PAGE FOUR THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, OREGON MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 1949 THE BEND and CENTKAL The Rend bulletin (weekly) IU0il-M3l Published Every Afternuou Euit Sunday 7W1.7SS Wll Street Entered OH Second Class Matter, -lanuary Under Art of ROIIEUT W. SAWYER Edltor-MsnsKcr An Independent Newspaper Standinit (or the ana tne iicki muTi-nis oi iiena ana i.ontrai ureKon MEMHEK AUDIT UUItEAU OP CIKCULATIONS by Mail By Carrier One Year ?.00 One Year $10.00 En Month $4.00 Six Montha $ 5.60 Threa Months $2.60 One month $ 1.00 All Subscription! are DUE and PAYABLE IN ADVANCE Pleaaa notify ua of any change of address or failure- to receive the paper regularly. A CRITICAL HIGHWAY MATTER In a recent examination of the minutes of the highway com mission we came upon a reference to proposed work on a high way located in the Klamath Indian reservation and there followed this sentence : The Engineer suggested, if the Commission approves this project, that the matter be covered by appropriate agreement with the U. S. Indian Service, as was done in a previous in stance, and that there be Included in the agreement a clause whereby the Indians will not transport over the road logs or any other commodity in violation of the statutory require ments, as they are now doing on the Warm Springs Reserva tion. On reading this our curiosity was aroused. We wondered what the violations were on the Warm Springs reservation and made inquiry of the state highway department. Here is the answer: This will acknowledge receipt or your letter regarding log hauling violations on the Warm Springs Highway, referred to in the October minutes of the Commission. This involved three overweight violations. The violators were cited to ap pear before the Justice Court, and the charges were subse quently dismissed upon the ground that the Oregon statutes, relating to size and weifrht of motor vehicles, did not apply within the territorial limits of the Indian Reservation. This position was unique in so far as the Department was concerned, but we find that it has been considered by the Attorney General. The Attorney General has confirmed this view of the law. It appears that an Indian Reservation is within the sole and exclusive jurisdiction of the Federal Gov ernment, and the Federal Government does not have statutes or regulations applying to the size and weight of motor ve hicles. The same situation, of course, applies within the Army Reservations, and a number of other Federal areas, but the problem of log hauling violations Is not present in those reservations. It occurred to the Commission that with the full co-operation of the Indian authorities, the overloading practice could, as a practical matter, bo stopped. For that reason, it was a suggestion that as to the Sprague River Project, the Indian authorities undertake the obligation of controlling the size and weight of motor vehicles within the limits of the reservation. Consideration has been given to asking Congress to enact remedial legislation. However, historically, Federal agencies have been very much opposed to a joint jurisdiction within Federal reservations, and it is not thought that the problem is acute enough to Justify securing such remedial legislation. Here, it seems to us, is revealed a situation that calls for remedy. The remedy should be found nt once. In only a few months hence the Warm Springs route will be in use through out its length and the use will be heavy. State overload regula tions are intended, of course, to protect the road surface and if log hauling on the Warm Springs cannot be controlled we can expect the road to deteriorate speedily to the discomfort and inconvenience of all users to say nothing of the cost of restoration. Indeed, we can well believe that the highway com mission would refuse to restore a surface once destroyed by weight violations that cannot; be prevented. We do not know who the beneficiaries of these overweight practices are the Indian truck drivers, the mill or mills to which they are hauling logs or some other interest or person. Who or whatever it is theirs isra completely unsocial act. We cannot believe that all its implications are fully understood. We feel confident that mice realized there will be a correc tion. If there is none we can expect to i ce a virtual abandon ment of the Warm Springs route as a state highway or even its removal from the state system and its upkeep left to local