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Th Bend Bulletin. Friday, Mar 21. 1954 THE BEND BULLETIN - and CENTRAL OREGON PBES8 An Independent Newspaper Robert W. Chandler, Editor and Publisher Phil F. Brogan, Associate Editor Member, Audit Bureau of Circulation CI Matter. January 6, 117 at the Poat Ofliot at Band, On- ob under Act of March 8. 1879. Those Subterranean Trout This story is just too good to be checked, so we will pass it on for what it is worth, with a few private com- ments. ..-.,. ; . It concerns some fine catches of fish reportedly being made in the Christmas Lake region where, out in the far southeast, dunes drift before the winds of late spring. Oh yes, Christmas Lake, once flush with valley rims, long ago disappeared from the Mid-Oregon scene, leav- ing terraces to mark its old shores under the rimrocks. Put the lack of water must not spoil this fisn story. Ranchers in the Fort Rock valley and in that part of Christmas Lake just east of Thorne Lake have drilled holes, into the sage-covered beds of the vanished lakes, and have tapped a buried lake. From this subterranean saucer, water is being pumped, through use of diesel power, to the long-thirsty lands. From Fort Rock comes word that some fine trout, long and dark, have been taken from one of the Christ mas Lake deep holes. In fact, these trout reportedly have been displayed in Fort Rock. Persons who have hunted jack rabbits and arrow heads in the Christmas Lake basin will scoff. But the writer of this piece does not crack a smile, or even bite a tongue in cneek. ' He has fished in the very basin where trout report edly are being hauled out of deep holes. He has returned with some fine specimens not only of kin of the Rain bow, but first cousins of Columbia-running salmon. But The Bulletin's angler did not require a license to get his uesert fish. The creatures were fossilized. They were past the revenue-producing stage by some 10,000 years. Presumably the ocean-going salmon got into the lake of old at the time that ancestral Christmas lake , and its watery arms, Silver and Fort Rock Lakes, over- flowed over a low pass, possibly westward to the Des chutes. Sturdy salmon battled their way up that lost stream, and came to the end of their run in the great oasln dominated by a smoking volcano, Newberry. '"; .. Fishing in the old lake were the original Americans, i tribesmen who lived in the Fort Rock caves around .'9,300 years ago, as dated by the atomic calendar. -- In time the big lake disappeared. Birds, such as the flamingo, migrated to damper lands, and ponderous eiepnanis tnat once trumpetea on the snores or Christ mas Lake of the Pleistocene died and left their sand polished bones in the wake of drifting dunes, f .As the huge lake shrunk into puddles, even the fish gave way to juniper and sagebrush. .; And now, state reports from Fort Rock, huge trout, as sleek as those that nibble on aquatic food and lean Into the crisp mountain air after insects, are being brought out of the depths. . Definitely this story needs investigating. But we dare not send our desert angler into that broad valley that once cradled a large Taker - ': We know he would come back with the nroof black. sand-blasted bones of salmon and trout that made their , way overland to ChrJStmas Lake long ago, then went underground wnen tneir canteens were drained. Child Behavior it .If parents were punished for every ! miseue their youngsters make we suspect there would be a rapid im provement in the behavior patterns of both parents and children. : 1 Presehf-Dcry HoucJini The Condon Story We've always suspected post office buildings, or the lack of them, were the bane of the existence of every member of Congress. Fpr until the federal government started expanding so greatly about 18-20 years ago, the post office building; was. in many cases the only link many communities had with Washington. ; Bigger and better post offices was the cry, -and it came to every member of Congress from every city and town in the country. Numbers of otherwise undistinguished- members of Congress have been re-elected in past years almost solely on their ability to pro mote new Dost office buildines in their home districts. But recently the government decided to put a hew post ottice building over in Condon, and some people over there don't like it. It's too fancy they say, Con don doesn't need a post