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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Deschutes County, Or.) 1917-1963 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 17, 1950)
Univ. of Qrtzon Lthr,... EUaSJiE, OH2U0N 3'BU Sfafe Forecast OREGON Intermittent now, mostly In outh por tion. High both iayt IS to SS north portion.. Lew tonight near zero is north te 5 to 15 in south portion. t LEASED WIRE WORLD NEWS COVERAGE 1 Iril rj CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER 34th Year SEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1950 No, 3S to Eimdl Momie BEMI LLEfIN Mm? A Stem I '3 Snow, Cold Hold Qrip on Oregon; No Relief Seen , f Portland, Jan. 17 (EE) Oregon's intense cold wave will continue witn little relief m sight. That was the verdict of the U. S. weather bureau today as Hhe mercury dipped to sub-zero temperatures east of the Cascade mountains and sub-freezing temperatures west of the mountains. The' Portland airport had two readings of eight degrees : above zero Tuesday morning 3 Youths Taken At Vale, After Burns Jailbreak Burns, Ore., Jan. 17 tlB Three Portland youths held as burglary suspects sawed their way out of the Burns city jail last night but ' were recaptured today in the rear compartment of an automobile at a roadblock outside Vale, Ore. The fugitives are Donald Bre shears, 19, Portland; George Ed ward Northern, 18, of Portland and Oakland, Calif., and Morris Williams, 19, Portland. They were being held here for California authorities in connec tion with a series of burglaries at Oakland and Redding, Calif., and at Lakeview and Portland, Ore. Police officer Dan Mallory said the three prisoners hacked a hole about eight inches in diameter through thin metal behind the jail's boiler. One of the youths t, squee?pa ,ior"gn . ine noie, op-. ff tained keys from the jail office. ' and unlocked the cell, freeing the other two. Guns Stolen The fugitives then broke into an arms cabinet in the police sta tion and stole two .22 caliber auto matic pistols and one .32 caliber automatic. Police notified Oregon state po lice, who set up roadblocks on highways leading out of Burns. At 6 a.m., seven hours after the escape, a state policeman became suspicious of a pickup truck stop ped at a roadblock outside Vale. He searched the car and found the three youths huddled in the rear compartment. Chief of police Walter D. Lfs comb went to Vale to return the trio to jail here. Mallory said the youths were suspected of a series of burglaries in Portland, Way Now Cleared For Tax Repeal On Oleomargarine Washington, Jan, 17 ilPi The senate today killed a dairy state substitute for the administration bill to repeal federal taxes on ole omargarine. The vote was 48 to 37. The sub stitute would have repealed the taxes oh oleo, but banned inter state shipment and sale of color- ? oleo, J ' Defeat of the substitute appar ently ciearea ine way ior pas sagelater in the week of the bill to repeal all oleo taxes and permit unrestricted interstate shipment. It was a major victory for sen ate forces which have been press ing lor repeal of the W-year-oid federal margarine taxes. Killed with the substitute were provisions to repeal wartime ex cise tax rates. Taxes on furs, jew elry, admissions, telegraph and phone charges and other items would have been reduced by the defeated excise tax provisions. The administration plans to seek a reduction in excise taxes in sep arate legislation. Vote Crucial Both sides regarded the vote on the substitute as the crucial one. A possible flurry over amend ments to write civil rights pro posals into the bill could delay the final vote, on the repealer. Senate democrats agreed earlier (Continued on Page 5) STORM WARNINGS L"P loniana, Jan. II ir ineibermeni weather bureau announced that) The mill, located three miles small craft warnings were hoisted gouth of Roseburg on U.S, Meh at 7 a.m. today from Tatoosh is- way 99. was bought by Lloyti land. Wash., to Cape Blanco, Ore., I Crenshaw of Rosebur?,' II"nry for easterly winds 25-35 miles an ' B iiley of Walker Miilln? com hour". nanv and J?ck Kerr of thp Kerr At the same time smalt craft ; Lumber companv. Both Bailey pvarnlngs were ordered through I and Korr are of Eugene, the Strait of Juan de Fuca fori The,new owners have changed north-northeast winds 25-35 miles the name of the concern to Green an hour. the lowest recorded here since January, 1943, The Columbia river began freezing solid at numerous points above MeNary dam. Barge lines suspended service east of the dam. Forecasters said the tempera ture would rise no higher than 26 in Portland throughout Tuesday, while Jn western Oregon mini mum temperatures were expected to range from 15 to 25 degrees in the interior and from 28 to 35 de grees on the coast. More Snow Coming More snow was forecast for the northwest through Tuesday night. A strong wind this morning added to