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iness with scattered showers
today and Sunday. High
temperatures 80 to 90 both
days. Low 48 to 58 tonight.
CENTRAL OREGON'S; DAILY NEWSPAPER
33rd Year
BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON. SATURDAY, MAY 14, 1949
No. 136
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Loft homeless when their nest was inadvertently destroyed by a
construction crew north of Madras, two tiny eaglets were brought
to Bend and turned over to the Eagles lodge for care. Watching
the little birds, here as they rest under the spreading wings of a
metal eagle is Park Fleming, F.O.E. trustee. He is caring for the
eaglets at his home, until they are large enough to be released. The
birds have been identified as bald eagles.
Crucial Baffle for Shanghai
f Believed Geffing Underway
By Frank H.
(United Press Vice-President fur the Pacific Areal
Seoul, Korea, May 14 (U.E)
Atom appear to be under direct
according to information received from an American plane
that left there today.
a. This morning I took off from Tokyo for Shanghai By way
X of Seoul. During the flight to Seoul our Northwest Airlines
plane intercepted messages
ft hich had just lelt Shanghai s
' The intercepted messages
j gave the following picture:
1 One Chinese National Avia-
tion corporation plane was
fired upon.
. i Heavy artillery fire and explo
: sions were heard throughout the
' , night by Shanghai residents.
FVirfs tinner Mre.
'Vjf From the air the Woosung forts
pPPear t0 oe under fire and direct
attack.
.. A semi-circular ring of villages
ai )imd Lunghwa airport is burn
- ing.
A Fan-American plane was told
v to make an ocean approach to
Slunghai and be very cautious.
The impression we received
''Jrorii uiu niubbuyci j umi uic en
tire battle seems to have moved
into the outer limits of greater
Shanghai itself.
At the same time the Chinese
nir force issued a warning to all
commercial aircraft to slay clear
-."of Kiangwan airfield, one of the
m.dn military airfields in the
'"Shanghai area.
There is no doubt that the
Shanghai drama is approaching a
climax.
The general feeling is that there
A i.Till ha nrt nvHllr7 hnmhnrflmpnf
on the city itself since the com
munists would not want to wreck
the queen city of the most popu
lous nation on earth. They more
" piobahly would attempt to bottle
it up completely, cutting off the
an ports and the river route to the
." sea and trying to force a capitula
tion by a continuously-tightening
squeeze.
,;' Current fighting, reported ap
; proaching the Woosung forts, in
v dlcates that American and British
nationals already have been cut
(tH from naval evacuation unless
i'Ssihe ships are prepared to run the
i guns on the Yangtze at the junc
tion of the Whangpoo.
Bend Boy Scouts
Leave for Circus
; ' Bend Boy Scouts were moving
north early this afternoon In
troop format inn, to take part In
the annual Fremont district scout
: circus to be held In Redmond.
0ioning feature of the program
was a parade, set for 2 o'clock
"' this afternoon. Kiwanls will pro
lcle the evening meal for the
scouts, and- assist with program
arrangements.
Thp scout circus will be an
evening affair, at the Deschutes
county fairground, and will get
under way at 7:30. W, R. Romine,
. Pi Ineville, district chairman of
camping and activities, will be
in charge of the circus. Scores of
nets have boon arranged.
One of the features of the cir
cus will bo the appearance of the
Warm Spring Indian boy's, in full
"war regalia." Explorer scouts of
Bend are to present signaling
demonstrations, using two large
smnal towers. Redmond scouts
will conduct a model camp. Kirs
bv friction will be demonstrated
. bv Tumalo scouts.
As a result of n light rain last
night, the grounds were reported
, In Ideal condition this afternoon.
Spectators will be seated In the
covered stands.
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Bartholomew
Shanghai and the Woosung
attack by communist forces,
from another Northwest plane
Lunghwa airport.
Pelton Hearing
Delegate Named
? Prinevllfe.Mav 'l4--Wllliam B
Morse, joint representative in the
state legislature from Crook and
Jefferson counties, will leave Red
mond airport Wednesday, for
Washington, D.C., to represent
the Central Oregon chamber of
commerce at a hearing before the
public works committee of the
house of representatives pertain
ing to Pelton dam on the Des
chutes river. Morse stated that he
had just received a telegram from
Homer Angell, national represen
tative from Multnomah county,
who arranged for his appearance
at the hearing, to be held some
time the coming mid-week
Called by Opponents
The hearing has been called, it
is understood here, by opponents
of the Pelton dam, who will in
voke portions of Report 308 of the
corps of engineers, U.S. army.
