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Saturday, scattered light
showers over mountains.
Low tonight 40; high Satur
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33rd Year
TWO SECTIONS
BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1949
No. 170
Western ovemore ProtestCV A Propbsa
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Water Pageant
PlansCompleted;
Events Elaborate
One week from today, the Mirror nond flotilla will he at
M anchor in a bay behind a huge
fcswjnai on tne late evening of July 2 that will mark the opening
g"the 1949 Deschutes river pageant, an event that has at-
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sented on two nights this year, Saturday, July 2, and Sunday,
July 3. '
First entry to move under the arch of ever-changing colors
will be the swan float, with
the fete queen and her prin
cesses riding a make-believe
swan and cygnets into the
broad river, before massed
thousands of spectators. Then
will follow a stately procession of
floats, with each entry individ
ually Illuminated through trolley
contact. Floats being prepared
for the fete indicated that a great
er variety than ever before will
I pass in review, with several com
edy entries to be ineiuaea in tne
fairyland procession.
Arch New Feature
A rainbow arch, designed by
Walter G. Peak and A. A. Sy
fnons, is to be used for the first
time this year. To provide for
the rainbow illumination the up
per part of the broad arch has
been curved, and lights will be
used on three different levels. As
a in past years, more than a thou
sand ullierent comoinanons oi
lights will be available.
Fireworks will be a feature of
each night's show, and each float
will be announced by the bursting
of a bomb, as the entry moves
into the river.
- Work of covering the arch will
be delayed just as long as possi
ble, to decrease the hazard of des
truction by a summer storm, it
was announced today. The frame-
work forjlhie! big arch was. corn-.
c4i)Aedlastweek. Just as soon
-J.the arch is covered, electricians
wraJ begin testing lights.
As in past years, the arch will
be in darkness as deep dusk
comes to the upper Deschutes
country. It will suddenly burst
into rainbow colors when lights
on the queen float are switched
on. The queen and her princesses
will ride their swan and cygnets
downstream to an anchored
throne, then will watch the pro
cessions of floats from that
point.
4,000 Seats Available
It was announced today that
approximately 4,000 seats will be
available for this year's show.
Water follies, featuring Port
land and northwest aquatic stars,
will be presented on the river
both Saturday and Sunday after
noon, starting at 2 p. m. The fol
lies, only show of its kind on the
Pacific coast, is patterned after
m tne tar-tamed "Billy nose Aqua-
caue , wan a. j. senorn as direc
tor. This year, the follies will fea
ture the Aquanettes, a group of
16 girls who will be presented in
rhythmic swimming formations.
The team of girls being brought
to Bend is the one that recently
defeated the Multnomah Athletic
club women's national champions.
Fancy and double diving will be
featured, with a tower to be used.
The platform and tower are al
ready in place on the river direct
ly in front of the Drake park
seats. The aquatic stars will
reach the platform over a cat
walk. The divine Dlatform will
he moved out of position prior to
"e start of the evening pageants,
Bridges Claims
Persecution
San Francisco, June 24 till
The lawyer for Harry Bridges
charged today the government
was trvlne to "oersecute" the
CIO longshore leader in its an
nounced plan to demand $100,000
nan.
Bridges appeared in federal
court yesterday to ask permis-
sion to attend an international
conference of maritime workers
in Marseille, France, next month.
Federal Judge Michael Roche de
nied his request.
Assistant U. S. attorney Robert
McMillan, who objected to Bridg
M' request, disclosed at the same
time he had been instructed to
sk that Bridges' bail be raised
'fom $5,000 to $100,000.
Defense attorney Herbert Res
npr claimed the government
'really U exposing Us hand."
"It keeps trying to tell us that
this is Just a common, ordinary
case," he said. "It is now abun
dantly clear that the government
trying to persecute Bridges and
harass the longshoremen's union."
rainbow arch, ready for the
Atforneys
Open Sessions
In Bend Today
Approximately 30 persons in
the party of the Oregon Bar asso
ciation's board o governors,
meeting here today and tomor
row, are registered at Cascade
motor court, headquarters for at
torneys with families. -
In addition, Pilot Butte inn re
ports the registration of several
unaccompanied lawyers. Still oth
er families are guests in homes
of Crook, Deschutes and Jeffer
son county attorneys' homes.
