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CENTRAL OREGON
AILY NEWSPAPER
34th Year
BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY. OREGON, SATURDAY. JANUARY 21. 1950
No. 39
Fld f hireat .Dimiirafelbes Over Northwest
Symons,
Receive
For Citizenship
Myron H. Symons, one of the organizers of the Skyliners,
a leader in tourist promotion, ardent sportsman and pioneer
in the development of ice skating rinks in this area, last night
was honored as Bend's No. 1 senior citizen at the Jaycees
annual distinguished award banquet, held at the Pilot Butte
inn. Sharing honors with Symons, Robert S. Johnson, Bend
high school faculty member, was named as the city's first
junior citizen.
Bert W. Hagen of Brooks-Scanlon, Inc., was selected as the
outstanding member of the
Game Commission
Establishes Bend
Office, Announced
Establishment in Bend of an
office to serve the central Oregon
district, with Len Mathisen as su
pervisor of the area, was announc
ed here today by representatives
of the state game commission.
With his wife and their two chil
dren, Sue, 6, and David, 4, Mathi
sen has arrived in Bend and is
seeking an office location.
The office is to be opened in
Bend so the state game depart
ment can better serve the area in
which hunting and fishing play so
prominent a part and to consoli
date game and fish work. With
Mathisen shifted to .Bend, three
game department men will be
working out of here. They are
Robert L. Borovicka, Paul H.
Bonn, biologists, and Mathisen.
Mathisen's work at present will
take him. as far north as. the Co
lumbia river. f-- - V
O.S.C. Graduate ' " V
The new-district game super
visor is a eraduate from Oregon
State college with the class of
1839. At U.5.U. he majored in
game management. Mathisen
came to Bend from Reedsport,
where he was stationed while en
gaged In the Umpqua river study.
Mathisen hODes to obtain of
fice quarters which will also hold
some storage space. With Bori
vicka, Mathisen was "shopping"
around town yesterday, hunting
such quarters.
Mr. and Mrs. Mathisen have ob
tained a home in Bend.
County Receives
Highway Cash
Distribution yesterday of $26,
907.55 to Deschutes county-as its
share of the 1949 final quarter
apportionment of state highway
funds, brought the county's 1949
receipts from this source to an
all-time record total of $91,600.63,
it was reported today. Total ap
portionment to counties In the
last quarter of the year amount
ed to $1,709,798.21.
Previous high for the county
was In 1947 when receipts
amounted to $80,649. This past
1 year the return to Deschutes
county was $79,196.49.
The apportionment to counties
from the state amounts to 19 per
cent of state road fund receipts
including motor vehicle license
fees, motor carrier fees, and
fines.
Final quarter distribution to
Jefferson and Crook counties
from this fund was $5,355.05 and
$9841.56, respectively.
Deschutes county yesterday
also received $141.86' as its share
of a state distribution to counties
of amusement device revenue.
The county's total revenue from
this source during 1949 amounted
to $961.74.
From the amusement device
distribution made yesterday
Crook county received $74.34 and
Jefferson county received $25..17.
This amusement device revenue
reverts to the counties' public
assistance funds.
Bend Ice Skatinq
Meet Cancelled
Because of the sudden modera
tion In the weather, the Kiwanis
sponsored Ice skating meet ar
ranged for Sundav afternoon has
been cancelled, Wayne Hamilton,
city director o; recreation, an
nounced today. The meet will be
held later in the winter, if ice
conditions permit.
water covered part of the rinK
V today, as the temperature again
mounted toward the 50 degree
mark. Yesterday, the tempera
ture reached 52 degrees, with last
night's minimum recorded as 38
degrees.
J ohnson
Tribute
junior chamber of commerce,
for his club activities in the
year just past. Symons and
Johnson also received their
awards for activities in 1949.
Made at. Banquet
Awards were made at a ban
quet attended by approximately
100 persons, with Alva C. Good
rich as toastmaster. Guest speak
er was James F. Short, Redmond,
representative in the state legis
lature at the 1949 session from
the joint Deschutes-Lake district.
He had as his topic "Value of
Civic Service."
Recipients of the distinguished
service awards for senior and jun
ior citizens were selected by a
secret committee representing
various service and civic groups.
Their Identity was kept secret un
til banquet time.' Neither Symons,
Johnson nor Hagen knew of their
selection in advance of the ban
quet, and lacking prepared accep
tance talks asked to be excused
with a mere "thank you" and at
least one of the recipients was so
surprised that he could scarcely
murmur tnose two worcts.
