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52nd Year One Section
Senate Holds
First Session
On Saturday
By WIMJAM WARREN
I'nited Pre Staff Correspondent
SALKM (UP)The Senate tack
led a dozen bills today at its first
Saturday meeting to clear the way
for a running start Monday into
. the ninth week of the session.
' But the House adjourned until
Monday after a strenuous Friday
Struggle both morning and after
noon that saw seven out of eight
mils in the taxation package sur
vive floor debate.
Members rejected only one of
the hills presented by the Interim
Tax Study Committee to revise
and modernize Oregon's property
assessment and appraisal system.
1 lie defeated bill would have con
tinued the present reappraisal pro
gram in the 36 counties, making
a new appraisal every four years
mandatory and requiring that only
appraisers qualified by examina
tion be used in the program.
That proposal was defeated 31
to 25 by members who said it
would relegate county assessors to
the position of record clerks and
give a disproportionate amount of
authority to the State Tax Com
mission. i
Only one other bill in the pack
age was seriously but unsuccess
fully challenged. It would, if
passed by the Senate and signed
by the governor, re-define the
term true cash value on the basis
of market value. That is defined
in the bill as passed as "the high
est price in terms of money which
a property will bring when ex
posed for sale in the open market,
with a reasonable time allowed to
find a purchaser, buying with a
full knowledge of all the uses and
purposes for which it is capable
of being used."
Values determined on that defini
tion would be the basis on which
county assessors would levy and
collect property taxes. The defini
tion was adopted by a vote of 34
to 24.
In other floor action yesterday,
the House passed a bill giving Jus
tice Courts the same authority
now enjoyed by District and Cir
cuit Courts in suspending fines and
sentences where such leniency ap
pears to be in the public interest.
Another bill would exempt district
attorneys from the law which re
quires vacancies to be filled by
appointment from the same party
as the vacating official. Rep. Har
vey DeArmond (R-Bend) asked for
approval of the measure with the
emergency clause because of a
situation in Crook county where
the Democratic district attorney
wishes to resign and there are no
Democratic attorneys to replace
him.
Baseball Meeting
Planned Monday
A public meeting will be held
Monday at 8 p.m. in the circuit
court room at the Deschutes coun
ty courthouse for the purpose of
making plans for Bend's entry in
a summer baseball league.
B. A. Stover, co-chairman with
Hugh Cole of a volunteer commit
tee working on the project, told
directors of the Chamber of Com
merce at their Friday noon meet
ing that local mills had agreed
to provide the necessary number
of jobs for players.
Mills, cooperating in the project
are Brooks-Scanlon, Inc., the Leo
nard Lundgren Lumber company
and Oregon Trail Box company.
Over $1,000 has been raised from
among local businessmen for the
support of the team, Stover said.
About $1500 additional will be
needed before the start of the sea
son to meet uniform and other
casts.
Current plans call for 20 home
games for the team in a league
composed of Bend, Medford, Co
quille. Roseburg and other com
munities, Stover said. Teams in
Salem and Eugene also have evi
denced interest in home-and-home
series with the Bend team, he said
All Oregon State college players
who played on last summer's Bend
team have said they would like
to return. Stover told the Cham
ber directors, and other players
from OSC and other college teams
are expected to join them.
RESIONS POST
THE DALLES (UP) -William E.
Hansen, city manager of The
Dalles for about the last two
months, yesterday submitted a
letter of resignation to Mayor M.
A Davidson.
Hansen came here January 17.
He formerly was city manager at
Springfield, Mo.
THE BEND
Coldest Mark
For March Since
1917 Noted Here
Bend last night experienced Its
coldest March weather since 1917
when the mercury slumped to -1.
It was Bend's first sub-zero mnrk
in more than three years.
Although the reading was low
for March, it was far from an all
time low for the month. Twice be
fore in the half-centry history of
the local weather station the mer
cury droppend below zero, and
both times the reading was -13.
First of these low marks was
recorded in 1906, the second in
1917.
Sub-zero marks were reported
from a number of points in the
higher country to the south last
night with,Shevlin, frequently Ore
gon s ice box this winter, regis
tering the lowest mark reported
from any part of the state.
The low at Shevlin for the night
was -14, Clinton M. Olson tele
phoned to the Brooks-Scanlon, Inc.,
office here this morning.
Bend's low for the night was
registered at sunrise, with clouds
of vapor drifting from the Mirror
Pond.
