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THE BEND 1! BULLETIN Bend Forecast Bend and vicinity P a r 1 1 y cloudy today; fair tonight and Sunday; few showers in mountains today; high today 57; low tonight 30 to 35; high Sunday 62 to 67. . LEASED WIRE WORLD NEWS COVERAGE CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER 47th Year BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 1950 No. 117 Fellowship Award Made ByAAUW Announcement of award of the Mabel Merwin fellowship to Miss Mary Lewis, a graduate student at tlie University of Oregon, high lighted the final lunchean session of the state 'conference of Ameri can Association of University Women, today at the Trinity Episcopal parish hall. At the ses sion this morning Pendleton was selected for the 1951 conference. The fellowship, named In hon or of Mrs. L. T. Merwin, of Port land, carries a $1200 grant. Miss Lewis, who was ' present at the luncheon to receive the honor, is studying sculpture, end is an as sistant in the art department at the University of Oregon, teach ing two classes in sculpture. She will enter a university in the east this fall, to continue her studies. Members of the board making the selection are Miss Nell A. linger, Portland, chairman; Miss Lydia Winkler, of(Llnfield col lege, and Dr. Helen Pearce, of Willamette university. Dr. Pearce made the presentation. Selections Announced Another highlight of the lunch eon was the announcement of se lection of Oregon women for whom Oregon state division in ternational study grants will be named. They are Mrs. G. A. John son, of Portland, president of the Oregon state division from 1930 1933 and north Pacific unit fel lowship chairman from 1933 to 1936; Miss Ruth Rockwood, Port land, chairman of the awards committee for Oregon fellowships from their inception until 1939, and Miss Mozelle Hair, of Eu gene, first Oregon division presi dent (1925 28). Announcement was made by Miss Beryl Holt, north Pacific regional fellow ship chairman, who was appoint ed to a committee with Mrs. Wil liam A. Dick, of The Dalles, and Mrs. Arthur Larspn, of Portland, to select women to be thus hon ored. v Contributions Involved Money for the three $500 in ternational study grants repre sents' ebritribtif ions' f r 6' rri all branches of the division, with the exception of Portland and Pendleton, which gave amounts totaling $500 or more, and were therefore entitled to name their own grants. Portland gave $750 and named its grant for Jane Phillips. Pendleton gave $500 and named its grant for Frankie Cau thorn Mclntyre. At the business session this morning, there were "fireworks" when Mrs. Thomas Burke, of Coos Bay, rose to question the logic of accepting programs "handed out" from national AAUW headquarters without careful examination on the local level, and rejection if local mem bers are not in approval. Her surprise criticism broke a short silence that followed a panel dis cussion on principal AAUW func tions. Her remarks were greeted with thunderous applause, ifnd animated discussion followed. "We are constantly harping about appropriations for this, or that, or the other," Mrs. Burke declared. "Why don't we concen trate on study of the Hoover plan, and see what we can do to institute a program of govern ment ece.nomy?" Federal Aid Discussed The question of proposed fed eral aid to education, partly ap- Continued on Page 5) Bend Spring Cleanup Planned Bend home owners were re minded by city officials and civic leaders today that the time is here for the annual cleanup and beautiflcntion of the city, if un sightly debris is to be burned before the arrival of warm weath er. Fire chief Leroy Fox said that no special cleanup week is be ing set aside. Bend residents, he said, have In the past cooperated In keeping their premises clean tor 52 weeks out of the year, not 'or a single week. However, Chief Fox said that ire permits will not be required at present. He cautioned thnt where burning is carried on, hos J should be kept nearbv. Also. Je said, fires must not be left burning after dark. City officials have Joined the chief in requesting that every ef fort be made to clear premies S Debris should be taken to the ; nearby citv dump, not left on va- : Pint . . mis, a is stressed. Mayor T. D. .Sexton Is to de- vte his Sundav night talk over radio station rnvn t the Htv , cleanup program, and will urge iuvai residents coopcraie in "putifylng the city in advance wie isjso tourist season. TniB t-nn. 1-1 j made to tidy entrances to Interim Commit fee Hearing brings Uut Fact That State May Face 50-Million Deficit Tl .