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THE BEND BULLETIN
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Robert W. Chandler, Editor and Publisher '
Phil F. Brofun, Aaeodato Editor
Member, Audit Bureau of Circulations
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The Bend Bulletin, Monday, May 9, 1955
Off Street -Far Una
A great deal of fuss and
r"'feend the past few days about the off street parking or
dinance which yill be considered by the Bend city com
mission at its May 18 meeting.
, Much of the fuss has been raised, we suspect, by
persons who have not read the ordinance, do not know
its provisions and in a few cases do not understand its
purpose.
; Actually, the ordinance is much more liberal in its
provisions than similar measures in effect in many of
. the West's cities and towns.
, Most controversial of the sections in -the propscd
ordinance is Section 8, which reads : '
"COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS. For commercial es
tablishments having' more than twenty-five hundred
(2,500) square feet of floor area, one (1) parking space
'shall be provided for each five hundred (500) square
feet of floor area that such building exceeds twenty-five
hundred (2,500) square feet in a new building. For an
existing commercial building one (1) parking space shall
be provided for each five hundred (500) squure feet of
floor area hereafter added to such building in excess of
twenty-five hundred (2,500) square feet."
.. As stated earlier in the ordinance, storage or utility
area is not figured in computing .floor space subject to
the terms of the measure.
Because such a fuss has been raised, we .spent con
siderable time going over the measure with the city att
orney and the city manager, who is charged with the en
forcement of the ordinance.
' According to them, this is what the ordinunce means,
and how it will be enforced:
; If a new building is built, containing 3,000 square
feet of area in addition to the space devoted to storage
and utilities, one parking space will have to be provided
on the premises or within 500 feet. Another space will
be needed for each 500 square feet additional. If the
building is less than 8,000 square feet, no off street
parking will have to be provided.
The same figures will apply to' remodeling. If the
area added to a building is 3,000 square feet the owner
will have to provide one parking space, and one parking
space for each additional 500 square feet. If the addi
tional area is less than 3,000 square feel, no spaces need
be provided.
The builder or owner has a 2,500 square foot "de
ductible" clause in either instance.
Some such provision is needed now, before the down
town area finds itself strangled by the traffic and
the resulting parking problems s- that it brings into
the area. If anything, the proposedordinance may be too
liberal in its provisions.
Chappie's 40 Years
1 The current issue of the Oregon Voter, that valuable
little reference on the state's finances, taxation and econ
omic problems, was a whopping 144 pages.
The reason for the big issue was that the number
marked the beginning of the retirement of C. C. Chap
man, founder of the magazine and its editor since the be
ginning. Walter W. R. May; former Portland and Oregon
City newspaperman, became editor and publisher on May
1.
Chappje has been one of the most familiar figures in
the political and economic life of Oregon during his time
at the helm of the Voter. The magazine has had an influ
ence in the life of the stuto far out of proportion to its
limited circulation.
The big issue of the Voter not only reviewed the past
40 years of some phases of
as a review of a half century of an interesting caree
Chapman's. We wish him many more years of activity.
Hells Canyon and Upper Colorado
(Ort'uon Statesman; Salem)
Editor Bob Kuhl of the Modford Mail-Tribune is puz
zled over the endorsement of the Upper Colorado River
project by the Eisenhower administration. Ho writes:
How the administration can favor this gigantic
"boondoggling" venture and oppose Hells Canyon, is
something beyond the comprehension of this depart
ment and anyone else, as far as the record has di
vulged thus far.
The answer to that question is easy. Private capital
is eager now to build dams
upper Colorado system. So
oi trjc Jieiis Canyon development but says it is willing to
take on thus immensely costly
do basin. One explanation may be that there are some
very powerful Republican senators in that part of the
country: Watkins of Utah, Millikin or Colorado, though
prominent Democrats are supporting it too: Anderson
of New Mexico, O'Mahoney of Wyoming.
