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THE
33rd Year
China Speeds
Peace Attempt
With Commies
Li Tsung-Jen Sends Two
Emissaries for Parley;
Red Troops Hit Nanking
blinking, Jan. 27 lift Acting
president Li Tsung-Jen sent two
personal emissaries to communist-hold
Peiping today In an at
tempt to speed peace talks with
the communists.
b yd lie aeteu a.s ii communist coi-
limns totaling 200,000 men eon-
wired trom inree wrections on
Nanking for a climactic assault
that only an early peace confer
ence can avert.
Nankins Battle Begins
One thousand communist van
guards moved down the red clay
slopes facing the Yangtze river
opposite Nanking at dawn and en
gaged nationalist outposts at Pu
cheng, two miles north of the riv
er. But the nationalists scattered
them in a brief engagement.
Li selected Li Chung-hua and
Hui Chi-han for a dash to Peiping
in an attempt to contact commun
ist leaders and expedite the call
ing of a peace conference to end
the three-year Chinese civil war.
Emissaries Instructed
He instructed the two emissar
ies to get in touch with commun
ist general Yeh Chien-Ying in the
hope of arranging contact with
Mao Tze-Tung and Chou En-Lai,
top policy makers of the Chinese
communist party.
The unofficial group of nation
alist professors also decided to
try to contact the reds. They
asked the government for per
mission to cross the Yangtze into
communist-held territory to
plead for a truce.
Rumors Spread
An unconfirmed rumor spread
through Nanking that the com
munist radio had broadcast a
warning that the entire northwest
section of the capital would be
shelled. The district contains the
main business section of Nanking,
.'Jflthe government buildings, the
s.oad terminal and most for
eign establishments. The govern
ment took no official cognizance
of the report, however.
Pessimism over the chances of
an early peace with the commun
ists was spreading through gov
ernment quarters as result of the
red demand that "war criminals"
be turned over to them for pun
ishment. Lumber Company
The entire holdings of the
Great West Lumber corporation,
near Lapine, including real and
personal property, went on the
auction block today at 2 p.m.,
with Robert llison, assistant
chief field deputy for the collec
tor of internal revenue acting for
the federal government in the
sale. Buyers from the northwest
and as far south as Texas are
expected to attend the auction.
The sale of the mill, according
to Ellison is the result of a dis
traint action against R. O. Cam
ozzi, corporation president, and
other officials of the firm, for
failure to pay to the government
employes withholding taxes
amounting to approximately $30,
000. If the auction today does not
satisfy the liabilities of the cor
ftoration, the principals of the
fjn will be liable to criminal
ti civil action according to Elli
son. The chief field deputy for the
collector's office also stated that
any surplus over the tax obtain
ed by the sale today will be de
posited with the treasurer of the
l'nited States, and workers owed
back wages by the firm will have
a priority claim on the surplus,
to the amount of their delinquent
pay.
The property was seized last
December 1 and a sale for some
of the personal property was
held December 28. At that auc
lion Oscar Rudeen of Idaho pur
chased .350,000 board feet of lum
ber. .ivii t- tue seizure, uic curuoi j
ion was ODeralini? a two mil! 1
Manr aDout 12 miles southwest ol i
i-apmo in northern Klamath '
county. Timber was purchased .
" me i.orest service and tneiy111"- y'"" V'"""- " ' "'"'':
"Jieau oi land management, i
aijo considerable private timber
was purchased in the Fort Rock j
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1 Most his overcoat in the crowd. ; laIP,- ."' 1 misuan was slow in
His top-hat crushed and his I arriving at the church, and Pow
MltE DESTROYS TAVERN I starched collar wilted, he finally , er waited nervously for her.
Salem. Ore.. Jan. 27 'U'i Fire made it to Santa Fiancesca V..-1 Power- ry the magnifico to
dM,j . u:..i. u in iir.. r tha every newspaper n Rome todav
wnv 99 near the north Salem citv
limits this morning. Loss was
estimated at $75,000. ,
, The establishment, known for i
Us steaks. wn a fm-nrita mtino !
I P'y of many legislators. entrance to the lane leading to
f ause of the fire was not im-ithe ancient church, where Ro
; v'a,c,.v known. ' irr.ans have worshipped tor nun-
TWO SECTIONS
Bottom Freeze Forces Tumalo
Creek From Its Old Channel
Occurrence, Attributed to Chilled Water
And Retarded Movement, Is Reported Rare
Tumalo crook, in an ot'currence so rare that in past years it
provided copy for college textbooks, is again freezing from
the bottom up, and at the upper meadows of Shevlin park the
stream is "on the loose."