That report, it is declared, recog
nizes an agreement of federal
agencies, including the fish and
wildlife bureau of the department
of interior, which provides that
tributaries of the lower Colum
bia should remain free from high
dams, In order to provide a sanc
tuary for propagation of fish.
Morse, it was stated, will re
view before the committee the in
tensive fight at the recent legisla
tive session, when both houses,
after hearings, reports and stu
dies, gave the Pelton dam the
green light. He will present evi
dence of the united support in
Central Oregon counties of all in
terests labor unions, farm groups
and business and industrial organ
izations. Bend Students
Place at Klamath
Jerry Wright and John Allen,
both of Bend, placed in the senior
division competition today of the
annual state high school music
contest being conducted in Klam
ath Falls.
Wright placed first in the cor
net solo, and Allen won third place
honors in the boys' high voice
contest.
Some 3.000 high school students
are entered In the two-day affair
which opened yesterday.
Eugene, Washington and
Grant high schools won the class
A orchestra competition. Orches
tras from Salem, Klamath Falls
and Medford won second division
spots.
Today glee clubs, mixed chor
uses aiid class B, C and D bands
are competing.
ATTACHMENT SOUGHT
An undertaking for attachment
has boon filed in circuit court by
Ruth Brynelson against Robert H.
i Riddle, et ux, according to rec
ords in the county clerk's office.
I In her complaint, the plaintiff
'states that she received no com
Ipensation from the defendants
: for service she rendered them in
i the capacity of registered nurse.
1 She is seeking a judgment of $260.
Storm Brings
Lightning. Rain
To This Area
Ten fires were started on the
Deschutes national forest, mostly
in the Fort Rock district, yester
day afternoon by an electric
storm, one of a series that passed
over Central Oregon. In the se
ries of storms the latter part of
this week, 16 fires were started
by bolts striking into the dry
woods.
All 10 fires spotted following
yesterday's storm in the southern
woods were controlled, it was re
ported from the local forest office
this morning. Crews were still
working on some of the fires, re
ports transmitted by Held radios
revealed.
Rainfall Heavy
Heavy rain fell in the East butte
area of the Fort Rock district,
with half an inch reported. This
was the heaviest precipitation of
the season in that normally dry
region. Various parts of the for
est received precipitation from the
afternoon thunder storms. In
Bend, the rainfall for the storm
amounted to .16 of an inch.
Fire conditions in the woods
were generally improved today,
with high humidity reported. Low
clouds drlited over the eastern
Cascades at sunset last night, at
tree neignt.
HEAT SUBSIDING
(By United Pros)
A "million-dollar rain" damp
ened Central Oregon last night
amid a spring heat wave that
showed signs of subsiding
throughout the state Saturday.
Farmers in large areas of Cen
tral Oregon, particularly In the
Prineville-Madras district, were
jubilant over heavy showers that
ended a two months' drouth.
The Prineville weather observer
reported .34 of an inch of rain
and E. L. Wood, Crook county
farm agent, said the shower "may
be - worth a million dollars."
Ends Dry Spell
There had been virtually no rain
in Central Oregon since the middle
of March. Pasture lands weer
parched and cattlemen' were hard
pressed to find sufficient feed for
their livestock.
The rain was expected to hasten
growth and permit wheat grow
ers to proceed with spring plant
ing. But the weather was still hot
through most of Oregon.
The U. S. weather bureau at
Portland recorded the following
high temperatures for the 24-hour
period ending at 4:30 a.m. Satur
day:
Ontario 91. Pendleton 87, Baker
84, Burns 83, La Grande 80, The
Dalles 85, Salem 81, Portland
(city) 83. Portland airport 81,
Medford 81 and Bend 80.
Pre-School Age
Children Will
Attend Programs
Pre-school children who will en
ter Bend schools next fall, and
their mothers, will be guests at
beginners' day programs next
Week at the city's five grade
schools.
All youngsters who will reach
their sixth birthdays on or before
Nov. 15, 1949, are being invited
for an introduction to school life,
while their mothers will be enter
tained at programs.
The adults will hear talks by
Dr. Elizabeth Bishop, medical dir
ector of the tri-county health de
partment, who will speak on the
school health program; Mrs. Al
meda Hoist, director of remedial
work in the city schools, who will
have as her topic, "School Readi
ness," and Mrs. George Simer
ville, local authority on psycholo
gy, who will discuss "Parent and
Teacher Point of View."
