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Untv. of Oregon Library EUGENE, OREGON THE BEND BULLETIN Bend Forecast Bend and vicinity Occa sional rain this afternoon and tonight Cloudy east of the Cascades. Maximum to day. 46; minimum tonight 34 degrees. LEASED. WIRE WORLD . NEWS COVERAGE - CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER 34th Year TWO SECTIONS BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY. MARCH 16. 1950 No. 85 Russia Given Opportunity To End Clash Berkeley, Calif., March 16' iipi Secretary of state Dean Acheson today challenged Russia to join the United States In a seven-point program for ending the cold war. But he warned the Kremlin' that the United States cannot begin any negotiations until convinced of Russia's good intentions. "We are always ready to dis cuss, to negotiate, to agree," he said. But we are understandably loath to play the role of interna tional sucker. "We want peace, but not at any price." Acheson urged Russia to agree to accept International control of atomic weapons, to permit free elections in Germany and eastern Europe, to halt its propaganda attacks on the United States and to stop Communism's imperialis tic expansion. Listeners Cautioned The secretary discussed Soviet American differences in a speech prepared for delivery at the Uni versity of California before a con ference of international coopera tion for world economic develop ment. He cautioned his listeners "not to raise your hopes" of an early peace. As of now, he said, there are no signs that the Soviet leaders "will change their conduct until the progress of the free world convinces them that they cannot profit from a continuation of these tensions." He sought to put the east-west issues in black and white so that the basic nature of the conflict could be seen. His program, he said, does not promise "the kingdom of heav en," but it would allow both American capitalism and Soviet communism to exist. It proposes: Treaties Proposed 1. Peace treaties Unification of Germany under a government chosen in free elections under in ternational observation . . prompt treaties with. Austria and Japan . . . a Communist "hands-off" at titude toward new governments in southeast Asia. 2. Use of force "Soviet leaders could withdraw their forces" from eastern Europe and allow the red satellites to hold free elections. 3. United Nations Russia could abandon its policy of "walkout and boycott" in the UN and "put forward genuine proposals con ducive to the work of peace." 4. Atomic energy "The Soviet leaders could join us in seeking realistic and effective arrange ments for the control of atomic weapons and the limitation of ar maments in general. 5. Imperialism "The Kremlin could refrain from using the Com munist apparatus controlled by it throughout the world to attempt to overthrow, by subversive means, established governments, 6. Diplomats "Soviet leaders could cooperate with us to the end that the official representa tives of all countries are treated everywhere with decency and re spect ... we now lind our rep resentatives treated as criminals." Propaganda Hit 7. Propaganda "Soviet leaders could refrain from systematically distorting to their own peoples the picture of the world outside their borders and of our country in particular . . . what are we now to conclude from the morbid fan cies which their propaganda ex udes?" Acheson said the points he list ed were "some of the things which we feel that the Soviet leaders could do which would permit the rational and peaceful developmenl of the co-existence of their system and ours." He said it was no "one-sided bargain" and a "will to achieve binding, peaceful settlements (Continued on Page 5) Deschutes County Court Hears Road Work Request A reOUPRf fnr cm-fnnlntr thp Reed market road from Virginia Park to the Arnold district road was received Wednesday by the Deschutes county court. Making the request were H. J. Smith, E. J. Losch, and H. F. Swaim, all of whom appeared at the regular session of the court. After considerable discus sion of the situation, members of the court took the matter un der advisement. County judge C. L. Allen In formed the trio that he and the court recognized the need for piling the portion of the highway m question but explained that county road work was done on a Priority basis. However, he prom cl the three men, all of whom "ve In the virlnlty of the road. 