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THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND. OREGON
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1950
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By
, Want.) ntf ton Corrttt,Hrtqent)
THE VOTERS' DECISION
In record numbers for a school election the people went to
the polls Monday and said their say on the question of bond
ing for new high school construction. It was a definite "No"
that they put on record. The vote was not a landslide of oppo
sition but it was a clear, decisive majority, The people had
been asked to express their choice of two possibilities. One
was that of debt financing a senior high school building,
which would have allowed a change to the junior-senior high
school system in local public education and at the same time
have provided class rooms for expected increased attendance.
The other was continuance of pay-as-you-go provision for
building, with additions to present facilities as need should
arise. The people preferred the latter.
' From the viewpoint of increased effectiveness of organiza
tion as well as excellence of physical plant there can be no
doubt that the new construction method of meeting school
problems was recognized as the better one. Why then the
adverse vote on the bonds? The reason is not hard to find. It
may be summed up in the words, "tax revolt". The bond issue
was proposed in the amount of $780,000. It is apparent that,
under the circumstances, this was considered too much. Plan
ned for 15 year serial repayment it would have required an
annual tax rate. scaling down over the years from slightly
more than eight mills to a fraction, in excess of six mills.
Bonds are but deferred taxes and the public is becoming
increasingly tax conscious.. With the tremendous load of fed
eral levies, state taxes which would be imposing if not com
pared with the federal rates, each increase in local costs,
whether city, county or school district, is felt more and more
acutely by the ovecburdened taxpayer.'
Evidence of this has been accumulating in defeated excess
levies here and there and in rejected bond proposals. The
trend was seen in the defeat of the state levy in the 1948
state election, again in the refusal of a Portland special tax in
May of this year. These are mentioned because of their size
but there have been other refusals to go along with adminis
tration taxing policy, one only last week in Bend when the
excess beyond the six per cent limitation for the city budget
was turned down. We think there will be others and that the
tax revolt will extend to strong voter disapproval of federal
expenditures as well as those of local government.
The foregoing is in no way to be taken aa an endorsement'
of the decision reached at Monday's school election. Our
preference, stated and reiterated, was for new construction
and for the debt which it would have involved. But we can
well understand the opposition to debt financing and rising
taxes which underlay the negative vote on the school board's
proposal.'
Now, as matters stand, the voters of the district have
passed upon an important question of policy as well as mak
ing Immediate disposition of the bond question. The school
administration, as is proper,. accepts the directive.
We have been asked if any effort will be made to resubmit
the bonds. The question apparently grows out of some fan
cied similarity to the city's situation in, which rejection of
an excess levy for 1950-51 operation necessitates an election
on a new levy based on a revised budget if municipal adminis
tration is to continue. Actually there is no resemblance except
that in each taxes are involved. The city cannot get along
without financial provision for the coming fiscal' year. For
the school district such provision has already been made.
And so there is no reason why there should be any resubmis
sion of the bonding "proposal. Nor is there any indication
that this will be done. Quite the contrary.
As conditions are today the question has been answered.
Only if conditions change to a degree presenting new, espe
cially significant evidence of urgent need for another high
school building should bonding again be rtiado the issue in
a Bend district election.
Peter Edxon
(NEA
Anderson, Intl. .(NEA) When
the organizers of the Anderson
American Guard decided to
launch their good government
movement to clean up local po
litical conditions, they figured
that the cost of educating the
voters and arousing public inter
est would be about one dollar per
head. Madison county has a pop
ulation of about 100,000. That
meunt a budget of $100,000 for a
15ionth period October, 1949
to December, 1950. This would
carry them through the May,
1950 primary and the November
election.
Actually, the Guard's executive
director, young C. O. "Chuck"
Harbaugh, says It has operated
on something 'less than that. He
estimates costs will be about $75,
000. Most of this has gone for
printing, newspaper advertising
and radio time.
The Guard's staff, In addition
to the $12,000-ayear director, In
cludes a research director, an au-
dllor, a publicity man, two secre
taries and a messenger. Head
quarters is in the first floor of a
big old frame house a few blocks
ofi Main street. It has a neon
sign to make clear its location
and Its open operations.
The dues were put at $5 per
family unit. The Guard now
claims a membership of about
4000, in about 2500 family units.
That means about $12,500 from
memberships. The Guard decided
it would take no money from cor
porations or business firms. But
several individuals have contrib-
tiled $1000 apiece, others $500.
$200, $100, $50, $20, $10.
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It was decided to organize from
the bottom up, instead of from
the top down. There are 65 pre
cincts in the 14 townships of Mad
ison county. The average precinct
had about 600 to 800 voters. In a
few rural areas, the township
was the precinct. In the city the
precincts took In 10 tb 20 city
blocks.
The big job was educational,
and It was aimed at the May pri
mary. What were the officers to
be elected what did they do?
What were their salaries? How
long were they elected for? What
did a congressman do, a circuit
court judge, the prosecuting at
torney, the state legislators, the
county clerk, recorder and com
missioners, the township trustees,
justice of the peace, constable?