Clear, brisk weather was gene
ral over Central Oregon in the
morning hours. Roads over Cas
cades passes were covered with
packed, but well-sanded snow and
traffic was moving over the high
divide without trouble.
Some slick spots were reported,
Meeting Held
By Polio Group
Directors of the Deschutes coun
ty chapter of the National Foun
dation for Infantile Paralysis at
their annual meeting Friday heard
plans for a program of Salk ser
um inoculations for Central Ore
gon school children, and learned
that contributions to the 1955
March of Dimes in Deschutes
county totaled $9,024.62.
Dr. J. H. Stewart, medical dir
ector of the Tri-County Health De
partment, reported that definite
plans have not been made for the
Salk serum innoculations, but that
Deschutes, Jefferson and Crook
county school children will be in
cluded in the program. Miss Wil
liam Niskanen, chapter chairman,
who presided, said that if use of
the serum proves as successful as
anticipated, innoculation will be
available to second grade pupils
in the trl-county area.
Dr. Stewart said that some 300
shots of gamma globulin have been
administered since last summer
to polio patients and children ex
posed to the disease.
Eugene M. Bucknum, March of
Dimes fund chairman, reported on
the recent drive, and expressed
appreciation for the work done
by clubs, lodges, Granges and In
dividuals. Of the total amount,
$6,077.07 was raised in 'Bend and
LaPine, $2502.26 in Bend and
$445.29 in Sisters.
The radio talent show in Bend
brought in $1300, the Mothers'
March accounted for $772, and sale
of lapel crutches by the Camp
Fire Girls brought in $335. In the
Block of Dimes sponsored by Ju
nior Order of Eagles, collections
totaled $71. Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Shepard took over the rural areas
and all communities participated.
R. L. Yarnes, treasurer, submit
ted his report and stated that all
outstanding bills will be paid. Oth
er board members present were
Miss 'Evelyne Wipf, secretary, Al
len Young and Dr. R. L. Cutter.
The meeting was held at the Pine
Tavern.
Allen Young, chairman of the
nominating committee, made his
report, results of which will be
announced later.
5-Week Police School to Be Held in Bend
Officers in 4-County Area Are Invifed
First class in an advanced po
lice school to be held two days a
w?ek for five weeks will be held
hire next Friday, Police Chief
John T. Truett announced this
morning.
The school, which will cover ad
vanced investigation techniques,
is sponsored by the Oregon Asso
ciation of City Police officers and
will be open to officers from Cen
tral Oregon enforcement agencies.
Similar classes will be held In
other Darts of Oregon. March
through April. Cooperating with
the police association in putting on
the series of classes are the Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation. Or
egon State Police, League of Ore
eon Cities, Bureau of Municinal
Research and Service, University
of Oreeon.
Invited to attend the local ses
sions hav been police depart
ments of Bums- Hlnes, Madras
Prinevflle, Redmond. Sisters and
sheriffs of Crook, Harney, Jeffer-
Bend,
Egypt Claims
New Attack
From Israel
GAZA, Egyptian-Israeli Frontier
(UP) The Egyptian military gov
ernor of Gaza accused Israel of
firing artillery at an Egyptian
outpost last night, touching off new
waves of anti-Israel feelings in this
tense border area.
No casualties were reported but
the 300,000 residents of the Gaza
strip bordering Israel were uneasy
and the government warned that
troops will open fire if threatened
demonstrations materialize.
Authorities evacuated the fami
lies of United Nations truce ob
servers here to Jerusalem, Jordan,
mking them across the truce de
marcation line in cars flying the
U.N. flag. Families of U.N. relief
workers were nut evacuated.
"Stute Of Insecurity"
A spokesman explained the fam
ilies were evacuated because truce
observers often have to carry out
their duties at night and "we could
not leave our wives and children in
the state of insecurity at present
prevailing in Gaza."
Six wives and ten children were
rushed to safety i n c 1 u d 1 n g an
American, two Danes, a Belgian,
an Indian and a French woman
with their children.
Memebers of the U. N. Mixed
Armistice Commission and U.N
relief workers were provided with
armed guards and asked to stay
indoors whenever they could. They
were the target of two days of vio
lent rioting this week.
Second Israeli Action
Maj. Gen. Abdullah Rifaat,
Egyptian military governor, re
ported the latest incident. He said
Israeli artillery opened up during
the night on the Egyptian outpost
of Deir El Ballah near the scene
of last Monday's clashes in which
38 Egyptians and eight Israelis
died.
Rifaat said the Israeli guns fired
across the border for eight to 10
minutes. He said it was the second
time Israeli artillery had opened
fire at night since last Monday's
Gaza clash.