'hat the work definitely will be ne sometime In the near fu ture, and perhaps this year. The court Wednpurinv nlun an- proved the sale of radio trans Pictures Show Bend Lava Bears in Action Against Grants Pass I AWT-II sr-ir-i I rAl W II A jr. I Jh a .. WIS, ft JkS? i it r Bend's Lava Bears yesterday afternoon in Eugene met a team con sidered Oregon's most powerful of the present basketball season, and lost 52 to 41 in a state tournament thriller. Action in the game is pictured here. Top, left, Reggie Halligan, No. 23, battles with Jack Yosten of the Cavemen for the ball. Lawrence Carroll, No. 22, looks on. Vern Craft, Grants Pass, wears the number 4, and No. 6 is Don Hedgepeth. Right, above, Bob Hawes, Bend, under basket. Back of him is Vern Craft, Grants Pass. Below, left, a tense mo ment for the Lava Bears in a time out period, as Coach Roger Wiley gives some instructions. Bend Bears Get Many Telegrams At Game Time "Thanks a million for your sup. port and your telegrams" this was the word sent to Bend resi dents today by members of the Lava Bears basketball team, coached by Roger Wiley. The Bears lost to the powerful Grants Pass team yesterday afternoon in the state basketball tourney. Wiley reported from Eugene to day that the telegrams poured in to the Bears just before game time "and were deeply appreciat. ed." Today, he reported, the Bears were somewhat down In spirits. Aside from one quarter, the Bears played fine ball, Wiley said. "Bend should be proud of the boys," I Coach Wiley added. , . I . uite a few Bend people were I present lor the game. mitting equipment to George Bradley, of the Madras Taxi company. The eqtlipment had been tfsed by the sheriff's office, but was recently replaced with a later model transmitter. Sale price was $400. Read at the sqsslon was a com munication from the Terrebonne grange, requesting stricter en forcement of the dog license law. The court members discussed the situation but took no immediate action. The remainder of the session was spent in discussing and ap proving the payment of county bills. Among those approved was the quarterly payment to the state welfare commission. The bill, for the months of April, May and June, was S9.542.50. It was also reported at the sea-' slon that a new burglar-proof fence had been installed around the county shops. a. W. T. Thompson Appointed Bend City Recorder . Walter T. Thompson, Pacific Power & Light Co. senior clerk In Bend for 14 years, will be the new city recorder and treasurer, effective April 1. Thompson was Introduced to the city commission last night and sat in during the meeting, to familiarize himself with proce dure. The appointment was made by W. O. Cuthbertson, city man ager, and confirmed by the com mission. Thompson will succeed George Simerville, who resigned recently to take a similar position at Corvallis. Miss Peggy Carrier has been acting as recorder dur ing the Interim. Thompson, married and the father of one son, John, age 3, is a graduate of Bend high school. He came here with his parents in 1927, and took his position with the power company in 1936. Dur. Ing the course of this employ ment he has been stationed by the company at various times in Redmond and Prineville, as well as here. Thompson served In the coast guard for three and one-half years, during the war. He is re signing from his position with the power company effective April 1, and taking over the city office Immediately. UP TO PARLIAMENT . Geneva, Switzerland, March 16 U" Exiled King Leopold III an. nounced today that he will let the Belgian parliament decide wheth er he shall return to the Belgian throne. In a formal statement, read to the press by his secretary, Loo. pold said he would "bow to the decision of parliament." Cify Pound Problem Still Unsolved, Despite Nearness Of Official Tie-Up Season Doe tie-up season is almost at hand and the citv still is faded with the problem of "what to do" with canines running at large. Last year the city operated but residents of the area registered such vigorous protests over the noise that the city commission decided to move the pound to a different location. The city dump was suggested, Postmasters Set Dates for Bend State Convention -.- The 1950 convention of the Na tional Association of Postmasters, Ores oji branch, will be held June 6, 7 and 8, In Bend, Farley J. Elliott, Bend postmaster, an nounced today. Announcement that Bend would be the 1950 con vention city for the Oregon post masters was made earlier, but not until this past week end were the convention dates set. Members of the executive com mittee and officers of the state association selected the dates at a week-end conference in Port land attended by Arthur F. Tifft, Redmond postmaster. This will be the first meeting of the Ore gon postmasters in Bend since 1941. . Plans for the Bend convention are rapidly taking shape, with Howard Moffat, Bend chamber of commerce manager, and mem bers of the chamber's, convent ion committee assisting. Postmaster Elliott has an nounced that J. M. Donaldson, postmaster general, has been ten tatively scheduled to take part In the Bend convention. When the 1941 convention was held here Frank C, Walker, postmaster general at that time, was pres ent. Some 200 