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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Deschutes County, Or.) 1917-1963 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 12, 1955)
Univ. of Orason Library Forecast Few scattered mow flurries Sunday; high both days 38 43; low tonight 23-28. 52nd Year One Section Sum Approve To Aid Study Of Centennial An appropriation of $330 for the Governor's Centennial committee was approved by the board of dir ectors of the local Chamber of . Commerce, meeting Friday noon ai tne ruot Butte Inn. The local donation, pooled with others from chambers across the state, will be used to finance . study of the possibility of holding a World Fair In Portland in 1959 to commemorate the state's 100th ; anniversary. V ' Deschutes county has been asked by the governor's committee to contribute $500 to the centennial , fund. Speaker at the February forum luncheon of the chamber will be ; Brig. Gen. S. W. Agee, command er of the 9th Air. Defense Divi- . sion, headquartered at Geiger r leld, Wash., Chamber Manager Marion Cady announced. ' The general has command of filter center operations through the Northwest, including the cen ter being planned here. The luncheon will be held in the Pine Tavern Feb. 25. -' Arrangements were made for the agriculture committee of the chamber to attend the egg mark eting meeting in Redmond and for the forestry committee to attend a U. S. Forestry hearing in Eu gene, both meetings scheduled for Wednesday. 'The forestry hearing will con cern proposed boundary changes in the Three Sisters Wilderness area. The forestry service has proposed withdrawing approximat ely 50,000 acres from the western side of the area and make a few boundary changes on the eastern side. - The local chamber is concerned with several of the boundary changes proposed for this side of the Cascades, The legislative committee of the chamber set a" meeting for Mon day noon to consider several bills before the legislature dealing with Central Oregon. Among bills sche duled for consideration is one set ting a speed limit for boats on Suttle lake. Nixon Leaves For Guatemala MEXICO CITY (UP) Vice President Richard M. Nixon left Mexico City by plane for Guate mala today on the third leg of his month-long goodwill tour of Cen tral American and the Caribbean. Before leaving, Nixon talked to reporters at a press conference in the U.S. Embassy. Nixon described Mexico as politically "mature and stable" and an economically "awakening giant." He said that President Eisen hower "thinks there is no more important objective of U.S. foreign policy than good relations between Mexico and the United States." Nixon praised Mexico's Presi dent Adolfo Ruiz Cortines as "one of the greatest national leaders of this age," and credited his leader ship for the political and economic progress of this country in recent years. Work Completed On Stilling Basin Special to The Bulletin MADRAS Repair work on the Wickiup reservoir stilling basin is complete, and after a period to allow the concrete to cure prop erly, water was turned through the outlet works Monday, Carlos Ran dolph, manager of the Deschutes project, reported. Water has been overflowing since early January when the res ervoir became full and it was im possible to divert the water be cause of repair work underway. The emergency spillways will be closed in about one week, Ran dolph stated Wednesday. Earth plugs will be used to effect the closing. Water traveled about three and one-half miles through timber land before entering the Deschutes riv er about one mile below the reser voir and damage to land and riv er was far below that predicted by some sources. Randolph stated The water outlook for the North Irrigation project during the 1955 Irrigation season is good, Randolph has explained. The reservoir has been full all winter and indica tions are that the flow of the Des chutes will hold up. THE BEM); Redmond Man Admits Robbery 'Make Believe Jason L Cowles, 204 S. 9th, Redmond, confessed to state and Redmond pollre Friday that the wrong arm robbery he reported Tuesday wag "make believe. In a signed statement Cowles said: "The robbery was all make believe. I, Jason I,. Cowl, did the robbery myself; so all an gles are make believe." According to state police, Cowles told them that he had pocketed some household money and had feigned the robbery as a coverup. Cowles called Redmond pollre Tuesday reporting two men had slugged him unconscious at his home, and robbed him of 16. Police Immediately initiated n search for the reported thugs but subsequently grew suspicious of Cowles' story and questioned him at length about details. Cowles under questioning con fessed He had concocted the story. French Farmers Stage Protest PARIS (UP) Thouands of angry farmers blocked highways across the nation with carts and tractors today in protest against low farm prices and the drive against alcoholism by ousted Pre mier Pierre Mendes-France. It was the grand "day of pro tests for the wine-drinking peas ants who have been demonstrating with growing anger against the Mendes-France anti-alcoholic