MONDAY, JANUARY 3, 1949
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STREETS, SIDEWALKS, SNOW AND SLUSH
The unusual snow fall for the past several weeks has made
a lot of extra work for the city street department. It seems to
us that a good job has been done. Streets in the business sec
tion have been cleared of snow promptly, the plow has been
operated over many miles of residence streets and in the
residence sections and in the parks the sidewalks have been
made passable.
Down town there is a problem that is hard to meet unless
a holiday and a Sunday come together as has just happened.
It develops out of the manner of handling the sidewalk snow.
First the streets are cleared and in the recent storms this
work has been done before morning travel in any volume
began. Next sidewalk snow is shoveled into the street where
it is packed by parking cars. Then there comes a warmer
period and this snow turns to slush with no chance, because
of the gutter impediments, for its wuter content to flow away.
Everything is sloppy.
The difficulty created by sidewalk snow and parked cars
was absent on Saturday and Sunday. The snow fell Friday
night. The streets were cleared early in the day. Later the
sidewalks most of them were shovelled off and Saturday
night the plows, able to get to the curb because there were no
parked cars in the way, pushed the sidewalk snow to the cen
ter of the street. As a result when the next mild day comes
which should be soon there will be much less of a slush prob
lem. Only where the business sidewalks were not shovelled
until this morning will there be difficulty.
Apart from the troubles caused by parked cars and delayed
sidewalk clearing jtho only bother is at cross walks. At most of
these, it seems to us, a better job might be done of keeping
pedestrian lanes cleaned up. At too many walks a warm day
means a pool at the curb and slush out in the street. For
those whose foot wear is not designed to keep out the wet
the situation is bad. It should and can be remedied.
MEETING ISSUES
The Oregon Journal, we gather from its "The People
Speak" column, editorialized on a resolution adopted by the
Hillsboro grange. The grange did not like something about
the editorial and sent in another resolution in the nature of
a protest. This the Journal printed in the column referred to
and followed the resolution with editorial comment in which
it is said that "The Journal still is awaiting with interesst a
reply from the Hillsboro Grange that will meet the issue
raised by the original editorial."
And this reminds us to say that we, too, waited with inter
est last fall for the Journals reply to our comment on its
criticism of that land board timber sale. We invited the Jour
nal to reprint our editorial, as we had reprinted its own, so
that its readers might see exactly what the discussion was
about. It never did so.
We know nothing about the issues in this Hillsboro grange
business but we suggest that if the grange has not met an
issue raised by the Journal it has that newspaper's own prac
tice to justify its non-action.
SAM nOARDMAN STILL ON DECK
A few months ago the expectation was that by today Sam
ISoardman would have retired from his job as state parks
superintendant. Expecting that Sam's retirement would be
effective we were getting all set to write an editorial about
him and his work. We were going to praise him, thank him
for what he has done for Oregon and congratulate the stale
that it had had the services of a man so able in his field. Then
the word came through that Sam was not to retire but was
to stay on the job for another year. So we cannot write that
editorial. We shall have to wait and we are glad of it. Instead
we thank the powers who arrange these things for doing a
wise thing.
Once again we find Wayne Morse in the ilv.s announcing
his plan to introduce anti-filibuster legislation after the new
senate convenes. Morse said, the news has it, that "a 'small
group' of men take advantage of present rules to talk vital
legislation to death." In the face of that assertion we come
up once again with the comment that Morse has himself been
one of a small group that tried to talk legislation to death. If
he will hereafter put restraint on his own tongue it will help.
Bend's Yesferdays
(From The Bulletin's Files)
THIRTY YEARS AiO
(January 3, HHU)
Judge I-Soegll Is in Bond from
his ranch ftl the Cove and is
visiting with VV. 1'. Myers.
Chairman 1 1. A. Miller of Ihe
Rod ("Kiss Christmas roll call
reports I hat Deschutes county
has exceeded its membership
tjiiolu.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Khoti(uesl
were in liend yesterday from
their ranch tu (lie 1-aplne road.
FUNNY BUSINESS
tOM WW Tr MtA WtVICI
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"Sorry w're so crowded, Mr. Twinklefoot! Shall I wake
you with the 'Prelude in C Sharo Minor'?"
