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THE' BEND "BULLETIN. BEND. OREGON
THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1952
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FOR INSURANCE RATE CONTROL
Because most of us these clays own some kind of automo
bile the news that the price or automobile insurance is to be
advanced once more is as generally painful as would be an
announcement that hamburger had gone up five cents a
pound. It is no less painful when we discover that it is only
one kind of auto insurance, namely that covering property
damage, that is to, cost more. We know that, given sound evi
dence of need, other items in the insurance structure have
been advanced heretofore and can be advanced again.
Taking the mere matter of protection against property
damage, the charge is to go up one-third. The causes for this
are varied and not directly in all cases the result of inflation.
When we learn that the dollar cost of the average iront end
accident has gone up from $100 to ?290 in the past 11 years
and that of the average rear end accident from $10 to ?D0 in
the same period, and pause to reflect that these are bills that
insurance companies must pay out of insurance premiums
and their invested returns, we know that here is inflation at
work. The job cost more because it is a car (using a Bmall,
popular make as an example) which could be had lor $1,150
in 1941 and costs $2,600 now. The parts which have to be
used have probably gone up correspondingly and the workman
who makes the repair is drawing somewnere around 100 per
cent more money for putting in an hour of time than he did
in 1941. .
Indirectly there is the threat 'of greater expense in the
open-handed damage appraisal of the latter day jury. Perhaps
the jury is not entirely to blame. If it kept its eye on the
legislature, which a few years ago tipped the price of a human
life from $10,000 to $15,000, it may have deduced that this
was a trend and should, hence, be followed. More cost for
the policy holder to bear.
There is still anqther factor which, fortunately, has noth
ing to do, either directly -or indirectly, with inflation. It is
the driving factor. Cars are better built, more safely built
than ever before. They are more easily controlled than ever
before. But human beings take advantage of the improve
ments that have been made to drive with greater speed; to
take greater chances. Better automobile engineering has
availed little in reduction of accidents. Better driving, less
speedy driving, more careful driving, can reduce greatly the
number of accidonts for which eyery policy holder is paying
and for which he pays more whenever their cost increases.
The driver, beyond all others, is tile one who can cut the
cost of an accident. Hp can cut it by preventing it. When
he does it he is cutting the cqst of insurance. A lower rate is
the result. The driver has the say.
UNFORTUNATE LOCATION
Whether the men who gave Pilot Butte to the state for
a public park would object to the added use to which it is
now beuig put wo do not know. The gift was free and clear.
I hero were no strings, no conditions, although there was the
detimte, if unwritten, understanding that the gift was for
park purposes.
Perhaps, since the park's greatest value', is as an elevation
from which to view the scene to the north.Uhe west and the
south, there would be no objection to the structure recently
completed at the summit for highway department broadcast
purposes. It does not interfere, that is, with any of those out
ooks Having had something to do, however, with the gift of
the Butte to the state and knowing the donors as we did wo
think they would object vigorously to the placement of this
disfiguring object where it is. .
For radio purposes it would have been equally satisfactory
to place this work 50 feet or more around to the left or south.
Inero it would bo inconspicuous. Visitors leaving the summit
would hardly notice it. As they came around the turn they
would still be looking at the distant hills. As it is placed now
the structure-is smack, the first thing seen as one levels off
irom the ascent to take the driveway around the ton. It is
not a park structure nor a park asset.
r,,,.. if!'?!1, gl'cnt deal of thought was given to the develop
ment at the summit of Pilot Butte. It is most unfortunate
that this piece of radio business was not placed where its pres
enceprobably a necessary evil would be least objection-
"They Went Thataway"
County Agent
NEWS
By GENE LEAR
Dcwchiitcs County Agent
Washington Column
NEA Waafiiiiuton ComtifKHujenO
'WASHINGTON For lllcRiilly
trying to ship strutcjjlc mtueilnls,
henimi the Iron Curium, the trail
Ins licenses ot nearly '100 export
iiiK firms hnvc heen suspended
during the last four years.
Some suspensions for minor vi
olations have been for only u few
months. Olliers are to run' tor the
duration or the present emergen
cy. In criminal cases Involving
some of the worst offenders, pris
on sentences of up to u year and
fines of up to $10,000 have been
imposed.