persons, most of tnem Oregon postmasters, are expected for the early June con vention. Fox Appointed On Committee LeRoy Fox, Bend fire chief, was appointed chairman of the citizens's non-partisan registra tion committee for Deschutes county today, by county judge C. L. Allen. The appointment was made by Allen after consultation with members of the county court. The local organization is part of a state-wide group headed by E. W. Eggen of Portland. It has as Its objectives the encourage ment of registration and voting in the May primaries and the gen eral elections In November. Allen made the appointment at the request of Eggen, who re ported in a letter that the state committee had the suDDort of many organizations. Including the Oregon state junior chamber of commerce, the Oregon League of Women Voters, organized labor groups, and several political groups. Eggen emphasized In his letter to Allen that the committee was 'strictly non partisan" in nature. Fox will have as his duties the development of a local committee and will act as a coordinator for the state campaign. COMPLAINT FILED A complaint has been filed in circuit court by Stein's Sport, wear manufacturing companv re. questing a judgment of $538.25 irom Lane Westberg, county rec. ords show, a dog pound on E. 1st street. with the dump caretaker paid an additional sum to look alt- er the pound. This elicited vigorous pro tests from various citizens, however, and provided indi rect stimulus for organization of the Deschutes counts unit of the Oregon Humane society. The local unit appeared before the commission last spring and offer ed to "handle the dog situation, provided the city would give fi nancial cooperation and not move the pound to the dump. Enforcement Definite The city commission last night agreed that enforcement of the dog tie-up ordinance is essential, and that to enforce the ordinance it will be necessary 'to employ a dog catcher and also to operate a dog pound. It was agreed that Mrs. Fnhyma I. Allen, who func tioned as municipal dog catcher last year and is willing to take the job on the same basis this year, is the logical person for the task. "She likes dogs," Mayor T. D. Sexton explained. But where shall the pound be maintained? Again the city dump site was mentioned. Another sug gestion, that the pound be located east of Sunset home, with a pa tient of the home paid to care for impounded animals, was given consideration. Henry Casiday, chief of police, objected that this location would be outside the city limits, and thus outside city police jurisdiction. Cooperation Suggested Mayor Sexton, pointing out that the local unit of the Humane so ciety has some funds In its treas ury, suggested that the city might cooperate financially and work out an arrangement that would be mutually satisfactory. "I think, however, that we should plan to load the pound building onto a truck and move it somewhere, tne mayor acmca. "If we leave it in the present lo cation we'll have the whole thing (Continued on Page 3) 2 City Budget Members Named Cnty budget time almost Is here again. With this In mind the city com mission last night ratified ap pointments to fill two vacancies on thp budget commission. Nam ed and confirmed were Stanley Scott and James Arbow. One other vacancy on the commit tee will be filled at the next meeting. Under the arrangement prevail ing here, each member of the city commission selects a member of the budget committee, subject to the confirmation by the entire commission, alternating as vacan cies occur. The remaining vacan cy will be filled by W. B. An derson, who was not In atten dance last night. Other members of the commit tp which will meet early In April to start preparation of the 1950-51 city budget, are: J. C. Vandevert, Nelson Leland, B, A. Stover and Harry Waldron. Daylight Saving Due For Consideration By Bend Commission County Budget Group Named; 2 Appointed C. E. "Tommy" Thompson, Red mond, Pearl Wiegand, Terre bonne, and Gordon Randall, Bend, will serve as advisory members of this year's county budget commit tee, it was announced this morn ing by C. L. Allen, county judge. According to Allen, each of the men served on last year's commtl- tee. Allen reported that the commit tee, composed of the three mem bers of the county court and the three advisory members, would probably begin work on the budg et about the first of May. He esti mated that it takes approximately two weeks to complete the task. No Vote, Indicated The county judge said that It was his opinion that the commit tee again would be able to keep the budget within the six per cent tax limitation. If this is done, he pointed out, It will not be, neces sary to 'submit any budget pro posal to the voters of the county. However, residents of the county will be given an opportu nity to attend the public hearing