cam paign and the prices they are getting for farm products. They lined up 200 tractors in the famed cathedral town of Chartres and began giving away sacks of potatoes rather than sell them at what they consider too small a profit. Farmers blocked roads with long lines of creaking vehicles In at least 10 departments of France and passed out anti-government literature and waved placards cry ing "milk misery!" The demonstrations were organ ized by the National Federation of Agricultural Growers which will hold a national congress in Paris next Tuesday and Wednesday. Many farmers today carried bot tles of wine from which they drank regularly and flourished a bottle of milk reading: "Reserved for Presi dent Mendes-France." Fluoridation Report Made PORTLAND (UP)-Fluoridation of public water at Gearhart, on the Oregon coast, has brought about an 82 per cent decrease in tooth decay among six-year-old children there. The State Board of Health an nounced here today that a study just completed showed the 82 per cent reduction in decayed, miss ing and filled teeth among six- year-olds, and a 42 per cent de crease in tooh problems among seven-year-old Gearhart children. Dr. David Witter, director of the board's dental health section, said the program resulted in a 23 per cent decay reduction for the entire 6-12 age group in Gearhart. The city-wide fluoridation program be gan In July, 1951. ma Mm ( I c, I OFF lO SEE GOVERNOR These two Central Oregon Boy Scouts and a Cub Scout headed for Salem early today for a conference with Paul Patter son, governor of Oregon. From the left they are Mickey Foley, from Scout troop 21, Bend; Brian McNeal, Prineville Eagle Scout with 53 merit badges, and Cub Scout Fred Hamm, from Pack 24, Bend. (Bend Bulletin Photo.) Fremont Scout Trio Visits With Governor Two Boy Scouts and one Cub Scout from the Fremont district eft for Salem early this morning or a conference with Governor 'aul Patterson. In Salem, the trio joined boys 'rom the various Scout councils f Oregon, in submitting progress reports to Governor Patterson on he occasion of the national obser vance of the 45th anniversary of the founding of the Boy Scouts of At Least 1 8 Die in Blaze On Skid Row CHICAGO (UP) Fire struck a crowded hotel for men on a near West Side "skid row" street early loaay, Killing at least 18 men and driving about 520 others into the street in sub-zero temperatures. At least a dozen were injured and taken to Cook County Hospital where doctors said some might die. Ihe Look County morgue liad 18 bodies. Fire Marshal John llaber- korn said this was all the known dead but the ice-coated ruins would be searched the rest of the day. Damaged floors hampeivd firemen in the search. Trapped III Cubicles An hour earlier, firemen and Uie coroner's office had put the dead at 20 with the sighting of what .earchcrs believed were two addi tional bodies in the ruins. When finally reached, the objects proved to he bundles of debris. Firemen said most of the upper .our floors were partitioned off into cubicles of wood, corrugated ron and wire mesh, each about five feet wide and holding a single bed. Some of the victims wore trapped in these, and olheiis were killed or injured as they struggled out of them into passageways. Scores of the homeless jammed into the Salvation Army Harbor Lights Mission nearby. Many had escaped in nothing but their under. wear. Plan Investigation As Ihe death total rose, firemen were forced to abandon their lad ders, which they were using for entry into upper floors, because they were bent beneath the weight of ice. Fire equipment was caked with ice. It was the third extra-alnrm fire in the area near the western lior- ders of the Chicago Loop since Thursday. Coroner Walter E. McCarron, on the scene shortly after the fire was reported, said he would coduct an inquest Monday, using a "blue ribbon" coroner's -jury to direct the investigation. McCarron recalled that several Chicago fires in the past two years had taken lives and said he was going to demand prosecution of those responsible for the conditions which led to fatalities. 'Life is precious," he said. "It's about time we did something about these places that take lives." Hearing Date Moved Ahead The fish and game committee hearing on the Suttle Lake bill, scheduled for Feb. 18 in the cap ital building in Salem, has been moved up to Thursday evening, Feb. 17, at 8 o'clock in the leg- slative chambers, according to word received this morning from H. H. DeArmond, state represen tative from this district: The bill has to do with restric tion of speed boats on Suttle Lake, and has developed into one of the hottest issues at this session of the legislature according to Cham ber of Commerce Manager Mari on Cady, who had a telephone con versation this morning with De Armond. A number of local residents have expressed the intention of goingbroueht aeainst Mr. and Mrs. Ad to Salem for the hearing. America Making Ihe trip from Central Oregon were Brian McNeal, an Eagle scout with 53 merit badges from the LDS sponsored troop No. 65 In Prineville; Fred Hamm, from Cub pack 24, sponsored by