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34th Year
BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY; OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1950
No. 45
The Morning After On a Deschutes County Farm
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Here is a "morning after" picture, taken on the Hod Richards farm on the Butler road this morning following yesterday's heavy fall
of snow. The picture was takenjnto the east this morning, shortly after sunrise, with deep snow covering fields. Ten inches of snow
fell in Bend in 10 hours yesterday.
South Declares
War on Truman's
Civil Riqfits
Washington, Jan. 28 (IPC-South-era
democrats in the senate quit
talking about compromising the
civil rights issue today and pre
pared to fight by filibuster.
It was their answer to Presi
dent Truman's no-compromise
stand on the far-reaching civil
rights program he proposed to
congress nearly two years ago.
Queried at his news conference
yesterday about compromise
overtures from the south, the
president said his compromise
was in his last civil rights mes
sage. Sen. Richard B. Russell, D., Ga
spokesman for the southern bloc
had this to say about Mr. Tru
man's stand:
"The president's stat e m e n t
would indicate that he still is in
sisting on all the civil rights meas
ures he laid down in his message
to congress including the com
pulsory FEPC (fair employment
practices commission).
Challenge Accepted
"This, of course, eliminates any
possibility of compromise. It is
in effect a demand that we take
and like all these measures, in
dfding the socialistic FEPC. We
do "hot like them and we do not
propose to take them."
Russell's view was not fully
Ehfinul K... T3nn T3.. .- Tr P
i Ark., chief house spokesman of
' compromise, who said he would
continue (O work for "the Arkan
sas plan." His plan calls for a
series of substitute proposals for
Mr. Truman's program.
One of the president's lieuten
ants in the senate echoed the
president's news conference re
marks, however, and said there
was no basis for compromise. He
said Mr. Truman was committed
to a program and that the admin
istration saw no reason to mod
ify it.
Russell Is not sponsoring any
detailed compromise plan. It Is
known, however, that he went to
'he White House about a yea
ago to sound out Mr. Truman on
the possibility of one. Apparently
he received no encouragement.
New Pension Plan
Urged by McClain
Washington, Jan. 28 UP George
H. McLain, leader of a powerful
California pension movement,
urged congress today to scrap the
federal old age insurance pro
gram in favor of a new system.
His proposed substitute would
Provide at least $75 a month to
all retired persons who can show
ned.
McLain appeared before the
senate finance committee, which
is holding hearings on a house-
proved bill to broaden the ex
isting program and provide more
liberal benefits.
McLain said he could not offer
any cost estimate of his program.
Governmenf Spending Leads
U. S. to Collectivism, Charge
Government spending has the people of America on the last
mile toward collectivism, Bruce
junior chamber or commerce, declared yesterday at the Bend
chamber of commerce forum-luncheon in the- Pilot Buttei, inn.
Approximately 100 persons were present for the occasion. .
The' speaker, introduced by Fred Paine, committee chair
man, explained that one of every seven persons is now a re
cipient of government money, whereas 20 years ago the ratio
was one to forty. ;
And because of overlap
ping of duties and waste in
government agencies, the
American taxpayer is forced
to work one of every four
weeks for the tax collector," Kel
ly stated.
Burden Tremendous
By carrying this huge burden,
he continued, the majority of peo
ple of the nation are forced to
reduce their standard of living.
Kelly stated that the problem
which confronts the American
public is not the size of the fed
eral government, but its disorgan
ization which is responsible for in
creased costs of administration.
The speaker urged that legisla
tion, as proposed in the Hoover
report, designed to eliminate
waste and overlapping of func
tions in the government agencies,
be backed whole-heartedly.
Prior to Kelly's talk James W.
Bushong, chamber president, in
troduced the new board members,
and the chamber manager, How
ard W. Moffat. Also Introduced
was Frank H. Loggan, this past
year's chamber president.
Berlin Blockade
Still in Effect
Berlin, Jan. 28 (IF. -The Rus-
sians followed their creeping
blockade of Berlin today with! when one of the dogs strayed
charges that they have broken ai'rom h's side. Suddenly wolves
ring of "Anglo-American agents' , pounced on it, he said,
in Germany's soviet zone. , 1 had to watch my beloved pet
clal red army newspaper, said 127
"saboteurs" had been arrested on
charges of blowing up buildings,
carrying arms and attempting to
murder one high east German po
lice official.
Eight different groups, one of
them directed from Berl In's
American sector, have been ar
rested in a roundup that started
last September, the paper said.
One espionage group planned to
seize power. In eastern Germany
"as soon as the soviet occupation
troops would withdraw," the
&"--". .....-. ., .....
! paper said.
