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V PAGE FOUR THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND. OREGON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1950 THE BEND BULLETIN and CENTRAL OREGON PRESS Th Bend Bulletin (Weekly) ieot-1981 The Band Bulletin (D.llj) Eit 191S Pubyihed Evr Afternoon Except Sunuw ud Certain Holidtyo by The Bend Bulletin ?na Wall Street ' Benlli 0raI011 Entered u Second Claaa Matter. JenuMrr B. 1917. at tha Foatofflca at Bend, Oregon Under Act oi March I, 187V. ROBERT W. SAWYER Editor-Manager . HENRY N. FOWLER Aaeoclata Editor An Independent Nawapaner Standing for the Square Deal, Clean Buaineaa, Clean Politico and the Beat lntareata of Bend and Central Oregon : MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS By MaU . By Carrier One Year 18.60 One Year lit 00 81a Month. 14.50 Six montha tU.OO Three Month! 2.l0 One Month 11.00 All Subacrlptlona are DUal and PAYABLE IN ADVANCE . : Fleaea notify no of any ehanga of addreaa or failure to receive the paper regularly. WHEN FIGHTING FIRE When the . subject of highway transport gasoline de liveries to local service stations was being considered by the city commission early in the spring one of the points of special interest was that of fire hazard It was admitted at that time that althpugh, risk would be lessened if the size of tankers was limited to 1,500 gallons, danger of fire would not be eliminated. Transferral of gasoline from one storage to an other of necessity presented a danger of combustion which was not presented when no transfer was being made. Clipper deliveries were forbidden to reduce the risk represented by large loads. Regulations covering the manner in which gas oline is drawn off into service station storage from the de livery truck were enacted to minimize the second danger. The wisdom of restricting siae of delivery trucks was shown at the fire Monday afternoon when a small truck which was making a dump at the Park service station was pushed out of the way before its contents could be involved in the blaze. No such man-handling of one of the huge clip per transports would have been possible. But the fact that mere was lire ai au is iiiuicttuuii mat an imijjui muil piuviaiuu of the ordinance was not scrupulously followed. Section 4 of the ordinance requires : The operator of any vehicle delivering petroleum products shall remain at the control valve of such vehicle at all times while such products are being discharged there from. The fact of the matter is -that it was gasoline overflow ing the service station's underground tank while delivery was being made that provided opportunity for the fire. How it was ignited is uncertain. What is more important is that it was there to be ignited. The driver of the truck had mis judged the storage capacity remaining in the tank, it was reported by the fire. chief. Of the accuracy of this statement there can be no question but we think it fair ito assume also that close control of the delivery might well have compen sated for such misjudgment. Beyond this point full praisei is due for the truck operator's rescue of a man threatened with asphyxiation in a nearby burning building. It is this act that we. choose to remember. The need, however, for strict observance of ordinance provisions by oil company employes and for equally strict enforcement of its own rules by the city remains apparent. Since Monday various criticisms of the manner in which the fire department handled the blaze have come to attention. In them there is fact and there is also misunderstanding. Facts merit recognition and it is as important that under standing should replace misunderstanding. The statements that the department answered the call with only two men and that it used'water on the flames in stead of the chemicals which should be used on u gasoline fire are true and these are the basis of the criticism. But they are only part of the truth. Here is the rest of the truth : ''. , , The house crew at the fire station numbers three. Two of the three responded to the call, the third properly remain ing on duty at the station. Members of the volunteer fire department, however, summoned by the alarm, left their jobs and hastened to the scene. In the end there was a total of 18 firemen fighting the flames. The fire was reported by telephone from the nearby Park grocery, which was given as the source of the call. It was the grocery which was naturally assumed at fire headquurters to be the location of the blaze. So the skeleton crew manned a pumper, equipped to fight an ordinary fire. Arrived at the secene they realized the need for a foamite outfit but the flames could not be neglected because of thRt. They did the best with what they had and their best was pretty good. The delivery truck was saved from coming to explosion heat until it could be pushed away. The adjoining' building was pro tected in a measure by water. It was inevitable that the means used should flood the underground tank, forcing more gasoline to overflow and provide fresh fuel tor the flames until the chemicals came to combat them but, even so, if was found possible to close the tank opening under cover oi water spray. The general result was prevention of what could have been utter disaster. When the chemical truck