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THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, OREGON
FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1949
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THE EXPENSE WILL CONTINUE
Deschutes county administrators have decided for old age
" retirement. What is more to the point, the budget committee
composed of that same administrative group and three sup-
posed advisers whom it has appointed has set up the funds
for operation of the retirement plan and the taxpayers have
raised no objection. So, from now on, county employes will be
" shelved at the age of 65, whether they ask for it or not, wheth-
er they want it or not. That is the way the tiling worKS unaer
the Oregon law. ,., , mu
In point is the case- of the county library personnel. They
: had not been included in the city of Bend's contribution to
- ward library operation for the county had still not come
under the provisions of the retirement act when the city
budget was drawn, isor were any 01 tne iiurury empiujeo
among the petitioners who asked the county committee for
an appropriation which would support a decision xor me peu
; sion plan. In fact it was not at first believed that these em---
ployes would have to be considered and the budget, as author-
ized for publication, did not include them. Shortly after it
1 was learned from state authorities that they could not be ex
. eluded. So the city upped its share of the library budget for
this purpose and now the county has done likewise.
: The result will be far reaching. Already a large part of
the appropriations made for county financing are required
hv statute. The salaries of elective officials, the cost of re-
' lief, the county school fund contribution, to name some out
standing ones, are beyond the control cf the budget makers.
Thn nmniints tn be pxnended for them is dictated by state law.
Now another item has been added that is beyond the control
of the county, whore only part is to get the money and turn it
over to some other board, commission or administration for
spending. The old age retirement appropriation will be made
annually from now on. Once in the budget, it stays in.
Not only that, but by voting it and electing to come under
' the law, the county has set a wholly artificial and arbitrary
age limit for employment, in private or sen employment tne
individual may continue to work as long as he is able to give
effective service. Under old age retirement, he is out at 65.
The fact that he may retain the vigor and endurance that he
had at 50, means nothing, nor does the fact that in mentality
and "know how," he may actually be superior to younger men.
The law says it's time to retire, so out he goes. His pension
won't keep him and so he seeks private employment.
This has happened many, many times since the state re
tirement act . became effective. The . public lias lost valued
servants, sometimes extremely difficult to replace. Private
business and industry has gained correspondingly. Public
schools and institutions of higher learning have lost heavily
and private' institutions have seized with alacrity the oppor
,' tunity to strengthen their faculties with fine educators who,
the law said, could no longer remain on state payroll.
In 'varying degree the same condition has been, noted in
cities, counties and school districts and will become more
noticeable as more and more cities and counties (which have
a choice in the matter) decide to come under the retirement
plan. .
Relief expenditures in Deschutes county in May were low
er than in April. That, most likely, is a seasonal improvement
with little significance except as it conforms to the expected
changes in the march of the months. That the relief bill for
May, 1949, was sharply in excess of the expense for the same
; month in 1948 is, however, nothing to be happy about.
WASHINGTON COLUMN
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Of hers Say
NEW FARM PROGRAM
(AstorianBudget)
Under the old farm program
the government subsidized only
the farmers. Under the new one,
apparently, the consumers are to
be subsidized, too. That sounds
like a typical political solution of
an economic problem: When gov
ernment interference produces in
equities, extend the interference
larlhci!
It is going to be a hard lob,
with the government continuing
to guarantee the farmers thou
protits, to adjust a controlled ag
ricultural economy with an uncon
trolled economy in other fields.
The government undoubtedly is
committed to permanent farm re
lief in some form or another. Un
der the theory that prosperous
farmers are essential to a pros
perous nation, this policy perhaps
is justified.
The policy, however, carries a
price. That price is public subsidy
to maintain farm prices. The pub
lic must make up its mind to pay
enough for its food either at the
grocery store or in taxes so the
farmer won t have to raise it at a
loss. The public cannot expect
government to attempt further
tinkering to make things easier
for the consumer. He will pay,
one way or another.
Extension of government sub
sidy intp the consumer field is a
dangerous extension of govern
ment paternalism, which will lead
to slill further extension toward
the ultimate end-point of govern
ment control of everything ex
cept, perhaps, breathing and
thinking.
By Peter Edson
(NEA Washington Correspondent)
Washington (NEA) The per
fection of a device known as a
destructor is what sold the Brit
ish on agreeing to let the U.S.
fire guided missiles over the Ba
hamas from the Florida coast.
When the U.S. first approached
British authorities on the matter,
they quickly asked the first logl-
cal questions:
"What happens If one of these
missiles happens to go astray.'
Might It not crash Into the
islands and kill a lot of people
and destroy a lot of property.'
And won't this, be a constant
threat to the islands?"
The V. S. experts then ex'
plained that each guided missile
fired, would be equipped with a
destructor which never failed,
The destructor is a device which
explodes the missile when it
starts to go off the plotted course.
It Is controlled from the ground
and detonated by a radio beam.
All It takes is a press of a button.
At lease one person always
stands ready to set off the de
structor at a firing. He watches
the missile itself in the first few
seconds of flight, and when it is
out of sight follows it with radar
ready at any instant to blow it
to smithereens if It should get oit
course.
Only after British experts saw
the destructor used successfully
many times at the proving
grounds at White Sands, N.M.,
were they convinced that it would
be safe to fire missiles over the
Bahamas.
Ted Dougherty, an employe of
the department of agriculture,
got curious about the increasing
number of government workers
who carried briefcases to and.
from work every day and decided
to make a private investigation
of the matter. An honest doubt
existed in his mind as to whether
all of them were devoting their
evening hours to doing office
work at home. His spot check
turned up some interesting find
ings. Many government workers
actually were taking home work
in their briefcases. But the great
percentage of them were carry
ing lunch.
