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Newspaper Page TextUniv. of Oregon Library EU3SHS, ORSQOU - - , - - . THE END BULLETIN Bend Forecast Fair through Thursday; low Wednesday night 28 to 33; high Thursday 68 to 73. WORLD-WIDE NEWS SERVICE CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER 49th Year TWO SECTIONS BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1952 No. 142 ewemoin.s B Enemy Seizes On PW Issue To Attack UN . PANMUNJOM. Korea, May 21 IIPI The Red truce delegation seized upon the Pusan prisoner of war riot to attack Wednesday what it called the United Nations' "great hoax" of voluntary repatriation. North Korean Lt. Gen. Nam II, senior Communist delegate, lodged a -."serious protest" against the killing of a Red prisoner during the uprising in the Allied prison camp at Pusan Tuesday. Eighty five other prisoners and one Allied guard were injured. Nam said the United Nations was guilty of "bloody murder" among the "barehanded" prisoners. He demanded that the affair be dealt with "unequivocabjy and responsi bly." ' Fact Overlooked : His reference to "barehanded'' prisoners overlooked the fact that the. Reds were armed with steel tipped pikes, spears and barbed wire flails. American troops armed only with night sticks were forced to retreat and obtain concussion grenades to regain control. Vice Adm. C. Turner Joy, senior United Nations delegate, told Nam his charges were "crass hypocri sy" and "childish distortions." . 'I would seriously warn your side," said Nam, "that your side must bear full and absolute re sponsibility for the consequences. I am authorized to lodge a serious protest." Tirade launched Fiom the Pusan incident, Nam moved Into a tirade against U. N. ; methods of screening prisoners to find out which are willing to return to Communism. The U. N. con tends that only 70,000 of the 169,000 prisoners are prepared to go back. v" He accused the U. N. of violating .'International laws and the U. N. Charter in its treatment of pris oners. Joy, whose assignment here ends on Friday, told Nam he was mak . lng himself ridiculous. Truman Indorses lAnti-Kefauver' Set of Candidates WASHINGTON, May 21 m-A California Democratic leader said . at the White House that President Truman had indorsed in the Cali- of convention delegates opposed to Sen- Estes Kefauver's candidacy 45or the presidential nomination. Edmund G. Brown, California . attorney general who heads a "fa orite son" 68-vote slate of dele gates running against a Kcfauver Slate in the June 3 California pri mary, made the statement. "I hope that your slate of dele Bates is elected," Brown .quoted ' the President as saving. '. Brown said Mr. Truman gave him specific permission to make .' 4hip Blnlomant ntihliv v. Brown said the President's action Tnent. High on List v ,'Antiiatlu thn Prpidpnt STIOke . In high terms of Kefauver and the senator is very nign on our usi of people who will be considered by our delegation," Brown said. Brown noted, however, that the Tennessee Democrat had voted against cloture in the Senate, for segregation in the armed forces, against the tidelands bill and for the Central Arizona project, all of which, according to Brown, was "not popular in California." Seven Girls Vie . For Selection as Queen of Pageant Seven candidates have been i named for the Fourth of July queen contest, and the race is closed to : further entrants, it was announced todav bv Mrs. Robert J. Mann- : heimer. queen contest chairman, ; followine a meeting of her commit- i tee in the chamber of commerce i office. ; Six Bend girls and one from Sis- ters will take part in ine contest, . with tho urinnpr tn reien as aueen of the celebration festivities. The j six runners-up will be princesses, ; and will appear at all events of the i pageant and will be official attend i ants at all events of the holiday ':!" week end. ? ine commirtee ui qnarge im uic queen contest said the names of I the seven candidates would be an- i nounced tomorow. La f est Atom Device Tested In New York UPTON, N. Y., May 21 OPl-A new atom smasher, capable of firing "bullets' almost as fast as the speed of light, opened a new era in sci ence Wednesday that may enable man to create matter from energy: The doughnut-shaped machine, known as a cosmotron, produced atomic particles - of 1,300.000.000 volts of energy Tuesday in an his toric test at Brookhaven Nation al Laboratory. , Atomic Energy Commission sci entists achieved the greatest volt age ever produced by man by shooting the bullets, or hydrogen protons, through the comostron at 167.000 miles a second. The speed of light is 186,000 miles a second. The speod and voltage exceeded that loosened by detonation of our mightiest atomic bomb. Supreme Court Reverses Ruling In Hansen Case SALEM, May 21 IP The Ore gon Supreme Court Wednesday reversed the first degree murder conviction of Mrs. Margrethe