discomfort of people who 'ventured outside their homes. Frozen water pipes and automobiles plagued motorists and householders. Snow fell in Eugene, Klamath Falls, Pendleton, Meacham and La Grande Monday afternoon and scattered snow showers were re ported today, Most major highways In Ore gon were open to traffic, although it. was one-way traffic on some tnoroughlares. btate police con tinued to caution motorists not to take long trips unless necessary. The Pacific highway (U. S. U9 between Oregon and California was reportedly blocked at Yreka. Washington s Evergreen route up the Columbia gorge was closed and travel on most roads of the area was termed hazardous and chains advised. Bus Lines Operating A gale-velocity storm struck northern California yesterday and (Continued on Page 5) Colorado Brush Fire Uncontrolled Colorado Springs, Colo., Jan. 17 dpi High winds whipped a brush and timber fire in the famed Broadmoor hotel district to new fury today and spread the flames j into warehouses on an army post in the vicinity. The public information office at Camp Carson, located in the Broadmoor area, said that four big warehouses and a laundry: were afire. The blaze, raging for 12 hours over a 14-square mile area, had been brought partly under con trol at mid-morning by an army of 5,000 firefighters, including troops, a seabee battalion, fire men, city and county employes and other volunteers. The warehouses, located in the north end of the military reserva tion, are about one mile from the main post headquarters and its barracks. An estimated 1,500 soldiers aided by firemen were reported fighting a losing battle against its encroachment. No lives had been reported lost so far in the fire, which threat ened mansions and summer cot tages in the resort area. The fire, of unknown origin, first was reported shortly after midnight.- Borne by high winds which reached up to 70 miles an hour, it roared down Cheyenne canyon at the base of Cheyenne mountain. The blaze at on? time threaten ed the S3.500.000 Cheyenne mountain zoo located on the Broadmoor hotel grounds, and the palatial home of L. B, May tag, washing machine manufac turer. PURCHASE ANNOUNCED Roseburg, Jan. 17 HP An nouncement was made here to day of the purchase of the t'ni trnrcal t itmtwr mmtwnv hv three t on,i rinnntaa rmmtv lum- Valley Lumber company. Even Weatherman Shovels Snow ft !PJ5 J 3 - t Not even the Weatherman is exempt from snow-shoveling work these days, this picture reveals. The trail through the snow K?ads to weather recording instruments at the local weather station, 1426 Harmon boulevard. At the left is the instrument shelter, and in the center is the manual rain gauge. At the right, the miik-can shaped equipment is the automatic gauge, which records precipitation for a period of a week. Plans for Deschufes Soil Conservation Elecfion Made At Meeting Held in Redmond Plans for the forthcoming clude all of Deschutes county in the Mid-State soil conserva tion district, and the district's annual meeting next month. were discussed last night by George . JSUiot, cnairman ot Priehard, Sherwood Nicholas Protected Area For Coasting Established Here Taking advantage of the 10-: inch blanket of snow that covers Bend, the Bend recreation depart ment has set up road blocks on various streets, to provide pro tected sledding for youngsters, it was announced today by Wayne Hamilton, recreation director. Motorists are being asked by Hamilton to use caution when it is necessary to move a car through the" blocks, and parents have been asked to have their children confine their sledding activities to the blocked streets. to avoid accidents on open streets. Sled areas where road blocks have been erected follow: West 8th, from Portland to Newport. West 13th, from Davenport to Fresno, Norton, from 4th to 6th. Georgia, in the Hunter place area, back of the Catholic church. The sled zones were covered with fluffy snow this morning, but it was 'believed that ideal sled ding would be available when the snow is packed, Hamilton hopes that the ice rink can be cleared this after noon to provide skating tonight. He also has announced that the rink management is in need of records, for rink music. Marches and waltzes are needed, Hamil ton said. Flocks of Wild Geese Seen Here Believed to have been driven from northern feeding grounds, probably alone the Columbia, by the present storm, flocks of geese drift?d over Bend last night, and thptr honking wn hpntyl bv manv local residents. The geese circled im- uiv a uumui-r vi tinn-s, ably attracted by street lights, orjpjne. These rates will be used as the honking of Mirror pond geese. Yesterday afternoon a i flock of about 100 flew low over i the city. So far as could be learned to (day, none of the migrating bird? ; stopped on the mirror pond, I However, in past yeirs, birds i have been known to desert mi grating flocks and join the Mir ; ror pond