came later it finished the job. So much for clarification. Now as to some conclusions which we believe are warranted. The size of the house crew at the fire station should be increased but this, it is to be emphasized, is not the respon sibility of the fire department, which can only advise and recommend. It is the responsibility of the city, of its budget makers and of the people who vote on the levies without which budgets in Benu are rather meaningless. Equipment, if this is possible, should be of a kind which will provide for any emergency. Chemical tanks installed on hose trucks or pumpers would give a gratifying margin of protection. Again, granting always mechanical feasibility, availability of such dual purpose equipment must depend in the final analysis on budgeting and levy support. Bend can have just as good fire fighting equipment, just as strong a fire department as it is willing to pay lor. Polio Strikes 3d Child in Family Portland. Oct. 2 l'Ui The third child of widowed Mrs. Frances Meyer of Portland was being treated In Doernbecher hospital for spinal polio today. Larry Meyer, 11, and Jerry, 10, are reported recovering In Ilola day Park hospital from the dis ease and Jay. 6, wus the latest viclim in the family. Mrs.- Meyer said the costs of treatment of all three were being paid by the Multnomah county chapter of the National Founda tion for Infantile Paralysis. Jerry was temporarily In an Iron lung but was improved, Lar ry's arms, legs and nock were af fected and Jay's symptoms were a still back, neck and leg. The older two brothers were admitted three days apart late last month. IN-ll lKI IN ACCIDENT Piineville. Oct. 21 (Special I Gilbert Bushnell. 22, was brought to the Piineville .hospital last niRht for treatment of injuries re ceived in an automobile acc ident near Madras Friday evening. Bushnell, a resident of the Gate way community, suffered -a leg fracture". Details of the accident were not learned here. Out on the Farm By Ha S. Grant Oct. 21 Cranberries ait; on the market now, and if you use a few now and then with your every-nay meals, you II he glad you didn't wait until Thanksgiv ing. One of our favorite dishes for this time of year is Mrs. Marion Poor's tart cianherry salad. The ingredients are 1 package lemon-flavored gelatine. 1 pint hot water, 2 cups law cranberries, 1 cup raw apples, 1 whole orange and "i cup sugar. Dissolve gelatine In hot water. Put cranberries, apples and or ange (including peel) through food chopper. Mix with sugar and let stand half hour. Add to gelatine mixture and chill. Plans Pasco Trip Prlneville, Oct. 21 At the urging of Charles E. Strtcklin, state engineer of Oregon, and William M. Welsh, executive sec retary of the National Reclama tion association, local citizens in terested In development of the' the Crooked river project will go to Pasco, Wash., on Thursday, November- 2, to attend a meeting called by the Columbia Basin commission. The session, it was reported by Vernon E. Bjorklund, will be devoted exclusively to a discussion of the so-called com-, prehenslve plan and basin ac count. In a letter to LaSelle Coles, manager of the Ochoco irriga tion district and member of the reclamation committee of the lo cal chamber of commerce, Strick lin stated that the Pasco meeting has been called for the purpose of thoroughly considering the draft of the revision of the bill intro duced last summer by Senator Magnuson of Washington (S.3428) which covers the propos al of financing reclamation pro jects partially by revenue from power sales of dams in the Co lumbia basin. Continuing, Stride lin said: "This bill, as perhaps you are aware, provides for setting up a basin account and the method of providing assistance to irriga tion projects in which It Is found that water users cannot repay the total construction cost under fed eral laws, and authorize certain Irrigation projects including the Crooked River project.'' "It appears to me that It would be very desirable if you and Judge A. R. Bowman could at tend this meeting for the purpose of becoming familiar with the terms and conditions of the new bill. . -"If coneress ever enacts a law containing principles set forth in the draft, it would appear that it would be necessary that Oregon support the same. In the past considerable objections have been raised'ln Oregon against the prin ciples of a basin account and us ing the Interest component. It is my impression that the use of the interest component is understood by few in Oregon." Bend's Yesterdays (From The Bulletin Files) THIRTY YEARS AGO (October 21, 1950) Street letter boxes, ordered months ago, have finally arrived in tsend and win te erected at once. , . S. C. Seeds, who' arrived this week from Denver, Colo.,- has been named nssistant postmaster in Bend, Postmaster W. H. Hud son has, announced. Seeds has been in the postal service many years. E. L. Clark was In Bend from Lupine earlier this week, to hear the address by Sen. C. L. McNary. The annual harvest of trout eggs for the Tumalo hatchery is now under way, Pearl Lynes, hatchery superintendent, reports. The eggs will be obtained at the Elk lake spawning grounds. Others Soy TWO SHIRT FLEGEL (Oregon Statesman) Republicans have been Retting a laugh showing two of Flegol's campaign cards. On one the pic ture