the Catholic church in Bend, and Mickey Foley, representing Troop No. 21, sponsored by the Metho dist church In Bend. The mid-Oregon Scouts were ac J Mr .1 CENTRAL OREGON'S Bend. Deschutes County. Oregon. Saturday. February 12, 1955 To Ease Strain Junior By WI1.MAM WARREN United Press Staff Correspondent SALEM (UP) A bill to encour age the establishment of junior colleges in Oregon, thereby re lieving the load on the state's four-year Institutions of higher learning, will be introduced in the Oregon house by Rep, Harvey De Armona (K-tiendl. At present Oregon has only one junior college, at Bend, and so far it has been financed entirely by Bend school district No. 1. In con trast, California has some 50 junior; olleges, to ease the strain on its four-year institutions. Central Oregon College at Bend furnishes two years of college ed ucation and, its advocates say,, furnishes valuable Instruction to Indents financially unable to at tend a four-year college which is remote from-home. About a fourth of the students there live outside the Bend school district No. 1, al though Ihe district pays -all the bills on the courses they take ex- cent for student fees. Under terms of De Armond's bill, which has been signed by several other legislators, the de partment " iif higher education would pay $1000 to the college. ultis $100 for each full-time stu dent with ' n limitation to the state's contribution of not more than half the operating c ists after student fees are credited against the budgets. The slate would pay milling toward construction costs. In Ihe case of Central Oregon College, Ihe state's contribution would amount to lesssthan J10.000 a year, and similar amounts might be expected in oilier junior col leges created in Oregon. Pelton Hearing Due March 2 PORTLAND (UP) The Pelton dam rase which has resulted in exhaustive' arguments on the fish yeara will go before the U. S. Su preme Court March 2 with sov- reignty and not salmon the issue. Arthur G. Higgs, dtVuty attor ney general who will present the state's case, said the high court would determine which level of government has sovereignty in the matter. The federal 'government claims the right to authorize Portland General Electric Company to use Deschutes river water by virtue of federal land ownership at the proposed dam site. The Slate Game Commission contends that use of Ihe waters in a non-navigable stream is a sov ereign function of the states. The commission was upheld in this by the Circuit Court of Appeals. The controversy on the Pelton dam started in 1949 when PGE applied for permission with the Slate Hydroelectric Commission to build the structure. It has been aging since, with fishing interests specially opposed to the dam. SUITS FILED The Credit Bureaus Adjustment Department, Inc., filed two col lection suits in local circuit court here Thursday. Named defendant in an action for $991 was Robert L. Rennels. The other suit, for $400,- was rian W. Johnson. companied to Salem by Jack Smith, Bend, district executive, and met with Governor Patterson in the executive office at 10:30 a.m. ..After the Scouts submitted their council reports to the governor, they were taken on a tour of the ranitol building and trmuivK joined in a dinner and will return to their homes this evening. BUM ; DAILY NEWSPAPER on Bigger of College Measure As a "pilot program" of what other communities might expect of their junior colleges, students at Central Oregon College pay $165 a year for full-time study and proportionately less for those at tending part-time. The balance of the operating cost in the case of the Bend institution is made up In Ihe school district's budget. J De Armond said that Junior col leges ease the strain on the four- fcillr-.r r ,n,yt1mi rri-r i.rwt'ifl H - HI lliraMMMMMMMMMMMIMj TALL STACK TOPPLED A 1 65-foot high smoke stack erected at the Shev-lin-Hixon mill 40 years ago was toppled this week, as a safety measure. The lofty stack is pictured here as it crashed toward the ground. As the result of a photograph illusion, the tower appears to be falling through power lines. not a wire was touched. (Photo for The Bulletin by. Paul Hosmer.) Top 1 Studeito? At Bend High Are Reported Knthryn Willcox is valedictorian of the 1955 Bend high school gradu ating class and Earl Corkett is salutatorian, according to an nouncement made by Lloyd E. Reed, senior class adviser, who said that there is less spread In the grade averages of the top bracket- students than there has been for a number of years. Ele ven students are on the "top ten" list this year, because of a tie for tenth placq. The top scholars include eight girls and three boys. The top students and their grade averages ore as follows: Kathryn Willcox, 1.10; Earl Corkett, 1.14; Larry Mize, 1.173; Lynn Schrock; 1.175; Barbara Cheney, 1.29; Ton ya Wolf, 1.30; Shirley Edmison. 