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THE BEND BULLETIN
State Forecast
Oregon Partly cloudy and
somewhat cooler Sunday.
High 55 to 65 today and 48
to 58 Sunday. Low tonight
30 to 40 except 20 In higher
valleys.
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CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
bend", deschutes county,' Oregon! saturday76ct6ber TsTi 949
33rd Yoar
No. 265
Salmon Hatchery Takes Shape on Santiam
U.S. Communists Denounce Verdict
A salmon Imli liiTV, being erected lit n rust of $."H l.CXKl. Ik rapidly taking shape In the North Snntlnm
river countrv. mi Xlarlon lurk. The big butchery Is lielng iwliii by nnny engineers to offset the loss
of hiiIiiioii rims resulting from const run Ion of the Detroit dnm. Taken yesterday evening, this pic-tun-
Illustrates progress of work on the hatchery. Sunn of the 4H reining Kols are seen In the fore
ground. The main hnii-hery Inillillm:, In the background, will lie two-stories high.
Taking of Trout
Eggs at Elk Lake
Again Scheduled
Ending a long "rest" eiiod,
trout eggs again ure lelilg taken
at Klk lake this full, with new
at work under supervision of
llenrv llei-d. suierlntemlenl of
the Fall river hatchery. Kobcrt
Hornvlcka, state name department
bloloulst, said the work this fall
Is largely In the nature of an ex
periment. If the egg-taking work
proves successful at Klk lake this
fall It u exMcted that the men
will bo designated us a iiermii
nent station.
In earlier years. F.Ik lake was
one of the major egg Inking sta
lions In central Oregon, and mil-1
Hons of eggs were obtained, each
fall. '17ie egg taking station Is
near some large springs, where
the trout congregate.
Kit KM obtained at Klk lake will
be taken to the Fall river hatch
pry, on the lliier Deschutes.
Some 20 yeais aifo when n ermn
nent egg taklnu station was main
tained at Klk lake, crews caught
by early autumn storms frequent
ly were forced to haul out eggs
on sleds, over snowflclds.
Mother Killed"
In Auto Accident
St. Helens. Oct. 15 di -Mrs. Lu
cas 1.. Thomlson, 35, mother of
four small children, was killed
and her husband suffered serious
Injuries last night when their au
tomobile overturned on the Vern-onla-Scapnose
highway, e I K h t
miles east of Vernonln. TIley were
en route to o football iamc.
I nlber at rrlnevllle
Lucas Thomlson la the son of
Joe D. Thomlson, manauer of the
Crook county chamber of com
merce, who left for Vernonln this
morning after receiving word of
the tragedy. He said he had been
informed that his son's condition
was critical.
Herd of Dwarf
In Lost Valley,
Jamestown. N.D.. Oct. 15 Uli
Animal trainer t'.ene Holler said
today he discovered a herd of
dwarf entile In a "lost canyon"
and two veterinarians confirmed
his story.
Holier, a former rodeo rider,
said he caught five of Cic ani
mals, which are about the height
of a large dog, and took them
from the canyon by helicopter.
He refused to let newsmen see
them, however, because he said
he has a contract with a national
magazine for exclusive picture
lights.
J. W. Klnne and G. A. Ot linger,
Jamestown veterinarians, said
they examined the tiny cattle and
described them ns dwarf Here
fords with the customary reddish
brown coat of the breed.
Both Klnne and Oltlnger said
that a faulty diet, probably due
to something In the soil or water
in the canyon where they lived,
Inhibited the functioning of
glands responsible for growth
Well Proportioned
Otllnger said the animals were
"perfectly proportioned, how
ever.
Holler said he had henrd rum
ors of tho lost canyon and Its
slrange herd of miniature cattle
for several years and finally lo
cated It.
Big Salmon Hatchery Under
Construction in Santiam Area
A SHI 1,000 snlmon hatchery i.s rapidly taking Hhape in the
North Saiitinm river country, on Marion creek, with comple
tion date sot for Feb. 10, 1950. The big hatchery i.s being
erected by the army engineers, to (.ilTnel tite loss of salmon
runs in the North Santiam river resulting; from construction
of the massive Detroit dam.
