THE BEND BULLETIN. BEND. OREGON
FRIDAY, JULY. 8.1949 -y
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THE BEND BULLETIN
and CENTRAL OBEGON PBES8
Thi Bend Bulletin (weekly) 1U08.1081 The Bend Bulletin (Dally) Ert. 1016
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Entered M Second Clara Matter, January 6. 1917. at tho Portoffice at Bend, Oregon
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Behind the Scenery
By Phil F. Brogan
NEED FOR A REAL FIREWORKS LAW
When Oregon's 1949 legislature passed a law placing limi
tations on sale and use of fireworks, the enactment was hailed
as quite a thing. Many believed that it provided all the re
striction needed for fire prevention and for minimizing per
sonal injuries. At the same time, it would leave to little chil
dren and childlike adults the childish pleasure which has
always seemed to be associated with playing with fire.
Now, with a Fourth of July seen in retrospect, it is possible
to do something more than theorize on the new law. On the
basis of the Independence day week-end experience it may be
fairly said that the law helped but that it was not nearly all
that was needed. Restricted use of fireworks is dangerous
and this was proved. It is not as dangerous as unrestricted
use. But for real safety there must be complete restriction.
It was this that was attempted at the 1947 legislative ses
sion. Oregon was a wide-open fireworks state then. Munici
palities, in many instances, had ordinances forbidding sale
and enforced these, but were powerless to make more than
a gesture of enforcement against the discharge of the de
structive playthings. Fireworks interests rallied to the de
fense of their right to continue in the business of endangering
life and property. Finally they managed to defeat the bill.
This year there was another attempt at prohibitive legisla
tion. Fireworks interests didn't score a clean cut victory this
time but they did get by with a compromise which left the
market open at the period of greatest demand and most prof
itable distribution. As for the rest of it, the bill was an
nounced as a control measure and this made people feel, very
good indeed. Actual test showed the measure to be quite- as
ineffective as it was intended to be.
Here in Bend there was excellent public cooperation up to
the start of the celebration. There was, as we have noted in
our discussion of the pageant, no firecracker nuisance in con
nection with that event. But in residence sections, before and
after the pageant, there was enough to make up. Rockets
were popping off in many places where they shouldn't have
been. The lack of damaging fires was either miraculous, ac
cording to the point of view, or the result of luck and a good
fire department, for many fires were started. ,
Outside of Bend, where there was no police deterrent and
where there was also no fire department,' the firecracker and
rocket boys and girls had more fun destroying things than
you could imagine. Pilot Butte, a state park which is one of
Oregon's1 most famous observation points, was the center of
their mischTef IHad the rocketeers tried they could not have
stopped the fires that they . started. There is no record that
they tried: instead, they just kept on setting more. It was
a shameful thing and a demonstration that the so-called fire
works control law is a sorry makesluit that will need replay
in'g with a strong, workable measure when the 1951 legisla
f live nnnvanna I
The fires that blackened the slope of Mot Bulle are not
the first demonstration of this sort of destruction that central
Oregon' has suffered. Before now we have noted the
fact that the native vegetation is disappearing from the
borders of our roads and highways and that fire, as well as
falling and grubbing, must be blamed for the change. In this
fireworks play their part. They are destroying, year by year,
an asset that central Oregon should be protecting, that it
should recognize as essential to its greatest development.
That asset is beauty.
Not solely a matter of aesthetics, cither. The people who
came to Bend last week-end came, for the most part, to see
the Mirror pond pageant. They had heard, and truly, that it
is a spectacle of great beauty, that it is especially so because
of the beauty of its natural setting. And so they came from
other parts of Oregon, from other states of the Union some
even from the Atlantic seaboard. Not only at pageant time,
but at other times, at other seasons they come for the same
basic reason that brings them then. Surveys and question
naires have established this ; it is beauty that beckons most
enticingly. .
