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THE BEND BULLETIN. BEND, OREGON
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1949
THE BEND BULLETIN
and CKNTKAL OKECON .'HESS
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fclitar.4 a Herald Class Mstter. January . 1917, at the P. tor jc at Bernl. OrwD
linuer Act ol March 1.
HOBKKT W. SAVYYKR tMllor-Menaiter HENHV N. FOW,.ER-Asoriat Editor
An Independent Newiair Bunding- fur the Square Ileal. CL-an Business, Clean Polities
and the Newt Interest of benl and Central Uremm
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WASHINGTON COLUMN
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PUBLIC SCHOOL COSTS
Last inonlh Assessor Ed Risen drew a circle to represent
the tax dollar paid by the average Deschutes county tax payer.
He cut it up with radial lines, somewhat after the fashion of
cutting a pie, but in unequal sections, to show what part of
the tax dollar goes for this and what part for that. It seemed
that the schools will get 72.8 per cent of the entire take.
That is the picture for the county as a whole. It is a com
posite picture, one which, of necessity, cannot be accurate as
to any one part of the county except by the merest chance.
Thus we find that, of the Bend tax dollar, 61 per cent was for
schools. It is a rate, however, which cannot properly be com
pared to such districts as Terrebonne and Brothers, where 89
per cent and 87 per cent, respectively, went into school main
tenance and operation. Such communities as these, with no
city government and no city expense, naturally use a bigger
percentage of taxes for their schools than do the districts
which are in incorporated towns. A more nearly fair compari
son could be made with Redmond and Sisters, in each of which
districts the taxes levied for school purposes is 70 per cent of
the total levy on local property.
But even this does not give a projection entirely free from
distortion unless there is viewed in connection the tax rates
actually applied in each community. Here we may obtain fair
ly comparable figures. For this shows the percentage of its
wealth as, measured by property that a given community de
votes to public education.
These rates are given in the assessor's statement of taxes.
Often the rate is made up of two or more levies. Bend, for in
stance, has its continuing levy for building of 15 mills to add
to the levy which is set annually. A district may have a rural
high school levy in addition to its own elementary-school costs
or it may pay its part of a union high school district tax. The
combined rate, of course, is what must be considered.
It was these combined rates which were used in the com
parison presented to the Bend school directors Monday night
by the superintendent of the local district. They show that the
local operation is less costly than most. When it is recalled
that the rate here does include 15 mills for building, when it
is recalled also that the district is keeping pace with its plant
and. standardization requirements and that it is doing this
without resort to warrant or funded debt, and that, on top of
everything, it is carrying on a fine program of adult educa
tion, the showing is especially pleasing.
Part of it, we realize, is attributable to the efficiencies
which are possible in a large operation. But standards and
costs in the Bend district will also compare favorably with
those in other large public school operations in other counties
of Oregon, so that cannot be all of it. Recognition must be
given, we think, to an excellent job that is being done here
by the administrators of the local systeml
;
It was last year that Secretary of state Newbry announced
his plan for decentralizing the motor vehicle licensing activi
ties of his office and now we have word of the first definite
step toward this end. Twenty branch offices are to be set up
and one of these, it is pleasing to note, will be established in
Bend. The plan promises better, faster service to license ap
plicants and, it is to be hoped, will result also in worth while
economies in operation. At least it is bound to relieve conges
tion in the traffic department of the secretary's office and
postpone for some time to come the need for more space in
the department's Salem headquarters.
COMMUNICATIONS
Communication, are invited on mat
ter of current and local interest. Let
ter Ihould not be over 400 words in
length, on only one side of tne paper
and. if possible, typewritten. Letter
or manuscript submitted for publi.
cation will not be returned.
WHY WASTE FUEL
To the Editor: If fuel is so
scarce why do the builders of
. houses and other buildings burn
' up all scrap lumber, when there
are people in Bend who could use
any wood in their stoves this
winter?
It seems a shame to destroy
what would help those not so for
tunate. Being of Scotch ancestry
I cannot sanction wilful waste,
for it causes "woeful want" in
many cases.
Truly America Is very extrava
gant and perhaps pr&sperity will
not always be so abundant, even
In the U.S.