The incident occurred within
hours after the U.N. Security Coun
cil in New York urged both Israel
and Egypt to desist from any
provocation that could inflame the
Middle East and ordered Maj.
Gen. E. L. M. Burns, U.N. truce
supervisor, to fly to New York to
report.
Truce observers meanwhile had
reported their findings both to
Egyptian officials at Gaza and
Israeli officials In Jerusalem. They
were reported to confirm Egyptian
allegations that the Israelis infil
trated Egyptian territory and car
ried out armed and pre-planned
attacks.
Aerial Salute
Made on Friday
Three F-86-D North American
planes from Geiger Field flew ov
er Bend early Fridy afternoon, in
a salute to the local Ground Ob
server Corps and the filter cen
ter that is soon to take shape
here.
Before heading back for Geiger
Field, at Spokane, Wash., the
three planes, flying at a height
of about 1500 feet, criss-crossed
Bend, and were observed by many.
Staffs of many stores and offices
took time out for a glimpse of
the jets, part of the interceptor
command at Geiger Field.
On his recent visit to Bend,
Brig. Gen. Sam W. Agec. com
mander of the 9th Air Division,
said a flight of jets would be sent
on a sweep nvar Central Oregon. 1
son and Deschutes counties.
A basic school in police methods
was taught here during late fall.
The local class will meet Wed
nesdays and Fridays from March
11 to April 6. The meetings will
be held In the commission cham
bers of city hall.
Covered will be such subjects
as "Interrogation and Safe Bur
glary Investigations," "Bank Rob
bery." Aside from instruction in
investigation, lectures on law and
police ethics will also be offered.
Instructors scheduled for the ad
vanced course represent a number
of law enforcement agencies
state police. FBI. Portland police
Liquor Control Commission, U.S.
Marshal's office.
Representatives of several dif
ferent state and federal agencies
will Join In teaching the final class
of the school. The cldss. "Govern
mental Function." will be taught
by Thomas J. Sheridan, assistant
administrator, Oregon Liquor Con
CENTRAL OREGON'S
Deschutes County, Oregon, Saturday, March 5, 1955
NOW FOR A GOOD BOOK! Pictured here is a quiet corner of the Deschutes county libra
ry at last night's open house with George W. Agar, long time resident of Bend, wiping his glass
es for a closer look at books on animals, The open houso occasion was in connection with the 35th
anniversary of the founding of the county library. (Bend Bulletin Photo)
Board Handles
Routine Items
Several items of routine business
were handled by the board of dir
ectors of the Bend Chamber of
Commerce at the weekly meeting
Friday noon.
In addition, an industrialist from
St. Louis, Mo., who is considering
moving his plant to Bend met with
the directors. He had spent the
day previous to the meeting with
chairman Wilfred Jossy and mem
bers of the chamber's Industrial
committee.
B. 1 A. Stover reported on prog
ress of plans for Bend's entry in
a summer baseball league. At the
request of Stover, Chamber direc
tors voted to pay the team s league
entry fee.
Charles Beckley, agriculture In
slructor at Bend high school, re
ported on progress made by young
sters working with livestock pur
chased by the Chamber's agricul
ture committee for use in rrA
programs.
William Healy gave brief reports
on work on the merchants com
mittee, and R. W. Chandler report
ed on activities of the legislative
committee. Robert Foley read a
suggested resolution on the water
resources bill now in the state leg
islature. After some discussion the
resolution was referred to the leg
islative committee for considera
tion. Merrifield Offers
Blood Test Bill
SALEM (UP) Sen. John Merri
field of Portland introduced a bill
yesterday which would require
motorists suspected of drunken
driving to take blood tests to keep
their drivers' licenses.
The proposal would make pre
consent to a blood test a condition
of issuance or renewal of a
driver's license.
It would not prohibit a drunken
driving suspect from refusing to
take a test. However, if he did so
and was convicted the trial court
would be required to notify the
secretary of state which in turn
would be required to suspend the
driver's license for at least 90
days but not more than a year.
The measure was advocated by
Oregon Highway Lifesavers
trol commission; Capt. A. P. Oak
ley, Oregon Military District, U.S.
Army; and Harold Sexton, U.S.
Marshal.
Sexton is brother of T. D. Sex
ton, city commissioner.
