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BEMD BULLETIN
State Forecast
Oregon Considerable cloud
iness and few showers today
and Friday. Mild with high
45-55 both days. Low 30-40
tonight.
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NEWS COVERAGE
CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
33rd Year
TWO SECTIONS
BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1949
No. 68
THE
"Wickiup Reservoir Holding
H 77,000 Acre Feet of Water;
Rearing Estimated Capacity
Central Oregon's Largest Man-Made Lake
Spreading Over Most of Basin and Flooding
' CCC Camp Area; Now Covered With Ice '
Central Oregon's largest man-made lake, the Wickiup res-
ervoir on the upper Deschutes river, today held 177,000 acre
feet of water, and is rapidly hearing its estimated capacity,
5 180,000 acre feet, bureau of reclamation engineers reported
' today.
"t Water is pouring into the big basin, source of storage for
J the North Unit project of Jefferson county, at the rate of
I about 550 acre feet daily. Aside from the water being stored,
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iPool Construction
Will Be Resumed
work on the Rend m.mielnnl
? ..swimming pool retarded by severe I , AI,hog acre feet lias
; . ,r ' been referred to as Hie capacity
, weather conditions earlier this ot ,he new leSeivoir, the actual
winter will be resuinod in the capacity will not be known until
near future. T. P. Drost, city a capacity table survey, now un
manager, reported today. Al-i mmnlpM. This snr.
.though considerable work remains
' ' to be done, city olficials are con
;!iident the big pool, in the new
; park area in enstside Bend, will
be ready for use when the first
warm days of summer come to
I 1hc Deschutes country.
'; -.') It is estimated that work on
i pleted in two weeks when the con
pleted in two weeksw hen the con
tractor, I. McKanna, can resume
construction. All concrete was
r poured last fall, before the severe
weal her set it.
V In the near future, Fred Van
I Mat re, who" was awarded the con
, itrnet for construction of the bath-
house, will start work. The build
; ing will hold water heating equip-
menl.
. Preliminary to the resumption
of work on the pool, a city crew
is now preparing a septic tank.
; Generally, city construction
gtyork is still at a standstill while
w erews await the thawing of the
ijjii ound. Some grading work was
, to be started this afternoon. Street
' it conditions are generally improving.
Hospital Plans
Told at Meeting
Directors ofthe Hospital Foun
ders' service organization at their
! meeting yesterday heard from
. Carl A. Johnson an optimistic re
port on plans for construction of
a modern hospital here and were
told of the appointment of John
' W. Maloney as architect. Cheered
by the news, the service organi
zation, group that spearheaded
the successful campaign for
funds here In 1949, pledged con
tinued cooperation with the
board.
Presiding at the meeting was
Dr. John M. McCarthy, newly
elected president. A. Wilson Ben
old is vice-president and Paul
Hornbeck secretary.
Present for the' meeting were j
V. L. Pierce, who headed the;
founders' group during the cam
mugn; Rev. G. R. V. Bolster. Dr.
, Richard C. Robinson. Paul Horn
beck. Don Pritchett. Joe Mack.
Marion Cady. Jack Wetle. Dr. P.
W. Chernenkoff, Wilfred Burgess
and Dr. McCarthy.
A snow survev crew that made its way into the Dutchman flat area yesterday af'ernoon by sno-cat
found that the pack holds a record moisture content for this time of the year. Pictured weighing the
water content, from left, are W. T. Frost, A. E. Perry and Harold Sexton.
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about 100 second feet is being
released into the Deschutes
channel. The huge lake is now
spread over most of the Wick
iup basin and has flooded the
area once occupied by the
CCC camp.
The big "lake", engineers re
1 1"1- 15 su" covered Willi ice.
I VPV covers the topography and
profile of the area. As the reser
voir level increases, the water is
moving into various little embay
nients and flood stream channels.
View Impressive
Reports from the up-river coun
try indicate that the lake, in its
covering of ice, presents an im
pressive view. The region sur
rounding the huge basin is tim
bered, with old volcanoes rising
above the bottom country.
