THE'BEND BULLETIN
nd CENTRAL OREGON PBESS
An Independent Newspaper
Robert W. Chandler, Editor and Publisher
Phil F. Brogan, Associate Editor
.fnUni u Second Claaa Hll. January 6. 1917 at lha I'ort OIIIm at Bend. Ora-
oa nadw Act of March t, WW.
4 The Bend Bulletin, Wednesday March 23, 1955
Straw Along Roadsides
Various mid-Oregon highways are taking on a farm
. jrard appearance these early spring doys, and the miles of
. straw neapea on road emuanKmeius is mystifying motor
; is'ts.
' South of Bend, the straw-blanketed roadsides are in
; evidence froji the Lava Butte area to the Willamette junc
tion, along U.S. Highway 97.
Straw appeared aloig the Warm Springs highway
. -roadsides more recently.
".' The straw, which reflects sunlight like pumice banks
Isn a bright day, is a covering for a new seed
mixture, already successfully tried along the Columbia
river.
The straw is carefully spread over the seeded em
bankments, then sprayed with a mixture which appears
to be successful in keeping it in place even under the stiff
tug of March winds.
Once the grass mixture gets a start in the normally
arid embankments, it may flourish even under the warm
sun of summer days. Test plots have indicated that the
seed mixture will eventually blanket the banks of deep
"uts in emerald green.
- Here's hoping deer in the area do not develop an ap
petite for the chemical sprinkled straw. Some 200 of these
"animals were killed in the past year between Bend and
,the Fremont junction.
If they stop to graze on the wayside hay the mortal
ity may be higher. But we are sure they won't. Deer this
time of the year are interested in green grass, not straw.
Miller's Statement
:: Leslie A. Miller, former governor of the State of Wy
oming and long a student of water and reclamation in the
west, recently appeared before a Congressional committee
studying proposals to develop the -upper Colorado River
watershed.
The Colorado River Storage Project, recommended
by the Eisenhower administration to Congress, has be
come one of the hottest political items in the recent his
tory of reclamation legislation. It has been attacked
strongly on the ground that its proposed Echo Park Dam
would flood parts of the Dinosaur National Monument.
Governor Miller, however, went after the project on
entirely different grounds. Here, are some of the points
he made:
1. The argument about putting the waters to bene
ficial use immediately in order to protect the allocation
made by the Colorado River Compact is fallacious. The
Compact provides that the allocation is "in perpetuity"
nnd that clause of the Compact has never been chal-
lunged. ' .
2. The pstininfprl crista nf irriiiit.imi hnnpfif.q pven
. on the basis of Reclamation Bureau estimates which al
, most always are 'way too low are too high by far con
; sldering the type of land to benefit and the crops which
-, can be rained on it.
3. New irrigation has been most successfully brought
into being without federal subsidy in the past, there is no
r reason to doubt that it cannot still be done.
4. Permanent allocation of the present Upper Colo
- rado water supply for irrigation purposes would perman-
entry damage the chances for industrial development in
the area, which has the world's greatest concentration of
energy fuel sources coal, oil, oil shale, gas and urani
um now known. These can be used most profitably
near their present locations, and vast amounts of water
will be necessary.
Miller's statement to the cummittee supported the
view of Gov. Ed C. Johnson of Colorado, that under .some
circumstances development could be carried on at lower
cost and moro efficiently by the use of state and local
funds rather than through a gigantic federal program.
His statement makes sense. Some of his philosophy
should lie taken into account in the planning of any fu
ture reclamation project, small or large.
Monument to Commie .Integrity
""""I'Thar liillwaii -ii jKZfcrZrDCI. mi
Jlla S. Grant's
Brushings
Ours is one of those houses versa. There arc dogs in lour
Edson in Washington
Fight Over Echo Park Underway
By I'lOTKK K1ISOM
NBA WiinIiIiikIiiii C'orrfspolKlent
WASHINGTON (NKAI The
battle (if Kcho Park is hcKimiiiiK
to echo loudly in congressional
committee' rooms and behind the
scenery.