Hansen of Corvallis, under life sentence for the death of her hus band, and sent the case back to Benton county for new trial. it was a lour to three ruling. The dissenting judges held that the case should be dismissed out right for lack of substantial evi dence. Mrs. Hansen was convicted ot murdering her husband, Sigrud Hansen, Sept. 10, 1950, and was sentenced to life Imprisonment In Oregon state penitentiary on rec ommendation of the jury. About Midnight Events leading up to the trag- edy occurred in and around the Wilder apartments in corvains, and Hansen's death apparently took place about midnight in the garage. in which they kept their car. The evidence was circumstan tial. It was the theory of. the state that Hansen was killed when the UDDer part of his body was crush ed between the rear bumper of their car and the closed door ol the garage." The prevailing opinion by Jus tice Hall S. Lusk said: 'Under instruction to the jury It was permitted to find that de fendant murdered her husband either by intentionally causing the automobile to crush him, or un intentionally while engaged in art attempt to Kill mm Dy omer means." The "other means" ad vanced by the Benton county dis trict attorney in tus statement to the jury was that "defendant In tended to firing aDoui ner nus band's death by carbon monoxide poisoning from the exhaust" of the car. There was no evidence to sup port this theory, and the high court held Circuit Judge Fred Me- Henry was wrong in letting it be considered by the jury. The pre vailing opinion said: "We repeat that in our discus sion of the evidence in this case it has not been our purpose to express an opinion as to the guilt or innocence of the defendant, but merely to perform the judicial fnnrtlnn of determining whether there was sufficient evidence of guilt to warrant submission ot that question to the jury. For the errors Dointed out, the judg ment must be reversed and the case remanded for lurther pro ceedings in conformity to this opinion." Scornful Coeds Tire of Lingerie Looting, Chant 'Act Your Age at Iowa (By United Prai) Scornful coeds indicated Wed nesday they were just aboul fed up with panty-raiding men 'stu dents as a new wave of lingerie looting swept college campuses and a group of raiders held a "forgive us" meeting. Overnight, the attitude of the coeds seemed to have changed from one of. squealing encourage ment to aroused resistance or cloistered indifference. The rampaging males stormed women's quarters from Seattle, Wash., to Athens, Ga., Tuesday night. At Iowa State College the girls chanted "act your age" as about 500 men students slashed screens and broke windows to gain en trance to dormitories and soror ity houses. Other coeds simply locked themselves in their rooms. At Kansas University In Law rence, Kans., members of Delta Tau Delta fraternity stood guard both inside and out at North Col John Garfield, Famous Actor, Dies in N. Y. NEW YORK, May 21 U Screen actor John Garfield was found dead In a Manhattan apart ment Wednesday. The 39-year-old actor died of a "cardiac condition," according to Dr. Charles W. Nammoek, who pronounced Garfield dead. Garfield, a native New Yorker was graduated from a school for problem children, was in rxew York preparing for summer stock roles. An outstanding performer on the Broadway stage in addition to his movie roles, he was fre quently cast In the role of a ;;tough guy." Police said Garfield was strick en in the Gramercy Park apart ment of an actress identified as Miss Iris Whitney. Under Fire Garfield was under fire about one year ago following his ap pearance before the House Un American Activities Committee in Washington where he testified under oath that he had never been a Communist but pleaded for a law to outlaw the Commu nist Party to protect "liberals" like me." Garfield has been separated from his wife for more than a year and the couple were in the process of obtaining a divorce. Mrs. GarfJeld lives in New York Citv. - Garfield closed a nine-week run of the C lfford Odets play "Gold. en Boy" on April 27, a revival production by the American Na tional Theater and Academy. Ann nf Tailor Garfield- was born Jules Gar finkel on March 4, 1913, the son of a tailor in New York's lower east Side. Garfield got a movie part In 1937, and soon he was a star, sDeclalizinc in "tough guy" roles, Among his pictures wjere "Tortilla Flat." "The Fallen Sparrow," and "The Postman Always Rings Twice. Garfield married Roberta Mann, a non-professional, in 19J4 A daughter, Katharine, 5, died hi 1945. A son, David, was born in 1943, and a second daughter, Ju lie Roberta, In 1946. Ike to Give Up Post on May 30 PARIS. May 21 OB Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower will turn over his command to Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway May 30 and take off for Washington May 31. The Allied supreme