f THE BEND BULLETIN
. and CENTRAL OREGON PRESS
An Independent Newspaper
; : Robert W. Chandler, Editor and Publisher
! Phil F. Brofran, Associate Editor
Member, Audit Bureau of Circulations
atorad u laeou) C1M Matlar, Jantiar , 1817 at tha Poat Offiea at Band, Ora-
gon undar Act of March I, 1170.
The Bend Bulletin, Friday,. July 15,- 1955
Canyon Transportation
HELLS CANYON, Oregon - WunhinKton - ItUlio
TBore are only two meant) of trannportation in and out of
niJ.Ht of the ranches and other sites located in the bottom
oCthis long deep canyon, boat and air.
A few, but very few, can be reached by torturous
iiijlomobilc roads, but to all intents and purposes the boat
is.the only way. Farm land is at such a premium that few
p(Sple want to devote any holdings to the necessary land
f(0- an airstrip. Then, too, many of the available flat
afleas are too short for safe landings and takeoffs.
And there are darned few flat spaces.
Z That leaves boats.
Z One the one on which the press party viewing Pa
cific Northwest Power company sites in the big canyon
o the Snake river travelled has become well known
over the years, having made over 500 trips from I.ewis
lofl, Idaho, up the river and back.
; It's the Wcnaha, the famous mail boat of the Snake,
wiich starts a run each Wednesday morning up the river
wth mail, express, freight and supplies for upstream res
i(fents. The trip up and back lakes two days, and the boat
(luring the summer usually has about a dozen tourists
aCing to view the wonders of the great gorge. Ours, was
a Chartered trip, no mail stops.
Z To be blunt about it, the Wenaha is not a beautiful
cfltft, excepting perhaps to her owners and crew mem
bers. Z She is 52 feet long and has a beam of slightly over
32 feet, which gives her a fine roll in some of the bigger!
rirpids. Power is furnished by two big marine die.sels
pushing the craft along with the strength of .'!.'!() horses.
- In slack water she cruises at about J 4 knots, but
tKere'g no slack water in Hells Canyon. Top speed is 1!)
kiols.
- To illustrate the force of the current, imagine only
coVering 80 miles in 15 hours. That's what the Wenaha
rifles on the way up the river. Coming down she makes
ttte same trip in fewer than six hours.
Captained by a stocky fellow named Oliver McNabb
who knows the channel of the Snake heller than he
knows his own house's floor plan, the Wenaha purrs up
stream from Lewiston at a pretty good clip until she
Begins to hit the rapids that account for nearly six him
flred feet of change in elevation in the canyon.
Under McNabb's skillful handling the boat sticks
her nose into ft big rapid she draws only 20 inches of
water so there's little or no danger of scraping the but
ton! excepting in the shallower places near the start of
fjic trip and begins to push.
Z Some of the rapids members of our party hit were
strong and so fast that the boat made progress at a
nito of only 15 or 20 foot each minute. Between the rap
Mis she shoved along much faster.
Z Contrary to what you might expect, you don't dare
Ccoast" on the way downstream. If you did you'd soon
Qirn sidewi.se and get into trouble.
; So coming back down the craft heads into the rap
jjls at the same speed, only this time you have a strong
current at your back instead of pushing against your
Cow,
For a real "shoot the chute" ride, however, you
Eavcn't really lived until you meet Dan Cole. He operates
3 big 16-foot skiff, powered with not one but two out
board motors, each delivering 25 horsepower.
Some of us on the trip took a little ride with llan.
Ho more than proved his statement that he can average
55 miles an hour going upstream, rapids and all, and
around 45 coming down. It was the kind of thrill thai
(Junes but once in a lifetime, even if you did have a sort
tjf hollow feeling way down deep inside after it was all
over.
Hut whether you are "lucky" enough to ride with
flan on his invitation only, his boat isn't for hire or
the Wenaha, you come away from the trip with one feel
pig for sure.
" A good boat, ill the hands or a competent boatman,
can do u lot of things you never believed possible.
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THE MAIL BOAT "WENAHA" plunges into a big rapid on tha Snake River. Tho boat is
the main means of transportation through the Hells Canyon gorge.
Edson in Washington
'New' Krishna Menon Unveiled
A Barren Island?
p A western stale has decided thai, what it needs to
boost its tourist industry are some g I story tellers.
!' The state is I'tah, and recently a mass meeting was
fecld in Salt Lake City to see what could be done to give
the region a sort of shot in the arm, to holster the lug
ping tourist industry.
The tourist promotion group decided that these story
lellers should be the persons who come in contact with
Jourists service station attendants, restaurant and cafe
yorkers. motel and hotel operators and, among others,
tlrug store attendants.