-1.11:1.. i me pu.fsiuiuiy oi a ?tu,uu,uuu deficit in Oregon s state treasury general fund by the end of the 1951-53 biennium--should voters approve the proposed soldier bonus and the basic school support fund increase was emphasized at a puDiic hearing conducted in Redmond yesterday by the tax interim committee of the state legislature. Using figures based on a recent, rpnnvr hv the stnto lmnVnt director Harry S. Dorman, committee chairman Howard C. - Bend's Annual Tourist Host School Slated. Bend's annual Tourist host school will be held next Wednes day and Thursday, E. L. Nielson ana wiured Jossv. co-chairmen of the chamber of commerce commit tee making arrangements for the school, reported today. Place of the school will be announced next week. Classes will be conducted in two hour sessions to be held each afternoon and evening. In order to get a complete course, "stu dents" must attend two of the sessions. Each of the classes con ducted on Wednesday will be du plicated in sessions on Thursday. fcligioie to attend the school are any persons in Bend who come in contact with the travel ing public. There will be no charge for the school. "Professors" Listed Each class will last approxi mately 25 minutes. Following is a list of professors, together with the subjects of their classes: wiured jossy: where to Go and What to See"; Frank II. Loggan: "Agriculture and Local Economy , Loyde Blakely: "What Do Fish and Game Mean to You"; Don Peoples: "Deschutes, the Wonder River"; Ralph W. Craw ford: "What to Enjoy and Where to Find It in Our National For ests"; C. G. Springer and Phil F. Brogan: Geophysical f eatures oi Central Oregon," and Howard Moffat "How Are Your Rela tions?" A-brochure to' be used hi the school is being compiled this week by the chamber office. The bright ly colored booklets will be dis tributed to all persons enrolling in the school. Brochure Available Included In the brochure are ar ticles on points of interest in cen tral Oregon, central Oregon's in dustries, history and wild life re sources and general information. Contributing authors are John Eliot Allen, chief geologist of the department of geology and miner al industries; Ralph W. Crawford, supervisor of the Deschutes na tional forest; C. G. Springer, ma terials prospector for the Oregon state highway department; Frank (Continued on Pagf ) Carnival Rulers Chosen Jill li 6m 1 w&-W ii yjf il ' - . .' ; n--' V" Their roval majesties. Miss Georgann Wlnslow. daughter of Dr. and Mrs G. W. VVinslow. 113 Irving siiert, and Eldon Branch, son of Mrs Beatrice Branch, 154 E. Franklin avenue, were crowned rulers of the Bend high school carnival last night. They were the senior class aspirants for the title. More than 600 persons attended the carnival festivities at the high school. Another complete carni val program is planned for this evening. Doors open at 8 p.m. Belton, a state senator from Canby, pointed out that even without passage ot the bills m question, the state may face in 1953 a deficit in the general fund, of more than $32,000,000. 75 Persons Present. Attending the hearing, which was held in the Redmond hotel dining room following -a special luncheon, were approximately 75 persons from central Oregon, in cluding many stale, county and city officials. The meeting lasted about two hours. Tax interim committee mem bers, present besides Belton were Rep. Giles L. French, Moro; Rep. John L. Sell, The Dalles; Mrs. Louise L. Humphrey, Portland, and Earl B. Day, Medford. Fol lowing short addresses by each of the members on various fiscal problems confronting the state, the meeting was opened to ques tions from the audience and a gen eral discussion of taxation and re lated subjects. In his opening remarks, Sen. Belton noted that taxation rests "fundamentally with the people." If individuals do not exercise their right to vote, he said, they have only themselves to blame for measures of which they do not ap prove. Income Tax Inadequate The senator warned his audi ence that income tax levies might soon become inadequate to offset the state property tax levy. He pointed out that no state property tax has been levied since 1940 be cause of the offset feature of the property tax reduction account. "Howeve r," he emphasized, "property tax Is still the basis of taxation in Oregon." In his talk, Rep. French stated that under the basic school sup port measure many counties in Oregon would be required to pay into the school fund a greater, amount than they would receive hack in State- aid. In central-Oregon, only Deschutes county would receive back more than it paid into the school fund. Iteferred to Voters The basic school support in crease bill Is being referred to the voters this November by the last session of the legislature. It would levy an annual tax which would produce $30 per capita for all children within the state be tween the ages of 4 and 20. Al ready in effect is a similar mea sure which provides $50 annual ly for each child. It has been estimated that the additional $30 per child would cost taxpayers of Oregon approxi mately $12,000,000 in annual taxes. (Continued on Page 5) Mid-Oregon Warehouse Change Made The Mid-Oregon Farmers Ware house and Supply center, a $200, 000 plant which opened for busi ness Just short of two years ago, today became the Eastern Oregon Mills, Inc., operating as the Bend unit of a state-wide system. To day noon formal transfer