interests. The news had it on Saturday that Governor McKay, in naming a new slate liquor control commission, has said that Dr. Orval Eaton was "not eligible for reappointment be cause of the constitutional prohibition against holding two lucrative offices." We think that the governor meant, and probably said, that Dr. Eaton was not eligible period meaning that he hud not been eligible' in the beginning. That was the point made in this column at the time of the appoint ment by Governor Hall when Dr. Eaton alread" V""l a lucra tive office. No issue was ever made of this apparent, irregular ity but it is a satisfaction to learn that Governor McKay is alert to the proprieties of the situation. Carroll Acres Carroll Acres, Jan. 22 (Special) Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Culver were Sunday dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Obcr nolte. Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Ilamichek entertained with a card parly .lan uary 15. Mrs. Albert Walk er. won high prize for women ami Hugh Fountain won high for men. Consolation prizes went to Mrs. Hugh Fountain and Wesley Mc Dowell. H. E. C. met at the home of Mrs. Leo Bishop Thursday afler noon. Hostesses were Mrs. Bish op, Mrs. Dee Klnusnn and Mrs. Dave Her. 'Die program was "Care of Household Equipment." Mrs. Ellen Stillwell was a lun cheon guest at the home of Mrs. Gilbert Nelson Thursday after noon. Friendly Neighbors met at the home of Mrs. Albert Walker re cent ly. There were seven ladies present. Mrs. Loren Coleman, Mrs. Hex j L. Hanshew, Mrs. M.'ive Her and Mrs. John Kluusnn met roccnllv at the home of Mrs. Leo Bishop to work on the year book. Friendly Neighbors club will meet Willi Mrs. Paul Marsh for a 1 o'clock politick luncheon Jan. 2S. Mr. and Mrs. Tean Briggs and family and Boyd Russell spent the evening, Jan. 15, al the Kiaier Anderson home. Pr.tnnan llamby. Pick Parst and Larry Terlisner spent Satur day evening ami Sunday al the Ilalligan home. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Marsh ,iii(l Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Mckel had a surprise birthday party Sa'ur dav evening. Jan. la, for Mrs. Waller J;vks"ll. The following people went to Terrebonne J a n o a r y 21 for Pomona degree piac'.iee: Mr. and Sirs. Gem go Murphy, Mrs. George HueMl.Mr.s. Ke. llojlshi- and Mr. anil Mrs. Paul Itieiiel. George Murphy and John Lu cas have taken over the Court hoiite service station. Lucas is BULLETIN OREGON PKESS The llonci Dullclln (Puilyi But. 11116 and Certain Uullduys by The llt-nit HullHin Ili-n.l. Oroiion ft. 11117, at ttlo PoMtntflce at Itend, OreKon March S. 18711. 11ENUV N. KOWI.EH Asocial Editor Square D,-al, Clean IttiHineaa, Clean Politic former owner of the West, Side bicycle shop, which will he oper ated in conjunction with the serv ice station. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hanson called at the II. It. Tucker home Sunday evening. Cub Scouts, of Pack 25, will hold their monlhly meeting this evening at 7:.'10 al t he Pino Forest grange hall. All mothers attending are asked to bring a dozen cookies. Coffee anil hot chocolate will be served with ihe cookies. Shevlin Shevlin, Jan. 21 i Special i Judy Ness, of Bend, is visiting her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Hen ry Van Tassle. Judy is the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Ness. Mrs. Mary Kcttleson returned home from Henri after a visit with her daughters, Mrs. Charles PlumnvT and Mrs. John Gilman of Berkeley, Calif. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Manger and son. Frank Jr.. have returned home alter a month's visit in Vir ginia and leorgla. Roy Robinson is a patient at Lumberman's lvispiial. Joel Dahlin has been confined 'o his home this week 'Hh mea sles. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Van Tas sle spout last week in Sacramen to, Calii., where they attended t ho funeral of their grandfather. II. .1. Buckrnan. With them were.Iim Van lassie, Diek Van l assie and Clinton Van Tassle. I dieter Finery, son of Vr. and Mrs. Jim Fiiiciv. is ill Willi men- ! sles. Mis. Jess Walls and son. I ,? : ry, shopped In Eugene last week, i Kennelh Momhead. ol Clatska ! nle, is isilin;: Ids brother in-law ind sisler, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth I Cox. i Mr. and Mrs. Delbeii l'il'hc; jiind daughter, of Crescent, were i quests at ilie homo ot Mr. antl J Mi's. James Kmei y lasl week. I Pauline, Mildred and li-ssie ' Niekol is and