As ice builds up from the bottom, the" stream is being forced
from its channel and is flooding the Fremont meadows. Simi
lar freezing conditions have boon noted down stream and it is
recalled that some 20 years ago the creek left its channel
To Speak in Bend
E. T, (Tom) Humphrey, associate
editor, editorial page, of the Ore
gon Journal, will be the guest
speaker at the annual meeting of
the Bend chamber of commerce
ti. morrow noon at the Pilot Rutte
inn.
CC Officials Plan
Forum Luncheon
Chamber of commerce officials
are making preparations for, a
capacity attendance at their an
nual forum meeting lomorrow,
to be held at a lunclieon at the
Pilot Butte inn. Guest speaker
will be E. T. (Tom) Humphrey,
associate editor, editorial page
of The Oregon Journal. His topic
will be "America Moves West."
Humphrey, making a special
trip here to speak before the
chamber members, will arrive
at the Redmond airport by plane
from Portland in the morning,
and will be met there by Floyd
West, chamber manager.
Persons planning on attending
the luncheon meeting are being
asked to notify the chamber of
fice in advance, if possible, so ar
rangements for serving the meal
can be made. The chamber tele
phone number is 297.
Kenneth Longballa will preside
at the forum meeting. There will
be short talks by the retiring
president of the chamber, E. B.
Hamm, and by the new president,
Frank H. Loggan. Activities of
the past year will be briefly out
lined, and plans for 19JSI will be
presented. This part of the pro
gram will be made a.s short as
possible, to provide ample time
for the main speaker.
The annual meetings were for
merly held at night, but a lunch
con was arranged for this year,
to make it possible for more
members to attend. The chamber
membership is at a record high.
POWER LOSS RKPOKTEI)
An open switch at the Redmond
plant was responsible for the loss
of power in pari of Bend, Red
mond and Prinevillc this morning
for about a period of 15 minutes,
around 10 o'clock. The break was
similar to the loss of power yes
terday for a short time, because
of an open switch at The Dalles.
Screaming, Sighing Women
Attend Tyrone's
Rome. Jan. 27 ' Amid a mob
scene that would have done cred-
it to a Hollywood epic, veteran
actor Tyrone Power and glamor-:
ous starlet IJjida Christian were I
, -; . 1
1 hir sclieduled quiet
wed-
" B """""'i" ' u " '""-'St.
More man i.uou ponce, many oi
them on horseback or In jeeps,
,V . """' ." i
women couki dc niougm uikut i
control i
I' CZ Anihficcalnp I m c Tltitin
flood lir'ned ceremony which
united 35-vear old Power and his
2 - 1 year-old' bride.
A platoon of jeep-riding police
m KhpH thp crowd back from the
near the former Tumalo trout
hatchery.
Karth-.scionee students are
keenly interested in the for
mation of the underwater ice,
for the occurrence is provid
ing information as to the rea
son "streams leave home."
The reason is still somewhat con
troversial, the students say. They
report that Tumalo creek has
been cited in geology text books
as one of the few streams on the
continent where bottom icing con
ditions result in the abandonment
of channels.
What causes Tumalo creek to
freeze from the bottom up? Wa
ter temperature and slope are re
ported to be the main factors.
Chilled by the recent arctic wea
ther, the temperature of Tumalo
creek water has been lowered to
or slightly below the freezing
point. The surface of the stream
does not freeze because of the
swift movement.
Freezing starts from the bot
tom, it is believed, because of the
"drag" of the water over rocks.
In the first stage of the "freeze
up", ice forms on the rocks. Grad
ually the coat thickens. Eventual
ly the stream, in places where the
movement is not swift, is forced
from its channel by the bottom
ice.
Several abandoned stream
channels along the course of
Tumalo creek are attributed to
similar freezing in past years.
Old timers say that' Tumalo
creek only freezes from the bot
tom up in periods of very cold
weather.
Washington's
Senate Passes
Anti-Dam Bill
Olympia, Jan. 27 tU'tThe sen
ate today overwhelmingly passed
the "fish sanctuary" bill which
would prevent construction of
any dam higher than 25 feet on
the tributaries of the lower Co
lumbia river.