of the local plant by George Richie Jr., his wife, Mildred, both of Bend, and H. L. Boutin, Portland, to the, new owners was nearing comple tion. , , The big warehouse and supply renter on Greenwood avenue in Bend wasi closed today for inven tory. Monday morning the East ern Oregon Mills, Inc., will open for business. George Short, who served with George Richie Jr. and E. G. Richie, for the past two years, will be manager, in conn plete charge of local operations ,of the plant. Supplies Shipped Company officials announced' today that several carloads of sup-1 plies are en route to the Bend plant. .v'i Heading the delegation here to day for acceptance of the plant from the former owners is Al Cellers'of McMinnville, president of the Eastern Oregon Mills, Inc., and the long-established Buchan-an-Cellers warehouses of the Wil lamette valley. It was Cellers who announced that Short will be in full charge of the Bend ware house. '',; "It is our policy to place full responsibility in our managers," he declared. Incidentally, Cellers mentioned that he expects to have some "special business" in Bend through the fishing season, ye is one of Oregon's most ardent ang lers. Here with Cellers ere Harold Davis, McMinnville, secretary treasurer of the Buchanan-Cellers Co.; Richard Harper, Portland ac countant for the firm; Eugene E. Marsh, company legal consultant, and Stanley Cellers, manager of the Madras unit : of the Eastern Oregon Mills, Inc., Marsh, now ot Mr;Minnvuie).-U an old Alme resl- aent oi Mauras, in tne oust dowi days. "Left Too Soon" "I guess I left 25 years too soon," Marsh remarked today as he told of the great changes he has noted In the Madras country since water was spread over North Unit lands, ihe company s big Madras warehouse was completed only last year. It is the imposing structure on the northwestern skyline, at the top of the new Warm Springs cut-off road. Officers of the Eastern Oregon Mills, Inc., voiced their confidence that their new Bend plant would play a major role In Deschutes basin agriculture. It was indicated that no major staff changes are being considered by Short. Sales of the Bend plant in its first full year of operation aggre gated $800,000. Capital stock is being increased. The Mid-Oregon Farmers Ware house and Supply center started operations on May 1, 1948. Since that time a large warehouse for the storage and handling of po tatoes was added. The Bend plant Is considered one of the most mod ern seed processing operations in the northwest. 35 Feared Dead In Plane Crash luKyo, npiii a nr. rog, rain Cliff Goodwin and Ralph W. and rugged terrain slowed Ihe i crawforrt present, decided to lake search today for 35 Americans be- no action on th(. request until it lieved killed when an American jcan be. determined whether a air force transport plane crashed lsuttahlo site for the new plant ami burned in the mountains (0 ! can he iocaied elsewhere. Thorn miles SOUlhWest Of Tokyo. InrllpotnrI hlQ mn!inv rlnslind Thn t0ntkM ,lm,,n l..l-t n..U!"" ' 1 J planes from the skies. Fourteen ground parties, stumbling on foot through almost inaccessible moun tain country, were hunting the wreckage. Among those- reported on the plane, which witnesses said hit fog-shrouded, 5.000-foot Mt. Hlru gatake, were four high occupa tion trade officials. An air force spokesman said the plane crashed shortly before last mldnieht In stormv weather while flying to Tokyo from Clark ! at $200. field in the Philippines. Aboard! rhp ,h,,rs cl,p(1 were Robert were 27 military and civilian pas- E. Fields, who was overtaken fol sengers, Including a famllv of lowing a four mile chase east of four, and eight crew members. Bend, and Robert C. Allen Jr. Aiuuini l The bond for Fields was set al Manila dispatches said the pas- sengers Included lour memlx-rs of a trade mission from Gen. Douglas MacArthur s headquar- ters. Members of the mission, In - rhulillK (inn woman, wpro rcliirn. ing to Tokyo after negotiating a 8 nignway aneau oi ponce. nuu0ncary highway that will extend $50,000,000 barter trade agree- " K'rl as a passenger on his mo I the Butler road from the Bend ment with the Philippines. I tor-cycle. ! airport east to the Crook county Japanese workmen at two! 'line Is to be Improved under a mountain villages south of Tokyo! CENSl'S DEADLINE HERE j stale highway project up for con said they saw the explosion of j The Bulletin's census contest, ! tract at the April 25 meeting of the plane when It crashed In the ', with $25 waiting the winners and j the commission In Portland. The 'lonselv wooded ranges of the, other awards ready for runners , projects call for a modern high Tanzawa mountains. They said up, ends today. Mailed estimates i way that has an underbase sup the wreckage burned for 30 mln-bearing today's postmark will be; porting a 20 foot oiled traveled (Continued on Page 5) ('accepted. way. Bend Facing Critical Situation. Commission Told Hospital r Tr' p Work of pouring concrete for the ground walls of the St. Charles memorial hospital is under way this week end. Pictured here, on the slope facing the wall forms, fs a concrete mixer. 