What's involved here is a contest
ainnhi; southwestern states for
control of water in the Colorado
River system. From the point of
view of a a neutrid observer, it
is u perfect example of the confu
sion that results when attempts are
made to settle interstate disputes
at the local level, rather than in the
national interest.
The arguments that the two sides
throw nl each other are vieious
and in s o m e cases misleading.
Present indications are that if the
controversy Is settled by this Con
gress, it will he the result of a
political log-rolling deal worthy of
Paul Human.
Tin' billion-dollar project to build
two water storage dams in the
upper Colorado system has been
kicking around for five years. One
dam would be at Glen Canyon.
Ariz., 13 miles below the Utah line
The other would be at Kcho Park.
Colo., on the tributary Green Riv
er, three miles east of the Utah
line.
The two dams would have a com
bined potential power capacity of
a million kilowatts and provide ir
rigation water for over 100,11(10
acres ol land in 11 projeets. They
would also store water for down
stream di-liery in dry years.
President Kisenhower flew over
the sites during bis Colorado va
cation last summer and declared
there was no sense in not usuigi
them. The Administration program'
tor Ibis year calls for an initial'
$5 million to begin work if Con
gress authorizes the project.
The total cost is estimated at
SMS million over a '.'tl-yenr period.
Kevenue from the sale ol power
and irrigation rights xoulii begin
to lcpay costs atter eight yeai"s.
OntM'iilinn to tins nrn.ioct comes
Reading over the issues of the Congressional Record .largely from the downstream Colo
since the start of the current session of Congress a little!';"1" ,,f Arizona and
Ever-Blooming Politics
signed it except Arizona which,
with California, wanted more.
Congress thereupon passed a lim
itation act, giving the downstream
states 7.5 million acre-feet ol wa
ter a year. A test case on this
division is now before the U.S.
Supreme Court.
The big complication here is that
Mother Nature hasn't always co
operated on this division. Some
times the upper Colorado can de
liver 25 million acre-feet a year.
Sometimes it can deliver only four.
million acre-leet a year.
Last year was a dry year. Powcr
and witter deliveries from Hoover
Dam have boon cut up to 20 .pre
cent. California and Arizona are
protesting. This is where much of
the opposition to Echo Purk and
Glen Canyon comes from.
In making their fight, all kinds
of appeals have been made. One
has Ix'cn to arouse national parks
fans to protest that Echo Park,
Dam would flood out Dinosaur Na
tional Monument.
Hop. Craig Hosmer (R Calif.)
:ts now raised a new objection.
It is that atomic power plants w ill
soon make hyth-oeleetrie power ob
solete, so why build any more
dams?
It so happens, however, that
there is another dam project in
which southern California has great
interest. This is the Trinity River
development in northern Californ
Here is the making of a big deal.
Rep. Clair Kngle ID., Calif.).
chairman of the House Interior
Committee, comes from the Trin
ity River area. He has introduced
a bill to reauthorize and enlarge
this project.
Uist year both committees ap
proved Echo Park Dam, but the
issue was not brought to a vote.
This year the word has gone out
from the Senate side that unless
Hie House approves Echo Park, the
Senate will not appiove Trinity
River.
That's the way things get done
in Washington.
over two months ago, it is easy to discern the first
shoots of that common weed, ever-blooming politicus,
peeking up through the mass of debate on various
issues.