Utahsns decided that these people should know where
loiirist attractions are and tell visitors "romantic" stones
Ibntit them.
2 Tourists, their eyes on the center stripes of high-!
Jvh.vs, learn little of the country through which they pas
lltlless they are told about the attractions, Utah peoph
rj)-rectly deducted.
? So Utiih Is going to do something about il and will
.request Its tourist contacts to pass on to tourists inl'oi in.i
Jinn about prehistoric Lake 1! oniirvi.li shore! iurs ot
whU'h loom a nuissivo trrraios in the Salt l.akr Sasin; to
liill of the reatloss earth font s that ne.itiM. thr 'aat hs
iiDd to mention tho old oreans that rolled over the rV
:fton. m With Bend setlinp the example, Oregon was one ot'
tSo first Htiitos to rail on its people to tell tourists nltout
;tho Htory behind tho sienery. Oregon is now lagging in
ttie move while other states take up whore Oregon loft
It TKll'lt LDMiS
NKA UitHhiiictiiii ('iirn'spoiiilriil
WASHINCJ'rON (NKAj The nru
V. K, Krishna Alcnori of Iiwha
was unvrilrd in WashinKton on htv
iikisI ret'L'iit visit. I
In the past, at the t'liitrd Nil-!
lions in New York, this roving am
bassndor for Prime Minister
Nehru had i;;ini'd a ivpulalion fos
being a vain, nidr, jtro - Commti
nist and anii-Amci an mystic and
man of mystery.
Sinec such tar-ties h;ul not eon
tribute, to his standing as a world
modernlor and peaeemaker, tv
has of tide shown some inclination
to be more tolerant and impartial
('onsequenlly, when he stood up
before the massed biltery of the
National Press Club, to swing at
their curve questions, he revealed
that he had a sense of imor and
that he could take it as well as
disli it out.
Before, he had hidden behind
scowls and refused to answer
questions which he considered im
pertinent. Menon was introduced as n veg
etarian ami teetotaler who some
times drank laO cups ol tea a day.
That was presented as heresy b
the American press corps, whicli
believed in pouring somethm",
stronger than lea or its ice.
"Why spoil ;i h-mh! story"'-' co.li
mettled Menon. "India sells te,-. to
this country. I'ut I did not lit;--the
reference lo pulling ice in the
tea. Thai would be like puitin.i
buttermilk in whisky. I dnn'i
know anything about whisky. Hut
it would spoil the buttermilk "
Later he was asked linw mam
cups of lea he did drink in a day,
and be answered: "Tin not sia-
tist it-ally minded."
Menon was also introduced ;is a
"neutralist." He aec.-ied thai
with the continent that nnyone
free lo put on any labels he ehiwc
Hut he insisted that India was noi
neutral in its d.-site for peace
social justice. And tie was con1
n allow tune to play its role and
achieve these ends.
lie knew soiuellung of Ameri
can hislory, he said He recalled
that Ibis country might have been
called "neulrali-a" it one tun
in Its earl veats when tt had tie
quart't'ls with anvi't'' attd no deMp'
lo take anvoii'- else's ideas o:
territory
He w is a .ked poml blank d h
was a Marxist
"I have never heard im'.seU
failed tins," he replied. "Hut il
you want to call me dial, it's a
free count rv and ou cm" lie m
sisted. h-mcM-l
"no p trtirul ll-
He v
specifii
nio-a situation
He, ducked that bean ball a lit
tie. but he managed to answer
Secretary of .State John Foster
Dulles' recent comment thai, "'be
ing specific is not one of Mr.
Mennn's virtues."
"Few people can be specific," he
said. "If they insist on being sp"
cific, they don't get anywhere. Ifj
I thought I knew all the answenv
I would be talking out of school"
Had he advocated giving up
Oucmoy and Matsu?
What happens must be part ot
n general settlement." he replied.
We must solve tt liy peac
Many Gadgets
To Adorn Cards
BOSTON (UP) There's a lot
more to a greeting card these
days than a cheery or .sympathe
tic verse.
For example, one firm plans to
use on its cards this year:
1.500.0(H) wedding rings, minia
ture water and whiskey bottles and
similar trinkets.
100,000 plastic baseballs.
81.000 sets of artificial teeth.
3:.0.000 metal coil springs.
;t!.0(X) chips of wood
11.000 simulated pearl necklaces.
'J.aOO.OOO rubber cubes.
And l,2ri0,000 yards ot colored
tul ribbon.
means. The main purpose is that
a war situation should not develo;
here. II is not beyond
man to solve. Our main purpose
is to find solutions by consulta
tion." be said later. "It does not'
profit to argue delails."
Why bad the Chinese Coinmu
nisls refused to release the Amor
tcans they held as priosuers of
war? !