The professional men are in
session this afternoon at the cir
cuit courtroom for their opening
business meeting. Women and
children are picnicking on the
lawns of the Alva Goodrich and
Robert Foley homes, and children
are swimming in the Foley pool.
Tonight, women will dine at
Elkhorn lodge, and men at the
golf club. Some time today, or
possibly tomorrow, the group
may inspect Bend's new swim
ming pool, according to Alva
(.Goodrich.,, local attorney ..who, has
been active in planning.
' H. H. DeArmond, chairman of
the Bend event and member of
the board of governors, was form
erly president of the Oregon
Mate Bar association. .
This meeting of the board is
the first to be held here since
1940. July's conference will be
held in Portland.'
Health Group
Plans Election
, New officers of the Deschutes
County Tuberculosis and Health
association wfil be named at the
annual luncheon meeting, to be
held Saturday, June 25, at 1 p. m.
in the Pine Tavern dining room.
Mrs. Saidie Orr Dunbar, executive
secretary of the Oregon Tubercu
losis and Health association, will
be guest speaker.
The meeting is open to the pub
lic and there is still time to make
reservations' for the luncheon,
Mrs. A. E. Stevens, executive sec
retary, said today.
Mrs. Willard Higgins, who serv
ed as president this past year,
was in charge of arrangements
for the nroeram. Among those at
tending the luncheon will be a
delegation from Prineville, she
said.
Restricted Area
Has Fire Damage
Washington, June 24 iU') A
three-alarm fire today swept
through a storage warehouse at
the naval research laboratory
here which contained some "clas
sified" or secret equipment.
It was not determined Immedi
ately whether any of the secret
equipment was damaged. A navy
spokesman said the classified
equipment was apparatus, not
paper records.
It was reported that navy
shore patrol stopped even the
Washington police from entering
the highly-restricted naval re
search laboratory grounds.
WORK SESSION POSTI'ONED
A work session at the Skyllners'
winter playground west of Bend,
which was scheduled for this
week end, has been postponed
to avoid conflict with the open
ing of the municipal swimming
pool, Joe Slate, president of the
ski club, has announced.
Skyliners and Boy Scouts had
been asked to turn out to help
clear brush and debris from the
ski run, and to clean the grounds
adjacent to the lodge.
Slate said that the work day
will be held after the Fourth of
July, with the date to be an
nounced later.
New Highway Slashes
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Shown here is the spot where the
west of Bear springs. Tnis picture
waiu warm opnngs. mis urea, in
Warm Springs
Cutoff
Project
In Full Swing
Early summer finds four con
tractors at work on the Warm
Springs cutoff, and it now ap
pears, , that by the time: the first
snows . Of autumn whiten the'high
country" the 46.2 miles'rdute will
be completed and oiled from end
to end. Two of the contractors
have surfacing Jobs, one is com
pleting grading in the seven-mile
forest section at the west end of
the cutoff, and the fourth is con
structing the steel span over the
deep Mill gorge. I
Part of the grade completion
work now in progress is at the
junction of the new highway with
the Wapinitia route, four miles
west of Bear springs. A wide
junction is being constructed at
this point. T. W. Thomas is the
contractor In charge of the seven
mile forest unit and is rushing
the job to completion, to clear
the way for surfacing and oiling
work. The Colonial Construction
Co. has the surfacting job on the
forest section and has set up its
rock-crushing equipment, with
material being' blasted from the
face of a stony hill near Beaver
creek.
Equipment Set Up
The Rogers Construction Co.
has the contract for the surfac
ing and oiling westward to the
forest boundary. This firm has
already completed the surfacing
of the road from the Warm
Springs agency to the Mill creek
gorge, with a unit west of the
gorge also oiled. This week, rock
crushing equipment was set up
at a site on upper Mill creek.
With the Don L. Cooney, Inc.,
contracting firm in charge, the
steel span over Mill creek rapidly
is taking shape. Steel already has
been extended from the west wall
of the gorge out to the first steel
tower, with riveting work under
way. When this work is com
pleted the steel laying equipment
will be shifted to the oast side,
with a long detour faced.
When completed, the new high
way will provide a modern, fast
road directly west from Madras
to the Wapinitia route. It will re
duce the distance from Bend to
Portland by some 34 miles. In
thehigher country to the west,
the road passes through a pine
forest that gradually changes to
fir in the higher country. For a
considerable distance in the forest
the road skirts picturesque Bea
ver creek, after crossing the
Worm Springs river.