Classes follow:
March 11, Public Relations and
Police Ethics; March 16, Laws of
Arrest. Search and Seizure? Mar
18, Interrogation and Safe Burgla
ry Investigations; March 25, Civil
Processes; March 30, Criminal
Processes; April 1, Bank Robbery;
April 6, Governmental Functions.
A final class. "Legislative Chan
ges in the Law," will be scheduled,
later in spring, according to the Bend, Edna and George Acree. at
announcement of the class pre-j home, and the following; Wilma
pared by the sponsoring police as-,Moerhing and Harvev Acree, Hap
sociation. j nv Camp, Calif; Edith Klawitter.
The classes will be held In the Buhl. Ida., and Ixtha Jacobs and
afternoon from 1:30 to 4:30. Only. Helen Steele, both in California,
exception will be the safe burgla-j The flnernl will be held In Bend,
rv Investigation class slated to Arrangements are In abeyance
take un at 9:30 In the morning
and continue through the day.
BULLETIN
DAILY NEWSPAPER
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35th Anniversary Celebrated
By Deschutes County Library
Somey200 persons visited the Des
chutes 'county library last night,
in connection with the 35th anni
versary open house that was high
lighted by tours, the showing of
a film and inspection of tables
holding special displays.
Miss' Eleanor Stephens of Salem,
stats librarian, and her adminis
trativeWssistant, Miss Eloise Eb-
ert, wte visitors, and Miss Ebert
spoke briefly to groups before the
showing of a film, "The Ameri
can Heritage in Tennessee.
Punch was served the visitors,
Addition Eyed
Five city commissioners yester
day surveyed the diamond and
grandstand facilities at the Bend
ball park to check the possibility
ot adding dressing rooms for the
players.
Suggestion that shower and
dressing room facilities be added
at the ball park was made by
B. A. Stover, co-chairman with
Hugh Colo of a volunteer commit
tee spearheading plans for Bend's
entry Into a summer baseball
league.
According to City Manager Wal
ter T. Thompson, Stover offered
to supply material and enlist vol
unteer labor for the project, but
asked the city to finance installa
tion of the hot water heaters and
plumbing fixtures.
On the survey trip of the ball
park were Mayor Hans Slagsvold,
Commissioners T. D. Sexton, W.
M. Loy, Vernon W. Larson and
Hap Taylor, City Recrcution Di
rector Wayne Hamilton, Stover
and Thompson.
No decision was taken on the
proposal to Improve the park pen
ding discussion at a regular ses
sion of the commission. Next meet
ing of the commission is scheduled
for March 16.
Following the survey of the park
the five commission members and
the city manager viewed two city
owned properties to set a mini
mum valuation. The lots are slat
ed for sale this month.
One of the lots lies west of the
canal on Franklin. The other pro
perty is on the south-west corner
of 6th and Lafayette.
The lots were acquired by the
city by foreclosure ot tax liens.
Bend Serviceman
Dies in Accident
Pfc. Lee Roy Acree, 19, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Acree, 1805 N.
First street, died March 4 from
injuries suffered in an automobile
accident near Columbia, Mo., it
was learned here today. He had
been in the service for about a
year, and was stationed at Fort
Knox, Ky
Lee Roy was born Dec. 12, 1935,
in Bend. He attended Bend Hii?h
school before entering the service.
In addition to his parents, sur
vivors include seven sisters and
two brothers. Thev are Elsie Ham-
by and Vinie Heinriek, both of
pending further word from Fort
'Knox. I
with wives of county commission
ers and women of the library
board serving as hostesses.
In the tours, visitors were shown
the various steps in choosing,
buying and preparing library ma
terials, with demonstrations of
maintenance, through repair, giv
en. Also available for inspection
was the bookmobile, which serves
the various library stations In the
county.
Pictures Taken
Miss Stephens was so Impressed
with the special exhibits In the
library that , she asked they be
left in ' place so she could take
pictures this morning. Miss Steph
ens and Miss Ebert stopped here
on their way to Klamath Falls,
where Miss Stephens was to ded
icate the new Klamath county 11-
bray this weekend.
One of the exhibits In the li
brary illustrated the history of the
institution since the magazine club
days half a century ago. Old books
on display in another part of the
library attracted much attention,
as did the displays of new books.
The tours took the visitors even
into the library basement, where
bound volumes of The Bend Bulle
tin and other publications are
available for reference. Also In
this part of the library is the
Mitchell collection of guns, some
ot them of Civil War vintage.
Serve as Guides
Members of the library staff
served as guides. Up to closing
time, a total of 178 signed a door
register. It was estimated that at
least 200, all adults, were visitors
during the evening despite a chill
that dropped the temperature to
the zero mark.