: , i Receive Ovations - ' '
All' three award winners receive
ed ovations from the group, com
posed largely of senior and junior
chamber of commerce members.
The senior award was made for
the first time this year.
Norman Partridge, junior cham
ber Dresident this yast year, open
ed the award banquet, following
an invocation by Rev. Koss Knoiis,
with a summary of Jaycee activi
ties In 1949. These projects rang
ed from a 4-H program early in
the vear to the "Hello banta
nroeram sDonsored as the year
ended. The club's No. 1 worker
of 1949, Hagen, is the new presi
dent of the group. Goodrich took
over the toastmaster post Dy reaa
ine a telegram from Howard J
selh. No. 1- lunior citizen two
years ago and now manager of
the Santa tsarDara, i.am., uiam
ber of commerce.
Introduced by Barton
Rill Barton introduced Hagen
as the outstanding Jaycee of the
past year, an honor won in pre
vious years by Don Higgins, Don
Conner, Les Schwab, Gordon Ran
dall and Barton. Work headed by
Hagen in the past year was sum
marized. Bend's No. 1 junior citizen of
1949 was presented by Gordon
Randall, who received that honor
the previous year. Son of Bend
pioneers, Mr. and Mrs. P. B. John
son, who in early days home
steaded in the Millican area, John
son, it was announced, is playing
a major role in activities of Ore
gon classroom teachers, and last
year represented t h e Oregon
teacners at me national l-uhh-i-ence.
Johnson's activities in Boy
Scout and civic work also were
enumerated. He is a past presi
dent of the local Jaycees and is
state vice-president of the Junior
chamber of commerce.
Actlviile9 Traced
Symons was presented as Bend's
No. 1 senior citizen of 1949 by
Frank H. Loggan, immediate past
president of the local chamber
of commerce. Loggan traced Sym
ons' activities back through the
vears. touching on early-day ef
forts to develop skiing and ice
skating and reviewing tne suc
cess of the early efforts. Symons,
a resident of Bend for the past
35 years, more than 20 years ago
assisted in the development of an
outdoor skating rink at the old
Tiima o hatcherv. Loggan men
tioned. Last year it was Symons
who headed the move tnai re-
,,,n in the finnHlni? of lota not
far f mm the center of downtown
Bend. This lot has been success
fully used for two consecutive
seasons.
The part Symons has played in
the planting of trout, in the dis
tribution of tourist literature, in
sail boating and In tourist host
school work also was mentioned.
Corsages Presented
f r Rvmnns. Mrs. Johnson and
tr Hatrpn were presented with
corsaees. after their husbands!
had received their distinguished
citizen awards.
Introduced by Goodrich, Short
touched on the sweep of social
Ism over England and declared:
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Jaycees
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Distinguished service awards were given men named as Bend's leading citizens at a banquet last
night at the Pilot Butte inn. At left is Bend's No. 1 senior citizen of 1949, Myron H. Symons. In
center is Robert S. Johnson, No. 1 junior citizen. Bert Hagen, outstanding Jaycee of year and presi
dent of the group this year, is at right.
Elliott Elected
Deschutes Farm
Bureau President
Eugene Elliott, of Terrebonne,
was named president of the Des
chutes county harm Bureau at an
election that highlighted the an
nual meeting, held yesterday at
the Redmond grange hall. He
succeeds Folmer Botker in the
office.
Other new officers are H. P.
Eby, Terrebonne, vice-president;
B. L. Fleck, Redmond, voting
delegate; Delmer Davis, Tumalo,
alternate delegate, and Mrs.
Charles Porter, Tumalo, associat
ed women's chairman.
The morning session. . presided
over by Folmer -Bodtker, ws de
voted principally to the. election
of officrs. Following a noon meal,
the meeting was resumed under
the direction of Jim Short, pro
gram chairman. M. A. Lynch
spoke to the group, stressing the
importance of farmer organiza
tion and the strength in unity.
Marshall Swearingen of Milton,
executive vice-president of the
state Farm bureau, who was one
of the principal speakers, gave
the highlights of the work of the
bureau in state and national le
gislation. Jay Shively, secretary
of the Central Oregon Irrigation
district, spoke on water rights.
Postmasters Set
Convention Here
Oregon chapter No. 11 of the
National Association of Postmas
ters of the United States will hold
its 1950 convention in Bend, on
June 6, 7 and 8, with headquar
ters to be at the Pilot Butte inn,
Farley J. Elliott, Bend postmas
ter, announced today.