Jackie Capps are ill 1 with measles. Just How Potent Is the Power KM7 6L6CIEP I J "PASSED rimiiiiiiNiiMiumiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiimifiiiiiMtmiMlii WASHINGTON COLUMN By I'eter Ktlson NKA WaMhintiton CorreHimndent) Washington (NEA) There may be considerable wasted breath In all the present hullabaloo over President Truman's alleged pro posal to nationalize or socialize the steel industry. Anyone who will go back to the record of the war years will find that the steel Industry really ought to bo cheering any govern ment proposal to build it more steel plants. The reason Is that all wartime activity in this business turned out to be a great boon and windfall to private industry. In all, there were 150 steel making facilities built al govern ment expense. Fifty-two were iron and steel-making plants proper. Fitly were foundries, lti were forge plants, and 32 were al loy furnaces, mines, coal and coke plants and so forth. The government built these plants at premium prices. Often Ihe government units were inte grated with existing facilities that the private steel companies them selves owned. In short, the gov ernment merely expanded their capacity to make money, for free. The government then gave these companies contracts to operate Ihe plants. And when the war was over, the government sold the plants to private operators at about 37 cents on the dollar of original cost. To dale, roughly 100 plants costing $(iso,000.0tl0 have been sold for $250,000,000. In all fairness, Ihe government does not rightly deserve all .the credit for today's increased steel making capacity. Private Indus try llself did half Ihe wartime Job, a id is doing more now. 'i he war plants wine designed for war pro duction only. Private Industry has to spend many millions to con vert them lor peacetime produc tion. U.S. steel making capacity has increased bv 17 per cent, or 15, 000.0OK tons, to a total of !I5,5(H), 000 Ions during the war. To gel this increased capacity, the gov ernment invested $1.311.000,1100. Private pidtislrv invested $1,273, 00O.0O0. Total $2.58-1, 000.000. The government's share of this built 2'J complete steel plants cost ing $5,000,000 or more apiece, for a total ol $770,000,000. In addition there were built 121 other plants or units alongside existing facili ties of the private steel compan ies to Increase their capacity. These cost less Hum $5,000,000 apiece for a total ol 1,000,000. When il tame to selling or leas ing these facilities to private in riuslry for peacetime operation, i here were some amazing bar gains. Biggest plant of the lot, at Geneva, tab, which cost $200, 000,000, was sold to Geneva Steel Tor $17,000,000. Carnegie Illinois cm a S22.000.0O0 plant at Brad- dock. Pa., for $1 I.IXKl.000 and nn'tevn $,sii,000.000 plant at Homestead Pa., for $11,000,000. And so on. The War Assets administration )nb ot disposing of surplus steel BcnncH's Machine Shop HIM. BENNETT lilt Koosrvrll Ave. Phone ll.TJ WEN I). OKEtiON icncritl Machine Work Heavy Machine Work (ieurs Sprockets inndc to order Cntnk Shaft (irlniling Mulof Itcltiillrihifc Line Boring Cylinder Kelmring Crunk Shall lirlndltiK in the Car Eleclric and Acetylene Welding (ienernl Aula Ki palis uituiujiiiniuuniTUBB plants Is now Just about complet ed. Bids on purchase of the last big government steel project the four big Copperweld plants at Warren, O., will be opened Jan. 21. These plants cost $19,000,000 new. After they are sold, WAA will have left a steel foundry at Pittsburg, Calif., and two .ppen hearth furnaces at Indiana Har bor and Chicago. That will mark the end of the first great experiment in nation alizing American steel produc tion, save for collecting rents from government steel plants still unuer lease to private Indus try. ; - , In all, the government h(is'mow leased 27 plants which had an or iginal cost of $159,000,000. There is no available figure on what the government collects as rents. The government's wartime in vestment in increasing steel capa city paitl off in that it is now pro viding not only goods but also jobs. The deduction from this could be that if the government had not gone into the steel bus iness during the war, there would toilay be still greater shortages of sieel products, higher prices and maybe more unemployment. And the war might have been lost. Washington Scene By lltiriniin V. Nichols t United 1'rctiH SUiff Corrtwpondi-nl) Washington, Jan. 21 Ul'i I don't want to grow up to be president. 