Visitors to the library learned
that the circulation this year Is
up some 30 per cent above that
of last year. The library now owns
more than 42,000 books.
For the year ending last June
30, a total of 186,685 books were
circulated. At least 50 per cent
of these books, Miss Eleanor F.
Brown, librarian, noted, are In the
library at all times. Since the li
brary has housing for only 18,000
books, if tightly crammed, she
said the library faces a storage
problem.
Books are being purchased at
the rate of about 1,000 a year, to
meet demands. .
Russians Claim
To Be Ahead in
Hydrogen Arms
IXINDON (UP) -Russia de
lared today that the United States
is well as Britain Is within the
range of "military retaliation"
with hydrogen Immbs.
A Moscow Radio broadcast
heard here ouoted Maj. Gen. F.
Tsayev ns saying In an article pub
lished In the Soviet publication
New Times that the Soviet Union
ilso is well ahead of the United
tates in production of hydrogen
vcannns.
The latest broadcast followed by
me day a similar announcement
hat the British Isles were vulner
able to hydrogen bomb attack In
my future war.
Under modern conditions the
United States ruling circles have
no grounds for hone that, should
they commit agression U.S. ter
ritory would remain outside mill-
tnry retaliation,
Isayev's article
Mid
Eight Pages
Ohio River's Rain-Swollen
Waters Expected to Exceed
Flood Stage by Three Feet
PITTSBURGH (UP)-The Ohio
River's rain-swollen waters rose
steadily today and weather fore
casters said levels three feet above
flood stage will be reached.
At Pittsburgh's Golden Triangle,
where the Allegheny and Mononga
hela Rivers meet to form the Ohio,
the water had reached 23.8 feet at
6 a.m. Flood stage is 25 feet.
The Ohio also was reported ris
ing rapidly at Wheeling, W.Va.
with a stage of 33.1 feet reported
at 4 a.m. Flood stage there is 36
:'eet.
The U.S. Weather Bureau pre
dicted Pittsburgh s three rivers
Senator Hardie
Gets Best Laugh
At Legislature
SALEM (UP) The Senate got
the best laugh of the session when
Sen. Eugene Allen , (R-Portland)
had a bill read yesterday after
noon making It a matter of consti
tutional law to treat other people
like farmers and so-called agri
culturists."
Sen. Lowell Steen.fR - Milton-
Freewater), himself In agriculture,
arose to say that if all people were
to be treated like farmers, they
would have to sell everything at
wholesale and buy everything at
retail.
Sen. Stewart Hardie (R-Condon)
arose to say with a serious face
that farmers were hard - working
people. He knew, because he
worked on a farm from the time
he was born until he was 20 years
old.
Sen. Allen asked him: "You say
you worked from the day you were
born; "Tell me, Senator, what did
you do the first day?
. Sen. Hardie hesitated a moment,
then brought the house down with:
; "Well, for the first six months,
I did the milking!"
Kapoho Now
Seems to Be
Doomed Town
HILO, Hawaii (UP) Fingers of
molten lava sizzling across high
ways practically cut off the tiny
village of Kapoho from civilization
today and the eastern tip of the
Islands of Hawaii was a mass of
boiling rock.
Kapoho apparently was doomed.
It got a temporary reprieve Friday
when the lava flow, at first re
ported to have engulfed the com
munity, split into two blood-red
streams and forked on both sides
of the village on its journey to the
sea.
Itoy Howard, editor of the New
York World - Telegram an dSun,
a Scripps - Howard newspaper,
was among passengers of a Pan-
American Stratocruiscr which was
diverted over the Kapoho area on
a flight from Los Angeles to Hon
olulu. Howard described the hellish
eruptions from Kllauea Volcano as
one that would "make Vesuvius
look like a pinwheel by compar
ison."
"It was like nothing I've seen
before," Howard said. "The lava
low came rolling down for all thr
world like a tumbling trout stream
but there afe no trout in that
river."
Howard said the upheaval was
"belching a curtain of fire 200 to
300 feet Into the air with great
hunks of blood-red lava- disintegrat
ing In the air like bursting bombs".
Late Friday night the fingers of
hissing lava crossed the last high
way barrier. A group of 27 legisla
tors who arrived from Honolulu to
Inspect the eruption area saw the
stream snake across the road.