The power that would be generated at the dams on
the UC project will be high cost power; ami the reclama
tion end of it will never pay out. The reason fur the tre
mendous drive back of it is fear that unless it is built the
water will be put to use on its lower reaches, particularly
in Southern California. Since it is "their" water the habi
tants of the upper reaches of the Colorado demand that
it be put to use even though it means draining off a bin
chunk of money from the US treasury.
The bill for authorization has passod the Senate as
it did last year, but is sure
the House.
Quotable Quotes
The UN is a spawning ground for spies and sub
versives. Rep. II. R. Goss (It-la.)..
Mmreh I. MM.
furor has been raised in
.
Oregon history, it also served
in Snake river, but not in the
the administration backs out
project in the Upper Colora
to run into rough waters in
Part of Mr. Molotov's Bag
Edson in Washington
Paris Calls Tune, U.S. Pays
By I'KTKIt EDSON
YVufchliigtoii Corrc'Mmilcli nt
NEA
WASHINGTON (NEA) Con-
dilions in Irce, southern Vict Nam
have chnnRed so rapidly from
day to day that any simplification
of the complex local political is
sues involved is Impossible. '
From a distance, however, sev
eral international aspects of the
situation are subject to clarifica
tion. They concern the Washing
ton and Paris background.
It is considered most fortunate
that Gen. J. Lawlon Collins. Pres
ident Eisenhower's persona! am
bassador to Viet Nam, was in
Washington, when Premier Nk.i
Dinh Diem seized power. The Ren
eral's absence from his post was
criticized by Uep. Thomas .1. Dodil
(D-Connl but this view is ml
widely held.
It General Collins had been in
Saigon. Communist propaganda
would have placed blame for the
revolt on . the United Stares, it
would have been pictured as ar
American - engineered plot tr
ivorthmw the Krcnch puppet Chief
)f State Bao Dai.
There has been a great leal of
loose talk to the effect that Pre
mier Diem is an American "pup
net." Actually, he was picked by
the Krenrh.
lie came originally from the for
merly French - dominated part i.f
northern Viet Nam. This did net
make dim too popular in soulherr
Viet Nam. Hut he was regardrd
as honest and incorruptible rue
in his country. He was Ca'hoiir
ind not connected with any of the
native religious sects.
The fact that Diem was an in
tense nationalist was in this cum1
overlooked by the French. They
knew that no leader could sit- r
reeil in restoring order if he weir
pro-French.
The premier's weaknesses were
recognized dy both Americans
and French. He is not a good ad
ministrator. He cannot delegate an
tdiirily. He cannot gather around
him a team of loyal Viel-namese
Alio could form a government
strong enough to fight roiiini'Mi
isni. Premier Diem was backed by
the t'nited States as the Krenrh
picked, recognized head of r.ove-n-
incut. He was given considerable
coaching and .backbone by Gti
eral Collins. .
Hut it has been recognized i.ll
ilong that Diem might resign be
cause he was so shy, or miel-t
'ail and be kicked out.
When the Krcnch complained
that he would not do and must be
replaced American officials dr.il
ng1 with the situation said in ef
fect, "All right, who, replaces
him?"
invariably the French failed to
come up with a better man. So
'lie situation drifted from worse to
'md.
The idea that the 'situation h.v
Ven muter complete United Slates
'ontnil is also said to be itu'-irrcct.
tl. S. foreign aid dollars has
laid the piper. They have saved
a hat theiv is led of the ouintry
tfter the Geneva cease-fin 'ind
icllout. The French fiddlers in lir
s have always Called tin- tune.
One iinxrtant factor has d.en
'b.il the United State has had to
il.iy along with the Krcnch to i't
ratification of the Ijmdon an I IVr
is agreements to rearm westorr.
r.ermany. The deciding quest'on
for Washington has always been
that Kuroin'an unity was nioiv im
liortant than Vietnamese imitv.
If the United Stales had Imvp
iven a. tree band in liido-i-liiaa, it
is behoved the entire situation
Ihere plight be different to lav.