'The i, Cascades form a backdrop for the work. Change in City Zoning for New Jlant Protested ' Members of the Bend planning commission reported today that no action is to be taken at pres ent on the petition of Rex O. Thomas that lots 7, 8, 9 and 10, block 45, Center addition, be re zoned as a tourist commercial ,area. The lots are now zoned as residential. Thomas submitted the re-zoning petition to the commission at its meeting this week, declaring it was the wish of his firm, the Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Bend, to erect in the area a modern bottling and distribution plant. The area is on East Greenwood, at the corner of 7th. Objections Voiced The re-zoning petition resulted in objections from a number of home owners in the area, who protested any change in the pres ent residential status.' Objections ranged from early-morning load ing noises to increased traffic in the area. A question also arose as to adequate water pressure In the area for a bottling plant of the type planned. For the oast sev eral years, residents of the neigh borhood say, water pressure has been low. Thomas, expressing surprise that his request should have aroused such opposition, said a neat building, not an eyesore, had been planned. Speakers opnosing the zone change included Harold Asninwall. The commission members, with Trc T. T NJIi-hnlcrin nhnlrmnn- a site, on or near an arterial route through Bend. Bend Motorcycle Riders Arrested Three Bend motorcyclists were arrested early this morning and one was accused of driving while under the Influence of Intoxl- i cants. He was listed as Edward I J- Johnson, and his bond was set S2"0- He was accused of reckless uiiving. mihti was cm-n un basic rules charge and his bond was placed at $15. . ' Officers say that Holds. In his race east over tile Central UK'- Ground Walls Take Shape Changes in Dog Ordinance Approved at First Reading; Emergency Clause Not Used Does the fact that Bend dogs still are tied up,' despite a "straw vote" favoring elimination of the tieup season, con- Mlimitrttii uuiyiKiuuy i - v Gombiissioner Burt White gency clause should be invoked, after ordinance amendments eliminating the tie-up season had been approved at the first reading by the city commission. Under regular procedure the ordinance change will receive its second reading two weeks from now, and will become effective 30 days later. Mayor Sexton, remarking New Telephone Franchise Given First Reading A new franchise for the Pa cific Telephone & Telegraph Co. giving Bend 2 per cent of gross revenues on local business of the company, was given its first read ing av last night's meeting of the city commission. The new franchise will replace another 20-year contract that Is expiring in 11)50, it was explain ed. Under the old franchise the telephone companv paid Bend $600 a year for the use ef lis streets In making pole emplace ments A schedule showing anticipated revenue for Bend, under the new franchise, gave $2,290 as the prob able total for 1950; $3,592 for 1951; $3,704 for 1952 and $3,81fi for 1953. City Manager O. W. Cuthberl son explained that the new fran chise conforms generally to those prevailing in other Oregon cities. A few other cities have fran chises under which free telephone service is given the cities, in ad dition to the 2 per cent revenue, but Ihe company is eliminating this free service whenever fran chise renewals come up, Cuth bertson said. The new fra.nchlse, if approved also will run for a 20-year period, Airport Road Grading Starts Clearing of Junipers and hi ush from the mile and a quarter sec tion of the Bend airport-Crook county line section of the new Powell Butte market road being handled by the city of Bend and county crews has been completed ;aim kiuiiimk wum in unner wuy it was learned today, This week considerable filling been accomplished. work has Thn 7 5fi mile sn.1lfin nf b.p. The 7.56 mile section ,i . - -argued last night that the omer- that he doubted very much if "freeing the dogs" could be classed , as an emergency, asked Ross Farnham, city attor ney, for his opinion. Farnham said he could see no basis for in voking the emergency clause. Which means that Bend dogs face another'slx weeks of confine ment, before they mny legally roam. It was emphasized, how ever, that trespass, nuisance and j license provisions of the ordln- ance remain intact, and will be enforced by the city whenever complaints are forthcoming, legion Seeks I.o( Disposal of a city-owned lot near First and Franklin streets, to Stevens-Chute post, American Legion, was considered last night. The Legion desires to buy this lot for election of a cluh house. The (Continued on Page 7) Nation's Labor Dark; More Strikes Slated Chicago, April 22 Ul'i - The na tion's labor picture darkened to day as work stoppages spread in Ihe telephone Industry and train firemen prepared for slrlkes against