THE BEND BULLETIN
FAIR
EDITION
DESCHUTES
NEWS
CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
33rd Year
BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24,1949
No. 221
Frontier City
Of Prineville
Growing Fast
Pilni'vllle, once u touring wi'Ml.
in town, row capital of tin
Ikii III went Mini frontier uiilioHt,
finds Itself In ii ni'W rule In the
postwar yearn- central Oregon's
lending lumber manufacturing
rliy. Ami, residents nf I hi' busy
city declare, when census inking
lime roll mound I'liily In l!i.r(l,
I'llncville will lie officially rccog-
IllI'll IK ITIllllll Oll-gllll'S HCI'OIld
liugcst oily,
Whut will the census fl(iuri be?
This U u question frequently
Ill-aid these days In t tit tiiwn that
Iiuk liiKvn oil chaps ami spurn
u ml (liuiiii'il tin garb el mlllinrn.
The I '.MO census figure fur Pllne
Mile wan 2..'"H jM-opIt wlthlh I ho
Corporate lllllllN. t.'onsciviillve CK
llniulPM place tin- rlly'H picscnt
Hiitil'ilun at fS.MM) and (illicm, In
rludliiil (II y officials, set the f Ik
hip in K.0O0. Ssvirt Ki-uwth of
oiulatlun ia atti Hulled K the
iiullillntf of sawmills ami lumber
lemjiitifactiiie plums ni'iir I'rlnc
vllltr u tin long delayed harvest
of about tni billion left ol timber
In tlic Ochoco forest and adjacent
urea u mailed.
Kxwnlon Noted
Farming and livestock raising
have iiIko expanded, bringing u
trade of more than $1,000,000 to
Pilncvlllc yearly.
Prl:ii'Vllli iiIko witnessed other
developments IIiIh yeai. Jimt up
Klri'iiin on Ochoco creek, rchabll
Itiiilon of the Ochoco dam win
marled t the bureau of reclama
tion at a com of more than $1,
000,000. Also, plans have been
tcntidiyrly approved for the con
struction on Crooked river of u
dam, to brluK more land under Ir
rigation In the rrlnevllle valley.
Aliwi playliiK n major role In
the development of Prineville In
the construc-tlnn of new high
wayii, one which him already been
completed. Thin la the I'rlncvlllO
Mucins rood, a fast, modern high-
wuy Mini ihiiwi'h iiiii'mk" -
,' zly up pant the old she o( Iji
monla lo Junction with The
Dalle . California highway Just
aou I h if Madniii. Tlila route has
not only brought new traffic Into
Iki-ln.ii'tlln hul hna timvhtcri a
new travc; outlet for residents of
the upper Ochoco vulley,
Oclliiro Highway Ite routed
Over the mounlalna, the Ocho
co highway lietween I'rlnevillc
and Mitchell, la In the final atage
of construction, with completion
aet for 1950. Thin modern high
way will replace the old. winding
road ncroni the Ochoco divide anil
provide n new cast-weal rood
across the slate, through the
John Day vulley. The new high
way will cross the Blue moun
tains, between Prineville and Mit
chell on a miss lower than the
due now used. Tills highway has
already been completed from
I'rlnevillc to the Marks creek
Junction.
Pilncvlllc Is looking forward to
another road a route up Crook
ed river that will swing Into the
southwest, to connect with the
Central Oregon highway, provid
ing un alternate cross-state road.
Through the Ochoco forest, oth
er roads have been constructed.
These are principally access
roads to timber stands, but they
open up new scenic areas.
New Income Seen
Prineville residents ore confi
dent that completion of the Ocho
co highway will bring a new
source of Income that from
tourists. Despite the fact that
Prineville has been in a highway
"pocket" lor years, tourists are
already finding their way Into a
region noted for Its scenery, In
teresting Reology and hunting.
Like other mldstatc towns,
Prineville has becji experiencing
growing pains In the past few
years, but city officials say thnt
tho situation Is "well In hand".
Now under way Is an extensive
street Improvement program
which, when finished, will pro
vide most of the downtown area
with paved streets.
Building activity In Prineville
has ranked high among Oregon
cltlcn for the past several years.
