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Forecast Cloud tonight; occasional rain Wednesday; high both days 52-57; low to night 35-40. THE BEND BULLETIN High and Low High yesterday, 57 de grees. Low last night, 32 degrees. Sunset today, 7:10. Sunrise tomorrow, 5:53. CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER 52nd Year One Section Bend, Deschutes County, Oregon, Tuesday, May 3, 1955 Eight Pages No. 126 SALK VACCINE Dr. J. H. Stewart, director of the Tri-County Health department, inspects a vial of the red-tinted Salic vaccine kept unde r refrigeration in the department offices in the courthouse. The vaccine for use in the immunii ation program among primary grade pupils in Deschutes, Jefferson and Crook counties was p repared by the Parke-Davis laboratories of De troit. (Bend Bulletin Photo) Building May Soar to Record Level in Bend Indication that this year might be a record breaking building year in Bend was given at city hall this morning with release of the build ing permit report for April. Value of construction for the month totals $181,790, top figure for- April -over- the sixteen .years building permit records are kept at city hall. Last month's total tops by al most $60,000 the value of permits secured the previous month, hereto-fore one. of the top months on record. Twenty nine permits were se cured in April, seven for new dwellings and eight for new com mercial and business structures. Other permits secured were for al terations to residences. Permits for the construction of homes tops by several thousand dollars the "total for commercial construction, according to the re port released by the City Recorder Mrs. Julia S. Johnson. Value, of dwelling construction is reported at $86,000 and commer cial- building at $83,530. Among commercial buildings au thorized during April and now un der construction are the filter cen ter for $:'5.000, the Masonic Tem ple for $30,000 and a new tavern and restaurant for $16,000. Total value of construction au thorized by issuance of a building permit since the first of the year stands at almost $100,000. The April total, topping other Aprils since 1939, is bettered by only two months in the 16 year . period, the latest being July 1950 ' when building totals bettered $200, 000. Ashley Forrest . Dies in Seattle Ashley J. Forrest, a long-time resident of Bend, died this past weekend in Seattle, where he had made his home for the past 24 years. He had been in 111 health for some time. Mr. Forrest was a pist master of the Bend Masonic lodge, and was active in music circles, as the first director of the Sheviin Ilixon band. He was In the insur ance business in Bend. The For rests went to Florida in the land bonm ot the middle 20's, and were in the real estate business in Lake Worth for several years. They re turned to Bend and lived here several year's before moving to Se atl'e. Mr. Forrest is survived by his wfe. Bernice; a daughter, Mrs R. B. Coyner of Redmond, and two grandchildren. Funeral services were held in Seattle. FAITH SHAKFN TOKYO IL'PI Fortune teller Shozan Takashima's faith in his .... .. ... own predictions was a Bit snaky; today. The 68-year-old seer ran for a as far south as WIndigo and Wll ward assembly seat after he re-!lamette passes this past week ceived a "sign" predicting his vie- showed much greater snow depths tory by a sum margin. Tabulation . this year than on May 1. 1954. of the ballots showed he was an The surveys of the 1955 season also-ran. I were made on April 30 and May 1. Dr. Stewart Expects Salk Program to Start Monday Dr. J. H. Stewart, director of the Tri-County Health department, said yesterday in all probability the polio prevention program among first and second grade stu dents in Deschutes, Jefferson and Crook counties will get underway Monday. He said he knew of no reason why the department can't launch the program Monday as recom mended by the state board of health. Salk vaccine for use in the pre-" vention program has been received by local health officials and is bring kept refrigerated at the health department's central office in Bend. The red-tinted vaccine is from the Parke -Davis laboratories in Detroit. It was shipped last week from Detroit to Portland where state health authorities divided it for shipment to local health agen cies. The suddIv for Central Oregon arrived at the Redmond Airport Sunday aboard a United Airlines plane bound from Portland. Two injections of the Salk vac cine, prepared by the eastern phar maceutical firm will be adminis tered primary grade pupils by the department, Dr. Stewart reported. Second round of injections will be given, about a month after the first, the department director said. Parental permission is required before a child can participate in one of the immunization clinics scheduled to be set up in centrally located schools through next week Students who have not returned parental renuests slips will not be included in the program, Dr. Stew art stressed. Parents who have signed request slips but wish to change their itr Snow Report Issued by SCS The Dutchman flat area in the "saddle" between Bachelor Butte and Broken Top west of Bend is under a 128.18 inch blanket of snow, compared with 119.1 mcnes on the