1 tlogged the steps of the fast stepping Mr. Truman from dawn yesterday to the wee hours of this morning and I'm sure 1 couldn't keep up the pace. For one thing, Ihe Utile man from Missouri on inauguration day changed duds four times. That's bad enough even if you have four changes ami time for lour shower bains. a. . , . ... it . ,J, T . ...,.1.. J He started out In a conservative . l,,,. i..tt. f,. ., K,..,,l. fn.l ,n,l. ing with his chums from Battery P of world war 1 days. Capl. 1 ru man and the lads chewed over bacon and eggs and old times. Right before noon, the presi dent shucked this ensemble. He pulled on his striped pants, swal-Ipw-taileri coal and top hat and drove from Blair House, his tem porary living quarters, to the Cap itol. He took the solemn oath of of fice and outlined a bold program for world peace. Then his driver hauled him back to the reviewing stand in front of the White House. He and his sparring partner. Vice president Allien Barkley of Ken tucky, put on a couple of smiles that carried them through the rest ot a long afternoon. Looked Part I w ill say that the chief execu- looked the part in his silk skimmer and gray gloves. Much better than tlid Melvin P. Hil rireth. Ihe dignified chairman of Ihe inaugural committee. My spy glasses may have been out of fo of Suggestion? Kidnap, Escape Told by Waitress Portland, Jan. 24 nil Mrs. Gay Leo Young, 21, waitress, today told police how she escaped from two men who kidnapped her and walked home 24 blocks barefoot ed in the snow. Mrs. Young told police the two men, one in a sailor's uniform, grabbed her and forced her into a car early Sunday. One threat ened her with a whiskey bottle and the other took off her shoes and anklets, she said. But when the car stopped for a red light, Mrs. Young sajd she popped open the car door, pushed the sailor into Ihe street and ran. She said she waited 45 minutes for a street car several blocks away and when none came she walked home. Her feel were numb from the icy sidewalks but they were not frozen. "They're tough," site said. "I stand on my feet all day." cus, but it looked from where I sat across the street as though Mel's bonnet was about half a size too big. Then the president began what must have been quite a trial. The business of hat-tipping and glove taking off. Between cups of cof fee, served up in paper cups like us common folks were drinking in the cold out there, Mr. Truman began a monotonous session of doffing his topper. Mr. Barkley did the same. First, he bared his head in honor of the Missouri mules. Mules just like he had followed across the furrows of his dad's farm back in the show-mo stale when he was a barefoot kill. Seore Sheet My score sheet shows 3d other hat tips. The gloves came off 29 times, all told. He was polite as could be to a bunch of cowboys from Kansas City. One of 'em tried to show off with a rope 1..1..1. i r tu.. ........ I I..., iniir. hi iiuni vi me .skiiiii out couldn't get a decent spin out of .... , r o ..r, i... i...a 1113 '" 'I'l' "I"" tim-l III- linu 1" od. Mr. 1. dicln t lei the man down, though. He followed him with his eyes until success came and then peeled off his gloves and clapped as loud as the next one. He even outdid the vice presi dent in the cheering section when the gaudy float trom I'aducah, Ky "Dear Alben's" home town, I swept past. The president sensed he had out done his running mate and Bark ley, being a good sport, gave in. They touched coffee cups and drank deeply. After the parade had passed, the chief changed again lo a bus iness suit and rushed off to an other reception. That night, he put on tiie white tie and tails for the big inaugural ball. The little man had a busy day. all right. But he looked fresh as a daisy when it was all over about 2 a.m. i Me. I was tiled. FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS ArttF ! YOU L'Vii i"ANCt REPOSE Others Say , TIDELANDS OIL (Baker Democrat-Herald) Ownership of the oil under the tidclands around the coast of the United States is to be one of the blazing issues of the eight-first session of congress, with three states principally California, Tex as and Louisiana. These rights have always been held to rest in the states and there was a long list of court decisions upholding this view before the then Secretary of the interior Ickes opened the issue a few years ago on the chance of get ting something for nothing. Finally he got a favorable de jsion by the new dealism su preme court, upsetting the tenure )t the