The current list of exporters on
the suspended list malnlained bv
the Office of International Trade
in Department of Commerce con
tains nearly 2X) firm names. Over
three-fourths of them are Ameri
can exporters. Most have offices
" Now iork, but a few operate
out of New Orleans, San Fran
cisco and Miami.
, ,',c, others, J2 are Swiss,
right British, five Dutch, four
Helglan. four Italian, two each
from Tangier and Trieste, one
each in IJclilenslcin, Union of
South Africa, Singapore, Hong
Kong and Denmark.
As far as the American export
ing companies under suspension
?.m.,"'CCI'm''l onp " '
mazing angles is thai many of
' " ""I r foreign business
men ami naturalised Americans.
At one lime or another many of
then, have been subjected to Com
munist or Nazi persecution
stmllT'l8. firf.1 han,t Whi"
spiead of totalitarianism means
hc.v nevertheless cannot resis
he temptation for profit hv trad-
tiK will, what should be Iheir
worst enemy.
A few case histories liom the
past year's work of Investigating
and enforcine II. s. ..v.,..
trois Indicate the nature and the
viii.i-iy oi products handled in
this illegal trade:
Anna ami Willi Jim S It'i-ficMnti,
of Chelsea, Mass., denied export
I'livin-gi-s ior inree months for
trans-shipping J.000 tons of Ca
nadian wool rags to Poland
uuougn tne united Slates with
out proper license.
Dante Cortl of Prato, Italv, de
nied oil V. S. export privileges
for the duration of the emergency
for suhmlninc n r.-iien ,,,n...
for license to import 100,001) bales
"i w. o. union, valued at Stil.aUO,
000. David Zetland. New York ex
porter, denied all export license
privileges for manipulating trans
shipment of 82 steel roller bear
ings valued at S12.000 from Bel
gium to Switzerland,
A. E. Rattier Chemical Co. of
New York, denied all export priv
ileges for planning to export a
large shipment of aluminum ox
ide to Belgium, for later delivery
to Hungary.
a e
In the past year the United
Slates has seized 260 shipments
valued at $415,000 because they
were intended for ultimate deliv
ery behind the Iron Curtain. In
addition, export of another mil-
nun miliar s worm 01 supplies w as 1
stopped wlille still in the paper
work stage.
This is admittedly a small haul,
considering that the total volume i
of U. S. exports In 1031 was about 1
S15 billion. The amount of con-:
traband intended for shipment be
hind the Iron Curtain and actu
ally caught Is approximately i
1, 100 of i per cent of this total
Most of the monev the farmers
of this county receive for all their
crops and livestock marketed is
spent right here In. the countv.
Because of this fact It is impor
tant to an oi Tis. whether we live
on a farm or in town, to do our
part to keep all phases of agri
culture In the county on a sound
Dasis. as tne income or farmers
In the county has a chance to In
crease from new or better farm
enterprises the greater the In
come is likely to be for those liv
ing in the towns.
Incidentally the farmers In the
trade area of Deschutes county
towns have an annual income of
about 10 million dollars, accord
ing to figures from the last cen
sus report.
When we recognize how Impor
tant agricultural production and
Income Is to our community we
all want to cooperate in helping
10 encourage ana improve the lot
of our farmers.
This all ties nto the doe Drob-
lem In our county. You may won
der what the agricultural pros
perity nas to uo with dogs! Be
lieve me, it has a lot to do with
It. For example, farm flock sheep
raising Is a profitable farm en
terprise but many of our farm
ers have stayed out of this enter
prise because of dogs. They are
afraid the dogs will kill their
sheep.
Several farmers -have raised
sheep bui have quit because of
tne nog promcm. two of these I
could mention are George Elliott
and B. C. Allen of Redmond. Doug
Ward of Bend tried raising sheep
on nis larm out tne dogs killed
too many. There have been others.
loo, who have quit; quite a few
otners wno have never started be
cause they know of others' ex
periences. Turkey raising is another en
terprise that has suffered some
from the dog problem. Recently
Mrs. E. D. Elrod, a turkey raiser
north of Redmond, had a dog
get In her turkey flock and kill
six of them. Her loss was greater
than the 6 dead because of dam
ago to many others. She reports
clogs as a constant problem to be
considered In her turkey raising
business. Not too long ago Charles
Urban, southwest of Redmond,
lost about 50 voting turkeys kill
ed by dogs. A year or so ago dogs
got into the chickens being rais
ed by L. E. Cabe of Terrebonne
and about a thousand were killed
In one night. A hundred or so
more died later because they had
been injured.
