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PXGE FOUR THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, OREGON FRIDAY. APRIL 21. 1950 THE BEND BULLETIN and CENTRAL OREGON PRESS Th. Bend Bulletin (Weekly) 1908-ieM The Bend Bulletin (Dally) Et 1916 Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday and Certain Holidays by The Hend Uulletin 788 788 Wall Street Bend, Oregon Entered as Second Class Hatter, January 8, 1017, at the Postoffic. at Bend, Ortwon Unii-r Act of March 8, 17. ROBERT W, SAWYER Editor-Manager HENRY N. FOWI.ER-Ansociate Editor An Independent Newspaper Standing- for the Square Deal, Clean Business, Clean Politics and the Best Interests of Uend and Centrkl Oregon MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OP CIRCULATIONS By Mall By Carrier . One Year S8.50 One Year 112.00 Six Months t4.l0 Six months Sti.MO Three Months 12.60 One Month 11.00 All Subscriptions are DUE and PAYABLE IN ADVANCE Please notify us of any change of address or failure to receive the paper regularly. ISSUES AND VOTES Anyone who follows elections at all closely cannot tut mar vel now and then at the keen interest displayed in relatively trivial issues and the calm, amounting almost to apathy, with which questions of great importance are too often received. In- Bend this month there has been full cause for such won derment, first in the enthusiasm shown in the city advisory election and then in the slight recognition which voters gave when the school district's excess levy was at stake. Let us point out that, in the main, the city of Bend and the Bend school district occupy the same ground, possess the same wealth in land, improvements and chattels, and have the same registered voters. The school district does, of course, have somewhat more of each of these than the city. All of the city of Bend is within the school district; not all of the school district is within the city of Bend. Nevertheless it.was for the city balloting that 2,443 voters turned out, while in the dis trict election 394 recorded their opinions at the polls. As school district elections go, it wasn't so bad. The number was slightly greater than that at the levy election in 1948 and far greater than the few dozen who went to the trouble to "X" their simple ballots and decide the extent of district taxation in many of the years preceding. But in this voting Tuesday, a matter of $268,467.17 was at issue, well over half of the district's proposed tax levy for operation and maintenance for the 1950-51 fiscal year. Now the city of Bend has a registered voting strongth of 6,543. That of the school district is difficult to give exactly because its boundaries do not coincide with precinct boundar ies, and it is by precincts that the registration is taken. We know, however, that there are more voters in the district than in the city and so it may readily be computed that approxi mately six per cent of the voters passed upon this tax of $268,467.17. Those who Voted for it were only four per cent of the registration. , Understand that we have no quarrel with the results. The money is needed and will be carefully expended. But we shud der at the willingness of the majority to leave such decisions to the minority. That is not government by the people. For the outstanding modern example or minority rule and what it leads to, consider Russia. But get back to the city election. It was called solely to offer advice to the commission on daylight saving and wheth er or not to require dogs to be tied up. It was unneeded advice on .subjects not of primary consequence, yet 2,443 men and women rushed to give it, then anxiously awaited news of the results. It is apparent that such things interested them greatly and equally apparent that the matter of a $268,467.17 tax levy, on which depended the operation of their public school sys tem, interested them but slightly. We don't know just why. FEW COUNTIES FILL CHESTS ' In line with what we were saying Tuesday regarding the multiplicity of camnaiKns for funds and the failure of most of them to attain the arbitrarily determined quota, reports just received from Oregon Chest headquarters are, we chink, ot considerable interest. A few of the counties had made a go of it by April 1; more ot them hadn t. Hood Hiver, Clackamas, Sherman, Harney, Grant, Curry, Lane, Gilliam, Multnomah, Baker and Wasco completed their work, balancing local and state chest budgets. The rest of the counties, of which of course Deschutes is one, had chests that were from 6.833 per cent to 71.b72 per cent empty. To make it exact, 31.421 per cent of the Deschutes county chest remained to be filled at a time when all this was sun posed to be finished. In the meantime other drives had conic and gone, some successfully, some unsuccessfully. Enough of them, it seems, to make a chest program, which is supposed to be all-inclusive and isn t, extremely dilticult to put over. Enough of them also, according to our observation, to en able people to find out how very easy it is to say no. Referring once more to our Tuesday discussion, a correc tion is in order as to the record of success in funds campaigns in the past five year period. The Red Cross made it in 1948 under the chairmanship of W, J, Uaer. Not only was the $8,000 goal reached but continued solicitation brought the to tal close to $9,000. Time for Anofher Tuneup vo vou suppkf f j l ( YOU COULP TAKE SOME Jf v of the RATTies yy1L m IMIIMIMHIMtmMWnMIIMIIIIIMIINIIim.lll.iMIMmillHIMN - i . ...n i i .i-i Cold War (Continued from Pane 1) American Influence In eastern Europe which was culminated In the closing of American "Ulnar ics" in Czechoslovakia and I he ouster of a U.S. embassy attache on "spy" charges. 