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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Deschutes County, Or.) 1917-1963 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 1954)
THE BEND BULLETIN " and CENTRAL OREGON FBESS An Independent Newspaper Robert W. Chandler, Editor and Publisher Phil F. Brogan, Associate Editor Member, Audit Bureau of Circulations BpUnd u BMond Claw Mttr, January , 1917 at 'J) Pott Otfica at Band. Ore iron undo- Act of March ft, 1879. . The Bend Bulletin. Saturday. August 21, 1954 Red Knight Obscured A red comrade by the name of Mikhail Botvinnik from behind the iron curtain is (or was) chess cham pion of the world. The alternative is used because Botvinnik, "the invincible," as he had come to be known, hasn't been heard of for some little time, f He was even absent when the U. S. S. R. chess team competed in the United States earlier in the season. That, under the Russian system, in which games and sports, as well as politics, are under strictest state con trol, didn't just happen. , No explanation from Russia, no explanation from the members of the team. It is merely that Botvinnik, the invincible, has become Botvinnik, the invisible, as far as the outside world is concerned at least. I He wouldn't have been so ill-advised as to try to play games with Comrade Matenkov, now would he? They Still Rule Skyline Honestly; we feel sort of bad about it all. Only two weeks ago we welcomed members of the Sierra Club of California Club to the Mid-Oregon Cas cades and assured them they would go home with glow ing memories of their late summer days in the Green Lakes area. They would remember, through the years, the silvery volcanoes of the Cascades, and the vistas of green forests below the lava fields. And, we told our friends from the south, they would view, in its full splendor, the far-famed Broken Top Moon as it moved up the side of a1 glacier-torn volcano. There was also mention, of the beauty of the white Sisters at midnight, in the light of a full moon. Then came the summer storms., The Sierrans had scarcely set up their base camp at the foot of the South Sister than thunderclouds massed in the south, then sent lightning-flashing convoys out over the mountains. , Lightning halted climbs of the peaks on several oc casions. And one day August snow fell, to whiten the lava country. Heavy hail was reported, and there were rain - showers for the better part of the week. Clouds frequently obscured the mountains, and at times reduced the visibility at camp to a few hundred feet. As a result, the Sierrans -information about the Central Oregon Cascades is largely hearsay. But, we assure our friends frpm the sunny south, the Cascades of Oregon are beautiful. Furthermore, they are not mere mountains: They are great, cold vol canoes, each with its strange story of fire and fee. The Sierrans, we are sure, will not place on Oregon- ians all blame for the unusual summer weather of the past two weeks. Certainly they were aware in going into the Cascades, from Devils Garden and up the steep slope north of Sparks Lake, that they were to visit with three alpine maidens, the South, North and Middle Sisters. These old girls of the mountains, the Sierrans should have known, have their fickle moments and weeks Possibly they weren't quite ready for a visit by such a multitude or alpinists sierrans, Obsidians, ChemeKe tans and Skyliners. The Sisters, it is obvious, merely-draped vapory veils around , their ice-sculptured forms. In a day or two when the Sierran are back in California, the bisters will again appear on the skyline, in all their pristine beauty. When the cloud veils are removed, we will take a picture" of the shining volcanoes of the Mid-Oregon Cascaded and send that picture to the Sierrans' vete rans leader, Olivar Kehrlein, just to prove that the stately Three Sisters still rule the Oregon skyline. Comprehensive Revision Income tax payers will find it desirable, and their advisers necessary, to do no little study in familiariz ing themselves with the new internal revenue code, ' Of some of its provisions, for instance removal of the $600 income test formerly applied to student and minor dependents, most people are already aware. They are aware, too, of the lowered schedule of rates on per sonal incomes this resulting, however from non-re- enactment of a temporary law. They probably have in mind as well the provision making April 15, instead or . March 15, the deadline for filing returns and making tinal calendar year payments. But of uncounted other, changes there are many probably a considerable majority who, are not in formed. . The reason for this, chiefly, is that the new revenue act is a comprehensive revision of a law built up and patched up over the years. This other act, amended here and there at virtually every session of congress, had the weaknesses and inconsistencies of any patch work structure. Changes in one area of the whole too often were made without consideration of their relation to those areas which remained unchanged. And too often, also, spot changes Were made because it was apparent that hero was an easy, convenient way to get the money. The act of 1954 .has had much more in mind than this. In the words of the House of Representatives ways and means committee, "Its purpose has been to remove inequities, to end harassment of the taxpayer and to reduce tax barriers to future expansion of production and employment." If these have been achieved, the new code will be constructive legislation indeed. Had a Nice Fall Movie Lauds Ike; Indicates Coaffail Hiding Campaign by peter 'Edson Quotable Quotes When there was no hope, they (defenders of Dien Bien Phu) fought on for honor and freedom. Nurse Genevieve de Galard-Terraube. I will