shows him wearing a rough flannel shirt open at the neck; the other carries a studio photo of a formally dressed Portland attorney. One card for the docks and logging camps, say the repub lican critics; the other for the business trade. POTATO PRICE DROPS Washington. Oct. 21 Ul' Con sumers looking for cheaper vege tables next year may have to stick to'a potato diet. The agriculture . department said today that farm prices for the 1951 potato crop probably will drop to the lowest level in 10 years but prices of other vege tables are likely to be higher. It said potatoes should cost less next year because govern ment price supports end with the marketing of 1950 crop. Support programs have been holding up potato prices for 10 years. Aw, What's the Use? WASHINGTON COLUMN HHMMiMiiiiMMiiiiMi:imMiniiniiii)iiiiMMiiiiiMiiHtmHiiMiiiiiiMiiniiiiiiMiimiiiimiiiiiiiiiitiiimiiimfiiiniiiiiuai pei' person . which SCHEME BACKFIRES Portland. Oct. 21 Uli A seem ingly foolproof short-term "con" trick backfired on Andrew J. Bushman. 37. of Chiloquln. Ore., and he found himself facing a term in federal prison today. Bushman was convicted of us ing the malls to defraud. He took care of an elderly man who was nearly blind, wrote let ters to him allegedly signed by his sister in Klamath Falls ask ing for money and read them to his employer. Money the semi Invalid gave him to mall to the sister, Bushman pocketed. By Peter Edson (NEA Wanhinston Correspondent) London (NEA) While the American housewife grumbles in creasingly at high prices in the midst of apparent plenty, her British cousin has an exactly op posite complaint to' make. Here prices are kept down by careful controls and subsidies that have not been lifted since the war. But supplies are limited, and carefully rationed. Many young British wives who have been married in the past ten years have never known any oth er system. They have never had the experience of going into a free market and buying all of everything they wanted and could afford to1 pay for. Here there is a constant hunt for enough. The family shopper who is not always on the prowl when supplies are brought to her stores may not get her proper share. Things are better now than they were during the war, of course. Clothing is no longer rationed. Fish, fresh fruits and vegetable rations were recently lifted. Coal is still rationed. There is still' a terrible housing shortage. Newly married couples may register for new accommodations, but the waiting lists are long. At present rates of construction, the appli cants may not be able to move in for years. a a a Rents are still tightly controlled In an effort to keep down the cost of living. The controls apply, however, only on new housing and on accommodations "rated" fnr tax purposes at 100 pounds (280 dollars) a year. And on all prop erties for rent, the landlords have found ways to charge extra :'or furnishings and the extras. Every housewife must register with one store and buy her ration eel foods there. On tlie foods that are allocated instead of rationed, the allocations are given on the stores whenever supplies are available, and the store divides up the supply. When no supply, no allocation. The British ration list today looks like this: All fats are rationed to about a half pound per person a week. Say four ounces of margarine, three ounces of butter,.two ounc es of lard. sugar is rationed four ounces per person per week. The bacon ration has varied from two to four ounces a week. The meat ration is one shilling and four pence worth per week 5Qronr QUICKLY, at Economy Drugs Opposite I'oamrfle. Phone S2S person , which means tne equivalent of two chops a week. Usually the family saves rations to buy the weekly "joint" which has so long been British standard fare. Cooked meat and sausages, five shillings worth a week. Butchers are controlled on how they cut the meat. They can't filet out the steaks, but have to cut them up as part of the joint. The bones, as in purchase of half a leg of lamb, are weighed in as part of the meat, and at the same price. Cheese is rationed, if made in England, to two ounces a week. Imported cheese is unrationed, but prices are higher. a Tea Is rationed to two ounces a week, per person, which isn't nearly enough for a nation of tea drinkers, when a half pound will make only four or five pots. Children get a tea ration. Chil dren under five feet get half the quantity of meat and more milk and eggs. In winter the milk sup ply may get down to two pints a week. In summer it is two or three pints a day. Every effort is made to increase the children's food supply. There are free orange juice and cod liver oil at schools, and there is a gov ernment subsidized school lunch at noon. All rationed foods are suDSidiz ed, in fact, except candy. The candy ration is a pound and a quarter per person per month. Britishers still queue up for everything on the ration list. The wonder is that they do it uncom plainingly. There Is no black market. There Is a good supply of food in the restaurants, and there is a lot of eating out if the family can afford it, to supple ment meager rations. ' There is a shortage of Scotch whisky, most of which goes Into the export program. But the pubs still do a booming buisness. That's like always. Polio in Oregon Above Last Year