Dora Howard, postmaster at
Hauser, is president of the state
association, and A. F. Tifft, Red
mond postmaster, is national di
rector.
The Oregon chanter last held
its convention in Bend In 1941,
with R. H. Fox as host postmas
ter.
Plans for the Bend convention
are now taking shape, according
to information from Uregon offi
cers of the group. Representa
tives of the national association
will be present.
Andrei Vishinsky Makes Angry
Denial of Acheson s Charge
By Henry Shapiro
(United Pre Buff Cornmponilent)
Moscow, Jan. 21 mi Soviet
foreign minister Andrei Vishin
sky today accused U. S. Secretary
of state Dean Acheson of "uncer
monious lying" and angrily de
nied that Russia is annexing
northern China.
Vishinsky denounced Acheson
as Foreign minister Chou En-lai
of the (communist) Chinese cen
tral government arrived in Mos-
cow to join his president. Mao
Tze-tung, in cementing Chinese-
soviet friendship under the new
Chinese regime.
Acheson's speech before the
Washington Press club contained
"not one word of truth," Vishin
sky said. Acheson charged that
the soviet union already has an
nexed outer Mongolia and Is add
ing Manchuria. Inner Mongolia
! and Sianking province.
Vishinsky replied In
a state
ment given to foreign correspon
dents by Yurdi Frantsev, chief of
the foreign ministry's press de
partment. He said Acheson's charge was
"so absurd and monstrous that
Honor Leading Citizens
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Chamber Hears Suggestions
For Work Projects in 1950
Numerous suggestions for work projects during the cur
rent year yesterday were offered'for the consideration of the
Bend chamber of commerce, when the organization's board of
directors met jointly with committee heads to discuss plans
for 1950 activities. v
Presiding over the session was James W. Bushong, chamber
president.
One suggestion was made that something be done about the
parking meter "situation."-!-"-;
Vance Coyner, chairman of
the civic affairs committee,
stated that he will "try to
have them removed," and Gor
don Randall, chamber first
vice-president, stated that mem
bers should keep In mind the fact
that the meters were installed
primarily as a regulatory meas
ure," and not just for revenue
purposes,"
It was proposed that the tour
ist host committee also consider
the matter, with a view to aiding
tourists who receive over-time
parking tickets.
Street Lighting Studied
Studies also were asked on
street lighting conditions of the
city-a project for the civic af
fairs committee if accepted.
Other things to be considered
by the tourist host committee in
clude; A Bend float for the Port
land Rose Festival parade and
central Oregon advertisement
signs in California and wasning
tcn. Spring and fall openings will
be a major projects for consid
eration by the retail merchants
committee. It was also suggested
that the committee consider a
plan for having "more and better'
street decorations for the Christ
mas season.
The fish and game committee
was asked to continue its pro
gram of cleaning trash fish from
centra Oregon lakes. ,
Improvement of public air serv
ice, and development of a private
flying program, were presented
for consideration of the aviation
committee.
Water Survey Urged
Robert Foley, chairman of the
Irrigation committee, stated that
the chamber should back a plan
for making a complete survey of
the utilization of water in the
Deschutes river, with the view to
irrigating the land around Eend.
Proposals offered to the roads
and highways commlltee include:
Paving of the Bend-Powell Butte
road and widening of highway 97
south of Bend.
Prior to the joint session the
directors held a regular business
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we first doubted its genuineness."
Slander Charged
"He (Acheson) said all those
absurdities in order to put a de
cent face to a bad game, to blame
soviet foreign policy and at the
some time to place on the USSR
the fault for the collapse of hLs
own foreign policy.
"It Is understood that such a
doubtful operation couldn't go on
without slandering the USSR."
Chou's arrival in Moscow to
Join Mao In probably the final
days of Chinese negotiations with
the Kremlin led to predictions
of a soviet-Chinese friendship al
liance, a creon agreement, a com
mercial pact and a cultural col
laboration accord.
Chou said in a speech at the
Yaroslavl station of the trans
Siberian railroad on his arrival
that he had been summoned by
Mao to take part In conversations
strengthening China's good neigh
borly relations with the soviet
union.
The soviet press gave promi
nence both to Chou's arrival and
to Vlshlnsky'g denial of Acheson's
charges.
Wanna Buy Some
Cheap Potatoes?
