WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1 8, 1 950
THE BEND BULLETIN. BEND, OREGON
PAGE THREE
2,000 Persons .
Working fo Stop
Flood Waters
Vinoennes, Ind., Jan. 18 ip
More than 2.000 volunteers and
soldiers worked without rest to
day, striving desperately to save
the city from the relentless flood
waters of the Wabash river.
Women and children worked
beside their menfolk, attempting
to build an auxiliary wall of sand
bags lMi miles long to retain the
water if it came over the city's
big concrete seawall or crashed
through it.
About two-thirds ot the city
would be flooded if the river
broke through and 10,000 persons
would be forced out of their
homes.
Meanwhile, Intense cold swept
the flood areas of Illinois, Indi
ana, Kentucky, Missouri and Ar
kansas after a day of comparative
mildness.
A new flood threat arose in
northern California after near
record rainfall. San Francisco
had .81 inches of rain in four
hours and traffic was snarled
across the state. More rain was
predicted today.
Heavy winds subsided in Colo
rado, aiding 2,000 persons fighting
a big brush fire near Colorado
Springs, but 90-mile-an-hour gales
swept Pueblo last night, ripping
off roofs, smashing signboards,
and breaking windows.
6,000 Seek Kef uge
About 6,000 persons took ref
uge from the midwest floods and
authorities warned that 22,000
more might be forced to evacuate
their homes within a few days.
Almost 800 families took to
high ground in western Kentucky.
Hardest hit were the towns of
Sturgis, Calhoun, Eddyville,
Smithland, Rumsey and Casey
ville. More than 900 families fled
from the "swamp east" area of
Missouri across the Mississippi
from Cairo, 111., where engineers
were considering blowing up the
new Madrid-Birds Point levee to
reduce pressures along more
vital bulwarks' of the 'father of
waters."
The flood danger extended
along almost 500 miles of river
line including the Wabash, Ohio
and Mississippi rivers.
Seawall Raised
The greatest danger, however,
appeared to be here at Vincennes
where townspeople were making
a valiant effort to save their
homes. '
The seawall, normally 29 feet
high, had been raised another 18
inches by the addition of a sand
bag parapet.
But the river was rising 810ths
of an inch per hour and stood at
28.56 feet at 2 a.m. today. The
pressure was so great that water
was seeping beneath the big wall.
Authorities hoped the auxiliary
sandbag wall would hold back the
seepage and any possible over
flow. They said that as the space
between the two levees filled with
water, pressure against the base
of the big wall would be equalized.
NO RIFT INDICATED
Hong Kong, Jan. 18 IP U. S.
ambassador-at-large Philip Jcs
sup said today that no rift had
arisen between the United States
and Britain over Britain's recog
nition of the Chinese commu
nists. Jessup, who is touring the far
east on a state department obser
vation mission, said the forthcom
ing meeting of American far east
diplomats in Bangkok, Thailand,
would examine "all phases" of
U. S. policy in southeast Asia. But
he refused to disclose the agenda
of the meeting, which he will attend.
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Deschutes Electric
HAL HUSTON
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Bowlihg
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Moom No. I: B. Anderson. 41: O.
Miller. S7 ; V. Miller. 456 : K. Smith, COS :
1.. umiun. M8. 'i'utal 2lia2.
Mlti-l.aiiil Creamery : H. 1'rirhard. 486 :
Smukt-y Alrfthtre, 4By ; V. Adams. 341: U.
I.ay. 4t2; 1.. Chapman. 60fi. Total 2704.
Kniht of Pythias: J. Wood, 4S7 ; O.
Hansen, 888 : R Syvtrson. 4io ; A. lUuson.
437; 1'. l.oree, 614. Total 2674.
Al'TOMOTIVE LEAGUE
Ward Motor Co.. Clark's Mobil
service, and Carroll Motors last
niphf smrivl 3.1 wlno l -
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G. Allen, Halbrook Motors and
uenu uarage co., respectively.
Team honors went to Carroll
Motors with a AK4
series.
Scores follow:
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082: HJorvik. 4U; Latto, Wl ; Allen. 447.
total .w41.
P A,lSn: Smedley, 482: UBlane.
15? ! A.",i?T"-, 331 i Cundell, SS; Kill.
4b4. total 2651.
Halbrook Motors: K'rdrow. 440: Intt,
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Henijeron, 863: Pryor, 612: Murnhy, 474.
Bend (iaraire Co.: c. Martin. 306 c.
son. 64W : ti. Humtin. 4:17.' Total inl.-2.
