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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Deschutes County, Or.) 1917-1963 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1955)
TH E BEND BULLETIN Forecast Fair tonight and Friday; high today 35-40; low to night 1015; high Friday 38-43. 52nd Year Two Sections Moulding Mill At Redmond To Be Closed ' Special to The Bulletin REDMOND -The moulding mill at Ponderosa Mouldings, Inc., Red mond lumber milling and sales or ganization, will be . closed next week. Other pai ls of the mill will be operated for an indefinite time es timated to be two dr three months, officials of the company announced today. Plans are under considera tion for possible reopening of the Ponderosa at some indefinite fu ture time. Shutting down the molding mill, which has been processing unfin ished lumber cut by the Dahl Pine, Inc., and Tite Knot, Inc., mills, will lake about 20 men off the local payroll, according to Kieran Madden, office manager and second - in - command of the Ponderosa company. At the same time, Madden and Pliil Dahl head of Tite Knot and the company which bears his name confirmed a rumor preva lent in Central Oregon lumber cir cles for some time, that the sales agreement whereby Ponderosa .handles sales for the Dahl opera tions is being terminated. According to both Dajil and Madden, the companies involved are "negotiating a workable ter mination agreement of our sales contract." Dahl also confirmed rumors to day that he will establish a plan ing mill and kiln operation at Mad ras in the near future, to process lumber cut on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation by Dahl Pine, Inc., which has not been operating since Dec. 1, 1954. Dahl said no date for the ter mination of the Ponderosa planing and finishing operation has been set. About 11.000,000 board feet of lumber remains to be processed. At that time, a presumed addition al 25-30 men will be laid off. " Tite Knot, with 80 men on the payroll, will continue to operate at full strength, Dahl said. The Madras mill will be established with machinery recently pur chased by Dahl. The Madras op eration will be "ready to go" sometime in February, he said. Dairy Industry range WASHINGTON (UP) The National Grange today blamed a "shabby Job" of selling by the dairy industry as one of the major Grange also cited consumers' grow woes. In an extensive report on eight barriers to fluid milk sales, the Grange also cited consumers grow ing fear that milk is fattening The report said that "what ran kles dairymen" most about the charge that milk is fattening is that "many people who have cut doAn on milk consumption. . continue to indulge in rich gravies, desserts, and other truly fattening foods." It said "erratically self-imposed" diets based on magazine, newspaper or neighborhood weight reducing projects are probably those that shift most readily from whole milk to skim milk or to no milk at all as opposed to diets undertaken under doctors' di rection. Besides the weight conscious consumers, the Grange listed these barriers to fluid milk consump tion: Weak merchandising; the indus try's complacency and resistance to changes like paper cartons and gallon jugs; lack of coordination in the industry; labor practices which restrict price competition and marketing innovations; local sanit.irv regulations which are often "excessively detailed;' wholesale and retail milk price c.tntrol; and "cumbers.jmc" fed eral rules under milk marke' orders and other federal prob lems. Mayor Orders Radar Arrests PORT1.AND (UD Mayor Fred Peterson, alarmed by six traffic fatalities here in the first 12 days of 1955. today ordered police to st irt making sored arrests by using radar devices. Portland has had radar equip ment since early last year but has delayed using it for arrests be cause the State Supreme Court has not yet determined radar's legality in gathering evidence. It Is expected more radar equipment will be purchased. i-Year Sou Jury Finds 6. H. Gibson 'Not Guilty' George Hamilton Gibson walked .'rom the local circuit court room a free man late yesterday after noon, acquitted of the charge of having threatened to kill a local physician. The jury of five women and sev- n men deliberated almost two and a half hours before returning its verdict of "not guilty." The complex case that opened Monday went to the jury shortly after noon yesterday. Immediately on receiving the case the jury was escorted to lunch at a near-by res taurant, returning to the court house about 1:45 p.m. At 4:0-1 p.m., the foreman of the jury, Stanley Graffenberger, opened the door of the jury room and indicated to the bailiff that a decision had been reached. Shortly Alter 4 The defendant, lawyers and judge were notified and assembled in the court room to hear the ver dict, read by the foreman at 4:09 p.m. Gibson was immediately dis