They Can be Had
Washington, Jan. 21 lUt For
one cent the government will sell
you a brand new burlap sack
worth 17 cents. .- .
-There's practically holimit -on
the-number you can buy hun
dreds, thousands, millions.
But there's a catch to it.
You also have to take the 100
pounds of potatoes in the bag.
They're free, but you can't eat the
potatoes or let anybody else in
this country cat them. If you do,
the government will charge you
$3 per bag.
And don't try to throw them
away either. If you do, the gov
ernment's charge is $1 per bag.
You have to export the pota
toes and you can't shl0 them to
Canada, Cuba or the Carribbean.
Suppose you decide to send
them to Europe. That's when
your trouble begins.
It costs about 30 cents per bag
to ship the potatoes to port from
country shipping points up in
Maine, where most of the pota
toes are stored.
Then, it costs another $1.50 to
get them across the ocean. If you
can find a European buyer who'll
pay $1.81 per bag, which officials
sav is doubtful, you'll break even.
Not so Uncle Sam. He loses
$2.09 on eveiy 100-pound bag you
buy. The one-cent export deal
Is part of the government's pro
cram to get rid of --at any cost-
surplus potatoes farmers have
produced under the price support.
Officials doubt it will help dis
pose of many of them.
Hospital Ground
Breaking Given
Consideration
Hospital Founders' organization
members holding a special meet
ind this afternoon were consider
ing tentative plans for a ground
breaking ceremony marking the
start of work on the St. Charles
memorial hospital. A definite
date, It was Indicated, cannot yet
be set, but may be announced In
the next few days.
Paul W. Wise of the firm of
J. W. Wise & Son. Boise, Ida.,
contractors who will erect the
hospital, has announced that
work will start on the founda
tion just as soon as snow dis
appears from the ground. He will
notify the founders three days In
advance of the starting date.
There Is a possibility that the
breaking of ground can be set
for a Saturday possibly next
Saturday, if the present weather
conditions continue.
Officers of the Hospital Found
ers' organization met yesterday
i and called a meeting of directors
for this afternoon, to consider
olans for the ceremony. Joseph
i. Mack, (he organization's rep
resentative on the Central Ore
gon Hospitals foundation, is in
charge of preliminary arrange
ments. FAIR EXCHANGE?
Frankfurt, Germany, Jan. 21
Mil Radio Helping announced to
day that an exchange rate of one
U. S. dollar to 25.000 dollars In
"peoples currency" has been es
tablished by the Chinese commu
nist government.
Central Oregon
Land Very Productive, Shown
By U.S. Reclamation Report
Three central Oregon irrigation projects, North Unit,
C.O.I, and Arnold, in 1949 produced crops valued at $10,530.-
565, it was announced today from the United States bureau
ot reclamation ofhee in Boise, Ida.
The new North Unit project of Jefferson county, still in its
pioneer stage, yielded a gross return of $4,944,685, with 41,r
767 of an ultimate 50,000 acres in cultivation in the 1949
growing season. The gross per-acre return was $118.39. Prior
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rioneers nan
Annual Meeting
On February 18
Deschutes pioneers will hold
their annual meeting on Febru
ary 18, at the Pine Forest Grange
hall near the south city limits of
Bend, E. A. Smith, president of
the group, announced today. Last
year, the association held Its
meeting In January, but the date
was changed to February this
year because of wintry weather
conditions.
A highlight of the meeting this
year will be a potluck dinner,
with arrangements being made
to accoommodate more than 300
persons. Election of officers will
follow, then will come the social
part of the evening.
Last year, a prize waltz was
featured, with Mr. and Mrs. Jess
Tetherow, Redmond, and Mr. and
Mrs. Robert W. Stout as the fi
nalists. Tentative plans for this year's
social part of the pioneers pro
gram call for a square dance,
with an old-time caller on the Job
Organized several years ago
the.' Deschutes Pioneers': " assoclu
tion Is now one of the largest of
Us kind in the area.
Another Robbery
Suspect Freed
Boston, Jan. 21 (III Police re
leased one employe of Brink's,
Inc., today but continued to hold
a second one after hours of ques
tioning about last Tuesday's $1,
500,000 holdup of the firm.
Herman E. Pfaff, 54, of Cam
bridge, was taken from his home
by police at 2 a. m. today, a few
hours after they had picked up
William L. Manler, 49, of Wal
thnm; also for questioning.