Under construction by the GniiHlnnd Construction Co., of
Holliiiglmiu. Wash., the salmon butchery will huve 48 circu-
lur rem-intr iioniis. each 25 feet
Bend Airport
Surfacing Now
Near Completion
Surfacing of the Bend munici
pal nlrjKUt was In Its final stages
today, with Ideal-weather prevail
ing, city officials reported. Tills
week end, Asphalt Paving Co.
crews are engaged In the final
five day treatment" of the newly
oiled runway. 'Hils work consists
of packing the surface with spe
cial equipment, an outfit referred
to as the "bohhly wheels" a scr
ies of rollers that operate on off
center wheels.
Craded anil cindered earlier in
the season, a 3,800 foot section of
the 4.0(H). foot runway Is being sur
faced. Approach aprons also were
treated.
Fear was felt for a time that
the oiling work would have to be
delayed until next year, because
of the unseasonably cold weather.
However, conditions changed yes
terday when the temperature
reached 70 degrees In Ilend and
remained above the freezing point
last night.
Present developments call for
only one surfaced runway.
PI.KAHS NOT Cl'II.TY
A plea of not guilty yesterday
was entered In circuit court by
John Paul flahlll, .Hi, of Wallula.
who was Indicted Wednesday by
the Deschutes county grand Jury
on a charge of attempted burg
lary. Date for trial has not been set
yet by H. S. Hamilto:i, circuit
court Judge.
Cattle Found
Is Claimed
Tile cattle, he said, were 24 to
28 inches high and weighed from
KM) to 220 pounds.
"They're very fleet-footed, like
a sheep or goal," he said. "Ex
cept for that, they're exact small
sized replicas of ordinary Here
fords, even to the reddish-brown
coat."
The five ho has under lock and
key in his barn are two cows nnd
three bulls, he said. He estimated
their age at one to three years.
"I've reallv no Idea why they
grew so small," he said. "There're
several possibilities, however.
Maybe It's some chemical in the
valley's water or forage- grass
Then again, the dwarf herd could
have resulted from Inbreeding of
a freak that cropped up In a nor
mal herd trapped In the canyon."
He wouldn't tell where the enn
yon was located, other than that
It definitely was not In Colorado.
"There's nbout 20 more head In
there and the magazine Is going
lo send photographers nlnng
when I try to get them out,"
Holler said. '
He refused lo say when he
trapped the five head or when
he plans to try to get the remaind
er of the herd. He said he captur
ed the five In a gully leading out
of the main canyon.
in diameter, and an 80 by 165
rectangular basin, divided
into 16 sections. Pouring of
concrete for the last of the
ponds is now under wny.
Tho main hatchery building, on
which work Is now under wny.
will tic a two-story structure, CO
by 110 feet, with working space
on the first floor and dormitory
facilities on the second floor.
Work on the hatchery was started
;m Jlllyi wlth ,nc clearing of the
grounds,
S Kesldenres
Three resiliences for hatchery
staff memlHTS also ure being
erected, on a bench facing the big
hatchery.
The salmon plant Is being erect
ed near the confluence of two
creeks, Marion and Horn, that
carry water of different tempera
tures. Through regulated mixing,
water of a desirable temperature
can le obtained for the hatchery.
The plant will have a capacity
of several million salmon, t h e
numlier to lie retained in the
ponds at one time to depend on
whether they are to be released
as flngerllngs or larger fish
An egg-taking station will be
maintained on the North Santiam
river Just below the Big Cliff dam
several miles downstream from
the huge Detroit dam. now under
i construction.
T he Marion creek
hatrherv will be ooerated bv the
state fish commission.
The entire flow of the North
Santiam river, about 500 second
feet at present, Is being diverted
through a tunnel.
Season Near
On Game Birds
Opening of the 1949 waterfowl
season Is less thnn a week away.
Bend hunters pointed out today as
they prepared for a general mi
gration Into the lake nnd liver
areas In the south-central part of
the slate, the Klamath basin and
In some parts of the upper Des
chutes. The waterfowl season will
open at noon on Friday, October
21.
Tho season on upland birds will
open concurrently with the water
fowl season, with the longest
pheasant season to be In Malheur
county. In Malheur, the pheasant
season will extend through No
vember 9, with the bag limit set
at four cock pheasants a day and
not more "than 12 during the en
tire season or In possession. In
the central and eastern Oregon
counties, other than Malheur, the
season will extend from noon on
October 21 through October 30,
with a bug limit of three cocks a
day and not more than nine dur
ing the entire season.
Hungarian partridge hunting
will be permitted In Malheur
county only. Valley quail may be
hunted from October 21 through
October 30 In Deschutes, Crook
and that' portion of Jefferson
county outside the North Unit Ir
rigation project.
The Oregon elk season will
open October 25.
