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.
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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,
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saw a red glare behind his barn.
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turned out to be the reflection
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