Distance from Madras to the
Mill creek span is approximately
25 miles. From, the bridge, the
distance to the Waplnita junction
is about 21 miles.
IN MARBLE TOURNAMENT
Pittsburgh, June 24 mi Billy
Gilther, Bend, Ore., enters the fi
nals of the "losing bracket" to
night in the annual Veterans of
Foreign Wars marble tournament
here.
Gilther lost one preliminary
game and will meet another one
game loser tonight. Two losses
automatically eliminate a contestant.
Through Thickly Forested Area
new Warm Springs cutoff links with the Wapinitia route, four miles
was tanen from tne eage of tne wapmitla Highway, looking east, to-
ine ivii. nooa nauonai ioresi, is neavuy umuerea.
First Steel Tower Completed
The bridge over Mill creek, on the route of the new Warm Springs
highway, rapidly took shape this week, with the first tower com
pleted. The tower, with its base in concrete pedestals, is pictured here.
Falsework behind the tower will be removed.
Results of District School
Board Elections Announced
Incomplete results on the school election conducted
throughout Deschutes county this past Monday were an
nounced today from the office of the county school superin
tendent. Elected to the rural school district board were : Robert Tur
ner, zone 1 ; Verne Magill, zone 2, and K. G. McCabe, zone 5.
Local district directors elected include: George Hillingsly,
Cloverdale; A. L. Brundridge, Sisters; Irvin Poffeiibarger,
Lower P.ridge; Lester Wick,
Brooks-Scanlon
Mill Employes
Start Vacations
Most emnloves of Brooks-Scan
lon. Inc.. began their two-week I
vacation today, with operations
to bp resumed July 11. Employes
of The Shevlin Hixon Company
will work through Thursday. June
30, with the vacation period to
be from July 1-17, inclusive.
At both big pine mills, mill
wrights, repairmen, watchmen
and machine shop and power
plant employes will woik through
the vacation period, completing
the annual thorough checkup
on machinery while lumber man
ufacturing is suspended. These
workmen will have their vaca
tions later.
Offices of both mills will re
main open as usual throughout
the vacation period. Although
some office workers will take
their holiday this month, vacation
periods are staggered, from May
through the late fall.
FROST DAMAGE SEVERE
Enterprise, June 24 HP' Dam
age to Wallowa county's wheat
crop bv last week's frost today
was estimated at $60,000 by farm
experts.
Alfalfa; Earl Paulus, Plain-
view; Ed Mollinnn, Terre
bonne; Charles L. Porter,
Tumalo; J. Settelmwcr, Broth
ers; Welborn l'nrker.'Lnpine and
A. W. Dtimlnr, Young. All were
elected to three year terms.
I,evy Authorized
Robert Beasley and Con Guiney
were elected directors to complete
unexpired terms in Tumalo and
Brothers schools, respectively.
Terrebonne voters authorized a
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Icnhnnl htilltlfmr ininrnvempnl
fund.
A meeting of the rural school
district board has been scheduled
for 8:30 p. m. Monday and a
meeting. of the non-high school
district will be conducted the
same evening at 7:15 o'clock. Iloth
meetings will be held in the Des
chutes county school superinten
dents office in the courthouse.
COST OF LIVING DROPS
Washington. June 21 (tliTlie
labor department reported today
the cost of living dropped three
tenths of one per cent between
mid-April and mid May.
The department said that on
May 15 average retail prices were
eight-tenths of one per cent be
low a year earlier "but still 26.9
per cent higher than in June,
1916" when most price controls
were abandoned.
Pool Opening
Delayed by
Difficulties
Last-minute difficulties with
the heating and filtering equip
ment of the Bend pool, will delay
opening until a day or two later
than Saturday, C. W. Cuthbert-
son announced at 1:30 today. Ex
pressing regret at the disappoint
ment the postponement will
cause, the city manager said
workmen, contractors and city
officials have been working night
and day to have the pool func
tioning by the announced date.
They hope 'to have the "bugs"
out of the plant in time for a
Sunday opening.
The pool was being filled witn
water when the unexpected me
chanical difficulties developed.
Dozens of persons, including
John Cunningham, Portland, con
sultant engineer, watched the
preliminary operations.