There is no mystery about
this." be answered. "Of course we
have talked atout them. We are
Irving to get a solution becaus"
il is a barrier to other problems.
We use all the influence we can
lo reduce this tension. If anyone
will make a little contribution, w:
can reach a settlement."
How could communism aid
world peace? 1
"I can't answer that." Mnnn
confessed. "Ask the people who
know more about it including
yourselves."
As a final cpvslion he was
asked what bad happened to
Saint, the elephant boy.
"All moving picture celebrities
go into oblivion after a tune," h
eomnienled "I wonder what hap
pened to the poor elephant."
tot develop . . , .
the wit oi, Bicycle Accident
in iiiimose '
Hurts Youngster
Much Traveling
I',1 Before Degrees
Special to The ItuUetin
RKDMOND Leslie Richards,
10, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Rich
ards, Route 1, Redmond, was re
ported in gcMid condition Thursday
night in Central Oregon district
hospital following a bicycle acci
dent. The lad sulfered some - concus
sion and had bruises and cuts on
his elbows and face. He reported
ly collided with another bicyclist
on Cedar street near Kighth. lie
was taken to the hospital about 7
p.m. by Redmond ambulance.
Summit Meeting Posing Difficult Question!
yUllllllli iwwi.aa creation of an East-Wct!
By VNITKD PKKS8 ll;'
,,mMi.if-r inoiTh O A respite would enaait - , .. hso ami h.l-
drawal of U.S. troops from Europf.'
Moscow, of course, will plug lor'.
.ii..nnflmpnt anil rplaypH tpurtn '
G- A rcspue -
. . iM.rA th. r relative
it the iummit for mumsis i
which President Eisenhower will !''"" 1 , The dip-
;hpar. Friday nigh, pose, a touSh tJl TJo
h mpb? But adjustment of basic political
. , i tthnthni Hiestions seems far In the future.
ine i.tnevn H""--"""" - The Soviet Union Geneva conler-
I political matters or "'f"3' Sd to propose: Abo
should be IB?: m on f the North AtlanUc Treaty.
til', j ut'l liieoij', "- -
the many as a military and political
HrUIIMU'"" ' '
neva conference at the summit
newsmen, as well consider
':urreiu mnia iv.a-
f, i... .,a HAn Cnmmiltliii) I1H
i.oiTiinuiMbi mou inii-v.".,....-
tions to be only a symptom of whal
HIS ine worm.
tu rrto1-ilin;tment 01
I lie niKdim.. ......
world affairs is political or so it
ai-gued. The arms race is a symp
- .1 m-.lu.lioctmrnt.
IOni Ol IIIC -JIK1IH- nianmj
Therefore: If the maladjustment i?
corrected, the symptom will disap
i pear.
Against this logical and per
4 .I,- Ikn CnnnlJ
suasive arguint'Ni umi im- ...
conferees should bear down on pf
litical questions and let the arms
race take care of itself, however.
is a nam, inog.cai mci ui mt.
imr mini iitt-i m i""1 .n-.
almost no area of political dispute
in which the diplomatic crystal
gazers see more than a renio!.-
possibility of agreement. 11 tnar
much. In the field of disarmament.
however, there seems to be some
chance of limited agreement to
improve a situation which is a
heavy burden to the United States
and. perhaps, an impossible burden
to the Soviet Union.
Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles told a House subcommittee
last month that the Soviet Union
economy "is on the point of col
lapsing.' There have been other it
less official suggestions that Mos
cow's more or less new diplomatic
look is caused by an urgent neces
sity to turn some of the Commu
nist world productive facilities
awav from armaments and toward
the higher, living standards of a
peacetime economy.
If all of that is accurate, Mos
cow is eager for at least n limited
slowdown in arms spending. The
taxpayers of the United States itn-
questionably would welcome less I
expensive national defense and it
would delight the Eisenhower ad
ministration which is baffled and
may finally be embarrassed by in
ability to balance the budget.
So a cut in arms spending i
something the two great powers
really would welcome. On thai
basis, the administration has put
disarmament at the top of its G'1-
neva objectives, instead of making
more fundamental political adjust
menls the top objective No arms
limitation agreement is expected
from Geneva, however. More likely
the powers might agree to a new
start toward that objective. Thev
might direct the United Nations
subcommittee which long has
wrangled over the problem to back
up and start over in a spirit of
more determined intent and better
faith.
Some actual limitation miirht
even be agreed on within 12 or 18
months under such conditions, but
not quickly enough to reduce U.S.
taxes soon nor immedialely to im
prove the Russian living standard
Collapsing or not, the Commu
nist economy lags behind the Wes:
in the standard to which its pro-
ilisarmament and relaxed trade
strietions. J
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