Those of you who are not tur
key raisers may havo wondered
why a tent is located near where
the turkeys are being raised. I
am thinking of Ray Knowles'
place south of Redmond. He has
tills tent there because he sleeps
there every night to protect his
turkeys from night prowling dogs.
If the turkeys are being raised
any distance from the house, a
legal trade. How much got
through that wasn't caught, there
Is no way of knowing. But U. S.
officials believe it Isn't much.
To stop even the !:1ckle that
was caught cost a great deal more
than the value of the goods them- j
selves. Every. U. S. customs offi-l
eials is on the lookout for such !
shipments. And it takes nearly I
1.000 government officials in
Washington. In U. . ports, in '
Europe and throughout the rest
of the world to plan the policy,
and liolice the paper-work to eet
the job done. It costs at least 55
million and maybe double.
night watchman must be nearby.
Our sheep and turkey- raisers
who are located near towns have
had this problem for many years
how. The farm people have spent
a lot of time studying the prob
lem. The laws that have been In
effect have required dogs be li
censed In order to raise funds to
pay for damages caused to poul
try and livestock. According to
County Judge C. L. Allen, the
funds raised have been only
enough to pay 35 to 40 per cent
of the value of claims submitted
for stock and poultry losses.
Generally, it seems, dogs that
become the worst problem are
those that are raised in town.
They are not used to livestock
like farm raised dogs and so na
turally chase them when stock
run from them in the dark. Any
iarm dog tnat Kins stock general
ly does not get a second chance!
In order to try to correct this
situation the county court was
asked to declare the countv a dog
control district. A hearings was
neio Dy tne court ana according
to present dog control laws the
county was declared a district
for dog control. Three farmers
were appointed by the court to
supervise the district. These
farmers are Jim Short. Gene El
liott and L. E. Cabe, all of Red
mond.
This board has entered Into
contracts with Bend and Red
mond. Both cities have dog con
trol ordinances and by pooling
tunas the county district and cit
ies now have hired a full time
enforcement official. This official
Is Walter C. Johnson. Bend. His
phone Is Bend 415. Ho and Mrs.
Johnson are also operators of the
county home, located on highway
20, just east of Pilot Butte.
Mrs. Johnson has been depu
tized by the county and cities sc
as to be able. to enforce present
laws. Under the "Dog Control DIsj
trlct" law every dog in the county
except seeing eye dogs and breed
ers with kennels must be licensed
according to Jim Short, a mem
ber of the supervisory board.
Anyone harboring an' unlicensed
dog is subject to a $10 fine plus
costs in justice court more if
In police courts.
The board and Johnson all hope
it won t be necessary to have any
one fined. They know most peo
ple appreciate how Serious the
problem is for the community
and that everyone will want to
cooperate.
There havo been some "home
less" and unclaimed dogs at large
in the county. Sam Shaver, coun
ty trapper, has found in some
cases these and other dogs have
been killing deer this spring and
summer in several areas In the
south and east parts of the coun
ty. L. M. MnUiiscn. head of the
Oregon Game Commission office
In Bend, says he has seen dogs
running and- killing deer In the
Bend area.
The plan that has been adopted
here In the county has been tried
and is working In other counties
in the state. Livestock and poul
try losses have been reduced and
the people in those counties are
satisfied with the program. We
hope It works as well here.
Dog licenses can be purchased
in LaPine, Sisters, Bend and Red
mond. If you know of a dog without
a home, call Mr. Johnson at Bend
and he will trv to find a home
for it.
Others Say
MEKTIXG HKI.n
REDMOND. A u g. 21 Des
chutes county PMA office announc
es a meeting Monday night. Angus'
25, 8 p.m. in Westminster hall
Redmond. All county farmers air
ranchers are urged to attend th(
meeling rnlled for the purpose o
drawing up the practices that uil
be used in the IBM ACP handbook.