I I I'TKKN YEARS AGO
I January 3, l!l
Federal aviation officials favor
major fields al The Dalles, llend
and Klainalh Falls on a proposed
inland route.
The Deschutes county court is
considering leasing the old Cen
tral school building for county
tpiarlcrs.
Members of the Kendelles trio.
Vivian and Klnore (lerlson and
Laura Uilun, finalists in the Rend
division of a statewide conlesl.
have received instructions to re
port in Portland for the stale finals.
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Column
By Peter Kdson
(NKA Wawlitimton Corrcapoiiilcnl)
Washington (NEA)-Economic
co-operation administrator Paul
Hoffman returns to Washington
after his quick trip around the
world to check up on the Marshall
plan. At the lop of the heap on
his desk ho will find demands for
a fuller explanation of what he
said in Shanghai, China, on Dec.
13.
Necessary condensation for
cabled reports of his press con
ference there gave the distinct im
pression that Mr. Hoffman had
talked out of turn. It was general
ly believed that the ECA admin
istrator had spelled out a new U.
S. policy for aid to China in the
event Chiang Kai-shek's national
ist government fell to the commu
nists. So definite was this belief that
the state department next day
made clear that Mr. Hoffman was
speaking for himself alone, and
not for the U. S. government. Any
new policy on aid to China, it was
explained, would be announced by
the White House only.
It was known, however, that
Mr. Hoffman had conferred with
both President Truman and Act
ing secretary of state Robert A.
Lovett, before he left Washing
ton. Consequently there was some
basis for a suspicion that Mr.
Hoffman had been authorized to
work towards the creation of a
new Chinese coalition govern
ment containing commies.
ECA headquarters in Washing
ton got so many queries on this
matter that it finally had a full
transcript of Hoffman's Shanghai
statement and his press confer
ence questions and answers cabl
ed back. This full text puts a
somewhat difercnt emphasis on
the matter.
"The purpose of my visit," said
Mr. Hoffman in his opening state
ment, "is not to determine or de
fine the policy of the United
States toward China. I haven't the
qualifications or authority to set
tle the complex military and po
litical issues that are involved."
That should have taken him out
of the state department's hair, but
the point was re-emphasized later
in the conference.
"On the basis of information
furnished you, do you see any
possibility of a coalition govern
ment?" Mr. Hoffman was asked.
"Our ECA field Is Ihe economic
field," he replied. "If you have
any political questions to ask. if
the ambassador (J. Lcighton Stu
art) wants to answer them, O. K.
We have no military man present
so we cannot answer any military
questions."
Reporters naturally tried to
draw Mr. Hoffman out on what
conditions would be Imposed on
any new Chinese government
that might ask for continued U.S.
aid.
"If it was a coalition govern
ment which in our opinion repre
sented all the (K-ople, I would cer
tainly recommend that relief be
continued," said Mr. Hoffman.
Then he added tills kicker which
put Ihe matter in its proper
place: "Whether my recommen
dation would be accepted or not, I
do not know ... If it was a coali
tion obviously and completely
communist, f would say the
chances are that our government
would not favor continuation of
such support."
That certainly doesn't sound
like offering a very friendly hand
to the Chinese commies. Mr.
Hoffman qualified it further
when a reporter asked what the
aid policy might lie in an interim
period when it could not be clear
ly determined whether the coali
tion government really represent
ed the people and gave them free
press, tree educational institu
tions, free religion?
"In that Interim period we
would certainly recommend the
continuation of our aitl under the
same eondiiions that now pre
vail," said Mr. Hoffman. The next
obvious question was:
"Would a coalition be accept
able in which the communists
held M per cent of the cabinet,
including Ihe prime minister?"
Mr. Huffman answered cau
tiously: "1 doubt if you can put
a slide rule of that kind on gov
ernment." Then he added: "If a
new government came in and be
gan the customary communistic
tactics of denying free speech, as
sembly, purging their enemies
then we would sav, 'No!' "
CRAVE DKiCINC I.ACiS
Portland. Ore. !!' A hill in Ihe
grave digging business prompted !