Gus Solomon
Nominated
For Judgeship
Washington, Oct. 15 '111 presi
dent Truman today nominated
Cius J. Solomon of Oregon to be
Judge for the district of Oregon,
filling a new position.
Solomon, a Portland attorney,
was the choice of democratic na
tional committee-woman Nancy
Honcyman Kobinson and commit
teeman Monroe Sweet land.
His principal opponent for the!
nomination was Circuit Judge
Earl C. Latourette, Oregon City,
who was the choice of the 'Oregon
state bar association.
Latourette was top man In a
poll of Oregon lawyers.
Henry L. Hess, La Grande,
U. S. attorney, wos another strong
contender for the nomination.
Hess was endorsed by the AFL,
CIO and railroad brotherhoods In
Oregon.
Stanford Graduate
Solomon Is a graduate of Stan
ford university and Heed college,
lie changed his registration from
republican to democratic several
years ago
In Portland. Solomon said:
"The opportunity, to serve ort
the federal bench ls1he greatest
privilege that can come to a law
yer. I am deeply grateful for the
honor bestowed on me Dy rresi
dent Truman."
When the Oregon democratic
stale committee polled Its mem
bers, there were a total of 21
first choices out of a total of G6
registered for Solomon.
A new federal Judgeship for
Orecon was created In a congres
sional bill setting up several
throughout the nation on the
basis of population reapportion!
menl.
Negro Nominated
Washington, Oct. 15 HP) Presi
dent Truman today nominated
William H. Hastie, governor of
the Virgin Islands, to the third
U.S. circuit court of appeals the
first negro to be named to a cir
cuit post.
Gunplay Wounds
3, In Portland
Portland, Oct. 15 (UP) Police
said today that three men were
woutided and a fourth powder
marked in an outbreak of free
forull gunplay on a downtown
sidewalk.
Circumstances of the shootings
were not clear, but officers said
as many as seven shots were
fired outside a tavern (at NW
2nd and Couch St.), apparently j
over on old debt.
The injured were John R.
Wcltch, Portland, three wounds;
Melton J. Dachckas, also of Port
land, one wound, and Wesley J.
Crlsman, Eugene, one wound.
All were taken to Good Samari
tan hospital, where a guard was
placed over Dachekas, who was
charged with assault with a dan
gerous weapon and carrying a
concealed weapon.
One bullet went between the
legs of James Beeks, Portland,
leaving powder marks on his
trousers.
Officers said Dachekas walked
into the tavern about 1 a. m. and
asked Weltch to pay some money
he said was due on an old debt.
After a heated argument, the
two went outside. Witnesses said
Dachekas drew a gun and fired
at Weltch, who wrestled the
weapon away as it went off sev
eral times. One bullet struck
Crimson, another tavern patron.
and one narrowly missed Beeks.
Dachekas, who walked to the
emergency hospital, was struck
in the left arm.
Liquor Revenue,
Fund Distributed
Salem, Oct. 15 iU-) Distribu
tion to cities and counties of
liquor privilege tax money for
the quarter ended Sept. 30 to
taled $77,424.17, Secretary of
State Earl T, Newbry reported
today.
The money represents a special
privilege tax revenue on liquors
collected for the benefit of cities
and counties, Newbry said.
The city of Portland received
$21,698.84, Salem $2,196.07, Eu
gene $1,480,58 and Klamath Falls
$1,172.14.
Other allotments Included:
Crook county, $225.59.
Deschutes county, $411.39. Bend
$712.01. Redmond, $153.76.
Jefferson county, $75.74.
fcentral Oregon Chamber
Pelegation Will Consider
fiighway Celebration Plan
(Contract tor
New County
Building Let
Contract for the project of
grueling a county road equip- j that spans the deep gorge of Mill
rm-nt building on the corner of i creek, in the Warm Springs In
East Hr.it street and Olney ave-l,jan reservation.
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the Deschutes county court to A.
Wilson Benold, general contrac
tor of Bend.
Benold's bid of $11,633 was low
of five offers made yesterday to
the court. Other bids were made
bv J. L. Rots. $12,983.20; Fred N.
Van M.itre, $14,210; W. V. Ham
bv. $16,500, and Alan A Siewert,
$15,857. All the contractors are
from Bend with the exception of
Siewerl, who is from Salem.
Construction of the building is
to begin within the next few days
and I.s to be completed within 60
davs after the start of work.