Bulletin Classifieds Bring Results.
MIKE AND THE
OBFRUSTICATORS
(Idaho Statesman)
j Thestf will be just a few kind
words addressed to that dear old
bureaucrat, Michael Ware Straus,
commissioner of reclamation and
tireless high priest of the federal
drive to nationalize the power in
dustry. Mike was in Boise on Wednes
day to put out one of his typical
pitches on Hells Canyon and the
rascally power interests, and to
assure one and all that not only
Is his own heart pure but so is
that of each and every one of his
faithful underlings. There wasn't
a dry eye in the house, so we un
derstand, after Mike told the re
porters of how he wants to bring
the blessings of government pow
er to Idaho.
But Mike suspects there is evil
opposition ranged, againct him,
and that western concern over
water rights is largely hokum.
As a matter of fact, he declared,
all those who worry about water
rights are merely "obfrusticating"
the Issue.
Now that, we believe, marks a
new high even for an old, word
mangier such as Michael. "Ob
frusticating ..."
We know there is such a word
as "obfuscating," which means to
confuse the issue, and there is
iuch a word as "frustrating," but
for the life of us we never heard
af "obfrusticating."
. Maybe Brother Straus has de
cided to make a name for him
self as a coiner of new words.
4nd perhaps he should.
He hasn't convinced anybody
! the nobility of his aims thus
'ar by using the ones already in
Webster.
Kurt Schumacher
Dies in Germany
BONN. Germany. Aug. 21 OB
XurUSchumacher, one-armed, one
legged West German Socialist lead
?r who was considered Germany's
greatest enemy of Communism.
Jied at his home late Wednesday
night.
The 57-year-old head of Germa
ny's second largest political party,
the Social Democrats, died of coro
nary thromlxisis.
Tele-fun
by Warten Goodrich
"She lavs there Is no mrh
number. I guess this personal
number list ol mine Is a little
old!". . , Get your free book
let for local and out-of-town
numbers at any Pacific
Telephone business office.
Speaker Here Says General
'Captive of Dewey Forces
Although General Eisenhower
"is a fine gentleman and a loyal.
outstanding American" he Is the
captive candidate of the ruthless,
bone-crushing Dewey machine,
whose administration will be full
of heartbreaks and handcuffs If
he is elected president next No
vember. This was the prophecy voiced
yesterday by Dr. Charles Titus,
professor of politics at the Uni
versity of California at Los Ang
eles, in a talk before members of
the Bend Rotary club.
In a fighting talk that pulled
no punches, the speaker tore the
hide off both political parties as
he related incidents which he said
he had observed at the national
conventions of both political par
ties during the past four years. .
He expressed grave doubt that
Stevenson and Sparkman, should
they win in November, could
clean up the corruption and crook
edness which now permeates the
national administration in Wash
ington. It is the history of politi
cal parties thai they become cor
rupt and inc'.olent if they remain
in power too long, he told his
hearers. '
He referred to James Roosevelt,
former Democratic state chair
man In California, as "that New
York carpet-bagger," who tried to
set himself up as boss of Califor
nia four years ago.
Young Franklin D. Roosevelt,
Jr., he said, was a "double cross
er," who ostensibly worked for
the nomination of Averill Harri
man at the recent Democratic con
vention, but who, through devious
ways, sought to cross up Harri
man and win the nomination for
vice-president for himself.
Dr. Titus was particularly crit
ical of the Americans for Demo
cratic Action, whom he referred
to as "that bunch of punks," who
tried to wreck their party both
this year and four years ago over
the civil rights controversy.
The speaker expressed the be
lief that the party which wins in
November probably will be in
power for the last time. He pro
phesied that a depression is in
the offing, and this, together" with
the Korean situation, will obliter
ate the winning party during the
coming four years, it-was his be
lief. Dr. Titus associated William O.
Douglas, associate justice of the
U. S. supreme court, with the A.
D. A., and spoke disparagingly of
the jurist's political philosophy.