3 Afternoons
The prospective first graders
and their mothers or guardians
will visit the-schools nearest their
own neighborhoods, or the ones in
which the children will be enrolled
in the fall. Persons not sure of
the boundaries may get informa
tion by calling the schools. Be
ginners' days will be held three
afternoons next week, from 1:30
to 3 p.m., as follows: Wednesday,
May 18, Marshall and Yew lane
schools; Thursday, May 19, Allen
school; Krlday. May 20, Kenwood
and old and new Reid schools.
Officers Join in
Check of Cars
Approximately 2,033 cars wore
examined here in the three days
that state and local officers joined
in a local traffic check, with stops
placed on various routes. Of the
total motorists checked, 62 were
found to be using void drivers'
licenses, or were without licenses.
Brakes on a considerable number
of cars were found defective. A
number of cars were found with
out horns, or with defective horns.
A number of arrests were made,
and In other cases warnings were
Issued.
Northwest Rivers Conioouimig
Rise; Rich Farm Land Menaced
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Redmond Air
Show Plans
Formulated
Oregon's governor, Douglas
McKay, will fly to Central Ore
gon to attend the air-education
program at the Redmond airport
June 12, Mrs, Evelyn Whitaher,
state board of aeronautics repre
sentative from Salem, announced
Friday.
Mrs. Whltaker met wilh mem
bers of the aviation committee of
he Central Oregon chamber of
commerce in Redmond last night
to draft plans for the air-day,
She said that there Is also the
possibility that Gov. C. A. Rob
ins of Idaho will attend, Invita
tions have been sent to both gov
ernors, according to Mrs. Whit-
maker, but, so far, only Gov,
McKay has indicated his inten
tion to be In Redmond for the
program. T -
Starts With Breakfast '
The air-day events will begin
at 8 o'clock Sunday morning,
June 12, with a chamber spon
sored breakfast at the airport
for pilots participating in the
program. The Redmond Bucka
roo Breakfast association has
volunteered its services to cook
and serve the meal.
A schedule of the air events
which will be conducted through
out the morning has not yet been
announced. Tentative plans call
for free airplane rides to the pub
lic, an all girls air-race, and an
airplane dusting exhibition. The
program will be concluded bv
about 1 p. m. From 300 to 500
pilots are expected to be In Red
Big Dance June 4
Financing of the program,
which is to be co-sponsored by
the Central Oregon chamber of
commerce and the Oregon state
board of aeronautics, will be
through an all-Central Oregon
dance to be held fc Redmond
June 4. The dance will be at the
V. F. W. hall, with music by the
North Unit Melodiers. Members
representing the various Central
Oregon chambers were distrib
uting tickets for the dance last
night.
The proposal was made to re
quest the services of members of
the Saddle club and the area mo
torcycle clubs to aid in directing'
traffic and parking cars at the
airport on the day of the pro
gram. The Central Oregon chamber
will hold its next regular meeting
in Prineville May 24.
J. R. Roberts, of Redmond, pre
sided at the meeting last night.
McKay Names
Potato Group
Salem, May 14 lPi Members
of Oregon's new potato commis
sion created by the recent legis
lature were appointed by Gov.
uougias McKay r rmay.
Purpose of the commission Is
to promote and advance Oregon
potatoes, through advertising and
publicity campaigns in this and
other states.
The commission will strive to
educate consumers In use of po
tatoes and to educate retailers
In methods of handling and sale.
McKay named these men to the
commission:
S. E. Hartley of Nyssa and
Floyd Stoneman of route 3, Wei
ser, Ida., (Malheur Co.), repre
senting Malheur county; N. I..
Weiga.nd of Powell Butte and
John Brooks of Madras, central
Oregon (Crook, Deschutes, and
Jefferson counties); Scott War
ren of Klamath Kalis and Wil
ford J. Dixon of Merrill, rcpin
sentlng Klamath and Lake conn
ties; Clyde Warren of Baker, rep
resenting the Blue mountain area
(Baker, Union, Wallowa, Grant
and Umatilla); M. B. McKay of
Troutdale, representing Multno
mah county, and Robert Miller
of Broadman, representing the
state at large.
The commission Is charged
with the responsibility of find
ing and opening up new markets
for Oregon potatoes.
