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NEWS COVERAGE
CENTRAL OREGON'S ! DAILY NEWSPAPER
33rd Year
BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1948
No. 22
BULLETM
City Elections, Memorial
Hospital Drive Major Bend
News Events in Year 1948
Municipal politics that culminated in the recall of five com
missioners and the resignations of the city manager and po
lice chief highlighted Bend's news in 1943. The story leading
up to the recall election was one that found its way into head
lines over a period of months, starting early in the year and
lasting until late November. Coming as a sort of anti-climax
to the main stories was the November 30 election, when park
ing meters were backed by an overwhelming vote and W. P.
;
IV 1 1 r i
Dinns in loumy
Reach High Mark
Of 693 in 1948
Births in Deschutes county
reached an all-time high in 1948,
with 693 reported to the health
department up to the final week
ot December, compared to 653 in
1947 and 539 in 1946. There was
no corresponding increase in the
number of deaths. Incomplete
figures for the past 12 months
show 163 deaths, compared to 161
in 1947 and 167 in 1946.
Of the births reported so far
for this year, 586 of the babies
were born in Bend and 107 in Red
mond. The figure includes not
only children born to residents of
Deschutes county, but a number
of babies whose parents live in
Crook, Jefferson and northern
Klamath and Lake counties, as
well as those in other sections of
the state that are served by local
hospitals.
.-. Heart Disease Claims 61
r Heart disease; as usual, was the
leading cause of death, claiming
61 of the total reported so far. In
tracranial ailments took the sec
ond largest toll, with 15. Accord
ing to a tabulation compiled from
the state board of health reports
and tri-county health department
records, there were 10 deaths at
tributed to cancer, 10 to com
municable diseases and seven to
nephritis. There were five fatali
ties from motor accidents, and
one death was attributed to dia
betes. All other causes contrib
uted 54 of the total.
There were 16 stillbirths the
past year in Deschutes county, 12
of them in Bend and four of them
in Redmond.
Report On Roads
Salem, Dec. 31 Ui New snow
fell on much of Oregon last night
and the highway commission
warned New Year's holiday mo
(ovists that many highways are
in dangerous driving condition.
Five inches of new snow fell
on the Columbia river highway
near Vieneto.
Four inches of new snow was
recorded at Government camp,
six inches at Santiam junction
and one inch at Odell lake in the
Cascades. All mountain highways
were icy and covered with pack
ed snow.
On The Dalles-California route
three inches of new snow was
reported at Chemult, two at Chil
oquin, and one inch at Be.nd and
Lapine.
Sanders and plows were work
ing on that highway.
Passenaers on
All Details Arranged Except
By Henry N. Fowler
iAoriate Editor, The Hcntl Bulletin)
On Board Cotton Bowl Special,
Dec. 29-This is only the first day
out on this Oregon invasion expe
dition, but already the passengers
on the 15car train sponsored by
the Oregon Journal are well
aware that the trip has been or
Eanized for them down to the last
score of the Now Year's day game
n Dallas, Tex., between the Uni
versity of Oregon and Southern
meinoaist, which, after all, is me
jwison for the invasion of the
Lone Star state and for the Jour
"al special.
Tipknto nn tlile train are Tint
lust tickets, nor are they the
seemingly endless, jointed and
spliced ribbons of paper that are
the common tokens of railroad
transportation. These tickets are
E'niple coupon books which take
rare of trip, Pullman aeeommoda-
,'iuns, meals, sight-seems; tours
Veil, everything, even to the bus
e from the train to the Cotton
o:w and return. Ac:oi.ipanyiiiy
Drost,- acting city manager,
received a strong vote ot con
fidence.
There were other major
stories during the year, but
none that attracted nation
wide attention. However, as
the year started, a story that
had its beginning late in 1947 was
still a national story. This was
the one dealing with the boy who
poisoned his father, and early in
1948 was taken to Boys Town,
Neb.
Of much local Interest was the
story of the successful Memorial
hospital campaign, climaxed by
the announcement that the goal
set had been surpassed. Another
story of major interest, so far as
city progress is concerned, was
the one dealing with the comple
tion and opening of the Farmers'
warehouse.