3. The long-dormant soviet cam paign to gain control of the Dar danelles flared anew as the con trolled Moscow press attacked Turkey mid demanded revision of the Montreux convention de signed to keep Russian warships out of the Mediterranean. 4. Increased pressure on Kin land to force her more firmly into the Russian orbit through thinly veiled charges that Klnuish Americans are spying on the sov iet union. In its Trieste note, Russia said the situation has become "intol erable in the Adriatic seaport. It ' charged that the western powers had violated their obligations un- j der the Italian peace treaty, which set up Trieste as a free territory and provided for appointment of : a governor by the U.S. security j council. Russia Ignored the fact that the security council never svas able to agree on a governor, and that the United States, Britain and ; Franco proposed in March, ISMS, that the territory be returned to Italy. That proposal still Is the offi cial basis fif American policy, al though U.S. officials now ac knowledge that any settlement "must take Yugoslavia's Interests Into account." This is widely in terpreted as the result ot heller relations with Yugoslavia follow lug Marshal Tito's break with the krcmlin. ! Mary Ferguson Dies at Spokane Mrs. Mary Ferguson, 8(i. for mer long time Head resident, died early this morning in Spokane, where she has been making her home with n son, llollie, since last fall. Mrs. Ferguson had lived in Hend approximately 30 years. Slit was a member of the Hend Meth odist church and for !( years a member of the Rebekah lodge. Survivors include a son, Ralph, of Hend. Complete ordinary and funeral arrangements will he announced later by Nlswonger-Winslow fu neral homo. tiiMiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiijiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiii WASHINGTON COLUMN mmnilllllllllllMIIUIHIlmiMltlMIIUlllllllHMIIIIianilllllllllllllltlUllllllllllllllMiniinnMIIIIIIMIIMIIIIIIIIIinMUIMIMMIIIMIMIMIMIIIIMIMIIIIMIIIMMIIIIItinil' single houses, row houses, apart ments, Hats, trailers, tents, rented rooms, hotels or other institu tions. The census taker will also have to determine how old housing units are, and how many are di lapidated. He will .have to count houses with hot and cold running water, cold water only, outside faucets, hand pumps, wells, bath tubs, showers, outside privies, ra dios, TV's, iceboxes, kitchen sinks or no such fixtures at all. Also, how many families have to share such facilities. All this detailed information, involving some 30 questions, each with from two to five possible answers, ought to give a pretty accurate picture of America's housing situation. It will also be good market data for manufac turers and merchants of house furnishings. All this housing data can then be coupled with answers to the most controversial question of all, which every fifth person must an swer. It is, "Last year, how much money did you earn working as an employe for wages or sal ary?" This will provide a good basis for determining just what Income, groups need what hous ing, and what price they can af ford to pay for it. This Is the. key to all housing legislation. The questions on employment :about 20 of them are going to give an accurate answer to un employment conditions. There has been much criticism of pres ent bureau of census sample sur veys on unemployment. The pres ent figure of over '1.G00.000 is con sidered low, in that it does not Include workers laid off, tempor arily unemployed, or working only part-time. If all these cate gories were included, unemploy ment might be over G.000,000. By Peter Edson (NEA Wushinictan Correspondent) Washington (NEA) A lot of the questions being asked by cen sus takers these next few weeks may seem pretty silly. For in stance: 'If your house Is rented fur nished, what would it rent for unlurmshed .' "Did this person do any work at all last week, not counting worn around the house?" "Last year, how much money did his relatives in this household receive from Interest, dividends, veterans' allowances, pensions, rents, or other income, aside from earnings?" i For farmers, there are a couple of hundred special questions to fill out, on both sides of a big sheet of paper. They want to know everything about the farm er's life, including how many cantaloupes, cowpeas, tame dew berries and turkeys over four months old ho raised. All these seemingly silly ques tions are supposed to have a pur pose. It may take a year and a half to compile the answers. By that time a lot of data may be out of flato. The country is growing faster than many ex perts thought possible. Marriage and birth rates are up. Total population will be over 151,000, 000. Farm population is declin ing. -There may be 47,000,000 families. All these things create new problems for congress. Answers to the census taker's questions may he the basis- tor new farm, housing, social security, education and other legislation for the next 10 years. Take housing. All housing le gislation proposed or passed since the end of the war has been based on conflicting estimates of sup ply and demand. Private industry home builders Insist they can take care of the situation. Advocates of more public housing insist that the private building industry hasn't taken adequate care of the situation In the past and won't be able to do II hi the future. The 1 !).