The senate action was a bodv
blow to Tacoma power officials
who seek to build two dams on
the Cowlitz river near Mossyrock
and Mayfield.
The vole was 42-1 with Sen.
Virgil Lee, R., Lewis, the lone dis
senter. Lee said he didn't like the
.speed with which members of the
senate fisheries committee were
trying to push the bill through.
The bill would reserve all
streams and rivers tributary
to the Columbia below McNary
dam as a migratory fish sanctu
ary. The director of fisheries could
prevent building of any dams
within the migratory range of the
sanctuary and could condemn any
other structures except those al
ready built on the Lewis and
White Salmon rivers.
Stranded Navajos
Getting Supplies
Window Rock, Ariz., Jan. 27 HI'i
Emergency supplies were rushed
by air and ground today to 50
ranchers and thousands of Na
vajo Indians stranded In the deep
snows of the Navajo reservation
in northeastern Arizona.
One C 17 plane left March air
force base. Calif., yesterday carry
ing blankets, food and matches
fur the ranchers caught between
Yuba Cltv and the Navajo moun
tains when they went out to
round up their livestock.
Wedding
dreds of years, as the counlo lr.fi
to ride to the Vatican, where
they were received in audience
by Pope Pius XII.
The ri Pov U'mi.m u
mirrc, oi wasninglon, L).(J. a
, monsignor and canon of famous
Peters Basilica, performed
ihp cen.mony b,,fo,p 100 carofl,.
... phos ..,. lh ,..,
church, and then said
a wedding
rrass
The ceremony t.-jok place lust :
; before 11 a.m., nearly 30 minutes I
late.
arrived at the church at 10
a.m. on the dot half an hour be
fore the scheduled time for the
ceremony.
Already hundreds of women
were massed around the en
trance to the lane leading to the
church.
BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY
59 Airplanes
Rushing Feed
To Livestock
Operation Expanding as
U.S. Sends Planes and
Men to Battle Starvation
Illy Uriitiii I'm)
Almost (10 planes were assigned
to the rapidly expanding "opera
tion hayride" todav as the govern
ment threw more men, money
and machines into the battle to
save western livestock from star
vation. But a new snowstorm swept In
to the Rocky mountain region,
and air force officers at Lowry
field, near Denver, were forced to
cancel haylift flights. The field
yesterday sent 10 planes over
snowbound rangelands to drop
hay to starving animals.
Fresh Snow Fulls
The fresh snow was foiling over
Utah, Colorado and Wyoming and
was expected to spread into west
ern Kansas and Nebraska. The
region is the same in which two
blizzards and a lesser storm have
struck since the first of the year.
At Washington, President Tru
man announced that he would ask
congress for an additional $1,000,
000 for disaster relief, most of it
to relieve suffering in the west's
worst blizzard iin 50 years.
Funds Made Available
The president alreadv had made
available $300,000 for relief and
rescue work oil the snowbound
western rangelands. In addition,
the senate interior committee lias
approved a bill to authorize a di
rect grant of $750,000 to aid west
ern ranchers.
The house today passed its own
relief bill, calling for $500,000 to
be deposited in Mr. Truman's al
most depleted disaster relief fund.
Transports Used
The U. S. air force, which has
been using its huge transport
planes to drop hay to stranded
sheep and cattle, has sent a total
of 59 planes into the fight to save
an estimated 2,000,000 head of
livestock, j (.
There was fresh snowfall In
Utah and the Intermountain re
gion today, but truck trails to
most of the sheep ranches had
been cleared, and feed was being
trucked regularly to most of the
state's 1,650,000 sheep.
Baptists Complain
At Convention
Salem, Ore., Jan. 27 Con
servative Baptists of Oregon,
complaining they were "keeping
the faith while the others kept the
furniture." girded today for a
court fight with the state Baptist
convention rrom wnica they split
apart last November.
More than 500 conservative
Baptists meeting in convention
here voted unanimously Wednes
day to empower their newly-formed
executive committee to act for
the "Oregon conservative Baptist
convention" if legal action devel
ops between the two groups.
Meanwhile, steps were being
taken to incorporate the conserva
tive organization.
The Rev. Kenneth Tobias, Bend,
who presided at Wednesday's
meeting, said "in these days I
would be afraid to turn the other
cheek for it would certainly be
hit."
He said action taken during the
convention here was being watch
ed by Baptists over tho nation.
Attending the conference in Sa
lem are Rev. and Mrs. Kenneth
Tobias, Miss Dorothy Robertson,
Mrs. Walter Nelson and Dr.