which will be held after the com mittee has drawn up the budget, he said. Advisory members of the com mittee are appointed on a stag gered, three-year term basis, ac cording to Allen. Of this year's members, Wiegand Is finishing his third year, and Randall is serving! for his second year. Trompson was appointed last year to fill out the term of E. C. Parker, who resigned because of illness. However, the court this year has given Thompson a three year appointment, starting this year. Allen reported that It usually takes the committee about two tfr three meetings to complete the budget. Bend Defeats Seaside, 43 to 40 Eugene, March 16 mi Bend eliminated Seaside 43 to 40; Dal. las polished off Scappoose CO to 48, and Hillsboro vanquished mil. waukie 46 to 40 today in the con solation round of the 32nd annual Oregon state class "A" high school basketball tournament. Racing to an early 5.1 lead, Bend maintained a comfortable lead until the closing minutes of the game when Seaside, led by forward Ralph Kent, rallied ana closed the gap to three points at the final whistle, at the same time holding Bend scoreless. While Seaside put on a desper ate closing spurt, it was obvious that the Lava Bears were coast ing on their lead which was a safe 10 points, 43 to 32, with only three minutes lert to play. Bend led 21 to 12 at halftime. Kent was the game's high scor er with 16 points. Three Bend players, forward Reggie Halligan, forward Larry Carroll and guard Bob Hawes, scored 10 points each. Missing Navy Tender Sought Pearl Harbor, T. II., March 16 illh Navy planes searched calm seas east of Enltwetok today for a navy net tender with 33 men aboard, missing on a trip to the atomic proving grounds. A navy announcement said it was not believed that the ship, the U. S. S. Elder, or the men were In any danger, although the vessel was three days overdue on a 10-day, 2,600-mlle voyage to Enl wetok from Hawaii. Four privateer patrol bombers from Kwajaleln were ordered to search the sen between Enltwetok and a point 700 miles to the east, where the vessel was last seen Monday In good shape. SAME BASIC RATH Portland, March 16 UD Paul J. Raver, Bonneville power adminis trator, today announced that Sec retary of Interior Oscar Chapman hag approved sale of power from the Hungry Horse dam project in Montana at the basic Columbia river wholesale rate of $17.50. Initial power deliveries from the dam are scheduled for 1952. Feeder Canal Being Built For Reservoir Cloverdale, March 16 (Special) The feeder canal for the Squaw Cre.-k Irrigation district's stor age reservoir Is nearing comple tion, and only two ledges of rock remain to be removed before water can be turned into the basin. A volunteer crew of district settlers turned out Monday and tore down tne old Templeton house, located in the bottom of the proposed reservoir. Lumber that could not: be salvaged was d u r n e d, as was the old barn. Fence and posts that would, have been under .water were also re moved. A weir Is being Installed to measure the amount of water put in the reservoir, to determine the loss. Will Form Big Lake If the basin holds water and fills the basin to the 9,000 acre foot capacity planned. It will form a lake over a mile long, and about half a mile wide. The man made lake will be in a setting of pine and juniper trees. Most of the trees that would be covered with water will be removed as the level of the reservoir mounts. Persons who assisted In clear ing the basin earlier this week believe the reservoir should be stocked with fish, to provide a recreation area for the district. At present the district depends upon the natural flow of Squaw creek for irrigation. If the basin holds water, the storage will be used In the latter part of the Ir rigation season, when the natur- al flow of the craek does not fill the district demands., ,, , Contracts for a trial use of land In the reservoir basin have been compleled, with the excep tion of one parcel, and this con tract Is being negotiated. Ban on Clipper Gas Deliveries Now Considered Bend may join the list of Ore gon cities that have banned bulk delivery of gasoline by clipper trucks. An ordinance to this effect was given its first reading at the Wednesday night meeting of the city commission. It will come up for possible passage at the April 5 meeting. The emergency clause is embodied in the ordinance, which would make It effective immediately on passage. First considered a year ago, the proposal Is aimed at elimin ating a possible fire hazard- caused when huge gasoline trucks and trailers make direct service station deliveries. These clipper trucks, as they are termed, usual ly come from distant distribution centers, eliminating local agen cies, it Is contended. The debate last spring drew petroleum company experts Irom many parts or the faclfic coast arguing