Police released Pfaff in mid
morning, giving him a ride to
the company office where he went
to his desk and refused to com
ment on the questioning.
They continued to question
Manter.
Relays of Investigators had
questioned the two employes, to
gether and separately, for sev
eral hours.
Neither Pfaff nor Manter was
taken to the police lineup where
13 other suspects appeared this
morning.
Hung Buzzer
Manter, a Brink's employe for
22 years, had been transferred
from guard duty the night before
the holdup to a job as attendent
In the garage. During the rob
bery ho rang a buzzer for admit
tance to the vault cage, but left
when he got no response.
Manter wore a blue pea-jacket
when taken Into custody. After a
thorough search of his automo
bile, police removed a cap and a
roll of tape. A detective said the
tape was automobile tape, not ad
hesive tape, and that the cap was
a Brink's cap.
ihe masked bandits who staged
the robbery wore pea Jackets and
chauffeur's caps. They stuck ad'
resive tape on the mouths of the
five employes before they scoop
ed $1.0000,000 In bills and $500,000
In checks into sacks and fled.
North Unit to Get
Radio Network
Installation of a radio network
In the North Unit of the Des
chutes project is expected to lie
gin within the next six to eight
weeks, J. W. Taylor, project con
struction engineer for the bureau
of reclamation, reported today.
The radio network, for use
principally In water delivery oper
ations, will be composed of one
master transmitting station, two
mobile transmitter-receivers, and
nine stationary transmitter-receivers
to be located at outlying
ditchrlder stations.
Contract for furnishing the ma
terals and providing technical as
sistance in the installation oper
ations Is held by Motorola Incor
porated, of Chicago. Cost of the
project will be $8,503.50.
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Irrigated
to tne jn;tja (jeiivgry ()f W8ter
in May, 1946, the Jefferson
land was dry farmed, and
periodically suffered from
drouth. This past season, pota
toes, ciover ana aitalta flourished
In irrigated basins where wavine
fields of wheat once thrived, In
seasons of sufficient precipita
tion. Clover Major Crop
Water for the Madras lands Is
stored In the upper Deschutes
basin, In Wlekluo reservoir. Near.
ly a third of the North Unit culti
vated area was planted to the
proaucuon ot seed in the 1949 sea
son, the crop census reveals. Clov
er was the principal crop. Gross
returns from seed crops averaged
$186.24 per acre. The acreages
and gross per-acre returns from
seed production included:
Alfalfa. 218 acres. $110.10: la.
dlno clover, 6,831 acres. $283.68:
red clover, 2.637, $72.89, and alslke
clover, 1,505 acres. $69.46. Seed
growers on the North Unit have
won national and international
recognition for the nualitv of -the
seed grown.
Among the highest per-acre re
turns on the North Unit project
was that from land that produced
poiaioes. Tne ;i,t8 acres Dlanted
to this crop grossed $460.31 per
acre, iner large acreages in
cluded alfalfa hay, 5,131 acres,
and cereals, 15,733 acres.
- - Big Sum Grossed , ,
-. The older Ceritrall Oregon Irri
gation district, with approximate-
ly the same acreage, 42,531, under
cultivation In the season, returned
a higher acreage and total yield
than did the new North Unit
lands, the figures from Boise re
veal. Farmers in the C.O.I, dis
trict grossed $5,355,880, or $125.92
per acre.
The Arnold Irrigation district.
nenr Bend, reported 3,225 acres
under cultivation and recorded a
gross return of $230,274, or $71.39
per acre.
All districts reported a good
growing season. Some potato loss
was suffered at harvest time, due
to freezing weather. The loss on
the North Unit project was quite
heavy, reports indicated.
Next season, It Is expected that
practically all of the 50,000 acre
Norm unit protect win be under
cultivation.
Bomb Explodes
In Dormitory
Houston, Tex., Jan. 21 UP) A
TNT bomb exploded on tho sec
ond floor of a Rice Institute dorm
itory early today, smashing doors
and windows and spraying sleep
ing students with glass.
There were no Injuries, and
students walked calmlv outside
through clouds of heavy smoke
pouring irom tne men s east hall
dormitory.
The blast roused the entire cam
pus nt 3 a.m., anil police believed
the crude! v-made bomb was force
ful, enough to have killed every
man In the dormitory's north
wing had it been carefully Dlaeed.
Clues were meager, but police
considered vital three keys found
In the rubble of the second floor
hallway.
