THE BEND BULLETIN
Mid CENTRAL OUEGON PKESS '
An Independent Newspaper
Robert W. Chandler, Editor and Publisher
Phil F. BroRan, Aiuioclat Editor
HUmtxr, Audit Bureau of Circulation
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The Bend Bulletin, Saturday, August 6, 1955
Hells Canyon Decision
The decision of the federal power commission Thurs
day to Krant a license to Idaho Power company for con
struction of three dams in the Snake river should end the
' arKiiintr, but it prohuhly won't. The commission's deci-
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.. num. uv a unanimous voie 01 uiu mrue ivi-iuijih.uhh
two Democrats who make up the commission, was appar
ently held up until Congress made some decision on the
matter.
Congress as usual did not make any decision. A
subcommittee of the Senate committee having jurisdic
tion voted to authorize federal construction of a high
' dam at Hells.canyon but proponents of the measure let it
" drot when its objectives could not get full committee ap-
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A small group in the House of Representatives like-
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it would never pass a full house.
- v'ither the Senate nor the House versions of the au
thorizing out acquireu any appropriations so 11 wuiiin
have been some time before any definite action would
have been undertaken under the federal proposal.
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..the ardent advocacy of the federal Hulls canyon proposal
by a small group in western Oregon, when by the terms
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would have been necessary to export kilowatts now in
short supply to the slate of Idaho and three Oregon
counties.
The license granted by the KI'C provides that Idaho
Power must start construction within a year and complete
all three projects by 1964. The Idaho Power company im
mediately announced that it expected to have the three
projects completed well ahead of the time specified in
the license. All but the most blind partisans, if they will
read the tremendous amount of testimony taken in hear-
inir Wifore the FPC. will uirren thai the I'nmniisslim'a iln-
cision was the only possible one under the circumstances.
It is to be expected that those advocates of the feder
al power, who are willing to throw an infinitesimal num
ber of kilowatts to private utilities every few years, will
; try again to block the company's development of the
: Hells canyon stretch of the Snake.
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: have any effect other than to dolav the si art nf IieiHv
: needed hydro-electric generating facilities in the Pacific
' Northwest still .longer.
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Edson in Washington
Passport Office Planning Move
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Visit PJlflv IhlM WPnlr Rvrmfni'l-iiiiiinrllmm u
lalkintf (o them, eating with thorn, and whowinj? them
places of Interest, Jieiul played a small part toward in
ternational understanding and peace.
It is axiomatic that the world must have peace to
.survive. If we want world peace, we must have cordiality
among nations.
On the jrovernmont level, conferences such as the
recent Geneva "summit" meeting, the United Nations Or
ganization, and the worldwide specialized agencies have
contributed considerably toward harmonious internation
al relations. Hut true harmony among nations must he
backed by friendly feeling of one people toward another.
Foreign exchange student programs and visits by
foreign trade delegations, farm groups, and pnrlies.sueh
s i no iianan air cadets are among the most effective
means to promote this friendly feeling between peoples.
The number of the cadets here was small and their
visit short; Heads part toward international understand
JMg and peace, however small, is the significant kind.
Pioneers of the Metolius
The death recently of Mrs. Dan Heising at the age
ot H.'l brings to mind that Central Oregon will soon be ob
serving another half-century anniversary.
Mr. and W Heising. who came to Heml fmm Min
nesota in !!02. are credited with establishing the first
"tourist report" in this part of the state. That resort!
was opened for business on June 8, 1!HS, and it was lo-1
rated on the scenic Mctolius river. I
Summer guests, campers, hunters and fishermen
came from afar to make their headquarters at the re
sort that faced a groat green bend of the Mctolius, in
the shallow of the Cascades.
The first guest at the Heising resort was Charles
Kunyan of Portland, and shortly later a distinguished
Oregonian, Attorney C.encral Crawford, signed the ros
. ter.
Not. only did Mr. and Mrs. Heising pioneer in the
resort field in Oregon, but they brought to the attention
of vacationists an area that has increased in popularity
throughout the years.