office building that costs ID.UUU. f This move in Condon, to keep the government from putting up a post office building in that town, may be highly significant. That millenium the one everyone believes never will come may be just around the corner now. Learning Still More ; The unexplored regions of the earth grow fewer. One of the latest to be revealed is the Baliem Vallev in New Guinea. An impenetrable jungle makes access to it by land impossible, and the rivers leadinc into it have dangerous rapids. It came to notice during World War II when an American military plane crashed there and had to be rescued by gliders. Now Christian mission aries have made their way in and set tin a station. i The inhabitants are the woolly-haired primitive sav ages already found in other parts of New Guinea. Their culture is particularly backward because of their iso lation, so that they seem to bo still in the Stone Age On this account ethnologists and students of compar ative religion will be much interested in any informa tion they can get about them. ' The world's unexplored areas nre chiefly other jungle hid regions in South America. Some narts of the Ara bian Desert have not been crossed, but there is little reason to believe that they differ at all from the parts that are known. Man's study of his environment goes on. comes -iHRxjcrt . - jff TrVk ' wnfcQiiM v- X Hi M T&TrVT-HARTlsy ACT ' " y- 7, - Pasf Cases Closely Parallel Army-McCarthy Rowlssues ; By PETER EDSON, NEA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON The Army-Mo Carthy case went Into its week's recess with the original fight over Pvt. G. David Schine almost for gotten. A couple of other issues had substituted: 1-. What right has Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, or any other con gressman, to receive classified in formation Irom the executive de partments without revealing his source? . 2. What right has the President of the United States to prevent his subordinate officials in the exec utive departments from testifying before congress on anything it may want to know? Lawyers can argue on these questions for a longra- period of time than even the Army-McCw thy hearings will Jast. But there are a few parallel cases in recent years which may throw some light on the present stalemate. Take'A President Elsenhower's prder that Department of Defense officials shall not testify before the Senate's special investigating committee on their conferences with White House and Depart ment of Justice officials on the Schine case. While other Presidents have de fended the independence of the executive department from en croachments by the Congress, this may be the time for a real show down on this point. In a somewhat similar case in 1944, the executive department fi nally had to retreat. The case in volved Jonathan Daniels, then an administrative assistant to Presi dent Roosevelt. Harry Slattery, Rural Electri fication Administrator, had re vealed that Daniels, acting for the President, had demanded Slat tery 's resignation. Slattery refus ed to resign. . i The senate Agriculture Com mittee under chairmanship of the late "Cotton Ed" Smith of South Carolina, took up the case. It asked Daniels to come in and tell what he knew about it. Daniels refused to discuss the case before Congress. v a His Reason Was that as a con fidential assistant to the Presi dent, it was "not in the public in terest tor mm to discuss it. This is the same phrase now used by President fc.isonnowpr. Four days later Daniels chanc ed his mind. He wroto Senator Smith that after conference with the President, it had been decid ed that on this particular matter the public interest would not be affected. Three days later Daniels testi fied in full. Ho said that he had twice asked Slattery for his resig nation to end a feud within the REA organization. This satisfied tho Smith com mittee. They had voted to cite Daniels for contempt of Congress. That would have made him liable to fine and imprisonment. When he testified, the charge wris drop ped. And Senator Smith declared that this case proved Congress had the right to protect Us own business. . A demand bv Agriculture Com mittee Counsel Carroll Beedy that Daniels produce all of Pres ident Roosevelt's files on REA was refused. Daniels said he had examined the files and they con tained nothing that Congress did not already know. They took his word