George W. Wlnslow, all of Bend.
Redmondite Gets
Prison Sentence
Pleading guilty to a charge of
burglary in circuit court yester
day, Billie Gone Leanord, '.'ii, of
Redmond, was sentenced to two
years In the state penitentiary bv
Judge R. S. Hamilton. " :
Leanord had been charged with
burglary of a Redmond lumber i
company. . !
Judge Hamilton sentenced Will- :
ia:n E. Allinon of Klamath Falls ;
to four months in the county jail j
Tuesday. Allmon pleaded guilty .
to a charge of obtaining money
under false pretenses. !
Legion Sponsors
Meeting in Bend
A delegation from Redmond
headed by Robert Tull, command
er of district No. 12 of Oregon, at
tended the mteting held last night
under sponsorship of the Stevens
Chute post of the American Le
pion, in Norway hall. A feature
of the party was a Dutch lunch.
In the later part of the evening,
an entertainment program was
presented.
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Farlv-dav residents of Bend nttendlnc the annual partv of the Deschutes Pioneers association at
the Pine Forest grange hall tonight will Include Ea Todd Bennett, daughter of John Y. Todd, stock
man who lived on the Deschutes In the days of Farewell Bend. Her father, she recalls, iMiught the
Farewell Bend ranch for $60. Tonight's meeting of the pioneers will start at (5:30 with potluck dinner.
Lions Club Show
Termed 'Success'
Highlighted by audience parti
cipation and generous applause,
the Lions' show, "Go West", was
presented in a final showing last
night at the Tower theater. Club
men reported that the show was
not only well received, but, that It
was a. financial success. Returns
will make It possible for the club
to pay its $500 contribution to the
Memorial hospital funjl, with
some hioney left over for oilier
civic and club uses.
Through their president, Alva
C. Goodrich, the Lions have ex
pressed their thanks for the co
operation received in presenting
the show. Local talent was entire
ly used. In fact, club officials re
ported, so much talent was avail
able .that it was impossible to
find space for all of it. Cy Per
kins, of Hollywood, directed the
show, in which the Bend high
school and other groups cooper
ated.
The cast that presented last
night's show, viewed by a capa
city crowd, was practically the
same as on the first night. Absent
from the cast were Fred Dallas,
violinist, and Stewart McDonald,
who were confined to their homes
by illness. Bill Tabor, local tenor,
again played opposite Helen Al
len, soprano, in the "Redwood
Romance". Soloists included Mrs.
W. D. Ward, Jack Sherrell and
Percv Madden. Miss Gret Nelson
and Wilson George were the pi-i
anists.
The
Lions announced
lodav l
that they planned Id
home talent show an
fair.
make the
annual af-
Few Marines, Navy
To Stay in China
Shanghai, Jan. 27 Hl'i- An "ade
quate number" of marines and
American naval units will be kept
in China to protect l'nited States
citizens from uncontrolled vio
lence, Vice Admiral Oscar C.
Badger said today.
'I he western Pacific fleel com
mander indicated, however, that
some marines may be withdrawn
to Guam or other Pacific bases,
and that most of those remaining
In China piobably will be quarter
ed a boa ril ships rather than based
a.shore.
War Held Possible
Graham S. Young, of Tigard.
Washington, Jan. 2, IP -Army M Kranj master of the grand lodge
secretary Kenneth C. Royall said f Oregon, I.O.O.F., Is expected lo
today war is not imminent, but is . present, and delegates are ex
"at least a possibility." i peeled I rum Mitchell, Prineville.
Royall said there is little chance! Madras, Sistois, Toi rebonne, Oil
that international tension w ill : Ver and Ueiii. onu. i 'res, ling of II
ease for a number of years. 0ers will be it. J. Leader, district
Royall said l.e army does not ; chairman; Paul Croc ker, vice
plan to draft any more men "In j chairman, and t rod F.lligsin, dis
the immediate futute." Bui he , triet secretary.
urged thai congress keep the
; draft law on the books as a spur
1 to voluntary enlistments.
! He testified before the house
armed services committee as the
committee opened hearings on a
bill to fix army strength and to
authorize a 70-group air force.