No evidence has yet been ob
tained that any extensive leaks
have developed in the reservoir
floor. Last year, fissures appear
ed in the basin in several differ
ent zones, and through one of the
large cracks a miniature river
flowed toward the base of Davis
mountain. Sealing work was un
dertaken and the cracks were cov
ered. Some fear was held that
new cracks would appear, along
old fault, lines, as the water pres
sure increased.
' Keport Made
Bureau Of reclamation officials
report that when the level of the
reservoir is lowered during the
coming irrigation season, the area
will be closely inspected for any
minor cracks. These will be filled.
News that the big reservoir is
holding water brought joy to the
Madras country, where 50,000
acres will be irrigated this season.
Facing a possible loss of storage
at the Wickiup basin, settlers
were urging that new sources of
storage be investigated. Also pro
posed was construction of a dam
and a pumping plant in the Des
chutes gorge west of Culver, with
water to be raised over the 800
foot rim.
All midstate districts face pros
pects of abundant water in the
1919 season. .
POWER SHORTAGE ENDED
Tacoma, Wash., Feb. 24 Mi C.
A. Erdahl, chairman of the north
west utilities conference commit-
tee. said today the critical power
shortage period had ended.
Erdahl said the need of conserv
ing power between the peak hours
of 5 and 6 p.m. appeared to have
passed for this season, because of
changing weather conditions and
increased storage water at power
idams.
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Kenenth E. Pearson, who is
now field executive in the Mt.
Baker council in Washington,
has been named Boy Scout field
executive for the Modoc area.
The appointment will be effect
ive March 15 and Pearson will
have his headquarters in the
Fremont district, succeeding
Bob Gammage.
Bend Patrolman
Hurt in Accident
Injuries suffered by Dean Hunt,
Bend patrolman, in a traffic crash
yesterday afternoon at 5:55 at
the intersection of Wall and Min
nesota, were reported today not
to be serious. He is a patient at
St. Charles hospital.
Hunt's two-wheel motorcycle
outfit was struck by the Prine
ville ambulance as Hunt directed
traffic. Responsibility for the
crash was blamed on an unknown
motorist who disregarded red
warning lights in coming into the
intersection as the ambulance ap
proached. In order to dodge the
car, James E. Adamson, Jr., driv
er of the emergency car, swerv
ed and hit Hunt's motorcycle,
throwing the officer some 20 feet.
Hunt had met the ambulance
at the north city limits of Bend
and was directing the car through
the traffic when the crash oc
curred. Hunt had stopped the
traffic, to permit passage of the
ambulance, when the unidentified
motorist came through the inter
section. In the ambulance was Thomas
Puett, of Prineville, a medical pa
tient who was being brought to
St. Charles hospital from the
Prineville convalescent home.
Puett suffered no injuries in the
crash, and the Prineville ambu
lance was not damaged to any
great extent. Adamson was not
hurt.
WAI.SH TO SPEAK AT CC
Clark B. Walsh, director of pub
lic relations for the Oregon state
game commission, will be the
guest speaker at the chamber of
commerce forum-luncheon tomor
row noon at the Pine Tavern.
Walsh will speak on the public
relations and educational program
of the commission.
The fish and game committee
of the Bend chamber of commerce
will sponsor the meet.
VET BIIX INTRODUCED
Salem, Feb. 24 ill") The house
military affairs commiltee today
introduced a bill to appropriate
S150.000 to organizations within
Ihe state aiding in rehabilitation
of veterans.
Snow Survey, Crew Finds Dutchman Flat Pack Now 158.3 Inches Deep
Attempt to Kill
Basic School
Bill Defeated
Support Measure Would
Hike Fund Up From $50
To $95 for Each Child
Salem, Feb. 24 ill'" An attempt
to kill a basic school support in
crease measure was stopped in
the house today, 33 to 27, after a
two-hour debate.
T he measure, which would !e
referred to the people, would hike
the basic school support hind
from $50 to $95 per child. It
would'swell Ihe fund to approxi
mately $32,000,000 a year.
House Voles
The house voted to adopt a ma
jority report of its education com
mittee which recommended pas
sage of the bill.