Next, who were the candidates:
Their names, their records?
Here the American Guard de
cided to publish a "Voters' Man
ual." It is a 56-page pamphlet.
I'm told that when the Guard
took the copy for this manual to
one Indianapolis print shop, U.A.
W.-C.I.O. headquarters in Detroit
called up the printer and told him
er get any more union business.
He passed it up. But another un
ion shop took it, and the booklet
came out with a union label. .
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One other statistic offered is
that of 18 candidates endorsed by
the C.I.O.-P.A.C. 15 Democrats
and three republicans six were
nominated and 12 were defeated.
The C.I.O. union papers blast
ed the American Guard at every
chance. Shop and local union
newspapers criticized the Guard
and radio time was taken to cri
ticize it.
The Guard claimed it endorsed
no candidates of either party.
There may have been some cheat
ing on this. But the effort was
made to keep the whole cam
paign bi-partisan.
The information collected by
the Guard was turned over to ed
ucational leaders, meeting direct
ors, telephone assistants and cor
respondents appointed for each of
the 65 precincts and smaller
units.
The result of all this awaken
ing of public interest spoke for
Itself in the primary election last
May. Fifty-six per cent of Mad
ison county's eligible voters went
to the polls. This was higher than
any of Indiana's 92 counties. In
the 1948 primary the turn-out in
Madison county was only 33 per
cent of the voters.
Clay Henderson
Takes Own Life
Frankfurt, Germany, June 21
U Clay H. Henderson, 33, U. S.
vice consul here, killed himself in
his quarters yesterday, Ameri
can authorities announced today.
Henderson shot himself after
writing several notes, one to his
mother, Mrs. Virginia R. Hender
son of Ventura, Calif., the an
nouncement said.
It added that none of the notes
indicated any reason for suicide
except possibly In the mention of
his deafness which required him
to .wear a hearing aid. Associates
said he. was extremely sensitive
about his ailment.
CAVE-IN FATAL
Silverton, June 21 ill') A cave
in below a watqr reservoir In Sil-'
ver Falls state park yesterday
killed 28-year-old Harold R. Tay
lor, a Silverton construction
worker.
While he was digging out a
broken water pipe in the Smith
creek youth camp area, the top
of the tunnel caved in on Taylor
and buried him. Three other
workers were in the tunnel .but
they -were not hurt.
It took 20 minutes to dig Tay
lor's body out of the cave-in,
but he failed to benefit from arti-
if he took the job, he would nev J filial respiration. ,
- A reader asks why we do not have "A People's Corner"
where citizens may air their troubles. But we do have one.
The head over it is "Communications" and under that head
letters to the editor are printed regularly. If the writer of
the letter now before us will write again signing his name and
giving his address we shall be glad to print what he has to
say. ,
Bend's Yesterdays
(From The Bulletin Files)
Forty Years Ago
A railroad camp has been in
stalled within a mile of town by
the' contracting firm of Bryan &
Youngstrom, who have 4'4 miles
of work from Bond north ward.
The new camp is directly lieslde
the Prlnevllle road opposite the
Kills bridge across the Pilot Hullo
canal.
The net result of the wilier
right hearing for the first week
is dismissal of alioul 25 contests
against the Columbia Southern
Irrigating company.
An Initiative petition for a new
county to be formed from the
northwestern part of Crook coun
ty and known as Deschutes, was
filed with the secretary of stale.
Redmond is to be the countv seat.
Charter members of the Otld
Fellows loriRi. inslitutcd with the
Laidlaw lodge putting on the de
gree work, are listed as follows:
Lon L. Fox, Archie Pallie, C. P.
Nlswongcr, M. J. Kellev, M. C.
Knotts, I. R. Knolls, E. T. Butts,
A. I,. French, Frank F. Elchstcad,
E. E. Parker and Cort Allen.
Initiated, received al the first
meeting, were J. T. Edwards, N.
P. welder, Ralph Spenser, W. A.
Bates, Grant Borcan. C. M. Davis
Ralph E. Lewis. W. C, Griffin, R.
M. Elder, J. W. Davis. G. W.
Cort son,
(loetzen
itt.
Dr. B. Ferrell has purchased a
Hudson runabout car.
In pursuance to the order pass
ed at last week's council meeting
concerning piazzas and platforms
over the sidewalk, those in front
of Mllliird T. Trlplell's and the
Merrill Drug Co.'s cstabllshmenls
have been removed.
The James E. Reed sawmill, on
the. Central Oregon catial at the
E. A. Smith place, began sawing
last Monday.
Dulles to Meet.
Gen. MacArthur
Tokyo, June 21 Uli John Fos
ter Dulles, republican adviser lo
the U. S. state department, flew
to Tokyo today to consult Gen.
Douglas MacArthur about a
quick peace treaty for Japan,
without Russia If necessary.