charged from county jail where he had been held six months awaiting trial. He left Bend soon after his dismissal for his home in Salem. On hearing the verdict, Gibson rose ifrom his chair as if to ad dress the jury, then sank back, holding a hand over his eyes as if crying. Gibson, on the stand Tuesday, testified he deliberately forced service of the criminal complaint against him so he could be brought to trial and clear his namo of any stigma. ' Gibson was charged with threat ening to kill Dr. Richard C. Robin son during a scuffle at St. Charles Mumorial hospital two years ago. Witnesses Listed Dr. Robinson was the first of several witnesses called in the case that daily drew a number of spectators to the circuit court room. Others called included the defendant and a number of past or present county officials, includ ing County Judge C. L. Allen, Justice of the Peace O. W. Grubb, Sheriff F. C. Sholes and ex-Dis trict Attorney E. O. Stadter. Bend police officer Jack Arney was an other witness called. On the jury were Graffenberger, Jesse F. Miller, Lillian Gifford, G. W. McCann, Tom Forster, Jew ell Prosser, Dorothy Kelly, Murl Luckenbill, Leroy Aeschliman, Irv ing Walter. Mrs. Fred Hodecker and Lee Putnam. FIREMEN CALLED Fire apparatus rushed to Brooks- Scanlon, Inc., mill this morning at 7:42 when a transformer near the fuel house blew out. Firemen said no fire resulted from the transformer explosion. IN IMPORTANT ROLES These three men have important roles in the 61st annual meeting of the Oregon Dairymen's Association, now under way in Bend. At left Is George Hostetler of Des chutes county, who heads the important legislative committee that will report Friday morning. In center Is Milton Rider of Oregon City, ODA president who is heading the Bend conference, and at left is Harold P. Ewalt of Oregon State College, ODA secretary. (Bend Bulletin Photo) raft ght by Dairymen Hear Warning as Sfafe Session Opens Here By PHIL F. BlUKiAX Bulletin Staff Writer The 61st annual meeting of the Oregon Dairymen's association formally opened here this morning with a word' of caution from Mil- Ion Rider of Oregon City, ODA president, that producers should prodeed with caution in the move to solve their milk marketing problem. That problem faced Oregon dairymen on the morning after the November election when it was learned that the 21-ycar-old milk marketing act had been re pealed. In touching on the milk market ing problem, Rider sounded the keynote of the conference that has attracted to Bend more than 100 dairymen from all parts of the state. Sessions continued through the day in the Pilot Butte convention room, and this afternoon the dairy men were making ready for their annual banquet, to be held at the Inn at 6:30 with Dr. O. Meredith Wilson, president of the Univer sity of Oregon, as the principal speaker and with Kessler Cannon, Bend, as toastmasler. Election Due Officers will be elected Friday morning, and then the dairymen will swing into their final sessions, to be highlighted by talks by James F. Short, director of the state department of agriculture; Dr. G. A. Richardson, Oregon State college, and G. Burton Woods, Practical Nurses Set Graduation Graduation exercises for 14 women who completed the first Central Oregon college - sponsored course in practical nursing this past year will be held tonight at 8 o'clock In the Allen school audi torium. The public Is invited to attend. Speaker for the occasion will be R. E. Jewell, superintendent of the city schools. Presentation of pins and certificates will be made by Helenmarr G. Hammer, R. N., in structor for the course; Elmer H. Halstead, supervisor of public service training for the slate divi sion of vocational education, and Don P. Pence, director of Central Oregon college. Mrs. Oma Pyshor, state presi dent of the Oregon Licensed Prac tical Nurses association, will bring greetings. Dr. J. H. Stewart, med ical director of the tii county health department will preside. Rev. Jim Howard, pastor of the Prinevile Baptist church, will give the invocation. Rev. D. L. Pen hollow, pastor of the Powell Butte Christian church, will be vocal soloist. Mrs. Charles Houston will play the processional. A reception for the graduates will follow the program. Refresh ments will be provided by the Central Oregon area of OLPNA of which Mrs. Marion Dubuis is president. a' "mi ri 'in imm imr imi iKiiiMm i L Lmm m i' ii nrrrr -' CENTRAL OREGON'S Bend, Deschutes County, Oregon, head of the OSC agriculture eco nomics department. It was indicated that the atten tion of the entire group will center on the reports tomorrow morning of the legislative committee, head ed by George Hosteller of Red mond. Several proposals to offset the chaos resulting in the dairy in dustry from the repeal of the milk marketing act last November arc expected to be presented. Harry Lane, Sherwood, has sub