But an attempt to put the bill
on final adoption was defeated.
Two-thirds majority is necessary
to suspend the rules.
The measure will come up for
final passage in two days If nor
mal procedure is followed. Mean
while, both sides will attempt to
swing votes to their sides.
To Aid Building
The additional funds raised by
the proposal would be used to aiil
"distressed" school districts with
their building needs. The bill orig
inated in the slate education de
partment. The house education
committee voted 6 to 5 for the
measure.
Rep. Giles L. French, R., More,
led the opposition. He said Ihe
basic school support theory is
"not fbr equalization of education,
but for equalization of taxes."
French, who Is a member of
the committee, said it would be
more economical to levy taxes at
local levels to aid districts that
need money for new buildings.
Carries Burden
Rep. Lyle Thomas, R Dallas,
committee chairman and a for
mer school teacher, carried most
of the burden for Ihe proponents.
He said "in all probability" a por
tion of the proposed additional
funqs would have tQ be raised on
a direct property levy not offset
by Income taxes.
"Despite this," he said, "schools
need money and the question is
whether it will be a property tav
at the slate level or at the coun
ty level."
"The question is equalization,"
Thomas emphasized. 'Districts
that can afford to pay must aid
those areas that cannot afford to
pay."
An attempt to send the bill to
the ways and means committee
was defeated 39 to 21.
Station Power
Increase Asked
An application is being prepar
ed to submit to the federal com
munications commission asking
permission to increase the power
of KBND from 250 watts to 1,000
watts daytime and nighttime, il
was announced here today. Such
an Increase will provide four
times more power and will vastly
increase Ihe area covered by the
station, KBND officers said.
Alvin H. Barnard, Portland, has
been retained as consulting en
gineer on the project.
Work of preparing a studio in
Redmond, in the Redmond hotel,
was started this week.
Pictured here are two membeis
and Perry, obtaining a snow core
out ol sight
Pearson's Prize Nomination
Draws Slap From President
Truman Says Columnist Probably Nominated
Himself for the Nobel Peace Priie Award
Washington, Feb. 21 U.E President Trumnn told his
news conference today that columnist Drew Pearson and
President Peron of Argentina had probably nominated them
selves for the 1!)49 Nobel pence prize.
Word came from Oslo, Norway, last night that President
and Mrs. Peron, Pearson and Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt were
among 2:5 nominees for the prize.
Elmer Davis, American Broadcasting Co. commentator
Snow 158 Inches
At Dutchman Flat
Depth of snow on Dutchman
flat, in the pass between Bache
lor butte and Broken top west
of Bend, is 158.3 inches and holds
a record moisture contest fortius
time of year of 61.6 inches.
Measurement of the snow and
water content were made yester
day by V. T. Frost, hydraulic en
gineer in charge of snow sur
veys and water forecasts for Or
egon, wilh headquarters at Med
ford. Accompanied by three Bend
men, A. E. Perry, Deschutes wa
termaster; Harold Sexton, bureau
of reclamation, and Webb Loy,
Bulletin photographer, Frost
made the trip into the Dutchman
flat area yesterday afternoon by
snocat. The eastern Cascades
were found deeply blanketed by
snow.
Launched at Snow I.lne
The sno cut was taken out over
the Cascade lakes highway on a
I ruck and was "launched" at the
snow line near the Lava island
road. The outfit covered a total
distance of 28 miles. On the trip,
some samples were taken at low
er elevations. At the 4.300-fool
level I here was 36 inches of snow
holding 13.5 Inches of water, and
at the 5,900-foot level, at the Wa
noga butte road, the snow depth
Is 111 inches holding 42.5 inches
of water.
Present snow depth at Dutch
man flat Is just under the heavy
puck measured at the same lime
in 1943. Frost left for the Mt.
I foj
Hood area today.
Bend Students
Rule Freshmen
At Willamette
Bend students, it nimenrs. hnve
just taken over the rule of the
iresnnian class at Willamette uni
versity. At Willamette, elections are
held twice each year. Lowell
MiMiHUn Hen,) w.tn nfeslflent nf
Ihe class In the term just ended.
ror the remainder of the year.