Davidson Opens
Redmond Office
I3cn Davidson, who recently
look over his new position as Ore
gon's potato commissioner, has es
tablished his headquarters In Red
mond, on the second floor of the
Lnnclaker building, at the corner
of Sixth and C streets.
Davidson said Don Palmer has
been named field man for 'the
federal-state shipping point In
spection service, principally In the
Mnlheur county and In the Klam
ath basin. An accountant and sec
retary will complete Davidson's
staff.
Formerly shipping point Inspec
tor In this area, Davidson Is get
- ting activities for the benefit of
the potato Industry under way.
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Used for the- first time liiHt year, the Hi-ntl nm? nurMury, where .st-edlintfs will be Kfown for northwest distribution, is neanng completion this summer. At lett, fop, nursery build
ing's, with Three Sisters in background; right, three-year old transplants growing at local station. Below, left, new seed extractory, to be placed in use this fall; center, Walter A.
Bend Firemen
Get Many Calls
Bend firemen In this arid year
of 1!M9 are among the busiest
people In all central Oregon, with
a new record set In the number
of culls made In one month,
In dry July, when only a trace
of rain was recorded here In the
31 days, the Bend fire department
answered a total of 50 calls. The
previous record for calls in a
single month was set earlier In
the year, with 38 received In Jan
uary. Despite the number of calls re
ceived in July, no great fire loss
was suffered. Eighteen of the
fires were caused by fireworks
discharged In or near the city.
Clgarets tossed from car windows
ranked second In the source of
fires.
Bend Postal
Receipts at
High Mark
Postal receipts in Bend this
past calendar year exceeded the
$100,000 mark, to set a new
peacetime mark for the local
post of flee. Total receipts for the
year aggregated SlOO.GyS.-PJ.
In war days, when Camp Ab
bot was In use and the northwest
army maneuver was held In cen
tral Oregon, receipts exceeded
$125,000.
A continued growth of postal
receipts was noted In the first
half of the present year, and
there Is a possibility that another
new peacetime record will be set
in 19-19.
Stamp sales In the Bend post
office in 1949 exceeded $92,000.
Twelve County Agents Join
In Deschutes Conference
Twelve county agents, believed
to -bo tho greatest number ever
assembled in this part of the state,
jolnad in a work shop in Redmond
and a field clay in Deschutes
county early this month. Purpose
of the conference was to brief the
group of Judging of livestock,
poultry and dairy cattle, prior to
county fairs. The conference last
ed two days.
State extension service special
ists on hand to lead tho discus
sions . In their respective fields
were Harry Llndgrcn, animal hus
bandry; Noel Reunion, poultry;
Harold P. Ewolt, dairy, and
Charles Ross, farm forestry. Ross
concentrated on farm wood preservation.
Northwest Pine
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Sisters Notes Completion
Of Highway With Interest
k New Mountain Routes Benefit Deschutes;
Rapid Development of Regjon Recorded
Deschutes county's oldest town, Sisters, a community that
had its start in nearby Camp l'olk of pioneer days, noted a
new milestone in its history this month when the North San
tiam highway was completed. Only two seasons ago, the town
celebrated completion of the South Santiam. Both routes,
which join just west of the Cascade divide, bring heavy traf
fic through Sisters.
With the Santiam routes completed, Sisters people are now
; looking forward to activity on
North Santiam
Highway in Use
Central Oregonlans in mid-August
Joined with hundreds from
the Salem area and other parts
of the lower Willamette valley in
the formal opening of the North
Santiam highway. Leading the
500-car caravan from the west was
Governor Douglas McKay.
The final link of road which
completes the highway extends
west from Detroit about ten miles
and connects with new pavement
which reaches six or eight miles
cast from Mill City. The new
route slashes the distances be
tween Detroit and Mill City sev
eral miles.
Eliminated entirely is the crook
ed, rough and narrow road used
since pioneer days as a connection
between the two towns.
Gravel surfacing of the new
route was completed August 12.
However, oil surfacing of the
road will not be completed until
next year.
The public roads administra
tion was in charge of tho heavy
work In the North Santiam gorge.
The road had to be located over
a "high line" because of the con
struction of the Detroit dam.
