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THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, OREGON
SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1949
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tiir srTinnL BUDGET
In general the budget for the Bend school district for the
coming nscai year jb uiguer unu uwi
ly 160,000 higher until capital outlays enter into the computa
tion. There elimination of a general item for building, which
n oil h hnnrllPf) out of the Droceeds of the continuing special
levy for the next four years, nicely overcomes the increases
an income other than that from direct taxation larger
amounts of state and county aid and cash on hand brings
the general levy needed still lower in comparison with that
under which the district is now operating. The fact that the
new continuing levy is to oe lor la mius wnue uie one which
if will rpnlane in for 10 mills virtually cancels this advantage.
The dollars and cents cost to the district will closely approxi
mate that for 1948-49. The tax rate win De pne-ienin 01 a mm
lower.
. Tho hnHrBt. pnmmittee has set a fine example in halting the
increase in taxes which has been -going on for years. At the
same time that it has done so, it has provided adequately lor
school needs in a growing district. It has even made possible
the addition of first and second year college work in selected
courses, offering the opportunity for a considerable retention
of income in the community as well as making advanced edu
cation available to many to whom the expense would otherwise
be prohibitive. It has provided the means ot Dringing up to
top standard those few of the local schools which had been
classed as "conditionally ' standard.
In our opinion the committee's work has resulted in sound
budgeting. Quite possitiy tne estimate 01 tax losses is insui
f icient but that is something that the experience of the 1949-
60 fiscal year will have to disclose. What we prefer to dwell on
is the fact that the tax line has been held oh one front at least
and the further fact that the district, as a result of the budget
ing of earlier years and the able administration from which
it is benefiting, is now free of debt and operating under a pro
gram which, barring real emergency, may be counted pn to
keep it so.
' DENTAL HEALTH SURVEY ,
Although a survey, the reports of which were1 published
ahhIi, fliiu nionlr mrr,ala a riiirhni nnipnntu(m nf fnnrVl rlopflV
f . r nHAn u i tunH ,w. fkn
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country, it is pleasing locally to observe that in central ure
son there is less of such trouble than in the coast counties.
It would be unwise to hasten to any conclusions as to the
reasons for these differences but the general subject is one
which does invite no end of theorizing and that may profitably
lead to discoveries which will help Oregon as a whole and the
coast country in particular to reach higher levels of dental
health. .
One of the first possible causes to suggest itself is naturally
-that of Oregon's water supply, probably the best and the most
closely approaching purity in the world. It is in the very fact
of this purity, that Oregon water is suspect for the streams
from which domestic supplies largely are drawn are typically
ly fed by mountain snowflelds, their courses running through
volcanic formations in which mineral salts of value in bone
growth are lacking. Such constituents are not present in the
water which we drink and must be sought especially in other
items of diet. This lack has boon noted before in connection
with study of the high incidence of goiter in certain areas-and
has been recognized in the now wide spread use of iodized salt.
Other dietetic supplements, -it is possible, could benefit in
preservation of the teeth.
Naturally this explanation fails to explain the lower rate
of tooth decay in central Oregon. If there is such a thing as
pure water, it is found right here. And so the suggestion has
been made that greater use of fish as a food in the coast coun
ties may be responsible for the higher rate that has been
found to exist there. That suggestion will bear exploration.
So, too, will the idea that there is a difference in the personal
care of teeth. And (the members of the profession, we arc
sure, would never suggest this) but isn't it just possible that
nere tney nave been doing a better advisory job, that parents
here have learned the desirability of frequent check-ups for
the younger generation as a routine matter of prevention?
In viewing a report of this kind, we realize, it is difficult
even to theorize with any groat amount of satisfaction with
out knowing the manner in which the survey, on which the
findings were based, .was made. Specifically we are thinking
of the influx of population to Oregon in recent years. We are
wondering whether the survey made any breakdown as be
tween children born and raised in this state and the children
of comparatively short residence here, whether, if so, these
children were from areas where tooth decay is more preva
lent or less prevalent than here. In other words, whether the
average of dental health in Oregon has been raised or lowered
by this population change. It seems to us that these things
would have been worth finding out and that, if they were, the
answers would be of undoubted interest.
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By IVter Edson
(NEA WashinirUm Cornwiiomlent)
Washington (NEA) Only of-,
flcial government light on the
big television trade battle now
raging Is a recent 17-page letter
from Federal' communications
commission chairman Wayne Coy
to Sen. Edwin C. Johnson of Colo
rado, chairman of the committee
on commerce.
Because of Its length, the FCC
letter didn't get the attention it
deserved, outside the trade press.
But since its answers to half a
dozen pointed questions from
Senator Johnson In effect state
FCC policy on regulation of the
new television Industry, they are
important. Boiled down to essen
tials, the story they have to tell
is this:
At the end of the war, FCC es
tablished 12 television channels.
Each channel was six megacycles
wide In the 44-to-216 megaaycle
band. Other channels in this band
were assigned to other communi
cation services.