Larroll Motors: J. EJward. 4yl : O
Crane. 680: K. Moy. 4!io: J. Cohh394 ':
C. Dewey. 383. Total 2,80.
Sportsmen Plan
Tp Feed Game
Bend sportsmen today outlined
plans to cooperate in feeding
snowbound deer and hungry birds
in the Deschutes country, as snow
piled up to the greatest depths
in years in all parts of the basin.
Just as soon as roads are opened,
hay will be hauled by Dave
Adrian, of Lapine, to deer in the
Wickiup area, sportsmen an
nounced. The sportsmen also plan to co
operate with state game commis
sion, biologists in providing feed
for upland birds, and today
sought information as to areas
of bird concentrations. This in
formation should be given to Gail
Baker, at the forest service office,
telephone 29, the sportsmen said.
Just as soon as roads are opened
into rural areas, feed for quail
and other birds will be distrib
uted. Reports from farm communi
ties reveal that most of the bird
feeding areas are under deep
snow. Sportsmen fear that the
birds will suffer in the next few
days unless feed is provided. In
some communities, rural resi
dents are providing feed for quail,
which are reported feeding with
chickens.
Yesterday in Bend, a covey of
quail visited the yard of N. R.
Gilbert, president of the local trap
club. Feed was provided.
Also seen in Bend this week
were a number of jackrabhits.
TOO BIG IN HEAD
Henniker, N. H. (IB Arthur
Sarkifiian's football debut at New
England college was delayed.
When the 260-pound tackle re
ported for first practice, there
wasn't a headguard big enough
to fit him.
Ochoco Timber
Cut Impressive
Prineville, Jan. IS A report of
H. C. Hulett, supervisor of the
Ochoco national forest, shows
that the timber cut in the forest
for the first half of the current
fiscal year up to December 31,
1949, had a value double that cut
for the first half of the previous
fiscal year. For the first half of
the fiscal year, ending December
31, 1948, a total of 60,076,000
board feet was cut, with a value
of $425,951.
For tile first six months of the
current fiscal year, however, the
cut reached 70,112.000 board feet,
valued at $887,082. This did not
include 1,131,000 feet cut by the
Edward Hines Lumber Co. on ex
change lands in the extreme
southeastern portion of the forest
and sawed at a Burns mill.
Hulett says that It is estimated
that during the second half of the
current fiscal year, a total of 20,
000,000 feet will be cut on exist
ing sales contracts. The increase
in revenue, he said, will reach
around $250,000. An additional
10.000,000 feet will be cut on an
Edward Hines company exchange
acreage.
Hulett listed the following re
spective board feet and value of
cuttings made for the first half of
the current fiscal year by operat
ors who had negotiated contracts
for Ochoco forest lumber: Alexander-Yawkey
Lumber Co., 5,879,
580 and $112,924.14; Edward
Hines Hines Lumber Co., 14,057,
040 and $180,031.94; Hudspeth
Sawmill Co., 20,975,030 and $225,
216.87; Ochoco Lumber Co., 22,
491,540 and $308,793.37; Pine
Products Corporation 5,903,790
and $54$49.49; .miscellaneous
small timber and wood sales,
805,020 and $2,466.29; and total,
70,112,000 and $887,082.00.
The sales listed value of Christ
mas trees for the first half of the
current fiscal year at $1,024; for
the same period of the preceding
fiscal year, $1,015.
Prineville Digs
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fered from exposure, it was re
ported. Rescued last night were Mr.
and Mrs. Bob Yancey, who left
the Yancey ranch nine miles
southeast of Prineville yesterday
at 3 p.m. for Prineville, so Mrs.
Yancey, who is to be confined,
would be near a hosptial.
They telephoned to Prineville
and told Yancey's brother, Don,
that they were starting to towne-j
wnen tney naun t arrived at o p.
m., a rescue squad set out, and
found the couple stranded si:
miles out of town, with car
trouble. A tow car provided by
Houk Motor company headed the
procession, followed by Don Yan
cey, In his car, and county road
enuipment. Mrs. Yancey was
taken to Prineville and suffered
no ill effects, it was reported.
Wild Ducks Frozen
In Willamette Ice
Independence, Ore., Jan. 18 'If
Cold weather that froze their fpet
in an ice shet stranded more than
100 wild ducks in a Willamette
river slough two miles south of
here Tuesday.
Independence Police chief Ray
Howard said the weather tragedy
was reported by Arthur Waldron,
whose farm Is near the slough
three miles south of here.
Waldron told Howard that he
noticed the ducks futilely flap
ping their wings in an attempt
to free themselves.
He said thousands of other wild
fowl ,in the area were swimming
unconcernedly in icy ponds,
streams and feeding area where
the water was not frozen over.
Howard said he notified state po
lice of the plight of the ducks.
Colorado Fire
Finally PutOut
Colorado Springs, Colo., Jan.
