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THURSDAY, JUNE 16,1949
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THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, OREGON
THE BEND BULLETIN
and CENTRAL OREGON PKESS
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UNEMPLOYMENT AVERAGES AGAIN
UnemDiovment in the Columbia region (the CVA terri
tory) is three times greater than the national average. That
statement has been the text tor a lot tnar. Assistant secretary
Davidson has had to say in his pro-CVA argument. A CVA
would mean power, power would bring industry, industry
would provide employment that has been his theme.
. We have mentioned this Davidson argument here before
and we have reported the figures put out by the Oregon unem
ployment compensation commission showing that whatever
' may have been the fact with respect to some special months
selected by Mr. Davidson the situation had changed. Perhaps
some day he will come back with figures covering a longer
period than that he first selected and they will need examina
tion, but at the moment we are taking the Davidson asser
tions in relation to current conditions.
What, those conditions are are of especially interest in con
nection with the authority argument. They are graphically
Rhown in the June 10 issue of U. S. News and World Report.
The chart is on page 26. It is a map of the United States show
ing as to each state the per cent of persons covered by unem
ployment insurance who were collecting benefits in the week
of May 1. . .
The accompanying text tells the reader that at that time 6.1
per cent of all covered U. S. workers were unemployed and
drawing benefits. It is almost funny to remember the David
son assertions and then to take a look at the map chart. It
shows that of the CVA states only Washington was at the na
tional average of 6.1 per cent. Oregon's figure was a full
point lower, or 5.1 per cent, and the other states showed as
follows: Idaho, 3.1, Montana, 3.9, Utah, 2.5, and Wyoming,
1.8.
Nothing funny about that, you say. No. But in Tennessee,
in the very heart othe TVA region, the figure was 9.9 per
cent.
We hope Mr. Davidson will discuss that situation some day.
KIT CARSON WAY
' There's a new north entrance to Klamath Falls on The
Dalles-California highway and Malcolm Epley, in the Klam
ath Herald & News, proposes that it be given the name, Kit
Carson way or road. It s smart to capitalize on history, Mac
says and he is right. Moreover, on this side of the Cascades
there are few names ot early days on wnicn we can capitalize.
Fremont's is one that always has interest. That is why we
used the story of the Fremont howitzer in this column last
week. Kit Carson was a member of the Fremont party along
with the howitzer and Mac is right about the significance in
the name.
Here is what he says about the Kit Carson way and it is all
good except the dates. They are badly confused.
The new North Entrance needs a name, and we propose
Kit Carson way, or Kit Carson road. It has long been the
opinion of this column that some local feature of note should
be named in honor of the famed scout who was here with
Fremont, and the handsome new highway route would be
most appropriate for the purpose.
Kit Carson was one of the most glamorous characters In
the history of the American West. The noted frontiersman
came into the Klamath country as the scout for the Fremont
party in 1846, and undoubtedly passed on horseback over
part of the present North Entrance route on the morning of
May 6, 1843. It was Kit who a short time later gave the
alarm at Fremont's camp on the west side of the lake when
the Indians attacked, and he later performed with his usual
valiance In a bitter fight with the Indians on Williamson
river.
It's smart to capitalize on history. Call the road Kit Car
son way and you won't have to tell anybody the significance
of the name.
Cose for Pelf on
Dam Sef Forfh
In Rebuffal
Following U th Uit installment of
the rebuttal tUtemtnt ot thw NorlhwMt
Power Supply company, aa ubmitted
to the Oregon hydro-electric rommiulon
In conjunction with the I'elton dam
application Another tna (aliment will be
published tomorrow.
Out On ihe Farm
By 11a S. Grant
June 1G The green of giowlnR
things, the song of a waterfall
at dusk and the sl(?ht of majestic
mountains silhouetted against a
cobalt sky are treasures not to
be taken lightly. As Edward
Everett put it poetically in an
address at Buffalo, in 1857 (ac
cording to the records), "As a
work of art, 1 know few things
more pleasing to the eye, or more
capable of affording scope ami
gratification to a taste for the
beautiful, than a well-situated,
well-cultivated farm."
Calico is as well-situated as
any farm in Central Oregon, its
owners will readily admit. But in
the quality of its cultivation,
there's room for improvement.
Nearly 40 acres of room, in fact.
Not that we don't like a few
patches of sagebrush, an occa
sional neat pile of rocks gath
ered from the field, and some tin
trimmed Juniper trees. In fact,
we think a few of these little
natural touches are nice for con
trast. We'd like to have another
40 acres "in the raw" just for
"roughing it."