MacArthur and Mrs. MacAr
thur greeted Dulles, Mrs. Dulles
and John Allison, chief of the
northeastern Asian affairs divi
sion of the stale department, on
Ihelr arrival at Tokyo airport
from Seoul, Korea.
Dulles planned to confer with
Mac-Arthur's headquarters- staff
on the general occupation situa
tion Inter today, then get down to
brass tacks with the general him
self tomorrow,
Dulles would not say whether
he also would confer with U. S.
defense secretary Louis Johnson
and Gen. Omar N. Bradley, chair
man of the joint chiefs of staff,
during his visit here.
Johnnm and Bradley Inspected
the U. S. naval and air base at
Yokosuka at the entrance to
Tokyo bay today,
Johnson Indicated he was
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Redmond, June 21 With seventy-five
people casting their
votes at the grade school flection
on Monday, Berwyn Coyner was
elected a new director for a five
year term. Retiring director of
tile board is Ernest Wilson, who
was not a candidate for reelec
tion.
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Out on the Farm
By lis 8. Grant
June 21 Six-year-old Christine
Johnson doesn't read "Out on the
Farm," so it will be all right to
tell about the funny she made
the other night.
Mama and Papa Johnson and
the two little Johnsons were out
working in the rockery at Ran
cho Costamoucha. Before long,
quite a pile of weeds had accu
mulated, and little Chrlsttne
thought It would be fun to roll
and romp In them, just like she
always does when the lawn is
mowed, and there's a sizable pile
of grass cuttings.
Mrs. Johnson, not wanting the
weeds scattered around the gar
den, 'told her youngest to stop
playing in them.
"Why?" asked Christine, just
like any little girl.
"Because I told you not to!"
said Mrs. J. sternly. Just like any
mother. -,
Christine walked ' away, with
Ill-concealed disgust. "Oh well,"
she muttered. "Ask foolish ques
tions and you .get foolish answers."
Romance Rugged!
Caldwell, Ida., June 21 (IP) Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Brigance of
Arock, Ore., hoped today their
married life would be smoother
than their wedding last night in
Caldwell.
Best man Ervin Gardiner faint
ed as he stepped fojward to hand
the minister the ring. The 125
guests searched high and low, but
couldn't find the -ring until Gard
iner revived and pulled it from
his pocket.
' Just before the wedding, the
bride had her own troubles. The
zipper on her wedding gown
stuck and a vital gap had to be
sewed shut.
HOSTILE HEN PASSES ON
Albany, Ga. ilf The strange
saga of "Mad Bessie" has ended.
The white leghorn hen noted for
her sudden attacks on farm "ani
mals and humans died in her
"cell" at the county health de
partment dog pound.
British Sportsmen Claim
Baseball Second Rate Game
By J. J. Median
(United frees Star! Correspondent)
London IP British sportsmen,
who believe baseball a second
rate game, are studying the use
of radar to make cricket more
scientific.
"Just another little refinement
to make the game even more sci
entific," a cricket player said.
"Even now it is more scientific
than your crude game of base
ball." He said radar would be useful
around any cricket wicket. He
dug a clipping from a sporting
paper out of his blue, gold-buttoned
cricket coat. It said radar
could be used to spot rain clouds
out of sight beyond the horizon
far in advance.
Quite So, Old Chap
A team with radar screens, the
paper said with a straight face,
would have the advantage of pre
dicting its own weather. The team
would not .have to depend on
weathermen who speak to other
mortals, it added.
Sportsmen here consider base
ball a much slower game than
cricket. The men who claim base
ball was invented 'here almost a
century .before America learned
whac the game was all about said
PLANE OVERDUE
Portland, June 21 (Ui The civil
aeronautics administration ' re
ported late yesterday a plane
piloted by T. W. Hanson of
Ephrata, Wash., was overdue and
believed lost on a flight from
Hillsboro, Ore. . .
Officials said Hanson called in
his flight plan yesterday after
noon, saying he would fly his
Taylorcraft nigh wing monoplane
by way of The Dalles, Ore., and
Yakima, Wash., with a possible
gasoline stop at Ellensburg,
Wash. They believed he was alone
in the craft.
Washington and Oregon state
police were alerted to look for the
plane which -had only four hours
fuel supply when it took off at
Hillsboro at 4:30 p.m. The craft
carried no radio.
the top American slugger would
just be a 'dud with a cricket bat
"It's a matter of speed," one
said, "and your American bats
men are slow.'' "
He said scientific tests, run be
fore the war, proved Britain's top
cricketers actually were super
men. He claims tests showed their
reflexes were faster even than
those of other top sportsmen.
When the 'Cricket pitcher
"bowler" that Is throws towaij
the wicket, he can bounce the hn
off the ground In front of the ?
ter in addition to throwing .
curve.
"Your batsmen would new.,
touch It," he said. nevw
"Don't believe It?" he asked, ft,
dug a musty note from thefii
club"6 8 leaa'ns cricks
It -claimed Babe Ruth strut
out, standing at a wicket, faciie
one of England's leading bowteS
on a visit here years ago.
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