We know this, we invite them, wc prepare lo care for our
visitors while they are here and to exchange our hospitality
for their dollars; ami then we permit the things which they
come to see to be destroyed. 11 is short-sighted as well as wan
ton. It is high time lo awaken lo what is being done, lo protect
what is left of our assets to assure our future. A fireworks
law that will work is one of the implements that we need for
such an endeavor.
Overlooking the Crooked river
gorge from the north Is a spectac
ular formation known since pio
neer days as Smith rock. It is vis
ible from most parts of the upper
Deschutes country. Rather than a
rock, this landmark is a group of
pinnacles, remnants of a deeply
eroded land mass.
Smith rock attracts the atten
tion of tourists and other visitors
to central Oregon. The formation
is one of the most photographed
featiiro; ni the region.
Behind Smith rock scenery, ge
ologists report, is an, intriguing
story a story that is older than
the volcano capped Cascade
range. Smith rock is a bit of an
ancient world that had Its begin
ning In the dawn age of time. The
formation is composed of vol
canic tufa, possibly an ash that
drifted injo the Interior basin
from exploding mountains of the
ancestral Cascades in those re
mote eons when the general Brain
age was to the west. Sub-tropic
vegetation grew in the area when
the ash was falling over swampy
basins. On the higher elevations
ginnt redwoods flourished. Deli
cate leaves from these trees are
now found in a number of locali
ties near Smith rock and Gray
butte.
Smith rock Is part of a west-
trending range that disappears
under the Deschutes lavas In a
down warp. 'After the dawnwarp-
lng occurred, Columbia lava pour
ed over the region. This also was
tilted In a later age.
Not so long ago, as geologists
measure times, a flood of molten
rock crowded against the south
ern base of Smith rock, forcing
Crooked river to cut a gorge
through the soft formation. This
is the area known to early-day
residents as Monument canyon.
Origin ol the name oi Smith
rock is not definitely known, but
pioneer residents said that in
about 1863 a company of soldiers
camped on Crooked river, near
the southern base of the forma
tion. One of the soldiers named
Smith fell from a pinnacle and
was killed, the pioneers said.
One of the most impressive
views of Smith rock is from the
highway bridge over Crooked
river, a short distance down
stream from the formation.
FIRE DAMAGES CAK
Yermo, Cal., July 8 iU'i Fire
aboard a Union Pacific stream
lined train destroyed one car and
damaged anolher last night, but
no one was Injured, railroad offi
cials reported today.
The Chicago-bound City of Los
Angeles was delayed three hours
near this desert town while the
two cars were unhooked and the
fire put out. Passengers tram. the
damaged cars were transferred to
other parts of the train.
Af Summer Camp
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Richard C. Raupach, 1325 Co
lumbia St., Bend, a student of
Oregon State college Is one of
the 600 signal corps ROTC stu
dents attending their summer
camp at Fort Monmouth, N. J.,
principle research, development
and training center of the sig
nal corps.
18 Attending
Summer Camp
' Approximately 18 youngsters
from Bend are attending the As
cension summer school and camp
this week on the Grand Ronde
river, in the Lakeview area. Bish
op Lane W. Barton, of Trinity
Episdbpal church here, is with
the group. The camp Is under
the direction of Bob Gamage,
with Rev. H. 'N. Tragltt from
Lakeview assisting.
. Weather at camp today was de
scribed as cool and clear.
The boys and girls participat
ing in Cove activities are: Mari
lyn and Barrett Rainey; Roland
Coleman, Denny Thompson,
Brenda Barrell, Nancy Coyner,
Bob Mullins, Ann and Ned Mack
ey, Fred Bates, Ken CruickShank,
Davis Smith, Dick Benold, Carl
and Art Paul, Wayne Forman,
Lynn Hanson and Katie Barton.
MORE DOCKERS STRIKE
London, July 8 ir More dock
ers walked out In the port of
London today, boosting the num
ber of idle to more than 10,000
while 1.000 soldiers and sailors un
loaded foodstuffs from six strike;
bound ships. .
