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THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, OREGON
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1949
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WASHINGTON COLUMN
A NOTE FROM FAREWELL BEN 6
Last winter's effort to secure permission to develop hydro
power at the Felton site brought that name into prominence
and, at once, L. A. McArthur, author of the well known col
lection, "Oregon Geographic Names" undertook to discover
how the site got the name. Theories of many sorts were ad
vanced but McArthur does not take theories as facts. He
wants everything buttressed and authenticated and in this,
as in so many other instances, on failing to get the back
ground of the name he turned to friends and the newspapers
for help. His inquiries were published in central Oregon and,
he has told us, brought nothing to tie to.
The notice of his search that appeared in the Central Ore
gonian, of Prineville, did however, bring an interesting re
miniscence that is of particular interest here in Bend. This
was in a letter from Mrs. Pearl Beale, of Monument, Oregon
and here is what Airs. Beale wrote :
Monument, Oregon
August 27. 1949
I have Just read your inquiry- in the Central Oregonian in
regard to the name Pelton for the dam site on the Deschutes riv
er. This may be it. Pelton is a name of a pioneer family. Mrs.
Pelton was a widow with two sons. Horace and Jim. She owned
a stock ranch in Sams valley, Oregon. She married a Mr. Sise
more who owned a stock ranch at Farewell Bend on the Des
chutes, where the town of Bend now is. They rode all over that
country. My father, Joseph Woodruff, left Milton, Oregon Octo
ber 8, 1888. We stopped at Mr. Sisemore's place on Saturday eve
to rest our teams. Mr. Sisemore and father went antelope and
sage hen hunting. Mr. Sisemore tried to persuade father to home-
' stead land in that vicinity, saying that some day there would be
a dam in that river and what a great productive country it would
be. Our destination was Union creek. In a couple of days we w-ent
on, located at Union Creek, Oregon, the last week of October.
Mr. Sisemore and the Pelton boys passed our Union Creek place
twice a year, as they drove cattle from their Farewell Bend place
to Sams Valley for winter beef. In the spring, often crossing 8 or
10 miles of crusted snow on the old highway south of Crater Lake
they would drive by our place, often holding the cattle there over
night My maiden name was Pearl Woodruff, and my homestead
is now known as Woodruff Meadows. Horace and Jim are dead,
they were older than L There were two children born to the
Pelton-Sisemore marriage, a daughter Hattie, and son Lin. both
dead. The only one left is Lin Orth Sisemore, grandson of the old
Mr. Sisemore. He was district attorney at Klamath Falls, in 1938
when I saw him last.
The Sisemore place, where Mrs. Beale and her father spent
the night nearly 60 years ago, is now the Brooks-Scanlon yard
and mill site. Sams valley is over near Medford.
; Mrs. Beale's information is insufficient to tie the name of
the pioneer family to which she refers to the Pelton dam site
but somebody else may be able to go further. Who can do so?
And to think that you can hunt antelope and sage hens
in this vicinity !
OIL BY LEGISLATION
Strolling through the book of laws enacted by Oregon's
1949 legislature we have come upon chapter 365 which is an
i act, to quote its-title, "To regulate the drilling, prospecting
for, production and conservation of natural gas and oil," etc.
Now we suppose slickers will take the field to sell Oregon oil
well stock and point to this law to support their claims that
they are offering a good investment. "Why would the legis-
' lature enact such a law," they will ask, "if it did hot believe
that there was oil in Oregon ?"
There-may be an Oregon oil field. Many thousands of dol
lars have been spent in various parts of the state in drilling
for oil, however, and so far without success. The best opinion
is that there is no oil and that those who buy stocks in compa
nies formed to prospect in the state are throwing their money
away- The most that can be said for such enterprises that
they are speculative to a very high degree.
And speaking of oil stocks what has happened, we wonder,
to that oil enterprise about which we exchanged words a
couple of years or so ago with a then Prineville resident.
Seems to us he was selling his stock on an Oregon promotion
anywhere but in Oregon. We wondered why and he replied
. with some heat saying eeffect, "You just wait and see."
We're still waiting. '
And referring again to that statute we suggest that oil
cannot be found in Oregon by legislation.
n.v IVter tdson
4NKA W athtnatun CorrrM,n.Untl
Washington (NEA) The 81st
congress has been panned so
much that it's high time some
body gave the lawmakers credit
for the nmny fine, upstanding and
constructive things they have
done this year.
Titer is no bettor gauge on this
than to look at the list of laws
they have passed. After all, that's
what they're here for. So what
have they done? Up to Aug. IS.
after seven months of work, 220
bills had been passed Into law and
duly signed by President Truman.
That's roughly 30 a month, or
one a day. What more would you
ask?
On the principle that first
things should come first, you
would expect that the 220 new
public laws would cover the most
important subjects, settle the
most vital issues, do the most
good.
Public law No. 1. passed Jan. IS
after one day of work, made Jan.
20 and Jan. 21 holidays for all
federal employes in Washington.
This was so they could attend the
inauguration.
Having passed this miracle, the
next day congress raised the sal
ary of the president, vice presi
dent and speaker of the house.
This was public law No. 2.
It would be boring to lust list
all the laws passed, one after an
other. To get the spirit of the
thing, let's just hit someof the
legislative men spots, t eo. ;s. alt
er congress had ben In session
five weeks, it passed public law
9 to issue a commemorative
stamp on the 200th anniversary
of Alexandria. Va.
a a a
P. L. 22, March 23, extended an
invitation to the international
Olympic committee to hold the
19o6 games in Detroit. Iheres
farsighted planning for you.