1.31; Clifford Nelson, , 134; Pat Crawford, 1.36; Donna Gumpert, 1.39: Gail Thompson, 1.39. Commencement exercises for the class, probably the-last re ceive their diplomas in the old gymnasium, will be held Friday, June 3. The baccalaureate serv ice will be Sunday evening, May 29. Speakers and musicians will be selected from the class mem bership. Indications are that this year's class will be larger, toy several students, than classes to graduate in the past two or three years. It is not the largest class in the his tory of the school, however. At present, 129 seniors are enrolled nnd will be eligible for graduation if they complete their courses with acceptable grades. Blinded Korean Veteran Pledged To Honor Group Sperlul to The Bulletin lI'.I)MONI Dies Nooe,' fresh man at the Ij'nlvenilly of Oregon, has been accorded nieiiiherlilp In I'lil Kla Sigma, freshman hon orary academic fraternity, ac cording to his niiilher, Mrs. Har ry Hy. Th'i young man. who lost hi sight In Korean lighting, has tak en special Irnlnhig in Chicago and in now g-riin? nit with his eollewe work, miUHnr In sociolo gy. He. has made the honor roll, a reffuh-ement for riicmbershlp In the honorary. Dick stuilles from records, takes note on wriber, and has student reader who read to him hi step father, Harry Sly, visit ed with him nn the rumpus last weekend. JETIN Oregon's State year schools by giving Instruction to first and second year students He pointed out that many stu dents drop out of the four . year schools by the end of the second year. On the other hand, junior college students who have "found themselves" In those two years of study and know in. which direction they want to go, can go on to take their second two years at the four-year schools and get much T S-H Smokestack Comes Down As Safety Measure A 12-ton, 165-foot high smoke stack erected 40 years ago when the Shevlin-Hixon Company mill was constructed here has been dis mantled as a safety measure. The big stack, brick case ofi which hod been weakened through removal of equipment in the aban doned mill, toppled Thursday eve ning with a thunderous crash, and spectators said it was dropped as neatly ns a full pine. Steps to dismantle the lofty stack were taken when high, gus ty winds earlier in the week caused the column of sleel to sway The smoke stack was eight feet in diameler and approximately 24 feet in circumference. ' In lowering the stack, all but one of the guy wires were re moved, and the remaining wire was attached to a tractor. Grounds were cleared, the tractor gave a gentle pull and the high stack crashed to the earth, right along the path the crew in charge ad mapped. In lowering te stack, power lines had to be considered. With the melal slack down, sal vage crews started work and by Friday evening the metal was re duced to scrap. The smoke stack was one of sev eral at the former Shevlin-Hixon plant Dial towered over the mill area since 1915. Policy Reversal Seen by Malone WASHINGTON (UP) Sen. George W. Malone's office said today the Foreign Operations Ad ministration has reversed Its policy of allowing countries lo purchase leather hides with FOA money on the world market rather than from the United Stales. Malone had said in a statement that "there is no reason why we should finance the rattle and hide industry of other nations while our own caltlmen are going broke." The Nevada Republican had criticized the FOA for not restrict ing the buying to the American cattle industry which Is "desper ately in need pf assistance" be cause of droiu;ht conditions. He pointed out that FOA gave South Korea $500,000 to buy hides on the world market, His office said Ihe FOA has promised that as long as- America has hides to exnott all future pur chases with FOA money will be made In this country. II said the FOA had reported It was probably too late to stop the South Korea purchase. Eight Pages Schools Planned more educational benefit as a re sult. A second function of the junior colleges, as the Bend Bulletin re cently pointed out, Is to take care of the . student who needs some work , beyond the high school level but does not desire a four-year course in his field. This would In clude such classifications as me chanics, business courses, and argicultural short courses. A, ' . ' v , Report Due By Hoover Commission By JOHN L. CUTTER United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON (UP)-A startling picture of the federal government soon will be displayed to American taxpayers by the Hoover Commis sion on government reorganiza tion. The commission, headed by for mer President Herbert Hoover, will send its first report to Congress on Monday. This one will deal with the Civil Service. This and other reports lo come will reflect the most comprehensive study ever made of where tax money goes. There will be about 20 reports by the time the 12-member bi-partisan group; set up by Congress in 1953, closes shop on Muy 31. Some will highlight Ihe most controversial issues of the day such as public versus private power, and government spending and lend ing policies. Could Save Millions Advocates of (ho study believe it could save billions of dollars if some functions were abolished and efficiency and economy were imposed on others. The 19-17 Hoover commission, even within Its limited sphere, sub mitted recommendations estimated lo save 4-blllion dollars if com pletely adopted. About 