I It alleged this group was led by
j a former nazi and an agent of the
British intelligence. The paper
said agents and saboteurs "with
the support of American and Eng
lish imperialists are disturbing
and sabotaging the democratic de
velopments" in eastern Germany.
Charges that the organization
was allied with the western pow
ers was made after the Russians:
extended their DaDy DiocKaue oi
Berlin bv demanding that Ger
mans obtain special permits for
travel within greater Berlin.
Kelly, president of the state
Pastor Escapes
Pack of Wolves
Anqhorage, Alaska, Jan. 28 IIP
An Alaska missionary on a mercy
mission was attacked by a pack
of ravenous wolves which devour
ed all but one of his' sled dogs,
ripped their harnesses to shreds
and tore up his camp site.
The Rev. Everett Bachelder of
the Wasilla, Alaska, Children's
home said he sat by a campfire
for five days while the wolves
surrounded his dog team which
was bogged down in deep snow.
The reverend left Wasilla by
dog team- for Chitina, Alaska,
some 400 miles away. Ha wanted
to distribute clothing to native
families en route. He said he was
going fine the first two days but
on the third day he struck deep,
loose snow near Sheep mountain.
His dog team became bogged
down and suddenly about 10
wolves appeared. For four clays
he stood by his dogs during the
day and burned fires at night to
keep the wolf pack away.
Sled Abandoned
On the fifth day he decided to
give up the trip and abandoned
the sled and all the dops except
two which he used for pack ani
mals. . - -
the remote SheeD mountain ire.-
explainer!.
Finally he made his way to
Chlckaloon Lodge with one dog.
Bush pilot Elmer Rassmussen,
hunting wolves from the air,
sighted the wreckage of the sled
He landed on the snow and found
the ripped remains of the dogs,
the harnesses chewed to ribbons,
and the camp in a shambles.
He reported the incident to Te
nutv marshal Bill Bouwens a. d
Highway patrolman Al C. Lubcke
who returned to the scene and
found personal papers that led
them to believe Bachelder might
be dead.
They Investigated at the mis
sion and found him safe. Asked
why he didn't report the Incident,
he renlled:
"Why should I report It?
Thanks be to God I'm alive."
FISHlNC. BOAT BURNS
Long Beach. Calif., Jan. 28 'IP)
A 72 foot fishini? boat Johnnv
Boy. valued at S125.000. eaUL'ht
fjre off Newport todav and the
crew of 11 abandoned the vessel
It was the fifth purse seiner
to burn along the southern Cali
fornia coast In recent months.
Mine Strikers
Back Up Demands
Wh Dynamite
Pittsburgh, Jan. 28 (W Pick-
els, determined to continue their
no-contract-no-work strike, dy
namited a western Pennsylvania
non-union mine today in their ef
forts to halt all coal production.
State police said the pickets
touched off a blast at the en
trance to the Askey Brothers Coal
Co. mine. South Phillpsburg,
shortly before midnight and re
turned five hours later and blew
up a truck. No one was injured
in the explosion, which sealed the
mine, '
Another band of pickets dyna
mited a blacksmith shop at the
mine Thursday night;
Police said it was the fourth
dynamiting at Potinsy 1 v a n I a
mines within the past three days.
A mine tipple was wrecked by an
explosion near Brockway Thurs
day night.
To Negotiate Wednesday
The latest outbreak came short
ly after United Mine Workers
president John L. Lewis agreed
to reopen coal negotiations with
northern and western soft coal
operators In Washington next
Wednesday.
Despite the agreement to re
sume talks, reports from the coal
fields indicated that most of the
rebel miners will continue their
all out strike until they get a new
contract.
Meanwhile new pressure was
brought upon President Truman
to intervene in the coal dispute
as the result of a cold wave
sweeping across the midwest. In
Minnesota, coal supplies were re
ported critical in several cities,
including Rochester, home of the
Mayo clinic where approximately
18 hotels reported they may be
forced to close.
WILL EXTEND DRIVE
Mrs. J. F. Arnold, Deschutes
county director for the National
Foundation for Infantile Paral
ysis, announced today that the
polio drive, with the county's
i quota set at $7,000, will be ex
tended a short time to enable
local groups to complete their
fund-raising efforts. The Eagles
dance set for tonight has been
postponed because of weather
conditions, and other groups have
indicated that they are planning
otner Denents.
! A request to extend the drive
throughout the state was ron-
i tained in a telegram recived to-
day by Mrs. Arnold from E. T.
I Hedlund, Portland, state chair
man. ,ICE BLOCKS RIVER
Portland, Jan. 28 till Barge
and log raft traffic on the Col
umbia river ogiin has been inter
rupted by Ice floes.