states, who then went to congress to ask for legislation clarifying their titles. This, con gress can enact it if it wishes, though President Truman has an nounced that he will veto It. The question wasn't settled in the eightieth congress and now goes before the eighty first. Broad questions t! national pol icy are involved, but to the three states it Is one of dollars and cents. Texas, for Instance, is re ceiving approximately 14 million of dollars a year In loyalties from tidelands oil drillers. So it was little wonder the Texas governor told a reporter that "you wouldn't print It if I told you what I think about it." His language would evidently set the paper on fire. California must be comparably situated and Louisiana has a con siderable stake. Texas is In a peculiar position as it came into the United States as an independent republic and claims its right to the tidclands was guaranteed in the treaty of Its annexation. Th'is would ap pear to settle it but it hasn't. Louisiana was an independent state for about a month before it came into the union and we seem to remember the "Bear State Re public" of California. So trouble some legal questions are sure to intrude upon the intensely prac tical question of: "who gets the gravy?" the states or Uncle Sam. A New Orleans paper comment ing on the government's claim to the property on the ground that it has the obligation to defend it, points out that on this reasoning it could seize any private prop erly in the United States without compensation, and some see this attempt to over-ride long recog nized property rights of seaboard states as a long step in that di rection. La pine Lapine. Jan. 21 (Special)--Art Cook, who in December matle a trip by plane to Pennsylvania to visit a sister and other relatives, returned recently and is staving with his uncle, Herb Cook, during Conk's convalescence. Thomas Pay has moved his tie mill to the Lapine siding and will haul logs and will saw them there. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Hicks, who have been living in Jasper, moved to Lapine this week end will live in Ihe Stephenson house Owen Pitcher has been unable to t.e in school the past week due to illness. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Larson went to Madras on Friday. Thev called on Mr. and Mrs. Foss while there. Harry Stearns is ill pt the Good Samaritan hospital in Portland. Two children of Mr. and Mrs. Eriekson were taken to Bend on Friday for medical attention. Truckers have increased their payload Willi stainless steel nail ers. The greater strength of the metal has permitted a redesign ing of the trailer bodies so that larger and heavier loads can be carried within the same overall space. Dr. H. E. Jackson At his residential office NO PARKING PKOBLKM 230 Lava Road Phone 134 Electrical m DESCHUTES ELECTRIC ii a i, ii JU8 Wall Street ftJOiV ABOUf fV"LF eyBijrt- WHICH' p' ii hey! Sen. Morse Tries Lifting Agriculture From Big Mess Washington, Jan. 24 'll'i-Sen. Wayne Morse, R., Ore., is trying to get the agriculture department out of a mess into which he acci dently dropped it last summer. tm-sf is nronosine an amend ment to the farm price support law. II It does n i pass, morse nm become famous as a senator who forced the government to support the price of pigeon and pheasant meat. The prospect does not make him happy. Trouble Started The whole trouble started last June when the senate was debat ing legislation giving the agricul ture department discretionary au thority to support chicken and turkey prices in 1950. Senators from duck and broiler raising states got together and amended the bill to provide that if chickens or turkey were sup ported after 1949, similar support would have to be given broilers, duck and ducklings. Other I'oultry "And other poultry." added Morse, to make sure chickens would be supported if turkeys were. And vice versa. The bill as amended finally be came law in the wee hours one morning just before congress ad lourned. Everybody was too tired to read it closely. Months later legal experts at the agriculture department ran icross Morse's phrase. What's "other poultry?" they pondered. Dictionary Checked After checking the dictionary, they, decided geese, pheasants, guinea fowl and squabs (baby pi geons) could qualify. They were not too sure about ostriches. Department officials said pri vately the government probably would never support chicken or turkey prices for 1949 if il meant getting into that kind of mess. Told