Robert C. ISnwrn. L' I, In take up
shoplifting, he told pnliee. Itowcn i
and his 17 year-old brother were i
charged with the theft In a chain:
store of 3,'t cents worth o( cheese
and !! con Is worth ot canned
meat. Howell said he was dis-i
charged as a grave digger bo !
cause "there's a lull." I
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Costs in 1948
$31 Million
Salem, Jan. 3 tin The state
highway department spent $31,
055,760 during 19-18, Highway en
gineer R. H. Iialdock said today.
The department's Income was
$26,254,000. The fact that dis
bursements have exceeded income
for the year by approximately
$4,800,000 has been made possible,
Baldock said, bv utilization of
part of a fund which has accumu-1
lated during the war years when
construction activities were defer
red. Part of this fund will be used
next year to supplement current
income in the financing of $23,
000,000 capital outlay program
planned for the year, he added.
Expenses during 1948 Included
$8,592,100 for maintenance of the
state's 7,300 miles of highway; !
$19,279,800 for new construction ;
including rights-of-way purch
ases, and $3,183,860 for adminis
tration, state parks, travel Infor
mation service, buildings, and
other general orjeratlons.
income Given
Tlie Income for the year includ
ed $19,992,000 from gasoline taxes,
motor vehicle registration fees,
motor transport fees and other
road-user imposts; and $6,262,000
from federal aid allotments.
The state highway fund totaled
$30,541,000 but $5,100,000 was al
loled to counties, $2,663,000 to ci
ties and $1,035,000 to state police.
The commission awarded 71
construction contracts costing a
total of $14,509,400 during the
year, Haldock said.
Among the larger projects
completed were the Oregon City
New Era job which included 5',-j
miles of four-lane pavement re
placing a twolano highway and
costing $846,000; the Davics-Syl-van
section project on the Sun
set highway, 22 miles in length
and costing $2,712,000; the Che-mult-Chiloquin
section of The
Dalles California highway, 38.9
miies long and costing $1,560,000;
the Johns-Wolf creek section of
Pacific highway, north of Grants
Pass, a 15.9 mile project costing
$1,700,000; and the Ross island
and Barbur boulevard traffic
clovcrleafs on Front avenue and
Harbor drive In Portland, built
at a cost of $1,460,000.
Science at Work
By Paul 1'. Ellis
, New Haven, Conn., Jan. 3 U'i -A
California astronomer said to
day that mysterious radio signals
reaching the earth from space
may come from the stars.
The sclent ist, Dr. Jesse L.
Greenstein. of California Institute
of Technology, told theflOth meet
ing of the American Astronomi
cal society al Yale university that
the radio waves might be used to
probe the dust clouds of the Milky
Way. Such dust clouds, or "cos
mic" smog, form an "iron curtain"
hiding the stellar picture behind
the Milky Way.
Dr. Greenstein said that it has
been established that tlte "cosmic
static" it has been called cosmic
syphony comes mainly from the
central part of Sagittarius, where
the center of the Milky Way is lo
cated, and from a small, hut
bright region in the constellation
of Cygnus.
Explains Theory
Explaining one theory. Dr.
Greenstein said that the radio
waves may originate in the outer
atmospheres of stars, perhaps
front a "very few peculiar stars"
which emit a large fraction of
their energies In ratlin frequen
cies, which are of much longer
wave length than light.
"Such .stars, with strong elec
Iric and magnetic fields, might
prove to he the rarest ami strang
est objects in the sky," he said.
"The test of this theory may lie
final proiif that the radio signals
arrive mainly from Ihe distant
Galactic center, where most of all
such stars might be expected to
be located."
Dr. Greenstein said that Ihe to
tal energy transported in the ra
dio signals is small compared to
that in light or cosmic rays. When
Ihe observations, however, arc
analyzed, tho energy at lite source
turns out to he large.
Tacoma Man
Dies from Burns
T.uoma, Jan. .'t ill'1 Eugene I HI
chaney. Taeotna. died yester
day from burns received at his
home on .New Year's eve.
lie was overcome by smoke
while fighting the flatties, lire
men said. Duchaney was pnllid
from the burning house by V. L.
Vaughn of the Pacific Avenue
Lumlvr Co. The injured man was
taken to a hospital whore he died
12 hours later.
Washington Scene
Uy llarmaii W. Nichols
(United I'm Staff Corrcaponilciitl
Washington, Jan. 3 '111 You
walk into room 12-1 of the mater
ials testing building at the nation
al bureau of standards and you
are a little startled.