For one thing, it Is regarded a.s
a safe speculation that Liiipi'inr
Bao Dai would not have lusted fis
long as he has.
It is admitted that the emperor
has a native following. But it is
an open secret that he has been
supported in luxury on the French
Riviera by graft from the river
pirates who control the police and
the vice and gambling concessions.
The take from this source has
been estimated at millions of dol
lars a year. It has also supported
an extensive lobby in Paris. This
lobby has influenced French offi-
cialsom into continuing support of
Bao Dai and the old-style colonial
ism.
It has been recognized in Wasa
ngton that this situation could not
;o on forever. Americans like Grn-
?ral Collins and Lt. Gen. John
Wilson O'Daniel, in charge of train
ng the Vietnamese army, have
leen plugging ulong as best they
could, i They huve made consid
erable progress.
Diem's seizure of power while
General Collins was in Washing
'on was a hopeful sign.
But in the back of everyone's
nind has liecn full realization that
f the situation (n Viet Nam be
anie intolerable, the United States
-night have to pull out.
KKIH'TTAI,
KENDALI.VII.LE, Ind. (UP)
A state highway department of-
fictal, ticketed for not paying a
narking meter, "told off" citv no -
lice, then reluctantly naid a L'.V
cent fine. In retaliation, Mayor All-
drew Milnar sent a letter to the
state highway chairman, demand
ing that the person be reprimand
ed and saying, "we don't have to
stand for it and we don't intend
to."
Lo'jk f'jv tins sign . .
PLYMOUTH OWNERS
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Entirely new grade Mobilgas stops knocks in 9 out of 10 pre-1955 Plymouths,
yet sells in the price range of regular. Ferndale refining plus Mobil Power
Compound produces this new grade Mobilgas which gives smooth, knock
free mileage. In the recent official A.A.A. run over the rugged 1323-mile 1955
Mobilgas Economy Run course, a 1932 Plymouth averaged 23.6 miles per
gallon on new grade Mobilgas.
of Tricks
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Letters
Tho time has come to be think
ing about a trip to the coast to
see the rhododendrons. As yet, the
buds have shown no color, but
they are swelling rapidly; when
the time is right they will burst
into bloom with the suddenness of
a Mandalay sunrise, sprinkling
the woods with large splashes of
brilliant rose. Our neighbor to the
south, Florence, has tentatively
scheduled its Rhododendron Festi
val for May 21st. The rhododen
drons are a sight to behold, so
plun now to enjoy them this year
soon.
Clam tides start Thursday, May
5th, and continue through Wednes
day, May 11th. The lowest tides
fall on the weekend again on Sat
urday there will be a -.5 tide at
7:00 a. si. and Sunday -.5 at 7:36
a.m. Plan to be on the beach an
hour before these times. Happy
clam-digging! Perhaps you'll meet
Pogo there, too.
Barefoot boy with checks of tan
Cut his roe on a rusty can
So ship them off on our clean
up day
Give our barefoot kids a chance
to play.
That's what has been going on
in Yachats and environs getting
all gussicd up for the season.
Housewives and businessmen have
been so busy getting the interiors
of their establishments polished
and painted (no outside pairitin;
yet you can't paint with water)
that the Yachats Chamber of Com-
merce decided to go along with
Mho spirit. Soon the day will be
announced when the chamber
members nnd the trash-disposal
truck will make the rounds to pick
up all Hie rubbish which has bceiV
accumulated.
Elizabeth Swan J
Yachats, Oregon ,
May 2, 1955
X
1
MoWlgas,
Letters
To the Editor:
It is now being estimated that
by 1975 our population will be be
tween 200 and 207 million. It is
also predicted that to feed this
larger population (which is cur
rently increasing at the annual
rate of 3 million), we will have
to increase the present crop yield
per acre by about 20 per cent
and will also need to bring 6 mil
lion additional acres under irriga
lion.