same date last year, but the moisture content is slightly be low that of May 1, 1954. Information relative to the depth of snow on the New Dutchman Flat course and along other courses in the eastern Cascades and the Paulina mountains was ob tained by, Soil Conservation Serv ice snow surveyors this past week end, and supplement those ob tained earlier. Hal Biggerstaff, In charge of the May 1 survey, reported 53.1 inches ot moisture In the Dutchman Flat snow. This compares with 60.3 inches on the same date last year. The survey revealed much heav ier snow in the lower areas than on May 1 last vear. The Talent course is covered with 44.0 Inches of snow holding 16.6 inches moisture compared with is i inches of snow and 7.8 inches moisture last year. At Paulina lake, 45.8 inches of snow holding 18.6 Inches of mols- . hire covers the area. I Survev of established courses "'I " structions are asked to contact personally the authorities at the school their children are enrolled Hugh Hartman, principal of the John Tuck school, Redmond, has asked parents who wish to change their original instructions to call him personally at the school of fice or at 320 between 7 and 8 this evening. Hartman and health department officials make this request In view ot--the fact that .'some youngsters may lose their notes from parents en route to school or neglect to turn them in to school authorities. Hartman reported he has re ceived notes from four parents withdrawing their children from the immunization program. Health department officials re port that they have received 20 such cancellations. This figure represents a small fraction of the almost 160 youngsters signed up for the program, they point out. The vaccine from the laborato ries for use in the Tri-County area was purchased by March of Dimes funds and will be administered to youngsters free of charge, Dr. Stewart said. Additional information on the immunization program can be se cured from one of the office of the health department, Dr. Stew art advised. Jaycees Plan For Convention Jaycees of Bend are preparing for one of Bend's major conven tions of the 1955 season. The convention will be that of the Oregon Junior Chamber of Commerce, scheduled for June 13, 14 and 15 with some 500 members and their wives expected. Guest speaker at the convention will be Rep. Walter Norblad from the second Oregon district, Alvin J. Gray and Steve Jackson, co- chairman in charge of arrange ments, announce. Plans for the convention are. now taking final shape. A highlight of the convention program will be a buekaroo break fast at the Hollinshead ranch near Bend on Sunday morning, final day it the convention. Rep. Norb'.ad will speak at the annual banquet, set for Saturday night, June 14. Presiding over the business ses sions will be Jack B. Lively of Springfield, Oregon president of the Oregon Jaycees. Schools Plan Beginners' Day Beginners' Day for prospective nf, first graders at Yew Lane and j Marshall schools, and their par- of.ents. will be held Wednesday. May al 1:30 P m- Similar programs win neia inursaay ai i:ju p.m. at Allen and Kingston schools and .. -. 1 . . Tl .. . . 1 rnuay m i.w p.iu. m nc Thompson and Kenwood schools, Children who will be six yea-s old on or before Nov. 15, 1953, may enter the public schools as first graders next fall, and are In vited to attend the program near est their home. Festival Held By Extension Units Today Members of Deschutes county home extension units and their friends gathered today at the Pi lot Butte Inn for the twenty-fourth annual couny Homemakers' Festi val, climax event of the year for women in the extension program. Exhibits of unit projects rang ing from basket-making to vege table cookery were set up this morning, and shortly before noon, representatives of the units were arranging table centerpieces for the luncheon, carrying out the theme "Wonderful Oregon." Cen terpieces were to be Judged on the Danish system, and blue, red and white, ribbons given. Guest speaker this afternoon was to be Mrs. Victor P Morris of Eu gene, a' recognized authority on Oregon history. Miss Agnes Kol- shorn was to bring greetings from the state staff, and Miss L. Mil dred Wilson, county home eco nomics extension agent, was to give her report. The county home extension com mittee was in general charge of the festival arrangements. This group is composed of Mrs. Charles Trachsel, Mrs. Karl Kie- sow, Mrs. Chester Lyons, Mrs. Lyle Carrington, Mrs. Lester Wick, Mrs. Fred MacDonald and Mrs, Neil Winkle. Mrs. A. C. Gassner of the Boyd Acres unit led the singing for to day's program, with Mrs. C. W. Gant of the Bend unit at the piano. April Here Coldest One On Record The month just ended was Bend's coldest April in the history of the local weather station, with records dating to 1901. Observers in charge of the sta tion here sam the-mean tempera ture was 37.3 degrees, compared with 44.9 degrees for the past half century. In that period, mean temperatures as high as 56.2, In 1931, and as low as 39.3, in 1903, have been recorded. The April chill was attributed to low daytime temperatures, not to unusually cold nights. For the first time in the history of the station the average of the day time temperatures