75 per cent were accepted. If seurch of ways to save money and make the government more efficient, ' Ihe commission sent "task forces" digging into virtu 'lllv every government activity. Here are some samples of their findings: landing: There are 101 federa1 agencies which to some extent lend money directly or guarantee loan1' by private institutions. The polen "Inl liability of which only r fraction is likely to be an actual loss exceeds 250-billinn dollars Siiniliis: The government has ac cumulated almost 30-billion dollar worlh of real estate and personal nronerly which is surplus to it' needs of is obsolete. It spends mil lions a vear just for warehousing and taking care of stuff it doesn't need. Ciinim-tlllon: About 1.500 federal activities are in direel competition with private business. I'HTer Work: The gnvernmen pends about 4-b'lllon dollars a vear spawning a flood of 25-hlllion nieces of paper In forms, question nnlres. etc. This Includes the In come tax blanks which bring in the monev to nav for It all. Reclamation: S"endin? un to Jl. 700 an acre to Irrigate desert Ian'1 which, when reclaimed, Is worlh no more than J170 nn acre one- tenth of the cost of Improvement High and Low Max. yesterday. 42 degrees. Min. last night, 24 degrees. Sunset today. 5:30. Sunrise tomorrow, 7:08. No. 58 TachensJob Ended by U.S. Seventh Fleet By CI1AKI.ES COKDDRY ' United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON (UP)-The Navy said toduy that the U. S. Seventh Fleet, now that the Taehens evac uation is complete, will' resume its normal operations but will be "on the alert or any other opera tions on the China coast." . Part of its normal operations is to guard against any Chinese Communist invasion of Formosa. . Vice Adm. Robert P. Briscoe told reporters at a Pentagon brief ing that the removal of 28,500 Chi nese Nationalist Soldiers and civ ilians, plus 40,000 tons of military equipment, had "turned out to be an entirely routine operation." ., ' "Fortunately," he -added. Future Is Mystery When the final unloading ; of people and supplies at Formosa is completed, lie said, the 132 ships of the Seventh Fleet" "will pick up where they left off six days ago," Briscoe said, i He added that he Could not guess what might happen next. But he noted that around April 1 the weather tums good enough or possible sea activity , by Red China's small ships. He said the Seventh Fleet would be "on the alert1' for any offen sive operations by the Chinese Reds. , Meanwhile,, high military offi- cials doubted that Red China will make any big effort in the imme diate future to capture the Nationalist-held coastal Island grups of Matsu and Quemoy now that the Tachen evacuation Is over. Expect Probing Attacks These leaders believe, however. that the Communists wlU go on trying to moke trouble In ; the Formosa Straits, probably with probing attacks In the next two or three, months. ; . ' Gen. Nathan F. . Twining, Air chief of staff," announced that the. 18th Fighter-Bomber Wing which has been assisting in the evacua tion will fly back to Okinawa and the Philippines. Briscoe said bad weather caused a five-hour halt at one stage of the Taehens evacuation.' The last 24 hours of the touchy operation was "pretty bad because of rough weather," he said. Never theless, the operation was finished 24 hours ahead of schedule with no serious casualties to Amerl- , cans or Chinese, Briscoe said. Numbers Involved Briscoe said 34,000 U. S. per sonnel were involved in the opera Tachens Included 10,000 soldiers, 4000. guerrillas, and 14,500 civil inns. He said Vice Adm. A. M. Pride, commanding the Seventh Fleet, reported nothing left of any use on the Taehens, including tin caas." ' ... Hudspeths Buy ; Huge Acreage i Special to The Bulletin PRINF.VILLE Purchase by the Hudspeth Land & Livestock cor poration of six ranches, livestock and equipment, huvlng an estima ted value of $1,600,000 was an nounced here this weekend. Included in the holdings pur-., chased by the Hudspeth Interests : is the historic Keystone and Bonne view properties. These two ranch es are said to account for $1, 000,000 of Ihe big sale. Keystone? was purchased from J. L. Jacobs t and Sons and included 13,000 of deeded property. ' The transaction adds about 85, 000 acres to the already extensive Hudspeth holdings. The Keystone ranch is just east if the Ochoco reservoir. The big Honnie View ranch is between Post and Summit Prairie and was wned by F'red Wickman ol the :s a lease option deal and involves 10.O00 acres of deeded land, and ilso some leased land. The six-rnnch purchase Includes ibout 2.230 head of cattle. One unit of the purchases in cludes 4.000 acres of deeded land in the Summit Prairie country owned by Red Wickman of the Hay Creek ranch. In Jefferson county. Purchiise nrice of this ac reage' was $200 000. Another ranch bought by Ihe , Hudspeth interests was that of Frank Houston, near Bear Creek, and Includes 3.800 acres. Also pur chased were the Orrin Bronson . rnnrh on Crooked river; the J. A. Hickman ranch at Powell Butte and the 'Mabel Winters holdings adloining Ihe Powell Butte property.