seven railroads next Wed nesday. Hope also vanished for a quick settlement of Ihe 89 day-old Chrysler strike as rcglonul feder al mediator Arthur C. Vint an nounced that negotiators for Ihe auto firm and Ihe CIO auto work ers were "hopelessly deadlocked." The walkouts In the telephone Industry came four days before the end of a fiO dny truce arrang ed by President Truman In a dis pute helwei'n the Hell system and Ihe CIO ('nmmunicatlniM Work ers of America. Members of Ihe CVVA's division 0, repiesentlng 11,000 Western Electric equipment Installers, were leaving Ihelr Jobs because of an alleged "lockout and firing" of abniii 100 workers at South Bend. Ind. Division president Ernest Weaver said "we expect Ihe walk out to spread" and "by Monday, I seriously doubt thai any of our members will he working any where In the Unlled .Stales." I.oikoiit Ih'iiled At Indianapolis, Ind . telephone company spokesmen denied there had been a lockout at South Bend. They said the only dispute there Involved a 25-day work stoppage In which 100 worker refused to cross muddy fields to work on a string of television towers being erected across northern Indiana. At Washington, meanwhile. CWA president Joseph Belrne of Water Some Houses Already Dry, Complained Bend may be facing its most critical water shortage in history this year, with no reiief in sight. This was brought out at Fri day night's meeting of the city commission, after a delegation of citizens had appeal ml with the demand that the city "do some thing" at once to remedy the sit uation. Irrigation restrictions al leady are in force here, but de spite this conservation there are . houses in Bend where the pres sure Is so low that no water comes through the faucets during Irriga tion hours, It was explained. T. O. Livingston, 1204 E. Nor ton, and Norman Venable, 764 E. Greenwood, omplained that they were out of water at their homes most of last summer, and that a similar condition already is de veloping this year. Others Affected Venable estimated that from 15 to 20 persons in his area are In the same predicament. Yet, he suid, the city still Is issuing per-' mits for new construction there, without warning the builders that they face water shortages during the summer. "When I built a $20,000 home there, I was assured by the city engineer's office that water would be available, and mat an appro priation for a storage reservoir on Pilot butte either had been mude or was In prospect," Ven-, uble declared. Percy Drost, -water superinten dent, said that an appropriation had been made for a survey of the Pilot butte reservoir site, but no money had been allotted for actual construction. The survey, on completion, indicated that a Pilot butte reservoir would not be feasible, Drost said. Mayor T. D. Sexton asked If a pumping station would remedy the situation for the "drouth" area. Drost replied that a pump-; ing station would be ineffective, because there would be no water in the mains to be pumped, dur ing periods when the rest of the town is irrigating. Individual Storage Urged W. O. Cuthbertson. city man ager, suggested that householders In that part of the city install in dividual storage tanks, to be filled at night and the water used dur ing the day, as the only expedi ent until Bend's over-all water problem is solved. "Why doesn't the city order a . stop to lawn watering, and let people with homes have some of this water," Venable demanded. "I don't think that it Is right for us to be without water, while many others in town are wasting it." Cuthbertson replied that, in his (Continued on Page 7) Picture fered to settle all 25 of Ihe na tion's contract disputes by arbi tration to avoid Ihe big nation wide strike which may come next week. Hut officials for the com pany's long lines department re jected the suggestion. Vial's statement on the Chrys ler strike revealed that the com pany and union representatives of HS.OilO workers were deadlocked on "non-ecoonmic issues" previ ously regarded as side questions to Ihe UAW's demand for $100 monthly pensions. The two sides have reached agreement on a plan for financing the pensions, It was disclosed. The plan is similar to thai agreed to last year with Ford Molor company. Hail SI i l It,. Set At Chicago, meanwhile, offi cials of Ihe Brotherhood of Loco motive Firemen and Enginemen rushed last minute plans for n slrlke at fi n m. -Wednesday af fecting the New York Central. Pennsylvania, Santa Fe, Michigan Central, Ohio Central, Hlg Four and Southern railroads. Union officials announced that members will continue to work on Hoop, hospital and milk trains throughout the work stoppage which Is intended to enforce de mands for an additional fireman on multiple-unit dlesel engines. Firemen manning regular passen ger and freight trains at strike time will continue to the end of their runs before walking out. At New York, a contract agree ment between 40 shipping com panies and the AFL Masters, Mutes and Pilots union averted a (Continued on Page 7) i