commander, who retires June 1 to become an active candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, will relin quish , his post to Ridgway at a special ceremony at headquarters. Ridgway, now in Washington on his way from Tokyo, is to arrive here Tuesday. He will have Wednesday and Thursday to go over the supreme Allied command with Eisenhower and then formally take over Fri day, which is Memorial Day. Eisenhower is due in Washington June 1 where he "will report to President Truman and become a semi-private citizen. As a five-star general, however, he will remain technically on active duty. lege, a residence for freshman women. A group of 300 raiders passed the building Dy. "Quite a few of our boys have girls in the dorm and we didn't want them bothered." a spokes man for the fraternity said. In Manhattan, Kans., Kansas State College raiders hit several sorority houses and the dormi tory for freshmen women. About 20 men succeeded in entering the PI Beta Phi sorority house through a fire escape, but lost their zest when they got a cool reception. Some 150 men students at Ball State Teachers' College in Mun cle. Ind., received a more favor able reception when they rambled through three girls' dormitories. The group grabbed stockings and underwear in their three-hour tour. Faculty members instigated impromptu dances to keep the demonstration in check. A group of 800 University of Missouri men who took part In Three Bodies . Still Missing In Sea Mishap BELLINGHAM. Wash.. May 21 on Coast Guard and civilian planes and boats searched the waters off Lummi island Wednesday for the bodies of three of seven persons aboard the sloop Prelude, missing in notthern Puget Sound since Sun day. Four bodies were recovered Tuesday1. The boat was not found. Missing were Mrs. Ed E. Jukes, Don Card and Paul Fordyce, own er of the 35-foot auxiliary sailing vessel. Bodies recovered were those of Ed Jukes, Mrs. Card, Mrs. For dyce and the Fordyce's 12-year-old son, Kenneth. The Prelude disappeared on a 20-mile return leg of a cruise be tween Bellingham and Orcas Island in the San Juans. It was seen last by tourists on the north beach of Orcas island Sunday evening. End-of-the-Year Activity Brisk Students and teachers in the Bend area are busy with end-of-the-year activities, and it will all be over but the shouting, when re port cards . are dlsU'ibuted next Thursday. For high school seniors, four big events remain on the calendar. The class picnic will be held tomorrow, baccalaureate services will be held Sunday evening, and commence ment exercises will be next Thurs day, May 29. Both baccalaureate and commencement will be in the High School Gymnasium, starting at 8 o'clock. The major award as sembly will be Friday of this week Final examinations will start Fri day afternoon and will continue next Monday and Tuesday. There will be no classes in either high school or grade school next Tues day afternoon and all day Wednes day. Cards Due May 29 Thursday, May 29, students will report to their classrooms at 10 o'clock, to receive their report cards after emptying their lockers. Busses will run one hour late on Thursday morning, and will return passengers after the short sessions at the schools. There will be no regular classes. The high school major awards assembly, this Friday, will start at 10:30 a.m., following regular morning- classes with shortened periods. The program will feature presentation of scholarships, tro phies and other awards to out standing members of the graduat ing class. Friday afternoon, senior girls will be guests at the annual tea given by the Bend : branch of American Association of Univer sity Women. The affair will be held this year at the home ot Mrs. M. Bucknum, 45 Newport, from 3 to 5 p.m. Members of the senior class will be the commencement speakers this year, and Rev. Allan Philp of First Presbyterian . Church will deliver the baccalaureate sermon Grade school award assemblies are being held this week. Rural schools are finishing their work for the year on a staggered basis, depending upon the length of short vacations throughout the year. Several schools will finish the semester this week, and others will have the last class sessions next Wednesday or Thursday. The LaPine schools were dismissed for the summer last week. State College three raids in Columbia. Mo., Monday night met In Brewer Flcldhouse for a "forgive us' meeting. The penitent males drew up plans to make restitution for their destructive raids. Fourteen students were seized by police at Philadelphia when 2.000 University of Pennsylvania students ripped down trolley wires and fought police. Police also broke up a would be panty raid at University of Tennesse at Knoxville. Squads of officers arrested every male, stu dent or otherwise, they could lay their hands on. Coeds also were locked In their rooms at the University of Geor gia. At