The building, with dimensions
of 64x44 feet, will have 12-foot
high walls of concrete and pumice
block construction, and will be
covered with a timber truss roof.
The floor I to be of concrete.
Negro Kills 2
Police Officers
St. Louis, Oct. 15 ' IF1 A Negro
auto thief who shot and killed
two suburban Overland policemen
with their own guns was arrest
ed here today and readily con
fessed the slayings, police an
nounced. The Negro was Identified as
-hn Louis Johnson, 26,. who shot
his way to short-lived freedom
after he and his brother-in-law
were arrested in a stolen car.
The arresting officers. Sgt.
Pelham C. Scott. 48. and Patrol
man Edward C. Juetteman, 30, of
the Overland police force, were
killed in a melee which broke out
after the two men were taken to
.the Overland police station.
Police said Johnson surrender
ed meekly when they broke into
the mid-town room of a woman
friend to which he had fled after
the shooting.
Information, leading to John
son's arrest was supplied by Ar
nold Cheeks, 28, the slayer's
brother-in-law and accomplice In
the auto theft which brought
Johnson's original arrest.
Gun Seized
Cheeks and Johnson were be
ing booked when the affray oc
curred. As Scott leaned over a
desk to telephone, Johnson grab-1
bed his .45 caliber service revol
ver. Scott tussled with Johnson, as
sisted by Police night clerk Otto
Albrecht. As he escaped ne
turned and fired several shots
back into the building without hit
ting anyone.
Meanwhile. Juettemeyer, had
been outside Inspecting the stolen
car. He started toward Johnson
who turned and fired once, hit
ting Juettemeyer above the left
eye. Juettemeyer died two hours
later.
As Juettemeyer fell to the pave
ment, Johnson discarded Scott's
empty pistol -and seized Juette
meyer's. When Scott, unarmed, ran onto
the street after him, Johnson fired
twice, hitting the officer In the
chest and left arm. Scott was
pronounced dead on arrival at the
hospital.
Meanwhile, Johnson made his
getaway on foot. Investigators
learned later that he apparently
ran to a street car line and by fre
quent transfers made his way
back to St. Louis.
Cheeks took no part in the
shooting. He gave officers the in
formation identifying the killer
as Johnson. He was removed to
the St. Louis county Jail at Clay
ton, Mo.
Prineville Seeks
New Housing Units
Prineville. Oct 15 Bruce
Bauer of Medford. president of
Oregon Homes, Inc., has been
here this week inspecting possible
locations for construction of a
block of low cost homes. A group
of local men, who have expressed
an interest In plans of Bauer,
whose concern has built housing
units at Medford, Klamath Falls,
North Bend and Portland, in or
der to relieve an acute housing
shortage In this city, where popu
lation has more than trebled in
10 years, Is declared to have en
gaged in a campaign of ground
work aimed at gaining new hous-
n Ing units for the city.
Central Oregon chamber of
commerce members will Join with
delegations from Portland, CJresh
am and Sandy tomorrow in a con
ference at Timberllne lodge, at
which plans for a celebration
marking opening of the new
(Warm Springs highway will be
I outlined. The highway dedicatory
I rfirmnnv is ftr-hf-Hlllwl fnr nn.
con-Slav Nov 13 at the steel hrirlie
The central Oregon group at-
tending the conference at Timber-
line lodge, on Mt. Hood, tomor
row, will meet in Madras at 9S0
a.m. From Madras, the group
will drive across the Indian res
ervation, with a look at Pie Mill
creek span, now nearing comple
tion, planned.
Bend Croup to Attend
Included in the group from
Bend planning on attending the
conference tomorrow are W. J.
Baer. city commissioner; Floyd
West, Bend chamber of commerce
manager; Dean Swift, assistant
engineer of the Bend state high
way division, and Mr. and Mrs.
Phil F. Brogan.
Arrangements for the caravan
going to Mt. Hood tomorrow to
use the new road were made by
Oliver B. Earl, president of the
Madras chamber of commerce. It
Is expected that a representative
of the headquarters of the Indian
reservation and a delegate Iron,
the tribal council will join the
caravan at Warm Springs agency.
, The Central Oregon chamber
of commerce, which is spearhead
ing plans for the Nov. 13 celebra
tion, has been notified by W. C.
Williams, acting state highway
engineer in the absence from the
state of R. H. Baldock, that Swift,
the assistant division engineer in
Bend, will represent the highway
; aepartment at the nmDeriine con-
ference.