One was to the door of room
236. nearest to the point whore
the explosion occurred. Another
was to the door of the school's
chemical laboratory, and the third
was to the engineering drafting
room.
John Eidom, 29, of Port Arthur,
told police he had no Idea how
another key to his room could
have been obtained. Eldom Is
chairman of the dormitory stu
dent committee.
Officers, trying to reconstruct
the bomb, assembled from the
debris the ragged end of a piece
of three-Inch piping, scraps of
brirk and shredded newspapers.
They believed a cap had been
screwed on one end of tho pipe,
and that the entire lethal gadget
was wrapped in newspaper.
QUAKE HITS CHILE
Santiago. Chile. Jan. 21 UP A
strong earthquake shook central
Chile from Valparaiso to Temuco
today.
No casualties were reported.
In Valparaiso, tho chief seaport
of Chile, hundreds fled In panic
to the open spaces.
San Fernando, 80 miles south
of Santiago, was shaken severely.
Last of Cold
Air Dissipated
By Chinook
(By Unit! Pmi)
The threat of flood to the
weather-wracked Pacific North
west abated Saturday as the re-'
gion, warmed by mild Pacific
breezes and light showers, shook
off the last of a week-long chain .
of storms.
The Seattle river forecaster '
said the runoff of thawing snow '
would continue, "but all in all, it
appears now that we'll come out
of it nicely."
The only Immediate threat to
the northwest appeared to be
snow and landslides. But all Cas
cade passes except Stevens were
Annnn Cntnwlnl, In Woohlnatnn
vmicu OIUIUBJ lit . I UJI ll'lf, VU.l
state after rain-loosened snow
banks choked highways and rail
road tracks.
Bus, railroad and airline offl-.
cials said schedules would be "on-
time" again by Saturday after-
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IIVU1I UL IWglll.
Most arterials were clear in
Washington and Oregon Satur
day. County lanes and secondary
roads began to appear through
the fast-melting snow.
Damage Tremendous
The series of storms caused un
told millions of dollars in damage
to boats, dock Installations, bridg
es, roads, communications, struc
tures and power lines.
since the opening Diizzara oi
Jan, 13, at least 40 persons died.
Several froze to death, others
died on storm-whipped highways.
The ratn and snow-led unenaus
river which threatened to spill
into lowlands ot southwestern
Washington was levelling off Sat
urday morning, r -
' AH Ather tttreama.' in. Washing
ton state far below normal be
cause of the cold wave were ris
ing slowly but no danger of flood
was seen. Minor flooding In the
Fircrest district of Tacoma forced
evacuation of five families Friday
night.
The only serious flooding m
Oregon was near Tillamook where
the Kilchis rivsr washed 18 inch
es deep over U.S. highway 101. .
However, tn storm-smitten Brit
ish Columbia, authorities were
still concerned about floods. The
ice-jammed Fraser river, swollen
by melting snow and rain, con
tinued to rise.
Passes Opened
Still in the loosening grip of
a silver thaw were northern
sections east of the Cascade
mountains. However, the weather
bureau said the last of the cold air
would be washed out this week
i
Snoqualmie pass was opened
shortly after 2 o'clock Saturday
morning to one-way traffic west
of the summit and to two-way
traffic east. One Milwaukee rail
road passenger train from Chica
go finally arrived in Seattle Sat
urday morning 37 hours late.
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Chamber Against
Liquidation Sale
A letter of opposition to the
sale of Pacific Power & Light
company common stock "to any
group that might be purchasing
same for purely speculative pur
poses, or whose intentions might
be the liquidation oi tne com
pany," yesterday was endorsed by
the Bend chamber of commerce
board of directors and sent to the
U.S. securities exchange commis
sion, which Monday is to hold a
hearing on the proposed sale.
It will be recalled that the
chamber this past week passed a
resolution opposing the sale of
the stock to eastern and midwest,
em interests, Including: John Nu
veen & Co., C. C. Allyn and Com
pany, Inc., American Securities
corporation, C. S. Mott and Guy
C. Myers.
Careful Study Made
It is stated in the letter that
"careful study and research of
this proposed sale does not indi
cate to us that it is predicated for
the welfare of the taxpayer, and
consumers of electricity in the
state of Oregon."
"We believe," the letter contln
ues, "that thinking people in the
states of Oregon and Washington
would countenance this manda
tory sale to any group whose pur
pose of purchasing is to continue
to operate a company on a busi
ness like basis, and who have no
intention of liquidation."