mitted a motion asking the state association to approve' in principle a contemplated legislative bill that would establish a minimum price limit for Grade A milk at Hie producers' level. The proposed law would be administered by an appointee of the governor and work under established orders. But Rider in his talk recom mended that "we look long and hard before we again subscribe to any program where we will place. ourselves in a position of being at the doorstep of the voting public. Rider emphasized that the slate's dairymen now have thrust upon them the opportunity to see If they have what it takes to run the show themselves. Give It A Try "Some people may believe It Is idealistic to think the dairy in dustry can run its own business, but I certainly believe we should give it a try before reaching for a crutch," Rider said. Rider pointed out that the flush production of milk for the year, the' spring months, is lust around the corner, and that little can be achieved in the way of legislative help this year. This, Rider noted, would also apply to any relief or aid which might be sought through a federal agency. Rider suggested that producer cooperatives in Oregon should avail themselves of every possible means at their disposal to handle this situation. He recommended use of a fed eral milk marketing plan "if it is the decision of the legislature and our Industry that we not have a state milk law, and if a sincere and honest attempt on the part of the Industry fails to control problems within our framework." work." ODA committee conferences got under way Wednesday afternoon and some were still in session this morning when the general meet ing opened. Routine Audit Check is Made Ed Zaliara, auditor from the state treasurer's office, said this morning he expects to complete his check of the financial records of Justice of the Peace O. W. Grubb by late this afternoon or tomorrow morning. Zahara explained that his audit was a routine check made once every two or three years, lie said it was part of a state-wide survey made on records kept by justices of the peace and district courts on traffic and game fines. DAILY NEWSPAPER Thursday. January 13, Boost in Pay To Services Also Favored , By JOHN W. FINNEY United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON (UP) Presi- dent Eisenhower today asked Con four years, set up a massive re serve training program for young men 17 and 18 years old and raise the pay of the armed services. Mr. Eisenhower proposed an ag gregate pay increase of 6.7 per cent in military pay. This is esti mated to cost about 750 million dollars in pay and allowances for men and women already in the armed services. The chief executive's reserve plan called for "volunteers" in the 17 and 18-year-old age bracket for six months basic training to be followed by active reserve parti cipation for 9 1-2 years, Would Us Draft Mr. Eisenhower gave no figure as to how many "volunteers would be needed. He said an "ade quate" number. The -Defense De partment has said the goal is 100,000 a year to start., The President said if. an "ade quate" number do not Wolunleer, authority should be gtveh to draft young men between the, ages of 181-2 and 19. r Men not volunteering or select ed, tor this program untitled form .of . universal muttaiy train ing, would continue subject! td calls by their draft boardilor :Jq years of regular military duiyf ai at present. For the first time, reserV duty for discharged draftees would be made compulsory. The President proposed "otner man nonorame' discharges for those who failed to carry out their assigned reserve duties. Military Strength Needed Mr. Eisenhower, in two mes sages to the House and Senate, said it shall always be the nation's nhinrtive. "In the nresent world situation, to maintain a military 'rom 378 to 392 pounds. Dulrymen force that we can support for ln ,he D.H.I A., ns the name Im ih mnv v.nr .hni mv h nee. P"es, are organized for the sole essary to dispel the shadow of Communist threat.' In asking extension through July 1, 1959, of the authority to induct young men for 24 months of train ing and service, Mr. Eisenhower said he saw "no reasonable pros pect, thut the world situation or technological advances, In the next four years, will render tlie druft unnecessary. In the cuse of doctors and dent ists, he recommended a draft ex tension of only two years beyond the present selective service ex piration date of next July . The President's military pay raise program did not include an across the board increaso, but was a plan of selective pay adjust ments to foster a professional ca reer service. Costa Rica Probe Gets Under Way SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (UR) A five nations commission arrived here today from Wastiington and began an immediate Investigation of Costa Rica's charges thai reb els, back by Nicaragua and Ven ezuela, have attacked this Central American country. The commission also will ex amine Costa Riran claims that reb- el planes parachuted machine I i;u(i ttnu iijh-s, iM-uiiug me .