Two yfeel towboats the Peter
W and Wlno,uatt were unable to
break through the Ice Jam on the
river above the mouth of the Wil
lamette. Much of the ice originated from
above Celilo, where all traffic
was halted.
Logging Slows
Down; Result
Of Deep Snow
Snow depth In the Deschutes
woods is making logging opera
tions increasingly difticult, but
both The Shevlln-Hlxon Company
and Brooks Scanlon, Inc., plan to
continue falling work this coming
week, unless weather conditions
become more severe. There will
bo some curtailment of work at
the Brooks Scanlon plant in Bend,
however.
At Brooks Scanlon, the sawmill
and both mill B and A stackers
will be down until Wednesday
morning. The shipping and plan
ing mill department will resume
operations Monday morning and
will operate normally. Woods op
erations will be down until Wed
nesday morning, with the excep
tion of the fallers, who will start
work Monday morning. .
Logging Difficult
Four feet of snow covers the
BrOoks-Scan Ion' camp area, near
Sisters, and there is even deeper
snow in the logging areas. Yes
terday, the locomotive of the log
ging train that left the Brooks
Scanlon plant here at 9 a.m. was
tn a derailment at the water tow
er in the Sisters area. The engine
was replaced on the track yester
day evening. The derailment was
indirectly due to the storm, it was
indicated.
Deep snow is also piling up In
the Chemult country, location of
Shevlin, where loggers make their
home. Shevlin-Hixon 6rleratlons
will be continued on schedule
Monday, unless storm conditions
over the week end make a change
necessary.
Search Widened
For Lost Plane
Whltehorse, Yukon Territory,
Jan. 28 HI') Canadian and U. S.
parachute rescuers today joined
a two-nation armada searching
for a U. S. air force transport
plane missing with 44 persons
aboard In the subarctic waste
lands of the Yukon.
Wing commander J. M. Suther
land of the Royal Canadian air
force at the same time said he
believed It "impossible" that the
missing C-54 could have flown as
far east as Sauit Ste. Marie, Ont.,
where the wreckage of a four-en
gine plane was reported sighted.
"I don't believe it would be pos
sible for the missing plane to be
near Sault Ste. Marie, although I
wouldn't say definitely that It
couldn't happen. That would be
almost 2,000 miles off the course,
and I don't think they had that
much fuel," Cmdr. Sutherland
said.
Bad weather slowed the search
operations today. Three weather
reconnaissance planes took off at
d.iwn from the Whltehorse search
operations base, and 30 rnorc
resume flights over the snow
omind wilderness.
Pararescuers attached to the
Whltehorse base already have
flown with search planes and
American paratroops were being
Mown from bases at Lowrcy field,
Colo., McChord field, Wash., and
elsewhere.
The C-54 disappeared on a flight
from Anchorage, Alaska, to Great
Kails, Mont., after checking In bv
radio over Snag, Y.T., at 10:30
p.m. Thursday. The plane carried
a woman anil a child, a crew of
eight and 31 military personnel.
Navy to Blast
I Under Missouri
I Norflok, Va.. Jan. 28 Ml'.-The
n:ivy will set off two charges of
I TNT under the stranded battle
: ship Missouri tomorrow, a spokes
man for Adm. Allen E. Smith,
1 director of the huge salvage oper
ation, said today,
j The spokesman said the blasts
I were designed to break the sue
l Hon that has held the navy's only
j active battleship since January
; 17.' He said the navy hopes the
charges also will help squash the
ridge of sand, mud, and gravel
holding up the ship.
AGED .MAN DIES IN FIRE
Los Angeles, Jan. 28 MPi-Wil.
li.-im C. (Billy) McClain, 93-year-old
Negro entertainer whose the
atrical career spanned 75 years,
was burned to death today In his
I trailer home.
Tree Farm Program Growing
In Popularity, Prineville
Forestry Meeting Informed
The tree farm program, rapidly gaining in popularity, is
something close to the lives of all people, especially those af
filiated with or dependent on the lumber industry, members
of the American Society of Foresters were told at their meet
ing in Prineville last night by Gail M. Thomas, district for
est engineer for the Western Pine association. Several lurire
central Oregon mill companies
farms, and others are in prospect.
Thomas was guest speaker
Bend Ice Skating
Meet Definitely
Set for Sunday
The Ice-skating meet sponsored
by the Bend Kiwanis club, post
poned from last Sunday, will be
held tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. on
Symons rink, Wayne Hamilton,
city recreation director, announc
ed totlay.
