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THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, OREGON
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1949
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By Poter KdNon Co., Pacific Power and Light,
nka Washington Correspondent! Portland General Electric, and
Washington (NEA) r Fancy Northwest General Electric Co.
wnat inis reveals is
shenanigans are going on around
here In connection with the Col
umbia valley authority plan.
President Truman first tried
to get senate and house to hold
joint hearings on his pet bill to
set up a CVA. He called Sen. Den
nis Chavez of New Mexico and
Congressman William M. Whit
tington of Mississippi to the
White house to talk about it.
They are chairmen of senate and
house public works committees. !
Whittington blocked joint hear-
mgs. lie said his committee had
so many other things to do it
couldn't possibly get around to
CVA before mid-June. Truth of
the matter is that his committee
is believed to be divided 34 to 13
in favor of CVA, though Whit
tington himself is against it On
the side, Whittington is vice pres-
$9,588.60 CITY LEVY FOR 1917
As the result of the decision made in the 154-vote election
held lust week, taxes of $177,321.92 will be levied against
.lien a property to, meet, tne expense oi ciiy auiiniusiraiiun m
the next fiscal year. Had the vote been adverse considerably
more than half of this tax could not be levied, The reason, of
. course, is that the greater part of the levy is in excess of the
six per cent limitation.
How much? Well, the ballot didn't say. In Bend city elec
tions, as far back as we can think, the ballot never has said.
In recent years we have asked the question now and then. j ident of the national rivers and
Nn nns isnmnH to bnnw Wo nskor lit H (rnlll th IS VPfir WltH ItlC I 3 -uiiKi .-!.. una IS tne
same result. The trouble was that there was no record ot tne
levy that was made in December, 1916, for 1917. It was alter
that, of course, that the then new provision of the Oregon con
stitution went into effect. It allowed a municipality to in
crease its levy six per cent each year but required that any
levy in excess of the six per cent increase must oe approvea
by the people at special election.
Now it seems that cit.v minutes covering a cood bit of 1916,
including the time at which the levy for the 1917 budget was
made, had been mislaid a good many years ago. There is noth
ing to indicate that they have ever been found. Nor was tnere
any county record. The levy, it is to be assumed, went to the
assessor to be spread upon the rolls. We are sure that this was
done and that no inconsiderable part of the authorized tax
was collected. But in 1937 the courthouse burned and tax rolls,
including those for 1917, were destroyed.
We found the answer in the files of The Bulletin. It wasn't
much of a levy. It had been first proposed for $13,065. Then
an appeal from a far-seeing citizen who feared that anything
so stupendous would deter tax-conscious industrialists from
locating here impressed the council. The tax was sliced an
even seven mills to $9,588.60.
It was on this amount that the six per cent limitation had
to be computed the following year. Only nobody bothered
about computing it. Bend then required a tax of $25,000.
Manifestly the greater part of this was in excess of the six
per cent limitation, so the entire $25,000 was put up for the
people to vote on. If they voted it all there could be no ques
tion that they would be voting the excess along with the rest
of it.
That's the way it has been going on ever since. Once or
twice a levy was turned down by the voters but favorable
a.ction on one prepared and submitted in its place saved the
administration from the task of getting down to brass tacks
and figuring out just how much could be levied without popu
lar approval. Bringing things up to date, part of the amount
voted last week required no support beyond that of the city
commission. The rest of it the amount in excess of the six
per cent limitation simply had to have a majority of the
voters back of it.
How much of each? Well that's not too difficult, once you
have the starting figure. From that point, it's merely a prob
lem in compound interest. The starting figure, we have said,
is $9,588.60. Compounding at six per cent for 33 years and
we have $65,590.82. That is the amount that could have been
levied regardless of the people's vote. The amount in excess of
the six per cent limitation, then, was $111,731.10.