Few resort areas in the Pacific Northwest are hel
ler known than the Mctolius river. It is too bad that
some prominent landmark near the Mctolius. or some
miHitary stream, does not bear the nam
neers.
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WASHINGTON (NKAJ The U.S.
Passport Office is moving into
now quarters around Labor Day,
but it hopes to leave its cock
roaches behind. Literally.
The Passport Office staff hns
hern sweating it out in the old
Civil War relic Winder building, on
17th street across from Old State
since early World War II.
They refer to one sod ion of the
file rooms as the cowshed, and to
another ns the Ikir house. AH this
within a block of the White llousn,
showplace of Washington.
As postwar trnvel has increased,
(he Passport Office has expanded
into two adjacent annex buildings,
then into three floors over a res
taurant. The thousands of file cab
inets are now mnvded on 11 floors
in three buildings.
There is a master index file
in the main building with nearly
17 million cards in it. There is a
card and a file for everyone who
ever applied for a passport.
For the fiscal year, ending June
.'10. (he staff turned out a record
l!9.!)lt passports and renewals.
This was over four a minute for
every working day. In June there
was a record "l.tillti. or nearly sev
en a minute.
place. Rush hour phone calls
were backed up 22 deep waiting.
Here was why it took so long
to get a passport, in spite of the
fact the staff worked 12 hours, six
days, in the tourist season.
There was one room "that in
trigued Miss Knight.
Girls sat in there pasting iden
tification photos in passports and
then stamping them with the U.S.
seal.
There was an old fashioned hoi
glue pot really an nntiqut. Thn
girls brushed t'.ic hot glue on the
back of the photo, then pressed
mid dried it with a hot electric
iron. It took a couple more opera
tions to apply the seal.
One thing was modem about
this process. It seems the glue
didn't dry if the humidity was
high, so one concession was made
to modernity. An air conditioner len,
was installed.
Director Knight nnd the rest of
the staff of around 300 employes
simply sweat nnd sit in it. The
Civil War wood shutters are shut
on the east and south exposure to
keep out the broiling Washington
summer sun.
They work in semidarkness in
the high eeilinged rooms because
that's cooler. There are floor fans
i for the feet. They can't have over-
Two Scientists
Visit in Region
Two top scientists from the U.S.
Forest Laboratory, Madison, Wise,
spent , some time in the Deschutes
country this week and conferred
with personnel of the, Deschutes
Research center. They were Har
old L. Mitchell, who heads the di
vision of forest growth and use re
lationships, and Max. Pillow, his
assistant. Pillow is a specialist In
growth-quality factors in timber.
When here they conferred with
James E. Sowder. head of the Des
chutes Research center. They were
accompanied by Elmer E. Matson.
from the Pacific Northwest Forest
Experiment station, Portland.
HONEYMOON "NAVY" SAILS AGAIN Maid of the Mist III slides down the ways at Niagara
Falls, N.Y., to insure that todov's honeymooners will not miss the boat rule which has been a
traditional feature of a trip to the Falls since the 1800's. The all-metal craft replaces the twy
wooden-hulled Maids which burned in drydock last April.
IIKAT"S OFF
WATER BURY, Conn. (UP
Workmen got an assist while mov
ing two homes to make way for a
highway, hut they didn't appreci
ate it. They discovered the fur
naces in the homes had been sto-
Renewed Minera
Interest Noted
In Mid-Oregon
Speelnl to The Bulletin
REDMOND The renewed inter
est in Central Oregon's varied
minerals was mentioned by Phil
F. Bmgan, Bend, chairman of the
Oregon Geographic board, in a
talk before Redmond Rotaria"'
here Thursday noon, at a Redmond
Hotel luncheon.
Introduced by Olaf Anderson.
Brogan touched on the history of i
mineral exploration in Central Ore
gon, dating from the' "lost" Blue
Bucket mine to the present, and
told of the gold rush days in the
Ashwood community half a century
ago.
Manner in which one of Cen
tral Oregon's mineral resources,
diatomaceous earth, found at Low
er Bridge, was formed was men
tioned by the speaker, who also
touched on the geologic history
of the vast pumice deposits in the
Tumalo area.