Tho men completed their ses
sions with a field tour of experi
ment projects in Jefferson coun
ty, established by Hollis Ottaway,
Jefferson county agent, and Mal
colm Johnson, supervisor of the
Deschutes experiment project.
Clifford L. Smith, county agent
leader from Corvallls, was in
charge of the meetings. County
agents attending follow:
E. L. Woods, Crook; Hollis Ot
taway and Mel Hagood, Jefferson;
Jim Ellngs and Francis Skinner,
Klamath; Elgin Cornell and Scott
Clevenger, Lake; R. W. Davis.
Harney; Tommy Thompson, Sher
man; Al Nelson, Wasco, and Gene
Lear and Don Benscoter, Deschutes.
Nursery, on Butler
mnut v.; " r--,', "(
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biiKKtrom, nursery superintendent; right, new ollice building.
a year-around highway over
the mountains to Eugene.
This route may be provided
through construction of a
road conecting the Mt-Kenzie
and Santiam highways via
Clear lake. But regardless of con
struction of such a connective
link up the north fork of the Mc
Kenzie, residents of Sisters would
like to see the road over the Mc
Kenzie lava fields maintained as
a summer route for tourist travel.
New Growth Noted
Now Deschutes county's third
largest town, Sisters marked new
growth this past year, as a result
of logging operations in the area
and the further development of
resorts In the area. Most marked
development was in the Metolius
area, where resort owners have
formed a community group hav
ing as one of Its purposes the
further betterment of a region al
ready far-famed for Its summer
homes.
Sisters Is looking forward to
further development In the next
few years,-with predictions being
made that .It will win recognition
as one of the outstanding resort
areas In the state. Plans for new
dude ranch development are now
being considered.
Sisters Is an Incorporated city.
C. W. Bush, mayor; Richard Wal
ter, George Wakefield, Clair Ol
sen and Walter N. Perry, council
men; F. M. Henderson, city re
corder; J. F. Smalley, judge; Rob
ert H. Foley, city attorney, and
Fred Painter, constable.
Man-of-War Kin
On Turner Ranch
A golden palomino stallion,
grandson of the far-famed Man-of-War.
Is now a "resident" of
central Oregon, and is at tho Joe
Turner ranch, five miles west of
Prineville. The stallion with the
proud ancestry Is Royal Mickey.
He is owned by M. C. Moynlhan,
of Lebanon.
Royal Mickey, a five-year-old
of Arab-thoroughbred breeding. Is
registered In the Palomino Horse
Breeders association of Mineral
Falls, Tex. Royal Mickey may be
seen at the Turner ranch, where
he is being kept for Moynihan.
Road Near Bend,
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Airport Project
Well Under Way
Air-minded persons are looking
forward to extended use of the
Bend Municipal airport, which
will conveniently accommodate
larger planes than have ever been
able to land here before, when
improvements now under way
are completed.
The improvement project was
given the go-ahead signal this
morning, when S27.05-l.20 in fed
eral matched funds was made
available for the work. The air
port has a class 3 rating.
Grading of the runways got
under way July 5. with the firm
of O'Neil and Son, Eugene, doing
the work. The Klamath Asphalt
company, of Klamath Falls, was
successful bidder on the asphalt
work, and a -fence .has been
erected by Cyclone Fence com
pany. Runways, formerly 3600 feet
long, are now 3.S50 feet long,
adequate for landing and take
off of multi-engine planes. Lights
are to be added later, making
night flying possible.
Money Budgeted
Future of the Bend airport
was guaranteed in. April, when
the city budget committee and
the city commission approved a
$20,000 airport item in the budg
et, which with funds spent earl
ier, would be matched by the
federal government. The state
board of aeronautics had already
spent $3700 for' plans, specifica
tions and preliminary engineer
ing, and the city of Bend had
spent around $57,000.
Co-managers of the Tilse-Bow-man
Air service at the airport
are Ollie Bowman and Al Tilse,
who expanded this past April by
purchasing the Dick Ballantine
Flying Service in Redmond. Tilse,
who started the business at the
Bend airport late in 1940, was
Joined about five years ago by
Bowman, who was formerly lo
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Vote on District
Set for Sept. 20
'On September 20, all Deschutes
county owners of more than 10
acres of land will have the oppor
tunity to vote on forming a soil
conservation district, if they are
not already in the Midstate dis
trict, according to information
from SCS officials. The present
Midstaie district includes the Al
falfa, Redmond and Terrebonne
communities.