tor it. . Counsel Bcedy suggested that at some future date a congres sional investigation might be blocked by putting pertiient mat ter into a presidential file, if such files were immune trom, congres sional demand; 1 This is almost what has hap pened in the present Army-McJ Carthy case. President Eisenhow er s decision not to disclose con fidential records gives Senator McCarthy something of an out in refusing to reveal the source of his excerpts from the FBI report to Army Intelligence on Commu nist activities at Fort Monmouth. One of the points being debated here is whether the mere posses sion of this paper would not make the holder an accessory to the crime under. Army regulations or having transmuted it. Members .of Congress are of course exempt from arrest during sessions of Congress, except for treason, felony and breach of the peace. But the celebrated Amer- asia case of 1945 is recalled now as something of a parallel. In this case a Federal Grand Jury indicted six persons on charges of receiving stolen public property State Department rec ordsand transmitting them to an unauthorized person. This was Jacob Jaffo, editor of Amerasia magazine. He pleaded guilty and was fined wsuu. tmanuei Larsen, another defendant, was fined $500. The more recent Miriam De- Haas case presents another angle. she was a Loyalty Hoard review examiner who was suspended by the Civil service commission in September, 1952, for leaking rec ords to Senator McCarthy. Two months later she resigned after refusing to testify on this matter. But she was never indict ed or tried on any charges. rOPlXATION NOTE NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (IFt-Dr. John J. LaCava, delivered 352 babies last year, an average of nearly one a day. To The Editor To the Editor: I have two fine dogs, one that is a rangy spaniel. He is a "ball player,'.' and a perfect retriever on land or in the water, his oniy oddity is that he has never made up with anyone but me, but I am sure that can be overcome. The other is a police dog, eight months old. He also retrieves. They are both trained not to fight, and they will not bite anyone. They have been trained to play carefully. Both of these dogs are very smart. I am sick so much that I must give them away. Any reliable per son can have them, can you neip me find a home for them? I live in the Ritter cabins, formerly the Hawkins cabins. F. R. GRAY Redmond, Oregon May 19, 1954 IN THE LAZY DAZE OF MAY . . The chamise is a golden riot all along' the ditch banks and country roads, and on vacant lots . . .The chirping of baby chickens is a pleasant medley at the post ottice . . . Tourists relax at the lunch counters, gazing stu diously at their maps ... The ducks in the park pay less atten tion to the picnickers, - and are preoccupied with courtship and nesting . . . Mannequins, in the shop windows are fashionably un dressed in shorts and swim suits .The sassafrass bark in the drug store window give mute testimony that spring fever is a very real malady. Every year, about picnic time, some enterprising wiiter'or other will do a piece about the origin ot the sandwich. The first time I explored this subject I was in grade school, and I've spent the intervening years doing labora tory work, yon might say. Which leads to the observation that the "sandwich spread" isn't always something used for sticking slices of bread together. One of the .most popular ana colorful of the stories about the origin of the sandwich concerns a romantic figure-or 18th century England. He was the Earl of Sandwich, whose name, at least, the food combination bears. The Earl was a man of many parts (arms, legs, ulcers and only one head) and his consuming passion was gambling. He would sit at the gaming table for- 24 hours at a time, refusing even to take time out to eat. During one of these prolonged wooings of Lack Luck, the British NAMED TO CLUB S.ieciaJ to Tho Hull-tin PETERBOROUGH. N.H. The American Guernsey Cattle Club today announced the election to membersnip ot Lawrence Alien, Sunnycrest Farm, Bend, Ore. ine American uuernsey cat tle club, is a national organization of more than 50,000 breeders of purebred Guernsey cattle. It re cords, the registration of pure bred Guernseys which trace to the Island ol Guernsey, original home of the breed which is lo cated in the English Channel. The AGCC also supervises tests of production. Prince