In March, 1947, FCC denied a
Columbia Broadcasting system
proposal to establish standards
for color television. This turned
into an industry fight. Columbia
had a system for sending red,
blue and yellow signals In se
quence, then combining them on
the receiver. Other companies
were working on systems where
by all three color signals would
be transmitted simultaneously.
They bucked Columbia's applica
tion. FCC froze the industry
pending further development.
In May, 148, FCC opened up
the question of using the 475-890
megacycle band, which had been
assigned for television in 1945.
The FCC admits that more
channels must be used if a com
petitive television Industry is to
cover the whole country. But
FCC has yet to -make up Its mind
and hand down its decision on
how this is to be done. FCC com
missioner Robert F. Jones, in a
supplementary statement, says
that every day the changeover is
delayed means Just that much
more Inconvenience for the public
later on. And Jones says that.the
public interest should be more im
portant than the private Interest
of operators now in the industry.
On the monopoly angles, FCC
has no control over manufactur
ers of receivers, other than those
manufacturers who are also tele
vision broadcasters. For these op
erators, FCC can consider patent
monopolies which may result in
restraint of trade. And FCC may
also withhold licenses from any
one who has been convicted of
violating the anti-trust laws.
Tho 12 channels now assigned
to television are not enough to
take care of demand, particular
ly in the big city areas. Assign
ment of more channels in the
IJHP and VHF, or very high fre
quency channels, in the same
city. FCC says it will have to
mix them in some areas.
Vested Interests now operating
would naturally like to see pres
ent standards adopted for the
UHF channels. Other vested inter
ests not now operating would like
to see the UHF band limited to,
say, color television. The commis
sion has a tough job deciding
which policy will be for the great
er public Interest. But the only
way in which many of the pres
ent radio station operators can
get Into television will be by as
signment of more channels to television.
As for protecting Hie public
against having television receiv
ers made obsolete through the
opening ot new channels, that
now seems to be a risk which
every owner or purchaser of a
television set will have to take.
The public runs the same risk In
buying a new automobile, refrig
erator or washing machine. Some
new invention may come along Airplane "hitchhiking" by in
any day to make present equip- sect pests from one country to
ment out ot date. another has become a serious
ICC now has no control over problem.'
manufacturers, so can't require
them to state whether or not their
sets will receive both VHF and
UHF signals. Commissioner Frie
da Hennock thinks a new law
giving FCC such authority might
be feasible.
Church to Hold
Rallies in Bend
Rev. G. Ferry, missionary from
French Indo-China, will be the
gnnakT for the missionary rally
to be held on
April 4 and S at
the Christian &
1 Missionary Alii
1 ance church, 520
' 1 r-l Lava road. The
meetings will
start at 7:45 p.
if m. each even
ing. "Rev. Ferry
will bring tid
ings from a suf-
leiiug ciiurcii, uue to the strug
gle in that land, and from a peo
ple who are victorious in the
midst of their suffering because
of what the gospel message has
done for them,". It was announc
ed from the local church. Rev.
Ferry will be one of three mis
sionary speakers to appear at the
rallies. The public has been in
vited to attend.
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Reserve Officers
View Weapons
Local reserve officers met last
evening in the county court house
assembly room to receive instruc
tion on the "Weapons of an In
fantry Battalion."
The Instruction was given by
Lt. Wayne Sawyer of Fort Lewis,'
Wash., and his assistants, - Sgt.
First Class Rudolph Tuten and
Sgt. Buster B. Tiffany. The team
sent out by Sixth army headquar
ters to give instruction to local
reserve-igroups displayed all of
the Infantry battlion weapons in
cluding the new recallless 57mm
and 75mm guns now being used.
Members of the 633rd OR Com
posite Group and reserve offi
cers from Bend, Redmond and
Prineville were present for the
meeting. ' The next meeting of
the group is scheduled for
April 13.
Highway Worker
Fatally Burned
Redmond, April 2 Hit Fatally
burned In an explosion at the
state highway department oiling
camp near here Wednesday, Loren
H. LeBlanc, 62, died at the Red
mond hospital that night. Mr.
LeBlanc had been here 20 days,
working with the surfacing crew.
A native of Minnesota, Mr. Le
Blanc was unmarried. A sister,
Mrs. Fred Erwin, lives in Klamath
Falls, and the body has been sent
there for services and burial.
Mr. LeBlanc had been a resident
of Oregon for the past seven
months.
Angered by Plans
For Water Use
COMMUNICATIONS
Communication are invito on mat.
tern of r.n-rent and local interest. Let
ters should not bo over 400 words in
lenirth, on only one side of the paper
and, if possible, typewritten. Letters
or manuscripts submitted for publl
cation will not be returned.
Bend, Oregon
March 31, 19-19
To tho Editor:
On behalf of the Bend chamber
of commerce, we would like to ex
press our thanks to you for your
cooperation in helping us to put
on a successful spring openine.
Very truly yours,
Ray LeBlanc.
Chairman, Retail Merchants
Committee.