"Our best estimate of the world
situation does not indicate that
war is imminent." Royall said In
a prepared statement
"However, war is at least a pos- j
sibility. -
27, 1949
Pioneer Recalls Farewell Bend
Farewell Bend Pioneer Recalls
Early Days in Deschutes Area
Eva Todd Bennett Tells of Era Preceding
Start of City; Long Trips Are Remembered
Mrs. Evn Todd Bennett, whoso father lmiiglit tho "Fare
well Bend" ranch in 1877 for $G0 and two saddle horses, is
anticipating' tonight s meeting ot the Deschutes rioneer asso
ciation with more than casual interest, because she reiRiis un
officially as "queen" of tho orKunization, holding honors as
the Bend woman claiming' longest residence in the community.
One of her brothers, William D. Todd, also lives in Bend.
Another brother, John C. Todd, lives in Lebanon, and their
sisters tire Mrs. Anna spring:
er, of)
Emma
Dalles.
Portland, and Mrs,
MeEldowney, of The
With her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John Y. Todd, who cross
ed tho plains in covered wag
ons, Eva and her two brothers
and two sisters came to the pres
ent site of Bend from The Dalles.
Mr. Todd bought the "Farewell
Bend" ranch, where the big pine
mill of Brooks-Scanlon, Inc., Is
now located, and engaged in slock
raising. He also owned properly
In Prineville, where his family
spent the winters so the children
could attend school. The trip to
the Crook county seat was an
arduous journey in those days,
and pilgrimages each fall to The
Dalles, where supplies for the
year were bought, were undertak
ings requiring weeks of prepara
tion and travel.
Lived on Ocscliutott
Eva was Just a little girl when
the family lived on the banks of
the Deschutes, but she remem
bers the pleasant long summer
days when the children made bold
tours of discovery inlo the "wil-
derncss," tile wagon trains thai
camped on her parents' farm, and
the tiling trips to Prineville,
where she was a pupil in the one
room school. The Todds' winter
home, near the site of a sawmill
in Prineville, is still standing, she
remarked.
Alter completing her education,
(Continued on page 5)
I00F Convention
Slated for Bend
The annual Central Oregon con
vention of Independent Order of
Odd Fellows, district No. l.'i, will
be held Saturday, Jan. 211, at H
p.m. at the I.O.O.F. hall on Frank
lin and Sisemore. Registration
will start at 1:30 p.m., and the
meeting Is scheduled to begin at
2 p.m. At (i:.'!0 p.m., menthols of
the Bend Rcbckah lodge will
serve a dinner In the dining room
of the lodge hall.
Mis. Wesley McDowell and
Mrs. Stella Nelson are co-chair- j
men in charge of arrangements j
for the dinner. Mrs. C. E. Hein j
will be In charge of the dining i
room.
Kfservalions
for the dinner
should be made by this evening
by calling the lodge hall, 121 J, it
was announced. After the dinner
there will be an open meeting, to
he followed by a program and
dancing to the music of Frank
Gray's orchestra.
Near Chemult
Klamath Falls, Ore., Jan. 27 U
A light private plane and its pilot,
John L. Krause, Antioch, Cal.
were missing north of Klamath
Falls today after a companion
craft made an emergency landing
In deep snow near Chemult, Ore.
Both pianos were en route from
Redding, Cal., to Kufiene, Ore.,
when they ran Into a blinding
snow storm yesterday.
Krause was flying a small, two
place, low-winged silver Swift
plane and the second pilot, Identi
fied by the civil aeronautics ad
ministration only as "Thomas,"
was in an L'rcoupe.
They passed over Klamath
Falls at 1 : 1!) p.m. and as the snow
storm Inrreasod in intensity.
Thomes landed al the Beaver
marsh emergency air strip near
Chemult, 00 miles north of Klam
ath Falls. Thomas said he lost
sight of Krause in the thick
weather. His own plane became
stuck fast in the deep snow, al
though the tri cycle landing gear
prevented it from nosing over.
Thomas' landing was timed at
3:20 and the CAA said Krause
i probably had an hour's fuel sup
ply remaining after that lime.
MKIH OKI H AS I t KI, LACK
Modford, Ore., Jan. 27 UI'i -- Li
quid petroleum gas service to com
mercial customers was cut off to
day by the Callfoniia-l'aeifle Util
ities company. Shortage of the
fuel In this area is "serious" com
pany officials said.
Warm Springs
Water Supply
Prolonged freezing weather,
now neailng the two-month mark
In Bend, Is driving frost far into
the ground and dangerously close
to water pipes, but the city's
souice of water, Tumalo crook,
remains free of ice at Hie intake
point, W. P. Drost, cily manager,1
reported today.