Seems that we never can catch up, doesn't it? However,
compound interest, once it gets under way, accrues at a simply
amazing rate. According to our tables, the job could be vir
tually done in another 17 years, by which time the limit would i
have risen to $176,622.01. But, to catch up there must be no!
further tax increases. If Bend continues to grow, taxes will
probably do likewise. Some tax reduction along the way, on
the other hand yes, there is such a thing as tax reduction
even if you haven't seen it lately and the day when it would i
be unnecessary to vote on any part of a city levy could come:
even sooner. j
With the thought that that time may come and that if or -when
it does it will be well for the city to have a base on which
to compute the constitutional limitation, we submit the levy I
figure for 1917. I
semi-official kingfish in the pow
erful water lobby, which is op-
posea to an valley authority
plans.
So it was left for Sen. Chavez's
committee to hold hearings first
and alone. As near as can be fig-
una senate puouc tlon for a
works committee has onlv two
ui-iiiui-i uis ill lavur oi lva
Chavez and Senator Sparkman of
Alabama, a storng TV A man. The
other six democrats and all five
republicans headed by Sen. Har
ry Cain of Washington are
against CVA. So it has no more
chance than any snowball in June
on Capitol hill. Nevertheless, the
committee will go through the
motions of holding CVA hearings.
President Truman's bill will be
presented first. The hearings will
then recess the week of June 6.
That will give anti-CVA forces a
week in which to prepare to cive
it tne Dusiness during the week
or June id.
In the meantime. Chairman
Whittington of the house public
woiks committee has made a fast
play of his own. On short notice,
his committee held one-day hear
ings on what is known as the
army corps of engineers-bureau
of reclamation-Weaver-N e v e 1 1
plan for Columbia river develop
ment. The record of the day's hear
ings reveals a good bulldozer
technique. Nobody appeared who
was opposed to the VVcaver-New-ell
plan. E. VV. Rising, registered
lobbyist for the national water
conservation conference, seemed
to be in charge. This NWCC has
for its Columbia valley affiliate
an outfit known as Pacific North
west development association. A
recent audit of its books showed
S U Li 1 a n I i a 1 coiilribulions for the
years 1945-46-47 from Idaho Pow
er Co., Washington Water Power
a private-
uiinty-DacKea loony opposing de
velopment of the Columbia val
ley authority plan. They all have
a perfect right to do this, if that's
the way they feel about it. But
it's just as well to understand all
the gimmicks, right out In the
open.
Republican Governors Douglas
McKay of Oregon and Arthur B.
Langlie of Washington testified
in favor of the army engineers
plan, though Governor Langlie
said he hadn't had time to study
it in detail.
It doesn't take a super-intellect
to figure out the reason for this
intentional bypass of the Presi
dent's CVA program. The house
public works committee now has
under consideration legislation
authorizing flood control and riv-'
ers and harbors projects for 1950-
51. This is the regular biennial
pork barrel authorization that
congressmen love so dearly.
If congress can be persuaded to
put through these authorizations
for army . engineers recom
mended programs, this will in a
way tend to head off any legisla-
columbia valley au-
Fact and Fancy
By Ken Hicks
The city of Bend has been cited
for not having a single pedes
trian death during 1948.
Now that presents a moot
question. Who gets the credit for
this record? is it tne city, be
cause of superior traffic law en
forcement? Is It the motorist,
who has been cautious and con
siderate? Or could it be the low
ly pedestrian himself, responsive
to the law of self-preservation?
After mature deliberation we
have come to the conclusion that
the pedestrian deserves the bulk
of the credit. It may be our brisk
mountain air, or possibly some
thing in the water, that makes
Bend residents unusually agile.
In any event, we have seen sev
eral standing broad-Jumps, at the
intersection ot Wall and Frank
lin, that would challenge Olympic
records!
Just to show you how smart all
these people are, after the Tisar
ings were over the principal wit
nesses went to the White house
and had themselves photographed
with the president. This was a
little like rubbing Mr. Truman's
nose In it, and making him like it.
Out On the Farm
By Ha S. Grant
June 8 After a few hot days,
you can almost see the seeds pop
rignt out oi the ground. I d swear
that the squash sprouted, under
our very eyes, the other night
in the garden.