This pumice. Brogan said, did
not fall from the sky in a sliowr
of ash. but flowed into the ancient ;
Deschutes channel as a "glowing j
avalanche", from volcanoes or,
vents. 1
Mercury and semi - precious
stones were mentioned, and the
possibility of discovering uranium
in the old Ochoco hills was con
sidered. The final phase of the Bend
man's talk concerned oil explora
tion activity now under way in
Central Oregon, with mention of
the old sea beds-exposed in the
highlands near, the geographic cen
ter of the state.
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THIS CAME WASN'T HOT The deck m;iy cool ofT, but so will
they. That's how these Icemen in Columbia, S C., feel while uliiy
ing cards on a 300-pound cake of ice. Ice even formed the chairs.
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HE SOAKS HIS HEAD "Icicle," a member of the polar bear
colony at Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo. shows how he beats the
heat, 'ine idea is fine, n you re noi me foiB--tful type.
Gr.'ulually, over the years, dead ; head fans Iwause they might
riles in eanlbwml boxes have been -blow the passport papers out Ihc
ernwdrd into the cellars of the old unscreened windows.
June wasn't so had, but July has
been n scorcher. The hottrr
blonde Miss Knight got, the mad
der she got. She went to Con
gress for rent money so she could
buildings. These cellars had seized
as cells for Confederate captives
brought to Washington for ques
tioning by whatever brass served
us Ci-2 in Mr. Lincoln's army.
The enekroaehrs in these cellars - move
are some of the largest and most j She called in Bureau of Stand
aristticratic in Washington. Theh ards and Census Bureau to design
ancestors used lo see Mr. Lincoln j her some new machinery for rcc
himself walk aeross the street . ord handling. She thinks one ma
from the White Mouse and write! chine could be built to do this
out in longhand his messages lo he jhotopasting and sealing in one
sent by that wonderful new inven- j operation Mingo! like that,
tion, the telegraph. It may take a couple of year1:
When Miss Frances Knight took , to get these machines. But some
over as director of the Passport j time about then, it should be pos
Offiee on June 1, she called in a'sihle to get an American passport
management survey learn from j in a hurry.
t leneral Services Adinuiislrnlion
for a cleanup. I The fascinating city of New Or-
It found in a si)t cheek that 1". leans has belonged to the French,
oer cent of the papers in thoe Spanish, L'nited States, and Con
Id million files were in the wrong federate governments.
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Quotable Quotes
Wo (Kussiii) Imvp iiiuvr h.'iil ;ind do nnt now liavc
the intention of iittaikiiin iinylxitly. I'n inici' Nikolin
liiilKanin.
lliilf of the youiiK people in the refornwilories anil
triiiniiiK sehool.s of the rnitnl States kIioiiM not tic theie
nt all. Sheriff Joseph H. l.ohman of Cook County (Chi
iciixil) giltiates Ki'eatei- rehahilitation program for jti
voiilc dcUiiiiionts. . .
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VII
The fine men you see sitting up in locomotives'
cabs, heaving coal, setting switches and punching
tickets aren't ordinary workers. They're transpor
tation specialists, chosen to perform highly-important
jobs. Old Joo, who's been pullin' those
heavy freights for 40 years. Happy Bill who's been
on his run since this town started. Faithful Fred
who's been brakin' since Lord knows whon. These
are family men, good citizens, excellent providers.
Casey Jones has been immortalized in song and
story because he and ALL railroad men typify the
ever-rollin' personalities so important in our lives.
ALL ABOARD!
Niswonger Winslovv
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Wi:SALl ri liOl R TOWN!
THE WOOD
Picnicking in the park or camping in
the woods, most Americans taka
trees for granted. While we've
moved from covered wagons to auto
mobiles, forests remain an American
heritage. With the kind of wise man
agement forest industries now prac
tice on their lands tree farming
this sountry can continue to use its
woodlands and enjoy them, too. For
wood, for water, for wildlife, for rec
reation, for jobs, keep our statr
green. Prevent forest fires.
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