Only for "warm" springs, at
the Intake point of he huge main
that brings water out of the
eastern Cascades lo Ike city res-j
ervoirs. Bond might now be far- j
Ing a major problem. Dmsl con
ceded. Water at Hie intake dam,
some 12 miles west of Bond on,
Tumalo creek. Is warmed bv
huge springs that bubble from
tho bottom and flow from rockv
openings. Temperature of this
water Is .I!)1 degrees the year
around.
Flow from the springs at the
Intake pond moderates the frigid
temperature ot Tumalo creek
and prevents frrezinj;. Even
when the temperature al the In-
No. 44
Oregon Gets
Heavy Snows
On Willamette
Freezing Temperatures
Grip Nation; Floods Hit
Midwest, Many Homeless
Portland, Jan. 27 nil West
ern Oregon's second big snow of
the winter was tapering off today
amidst slightly warmer temper
atures.
Two to six inches of snow lay
in the Willamette valley and
around Portland and some flur
ries wore forecast for the day,
but the weather bureau said skies
would be partly cloudy tonight
nd Friday without further snow.
The 27th straight dav of freez
ing teniM'ralures brought a 22 at
Portland's airport. Other read
ings included Bend 4, Ontario 5,
Baker li. Pendleton S, The Dalles
9. Klamath Falls 11, Ui fi ramie
12, Salem 2-1, Fugeno 27, Medford
30 and North Bend 38.
The temperatures will become
successively lower each morning
during the week end, tne weauier
bureau said.
Roads throughout the state
were slipery with ice and chains
generally we're required, although
snow plows were working on both
main and secondary roads m most
sections.
Kiisleni Oregon Cold
inner winter com put a sniv
eling grip on eastern Oregon to
day. An Enterprise-La Grande tele
phone circuit was snapped tem
porarily and both train and bus
schedules were slowed by the
snow and frigid air.
La Grande department stores
reported sales of miltens, heavy
neadgear, electric blankets and
flannel night clothes had boomed
20 to 100 per cent over last year's
levels.
Slock conditions remained good
in Union and Wallowa counties,
but Wallowa stockmen were increasing-shipments
of feed to
meet a continued. -demand.
Children ltenialn Home
Big, crisp, new flakes of snow
sifted gently down on the snow
bound Intermountain west again
today and authorities ordered
some 25,000 children to remain
home from 30 heatless schools.
The closed schools were all in
northern Utah. They are heated
by gas. but the current cold spell
has raised demand for f uel to such
a high point that there's none for
the schools, laundries and many
other businesses. -
iMidwest Suffers
Freezing rain and drizzle coat
ed the area from southern Texas
lo Iowa with a slippery glaze to
day and flood-swollen streams In
the midwest left 500 homeless in
Illinois and Indiana.
Griffin, Ind., officials reported
food supplies dwindling because
the rampaging Wabash river has
covered the village's only high
way for the last two weeks.
Prineville Man
Starts Bread War
Prineville, Jan. 27 Prineville
faced a one-man bread war today,
Ailh Mie operator of a west end
service .station slashing the price
of l'i-pound loaves from 23 to
21 cents and the smaller loaves
from Hi lo 1! cents. The grocer
station operator Is J. E. McCann,
As a result of his cut in price
of bread, McCann said he has
been refused bread by bakeries
ol the area. One bakery, he said,
brought hiin 70 loaves, then im
mediately purchased these at the
new low price.
McCann said he telephoned tho
department of justice, in Port,
land, charging thai the bakeries
that refuse to sell him bread con
stitute a trust.
Keep Bend's
Free of Ice
take, near the 5,000 foot level,
dropped to 30 below temperature
a number of years ifgo the in
take pond remained ice free, it
is recalled.
If the intake pond water had
not been warmed by the springs
in the prolonged coid weather of
the past two months. It is believ
ed thai the pond, its waters still
ed by a dam, would have frozen
over, limiting or cutting off
Bend's supply.
Sistois. il is pointed out, faced
a serious problem recently when
P"le creek, source of municipal
water, partly froze over, choking
the intake canal with ice.
Bend's most serious water sup
ply problem is developing In the
distribution system In the city,
it is reported. In places, frost
has penetrated to a depth of 30
inches, and some service pipe
lines have been frozen. Most of
these lines are buried to a depth
of 3ti inches.