Casual inspection disclosed that
two plantings of squash had
pierced the earth. We hoed around
the broad-leaved shoots carefully,
and covered each group of tiny
plants with a "hot cap," an indi
vidual hut house made of waxed
paper. As we worked, we discov
ered more of the shoots, and
where some of them had broken
through, the ground was pushed
into peaks that had cracked from
the pressure of the seedlings.
Soon there were 10 or 12 hot caps
dotting the garden like small rep
licas of the tents the Arabs fold
when they silently steal away.
ino ground looKea so nice
where we hoed around the squash
that we cultivated all the cabbag
es before ye stopped. The little
r 'n
It's all very well when one
crosses the street intersections
that are guarded by stoo siens.
With an occasional exception.
pedestrians are safe In these
lanes.
The other two corners, how
ever, afford rare sport for motor
ists. There ,no inhibiting stop
signs must be regarded. So the
amusing little game of "whizz
their coattails" is not uncommon.
Certainly the pedestrian lane is
clearly marked. Of course the law-
says pedestrians have the right
of way in these lanes.
But one never can tell If the
brakes of yon car have been ad
Justed of late. And it's still bet
ter to be a live pedestrian than
an object lesson for motorists.
We almost can hear it now, the
Inquest alibi: "I thought he'd ect
out of the way in time."
explained In ah aggrieved tone.
"They won't let us put stop signs
on the highway."
That's undoubtedly .the case,
but we wonder why the Oregon
highway commission doesn't take
a page from California's book, in
the matter of highway safety In
side municipalities. Yes, there
definitely are stop signs on all
major highways inside California
cities!
How do we know? Well, our
story that we were so Interested
in viewing the tall buildings at
KIngsburg that we missed the
stop sign didn't Impress the
judge at all.
DECONTROL ASKED
Ashland, June 8 LP The Ash
land city council Monday night
voted unanimously to petition
Gov. Douglas McKay to request
Federal housing expediter Tighe
E. Woods to decontrol rents In
the Ashland area.
The vote was taken following
a special public hearing on the
issue last night.
Payroll Records
Set During 1948
New high payroll records were
established this past year for 35
of Oregon's 36 .counties, the
state unemployment compensa
tion commission reported today.
Increases noted In Deschutes,
Jefferson, and Crook counties
amounted to 16, 24.9 and 47.1 per
cent, respectively. Payroll for
4.328 persons covered by upem
ployment compensation insurance
In Deschutes county amounted to
$12,830,247 for 1948, compared to
$11,065,127 for 3,980 persons in
1947.
Crook county, with the highest
percentage increase, had a pay
roll totaling $5,528,925 for 1,714
persons covered In 1948 compared
to a $3,758,996 payroU in 1947
for 1,377.
In Jefferson county 380 persons
GETS DEGREE
Howard E. Besson, of Bend, was
one of 88 persons to receive de
grees Sunday at the commence
ment exercises at Southern Ore
gon College of Education, in Ash.
land.
Besson was graduated with a
bachelor of science degree in ele
mentary education.
The graduating class of 88 men
and women was the largest in the
history of the college since the
bachelor of science degrees were
first offered In 1941. .
covered had a payroll amounting
to $1,585,165 in 1948, compared to
a $1,269,325 payroll for 386 per
sons in 1947.
Only county to report a de
crease In the state was Multno
mah which had a covered work
ers' payroll totalling $442,426,303
in 1948, compared to the 1947
payroll of $545,CJ0,000.
Use classified ads In The Bulle
tin for quick results.
cnuiiKs oi -moist eartii . wore a
great fascination for the cats, and
they knocked themselves out to
Others Say
THE NEED GROWS GREATER
(Coos Bay Times)
Dr. William J.' Corrlgan, mem
ber of the slaff of Keizer hospital
in North Bend, as a speaker at a
recent meeting of the Worth Bend
Tonst musters club, chose as his
topic the need ot better hospital
facilities In this area. A more
timely topic could not have been
brought up, nor could it he dis
cussed by one better qualified to
talk on tiie subject of better hos
pitalization. Dr. Corrlgan is one
of tne score of physicians in tne
bay area who are keenly Inter
ested in hospitalization. Graphi
cally, he toiu oi the need for car
ing for the ill and the maimed.