birds. Game officials say geese feed ion northern whcatfMds. near the (Columbia river, until driven south by heavy storms. mam i i . - - election on the proposal to in the district's board of supervis- the board, appointed Waiter and Jess Edgington to a com- mittee which will be in charge of disseminating information about the election proposal, to residents of the county. The election is to be held Febru ary 3. - Plan Absentee Ballots 1 The board supervisors decided that absentee ballots will be sent to ail land owners whb are eligible to vote in the election. These bal lots, it was explained, can be mail ed in advance of the election to Lloyd Smith, polling superintend ent, Bend. The polling places for the elec tion will be located as follows: Eastern Star grange hall. Pine Forest grange hail, Tumalo water district office, and Squaw creek irrigation office. It was announced that Febru ary 6 has been set as the date for the district's annual meeting. Principal speaker for the occasion will be Ivan D. Woods, an irriga tion specialist from Denver, Colo. Also to be featured on the meet ing program Is W. L, Teufsch, of the state soil conservation com mittee. The meeting is to be held in Redmond in the afternoon. It was I reported. Bids on Timber Set January 23 Auction bids will be received in the office of Ralph W. Craw ford, Deschutes national forest supervisor. Bend, for an estimat ed 3,500,000 board feet of timber covering 1.100 acres fn the south west Pine mountain lava area at 2 p.m. on January 23, according to information from the local for est office. The stumpage is in the lava flow region near tha Sand springs road. Appraised value of the timber, according to long-term, normal mark?tinp conrt'tions, is $5,30 per 1000 board feet for live and 1 marked dead ponderosa pine and si lor Unmarfcert rtnrt nnnrfprneri base applicable through the entire period of the sale agree ment, ! The sale will be based on West-1 em Pine association Index pric?1; as calculated by the forest service at the end of each quarter. Pro-! visions of the sale will be sirrii:ir to that governing tjie Northern Pine mountain sale earlier this : winter. The stumpage wiii be hauled ( out to the central Oregon high way and moved to the milling point. NewSnowfa Covers Bend, Rural Areas Bend today was under a 10-inch blanket of snow, following a night storm that raked the high Cascades with high wind as a near cairn prevailed In the Des chutes country and flakes piled up on tree limos, Mouse tops and fences, Hardiy a breath of air ac companied the fall of snow in Bend in the tiight hours. - WMic the Ueschutes country was exjierienelng the night cairn, high wmd,vof marked violence" whipped across the government camp sector. Drifting snow and a silver thaw were reported from the Santiam divide this morning. The night fail on the Santiam di- vfiie was measured at six Inches and the roadside depth was civen as mcnes zu leet, ihts was the heaviest pack reported from mo banltam country fn January in many years. "Dry" Snow Falls Five inches of fluffy "dry" snow fell in Bend last nieht. Mois. ture content of the Bend snow was only .16 of an inch. Since January 1, moisture measured In Bend is ,8J of an inch. Highway officials reported that both Santiam routes were open this morning. In fact, ail major routes out ot Bend, .north and south to Klamath Falls, were op en, but In mid-winter shape. Mo torists were cautioned that travel over northwest roads is still rug ged. Snow was failing over all of central Oregon this morning. However, Redmond last night re ceived only on inch of snow com pared with the five inches meas ured here up until 7 a. nt. Three nones XiSiw.leu at lapme, Chains Necessary Snow-covered, frown highways made chains a necessity on most Oregon routes, the state highway department reported. Even Port land was under a blanket nt snow, with the roadside pack measured as six inches. In Bend, snow plows were still oa,the job today, and downtown snow removal work was under way. Incidentally, Bend was one of the state's "warm spots" last night, with a minimum of 14 re corded. Yesterday, the tempera tures mounted above the freezing point tor the first time this week and reached a maximum of 33 degrees. BLOCKADE EFFECTIVE Hong Kong, Jan. 17 W The 10,000-ton Canadian freighter Lake Canim returned to Hong Kong today from Tsingtao after abandoning an effort to run the nationalist blockade of commun-ist-heid Shanghai. Capt, J. A, Wright said he gave up his original plan of trying to reach Shanghai when he saw na tionalist warships laying mines off the blockaded port. He said he sailed 2.400 miles to and from Tsingtao through Chi nese waters. Charter Member Honored. CT fHTf fwtT',',Wf,ff'IT'' Sr I 1 . - tO- -I t m 5 r, f I fcl si In ohservan of the 35fh anniversary of the founding of the Ki wanis International club, the Bt?nd group yesterday honored Its charter members. Pictured here I one of the charter members, Ciyde M. McKay, right, cutting the ciuh'a birthday cake. He has not missed a club meeting In 15 year. At left is Don O. Conner, club president. The Bend Kiwanis club was Instituted 25 years ago. Public, Private Power Groups Prepare for Battle Over Sale Of P. P. & L Company's Stock ay T. V. Washington, Jan. 17 (ttB public pover interests seems to be shaping up in the Pacific northwest as American Power & Light company proceeds with divestment of its ownership of Pacific Power & Light company. On Jan. 23 the securities & a hearing on the application D 1 oarming uroup Bids for Power Company Stock New York, Jan. 17 Ui A bie banking group today bid S!5,0QO.