Bulletin Classifieds Bring Results
Bend's Yesterdays
(From The Bulletin Files)
THIRTY YEARS AGO
(July S, 1919)
Jackrabbits are rapidly becom
ing a pest in central Oregon, and
a poisoning campaign is planned
fur the autumn.
Unless nuto tourists are espe
cially well equipped with ropes,
pulleys, boards, ' shovels and
every other device needed In con
quering the most obstinate snow
drifts, they tiro advised against
trying to cross tho McKonzie
pass. The advice conies from Dr.
W. G. Manning, who reports that
the summit road is in very had
shape.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde M. McKay
and child mi have returned from
an auto trip to Mitchell.
Bend's new fire engine will ar
rive here In about two weeks,
Fire chief Tom Carlon reports.
Out on the Farm
By lla S. Grant
July 8 1 think I'll enter an
arrangement of my radish roses
in the flower show this fall. So
far, the flowers I planted are a
total loss. The marigolds, stock
and asters haven't died, , but
neither have they grown. ' The
marigolds bear flowers, but they
are only an inch or two from
the ground.
The flowers that are thriving
are the perennials that lived here
before we did. The ones in bloom
now are a purple foxglove sort
of a thing that looks like minia
ture Canterbury bells, two or
three bushes of cabbage roses and
some spindly little plants that
have fuschia-colored disc-shaped
blossoms with dull sage green
steams and leaves. The Margue
rites that I transplanted kept
right on blooming, and the holly
hocks and Michaelmas daisies are
growing, too.
The radishes, now, are in a class
by themselves. The other day I
learned how to make those attrac
tive flowers that garnish the most
fashionable luncheon plates, An
inch and a half of the stems are
left on for Viatural effect. For
roses, you use the ' round red
radishes and make petals by cut
ting down from the top In four
places, near the edge. Press the
petals away from the center gent
ly, and you have a very' realistic
flower. Water lilies are made by
cutting criss-cross through the
center, and allowing the radishes
to stand awhile in ice water with
a little lemon juice In it.
How about a corsage of radish
es for the next dress-up party?
Then they'd make a tasty little
snack towards the shag end of
tne evening.
You are invited to attend the
free lecture on Christian Science
in Deschutes County Library au
ditorium tonight, 8 o'clock, under
the auspices of The First Church
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Catholic Priest
Victim of Attack
New Orleans, July 8 IP A 65-year-old
Roman Catholic' priest
was beaten nearly to death in his
church today and police said a
negro had admitted and then de
nied he did it.
The priest, the Rev. Father
John F. Neifert of the society of
St. Joseph, suffered a compound
fracture of the skull. Physicians
at Charity hospital said he told
them, "I was hit," and lapsed back
into unconsciousness.
The negro, Frank Bates, was
booked at fifth precinct station
on a charge of aggravated assault
against a negro woman. Police
said he picked up a grappling
hook in a grocery store, hit the
woman with it and robbed her.
They said he still had the grap
pling hook, plastered with white
hairs, when he was arrested.
Bates, Lieut. Louis Hall said, con
fessed that he had also hit Father
Neifert with the hook. But then,
Hall said, Bates began to act
strange and denied hitting either
the woman or the priest.
Covered With Blood
Father Neifert, 65, was attacked
in the vestibule of Holy Redeemer
church after saying 6 a.m. mass.
He staggered Into the kitchen of
the parish house, next door to the
church, with deep cuts in his head
and face and one eye blackening.
Bertha Copin, has maid, said he
was "covered with blood." His
face and head were cut and one
eye was blackening. Police found
the floor of the' vestibule red with
blood and tufts of Father Nel
fort's red hair 'on the floor.
When police arrived Father
Neifert tried to write a note for
them. He wrote:
"Have 6:30 . . ." and stopped.
Then he tried again: "1 have solid
form. . . ." and. stopped. Another
attempt: "I sho. . ." and stopped
again. Finally he wrole: "I offer
ed on . . ." and dropped the pen
cil. Police said the words made no
sense to them and they could not
immediately determine either the
reason for the attack or what
weapon had been used.
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