-)() census taker's first housing question is to determine how many families are living in CHANGE REQUESTED . United Air Lines today asked the civil aeronautics board to in clude Redmond as a co-intermediate point with Bend on its route certificate, according to J. C. Sc dell, station manager here. "Such inclusion," Sedell said, "will make official a service which has existed in actuality since United began operations to Bend Redmond October 1, 1946." The designation "Bend-Red-raon" regularly has been used in Unlted's passenger schedules, al though the airline only has been able to list Bend in its official air freight traffic. Use classified ads In The Bulletli. for quirk results. ONE SOLUTION T.ltelirieUl Minn Amil '.'1 (111 The county treasurer today won dered just' how to take this note j which accompanied Theodore B. i Larsons real estate tax return: j "The cannibals had a way of j solving high taxes. When they j got higher than the cost of food, i they ale the tax collector." ' Use classified ads In The Bulletin lor quick results. Some 6,000 American h'gh schools are now offering some lorm of automobile-driving edu cation to about hull a million etudenu. Remember . . . The dignified simplicity of out funeral service is always re membered. Let us take the burden of funeral arrange ments from your shoulders In time of grief. rilONF. IIS for Ambulance Service Niswongor and Winslow MORTICIANS HUNGRY? Try MIDG i'Mlc O Fountain Service Hot and Cold Sandwiches Food end Drinks to Take Out Don't Drive By Sfop In! . Bed and Lawrence Clausen 0Mi-,ilt Brulit I lelil Oixii II .m. to 1 0.111. No Interest or Carrying Charge 1 Year to Pay Remington PORTABLES WW!W,!f,l! 1 tarn nsai in With Travel Case J Si? 79.50 I'lus Federal lax. No Interest or carrying charges! With Travel Case NO INTEREST or Carrying Charge Anderson's Sewing Machine and Appliance OPEN EVENINGS Stale and Tunialo I'hone 86'MV Flood Threat (Continued from Page 1) area showed water content 41.7 per cent above normal. He said the stream flow in the Spokane river would approach the record 1948 high. The Chelan reservoir was 45 per cent above normal and would be filled by June 1. He termed 1950 "another lush year" for the northwest power pool. W. T. Frost, Medford weather forecaster, said western Oregon's record snowfall had Increased 19 per cent since March 1. He said the water content was 63 per cent greater than In 1948 and 90 per cent above average. A new snow record was set at Cas cade summit near the Willamette pass highway with 106.4 inches of snow containing 51.3 inches of water, Frost said. Frost said the flood potential was great in the Willamette, San tiam and McKenzie rivers. There will be less than average precipitation in the Columbia ba sin in the next 30 days with weather slightly warmer titan the season average, Col. E. S. Elli son of the weather bureau predicted. School Music Event Slated A grade and junior high school music festival has been slated for Friday, April 28, it was announc ed today by Don Pence, director of music for Bend schools. The program will be held at the high school gymnasium and will begin at 8 p. m. Participating will be the begin ners and advanced bands and or chestras of Kenwood and Allen schools, chorus groups from the Allen, Kenwood, and Reid schools, tonette bands from Reid and Yew Lane schools and the Junior high school band. A similar program is planned for the junior and senior high school on May 12. Tickets for both programs are available from students. OUT ON THE FARM By n S. Grant April 21 Everyone knows about the "serenade of the bells," but I think the "serenade of the frogs" is just as romantic. The frogs were singing part-music last night, with lusty voices. We first noticed their noctural harmoniz ing about a week ago. How they can congregate in such large num bers, so soon after the ditch is turned on for the season, is a mystery to me. Do the frogs burrow down in the stream beds for the winter, and sleep soundly while ice and snow cover their resting place? o they float down from the source of the water, when the Irrigation season starts? Or did they rain down from the heavens on a cloud of mist, or sail on a saucer from the planet Mars? It doesn't seem likely that they would develop from tiny polywogs to grown-up frogs with baritone voices in two short weeks. I must remember to spend a sunny summer day dreaming by the ditch bank. 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