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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Deschutes County, Or.) 1917-1963 | View Entire Issue (July 24, 1951)
tu'ESDAY, JULY 24, 1951 PAGE EIGHT THE BENP BULLETIN, BfND, OREGON To Take Big Toll Cape Girardeau, Mo., July 24 ill'i- -A sandbag dike was thrown .around the Cape Girardeau power plant- today to hold back the rising waters of the rain- ; swollen Mississippi river, The murky waters rose three to four feet over the ground level - of the plant as they spread across 40 blocks of the unprotected city, causing some waterfront indus tries to close down. . . . ? . Additional rain was forecast for the ;Upper . Mississippi valley V today but, the Stv Louis weather bureau said the MississioDi was receding slowly although its drop was retarded by the runoff of yesterday's downpours. The river crept slowly toward a crest of 41.9 inches here, sec ond only to the all-time high of 42.4 In 1943. And as it did, the water lapped higher into this dikeless city of 21.500. : Mayor Walter H. Ford traveled to the Missouri state capita) of Jefferson Cllv yesterday to aD- peal to Governor Forrest Smith ror a snare of the $25,ouu,i)oo red eral . flood relief appropriation Upstream on both sides of the river, soldiers and volunteers worked to patch water-soaked levees." . , Army engineers reported severe seepage and recurring sand bolls where water bubbles up inside dikes along the Ferry county, Mo., levees and at Chouteau is land on the Illinois side of the Mississippi opposite St. Louis. Leland Attends Unique Initiation Back from northern California, where he attended an Oregon-California meeting of fellow lodge men at Yreka this past week end, Nelson L. Leland, Bend, Knights of Pythias grand chancellor in Oregon, described an initiation In which a cavern, a mountain: and , the July moon played major roles. . The initiation was held at the mouth of a Pythian-owned cavern 15 miles southwest of Yreka Sat urday night. Candidates were as sembled near the opening of the yawning cavern, but rites were held in abeyance until the moon, slightly past Its full phase, push ed Its way up over the shoulder of Mt. Shasta. As the moon peer ed over the old volcano, the initia tion ceremony was started, with Pythlans from the two states tak ing part.- A team from Monterey was In charge of the rites.-'; ' On the trip south, Lelnnd w,as joined by Dr. - R. D. Ketchum, Bend, a past state chancellor of the Pythlans, end Mrs. Ketchum. They were joined at Weed by John Newby, a former Bend resi dent. !'... : i Tf"'4filftT-ihritertfi1iTii-ir riiffiil-fm-rr-'-r i jimtw YOUNGEST BISHOP Thirty-year-old David Emery Richards, of Schenectady, N. V., is pictured kneeling as he was consecrated the ydungest bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church at All. Saints Cathedral, Albany, N. Y. Inducting the new . bishop are, left to right, Rt. Rev. Frederick L. Berry, Bishop of Albany; con secrating bishop the Rt. Rev. Harry Knox SherriU, of New York, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States; and the Rt..Rev. Robert Erskine Campbell, of St. Andrews, Tenn retired Bishop of Liberia. ; : V Norway's Important Iron ore shipping port of Narvik above the Arctic Circle is now 50 years old; more than 1,000 ships are loaded at this port each year with ore mined In Sweden. Airplane Departs With Admiral ; Sherman's Body Naples, Italy, July 24 ill'i A special plane bearing the body of Adm. Forrest P. Sherman left for Washington today shortly af ter the lute U. S. chief of naval operations was honored in a simple sea-borne memorial cere mony. - An honor guard of U. S. sailors and Italian servicemen stood stiff ly at attention as the four-en- glned navy plane, piloted by Lt. Commander M. Barbar, Corona, Calif., dipped its wings over Nap les' Capodichino airport in a final tribute and set .out across the Mediterranean. 1 : The plane was scheduled to travel via Port Lyuutcy, French North Africa', the Azores and Newfoundland. It is due In Wash ington tomorrow. Final plans for the 54-year-old Admiral's burial in Arlington na tional cemetery await the wishes of his wife In whose arms he died Sunday from a heart. attack. MOTORIST ARRESTED Barney B. Helser, 42, Milllcan, was arrested by city police yester day on a charge of violating the basic speed rule. According to ar resting officers. Helser was ex ceeding 40 miles an hour in a 25 mile an hour zone when arrested. He was released by police after posting ya ball. Bulletin C!lnRnf!eHs hrlni? remON- This and Several Styles to Help You BEAT THE HEAT GIVE YOU COMFORT : Wherever summer plans take you, you'll go in style and cool comfort in the BALL-BAND Shannon. Flower-bright ! 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The "hairy, odorous" mammal was seen by Melton Crawford, editor of the Kodiak Mirror, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Hall, and Mr. and Mrs. Kim Clark, all of Kodiak. BUSTER BROWN SHOE STORE PREFERS CLAM BROTH Marblehead, Mass., IU1 Guy Keith, 67, town clam warden, dredged up a case of 25 pints of whiskey which had been tossed into a creek during prohibition. A tee-totaler, he gave his find to friends. San Francisco Feels 2 Quakes Berkeley. Calif.. July 24 UP) Two sharp earthquake shocks In the San Francisco Bay area last night caused scores of residents to ask police, if an atom bomb had been dropped. ."They're still calling in to usk about the atom bomb," a police swucnooaru operator Sam three hours after the last shock. "Don t they have any sense? The first quake was recorded at 7:26 p.m. PDT. The University of California, describing it as sharp, said it was centered prob acy in norm nericeiey .or .neigh boring Albany. The second was at 8:04 p.m. It was stronger and was felt eight miles away. Residents complained ineir nouses rocKea, lights sway ed and dishes rattled. ' : "What shall I do? My 'house is shaking," one woman's:-voice asked Albany, Calif., police. . "Stay where you are,' madam,' police replied. "What was that noise?" A man demanded of the Berkeley desk sergeant. "It was an earthquake." "un was tnat ail." the man said, obviously disappointed. On learning it was an earth quake, a woman asked: - will-there be any moit?" "I have no timetable for .earth quakes, madam," the . sergeant answered. . ' -,' An official of a local radio station said the temblors shook his loth . floor studio "like Whip." . . . r-i EASTERNERS VISIT - Prineville, July 24 After a vis it here with members of the staff of the Hudspeth Pine, Inc.. How ard Shlrvon and Sidney Kullck nave returned to New York City. The men are representatives of the consolidated Lumber corpora tion, which is eastern representa tive of the Hudspeth interests. wnicn witn tneir mills in crook Wheeler and Grant counties, are now jeacnng ponaerosa pine pro aucers oi tne nation. . , - RADIO IS WONDERFUL Wichita. Kan. lU'i Eicrhtv- three-year-old Mrs. Llovd Cook. won a grab bag prize on a radio pacKpot program and acquired two Items she never had owned in her long life a "store bought nightgown and an electric toaster. ..aca&6o Olympla triwtog Co, Olfmplo,Wo,U.l. yThis could easily beV.--M Remodel with beautiful Plumbing Fixture Here's a real buy in flno plumbing fixtures! The Master Pembroke , Bnth, Ledgewood Lavatory, and Cadot Water Closet will make your bathroom as modern as any . . . and for so little! Sturdily made with smooth, cnsy-to-clean surface and gleaming, non- , tarnishing Chromard fittings American-Standard plumbing fixtures will retain their beauty for many years to come. 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