Elizabeth Link,
654 E. Norton, Bend
OPERATION SUCCESSFUL
Prineville, Oct. 13 Hudson
White, foreman of the noted Hay.
creek ranch nhn nf tho ctata'o
largest stock spreads which cov
ers arouna juu.uuu acres, has been
discharppri from th,. PHnmriilo
General hospital following a suc
cessful skin grafting operation.
White suffered severe burns re
cently when an explosion occur-
reo. at an electric lighting plant
at thi henrinuartprc nf the Rat.
creek ranch, owned by Mr. and
Mrs. rrea vv. wicxman, some 12
miles east of Madras on the Ash
wood road.
The firp rausprt hv tho pvnln.
sion caused total destruction of
the lighting plant, it was reported
Cooling hard-cooked eggs with
running water loosens the shell.
FAMILY POLICES UP
Sheffield Lake, O. tut Shef.
field Lake's police department is
strictly a family affair. The chief
is Henry Miller. The assistant
chief is Mrs. Ruth Miller, his
wife. The local police have been
noted for the raising of blood
hounds trained by P.uth Ann
Miller, 17, and her sister, Mary
jane Minor, iu.
By lt)iiKlaji Ijirsen
(NKA Staff Correspondent!
Washington (NEA) Gen.
LightniiiK Joe Collins, the army's
new boss, is one of the til's! im
portant human products of unifi
cation.
Most observers agreed that It
was in the cards for Collins to
become chief of staff of the army
some day. It's Just that the trou
bles at the Pentagon have gotten
him there faster. Just like wars
pull some men out of the pack
and put them at the top in a hur-
Sigmund Engel
Wins Freedom
On $50,000 Bail
Chicago. Oct. 13 lPi Sigmund
Engel, who claims to have wooed
and swindled scores of women.
demonstrated jealousy for his
"one and only true wife" today
after ending a three-month stay
in jail.
The 72-year-old Romeo won
sweet if not permanent free
dom when his attorney, J. Ed
ward Jones. Dosted S10O. the last
of $50,000 in seven bonds, to in
sure Lngels court appearances on
state and federal charges.
Then Engel fought with his law
yer over an unpleasant condition
of his freedom. Jones insisted
that Engel be under constant
guard because property of Jones'
father, Charles, was pledged to
get him out of jail.
Engel objected to the extent.
of fist swinging because this
would "interfere with plans for
making love to my wife." But he
interrupted the squabble to make
a television appearance and give
a radio show interview.
Many Listen In
Afterward, he telephoned his
wife, the former Mrs. Pauline
Langton, in Nejv York. About 50
newsmen, radio broadcasting stu
dio employes and others listened
in.
No longer complaining he stole
$50,000 of her jewelry, she had
engaged a plush hotel suite here
for him.
Engel took her to task because
she had, he said, not been at home
to answer earlier calls.
'Where were you?" he d3mand-
ed. He and his listeners waited
patiently through a lengthy ex
planation. '
"But you couldn't have been
walking the dog for six hours."
fcngel finally shouted.
Then, in a change of mood, he
told her he'd rather go back to
jail than be guarded.
lhe way it looks now, I m go
ing back to jail." he said. "I
don't want anybody around when
we re togetner.
His chat, which cost $12.35, was
paid for by the National Broad
casting company.
A few minutes before, , Engel
had appeared on NBC newsman
Jim Hurlbut's radio program and
said there was "not much money
but a lot of pleasure in being
a con man."
Engel refused to say what he
considered nis special cnarm.
"Ask the ladies," he said.
COSTLY COW!
Coos Bay, Oct. 13 itPiJames L.
and Wayne Kiser were fined $500
and "costs" for hunting deer with
a spotlight. They must pay
"costs" to Tom Guerin of Myrtle
Point, Ore., for shooting his cow.
Out on the Farm
By Ua 8. Grant
ry, so has unification tended to do
the same thing. Collins hauoeus
to be in the first big example.
Others are coming.
Those men, like Collins, who
seem to have found the unique
environment of unification purtic
ularly to their liking, share some
specuil talents. i'hey adjust
quickly to a new pattern of opera
tion. They are sensitive to chang
es in public opinion. Their school
ties aren't stronger than their
oath to defend the Constitution.
They handle a detail elliclemly
but without forgetting where it
fits in the overall plan. They
know enough about the machin
ery of government to understand
that congress has the power to
give some orders, too.