dropped below the 50 degree mark. This year's all-time low mean maximum was 48.6 degrees. The mean minimum was 26.0 de grees. The all time low mean min imum was 22.9, in 1916. Not only was the month cold, but it was damp, with 1.12 inches of moisture recorded, practically all in the form of snow. The mean moisture for April is .81, for the half century. Ten Inches of snow fell in Bend in April, to surpass the total for the three winter months of De cember, January and February. Highest temperature recorded in the month was 66 degrees and the lowest 11 degrees. Mamie Must Take It Easy WASHINGTON (UP) Presi dent Eisenhower said last night that Mrs. Eisenhower's doctor "han ordered her to take it easy (or a while." The President expressed to the nation's governors and their wives Mrs. Eisenhower's "deep regret that she couldn't come" to a ban- quet given in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Eisenhower at the Governors Conference. SET BUILDERS Mel Rogers and Mrs. Kenneth M. Oakley have boen busy those past few days constructing flats which will simulate the living room of a comfortable English house in Kent, set ting for the Noel Coward play, "Blithe Spirit." The entertaining farce will be presented by Bend Community Players May 12 and 13 in the Allen school auditorium. A portion of the pro ceeds will 99 to the local chapter of American Cancer Society. (Bend Bulletin Photo) o regon Proposal PI, 2"V. ' '-?' "tit Tr 1 fit1 1 h (' ' A 3 MANAGEMENT SHIFT ANNOUNCED Directors of Brooks-Scanlon, Inc., today announced succession of Freeman Schultz (left) as vice president and general manager of the company, succeeding A. J. Glassow, who has held the post since April 15, 1935. Glassow will remain with the company as a director and Senior Consultant. . N.Y. Paper Raps Salk Distribution NEW YORK (UP) The World Titetsranv and, Sun reported today that Salk polio vaccine was pour ing steadily into offices of many New York physicians but not a single drop had been made avail able for the city's 281,000 school children. The Scripps-Howard newspaper said this "unpleasant picture" on vaccine distribition via commer cial channels had been made avail able to it by a top pharmaceuti cal source: "1. At least two manufacturers of the Salk vaccine are mailing, or delivering directly, three to nine cubic centimeters of the vac cine to hundreds of New York doctors, in exchange for orders cm other pharmaceutical items. "2. One manufacturer has sent free samples of. the vaccine to all stockholders who hold 20 or more shares in the company. . "3. Some 4500 vials of the vac cine, in three and nine cc pack ages, have been earmarked for 3000 New York physicians by the arke-Davis Laboratory in Teter- boro, N.J., according to William R. Peer, executive secretary to Mayor Robert F. Wagner. The newspaper said it had learned from one source that of the 17,591 physicians in New York City, at least 7000 of them already had received packages of the vac cine from several manufacturers. One manufacturer, the newspa per said II learned, had instructed its salesmen to leave a nine cc vial with one out of every five doctors on the neighborhood call- j ins list. Some salesmen have so: many as 150 doctors, the World- I Telegram said. t 'I $ Management Change In Mill Here Reported Special to The Bulletin MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. The ap pointment of A. J. Glassow as di rector and Senior Consultant of Brooks - Scanlon, Inc., was an nounced here today following a meeting of the corporation's board of directors. Glassow's position as vice-president and general manager of the Bend division of Uie company will be filled by Freeman Schultz, who has been serving as assistant gen eral manager since last year. " Announcement of the manage ment change was made by John Hollern, president of Brooks-Scanlon, Inc., in a telephone call to The Bend Bulletin following the meeting. Hollern told the newspaper members of the board voted the following resolution at the time of the announcement: "Whereas, A. J. Glassow has requested that he be relieved of his duties as vice president and general manager of the Bend di vision of. Brooks-Scanlon, Inc. "Therefore, be It resolved that this board express to him its ap preciation of his service to the corporation for more than 20 years. As director and vice-president of the company he has made a great contribution to its work. With complete loyalty he has given generously of his unusual energy and experience in lumber manu facturlng, of his knowledge and his ability. "Both regional and national or ganizations have recognized these qualities by honoring him with high office "We lake pride in his loyalty, his integrity and his ability; and we take pleasure In his willingness era ate For Sal gve the corporation the benefit of these qualities as s director and Senior Consultant." Both Glassow and Schultz were in Minneapolis for the meeting of the board of directors. Glassow has been a director or officer in various state, national and regional forest products In dustry associations since he first came to Bend as vice-president and assistant general manager of Brooks - Scanlon, Inc., over 10 1 years ago. From 1947 through 1949 he served as