It has been learned that points
as distant as Boise. Ida., plan to
participate in the November cere
mony dedicating the new -Mill
creek bridge and marking the
opening of the shortcut into Port
land. Homemakers Club
Aow Serving Hot
Lunches at School
Under direction of the Bend
high school Future Homemakers
of America club, a hot lunch pro
gram got under way this week
at Junior-senior high. The first
lunch was served Wednesday, and
the three days this week that the
program was in operation, meals
were served daily to an average of
50 persons.
The lunch program is set up on
a non-profit basis, with meals
priced as low as possible to cover
the cost of hiring a cook and buy
ing food, according to Miss Dor
othy Rydberg, high school home
economics teacher and FHA ad
viser. For 40 cents, a student or
teacher may buy a lunch that in
cludes a hot dish, an extra vege
table or a salad, a dessert and
one-half pint of milk.
Mrs. E. J. Nystrom has been
hired to do the cooking, and FHA
girls assist with the preparation
of food In their free periods. By
helping with the work they amass
points which are applied towards
sweaters and club awards, and for
each hour that a girl works, she is
entitled to one meal at the cafe
teria. Dish washing is completed
each day in the noon hour..
The club has 60 members and
in the course of the school year
all will have helped in the lunch
program, Miss Rydberg said. Vio
let Klobas Is chairman in charge
of ordering supplies. Darlene
Hince is chairman in charge of
recruiting workers, and Doris Wil
son is clean-up chairman for the
year.
In addition to the regular lunch,
patrons may buy extra dishes.
The club also operates a portable
candy counter which is set up in
tne caieteria at noon, it also will
be taken to basketball games,
where the girls will sell candy to
earn money for the club treasury.
Sponsors oi the lunch program
expect the number of customers
to increase In cold weather.
"DROUTH" CATTLE SHIPPED
Gateway, Oct. 15 The final
lot of "drouth cattle" shipped into
Jefferson county by the hundreds
in early 194a were loaded out
from here by Norton Bros., opera
tors of north and east Jefferson
county cattle ranches. Eighteen
cars were forwarded to Klipstein
& Rudnick, Gosford, Calif.
The cattle were fat and other
wise In fine condition difficult,
according to those who have ob
served them since their arrival,
to believe as the skinny "critters"
which arrived from the parched
pastures of California.
Calf Won During
1948 Scramble
Now Champion
A 17-year-old Redmond high
school senior, Carl Wallace, yes
terday won the FFA reserve
grand champion award at the Pa
cific Livestock exposition in Port
land, with the short horn steer he
obtained this past year at the ex
position s steer-scramble.
The steer comes from the stock
of the Mile-Away ranch at Red
mond owned by James F. Short.
With the same steer, Wallace
also won championship honors in
the contest In which only steers
from this past year's scramble
were entered.
In addition to the above honors,
Wallace placed first in points in
the state in the FFA livestock
Judging contest. A team made up
of Wallace, Jack McCaffery, of
Powell Butte, and Gary Strunk, of
Bend, won the Judging contest-
Wallace, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Wallace, of the Alfalfa com
munity, at present is operating a
40-acre ranch. Among livestock
he owns are seven registered
short horn steers and several reg
istered Hampshire sheep. This
week 12 acres of potatoes on his
ranch are being harvested.
Chinese Reds
Occupy Canton
Hong Kong. Oct. 15 0P The
Chinese communists occupied the
heart of Canton today and to the
south raised a five-starred red
banner directly across the Hong
Kong crown colony border irom
the British union jack.
The communist underground
took over the border village of
Shautaukok, 13 miles north of
downtown Hong Kong, after
some 300 nationalist garrison
troops crossed into British, terri
tory and laid down their arms.
As soon as the communists
peacefully took over the village,
its residents celebrated the ar
rival of the new regime with tra
ditional shooting of firecrackers
and hoisting of the communist
banner.
The village underground was
the vanguard of the regular
troops of the communist forces
last reported pushing toward the
Hong Kong border from Shek
lung, 44 miles to the north.
The 40,000 British troops in
Hong Kong went on a war foot
ing as the communist tide crept
ever closer to the crown colony.
fiencr Community
Chest Campaign
Closes Oct. 22
Saturday, October 22, has been
set as the date when books on
Bends participation in the Des
chutes Community Chest cam
paign will be closed, it was an-'
nounced today from campaign
headquarters in the Bend cham
ber of commerce office.