campaign actively (in the fall) as far as my , health permits. Harry S. Truman. If we are to save democracy and the freedom of man kind, we must employ every necessary means, includ ing War South Korea's Syngman Rhee. . The Soviet Navy is manned to streiiErth nnd readv to go. None of their ships are in "mothballs." Adm. Jerauld Wright, chief of NATO's Atlantic fleet. Future talks (on Korean unification) are hopeless, whether they be held in Panmunjom, Geneva or heaven itself. South Korea's President Syngman Rhee. . . ! There has ieen ... a deterioration in recent months in the relationship between government and science. Dr. James R. Killian, Jr., president, MIT. NEA WiiHliinetnn Correspondent WASHINGTON (NEA I Sec retary of Health, Education and Welfare Oveta Culp Hobby has the principal supporting role with the longest speech and congress is given only incidental bit parts in the new movie, "The Big Year of Decision," produced by the National Citizens for Eisenhower Committee. This 24-minute film has just been given a premiere showing in Washington before the Presi dent, cabinet members and wives White House officials and con gressmen "who have been work ing with Citizens for Eisenhower. This kicks off the campaign. From Washington, this film will be shown most widely in the 85 congressional districts which in 1952 were won by a majority of 5 per cent or less and in the M states having senatorial races this year. Forty of the House seats are now held by Republicans nnd 45 by Democrats. I here are J7 ben ate races 16 seats now held by Republicans and 21 by Democrats. North Carolina has two seats to fill and Nebraska three, the third being for the rest of 1954 only. m m m This being the political situa tion the film is intended In deal with, it might be expected that more emphasis would be put on Congress. But it is 99 per cent Ike in pictures and sound track and only a few minutes of credit nre given to Congress. If this is to be the pilch and the theme song of this close-race phase of the campaign, the em phasis will all be on coaltail rid ing. The implication is thai the thing to do is to support the can didates who will support the Eis enhower program. Here are a few cxcerpls from the sound-track script on the ac complishments of the Eisenhower administration: "The U.S. has served notice on the Kremlin that nnv act of ag gression will be immediately coun tered. (Picture of 15-52.) "Time and time again, as at the Berlin conference, Secretary of Slate John Foster Dulles has man euvered Soviet diplomats into ad- milting before the world that the Kremlin's intentions are not truly in the interest of peace. (Picture of Dulles.) ". . . The U.S. is thriving to day as never before in its 178- year history. (Picture of people buying household appliances.) "Inflation has been hailed. (Pic ture of old folks looking at travel folders.! ". . . the American housewife is finding thai she can gel more for her shopping dollar." (Picture of woman in supermarket.) Congress gels its brief nods af ter the Administration record of spending and $7 billion tax cut, accompanied by pictures of House Ways and Means Committee meeting. Again, to go with a film of the President addressing a joint ses sion of Congress, the script reads ; President Eisenhower in his re lations with Capitol Hill has steadfastly accorded to Congress the respect due the elected rep resentatives of the people . . . But it remained for Congress to trans late the President's program into law. ..." The script says, "President Eis enhower has proposed a federal reinsurance program . . ." though Congress turned it down. It also says the President called for construction of 140.000 public housing units during the next four years, though Congress cut it to 35.000 for this year only. The appeal is to the presidential pro gram rather than what Congress didn't do about it. Mrs. Hobby, a Texas Democrat who voted for Eisenhower, gets net u,g iuiv iiiiuuKn mm ujip:, from her speech to the New York Republican state dinner commit tee last May, supporting the Pres ident's program. "It is a program that brought laitn anew to a nation on in auguration day in Janury, 1953," she says. "And it is the same pro gram that gave us fresh hope . . . in the resident s messages to Congress during January and Feb ruary ot this year. "Thus, in 1954, the President looks to the nation's citizens Re publicans, Democrats and Inde pendents alike to elect to Con gress Republicans who share Dwight Eisenhower's dedication to America . . ." concludes the narrator. This is the only direct political pitch in the -entire production. Potato Harvest Prospects Good MADRAS Jefferson coun ty's potato harvest promises to be a good one, w 1 '. h quality, yields, and price prospects an favorable, it appeared today, less than a month before the start of harvest. It is reported that some sales have been made on a basis of as- much as $2.25 and bags a hundredweight for U. S. No. 1 size A, two inch minimum, fob shipping points in the county. Potato crops on the average ap pear exceptionally good,' and dealers anticipate that trie qual ity will be very good. Generally, harvesting should get underway from September 15 to 20, and the start of the sea son here, while it will conflict with harvests in the eastern Ore gon-Idaho and Washington dis tricts, it will not clash seriously with southern Idaho or the! Klamath basin during the first two. weeks of digging locally. Symbol of Peace A Mask of Death In keeping with the popular concept that meat-eating animals are vicious while vegetable eat ers are harmless, rabbits are characterized as "gentle crea tures, doves as "envoys ,of peace," and wolves as "symbols But Is that so? Take the gentle rabbit. A hare, in March, may be sitting in