"Another postponement does
not seem advisable, because there
Is no assurance that more suit
able weather is in prospect," he
said. After the thaw that follow
ed the last snow storm, the rink
was considerably damaged and
the ice had to be rebuilt.
Hamilton said that crews will
work tonight on the rink, remov
ing snow if necessary, and sprink
ling the surface, and that it is
expected the Ice will be In excel
lent condition for tomorrow.
IUhbcns for Winners
Events are scheduled for boys,
girls, men and women, with rib
bons, provided by the Kiwanis
club, to be presented for first,
second and third places. Certifi
cates will also be awarded for
first places. 1
Events are scheduled as fol
lows: 50-yard race for boys and
girls 5 years old and younger;
200-yard races for girls and for
boys, 8 and under; 400-yard races
for girls and for boys under 12;
600-yard races for girls and for
boys under 15; 600-yard open
events for women and for men;
100-yard races for girls and for
boys 12 and under; 100-yard back
ward races for women and for
men. ,
Exhibition numbers by Miss
Christine Lassee, of France, and
Karen Chapman, of Bend, will
follow the competitive events.
Pioneers Make
Meeting
Plans
Final plans for the Deschutes
pioneers' annual meeting and
party, to be held on reb. 18 at
the Pine f orest grange nan, win
be made at a conference of asso
ciation officers Tuesday, It was
announced today. The meeting of
the officers of the group will be
held Tuesday at 8 p. m., In the
office of A. J. Moore, Deschutes
county courthouse.
A feature ot the party inis year
will be a square dance, with
music by an old time orchestra.
A potluck dinner win precede
the party, with the dinner to be
followed by election of officers.
A E. Smllh. Bend, is president
of the association.
3 Youths Hurt
In Auto Accident
Albany. Jan. 28 ill') Three
Washington youths were Injured
last night when two cars crashed
head-on eight miles north of Al
bany after one had skidded out
of control In the snow.
The most seriously Injured was
Dick Parker, 22. Tacoma, who
suffered head Injuries and was
still unconscious today.
Parker was a passenger In an
automobile driven by Charles R.
Olson, a University of Washing
ton football player from Seattle.
They were traveling south when
the car skidded.
The vehicle collided with one
driven by George Walker, Ta
coma, who was northbound.
Olson and another passenger In
his car, Norman S. Hurwick, 25.
Seattle, were injured but hospital
attendants said their Injuries
were not critical.
FIRE DAMAGES CAR
Fire early this morning de
stroyed the Interior of a car
owned by E. R. Smith. 502 Har
mon boulevard, according to a
report from the Bend fire depart
ment. Firemen answered the call at
3:43 o'clock. They reported tha'
the fire probably started In the
wiring of the car.
have already set aside tree
at the Prineville meeting of the
Deschutes-Ochoco foresters,
with 46 present for a dinner
served at the Masonic temple,
Thomas touched on tree farm
development In connection with a
talk outlining activities of the
Western Pine association.
To Form Chanter
Plans for the formation of a
Deschutes chapter of the Colum
bia river section, Society of Amer
ican Foresters, were approved
and a nominating committtce will
no named at the February meet
ing, to be held in Bend. James E,
Sowder, Bend, member of the Pa
cific northwest forest and range
experiment staff, presided at the
meeting. He Is chairman of the
chapter s temporary organization.
with Dick Quintus and K. A. Burk-
holder, also of Bend, as vice-
president and secretary-treasurer
vondis Miller of the Ochoco na
tional forest staff was in charge
of 'the Prineville meeting.
in the tree farm program,
members and non-members of the
association are considered alike,
Thomas said. Purpose of the pro
gram, he added, is to encourage
the continuous production of for
est crops on all privately-owned
lprcst lanas. . , , , j
ITrirrei fVrilflrintlnh
. .' "To this, end, all . owners ' aft?
urged to submit qualified timber
lands for certification," Thomas
added. At the end of last year
tnere were 2b certified western
pine tree farms. Central Oregon
members of the association who
have subscribed to the movement
thus far are Pine Products, Ocho
co Lumber company, Brooks
Scanlon, Inc., and Tlte-Knot Pine
mill.
Thomas devoted part of his talk
to the Western Pine association's
research program. "Our solvent
seasoning and stump extraction
processes have received consider
able comment," Thomas said. He
added that the stump extraction
process has shown that ponderosa
pine slumps are potentially rich
sources' of raw materials which
may have commercial value. A
one-ton dry ponderosa pine stump
will yield about 675 pounds of
raw naval stores material for
commercial use, the speaker not
ed. Extracts include turpentines
for paints, rosin, pinoil, B-rez and
other products. The Hercules
Powder Co. is now setting up a
large pilot plant In Klamath Falls
for the purpose of pursuing these
findings further.