Injured persons, to wiium prompt
attention Is vital, ill persons who
must be hospitalized if they are
to have a complete hoped-for rapid
recovery, cannot be snumed hith
er and yon in search of a hospital
where they can be treated for
their ills.
North Bend Is awaiting the
opening of a large plywood manu
facturing plant wn.ch will bring
to the city at least 150 workeis
and their families. Too, the Wey
erhaeuser Timber company is
completing plans for Mui ling
In Us ultimnle analysis, doctors
and nurses In tne bay area deserve
tne highest praise lor their abil
ity to perform Ineir humanitar
ian tasks Willi such efficiency in
the face of the lack of space so
badly needed tor tne cam of the
sick.
Dr. Corrlgnn's talk should
awaken public interest In the need
of tne community, not only North
Bend bul tne enure area, so tnat
some definite ai l ion niiylu be
taken to provide large cnoug.i hos
pitals wnei'ein our sick can bo
i-oniloiibly housed and treated.
It Is not conducive tn comfort or
recovery wnen patients have to
be placed in beds in I'allways ami
other like places to undergo treat
ment. Additional hospital facilities
will, in the course oi events, nrmg
more doctors and more nurses,
who In turn will be better able
to perform their mission of mer
cy in healing the Ills of the community,
NARCOTICS STOLEN
Dr. It. E. Raclemachcr has re
ported the then from his automo
rule in Bend Mils past week end of
a small amount ol narcotics, ne
rnrdini! to tnlormmicm nn tim In
sawmill and logging operation inihe nxal police station. It was the
this area. Tins in Itself would i second nicotics theft reported
indicate the need of additional hos , here In the past week. Earlier,
pilal facilities so that those who Dr. I'. W. Chernenkolf reported
must be sent there for treatment : the loss of a small amount from
can gel It without having to await '. his car .after a window had Ix-en
turns. I "Jimmied".
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We asked a Bend Dollceman
alert for stop sign violators but1
ignoring narrow escapes in the
other two lanes why there were
not stop signs on all four cor
ners at Wall and Franklin.
He gazed at us sadly, as though
pitying the ignorance of a new
comer. "Why, that's the highway," he
Join In the fun. j
The sky was a koleidoscope of
color overhead. The sunset start- j
ed out in a rhapsody of pink and j
blue, with delicate tints reflected j
In the east. Snowy clouds played i
like whitecaps on a fairyland sea. 1
By dusk, the brilliant color in the i
west had softened to delicate lav-1
ender, and in the fading light of j
late evening, the western sky was I
like silver satin, tied with ribbons !
of gold.
As darkness descended, the si-'
lence was punctuated by the '
sound of hammering, as the i
loung Man worked rinrrcorllv rm
his tree house. Just above flip
fork in the biggest Cottonwood,
he is building a little nereh whero
he can be master of all he sur
veys. Lives there a city-dweller who
has never climbed a tree, or
watched a sunset from a country
field, or felt the thrill of the
earth's fecundity?
These are things more precious
than gold.
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Many people think that a modern laundry gets its results through
using strong soaps and various kinds of chemicals during the washing
process, but nothing is further from the truth. The best of soaps is
used, but one of the secrets of the'washing process is in the constant
use of a great deal of water and the constant change of water.
As a matter of fact no home uses a better grade of soap in the
washing process than that used by us. And no home can begin to use
the amount of water that is consumed during the washing of each
batch of garments.
We Know Our Wash Doesn't Injure Fabrics
Periodically we check our process, washing a white cloth in our hard
est wash for 20 times or more. The cloth is sent to the American
Institute of Laundering for analysis, and consistantly they report that
after 20 hard washings there is only 2 to 5 damage far less
damage than results from home washing.
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