Prineville, April 2 Apathy In
Irrigation, generated the past 10
years during a wet cycle, disap
peared here as land owners, com
munity leaders, towns people and
professional folk read a report to
Guy Cordon, Oregon U. S. sena
tor, from Michael W. Straus,
commissioner of the U. S. bureau
of reclamation.
For years here In Crook coun
ty new angles ana approacnes to
ward gaining an early realization
of development of reclamation
from application of stored waters
of Crooked river have burgeoned
as perennially as the blooming of
the high country sagebrush. As
April Is born this year, however,
interest in the project is being re
stimulated, with evidences of the
crystallization of general unity
for the Crooked river project
brought Into being primarily for
creating a stabilized agricultural
development for Crook county.
People Angered
The new Interest In their
Crooked river project, stimulated
by their anger at proposals in
the Straus report to Senator Cor
don, succeeds a sense of baffle
ment and confusion the Straus
report created on first reading.
Proponents of the Crooked river
project were told last fall that a
report on it by the bureau of fed
eral agencies and congress, a re
port supplemental to the Colum
bia river basin report, which it is
expected will be submitted for
congressional action soon, would
be ready in January. It was de
layed until April 1 for the region
al office at Boise, and is not now
promised until July 1 for the
Washington office. Crook county
interests have now learned that it
is proposed to substitute for the
immediate development of the so-
called Prineville dam, located
some 20 miles upstream from the
city of Prineville, the develop
ment of a larger reservoir at the
so-called Post dam site, some 55
miles upstream from Prineville.
The Straus letter indicates that
a motivating influence in this
substitution comes from the bu
reau's plan to divert more than
half of the stored waters of the
Post reservoir to the North unit
of the Deschutes project in Jef
ferson county, where, it is de
clared, the storage supply of
Wickiup reservoir on the Des
chutes river is inadequate, espe
cially in view of the potentialities
of leakage that have developed.
Viewpoint Explained
The viewpoint is taken by resi
dents of Crook county reclama
tion leaders and landowners that
the Crooked river project should
be developed with Crook county
land, fertile and lending itself ec
onomically to application of the
water, getting first call on the
supply. The Straus report indi
cates that the bureau is taking
into consideration, in its plans for
the Post reservoir, only the sup
ply of water to the Ochoco divi
sion of the over-all Crook county
'development and not the use of
any of the water on new lands of
a new unit. Indeed, all the water
not alocated for the Ochoco land
needs will be diverted to Jeffer
son county or some other point
In the Deschutes watershed.
In view of the Straus report, a
sentiment is growing here that
the report on the Crooked river
project should be made on a basin-wide
basis at the earliest pos
sible moment. The Crook county
people, who have been given to
understand that the Oregon state
engineer has made allocation of
Crooked river water to lands of
Crook county, want the conserv
ed waters of the Crooked river
watershed applied in such volume
as may be needed to the maxi
mum of beneficial uses on their
own Crook county land, with only
the surplus diverted to other uses.
It is cited also that the first dam
of the Crooked river system
should be built at the so-called
Prineville site. Otherwise, It is de
clared, a loss of 20 per cent of
the water of the watershed will
be. lost. This percentage of the
runoff of the watershed, lt is
pointed out, enters the Crooked
river main channel below the
point where the Post dam is pro
posed to be constructed.
Observers In Accord
Observers of the irrigation
problems of this area are in ac
cord with the bureau of reclama
tion, they say, in seeing a pos
sible solution of some of the
troubles of the North unit proj
ect and other Central Oregon ir
rigation districts by development
of the Crooked river project In a
maximum way and utilizing a
surplus of stored waters of
Crooked river on the lands of
other counties. The Crook riv
er interests declared, however,
that they will be adamant in a
demand that they get first call on
the waters of Crooked river not
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only lor providing a supplemen
tal supply tor the Ochoco unit
but lor all irrigable new lands
which can be efficiently served
from the reservoirs.
The Crook county Interests, )n-'
eluding all elements of the busi
ness and economic set-up here,
have met the Straus report with
immediate action. Following a
discussion of it, W. M. Romlne,
president of the Prlnevllle-Crook
county chamber of commerce,
named the following general com
mittee to engage in activities to
prevent the carrying out the pro
posals: Judge A. R. Bowman,
chairman; .Claude Williams, ran
cher; E. L. Woods, Crook county
agent; La Selle Coie, manager
of the Ochoco Irrigation district,
and H. S. Mersereati, manager of
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the Alexander Yawkey Lumber
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A meeting will be held with
ranchers of the post district this
evening In conjunction with the
meeting there of the Post grange.
A second meeting will be held
Tusday afternoon with landown
ers in the Paulina section.
The development ot atomic en.
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consequences and great promise
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CHURCH of GOD
12th and Fresno Streets
7:45 p. m.
Beginning Sunday
and will continue every evening except
Saturday.
.Rev. H. A. Schlatter, Salem, Oregon, .
will be the speaker.
ALL ARE INVITED TO ATTEND THE SERVICES
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