Although it is about a year and a hull' until the
KXDISII IIOI.IHT
rtOSTON (UP)
Eugene
national political conventions vi
presidential nominees for lite l!)f(i elections
(rom U's Angeles, which is the I Yates. 'M. of Moriford, was chuck
ing user of Colorado water auditing with friends in a cafe. A po
tolorado power from the Hoover jlicoman overheard him say how
dam. ihe had successfully staged a hold-
Tins fight goes hack :tl years tojnp using a bunch of radishes as a
'thi- days when slates m the Coin- j gun. Yates was arrested and sen-
assemble til pick t lie irado basin made a 'r-mpacl lodi-jtenced to a year in jail on a
it in ir,,m.. v""' ""' "Vl'r '''er nctwoon np-cu.irge ol rootling a druggist ol
ii is m nt i .1..,,,,.,,..,,,.,, ,,t.,... u -.,
any assumeii now mat me opponents win near tne
miliar names of Eisenhower and Stevenson. j
It is less than a year, however, until the firt of the
preferential primary elections in New Hampshire ,
comes up. In the meantime members and leaders of both'
parties are jockeying for position. I
Because of this the Record is beginning to fill up'
with self-serving political statements, made by members
of both parties. So far the copies of the periodical we,
have seen contain remarks of this type on practically'
any given subject, with the single exception of foreign
policy.
(We haven't given up hope yet. though. We haven't
seen the copies of the Record just after some of the
Yalta documents were made public, but from the looks
of the news stories there will In? an argument on foreign
policy in retrospect, if not at present.)
The Record has a number of statements of this type
already. : During the next year they may be expected to
grow, both in number and vigr, in the plentiful supply
of warm, moist kir and nutrient found in the halls of
Congress.
. ' Yes, ever-blooming politicus should lme a good
crop this year.
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Phone Klamath Falls 3974
BERKELEY, Calif. (UP)
Rats can be as blind as bats, but
both can find their way around in
total darkness by a method simi
lar to radar.
Tnree psychologists at the Uni
versity of California have obtained
the first positive evidence that
rats, like bats, can produce ultra
sonic cries and can hear sounds
too high for humans to distinguish,
search a step-further, showed that
rats use the ability to get around
in the dark.
The ultrasonic noises bounce
hack to the animals off solid ob
jects, thereby revealing th eloea
tion of the obstacles. The scien
tists used blind rats in their experi
ments, teaching the animals to
find Uieir way through a maze ol
a feed box.
where there's apt to be dog hair
on the rug, and two or three cats
curled up on the davenport. May-
oe mai a wny we get such a kick
out of the "Lassie1' show, Sunday
evening on KOIN-TV.
The star of the piece, of course
is a beautiful female oollie so in
telligent and well-trained that it's
hard to believe. It's amazing
enougn tnat she can open doors,
run errands and pull little chil
dren out of streams. But the way
she can express emotions, as
called for in the script, is a talent
seldom found in animals. We take
her so much for granted that
sometimes we fail to appreciate
her fine acting, when she walks
down a lane with ears and tail
drooping, expressing dejection, or
bounds in through an open win
dow with eyes shining -and tail
wagging, the picture of ex
uberance.
Last Sunday, she got her teeth
into an emotion usually reserved
for human actresses jealousy.
Lassie's young master became
the owner of a pony, and in his
excitement over the new pet, ne
glected the dog. Several times he
forgot to feed her, and there was
no time for romping or taking
walks. Then one evening lassie
looked for the boy in the barn,
and in finding him, frightened the
colt. Shaken with rage, the little
hov eried. "Get out of here. Las-
Isie, and don't ever come back!"
j She did get out. And the way she
i walked down the road, looking
back occasionally in bewilder
ment, was enough to break your
heart.
Lassie didn't come home for din
ner, and the little boy went to
bed sadly, knowing he had hurt
her feelings. As the story unfolded,
the boy crawled out the window
and went to look for the dog. In
the meantime, Lassie went home,
found the bed empty, aroused the
rest of the family and lead the
search. They found the boy miles
?iway. of course, grounded by a
sprained ankle. After a little rest
and a little doctoring, he was good
as new.
That's the simplest kind of a
story, but one that's close to the
heart. And I like stories with a
moral. It's a sad thing, indeed,
when a hoy or a man thinks he
can hwc just one friend at a time.
Exnlam it as you will, since
homes out of 10, and one dog out
of every three of these is a pure
bred.
Mel Ellis, Milwaukee Journal
outdoor editor, claims in a current
piece that after 300 years of try
ing this breed and that, the ma
ioritv of dog fanciers have settled
on a pretty practical pooch, the
tail-wagging, rugged and resound
ing hunting hound, the beagle.