Seattle, Wash., 12 police cars rushed to tne University of Wash ington campus and broke up a raid by 800 boys on sorority hous es in the university's "Greek row."' Raiders at the University of South Carolina dispersed when police arrived. Senators Hear Korea Report From Ridgway WASHINGTON. May 21 U Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway gave senators a report on the Korean truce talks which one of his hear ers described Wednesday as "cer tainly not optimistic." The former supreme command er In the Far East testified at a closed hearing of the Senate Arm ed Services Committee. He is on his way to Paris where he will succeed Gen. Dwight D. Elsen hower May 30 as supueme com mander of Western European de fense forces.' Joint Meeting Thursday Ridgway will address a joint meeting of Congress. Ridgway was called before the committee to report on Commu nist violence at the Koje Island war prisoner camp. But Senate Republican Leader Styles Bridg es IN. H.), senior GOP member o( the committee, said he also was questioned about the Korean war situation and truce talks. Bridges said the general was not hopeful that the truce talks would lead to peace. Asked If that meant lull scale fighting might break out, the senator replied : "I don't know, but he certainly was not optimistic as to the re sults. All He Knows As Ridgway began his testi mony, promising to tell the sen ators "all I know" about the dis orders on Koje Island, Committee Chairman Richard B. Russell (D- Ga.) Issued a statement calling for firm control of Communist war nrisoners. Kussell caned tne Kidnaping oi an American general by the Reds and his subsequent "ransoming" a national "humiliation." Bridges said Ridgway confirm ed reports that "extreme fanat ical Communists" in the Koje Island camp had committed "atro cities" against other prisoners. He also confirmed that Commu nist flags were flown In the pris on compounds, Bridges said. 520,000 Collected In Cancer Drive Deschulcs county residents con tributed $2000 to the American Can cer Society in the fund drive just completed, it was announced to day by Mrs. Don S. Denning, coun ty vice-commander. This amount exceeds the quota by $400. lihe pointed out, adding that leaders in the drive are gratified with the results. 'ResDonse to lhe coffee hours was especially gratifying and many hostesses expressed eagerness to make them an annual event lor tne cancer fund," she said. The money raised in the county represents proceeds from the Camp Fire tag sale, dances, a cake sale sponsored by the recreation department cuke decorating class and direct gilts, as wen as contri butions from women who attended the cancer benefit "chain" coffee hours. Among hostesses whose original guests went on Into their third chain to turn in over $40 were Mrs. Ralph Adams and Mrs. W. O. Cuthbcrtson, the committee re ported. Mrs. Kenneth Munkres of Red mond is county commander, and Bill Barton is chairman of the fund raising committee. Mrs. W. C. Coyner is district commander, and Mrs. Phil F. Brogan is captain. Persons who have money to turn In are asked to do so immediately, to facilitate closing of the books. Contributions have been received from Bend, Redmond, LnPine, Sis ters, Terrebonne and Tumalo., Speaker to Tell Of Far East Trip Sani Johnson of Redmond, who recently made a trip to Japanese and Korean waters aboard a navy ship as a member of a party of ob servers, is to be speaker at a Joint meeting of the American Legion and Legion Auxiliary tonight, in the Legion hall on Bond street. Preceding the joint meeting, members of the post and auxiliary are to hold their separate meet ings. The joint meeting, to which all interested are invited, will start about 9 p.m. The Legion will open its nomina tion of officers for the coming year at the meeting tonight, with a nominating committee to sub mit a report. Members nominated by the committee have been noti fied, and are being asked to be present. Trio of Boys Finds $2180 In 'Treasure PORTLAND. May 21 HJ-Three Portland boys Wednesday had to give up a treasure of more than $2,000 in cash they found floating in stagnant pool yesterday after noon. Lynn Edwin Hill, 7; Myron Ward Whitcomb, 9, and Melvln Weaver, 11, fished an odd-looking packet containing J2180 In currency from a pond. They split their find three ways but one of the boys' mothers spotted some of the. cash. It was turned over to the sheriff's office. Authorities believed the money was part of a hoard saved up for a trip to Russia by an aged hermit, 71-year-old James Stevens; who died In his shack near the pond last February. The money, In $5, $10 and $20 bills, will be turned over to the Stevens estate. Bend Rotarians Winding Up Work On Annual Show With their new permanent stock shed finished and In readi ness, members of the Bend Ro tary club are completing plans for their second annual 4-H tri-coun-ty