froz en immobility when with slow, measured hops another buck ap proaches. At first, the pair may chase each' other In tight cir cles. Then suddenly, as if upon an agreed signal, the two face each other, stand erect on the tip-toes of their hind feet, and box furiously with their fore paws, making clumps of fur fly. As the contest goes on, when ever possible, they strike out with their powerful hind legs, their lethal weapons, jagged with heavy claws. . For a time, the fast-paced box ine may cease, and they may. recommence their circling but more speedily than before, and again followed with furious claw- to-claw fighting, 'mis time, tney may even go at each other with their teeth. Except for the trip hammer thuds, the contest may be silent and then again it may be punctuated with piercing screams of fear or pain, horrible sounds, really. The.end? Frequently the "gen tle" victor will not desist until the vanquished lies disembow elled, and in death throes still striking out with hind legs as he did the day of his birth. But surely, it is different with doves, those "harbingers of peace?" In King Solomon's Ring (Metheun), the author, Dr. Kon rad Lorenz tells of trying to cross a turtle dove with a ring dove, fie put the pair in a roomy cage and refused to take the gentle females pecking ser iously, or the light flick of her fragile wings as more than a caress. But next morning he found the male turtle dove on the floor of the cage. The top of his head 'and neck as well as the whole length of his back were plucked bare and flayed so as to form a single blood-dripping wound while astride this gory spectacle stood the "gentle'1 ring dove, wearing that dreamy facial expression which so ap peals to our sentimental observ er. And still pecking away, mer cilessly, into the bleeding wounds of her prostrated mate. When, in desperation, he tried to escape, she struck him to the floor with a clap of her wing and continued with her slow pitiless work of destruction. Without in terference, says Dr. Lorenz, she would undoubtedly have linisnea him off. - And now. what of that popu lar embodiment of cruelty, the wolf? Actually, the wolf is one of the . ,.,ti fathers in the anl- mal world one in a hundred, really who will tend nis i- . i, oho ie heavv with vnnntr feed both mother and J ., it. .Via vmmiy. young, ana neip nam j What happens when wolves meet? The opposing champions ir, rarpful circles, round prowling viciously, whilp their bared teeth flash in such rapid exchange of snaps that the eye can hardly follow, but gradually, the weaker wolf will be pushed backwards, and as he is overcome, suddenly the stronger will be upon him. What now: just ine iw't lot what one might expect. The furious wnining comes to a standstill. Pressed against each other, they stand in a rigid stances' both growling angrily. But If you'll notice' the position, i hp weaker has bared his neck and the stronger has his muzzle within less than an inch of the jugular vein of his victim. Sure eatn IS inui ciuae. And yet, the winner' teeth vill not rip the jugular vein. That strange withholding per ists just as long as the defeat d wolf keeps up his attitude of bject humility. Finally, the top og may close the fight by the iressing need to leave his right ,f -possession trade-mark on the attlefield, and he goes' off for n upright object. Taking ad antage of this ceremony, the inderdog usually makes himself carce. A coffee tree produces a pound and a half to two pounds of cof fee annually. Bulletin Classifieds Bring Results. Investigate our reasonable rates on Polio Insurance FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY to help PREVENT Polio to save LIVES Become a Donor! RED CROSS BLOODMOBILE Bend Armory, Wed., August 25th YOUR BLOOD IS NEEDED! Gordon Randall Agency 223 Oregon Phone 1870 JENSEN TO SPEAK IINEVILLE Dr. J. Gran ville Jensen, head of the depart ment of. geography and conser vation of Oregon State college will be guest speaker at the Tuesday noon luncheon of the Prinevjlle-Crook county Cham ber of Commerce, EMBAKKASSKU CHIEF MIDDLEBUKY, Vt. (U'l Fire Chief Kenneth Caul awoke and saw a red glare behind his barn. He turned in an alarm, report ing the barn afire. The "blaze" turned out to be the reflection of warning flares at a nearby road construction project. Specializing in STEAK E Open 5:30 til 10 p.m. ELKHORN CAFE 1115 So. Srd Ph. 1251 TELEVISION RCA Victor Hallicrafters Traveler Firestone Kay-Halbert Testing Installations Repairs Tubes Antennas Houk-Van Allen S & II Green Stamps 916 Wall I'h. 8j4) II wishing won l .nt saving willl Dreams may start with wishes. But only persistant, consistent saving can make them come trim! Whatever YOUR dream may bp . . . you can turn it Into a glorious reality faster and surer by systematic savings, in which your money EARNS MORE with safety. III UjjjAND LOAN "EDERALoAVINGS ASSOCIATION Please come back. Put out that campfirc! Drown it! Campfircs left to burn themselves out are one of the prime causes of forest fires ... and forest fires are rapidly blackening your country! Last year, 20 million acres of America's wooded land went up in smoke. Think that over. And think this over: Those fires last year cost the nation over one billion dollars. And that, of Rwctoftfrnif, I WILL BE CAREFjJU course, means money out of your pocket. Can forest fires be stopped? You bet they can. . Nine out o ten are started by people . . . people like you and your neighbors. - So be careful . . . extra careful with matches, smokes, campfires, rubbish fires, any fire. Be sure that every flame, every spark is dead out. Help stop Americas most shameful waste. Please' can &eAtMm6eir Only you PREVENT FOREST FIRES! am. Mood life save a BROOKS SCANLON INC. Wednesday, Bend Armory 1:156:30 P.M.