Next day P. L 23 authorized
the marine band to attend the G.
A. R. encampment.
There was a very important
piece of legislation passed in P. L.
29. which permitted fourth-class
postmasters to be upgraded to
third-class postmasters, and third
class postmasters to be downgrad
ed to fourth-class postmasters,
without examination. ,
P. L. 32 gave the District of
Columbia daylight-saving time
again.
Spring got into the congres
sional blood ort April 21 when
they passed P. L. 51. regarding
the processing of certain visa
cases for admission into the U. S.
of alien fiances and fiancees of
GI's.
By May 26. congress was really
worried about the International
situation. It passed P. L. 74. au
thorizing the president to desig
nate Memorial day as a national
day of prayer for peace.
a a a
Following the advice of a Ro
man emperor Nero, wasn t it 7-
who gave the people circuses
when they cried out for reduction
of the cost of living index, con-
gres on May 31 authorized the
national capital sesquicentennfal
commission' to proceed with plans
for the 150th anniversary of
establishing the capitol in the Dis
trict of Columbia.
P. L. 8S authorized the marine
band to go to Little Hoik, Ark,
Congress did better after that,
and passed ils second 100 laws in
only six weeks. P. L. 200 extended
the time for construction of a toll
bridge across the Rio Grande at
Rio Grande City, Tex., after P. U
198 had extended the time for con
struction of a free bridge across
the Rio Grande at Del Rio.
In between were these epoch
making additions to Blackstone:
P. U 132 authorized completion
of the Eden project. It was an
other Eden not the original gar
den. Tliis one's In Wyoming.
P. L. 190 authorized the general
accounting office to make on-the-spot
audits of accounts of the
house sergeant at arms.
Anyway, P. L, 203. signed Aug.
3. designated June U of each year
as Flag day, and you don't have
to worn" about that one any
more. Long may It wave.
Republicans Seek
Aid for China
Washington. Sept. 8 Hf Sen
ate republicans today promised a
"major battle" for military aid to
China when the administration's
$1,450,000,000 arms aid program
gets to the senate floor.
They renewed their attack on
the China policy as a special 25
man committee considering the
arms aid plan called Vice Adm.
Oscar C. Badger, retiring navy
commander In the far east, for
questioning on tse hot China
issue.
Controversy over what to do
about China flared as the after
math of a charge by Sen. Tom
Connally, D., Tex., chairman of
the foreign relations committee,
that Generalissimo Chiang Kai
Shek "absconded" with $138,000.
000 In gold from the Chinese
treasury when he quit the gov
ernment for a refuge in- Formo
sa. Dispute Torrid
The dispute over China policy
reached such a torrid state that
Connally declined to pose for
photographs with Sen. William F.
Knowland, R., Calif., with whom
he clashed on the senate floor
late yesterday. Connally refused
to join Knowland and Badger be
fore the committee session for a
photograph.
The arms program as proposed
by President Truman contemplat
es military help for European
countries outside the iron cur
tain and for some non-communist
nations elsewhere. But it includes
nothing for nationalist China.
Sen. William F. Knowland. R.,
Calif., who is leading the fight
to earmark $175,000,000 in aims
aid for Chinese non-communists,
told reporters that "the adminis
tration has no Intention of doing
anything for the far east."
"That means there will be a
major battle on the senate floor
on this issue," he said.
Use classified ads In The Bulle
tin for auick results.
C61umnist Eleanor Roosevelt's pronouncement that the
peaceful picketing of communist Robeson's concert was "un
wise" excites a natural curiosity as to what her ideas may be
on picketing in general.
Out on the Farm
By lis S. Grant
Sept. 8 Indian summer, rich
with the bounty of the harvest
and resplendent in the colors of
the first turning leaves, is our
favorite season of the year. Al
most overnight, some of the trees
in our neighborhood turned gold
en yellow. The sumac bushes are
tinged with deep red.
There hasn't been enough frost
- yet to hurt the garden. Our big
gest zucchini has literally "grown
itself to death" and is starting to
pop its skin. Some of the others
have caught up with it, and there
are several over 20 inches long.
Last night I canned a box of
pears, to store away with the
box of peaches I canned last
week. It takes a full evening to
put up a dozen or so jars of fruit,
but it's time well spent, I think.
A box of clingstone peaches, to
pickle, would be nice, too.
This morning from the picture
window, we saw a light on Tum
alo mountain, just north of Bach
elor butte, that twinkled like a
lone star. The windows in the
lookout house caught the rays
of the sun lite the facets of a
huge gem. I went out in the yard
and waved my handkerchief. But
maybe it would be better to send
up smoke signals?
Others Say
CREDIT TO TBLMAN
(Eugene Register-Guard)
It is to the great credit of
President Truman that he has
done what Franklin Roosevelt
stubbornly and bitterly refused
to do accord Mr. Hoover an
honorable and responsible place
in the councils of the nation. The
Hoover report on reorganization
of our federal agencies Is a
crowning achievement for a long
and distinguished career of pub
lic service. And it marks the es
sential greatness of Mr. Hoover
as a man, that on his 75th birth
day, he can speak to his fellow
countrymen about their problems
without returning even the sha
dow of malice for malice.
Rye is the most commonly
used plant for green manuring in
home gardens.
ECivcainiis
Minstrel
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