-xi ii.-in.mre l. layior. executive secre-' hammer and sickle marking to-tnry of the Deschutes county Red peasants in Die Villa Auesadaj Cross chanter, who stressed thai area, near this capital city. lit will probably lie two years be- The commission s first act was j fore Brooks can return to to order before it for Interrogalloniarea to repeat the training. Carlos Lara llein. one of the lead- rs of the revolt, who was cap - hired yesterday when government; Iroops recaptured from the insur-; enls the Important communica-.tnrs lions and railway center of Vi!lajhecn sent to all who are knon to ijucsada, 30 miles irom tne capital.; Mra was Identified as the lead- er of one of the small rebel col umns which seized Villa Ouesada the first day of the revolt. Nineteen other rebels were captured duringjwho may have been missed tele the action which drove the Insur-lphnne the local Red Cross office gents from the city. Nine of thenTtCT, not later than 5 p.m. Friday, have been brought to San JoseiChargej on out-of-town calls may for questioning. I be reversed, Mrs. Taylor said. I 1955 ft $ Lit ' S! J HlliH CKOuUCtR Meet 'UuteV on the Butler road east of Bend. mm ana oto pounas ot Durrenar. ine nera naa tne nignest milk and buttertat average per cow of any on test this past year in the Central Oregon Dairy Herd Improvement Association. Mr. and Mrs. Smead are shown here attempting to get "Dutch" to strike a pose for a picture, but she was a bit reluctant. (Bend Bulletin Photo) ' Walter Smead's Dairy Herd Seh Top Production Marks By MARTHA STRANAHAN Bulletin Correspondent REDMOND Walter Smead, Bend dairyman, had the high pro duction herd and single high milk production cow last year, accord ing to Central Oregon Dairy Herd Improvement Association records released by association supervisor Steven Hoolcy. Smithy , a seven year old Hol- steln cow In Smead's Holsteln Frlesian herd, produced 17,740 pounds, or 8,341 quarts of milk lnl 1964. His herd finished the testing year on top lor both -milk and buttenat , produced. His cows gave an -avernee- pound . oil unlllr mp fnnj b luw all lima Ulirh ....... p.. ,w,T, M ..T, ....... .,. for the D.H.I.A. The average but terfat production for the 41 cow herd was 492 pounds. C, L. Allen, Tumalo, owns the ten-year-old registered Guernsey, "Dora", which took single high honors for butterfat with pounds. She gave 14,440 pounds of muK . uuring me lesiing year. Hooley's report shows that the association average production of milk Increased 134 pounds per cow during the past year, from 9,120 to 3,244, and average butter- fat Increased 14 pounds per cow Red Cross Plans First Aid Course A 15-hour course to train instruc tors ln first aid will be offered in Deschutes county Jan. 17-21. Murry Brooks, first aid field rep resentative from the Pacific area office of American National Red Cross in San Francisco, will be the instructor. The course will bey'glven in five three-hour sessions, at a. time and place to meet the convenience of the greatest number of persons who are Interested. The first meet ing will be Monday, Jun. 17, at 7 p.m. In the county court room of the court house, in Bend. All persons who have current advanced first aid cards are eli gible for the course, and persons who have been instructors in the past but have let their certificates expire through lack of use arc asked to make special arrange ments for refresher courses. Everyone who takes the Instructor training is expected to teach at least one class each year. Failure to do this causes the card to ex nire, requiring a refresher course for reinstatement "We feel that it is Imperative that the maximum number of per sons who are able to do so take advantage of the opportunity to complete this course," said Mrs The I'.ed Cross and Ihe civil de- fern organization have plans for: an exteniive first aid program which Is dependent upon inslrur for realization. Letters have the local Red Cross oltico to tie ell gible for Ihe training Mrs. Tay'o urged that those who received let ters answer promptly, and tha I newcomers 10 ine coumy or uuic-i Fourteen Pages 'n I v,.i iM. ;i:i-f a Holitein cow in the herd In her lst lactation period, "Dutch" produced 17,500 pounds of purpose of improving their herds, and Hooley indicates .that is just what they have done. Other records show that In 1954. 25 cows finished the year with production of more than 550 pounds butterfat, as compared to only 15 cows making that goal the year previous. Hooley attrib utes this largely to closer culling of poor cows. He reports a total of 193 cows culled during the last testing year. Close behind "Smithy": ln milk1 np1,ii.Hnn' In 1H nnw.latlr.n wi 1 .r.i.