- 000 cash for Pacific Power & Light company common stock, and promptly received the en dorsement of the president of that utility. The banking group which has posted $1,000,000 with American Power & Light companv (which now owns the racillc Power com mon stock) as evidence of Its will ingness to pay 815.000,000 cash for that stock consists of Alien & company; Bfyth & Co.; Biair, Kolilns i Co., inc.; Kiddar, Fea body & Co.; Schocilkops, Button & pomeroy, inc.; Kobert Haw kins & Co.; Pacific Northwest Co., and Butcher & Sherred. Paul B. McKee, president of Pacific Power & Lfe?it company, made the following statement about the banking group's offer: to buy control of Ms company: "It Is my understanding that this group, tt permitted to pur chase tfle common stock of Pa cific Fewer A-Light-Co.-. 4ntn!s to keep Pacitfe in business as a forward-looking private enter prise. McKee Gives Support "This plan has my complete and enthusiastic support. The men behind the proposal are de velopment minded and awake to the needs and to the opportuni ties of the Pacific Northwest, In my opinion, It wiii mean much to the region if the proposed plan becomes effective. r . "Pacific company has been a constructive factor in the elevei (Continucd on Page S) It Was Good Try, But It Failed! Medford, Ore., Jan. 17 It was a good try hut It didn't work. Some youngster called radio station KYJC last night. Identi fied himself is E tt Hedriek, superintendent of city schools, and said Mcdford schools wouid be closed Tuesday because of in clement weather. The announcement went out over the air and was heard by the real E. H. Hedrick, who called the station and put them straight on the matter, , Schools are in session in Mcd ford today. i ""I" li it - .-rn , , - -. , - K.IENLEN A battle between urivate and exchange commission will hold of a New York banking group Tor exemption as purchaser of Pacific Power "from ail pro- visions of the public utility holding company act" and it is believed that at least one other financial group by that time may have submitted a bid tor the P6 ,367,101 west coast property The sole bid thus far has been $19500,000 by 8, J. Van Ingen & Co., and associated firms and tndi viduais. This group proposes to pay $10,000,000 In cash, plus not more than saaltooo in dividends and distributions, except certain conditions, winch may add an other $1,000,000 to the price. Actine forTl D This group Is reported to be acting In the Interest of a public power district on the west mast, to which it Is planned to sell con trol of Pacific Power A Light sub sequent to the purchase by the brokerage group. stock Involved aggregates an of the outstanding 500MO shares of Pacific Power common, now own ed by American Power & light. In addition, there also 1s outstand ing a Mock of 90,036 shares of 5 per cent $100 par value preferred stock. Since submission of the Van In gen group bid. It is said, another syndicate has been formed ta the interest of private power operat ors. Best information, but not readily confirmed, to that this group will seek financing through the Bank of America,! The pre,jeataHBf th? bivA here, however, said 1st knew noth ing of any such proposal. Bank ing laws, he pointed out, prohibit Bank of America from buying i common stock directly. YA Involved Interest in the matter is height ened by the resistance of west coast businessmen to proposals for a Columbia river valley au thority, which federal proponents say would be of immense benefit to the Pacific northwest. Presi dent Truman, to his recent econ omic message, said "I have ai- (Oontinued on Page 2) U.S, Battleship Missouri Aground At Hampton Road Norfolk, Va Jan. 1? lBThe mighty Missouri, the navy's only active battleship, ran aground to day in Hampton Roads. She was undamaged, the navy said, hut probably will remain a prisoner until nightfall. The "Big Mo" grated only a sandbar at 8:45 a.m., at ebb tide. The navy sent a dozen tags to aid her, but they were unable to get her off Immediately, The navy said she probably would not How tree until high tide tonight. There was no serious damage to the 45,000-ton battleship and no reports of casualties or in juries, the navy said. on Training Crowe The