All the rest of the county will
be included in the district If 30
per cent or more of all landown
ers, of over 10 acres, vote In fav.
or of the proposal on September
20.
Poling places will be at Tuma
lo, Cloverdale and Pine Forest
grange.
About Completed
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Desert Rabbits
Drives Held in Ranch Areas
30-Year-Old Memories Awakened as Rodents
Spread Through Region; Thousands Are Killed
Awakening 30-year-old memories for residents of the Des
chutes country and the "high desert" area, rabbit drives are
again being held in the sagelands of interior Oregon.
First drives held this summer were in Harney county,
where rodents made serious inroads in oat and wheat fields.
One drive netted more than 1,000 rabbits. Other drives are
planned for late summer, in an effort to halt the increase of
the long-eared creatures. .
It is recalled that some 30 years ago, big drives were held
in the Bend area, with towns
people joining farmers in an
all-out war against the crop
destroying creatures. Then,
about 25 years ago, rabbits in
this area suddenly disappeared,
and there were rumors that the
biological survey had "planted"
a disease. This was denied. At
the time, thousands of dead rab
bits were found In the sagebrush
area, obviously the victim of some
disease. It was in that same area
that an epidemic of rabies spread
through the coyote population.
Infestation May Spread
The present Increase of rabbits
in south-central Oregon has led
to the fear that the Deschutes
country will again suffer an infes
tation. The western boundary of
the area of infestation appears to
be along a line running north and
south a short distance east of
Hampton.
One of the big drives held in
south-central Oregon this month
was near Diamond, in Harney
county. More than 100 men,
women and children formed a
long line, using clubs. The rab
bits were driven into a winged
pen and slaughtered. "As the
drive got under way, ranchers,
merchants, bankers, clerks, den
tists and garagemen sent up a
good imitation of a Piute war cry
and the drive was on," reported
the Burns Times-Herald.
Thirty years ago, rabbit drives
always ended in a sort of "desert
scocial," and this custom Is now
being followed in Harney county.
"Following the drive, Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Jenkins of Barton lake
entertained the rabbit drive group
at a buffet lunch," states the
Burns paper.
Entire Crop Menaced
So great was the rabbit in
crease this year that the Jenkins
brothers grain crop at Barton
lake was threatened with com
plete ruin.
In the Burns country, the situa
tion is rapidly reverting to pre
disease rabbit era of 30 years
ago. . .
Persons who drive the Yellow
stone cutoff between Burns and
Valley Falls, Lake county, say
the highway Is lined with dead
rabbits. The creatures are gener
ally killed by cars,' at nght, as
they race down the highway in
the beam of headlights.
Increasing;
Deschutes County
School Population
Reveals Big Gain
There are more than 6,000 chil
dren of school age in Deschutes
county, and of the -total more
than half live in Bend, a census,
completed late in 1948, revealed.
The total, 6,315, was nearly 1.000
above that of the previous year.
The census included all children
in the county between the ages
of 4 and 19 years.
A breakdown of the total into
the total of boys and girls re
vealed that there is an unusually
high percentage of boys in the
county. Outside of the Bend dis
trict, there were 1.517 boys and
1.367 girls when the census was
taken.
The largest single increase over
the previous year was noted in
Redmond, where the census re
vealed a total of 1,813. compared
with 1.363 the previous year.
Outside of Bend, Redmond has
the largest school population.
Other school centers in the coun
ty are at Sisters, Tumalo and
Terrebonne.
Bend Residents Receive Bid
To Attend Deschutes Fair
Redmond civic leaders and fair
board officials todaj extended to
residents of Bend a special invi
tation to attend the 1949 Des
chutes county fair this week, and
a former Bend resident, Marion
Coyner, Redmond mayor, "sec
onded" the invitation.
"We are confident we have pre
pared one of the outstanding fails
in the history of Deschutes coun
ty, and we are certain residents of
Bend will enjoy the show," M. A.