Precipitation Heavy
Through the year, there was a
continuing story dealing with ab
normally heavy precipitation, and
as the year ended it was announc
ed that 1948 was the dampest
year recorded in Bend in 41 years.
Hiehliuhts of the news, , as
gleaned from .The .Bulletin
through'the months, follow:
(Continued on page 6)
Bears Win Game
In Final Seconds
Coos Bay, Dec. 31 (Special)
A rebound shot by Bend Lava
Bear center Doug Hogland in the
final three seconds of play, gave
the Marshfield Pirate basketball
team its first defeat of. the sea
son here last night.
Hogland's basket made the fi
nal score 32 to 31. The previous
night Marshfield scored a 33 to 32
victory over the Bears.
Before last night's defeat
Marshfield had chalked up an im
posing record of eight straight
victories this season.
Bend opened the scoring and
held the advantage until the end
of the third period which found
the Pirates ahead 2018. The final
period saw the lead change hands
three times and the score tied
three times.
With less than a minute to play,
Bob Hawes hit from the corner
to put bend ahead 30-29 but Bar
ney Holland se.nt the Pirates in
front with a set shot at the 15
second mark. The Bears missed
three quick shots from under
the basket before Hogland drop
ped irl the final tally.
Both teams shot poorly but
Bend made 13 out of 45 tries and
the Pirates only 10 out of 46.
Cotton BovI Special Find
onch rouDon book is a reserved
seat ticket to the, big game.
Phil Jackson, publisher of the
Journal, is on the train, but gives
all credit for the fine arrange
ments to members of the staff.
Vernon R. Churchill, assistant to
the publisher, and C. H. McCrim
mon, transportation director, are
both on the train and both very
much on the job.
The presence of Governor-elect
Douglas McKay and Mrs. McKay
gives the expedition a semi-official
status. No formality, how
ever. By now everyone is ac
quainted and gradually getting to
the point where the right names
are being associated with the
right faces.
This morning at breakfast,
each ladv on the train was pre
sented with a corsage of Oregon
holly leaves and berries, with rib
bons in the University of Oregon
colors green and lemon yellow.
nother pleasing touch Is given
by the Oregon rooters' caps that
are beint? wor-' by the porters.
Pasopnr'erfi expect to pet omr
precnt-. At ti'c moment ail arc
" . As -liSfw
Repair of the Arnold district's main canal, in the big rock cut near the flume, was nearing completion
today, as truckload after truckload of cinders and dirt were dumped into a yawning hole. The big
hole developed in the lava bottom of the canal earlier in the week. The canal was carrying only 15
second feet of water at the time, and this entire flow disappeared Into the hole. With a bureau of
reclamation crew in charge, rocks were first dumped into the crevasse. Cinders were piled on top of
the rocks. Providing a seal, dirt was then packed on top of the cinders.
Depth of Snow in Cascades
Is Near Record Level; Water
Content Found to Be Heavy '
The start of 1949 finds the Cascade snowpack, which fur
nishes the irrigation water for thousands of acres of Central
Oregon land, holding moisture nearly equal to that measured
last April and far more than in many "normal" or "dry"
years in the past.
Deschutes County Watermaster Aubrey E. Perry measured
the deep snow pack in the Santiam area and at Cascade Sum-
Cardinal to Be
Tried in
February
Budapest, Dec. 31 HI'' Joseph
Cardinal Mindszinty, Catholic pri
mate of Hungary, will be tried
before a people's court here start
ing some time in the first half of
February, government quarters
reported today.
An official source said the
charges on which Mindszenty
would be tried included treason,
espionage, attempts to overthrow
the government and' black mar
keting. Asked if foreign newspaper
men would be granted permits to
cover the trial, an official re
plied: "We shall see."
The cardinal's arrest was an
nounced early this week. The
government charged him with
plotting with the western powers,
particularly the United States, to
restore Archduke Otto of Haps
burg to a Hungarian throne.