the trouble his three little words had caused. Morse hastily conferred with agriculture depart ment legal minds. Now he has offered an amend ment re-writing the poultry sup oort language to knock out the phrase "and o'her poultry." And he's keeping his fingers crossed for fear that a pheasant and geese lobby will show up to fight ihe amendment. JOINS FOKKST STAFF Princvllle, Jan. 24 - Hnhert Lar son, recently graduated from the school of forestry ill Oregon Slate college, has arrived here lo loin the s'.aff of the Oehoco na tional forest. Larson has been as signed to timber stand improve ment work on the Big summit district under direction of Rang er Thomas Seers. India's Bihar province will sink 1)00 tubcwclls at a cost of $6, 000.000. COFFEE SHOP J'L'dliirifirj Barbecued Sandwiches Deluxe Hamburgers O Homemade Pastry Complete Dinners OPEN ALL NITE Private Banquet Room For Small Parlies CALL BKUNICK I'honc 36-1 Contracting Commercial and Domestic WIRING No Job Too Large or Too Small Estimates Gladly Given i; s r o n Phone 278 mey.6anc.' ucre's a ivuickle that never heard of bubble-gum SHADYSIDE 2 Republicans Get Committee Posts Salem, Jan. 24 l.l' Two young republicans held the chairman and treasurer posts of the Marion county republican central com mlttee today following their elec Hon Saturday. Orval Hager, Jr., succeeded 13. E. Owens as chairman, and Stu. art Compton defeated Conrad Paulson for the treasurer's chair. Hager was nominated by Jim Collins, president of the Marion county young republican club, who asserted the need "for a new spark in Oregon republicanism." McKAY TO MAKE TItIP Salem, Jan. 24 mi Gov. Doug las McKay was scheduled to leave tonight for San Francisco where he will address the National Au tomoblle Dealers association Tues day. The governor expects to return to Salem the following day. Some $9,000,000 of new capita), mostly American, has been invest ed in new chemical plants in Aus tralia during the past three years. THIS IS Photography We like to be of assistance whenever possible and this col umn will be devoted to passing along a few tips lo movie cam era owners and those of you who are contemplating taking up the hobby of making your own motion pictures. It's not generally known and perhaps there are some of you who would like to add that "professional touch" to your home movies, but scroll titles are available to you done in the Hollywood manner. The only catch is that al present they are availanie in ibmni only. These consist of black letters against a red back ground and you can use all i text you want, as the worth! moves slowly upward on tt- screen. All you need do is leave Ihe wording for your lilies with the Camera Dept. al Sym ons Bios, and we'll be glad lo send them in for copying on ?olor film. The charge per word is $.0775 with a minimum charge per title being $2.50. A gentleman came in to talk lo us the other day and pre sented us with a problem. We thought that the solution might be of interest to some of the rest of you home movie fans. He look his projector i along with him on a visit wiih i some friends down in Ihe sal ley antl all hough they were ' very pleased with the oppor tunity of seeing his fine pic ! lures, he was disappointed. His pictures were considerably less brilliant than those shown : here in Bend by Ihe same ma i chine. Our guess was that the i electrical line serving his I friends' home was decidedly ! less than that of the line go ing into his own home here in Bend. This, of course, would mean that the lamp in his pro jector wouldn't glow so bright ly when connected to another line. The Camera Pepl. at Symons Bros, carries a com plete selection of various wat tage projection lamps with the correct line voltage rating. I You may have already been ; teamed about panoramhig with your movie camera, but here's another reminder. Following action, by Ihe way, is not paiyi raming. In such shots vil.r : moving subjects are sharp and tile background blurred. In .Um ordinary "pan." however, noi: ing is very sharp. Panoiaui , once in a while, by all menus I but do it s-l-o-w-l-y, e-v-c-n-l y . . . start with a ruck-steady view of the least important visla . . . "pan" to the most important . . . and hold it for a few seconds. Never "swish." The Camera Dept. at Sym ons Bros, is your headipiarfci s for the leaders in motion pic ture equipment. Beil & Howell, Revere and Eastman are the names for you to remember. Symons Bros. DI7 Wall St. Phone !" By Merrill Blosser SKI V.