NAMED DELEGATE
Kate Tierney, secretary of the
Bend AFL culinary alliance, has
been named official delegate of
the Central Labor council to the
annual Oregon state federation
of labor convention to be held in
Eugene June 2025, It was report
ed today.
Old Age RefJremenf Plan
To Cover Counfy Employes
Placed in Budget Tofal
Deschutes county's budget commiitee acropted old age re
tirement for county employes last night and in doing so
raised estimates for 1949-50 expense to a point where the
required levy will crowd the ceiling set by the six per cent
constitutional provision. If county library personnel, which
was not included in the figure given for public contribution
to the retirement fund, is added to the program, the extra
amount required, a 'possible $1,200, would make the squeeze
even tighter.
As it is, the amount of coun
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ty rjartirination was sot tit
$li,700. Of this, $4,500 is to
cover employes whose pay
comes from the general fund
and $7,200 for those paid out of
the county road fund.
Fund Again Increased
The general fund budget," al
ready upped to allow higher pay
rates, was again increased to al
low the $4,500 item. The road fund
of $202,550 remains unchanged.
Roadmaster George McAllister
had suggested that the $7,200 be
taken from the appropriation lor
jock and road oil but the budget
makers decided that the item for
salaries and wages could stand
the charge and reduced It to $57,-
720.
First Indication that a move
ment for adoption of the old age
retirement plan was under way
was given Tuesday night when
D. D. Tussing, long-time road
crew member, presented a peti
tion, signed by a sampling of
court house and road employes,
asking that the budget commit
tee ascertain the cost of partici
pation to the county.
Ask Adoption
i Last night a score of elective
and appointed county personnel
iattended the committee's meeting
Till" the circuit "courtroom at the
courthouse to ask, this time, that
the plan be adopted. C. L. Allen,
county Judge, gave Ihe figures as
$7,200 to cover the road depart
ment and $4,200 to cover court
house personnel.
None of the commlttee Allen,
Commissioners A. E. Stevens and
E. E. Varco and appointive mem
bers Pearl Weigand, C. E. Thomp
son and Gordon Randall had any
objections. Mrs. Helen Dacey,
county clerk, and Aubrey Perry,
watermastcr, did object, however,
when it was suggested that all
proposed salary increases be can
celed. Tentatively approved up
ward revisions of pay were not
disturbed.
Memorial Included
General fund appropriations, at
the close of the session, totaled
$163,981.34, including an oft-re-budgeted
item of $15,000 for a vet
erans memorial. The appropria
tion for the Deschutes share of
the expense of the tri-county
health unit, $9,788, remained un
changed after Dr. Elizabeth Bish
op, head of the unit, had appeared
in response to Invitation to ex
plain travel estimates which her
budget contained.
The total expense budget for all
purposes, as it was left by the
committee for Auditor Bernard C.
Davis to whip into final shape, ap
proximated $556,600. Of this
amount, the road fund was set up
to offset expected revenues, no
taxation being involved, and the
post-war road fund of $52,000 was
a rebudgeting of the unchanged
balance which will be carried over
from this year.
Judge Allen called special at
tention to the appropriation for
county law library, which, he said,
will not again be needed. An old
charge for law books which has
been reduced by Installments over
a period of years, will at last be
willed out by the $441 which Ihe
committee alowed.
Air Patrol Head
Will Visit Bend
i
I Colonef W, G. Dye, wing com
mander of the Civil Air patrol in
Oregon, and his staff will he In
Bond Wednesday, May 18, for a
meeting wilh all poisons Inter
ested In the Civil Air patrol pro-
; gram, It .was announced here to
day. Purpose of this mooting will
be to reactivate the Bond squad
ron, a unit that lias boon Inac
tive for Ihe past several years.
In the war years the Bend squad
ron numbered nearly 100 senior
i and cadet members, and was rec
ognized as one of the most active
units in the state.
All tntnroatfvl npt-tinnq InMtlfL
Ing high school boys and girls
Between the ages of l: and in.
are being asked to attend this
meeting, to he hold in the Bend
i high school Wednesday at 8
p. m.
:
Eisler Refuses
To Leave Ship.
Southampton, England, May
14 IIH) Fugitive communist
leader Gerliart FJslcr, kicking,
screaming and trying to wrench
himself loose, was taken off the
Polish liner Batory tonight by
British police to face proceed
ings for extradition back to the
United States.