STORM HITS EUROPE
London, Dec. 31 U' A year
end storm dumped four to eight
Inches of snow on northern Eng
land today and swept across the
English channel into France with
winds approaching cyclonic force.
NO PAPER SATURDAY
Saturday, Now Year's day, will
be observed by The Bulletin
staff as a holiday and no paper
will be issued.
Game Score
wearing distinctive buttons in the
Oregon colors.
.
Not that it has anything to do
with the Colon bowl train, but
the worst winter condition wc
have ever encountered at Govern
ment camp was that late Tuesday
afternoon on the ride to Portland,
where the special was being put
together. Deep snow, gradually
encroaching on the highway sur
face, more falling, skiers unlim
ited. Cars were parked side to
side at either side of the road
using the spaces plainly marked
as reserved for buses. There
wasn't a chance to stop without
blocking what was left of the
highway.
As.the recreation importance of
this section of the route skirting
Mt. Hood's base Increases, Its pos
sibilities for serving the needs of
ordinary transportation both
private and commercial dimin
ish. Eventually it will be found
necessary to establish another
route which will meet these ordi
nary needs and consider the gov-criiT-it
e"tlon as chiefly Impor
tant for rcc. cation.
Bottom Drops Out of Arnold Canal
mit above Udell lake . this
week.
At Hogg pass he found 95.1
merits vi siimy cuiitainijig
34.5 inches of water. At San
tiam junction the snow meas
ured 62.4 inches with 21.5
inches of water and at Marion
forks the snow was 42 inches
deep with 13.3 Inches of water..
More Water Than April
The snow pack at Marion forks
holds three , inches more water
than It did last April, Perry said,
while at Santiam junction con
tains five inches more water than
the 1948 spring total.
The snow depth yesterday at
Cascade summit was 77.6 inches
with 23.9 inchei of water. .
The Santiam measurements
were made early in the week and
since that time at least 18 Inches
of wet snow have piled up, adding
several more inches of water.
Snow on the west side of the San
tiam summit holds enough water
to cause a major flood of the
Santiam rivers, Perry pointed
out. A flood could result from
rapid melting of this snow along
with rains, he said-
To Use 'Snocat.s'
Further snow measurements in
the Cascade area are to be made
in January with the assistance of
"snocats." Early in the month a
new "snowcat," recently received
by the U. S. coast and geodetic
surveys at Mcdford, will make a
trip into the Waldo lake country.
The cooperative snow survey
"snocat." with Jac
ck I- rost, oi
Medford, in charge, will visit
Dutchman's flat, Three Creek
lake, the Wlndlgo pass summit
later in the month.
In addition to the heavy snow
pack, most reservoirs serving the
Central Oregon area are filling
rapidly and will have their capa
city of water long before the new
snow starts to melt.
Sailors Expected
To Vote for Pact
San Francisco, Dec. 31 'Hi
The AFL sailors union of the
Pacific was expected to ratify a
lew wage agreement witli the
Pacific American Shipowners as
sociation today.
Harry Lundeberg, SUP secre
tary, said the union's negotiating
committee would recommend ac
ceptance of the pact.
KBND Will Give
Cotton Bowl Tilt
The entire Mutual-Don l.ee net
work will carry the Oregon-S.M.
U. football game from the Cotton
bowl in Dallas, Tex., on New
Year's day, with the local release
to be over radio station KBND.
The Cotton bowl broadcast will
go on the air at 11 a.m.. Bend
time, with play set for 11:15.
Later In the afternoon, KEN'D
will carry portions of the East
West game, to be played in San
i'Yar.cisco.
Festivities to
Hail New Year
In Bend Area
The scene was being set today
in Bend for festivities that will
salute the infant 1949 and bid
farewell to a year that marked
for America, peace, prosperity
ft , .h
and a presidential election.
tions will ijiclude dances, watch
parties, buffet suppers and other
informal gatherings, and New
Year's day, many people are plan
ning to hear a broadcast of the
"Cotton bowl" football game, be
tween Southern Methodist univer
sity and the University of Ore
gon, to be heard at 11 a.m. over
station KBND, Saturday after
noon and evening, open house
will be held by many.