19- iu)-Casualties.from a wind
blown brush and timber fire that
ravaged a 20-square-mile area,
Including portions of an army
camp 'and the exclusive Broad
moor hotel region, climbed to two
dead, 29 injured and three' miss
ing today.
The second victim died from
burns. He was a soldier, as was
the first. No identification has
been made of either man, pending
notification of kin. The an
nouncement has been made by Lt.
R. A. Geiger, public information
officer at Camp Carson.
Of the 29 injured, 10 were re
ported in serious condition, and
the other 19 were bed patients.
They are all being treated at the
Camp Carson hospital.
Meanwhile, an extensive search
is underway this morning for
three persons believed missing,
possibly in the fire area. The
names were not released. It was
not known if they were men or
women.
Winds, which made fire fight
ing impossible yesterday, died
down during the night allowing
about 6,000 soldiers and volun
teers to quell the blaze in the
army camp and spread over the
20- square-mile area to put out nu
merous small fires. A total of
33 army structures were consum
ed by the flames.
P.P.&L. HAS FIRE
Portland, Jan. 18 iui An early
morning fire caused $10,000 dam
age to fuel handling facilities of
the Pacific Power and Light Co.'s
steam .generating plant here to
day. -
Firemen were Investipntlne the
origin of the flareup which broke
out in the dragline sneel nna
spread to parts of a dock where
hog fuel is unloaded from barges.
The damage will not interfere
with the plant's operation, a com
pany spokesman said.
Social Security
Changes Sought
Washington, Jan. 18 iliv-Senate
finance committee members
wanted an explanation from the
administration today on whether
Its social security" proposals
would benefit lower bracket work.
ers at the expense of others.
ine answer was sought from
Social security administrator Ar
thur J. Altmeyer, who was asked
to give the committee more tie
tails of the administration's plan
for a more liberal social security
law.
Committee members were duz-
zled by part of Altmeyer's testi
mony yesterday concerning the
administration's proposal to col
lect old age insurance payroll
taxes on the first $4,800 of an In
dividual's yearly Income.
uiey asKea him to be prepared
today to clarify whether the pro
posal meant that higher bracket
workers would receive less in ben
efits for each dollar contributed
than those in the lower brackets.
They did not indicate whether
they would favor or object to
such a plan.
Would Raise Figure
Under existing law, tuxes are
collected on the first $3,000 of an
nual income. The bill passed by
the house last year would raise
the figure to $3,600.
Altmeyer praised the "funda
mental excellence" of the house
bill but offered an assortment of
suggestions for changing It. Most
of his proposals were in line With
administration recommendations
to the house last year.
In urging $4,800 annual "wage
base," he said it would help re
duce the cost of the program as a
percentage of the payroll. He said
a retired worker's benefits are a
much larger percentage of his
wages, if he had earned an aver
age of $100 a month, than if he
had earned $400.
Another major change Altmey
er wanted would extend old age
insurance to larm operators and
hired farm workers. The house
bill would add about 11.000,000
persons to those now under the
law, -but it still would exempt
farmers.
BOBCAT TOO BOLD
Detroit, Ore., Jan. IS lhi A
bobcat, driven down from the
hills by storm-induced hunger,
was slain here Tuesday after kill
ing 13 chickens at the Raymond
Sophy farm.
The scrawny cat weighed only
seven pounds. It was shot about
200 yards from the chicken house,
where lt was tracked by Walter
Bail and his dogs.
Sophy said the cat atwarentlv
had staged the daylight raid after
ueing starved by heavy snows in
Ihe nearby hills.
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Patricia Scott, 2a, assures Ruth Miller, 13, in a Los Angeles hospital'
where Ruth's left leg was amputated due to a cancer growth. Mrs.
Scott, a businesswoman, served as a nurse during the war. She lost
a leg in Rn accident during 1043. "I never used a cane or a crutch."
she told Ruth during her surprise visit to the hospital. "And with an
artificial leg, I can dance as good as ever."
SLIDE BLOCKS HIGHWAY
Eugene, Jan. 18 Ui A 200-foot
section of highway 36 between
here and Florence, Ore., dropped
12 feet last night, eight miles east
of Florence, the state highway de
partment said.
A parallel railroad was not af
fected by the rain-caused slide.
A highway shovel crew was dis
patched from Roseburg to fill in
the depression but engineers said
earth would have to be hauled a
considerable distance to restore
the grade.
Traffic between the southern
Willamette valley and Florence
was shunted to the Drain-Reeds-
port route.
The first soil maps published
by the federal soil survey were
based on work done by field ex
perts jMst 50 years ago; today
soil survey work is done in every
state cooperatively by federal and
state soil scientists.
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