Southampton, England, May 14
(U?) Gerhart Eisler, communist
agent fleeing from the United
States to Poland, refused to come
ashore from the Polish liner Ba
tory today and the captain of the
ship backed him up in his deci
sion, reports from the vessel said.
British police boarded the Ba
tory this afternoon at the re
quest of the United States gov
ernment and asked Eisler to come
ashore for proceedings to extra
dite him to the United States.
The. fugitive communist leader
skipped bail of 24,500 pending ap
peals on convictions for passport
fraud and contempt of congress.
Eisler, according to an infor
mant who came ashore from the
Batory, refused to leave the ship.
Captain Adamant
Police appealed to Captain Jan
Cwiklinskl for help. He report
edly answered that Eisler had
paid His passage to Gdnyia, Po
land, and that he could not force
him to leave the ship If he did
not want to land.
The British police investigators
returned to the mainland for
further instructions from the
home office.
They planned to return to the
Batory for further Questioning at
6 p. m. (1 p. m., EDT.)
A representative of the U. S.
embassy, which made a formal
request that Eisler be detained
for extradition proceedings, still
was aboard the Batory.
An official of the Polish em
bassy came ashore In the same
tender with returning Scotland
Yard representatives.
"I cannot speak," he said and
hurried away In an automobile
with two other men.
Redmond Twins
Win Contest
Two Jefferson county girls,
members of n pioneer Central
Oregon family, have been de
clared state winners of a twin con
test sponsored by The Oregonlan,
it was learned here today.
The girls are Phyllis and Shir
ley Bolter, 20, daughters of Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Bolter of Wil
lowdale, north of Madras In Jef
ferson county. The twins are Jun
iors at Oregon State college. Their
home is a 17,000 acre cattle ranch,
and the girls are the fourth gen
eration of n family to live on the
same place.
Their great-grandfather, Ed
ward Bolter, sottlod there in pio
neer days, before Bond was on Ihe
map of Oregon. Their grand
father. John Bolter, still lives
there, and was winner of an old
time rancher contest recently con
ducted In Redmond.
Father Operate Ranch
Their father now operates the
big ranch. In the vacation months,
the girls assist their father ami
grandfather in caring for 700
Ilerefords that graze on the Trout
crook hills.
At Oregon State college the
girls are members of PI Beta Phi
sorority. Phyllis was Junior prom
princess and Shirley was Kappa
Sigma sweetheart this spring at
O.S.C.
Shirley and Phyllis were born
j In Bend. Nov. 28, 1!)28. They at
icm, ihkh kiiwi hi maunm.
As Oregon finalists the girls
now enter a national contest
and should they win they will get
la free trip to South America.
Bonners Ferry Faces Serious
Threat by Sunday Night; Dikes
Patrolled by Anxious Crews
(By United Prean)
The broad, snow-fed Fraser river broke through a flood
gate Saturday, spilling two inches of water over five acres of
farmland. near Vancouver, B.C., as thousands of around-the-clock
dike patrolmen nervously watched rivers swell to flood
stage elsewhere in the sweltering Pacific Northwest.
The Kootenai river flood threat at Bonners Ferry, Ida.,
was expected to become "serious" by Sunday night. i .
A minor break in a dike on the Kootenai flooded 250 acres
late Friday. There was no in-' : : :
dication, however, at that!
time of more serious breaks.
Hole Plugged
A diver was sent down Satur
day into the muddy Fraser to
plug a hole in the breached dike
with sandbags. Diking authorities
said there was no danger to the
dike. The flood gate is in a cul
vert and Is kept open when the
river Is low. The gate was closed
when the river started Its rapid
rise Thursday.
The Fraser was expected to
reach flood stage this week end
the f rst time since the disas
trous floods of last spring. It rose
six inches Friday night at Mis
sion, B.C., 50 miles east ot Van
couver, to within a half-foot of
the 18-Inch danger points.
Meanwhile, the latest official
reading at Bonners Ferry was
29.1. Sheriff Roy Boehm said It
probably would reach 29.4 by 8
a.m. a .3 rise within tnreejiours.
Flood stage Is 31 feet.
' The weather bureau,' ' mean
while, predicted 'the current
eight-day heat wave would con
tlnue to speed the runoff of a
record Cascade snow pack.
Heat to Continue
The weather bureau said tem
peratures would be somewhat
lower west of the Cascades but
would continue to soar as high as
97 degrees in eastern Washington.