' Parties Slated
Tonight' there will be New
Year's eve parties and dances at
the Eagles. Elks, Odd Fellows and
Sons of Norway halls, and the
Bendonian dancing club will have
a party at the Bendonian studio,
The "Mavericks' ball" will bo held
at the Pilot Butte inn, and a num
ber of clubs and other groups are
planning buffet suppers, card
parties and other affairs.
Many of the college set will at
tend a semi-formal dance starting
at 8:30 p.m. tonight in the St
Francis parish hall, where the en
tertainment will Include dancing,
refreshments and the distribution
of noise-makers just before mid
night. Tickets will be available at
the door, it was announced. Many
other young people will attend a
youth dance at the Episcopal par
ish hall, and a number of parties
are planned, Including one for
senior young people of Westmin
ster Presbyterian church, at the
,,nm nf R- ailH Mrs. R. E. Nlch-
,
olas.
One of the highlights New
Year's day will b the "football
breakfast" for men and women
of the Bend Golf club, to be serv
ed from 10 a.m. to 12 noon at the
country club. The group will hear
a broadcast of the SMU-U. of O.
game.
The usual New Year's day open
house, for members of the Elks
lodge, their wives and out-of-town
guests, will be held at the local
i clubrooms from 2 to 6 p.m. Sat
urday.
Two Armed Men
Rob Cab Driver
Salem, Dec. 31 HP- Police were
searching today for two armed
men who forced cab driver Ken
neth Hunt to take them out on
south River road near here, then
tied him to a fence post and drove
off with his cab.
Police found the cab near Sid
ney, 10 miles south of Salem.
Hunt said he picked up the
men on a downtown street. Aft
er they were in the car, one pies
!scd a gun against his neck and
I ordered him to drive out of town.
I They tied him to the fence post
j and stuffed his handkerchief in
his mouth.
i Hunt, however, reached his
i Docket knife and cut himself
loose.
I The robbers took Hunt's wrist
(watch, ring and wallet contain
ling $50, he said.
Chiang Makes
Bid for End
Of Civil War
Nanking, Dec. 31 IP General
issimo Chiang Kai-Shek bid for
peace with the Chinese commu
nists tonight in a history-making
New Year's statement.
. China's nationalist leader for
the past 21 years did not use the
word "resignation" in his state
ment, but he indicated clearly
that he would be willing to step
down and perhaps to leave the
country if an honorable negotiat
ed peace could be obtained with
the communists.
Indicating in this connection
that he would be prepared to re
sign if peace were possible, the
62-year-old generalissimo said:
"If peace can be secured t am
not at all concerned with my own
position. In this I will follow only
the concensus of the people."
80th Congress
Completes Brief
Final Session
' Washington, Dec. 31 till The
republican 80th congress met for
thn lout- ilmo tnHnv and pvtend.
ed the life of a commission which
may play a big part In changing
the make-up of the fpderal gov
ernment. In the only business of conse
quence, the house and senate ex
tended for 60 days the Hoover
mmmkelnn nn rpnrP&ni7.illr tllfl
executive branch of the govern
ment. Previously tne commission
had been scheduled to file its
recommendations by Jan. 13.
Most of today's brief session
was' given 'over' to farewell ora
tory. For the republicans who
iWealnH In thn November
elections, it was their last chance.
The new 81st congress con
trolled by the democratswill
meet at noon Monday.
Meet at Noon
Both houses met at noon. The
house was the first to fold up
for keeps, adjourning "sine die'
at 1:20 p. m. EST. The senate
followed at 1:28 p. m.
The house, among other things,
unanimously adopted a resolution
offered by democratic leader Sam
Rayburn of Texas which praised
speaker Joseph W. Martin, Jr.,
for the "impartial and dignified
manner" in which he served. Ray
burn will be speaker in the new
congress.
r-.inH m coo thn ROth congress
go was President Truman, who
termed it the worst in American
history. Before adjourning, the
hnnca nnrl cpnntf hfld to OO
through the formality of asking
Truman II ne nau any iurim-r
ousiness lor mem. ite saiu, m.
