that date. Purpose of the
conferences was to review agri
cultural trends in the county, con
sider problems facing farmers,
and, among other things, study
changing economic conditions.-'
The council is made up of chair
men of sub-committees of the
county planning conference and
chairmen of the county home ex
tension council, county 4 H club
leaders' association and a mem
ber of the county court.
Expected to attend the Bend
conference this afternoon were
Fred Shepard, general chairman;
B. L. Fleck, potatoes; William
Hall weeds; Byrle King, crops;
Del Davis, dairy; George Hostet
ler, poultry; Priday Holmes, live
stock; H. P. Eby, land use; Mrs.
Gordon Wilcox, rural youth; Mrs.
Velma Buckingham, rural life; J.
L. Jones, 4-H leader; Mrs. H. P.
Eby, home economics, and a rep
resentative of the county court.