Here's how to get a Job In
Washington these days: When
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. an
nounced his candidacy for the
seat in the house of representa
tives vacated by the death of Sol
Bloom, Sol Bloom's former secre
tary, Veva Murphy, immediately
sent F. D. R. Jr. a wire. It said
that she was sure he would win
and that she wanted to work for
him after he took over Bloom's
office.' A return wire from him
said:
"If I win, you're in."
The department of commerce
is spiking rumors that the com
munist conquest of China is go
ing to mean the same disappear
ance of top quality paint brushes
in the U.S. that happened during
the war when the Japs held
China. Many brush manufactur
ers and retailers are trying to
scare customers into buying up
a lot of brushes with this argu
ment. They claim that more than
80 per cent of the best hog bris
tles are imported from China,
and with the communists in con
trol of this market it will be cut
off hence no more good brushes.
Commerce officials point out
that there Is now at least a three-
month supply of bristles and
good brushes in the hands of
manufacturers and retailer s.
They say that before this supply
is exhausted they are confident
an agreement will, be made with
the communists to keep a normal
supply of this product coming to
the U.S. .
Here is a summary of the de
partment of agriculture's out
look digest: Trends in produc
tion and employment indicate
further weakening in demand for
farm' products. Consumers have
reduced their income more than
their income has declined, but
have increased their savings.
Prices received, by farmers and
wholesale prices have gone down
more than retail prices. Food
prices for 1949 will probably av
erage only slightly lower than
1948.
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ADimiCSSKS MEETING
Procurement of army property
in foreign lands was the subject
of MaJ. John Wctlo who addressed
a group ot local members of the
tiSlOlh logistic division at a meet
ing Wednesday.
In his talk, Maj. Wetlo primar
ily treated property procure
ment in Newfoundland.
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By Phil F. Brogan
, Tourists visiting the Grand
canyon of the Colorado look over
the brinft, so park rangers say,
and mutter, "(jolly, what a gul
ly!" These same tourists, on look
ing into the deep canyon of
Crooked river, would probably
exclaim, "Gee, what a gorge!"
But if they only see the 300-foot
deep gorge, with its perpendicu
lar, basalt walls, they will miss
the grand story of this Central
Oregon canyon.
Long centuries ago, so geolo
gists say, Crooked river followed
a meandering course westward
through . a wide canyon, above
which towered the age-old Smith
rocks. In the dying phases of vol
canic activity in this part of the
normweit, a now of lava tumbled
into the wide gorge of prehistoric
days, at some undetermined point
in the Smith rock area. The lava
flowed through the old, wide
gorge like syrup and piled up at
tne junction ol Deschutes and
Crooked rivers. The lava stream
moved down the Deschutes can:
yon some six miles. It created a
gradient at the Cove and moved
south in the Deschutes gorge
several miles; :
When the flow chilled into
black rock, the ancestral Crooked
river gorge was; obliterated up
stream from the present site of
the highway bjidge. Down
stream, the aged canyon walls
remained in evidence, shadowing
the lava bottom. Upstream,
Crooked river was impounded,
forming a vast lake that covered
the present site of Prineville.
Then Crooked river went to
work. It overflowed from Lake
Prinevillo and spilled over the
chilled lava. Eventually, Crooked
river sawed its way into the in-
tra-canyon lava, forming the
steep-walled gorge of the pres
ent. At the junction diwnstream,
both the Deschutes and Crooked
rivers cut into the massed lava,
piled to a depth of some 800 feet
at the Cove. After many thous
ands of years, the rivers com
pleted their major task, isolat
ing as an "island" the lava that
had choked the junction of the
two streams. This isolated land
mass remains as the spectacular
Cove "island."
The "island" at the Cove, geol
ogists add, is of primary interest
because it represents a strange
land form a flat-topped moun
tain of basalt that flowed into
Its position, through the gorge
of ancient Crooked river.
SENTENCED TO PRISON
Melvin Gay, 26, a resident of
Bend, yesterday was sentenced
by Judge R. S. Hamilton to one
year in the state penitentiary on
a charge of stealing livestock. He
pleaded guilty to the charge.
uay was arrested June 11 and
accused of shooting arm butcher
ing a yearling calf owned by
Floyd Black of the Arnold dis
trict. . ,
Sheriff . Claude McCauley left
this morning for Salem with the
convicted man. ,
Out On the Farm
By Ha S. Grant
June 241 can hardly wait to
get home tonight and collect the
eggs. We're all set up in the
poultry business now, with four
laying hens and two pullets that
will start producing this fall.
The chickens, from two differ
ent flocks, are Parmenter Reds.
We brought them home last
night and put them on the roosts,
and this morning they were out
in the pen, scratching enthusias
tically and clucking with con
tentment. The two pullets (we hope) are
from a farm out Alfalfa way.
They were isolated from the
flock at an early age, because
they had minor injuries that
were inciting "cannibalism." Al
though perfectly healthy, they
couldn't be returned later to the
pen with the others because the
chickens are touchy about receiv
ing outsiders into their . clan.
They would pounce upon a new
comer with feathers flying, and
have it out claw and bill. The
orphans were in a lonely pen by
themselves, and their owner was
happy to send them to a "good
home." .
When we came back from our
long trip with only two chickens,
a neighbor felt sorry for us and
consented to part with four of
her laying Hens. They're beau
ties, with a combined weight of
28 pounds. They're on a diet of
"pellets" and wheat. The pellets
are a concentrated egg mash with
all the necessary nutrients
squeezed into a little pill, just
like the daily charge of vitamins.
The wheat is for roughage ... or
so the man said."
Last night we consulted all the
farm journals for the straight
dope on water fountains and
feeding racks, and the Chief de
cided he could whip up a batch
with his table saw and soldering
iron.
We Merit Your
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We have served the members
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years with service of the con
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Should the need occur, have
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