There you see test tubes, huge
gray tanks, complicated instru
ments and racks of screw drivers
and monkey wrenches. Plus a
beautiful blonde In a smart gray
business suit and white sleezy
blouse. You think It Is Incongrui
ty at Its most Interesting. It Is!
The young lady Is Mrs. Lucille
Streets (5 feet, 6; aged 26, and
shoe size 5'2AA). She tests a lot
of oxygen equipment for naval
aircraft daytimes. And in ncr
spare time In the evening she
slips into even prettier doming
and models same for the newspa
per ads. Modeling Is a hobby and
she does it whenever it doesn't
Interfere with her night school
where she is studying higher phy
sics. Gets In Tank
Actually, Lucille Is In the me-
chanical instrument section at the
bureau of standards. Every once
In awhile when she has a new
gadget to test out for the flier
boys she puts on an oxygen
mask, some flying togs and
crawls into a 10-foot high gray
tank that looks like a big boiler.
Right there in the office. Some
body on the outside turns the
knobs until Inside where Lucille
Is- the pressure is what it would
be in a plane flying at 40,000 feet.
Lucille then looks at all of the
instruments through her goggles
and takes a lot of notes which
the navy finds useful.
"It's the sort of thing I never
learned when I was working for
my degree in physics at Gouchor
college in Baltimore," she said.
As a matter of fact before she
became valuable to the navy as
an employe of the bureau of stan
dards the pretty lady, whose hub
by, Ronald, is an automotive en
gineer for the bureau, had a lot
to learn.
"No discredit to my teachers,"
she said, "but I didn't know one
wrench from another or one of
these delicate machines from an
other. I knew a lot of theory, but
I almost had to start over."
That was five years ago.
Tests Gudgets
Right now, her main chore is
to test what we in science like to
refer to as a "diluter-demand
i J you rcalic the merit ol all the little
jtjj I r sacrifices that built your backlog
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FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS
C WiJO MEEDS T IM THAT
IFSSONS? CASE, I'LL.
PONT YOU YOU A
kEaUZE flCT
THIS
rrmq i A
oxygen reguJetor" You hnow
what that Is.
"Just what it says," according
to Lucille.
She breathes on the thing to de
termine the flow of oxygen in
proportion to the demand for
same at high altitudes. By read
ing the instruments -she says
she can tell just what the navy
wants to know, whatever that is.
It's supposed to be a secret.
But, getting down to earth
again.
She got Into the clothes model
ing business by entering a contest
offered by a school which was
willing to provide a scholarship
to the winner. Lucille didn't win,
but she was runner-up.
A local department store saw
her picture in the papers as an
also-ran and called her in. She
went to work in her spare time
without any training and got
along fine. Naturally.
Her specialties are dresses,
coats and hats.
No underthlngs or stockings.
Both are out. Hubby Ronald
wou, :n't like It and neither
would Lucille.
Fire in Alaskan
City Being Studied
Nenana, Alaska, Jan. 3 HI'1 In
vestigation was begun today into
the cause of a fire which threat
cnod the business section of this
railroad town, sixty miles south
of Fairbanks, and indirectly caus
ed the death of the mayor Satur
day night.
Mayor Henry Kaiser, pioneer
electrical system operator, died
during the excitement from a
heart attack. No one else was
hurt in the fire which destroyed
a home and two landmark stores.
Soldiers from a passing troop
train and volunteers subdued the
blaze in 34-below-zcro weather.
The town, on the Tanana river,
is the site of the famous annual
Alaskan ice breakup.
THEY FOUND NO PEACE
Omaha, Neb. till Peace reign
ed in the house of Peace, while
one-half of the Peace pact was in
jail. Robert and Iona Peace were
charged before Judge Dennis O'
Brien with disturbing the peace.
Mrs. FfVice, Peace said, slugged
Peace with a pipe which was not
a peace pipe while Peace used a
knife on Mrs. Peace. Peace went
to jail for 10 days. Mrs. Peace
went home.
y When that unexpected
s emergency strikes,
of cash. Real peace ol iiiinJ comes
with being able lo meet
emergency cvpenscs.
There is no hUhbiiluie fur cash
in the hank lo give yuu cunlidunce
in lacing the future.
save at the
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DEWEY'S GRIDIRON CUB
TALK !