Tax Boost to Be
Asked by Truman
UTnchlnnlnn tW 31 IU1 Prpsi.
Hon! Truman l oxnected to ask
the new democratic congress to
. . . e- Knn nin
ooost taxes oy sume .po.j"",""",
000. Thn ph nf pxpcnt ve rpDortet v
iin toll thn lpi'WIalnrs in his
budget message that unless the
increases are mane, tne govern
ment Will go III l lit? uumiK
tne liscai year oegimuiiK juiji i.
The message will be sent to con
gress next week or the week aft-
01 Budget bureau officials said
privately that prespnl estimates
ulimu a urtnnftiniT total of about
l 1,500,000.000 for fiscal 1950.
Cold war items- national ueiense
and foreign aid -are the largest
on the list.
The spending total, under a
new accounting procedure an
nounced last week, does not in
clude the money the government
expects to return to taxpayers
for overpayment of withholding
taxes and 'other refunds. Under
that svstem the current spending
figure' would be. about M9.474.
000.000 instead of $-12,203,000,000.
On the same "deflated" basis,
net government receipts from
taxes and other sources nre ex
pected to be about $37,900,000.
000. The $3,600,000,000 deficit
must be made up through taxes.
Truman refuspd to comment on
the necessity for new taxes at his
news conference yestordav. There
was no indication of what his tax
program will be although demo
prato in cnnprPss have favored
increased taxes on corporations
' md their so-called "excess" profits.
Building Permits in Bend
Pass Million-Dollar Mark
For Second Straight Year
Bend building permits went over the million dollar mark
for the second consecutive year in 1948 to establish an all
time high record of $1,087,248. This total beat the previous
high, $1,006,096, established in 1947, by $81,153.
The $1,087,248 total for 1948 included all types of con
struction dwellings, garages, business buildings and repairs
to existing structures. Permits
105, considerably under the 142
but the smaller total for thev
year ending today includes
some ot the Iinest nomes
erected here through the
years.
Business structure permits
indicate a continued growth
of local industry. Not includ
ed in the 1948 permits was the
new Farmers' warehouse, con
struction permit for which was
obtained late In 1947. The big
building was completed and plac
ed in use In the present year.
School largest Job
The largest building permit is
sued In Bend in 1948 was for the
construction of the new Reid
school, which is now nearing com
pletion and will be placed in use
when schools reopen on January
3. This permit was for $107,800,
In July. That permit boosted the
July total to $232,545, highest
mark for any month in the year.
Also constructed by the Bend dis
trict were two quonset hut type
schools.
Commercial construction In
cluded the erection of the Wagner
and Hansen building on Bond
street, with $20,000 listed as its
cost in the building permit grant
ed by the city. Thiji building was
oompleted late in tjie yearand.is
occupied by the Cuffin hardware
store and the Western Union of
fice. Moty & Van Dyke also erect
ed a $20,000 building, with the
permit taken out in August. This
garage structure is on Green
wood avenue.
Garage Unbuilt
One of the larger undertakings
of the year was the reconstruc
tion of Eddie's garage, extensive
ly damaged by fire on July 4.
(Continued on page 3)
'Reno Rhumba'
Again Active
Reno, Nov., Dec. 31 Mi The
"Reno rhumba" perked up again
today but the uneasy residents of
the nation's divorce capital ap
parently were unable to feel the
trembling earth beneath them.
The University of California
seismographs recorded what
Prof. Perry Byerly, university
seismologist, described as a "good
sized" quake centering in the
Reno area at 6:36:26 a. m. (PST).
However, a quick check around
Reno indicated no one felt the
tremor. No reports -of damage
came from any quarter.
Seismologists at the University
of California later indicated the
epicenter of the quake probably
was in the California coastal area
near Monterey, Calif., about 180
miles south of Berkeley, and not
In the vicinity of Reno.