We are also authoritively in
formed that clean salt-free water
is becoming one of the nations
most prized assets. A recent pub
lication put out by the Govern
ment printing office, Public Health
Service Publication No. 201, spon
sored by the Health and Sanita
tion departments of Idaho, Mon
tana, Oregon, Washington, and
Wyoming has the following to say
regarding clean water:
'No longer do we depend on wa
ter merely for drinking, watering
beasts of the field, and perhaps
a few crops as in primitive times.
Today we have an infinite num
ber of uses for water uses that
are essential to bur complete civil
ization, holding it together.
"Some of our most important
uses of water today are industrial.
Water is industry's largest raw
commodity; without sufficient sup
ply of good, clean water, industry
cannot function. This is one ol tne
reasons why industries of the fu
ture, like atomic energy have come
to the Northwest. We have water,
lot of it.
'The Columbia and its branches
carry the greatest undeveloped
water potential in the United
States, greater even than the Mis
sissippi or the Missouri. If pre
served for our full use and not de
stroyed or wasted, this resource
guarantees our destiny."
To more fully appreciate the hy
droelectric potential of the Colum
bia and Snake River System, let's
look at the following figures on
comparative river flow of this sys
tem and other well known basins
of the nation.
(1) The Colorado river (upor
which the United States Senate
just voted 58 to 23 to authorize
from IVi to 3 billion dollars for de
velopment of its irrigation, hydro
electric, and Reclamation poten
tialthis is from five to six times
the estimated cost of a High Stor
age dam at. Hells canyon), An
nual flow in millions of acre feet
13.6.
(2) The Snake river at Helis
Canyon. Annual flow in millions of
acre feet 32.2.
(3) The Tennessee river of TVA
fame. Annual flow in millions of
acre feet 48.
(1) The Columbia River at The
Dalles, Annual flow in millions of
acre feet 111. This Columbia flow
i mire than ten times the flow of
Ihe Colorado river.
Most of us have witnessed the
'xemendous quantity of fresh wa-
er flow away to the sea every
:pring during "high water sea
ion," unused and wasted. A po-
ential threat, in fact a curse ra
ther than a blessing.
We do not think it is being either
socialistic or un-American to pro
test this wanton waste, and to ad
vocate t ie construction of high sto
rage dams to hold back the sur
i'us water until it can be used
during the "brown out seasons"
and u)!n the arid lands of the
Northwest. We do not feel the
least bit "pink" when we advo
DR. R. D. K ETC HUM
( hi-onractic Physician
Vhonc 7! t Bend
We .ironviLe natural hen it h hy ro
movlnK toxins, correcting ileficit'n
ru. and frwinn nprvp ari btnd
supply. IMy uiHtn natural method
(or bet t it health.
cate the maximum total use ofr
every drop of this scarce water
for Irrigation, for Industrial de
velopment, for NavigaUon, and
also lor Hydroelectric power.
Some day atomic energy may re
place hydroelectric power, but it
is a safe assumption that nothing
will replace H2-0 plain Ireb
water.
These great streams should nev
er be turned over to any group or
interest for power development
only, to the exclusion of: Water
storage, Irrigation, Navigation,
and Recreation.
We who advocate total utiliza
lion of this greatest assest, are
totally unimpressed by the argu
ment that the representatives of
other parts of the country whom
it is said will not -be directly bene
fited, would not vote funds for de
velopment of these water re
sources under the very best con
ditions in the nation lor such de
velopment, when the U.S. Senate
just voted 58 to 23 to authorize
from Vi to 3 billion dollars for de
velopment of water resources in
the Colorado Basin, which it was
frankly admitted was one of the
worst and most expensive places
in the country for such develop
ment.
It seems to me that the "East
ern interests who oppose lull ue
velopment of the Columbia and
Snake river systems are ' East
ern interests kept in power Dy
the voters of Oregon, Washington,
and Idaho, and not by the citi
zens' of the Eastern States.
Sincerely,
A. E. (Earl) Glidewell
Hermislon, Oregon
April 30, 1955
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the fifth floor at any time.
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the building, but failed to uncover
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