president of the Nation al Lumber Manufacturers associa tion. He previously had been a director and vice-president of the organization. He also had served as officer and director of the Bend Cham ber of Commerce, the Bend Kl- wanls club, Keep Oregon Green. Inc., Associated Forest Industries of Oregon, Inc., and the Western Pine association. During his time as vice presi dent and general manager, Brooks-Scanlon Inc., was a gener ous contributor to many commu nity activities, including the Des chutes United Fund and its pre decessor, the Bend Community Chest, the St. Charles Memorial Hospital fund campaign and others. Glassow joined Brooks -.Scanlon, Inc., as assistant general manager In the summer of 1934. Previously he had been general manager for 15 years of the Wausau-Southern Lumber company of Laurel, Miss He also had been salesman and sales manager for the company. Glassow was born In Schoflcld Wis., nnd has been active in the lumber Industry since 1905. Schultz likewise hsis had wide evperionce In the forest products industry. Prior to ioinini; Brooks Scanlon, Inc., he hud served as general manager of lumlier com Danies at Klamath Falls, Coos Bay, Juneau, Alaska, and Flag staff. Ariz. He is a member of the Bond Rotary club, a director of tin Bend Chamber of Commerce and a director of Keep Oregon Green, Inc. Dean to Attend Astoria Regatta ASTORIA (U)-MiiJ. Gen. Wil liam V. Dean, Korean war hero. will become an admiral this sum mer temporarily. The genernl has accepted an In vitation to become admiral of the Astoria regatta here August 18-21 The Invitation to Dean, now dep uty commander of the sixth army at San Francisco, was extended by last year's admiral, MnJ. Gen Thomas Rlle, of the Oregon Na Uortal Guard. OCEtS aies II ax Boivin Joins Move Killing Bill 20 to 10 By WII.IAM WAKKKN United Press Staff correspondent SALEM (UP) The Senate today killed the proposal for a three per cent sates tax by voting 20 to 10 to postpone indefinitely House bill 694. Those voting in favor of the in definite postponement were Sens. Allen, Belton, Bingner, Boivin, Brady, Carson, Francis, Geddes, George, Hardie, Hatfield Holmes Johnson Leth, Lonergan, McMinl mee, Merrifield, Sweetland, Wil- helm and Smith. Voting against the majority re port of the Senate Tax Committee were Sens. Brown, Chase, Gill,' Hounsell, Husband, Lowry, Ohm art, Steen, Ulett and Zlegler. First action, after two hours of debate, came on a minority report submitted by Sens. Ohmart, Low ry and Steen, urging passage of the sales tax. Sen. Lee Ohmart (R-Salem) led the minority fight, urging a sales tax as assurance that Oregon would not be faced with a state-level property tax. He noted that the last time the properly tax was levied for the state was in 1910, but added that Oregon now is faced with a sixty million dollar deficit In the next biennlum and must raise the reve nue to meet It one way or another. Highest Income Tax "we could have a property tax forced upon us. The limitations could be lifted and we would be faced, with a property tax the bounds of which none of us now know." Noting that Oregon already has the highest Income tnx in the na tion, Sen. Ohmart said the 45 per cent surtax on top of that, already passed by both chambers and now in the hands of the governor, could well discourage industrial develop ment In Oregon. He said there was no flexibility In the supplemental revenue measures, the three cents a pack tax on cigarettes and high er liquor prices. He added that the sales tax "has the highest degree of flexi bility. It is inevitable that a sales tax will be Invoked In Oregon. It might as well be now." Sen. Rudie Wilhelm (R-Portland) chairman of the Senate Tax Com- mitee said House bill 694 was technically a good bill "but the tax program already in the hands of the governor Is a good tax pro gram, and we should leave It where it Is now and not try to change it this late in the session." Would Take "millions" Sen. Robert D. Holmes (D-Gear- hart) described the sales tax as the most faudulent and mislead ing tax. It has had a cancerous growth becuase its proponents say it is taking only pennies froom the people when actually it is taking millions." Sen. Warren Gill (R-Lebanon) said "after we have enacted that horrible income tux bill, putting a tax on the tnx, the only way wo can extricate ourselves from the stupid income tax program is to vote in a sales tnx." Sen. John P. Hounsell (R-Hood River) who favored the minority report acknowledged that the sales tax has been defeated five times at the polls in Oregon, but said "this is the best sales tax pro gram ever submitted." Mny Be Last Day The minority report was de feated by the same marcin and Hy the same vote on rollcnll as the majority report was adopted. Bulletin BI'I.I.RTIN I'OUTI.ANH (IP Authorities tmhiv Inveillvnteil n bomb threat here In which fin.nno wn rie ni:inileil from Fred Mrver Htores nml Police Chief Jim Turretl Jr. ild a 27-yrnr old man was In riiilmly In ronnevtlun with the raw. I'ureell mild the mwpect was the driver of a "mynlery" ear whlrh wa parked near the place where Mipnowd extortion money was left Inst night nnd whlrh Int er eluded police. He snld the man rame voluntarily to police head quarters today.