Sheriff Ray Root reported his
office had not received the usual
flood of telephone calls which
have been flooding his office ev
ery lime the earth wiggles here
lately.
$109,838,624
To Be Given to
Salem, Dec. 31 Ul'i--A general
fund budget for spending $109,
839,624 In the next fiscal bienni
um will be presented to the 15th
Oregon legislature when it con
venes 10 days from now.
The budget is the largest in
Oregon's history. The lawmakers
probably will rip it apart. It Is
$33,3-14,740 mora than the 1017
49 budget.
Overall expenditures for all
ounnpina rn hmlirnt..l hi
$407,130,711. which is SI 16 6?,
850 more than the current budget.
Budget director George Aiken
said he eliminated requests of
$27,205,769 before determining
the overall budget.
Aiken's general fund budget is
$37,594,956 in the rod. He recom
mended that the legislature
amend the corporate excise tax
i"t tn permit use of Its funds to
liquidate the deficit. lie also pro-
for new residences totalled
figure for the previous year,
City Commission
To Hold Annual
Meeting Jan. 5
The Bend city commission will
hold its annual organization meet
ing on the evening of January 5,
with a chairman to be appointed,
under provisions of the city char
ter, but with the appointment of a
manager not mandatory. Ross
Farnham, city attorney, ruled on
the manager appointment ques
tion today, to clear some confu
sion that has existed. The mem
ber of the commission designated
as chairman will serve us mayor
of Bend for the coming year. T.
D. Sexton has served as mayor
since the recall of five members
of the old commission In Novem
ber. ' W. P. Drost was named city
manager by the commission fol ,
lowing the resignation of C. G,
Relter In November. Actually,
Drost Is acting city manager, but
the city charter makes no. provl
okm for-n-"ctinB;!-offtoiic.' Twsk'
agreed to hold down the job, In
addition to his work as street su
perintendent and water depart'
ment supervisor, until a new
manager could be obtained. It is
anticipated that he will continue
his multiple duties until a new
manager is named. The city attor
ney ruled today that a city man
ager would not have to be named
at the annual organization meet
ing unless a change in the man
ager was being considered.
As the old year draws to a
close, the city commission con
tinues its quest for a permanent
city manager. Mayor Sexton re
ports that nine applications have
been completed and returned to
his office, for consideration. Only
one is from Oregon. Some of the
applicants live on the eastern sea
board, and the commission faces
the problem of obtaining personal
interviews. It has been indicated
that the fir.it action of the com
mission will be to weed out cer
tain nf the applicants, then obtain
additional background about ones
that look like good prospects.
One of the applicants for the
Bend position is the assistant to
the governor in a mid-western
:it.ite, it was learned today. In ad
dition to applications that have
been completed and returned, the
commission is In touch with a
number of men. most of them en
gineers, who are interested in the
Bend post.
Business to face the commis
sion at its January 5 meeting will
be the opening of swimming pool
bathhouse bids. More than usual
interest In the work has been
shown by contractors, with six
firms taking out plans on which
to make possible bids. Two of the
firms asking for plans were from
outside cities. Plans were obtain
ed bv N. Chavls. Fred N. Van
Mat re, A. W. Benold, W. V. Ham
by, Bend, and H. G. Carl. Salem,
and Henshaw Bros., Portland.
State Budget
Legislature
poses that the personal income
tax law be amended so that an
$8,506,338 deficit In the current
biennium can be erased.
Atlornev general George Neti
nor has informed Aiken that the
legislature has power to amend
the two laws if funds collected
after next July 1 are used to ac
complish Aiken's nronosals.
Aiken included $13 050.000 ot
scho-1 support money In tils Ron-
i oral fund budget although there
is some com ruvui ay uvu hiimiki
It should be there.
Nearly $95,000,000 of the total
peneral fund budget Is for educa
tion, welfare and state hospitals
and institutions.
A total of $66,165,541 Is request
ed for education. Welfare asks
$14,081,366 of general funds. And
the board of control needs $14,
525,342 to operate institutions un
der Us Jurisdiction.