fat stock show and sale to be held at Bruin field on June 6 and 7. Under the direction of Howard Maple, general chairman, various committees have been at work for the past several weeks attending to the many details to insure an other successful show and sale for the boys and girls of the tri- county area. Fred Meyers is co chairman. :: All (livestock to be exhibited and sold must arrive at the Bruin Hold- show grounds not later than p. m. of Thursday, June 5, the day prior to the opening of the show. The show grounds will be open to receive stock on June 4. iiiuges ricKca K. A. Llndgren of Oregon Slate College has been chosen Judge for showmanship, and Douglas Chambers of Snlem will be Judge for the commercial sale. The auc tioneer will be Frank E. Wink of Redmond. Rotary club committees who are handling details for this year's show are: Public relations, Elmer Hudson, chairman; Douglas Dick, co-chair man. Publicity, Cliff Bassett, chairman; Bob Wetle, .co-chairman; Pete Jones and Bill Pierce. Sales and bids, Ted Snoop, chair man; Elmer ward, co-chairman; Fred Meyers. Building stock shed, Elmer Ward, chairman; Edgar Smith, co-chairman; Ted sexton, John Cuffln, Ray Forrest, Day ton Sharpe, Cliff Evans, Ted Shoop, Howard Nicholson, How ard Maple, W. O. Cuthbertson and Dave Wilson. Barbecue tickets, M. J. Mahoney, chairman; Wayne Faddls, co-chairman. Receiving livestock, Hap Tay lor, chairman; George Gohrke, co-chairman; Cliff Evans and Joe Mack. Advertising, A. C. Stliie, Jr., chairman; C. C. Coyner, co- chairman; Phil Gould and Wayne Faddls. Barbecue, Clark Price, chairman; Charles Davis, co-chair man; Oscar Hanson, W. E. Slier fy, Walter Coombs, Cliff Evans, Jack Dudrey, Henry Pyzdrowskl and George Gohrke. Cashier of sales, Carl Hoogner, chairman; Nelson Leland, co-chairman ; .Har ry Waldron and Harry Athon. Other Chairmen Housing 4-H members, Ford Hunnell, chairman; George J. Turner, co-cha irman ; Stanley Gunsten, Fred Wlssonbaeh, Wil liam Jappert, Ralph Bailey and Dave Wilson. Clean-up committee, Hap Taylor, chairman; Elmer Ward, co-chairman. Secretary, Harry Waldron; Plumbing, W. O. Cuthbertson; Electricity, Ray Forrest; Loud speaker, Joe Haugen and G. M. de Broekert; Master of ceremo nies, Ted Shoop; presentation of awards, Howard Nicholson. Chamber Forum Set for Friday John Clearwater, manager of the Mldstate Electric Cooperative of LaPine, will be lhe chief speaker at the Chamber of Commerce for um luncheon at the Pilot Butte Inn Friday noon, it was announced to day by Marion E. Cady, chamber manager. Clearwater will discuss the back ground and future of electrical de velopment in the LaPine and ad jacent areas. Others who will ac- comDanv the speaker to the Bend meeting include Mrs. Helen Mc- Cabe, secretary of the cooperative, and Roy Morehouse of Fort Rock, a Lake county commissioner. UN Authorities Another Red Captive Killed By Prison Guard on Saturday KOJE ISLAND, Korea, May 21 (EE) Communist pris oners defiantly staged a new demonstration against the United Nations at notorious Compound 76 Wednesday. Authorities disclosed belatedly that a guard killed a Red captive last Saturday. - ' , ' ' ' . ' . These developments followed by less than 24 hours tho death of another prisoner and the injuring of 85 more in rioting at a mainland prison! camp near I'usan Tuesday. Steel-helmeted U. S.. troops removed Communist agitators from the Pusan camp Wednesday and . enforced an armed peace there. The slaying of a Chinese war prisoner at a Koje Island com pound was disclosed by Brig. Gen. Hayden L.: Boatner, new com mandant of the Koje camp. Threatening Gesture Boatner said the prisoner was killed when he made what ap peared to be a threatening gesture toward a U. N. guard at the gate of . Compound 602, which holds annroxlmately 5,000 prisoners. - Boatner . met with a prisoner renresentalive of the compound Muj. Wei Lin, and discussed the incident. He also permuted it Chinese prisoners to put flowers on the dead man s grave. The compound was In the next valley to Compound 76, where a new antl-u. is. demonstration erupted Wednesday. About 60 pris oners took part in the demonstra tion at Compound 76 gate only a few feet from the spot where Red captives kidnaped Brig. Uen. Fran cis T. Dodd. then camp comman dant, May 7 and held him hostage for four days. Gather at Gate Two representatives from each compound on Kojo-yiaav,gainerea at -the-Rttte-"Underi Allied guard with Boatner s permission to talk with prisoners inside. Boatner wanted the prisoner delegates to see for themselves that their leaders, who went into Compound 76 during negotiations for Dodd 's release, were unharmed. When the prisoners inside saw newsmen arrive in a weapons carrier, they set up a clamor to be allowed to talk to them. One in Army fatigue trousers, a spot less white polo shirt and a red starred military hot shouted in English: "Let