Bend students have been elected
nfflfps. I IiM-e Is the llncnn:
Don Benson, son of Mr. and I
Mrs. Byron Benson, class tiresi-1
dent. Don was Bend high school
senior class president in 1948.
Don rritcnelt, son oi ivir. and
Mrs. Donald E. Prikhett, vice
president.
Priscilla Bodkin, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. M. I). Bodkin, sec
retary-treasurer. Priscilla was
Bend high school valedictorian in
TEST 1'I.l'NKED
Seattle. Feb. 21 dl'iPaul Souse.
Bay City, flic, was arrested for
wcavy driving here today, lie
flunked the drunkotneter test.
of the snow survey crew. Frost
at Dutchman flat. The gage went
in the snow.
who identified himselt to the
president today ns u colleague
ot Pearson, asked if by any
chance had this government
nominated Peron and Pear
son. The president said he could
say no categorically. Then as
an afterthought, he said they
probably nominated themselves.
Quest Ions Given
President Truman came in for
some mirthful questioning about
his use of the term "S.O.B." in a
slap at Pearson Tuesday night.
Truman at that time defended
Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan, his
military aide, for accepting an
Argentine medal. Pearson had at
tacked Vaughan for taking the
medal.
The president, questioned about
what , had happened since he had
used Ihe strong language, said
the reaction had been very satis
factory to hhn.
Newspaper Iteports
The Washington Star said edi
torially yesterday that Truman
must have been referring to the
"senate office building." A report
er told Ihe president today that
ihe writer of this editorial ob
viously was confused. Truman
said he feared the writer would
have to remain confused.
Vaughan got another decora-
lion last night. This one was from
Mexico, and Vaughan was pretty
sure It wouldn't stir up a ruckus.
But there was still a lot of talk
about Truman's assertion on
Tuesday that lie wasn't going to
let "any S.O.B." make him fire
Vaughan or anyone else, ,
Apology Asked
The Rev. Carl Mclntyre, presi
dent of the International Coun
cil of Christian Churches, has
asked Truman to "apologize to
the American people" for making
such u remark "and ask God to
forgive you."
The clergyman said Ihe expres
sion was "unbecoming do) an oc
cupant of the high office of the
presidency of the United Slates."
The official While House tran
script of the president's speech
substituted "anyone" for "any
S.O.B."
Israel, Egypt
Sign Armistice
Rhodes. Feb. 24 Ul'i Israel
signed a historic armistice with
Egypt today in a brief 21! mlnute
ceremony which laid the basis
for permanent peace In Ihe holy
land.
In the armistice Israel won tie
facto recognition from the Arab
states, which Immediately lined
up to follow Egypt's example and
make peace wilh Tel Aviv.
Tim iinKwtmnnl a:tvn Isr.n.l the
n l.r.ll, 111 ..ll ,f tt...i,-ch,l t,nl 91
Jewish settlements in Ihe Negev
captured during last October's bit
ter battles.
Egypt won a 100-.square-mlle
slice of southern Palestine cov
ering a 20 by 5-mile strip along
the coast from (laza south lo the
Egyptian border.
Depth of the snow at this point was over 158 inches. Making the measurements are A. E. Perry, W.
T. F rost and Harold Sexton, who, with Web Loy. Bulletin photographer, made the trip into the Dutch
man flat area via sno cat. The mountain in the background is the South Sister.
Wallgren Terms 'Ridiculous'
Charge He Permitted Reds
To Infiltrate State Government
Says Senator Cain's Accusations Made
Because of Personal Grudge Against Him;
Declares FBI Checked State Administration
Washington, Feb. 24' (U.P) Former Gov. Mon G. Wallgren
of Washington today termed as "ridiculous" the charge that
he permitted communists to infiltrate the state government.
Wallgren told the senate armed services committee, which
is considering his appointment ns chairman of the national
security board, that the charge was made by Sen. Harry 1'.
Cain, R.; Wash., for personal reasons.
He said Cain has a grudge
discredit him.