- .Zrrm." ","Hure. mn is MUeved to be about - year old Holsteln who gave 17 ,520l pounds; "Kitten , a seven year old registered Holsteln Frlesian owned by James Frakes wtth 17, 250 pounds: and "Snowball", an other Smead cow, In her first lac tation, with 17,0-10 pounds of milk. Other high butterfut producer: in the association were "Cherub a seven year old registered Jersey owned by Ruby S. Lamb, with 600 pounds of butterfat: "I ranees Red Elliott's five year old Ho! stein who gave 65G pounds; and another five year old Holsteln, "Beauty", owned by Leslie Clau son, whose record was 635 pounds butterfat. Following Smead In average but terfat production per cow were ... iKiu wnn u poanos,.Nornu , .,. . . frakes with 4G7 and All,,,, 4SK pounds. Frakes followed Smead in aver age milk production per cow with his herd giving 13,143 pounds of milk, Harry Hulechek with 11,098, and Bertil Nelson, 10,097. Maupin Project Sought by Coon WASHINGTON (UP) A bill seeking authorization of a half million dollar irrigation project near Maupin, Ore. was introduced in Congress 'today by Rep. Sam Coon (R-Ore). The project would Irrigate about 2,000 acres of Juniper flat. It call-- for federal construction of a rock fill dam and reservoir on the head waters ot Clear Creek, a tributary of the White River. (s Coon said the proposed dam will enlarge Clear I-ake to create a Wasoo reservoir with n storage capacity of nearly 12,000,000 acn feet. The project was approved earlier hy Secretary of Interior Douglas McKay. The bill calls for project coal to he recovered over a 40 year period by the water users. Oregon Senators i i JOIfl Ofl MeflSUTe WASHINGTON (Ul'l Oregon's Ihis.lwu senators Joined with Sen. Lis ter Hill of Ala. today in Intro ducing an emergency school con ((ruction bill which could turn ilxml 10-m i 11 ion dollars into Ore gon. S'-ns. Wayne Morse and Richard L. Neulierger pi-opo-sed an outlay of 500-million dollars over each of the next two years to help build elementary and secondary schools The bill calls for complete local control of education. Neuberger snld the measure should ease the burden on Oregon taxpayers as "well as provide better schools (or our youth." High and Low Max. Yesterday, 41 de grees. Min. last night, 23 degrees. Sunset today, 4:50. Sunrise tomorrow, 7:38. No. 32 ot Mr. and Mrs. Wa tar Smead Moisture Low n Snow Checked By Survey Group wit-gun, ncvuuu unu luano, late Wednesday completed tests ot new equipment in the Dutch man Flat area, and, while there, made measurements of the snow pack. ' Covering.' the New Dutchman Flat course Is 69.5 inches of snow, Unlitlne, nnlll 1 J '1 (n nl I ''J J . .1 mv.ima II IWUJ- , j, Four different tvnes nf tirinw tractors were tested in the trial runs over tlie mountain course. purpose ol the trial runs was to test experiment models under con ditions that will be faced in snow survey work. t The equipment was moved into the snow line on the Cascades Lakes highway Tuesday afternoon. and the trials continued through Wednesday. Among ihose watching the trials and lesiing the equipment were A. W. Work, head of Ihe coopera-' tive snow survey units, with head quarters In Portland; IV. T. Frost, in charge of Oregon snow surveys. and his assistant, Manes Barton; from Nl,va()a'. Jack ms tnnt snow survey leader in Idaho, and,' among others, Robert Beau mont, Work's assistant In Port land; Hal Biggerstaff and William Currier of tlie Deschutes Soil Con servation Service staff, and Oscar Mellin, in charge of the forest service repair shops in Bend. When in Bend today, Frost noted that Central Oregon faces an un usual condition this winter in the Cascade snow pack is abnormally low, yet Deschutes reservoirs are overflowing. The heavy reservoir storage in the Deschutes and Klamath basins is attributed to an abnormally heavy underground flow, from mountain snow of other season. yThis flow may he lacking in the vcoming year unless the Cascades receive abnormally h"avy snow between now and April 1, It was pointed out. In the group that watched the equipment tests Wednesday was Jasper Tucker of Medford. He represents a firm that has devel iped a new type of snow tractor. Top Redmond Jaycee Named Siieelal lo The Bulletin REDMOND William Hayes was named us outstanding Redmond Jnyree of the year, at the organ ization's annual award and instal lation banquet Wednesday night. Me is district No. 4 vice-president f Ihe Oregon Junior Chamber of Commerce. Al Kricg of Portland, state Jay cee parliamentarian. Installed the officers ami spoke on "The Jaycee Story " Itussell Washburn was Installed us president of the Redmond group. A gift was presented to Hayes. Ai Torsy sf.t OSWEGO (t'Pl An autopsy was slated today Into the death of four-year-old John G. Greer of Oswego. The lad severed a finger yes terday while playing with a hatch- el and was taken to a Portland hospital for treatment. He died four hours after he was admitted.