The Chief und his side-kick got
busy with the tractor the other
day on the front corner of the
place, making some of the more
rugged spots look a little mure
"cultivated." The government Is
downright stuffy about such
things. If you have 20 acres
of water, you must have 20 acres
of land "under cultivation." That
is to say, growing something he
sides sagebrush.
The GM's looked like a couple
of demented firebugs doing their
"clearing." They have a flnmc
throwing device that burns every
thing in its path, and when the
Job was over, we were rid of
quite a patch of sagebrush and
seven fence posts. The two fiends
chugged around happily In the
tracior. I hey re saving now for
a fire chief's hat, so they can
lake turns being boss.
(Note to the assessor: Is there
a place for listing "flame throw
ers" on the form for reporting
personal property? We have four
fin-bearing animals three cats
and one dog; two items of poultry-
banty roosters, and various
other livestock, including cut
worms ami horned toads. Do 1
put my canvas gloves under "gar
den equipment" or "miscellaneous"?)
(9) Development of power on
other streams. Some assertion
was made during the course of
the hearing by the protestants
that hydroelectric power could
and should be developed on other
streams than the Deschutes Riv
er. The proponents of the applica
tion showed very definitely that
this appeared to be the only site
on which power could be develop
ed at a cost of power compar
able to that of the Federal gov
ernment hydroelectric projects.
(10) Use of Fish Hatchery.
Some comment was made that
the present fish hatchery on the
Metollus River would be destroy
ed by the construction of this
dam. The present hatchery on the
Metollus River shoowed a very
small amount of salmon during
the past year, there having been
trapped approximately 275 salm
on of which only about 75 were
females. The hatchery on the Me
tolius could well be used as a
trout hatchery for the' propaga
tion of game fish, and the pro
posed Pelton project will Include
in its plans a salmon hatchery be
low the dam in which there is
just as much possibility and
probably more possibility of de
veloping a salmon run on the Des
chutes than in the present hatch
ery on the Metolius. As for both
game fish and food fish, the Pa
cific Northwest will ultimately
come to the realization that art!
flcial propagation of fish is and
will be a necessity in order to per
petuate such natural resources.
Natural propagation would never
be able to keep up with the influx
of population. As more population
comes to the area, more sport
fishermen will be engaged in
catching fish and natural propa
gation would never keep up with
the demand.
The applicant is informed that
the location of a fish hatchery
above the dam is not a detriment
to the propagation of fish, and in
some Instances fish hatcheries
are so located. We understand
that the dam on the Santiam Riv
er near Detroit constructed by the
Unitod States Engineers makes
no provision for fish ladders or
other means whereby fish can mi
grate in the stream, and that the
fish hatchery in connection with
the dam is located above the dam.
In such instances the fish are
trapped below the dam and either
the fish or the eggs are transport
ed to the hatchery, and young
fish transported to the stream he
low the dam.
(11) Reservation for Irrigation.
The representatives of the irriga
tion districts, Including the United
States Reclamation Bureau, have
suggested to the Commission that
a restriction be incorporated In
any permit Issued in this matter,
which would give a priority to fu
ture projects without regard to
the amount of water or interven
ing rights. Such a broad restric
tion might have an adverse effect
upon financing any power proj
ect, an dit would be unfair to pre
vent a present valuable use of the
water because of a remote possi
bility that at some future time a
different use might be made,
There Is no objection to a restric
tion limited to presently contem
plated development.
Respectfully submitted,
NORTHWEST POWER SUPPLY
COMPANY
By Clarence D. Phillips
Attorney
Behind the Scenery
Few Requests for
Wheat Allotments
All requests for lfttO wheat
allotments must be submitted by
June 2f, II. I'. Eby. Deschutes
county agricultural conservation
association, announced today.
Eby reported that very few
Deschutes county farmers have
made, to date, allotment requests
for the 1930 wheat harvest. lie
said that glowers should remem
ber that anyone who exceeds his
wheat allotment will not only
have to pay a marketing penalty
for wheat harvested on excess
acreage, but also will be inelig
ible for price support on any of
his 1950 wheal.
Truman Deplores
Public Hysteria
Use classified nils In The Bulle
tin for quick results.
Washington. June lfi ill'
dent Truman today blamed post
war nystei ia lor much of the cur
rent public furor over spy hunts
and alleged espionage cases.