By Paul F. Ellis (United Preaa Science Editor) New York, Oct. 21 iu Al though the number of polio cases this year will fall below the 1949 total, at least 12 states are run ning ahead of the figures last year. In the nation last year 35,913 cases of polio were reported the worst year in uimcu history. Up to the week ending Oct. 14 this year, 24,947 cases were reportea. m,- 11 piniv uhlph nro renort- ing more polio this year and the comparative Iicur-h ate. Pennsylvania, 19501,021: J43 cko. M,n.hm R28 and 193: Vir ginia 1.002 and 286; North Caro lina 6U6 and zoo; oouin viuim, 380 and 97; Georgia 320 and 182; t-in-Mn iu oh 517- Kentucky 584 and 555; Mississippi 314 and 302; Texas ana -s,uo.l; ho 130 and 4iz; uregon oo and 236. . Peak SepteniDer so tvi ctatlcrlr-G furnished bv the public health service of the fed- 1 .nnii-itir aaenov disclosed that the peak Incidence of polio this year occurreo uuiiuk week ended Sept. 23. the latest week in any year during the last 20 with the exception of 1932. While mere nas oen no atrar tific proof that polio is brought hv hnt wpathpr. the disease. statistically speaking, becomes more prevalent as tne not. ui.v months come along. Many parts of the country had a late spring in 1950, and the fall so far has been moderate. This may be the reason for the late peak of inci dence. T).-.Ht i-ocoarnVi Cf-IPYltistc he. lieve, is caused by three types of virus and they say that one day tha rlnftnro will find a drU2 that will kill the polio virus. In the meantime, a successiui vaccine mav be developed, the research ers believe. HOSPITAL BROADCAST SET A radio broadcast relative to progress of work on St. Charles hospital prepared here yesterday by John W. Maloney, Seattle Wash., architect, will be released over KBND on the Central Ore gon Hospitals foundation pro. gram next Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Tie date for the broadcast an nounced in The Bulletin yester day was in error. TRANSIENT ARRESTED Hartley Wren, a transient, was arrested in Bend this morning on an intoxication charge. City rec. ords show that he was booked here on a similar charge earlier in the month. LOTS EXPENSIVE j Longvicw, Wash., Oct. 21 Uli Lnngview's largest unimproved business district property sale in history was completed yesterday with the filing of 14 lot deeds at the county courthouse at Kelso. Safeway Stores. Inc., bought a city block on which a new stme will be riveted. Reliable sources s.iid the lot sold for a total of S&.000. Crankshaft Grinding Reground Shafts Carried in Stock for Exchange CONNECTING RODS RECONDITIONED BEARINGS RESIZED Bearing Rebabitting Motor Rebuilding DRAKE'S AUTO SHOP 935 Harriman Street Phone 79 5-J Never Too Young to Start! To the youngster who is just beginning to earn money of his own, we say this truth: It's never too soon to start the thrift habit of regular saving, which means building financial secur ity for later years. Never too soon and seldom too late! For those of us still earning can improve our po sitions by this habit make the years ahead more secure years. Best of all, we can earn while saving. Des chutes Federal savings accounts (insured up to $10,000) pay generous dividends of 2. . 5" rPI'l U'l(: ederalSavings AND LOAN ASSOCIATION CHEAP BREAD Corvallis. Oct. 21 HPi A bread price war in downtown stores brought prices down to one cent a loaf today, but buyers were limited to a loaf at a a time. A chain store started the bat tle bv cutting its normal 20-cent price. Soon it went to 10 cents and yesterday hit the penny mark. There were no long lines of housewives, who seemed more amused than enthused over the rivalry. One suggested that a similar fight over meat prices mould be more beneficial. The answers to everyday insurance problems By GORDON RANDALL Insurance Counsellor QUESTION: Does the word "fnlliclnn" In niltnmnhiln i surance mean that you must actually coinae wun another car before the Insurance Com pany will pay for the damage? ANSWER: Of course not! Us ually that form of insurance is called "Collision and Upset" and it covers collisions with other cars, with stationary ob jects, overturning and many other things. -ft If you'll address your own insurance questions to this office, we'll try to give you the correct answers and there will be no charge or obligation of any kind. Gordon Randall Agency 233 Oregon Phone 1870 Dr. James E. Peterson CHIROPODIST and FOOT SPECIALIST Hours 9 to 6:30 Daily Closed Thursday Afternong Evenings by Appointment Phone 2125 Penney Bldg, Bend, Oregon New Shipment!- Available for Immediate Delivery Metal Desks Mstd Office Chairs Metal File Cabinets Metal Safes Calculating Machines Bookkeeping Machines 9 Adding Machines Cash Registers Typewriters All available now for immediate delivery. Choose yours early and avoid being disappointed. ORDER NOW! Christmas Cards From Hallmark's Album Selections. RIKSI STATIONERY & OFFICE SUPPLY 1011 Broolcj Street Phone ID FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS NOW.' amd Give 'em k both BAgeeis By Merrill Blosser - " 1 '! yugffv . ... f . S-pX f HAW. HAW, HAW.' ) DlDOLD WELUWELLwASmmm BASV ) r " i it mM mt m m m i v f r . k. i r r - .. . i t- i i UJ I r-rrr U W W ' F Willi I im iwT.- y uu vtK! A u.... - 1 "- ' v ' ' mm Ve.. W-w(1.rlrt taw, imV vt. r. . ,tf. uTW r.a? J