"Douglas likes to tell people he
rode the rails back to New York
as a youth and W9rked his way
through college," the speaker
said. "But it so happens that I
POP QUELLS FIRE
ELIZABETHTOWN, 111. API A
soft drink bottler, Harry Dorris,
finds soda pop can squelch a fire
as well as quench thirst. A blaze
broke out in paper and shingles
aboard a truck and Dorris killed
the fire by shaking bottle after
bottle with his thumb over the
uncapped top and squirting pop on I
the flames. 1
know the man up in Walla Walla
who paid Douglas' expenses
through Columbia University."
Concluding his talk, Dr. Titus
told the Kotarians that he really
didn't know just how he would
vote in November. Although he
suggested that General Eisenhow
er doesn't know as much about
practical politics as a high school
senior, he felt the country would
be in good hands if he should be
elected president. He thought, too,
that Stevenson would make a
good executive were he able to
divorce his administration from
the corruption of the current
Democratic regime which is now
in power.
"After all, we are all Ameri
cans," he said in conclusion. "And
after the votes have been count
ed we will all let bygones be by
gones and forget the bitterness
of the campaign. As loyal Amer
icans with a deep love of coun
try, we will work together for the
good of. our nation."
Packing Company ?
Purchase told
if!
REDMOND, Aug. 21
nouncement is made of pureh
nf Rerimnnri Par-l,l ':wlae
The business which hVfc3'
years been carried on here bv i
W. Christensen of Redmnna : J
C. H. Christensen and A. D.tZ
of Tillamook, under the nanTT
Redmond Packing company i,,.
cessors of horse meat, hasba
purchased by a subsidiary ofi
bers Bros. Milling company k
was announced today by a.' b
Herold,. Albers' president
The company which win earn
on this business is the Redmond
Packing company, a new Oreso!
corporation, and J. w. Christen!
sen, former manager of the bS
iness here has been made vies,
president of that company Rm
mond Packing company will em.
ploy personnel of the former or
ganization.
The success of home vegetal
gardens in hot dry weather depend,
on keeping the soil moist to tht
depth of plant roots; roughly that
is the depth of a shovel blade
Go to the DESCHUTES COUNTY
FAIR in Redmond by
r
9
Regular and Special Buses a Schedule
for EVERY EVENT!
JUDGING, Thursday, Friday and Saturday:
Leave Bend, 8:00 a. m., 1Z:45 p. m., 2:00 p.
m.
MEL VENTER SHOW, 8:00 p. m. Friday:
Leave Bend 6:30 p. m., return 10:30 p.
m.
CHILDREN'S and STREET PARADES, Sat. afternoon:
Leave Bend 12:45 p. m. and 2:00 p. m.
RODEO Saturday, 7:30 p.m.:
Leave Bend 6:30 p. m. -
BUCKAROO BREAKFAST, Sunday 5:30 a. m.
Leave Bend 4:00 a. m.
RODEO, Sunday 1:30 p.m. i
Leave Bend 1:15 p. m. j ' '
. t-
Fare: one-way, 35c; round-trip, 65c; children, half-fare.!'
AVOID PARKING WORRIES GO TRAILWAYS i
It took o
nly TWO days
FOR FARMER'S INSURANCE
TO SETTLE A '1325.00 CLAIM
Just
TWO
Days!
The second day after this
ear was demolished in a
head-on collision, the owner
received a check for the
value of tho auto.
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED . . .
ON AUGUST 17 ot 2:30 P. M. this car. owned by Mrs.
Maude Meecham, Boise, Idaho, was damaged extens
ively in a head-on collision about 10 miles, north ol
Gilchrist, Oregon.
ON AUGUST 18 Mrs. Meecham, a Farmer's Insur
ance policy holder, reported the accident to agent
F. Keith Shepard.
ON AUGUST 19 at NOON an accurate estimate of
the damage was determined and Mrs. Meecham re
ceived a check lor S1.32S.00 from Tom Duffy, local
resident Farmer's Insurance adjuster.
Yes ... to many in
surance buyers this
prompt settlement is
unusual. But with cus
tomers of FAMER'S
INSURANCE GROUP
. . . this fast service is
taken for granted!
Auto-Fire-Truck
Farmer's .Insurance Group
1029 Brooks St.
Martbo Hicks
Prineviiie Phone 6XI
F. Keith Shepard
Donald Nelson
Bcdmond Phone 220
Phone 331
Ken Bailey
Crescent Plione GllchriM S