(Oregon City Enterprise)
It is a sacred tradition, whidi if
violated would destroy the line
purposes behind the Gridiron club
affairs in Washington, D. C. An
nually the men large In govern
ment affairs meet with the news
papermen of the capital and from
throughout the nation and take a
"ribbing" from the reporters and
editors, behind closed doors, In
such a way that many political))'
embarrassing situations art
bridged and many wounded spir
its are revived, but the public
may never learn what actually is
said, except in general terms.
But, also the public is denied
some eems of utterance. Presl-
dent Iruman anu u o ve r a-o t,
Thomas h.. Dewey oom were i lng funds t0 meet our obligations.
nil aTr the! "Our newspapers let us down,"
11 i, e ho h Tsnoke and while noth-ihe charged. "Why was it they
ng was quo ed, one of he reports ! c?me out the very day after elec
nf the dinner said this' tlon and declalel the old age pen-
0fBu?fteroSf lm5SiUve part or !" s unworkable,
this Gridiron dinner was not the "They knew the full military
satire contributed by the clubhand scholastic record ol the can
members but tho spilrt of toler
ance and fair play contributed by
their principal guests, President
Truman and Governor Dewey.
Mr. Dewey's stirring appeal
was for an almost reverential re
spect for the principle of major
ity rule, and there is no doubt
that he delivered one of the finest
speeches in Gridiron history. It
breathed the kind of spirit that
makes democracy and that makes
democracy work. The verdict of
free and unfettered elections does
not have to be enforced. It is ac
cepted automatically and instinct
ively because the people rule the
government, not the government
the people.
For a defeated candidate to
have made what a seasoned writ
er at Washington called "one of
the finest speeches in Gridiron
history" where the notables
among the great have spoken, is
high praise, indeed, and under the
circumstances of the recent cam
paign, It is too bad, in a way, the
public can't be in on It, except in
the foregoing general way. But,
in saying that, we have no Inten
tion of saying that things should
be other than they are at the din
ners. Many wild mushrooms have
better flavor than the common
field agaric, which is the only
mushroom cultivated for the
market.
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Voters Scored
Portland, Jan. 3 U' Oregon's
Episcopal bishop Benjamin D.
Dagwell scored voters and news
papers from his pulpit yesterday
in a New Year's sermon to a con.
gregatlon at St. David's church.
"They said President Truman's
election was a mandate of the
people. Was It a mandate or did
the election go to him by default
when 45,000,000 people failed to
vote?" Dagwell asked.
"Consider the Oregon elector
ate," he continued. "We voted for
an old age pension, but voted
i against any increase in taxation
anfJ agalnst tne transfer of exist-
didate for sheriff of Multnomah
county, but they told us nothing
Deiore tne election.
TJagwell said he was told by a
political writer on a Portland
newspaper that voters prior to
the election queried mainly about
three issues:
1. The religious denomination
of the presidential candidates.
2. Had legislators voted for or
against the sales tax.
3. Would the soldier bonus in
clude tho national guard,
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Its stock and advertised in a news
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tion spent four hectic hours tak
ing care of potential customers
who lined up their cars for three
blocks.
THIS IS
Photography
Happy New Year. Welcome
194!). Here's to better pictures
for the year just begun.
Wit It more and more people
turning to color film, "This Is
Photography" offers you a
word or two on color film
properly exposed.
Compared to the black-and-white
films generally used, col
or films are relatively slow in
emulsion speed and short in
exposure latitude. Consequent
ly, color film users must modi
fy their familiar black-and-white
techniques to take into
account these limiting factors.
This relative slowness of
present color films means
more exposure is necessary
wider le.ns openings and slow
er shutter speeds. The basic
exposure suggested for aver
age subjects in bright sunlight
is f6.3 at 150 second,
As a result, when using col
or film you must use as much
light hs you can find for the
subject and expose at Ihe slow
est speed that will pruduce a
sharp picture. As a mutter of
filet. If your subject is not
moving. It Is much more cli'sir
ah!o to use a tripod and shoot
at shutter speeds as slow as
'b to 12,1 second. You will
then altaiil I ho greatest pos
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correspondingly smaller lens
opening.
Careful and exact exposure
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best method ol arriving at cor
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An old favorite has returned
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