"I would like to say thu
this 'soft on communists'
charge is just as ridiculous
and silly as other charges he
(Cain) made or will make
against me," Wallgren said.
He said that when he became
governor of Washington in 1945
he hired a number of former FBI
agents to make a complete loyal
ty check on the slate administra
tion. "If that is being soft on com
munism, let us have more of it I"
he said.
Wallgren named the former
FBI men In his administration as
Willium Poole, finance depart
ment; A. J. Zimmerman, public
utilities department; Matt Mc
Cloud, highway patrol; and Mar
vin Stroble, liquor board.
Wallgren snkl one of his ap
polnlees was accused of commu
nism but was acquitted by a
court.
He identified the appointee as
John Caughlan. He said Caughlan
had a "meaningless job that paid
no salary whatever."
"He had no duties at all," Wall
gren said.
Wallgren said that Cain "spent
many words" trying to say that
his attack was impersonal.
"But in closed session, he told
you why he brought these charg
es, Wallgren said.
"A committee member said
then that these pnivate charges
threw a different light on this en
tire healing," ?-
The committee lias never dis
closed what charges Cain made in
the closed session and Cain him
self has refused lo discuss the
matter wilh reporters.
Cain told the committee Mon
day that Wallgren's state admin
istration "came under the control
of persons whose first allegiance
Is to the Kremlin.
Local Man Takes
Police Position
Bill I. Murphy, air corps veter
an, Bend high school graduate and
former University of Oregon foot
ball lineman, has accepted a posi
tion with the local police force and
Is now on patrol duty, Chief H. A.
Casiday announced today.
.Murphy, graduate from the
Bend high school In l'.)41, was a
member of Bend's state high
school football team In 1940, play
ing a guard position. In pre-war
days, he played on the University
of Oregon Frosh team, took time
out for service as a pilot In the
army air corps, and returned lo
the university lo hold down a
guard position In 1940.
The new patrolman Is a native
of Bend. lie Is married. Mr. and
Mrs. Murphy have a daughter,
Madeline, ;i.
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against him and is trying to
ijohn Bolter Wins
Oldtimer Contest
Redmond, Feb. 24 (Special)
John Bolter, who has farmed the
same ranch for 69 years, received
his mall from eight different post-
offices and lived In three differ
ent counties without moving, has
been declared winner of the Des
chutes Farmers Co op old timers
contest. Judges meeting here yes
terday afternoon studied scores or
letters and records in arriving at
Ihe decision.
In recognition of his long resl--,
dence In Central Oregon, Boiler, J
wnose rancn is on i rout crcex m
northern Jefferson county, within
a stones throw of the Wasco
county line, will receive a table
model radio. The old timer has
been a resident of the midstate
country since 1878. When the
family settled in the irout creek
valley In pioneer days, the com
munity was In Wasco county.
When Crook counlv was erealed
from Wasco in 1882, the Bolter
ranch was "moved" to Crook. It
has been In Jefferson since that
county was created on December
12,1914.
First Award Given ..
The first place award went to
the old timer who has farmed
tor the longest time on the same
farm, and is still farming.
Second prize, two de-luxe pas
senger automobile tires, was
awarded A. A. McCord, a resident
of the McKay creek community,
five miles northeast of Prineville,
since 1879. Now 86 years of age,
McCord was 10 years old when
he moved to t lie area. Second
place award was for the old timer
who has farmed for the longest
time In Central Oregon and is still
farming.
Third prize, a small radio, went
lo the old timer who has farmed
the longest lime In Central Ore
gon and Is no longer farming.
Winner was George Slayton. who
settled In the Prineville area in
1869, taught school In Prineville
In pioneer days, mined diamonds
in South Africa for a time and re
turned to the old homestead In
1907. He was credited with 64
years of farming.
Judges Deride
Judges based their decisions on
information submitted under
rules of the contest. Only nom
inees for (he old timer awards
could lie considered. Incomplete
Information In several cases made
it impossible to consider some of
the nominees for minor awards.
Judges were Dolly Hodges Fess-
ler, Prineville; Mrs. T. A. Power,
Madras; Mrs. Joe Brown, Red
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