Roads Ready
Roads which have been oiled
and are now barricaded por
tions of East Franklin and Sixth
will be ready for use when the
pool opens. Art May, city en
gineer, suggests that persons
coming from town go out Green
wood or East Franklin,
Perhaps the man most anxious
to have Bend's city-owned pool
open soon is Leo Longobar
do, 744 Broadway, 23-year-old
pool manager, who since June
15 has been in Bend awaiting the
big day.
Additional pool employes were
named today by Dave Howard,
city recreation manager. Locker
room attendants are Dick Ar
mony, 1046 Baltimore, and Phe
lan Cullison, 1567 Awbi-ey, Cash
ier is Greta Nelson, 645 Broad
way. All attend high school.
Longobardo, an unmarried vet
eran, attended University of Ida
ho between 1944 and 1946. He
was a member of the football
squad. In 1946 he transferred to
Idaho state college,1 where he
played guard on the-basketball
team, and was a second baseman.
He participated in boxing events,
also. ;
Miners Prepare
For New Holiday
White Sulphur Springs. W.Va.
June 24 till The nation's 480,000
coal miners prepared to begin
their annual 10-day vacation after
today's shift, with John L. Lewis
and the operators deadlocked on
negotiations for a new contract.
As Lewis and northern and
western operators began their
second bargaining session here,
it was a question just when the
miners would return to their jobs.
The current soft coal contract
expires next Thursday while
members of the United Mine
workers are on vacation.
Operators of the western and
northern mines were confident,
however, that the miners would
be back to work on July 5. They
pointed out that the Taft-Hartley
law compels the union to keep
working until Aug. 14, 60 days
after it filed a notice of contract
termination.
AFL Convention
Nearing Close
Eugene, June 24 mi Election
of officers and selection of a site
for the 1930 convention today oc
cupied delegates to the annual
meeting ol the Oregon federation
of Labor here.
The delegates yesterday were
told they had "two good friends
In Oregon Senator Wayne Morse
and Congressman (Homer) An
gell." Joe Keenan, national director
of labor's League for Political
Education named the two Oregon
inns us friendly to labor and urg
ed delegates to "get out and get
to work for them now.
Keenan drew loud applause
when, in blasting the Taft-Hartley
act, he said "we're going to
have that law repealed and get
one favorable to labor." He
charged that the Intent of the
Taft-Hartley law was "to destroy
labor In America."
Keenan called on labor to "elect
our friends and defeat our ene
mies." He suggested the state
federation set up an Oregon
branch of labor's League for Po
litical Education and organize the
state precinct by precinct.
J. D. McDonald, federation
president, said the convention
would close today, even if it Is
necessary to call a night session.
President Truman Told West
Does Not Like Government's
Assumption of Authority
Washington, June 24 as Four western governors called on
President Truman today to tell him they don't like his plan
for federul development of the Columbia river basin.
The President, they said, listened to their argument. Then
he told them-they had just as much right to oppose the plan
as he lias to support it. They refused to comment further on
his reaction.
The four governors were republicans Arthur B. Langlie of
Senate Plans
Taft-Hartley
Vote Tuesday
Washington, June 24 Pi The
senate agreed today to start vot
ing at 1 p. m., EDT Tuesday on
whether to kill or retain Taft
Hartley act anti-strike injunctions
in labor disputes threatening na
tional neattn and satety.
After nearly three weeks of
debate on the administration's
Taft-Hartley repeal bill, senate
democratic leader Scott W. Lu
cas proposed a voting timetable
for the showdown votes on the
injunction. It was adopted with
out dissent.
The administration is gaining
ground in its uphill fight to kill
the anti-strike injunction now au
thorized by the Taft-Hartley law.
Sen. Robert A. Taft, R., O., is
leading a bloc fighting to retain
it at least as an alternative to
giving courts powerto authorize
government seizure of industrial
plants in emergency cases.
- Lucas proposed that the senate
vote first at 1 o'clock Tuesday
on the amendment Sponsored by
,ic Dciioiuia iy: jJiuviue lilc in
junction only as an anti-strike
weapon in national emergency
disputes. 1 '
If that amendment is defeated,
the senate will vote at 2 p. m. on
Lucas' own amendment to knock
the injunction provisions out of
Taft's amendment, leaving the
seizure provisions.
Judging Contest '
Awards Listed
Five Central Oregon boys and
girls today won awai-ds in judg
ing contests conducted at the 34th
annual 4-H club summer session
in Corvallis.