The lava flowed slowly at a rate
of about 100 feet an hour but was
expected to Increase its surge on
the slightly steeper coastal slopes
The flow was 10 to 15 deep and
each finger was about 300 feet
wide, it was being fed by Puukii
Fountain, which shot steam almost
500 feet high six miles behind the
head of the flow.
AOKKKMKNT 'DKAIV
SEOUL, Korea, (UP) South
Korean Foreign Minister Pyun
Yung Tal said today the Korean
armistice agreement is "dead"
and the tour-nation neutral truce
supervisory commission should be
disbanded.
Pyung said the armistice "now
has become Just an excuse for
artlfically prolonging the cessation
of hostilities." The U.S. has pro
posed abolition of the commission.
High and Low
Max. yesterday, 32 de
grees. Min last night, -1.
Sunset today 5:58. Sunrise
tomorrow, 6:34.
No. 76
will reach a 28-foot stage by 6
p.m., end rise even higher if rain
pelting the area continues.
Cloudburst At Wheeling
No appreciable damage was ex
pected at Pittsburgh unless the
rivers rise well abov 30 feeet.
A cloudburst dumped more than
two inches of rain over the Wheel
ing W.Va., and Shadyside, Ohio,
areas late Friday afternoon, flood
ing streets and basements and
causing rock slides on numerous
highways.
The Shadyside district was hit
hardest by the storm. More than
60 basements were flooded there
during the 90-minute downpour.
The rising waters in West Vir
ginia's Northern Panhandle
blocked roads near Moundsvllle,
Cameron and Wheeling. Low-lying
areas were inundated and part ot
the Wheeling Downs race track
was flooded.
Ohio state police reported early
today the river was rising in the
Youngstown-Wellsville area at the
rate of two-tenths feet per hour.
Ohio authorities also reported
they expected to evacuate some
families in the Belle Valley area.
The Ohio river was expected to
crest at 38 feet at Marietta, Ohio,
by Monday morning. Last October
the river crested at 37.6 feet and
flooded lowlands and a few streets
in Marietta. -
As showers and thunderstorms,
which began Thursday night, con
tinued, tributary streams-north, of
Pittsburgh spilled over their banks
into the low-lying areas of Somer
set and Westmoreland counties.
In Somerset County the Castle-
man river, coxes creeic ana uifr
Youghiogheny River flooded low
areas at Confluence, Meyersdale,
Rockwood and Somerset.
The U.S. Army Corps ol Engin
eers closed gates Friday at eight
big flood dams, built in the bead
waters of the Ohio River to pro
tect Pittsburgh after the dlsaster
ous St. Patrick's day flood of 1938
when the water reached 42 feet.
The rivers' rise was the second
this week. The water climbed to
22.1 feet at Pittsburgh Wednesday
when it was fed by rain and melt
ing snow. It had been dropping
until the new rain came,
Head of State
Road Shops Dead
Joseph K. Campbell, 54, who
only four days ago was promot
ed to the position of equipment
superintendent in charge of the
state highway department's shops
throughout Oregon, including the
Bend unit, died In Salem this mor
ning. He was the victim of a heart
attack. Date for the funeral has
not yet been set, according to In
formation received here by Floyd
A. Starkey, superintendent of the
local highway shops and a close
friend of the family.
Mr. Campbell had under bis jur
isdiction five division shops in
various parts of the state. He was
a frequent visitor in Bend through
the years, having served as assis- .
tant equipment superintendent pri
or to his promotion on March 1.
Campbell worked with the War
ren Construction Co. as paving
plant foreman from 1919 to 1923,
when he joined the highway de
partment as a mechanic.
A native of Salem, where he was ,
bom on Oct. 14, 1901, Mr. Camp
bell attended Portland schools. In
Jan. 1925, he married Olive Les
ter, who died in November, 1925.
Surviving Mr. Campbell is a
daughter, Janet, resident of Sal
em. Bill to Change
Primaries Hit
SALEM (UP) A Democrat and
a Republican spoke out yesterday
against a proposed measure to
change Oregon's primary election
from Mny to August at a hearing
of the Senate Elections Committee. '
Sen. Monroe Sweetland (D-Mil-waukie)
said he was against any
change in the primary date. Sweet
land is Democratic national com
mitteeman for Oregon. Mrs. Olive
8. Cornett (R-" Klamath Falls),
who is Republican national com-'
mitteewoman, said she favored
advancing the date 30 to 45 days
but didn't want the primary held
le than 30 davs before the major
po'itlcal conventions.
Sweetland said the change would
threaten Oregon's preferential pri
mary system by which voters In
each party state their choice for
presidential candidate.