The president talked at length
with reporters on the general sub
ject of current spy trials and in
vestigations. He took the posi
tion that the country is going
through a period of hysteria that
follows every great crisis.
He said he felt confident that
no part of his executive branch of
the government was hysterical
and he promised to clean out any
official who became a victim o'f
the spy hunt hysteria.
lie said, under questioning, that
he knew no intention on the part
of J. Edgar Hoover to resign as
director of the federal bureau of
Investigation.
"Does Hoover have your confi
dence?" Ihe president was asked.
Mr. Hoover has done a good
Job, was the president's only reply.
Ily PhU V. Brogan
In directing tourists to points
of interest in Central Oregon,
don't overlook the McKenzie pass.
Geologists say the area, with the
spectacular Three Sisters as a
background, "offers the traveler
unobstructed views of one of the
most important sheets of recent
lava in the United States." The
road, these geologists add, skirts
and cuts across an almost tree
less wilderness of basalt more
than 70 square miles in extent.
Clinkery lava, so fresh in ap
pearance that it seems only late
ly to have congealed, contrasts
vividly with the older, underlying
ice-scratched pavements, striking
ly exposed near Craig lake, at
the western edge of the summit
lava beds.
Dr. Howel Williams, author of
"Volcanoes of the Three Sisters
Region," noted that two princi
pal vents contributed to the for
mation of the lava fields north
Of the McKenzie highway. These
are Belknap crater and Little
Belknap crater. Flows from Lit
tle Belknap spread around two
knolls just north of the highway,
of the present, forming the green
"islands" that attract the atten
tion of visitors to the high pass.
When the syrup-like rock was
llowing from Little Belknap, a
mass of black lava moved down
the slope from craters near the
northern base of the North Sis
ter. This was the great Yapoah
flow. Close to the spot now occu
pied by the Dee Wright memor
ial, the Belknap flow was checked
by the deep front of the Yapoah
flow. Both flows congealed at
that point.
When did the flows of black
rock spread over the pass region?
This is generally the No. 1 Ques
tion asked by tourists. Geologists
are a bit cagey in providing the
answer. Belknap 'crater activity,
Dr. Williams mentions, "ended
only a few centuries ago."
The Little Belknap crater vent,
on a lava mound overlooking
the rocky terrain, is covered by
a stony mound. Nearby, not far
from the trail to the cone's sum
mit, there Is a massive, downward-plunging
tube, from the
roof of which delicate lava stalac
tites still hang. This tube, like a
giant gun concealed In the lofty
lava lands, points toward the set
ting sun.
No Deficit on
Redmond Show
Prineville, Juno 16 While
many had been anticipating a
substantial deficit, Otto Hoppes,
president of the Central Oregon
chamber of commerce, reported
yesterday that the organization
will have a surplus of around $51,
after paying expenses of the Cen
tral Oregon Educational Air show
at Redmond airport last Sunday.
The regional chamber sponsored
the show, which drew 240 private
planes and 4,000 spectators, in co
operation with the state board of
aeronautics. Funds for defraying
the expenses were derived largely
from a dance held at the VFW
club quarters at the Redmond air
port on Saturday evening, June 4.
Hoppes declared, however, that
he thought the Redmond Break
fast club Buckaroo Breakfast as
sociation must have been giving
study to the Biblical parable of
the loaves and fishes. Hoppes
said this group fed 800 hungry i
pilots at a sumptuous breakfast of i
ham, bacon and eggs and fried ;
potatoes at a cost of only $163.60. !
Our 551, said Hoppes, "may
be cut slightly if wo get a bill i
for the potatoes the pilots con
sumed. No bill has been present
ed yet and we think the potatoes i
were n donation "
EQUIPMENT MOVED
Madras, June 16 The Adler ;
-Presi-' Construction Co. has been en-;
gaged in moving heavy equip- j
ment from Its. headquarters shops
and warehouse hero to the Wick-
lup reservoir southwest of Bend. S
The company has a contract for j
raising the face of the dam. which ;
stores water for the 50,000 acres
of the North unit of the Des-;
chutes project in Jefferson
county.
Work on the contract, planned
for last winter, was interrupted
because of the loVig continued rec- j
ord low temperatures. j
WILL BE INSTRUCTOR
Fred Perry, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Aubrey Perry, of Bend, left
today for Walla Walla, Wash.,
where he will be Instructor and
charter pilot for the Martin
School of Flying. Fred recently
completed his first year of school
at Walln Walla college. He holds
a commercial flying license and
an Instructor's license.
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