Collins helped put his finger on
one of the first bugs of unifica
tion as it aitected the army. Work
ing with General Bradley he
quickly realized that under the
new setup the Job of urmy chief
ol stall could never be the same
as it had been before. Ins work
on the newly created Joint chleis
of staff took up practically all of
tsiatuey s time, it Just wasn t pos
sible lor him to give attention to
the details of all of the other
brandies of the army as had been
customary. J
As a remedy Collins helped to
reorganize the army's top com
mand, boldly giving Individual
commanders more responsibility
and authority. It was the answer
to the problem.
The cnoice of - Collins to take
Bradley's Job. after Bradley was
elevated to cnalrman of the Joint
chleis of staff under the new law.
was a natural. He had been an
important assistant to Bradley In
the balance-wheel effect wnlcli
Bradley had exerted at the Pen
tagon. oeneral Collins Is one of Die
few men who nad important com
mands in botn the Pacmc and
European tneaters during tnc
war. He won the mcKiiatne
"Lightning Joe" for his ability
to move his troops quickly.
Collins is described by his close
friends as a curious combination
of aggressive fighter and dreamy
intellectual. As a child in New
Orleans his mother used to disci
pline him after his fights by tak
ing away his library card. He
was the lOtn of 11 cnildren. His
father. Jeremiah Bernard Collins,
an immigrant Irish boy, set the
soldier pattern in the family by
enlisting in the union army at
the age of 16. Joe's older broth
er, James Lawton Collins, is a re
tired major general.
Tne glamor of having a brother
at West Point is what sent Joe
there.i The biggest sacrifice this
choice of career forced on him
was having to leave behind the
houseful ol dogs, cats, rabbits and
snakes which he tended with
great care. He still can't resist
bringing home stray cats and
dogs.
music is the general's emo
tional outlet. He is a big sup
porter of the Washington sym
phony group. And he seldom
misses tne really long-hair string
quartet concerts sponsored by tne
Library of Congress.
He dismisses as pure bunk re
cent charges that the army gen
eral staff is trying to take
strength and money away from
the navy. And on the problem of
air support for his ground troops,
he says, "no commander will ever
feel that his ground troops are
getting the maximum possible
support from the air, but by the
same token no air commander
will ever think that he has
enough airplanes," he explains.
Collins reasons, "It's mainly a
problem of learning to get along
with what the country can afford."
Oct. 13 Windows were covered
with frost this morning, and the
cats were at the door early, to
get in out of the cold.
On the way to town there's a
farm where a new sprinkler sys
tem had been set up to prepare
the ground for (tome winter
planting. The sprinklers were
still throwing small streams of
water, and the ground wag cover
ed with crystal co formations
that looked like the stalactites
and stalagmites inside raves.
These are the days when we
Shirley Temple
May Get Divorce
Hollywood, Oct, 13 Hit- Former
child star Shirley Temple litis con-
can bring pre-refrlgerated vege
tables In from the garden for a
hue fall naiad, I-nst night we
used part of a cabbage Unit wits
about 12 inches In diameter. It
popiHtl like u firecracker when
we cut It In two.
nulled attorney Geurgo Slalilinnn
about a probable divorce ncllon
attains! ncter John Agar, whom
she married four yeitn ugo, the
lawyer announced today.
"Mlt.ii Temple has inulted me
wllh regard In a probable divorce
action," Stahliutin Haul. "She has
Im-cu holding buck fur n long time,
and before definite ltd Inn Is tak
en, then are a lot of tiling tu
hit sell led."
He said ho wa sure there
would bo no action today, hut Unit
he had further conferences sched
uled with the 21-yeitr ultl ittirt'Ns.
MIks Temple and Agar, then 21,
were man led Sept. l'J. when
Agar wna nn nlr corps hci Remit.
They have one child, Linda iiumiii,
born nearly two years ago.
Mint Temple could nut be reach
ed luimrilliili'ly fur eoniincnl, the
telephone company reporting that
the telephone to her homo Wim
out of order.
It wim nut known Immediately
whether Agar was living at the
family residence or whether he
hail moved to other tinarlem.
Ming Temple returned Just laxt
night from n vacation trip to
1'iilin Springs, and It was reveal
ed Unit Agar did not accompany
her there,
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