Edward Island is consid ered the birthplace of the Domin ion of Canada. POWER MOWERS . Rotary Gas Rotary Electric Reel Type Gas Repairs .' : Sharpening S&H Green Stamps HOUK-VAN ALLEN 016 Wall X! j Ha S. Grant's Sage Brush ings nobleman got an inspiration. In order to satisfy his growing hun ger and at the same time not miss a hand, he ordered his serv ants to encase pieces of meat and cheese between two slices of bread. He could eat with one hand and continue his playing, and the bread protected his fingers from soiL Other gamblers were quick to follow the lead, and it became quite common for them to order the "same as Sandwich." And thus the sandwich spread. BREATHLESS EXPECTORA TION: Lady tobacco chewers no longer will be socially acceptable in the business world, according to the new order from the Wage and Hour Commission covering employment of women and mln- ' WltlJFtOWEBS HIT. Spatial to n SalMU Z" i PRINEVILLE I L. Landei:. of the Ochoco ranger station staff, following a visit to Sum- mtt prairie, reported yesterday that tne sustained mwui the district the past eight weeks has hit wlldflowers this season. Landers said the bloom, al though far from normal luxuri ance; will be probably at its best the coming Sunday. on. "Signs shall be placed in all rooms forbidding expectoration on the walla or floors," the order states, "and suitable and sanitary receptacles shall be provided." If we have to have a. spittoon la the news room, I want a brass bar rail, too. If you knock yourself out trying to make people happy, you're apt to end up just making them laugh. DAIRY QUEEN Raspberry Sherbet Bend Redmond H-auAs. . . 1 If: ' Milk. Jj, I Banger NO TIRE. ;.K;--L? ' & CiOSS MCTION tiriOUAROI when a blowout occurs if s the sudden drop of the wheel that may cause disaster! ,((ID(DLE makes blowouts harmless with LifeGuard Safety Tudes Here's how LIFEGUARDS can save your life: Wo'll take your present tubes in trade allowing you their full valuel . Ordinary tubal hova only ens air Cp-t chamber, ween a Hie blows the tube blows, too. Without a second's warn ing the car wheel drops to the road. Too, too frequently the result Is a crash costly car damage and seri ous personal injury or loss of liie! LifeGuard lubes h a v two air chambers. In case of a blowout only the outer chamber gives way there's no sudden drop of the wheel to cause you to lose control. Reserve air fp the strong cord fabric Inner chamber supports your car until you can pull up to a safe, gradual stop. The Goodyear Store BEND GARAGE CO.; Inc. Next to City Hall Phone 2 rCftJtV MUM p 193 ' Vitality Renewed Gnrvy and endumnc. an well iu resistance to disease and infection, may rKuli from correction of un dftrtyinf deficiency factorn. We of fer a program for better health. R. D. Ketehum D.C. Phone 704 , Bend Quotable Quotes There is no question of capitulation (in Irido-China). If by any thatkc the (French National) Assembly should ask the government to do it, it would be another govern ment than mine which would apply this decision. French. Premier Joseph Lanicl. i . It is our fervent hope that in our atomic (strength there is also an approach to the kind of peace which is our ultimate objective a peace bacd on good deeds and mu tual trust. Adm. Lewis Strauss, Ab'C chairman. a Communism is a fanatical, hell-born religion and tw only way to conquer a false face is by u true oiie.i Epis copalian Ree. E. P. Dwndndge. Watch for it I BEND'S HOUSE OF rV? . OPENS NEXT WEEK! Stockmen - Sportsmen We will stock all types of Horsemen's Equipment, Leather Craft Tools and Western Boots We'll nlsn slock Buckskin garments of ewry type! 1 Our Store he first of Ita type Opeiw Next Weekend! Watch for the Thursday Atuiuunoenieat! , Qi ' J wr.T' jaTX y-V ' ,s assM Always Bring Along llie Children If you're a couple with kids, there's no handler, more convenient place in central Oregon to eat out than the : Trailways Coffee Shop. We've 'just added the complete line of Gerber's baby foods, and we are already quite adept at heating formula or bottles of milk for the children. Our coffee shop Is equipped with high chairs, small tables and chairs, and the children are made, to feel right at home. If you still doubt that we can make your 'eating. out" pleasant, we'll even call a baby sitter for you . . . easy to do because this is Central Oregon's most popular family restaurant! TRAILWAYS COFFEE. SHOP