Products Listed
Various products developed by
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Willamette Valley Receives
Heavy Snow;
Portland, Jan. 28 HP The
weather bureau said today that
the storm-stricken Willamette val
ley will keep its blanket of snow
for a while.
A snowy cover from Eugene
to Portland will be added to by
new but light flurries through
Sunday, the bureau said, and
cold temperatures will prevent
any appreciable melting.
Between a half and two Inches
of new snow fell over the Port
land area early today on top of
four Inches which fell the pre
vious night.
Albany and Eugene felt the
sting of winter In one of their
heaviest snowfalls of the season.
The weather bureau said nearly
16 Inches fell at Albany in 16
hours,
A storm to the south of Ore
gon was expected to keep most
rain In California over the week
end. although North Bend on the
central Oregon coast reported
two inches of ran in the last
24 hours.
Bend was the coldest spot re
porting In Oregon with 11 below
zero early today.
Three days remained for cold
air and clouds to better the all
time monthly snow record of 33
Inches set In January, 1880. The
weather bureau said 21 Inches
i had fallen In Portland since the
first of the month.
Meanwhile, roads remained
Hazardous, utilities were disrupt
ed at scattered points and two
rescue missions were underway.
All-Time Mark
For January
Far Exceeded
A night break In the storm that
added 10 Inches of snow to Bend's
winter pack dropped the tempera
ture to the lowest mark of the
year, 11 below tero, in the early
morning hours. It was Bends
coldest night of the winter and
followed a daylong storm that
brought total snow depth for the
month up to 53 inches.
The amount of snow measured
here this month is already far
above the January record, set in
January, 1907, when the total fall
was 36 inches, and is only two
inches below the all-time mark lor
any month, 55 inches measured
in December, 1919.
So far this month, 3.16 inches
of moisture has been measured at
the local weather station. Aver
age precipitation for ' January,'
over a 48-year period, is 1.75 inch
es, and the average snowfall Is
only 10.1 inches.
Forecast; Misses
Last night's rapid drop In tem
perature caught the weatherman
far off base. The Bend forecast,
as released from the district of
fice In Portland yesterday morn
ing, called lor a low of from is
to 20 degrees. Forecasts from
Portland call for fair weather to
day and tomorrow. When the
forecast was received this morn
ing, snow was falling in Bend
and In the nearby Cascades.
' Heavy snow was falling on the'
Santlam pass 'at 9 'a'.mr today,"
highway fieldmen reported by ra--dio.
High winds were also whip
ping the Santiam divide, and fear
was held that the mountain route,
temporarily blocked by a slide at
Hogg pass late yesterday, would
be blocked again.
6 Inches at Prineville
Snow covered all of central Ore
gon today. Prineville reported six
inches and zero temperature. Six-
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He Got Revenge!
St. Louis, Jan. 28 A $400 fine
and a 30-day Jail sentence didn't
bother Gus T. Andert, 45, one bit
today. He knew the taste of re
venge. Andert, who admits he has no
real home, got cold Just hanging
around outside so he went to the
nearest fire station and asked if
he could warm himself. He was
turned away.
Andert promptly made the
rounds of fireboxes and turned in
five false alarms in quick succes
sion.
Apprehended, he said that he
just wanted the firemen to know
how cold it was outside. He said
he not only got even with the fire
men but for 30 days he'd have
a warm place to stay.
More in Sight
The Red Cross dispatched a
C-47 load of food and hay for
a snowbound cattle herder near
St. Helens, Ore. A McChord air
force base team was en route to
Hoodsport. Wash., where an el
derly couple was reported ill at
a mountain resort near Lake
Cushman.
Temporary repairs restored
water supplies to Coos Bay resi
dents after a storage reservoir
collapsed.
Power Restored
Bonneville power administra
tion said electricity had been re
stored along the Eugene-Maple-ton.
Ore., transmission line serv
ing Lincoln county, after ice
caused the high-tension line to
break.
The Lane county electric coop
said only a fraction of Its 4,000
customers were being served aft
er the Eugene-Drain line was
severed.
An unexpected five-Inch snow
fall In Portland yesterday tem
porarily tled-up transportation
service. Traction company buses
were reportedly back on sched'
ule and snowplows cleared one
runway at Portland Columbia .
airport, which permitted it to op
erate. All-time monthly snow recordii
were reported In Pendleton, Ore.,
(39 Inches) Seattle (30 inches)
and Yakima (75 Inches).
A storm hit the mid Pacific
seaboard yesterday, bringing rain
to the coast and snow at higher
elevations in southern Oregon .
and northern California,