historic Missouri, whose deck bears a plaque on the spot where the war with Japan was r-nded, was lea vine her home oort here on a routine training cruise to ouantanamo bay, Cuba. She carried 71 officers and 1,400 en listed men. The battleship went aground t.7 miles east northeast of the Old Point Comfort Heht in Hamp ton Roadi. She struck a sandbar on the left side of the channel. A navy spokesman salsl un officially that t h e grounding caused the Missouri onlv at! "in- convenience" and her plate were draws Ms supplies from a re-cent-not damaged. I ly completed line to the Rangeiy, Commercial vessels pick up a I Colo., oil fields, nllot to guide them through the I When winter weather and a channel, but naval craft do not. 1 strike-caused steel shortage The Missouri is the only battie-1 forced suspension of work a week ship still on active service wilhlaB the eight-Inch line had been the f l"et. The others are "moth- finished to a point 80 miies west hailed" In the reserve fleet. Her skipner Is Capt. William D. Brown, Jacksonville, Fla. It was the Missouri's first trio under hiss command, it Diiwrr WORK Long Beach, Calif., Jan. IT W - Fiiiiros station attendant Don- old H. Bedford, 25, today started a six-momn jaw sentence for drawing unemployment Insur ance while working as a Jail trustv, Bfdtotd, assigned to the city hstH parking lot whits serving a OMay traffic term, was arrested after he strolled to the nearest ide iowr-st reading ir. seven yuan. unemployment office, filed a'Thf all-time Portland record 01 claim and received two checks, two below was to 1SW, Denham Plans Early Move -Against Lewis ; Bv Laurence Gander IDM Fro ten Gsmapaafeat) Washington, Jan. 11 Hi"1 Presi dent Truman rejected today an other republican plea (or emer gency action against istm L. Lewis, but a separate govern ment move was In the malting to tack is the coal shortage by another kind of injunction. The president turned down a persona!, appeal from Sen. 0fi Brewster, R, Me., that he Invoke the national emergency provi sions of the Taft-Hartley law to end the current wildcat and twice- a-week strikes In the soft coal fields. .. . Brewster said the president told him what he has told ottter republicans who have made the same plea In recent weeks that there Is no national emergency In coal. The Taft-HarOay law per mits the president to writ SO-ciay Injunctions against strikes which Imperil the national health and safety. Ccmniatot Espested But a crackdown on Lewis ap peared to be In preparation on another front. Aides of Robert M. Denham, general ecu -set ot the national tabor relations board, said he plans to issue a formal complaint, probably Wednesday, accusing Lewis and the United Mine Workers union of unfair labor practices to violation ot the Taft-Hartley law. That would clear tlw way for Denham to ask a temporary court Injunction forbidding Lewis ana tne miners to coBttBue tnose practices pending a hearing by the NLRB. , , A. prtn?!pa .rtarB rslsrt. hy the coal operators te that thi three-day work week ordered by Lewis la a form of coercion in tended to make them sign a new wage contract on his terms. Den ham couid.ask the court to order an end of the, three-day weelt Denham insisted for quotation that he has not yet reached a final decision on what action, ff any, to take on the operators' complaints. Be said his decision will be reached "tomorrow after noon at the earliest. If then." . PWteta on Pairoi Pittsburgh, Jan. IT MB Awtry rank-and-file United Mine Work- era pickets patrolled the coal fields talav drfvtae far sn ati- out strike to bring the teg drawn coai contract dispute to a neao. The pickets cruised on a 21- hour basis in western Pennsyl- tContinued on Page 51 Contracts Let For Pipeline Salt Lake Ciiy, Jam. It 0P All contracts for completion of a new petroieum products pipeline from Salt lake City's new refinery center to Pasco, Wash, had teen let today by the Salt take Pipe line Co, President C. E, Finney. Jr., of the Standard Oil of California subsidiary announced last might that the Job of pushing the line north and west from Boise will be done under two contracts. A Joint award was made to Morrison-Knmtoon Co, Ma ceo Corp. and Bechtel Corp. for work on the line front Boise to Baker, Ore. From Baker to Pasco, the line will be laid by Pacific Pipe line and Engineers, Ltd, Construction of tlw line began last year from Standard's new Salt Lake City refinery, which of Twin Falls. The portion from Twin Falls to Boise will be com pleted early thts summer under existing contracts. The line is al- ready in use to Twin Fails, with wayside delivery points at Qgaen, Utah, and Buriey. Ida. Total fost of the line, with pumping stations and delivery outlets, will be $12,500000. Total j length h 5S0 miles. COLD IN PORTLAND Portland. Ore , Jan, 1? U The j temperature at the Portland lr j port dropped to an eight-degree j minimum twice early today to-