that clipper deliveries re sult In economies in operation. During this previous discussion it was brought out that these "savings" have not been passed on to the customers, and that clipper deliveries In addition to the tire hazards Involvedalso tend to cut down employment. In thut local agencies are by passed In part. No discussion, oilier than rou tine, has accompanied prepara tion and introduction of the pres ent ordinance, although It is pre dicted that "fireworks" may de velop Apiil 5, when all parties concerned will have the oppor tunity to bo heard before the or dinance finally is put to a vole. Prineville and Redmond are among the central Oregon cities ' tnat similar ordinances. The ordinance as introduced last night follows, in full: An Ordinance Regulating the Unloading of Petroleum Fuels Within the City of Bend; Provid ing a Penally for Violation There of; and Declaring an Emergency: The City of Bend Does Ordain as Follows: Section 1. No vehicle having a capacity of over 1.500 gallons shall be permitted to unload pe troleum fuel with a flash point of less than 100 degrees fahren heit within the city of Bend at any garage, service station or (Continued on Page 7) 3& Sfa ifi Sfi Ifi Other Cities Now Expected To Adopt Plan Bend may join the majority of Pacific coast cities In adopting daylight saving time this year. Definite decision will be made at the first April meeting of the city commission, after any op ponents of the plan have been heard, but most members of the commission meeting last night indicated they would favor the proposal. The case for daylight saving was presented by Wilfred Jossy, who said that he was represent ing the merchants committee of the Bend chamber of commerce, and also had a personal interest because of his truck line. Jossy, explaining that circumstances now are entirely different from those prevailing when Bend re jected daylight saving last year, cited the fact that California voters, In a' general election, ap proved the inauguration of day light saving for the entire state, effective April 30. Adopted by Klamath Thus Califor.nians touring the Pacific Northwest will not be in convenienced by having differ ent "lime zones" when they enter Oregon. Klamath rails also has voted to adopt daylight saving this year, and Lakeview has in dicated that It will follow suit. Redmond's city council, meeting this week, decided to await Bend's action before making a decision; Other Oregon cities that al ready have decided to "save day light" this summer are Eugene, Medford, Roseburg, Corvallis and Portland, Jossy said. Wash ington also will "join the parade," he pointed out, and even the big radio networks this year will change schedules to conform. Mayor T. D. Sexton pointed out that the commission was placed in a somewhat embarrass ing position, in that Bend voters last year rejected daylight sav ing. Frank H. Loggan remarked that conditions in 1U0 will be en tirely different, in that Albany, Salem, Astoria and Portland last year were the only Oregon cities . on daylight saving time, while this year virtually the entire Pa-, clfic Northwest will fall in line. League Meeting Set Mayor Sexton, pointing out that the central Oregon division, League of Oregon Cities, will hold a meeting here April 14, with state league officers ex pected to attend, indicated that he would seek information as to how widespread daylight saving in Oregon will be this year. Ross Farnham, city attorney, said the commission could put the time change Into effect immediately, if desired. Commissioner Albin Nelson was the lone dissenter. He urged Immediate approval, In order that Redmond, The Dalles, Hood Riv er and other as yet undecided cities might have the benefit of Bend's example. Many cities along tourist routes wait to see what the others will do about day light saving, Nelson declared. On motion by Wilfred Ford ham, seconded by W. J. Baer, the commission decided to table the subject for definite decision at the first meeting In April. Ford ham explained that he wanted to "give the opposition an oppor tunity to be heard." Helicopter Hits Birds, Crashes Killeen, Tex., March 16 nil A large flock of birds smashed into a helicopter, causing It to crash to the ground and kill the two army officers who manned It, The helicopter struck the flight of birds yesterday and burst into flames before it struck the earth. The helicopter, assigned to near by Camp Hood, was the first to crash in the three years the ma chines have been used for liaison work there. Lt. Robert Fllley said the plane struck the birds shortly after It took off from Its hangar half a milt away. Fllley said part of the main ro tor blade broi.e off, causing the rotar to tilt and slice the tail sec-. tion. The plane plummeted, along with several dead birds, about 500 feet to the ground and burned.