Proceeds tabulated this morn
ing aggregated S4.270.75, a little
more than a quarter of tne coun
tvs 1949 quota, $16,386, Ernie
Traxler, secretary, pointed out to
day. However, he said, only five
teams out oi some ou in the neui
have turned in reports. Teams
represent the Rotary, Kiwams
and Lions clubs.
"The deer season and other ac
tivities have badly interfered
with the campaign, but we are
confident that the drive will be
cleaned up in a hurry when vol
unteer workers iimsi tneir as
signments and submit their final
reports, l raxler said, in announc
ing the Oct. 22 deadline.
In Redmond, the campaign has
been postponed until Nov. 1.
Persons not solicited are being
asked to make their contribu
tions to the chest headquarters,
in the chamber office.
Henderson Gets
Prison Sentence
Frank R. Henderson, 56, of
Tumalo, yesterday was sentenced
to one year In the Oregon state
penitentiary on a charge of con
tributing to the delinquency of a
minor. Imposing the penalty was
R. S. Hamilton, circuit court
judge of Deschutes county.
Henderson appeared in court
at 2 p. m. yesterday and pleaded
not guilty to the charge. How
ever, about 30 minutes later he
requested to be brought before
Judge Hamilton again, and
changed his plea to guilty.
He was accused of molesting
a 7-year-old Tumalo girl.
Foster Claims
Capitalism
Now Doomed
By If. n. Qulgg
(United FreM Staff Curriwpomknt)
New York, Oct. 15 HP) Com
munists hailed the conviction of
11 of their leaders for revolu
tionary criminal conspiracy today
as the "turning point" which will
swing masses oi Americans to
embrace communism.
They denied that the verdict
would drive the party under
ground. William Z. Foster, national -chairman
of the party, whose 111
health prevented his trial with
the others, denounced the verdict ir
as evidence that the capitalist
system Is "bewildered and doom
ed." '
While their attorneys prepared
to file appeals to be carried to
the United States supreme court,
the convicted men remained Jail
ed in the federal house of deten
tion, awaiting sentence next Fri
day. They face maximum senten
ces of 10 years end f isles of,$10,
000 each.
The five defense attorneys and
Eugene Dennis, general secretary
of the communist party who act
ed as his own attorney in the
trial, also must begin serving
short Jail sentences for contempt
rf .rtitr-t ctartincr Ww IS
"Fight Just Begun"
"The fight for freedom has
only begun," the communist
Daily Worker said today in an
editorial, "and there are millions
of Americans reading and discus
sing this frameup of the 11 com
munist leaders todav who are
stirring to take part in the
light . . .
"This verdict must be the turn
ing point. It is now more than .
ever possible to rally the kind
of movement which will throw
the verdict back into the teeth
of the men who piotted the
frameup."
The newspaper called upon the
8C.000 members of the party to
send wires demanding the imme
diate freedom of the 11 leaders
to President Truman and to At
torney General J. Howard Mc- t
Grath.
"Protest the sentencing of the
lawmakers and of Eugene Den
nis," the newspaper ordered.
"These are the days for every
reader to pitch in and help win
our common fight. Attend the
protest rallies in your neighbor
hood. Distribute our four page
Daily Worker extra in a million
copies. Get neighbors and friends
moving on this case. It Is your
liberty along with the future of
American democracy that is at
stake. The people must give the
final verdict."
May Outlaw Party
In Washington some justice
department experts speculated
Ulcll HUT vcimm.., -uiuiii & .....
American politburo of the party
guilty of conspiring to teach and
advocate the overthrow of the
United States government by
force and violence, would out
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County Road
Crews Active
County road crews are current,
ly engaged in putting roads in
shape for the coming winter ac
cording to a report today by
George McAllister, roadmaster.
He stated that roads are being
graded and widened so that s.now
plows will be able to operate over
them when necessary.
Crews, he added, also are doing
some road repair, and are In
stalling culverts and repairing
bridges on county roads.
At present work is being con
ducted in the Sisters area. Mc
Allister said that he plans next
to move the crew to road3 in the
Terrebc.me section.
Nurses Will Hold
Convention Here
The Oregon State Nurses asso
ciation will hold its 1950 conven
tion In Bend, It was announced
today by Floyd West, Bend cham
ber of commerce manager,
Mrs. Jean E. Hamilton, Port
land, has written to West, to re
port that the board of directors
of the state association accepted
the Bend invitation to hold Its
convention here next year. Tho
1949 meeting of the group was
held In Portland.
A date for the Bend convention
has not yet been set, but It will
probably be In the late summer
or early fall.