us talk to these war cor respondents!" Authorities refused. Tho polo-shirted soldier then tried to shove a folded pack of notes through the barbed wire to newsmen. An American sergeant carrying a rifle snatched it from his hands. Letter Confiscated A few minutes later a narrow manlla envelope was passed from one of the prisoners to a prisoner- delegate outside, 'me delegate trice to stuff the envelope insicie nis shirt, but it was confiscated by an alert guard. As the 60 Communism insttie Be gan to yell and crowd against the wire, an American sergeant shout ed nt them until he was red In lhe face: "Shupup! Shut up!" They paid no attention. Then lhe sergeant started singing "Sweet Adeline" at the top of his voice. May Could Prove Chilliest Month In Two Decades Cool weather that characterized April has continued far into May and there is a possibility that the present month will prove to be lhe chilliest May in two decades, mem bers of the weather station staff reported today. The mercury has already dropped to 32 degrees or below on ten dif ferent nights this month, with a minimum of 20 for the period re corded. Last night, the tempera ture dropped to 28 degrees. The area forecast from the Portland weather slut ion had predicted a minimum of 35 degrees. Highest temperature recorded so for this month was II acgrees, a maximum that was below the April high. Crops are being retarded as a re sult of the prolonged chill, and some damage has been reported. AKTICI.ES filed SALEM. May 21 Ofl-Articles of incorporation were filed here Wed nesday for the "Save the Des chutes Committee of Portland." niilective of the group was listed as to "conserve, maintain and re store all sol . waters and wild life be it animal or vegetable, of the Deschutes river basin, Oregon." Signing the articles were Rollin, E. Bowles, Joseph W. Smith and George Brown. Reveal That Chairman Warns Against Further! Foreign Aid Cuts WASHINGTON. May 21 (IB- Chairman James P. Richards of the House Foreign Affairs Committee told House members they may be "throwing away the one best chance of avoiding World War III" if they vote further cuts in the Sfi QflO (inn MO fnrelim niri hill. The South Carolina Democrat opened the administration's floor fight Wednesday against Kepuuu-can-sponsored cuts of up to $1,- 000,000,000 in the measure which President Truman has labeled ' es- . sential" to U, S. Security. , . Request Pared Richards' committee already has pared President Truman's. $7,900, 000,000 foreign aid request by near ly $i,uoo,uuo,ooo, with tne cntiro reduction made in funds for Eu rope. . "I say to you flatly," Richards told the House, "that the man tn the JfduMf.wbo, voles to out deeply the amount brought before you by (he Foreign Affairs Committee, whatever may be his reasons or motives, is voting to leave a gap In our security defense line.' , City Trying Out Pipe-Line Digger A pipe-line digger brought here by representatives of a Portland firm is being used this week In ex cavating a deep trench on Jack sonville, between 13lh and 14th ; streets, that will hold a section of the city's new 18-inch main from the Tumalo pipe line. The main will take Tumalo water to the new reservoir now under construction high on the eastern face of Awbrey buttc. - The digger, which city officials are Inspecting to determine whe ther It could be used in local con struction, is receiving its trial test In the welded tuff that underlies the southwestern part of the city. Yesterday, the machine suffered a breakdown in cutting through the tuff nnd is undergoing repairs. Imbedded in the aged tuff are some lava-rock Inclusions which are causing considerable trouble, the crew operating the digger re ported. The digger saws its way through the tuff without great dif ficulty, but makes little headway when the occasional chunks of ba salt arc encountered. City officials are inspecting the work of the digger to determine? whether the unit should be pur chased. The digger is a second hand unit. Lame Increase a- Shown in Report Inventories submitted to Coun ty Assessor Leslie M. Ross lor taxation purposes this year will exceed the inventories ol last year by more than a million dol lars. This was revealed today by Ross who has made a prelimin ary check of all submitted Inven tories. So far Ross said the inventories amount to $1,003,590 more than those submitted a year ago. He said this would be subject to some sngm cnange as at least one caso probably will be taken before the county board of equalization. Last year the Inventories rep resented a total value of $4,105. 3S7.50 and the assessment lot' taxation purposes was based on. 40 per cent of their true value.' This year the inventories will, amount to more than $5,000,000, he said, but will be assessed nt 28 per cent of their true value, under the tax equalization plan authorized and demanded by the state tax commission.