Lynch, president of the fair asso
ciation, said.
In Bend, it was pointed out that
Redmond has cooperated 100 per
cent through the years In this
city's Mirror pond pageant and
has entered outstanding floats.
Only part Bend residents are be
ing asked to take In the county
fair is to accept the invitation:
Three Million
Pines Planted
At Nursery
Growing from tiny seeds drilled
into well-tilled sol! In May, n
crop planted near Bend In 1!M!)
will not be harvested by the pres.
ent generation.
The crop consists or millions or
tiny yellow pines which are grow
ing In I he new Bend pine nursery.
placed In use for the first time
last ye.ii. This spring, some 3,
000,000 seeds were planted. The
nursery can be expanded to pro
duce 15,0(10.000 seedlings, on a
two-year transplant basis, and the
plant will serve the entire west
ern pine region of the Pacific
northwest.
This new nursery, one of tho
most extensive developments' of
its type ever made by the forest
service In the United States, Is
near the Butler road, a short dis
tance east of Bend. In the tract
are 234 acres, under Swalley wat
er.
riant Neors Completion
In connection with the big
nursery, a large operating plant
is now nearing completion, with
a seed extractory recently com
pleted. This extractory is now
awaiting machinery, soon to be
installed, and this tall win - be
used in "hulling" western pine
seeds shipped here frim practic
ally every pine district in the
area. Tlw extractory is a large
building, 99 by 25 feet, of pumice
block construction.
Last year, a 94 by 30 foot ware,
house was completed, as was a
gas and oil house. This season, a
headquarters building, consisting
of of i ires and a laboratory, was
erected. This building faces the
Cascades horn a slight elevation,
with a huge "picture window"
facing the white mountains.
Engstrom In Charge
Walter A. Engstrom Is nursery
superintendent for the. United
States forest service, working out
of the Bend office, headed by
Ralph W. Crawford. This season,
ten men were employed at the ex
panding nursery.
f uture developments at me
nursery call for the erection of
other service buildings and the
landscaping of grounds.
Trees now growing at the Bend
nursery will be transplanted in
the northwest, with most going to
Idaho and some to Utah from 'he
present stand. Included in the
trees now growing at the nursery
are about a quarter of a million
transplants from theWind River
nursory In Washington. Former
ly, all types of trees were grown
at Wind River. Under the new .ar
rangements, pines will De grown
in Bend and westside .trees at
Wind River.
Problems Faced , .
Some serious problems have
been laced in the first two years
of operation of the Bend nursery,
but it is believed that the major
problem, that of root rot that de
veloped apparently from infected
soil, has been overcome. This root
ailment was caused by a fungus,
which can be eliminated through
treatment of the soil. Experi
ments were carried on this year
and nursery officials are confi
dent that the rot can be elimin
ated. However, a considerable
loss of the tiny trees was suffer
ed in the present season. Last
year, weather extremes resulted
in some trouble in growing the
delicate pines.
After the 3,000,000 seeds were
planted in May. the soil was kept
moist, through frequent irriga
tion. Watei is supplied through
an overhead sprinkling system.
Gradually, as the trees developed
root systems, irrigation was de
creased. At present, the trees are
receiving water only once a week,
except in extremely warm
weather.
Seedlings transplanted from
the Wind River .nursery to the
Bend site are now three years
old and are doing nicely. These
were not infected by the root fun
gus. ' (Continued on Page 7)
"Visit Redmond over the' wed
end and enjoy a fine fair and a
topnotch western show."
Bend residents are being re
minded by Lynch that some
changes have been made in the
program for this year's fair. Tho
civic parade, previously a morn
ing feature, will be held this year
on Saturday afternoon, at 4:30,
and will herald the night rodeo.
On Sunday, the rodeo will be In
the afternoon, at 1:15 p.m.
Residents of Ber.d are also be
ing invited to Join In the bucka
roo breakfast Sunday morning, at
the fair grounds.
Through the three days of the
show, the agricultural and live
stock exhibits will be open to
Inspection. Four-H clubs of Des
chutes county are playing a ma
jor role in the 1949 agricultural
show.
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