First place winners include Tom
Burton and Lee Paul, both of
Bend, who tied with a Falrview
youth In the poultry contest;
Richard Fix, Bend, farm crops
Identification, and MarJorle Red
berg, Cloverdale, home econom
ics. Joe Turner of Powell Butte
tied for second place with two
other youths In farm crops identification.
Bend Pool Opening Result
Of Long Planning, Effort
By Civic-Minded Citizens
By 1-oIh Snyder
When the first swimmer enthus
iastically splashes into Bend's new
swimming pool, he will be fulfill
ing a dream of Bend residents
which goes buck many years. It
was a wish that Bend might some
day hnve a fine public pool.
In the beginning, the dream
was just a hazy idea that Bend's
great outdoor play resources
ought to be Increased by some
Improved version of the old swim
ming hole a place where young
sters could disport themselves in
the water as they have since time
Immemorial. A place near home,
where they'd be happy, safe,
healthy.
River Ton Cold
Water-loving residents tried
swimming In the river, hut it was
very cold. When a pool was es
tablished in a club its small size
limited its use, and it was con
verted, after a few years, Into a
supplemental gymnasium. Some
lime later, despite the river's low
temperature, a log boom was
constructed, enclosing a portion
of the river where, It was hoped.
swimming could be enjoyed by
the hnrdy, at least. But this, too,
had to be abandoned, because
Redmond, which gets Its drink
ing water from the stream, be
came immediately vocal.
But still the allure of exhllarat
Ing summer dog paddling and
Australian crawling, made people
seek a place to swim, Some con
tinued to take their dips In the
Washington, Douglas McKay
ot uregon and (J. A. Kobins of
Idaho, and democrat Vail
Ptttman of Nevada.
They called on the presi
dent after spending a busy
morning shuttling between the
senate and house public works
committees to register their oppo
sition to the proposed Columbia
valley administration law.
People Have No Voice
The governors protested that
people in the area which would be
served by the project would have
no voice in its operation. That,
they complained, would be "a
retreat from democratic process
es." They asked specifically that
any federal agency created to
direct the CVA be responsible to
congress and that state rights be
preserveo.
The governors asked congress
to kill the CVA legislation on the
grounds that it is unnecessary
and a federal invasion of local
authority.
At the same time Sen. Hairy
Cain, R., Wash., charged before
the senate committee that inter
ior secretary C. Glrard Davidson
violated tne federal antl-lobbying
act in his support of the CVA bill.
Chairman Dennis Chavez told
Cain he did not believe Davidson
Violated ,1he law, which .bans -use
of federal funds to influence leg
islation. -
Chavez also said he wanted It
"clearly understood" that his
committee was not "going to be
used as , a political sounding
board."
"Planner's Dream"
Langlie called the CVA propos
al "a planner's dream and a free
citizen's nightmare." -
"I believe that this far-reaching
proposal is unnecessary." He told
the house committee "that It
would be wasteful and inefficient
and that it threatens the Integrity
of our state water laws."
He was asked several times
how the people of Washington
felt about CVA.
"Some of the expressed public
opinion in our state isn't really
public opinion at all," he said.
"If it was fairly presented, it
would be overwhelmingly voted
down. The people lose sight some
times of what might happen to
the region if it isn't developed the
right way. They must understand
this fully and we are going to do
our best to help them understand
It."
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river, though the law kept a
stern lookout for such ordinance
violators.
Some adults would load their
cars with neighborhood urchins
and take them to Redmond. One
was the late Jerry Gillls, great
lover of a variety of sports. He
some say deserves much cred
it for the final attainment of a
city pool.
Budgeted ill 1944
Not until 1944 was agitation
for the city-sponsored institution-to-be
strong enough for the city
commission to take action. At
that time. $15,000 was budgeted
for 1944-45 spending toward In
vestigation and initial study of
the pool project. And so, to F. S.
Simpson, mayor at that time, A.
T. Niebergall and Loyde Blakely,
city commissioners, go the honor
of having been first to vote
money toward the attainment of
the old, old dream.
In the 1945-46 budget, $15,000
was again set aside for the pro
posed pool. In 1946, 51U,0)U was
set aside; In 1947, $5,000. Then, In
1948, city commissioners floated
a bond issue of $75,000 and the
swimming pool became a real
Interest.
In the meantime, civlc-mlnded
Individuals with a knowledge of
good city planning were scrutin
izing the proposed location in
Harmon playfleld. Some found
objections, chiefly on the ground
that expansion was not possible;.
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