Mel claims that there are n
number of reasons why the beagle
has replaced the cocker spaniel
as the number one dog. The bea
ele is a simple sort of dog," he
says, "certainly not a complex
fellow. But neither are most Amer
icans."
In the 1954 American Kennel
club registration totals, the beagle
was the leader, with the boxer
standing second. Behind the boxer,
the rest of 195-1's top ten lined up
like this: Cocker, dachshund, cm
hauhau, collie, German Shepherd,
Boston terrior, Pekingese and
poodle.
In the March issue of The Elks
Magazine, Ed Faust uses a good
many words to say that he's really
a great dog man, but he likes
only well-behaved dogs belonging
to people who, while being son-
hearted about their dogs, haven't
become soft headed.
Addressing the dog, Faust says
"I'll be polite and admire each
of your tricks once around only.
Encores are out.
Don't come to visit us Mr
Faust. You wouldn't have a good
time. Ten times in an evening,
Jiggs would steal from his place
by the furnace register and nudge
'Beat Feet' May
Be Your Fault
ST. PAUL, Minn. (UP)
If you have "beat feet," it's prob
ably your own fault.
At least, that's the opinion of
Minnesota doctors who reported in
a state medical association bulle
tin that the feet take abuse few
other parts of the body have to
take.
First, feet are not necessarily a
"foot long." They stretch during
the day, becoming longer in the
evening than they were in the
morning. They are. also longer
when you walk on them than when
you sit down. And they swell when
they re hot.
The doctors said shoes should lie
purchased with an eye to this
process of lengthening and swell
ing, and that alternating pairs of
shoes, also is a good idea.
your hand with his muzzle, to do
the only trick he knows standing
still while someone strokes his
head.
You would be very irritated, Mr.
Faust. And we would be very un
comfortable. It's too bad Jiggs has
such disagreeable habits. But I'm
afraid we wouldn't change him,
even if we could.
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The three psychologists next I World War II this country has
plan to test other animals to learn I gone to Ihe dogs to the extent that
just how common "animal radar" j22'-4 million pooches are now be
is. ing cared for by people, and vice
APPLICATION BLANK
5TH ANNUAL HOBBY
HANDCRAFT SHOW
Sponsored by Reid-Thompson P.T.A. and City Recreation Dept
Thompson School March 26 & 27
Name
Address Phone
I would like to enter the following in the show:
I will need space.
Signed
Mai! to Recreation Dept. City Hall, Bend.
For additional information Phone 1024, Bend.
PLYSVl
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FOR 1955 STYLING
OVER OTHER 2" LOW-PRICE
CARS
BY VOTE OF ALMOST 4 TO 1
THOUSANDS PREFER PLYMOUTH'S
STYLING IN NATION-WIDE SURVEY I
A well-known independent research
organization asked thousands of
people in New York, Cliicago,'I)clroit,
Atlanta, Dallas, Los Angeles
to compare the appearance of
'.",) models of the three low-price-curs.
Opinions were received
from men am women from
people of all ages from owners
of nil llie ililTi rcnl makes of curs.
The results urc below.
ij Best buy new;
better trade-in, tool
HERE'S' WHAT OTHERS THOUGHT OF PLYMOUTH I
Ctmpired with low-price cir "A" Compared with lw ptici cir "B"
Plymouth It ' ! nm Plymouth i ! crftf
better looking ! better looking j OD0
Car "A" it ! 1R(E Ccr"B"i !
better looking better looking ' "'0
Almost 4 to 1 in Again, olmott
Plymouth's favorl 4 to 1 for Plymouth!
(22 liked "both (17 liked "both
about the tame") about the fame")
HERE'S WHY YOU'LL PREFER PLYMOUTH, TOOI
I'hinniitli '53 -with Till'. KOI!.
W ARD I.OOK-is the onlv low.
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new olvling, instead nf a mere
fari' lifling. l hicyr than llic
"other 2" cars (lunger than car
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adanct that vtin thr nnit
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your
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ltd for v'y
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