In Oregon the heat wave com
bined with electric storms caused
several small, scattered forest
fires.
Approximately 50 men were
sent into the Umpnua river area
where a forest fire flared up in
part of an old burn. Other small
fires were reported in Lune coun-
Logging operations in Tilla
mook county were halted by the
Oregon state forester when the
humidity dropped below the cri
tical 30 per cent mark.
Army engineers in t'ortinnd
said the Columbia would crest at
21.8 feet Tuesday and inundate
part of Sauvie's Island and some
lowland pastures and orchards.
The Bonneville power adminis
tration said water backed up be
hind Bonneville dam has caused
loss In a "power head" and elec
tricity generation at the dam had
fallen off 7,000 kilowatts.
Employmenf
Makes Gain
In This Area
The total number of unem
ployed In Central Oregon chopped
from 1,500 In March to 700 at the
end of April, Clark A Price, man
ager of the Bond office of the
slate unemployment compensa
tion commission, reported today.
The number of unemployment
compensation claimants decreased
to 300 at the end of April from a
figure of 900 In March. Price said
that Ihe majority of workers find
ing employment in that period
wore absorbed In const fuel ion,
logging, lumbering, agriculture
and wholesale and retail trade.
Work opportunities, received
through the local office also wore
up. Price said. There was an un
usually heavy demand during
April for general farm workers,
especially those with Irrigating
experience, and also for experi
enced construction workers, he
added.
KKI'HKSF.NTS I'M'MKF.ItS
Otto Vanoll, of Eugene, has
boon named field roprcsontatlvo
for the AFL plumbers union in
Central Oregon, It was reported
today.
Vancil plans to establish his
headquarters In the AFL office
building at 83 Oregon avenue.
Negotiations for new contracts
are now being carried on bv the
union with contractors in Mad
ras, Prinevilc, Redmond and Bend.
Deschutes Bond
Drive to Open
Monday, May 16
Joining with the state and na
tion in the Opportunity bond
drive, Deschutes county on Mon
day, May 16, will launch a cam
paign to promote ' purchase of
$165,500 In bonds between that
date and May 30, A. L. O. Schue
ler, county bond drive chairman,
announced today. ,
Schueler pointed to the fact
that the county has met and sur
passed all its wartime and peace
bond drive quotas, and predicted
that the new quota,-will be at
tained well in advance of June 30.
"In the past we have had the
full cooperation of labor, busi
ness firms, civic and service
groups and the banks, and I am
sure this cooperation again will
be extended," Schuler declared.
He pointed out that more than
a million and one-half Oregon
people have $503 million dollars
In "stored up" future purchasing
power, to aid in keeping business
on an even keel In the years to
come." He added that Uregonians
who have purchased bonds
through the years now have $14
million dollars In accrued inter
est.
Kick Off May 16
May 16 has been designated
nationally by the U. S. treasury
department as the "kick off" dale
for the Opportunity bond drive.
"There are many advantages to
each of us in the encouragement
of this campaign," Schueler de
clared, adding: "An Increase in
this reserve will help keep pur
chasing power right at home, it
will stabilize business and guar
antee future markets, and It will
help keep the public debt wide
spread." The national quota Is $1,040,
000,000 In the "E" bond scries. .
Pageant Plans
Taking Shape
Back from a trip to Portland,
whore he made arrangements for
outside entertainment features for
Bond's 1919 Fourth of July cele
bratlon, W. J. Baer, pageant
committee chairman, reports that
plans for the celebration are rap
Idly taking shape. A two-night
pageant is planned for the 1949
show, on July 2 and 3, Saturday
and Sunday nights. Ihe rourth of
July this year will fall on a
Monday, providing a double holi
day.
Btir-r has called n meeting of
&f pageant committee for Mon-
dt y night, at T.M o'clock, in the
Bend chamber of commerce office.
Committee chairmen were ap
pointed at a meeting earlier in the
spring.
A queen contest again- will be
sponsored this year. Thp contest
will be confined to Bend, with
high school classes asked to select
girls who will rule over the pa
geant. One of the girls will be
named queen.
Water carnival features again
will be included In the three-day
program, Baer Indicated, follow
ing his return from Portland.
Because of the lack of grounds,
there wil be no rodeo In connec
tion with the 1949 celebration.
Other feautres will be lined up
to replace the rodeos of pre-war
years.
Charles Clark is chairman of
the queen contest committee, Baer
has announced.